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Who pays for banking supervision? Principles and practices
AbstractThis paper focuses on the financing of banking supervision. Countries are classified according to who finances banking supervision � the tax payer and/or the supervised industry -, and how the budget and fees are determined. We show that funding regimes differ across countries. Public funding is more often found when banks are supervised by the central bank, while supervision funded via a levy on the regulated banks is more likely in the case of a separate financial authority. Finally, some countries apply mixed funding. In general, there is a trend toward more private funding. We also find a relation between sources of financing and accountability arrangements. Public financing is associated with accountability towards the parliament, while private financing is more likely to go hand in hand with accountability towards the government. The financing issue is important because the financing regime may affect the behaviour of the supervisor and hence the quality of supervision. Regulatory capture, industry capture and the supervisor's self interest may affect supervisory policy. No theoretical model has been developed prescribing the optimal financing of supervision. Our results suggest that the actual choice of financing is a casual one, not based on either considerations of incentive-compatability or on the beneficiary approach. As it is to be expected that financial regulation will become more internationally organized in the future, careful analysis of the financing issue will become even more relevant.
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Related researchKeywords: banking supervision; budgetary independence; accountability; financial governance; central banks; financial authorities.;
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You should list only those schools you are prepared to accept. You can list from one to four choices. Please consider carefully the choices made and do not list a school you are not prepared to send your child to.
Before applying for a school, you should consider available transport and the time your child will take to travel to that school. Selection committees do not consider travelling times and transport arrangements when offering places.
Yes. If your child qualifies for more than one of your choices, you will be offered a place only at the school of highest choice for which your child qualifies.
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The selection committee will NOT generally grant an exemption to applicants who do not have school assessment scores if other students from the same school have them.
Children should be encouraged to familiarise themselves with the kinds of questions they will be asked. Students can practise answering the questions in the past test papers available on the Unit's website. Students will also be given practice questions before the test begins.
Selection committees and appeals panels will not make placement decisions based on a student's performance in the sample tests.
The Department of Education and Communties does not endorse coaching for the Selective High School Placement Test.
If your child was too ill to sit the Selective High School Placement Test or sat the test while suffering an illness you should download an Illness/misadventure form (PDF 24kB) from the website or contact the Unit for a form to be posted to you. The form includes an Independent evidence of illness page which needs to be completed by your medical practicioner. You should complete the form whether or not the student attempted the test, attach a medical certificate which covers the day of the test and return the completed form to the Unit by Thursday 27 March 2014. The selection committee will then consider the student's illness/misadventure claim as part of the selection process.
It is generally better to attempt the test and make an illness/misadventure claim, if necessary, than to miss the test.
You will not be able to appeal on the grounds of illness/misadventure after the outcome is known.
No. Three key expressions are used in outcome letters: 'offer', 'reserve list' and 'unsuccessful'. Selection committees decide the students who will receive offers and those who will be placed on reserve lists. Students who have been offered places for a particular school will have higher scores than those who are on the reserve list or are unsuccessful for that school. Students placed on reserve lists will be given a number indicating their position on the reserve list. Progress on the reserve list varies from year to year. When offers begin to be made from the reserve list, the progress of each school's reserve list is available on this web site.
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The Selective High School Placement Test is designed to help identify students for entry into selective high schools on the basis of academic merit. It is not meant to be a diagnostic test to identify the student's strengths and weaknesses in English or mathematics performance. The student's primary school is most appropriate to advise you on your child's performance in these areas.
Not necessarily. The entry requirements for opportunity class and selective high school placement can vary quite significantly. Moreover, there is scope for improvement in the ability and performance of students over the time since they applied for opportunity class placement. Conversely, not all students from opportunity classes are successful for selective high school entry. Remember there are over twice as many Year 7 places in selective high schools as there are Year 5 places in opportunity classes.
You can accept an offer to one school while remaining on the reserve list for one or more of your higher choices until 3pm on the last day of the school year befoe the year of entry. After that time no further offers will be made to students who have alrerady accepted placement in a selective high school and have not subsequently declined the offer.
The selection committee offers places or reserve list positions only to those students considered capable of doing well at a selective high school. There are many things which can affect student performance, including your child's willingness to learn, his or her response to teachers and interaction with other students. While some students who receive late offers might have problems, the majority should have no difficulties.
As there is one place for approximately three people applying, not all students can be placed. Be supportive and explain to your child that he or she can be very successful at a comprehensive high school. Students from comprehensive high schools can achieve results which are as good as, or even better than, results gained by selective high school students.
The NSW government also provides excellent comprehensive high schools. Comprehensive high schools implement gifted and talented programs as a feature of the Department of Education and Communities' gifted and talented policy.
There is no pre-determined score that a student has to achieve to be successful for selective high school placement. The minimum entry score for each selective high school depends on the score achieved by the candidates applying for that school and can vary from school to school and from year to year.The greater the demand for the school the higher the entry score is likely to be. For example, in a school with 150 places, the entry score achieved for the 150th ranked student offered a place at that school becomes the entry score.
As a guide, the entry scores required for the last year are available at: Entry scores
Please note that these scores are those required to be placed in a selective high school last year. The entry score for the this year will not be known until after the placement process is finalised. Though your child's score may be higher than that shown for last year this does not necessarily mean that they will be offered a place this year.
Students who do not have school assessment scores or those who are the only candidates from the school will be considered on test marks only.
Most applicants will receive their child's profile score at the bottom of their outcome advice in July. You can receive further details of your child's scores in the selective high school placement process after you have received your outcome advice. Use the online request for scores or later, if it is unavailable, please email the Unit quoting the student number, given name, family name, applicant's name and relationship to the child. The only further details available are school assessment scores and test scores. No other score details can be provided.
Where students have been considered on other evidence of academic merit, such as an individual IQ test, or the selection committee has adjusted the score based on supplementary information, the calculated profile score is not applicable. The Unit does not have the resources to provide individual advice about adjusted scores.
If the student is on a reserve list for a selective high school the number on the outcome advice shows the student's position on the list. The progress of the reserve list depends on whether students accept or decline an offer, and whether other students receive subsequent offers, to a school of higher choice. If a student's position is reached on the reserve list, parents will be contacted by the Unit with an offer. From the 1 August you can track the progress of the reserve lists as reserve offers are made. See progress on the reserve list.
You are advised to consider very carefully your choices when submitting the application. Before Thursday 1 May 2014, when selection committee lists are created, you can submit a change of choice without explanation. After this date changes are subject to approval and must be accompanied by documentary evidence of the reason for the late change.
Some partially selective high schools do this. It allows the school to better organise the timetable and offer more electives than would be possible if the selective students were kept as a separate group. This organisation advantages selective students as the school can offer a wider range of electives.


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Found some images I took of Harbour Porpoises at the Vancouver Aquarium floating listlessly.
Their names, I believe, are Daisy, who was rescued and deemed unreleasable and then transferred to VanAqua, and Jack, who was also rescued, but still resides there. They are supposedly the only Harbour Porpoises in permanent human care.
But. boy, is it depressing to have watched them. Their entire tank was just.. this. At first when I came around, there was a trainer there giving them food. But after the trainers left, they both just resorted to floating lifelessly. And they kind of just floated under the shadow by what looks like a wired gate/view. I stayed there for about 15 minutes feeling so awful for them.
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Healthcare industry leaders discuss the shortage of staff with information technology expertise, the impact on hospitals and health systems, and what can be done to address the situation.
This article appears in the June issue of HealthLeaders magazine.
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On finding the right people: Even with a higher-than-expected unemployment rate, the issue of trying to find really qualified people who understand the program and who are willing to stick with it through all the trials and tribulations and difficulties in implementations is challenging.
A staffing problem across many industries: We thought we might have been unique in healthcare, but we spoke with one of our board members who runs a major corporation and she was saying the same thing about her business. We all agree that information technology and the usage of it—being able to mine the data—is critically important to our businesses. But we really need to have our schools and our infrastructure—be it government or whatever else—step up and help accelerate the idea of recruiting people into this field.
On building partnerships: We are looking at partnerships with some of the major schools, much as we did in nursing and other areas where we had critical shortages, about helping us to recruit and continually train new qualified people.
On the effect of IT staff shortages: To be perfectly frank, I wish we were able to turn out more people who are qualified and can think outside the box and be a little more innovative. We have a great group here. We just don't have enough of them. We obviously get the job done but it seems to take us longer or we can't do some of the innovative things we'd like to do.
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A beguiling tragicomedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona charms with beautiful views of the Spanish city and a marvelously well-matched cast.
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The film belongs to Bardem and Cruz.
There is nothing wrong with Allen's determination to mix humor and drama, it's simply too bad he's not getting better at it.
When great artists maintain their health and energy into their 70s, amazing things can happen -- and they're happening with Woody Allen.
Allen seems uninterested in pushing his material beyond impersonally generic, or even in thinking things through.
It's a shift in tone for Allen; it's still a movie about sex and those who seek it, but it's hung on a sun-blushed, wine-sploshed Spanish love triangle that's more appealing and more amorous than anything the director has produced in decades.
Although Penelope Cruz's performance is amusing, the film feels a bit forced, looking for meaning in Spain where there may not be any.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is Allen's an ode to unrestrictive love, and a commentary on sex and how it speaks to different people. Yet its charm and beauty is undercut by a stinging cynicism.
Many are hailing Woody Allen's new film, claiming it to be a "return to form." I agree: he's returned to the earliest form of his career, the monologue.
Allen has definitely made something special with this charming, light and warm romantic comedy.
Interesting characters interact in a complex tangle of interesting relationships.
This time, the words really should be believed: a massive return to form for Woody Allen. No lie. At this rate, we might even forgive him for Cassandra's Dream.
For all its meditations on romantic disappointments, this is a slight, sunny film. Anyone in need of some superior escapism should see it straightaway.
Woody Allen's new film, announced as a romantic comedy, is far superior to the disastrous Match Point and Cassandra's Dream but much inferior to his best work.
I want to know how clumsily delivering punch lines in halting English while playing a shrieking harpy is in any way Oscar-worthy.
By the time Cruz appears, Vicky Cristina Barcelona has delivered on those initial good omens: it's Allen's best film in at least a decade.
Allen's last couple of movies have been far from vintage offerings but Vicky Cristina Barcelona is pure pleasure and finds him back on form. It is smart, sunny, frisky and extremely funny.
Leave it to Woody Allen to muck up a threesome involving Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which Allen wrote and directed but did not act in, is Woody at the top of his game.
Slight, disposable but entertaining. Vicky Cristina Barcelona is an awful lot better than anything in his thankfully short "British" period.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen's latest comeback, is nothing like the return to form his apologists claim, but it's not terrible, which is a mercy after his grim trio of British projects.
No doubt about it, Allen's latest throwaway rom-com is utterly silly, forgettable and predictable. It's also his most purely entertaining film in years.
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- Maria Elena: You're still searching for me in every woman.
- Maria Elena: You speak no Spanish?
- Cristina: No ,I uh-uh studied Chinese.
- Maria Elena: Chinese? Why?
- Cristina: I thought it sounded pretty.
- Maria Elena: Say something in Chinese.
- Cristina: Me?
- Maria Elena: Mmm-hmm
- Cristina: Um... ni hao ma?
- Maria Elena: You think that sounds pretty?
- Juan Antonio: Life is short. Life is dull. Life is full of pain and this is a chance for something special.
- Juan Antonio: We were both sure that... our relation was perfect, but there was something missing. You know? Like, love requires such a perfect balance. It's... like the human body. It may turn that you have all the vitamins and minerals, but if... there is minus a single, tiny ingredient... missing, like, like, like, like, ooh, like salt, for example... one dies.
- Cristina: Salt?
- Juan Antonio: We are meant for each other and not meant for each other. It's a contradiction.
- Maria Elena: Only unfulfilled love can be romantic.
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The Aquamarine / Discover Stripe In Stride Jacket and the new Discover Stripe headband. I hope I have good "stripe distribution" on the one coming to me.
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Super cute new Deep Indigo Speed Shorts. I didn't notice that these were uploaded on Monday night until they popped up in a product notice email.
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I don't think this is out yet but one of my product alerts showed an Every Yogi in white so we know it'll be coming. Does vitasea yellow under the arms?
Everyone is loving the new curved hem ribbed Cool Racerbacks from what I am reading on the lulu boards. I need to try it on. Maybe tomorrow after my run. (These are paris Turbo shorts)
There is a new Deep Indigo Scuba hitting the stores. Shown with the Tea Lounge pants.
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The Ebb and Flow crops are showing up in Canadian stores now. I think they are nearly all sold out in the US. Just do yourself a favor and get them. They are awesome.
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That's right y'all–Beyonce and Jay Z are having a baby. My first thought, upon hearing the news, is that this kid is going to be a) ridiculously cute and b) ridiculously enterprising. Then my mind started wandering down the lane of cultural implications…
Janelle Harris had an interesting take over at Clutch:
Even as Bey stood there drenched in her typical brand of flawless gorgeousness, cupping her cute little baby bump beneath a flowy Lanvin gown, something bigger than her obvious joy was in the works. Another Black couple is making marriage stylish, cool, obviously happy, and now they're having a baby. Even as the brouhaha from the Will and Jada divorce dust-up tentatively settles, Beyonce and Jay-Z and Lala and Carmelo are making jumping the broom and raising babies palatable to a generation that has grown up listening to their choice of baby mama anthems while using "baby daddy" as a term of endearment.
I see Harris' point. It's hard to become what one hasn't seen, and I'd say all of us–including young Black kids–are in need of healthy role models for lifelong commitment and interdependent families. For those of us interested in monogamy, partnership, and even marriage, it can sometimes feel like the field of icons is pretty lacking, particularly if you layer race and class into the mix. (It's interesting, by the way, that Harris doesn't mention the Obamas in this new black fairy tale of "jumping the broom" and "raising babies.")
On the other hand, I'm not sure Beyonce and Jay Z's apparently happy marriage and burgeoning family (I say "apparently" because no one can be sure what the inside of their partnership really feels like or how it functions) is really a viable model for almost any of us. Their class privilege is bananas, for starters. Many of the money fights that tear couples apart, especially right now, simply won't be part of the equation for these two super successful performers. They can afford whatever kind of assistance they need in terms of childcare, the best schools and health care this country has to offer, and, because of their clout positions, take time off without fearing reprisal at work. That's a vastly different scenario than the one that the parents of the 1 million Black kids currently living in extreme poverty deal with on a daily basis.
This isn't to suggest that they won't have their own battles (can you imagine bringing a baby into the shit show that is that much fame combined?), or that their iconic marriage isn't going to serve as inspiration for Black Americans who aspire to get married and have kids. It's just a reminder not to overlook the ways in which their marriage has all kinds of support that the majority of Black Americans–among whom the unemployment rate is currently at 16.2 percent–simply don't have. Economic strain is hard on marriages and families, no matter how loving or fabulous the couple.


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The buzz on campus Thursday was about a memo sent out by University of Arizona President Robert Shelton to the university community.
With 35% of incoming freshmen coming from out of state, including from other countries, Shelton is hoping to put out some fires.
Students, especially international students, are worried about what the law might mean for them.
"I think we feel offended," says UA student Sijie Chen who is from China.
International students at the university already comply with federal law, but they are worried Arizona might demand more, and some are wondering about their decision to come to Arizona.
"It sounds very troublesome to me. I would consider about it," says UA student Jin Zhang.
"Consider what?" she is asked.
"Consider about to change to, maybe to move to another state that does not have this kind of law," she says.
The university says no one truly knows yet how the law will affect anyone, especially international students, faculty and staff as they move around campus.
UA student Khaliza Binti Khalid, of Malaysia, says, "If, let's say, I forgot to bring the documents all day long...so it will be a problem. And one more thing, it's very inconvenient to bring it every day and everywhere you go you need it."
"We get a lot of questions regarding, 'Do I need to carry my documents to campus?' Our concern is them losing it, as well. We don't want them to lose their documents," says Director of International Student Programs and Services Joanne Lagasse-Long.
UA President Robert Shelton says this is a bad time for something like this because students are deciding what university they'll attend.
"Well, I think it's certainly affecting our image, rightly or wrongly. Again, you can argue whether it shouldn't, but the fact is our image is being tarnished a bit," Shelton says.
Because of the immigration law, a handful of American students from other states are changing their minds about coming to the UA.
"When we lose talented out-of-state students who have already pledged to come to the University of Arizona, who not only bring tuition dollars, thank you very much, but also bring that broader perspective, that mix and interaction with our Arizona residents, that is a loss," Shelton says.
Out-of-state tuition next school year will be about $22,500, plus books, room and board and any other money the student would spend in Tucson.
Shelton says some sponsors of international events at the university have canceled as well.
He also says a few alumni have notified the university they will not continue to donate to the school.
Shelton is hoping what is now a trickle does not become a torrent.
He says it is an emotional issue, but the university wants people to get the facts.
He says people are uncertain, and they need more information.
As for international students, that uncertainty remains.
"If this law was established last year when I was deciding to come here, I think maybe, most probably, I will opt for another state. Colorado," says UA student Nurul Syazwani Yahaya of Malaysia.
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Who knows, it might be you? There will be a choice of four titles. However, I'd like to stress that this is a pure act of grace, rather than any attempt (a la the House of Lords) to influence the progress of something significant for the future of public life through the proffering of inducements. Allegedly.
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Mmm hmmm I'm just going to point out that after you spend.... oh 30 minutes in Stranglethorn Vale you discover that the Trolls' greatest enemy is: the Trolls. There is seriously so much tribal warfare going on in STV and the Darkspear send you you out for the heads of all their closest neighbors. Often just to make a really interesting stew of some kind.
And then there's that habit y'all have of enslaving and or Killing our own gods. Not too productive.
Uh, just pointing out that Zul'jin isn't part of the Horde, in fact, due to the "recent" addition of Blood Elves to the Horde, he defected and patiently awaits you to come kill him in Zul'Aman. You should probably find out about the person you're shouting for. :p
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The exhibition 'A Better Life?' looks at the emigration of orphan or destitute children from Southampton to Canada. Somewhere around 80 000 children are estimated to have been sent from Britain to Canada through child migration schemes from the 1870s to 1914. 'A Better Life?' tells the story of one of these children - Frank Bray, who left the South Stoneham workhouse in 1906 at the age of 14.
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Day's Like These…
We all carry around with us special dates in our mind, be it birthday's, anniversaries, adoption dates. On the flip side we also carry around with us dates that altered us forever, be it the day you chose to lovingly give your child up for adoption or the date you lost a loved one...whatever it may be they are permanently stored. For the longest time I was hung up on the 'difficult' dates, but as time has passed and wounds healed I learned to see the good in those 'difficult' dates. After giving up my son for adoption (hate the term giving up btw) that first year was difficult. I was hung up on the dates and special things that he was experiencing that… [more]
Celebrate Birthdays with Cake
You might have noticed that I have been quiet for a few days. My daughter's birthday was this past weekend. While I was better able to process the emotions of the day than in any other past year, it was still an emotional time in general. I am happy to report that I have finally taken the advice of some other birth parents and now feel inspired to pass them on to you. Every year, people have encouraged me to buy (because I don't make) a cake for the Munchkin's birthday. I have not ever done so for various reasons. One being that I am a horrible procrastinator. One being that two out of the five years I have been present for her birthday. And, of course… [more]
Another Birthday, Another Emotion
Today my baby turns one. I have no idea where the past year has gone. I feel very blessed and very shocked that the year has flown by so quickly. Still, here we are, waiting for the baby (who is no longer a baby) of the family to wake up so we can celebrate his life, his existence, his place in our family. I wrote just last week of how my older son's birthday brought up emotions and memories of his sister's birth and life. I am feeling something totally different today. It is totally based on the fact that my youngest son will be the last child to enter our family due to my health issues. As such, my emotions are in a constant flux… [more]
Birthday Memories
Today is a birthday day in our home. It is not the birthday of the daughter that I relinquished for adoption. It is the birthday of my first parented child, my oldest son. It is a happy, celebratory day even if there is a cold seemingly making its way back into our house. I am so proud of my big boy and am constantly amazed with all he does and so, on his birthday, I feel very blessed to be his Mommy. But his birthday is also a reflective time for me. Birthdays really are for most parents. Time is spent remembering the day the child was born or joined the family in the case of older child adoption. Memories are discussed. A few tears (of joy!) might… [more]
It's That Time of Year
I've been doing very well this year. You wouldn't believe how organized I have been! In fact, you might be jealous when I tell you that I am done Christmas shopping for my boys! Their birthdays are both in the next week and a half and I've actually been done with those since last month. I've been on top of it all! Grandparent gifts. Friends. You name it, I've got it purchased or planned-to-purchase. And perhaps that is why I haven't had time to dwell on what else is going on in my life. My daughter, relinquished for adoption, will be celebrating her birthday a month from today. Perhaps it is today's month-marker that leaves me feeling nostalgic and introspective. All the same, I am not surprised… [more]
It Comes in Spurts
It comes in spurts. What does? Everything. As a birth parent, I've learned that all of my emotions come in spurts. From anger to happiness to sadness to growth, each group of things seems to come together in little groups. I've seen other birth parents say similar things so I'm thinking it may not be a singular reaction. But, for the purposes of this blog, I'll speak singularly about my experience. When I look at the calendar year, I can pretty much predict how I will be feeling about the adoption and our relationships at any given time. Her birthday, as one might assume, is the hardest part of the year. It's a time of sadness and introspection that begins as we enter the month before her… [more]
Buying a Gift for Your Child
I love the act of giving. I like the hunt for the perfect present, keeping the intended receiver's personality, likes and dislikes in mind as I scour the internet or a store. I am not really good at wrapping said gifts but I love watching the eyes of the receiver as it is removed from whatever packaging. The look of joy or elation or sentiment in their eyes is the only thank you I require. However, when it comes to purchasing gifts for my daughter, it's often fraught with worry and anxiety. Will she liked what I've bought for her? Does she already have it? Is it something that would even interest her? What size does she wear? What color looks best on her? What… [more]
Others' Birthdays and Celebrations
While your child's birthday is hard enough in its own way, others' birthdays, anniversaries, wedding or other celebratory moments might be uniquely difficult as well. Close friends and family members who were involved in the adoption process, whether in a positive or negative fashion, may provide you with strange emotions on their most celebratory day. Why? And what can you do about it? And do I have an example? Of course. My brother's birthday is my own particularly hard for me. Frankly, it has almost nothing to do with my brother other than he happened to be born in the month of April. I was living away from home during his birthday that year and was trying, in vain, to reach him via phone to wish him a happy day and… [more]
Being Present on Your Placed Child's Birthday
For birth parents in open adoption, birthday parties may be part of your yearly visit schedule. However, just because it's part of your normal schedule doesn't mean that it will feel the same as every other visit. Likewise, for birth parents who have entered reunion, Birthdays are often emotionally charged days for birth parents of all types. So, how can you make it through such a day while simultaneously making small talk with your placed child's extended family and trying to create lasting memories? Very carefully. Even more than being a host of a child's birthday party, it is important to remember certain things. Some are important to remember for your benefit and some are important to remember for your child's benefit. All the same, this short list is just a… [more]
Surviving Your Child's Birthday Apart
For birth parents in closed adoption, birthdays are not spent with their child as he grows over the years. In reunion, the adult adoptee has the sole right of deciding how to spend his day. Even birth parents in fully open adoptions complete with visits may experience years in which attending a birthday party is not an option. With all of the emotional ties to the day added to the sorrow of being separated, is there any way to "celebrate" such an occasion? Can we do more than just "survive?" In my experience, yes and no. While we have a fully open adoption with visits, I have missed one birthday party and will be missing another this year. While some would say that I have more to celebrate because I know… [more]


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CHICAGO — They had been quiet, the giants of the Blackhawks. They had been subdued, their goal-scoring brilliance in the Western Conference finals a mere memory. And then things changed in Game 4. Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews were reunited and reignited, with Kane returning to the form that saw him earn a hat trick to finish off the Kings.
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The Dragon has a playtest article up today from Martial Power 2 (Subscription to DDI Required) which attempts yet again to get the fighter a little more oomph. Martial Power did give the fighters more choices last fall, but pure fighters are still very rare in the games I run and I think I understand why. Fighters lack color and interest, despite their being massively improved from the ye olden days D&D I used to play. Paladins have a better mark with Divine Challenge, Barbarians do tons more damage and unlike Wizards who start out strong at first level many fighter builds don't blossom at all until at least mid-way through heroic levels. The Dragon article attempts to give them some more choices, but it relies on feats, which means that once again it will be mid-Heroic before a fighter can really stand out. How can we give a fighter some flavor without really over powering him? Here are some ideas.
The Fighters Mark is the least useful mark of any of the defender marks, it adds a straight -2 to hit as all marks do and if a marked target is adjacent it allows for a Combat Challenge attack if it shifts or attacks someone else. In practice this seems to be pretty rare. I would consider upping the fighters mark to a -3 to hit and keep the Combat Challenge. This makes the fighter's mark the most debilitating mark in the game and a much more serious worry for the enemy. Currently, ever other defender automatically overrides a fighters mark as theirs is better, this should make it more a question about whose mark should stay.
Fighters aren't strikers and their middling damage reflects that. I am not advocating a big damage buff, but how about an extra class based d6 on a critical hit. This would reflect the fighters ability to hurt someone when they see an opening without really gunning them up to striker territory.
As so much of what makes each fighter distinct comes from feats, my last thought for making fighters interesting even at low level would be to give them an extra class feat at level one. This must be from the fighter class feats but it would allow even a starting fighter to have a trick up his sleeve to match the more showy defenders out there.
I am aware their are power builds for fighters out there, Battle Ragers and Tempests seem to be the popular ones at the moment, but I feel even a sword and shield fighter should have something fun right from the start and not have to wait until he has five feats under his belt before the party thinks he is useful as something other than road block that needs a lot of healing around. At the moment the iconic sword and shield fighter is a rare beast, how do you think they should be sexed up?
Jonathan Drain at D20 Sources has some thoughts on why a fighter has powers they can only use once a day.
Charles Tan at Bibliophile Stalker has thoughts on the 4e Fighter attack powers and weapons.
Oz at Lord Oz has some thoughts about giving fighters talent trees, similar to the ones you see in MMOs.


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Free Pussy Riot. I mean, here's some rather excellent Russian pop.
Sabina Tang: Rachel Stevens' baby driving his car (hey!), or Kylie's na-na-nas at the wheel of her yellow De Tomaso Mangusta: a steely electro-house glide down the raised expressway of a glittering European metropolis. The detailing is spikier, and so is the affect (Nyusha trades in dramatic hair tosses and sultry werewolf scowls over two years' worth of effective singles in this vein), but it's good to know my favourite mid-00s chart sound is a permanently available loanword in the global pop vocabulary.
Katherine St Asaph: If Ladytron and The Knife joined forces to conquer pop and asked Jessica Folcker to do vocals. Just trust me that this is an excellent idea.
Edward Okulicz: Despite how much pop comes out of Russia, little Russian-language pop has crossed over into the Anglosphere. This is as good a candidate as you could hope for, and in a better world this would be busting charts outside Eastern Europe as well as inside it; it's brimming with ideas and glides effortlessly despite its harsh edges. So much of this kind of electro-pop does nothing more than go "lol 1980s" but "Vospominanie" is sleek and futuristic, and light years catchier than its English-language equivalents — everyone should erase Calvin Harris' number from their phones and chase down whoever produced this. Far too good to be considered just a curio.
Jonathan Bogart: The other week, I had occasion to visit the Russian pop chart. This was one of the most nagging melodies that I encountered from that visit, so much so that when the song came up for blurbing I had a hard time remembering just where I'd heard it before. Was it underscoring some ridiculous commercial? Had I visited some club frequented by Eastern Europeans? The combination of extravagant melody and hard-bodied dance still works like gangbusters, though.
Will Adams: Sits uncomfortably between The Knife and the good parts of Bionic. Neither are bad references, but I wish it had reached a complete synthesis.
Patrick St. Michel: Chilly futurism, synths and laser blasts that by themselves sound a little too stainless, bordering on creepy maximalism. Nyusha, though, adds warmth to the track via her singing, especially when she goes full-diva come the chorus.
Iain Forrester: There's a set of beeps in this song, the ones that come in with a sort of vacuum popping effect and have a resultant feeling of weight and importance to go with their sonic pleasure, that are perfect. Add lots of variations on similar, smashing glass noises, some "Beez in the Trap"-style sonar ping beats and some cool vocal effects, and there's more than enough for "Vospominanie" to get by on production thrills alone. It doesn't need to, though, because there's a hooky and well-performed song there too, and each complements the other.
Anthony Easton: Maybe a little too much going on, but being overstuffed without falling into chaos must result in some points. Extra ones for the disco lasers.
Brad Shoup: Maybe I got the right translation: if "I am now your memory/Maybe I was your message" is admissible, then so too might be the idea of relationship as disease vector. The sequencing burbles; Nyusha's R&B sighs break the surface from time to time. She scarcely allows herself a pause, which is just how I tend to process bad news: quickly and maniacally. I'm hoping the abrupt ending means the process is finished.
Haven't been blurbing much on TSJ (mostly because my writing has been execrable when I do, no lie), but had to get off my butt for this one, which was so good it sent me down the Eastern European chart pop Youtube k-hole as periodically happens.


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This turned out bitter, bland, and odd, and we love vegetarian dishes. I followed the instructions to the letter, too. Will not make again.
Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Kale, Poached Eggs, and Toasted Breadcrumbs
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Kristina6674 Posted: 08/28/12
This dish is a great example of a healthy, budget friendly meal cooked from scratch. I used Swiss chard instead of kale, parmesan instead of the romano, and store bought plain bread crumbs (all on hand in my garden and pantry). The flavors were simply amazing, and the dish was extremely satisfying and rich. This meal can easily be prepared for $3/person or less, particularly during the summer when leafy green vegetables (think spinach) are available from the garden. Definitely a keeper!
MeganHambone Posted: 10/10/12
This recipe was so simple and so delicious. I loved it and my 3 year old and 13 month old loved it. I thought the breadcrumbs on top was great. I always caramelize my onions a little when I cook them, and it made the kale sweet. Not weird sweet, but a perfect combo of savory and sweet. This is also going into my regular rotation of meals. Thank you cooking light!
KKLamb Posted: 09/06/12
My whole family loved this recipe. I have a 3, 6, and 9 year old, and they all ate every bite, even the kale. I even had to poach 2 additional eggs for my husband and 6 year old (who is normally very picky and usually asks "how many more bites do I have to eat", but not with this meal). So yummy, thanks CL for this easy & delicious recipe.


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