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Sofia Vergara Is The Highest Paid TV Actress – our favourite hot Latino actress has just been revealed as the top-earning woman in television over the last 12 months.
Forbes estimated that Sofia had earned around $19m (£12.1m) in the year to May 2012. Most of this came via her contract for the role of Gloria in hit US show Modern Family which airs on the ABC network. However she also has some fairly major endorsements with Diet Coke and Kmart and a deal for her own clothing line which helped to bring in the millions too.
Her multi-million pound earning power does explain how the Colombian born actress managed to pick up the estimated $2m bill for the 108 strong party of family and friends she flew out to the Rosewood Mayakoba resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico recently to celebrate her 40th birthday.
Her profile has not also not been harmed by the steamy set of photos that were published in GQ Mexico showing that even at the age of 40-years old the actress was quite happy to pose topless for the magazine, showing off her enviable curves. Her curvaceous figure has always been a big part of the actress's appeal and she has often been known as Sofia Viagra for obvious reasons!
One thing about Sofia that is less well known is her Latino based media empire, Latin World Entertainment, which deals with such major clients as Disney and Paramount and is thought to have had an income of around $27m in 2011 with a very healthy 20% profit margin.
Coming in just behind Sofia on the list of top women earners on tv was reality star Kim Kardashian who Forbes estimated to have earned around £11.4 m last year.Coming in at 3rd place on the list is former Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria who earned herself a cool $15m last year.
2012 Emmy Nominations – today saw the release of the nominations for this year's Emmy Awards.
The UK had a few notable successes with mentions for both Downton Abbey and Sherlock. There were also mentions for series that started off here in the UK before being adapted for the US market such as Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, Antiques Roadshow, Dancing With The Stars (Strictly to us!) and Who Do You Think You Are. The list of nominees seemed to upset a few US commentators with many feeling that some worthy productions had been left out.
Have a look at the main categories and see what you think:
Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
Drama Series, Actor
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Drama Series, Actress
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Modern Family
30 Rock
Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gelhorn
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Idris Elba, Luther
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Dancing WIth the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss
Who Do You Think You Are?


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"PRETTY close to a laughing stock." That is Walter Shaub's verdict on America's standing in the world, at least from an ethics point of view, under President Donald Trump. Mr Shaub's view counts: he stepped down this week as head of the Office of Government Ethics, a federal watchdog.
He is leaving his job six months early, frustrated at the president's failure to separate himself from his businesses, at White House foot-dragging on disclosing ethics waivers for staff, at its failure to admonish a Trump adviser who plugged the family's products in an interview, and more. "It's hard for the United States to pursue international anticorruption and ethics initiatives when we're not even keeping our own side of the street clean," Mr Shaub told the New York Times.
No American leader has ever entered office with such wide business interests as Mr Trump. In the context of the country's corporate…Continue reading
from Business and finance http://www.economist.com/news/business/21725303-six-months-mr-trumps-conflicts-interest-look-even-worse-how-donald-trump-monetising?fsrc=rss

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Jibacoa or mair properly Playa Jibacoa is a fishin veelage in the Mayabeque Province o Cuba.
It is locatit in the municipality o Santa Cruz del Norte, at the mooth o the Rio Jibacoa, 60 km east o Havana.
The settlement wis foondit in 1756 on the location o a corral.
In the 1990s, an aw-inclusive resort (unner the Jamaican Superclub Breezes buist) wis built east o the veelage. This wis ane o the first openins o Cuban economy tae foreign investments.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
How Far Over The Top Do You Camp?
10 comments:
- L.G.Smith said...
I often attack the laptop in much the same way JLL does. Hair flying, fingers tapping, feet barely touching the floor. I find I come up with my best plots that way.
Love that quote at the end there about epic peace not finding any traction in the world.
- June 25, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Munk said...
@LG-I love the image of you smashing away.
- June 25, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- Tim Riley said...
Uh-oh Munk, Bubba Ho Tep sounds like a classic so-bad-it's-great kind of movie. Yes? No?
As for Peter Falk, I'll always remember him for Princess Bride. I love the last scene, where he's sort of mumbling to himself, and then his grandson asks him to come back tomorrow. "As you wish." Perfect.
- June 25, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- dbs said...
I appreciate leaving the logical part of my brain on the shelf. It's just the remembering to put it back part....
- June 25, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- Michael Offutt said...
You sir are hilarious. I think Bubba Ho-Tep would be funnier if I got to watch it with you with the commentary. I imagine it similar to MST3K.
Hair acrobatics were pretty good in that video. Thanks for the link.
- June 26, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Libby said...
I saw this movie when it first came out. I loved it. I want to say there's a sequel on the way, but I don't know if I'm making that up or if I really heard it somewhere.
- June 27, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Lydia K said...
I was sad to hear about Peter Falk dying. I'll never forget him in the Princess Bride. He was perfect.
- June 27, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Hold on. Give me a second. I WANT to comment, but can't stop laughing long enough to do so.
EXCELLENT, sir. A pure joy to read. Consider me a new follower.
- June 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM
- Jayne said...
Yahoo, just what I needed to shake me out of morning sleep. This was like having that third cup of coffee (which can be quite dangerous). I'm going to be motoring all day.
How can I not see that movie now? ;)
- June 30, 2011 at 5:51 AM
- Mickey Burdick said...
MUNK! I've actually seen that movie, and you have it just right. I couldn't tell if it was frightening, brilliant, or the lamest thing I'd ever seen. I need a Venn diagram, because I think somewhere in the middle, where those three meet, you'll find Bubba ho tep.
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'May God Be Known and Praised'
May God have pity on us and bless us.
Psalm 67:2
I recall a story once told by me by a sisters, who entered a convent more then 50 years ago, she was issued a number, which was 67. So dutyfully she sew this number on all her clothing and inscribed it on all her prayerbooks. As she was a curious neophyte to the religious life, she looked up Psalm 67 to see if there was a special message from God for her in this Psalm.
And indeed she was pleased to see that the Psalm was a joyful one and not a lamentation. It asked God to be gracious to us and bless us. That's beautiful! And it also contained a wish that resonated with my young, idealistic heart: "May the peoples praise you" (verse 4), and "may all the ends of the earth fear him" (verse 8).
Time has passed now , but she admitted that she still have this deep longing in her heart that God might be know and praised to the ends of the earth.
Can we ask ourselves to what we are doing to help to bring about this reality ?
Father Ed Bakker,
Anglican Catholic Church / Original Province
Mission of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
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Labyrinthine Legacy
The Last Branch Supports Me
Lost Histories from the Book of Life
Individuation is a natural process. It is what makes a tree turn into a tree; if it is interfered with, then it becomes sick and cannot function as a tree, but left to itself it develops into a tree. That is individuation.
–Jung, C.G. Jung Speaking; Interviews and Encounters, Pages 205-218
Take pains to waken the dead. Dig deep mines and throw in sacrificial gifts, so that they reach the dead. Reflect in good heart upon evil, this is the way to the ascent. But before the ascent, everything is night and Hell. ~Carl Jung, The Red Book, Page 244.
"Doctrine of the Genealogical Unity of Mankind"
The family is a symbol, as well as a history, and social category. Primeval kinship and bonding gave birth to human society.
Because of the way genetics and family trees work, every single human alive on the planet today can trace their family lines back to one common ancestor, one who lived from 8,000-2,000 years ago. As observed in a 2004 paper on the Most Recent Common Ancestor:
The family is a symbol, as well as a history, and social category. Primeval kinship and bonding gave birth to human society.
"No matter the languages we speak or the color of our skin, we share ancestors who planted rice on the banks of the Yangtze, who first domesticated horses on the steppes of the Ukraine, who hunted giant sloths in the forests of North and South America, and who labored to build the Great Pyramid


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Of late there has been a lot of enthusiasm for the development of an impact investment market in Australia.
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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Private Residence in Varkiza, Greece by LKMK ARCHITECTS
January 29th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: LKMK ARCHITECTS
The project is a private residence for two families in Varkiza, an athenian suburb in southern Attica, by the sea. It is a three-story building positioned at the rear of a 440 sq.m. plot. The living room and the kitchen are located on the ground floor and they have access and a view to the garden and pool. The first floor comprises the bedrooms and the family room.
The second floor is an independent apartment and commands a view of the surrounding area all the way to the sea. The architectural concept was the creation of simple geometrical forms, adhering to the interior functional organization, thus creating a unified entity. As far as the exterior is concerned, the building shell was wrapped in a continuous frame that changes direction constantly. This solid ribbon forms the balconies and the terraces, serving the building as a second skin.
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Roxybond Scrappers Blog Hop
Welcome to the Roxybonds Scrappers Team Blog Hop!
We will be featuring artwork from the Moonlight Paper Pack.
If you have come here from Cat's Blog, then you are on the right path.
Today I have created four layouts using the Moonlight Workshop on the Go. Moonlight is so versatile. It can be used for Fall, Halloween or any pictures you have or will be taking this year. I started with the Workshop on The Go and created the two layouts suggested and then added some additional cardstock (2 smokey plum and 2 black) and created two more layouts.
These are the two extra layouts that I will finish embellishing once I have pictures.
We will be creating all four of these layouts on Tuesday October 30th from 6:00-9:00 for $35 if you are interested in joining us. You will go home with 4 double layouts, a great stamp set, extra paper
and embellishments. RSVP today if interested at email@example.com
Check out Denise's blog for some more ways to use the Moonlight paper.
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The thing I love most about my couch is the spectacular red colour. There's something so great about finding furniture or accent pieces full of life and colour for your house. I'd posted earlier about my love of pillows as accents, but pillows are not enough – if you really want to make your place your own, use colour.
Theme colours can be on everything from walls to furniture to wall decor to vases. To really draw a room together, it's best to have a primary, secondary and accent colour. HGTV has a great article on how best to pick colour for your home and they suggest that the ration should be 60/30/10. Essentially, 60 is your walls or floor, 30 is your furniture and 10 is all the nik nacks around the house. In the case of my place, I'm working with an espresso brown (hardwood floor), white and red (furniture), and a splattering of yellows/oranges.
As always, there are a few key accent colour trends each year. So, what are some of the colours can you expect to see in decor this year?
Emerald Green: it is, after all, the Colour of the Year.
Lighter ("Sorbet") Yellow: A bit of a duller yellow, which would work perfect as a splash of colour on a grey couch or as a backsplash in a kitchen with dark hardwood cabinets.
Lilac: I love purple to begin with, and this soft hue is just light enough that it would work great as a bedroom wall colour, bedding (like below), or even an area or throw rug.
Tangerine Orange: such a bright colour, and it works perfectly year round to make you feel just a little bit cheerier. It would make a great couch or chair surrounded by muted/neutral colours, or as a throw or pillow on black or white bedding.
If you want to get inspired some more, this article has a great breakdown of Benjamin Moore's colour trends of 2013. Colours are the best way to really let your home shine – they show off your personality and do wonders to bring a home together by picking one colour to pop in each room.


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Mardi Gras Photo Shoot!
We are so honored that one of our wedding gowns was selected for The Tampa Bay Wedding Styles online magazine photo shoot. We had so much fun shooting in Ybor City and The Roosevelt 2.0. It was on Fat Tuesday and we had tons of beads, feathers and masks for the finishing touches. Take a peak at the gorgeous photos! Participating vendors: Carrie Wildes Collective Creations Events in Bloom The Roosevelt 2.0 In Motion Video Productions


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Added by K ZJ over 1 year ago
Hi, I am going to use pixycam as the sensor on mobile robots to follow color lines , for example a red line and also a blue line. The pixycam is taught with two colors signatures which is the red and the blue. There is one problem when it detects red and blue lines at once, how to tell the camera that , only to select one of the colour out of two detected colours. Is there any codes to tell the pixycam, to select only one colour out of two signatures taught? Thanks in advance.
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RE: MULTICOLOR DETECTION AND SELECTION - Added by Edward Getz over 1 year ago
There is no way to tell Pixy to only return objects of one signature and ignore all others. You can simply ignore the object blocks of the signature(s) you're not interested in though. You can also reset the signature(s) you're not interested in, but you would need to do this through PixyMon.
Hope this helps!
RE: MULTICOLOR DETECTION AND SELECTION - Added by K ZJ over 1 year ago
Hello Edward,
Thanks for your reply. What do you mean by ignore the object blocks of the signatures that I'm not interested in? Could you show how could this be done when the pixy is connected to arduino?
I would like to tell the robot to choose different path with different colours, but as your reply before, there is no way to tell pixy to only return one signature and ignore others. Is there any alternative to achieve the same target , which is choosing the desired path when the robot is told to do so.
Hope to get your feedback. Thanks!
RE: MULTICOLOR DETECTION AND SELECTION - Added by Edward Getz over 1 year ago
Pixy will send all detected objects of all signatures to your Arduino. The code in your Arduino can then look at the signature number of each object block and choose to "ignore" the detected object if it's a signature that you want to ignore, or not. Does that make sense?


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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Review: Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
Publisher/Format: Hachette Audio, 9 hrs, 11 min
Narrator: Joshilyn Jackson
Characters: an entire cast of Fretts and Crabtrees
Subject: family rivalries, small town life, Usher's Syndrome
Setting: fictional town of Between, Georgia
Genre: fiction
Source: public library audio download
Joshilyn Jackson is an author I'd never heard of until this past year. Her southern fiction is quickly finding a place on the list of books I know I'll enjoy just because her name is on them. This one is no exception.
Between, Georgia is the name of the town in which Nonny Frett, is raised by her twin aunts- one of whom suffers from Usher's Syndrome: she was deaf, and gradually lost her sight. So Nonny was raised knowing ASL (American Sign Language). Her mom's deafness however was only one part of the story. It's a hard story to review without giving away a plot full of rivalries that would make Shakespeare salute.
Basically, two families, the Fretts and the Crabtrees are somehow related, but also somehow always finding ways to be mean to each other. Born a Crabtree but adopted by the Fretts, Nonny finds herself caught between the two, and trying to help them reconcile. There are grandmothers and aunts galore, and several cousins who can be called upon to come over the Alabama state line to deliver 'whoopins' when needed. There are also kissing cousins who are ready to defend their women folk against the baddie cousins. There are betrayals, disasters, and a heart pounding conclusion keeping the pages turning.The plot is not too complicated and the whole book is an easy read.
I listened to parts of this in the audio version so I didn't want to have to stop "reading" while I was unable to sit and sight read. The author does a credible job narrating her own story (one of the few who do). This is a one good summer read and if you haven't read any of Jackson's works, this is a good place to start.
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well this post was never intended to be what it turned out to be .
initially i saw BIG milk truck belongs to Almarai Company (Almara3i) with a big title saying Lactose free milk by almarai .
i was really excited that such a famous company will provide all lactose intolerant people with over the counter Lactose free milk . which to me sounded like a great investment and a pioneer step.
on the sae car trip i was surprised with BIG BILLBOARDS advertising the new Almarai Logo .
so i thought two al marai news in one post , Cooool.
like a normal "ME" i went to my dearest web friend Mr.google. to search their official site for Authinticated news and picture .
and here comes the surprise !
the Official Almarai web site Has NOTHING
NILL , absolutely Zero information about the new Logo and the new product !
i thought i was searching a wrong site or there is another link .
for two days i couldn't find anything .. and the Logo didn't change yet the billboards with the new logo is invading the city !!!
PR , MEDIA , Tech and Web support teams .. Come on Guys !
you launch a campaign and you forget to update you web page ??
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One of my favourite Algerian personnalities is El Amir Abdel-Kader (born Sept. 6, 1808, near Mascara, Algeria — died May 26, 1883, Damascus, Syria). I like his political acumen and his ardour in fighting off the French colonizers (the resistance battles he led against the French troops lasted 15 years). I find it wonderful how these qualities were combined with a chivalrous humanism which earned him the respect of even his enemies.
El Amir Abdel-Kader was likened to George Washington (who is often referred to as 'Father of His Country') as he is considered to be the founder of modern Algeria. I tend to agree with this comparison and if anyone deserves the title of 'Father of Algeria', it would be this man in my opinion."He organized a true state, imposing equal taxes and suppressing the privileges of the warlike tribes. He fortified the interior towns, opened arsenals and workshops, and expanded education. The French overpowered his forces and arrested him by 1846. Upon his parole in 1853, he chose a life of exile, eventually settling in Damascus. Revered for his exemplary life and ideals, in 1860 he showed himself to be a model of decency and probity when, at great risk to his own safety, he sheltered thousands of Christians during a Druze uprising". [Source: biography.com]
Apparently there is a village in Missouri which was named after the Emir in 1846. Today it's known as Elkader, Iowa. Also, in 2006, a new place in the 5th parisian arrondissement which houses the Institut du Monde Arabe and la Grande Mosquée, was named after El Amir Abdel-Kader and according to the mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, El Amir is a "personnage magnifique" through whom the French capital would like to "rendre hommage au peuple algérien". As for the reason for this particular choice, the mayor explained that:
"Quand j'honore l'Emir Abdelkader, je sais que j'honore un nationaliste qui s'est battu contre la France, qui n'acceptait pas la domination de son peuple par le peuple français. C'est aussi le sens de cette inauguration". So there you go, if you understand what he meant don't hesitate to share your wisom.
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How cool is this! A bike mounted bottle opener! It was designed to fasten on the underside of the saddle, it looks very discreet so your bike keeps looking crisp. It is available in either bronze or gold.
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Battenburg cake is fun to make if not a little fiddly. I have a special tin with sections to make the 4 pieces but you could equally make two rectangular cakes and cut them to size. The tricky bit is rolling the marzipan around the cake.
We were treated to a proper afternoon tea with sandwiches, cheese scones and a variety of cakes. Just the ideal situation for a picture for the Winter Photography Scavenger Hunt No. 14 Afternoon Tea.
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Spot on.He's baiting the Repubs into making stupid statements. Some of them will fall for it.The RNC really needs the services of a GOOD public image consultant and marketing guru to set and enforce talking points. The DNC has them, and it pays out in terms of results.
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- 8 ounces good quality, dark chocolate (70-80%), very finely chopped
- 1 cup assorted freeze dried fruit, large pieces roughly chopped
DirectionsIn a microwave, double boiler, or chocolate melter, gently melt chocolate on the lowest possible heat setting. Stir regularly, removing from heat as needed. The goal here is to keep the temperature under 90 degrees, above which the chocolate will lose its temper. Be patient, keep stirring, and even with on and off low heat the chocolate will melt eventually.
Once melted and smooth, pour chocolate onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread into an even layer (it will not cover the entire pan, just spread it until it's as thick as you want your final bark to be).
Sprinkle evenly with freeze-dried fruit. Let dry, uncovered at room temperature, for 1 to 2 hours or until set. Break into serving size pieces.
Because of the nature of freeze-dried fruit, this particular bark is best enjoyed within a day or two, as the fruit will begin to soften once exposed to humidity. The bark is good for up to a week, however, the fruit just might be a bit softer after a few days out in the open.


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a post by Jenni {aka Mom}
Anyway, I caught him and his frog legs again today - and it is kind of a cute little quirk - and I had my camera beside me - so I snapped a quick pic to share. (Then, yes, I made him sit down. Mean Mommy.)
The chronicles of our adventures as we journey though homeschooling, childhood, and life in general - It's a Super Great Adventure!


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New Scientist, 5th February 2011, issue 2798, page 27. Article 'One minute with Lester Brown'.
This is a man banging on about climate change but whose background is in agriculture and economics. He is no more qualified in climate modelling and weather prediction than I am, and I am not.
His argument on the issues facing water supplies are perfectly correct. Taking water from underground aquifers faster than they are replenished will, most definitely, lead to severe problems in the future. That, I agree with absolutely and based on his qualifications in agriculture and economics, I fully accept his timescales for the future problems.
However, this has nothing at all to do with climate change, whether man-made, natural, or due to comet strike or dancing medicine men. The forthcoming water shortages are caused by people pumping water from wells faster than it drains into those wells. The climate is irrelevant.
Nonetheless, he uses this to demand a restructuring of the world economy along his lines and to demand we all (well, not him personally of course) return to mediaeval life for the sake of the climate. He ends with this:
It's about becoming politically active. If there's a coal-fired power station near you, organise to close it down.
They've already tried. The unwashed, uneducated drones who follow the new religion of the Green God have tried to shut down a power station. They will succeed one day.
When they do, all those life-support machines, baby incubators, kidney dialysis, monitoring equipment, in every hospital, will stop working. Just like that. No warning. No backup. They just stop.
In windowless operating theatres where patients lie with some part or other of their innards exposed, the lights will go out and the anaesthetic machinery will stop working. You want to imagine something really horrible? Imagine waking in the dark surrounded by the sound of panicking people and realising your abdomen is open and it hurts.
In every pensioner's home, in every nursery, the heat will go off. Lights too. All security systems will be inoperative, all street lights off, all those CCTV cameras will be dead and it won't take the criminals long to work out what that means.
Even if you have gas central heating, the controller and the pumps are electric. They won't work either.
Try to leave town, and find that the pumps that put petrol in your car are electric. You won't get far.
This is the scenario that the Green God's followers want to bring to reality. They have the full support of Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute.
Science has become a dangerous fascist entity. To Science, we are just statistics, not human beings. If they get their way there will be a cull. Science, like religion, cannot be trusted with politics. They are too convinced of their own Righteousness.
How will they decide who to cull? It would be difficult unless there was some way to collect everyone's DNA and catalogue it. Then, Science can dispassionately decide who is useless.
The irony is, most of those unwashed Green eco-warriors are certain to be on the list.


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I am an attorney who used to try criminal and civil cases, but no longer. After forty years, I now serve as a mediator and arbitrator, working to resolve cases before they go to court. But this is only part-time. I am also an author. I have written two books about a lawyer in Sacramento, Mike Zorich. The first was "Contempt of Court" and the second is "Fatal Reunion." I have worked hard on both books and have learned a lot in the process, as I never wrote anything like this before. In fact, the main thing I have learned about writing is that you never stop learning.
The inspiration for my first book was an actual case where a judge decided to hold some attorneys in contempt for not complying with his order to turn over documents requested by the other party in a business case. The attorneys who were held in contempt of court argued that yet another judge had specifically forbidden them from turning over any documents and had issued a restraining order against all of them. So, it was a battle between judges. But the story developed into far more than that. The book was an opportunity for me to explore the motivations that would lead someone to do some horrible things, completely out of character.
The inspiration for my second book was a news story I read about a woman who was killed and, naturally, the police suspected her husband. But he had an airtight alibi. The case went cold but then the facts were uncovered showing that someone else was responsible, someone you would not normally even consider. I thought it was so unusual and I wanted to explore when went through this person's head to make the decision to kill someone. Another inspiration for the story was a friend I knew who attended a reunion and found out that old lovers had met again and took up where they left off in high school. I know that people dream about this but I had not heard about it actually happening. So, I combined the two stories. In the process, I got to explore the character of the protagonist.
I tried to find an agent to publish both books but was unsuccessful. So I self-published through CreateSpace. I found the experience relatively easy to follow and I am very satisfied with the results. I used a professional editor to assist along the way. But I have also gained a new respect for some friends who have volunteered to read the various editions of my manuscripts and to give me advice. One individual, an author in her own right, also helped with final editing. My family has been very, very helpful Altogether, I am overwhelmed and most thankful for the help I have received. I continue to learn every day.
Meanwhile, I am hard at work on my third book about a man with a secret in his past. He eventually becomes a judge. I have wondered what it would be like to have something in your past that you don't want anyone else to know. Of course, it will eventually become known and the judge will have to deal with the consequences.
Writing novels is not an easy task. It takes an awful lot of time. And there is a tremendous amount of frustration. But there is nothing quite like the occasional times when I sit down at ten in the morning to begin writing and before I know it, it is four in the afternoon. These experiences do not happen every day, but they happen often enough to keep me going.
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Ken Malovos has been practicing law in Sacramento for more than forty years. He spent twelve years with the Public Defender's Office and twenty-five years as a business litigator. He now serves full-time as a mediator and arbitrator. Fatal Reunion is his second novel. His first novel, Contempt of Court, won first prize in the legal genre of the Mystery & Mayhem Book Writing Competition sponsored by Chanticleer Book Reviews. He and his wife, Michele, live in Sacramento.
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Today I did a lot of things actually :)
It was fun to be some sort of busy again.
Yesterday I planned to go to the market because I wanted to buy fabric for my Makino cosplay.
So I got up really early and my mom and twinsister wanted to go with me.
However, my sister bike had some problems and my key is gone for a few weeks.
My sister kept nagging she had to go along while she didn't really need something.
So we rushed to my aunt, who lives in the same street, to borrow a bicycle.
But my sister didn't want to ride my little sisters bike or my aunt's.
In the end we decided to go with her car and go with my nephew and niece.
Finally we weren't able to find any useful fabric at all.
So we bought some food at the market.
Then my aunt had some things she wanted to buy, so we also shopped a little bit.
My niece has the same big Hello Kitty plushie as I do now!!!
I bought straightenair and some beads because there was sale ;)
It was $6 or something.
However I'm not really satisfied with it yet
I took a picture of me when I styled my hair.
looks sooo weird, to think this is my actual hair :s
For the ones who don't know: I have a perm, but everyone says it looks so real or something :s
My hair before I styled it <3
It was in some sort of braid.
Maybe I do a tutorial if ýou'd like comment plz.
After, still got my flower ;)


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I'm not able to spend too much time blogging today as I am still stuck in a field of mud in a little village in Somerset (I'll be posting on that in a few days when (if!) I make it home, but I just wanted to make this celebratory post to announce that I received a letter today informing me that I had done well enough in my second year to 'progress to the third year of study'!
I have passed my second year with a very high 2:1 - I had a 2:1 in every module and was only a couple of marks off a first overall and I am so very happy with that - in truth I'm just relieved to have passed at all!
So well done me, and if I survive my last day of Glastonbury, then I'll be able to start looking forward to my third year, and working on prep for my dissertation!
Peace xx
To sum up, I am a big, cuddly mama studying BA English Literature and American Studies. I make cards and crafts, I write poems and plays. I'm an active Labour Party member and a Jeremy Corbyn supporter. I love small fluffy animals, music and movies, and Glastonbury festival! I hope my blog will be an eclectic mix of posts reflecting my passions and my views (which are all my own). Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I hope you enjoy it!
Monday, 27 June 2016
Third year of uni, here I come!
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Another round is almost over in a couple of hours and this one I had to show is from Culco and it is simply divine. Beautifully designed, great texture, and sensually short…what a way to go :).
Hair: :::Phoenix::: Mara Hair (Hentai Fair)
Skin: .::WoW Skins::. 2016 Susse Tan (Designer Circle – round 123)
Dress: -Culco- Plunge Neck Skater Dress (Designer Circle – round 123)
Jewelry: Baubles by Phe Lyra Bangles and Earrings
Pose: Eternal Dream Attitude
Location: Netherfield


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Each year, I have posted in the blog entries that "spotlight" our new faculty members. These are typically Friday postings. For the next few Fridays, I will get information out to you about the following individuals.
The list of new hires is shorter than it has been in the recent past. It will only take a couple of months to cycle through the eight names below. We welcome each to the district (and, in the case of Mr. Vivadelli, to his new assignment!).
Stay tuned . . .
Ellen Grimes
Assistant Principal
High School
Jason Vivadelli
Principal, Evergreen
Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction: Grades PreK-5
Jr.-Sr. High School
Kerri Crowley - Spanish
Surinder Kaur – Science
Christine Blizzard – Elementary Enrichment
Joanne Ferrara – Preschool
Emily Mason – Elementary Instrumental Music
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,v.SHAWN MILNE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Ocean County, Docket No. FJ-2669-85B/Indictment No. 86-07-0526.
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Submitted March 31, 2009
Before Judges Wefing and Yannotti.
Defendant Shawn Milne appeals from an order entered by the Law Division on June 5, 2008, denying his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). We affirm.
On May 8, 1985, M.R. filed a complaint alleging that defendant assaulted her son by shooting him in the leg with a BB gun. At the time of the alleged offense, defendant was fourteen years old. The alleged victim was fifteen years of age. On June 5, 1985, defendant appeared before a Family Part judge with his mother. He was not represented by an attorney. Defendant pled guilty to the charge. The court accepted the plea and decided to continue the matter for nine months.
The court told defendant to "[s]tay out of trouble and [the matter] will be dismissed at the end of the nine month period." The court entered an order dated June 5, 1985, which stated that the matter had been continued for nine months and "[i]f satisfactory adjustment is made, it may be dismissed at that time."
On November 14, 1985, defendant was charged with murder and aggravated sexual assault. Defendant was fifteen years old at the time the offenses were committed. In December 1985, following a continuance review of the charges involving the assault, the matter was adjourned. Another continuance review took place in January 1986 and the matter was again adjourned. It appears that the assault charge was never dismissed or formally adjudicated.
In 1987, defendant was tried as an adult and convicted of murder and aggravated sexual assault. The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of fifty years of incarceration, with a forty-year period of parole ineligibility. Defendant appealed.
We affirmed defendant's convictions but modified the sentence to eliminate the ten-year period of parole ineligibility that the trial court had imposed for the aggravated sexual assault. State v. Milne, No. A-38-87 (App. Div. Oct. 13, 1989). In addressing defendant's challenge to his sentence, we noted that, in sentencing defendant, the trial court found as a mitigating factor "the fact that defendant did not have a prior history of delinquency[.]" Id. at 25.
On February 29, 2008, defendant filed a petition for PCR, seeking relief with regard to the 1985 plea to the assault charge and what defendant said was a "juvenile delinquency adjudication." Defendant argued, among other things, that the "adjudication was uncounseled" and unconstitutional. Defendant claimed that the "uncounseled" plea left defendant with an "erroneous" judgment of conviction which was a "fundamental injustice."
The PCR court filed a written opinion dated June 5, 2008, in which the court concluded that the petition was barred by Rule 3:22-12(a), which provides that a petition for PCR may not be filed more than five years after the entry of the judgment of conviction or sentence "unless it alleges facts showing that the delay beyond said time was due to defendant's excusable neglect." The court determined that defendant had not established sufficient grounds to warrant ...
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She remembers it like it was yesterday.
She first noticed it in June, a few months after they had moved into Audubon Place.
For the first several weeks of her new-found role of Uptown society wife, Bitsie fully immersed herself in every event she could attend. She discovered early that the DuPlessis name was akin to a golden ticket to the convoluted world of New Orleans societal rigors. So powerful was the mention of the name that she found herself injected into situations destined to end in her failure on many levels. While well-schooled in the good social graces of proper Southern debutante, the training would fail her. In her zeal to be accepted, she bullied or coerced the elite into granting entrance to enclaves that, while rare & powerful would ultimately lead to her alienation in a few strata. Even though a slim majority of New Orleans society found her charming, Bitsie existed in a world where positive reinforcement was ignored.
On the hind end of a 3-day period of inactivity, a sudden burst of afternoon downpour temporarily halted her daily routine. Preparing to leave for an arranged meeting with the captain of the all-female krewe of Muses, an angry late spring storm erupted over Uptown. Within moments the torrential rain had overwhelmed the drains & flooded Audubon Place. Schramm advised against leaving just as the power went out.
With Schramm gone to collect flashlights & candles, Bitsie was left alone for the first time in months. A thunderclap rattled the house as the lightning in the solarium windows illuminated the stairway. She thought of Ivan and his office on the third floor. The office she had never seen. The rooms she had never entered like his childhood bedroom and the Colonel's suite. It wasn't until she found herself looking at the corridor of doors that she realized she's climbed the stairs and entered his enclave.
Errant lightning bursts shone through the window at the other end and gave her the impression that she was in a 70's suspense thriller. The hairs standing up on her neck helped, too. The first room she checked was a guest room with a four-poster bed whose canopy had seen tighter days, drooping to within two feet of the mattress. Boxes of paperwork dotted the floor in a skyline of tedious records. The next room she found was the upstairs water closet, a remnant of a lavish renovation in the 1920's, done entirely in Venetian gold marbled mirror tiles and a golden shell basin on a mirrored pedestal. Even in near darkness, the gleaming gold seemed to hang in the ether like the doorway to another world.
On her right was a door she couldn't open. It was the only one with a modern handle & lock. This was obviously Ivan's office, locked up tight. She wondered if Schramm had the keys to this door. He has to let the maid up when she shows up to work. Another unsuccessful try, and she moves on. At least now, she knew where it is. The branches of the live oak scratched against the window with jarring intensity, causing her to jump. Heart beating hard in her ears, she heads for the next room on the left.
The second she opened the door of the room she knew it was Ivan's old bedroom. It still smelled like him, like he was when they first met at Tulane. A tiny smile curls her lips as she navigates in near darkness. Feeling her way along the foot of the bed, another flash reveals a long chest of drawers strewn with the castoff knick-knacks of his late youth, a handful of framed pictures, and a flashlight. Amazingly, the flashlight worked. Now equipped, Bitsie instantly turned to the framed pictures. They are much as she expected. Ivan in his Coast Episcopal uniform, a family trip to Pensacola, a Christmas picture of Janette & the Colonel in younger but no more congenial days. Ivan & the Colonel on a fishing trip, then again at Disney World, and another at a birthday party with both of them blowing out the candles. Casting the light around the rest of the room she discovers more relics of Ivan's adventures with The Colonel. A framed collecton of his medals & ribbons from his Army career hanging next to the door, an enormous shell casing holding a collection of carved wooden swords & a quiver of arrows. And a collection of 7 scrap books, pushed back behind the TV, nearly invisible save for the glint of chrome on the spines. Pulling them out, she quickly flipped through one of them. Newspaper clippings, other photographs, written passages, the effluvia of childhood. And the Colonel was on nearly every page.
Another gust of wind knocks the oak into the side of the house again, making a noise like a door slamming and startling Bitsie into flight. With the books still clutched tightly to her chest as she dashed out of the room, she flew back downstairs and into the solarium in a fit of pique. Collapsing on the Louis XVI loveseat in heaving breaths, she slowly releases her death grip on the scrap books and places them on the seat next to her. By now Schramm had found a cache of tapers & candelabras and deposited them strategically around the first floor. In the candlelight, she looks at the books with a mixture of fear & elation. She's found that part of his life that he used to talk about before the Colonel died, the years he closed off. Engrossed, she reaches out to open them when the front door flies open with a great burst of wind, putting out the candelabras. Ivan's broad shouldered silhouette filled the entranceway for a moment, then the door closed reducing the available light to dusk. Instinctively, she shoves the books behind the cushions and drapes an afghan over it all, her face rearranging to show mild annoyance as she fusses over the extinguished candles.
A remarkably bright LED flashlight cuts through the gloom and then makes its way up the stairs...
It was the last thing she remembered before he left her last year. Now he's back and she knows the rest...This Is My New Orleans.


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This technological shift appears to be creating a divide nationally and globally. These digital divides are "the imbalances in physical access to technology as well as the imbalances in resources and skills needed to effectively participate as a digital citizen. In other words, it is the unequal access by some members of society to information and communication technology, and the unequal acquisition of related skills. (Wikipedia)
In the above quote this divide is caused or manifested in people's lack of access to technology and their lack of skill to use the technology in complex manners. Notice it also frames this divide in terms of people being digital citizens (we will come back to that one).
At first glance it seems easy to address this divide or technological imbalance. Pump money into infrastructure, ship computers nationally/globally, and hire trained digital citizens to make sure everyone is up to speed.
The divide has more components than skills and access. This is where it gets really complicated. The digital divide actually mirrors other divides in our societies along racial, gender, socioeconomic, cultural, religious, and political lines:
(Thanks Dawn for finding this)
The American Association of School Librarians suggest that policies that dictate institutional purchasing of technology and filtering content influence this divide. They also suggest "motivation, cannot be overlooked. That is, we're seeing children, teachers, media specialists, and administrators all having different motivations to either adopt, ignore, or actively thwart learning innovation with Web 2.0 tools" (AASL October 2008).
I fully admit that the last two semesters of learning about Web 2.0 has whipped me into a bit of a panic. I live in a remote, fly-in community. We are progressing with our technology. As teachers we see the value of this advancement but a true sense of urgency and panic hit me when I came back to Alberta. I gained the impression that the world has changed almost over night in a way never imagined before. George Sciadas' research calmed my nerves by putting this present digital divide into perspective:
Despite perceptions about the meteoric rise of the Internet, fast as it
may have been, the penetration of television in people's lives was
faster1. The penetration of the VCR was also very fast, particularly
during its first decade. While the speed of adoption among commodities
differs, their penetration is generally characterized by accelerating
growth in the initial periods, which eventually gives way to decelerating
growth. (p. 2)
In short, technological divides have happened before and to some degree these divides shrink with time. His research did support, however, that our present digital divide is expanding in Canada between the poor and the rich...which obviously is an issue of concern.
Major Question Leaders Need to Answer:
Is the digital divide a cultural/political construct based on the assumption that there is one right way of being?
In the YouTube video above, digital technologies and related skills were defined by their ability to allow America/Americans to compete in the global economy. Wikipedia's definition of digital citizens describes them as being able to complete duties such as filing taxes, child registration, and other commercial endeavors online. These examples and countless others support Sonia Liff's assertion that the existence of and the plans to eliminate the digital divide have agendas behind them. For instance, research has shown that boys and girls use digital technologies differently (Looker & Thiessen, 2003). Sonia Liff picked up on this and shared the risk of defining women as poor users and men as good users. This would lead to policies and programs to improve women. This approach ignores the key question...what do women want to use technology for? Other presenters besides Sonia Liff emphasized that one set of policies/projects to eliminate the divide doesn't fit all as different nations/cultures perceive technology differently and therefore would use it differently. These thoughts came from the video below (thanks Natasha) and is well worth a watch.
Implications for Educators/Leaders:
1) Be aware - We need to be aware of how we define success. We have an agenda in schools. Educational gurus that are pushing the educational envelope have complex and unique skills in mind for digital citizens (ShirJorg, Jackie, Joyce Valenza). Even though many students are using web 2.0 tools they would still be considered on the bottom of the divide as they may not be using them in the way we define they should be.
2) Avoid simplistic responses - Our gut reaction is to buy, buy, buy. "If students and teachers have access then we are okay." Focusing on hardware while ignoring policy, the skills your teachers have/lack, the infinite ways users perceive and interpret experiences with technology is short sighted. Add the existing socioeconomic, cultural, gender, political barriers in your school/community = limited success or complete disaster. Danah Boyd does an excellent job of exploring these elements in the digital world (Click here. Make sure you read her papers)
3) Think context - Solutions do exist but they likely will be unique to your area. You can learn from others though. Thanks Dawn for examples of contextual solutions.
4) Respect play - My peers and I discussed at length the importance of teachers being competent technology. If teachers value and have the skills then they can help battle your local digital divide. Administrators...please get creative with scheduling and create space for your staff to play with technology. I guarantee you will see results :)
For further ideas check out Dawnelai's blog.
Non-hyperlinked resources:
George Sciadas completed a report entitled "The Digital Divide in Canada" for Statistics Canada. This report can be accessed here.
Looker and Thiessen (2003) compiled research for Statistics Canada. I referenced their report that you can access here.


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When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:36 ESV
Demonic influence manifests itself in a variety of forms; here it prevents the man from speaking (see also 12:22).
Are you being prevented or hesitant to speak for Christ? Speaking starts with obedience.
How does obedience lead to compassion?
As you "gather and scatter" who are you praying for?
What are you praying for in regards to how you and the church can spread God's word?
"Like sheep without a shepherd." The leaders have failed in their responsibility, but Mic. 5:4 predicted that the Messiah would "shepherd" his people. Given the helplessness and the need of the crowds, Jesus' disciples are urged to pray earnestly that the Lord (shifting metaphors) would send out laborers into his harvest, since many are ready to receive the good news of the kingdom.
So how is God calling you to be obedient and showing you the need to be compassionate?
What specific person do you have compassion for?
How are you living sent as you move about your day? Or do you only live sent as a planned event like a mission trip?
How can this help you be persistent in your prayer life?


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Over 3500 comments as of this time at The Hill against the Obama immunity for the under 30 at time of amnesty (or now?) and under 16 at time of illegal entry.
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The thread was against Obama and the immunity. How long until the GOP supports the immunity because Romney supports it?


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The second of my Asia trip posts, with a focus on the photos I took on the trip. This was my second time in KL, and I got to see a lot of things I missed the first time around. Much like the Hong Kong post, I'll put up a series of galleries of my photos.
We spent a fair bit of time in the evenings checking out the crazy night markets around the city. If anything, KL is busier at night than during the day.
While I didn't get to go inside (missed the proper visiting hours), the national mosque in KL is an amazing building, even from the outside.
What might have been my favourite site we visited, the Islamic Art Museum had some amazing pieces to look at.
After visiting the Art Museum, we spent a couple of hours in the Kuala Lumpur bird park. It was quite cool, and there were lots of very unique birds in the place. It was one big open air aviary, which made taking pictures both better, and more challenging.
The MOnday was a holiday in Malaysia, and it was also the SuperBowl. So we found an ex-pat bar that was opening at 6:30 a.m., and made our way there for breakfast and the SuperBowl.
Later that day, I took the train out to Batu Caves, a major religious site that was going to be the destination of millions of pilgrims the next day. While spectacular, I wasn't interested in seeing the mass of people that was expected.


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Sunday, December 16, 2007
99 Bottles of Beer on the wall .....I mean until DH comes home!
I just took the 100 day tag off of our "Countdown until Daddy comes home" wall hanging. I can't believe what an impact it had on me. I have been so BAH HUMBUG this entire holiday season. I still have a week and a half to go. I have always loved Christmas, but it holds nothing for me this year. I just want it to come and go. My daugter turns 4 on Christmas Eve and my son recently turned 7. Where did this year go. I think back on it and it all feels so surreal. Like I watching a movie. I don't know how my life will be when he returns but I hope I can wake up from this way of living. I don't want everything to pass by and not live each day the way I should. I know I have to find away to exist when he is gone. It not going to be the last time I have to endure something like this. I am glad that I can now see a light at the end of this tunnel. Double Digits. He will be here before I know it. I can not wait to have our family back together.
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- Nicole said...
I feel the SAME way. Get this Christmas thing over already, I want my husband home! Who can get excited about Christmas??
I think as hard as it would be to have DH leave just before Christmas, it would have been better. Have them leave in the fall so that everyone's not at the end of their rope come Christmas the next year. I guess it would be just as bad, but then THIS year we could've been looking forward to having them home for the holidays, instead of just using Christmas as another bump in the road to where we REALLY want to be!!
- Patience said...
This is great info to know.
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IN RE APPLICATION OF BERNARD KORZEN, COUNTY TREASURER. (THE PEOPLE EX REL. BERNARD KORZEN, APPLICANT-APPELLEE,v.MID-CONTINENTAL REALTY CORPORATION, OBJECTOR-APPELLANT.)
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. ROBERT
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This case involves objector's "complaint" filed in answer to the county collector's complaint for tax judgment levied against 12 parcels of real estate located on the City of Chicago's north side. The circuit court found objector's evidence to be insufficient to sustain their complaint regarding the assessment ratio applied to rental residential properties by the assessor. Objector brought this appeal.
There are three issues in the instant case: (1) whether in 1972, the Cook County assessor possessed authority to classify real property for the purposes of taxation; (2) whether that power was properly exercised in the form of the quadrennial assessment against objector's property; and (3) whether the assessment invidiously discriminated against objector in violation of the Federal or State guarantees of equal protection of the laws.
Mid-Continental Realty Company owned 12 high-rise apartment buildings which were subject to real estate taxation in 1972 and which were the subject of a specific objection to the collector's application for sale of delinquent 1972 real estate taxes. All are located in North and Lakeview Townships in the City of Chicago. The 1972 quadrennial assessments of 11 of the parcels that have been the subject of prolonged litigation were raised in the aggregate $4,044,773 over their prior 1968 quadrennial assessments, an increase of about 26%.
Prior to initiating the proceeding at bar, objector filed an action for injunctive relief in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County to have the increased 1972 quadrennial assessments declared unlawful and void as constructively fraudulent and rendered in violation of various Federal and State constitutional provisions. After the evidence at trial was taken, proofs closed, and the matter set for decision, the trial court ruled in accordance with the newly published decision in Clarendon Associates v. Korzen (1973), 56 Ill.2d 101, 306 N.E.2d 299, that it was without jurisdiction to proceed because objector had an adequate remedy at law by way of payment of taxes under protest and an action at law to recover them. The cause was dismissed without prejudice to objector's right to bring the action at law.
Objector paid in full the 1972 real estate taxes levied upon the 12 parcels and simultaneously delivered written protests to the Cook County collector (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 120, pars. 675, 716), which set forth the amount of taxes paid and alleged that the tax rates and assessed valuation upon which they were based were illegal and void. Pursuant to the Illinois Revenue Act of 1939, objector brought suit by properly filing objections with the Circuit Court of Cook County. See People ex rel. Thompson v. Clark (1975), 34 Ill. App.3d 228, 233, 338 N.E.2d 408, 410.
By stipulation of the parties, the testimony taken in the prior proceeding before the chancery court, together with additional proofs, were presented to the court for decision. In 1972, for taxation purposes, the county assessor assessed on high-rise apartment properties such as Mid-Continental Realty's at a rate of 40% of full fair market value. Such assessed valuation amounted to $22,526,997 for all 12 buildings. It thus appeared that the assessor using the 40% rate of assessment, determined the full fair market value of the properties at approximately $56,000,000.
The objector contested this valuation amount and presented appraisers Enright and Strobeck who testified that the properties were worth substantially less. The appraisers used substantially the same capitalization rate and viewed the same raw documentation as to income and expenses. Appraiser Enright gave his opinion as to the value of 11 of the 12 buildings. Enright included as an expense substantial ground rent payments attributed to the objector's properties at four of the 12 locations. Appraiser Strobeck likewise included ground rent payments as an expense.
The trial court found that the inclusion of such ground rent expenses improperly reduced the amount of net income which, under the income approach to valuation, is capitalized in order to gain the present worth of the projected future income flow generated by the property. The trial court also found that the appraisers had "in effect * * * claimed 14 months tax expenses as a deduction against one year's income." The appraisals put forward by the objector thus substantially underestimated the value of the properties because of the inclusion of improper expenses.
The trial court quantified such errors in a table which accompanied its opinion. These "revised appraisals" which reflect the inclusion of the amount of valuation excluded by the objector's appraisers, show an increase of approximately $4.5 million in value. When this addition is added to the base valuations shown for the objector's appraisers Enright and Strobeck, the aggregate value of the properties is at least $50 to $51 million according to the objector's own evidence. The trial court thus found that there was insufficient evidence of either overvaluation or constructive fraud.
The court rejected objector's arguments that the assessment ratio applied to rental residential properties by the county assessor, and the classification scheme upon which that ratio was based, invidiously discriminated against objector and apartment dwellers generally in violation of the equal protection clauses of the Federal and State constitutions, and the reasonable classification and uniformity provisions contained in article IX, section 4 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970. The court additionally held that the methods used by the county assessor in determining the assessed values of objector's properties were not arbitrary and capricious, and that the assessed valuations were thus not constructively fraudulent as alleged by objector. Therefore, the court ruled that Mid-Continental's evidence was insufficient to sustain their complaint against the collector and entered judgment for the collector. Mid-Continental Realty Corporation brings this appeal from the judgment of the circuit court.
• 1 Mid-Continental Realty initially contends that the classification system employed by the assessor in 1972 was "de facto classification" totally lacking in legal effect. However, in 1972 the Cook County Assessor, without first securing authority from the County Board, possessed the power to classify real property for the purposes of taxation, absent enabling legislation passed by the General Assembly. (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IX, § 4(b).) In La Salle National Bank v. County of Cook (1974), 57 Ill.2d 318, 312 N.E.2d 252, a similar argument was raised and rejected. The court looked to section 4(b) of article IX of the 1970 Constitution providing:
"Subject to such limitations as the General Assembly may hereafter prescribe by law, counties with a population of more than 200,000 may classify or to continue to classify real property for purposes of taxation." (Emphasis added.) (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IX, § 4(b).)
The italicized language was construed by the supreme court as authorizing the continuance of classification by the assessor in Cook County. The authority is, however, subject to such limitations as the General Assembly may prescribe by law. The General Assembly prescribed limitations on this ...
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What I Made Monday: Thanksgiving
There's a good chance I have more Thanksgiving decorations than any other holiday--color me surprised. Fortunately, I still needed a door hanger for November, and this cute guy fit the bill perfectly.
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Creating Customer Value, Satisfaction, and Loyalty: General Concept Questions
Creating Customer Value, Satisfaction, and Loyalty
Multiple Choice
1. ________ are adept at building customer relationships, not just products; they are skilled in market engineering, not just product engineering. a. Profit-centered companies
b. Customer-centered companies
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d. Sales-centered companies
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2. The opening vignette on Ritz-Carlton shows that successful marketers are the ones that fully ________. a. understand promotional strategy
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4. ________ is the difference between the prospective customer's evaluation of all the benefits and all the costs of an offering and the perceived alternatives. a. Perceived usefulness
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6. The bundle of costs customers expect to incur in evaluating, obtaining, using, and disposing of the given market offering is called the ________. a. organizational expense ratio
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7. In applying a customer's perceived value to a decision, a seller who is at a disadvantage with respect to customer-perceived value has two alternatives: to increase total customer benefit or ________. a. increase a cash-back bonus
b. decrease total customer cost
c. lose the sale to the competitor
d. advertise more frequently
e. offer an extended warranty
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8. The final step of customer value analysis is to ________. a. identify the major attributes and benefits that customers value b. assess the company's and competitors' performances on the different customer values against their rated importance c. examine how customers in a specific segment rate the company's performance against a specific major competitor on an individual attribute or benefit basis d. monitor customer values over time
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9. The ________ consists of the whole cluster of benefits the company promises to deliver; it is more than the core positioning of the offering. a. customer promise
b. mission statement
c. corporate pledge
d. corporate-perceived value
e. value proposition
Answer: ePage: 123Difficulty: MediumAACSB: Analytic Skills 10. A company's ________ includes all the experiences the customer will have on the way to obtaining and using the offering. a. value proposition
b. value delivery system
c. customer-value analysis
d. total customer benefit
e. total customer cost
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