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Paige is my groomer for Abby. She comes to my home and makes our little girl beautiful… I love how Paige cuts Abby and Abby loves Paige. She always behaves for her. Paige also does Emma, Timmi's Maltese.
Paige has about 12 different shears she uses on dogs. I asked her when she was here on Tuesday if she would like some kind of scissor holder to keep them organized and together. I came up with this . Each one will hold 3 shears. I made them out of double sided quilted fabric. It was easy. just added bias tape. I flipped the sides of the fabric every other layer.
These are my shears. I only have 3 different kinds. Paige is teaching me how to groom Abby myself since she is going back to school.
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Indium Corporation, Kyzen, and DEK hosted a technical seminar on November 27, 2013 in Manila, Philippines.
The seminar, titled Soldering, Cleaning & Machine Efficiency, featured presentations by Sehar Samiappan, area technical manager – Indium Corporation; Jason Chan, technical applications manager – Kyzen; and Lee Hong Kim, solutions engineering manager – DEK. Each presenter delivered two presentations.
Sehar presented Alternate Pb-free Soldering Alloys and Preforms and Their Applications. Chan discussed Removal of Flux Residue from High-Lead processes and Cleaning Flux Residue under BTCs and Preventing White Residue. Kim presented Miniaturization Challenges and Competitive Advantages for the Semiconductor Industry.
Sehar provides field technical support to Indium Corporation's customers. He conducts process evaluations, product trainings, designs of experiments (DOEs), and helps diagnose productivity issues in customer factories. Sehar is an electrical engineer with over 18 years of experience, mainly in the area of process, failure analysis, and production. He is an SMTA-certified process engineer and has earned his Six Sigma Green Belt.
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The 22-year-old scored 11 goals in 14 league and cup appearances during his loan spell with the Gills.
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When messaging app GroupMe sold to Skype for $85 million in 2011, a lot of people assumed that it wouldn't be its co-founder Steve Martocci's last startup.
It wasn't.
Martocci is working on a music startup called Splice with Matt Aimonetti, a former LivingSocial and Sony PlayStation engineer.
Back in August, both Martocci and GroupMe co-founder Jared Hecht left to pursue their own respective startups.
Today, Splice raised a $2.75 million seed round led by Union Square Ventures with participation from True Ventures, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel, First Round Capital, Code Advisors, Rob Wiesenthal, David Tisch, and Seth Goldstein.
The music industry is arguably a hard one to find success in. Whether it's dealing with record labels or trying to convince people to pay for your content, it can be rough. Just think about what's happening with Turntable.fm, the once super-hyped social music platform. It's currently fighting to stay alive.
That's why Splice is taking an entirely different approach.
"We have an opportunity to disrupt the music industry from the creators out," Martocci says. "It's the network of creators and content that's unique."
Splice is also opening up its community site, blog and a waitlist for the private beta today. Splice helps electronic dance music creators save, share, collaborate, and remix music by working alongside professional music creation tools like Ableton Live.
For one, Splice offers musicians access to all of their revisions in the cloud.
Let's say you made an awesome song using Ableton Live, but kept working on it. Next thing you know, the song sounds totally different and you can't remember what made the older version sound so good. That's where Splice comes in. With Splice, you can access your entire revision history — a feature that isn't possible with Ableton Live.
Splice is a downloadable client for your computer. Once you create your tracks in Ableton Live, the majority of your future interactions between with music will happen on the web.
Splice also aims to help artists better understand the building blocks, or DNA, of a song. Splice lets musicians see and analyze each specific element of a track, be it a MIDI, a clip, a musical instrument, etc.
Programmers have a wide variety of tools to help them develop and understand code. The Splice team says those same principles should apply to the music creation process.
"We care about that never-ending, unfinished piece of work," Martocci says. "We look at two-channel tracks like you'll listen to as the compiled code."
Martocci says he's always been the guy who's never been talented enough to make music, but knows how to support musicians.
"I've always been the guy who's never been talented enough to make music, but know how to support musicians," Martocci says. "It allows me to not start from scratch."
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One of my favorite things to do is...
give new life to old junky furniture...
I LOVE fresh new paint and I LOVE new fabric!!!
Riley Blake Designs has some fabulous new
Home Dec fabric that is 100% cotton duck.
Did you see all the fun colors and designs?
There are so many to choose from...it was so hard to pick...
This is what the chair looked like when I bought it...well, almost, I was a little anxious and started spray painting before I took a picture...the legs were a dark brown...
I'm really good with a spray paint can in my hand...
I usually paint anything that gets in my way...ha ha
I chose a Robin's Egg Color from Design Master...
Colortool Spray.
You can see all the stains on the chair and ohhh....
can you see the back of the chair...
it has some sort of chenille fabric on the back...not cute:)
(I found this chair at a local thrift store.)
(I found this chair at a local thrift store.)
I spray painted first, so I didn't have to worry about
where I got the paint on the chair.
I sprayed about 6 coats so the paint would be nice and thick.
where I got the paint on the chair.
I sprayed about 6 coats so the paint would be nice and thick.
I measured the top section of the chair first
and created a pillow case shape.
Then I secured the fabric to the chair using a staple gun...
I LOVE power tools...
Next I measured the bottom of the chair, leaving plenty of extra fabric to wrap to the underside of the chair.
I folded the edges under about 1" then used the staple gun
to secure in place.
This chair is like a cat. It may end up having nine lives...I'll just keep covering it over and over...
there is nothing like a fresh coat of paint and new fabric!!!
The pillow top is a rectangle shaped piece of fabric with
4 lengths of 3 different fabric prints
torn into different widths...
torn into different widths...
layered one strip on top of the other...
4" strips...3" strips...1" strips...
Stitch 1/4" in from each edge of the 1" strips to secure to the top of the rectangle.
Finish using your favorite pillow method.
Embellish with a flower and a center jeweled charm.
For the flower I tore a 2" strip by 22". You will need 2 of them.
Sew the short edges together.
Use a double threaded needle and with
a running stitch 1/4" in from one raw edge, stitch all the way around the circle.
Pull stitches in tightly and secure with a knot in
the back center of the gathered circle.
Make 2 gathered circles. Layer one circle on top of the other.
Sew or glue the circles together.
Add the embellishment to the center.
Place in the center of the pillow top.
Think twice before throwing away that old chair...
Give it a new life with some new paint and new fabric.
Tomorrow you will want to check out "The Girl Inspired"
She is so talented!!!
Here is a list that you can follow along on the
Riley Blake Designs Home Dec Blog Tour
6/15 - Riley Blake Designs
6/16 - Jina Barney Designz
6/17 - The Girl Inspired
6/18 - Rae Gun Ramblings
6/19 - The Happy Housie
6/22 - Choo Choo Skadoo
6/23 - A Bright Corner
6/24 - Tea Rose Home
6/25 - Pie Plate Patterns
6/26 - Life After Laundry
6/29 - Sew Like My Mom
6/30 - Simple Simon & Co
7/1 - Smashed Peas & Carrots
7/2 - The Stitching Scientist
7/3 - Heart Zipper
7/6 - Quiltscapes
7/8 - Diary of a Quilter
7/9 - Jedi Craft Girl
7/10 - Freetime Frolics
7/13 - Modkid Boutique
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Happy Sewing!
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Founded in the early 90's by Jeff Steber, Intense Cycles quickly set themselves apart from the rest of the industry by personally designing and building each bike that they produced in their own factory in Temecula, CA. A thoroughbred of the discipline, Intense Cycles was an integral member of the fledgling mountain bike world as the sport grew rapidly from a niche sport to the live World Cup streams and ultra-competitive brand marketplace of today.
As frame materials evolve and competition from much larger brands increases every year, Intense too has evolved, shifting away from custom handmade aluminum frames to mostly carbon fiber rigs manufactured overseas. All moving parts are still manufactured in Temecula, where final assembly and quality assurance also take place.
Intense Cycles is in a position to grow on a global level thanks to the recent launch of multiple award-winning models backed by years of bike design experience, and evo is stoked to be along for the ride. Key developments like bringing Shaun Palmer back into the fold, incorporating legendary JS Tuned suspension, and re-launching their factory racing team make Intense Cycles one to watch for 2016 and beyond.
"Light enough to be raced cross-country, yet capable enough to tackle seriously technical trails. Intense just popped out the proverbial unicorn. If you are looking for an all-mountain or enduro bike that will consistently save your bacon, you should opt for something with a bit more travel. As an all purprose trail bike, however, this thing is way more fun than it has a right to be."
"The all new Intense Spider is a bike that will have you smiling no matter if you're going up, or down the hill. It can hang on an XC ride with its efficient pedaling while still having the Intense pedigree to descend like a bike in the 150-160mm category."
The Tracer has been Intense Cycles most popular mountain bike dating back to its creation in 1999. Since then, the Intense Tracer has gone through six evolution resulting in one of the most capable full suspension trail bikes on the market. Progressive geometry and suspension design have helped to keep the Intense Tracer at the top of its class. In 2017, Intense has reinvented the Tracer once again, transforming the bike from an all-around trail crusher to a high speed enduro racing machine, built for the downhill. The Intense Tracer is the perfect mountain bike for gravity oriented riders who like to go fast and glide through technical terrain with ease. With a longer reach and more modern geometry, the new Intense Tracer inspires more confidence than ever before, allowing riders to shred trails that once might have had them asking for a dedicated downhill bike. The Intense Tracer is capable in the bike park, on the trails, or in the Enduro World Series.
"It's not often that I have absolutely no complaints about a mountain bike, but the Tracer is one of those rare rigs. I can't believe that such a bike exists that climbs and descends as well as the Tracer!"


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|State Senate Approves St. Tammany Levee District Bill
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By: Robert Rhoden, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune
The state Senate has approved a bill that would create the St. Tammany Levee, Drainage and Conservation District and establish the parish as a separate levee district taxing authority. The bill by Sen. Jack Donahue, R-Covington, was approved 37-0 without discussion Monday afternoon.
The bill will now move on to the House of Representatives.
With the creation of the levee district, St. Tammany would withdraw from the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East.
Parish President Pat Brister has said it's in the parish's best interest to have its own levee district and decide what projects need to be done to protect the parish. She has complained that of the $14.5 billion spent on levee and drainage projects by the federal government in the New Orleans area since 2005, none of the money was spent on north shore projects.
Brister acknowledges that the parish has not contributed money to the Southeast Louisiana Flood authority and the regional flood control efforts.
A St. Tammany Levee District exists on paper, but it has never been activated or funded.
Under the bill, the new levee district would have authority to issue bonds and levy taxes. A sales tax of up to 1 cent could be levied if approved by voters. The tax would not be subject to the combined rate limitation established in the state Constitution.
The district would be governed by a nine-member commission appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal. At least four of the members must live in the unincorporated area of St. Tammany, Donahue said.


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As the Ebola epidemic continues to devastate the West African nation of Sierra Leone, Dromore man Major Jonathan Brice is deploying there to help in the fight against the deadly virus.
Major Brice, who serves with the reserve 253 Medical Regiment located at Sunnyside Street, was offered the opportunity to go due to his extensive humanitarian training.
"It's exciting to be involved in this and I'm looking forward to getting out there and helping to make a difference," said Major Brice. "I'm sure there will be difficulties but I'm not anxious. The others have been out there since October so they are fairly well established. In general the Ebola crisis seems to be on the decline, though there's still a lot of work needs to be done to combat it."
Major Brice will be based in the Headquarters of the Combined Joint Interagency Taskforce in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.
"The Combined Joint Interagency Taskforce is comprised of Canadian and Irish troops, along with Save the Children. It is run by the Government department for internal development - so really the military and NGO's are there in a supporting role."
Major Brice, who is an environmental health officer, will have two main roles there.
"I'll be looking after medical intelligence. This involves trying to see what upcoming problems there may be, for instance - in focusing so much on the fight against Ebola it's possible other things may have been let to slip that might lead to future problems, so it's about trying to anticipate what those might be.
"We also need to keep an eye on things like weather conditions - for instance the rainy season will cause ambulance and transport problems and also changes in pest control, so we need to watch out for these sort of things.
"I'll also be looking after force health protection which involves looking after the health and welfare of troops on the ground. We check things like food safety and disease control - making sure people aren't being bitten, and that they are drinking enough water.
"There's about 11 treatment centres and I'll be visiting each of them to see how they are getting on."
Major Brice has previously deployed to countries including Bosnia, Kosovo and South Africa.


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Announcement of managers' transactions:Grevermond Investments Ltd has purchased shares in Caverion Corporation
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so yesterday brought me a nice package from CMON in the form of my Zombicide Season 3 kickstarter pledge! It is only a small pledge (I have put a space marine in the picture for scale)……………………………..
Now I pretty well went for one of everything that was new for the S3 kickstarter, As some of the S1 and S2 sets are hard to get hold off in the UK (zombie dogs and dog companions are very hard to get). So rather than kick myself later I went for most of it (but managed to miss 3 items!).
So first we have Zombicide: Season 3 Rue Morgue and Angry Neighbours expansion.
Left picture show the models from Rue Morgue (loads of zombies!) and the right picture shows the models from Angry neighbours. It is worth noting that Rue morgue dose NOT include Zombie versions of the survivors (but see further down the page).
Next we have all the "stretch goal" extras. 26 RM zombies, 2 A-bombs, 9 AN zombies, 16 VIP zombies, 5 Crows, 2 Barricades, 9 survivors and 9 zombie versions. Many people have moaned about the Survivors and Zombivors not having their own packaging, I am personally not bothered as most of the packaging will get recycled!
Next we have the 3D doors and Barricades pack.
Next we have VIP pack 1, 20 zombies in 4 different poses (I love the guy dressed as a hot-dog!)
Next we have Lost Zombivors (these are the zombie versions of the RM survivors).
Next we have Murder Of Crowz 15 models.
Next we have Ultimate Survivors #1. Veteran versions of the S1 survivors
Next we have Moustache Pack #2 with my all time favourite Mr T (the other members of the A-team would be good for S4!)
Next we have the KS exclusive Purple promo box which contains all the KS exclusive survivors from S1 and S2 as well as gaming night packs, and other CMON crossovers. Looks like my old cards will be hitting e-bay!
Next we have special Guest boxes (I picked these up as the original 3 from S2 are hard to get hold of)
Next we have 8 KS exclusive survivors and zombivors.
Next we have Experience deck, yellow and brown dice, plastic token pack, and the team building pack.
Finally we have Dice tower and Dice bag.
Me and my wife try to get in a few games a month (and I normally play a few solo games as well) so this lot will get used, especially with the bank holiday weekend coming this weekend!


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Given a hypergraph H=(V,E), its conflict-free chromatic number
(CF-chromatic number)
is the minimum number of colors needed to color the vertex set V
such that, for every hyperedge S, there is at least one element
v \in S whose color is unique (in S).
Note that the CF-chromatic number of a hypergraph H is at least
its chromatic number (where each hyperedge of size at least
two is required to be non-monochromatic), and at most
the colorful chromatic number (where each hyperedge is required
to be colorful).
I will survey some recent results on the conflict-free
chromatic number of hypergraphs that arise from certain geometric
instances and also present open problems for further research.
This ``new" coloring problem is related to the problem
of frequency assignment to cellular antennas.
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International mobility – moving people to the UK
The internationalisation of business has resulted in the growing need for UK companies of all sizes to recruit or relocate staff from overseas. Susie Al-Qassab, Leigh Sayliss and Antonia Torr of Howard Kennedy's International Mobility Team highlight four key areas UK employers need to consider from a legal perspective to get this right:
- Does your employee need a work permit?
- Which social security system is applicable?
- Is your employee liable for taxes in the UK?
- Which specific mandatory employment conditions apply?
1. Does your employee need a work permit?
EU nationals and their families will be free to live and work in the UK until it formally leaves the EU, which is likely to take up to two years. The earliest that these freedoms will end for EU citizens in the UK is likely to be 2019.
It is likely there will be a cut-off date when those EU nationals and their family members who can establish they have been resident in the UK for a specified period of time will be accorded a permanent right to stay. For those who cannot obtain a permanent right to stay, they may come under transitional arrangements or be given time-limited permission to remain. The Government has declared that its position regarding EU nationals living here will be tied to Brexit negotiations and the degree of reciprocity British citizens resident in the EU will be afforded.
There will need to be changes to the UK immigration system to accommodate transitional arrangements and to put in place a new system for employers to employ EU nationals who presently require no permission to work in the UK. It is still unclear what new regime will be put in place.
The UK operates a points-based system (PBS) for migrants from outside the EEA and Switzerland, with different requirements for different visa categories (called Tiers). Migrant workers who wish to work in the UK need to be sponsored by an employer as a Tier 2 migrant unless the migrant is able to secure an alternative visa, such as a UK Ancestry or Tier 5 visa (which does not require sponsorship). An employer looking to sponsor a migrant worker under Tier 2 must have a sponsor licence and issue a Certificate of Sponsorship confirming that the individual meets the relevant criteria before the individual applies for their visa.
It may be that the PBS will be rolled out for EU nationals following Brexit, which would have a significant administrative and financial impact for UK employers wanting to employ staff from the EU who don't have a permanent right to stay. They would need to apply for a sponsor licence and get to grips with the PBS employer sponsorship management system and onerous compliance, reporting and recording duties and fees. There would also likely be sizeable additional fees for each employee sponsored, one of which is the new immigration skills charge which came into force on 6 April 2017.
UK employers are already required to conduct "right to work" checks for all workers (including UK and EU nationals) before they start work. This entails obtaining and retaining copies of specific documents evidencing their right to work in the UK, and in some cases carrying out ongoing checks. Post-Brexit checks for EU nationals are likely to be more complicated.
2. Which social security system is applicable?
In general, employees working in the UK must pay UK social security contributions. The employer must deduct these from their pay and also pay employer's NICs in addition. Even if the employee is seconded to the UK and remains employed by their home employer, the UK entity is regarded as their "employer" for NIC purposes.
When an employee comes to the UK, special arrangements can apply for the employee to continue paying social security contributions in their home country for a period after coming to the UK, generally between one and two years, depending on the country.
Subject to some specific exemptions, the UK also has special arrangements with all EEA countries, and many countries outside the EEA, that may mean that the employee can continue paying social security contributions in the other country for a longer period – especially if the employee is working in more than one country.
3. Is your employee liable for taxes in the UK?
The key question to consider is whether your employee will be UK resident. The UK has a statutory residence test (SRT) that depends on the number of days spent in the UK in any tax year, which runs from 6 April to 5 April of the following calendar year. This is of particular concern to employees who split their duties between the UK and another country or countries.
If your employee becomes UK resident they will generally be liable for UK tax on their worldwide income, including the earnings from their employer.
A non-UK resident employee working in the UK will generally only be subject to UK tax on any income earned from duties carried out in the UK.
The tax position will be more complicated for employees who have income that risks being taxed in more than one country, especially where they carry out duties both inside and outside the UK or are only in the UK on a short secondment. Employees who have non-UK capital gains capital gains or capital gains not related to their UK employment should also take UK tax advice if they are likely to become UK resident even if only on a short secondment.
If any of your employee's earnings are subject to UK tax, the employer will almost always have to deduct tax under the "Pay As You Earn" (PAYE) system, and pay the tax over to HM Revenue & Customs.
4. Which specific mandatory employment conditions apply?
In general, employees ordinarily working in or based in the UK benefit from UK statutory employment rights. These include:
- the National Minimum Wage (from 1 April 2017 this is £7.50 per hour for workers aged 25 and over, but rates are usually reviewed at least annually)
- 5.6 weeks paid annual holiday (including eight UK public holidays)
- statutory sick pay
- protection against discrimination in employment
- protection for whistleblowers
- family-related rights, including maternity and paternity leave and pay, and shared parental leave
- protection against unfair dismissal (in general the employee must have 2 years' service to bring a claim, but there are important exceptions such as dismissals connected with pregnancy or being a whistleblower)
- protections related to TUPE transfers and collective redundancies.
The fact that the contract of employment may not be governed by UK law would not prevent these statutory protections applying.
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This article, for individuals considering filing a chapter 13 bankruptcy on Long Island, was
written by Long Island bankruptcy lawyer Alan Pressman.
(631) 234-3883
Alan Pressman is a Long Island bankruptcy attorney located near Central Islip, Hauppauge,
Ronkonkoma, Bohemia, Brentwood, Bay Shore, Holbrook, Shirley, and Mastic.
Chapter 13 enables you to consolidate your unsecured debts (such as credit cards, medical
bills, bank loans, personal loans) into one monthly payment -- and in Chapter 13 you can
sometimes pay back as little as 10% of your unsecured debt -- over a five (5) year period --
with no interest.
If you have a high income, you may not be eligible for chapter 7. Yet, having a high income
does not prevent you from filing a Chapter 13. If your income is over, say, $100,00 per year,
you may want to consider filing Chapter 13 so as to consolidate your unsecured debts into one
payment per month. In Chapter 13, you can take 60 months to pay back your unsecured
debts, and your unsecured creditors are paid back with no interest. In a Chapter 13 100%
payback plan, you always keep all of your property, including any tax refunds which you
receive while the Chapter 13 is in effect. With a 100% payback plan, you can even keep time
shares, rental properties, and luxury vehicles. You get the benefit of the automatic stay by
filing a Chapter 13-- that is, once the Chapter 13 has been filed with the Bankruptcy Court,
creditors can't take any actions to collect (such as harassing phone calls, threatening letters,
lawsuits, garnishments, bank account freezes). And it looks better on your credit if you have
repaid your debt 100% (as opposed to discharging your debt).
With a 100% Chapter 13 in which you are paying back solely unsecured debts, you can pay as
little as $500 towards my legal fee, plus $350 to cover the filing fees and costs, to get the
Chapter 13 filed with the Bankruptcy Court. There will be additional legal fees owed to me in
connection with the Chapter 13, but you can pay those out over time within the Chapter 13
Chapter 13 is also often filed to stop a foreclosure or when you have too much equity in your
house to file a Chapter 7. Once a Chapter 13 is filed with the Bankruptcy Court, it
immediately stops a foreclosure. Usually, you can repay your mortgage arrears through the
Bankruptcy Court, over a five (5) year period.
Taxes, such as income taxes and property taxes can also be consolidated in with the monthly
Chapter 13 payment and usually can be paid back, through the Bankruptcy Court, over a
period of five (5) years.
In Chapter 13, you always keep all of your assets -- the Bankruptcy Court has no right to take
any of your property away from you -- even if you own a house with a lot of equity.
If you have too much equity in your house to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you will want to file
a Chapter 13 bankruptcy instead. In Chapter 13, you will have no risk of losing your house.
Even if you have a lot of equity in the house, you will still definitely keep it. But if you have a
lot of equity in your house, you will be required to pay back a percentage of your unsecured
debt in the Chapter 13. How much you have to pay back to your creditors typically depends
on how much equity you have in your house (i.e. the more equity you have, the more you will
have to pay back to your creditors). Whatever amount you do have to pay back to your
creditors, you will normally be given five (5) years to do so -- you will most likely be making
monthly payments to a bankruptcy trustee.
If your house is in foreclosure, the Chapter 13 must be filed before the foreclosure sale date
in order to stop the foreclosure. Even if you have received a
foreclosure summons
from your
mortgagee, you still can file a Chapter 13 and stop the foreclosure and get five (5) years to
pay back your mortgage arrears through the Bankruptcy Court. From the time you receive
the foreclosure summons, it takes at least several months for the mortgagee to get to the
point of the foreclosure sale. (The total time it takes depends to a large extent on how
quickly the mortgagee moves in terms of proceeding with the foreclosure).
You can stop the foreclosure at any time prior to the date of the
foreclosure sale
by filing a
Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Once the Chapter 13 petition has been filed with the Bankruptcy Court, starting with the
month after you filed the Chapter 13, you will resume making your regular monthly mortgage
payments (your bank will have to accept them since you are in a Chapter 13). And you will
have an additional payment to make each month (usually for a period of 60 months) to a
bankruptcy trustee. (This is a specific attorney appointed by the Bankruptcy Court to
administer the Chapter 13 case. In Suffolk County there are presently two different attorneys
who handle the Chapter 13 cases -- Marianne DeRosa and Michael Macco). Your first payment
to the bankruptcy trustee will be due thirty (30) days from when your Chapter 13 petition was
If you have unsecured debts (such as credit cards, medical bills, personal loans, repossessed
car debts, etc.) as well as arrears on mortgage payments, it may save you the most money if
you file what is known, unofficially, as a "Chapter 20" bankruptcy. Chapter 20 bankruptcy
consists of filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy to discharge your unsecured debts (you normally
receive your Chapter 7 discharge 3-4 months from the filing date of your Chapter 7) – - and
then, after the chapter 7 case is over, filing a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, ie.-- shortly after you
receive your Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge. The Chapter 13 will be strictly helping you
repay your arrears on any mortgages you have. In the Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you can repay
your mortgage arrears over a 5-year period through the Bankruptcy Court. For a period of 60
months, you make a monthly payment to a Chapter 13 Trustee (which the Trustee forwards to
your mortgagees) in order to make up your mortgage arrears. During the 60-month period
that you are making Trustee payments, you also make your regular monthly mortgage
payments – - directly to the mortgagees. (Because you are in a Chapter 13 , your
mortgagees have to accept your monthly mortgage payments from you).
With a Chapter 20 bankruptcy, you are not repaying anything to unsecured creditors (such
as-- credit cards, medical bills, personal loans, repossessed car loan debt, etc.) because these
debts have already been discharged in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy case which you filed (and
received a discharge on) several months prior to when you filed your Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Contrast this with the scenario wherein (instead of filing a Chapter 20 bankruptcy) you
merely file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy without first filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy (and thereby
getting your unsecured debts discharged). Under this scenario, in your Chapter 13 you would
have to pay back at least 10% of your unsecured debt in the Chapter 13 case.
Important point to keep in mind:– If you have unsecured debts and you are repaying less
than 100% of your unsecured debts in your Chapter 13 plan, your Chapter 13 Trustee will
require a sentence in your Chapter 13 plan stating that any tax refunds you receive during
the 5 years of the Chapter 13 case must be turned over to the Chapter 13 Trustee for
distribution to your unsecured creditors – - this is in addition to your regular Trustee
payments (which are paying back your mortgage arrears as well as a percentage of your
unsecured debt). As such, filing a Chapter 20 bankruptcy can be very beneficial, (as opposed
to merely filing a Chapter 13) when you have unsecured debt as well as mortgage arrears.
If you would like a free consultation with Alan Pressman on Chapter 13 bankruptcy, call (631)
3100 Veterans Highway
Bohemia, N.Y. 11716
(Long Island Expressway, exit 57-- approx. 2 miles southeast)
I have been actively handling Chapter 13 bankruptcies on Long Island for more than 30 years.
My practice is 100% handling bankruptcy cases.
I am a solo practitioner and, as such,
I will handle your case personally.
Thanks for taking the time to visit my website.
Copyright 2011-3, Alan Pressman Attorney At Law
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a poem for a celebrity-- actor/dancer/singer-- you have a massive crush on.
For Nandita (Das)
Her dusky beauty puts to shame
cliches of the fair and lovely
Her eyes speak to me, her smile
knows me, and her mouth
blunt yet kind joins in.
Secrets hide in the rustle
of her gorgeous skirts saris
I am closest to her
when she is unreachable
on a film reel
when my eyes ardently follow
her ephemeral figure.
She just refused a role
in your new advert
which was worth a fortune
The world screams actress! social activist!
but she hovers at edges
which defy definition
Passion, elegance
honest intelligence
I yearn to follow her
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Over the past few decades insights from behavioural economics have become commonplace. The age of the rational actor is dead; everyone knows now that we're all afflicted with cognitive biases. We are "predictably irrational".
One highly predictable bit of irrationality is the "negativity bias". Our propensity to give significant additional weight to negative information or experiences is now well documented. It seems innate. Even three month olds seem to give extra weight to negative social interactions.
This negativity bias can make can make us overly defensive and prone to missing positive opportunities.
(I'm getting to my point now)
One of the most common themes in edu-land at the moment is the "denigration" of teachers by the media - sometimes on their own; sometimes reporting the views of politicians. It dominated the recent teacher conference season and is something that worries many of the teachers I talk to; they feel as if the regular stream of invective - especially from the misnamed "middle-market" tabloids but also from supposedly higher-brow outlets - must be diminishing them and their profession in the eyes of their friends and the wider public.
The tendency to accentuate the negative though means the big picture is easily missed. Take the following:
- A YouGov poll last Sunday found that teachers were the second most trusted group in the country - behind doctors but ahead of judges and policeman. 74% said they trusted teachers (with no difference between Conservative and Labour voters). This compares to 25% for trade unionists; 19% for politicians and 17% for Mail journalists.
- Last year the Teaching Agency's annual survey of undergraduates found that 81% agreed that teaching had real status and kudos – up 4 per cent since 2010. 72% thought their friends and family would react positively to them becoming a teacher – up 6 per cent since 2010. And 71% thought the image of teaching is improving.
- Last week Teach First (who I work for) came third in the Sunday Times Top 100 graduate recruiters. For undergraduates teaching for two years in a challenging school is now more attractive than almost any other career option.
It seems to me that the status of the teaching profession amongst the public is growing not diminishing and that tabloid "denigration" is having no meaningful impact on popular opinion.
I'm not suggesting that some of the rubbish written by Britain's lazier columnists isn't challenged (yes I mean you Kelvin) but I am suggesting a sense of perspective is needed. There is a real risk that by emphasising "denigration" rather than pointing to the positive we could needlessly damage morale in the profession.
Moreover the defensiveness that feeling under attack creates can lead to a refusal to acknowledge genuine issues that need to be resolved (this is a huge issue in politics too - people think U-turns will be far more damaging than they usually are so don't make enough of them).
And perhaps most importantly there's a risk of getting caught on the back-foot - worrying too much about challenges to make a positive case for change. I am hopeful though that initiatives such as the Royal College of Teachers and ResearchED will help the profession get on the front foot.
A couple of people have said I should mention there is an existing College of Teachers who hold a Royal Charter. Happy to do so. I believe they're involved in discussions about the new Royal College initiative.


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Journaling is a big thing for me and there are so many places tell you that writing in a journal has so many benefits. Now I'm not going to preach about journal writing, I just want to talk about how and why it works for me.
The journals pictured above hold roughly the last year of my life. Now in my opinion that's A LOT of writing. I even have a particular pen I prefer to write with. Sometimes I write because I want to pass the time, which especially happens at school. Other times I write because I have some sort of dilemma or emotional issue and I can only keep my thoughts straight if I write them out. Writing helps a lot when I need to explain something to someone else. I'll write it out in my journal then turn around and coherently explain the issue. I also use my journal for writing out my thought processes and planning the best course of action.
I've gone through phases where I just couldn't write in my journal. I would have a whole body reaction of anger whenever I would try. I'm not sure why I was so angry but I think part of it was because I was frustrated that I had to write and thought it was stupid. During that period my cat who I had for 12 years got sick and passed away. That experience for some reason broke down all that anger and I could easily write in my journal again. After her passing I wrote her a letter in my journal which helped me a lot.


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Kors evades holiday gloom
Feb. 4 - Holiday quarter results from upscale lifestyle brand and retailer Michael Kors shined brightly during a tough period for others as global consumers snatched up Kors products at a solid pace. Conway G. Gittens reports.
Don't count Michael Kors as part of the not-so-Merry Christmas seen by most retailers last year. The upscale lifestyle brand not only saw faster than expected sales during the holiday quarter - it is raising both sales and profit forecasts for 2014. A strong point among many: robust licensing sales for watches and eyewear. While Kors has seen its star rise, rival Coach has seen its star fall, reporting a sharp decline in North American sales during the key end-of-year retail battle. Consumers continue to prefer Kors' trendy handbags, watches and other accessories. Demand for its products has pushed sales growth to at least 40 percent every quarter since going public in 2011. Cowen's Faye Landes describes the results as: "absolutely terrific" and "well ahead of consensus on all key metrics." Adding "It is highly apparent that Kors is gaining market share at a dramatic pace across numerous categories." And the stock is being been rewarded. Shares are up sharply in response to earnings and the guidance, after surging 59 percent last year.


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The basic idea here is to explore those realms of "devoteeism" which I feel are all too often ignored. Primarily, I am concerned with the ethical concerns of devoteeism which, if they are considered at all, are often left for last (at least in our conversations). I tossed the idea of this blog around for a long time, but have continually put it off. I have no idea how frequently I'll be posting, or how long each entry will be, so I do apologize for that unpredictable nature.
I hope to begin a dialogue about how we, as devotees, act, and what the effects of those actions are on others. I have no qualms though about deleting comments from people who are being disruptive in any manner. I do happily invite dissenting opinions and other perspectives, so long as you conduct yourself calmly and maintain a respectful atmosphere toward all.


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Stoking the fire : nationhood in early twentieth century Cherokee writing
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My research builds upon interdisciplinary trends in Native scholarship emphasizing tribal-specificity; attention to understudied periods, writers, and texts; and a political commitment to engage contemporary challenges facing Indigenous communities. My dissertation examines the persistence of nationhood in Cherokee writing between the dissolution of the Cherokee government preceding Oklahoma statehood in 1907 and political reorganization in the early 1970s. Situating writing by John Milton Oskison, Rachel Caroline Eaton, Rollie Lynn Riggs and Ruth Muskrat Bronson explicitly within the Cherokee national contexts of its emergence, I attend to the complicated ways they each remembered, imagined, narrated and enacted Cherokee nationhood in the absence of a functioning state. Often read as a transitional "dark age" in Cherokee history, this period stands instead as a rich archive of Cherokee national memory capable of informing contemporary debates in the Cherokee Nation and Native Studies today.


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Winnipeg Jets head coach Claude Noel is downplaying any rift that may have existed between him and forward Alexander Burmistrov.
In his first public comments since Burmistrov left the Jets to play in Russia's KHL, Noel shrugged off suggestions by Burmistrov's agent that the relationship between the 21-year-old and his coach was a factor.
"He's elected to change locations to advance his career — I guess that's what he believes," Noel, speaking at the Jets development camp, said Thursday. "But I don't really have any comment on what somebody else says. If Alexander had problems with me, he's never mentioned it to me. He's played two years here, has played a lot of minutes for us and a lot of situations."
A restricted free agent, Burmistrov this month signed a two-year deal with his hometown AK Bars Kazan, paying him $2 million-plus per season.
At the time, his Russian agent, Yuri Nikolaev, told the Winnipeg Sun that friction with Noel "was one of the reasons why he left."
Chosen eighth overall by Atlanta in the 2010 NHL draft, Burmistrov posted a disappointing four goals and 10 points in 44 games last season.
He was also banished to the press box as a healthy scratch for four games.
"I would have liked to see him do some things differently that would have helped him further his career," Noel said, adding he doesn't know enough about the KHL to know if Burmistrov may benefit from it.
"He talked about getting his confidence and stuff like that," the coach said. "If that's what he feels, and that's where he feels he needs to play, he needs to make that decision. It's hard for me to say the KHL will do this or won't do this. I mean, Evander Kane's a guy that didn't have much success there but certainly had success here.
"Whether it works for Alexander or not, that'll be determined by his play."
Noel also weighed in on the ongoing negotiations with high-profile, restricted free agents Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little and Zach Bogosian.
All three are closing in on dates with an arbitrator, a process teams try to avoid because it forces them to argue why a player isn't worth what he's asking.
"I really don't have any experience on how the fallout can be from a player's standpoint or a management standpoint," Noel said. "That's just part of the business."
Arbitrator-awarded deals are also just one or two years in length, and the Jets would like to lock up all three with long-term contracts, thereby having them avoid unrestricted free agency as long as possible.
"I'm very confident in our people upstairs," Noel said. "That's their job. I'm confident that we're going to get that stuff done. I just choose to sit and wait, let the process take place."
As for off-season acquisitions like Devin Setoguchi and Michael Frolik, Noel said he's not in a hurry to peg where they may fit in, preferring to keep an open mind going into training camp.


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Watermelon — refers to the fruit.
By — Latin name: Citrúllus lanátus.
By — English name: watermelon.
Refers to the family: Pumpkin — Cucurbitaceae.
Used in the home of the watermelon, inner flesh, sometimes seeds.
Botanical description: The stems are long, creeping, rarely twisted, triangular, of a thickness of 5 cm, length is 4 meters and more. In his youth, stems pubescent easily. Leaves compound has multiple facets. On the surface of the leaf is down from fine hairs. Width of the middle leaf of watermelon reaches 15-18 cm and a length up to 20 cm Leaves billed heavily cut sheet plate green.
Flowers — lodochkoobraznye, a few centimeters in width and height, same-sex have bracteoles.
The fruit of watermelon: A rather large round seed melon green, or dark — green. Depending on the variety, the fruit of different plants can greatly differ watermelon color, size, shape.
Flowering: summer, July — August.
Habitat: The plant is the homeland of the African continent. In some areas of Central Africa, are still found in the wild watermelon.
On watermelon know quite a lot, he was accepted into the food in ancient Egypt. Often, a plant, or rather the fruit were placed in tombs of the pharaohs, as an after meal.
Nowadays, most are grown in China. After the Chinese market, most of watermelons is Turkish, American and Uzbek. With a very noticeable lag in sales and production.
Well grown in warm climates in the steppe areas without a lot of moisture and precipitation. For growing need, dry summers and warm winters.
The constituent elements of watermelon.
In the fruit of this plant has a lot of sugar. In the pulp is 13% sugar, which is very easy to digest. Components that much in the pulp are also — sucrose, glucose, fructose.
Other substances and elements:
— Pectic substances — 0.68%;
— Calcium — 14 mg /%
— Protein — 0.7%;
— Magnesium — 224 g /%;
— Phosphorus — about 7 mg /%
— Potassium — 64 mg /%.
In addition to these elements in the fruit is melon vitamins, e.g., such as niacin, thiamin, folic acid, carotene and others.
Watermelon seeds are composed of about 25% oil. The oil is produced from these seeds, in terms of taste is not inferior to vegetable oil.
Energy value of watermelon
In 100 grams of fruit has about 38 calories.
Practical programs included
Southern countries of the world use watermelon in the form of food. From it boiled and make a lot of tasty and interesting dishes. For example, some nations are prepared from the pulp of the watermelon nardek — this dish is similar to a thick honey, which contains a lot of sucrose and fructose in its composition.
Chemical elements that contains the fruit of watermelon have a lot of vitamins and positively affect the cardiovascular system and the organism as a whole. Doctors recommend eating watermelon in case of problems with the heart and blood circulation, as well as the low level of hemoglobin in the blood.
Benefits of Watermelon
This product was used for cleaning the body, in particular for filtering renal and hepatic toxins, and other elements that enter the body when power is not correct.
In the watermelon has a large amount of water and sugar, valuable materials that are useful in the treatment of liver.
Some vitamins that are part of this fruit have anti-sclerotic action.
Admission watermelon eating stimulates weight loss, withdrawal of cholesterol and toxins from the body.
Harm watermelon
In some cases, the watermelon can harm the body. Its flesh can accumulate nitrates in itself. This may result in nausea, vomiting, body poisoning, fever and other complications. Some people may develop an allergic condition.
Varieties of watermelon:
In the form of watermelon are two different varieties of this fruit:
Citrullus lanatus var. Citroides — sort common in African countries is very common in Namibia, Botswana, Lesotto, South Africa.
Citrullus lanatus var. Lanatus — vstrechechaetsya this species only in a cultural way.
There are many famous varieties of watermelon, for example: Astrakhan, Bykov, white or watermelon, Kamyshinsky — this watermelon with green or white stripes on the surface, inside the red or gray seeds. Kherson is a well-known variety, very common in the south and center of Ukraine. Particularly noteworthy are early varieties of this fruit — chernouska, Korean, apple and raspberry cream.
Sometimes watermelon salt for the winter, like vegetables and fruits. There are many recipes for which the watermelon roll into the banks and leave for the winter.
There is a special kind of watermelon called Carolina — Cross, he reaches a fantastic size and thickness. Record the weight of the watermelon was 119 pounds in weight.


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Mauricio Pochettino discusses Spurs contract situation amid Chelsea and Man Utd interest
TOTTENHAM boss Mauricio Pochettino insists he is not thinking about his contract situation and is solely focused on the end of the season.
Spurs' superb season has seen them all but secure Champions League qualification while they are still right in the hunt for the Premier League title.
Harry Kane's double against Aston Villa yesterday moved them to within two points of league-leaders Leicester.
It has been widely reported that Pochettino is set to be rewarded for his efforts this term.
"I have three years left on my contract so it is not a big problem"Mauricio Pochettino
The Argentine is understood to have held talks over extending the five-year deal he signed when he joined from Southampton in 2014.
The Mirror claimed recently that Chelsea and Manchester United are interested in the 44-year-old manager and the north Londoners are eager to tie their man down.
But Pochettino has cooled any such speculation, saying his future is not important at the moment.
He said: "[My future] is not important.
"We need to fight every day and arrive at the end of the season in good condition.
"The club and the supporters deserve us to do our job. The most important thing is to keep working hard.
"I have three years left on my contract so it is not a big problem.
"I'm enjoying it a lot, we're in a very good position with the team and the supporters."


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The eye can be examined with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A practical examination includes the capability to move in the orbit and the response of the student to light and lodging.
The function of the eye may be checked in numerous methods. The patient may be asked to identify illuminated letter or things of differing sizes on what is understood as the Snellen chart.
Conversely, the assessment of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of ways. Stress within the eyeball is measured by a "tonometer." In specific illness, especially in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased considerably.
Nevertheless, it should be well bore in mind that a client with an eye problem might have other issues too. Typically other physical conditions are main and impact the eye as a consequence. The look of the eye can alert the doctor and the patient to problems in some disruptions of other parts of the body even before other signs provide themselves.
As a result, one's dependence on sight is stressed when one deals with a temporary or possible permanent loss of this vital sense. When corrective steps are looked for, specific kinds of vision correction such as contact lenses or glasses are recommended.
On the other hand, some people are bothered with the truth that they have some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this reason, advanced surgical operations were established to motivate decreased usage of contact lenses or glasses. Among which is the now popular LASIK eye surgery.
Essentially, LASIK eye surgical treatment is the short term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its concrete counterpart, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another form of vision correction. The only difference is that with this type of surgical treatment, one's vision is corrected permanently.
With LASIK eye surgical treatment, the refractive errors in the cornea are permanently transformed. This can be done utilizing an "excimer laser."
The main function of this surgery is to develop a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea using a blade referred to as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is finally reformed, enabling much better the eye to direct more light into the wikipedia reference retina.
Popularity vs. Disadvantages
In the middle of the growing popularity of LASIK eye surgery, there are still disadvantages that individuals need to know. Probably, the primary reason this type of eye surgery has actually become well accepted is due to the fact that most of its cases had succeeded.
Nevertheless, in spite of its success, there are still some disadvantages. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation applied to the most sensitive part of the eye
Since LASIK eye surgery involves the operation of the retina, which is among the most delicate portions of the eye, the majority of people say that the operation can be extremely dangerous.
Simply puts, a basic error could practically cause an individual's life time loss of sight. It is essential to think about numerous aspects before deciding whether LASIK eye surgical treatment is the right corrective step one has to go through.
2. It is not a best treatment
LASIK eye surgery may remedy your vision however it does not always imply that it can give you a twenty-twenty. Even if statistical reports show that 70% of the patients may have 20/20 vision, this does not necessarily imply they have ideal vision also.
Provided all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the popularity of the operation, LASIK may not always be the ideal eye surgical treatment the way many people see it
Alternatively, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye might be made in several methods. It should be well kept in mind that a patient with an eye problem may have other problems. Frequently other physical conditions are primary and impact the eye as a repercussion. The look of the eye can signal the client and the doctor to difficulties in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other symptoms present themselves.
Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgery is another form of vision correction.
2 Facts You Do Not Know In Respect To LASIK Eye Surgical Treatment
The eye can be examined with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A practical examination includes the capability to move in the orbit and the response of the student to light and lodging.


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IMPORTANT NOTES:Minimum age for check-in: 21.Check-in: 4 p.m. PTCheck-out: 10 a.m. PTOffice hours: 24 hoursLate check-in procedures: NA Nearest airport: McCarran International Airport (LAS)Miles to resort: 2 Pets allowed? No pets allowed. Subject to $300 fine Smoking policy: No smoking inside, including electronic cigarettes. Subject to $300 fineParking: On site, one vehicle per villa. Resort prohibits parking of boats, RVs, trailers and any type of commercial trucks. Please contact the resort for information on Las Vegas area RV accommodations.Day-use policy: Club owners not staying at the resort must call prior to arrival to ensure availability for day use. First priority given to resort occupants. Deposit required: Upon check-in, each reservation requires a major credit card for a $100 Pre-Authorization.Other notes: Valid government-issued ID (driver's license, passport) required at check in. Shuttle Service: Shuttle will depart every 30 minutes from 10 am to 11 pm and will stop only at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino. Pick up at Planet Hollywood will be based on seating availability. ADA shuttle requests must be scheduled at least 2 hours in advance at the Front Desk. There will be no shuttle runs at 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm, 7:00 pm, and 7:30 pm.Additional local transportation resources to the Las Vegas Strip:Monorail: Closest pickup is at MGM Grand Resort Casino with stops at major Casino Resorts. All Day Passes Available for a fee.Taxi and Rental Car options available.See resort concierge for more information for these and other options.
At Bluegreen Club 36™, it's all about latitude and attitude. This desert oasis is located at latitude 36 degrees north (hence its name), a few blocks off the magnificent Vegas Strip near the MGM Grand®, Mandalay Bay, New York New York, Luxor and Excalibur.
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New Leaf Tree Service, LLC
Welcome to New Leaf Tree Service, LLC! We pride ourselves on our meticulous clean up, and an eye for detail. We always leave our customers yard clean and perfect. We have good pruning practices. All of our pruning standards are up to ISA standards. Owner and operator, Jessica Pares, is an ISA Certified Arborist. Jessica sets New Leaf Tree Service, LLC, above the competition by having extra credentials and being one of the only female owned and ran companies. Call today for a free consultation!
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Business Hours(Please call to confirm)
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{My Wedding} The engagement date is set
The most auspicious day in the latter part of 2013 has been set for Jay and my engagement ceremonies. And guess what … it is in four weeks. Little under a month to go, and I have decided on absolutely nothing! I mean come on! Well, I lie, I have decided that I want our … Continue reading
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{Advice} Summer Wedding Ideas
Summer weddings can be so difficult to organise. It's obviously the height of wedding season so you can expect to pay a premium for everything you want. Accommodation will be booked up faster than usual, guests will be off on their holidays and, being the UK, it will probably rain. Don't let that put you … Continue reading
{Advice} Wedding Day Disasters
Disasters are bound to happen on your wedding day. The one day you want to look your best, when there are cameras everywhere pointing at you, and what do you know? You can see the Eeyore tattoo through your dress, you're hair dye went green and your tan went orange. There are solutions to these … Continue reading
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Whether you're allowing yourself three months or three years to plan your wedding, keeping track of everything you do can be tough. Then, when it's all over, it's so quickly forgotten. Sure, you will try to remember every little detail, but life has a habit of pushing the important things out of your head in … Continue reading
{Inspiration} Black and Gold Wedding Inspiration
Good morning my lovelies, today we are back with our glorious inspiration boards and boy did we come back with a bang! This black and gold theme is chic, sexy and stylish, not to mention elegant and classy. ♥ This Bridal Sari makes a statement and demands attention. It is not the traditional bridal sari, … Continue reading
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Now, seven months into engaged life, and the excitement is hardly wearing off, but the longer I put off planning our wedding the less likely it is going to conjure itself. If I had a fairy god mother and a nice big pumpkin – I'll be all set. Image Credit: Wedding Planning What's first? Idea … Continue reading
{Advice} How to choose my wedding flowers
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Wedding Favour ideas
While many see it as a typically American custom, the giving of wedding favours actually originates from Europe. Wedding guests would traditionally expect to receive a small box full of sugar cubes or sugared almonds to thank them for attending the event. The favours, which are normally presented as guests sit down to the wedding … Continue reading
{Advice} All about the wedding list
It is almost universally accepted that when getting married a couple will create a wedding gift list. This helps to avoid the situation where you end up with two bread makers, three toasters and a butter dish shaped like a cow. Where you choose to make your list is so important. You'll want to choose … Continue reading
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Bizarre Wedding Themes
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Good morning Shaadi-Esque, hasn't it been such a nice day? Something that we never quite thought about before is that we are based in London, but we haven't ever talked about it at all… especially when it opens up such inspiration for Brides and Grooms around. Image Credit: London Wedding Bus, London Wedding Phone Booth … Continue reading


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Fall is here and it's a constant reminder that winter is coming. According to the 2016 Canadian Farmers' Almanac, we could be in for another harsh winter in most of Canada, complete with snowier-than-normal conditions and unseasonably cold temperatures – which could spell disaster for your external water and sewer lines and in-home plumbing.
Last year, thousands of homeowners experienced frustrations during the plunging temperatures when they were met with frozen water lines, leaving them without an important resource for restrooms, showers, cooking and cleaning. Now is a perfect time to begin preparations for winter before the snow arrives and ensure your plumbing is safe.
Check your home for leaks
The best time to fix a leak is now! Leaking pipes not only waste water, but they are more susceptible to freeze or even bust.
Disconnect outdoor plumbing
If you have an external hose, retire it for the season. Check the connection for leaks and cracks. If possible, turn off the water to the outdoor faucet to prevent pressure from building up and cover it with insulation for added protection.
Insulate plumbing
Pipes around the outside walls are most likely to freeze during the cold months. Insulate the pipes with sleeves or insulation tape to prevent a bigger problem.
Know who to call
Service Line Warranties of Canada offers protection from leaks, breaks, clogs and frozen pipes. Keep your warranty information handy so in the event of an emergency, we're just a phone call away. Don't have protection? Visit www.slwofc.ca to check coverage availability and enroll.


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State commodity traders proliferate to take on Glencore, Cargill
[LONDON] When Azerbaijan's Socar Trading SA took over the storied commodity trader Phibro LLC this year, it put a stamp on a new trend: the emergence of giant state enterprises to buy and sell natural resources.
Azerbaijan is not alone: Saudi Arabia, China, Oman, Thailand and Russia are also building or expanding government- owned firms to procure and market commodities directly, bypassing the traditional oil and grain traders such as Glencore Plc, Cargill Inc., Vitol Group BV and Trafigura Beheer BV.
"Countries want to secure the offtake of their production or they want to secure supplies," Socar Trading Chief Executive Officer Arzu Azimov said in an interview. "There is a trend of national companies building trading arms."
The new cadre of state trading houses has deep pockets and lofty ambitions. They have built their capabilities through acquisitions and rapid organic growth, often poaching executives from US and European competitors to do it. And over time, they could damage the business model of the current dominant groups.
"The growth of the state-owned traders is making it harder for the established houses," said Andrew Montague-Fuller, director of energy consultants Molten Group.
Socar purchased the remnants of Phibro in March. The US firm, which once owned investment bank Salomon Brothers Inc. and dominated commodity markets for most of the past century, had been scaling back for a decade.
Commodity houses serve as the middlemen of global trade, controlling the flow of fuels, grains and metals between groups such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and FedEx Corp. or coffee farmers in Africa and Nestle SA.
Executives from non-state traders have given a guarded welcome to the new entities.
"State-owned trading houses are a new source of competition and will undoubtedly change the market dynamics, but will also create opportunities and will be clients for trading firms," said Pierre Lorinet, chief financial officer of Trafigura. That's because the new houses don't yet have the capacity to handle all aspects of trading.
Yet the threat from large new rivals is obvious, with the state firms eating into the commodity flows of the traditional traders and enjoying privileged access to the natural resources of the countries that own them.
"The rise of the state-owned traders is an inevitable negative for the traditional trading houses: it increases competition," said Alex Griffiths, head of natural resources at Fitch Ratings Ltd.
Still, the state firms face the acid test of whether their parent companies, often under tight political control, have the stomach to accept trading losses - common in commodities - as well as the nimbleness to act quickly on opportunities.
When a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Fukushima in 2011, the established trading companies reacted in a flash. Anticipating higher demand for fuel oil in Japan, they redirected tankers from as far away as Chile.
"The main problem is that state-owned companies and risk- taking do not go together that well," said Graham Sharp, an adviser to consultants Oliver Wyman & Co. and co-founder of Trafigura. "Culturally it is a difficult fit."
The rise of the state traders recalls the coming-of-age of the national oil companies in the 2000s, when groups from Petroleo Brasileiro SA of Brazil to Russia's OAO Rosneft came to play a major role in the resources industry. The rationale is also similar: keep control of commodities within the state.
The growth of the government-owned trader is epitomised by Chinaoil, jointly held by China National Petroleum Corp. and Sinochem Corp.
One of the first of the new breed, Chinaoil expanded from humble origins in 1993 in Beijing to such trading centres as New York and Singapore, increasing its trading volumes by 15 per cent a year. A decade ago, it handled about 1 million barrels a day. Last year, that rose to 2.6 million - as much as Trafigura, the third-largest independent oil trader. Today, Chinaoil is one of the biggest traders of Middle Eastern crude.
Chinaoil isn't alone. Over the past two decades, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, has built its Unipec arm into a trading behemoth with US$170 billion in annual revenue - more than Cargill - and trading volumes of 4.2 million barrels a day last year.
In grains, China's Cofco Corp last year spent US$3.5 billion on stakes in Nidera BV and Noble Agri Ltd. and subsequently poached an executive from Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. to spearhead its trading efforts. David MacLennan, CEO of Cargill, has called Cofco's plans "transformational."
In Russia, state-owned OAO Gazprom has created a gas and power trading arm that more than tripled profit in 2013 from 2008. Gazprom Marketing & Trading began 16 years ago with two traders in London's sleepy suburb of Richmond; today it employs hundreds in the U.K., Houston, Singapore and elsewhere.
In Saudi Arabia, state oil giant Saudi Aramco opened Aramco Trading three years ago to buy and sell refined products.
This year, Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment Co acquired a grain-trading business in Canada, one of the largest exporters of wheat and barley. While the purchase helped SALIC secure food supplies for the desert kingdom, it also reduced the grain volumes available for non-state trading houses.
The trend is spreading swiftly through the Middle East and Asia, with Oman and Thailand establishing state trading operations and other countries preparing to do the same.
With that evolution the trading industry, which has enriched many individuals such as Glencore billionaire CEO Ivan Glasenberg, is witnessing a dramatic change. For the state-owned traders, profitability is not all. As Mr Azimov of Socar puts it, national interest comes first.
"We always protect the interest of our countries."


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Five Ways is an inclusive school where all members of the school community are valued for the contribution they make to its success. Pupils are treated as individuals and are encouraged to build upon their strengths and talents whilst setting challenging targets for their future learning.
At Five Ways we believe that all children can succeed and use our creative culture to ensure that our curriculum inspires and challenges pupils regardless of ability or background.
Our philosophy of grouping pupils according to current attainment and using the talents of specialist teachers to teach from staged learning objectives, ensures that all pupils and staff are encouraged to reach their full potential in a positive, inspirational environment. Pupils are taught and encouraged to be effective, independent learners and as such develop the foundations for a life-long love of learning.
At Five Ways we have high expectations for all our pupils, both academically and socially. We use a well-planned curriculum to teach our children how to work together effectively and to promote individual choice and related consequences. Our pupils recognise that their school is part of a wider community and understand that they have a responsibility to be a good citizen within that community and the wider world.
Working in partnership with parents and other school stakeholders is central to our success. We believe that working together with parents and carers enhances our pupils' education and strengthens the school community.
Pupils, staff, parents and governors are proud of our school and work effectively together to ensure that, through a culture of continuous development, we remain a place where everyone can learn and achieve together.
Our Aims
Aim 1
To create and maintain a safe, comfortable and stimulating learning environment which encourages high achievement for both pupils and staff.
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To plan and implement a well-structured, inspirational curriculum which fulfils all statutory requirements and which is matched to the learning needs of each pupil.
Aim 3
To plan and utilise all opportunities which broaden pupils' interests, enhance individual achievements and develop each pupil's personal attitudes and social skills.
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To work collaboratively and effectively with all stakeholders including the local and wider community to ensure the best possible provision for all our pupils.
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After watching the first trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming, July 7th can't get here soon enough. In the trailer we get to see young Peter Parker played by Tom Holland receive advice about being a hero from his idol Iron Man/ Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Jr. We see Peter live his life as your everyday high school kid going through the motions of class and being a nerd but deep inside knowing he is a hero.
We see the classic struggle of Peter Parker as he tries to find the balance between hero and teenager. And lets not forget the few glimpses of The Vulture played by Michael Keaton. After seeing Hollands' performance in Captain America: Civil War, I'm interested to see where he will take the character in this movie and beyond.
Let us know what you think of the trailer on Facebook and Twitter, or in the comments below. As always this is David The Bearded Menace Valle saying be easy and stay frosty out there.
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