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The financial magazine which has made an art out of calling for big, round numbers in the Dow Jones Financial Index (as a reminder over 20% of the Dow's surge since the election is due entirely to Goldman Sachs), most recently with its "get ready for Dow 20,000" call from just over a month ago, has done it again:
While there are still those - pretty much anyone who still cares about fundamentals - who are scratching their heads at Dow20K, according to Barrons "the Dow hitting 20,000 was no fluke. Today's stock prices are well supported by solid prospects for corporate earnings and economic growth."
In fact, Dow 30,000 is just around the corner... well by 2025. All President Donald Trump has to do, according to Barron's, is "avoid stumbling into a trade war—or a real war." Some of the profound insight behind this forecast so reminiscent of the infamous "Dow 36,000" prediction which hit just around the time of the last market bubble.
Clearly, part of the propulsion behind stocks has been the Trump administration and its flurry of business-friendly edicts. If Trump can succeed in reducing regulation and lowering corporate taxes, stocks should surge further this year. An additional 5% or even 10% gain in 2017 wouldn't be surprising. Our projection of 30,000 by 2025 is based on our analysis of historical data provided by Jeremy Schwartz, director of research at WisdomTree. This data, which looks at stock market returns for rolling five-year periods dating back to 1871, suggest stock market gains will fall below the market's typical annual gain of 6% after inflation in the next five years before accelerating above the average in the years after that.
Then again, perhaps Dow 30,000, which would require China to inject in at least another $30 trillion in debt in the next decade without somehow hitting the Minsky moment tipping point, is not so certain: it all depends on whether Trump can avoid war, either literal of metaphorical:
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LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - British house prices gained a bit of momentum in July after rising at their slowest annual rate in five years in June, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Wednesday.
House prices across the United Kingdom were on average 2.5 percent higher than in July last year, faster than growth of 2.0 percent in June and above a forecast for a 1.9 percent rise in a Reuters poll of economists.
In monthly terms, prices rose by 0.6 percent in July from June, faster than the Reuters poll forecast of 0.2 percent.
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A Sleights couple were thrilled to watch their son get married abroad on Sunday – but did so without leaving the comfort of their home.
Elaine and David Gibson were unable to make the 2,800-mile journey from Sleights to where their son Mark, a professor, lives in Canada.
So they used the power of the internet, connecting on to text and video messaging app Skype to make sure they didn't miss his big day.
The wedding took place in the garden of Mark, 49 and his new wife Suzanne's home in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was conducted by a Justice of the Peace.
Elaine told the Whitby Gazette this week: "We feel his wedding was a modern day sign of the times as we watched it at home in Sleights on our laptop – we didn't have to leave the country.
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It is also time to change the dialogue in digital and content marketing, as many of the proven strategies are not only improving the industry, but also create many new issues that are in need of innovative solutions. In 2017, the industry stopped talking about content marketing and started using terms such as "storytelling" and "epic content." This development suggests a new trend that makes use of the art of storytelling that is as old as the first days of humanity, being introduced to the world of digital and content marketing, customised for brands and their unique personas, meant to boost user experience, customer interaction and sales. If professional content and search engine marketing is not enough, the content needs to be more compelling and captivating than before, if a business is to gain and retain customers. The great thing about this new trend is that marketers – if having the necessary skills- can write the most fantastic and creative little content pieces in order to, for instance, make a point on a particular demand on the market so that they can sell their product or service as the solution. Digital marketing is a fast-changing industry in its nature, which means that its marketers need to be prone to that change. Yet some factors seem to be stable throughout the past years: Content always seems to be king, which makes user experience a deity. Some new industry-related processes even proved their value throughout millenia of humanity:
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Baptism of Chaos and the Writer's Soul
I've been going through a baptism of chaos. Been working on a summer software-development project–summer turning into autumn–a project with too many harrowing twists and a too-soon, hard deadline.
I've been putting into this project as many hours as I can fit, plus some that I can't. Because I need to earn enough money to buy a new car (or at least a new-for-me car). Because my old Saturn no longer drives, and will never drive again. (That's a long and amusing story, which I absolutely have to tell in another post. I have pictures, too.)
I have a daughter to drive to school in the morning and pick up in the afternoon. That's the only family responsibility I have consistently respected. That doesn't stop people from asking favors. Everybody wants a piece of me.
Life has been so hectic that I haven't had time to breathe.
One of my real-life acquaintances who also blogs, she's been going through her own little baptism of chaos.
I have been thinking today about focus and reminding myself that it is a choice to focus on the chaos of life or to enjoy the moments of beauty in life. Both are there for the taking. Its all in how I choose to receive it.
When she wrote those words, I missed it. I read that post, but I missed the message, which God obviously intended for me.
Fortunately, she tried again the following week, speaking of the link between the physical and emotional:
I have become unbalanced over the last year with my focus more on the left brain. Back to work, kids at school, life if busy and full. Time for my yoga practice seemed to slip away… Without my yoga practice, I cannot easily remain in the present moment. Present is where I strive to be, it's where I can experience joy and appreciate the beauty in life.
I guess God knew that he needed to talk to me as a character author in order for me to get it.
For her it's yoga. For me, it's writing. I've been wondering whether I still have it in me to write, because for the past 3 months I have not been a writer. And I've missed it. I've lost a piece of myself, lost my creative soul, and in the process lost touch with the world around me.
So for the rest of this project and going forward–and today is the first day–first thing in the morning, instead of going directly to programming, I'm writing until 9 AM. That's not much, but it's something, an attempt to get back in touch with my writer's soul.
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Dundalk FC statement paints dark picture for 109-year-old club
Dundalk could face going out of existence 109 years after the foundation of the club began, the Board of Directors said in a statement released on Friday morning, writes Keith Wallace
The club expressed its disappointment that, with the exception of the DFC Trust, nobody "either directly or indirectly" had contacted them in relation to taking over the club or making a substantial financial contribution when they "need them most".
With staff already a week behind in wages, another week of non-payment would make Seán McCaffrey's players free agents.
To date, the recent Honorary Vice President and Supporter Donations programmes have raised a total of €5,950, with Oriel Park chiefs fearful that they could "go out of existence" if they do not receive more financial support.
Outlining the huge fall in revenue this season, the club said its Season Tickets and Net Gate Receipts after 11 games had fallen from €157,000 to €87,000 in the last 12 months.
General Manager Paul Johnston reiterated the "massive concern" for all involved in an interview at the weekend, but he is hopeful that they can come out the other end as a "stronger club".
"It's a very serious situation and we want the supporters to know what could happen in the worst-case scenario," Johnston said.
"This football club does not want to be in a position where we're two weeks in arrears with players, because at that stage the player is entitled to look for employment in other areas after consultation with the FAI.
"Things are very, very difficult; there is no doubt about it. It's a massive concern for everybody involved, from the owner, the Board, the players, the staff and I'm sure to the supporters and the public at large.
"It's not ideal having news stories like this coming out of Oriel Park week in, week out. We're trying to stop that from happening.
"This situation has been going on over five weeks now since we weren't able to pay staff. We have managed to pay them since then.
"Obviously, we can't go on indefinitely in that situation. We have been launching a lot of initiatives in trying to ensure revenue comes into the club to satisfy our liabilities, and we have been successful in some of those.
"People have provided money but, at the moment, we're living week-to-week. Last week, we were fortunate that people contributed to the football club and we were able to pay wages. This week is a different week and we're looking at each week as we go."
Johnston insisted that club owner Gerry Matthews would "sit down and talk to anyone" who would be interested in taking over the club while discussing the Youth Development Centre, which could cause a problem with any bid.
He also admitted that performances on the pitch have not been "what we would all like to see" but, despite five straight defeats at Oriel Park, he stated that McCaffrey continues to enjoy the confidence of the Board.
"It has been difficult this year," he said. "We have a brand new team. We had seven players signed back in Ian Foster's second year last season, so there was more stability then and probably a lot more than other clubs in the league.
"There were ten clubs in the league last year; over 50 percent of them lost their manager never mind their playing squad. There is a lot of volatility in the League of Ireland at the moment.
"The business plan is very difficult to implement year on year, and the loss in revenue we've had is very difficult. We're down up to 50 percent in significant revenue streams.
"I'm a football person myself and I'm a club person. I'm from Dundalk and I grew up in the town, and you go to Oriel Park and you want to see your team doing well, you want them to entertain you and you want to see them win games.
"The start of last season was fantastic for everybody. The second half wasn't so good; the first half of this season has been the same. It has not been so good in regards to what we would all like to see on the pitch.
"But we're endeavouring to push through and get some results. It's the ups and downs of football. We have had some extraordinary results. Saint Patrick's Athletic came to Oriel Park and looked a fine side. To beat them up there and win in Derry are great results.
"We have played Drogheda a few times now. They are third in the league and I'm sure Mick Cooke would say they have been all difficult games against Dundalk.
"We're fully behind the manager. He has brought in quite a business plan for this year and the years to come. It is youth orientated with a mix of experience.
"Unfortunately, we haven't been able to support the manager in trying to attract more experience because we haven't been able to afford it.


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If you are attending the AMS conference in New Orleans, I'm presenting on how these videos can be particularly useful for meteorologists who may lack formal climate change communication training, yet are forced to interact with the public about the topic regularly. My talk is Tuesday at 2:45 in Room 353. If you are an educator, you might as well plop yourself in that room all afternoon! My friend Mark Seefeldt has put together quite the program for us. I am co-authoring a talk at 2:00 in the same room. At 3:30 there's a talk by this year's AMS Teaching Excellence award winner, my old dynamics professor and author of the dynamics text book I use, Dr. Jon Martin. It should be an interesting afternoon!


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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Closing out...or maybe not...
I started writing for AE to help Grace my friend, but felt inspired by her concept of angels. In a flash the idea for my main story arc was born, the Ernsto Mons tales I've been writing. As you'll see when the story comes to an end in the next few months, the idea of a rough sailor falling in love with a mermaid is echoed in my Ernsto arc.
By the way, I imagined Avenir being out of contact with Earth to the point that old Earth conventions and names would change over time, so in our world, "Ernsto Mons" would be "Ernesto Manas," the name having evolved. I probably would have done that with everyone's names, but as I'm but one writer, it quickly became apparent the collective group of AE writers was not going that direction, so I mostly stopped doing it myself...
As already mentioned, I've finished writing all the Ernsto stories and know how they end. At the very end, the Ernsto arc impacts upon my Elsa story arc. The spark for the Elsa stories began with the description of hunting with spears in other AE tales. I saw in that not extreme manliness, but rather extreme poverty. No people in their right minds, in my thinking, would hunt dangerous animals with just spears unless they were so poor as to be unable to afford any other means.
That reminded me of something I learned on a job I used to have. I grew up in Montana and once upon a time (1997 or so) was hard up for work to the point I took a job from a businessman from California who was making a living demolishing pioneer log cabins and selling the aged wood for rich newcomers to Montana to make into brand-new-but-old-looking log mansions. Mr. Dubose was a nice man, but on the job I felt like I was both desecrating the past and polluting the future--it really bothered me. But as I already implied, I really needed the money. I had little kids at home...
As I dismantled buildings with hewn boards--in case you didn't realize, hewn means they hacked the boards out of trees by hand with axes (can you imagine how much work it would take to do that?)--and separated logs from cabins built with double walls filled with dirt in between to serve as a form of insulation against the bitter winters, I was struck by how downright poor the pioneers were. And how much they suffered if, say, the winter should last longer than planned. So this desperate early Montana poverty and isolation, where you have your family and a few neighbors, very few towns to speak of and hardly any civic institutions of any kind (I also saw the same sort of thing in much of Afghanistan) had inspired how I imagined large swaths of the land settlements on Eclectia.
That vision of how things were inspired my Elsa character, the desperately poor woman of faith, struggling to survive and provide for her grandchildren. Of course, it bears noting that other writers did not see Eclectia this way, so I found myself trying to accommodate both views by portraying Eclectia as having once been basically devoid of towns, taverns, churches, and trading posts, but that it had changed, leaving old pioneer families destitute and struggling.
Anyway, as twice mentioned in this post (and which has happened more than twice), I found myself changing my concepts of how AE worked to match other writers, but have felt as if this understanding of how to operate in a shared-story universe has not been reciprocated. I've tried to raise issues bothering me with the intent of bringing about group consensus, but it seems as a whole most of the group does not share my personal ideas of consistency. "Avenir Eclectia is a big place," I've been told repeatedly.
So I decided I'd just bring my Ersnto and Elsa stories to an end, be thankful for the opportunity to have been a part of AE, and quietly step away to allow the rest of you do as you wish without any interference from me. I have in fact already accomplished part of this goal. I've finished my stories and submitted them to Grace.
But I created a villain in them, the wizard Hobson. I did not completely deal with him in the Ernsto arc. So he must be still around, operating behind the scenes. I find myself wondering what he will do next. And I wound up introducing an unnamed peacekeeper who plays a secondary role in the story. I find myself wondering what exactly his role was and what he will do in the future.
So I have already closed out the Ernsto and Elsa stories with the intent of letting you other writers carry on from here. The problem is, unfinished ideas are still lingering in my mind, still tugging at me. I decided I would be finished with the Avenir Eclectia stories, but it seems the stories are not finished with me. Not just my own, either. Your collective creations have sunk roots into me that are proving difficult to pull free.
So perhaps I'm not done writing for AE after all...
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Travis, it been good reading your stuff. Hope you'll drop around again soon. In the meantime, I'll be keeping an eye out for your other writings. Officers named "Travis" tend to make their mark for the greater Good.ReplyDelete
Well, first off I'm sorry I haven't had the chance to set up the mail group to discuss these things in the group. It is still my intention!ReplyDelete
And I'm sorry you feel you haven't been listened to. That is not how it should be at all. However, there appears to be a gap between our definitions of inconsistency. Keeping things in agreement with each other is VERY important to me. For example, I don't see why it's a problem for some names to evolve and others to retain their original sound. Look at English with its ancient words alongside 2011 coinages. And why can't a planet have its barren places as well as more populous ones, as is still the case with Earth?
Anyway, glad the story has sunk roots for you. Give us some time to hash out these details in more blog posts or in a mail loop. I firmly believe it can be solved.
Walt, thanks for your kind words.ReplyDelete
Grace, I hope my words don't come across as critical of you. I believe you have every right to see things differently than I do. And I recognize setting up an email group and working various issues takes time. Please know that I'm still interested in AE and can assure you I'll be thinking about AE stories for years to come, whether I write any others or not.
"That vision of how things were inspired my Elsa character, the desperately poor woman of faith, struggling to survive and provide for her grandchildren. Of course, it bears noting that other writers did not see Eclectia this way, so I found myself trying to accommodate both views by portraying Eclectia as having once been basically devoid of towns, taverns, churches, and trading posts, but that it had changed, leaving old pioneer families destitute and struggling."ReplyDelete
I think part of the problem with flash/micro fiction is the inability to describe more setting or the more mundane situations.
I also consider Eclectia to be a poor, struggling area. My Aid Workers are there for that reason, though their tag-along (Jereth) isn't there for that reason. I don't talk about him watching the struggling poor shuffle into circuit offices, including shabby, barely standing ones. I don't get into Lessie and her team helping them, how the aid work is funded by concerned citizens (mostly from undersea) or any of that.
I envisioned Eclectia having some rich folks, mostly managers of the big mining operations, perhaps a few 'middle class' middle management. Then the rest in the cities being fairly poor.
In the outlands I envisioned people struggling just to get by. My miners of the five rims are half crazy, mining an active volcano. However they do so because it raises them a bit above the abject poverty everywhere else. They found a loop-hole out of the more typical outlander poverty and the towns closest to them have received some benefit having nicer circuit offices, etc.
I really did have this in mind. But it's hard to portray that in microfiction. You gotta get in, get to the action, and get out in less than 500 words. Not a lot of room for explaining what's going on other than in the immediate story.
I understand you have to do what you have to do. You can't write a story unless your heart is in it and you feel others aren't working with you.
Just know that I was trying. I used your scythe gun. :) And I really did have the abject poverty in the back of my mind as being more typical.
Yeah, I always considered Eclectia to be a wasteland with some pioneers spread throughout--some small settlements.ReplyDelete


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The house boasts four bedrooms, lovely views across a Cornish cove and a garden with a tennis court. And if that is not tempting enough it has a rich literary history thrown in for free.
Daphne du Maurier, the author of Rebecca and Frenchman's Creek, one imagines, once sat at an upstairs window of Readymoney cottage in Fowey and sought inspiration as she gazed across the water. She rented the house in the early 1940s and it remains one of the sites of pilgrimage for the many fans who arrive in Cornwall from across the world looking for traces of the writer.
Now being sold for the best part of £2m, estate agent Savills describes the cottage as an "exceptionally appealing detached coastal residence" in "one of the most desirable parts of Fowey". Du Maurier's cast iron bath, the agency points out, is now a feature in the garden.
The cottage was originally built as a coach house and stables for the nearby waterfront Italianate mansion, Point Neptune.
By the time she arrived at Readymoney in 1942 with her three children, du Maurier had already written Rebecca and Frenchman's Creek. But according to her biographer Margaret Forster, she arrived under something of a cloud.
She had been staying with friends in a grand house in Hertfordshire while her husband, Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning, was away busy setting up Britain's first airborne division. Unfortunately, according to Forster, Du Maurier, was caught in an embrace with her hostess's husband. Du Maurier, then 34, wrote to a friend that "after many probings and thinkings" she was moving to Cornwall, where her mother and sisters were living and which had inspired her famous works, to "sort myself out".
She dreamed of finding a "little hut on a little island" but settled on moving to Readymoney in Fowey in April 1942.
The family was more cramped than they had been in Hertfordshire but were pleased that the cottage was so close to the beach. Du Maurier began work on a new book, Hungry Hill. Forster says the book, a family saga, was a reaction to Frenchman's Creek, which she had dismissed as frivolous.
She based Hungry Hill loosely — or perhaps not so loosely — on stories she had been told by the man she had been caught in that embrace with – Christopher Puxley.
Forster reports that Puxley used to visit Fowey and stay in a hotel down the road from Readymoney. The pair would meet for picnics and spend time together in an old coastguard's hut on the cliffs.
In 1943 her husband was hurt in a glider crash in Wiltshire and Du Maurier brought him to Readymoney to nurse him. But after he rejoined his colleagues in north Africa, she is said to have grown tired of life in the cottage.
Her book came out in May 1943 and was disliked by the critics. At the end of September the lease on Readymoney ran out and she set up home at nearby Menabilly, a grander house she had known for years and which is reputedly one of the inspirations for Manderley, the atmospheric but doom-laden house and estate in Rebecca.
The current owners of Readymoney cottage have refurbished it and added a plaque celebrating Du Maurier's stay. On a number of occasions they have held open days of its gardens, which feature a brook criss-crossed by bridges, so that Du Maurier enthusiasts could soak up the atmosphere.
Justine Hambly-Wooldridge, of the Daphne du Maurier literary centre in Fowey, said the cottage would always be closely associated with the author.
"A lot of people still visit," she said. "Many people try and go to Menabilly – the mansion she lived in after Readymoney – but it's very inaccessible and closed to the public.
"There's still a great deal of interest in her and her homes and the area. We get people from all over Britain and the rest of the world – Americans and Germans especially.
"Many come for the annual festival but others just come to see the places where she lived."
The Du Maurier house is the latest in a string of homes with literary associations that have come on the market recently. A former holiday home of Charles Dickens, Bleak House in Broadstairs, Kent, was put up for sale earlier this year, as was JG Ballard's semi in Shepperton, Surrey.
JK Rowling's former home near Chepstow sold within weeks of being put on the market.


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What is a Boodle Fight?
So what is a Boodle Fight? Recently this culinary experience is gaining popularity not just in Philippines but as well as overseas like in New York, UAE and even here in New Zealand. This Filipino tradition of eating originated from the Philippine military where a big pile of food are served in the middle of a really long table in a mess hall where every hungry soldier eats with their hands symbolizing of camaraderie, brotherhood and equality in the military. The "fight" in the name refers to the act of grabbing and eating as much as the soldier can before others grab them or runs out, remember this is served to very hungry men so if you're slow you will definitely run out of food.
Usually food are served on top of a table lined with banana leaves, rice is placed in the middle and viands are either served on top or on the sides of the rice. Water jugs are also placed on the side used for washing your hands just before the "fight" happens. No utensils are used when eating and you will use your bear hands to eat so this is definitely not a fine dining experience but trust me it's way much more exciting to do this rather than those ones that have multiple sets of cutleries and glassware in front of you.
As for the dishes there are no set rules in what to add but the most popular ones are the dry items like fried dried fish like tuyo, danggit, and pusit. Breakfast meats are also popular like tocino, longaniza and tapa but the favourite ones are the charcoal grilled meats like fish, chicken and pork. With all of these meats fruits are served to serve as a balancer to the salty and oily viands so it's very usual to see pineapples and mangoes, there are also some vegetable salads like itlog na maaalat, talong, okra, atchara to name some. That does not stop there some also add deep fried items like lumpia, fried fish, fried chicken then to top it all up rice and noodles will the carbohydrate source.
Looks a lot, yes because there is a lot of food items in one table so I suggest if you are doing this make sure everyone is hungry (serve it right after swimming, tramping, etc.) to experience the real "fight", you will notice everyone will be very busy eating they don't bother talking to each other and if you are a slow eater then good luck to you.
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Card from Broadway Paper via Style Hive
One of my dear friends is moving away and I thought the internet, specifically Etsy, would provide some consolation in the form of beautiful objects. Scrolling through the array of forget-me-not themed items and lockets harkening back to the turn of the last century reminded me of all of the nineteenth century cult-of-death things I encountered at the V&A in London and as a child visiting Civil War museums in my hometown of Richmond. Jewelry made from locks of hair, death masks, cameos...the Victorian era was obsessed with memory and mortality.
By the end of my tour of all things lonely, I felt considerably comforted. Maybe because this kid has never asked for some of my hair.
Deco forget-me-not ring from Etsy, $125
And another (also Etsy), $39
From HumbleStudio
Remember not to forget me! Ring from Etsy, $18
Victorian locket from Etsy, $110
Forget-me-not cookie jar from Etsy, $125
Cameos, popularized by Queen Victoria, Etsy, $19


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In Europe this summer: Tame Impala. I'm sure you can still get tickets to some of those.
Here are all their upcoming gigs via last.fm.
The tameimpala.net staff might be a bit biased when they say:
If Tame Impala are coming to your area, check them out. Their live shows are no less than an amazing tsunami of psychedelic lights, music, dreamy melodies, pounding, primal drums, droning, thumping solid bass and tripped out fuzz guitars blending together to form long jams on their songs that were trips before, but become journeys live. To see them live is a true experience.
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Microsoft Launches Android App: Microsoft Tag Reader – Phandroid.com
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Android has been the talk of the town the last year or so and lookie lookie who wants in on the action – Microsoft. …
Microsoft Launches Its First Android App. Yes, Google's Platform.
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We now have only just over a week to go until this year's National Flash-Fiction Day. Can you feel the excitement in the air? We can almost taste it...
Once more, we are running the FlashFlood journal and submissions are now open over at http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.co.uk/.
We also have events listed on our website that you can get involved with: http://nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/events.html.
To whet your appetite for the day, (and, frankly, to ramp up the tension), over the next week we're going to be posting a series of articles about flash-fiction from a variety of different writers. We'll also feature one of their stories, just to give you some relief from that horrible non-fictiony stuff.
If you would like to contribute an article and story, please get in touch at email@example.com.
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*Radio Static* "Cmon, Cmon! this stupid things gutta work." *I Slam my Fist on the Console Until a Green Light Comes on* "Hello! Hello!, If anyones out there,
This is Conrad Laozon Davenport of Earth Republics 12th Divison, Special Operational Task Force, I enclose that this may be my final moments, we got VC hostiles moving
fast on our position. If anyones out there that can hear this we need back up amediately, New York has been completely destroyed. We have thousands of Erep soilders
and civilians dead and few left but we are all badly wounded, I dont think we can hold out much longer. We've been baraged by VC warships for the past few days
hundreds of Votans with relentless force, they're pushing our settlements farter west. They're are only a few of us left alive out here, you gutta help! a few of the
surviving men ran like cowards, they left heading west to join an Earth Republic Mercenary Coalition in San Francisco." *Sounds of Votan Flash Rifles and Screams Fill
the Room Through the Windows* "We Need back up quick!" *A Few of the Bullets Managed to Fly Through the Window and Destroy the Com Console* I slam the microphone down
in rage and in panic, footsteps echo up the radio tower I was located in, sounded like 6 of them, fully armored, fully geared, with their Flash Rifles and Superior
Defence Technology; greatly and gluttonously supplied by Von Bach Industries. I needed to find a way out quickly, or stand and fight with my half cocked, half jammed
Standard Earth Milatary Coalition Service Rifle, it was nothing special to me at the time, more common than a cardboard box in this new frontier, but it was all I had
at this moment. *As I Pull and Slam the Bolt Handle on my gun the Door to the Com Center Door Swings Open, Six Dark Matter Soilders Come Rushing in, in a V-Formation
Storming the Room looking for me* I managed to crouch down fast enough to hide behind the slight half wall between the Radio Console and the rest of the room before
they could catch a glimpse of me. *I hear a satisfying click as the gun finally rams the bullet in the chamber* I checked the clip, 5 shots in mag left and 1 in the
chamber, I guess todays gunna have to be my lucky day, as I smirked at the though of having to perfectly and accurately nail each one of them in the head with a single
shot each. Suddenly an open little case on the floor right next to me caught my eye, it had a small inlongated needle with a little plunger on the end. "It's a power
stim" i said shockingly, it's said that its a nanite filled syringe that can charge your ego device. I had only heard about these from the other soilders in the camp,
these things cost thosands of scrip, i thought to myself what is something like this doing in the com tower. *The shouts of Votan got louder* this isn't time to be
asking questions ithought, but ive never fully accessed my ego device before so i was a little caucious doing so. *Footsteps start coming closer so I found no other
solution* I injected the stim directly into my neck as i felt a large power flow through my viens and into my Ego unit, i hear a faint calling in my ear to grip my gun
tightly and focus. I felt a Surge of Energy flow from my hands into my gun, a bright amber light emmits from my arms and Rifle. "Let's do This!" I say confidantly. I
pop up over the wall and aim down the sights true. BANG goes the first bullet, shot off like a lightning bolt from the barrel, cracking the first one in the skull,
blood paints the walls a violent red as I snap the gun quickly to the next. BANG another round goes quick penetrating the cranium of the next. BANG deep between the
eyes. BANG and another Bang and finally BANG. the last one falls to the floor, a sickening view for human and votan alike. My hands start to fade to the natural tone,
white. My half castithan blood runs thick with anger as I calm from the addrenaline increase. Quickly coming to my sences I heard complete silence. No gun fire, no
screams, not even a slight breeze, absolutely nothing. I head down the stairs of the com tower to see the Votanist Collective heading victoriously to the west. I fall
to my knees. With the scattered remains of my fellow Company members laying in bits on the cold terraformed ground with smoldering ash of the cold fire blasts, I am
the lone surviver. Why am I forced to murder my own people for survival? Why am I the one to survive? I try to clear my thoughts. I pick up a sut covered Assault Rifle
of the Ground it was fitted with some fairly nice modifications a biological transputer built right in as well. On the side was engrave "I swear upon these words, i
will avenge them all!" After that day stood by those words and will never faulter for I will become the Dead Revenant.


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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on Three Good Things… Ham, Squash and Marmalade
The celebrity chef on his new More4 programme and how "three is a magic number in food" - plus a recipe for a delicious winter treat
When you're eating a bacon sandwich with thick white bread and ketchup, or putting salt and vinegar on your chips, be assured that, rather than shaking his head and waggling a home-butchered sticky-glazed spare rib disdainfully in your direction, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall would approve.
In his latest series he celebrates the power of three, cooking up tasty dishes based around a trio of main ingredients. "Somehow three is a magic number in food," he says. "So many great plates of food have got three elements working together. You very quickly get a feel for it and find that there are always contrasts in textures and flavours involved."
"There are so many things you can play with. At this time of year, for example, roots and squashes give a sweet creaminess that you can roast and contrast with toasted nuts and chilli. There are lots of different ways of balancing and complementing those gutsy flavours."
"And it's not necessarily three individual ingredients – it might be a hot chocolate brownie served with vanilla ice cream and a pile of raspberries," he explains.
On screen, chefs "forage" in Hugh's River Cottage kitchen garden for their ingredients. Most of us forage at a supermarket. Is that a problem? "There are plenty of good ingredients to be had in the supermarkets," he says. "I have picked various quarrels with the supermarket ethos, but that doesn't mean that your supermarket parsnips or olive oil or whatever you choose are not going to be up to scratch."
Is the hat-trick approach a response to home cooks being pressed for time, or alarmed by long recipes? "I've been paring down recipes instinctively over the past few years, but you can put together fantastic plates of food in a fairly short time and without long lists of ingredients. It's a template for having fun and a confidence-boosting way to cook."
Hugh's Three Good Things is on weekdays at 7:30pm on More4
Ham, Squash, Marmalade
You may think this sounds a little odd, but the delicate bitterness of marmalade is delicious with salty ham, and also cuts the creamy squash flesh. You can make this dish with cooked or leftover ham, but you want thick wedges or chunky pieces rather than thin slices.
Serves 6-8 Recipe
3 gammon hocks
1 carrot, quartered
1 celery stalk, quartered
1 onion, quartered
1-2 squash (1.5 2kg/3lb 5oz 4lb 8oz in total)
2-3 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
Some leafy sprigs of thyme (optional)
6 bay leaves (optional)
6 tbsp marmalade
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 .Put the gammon hocks in a large pan with the carrot, celery and onion. Pour on enough cold water to cover and bring to the boil, then skim off any scum. Lower the heat to a gentle simmer. Cover and cook gently for about 3 hours, until tender.
2. An hour or so before the ham will be cooked, preheat the oven to 190˚C/375˚F/gas 5. Cut the squash into wedges, scoop out the seeds and put into a roasting tray large enough to take the ham chunks as well (later on). Season the squash all over with salt and pepper, trickle with the oil and toss well. Roast for 25-30 minutes.
3. Once cooked, remove the ham hocks from the pan, reserving the liquor. When cool enough to handle, remove the skin and excess fat from the hocks.
4. Take the meat off the bone in large chunks. Add them to the roasting tray with the thyme and bay, if using. Mix the marmalade with 3-4 tablespoons of the warm ham liquor (or water, if you haven't cooked the ham yourself); you want a thick coating consistency. Spoon this marmalade mixture over the ham and squash. Return the tray to the oven and bake for a further 20-25 minutes until glazed and bubbling. Serve with something green, such as buttered Savoy cabbage or a salad of winter leaves.
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Brazil squad vs Bosnia and Herzegovina February 2012 includes: Chelsea's David Luíz and Tottenham's Sandro Ranieri
February 14, 2012 at 10:23 4 comments
Brazil have named a strong squad for their first fixture of the year on 28th February. For the match versus Bosnia & Herzegovina in St Gallen Switzerland, as well as Neymar and Paulo Henrique Ganso, Mano Menezes has called up Flamengo's Ronaldinho and hands a debut to Santos' outstanding young keeper Rafael
See the probable starting line-ups here
The squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Júlio Cesar (Inter Milan), Diego Alves (Valencia), Rafael Cabral (Santos)
Wingbacks: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Danilo (Porto), Marcelo (Real Madrid),
Alex Sandro (Porto), Adriano Corrêa (Barcelona)
Central defenders: Dedé (Vasco), Thiago Silva (AC Milan), David Luiz (Chelsea),
Luisão (Benfica)
Midfielders: Ganso (Santos), Hernanes (Lazio), Lucas Moura (São Paulo), Elias (Sporting), Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk), Sandro Ranieri (Tottenham)
Forwards: Hulk (Porto), Jonas (Valencia), Leandro Damião (Internacional), Neymar (Santos), Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Flamengo)
Entry filed under: Brazil squad. Tags: Brazil squad 2012, Brazil x Bosnia & Herzegovina 28 February 2012, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur.
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where is kaka'
I am so happy that we have the chance to see ronaldinho again in his national teem….
Dunka was wrong when he decide not to take him in world cup..
Roni is made for big and difficult games games
greetings from Greece
i know right hes the best in my opinion
came on come on Brazil…
any body know witch channel will broadcast the match?
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We've seen the ombré trend everywhere recently, from dresses, to hair, to nails.. and now we're seeing the trend reach necklaces! I have always loved the ombré trends, so I'm going to show you how I'd style the top trend this Summer.
For a casual day to day look, go for this gorgeous blue ombré necklace, and pair with a darker vest top to really show off the colours. I am a big fan of denim shorts and Dr. Martens, so of course that's my go-to look, then I've added a few final accessories to complete the look and complement the necklaces colours. I love the look of wearing a bandanna in your hair, and it's prefect for keeping all your locks out of your face when it's hot outside. Perfect!
How Do You Style Ombré Necklaces? by refusetoconform
If you're looking for a more out-there style, and want to rock two top trends at once, then this look is for you. Neon is also a big trend this Summer, so I could not resist the charms of the neon ombré necklace. I chose a futuristic look for this outfit, so I paired it with a sleeveless shirt dress and these gorgeous Jennifer Chou shoes to compliment the colour. Keep in mind, if you're going to to wear neon, keep the colour to a few key accessories, and keep the rest of the outfit subtle. Less is definitely more.


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6 teabags (any plain old kind will do, I use Lipton or Red Rose, but Luzianne is the classic if your store has it)
1/2 gallon water
1 cup sugar
Cut paper tags off teabags and put them into a pot filled with 1/2 gallon of water. Bring this to a rolling boil. Boil for two minutes and then turn off heat. Allow tea to steep for 10 minutes before removing the teabags. Pour in sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
Let cool and serve over ice with lemon on the side.
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We arrived at the Urban Craft Uprising around 1:45 and the place was packed. It was a good space with plenty of light. It was a fight to get around to each vendor, but well worth it. Everything there was fabulous. Congratulations to everybody involved, I hope there will be more to come.
Sew Dorky donuts!
and life size donut paintings!
PDX Super Crafty was there, with stacks of their new book.
Yummy soft yarn from Glamscience, if you knit also check out her glittery goods for knitters.


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Find the probability of pulling a yellow marble from a bag with three yellow, two red, two green, and one blue marbles, I'm assuming. So let's just think about this bag a little bit. There are three yellow marbles in it. So let me draw them. We have one, two, three yellow marbles. We have two red marbles. So we have one, two red marbles, assuming they're all mixed in there. We have two green marbles-- one, two green marbles. And then there's one blue marble. And they want to know the probability of pulling a yellow marble. So they want to know what is the probability of pulling a yellow marble. Now probability is just a way of expressing-- well, I don't want to use too loaded words. But it's the odds of picking yours relative to the odds of picking everything else. Or another way of thinking about it is, it's the number of outcomes that could result in what you want, a yellow marble, over the total number of outcomes. So how many ways are there-- how many events-- you're going to pick out a ball. How many of those-- how many ways-- or how many balls can you pick out that will be yellow? Well, there's three balls. There's three balls that you can pick out as yellow. One, two, and three. We're assuming that they're all equally likely to be picked up. They're all mixed in there. So there's three yellow balls you could pick up. Now how many total balls are there? How many total balls are there to be picked up? Well, you could be picking up any one of eight balls, right? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. So there's a total number of eight balls. So the probability of picking a yellow marble is 3/8. So you have a 3/8 chance of picking a yellow marble. And just a way to think about it. I just want to reiterate. It's just the number of outcomes. There's eight total outcomes. There's eight different things that you could pull out of the bag. Three of them satisfy your conditions. Three of them would be a yellow marble.


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QBallRail, many thanks. About your point. Regrettably there is no tweaking or just my passing on some areas. Whenever we skinners create a dark windowblind skin, there still remain some areas we can not influence. Over there where I can do it, I did, e.g. the blue window text, shinning green etc. Under the circumstances I did consider whether it wouldn´d be better in a version with the white window background, but it would not, I tried it.
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These portable bathrooms have been specially designed to ensure you and your family enjoy the comfort, convenience and safety of a clean, hygienic, fully appointed portable bathroom during your bathroom renovation.
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Spread over three decks, ODESSA boasts a combination of exceptional outdoor living areas, generous guest areas, and accommodation for up to 12 guests, giving the impression that she is much larger than her length. Designed for cruising in absolute comfort, she is the ideal charter yacht for al fresco living. Her sun deck has an oversized sun deck surrounded by sunpads, adjacent to a shaded seating area and large bar. Forward there is the Portuguese bridge with optional awnings. The bridge deck has a large shaded dining area and a large seating area with coffee tables surrounded by a huge sofa, while the main deck aft has further lounging options.
ODESSA's award winning minimalist interior is warm and inviting. A modern design, it is a combination of vertical grain walnut joinery, wide-plank walnut hardwood floors, and neutral marbles. Textiles and furnishings by Armani Casa are both comfortable and sophisticated and are complemented by an intelligent use of creative ambient lighting that changes the mood for differing scenarios.
Her elegant main salon and formal dining salon are divided by an aquarium panel, with cosy seating around coffee tables at the centre, with walkways either side for access to the dining area with seating for up to 12 guests. The sky lounge is less formal and has a huge L-shaped sofa opposite an L-shaped bar. Up to 12 guests are accommodated in a full beam master suite with separate office, a VIP cabin, three double cabins and one convertible double/ single cabin with an additional pullman berth.
Splendid leisure facilities and a huge inventory of watertoys have ensured ODESSA's reputation as an exceptionally popular charter yacht.
Компания Burgess осуществила сделку по продаже 49-метровой суперяхты ODESSA верфи Christensen всего через 4 недели после того, как она была выставлена на продажу.
За последний месяц Burgess выставляет на продажу уже пятую лодку – обладателя многих наград, построенную верфью Christensen yacht, 49-метровую яхту ODESSA, которая стала последним дополнением к продажам флота Burgess.
В целях сравнения стоимость конвертируется в выбранную валюту согласно текущему обменному курсу
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A New Spy Kids Film??? Of Course There Is. Check Out the Trailer!!!by Gumbercules9000 on Jun 28th, 2011
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Check out this trailer for the 4th installment of 'Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World' in 4D. Plus get some hilarious snap judgements from our own Sparky Shagwell. Enjoy. "A mother returns to her old profession — she's a retired spy — in order to prevent a villain bent on stopping time."
Sparky Shagwell's Snap Judgement:
Never saw the first 500 that came out so going off this trailer, it looks like it will appeal to the ADD crowd and the dads that want to ogle Jessica Alba and Alexa Vega. It has all the makings of a Summer family fun fest; bratty kids, step-mom, comic relief baby, Joel McHale, a talking dog with a, what? A British accent. Now that's comedy!


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Uttar Pradesh Government to come out with New Policy in Healthcare: Mukesh Meshram, Director NRHM
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LUCKNOW: On bridging the healthcare gap, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Uttar Pradesh organized CSR Conclave on 28 August 2012 at Lucknow. The main aim to organize the Conclave was to come up with a strategy to bridge the wide gap existing in the Health Sector of Uttar Pradesh and to provide amicable solutions for the same.
Mr Alok Saxena, Chairman, CII Uttar Pradesh State Council in his welcome remarks said that the healthcare industry in India has seem momentous expansion over the past decade with positive protrusion for the future. However, despite the growth and progress , the country continues to grapple with major challenges including healthcare delivery and management.
Mr Rajeev Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, ACC highlighted the towards Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives taken by ACC. He addressed in detail about the initiatives in Healthcare sector taken by ACC .
Mr Mukesh Meshram speaking on the initiatives being taken by Uttar Pradesh Government in Health sector said that Uttar Pradesh Government has recently launched Five Year Term Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Strengthening Project with Rupees Eight Hundred Crore Funding from World Bank. The project will involve comprehensive study of the health sector and the suitable models and agreements for the state. He further shared that the PPP in health sector policy with which Government is planning to open 18 regional diagnostic centres under PPP mode for which there will be no diagnostic charges for Below Poverty Line people and for Above Poverty Line there will be a nominal fee.
"Government is considering operating the District Hospitals and Community Healthcare Centres & launching Super Speciality Clinics Hospitals under PPP Mode. 150 Medical Mobile Units have already been sanctioned under NRHM to extend the reach of the Medical Services to the remote places. Also through different voucher schemes like MerryGold Gold , MerrySilver, Sambhav government is trying to provide quality healthcare services to the poor".he shared further.
Mr Abhishek Mishra, Minister Protocol, Government of Uttar Pradesh shared his vision towards the gap existing in the Healthcare Sector of Uttar Pradesh. He told that if UP become country then it will be 5th largest country in the World. He told that adequate resource planning is needed so as to fill in the gap and to provide Health facilities to all in the State. He suggested Corporate to devise a mechanism for Sustainable CSR in their agenda.
The Conclave was well attended by 125 Corporate from in and around Uttar Pradesh.


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What a fun family weekend, filled with great friends, food, and lots of laughs. I have to say (and I never say this), I am tired of eating! Seriously! We had three nights in a row of cooking out (and cocktailing) with friends ... brats, burgers, hotdogs, tenderloin -- all delicious! Even though today is Memorial Day, I just couldn't stomach another food served in anything resembling a bun!
Yes, I am tired of stuffing my face, but we still had to have dinner tonight. So, I took a culinary departure from the usual all American cookout -- and since I was bemoaning the fact that my jeans were (uhm, ARE) feeling tight, I decided to make an exotic but lighter grilled menu for this evening.
The main course was delicious curry marinated chicken kebabs, and they turned out great! I used a new jar of red curry paste, and it wasn't spicy at all. My kids gobbled it up; my youngest especially liked the sweet yogurt sauce that was on the side.
For a side we had Jamaican Rice and Peas -- did you know that 'peas' in Jamaica actually means beans? (This is not knowledge that I just had in my head, I actually learned this from the June issue of Food & Wine!) This dish was supposed to have a seeded Scotch bonnet chile in it, but I left that out, thinking it would be entirely too spicy for my kids. It was good, but I would definitely use the chile next time; I thought it could use a little kick.
There are so many great looking recipes in June's Food & Wine -- I'm going to do my best to demo a bunch of them! Here are the recipes from today!
Red Curry Chicken Kebabs with Minty Yogurt Sauce
8-10 Servings
Source: Food & Wine Magazine, June '08
2 T. Thai red curry paste
1/2 c. vegetable oil
Kosher Salt
2 1/2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut in 1" cubes
3/4 c. plain, low-fat yogurt
1/4 c. low-fat mayonnaise
1 T. honey
1 T. fresh lime juice
1 T. finely chopped mint
In a large bowl, mix the curry paste with the oil and 2 t. of salt. Add the chicken cubes and toss to coat. Let stand at room temperature for up to 2 hours, or cover and refrigerate overnight (this is what I did).
Light a grill. In a medium bowl, whisk the yogurt with the mayonnaise, honey, lime juice, and mint and season with salt. Thread the chicken onto skewers, leaving 1/4 inch between the cubes. Grill over moderately high heat, turning frequently, until lightly charred and cooked through, about 8 minutes. Serve the kebabs with the minty yogurt sauce on the side.
Jamaican Rice & Peas
Serves 6
2 T. canola oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 1/2 T. minced ginger
2 c. jasmine rice
1 15 oz. can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 Scotch bonnet or habanero chile, seeded
1 14 oz. can unsweetened coconut milk
1 1/2 c. water (I used chicken broth)
Salt and freshly ground pepper
4 scallions, thinly sliced
In a large saucepan, heat the oil. Add the onion and ginger and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring, until coated with the oil. Stir in the kidney beans and Scotch bonnet, then stir in the coconut milk and water. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed, 18 minutes.
Remove the rice from the theat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Stir in the scallions and season with salt and pepper. Discard the Scotch bonnet and serve.


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A good quick read, full of interesting snippets. The title implies that this only features the Queen, but there are plenty of other choice quotes from other members of the Royal Family – notably from Prince Philip who is known for his gaffes and plain-speaking.
The snippets are all fairly short, and are grouped together (loosely) under different themed chapters. Very easy to pick up, read, chortle and put down again – one to dip into and out of as the mood suits.
You can help by donating to the fundraising part of the challenge and by keeping me motivated on Twitter.


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USRBC and the Association of Banks of Russia (ASROS) held a joint conference at the World Bank's offices in Moscow on "Latest Developments and Best Practices in FinTech Cloud Computing." The event featured the Central Bank, global IT leaders in cloud computing, financial industry experts, and representatives of Russian banks discussuing the Central Bank's new three-year initiative in cloud computing, new global trends and best practices in cloud computing for the financial industry, and related developments in the Russian banking sector.
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The Club has been advised by our local correspondents that the Korea Coast Guard (former Ministry of Public Safety and Security) issued a notification stating that they have amended the regulations on the imposition and collection of oil spill response costs on 30th June, which will take effect on 1st September 2017. The Korea Coast Guard hope to strengthen the polluter pay principle and help reduce the amount of marine pollution incidents.
"The details of the amendment are as follows:
a. The costs for Oil Spill Response (OSR) following a marine accident was adjusted to meet the international level (IOPC Fund Guidelines) which will take effect as of 1st September 2017.
b. With the introduction of the revised regulations, OSR costs claimable by the Coast Guard are expected to rise to approximately three times what was previously charged. Operating costs (usage fee, waiting fee, and fuel costs) of patrol ships, aircrafts, machinery & equipment mobilised for the response and clean-up operation as well as labour costs (wages) will be charged to the polluter.
c. The amended regulations will apply to:
1) Vessels or facilities obligated to arrange insurance under the "Act on the Guarantee of Oil Pollution Damage Compensation" and "Environmental Damage Liability and Remedy Act", i.e.
2) Vessels or facilities that have discharged oil or other waste intentionally or due to grave negligence."
If you need to call our offices out of hours and at weekends, click After Office hours for a up to date list of the names of the Duty Executives and their mobile phone numbers.
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Hello everyone! Today is Swag Bag Spotlight Sunday at Paper Issues, and this week's feature was created by me.
When I opened the May Swag Bag and saw the pie chart, I knew the exact photos I wanted to use with it. Several times each year my friend Andrea and I get together to craft (she lives across the state), and we love to watch Pitch Perfect when we do.
The embellishments from the May Swag Bag compliment the photos perfectly and go very well together with the Elles' Studio Let's Eat and Cienna lines found in the Paper Issues Shop.
My favorite is the oh happy day tag. I used the Pixscan mat with my Silhouette to cut the image from the white background that it was printed on. It came out perfectly! You can also see the stickers from Simple Stories' I Am collection on each photo (if you hurry, there are still some in the store *here*).
You can use code MCJENNIFER to take 20% off any Paper Issues order any time! Happy shopping and have fun creating!
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Beth Peoples
- Fort Myers US-FL
- [email protected]
Theta Phi Alpha Sorority : Offices I held ------- Treasurer / Social
Clarion University Gymnastics Team ------- Co-Captain
To sell uniform services to Corporate and Local Businesses.
1. Relentless advocate for aligning services to customers needs.
2. Methodically penetrate territory for new business opportunities.
3. Favorably positioned negotiations to win competitive contracts against our three major competitors that resulted in over $2 million in sales.
To devise, plan, and execute all phases of an advertising program for clients.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:1. Interviews clients at length to discover their goals and desired advertising needs.
2. Becomes familiar with their products and services in order to promote features and benefits to best advantage.
3. Manage territory growth, grew Naples territory and account base from 6 accounts to over 140 in less than sixteen months.
4. 100% retention ratio.
To introduce and sell office equipment, networking peripherals, and outsourcing solutions to current new customers within a designated territory.
1. Plan and execute territory saturation.
2. Meet with clients and close business on a daily basis.
3. Daily strategic planning to reach daily, weekly and monthly quotas.
To market and sell IT developing strong relationships with senior level IT executives based on knowing the clients needs and providing the proper program
1. Acting leas on between client and Gartner Group analyst.
2. Look for new business opportunities in new buying centers within existing territory accounts.
3. Farmed 38 corporate accounts representing $1.3 million dollars in contract value.
1. Attained Winners Circle in Maui Hawaii for quota attainment in Fiscal ,002. Attained Winners Circle in Cape Town South Africa for quota attainment in Fiscal ,99
To focus on ways to reduce costs, find the best value products, keep up with current trends, and to control costs.
1. Proficient at just about every aspect of business and much more.
2. Manage a staff of 20+ employees.
2. HR, Accountant, purchasing agent, receiver and controller.
3. Chief advertising agency, trainer, and customer service.
To modivate and manage a staff of 15 to 18 employees and office. Focus on growing my fleet and revenue by 3% to 5% per year.
1. Ability to multi- task and make quick, intelligent executive dessions to efficantly run office.
2. Market and sell rental services to Insurance industry, Car Dealerships and Body shops.
3. Develop and grow internal corp customers.
Coaching Gymnastics and Cheerleading
Coaching Soccer
Running to stay fit
Painting / Art
Available for hire:
Talented Sales Executive (rain maker) with expertise in territory development, identifying and penetrating new business opportunities, account management and a 95% closing ratio. By methodically breaking a territory into zones, creating accurate forecast and sales goals and relentlessly knocking on doors, I have been successful at always meeting or exceeding my sales quotas.
Are you looking to increase revenue and client retention?
Give me call (239)440-1413
I attribute all my success to my strong athletic background and sense of purpose.I started competitive gymnastics at age six thru 17.I competed USGF Gymnastics and worked my way thru the ranks from level four to level one "ELITE".I went to College on a Gymnastics Scholarship and competed another four years.
Awards/Titles I have wonLevel Four State Champ 1976 (8 yrs old)USGF All-Around State Champ1977,1978,1979 (9,10,11yrs old)US Classic Nationals 1st Place1981, Level ThreeUS Classic 1st Place Level Two1982, 1983 (14,15 yrs old)US Classic Visa Championships1984,1985,1986 Level One"Elite"Competed / QualifiedNCAA Championships1988,1989,1990,1991
-Goal oriented and can multi-task under pressure
-Keen ability to break things down into smaller steps, organize a plan of action to reach goals
-High level of integrity and accountability
-A curiosity and eagerness to learn new things
-Competitive and passionate company advocate
-Winner of numerous awards for sales achievements
-Experienced leader & manager with ability to inspire loyalty and dedication
-Ability to Listen-Asks Great Questions to isolate customer needs and desires
-Desire and ability to solve problems
-Well Organized-Self-Starter and Self-Finisher-Positive Self Image -Well Mannered and Courteous
-Naturally Persuasive
Over twelve years as an accomplished widely recognized expert in delivering sales, exceeding sales quotas and producing revenue. A commitment to corporate goals, learning new product lines. Energetic self-starter with excellent analytical, organizational and creative skills. Proven experience in executive decision-making and strategic business planning. A strong leader who works well as a team with colleagues of various professional disciplines to achieve personal and corporate goals. Sales career includes working directly with CEO's, V.P's, IT Directors and various levels of management including Fortune 500+ companies.


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Last week I viewed the pre-breeding lines of chickpea, pigeon pea and groundnut at ICRISAT with senior scientist in genetic resources, Dr Shivali Sharma. The lines were produced by crossing some of the unique resources from ICRISAT's genebank to build varieties resistant to the pests, diseases and environmental stresses that farmers' face.
It was great to see what Shivali has been doing as I did similar research while developing insect resistant maize at CIMMYT some years ago. She showed me lines that are being especially selected and bred to resist:
- Late leaf spot in groundnut;
- Ascochyta blight and Botrytis grey mould in chickpea; and
- Pod borer in pigeon pea


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I have a berzerker cab that was converted to pow that I could trade or sell. Needs a power supply, monitor has burn and consider the cab non-working. Has board, marquee and bezel but no side art. Tested with a known good power supply and board but still got jibberish on screen. That's as far as I've tested so far. Thinking I might just gut and flip as a multi if no one is interested in it. Can take more pics if anyone would like. Prefer a trade for a cocktail project or empty cocktail but would gladly sell for the right price (not looking for a fortune). MMAO
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All Carpets Cleaned UK is a leading trustworthy company in London that serves one of the most important areas in the city. We have been in this business for over ten years. Our team manage to build an undisputed reputation by providing high quality cleaning services. Our primary goal was and still is to leave out clients fully satisfied from our work. If you think that this is another marketing stuff that you are reading now, why don't you check our testimonials from previous and present clients of ours
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Friday, July 11, 2014
Another week of challenges
23 comments:
Very cute! Love the balloons :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous creations! Really artistic!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous creations.........thanks for sharing with us.ReplyDelete
Lovely projects.ReplyDelete
Awesome work. very creative.ReplyDelete
Both really great projects! Watercolor is so the rage right now!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful a card and the canvas is so pretty. I LOVE how many household items your were able to use. So creative! Thanks for joining us at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.ReplyDelete
Great use of items around the house to create your cool canvas! Very clever - especially the CD case! Thanks for playing along with our Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!!ReplyDelete
I like the colorful balloons and your canvas is very creative!ReplyDelete
Nice use of watercolors - the balloons look transparent!ReplyDelete
I'm with Sheryl... I love the way you can see through the balloons!ReplyDelete
Love these! Your watercolor, stenciled balloons are great, and I love your creativity with your "around the house" items. Wonderful!ReplyDelete
So creative! I love those hearts punched from the credit card:-)ReplyDelete
Check you out. Impressive!ReplyDelete
beautiful cards ! Love the mixed media to the second cardReplyDelete
love the watercolour balloons :)ReplyDelete
I think I just saw that technique and have been looking forward to try it. You rocked it!ReplyDelete
Great projects! I think the watercolored balloons turned out fabulously and love that canvas piece!ReplyDelete
The dots from the brush...awesome! They come out so evenly it looks like a stencil.ReplyDelete
The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge blog DT
I love how you took so many features from the Magazine Cover at PCC for your balloon card; especially adding the black and white feature. Love it! I love your mixed media board too. Those flowers are awesome and I spotted the old CD immediately. It is so much fun to find items around the house to play with.ReplyDelete
Lovely piece of art, love all the layers of interest and your gorgeous flowers. The dimension is fabulous and I love how you added the dots with a paintbrush, lovely touch as are those tiny red hearts. Thanks so much for joining in the Eileen Hull Art With Heart Challenge. Tracy xReplyDelete
so I loved this canvas, and then when I read that you used broken CD pieces I was floored! What an awesome idea! Amazing work! Thank you so much for playing Around the House with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Thanks for playing with Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!ReplyDelete


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Two Bayonne Men Arrested For Homemade Explosives
Two northern New Jersey men are due in court after they allegedly set off homemade explosives over the weekend.
Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Ziobro and 18-year-old Ghaias Mirza were scheduled to make their first appearance on Monday. It was not known if either man had retained an attorney.
The Jersey Journal reports police officers responded to a Bayonne home on Saturday afternoon after receiving reports that people were throwing plastic bottles from a third-floor fire escape, and the bottles were exploding.
Resident Robert Dunne, 46, told the newspaper he thought his stove had "blown up."
Dunne said he looked out of the kitchen window and saw smoke and ash floating outside, and a white residue was covering the fire escape.
Dunne described the containers as plastic bottles and gallon milk jugs. He said he heard people laughing and voices yelling "make them bigger."
Police would not say what was in the bottles and what was used to create the explosions, citing the ongoing investigation. No injuries were reported in the incident.
Besides Bayonne police, the Jersey City police department's bomb squad and members of a federal joint terrorism task force also responded to the scene.
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The Silver Lining
|These pages are dedicated to the men and women of the world who would like to see the soon return of Jesus Christ to this earth, in order to inaugurate His wonderful Kingdom He had so often spoken about while He was on earth in Israel.
We believe that soon His coming will be a reality; thus men and women all over the earth must know this truth and be prepared to receive Him. It is therefore incumbent upon us Christians, to inform men and women of this beautiful salvation that God has made available to them. To this end we dedicate these pages. God bless, and see you there.
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Deepwater Horizon (Mark Wahlberg) - Review
Review by Rob Carnevale
THE 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on the Gulf of Mexico remains the biggest ecological disaster in US history. But while many of the headlines that followed the disaster in the weeks and months that followed focused on the environmental impact of the oil spill, Peter Berg's new film focuses on the human element.
It serves as a tribute to the men and women who lost their lives as well as the bravery of some survivors. But it's also a damning indictment of the corporate greed that contributed fully to the disaster in the first place.
As such, it's something of an emotional rollercoaster; a film just as capable of making you angry as it is sad. It's also a technical marvel, capable of capturing the full intensity of the hell on Earth as it unfolded.
The story primarily is told from the point of view of Everyman engineer Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg), whose arrives on the Deepwater Horizon for his latest shift amid heightened tensions.
His boss, Transocean veteran Mr Jimmy (Kurt Russell), is at loggerheads with BP executives – led by a number crunching Donald Vidrine (John Malkovich) – over safety concerns that, in the former man's opinion, have not been addressed prior to the start of drilling.
An uneasy compromise is reached but it isn't long before Mr Jimmy's warnings prove prophetic, and Williams and his co-workers find themselves fighting desperately to save the rig and their lives.
Berg directs the chaos that follows with scary intensity, doing his damnedest to put you into the heat of the action. For some, the action will feel disorientating and it is extremely difficult to focus at times, let alone keep up. But that is Berg's point.
Rather than resorting to any directorial tricks such as slow motion, Berg just lets the carnage unfold. Explosions go off at any moment, lights flicker on and off, attempts to communicate are drowned out by screaming and/or the shattering debris around them.
As a result, some acts of heroism assume a blink and you'll miss them quality. But while this could be frustrating, it feels real.
Aadded kudos must therefore go to Berg's cast for the way in which they still manage to give performances amid the mayhem. Wahlberg is on career-best form as Williams, physically convincing and emotionally compelling, even in the heat of the moment. His best work comes at the end, however, when he is afforded a quiet breakdown moment to rival Tom Hanks' jaw-dropping moment in Captain Philips
But Russell, too, is every bit as good as the no-nonsense Mr Jimmy, a man not afraid to stand up for his men against the corporate suits. Malkovich, for his part, is eerily convincing as the corporate stooge, flexing his corporate muscles pre-disaster and then cowering for cover during, while Kate Hudson puts in an affecting performance as Williams' distraught wife back home.
Berg, meanwhile, deserves extra praise for the way he invests audiences without manipulating their sympathies (your tears are earned), as well as for having the guts to point the finger of blame so resolutely.
His film leaves you in no doubt that this was a preventable tragedy, especially as the facts make for sobering reading: 11 men died on board the rig, while the ensuing crude oil spill lasted for 87 days and saw 200 million gallons pumped into the sea, affecting 16,000 miles of coastline and killing more than 8,000 animals.
But while Deepwater Horizon focuses primarily on the hours before and after the disaster, it stands as a deservedly gruelling experience – but a highly recommended one too.
Certificate: 12A
Running time: 107mins
UK Release Date: September 29, 2016


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On July 31st, voters will have the opportunity to vote in the primary run-off election. A federal court case on redistricting shifted the dates of the primary and run-off elections back several months. So, we will have our second election this summer during a time we typically have none. Texas held the Primary on the day after Memorial Day, and in Williamson County, only 15.42% of the voters participated. By contrast, in the last presidential election year, 2008, we had a 37.12% turnout. Williamson County voters first elected me as commissioner in a run-off election, which typically has low turn-outs, and I remember clearly how hard it was to get out the vote! Early voting begins on Monday, July 23 and concludes on Friday, July 27. The hours for voting are 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Election Day is Tuesday, July 31st with polls open those same hours. Some facts about the run-off election:
1. You are still eligible to vote in the Primary Runoff election if you neglected to vote in the Primary election. If you voted in the Primary, you are eligible to vote in the same party's primary in which you cast a vote. State law prohibits you from switching to the other party's Primary Runoff election.
2. If you are going to be out of the county during the early voting period and on Election Day, you can vote using a mail-in ballot. Go to the county's election webpage, ,http://www.wilco.org/elections and print out an application, which must be received by the elections department seven days before the election, or on July 24th. Election workers will mail a ballot to your temporary address. You then mail it back so that it is received by no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day, July 31st.
3. Fewer early voting and Election Day polling locations will be open during the run-off. Go to the elections webpage, click on the "Voter & Ballot Search" icon. You can then find your polling location and a sample ballot. A list of early voting locations is also on the page.
4. In the Republican Primary Runoff, five races are on the ballot including races for US Senator, Texas Supreme Court Justice, State Board of Education member and two races for Texas Railroad Commissioner. Also, 12 contested precinct chairman races are on the ballot for the following voting precincts: 190, 254,267,275,287,314,330,344,402,436,480, and 484. You can only vote in those races if you live in that voting precinct.
I urge you to exercise your right to vote and reflect on the words of one of our founding fathers, Samuel Adams, "Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual–or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country."


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Grant Stapleton, the entrepreneur behind Baker's Delight in NZ, and co-owner of the Hue colour salons talks to Gill South about succession planning.
A succession plan regardless of business size is an important issue to tackle for any business. You will often hear leaders of businesses and sporting teams use the phrase:
"Start with the end in mind." New Zealanders by nature are very entrepreneurial. We often start with an idea, garner enough enthusiasm to get this idea off the ground by working long hours and drawing enough to live whilst reinvesting into our growing businesses.
It's at the time we decide to sell our businesses that we tend to realize the years of effort that we have put in.
I ask myself a number of questions when looking at a business:
1. What are the drivers that make customers buy these goods and services?
2. How big could this business become and over what time frame?
3. Who would want to buy this business in the future and what are the attributes that would make it highly attractive to a purchaser?
4. What are the possible exit options and at what time in the lifecycle of the business?
Get the structure right
At the beginning of your business you should ensure you have a sound financial and legal structure. If you are in business with other people, including family, a shareholders agreement is essential. The correct commencing structure will not only protect the business from possible risk but also make it more attractive to a prospective purchaser.
Who can help you build your business?
Along the journey of owning your own business you might like to ask yourself:
Who has an interest in seeing my business succeed? An obvious answer may be suppliers but there may be others as well. It may in fact be a competitor who may want to acquire your business once it is proven or gets to a certain size. These are the people who can help you build your business and may also be the very ones who want to buy your business at some stage.
The future for your business
Even with the best laid plans, business does not always play out as planned.
What business are you really in? What's your competitive advantage? Think about where it could be in one,five, ten years from now and what are the likely competitors? How will customers buy from you in the future?
If you are a service based company then staff retention and development will form a large part of the value. If you are a product based company - how is technology affecting your business?