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Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay, Turkey has launched a special five-day Balancing Spa journey.
For those who want to escape from the daily grind of urban life and take time to relax and refresh, Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay, Turkey has launched a special five-day Balancing Spa journey. Ideal for those who feel life has run away with them, this special programme is designed to bring the body, mind and soul back into harmony. Combining calming spa treatments and gentle mental and physical exercise in the hotel's exclusive Six Senses Spa, guests will leave feeling liberated from the negative effects and stresses of everyday life and completely rejuvenated.
A blissful hideaway situated on one the most enchanting bays of the Aegean, in Bodrum, Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay's Balancing Spa Journey can be booked as part of a week long holiday.
Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay Five-Day Balancing Spa Journey
Day One
From the toning benefits of Yoga and Meditation, which promote strength and muscle development to the physical relief of a Holistic Massage and slowlife hamam treatments, guests will enjoy a handpicked selection of treatments which will cleanse the body and are designed to bring total balance throughout.
Full Details: 75 minutes of Yoga and Meditation, a 60 minute Slowlife Hamam Treatment which involves a sea salt and olive oil scrub, 60 minute Holistic Aroma Massage.
Day Two
Guests will receive a series of alternative healing practises to balance the body within, these include the comforting affects of Reflexology and Reiki teamed with a relaxing Heat Treatment and Thai Herbal Massage. A brisk Nordic Walk will also help clear the mind.
Full Details: 60 minutes of Nordic Walking, 30 minute Heat Treatment, 60 minute Thai Herbal Massage, 80 minutes of Reiki, 45 minute Reflexology treatment.
Day Three
The five-day balancing journey is completed with several rejuvenating treatments including a Citrus Detox Reviver, a Purifying Facial and an Indian Head Massage to relieve tension.
Full Details: 75 minutes of Yoga and Meditiation, 30 minute Heat Treatment, 50 minutes Citrus Detox Reviver, 45 minutes Indian Head Massage and a 50 minute Purifying Facial.
Light refreshments including green salads, fresh fruit juices and herbal teas are available throughout the spa journey.
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PIASA Call for Papers
The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences (PIASA) and the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto are pleased to invite proposals for PIASA's 73rd Annual Conference to be held at the University of Toronto, … Continue reading
Arts Opportunities for Students, Educators, and Artists
The New York State Alliance for Arts Education announces the following opportunities: For Students New York State Summer School for the Arts: The Summer of 2014 will mark the 45th year of operation for the schools that form the New … Continue reading
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Eastern Michigan adds Polish Curriculum
Polish Curriculum Added at EMU Yankees versus Tigers at Polish-American Baseball in Detroit on June 1st by Jacek Adamski YPSILANTI– The campus of Eastern Michigan University was abuzz with action as the school's intercollegiate basketball teams hosted Polish-American Heritage Day … Continue reading

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2013 Winners
2013 Winner: Hey You Gonna Eat or What?
We are SO proud of ALL the food trucks who played the taste-off game! ALL of them BUSTED their tails and poured their hearts and souls into this event.
You can see that the top 12 (we had two ties) comprised only about 54% of the total votes; proof that this was not a landslide win, and there were SO MANY trucks worthy of winning!
Thanks so much for voting, and CONGRATULATIONS to our 2013 winner,!
Top Ten(ish) for 2013
1. Hey! You Gonna Eat or What? (12.83%)
2. Mellizoz Tacos (7.54%)
3. Burro Cheese Kitchen (7.33%)
4. The Celia Jacobs Cheesecake Experience (6.21%)
5. La Barbecue (3.56%)
6. Tie: Taco Baby & Tommy Want Wingy (3.26%)
7. Gemma Love (2.95%)
8. Valentina's Tex-Mex BBQ (2.85%)
9. Tie: Llama's Peruvian Creole & Ms. P's Electric Cock (2.55%)
10. Cow Tipping Creamery (2.24%)
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We All Want Something Beautiful.
"How could this happen? It isn't like us."
Laying in a drift of snow, a tiny ball of silver tucked into the hollow at a base of a towering pine huffed quietly in sleep. Thin, lanky legs folded clumsily beneath the filly, wings clinging tightly to her sides. Cloaked in silver and grey and black and white, the tiny pegasus slept fitfully, her mind full of dreams and nightmares. Barely weaned, she seemed too small for the towering Threshold around her.
"I want it gone. It doesn't belong here. It isn't like us. And why is it so cold? I will take care of it. Quick and painless."
She was alone and scared. Sleep had finally crept upon her like a hungry wolf. She had wandered for a whole day, calling out for her mother, begging for the game to be over. It wasn't fun anymore. Her fear and frantic wandering had left exhaustion hanging from her like a thick blanket, and she couldn't bare to wander any further. So here she came, curling into the hollow of the tree where snow had collected, forming a bed only comfortable for a body with ice coursing through it's veins.
Her life, though short, was full already of a dramatic story. She was born to a herd that held no crowns upon their heads, nor wings upon their sides. She was the product of an affair, of a wandering heart that fell in love for a night with a handsome dark stranger with wings like those of a raven. A mistake. A regret. A child who did not belong, especially not to a lead stallion who wished to cleanse the herd of her mutations. But a mother's love can overcome the deepest disgust, and though her mother refused to share love with the winged babe, she still would not allow the death of an innocent soul.
"It is a curse! We have never known a hell as this frozen one. It is the gods, forsaking us for allowing it to live. It is a frozen abomination, not fit for us. We must correct the sins and remove this plague. We must kill it.
Frostfall was cruel, stripping the land of all food and shelter. The cold freeze ripped it's way through the land, claiming the lives of several of the herd. For a superstitious king, there was only one explanation. The tiny cursed filly must be culled. Remove one life for the sake of the herd. There was no question.
"I will give you one chance. I want it dead. I do not want there to be a chance of it returning it's bad luck to our doorstep. If you do not end this, I will. And I will give the gods reason to never test us like this again.
Tiny hazel eyes fluttered open, and a yawn squeaked from her tiny throat. Her eyelids fluttered several times, blinking the sleep from her eyes. She cast hazel eyes around her, heaving herself from her shelter. It came back to her slowly. Mother is gone. She said she would come back. Where did she go? I must find her. She could not process that perhaps mother was not coming back, that if someone was looking for her they would have found her. She shook herself off, stretching tiny wings long and open before folding them neatly against her sides. She returned on her way, her normally bounding strides marred by worry. She tripped over herself, not quite coordinated enough to make her way through the winding forest with any sort of grace.
"Mother!" A tiny voice, rough from yelling the day before, called out to an empty forest. Words called out to a mare who wasn't listening, who was pleased that she had done her duty to her herd. "Mother, I don't want to play anymore! I'm scared!" Abandoned, alone, vulnerable. A rejected curse that couldn't defend herself in a world that didn't care.
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I feel just so lost and emotional.
Last week I had experienced bleeding from moderate to at one point heavy.
This scared me.
Everything you read on the internet says this is a bad thing. It usually ends in miscarriage.
Then you read a few other articles that explain this is not necessarily so.
All of the articles ended with please call your health care provider.
I did that today.
The receptionist was so kind and understanding. She told me that it is usually not a good thing, but entirely uncommon.
I felt ok after this exchange. She made me an appointment to see the doctor who was on call as mine was not on today.
I arrived with Hubs on time. We registered and were told to wait.
We watched a few other patients come and go and then my name was called.
First question this doctor asked me, Do you speak French.
I started to answer I am English however,
I never finished my sentence.
I knew this was not going well.
Why are you are here?
I tried my best to explain.
I doubt she was even listening.
So since then you were bleeding.
Well, you miscarried.
I don't see why you bothered to come in.
Well, I just want to be sure everything is ok.
You miscarried. We can be sure two things. We can do a blood test.
I don't see why you did not come in earlier.
Most women come in at the first sight of blood.
I will give you two forms.
One copy will go to your assigned doctor.
They are closed today, so you can go tomorrow at your clinic in town.
Well, I guess we should call you regardless of the results.
I tell you, I have never in my life been so distraught, angry, emotionally drained, every other feeling on the spectrum ever!
She was the most cold-hearted excuse for a human I have encountered since arriving in the Belle Province.
I had a miscarriage earlier this year. It was horrible. I was shattered. I felt empty.
This time, I don't have those feelings. My stomach is holding a baby bump. I feel these little twinges in my stomach. I still have hope that things are as they should be.
That woman never even asked me a question about how I was feeling. She made her assumption without hardly any information. That was the most horrendous experience I would never wish on anyone.
I don't even know what to feel at this point.
Tomorrow morning, Hubs and I will go to the walk in clinic in town and do the blood test.
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St. Louis-based Firm Approved Uses Its Sentinel Scanning Service to Validate Adherence with PCI DSS Standards
(January 18, 2016) St. Louis, MO – Parameter Security, an ethical hacking and information security firm, is proud to announce its Sentinel PCI scanning service has successfully completed the PCI Scanning Vendor Compliance Testing and Approved Scanning Vendor certification. This credential affords Parameter Security the authority to perform external vulnerability scanning services to validate adherence with the external scanning requirements of PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for any organization that stores, processes or transmits payment cardholder data.
Approved Scanning Vendors (ASV) are organizations that have a set of security services and tools to validate adherence with external scanning requirements of the PCI DSS Requirement 11.2.2. Parameter Security's Sentinel PCI scanning service was tested and approved by PCI Security Standards Council and is now listed on the PCI website under List of Approved Scanning Vendors.
The PCI Security Standards Council maintains an in-depth program for security companies certified as Approved Scanning Vendors (ASV), and requires them to be re-certified as ASVs each year.
As an ASV, Parameter Security's Sentinel scanning service determines compliance to PCI DSS for all level 1 through 4 merchants and service providers. In order to test varying levels, clients can expect services to include all or some of the following:
- External vulnerability scanning to better protect systems and networks
- Scanning all IP ranges and domains to identify active IP addresses and services
- Remediation recommendation and a means for disputing findings
- Documentation and certification of PCI DSS compliance or non-compliance
- Submission of the ASV Scan Report Attestation of Scan Compliance
- Maintenance of an internal QA process for ASV efforts in accordance with PCI SSC
Sanctioned by Visa Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, American Express, Discover Financial Services and JCB International, PCI DSS mandates that merchants and service providers comply with information security controls and processes to safeguard data. Requirements for PCI DSS include: security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other defensive measures.
"Parameter Security's ASV Certification, in addition to our Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) Certification, allows us to continue our diverse services to our clients in the PCI DSS industry" said Renee Chronister, CEO, Parameter Security. "In addition to being a QSA and ASV, as certified ethical hackers, we will not only help you become PCI compliant, but more importantly, improve your overall information security by testing your security posture from a hacker's point of view."
About Parameter Security
Parameter Security™, an ethical hacking firm, was born out of the need to help protect our businesses, government, health care, financial and educational institutions and various organizations globally from vicious hackers. As Certified Ethical Hackers, we emulate the minds and behaviors of malicious hackers to test the security of your systems and employees. What makes us different is that we use the information gathered to empower you by explaining how we gained access to your sensitive data, the type of information we retrieved and offer recommendations on how to improve your overall information security. Parameter Security offers IT compliance audits (PCI, GLBA, HIPAA, NERC, etc.), penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, social engineering, wireless security audits, secure code reviews, security training, computer forensics and more. For more information, contact us at 314.442.0472 or visit www.parametersecurity.com.


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"Falling For You" An Autumn Outfit For Almost Anywhere5:59 PM
The best thing about this outfit is that I found them all at just one stop... Ultimate Outlet! And everything there is discounted! Whoot! Whoot!
Signature Sweep High-Opulence Shadow: Available in 6 colors
-Was $19.00 now just $3.00!
Find it here.
Belted Canvas Warm-Weather Boot
-Was $119.00 Now $69.00.
Find it here.
Peacock Feather Dangle Earrings
-Was $89.00 Now $71.00
Find it here.
Silky Hi-Lo Tank by Spiegel
-Was $44.00 Now $19.00
Military-Inspired Corduroy Blazer
-Was 74.00 Now $49.00
Beaded Mini Bag with Fleur-de-Lys Design
Was $79.00 Now $49.00
Crinkled Cotton Pull-On Skirt
Was $49.00 Now$19.00
There are so many fun and unique designer finds at the Ultimate Outlet you are sure to always find something you love but If you see something you like, you better hurry fast because the items go fast and are limited. If you do miss out keep checking back often to catch the deals.
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- AnonymousOctober 22, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Yikes $71.00 for a pair of earrings! The rest (minus the boots) are cute though! ;o)ReplyDelete


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Vietnam's tallest building, Keangnam Hanoi Landmark 72, has finally found a new owner - AON Holdings, a mid-sized financial group from South Korea.
According to The Korea Economic Daily, the most widely read economic newspaper in South Korea, Samjong KPMG, the principal underwriter for selling the debts of Landmark 72, selected AON Holdings as the preferred bidder for the deal.
Total debts incurred in building Landmark 72 in 2012 was $510 million. AON Holdings was said to have paid about 450 billion Korean Won ($373.4 million) to take over the debt.
Goldman Sachs and Hana Financial Investment were also interested in buying Landmark 72 but were outbid by AON Holdings.
Last May The Korea Economic Daily reported that a Vietnamese court had announced a valuation of $770 million for the building, which came after a series of scandals involving the parent company.
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower is located in Hanoi's southwest, with 72 floors and a total area of 610,000 sq m. According to South Korean media, Keangnam Enterprises invested more than $1 billion in its construction, of which nearly $500 million was borrowed from banks.


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Send Us Your Hurricane Sandy Photos [PICTURES]
We don't know how much Hurricane Sandy will affect us here in Western New York -- although some businesses and schools have already closed or postponed activities -- but she's already doing damage on the East Coast.
The above photo is from our sister station in New Jersey, where they already have over two feet of flooding and over 100,000 people without power.
As the storm approaches, we will continue our Hurricane Sandy coverage, but we'd also like you share any photos with us from around the area. Send them to firstname.lastname@example.com, and we'll post our favorites in the gallery below.


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These are V-Junkie Socks from the Socktopus book.
I knit these with Addi Turbos. Very sadly, they sprung a
hole... hopefully a future post will be
about mending them!
These are Marilinda socks knit with Addi Lace needles
Last week I went into my LYS to purchase another pair of Lace needles, and what have we here! Addi Turbo Sock Rockets? The smoothness of the Turbo needles combined with the sharpness of the Lace needles? Can it be true?
I asked the lovely sales ladies if they had tried them, and they had not. I picked up a pair and four skeins of Regia sock yarn (on sale! I can't resist) and couldn't wait to get home to cast on. I was delayed by a visit from my sister that resulted in a 2 hour stay at the tattoo parlor, but that was fun. When I did finally cast on, I was instantly in love.
My sister's tattoo!
These needles are the best of both worlds. I can't believe how fast I can knit with them -- the stitches fly! Very lightweight, very sharp, very smooth. Love, love, love.
These are pretty much knitting themselves.
If you like Magic Loop or have been thinking about trying it, I highly recommend these needles.
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Tugi Tap is a fast action game in a nice designed cartoony world.
There are multiple "Tugi's" flying/falling and swimming accross the screen of your iPhone or iPod Touch. Tap them as fast as you can and in the meantime try to make combinations of the same "Tugi's" to get more points and combos. You can also find specials that give a nice effect and can give you a lot of extra points. (Tap the big Tugi's 20 times to make them explode). The better you are the more stars you collect, your job…. collect all 3 stars for each level you play, are you fast enough?
We didn't stop here, we also included a mini game to test your speed skills. Show your friends how fast you are and try to improve your skills and highscore.
* Multiple Levels To Choose From!
* Collect Bonus Points For A Better HighScore!
* Extra Mini Game To Test Your Speed Skills!
* Warning: Highly Addictive!
Next Update Will Include:
* Extra Level "Into Space"
* Extra Mini Game
Note, Tugi Tap Requires:
* iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4
* iPod Touch 3 or iPod Touch 4
* iPad or iPad 2
Tugi Tap can be downloaded from the App Store for free. And is compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch.


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Vecna and Meridian Medical Management Announce Strategic Partnership for Seamless Patient Experience
Vecna, an innovative provider of patient self-service solutions, and Meridian Medical Management (M3), a leading provider of revenue cycle and system integration services, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver a complete end-to-end patient registration and payment solution.
Vecna's Patient Information Exchange platform allows patients to pay bills online through any web-enabled device, including tablets and phones, as well as through onsite self-service registration kiosks. Of those patients who access the Patient Information Exchange, Vecna's customers have seen 85% make payments on past due balances. In addition, the Patient Information Exchange gives patients the ability to update demographics information including those required for Meaningful Use, as well as mailing addresses and contact information.
"Both the self-service billing and demographics update functions reduce manual data entry processes and rework for a leaner administrative workflow. Our Patient Information Exchange eliminates operating waste and assists in decreasing bad debt across the board by empowering the patient to ensure their data is accurate," comments Ben Bau, Vice President and General Manager of Patient Self-Service Solutions at Vecna.
"We expect to see an improvement in the way that our clients interact with their patients," said Jeanine Joncas-Lenczuk, VP of Information Technology of M3. "Providing patients with online access to make payments and update information will not only improve our efficacy, but will shorten the collections cycle for our clients."
About Meridian Medical Management
M3 is a leading provider of revenue cycle, business intelligence, EMR, and system integration services for large, multi-specialty physician groups and academic practice plans. Our team of experienced professionals provide revenue cycle performance, business intelligence, and practice growth to some of the most prestigious medical groups in the country.
Our Clients have access to a complete suite of advanced clinical and financial tools, enabling them to maximize their efficiency through clinical practices, increase revenue, and make well informed business decisions through the use of best of breed business intelligence tools.
Our success is based on our expert ability to execute on behalf of our Clients, our flexible approach to designing new ways to service our Clients, and our passionate commitment to provide outstanding Client service.
Learn more at http://www.m3meridian.com.
About Vecna
Vecna is an innovative provider of healthcare technology with a mission to deliver intuitive solutions that add value to the economy, commercial enterprise, and individuals. Vecna's solutions allow practices and providers to improve patient outcomes, lower costs, and achieve Meaningful Use. With a core team dedicated to key principles such as integrity, excellence, and service, and a tight global network of strategic partners, Vecna delivers better technology to realize a better world for all.
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Evelyn Saad
1929 - 2018
Visitation at Church
Visitation at Church
Funeral Service
Final Resting Place
Obituary of Evelyn Saad
Evelyn Wahba Saad, 89, of Lower Gwynedd, PA passed away on Sunday June 10, 2018.
She was born in Minya Egypt, on April 11, 1929.
Evelyn has been living in Lower Gwynedd, PA and formerly of Columbus, NJ.
She and her husband Alexander Hanna Saad were founding members of the First Coptic Church in New York and New Jersey.
They lived in Queens, New York from 1968 to 1988.
She had worked at ConEdison Electric Co of New York and was always an active member of the Coptic Orthodox Church throughout New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia. Most recently at St. Mary & St. Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church of Conshohocken, PA.
Daughter of the Late Wahba and Katrina Zaki.
Beloved wife of the late Alexander Hanna Saad.
Survivors include her Daughters: Iris (and Dr. Samir) Farag of Gwynedd Valley, PA Enass (and Robert ) Pappas of McLean, VA Also survived by her grandchildren: Jacqueline (and Robert) Eells, Dr. Christine Farag, James Farag, Thomas Farag, Katrina (and Captain David) Lertola, Andrea Pappas and Lauren Pappas.
A wake in memory of her life will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 7:00 PM at St. Mary and St. Mercurius Church, 209 West 5th Avenue, Conshohocken, PA 19428.
Holy Liturgy Services will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 8:30 AM, followed by funeral services at 10:30 AM at St. Mary and St. Mercurius Church, 209 West 5th Avenue, Conshohocken, PA 19428. Fr. Andrew Mahrous will be officiating.
The burial will be at 1:00 PM Rosedale Cemetery, 750 East Linden Avenue, Linden, NJ 07036, followed by prayers and a reception after the burial at 2:00 PM at St. Mary's Church, 433 Riva Avenue, East Brunswick, NJ 08816.
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Reelfoot Lake 3-5-10 John Woods, Charles Kelly, Tony Willis
John Woods, Charles Kelly & Tony Willis fished Reelfoot. We caught a bunch of fish using 14ft. BnM poles, live bait and double hook rigs. Woods
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This article shows that CO2 follows temperature with highly variable time lags depending upon whether the climate is warming or cooling. At the onset of the last glaciation the time lag was 8,000 years and the world was cast into the depths of an ice age with CO2 variance evidently contributing little to the large fall in temperature.
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The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI) allows a person access to any document held by any Commonwealth government agency, unless the document, or part of it, falls into one of the exemptions listed in the legislation. Anyone can access a document whether or not she or he is involved in or affected by the information.
The Act applies to documents held by government agencies. The term document is broadly defined and includes any record of information [s 4(1)]. A document includes any copy, reproduction or duplicate but does not include library material maintained for any reference purpose or Cabinet notebooks [s 4(1)].
The Act does not apply to documents that are already available in a public register or to documents available for purchase by the public [s 12] (for example, annual reports or information on public registers).
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Starbucks has a holiday gift for you.
Because. Coffee.
Baristas are handing out $1 million in gift cards to shoppers in December.
That's 50,000 gift cards at $20 each.
Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones who receives a gift card. But given that every other person in the world seems to be walking around carrying a Starbucks cup, I am guessing the odds are not in your favor.
You can increase your chances, according to the company, by looking for baristas at "community celebrations" like tree-lighting ceremonies and local caroling events.
More freebies
And it doesn't stop at gift cards. Starbucks offers even more chances to score this month.
Starting Tuesday, Dec. 5 the Starbucks for Life sweepstakes returns. What is it? Well, anyone who makes a purchase using the Starbucks' mobile app could win Starbucks for a week, month, year, or life.
Another perk that leads to more freebies: Make a purchase on the Starbucks mobile app or a registered Starbucks Card in December and you automatically earn Gold status in Starbucks Rewards for a year.
That means free food and free drinks after a certain number of purchases. To learn more visit starbucks.com/promo/giftofgold.
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A spiritual journey through the senses of ancient clown.
My path is not yours to follow, rather take what i have learned that you may find your own.
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Expensive my friend Ancient:You are a big magician my dear friend: ancient.To your wonderful website the big I congratulate I send it to you.
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I can't stop listening to this song. It makes me feel some kind of way that I can not ignore.
TRIGGER!! I used to have a problem with needles when I was in Jr. High and High School. We didn't call it cutting back then, I don't even know if there was a word for what I was doing to myself. I hate to admit that I used to hurt myself, I know it is sadly not uncommon. I have learned it is not uncommon around girls. I am not a unique snowflake (ha ha, Fightclub reference…).
Sorry, I got distracted… Needles. I used needles because I could explain why I needed one. Hey, I need a needle I have to hem my pants or fix this pocket or, whatever. I had a flashback the other day to being somewhere in my teens and keeping a safety pin pinned to my jeans at all times. I never talked about it, I don't even think I wrote about it in my kid diary. It was like I knew what I was doing wasn't "normal". I would use the needle to rip up my skin or even scratch lines, shapes, initials, whatever. I check myself out every once in a while after a shower and count the scars.
Listening to this song… the lyrics "the needle tears the hole" have me so stuck. I feel like I got hit in the stomach.
Don't worry, I am not in danger. I am just feeling shit. I work so fucking hard to keep my shit tucked in and the wall is crumbling, kids… I am not sure how I feel about this. I am remembering things that I had kept blocked, things I didn't even realize were blocked.
I'm not sure what to do with emotion, no matter what it is it always feels weird. I cry at the drop of a hat (my ex used to say when she was on the rag she cried during those carpet cleaning commercials where someone spilled red wine on the white carpet, I'm in the same boat), I am prone to strong bursts of anger, I feel sad and reflexive. Like I just want to cut open my chest in front of the mirror and examine all the gooey stuff in there. Metaphorically, of course. In real life, blood and guts are icky.
I don't know what it is that made me stop playing with needles. I know that one ex pissed me off to the point that I tried to jump back into the bad habit about 6 years ago (an answer to the why is there a triangle shaped scar on my hand), but long before that I had out grown it. I am lucky that I outgrew that habit, I know some people don't make it that far. Some people have way more and worse scars than I do.
This song doesn't so much make me want to, just makes me remember what drew me to it. I really hate feeling empty, I hate that I can't process my emotions "correctly". I hate that I can't smile for real anymore. Dude said a few days or weeks ago that he can't remember the last time I laughed without it being sarcastic or fake. That's doing pretty bad, man. I didn't have words and I still don't. I just can't get happy. Most of the time I feel lost and alone.
The best way I could explain to him. I don't want to hurt myself, I promise I don't. I just don't have the motivation to live. I wouldn't play in traffic, I wouldn't ever tempt death. But there are days where I could flirt with him a little bit.
Hurt reminds me of those times, thoughts. I never listened to music then the way I do now, I never held on to lyrics like they were written for me. She taught me that. She taught me to take music and use it as my voice when I could not speak. I don't think she knew it then, but I think she taught me how to heal myself.
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Luc in Glacier Bay
This one of Grand Canyon by CarpeyBiggs
Last of the Great Unknown - Preview from carpeybiggs on Vimeo.
Yep, I am dumping my Optios, and Go Pro-ing and SLR HD with a tripod.
Last of the Great Unknown - Preview from carpeybiggs on Vimeo.
You know what gets me about fabulous videos lime these? It is that I know I'll probably never have the skill to take a trip like that let alone capture it. You can learn to be sure but finding the right people to learn with is the challenge. Then putting forth the truly proper effort is the next hurdle.ReplyDelete
Ken, The people are often THE key, at least for me. And finding the right people is the challenge -- I moved back to AK twenty years ago to be around as many as possible, and then had kids to be sure there was always someone to go with.ReplyDelete
But a GO Pro and SLR HD w/ Tripod is more complicated and heavy. Keep it simple.ReplyDelete
Yea, you're right Forrest, but I gotta do something fresh.ReplyDelete


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NI AWR Design Environment
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AWR is now NI. Visit ni.com/rf to learn more about NI RF tools.
Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) software is the system-level simulation technology that's part of the NI AWR Design Environment platform. VSS is an RF and wireless communications and radar systems design solution, supporting realistic measurements of cascaded RF blocks, identifying the source of spurious products and simulating system metrics such as bit error rates all from a single system diagram. Designers of commercial and military transmitters and receivers are then able to quickly and easily create subsystem architectures and optimize their components for best overall performance.
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|French Tax Probe Targets HSBC
It is the latest sign of governments cracking down on tax evasion and money laundering after the financial crisis
France has opened a probe into whether British bank HSBC offered illicit products to help French clients avoid tax in Switzerland.
An HSBC spokeswoman declined to comment.
The French investigation into the alleged sale of illicit products and tax fraud is based on a list of clients at HSBC's Swiss unit obtained in 2009, the prosecutor's office said.
The list forms part of a batch of data leaked by former HSBC employee Herve Falciani, who is wanted in Switzerland on allegations of stealing data on tens of thousands of bank accounts. Falciani told a Spanish court last week he was a whistleblower fighting corruption.
The British bank last year agreed to pay a record USD1.92 billion in fines to U.S. authorities for allowing itself to be used to launder drug money flowing out of Mexico and for other banking lapses.
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Food Stamp Participation Increases as Economy Lags
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Almost a million more people participated in the federal government's food stamp program for the needy between April and July, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the program.
The latest federal statistics indicate that nationally, participation in the low-income nutrition supplement program rose from 28.08 million in April to 29.05 million in July, the last month for which the figures are available, a department spokeswoman said.
The July figure is the highest since the all-time peak of 29.8 million in November 2005, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, spokeswoman Jean Daniel said.
She said the current national numbers probably reflect economic troubles, such as the spring flooding in the Midwest, that were at work in the early summer and spring. There often is a delay of a few months after a crisis before people sign up for the program.
"From a historical perspective, it's usually a lag time of two to three months," she said.
Experts said yesterday that the figures also reflect the broader national economic distress.
"The economic downturn is the obvious reason that most people are turning to the food stamps program at this point," said Colleen M. Heflin, an assistant professor at the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. "I think it's a much better barometer of the pain on Main Street than the larger economic barometers."
James P. Ziliak, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of the Center for Poverty Research at the University of Kentucky, said low-income families are "turning to the food stamp program for assistance because they're having difficulty making ends meet" as a result of stagnant wages and rising prices for gas and other essentials.
"The food stamps program is quite sensitive to changes in the overall macroeconomy," he said.
In the Washington area, food stamp use has risen sharply over the past year.
The District had a 9.2 percent jump, from 83,000 in July 2007 to almost 91,000 in July this year.
In Maryland, participation went up 14.9 percent over the same period, from 324,000 in July 2007 to almost 373,000 this past July.


text: This weekend we purchased a ski condo in Avon, Colorado. While up there this weekend, we naturally plugged in my Model S into a 120 volt standard plug in the parking garage to charge. It was a corner parking spot in a nearly empty garage. I got a letter from the President of the HOA today stating, among other things: It was brought to our attention over the weekend that a common electrical outlet in the Ascent garage was utilized to charge an electric vehicle owned by you or one of your guests. Unfortunately, that is not permissible. The outlets in the common areas are a community expense shared among all owners. In addition, these outlets have not been tested to determine if they can handle the power required by an electric vehicle in consideration of other common needs in this area. This is from both a safety and power overload perspective. The President also brought up that Colorado law permits residents in an HOA to try to install an EV charger, but that is not my concern. I just want to plug in at an available 120 outlet in the garage if one happens to be available. There is no mention in the HOA documents about common area outlets or community expense issues. I am sure the outlets in the garage in a building that was finished in 2011 are fine for electric vehicle charging, as are any outlets anywhere in the country that meet code. I may try to get an EV charger installed with a Colorado government grant, but the President insists that it must be outside, in the cold, in the mountains in Colorado, instead of in the heated parking garage. Any thoughts on how to approach the HOA board to have them stop hassling me for plugging into the 120 plug when it is available?


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So You Want a Guinea Pig? (Rescue Site)
The Guinea Pigs Daily Digest
Guinea Pig Mail Lists and Groups
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Guinea Pigs Rainbow Bridge (More Kleenex)
American Pet Diner (Quality pig products)
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Release notes (2.0-RC2)
In TrueBSD 2.0-RC2 you can find:
* Updated the system environment and the kernel to FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE;
* Fixed errors in system installer (/sysutils/trueinstall) which were caused by wrong detection storage drives;
* Created an official subversion repository (http://truebsd.pw/wiki/doku.php%3Fid=subversion.html);
* Created a non-official port of x11-wm/ion-3;
* Created an overlay of the ports tree;
* Changed a file system hierarchy;
* Created skel files which are used for each new user;
* Created a ports tree with patched versions of the software;
* Created a kernel module snd_hda_hack.ko for additional Intel audio cards support;
* Script /sysutils/apachemanager for managing the Apache web-server;
* Script /sysutils/hwdetect for new hardware automatic detection;
* Script /sysutils/snddetect for new audio cards detection;
* Script /sysutils/ifdetect for net cards detection;
* Script /sysutils/flashpluginctl for switching on/off the Adobe (R) Macromedia (R) Flash technology;
* Script /sysutils/getoperalang for Opera translational files installation;
* Script /sysutils/kblayout for choosing keyboard layout and switching method;
* New Prompt for the zsh shell;
* Rewrote the prelogin system utility with using the cdialog. Added new items in menu;
* Rewrote newtconf script for net configuration with using the sysinstall functionality;
* Removed function for creating core files for programs which was stopped with segmentation fault;
* Removed createbzip, extractbzip, formatfloppy, termfont system utilities;
* Removed all net- and audio cards drivers from the kernel and putted to separate kernel modules;
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Find Inspiration: Entrepreneur's 100 Brilliant Companies to Watch
Good afternoon DMIers. I hope you had a fantastic Labor Day weekend and are ready for week 3.
Tomorrow we'll be diving into your digital media product concepts with Homework 1. We'll be putting each product concept to the Sticky Test and brainstorm options for further development. We'll also review Homework 2 and 3, which require you to start identifying details about your competitors and your market.
Here are some resources to help you find some inspiration in your work:
- Entrepreneur's 100 Brilliant Companies to Watch in 2016 highlights innovators across a wide range of industries including fashion, health, business services, tech, recreation and food. This is a great resource for a quick dive into entrepreneurs in specific industries you're passionate about. Who knows, you may find a competitor or two in this feature.
- Eight Practices of Successful Entrepreneurial Journalists is a good read to help spur lots of ideas around your digital media product: how you'll make money, engage customers and how you'll differentiate yourself from the competition.
Enjoy exploring your industries and fine-tuning your business ideas.
Dabbling in design and visiting with The Hatch Agency
Greetings DMIers. We're heading into Week 7 and we've got a fantastic week ahead.
First off, be sure to click over to the Homework and Resources tabs. Grab the revised versions of the course schedule and the DMI 1 Pagers. We'll briefly chat about these at the start of our next session.
Dabbling in Design Tuesday
Most of Tuesday's class session will be open lab time to work on two big design projects you have:
- Homework 6, which is your logo design, and
- Your overall product design. A draft version is due before Thanksgiving break.
You should check out this very useful article from Canva, 25 Epic Design Tips for Non-Designers.
You can use any software you choose for these design tasks. The lab has full access to Adobe's Creative Cloud versions of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Adobe also offers a free 30-day trial of this software, which may prove helpful in November.
In terms of your product mockups, you can also explore the wide variety of wireframing tools available. Last fall's group of students experimented with JustinMind and Balsamiq. But, there are many, many other options out there. Check out these articles to get a glimpse of the range:
- Creative Bloq: The 20 best wireframing tools
- DevZum: 18 Best User Experience (UX) and Wireframing Tools
The Hatch's EmmKrem Visits Thursday
We have another amazing J&PR alumna visiting with us Thursday. Emmalee Kremer graduated from the news option in 2011. Currently, Emmalee is a senior account executive at The Hatch Agency in San Francisco. She's worked with journalists from Wired, The New York Times, Re/code and Tech Crunch among many others.
Emmalee specializes in working with high-tech startups and venture capital companies. She's going to talk about life working for startups in the public relations and marketing space. Since this is a big part of your Money & Marketing Plan, I'm sure you'll have lots of questions to toss her way. Follow her on Twitter @EmmKrem.
Get in on The Hunt with Comas and Dukkers
Greetings DMIers. This Thursday we'll have the first our of entrepreneur guest speakers. Our guests, Brittany Comas and Ally Dukkers, graduated from the Chico State J&PR program with the news option and are currently running various social media platforms for The Hunt.
The Hunt is a fashion startup located in San Francisco. The company's about page explains that it "is a community powered mobile app that is transforming the way that people shop online. By empowering peers to suggest products for each other, The Hunt taps into the personal shopper inside all of us and creates a positive community centered on fashion and individual style."
Brittany and Ally are going to discuss:
- Career path: how they moved from reporters at The Orion to social media goddesses in San Francisco.
- Their jobs at The Hunt
- What it's like working for a technology startup
- How your journalism skill sets translate well to startup companies
- Recommendations for landing jobs in the tech space
I'm sure our guests can give you a wealth of ideas for your digital media product concepts. Do your research and bring lots of questions.
Explore Storytelling with Google Glass
Happy Friday DMSers.
I'll be bringing Google Glass to class Monday. We'll have about an hour or so for everyone to get their hands on it. I'll also bring information regarding our developers license in case anyone is interested in developing a Glass card (that's what Google calls apps for Glass).
If you're not familiar with Glass, check out this section of Google's site. And, check out this piece by in the New Yorker. My experience has been pretty similar to this writer's perspective.
It's pretty cool technology but it's definitely got its challenges as noted in the articles below. We'll discuss how Google has rolled out the product thus far, the Glass Explorer community, and some of the challenges I've experienced playing with Glass thus far.
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I'm ready for 2016. I don't know about you, but I am.
This just last week I sat down with our team and we reviewed this last year, which is always fun to see where God moved and was faithful, and I sat down and introduced the "word" we will be focusing on this year as a team.
Yes, a word.
I'm sure you have heard of this before, but this year our team has one word that we will be focusing on and will be asking the question: Does what we are doing right now go along with this word to move forward?
Before I tell you what ours is, let me tell you why. I think one of the best things leaders of a ministry can do is to keep things simple. This doesn't mean water down anything, but to cast vision to get people moving forward in a simple but concise way so we know without a doubt we are hitting the goals we have set for this up and coming year. Sure we can make a list. Sure we can write it all down and check it during the year. Don't get me wrong, each person on the team has goals we have written down, but for the ministry as a whole, I want to look back and ask, "Were we/did we do this?" One word allows us to say yes or no and then we know that as a team we were successful.
Last year, we didn't do this as a team but I did it for myself. It was my first year in this postion and I just wanted to move forward. The word I picked this last year was the word:
We rebuilt the program. We rebuilt our volunteer team. We rebuilt our camp culture. We rebuilt everything I feel. I shared this with the team and they would agree. We needed to build a firm foundation to build the future off of and I believe when you do this, you will see the fruits of sometimes what felt like fruitless workings in the moment.
This year, I introduced the one word concept to the team and came up with the word:
I was reading through the book of Joshua and this word kkept coming up to me. The big point: before every great move of God, there was a step out in boldness of Joshua.
This is what I want. I want God to move in ways I have not seen yet, but it will take us to step out in boldness. From this point on as we carry on this year, all events, all sermon series, all small group launches and outreaches we will ask ourselves, "Is this being bold?" Because we BUILT last year, this year we can be BOLD because we now have something to stand firm on. Our program can take on growth. We now have small groups to place students in after they come to our midweek program.
We will be a bold team this year. We will be bold in our student and college ministries this year. All stemming from this one word that will help us keep focused on what we feel God has called us to do in our valley.
Again, leaders clarify and simply in a way that everyone knows where we are going and helps push their people to get there. One-word resolutions help us do just that.
How do you keep focus? What do you do to gain clarity in your ministry?


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I love a good campfire…there's nothing better than cooking some spuds and marshmallows on an open fire in the 'great outdoors'! I'd love to say that I've always been 'fired up' for God, but the reality is that the fire gets dampened from time to time.
This is a follow on from my previous post, Living Sacrifices Part 1 , where I mentioned that as those leading worship in church, the raised platform we stand on is not so much a stage, as an altar, with living sacrifices on it. At times, those living sacrifices aren't so easy to 'fire up'!
The account given in 1 Kings 18 tells of Elijah vs the Prophets of Baal in a massive face-off between the God of Israel and the local deity. Elijah was one-out against these 450 prophets but had so much confidence in God that he set them a challenge. Both parties were to build an altar and pray that their god would set the altar alight. The 450 prophets went first and after working at it all day, as Eugene Petersen puts it in The Message, "they used every religious trick and strategy they knew to make something happen on the altar, but nothing happened". Elijah was trash talking them, suggesting that their god was away on vacation or maybe on the toilet!
So then it was Elijah's turn. He instructed that 12 large buckets of water be thrown on the altar, which left it completely drenched and the trench around it filled. At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah prayed and then "the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench". (1 Kings 18:38)
Our sacrifice can be drenched by the stuff that happens in life – busy-ness at work, issues with family or friends, worries about money – all kinds of things. What's more, people come into our church services with all kinds of drenched sacrifices as well. It is natural for us to feel like it's pretty hard to be 'on fire' for God when we feel drowned by everything else going on around us.
If we just rely on our own strategies and 'religious tricks' then nothing is going to happen on the 'altar', and we will remain a wet, soggy mess.
But as we worship (and you know I'm not just talking about singing songs in church on a Sunday when I say that), as we tune our heart to His, our God who is described as a "consuming fire" can supernaturally overcome all those things that in any natural sense would prevent us from being "fired up" for God. He can give us a "peace that passes understanding" – an unreasonable peace despite our circumstances and in the face of our troubles.
As we lead people in worship, we should recognise that there's a lot of living, but "drenched sacrifices" at church and as they come, they need to be connected with the fire of God, not our clever strategies.
How do you stay "fired up"?


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After all those hard work and overloaded "last song syndrome" of the song Faded, the awaited day has finally arrived. We were so excited to see our babies perform on stage and a bit nervous because something might not come out well. Anyway, whatever it is that will happen; we know that we will be so proud of them and even to ourselves for training them to have this awaited presentation. Our kids were the first to perform and so we hurriedly went backstage and assembled them. Fingers crossed! Looking at them and listening to their voices really felt great, knowing that we practiced so hard for this. We watched the other branch's performances and we were much entertained with them too. I bet their teachers felt the same pride as we did.
-Teacher Angeline
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Located on one of the busiest streets of the capital, Nguyen Luong Bang Ocean Edu facility is equipped with modern equipment for students, with a desire to bring a quality English language center.Xem chi tiết
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- 1 1/2 cup chicken curry meat plus a bit of the gravy
- 6 x roti's or parathas
- 2 x onions, cut into wedges
- 2 x green chilli
- 2 x spring onions
- 4 x garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 x carrot, grated
- 2 x eggs, whisked
- 1/2 tspn chilli flakes
- 1/2 tspn curry powder
- 1/2 tspn cumin powder
1. Make a curry with the meat of you choice (I have used chicken here, but this recipe will work well with beef or lamb also) You could use any curry paste I suppose, but if you can try and get yourself a really good and authentic Sri Lankan curry paste.
2. Cook you roti/ parathas as directed on the pack… Usually just fry them with no oil in the pan for 1-2 minutes on each side till golden.
3.Then slice them up into squares or chunks, doesn't have to be perfect.
4. Next stir fry off you onion, garlic, chilli. spring onion, carrots for a few minutes till the onion has softened slightly. Now add in the spices and fry them off.
5.Then move over the veg to one side of the pan and slide in your 2 eggs and scramble them, which shall only take a minute.
6.Now add in your curry meat and a bit of the gravy.
and lastly add the chopped roti/ parathas and toss for a few minutes until everything is well combined.
7.Season with salt and pepper to your liking and also a few lime wedges as well….
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probably I am a bad cook it tasted terrible
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Using proven Tri-Tronics® technology, this versatile, lightweight (3 oz) beeper can be used alone or added to your existing remote training system to help locate the direction of your dog and/or determine if the dog is on point.
With a ¼ mi audible range and innovative speaker, you can choose from 4 hunt (including silent) and 2 point (including hawk scream) sounds that are easily changeable using 1 external button on the beeper.
The beeper has a locate feature operable when in silent hunt mode. The hunter can push the beeper button on the handheld and the beeper will emit a series of tones as long as the button is pressed. The locate feature is for the hunter who doesn't want to hear the noise of the beeper all the time, just when they cannot see or lose track of the dog.
This lightweight, water resistant (IPX7), compact beeper includes a replaceable CR123A battery, plus an orange ¾-inch collar strap.
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Karina Essery
Karina has been training, teaching and working with horses for over 20yrs and says she has never stopped learning from the horses she meets. She has worked across many disciplines at top levels from eventing, dressage, driving, showjumping, to film and stunt horses.
Her Training principles are based on classical lines, classical riding is often referred to as art and when applied properly the horse and rider combination is a pleasure to watch, moving gracefully and seamlessly as one, without force. This combined with the application of modern equine science, bio-mechanics and equine behaviour forms the basis of my teaching, as only by understanding your horse both physically and mentally can you find true partnership.
Karina treats every rider and horse as individuals and her aim is to encourage and support both, enabling them to communicate and work as a team to unlock their potential, whilst keeping the work enjoyable and appropriate to their development. Karina teaches all levels but has particular empathy with novice and nervous riders and her extensive experience of different breeds, ages, types of horses and training methods combined with her own background in classical riding and equine and human therapy means she can bring a more holistic approach to the training of you and your horse. For further information about Karina see www.equidynamicsmassageandtraining.co.uk.


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Every summer, swimming is one of the top things that we often look forward to. May it be done with your family, officemates or friends, swimming is really an enjoyable activity that makes us bond even more.
This year, our department decided to go and visit Casa Amara in San Juan, Batangas. We have read good reviews regarding this place and so we decided to go and check it out.


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Peak Power has one of the leading powerlifting facilities in Canada to go along with its world-class equipment and coaching. Peak Power's Powerlifting programs are designed in a progressive manner to ensure the development of optimal technique and skill. Programs are developed independently and focus on developing strength in the three lifts of powerlifting: bench press, squat, and deadlift.
Coach: Michael Souster MSc, BKin (Hons), coached Team Canada at 7 IPF World Bench Press Championships. In 2012 he coached the World Masters Bench Press Team to a 3rd place team award. This was the first bench press team award in the Canadian Powerlifting Union history. He has coached numerous athletes to national titles in both 3-lift Powerlifting and Bench Press. Current athletes that Michael coaches have held 2 World Records, 5 Commonwealth Records, 22 National Records and over 60 Provincial Records.
Come train with some of the world's best powerlifters under one of the world's best powerlifting coaches.
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Parenting 2
A brand-new course on Monday nights designed to help tackle turbulent teens and speak into their life in a way that can actually affect them. Confident Parenting: Middle School - High School is a 9-week class that focuses on a time in your child's life where they will be confronted with hard choices and raising them to pick the right ones. Topics include speaking to your child so they will listen, appropriate boundaries for a teen, helping your teen make wise choices in friends and life situations when you aren't there, navigating education, and handling discipline when your teen makes an unwise choice. This class is open to anyone and appropriate for parents of ages 11 - 18 years. Northwest U's class offerings differ between Fall and Spring semesters, so make sure to sign up this semester as these classes will only be offered once a year.


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Has Obamacare made it un-P.C. to be concerned by a serious burden on my family's well-being?
via Daring to Complain About Obamacare – NYTimes.com.
What Gottlieb is discovering, belatedly, is how much it costs to buy real health insurance rather than fake health insurance.
via Psychotherapist Is Unable to Understand What Medical Insurance Is.


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We took Drew and his sister to visit Santa this weekend.
In the days leading up, we practiced very hard with Drew:
Mommy: "What toy do you want for Christmas?"
Drew: "Biiiig train. Blue train." He decided on this by himself. Mommy did not help or give ideas at all. Very cool.
Mommy: "OK, Drew. When you sit on Santa's lap, tell him you want a big blue train."
Drew: "Okay."
Drew immediately warmed up to Jolly Old St. Nick. He walked right up to him, sat on his lap and gladly took a sucker from Santa. In fact, Drew enjoyed the sucker he was given so much that he lost all interest in Santa! All he wanted to do was unwrap and eat the sucker, and he forgot to ask Santa for any toys! When I tried to help him, he had no interest and kept saying, "sucker. SUCKER!"
So, it didn't go exactly as planned. But it was so fun to see Drew talking just like every other two year old visiting Santa. This is so much better than our previous Jingle Bell Experience.


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Just When You Think You've Got Life Figured Out…You Don't. You're a Dummy.
Blog Post
Neck Spasm
Read My Blog
Madison With a Capital Mad
Got a Gripe? Go ahead…I'll act interested.
Piss and Moan
Google IS NOT A DOCTOR!
and other words of wisdom by Kayla Mead and anybody else who takes a fancy to it.


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An appliance repair is quite inevitable once in a while. Your washing machine, vacuum cleaner or dish washer may fail you and since you cannot do without, you will have to choose between repairing and replacing it. It is no brainer to toss out the faulty appliance if it can be fixed. There are a number of reasons which make you opt for appliance repair, some are:
Your appliance is under warranty
For instance your refrigerator has started leaking and it does not keep your food stuffs as cool as it is supposed to do but it still under warranty. In as much as you may want to change the brand by replacing it with another since it has lost its reliability according to you, a repair is more appealing because you will not pay even a penny. For this reason, you have to decide on staying on with it after fixing it.
The appliance was working well before
Your dish washer was very effective to you when it was working and it was only the power surge that caused its faultiness. Since you have complete credibility in it, you will find it quite odd to toss it away for a new one yet repairing will return it to its perfect condition. Old is gold and instead of going for a new washer which may come with its own complexities it is recommendable to fix it.
The cost of a new appliance
At times you feel that you would do anything to trade off a faulty appliance that has become a nuisance of late. Any mishap, be it a power surge or an accidental knocking while it is connected to the socket sends you running to the technician. Such a device makes you opt for a replacement but if the cost of a new device outweighs your capability you have no option but to repair.
When the new alternative is not of good quality
In some instances, you may find that the old appliance you have may be of good quality when you compare with its new alternative. Maybe the new appliance even misses some features present in the old make. Even when the repair cost is almost as much as that of buying a new device, some users may opt to fix it.
Energy saving
Appliances with energy saving capabilities save you a lot in terms of electric bill and are also a good way to carry out conservation of resources in your own home. If your faulty appliance is efficient in saving energy, it is quite advisable to get it fixed due to the other benefits that you will enjoy.
Call the professionals
In an instance that you have no idea whether to repair or replace, guessing will be an expensive venture on your part. Get assistance from an expert who will give you advice on which alternative you should go for. The technician will also factor in the issue of long term considerations and if he suggests that your appliance will work well if repaired, then there is no reason for you to buy another one.
There you go, you can now understand when to go for appliance repair or replacement. Be on the lookout for those tips so that you will not make a costly mistake.


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CCS#2 HCS SS SCS SB 572, 2016 (New Section - Proposed Language)
77.700. 1. The county governing body of any county in which a city of the third classification is located shall disincorporate the city as provided in sections 77.700 to 77.715.
2. The county governing body shall order an election upon the question of disincorporation of a city of the third classification upon petition of twenty-five percent of the voters of the city.
3. The county governing body shall give notice of the election by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or, if there is no such newspaper in the city, then in the newspaper in the county published nearest the city. The notice shall contain a copy of the petition and the names of the petitioners. No election on the question of disincorporation shall be held until the notice has been published for four weeks successively.
4. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the city of. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . be dissolved?
5. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of those persons voting on the question, the county governing body shall disincorporate the city.


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Road Trip: Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County
As Spring has been sprung, summer vacation planning is in full swing for many of us. I'm no exception, so I'll be packing the blog-up to take on the road with me to the beautiful Santa Lucia Highlands. One of California's premier wine-destinations that I've always talked about visiting, but had somehow never made the time.
So I'm about to scratch this one area off my list with a short visit coming up in a couple of weeks. I couldn't be more excited. I'm busy lining up a few places I'd like to stop during my stay, but with so much to see and really only enough time to plumb the depths, I'll have to plan wisely.
Over the years, I've written about many of the great wines to be found here. But the one varietal which seems to excel here is Pinot Noir, unfortunately for many this AVA flies under-the-proverbial-radar. I know many folks wine-geeks like myself are excited about this region already. But I was hoping to shine a new light on it for the everyday garden variety vino-sapiens who may be looking for something new.
The video above gives just a small taste of the sights and sounds I'll be seeing shortly, and I hope you enjoy it. And just below is a video about the Mer Soleil Vineyards I'll be visiting first-hand myself. Until then I still have ten days or so of planning left and a few other posts to write before hitting the wine-trail once again. So as always remember "life is short" so sip long and prosper cheers!


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As we emerge from the cold depths of winter, all around us it's beginning to feel a lot like spring.
It certainly does when you pop into Middle Farm in Firle where lambs and chicks are charming visitors galore.
There are around 50 chicks currently hopping about the farm, with a variety of different breeds.
During the year the farm will produce between 600 and 800 chicks which are sold as pets. And there are four lambs and three goat kids to look at too.
Farm supervisor Vicky Wise said: "People love chicks, especially at this time of year.
"Chickens are really fun animals. They have lots of character and are really friendly."
In addition Middle Farm is currently housing arguably the cutest sheep in the world, which appear in our video here.
A small flock of Valais blacknoses is living there and they belong to Vicky.
She bought them as an investment to help fund her way through vet school and the sheep will be expecting lambs in the autumn.
Originally from Swizterland they are very rare in the UK with only about six flocks in the country.
And apparently they make amazing pets - most sheep will run away from you whereas these little woolly balls of fun will run up to you looking for a fuss!
Vicky is hoping to sell the lambs as pets to help fund her studies at veterinary college.
Having sheep as pets is becoming increasingly popular, much like the fashion for micro pigs.
Visitors should also keep an eye out for Dudley the Sheep, who featured on Britain's Got Talent.
His trainer Bonnie taught him to do jumps and go through hoops. You can check out some of Dudley's signature moves on Youtube where he tackles agility courses.
The rare Swiss sheep also featured on Countryfile and are proving very popular.
They are well known for their shaggy coats, spiral horns and distinctive black faces, which almost make it look like their features have been photoshopped out.
Since the sheep are so friendly, many residents of Upper Valais, a German speaking region of Switzerland where the breed hails from, have started keeping them as pets in recent years.
They are often seen being walked on leads or tied up outside supermarkets in the villages around Upper Valais.
The earliest mention of the breed dates back to 1400 but they were first recognised as a separate breed in 1962.
Vicky has five ewes and one ram who are living at Middle Farm.
There are only a few thousand left in the world, with only a few hundred in the UK. They are threatened by the recent return of the wolf to Switzerland.
Vicky added: "Sheep are just as intelligent or trainable as dogs. They make fantastic pets."
The open farm can be found at www.facebook.com/OpenFarm.MiddleFarm
To find out more aboutVicky's flock visit www.ValaisBlacknoseSheepSussex.com


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Hey guys! Welcome to another In My Mailbox! I managed to acquire some great reads this week, so I am pumped! In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.
*All books are linked to Goodreads
Abandon by Meg Cabot (Signed) + swag
Thanks to Diana from Little Miss Drama Queen!
From PBS-
The Selection by Kiera Cass
What wonderful books landed in youir mailbox this week?


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Water Damage - Get data from SSD?
Hi all,
I have a Mid 2011 model Macbook Air, with a 256Gb SSD. It has recently been water damaged, and luckily my insurers aim to replace the laptop but not recover my data.
A query, if I remove the SSD, can I plug it into a PC using the standard mini SATA part to then back it all up to a removable hard drive for my new Air?
Thanks in advance.
Cette question est-elle utile ?
Unfortunately I won't be able to keep the SSD, therefore this isn't really the best solution for me.
I have to copy the data before handing the entire laptop over.


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ADOPTION charity Parents and Children Together (PACT) is looking to recruit more adopters from the Brighton area.
PACT has an office in central Brighton which specialises in LGBT adoption but also welcomes heterosexual adopters. PACT placed 78 children with 57 adoptive families between April 2015 and March 2016.
PACT is particularly looking for adopters interested in taking a sibling group of three or a child of Black British, Caribbean, African or Dual Heritage. These 'priority children' have often been waiting the longest for their forever family.
PACT Chief Executive Jan Fishwick said: "We have a great record of approving and placing with LGBT adopters in Brighton. Experience shows us that the LGBT community approach adoption with an open mind and are often a good match for these priority children.
"Equally we would love to hear from heterosexual couples or single people who would like to find out more about adopting a priority child or children.
"There are very few barriers to adoption so I would encourage anyone considering it in Brighton and surrounding areas to take the first steps and contact PACT."
PACT runs frequent adoption information evenings in Brighton as well as daytime drop-ins. At these events you can find out more about the process and speak informally to a PACT social worker or adopter from the area. The next information evening takes place on 2nd June 2016 and the next drop in is on Friday 1st July 2016.
Rated Outstanding by Ofsted, PACT supports its families for life through FACTS, its award-winning therapeutic support service. PACT can also offer accelerated adoption assessments to the types of adopters who are needed most, in order to speed up the adoption process.
To find out more about information events or download a Guide to Adoption visit www.pactcharity.org. You can also enquire by telephone Monday-Friday between 10am and 3pm by calling 0300 456 4800.


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The first trailer has arrived for the highly anticipated sequel to "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," the successful reboot of the 'Apes' franchise. Matt Reeves directs this $120 million-budget outing which is targeting a July 11th 2014 release.
The film is set a decade after Rise's post-credits sequence where a devastating virus has wiped out much of humanity. Caesar now leads a growing nation of genetically evolved apes which is threatened by a band of human survivors. A fragile peace proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war.


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Pet Care: 7 Inexpensive Gifting Ideas For Your Dog
Dog owners often wonder how to treat their dog, especially when it comes to bathing their dog, or even when the owners are planning for a short trip alone. So, today I shall give you a list of 7 gifting ideas, that can surely raise the spirit of your Fido. Treat Ball: The funny … Continue reading "Pet Care: 7 Inexpensive Gifting Ideas For Your Dog"


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9 Jan
SBY to polish up his image
There is a lot of doom and gloom in Indonesia today, and I don't mean the storm that is about to test our roof.
There is the acknowledgement that disasters are a result of 'disregard' for land use allocations as the search for for more victims of the recent survivors is called off, teaching is seen as a last resort job option and mothers abusing their children. Hardly signs of a positive future.
The gloom is about the hundreds of hectares of marijuana … allegedly being grown in North Sumatra province by a drug syndicate (while) the police appear to be unable or unwilling to take action.
I'm not an advocate for drug use, which is why I intend to give up smoking ~ soon. But I do wonder why the police should be bothered about a drug which offers a measure of relatively risk-free social pleasure. Besides, as the UK has discovered, there are many more organic highs which are not classified as illegal. Here too, as Indcoup relates, there is a substance, tongkat ali, which is better for you than viagra, or so it is claimed.
Anyway, I digress.
The most positive news today is that SBY is having a website set up to highlight his daily activities.
Aside from presenting information on the presidential institution, the website will also be filled with realtime news articles from journalists who would be specifically employed by the presidential spokesmen.
The website will function as a means to diversify information related to the activities of President Susilo and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono to the public, one of the website's consultants, Roy Suryo, said.
The website, which is expected to be launched in the middle of January, will also present private pictures of the President and family, public announcements and greetings, as well as a facility for the public to file complaints and input for the President.
It's worth noting that it was Roy Suryo who reported Yogya blogger, Herman Saksono, to the police for publishing this picture.
I doubt that it will pop up on SBY's website which is yet to have a URL but could be president-ri.com, president-ri.go.id, presidentindonesia.go.id, istananegara.go.id, istana-presiden.go.id or presidensby.go.id.
I'd suggest an SBY blog as this would allow "complaints and input". I would, but there's a budget of just under Rp 100 million (around US$10,100), excluding costs for monthly maintenance. This seems excessive for a blog, even one as sophisticated as Jakartass.
With that budget, which works out at about a dollar for each of us in Indonesia with internet access, they can splash out on flash graphics, loads of popup banners, lurid graphics and the national anthem, Indonesia Raya, tinkling in the background.
All the web designers need to do is to gain access to some of those hectares in North Sumatra and they can create yet another one of those psychedelic websites so beloved by the government.
But, as Marek relates, it will still be bloody difficult to access the site!!


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The Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIP) details the implementation of service delivery and the budget for the financial year in compliance with the Municipal Finance Management Act(MFMA), 2003 (Act 56 of 2003). The SDBIP serves as a contract between the administration, the Council and the community, expressing the objectives set by the Council as quantifiable outcomes that can be implemented by the administration over the next twelve months. The SDBIP facilitates the process of holding management accountable for their performance. It provides the basis for measuring performance in the delivery of services.
The Mkhambathini Municipality hereby notify the Public that the Draft SDBIP for 2018/2019 has been approved by Council on 28 March 2018. The public is therefore encourage to submit their comments to email@example.com or to firstname.lastname@example.com The closing date for comments is 25 May 2018.
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Sounds like a good idea, you should do that!
Sounds good to me. Also, perhaps you could create a second account that replied with a mix between the following posts:
"really? tell me more"
"im not sure I get it, please elaborate"
"I just dont agree with you, especially not with the first part"
"I dont agree with the last part of what you posted"
That way, I wouldnt have to wait for another GUAer to come along and post in order for me to post more.
yo brah i herd u liek posting so we put a post in your post so you can post while you post!


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I'd like to give a mention to Rainy Day Biking. This company doesn't have a big inventory, but what they do have is very interesting.
They offer several types of reflective mud flap extensions for your bike fenders.
I can certainly see how these would appeal to many of us, as we have all come off a bike ride with road mud on our backs and sometimes also our fronts. Sometimes, we try to find the perfect fender that would protect us from this, but we just can't see to always find it.
While a front fender gives some protection, you still have the problem of mud and water hitting your feet, downtube and even your face! A rear fender will eliminate a lot of the back wheel kicking-up crap onto your back or whomever may be riding behind you. But, adding these extensions to your fenders gives even better protection from these unfortunate incidents. Yeah, they may look a bit dorky, but they'll seem a lot less so than your being covered front and back with whatever you rode over on your bike on the way to work or school.
Let's face it: a even the best cycling raingear out there won't protect you from getting mud on you, front and back, like these will.
I'd certainly recommend these to bicycle commuters, especially to children.
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Sorry for the lack of posts lately! The past few weeks have been nuts at work ( a normal occurrence in spas and salons in December) and in my free time I was busy buying and wrapping gifts and stressing over every little detail!
I'm hoping to get back on track and writing weekly blogs as soon as possible! I'll be sure to have lots of new goodies to review! 🙂 Yey!
In the meantime, I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a Very Happy New Year! I would also like to take the time to thank all my clients and also, everyone who takes the time to read my silly little blurbs on beauty!
-Nicole 🙂


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While the minor complaints we've detailed so far could also be leveled at the console versions of RE4, the interactive action cutscenes have definitely taken a turn for the worse in the move to PC. During certain sequences players are required to hammer a button to get away from something (think Indy-esque rolling boulders), then hit a couple of buttons to dive out of the way. Fair enough, but the buttons you're required to hit are represented by numbers in the PC game, so it will often take a few attempts combined with consulting the manual to actually know which buttons the game is talking about. Adding insult to injury, the manual actually has two of the buttons (1 and 3) around the wrong way. Unless we somehow inadvertently managed to change the default. We can only imagine how annoying these sequences would be on a keyboard (again - don't play this game if you only have a keyboard).
Most vexing is that the developer hasn't even bothered to implement relevant icons based on the controller you're using. Sure, there are a lot of USB game pads out there, but wouldn't it make sense to at least support the most popular ones? We know that the game had no trouble recognising our 360 controller, so why not go the extra step and have the 'LB + RB' buttons pop up on screen instead of the somewhat enigmatic '5 + 6'?
We may have a few qualms, but at its core Resident Evil 4 is a masterfully designed game. The pacing especially is superb throughout; Capcom really understands how to build tension, how to design confrontations that leave a tight knot of panic rising in the pit of the player's stomach, and how to give a moment's reprieve, only to ratchet up the action once more. This isn't a horror game in the sense of spring loaded scares, it's much more than that. Unrelentingly bleak environments lend RE4 an oppressive mood, while the numerous set pieces and consistently compelling boss battles ensure that you're never sure just how much longer you'll be able to keep your head firmly attached to its shoulders. And sometimes it's the small touches that impress most - the sound of a chainsaw starting up outside as you barricade yourself inside a house, for instance, can be a terrifying moment. The calm before the storm, it signals an onslaught that will have you wheeling on the spot, trying to cover every entrance, and hoping you don't hear the dreaded click that signals the end of your ammo.
The narrative, while often featuring terrible dialogue and hoary old story mechanics (like constantly coming across 'evil guy communiqu¿s') certainly provides a good excuse for the action, and upon finishing the game, you'll have access to a number of missions as side-character Ada Wong, allowing you to see the story from another perspective. It's a great inclusion, and takes a game that already has a lengthy play time (20+ hours) and injects even more.
When RE4 was first released on GameCube, it was hailed as one of the best-looking console titles ever. Time has not been kind to Resident Evil 4, particularly because the PC port has actually lost a lot of the visual subtlety of the original. The engine hasn't been upgraded in any way - other than to allow the game to run in much higher resolutions, and in fact has lost a lot in the move to PC, leaving a game bereft of decent lighting and shaders. The art design still shines through, but it's clear that this game could have been so much more on PC. There are even obvious discrepancies between different aspects of the presentation. There's a big disparity between the Vaseline-smeared cutscenes and the in-game visuals for instance, while the fuzzy typewriter save screens are at odds with the "do you wish to save" text overlay. It's a good thing the gameplay and design is so good, because RE4 looks pretty awful compared to most modern PC titles.
The Verdict
Yes, while the series may have left the moaning undead and their slow, shuffling movement behind in the move to RE4, there are certainly figurative traces of their presence in the quality of this port. It&#Array;s not bad, by any stretch of the imagination, but it is as if the game has simply lumbered onto PC, in search of fresh brains, instead of making full use of the system&#Array;s potential.
Even so, if you don't have access to a GameCube or PS2, it's well worth checking out what all the fuss is about. RE4 stands as one of the great console action games, and now it's on PC.
Want to have your say about Resident Evil 4? Rock on over to the Aussie forums.


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"The 3 Fates of Mona"
The Mona Lisa, properly called La Giaconda, by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most important paintings in the history of art.
It is also probably the most parodied painting in the history of art.
To the art world, the most devastating parody was L.H.O.O.Q. by Marcel Duchamp.
(L.H.O.O.Q. and it's info are located below, after the "3 Fates of Mona" paintings)
These horror inspired versions by Orlando Arocena are pretty great in their own right, and very seasonally appropriate. Arocena has repainted the famous merchant's wife in the guise of three different horror villains. The title 3 Fates of Mona cheekily suggests that there is a killer in all of us, or really, three killers in all of us.
*Hellraiser's The Chatterer
*Jason Voorhees
*Carrie White
*Title: L.H.O.O.Q.- -Year: 1919- -Artist: Marcel Duchamp-
- L.H.O.O.Q. (French pronunciation: [el aʃ o o ky]) is a work of art by Marcel Duchamp. First conceived in 1919, the work is one of what Duchamp referred to as readymades, or more specifically an assisted ready-made. The readymade involves taking mundane, often utilitarian objects not generally considered to be art and transforming them, by adding to them, changing them, or (as in the case of his most famous work Fountain) simply renaming them and placing them in a gallery setting. In L.H.O.O.Q. the objet trouvé ("found object") is a cheap postcard reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa onto which Duchamp drew a moustache and beard in pencil and appended the title. Although many say it was pioneered by him, in 1883 Eugène Bataille created a Mona Lisa smoking a pipe, titled Le rire.
*Title: La rire- -Year: 1883- -Artist: Eugène Bataille-
- The creation of L.H.O.O.Q. profoundly transformed the perception of La Joconde (what the French call the painting, in contrast with the Americans and Germans, who call it the Mona Lisa). In 1919 the cult of Jocondisme was practically a secular religion of the French bourgeoisie and an important part of their self image as patrons of the arts. They regarded the painting with reverence, and Duchamp's salacious comment and defacement was a major stroke ofepater le bourgeois ("freaking out" or substantially offending the bourgeois).
The "Mona Lisa"
For more information click Mona Lisa
Mind Space Apocalypse - @Overkill_MSA
|A margin note was discovered
in a book at Heidelberg University,
dating to 1503, states that Leonardo da Vinci
was actually working on a portrait of
Lisa del Giocondo.
The "Mona Lisa"
For more information click Mona Lisa
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The Oscar's is mostly about the fashion for me, and although a lot of reviews are mixed, I liked the red carpet this year. Natalie Portman is always my favourite, she's wearing a Rodarte dress, Penelope Cruz in vintage Balmain, and Taraji P. Henson in Roberto Cavalli.
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The title of this post probably has you wondering what on earth I'm talking about. In many ways, it's good to run your personal finances like a business. You should track your spending, project future income, analyze costs, and look for ways to be more efficient. But in one very important way, you do not want to run your personal finances like a business, and that is your income:expenses ratio.
Let me start off by saying I know next to nothing about business finances. So I was shocked as hell when my company's CFO put up a graph during a presentation that looked something like this:
Your reaction may be similar to mine. I thought, "how can a business possibly be sustainable if they're always spending nearly all the money they take in?" My company certainly seems successful, but I started to worry that we were spending too much money and eventually it would catch up with us. I also began to understand why our finance team is always checking the mail to see if any checks arrived and asking me about any bills that might be coming up in the next month for my department. The budget is so tight they need to have an accurate estimate of expenses for the coming months.
"Surely this can't be a good business model," I thought. So I talked to some people around my office with more business knowledge and they assured me that this kind of budget is perfectly normal in business. "But I'd never run my own finances like that!" I said. "I know," they said. "But we're a growth company, so we need to reinvest most of our revenue back into the company so we can continue to grow. The graph is actually very good because it shows that we're continually increasing our revenue."
Now it made sense. To grow and maintain a competitive advantage, my company needs to continually hire new employees, invest in research & development, invest in marketing, buy more computers and phones for its growing workforce, buy more software to automate business processes, and probably numerous other things I'm not even aware of. Of course my business' budget looks nothing like my personal budget, I don't need to do any of those things!
Every dollar a business spends goes toward the goal of increasing revenue. The hope is that the additional dollars spent on all the things I listed above will translate to an even higher dollar amount in revenue. So if you're spending your entire paycheck, ask yourself if you're putting your dollars to work in the way businesses do. Did all that money you spent help you get a promotion? A new job? A side business? If you're spending all your money and it's not helping you earn more money (hint: it's probably not helping you earn more money), you should stop spending all your money. If your gut reaction to the above graph is not "holy shit, that looks like a precarious situation to be in," then you're either familiar with business finances already or you spend too much money. If it's the latter, keep staring at it until it looks scary.