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Since leaving Uni in 1997 I have been fortunate enough to work at some leading funders including the NAB, GE and GMAC (UK). This has given me an intimate knowledge of what makes a funder buy a deal but more important than that is my experience since 2006 as a broker. This has taught me to deliver a solution that works for our clients, not the funders.
I have taken this client centric thinking into my role as Managing Director of the Atlas Equipment Finance and Plus 61 businesses. Every time our people provide a solution to those in our community we must ask a simple question, "is this the best the solution for them?" It is this simple philosophy along with our core values of bravery, innovation, respect, caring and integrity that have allowed us to enjoy close relationships with so many other likeminded people.
I am incredibly proud of our team and hope you enjoy your experience when dealing with us.
Showing my age now as I have over 20 years' experience in the leasing, corporate fleet finance, salary packaging, banking and mortgage finance industries.
Over the journey I've worked closely with large corporate clients, associations, local government, SME's, accountants, financial planners and financiers arranging operating leases, corporate hire purchases, chattel mortgages, novated leases, commercial banking and consumer mortgages and leases.
My aim is to provide tax effective commercial finance facilities for professionals, small to medium businesses and corporate entities. I tailor packages to fund motor vehicles, motor vehicle fleets, plant & equipment, heavy haulage, medical equipment, office/retail fitout's and other required commercial purchases. I love assisting everyday Australian's with finance solutions based on superior advice, competitive pricing and quality service.
My passion is assisting people in the 'Great Aussie Dream' of buying their own property, running their own business, purchasing their dream car, new equipment or freeing up capital to expand their business. My ambition is to give people back control of their financial future and exceed client expectations in any finance or insurance transaction. I'm qualified and have won numerous and consecutive Industry Awards.
On the personal front, I have a passion for all sports especially golf, footy, cricket and surfing. I love living in Bayside with my wife and two kids.
Andy Walsh is a credit representative (CRN AC-00144543) of BLSSA Pty Ltd ACN 117 651 760 (Australian Credit Licence 391237)
After completing my Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University I started out with a mortgage company in South Melbourne more than 20 years ago.
Ever since I have worked in the mortgage industry starting out in Loan Processing, moving into various credit assessment roles and managing a settlement department.
About 4 years ago I started as a mortgage broker and found it very rewarding helping people save money on their finance either through house purchase or refinancing of their home loan.
I was then lucky enough to join Plus 61 Finance where I am now Account Manager.
After initially buying a house in Endeavour Hills, I now live in Narre Warren and love following my children's respective sports football, cricket and ballet, and coach Auskick at Fountain GateI am also a very passionate Hawthorn supporter but don't hold that against me
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Catholic University Law Review
Fall 1980
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Table of Contents (v.30 no.1)
Catholic University Law Review
Copyright Notice (v.30 no.1)
Catholic University Law Review
The Next Step in Legal Ethics: Some Observations About the Proposed Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Robert J. Kutak
Godfrey v. Georgia: Creative Federalism, the Eighth Amendment, and the Evolving Law of Death
John J. Donohue III
New Directions in Bankcard Competition
Jules Bernard
Cuyler v. Sullivan and Proposed Rule 44(c): Contrasting Approaches to Conflicts of Interest in Multiple Representation of Criminal Defendants
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A reminder to those coming along for the Philadelphia Pants Party tomorrow: Be ready for booze. (And dudes.)
We're told tickets are still available, though, annoyingly, we bought ours a week and a half ago and still haven't received them. (We hope no one else had this problem.) There's going to be tailgating and all kinds of trouble. And there's a very real chance we'll all see the Phillies' 10,000 loss. (Plus, thrilling video of Daulerio!)
Next week, details on the upcoming Atlanta Pants Party, but for now, we're just gonna enjoy Phillies fans tossing beer bottles at the guy in the Ankiel jersey.
Pants Party Details [The 700 Level]
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Thank You MattersWritten by: Tracey Eyster | Found in: Parenting | No Comments »
{originally published in 2012}
I have long been a fan of Family Matters and not just because what I read on their website is so helpful, though that's a great reason to be a fan!
It's also because I have met and hung out with Tim and Darcy and what I can tell you is they are genuine, loving, others focused and filled with Godly wisdom they joyfully share with others…because they know they are called to do so.
When I first read Raising Children for True Greatness I found myself nodding my head constantly and underlining and highlighting sentence after sentence. I attended one of their Grace Based Parenting seminars and have consistently used all that I learned from them in my daily parenting.
Strangely I felt compelled to tell you this because I wanted to publically thank them for the ministry they have done in my life and my children's lives. My husband and I are raising Children for True Greatness partly because of the truth spoken into us by Tim and Darcy.
I am now going to give you a challenge. Many people who are called by the Lord to serve others for His Kingdom purposes sometimes never know the lives they have touched and impacted. Would you take fifteen minutes today and send a some e-mail messages, text messages or good old fashioned thank you notes to a few people who have impacted your life for what you can clearly see now were God's purposes?
Thank you matters!
Thank you Tracey! You do so much for moms through MomLife Today and you are raising truly great kids. We are proud to have you contributing your wisdom to our blog.
– the Team at Family Matters
Tags: Darcy Kimmel, Dr. Tim Kimmel, Family Matters, Grace Based Parenting, Ministry, parenting, Raising Kids for True Greatness, Resources, seminars, thank you


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Hair Extensions Tutorial
WATCH: Hair Extensions Tutorial by Jenny Balding stylist at the Cutler/Redken Salon in New York City. Host: Kelli Acciardo at Seventeen.com. Find out how easy it is to switch up your hairstyle at home!
Smoky Eye with Rimmel London
For a night out, a smoky eye is the perfect accessory. With products from Rimmel London, it is easy to achieve and affordable!
Rimmel London Soft Kohl Kajal Eyeliner at Jet Black: Delivers a soft, smudgeable line and fade-resistant color that's easy to apply and great for creating smoky eye looks. This pencil gives dense color application, which can be blended into the lid for a softly smudged look.
NARS Makeup Tutorial
NARS Makeup Tutorial On StyleCaster! Learn the secrets behind contouring with NARS artist James Boehmer!
L to R: MARS International Lead Stylist James Boehmer and model
NARS teamed up with StyleCaster.com to bring to you exclusive makeup application tutorials. For the month of March 2010, Stylecaster will stream Beauty Beat videos featuring NARS International Lead Stylist James Boehmer. The first video, which launched on Friday, March 5th, 2010, gives step-by-step instructions on how to achieve a luminescent and contoured look using key products like the NARS Orgasm Illuminator and NARS Multiple Bronzer.
Check out Stylecaster for the video and stay tuned for more in a few weeks!
Backstage Makeup at Dolce&Gabbana Winter 2011
Backstage Makeup at Dolce&Gabbana Winter 2011 during Milan Fashion Week.
At the Dolce&Gabbana Winter 2011 Ready-to-Wear show in Milan, The Designers' showcased their Sicilian roots and fascination with "sartorialità" or tailoring, highlighting the jacket with keen focus on both perfection and sensuality. Dolce& Gabbana The Make Up added an aura of softness and seduction to each impeccable look, with washes of fresh, feminine color. On the runway, each model donned red lips and understated eyes created using Dolce&Gabbana The Make Up.
"This season, we took inspiration from our Sicilian heritage, and the art of traditional tailoring—sartorialità, " said Domenico Dolce. "The beauty look was all about modern feminine perfection, with impeccably pure, detailed touches, like the stained lip," added Stefano Gabbana.
Brian Reyes Fall 2010 Makeup by Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
New York Fashion Week. Show: Brian Reyes Fall 2010. Makeup by Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.
"The Brian Reyes girl for fall is modern and sophisticated from head to toe, but she has an edge, which her makeup reflects. She's a very cool girl who is comfortable in her own skin." –Wendy Rowe for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Brian Reyes Fall 2010 makeup face chart by Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Avon High Definition Color Makeup
NEW Spring/Summer 2010 makeup collection from Avon: High Definition Color. The effect: extreme lases, brilliant liners and soft focus skin.
Avon Ultra Color Rich Mega Impact Lipstick High-Definition Lip Color for Mega Watt Drama. Developed with breakthrough color magnifiers, this new Mega Impact lipstick by Avon highlights and reflects true color for bright, vivid, high impact looks. Gilds on smoothly for hours and has SPF 15.
Expert makeup tips by Jillian Dempsey Avon Global creative Color Director and Hollywood Makeup Artist: "With Mega Impact, lips will really pop with color, so it's important to keep eyes simple. To avoid color overload, pair bold lips with a sheer shadow and black mascara for a sophisticated, glamorous look."
Isaac Mizrahi Fall 2010 Makeup by MAC Cosmetics
New York Fashion Week. Isaac Mizrahi AW 2010. Makeup by Val Garland for MAC Cosmetics.
The look and inspiration: "The theme was Siberian winter storm – we wanted the girls to look frosty, as if they had been caught in a snowy wind."– Val Garland
Isaac Mizrahi AW 2010 makeup face chart by MAC Cosmetics
The makeup breakdown. All products by MAC.
Eye Shadow in Vanilla – washed over the eyelid and into the crease of the eye
Select Cover-Up Concealer – applied to the lashes and brow to mute natural colour
LA PERLA Fall 2010 Makeup by Hourglass Cosmetics
Hourglass Cosmetics lead makeup artist Michael Pierce created the LA PERLA Fall 2010 Collection Preview makeup look. The preview took place at the Lehmann Maupin gallery in NYC on the first day of Fashion Week.
"LA PERLA is known for stunning, one-of-a-kind lingerie," say Michael Pierce. "Women simply feel beautiful when wearing their pieces and when creating the makeup, I wanted to reflect the inner-confidence and radiance that comes with wearing LA PERLA."
Makeup Tutorial:
For the LA PERLA collection, I was inspired by 40s Hollywood – Veronica Lake and other silver screen sirens. The focus is on a gorgeous, strong red lip, but a red that every woman can wear. LA PERLA is beautiful, sexy and feminine and nothing portrays a woman's beauty like the ability to wear a truly stunning red. Hourglass' "Raven" lipstick is gorgeous and sexy– and works for all women. To add to this look, the eyes are light with tight black eyeliner.
Tibi Fall 2010 Makeup with Bobbi Brown
New York Fashion Week. Show: Tibi Fall 2010. Makeup with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.
"The Tibi woman for Fall 2010 is always pretty, but doesn't know it, and didn't try to be. She's a youthful woman with round, soft features, but dramatic eyes. She is disheveled, yet elegant all at the same time…"-Wendy Rowe for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Tibi Fall 2010 makeup face chart with Bobbi Brown
Unaware of the beauty she possesses, the Tibi woman always exudes disheveled elegance in the most unintentional, yet glamorous way. A fresh, dewy face provides the perfect canvas for showcasing a 60s-inspired "cat eye" with winged liner and dramatically defined lashes. A bit of pink blush on the cheek and a nude lip polish off this soft, youthful look that marries pretty with powerful.
The makeup breakdown. All products by Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.
Skin: Hydrating Face Cream ($50), Hydrating Eye Cream ($45), Skin Foundation ($45), Tinted Eye Brightener ($38)
Backstage at Christian Siriano Fall 2010 with Aveda
Aveda lead stylist Antoinette Beenders created a 1960's Parisian glamour "wave" updo using Aveda Control Force Hair Spray at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2010 Fashion Week show in New York.
"The Christian Siriano hair look for this season is a Parisian chic updo—a surge of 1960's glamour." —Antoinette Beenders for Aveda
Q: What is the inspiration for your collection? What is the look you are capturing?
"The collection is inspired by 1960's Parisian women and the idea of getting dressed up from day into evening. It is a collection filled with effortless, soft, romantic shapes and silhouettes that compliment strong, structured jackets, coats, and cocktail dresses." —Christian Siriano


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Due to a rapid rise in the number of transactions and the resulting potential losses for the US Department of Treasury, corporate inversions are a current hot topic in Washington. The US corporations which enter into these transactions defend their actions, at least in part, by highlighting their fiduciary duty to shareholders to maximize profits, which can be achieved through incorporating in a lower tax jurisdiction. However some US shareholders may be subject to a taxable capital gain due to such transactions which, in some cases, they may not even be aware are taking place.
A corporate inversion occurs when a US multinational corporation combines with a foreign corporation which then becomes the 'parent corporation' of the US corporation. For US corporate tax purposes, the result is that the multinational company is no longer subject to US taxation on its worldwide income. Instead, the corporation is only subject to US tax on its US earnings. Since the US has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world at 35% (compared with, for example, Ireland with a 12.5% tax rate) the potential tax savings may be worth the current political backlash.
Regardless of one's political thoughts, the question for US shareholders in these firms is whether they will reap the financial benefits of a company's expatriation. The answer is surprisingly unclear. In the short term, many shareholders may experience a sudden tax hit because the US Tax Code treats corporate inversions as taxable events. This means that a US shareholder is treated as having sold his or her stock in the company which often results in a taxable capital gain. Unlike a typical capital gains transaction, however, tax is imposed at the shareholder level even though no cash is received and the shareholder is merely exchanging his current stock for shares in the new foreign parent corporation. Additionally, as many US shareholders hold stock through mutual funds, they may not appreciate that they are holding shares in an inverting corporation (and are therefore facing a potential capital gains charge) until they receive their investor's annual report at year end. With careful tax planning, there are ways to prevent a capital gains tax charge, though US shareholders should take action before the inversion is completed. A US shareholder may offset capital gains with capital losses, gift the stock away to an individual in a lower tax bracket as part of the US shareholder's lifetime gift planning, or donate the shares to a public charity for a deduction equal to the fair-market value of the shares.
In the long term, however, corporations expect higher earnings per share and greater dividend distribution – benefits that many multinational corporations believe justify the current tax hit some US shareholders may take. However, if you are facing a potential capital gains charge on a stock transaction, Withers can advise you on your capital loss position, and help structure tax-efficient donations to charity or tax-efficient gifts as part of your lifetime planning.


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Riding with Shift MX's new WHIT3 Label entry level offering.
For 2017 Shift MX completely revamped their motocross range and released the 3LACK and WHIT3 Labels. Shift aimed to offer improved performance, affordable quality and unique, unrepressed, indivualistic style – it's the next chapter of Shift. Combining simple construction with quality fabrics and unique graphic techniques, Shift MX's WHIT3 Label racewear is aimed at consumers looking for a lower price point product that maintains key performance features throughout.
Here at MotoOnline.com.au we were supplied with the Shift WHIT3 Label Tarmac design in the white colourway. This colour and design features a simple, bright and eye-catching lines and colours; the gear looks super crisp and really does stand out on track. I'm personally a fan of simplistic design when it comes to gear, so the the bold lines of colour on a predominately white base definitely work for me in the aesthetics department.
The WHIT3 Label Tarmac jersey features a technical polyester fabric for increased moisture wicking function as well as increased durability. The jersey also features a v-neck collar for improved comfort and performance. The WHIT3 Label Tarmac graphics are a fade resistant sublimated package and the jersey features a relaxed fit for comfort and a drop tail to keep it tucked in. It's hard to remember that this jersey is a price point product, it truly feels like a high-end piece of racewear!
The features packed into the WHIT3 Label Tarmac jersey really are awesome, and to be honest it's all you need. If you closed your eyes and chucked on the WHIT3 Label jersey along with another high-end jersey, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference, it's a thoroughly impressive product. The fit of the jersey is great and right on the money when it comes to sizing, there's nothing worse than ordering a size large and realising it's either tiny or way too big.
In the pant department the WHIT3 Label Tarmac is right there on par with the jersey, if I wasn't aware of the fact that this is the lower price point offering, I wouldn't have noticed. The pant features a 600D main body material to provide excellent durability and the articulation design in the hip and knees conform to your body while in the riding position. The WHIT3 Label pant features multiple stretch zones and the low profile cuffs provides extra comfort when tucked into the boot.
The Shift MX WHIT3 Label pant is real an impressive product for the price, it'd event be an impressive product at a higher price. The pant is packed with all of the features you need and feels awesome on track. The multiple stretch zones are placed right where you need them, the fit of the pant is great and not once have I found anything to whinge about. The amount of room left for knee braces is great, the buckle system is solid, overall it's just a really well built pant.
To finish up the WHIT3 Label Tarmac racewear we have the WHIT3 Label Air glove. The glove features a single layer, lightly padded Clarino palm and thumb reinforcement. On top of the hands a lightweight, breathable and flexible material is features and pre-curved sidewalls and silicone fingertips aid in grip and control. Personally I'm not a huge fan of padded palms, but as mentioned, the padding is light and wasn't too much of a worry and the overall fit, construction and look of the glove is great!
For 2017 Shift MX have hit it out of the park with their WHIT3 Label Tarmac racewear, it truly is an awesome product. If you're in the market for high quality gear at an affordable price, the WHIT3 Label Tarmac is what you're looking for. At a recommended retail price of $39.95 for the jersey, $119.95 for the pant and $34.95 for the glove, that's a whole lot of bang for your buck. For further information on the 2017 Shift MX range the national distributor Monza Imports' website at www.monzaimports.com.au or check out www.shiftmx.com for a more detailed look at each product.


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ABOUT THE BRAND: Meagan Howard is the owner, designer, creator, and brain of the Boys and Arrows brand. In order to make some sort of sense out of this complex yet refreshingly simple girl, I think it best to talk for a second about the Meagan I know, thinker, lover, laugher, giver, sister, doer, and real world friend.
Meagan the thinker has a huge heart, and is always putting others before herself. Her greatest hope in all she does is that her work will somehow shine some light, bring a smile, or add some strength and new inspiration to the life of a friend. Meagan's compassion finds it's expression, for now, within her unique designs, her approach to business, and her thoughts of you, strong, happy, and maybe even better, for a moment, in the Boys and Arrows bikini she has created. I can assure you that the suit you're wearing was created with a huge smile, as Meagan filled herself with an image of YOU, her friend, locked-in, and enjoying her most precious creation.
ITEM DESCRIPTION:It's a crime to wear a bikini bottom this remarkable. Clairee's fit is all time. You have to feel it to know it. Seamless. Literally seamless. You honestly will not know if you are wearing bottoms at all... The crime is comfort. Seamless, LITERALLY does not have side seams to keep your hips smooth.
MATERIAL CONTENT: 80% polyamide, 20% elastane
GARMENT CARE: Hand wash cold, lay flat to dry
WORN WITH: Boys + Arrows Dana top
Model is 5'3" and wearing a size Small
Chest 32"
Waist 25"
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Tamiya TRF special edition black dampers
This set of 4 high-grade TRF front/rear racing shocks have damper cylinders that feature black-colored fluorine coating for less friction than previous damper cylinder coatings. Efficiency is further increased by utilizing titanium-coated piston rods for smoother travel. Comes with black color aluminum parts for a cool, uniform look. Includes white-colored medium suspension springs.
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You can never go wrong with art and coffee in this little coffee shop at Bohéme Coffee Lounge in Anchorage Alaska.
Alaska settled in the northwest of Canada is known to be one of the coldest State in the U.S territory where it is one of the U.S largest and most sparsely populated State.
Aside from its diverse terrain of open spaces, mountains, and forests, with abundant wildlife which makes it a tourist destination for outdoor activities, Alaska is also known for their love of coffee. Of course, who would not want a hot cup of coffee in a cold icy place?
In fact, according to NBC News Alaska was ranked second with the most caffeinated city in the U.S. The report is not a surprise since the city weather is always cold that is why Alaskan people take their coffee seriously.
So whenever you are planning to visit the city don't worry because the place is copious in coffee shops where you can easily spot a coffee shack and coffee shops to get cozy throughout the day.
If you are in the city, or you are planning to go on a trip to Alaska the Boheme Coffee Lounge located in the alley off Northern Lights Blvd, Anchorage, is a must visit coffee place in the area.
You don't want to miss this adorable coffee shop in Anchorage Alaska it is a hidden gem inside the Arctic Rose Art Center where coffee lovers said you can have the best of both worlds of having a great cup of coffee and enjoying the art gallery.
The Boheme Coffee Lounge is a cozy place to relax and get caffeinated. They have an artsy aesthetic of walls that you can enjoy viewing while enjoying a cup of java. Their upholstered lounge is a comfortable piece of furniture for coffee lovers to sit on with your friends or colleagues while sipping your coffee. The art gallery extension is a collaboration of local artist showcasing their arts where coffee lovers can freely enjoy them, and they can also buy them if they like the art.
The overall look is not only what costumers love about the Boheme Coffee Lounge because their customer service is top notch which makes the coffee lovers fall in love more to this small coffee shop.
Coffee lovers who often stop by to this coffee place say that the coffee shop has a relaxed atmosphere and very welcoming hosts. Customers are mostly from businesses and residences in the area, but travelers and tourists would also benefit from this little shop of java enjoyment.
Well, to top it all Boheme Coffee Lounge offers a fabulous espresso, but a recommendation by their patrons is to try their coffee flights with 4 different samples including cold brew and latte art that gives a unique coffee experience.
"Bohéme is a friendly, comfortable coffee shop that blends milk and the espresso extraction into a companionship of rich, creamy, deliciously savory drink that will have your pallet craving the first sip well before it reaches your lips" – TripAdvisor review.


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Hello fine people! A quick vid to say sorry but we've had issues with getting today's show up in time. The reasons include broadband, balls-ups, bereavement and being boverrun with our day jobs. (This originally said boverrun with our bday bjobs, which was construed as rude rather than awfully amusing alliteration).
We hope this week's show will be up tomorrow, or before. It's on voltage and how it affects the sound of pedals.
Cheers all and thanks for your understanding.
A few people have asked what gear is used here... If you pause over the pedalboard shot, the following info will make more sense...
The Vox AC15 is the dry amp, so only gets the overdrives and compressor... but its own tremolo and reverb are also on, so it's not really dry at all.
The Super Reverb gets everything from the board, and its reverb is on.
The intro tone uses both amps: Klon - Boonar - Supro Trem (harmonic) - Union T&T compressor.
Then I loop that and once the loop is playing, it's only coming out of the Super Reverb.
To play the other parts I also switch on The Duellist and the Analogman Delay and the Boss Dimension C. The drives and compressor go to both amps, but the delays, harmonic trem and Dim C only come out of the Super Reverb.
Where it's more overdriven, both sides of the Duellist are on, and where it's less overdriven, only the TS side is on.
Then I muck about with the time and feedback levels on both delays.
I also added some Lexicon 480 reverb to the amp mics via a UAD plugin in our Apollo 8p and some Teletronix LA-2A on the final mix. (I never do reverb and compression on TPS mixes normally, but this is a bit of fun and sounds more 'produced').
That's it I think!
Maybe there's an ambient Mick in there somewhere after all.
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I've more than once been asked to write something about Mesothelioma on this blog (no need to ask why, just accept the fact that's the case) and invariably fail to remember how to spell it. Never mind - accept the fact that the spelling above is correct. Just accept it!
Mesothelioma, as you'll know, is a cancer related to asbestos; that is, people who've worked with asbestos and inhaled the asbestos dust over a period of time are very susceptible to getting the illness. Just so you're really clear about this, mesothelioma is named from the mesothelium, which is a membrane that covers and protects most of the internal organs of the body. It's composed of two layers of cells: one layer immediately surrounds the organ; the other forms a sac around it. The mesothelium produces a lubricating fluid that is released between these layers, allowing moving organs (such as the beating heart and the expanding and contracting lungs) to glide easily against adjacent structures.
Now there's something you didn't know you'd find out when you came to read this blog today. Anyway, if you've contracted mesothelioma you may need a mesothelioma lawyer so that you don't find your employer or ex-employer trying to wriggle out of paying you money in compensation. That's another story. What I'm more interested in today is asbestos itself.
Asbestos is a Greek word meaning 'unquenchable' or 'inextinguishable' - a pretty scary sort of thought in itself, particulary if you've picked up the cancer connected to it. There are other other illnesses you can contract via asbestos: asbestostosis, which affects the lungs, for instance, and lung cancer itself.
Asbestos ain't fun to be around, even though it's very effective as a building material, with various qualities that make it useful. In fact, it's not so much its use in building that's the big problem (although there are hazards), it's what happens when you 'unbuild' it.
Now you might think we've only just discovered in the last couple of centuries that its use brought problems; nope, the ancient Greeks noticed that when their slaves mined asbestos they tended to get sick. Of course, there were always plenty more slaves around, so it didn't matter in those days. (Slaves were only there for use, like other tools and materials.)
There's a story that Charlemagne had a tablecloth made out of asbestos. Certainly it might have saved on the laundering, but you have to kind of wonder what it did to the food....
Mining of asbestos in modern times turned out to be not much better for the slaves - sorry, workers - than it had been in ancient days. Miners got sick just like their forebears and were probably treated only marginally better.
Strangely, asbestos is found naturally in the air outdoors, and in some drinkable water, including water from natural sources. Most people's systems cope with the infinitesimal amounts that they come in contact with, but there have been studies done in which it was found that people living near to asbestos deposits got sick; increasingly, the closer they lived to the deposits. Mesothelioma was one of the main illnesses they contracted.
When the Twin Towers were destroyed on 9/11, millions of particles of asbestos were released into the air. That's pretty scary.
You look around the world some days and think: this is a pretty okay sort of a place. And then you discover that the Creator seems to have left some very strange things just kind of lying around. Equally, when you think that the ancient Greeks had a fairly good idea that asbestos, for all its useful properties, wasn't that healthy for humans, you have to wonder why we moderns have considered using it in such huge quantities.
Seemingly the only way we learn is when we find we have to fork out large sums of money in compensation.


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Reinvigorate the essentials from the Adidas collection of iconic pieces to modern classics with an innovative twist. These yellow suede Campus sneakers are a classic piece from the collection and feature a contrast signature three stripe detail to the side, a round toe, a lace fastening, a contrasting heel counter, a brand embossed tongue and a brand embossed insole.
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Whether you reside in historic Old Town Leesburg, colonial Ashburn or modern Brambleton, every home has one thing in common – the need for functional doors. Not only do exterior doors act as a critical layer of security for your home, but they also provide visual appeal and can help you reduce energy costs.
If your home has an outdated door that has been beaten down by the weather, sticking to the doorframe or failing to lock; you could be losing heat in the winter, air in the summer and your sense of safety and sanity every day! Easily revitalize your home exterior with Loudoun, VA door replacement services by Exterior Medics.
We specialize in the inspection and installment of exterior, storm, patio and entry doors that either make a statement or blend flawlessly with the existing façade. Loudoun residents have access to a sizeable selection of top brand styles from Jeldwen, Thera-Tru, Milgard and ProVia. If existing styles don't align with your preference, our expert craftsmen will custom-create your exterior door to meet any inclination of style, material, function and design.
The fastest and easiest way to make an home exterior statement is by updating the entry door.
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SVMS rising sixth grader's Dual Language Immersion skills shine during weeklong mission trip
Last month, Sun Valley Middle rising sixth grader Nyla White left her home in Indian Trail for a week-long mission trip with her church to the Dominican Republic.
After spending more than six years enrolled in Dual Language Immersion (DLI) classes at Shiloh Valley (formerly Sun Valley Elementary), Nyla knew that she was more than proficient when speaking Spanish.
However, she also felt a tiny bit nervous because she knew those Spanish conversational skills had largely been practiced inside her classroom.
As the only student in her 33-person group who could speak Spanish, this was the first time Nyla would put those bilingual skills to test in a Spanish-speaking country.
"The Spanish they speak in the Dominican Republic is different from the Spanish that we learned from our teacher, who is from Colombia. I was a bit nervous about that," Nyla said. "At the beginning of our trip, I had to speak to someone at the airport for assistance with our bags and he understood me perfectly. After that, I started getting more comfortable speaking that type of Spanish."
Nyla's confidence in her bilingualism only continued to grow as she quickly provided translation services for her entire group throughout the duration of their stay. By the end of the week, she was helping to translate critical information for both the pastor and medical teams.
"The night before we left, the pastor was tearing up as he was talking. I had to translate what he was saying so everyone could understand him," she said. "I also had to translate for the medical team while we were there, so I could assist people who needed help from a doctor or at the pharmacy."
Providing these translation services was a critical and much-needed role during their mission trip. But for Nyla, it was a role that she was able to take on with relative ease, thanks to her DLI classes.
Currently, UCPS leads the state in the number of DLI programs, with Spanish or Mandarin programs offered at 17 schools. The benefits of DLI extend much farther than bilingualism. Students also enhance their critical thinking and multitasking skills while frequently learning about new cultures.
It's those skills that Nyla said she's most excited about building on as she transitions to the DLI program at Sun Valley Middle – a program that she said she's heard great things about from last year's inaugural DLI class.
At only 11 years old, Nyla is quick to acknowledge that her participation in the DLI program may open doors for job opportunities in the future. However, what she seems even more excited about is using the skills she has acquired for more than just her advantage.
Her goal is to use her DLI experiences as a way to help others – something she has already done this summer on her church's mission trip.
"I want to be a doctor. I really want to use these experiences in the medical field or even just to help other people every day," she said. "If someone is hurting and someone else is trying to help them, but they can't understand each other, I can be the person who can help them understand each other. I was able to make a ton of friends in such a short amount of time on this trip, and it was a really great experience."


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When it comes to life, two things are certain -- death and taxes. But when it comes to careers, another two things are certain -- people are going to get sick and they're going to eat (hopefully the two aren't related).
This is good news for you, the newly-minted chef!
You've an edge on folks who went directly into the kitchen, breaking their backs for minimum wage and hoping to develop the skills in a lifetime that you learned in several years -- skills you learned in a very concise fashion without any frills or shortcuts that they might learn in a professional kitchen.
But now that you feel like you're ready to work in a kitchen, where do you go to find that job?
Well, that's where we come in. We literally created a map, just for Culinary Arts Majors such as yourself, to navigate your way through the choppy waters of recent graduation.
Feel free to focus on the map alone -- it's pretty cool, if we do say so ourselves. But for those of you who prefer step by step navigation on your path, keep reading. We'll give you the rundown on:
First thing's first: what skills you'll need to get started.
Culinary Arts requires a lot of hands-on work to an extent that many other majors don't. You have to be able to handle ingredients (and people's health), while juggling a broad variety of tools that each have different techniques associated with them, and you have to be equipped to deal with a variety of different kinds of people and situations.
Applying these skills to real world learning opportunities yields a more robust and balanced career. Here are some of the common skills that you should have when trying to get a job with Culinary Arts degree.
Ability to multitask. No matter your specialization, as a chef you need to be able to handle interaction with other kitchen staff members while also handling the more practical aspects of the job, like prepping food early in the day or moving quickly during service.
Creativity. A Culinary Arts major has to be creative enough to add personal flair and creativity to a menu at the high and follow instructions when working under a chef. A particular guest's wishes may require deviation from the recipe or typical method, and finding ways to apply your technique and knowledge to a dish that still works for the ingredients' balance demands creativity. This requires a knowledge of aesthetics, as well as an intuitive awareness of the needs of others.
Physical dexterity and endurance. A large part of being a chef is interacting with and utilizing the tools of the trade, such as knives and pans, as well as being on your feet moving at a fast pace for hours on end. This takes both a practical awareness of the tools' capabilities (i.e. knowing what is physically going to occur when you take a knife to an ingredient) as well as the manual dexterity required to use these tools in a creative way repetitively and swiftly.
While there are some internships available for Culinary Arts majors, for the most part, that's not going to be as critical to getting you a job as it would be for many other majors -- it's all about valuable experience.
For one thing, you've got a lot less time in school -- the majority of Culinary Arts-based programs are going to be two-year programs rather than four, so you might find it tough to balance your work life while you're also rushing through your abbreviated school schedule.
Even so, there are at least a few stages (basically unpaid internships) available to you, depending on how serious you are about specializing in a specific aspect or style of Culinary Arts. Here are some common of the most common types you might encounter:
Apprenticeships were once the most common way that cooks learned their trade, but aside from the more informal stage system, it hasn't quite taken root in the United States. Some programs do exist: the American Culinary Federation offers four apprenticeship options: 1,000 hours, 4,000 hours, 6,000 hours, and a hybrid program.
Before you settle on staging, though, you'll want to make sure it's the right fit for you. Ask yourself these questions:
Somewhat unique to Culinary Arts is the fact that internships for students in this field come more often with the expectation that the internship will translate into a real job. As a result, your education as a Culinary Arts major is intertwined with the job itself, which likely has a big effect on the entry level positions available to former Culinary Arts students who are just starting out in the world.
Here are just a few of the most interesting entry-level jobs for recent grads such as yourself:
Prepares and cooks to order foods requiring short and broader preparation time and may produce food and serve customers a la carte. Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and corporate standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided and reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by patron, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
Lead, mentor, engage and develop teams to maximize their contributions, including recruiting, assessing, training, coaching and managing performance -- ensuring food services appropriately connects to executional frameworks. You'll also coach employees by creating a shared understanding about what needs to be achieved and how to execute, while ensuring safety and sanitation standards in all operations.
This position, typically at the head of a larger organization, involves managing, developing and mentoring staff of full-time, and part-time culinary employees, which includes handling the "employment actions" such as hiring, firing, and disciplining. A chief responsibility, in addition to setting the menu, is ensuring that budgeted food percentages are achieved through effective control measures including portion controls, kitchen timings, inventory rotation measures, receiving and storage procedures, and waste control
The number one tip is to always, always hustle.
Be willing to start at the bottom
Culinary Arts programs saw a spike of almost 100 percent after the introduction of the Food Network -- many people are drawn to the chef on the pedestal.
You absolutely will not start out anywhere from the bottom, performing repetitive food prep for most of your day, for the first few years. This is just how it goes, and you should be willing to accept a position that demands it if you want to work your way up. Because that's how working your way up goes, you do so from the bottom.
Never stop learning, even after graduation
The mentor/kitchen you work in is a form of continuing education. Cooking is a huge, inclusive field, after all, and understanding what interests you about it or where you fit into it as a whole is an essential first step to finding a job -- as is knowing who you wnat to learn it from.
More than many other creative fields, Culinary Arts is often a matter of mutual taste rather than simply personal taste. It's a collaborative process, and so while it's important to showcase your ability to express your creativity in this context, finding your niche in the kitchen and developing best practices and social skills can be just as essential when it comes to landing you a position.
Learn from others, and improve yourself as an artist, not just a student.
Figure out what you want to specialize in
Culinary Arts is one of those fields where practitioners can really benefit from specializing quickly and early. While you'll have a need to get out of the $10 an hour jobs you'll start with by climbing the rungs of the kitchen ladder, you'll also want to pursue what interests you. This will make those long hours more bearable.
Join a Professional Organization
Lastly, a professional organization can provide you with a vast amount of resources when it comes to networking, continuing your education, and ultimately landing a job. The American Culinary Federation is the standard, and a solid source of continuing education and certifications.
Check out a few of the organizations listed at the bottom of this page, then be sure to check out your home state's professional organization. In addition to state level organizations, there are also many organizations dedicated to specific aspects of Culinary Arts. Make sure you pick an association that suits your interest.
Even though you've received your education, new trends and equipment are coming out at a rapid pace and you need to keep educating yourself to stay ahead of them.
New schools focus on tasting, touching, and feeling ingredients, and building students perceptions of seasoning. Some schools of thought focus on teaching students the physiology of food class, and things like why comfort foods have such a profound psychological effect.
You don't need to return to school to learn these things -- read online, talk to other chefs, and keep an open mind. But in the meantime:
Although not required, certification can show competence and lead to advancement and higher pay. The American Culinary Federation certifies personal chefs, in addition to various levels of chefs, such as certified sous chefs or certified executive chefs. Certification standards are based primarily on work-related experience and formal training. Minimum work experience for certification can range from 6 months to 5 years, depending on the level of certification.
That said, a ServSafe certification is required in many states and might give you a leg up in the hiring process -- certain states require that a ServSafe certified individual be on the premises whenever food is being prepared.
Continuing Education in Culinary Arts
Continuing your education in Culinary Arts doesn't mean quite the same thing that it does for other majors. For the most part, there's no real graduate school for Culinary Arts majors, which makes sense, given that two year Culinary Arts programs are pretty much the law of the land.
When people in Culinary Arts refer to continuing their education, what this means is that they're taking courses or moving on to a new kitchen.
There are several sub-fields of the culinary arts, including ethnic cuisine and pastry work. However, programs vary, so if you didn't take any of the below then you should:
If you're still not sure what to do with your degree here are some external sites, to help you with your decision:
United States Personal Chef Association
The USPCA is a professional organization that provides information about Culinary Arts to those who are interested in becoming personal chefs, a growing industry in food services.
American Culinary Federation
The ACF is a Culinary Arts professional organization which provides continuing education opportunities, competitions, and community service initiatives.
Visit their site to learn more about safe food handling, which will help you when applying for major corporations and catering food services.
Enter "Culinary Arts" into the search bar and you can get a sense of what kind of government jobs are available to Culinary Arts majors. Find a job title you like and come back here to learn more about it.
Bureau Of Labor Statistics
The BLS offers detailed data on pay, location, and availability of different kinds of jobs across the country.
In fact, we draw a lot of our research on the best places for jobs from the information provided on the site.
And if this all seems like a lot - don't worry - the hard part (getting your degree!) is already over.
These Are The 10 Best Jobs For Culinary Arts Majors
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I am fat.
If you'd asked me as a teenager whether I thought I'd grow up to be fat, I would have laughed in your face. I was anorexic, you see. At age 19 I was wearing clothes meant for 7-8-year-olds.
I have never had a good relationship with food.
Talking about that with people who have never had food-related problems usually elicits pure puzzlement. To them, food is so simple. You just eat enough of it to keep you alive, plus a bit more sometimes if you're feeling indulgey, or a bit less sometimes if you happen to skip a meal for some reason. But it's not, like, a thing. It's just eating. It comes naturally, like breathing or sleeping. Both of which I'm also not great at, actually, but that's another story. I've mainly stopped talking to people about food, because those who don't understand don't understand, and those who do understand too well.
It's not just a problem with food in the disordered eating sense, though. It's also some kind of physical problem: my body (and my mother's, and my grandmother's, and my aunt's) doesn't digest food like it's supposed to. We're not sure exactly why, because when you're fat and you go to the doctor and say "My body isn't digesting food properly and I can't lose weight" they tell you to eat less pizza and do more exercise, even if you've already told them you're eating vegetables and swimming every day. They just don't believe you. It's exhausting.
They don't believe you even if not believing you about something else recently led to you nearly dying and them having to issue an apology.
There's all this narrative around losing weight that focuses on making fat people feel bad for being fat. A lot of us already do. While the body positive community exists, and there are plenty of people out there who are happy to be fat, many of us aren't. But it's often not as simple to lose weight when you're fat as it is to lose a bit of weight when you're more averagely sized. In order to get to the point of obesity, there's probably something going on that's a little bit beyond the norm, whether it's financial troubles that make it harder to afford healthy food; or an eating disorder that's morphed from anorexia into something else; or a messed-up digestive system; or a combination of several things.
Trying to make people feel ashamed and lose weight because of it doesn't work. This has been demonstrated time and time again, yet still the anti-obesity campaigns in England yell at fat people to just lose the pounds. It feels like these signs are pointing and shouting as you walk down the street.
"Hey!" it seems to say, "If fat people just stopped eating fries, they'd stop being fat!"
Oh how I wish it worked like that.
For some people it probably does. For others it definitely doesn't. In order to lose any weight at all I need to put myself on a diet of under 900 calories per day. That's what they call a "starvation diet". And while I'm doing that I also need to exercise twice a day at the gym. That's very tiring when you're eating so few calories.
Then when I go to the doctor, they tell me off for not eating enough. So I start eating 1200-1500 calories per day again, and then I gain weight, and then I go back to the doctor, and they tell me off for being fat. It's like you can't win.
Recently some body stuff has happened that means I might finally be listened to, so I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to see if we might be able to get this digestive problem sorted out, so that I could eat a normal amount, do a normal amount of exercise, and lose weight. The ultimate dream. In the meantime London's obesity campaign has been toned down, following a lot of criticism.
I am skeptical about the usefulness of campaigns like these, to say the least. But while I was in Florence I went for a walk in the countryside, and I noticed how they do it. And it's great. It's positive. It's encouraging. It makes you feel good for being outside and doing exercise, rather than like a blight on the landscape who should be ashamed of their size.
The first thing I noticed was this little map. As you can probably see, I was on a small road in the countryside. I'd turned right out of my hotel and started wandering around in the middle of nowhere, and I was enjoying myself but I had no idea where I was. So when I saw a map I went over to take a look. This showed a couple of possible routes to take.
Then I looked at the other side of the map.
This is so much better than the Cancer Research obesity campaign for a few reasons.
Firstly, It's in a place where people are probably already doing exercise, and it acknowledges that rather than trying to shame them while they're getting on the train to work.
It doesn't scream "FAT PEOPLE ARE BAD AND THEY'D BE BETTER IF THEY JUST DIDN'T EAT CHIPS". The writing is small but readable, and it's undramatic. It states facts rather than making value judgements.
There's a subtle but important linguistic difference. In the London campaign, the message was "Obesity causes cancer". This makes it sound like if you're fat, you kind of deserve cancer, especially when they team it with pictures of fast food. This sign just says "Prevention of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, asthma, diabetes and osteoporosis." Obesity is listed as a medical condition that can be eased or prevented by exercising regularly. Framing it as a medical condition – which it is, by the way – makes it sound less judgemental and makes you more likely to read on even if you have one of the conditions listed on the sign.
It gives incentives in the form of points from the map: If you start here, then by the time you reach Romite you will have done 2,500 steps. That's nice for a couple of reasons: first of all, the ultimate goal is 10,000 steps, but it doesn't give you that one in case you can't get there for some reason. Instead it gives you the point you'll reach at 2,500 steps, and when you get there it gives you the point for the next 2,500, and so on. That seems fun, like a walking treasure hunt, rather than like someone's standing behind you with a whip.
These little red people pop up on signs throughout the walk to spur you on.
It acknowledges that you may have done some of the work already: perhaps you've walked 10,000 steps today. Great! It implies. Now do a few stretches to cool down. Nothing about not having a nice glass of wine – we're in Italy, after all – and no shaming about food or habits. Just a feeling of achievement.
And that is how you motivate people to do stuff: not with shame, but with enthusiasm.


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|3CX 15.5 – Service Pack 5 Goes Live
3CX announced during the last month that Service Pack 5 for their version 15.5 software is now live. The key message from 3CX is around giving greater control to administrators. We covered off around the BETA some of the key new features including the ability to replace a license key which is a big time saver and allows customers to upgrade from a trial to a commercially licensed version by replacing the license key; a new trunk/DID report to allow you to quickly see the number of inbound calls to a trunk and to DIDs associated with it; the ability to generate a report on multiple queues and merge the data to a single report; call recording features have been greatly improved; improved server side CRM integration. There are many more enhancements and you can read the vast list on the 3CX blog here.
Why 3CX took NZ by Storm
Soft Solutions were the first to sell 3CX to New Zealand resellers back in 2011 and we have been supporting our customers ever since. Soft Solutions has continually worked closely with the team at 3CX to make sure our customers get the best sales & technical support possible. It is now great to see that newcomers in the New Zealand VoIP market are choosing to target 3CX as the leading PBX system established in New Zealand. Read more on 3CX and what we & they do here in New Zealand.
VoIP Updates – June 2018 Recap
A quick recap: During June we hosted 4 fully attended VoIP Update events around the country to keep partners informed on all things 3CX and Grandstream – we kicked off the month with an Executive Breakfast event in Whangarei with DJ & Matt hosting, later in the month Paul and Matt were down in the South with luncheon events in Invercargill and Queenstown. We finished off the month with a mid-afternoon canapes session in Hamilton with Megan & DJ. We're now finalizing our next events around the country and will have more information in our Weekly Newsletters very soon. We will provide another recap once these events are done.
3CX SIP Providers in NZ Increases by Two
3CX has completed testing and certification and have this month added both 2Talk and Lightwire Business to the list of Supported SIP Providers in NZ which brings the total to 4 Supported organisations in NZ. With no manual configuration required you can just plug and play your PBX with a SIP Trunk of your choice. Both parties are committed to providing end-to-end support to New Zealander customers who choose to use the combination of 3CX with a preferred SIP Trunk.
Grandstream Takes out Another Industry Award
In mid-June, Grandstream was able to announce that the GXP1760W was selected as the Best VoIP Device at the 2018 ITSPA Awards (The Internet Telephony Services Providers' Association). The GXP1760W, Grandstream's Mid-Range WiFi-enabled desktop IP phone, won the award over devices from other market leaders. The ITSPA Awards celebrate innovation and best practices across the next generation of the communications industry. Congratulations to Team Grandstream.
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Jarvanna TR 2
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Jarvanna, Valdayanie, Schoan and Judet ER'd + TR'd today (well technically yesterday). I sadly forgot to get some before pictures, spacing on the fact that I didn't have any. Here are anyway Jarvanna and…
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The Kobold Docks
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Along the western jetties and piers of the city are the Kobold Docks, a moderately large wooden pier where boats can be purchased or rented from Jotel Vuzen, a "sahuagin out of water" if you…
Castlevania Classics Coming to the PlayStation 4
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On October 26th, PlayStation 4 owners who may have been craving a classic Castlevania experience will be treated to not one but two famous Castlevania games from the SNES and PS1 eras in Castlevania Requiem:…
Origin Story: The Story of Hephaestas, Part 6
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Click here to read part 5 A lone dwarf sat in the corner of the appropriately named Drowning Sorrows Inn. Five empty mugs sat in front of the Dwarf, who was half asleep and…
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Tools of the Trade
Scriv the Bard As I've gotten older, I've realized I have a thing for "kits". It's oddly satisfying, gathering a collection of carefully curated items that share a common purpose…whether it's your camping gear, a first-aid kit, your go-to stash … Continue reading
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Sony Finally Allows Cross-Platform Play!
Originally posted on TWOTALL4UFOOL's Gaming & More :
Blogging live to you and yours! It's your boy TWOTALL4UFOOL! So two days ago something big happened in the world of gaming. It was definitely a win for the gamers. Sony…
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Judet Priest 3.0 draft
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My first attempt at making a warlock. This is for the alt Judet. This is just a draft, and may very well change during play. Character Plan by DDO Character Planner Version 4.37.105 DDO…
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The Best One-Couch Video Games to Start as a Couple (all platforms)
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So, as many of you may not know as I have literally never mentioned this on anything, Derek and I like to play video games together. We both grew up playing, and it's…
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D&D Dad: Your first time playing (as a Player Character)
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So you've created an amazing character for Dungeons & Dragons, and you're ready for your very first adventure. Woo hoo! Before the game ever starts, I have a few tips for you. And for when …
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Dear Sir/Madam,
The suggestion (reported in EADT 12/06/19) that all the UK's electricity bill payers will pay an upfront subsidy/levy to the French government owned EDF to enable the company to build Sizewell C's twin EPR nuclear reactors on Suffolk's Heritage Coast underlines the lack of market confidence in nuclear power, both technically and financially. This contrived funding method, called the Regulated Asset Basis (RAB) would transfer the commercial risk of the Sizewell C project from EDF to the customer and appears to be only available to new nuclear projects, even though this is old technology. Surely this would give the nuclear industry an unfair, and totally immoral, advantage over renewables' contracts. By transferring part of the financial risk, the commercial imperative for EDF to get the plant built on time and within budget is significantly weakened.
Given that EDF's unfinished flagship project to build their first EPR reactor at Flamanville, France will be at least 8 years behind schedule and 3 times the original budget, the scale of risk to UK consumers and UK taxpayers is further increased beyond the usual expectation that the public purse would be required to bear the excess costs in the event of the inevitable delays or total failure of the project. Consumers could be paying the £6 surcharge for at least 12 years, the actual period being dependent on delays and would all be payable before a single kilowatt of electricity is generated. Given EDF's previous budgeting failures will we see the £6 figure creep ever upwards? The RAB method of financing has been described by many as giving developers, such as EDF, a blank cheque.
The real cost of Sizewell C will, of course, be the devastation of the environment and the major disruption that the residents, farmers and businesses of East Suffolk will suffer. 1,000 HGV journeys per day; thousands of outside workers travelling to/from the site; 24/7 noise, air and light pollution during the 10/12 year build; elevated road devastating Sizewell Marshes SSSI; new road cutting the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB in two; spoil heaps and borrow pits impacting large areas of the AONB; new roads/railway/7 roundabouts/accommodation blocks/cement batching plant; negative impact on RSPB Minsmere and the waterways; harm to tourism; priority consumption of 2 million litres of drinking water per day; 2.5 billion gallons of sea water sucked daily into the cooling pipes along with tons of fish and other marine life; encroachment on environmentally sensitive coastal strip; permanent structures on the beach; tons of greenhouse gases and other pollutants generated by the mining, milling, fabrication and enrichment of the uranium fuel; tons of carbon generated from the construction of the power station and its infrastructure and from the transportation of materials and personnel; and much more, is a heavy price to pay for a project that is a government choice, not an imperative.
For EDF to propose that electricity consumers cough up billions of pounds, payable to the French government, in advance, for such an assault on our precious coastal environment is an insult and an outrage. Surely now, people of East Suffolk will demand the project is cancelled and that EDF leave us in peace.
Chris Wilson


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- Dramatically sited on cliffs overlooking Maryport harbour and the Scottish coast, this unique and award-winning Museum is next to the site of the Roman fort built at the centre of Hadrian's coastal defences on the Solway. It is housed in a Royal Naval Reserve Battery building, and a new display covers the history of the building and of the military units associated with it.
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text: Vorbis Comments and Sort Order 2018-04-24 18:04:34 Is there any "official" Vorbis comment that can be used to control the order that albums are presented?For example, consider the two Beatles albums "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver". The Vorbis comment ALBUM will cause them to be presented in the wrong chronological order. In my Squeezebox system, the LMS server accepts another comment "ALBUMSORT", and I can set these as, say, "1965 Rubber Soul" and "1966 Revolver", which results in them being displayed in the correct order.But I've noticed that other Vorbis players (eg. the radio in my car) don't seem to take any notice of this (presumably non-standard) ALBUMSORT comment.So is there some other Vorbis comment that all players are expected to recognise that would do the same trick?


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The Queen has celebrated being 22 in lizard years today.
David Attenborough was there to capture the celebrations and was able to give the Herald exclusive news from the party.
The day started with the Queen being woken by a servant who brought fresh meal worms and a water in. Following this the Queen was misted and spent an hour under her heat lamp.
The Queen then went and opened some gifts. It's understood that Prince George had been recorded doing a rendition of, "I'll be glad when you're dead you rascal you." Both Charles and William deny teaching him the words.
It's not clear what type of lizard the Queen is. Prince Charles is understood to have muttered that it better not be a giant tortoise during a moment of dark jocularity.
It's understood that the Queen will spend the day basking in the sun before eating an entire mouse that's been thawed on the windowsill of Windsor Castle. She'll also be allowed 10 minutes with the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke hasn't been seen for several weeks due to moulting.
There are also rumours that Prince Harry sent his grandmother a t-shirt with "shagger" emblazoned on it. The Prince is currently on his stag do and spent yesterday afternoon explaining to a Spanish border official why his bag was full of dildos.


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Tax Cuts for the Rich on the Backs of the Middle Class; or, Paul Ryan Has BallsMatt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Paul Ryan, the Republican Party's latest entrant in the seemingly endless series of young, prickish, over-coiffed, anal-retentive deficit Robespierres they've sent to the political center stage in the last decade or so, has come out with his new budget plan. All of these smug little jerks look alike to me – from Ralph Reed to Eric Cantor to Jeb Hensarling to Rand Paul and now to Ryan, they all look like overgrown kids who got nipple-twisted in the halls in high school, worked as Applebee's shift managers in college, and are now taking revenge on the world as grownups by defunding hospice care and student loans and Sesame Street. They all look like they sleep with their ties on, and keep their feet in dress socks when doing their bi-monthly duty with their wives.
Every few years or so, the Republicans trot out one of these little whippersnappers, who offer proposals to hack away at the federal budget. Each successive whippersnapper inevitably tries, rhetorically, to out-mean the previous one, and their proposals are inevitably couched as the boldest and most ambitious deficit-reduction plans ever seen. Each time, we are told that these plans mark the end of the budgetary reign of terror long ago imposed by the entitlement system begun by FDR and furthered by LBJ.
Never mind that each time the Republicans actually come into power, federal deficit spending explodes and these whippersnappers somehow never get around to touching Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. The key is that for the many years before that moment of truth, before these buffoons actually get a chance to put their money where their lipless little mouths are, they will stomp their feet and scream about how entitlements are bringing us to the edge of apocalypse.
The reason for this is always the same: the Republicans, quite smartly, recognize that there is great political hay to be made in the appearance of deficit reduction, and that white middle class voters will respond with overwhelming enthusiasm to any call for reductions in the "welfare state," a term which said voters will instantly associate with black welfare moms and Mexicans sneaking over the border to visit American emergency rooms.
The problem, of course, is that to actually make significant cuts in what is left of the "welfare state," one has to cut Medicare and Medicaid, programs overwhelmingly patronized by white people, and particularly white seniors. So when the time comes to actually pull the trigger on the proposed reductions, the whippersnappers are quietly removed from the stage and life goes on as usual, i.e. with massive deficit spending on defense, upper-class tax cuts, bailouts, corporate subsidies, and big handouts to Pharma and the insurance industries.
This is a political game that gets played out in the media over and over again, and everyone in Washington knows how it works. Which is why it's nauseating (but not surprising) to see so many commentators falling over themselves with praise for Ryan's "bold" budget proposal, which is supposedly a ballsy piece of politics because it proposes backdoor cuts in Medicare and Medicaid by redounding their appropriations to the states and to block grants. Ryan is being praised for thusly taking on seniors, a traditionally untouchable political demographic . Here is how old friend David Brooks, taking a break from his authorship of breathless master-race treatises, put it in a recent column called "Moment of Truth":
Brooks sums up the Ryan proposals this way:
Brooks then goes on to slobber over all of Ryan's ostensibly daring proposals, from the Medicare block grants to the more obnoxious Medicare voucher program (replacing Medicare benefits with vouchers to buy overpriced private insurance, which Brooks calls the government "giving you a sum of money" to choose from "a regulated menu of insurance options").
What he doesn't mention is that Ryan's proposal also includes dropping the top tax rate for rich people from 35 percent to 25 percent. All by itself, that one change means that the government would be collecting over $4 trillion less over the next ten years.
Since Brooks himself is talking about Ryan's plan cutting $4 trillion over the next ten years (some say that number is higher), what we're really talking about here is an ambitious program to cut taxes for people like… well, people like me and David Brooks, and paying for it by "consolidating job-training programs" and forcing old people to accept reduced Medicare benefits.
We are in the middle of a major national disagreement over budget priorities, and that debate is going to turn into a full-scale cultural shooting war once the 2012 presidential election season comes around. It is obvious that we have a debt problem in this country and that something needs to be done about it. But a huge part of the blame for the confusion and the national angst over our budget issues has to be laid at the feet of media assholes like Brooks, who continually misrepresent what is actually happening with national spending.
The last ten years or so have seen the government send massive amounts of money to people in the top tax brackets, mainly through two methods: huge tax cuts, and financial bailouts. The government has spent trillions of our national treasure bailing out Wall Street, which has resulted directly in enormous, record profit numbers – nearly $100 billion in the last three years (and that doesn't even count the tens of billions more in inflated compensation and bonuses that came more or less directly from government aid). Add to that the $700 billion or so the Obama tax cuts added to the national debt over the next two years, and we're looking at a trillion dollars of lost revenue in just a few years.
You push a policy like that in the middle of a shaky economy, of course we're going to have debt problems. But the issue is being presented as if the debt comes entirely from growth in entitlement spending. It's bad enough that middle-class taxpayers have been forced in the last few years to subsidize the vacations and beach houses of the idiots who caused the financial crisis, and it's doubly insulting that they're now being blamed for the budget mess.
But the icing on the cake comes when a guy like David Brooks – like me a coddled, overcompensated media yuppie whose idea of sacrifice is raking one's own leaves – comes out and calls Paul Ryan courageous for having the guts to ask seniors to cut back on their health care in order to pay for our tax breaks.
The absurd thing is that Ryan's act isn't even politically courageous. It's canny calculation, but courage it is not. It would be courageous if Ryan were, say, the president of the United States, and leaning on that budget with his full might. But Ryan is proposing a budget he knows would have no chance of passing in the Senate. He is simply playing out a part, a non-candidate for the presidency pushing a rhetorical flank for an out-of-power party leading into a presidential campaign year. If the budget is a hit with the public, the 2012 Republican candidate can run on it. If it isn't, the Republican candidate can triangulate Ryan's ass back into the obscurity from whence it came, and be done with him.
No matter what, Ryan's gambit, ultimately, is all about trying to get middle-class voters to swallow paying for tax cuts for rich people. It takes chutzpah to try such a thing, but having a lot of balls is not the same as having courage.
Who is Ayn Rand?
Paul Ryan has stated that Ayn Rand is one of his personal heros. Learn who she was Here.
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Today, the Chicago Cubs announced that they have claimed southpaw Ian Clarkin off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. The former first-round pick is still waiting to get a chance to make his MLB debut.
The 24-year old lefty was the 33rd overall pick by the New York Yankees in the 2013 draft. Clarkin was later flipped in a 2017 in-season trade that sent David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle back to New York in exchange for Clarkin and other prospects.
Clarkin's 2018 season was not a good one, as Clarkin was smacked in 68 Double-A innings. In 18 appearances (10 starts) at that level he posted a 4.98 ERA and walked 31 hitters and striking out 35 of them.
Furthermore, the Cubs have a general need entering the off-season for left-handed bullpen depth. The Cubs will look to tap into the potential that made Clarkin a first-round pick. Clarkin's development was looking good in the Yankees system and when he arrived in the White Sox organization he regressed.
Finally, Clarkin might have a chance on sticking on the 40-man roster, but do not count on it with the Cubs, who could potentially open their checkbooks and go after Andrew Miller or Zach Britton, plus maybe re-sign Justin Wilson. If Clarkin does not make the team, he has a chance on being called up as he will be one of the first left-handed options within the minor league depths for the Cubs.


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This shop has been compensated by Quality Blue Community and it's advertiser Eastman Tritan Plastic. All opinions here are my own.
As most of you know my daughter is in color guard. Not the color guard that presents the flags for ROTC it's the color guard that spins flags, rifles, and sabers. They perform with the high school band at half time and they are AWESOME! Two years into this we have gone through a few sports bottles during the winter guard season. Winter guard is just the guard without the band. Well needless to say most bottles didn't hold up to the test of my daughter. I didn't give up. Finally, I received the Aquaburst bottle from Cool Gear and she loves it. She enjoys it so much I had to ask her to please let me photograph it. She takes it every single day!
The bottle has a feature where you can add flavor to the flavor pod. You can choose fresh juice, fruit concentrate, or liquid enhancer. Anytime you need a burst of flavor, just PUSH! The pod can flavor up to eight bottles of water which is pretty darn awesome! I think that's one of the reason she likes it so much. She can have water when she has to for guard or she can have flavor during the day or after guard.
Did you know Eastman Tritan™ plastic looks like glass — it's clear and retains its color after repeated dish washing and use which is pretty darn cool. While it looks like glass, it's not as heavy, so it is easier to handle. Because it's not glass, it has great longevity. It won't warp or crack in the dishwasher and Eastman Tritan™ plastic is free of bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenols, such as BPS. This is the bottom portion of the bottle.
If your looking around for a great sports bottle I would suggest the Aquaburst bottle. It holds up to my daughter's wear and tear. She loves it so that's enough for me! We like to put blood orange juice in it and the squeeze-able flavors from the store. What would you put in it?


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I WAS very pleasantly surprised to see that The Botanist was the first restaurant named for Time Square.
It seems rather 'un-Warrington' in some respects but I really hope people get behind it.
It appears to be a really big statement from the council that it is determined to get something different with the new town centre, rather than just another high street restaurant you would see anywhere.
I will be there when it opens and I hope other people will be too.
It seems rather refreshing to have a town centre venue you would be happy to take your family to.
JENNIFER WEBB Birchwood


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Look who finally showed up!
Bingo, our personal elf, made it to our home bright and early this morning. We've been talking about him the past few days, wondering when he'd show his face...we wondered if maybe he got a bit turned around since we've moved and all. :)
Nonetheless, he was here this morning to surprise the boys, bringing along with him his annual North Pole breakfast.
This year he brought us mini bagels with strawberry cream cheese, yogurt parfaits, donut "snow" holes, Christmas oreos and two buckets of candy. Apparently he left the fruit behind. Silly elf.
{Or perhaps he was just so tired from getting up so early to prepare us such a breakfast that he plumb forgot all about the apples and grapes he had chilling in the fridge....}
Hot chocolate mix with marshmallows and cold milk topped off the menu.
Bingo left us a note, reminding us what he duties are as our elf - to observe the boys' behavior and report back to Santa whether they've been naughty or nice.
And he also told us that Santa is anxiously waiting to hear from the boys, so he left behind a piece of stationary for the boys to make their Christmas requests to the big guy, as well as painting pages as a surprise gift.
{Reenacting their surprised faces.}
Reed was the first to spot our special visitor this morning. Both boys were thrilled
and began snarfing down as much sweet stuff as they could.
Apparently when an elf drops of breakfast, permission is not required before consuming copious amounts of candy and sugary pastries.
Before the day was over, both boys had written their letters to Santa, and they are safely sealed inside an envelope for Bingo to take to Santa when he returns to the North Pole tonight.
As for the boys' behavior today?
Drew totally soaks this up. He totally believes all of this. I haven't heard him be so polite or seen him so kind for an entire day before. Honestly, kid is convinced this Bingo guy is doing his job. He's even telling me, "Mom, what do you say?" when I fail to follow up his "thank you" with a "you're welcome." He'll do whatever it takes for him to NOT receive any coal in his stocking! As for Reed...well, he's going along with it, but I'm not so sure he cares so much what Bingo thinks. Kinda like he doesn't always care so much what Mom and Dad think, or say, either. Such is Reed.
Bingo, welcome back.
So nice to see you again.
(I just said to Brad that when the day comes when the "truth" comes out...we're going to have a lot of explaining to do!)


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Second Home Owner Tip - Your Furnace
Posted by Julie Olsen on Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 at 10:57am.
One of the most important things when owning a second home or condo in the Park City area is making sure your furnace is working and on during the cold months. I have found not all second home owners in the Park City area live in colder climates where they need to heat their homes so they are not aware of the importance of their home's furnace functioning properly. It is very critical when you initially purchase a Park City home, condo or townhome to make sure the utility company has been contacted so that there is not a disruption in service for your heating system. I have seen occassion where the furnace has either not been turned on or turned off during the cold months which has then caused incredible damage from broken water pipes. Without adequate heat in a home pipes have a high chance of freezing and thus breaking. The major damage that occurs would be water damage which can cause thousands of dollars in damage to a home but it is so easy to prevent. There are many property management companies in the Park City area that can periodically check your home to make sure everything is running properly while you are away. It is a worthwhile minor expense that can save you thousand of dollars in potential problems. They can also help advise you on what would be the best temperature to keep your home set at when you are not around to help prevent problems from occurring. Julie Olsen, Accredited Buyer Representative Mobile: 435-513-2848 If you are looking to buy a vacation home in Park City visit my Park City Utah Real Estate website to search all current listings from all brokerages.