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Enter Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) Sales
If you participate in your employer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), you can enter your stock sales in TurboTax.
Did you buy stocks through your ESPP but didn't sell any during the tax year? Then don't worry about it. Taxation only kicks in when you sell the stock.
ESPP stock sales are entered like any other stock sales.
To get to the correct starting point in TurboTax Online:
- Select the Tools button in the upper right-hand portion of the screen.
- Select Topics Search.
- When the window opens, type "espp" into the box, select the "espp sales" item, and then select Go.
To get to the correct starting point in TurboTax desktop or CD/download version:
- Enter your cursor into the search box in the upper right-hand portion of the screen.
- Type "espp" into the box, select the "espp sales" item, and then select Go.
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Typically, when you sell shares of employer stock, you're taxed at the generally lower capital gains rate instead of the often higher ordinary income rate. However, you need to be aware of the possibility that the gain or loss on the sale of your employer shares could be treated as ordinary income if:
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- You owned the stock for one year or less, or
- You began buying the stock less than two years before you said you sold it.
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If you don't see an ESPP-related entry on your Form W-2, contact your ESPP administrator, who will give you the information you need.


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At exactly forty minutes and forty-seven seconds into the June 22nd installment of the Japanese Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata made a surprising revelation. Like an instant bolt of lightning, Iwata shocked Nintendo fans across all stretches of the world with news of the newly designed 3DS model, the 3DS LL (known in other regions as the 3DS XL). Actually, most of the North American region, at this point, was completely oblivious to the fact. North American fans weren't watching the Japanese Nintendo Direct. They were waiting for the North American Nintendo Direct to air, a whole two hours later than the Japanese installment. Why would they watch the Japanese Nintendo Direct in the first place? They wouldn't be able to understand anything, so it would be a total waste of time. Right? Well, not exactly, no.
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Pricing and AvailabilitySpecificationsWhat's IncludedImages (3DS XL)Images (3DS LL)
In this case, pictures are worth a thousand words and you didn't have to know a bit of Japanese to understand what took place on the "big screen." It wasn't until the news spread like wildfire, as it blazed through the channels of the Internet and onto blogs and websites, that most North American fans found out. By this time, everyone in North America knew of the 3DS LL before their Nintendo Direct even commenced. At this point, nothing else really mattered to anyone because this was the cake. Nothing could top that; not even an additional layer of software frosting. Now, it was only a matter of time before the "Regginator" regurgitated the announcement in English.
Many of us had already written off the possibility of a revised 3DS. In fact, Nintendo even brushed off the potential of a 3DS remake when asked during an interview shortly after the E3 expo. Nintendo didn't fool all of us though. They're great at what they do, and definitely have their own little bag of tricks and treats.
Below is a conundrum of information and images, collected from the Official Nintendo of Japan website, as well as the North American, Japanese and European Nintendo Direct videos. Let's take a look at pricing and availability, specifications and what you can expect to find inside the box. We've also included several images for both the 3DS XL and 3DS LL.
Pricing and Availability
- Europe - July 28th, 2012 (Blue/ Black, Red/ Black and Silver/ Black) £179.99
- Japan - July 28th, 2012 (White, Red/ Black and Silver/ Black) ¥18,900
- North America - August 19th, 2012 (Blue/ Black and Red/ Black) $199.99
Screen Size
- Upper Screen is 4.88 inches (124mm) - approximately 16.77 million colors are viewable, widescreen LCD with integrated Autostereoscopic, 240 dots vertical (horizontal) × 800 dots / (46.08mm vertical 76.8mm × horizontal
- Bottom Screen is 4.18 inches (106mm) - approximately 16.77 million colors are viewable, LCD with touch input feature type 240 3.02 × 320 dots vertical dots next to / (46.08mm 61.44mm × vertical horizontal
- Upper Screen is 3.53 inches (90mm)
- Bottom Screen is 3.02 inches (77mm)
Physical Dimensions (closed)
- Length: 6.14 inches (156mm)
- Width: 3.66 inches (93mm)
- Height: 0.87 inches (22mm)
- Length: 5.28 inches (134mm)
- Width: 2.91 inches (74mm)
- Height: 0.83 inches (21mm)
- 336 grams (11.85oz)
- 235 grams (8.29oz)
- between 3.5 hours and 6.5 hours (when playing 3DS software)
- between 6 hours and 10 hours (when playing DS software)
- between 3 hours and 5 hours (when playing 3DS software)
- between 5 hours and 8 hours (when playing DS software)
The 3DS XL/ LL will come bundled with a 4GB SD card, as opposed to a 2GB SD card as bundled with the 3DS.
What's Included
- AC adapter and charging cradle will not be included for European and Japanese bundles
- AC adapter will be included for North American bundles; no charging cradle
- Nintendo 3DS XL/ LL system console
- Stylus
3DS XL Images
3DS LL Images
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Beet Carpaccio with Goat Cheese and Arugula
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main ingredients Beet, Vegetable, Goat Cheese, Arugula
type Quick & Easy, Salad
dietary considerations Vegetarian
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yield: Makes 4 servings
active time: 20 min
total time: 20 min
- 3 medium beets, peeled and stems trimmed to 2 inches
- 1 1/2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
- 4 ounces goat cheese, sliced
- 4 ounces baby arugula (4 cups packed)
- 1 large Belgian endive, thickly sliced crosswise
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Equipment: an adjustable-blade slicer
Using stems as a handle, slice beets paper-thin with slicer (wear protective gloves to avoid staining hands). Toss with vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl, then let stand 5 minutes to wilt.
Divide beets among 4 large plates, overlapping slices slightly. Top with goat cheese.
Toss arugula and endive with 1 tablespoon oil and salt and pepper to taste, then mound over goat cheese. Drizzle beets with remaining 2 tablespoons oil.
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Cool2Care – Afrontando la discapacidad uniendo a cuidadores jóvenes con familias necesitadas
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Making More Health: Achieving Individual, Family and Community Well-Being .
Actualmente hay incontables familias con niños discapacitados que necesitan ayuda urgente. Al mismo tiempo hay muchos jóvenes que buscan experiencia y empleo en medio de un clima económico difícil. Cool2Care capacita a una nueva generación de jóvenes para que se conviertan en "asistentes personales" y los conecta con personas con discapacidad. Mediante un servicio personalizado se promueve el apoyo a largo plazo para familias y sus niños discapacitados, la capacitación de calidad y experiencia para jóvenes que buscan un empleo, brindando a las familias el control respecto de aquellos que les proporcionan apoyo. Este sistema puede brindar un ahorro del 20-40 % comparado con las agencias del estado tradicional y atrae a jóvenes al sector.
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Nombre de la organización
Sitio web de la organización
Teléfono de la organización
0845 123 5484
Dirección de la organización
Woodbury, Littleford Lane, Shamley Green, Surrey, GU5 0RH
País de la organización
Reino Unido
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¿Cuánto tiempo ha estado operando la organización?
1-5 años
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Cool2Care – Afrontando la discapacidad uniendo a cuidadores jóvenes con familias necesitadas
¿Qué cambios quieres traer al mundo?
Actualmente hay incontables familias con niños discapacitados que necesitan ayuda urgente. Al mismo tiempo hay muchos jóvenes que buscan experiencia y empleo en medio de un clima económico difícil. Cool2Care capacita a una nueva generación de jóvenes para que se conviertan en "asistentes personales" y los conecta con personas con discapacidad. Mediante un servicio personalizado se promueve el apoyo a largo plazo para familias y sus niños discapacitados, la capacitación de calidad y experiencia para jóvenes que buscan un empleo, brindando a las familias el control respecto de aquellos que les proporcionan apoyo. Este sistema puede brindar un ahorro del 20-40 % comparado con las agencias del estado tradicional y atrae a jóvenes al sector.
¿Cuáles son las actividades principales de tu proyecto?
During 2010-14 we aim to support 5,000 young disabled people & their families by connecting them with young PA's. To do so we will recruit and train 10,000 potential PA's. We take a blended learning approach to training so interested people can access quality training via face to face and online instruction via our innovative and interactive webinars, improving access to training for both rural and urban areas. This will lead to 5,000 young people participating in society & enjoying friendship; 4,000 families to experience lower physical/mental stress or improved health; 500 parents being able to return to work or gain new employment; 250 families to avoid breakdown; 5,000 new jobs created for PA's.
¿Qué es innovador acerca de tu iniciativa? ¿Cómo es que es un nuevo aporte al campo?
Traditionally, if a family with a disabled child qualifies for support from the local authority then how that support looks is largely out of the family's control. They are allotted a set amount of support hours per week and the council provides them with a carer on set days for a set amount of hours per week. The individual who helps the family might be a different person each week, acting as a road block to establishing a positive long term relationship between the family and carer.
What we do is train young people who have expressed an interest in becoming PA's for young disabled people, then we connect them with like-minded families who are seeking support. We help potential PA's complete a profile to act as a CV while helping families create a profile of their support needs. Profiles are reviewed so we can match individuals and families based on both experience and interests, bringing like-minded people together. The family is given the opportunity to interview potential candidates and once an appropriate connection is made the family becomes the employer of their PA. This system of personalisation promotes long-term support for families, consistant support for young disabled people, quality training & experience for young job seekers, and importantly gives families control over who is supporting them and their child and the terms of support. This system can offer cost savings of 20-40% when compared to traditional state support and attracts young people to the sector, providing training for a new pool of individuals to support health in the future.
¿En qué fase está el proyecto?
Operando entre 1-5 años
Háblanos de la comunidad con la que estás trabajando, por ejemplo, sus condiciones económicas, las estructuras políticas, normas y valores, las tendencias demográficas, la historia y la experiencia con los esfuerzos de compromiso.
Current Political Climate: Public sector funding in the UK has been cut by 25% in line with the coalition goverment's vision of the Big Society. The prime minister has said public services have been the backbone of the country but that results were often not good enough. This year the government unveiled its Public Services White Paper with key elements: outsource local health services to companies, charities or community groups; give people the 'right to choose' services; and allow providers to make profits by getting people off benefits and into work.
Disability Snapshot: in the UK there are 770,000 disabled kids under 16 (many more young disabled adults), 80% of families with disabled children experience high levels of stress, 60% live in or at the margins of society, 34% live in households where there is no adult in paid work, and there is a 33% increase in the divorce rate between parents with a disabled child.
Staff: We uniquely understand the needs of disabled children with 25% of our workforce being made up of parents with disabled children and young people who frequently contribute to the strategy and planning within the organisation. Our staff and trainers are highly experienced in providing structured vocational training to extremely marginalised young people and finding them employment working as PA's for disabled children and young people.
Employability/Training: Historically the care sector has been predominantly staffed by females aged 35 and up with a background in nursing. The majority of PA's we train are between the ages of 18-25 and many are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) when they are recruited for our training programme.
Families: In terms of diversity, just over half of the families we support are white, with the rest consisting of Black, Asian or Ethnic Minority (BAME) or mixed backgrounds.
Engagement: By consulting with young disabled people and their families we have learned that there is a high level of need for young PA's, as many young disabled people prefer to be supported by someone from their own age group. We have also found a challenge in fullfilling requests for young male PA's due to their small presence in the sector. We have had success recruiting young people and inclusing young males during our pilot programmes and we intend to focus our recruitment efforts further to build upon this success. We have successfully launched pilots across the UK and have found the uptake and support for our services to be extremely encouraging in terms of our future growth.
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The story of Cool2Care starts with a boy named Shaun, born in Japan in the spring of 1998. Within a few months it became clear that he had physical & learning disabilities, with his sight, coordination, balance, muscle strength & learning all affected. His mum and dad worked for several years to get a diagnosis and learned the hard way that this would affect the whole family for the rest of their lives. Stress took its toll, and Shaun's parents - Phil & Keiko - realised they needed help if they were to be able to keep their family going. They searched for 2 years to find someone to help look after Shaun and their second son Adam. Finally they found someone they liked and trusted - and she is still helping the family to this day.
Following this long struggle Phil became determined to help other families get the support they needed. He decided to take an assignment away from his job with IBM, and founded Cool2Care in late 2007. Phil believes that we can change lives by listening to families. He listened to his family and many others and was inspired to find a solution.
He worked for IBM for 20 years in various international roles and spent four years based in Tokyo. In addition he is a trustee of the UK based charity 'Contact a Family', that provides support & information to families with disabled children. He has a BA in Mathematics from Oxford University and an Executive MBA from London Business School. He has also recently become and Fellow of Ashoka and it was through this connection that we became aware of this competition.
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Across the whole of Cool2Care during 2010, we trained 678 non-disabled young people to become PA's and supported 357 disabled children and their families to find the support they needed.
We have grown as an organisation and now employ 47 people throughout Cool2Care; 9 of which are full time and the rest who are part time. Each member of staff works flexible hours from home to suit the needs of the business and the requirements of their families, with 25% of our staff being parents of a disabled child or young person. Working remotely also keeps overhead costs to a minimum.
We apply a Social Return on Investment methodology in order to measure our successes and impact. Our initial SROI work has shown that regular flexible 1-1 support to the family and young person gives benefit to the whole family, reducing physical and mental stress for the parents, improving family cohesion, lowering health costs and improving quality of life for the disabled young person. Cool2Care's SROI plan won the "Best Social Impact" award in the Global Social Venture Competition in 2007.
We believe that one of the major challenges families face when seeking support is that they are not given due choice or control about how that care looks. In addition, the expense associated with sourcing support causes further limitations to access. Family support is deeply personal and our business model allows for personalisation of support and profitability through blended revenue streams to ensure sustainability. As a community interest company all profits we realize are reinvested into the company or community (in 2010 we turned a profit of £52k).
Young people seeking employment also come up against challenges when seeking training and experience. We offer a quality training programme free of charge to people interested in becoming PA's. We support them further by helping develop their profile and working to 'match' them with a family in need, leading to a mutually beneficial employee/employer relationship. We have received positive feedback from PA's as well as families we have supported and we consult young disabled people to share their experiences with disability and input into how we can improve our support services.
"We are very pleased with the service Cool 2 Care have provided our family with. Advertising, interviewing and initial training are added pressures that we don't have to deal with because of your professional and efficient service package. We will continue to use Cool 2 Care in the future. " Mother of a 12 year old boy with Fragile X Syndrome
¿Cuántas personas han sido afectadas por el proyecto?
1.001- 10.000
¿Cuántas personas podrían verse afectadas por el proyecto en los próximos tres años?
Las iniciativas ganadoras presentan un plan sólido sobre cómo lograrán el crecimiento. Identifica tus objetivos a seis meses para hacer crecer tu impacto.
Achieve our 2011 target of supporting 500 families & young people
Tarea 1
Build deeper relationships with Social Care teams in Local Authorities
Tarea 2
Improve our local marketing profile via family support groups, special schools and the boosting access via the internet to our website
Tarea 3
Establish links with local GP consortia, as a new & emerging source of referrals
Identifica tus objetivos a doce meses.
Build a full business plan for our next phase of growth during 2012-16.
Tarea 1
Research the opportunity in the Personalisation of Health in Social Care for disabled children & young people
Tarea 2
Transform Cool2Care's business model to a consumer-led personalized model, less reliant on Local Authority contracts
Tarea 3
Secure £100k of equity investment into the business, aiming for High Net Worth Individuals and other Social Investors
¿Cómo va a evolucionar tu proyecto durante los próximos tres años?
We will increase our capacity and scope to reach families across the UK. We have made connections with potential partners in Wales and are currently developing a pilot scheme to launch throughout the country. By improving our ITC and building our brand awareness we aim to be able to support any family that should contact us regardless of location, including those in rural areas. We are exploring ways we can increase our service offering to include support for transition from children to adult services, short breaks and special education needs. We will also evolve by further developing our Social Return on Investment Model so that we can accurately measure our impact to support our efforts to gain further social investment.
¿Qué barreras pueden dificultar el éxito de tu proyecto y cómo piensa resolverlas?
The primary barrier we are facing is that public sector funding has been cut by 25%, resulting in more fierce competition to secure contracts from local authorities. We plan to overcome this barrier by presenting cost efficient service plans to local authorites. Our competitors are diverse, but only cover 10% of our overall target market, so there is great opportunity to reach many more families and young people not yet aware of Cool2Care.
We are well placed to fulfill the Personalisation agenda, providing quality support service and cost savings simultaneouly. We are able to this by having a blended approach to our revenue streams which consist of local authority contracts, placement fees, and social investment made up of grants, loans, and equity.
The other key barrier is that many local authorities do not promote their Direct Payment scheme, DP's are made by local councils to people receiving social care services, instead of the council providing the service directly. Research shows that two of the main factors hindering Direct Payments is the lack of people available to work as personal assistants, as well as confusion around managing Direct Payments among service users and carers. Our expansion plan will allow us to: adapt our Business model to lower Public Sector spending, new government reforms & the "Big Society"; double our revenues via diversified income streams; and increase the number of children & young adults supported to 2,000/year.
We have been working closely with social workers and commissioners to understand and promote Direct Payments as well as our services. As a new organisation we have an additional challenge of relatively low brand recognition, but building relationships with the aforementioned will help us to build our presence and customer base.
Cuéntanos sobre tus alianzas.
We partner with Social Investors Big Invest, Venturesome and CAN who are investing £500k as a consortia into Cool2Care through a mix of grants and loans. Various trusts, foundations and the Big Lottery support us financially through grants. Ashoka supports our Founder & CEO as a Fellow, giving access to the extensive Ashoka Support Network of accomplished Social Entrepreneurs from all over the world. IBM provided corporate support during the first 4 years of Cool2Care during 2070-11. We are now actively seeking a second-generation corporate sponsor.
Actual presupuesto anual en dólares americanos.
Más de $1 millión
Explica tu selección.
We recieve support from Individuals via social investment grants and loans; from Foundations via applications to grant making bodies; from Businesses through corporate support to help fullfill corporate social responsibility and/or customer charters, this includes awards applications, fundraising on behalf of Cool2Care and brand promotion; from Regional Governments via going to tender for support contracts; from National Goverment via grant applications through agencies such as the Department of Health; and from Customers through a one-time placement fee of £200 paid by families after a suitable PA has been matched for them (this £200 may come from families DP payments issued by their local authority).
¿Cómo se va a fortalecer tu proyecto durante los próximos tres años?
We have a regional growth plan to expand our scope and services. We are currently exploring what we can offer in terms of: DP Admin, Adult Service Support, Special Educaton Needs, and Short Breaks support. We have analysed the opportunities for each and are currently working on strategy plans. We would like to do a feasability study to aid this planning and ensure it is robust and comprehensive.
¿Qué barreras a la salud y el bienestar aborda la innovación?
Por favor, seleccione un máximo de tres por orden de relevancia para el proyecto (de mayor relevancia se recibe un "1" y menor, un "3").
Capital humano limitado (médicos, enfermeras, etc.)
Normas culturales restrictivas
Otros (especificar)
Por favor, describe cómo la innovación específicamente aborda las barreras mencionadas anteriormente.
1 - A key barriers families face when seeking support for their disabled child is difficulties with the availablity of people to work as personal assistants. We directly address this barrier with our core service of recruiting & training people to become PA's. By targeting young people to get training we are supplying the sector with a workforce seeking longterm employment.
2 - Direct Payment Schemes have been around since 1997, however most Local authorities have not promoted them due to a lack of understanding & lack of support agencies to make DP's beneficial. We promote & explain DP Scheme to local authorties & have seen the uptake increase; we're also developing plans to expand our support to include DP Admin.
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Por favor, selecciona un máximo de tres posibilidades en orden de relevancia para ti (la más alta relevancia recibiría un "1" y la más baja, un "3").
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Mejorar el impacto actual a través de la adición de servicios complementarios
Aprovechar la tecnología
Por favor, describe cuál de las actividades para crecer están en curso o previstas para el futuro inmediato.
1 - We recently launched our regional growth plan & now operate across the UK via 6 regional heads. Within each region 'offices' are staffed by 2-4 people to provide support as agreed by local contracts & to build brand awareness. We are also looking to reach new markets by extending our coverage into new local authorities making our sevices available to up to 1.5 million families, children and adults.
2 - We are currently exploring other services we can offer: Direct Payment Admin, Adult Service Support, Special Educaton Needs, and Short Breaks support.
3 - We have increased our IT capability to now offer training via blended learning, which combines face to face and online instruction. We are now developing and costing a strategy for complete e-learning modules.
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well done with the world cup unfortunetly it was a dissapointing world cup apart from when africa where still in it towards the end!
wow everyone on the group stage is a draw! MEGA LOL! But south africa get out of the group stage. and the opening ceremony was great,and also
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unlucky on the draw, very well played an I hope the hosts can at least get through this stage in the game!
Such a pity SA didn't win. I was very impressed by my man Teko Modise, as well as by Tshabalala (fearsome strike to score the opener of this WC) and Dikgacoi. Modise should really be playing in Europe. I hope somehow Club Brugge can lay their hands on him.
hmm the group stage. Mexico's performance against italy was stellar, they have a good chance, so do france, and you too, as it is your home nation, its going to be another exciting group stage.


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Hartnell, just back from missing a month with a foot injury, scored his first goal to get the Flyers within 2-1 less than three minutes later. Claude Giroux and Voracek set it up with perfect passes during a 3-on-2 break. Giroux skated down the center and fed Voracek, who made a cross-ice pass to the on-rushing Hartnell, who lifted the puck over Scrivens' shoulder.
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Toronto tough guy Mike Brown squared off against Tye McGinn in a big-time battle in the first. They hammered each other with several punches before McGinn went down hard, leaving the ice with a bloody face and a torn jersey.
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Blush -MAC - Modern Mandarin
birdybee 4/22/2012 6:22:00 PM
I love this - its nicely pigmented, smooth, and blends out nicely. It looks extremely orange in the pan, but applied with a light hand, it gives a lovely light orange glow.
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Lip Gloss -MAC - Dazzleglass in Funtabulous
birdybee 3/8/2012 2:01:00 PM
I love Funtabulous - its sparkly enough to be special but not too over the top that it cannot be worn on a regular basis. The formula is tacky on the lips, but this is not bothersome to me. Its the longest lasting lipgloss I've ever used (this is my first and only MAC lipglass/dazzleglass so far). I'm really impressed with this and would repurchase in a heartbeat.
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Blush -Too Faced - La Vie En Rose
birdybee 3/8/2012 1:40:00 PM
Back when I only had about two or three blushes, I used this nearly everyday. Its a pretty, vibrant pink that is not too over the top. It is quite shimmery though - which never bothered me until I started getting really into blushes and tried some mattes and satins. Now I realize how off-putting the shimmer can be in an everyday blush. I do still like and use this blush, just not as frequently. It is nicely pigmented and long lasting.
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Highlighters -TheBalm - Mary-Lou Manizer
birdybee 3/8/2012 1:35:00 PM
This is by far the best highlighter/illuminator I own. It gives such a natural beautiful glow to the cheekbones. The product is smooth (never chalky or too powdery) and applies like a dream, blends nicely.
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Blush -MAC - Pro Blush - Dirty Plum
birdybee 3/8/2012 12:08:00 PM
I picked this up at my CCO it the liberty of london packaging - it was too cute to pass up even though I thought it may be too dark for my NW20 skintone - and I was right. The first time I put this on I looked like I had bruised cheeks. Dirty plum is quite dark and very pigmented, it will suit darker skintones better for sure. However, if I am very careful with application and use a light hand, I can make this work for me and get a flush of plummy color.
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Concealers -BeneFit Cosmetics - Erase Paste #2 Medium
birdybee 3/8/2012 11:42:00 AM
This works great on dark undereye circles! It covers well and brightens up the eyes. It is quite thick, but blends out nicely and has great lasting power once set with powder. I can get a bit of creasing after wearing for a few hours, but its easily remedied by a quick touch up. I do wish the packaging was different though - once the product is about half gone, it is difficult to get your finger in there without getting concealer under your nails.
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Styling Products -Unlisted Brand - NuMe Professional Styling Tools Mini Flat Iron
birdybee 3/8/2012 11:30:00 AM
I can't believe how horribly this flat iron works for the price - the only reason I purchased the NuMe mini flat iron was because I received a $100 gift certificate in my February Glam Bag from MyGlam. They were also on sale at the time, so I ended up only having to pay about $30. I was expecting this to be amazing, but its not. The size isn't the problem, I quite like how its small enough to easily work with my fringe and the hair that frames my face. It just doesn't do the job on my thick hair. I have to pass through my hair three or four times to get it looking smooth and straight.
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Lipstick -MAC - Sheen Supreme Lipstick - Asian Flower
birdybee 3/8/2012 11:26:00 AM
I bought this recently from the Sheen Supreme collection - I was planning on passing on the collection all together, but once I saw Asian Flower in person I had to have it. Its a beautiful pinky lavender that is non-drying with decent staying power. I've been wearing it everyday since I purchased.
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Polishes -Essie - A Crewed Interest
birdybee 3/6/2012 11:36:00 AM
This is a pretty, pastel peach shade. It reminds me of peach sherbet :) Unfortunately, the formula on this one is awful. It applies very thick and streaky. It took me 4 (!) coats to get it opaque on my nails and then it never dried. I used Poshe top coat, did nothing for about and hour, and the first time my nail hit something, it completely sumdged the polish. I ended up removing and giving up. I will try this polish again soon and I hope for better luck. I'll update this review if my second try goes more smoothly.
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Treatments -Alpha Hydrox - AHA Souffle 12 percent Glycolic AHA
birdybee 3/6/2012 11:26:00 AM
I've been using this product for several weeks now. During the first week or so, I did have some very minor breakouts - just a few whiteheads here and there. After the first week my skin fully cleared up and is looking the best it has in a while. I can't say that I see a dramatic difference but I do feel like the texture and tone of my skin has improved. I will continue to use this. I apply this at night after I've cleansed my face. After the AHA has soaked into my skin, I apply a nighttime moisturizer.
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Eyeliner -MAC - Pearlglide - Black Swan
birdybee 3/6/2012 11:19:00 AM
I actually won the entire pearlglide line from the Vera collection in a blog giveaway - I probably never would have tried them otherwise - UD 24/7 liners are my HG. With that being said, I absolutely love these, I dare to say I love them even more than UD. Black Swan is my favorite. Its black with silver flects of glitter. It applies smoothly without tugging and is opaque in one stroke. It stays put really well on me. I can wear for the entire day with no smudging and little fading.
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Bronzers -MAC - Mineralize Skinfinish - Pink Power
birdybee 3/1/2012 12:14:00 PM
I recently picked this up a my CCO because I missed out on the whole Wonder Woman collection last year. I love this MSF so much. Its very versitile - I have been using it as a blush, highlight, and bronzer separately - but it also looks nice all swirled together and applied lightly on the face. I like this so much more than my other MSFs AND I happen to think the packaging it quite cute.
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Lipstick -MAC - Viva Glam V
birdybee 3/1/2012 11:56:00 AM
I picked this up because I needed an everyday type lipstick. It works well for what it is. Its flattering, not overly drying and has decent staying power. Its not mindblowing or extremely original - but I do reach for it a good bit.
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Liquid -Revlon - ColorStay Makeup
birdybee 3/1/2012 11:50:00 AM
I can't believe it has taken me so long to try out this product. I've been using it for about a week now and I am loving it. It works great for days when I need more coverage than normal. It covers inperfections and spots and lasts all day without making me look too cakey or too oily. The color match for me is just about perfect - I bought natural beige (I am NW20 for reference). The only think I don't like about Colorstay is the packaging. I really wish it had a pump, I feel like its a little difficult to get the right amount of product out with the current packaging.
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Polishes -OPI - I Have a Herring Problem
birdybee 2/20/2012 11:43:00 AM
This is a beautiful dusty periwinkle-blue shade. As usual for OPI, the formula is great. It applies smoothly and is opaque in two coats. It has gold shimmer throughout that looks glowy in direct light.
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Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) earned top honors from parent company Daimler AG, which recently chose the company as its global leader in the human infrastructure component of its lean manufacturing processes.
FCCC won the award for great strides made during the past two years against key performance indicators (KPIs) in areas such as product quality, labor efficiency, environmental impact and lead time. Each of those accomplishments is central to the Truck Operating System employed by Daimler Trucks within all of its plants.
FCCC achieved that progress despite facing a challenging industry environment shaped by changes in heavy-duty emissions regulations.
"The global recognition of FCCC's lean manufacturing processes and our team's efforts reflects our commitment to improvement, and our desire to serve our customers more efficiently and effectively," said Bob Harbin, FCCC president. "And by utilizing what we learned in competing for the award with Daimler plants around the globe, we're sharpening our lean manufacturing skills even further, ultimately improving the high-quality, durable and reliable products our customers expect."
With roots in the 1960s, lean manufacturing centers on the notion that customers should only pay for steps toward the making of a product or the delivery of a service, and that the producers should shoulder any other associated costs. To that end, lean manufacturing improvements are categorized into five "pillars" of the effort: human infrastructure, standardization, quality focus & robust processes, just-in-time, and continuous improvement.
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Hello. I am indeed pregnant with the love of my life's baby. (:
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Report abuseThen that is wonderful your family took the children in. If the agency was mishandling the children then that agency/agencies are just fucked. A reason why I chose the agency that I am choosing. Good testimonials, I know people that have used it, isn't fucked, etc. Also the agency never is going to have my child. I give birth and his new parents take him right from the hospital, no waiting games aka going to the agency, or a foster home to wait for shit to happen. It will all happen right away. I do know what I am talking about though, that is the best part. The agency that I am using has a fuck ton of qualifications that need to be met, so yeah online agency's still have qualifications to be met. Whatever places you are talking about are gross and fucked up. Shows how stupid the birth parents are to place them in these agencies without researching them.
I have never seen naive spelled neive, I even just googled it to check it out. Nothing came up pertaining the word naive spelled "neive".
I'm the immature one here?. Lol, ok homie. Yet you keep coming back, so look who the REAL immature one is in this situation. I have good decision making, I also have a ability to think about others. Both of those things do not pertain to this comment string how ever, like honestly. The fuck are you getting at?. I do not need to grow up, an am most definitively not a "little girl". I clearly do deserve to have children, CAUSE LOOK BITCH I'M PREGNANT. I'm what is wrong with this country?. Lol, if you want to keep telling yourself that I am what is wrong with the country, go for it. I do not give a fuck.
Always throwing in the last comment, of course. When it is on my page, and I have an ignorant fuck blowing my shit up I'm going to get that last comment in.
Very immature of you to always want to throw in the last comment. Your poor decision making and your inablitliy to think about others, as well as your actions and comments shows just how immature you really are. Grow the fuck up little girl. You dont deserve to have children. You are what the is wrong with this country.
The word "neive" is spelled correctly and is the more common spelling. Learn your english.
1st off - the reason my family took the kids in, is because a lot of these agencys mishandle the children, because there are so many in the "system" that the children get overlooked, and mistreated. You really have no clue what you are talking about. You call that responsibility but you yourself are the one causing the problem. There is an influx in adoptee's waiting to be adopted. There are people who want to adopt but dont meet the qualifications, therefore they are lead online because they are turned away from these agencies.
@dyank Lmao. Your family took in six kids seeing there aren't enough families to take in and adopt children. That is great for your family, am very impressed by your family. Good for YOUR FAMILY. In the end there are still enough families seeking children. Clearly the kids your family adopted were not cared for properly by there real parents. Or else the parents would have looked for a family/home and searched like my boyfriend/myself did. AKA gone online and looked into one of the 4567890 agency's that are out there. Also, you do not even know how to spell naive, and sorry but I am far from naive or ignorant. If anyone is naive and ignorant here it is YOU. Also, no I do not know "what I am talking to". You don't have a picture and any gifs on a gif website, seems sketchy to me. Also you keep coming back to my page and expect me not to respond?. Rofl, you can hop off my page replying if you do not want me to reply back.
@Ngafnikki wow you're dumb - my family took in 6 kids because there aren't enough families to take in and adopt children, you seriously are neive and ignorant to the issue - you have no idea what you are talking to, so just stop responding you stupid bitch
@dyank I could handle this child if I wished to. I would rather help out a family that can not have children how ever. Why use protection and precaution*, when I could give a wonderful gift to a family?. You say that there are enough children waiting for adoption now, yet there are MANY adoption agency's out there full of parents seeking children. More parents are seeking then children are waiting to be placed with a family. So try again. There really are not that many "waiting" for adoption. He was not a mistake, so no need to call him that also champ.
@Ngafnikki you are a failure for conceiving a child that you couldn't handle...use protection and take procaution, there are enough children waiting for adoption right now, dont need more from your mistakes
@swaggn4days Thank you doll <3., @dyank Being a failure to society how?. Seeing I am giving my baby up to a wonderful family that can't have children and is going to love the fuck out of mine?. Such a failure...NOT. More like a blessing to this family.
@skeptic80 Just kidding douche bag, I am giving my baby up for adoption, and do not plan on taking a cent from welfare. Try again.
Haters gon' hate. Love you baby :)
@roadkill1177 I would love to make that bet actually, that $20 would be quite helpful.
@Rosie95 School sucks, but we're getting it done and I'm not goin' anywhere (without her ofcourse).
You are welcome I am always here if you need me for advise..judgement free xoxo<3
@amandaleann Not keeping the baby, the baby will be off to a wonderful family/home who will take care of him/her and love them fully. (:
@DropDeadSherrie , I know right Sherrie. Got too love the fucking haters/internet. It was expected i'm surprised there were not more too be honest!. Haha, exactly eighteen AKA an adult. Please place a bet that the baby is going to be white, seeing we both know it will be :p. Anyway. I'm excited too. I can't wait either, gahhhh!!!!!!, hehe. Anyway, love you also =]<3. @amandaleann , What sucks..?.
SO many fuckin haters man.... like come on now. shes 18, shes an adult :) and i would like to place a bet that the baby WOULD come out WHITE! :) but Nikkki, im so excited! i cant wait to seee the baby(: iloveyouuuu<3
@taylahgangg , I love hearing success stories like that. I just cheesed so hard reading it :). I am happy for your cousin, sounds like she is doing well. The father and myself are in love, and plan on staying together and hopefully all works out. Thank you heaps darling, you are the sweetest. @Rosie95 , Yes adoption is wonderful. Like you sort of mentioned it will be hardish at first, but we will make it through together just fine (:.
OH! okay, that's beautiful. Adoption is great if you're all for it. It might be hard at first but you'll get through it:-)
Just forget abour all of them. My cousin had my niece when she was almost 17 and now 1 year and 5 months later she is pregnant with another girl. shes 18 now and shes surviving just fine. My hope for you is that you and the father stay together and will be succesful and eerything will work out for u babygirl
@Rosie95 , I'm graduating this year and so is my boyfriend. We are in love and plan on sticking by each other through all of this. Not like it's anybody's business on this stupid site anyway, but we plan on giving our baby up for adoption. Always been one of my dreams to help another family that can't have children out. :).
Good point, as long as your graduate high school if you haven't already, i know you'll be fine if your guy sticks with you.:-)
@ilovebigboobs Mad that i'm in love?. Yep that's what it sounds like. @hellopiehead , Not fake, real champ. @tatianachanell , Thank you ma'am (:. @stormie , Thank youuuu =]. @BraaandonPegg , Shoot thanks heaps :). @musicpulse , Yes I am eighteen, and your point?. It's better then being sixteen and pregnant/on MTV. @maximotho , Life will suck in ways for nine months, after that I can chose how to live my life again. @iHawt , Peeing on a stick is pretty easy dude, I did it right. @iNomNomRice , Thank youuuuu [=. @Pikachulikesyou , Thank you, thank you! :). @sorryifarted , Basically. @taylahgangg, Exactly :), thank you hun!. @Default, Yep. @Rosie95, Yes I am eighteen, but fuck it shit happens and like I said before at least i'm not sixteen. Thank you though!(:. @jklpuzo, Yay is right no oh needed. @marianaotersen2 and @musicpulse ; I abused Dxm three weeks ago, Drank beer three weeks ago, Four weeks ago I snorted oxy, Four weeks ago I also smoked pot, and a month ago I cut myself. I enjoy having fun, and clearly that is all behind me. I'm pregnant, I don't plan on doing that shit now, and haven't since. I'm not that fucking stupid, like seriously come on i'm better then that shit. @Lemz, Yeah basically. @roadkill1177, My baby is going to be coming out white, don't even bother placing a bet bro.
I especially love your gifs of you abusing DXM a few weeks ago. You're going to be a great mother
but you have gifs of beer, and dxm... you may wanna lay off that stuff, especially if you're still only 18.. but good luck
Well forget what these people are sayin...yeah it might not be the right time but all the best of luck to you my darlin<3


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I tried posting this inquiry in the official stickied ATMA thread, for fear of being slapped with a trout and kicked in the shins (not to mention that I would like to spare another blame laid on Durf), but I gave up - seems like no one's reading the questions posted there. :(
So the asking goes as: Is there a way to transfer stuff from a stash, created in ATMA IV, to another .d2s or .d2x file, supported by ATMA V?
Up until few day ago, I was using the previous version of ATMA, because I was still playing with patch 1.10s. I reinstalled the game and patched up to 1.10, respectively getting ATMA V to support my characters. Unfortunately, ATMA V doesn't support the files created by ATMA IV, which is pretty bad, since most of my good stuff remains blocked in the old stashes, that cannot be accessed by my characters.
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Originally Posted by SCVNevermind. I was misunderstood three times now. >_>Originally Posted by randomspot555
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Greencat, I'll try to break down my understanding of your posts so you can be more clear.
I think this is what threw me off. Overpowered is probably our new name for Ubers. The hypothetical tier between OU and Ubers (which hadn't been named) was for pokemon that were very centralizing in the OU metagame. It had nothing to do with Ubers. It was essentially a banlist for OU. Most of the pokemon I mentioned were quite centralizing in the OU metagame, so banning atleast some of them would make sense for a new player. However, I opposed the idea because experienced players wouldn't like it and it would create disorder.
Wobbuffet and Garchomp were moved to Ubers not because it was predicted they would function well. In fact, if you read up on the Garchomp suspect, there was a massive opposition that Garchomp would become useless in Ubers. Well, he hasn't. The point of moving Wobbuffet and Garchomp was because they broke the Standard metagame and overcentralised it. Smogon could potentially move any pokemon up to Ubers, so long as it breaks the OU metagame, regardless how it would function in its new tier.
Ubers wasn't created to be a metagame. Its a banlist.
OK, it seems we are coming to a conclusion as to how many tiers we want.
Now we should discuss a testing method.
Tests should probably start once we have analyzed once we know what the new available movesets are after HG/SS is released. So we can use the remaining days to decide on a method, as well as names (there is already another thread the names).
The guys who have been testing, if you can post your method so we can see if that's what we want to use or modify. The testing you guys have done might not be applicable now (maybe it will be) but at least we can learn from the method.
This is dead for now, anyway, tiering will be shaken up in September. Closing
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If you're a regular reader of my blog, than you'll probably remember the huge cloche I shared with you last month. Incase if you're a new visitor, welcome! You can read the cloche backstory here.
I decided to create a little holiday vignette inside of my cloche because this thing is so darn huge, the creative possibilities are endless. Remember the old snow globes? My grandmother used to have one that I loved to shake and watch the snow ever so slowly drift down. That was the vision I had that inspired this vignette. A little woodland forest, tucked away in the snow…
With the dome removed you can see much more detail. I started with an old round thick mirror with a black frame as my base and a large silver double handled trophy cup…
I filled the silver trophy cup with fresh tree cuttings, sprinkled some faux snow on top, and added in a few snow tipped pinecones. Here's a little tip: I went to the tree cutting area at Home Depot and asked if they had any cuttings they were going to be throwing out. The nice gentleman took a walk with me through the rows of trees and cut full branches that had bends or "imperfections" (which to me were perfect). I walked out of there with a huge armful of fresh tree cuttings, free of charge…
The little nest I've had for some time, and the white dove came from a local store. I also sprinkled some faux snow on the nest for that snow globe effect I mentioned earlier…
I wish I could remember where I bought these snowflake ornaments, because I would go back and buy more! I love them so…
The tiny little beads add so much sparkle…
And there you have it, my grown-up version snow globe holiday cloche vignette!
I'm linking this post to the Holiday Home Christmas Vignette Linky Party over at Rhoda's. (I'm so bummed I missed Layla's party, but we're in the middle of painting our fireplace and setting up a gas log set, which isn't going so well at the moment, so my mantel is a mess of tools, pipes and paint, not pretty!
PS: I wanted to thank all of you for your very encouraging comments on our recent Master Bedroom reveal. I'm so glad you liked it. We're really happy with it too!
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I saw almost same beaded snowflake ornament at West Elm...it was in their catalog but when you go on-line put in the search box: "Snowflake Beaded Ornament" and a picture will come up...says it's no longer available; but I found if you call the store you might find some in stock? Good luck, they are beautiful!
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Kung fu brothers don't need to sign a contract with each other
I had a fantastic past week with my si-dai (younger kung fu brother) Haw Kuo here in NYC. He came to visit me so that we could train, trade notes, strategize and talk shop for our respective and mutual future plans. One of the main topics we discussed at length is the paradigm shift that is finally occurring in the WingTsun ("WT") world. Despite WT's popularity worldwide, an institutionalized, almost cult-like "closed-off" mindset has been breaking the art apart internally. But thankfully this is rapidly changing. A much needed step out of the 70's and into the modern-age of innovation has arrived at long last! The students aka consumers now have choices; real quality choices to learn proper WT in North America. No longer do they need to follow cult-like regulations and pseudo pyramid scheme business structures. The market is free and performance is now the decider, not a "monopoly" of WT; there are no secrets! Sifu Haw and I feel honored to be part of this new and happier face of the future of WT.
The future seems so bright now as our vision of creating strategic alliances with top WT instructors and martial artists of all styles is beginning to come to fruition. With so many plans underway, it's too bad this week went by way too fast.
As a foundation for understanding our vision, one must remember that a Chinese martial arts family can be defined in Chinese as 同門 (tung mun) which this means something like "of the same door (family)". Before there were legal entities of martial arts schools and associations, there was only the distinction of being part of the kung fu family. This had nothing to do with "business" as many students did not eventually go on to earn a living by teaching martial arts. It would actually be normal for a student to move or leave and begin teaching his own students. These people would still always be considered part of the lineage of that particular kung fu family. However as "business" became the motivation and associations sprung into being, suddenly if a business relationship didn't exist then suddenly the "family" one didn't either. This is completely against the tradition of Chinese martial arts! It's quite ironic that when enforcing compliance basically through blackmail is the goal, suddenly the senior is your "family member", but when the business relationship no longer exists they disown you like you never existed (photoshopping (badly) out of photos is not unheard of, as are spurious legal threats).
Since we both exited from a WT association last year, Sifu Haw and I have created something new in the WT world. We have created an alliance, namely the Open Alliance Wing Tsun Network. We did not create it for the reason of installing yet another "institution," but to establish our vision that WT can only grow outside of the closed and isolationist nature of associations in this day and age. Our alliance is to abide by a code of progressive thinking and mutual cooperation to finally achieve a mainstream, ethical and moral name for WT in North America. Associations and academies that continue to trumpet the notion of isolationism will only fall apart in this new age. If the open and progressive way MMA and many other arts are trained is any indicator, students/customers will go to the schools that remain cutting edge and avoid the ones that operate in the 1970's mindset. A martial art cannot grow by putting up the iron curtains and denying the progress of the outside world.
Sifu Haw and I both run our own independent WT schools. Haw has his Art of WingTsun banner in San Jose, California which he runs with Sifu Marcus Clever; this school has been growing recently. Sifu Haw has plans to keep growing and potentially to open new branches as well. We both cooperate with the great Sifu Elmond Leung and in the future potentially also with Sifu Chris Collins of Hong Kong among other top WT instructors worldwide; and all of this is at our discretion! What this allows us to do is to expand our network, access different quality modalities of WT training from top experts across all eras of WT, and ultimately impart this combined rich experience unto our students. Associations or academies that only follow one stream (most often not allowing their students to train elsewhere with or without permission) ultimately short-change their own students, especially when they claim to be the "only source," and/or magically create technicians overnight. People are our greatest resource and isolating ourselves from different perspectives and challenges does not make us grow. In fact isolation is the death knell of many great institutions!
With this progressive drive to grow our schools and to grow as martial artists and individuals, Haw and I work together for the simple reason that we wish to. This does not mean that there are any contractual or financial obligations between CWT and AoWT. In actuality I consider him just as much a member of CWT as I know he considers me a member of AoWT. We are si-hing-dai (kung fu brothers), and we can cooperate with each other without it being a "business deal." The sad thing is that in the modern Chinese martial arts world this is actually almost unheard of, although it was the de facto mode of operation in the old days. But for Haw and I, being martial brothers doesn't mean we have to control each other or each other's students. We invite each other for seminars to expand our students' horizons, teach each other's students to help them achieve their goals, share information and train so we can improve our skills, and we manage magically not to get upset that we have different logos on our shirts. Amazing!
Amusingly, we both have a slightly different presentation of WT and teaching methodology and our programs differ slightly too (though we follow identical concepts, they are expressed differently because we are different people). Regardless of this fact, we can train and cooperate as we wish, unlike those who have a "financial arrangement kung fu family," which is somewhat of an oxymoron in any event. Being able to adapt, change and incorporate different viewpoints is the necessary step that is vital to the growth of WT, and indeed it is at the heart of the WT fighting concepts. I'm proud to be part of this future with the support of Sifu Haw and many other premier instructors of the WT world.
"Other things may change us, but we start and end with family" - Anthony Brandt
(Note: I will follow this blog with another detailing my crazy busy week with Sifu Haw. It was a pretty insane week, with or without guests here in NYC, far beyond the scope of this article)


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Ahhh...I'm such a bad blogger! Note to self: avoid a career that revolves around blogging. Anyways, a bunch has happened since last I wrote in December, but I will try to keep it brief.
1. I went to Hawaii again over the interim to study the impact that boats have on humpback whales and their behaviors and it was AMAZING!!! It was so nice to go back and served as a nice refresher for my motivation. It's funny how the more time I spend at "home" in Reading, the more I realize that I do not belong here. I am meant to travel, so a-travelling I shall go.
Coming soon: Look out for the video that I took from the whale watch!
2. I have already messed up my New Years Resolutions, so I'm making some Birthday (February 7) resolutions. After all if I mark every year at the date of my birth, that's when I should resolve to change anyway. So here goes:
3. Today I had my phone interview for the School for Field Student program in Bhutan, which would take place over the summer! Crossing my fingers. It would be absolutely incredible!!
As for now, that's all I've got!
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Bethany @ Unity, Equinox prepare for their annual Thanksgiving dinners
TROY — While many around the Capital Region will be spending Thanksgiving dinner at home with family, there are many who will not have that opportunity. However, local volunteers and service organizations are looking to give them a dinner for which to be thankful.
Preparations were underway at St. Paul's Church on Third Street, where Bethany @ Unity will again serve a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, is it has done at the space for more than 20 years. While the dinner is still being served by the Bethany Hospitality Center, the organization is now under the wings of Unity House. Bethany, which ran into financial troubles, combined with Unity House on Jan.
Bethany @ Unity, as the branch of Unity House is now called, serves meals most days of the year, and the number of people attending those meals has grown to between 150 and 200 people a day. The Thanksgiving dinner is an extension of that effort, and Bethany expects 300 people to be served in shifts between approximately 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. today.
"We're going to be able to feed a lot of people who otherwise wouldn't be able to get a good meal," said Christopher Burke, CEO of Unity House of Troy. While the focus of the dinner is on feeding the people, Jerry Boone, the state Commissioner of Civil Service, and Mayor Lou Rosamilia will be appearing.
With hundreds coming to the church, Bethany has already provided another 250 families with the fixings to make their own Thanksgiving dinner.
Some volunteers have been cooking turkeys at home and slicing them up to ease serving today, while others have been busying preparing dozens of pies.
This year, the meals would have cost Bethany $400, but that cost was covered by an anonymous contributor who approached Unity House with the intent of covering the cost of all the food. Bethany was able to achieve such a small price tag through buying food in bulk from the Regional Food Bank. What they couldn't acquire from the food bank was purchased from Price Chopper at a discount.
A similar operation on a far larger scale was also underway Wednesday in Albany. The not-for-profit Equinox group was putting the finishing touches on its preparations for its annual dinner, held at the First Presbyterian Church in Albany.
The dinner, which started in 1969 as a small event for 200 local students who could not go home for the holiday, has grown to serving 9,500 people from around the Capital Region.
The preparation of mashed potatoes, the cooking and slicing of turkeys, and baking pies and other desserts has been ongoing in the massive kitchens at the cafeteria inside the Empire State Plaza concourse for weeks, part of a complex logistical feat Equinox achieves each year. While most of those meals will or have been delivered to homes, the First Presbyterian Church is still hosting a Thanksgiving dinner, just like it did more than forty years ago. Continued...
"It's like going out to dinner, and we make it feel special," explained an enthused Mark Thurman, who took a week off from work to organize the dinner at First Presbyterian. While the main course will be served on the first floor, a downstairs room will be devoted exclusively to desserts, offering pie, cake, and cookies. Each year the church serves anywhere from 350 to 500 people at its 362 State St. location
Equinox expects to see many homeless and many students that "didn't have anyone to go home to or didn't want to go home," explained Thurman. "It's a community dinner, so for anyone who just needs a place to hang out on Thanksgiving, this is going to be the place."
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-P- The Marlins have signed Chad Qualls to a minor-league deal, thus ensuring that Chad Qualls will be some other team's problem in 2013. Good luck with that, Miami! In all seriousness, it's just a minor-league deal, but I'd rate the chance that Qualls actually pitches a fair amount for the Marlins as relatively high.
-P- The Royals claimed catcher George Kottaras, which is a suspiciously smart thing for the Royals to have done -- perhaps Dayton Moore has been sneaking glances at Alex Anthopoulos' test? Kottaras' success is far from guaranteed, as he hits for low averages and will be 30 in May, but his very good power and batting eye make him a much better bet than players typically available on waivers. He'll presumably back up Salvador Perez in 2013.
-P- William Howard Taft will race between innings for the Washington Nationals this year, which is an inspired choice. (I almost wrote "entire" choice, which also seems appropriate.)
-P- The Braves have signed former Pirates minor-leaguer / guy we argued too much about Corey Wimberly to a minor-league deal.
-P- The Cardinals are reportedly interested in Ronny Cedeno. As with any former Pirate moving back to the N.L. Central, there's cause to be terrified here, since you just know Cedeno will find a way to go 7-for-12 in his first series against the Bucs. Cedeno posted a solid .741 OPS as a part-time player for the Mets in 2012.
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