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A $500,000 Internship For A High School Student Who Was Really Ready To Graduate
by Pat "HappyPat" Smith
(Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines)
I started working for myself at the age of 12, fixing lawn mowers and cutting grass until I had my first taste of alcohol.
I barely finished high school. In fact, I hated school. I was a country boy from mid-Ohio. Over the years I tried to do many kinds of work. But I never completed any of them. Why?
I had been recognized as having Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder way before much was really known about it. This was in the early 1960's.
It was at age 12 in 1960 that I had my first drink. By 15 I'd had my first blackout. At 17 I tried suicide twice. From then on until September 13, 1993 I drank and was an alcoholic. I was homeless, jobless, broke many, many times. Lost my wife. But in 1981 I got desperate.
A Look At A Lifetime Internship For A High School Student
I was living in a buddy's shop and wanted to make money real bad. I may not have had any college degrees. But I had a pure love of racing. I'd had it since my dad and I built a soap box derby when I was 5.
I'd had it since he used to take me out in his 40 Ford to spin donuts in the sand while I looked out the rear window, seeing the world pass in a blur real fast. When it came to racing, I had a desire to be the best. I'd taken auto shop my last 2 years of high school and I'd been into automotive racing part-time between bouts of drunkenness.
I'd learned about mechanics and how to control the power of a vehicle's transmission and when it should shift gears. I'd go to the race track with a notebook and a pencil in hand. I'd walk from pit to pit taking notes of the cars that I saw and sketching their frames the way they seemed to me when the car body was taken off. And I would ask tons of questions until I felt that I was no longer wanted around.
With this determination, I gained an idea to build a shifter for automatic transmissions that would not allow you to put the car in reverse even when using two hands. This was a critical operation for drag racing and speed boats.
With all this knowledge I created my custom shifter in 1982 in Paramount, California. It won races. It got a car to travel from 0 to 160 MPH in 8.5 seconds for a quarter of a mile. The car could move 60 feet in 1.5 seconds from a complete standstill. Do you think my shifter would sell? Well, I sold my first 5 to a friend that owned a race shop. Yes, I was off and running!
By 1982 I was able to set up a shop with a friend. My company was called PS Performance. By 1985 I had gained a good name in the industry. And yet I was not making good money but just paying the bills. So I grabbed on to an opportunity, when I was invited to build a shifter for a big business in the South. We agreed on price. We agreed that they'd carry my name on the product.
SlickStick was my shifter's brand name. I had my first BIG order for 50 shifters. Four months later the order came for 300 shifters a month! Then came a worldwide market expansion into 5 different countries.
At the end of 1987, 5 years after I had built my first shifter, I was making $500,000 in 1 year alone, but I drank it all away by December 1989. I was broke once more.
Graduation Day
I moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, with $3,000 in my pocket. I could not hold a job for very long. I lost my apartment. I was in the street penniless, weighing 115 lbs., wearing the same clothes for months, drinking myself to death. I needed help. I'd hit bottom.
I called my mother. She was in Florida. I began detox.
By 1993 I was sober. September 13, 1993, in fact, is my sobriety date. God had a plan for me. I was to help as many people as I could for the next 17 years, and I did -- thousands of them from 5 different states.
But there came a time that I needed to become independent and learn to make money once again.
Arturo, I have wanted to do just what you are doing so well here, and that is to help new people learn how to start a home-based business. There are millions out there that can't make a dime, myself included, because I have never come across anyone that would give the exact instructions on what to do from the very start.
For instance, what must I do to become ready for a business? How to find private label rights products? How to have an e-book written for me to sell, so that we can have a true chance at starting a business without all the guru crap and thousands of dollar in courses that so commonly suck people dry before they even start?
I just need someone to help me with a plan on what I need to do to make it all happen. I don't care about being rich. But I do need an income other than social security.
I love to help people get what they need and to motivate them to become better in themselves! I would love anyone's feedback on this.
Thank you so much for your stories and your insights on business, and God bless you.
----- Arturo's Reply to HappyPat -----
Pat, you've shared one of the most powerful stories that I've been privileged to post at this site. It is inspiring, severe and humbling in helping, first, those just starting out in life's "internship after high school" and in demonstrating, second, the importance that we all must place in addressing our mistakes to continue learning and striving for improvement no matter how old we are.
I like the idea of considering a grown man's life experience as an internship for a high school student to learn from. I was raised to believe that we must learn from other people's mistakes, because we will never live long enough to repeat them ourselves. So it's best to avoid making them, especially in our youth.
I'm glad to see you striving for a second wind at trying to get a new business going. Given your previous business background, with a little focus and some sound techniques your efforts will pay off! With so many people that you've helped in the last 17 years, your network of trusted contacts must be large. This is a good place where to start. These are diamonds in your backyard.
- Learn their wants. Identify who in their midst is most intent in paying to have them satisfied. Reach out to find out what big itch they'd like scratched.
- Be unique. Don't imitate to a point where no one can tell you from your competitor.
- Make sure you're superior to anyone else proposing a means to fulfill their expressed desire.
You've made a wise choice, especially as an expat, to venture online to build an Internet-based business. You're doing well to avoid get-rich-quick schemes. Be very judicious when it comes to multi-level marketing as well.
It is possible to build a business quickly, if your market is strong, your offer is spot-on and your profit margin is sizable. Wealth builds up as a by-product of building a sound business, however. I'm glad to learn that you're not after quick riches but after an alternative source of income to a government check. With diligence, you'll accomplish this.
Online business development, nevertheless, is very similar to brick and mortar business development. Technology indeed empowers you to reach untold numbers of people and to deliver information for outrageously low cost. But this only makes greater demands on you regarding who to serve and how to become visible to them and how to engage them in productive dialogue that leads to their trust in you and in your products or services. But it's really you that they must trust first before they make a purchase.
You've asked me for help to plan what you need to do to make it all happen. I'll be happy to help you, Pat, beginning with asking "What is this 'all' that you want to happen?" I'll begin my assistance as follows, because I want to help my readers as well, by modeling for them what it takes to get going in starting their own businesses online:
- For every question that you ask me publicly, I'll give you the best answer that I can. For the rest, you can reach me privately.
- For the best insight on how to start building an online business, not just another website, go here. Come back to ask me questions, if you wish.
You've also asked for feedback from others readers. I look forward to what others have to say to encourage you.
Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to How Is College Student Debt Keeping You From Starting Your Own Business?.


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With the future of the Australian parliament still hanging in that weird limbo of a pre-minority-government, I'm reminded of various conversations I've had with a good friend and fellow critical thinker about something we like to call 'evidence based government'. In the last few years there has been a slow proliferation of websites and blogs highlighting the merits of scientific and skeptical thinking in areas which are often the target of shysters and snake-oil peddlers; particularly on the internet where's it's oh so easy to spin a line of pseudo-scientific claptrap and not get called on it.
So along these lines we now have some voices of reason ranging from Science Based Medicine and its partner in crime Science Based Pharmacy, to Science Based Parenting and Evidence Based Management all based on the simple understanding that any claims someone cares to make about the material universe must by their material nature be empirically testable and verifiable, and crucially that decisions should be made on the basis of good evidence, not instinct, hunches, fantasy or falsehoods.
Politics is often treated with kid gloves though. At first appearance it might seem, and is often argued by notable skeptics, to be a subject too murky and prone to fireworks to address critically (i.e. in the way they'll happily indulge in for medicine or the paranormal).
This is a cop-out in my opinion, not least of all because it's perfectly possible to engage in a discussion about how political systems do or don't work without necessarily descending into an overtly political debate. The fact is that political pundits and politicians, regardless of ideology, are constantly making material claims without supporting them by evidence; or at the most relying on the two worst forms of evidence, namely individual anecdotes and popular opinion polling.
To illustrate this let's create a hypothetical politician, Polly. Polly is on the campaign trail making his speeches and says something like:
"Wherever I go around this wonderful country I hear stories just like those of young Billy here, that there are never enough Legos to go around. Friends, my opponent has done nothing to invest in vital Lego infrastructure! Not a single thing!… I give you my pledge today that if elected I will invest heavily in Lego, particularly the latest Space Lego, so vital to the future of our country!"
Campaigns are full of such hyperbole, but let's just take a moment to pick it apart. The story Polly hears from Billy, and presumably 'many' other little Billys is simply an anecdote. Even if it's an accurate representation of what Billy believes, and even if Polly is being completely honest that he hears a similar story everywhere he goes, it still has almost no evidentiary value. No matter how well travelled Polly is, no matter how many hands he's shaken or babies he's kissed; the very nature of the places he visits, the people who are attracted to his stump speeches, and his own inclination to credit ideologically favourable interactions more highly means that he's never going to get anything like a statistically representative sample of his constituency.
After this he makes an entirely testable and verifiable claim about his opponent's lack of action, but one which immediately stretches credibility. On an issue of such alleged importance it seems unlikely that the opponent would have done nothing at all to address it, and while the degree of any such action is a fair point for a debate between the two candidates, the unfounded and implausible claim adds nothing to such a debate.
We let our politicians get away with this kind of stuff all the time, as if it's just a natural part of the political process over which we have no control, and which we shouldn't really get too hot under the collar about. But is it? Polly himself gives us the criteria by which we can measure his relative success, should he be elected. Presumably his opponent did the same in the preceding election cycle… And yet time after time it seems we're expected to discard those presumptive critera and apply a newer, more subjective set at the next election.
Sometimes there may really be a need to do that, but should we be prepared to do it regularly? Without any explanation?
My second bugbear is that politicians rely on a seemingly endless array of logically inconsistent and fallacious arguments. We're happy enough to pick away at these when they're made by proponents of quack cures, moon hoax conspiracies, or for-profit religions; why not our elected representatives?
There is a great list of logical fallacies at SkepticWiki, and if you have the time it's good fun to browse through them with a mind to politics and politicians, but a few obvious ones stand out… Take it away Polly:
The Ad Hominem:
"My opponent doesn't know anything about Legos because he's not married."
The Straw Man:
"My opponent will never invest in Lego infrastructure. If he gets his way you'll wake up one morning to find all Lego banned, and the only thing to play with will be that communist Meccano stuff."
The non causa pro causa (correlation confused with causation):
"Since my opponent never invested in Lego and we had a recession, clearly our Lego deficiency is a serious economic burden."
The Argument from Incredulity
"I can't imagine how anyone could enjoy playing with Meccano, so Lego is the best infrastructure choice for this country."
I could go on, and on, and on, but you get the idea. These kinds of arguments are so common that even when we disagree we still tend to accept their fallacious nature and try to argue against them on the merits, which is a pretty unstable foundation by that point.
I think we can, and are entitled to demand better from our politicians. In this case 'Evidence Based Politics' has nothing to do with the ideological spectrum, but describes the way in which I'd prefer that politicians represented their respective political positions.
I don't believe that the burden here rests on the politicians themselves, but on us as an informed electorate. The nature of politics is such that politicians need to be responsive to their audience, and although at times it might seem like the authority flows from them down to us, in reality (at least in western democracies) the opposite is true. Regardless of what your political views are, the whole exercise of political discourse would be well served by constituents who increasingly ask their representatives a few simple questions, not as a challenge, but stemming from an earnest desire to have an informed debate:
- What is your evidence for that claim?
- Can you make that argument logically consistent?
- Is success quantifiable based on your own past criteria?
Of course politicians try to duck hard questions by answering their own, or with the polite brush-off, and I'd be extremely naive to think that this is a roadmap to perfect politics, it's really more of a target for soft but constant pressure. Perhaps it's best directed at the candidates we support, rather than the ones we don't, so that in helping to reinforce their their rickety old soapboxes with a little reason and empiricism we're being supportive of the policies we want to see developed rather than hostile to those we don't.


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Author English Old Testament Revisers Birthdate see Remarks Filename erv-old-1885 Manuscript n/a Date of composition 1885 Genre BIBLE Edition The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues, being the version set forth A.D. 1611, compared with the most ancient authorities and revised. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ESTC number Gale number Sample Exhaustive sample of Genesis 1-22 (except for the last five verses of Genesis 22, verses 20-24), Numbers 13-20, and Deuteronomy 1-11.
"G," "N," and "D" following verse numbers below refer to Genesis, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, respectively.
1,1G-3,24G (included from first edition on),
4,1G-5,32G (added in second edition),
6,1G-9,29G (included from first edition on),
10,1G-11,32G (added in second edition),
12,1G-14,20G (included from first edition on),
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16,1N-17,13N (included from first edition on),
18,1N-20,29N (added in second edition),
1,1D-11,32D (added in second edition)
Remarks Birthdates of the English Old Testament Revisers range from 1797 to 1836 (1797, 180x, 1807, 1808, 1830, 1836). Source: Isaac H. Hall, ed. 1881. The Revised New Testament and history of revision. http://www.bible-researcher.com/ervrevisers.html, accessed 30 June 2005.


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The Columbia Mentoring Initiative (CMI) is a mentoring organization for Columbia undergraduate students that aims to create one-on-one mentoring partnerships between first year students and upperclassmen in order to facilitate ease the academic and social transition for incoming students. CMI is organized into five identity groups: Black, Latino, Asian, International and LGBTQ. Each mentoring pair belongs to one of these five affinity groups that are each coordinated by a student chair who organizes group events, and each affinity group interacts with the larger CMI community through CMI-wide events.
Alumni also play a large role in CMI through networking events, panel discussions and career forums. Currently, we are looking to start a new student-alumnus job shadowing initiative where students have the chance to visit and shadow the job site of an alumnus who identifies within the same affinity group.
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Monday, April 13, 2009
What Was the "What Was the Hipster?" n+1 Panel Discussion?
Here's an article in today's New York Observer about some of what happened at the n+1 "What Was the Hipster?" panel discussion this past Saturday. And here's Christian Lorentzen's 2007 piece entitled "Why the Hipster Must Die" from Time Out New York.
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Absurdly good looking Surrey band Haydon's Place (named after a charming street in Guildford) brings to mind those influential Canadians "The Band" or even the sixties legends "The Byrds". Their top-notch quality folk-rock sounds seem to be driven by those old style "collegiate folk" melodies and harmonies. So easy to slip into. Like a big duvet full of sensual sound. Restful and relaxing.
The skillful combination of rhythm and blues fused with American folk melodies and soulful harmonic style country-rock is evoked by Christian on keyboards and vocals, Antonio on joyful lead guitar, Steve on percussion and Terry on bass.
Christian is tall and lanky, curly mopped and smiling – and brings to mind a more serious 'Mika'. But his voice sounds very much like Welsh rock band 'Budgie' lead singer Burke Shelley (check out the Budgie classic "Parents" to see what I mean.) Or even Rush's Geddy Lee, if that kinda thing floats your boat. Christian's distinctive honey sweet eagle soaring voice complements and adds soulful relish to each masterful song.
Antonio plays in an unhurried and confident style, his licks gracefully arching and falling like an exalted crane. No technical wizardry but sweet, quiet and lovely instrumentation. Bass and percussion are played superbly, with great feeling. But even if there are no obvious fireworks or whooshing rockets of sound, this is not mediocrity – it is fulfilled and controlled musicality full of passion and creativity.
The dirtied up pure folk-rock sound provides ample opportunities for some swaying, cuddling-up and gentle pecking. Their warm-hearted songs- sung with grace and satisfying clarity- often vividly embody luminescent peaks of sound and gentle choruses, to warm those hard-up cockles. The crowd at The Hob Staines, just lapped it all up like Cheshire cats on the cream.
A jubilant audience found themselves swaying and dancing in the aisles. And the queue (at the end of the performance) for the band T's and CD's twisted round the Staines venue like a python ravels itself around an exotic dancers thigh. This band is gonna be big. Mark my words.
Haydon's Place is all jangly, sure-footed, run-out-and-buy stuff – this music is played with a sweet heart and an enthusiasm for highborn Americana – crafted with love and genuine emotional attachment. My only negative criticism is that the lads new single 'Distance ' is a tad too obvious and far too cheesy for my taste … in fact all I wanna do is "runaway runway" each time I hear it . . .
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Trade pacts: Torn between two giants TPP versus RCEP as powers court
Since the conclusion of the much-touted Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement signed by 12 Pacific Rim countries last month, Thailand has been abuzz with debates about its impact and whether the country should join the trade pact.
Many business leaders and academics are quick to warn that Thailand's overall competitiveness will be subject to significant losses, particularly in exports and foreign investment, if the Thai government stays put and does nothing. The optimists, including Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn, see the negative effects on Thailand as minimal.
The pact could deliver a short-term psychological blow over concerns about increased trade hurting Thai products.
Mrs Apiradi says that while Asean members Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Vietnam have joined the TPP, this will not add pressure on Thailand, which already has free trade agreements (FTAs) with every country in the TPP group except Canada, Mexico and the US.
The China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement will create huge benefits and help offset potential losses caused by the TPP.
The RCEP was launched in November 2012 with the aim of establishing deeper economic cooperation between the 10 Asean members and Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, with a focus on trade in goods, services and investment. The 16 countries agreed yesterday, on the sidelines of the Asean leaders' summit in Kuala Lumpur, to push for its conclusion by next year.
Thailand has 12 FTAs in place, including the Thai-Chilean pact that came into effect early this month. The 12 FTAs together generated US$261 billion in trade value or 57.4% of Thailand's total trade last year.
The country is also speeding up free-trade talks with Pakistan and Turkey. Russia has also extended an invitation for Thailand to join an FTA with the Eurasian Economic Union comprising Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.
The Thai government has never said no to the TPP. Instead it says it wants to carefully analyse the advantages and disadvantages before making a final decision about joining. Bones of contention include intellectual property and pharmaceutical patents.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to declare Thailand's official stance on both the TPP and RCEP at the first meeting of the International Trade Development Committee next month. His announcement will dictate Thailand's economic and trade development for the next five years.
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The TPP countries encompass about 40% of global trade or $295 trillion a year, with a combined GDP of $28.3 trillion, representing 38% of the world's GDP.
Population in the TPP countries is roughly 800 million or 11% of the world's population. In comparison, the RCEP's 16 member countries represent 29% of global trade or copy0.7 trillion, with a combined GDP of $21.2 trillion or 28% of the world's GDP. The RCEP's population numbers 3.4 billion, making up half the world's population.
Thailand's exports to RCEP countries reached copy27 billion in 2014, representing 56% of total export value. Imports totalled copy33 billion or 58% of Thailand's total imports.
RCEP members made up 70% of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Thailand last year.
Meanwhile, Thai shipments to TPP countries were valued at $92 billion, representing 40.4% of the country's total exports. Imports amounted to $83.4 billion or 36.6% of the country's total imports.
Last year, TPP members represented 45% of Thailand's FDI.
"Given the sheer size of the RCEP, the market offers more potential," says Nopporn Thepsithar, president of the Thai National Shippers' Council (TNSC).
"But from a trade perspective, the TPP is much deeper and wider than the RCEP, as the TPP comes with significant market openings by reducing or eliminating tariffs on almost 18,000 categories of goods, particularly in respect of farm products such as sugar, rice, cheese and beef.
"It also contains guidelines for dispute resolution between foreign investors and governments, requests for governments not to discriminate against foreign investors, and demands for specific countries to improve their labour standards." For the RCEP, the 16 members have agreed to eliminate tariffs on 65% of all goods, amounting to 8,000-9,000 items, under the RCEP plans. Of the 35% of total products not included in the initial agreement, RCEP members are expected to gradually cut tariffs to zero within 10 years after 2017 for 20%, while further talks are needed for the other 15%, which are mostly sensitive items.
TPP implications
Kasikorn Research Center (KResearch) says the TPP will inevitably affect the trade and investment of non-TPP economies. Thailand's exports to North America, particularly the US, may sustain themselves in the short term because the US's tariff privileges for Thailand will run until the end of 2017.
But once those benefits expire, Thailand's competitiveness will be undermined relative to TPP member states such as Malaysia, Vietnam and Mexico, KResearch says. By then, if the US does not renew those privileges or Thailand does not join the TPP, Thai exporters can expect higher import tariffs of 2.7%, versus the current 2.3%.
The effects of trade diversion resulting from the TPP on Thai exports are as follows:
1. Exports that are the least competitive will be the most affected. They will include products of labour-intensive industries such as garments, textiles, shoes and leatherwear.
2. Exports that are relatively competitive now but may lose some lustre in the long term will be moderately affected, including hard disk drives, electronics, rubber products, petrochemicals, and automobiles and parts.
3. Exports that are very competitive now and will remain so in the long term will be the least affected. Among these are products made by highly skilled workers such as jewellery and canned food products.
Meanwhile, many industries in TPP economies are likely to see their competitiveness bolstered. Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia (which has expressed an intent to join the TPP in two years) are among those to benefit from common standards and rules of origin being developed, especially for textiles and automotive, KResearch says. This will precipitate trade diversion (raw material procurement or sourcing) and possibly even investment diversion from non-TPP countries to TPP member nations, thus steepening the risk of production relocations.
Deunden Nikomborirak, research director for economic governance at the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), says the pact will trigger a new supply chain climate in which global production in certain industries such as automotive and parts will relocate to TPP members to enjoy rule of origin.
Thailand's falling exports are not only from soft global demand, but also hidden structural problems, she says. The absence of TPP membership will curtail Thailand's competitiveness, as the FTAs Thailand is party to offer a relatively small market.
Ms Deunden says Thailand's exports have continuously and rapidly fallen, putting the country's structural problems in stark relief. Thai shipments are forecast to contract for a third straight year in 2015, down by about 5%, after falling 0.3% in 2013 and 0.4% in 2014.
"Joining FTAs will temporarily help resuscitate Thai exports, as the actual problem for this sector is the competitiveness of Thai products themselves," she says.
"It's a must for Thailand now to rev up production restructuring to raise product values." The TDRI reports the positive impact for TPP members is expected to accrue mostly to automobiles and parts, textiles and garments, agricultural products, and services -- sectors that will enjoy lower tariffs and more foreign direct investment.
The TNSC's Mr Nopporn says 2016 purchase orders are expected to shift towards TPP members, which produce similar raw materials and products as Thailand.
In the longer term, a negative impact is anticipated to overall trade and investment, as the pact calls for more technology transfer and support among TPP members, he says.
"More importantly, the TPP will stress the assistance mechanism for member countries, which covers labour standards, environmental protection, government procurement improvement and guidelines for dispute resolution between foreign investors and governments," he says.
"With the TPP led by the US, we believe it will use its capacity to transfer technology and financial management to members, particularly Vietnam, as it wants to develop Vietnam as a new production base in place of China. Japan is also expected to benefit."
Auto industry impact
The SCB Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) says Thailand will remain a key global production hub for Japanese car makers. Rather than obstruct, the TPP will complement Thailand's positioning with other existing and overlapping trade agreements, the EIC reports.
Although Thailand has not taken part in the deal, the 12 countries accounted for 42% of Thailand's total exports of automotive products in the first seven months of 2015. Japan and the US, two automotive superpowers, are in the trade pact, and Australia alone accounted for almost a fifth of Thai auto exports.
The EIC expects minimal impact, if any, on the Thai auto industry for two key reasons. First, Thailand's position in the Japanese automotive production network will not be altered by the trade pact; on the contrary, it will complement existing FTAs. And second, TPP is more about the interaction between the two heavy hitters, Japan and the US.
Japanese car makers have continued to favour Thailand in their global value chain, with the country long serving as a key investment destination for Japanese car makers. The high level of capital accumulation over the years could be seen in increasing localisation of R&D activities, the highest value-added process within the production value chain.
On the same day the TPP reached its final agreement, Toyota held a press conference for its Thai R&D unit, emphasising its recent performance and capability. It is reported that as much as 40% of the design and development of the newly launched Revo pickup was conducted by the Thai unit. Trucks made here are exported to destinations around the world.
Other Japanese car makers are planning to increase their R&D capacity in Thailand, boosting the nation's position as a production hub for global markets. The rise of Indonesia possibly poses more of a threat than the TPP.
In addition, Thailand already has trade agreements with key markets for Japanese cars. Car makers, not limited to the Japanese, have long enjoyed tariff privileges through these agreements, producing and exporting cars from Thailand. The three countries that Thailand has no FTAs with -- US, Mexico and Canada -- make up a mere 5% of Thai car exports.
TPP or RCEP?
"What needs close monitoring is how far the trade liberalisation can be executed by the two blocs," Ms Deunden says.
For the RCEP, negotiations on market access, particularly on mutual tariff cuts, seem to be running smoothly. But services and investment liberalisation have seen little progress. This comes despite the fact that Asean is due to kick off the Asean Economic Community at the end of December.
Ms Deunden says the RCEP still contains a spate of limitations such as issues of government procurement, domestic regulations and public enterprises. In contrast, the TPP has those issues in place.
"During this period, the government must conduct an in-depth study of potential losses from the pact, and information available from the study should be empirical," she says. "More importantly, Thailand needs to rev up wrapping up the RCEP talks and make optimal use of existing pacts."
TDRI research has found that Thailand's use of benefits from existing FTAs is minimal: only 60% with Japan, less than 60% with South Korea, less than 50% with India and 70% with Australia.
Authorities in charge are being urged to investigate obstacles to full utilisation.
"Don't pay much attention to the TPP or the RCEP, as they are just pacts to open markets," Ms Deunden says. "What is more important is our ability to sell and export once the markets are open and reform the country's trade and investment regulations to streamline foreign trade and investment."
Isara Vongkusolkit, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, says it is difficult to identify which is better between the RCEP and the TPP. He says Thailand must do a thorough study of the impact of the TPP, particularly on areas of concern such as intellectual property and the digital economy, as the US is much more advanced in technology and pharmaceuticals.
"The private sector supports the Thai government in joining both trade blocs, as they will more or less benefit the Thai economy," Mr Isara says. "It's quite worrisome that Thailand has yet to come up with a clear stance on the TPP while several Asean members have already signed it."
The chamber is studying the pros and cons of the TPP, with the research to be completed this year and submitted to the government.
Mr Nopporn agrees Thailand should join both trade blocs, but he is resolute the country needs to revamp its internal structure.
"If Thailand fails to revamp itself, opportunities opportunities will immediately become threats," he says.
"More importantly, we can't rely mainly on the RCEP, as Japan's economy remains weak, China is undergoing an economic restructuring, and India will take about five years to see economic stability."
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Happy Life personal Simply Inspiring
Owning Today3:30 PM
At my senior year in college, we become "we".
At my senior year in college, we become "we".
Six years later, you said "Let's get married."
And we did.
Eighteen years of being together. Twelve years of being married. Happy Anniversary. We have gone far and better from being those young college graduates dating on anniversaries. But being with you is still one of my favorite things to do. So, let's spend quality time together on our special day and own today on our own special way. To my Jun - I love you, Hon.


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It's time to settle this once and for all. Which horror family will come out on top and which one will be buried alive. The third and final round of The Addams Family versus The Munsters.
Let's get it on.
Round One went to The Addams Family, thanks to the strengths of Gomez and Morticia. That didn't stop The Munsters, though. They came out swinging in Round Two with Grandpa and Eddie Munster taking the points in that round.
First of all, let's look at who is left. From the Munster clan, we are left with only Marylin Munster, the blonde niece living with Aunt Lily and Uncle Herman. And that's all. From the Addams home, we still have Wednesday, Uncle Fester, Lurch and Thing. Not exactly a fair fight at this point.
The above video might be one of the coolest things I've ever randomly found on YouTube. It's an examination of why two different actresses, Beverly Owen and Pat Priest, played Marilyn Munster. The truth is, Marilyn Munster kind of sucks. Sure, she's nice to look at and sometimes contributes to the plot, but really, who cares?
PROS: The original "second Beckie."
CONS: Pointless character implemented just so regular people had someone to identify with.
At this point, one must decide whether to pit Marilyn Munster against Wednesday Addams, which seems like the obvious match up, or Uncle Fester, the character she might have more in common with.
Neither is really fair. Wednesday, much like her brother Puggsley, is not a key cog in "The Addams Family" as a successful television program. Uncle Fester has a far greater impact on the plot.
The greatest strength of Wednesday Addams is that the character provided Christina Ricci with her breakout role.
PROS: Goth icon Christina Ricci.
CONS: Too young in the show to really do anything cool.
Uncle Fester is great. In the show, he's Gomez's uncle, not his brother like in the movies. And he's a bit weirder, in my opinion. More extreme, more squeaky-voiced, less serious.
PROS: Bald is beautiful.
CONS: Looks like he might smell like cheese.
If pitted against Wednesday Addams, I believe Marilyn Munster would come to a draw. If matched against Uncle Fester, the blonde Munster doesn't stand a chance. To be fair, we may just have to forfeit this match and cancel any and all points earned by both sides.
Which means The Addams family wins.
Shocked? Don't be. The Addams Family still has Lurch and Thing on a regular basis plus guests such as Cousin Itt.
So what does "The Munsters" have that "The Addams Family" doesn't? A surf rock theme-song.


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I. Essential Element s of Trinity
1. God is One.
2. Each of the persons within the Godhead is Deity.
3. The oneness of God and the threeness of God are not contradictions.
4. The Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is eternal.
5. Each of the persons of God is of the same essence and is not inferior or superior to the others in essence.
6. The Trinity is a mystery which we will never be able to understand fully.
II. Natural Illustrations 1x1x1=1 (Nathan Wood)
1. Length x Breadth x Height = Space
2. Energy x Motion x Phenomenon = Matter
3. Future x Present x Past = Time
4. Space x Matter x Time = Universe
5. Nature x Person x Personality = Man
III. Philosophical Rationality of Trinity
Provides the rational-eternal basis for moral categories – If God was a not a Trinity, then categories such as love, joy, and goodness couldn't be absolute.
Provides the rational-empirical basis for epistemic categories – if God was not a Trinity, then the knowledge as a subject-object relationship, as analytic-synthetic distinction, and Truth as such couldn't find an original ground.
Provides the relational basis for interpersonal relationships. Therefore, Christ could pray regarding His disciples, "that they may be one, as We are" (Joh. 17:11).
Provides the metaphysical ground for a pluralist reality, and unity in diversity of the uni-verse.
III. Scriptural Proofs
Deu. 6:4; Psa. 2:7; Heb. 1:13; Psa. 68:18; Isa. 6:1-3; Isa. 9:6; Gen. 1:2; 1Ti. 1:17; 1Co. 8:4-6; 1Pe. 1:2; Joh. 1:17; Phi. 2:11; Mat. 3:16-17; Act. 5:3-4
IV. False Views of Trinity
1. Unitarianism – Father is creator, Son is creature, Spirit is impersonal.
2. Sabellianism – (Modalism) Father (OT), Son (NT), Spirit (Present).
3. Tritheism – Father, Son, and H.S. are three distinct gods.


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Up and Coming
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An unexpected love could cost him his dreams.
Emmett Cross doesn't have time to date. A college quarterback on a path to turning pro, he can't afford distractions, especially with the academic challenges he faces. When he's blindsided by a growing attraction to his friend Jake, he fights it—rumors that he's bisexual could wreck his draft prospects. But he can't stop thinking about the cute blond twink with the warm heart and gentle smile.
Biochem major Jake Schott has had a straight-boy crush on Emmett since freshman year. Emmett's cool logic is the perfect complement to Jake's sensitive nature. He's sure nothing can come of his longing—until a scorching kiss turns desire into hope. Although the tall, sexy athlete with the trim waist and thick biceps denies that there's a chance for them, his lustful looks and stolen touches tell a different story. Passion ignites between them, but Emmett insists on hiding the relationship.
When their secret threatens to come out, will Emmett give up Jake to protect his career? Or will he risk everything for love?
This steamy friends-to-lovers, out-for-you romance is for a mature audience. It's a standalone novel with an HEA ending and no cliffhanger.
I'm Your Man
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Love draws them together, but their families could tear them apart.
Mason's life isn't going the way he planned. Despite a degree in graphic arts, he's taken a job at his mother's real estate brokerage to pay the bills. He's thrilled when the owner of a high-end mountain cabin hires him for what promises to be a big commission. It doesn't hurt that Rhy is ruggedly handsome and good with his hands—in more ways than one.
The last thing Rhy wants is to sell the cabin he inherited from his grandfather. After the rift with his parents over his orientation, the house is his only tie to what's left of his family. But the isolation is getting to him, and he needs to move to a place closer to town. When he spots Mason's photo in a local LGBT business directory, he knows he's found his man—or at least his real estate agent. The guy is just as gorgeous in person, with his clean-cut looks and soulful puppy-dog eyes.
When a snowstorm forces Mason to bunk with Rhy for the weekend, they find ways to keep each other warm. Their two days together leave them both wanting more, but mixing business with pleasure could jeopardize Mason's job. While Mason works to get his career on track, Rhy battles the ghosts from his past. Can Mason heal the pain Rhy's parents inflicted when they rejected him as a teenager? Or is Rhy too damaged to ever become the man Mason needs?
This steamy M/M romance trilogy is for a mature audience. It has a happy ending and no cliffhangers.
The Marriage Proposal
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Can a fake marriage turn to true love?
CEO Noah runs a tight ship when it comes to business, but he made the ultimate workplace mistake: he dated his assistant. When the guy dumped him and quit his job, he left some important paperwork unresolved—namely, Noah's visa extension. Now Noah's got a week to get things in order, or he'll have to leave the country.
Enter IT expert Dylan. Noah's had a secret crush on him for months. Bone-meltingly handsome and wickedly smart, Dylan's the only guy in the company who doesn't kiss up to the boss. Marrying him will solve two problems at once: Noah will be able to stay in the country, and he'll get to play house with the one guy he can't get out of his system.
Dylan's life is complicated enough without a marriage of convenience to the CEO. That can't possibly end well, right? But the guy sure knows how to fill out a suit, and Dylan's had more than one fantasy about what's underneath it. Plus, Noah's offering to throw a stack of money Dylan's way. With his mom on the brink of losing her house due to medical bills, it's an offer Dylan can't refuse.
The two clash from the moment Dylan moves into the blond-haired, blue-eyed CEO's mansion. Noah acts confident, but Dylan can see through his façade and isn't about to back down. Will their differences lead to resentment and mistrust, or can these two opposites find their way to lasting love?
This steamy M/M romance has a happy ending and no cliffhanger.
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Coastal College Players
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In this steamy gay romance bundle, three college couples find love in coastal North Carolina.
Romeo and Julian
From their first meeting at a frat party, Nick and Julian tumble headfirst into unquenchable passion. Julian's brother disapproves, but when the young lovers are cast as the leads in an all-male production of Romeo and Juliet, they can't escape the electric desire between them. Will family secrets destroy their trust?
Hell and High Water
College sophomore Danny can't keep his eyes off basketball star Kade. But Kade is straight, and his politically incorrect humor makes Danny wince. When Danny mentors him, their friendship becomes more—until a misunderstanding during a hurricane sends Kade out into the storm. Will they and their relationship survive?
Kiss and Tell
Tyler might be one of Coastal College's top wrestlers, but he's happy to be pinned to the mat by football linebacker Lamar. Taught by his preacher father that he's an abomination, Lamar finds Ty's devotion too good to believe. When he learns Ty is working on a class project with an ex, Lamar thinks the worst. Will his suspicion tear them apart?
This steamy gay romance bundle is for a mature audience. These books have an HEA and no cliffhanger.
Loving Jordan: The Complete Trilogy
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Jordan knows his crush on Rick is hopeless. His football teammate and lifelong friend is straight. Now that they're heading off to college in separate states, maybe Jordan can finally find a man who'll return his feelings. He doesn't know Rick's secret: every time he's with a girl, all he can think about is Jordan.
A shattering encounter…
Two weeks before they start their freshman year, the pair spend the weekend in a mountain cabin with a king-sized bed. Years of simmering desire hit the flash point, and Jordan can't help falling in love with his best friend.
But Rick struggles to accept the truth. He's afraid of his parents' disappointment, and as time passes, he only retreats deeper into the closet.
A wrenching choice…
Jordan can't stop loving Rick, but he won't live a lie. His ultimatum—come out, or we're through—traps Rick between his all-American golden-boy image and the man who could be his everything. Will he risk it all to win Jordan's love?
This steamy gay romance trilogy is for a mature audience. It has an HEA and no cliffhanger.
Heart of the Matter
Tips from the Heart of Carolina Romance Writers
Who do you go to for answers to your most pressing writing and publishing questions? It's an exciting time to dive into publishing. But writing can still be a confusing and even a lonely job. What if you had an experienced published author friend that you could call on at a moment's notice with questions from "How do I get my characters to sound different from each other?" to "Can I expect my publisher to do that for me?"
Written by authors for authors, Heart of the Matter includes advice, anecdotes and information gathered through the hard-won experience of members of the Heart of Carolina chapter of Romance Writers of America. From the exciting beginning of your writing project to its triumphant end, this collection covers everything from the tricky creative challenges that can arise in your work-in-progress to the toughest decisions a published author has to make. Top names in the industry — including Sabrina Jeffries, Bob Meyer, Katharine Ashe, Virginia Kantra and many more — share with you their secrets for smoothing out the rough spots and taking your writing career on the path to success. Heart of the Matter is a great resource for ideas, inspiration, and practical advice. A must have for your craft shelf.


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Bunny Lynn (Inman) BobbittJune 28, 1950 ~ September 15, 2017 (age 67)
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Ms. Frankie Lynn Inman Bobbitt, lovingly known since birth as "Bunny," 67, passed away peacefully, September, 15, 2017, at her home, 149 Shoals Road. Bunny was born June 28, 1950, in Surry County, to the late William Curtis and Lena Mae Miller Inman.
A faithful member of Friendly Chapel Church, Bunny spent many years working with Ford Motor Co. throughout central NC and she had a lifelong love of vintage cars, country music and the Southern charms of life. Bunny loved the Lord and she often encouraged all she knew with her favorite verse, "…if you have faith as small as a mustard seed…nothing is impossible for you," Matthew 17:20.
Bunny is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, John Travis and Beverly Shelton; Kane and Charity Shelton; a daughter and son-in-law, Tony and Jenille Shelton Hess; a sister and brother-in-law, Mike and Lena Gayle Williams; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at Friendly Chapel Church, with Bro. Don Collins officiating. The family will receive friends from 1-2pm, with services and burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family wishes to express gratitude for the love and compassion shown by her caregivers and extended network of friends in the Pilot Mountain community. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Friendly Chapel Church, 228 Friendly Chapel Church Road, Pilot Mountain, NC 27041. Cox-Needham Funeral Home in Pilot Mountain is serving the family.


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"Do we have any blueberry muffins left?"
It seems an innocuous enough question. Mostly harmless. Yet, when I heard it, I let out a yelp and jumped, completely startled. Because the voice came from behind me and it was no longer the voice of my fourteen-year old son, Kyle, but the voice of a strange man who'd just entered my kitchen.
Both of my sons' voices have changed. Are changing. They're getting deeper and deeper by the day. At times I've heard them talking and I've wondered, "Who's here?" or "What's my husband doing home so early?" (This alone would make me yelp and jump, completely startled.) The change has been happening so gradually, you'd think it wouldn't startle me. And I know the theory of "the unexpected human voice" and all, the fight or flight response ingrained in our nature, causing us to start when we think we're alone and suddenly discover we're not. It makes good Darwinian sense, but I'd still rather not encounter this phenomenon when I'm cleaning out my refrigerator.
It made me feel horribly guilty, too, that I didn't even recognize my own son's voice. Like all those times at the playground when I heard some kid scream, "Mom!" and snapped my head to look thinking it was one of mine, then just pretended I'd encountered a flying bug, or forgotten my medication or something.
I suppose I should be grateful the boys aren't going through some horrible voice-cracking rite of puberty passage, the way Peter did in that one Brady Bunch episode with the band. But it seems like their voices keep getting deeper by the day and I fear at some point mere humans will not be able to hear them and our only indication that they're speaking will be when the dog does that weird, I don't get it, head-tilt-thing and all the woodland animals start to flee the forest.
Regardless, the scare was good for my heart. This sidelined runner thinks she probably hit target in about half of a second, which although it's not my preferred method of cardio, was still effective. And it beat the crap out of those dumb elliptical machines. It's just unfortunate how much my own son's voice scared the crap out of me, which is ironic because he's such a nice kid.
But I think I'll be keeping plenty of blueberry muffins around, just in case.
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The job announcement states that the location would be negotiable once a candidate is selected. For this position, U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a government credit card and pass a public trust background investigation are required.
This person's primary tasks include the reporting of incident information and data to planning section chiefs and carrying out situational awareness activities. This position will ensure organization of the situation room in any disaster or incident response mission and will be charged with analysis of data associated with emergency and incident management -- including situational developments. The chosen person will also develop and prepare information collection plans.
This position requires at least one year of experience at the GS-07 level of government work or an equivalent position. Candidates will also be expected to have specialized experience in many areas including: developing and managing others through reports and other documents, coordinating with government partners at multiple levels and being able to identify critical information as related to information collection plans. A master's degree or equivalent will also fill this requirement.
This position's application window closes on Wednesday, Dec. 23, or when 200 submissions have been received.


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Thought to have at least 12 inked images curling over his back and neck, Mr Rogers was seen in several parts of the Panorama film allegedly abusing patients.
One of three siblings, Mr Rogers is believed to have grown up in Hanham, on the eastern outskirts of Bristol.
A woman at the family home refused to identify who she was or comment on the alleged abuse allegations.
"He's not here," she said, referring to Mr Rogers. "He's been instructed to say no comment. He can't say anything - he can't even defend himself."
Not always a worker in mental health, it is understood that Mr Rogers worked at an Italian restaurant chain in Bristol before turning to social care.
A muscular build, he is understood to be keen on rugby, football and basketball and attended his local rugby club.
He is alleged to have gone on holiday to Turkey weeks after being filmed for the documentary.
A holiday-maker, who did not want to be named, said she recognised Mr Rogers from the programme as the same man staying at the Kervansaray Kundu Hotel at the Lara Beach resort near Antalya.
The woman, who is also a care worker, said she had a clear memory of him.
"We noticed Wayne hanging around by the pool - he's got pretty distinctive tattoos and I had a pretty negative view of him," she said.
"My son came over to me and told me how Wayne had been playing basketball and football with him.
"Then I turned on the television on Tuesday and my son said - 'look, it's Wayne from holiday'.
"I looked and it was definitely him."
Other carers named in the film were Allison (corr) Dove and Graham Doyle, 25.
A female relative of Miss Dove, who also lives in Kingswood, Bristol, said she was no longer in contact with her.
The woman, in her 60s, said: "She does not live here, we do not speak, but what I will say is there are two sides to every story. That's it."
Mr Doyle's mother, who would not give her name, said the film had been very one-sided.
Speaking from the family home in Bradley Stoke, Bristol, she said: "They have slimmed five weeks of footage into half an hour.
"Graham is not here - he will probably be advised not to say anything."


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HADLEY, Mass. – Connecticut College junior men's soccer captain Ben Manoogian (Peabody, Mass.) has been named the NESCAC Player of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon.
Manoogian is the second Camel to be recognized this season after freshman goalkeeper A.J. Marcucci (West Chester, Pa.), who earned the same honor on Sept. 11. The junior helped the Camels end the weekend as the only undefeated team remaining in the NESCAC by providing the eventual game-winning goal in a 2-0 win against Eastern Connecticut State and adding an insurance marker on a highlight-reel play in the team's 3-1 triumph over Bates.
Through five weeks of play, Manoogian leads all NESCAC players in goals (7) and points (15). He has also provided three game-winning tallies through 11 matches.
Connecticut College (8-0-3) will next play a pivotal NESCAC match on the road against Amherst tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 p.m.


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Link to original article online: http://daily-iowan.com/2016/10/28/food-pantry-blooms/
By Vivian Le
Halfway through its first semester, the Food Pantry at Iowa has experienced exponential growth. Leaders of the pantry say they expect the numbers to continue to climb.
"Our first full month that we were open, in September, we had 27 visits. Now, in October, we have already more than doubled our visits for the month," said Ben Marks, a co-director of the Food Pantry at Iowa. [Disclosure: Marks previously worked as a DI Metro editor.]
The pantry débuted this fall after approximately a year of planning and fundraising.
"I think we've grown pretty fast, which is pretty exciting for us," said Sarah Ingwersen, a co-director of the Food Pantry. "But I don't know if that's necessarily surprising, because the survey we did showed that there was a need on campus."
Next week, the pantry will change its hours for a wider accessibility for users.
The pantry, located in 209 IMU, is available to students, staff, and faculty and is open Mondays from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. To be qualified to acquire food from the pantry, all users need is a university ID.
Offering services to such a wide range of people in need, pantry leaders said they have approached the new feat with a conscious mindset, making sure the Food Pantry is equitable to serve everyone.
"We're making sure we have not just the affordable healthy food in the pantry but also paying attention to the needs of the students," Ingwersen said. "If students have culturally significant meals for religious holidays, we want to make sure that we can have those types of foods in there so they can represent their culture, so they don't have to worry about buying the right kind of foods."
Along with general food items, the pantry has accumulated allergy-friendly foods such as dairy-free, nut-free, and gluten-free products.
The pantry also has collected and distributed toiletries and other personal-care products, but it constantly needs to replenish the items, which include ethnic hair products, feminine-hygiene products, soap, toilet paper, and toothpaste.
"A lot of those things are more expensive, so they don't typically get donated, but obviously, they are needed," said Sydney Hofferber, a Food Pantry volunteer coordinator.
Partnering with the Crisis Center of Johnson County, Table to Table, University of Iowa Student Government, and the UI Student Gardens, the Food Pantry has been able to keep food in stock consistently.
Ingwersen said she was surprised by the reaction of students and their willingness to support the pantry by seeking further educational resources about hunger and making private donations.
During Homecoming week, the pantry received 1,659 pounds of canned foods from "Can-Struction," a food drive put on annually at the UI in which groups build structures out of non-perishables.
Hofferber said the pantry hopes to organize other initiatives and events like a hunger banquet in the spring to encourage hunger awareness and food security.
"We are growing incredibly fast, which is a wonderful thing for us, but at the same time, of course, it speaks to the level of need here at the university and how many students and faculty are unfortunately going to rely on this service to get them through their years here," Marks said.


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2018-2019 School Calendar (as of Oct 11 2017)
The Board of Education Meeting Summaries are now available on our website under the Board of Education tab.We have a new link in our left-hand navigation menu for parents of gifted students. The new Gifted Program link goes to a page with convenient links to Newton School's policy on Promotion, Academic Acceleration, Placement and Retention (from our NEOLA-hosted website), as well as links to the two brochures for parents about our Gifted Program. (See previous announcement for more details.)Brochures for parents about our Gifted Program are now available from the Newsletters, Documents, and Reports page.
District Service Plan for the Identification of and Services for Students Who Are Gifted and PB-2 Assessment Instruments Used for Gifted Identification.The Application for School Building Use Form has been updated to better reflect the arrangement of the new building. Please use this new form when requesting use of the building. The School Building Use form can be found under the Forms & Links tab.


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Please introduce yourself?
A Double Capricorn, a Workaholic but also a Dreamer, Born in Philadelphia, went to Milan to model in the late 80's and stayed in Italy more or less, working as a booker then photographer.
If your life were a film you'd be?
Margo Channing in 'All About Eve', there's always someone standing in the wings to replace you, qualified or not!
The song that makes your heart skip a beat?
'This is Your Life' by Jean Carne
Your favourite kind of pie?
So talk me through an average day in the life of you?
I am an early riser, spend most of the morning answering emails and calls with clients, research for projects, etc., planning productions, castings at agencies I do in the afternoon, love a walk through the city a few times a week. I often spend the evening going over layouts and ideas via emails with the Editor in Chef of CLIENT MAGAZINE where I am Senior Deputy Editor. Maybe a glass of wine with a stylist, client or friends in the early evening.
And going back a few steps, what made you pick up a camera in the first place and begin to start clicking away?
All happened by accident, I always had an eye for composition, styling ...One day a model showed me a horrible test that he had done, I asked him how much money he had thrown away for the photos, he said if I could do better, then to shoot him. I replied that I didn't have a camera ... the next day he showed up with a camera and the rest is history.
You have a wonderful way of photographing a model that really invites the viewer into the picture. The result is often an extremely personal image, as if we might be standing in the same room as the subject, and yet there is still something very high fashion and unattainable about the editorial. That's just my take of course, so how would you comment on your style and approach to your work?
Well I believe that every picture should tell a story, leave the viewer with an emotion, even a sense of being in the picture, a witness to the scene, a voyeur. Also, it's important that the model, stylist, etc. understand the image that I want and that they are as anxious as I am to achieve the result.
And can you talk me through a typical shoot Sam…? Is it a walk in the park or a day at the Circus?
My shoot's are usually very relaxing, no stress, very spontaneous, great music and very quick, I do not like to waste time, I often work with the same people as they know what I want, and we get it often in the first few frames.
Having worked with a number of easy on the eye gentlemen for various fashion spreads, do you have a favourite male model that you enjoy working with?
Let's say I have a stable of models that it is a mutual admiration society.
What about someone you haven't worked with… do you have a bucket list of models or personalities that you are *dying* to get in front of your camera lens?
Well recently I was able to shoot two of these models Philipp Bierbaum and Michael Gstoettner and still on my 'want' list Paolo Anchisi, Simon Nessman, Brian Shimansky, Will Lewis and David Gandy.
I have been flicking through a number of editorials that you have shot (research of course) and I am finding it hard to choose a favourite of mine. Might you be able to suggest a favourite of yours from your body of work?
It is also difficult for me, almost like a mother choosing her favourite child ... I would say some of my older editorials in 'THE ROOM', my 'Vodka & Antlers' pic in ATTITUDE and both Midnight Cowboy and especially Scorpio Rising in the recent CLIENT MAGAZINE, Shit! Also 'Sports Heroes' in NAME IT!
Growing up which artists, musicians or photographers inspired you as a young man?
Without a doubt the artists Francis Bacon, Warhol and Basquiat, the photographers Avedon, Penn, Horst, Barbieri and early Weber and growing up all those Motown and Sound of Philadelphia artists left an indelible soundtrack in my mind!
And where would you say your main source of inspiration comes from these days?
Often from cinema, especially Film Noir but also from recollections of my youth.
Would you like to take this opportunity to speak about any projects you might be working on at the moment or have in the pipeline?
I have many projects in preparation for next season, both as editor and photographer including my directorial debut with a short film. Also a CD is being recorded as we speak by a talented female singer in which I wrote the lyrics to many of the songs on the album. I do not want to elaborate too much about my projects as I mentioned there are too many Eve Harrington's around!
When you aren't working where are you most happy?
In a typical countryside tavern/restaurant sampling local cuisine and a good local wine with friends, laughing and definitely not taking about business!
If you weren't a photographer you would probably be?
A restaurant owner or a film director
And to close, looking back over the year, what has been your highlight of twenty-ten?
Ummmmm, there are still 2 weeks left!
Good point, thanks buddy!


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A lot of ladies want nipples to appear bigger to get an attention from their peer or the public in general. Breasts and nipples (areola) size definitely represent a vessel to wield power in the office or the bed. So it right to deduce that stimulating one's nipples may be an attractive and awesome idea. A few steps can really make your nipples look larger in matter of minutes.
- Select a slightly thin bra beneath thin cloths. If you really want your nipples to appear big and glaring under your clothing's, it then stands to say that you'd really want little or no fabric covering them. Satin bras or thin lace bras makes your nipples to shoot under your wears. Or don't even wear a bra at all.
- Try to squeeze or pinch your nipples in other to give them a rosy and swollen appearance. Stimulation makes the nipples to be hard and shoot up from our body, so fondling with them for some minutes prior to intimacy or before stepping out in a slight bra can definitely give you bigger looking areola.
- Chill the nipples for absolute notice. I doubt if woman who's ever been to a ice room knows, a cool chill is the fastest and surest channel to make your nipples appear larger. Apply cubes or a cool damp cloth to your nipples to enable them shoot out.
How to naturally make your nipples more sensitive and bigger?
- Get some fenugreek grinded solution and apply a little amount to your body cream and apply to breasts/nipples. It is also very cheap. C-Cup code is the book that could help you to enlarge your breast naturally.
- Also a lot of ladies claim that when they pierced their nipples, it became much sensitive than it usually was, although piercing wrongly can make a lady loose the chances of breastfeeding, because in the process of piercing the nipples, the milk duct could be severely damaged, so I would strongly advise against piercing for sensitivity unless of course it was done by a certified specialist.
- Also pinching, twisting and rubbing it for at least ten times a day for five minutes, this should really help as well.
- Rubbing some ice cube on the nipple and areola helps to increase the sensitivity in does parts as well.
How can noogleberry help make your nipples bigger?
In the corporate environment, physical look is highly important. If you wish to get employed right away, it is important if you come out looking good and very attractive. For women/ladies/young girls their breast/nipple is a key symbol of femininity. While on the other hand, it is not all women that are endowed with big size of breast or nipples. Some are flat in the chest, which is also a major reason why a lot of women suffer from minimum self-esteem and little or no confidence. Regardless of teardrop or round breast, what matter is size of nipple.
Luckily, there are some particular products out there which can really help you boost your breast/nipples without the urge to go under the doctors knife. Noogleberry, is one of the products that you can buy in the market for boosting your breast and nipple size.
How noogleberry works?
To use the Noogleberry for larger nipple/breasts, you should simply put a sturdy, plastic covering/dome on each breast/nipple and then you press the handy pump till you are feeling a soft. Make sure to suction pressure on the breasts/nipple. This pressure, over the course of time induces breast/areola growth.
This is not really necessary but it works for my sister. Before you start pumping with the use of Noogleberry, you should gently press with a natural breast/nipple enhancement topical. Heat the nipples! You are free to use oil if you have, use water, Tape the nipples and above all be careful with the pressure. Along with that, you should think to buy gainbust system for learning all natural treatments.
This is how you can make your nipple size bigger and more attractive. Please add your valuable comments here, if any.


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Meet Devin Garner, our Customer Service Representative at Classic Cleaner's 96th and Allisonville Road store. She's coming up on her one year anniversary this fall and we're happy to have her on our team.
Get to know her via our recent Q-&-A session. You'll notice that she's got a fun wit about her and some of her answers are pretty amusing.
Q: If you had to change your full name, what would you call yourself ?
A: Susan Deschain
Q: Where were you born?
A: Indianapolis, IN
Q: What is your favorite kind of challenge on the job?
A: Keeping the customers happy is the best challenge this job offers.
Q: What is your favorite tool at Classic Cleaners and why?
A: Our Heat Seal machines. It's kind of fun to play with a 400 degree heat plate every day and not get burned
Q: What do you enjoy most about working at Classic Cleaners?
A: Meeting all the personalities that walk through the door because what you see on the surface is usually not what's underneath.
Q: What is your favorite type of fabric and why?
A: Cotton. It's simple, comfortable, and soft, and I don't panic if something is spilled on it.
Q: What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
A: I'm a pretty avid reader. Avid to the point of carrying a book with me everywhere I go. I usually read them one at a time but I've gotten up to reading 7 at once before. I'm a little addicted.
Q: If you were a toy, what toy would you be?
A: A Frisbee because who wouldn't want to fly every once in a while?
Q: If you were asked to speak to a graduating high school class, what would you say?
A: Never give up on yourself. Absolutely everything is possible and right at your fingertips, all you need to have is the drive to do it, and everybody has the drive, some people just haven't unlocked it yet.
Q: If you had a time machine and could be transported to any time, the past or the future, what time and place would you choose and why?
A: I'd probably go 15 years into the future. I already know what my past holds and I don't need to go back. However, going to the future and getting to see what's in store, it's almost like getting the opportunity to see what fate has in store for you and maybe getting to change it.
Q: If you had to spend 100 days on a deserted island, what five things would you take with you and why?
1. Sunscreen because I burn pretty easily.
2. Water. I don't think I'd have the patience to boil salt water and collect the condensation to drink.
3. A toothbrush. Clean teeth are happy teeth, after all!
4. A copy of "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks. I mean, what if I get back and the zombie apocalypse has happened? I need to be ready.
5. An Axe. It's good for chopping wood, hunting, and protection.
And, Devin, if needed, you could use that axe to fight off the zombies when you get back, we're sure. Thanks for letting our Customers get to know you and for doing such a great job each day. Stop in and say hi to Devin next time you're in the Castleton area.


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Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
Basic Themes Open GL, and SketchUp
I have just started using Windows 7, moving from a dying Windows XP to a new install of Windows 7 Professional on a refurbished Compag desktop, and have encountered this problem:
I personalized the desktop by selecting the Windows Classic Theme from the Basic and High Contrast Themes. Everything seemed to be going fine until I d/l and installed SketchUp.
SketchUp will not display while this Theme is selected. I get the various ToolBars for SketchUp, but the screen stays plain white. None of my drawing efforts have any effect. If I minimize and then maximize SketchUp, I still see the toolbars, but now see my desktop wallpaper; no drawings.
If I stop at this point and switch my Theme to one of the Aero Themes, then SketchUp behaves perfectly; all the seemingly ineffective drawing instructions did do something.
Turning off Hardware Acceleration in SketchUp solves the problem, but presumably at some penalty in performance.
I have checked the graphics drivers; they are up to date.
Is there any way to use the Windows Classic Theme, SketchUp, and Hardware Acceleration all at the same time?
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
Welcome to Seven Forums John. It's looking like no SketchUp users have seen your post. I don't use it either, but had a look around. It sounds like you have done the right things, but have a look here:
Making SketchUp run faster | SketchUp Knowledge Base
and the mention of Default styles
Making SketchUp render faster | SketchUp Knowledge Base
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KEVIN MATHEWS is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, perhaps best known for his #1 hit song, "My One and Only" with Watchmen in 1993. Mathews' other notable compositions include the Singapore-centric "The High Cost of Living", "I ♥ Singapore", "Gum" and "Pasir Ris Sunrise", amongst others.
Mathews has released four albums and three EPs with Watchmen, The Crowd and Popland respectively. Recently he has released albums in his own name viz. Emo FASCISM (2013), #alpacablues (2014) and Present Sense (2015). More information here.
Mathews has been a live performer for more than thirty years and has performed at Central Park NYC (for Singapore Day 2007), The Esplanade, *SCAPE, Home Club, Blu-Jaz Cafe, Library @ Esplanade, Library @ Orchard, Timbre @ The Substation, Timbre @ The Arts House, TAB, the Prince of Wales Backpackers' Pub and other venues. During that time, Mathews has had the distinct privilege of collaborating with renowned local artists such as The Great Spy Experiment, Jack & Rai and Jon Chan.
In addition, Mathews is an accomplished film score writer, and has composed music for acclaimed Singapore director Eric Khoo's feature films and has also contributed music to other Singaporean films like Stories About Love, One Leg Kicking, Invisible Children, Lucky 7, Anita's Complaint and The Carrot Cake Conversations as well as TV series such as Drive and Seventh Month.
Mathews is also a prominent contributor to the Singapore music scene. He is currently a member of the National Arts Council's Arts Advisory Panel, the former Treasurer of the Music Society, Singapore (SGMUSO), and was a mentor under the National Arts Council's Noise Music Mentorship Programme, a mentor for the Esplanade Youths Budding Music Writers Programme and judge for the 2009 and 2010 editions of the Baybeats Festival, one of the biggest indie rock festivals in the region.
Thanks to a recent digital distribution arrangement with Believe Digital, KAMCO Music released his entire back catalogue on all platforms worldwide in late March and early April 2015. His last solo album, Present Sense, was released in September 2015.
Since then, Mathews has released two albums under "watchmen" and "KayMac" monikers. Both available from Bandcamp.
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Discussion in 'Wii - Hacking' started by rockstar99, Apr 19, 2009.
Allows you to host basic web pages on your wii.
can u gimme a step by step on how to use it
Just google it, it does what the title of the program says, and to use it > google, jeezzz
do you really want to leave your wii on all the time to host a website?
also, woudl the site still be avaible if you where playing a game or somthing?
ifnot seems like a pointless program
it WONT run as a service... and it WONT use SSL... so ..
i dont see any .. real usage for it... if what you want is upload and download from the WII then use ftpii
If "Wii Web Server" didn't instantly tell you what it does without googling it, or creating a thread here, then you probably don't need to run it.


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Very good article by David Hepworth on the above year and the astounding amount of great albums that appeared during it.
"Most of the music on this list was made to be played on the same radio to the same people. Formatting hadn't yet driven people off into ghettoes where they only heard what they already liked".
Accompanying Spotify playlist is also excellent.


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This limited edition, 8″ X 8″ hardcover book, is a keepsake for all Saint Agnes School Alumni, past and present families, and faculty. It contains 78 pages of nearly 1,000 pictures, artwork, and information about the generations who attended the school.
The cost of the Commemorative Album is $30.00 each. You may order online here, or download / print the mail-in order form (see bottom of webpage). For each album ordered, there is a $5.00 shipping charge, unless you would prefer to pick up your order at the school.
To order online, click on the "Buy Now" button below:
125th Commemorative Book Order Form (to be used if you are ordering by mail)
Mail your completed order form with payment to:Saint Agnes School 125th Committee 39 Medford Street Arlington, MA 02474