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LOS ANGELES --Entertainment Guru George Pennacchio runs down what's new on DVD.Director Tim Burton's version of "Alice in Wonderland" is now available for home viewing. Its success at the box office turned it in to Disney's fourth biggest film of all time.
The Blu-ray version of the film includes nine bonus features.
"The Wolfman" is also new for home viewing. Oscar winners Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins star in a re-imagining of the classic story.
Both the DVD and Blu-ray versions come with both the R-rated theatrical release and an unrated director's cut.
From the classics shelf this week is "The Three Stooges: Volume 8." The set includes 32 digitally re-mastered shots from 1955 to 1959.
And from the television world, there's season one of "Drop Dead Diva."
The show revolves around a shallow model who's killed in an accident, with her soul coming back in the body of a plus-size and recently deceased attorney.
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While murmurings of a possible merger with the National Bank remain shrouded in secrecy, what is certain is that ANZ's super-regional strategy, more specifically, the associated brand roll-out that comes with the strategy, is doing something right after Asia-Pacific brand delivery company Diadem won an award for best brand implementation for its ANZ project as part of the seventh annual REBRAND 100 Global Awards.
The ANZ Bank project was a "Notable Brand Implementation" according to the international panel of judges, which included the likes of Marty Neumeier, director of Transformation at Liquid Agency and Inese Silina of Nike Golf Global Brand Design.
"We achieved the project targets set by ANZ Bank on budget and on schedule, and the knowledge that our work stands alongside the best in the world is a tremendous reward for our team," says Diadem New Zealand business manager of projects, Brian Anderson.
He says Diadem's role involved assisting the bank's property team to put the designs out in the market, engaging and managing contractors though the process.
"We became a technical expert on behalf of the client," says Anderson. 'We turned the brand from a 2D element into a 3D one."
In selecting REBRAND 100 winners, emphasis is placed on executed strategy that makes an emotional connection and meets the stated objectives and needs of the identified customers and prospects. Looking at 'before' and 'after' representations of brand transformations, the judges are unaware of the brand strategists' name and size when reviewing the projects.
As part of ANZ's super-regional strategy, Diadem's work spanned 32 countries and involved the implementation of the rebrand across 4,000 physical sites, including retail branches, corporate and commercial offices, foreign exchange, airport and ATM facilities, sports stadiums, high-level sky signs and multilingual applications. Anderson estimated that New Zealand sites accounted for about 22 percent of the project work.
The REBRAND 1000 website summarises the result of the winning strategy:
"Strategic planning, development and delivery of the ANZ Bank rebrand project has met the agreed project objectives with respect to time, cost and quality parameters. 'On-brand' consistency has been obtained through detailed documentation, strategic procurement and sophisticated contract management procedures. The result is a consistent and high impact rebrand program."
Diadem, who was behind ANZ's predominantly Australian-based brand overhaul about nine years ago, opened a permanent New Zealand office specifically for the project, and according to Anderson, the company has been going "gangbusters" since, working with the Auckland Council on the Rugby World Cup and also Auckland airport, assisting with way-finding planning around the terminals.
As part of its long-term expansion strategy into Asia, ANZ unveiled its new lotus logo in November 2009, representing its core markets of New Zealand, Australia and Asia Pacific. At the time, Design Assembly summed up the new logo well with this description:
"The reduction of ANZ word-mark lines from three to one – representing 'One ANZ'. The line also represents the equator which runs through our region.
The addition of a new symbol to accompany the wordmark called 'The Lotus' which will represent ANZ in all our markets regardless of language. The three petals of the lotus represent the ANZ region, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
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M3O O.I. Suite Doubles Call Center Productivity and Improves Customer Care
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 6, 2011) - For the second year in a row, Ventana Research has selected Vitria Technology, Inc. as Ventana's Operational Intelligence Leadership Award Winner. The Award is reserved for companies that exemplify the discipline of "Applying Operational Intelligence to leverage business and technology events, improve operational responsiveness and drive action."
Operational Intelligence is the ability to visualize and analyze business operations, in real-time, and take immediate action to meet strategic business goals. Vitria M3O is the next generation Operational Intelligence Suite that enables the visibility, insight and actions required to move the business forward.
Vitria, together with its partner MID Business, pioneered a new way of delivering services to remote customers via mobile technology and social media. Vitria M3O continuously monitors social media networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, for customer activity and comments, and analyzes sentiment and trends. MID Business added multi-language semantic analysis. The resulting solution, called "FLUID," instantly presents call center operators with all customer touch points and social commentary in a single, live dashboard and accomplished the following objectives:
Requirements placed on MID Business by its telecommunications and energy partners included fast deployment time and ease of use in a single, cost-effective solution. The entire solution was modeled, tested and deployed in 150 days. Call center productivity doubled while call center costs were reduced by forty percent.
According to Mark Smith, Chief Research Officer & CEO at Ventana Research, "Vitria's M3O Operational Intelligence Suite made it possible to improve the experience of remote customers through the deployment of an integrated Operational Intelligence Solution that simply was not possible to deliver using traditional database or business intelligence type products."
This accelerated deployment schedule was made possible by the fact that Vitria's M3O Operational Intelligence Suite has seamlessly integrated complex event processing for real-time analytics, BAM for live dashboards and business process management.
"Vitria is honored to receive the Operational Intelligence Leadership Award from an analyst firm with the thought leadership and integrity of Ventana Research. The Ventana Research team continues to seek out and identify the most innovative technologies and implementations across the globe," according to Dale Skeen, Vitria CTO and Founder. "The Fluid solution exemplifies how Operational Intelligence can have a transformational affect on an industry and its customers."
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Point & Shoot: A Skills Workshop Using Digital Cameras
Date(s) - 18/10/2017
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Higgins Museum & Art Gallery
Sarah Holmes (Freelance Photographer, Sarah Stephens Photography)
This practical training will cover the basics of collections photography – including why we need to photograph objects and what we need to capture. It will include technical equipment knowledge, the care of objects whilst photographing, lighting an object and problem solving.
By the end of the course, participants will:
- be able to identify what to consider when setting up an area to take photographs of their object
- understand some of the key settings on digital cameras that will enable them to take better photographs
- understand how to light objects effectively
- know how to deal with more problematic objects/lighting
- understand how to make best use of mobile technology
Important Note: Participants will need to bring the cameras they use at their own museum and where possible the instruction manual. Cameras will need to have fully charged batteries and cleared memory cards.
What people are saying about Point & Shoot:
"Very useful and informative, and pitched at the right level. Taught me about functions on my camera I had not had confidence to use or was unsure about. Practical info which I can now practice in my museum."
"Excellent! Really helped me to understand my way around a camera. It's going to really benefit the museum. The practical 'play' session was brilliant."
Morning refreshments will be provided, but please make your own arrangements for lunch.
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State police make 2 arrests in 2010 slaying
State police make 2 arrests in 2010 slaying
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. —
Arrests have been made in a 4-year-old murder case.
Sue Jones was killed in her Scott County home in 2010.
The 68-year-old former school bus driver died from blunt force injuries.
Investigators said her boyfriend found the body.
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BALSAMIC AIR is a care product based on essential oils, in liquid form.
BALSAMIC AIR is a care product based on essential oils, in liquid form.
Novel formulation based on plants traditionally known for their properties:
- Elimination of bronchial secretions: eucalyptus, pine
- Eupnoeic and decongestant: terpineol, pine
- Antiseptic: eucalyptus, niaouli, pine
- Anti-in ammatory: rosemary
- Antispasmodic: grindelia
- Expectorant: eucalyptus, grindelia, niaouli, pine
- Stimulation of self-cleaning process of the lower respiratory tract: eucalyptus, pine and rosemary.
Balsamic Air is particularly useful in cold weather or for irritation of the pharyngo-laryngeal mucosa.
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Gilda's Secret Garden Flavor This blend will give you the double antioxidants you are looking for. Pomegranate fruit flavors have been added to super strength South African Rooibos for an ultimate sweet herbal blend that is all natural and good for you too.
About Leland Tea
Established in 2005 , Leland Tea was started by tea lovers who envisioned a comfortable, friendly, casual environment for all people. We value community and we wanted people to feel at ease with tea. We feel that tea should be relaxing and personal, make it anything you want it to be. There are no expectations or pretentiousness with our way of doing business. We want you to feel welcomed. We invite you to share your most cherished events in life with us.
Meet the Owner: William Otero.
At the Leland Tea Company, my staff and I welcome you to try the Loose Leaf Tea Bar, open the canisters, smell, feel, experience the tea in all its beauty.
We believe that each person knows what they like. Our mantra is that 'the only person that needs to like your tea is you', not us, not an 'expert', but you.
That is why you can feel comfortable trying something unusual, outrageous, and uniquely you. We are happy to custom label your tea creation with your name, friend or family name, or even label it with that secret code that only you and your special someone know about.
Stop by and enjoy what fantastic, personal tea has to offer.
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Our Tiny Tiger program focuses on listening skills, coordination and basic martial arts all taught in an age appropriate way.
Our children's program teaches traditional Taekwondo and Life Skills while encouraging students to hold themselves to high standards both in and out of the school.


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Investing in Insurance and Annuity Products at Stifel
Insurance products offered at Stifel include annuities, life, long-term care and disability insurance. Insurance is a contract between the investor and an insurance company. One of the more popular insurance products is the annuity contract.
There are two main types of annuities, immediate and deferred. An immediate annuity begins making payments from the investment principal (assets) and income that may be earned to the investor immediately after the initial investment has been made. A deferred annuity delays making payments, allowing the potential for any income or gains to accumulate on a tax-deferred basis, until withdrawals are initiated (generally after a longer-term holding period). In addition to the two types of annuities, immediate and deferred, there are also three categories of annuities, fixed, indexed, and variable. A fixed annuity contract has a set interest rate return that is "fixed" for a stated period of time. The interest rate and payment of investment principal are backed by the ability of the issuing insurance company to pay the amounts from their resources. An indexed annuity contract credits interest that is linked to a stock market index. Your participation in any gain experienced by the index will be limited due to caps, spreads, and/or participation rates that are declared by the insurance company. A variable annuity generally offers the ability to invest the assets in the annuity contract in the market through sub-accounts (held within the annuity) that invest in the securities markets. There are generally diversified investment objective options available with varying levels of investment risk to meet differing investor's objectives and risk tolerances. An investor can change the sub-account allocations, but most insurance companies limit how many times sub-account changes can be made per year. Because variable annuities invest in securities, the returns in the assets will vary and can be negative. The returns with a variable annuity will depend upon the investment performance of the sub-account(s) that are selected by the investor. For additional information on the three types of deferred annuities in the marketplace today, please click here for the NAIC "Buyer's Guide for Deferred Annuities"
Important Considerations
As with any investment decision, it is important to consider a number of factors before making an investment in an annuity. Because there are various features, benefits, limitations, early surrender charges, penalties, and possible tax implications that may apply to a particular annuity and, in many cases, the assets invested in the underlying annuity sub-account(s) are subject to current fluctuation due to market risk, it is important to read the prospectus, contract, statement of additional information, and offering material, and to discuss your particular needs and circumstances with your Financial Advisor to determine the type of annuity that may be best suited for your investment needs. Not only should you consider the risks and objectives of the annuity and match them to your own goals and risk tolerance, but you should also understand the costs associated with your investment and how Stifel and your Financial Advisor are compensated on that investment. Stifel's overall annuity company relationships consists of selling agreements with over 41 insurance companies representing over 321 annuity choices to meet the diverse needs of our clients.
Investors should obtain a prospectus for an annuity's contract and the underlying subaccounts and consider the investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus, which contains this and other important information, is available from your Financial Advisor and should be read carefully before investing.
Annuities are long-term financial vehicles designed for retirement purposes and have varying degrees of expenses, fees, and investment risks. All withdrawals of taxable amounts, including earnings, are taxable as ordinary income. Withdrawals may be subject to surrender charges, and if made prior to age 59 ½, may be subject to a 10% federal tax penalty. Insurance carriers reserve the right to enforce a maximum age when income must start.
Variable annuities are not insured by the FDIC or any government agency and involve market risk, including the possible loss of principal. Variable annuities entail fees, such as mortality and expense charges and optional benefit rider charges. Annuities purchased with qualified funds offer no additional tax benefits than those already available through a qualified plan. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.
Annuity Service, Support, Operating Costs, and Expenses
Annuity contracts carry several different types of fees and charges. It is important to understand all of the expenses and limitations before you invest, as they will reduce the overall value and reduce the return on your annuity investment. While each annuity contract may have different combinations of features and benefits, which may therefore have differing overall charges, annuity contract fees, costs and expenses generally include the following:
Surrender charges - If you withdraw money from an annuity contract or liquidate the entire annuity contract ("surrender") within a certain period of time after investing, with limitations as set by the issuing insurance company generally ranging from three to ten years, the insurance company may assess a surrender charge. The surrender charge is a type of redemption fee and is generally a percentage of the investment amount that is being withdrawn. The surrender charge percentage typically declines gradually over the surrender charge period, until the end of the surrender charge period, after which there will be no charge to withdraw or liquidate (although tax implications may apply, see below for a general discussion). Please note that surrender charge periods typically apply to the amount of each new investment in the annuity contract. Therefore, any new investments and/or additions to a contract may initiate a new surrender charge for that investment amount. Many annuity contracts, however, do allow for a partial withdrawal of funds of up to ten percent or more on an annual basis, without a surrender charge.
Mortality and expense charge - The mortality and expense charge is to compensate the insurance company for the insurance risks that it assumes under the insurance contract and can be used by the insurance company to offset the costs of selling the variable annuity, such as a commission paid to your Financial Advisor for selling the variable annuity to you. The annual mortality and expense charge is equal to a percentage of your account value, typically ranging from 0.90 percent to 1.80 percent per year.
Sub-account expenses - Fees and expenses are also charged on the underlying investment options, called sub-accounts, in a variable annuity. The fees and expenses of the sub-accounts include annual operating expenses, such as management fees, 12b-1 (distribution) fees, cost of shareholder mailings, and other expenses. Sub-account expenses are charged as a percentage of the account value annually and can range from no charge (typically for money market sub-accounts) to as much as 2 percent per sub-account selected.
Administrative fees - The insurance company may deduct charges from your annuity contract to cover record-keeping and other administrative expenses. This may be charged as a flat account maintenance fee (perhaps $25 or $30 per year) and/or as a percentage of your account value (typically about 0.15 percent per year). Some insurance companies waive the flat account maintenance fee on larger account values.
Other fees and charges for additional features - Some annuity contracts offer features and benefits that may carry additional fees and/or charges, such as a stepped-up death benefit, a bonus credit feature, a guaranteed minimum income benefit, a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit, a guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit, or an earnings enhancement benefit (the term "guaranteed" refers to the payments being backed by the ability of the issuing insurance company to pay for those benefits out of that insurance company's assets. In addition, some annuity contracts charge an account maintenance fee, sub-account investment transfer fees, an annual contract fee and/or an account maintenance fee.
Because of the different features and benefits available with the different type of annuities, the costs involved and the longer-term nature of most annuity contracts, it is important to read the prospectus, annuity contract, statement of additional information and offering material, along with discussing your particular needs and circumstances with your Financial Advisor to determine the type of annuity that may be best suited for your investment needs.
How Compensation Is Paid to Stifel and Your Financial Advisor
Stifel and our Financial Advisors receive compensation when clients invest in insurance products that are paid by the insurance company out of its assets, which may include any profits the insurance company makes on insurance contracts. Depending upon the type of insurance product and Stifel's agreement with the insurance company, our compensation can vary and be in the form of one or a combination of upfront commissions, concessions on an ongoing basis (based on the value of the assets commonly known as trail commissions), when additional investments are made to an insurance contract, at contract renewal, for expense reimbursements, or at the time of annuitization of a contract.
The ongoing fees or trails Stifel and your Financial Advisor may receive from an insurance company are based upon the amount of your investment held with the insurance company and are paid in consideration of the ongoing servicing and operational support provided. You should discuss with your Financial Advisor the form of compensation he or she receives. Stifel's compensation formula does not favor one insurance company's products over another, and all commission revenue is paid out to the Financial Advisor on the same basis, similar to any commission revenue received by the firm.
Our representatives may also directly or indirectly receive additional cash and non-cash compensation. Such support is used for general business and marketing purposes, such as seminars, training conferences, and other promotional activities.
Other Compensation Stifel May Receive
In consideration for marketing and operational support services provided and additional costs that may be borne by Stifel, insurance companies may pay Stifel additional compensation, benefits, or contributions from their ongoing fees, operating costs, past profits, or other company resources. The marketing and support services may include processing and operations support, telephone and computer services, conference rooms, facilities, personnel, training, educational meetings, Financial Advisor compensation, publications, marketing and/or promotional activities, or other materials relating to annuities. While not all insurance companies pay additional marketing and support fees to Stifel (some pay none), the compensation for those that do may be a fixed dollar amount, an amount paid based on sales of up to 0.15% of purchases, an amount based on assets held of up to 0.05%, or a combination of these.
Our Financial Advisors are not required to recommend any product of an insurance company that provides additional compensation, nor do they directly share in any of the marketing support fees received.
Stifel may also, on occasion, receive commissions or other revenues as compensation for executing transactions on behalf of annuities.
Potential Tax Implications With Annuities
Although annuities generally allow your investment to be held on a tax-deferred basis, you should be aware of certain tax issues before you purchase an annuity. For example:
Withdrawals from annuities, including partial withdrawals and surrenders, may be
taxable. If you take a taxable withdrawal before age 591/2, you may have to pay
a 10 percent penalty to the IRS on the amount of the gain in your contract, in addition
to your normal income taxes.
Taxable distributions from an annuity are generally taxed at the contract owner's
ordinary income tax rate and do not get the benefit of lower tax rates received
by certain capital gains and dividends under current tax laws.
If an annuity contract is owned by a non-natural entity (such as a corporation,
partnership, or LLC), the contract is generally not eligible for tax-deferral.
The death of a contract owner (or in some cases, the death of an annuitant) may
result in taxable distributions that must be made from the contract within a specified
period of time.
Upon the death of the owner/annuitant of a contract, gains may be taxable to the
beneficiary; the annuity assets may be included in the owner's estate; there is
no step-up in the tax basis; and annuity assets will bypass probate, unless the
contract owner's estate is the named beneficiary or no beneficiary is named.
The tax-deferral benefit offered by annuities provides no additional tax benefit
if they are held in tax-qualified accounts such as an IRA, 403(b), or 401(k). Special
rules governing annuities issued in connection with a tax-qualified retirement plan
restrict the amount that can be contributed to the contract during any year.
Please consult your tax advisor and consider all the tax consequences before purchasing an annuity.
Additional Information
Please discuss your particular needs and circumstances with your Financial Advisor as you are evaluating the available features, benefits, and costs involved to determine the type of annuity that may be best suited for your investment needs. It is also important to read the prospectus, annuity contract, statement of additional information, and offering material. For additional information on annuities, reference the following web sites: The FINRA (www.FINRA.org), the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.SEC.gov), Insured Retirement Institute (www.irionline.org), the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (www.NAIC.org), or your state's Insurance Department.


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This week I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Nancy Klompus, founder and owner of Nancy Klompus Buy Request.
Nancy has always loved clothes and fashion, graduating college with a degree in Fashion Merchandising from the University of Arizona. Throughout her career, Nancy has worked at large fashion retail companies such as Saks Fifth Avenue, learning from and contributing to the fashion styling industry. As a personal shopper, she has helped clients find confidence and self-worth through clothing and fashion. Eventually, Nancy found herself in a place to begin her own Dallas business, which is the story I was most interested in.
Nancy builds her business on the philosophy,
If it doesn't fit and make you feel fabulous, then it doesn't go in your closet.
When I asked her to tell me a surprising difficulty in starting her own business, Nancy noted that "as an entrepreneur you're always working" as opposed to a corporate job where she was able to leave her work at work. Although she loves what she does, she says that you must have determination and drive in order to successfully preserve a business.
Owning your own business clearly demands passion and strong work ethic, both of which Nancy possesses; even though she works from home you wouldn't find her laying on the couch watching a movie marathon every day of the week. Rather, she often works 6-7 days per week in order to stay on top of her responsibilities of meeting with clients, shopping for and with these clients, as well as keeping up with paperwork and invoices.
Businesses are always evolving and Nancy has found that to be true especially as she looks back over her 10 years of running Buy Request. She runs her business differently than she did on day one, and realizes that her process will always be evolving depending on her clients or her own life. But that is the beauty of entrepreneurship! Nancy is able to be her own boss and choose her work hours each week, while having the power of creative direction in her company.
Nancy's proudest accomplishment is her consistent growth of a client base. Her ability to continue gaining clients while tailoring her work hours per week has given her more flexibility in life. She also puts a strong emphasis on training others in her business. Nancy often works with one or two interns (whom she calls her "fashion daughters") who are working and learning the business by her example. She has passion to train others and be generous with her time so that this next generation of fashion leaders have knowledge and experience.
Finally, Nancy shared that she looks to other entrepreneurs and CEOs for inspiration and motivation. As a person excited by entrepreneurism, I'm inspired by Nancy and her successes, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Thank you, Nancy, for your model of entrepreneurship and for sharing that with me!
Learn more about Nancy Klompus Buy Request on her website.


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"It's what you imagine Alpo tastes like."
— the reaction of one diner to a version of Nutri-Loaf prepared by lawyer/freelance writer Arin Greenwood as a test of the dish, which is often used in state prisons to feed uncooperative inmates a sufficiently nutritious, yet punitive, no-utensils-required meal. Nutri-Loaf (the recipe differs somewhat from state to state) has been the subject of numerous lawsuits, many on so-cruel-and-unusual-it's-unconstitutional
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AV - ESTR OUTTAKES/REMIXES Vinyl
$ 20.00
This new twelve song vinyl-only album by TEEBS represents a collection of ideas from 2014-2015 that was previously spread out between his works both in the visual world and through music label Brainfeeder. "AV - ESTR OUTTAKES/REMIXES" [HNR49] conta
A1. I'm on a beach
A2. Decades (ft. Yuk)
A3. Grxxxvs (ft. Sofie Fatoubetchi)
A4. The Yellow Cover (ft. Ages)
A5. S P C D / There's a watermelon in my pocket
A6. Sachi's Chords
B1. SOTM (sans drums)
B2. Gratitude
B3. Gratitude (Co.fee Remix)
B4. Red Curbs Loop (Hominidæ Remix)
B5. Window Chimes (Nosdam's Remix)
B6. 5 Count Finale
running time: 38 minutes
Original Record comes in black vinyl in black sleeves
Hand painted / collaged version comes with
- Translucent red vinyl
- Ante Vos Casette Tape (while supplies last)
- Teebs poster on newsprint paper
- Limited to 100 copies
Deluxe Edition comes with
- Translucent red vinyl
- Painted sleeve from Ante Vos Gallery Showing c.2014
- Hand screened Tote bag
- Original Ante Vose casette tape
- 2 Pins
- Teebs poster on Newsprint paper
- Estara hand bound, laser cut covered zine
- Ante Vos Flower Patch
- Sticker
- Limited to 20 Copies
All orders are shipped USPS First Class (Domestic & International). Orders shipped outside of the U.S. are subject to regular customs duties and fees levied by the destination country.
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You guys, I'm so excited to share my latest thrifting find with you! A vintage faux bamboo pagoda style shelf for only $45 plus an extra %10 off {insert happy dance}!
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After standing in the booth analyzing it for a weirdly long time. It dawned on me that it was identical to the one in this beautiful photo I pinned ages ago to my blue and white decor board on Pinterest.
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Knowing how beautiful this piece could look with a little gold spray paint I was sold!
It barely fit in my car you guys. I had to push it so far up that I literally had to drive with my head tilted to the left as it was practically resting on my shoulders the whole ride home. The neck cramp was totally worth it though 😆.
When I gave Kayla's bedroom an update last year I was hoping to replace the 10-year-old Ikea bookshelf that's in her room, and I had my eye on the Maison bookcase from Pottery Barn Teen.
As much as I loved it, I just couldn't work it into my budget at the time.
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Fast forward a year later, and I've come across more affordable versions like this one from Joss & Main, now on sale for a steal! Not as detailed at the PB one but still very nice for the price.
Ok back to my thrifted version, my initial thought was to go with a classic gold color. However, since it's going in Kayla's room a fun and bright color is not off the table. Kayla has a lot of opinions so I have to see what she thinks LOL.
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We get to see a flashback to how Future Tim was taken from his own time and place. Before he's captured, he is contacted by a Titans-affiliated Superman who tells him Victor (Cyborg) is attacking their outposts, and that Tim needs friends. Tim plays a recording of Stephanie talking to Anarky. She says she has forsaken JL protection to help take down Tim, who she said tried to hold the world together himself but was ultimately broken by it.
Tim and Future Tim have a conversation about the future, with Future Tim revealing Dick became Batman again after Bruce died, but ultimately gave it up and left Gotham. Jason took up the mantle, but ran afoul of a thousand ninjas and was left a broken man after a great battle which cost him a leg. Damian took over...and...well...he's Damian. Gotham went to hell with him in the cowl, so Tim had to kill him.
Tim and Future Tim make use of synthetic Kryptonite and a hologram of our Superman to keep Doomsday at bay and eventually teleport out of Oz's prison and back to Gotham
Future Tim tells past Tim to apologize to Conner Kent, but Tim doesn't know who that is, which shocks Future Tim and brings him to tears as he realizes this timeline has been altered and nothing is set in stone, but he comes to the swift conclusion he must kill Batwoman
Although Tim does'nt address who the Superman in the flashback is by name, it probably was Conner.


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Over the winter, social media was awash with pictures and videos of drivers pushing their bodies to the limits in a bid to prepare for the increased physical challenge presented by 2017's new breed of F1 car. And when you see the G-forces Lewis Hamilton is subjected to in the video above, you start to understand why the drivers were forced to adapt their training regimes.
As you can see, in almost every one of Albert Park's corners and braking zones, polesitter Hamilton - en route to the fastest ever lap around the Australian circuit - is subjected to forces well in excess of those seen in 2016, such is the improved cornering and braking performance of his Mercedes W08 over its predecessor.
Unsurprisingly the biggest G-force differences from this year to last were seen in Albert Park's quickest corners, with the drivers now pulling over 6G through Turns 1 and 11. In the latter of these bends, the forces acting on Hamilton peak at 6.5G - 0.2G more than the most extreme rollercoaster on the planet delivers.
Over the course of 57 laps, that's a lot of extra G-force for the drivers to cope with. And it's worth noting that the weather in Australia wasn't particularly warm, nor is Albert Park one of the most demanding tracks…


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Herrick - Tucked away in rural Shelby County injured, sick and orphaned animals have found a home. The Herrick Wildlife Rescue.
"This is my calling I guess," Anne Eddings told WAND News. "Everyone has a special thing that they do. This is my special thing."
Anne gave up her beloved horses to afford helping wild animals. Her home and 20 acre property has animals in need being helped by Anne and her husband Ron.
Six young fawns are housed in the old horse barn. One had been seriously injured when it was attacked by a coyote. Others were brought in by the public and law enforcement.
The fawns are healthy and will be released back to the wild early next week thanks to Anne's hard work. "Anne takes care of it," said husband Ron Eddings referring to her care for an animal. "It's really rewarding to watch something like that."
It's rewarding for Anne too although it's hard to see them go. "You worry about the deer and it's hard," Anne said. "And you hope that everything works out."


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Andrew Heaton_07b: Basic clothes production (Part 2):
"Each girl, would do maybe pockets, obviously the sleeves, the front, and the whole garment would be gradually all joined together, until it would get up to the button hole marker. And she would have special markers where she put the coat down and chalk mark where the buttonholes needed to be. Then they would go to the buttonholer, who would make the actual holes for the buttons. They then would go to the pressers, and this here again: there was a body press, sleeve press, collar press. Then they would go to… that's right, then we would have the buttons sewn on, they'd be about the last thing on the garment. They would then be hung up and inspected to see if there were any mistakes in the materials; the way the buttons had been put on, button holes, all the straightforward things just to make sure the whole thing hanged right. And we expected a high standard because we were selling, you know, a reasonable quality, type of garment. And then they would go downstairs into the storeroom and eventually they would go out to the customers."
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From Tunas to Tarpon
August 8, 2017 by Larry Pentel
Today was my last day in Grayton/Seagrove for three weeks.
We are off to Indian Pass tomorrow for the annual Tarpon & Tripletail chase. Word from the guys over there is the fish showed real good several weeks ago and then thinned out with the weather we have had the past week. Tarpon like it hot, dry and calm and should show back up in force by the end of this week if the weather cooperates as predicted.
The weather has been "unsettled" the past week. That's the word one of the local prognosticators on the TV used a couple days ago and it actually was pretty accurate. It would be calm and nothing on the radar at 4 AM and breezy and pouring by 7 and then back to gorgeous a few hours later with no rhyme or reason. I ran quite a few trips, had to cancel a few and came in early a few others. The fish here didn't seem to care about the weather and the bite was really good when we fished though.
The big (30 to 40 pounds big) deal has been the Tunas showing up the past three weeks. My anglers have been fortunate enough to boat five in the past few weeks with two of 'em being this past week in between squalls. Plenty of King Macks to bite while we look for that Tuna and there have been some "wads" of cobia around but they all seem to be just a little short this week. Red snappers on the weekends and lots of Vermillions during the week. The occasional Black Snapper, a few Lanes and we even caught a Yellowtail Snapper while Vermillion fishing this weekend. That's the first one of those we have caught in 10 years or so. You just never know what is going to be on the other end of that line when you get the bite here!
Here's a few on my angling stars from the past week.
These guys got weathered out and we had to come in at about 2 hours after dodging squalls and staying close. Pretty good catch for those conditions!
These long time regulars had a great catch with a limit of Red Snappers, a bunch of Vermillions a nice King and a TUNA!
Another long time fishing family with a great board including a Tuna that Mom caught. I can promise you that she is going to be sure everyone knows who caught it too! She was some kinda proud!
These folks had a fine catch going but they kept talking about a Mahi...so they added one of those to a great 4 hr board.
Another trip cut short by the weather that kept us in close. That young lady got the big King and she didn't care anything about the weather, she was catching!
Family Fishin' with Red snappers, Kings and even a couple Black Snappers.
Long time local fishin' family with a great catch. The guys said it was the first time they had all been together in a year. There may have been a "little" competition and trash talking.
I won't have another report up 'till the end of the month/ first of next. I don't have a computer I can download pics with at the fish camp at the 'Pass. If you want to try your hand at sight fishing Triple Tails or keeping a Tarpon on the hook as big as you are give me a call. I have 3 days still open over at Indian pass. 2 hours drive east of Grayton and I have a place for my anglers to stay ( no charge) the night prior to fishing if you want....


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This week's post is written by Sooth Intern, Daniel Sude. Daniel is a Ph.D. Student in Communication at Ohio State University and holds two Master's Degrees: an M.A. in Psychology from the Culture & Self Lab at the University of British Columbia and an M.A. in the Social Sciences from the Rios Conformity, Attitudes, Threat, and Self Lab at the University of Chicago.
Let's say that you want to know whether you're going to like a restaurant. You ask one friend and they rave about how good it is. You ask another friend and they rant about how bad it is. You go online and you see mixed reviews:
- "I hated this restaurant! The food was overcooked and they wouldn't know a good pizza if it bit them! I had to wait forever to be served. The waiter was rude!"
- "I loved this restaurant! This pizza was delicious and everything was cooked just right! We were served promptly and the waitstaff were very polite."
Useful? Useless? Would you eat there?
In this situation, you had a relatively simple question and you sought advice. However, there was confusion about what "good advice" would look like. On Sooth, where we handle more complex life advice, I tend to look at good advice as something that simultaneously helps you to clarify your goals and that helps you to gather the information that you need to pursue those goals.
In this particular example, your goals are a collection of idiosyncratic food preferences. If you were to sit down and write it out, you might clarify them in this way:
- I hate fruit and meat on pizza; love properly smoky eggplant on my pizza!
- I like crisper, crunchier crusts, I don't care if they're not "New York style"!
- I just want an authentic experience!
and so on . . .
Just as in life decisions, these concerns address a range of very specific expectations concerning ingredients, recipes, and cultural associations. It is personal and, when it comes to how things taste, subjective. Different people have different sensitivities to different flavors. It is difficult for anyone to predict an individual's personal experience. Think about the last time you were at a wine tasting and tried to identify which berry, if any, you could smell in the wine's "nose."
You may actually just want "the best" pizza, by which you mean anything that knowledgeable critics celebrate as superior. Often when seeking life advice we don't see the nuance and just want to make the "best" or "right" decision.
When seeking advice on Sooth, your situation probably registers as more complicated than deciding whether to try a new pizza place:
- You may register it emotionally as a conflict in desires or a sense of being lost in indecision.
- You may register it as strong need to establish simplicity, to establish order.
- You may simply want to better justify a decision that you've already made.
At the same time you may have numerous preferences that it can take you a while to identify and articulate. These preferences may occur so rapidly and be so intuitive to you don't even think about them. They may also change with fluctuations in your emotional states, your recent experiences.
In a recent situation on Sooth, an anonymous community member asks whether to stay in his/her old job or seek a new one. In sum, they like what they're being paid but don't like the social experience. They were feeling isolated and angry because of a recent social struggle, making them want to leave. But because of a major expense, wanted to stay.
In writing to the Sooth community, you dip into the complexity of your situation. You feel through your emotional experience – which can be quite intense. You notice your arising preferences, sometimes slippery and shifting. You may even start to reach a conclusion. Even the mere process of asking on Sooth brings you clarity; then, there's an extra benefit from reading the responses of other people.
Other people can help us to consider what is "normal." This is a loaded term, for many of us:
- Sometimes we look at something "normal" as something that is generally functional, adaptable, and "good enough."
- Sometimes the "normal" decision is irrelevant to us. We have particular needs to fulfill in a particular situation.
- Sometimes, there is no distinct "normal" – there are indeed multiple common responses to our situation. People disagree.
- Sometimes, departing from the norm – doing something outside of the normal – feels wrong to us and fills us with doubt and apprehension.
We are influenced, psychologists suggest by both descriptive and prescriptive norms. We identify a descriptive norm when we think to ourselves, "well, most people would do this." We identify a prescriptive norm when we ask ourselves – "What do other people think is the right thing to do?" In the case of our pizza place example, one concern was authenticity. Authenticity captures both descriptive norms (did people really eat that kind of pizza) and prescriptive norms (is this type of pizza somehow better? Is it more refined? More flavorful? More distinctive?).
In asking for advice on Sooth, we get feedback that can inform our sense of the descriptive norm – what do other people actually do? – and the prescriptive norm – what do people think that we should do? But why would we care?
Let's take another recent example in the Soothstream. In gist, a wife is frustrated because her husband won't communicate. She is wondering whether this frustration is reasonable. She asks – "is this just how most men are?" – comparing her situation against a descriptive norm. If Soothers were to agree that this is just how most men are, it may be unreasonable to expect her husband to be different. At the same time, if most men are like this, the situation is not her fault. That can be both a pacifying and an unsettling discovery.
But what if, in asking the Sooth community, she finds that other people have faced and overcome the same problem. They may share with her a common practice for improving martial communication. They may share an extremely useful descriptive norm.
Our advice seeker is also considering prescriptive norms. She wants to know whether she is justified in seeking change. Does she have a right to expect her husband to grow? Is better communication a necessary part of a good relationship? Is she ignoring the way that her husband expresses himself through his actions, rather than words? Other Soothers weigh in on these deeper questions – present their arguments, their experiences, their preferences, and help her to look at her own in a new way. They may highlight something that she has noticed but not considered. They may strengthen her reasoning. They may occasionally call attention to gaps in her perceptions.
In asking for advice on Sooth, we are able to dig deep. It can be a humbling experience. It can also be affirming. Our problems are problems. Our confusion is justified. If choosing a pizza place is hard, solving a relationship problem or choosing to leave a job is orders of magnitude harder. But, despite this complexity, we can learn. We can grow. We can make wise choices. This first step is asking for advice; it's looking fully at our problem. Then, as we consider each Soother's response, we can go forward with greater clarity, confidence, and openness.
In a later post, I'll approach these issues from the perspective of someone giving advice – reaching beyond our own perspectives to help others to find clarity. See you next time!


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Mangaka: Banri Hidaka
Age Group: Teens
# of Pages: Approx. 200
# of Volumes: 6
My Rating: 2.5/5
Talented purse maker, Ageha, adores her older sister. In fact, she has a huge sister complex. When she finds out that Hibari is getting married, she is absolutely shocked! How could her beloved sibling go off and get engaged without her knowing?!?
Reluctantly, she agrees to go with Hibari for her wedding dress fitting. It is going to be custom-made at the bridal design shop, Velvet Blue Rose, in the hands of two skilled and handsome young men. During their visit there, Ageha blows up. She can not bare to know that her sister will go away with some boring man and leave her like this. She immediately gets kicked out of the store by the owner for her impudent behaviour. Finally realizing that this is Hibari's happiness, she must not ruin it for her. So she decides to help out by aiding in the completion of the wedding dress. Can Ageha put asides her own feelings for the sake of her sister's?
It sounded and looked cute but the story was very dull. I read this manga once before in the bookstore and I remembered skimming a lot through it. Now that I re-read it carefully, it didn't get any better. I loved the wedding dresses idea, but that was about it. Everything just rolled by without actually peaking my interest. Even the ending climax was not so exciting. In fact, I was quite annoyed at Ageha. Her obsession with her sister frustrated me. She was whiny and would throw fits because she did not approve of her sister's marriage. I could not stand characters like her that caused tantrum.
The art itself was clean and cute but the two designers, Yukari and Mitsuya, did not look like they were over 20 years old. In fact, they looked younger. I mean, there are plenty of mangas out there where the characters appear older than their age but to have them look younger? This part bothered me a bit.
Overall, V.B. Rose something you should not invest in. My younger sister really liked it so this manga would be more suitable for a younger girl. If you want, maybe read it to pass time. I am not keen on picking up the second volume but will if the library purchases it.


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Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has told New York health insurance companies they must cover sex-change operations and other treatments considered to be "medically necessary" to attempt to change a man or woman's sex.
The New York Times reports that Cuomo sent a letter to insurance companies indicating that the coverage for such treatments and surgeries stems from state law's requirement that health insurers provide coverage for psychological disorders.
"An issuer of a policy that includes coverage for mental health conditions may not exclude coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of gender dysphoria," said the Governor in his letter:
The current, fifth edition of the DSM recognizes a diagnosis of gender dysphoria2 for people whose gender at birth is contrary to the one with which they identify. Since the DSM classifies gender dysphoria as a mental disorder, and it is thus covered under the Empire Plan, Timothy's Law requires an issuer delivering or issuing a group or school blanket policy in New York that provides coverage for inpatient hospital care or for physician services to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of gender dysphoria.
According to the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, New York is now the ninth state to require insurance coverage for sex-change treatments and surgery. The state is also in the midst of settling a lawsuit that seeks Medicaid coverage for sex-change surgeries.


text: Google Apps for Education News New Google Apps for Education Features Google Expeditions- Many of my Hornet teachers may remember that I was trying to get us into the testing group for Virtual Fieldtrips through Google Expeditions. Although we didn't make it into the test group, they have now released it to everyone. Cast for Education- Today, Google is also beta-launching 'Cast for Education,' a free Chrome app that gives anyone in a classroom—students and teachers—the ability to share their screen wirelessly from their device. Think of how you use Apple TV and you can get students to share their screen. Now through Cast for Education and Google Classroom, we should be able to get our students to share their screen through Google Classroom and if it is on the projector everyone would be able to see it as well. This would make presentations quick and easy, no more sending presentations to the teacher to put on the projector. Google Forms can now be a quiz and will automatically grade- This is great news for those that like to be able to give wuick quizzes in class. There are a few drawbacks that I can see... First, when you look at the response sheet, you can see the score, but it does not mark which on e was missed. You can however, look at the responses within the form and see what questions each student missed. You can also print the PDF for the individual students as well. Second, I haven't found a way to manually grade short answer or paragraph questions or to assign a point value to those types of questions like you can in Flubaroo, but I am still working on finding a workaround for that. Tags: google GAFE forms quiz


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Posted On: 6-13-2017 | Posted By: WK Staff
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that tax relief is available for individual and business filers in the aftermath of recent storms and flooding that affected several counties in Missouri.
According to the IRS, individuals who reside or have a business in the following counties – Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Howell, Jasper, Jefferson, Madison, Maries, McDonald, Newton, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Pemiscot, Phelps, Pulaski, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon, St. Louis, Stone, Taney, and Texas – may qualify for tax relief. (It should be noted that the City of St. Louis is not part of St. Louis County and, therefore, has not been designated to receive this tax relief.)
According to the declaration issued by President Donald Trump, the IRS is permitted to postpone certain deadlines for taxpayers who reside or have a business in the disaster area. For instance, certain deadlines falling on or after April 28, 2017, and before August 31, 2017, are granted additional time to file through August 31, 2017. This includes the estimated tax payment due on June 15, 2017 and the quarterly payroll tax returns due on April 30, 2017 and July 31, 2017. Affected taxpayers that have an estimated income tax payment originally due on or after April 28, 2017, and before August 31, 2017, will not be subject to penalties for failure to pay estimated tax installments as long as such payments are paid on or before August 31, 2017.
Visit this link to read the full version of the declaration.
If you have questions about how this declaration might affect your individual or business' tax filing status, please contact your WK advisor at (573) 442-6171 or (573) 635-6196.


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"Why do you want to do porn?" What a question. For Angelina (Ashley Hinshaw of "Chronicle"), known as Cherry when she's naked on film, the answer's simple. She likes trying new things. She did a naked photo shoot once. No big deal.
The best thing about first-time director/co-writer Stephen Elliott's "About Cherry" is its refusal to go overboard. Angelina doesn't fall down a rabbit hole of dangerous people and drug addiction; she merely dates Francis (James Franco), who enjoys coke, maybe more than she knows.


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Remember Martin Shkreli, the hedge-fund manager who last year founded Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired an essential anti-parasitic drug, and quickly jacked up its price 55-fold, from $13.50 to $750 a pill? Well, he's just been shown up by a group of high school chemistry students in Australia who've produced a generic version of Turing's drug, Daraprim, for $2 a pill, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Led by chemist Alice Williamson and motivated by a dose of disgust, a class of Sydney Grammar School students turned 17 grams of 2,4-chlorophenyl acetonitrile into 3.7 grams of pyrimethamine, the active ingredient in Daraprim.
If that sold in the US as Daraprim, it would cost about $100,000 because of the price hike, notes the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The project was more about principle than anything else, says Williamson.
"I thought if we could show that students could make it in the lab with no real training, we could really show how ridiculous this price hike was and that there was no way it could be justified," she tells the Guardian.
Shkreli has taken to Twitter to note his lack of enthusiasm: "almost any drug can be made at small scale for a low price. glad it makes u feel good tho." Also, don't hold your breath waiting for this cheaper alternative to show up in the US.
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Williamson says complex legal rules effectively make it impossible. "We'd have to go through a whole new clinical trial because we would have to compare the Sydney Grammar stuff with the officially sanctioned stuff—and Turing would have to give us the drug to allow those comparisons to be made."
This article originally appeared on Newser: Take That, Martin Shkreli: Schoolkids Cook Up $2 Dose


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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
Bishop Desmond Tutu
My natural disposition is to side with those who are oppressed. I also prefer to hear people tell their own story rather than insert my opinions from the outside. Enter the Israel-Palestine conflict.
This longstanding (Western-created) conflict reentered my thinking in late June when the Presbyterian Church (USA) very narrowly voted to divest from U.S. companies that benefit from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. This decision was given much more attention than their equally significant (and overwhelmingly supported) decision to allow a process for gay marriage. (Quick aside: the relative silence about this decision in popular media suggests to me that, as a society, we are done with this conversation. Support of gay marriage remains an issue only in certain conservative communities. Move along, people.) The resolution was criticized by many Jewish and pro-Israel groups as tone deaf at best and anti-Semitic at worst.
*pause for deep breath*
And yet, the recent events leading up to and culminating in Israel's so-called "Operation Protective Edge" demonstrate why the Presbyterian decision may be warranted. At the time of this writing (a running tally of the deaths is available here), Israel has launched more than 1,300 rockets into the Palestinian territories, killing at least 222 Palestinians (approximately 77% of whom are civilians) and injuring nearly 1,700 more. This in response to three Israeli teens who were (quite wrongfully) killed by Palestinian extremists. As one Palestinian advocate on Twitter put it, if a toddler bites the neighborhood bully and the bully retaliates with an axe, one is justifiably angrier about the axe.
To choose neutrality in this conflict is to side with the elephant.
Except… this is where it gets tricky. Historically, Jews have been oppressed by Christians. This previously referenced article gives a helpful history. And though the oppression spans centuries, one needn't look far beyond Christianity's primary documents to see the horror of anti-Semitism in its very foundations. (Quick qualifying statement: perceived anti-Semitism in the New Testament is in some ways anachronistic—the authors were members of a Jewish sect engaged in an intramural conflict.) Paul calls Jews children of a slave woman. The Gospel of Matthew unequivocally blames the Jewish people for Jesus' death. The Gospel of John calls the Jews children of Satan. Statements such as these (and many more could be adduced) led to a horrible history of disenfranchisement, ghettoization, pogroms, and ultimately the Holocaust.
Jews are right to feel like the mouse whose tail is being crushed by an elephant.
In this context, it is fair to ask why the state of Israel was singled out by the PC(USA) for sanctions. There are a host of unjust regimes around the world, many of whom are far more vicious and cruel (Egypt, anyone?). It is also fair to ask why this conflict captures my attention and elicits more rage than those far more devastating wars in Syria and Iraq. What latent anti-Semitism may be operative in this focus on Israel?
Perhaps the PC(USA) had no holdings to divest themselves of with regard to first-tier actors in the other brutal conflicts that are unfolding. And perhaps it was some rhetorical break with the odd pairing of American Christianity and the state of Israel that grew from a peculiar eschatology. And certainly Israel's actions rightly cause outrage and anger. But how do we speak to this injustice when we are part of a much larger and longer history of discrimination and violence, when that history is still fresh, still continues even in many forms today?
What do you do when you realize that you are the elephant?
David Creech is Assistant Professor of Religion at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Before taking his teaching post up on the frozen tundra he worked for four years doing anti-hunger education and mobilization with ELCA World Hunger. When he is not herding cats (i.e., spending quality time with his three kids) he posts profound thoughts on Twitter @dyingsparrows.
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The Vancouver-based company forecast fiscal third-quarter earnings between 42 cents and 44 cents a share. Analysts, on average, had been expecting earnings of 44 cents for that quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Second-quarter sales at stores open at least a year rose 4 percent, excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, or 5 percent including direct to consumer or online sales. Lululemon forecast "mid-single digit" growth for the current quarter.
Analysts polled by research firm Consensus Metrix had expected same store sales to rise 2.8 percent, or 5.9 percent with direct to consumer sales included.
Once a market darling thanks to its successful move into the U.S. market, a feat few Canadian retailers pull off, the company has struggled with embarrassing product recalls and inventory problems in recent years.
Inventory levels fell 1 percent in the quarter, to $277.3 million.
The Vancouver-based company helped bring pricey women's yoga pants into the fashion mainstream before expanding into running and other sports. The company now makes men's clothing, and its Ivivva line offers athletic clothing for younger clientele.
It competes with Nike Inc and Under Armour Inc , as well as mainstream clothing retailers from Gap Inc to Nordstrom , that have added yoga wear to their offerings since Lululemon became a major player.
Net income rose to $53.6 million, or 39 cents a share, from $47.7 million, or 34 cents, a year earlier. Revenue rose 14 percent to $514.5 million. Excluding a tax and related interest adjustment, earnings were 38 cents a share.
On average, analysts had been expecting earnings of 38 cents a share and revenue of $515.5 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Shares dropped 7.5 percent to $70.94 in after market trading.
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Enforce parking rules sensibly
Posted on 5 December 2017 - 12:23pm
RECENTLY in Penang Island, a car was clamped by a local council officer after a woman parked her car in a bay designated for Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU). Her car did not display the appropriate sticker to use the disabled parking bay.
A city council enforcement officer clamped the vehicle without knowing that it belonged to a woman pushing her mother on a wheelchair to a bank at Macalister Road.
There was more than an hour-long spat and the incident was posted on social media and has gone viral. The woman reportedly explained to the enforcement officer that she was in the midst of applying for a car sticker for the disabled. The heated issue was settled only after a bank officer approached the MBPP officer to pay RM50 on behalf of the female driver.
The enforcement officer was put in a difficult position. On one hand, he should have shown compassion towards disabled people. But on the other hand, he had to follow the standard operating procedure (SOP).
According to a Penang state executive council member, Chow Kon Yeow: "A wrong is a wrong. We have laws that we need to comply with. I understand the woman may have felt hurt but we have guidelines in MBPP which we must follow." He said that the two parking inspectors had to explain to their superiors if they had cancelled a compound notice that had been already issued.
Arguably, from the humanitarian point of view, the best thing would have been for the enforcement officer, on seeing the woman coming back with her wheelchair-bound mother, to forgive her and issue a warning.
The second incident was about a woman in Kuala Lumpur who complained that her car was clamped for illegal parking by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) while a Mercedes Benz parked in front of her was not clamped. If this was really the case, it was truly unfair for DBKL to do that.
There has to be strict and fair enforcement of rules, irrespective of the status of the law breakers. Otherwise Malaysian drivers will continue to cause inconvenience and difficulties to other road users. They also set a bad example for the younger generation.
There will always be insufficient parking space in city centres, especially around markets, schools and religious buildings, as long as peoples' love affair with the convenience and status symbol value of cars continues.
Many people not only use their cars to go everywhere, even short distances, but also park anywhere they like. There are instances of drivers with expensive cars, including those with "Yang Berhormat" and "Datuk" badges parking irresponsibly and indiscriminately.
They should know better. It is a wonder that the economic and educational systems that have enabled these people to accumulate wealth to be able to afford expensive cars somehow have failed miserably to inculcate the civic-mindedness and respect for the law that should come with car ownership.
There are Asian societies that have succeeded in keeping to a minimum those lacking in civic values. For instance, the Japanese are brought up to behave in public because it is the right thing to do. In Singapore, people behave because they know the government will not spare the rod if they demonstrate anti-social tendencies in public areas.
The incidence of non-compliance with parking rules and road signs has become so rampant that building owners have resorted to putting physical barriers, such as chairs and cones, to prevent parking at entrances and critical junctions.
The enforcement officers must put a stop to irresponsible drivers parking at or near bus stops and those who block half the road to order and wait for their food and drink at hawker stalls.
Illegal parking obstructs the smooth flow of traffic. It creates nuisance for and threatens the safety of other road users including cyclists and pedestrians. To stop illegal parking, we must have reasonable rules and compliance checks. This includes compassion for disabled citizens and those less fortunate. City councils must make sure that the process for obtaining disabled stickers is streamlined.
They must also pay better attention to traffic and parking planning, and devote more resources to upgrade other modes of transport including public buses and trains.
Datuk Dr Goh Ban Lee is interested in urban governance, housing and urban planning. Comments: email@example.com