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I uploaded a chart that shows X / Y and I need to change the percentages and make them accurate. The seller is offering a cash certificate and he is giving out 30% discount ( $15 on $50) BUT the 30% is ONLY on the first $50 spent!!! So if the buyer spends $100 the money spent above $50 is NOT Discounted so the REAL or EFFECTIVE discount the seller is really giving out is only 15%. ( $15 on $1...
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I am looking to use data from mutliple email templates to lookup certain values and then based on the values looked up and content from the emails, create and save out nested xml files. I currently have Zapier setup to receive the emails, put the correct data from the emails in to a google sheets doc, then lookup the correct codes from google sheets
I need a script that will open links to a shopping website, add things to a shopping cart, then get some values displayed there and save results in a excel file.
read structure from binary file in c and display values . I will provide more details later.
We are an IT services startup company and looking for someone to help us with our Vision, Mission and Values statements
Need to save and edit checkbox values present inside a grid in the form of car parts in a grid view or a repeater.
Create a python script which returns cpu memory , cpu utilization % , gpu memory , gpu memory utilization% and other column values for specified PID/ProcessName
We have written a set of Values and Behaviours for our company and would like to have it finished in a professional manner such that we can have it printed and framed in our building. We would also like to have it in a format we could add to our website if required. We have a company logo, PMS colours and regulation font (in a variety of file types)
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I need some changes to an existing website. Convert existing website to have ascii text files as the values if drop down lists
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For the automation of a small machine-readable report that needs to be produced every month, I would like to create an Excel VBA Macro that asks (via dialog box) if the user if something has been changed. If not, it should yield last month's report (repeat all fields and just change the month's date). If something has changed, then the user would need
Please read the project details thoroughly before you decide to bid on it!!! We are a specialized company for buying used cars from USA auctions based in Ukraine. On our website we showcase the used cars that are being sold in auctions like Copart and IAAI. Currently we are manually uploading the car details into our website which is time consuming! I like to have a customized Wordpress plugin th...
I have a regression eqn, where all variables(dependent and explanatory) enter in first differences except one explanatory variable, where I need to show the contribution of each explanatory variable to dependent variable in levels. There is a solution to interpret the coefficients back in levels like this: [login to view URL] here he assume y0=0 and x0=0. If they are not zero, how this soluti...
Design a static layout according to the provided mockups and following a line of an existing software product. The freelancer must provide all the elements(such as icons used, color codes, etc).
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...the form I need a pricing grid that will display the options for the visitor to purchase a product. There are a number of options to select, possibly 10 or more. All of the values for each option are in a MySQL Database. I will be building the form with all the options. When the form is submitted the calculations need to take place. Most of the questions
...already existing "duplicate" function in the Action menu. Its name should be "copy" to be different from "duplicate" and it should work for Product Templates. The feature should extend the already existing functions of "duplicate" by additionally copying the attributes and their values and by creating the corresponding variants. The work wi...
...print material for personal staff notebooks that contain our vision, purpose and values and a few more on- boarding topics. We want to create a wall display for our reception room and staff area, plus smaller versions in treatment rooms of our vision, purpose and core values. Something clean, professional and eye catching. We are open to colour palatte
I need an excel vba expert to write a two phase code for me, with the first phase being to import data from two different workbooks based on a userform where a certain value is entered, and the second phase to import data from another workbook based on certain letters that are entered for the value talked about in the first phase
This is just quick lookup of values from one table, finding the corresponding value in a second table, and then replacing it for the original value. The only issue is that the original values are part of a single field, so the field needs to be parsed first, the value substituted, and then reassembled.
i need a java software that changes a value to another set of vale, obeying some set rules
Looking for a solution to obtain the average of one column related to one year and compare with values of another year. Please check the attachement in excel file. Tab named "FactInvoicing" is the unique fact table and tab named "Target" is the pivot table that i want to obtain as result. I'm looking a complete example in power bi to resolve this
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Exchanging probe packets between two mobile devices using Bluetooth or wifi and obtaining the RSSI values of the received packets at both sides. (need around 30000 RSSI samples)
Create a Website with Panels and dynamic changing values. The values you get from a pre-filled database. There are certain conditions to follow to decide which Panel values to fill.
we are using Opencart 188.8.131.52. we need to select with a query values inside a shell because the custom fields in OC are in a shell in a row in oc_orders table. I would like to select in orders table the custom fields. the select command in MySql gives me all the data in shell. For example I have in customer 4 custom fields mobile phone , VAT. company
Good day, we are looking for a developer who can help us to implement a java script code on one of our sites. Platform: Shopify Here, variables should be filled with data from Shopify and sent to another service provider. Sample code is available. Here is the instructions: We sell products through Shopify: [login to view URL] We would like to work with Sovendus. Here it concerns, after the purch...
Hi, We have an in-house process mapping Excel. Looking for a very advanced Excel expert to help us manipulate drawn objects based on formulas. To be precise, when the activity field is not Blank show the object with a number inside, if the field is Blank, hide the drawn object.
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I have 2 lists in excel. The first list contains 3 columns with random numbers such as below; 0.381323, 0.371693, 0.246983 The second list also contains 3 random numbers and an integer for example; 66461, 0.382561083, 0.371066183, 0.246372737 I need to find the closest match to all 3 numbers from the first list in the second list and return
I am looking for an excel tool where a user can input 10 values, it is converted to XML where it then calls an external website, the XML is pasted in a submitted, what is returned is a XML string which then is converted back in to Excel with highlight on specific values returned from the XML. I have an example of this file that DOESN'T WORK. And I
For a given database with start dates, end dates, and values, I would like a query which calculates (pro-rates) this into different calendar months. Refer to attached sample Excel - the yellow highlight mimics the database. The output (query) should come from a query compatible with MS Access (SQL) and be a timespan of the rest of the 2018 calendar
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November 19, 2013 at 7:15 pm #17978
I have a hard time doing much until Dec 1st. I usually put my lights outside by late november but as far as music and indoor decorations I just can't bring myself to start until the vary last week of November at the earliest. I started really early one year and I was feeling quite deflated by mid december so haven't done it since!November 21, 2013 at 10:59 am #17977
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I wait for Thanksgiving but normally start feeling the urge to sooner. Not this year so far, I still have to keep reminding myself its November. It just doesnt feel like it.
christy listen to some christmas music my friend relax on the sofa with some eggnog..then i"m pretty sure it will give yeah the urge buddy…:bubbly:August 6, 2015 at 1:50 pm #17973
Just before thanksgiving,my house is all finished by then as it's a tradition my mom started now i carry it on.:deco:::house::September 3, 2015 at 2:51 am #17947
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For me, I really get into it the weekend after Rememberance Day. That's when the decorations start going up, etc. I start really starting to feel it towards end of November, though, but I love seeing the decorations for a little longer than a couple of weeks 🙂November 28, 2015 at 3:59 pm #17975
When does a Christmas holiday or season start for us well it starts the day after Thanksgiving because it seems that a lot of people overshadow this holiday with Christmas and that has a lot to do with the stores hoarding Christmas stuff out in the middle of October. And eventually it overshadows Thanksgiving because of it. However Thanksgiving itself is a special holiday for families and as for my season it starts the day after or a couple of days after Thanksgiving.
Let me get off subject let's talk about black Friday the most ridiculous holiday that there is. This is perhaps the most violent of all days of the year. You think Halloween is bad this is a violent day because people are so desperate to get those so-called great deals and they really fight over it to the point that they are very barbaric about it. It is a shame that all humanitarian habits go out the window on this day it's ridiculous how people act simply because there is not enough for something so they fight over it. It is absolutely absurd the way people act on this day.
Getting back on subject my season starts a couple of days after as we go out and we purchased our Christmas tree every so often we like to get a real one. And like I mentioned I like to decorate my Christmas trees with anywhere from 600 to 800 set of lightbulbs. I like my trees to be very illuminated LOL. It looks amazing when I get it done. I'd also like to decorate the house with extra lights on the inside and the outside. I also like to incorporate Christmas music while decorating the house I think that's an amazing part of the holiday spirit. Anyway this is the highlight of what I do I also like to take images and certain recordings and post them on Facebook as well as here and on my website I do this every year.November 29, 2015 at 7:23 pm #17970
I get a Christmas feeling all during the year, officially around December 1st
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Inner Circle with East Van All Stars, Tank Gyal & LDG The Madd Mixer
8:00 pm - 12:00 am
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Vancouver, BC
Grammy-award winning reggae band, INNER CIRCLE hits the stage at the Imperial in Vancouver on August 22 with their pop-orientated Jamaican beats that have made them leading stars since the mid-70s.With a deep history and wide crossover appeal, Vancouver music fans will find themselves nostalgic over Inner Circle's signature hits. The 1990s track, "Sweat (A La La La La Long)," exploded across the globe, topping the charts in multiple countries in Asia, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. In 1993, their album, "Bad Boys," won them a Grammy and the title track of the same name became the theme song for Fox hit 90s show, Cops. It's that song which almost everyone can sing along that has given Inner Circle their nickname, The Bad Boys of Reggae.
But Inner Circle exemplifies more of the positive vibes of the reggae genre than anything else. As one of the first Jamaican groups to tour the US, they haven't stopped touring the globe, stopping in countries where few musical acts venture. "We are all one, regardless of our different ideas, and music is the best way to communicate that. Music is the highest language; it transcends politics, geography, and skin color, and it transcends all the things that separate people," explains Roger Lewis, Inner Circle's co-founder and guitar player.
With recent collaborations including a remix of Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dog's "Young Wild and Free," featuring Bizerk, and I-Octane, which has achieved an astounding 3 million YouTube views, and a revisitation of their classic song, Tenement Yard, with up-and-coming Jamaican artist, Chronixx, Inner Circle is also transcending generations. With new relevance in the reggae scene, Vancouver music fans will not only pay tribute to Inner Circle's solid origins, but delight in new creative directions of an old favourite.
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Hayden Christensen Takes a Break From Work to Hang With Friends
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Adobe launches Launch, its next-gen tag management platform
Adobe is out this week with its next-generation tag management platform.
Called Launch and built into the Adobe Cloud Platform, it is based on technology acquired when the tech giant bought a tag management technology called Satellite in 2013. Launch was announced as a beta release at Adobe Summit in March, and it's now out in general release.
Adobe Product Marketing Manager Jon Viray told me that the previous Adobe tag management offering, called Dynamic Tag Management or DTM, is primarily designed for providing page tags for Adobe's tools. Users could add third-party marketing tools to DTM by adding the necessary JavaScript, he said, but they were limited in how much functionality was available.
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Nuel king also known as Emmanuel Edwards, a fast rising upcoming music Artist who hails from Delta state was born to his Urhobo tribe parents on the 20th of april,1988 in Queens Maternity home in Delta state,Nigeria.
This young star spent his early years growing up in several places. At the age of 4, his parents moved to the beautiful city of calabar in Cross River state where he stayed a little while before they moved to the city of Portharcourt in Rivers state where he spent more time growing up. He's also lived temporarily in places such as Atlanta Georgia in the united states, UK and South Africa. Nuel king now currently resides in Lagos where he believes is the best place in the African continent to achieve his dreams.
Futhermore, while growing up he joined the church choir alongside his two sisters who also sing, Joy Edwards and Maureen Edwards. He also became a drummer boy in church and later learnt a bit of the piano.
Nuel king is also very much more passionate about dancing and entertaining people and draws inspiration from the legendary king of pop, Michael jackson, also Usher and Chris brown. He is a professional choreographer, Singer, Creative Director and Actor.
Finally, He is ready to take on the world of entertainment as he officially unveils his debut single titled "sugarcane girl" with a music video that was shot in southafrica by Gross Pictures which has the video director Alisha Ludick known for shooting nigeria's superstar Maye Hunta's "ekaette" video and also Timaya's "plantain boy" and "who born you".
Nuel king now in a management deal with 411 Entertainment, a renowned management company in Nigeria that is owned by business/Media Entrepreneur Akpor Gbemre.
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Details :Do you want to top your class 8 science exams? Are you bored of your NCERT 8 class science book? Or Does Maths intimidate you? Does the idea of algebraic expressions make you want to run far far away? Then use the MarkSharks Class 8 learning app and start learning in a 21st century way – when you learn for fun, you learn for life! Research shows that "learning by doing" is the best way to learn. In learning by doing, students construct knowledge by experiencing and exploring their environment. MarkSharks is a revolutionary app that teaches CBSE 8 class Science & Maths through games, simulations, virtual experiments, 3-D models and interactive exercises. We have harnessed the power of mobile devices to enable true "learning by doing" – we deconstruct the NCERT textbook curriculum and transform it into fun, engaging modules for class 8! When children truly understand concepts and principles, they don t need to spend hours memorizing facts and formulas. This understanding of concepts also makes HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) questions easy to solve. And because they are learning on their own device, they can learn at a pace that suits them. As a result, not only is learning on MarkSharks fun and engaging, it is highly effective too, allowing our users to earn better marks through better learning. What MarkSharks is NOT: - This is NOT a collection of CBSE question papers/ CBSE sample papers/ solves sample papers: Merely taking tests is NOT enough. We believe that conceptual clarity is key! - This is NOT just a pdf of eighth class science textbook/ NCERT 8 class science book/ CBSE 8th class science book: Books are boring and NOT effective for all types of learners. Learning should be fun, immersive, interactive and self-paced! The MarkSharks Class 8 app is mapped 100% to the CBSE class 8 syllabus – our app covers content from all the chapters currently found in class 8 science NCERT book, which are: 1. Crop production and management 2. Microorganisms: Friend and foe 3. Synthetic fibres and plastics 4. Metals and non-metals 5. Coal and petroleum 6. Combustion and flame 7. Conservation of plants and animals 8. Cell: Structure and functions 9. Reproduction in animals 10. Reaching the age of adolescence 11. Force and pressure 12. Friction 13. Sound 14. Chemical effects of electric current 15. Some natural phenomena 16. Light 17. Stars and the solar system 18. Pollution of air and water The Maths module in our app covers content from all class 8 topics found in the NCERT book, which are: 01 - Rational Numbers 02 - Linear Equations in One Variable 03 - Understanding Quadrilaterals 04 - Practical Geometry 05 - Data Handling 06 - Squares and Square Roots 07 - Cubes and Cube Roots 08 - Comparing Quantities 09 - Algebraic Expressions and Identities 10 - Visualising Solid Shapes 11 - Mensuration 12 - Exponents and Powers 13 - Direct and Inverse Proportions 14 - Factorisation 15 - Introduction to Graphs 16 - Playing With Numbers We will continue to add new features and subjects to MarkSharks so that students not only can learn on their own, at their own pace and in their own time, but can also share their learnings with friends via our "social learning" environment and access to tutors online to help clear problems. Parents will get online access to track their child s performance on MarkSharks and compare it with other students who are studying on the system. When it comes to Class 8 Maths & Science , practice makes perfect and MarkSharks allows just that. Not only does MarkSharks allow students to practice, it encourages them to have fun which they study their Maths & Science class 8 curriculum. With interactive exercises and simulations, class 8 Maths & Science has never been more interesting!


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It was one year ago that the Somerset County commissioners were informed that $35 million in state money was awarded to help fund Route 219 from Somerset to Meyersdale.
A year later, the commissioners' main priority is lobbying for additional funding to pay for construction of the road. The money is necessary to the release of more than $175 million in federal funds for the project and to ensure that it moves forward.
The commissioners hope that rewording the language in a federal transportation bill to allow toll credits to be used as state matching funds would help to secure funding.
"The longer we wait to complete this the more it's going to cost," said commissioner Pamela Tokar-Ickes. "Our focus has to be on the language change because that is our best option right now. If we can get a local match through a language change then why would we have another option?"


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By Jim Duncan
Spring was most definitely a time of reawakening in Iowa this year. After decades of reaping the seeds of denial sown by a state legislature filled with Farm Bureau lackeys, federal judge Leonard Strand dismissed all Des Moines Water Works claims against drainage districts in three northwest Iowa counties. He admitted that DMWW may well have suffered an injury but determined the problems were issues for the legislature. DMWW wanted to have the water
systems and farms of the polluting districts regulated under the federal Clean Water Act, in the same way that businesses and manufacturers are. But no.
Meanwhile the state Department of Natural Resources called 253 community water systems highly susceptible to the same nitrate pollution that threatens the DMWW's 500,000 customers. Sixty-two of those systems draw water from the same watersheds that supply Des Moines. Thirty-nine systems are targeted for immediate action because their drinking water is already contaminated with high nitrate levels.
The Des Moines Register's esteemed poll found that the DMWW lawsuit was supported by a majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents. It also found that a majority of rural Iowans supported it. That would contrast with the Farm Bureau inspired propaganda that DMWW and metro Des Moines are waging war on rural Iowa.
Water quality boosters got a jump start when the mercurial Art Cullen of Storm Lake Times won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing for covering the water pollution subject — the overall prize, not one for papers with small circulations. Farmers, and potentially water quality, engaged a new problem, too. The number of counties in Iowa infested with the super pigweed Palmer amaranth increased sevenfold in one year after the killer weed was inadvertently included in "conservation propagation program" plantings That convinced the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to rule that farmers with 100 or more plants of killer pigweed can broadly introduce herbicides. That ruling has more steps to navigate in the federal bureaucracy, but this inadvertent mistake has no upside.
There was some good news for safe food and water. Outgoing Governor Terry Branstad granted a reprieve to the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture by vetoing legislation that would have killed it. There are still problems for the center, though, as the legislature did not provide any funding for them. There have been a lot of jokes about the legislature's apparent aversion to sustainability.
News in the restaurant scene was far more positive. Openings dwarfed closings as analysts talked about a last hurrah — theory is interest rates are rising for the first time in 10 years, with economic growth, and that usually slows the rate of new openings.
The good news
Jason Simon and Joe Tripp opened Harbinger in the former Bistro Montage. The pair, both James Beard
Award semifinalists at Alba, feature Thai culinary philosophies with Iowa ingredient application… Longtime sous chef Martin Altheide is the new head chef at Alba. That is significant because Simon has promoted two other chefs to James Beard semifinalist level. Nic Gonwa at Eatery A was national semifinalist as Rising Star of the Year after he moved from Alba to Eatery A… Travel + Leisure magazine proclaimed Nic Gonwa's ciopinno the best "cheap eat" in Iowa. The honor was part of Cooking Channel host Ali Khan's show Cheap Eats. While visiting Eatery A
for a show, Khan also touted the breakfast nachos at University Library Café, the broasted chicken at High Life Lounge and the napoleons at Strudl Haus… Riley Drive Entertainment (Kansas) opened its second Taco Hangover, in a former dry cleaner in the Urban Town Center in Urbandale. The company also began building a third area Taco Hangover, in Ankeny's Prairie Trail… Danny and Sheri Holmes opened a Marco's Pizza (Ohio) outlet in Windsor Heights. The chain bills itelf as the fastest growing pizza chain in America (750 stores) and the only one founded by
a native Italian… Dan and Stephanie White opened Angry Goldfish in the venue best known as Little Joe's (where more than one person was assassinated). Former Orchestrate employees Clark and Renee Way manage the store… Joe and Kristina Logsdon opened a La Mie in the former Winston's in the skywalk… Keri Rush's Fresh Café, the wheatgrass juice bar, opened in the downtown Hy-Vee… Big Al's, an excellent BBQ, opened on Hubbell across from the AE Dairy. This happened nearly a year ago, but we just now heard about it and it's still worth broadcasting… A Peruvian restaurant had a "Grand Opening" sign on its door at press time. The new place will take over the former
Taco King on East Grand… Cheese Shop of Des Moines expanded to the former Candela on Ingersoll.
Sam and Gabe's completely reworked its menu at both the new store in East Village and the old one in Urbandale. Chris Place, original chef at Django and Proof, heads the kitchen… Former Sam & Gabe's owner chef Jerry Talerico was spied working the kitchen at the West Glen Johnny's Italian Steakhouse… Courtney Oberender, an Iowa
Restaurant Association chef of the year, moved from Gateway Market Café to Bubba–Southern Comforts… Phil Shires, Cityview's Chef of the Year in 2014, retired from the kitchen at Aposto for health reasons. He now runs the front of the house for La Mie's skywalk café… Chicago restaurateur and Des Moines native Pete Faber opened Barntown Brewery and Restaurant in West Des Moines… Gina Formaro passed away at age 88. The mother and grandmother of many of Des Moines' food scene founders, she was a genius baker and a generous soul… Mike and Lisa LaValle moved to buy their own property on the river docks for catering headquarters.
Honors and accolades
Legendary chef and curmudgeon Gordon Ramsey visited Alba… The Greek family restaurant Northwestern Steakhouse in Mason City was namedthe "most iconic" restaurant in the state by Thrillist… Joe Tripp made the semifinals of James Beard Awards Best Chef Midwest for the second straight year and the only two years he has been eligible. He was Iowa's only semifinalist this year as St. Louis and Minneapolis continued their domination of the awards in the Midwest. Each city had two of the five finalists. The fifth came from Milwaukee… Des Moines
was one of 12 semifinalists for Midwest Living's Greatest Midwest Food Town award. Champaign, Bloomington (Indiana), Ann Arbor, Lawrence, Duluth, Columbia (Missouri), Fargo, Omaha, Sioux Falls, Madison and Toledo joined Des Moines. Vote at www.midwestliving.com/vote.
The industrial news
McDonald's, on the comeback finally with all-day breakfast and three sizes of Big Mac bolstering sales, has determined it will finance franchisees who are upgrading their stores. For years, the latter have complained that the improvements ordered have forced individual owners to sell to bigger pockets… "Fake meat" gained credence with the anti-livestock media, and some environmentalists. Here is how Nicole Niman, advocate of sustainable livestock,
weighed in: 1. This is fake food not real food, which is key to humans fixing their health and their messed-up
relationship with food and the earth; 2. There is no good data showing that fake meat is actually better from an environmental perspective; 3. The manifold benefits of good livestock husbandry are lost, and, finally, 4. This is a distraction. The more energy that is directed at "solutions" like this, the more difficult it will be to work toward truly regenerative food production. ♦


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March Madness is more than just a college basketball tournament. Get your taxes together soon lest I go mad!
Author: Meghan Birmingham Vangeli
1099-MISC and 1096 are due January 31st!
As I write this, January 31st is TOMORROW! Be sure to get the forms postmarked tomorrow!
4th Quarter 2017 estimated payments are due Tuesday!
If you make estimated tax payments, your fourth quarter 2017 Form 1040-ES payment must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, January 16th. I suggest sending it certified mail for proof of mailing date.
Things to do before the end of the 2017 year…
You probably noticed that a major tax overhaul recently passed. Here are a few actions I would recommend taking before the end of 2017:
- Pay property taxes on principal residence
- Pay January student loan and/or mortgage payments early (if the bank will allow it)
- Make charitable contributions and be sure any non-cash contributions are dropped off before 12/31/2017
- Pay for any employee business expenses, including union dues, supplies, etc.
- Complete any planned vehicle (car/boat/RV) purchase
The 2017 tax return will generally follow the old rules; the 2018 returns will be subject to the new tax laws. As I learn more about the new laws, I will provide additional direction on any other actions to take in the new year.
The ACA is Still the Law (as of November 7, 2017)
Despite Congress's efforts, neither a repeal of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare" or "the ACA") nor a tax reform bill have made it into law. As such, the individual insurance mandate is still in effect for the 2017 tax year. On the 2016 tax returns, the IRS gave us the option leave blank the answer to the healthcare coverage question. This put the onus on the IRS to come after taxpayers to enforce assessment and payment of the ACA mandate penalty. However, for the 2017 year, the IRS has stated that it will no longer accept tax returns that have left the healthcare question blank. So, if you do not have healthcare coverage and don't have an acceptable exemption from the penalty, I will have no choice but to answer the healthcare coverage question "no" and calculate the penalty.
Here is a link to the IRS's summary of the healthcare law and how it affects most taxpayers. I've boiled down most of the highlights:
- If you have health insurance through your employer, they will likely issue you a Form 1095-C. Add this to your tax data and give it to me when we do your tax return. No further information is generally required.
- If you purchased insurance through the individual market (not on the Healthcare Marketplace Exchanges), you should receive a Form 1095-B. I will need this form and a summary of the health insurance premiums you paid out of pocket.
- If you purchased insurance through the Healthcare Marketplace Exchange (www.healthcare.gov), you should receive a Form 1095-A. I will need this form, but no further information is generally required.
- If you are claiming a health coverage exemption issued by a religious health-sharing provider or you have an Exemption Certificate Number issued by the Marketplace, please include applicable documents with your tax data.
Some of you may be wondering about these health coverage exemptions. Here is a link to the Marketplace's 2017 health coverage exemptions and how to apply for them, and here is a link to the IRS's tool to help you determine if you are eligible for a health coverage exemption. If you think you may be eligible for an exemption, please visit both of those sites. Print out the results and include them with your tax data so we can make sure we report it correctly.
Finally, a reminder that open enrollment for 2018 coverage on the Healthcare Marketplace ends December 15, 2017. Since my crystal ball is on the fritz, I have to advise based on the laws currently in effect. So, my advice is to enroll in a health insurance plan now to avoid a penalty on the 2018 tax return!
Let's Talk 1099s
If you use independent contractors (service providers who are not your employees) in your business, you may be required to file Forms 1099-MISC and the related Form 1096. This is a form that you don't want to miss because the IRS penalties for late filing or failure to file are a serious bummer.
Here is a link to the Form 1099 instructions, but these are the general rules for most small business owners and sole proprietors:
- The Form 1099-MISC/Form 1096 filing deadline is January 31, 2018. This is both to distribute forms to nonemployee compensation recipients AND to file with the IRS.
- Prepare a Form 1099-MISC for any nonemployee compensation recipient paid $600 or more during 2017.
- Nonemployee compensation paid to independent contractors is reported in Box 7 of Form 1099-MISC.
- Form 1099-MISCs generally are not required to be issued to service providers that are organized as corporations (both Subchapter C and S).*
- For Form 1099-MISC filing using paper forms, the original forms suitable for filing with the IRS must be purchased.** They can be ordered online or purchased at an office supply store. (Pro tip: spring for the 1099 envelopes too. Makes life easier and looks a lot more professional than plain envelopes.)
- If you pay independent contractors, be sure to have them fill out a Form W-9 so you have their tax identification number and updated address information. Keep this Form W-9 in your files so it is available should the IRS ever want to see it.
- If you are a sole proprietor, I strongly recommend that you obtain an employer identification number. You can apply for one online here. This keeps your social security number from being distributed with every Form 1099-MISC.
It's not too early to start thinking about this. January is right around the corner!
*Attorney fees over $600 must be reported on Form 1099-MISC even if the legal provider is organized as a C or S Corporation. Use Box 7.
**Unfortunately, the sample Forms 1099-MISC/Form 1096 on the IRS.gov website are not suitable for filing, and can trigger a penalty if submitted to the IRS.
2017 is Coming to a Close
Even though the 2016 filing season just wrapped up, it will be time for 2017 tax returns (and 1099s and Texas Franchise Tax and 2018 Estimated Taxes) before we know it.
Some things to think about BEFORE the end of 2017…
- If you are worried that you have not paid enough in federal tax withholding for 2017, please contact me now to discuss increasing your withholding or making an estimated payment.
- If you have some stocks that have fallen and can't get up, sell before the end of the year to claim a capital loss.*
- If you are planning a Traditional or Roth IRA contribution, start setting money aside. Contributions to these accounts must be made by April 17, 2018.
- If you plan to donate to charity (especially if you are donating a large non-cash item like a vehicle), be sure to complete the donations by 12/31/2017 to deduct on the 2017 tax return.**
- If anything out of the ordinary has happened with your income or expenses during 2017, let me know so we can prepare for any possible tax effects.
It's not too early to get a head start on collecting your expenses, tallying mileage, and organizing documents for 2017. I'll be making a push to get tax returns done early this year, so getting things done ahead of time will be a huge help.
Your favorite CPA,
* Subject to capital loss limitations.
** Subject to itemized deduction limitations.
3rd quarter estimated payments due Friday September 15th!
Greetings! This is your friendly reminder that your 3rd quarter 2017 Form 1040-ES estimated tax payment is due Friday September 15, 2017. Be sure your payment is postmarked on or before that date. I recommend you mail it via certified mail (minimum) with return receipt requested (preferable) to prove it was mailed timely. Enclose your voucher and check loose in an envelope (do not staple or otherwise attach). Also, make the check payable to "U.S. Treasury" and put the taxpayer's social security number (leaving off two digits: 123-45-XX89), phone number, and the words "3rd quarter 2017 Form 1040-ES" on the check.
Where's my refund?!?
"When will I get my refund?"
This is one of the most popular questions people ask me. It is also one of my least favorite questions because I can't answer it. (If you ask me this during the last few weeks of busy season when my hair is on fire, I will likely utter an obscenity and put your email in the "low priority" folder.) Once I efile a return and the IRS accepts it, refund timing is out of my hands. The IRS says 3-6 weeks, but sometimes it's shorter or longer.
Help Me Help You
I have a solution for people who get a little impatient. The IRS website has this handy tool called "Where's My Refund?". You need some information found on your tax return, so have that handy when you go to the website. It will give you the refund status and a projected disbursement date. Easy-peasy and you don't tick off your CPA.
Busy Season Wrap-Up
It's now the evening of April 17th and I am pretty much done with tax busy season. I even did my own extension. I always forget that I am also a taxpayer and have this irritating tax filing obligation. All I have left now are a few stragglers who haven't returned a Form 8878 or 8879, the "permission slip" I need from my client before I can efile. Unfortunately, this year I did not reach my goal of filing all my clients' returns timely. I had to file about 15 extensions, though the vast majority of them are mostly done and/or need to go through final review. This year, many of my clients weren't ready with their tax data until late March (or even early April). When this happens, it puts me in a real bind because taxes aren't the only one of my jobs that go into busy season in the spring. I have 22 violin and viola students that need to be taught, opera starts up again, and Easter (and other) gigs roll in. I simply run out of time. When we have a 20 hour opera week, and I have to teach or deal with student issues for about 20 hours, that's 40 hours before I touch a tax return. I had a few weeks in March that were close to 60 hours before I even picked up a tax return. Given the number of tax returns I have to prepare and the average number of hours for each return, I need about 120 hours to complete all these returns. If I only have about five weeks to do all the returns (seriously I didn't even get the first couple until the first week of March), that's over 20 hours a week. There aren't enough hours in the day or enough brain cells in my head. I finished as many as I could and had to get a little more time for the rest.
During tax season, I find it interesting how my clients react when I tell them they owe tax or they have a refund. Some people completely freak out if I tell them they owe a certain amount (that's so much!), while others are happy to owe the same (is that all?). I have some who will never be happy with anything I tell them. Any amount to owe is too much, and any amount to get back is either not enough or they resent having paid in too much. I have to remind myself that I am only the messenger, and it is generally not my fault that anybody owes tax.
Now, I'm looking forward to the summer. I leave town eight weeks from now. That means I've got about seven weeks to get all these tax returns wrapped up. The good news is that my other jobs start to lighten up in May, so I should finally have uninterrupted time to get some work done. The bad news is that I probably won't get much of a break until I cross the state line.


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Milk Prices Could Double Early Next Year
As if there wasn't enough worry about plunging over the edge, lawmakers in Washington also must address a possible "dairy cliff" before year's end, unless they want consumers to pay $7 or more for a gallon of milk.
By December 31, Congress must adopt a new five-year farm bill that includes addressing milk subsidies because the current statute is expiring. If lawmakers don't act, the government will be forced to operate under a 1949 dairy price subsidy that mandates the U.S. Department of Agriculture to purchase milk at inflated prices.
That could mean a doubling of milk prices in stores, from the current average of $3.60 to somewhere between $6 and $8 per gallon.
The major points of contention relating to the farm bill are how much to cut food stamps and how much to reduce crop subsidies for farmers. The Senate passed a new farm bill in June and the House Agriculture Committee did so in July, but the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives has not allowed the bill to come up for a full vote.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has urged House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to incorporate a new Farm Bill into the larger fiscal-cliff negotiations on the budget. Boehner has rejected this idea, saying he doesn't want to complicate the negotiations any further.
-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
To Learn More:
A Gallon Of Milk Could Cost $8 In 2013. Here's Why. (by Suzy Khimm, Washington Post)
Milk Prices May Spike To $8 Per Gallon Without 'Dairy Cliff' Solution (by Ros Krasny, Reuters)
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MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - An area doctor, right in Marquette, is part of a multinational therapy trial. This is the second stage of the trial to assess chelation therapy. The trial is a 40-week intravenous therapy that removes heavy metals from patients.
Heavy metals collect in the body from number of different sources including tainted water, like in Flint, and even simply from the air next to roads. Those metals can cause abdominal pain, dysfunction in the central nervous system and heart problems.
"For years, doctors that do chelation have known that it seems to have a benefit on the circulatory system in their patients," said Dr. Scott Doughty, MD, of U.P. Holistic Medicine.
Doctors can use the technique to remove toxins that stand in the way of the body healing itself.
"It's always been about removing things that shouldn't be in the body that are metallic," Doughty said.
The therapy itself has been around for 80 years, starting after World War I to detox soldiers. The therapy using ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) works by stripping away all metals in the body, then replacing the useful metals with supplements. Through case studies and research, the therapies have developed over the years.
"The evolution in technique has been with safety and use of materials that aren't toxic themselves," Doughty said.
The work among doctors who use chelation therapy to treat patients, resulted in this study sponsored by the National Institute of Health.
"This is a study or a research trial that is based at the NIH in terms of its funding source," Doughty said. "…We don't say chelation is good for what ails ya, but most of the degenerative conditions, whether it's high blood pressure or heart disease, there's been benefit with chelation in all of those"
For more information about the study and the clinic conducting the trials, visit the websites in our related links section.


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Celebrating The Antidote
The last Antidote party I went was the one during the Olympics at Captain Bar, those days Shanghai was very much like a ghost town, if possible. I went with a friend who was happily impressed with the environment. Even he's not much into electronic music he did thank the music, the space and the people. Sitting down outside, talking with all kinds of people. It was there I thought about the value of the Antidote parties in Shanghai, these parties are not any party, they have an extra value over the economic evaluations. The cultural profit of this project is superior than what maybe will ever be their market price.
This is, in minor scale, something similar as the importance of protest music calling for freedom when people has been living under oppression. We can't compare expensive drinks with exile, or bad music taste with censorship. But we can say that when we live in a place where things don't work as we would like the we are always confronting the situation of taking in our hands the option of doing something to give ourselves what we wish to have against practicing forever the "sacred" sport of complaining and watch our white hairs grow while waiting for something else to do that change.
The value of Antidote is not measurable on profits but on the chain reaction caused in Shanghai's music scene. The value of a simple innovation is hidden behind an assertive vision, the ability to go straight into the people, and with a simple move, open a window nobody tried to open before and just assumed it was irremediably closed. So when the fresh air comes blowing in, then the eyes can notice there are more windows to open as easy as the first one. The value of opening the first window is not only in how much took to open it, but how clear was the vision of those who realized the window was there and it was possible to open it.
Antidote's original line up, should we say "ingredients" here? …. were, Ozone from San Francisco, B6 from Shanghai, MHP from Shanghai, Emcore from Gansu, AMNJK from Japan. Since then they have added several members and many guests including, Fish, R3, Ben Huang, Sulumi, and more.
Michael, Antidote's founder, explains its beginnings: "basically …. let's make a party where we can play alternative music, cause no one else is in Shanghai. Let's get the right place, and the right people to come, and prove there is a demand for it. It's working…"
I was not very lucky with my interview to Michael, I caught him too busy to answer my big list of questions, but I got an answer for the one about when was going to be the Antidote at (for) Bar Rouge. He said: "I'm not at all interested in doing Antidote in Bar Rouge. I have nothing against it, it's just not right for Antidote. Generally I prefer small clubs for this kind of party — more intimate, more about meeting like-minded people. You know, people you can actually have a conversation with."
Well, not that I'm crying over this but I had the dream of going back to that terrace and enjoy it once with nice music on the back. ( … what were you expecting? I like Antidote because I spent more than one night there asking to the first friends I had here, how was possible that there was nothing else to do in a huge city as Shanghai besides going to Bar Rouge to contemplate the big … uh… Pearl Tower).
So talking about windows and fresh air, other answered question I got from Michael was about how he positioned Antidote among the newer groups in town as Free the Wax and less new as S.T.D. His answer: "isn't it all the same people?" I guess Martin Gore would agree with Michael.
The last question he replied was about the Antidote's recipe: "Recipe? I'm still working on perfecting the Antidote cocktail… the secret ingredient is Sichuan peppercorn oil. Just haven't found the right blend yet, cause it's got to be red and cranberry doesn't work with the pepper — got any ideas?" I did have some ideas, now it's just too late and I can't even think about them. I'm just thinking, the secret ingredient will not be so secret now, but there's a chance now someone will come out with the rest of the recipe to add it to the menu of the bars under the Antidote's effect.
I think there will be the need also for an antidote for the Antidote's party tomorrow, at least I may need one myself for Friday morning. Besides Antidote's anniversary today is also Chile's day and I "must" celebrate with Chilean wine and a good home made barbecue. That will have to be before beginning the night out by 24 Frames per Second with Joe Strummer documentary to fly to C's right after.
Three years of life is a big deal, there's harvest under the meaning of three, and the coming four is about establishment and consolidation. So it's more than well deserved a good celebration tonight. To begin here are the cheers and congratulations of three of the many followers of Antidote in town:
"It was there three years ago already, wow.. last Thursday of the month is still the one well worth spending at C's! I guess if those guys weren't there this basement would have closed down long ago, and who wouldn't miss those so typical toilets? cheers to Antidote!" – Fabien Barbet
"Shanghai would be sick without the Antidote. Shanghai IS the Antidote. the Anti Shanghai is a dot. the Antidote is the Shanghai."
– Gauthier
"Antidote is one of the best parties to catch up with some of the hottest and healthiest boyfriends Shanghai has to offer. But like real real real healthy ones. " – Julie Pure


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We have 5 cats. None of them kittens. The youngest may be 6 and the oldest is about 8. While they do play outside quite a bit, most of their day is spent sleeping somewhere.
It is always fun to find something to get them up and moving. Since they can't play Pokemon Go, we have to find other things. The only thing I had found so far was a laser light. They love those so much!
I recently found a couple toys that Tiger has taken a liking to. Tiger is about 8 years old. It isn't unusual to find him sleeping when he isn't trying to get a head rub.
The toy that caught his eyes is something called a cat dancer. It is a pole with a stretchy string. On the string is a stuffed toy filled with Catnip. I think he likes the catnip, but what really gets those big cat eyes is the blue feathers attached. He really goes crazy when he sees it!
The toy is made really well. It has been a perfect way for me to spend time playing with Tiger. He has managed to pull out a few of the feathers. Other then that it is holding together really well. I think it is well worth the $12.95 they are charging for it on Amazon.
Here is more about the cat dancer from the company:
Disclaimer: I did receive the item discussed in this post in exchange for sharing my unbiased opinion of it. All opinions are 100% my own and may or may not differ from yours.


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A World War II veteran's dream of returning to the land he fought in is finally being granted, thanks to the generosity of middle school students in Mississippi.
According to the DeSoto Times-Tribune, Hulan Roberts, who was aboard a B-17 bomber during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, wished to return to the Belgian countryside. He wanted to see the towns and villages from the ground rather than the air.
"I'm as interested as anyone to go back and see it," Roberts said in a ceremony at DeSoto Central Middle School. Now, he will get his wish.
Together, DeSoto Central students, Forever Young and the Heroes Wish Program raised enough money to send Roberts, 92, back to Europe, reported Forever Young. The program reunites World War II-era veterans with their comrades.
Students -- some as young as Roberts' nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren -- raised the bulk of the sum. According to the DeSoto Times-Tribune, the school's Junior Beta Club raised more than $4,400 for Roberts' trip via a spaghetti dinner, a silent auction and a Pajama Day.
Teacher Sadelle Jackson, who heads the club, told the news source that students first discovered Roberts' wish when one of his comrades, J.T. Holyoak, told the class about his service in the same battle.
"It helped the students learn what it was like," Jackson said. "As young as they are, they are so disconnected from it."
According to Forever Young, the middle school hosted a celebration for Roberts earlier this month, and he thanked the generous students who worked hard to make his dream come true.
Roberts told the Desoto Times-Tribune that he is looking forward to his trip, which includes free meals, lodging, and travel expenses.
"It's first class," Roberts said. "They'll even let me sleep on clean sheets."
Katherine Nelson, director of community relations for the DeSoto County School District, also congratulated the students on a job well done.
"You've made Christmas special for a 92-year-old man who did so much for his country," Nelson said.


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You can imagine, in a house filled with 4 kids, that we are pretty big on children's books. I mean, our bookshelves are slammed full-but I still don't feel like we could ever have too many. I can't help but want to bring them all home each time I go to the book store!
That being said, Ed Vere's Max at Night is no exception. Our kids just loved looking through all of the bright and bold pictures, and seriously-how could you not fall in love with those big ol' cat eyes??? The story is simple, but our kids ages 7, 5, 3, 1 all enjoyed being introduced to this new friend!
The story of Max at Night, is about a little kitten named Max, who is down right determined to tell the moon goodnight. He travels all night to try and find the highest point in order for the moon to hear him.
Do you think that he is able to talk to the moon? What do you think the moon would say to Max?
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Main Global Media Great divide between White Britons & ethnic minorities laid bare in nationwide audit
Black and Arab Britons are more than 40 percent less likely to own their own home, compared with white Britons, the report said.
The survey highlighted unemployment and huge disparity existed in ownership of houses in the country.
Mrs May, who commissioned the audit soon after becoming PM a year ago, has faced criticism that it describes the problems faced by Britain's ethnic minorities but does not include proposals to solve them.
It shows that black people were more than three times more likely to be arrested than white people, with black men nearly three and a half times more likely to be arrested than their white counterparts.
■ Around two out of three white British householders owned their homes compared with just two out five householders from all other ethnic groups combined.
■ Of all applicants shortlisted for NHS jobs in England, white candidates were more likely to be appointed - some 18 per cent of whites shortlisted got the job compared with 11 per cent of ethnic minorities.
While 85% of white people reported a sense of belonging, 84% of Asian respondents and 81% of black people also agreed to strong feelings of Britishness.
The "unprecedented" audit pulls together data on how people of all ethnicities are treated in areas including health, education, and criminal justice.
■ Households of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, black, mixed and other backgrounds were more likely to receive income-related benefits and tax credits than those in other ethnic groups.
British white groups also fall behind in some instances, the data showed, with white British pupils on school meals less likely to reach the expected standard at Key Stage 2 than any other ethnic group.
When it comes to employment, British Indians had among the highest rates of hourly pay, above the national average and the white British community, while levels of employment were only marginally lower than those of white British (73 per cent against 75 per cent).
"But this audit means that for society as a whole - for government, for our public services - there is nowhere to hide".
The Equality and Human Rights Commission called for a "coherent race equality strategy" from government.
The Prime Minister's recent rhetoric around race has attracted criticism, however.
Meanwhile, Labour have accused Theresa May of adding "fuel to the fire" instead of tackling "burning injustices" as the findings of the audit were released. "But the solutions the Government is putting up are little more than a plaster on a gaping wound".
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable said the audit showed a prejudice that was "utterly unacceptable in 21st century Britain".
Martha Spurrier, director of civil rights group Liberty, said: "The bleak picture this report paints of racial injustice in the United Kingdom demands an immediate and bold response".
In a letter to The Times today, a number of prominent BAME activists - including former deputy mayor of London Munira Mirza - hit back at the government's "crude and tendentious" approach to the issue, saying the policies could "harm the very communities they aspire to help".
"The findings from the Race Disparity Audit present us with a real opportunity to make transformative change in tackling persistent race inequality", said Simon Wooley, Director of Operation Black Vote, following the report's publication.


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No country for the internally displaced, especially if it is India
by Hindustan Times | Published: Saturday, May 27, 2017
Nearly 2.8 million people in India were displaced last year due to disasters and conflicts linked to identity and ethnicity. Combined with poorly planned urbanisation, environmental degradation, climate change and geological hazards, Indias overall exposure to hazards makes the country most at risk of displacement related to disasters in South Asia.
Theres no country for the internally displaced, it appears, particularly if the country is India. A report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) ranks us third behind China and The Philippines among countries most affected by displacement related to natural disasters in 2016. In this period, India saw 448,000 new displacements owing to conflict and violence. Also, close to 2,400,000 people were displaced due to natural disasters. In recent years, displacement has mainly been associated with flood and storm events, although approximately 68% of India is prone to drought, 60% is vulnerable to earthquakes and 75 % of the countrys coastline is prone to cyclones and tsunamis, the report said.
One in three of Indias population stay in poverty and substandard housing with less resources to cope, particularly in disaster-prone areas. Combined with poorly planned urbanisation, environmental degradation, climate change and geological hazards, Indias overall exposure to hazards makes the country most at risk of displacement related to disasters in South Asia.
Projects implemented as part of Indias development and industrialisation since independence have been made possible by the acquisition of land and the eviction and displacement of tens of millions, to build dams, mines and industrial plants.
For a long time, the issue of compensation and rehabilitation of persons displaced by development projects has generated a lot of sound and fury in India. Those affected are told about where theyll be relocated without taking them into confidence. The displaced are offered land and monetary compensation. But the land is often arid and most times the compensation packages are inadequate. Many of those uprooted by the controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam built over the Narmada, for instance, which displaced an estimated 350,000 people in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra since its inception in 1984, are still waiting for reasonable rehabilitation.
Another big reason for displacement in the country is violence emanating from secessionist and identity-based movements and riots sparked by caste and religious tensions. But those displaced due to political strife within India, what the UN calls Internally Displaced People (IDPs), are not even on the States radar. Forced physical dislocation leads to several problems for IDPs: Harassment by police and officials of states where they have migrated to; exploitation by local contractors who force them to accept lower wages; no access to schools for their children and no health services for the family. Migration leads to disruption of cultural and community ties. Women and children the most vulnerable of the population fight the challenges of violence and threats of trafficking. Unfortunately, we still dont have a legal framework to deal with IDPs. India has neither signed the 1951 UN refugee convention nor does its 1967 protocol allow the UN high commissioner for refugees which works with IDPs access to camps. Without a central law, the IDPs end up being a nowhere people seeking shelter and succour. Its time the country listened to their voices.
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I've blogged about the crazy book covers for Out of the Silent Planet, and I've talked about its meaning in my War of Worldviews series (Part 1 & Part 2), as well as "There's No Such Thing as Space" and "Between Mars and Malacandra, Fantasy and Real Life"–one of my most popular post. Now here is a link to someone making a comic book of Lewis' first space fantasy book. Enjoy!
Here is his Deviant Art page: AaronTP's page.
This is a book I had considered most potent in novel form. A movie version or comic version couldn't transmit the depth of Ransom's thought life like the novel does. But, I'm not an artist or a movie-maker, so what do I know? These beautiful pages represent a telling of the Burroughs-side of the story.
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Letitia's heart constricted as she slowed her car to a halt on the driveway. Absent-mindedly she made her way to the front door - had she locked the car? She went back to check, then took a deep breath before entering the house. The hall was dark, mausoleum-like. The ticking of the grandfather clock was like a scolding in her ears. The clock had belonged to John's parents. It marched at their pace, a pace which John had inherited. Slow and deliberate.
She embarked upon a tour of the house as though through the eyes of a stranger. It was rather grand. John liked a bit of grandeur, and as a partner in a practice of solicitors he could afford to indulge himself and his family. The sitting room was full of overstuffed dark green leather furniture, which Letitia had always found rather slippery and uncomfortable to sit on. The walls were a deep shade of rose, and dark William Morris print curtains did their utmost to deter daylight from creeping in through the windows.
Letitia opened the dining room door. The dark wooden tabletop gleamed like the surface of a bottomless pool. Matching dark dressers on two walls loomed over her. The third wall was lined with glass cabinets containing her collection of ornaments. John's mother had given her the first, a china shepherdess, shortly before she and John had married. And since then, for every birthday and Christmas, and at the birth of her two children, Katherine had added yet another piece of ornamental china to Letitia's collection. Letitia hadn't had the heart to tell Katherine that she didn't care for ornaments. At least by keeping them in glass cabinets she didn't need to waste too much time dusting them.
Dusting was something Letitia hated. And vacuuming. Thankfully she had a dishwasher, but Letitia even found herself resenting the time she spent putting the dishes back in their cupboards. Given free rein, Letitia had to admit she would probably live in total squalor. She remembered the chaos of her student bedsit, back in the dim mists of ancient history. But John was an orderly man who insisted on an orderly household, and to keep the peace down the years Letitia had done her best to toe the line. With two small children underfoot Letitia had been able to get away with a degree of mess, but they had grown and departed many years ago. Richard had become a solicitor like his father, and was married with a young son. Claire was a translator, and had been living in France for nearly five years.
Ah, Claire. Letitia thought fondly of her daughter. Where Letitia had lacked confidence in her own life she'd made sure her daughter had every advantage to achieve what her heart desired. Fly, little bird.
Apart from the steady ticking of the grandfather clock the house was deathly quiet. Letitia made her way upstairs. She had to admit she liked her bedroom, which was a warm, buttery yellow. Two years ago she'd moved out of the master bedroom while recovering from her hysterectomy. She was pleased John hadn't made any mention of her return, but then he'd always complained about her snoring.
Letitia opened the door to the attic and switched on the light. She soon found the suitcase she wanted. Back in her bedroom, she opened her wardrobe and reached for a carrier bag on the top shelf. It contained a pair of jeans and a pair of shorts, both new, with the price tags still attached. In another bag was a pair of trainers, also new. From her chest of drawers she selected half a dozen t-shirts and a warm jumper. She took one dress and one skirt from her wardrobe. Secreted in her underwear drawer was a bag containing new underwear which she popped into the suitcase. Pretty, lacy things. She packed socks and sunglasses and sandals, then went to her en suite bathroom for cosmetics. Then from a drawer in her bedside cabinet she took her passport and ticket.
John didn't seem to mind that she was going to France to stay with Claire so soon after her last visit. She wondered how much he'd mind when he discovered she wasn't coming back. Her heart did a backflip when she thought of the step she was about to take. Nobody knew of her intentions, not even Claire.
But it was time. Their marriage was long dead. They had no common interests apart from the children. At times she thought they didn't even speak the same language. Sometimes she would look at John and wonder when he had turned into a total stranger. At what point had he tipped the balance from dynamic young man to belligerent old bore?
Letitia knew she had to break free and start living the life she wanted. A simple life in the south of France. Not among the glitterati in the coastal resorts, but up in the wilderness of the mountains. She would stay with Claire in Toulouse until she found a place of her own. Luckily her mother upon passing last year had left her a nest egg that would buy a simple cottage. She'd done her research a couple of months ago on her last visit to Claire. And she'd have enough money left to buy a little car. She knew she'd be able to live simply but well enough on her pension. Letitia looked forward to tending a little garden of fruit and vegetables, and to spending her days painting and making jewellery. To learning French properly, and getting to know her neighbours. To playing music a bit too loudly, and dancing every day. And spending more time with her daughter. Doing things they enjoyed. She hoped Claire would understand that this new life wouldn't include her father.
Letitia zipped up her suitcase and glanced at her watch. The taxi was due in ten minutes. Just time to say farewell to her old life, to her old home full of things she didn't want or need. From now on she intended to travel light.
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Burt Reynolds is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner. He has enjoyed enormous success as an actor and director in feature films, television and stage productions. In addition to receiving an Oscar nomination and winning the Golden Globe Award for Boogie Nights (1997), Reynolds was honored by The New York Film Critics, The Los Angeles Film Critics, The Chicago Film Critics and The National Society of Film Critics with Best Supporting Actor awards for his memorable role in that film.
Some of his more recent film works include Not Another Not Another Movie (2011), CMT's Reel Love (2011) opposite LeAnn Rimes and Shawn Roberts, The Longest Yard (2005) with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), End Game (2006) with Cuba Gooding, Jr., Forget About It (2006), Cloud Nine (2006) and Grilled (2006).
His feature films include Driven (2001), The Crew (2000), Mystery, Alaska (1999), Without a Paddle (2004), Striptease (1996), Citizen Ruth (1996), Bean (1997), Cop and a Half (1993), DELIVERANCE (1972), Starting Over (1979), White Lightning (1973), The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973), Hustle (1975), Semi-Tough (1977), Hooper (1978), Stroker Ace (1983), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), The Longest Yard (1974), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Sharky's Machine (1981), Gator (1976), The End (1978) and The Final Hit (2000). He also directed the last four films. Others are Tempted (2001), Snapshots (2002), Hotel (2001), directed by Mike Figgis, and Time of the Wolf (2002). The 4-hour mini-series Johnson County War aired on the Hallmark Channel, receiving huge ratings, and Hallmark's Hard Ground aired July 2003, breaking Hallmark's record, coming in as the most watched movie of the night.
For television, Reynolds has enjoyed an auspicious career as an actor, director and producer. Among his finest endeavors in this medium is the hit series Evening Shade (as star, executive producer and, more often than not, director). For this series he won his ninth People's Choice Award as Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series, the 1991 Emmy Award for Best Performance in a Comedy and the Golden Globe Award for the same category. His additional television credits include Riverboat, Gunsmoke, Hawk, Dan August and B.L. Stryker. Additionally, he hosted a series of specials titled Burt Reynolds' Conversation With. He also starred in, directed and produced the CBS television movie The Man from Left Field (1993). He also directed and starred in Turner Network Television's most ambitious project, Hard Time, a 6-hour movie thriller trilogy.
Reynolds made his Broadway debut in Look, We've Come Through with director Jose Quintero. In addition, he has directed eight productions, and starred in two, at the Jupiter Theatre, which he founded in Jupiter, Florida. He also appears in his one-man show titled An Evening with Burt Reynolds.
His numerous achievements have been recognized by being named America's Favorite All Around Motion Picture Actor (People's Choice Award) for a record six consecutive years; the Most Popular Star for five years running; Star of the Year (National Association of Theatre Owners); and # 1 Box Office Star for five years in a row, still an unmatched record.
Burt Reynolds' commitment to his profession and devotion to education can perhaps be best exemplified by the program he created to give college students scholastic credit and wages for their work while obtaining an education at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre (B.R.I.T.), located in Tequesta, Florida. Reynolds created a chair at Florida State University by donating generous endowments as well as Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, Florida.
His autobiography My Life reached the New York Times Best Seller List just after publication, and he received the prestigious "Children at Heart Award" for his humanitarian efforts benefiting and aiding the children of Chernobyl.


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The Rule of the Rapists
The Effects of the Afghan Government and the War on Women
A recent report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Silence is Violence, disclosed that rape is not even a crime under the laws of Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
However, a woman who reports a rape to the authorities will find that sex outside of
marriage is a crime, and she will probably be convicted of that crime unless she can
produce four male witnesses that corroborate her claim that the sexual intercourse was not consensual. If imprisoned, she may find herself at the mercy of detention facility officials who "are said to have forced female detainees into prostitution..."
If she manages to avoid punishment from the legal system, cultural mores (not Taliban
decrees) often dictate acceptable resolutions of the conflict between her family and that of her assailants, including:
• killing both the victim and the rapist,
• forcing the victim to marry the rapist, or
• giving girl(s) from the rapist's family to the victim's family as compensation for lost honor (UNAMA).
Readers might recall the international outcry in response to the passage of a law by the Afghan national government enshrining a husband's legal right to demand sex from his wife four times a week–essentially, legally protecting rape. Under intense pressure, the law was changed. Now, rather than legalizing outright rape, the law makes it legal for husbands to starve their wives until they submit to sexual intercourse (Vogt).
Worse, powerful government officials and their cohorts frequently sexually assault women with impunity: "In the northern region for example, 39 percent of the cases analyzed by UNAMA Human Rights, found that perpetrators were directly linked to
power brokers who are, effectively, above the law and enjoy immunity from arrest as well as immunity from social condemnation" (UNAMA).
This toxic atmosphere for women's sexual rights under the Kabul regime led local women's rights groups to coin a new phrase for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: "The Rule of the Rapists" (Rawi).
War erodes the rights of women and girls. Supporters of the war in Afghanistan often
cite the Taliban's assault on women's rights as a justification for continued military action.
However, the behavior of the Afghan government and the effects of war on women in general falsify this justification.
War's Effects on Women From UNICEF.org: "'…[G]ender-based inequity is usually exacerbated during situations of extreme violence such as armed conflict.' ...Examples...include: • violence...including rape and sexual slavery; • hunger and exploitation in camps for refugees and internally displaced persons, when men take
control of food distribution; • malnutrition, when food aid neglects [their] special nutritional requirements; and • culturally inappropriate and/or inadequate access to health services, including...reproductive health services. "…Health services for women, girls and the children in their charge break down in wartime…Often health services available in emergency situations are dominated by men, so many women and girls, for cultural or religious reasons, underutilize these services despite
their need of them.
"The population movements and breakdown of social controls engendered by armed conflict encourage, in their turn, rape and prostitution as well as sexual slavery
to serve combatants. Unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases...are the collateral physical effects of this human degradation."
Kabul's (Lack of) Response to Threats Against Women Women in Afghan public life often face threats--in many cases from inside the Afghan government. The government
frequently fails to respond when such threats are reported and often becomes
complicit in shutting women out of the public discourse. By failing to act on reports
of threats against women because they are women, the government reinforces the
perception that regressive actors can target women with impunity.
According to the U.N. report, "Chauvinist attitudes, conservative religious viewpoints and the domination of Parliament by MPs with a history of warlordism, means that women [in government] are silenced; they actually face attacks – both verbal and physical – if they speak their minds.
"…Afghan women have repeatedly reported that they have lost faith in the law enforcement and judicial institutions that they consider ineffective, incompetent, dysfunctional and corrupt...Ultimately,
authorities are not willing or are not in a position to provide women at risk with any form of protection to ensure their safety. "For instance, the...head of a district office of a department of women's affairs told UNAMA that following threats from the Taliban over a period of several months in 2008, her request for security guards for her office was turned down, including by the provincial governor, who she reported had told her: 'if you are under threat, just go home'" (UNAMA).
Learn more about the effect of the war in Afghanistan on women at http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=604.
Prepared by Derrick Crowe, Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal.
Machel, Graça. "Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: War hits home when it hits women and
girls." UNICEF, 1996. http://www.unicef.org/graca/women.htm. Last accessed August 27, 2009.
Rawi, Mariam. "Rule of the Rapists." The Guardian / UK, February 12, 2004. http://
www.commondreams.org/views04/0212-10.htm. Last accessed August 27, 2009.
"SILENCE IS VIOLENCE: End the Abuse of Women in Afghanistan." Human Rights, United
Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, July 8, 2009. http://bit.ly/IYgH3. Last accessed August 27, 2009. Vogt, Heidi. "Marital law is still bad, Afghan activists say." Associated Press. July 14, 2009. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/
20090714_Marital_law_still_bad__Afghan_activists_say.html. Last accessed August 27, 2009.
Learn more about the effect of the war in Afghanistan on women at http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=604.
Prepared by Derrick Crowe, Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal.
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Home Design Strategies For Residing In The Sweet Spot
Professional help isn't required in order to achieve harmony at home. Interior design could work for your own home in countless ways, you need to simply be willing to discover how. The article below concentrates on several of the great ways that you could approach interior design and possess it work in the hands of a novice!
Start your decor project using a mood board. A mood board is really a large cardboard display with some other tips for an area pasted to it and written onto it. You may get ideas from magazines, internet and from television shows. The board gives you a visual of your very own style, and help you to design an area that fits your taste.
Choose colors the exact same hue. Once you do this, even if your colors appear like they could not "match," they are from the same color family. That makes them blend in a way that is pleasing to the eye. When investing in color swatches from your store, look into the colors in the same position on each card. These are the ones with similar hue values.
Be sure that every room has excellent lighting. Quality lighting will assist you to flaunt your own home, and may even help an area feel bigger. If there's a room at home which includes dark corners despite the lights turned on, invest in a stylish new lamp. It'll create the whole room look better.
Ensure that you are keeping track of each of the latest trends. You wouldn't need to be known to have a home that is out of date. Look around to see what other people are doing, while keeping your eye on home design magazines too.
Incorporate art into rooms in your house, if they are paintings, pictures or posters. This will go along with the theme of the property that you just choose and can help you to increase the overall appearance. If you are a young homeowner, you may frame classical artwork to increase the elegance of your house.
Make sure that you attempt to add as many accessories since you can to outfit the various rooms in your house. These could include lamps, colored fruits or different ceramic pieces which are in addition to the theme and color scheme in your house. Accessories are fun and may inject energy to your design.
Chandeliers bring elegance and romance to a bedroom. Consider changing your lighting fixture or fan for the chandelier for a glamorous look and fresh appeal. There are various varieties of chandeliers in the marketplace, and there are various sizes at the same time. It is possible to choose one that matches well in any bedroom space.
When building a child's room put yourself in their shoes. Get down and look at the design and style plan from the perspective. This will help once you hang shelves or hooks to enable them to use. You don't wish to put these fixtures so high that the child will struggle to rely on them.
A very important factor that you will need to think about with every room of your property is the focal point. The focal point is where you want your guests and targeted traffic to look when they walk in. This can be by means of artwork, some furniture or a television.
As the starting of this information has mentioned, decor will help your house and your loved ones! You don't have to spend years learning the nuances of design, but you can spend a few momemts reading and taking some good advice. The tried and tested tips above are sure to be of assist to you!
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An app to help get the ball rolling for your next romantic getaway
Ever needed to hint to your loved one that a little more romance wouldn't go astray? Do you feel as though it's only a couple of times a year – if you're lucky – that your Romeo or Juliet does something very spesh for you?
Then take advantage of a new app from boutique hotel recommendation experts, Mr & Mrs Smith. Via Facebook, the nifty little app lets you send a gentle reminder/unambiguous command to your dearly beloved, either to their timeline or as a private message.
Simply choose a hint (or write your own prose if you'd prefer), pick a suitably spectacular image, and hit send. He or she ought to get the message soon enough.
To try it now, click here. We can't promise that a romantic destination booking will actually be made by your other half, but at least it sends them in the right direction and gets them thinking of special accommodation ahead!