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So you've spent the summer spending and you can see those holiday expenses coming not too far around the corner. What should you do?
You need to give yourself a financial check-up. Using the wonders of online banking, you can give yourself a thorough audit while you wait for your laundry or the Chinese-food deliveryman. The end of summer is a great time to step back and look at your finances. The summer often brings extra spending, so the fall is a good time to see where you're at heading into Thanksgiving and the winter holidays. Getting started is simple: If you take 30 extra minutes to sit down with your bank statements and online banking system, you could simplify your financial situation considerably. Here are a few efficient and effective steps to start getting your money under control.
Check Out Your Income — 10 Minutes
First things first, you need to know how much money you're making. The best place to find this information is your digital or paper bank statement. Just look at how much is being deposited into your account every two weeks via your employer or other sources and multiply it by two to get a monthly picture of your income. Remember: If you are self-employed or work on a freelance basis, you may need to account for income taxes that will be deducted at the end of the fiscal year. If you are paid through a payroll system, the number you see on your statement should be accurate and adjusted for taxes.
Take a Look at Expenses — 15 Minutes
Keep your bank statement open and start adding up the withdrawals and purchases you have made over the past month. Once you're done, compare that number to the total income number you generated a few minutes ago. If your spending has outpaced your earning over a period of two consecutive months or more, you may need to reevaluate how much you're spending (it's easier than finding a better-paying job!). Be sure to look at where and how much you are spending. If you are finding small repeat purchases on items such as coffee, those can add up over the weeks to as much as $50 per month. That could be the difference between your balance sheet ending up in the black or the red.
Read up on Your Debts — 10 Minutes
Student loans, credit cards, mortgages, auto loans and more: Debt comes in many forms. Gather up your most recent documents from each issuer (usually it's best to keep these documents in one place) and look at how much you're paying each month and how much you owe. Do the quick math and find out how long it will take you to pay off each debt completely. Are you on track or are you not allocating enough money each month? If you're falling behind, go back to your expenses and look at cutting some expenditures. If you're making your payments easily, you might be a candidate for refinancing. Or you could explore the ways to save for the future.
Take a Deep Breath — 0 Minutes
So you've done the most difficult part of the financial check-up: You've looked at the raw data and come face-to-face with the fact that your budget might not line up appropriately. Before you proceed, breathe deep.
Evaluate Your Investments — 10 Minutes
Maybe your employer contributes to a work-sponsored 401K package. Perhaps your parents set you up with some stocks or bonds while you were still living under their roof. Maybe you struck out on your own early on by making smart investments with an eye toward retirement. No matter what your situation, it's always good to look toward the future each year. The earlier you start thinking about retirement, the longer you have to save effectively. Look at some retirement packages and evaluate the different ways you can invest your money. Savings bonds could be a good, low-risk, place to start.


text: It does not matter if it is 1950 or 2010, 'having it all' is an unattainable ideal. If you want a blazing hot career, having kids is probably not the best idea. If you are dedicated to being a full-time mom, your career is going to the back burner. Men who choose to give up their careers in order to care for their children are in the same gender-equal boat. This is not discrimination, it is life.

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upcoming concerts
April 28th, 2018 at 11am, Harvard Science Center Plaza
April 28th, 2018 at 11am, Harvard Science Center Plaza
When they are not saving the universe, the fourteen members of Brattle form one of Harvard's most exciting musical ensembles. A conductorless string chamber orchestra, Brattle has brought an intimate and dynamic approach to a broad-ranging repertoire of standard, seldom performed, and newly composed music for strings since its founding in 1998.
The Brattle Street Chamber Players was founded to explore a string orchestra and chamber music repertoire largely inaccessible to more traditional Harvard orchestras. A fourteen-(originally thirteen)-member chamber group without conductor or music director, Brattle Street upholds the ideals of musical democracy. Their performances are infused with a fresh approach, reckless dedication to the purest ideals of music making, dashing good looks, and infectious charm. They have garnered rave reviews and a reputation for derring-do, premiering works by Harvard undergraduates and collaborating with ensembles including the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, the Harvard University Choir, and the Harlem Boys Choir.
In March 2006, Black Box Classics released a recording of Rorem's 'A Sermon in Miracles' featuring the Brattle Street Chamber Players in collaboration with the Harvard University Choir. Past programs have included works by Harvard undergraduates, Osvaldo Golijov, Jimi Hendrix, Handel, Mendelssohn, and Japanese anime composers. In the 2012-2013 season we featured the work of undergraduate composers Lydia Brindamour '13 and Phillip Golub '16. We look forward to continuing our tradition of bringing new and exciting music to the Harvard community, and we hope to see you at our performances!
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Our alumni have a reputation for excellence, which is rooted in their training. And that starts in our classrooms. Passionate teachers and expert technicians form a team dedicated to preparing the next generation of Palmer chiropractors. If you want to make a difference in the lives of students and patients, come to Palmer.
Having three campuses gives both students and employees a choice of location. Each has a distinct character and history. Most important, each has a proven track record as a quality educational institution with accreditation.
Palmer's Davenport Campus is the birthplace of the profession with historic displays, a famous bone collection and the The Palmer Family Residence. The Palmer Health Sciences Library here has the biggest collection of chiropractic literature in the world, and the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research is the only one of its kind.
Palmer's West Campus was created in 1980 in San Jose, Calif., and has earned a significant reputation for sports chiropractic. Its chapter of the American Chiropractic Association Sports Council has over 200 members.
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GCH CH Woodsides Megabucks
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The German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Woodsides Megabucks, spent the weekend in Vero Beach FL, soaking up the rays and picking up back2back BIS at the Treasure Coast Kennel Club of Florida's two shows.
GCH CH Seenworstaff Lucky Me
On Saturday judge Walter Sommerfelt preferred Megabucks to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, GCH CH Seenworstaff Lucky Me, whom he preferred to the Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Toy Box Double Dutch, the Whippet, GCH CH Karasar Masterpiece, the Doberman Pinscher, GCH CH Alpa's Magic Man CGC, the Italian Greyhound, GCH CH Donavin's Caramel Macchiato, and the French Bulldog, GCH CH Bandog Major League Homerun At TX Star.
GCH CH Caper's Sirius Endeavor
Today Dr Carol White-Moser chose Megabucks as her BIS and the Pug, GCH CH Caper's Sirius Endeavor, as her RBIS. Rounding out the final were the Flat-Coated Retriever, GCH CH Destiny As Good As It Gets CDX JH, the same Whippet, Juliet, the Giant Schnauzer, GCH CH Skansen's Jose Cuervo v Eastwood, the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie, and the Xoloitzcuintli, GCH CH Bayshore Stonehaven Espiritu Isabella de Ivoss.
The two wins brings Megabucks 2014 tally to five BIS and 13 Herding Groups, good enough to make him AKC's Number One German Shepherd Dog and the Number Eight Herding Dog.


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I have a new favorite author. In the past two weeks I've read 4 of her books.
You are introduced to Rusty Caldwell in the Gone series. He's lost his wife and 2 sons in a terrible drunk driving accident, so he goes out at night in his tow truck, and tows people who have had too much to drink home from bars to prevent other families from going through what he's had to deal with in life.
He sees a blurb in the newspaper about a suicide, and when he reads it, it is his sister, who he hasn't seen in many years. He decides to fly to Florida to meet her husband and children, and find the real story. Almost immediately, his brother in law is taken in for questioning, and he gets acquainted with her children.
The next door neighbor was his sister's best friend, and after talking to her, they start wondering if the story they hear is really what has happened.
This is the kind of book you don't want to put down, until you know the ending, and you may think you have it figured out, but don't count on being right, I wasn't.


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The competitive landscape in the global aseptic packaging market is quite consolidated. Transparency Market Research states that Tetra Pak alone held a dominant share of about 65% in the global market in 2015. However, several players are focusing on the potential of emerging economies that offer cheap labor and low cost of raw materials to set up manufacturing units.
According to the research report, the global aseptic packaging market is expected to reach a valuation of US$80.49 bn by the end of 2024 as compared to US$34.42 bn in 2015.
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Between the forecast years of 2016 and 2024, the global market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 9.9%. The steady growth of the global aseptic packaging market will be attributable to the emergence of pharmaceutical industry that is focusing on the need better packaging methods of products.
Asia Pacific Emerges as Key Regional Segment as Food and Beverages Industry Flourishes
In terms of end user, the global aseptic packaging market is segmented into pharmaceutical, beverages, dairy, food, and others such as personal care. Analysts expect that the pharmaceutical industry will be the key user of the aseptic packaging in the coming years as the sales of medical consumables continues to be on the rise. The emergence of the pharmaceutical industry in Asia Pacific is also expected to fuel the soaring sales of aseptic packaging products in the coming years. Analysts believe that the dairy industry is also likely to be a key end user segment in the global aseptic packaging market.
Geographically, the market is fragmented into Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, and the Middle East and Africa. Presently, Asia Pacific is the key consumer of the aseptic packaging products in the global market. As of 2015, this region accounted for about 32% share in the global market. The regional market is predominantly being driven by the booming food and beverages industry in the region along with the flourishing pharmaceutical industry. Analysts expect that China will lead the regional market to newer heights in the coming years as the emerging economy is focused on production and manufacturing of various products.
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Improved Shelf-life of Products Augments Demand for Aseptic Packaging Products
The growing awareness amongst consumers about the benefits of aseptic packaging is the primary growth driver for the global market. Aseptic packaging primarily allows consumers to maintain the quality of food items for a longer period of time. The ability of this packaging method to enhance the shelf-life of the items has boosted the market's growth in the past few years. Analysts predict that the increasing consumption of ready-to-eat meals and other packaged food items will drive the global market in the coming years, especially amongst the urban population.
The market will also be fueled by the increasing sales of cartons, which are being preferred over glass packaging materials as they are easy to dispose. The report estimates that the demand for cartons is estimated to escalate as their production releases lesser amount of emissions in the environment as compared to production of PET products.
Capital-intensive Nature of Manufacturing Setups to Restrain Market Growth
Despite the steady growth drivers, the global aseptic packaging market is likely to be challenged by a few factors. The complicated process of manufacturing aseptic packaging products is the key restraint in the global market. The high capital investment required to setup production plants and manufacturing units is expected to act a major restraint in the global market.
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Identical twin studies prove homosexuality is not genetic
This is a telling reason for the necessity of a two pronged approach to selling homosexuality as a viable alternative lifestyle. 1. The uses of pseudo-science to promote an in-curability to homosexuality thereby labeling Christian 'recovery' groups as spurious at best and cruel at worst. 2. To show that homosexual relationships have all the intrinsic viability and necessity contained within that coupling as any heterosexual relationship. This sets up a persecution barrier that guards gay coupling with slogans within our culture.
It is understood by me that people very close to us all are lesbian/homosexual and have acquired partners, nevertheless in declaring the truth, the sin cannot be hidden by the godly and it cannot be condoned as a part of righteous living. If it is abomination to God, it is right we abominate it as well. This sin, is not like other sins that are committed and then the guilty hide their actions; this sin is committed and dares anyone to condemn it in the face of all the propaganda that demands its approval.
Here is the article by Dr. Neil Whitehead
Identical twin studies prove homosexuality is not genetic


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Monday, March 08, 2010
House Passes Cell Phone Ban for Teens
Grab your scorecard, sports fans. Here's what the latest version does...
Teens on a restricted driving license (typically teens 14-17) can't use cell phones when they drive.
18 and 19-year-olds can still text their thumbs blue when they are behind the wheel.
Younger teens can't use IPODs, global positioning systems or electronic games when they drive.
Well, they can't unless they route it through the console on their vehicle's entertainment system.
They can still use a c.d. changer.
They can't use a hands-free device to get around the ban.
Well, they can if they route it through the console.
Younger teen drivers can't text while sitting at a red light.
Younger teen drivers can't text while sitting at a stop sign.
They can text if they pull off the road.
Adults can do whatever they had been doing.
Just don't drink and drive.
They still can't do that.
The bill now goes back to the senate.
Here's the latest version of the house bill, if you want to read it.
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Truely is this going to stop it from happening... No. Is it a good idea, yes. Read more of the blog to see where the rest of the rant is coming from:
Here is the problem with all these bans... if you say they can't use a GPS device how are they supposed to get somewhere when they don't know how? Print out a google map and look at a piece of paper... See More..... The GPS devices that sit on the dash or in the seat next to them TELLS them when to turn with a voice.... the paper has to be read.
Women drive and put on make-up... and yet is there a ban that can get them pulled over for that (please note I am a girl and yes I wear make-up).... NO. Just think about that one.
- March 8, 2010 at 7:02:00 PM CST
This law equals the smoking law. If they are going to have a ban it should apply to everyone. It is as equaly dangerous for and an adult to do as a minor.
- March 9, 2010 at 8:52:00 AM CST
I guess this way the teen driver can react before the adult driver who is texting crashes into the teen driver. Thank you elected officals for being so stupid. What is fair for one should be fair for all. Stop looking at your Blackberry and wake up.
- March 9, 2010 at 1:28:00 PM CST
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male & female restroom signs by mooza - $38.50
sweater dress by WoosWassVintage - $85.89
sunshine poster by thewheatfield - $22
love letters by mooza - $55
sunshine poster by thewheatfield - $22
love letters by mooza - $55
bag by dottie angel - $68
am so looking forward to spring. Can you tell with my Etsy picks of the day? Floral, fun, vibrant, breezy... yes. Totally looking forward to it. It's the best time of the year in Florida! I love the bags above by Dottie Angel. If you haven't yet checked out her blog, you absolutely should. Get ready to swoon at all her lovely crafts and amazing home. Wish I had that kind of talent! And how about those restroom, male/female signs? Caaa-ute! My way of saying "cute" in a very excited fashion. : ) Love! The sweater dress? What??? Adore. Too bad Fla. is too hot for that, cause I just love it and would wear it everywhere! And how about that poster? Talk about a picker upper, eh?
So, tell me... how was your Tuesday? Anything uber exciting happen? : ) I had a nice, calm day. Those are always good and welcome. Here's to a happy, happy Wednesday tomorrow!
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Journal of Applied MathematicsVolume 2004 (2004), Issue 3, Pages 191-199doi:10.1155/S1110757X0440103X
1Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van 65080, Turkey2Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Dicle University, Siirt, Diyarbakir 21280, Turkey
Received 9 January 2004; Revised 22 April 2004
Copyright © 2004 G. M. Amiraliyev et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We study uniform finite-difference method for solving first-order
singularly perturbed boundary value problem (BVP) depending on a
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Recipe for Sannas, added to my food blog.
Click here : http://jhovaan.blogspot.com/2006/07/sannas-rice-cakes.html
All things Mangi (Manglorean) - the food, the restaurants, the unique things that make Mangalore, Mangalore! (and say a prayer that we aren't called Mangalooru in the near future)
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Recipe : Prawn Bajjes (Pakodas/Fritters)
Prawn bajjes were an evening treat we relished as kids. They weren't made very often because of the high price of prawns & financial prudence dictated that they were better suited for a curry that would go a longer way especially with potatoes and green mangoes added to the mix.
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I'm afraid to admit my child, Ryder, picked his 5th birthday party theme the very day after his 4th Birthday.
This was not because he didn't love his 4th Birthday party theme nor is it because he didn't enjoy the party but purely because he could not wait to turn 5… for 5 seems to be a very magic number. In his mind, things 'happen' at 5; when you're 5 you start school, his cousin is 5, his best mates from Mothers Group and Kindy – he just wanted to be 5 SOOO bad! (Very cute but at the same time, it just made me want to hug him that bit tighter and say – slow down little man, there's no rush, 4's cool too!)
SO the day after Mister turned 4 the Party theme was set; "How to Train your Dragon', its a pretty cool theme really: dragons, Vikings and mossy rocks. It really sparked my imagination and in turn I had so much fun pulling together a party for my Mister. I was however keen not to go down the licensed route plus I wanted to keep it an at home party (and on a budget), a smaller do with family and Ryder's closest friends (after all, next year would be his first year of School, which, (I'm assuming) will mean a big-ger party).
Celebrations were set for a Saturday afternoon start which allowed me time to make lots of yummy afternoon-tea treats and set up the party display table plus a kids seating table and Teepee Dragon Cave!
Who did what:
- Styling, Party Stationery, tableware, props by Me aka Paper Face – Children's Party Boutique: www.paperface.com.au / #paperfaceparty / https://www.facebook.com/paperfacepartyboutique
- Entertainment by the amazing Lyn from https://www.facebook.com/littlepartyanimalskidsentertainment
- Cake topper by the super creative Rebecca from: https://www.facebook.com/topography
- Cake: made by me (I'm no baker but was happy with the three layer Vanilla and Chocolate cake with caramel Icing!!! Caramel being Misters fav flavor & vanilla and choc cake as he changes his mind daily lol)
- Party food: made by me plus a delicious cheese platter for the big kids supplied by Nana Lizzy plus my Mum helping me on the day


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***DISCLAIMER*** The following review is entirely my opinion. If you comment (which I encourage you to do) be respectful. If you don't agree with my opinion, that's fine. To each their own. I am just sharing my opinions and perspective. Finally, the reviews are given on a scale of 1-5. 1, of course, being terrible. 2, being not great. 3, being okay. 4, being good and 5, being epic!
The Music Never Stopped - 3 out of 5
It's amazing the power music has over us. Everyone has those moments where a song can take us back to a time and a place in our past. Sometimes a song can trigger a great moment you had with your friends or a song can remind you of the one that got away or the time you fought Bigfoot (that hasn't happened to you?). The point is that music can play a big part in a person's life and is more than just something to sing along to while you're in the shower or to serve as a soundtrack while you're making babies.
|Quite a change for the man who once played a Nazi rapist.
|Cave Johnson...the early years.
The Music Never Stopped is about a young man (Gabriel Sawyer) who has a tumor in his brain that prevents him from creating long-term memories. Desperate, his parents hold onto a glimmer of hope and seek to find anyway to see their son return to what he once was or, at the very least, be able to connect with him again. The father, Henry (played by J.K. Simmons) discovers a college professor doing experiments with the cognitive connection we humans have with music and she begins using songs that Gabriel loves so much to help him reconnect to his past and help him with his future. His father becomes so enthralled with the progress that he observes that he engrosses himself with The Who, The Stones, Bobby Dylan, The Dead and all the bands his son loves in order to reestablish what was lost in their relationship before his own deteriorating health causing more obstacles.
|Who doesn't love Scott Adsit? People who hate being happy, that's who.
The Music Never Stopped is a great emotional story filled with great songs of the 60s and 70s. However, the real emotional impact doesn't really hit its peak until the end of the film due to an unbalanced performance from Lou Taylor Pucci as Gabriel and J.K. Simmons. Pucci's performance feels flat and as phony as the beard on his face while Simmons (predictably) delivers amazingly.
|Couldn't get a more convincing fake beard? Spent too much money on the songs in the film?
The pain that the character of the father is going through is palpable thanks to Simmons talent but due to a less than adequate performance from Pucci, it's very difficult to feel a strong emotional response to the events on screen.
|Ah, they're at a Dead concert...or as I call it, Hell.
With a touching story, a great performance from a stellar character actor and a terrific soundtrack, The Music Never Stopped has the potential to be a heart-warming, tear-jerker of a movie that sadly is weakened by the performance of the story's central character. Adding along to the fact that the film offers a few B-storylines that offer nothing to the main story and are never truly given any real closer makes this movie entertaining but keeps it from seeing its full potential at being a film that makes you reach for the tissues to clean up the leakage from your eyeballs.


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Our "Orange Show Art Bus" program is being implemented for the 2013-2014 school year. The concept will be to transform a school bus into a rolling education outreach center by gutting the inside and making it into a mobile art studio. Students, youth groups, and members of the community will have the opportunity to engage in science, technology, engineering and math through a series of programs designed for dynamic learning.
Programs will include:
- Art classes
- Science and Engineering classes
- Dance classes
- Theater art productions
- Written word workshops
For more information about funding opportunities for the Orange Show Art Bus, or how you can help make it a reality, click here.


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I've recently found an everyday material used in a sophisticated way that gives it unusual, but beautiful shapes. I'm talking about the glass.
Usual is not the word for David Patchen's glass collections. David is an American glass artist and designer who uses the Italian techniques of cane and murrine in an American style. He begins creating a meticulous plan and design of colors and patterns. After he pulls the cane and murrine, he carefully composes these elements to design the final work, all days prior to blowing it.
"My current work is an intensive exploration of patterns, colors and transparency created through multi-layered cane and murrine (colored rods and patterned cross-sections of glass). While varied in composition and design, I most often create work within a series of graceful forms that I consider three dimensional canvases" – David Patchen
David has 7 different collections: Bloom, Foglio, Resistenza, Parabola, Sphere, Piscine and Allegro. Each collection presents glass in different shapes and with armonious mix of colors.
"The diversity in my compositions reflects my desire to constantly experiment and explore a variety of ideas simultaneously. Some themes in my work include windows into or through a piece, things hidden & revealed and extreme detail. Colors in contrasting and/or complimentary tertiary tones woven into complex patterns challenge expectations of the amount of detail glass can carry and its place in the art world. My influences include textiles, ethnically distinct colors and shapes as well as the marine environment" – David Patchen


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Warpworld: The Apocalypse
Brooklynne Parker
- Strength: 7 (2d6+1)
- Agility: 7 (2d6+1)
- Health: 8 (2d6+2)
- Awareness: 7 (2d6+1)
- Will: 6 (2d6)
- Fate: 3 (1d6)
- Age: 24
- Forte: Awareness – Level-headed
- Agriculture +2d
—Herbology +1d
- First Aid +0d (need 4 more xp to up skill)
- Cooking +0d
- Longarms +0d
- Farm Equipment +0d
- Equestrian +0d
- Survival – Woodlands +0d
- Swimming +0d
- Running +0d
- Chemistry +0d
- Management +0d (2 more xp to bump to skill)
- Computers +0d
- Auto +0d
- Short blade +0d
- Hand to Hand +0d (3 more xp to bump to skill)
WARPGIFT: Earth Attunement – ability to "read" the land.
Hair the color of corn silk, kept in a long braid which reaches to her lower back, and eyes of cornflower blue grace an attractive face that glows with the health and ruddy complexion from working outdoors. Her lean, strong 5' 7" frame is generally dressed for comfort and protection from the noon day sun.
First girl born into a family of eight children, she has two older brothers, two younger brothers, and three younger sisters. The Parker family has been farming in the Lakes Area of New Hampshire for three generations. The main crop of Parker Farms, located near Gilmanton, is corn, but they also produce and sell other organically grown vegetables. From the time she could walk and carry a pail, Brooklynne, shortened to "Lynne" by family and friends, has had her share of chores and has helped with most things on the farm. Her daddy also made sure each of his children knew how to shoot and care for a rifle as well as how to fish – to include cleaning and gutting anything they caught. As she grew, and more were slowly added to the Parker clan, the older boys helped their father with the cash crops while the girls helped their mother with the gardens kept closer to the house as well as with the cooking and canning. However, Brooklynne's interest gravitated to caring for her mother's herb garden and helping her prepare the ointments, tinctures and other home remedies their family, as well as quite a few neighbors, used. Under her mother's tutelage, she has become quite adept at identifying and treating numerous ailments and injuries.
Brooklynne attended the local schools from elementary through high school. Her responsibilities at home didn't leave her much time for extracurricular activities, therefore her group of friends was small, but close-knit. Her best friend's family owned horses and she learned to ride under the supervision of their horse handler. Once she had proven herself, the two girls were occasionally allowed to take the horses to the lake at the north end of the property, where they would spend a lazy afternoon swimming and sunning. Both girls graduated with honors from the local high school and Brooklynne earned a couple of small scholarships to help with the cost of college.
She attended the University of New Hampshire and received a bachelor's degree in Environmental Horticulture. Her undergraduate internship was completed at the Canterbury Shaker Village, whose gardens are all certified organic. After graduation, she returned to Parker Farms to help manage the organically grown vegetable crops and to expand the herb garden as a possible side business.


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A sailor sits down at the bar and orders a drink.
He looks to his left and there's a pirate with a peg leg, hook hand, and eye patch.
The sailor asks how the leg was lost. "A gator ripped off me leg while burying gold in Florida." He asks next how he lost his hand. "A shark bit ma hand off while I was throwing the gator into the sea."
Amazed at the pirate's bravery, he asked how the man lost his eye. "A seagull shit in me eye." The sailor was shocked and asked, "a bird shit in your eye and you lost it??"
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My college is located in a very wet climate, which not only is bad news for my hair, but also everything else. Alaska is somewhat rainy in the summertime, but it's not humid whatsoever, so humidity and nearly constant rainy weather are going to be a big change for me. But it won't be so bad with these adorable rain items! I have a philosophy that you feel like what you wear, and to an extent those you come in contact with as well, so whenever it's rainy, I want to wear a bright rain coat. Yellow, I think, is the typical rain coat color that people think of, and it's no surprise--yellow is just so happy!
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October 12, 2012 16:03 ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 12, 2012) - On the occasion of the launch of National Science and Technology Week, the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), made the following statement:
"Expanding young people's knowledge of and interest in science and engineering is increasingly important in 21st-century Canada. From October 12 to 21, more than 100 Canadian organizations, including museums, schools and science centres, will host events and activities to inspire youth to consider careers in these fields.
"In Economic Action Plan 2012, the Harper Government committed to creating opportunities for high-quality jobs and economic growth. Ensuring that young people have the skills they need to succeed and contribute to Canadian society is an investment in renewing and expanding the country's highly skilled workforce and, ultimately, an investment in Canada's future.
"National Science and Technology Week raises awareness of the importance of science and technology while celebrating Canada's role as a leader in innovation. During this week, Canadians in communities across the country are invited to participate in activities and events celebrating science and technology."
For more information on National Science and Technology Week, visit the Science and Technology for Canadians website (Science.gc.ca).
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Photojournalism, which is the collection, editing and presenting of news for publication or broadcast, has become an approach to documenting the wedding adopted by many top wedding photographers in recent years. The photo album almost becomes a documentary. Pictures can be a combination of color and black an white, which gives added interest. The Wedding Photojournalist doesn't just take pictures, they create memories. Many of the photos on a couples wedding day can't retaken. Like the ceremony; when it's over, it's over. Or, when he lifts her veil and they kiss for the first time as husband and wife, you want a wedding professional, who has the right equipment, looking through that lens.
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Advertising has recently picked up a lot in the online space, Since the 2008 a lot of new small/medium ad networks have come into existence.
Today in 2010 we find revenue model specialised ad networks available, which offers a whole bunch of features and how long they survive ....ther is no end to this ?
But 1 thing i would love to share with every1 reading this post, thers still lot of advertising space available for more networks to come up and get absorbed,still lot of untapped money,unreached audience yet to be explored !!
Corporates are spending money on ads like never before......, to target audience , to sell brands, to reach to the whole world...ther is no end to it.
Online media and web is the best place for it.
Any ad network just has to offer some good features support and services to maintain it....and
then results are for everybody to see for themselves !!
All you need is a dedicated team of people workin round the clock and a garage to start a firm /company/ network,
and anything can sell on world wide web, you just have to be smart.
one of the latest emerging Ad network is "RetrackMedia" - i am still trying them but let me tell ....they have set up recently,
and day-by-day i can see them growing on the web.
Everyday these guys are coming up with something!!
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Hugh Masekela is definitely a person I'd think of if some in Hungary asked me – " so tell me all about it" – his jazz sound is really very unique – it tells a lot about all the travels he's done but also about his South African roots.
While I was browsing and actually hardly found anything real Masekela related info – I finally came accross this 2002 Afropop.org interview by Banning Eyre – it's quite a long one – it will give you a good idea about the life work of this SA jazz maestro:
B.E.: …. let's talk about your side. You weren't able to go to South Africa for how long?
Hugh:Thirty years.
B.E.: So what's it like to live there again now?
Hugh: Well, for me it's a real bonanza because I never thought I'd be able to go back home, and I've been back twelve years. And in twelve years, I've been able to get to the point where like this album Time is on Chissa Records, which is our own label. I think that, except for like the young musicians who are into like what is called kwaito–South African hip-hop or whatever you call it–they are the first people to do their own productions. It the same way it happened when reggae started in Jamaica or when samba became a craze in Brazil. We're just getting into a stage where we're building the first steps towards creating our own industry, and our own manufacturing, wholesaling and marketing, and hopefully our own distribution. And our own broadcasting. But that's going to take time because we are trying to access a business that was previously white owned. With Chissa, we're trying to set up something that is modeled on Motown, where there's collaboration instead of divided artists. We all try to bring like excellence out of each other. (read on…)


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The deep state continues to grasp at straws in its attempts to undermine the Trump administration.
The same Justice Department that oversaw Operation Fast and Furious is now making some bold claims against the hottest scapegoat of 2016: Russia.
However, their pathetic accusations continue to lack any proof.
According to the DOJ's indictment issued Wednesday, the culprits behind a 2014 hack of Yahoo email accounts are multiple Russian actors, including two FSB agents named Dmitry Aleksandrovich Dokuchaev and Igor Anatolyevich Sushchin. The agents allegedly orchestrated the whole operation using two known Russian hackers, Alexsey Belan and Karim Baratov.
Baratov is the only one in custody after being arrested in Canada on Tuesday. Officials stated that the main purpose of the Yahoo hack was to gather political and economic intelligence. The security breach affected 500 million Yahoo accounts, with Yahoo denying any such event took place until two years after the fact in September of 2016, reportedly fearing it would harm their sale to Verizon.
Russia has not issued a response to the allegations, instead directing reporters to an article on Sputnik News that refutes the indictment's claims by stating that the accused are known CIA collaborators.
For instance, FSB agent Dmitry Dokuchaev was arrested by Russian authorities in December of 2016 on charges of treason for transferring data to "US intelligence service members", a source revealed in February.
The timing of the DOJ's claim is somewhat suspicious. Why did the Department of Justice wait so long to reveal Russia's involvement in a hack that is now three years old? What evidence supports the charges?
Ultimately, their indictment has no teeth. It is unlikely that three of the four defendants will even be brought to trial given that the U.S. has no extradition treaty with Russia.
Predictably, Democrats like the wizened crone Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) are attempting to tie this steaming pile of nonsense to the Democratic National Committee hack, claiming Russia is behind them both. In reality, the Democrats are simply doing what they do best: pointing fingers and making baseless accusations.
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Sunday, November 06, 2011
Sac-Joaquin Sub-Section Results...
Posted by Albert Caruana at 11/06/2011 01:14:00 AM
Labels: 2011 Cross Country, Northern California Results XC 2011
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Just noticed Karlie Garcia Ran 17:34 at Frogtown. I looked up the fastest times and I believe she beat the course record by 30 seconds. Is that right? Does anyone know for sure?
- November 06, 2011 9:42 AM
Close but no cigar. In 2002 Caitlin Chock ran 17:19 at Sub Sections and Rachel Bryan ran 17:25. These are the two fastest Sub-section Girls times since 2000, but may not be the course record as other invitationals are run on this course. Remember, the way the SJ Section is set-up, many do not run their hardest as it is an easy qualifier for the elite individuals and teams.
- November 07, 2011 12:15 PM
- Albert Caruana said...
I know someone has posted the fastest times on that course before. Maybe somebody can help us with a link?
I would agree that sub-sections are just a qualifying race and most teams race that meet as easy as possible while still qualifying.
- November 07, 2011 12:56 PM
The Frog Town course has changed over the years too... I think about 2004 or so they lengthened the course to what it is today. The times from earlier are around 40 seconds fast as far as I can tell.
- November 07, 2011 5:02 PM
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What if you invested in a thing and it just didn't work out? What will you do?
You've already spend too much money, time, effort in your idea. It is very sad but you have to accept the fact that:
What you have spent has already gone, sunk. And you have to be very objective about this
You need to step back a little bit, be very objective and detach yourself emotionally from your business before taking any decision regarding the business
Any resource of any type invested in the process, no matter how much or how long- MUST have no influence on any future financial decision
- The only thing that should affect that decision is whether the potential return of that investment worth the cost or not
We are attached to our ideas emotionally, and although all the facts and numbers may indicate that this idea doesn't worth any invest any more we just keep gambling and pumping more money hoping that we might get our money, effort, time back. SAAAAAAAD :S isn't it?
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I have been contemplating this phrase from one of my favourite novels, Peter S. Beagle's Last Unicorn. It is part of a conversation that one of the protagonists has with a human skull, guarding the Grandfather clock in the great hall. I have an Osteology exam next week, and so I have been fondling many human skulls the past few days. I cannot help but think of the flesh that once clung to those bones, and wonder what they would say to me.
"When I was alive, I believed--as you do--that time was at least as real and solid as myself, and probably more so. I said 'one o'clock' as though I could see it, and 'Monday' as though I could find it on the map; and I let myself be hurried along from minute to minute, day to day, year to year, as though I were actually moving from one place to another. Like everyone else, I lived in a house bricked up with seconds and minutes, weekends and New Year's Days, and I never went outside until I died, because there was no other door. Now I know that I could have walked through the walls." Peter S. Beagle - The Last Unicorn.


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Is a (crunchy) peanut butter sandwich and a granola bar breakfast?
Meal-Confused in Chicago
Jessy: This actually may be the most serious candidate for Breakfast we've seen thus far. A granola bar - although the type is a little ambiguous here - is generally a breakfast food, and often even a nutritious one at that. The crunchy peanut butter sandwich is a bit more tricky. I have clarified with the inquirer that it was, as advertised, simply a peanut butter sandwich, rather than a peanut butter & jelly sandwich. For me, this is an important distinction. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches have, for better or for worse, a strong "lunch" association. Whereas I find peanut butter on toast to be a perfectly acceptable breakfast food: it starts the day with protein and in many cases hearty whole grains as well. (I neglected to ask the inquirer about the type of bread they were using in this sandwich - which may prove disastrous.) Putting it in a sandwich form does nudge it a bit in the direction of lunch, however. And of course a balanced breakfast would include some sort of fruit, even if just a glass of unconcentrated orange juice - but I realise that we are working simply for Breakfast here, not a Balanced Breakfast. But does the sandwich aspect compromise the overall breakfastyness of Meal-Confused in Chicago's dining experience?
Chanelle: I would concur that Meal-Confused presents a very strong contention for the status of Breakfast in the peanut butter sandwich and granola bar combination. However, I will admit that said combination's remarkable resemblance to Lunch does give one pause, for surely, submitting a meal of identical contents to a What Is Lunch Committee (should one exist) would almost certainly produce an instant and unanimous yea. But, again, the lack of jelly does weigh in favor of breakfast (though, ironically, jelly by itself or in combination with cream cheese remains a most-popular breakfast condiment - ah the never-ending mystery that is Breakfast!). Finally, all hesitation must be cast aside when we consider the crucial detail of chunky peanut butter as opposed to smooth, for chunky peanut butter simply carries with it a fantastic-ness that makes the world a better place. Its inclusion not only authenticates the breakfastyness of the meal, but also the general good character of Meal-Confused in Chicago. My vote: Heck Yeah Breakfast.
Jessy votes: An Irony-Laden Breakfast.
The Committee's Final Vote Is:
A (crunchy) peanut butter sandwich and a granola bar is Indeed Breakfast.


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It didn't occur to us to feed coins into the meter, even to my husband who is usually very careful about such matters. This was a holiday, right? A national, U.S. government-designated holiday.
February 16, 2009
Walnut Creek's mercenary parking meter practices applies to Presidents Day
It didn't occur to us to feed coins into the meter, even to my husband who is usually very careful about such matters. This was a holiday, right? A national, U.S. government-designated holiday.
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- DumbAsBricks said...
This is wrong.
To post "Except Sundays and Holidays" is the end of the transaction.
'Except Sundays and Holiday Posted Below' is appropriate.
The city needs to fix this...quickly.
- February 16, 2009 at 4:25 PM
This is especially boneheaded when the city is hurting for business. It's just bad public relations and makes the city seem greedy.
- February 16, 2009 at 4:50 PM
This is kind of unpatriotic. And who in the city chooses which holidays get a pass?
- February 16, 2009 at 5:21 PM
I would have made the same assumption since it's a federal holiday. The tickets were $35? The city is really trying to cash in.
- February 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM
If it said "except Sundays and holidays," and left "holidays" ambiguous, the city is s--- out of luck. Even if they had another sign elsewhere on their meters. IMO, it needs to say the same things throughout, to be fair and clear.
- February 16, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Walnut Creek is full of itself. Its parking patrol nails you after two minutes when your meter is expired. No one else does this. Maybe no one cares about Walnut Creek anymore. I certainly wont go there with his hostile and unwelcome attitude. Its like this traffic patrol officers have nothing else to do.
- February 16, 2009 at 7:16 PM
We were just on Locust Street, outside of Katy's Kreek. My husband fed the meeter. I have no idea what made him read the tiny printed Holiday list below the regular meter. Amazing!
If it were me alone, I probably would not have known. I would have read just like you Soccer Mom.
I think Walnut Creek should cancel the parking ticket to those who argue. It's a great defense. It really isn't fair. The meter should read "Holidays listed below". Otherwise, its false advertising, or bait and switch, something like that!
- February 16, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Well, how luck you will be when Needless Markup moves in, they will park for you so you can spend $400 for shoes and not have worry about those pesky $35 parking tickets.....That is Forward Thinking.
- February 16, 2009 at 8:02 PM
This article exemplifies how Walnut Creek is so inconsistent in its policies. I work at at retail store in Walnut Creek and we get harassed by the city for our window art/advertisements.
Apparently the rule in Walnut Creek is that your window painting cannot exceed 15% of the window. We have had city employees come by and cite us for being at 16%. No joke. What's funny though is across the street from us a business always has window paintings at 75-80%. My boss told the city employee last time that we wouldn't pay unless the other business removed their's as well.
I told them to put F.U.W.C. on the next window. It never happened.
- February 16, 2009 at 9:03 PM
There is a concerted effort to obfuscate everything from parking meter language to The Nutshell's rhetoric. No transparency here!
- February 16, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Soccer Mom said...
Dear Readers,
Thanks for your input. On one hand, the city legally is in the clear. And I can't argue with that. And I should have spent the minutes to read that meter and its "fine print" more carefully.
On the other hand, as a native of Walnut Creek, and long-time resident, there's this gnawing feeling in my gut that the City has acted in bad faith, and that the City needs to rethink its parking policies. This was the feeling that prompted me to write this post. And many of your comments have just confirmed that I'm not out of line in questioning the City of Walnut Creek about its parking meter policies.
Sure, legally, the City can say, "we presented proper notification."
But really? As poster DumbasBricks (who's not so Dumb) pointed out, the language of one part of the meter would lead ANY rational, reasonable person to assume that they are in the clear on a federal holiday like Presidents Day. If the city wanted to clarify its definition of "holiday" exemptions, it should have given proper warning. And the City didn't, as DumbAsBricks astutely pointed out.
My husband and I are prepared to pay our tickets, but, yes, my red flags are up. About what's fair and what's not. We made a assumptions, that turned out, becuase of Walnut Creek's somewhat not-so-obvious policies, to be false. We think our assumptions were reasonble and those of most rational people. So did many others visiting Walnut Creek on Monday, Presidents Day, a NATIONAL holiday.
The city is hurting. Its retail sales and parking revenues are in tatters. So, it chooses to recoup revenue in this way? By sticking it to people visiting and spending sorely needed money in the City.
Perhaps not the best approach. Perhaps not the most welcoming policy.
I think the City should FORGIVE expired meter tickets it issued Presidents Day, and I think the City should re-write the language of its meters. And, if it doesn't have the funds to do so at this time, which it probably doesn't because of City, state, and federal budget crunches, then the City should just EAT IT. The City should accept that, until it can clearly define its definition of "holiday" in all references in its public parking spaces, specifically its meters. Otherwise, it is an act of bad faith for it to seek to fine people for making other reasonable assumptions of the defintion of "holiday."
- February 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM
The lack of public outrage is an outrage. You can contest these tickets. Take the 5 minutes and do it!
- February 16, 2009 at 10:08 PM
- Soccer Mom said...
Dear Barry,
I just sent e-mails to City Manager Gary Pokorny, Mayor Gary Skrel, and the city's Public Information Officer. We'll see what their response is. As I said it my post, they can argue that, legally, they are in the clear. But as another poster said, the language on the meter is ambigious and inconsistent. Perhaps another lawyer could pick it apart.
It just strikes me that issuing tickets today was an act of Bad Faith--even it was technically legal. It was a NATIONAL holiday. And, as I learned, it was a CITY holiday. If it's a holiday for City Staff, it should be a holiday for people who come to the city and shop, dine and its restaurants and spend $$$. Especially, in these difficult economic times, when Walnut Creek is facing some big budget challenges.
Tbe City needs to do a better job welcoming people back, and it should get over itself. I say this as someone who grew up here and has lived here a while.
If I were Empress of the Universe--of of Walnut Creek, which I'm not--I would decree that all tickets issued today be voided and forgiven. I would also urge the City to align its parking meter holidays with those that it itself deems holidays for its City staff and offices.
- February 16, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Got a library to pay for!
- February 16, 2009 at 10:47 PM
I parked on Locust today, and read the notice stating which holidays were valid. All very clear. Now go to San Francisco and the signs do NOT specify which holidays are exempt. IMO WC is no different from other cities. So buck up and pay your share and have this be a lesson to you to always read the parking meteres clearly, and to never assume anything.
"Maybe no one cares about Walnut Creek anymore. I certainly wont go there with his hostile and unwelcome attitude."
Yeah, the nerve of WC for enforcing their parking regulations. That's facism! Let's everyone boycott WC! Report this to the CC Times!
- February 16, 2009 at 11:15 PM
- Castle Hill Bill said...
How many parking meter violation fines does it take to pay for one space in the new library? Many, many, many. Soccer Mom's fine will help pay for some of the construction costs but it's just not enough! The city needs to generate more revenue. Maybe soon the city will have modified the meter parking notices to include, in even smaller print, that parking enforcement is in effect for all 10 Federal Holidays. Remember- we elected these people and their policies. I hope they read the blogs and reconsider/halt fines on holidays for meter violations.
- February 17, 2009 at 2:26 AM
Soccer Mom, I understand your being annoyed. I would have made the same assumption about it being a holiday, and probably would have just read the "except Sundays and holidays" part. But, as you said yourself, the city also has a sign posted, listing its "holidays" for meters. The city can say it gave proper warning. Can't argue with that, but it's still frustrating.
- February 17, 2009 at 4:44 AM
- Edi Birsan said...
I would protest the ticket respectfully in court.
The arguments I would use is that the front of the meter states that it is not to be used on holidays.
It does not say "on Holidays specified below' as a technical point, but more importantly there is a degree of being pulled 'off sides' from the main sign which can be appreciated by any judge.
We have judges as people for just this sort of situation where there can be some common sense allowed to creep into the system, but it all starts with going to the court and asking the judge in the right manner and right tone to give you a break here.
Good luck/
- February 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM
I hope you dispute the tickets. I def. would if it were me.
For me, just one more reason not to come and spend money in WC!
- February 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Why you should fight the ticket.
1. It will make a good story
2. Can you really use the word crazy if you don't fight?
3. Many people agree with you! It was unclear.
4 Fighting will give you some satisfaction, winning even more so!
- February 17, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- February 17, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- De La Salle said...
How do people evade parking tickets? I received a ticket two weeks before I received my DMV renewal notice.
On the itemized renewal were my fees, taxes and then the $35.00 parking ticket.
If you don't pay in full, they will w/ hold the tags...
I don't understand how people get out of not paying.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Soccer Mom said...
Well, I better make sure Soccer Dad didn't already write that check!
- February 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM
"I would protest the ticket respectfully in court."
You do not get to go to court on aprking fines. It is reviewed by a member of the PD. IF you do not like that answer ..then you may go to court.
"I don't understand how people get out of not paying.'
5 or more tickets-- you get towed until they are paid off-- if the PD does its job.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:57 PM
- DumbAsBricks said...
I would pay the ticket and consult an attorney who will chase your $70 (plus attorney's fees) from the city if something is not done about this.
They could use their facy wordifications! Right?
- February 17, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Is it worth a try to fight it? Maybe,if you have lots of time on your hands. I am afraid if you get good ol' Judge Galoob in Court, you will not stand a chance. He has heard every sob story in the book, and he is heartless and will make you feel like 2 cents when you leave.
If you could round up everyone that got a ticket that day, you could protest outside, cause a riot and get arrested..... or Don't pay it and get arrested... or maybe the City would just feel bad and wipe all your tickets, if you threaten to expose them for this greedy act. Who was it who said,"You can't fight City Hall?"
- February 17, 2009 at 1:16 PM
This is frustrating and seems a bit underhanded on the part of the city. I dread going just about anywhere in WC because parking is a bit of a pain! I think you should fight it, even to just get them to make the policies more clear, Good luck!
- February 17, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- ACC said...
The old adage "ignorance is no excuse for the law" fits here - BUT, and there is always a but when it comes to regulations - nothing is black and white. Obviously WC has been getting away with this for quite awhile and no one has made it a big enough issue. Your blog may make it a so. I don't agree with it at all. I wouldn't have seen the little bitty sign either. Fight the good fight - stupid laws are meant to be challenged.
- February 17, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Annie said...
I don't live in Walnut Creek but I can sure feel your pain. This doesn't feel at all right. While, yes, the city is lacking funds and the library needs money or whatever the reason, this is a crappy way to go about filling the void. On one hand they want/need people to shop in town, and on the other hand they want to make it as difficult as possible. They can't have it both ways. To post a list of "city" holidays, separate from those observed by the rest of the country, elsewhere on the meter is akin to trickery. If it were me, I'd fight it. You probably won't win but dang, your voice should be heard.
- February 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Hey, come on now, we have a brand spanking new multi- million dollar library to pay for! Thanks for your donation! I have lived here for about 8 years and am just about ready to move over all of this craziness. I live in Walnut Creek, but will gladly take my shopping to Pleasant Hill or Sun Valley. The access to parking and the parking tickets are just beyond belief in our fine town. Why can I picture "parking enforcement" giggling from car to car? I too would have thought that Monday was a "holiday" what a bunch of jerks.
Keep up the good work, Crazy in Suburbia, I'm enjoying your blog!
Crabby in WC
- February 17, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Do NOT shop in Walnut Creek until they fix this meter discrepancy!
It feels so unfair and dirty, that I need a shower after reading this...
- February 17, 2009 at 1:48 PM
The city of Lafayette is even worse...don't shop there either. Go to Pleasant Hill (very few meters), or even Sun Valley Mall for crying out loud...
- February 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM
The Holidays are clearly listed on the meters. Don't blame the City for your inability to go the 'extra' mile and read the other side of the meter. NOT TOO DIFFICULT! I was working yesterday in the real City (SF) and was not sure of the Holidays observered on their meters. I walked ALL the way around the meter and found that Presidents Day is not a meter holiday there either! And I am no Rocket Scientist. Open you eyes.
- February 17, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Wow! I don't have time to read all the comments, but I was in the Starbuck's on Locust across from the Cheesecake Factory MOnday from 8 - 12:30, and while I was parked in the "free" garage across the street, I did notice the meter maids passing out tickets like they were candy. I witnesses some conversations through the glass, and it was clear that the conversations were less than calm and it was a racket orchestrated by the city of WC.
I am not a resident of WC and certainly understand the fiscal pressures WC and all cities (and myself, for that matter as I am a single income executive unemployed for nearly a year), I think it would be prudent to either align meter holidays with City holidays or prominently display the valid holidays.
Come on, Walnut Creek! Cut 'em a break!
- February 17, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Crazy in Suburbia - you are not that crazy! I live and work in WC and I swear that one out of every three times I feed the meter, a coin (whether it's the first one or the last one) DOESN'T register! At first it's almost understandable that it's a machine and bound to have a glitch or two from time to time, but to have this happen so often is maddening and raises suspicion over whether they're "fixed" to steal your money - which is essentially what they are doing. We need to have these meters all calibrated better and more often.
- February 17, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Just another way to pay for the ridiculous library. Shame on Walnut Creek.
- February 17, 2009 at 2:18 PM
At least we can thank Sol Henik for speaking up against the enforcement of meters on Sunday's and past 6pm! Did he get elected?
- February 17, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- Castle Hill Bill said...
Barry- My point exactly. We claim that we want certain civilities, courtesies, common sense, and fairness in our public policies, including parking control, but we haven't yet voted in enough candidates of that thought at one time to seats on the city council, to alter these type of anti-citizen services policies. Maybe next election.
- February 17, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- drvrdadca said...
Soccer Mom, it is 4pm on Tuesday. Has anyone you contacted with the City gotten back to you? I bet now.
Who reads the "fine" print anyways? You can't have it both ways. I'm fairly sure (actually have not a clue) that if you had a contract with the City for something/anything and you worded the same thing differently in 2 places, they would take the one that benefits them even if you meant the other.
My Wife shops WC I won't go with her, cuz I hate the snobs.
- February 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Soccer Mom said...
It's close to 6 p.m., and, no, I did not hear from the city today.
I wonder if the tone in the e-mail I sent last night was off-putting, and whether I went overboard. Yes, I can do that.
I told the mayor and city manager that I thought the city's actions were "detrimental and an act of bad faith. ... Some people shopping and dining in Walnut Creek-spending much needed money in the city--were penalized for assuming, reasonably, that a nationally designated holiday--and city-designated holiday--freed them from having to feed coins into the meter. Welcome to Walnut Creek."
I then asked, "is this really the message you want to send? Especially in these difficult economic times when we all know that the city needs people coming to its downtown?"
I sent another e-mail at about 4 p.m. I offered to post the city's response without any comment from me.
I can understand the argument that I screwed up by not reading all the signs on the meter. But I can also understand the other argument that the sign in the top part of the meter should have warned people that there are meter holidays listed below.
I'll go through the city's parking appeals process and see what happens.
Thanks for all your comments. I know parking is a hot-button issue in Walnut Creek, and its parking enforcement officials are pretty "forceful" and their enforcement.
- February 17, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Hey Soccer mom... You can go to the City Council meeting tonight and make your case during public hearings! That would be great. How many people actually speak up?
- February 17, 2009 at 6:48 PM
- MC Rider said...
I would protest the tickets. In addition to the reasons others have outlined I would do some research and find out if City Employees that were working on Presidents Day received holiday pay (namely the parking enforcement officer). How could the city say it was not a city-recognized holiday if supervisors received the day off due to the holiday and employees that worked were paid holiday pay?
- February 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM
MC Rider, that's a pretty good one. I was going to say something like that too. You beat me to it! Soccer Mom, This is a great post. Well worth an appeal to the city. A ticket's a bummer, but you had something very heated to write about. Your concerns about the city should be encouraging consumers in this economy. That was excellent. Well-thought out. They should take your advice. They should hire you as a consultant!
- February 17, 2009 at 9:23 PM
- Soccer Mom said...
Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to the City Council meeting tonight.
MC Rider (hope you're feeling okay, by the way): Thanks for the suggestion. It's a good one.
- February 17, 2009 at 9:23 PM
There are also privately owned parking lots owned by Bob (i forget his last name, but he's pres of Downtown bus association... I think). They may abide by other rules.
- February 17, 2009 at 9:24 PM
So is someone supposed to look up, down, all around to find little print on a meter - then find a magnifying glass to read the fine print.
That's crazy. The meter says HOLIDAYS. It doesn't say, city, or federal. It just says HOLIDAYS.
Walnut Creek did that deliberately. Its a money making ploy.
- February 17, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Soccer Mom,
I work for the City of WC, and I agree with you. The holidays as they are posted are confusing and misleading. Fed holidays and meter holidays should be one and the same. Even though the city of WC is hurting in these lean times, as all municipalities are, I don't agree with this meter policy. In my opinion, the amount of badwill this policy generates is not worth the few bucks the city may make in fines. Maybe one of the local news stations would like this...I just think it's wrong.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:17 PM
The private parking enforcement company, their employees, and their policies are subhuman.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Dearest Crazy,
If you are in need of support, through letters, appearances or whatever it takes to get this dang City to listen to you. Please let us know.
We have your back and will fight this with you. The Presidents Day may be a newer Holiday, but it still is a "legal Holiday"that is observed everywhere.(No mail delivered) As a 23 year resident of this City I feel your ticket should be expunged without consequence.
- February 17, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- Mom's exhausted said...
Just checking back to see what others say. Yes, I think the above few comments sum it up! Also - not to forget, Soccer Mom and Soccer Dad both received tickets, am I correct? That's $70.00!
- February 18, 2009 at 6:45 AM
How about "7 on your side" ? I'm sure they would eat up a story like this. I tend to agree with the previous poster, in such an economic downturn you would think they would be putting up signs that say, "Free parking for all shoppers" instead of passing out tickets like candy on Halloween!
- February 18, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Soccer Mom said...
Soccer Dad is just going to pay his ticket. But he's saying go, go, go on my appealing the ticket. I have to print out a little appeal form, mail it in, and we'll see what happens.
- February 18, 2009 at 8:22 AM
I wonder if the citing police officer was being paid overtime for working on a national holiday?
- February 18, 2009 at 11:19 AM
There is a double standard in Walnut Creek. Why aren't meters fed or tickets issued to all of the out of town police cars and other official vehicles parked on the streets around the Ford dealer? These vehicles appear to be out of service and in possession of local repair shops that park these cars on the street for their convenience.If you extend it out, thousands of dollars have been lost over the years.I think these business'es need to pay up and why aren't the parking patrol writing these vehicles tickets?
- February 18, 2009 at 11:46 AM
It wasn't a police officer. It was a meter maid (or meter guy). No, he wasn't being paid overtime.
- February 18, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Seriously, learn to read the meters. When you go to San Francisco and get a parking ticket on Sunday - are you going to whine too? Same with Monterey on holidays and LA in different parts of the city. What if you go out of state and get a ticket - is another whine going to erupt. Give me a break! Every city is different in how they manage parking enforcement. As a licensed driver (I'm assuming)you should know the importance of reading your meters. Plus, as a citizen of Walnut Creek you should know about all the free parking that is available to you throughout the city. So, next time you're going for your Triple Mocha whatever at Starbucks - park in the free parking and take a little walk - it may just do you some good. And as far as the Community Service Officers (they are not "meter maids") are concerened they are just doing their job. OH, I'm sorry you're a soccer mom - you wouldn't know what it was like to have a job anyway. Give them a break.
- February 19, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- rkt said...
Yup - gotta hit the web and check the city website for parking holidays before you go.
I always check for SF - you never can be sure. In SF meter maids were out enforcing, but there were far fewer of them - so most people had no problem and some had the same WTF moment that CiS is having.
This is one of those lessons that you only have to learn once, and I'm surprised CiS hadn't learned it until now :P
- February 19, 2009 at 2:02 PM
I think that $35 is a reasonable amount to pay for parking in WC. A quarter for 15 minutes of parking is a steal!!!
- February 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM
I parked in front of Cheap Pete's for one hour last week and fed my meter, the meter for the car next to me was expired. When I returned there was no ticket nor did I see a meter reader anywhere. I guess they were saving up for the frenzy to come on the non-holiday holiday.
- February 19, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Seriously, get over it. It's a parking ticket that you deserved for not double checking. Is this the first time any of you have seen a meter? There is something on both sides, the one facing the street and the one where you actually put your money. Not the City's fault you didn't read both.
Do any of you know what the PSO's actually have to check? Every single city owned meter, permit area, public garage, red zone, handicapped spot, private parking spot (when called by the DT business owners) yellow zone, white zone, city owned garage, other limited time areas and they have to go out and look for the abandoned vehicles that people call in. Oh, let's not forget the abandoned vehicles they've already cited that now need to be towed. So, for the person who said they were probably "saving up" for President's Day...get real.They don't sit around and wait for somebody to walk away from an empty meter. That's Regional Parking.
You guys have no idea how hard they actually work. And another thing, the City didn't all of a sudden raise their rates, they've been at $35 for quite some time.
- February 23, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I too received a parking ticket on the President's Day. I read the "holidays" and obviously incorrectly assumed I was covered. My ticket was in front of Lakeshore Learning at 1:30p so the meter folks were definitely making the city rounds! Two compliants, one of which has already been echoed (the double standard of meter fees on a WC city offices 'holiday') and the second a new one. I've been struggling with the pay/contest issue and threw in the towel this morning and decided to pay the ticket. To add insult to injury, if you want to pay your ticket over the phone at the "pay by credit card" option, expect to pay an extra $2.95 fee on top of your ticket. Really? I don't think so. I'm disappointed in the City that they have not responded to a resident with an issue. Poor PR WC. The City just lost my shopping dollars since there's not a single thing I NEED from downtown.
- March 3, 2009 at 8:54 AM
I got a parking ticket in San Francisco today. $53! Same thing.. I thought today was a holiday for meters, too. Might "request a review" - contest it with a letter- but I don't have time for a court appearance if you have to do that. Apparently, there was a note in the Chronicle that meters would be enforced but I'm an east bay person and didn't read the Chron.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:34 PM
We got a notice in the mail from the City of Walnut Creek, via their parking enforcement contractor, that we owed $40 for illegally parking. That was September 14, 2011. We live in Sacramento. We have never been to Walnut Creek. When I explained this to Sandy Mulligan, she was skeptical (the tone implying'oh all you scoflaws are the same'). She said she had a photo of our auto. Well, the plate was correct, but the frame was different as was the color of the auto. Either someone is counterfeiting plates (a scam the Cal DMV has not heard of yet) or the City of Walnut Creek is is photoshopping plates in the hopes out of towners will pay rather than contesting. Wrong! We wrote a letter immediately contesting the fine. We followed up a month later and changed our plates at DMV. Finally Ms. Mulligan said their 'contractor' was still reviewing our 'appeal'. It is not an appeal. It is a denial of guit, and yes, we will contest in court with the most expensive lawyer we can find.
Ricardo Villanueva, Sacramento
- October 27, 2011 at 5:11 PM
We got a notice in the mail from the City of Walnut Creek, via their parking enforcement contractor, that we owed $40 for illegally parking. That was September 14, 2011. We live in Sacramento. We have never been to Walnut Creek. When I explained this to Sandy Mulligan, she was skeptical (the tone implying'oh all you scoflaws are the same'). She said she had a photo of our auto. Well, the plate was correct, but the frame was different as was the color of the auto. Either someone is counterfeiting plates (a scam the Cal DMV has not heard of yet) or the City of Walnut Creek is is photoshopping plates in the hopes out of towners will pay rather than contesting. Wrong! We wrote a letter immediately contesting the fine. We followed up a month later and changed our plates at DMV. Finally Ms. Mulligan said their 'contractor' was still reviewing our 'appeal'. It is not an appeal. It is a denial of guit, and yes, we will contest in court with the most expensive lawyer we can find.
Ricardo Villanueva, Sacramento
- October 27, 2011 at 5:12 PM
- Unknown said...
Considering appealing Parking ticket at Walnut Creek Library. I'm a volunteer at a nonprofit and attended a meeting at the library when I came out of the meeting I found a $45.00 ticket on my windshield. There are 36 libraries in Contra Costa with free parking, Martinez has meters on the street no lot parking, turns out Walnut Creek has some signs on some spaces - no sign at entrance no sign at library doors I parked in one of the many spaces with out a sign and saw no signs. I am physically handicap with walker but not wheelchair handy cap I contested ticket by submitted pictures showing Library lot entrance(no sign), parking spaces with out signs and entry doors(no sign) , e-mail announcing meeting and indication I was handicap. Response from city was pay fine of $45.00 no staff person or position indicated for giving notice .
I can appear before a person and submit my case However Walnut Creek contracts with "Duncan Solutions" it is their responsibility to collect Parking Fines Not provide Justice. I will follow forward with my case and report back with details.
Steve Kings Mt Diablo foothills
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The police, on Wednesday, booked a resident of Rajiv Colony, Sector 16, his brother and mother for murder of 22-year-old woman.chandigarh Updated: Apr 18, 2013 11:05 IST
The police, on Wednesday, booked a resident of Rajiv Colony, Sector 16, his brother and mother for murder of 22-year-old woman.
The victim, Kusum, was married to Naresh of Rajiv Colony five months ago in a court. Her parents, who used to live in Sector 56 of Chandigarh, were opposed to the marriage and she never visited her parents after the marriage.
On Tuesday night, she was taken to General Hospital, Sector 6, by her in-laws where she was declared brought dead. Her in-laws told the police that she hanged herself in the bathroom. The victim's parents, however, did not believe them.
Her father, Raj, alleged that Kusum did not commit suicide and that she was murdered. He also demanded arrest of her husband.
"Prima facie it appears to be a case of murder. We are waiting for the post-mortem report," said Panchkula DCP Ashwin Shenvi.
On the complaint of Raj, the police registered a case of murder against Naresh, his elder brother Raju and mother Nirmala.
"We are looking for accused and will arrest them soon," said inspector Lalit Kumar, SHO of Sector 14 police station.
Sources said it appears that after murdering Kusum, the accused tried to project it as a suicide case.
Pages of victim's dairy found burnt
When police inspected the spot, they found some pages of a diary, written by the victim, burnt while some leafs torn away.
As per Kusum's father, he had talked to her once on phone. He added that she had apologised and he had also forgiven her. "She wanted to meet me, but that never happened," he said.


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Nov. 16, 2004
Photos from Meet the Team Night
Members of the Santa Clara University women's golf team continue to show their active involvement in the community after hosting a Meet the Team Night on November 5 at the San Jose Country Club. The group of about 25 in attendance was made up of members of the country club and other friends of the program.
The night included food and drink for the guests and each team member had a chance to speak about how much the Santa Clara golf program has meant to her. Each guest was given a raffle ticket upon arrival and SCU gear was awarded as prizes. A few lucky winners went home with the coveted `Bucky the Bronco' headcover.
As a result of the Broncos' efforts in the Birdies for Wishes Campaign, the team was able to present a check to Heather Boccia of the Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation for $4,600. Last season, the team collected pledges for every birdie made in competition. These donations were passed along to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization which works to fulfill the wishes of ill children. A Birdies for Wishes pledge sheet for this season can be found by clicking here.
The night ended with a speech by team captain Courtney Dimpel-Composti, who talked about what her years as a Santa Clara Bronco have meant to her and discussed the lessons she has learned along the way.
"Being a Bronco is more than just wearing the logo on a collared shirt; it is a way of life," said the senior.
The heartfelt speech was enjoyed by the guests as well as Courtney's teammates and coach.
The Santa Clara women's golf team will hold a second Meet the Team Night in the spring to highlight the team's accomplishments.
Santa Clara will return to action to start the spring season February 21-22, when the Broncos take part at the USF/SJSU Bay Area Classic, hosted at the Boulder Ridge Golf Course in San Jose.


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Question No 25:
PH purchased 100,000 of its own $1 equity shares on the stock market for $105,000. PH classified the shares as "treasury shares". PH still held the treasury shares at the year end.
How should PH present the treasury shares according to IAS 32 Financial Instruments, Presentation?
A. As a non-current asset investment $100,000
B. As a non-current asset investment $105,000
C. As a deduction from equity $100,000
D. As a deduction from equity $105,000
Answer: D