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Easter History : Christian and Pagan Traditions
The history of Easter reveals rich associations
between the Christian faith and the seemingly unrelated practices of
the early pagan religions. Easter history and traditions that we
practice today evolved from pagan symbols, from the ancient goddess
Ishtar to Easter eggs and the Easter bunny.
Easter, perhaps the most important of the Christian holidays,
celebrates the Christ's resurrection from the dead following his death
on Good Friday. . . a rebirth that is commemorated around the vernal
equinox, historically a time of pagan celebration that coincides with
the arrival of spring and symbolizes the arrival of light and the
awakening of life around us.
Ostara, Goddess of Spring
and the Dawn (Oestre / Eastre)
History of Easter Eggs and Easter Candy
The history of Easter Eggs as a symbol of new life should come as no
surprise. The notion that the Earth itself was hatched from an egg was
once widespread and appears in creation stories ranging from Asian to
Eggs, in ancient times in Northern Europe, were a potent symbol of
fertility and often used in rituals to guarantee a woman's ability to
bear children. To this day rural "grannywomen" (lay midwives/healers
in the Appalachian mountains) still use eggs to predict, with uncanny
accuracy, the sex of an unborn child by watching the rotation of an
egg as it is suspended by a string over the abdomen of a pregnant
Dyed eggs are given as gifts in many cultures. Decorated eggs bring
with them a wish for the prosperity of the abundance during the coming
Folklore suggests that Easter egg hunts arose in Europe during "the
Burning Times", when the rise of Christianity led to the shunning (and
persecution) of the followers of the "Old Religion".
Instead of giving the eggs as gifts the adults made a game of hiding them, gathering the
children together and encouraging them to find the eggs.
Green Eggs . . .
. . . and Ham???
The Goddess Ostara and the
Easter Bunny
Feeling guilty about arriving late one spring, the Goddess Ostara
saved the life of a poor bird whose wings had been frozen by the snow.
She made him her pet or, as some versions have it, her lover. Filled
with compassion for him since he could no longer fly (in some
versions, it was because she wished to amuse a group of young
children), Ostara turned him into a snow hare and gave him the gift of
being able to run with incredible speed so he could protect himself
from hunters.
In remembrance of his earlier form as a
bird, she also gave him the ability to lay eggs (in all the colors of
the rainbow, no less), but only on one day out of each year.
Eventually the hare managed to anger the goddess Ostara, and she cast
him into the skies where he would remain as the constellation Lepus
(The Hare) forever positioned under the feet of the constellation
Orion (the Hunter). He was allowed to return to earth once each year,
but only to give away his eggs to the children attending the Ostara
festivals that were held each spring. The tradition of the
Easter Bunny had begun.
The Hare was sacred in many ancient traditions and was associated with
the moon goddesses and the various deities of the hunt. In ancient
times eating the Hare was prohibited except at Beltane (Celts) and the
festival of Ostara (Anglo-Saxons), when a ritual hare-hunt would take
In many cultures rabbits, like eggs, were considered to be potent
remedies for fertility problems. The ancient philosopher-physician
Pliny the Elder prescribed rabbit meat as a cure for female sterility,
and in some cultures the genitals of a hare were carried to avert
Medieval Christians considered the hare to bring bad fortune, saying
witches changed into rabbits in order to suck the cows dry. It was
claimed that a witch could only be killed by a silver crucifix or a
bullet when she appeared as a hare.
Given their "mad" leaping and boxing displays during mating season as
well as their ability to produce up to 42 offspring each spring, it is
understandable that they came to represent lust, sexuality, and excess
in general. Medieval Christians considered the hare to be an evil
omen, believing that witches changed into rabbits in order to suck the
cows dry. It was claimed that a witch could only be killed by a silver
crucifix or a bullet when she appeared as a hare.
In later Christian tradition the white Hare, when depicted at the
Virgin Mary's feet, represents triumph over lust or the flesh. The
rabbit's vigilance and speed came to represent the need to flee from
sin and temptation and a reminder of the swift passage of life.
And, finally, there is a sweet Christian legend about a young rabbit
who, for three days, waited anxiously for his friend, Jesus, to return
to the Garden of Gethsemane, not knowing what had become of him. Early
on Easter morning, Jesus returned to His favorite garden and was
welcomed the little rabbit. That evening when the disciples came into
the garden to pray, still unaware of the resurrection, they found a
clump of beautiful larkspurs, each blossom bearing the image of a
rabbit in its center as a remembrance of the little creature's hope
and faith.
Goddess of Love, and the First Resurrection (also known as Inanna)
Ishtar, goddess of romance, procreation, and war in ancient Babylon,
was also worshipped as the Sumerian
goddess Inanna. One of the great goddesses, or "mother goddesses",
the stories of her descent to the Underworld and the resurrection that
follows are contained in the oldest writings that have ever been
discovered. . . the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish and the story
of Gilgamesh. Scholars believed that they were based on the oral
mythology of the region and were recorded about 2,100 B.C.E.
The most famous of the myths of Ishtar tell of her descent into the
realm of the dead to rescue her young lover, Tammuz, a Vegetation god
forced to live half the year in the Underworld. Ishtar approached the
gates of the Underworld, which was ruled by her twin sister
Eresh-kigel, the goddess of death and infertility. She was refused
Similar to the Greek myths of Demeter and Persephone that came later,
during Ishtar's absence the earth grew barren since all acts of
procreation ceased while she was away. Ishtar screamed and ranted that
she would break down the gates and release all of the dead to
overwhelm the world and compete with the living for the remaining food
unless she was allowed to enter and plead her case with her twin.
Needless to say, she won admission. But the guard, following standard
protocol, refused to let her pass through the first gate unless she
removed her crown. At the next gate, she had to remove her earrings,
then her necklace at the next, removing her garments and proud finery
until she stood humbled and naked after passing through the seventh
(and last) gate.
In one version, she was held captive and died but was brought back to
life when her servant sprinkled her with the "water of life". In the
more widely known version of the myth, Ishtar's request was granted
and she regained all of her attire and possessions as she slowly
re-emerged through the gates of darkness.
Upon her return, Tammuz and the earth returned to life. Annual
celebrations of this "Day of Joy", were held each year around the time
of the vernal equinox. These celebrations became the forerunners of
the Ostara festivals that welcomed Oestre and the arrival of spring.
A section on the Goddess Inanna (the Sumerian version of the Goddess
Ishtar), her myths and symbols, is included with the myths of the
goddesses at this website.
Easter eggs, the Easter Bunny, the dawn
that arrives with resurrection of life, and the celebration of spring
all serve to remind us of the cycle of rebirth and the need for
renewal in our lives. In the history of Easter, Christian and pagan
traditions are gracefully interwoven.
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The City of Savannah's Department of Cultural Affairs is seeking artists to exhibit at Gallery S.P.A.C.E. in 2012.
Gallery S.P.A.C.E. serves the Savannah community with exhibitions and educational programming that strengthen awareness and stimulate dialogue through artistic expression.
The 1,700 square-foot gallery at S.P.A.C.E. (Savannah's Place for Art, Cultural and Education) is a community venue for the promotion of and education about the visual arts, via the display of contemporary art, design and fine crafts by local and regional artists. A full year of exhibitions is augmented with lectures, gallery tours, workshops and other programs to enhance the educational experience.
Exhibiting at Gallery S.P.A.C.E. provides artists with an opportunity for a public reception, promotion, and exhibition experience, as well as exposure to Savannah's visual art community. In conjunction with an exhibition, artists are required to develop and present a learning opportunity to the public such as a workshop, lecture or demonstration.
All mediums will be considered for a non-degree seeking solo or group exhibition, including video and installation pieces. Proposals should be professionally presented and should include the application; a cover letter; a resume; an artist statement; a previous exhibition record; 10-12 digital images of work to be considered; and a self-addressed, and a stamped envelope if the proposal needs to be returned.
The deadline is 4 p.m. Sept. 9. Proposals should be submitted to Debra Zumstein, Arts Programs Coordinator, City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 W. Henry St., Savannah, Ga. 31401. Proposal guidelines are available online at www.savannahga.gov/arts or by calling 912-651-6783.

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From: "The Secret History" – by Pocopius of Caesarea
26 - How He Spoiled the Beauty of the Cities and Plundered the Poor
How he ruined the beauty and appearance of Constantinople and every other city, we shall now see.
First he determined to debase the standing of the lawyers. He deprived them of all court fees, by which they had formerly lived in comfort and elegance; and in consequence they lost caste and significance. And after he had confiscated the estates of the Senators and other prosperous people, as has been related, in Constantinople and all over the Roman Empire, there was little use for lawyers anyway; men no longer had anything worth mentioning to go to court about. So of all the many noted advocates, only a few were left; and they were despised and reduced to penury, reaping nothing but insult from their work.
Furthermore, he caused physicians and teachers of the liberal arts to be deprived of the necessities of life. For he stopped all their living subsidies, which former emperors had paid men of these professions from the public treasury.
Also all of the taxes which the municipalities had devoted to public use or entertainments, he transferred arbitrarily to the imperial treasury. No consideration was now given to any physician or teacher; no one dared pay any attention to public buildings; there were no public lights in any city, nor any entertainments for the citizens. For the theaters, hippodromes, and circuses, in which his wife had been born, bred and educated, were all discontinued. Later he even stopped the public spectacles in Constantinople, to avoid spending the usual State money on them, by which an almost incalculable number of people had got their livelihood. On these, individually and collectively, ruin and desuetude descended, and as if some cataclysm had fallen on them from Heaven, their happiness was slain. And no other subject was spoken of among men, at home or in public or in the churches, than their calamities, their sufferings, and their overwhelming by the latest misfortune. Such was the state of affairs in the cities.
Of what is left to tell, this is worth mentioning. Each year two Roman consuls were appointed: one at Rome, the other at Constantinople. And whoever was called to this honor was expected to spend more than twenty gold centenaries on the public; some of which came from the Consul's private purse, but most was furnished by the Emperor. This money was given to those others whom I have mentioned, but mostly to the poor and those employed in the theater; all of which was to the good of the city. But from the time Justinian came to power, these distributions were not made at the customary time; for sometimes a Consul remained in office for year after year, till finally people wearied of hoping for a new one, even in their dreams. As a result, universal poverty was the case, since the usual annual relief was no longer afforded to subjects; and in every way all that they had was taken from them by their ruler.
Now I think I have shown sufficiently how this destroyer devoured all the public moneys and robbed each member of the Senate, publicly and privately, of all his estates; and how by bringing false charges he confiscated the properties of everybody else who was reputed to be wealthy, I imagine I have adequately told: as in the case of the soldiers, subordinate officers, and the palace guard; the farmers and landowners; those whose business is in words; merchants, ship owners and sailors; mechanics, artisans, and market dealers; those whose livelihood is in the theater; and indeed everyone else, who was affected in turn by the damage done to these. And now let us see what he did to those in need of alms: the poor, the beggars, and the diseased; for what he did to the priests will be described later.
First, as I have said, he took control of all the shops, licensed monopolies of all the wares most necessary to life, and exacted a price of more than triple their worth from the citizens. And other details of what he did I would not even attempt to catalogue in an endless book, since they were simply uncountable.
He put a bitter and perpetual tax on the sale of bread, which the day laborers, the poor and the infirm could not help buying. From this source he demanded three centenaries a year, with the result that the bakers filled their loaves with shells and dust; for the Emperor had no scruples against profiting meanly from even this unholy adulteration. Those in charge of the markets, turning this trick to their private gain, with ease became very wealthy and reduced the poor to an unexpected famine even in prosperous times; since it was not permitted to bring in grain from other places, but all were forced to eat bread purchased in the city.
One of the municipal aqueducts, which furnished not a small share of the city water, collapsed; but the rulers disregarded the matter and refused to repair it, though the constant crowds who had to use the wells were fairly stifling, and all the baths were shut down. On the other hand, he threw away great sums of money senselessly on buildings by the seashore and elsewhere, in all the suburbs, as if the palaces in which all the former emperors had been content to dwell were not enough for this pair. So it was not to save money, but to destroy his subjects, that he refused to rebuild the aqueduct; for no one in all history had ever been born among men more eager than Justinian to get hold of money, and then to throw it immediately away again. Through the two things left to them to drink and eat, water and bread, this Emperor injured those who were in the last extremes of poverty; making the one hard to procure at all, and the other too expensive to buy.
This he did not only to the poor in Constantinople, but to inhabitants elsewhere, as I shall now relate. When Theodoric captured Italy, he permitted the palace guard to remain in Rome, that some trace of the ancient State might be left; and he continued their daily pay. These soldiers were quite numerous, comprising the Silentiarii, the Domestics, and the Student Corps, who were soldiers only in name; their pay was just enough to live on; and Theodoric ordered that this should revert, on their deaths, to their children and families. Among the poor, who lived near the Church of St. Peter the Apostle, he distributed each year three thousand bushels of grain from the public granary; which they continued to receive until the arrival in Italy of Alexander the Scissors.
This man immediately decided to deprive them of all this. When Justinian, Emperor of the Romans, learned of this economy, he was greatly pleased, and favored Alexander more than ever. It was on his way here that Alexander treated the Greeks as follows. The fortress at Thermopylae had long been guarded by the neighboring farmers, who took turns watching the wall whenever an incursion of barbarians into the Peloponnese was anticipated.
But this Alexander, when he arrived there, claimed it was to the advantage of the Peloponnesians not to allow this pass to be kept by farmers. So he stationed two thousand soldiers there, to be paid not out of the imperial treasury, but by all the cities of Greece; and on this pretext, he diverted all their public and entertainment revenues to the general fund, saying that from it food would be bought for these soldiers. In consequence, after this, everywhere in Greece, including even Athens, no public buildings or any other benefit could be considered. But Justinian of course approved this action of the Scissors. And that is what happened here.
Then there is the matter of the poor in Alexandria. Among the lawyers there was one Hephaestus, who, on being made Governor of Alexandria, put a stop to civic sedition by intimidating the rioters, but reduced all the inhabitants to the utmost misery. For he immediately brought all the wares in the city under a monopoly, forbidding other merchants to sell anything, and himself became the only dealer and sole vendor of all wares: fixing prices as he pleased under his supreme power. By the consequent shortage in necessary provisions the city of Alexandria was greatly distressed, where formerly even the very poor had been able to live adequately; and the high price of bread pinched them most. For he alone bought up all the grain in Egypt, not allowing anyone else to purchase as much as a single bushel; and thus he controlled the supply and price of bread as he pleased. In this way he soon amassed unheard-of wealth, at the same time satisfying the greed of the Emperor. The people of Alexandria through fear of Hephaestus bore their suffering in silence; and the Emperor, awed by the abundance of money that continuously came to him from that quarter, was wonderfully delighted with his Governor.
This Hephaestus, planning to incur even greater favor of the Emperor, contrived the following additional scheme. When Diocletian became ruler of the Romans, he ordered a large quantity of grain to be given yearly to the poor in Alexandria. And the Alexandrians, distributing this among themselves at that time, had transmitted the right to receive this bounty to their descendants up to this time. But Hephaestus, depriving these needy ones of this charity, which amounted to two million bushels, diverted it to the imperial granary, and wrote to the Emperor that these men had been getting this dole unjustly and not in accordance with the interests of state. The Emperor, approving this action, was still fonder of him than before. But such Alexandrians whose hope of life had been in the distribution, in their present bitter distress felt the full benefit of his inhumanity.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2006 News Releases > November 2006 > Honor Societies induct new members at Wayland Baptist University
Honor Societies induct new members at Wayland Baptist University
PLAINVIEW – The Alpha Chi and Psi Chi honor societies added new members to their groups during induction ceremonies held Thursday.
Alpha Chi is the academic honor society, open to students in the top 10 percent of the junior and senior classes. Psi Chi is an honor society for psychology majors or minors and is open to students who hold high academic standing in those courses.
New members to Alpha Chi include Tammy Baker, a senior from Plainview; Maureen Coutinho, a senior from Comoros Island; Lisa Jennings, a senior from Plainview; Leigha Messer, a senior from Amarillo; Lori Pretzer, a junior from Glendale, Ariz.; Kristen Raines, a senior from Mansfield; and Tiffany Thompson, a junior from Saginaw.
Psi Chi added the following students: Elida Balderas, a senior from Lockney; Sonya Britton, a senior from Plainview; Michelle Gray, a junior from Chicago; D'Lea Jordan, a senior from Tahoka; and Erin Whedbee, a senior from Plainview.
Dr. Perry Collins, associate professor of psychology, is sponsor for both groups.


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There are two parts of this question and I've managed to do the first part. It's the second part I'm currently having problem with.
1. Create a factbase of students and their CGPA for at least 5 students with CGPA ranging from 2 to 5 with students having the CGPA (4.1) by defining deftemplate facts. The name slot should be STRING type and CGPA slot should be of floating point number.
But how to...
2. Write a rule to find names and their CGPA and display the result on the monitor.
(deffacts students-list
(student (name "A B C") (CGPA 2.0))
(student (name "D E F") (CGPA 2.5))
(student (name "G H I") (CGPA 3.0))
(student (name "J K L") (CGPA 4.1))
(student (name "M N O") (CGPA 4.1)))


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SOCORRO, N.M. January 6, 2010 -- Construction of a new hot water loop is expected to cause disruptions of service in several systems on campus during 2010.
TLC Plumbing and Heating of Albuquerque was awarded the contract in mid-December 2009 with a bid of $4.3 million. Beginning in February, the company will begin replacing the existing system that supplies heat and power to all campus buildings.
By late January or early February, the company will cordon off the Skeen Library parking lot for use as a construction staging area. That lot will be unavailable for parking for the duration of the project. The university is considering options for alternative parking areas.
By late February or early March, construction crews will start digging 10- to 12-foot wide trenches across campus to begin installing the new system. The first trench is expected to extend from the heat plant behind Fitch Hall across campus toward Weir Hall.
The main conduit will circle around campus from Weir Hall to MSEC, then to Jones Annex, Workman and Fidel. A spoke will extend from the mining statues to Jones Hall and Macey Center. Each campus building will then be tied to the main line via secondary lines.
The work will be conducted in phases to minimize disruptions in utility services. However, each building on campus will be without heat and without electricity for short periods during the change-over.
Facilities Management and the Public Information Office will coordinate regular updates and announcements about the project, traffic disruptions and power outages. Notices will be e-mailed to the campus community and posted on the Tech website.
The hot water loop is outdated and has suffered many breakdowns in recent years. In 2009, the state legislature approved funding to replace the entire system.
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A Lighthearted look at Middle names
When you named your child, how did you choose a middle name for him or her? Whilst you spent hours happily perusing books of popular baby names, did you spare a thought for family historians of the future? Did you give the child an unusual or unique name, that would be easy for the genealogy enthusiast in your family, to find? 'Fessenden', for example shows up particularly well in a search of census records, and Verily Mary Christmas is quite an excellent choice for the electoral roll. Did you name the babe for your parents, or choose an old traditional family name? Perhaps you had a particular fondness for an aunt or uncle and named your child for them? I, myself, considered naming my first born after great aunt Esther Driscilla, in the hope that she might leave her vast riches to me in appreciation, however, I doubt that my son would have thought any amount of money could make up for being named Fergus Druscilla!
This blog is not named 'Monday Middle Names' just because it happens to be a Monday. There is a point to be made about awkward middle names and Mondays. I, for one, know what it is like to have the misfortune of being burdened with an unusual family middle name which, although may be a useful search tool for a family genealogist one day in years to come, has had a most unfortunate effect upon myself. In fact, I have been so traumatised by my own middle name that when it came to naming my children, I gave them all three names. Just in case they didn't like two of them! Well, except for my son, who has four and that was only because as I stepped up to the counter to register him, I panicked that he might not like the three names I had chosen and in a moment of madness added the name of the baby who had been ahead of me in the registry office queue. How do you tell your child that you named him after a perfect stranger in queue? In any case, Rahij is a lovely old Urdu name and goes well with Fergus, and I'm sure if I search hard enough amongst my Scottish, Irish and Swiss ancestors I will find an Urduan relative somewhere.
I was named after an aunt whose birthday I happen to share. If I had known that my appearance on that day would inevitably mean my sharing her middle name as well as her birthday, I might have timed my arrival better. Whenever I complained about the name as a child I was told to be proud of it since it was an old Scottish name. The middle name didn't really become such a big problem until I was at Bardon State School, when my second grade teacher, Mr Digby (I can't vouch for my spelling and you'll soon understand why) asked me if I was born on a Monday. At the tender age of 6, I knew that 'Mondays child is fair of face', and I was tempted to say 'yes', but because I was ' bonny and blithe and good and gay' I was also truthful. 'No Sir,' I replied, hoping he wouldn't be disappointed, 'I was born on a Sunday'.
Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child that is born on the Sabbath day,
Is Bonny and Blithe and Good and Gay'.
Born on a Sunday?' a puzzled Mr Digby exclaimed. 'Why then is your middle name Monday?'
Why, oh why, did Mr Bigby want this conversation. Wasn't it bad enough just to have been given my horrible old Scottish middle name. Now I was going to have to tell entire class what it was. There was no escaping it. MrBigby was awaiting an answer. 'It's not Monday, Sir,' I squeaked, 'It's Monda.' I waited for the laughter, but no one laughed! Well, not until Mr Bigby continued, 'Well, you have been writing Monday for the past two years.' 'Sharna-Lee Monday MacDade, that's what you've been writing.' A curse on that name. Right at that very moment a bird flew into the classroom and pooped on my head. I can't recall which was most embarrassing, the fact that I had mis-spelled my middle name for 2 years or the bird poop! But the incident did nothing to endear my middle name to me. These days I don't so much mind having 'an old Scottish' middle name, however, in all of my research of Scottish ancestors, I have never come across the name Monda anywhere.
If you were particularly thoughtful of the future family historian, you perhaps followed the Scottish tradition of giving your offspring family surnames as middle names? My Scottish forebears were most helpful by giving their children middle names which were the maiden surnames of maternal mothers and grandmothers? My great grandparents gave their first four children the middle name Gibson. My great grandmother was a Gibson. Then came along my grandfather to be given the middle name Hamilton. If I had been a boy, I was to have the middle name Hamilton. Most of my cousins, male and female have the middle name of Hamilton. 'Who was a Hamilton?' I hear you ask. Well, as it turns out, he was the doctor in Cumbernauld, Scotland, who delivered my grandfather. They ran out of maternal surnames to use. Best to check who you are naming the children after. I'm sure Dr Hamilton was a lovely man. I hope so because generations later, a large number of my family are named after him. great grandmother, Elizabeth's sister was Margaret Campbell Gibson. She was named after their maternal grandmother Margaret Campbell. That's how it was with my Scottish ancestors. William Holme Cameron. Mother was a Holme. Wallace Dalkieth Morrison. His mother a Dalkieth. Too easy! Well, except for the Hamilton thing!
The English were quite fond of using surnames as middle names as well. The English, however tended to keep passing the same name down for many generations. Manton was the middle name which helped me to trace my Westons from Middlesex. I traced it back to the 1780's where I found the first Edward Weston, of many generations of Edward Westons, had maried an Elizabeth Manton. It's nice to know where your middle name comes from if it is an old family name. I should know! The middle names of ancestors such as Elizabeth Dixon Mallows, Rex Morley Hoyes, Alexander Gilmour McDade, Sarah Campbell McDairmid and James Berry Hoyes made the trail the trail of ancestors more easily identifyable. Recently I discovered that a friend's two ancestors were first cousins, because Emma Woodland married a James Woodland Searle. This middle name was a clue to solving a very old mystery in the family. Never under-estimate the importance of a middle name.
Naming traditions are not so much in fashion these days as they once were. This is possibly a good thing for some children who will no longer be weighed down with the burden of carrying Aunt Esmerelda's or Uncle Horrice's names into the future (or Monda). But it does make the job more difficult for genealogists in the years to come. How much more confusing will be the task for for the family historian as they try to trace names such as Addison, Maddison, Emerson, Harper, Taylor for girls and Hunter, Jackson, Franklin, Knox and MacArthur for boys, all very trendy but in most cases with no connection to family.
So, spare a thought for those who will be on the hunt for family in the future. Consider giving your children middle names which will make it easy to identify ancestors and relatives in records. From my own experience, I can promise you that your daughter, Grace will survive the childhood trauma of having the middle name of of Shuffelbottom if that happened to be your maiden surname. If you feel guilty about giving your child a middle name such as Long, Short, Humperdink, Butcher or Carbonara, just think of how much easier it will for them to be found one day in a census or on a school list. And like me, they can keep it to themselves until they are old enough to appreciate the significance of a 'family' name (unless, of course, Mr Bigby is still teaching). My son has my maiden surname as one of his [many] middle names. He doesn't use all of his names and I am the first to admit that perhaps I did overdo the middle name thing. But who can blame me. At least I am the only person on the Queensland School registers with the middle name of 'Monday'. At least, I will be easy to find one day.


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While transaction volumes and price growth have slowed down, selective buyers, many from China and Indonesia, continue to snap up niche upmarket properties in tony areas like Sentosa Cove, a seaside enclave, and in luxury districts like Orchard Road.
Jasmine Png, a property agent who sells homes in Sentosa Cove, says while her phone isn't exactly ringing off the hook these days, it hasn't gone totally silent either. She was expecting a client from China, who was flying down to view a waterfront bungalow in Sentosa Cove, while another buyer from South Africa was also looking to buy a bungalow in this island resort.
Sentosa Cove is one of the few seafront residential districts of its kind in Asia. This exclusive, gated community features one of the region's few deep-water marinas and expansive views of the South China Sea. Some residents don't even need to moor their boat at the marina, as many houses overlook man-made waterways that offer individual berths for private boats, right off the back doorstep.
That unique appeal has drawn plenty of interest from foreigners, who make up half the buyers in Sentosa Cove, according to the Sentosa Development Corporation, the government agency that manages Sentosa Island. It's also the only place in Singapore where foreigners can own land.
"In the past, I had a lot of people buying (a home in) Sentosa Cove for an investment. Now I see people who want to buy it for themselves, as a holiday home," says Png, an associate director at OrangeTee, a Singapore-based real estate company.
Singapore's property market soared after the global financial crisis in 2008, led by a boom in mass-market housing. This is the segment that has the furthest to fall, according to analysts, who say there will be an oversupply of new homes over the next two years. A little over 32,000 new units will be completed in 2013 and 2014, 85 percent more than the number of units slated for completion in 2011 and 2012, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Most of the new apartments being constructed fall into the mass category, say analysts.
"(However), there is not that much new supply coming into the luxury segment," says Lock Mun Yee, a property analyst at Singapore-based DBS Vickers. DBS expects overall Singapore property prices to fall 5 percent in 2012. "The price drop in the luxury segment will be less," he adds.
Nicholas Mak, head of research at SLP International, a property consulting firm, says property prices will enter a period of single-digit quarterly growth over the next six months.
However, if Singapore enters a recession, prices could drop by around 15 percent, Mak predicts. While luxury property will not be spared, the drop may be less. "The high end segment did not grow as aggressively as the mass market, so the drop may not be as bad," he adds.
A relative lack of supply of these high-end homes provides a floor to prices. Properties priced above S$2,000 (US $1,570) per square foot are broadly classified as luxury.
The development plan for Sentosa calls for a limited number of units. Once fully developed in 2014 Sentosa will have 1,766 condominium units and 394 bungalows, according to the Sentosa Development Corporation and no more new units will be added after that.
However, the pace of luxury home sales has slowed over the last four months, agents and analysts say. In Sentosa Cove, for example, only about a dozen sales took place over August and September.
The price movement was also mixed – but the trend was generally up. A few buyers managed to inch the per-square-foot price in their condo down from the last recorded sale – but the majority of people paid more. A 3,025 square-foot unit in a condominium called The Oceanfront, for example, was sold for S$2,605 per square foot at the end of September, up 18 percent over a similar unit sold in August, according SISV Realink, an industry database that tracks caveats filed with the URA.
Another bungalow on Cove Drive, facing the waterway, sold for S$17.9 million in September setting a new per-square-feet price benchmark of S$2,612 for the area, according to StreetSine, a research company that collates property transaction data from various sources in Singapore.
The price tag, of course, depends on the size and how good the the sea view is. One modern tropical villa that faces the sea is currently listed for S$28.8 million. This two-storied, 10,000 square-foot home features high ceilings and floor-to-glass walls that overlook a private swimming pool and the South China Sea. Many other larger bungalows that have better sea views cost close to S$40 million.
"People are still looking, but they're being selective," says Chua of DTZ. "In a slow market, prices of better-designed and well-located projects hold better."
At the same time, demand from foreigners is not expected to abate in the near future. "We believe that foreign interest in Singapore (high-end) property will remain strong over the coming years as Asia continues to grow," says Ng.
The Chinese, in particular, are buying homes in Singapore. In the first half of 2011, the Chinese formed the largest group of foreign buyers of private residential properties in Singapore, outstripping Indonesian buyers for the first time, according to the URA. That interest helped buoy the luxury sector.
Singapore is widely viewed by foreigners as a safe place to live and invest in. "It's a nice place to study and live," says a Chinese businessman, who bought a five-bedroom penthouse on Singapore's East Coast last year for his wife and son, who studies at an international school, and another two-bedroom condominium unit this year in Sentosa Cove as an investment.
"We expect this to be a sustainable trend as wealth in China continues to build up," says Png.


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When I first began writing historical fiction many years ago, I worried that I would get so wrapped up in the research I'd never get to the book itself. We call that "research rapture." Well, those days are long gone. But I still enjoy the thrill of researching and discovering that great fist-punch-in-the-air moment when you find out something that will work perfectly for your story. I like to write my stories and characters as if they could have existed, as if they perhaps should have existed.
My hero is Crispin Guest and as I mentioned before, he is an ex-knight turned detective on the mean streets of fourteenth century London. And yes, there were ex-knights, degraded knights, as they called them, but none, as far as I know, ever became a detective (a job that was decidedly of my own fiction for this time period). Most of the degraded knights I came across were degraded right before they met a very ignoble and nasty end. So I had to come up with a plausible way for Crispin to have been degraded and survive so that he could re-invent himself as a medieval PI.
Research into the early court of King Richard II when my books are set gave me the answer. You see, Richard became king when he was ten years old. Can you imagine your own ten-year-old becoming king? This naturally came with its own set of problems. I don't think "spoiled" really covers it. His reign started with great promise, but later, he was accused of favoring too many hangers on and generally making a hash of it.
Meanwhile, Richard's uncle, the daunting duke of Lancaster, was the richest man in England and an indomitable warrior and experienced statesman. Parliament feared, and rightly so, that the duke would try to jump the line of succession and take the throne for himself and he made promise after promise that he would not do so. That didn't stop the conspiracy theorists from hatching plots (of course, who's to say that there weren't any?)
So here's where my fiction kicks into the historical facts. I made Crispin the duke's protégé, had him raised in the duke's household since he was seven years old, seeing the duke as a father figure. And so naturally Crispin throws in his lot with these conspirators, thinking that it is for the good of England. The conspirators are caught and all are condemned. Crispin is up for execution, too, but instead, the duke begs for his life. His life is granted but all else is taken from him: land, wealth, status. All that defines him. He's thrust into the heart of London with nothing but the clothes on his back. Instant angst, instant chip on shoulder. Much can be done with his inability to blend into the lower classes when he clearly is not, and that, in his heart, he is and always will be a knight.
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University libraries, archives on the internet, emails to people across the pond. These are the places I find all the bigger facts I need. For some of the smaller ones, I prefer a little hands-on approach. I have a book of medieval recipes from King Richard's court and I've cooked my share of (small) feasts. I've brewed my own medieval ale, from preparing the grain and allowing it to sprout, to roasting it, to grinding it, to actually brewing it. I've made and worn the clothing. And I've collected the weaponry and know how to use it. Having a hands-on approach can give you a true appreciation for the experiences of medieval people.
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Each fact that's uncovered unfolds more plot points, more places for the characters to go. I utilize real figures from the Middle Ages. Without telling any spoilers, let me just say that some are very unusual characters indeed, a real case of truth being stranger than fiction. That's the real joy of writing historically. Rather than limiting, I find it an endless cornucopia of fodder for my stories.


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The founder of 4chan confounded and entertained TEDsters during his presentation today at the Long Beach theater. His message for the audience was that anonymity is something we should not be so eager to cast aside.
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The founder of 4chan confounded and entertained TEDsters during his presentation today at the Long Beach theater. His message for the audience was that anonymity is something we should not be so eager to cast aside.
Protection to anonymously harass others. Yeah, well, can't say I find that agreeable. Some subset of what goes on there may be funny, but, then, some of what they perpetuate for LOLz deserves jail time. Should be an interesting "lecture series" video, anyway.
I had to look up what the crap TED even was... sounds like an interesting talk though.
LOLCats was on Usenet long before 4chan was around but I have no doubt Rickrolling originated from that cesspool.
As a five year veteran of 4chan, usually lurking, I've been witness to the awesome power that anonymity can blindly wield. The epic rise, and more recently the withering fall, of the site's influence over the interbutz has pushed its notoriety into the public's eye. I'm really curious if the "moral hero's" of the world start to take interest in the community. I have no doubt that if they do, a blind eye will be turned on the more hard to comprehend benefits of this wildly complicated social experiment.
Contrats on getting invited to TED Ken...
What kind of delicate psyche must you possess that internet trolls can "harass" you? Just stop reading.
Edit: I just checked out your user profile, 'nuff said.
I went to /b/ once and I saw things I can never unsee. I vowed never to go back.
Final boss of the internet - I saw that too.
To be fair, some of the 'harassment' he's talking about occurs offline, and some is in the form of denial of service attacks and such. It's not *just* saying mean things.
I hate to nitpick, but isn't the tale of "Dusty the Cat" an example of how a lack of internet anonymity is a good thing? For a standing ovation, Moot uses a tale of tracking down and holding a user accountable for their actions, and then he pushes a pro-anonymity stance. If that user had been truly anonymous, then he would not have been apprehended.
How anyone can assume that anonymity is a right or even an expecation on the internet is just absolutely amazing.Age, First name, Zip code. We now know everything.
Just awarning to those who may not know. Don't go to that site if you don't have a thick skin. And by thick, we are talking a veritable super power.
Well, you definitely lose anonymity once you start posting pictures. With a few million users, the chances that someone will recognize something in a picture leads to other people doing their own investigating. It's quite remarkable how easily you can track someone down with a few million eyeballs looking at pictures that the "someone" has posted themselves.
In that sense, it plays right into what moot states.
"And maybe make some bucks"
I'd be more interested in what Rich Kyanka has to say about the Internet. 4chan always has been and always will be just a shitty forum where people who are banned from SomethingAwful go to whine and post porn.
4chan is a pretty good example of "10 million monkeys on 10 million typewriters will eventually recreate the works of Shakespeare."
When anonymity becomes illegal only criminals will be anonymous.
He halfway-retired because he doesn't want to talk about it; I don't know what you'd think he'd say. I think he did give a talk once, though I forgot what the subject actually was.
And you could say that SA is too serious now that all of those people have been banned.
Please define TED and other acronyms when using them. Even if they're fairly common knowledge in your circles. Especially if you can't figure what it means by going to their horrible website.
I have to say, I started on usenet in the late 1980's, and if there were LOLcats or any sort of graphic-memes going around anywhere near the scale that 4chan jumpstarted, I never saw it.
It's called TED. I've never heard it called anything else. that would be like demanding people always say the Federal Bureau of Investigation. that's less useful than saying the FBI, because they're the FBI.
TED is the name of a "conference". Its not primarily an acronym (although it is that too, standing for Technology, Engineering and Design)..
a load of horseshit.
Uh oh. Nice job Caesar... now you've gone and attracted the /b/ tards to Ars! Everyone for themselves! Run for the hills!
If you don't tie your behavior to an identity, you can't use it as a reputation. If you appear on major social networks under the same nickname and/or forums and behave friendly there, you will be seen as somewhat trustworthy.
I'm surprised how many people have never heard of TED. Whether you believe in them or not, many of the famous movements in the past few years have either started at TED, or their leaders have talked at TED. For example, Richard Dawkins gave a talk about atheism at TED before he even released his book about it. The conference has also seen the likes of Al Gore (global warming) and many technologists and philosophers.
Regardless of your feelings on various subjects, I doubt you will not be able to find a talk on something you find interesting, as the topics vary widely.
fa/tg/uy signing in. The choice to be anon is what makes 4chan an interesting place to be. In some cases you do set up an identity but it can be easily shed when you just feel like goofing off or have a comment to add where your identity isn't relevant. There's a lot to be said about the freedom to just post whatever you feel like.
Don't forget the neurologist who brought a real brain in as a prop to discuss her stroke.
I don't quite see the connection between using sites like Facebook with a complete giving up of anonymity. Perhaps within the context of Facebook itself, but it doesn't prevent the use of anonymous boards/services elsewhere. Anonymity surely has its place in our world and on the Internet, but not everything has to be anonymous.
OH SNAP. Oh wait, you didn't say anything. You just waved your hands around like a fucktard. EPIC FAIL.
Anyway, I'll reiterate my point that places like 4chan breed a funk of misanthropic bored kids with nothing constructive to do. They should probably spend more time trying to get out of mommy and daddy's basement, and certainly deserve neither protection nor respect.
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The name LOLCats was probably created on 4Chan, but I remember quite a number of threads on UseNet with LOLCat like images, emails from cutsie coworkers in the late-90s/early-00's (before 4Chan) and even a few groups on AOL back in the early 90s that centered around the same type of images (but not always centered on Cats). Aside from online, one of my great aunts had a cheesy painting with a dog dressed as a Little Rascal that had a funny caption.
So, as much as the younger generation wants to take credit, the practice has been around a lot longer than you think. Just because it doesn't show up in a Google search, doesn't mean it didn't exist.
More scare tactics from the anti-openness crowd. Wonderful.
So he's pro-anonymous but relayed a story of how they tracked down a cat abuser. I'm a little confused.
The "dangers of anonymity" are laughable when calculated against the dangers of every word you type on the internet being tied to you forever.
I recall recently reading something like this happening recently.
Similar things have already happened. Like the flight attendant who was fired for posts on her blog.
The area between internet and privacy is a gray area. And while I firmly believe we are entitled to control our online lives and how accessible that data is, there really is no anonymity on the internet.


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That message has been getting louder in recent years. Pfizer, the world's biggest drug maker, was hit with $2.3 billion in penalties in 2009 for improperly marketing several medications, including Viagra and Lipitor. Among other things, Pfizer was accused of using free stays at posh resorts and massages to entice doctors to prescribe their drugs.
"The Justice Department believes it needs to be more aggressive because historically the drug companies have treated fines as a simple cost of doing business," explains Little Rock, Arkansas, medical malpractice attorney Gary Green of Law Offices of Gary Green. "When you have a drug that brings in a billion dollars in annual sales, a $500 million penalty doesn't hurt that much. But if you start hitting these companies with multi-billion dollar fines, they will pay attention."
As part of this settlement, Glaxo has admitted that it failed to report safety issues with its diabetes drug Avandia. The medication was banned in Europe and restricted in the U.S. after it was found to increase the risk of heart attacks and congestive heart failure.
Deirdre Connelly, Glaxo's president for North America pharmaceuticals, responded to the fines in a blog posted on the company's website. Connelly wrote that Glaxo has changed the way it promotes its products, adding, "We wish to live up to and exceed the expectations of those who watch us and work with us."
Reported by Ed Greenberger, THELAW.TV


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- What is the Massachusetts State Lottery's Federal ID number?
- What happens to the revenue the Lottery generates from sales?
- What happens if someone under 18 wins a large prize?
- How do customers collect their winnings?
- Is a photograph required when making a claim?
- What happens if a winner dies before collecting all the annual payments due?
- If a person is retired or on Welfare or Social Security, how will winning the Lottery affect them?
- How much do I have to win before anything is withheld?
- Does the Lottery send me a withholding statement (W-2)?
- I lost my W2G form. What do I do?
- Can claims be made out in more than one name?
- Can non-residents play the game? If so, how do they collect?
- What is the cost of a Season Ticket?
- How do Season Ticket holders receive their prize?
- What connection does the Lottery have with Beano Games?
- Can I play the games on holidays?
- Can a minor sell lottery tickets?
- What happens if I lose my ticket?
- How do I file a complaint concerning compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA")?
The Massachusetts State Lottery's Federal ID number is: 04-2628159. Top
- A minimum of 45% of revenues stays in the State Lottery Fund to be paid out in prizes. The Lottery's current prize percentage is over 72%.
- A portion of revenues is transferred to the commonwealth's General Fund for the expenses incurred in administering and operating the Lottery. The administrative and operating expenses of the Lottery are appropriated by the legislature as part of the annual state budget. Operating expenses cannot exceed 15%. Currently, operating expenses are under 8%. These operating expenses include 5.7% in commissions and bonuses paid to the sales agents who sell the tickets and under 2% in administrative expenses due to Lottery operation.
- After prizes and expenses, the remaining Lottery revenues (approximately 20%) are transferred to the General Fund and returned to the cities and towns of the Commonwealth in the form of local aid.
People under age 18 can't purchase Lottery tickets. If an adult-purchased winning ticket is claimed in the name of a person under 18, the director may direct payment of the prize to the minor. For prizes less than $5,000, a check or draft payable to the order of the minor can be delivered to an adult member of the minor's family or a guardian of the minor. For prizes greater than $5,000, the amount can be deposited in any bank to the credit of an adult member of the minor's family or a guardian of the minor, with the adult acting as the custodian for the account. Top
All Lottery Sales Agents may pay prizes up to and including $600. Prizes up to and including $100,000 can be claimed at any Lottery office (Dorchester, Braintree, New Bedford, Springfield, Woburn, or Worcester). Prizes over $100,000 must be claimed at Lottery Headquarters in Dorchester. If you are claiming a prize by trust, please email Coleen Wasik in the Legal Department at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 781-849-5634. The Lottery requires proof of positive identification for all prizes over $600. You must have a photo ID that contains your signature and proof of your social security number when claiming a prize over $600. Top
Lottery regulations state that a claimant's name, city or town, image, amount of prize, claim date and game are public record. Therefore, photographs may be taken and used to publicize winnings. Top
The remaining annual payments will be made to the estate of the deceased prizewinner. Top
Questions involving taxes require individual answers. Winners should consult a qualified tax accountant. Top
For prizes of more than $600, 5% is withheld and sent to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. For prizes $5,000 and greater, 24% of the prize is withheld and sent to the Internal Revenue Service and 5% is withheld and sent to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Top
The Massachusetts State Lottery will provide a withholding statement (W2G) on all prizes over $600.
However, if your Lottery prize is greater than $5,000, 24% of your prize will be automatically withheld and sent directly to the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, 5% is required to be withheld and sent to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Some winners will receive the W2G form at the time of prize payment. If not, you will receive a W2G form from the Lottery by mail in January.
Effective December 1, 2004, the Massachusetts State Legislature enacted a law that changed the threshold to which Lottery prizes are taxed. The law requires the Massachusetts State Lottery to withhold state taxes on all prizes of more than $600.00 as mandated by Massachusetts General Law Chapter 62B §2 as amended. Federal tax withholding will operate as before.
Please consult a tax professional for specific tax questions.
You may be eligible to deduct your losses. Deductions can be made on federal taxes up to the amount of your winnings and only if you itemize deductions on Schedule A of Form 1040. Top
You may request a reprint of the W2G form with this form. Print, fill out and sign the form. Then mail it to:
Massachusetts State Lottery
150 Mount Vernon Street
Dorchester MA 02125-3573
ATTN: Tax Department
Or fax it to: 781-849-5596 Top
No, claims can be made out in one name only and prize checks are issued to the claimant. Top
Yes, anyone 18 and over can purchase any Lottery product at any agent location. All players can collect their prizes at the same locations referenced in the "How do customers collect their winnings" FAQ. Season Tickets can be purchased directly from any sales agent while in the state, or from out of state by calling l-800-222-TKTS. The ticket can be registered in the owner's name by completing and returning the registration form to the Lottery. Season Tickets are available for Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Megabucks Doubler and Powerball.
Lucky for Life, Mega Millions and Powerball season tickets cannot be purchased via phone or by mail from out of state. Top
Megabucks Doubler tickets are $1 and are drawn two times a week. The following are the
prices of season tickets for this game.
13 Week Season Ticket = $25 (26 drawings)
26 Week Season Ticket = $50 (52 drawings)
52 Week Season Ticket = $100 (104 drawings)
Mega Millions, Lucky for Life and Powerball are $2 tickets and are drawn 2 times a week. The following are the prices of season tickets for these games.
13 Week Season Ticket = $50 (26 drawings)
26 Week Season Ticket = $100 (52 drawings)
52 Week Season Ticket = $200 (104 drawings)
Available July 1, 2018, Mass Cash tickets are $1and are drawn seven times a week. The
following are the prices of season tickets for this game.
13 Week Season Ticket = $87 (91 drawings)
26 Week Season Ticket = $175 (182 drawings)
52 Week Season Ticket = $350 (364 drawings)
There is generally a discount period in mid-November through early January, and another
in the summer.
Click here for more information about Season Tickets
With the exception of the jackpot prize, all prizes are mailed directly to the owner. The lower tier prize payments over $600 are mailed after complying with the Massachusetts State Lottery's request for Social Security number. Prizes under $600 are mailed directly to the owner. Jackpot prize winners are notified to come to the Dorchester office to claim their prize. Top
The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission controls the operation of Bingo.
Bingo (Beano) was legalized in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on September 29, 1971. Effective September 4, 1973, Chapter 729 of the Acts of 1973 transferred responsibility for control of the operation of Bingo from the Department of Public Safety to the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. Effective January 1, 1978, Chapter 219 of the Acts of 1977 transferred responsibility for collection of the 5% Bingo and Raffle/Bazaar (Casino Function) Tax on Gross Proceeds from the Department of Revenue to the Lottery. Top
Any Lottery agent open on holidays can accept bets and sell tickets. Top
Yes. Top
You must notify the Lottery claims department in writing about a lost ticket. You must provide all the details, such as date played, time played, where played, number played, etc. The claims department will research the claim and notify you of the result. If you lose a season ticket that has been registered you can call the Season Ticket department to request a duplicate. 1-800-222-8587 Top
The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission will promptly and thoroughly investigate all
customer complaints regarding the accessibility of Lottery products at a licensed sales
agent location.
A complaint should be filed within 30 days after the action complained of occurs, or following notice of a barrier at a Lottery agent's location. Complainants are encouraged to use the MSLC's On-Line ADA Complaint Form when filing complaints. This form is available online at MSLC_ADA Complaint Form and at all Massachusetts State Lottery Commission regional offices.
All ADA related complaints will be investigated in accordance with the MSLC's ADA Grievance Procedure
You will need the following items when you claim your prize if over $600:
- Your winning ticket(s)
- Signed photo identification
- Proof of your Social Security Number
- Proof of your current address
The Massachusetts State Lottery offers five games that require manual drawings. Learn more about their drawing procedures.


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StayingVintage: Eclectic Collection in OK
We're seeing more and more areas of the country represented in our Classifieds. This week's featured seller comes to us from Bethany, Oklahoma, which is just a hop, skip and jump from Oklahoma City. Shop Staying Vintage's selections and be sure to list your own collections in our Classifieds.
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- Retro Swag Orange Swivel Roller Chairs $420
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- Vintage 1920's Pirate Trunk $90
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Arvasi Salon & Spa
Hi, My name is Liana Shaw and I am the sole proprititor of "Arvasi Salon & Spa'. I am a mother, an artist, a henna lady & makeup artist. I have always had a natural draw to the East Indian culture. Intrigued & inspired by mehendi designs I find in textiles & henna tattoo designs. I enjoy experimenting with vibrant colors, textures, & mehendi patterns to create my art work & Loving the experience being a henna lady vending the last 5 years, Fun! Check out my pics.
Past work experince has taught me & led me to the path of where am at today in starting my own business. I am positive & confident with keen entreprenuerial skills and sense. I was a partner in business for 6 years & have worked in upper management positions however had the desire & endeavoured to create self employment. I have worked in the beauty and wellness industry within the Aveda network for a couple years. If unaware of the Aveda brand please check out the link. It's a wonderful company to be partnered with to share a vision—respect for the Earth, passion for the best creative and technical work, and nurturing, high-touch care.
So here I am now with the opportunity to create & blend my passion and endevours all under one roof; so exciting! I should let you know Arvasi means 'beautiful' in Sanskrit resonating with the theme & culture of the buisness.
Logo design will be used for marketing tools to be inclusive of but not limited to: service menu, store signage, website, all print materials & advertisements, stickers, on clothing etc.
Age: 14 years to 55 years (wide range considered to be market the salon and spa services separetely)
Gender: Females and males (75% catered to the Female population and 25% to Male )
Geographic Area : Locals and visiting guests to Cranbrook, BC
Leisure Activities: Most guests will be considering or maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle.
Fitness related activities include: gym, aerobic classes, yoga, pilates, hiking, biking etc.
Intrerests: environmentally concisious, fashion forward, health & wellness
Location is just down the street from the local high school and theater. The location hence is a high traffic location to marketing to a major portion of my target market.
The salon and makeup will be marketed towards the younger 14-30 year olds. Fashion forward, getting into makeup, higher disposable income due to lack of expenses.
The spa will be marketed towards the 30-55 year olds, specifically the baby boomers. As there is a desire services for health, wellness and luxury items. Again higher disposable income
Logo to consist of brand name "Aravasi Salon & Spa" along with an icon.
Font to be black and resonate with the Aveda font. Clean, bold, & sharp points on the 'a' & 'v" , (but no dot in the middle like of aveda). No rounded fonts like comic sans
Possibly arrange "Arvasi" on top in larger font with "Salon & Spa" underneath smaller in font with icon on left side.
Possibly arrange "Arvasi Salon & Spa" in straight line with icon on side
Icon has to appeal to both men and women. Urban, up scale, fresh and simple.
Icon is to be a simple/delicate plant leaf; maybe a fern, vine, papaya leaf, etc.
Icon color to be a fresh green, a new leaf green ~ am using Aveda's green in decor see link for the color image ~ may come up in the full gallery scroll through till you can see a pic. of a green wall with the aveda makeup display with make up chair on right side of pic., left side of pic is white front desk & walls
bamboo, maple leafs, flowers, cartoon images,
color other than black, green
Hopefully I have inspired you in someway to create and share the same vision in my branding. I can't wait to see what you come up with!!
Good Luck and all the best,
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87-Year-Old Bond Girl Gets Award
Queen Elizabeth II has been given an honorary award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for both her support of the industry and her performance with secret agent James Bond in the opening ceremony of the Olympics last summer. Photo: AP
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Pet Patrol: Meet Simba + Buster at The Tri-County Humane Society
Meet Simba and Buster. Two adorable pets that will give you a high-five when you welcome them into your home.
Simba is a 3 month old kitten looking for someone to high-five with! He lived with children of all ages and is well socialized. Simba is a prince of a kitten who dreams of reigning over his new household and romping around with new friends. He is very personable and curious. When you hold Simba, he will investigate and gently sniff all over your face. It's his way of checking you out and getting to know you. Stop into let him give you the big sniff over! Simba is neutered and micro-chipped. If you adopt him, you could take his sister Nala home for no additional fee.
– Tri-County Humane Society Executive Director Vicki Davis
Buster is a 2 year old neutered Chocolate Lab and Chesapeake mix. His previous owner experienced a change in lifestyle that was not conducive to owning a dog. Buster has an extroverted personality and plenty of energy to go along with it! He loves playing tug or fetch and has a special passion for anything that squeaks. Buster's Lab and Chesapeake heritage shows up every time he gets near a body of water. He did well living with children of all ages in his previous home. Buster knows how to sit, stay, shake, lie down, roll-over, and heel. Buster is also house trained.
– Tri-County Humane Society Executive Director Vicki Davis
Check out all the animals available for adoption by going to the Tri-County Humane Society's website or Facebook page. Or visit them at 735 8th Street Northeast in St. Cloud. They're open Monday through Thursdays Noon to 6; Fridays noon to 8; Saturdays 11 to 5; and Sundays Noon to 5.


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In 1902, residents of the western Boulder County community of Salina ran out of funds while building their church. With the community eager to finish the construction before winter, a carpenter came down from the mountains to Boulder, where he solicited donations.
When the small frame building was completed, it stood for more than a century.
Then the September 2013 flood severely undercut the front portion. Thanks to the spirit of today's Salina residents, along with help from the wider community, the Little Church in the Pines still stands.
Salina was settled as a mining camp in 1874 by gold prospectors and their families. The late Lucile Sworts, granddaughter of the carpenter, explained in an interview years ago that Sunday school classes were held every week, but only occasionally was a traveling minister available to preach a Sunday sermon.
In the 1920s, mining declined, and so did the population. For several years, the church building was neglected. Then, during the 1930s, the locals again turned to mining to get them through the Great Depression. The building was used as a mine office until the beginning of World War II.
In 1948, the then-abandoned building was purchased by a small neighborhood group that named it the Little Church in the Pines. Many of the wooden church pews still in use today were made by one of the original charter members.
At the time, the local residents returned a bell to the steeple, painted the building white and accepted an antique organ from a Presbyterian Church in Loveland.
Nondenominational Christian services and an annual vacation bible school were held on a regular basis. Sunshine resident Forrest Jones led children to the Salina church from his nearby town, taking an old wagon road that connects the two communities.
In recent years, various faiths have held their services in the historic building.
In 1989, the Little Church in the Pines was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Then, in 2002, the building was landmarked by Boulder County commissioners. They also awarded the church a grant for its restoration, completed by local residents.
Then came the flood. On Sept. 12, as water rushed down Gold Run Creek, Peter Brady, Vernon Lawrence, Burton Sloan, Derek Davis, James Holmes and Ed Tarleton quickly stabilized the building with temporary supports.
Three weeks later, Brady and other area residents wedged cribbing into the gaping hole under the bell tower. The men used 6-by-6-inch timbers, donated to the church by the Broomfield Home Depot.
The building's designated historical status makes it eligible for state emergency funding, which is currently in process. The structure is no longer on the verge of falling, but it's still not safe from harm. Much more work remains to be done as part of a permanent fix.
Sworts also spoke of hymn singing and evening services that she likened to evangelical meetings.
If she were alive today, perhaps she would quote from the Bible, specifically Matthew 7:25-26: "The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock."
Knowing Sworts, she would have credited the spirit of the community, as well.
Silvia Pettem and Carol Taylor write about history for the Daily Camera. Email Silvia at firstname.lastname@example.com, Carol at firstname.lastname@example.com or write to the Daily Camera, 5450 Western Ave., Boulder 80301.


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I watched Rowdy Rathore ( very strange title - Rascalam Rathore would have been better), first day, third show. It was obvious from the title track itself that this was a Rassam-Western, 'Sholay'with a Telegu accent. But what a riot it was! Well... at least the hysterical first half. Post-interval, the movie just gave up and died... like the hundreds of extras, single-handedly demolished by two Akshays (all hail the return of the double role!). But wait - I swear just the sheer vulgarity of it all, was dazzling. From Sonakshi's Pussycat from Patna moves ( most of her close-ups are waist down), to Akshay's hilariously imbecile dialogues - "Don't angry me!" is my current favourite, Prabhudeva's directorial effort delivers egg-xactly what it promises - glamourised garbage. Did I mind the four hundred bucks (not counting the pop corn) I spent per ticket? Naaaah! I came away singing Chinta ta ta. BTW, the perfectly cast nutcase who played the evil rapist son of Bapji was pretty, damn good. Who is he??? Blogdosts - do let me know.
I have had my standard Sunday afternoon pig out. Home made idlis, dosas, sambar, chutney. Strange. This is what we pounce on in a Bengali-Maharashtrian home. It is produced by two young ladies who work with us - one is from Kanpur, the other from Jharkhand. Imagine - no maach-mangsho, no shrikhand-puri or aamras-poli. Just a free , happy Republic of Food. Niccccceeeee....
This appeared in Asian Age yesterday....
After that amazing and unexpected display of her softer, more feminine side, political pundits are left scratching their heads and wondering whether Didi's uninhibited act, is likely to backfire… or will it earn her extra brownie points? Going by the rapturous support she received in her home state, it's safe to say, her well-calculated move acted as an instant pick me up… a booster shot. It was like a thirsty man on a muggy afternoon in Kolkata, walking into the Tolly Club and sipping noisily from a tankard of well-chilled beer.Aaaah! What a feeling! The unwashed masses going without essentials in rural
Well, the show is over. We have a brand new, bona fide World Champion in Vishwanath Anand. Putin himself has crowned him King of the Chess board. This is Anand's fifth win. Mamata has got into the act again and demanded a Bharat Ratna for Anand. But I doubt she's going to follow that up with a big bash for him in Kolkata. Perhaps, encouraged by Didi's showmanship, will the equally formidable J.Jayalalithaa pull out the stops and line up elephants for Anand's victory parade? This just may become the new political game in town – felicitating our few international sports stars. Not a bad plan, when you think of it. There is a fuzzy 'feel good' factor involved. And with the poor rupee's disastrous showing, politicians are desperately looking around for excuses to distract the electorate. It's a good thing at least some Indians are on a winning streak in something! Or else we would be forced to confront real issues, with zero solutions. Then what?
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TRex necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
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I need a website that is unique, professional and simple. Some examples include:
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