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You've probably heard of the "snowball method"—the personal finance theory that if you pay off your smallest debt first, you'll feel empowered to pay the rest quickly.
However, new research from University of Michigan's Ross School of Business professor Scott Rick suggests this isn't the smartest idea, especially when the small debt is one among many and carries the lowest interest rate.
Think about it: If you have an outstanding debt with a whopping APR, you're going to want to get rid of that first.
Making minimum payments won't make a real difference and as interest fees pile up, you'll find yourself in worse shape than you were when you started.
In his study, "Winning the Battle but Losing the War: The Psychology of Debt Management," Rick found that despite how obvious this is, most consumers ignore this advice as they want a "quick win" and are biased to "non-optimal behavior." In other words, they're primed to spend (stay in debt) and seek instant gratification (spend and delay debt payments).
While paying off the small debt appears like a win, in reality it's only one piece of the puzzle and a way to BS themselves about how much they've accomplished.
As the holidays get into full swing, consumers will be dealing with debt more than ever. Rick estimates the average consumer carries an average balance of more than $1,000—so it's without a doubt that retail holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday will only compound the problem.
But Rick's research proves consumers need to get real about why they're spending and how they plan to tackle their debt. Taking any old advice, like that of personal finance guru Dave Ramsey, who was cited in the study, might not always be right for you.
To get on track, we recommend reading how one writer devised a plan that suited her needs and long-term goals.


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The game doesn't really have any kind of story save for a sci-fi stylized theme where the player pilots a spacecraft through numerous levels, called drives. These drives provide some of the slickest, trippiest visuals I've seen on the PSP so far, and coupled with the awesome techno bleeps and bloops, this is easily the most impressive aspect of the game. The idea now is to perform multiple controlled detonations of your craft in an environment where enemy craft (represented for the most part by small blobs and shapes) fill the screen. The bigger the explosive chain reaction, the more points you score.
Unfortunately you're up against a strict time limit that must be bested in order to clear each drive. If you crash your ship before you have the chance to detonate it, you'll lose five valuable seconds. You'll also lose a ship from your stock, which ultimately determines how many explosions you can cause. EEE's key to success then turns into a highly sensitive game of biding your time and waiting for the right moment to blow things up.
The controls are very basic, with the player using only the D-pad or analog stick to move the ship around. Any of the four regular buttons can be used to blow your ship up, but if you hold down and charge an explosion up, you'll have a greater bomb radius to work with -- be careful you don't wait too long, as you have a limited time before an explosion occurs after charging has begun. You can also separate your ship's core from its body by holding either L or R while charging a hit. This allows you to move the epicenter of an explosion away from the ship and net a higher number of enemies from a safe distance.
And so with the basic understanding of scoring points by activating chained explosions, there are a few more factors that will help you overcome the bosses, time constraints and other nuances of the game. Quickens play a large role in racking up high scores. You'll be able to scoop up a maximum of eight quickens (which are left behind by certain types of destroyed enemies). Each one gathered will increase the speed and frequency of the enemies onscreen, and at the same time, they will pump up the tempo of the music and sound effects. The quickens are absolutely the key to achieving huge scores in EEE. Onscreen, you'll be able to track a number of different statistics such as your ship's stock, number of quickens currently held, and more importantly, the amount of points needed before you hit your next extend -- and this is the way you gain extra stock for your ships.


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Say Hello to Greenery with Vertical Gardening
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I've come to a grinding hault in a few areas of my life and recently, very recently, come to realize that it's time to take control of my life once and for all.
Tomorrow is a new beginning for me; one that I'm looking forward to. One that, I know, is going to take work and dedication; but one thing I've learned about myself recently is that I am dedicated, just not to myself.
I'll be back on the Keto life starting tomorrow 🙂 and I'm looking forward to it!


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"Don't be tempted to over-complicate things"
Take things slowly and get the basics right
E.g. Timely welcome message
Ongoing quarterly contact
"Involve staff in the romance of the sign-up"
Well trained and incentivized ground staff can make a huge difference
Must know the ins and outs of the program
Recognize and reward staff members who deliver quality & quantity
The @LEVIS in Thailand revamped its in-store Loop reward program, had a complete creative revamp (in-store and on e-communications), and regularly rewarded its best performing shop staff. This resulted in a 400% increase in member sign-ups and ongoing "brandmance."
"Give consumers a warm fuzzy feeling"
"Make sure loyalty members are the first to know about important news, product previews, early chance to buy, launch party invites, etc.
"Be creative, go for the heart"
Think of rewards that make your brand stand out and hit an emotional cord
E.g. A small donation that could be given to charity and could become a regular reward for loyalty
This would build an emotional relationship and people feel good about doing good deeds
"Consider your channels"
Push messages out via a combination of different channels
Email (~80% remain unopened)
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Located in the centre of a beautiful Aveyronnais village, alongside the church. The village has a boulangerie, epicerie, doctor's surgery, cafe and school. !5 minutes east of najac. 20 minutes from Villefranche de Rouergue.
The current owners, an architect and his wife, have over the past 5 years breathed life once again into this most beautiful of buildings. They have painstakingly restored, room by room, three floors of this fine stone and lauze building. Attention to original detail has been uppermost in their minds whilst incorporating the latest in home comfort and amenities. Thus, whilst each of the four bedrooms has the most luxurious of private bathrooms, and the first and second floors, where the bedrooms are located, are served by a newly installed lift, should one choose to do so, one could use the original medieval spiral stone staircase. The kitchen, although retaining the monumentally arched stone fireplace, original stone evier and stone floor, also benefits from a state of the art, contemporary kitchen.
Other original features include several plafonds a la francaises, original oak floors and beams, many fine examples of original fireplaces and metre thick stone walls. In addition, an abundance of local oak has been used in the creation of replica doors and ultra-modern bathroom units.
The interior of the chateau was not the only concern of the architect. Part of the private garden area has been transformed into a formal garden laid out into smaller, more intimate areas. A sympathetically created bathing pool lies between this and the more natural garden area in which is located an outdoor dining area. In addition, a large first floor terrace area has been created with access directly from the kitchen or from the garden via a stone staircase.
Ground floor:
Small living room, 27m2 approx.; Office, 16m2 approx.; Reading room, 42m2 approx.; Library, 26m2; Laundry room, 12m2 approx.; Games room, 10m2; Lift.
First floor: Currently used by owners as year round accommodation.
Kitchen, 26m2 approx.; Salon, 42m2 approx, Bedroom 1, 30m2 approx.; En-suite bathroom, 15m2 approx.; Dressing room, 10m2 approx.; Lift.
Second floor: Currently used as three B & B suites, one of 44m2 approx.; one of 27m2 approx and one of 50m2 approx. Each suite has a luxury bathroom and many fine features. Lift.
Heating in the chateau is via electric radiators.
In addition, the chateau has three attic areas totalling 130m2, A tower with a conical roof , 5m2, 2 caves, 60m2 and an old garage area, 10m2.
To the front of the property and situated facing the village square, is the "couvert", 30m2, a stone structure with granite columns and a lauze roof. In medieval times the "seigneur" of the chateau would sit in judgement with the village priest over any crimes or disputes in the commune.
Between the chateau and the church is located a two storey property, le Fournil, 80m2, formerly used as a bakery with two ovens, one for bread, the other for cakes!
Within the rear garden area is located a discreet, walled courtyard area, 16m2, suitable for an outside summer kitchen.
In total, there is 395m2 of living accommodation with a possible additional 280m2 using existing buildings.
The property comes with 1588m2 of land with uninterrupted views over open countryside to the south.


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The New Face Of Te-Amo Cigars
August 25, 2015 When you think of Mexican cigars, the word Te-Amo surely comes to mind. Founded in 1963, this cigar quickly rose to prominence. In fact, for three decades, this cigar was one of the top selling brands in … Read More
Davidoff: Black Edition
August 18, 2015 For years, Davidoff cigars have been seen as the Rolls Royce of the cigar world. They were mild, smooth, and perfectly constructed. Their higher price point and high-end style made them the cigar of choice for the more upper … Read More
JR Delves Into Uncharted Territory
August 13, 2015 JR has requested that I write an unbiased review of the new Uncharted premium handmade cigar. However, this cannot be an unbiased review because I work here, and if I say it stinks, I'll lose my job and be forced … Read More
Drew Estate Connecticut Valley Barn Smoker
August 12, 2015 This weekend I had the absolute pleasure of attending another great cigar event hosted by Drew Estate. The Drew Estate Connecticut Valley Barn Smoker is the second such event organized by the company, the first being last … Read More
Some Great Places to Smoke Outdoors this Summer
August 11, 2015 Looking for some great places to smoke outside this Summer? We got ya covered. Spontaneous road trips are fun—even more so when you're by yourself! There's nothing better than finding a cool roadside spot, and heading out onto the open … Read More
The Incredible Camacho American Barrel-Aged Cigars
August 5, 2015 Founded by Simon Camacho in 1961, Camacho Cigars has played a major role in offering the consumer some of the best Honduran smokes for many generations. Born in Cuba, Simon started his career in the cigar business in Miami, … Read More
Here's a Toast To The Perdomo Special Craft Series Cigars!
August 3, 2015 It sure took a heckuva' long time, but finally a premium cigar company is showing some respect for the zillions of beer drinkers. You see, many of us love to relax while throwing back a few cold ones and puffing … Read More
When Smoking Was Considered Cool
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IPCPR Day 3
July 20, 2015 In my mind day three seemed to be the most important day of the IPCPR show. The glitz and glamour of the big manufacturers was fantastic, yet in terms of the cigars, well most of them have been announced for … Read More
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IPCPR Day 1
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Watch out Dooce. Move over Soleil Moon Frye. Make way Daphne Brogdon. There's a new mom in the wide world of video blogging, and she has one helluva disposable income, a famous family (or infamous family, depending on whether or not you like reality TV and basic social units that made it into American pop culture by way of a sibling's sex tape), the backing of a cable television network, and a pretty great fashion sense.
Kourtney Kardashian is the latest mother to get in front of a camera and talk about her adventures in parenting. Of course, those adventures in parenting don't touch on hot button child-rearing issues or other concerns that may be more familiar to the 99%, but so far focus on multi-colored baby moccasins and the importance of layering for the sake of fashion while living in New York City.
And actually, I think that's okay. It'd be easy to critique this show with a lot of snark, but not every program (parenting or otherwise) always needs to be about something with some gravitas. Kourtney's Mommy Blog is the reality TV version of Momversation or (insert your favorite mom-oriented online video program here). It's superficial, pretty to look at, and unoffensive and appealing to the lowest common denominator. Sometimes, we want to be entertained and educated. Other times, we want to chillax and see a closet full of adorably small Ralph Lauren jackets and size two golden sneakers. (Of course, there's an argument about how showcasing this kind of unattainable – for most Americans – level of consumerism is bad for the world at large, but let's save that argument for a different article.)
Kourtney shot 10 episodes with E! Online while she was filming the latest season of Kourtney and Kim Take New York. Future installments will cover some of "her favorite things, questions she gets asked a lot, and just things that she's found helpful" while being a mother. Check them out weekly at EOnline.


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Hey y'all! I'm Molly and I was born and raised right here in Destin, Florida. Growing up I never had plans of living here as an adult. I was going to get my degree (from the University of Florida- Go Gators!), move to a big city, and be an independent career girl. Plans change, as they tend to do, and I met the love of my life and moved back to Destin. We're currently raising our three kids just steps from the Gulf of Mexico and minutes from both sets of grandparents. Not too shabby.
Destin has definitely grown up in my lifetime, but it's still the charming little beach town it always has been. We have a thriving seafood industry and an incredible fishing fleet. Our restaurants are some of the best in the world and are run by hard-working local folks. You won't find fish or shrimp any fresher, but it doesn't end there. Whether you're in the mood for steak, Italian, sushi, or Mexican (my personal favorite), you'll find it all here and it's all delicious.
I'm a teacher-turned-stay-at-home-mom to Julia, Mac, and Miles. We spend our days exploring the Emerald Coast and reporting back to you with the best of the best. I love finding family-friendly restaurants, festivals, parks, beaches, and other hidden gems, and then sharing them with our friends, families, and visitors. Our little part of Florida has so much to offer and we have the best time discovering all of it.
Thanks for stopping by! Whether you are a local or visitor, I hope you find the information on my site helpful. Let me know if you have questions or suggestions for us to try out. The kids and I are always looking for new adventures.


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Wednesday June 28, 2017
Ninnu Kori (Music review), Telugu – Gopi Sundar
Unnatundi gundey's melody is affecting and easily likeable, with the anupallavi and charanam's tunes distantly reminiscent of Ilayaraja's melodies. Karthik and Chinmayi are—as always—fantastic! Sid Sriram does his magic yet again in Adiga adiga! Gopi hands him a somber melody with minimal orchestration that allows Sid's impressive vocals to hold fort. Once Upon A Time Lo, despite the energetic tune and the catchy 'Break-uppu' hook, seems contrived. Hey badhulu cheppavey too sounds comparatively less interesting, beyond Haricharan's excellent singing. Unnatundi gundey and Adiga adiga are great, but overall, Gopi's mighty impressive Telugu form takes a small break with Ninnu Kori.
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There he was, by God—a puffy, drink-ravaged, diseased-ridden caricature…like an awful cartoon version of an old snapshot in some once-proud mother's family photo album. It was the face we'd been looking for—and it was, of course, my own. Horrible, horrible...
-Hunter S. Thompson
"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved"
A few years back, I happened to be in Louisville, attending an academic conference with a good friend and native Kentuckian. After reading our papers, I insisted, being the inveterate gambler that I am, that we visit the sacred dirt of Churchill Downs. In the spirit of things, we had a couple slugs of Basil Hayden before departing…only good bourbon for this adventure. Why not, after all? When in Kentucky…
It was the off-season and there were no races. There were, however, still plenty of gamblers milling about and betting on races around the country via simulcast. Immediately, in the spirit of things, we ordered up a couple of mint juleps. They arrived in commemorative Derby glasses. Delicious!
Outside, there wasn't a soul around. We were able to stroll down to the Winner's Circle and run our fingers through the earth that had been trod by such legends as War Admiral and Secretariat. I vaguely considered running the final 20 yards to share the energy of the victorious beasts that trod before me, but under the elegant shadow of history, I filed that in the "maybe later" category.
We headed back inside and indulged in a few of the generously tall $2 beers. When I found the $2 pulled pork slider tray, I thought I'd walked into heaven. After studying a racing form, we picked a winner our first try and won another of our bets to cover our alcohol and cab fare.
Feeling great, we left the ponies to the serious gamblers and headed back to the hotel. The heavy consumption of bourbon somehow managed to become a theme of the evening and the strict attention to memory became rather Swiss cheesy. So here is all that I can recall:
There was a lesson in bourbon by a bartender who could have had a Master's Degree in the subject…did we actually walk under some giant, neon guitar, or did I just imagine that?...some random girl, neither of us had set eyes on before, felt the need to come and tell me that my buddy was "an asshole"…just a couple of fingers and a few cubes for me, thanks…convinced a teacher from Mississippi State was trying to philosophically trap me, every time he started to speak, I cut him off with a smile and "oh no, not this time Mississippi State"…goddamn elevator keeps trying to tell me what to do…my comrade in booze ended up meeting the woman of his dreams, an ex-ballerina, and by the fates, she was living in the same city as us, over 500 miles away…hello, cowgirl in the sand. hello, ruby in the dust.
The friendly custodian of libations at the hotel bar gave us free samples of their finest bourbon: some beautiful brown elixir from the Van Winkle line. Only in Kentucky would a hotel bar even have such a valuable and esoteric product. I was at Borgata, the nicest casino in Atlantic City, and the best bourbon they had at the bar was Knob Creek. Not bad, but with the rivers of money flowing through that place, the manager should have been hoisted up by his genitals next to all that ultra-swanky Chihuly glass sculpture. God bless the magical Bluegrass State!


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Another review guys, so 365 friend and I had been planning to go this restaurant after I felt like going on another food adventure. At the time we were both admiring their summer dessert menu and I obviously went ballistic when I saw french toast on the menu. Story is, I love french toast except I can never make it like they do in the restaurants, one reason might be because you should be using questionable amounts of butter to cook them.
One morning last month I couldn't help myself. I had french toast but I loved it! It's served with maple syrup and strawberries, it was so good- buttery goodness though D; btw I'm always on a diet so I try to steer clear of butter wherever possible.
I'm going to start critiquing now, starting with the french toast my only fault would be that I did some strawberries that were bruised so that was a bit unpleasant. It would also be good if they had removed the stems that way you wouldn't hear the occasional clanging sound when your knife made contact with the plate. I also ordered a cappuccino ($3.50) and although I got a lot of foam, the barista - burnt my milk so yeah, I was disappointed with my coffee.
French toast $9 generous serving of two slices and whilst it may not sound like much it is very filling
Come Monday, on the week of Orientation 365 friend and I bumped into Youtube Sensation, 'Alan' and one of their friends (if you read this right now I'm sorry for your poor reference it's just that I'm suffering from a lack of imagination). Anyways, they decided to join us by bus-ing it to the other side of the city.
Seared scallops, baba ganoush, preserved lemon, baby herbs $21
Chermoula spiced chicken, sweet potato crumble, green beans, tarragon butter $24
Hickory smoked wagyu beef burger, tomato, cheese, bacon, cucumber & piri piri mayo $19
Salad nicoise, fresh grilled tuna fillet $18
White chocolate cheesecake, dark choc jelly, berry compote $11
I don't know why but for some reason I wasn't as satisfied as my first visit. Maybe it was because we were served tap water this time or that some of the main servings weren't as plentiful as I thought. Another reason could be because I wanted my raspberry and blueberry flan, I mean that was the reason why I decided to go to this place again but no they to switch over from their Summer menu to their Autumn menu when Summer hasn't even ended yet. Although if you have a sweet tooth like me and love desserts I would recommend this cafe, real panna cotta tastes so much different and better than store bought panna cotta. I wish my grade had picked wise dessert options like say panna cotta over this chocolate mousse.


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A while ago, on the planet of the novelists, two warring factions argued over whether or not characters had to be likable. Absolutely not, the frowny-face contingent claimed, arguing that one of literature's goals is to illuminate the state of being human, in all its flawed glory. The smiley-face tribe took umbrage: What's the matter with creating characters readers would like to have as friends? But maybe the question of liking or not liking is the easy one. The harder one, maybe, is what should we make of characters who never really allow us to know them? Characters who are in pain for reasons we understand and behave badly for reasons we can comprehend, but who inspire nothing as strong as liking or loathing. What happens when we close a book with neither a shudder nor a smile, but only a shrug?
The narrator of Howard Norman's latest novel, "Next Life Might Be Kinder," has so many troubles you can see why he'd be ornery. In Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1971, the novelist Sam Lattimore and the woman who will become his wife, a graduate student named Elizabeth Church, meet at a local art gallery, striking up a conversation over a Robert Frank exhibit. They fall in love and marry quickly. But even before we learn how their story begins, Norman has revealed its not-so-happy ending. "After my wife, Elizabeth Church, was murdered by the bellman Alfonse Padgett in the Essex Hotel," Sam announces on the very first page, "she did not leave me."
That's a crackerjack opening, a wily little teaser that tells us whodunit but not why, and hints that Elizabeth's spirit may not have resigned itself to eternal rest. Apparently, it hasn't: Elizabeth, or a specter of her, has been appearing to Sam on the beach near the secluded cottage he bought after her death. She talks to him about her dissertation, on which, it appears, she's still working; she brings books with her and lines them up along the shore. Sam tries to talk to his psychotherapist about these visitations and becomes surly when the good doctor attempts to persuade him, in that roundabout, "How does that make you feel?" way therapists have, that he can't possibly be seeing his dead wife.
There's more. Sam, desperate for money, has sold the rights to the story of his early marriage and Elizabeth's murder to a self-involved filmmaker named Peter Istvakson, who has his own idea of how the narrative should unfold. "What 'based on a true story' means," he informs Sam, "is my film will tell what really happened, only better."
No wonder Sam is miserable: Either he can't let his wife go or she won't let him go. His therapist is trying to wave away the one thing in his life that's currently giving him comfort. And a megalomaniac is trying to reshape the story of his life, right before his eyes. "The progress of this picture will be the progress of my soul," Istvakson explains to Sam, who realizes, wisely, that the only appropriate response is an incredulous eye roll. "I mean, who talks like that?" Sam asks himself. "A real dunce. Go sit in the corner with your dunce cap on, dunce."
In his grief, Sam holds everyone at arm's length, and you can't blame him. But by the end of "Next Life Might Be Kinder," we don't know much more about him than we did at the beginning. Sam is about nothing but grief — we see how it makes him churlish, impatient, uncharitable and rude, but those are just adjectives rattling around in the otherwise empty shape of his character. The real subject of the book is the fetching Elizabeth, but we're forced to spend an awful lot of time with the interminably gloomy Sam.
Sam's present-day travails alternate with flashbacks, so we learn a lot about Elizabeth and why Sam loved her. She was bright and funny, like the old-Hollywood heroines she adored, Myrna Loy and Veronica Lake. And she was sexy. Sam recalls the night they first made love: "It was in my one-room apartment. She kissed my ears and whispered, 'Tonight, your Elizabeth,' as if reading the title on some lurid cover of a 1940s paperback detective novel. Just the way she said it, enunciating each word in my ear. Each word given equal regard by her tongue and breath."
Elizabeth is an idealized figure, more a dream girl than a fully rounded character, which makes sense: She was taken from Sam in the early days of the marriage, days they spent undressing each other and sprawling, in flagrante, on the Victorian chaise longue Elizabeth had brought into the honeymoon cottage/hotel suite they called their home. (The chaise longue has specific meaning for Elizabeth, connected with her scholarly studies.) The two take Lindy lessons together, a detail that will later figure in Elizabeth's tragic end. They have a big Russian blue cat named Maximus Minimum, who likes to listen to the radio.
But we never really learn why Elizabeth, this sterling human being — her life so unjustly shortened by a nutcase bellman — would be attracted to a mope like Sam. Nor does Sam's conflict with Istvakson ever pop into strong relief. Sam spends a lot of time complaining about Istvakson, but the filmmaker is barely a presence in the story. Mostly, Sam is just trying to dodge the advances of Istvakson's comely assistant, Lily Svetgartot, who at least injects some verve into his life — and the book — by showing up at inconvenient moments and demanding a cup of coffee as if it were her birthright.
With "Next Life Might Be Kinder," Norman — perhaps best known for his 1994 novel "The Bird Artist," another story of murder and emotional reckoning — may be trying to feel his way around the contours of grief without doing anything as obvious as define it, and that's admirable. His prose, at its best, is elegant in its directness. "Closure is cowardice," Sam tells his therapist during one particularly incendiary, frustrated flare-up. "When you lose someone you love, the memory of them maintains a tenacious adhesiveness to the heart — I quote Chekhov there. See, if you don't feel very articulate, it's useful to find people like Chekhov to help you out."
When Sam is speaking that plainly, it's easy to connect with his rage and his deep, shuddering despair. No wonder he feels so lost; no wonder he's seeing ghosts. "Next Life Might Be Kinder" is best when it's riffing on those Gothic undertones. Can true love really reach out from beyond the grave? Sam seems to have the answer. We just can't get close enough to find out.


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Joining Frontier Dreams, Small Things & Natural Suburbia
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Two little hats
Joining Frontier Dreams, Small Things & Natural Suburbia
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My daughter and grand daughter knit. One of my daughters in law, also. The knitting gene did not get given out to me, though. :-)
My daughter spins yarn even. Around which, I can not even get my mind. :-)
Adorable! Love beret styles, just wish I looked good in hats! We have two doodles of the mini kind. But they aren't really very mini!! LOLReplyDelete
I know what you mean :) Our Doodle was meant to be a mini too, but grew to more of a labra-donkey :)ReplyDelete
Those are lovely berets. Nice colour -ways. And great pictures too!ReplyDelete
Beautiful hats on beautiful girls! Love the yarns.ReplyDelete
those hats are so lovely!ReplyDelete
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beyond cute.ReplyDelete
Very pretty! I though that was hand spun yarn at first. Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Those are lovely hats, and look wonderful on the girls. I'm visiting from Yarn Along.ReplyDelete
They look great! I also thought it was handspun yarn at first, from the way the stripes knitted up. :)ReplyDelete
So beautiful - the hats, the pictures and your girls. Lovely work mama :-)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous hats! :)ReplyDelete
How sweet! I am loving those colors. Very nice :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful hats and beautiful girls - and perfect for this oh so seasonal July we've been having!ReplyDelete
Simply gorgeous! That yarn truly is divine.ReplyDelete
Simply gorgeous! That yarn truly is divine.ReplyDelete
these hats are so so beautiful and the yarn is a splendour to look at! They look so great together and you've taken some beautiful pictures :) jenny xxReplyDelete
Gorgeous hats, wonderfully modelled!ReplyDelete
They're stunning! And the girls look very happy with them :o)ReplyDelete
They turned out beautiful!ReplyDelete
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Not Just Bad Breath: Orcas Eject Unhealthy Mix of Bacteria When They Exhale, Possibly Due to Human Waste
So, orcas apparently have bad breath. It's okay, they can't help it; a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports revealed that the mix of bacteria the killer whale spews out is actually mostly the result of human contamination in their marine habitat.
According to a report from Phys Org, the study explored the role of infectious diseases on the decreasing population of the endangered Puget Sound orcas. The species have been endangered since 2005 with only 78 individuals now left in the wild. Some of the factors causing them problems are the lack of prey, pollution and disturbances from ships.
For the study, the team of researchers focused on killer whales in Washington state waters, collecting the droplets of waters that they exhale when they come to the surface. With samples collected over a four-year period, they were able to identify the array of bacteria and fungi in the orcas' breath.
Read Also: Scientists Explain the Mystery Behind Killer Whale's Menopause
Among the hodge-podge, healthy bacteria were observed. However, there were also a number of drug-resistant and potentially harmful ones such as salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus.
The scientists suggested that they are picking up the bacteria and fungi as they swim through urbanized waterways. Plenty of environmental stressors are present in these waters from human waste making its way from toilets to agricultural runoff.
Unfortunately, these could cause respiratory problems in orcas with weaker immune systems. Respiratory disease is a major concern with killer whales as scientists found over 40 percent of its population had some sort of infection in their lungs.
"These animals are subject to many stressors, which reduce the competence of their immune systems," co-author and marine mammal veterinarian Pete Schroeder explained.
However, it is still not certain if these microbes are definitely harmful to the giant orcas. Co-author Linda Rhodes pointed out that finding a potential pathogen in an animal doesn't necessarily mean it's sick.
Read Also: Bloodbath! Rare Video Shows Killer Whales Eating Baby Live Sharks in Monterey Bay


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There are three ways to use the new PKR:
Or mix and match! Have fun as you get the information you need!
Every child must be taught to:
• Pick up after himself or herself
• Keep his or her own space clean
• Clean up after using common areas like bathtubs
• Share in the daily, weekly, seasonal household and yard chores
• Learn to do simple cooking and survival food shopping.
• Sons must also be taught how to do such chores as laundry, vacuuming, cooking — and expected to do so.
• Daughters must be taught how to do yard and garage chores and simple house repairs — and expected to do so.
Our sons will live in a world where most women work outside the home. It is highly unlikely your sons will find, or be able to keep, mates if they don't know how to do household chores. Our daughters will live in a world where every woman must be able to care for herself which means being able to survive without a man around the house. Stereotypes won't work in our brave new world.
All children must be taught how to be responsible. This means doing a chore without being told, being the kind of person that others in the family can count on to take out the trash, feed the dog, or start dinner.
How do parents create a responsible house mensch (Mensch is a useful Yiddish word which means "decent, responsible, caring person") and prevent their kids from turning into house slobs?
o START EARLY! Start in toddlerhood. with "Let's put our toys away!" and progress to "Jody, you can't go out to play until you clean up the Lego!" Three year olds can be taught to put dirty clothes in a hamper; hang up jackets, pajamas, and towels on reachable hooks; pick up and sort toys; straighten out magazines on a table; put silverware and pots away–and even empty the dishwasher if you use unbreakable dishes and store them on low shelves.
o Be PATIENT AND CONSISTENT because learning household tasks and learning how to assume responsibility for household tasks takes time and maturity.
o As the child grows, increase the tasks and begin to give the child RESPONSIBILITY for the task. This means the child does the task without being reminded to do so. It may take years (or even decades!) before everybody does chores without being reminded but keep at it!
o When the children reach school age, start FAMILY MEETINGS to find an equitable way to distribute and monitor the chores. Make a list of all household chores. Let the children chose which chores they wish to do–and draw lots for the rest. Set up an appointment with each child to show him or her how to do the chores. Ask the children to set up and keep a chart of who does what and when. Make a deadline column so it's clear to everybody that clearing the table means no later than 15 minutes after dinner. Ask your children to devise a method of policing themselves and handling delinquency. Some families appoint a monitor for the week who makes sure all tasks are done and done on time.
o Explain carefully that failure to be responsible for the assigned chores, has its LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES. If you didn't finish the dishes you can't go to the mall with Dad.
o Be sure to PRAISE the children when chores are done responsibly. Be specific. "Putting away the groceries so quickly was a big help!" Leave notes not only to require action ("You didn't take out the trash so you are expected to clean the garage on Saturday.") but also to praise a job done well and on time.
o EXPECT your children to do the tasks they have been assigned and to assume responsibility for these tasks. When you expect mature behavior you give an important message to your children. You don't think they are babies, you respect them as responsible citizens of your family.
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As Americans, we are obsessed with winners, heroes, and domination. The 2015 Women's World Cup provided all of that, to the max. The U.S. Women's National Team did not simply win the World Cup; it was emphatically victorious. Besides creating a fairytale-esque ending to the tournament, the win has strong implications in the larger scope of women's soccer development. In an analysis of the tournament, here are three aspects of the outcome that must not be ignored.
- In a sentimental sense, becoming World Champions is a deserved legacy for the veteran players who helped the U.S. dominate women's soccer for over two decades. No, the U.S. team has not been the best team in the world for that entire time, but it has never been ranked lower than number three by FIFA. This is an enormous testament to the consistency of the team's domination. The U.S.W.N.T. is a dynasty, which is reflected heavily in Olympic gold medals (the U.S. has won the past three Olympics) but not in World Cup results. The team has never placed lower than third in a World Cup, yet the only rostered player in the 2015 tournament to have won the event before this year was Christie Rampone. Despite increasing global parity in women's soccer and criticism of the U.S. team's style of play at times, it would seem highly unfortunate for the all-time leading scorer in the history of the sport--Abby Wambach with 183 international goals--to retire without ever having won the ultimate title soccer has to offer.
- There is something to be said for howthe U.S. team won the World Cup, not just thatthey won. Anyone who has closely followed the U.S.W.N.T. has sensed a slight identity crisis over the past few years. The women's world game is changing, and becoming more tactically sophisticated in leaps and bounds. In the past, this aspect of international play was nearly irrelevant for the U.S. team because of how individually dominant the American players were. However, as physical and technical gaps have closed, individual dominance is no longer always a sure bet. At the same time, it would be ill-conceived for the U.S. team to abandon what has made it special for decades in an attempt to beat Japan at what it does better than anyone in the world, or Germany at what it does best. The U.S. won the World Cup by playing a typical American style, but not void of the sophistication and savvy necessary to be the best in the world. The team can still play good, beautiful soccer and retain the traditional American grit and reliance on the mentality of individual heroes, like Carli Lloyd. They have now reaffirmed that a successful balance can surely exist--and it is deadly when it does. The last few U.S. performances in this World Cup have created a blueprint to be followed for the future.
- From the outset of the tournament I felt that the U.S. team's performance would have strong implications for the N.W.S.L. The league is backed heavily by U.S. Soccer but has not yet shouldered the burden of preparing American players for international tournaments. In this country, we are on the verge of a necessary shift in responsibility for identifying and developing our players for National Team competition. In every other country, a club team is how players make the majority of their income, and develop for ten months of the year. The U.S. team has relied heavily on residency training programs and camps to prepare for tournaments, which has been smart given the instability, and at times, absence of an American professional league. The N.W.S.L. was not responsible for the majority of preparation for the players to win this World Cup. But next time around it absolutely must be. With veterans retiring and an aging team, professional soccer should become the player pool to prepare and select talent for the international level. There is a vital shift in the balance between club and country that must occur. What better than a World Cup Championship to help with this transition? An influx of money, media attention, and ticket sales can be a vital boost for the league that must now take on the onus of supporting and preparing American players to repeat as World Cup winners.
As a professional player in the U.S., aspiring U.S.W.N.T. member, and proponent of youth development, I feel enormous pride and gratitude after watching the American women bring home gold in the World Cup. All of us in the soccer community share the responsibility for making sure that their dedication, commitment, and hard work has the maximum positive impact on the future of women's soccer in our country. We uphold our responsibility by keeping women's soccer in the conversation (media included), buying tickets to games, and by exposing youth players to the amazing role models on the U.S.W.N.T. and in the N.W.S.L. Thank you to our World Cup Champions for inspiring us all to take that responsibility!


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Sun 31 Oct 2010
Problem with Wii remote freezing while playing game?
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I am wondering if there is a solution to my Wii remote problem. While I am playing Super Mario Bros. my remote freezes from pressing the 1 and 2 buttons at the same time. This happens when I am trying to run fast and jump at the same time. Mario then stops moving or keeps going in that direction without stopping. Is there something I can do (other than not push them at the same time) to fix this problem?Mail this post


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All Films.All Above Board.NOW INCLUDES TV SHOWS & TV LISTINGS
Michael is depressed. The only girl he has ever loved has got away and he is becoming a recluse. When his brother truns up out of the blue with his new wife, Michael is smittten by her, saying she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. His brother begs him to look after her for a few days while he is away on 'legitimate' business deal. Michael is unable to believe his luck, and he soon falls in love with the one woman he cannot have.


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Disneyland is one of the best tourist attractions in California. In there, age relives fond memories of the past and youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Be amazed of this fantasy world!
This place is the best for family holidays!
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Lexington pitchers shut down Shorebirds
Don't look now, but the Lexington Legends are suddenly one of the hottest teams in the South Atlantic League.
The former league laughingstocks beat the Delmarva Shorebirds 5-3 on Saturday in Salisbury, Md., for their seventh win in eight games.
Delmarva took a 3-0 lead in the second inning, snapping a 22-inning scoreless streak for Legends pitchers. But starter Anthony Bello (5-5) and relievers Brett Robinson, Jordan Powell and Jay Pacella (10th save) shut down the Shorebirds the rest of the way.
Lexington has held its opponent scoreless in 26 of the past 27 innings.
The Legends answered Delmarva's three-run second inning with three of their own in the top of the third.
Eric Taylor hit an RBI double, Craig Carrado scored on a throwing error, and Brian Pellegrini tied it with a sacrifice fly.
Catlin Everett's sacrifice bunt scored the go-ahead run in the fourth, and Jonathan Fixler tacked on a sac fly in the fifth.
Lexington (12-22) is one game out of fifth place in the SAL Northern Division.


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George Kratzer, 62, of Wilmington, Ohio passed away March 23, 2013 at The Ohio State University Medical Center. He was surrounded by his loving family. His loving wife, and soul mate, Shelley Wright Kratzer, survives. They were married June 27, 1970. George was born November 3, 1950 in Wilmington, Ohio, the son of the late Roy and Wilma Gohs Kratzer. He graduated from Wilmington High School in 1968.
George's love for his family was so great. He was such a great man, devoted husband, father, and papaw.
George started as an apprentice ironworker in 1970. He held several elected offices with Local 290 in Dayton, Ohio. He became Business Agent in 1984 and held that position for 17 years. George was appointed General Organizer in 2000 and then advanced to First General Vice President for Ironworkers International. He was an ironworker for 42 years.
He attended the Wilmington Assembly of God Church. He loved to spend his time helping others, with his loving family, and working outside in the yard.
In addition to his loving wife, George is survived by his loving daughter, Stephanie Kratzer Therrien and his loving granddaughter, Maggie Therrien, who was his pride and joy. George loved Maggie so much and George was Maggie's world. He is also survived by his brothers, Gary Kratzer of Somerset, Kentucky, Mark (Susan) Kratzer of Wilmington, Ohio, and Eddie (Rachel) Kratzer of Tampa, Florida; his sister, Kathy (Dan) Lawson of Wilmington, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Cindy (Ed) Black and Lori (Tom) Caplinger; his mother-in-law, Barbara Wright; as well as several nieces, nephews, and cousins. In addition to his parents, George was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Kratzer, sister, Dianna Kratzer Tira, and his father-in-law, David Wright.
Funeral services will be 1:00 PM, Friday, March 29, 2013 at the Wilmington Assembly of God, 609 W. Locust Street, Wilmington, Ohio with Pastor Mike Carosiello officiating. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio. Friends may call from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home, 327 N. South Street, Wilmington, Ohio.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Wilmington Assembly of God, 609 W. Locust Street, Wilmington, Ohio 45177.


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4th Grade Social Studies
Goal 3: The learner will trace the history of colonization in North Carolina and evaluate its significance for diverse people's ideas.
3.01 Assess changes in ways of living over time and determine whether the changes are primarily political, economic, or social.
3.02 Identify people, symbols, events, and documents associated with North Carolina's history.
3.03 Examine the Lost Colony and explain its importance in the settlement of North Carolina.
4th Grade English Language Arts
Goal 3: The learner will make connections with text through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
3.01 Respond to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes by:
analyzing the impact of authors' word choice and context.
examining the reasons for characters' actions.
identifying and examining characters' motives.
considering a situation or problem from different characters' points of view.
analyzing differences among genres.
making inferences and drawing conclusions about characters, events and themes.
3.02 Analyze characters, events, and plots within and between selections and cite supporting evidence.
8th Grade Social Studies
Goal 1: The learner will analyze important geographic, political, economic, and social aspects of life in the region prior to the Revolutionary Period.
1.01 Assess the impact of geography on the settlement and developing economy of the Carolina colony.
1.02 Identify and describe American Indians who inhabited the regions that became Carolina and assess their impact on the colony.
1.07 Describe the roles and contributions of diverse groups, such as American Indians, African Americans, European immigrants, landed gentry, tradesmen, and small farmers to everyday life in colonial North Carolina, and compare them to the other colonies.
8th Grade English Language Arts
Goal 5: The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes.
5.01 Increase fluency, comprehension, and insight through a meaningful and comprehensive literacy program by:
using effective reading strategies to match type of text.
analyzing the effects of elements such as plot, theme, characterization, style, mood, and tone.
discussing the effects of such literary devices as figurative language, dialogue, flashback, allusion, irony, and symbolism.
analyzing and evaluating themes and central ideas in literature and other texts in relation to personal and societal issues.
analyzing and evaluating the relationships between and among characters, ideas, concepts, and/or experiences.
English III (High School)
Goal 5: The learner will interpret and evaluate representative texts to deepen understanding of literature of the United States.
5.01 Interpret the significance of literary movements as they have evolved through the literature of the United States by:
analyzing the characteristics of literary genres, including fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, and how the selection of genre shapes meaning.
relating ideas, styles, and themes within literary movements of the United States.
understanding influences that progress through the literary movements of the United States.
evaluating the literary merit and/or historical significance of a work from Colonial Literature, the Romantic Era, Realism, the Modern Era, and Contemporary Literature.
World History (High School)
Goal 3: Monarchies and Empires - The learner will investigate significant events, people, and conditions in the growth of monarchical and imperial systems of government.
3.04 Examine European exploration and analyze the forces that caused and allowed the acquisition of colonial possessions and trading privileges in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
3.05 Cite the effects of European expansion on Africans, pre-Columbian Americans, Asians, and Europeans.


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Search Supreme Court Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Chisholm v. Gilmer, 299 U.S. 99 (1936)
Chisholm v. Gilmer
No. 11
Argued October 13, 1936
Decided November 9, 1936
1. The Virginia practice, whereby a notice of motion for judgment is accepted as a substitute for a writ or other process issued from court, is valid in law actions in federal courts in Virginia. P. 299 U. S. 101.
2. How a suit shall be begun, whether by writ or by informal notice, is a question of "practice" or of "forms and modes of proceeding," within the meaning of the Conformity Act, R.S., § 914; 28 U.S.C. 724. P. 299 U. S. 102.
3. The Constitution does not prescribe the method of beginning civil causes at law beyond requiring reasonable notice and a fair opportunity to be heard before issues are determined. Id.
4. A federal court, adhering to the Constitution, is bound in such causes by the Conformity Act to follow the local practice, except where some other Act of Congress has declared a special rule. Id.
5. Revised Statutes, § 911 (28 U.S.C. 721), which provides that
"All writs and processes issuing from the courts of the United States shall be under the seal of the court from which they issue, and shall be signed by the clerk thereof,"
does not apply to a notice of motion for judgment in Virginia, which, if process at all, is not process issuing from a court, and assuredly is not a writ. P. 299 U. S. 103.
6. A rule of the District Court inconsistent with the Conformity Act would be invalid. P. 299 U. S. 105.
80 F.2d 120 affirmed.
Certiorari, 298 U.S. 648, to review the affirmance of a judgment recovered by the receiver of a national bank in an action against shareholders to collect an assessment on their shares.
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I have a HAProxy + NodeJS + Rails Setup, I use the NodeJS Server for file upload purposes.
The problem I'm facing is that if I'm uploading through haproxy to nodejs and a "TCP (Fast) Retransmission" occurs because of a lost packet the TX rate on the client drops to zero for about 5-10 secs and gets flooded with TCP Retransmissions.
This does not occur if I upload to NodeJS directly (TCP Retransmission happens too but it doesn't get stuck with dozens of retransmission attempts).
My test setup is a simple HTML4 FORM (method POST) with a single file input field. The NodeJS Server only reads the incoming data and does nothing else.
I've tested this on multiple machines, networks, browsers, always the same issue.
Here's a TCP Traffic Dump from the client while uploading a file:
TCP 1506 [TCP segment of a reassembled PDU]
>> everything is uploading fine until:
TCP 1506 [TCP Fast Retransmission] [TCP segment of a reassembled PDU]
TCP 66 [TCP Dup ACK 7392#1] 63265 > http [ACK] Seq=4844161 Ack=1 Win=524280 Len=0 TSval=657047088 TSecr=79373730
TCP 1506 [TCP Retransmission] [TCP segment of a reassembled PDU]
>> the last message is repeated about 50 times for >>5-10 secs<< (TX drops to 0 on client, RX drops to 0 on server)
TCP 1506 [TCP segment of a reassembled PDU]
>> upload continues until the next TCP Fast Retransmission and the same thing happens again
The haproxy.conf (haproxy v1.4.18 stable) is the following:
log 127.0.0.1 local1 debug
maxconn 4096 # Total Max Connections. This is dependent on ulimit
nbproc 2
log global
mode http
option httplog
option tcplog
frontend http-in
bind *:80
timeout client 6000
acl is_websocket path_beg /node/
use_backend node_backend if is_websocket
default_backend app_backend
# Rails Server (via nginx+passenger)
backend app_backend
option httpclose
option forwardfor
timeout server 30000
timeout connect 4000
server app1 127.0.0.1:3000
# node.js
backend node_backend
reqrep ^([^\ ]*)\ /node/(.*) \1\ /\2
option httpclose
option forwardfor
timeout queue 5000
timeout server 6000
timeout connect 5000
server node1 127.0.0.1:3200 weight 1 maxconn 4096
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A list of ESOL resources can be found at: http://literacyresourcesri.org/esol.html or contact Janet at firstname.lastname@example.com
CAL (Center for Applied Linguistics) has many resources for practitioners Here
ELL-U, the OVAE-supported website of professional development resources for adult education practitioners, has migrated to the LINCS site: http://lincs.ed.gov/programs/ell-u
Robin Schwartz outlines in her powerpoint presentation characteristics and potential solutions for instructing ELL pre/low literacy students.
Further suggestions for resources to post here may be sent to Jessica at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks!


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So, apparently there are these things called "seasons." There are four of them, and they come and go every year--on a schedule! This is truly a foreign concept to me as I grew up in south Louisiana. The concept became even more foreign when I moved to Los Angeles--land of 72 degree weather everyday. One marker for the change from summer to fall is Labor Day. When I arrived in New York last week, there were 90-degree temperatures. A few days ago--something strange happened. I was out in a summer dress--and I was cold. Like, wish I had on pants and a jacket cold. As a matter of fact, some people were wearing pants and jackets. Sweaters too!
Then something even stranger happened. It never really got warm again. The temperature seems to steadily be dropping. I'm really not sure how to react. Today, I wore jeans, a sleeveless top, and sandals. I was pretty cold as it was rather chilly outside. I looked around and everyone had on jackets and moccasins.
Dressing for "seasons"--one more thing I've got to figure out!


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Simply outrageous. Have gone missing from my blog. What kind of commitment is that? Pretty poor is the answer. And what is more I've been channelling my energies on another blog.
Oh cruel perfidies.
The fruits of my blogging loins can be seen at RFI's english website until the end of the French Open.
Once Rafael Nadal has completed his romp home, I'll be back to my first love.
Saturday, 30 May 2009
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South Carolina Congressman Tom Rice (R) has filed a congressional resolution, which would, if adopted, direct the body "to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions taken by the executive branch."
President Obama has refused to uphold laws as written and passed by Congress. Most notably the President has changed and rewritten, at will, his landmark legislative achievement, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The President's actions are unconstitutional pursuant to Article I, Section 1 and Article II Section, 3.
Article I, Section 1 states that only Congress has the authority to legislate, and Article II, Section 3 states that the President must faithfully execute the laws, which have been passed by Congress.
By rewriting the Patient Care Act and refusing to enforce specific details of the law, President Obama has acted outside of his constitutionally delegated authority.
"President Obama has adopted a practice of picking and choosing which laws he wants to enforce. In most cases, his laws of choice conveniently coincide with his Administration's political agenda. Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress and vested this power in the President. However, President Obama has chosen to ignore some of the laws written by Congress and implemented by preceding Presidents," Rep. Rice wrote in a letter to House members to ask them to co-sponsor his resolution.
The resolution reads more so like a lawsuit, but it certainly sounds like a move towards impeachment.
At this moment, 29 members of Congress have co-sponsoring Rice's Resolution: Bachmann (MN), Bridenstine (OK), Chaffetz (UT), J. Duncan (SC), DeSantis (FL), Franks (AZ), Gowdy (SC), Harris (MD), Lamborn (CO), LaMalfa (CA), Marino (PA), McClintock (CA), Meadows (NC), Nunnelee (MS), Pittenger (NC), Posey (FL), Tom Price (GA), Ribble (WI), Salmon (AZ), Sanford (SC), Schweikert (AZ), Stewart (UT), Stockman (TX), Walberg (MI), Weber (TX), Wenstrup (OH), Williams (TX), Joe Wilson (SC), and Yoho (FL)
The resolution reads (Provided by The Weekly Standard):
Directing the House of Representatives to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions taken by the executive branch.
Whereas President Obama and officials in his administration have frequently overstepped the limits placed on executive branch power by the Constitution;
Whereas because of President Obama's continuing failure to faithfully execute the laws, his administration's actions cannot be addressed by the enactment of new laws, be- cause Congress cannot assume that the President will execute the new laws any more faithfully than the laws he has already ignored, leaving Congress with no legislative remedy to prevent the establishment of what is in effect an imperial presidency; and
Whereas it is therefore necessary and appropriate for Congress to turn to the courts to ensure the faithful execution of the laws as required by the Constitution: Now, therefore, be it
(a) CIVIL ACTION.—The House of Representatives shall bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge any of the following policies or actions:
(1) The policy of the Department of Health and Human Services that, with respect to health insurance coverage that is renewed for a policy year during the period beginning January 1, 2014, and ending October 1, 2014, health insurance issuers may continue to offer coverage that would otherwise be terminated or cancelled for being out of compliance with various requirements of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and corresponding portions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as announced by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on November 14, 2013.
(2) The 1-year delay in the application of the reporting requirements of sections 6055 and 6056 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (and related requirements of section 4980H of such Code), as provided under Department of the Treasury Notice 2013–45, as announced by the Department of the Treasury on July 2, 2013.
(3) The policy of the Department of Homeland Security to exercise prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the United States as children, as announced by the Department of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012.
(4) The authorization, approval, renewal, modification, or extension of any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) that waives compliance with a requirement of section 407 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607) through a waiver of section 402 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 602).
(b) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS PROVIDED TO BRING ACTIONS.—Any amounts obligated or expended by the House of Representatives to carry out this resolution during a fiscal year shall be derived from existing appropriations for salaries and expenses of the House for that fiscal year, and nothing in this resolution may be construed as authorizing an increase in the amount of budget authority available to the House for that fiscal year.
Source: By Michael Lotfi, BenSwann.com


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My Favorite Woodworking Documentary
As much as I love watching films, whether it's indie or mainstream, documentaries will always have a special place in my heart. While movies are pre-scripted, documentaries are captured as the story unfolds.
In an interview, Martin Scorsese mentions that there is a blurred line which separates the two. The difference lies in the impulse, whether to record or to interpret. But then again, there are times when both utilize the same idealism.
I came across a 10-minute documentary on Vimeo about a veteran and a master woodworker. The Ox is a Breakwater Studios original by the award-winning director Ben Proudfoot. The Ox was released in 2013, shortly after Ink & Paper came out. I'm an avid fan of Breakwater Studios before, primarily because of their distinct style in cinematography and musical score (of which is very rare in documentaries). I have forgotten about them for a while, but then something made me rekindle my love for their work, and that's The Ox.
I have seen Collecting George Nakashima two years ago, which even got me to visiting The Toolsy in search for woodwork equipment. The documentary was so good it inspired me to make my own masterpiece. I guess that's really the goal of art. It's either to make you or break you.
However, as much as I admire George Nakashima, there is something about The Ox that captured me.
Eric Hollenbeck is the proud owner of Blue Ox Mill Works and Community School. They are a custom job shop specializing in woodwork for companies all over the US. Their workshop is very nostalgic. In fact, their newest machine was made in 1948, the year he was born.
Aside from being a woodshop, he created a home for the misfits, young boys who felt they have nowhere to go. Rejected by the norms, here, Eric gives them a second chance and to take pride in making something. Maybe that's why it hits me. When you see something that you can relate to, it affects you deeply. When reality bites, you think that you are worth less than a hundo, it can be difficult to find the courage and step up. But having someone like Eric to uplift the spirits of these young children, somehow he was able to make their world a better place.
In an interview with Ben Proudfoot posted on Facebook, he was asked what he wants his audience to gain from it, and he replied:
"I can say that one of the most satisfying reactions for me personally is when people watch the film and say, "Gee! I really want to just go and make something with my hands right now!" I love that."
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How Filmmakers Stay Awake When Filming
Filming is not only tiresome but also exhausting especially for a filmmaker. Asa filmmaker, you will really find time rest during a shoot as most are the times you will be fully engaged. This is actually one of the jobs that will actually test the limits of your body. In fact, most people have described filming as not a walk in the park. This is simply because you will often find yourself in situations that will force you to shoot for long continuous hours without having to sleep. Although most people say you will get used to it with time to me that just an excuse for the brutality that comes with this profession.
However, this does not mean its a bad profession not at all. All you have to do its plan your self, make the right choices and just understand how to survive while giving your best as a filmmaker. For this reason, I will offer you with some simple steps that will really help you in this profession. Most new filmmakers will always ask me how I manage to stay awake while shooting for long hours. well to me it was not simple until I knew how to do it. The first thing you have to do is be mentally prepared. This basically means planning your shoot knowing what time you will need and planning through this you will be physiologically prepared. For instance, if you have to go for a shoot prepare a time schedule to guide you, through this you be aware of the time required to shoot therefore prepared for on what to expect. If you are mentally prepared chances are that your body will often prepare and as a result, you will not struggle to stay awake.
After planning you will need to compile the thing that you will need to help you during the shoot. For instance, if you are planning to shoot at night there are obvious equipment you will need, for instance, a strong lighting system. Besides if you are shooting for long hours chances are that sleep will not give you a conducive environment. Asa result, its always advisable to take some coffee. It has caffeine which can greatly help to boost your energy especially while filming. Moreover, it will really help you stay awake and still active. Another trick that really helps me is having the right meal for a shoot. Most nutritionist will always advise you to take meals that are not heavy but still healthy and energy giving. This is because if you take heavy meals chances are that you are making your body tired causing you to feel more sleepy. Asa result, I advise filmmakers not to take light meals. for me, I prefer having stuff such as salads.
In conclusion, I would advise filmmakers and those who aspire to be filmmakers to make the right choices during filming. This would be from their preparations to what they intend to use to boost their energy. Additionally, understanding the nature of filming profession will help you to use even just one simple step that will greatly be of help to you
How Digital Marketing Can Help in Film Preservation
Have you ever thought of having those old film that you wish you can watch over and over again? You may have it in the storage device but if you lack the specific device then it may be a dream come true. Currently, what you have now if you store it in the correct way you will still have access even years to come – thank technology.
As a filmmaker for you t make sure that you will still access the film even in the years to come. The marketing automation toolkits which is the main platform for digital marketing has a way in which it stores the information for future access. Have you ever got to a point in which you lost all data but you can access it from the email campaign which you had sent at that time? The applications use cloud storage which comes in handy to ensure that you will be able to access it despite the location. The only requirement is that you just have to have a stable internet connection. Look at Gedling's review which will give you an overview of what this storage is all about.
Long gone are the day in which you have to carry a flash is all over if you have to access data What if the drive gets lost? or just it cracked and can no longer be used? This is the time you will appreciate technology in film preservation. If you want to get a camera or a video which you had over the year, as long as you have the right device. You will still get it as it is if you had stored it correctly. We still have the black and white film which is a clear indication of how technology can help in preservation.
At the same time, you can still maintain the quality of the films but use modern technological tools to store the information such that it can still be used for future generations.
How will our children know what we went through in our earlier days? It is nothing theoretical, you have to explain this in practice. The content marketing feature in a digital marketing tool comes in handy to preserve all the information. The internet never forgets, as long as the website is still active and also the information is intact you will still be able to access it. Although it might not be ranked among the best because of the keyword simulation, the bottom line is that you will still find it
Digital marketing is the norm of dissemination of information. You have to use it to your advantage, even in the current digital market, we will still have a way in which you have both the old and new technology. New things come up on a daily basis and the old ones become null and void. However, you will notice that depending on the location you will still have a way in which you will use the so-called old digital tools.


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Bullworker Exercise Guide
The Bullworker is a spring-loaded, steel cylinder with a handle on each end and a cable crossing from end-to-end on either side of the cylinder. You use the Bullworker by either pushing the ends of the cylinder together against the spring's resistance or by pushing or pulling -- depending on your angle -- the cables apart. The latter movement also compresses the springs, providing the same resistance you'd get from squeezing the handles together.
Compressing the Ends
If you hold the Bullworker horizontally in front of you and compress the ends, you'll work your chest muscles much as you would by doing dumbbell chest flyes. You can also lean forward, prop one end of the Bullworker on your upper thigh and use both hands to compress the handles from the other end; this works your back muscles.
Pulling the Cables
You can also work your back and shoulders by holding the Bullworker vertical in front of you and pulling the cables out to the sides. To do biceps curls, take a seat with one foot on the Bullworker's bottom cable and then flex your arm to pull on the other cable; and for upright rows, stand on the bottom cable while you pull the upper cable straight up toward your chin, keeping it close to your body.
Design Your Workout
Complete eight to 12 repetitions of each exercise with good form. The Bullworker doesn't have adjustable resistance -- so once that twelfth rep is no longer a challenge, you must either upgrade to the Classic version, which offers more resistance, or find a different exercise tool.
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党中央委员会总书记) is head of the Communist Party of China and the highest-ranking official within the People's Republic of China.[3] The General Secretary is a standing member of the Politburo and head of the Secretariat. The officeholder is usually considered the "paramount leader" of China.[4]
|General Secretary of the
Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China
Emblem of the Communist Party of China
Flag of the Communist Party of China
Xi Jinping
since 15 November 2012
|Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
|Party leader, Paramount leader
|Reports to
|National Congress of the Communist Party of China
|Qinzheng Hall, Zhongnanhai, Beijing[1][2]
|Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
|Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
|Term length
|Renewable every five years, no term limit for the entire life
|Constituting instrument
|Constitution of the Communist Party of China
|Inaugural holder
|Chen Duxiu (1925)
Hu Yaobang (1982)
|January 1925
September 1982
|General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
|Simplified Chinese
|Traditional Chinese
|Commonly abbreviated as
|Simplified Chinese
|Traditional Chinese
According to the Constitution, the General Secretary serves as an ex officio member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top decision-making body.[5] Since 1989, the holder of the post has been, except for transitional periods, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, making the holder the Supreme Military Command of the People's Liberation Army.[note 1] The General Secretary is nominally elected by the Central Committee. In practice, the de facto method of selecting the General Secretary has varied over time. The two most recent General Secretaries, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping, were first elevated to the position of First Secretary of the Secretariat in the same process used to select the membership and roles of the Politburo Standing Committee. Under this informal process, the First Secretary would succeed the retiring General Secretary as part of a generational leadership transition.
The current General Secretary is Xi Jinping, who took office on 15 November 2012 and was re-elected on 25 October 2017. Afterwards, he was given the ability to have no limit to the amount of terms as a General Secretary.[note 2]
Powers and positionEdit
Since the abolition of the post of Chairman of the Communist Party of China by the 12th Central Committee in 1982, the General Secretary has been the highest-ranking official of the party and heads the Central Secretariat, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee.[7]
Since its revival in 1982, the post of General Secretary has been a de jure government position, the most important post in the PRC, though it did not become the de facto most important post until Deng Xiaoping's retirement in 1990. As China is a de facto one-party state, the General Secretary holds ultimate power and authority over state and government. However, most of the people who have held the post have held far less power than Chairman Mao Zedong. Since the mid-1990s, the General Secretary has traditionally also held the post of President of the PRC. While the presidency is nominally a ceremonial post, it is customary for the General Secretary to assume the presidency to confirm his status as de jure head of state.
Since Xi Jinping's ascendance to power, two new bodies of the Communist Party, the National Security Commission and Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, have been established, ostensibly concentrating political power in the "paramount leader" to a greater degree than anyone since Mao.[8] These bodies were tasked with establishing the general policy direction for national security as well as the agenda for economic reform. Both groups are headed by the General Secretary, thus the power of the General Secretary has become more concentrated.[9]
List of general secretariesEdit
See alsoEdit
- ^ Xi Jinping, 59, was named general secretary of the 82-million-member Communist Party and is set to take over the presidency, a mostly ceremonial post, from Hu Jintao in March.[6]
- ^ "Xi's here to stay: China leader tipped to outstay term". Daily Mail. 9 August 2016.
"A lot of analysts now see it as a given" that Xi will seek to stay party general secretary, the country's most powerful post, said Christopher K. Johnson, a former CIA analyst and now China specialist at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.
- ^ "文革后的中南海:中央办事效率最高的时期". LYWZC.com. Comsenz Inc. Retrieved 7 February 2018..
- ^ Li, Xiaoqing (10 June 2015). "卓琳以死相逼之前 曾被江泽民一度糊弄". Epoch USA, Inc. The Epoch Times. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Chris Buckley and Adam Wu (10 March 2018). "Ending Term Limits for China's Xi Is a Big Deal. Here's Why. - Is the presidency powerful in China?". New York Times.
In China, the political job that matters most is the general secretary of the Communist Party. The party controls the military and domestic security forces, and sets the policies that the government carries out. China's presidency lacks the authority of the American and French presidencies.
- ^ "China's 'Chairman of Everything': Behind Xi Jinping's Many Titles". The New York Times. 25 October 2017.
Mr. Xi's most important title is general secretary, the most powerful position in the Communist Party. In China's one-party system, this ranking gives him virtually unchecked authority over the government.
- ^ Chapter III Central Organizations of the Party - Article 22
- ^ Who's Who in China's New Communist Party Leadership Lineup - Bloomberg
- ^ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-Communist-Party
- ^ 习近平频现身成常态 将回归"领导核心"?. Duowei News. 7 January 2014.
- ^ "How the Chinese government works". South China Morning Post.
Xi Jinping is the most powerful figure in China's political system, and his influence mainly comes from his position as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
- China Online Encyclopedia


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Girl In The City Chapter 3 | New Beginnings | Episode 1 Hindi Web Series
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ITV drops quiz channel amid probe
EmptyLONDON -- ITV is pulling the plug on its £54 million ($104 million)-a-year interactive quiz channel, ITV Play, in the wake of the phone fees scandal that has embroiled the U.K.'s main terrestrial broadcasters, the broadcaster said Tuesday.
But ITV said it will retain some of the quiz programming on its networks, saying it is "satisfied" that the shows are being operated in line with regulations.
The broadcaster will replace the quiz show channel that airs on satellite and digital terrestrial platforms here with a time-shifted version of digital network ITV2.
All the major broadcasters here have been forced to concede that there were irregularities in the way that quiz phone voting was being handled.
In some cases, viewers were asked to phone in and vote for competitions that had already closed, while in others, members of the production teams were given made-up names and announced on-screen as winners.
The Five channel's "Brainteaser," ITV's "X-Factor," the BBC's "Saturday Kitchen" and Channel 4's "Richard and Judy" all have been tainted by the revelations.
Media regulator Ofcom and the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) appointed auditors Deloitte to review the market for interactive television quizzes this month.
"In reviewing the optimum use of our digital spectrum, we have taken a commercial decision to increase ITV2's reach," said Jonathan Lewis, director of ITV's digital channels.
"ITV Play programming has been subject to the ongoing independent review of ITV's interactive processes. Following the first stage of the (Deloitte) review, on the basis of the information available including Deloitte's findings, ITV is satisfied that these shows are being operated in accordance with ICSTIS and Ofcom codes," ITV added in a statement.
Earlier in the day, Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan, Five CEO Jane Lighting and ITV executive chairman Michael Grade told an all-party committee of members of Parliament that they would investigate all allegations that viewers had been misled by phone voting.
Channel 4 said that such services deliver revenues of about £9 million ($17.36 million) a year, while Five's Lighting said that, for the RTL-owned broadcaster, the figure was closer to £6 million ($11.57 million).
ITV, which has aggressively marketed ITV Play on digital platforms here, recorded revenue of £54 million from the channel last year.