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It's easy for me to take reading for granted. I had successful and educated parents who read with me regularly, I went to good schools, and did not struggle with any learning disabilities. There are many in this country who are not as fortunate.
Hot Dogs & Hamburgers: Unlocking Life's Potential by Inspiring Literacy at Any Age is the true story of Rob Shindler, a father who wanted to help his son Oliver learn how to read. Oliver struggled with reading deficiencies, and at first Rob didn't know what to do.
"I was never embarrassed by or because of Oliver. I was scared for him. Or maybe I was just scared for myself" (9).
In order to learn how to help his son, Rob became a certified volunteer literacy tutor at the Literacy Center of Chicago and began teaching adults how to read. This revealed entirely new understandings of learning disabilities and adult illiteracy to Rob, and opened his eyes to what people like he (and myself!) so easily take for granted.
"[Students at the Literacy Center] simply want to be able to enjoy the sports section in their daily newspaper. Read a menu. Fill out a job application. Understand the instructions on medicine bottles. Help their sons and daughters with their homework… Achieve the self-respect we all take for granted" (42).
Hot Dogs & Hamburgers is a funny, sincere, and inspiring story that I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend. Rob's honest and engaging style made me part of his journey to help Oliver, and brings the power of reading, teamwork and community outreach into sharp relief.
"Turns out, whether sitting in a temple, a church, a diner, or a downtown classroom, we're all here to teach each other something… We don't often concern ourselves with social injustices unless and until we find them relevant inside our own world. We are obligated to help each other become better" (190-193).
And that's the truth.
How has volunteering changed your life or perspective?
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My overall impression of the Silicone Wavy G is simply put brilliant. I have had many other g-spot vibrators and this one exceeds all of them. The design of the curves provides such intense pleasure. The ability to change between pulsating, escalating and vibrating provides a unique experience each time. I am highly satisfied with this toys' abilities.
This toy is fantastic for those of you just starting out and looking to explore their G-spots, and would make a great stepping stone onto bigger and more textured things. The excitement factor might be waning for those of you looking for more texture, but for those seeking out a smaller toy to test out some new areas, this is a good choice.
A nice, portable, easy to clean toy with great power. Great for getting in the mood or taking you all the way. You're one battery away from a great time!
Although small, this toy packs a punch for its size. It's discreet, yet powerful and a great toy to have in the collection. It is much more versatile than a regular G-spot toy; try it on your clitoris or nipples for a little extra stimulation.
The Silicone Wavy G is the perfect g-spot vibe while giving off many other uses that makes it a perfect toy for any collector. It's simple, alluring and gives many options in its dynamic rhythms.
Overall, I loved this vibrator. For the price, it provides a good punch and has a good number of vibratory patterns to try out!
This silicone G-spot vibrator is small enough to carry in a purse or travel bag and offers 10 different settings of vibrations in a sleek splashproof design.

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Après avoir remporté les championnats du monde, les Bellas se retrouvent séparées et réalisent qu'il n'existe pas de perspective de travail qui permette de faire de la musique avec sa bouche. Mais lorsqu'on leur offre la chance de se retrouver une nouvelle fois sur scène pour une tournée à l'étranger, ce groupe de nerds se réunit pour une dernière nouvelle aventure musicale.
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Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music, and some questionable decisions, one last time.
Pitch Perfect could not have arrived at a better time. Its release in 2012 was met with solid reviews and box office figures, but that was just the beginning for the fandom that would ensue. It told the story of the Barden Bellas, an all-female university a cappella group led by Anna Kendrick vying for the top spot at Nationals. Blending Top 40 hits and an underdog narrative was effective. Soon, you could not escape the presence of singing groups and acapella wordplay ("aca-scuse me?").
The arrival of Pitch Perfect 2 in 2015 proved that the Bellas were no fluke. The second film dipped in quality, but was a worthy successor.
Off-the-shoulder tops dominated as one of this year's most prevailing trends but the latest way to show off your shoulders is the one-shoulder top. Mandy Moore, Brittany Snow and Margot Robbie (among other stylish celebs) have recently been seen rocking sexy one-shoulder silhouettes on the red carpet, proving that the '80s-inspired style is here to stay. Each of the gorgeous actresses wore a bold statement-making look; Moore opted for a black ruffled top and leather-like pants, Snow wore a voluminous cutout jumpsuit to the premiere of Pitch Perfect 3.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi continued to dominate the box office over the Christmas holiday, bringing in an additional $100.7 million over the extended weekend. This gives the film an impressive two-week total of $397.3 million. Debuting in a distant second place was Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with a decent $55.4 million to show for its opening weekend.
Another sequel opening this past weekend was Pitch Perfect 3 to the tune of $26.5 million. Although this is presumably the end of the current iteration of the Bellas, a healthy showing at the box office could lead to further adventures. Hugh Jackman's latest film, The Greatest Showman brought in $14 million over the holiday weekend to bring its elongated opening week total to $18.6 million. The animated, family-oriented Ferdinand closes out the holiday top five earning $9.7 million, to bring its two-week total to $29.2 million.
Sci-fi holds off three new releases in top five; The Post delivers strong limited launch.
December 26 Update: Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi held off the debuts of Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, Pitch Perfect 3 and The Greatest Showman over the four-day holiday weekend.
The four-day period saw The Last Jedi gross $99m for $395.6m as it dropped 55% against last weekend's second highest opening weekend of all time, which looks a lot better than the tentpole's alarming 67.5% drop over three days.
By Tuesday the film ranked as the third highest of the year-to-date in North America and was poised to pass Warner Bros' Wonder Woman on $412.6m. It stands a chance of finishing 2017 as the top film if it overtakes Disney's Beauty And The Beast on $504m.
It was widely expected that The Last Jedi would have no problem repeating atop the box office in its second straight weekend in theaters, even while facing five newcomers that opened in theaters on December 20 and December 22. Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Universal's Pitch Perfect 3, 20th Century Fox's The Greatest Showman, Paramount's Downsizing and Warner Bros. Father Figures didn't come close to The Last Jedi, on the heels of its massive $220 million domestic opening and $450 million worldwide opening last weekend. Still, The Last Jedi dropped much more than expected, a whopping 68.9% from its debut, to take the box office crown for the second straight weekend with $68.4 million.
The 68.9% drop is surprising in some ways, especially considering its predecessor, 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, only dropped 39.8% in its second weekend.


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Generally a cervical cancer symptom will only present itself in the more advanced stages of the disease. Unfortunately, earlier stages of cervical cancer rarely exhibit symptoms in the individual.
Cervical cancer is one of the most common gynecological cancers in women. It typically affects women between the ages of 35 and 55 but may occur in individuals as young as 20 years of age.
The human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease, causes cervical cancer as well as genital warts.
The most common symptom is an abnormality (usually heavy) in the amount of menstrual flow, or spotting or bleeding between periods, especially following sexual intercourse.
Cervical cancer symptoms:
- spotting between periods
- heavy bleeding between periods
- bleeding after intercourse
- unusually heavy periods
- foul-smelling discharge from the vagina
- pelvic pain
- lower back pain
- leg swelling
- blockage of urinary tract
- growth or sore visible on cervix
As with all cancers, early detection and treatment is critical. For cervical cancer, detection is typically through routine Pap (Papanicolaou) testing. Routine testing is critical for early stage detection.
Final diagnosis usually requires a biopsy of the tissue. Treatment methods are mostly surgical but depend on the severity (spread) of the cancer.
Chemotherapy and radiation are often deemed necessary to control the spread of the cervical cancer to other pelvic organs or regions of the body.


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Back in January, Audemars Piguet presented their new pieces for 2013 at the SIHH. This time the new pieces included the new Royal Oak Offshore Diver in ceramic. This time the iconic and 'hot watch' Offshore Diver makes its appearance in a black ceramic case, titanium glareproofed sapphire crystal caseback—allowing view of the caliber 3120— black ceramic bezel and crowns and titanium links.
The dial in the traditional black "Méga Tapisserie" pattern with white gold applied hour-markers and hands with luminescent coating, black rotating inner bezel ring with diving scale and zone from 12 to 3 o'clock in orange.
The watch comes fitted with the same black rubber strap that comes on the stainless steel and forged carbon models but with a titanium pin buckle.
Once again, Audemars Piguet continues to be at the forefront of watch design and use of avant-garde materials in the industry.


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Our MD Adrian Lomas and Digital Director, Rob Smith have just returned from two days in London, exhibiting at the UK's leading event for companies that sell on the web, the Ecommerce Expo, held at Olympia.
In between trips to Pizza Express (Adrian's favourite restaurant), they rubbed shoulders with brands such as Barclaycard, Google and PayPal and had some great conversations with some big name prospects. Our new look brand was launched on the stand, as was our new website. We'd love to hear what you think.


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InboxDollars- InboxDollars.com Review
You have landed on this page because you are looking for information regarding InboxDollars. You may be wondering is InboxDollars a scam and if it's even legitimate. In any case, on this page you will find my InboxDollars.com review and what I personally think about the company and opportunity.
What is InboxDollars?
InboxDollars (InboxDollars.com) is a rewards company that compensated consumers for taking online, reading emails, testing new products/services, shop online and even play video games. They work with fortune 500 companies and help them by getting the opinions of the consumers that use the products and relay the information and statistics back to the company.
Is InboxDollars A Legitimate Company?
One of the biggest questions people ask "Is InboxDollars a scam"? InboxDollars.com is certainly a legitimate company and is one of the furthest things away from being a scam. In fact, they are a BBB Accredited business and have been in business for quite some time. And InboxDollars is looked at as one of the more respected survey companies by many consumers.
Can you really make money with InboxDollars?
The answer is yes. There's been many consumers that's taken surveys, reviewed products, and shopped online etc and have been paid for their time and efforts.
But here's the truth about making money with "InboxDollars"…
If you are looking for an opportunity to make money from home and truly earn an extra income, then InboxDollars is not the opportunity.
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InboxDollars.com is more less a hobby. Yes you can make money, but you certainly will not get rich taking surveys, playing games and reviewing products online. InboxDollars pays you $5 for signing up and creating an account, and surveys range from 50 cents up to $50 per survey, depending on what it is.
Most of the surveys that are easy to do and doesn't require you to purchase a product typically will pay less than $1.00. But the biggest concern amongst consumers is that you have to earn at least $30 before they will pay you. This is common among survey companies, needing to have earned a certain amount before any payout.
So if you are expecting "InboxDollars" as something that's going to make you a lot of money and fast, and I sorry to say that they won't. If you love taking surveys, you love shopping online, buying products and playing games, then why not join Inboxdollars.com and take advantage of the compensation just as a hobby?
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Here are a few DMR Hotspot options for your consideration. I have used all these Hotspots and all work well.
The Option 1 and Option 2 units run open source software called "Pi-Star". Both may require some minor soldering, assembly and software configuration. Both are capable of supporting DMR, YSF, D-Star and P25. They also allow for cross-mode traffic such as DMR to YSF, YSF to DMR, and others.
The HRO ZUMSpot kit has everything you need to get up and running. Total price for this option is $161.85 plus sales tax.
The ZUMSpot Kit Package Includes:
- ZUMSpot Pi UHF Board
- Pi Zero WH (Wireless With Header)
- UHF Antenna
- Nylon Standoffs
- Pre-Imaged 16 GB MicroSD Card with Pi-Star Software
ZUMSpot Kit- $129.95 - https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015993
You will also need:
ZUM Pi Case - $14.95 - https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016096
ZUMSpot Power Supply - $16.95 - https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016273
A little less expensive power supply option is:
Raspberry Pi Power Supply – 5v 2.4A $7.50 https://www.adafruit.com/product/1995 Keep in mind you will have to pay @ $4.00 in shipping so the total will be @ $12.00.
You can build a Chinese JumboSPOT Clone for @ $85.00 total. The JumboSPOT is basically a Chinese clone of the ZUMSpot and other MMDVM Hats.
Chinese JumboSPOT – select "Without Case" when adding to your cart ~ $40.00 including shipping.
I order the unit without the case or OLED. The case they sell is aluminum I hear it interferes with Wi-Fi and ceramic antenna reception. I played with the OLED display. It looks neat but the display is so small I didn't see any value. You will have to solder on some header pins but it is a simple job. The main drawback is it will take anywhere from 2 – 4 weeks to arrive as this unit ships straight from China.
I would suggest using PayPal when ordering from China. This avoids sharing your credit card info with a foreign store and adds a layer of protection if you need to pursue a refund.
You will also need:
1 – PiZeroW $10.00 - https://www.adafruit.com/product/3400
1 - 8G Class 10 SD Card - @ $9.95 - https://www.adafruit.com/product/2692
1 – Raspberry Pi Power Supply – 5v 2.4A $7.50 https://www.adafruit.com/product/1995
1 – Case – Barry K5BSM is 3D printing some really neat cases. I'm not sure what he is charging for them.
2 – Pibow PiZeroW Cases - https://www.adafruit.com/product/3471 - You will need 2 of these cases @ $5.95 ea. You will use all of one case kit and he top layer from the second.
When you order from Adafruit be sure to select USPS shipping. It is much less expensive than any of the UPS options. My Adafruit orders usually arrive in 3 or 4 days.
Option 3
If the first two options sound a little too challenging, you might want to consider a SharkRF openSPOT. This is a commercially built unit with most of the same features as the hotspots above. It comes assembled with the software loaded and you can have it up and running in a few minutes.
The first generation SharkRF openSPOT did not have built in Wi-Fi and sold for @ $250. It appears they are no longer available for sale new but you might find a pre-owned unit on E-Bay or other source. The Gen 1 SharkRF openSPOT requires a wired ethernet connection to your home router.
The much-anticipated Generation 2 SharkRF openSPOT (still not available) is supposed to have built-in Wi-Fi. The price is rumored to be somewhere in the $275 - $350 price range. The SharkRF folks have not published any information regarding availability or pricing.
Feel free to call or email me if you have any questions.
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A promotional poster created for the 2016 independent film.
Album cover art for Firefish: Music of Blake Tyson
Beth Post is a freelance Illustrator and instructor. She was born and raised in Arkansas, where her family produces wine. She received her masters in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. Beth is currently an Associate Professor of Illustration, working with the talented students of PrattMWP College of Art and Design in upstate New York.


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Question: Thinking about your vote for Congress this November, are you more likely to vote for a candidate who: supports President Trump's policy on immigration, opposes President Trump's policy on immigration, or does a candidate's position on the issue of immigration not make any difference to your vote?
Source: NPR/ PBS NewsHour/ Marist Poll
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Infosys, the Bangalore based IT giant has developed an innovative technology called Digital Smart Home Gateway which allows the user to link, control and collaborate various smart digital devices in home through a single easy to use interface. The gateway is powered by an Intel E600 Atom processor and MeeGo open source software.
In simpler terms, the gateway links multiple home devices, enabling consumers to manage them from a WiFi console, smartphone or remotely through the web. According to Infy, the gateway can be configured for service providers, medical device companies and utility companies for a variety of applications such as the delivery of remote healthcare, entertainment, and energy management in homes.
Applications in the Digital Smart Home Gateway include Home Energy Management System, Automation and Energy Saver, Home RF monitoring dashboard, Home Multimedia, Gaming and Entertainment Center, Home Knowledge Store, Home Security and Surveillance center, Home Communication center, Healthcare center and Home Irrigation.
Infosys aims to market the gateway to the OEMs and service providers who can pre-configure the technology by building it into their new products. The solution provides a real time monitoring capability for residential utility providers which include monitoring energy consumption per appliance, forecasting cost per usage, providing subscription to a demand response program, and recommending savings potential.
The digital smart home concept has been making rounds for a long time now, but none of the concepts have managed to make head-ways sufficiently enough. We can hope this particular gateway at-least to be part of our futuristic homes sometime in the near future.
Disclosure: Author is an ex-employee of Infosys and current member of Intel Insider team in India.


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The last few weeks have been all about the rain. Many of the photos I've posted have given no clue to the reality that Rob and I have been living... its been raining most of the trip so far. (I don't take my camera out in the heavy rain too often.) When one lives outside in the rain for this long, one must become the rain.
Even though the skies have been unloading, we have slept dry in our hammocks and a cheap sil-nylon tarp has kept us sheltered for cooking and downtime. And just because we didn't love the rain doesn't mean the trout didn't... they definitely did!
Water was high after a few days of repetitive wet weather, but not high enough to deter us or the fish. In fact, while the fishing slowed a bit in the main stem, the tributaries just exploded with life, and it was a welcome discovery.
Luckily for us, the rain was coming in spurts most days, instead of steady rain all day long we at least had some moments of clear skies - once in a while the sun would peak out from a sucker hole to make us feel better.
The forest clearly loved all this rain - spring wild flowers were blooming abundantly, and I've never seen as much Trillium anywhere as I saw here.
We spent some time driving down dirt roads leading to small tributaries, walking between the wet branches and dodging the early poison ivy shoots, which were now making their new presence known on the forest floor.
Sometimes we were joyful in the rain, other times less so... but each break in the rain brought smiles and some new photos.
During one of these breaks, Rob's friend Tim landed two fish in a row that would have each been fish of a lifetime for anyone in a stream like this. The fact that he got both of those fish in one run was pretty mind-boggling. I have to admit I was a tiny bit jealous... but I was also really happy to see Tim land those fish. He surely deserved them.
The fish above was legitimately 12". The fish below was about 14". That is not a mini-net, its a standard fly fishing net... and check out the tail!! The photos prove it... these large mid-Appalachian brookies are the real deal. It was relatively simple to find 8-10 inch fish, but this was another level. Amazing.
We ate well during the week, keeping a few stocked rainbows to eat, but leaving all the brookies alone. Tim had brought some amazing steaks and some mushrooms, to which we added some greens. Prepared over the fire on an iron skillet, this surely was one of the best meals of the trip so far.
In the mornings the rain would usually return, but it always brought some form of beauty along with it.
We saw spider web cups in the fields, wet with morning dew and fresh misty rain. The jack in the pulpits came up after the Trillium.
The rain also brought us plenty of beautiful wild brook trout...
... red efts and other salamanders...
....pheasant back mushrooms...
... and of course, what we've all been waiting for... MORELS!
We knew that we were in the right area to hunt, and had spent some time the first few days looking under the appropriate trees, but it took a few extra days of rain, and then the first warm/sunny interruption in the rain to help them pop.
And pop they did...
...again and again again. Woohooo!
Focusing on the right trees with the right exposure of light at the right times of the day we were able to find quite a large haul our first day, and then more in the day following.
We had to toss many of the "rules" of morel hunting out the window as those rules had been holding us back from finding the mushrooms. Once we had our own system down of when, where and how to look, the success rate was almost unbelievable. It must be a bumper year for them right now.
The excitement was, at times, hard to contain.
I also came across a much rarer and more unique fungus along the way... one which invades arthropods/insects and evokes thoughts of the "Alien" movies... which must have based the idea of the alien infection and "birth" on this family of fungi.
The mycelium takes root in the insect and begins to turn the innards into sugars/food for the fungus - at which point the fungus takes over the insect's brain, encourages it to walk out on a limb in the open where it can release its spores; and then sprouts the visible mushroom/fungus, killing the host and turning it into a statue of sorts. I am not sure if its Cordyceps, Gibellula, or another related "alien" fungus... more research is necessary... it was extremely cool to find. If you know more about this, please feel free to write a comment about it, below!
And right below that log on the river I picked up a nice trout, too!
I have so much more to post, but for now, that's all the time I have. More to follow soon.


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Design Exercise: Logo Design/Redesign
This is not an adapted live brief but something that students learning graphic design might want to give a try. Sometimes when a client asks for a new logo design they are not sure if they want something new or an update on what they already have – a logo redesign.
Go to Google Images
Go to google images type in something like "shop logo" or any other logo you might be interested in eg. "football logo", "guitar logo" etc.
Choose one of the logos you don't like and that ideally has a website to go with it so you can read up about the company.
See if you can answer these questions:
- The company name as it should be used on the logo design
- Information about what the company does
- What do you like/dislike about the current logo
- Who are the competitors? (have a quick google search for this)
- "Look and feel" you think would be most approriate contemporary/traditional/brash/minimal/corporate/fun/
- The Target audience
- How/where will the logo be used?
This can form the basis of your brief.
The task
Create 3 logo options:
1. One should be very close to the existing logo but refreshed/modernised using similar imagery if any (but better designed) and similar colours.
2. Another should retain some elements of the original logo, but further away than the first logo design
3. A totally new logo design


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By Wahab Akanji, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly spoken to his US counterpart, Mr. Donald Trump.
A statement from the Presidency signed by the Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Femi Adesina on Monday said Buhari spoke from London to Trump on telephone at the request of the American President.
Adesina wrote that "The conversation was cordial and President Buhari congratulated Trump on his election as President of the United States, and on his cabinet.
"The two leaders discussed ways to improve cooperation in the fight against terrorism through provision of necessary equipment.
"President Trump encouraged President Buhari to keep up the good work he is doing, and also commended him for the efforts made in rescuing 24 of the Chibok Girls and the strides being taken by the Nigerian military.
"President Trump assured the Nigerian President of US readiness to cut a new deal in helping Nigeria in terms of military weapons to combat terrorism."
Buhari speaks with Trump, secures support on war on terror
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How to get parents, teachers, administrators and therapists all on the same "page" for helping the LD child.
Finally a book that speaks to everyone including the child. The search for appropriate help for the strugggling child is confusing and expensive. How to choose the who what and where with understanding is an essential skill for the parent. How do parent and taecher hear each other when they speak in different voices from different perspectivies? This book solves that and more.
Road,n. "A strip of land along which one may pass from whre it is too tiresome to be, to where it is too futile to go." Ambrose Pierce.....And so athis pessimistic view of life in the early part of the last century seems very close to what some children are probably feeling about their daily life in school.
It is anxiety-provoking and tiresome to go to a place everyday whre, no matter how hard you try you fail.
This book is all about you,the listener, the hearer the sayer. Whether you are a teacher, or a therapist or a paent, this is about communication.
How to say it.
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There is no way to delete emotion. The information is hard to say, hard to hear, and hard to decipher.....
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Home buyer blues: Prices drop, but property taxes don't
Real estate and accounting professionals agree that in addition to property taxes, potential home buyers and speculative investors should evaluate the numerous taxes and other factors affecting the cost of living in an area, outside of the home purchase price and the payment needed to service the mortgage and property taxes. And chief among these are: municipal user fees and special district taxes, and other taxes levied in the area, such as income taxes and sales taxes.
Lower home prices: No guarantee of lower taxes
Perhaps the biggest pratfall to avoid is to succumb to the myth that 'If a home's price has dropped 30-35 percent, then annual property taxes for that home automatically have declined 30-35 percent.'
Wrong. In most counties, towns and states, property taxes are based on a home's assessed value. Many jurisdictions re-appraise homes within five years, but some states, such as Connecticut, permit towns to delay re-assessment for as long as 10 years. This frequently leads to a lag or gap between property taxes paid, and what the property tax bill would be for the home, based on current market value.
For example, in Colorado, home prices have dropped substantially in the past year, but whether or not home owners will see a substantially drop in taxes, will depend on, among other factors, whether the county re-appraises its homes in that year. In Colorado's San Miguel County, the county assessor's office re-appraises property every two years, telluridenews.com reported. Hence, while real estate prices have dropped recently, the 2009 tax assessment won't include most of the year's sales in this year's budget formation.
Art Goodtimes, a San Miguel County Commissioner, said he sympathized with property owners.
"Even though their [home] prices are lower now, their valuation is going to stay about the same," Goodtimes said, telluridenews.com reported. "Unfortunately, [the valuation period] was just sort of the beginning of the downturn. People are not going to see much relief in their taxes."
As a result, a previously $450,000 3-bedroom, 2-bath house in Telluride, Colorado with an April 2009 market value of $350,000 will not see a reduction in property taxes this year.
Connecticut: Steady habits . . . and property taxes
In Connecticut, the property tax circumstance is similar, although somewhat nuanced. The primary government unit at the local level in the state is the town or city, not the county, and all localities re-appraise property for their respective grand lists within the state-required 10-year maximum. New Britain, Connecticut is a representative town: it's last revaluation for property was completed in 2007 and the next appraisal is slated for 2012.
As a result, New Britain's home owners, like their brethren in Colorado, are in an unfortunate circumstance: the last appraisal incorporated home values just as home prices were starting to top in 2007. Home prices in New Britain have since dropped 10-25 percent, but there will be no corresponding cut in property taxes, because the city's grand list will use the 2007 revaluation as its base.
David Bettencourt of Berlin, Connecticut told DailyFinance he's one homeowner not expecting a property tax decrease. The second home he purchased, a three-bedroom home in nearby New Britain, Connecticut, had an assessed value of $325,000 in 2007. It's market value "is now roughly $250,000-$260,000," he said, based on recent, comparable sales in that New Britain neighborhood. However, his tax bill is based on the 2007 appraised value, not on the home's current market value, hence his tax bill in 2009 will not be lower.
"As far as the City of New Britain is concerned, my home is still worth $325,000," Bettencourt said. "I tell the city, if you can find the amount over $260,000, I'll split it with you."
Useful property tax metrics
Further, just as lower home prices in 2009 are no guarantee of a lower property bill in 2009, a low property tax, in and of itself, doesn't necessarily mean your overall taxes paid at the local level will be lower. Counties and states, levy sales taxes, income taxes, school district taxes, special use / district taxes, water fees, sewer fees, and garbage collection fees, among other taxes. Then, of course there is the capital of the world, the City of New York, which levies a city income tax. Realtors and accountants generally agree that prospective home buyers / property purchasers should obtain information on all taxes levied in a city, county, and state to determine which locale has the overall lower tax burden. Basing a home purchase on property taxes alone could give you an inaccurate picture of your total tax burden in a jurisdiction and end up costing you a great deal of money.
Another problem concerns comparability, due to vastly differing costs of living by U.S. region. With the aforementioned in mind, the non-profit Tax Foundation has useful data: it ranks states by property taxes as a percent of median home prices and as a percent of median income.
These metrics tell the potential home buyer 'What percent of my home value will be taxed?' and 'What percent of my annual income will I pay in property taxes?' These are considered more-meaningful indicators of property tax costs, given the wide regional disparities in both median home prices and incomes in the United States, as they create standardized metrics that enable state-to-state comparisons.
Another pratfall to avoid: Potential homeowners should also request a property's tax payment record – it's a public record that may be viewed by anyone – from the county / city / town clerk, including a report on liens, if it's not attached to the file. (Many public offices charge a small copy fee to replicate the report.) The reason to review the property tax payment record? In some states, the buyer of the property is responsible for any unpaid tax bill. In the state of New York, for example, if you buy a home that has an unpaid property tax bill, school district fee, or garbage collection fee, water fee etc., that bill becomes your responsibility after the closing.
Can you fight city hall?
Finally, a word on appealing property appraisals, and the accompanying property tax assessments. Homeowners, including those who've just purchased a home, can appeal the appraisal and assessment, but the laws and processes vary by state / county / city / jurisdiction. In some counties and states, home owners must file an appeal at a county / city board of assessors office, which then assigns a hearing. In other jurisdictions, particularly smaller ones, the process is less-formal, where the homeowner presents evidence of why his / her assessment should be lowered, to an individual assessor. (The usual reason cited by home owners is a substantial decline in the home's value, due to market conditions.)
Thousands of home owners in Miami-Dade County, Florida, which has seen home prices collapse in the past year, have applied to do just that: they've applied for a review by the Miami-Dade County Adjustment Board, in order to lower their property tax bills, miamiherald.com reported Saturday. The adjustment board has the power to overrule the local property appraiser. More than 70,000 Miami-Dade home owners have applied for appeals this year, compared to 51,571 for the same period a year ago.
Further, as common sense suggests, if you believe the home's value has dropped substantially and the lower property tax would amount to thousands of dollars less, it may be beneficial to request an attorney's assistance to help you make your case before property tax officials.
Housing Analysis: As they say, forewarned is forearmed: a drop in a home's value does not guarantee a lower property tax bill. And: A low property tax bill doesn't guarantee that you'll pay less in taxes overall in that region – the region may have a high income or sales tax, or other levies.
Further, potential home buyers should also remember that, if what's important to you is not solely a low tax bill, a low property tax rate is not nirvana. Localities in Mississippi have very low property taxes; localities in the states of New York and California, high property taxes. This does not mean that Mississippi's municipal and social services are better than New York's and California's, nor does it mean that Mississippi offers a better quality-of-life. The latter depends on what one wants from a community socially, culturally, and recreationally, among other factors.
Financial Editor Joseph Lazzaro is based in New York.


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So they think they can dance. Who cares?
STREETDANCE 2 (Max and Dania). 85 minutes. Opens Friday (April 13). For venues and times, see Movies. Rating: N
Aside from some vivid 3-D cinematography, StreetDance 2 is the most unintentionally hilarious breakdancing sequel since Electric Boogaloo.
This UK answer to the Step Up franchise pleases, but probably not in the way directors Max and Dania planned.
After an embarrassment at a huge competition in England, American dancer Ash (Falk Hentschel, in one of the most dead-eyed lead performances in history) travels across Europe with his manager (George Sampson) recruiting a team of dancers to compete in next year's tournament. Included is a Parisian salsa dancer (Sofia Boutella) for whom Ash has the hots.
Despite the ludicrous assertion that the blending of Latin and street dance styles is somehow revolutionary, the dances are well staged and energetic but uninspired. A story that managed to make a lick of logical sense could have offset the lazy vision, but we're treated instead to loosely connected and laughable episodes only there to space out the dance numbers.
The laughs almost make the film worth seeing.


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What a sad day. I just found out earlier over at the Frank 151 blog that rap city has been canceled. That used to be my shit getting home from school and turning that on. Big Tigger, Big Lez, Joe Clair...those were my dudes. I think I quit watching when they took it out of the basement and the new guy came on, I can't think of his name right now. Either way, sad day for hip-hop. Also don't get too excited for the jay z freestlye it sounds like dook dook, but I had to put something up.
Jay Z - Rap City in the basement Freestyle mp3


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Pets are more than just animals who live in our homes, they quickly become members of our families. This page is dedicated to pet jewelry. The Animals, Critters and Bugs that we use to decorate our offices and work spaces are now available as jewelry. These are just a few examples that we can create for you or for someone you love.
We can use any color, shape, or size of dichroic to make a pendant with your choice of charm added. The examples below show a horse pendant on a neck wire and a frog pendant beaded into a stunning necklace.
The pendant above is a horse head on brown and a frog on green crinkle dichroic.
We can put a design of your choice on any color dichroic you like. The variations are endless and the creating is FUN!!!
Pendants (no beading start at a price of $15 depending on size)
Pendants with beading start at a price of $27 depending on size and the beading choices).
This necklace was made for a friend of mine who loves lady bugs. We can make one for you with or without the red and black pendant. Price $24
This cute frog is resting on a green crinkle dichroic. There are also 4 smiling frogs in the necklace. This can be made in any color you want and the price depends on the size of dichroic. Price approximately $37.
This glass pearl necklace has 3 beautiful lamp worked "frog on a log" beads. This necklace sells for $20.
This rainbow colored necklace was made for my friend DruEllen who teaches children. Silver plated frogs were glued onto to large gold Mother of Pearl beads. She (and her students) love frogs and the necklace is a great conversation starter.
This colorful glass pearl necklace has 4 smiling kitty cats. This necklace can be made in any color you like. Price for this necklace is $25.


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Vince Lebon and his wife, Kat, moved to Brooklyn from Melbourne, Australia, last August. And like many in the market for a newly built rental — where decisions often come down to fairly minor things like a month of free rent or a location half a block closer to the subway — they spent the months leading up to their move dispassionately comparing floor plans, costs and transit options.
But then Ms. Lebon showed her husband a listing for a two-bedroom at 325 Kent Avenue, in Williamsburg.
"I was like, 'We have to have it,'" said Mr. Lebon, an Australian shoe designer who recognized the site — across the street from the Domino Sugar Factory — as the place he had roamed during the Kara Walker exhibition in 2014.
"I knew the area. I walked all around it, and I thought it was amazing," Mr. Lebon said. "I told Kat about it when I got home because I thought it would be really cool to live there."
Not that his neighborhood choice hasn't inspired a few eye-rolls. "When I tell people I moved to Williamsburg, they say, 'Of course, you did,'" he said, adding that being somewhat off the beaten path had, at least, garnered a little more respect.
Mr. Lebon, who has traveled to New York City for work frequently over the past decade, had ruled out Manhattan as too manic for a couple with two young children (their son, Hugo, is 4, and their daughter, Indie, 2). And he liked the relative calm of the southern side of the Williamsburg waterfront.
Calm, that is, if not exactly quiet.
They were among the first to move into their building, which is part of a site being developed by Two Trees (as well as the first building to open there). And now they are surrounded by construction. "Every day, they start with the jackhammers next door at 7 a.m. and they finish at 6 p.m.," Ms. Lebon said. "But we moved to New York to be amid the noise. We love that we get to see all the construction."
During the summer, they were likewise charmed by the parties and pop-up events at the temporary park across the street, Mr. Lebon said: "We'd open the window and listen to live music. Once there was a huge line around the block when we came home — Shake Shack was giving away burgers."
On a recent morning, arctic temperatures were keeping all but a few ardent cyclists off Kent Avenue, but the Lebons' apartment was bathed in warm sunlight. They had specifically sought a space with good natural light, but the view — their living room windows look directly out at the Williamsburg Bridge — was an unexpected bonus.
"Even when it's raining, it's still beautiful. You can watch the boats," said Ms. Lebon, whose mother, visiting from Australia and unaccustomed to having so many windows, kept pulling down the blinds. "We were like, 'Mom! We're paying for the view!'"
The apartment rents for $5,450 a month, though a month of free rent brought it down to just under $5,000. Still, that is quite a bit more than the $4,000 budget they had set. But as they plan to stay for only two years, they decided that splurging on a place they loved was worth it.
"It was really important that my wife and kids were happy, because I was asking them to move here for my work," said Mr. Lebon, who is introducing his footwear company, Rollie Nation, to the United States market and recently began online sales here. Several pop-up stores are also in the works. Ms. Lebon, who left her job as a flight attendant for Qantas shortly before they moved, manages the apparel store, Lost in Seasons, that the couple owns in Melbourne.
While they are here, they are renting out their place in Australia, a renovated four-story warehouse of approximately 4,300 square feet. The move has shown them "that bigger isn't better," Ms. Lebon said. "Here, we utilize every single room. And the kids are willing to sleep by themselves because they're in bunk beds."
As Mr. Lebon said, "Now every purchase is really considered. We're living the minimalist life."
He added: "The house in Melbourne had a very different vibe, very Restoration Hardware. With a four-story house, you don't realize that it's getting cluttered until it's too late."
Another difference, they said, is the dress code in New York. In Melbourne, "People judge everything: how you color your hair, what you wear to take your kids to kinder," Ms. Lebon said.
"It's even worse for a guy," Mr. Lebon said. "If I wear camo or Off-White sneakers, people would be like, 'What the hell is that?' Here people wear whatever they want. You can express yourself, and no one is judging you. I'm a footwear designer and my wife runs a fashion retail store, so it's our life and our living."
Such openness, he has found, extends beyond fashion. "You don't feel like you're trying to do your own thing alone," he said. "There's a lot of collaboration and much more of a can-do atmosphere."
As Ms. Lebon put it, "You feel like anything is possible."
They like New York so much, she said, that they are reconsidering their two-year plan: "I think we're already looking at longer."


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Dr. Lisa Authement obtained her DNP (NP track) from Loyola University New Orleans in 2014. She previously obtained her Master's degree in Nursing at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2007 and she holds a Family Nurse Practitioner certification from AANP. Both of her undergraduate degrees were obtained at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA. She's been involved in teaching since 2009 and has worked as an FNP since 2007 at a privately-owned outpatient internal medicine clinic in Houma, LA. There she assessed, diagnosed, and managed episodic and chronic conditions of adults and managed the care of patients in acute and long term settings on a regular basis.
Dr. Authement was awarded the 2014 Take Home Health Promotion Grant from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) for her capstone project, Targeting Discrepancies: Quality Improvement in Mediation Reconciliation in the Older Population Transitioning from Acute to Ambulatory Care. She delivered a poster presentation of the topic at the AANP Annual National conference in New Orleans, LA in June 2015.
She is a current member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Louisiana Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society. She currently serves on the Evaluation Committee and the Visibility Committee at Loyola University.
DNP, Loyola University New Orleans MSN - FNP, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- New Orleans BSN, Nicholls State University Associates in Nursing, Nicholls State University
Classes Taught
- NURS 850 Primary Care of Adults & Women
- NURS 855 Primary Care of Adults & Women Practicum


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Student Services
At the core of a supportive school environment are positive relationships between students, parents and teachers.
Student Services is provide support for students, their parents and teachers by promoting a safe learning environment for all students that is flexible and responsive to the needs of the individual and the wider school community. Student Services comprise a unique and dynamic team who, together with TEAM teachers, support students and their families at Mount Stromlo High School to achieve learning success by managing appropriate behaviour protocols.
Yr 7 & 8 Executive Teacher: Kim Smith
Yr 9 & 10 Executive Teacher: Rebecca Owen
Year 10 Coordinator: Robin Ricketts
Year 9 Coordinator: Deb Lovatt
Year 8 Coordinator: Megan Johnson
Year 7 Coordinator: Emma Fisher
School Psychologist: Frances Jomantas
Youth Support Worker: Ashlee Morchel
School Chaplain: Helen Betz
Records Officer: Kerri Todd


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Apple has seeded the fourth beta of the next version of its mobile operating system, iPhone OS 3.0, to registered iPhone developers. While there appears to be no major API changes and so far only one minor change revealed in the OS itself, the beta comes with an as-yet-unreleased version of iTunes that contains several new iPhone-related features and a possible hint of future Blu-ray support.
Among the very minor API changes, a few properties associated with UIKit were updated to be nonatomic. According to one developer we spoke with, this change optimizes variables that are not designed to be accessed by multiple threads, and can result in some speed improvements since it removes the overhead associated with locking and unlocking the variables. Also, search controller support has been added to UIViewController, which is related to the new system-wide search capabilities in iPhone OS 3.0.
In the OS itself, the new setting option for "Store" in the Settings app—which appeared in previous beta versions of iPhone OS 3.0—now has an associated icon as well as a couple actual settings. One allows signing in or out of the iTunes Store using your Apple ID. The other loads basic account information in a Web view, allowing you to change your payment details or redeem a promo code. The iTunes Store app has a built-in UI for redeeming codes for songs under the Downloads tab, but the App Store app has no such UI for redeeming promo codes for apps.
The real meat of the changes comes with the pre-release version of iTunes 8.2 included with the latest SDK download. First, sync settings now allow encryption of iPhone back-ups. One developer told Ars that the feature also appears in iTunes 8.1 when syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with an iPhone OS 3.0 beta installed. However, the iPhone OS still doesn't appear to include any way to encrypt user data on the iPhone itself, like FileVault does on Mac OS X.
Also, iTunes 8.2 finally supports Notes syncing, though a notice under the Notes tab indicates that Mac OS X 10.5.7 is required to support the syncing. The requirement suggests release of the 10.5.7 update is imminent, which is supported by what we've heard from other sources.
Finally, the About box for iTunes 8.2 includes references to
a bag of hurt Blu-ray disc compatibility. The reference is to the Gracenote database, which iTunes has long used to automatically grab artists, album, and track information for CDs. Gracenote's database has been updated to also include information for DVDs and Blu-ray discs, so the reference could merely be updated legalese required by Gracenote. Or—hope against hope—it could signal upcoming support for Blu-ray in new Macs. However, the iTunes application and resources don't contain any other reference to Blu-ray whatsoever.
The few changes to the APIs suggest that the bulk of the work left for the iPhone OS engineering team will be finding and squashing bugs in the next few months. Apple is expected to reveal the final version of iPhone OS 3.0, as well as new iPhone hardware, in just over a month from now at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June.


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PROMOTIONAL CHRISTMAS: Relationships doomed to failure
Here's a joyous scene most of us have come to associate with Christmas, issued in order to promote our favourite quickie final solution web site Divorce Online. We've done something on them before a very long time ago.
At least he has retained possession of the remote control. That is all most of us can hope for this year.
A quarter of Brits think Christmas causes relationships to suffer
With a whole host of decisions to make in the lead-up to Christmas, it seems that some of us are also going to use the festive season as a reason to end our relationships
We have all read the traditional Divorce Day stories that fly off the presses as soon as we all head back to work in the New Year, but is it really true that this is the worst time of the year for splitting up?
Divorce-Online.Co.UK decided to find out the truth and commissioned a comprehensive survey to find out why.
-Close to a quarter of UK adults agree that relationships with partners become more pressurized during the Christmas period. Women are more likely to take this view than men (26% vs. 22%). The residents of Bristol are also most likely to feel relationships with partner can become more pressurized during the Christmas period (35% vs. 16% in Birmingham and Cardiff)
-Interestingly almost equal numbers of people believe money being tight and arguing over trivial things are reasons why relationships become more pressurized during the festive season (48% and 47%). Men are more likely than women to feel that relationships feeling the strain are because of too much pressure to buy perfect gifts (24% vs. 21%).
-Almost two thirds of those surveyed agree that "a start to a new year can make people yearn for a change in their relationship" (64%). People who are separated or divorced are far more likely to agree with this statement (74% and 71% vs. 69% of single people)
-16% of the UK's adults have experienced an argument with a partner during the festive season which made them contemplate splitting up, 9% have experience a relationship breakdown during Christmas and 8% have ignored the feeling of wanting to break up because it is Christmas
-People who are divorced are most likely to feel that reasons for relationship break downs during the festive season is due to people arguing about trivial things (44%) and people having to spend time with a partners family who they may not like (43%). People who are separated are most likely to think that it is because it is a period to contemplate change (52%)
-Over three quarters of the UK's adults agree that the stress of the recession is more likely to separate couples (78%). Separated and divorced people are more likely to take this view (87% and 87% vs. 78% of single people)
-A third of people agree with the statement "A minor incident is more likely to end my relationship than a major one (32%)
-Women are more likely than men to think the final straw in a relationship is a thoughtless Christmas or Birthday present (43% vs. 38%). Men are more likely to think that it is disagreeing about a TV programme (7% vs. 4%)
filed in PROMOTIONAL CHRISTMAS on Dec.09, 2009


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Work At Camp
What are you doing this summer?
Camp Stein offers an exciting range of job opportunities each summer. Over half of our staff are former Camp Stein campers, and the rest are carefully selected from applicants in the United States, Israel, Europe, and around the globe. Why not challenge yourself to make this summer the most incredible it can be? Join us for a summer at Camp Stein!


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HARRIETSTOWN — A new website for Adirondack Regional Airport aims to make air travel in and out of the region easier.
For many years, the local airport had one page of information via Town of Harrietstown and Village of Saranac Lake websites.
Now, an independent presence online provides details for public and private flight information and for aircraft pilots, as well.
Airport Manager Corey Hurwitch coordinated the new website and its recent launch.
"We've been working on it for a while," he said on Wednesday. "ROOST (Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism) actually helped us out with it.
"We purchased the domain name for $14, but that was the only cost to us," Hurwitch said.
"We get a lot of searches for us through the chamber site, so we thought something a little more professional was way overdue."
In addition to detailed flight and weather updates, adirondackairport.com has a section for news information.
"We are going to try and do news updates, but with limited staff, it is sometimes tough to keep up," Hurwitch said.
The site also carries information on the nearby communities of Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and Tupper Lake.
Currently, the airport is working on improvements to an onsite hangar.
"We have a project out to bid for expanding our snow-removal and rescue equipment building. But we are still awaiting approval for funding.
"We have applied to the FAA for a grant for that," Hurwitch said of ongoing renovations at the local air hub.
The website will also help direct local travelers to Cape Air and commercial flights.
"We ran it by Cape Air for feedback on their portion," Hurwitch said.
But the website will likely prove helpful, as people can check for updates on Cape Air's flight schedule, which does change by the season.
"This new online presence should help to enhance the promotion of the airport to both private pilots and charter flights," Hurwitch said.
"We offer a great deal of services to aircraft traveling to the Adirondacks, from ample, heated hangar space to tie-downs to great home cooking at the Cavu Cafe."
Visit the Adirondack Regional Airport's new website: adirondackairport.com
Original article can be found here: http://www.pressrepublican.com


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translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett
This is another version of a post I did for the Petrona Remembered website in memory of the still-missed Petrona, Maxine Clark. The book has also just won the Petrona prize. You can see the other version of the post on the site, and also look at other recommendations for great books while you are there….
It was New Year's Eve 1976 and midnight had passed. It had been bitingly cold for Bergen, the thermometer had sunk to well below zero. All the adults were gathered in the function room in the architect's house for the annual New Year party. The youngsters were asleep and the eldest children had been sent to bed, now the fireworks were over…
Champagne corks were popping in the function room as well. The food was eaten, they had danced, and spirits were high when Terje tapped his glass at around half past twelve. He kept tapping but it was only when Vibeke started clapping her hands beside him that he had the group's attention.
Clothes maketh the man, the proverb went, but it was usually the opposite, people chose an outfit that reflected their character…
Randi herself and Nils were dressed in black, him in a black suit with a blue tie, her in 'a little black number', so short that she showed a maximum of what she knew was her best feature, her attractive legs. When she had danced with Tor earlier in the evening, he had patted her on the bottom and said the same: 'The best legs in the room, Randi…'
'We've decided it's time for a party game,' Terje said from the podium once he finally had everyone's attention.
'We?' said Vibeke, looking at him askance.
'Listen to him! Listen to him!' Tor shouted.
'We're calling this the New Year games,' Terje continued.
Everyone was attentive now. This was something new.
commentary: I picked the right time to read this one. Compared with my crime fiction friends, I'm a novice when it comes to Scandi books, but a review over at Reactions to Reading convinced me to try this one – Bernadette, the proprietor, is always reliable. She doesn't just write great reviews, she also matches my tastes. (Secretly I enjoy her slamming reviews of books she doesn't like almost more than the good ones.)
Anyway, she did a good job selling this, and unsurprisingly I loved it – and then I surfaced from reading it to find it had won the Petrona Award. That's the literary prize founded in honour of our much-missed friend Maxine Clarke, who blogged as Petrona and died a few years ago. The award is for a book she would have liked, and I think she'd have loved this one.
Varg Veum is a private investigator in the tradition and spirit of the great US crime books: maybe washed up, has a messy personal life, is an alcoholic, has made enemies. It is 2002, and he is asked to look again at the case of a 3-year-old girl who went missing from outside her house 25 years earlier. One of the remaining witnesses died in a strange and random robbery attempt, and the child's mother was reminded that she is running out of time, a statute of limitations is about to impose itself.
There was a group of families living in a housing co-op: all friends, most with children. Many of the relationships didn't survive the era of the disappearance, though Veum turns up other reasons for that. Slowly he works his way through the list of those involved, calling in favours and following instincts and intuition – his own and others. Norwegian life and ways are laid out for us in a most appealing way. The people are varied, some good some bad, all distinctive in their characters. Facts are teased out till eventually Veum reaches the truth. Sometimes, as in the extract above, we see the events of 25 years before through the other characters' eyes.
There is some great dialogue – like this exchange with a retired colleague
'But if there's anything else you need, you know where to find me.'
'Yes, if you haven't gone to the fjord, that is.'
'I never go so far that I can't find my way back.'
And during an uncomfortable conversation:
'Wish I could say the same.'
Like two experienced synchronised swimmers we raised our cups of coffee at the same time, staring furiously at each other. Neither of us liked what he saw and we didn't try to conceal it.And sadly Veum breaks his resolution not to drink:
'You can allow yourself one glass.'
The little housing co-op is an important part of the book: much is made of the coloured houses, the closeness of the group, the function room where the New Year's Eve party above is being held, the atmosphere and undercurrents of the group.
'Well…' All of a sudden my throat was drier than a temperance preacher's on the booze cruiser from Denmark. 'One then.'
The five houses had been built in a kind of horseshoe shape. The tall two-storey facades, painted in strong contrasting colours, and the gently pitched roofs to the back betrayed their 1970s origins. The house forming the base of the horseshoe was the biggest. It had been painted red, as was one of the others; two were yellow and one was white.And pictures of Bergen houses suggest that these colours were not unusual.
The main picture is a shoe advert from 1977, and suggests a party very similar to the one going on in Bergen.


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Congo is cool; right in central Africa. I think Utah Valley needs another temple but every Conference I expect to hear they will build another one in Davis County and they never do. There are so many church members there and only the Bountiful Temple.
Paris was announced a while ago. President Monson mentioned that they were moving forward with it, though. (I think I read a month or two ago about where exactly it was going to be built.)
President Uchtdorf is pretty much a rock star.
Can I say that? He is.
I thought President Packer's talk was so great–particularly this statement, which perfectly describes what I've been feeling: "Youth today are being raised in enemy territory."
Freaky. And deadly accurate. Kids today are warriors.
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Ha I didn't even catch that it was a done deal. KSL listed only five temples and a few hours later updated the story to show six. At least U wasn't the on,y one who missed the boat!
Tracey, my husband said the same thing about the first presidency being more light-hearted. I love the humor they bring, but I'm not sure it's anything new. Remember President Hinckley's addresses? Did he EVER give one without a joke?
I was listening rather than watching so didn't quite catch who was speaking but I loved the story about the medical student. My husband is preparing for medical school right now, and we have a baby girl so it spoke to our hearts.
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Loved Elder Eyring's talk.
Did not even recognize Elder Hale's voice Or his face! What is he suffering from?
I'm thnking Elaine Dalton's talk is evidence that perhaps a female perspective would be good in the priesthood
session. Kind of like how the "keynote" in both the RS and YW general meetings are always men.
Ballard gives distinction between calling members "Mormons" and calling it the "Mormom church." I understand why he's trying to clarify, but allowing one and disallowing the other isn't very reasonable. What is a "Mormon" if it isn't about being part of a Mormon group?
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I agree – I was worried about Elder Hales. The physical change in him was remarkable. Elder Ballard, on the other hand, seems to never age!
I *LOVED* Sister Dalton's talk!
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"We've been spending our moral capital with the same reckless abandon as we've been spending our financial capital."
~ Thomas S. Monson
Not to turn political, but I take this to mean that Monson thinks our current financial spending is reckless.
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Agreed all around, jennycherie.
Oaks is reflecting Callister's talk, reaffirming that Christ's divinity is central. Christ is not just a great teacher.
Has this been a question any of you have dealt with?
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Hearing the talks by Monson and Cornish just killed me. So God cares enough about general authorities to help them save $5 and 25¢, but not enough about me to help with actually important things.
I know. I'm not "in tune" enough to get help. I just need to try harder and then God will answer me, too.
It's hard when the 'big' things in life take time to get answers to. I think He does give us little things like that once in a while to let us know He is there, though. I use the little things as anchors when the bigger things are taking longer than I would like.
Just listened to Elder Hales and how he talked about how that is often the case — answers come line upon line, little by little. Waiting upon the Lord is where our souls really stretch. It's hard.
Don't give up hope. God is very aware of you. Us. All. But I know how it can feel to not feel that sometimes, or to wonder when the answers will come, and how they will unfold. Faith can be hard work!
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Michelle thank you for responding.
I like your answer, but it's just not true. It's true sometimes but it's not true as a rule. God doesn't answer millions of questions EVER. Maybe I should say he doesn't HELP with problems EVER.
I don't find money when I REALLY need it, to feed my kids. Why does Cornish find it when he's just too crabby to go home (to a house full of food) to face the kids? Innocent kids starve every day. Why don't they find chicken drumsticks on the side of the road? Monson gets back the $5 that he was careless with just because it was so important, even though he can't remember why it was so important. I got mugged just after cashing my paycheck and I didn't get it back and couldn't make rent.
I don't know why God would toy with people that way. Why would he give us a quarter for a drumstick "just so we know he's there", but NOT be there when we need food for our kids? If he won't help me with important things, why do I care if he will help with trivial stuff? I can get lots of people to help with trivial stuff anyways.
Thanks Allison 🙂 He's finishing up nursing school and prepping for the GMAT right now, and yes it is a long haul!
It seems to me that if you really believed that God doesn't care you wouldn't be posting here. It's as if you're pleading with us to tell you that he does care.
I recently wrote a blog post about how I got through my baby's SEVERE colic. To you it may seem to be trivial compared with whatever you're dealing with, but I invite you to visit my site and read through a few of my colic stage posts. They're all in the featured section right now.
Also, I would invite you to soften your heart for what I'm about to tell you.
I KNOW God knows you. He IS aware of your pain and suffering and while he may not be answering your prayers when and how you want him to he WILL answer them. You are his daughter, and just as your earthly mother wouldn't give you a stone for bread, neither will he. Think about everything he has done for you already.
He sent his only begotten Son to die for you, and to bleed from every pore so that you can someday enter into his rest… so that your sins can be forgiven. What more proof could you need? Many are asked to undergo trial and tribulation in this life, but none are asked to go it alone. Even when he doesn't take away the pain he will always offer us his comfort, if we are willing to receive it.
God bless you Marta, I'll pray for you to find that comfort.
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Marta – when we can't find answers, it is often because we don't want the answer we are getting. It sounds like you are in a tough spot. Have you been to visit with your bishop? It is hard to find the way out form a really dark place, but it is possible.
I am *so* sorry you were mugged. Dealing with criminals and thugs is awful! It seems like they get off scott-free and all the victim ever gets is pain and late bills! And there is no way to recover what you've lost! The only time we ever recovered anything that was stolen was when our van was stolen – and that was only because my parents went on a drive, combing through our neighborhood, and found it dumped on the side of the road. So, we got it back, but it still cost us money – had to fix the ignition and the window they broke to get it out of our driveway.
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It may be playing with Semantics, but according to Richard G. Scott, God answers every prayer, and sometimes not answering is an answer. It may not be easy to swallow, but there it is.
"He hears every prayer and answers in His way."
"When He withholds an answer, it is to have us grow through faith in Him, obedience to His commandments, and a willingness to act on truth. We are expected to assume accountability by acting on a decision that is consistent with His teachings without prior confirmation. We are not to sit passively waiting or to murmur because the Lord has not spoken. We are to act.
Most often what we have chosen to do is right. He will confirm the correctness of our choices His way. That confirmation generally comes through packets of help found along the way. We discover them by being spiritually sensitive. They are like notes from a loving Father as evidence of His approval. If, in trust, we begin something which is not right, He will let us know before we have gone too far. We sense that help by recognizing troubled or uneasy feelings."
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If we're going to insist (particularly to people in despair) that God "answers every prayer" — when we already acknowledge that he doesn't — then we need to be very clear (every time) that we mean "not answering prayers is a way of answering prayers."
In my opinion it's a harmful (and nonsensical) way to use words. Better to be clear about what we mean. For example:
God hears all prayers. Sometimes he answers as we would like. Sometimes he answers in a different way. Sometimes he doesn't answer, but lets others answer. Sometimes he doesn't answer, and let's us work through things ourselves. And that can be the killer, when you don't know what to do or where to turn.
I also think we also need to be very clear about what we mean by "confirmation." I don't believe that "confirmation" means that "everything will turn out all right" or that "this is a good thing" or "this is what God wants you to do." Rather, I think God's confirmation means that our choice will not condemn us (is not sinful) and/or will not thwart God's plan.
I know far too many righteous, spiritual, deeply good women who fasted and prayed over whom to marry, who had a spiritual confirmation about their decision, married worthily in the temple, only to have their marriages crumble, their lives torn apart, their children devastated by men who did evil things — things that God certainly knew would happen. (Not to be unfair to men. I know a couple of men in similar circumstances, but I personally know far more women in this situation.)
I don't believe that necessarily means that God "confirmed" that he "wanted" them to have miserable lives. Or that having their families decimated was "the lesson they needed to learn." Rather, I think it means that their choices were acceptable on a moral level and he let agency move forward.
Even though it's utterly non-doctrinal, we have a tendency to look at others who are in dire circumstances and assume that if they had only been more prayerful or more "in tune" or more whatever, they wouldn't have ended up in the dire circumstances. As if God would always warn them about impending evil or harm and/or always protect them or prevent it. That's simply not true.
And it's also not true that every time something bad happens to good people, it's because God is intentionally testing them for some great thing to come. (Ala Job. Hint: what about Job's wife and kids?)
So, Marta, here's the deal. I think our job is to mourn with you. I don't know why God isn't answering you. I know how that feels. It's so hard and I'm sorry. Maybe we can help solve the problems you are facing? Maybe we can just be here to listen? Maybe we can think of some resources that would be helpful?
In any case, please know that we love you. Also note that there's an LDS forum where you can post anything you want, any time. 🙂
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beautifully stated Alison – great points all around.
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Well, you can't win for losing.
In no way was I trying to be "harmful or nonsensical" (I doubt Richard G. Scott was either). Merely, pointing out what I consider to be official doctrine on whether or not the Lord is answering our prayers.
Honestly, the only reason I posted in the first place was to try and help give Marta some hope and to bear testimony to her that God does love her and whether or not she gets the answer she is looking for she can receive comfort.
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amber mae dont get your panties in a wad because someone disagrees with you a little bit. no one did anything mean and you werent attacked. in fact you were the one who disagreed with allison first, not the other way.
it doesnt make sense to say that you always get answers even when you dont. whether its an apostle or you doesnt matter.
i like what you wrote but think you should be mature to say what you think and let others do the same without getting all hurt and defensive. just join in the conversation and tell what you think. everyone is welcome and everyone should allow other points as well.
I was explaining my position, not stopping Alison from expressing hers.
I'm glad you liked what I wrote, but it's too bad you misinterpreted my further explanation and really lamentation that what I wrote could be considered harmful or nonsensical since that wasn't the intention. Please, explain to me what my undies have to do with maturity? 😛
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Amber Mae, not to worry. 🙂 I'll let Oregonian explain the panties bit. 😉
I do think the statement is nonsensical and harmful, no consideration of who said it. I think the nonsensical part of "God answers prayers even when he doesn't answer prayers" is obvious. The harmful part is that when we say, "God always answers prayers" and include an unstated "even when he doesn't answer them" it is likely to be misunderstood. It's very likely (and I say this because I've seen it over and over and over again) to leave people feeling that they must, absolutely be deficient because (a) they didn't get an answer or (b) the answer they swear they got lead to a terrible outcome, so must not have been an answer.
Given the propensity for misunderstanding such a nonintuitive statement, I think we should simply make it intuitive. For example:
"God doesn't always answer prayers, but it's not because he doesn't hear them. It's because it's the best thing to do, for some reason."
We know, for example, that sometimes God is "slow to answer" prayers because the prayers have been slow to hear. So, sometimes he DOES ignore us. For a while.
We know that sometimes he let's us work through our own troubles.
We know that sometimes he let's evil happen to allow agency.
We know that he allows nature to take it's course. We age, we get sick, we die, we get hurt.
For the most part, the "faith" we talk about isn't really faith to avoid pain or problems or evil or anything. It's not a genie lamp to get blessings we want. It's faith IN CHRIST. It's faith that he is who he said he is and he did what he said he did. It's faith that makes an ETERNAL difference, but sometimes, in some circumstances, it makes no difference at all on earth.
Sometimes we're Daniel. Sometimes we're Abinadi. (And let's remember, they were both really good guys.)
Amber Mae – I'm not sure what you mean about agency in relation to Sister Dalton's suggestion. I thought she was just saying – make sure she knows you notice and you care enough to come after her and make sure she is safe. When a child is late for curfew, it could be a simple matter of not watching the clock . . . or getting into mischief . . . or being in a bad situation and needing help. There are many reasons for curfews, but I don't think going to get them in anyway interferes with agency.
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I see what you're saying, and I've been there. Somehow we seem to keep chugging along 🙂
On another note, what did everyone think about Sister Dalton's statement to go get daughters when they're late coming home? I thought that it could easily be misinterpreted by some crazy dad's who will go get their daughters when they're five minutes late. Doubt, that's what she meant but… it brings up the agency question again doesn't it?
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My favorite line, ever, in the history of movies is from New in Town. (It's a fun movie, but worth the price of admission just to hear this line and to hear the brilliant Siobhan Fallon Hogan put on a dead on Minnesota accent. I kid you not.) A boy comes to pick up Ted's (Harry Connick, Jr.) daughter for a date. He leans into the boy and in a menacing tone says, "Whatever you do to my daughter…I do to you."
Anyway, dependent teens have no agency. 😉
Seriously, this is agency for a dependent child, in my book: you have the freedom to do all sorts of things if you keep your commitments and if we can trust you. Otherwise you don't. Choice and accountability. Consequences.
To be honest, I want my kids to be able to do anything they want to do. But that's entirely dependent on trust and how mature their judgment is. If they are going to do things that are stupid and dangerous, they aren't going to do it while I'm providing the car and the gas and the roof over their heads. If they are "mature" enough to make epically bad decisions, they are mature enough to take on the responsibilities of adulthood — not just the accouterments. Rights go right along with responsibilities.
To date, I have never even set a curfew for any of my kids. (True! And I have three adult kids.) But that's because not one of the (yet, knock on wood) has been stupid about coming in at night. Alana (my third, now 18) had a self-imposed midnight curfew on weekends through high school that she DILIGENTLY kept. And it wasn't until about the last four months of high school that she realized it was self-imposed. 🙂
She asked about it once last year and I said, "We never set a curfew for you."
She said, "WHAT!???" 😀
But, if she hadn't made a reasonable decision, we would have done it for her.
Agency at the level of accountability.
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P.S. Personally, I did not "take great comfort" in knowing my parents would come after me and/or wait up with the evil eye. But it did help keep me out of trouble. Most of the time.
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Alison – I love that movie! I agree – Siobahn is great! But that line from Harry Connick Jr is the best!
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2nd witness! 😉
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I like those viewpoints, I just remember a friend from high school who would be literally running to be home by her ten-o-clock curfew so she wouldn't be in trouble. These were the same parents who wouldn't let the boys wear jell in their hair because some random mission president didn't allow it.
Sounds like another case of me over thinking things. I sure hope my kids are like yours when they grow up Alison, because I would rather not set a curfew. I'd rather have that whole trust and wise choices thing. It's silly with my daughter so young, but I'm already worrying… meh, maybe it's just post-partum crap rearing it's ugly head.
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Time: About 15 minutes
1/4 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and finely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 medium or 1/2 large avocado, cut in small dice (about 1/2 cup)
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If you want an antidote to the tired old clichés and superficial treatment of important events in European history, and the role faith played in it, by the mainstream film industry, then Arn: The Knight Templar (2007) might be a refreshing break from the usual Hollywood fare. A Swedish film that broke the record of the most expensive Scandinavian film ever can compete with any big Hollywood production with excellently executed battle scenes, costumes and on-location shooting.
The movie is based on the first two novels of Jan Guillo's historical fiction Crusade trilogy, combining real historical events in twelfth century Sweden and in the Holy Land with fictional characters and occurrences. Arn Magnussen the main character is a deeply thoughtful and devout character whose journey of faith and love is made complicated by political intrigues between rival families fighting for control in the remerging Kingdom of Sweden and vindictive and proud crusaders in the Holy Land. Arn grows up in a monastery were his natural talent for swordsmanship is discovered and nurtured by a former crusader and Knight Templar. He is instructed in both the arts of war and scholarship and upon reaching majority decides to leave the monastery to rejoin his family and the world. His upbringing has made Arn into a model of the devout and chivalrous European knight who only kills when necessary and devotes his life to the defense of family, faith and the innocent.
Instead of making Arn into an ahistorical skeptic and cynic as movies like The Kingdom of Heaven do, Arn remains faithful to the end, recognizing honor even in his enemies (he becomes friends with archenemy Saladin) and malice in supposed friends. The medieval Church also gets a fair treatment. Contrary to the famous doubts of the returning crusader in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, Arn remains a believer and sees the goodness of God in his own life. Arn is not a swashbuckling adventurer, one rather gets the impression that every kill he makes fills him with regret and that he longs for the cool forests of his and his beloved's homeland, while fighting the Saracens in the dusty plains of Palestine.
The Knights Templar are not a secretive sect, fanatical in their "Islamophobic" hatred (modern understanding), but a devoted group of soldiers and clerics dedicated to defense of faith and honor. Neither the Templars nor the Church are immune to corruption and power struggles between families fighting for influence, and neither Arn nor his beloved, confined to a convent controlled by a vindictive mother superior, member of a rival family, blames the Church or God for their plight. Contrary to many moderns they are able to distinguish between the Church as a spiritual hospital for the soul and the corrupt and fallen nature of many in positions of leadership within it. This perhaps is the lesson we moderns can take from the excellent film, while still satisfying our taste for sword fights and romance.
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