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The Gardner Report – First Quarter 2018
Western Washington Real Estate Market Update
The following analysis of the Western Washington real estate market is provided by Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist Matthew Gardner. We hope that this information may assist you with making better-informed real estate decisions. For further information about the housing market in your area, please don't hesitate to contact me.
The Washington State economy added 96,900 new jobs over the past 12 months, representing an annual growth rate of 2.9%—still solidly above the national rate of 1.5%. Most of the employment gains were in the private sector, which rose by 3.4%. The public sector saw a more modest increase of 1.6%.
The strongest growth was in the Education & Health Services and Retail sectors, which added 17,300 and 16,700 jobs, respectively. The Construction sector added 10,900 new positions over the past 12 months.
Even with solid increases in jobs, the state unemployment rate held steady at 4.7%—a figure that has not moved since September of last year.
I expect the Washington State economy to continue adding jobs in 2018, but not at the same rate as last year given that we are nearing full employment. That said, we will still outperform the nation as a whole when it comes to job creation.
- There were 14,961 home sales during the first quarter of 2018. This is a drop of 5.4% over the same period in 2017.
- Clallam County saw sales rise the fastest relative to the first quarter of 2017, with an increase of 16.5%. In most of the other markets, the lack of available homes for sale slowed the number of closings during this period.
- Listing inventory in the quarter was down by 17.6% when compared to the first quarter of 2017, but pending home sales rose by 2.6% over the same period, suggesting that closings in the second quarter should be fairly robust.
- The takeaway from this data is that the lack of supply continues to put a damper on sales. I also believe that the rise in interest rates in the finalquarter of 2017 likely pulled sales forward, leading to a drop in sales in the first quarter of 2018.
- With ongoing limited inventory, it's not surprising that the growth in home prices continues to trend well above the long-term average. Year-over-year, average prices rose 14.4% to $468,312.
- Economic vitality in the region is leading to robust housing demand that far exceeds supply. Given the relative lack of new construction homes— something that is unlikely to change any time soon—there will continue to be pressure on the resale market. As a result, home prices will continue to rise at above-average rates in the coming year.
- When compared to the same period a year ago, price growth was strongest in Grays Harbor County at 27.5%. Ten additional counties experienced double-digit price growth.
- Mortgage rates continued to rise during first quarter, and are expected to increase modestly in the coming months. By the end of the year, interest rates will likely land around 4.9%, which should take some of the steam out of price growth. This is actually a good thing and should help address the challenges we face with housing affordability—especially in markets near the major job centers.
- The average number of days it took to sell a home dropped by seven days when compared to the same quarter of 2017.
- King County continues to be the tightest market in Western Washington, with homes taking an average of 24 days to sell. Every county in the region saw the length of time it took to sell a home either drop or remain essentially static relative to the same period a year ago.
- In looking at the entire region, it took an average of 61 days to sell a home in the first quarter of this year. This is down from 68 days in the firstquarter of 2017 but up by eleven days when compared to the fourth quarter of 2017.
- Anyone expecting to see a rapid rise in the number of homes for sale in 2018 will likely be disappointed. New construction permit activity—a leading indicator—remains well below historic levels and this will continue to put increasing pressure on the resale home market.
This speedometer reflects the state of the region's housing market using housing inventory, price gains, home sales, interest rates, and larger economic factors. For the first quarter of 2018, I have left the needle at the same point as fourth quarter of last year. Price growth remains strong even as sales activity slowed. All things being equal, 2018 is setting itself up to be another very good year for sellers but, unfortunately, not for buyers who will still see stiff competition for the limited number of available homes for sale.
Mr. Gardner is the Chief Economist for Windermere Real Estate, specializing in residential market analysis, commercial/industrial market analysis, financial analysis, and land use and regional economics. He is the former Principal of Gardner Economics, and has more than 30 years of professional experience both in the U.S. and U.K.
Western Washington Real Estate Market Update
OVERVIEW of Western Washington Real Estate Market
Here is a detailed overview of Western Washington Real Estate Market. Washington State finished the year on a high with jobs continuing to be added across the market. Additionally, we are seeing decent growth in the area's smaller markets, which have not benefited from the same robust growth as the larger metropolitan markets.
Unemployment rates throughout the region continue to drop and the levels in the central Puget Sound region suggest that we are at full employment. In the coming year, I anticipate that we will see substantial income growth as companies look to recruit new talent and keep existing employees happy.
- There were 19,745 home sales during the fourth quarter of 2016—up by a very impressive 13.4% from the same period in 2015, but 18.7% below the total number of sales seen in the third quarter of the year. (This is a function of seasonality and no cause for concern.)
- Sales in Clallam County grew at the fastest rate over the past 12 months, with home sales up by 47%. There were also impressive sales increases in Grays Harbor and Thurston Counties. Jefferson County had a fairly modest decrease in sales.
- The number of available listings continues to remain well below historic averages. The total number of homes for sale in the fourth quarter was down by 13.7% compared to the same period a year ago.
- The key takeaway from this data is that 2017 will continue to be a seller's market. We should see some improvement in listing activity, but it is highly likely that demand will exceed supply for another year.
- Demand continued to exceed supply in the final three months of 2016 and this caused home prices to continue to rise. In the fourth quarter, average prices rose by 7.1% but were 0.4% higher than the third quarter of the year. The region's average sales price is now $414,110.
- In most parts of the region, home prices are well above historic highs and continue to trend upward.
- When compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, price growth was most pronounced in Kittitas County. In total, there were eight counties where annual price growth exceeded 10%. We saw a drop in sales prices in the notoriously volatile San Juan County.
- The aggressive home price growth that we've experienced in recent years should start to taper in 2017, but prices will continue to increase at rates that are higher than historic averages.
- The average number of days it took to sell a home in the fourth quarter dropped by 15 days when compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.
- King County was the only area where it took less than a month to sell a home, but all markets saw decent improvement in the time it took to sell a home when compared to a year ago.
- In the final quarter of the year, it took an average of 64 days to sell a home. This is down from the 78 days it took in the third quarter of 2015, but up from the 52 days it took in the third quarter of 2016. (This is due to seasonality and not a cause for concern.)
- We may experience a modest increase in the time it takes to sell a home in 2017, but only if there is a rapid increase in listings, which is certainly not a given.
This speedometer reflects the state of the region's housing market using housing inventory, price gains, sales velocities, interest rates, and larger economic factors. For the fourth quarter of 2016, I actually moved the needle a little more in favor of buyers, but this is purely a function of the increase in interest rates that was seen after the election. Higher borrowing costs mean that buyers can afford less, which could ultimately put some modest downward pressure on home prices in 2017. That said, the region will still strongly favor sellers in the coming year.
This article were first Posted on windermere.com by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate


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A form of lending between individuals, known as "peer-to-peer lending" has boomed over the last decade, due in part to the growth of online financial transactions. CCTV America's Karina Huber reported the story from New York City.
Peer-to-peer lending offers options for borrowers shut out from banksA form of lending between individuals, known as "peer-to-peer lending" has boomed over the last decade, due in part to the growth of online financial transactions. CCTV America's Karina Huber reported the story from New York City.
Lending Club is a U.S. website that connects non-traditional lenders with borrowers. The website recently went public and rose more than 50 percent from its IPO price on the first day of trading.
The site helps provide funding for everything from homes to holidays capping loans at $35,000 for individuals and $100,000 for businesses.
Lenders are paid between 6-25 percent in interest for these small loans, which is an attractive return for investors.
"Bank deposit products right now, many of them are earning less than 1 percent," Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com said. "Your top yielding CD's are paying a little over 2 percent, but you have to invest for several years to earn that rate of return."
Government bonds have not yielded much more, which has helped make peer-to-peer lending more popular.
In 2013, the U.S.'s two largest players were Lending Club and Prosper. The two companies had issued $5 million in loans by May 2014, and they continue to double their business every two months.
"The growth in the industry has just been spectacular, primarily because of the opportunities that have been generated through the mortgage crisis," Larry Muck, chairman of the American Association of Private Lenders said.
The crisis led to tougher regulation that raised banks' lending standards to the point where many customers now find it impossible to get a traditional loan.
"The loans that our private lenders are making are typically not done by banking anymore," Muck said.
The successful model has not gone unnoticed by Wall Street. Institutional investors including hedge funds and pension funds now represent the bulk of lenders on platforms such as Lending Club and Prosper.
Experts have said it's not a bad thing for borrowers, as it means more available credit. However mom-and-pop lenders, who initially dominated the industry, have complained that the larger businesses now get access to all the good deals, because they can offer loans at lower rates.
RealtyShares CEO Nav Athwal discusses peer-to-peer lending
CCTV's Owen Fairclough interviewed Nav Athwal, CEO of RealtyShares, an online platform that crowdfunds real estate investments.

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Few artists can claim to have the same profound impact on the world of music as Lang Lang, who has broken untold boundaries in bringing classical music into the 21st century. One of the world's most renowned pianists, Lang Lang returns to Carolina Performing Arts to perform the Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach.
London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle, music director
Led by renowned conductor Sir Simon Rattle, the internationally acclaimed London Symphony Orchestra—named one of the top five orchestras in the world by Gramophone— makes their debut on the Memorial Hall stage with a two-night engagement.
Kiran Ahluwalia
Bringing the great vocal traditions of India and Pakistan squarely into the present, Kiran Ahluwalia honors her roots while departing from them in masterful, personal ways. With original compositions that embrace influences from across the globe, Ahluwalia and her band invite us to explore the human condition in a transcendent, melodic groove.
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A remarkable musical portrait of women's experiences from biblical times to the present day, she is called traces a path from early texts by men about women to explorations of current themes through the work of contemporary women composers, including Shara Nova and Toshi Reagon (Carolina Performing Arts Mellon Foundation Creative Futures fellows). Brought to… Read More →
The Soul Rebels with special guest Big Freedia
The Soul Rebels started with an idea: take the pop music they loved to hear on the radio and the New Orleans brass tradition of their hometown and make it into something new. The result? A revolutionary, deep pocket funk fusing soul, hip-hop, jazz, and rock with a popping brass band sound. Joined by New… Read More →
Discourse, Flutronix
In this emotionally resonant new work from flute and electronics duo Flutronix, the voices and personal stories of Chapel Hill are brought to vibrant life. Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts, Discourse draws inspiration from—and incorporates—individual stories from this place for a stunning immersive musical performance in the intimate setting of CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio. Created… Read More →
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In a new work inspired by Frida Kahlo, Chilean jazz saxophonist Melissa Aldana pays homage to the groundbreaking artist. With new animation by Ana María Aresti and Diego Pequeño reminiscent of Kahlo's work and the Latin American style of magical realism set to Aldana's music, Visions for Frida Kahlo is a bold sonic and visual… Read More →
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Legendary pianist and Mozart interpreter Mitsuko Uchida returns to Chapel Hill with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for their second performance together on the Memorial Hall stage, where they will dazzle with an all-Mozart piano concerto program. Mitsuko Uchida, Piano and Director Meesun Hong Coleman, Concertmaster and Leader
HOME created by Geoff Sobelle
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The Poodle is the most spread out of all the companion dogs. One of the most remarkable characteristics of this breed is the variety in height and colour. Poodles fit in everywhere. Because of their social behaviour they fit in everywhere and with everybody. Children and older people particularly love them.
He always remains faithful to his master and has a great intelligence. The poodle loves to play and move.
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Leonardo Da Vinci's "Viola Organista" in Concert
People still flock to the Louvre in Paris to see perhaps the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa. Now, people can hear a musical instrument conceived by the same brilliant mind, the "viola organista" from Leonardo da Vinci.
The instrument is a hybrid that combines characteristics of the harpsichord, the organ and the viola da gamba. This version of the instrument looks much like a grand piano from the outside and was built by Polish concert pianist Slawomir Zubrzycki. You can see and hear the instrument in a performance here.
Zubrzycki used plans that came from da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus, a twelve volume set of drawings and writings. Several years ago, another inventive admirer of da Vinci came up with a rather different instrument using the same ideas. That one is portable and reminds me a bit of a hurdy-gurdy. You can see Jennifer Hambrick's blog post about that version here.
I had heard about da Vinci's ideas and designs for flying machines, parachutes, tanks, adding machines, and other engineering innovations before, but it seems appropriate that the great Renaissance man also had an active interest in music as well.
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Culminating Project Title
Exploring First-Year College Students' Attitudes Toward Disability: Impacts of Disability Inclusion Training
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College Counseling and Student Development: M.S.
Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
School of Health and Human Services
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Seth Christman
Second Advisor
Amy Knopf
Third Advisor
Christine Metzo
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
First-year College Students, Disability, Students with Disabilities, Accommodations, Barriers, Higher Education
Students with disabilities face numerous environmental and societal barriers at college. This quasi-experimental research project sought to examine what effect a short targeted training on disability inclusion would have on first-year college students' attitudes toward persons with disabilities. A pretest and posttest of the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons with Disabilities was administered to a treatment and control group of college students enrolled in variety of first-year seminar courses at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It was hypothesized that students who participated in the disability inclusion training would report significantly more positive attitudes toward persons with disabilities than students in the control group. Independent sample t-tests revealed no statistical significance between the two groups and the null hypothesis was accepted. Although the study did not create clear delineation of the trainings effectiveness, an understanding of first-year college students' attitude toward persons with disabilities was gained. Astonishingly, students who identify as having a disability were found to have less positive attitudes toward persons with disabilities than students who do not identify as having a disability. It is recommended that disability inclusion training and education efforts continue, and attempts to create campus communities that are inclusive of all identities persist. A proposed Model for Building Inclusive Communities was created to assist colleges and universities efforts to support students with disabilities.
Recommended Citation
Tast, Molly Ann, "Exploring First-Year College Students' Attitudes Toward Disability: Impacts of Disability Inclusion Training" (2017). Culminating Projects in Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. 35.


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Today's Libraries are a lot more than just books.
The Yankalilla Library offers free access to Wi-Fi, internet, computers, online resources, DVD's and daily newspapers. There is also a fax and computer link to Centrelink in the Centre.
Join in with " What's On" which is a monthly events calendar offering a range of activities for both adults and children.
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"It's easy to forget where you are when you listen to these hypnotic melodies. It's like being dropped amongst the hot and spicy lands of a country far away - to a place where you can free yourself with these infectious and wild beats that take their influence from the gypsy-soaked Balkan States." wellingtonlivemusic.com
"Niko Ne Zna serve up authentic and twisted gypsy goodness on this eponymous EP. Complete with sax, sousaphone, trumpets, trombones, percussion and drums, this is a band that came to party. Balkan time signatures, funky brass bass lines, exotic melodies, it's all good." NZ Musician Magazine
"The group's jaunty carnival-style sound translates surprisingly well to disc, with trombone, sousaphone, sax and trumpet all vying for attention as the songs spiral riotously outward from a core riff before being reined back in again." Otago Daily Times
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The USA is emerging out as one of the leading countries in the field of a solar energy market. The solar PV capacity of USA has reached to 21.3 gigawatts in the first quarter of 2015, which is primarily driven by the utility-based solar market (Please read "Top 10 solar powered countries"). The USA has installed around 6.2 gigawatts of solar PV systems in 2014, a growth of around 30% with respect to the previous year 2013. The year 2014 has witnessed the highest number of solar PV installations in a year.
Overview: Facts & Statistics
And because of this reason, most of the solar PV plants are concentrated in this region. The North and the South Carolina are also having solar PV installations.
The total solar PV installations
The Total solar PV installations = Residential solar PV + Non- Residential Solar PV + Utility based Solar PV
The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of these categories of since 2014 are as follows:
You can see that the utility-based solar PV is growing at the fastest rate among the three categories. The year 2014 has the highest number of Solar PV installations of around 6.2 gigawatts, the growth can be shown as follows:
You can see that solar PV growth has been quite rapid and fast in past few years.
(1) The incentive of solar investment tax credit
The owner of the solar system is eligible for financial incentive of 30% of the total expenditure on the system, with no maximum limit. This rebate is applicable to the following categories:
Because of this incentive big companies like Wal-Mart, IKEA, and Macy are going solar with acceleration. Also, more than 4000 schools in USA have adopted solar energy to meet their daily energy needs. This initiative has made them an energy independent and they are saving money.
(Insight: How much is your solar roof top saving in different months of the year?)
Other than this, the friendly environmental reviews, cash grant in terms of tax credit and guaranteed loans are the factors pushing the growth of solar PV in USA.
(2) The falling cost of solar PV installation
The declining cost of installation has played a significant role in the growth of solar PV market in USA. According to the latest reports, the solar system installation prices are dropped by 9% - 12% in the year 2014.
The Residential solar PV market has crossed 1 GW installed capacity mark in year 2014. As residential solar PV systems are generally smaller than Non-residential and Utility based power projects, therefore installation cost per watt is higher.
The above are the average prices, because the actual prices vary from location to location in the country.
(3) The facility of Net Metering
The USA is pioneered in Net Metering facility. It is a mutual agreement between the owner of the solar power system and the state electricity department that if excess electricity from owner's power plant is generated then it will be sold and transferred to the utility grid. In case of shortage or deficit of electricity then the owner can buy from the utility grid. The whole process of net energy transferred is managed by bi-directional energy meter. This facility is a win-win situation both for the utility company and the owner of the power plant. The utility company is getting electricity without any investment in setting the plant while on the other hand the owner of the power plant is selling excess electricity and earning profits.
The most favorable American states for Net- Metering with A grade rating are:
The demand in the Residential market is growing consistently while the Non-Residential Market is struggling to grow because of the reduction in the incentive schemes in Arizona and California. The Growth primarily driven by utility solar market, it constitutes more than 60% of the total solar PV installations. California is again number 1 in terms of the solar PV installations in the country.
The incentive solar investment tax credit is going to expire next year in 2016, which may lead to the decline in the growth of solar PV installations unless government extends the tenure of the tax credit or come out with a more lucrative solar policy to boost the growth of Solar PV in the country.
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Heres a small script from Ben Hoskings which is immensely useful. It lists all the branches in your git project ordered by when you last worked on them. It also highlights branches which have not yet been merged into your current branch, which is super useful when looking to prune some branches.Continue Reading
I'm switching things up this time. This post has nothing to do with code, and everything to do with an awesome gadget. Today my nest learning thermostat came!
If you're unfamiliar with the nest, it is a replacement for your programmable thermostat that learns your habits and programs itself, among other things like monitoring energy usage to help save you money. If that isn't cool enough, it is wi-fi enabled which means it auto-updates itself, I can set the schedule from a website, and I can control the temperature in the house from anywhere in the world. Is it lame to get so excited about a thermostat? Probably, but who cares, this thing is fucking cool. Check it out.Continue Reading
I spend a lot of time using the command line, and I find these features particularly useful. This might be old news to some, but they are still immensely helpful. (Also, these are extremely hard to google for, so hopefully this will save you time in more ways than one!) I tried to include as many examples as I could to make these easy to understand.Continue Reading
Making advanced search forms for your backend kinda sucks, right? I ran into this problem with a project and decided to come up with something similar to how Google handles search queries. No dropdowns, no checkboxes, no radios, none of that stuff. I just wanted to be able to type
status:active user:rob [term] and get what I asked for. I came up with a pretty nice utility class that can handle some basic query syntaxes and give you back hashes or arrays and the left over query.
I may be a devout rubyist, but I still have a soft spot for WordPress -- and maybe even a little for PHP too. One of the things I think is lacking is a good way to manage WordPress updates since, as we all know, WordPress updates constantly. I wrote this quick thor script to help me update to the latest version from the command line so I can do quick version testing. As an added bonus, there is also an export task as well which will simulate doing a wordpress XML export from the dashboard.
So, for all you WordPress guys out there who hate doing manual updates, check this out. It may make life a little bit easier.Continue Reading
There are tons of PHP logging apps out there, but here is my take on it. This is a simple drop-in class that is 1 file and is pretty flexible. In my opinion this is about all that is required of a PHP logging class, and its been working out well for me.Continue Reading
If you look around this site you'll notice that I'm hosting all my code snippets on GitHub's awesome gist feature. While this allows me to not maintain syntax highlighter plugins and libraries, as well as lets me change the code snippet without updating the blog is nothing short of awesome. The only thing that kind of sucks is that I/we are losing the ability to have our code be search engine friendly since a gist is a 1-line javascript include. This sucks not so much from the "index me!" perspective, but more of the "if I google a line of code/error, will I find relevant code?"
To tackle this, I ended up with a small project: given a gist ID, generate the embed code along with
NOSCRIPT tags so the content is indexable. This will only solve the initial problem, as updates will not propagate to the blog, but... you can always manually update.
This one is a pretty specific hack. I've had the need to build mini reporting apps, using Sinatra, that aggregate data from multiple databases and produce a report. This is all fine since ActiveRecord is awesome, but I've always missed AR's query caching ability.
After some digging I found that query caching is only enabled on AR's Base connection and all other models must use that awkward
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instancevariableset which isn't very elegant or solid.
For what it's worth, here is a "simple" way to get Sinatra to use ActiveRecord's native query caching for more than 1 database:Continue Reading
I use
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contentfor -- so I drafted this up to fill the void.
It is similar to how rails 2.x implements it, so in your main layout you can check if that content is there and if so display it, otherwise you can use defaults, or ignore it. This particular gist uses it to create custom sidebars based on what page you are on: if you are logged in, in a particular area, etc.. I like this approach as opposed to having a single sidebar partial with tons of display logic, I just think it keeps thing tidy.Continue Reading
I was creating a project the other day that used anonymous pages for users and I wanted to make it a little less "guessable" but more human friendly than a SHA1 hash, so I decided to make a small home-brew URL shortener similar in format to Tiny URL.
The neat thing about ruby is that when you turn a Fixnum to a String with
tos you can specify the base, and when you turn a String back to a Fixnum you can also specify a base in
toi. This lends itself perfectly to turning (large) IDs into a shortened URL thats easier to remember.
In the first gist you can see how this would work with a model to make simple url shortening in rails -- or, you can use randomized values to generate more user friendly "unique" tokens (as opposed to using SHA1 hashes for user confirmation/password reset pages).Continue Reading


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As computer technology advances, experts have programs to create and develop improved things. There are different computer systems and developers of these systems are always hard work to create newer and nicer programs. Recently, developers of Mac PC system have created another new program which will be very useful for photography experts. This is nothing else but a Photo Editing Software which is easy to use, has better features and which gives excellent results. The program will be available shortly.
The effect and stylize button has become quite a frequent feature in all the practices of photo editing. For those of the individuals who do not wish to install some software on their telephone have so many different options. It has been said that because of this shortage of this memory space on the phone, a lot of people now prefer to use the photo editing soft wares on the internet only.
The device may either from the computer or even the cell phone. The second kind of photo editing software includes the freeware of this shareware which is broadly installed by different kinds of people on the internet and all around the world. The last category of the photo editing software includes none aside from the web-based programs in which an individual can upload his or her images operate on the photos through the mode of their cyberspace. To obtain supplementary information on photo editor please head to pinkmirror.com .
It does not require a flash plug to be able to run the software without any glitches. The double version editors of the photo include exactly the same kind of effects which includes the effects, tools, and other forms of filters. It is said that the lower grade of web-based software is really little slow. It also highly depends upon the image resolution on which they're working on. This is the reason higher quality web-based photo editors are recommended instead.
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Llannon is a small village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the A476 road 11 miles south east of the county town, Carmarthen, between Tumble and Swiss Valley.
The community of Llannon, contains Llannon village, Tumble and Cross Hands. The community is bordered by the communities of: Gorslas; Llandybie; Llanedi; Llangennech; Llanelli Rural; and Pontyberem, all being in Carmarthenshire.
Llannon has deep historical links with the Rebecca Riots and there is even rumoured to be a secret passage under the main road running through the village.T his passage was said to have been used by Oliver Cromwell and possibly the Rebecca Rioters as an escape route. The passage runs from the Red Lion public house to the parish church.
Another public house, called the Greyhound Inn, lies on the Llannon to Hendy road junction. It is unknown which is older, but the road that the Greyhound Inn lies on has a watering fountain which was built to water horses of passing carts.
St Non's church
The parish church of St Non is a Grade II* listed building.[
The village has grown in recent years with two new small housing estates having been constructed since 1999. The area is now considered more of a commuter village due to its proximity to the M4 in Hendy. The local school recently underwent a large extension programme to cope with the increased demand for schooling from the growing population.


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SOURCE: "Deep brain stimulation may help Alzheimer patient's memories", Telegraph.co.uk, 31 January 2008, as used in the post Memory on tap.
ABSTRACT: I'm not sure what it says about me that I read a story about a procedure that'll give you absolute photographic recall of any one event in your past and my first thought is, "Well, there goes this relationship." The memory being described here isn't a real one, although I developed an inexplicable obsession with the image of bees crawling through gas stations after driving through Georgia in the mid 1990s, when I seemed to keep running into sad, desperate bees. Crawling on the concrete. So I wanted to write a nostalgic song The Zombies might have sung about the moment in which a girl gives the kind of ultimatum that both parties eventually sort of forget ever happened for the sake of domestic tranquility. Then I gave up on making the drums sound real and ran out of time to meddle with much of anything else, which is probably for the better. Simple seems to work.
As far as the recording goes,I think the lesson here is that one's vocal performance improves once one no longer gives a damn about waking up the kids. (They stayed asleep, too.)


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Printmaking Artist To Work With Queen Anne's Art Scholars
Thursday 28th May 2015
The Art Department are pleased to announce that artist, Mark Andrew Webber, will be working at Queen Anne's for the next academic year. Mark will be teaching weekly workshops for all our Art Scholars from September 2015.
Mark is an up and coming artist who has exhibited his work both here and abroad. Working primarily in the area of printmaking, Mark's art explores two main areas. He makes beautiful geometric abstract pieces but he also makes maps of cities including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and New York. The maps are not created simply by converting Google maps into a print, instead, Mark visits each city in question and soaks up the architecture, style and typefaces from that city before creating a map that channels all of these elements. In 2007, he won the Silver Cube Award from the Art Directors Club in New York, and last year had a large solo show at the Londonewcastle Project Space in Shoreditch.
We are thrilled that he will be working with our Art Scholars and look forward to seeing the art that the students produce over the coming academic year.


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NO. 1 MOUNT ST. MARY'S (9-6, 5-1 NEC) vs. NO. 4 ROBERT MORRIS (7-7, 4-2 NEC)
Thursday, May 2 | 5:30 p.m.
Emmitsburg, Maryland | Waldron Family Stadium
The top-seeded Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse team will host No. 4 seed Robert Morris in the Northeast Conference (NEC) Semifinals this Thursday, May 2 at Waldron Family Stadium at 5:30 p.m. The winner will advance to the NEC Championship game on May 4 at 4 p.m.
Tickets will be available the day of the game at the front gate of Waldron Family Stadium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for those under 18 and senior citizens. All NEC students with an institutional I.D. will be admitted free of charge.
The Mount is 5-7 all-time against Robert Morris and owns a 2-3 mark vs. the Colonials in Emmitsburg. The teams have met just one previous time in the NEC Playoffs, a 2012 semifinal matchup that resulted in a 16-15 overtime victory for the Mountaineers.
In the regular season tilt between the Mount and Robert Morris in late March, the Mountaineers erased a three-goal deficit in the fourth quarter to come from behind and knock off the reigning NEC Champs by a 14-11 margin on the Colonials' home field. Chris DiPretoro (3g), Brendan Doyle (2g, 1a) and Jared McMahon (2g, 1a) led the Mountaineers on the day with three points apiece. Face-off specialist Sam Stephan had one of his best games of the season, winning 17-of-27 face-offs while picking up 11 ground balls.
Mount St. Mary's will be making its fourth trip to the Northeast Conference Tournament since the league's first official season of men's lacrosse in 2011. The Mountaineers, who own a 3-2 record in the NEC Playoffs, will be looking to capture their second-ever NEC Tournament Championship. The team's lone title came during the 2011 campaign, when they hosted the NEC Playoffs for the first and only time prior to this season.
The Mountaineers' last playoff appearance came in 2015, when they fell to Saint Joseph's, 10-4, in a semifinal matchup. Their last victory in the postseason was a 2012 triumph over Robert Morris in the semifinals.
With a victory over Saint Joseph's in the regular season finale and a loss by Hobart at Robert Morris, Mount St. Mary's clinched the NEC Regular Season Championship and the top seed in the playoffs. The NEC Regular Season Title was the second for the Mountaineers in program history. They also accomplished the feat during the 2011 campaign, when they went on to claim the lone NEC Tournament Championship in program history.
The Mount closed out the regular season at 9-6 overall and 5-1 in conference play. The 9-6 mark matches the team's best record since the 2011 campaign, while the five wins in NEC action are the most-ever for the Mountaineers.
The Mountaineers have faced four nationally-ranked teams on the year in Towson, Georgetown, Richmond and Johns Hopkins. They picked up their sixth all-time win against a ranked opponent in the 12-11 overtime triumph at then-#14 Richmond back in early March.
Mount St. Mary's is yielding 10.20 goals per game, which is the best in the NEC and ranks 20th in the nation this season. The Mountaineers have allowed single-digit goals in three straight contests, including a season-low six goals against in the team's 7-6 victory against Saint Joseph's, which clinched the NEC Regular Season Title for the Mount.
Senior attackman Chris DiPretoro, who became the 13th player in Mount program history to reach 100 career goals earlier in the season, currently leads the squad with 34 goals and 40 points on the year. DiPretoro has pushed his career goal total to 122, which is seventh-most in program history. The Owings, Maryland native has tallied multiple goals in 10 of the last 13 contests, and ranks eighth in the NEC in goals per game (2.27).
Goalie Dylan Furnback has been a big part of the team's success as he's posted double-digit saves in 10 of 15 games on the year, including a career-high 20 stops against SJU last time out, which earned him his third NEC Defensive Player of the Week honor.
Jack Mangan was selected by the Atlanta Blaze of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) in last Friday's Rookie Selection. Any collegiate player who was not drafted in the 2019 MLL Collegiate Draft on March 9 by the current six teams was available in the Rookie Selection. Mangan joined TJ Comizio of Villanova, Jacob Stover of Loyola and Alex Woodall of Towson as selections by Atlanta.
Midfielder Jack Mangan has 73 caused turnovers in his career, which is the most-ever by a Mountaineer since it became an official stat. Mangan is also seventh in program history with 204 ground balls. The Bayville, New York native currently ranks second on the team in both caused turnovers (22) and ground balls (58) this season.
The Colonials, who were crowned NEC Tournament Champions last season, rounded out the 2019 regular season slate with six straight victories, including a big comeback overtime win vs. Hobart in the finale, to secure the No. 4 seed in the playoffs. RMU has three players ranked among the top-10 in the league in points per game, led by Tyson Gibson and Ryan Smith, who are both averaging 3.85 points per contest. Goalie Alex Heger owns a .482 save percentage and 13.62 goals against average in 14 starts.


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Last year we went walking through downtown Lapeer and found the PIX theater. The cool old place warranted some photos but even with the 18-35mm I wasn't able to get the full building. So as we were in the area again I pulled out the 14-24mm to try some more shots. This is the result uncorrected. It's a little weird, but I like it.


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At its annual F8 Facebook Developers Conference, Facebook announced a number of new features and products, including Instagram group video, more privacy and anti-bullying precautions, language translation for Messenger and—perhaps most buzzed-about—a new online dating service.
We asked seven social media experts to give us their takes on what's coming next from Facebook from a communications perspective.
Language Translation in Facebook Messenger
"Translation brings international and cross-language trade, conversation and coordination to the app which opens doors for Facebook to become a cross-border e-commerce, gaming, travel and, now, dating platform with global advertising potential." —Grant Simmons, VP of search marketing, Homes.com
"Facebook gets a bad reputation among marketers due to their spray-and-pray marketing messaging, which inherently diminishes the unique values of each user. Translated content in Messenger [means] users' values are reflected by the most foundational geographic and cultural characteristics. Now, marketers have no excuse as to why they aren't catering geographic and cultural messaging to each user." —Jon Chang, digital marketing director, Kickstarter
"Taking care of the translation hurdle eliminates friction and hopefully turns [a prospect] into a customer quicker." —Holli Beckman, VP marketing and leasing operations, WC Smith
Instagram Video Chat
"I am excited to see how the Instagram video chat will impact businesses. My guess is that users will start spending even more time in their stories and DMs, and that will make our stories have a bigger reach." —Manu Muraro, founder, Your Social Team
Clear History (the Ability to Clear Cookies and Browsing History)
"When I think about 'Clear History,' I like it as a Larry David movie, not as Facebook functionality. It's funny! And pretty, pretty good. I also like being able to delete all data Facebook has collected from me on sites and apps that use its ads and analytics tool." —Lauren de la Fuente, VP, marketing and communications, Boingo Wireless
"The internet is the world's largest focus group. Social media's true value lies in data and targeting capabilities. Personalized data allows marketers to test imagery, messaging, landing pages and other variables by displaying them to targeted groups and measuring feedback. Users will get a less personalized version of Facebook; marketers may have access to less demographic data that typically informs messaging." —Kelly Stone, global director of social media, CompTIA
"I'm glad to see Facebook doing more to combat cyberbullying. It's a huge issue; as communicators working with companies, consumers and parents, it is important to make sure as we add technology, we're still protecting consumers and kids. So this will be a good thing for all involved." —Ellen Sirull, senior marketing manager, content, Experian
Expanded Placements (Messenger, Instagram Video Chat, Oculus, VR memories)
"Facebook marketers obsess over being part of the news feed, but Facebook has offered multiple placements to reach users. Messenger alone is a key example, let alone Facebook Stories, Instagram Stories, et al. The addition of content types per placement is an ideal opportunity to finally get Facebook marketers out of the 'only news feed mentality.'" —Jon Chang, digital marketing director, Kickstarter
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Perth Scorchers betting
The east-coast franchises might have the big names, the big money and the big mouths, but Perth Scorchers have proven the team to beat year after year in the T20 Big Bash League.
The West Australians have played in every finals series to date, winning three titles since 2013. What's more, they have done so with a squad that relies much more on local talent than on international guns for hire.
With Justin Langer now in charge of the national team, this is a new era for the Scorchers under long-time servant Adam Voges. Here you will find the latest T20 cricket odds, fixture lists, squad news and everything else you need to know before putting your money behind the BBL's most successful team.
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|Saturday, December 22, 2018
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|Wednesday, December 26, 2018
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|Sunday, December 30, 2018
|UTAS Stadium
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|Wednesday, January 2, 2019
|Spotless Stadium
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|Saturday, January 5, 2019
|Perth Stadium
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|Wednesday, January 9, 2019
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|Sunday, January 13, 2019
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|Friday, January 19, 2019
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|Monday, January 28, 2019
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Perth Scorchers squad for BBL|08
Mitchell Ross Marsh
Born: October 20, 1991
Role: Allrounder
T20 matches: 67
High score: 77*
Strike rate: 122.53
Batting average: 31.02
Wickets: 42
Best bowling: 4/6
Bowling average: 26.59
Ashton Charles Agar
Born: October 14, 1993
Role: Allrounder
T20 matches: 64
High score: 68
Strike rate: 120.58
Batting average: 20.50
Wickets: 41
Best bowling: 3/17
Bowling average: 31.46
Cameron Timothy Bancroft
Born: November 19, 1992
Role: Right-hand bat
T20 matches: 25
High score: 75*
Strike rate: 128.71
Average: 33.46
Jason Paul Behrendorff
Born: April 20, 1990
Role: Left-arm medium-fast
T20 matches: 43
Wickets: 58
Best bowling: 4/21
Economy: 7.34
Strike rate: 15.7
Hilton William Raymond Cartwright
Born: February 14, 1992
Role: Right-hand bat
T20 matches: 30
High score: 68*
Strike rate: 112.66
Average: 27.66
Nathan Mitchell Coulter-Nile
Born: October 11, 1987
Role: Right-arm fast
T20 matches: 93
Wickets: 112
Best bowling: 4/20
Economy: 7.82
Strike rate: 17.4
Cameron Green
Born: June 3, 1999
Role: Right-arm medium
T20 matches: —
Joshua Patrick Inglis
Born: March 4, 1995
Role: Wicketkeeper
T20 matches: 6
High score: 7
Strike rate: 84.61
Average: 5.50
Dismissals: 5
Matthew Kelly
Born: December 7, 1994
Role: Right-arm medium-fast
T20 matches: 5
Wickets: 8
Best bowling: 2/13
Economy: 7.00
Strike rate: 14.2
Average: 16.62
Michael Klinger
Born: July 4, 1980
Role: Right-hand bat
T20 matches: 183
High score: 126*
Strike rate: 124.57
Average: 35.81
Shaun Edward Marsh
Born: July 9, 1983
Role: Left-hand bat
T20 matches: 166
High score: 115
Strike rate: 128.62
Average: 39.22
Joel Samuel Paris
Born: December 11, 1992
Role: Left-arm fast-medium
T20 matches: 19
Wickets: 17
Best bowling: 3/22
Economy: 8.43
Strike rate: 22.6
Average: 31.82
Usman Qadir
Born: August 10, 1993
Role: Right-arm leg break
T20 matches: 13
Wickets: 11
Best bowling: 2/15
Economy: 5.77
Strike rate: 21.8
Average: 21.00
Jhye Avon Richardson
Born: September 20, 1996
Role: Right-arm fast
T20 matches: 24
Wickets: 27
Best bowling: 3/30
Economy: 8.65
Strike rate: 18.8
Average: 27.25
Ashton James Turner
Born: January 15, 1993
Role: Allrounder
T20 matches: 58
High score: 73
Strike rate: 143.34
Batting average: 20.37
Wickets: 17
Best bowling: 2/3
Bowling average: 16.00
Andrew James Tye
Born: December 12, 1986
Role: Right-arm medium-fast
T20 matches: 109
Wickets: 159
Best bowling: 5/17
Economy: 7.86
Strike rate: 15.2
Average: 19.92
Sam McFarlane Whiteman
Born: March 19, 1992
Role: Wicketkeeper
T20 matches: 36
High score: 53
Strike rate: 120.74
Average: 18.50
Dismissals: 26
David Jonathan Willey
Born: February 28, 1990
Role: Left-arm fast
T20 matches: 164
Wickets: 158
Best bowling: 4/9
Economy: 7.90
Strike rate: 17.4
Average: 22.96
Perth Scorchers Big Bash odds and tips
It should surprise nobody that Perth are well liked in the outright betting for Big Bash 2018/19. Most online bookies have them pegged as standalone favourites for the title, so you are looking at +400 or thereabouts across the board.
Top tournament batsman
As ever, the national selectors could have a big say the makeup of Perth's batting order throughout the season. That leaves Michael Klinger, who will be eager to focus on cricket and pile on as many runs as possible after a difficult season off the field last summer.
Top tournament bowler
Andrew Tye stole the headlines in BBL07 with 16 wickets in only six games, but it might be time for someone else to step up. Look for young quick Jhye Richardson to put his hat in the ring for a recall to the national team.
All-time Perth Scorchers XI
1. Michael Klinger
2. Shaun Marsh
3. Herschelle Gibbs
4. Adam Voges (c)
5. Mitchell Marsh
6. Marcus North
7. Sam Whiteman (wk)
8. Nathan Coulter-Nile
9. Jason Behrendorff
10. Andrew Tye
11. Brad Hogg
How do you whittle down such a successful franchise to only 11 players? Fortunately, many of these guys pick themselves – the Marsh brothers, Maxy Klinger and skipper Voges have contributed big runs year after year, while the seam trio of Behrendorff, Coulter-Nile and Tye is as good as any that has ever graced the Big Bash.
There are also some obvious selections from the archives. George Bradley Hogg was the most prolific spinner in the BBL during his five seasons with the Scorchers; South African star Herschelle Gibbs was a massive hit, smashing six half-tons in 16 innings; and WA stalwart Marcus North played a big role in the club's early progress.
Perhaps of more note is who misses out. This is only Mitch Johnson's second season in the orange, so he may yet work his way into the all-time XI. The same goes for Willey, who was terrific before leaving for England's tour of India last year. Explosive openers Michael Carberry and Craig Simmons may also consider themselves unlucky, but that's what happens when you are up against the best of the best.
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Jo Cox, a wife and mother of two, was also one of the British Parliament's rising stars. She was preparing to meet constituents in Birstall when the attack happened.
Eye witnesses talked of hearing a pop and screaming. Police sealed the area where the MP was left bleeding to death by her attacker. Media reports suggest she was shot twice and stabbed.
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British MP\'s death puts a halt to debates on EU membership in UKA British lawmaker Jo Cox was shot to death Thursday in a small town she represents, a tragedy that brought to a standstill the fierce campaign over whether Britain should leave the European Union.
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A British lawmaker Jo Cox was shot to death Thursday in a small town she represents, a tragedy that brought to a standstill the fierce campaign over whether Britain should leave the European Union.
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A 77-year-old man was also injured in the attack.
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Violence against politicians is rare in Britain, as are gun attacks, and figures from all parts of the political spectrum expressed deep shock.
Prime Minister David Cameron said "this is absolutely tragic and dreadful news."
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said "the whole of the Labour Party and Labour family – and indeed the whole country – will be in shock at the horrific murder of Jo Cox today."
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Conservative lawmaker Ian Gow with a booby-trap bomb placed under his car outside his English home. A former lawmaker, Donald Kaberry, was injured in an IRA bombing in 1990 and died the next year.
British security officials said the shooting was under investigation, but it didn't appear it was related to international terrorism. Domestic terrorism, however, has not been ruled out.
Both the Vote Leave and Britain Stronger in Europe campaigns suspended activity ahead of next week's vote over whether Britain should remain a part of the 28-member bloc at the news.
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Shopkeeper Sanjeev Kumar told the BBC said he saw a woman lying on the ground "bleeding from the mouth and nose," with two women trying to help her.
After around 15 minutes, witnesses said emergency services arrived and tended to her with a drip.
Cox, a former worker for international development charities who is married with two young children, was elected to the House of Commons in the May 2015 general election.
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