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Getting a mortgage rate and price quote used to be a pretty easy process. If you called around and provided a loan amount, sales price, or estimated value of the house you were buying or refinancing, then any credit score over 660 would get you a solid rate quote. Now, risk-based pricing has made it more difficult than ever to find the best mortgage rates.
It's the questions you don't ask at the beginning of the loan process that could end up costing you thousands at the closing table. The list below is a must-read if you want to make sure there are no pricing surprises during your mortgage application process.
1. What kind of property are you going to buy?
Condominiums, manufactured homes, HUD Homes, and Fannie repos may be priced much lower than that white-picket-fenced house on the corner, but appearances can be deceiving. In most cases, you'll pay a more substantial down payment, a higher interest rate, and greater costs to purchase these higher-risk properties.
Make sure you tell your mortgage professional if you're considering purchasing anything other than a single-family home.
2. What are your credit scores?
Credit scores are the main driver of what your interest rate and closing costs will be. For example, if you have a high loan-to-value ratio and a credit score under 640, you'll have to pay 3% of the loan amount to get the same interest rate as a borrower with a credit score of 740 or higher.
Based on Fannie Mae's guide on loan-level price adjustments, here's a quick rundown of how much your credit score could cost you for every $100,000 you borrow, assuming you have at least a 25% down payment.
- 740 or higher: Nothing extra
- 720 to 740: $250
- 700 to 719: $500
- 680 to 699: $1,250
- 660 to 679: $1,750
- 640 to 659: $2,000
- 620 to 639: $3,000
3. How much are you putting down?
Lenders want you to have more skin in the game than in years past. If you aren't willing to save up the extra pennies to make more than the minimum down payment, you will be considered a higher risk and thus charged a higher rate. Government loan programs like the Federal Housing Administration's and the Veterans Affairs' have some flexibility, but they come with the added cost of mortgage insurance (for FHA loans) and funding fees (for VA loans). We're talking not only thousands of dollars added to your loan, but extra monthly payments as well.
Make sure you get a side-by-side comparison of the all-in payment for each option; don't base your decision strictly on the rate you get quoted.
4. What type of loan do you need or want?
FHA, VA, conventional -- they all come with different rates, mortgage insurance, and fees. For example, you may find that the rate on an FHA loan with only a 3.5% down payment is lower than the rate on a 5%-down conventional loan. The mortgage insurance on that FHA loan is going to have a much higher payment, though. Here is a quick breakdown:
- Lowest down payment: VA, 0%
- Lowest rates: FHA or VA
- Lowest payment: VA or conventional (VA doesn't have mortgage insurance, and conventional mortgage insurance is cheaper than FHA)
- Lowest fees: Conventional (VA has funding fees, and FHA has up-front mortgage-insurance premiums)
5. How much do you want to borrow?
Thanks to the "qualified mortgage" rule, a lower loan amount pretty much always comes with higher interest rates. If you're borrowing less than $125,000, don't be surprised if the rate is higher than what you'd get quoted for a loan amount over $300,000. Why? In its quest to ensure consumers are not overcharged closing costs, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau put a cap on the percentage of your costs compared to your loan. The problem is that many of the costs of the loan are fixed regardless of the size of the loan. So if you have $1,000 in lender fees, $1,000 in title fees, and $1,000 in origination fees on a $100,000 loan, you'll be OK: The total fees don't exceed 3% of your loan amount.
What if you want to borrow $50,000? Well, you have a problem, because now those same fees represent 6% of the loan amount. Lenders have two options: raise the rate so they can cover some costs or simply refuse to lend less than $100,000 to avoid the consequences of making nonqualified loans. The lenders who still make smaller loans are doing so at higher rates. There is some debate over whether the 3% fee cap can be exceeded on smaller loan amounts, but for now, there will be a smaller pool of mortgage banks willing to lend on smaller loan amounts.
6. How much do you make per year?
You may be eligible for down-payment assistance, closing-cost grants, mortgage tax credits, and a myriad of other special mortgage assistance programs, depending on how much you make per year.
This money is there for the taking, but oftentimes customers simply don't ask about it or their mortgage professionals aren't up to speed on what money is still available. Google "down payment assistance" in your city, and you'll likely come up with a boatload of options based on your income. You may also find that for some programs, the income limits are much higher than you expected. Be sure to call the bank that handles most of your checking and savings: You may find out they have a closing-cost grant or down-payment assistance program available to you just for being a customer.
7. Will you buy this house as an investment property, a second home, or a primary residence?
Appraisal costs run an extra couple of hundred dollars for investment properties; rates are usually about 0.5% higher than the rates for a primary residence.
You'll need at least 10% down to buy that second home -- and 20% to 25% down if you plan to buy investment property.
8. Do you want your payment to include your property taxes and homeowner's insurance?
Setting up an "escrow" or "impound" account involves setting aside some money so that your lender pays your property taxes and homeowner's insurance as part of your monthly payments. If you are opposed to having your money sitting in a non-interest-bearing account to pay your property taxes and homeowner's insurance, be prepared to spend an extra $125 to $250 for every $100,000 you borrow. Keep in mind you have to have an impound account if you are putting less than 20% down, have less than 20% equity in your home, or are getting a government loan through the FHA or VA programs.
9. Are you a veteran/union member or a banking customer with lots of accounts at your bank?
Special programs abound depending on whom you bank with, how much money you have there, and whether you're a member of the armed services, a veteran, or a union member. Be sure to ask the mortgage professional at your local bank whether they offer any specials for banking with them. You may find that you can get cash back for an auto deposit, a grant for closing costs for being in a particular income bracket, or an extra discount for being a current or retired member of a union.
Make sure you ask any mortgage professional you talk to about any special discounts they can access for your mortgage.
10. What's your home worth?
This is especially important for refinances. Make sure you call your favorite realtor to give you a list of similar houses that have closed within a mile or two of your house in the last 90 days. Don't rely on those online automated value systems: They often pull in all kinds of info from the past year, rather than the most current sales. This extra diligence could save you $375 to $550 on an appraisal if the actual prices of homes sold recently are lower than what you think your house is worth. The less equity you have, or the more upside-down you are, the more you will pay in rates and fees. If you aren't sure what the value is, ask for a best-case/worst-case scenario based on the highest and lowest sale you get from your agent.
If you haven't been asked any of these questions, there is a real chance that the rate and fee quote you got is inaccurate. Keep in mind that many of these pricing adjustments are cumulative. If you forget to provide the information related to even a couple of the questions, your cost could go up by more than $3,000 for every $100,000 you borrow, and your monthly payment could end up much higher than you were initially comfortable with.
This extra research makes finding the best mortgage rates more time-consuming, but the thousands of dollars you'll save will be well worth the extra time.


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Harem: All the Sultan's Women
In recent years Jason Goodwin has been making his name with a series of thrillers about a nineteenth century Ottoman detective and eunuch called Yashim. Before that, in 1998 however, he published a very interesting history of the Ottoman Empire. Here we have featured Caroline Finkel's work on the subject. It is a huge and detailed book but if you are looking for something more lyrical, more literary and, well, more fun then try Goodwin's history. He relies heavily on the accounts of westerners through the ages, such as Ogier Ghislen de Busbecq, whom we have featured here. More than a century later, in this extract from 1688, the French ambassador reported that the "most important occupation of the Sultan's treasurer was to look for new slave girls and to dress them."
In Mehmet IV's harem apartments, he wrote, "the number of women reached four thousand, including those in his mother's as well as his lover's service. Although the plague often devastated such a multitude, their number never fell below two thousand, owing to the careful and continuous recruitment of replacements. All these women were slave girls and even the lowest-ranking ones cost some four or five hundred thalers. They wore the most expensive clothes, belts and fasteners studded with gems, earrings and several strings of pearls. Each mistress of the sultan had the power to free and to give in marriage any slave girls who were in her service or who aroused her jealousy. When these freed women left the palace they took with them all the precious stones and money they had managed to accumulate there." Thomas Dallam allegedly glimpsed them through a little grate in a wall in 1599, believing they were boys until he noticed their plaits, and "britchis of scamatie, a fine clothe made of cotton woll, as whyte as snow and as fine as lane; for I could desarne the skin of their thies throughe it". His terrified guide "made a wrye mouth, and stamped with his foute to make me give over looking; the which I was verrie loth to dow, for that sights did please me wondrous well."
The women could hope either to get on, by producing an heir, or to get out. A woman's chances of bedding the Sultan, though, were extremely remote. Merely to catch the Sultan's fancy was hard enough, for the majority of sultans were essentially family men, and many jealousies had to be allayed, and friendships forged before a girl was allowed to catch his eye. The most important woman in the harem was the Sultan's mother, who was allowed to call him by a name other than Padishah
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. Jason Goodwin. 1998.
[pp. 214-215 / Henry Holt]
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"Jean Francois will be assuming the new role of Technical Manager at Nemaska Lithium as we transition from an exploration company into a lithium hydroxide/carbonate producer," commented Guy Bourassa. "Jean Francois is a recognised industry expert in the lithium battery field and has connections with numerous end users of our products. He will be working closely with our technical consultant, Mr. Gary Pearse, on our technology implementation as well as playing an active role in securing new contracts for our lithium products."
Mr. Magnan is the author/inventor of several patents in the lithium rechargeable batteries field. He holds a Master's Degree in Materials Engineering from Laval University (2000). During his career he has developed and marketed three new technologies related to energy storage and energy management. He is co-author of patents from the University of Montreal, Hydro-Québec and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) on lithium iron phosphate, a new cathode material for lithium ion batteries that is very stable and applicable for large lithium ion battery packs due to its ability to withstand heat. Lithium hydroxide is used in the production of lithium iron phosphate cathodes as well as other cathode materials. These patents have been sub-licensed worldwide by LiFePO4 + C Licensing AG. LiFePO4+C Licensing AG, Muttenz, Switzerland, is an affiliate of Clariant AG.
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My wife is a very attractive half Chinese girl named
Doris. She is small and slim and sexy, and always gets
paid lots of attention. Last year on our holiday we
had a little drunken adventure involving two other
guys, and since then I have longed to watch her
getting well and truly fucked.
The chance came when we were invited to a party with
some friends, but no sooner did we all arrive but some
emergency cropped up and our friends had to leave.
Doris and I decided to stay on at least for a little
while, with our hosts, Mike and Ruth, just the four of
us. Mike and Ruth, who are both in their forties, had
taken a shine to Doris, plying her with drink and
making very flattering remarks about her appearance,
and Doris was getting more drunk by the minute.
Suddenly the atmosphere was very sexy, and I found
myself getting excited, thinking of seeing this older
couple fooling around with my lovely little wife.
Neither Doris nor I knew what they had in store for
When Doris had to go to the loo, Mike was right there
at my side, telling me how lucky I was to have such a
beautiful "fuckable" wife. He was staring at me as he
said this, to judge my reaction, and he must have been
pleased, because he then came right out and asked if I
wanted some fun. My throat was dry but of course, I
nodded yes. He said, "Doris is pretty drunk, I bet
it's easy to get her horny, what do you say?" Again I
nodded my agreement, and he went on, "I think I know
what you would like, you want to see her getting
fucked, don't you." This time I managed a croaky "Yes"
and Mike said, "Right then, we'll have her. Leave it
to us, believe me, you will enjoy watching Doris
taking cock."
Next moment Doris came back into the room. I have to
say that she was wearing dark stockings and high
heels, a short black skirt and a thin white top with
narrow shoulder straps. She is only just over 5ft
tall, long black hair, cute little orientalish face
and a slim 32 figure. She did look good and fuckable,
just as Mike said.
Ruth gave her yet another drink, saying, "Here you
are, girl, there's lots more if you need it." Doris
gulped it down and got her glass refilled immediately.
Ruth turned to her husband and said, "Doris looks
really sexy tonight, doesn't she. I would guess she's
feeling horny. Do you think she would like some cock
fun with us?"
Even in her half drunken state, my wife looked up in
surprise, but didn't actually say anything, and didn't
resist when Ruth led her over to the sofa. It was a 2-
seater and both of them sat down together. Mike left
the room just then, and Ruth put her arm round my
wife's shoulder. She looked down at Doris's legs, and
saw that the short skirt had ridden up almost to her
stocking tops. As Doris tried to pull down the hem a
bit, Ruth stopped her. "Just leave it alone, Doris,"
she said. "I love your outfit, and your legs are so
lovely it's a shame to cover them up." Doris bowed her
head shyly, until she felt Ruth's hand under her chin
jerking her face up. "You want something tonight,
don't you, Doris," she said. Doris was looking
puzzled, her face blushing a little. "You're drunk and
horny and you want some fun," went on Ruth. "Well,
that's what you're going to get. We have plans for
you, darling."
Mike had been answering the door, and came back into
the room just then. Another man was with him, and Mike
introduced him as a good friend, Keith. Oh god, I
thought, this will be good, Doris is going to be well
fucked tonight. I looked towards the sofa. Ruth had
her arm round my wife's shoulder, holding her tight.
"You know you're a slut, Doris, that's why you're
here," she laughed. Her hand was right between Doris's
legs now, under her skirt. Doris's mouth opened but
all she could manage was a low moan. She was blushing
hard, but Ruth was still holding her face up. The men
were grinning as they stared at Doris, and Ruth
laughed again. "She's wearing stockings, mmmm, we like
that! Nice bare thighs!" Then she twisted her hands
into Doris's long black hair. "Tonight, Doris," she
said. "your cunt is anybody's. Do you understand?
Whoever wants your cunt can have it, and will do
whatever they please with it. You understand? Is that
clear enough, my sweet Doris?"
Keith squeezed onto the sofa with the girls, and my
wife seemed to be totally in a daze, not realising
that Keith had put his hand high up on her thigh. I
watched him inching it upwards, dragging the skirt
with him, until his fingers met the bare skin above
Doris's stocking tops. Only now, with her skirt almost
up to her hips and bare white flesh revealed for
everyone to see, did Doris become aware of what he was
doing. "No!" she gasped out, trying to cross her legs
and push his hand away.
Ruth immediately gripped her arms, holding her still.
Doris tried to struggle away, but Keith managed to get
her legs across his lap, and of course the little
skirt went right up round her waist. Now we could see
not just her stocking tops and suspender straps, but
also her tiny black panties which were barely wider
than her cunt lips.
Keith quickly took his belt and pulled Doris's hands
behind her back, wrapping the belt round her wrists.
With her arms now behind her, Doris's firm little tits
jutted out enticingly, and it was an amazing sight to
see her being held down, helpless, her shapely legs
slightly splayed apart, the dark stockings and
suspender straps contrasting with the creamy white
bare thigh flesh above the stocking tops. Her eyes
were glazed slightly, and she was starting to sob. She
had a terrified look on her pretty face as she stared
at Ruth. She was crying now, confused by the drink and
the speed things had happened.
Keith started to take off his clothes, and said he
wanted to see what Doris's tits were like. Like a
flash Mike was pulling her top off, and suddenly my
wife's pert little tits were on display as well.
"Let's see her arse now," Keith mumbled, and
immediately Doris was turned half round to expose her
lovely round arse, the thin ribbon of her black thong
almost invisible between her cheeks. She looked small
and helpless and extremely vulnerable and fuckable as
Keith ran his hands up and down the back of her
thighs, clenching them sometimes round her exposed
arse cheeks. I could see his cock getting hard, just
like mine, as he thought of how in just a few minutes
he would feel it inside Doris's tight cunt, and then
watch everyone else fucking her too. His hands hooked
into the thong, and slowly he pulled the scrap of
material down over Doris's knees. Now my wife was
almost naked, her skirt and top crumpled round her
waist, tits, cunt and arse all bared.
Mike reached for her tits, and Doris gave out a loud
squeal as he pulled roughly at her nipples. Almost
immediately I saw the points start to stiffen up, and
Doris was openly crying now, her beautiful oriental
face blushing with shame as she tried to turn away.
She knew she was helpless, she knew they could do
anything they wanted to her. Keith was stripped now,
and she could see him stroking his cock to hardness by
the side of the sofa. It looked enormous, a good seven
inches of rigid prick jutting out from a forest of
black pubic hair. He pulled Doris's head round to face
him, and pressed the huge knob against her lips. "Take
it in your mouth, Doris," he rasped out. "Suck me."
Doris tried to turn her face away but Keith gripped
her by the hair and pulled her mouth against his
throbbing prick. The cock was huge and Doris had to
stretch her mouth wide open to even begin to close her
lips around it.
Then Ruth reappeared. She was holding a large black
strapon dildo. "I told you, Doris," she said.
"Tonight your little cunt is for anybody who wants
it." My wife caught sight of the dildo and her eyes
went wide with shock. "No!" she stammered, "please,
no." But as she watched, Ruth strapped on the dildo.
It was pure black, about six or seven inches long and
an inch thick. Ruth pushed Keith aside and thrust the
dildo against Doris's mouth. "Suck this, slut," she
ordered. "Make it wet before I fuck you with it."
Everyone laughed, except Doris. Slowly her lips parted
and Ruth worked the dildo into her mouth, pushing and
pulling it as if she was fucking Doris's mouth with
it. At the same time she reached out and began to
fondle my wife's tits, twisting the nipples between
her fingers. The points were already hard, standing
out like little bullets as they were manipulated.
"Spread her legs," Ruth commanded, and Doris felt
eager hands pulling her thighs apart. They bent her
back over the arm of the sofa and held her down, legs
spread well apart, as Ruth strapped on the dildo. And
slowly, inch by inch, she fed the dildo into Doris's
tight cunt. The sight of Doris taking that black
rubber cock into her pussy was incredible. She was
moaning loudly, making sobbing, crying noises.
And then Ruth began fucking her with it. Faster and
faster her hips thrust to and fro, ramming the strapon
cock into my wife's helpless cunt. Each thrust made
Doris gasp out, her tits shaking and her body jerking
as Ruth screwed her relentlessly. Ruth herself was
panting with the effort, building up to her own
climax, her large tits bouncing and swinging as she
fucked on and on. As she orgasmed, she collapsed
forward, shaking and trembling, her hands clutching at
Doris's tits.
Slowly she pulled herself back and the soaking dildo
slid out of Doris's cunt. She looked down at Doris
lying spreadeagled on the sofa and motioned to Keith.
"She's ready for real cock now," she said, and Keith
took her place between Doris's legs. She was still
having to be held down, and watching the hands clawing
at her stocking clad thighs to keep her skirt up round
her waist and her legs wide open ready for Keith to
start fucking her was so good, I had the stiffest,
biggest hard on ever.
Keith's prick was rigid as he pressed it between
Doris's wet cunt lips. His purple knob started to
disappear inside, then he slammed forward and Doris
screamed out as the whole shaft penetrated her juicy
cunt. "God you're so tight," Keith moaned. "You must
have had so many cocks in here… such a beautiful
sexy little slut like you…how many cocks have
screwed you Doris, how many times has this tight
little cunt been fucked…" He pulled back a little
then drove his cock hard into her again. "Tell me,
cunt," he gasped. "How many cocks have shagged you!"
His pace was getting faster, he was getting close to
cumming off inside her. I realised she was saying
something, and managed to hear her whisper, "Don't
know, had a lot of cocks, lot of fucks."
Ruth took hold of Keith's arm and told him to stop
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arse. I had watched her getting well and truly fucked,
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The School of Education Faculty and Staff at Sonoma State University are delighted you are interested in pursuing a career in teaching! We are here to provide as much support as possible to make sure you understand the process by which a teacher becomes credentialed in the State of California.
This six-step guide is intended to provide the basic information you need to know as a potential teaching credential candidate. Please do not hesitate to contact the Credentials Office in the School of Education, Stevenson 1078, at 707-664-2832 or email@example.com with any questions or concerns.
Step 1: Decide what type of a teaching credential you would like to pursue.
Options are:
- Single Subject Credential (to teach a single subject, usually at High School and/or Middle School)
- Multiple Subject Credential (to teach in a self contained classroom, usually Elementary School)
- Special Education Credential (to teach as a Special Education teacher in Elementary School and/or High School/Middle School)
See handouts: Elementary Teaching Pathway Guide, Secondary Teaching Pathway Guide and Education Specialist Pathway Guide)
Step 2: Research undergraduate majors and Subject Matter Competence.
The State of California requires that anyone pursuing a credential meet "subject matter competence". This means that you have to prove to the state that you know the subject area that you will be teaching. Depending on the type of credential you want to pursue, you can meet subject matter competence by either taking the appropriate exams (CSET) OR by completing a subject matter preparation program through your bachelor's degree.
Research undergraduate majors that when completed will either give you subject matter competence or provide content area preparation for the appropriate subject matter exam(s). Meet with a subject matter advisor to review the courses you will need to obtain subject matter competence or preparation as part of your bachelor's degree. Do this as soon as possible to make the most out of your time as an undergraduate at SSU.
(see handouts: guides mentioned in step 1)
Step 3: Take prerequisites, Basic Skills and U.S. Constitution.
Each credential program has different pre-requisites. Check the appropriate program information sheet for the list of pre-requisites you need to take. You DO NOT need to be admitted into a credential program to take the pre-requisite courses. Prerequisites are offered Fall, Spring and usually summer session. You should try to fit the pre-requisites in during your junior or senior year.
The Basic Skills exam is required of anyone who is pursuing a teaching credential. Please review the "program descriptions" found under the "Admissions" link at www.sonoma.edu/education for information on how this requirement can be met. You need to demonstrate you are in progress of passing the Basic Skills requirement to be considered for admission. Requirement must be met in order to start a credential program.
Anyone pursuing a credential in California must also take a U.S. Constitution exam or course. Courses that meet this requirement are usually Political Science 1, Government 1 or a series of U.S. History classes. If you think you have already taken a course that meets the requirement, check with the credentials office to verify. If you need information about approved courses and/or where to take an exam, contact the credentials office.
(see handouts: guides mentioned in Steps 1-2)
Step 4: Seek and document experience working with children and/or adolescents.
It is important to explore teaching and work with children and/or adolescents in order to make an informed decision about pursuing a career in teaching. A minimum of 45 hours of experience working with children/and or adolescents is required before you can begin a credential program.
EDUC 250 is a great class that provides experience in the classroom as well as a challenging curriculum that explores teaching. You can even take this class as a community college student through cross enrollment provided you are taking a minimum of 6 units at the community college. You DO NOT need to be admitted into a credential program to take this course.
Step 5: Research financial aid/scholarship opportunities.
Visit the SSU Scholarship Office in Salazar Hall to find out about scholarships available for students pursuing a career in teaching. Visit the Credentials Office at Stevenson Hall 1078 for information about the APLE loan assumption program; a program designed for future teachers.
(see handout: "Financial Aid Update for Credential and Masters Students" available at www.sonoma.edu/education under "Student Services, Advising & Resource")
Step 6: Apply to the School of Education and to the University.
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text: Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums and seven singles.In 1986, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with another progressive guitarist, Steve Howe of Yes and Asia. The group released a self-titled album that year, which peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded.After leaving GTR, Hackett resumed his solo career and has released albums and toured on a regular basis since. His body of work has encompassed many styles, such as progressive rock, world music, and classical. His playing has influenced guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen, Alex Lifeson, Brian May and Steve Rothery. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.


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Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum (BHV&M) takes you on a journey of years gone by. This collection of our heritage organised as a village is dedicated to preserving the cultural legacy of the old Beenleigh region for current and future generations.
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There are 20 heritage buildings filled with original items used by those who lived in the 1860s and onward. Their extensive collection has been either donated to the Village or were the original products/items belonging in the homes they have on site.
You can see the old St. George Anglican Church, The Beenleigh Council Chambers, Willkie's General Store, the old Dodge fire engines, family homes, the Loganholme One Teacher School, the Post Office and much more.
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When you think of cash-rich companies, the first name that may come to mind is Apple.
But relative to its size, is Apple holding more cash than its peers? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is no.
Apple, the darling stock of retail investors and hedge funds, made waves in the past quarter when its cash number was reported to be at $97.6 billion.
This amount, however, includes cash, short-term and long-term investments, with the latter not always being as liquid as the first two.
On Monday, the CNBC Analytics team published a list of "10 Cash-Rich Companies," which compared cash and short-term investments of individual companies to their assets. Since cash holdings can vary significantly by industry, the slideshow isolated firms with the largest cash holdings within all 10 S&P 500 sectors.
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In the digital era software developers are in the center of innovation. Software in all its forms are requiring a broad set of dependencies of the underlying platforms. As the nature of software is developing towards microservices application runtimes optimized for such use cases become more popular.
As Red Hat integrates a variety of runtimes on top of OpenShift you can be assured that your software will be supported even from a runtime perspective over its lifecycle. This is how Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtime (RHOAR) can help you as a developer to streamline your application production and pipeline while giving you access to the modern tools. RHOAR is one of many topics on the agenda and during this Dev Forum we will focus on what's happening in the OpenShift area.
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Dennis is a town in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1793 and was previously called Yarmouth. It can be found in Barnstable county. For more information, contact the county at 485 Main St., S. Dennis 02660. On the attached map, Dennis is shown as 7 in Barnstable county.
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House of Lies Season 1 Episode 4 recap
Okay, this is ridiculous. House of Lies isn't content to simply reinvent the half-hour 'comedy' genre and inspire in me slavish devotion, it has to start actually reflecting real life and being relevant, making me its full-on wannabe?
This show, if you haven't figured it out yet, isn't about being a management consultant. It's about being a workaholic, enjoying what you do even though you understand it's indecipherable to others. And then trying to figure out, when your work is your whole life, how to fit in an actual life.
I get that this is nothing new, except that on this show people don't learn heartwarming lessons about how nothing matters if you don't have people who love you. Because for a lot of people, that's not true. What you have is the security that work will be there. Work will love you no matter what you screw up in your personal life. That's the mantra for lots of people who work long and hard.
And this is what Marty knows to be true. He loves work because work loves him back. There is a really easy formula here: Work = self worth. Family and personal relationships = confusion and pain. If I have a nitpick about the show this far, it's that Marty's misgivings about his life quite predictably come at the beginning and end of each episode. I understand he's between assignments so it gives him time to think, but nonetheless.
It's worth nothing that the other three on Marty's team call him 'Daddy' and try to model themselves after him – so this week, the humanity-in-the-middle gig went to Kristen Bell. I know she's gotten a lot of do-you/don't-you like her here lately, but she is killing this part.
The do you or don't you tell debate is always more pronounced and clichéd for women. I wish it wasn't, but it is. She faces this dilemma – if she tells the guys what she's like at home, they think she's not 'one of the guys'. Would this affect her in the workplace? From what we've seen, it's pretty clear that she wouldn't be able to talk and play in the same way. That if they knew she made a choice based in looooooooove, they couldn't trust her to be a hardass anymore. If she didn't pick up about as often as they did, she wouldn't be a player. Is that bullsh*t ? Yes. Does it happen every day in much less male-oriented workplaces? Absolutely.
You could be one of the other people – the ones who race in to tell everyone about your news – but that puts you in a category. Dare I say, a women's category. It makes your love life one of the most important things about you. That doesn't always do a lot for your professional image.
Full disclosure – I'll be married this year. (Lainey: DUANA's getting married!!! You cannot imagine how excited we all are about this, for real.) I'm no Jeannie, but I definitely debated how and when to deploy this news, and how to make it seem, at work, as non-cutesy as possible. I seem to be on this tip a lot these days, so I'll spare you the full rant of how the same anxiousness doesn't follow men around, but you've heard it all before.
So Jeannie cheats on her fiancé, and Clyde and Doug continue to add up points, and Roscoe continues to need a dad and to accept the bare minimums of what Marty can provide. I continue to think Marty's acceptance of Roscoe for who he is these days is a bigger deal than he realizes, but given that the show and Marty himself really want me to question whether or not he's a good guy, I'll go ahead and say he could be doing more.
You could be doing more. This is a comedy that will make you uncomfortable. This is a work memoir that you've lived, even though you don't know it. This will make you call up every decision you made on your way to where you are now, professionally. If you're in Canada and don't have Showtime, House of Lies airs on the Movie Network in the east and Movie Central in the west. Get on it. Don't come to me in six months to a year and say you feel like you've missed the boat and it's 'too late' to catch up.
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- The founder of WorldStarHipHop.com, "the largest hip-hop website in the world," died at 43 this week
- Lee O'Denat was born in Queens and founded WorldStarHipHop.com in 2005; officials said he died of heart disease in San Diego
- WorldStarHipHop.com is know for its raw material and has been incredibly popular with young fans of hip-hop
Queens native Lee O'Denat, who founded the popular website WorldStarHipHop.com, has died in San Diego. He was 43.
O'Denat was at a local business on Monday when he became unresponsive, according to the San Diego County medical examiner's office. Paramedics couldn't save him and he died at the scene.
The business was a massage parlor, police told the Los Angeles Times.
The cause of death was heart disease — specifically, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease — with obesity a contributing factor, according to the medical examiner.
O'Denat, a father of three known to fans and friends as "Q," "was a brilliant businessman who championed urban culture, ultimately creating the largest hip-hop website in the world," said a post on the site's Facebook page announcing his death.
He also was "one of the nicest, most generous persons to ever grace this planet," the post said. "We will miss his hearty laugh and warm spirit. WorldStarHipHop will continue in its various endeavors. We ask that you remember Q in your prayers and raise a toast to the sky in his name."
Born in Queens, O'Denat founded WorldStarHipHop.com in 2005. The video content aggregator offers hip-hop and viral videos, often of outrageous, tabloid-baiting events. One clip available as of Tuesday was titled: "Kid Punches A Racist Homeless Man A Few Times For Calling Him The N-Word!"
The site has taken heat for sexual and violent content, but it has been immensely popular with some teenagers and young adults. It was the 314th most popular site in America on Wednesday, according to Amazon's web traffic-tracking site Alexa.com.
A television series based on the site was scheduled to debut next month on MTV2.
The site inspired the shout "World Star!," yelled when something, often a fight, is worthy of being recorded and submitted to the site.
O'Denat was unapologetic about the raw material.
"Hip-hop is for the sex, the drugs, the violence, the beefs, the culture," O'Denat told the New York Times in 2015. "That's the competitiveness of hip-hop, so I felt like the site needed to be R-rated."
"People may be offended by some of the content, but, hey, the Internet is not a censorship boat," he said. "We're the Carnival cruise, man. You don't have to log on."
The site also occasionally has gotten into trouble for using copyrighted material without credit. Rapper 50 Cent won a 2009 lawsuit against O'Denat for using his image without permission.


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One of our user from another domain
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Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Login failed for user 'WATSON\User1'.
when he is trying to access one of our web application that retrieve information from a database.
The web application and the database that the web application use is located in a Windows Server 2008 R2. The machine name is
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Do I need to setup my SQL Server 2008 Enterprise in order to allow domain user such as in this case
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The 15th Ethical Forum took place at the University Foundation on Thursday December 8, 2016, and addressed the question "Is Academia a place for women? The strenuous road from Ph. D. student to rector." The ecvent was very successful, with very good presentations and a lively discussion.
The presentations of most speakers are now available on line, togerthes with a selection of interesting background documents . Click here for the programme and here for the downloads.


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Reviewed by Michael M. (age 9)
This book was awesome because it has cool looking pictures. Also the author uses speech bubbles to tell the story between Hubie and the other characters. I can relate to this story because I am similar to Hubie. I don't like writing book reports and it takes a long time to read stories. Hubie teaches readers to get hooked on a book so it doesn't seem like you're doing work.
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open(10, file=somefile); open(20, file=anotherfile)
do i = 1, numline !numline is the total lines of the somefile
read(10, format1, iostat=stat) x,y,z
if(stat/=0) exit
call subroutine1(x,y,z,val)
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I have seen some of Naruto and Bleach... but is there any other good ones out there like it?
:gasp: I think this is one of the only forms that I know of, that isn't talking about how much they hate or love this or that char. in Naruto or even Bleach, etc. etc. O.o
well, there isn't much point in discussing who they like or hate here since the hardcore fans aren't here
do you like humans x humans or humans x monsters? one piece and flame of recca are fighting too. claymore, d-grayman and kekkaishi, darker than black are more into spiritual fights...tons, actually.
lol I heard that Claymore and D-grayman was good... I was thinking about watching them but school and all. Thanks though ^^ Kekkaishi is funny, I read the mangas. Flame of recca I didn't like all that much. I am really into like myths and such... but I have already seen all of Yami no Matsuei. -shrugs- I appreciate the help though. -hugs-
dragon ball z and shaman king is also have the best fight scene specially the dragon ball z. where can you see a fight that a single shot can destroy our Earth. What I mean here is the creator truly have a creative idea in a single shot Earth will be vanished.
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When he was a young man, Antonio Villaraigosa dropped out of school, was in numerous street fights and had a tattoo inked on his right arm that read: "Born to Raise Hell." In 2005 he became the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872. It was practically scripted: the inspirational tale of a troubled boy from the gang-infested Boyle Heights neighborhood of East L.A. who makes good, goes to city hall and turns Los Angeles into a "city of purpose."
But, until last week, the mayoral tale of Villaraigosa was starting to look like a box-office bomb. In 2007 came revelations of an extramarital affair with a Telemundo newscaster, which seriously hurt his popularity, particularly in the Latino community. His ambitious but ultimately misguided plan for a school-district takeover was defeated in court. A weakening economy and his unsystematic management style led to even more political stasis.
Then last week, Villaraigosa's career got a resurrecting jolt when President Obama appointed him to be chairman of the September 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. The choice was a mild surprise, even though the Democrats are focused on preserving their hold on the Latino vote as the key to victory in November the subject of the latest cover story of TIME. Back in 2008, Villaraigosa had famously endorsed Hillary Clinton over then candidate Obama during the Democratic primaries. While the chairmanship might not hold much real authority, it has already renewed national interest in the mayor, who runs a city that is 48% Latino. And the broader spotlight has allowed him to refresh his local reputation in the City of Angels, a place that hasn't exactly been like heaven for many residents lately.
The mayor's biography despite its blemishes remains his strongest asset. Villaraigosa came from a broken home, in which his father, a Mexican immigrant welder, routinely beat his mother. His father left his family when Antonio was a young boy, and Villaraigosa spent his teenage years in and out of school, getting into scraps and trying to make ends meet with jobs that included shining shoes, selling the daily newspaper La Opinión and working at a car wash.
During his junior year of high school, Villaraigosa dropped out but returned at the encouragement of Herman Katz, his English teacher. After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School, Villaraigosa attended UCLA, where he received a history degree. He became a union organizer and then president of the Southern California branch of the American Civil Liberties Union before getting elected to the California state assembly in 1994. He served as speaker of the assembly from 1998 to 2000, then ran for mayor, lost but was elected to the city council. When he was finally elected mayor seven years ago, the excitement and expectations in Los Angeles during his inauguration, especially among Latinos, were infectious, if unrealistic. The telegenic mayor created much of the excitement. He made numerous grandiose promises, but his lack of understanding of the nuances of city politics and managerial experience hobbled him from the outset. There was a sense that the mayor's office was unfocused and that Villaraigosa's true passion was having his image appear on the local TV news. Then came the revelation of the affair with Mirthala Salinas of Telemundo. The Latino electorate, he tells TIME, "felt let down, more than with somebody else, but I'm in a great place with my family now, and I am proud of that."
Villaraigosa, 59, knows how to adjust his image. He's been doing it for years. Remember that "Born to Raise Hell" tattoo? He had it removed 15 years ago. "Peace, not war," he likes to say now. While he warmly welcomed the Obama appointment, its focus on his Hispanic heritage has also made him slightly uncomfortable. After all, he is the mayor of a huge city that is 52% non-Latino. "I reach out to a broad number of people, I am not seen as ... just as a Latino politician," he says. While he will be trumpeted for his Latino roots in the coming months, he says the "Latino politician" tag frustrates him. He takes pride that he represents all Angelenos "even though half of the people hate me," he laughs. "I am a coalition builder. I think that's the best way to serve the President. Will I also talk to Latinos? Of course! I speak Spanish. But I am comfortable in any community." He looks at this reporter, an Anglo, in the eye, smiles and says, "I am comfortable with you, my brother."


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Walking around Seville, in Andalusia, is one of the most wonderful experiences to be had in southern Spain. Here you will find a magical city, more beautiful and restored than ever. If you also take a stroll amidst the flowers, fountains and the characteristic scent of orange blossom in the historic gardens of one of the city's most emblematic monuments, the Real Alcázar Palace, then the plan is unbeatable.
One of the things about Spain that could make your trip here perfect, is that it is home to some of Europe's oldest gardens. Of these some of the most special are the gardens at the Real Alcázar Palace in Seville, located in the heart of the city, with the UNESCO World Heritage designation. Here are a few reasons not to miss them:
-Before entering the gardens you will have the privilege of looking around the rooms of Seville's Real Alcázar, an ensemble of palaces with more than 1,000 years of history, one of the city's most visited monuments. Explore its patios and lounges, admire its tapestries and variety of artistic styles: Moorish, Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-classical…
-Although you will have seen the beauty of the gardens from the palace balconies, make sure you go outside and take a walk through them. They are unique, and reflect the passing of various historical periods. Which will be your favourite? The Cross Garden, the 12th-century Garden or the Moorish Garden? Perhaps those considered to be more modern, such as the English Garden, the Poets' garden or the Marquis of Vega-Inclán Garden? In all of them you will be free to feel, to take photos, to imagine… Leave your hurries behind and contemplate palm trees, cypresses, pomegranate trees, orange trees, oaks…
-Besides 170 plant species to be found in 60,000 square metres of gardens, you can also enjoy the Grutesco Gallery (a real viewpoint over the gardens), ponds, sculptures, colourful tiles, canals and fountains such as the Neptune Fountain in the Ladies' Garden.
-Spanish kings such as Alfonso X, Peter I or Charles V have walked through this place, and you can find out about the legends that accompany each garden. Did you know that the Prince's Garden got its name when Catholic Queen Isabella gave birth to Prince John in a room whose window overlooked this garden? The Diners Garden, meanwhile, is home to the Pavilion of Charles V, where the Spanish Emperor used to have dinner in the summer.
-Don't miss the season of concerts held in the gardens on summer nights. You will hear the best music under the stars. Furthermore, in the coming months there will be exhibitions held at the Real Alcázar dedicated to the bi-centenary of the Spanish War of Independence, to Easter week and to climate change.
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Besides the Real Alcázar, the Andalusian capital has many parks and gardens that will show you a truly beautiful side of the city. The most famous of these include those at Casa de Pilatos House, Las Delicias Gardens and especially the gardens of María Luisa Park, Seville's main city park, located alongside Plaza de España Square. You can visit it in a horse-drawn carriage.
Seville has special charm and unique monuments. For example, close to the Real Alcázar you will find the Cathedral with its Giralda Tower. Not to be missed either is the city's emblematic Guadalquivir River. You can take a boat trip along it and get a great view of Torre del Oro Tower and the Triana neighbourhood, famous for its tapas bars.
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ARLINGTON -- Prince Fielder, according to the contract he signed with the Tigers, had the right to veto a trade to the Rangers. He chose not to do that, instead accepting a deal that brings him to Texas in exchange for second baseman Ian Kinsler.
"Obviously it's another great team," Fielder said on Thursday. "I don't think it's a bad thing. Obviously I thought it would be good for everybody. I want everybody to be happy."
Fielder spoke briefly on a conference call with Texas reporters one day after the Rangers completed the trade with the Tigers and was formally introduced Monday at a news conference at the Ballpark in Arlington.
The trade comes after Fielder spent just two seasons with the Tigers. He signed a nine-year, $214 million contract with them on Jan. 26, 2012, but was traded after hitting .279 with 25 home runs, 106 RBIs and .457 slugging percentage this past season. The home runs and slugging percentage were both career lows for him.
"Whatever I did last year, I'll do the opposite this year," Fielder said. "It was cool. The season went fine. It is what it is. You can't take it back. We went to the playoffs. We didn't go as far as we wanted to go, but everybody is still alive."
Fielder was 9-for-40 (.225) with no home runs and no RBIs over 11 playoff games as the Tigers were knocked out in six games by the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series. His playoff struggles were noticed by Tigers fans during the three games of the ALCS at Comerica Park and the reaction was not good.
Fielder did not express any ill will toward the Tigers even though his stay in Detroit was much shorter than he expected.
"I understand baseball is a business," Fielder said. "It was all good. We didn't win the World Series ... it happens. It was good. I enjoyed it. I'll miss the fans and miss my teammates, but I'm happy to start new in Texas."
Now he starts over.
"It will definitely be different, it will definitely be new," Fielder said. "I'll take it. I'm happy to be in Texas. Hopefully we'll have a good year."
Fielder, who spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Brewers in the National League, has played 13 games at the Ballpark in Arlington. He is 13-for-49 with four doubles, four home runs, 15 RBIs and a .592 slugging percentage in a ballpark that may be more conducive to his left-handed power swing than Comerica Park. Fielder had a .512 slugging percentage at Comerica, slightly under his career slugging percentage of .527
"I'm pretty excited about it," Fielder said. "I think it will be great."
Fielder, who spent part of his childhood living in Irving while his father Cecil was playing in the Major Leagues, also has no problem with the prospect of playing in the Texas summer heat.
"I kind of like it," Fielder said. "It keeps you loose. It wears you down because I play every day, but the heat is good to get the muscles loose. With me, when it's warm, I feel loose. It will definitely be hot, but I don't think it will be a problem."
The Rangers pursued Fielder two years ago when he was a free agent. General manager Jon Daniels said Texas did not come close to matching the Tigers' offer, but the background work the club did during the process helped in making this trade.
Fielder, who has a high regard for manager Ron Washington, suggested it also helped him in deciding to approve the trade.
"It definitely didn't hurt," Fielder said. "Everybody was real nice. I liked those guys."
The Rangers didn't sign Fielder back then, but now they have him for seven more years. He has $168 million left on his contract, but the Tigers will send the Rangers $30 million spread out over the final five years of the deal.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 104 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
We are seeking your experienced creative minds to design a powerful and innovative website. This website will be the platform of a social entrepreneurial business, called Heroes Too, which seeks to empower people to become everyday heroes in fighting global warming and environmental issues.
Our business model is aimed at creating active partnerships with different businesses, organizations, NGOs and communities who will be wearing the merchandise that we will be selling. Proceeds of our marchandise will go towards land conservation efforts.
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