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Mars has distinct polar ice caps, but Mars also has belts of glaciers at its central latitudes in both the southern and northern hemispheres. A thick layer of dust covers the glaciers, so they appear as surface of the ground, but radar measurements show that underneath the dust there are ...Read More »
Did Mars once have a nitrogen cycle? Scientists find fixed nitrogen in Martian sediments
Javier Martín-Torres, Professor of Atmospheric Science at Luleå University of Technology, is one of several researchers who has found fixed forms of nitrogen in Mars. The research findings are now being published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "This discovery is a new step in assessing whether ...Read More »
HiRISE camera spots long-lost space probe on Mars
The UK-led Beagle 2 Mars Lander, thought lost on Mars since 2003, has been found partially deployed on the surface of the planet, ending the mystery of what happened to the mission more than a decade ago. Images taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, ...Read More »
Martian Rock: Clues to Planet's Habitability
Tales from a Martian rock: New chemical analysis of ancient Martian meteorite provides clues to planet's history of habitability A new analysis of a Martian rock that meteorite hunters plucked from an Antarctic ice field 30 years ago this month reveals a record of the planet's climate billions of years ...Read More »
Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on Mars
A tiny fragment of Martian meteorite 1.3 billion years old is helping to make the case for the possibility of life on Mars, say scientists. The finding of a 'cell-like' structure, which investigators now know once held water, came about as a result of collaboration between scientists in the UK ...Read More »


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Author John Taggart will read "The Rothko Chapel Poem" from his book Loop (1991). Â This American poet and author has written fourteen volumes of poetry, a study of the painter Edward Hopper, and a collection of essays on contemporary poetry. Winner of numerous prizes for his writing as well as NEA fellowships, Taggart's Is Music: Selected Poems was recognized as one of the most important poetry books of 2010.
A book signing and reception for the public will follow the program.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
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For any data set, you can perform the analysis to come up with a value for each average. However, here are a few basic guidelines to help you choose the most appropriate form of central tendency to describe your data. If this is helpful, it would be great if you could please hit the +1 button to share it!
1. For a normal, random distribution of data (evenly distributed), the mean is preferred.
2. For a skewed data set, a median is more appropriate than a mean. The skewed data set (ie. extreme data points) will cause the mean value to be much more extreme than the median, and therefore less central.
3. The mode can be used for non-numerical data. Eg. hair colour in a classroom.
Here are a few examples of where each would be appropriate:
1) students' heights in a classroom
2) temperature over a length of time
1) income of a group of people
2) test scores for a group of students
1) finding the most common hair colour in a room
2) finding the most common car in a parking lot
Hopefully these guidelines will help you to determine which is the most appropriate measure of central tendency to report for your data set.
Again, if this was helpful, please share and hit the +1 for me! :)


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This is really just a stream of consciousness post.
A friend of mine sent along a recent Market Mover's post by Felix Salmon over at Portfolio. Anyway, in reading this, especially the comments, it occurred to me that Buffett will probably ditch the trading operation. Now, I'm not sure who the buyer might be, but considering that trading likely had something to do with making Constellation Energy the target it became, weakening it and increasing the collateral requirements, I can't see MidAmerican holding on. It seems a bit too volatile for Berkshire.
I think about the General Re acquisition some years ago. It took a long time, but Buffett unwound a bunch of contracts that Ge Re had entered into which increased the overall corporate risk exposure. I'll go dig up that story if I have some time. The same forces would appear to come into play now with CEG. Buffett will keep the parts that generate free cash and sell off the bits that detract more than they add, slowly if necessary but quickly otherwise. At least, that's the first thing that comes to my mind.
Its all about risk management, baby. I think that, if nothing else, is the lesson of the week.


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Bizarre Facts About Easter
Easter weekend is full of fun and tradition. We get together with friends and family and hide eggs, boil crawfish, paque' eggs and all sorts of other fun stuff. However, when you start looking into the Easter holiday, you can start finding some pretty interesting and strange things.


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Department of Sustainable Construction
Management and Engineering
Name: Paul Crovella
Title: Instructor – Sustainable Construction Management
Phone: (315) 470-6839 (voice)
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
My current research involves providing better information for the reuse and rehabilitation of timber structures.
After spending a summer working as a timber framer while studying engineering and architecture in college, I developed a strong interest in the strength and structural performance of timber buildings. Since starting my current research project, I have been working to develop a non-destructuve method for assessing the structural characteristics of timber joinery. The goal of the research would be to assist design and construction teams in their work to efficiently adapt and reuse timber buildings for current needs.
For more information on the procedure for Preserving Timber Structures with Non-destructive Evaluation of Critical Joinery, click here
Crovella, P. L. and G. H. Kyanka. 2011. Use of vibration techniques to determine the rotational stiffness of timber joints. Proceedings of the Structural Health Assessment for Timber Structures Conference. Lisbon, Portugal. 12pp.
Crovella, P.L. and G.H. Kyanka 2013. Preserving timber structures with non‐destructive evaluation of critical joinery. Proceedings of 18th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation Symposium. Madison, Wisconsin. 7pp.
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James Brown - I am a first semester graduate student in the Construction and Construction Management program here at ESF. Currently I am comparing and contrasting the construction issues of onshore and offshore wind projects. I have always been fascinated with clean forms of energy and feel our country is headed down the path of making these technologies commonplace. Here at ESF the faculty has done a superb job of both guiding and challenging me along my educational pathway by presenting real world problem for me to solve. I believe ESF exposes their students to real world concepts that are needed to meet both the traditional and emerging construction management job markets needs. I invite anyone interested in studying these emerging markets to contact the faculty or myself and come tour our Syracuse facilities.
Alexander Deuell - Alexander matriculated at SUNY ESF in January of 2009 upon graduating from The State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, where he received a BA in Environmental Science. Alexander is a working towards his Master's of Science in Construction and Construction Management. His main focus in his coursework as well as research is sustainability. He feels that sustainability is a vital concept to the built environment as well as global society. He is currently is developing his thesis research on performance of building envelope air sealing systems.
"The Department of Sustainable Construction Management and Engineering is a good place for students who already have a well formed idea about where they want to focus their research. I came to the program knowing that I wanted to study sustainable construction, though I did not know what specifically. This has slowed the development of my thesis, as there were no projects sitting on the shelf ready for me to run with. That being said, it does present students with the opportunity to come up with their own unique ideas and projects. The faculty at SUNY ESF is receptive to new and innovative ideas and encourages interdisciplinary partnership and collaboration."
Alexander graduated with an MPS in 2011, and is working as a construction manager in Rochester, NY.
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Quantifying the Benefits of Rural Deconstruction
Commercial Builidng Airtightness
Crovella, P.L. 2010. A Comparison of Techniques to Measure Commercial Building Infiltration Rates. IAQVEC 2010. Syracuse, NY. 8 pp.
Metal Plate Connected Wood Truss Joints
Crovella, P L. and K.G. Gebremedhin. 1990. Analyses of light frame wood truss tension joint stiffness. Forest Products Journal, April 1990, 41-47.
Gebremedhin, K. G. and P. L. Crovella. 1990. Load distribution in metal plate connectors of tension joints in wood trusses. Transactions of the ASAE 34(1):281-7.
Crovella, P. L. and K. G. Gebremedhin. 1988. Improving wood truss design by optimizing metal plate connectors. ASAE Paper no. 88-45117. St. Joseph, MI. 19pp.
Gebremedhin, K. G. and P.L. Crovella. 1990. Analysis of light frame wood truss joints using an elastic foundation model. Proceedings of the International Timber Engineering Conference. Tokyo, Japan. 709-15.
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Ans. Due to domestic market protection, the US FDA has been slow to approve of German lasers. For example, the earlier laser we used-The Wavelight Eye Q, was used by us for 4 years before being launched in the US. Now this is a popular laser in the USA. Wavelight platform is US FDA approved. The Concerto is the 3rd generation laser which is a concept laser and hence very few have been made. It has the European CE approval.
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text: The State Theater, in downtown New Brunswick, serves as a cultural and artistic anchor for the city. Farewell Architects was charged with studying the architectural possibilities of this institution's desire to increase capacity, expand their programming for dance and theatrical venues, along with compliance with the required barrier free circulation of those spaces. This was accomplished both with stage consultants and price estimation. A design solution that both respected the urban context of a pedestrian oriented Livingston Street and the 1921 facade was developed. The proposed design not only showcases the activities within the spaces but also gracefully transition from new to old by the thoughtful section of planes and material selection.


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• Pilots love Brightline bags.• More bag system than bag, they consist of interchangeable sections that can be zipped or clipped together in a dizzying number of configurations.
Finding the perfect carry-on bag is a bit of an oxymoron: what you need to pack can vary wildly, depending on your destination and the length of your trip.
But according to TravelPulse, there is one suitcase that even pilots can't get enough of.
Technically a bag system rather than a single suitcase, BrightLine Bags (to buy: amazon.com, from $130) are interchangeable sections that can be zipped or clipped together in a dizzying number of configurations.
Chris Cooke, a pilot with a major domestic carrier, told Travel + Leisure he has in fact seen pilots toting BrightLine Bags. "Most pilots carry computer bags or some type of over-the-shoulder, backpack-type bag," Cooke added.
Fortunately, aviation experts (and frequent flyers of all stripes) can alter just about every aspect of the bag. There's even a panel with backpack straps, for example, or a clip-on handle. Every space, pouch, and pocket has a distinct function: a place to keep all of your carry-on essentials, including business cards and a camera.
If you're wondering why you haven't heard of BrightLine Bags yet, it's likely because they're designed with aviation experts in mind (a convenient space for your pre-flight check list, a pocket for storing fuel testers, a zippered compartment for your headset). And to be sure, these bags prioritize function over design. They're hardly the sleek, retro-inspired Rimowa Salsa Air.
As the president of BrightLine Bags told TravelPulse, the bags are purposefully marketed toward "the field professional," like pilots and cops.
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It was just a few minutes past 10:00 PM on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. I was driving down the 91 west, back from a boring day at work. I was listening to the radio show, "This American Life," episode #81 entitled, "Guns." In it, a man was describing his near-death experience of being shot, several times, at point-blank range.
An ambient music interlude had just taken over the vocals and then, out of the darkness, a red car appeared, completely still and unmoving. I brake hard, but not hard enough, not fast enough, and I crush its trunk with a terrible clang of metal and glass. The glove compartment explodes outward at me as the airbag seems to form from nothing.
In the very next moment, my car is a terrible, monstrous wreck and there is smoke everywhere. I hit my warning lights and turn off the engine. I can almost taste the fumes. I can certainly feel them burn. The airbag is now deflated over my steering wheel. I curse, I panic, and I look out my mirrors to make sure no cars are coming. I shamble out of the car in my shattered state.
The driver I hit seems to be okay. He's outside of his car, too, and I just see the glitter of scattered glass across lane 1 of the freeway. I know my next move. I am an adult. I call the police, get a police report, we exchange info, I call home, this is how it works. I pat down my pockets and find that I don't have my phone.
I remember: It's in the glove compartment. I don't bring it with me into the store anymore, to resist the temptation of answering it on the job. I open my door, lean inside, post my knee on the driver seat and reach for the glove compartment.
The car is hit again, and I feel a thunder pass through me.
Thought: This is death.
My body bounces around in the vehicle, like the tiny pea inside of spray paint cans. There is always a second hit when it comes to freeway accidents, and I forgot this. My car enclosure spins, there is noise and cacophony, there is exploding glass and a blurry world. I am now facing the center divider of the busy freeway, taking up the carpool lane, and there is still more smoke. Tiny stars of glass cover the inside, and my interior is no longer recognizable.
I curse, feel my torso to make sure I have not been impaled or worse. I find pain, burning stinging pain, all over. But overall, I am whole and mobile and feeling. It is a wonder that the second hit didn't do worse. I am crouched on my driver's seat, trying to find a way out. I try the door: it doesn't open. The passenger door is twisted, indented metal and I don't bother. I consider the window, which has been busted open, but my driver side door works with a little more force. I crawl out, checking my torso again.
We are an unhappy three-car accident, now. The third car, the unknowing perpetrator of the second hit, he gets out of his car and stands next to me. We look at each other in our breathless stupefaction. We try to explain to each other, not in defense, but because we just needed to hear our voices, to have a witness to our miracle. We don't really listen to each other, just telling each other what happened, at each other.
I find the first driver.
"What happened?" I ask, with an exasperated breath.
"My car just died on me."
"Just died?"
"Right in the middle of the freeway."
"Holy shit."
I peer into the wreck that was my car, my transportation, a staple of my life. I reach in through the glass-less window, into the wreck where my glove compartment was. I save my insurance card, my iPod, my manual. The rest I toss onto the floor; a set of playing cards, an old mini trophy, unreadable papers. I need my phone; I need contact with familiar people, some direction. I don't find it.
A man in a neon vest is here. I realize he's not part of the accident, just a bystander that stopped to help. He takes a video of the damage, and asks if I wanted a copy for insurance purposes. I give him my e-mail, and I borrow his phone and call home. No one picks up. I leave an urgent message.
It is not long before a fire truck has come, and a firewoman is here to ask if anyone's hurt.
"I'm fine, I just feel cuts everywhere."
"Does anything hurt?" she asks.
I take a step out of my body and evaluate myself. My back is sore. But then again, there was a lot of lifting at work. My left leg, in particular, hurts. Unsurprising. But enough to warrant a trip to the hospital?
"Can I wait for my family to get here?"
"By then we'll be gone, but they can take you to the emergency room if you decide to by then. The ambulance is almost here. I'll give you a minute to think about it."
A fireman approaches me minutes later, asking the same questions. I think of freak accidents I've heard of, of people seemingly okay only to drop dead moments later. I didn't want to be a cautionary tale. I think about being a ghost story told to scare children.
Thought: Fuck it. I have health insurance for this reason.
"Yeah, I think ... I think I'll go."
"Where does it hurt?"
I tell him my back is sore. Somehow that translates to neck and back, and they put me in a neck brace, onto a hard board and load me onto a stretcher. I see the sky: Black, pristine, enormous. The driver of the 3rd car, the one who rocked me with the second hit, decides to go to the hospital too. He gets to sit in the ambulance, though. I overhear from the police report that he's 58. I tell them I'm 22. They ask me my age, my birthdate several times to see if I have all my bearings.
I answer them. Something in my throat makes my voice shake. The epinephrine rushing my veins makes my fingers tremble. They ask for my ID, I pull out my wallet and give it to them. They give both back and leave it on my belly. I clutch it as they strap me down and stare at the sky. I can't see anyone's face. They begin to wheel me smoothly to the ambulance, and it is like lying in a gently rowing boat.
Thought: I have to remember this. I have to know this for writing.
When I am inside the ambulance, I stare at a little box in the ceiling that reads, "OXYGEN." There is a little hole where, I presume, you attach a tube to get said oxygen. I stare at it, because I don't want to close my eyes.
The third driver sits on the bench, at my feet. His accent is thick, Latin. He is concerned about his chest pain from the pull of the seatbelt. I know what he means.
The last significant car collision I experienced was as a passenger in a 9-seater van. In the swerve and smoke, I felt nothing, no fear, no adrenaline, just confidence in my survival, or, at least, satisfaction with my existence thus far. This was the complete opposite. I was awake, in the world, aware not only of my fragile hell, but also of my incredible fortune. It's the second hit that blew my mind, the one that, by all logic, should have left me in pieces. A side impact, improperly seated, partially outside of an open door - it was madness.
The drive seems short, but I would later find out that my perception of time has been accelerated. The whole ordeal, I would have estimated, was an hour at most. It turns out I had been alone in that hospital for two hours.
They wheeled me in through some small door and placed me underneath a flat screen TV. I listen to the nurses around me, partaking in their conversation. A far cry from ER, or even Scrubs. I mostly remember it for being small and an aged yellow.
"What do you have here?" asks a hospital staffer to the EMT wheeling me in.
"Car accident," he says.
"Are they together?" she asks, gesturing to the other driver.
"Yeah. Same accident, different vehicles."
I am wheeled into the very next door and placed against the wall. I feel utterly still in my straps and examine where the pain is coming from. A nurse comes; she has black, curly hair and a naturally upbeat attitude. She reminds me of a character from Grey's Anatomy, even though I have never watched an episode of that show. She checks my blood pressure, my mental abilities, my information.
Thought: Don't close your eyes, not even for a minute.
I describe my pain, where the soreness is coming from. When I say my leg, particularly my shin, hurts, she pulls up a pant leg and tells me there's an abrasion, whatever that is. They don't say cuts or scrapes in hospitals. A girl my age in a black hoodie takes notes on a paper pad as the nurse describes my injury. It is then that I learn there are cuts on my face, too.
The nurse leaves after deciding it is safe enough to remove my neck brace and get me off the hard board. She leaves to attend to some thing or another. I am clutching my wallet, a card for the police report, my library card that had fallen out, and my ID. The EMT hands me a piece of paper for the nurse. I feel like the little plastic desk organizers that we sell at my work.
I get a hospital bracelet. It is white, glossy, plain Arial font and bar-coded. It also reminds me of work, this time the price tags I stare at all day. I realize work is a dumb thing to think about, but maybe it's for the distraction. I lift my heavy head, which sloshes around in daze, and I examine my shin cut. I see only blood, but cannot move much more due to the muscle pain.
It feels like the morning after a hard work out. It feels like losing a fight.
I notice they wrote on the paper bed sheet notes about my pain in dark lead. For the most part, they are indecipherable doctor-scribbles. I make out the word, "Pain" and an arrow pointing to my lower back. Something incomprehensible is written by my leg.
My fingers are still trembling, still clasping, and I am still living in the ceiling world. At least I have this softer bed. I can't help but think about that second, treacherous hit. I think about my family, I think about friends. Moisture swells in my eyes, but not only for me, but for the very fact that this happens every day and many are not as lucky as I. Not everyone gets to limp away from that, and for some reason picturing this happening but with far worse results tore me up.
This was just A Crash, and thinking of this, this game changing event of my life thus far, as just anything was horrifying. It was existential dread, empathy for others, and awareness of mortality all wrapped into one.
I think about trying to accommodate for my post-crash future. I would have to call-in tomorrow and explain. Those are unpaid days. I would have to get a new car, and that's money down the drain. I worry about how I'm going to see my friends this weekend without a car.
I wonder if this might just be another bad dream. I had similar life experiences in my sleep, and the moment I start to consider the possibility that this is all a dream, I usually wake up. Nothing happens. I don't start to feel my body in my bed, my mind doesn't open up. I am still on this stretcher. I start to wish for the mundane, sedentary boringness of the everyday. I eagerly anticipate reading in bed, or clicking a mouse, or just sitting outside. I keep remembering the accident, and it's a memory I don't want to have.
But I know that I'm here and that works too.
The nurse comes back.
"Do I get to make a phone call?"
She smiles.
"Well, it's kinda like prison, except you get to make as many phone calls as you want!"
She continues like that the whole hour I'm lying in wait, strapped and shaking and confused. It wasn't offensive or enraging, simply alien. I lay restricted, post-trauma, post-life-or-death scenario, trembling and existential and reevaluating life choices. And she's giving me the rehearsed enthusiastic humor that I normally give to customers looking at ink cartridges.
No less than five different staffers come see me, each with different tasks. Some run a test or two, some have me sign things. As I sign a paper that allows them to treat me, I notice a glint in my palm. Against the light bulbs in the ceiling, I see a tiny fiber of glass sticking out of my hand. I finish signing the paper and pick at it. It's no bigger than a splinter, almost inconspicuous. I pluck it out. It is tough between the pinch of my fingernails. I wonder how many microscopic shards are embedded within me.
It is strange to be in a hospital, alone. Although professionals are mending you, in your own mind, you are looking after yourself. The forms, responsibilities, emotional support all come from your own person. You are your own shoulder, your own held hand.
Thought: I am an adult.
A guy named Lee wheels me to the X-Ray room, where they check my back and leg. It is a huge, hulking, beige machine on ceiling tracks. I have difficulty moving into the positions he requires due to the stiffness of my limbs. I note that I can't make my left foot bend upright in a 90 degree angle as I lie down, as it just won't bend all the way. Later I learn this is a light sprain, the worst of my meager injuries.
I am wheeled back to my familiar spot and listen to the ambience of conversation amongst the nurses. "Trust me, if someone were to kidnap me, I'd be kicked right out of the car in a few minutes." The other nurses laugh, for they have context.
I wish for a paper pad, or just someone to talk to. It's a small room where my stretcher rests against a wall. A curtain is drawn, hiding a bed, but I know there is an old person and a baby in there, because the nurse is making baby noises. She calls the baby beautiful, the baby makes beautiful noises back.
I have nothing to do but wait for my phone call and the results of my x-ray. I stir in my mind, in flashbacks of the first and second hit, and the craziness of this universe. I wonder at the absurdity of car accidents, how inescapable they are sometimes, how dangerous it is, and how there must always be a second hit. What are you to do in that instance between hits? How, in your panic, can you ensure that you are best prepared for whatever is probably going to come next? How do you know where is a safe place to stand, where "out of the way" points to?
Thought: I need to make some positive twists to my life story.
My eyes well up for the second time, but I do not let a thing fall. The nurse cleans my wounds with hydrogen peroxide. It increases the sting, and I endure it. She misses a cut that she doesn't see, on my underarm, inside my sleeve. I fail to mention it and the pain passes.
My mother and sister come, to my surprise. I hadn't been able to tell them where I was, that I was even going to the hospital. Their investigative skills were sharp, and my mid-pandemonium voice mail was not in vain.
I relay my tale to them, glad to be able to talk and have company. It is not long before I am signed out. I am surprised to find it past midnight. After a few more forms, a prescription for vicodin, and a relaying of insurance information, I stiffly climb into a wheelchair. I see the baby, lying up in a bed, smiling at an older gentleman who is watching me shamble. He looks back to his child and loved one.
I can barely sit up without wincing, and any attempt at standing or walking favors my left leg in a limp. New stinging pains make themselves known. It seems stillness makes everything okay, at least, until you decide to move and all that built-up hurt comes back. Classic muscle fatigue. I am told it will get worse on day two and three, that my shin bruise will swell up. I think about vicodin and home.
When I am home, I take a shower that feels like fire for the first few seconds. It is as if even the tiniest red pore on my pock-marked skin is ablaze. The water runs down, and I examine the unseen burns and cuts in the mirror. A bruise here, a cut there. Abrasions like tiger stripes.
I empty out my pockets and find two fragments of glass, small as dimes. They look like crystals with intricate honeycomb patterns, shining and rolling across the landscape of my palm.


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Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival is proud to present the WORLD PREMIERE of THE PERFECT HOST: A SOUTHERN GOTHIC TALE (Wednesday, August 22 - 7:30PM at Flix Brewhouse)! Director Derrick Sims will be in attendance and will do a Q&A after the screening, host by Austin Chronicle Screens Editor Richard Whittaker.
SYNOPSIS: While sorting her dead grandmother's affairs, a young woman boards in an eerie, southern mansion and soon discovers the matriarch may desire more than just her company.
"I had the privilege of introducing writer/director/cinematographer Derrick Sims' last film to the world, when COME MORNING premiered at Austin Film Festival in 2012," says Bears Rebecca Fonté, OWA Founder and Artistic Director. "THE PERFECT HOST features the same measured tension and complex character interactions as that film, this time set in a small Arkansas town and with a classic Southern Gothic aesthetic. We are so lucky to have snagged this World Premiere of a very talented southern filmmaker."
Starring: Suilma Rodriguez (GOTTA KICK IT UP!, LOOKING: THE MOVIE); Janis Duley (CLOSE CALLS, A PHONE IN THE ATTIC); Chase Ryan Jeffery (AMERICAN VIRGIN, EXPOSED); Tom Herod Jr. (ONCE IS ENOUGH); Siobhan Doherty (SUPER(FLUOUS), MY NAME IS BURNS)


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What are Superlink payments?
Superlink (also referred to as flexilink) provides you with the option to partially pay for your life insurance premiums through your super fund, and pay the remainder directly to the provider.
By using a Superlink payment structure, there are some cover options that become available that are not usually accessible when your premiums are paid only through your super fund.
Impact on Income Protection and Life Insurance benefits
With some insurers, by splitting the payments of your income protection or life insurance premiums between your super fund and outside of it, you can access certain benefits that are available only when your cover is paid entirely outside of your super fund.
For instance, with some insurers you have access to a Specified Injury Benefit. This means if you suffer from a condition or injury listed in the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), you will receive the monthly benefit amount in advance for a specific period, regardless of your waiting period.
These differences vary greatly between insurers, so it's always important to check the relevant PDS when deciding what option is right for you.
Impact on total and permanent disability (TPD) definitions
TPD cover provides a lump sum payment if you become permanently disabled and unlikely to work again. For clarity at the time of claim, the definition of disability is built into the policy with a couple of options for you to select from, including any occupation, own occupation and activities of daily living.
Definitions can vary between insurers, but generally speaking 'any occupation' means that you're unable to return to work in any job that you're suited to by experience, qualification or training. While 'own occupation' means you're unable to return to the occupation that you were most recently employed in.
When your policy is set up through your super fund, sometimes your options are limited to 'any occupation', however, by having the Superlink structure you can access the 'own occupation' definition outside of superannuation, depending on the insurer you go with.
What about Superlink claims?
When you claim on a policy split with the Superlink structure, your claim payment may also be split. This means the tax implications still apply for the component held through your super.
For Total & Permanent Disability insurance, the policy may require you to claim under the superannuation definition of a permanent disability, before you can claim on the non-superannuation definition (or vice versa), so please ensure you read the Product Disclosure Statement.
To learn more about Superlink and life cover through super, call one of our qualified consultants on 13 54 33.


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Hotels and Resorts in Sunderban
Located amidst lush green surroundings, United 21 Resort features a graceful ambience. The resort offers a luxurious stay to the guests in a serene atmosphere. Warm hospitality of the resort lures the guests as they experience a hassle free stay here. An ideal resort for leisure travelers, the resort is designed with narrow attention on interiors and exteriors of the resort. The multi-cuisine on-site restaurant gives you an opportunity to gorge on appetizing dishes cooked using the best ingredients. For wildlife enthusiasts, the resort arranges jungle safaris to explore the wildlife of Sunderban National Park.
Simple yet appealing decor of the rooms attracts the guests. The rooms have a soothing ambience, and guests can also enjoy the view of the lush greenery outside through the windows. Also, the rooms feature all creature comforts.
Accoommodation : The resort has 18 rooms and 2 tents which are classified as A/C Standard Rooms, A/C Deluxe Rooms, A/C Triple Bedded Rooms, A/C Quadruple Room and Non A/C Tent.
If you want to cancel your hotel booking due to some reason(s), you have to provide a written cancellation report to us. You are liable to pay appropriate cancellation charges in such case which will be effective from the day we receive your written cancellation request. Deductions will be made on the basis of the following slab:
The resort is located in village Pakhiralay and is accessible by ferries. If one wishes to reach the resort by air, the nearest airport is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International which is approximately 140 kms away. Howrah railway station is around 95 kms from the resort. Guests can also visit Sagar Island, Jambudweep, Sudhanyakali watchtower, Buriidabri Tiger Project, Netidhopani Watchtower, Haliday Island, Kanak, and Sajankhali Bird Sanctuary which are near to the resort.


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There is certainly no shortage of products in the beauty sector. Everything from skin care to eyeliner to nail polish, there is something for everyone that corrects, contours, and conceals. Often we don't take into consideration just what the process is to create items that we need and use on a daily basis. The reality is, most of our products take years to conceive, create, and conduct beauty product trials, before being put on the market. Here is a closer look at how your favorite blush or eye serum has made it to the store shelf.
Conceive the Possible
Conception is just the beginning of creation of a product. Companies listen to their consumers' needs and develop ideas based on those needs. Have a hard time finding that right cleanser for your combination skin? Tell your favorite beauty product company! They love that sort of feedback because if they can create what it is you are looking for, they want to keep you brand loyal. When it comes to makeup, they often turn to makeup artists who work with fashion designers to learn about new fashion trends and create their very own trends. At the same time, they will listen to consumers when an eyeliner isn't easy to apply or the mascara just doesn't add volume like they want. Companies will also look at the cost and retail value of the new idea. If it's a high-end company, the price point has to be just right. If the company caters to the drug store shopper, they are going to make sure that the ingredients aren't so expensive to make the product unaffordable to their consumer base.
Create What They Want
Once an idea has met all of the criteria, it's time to actually make the product. This is where the chemists are at their most important because they certainly don't want to mix ingredients that don't mesh well. Almost all products in the store don't match the original concept. Sometimes during the process, a new product can be "accidentally" discovered. We may not think of this process as all that scientific but it's actually crucial. Especially when products are designed for helping with health issues such as psoriasis or eczema. Not only does the scientist figure out how to relieve symptoms, they can also add ingredients to improve the health issue. Although it sounds counter-intuitive to fix a problem and lose a customer, it's the exact opposite. If Dove can help you solve your skin problem, you are more likely to use other Dove products and they know it!
Testing and Trials
Once the product has been conceived and created, they go to consumer trials to be tested for their effectiveness. Anytime you hear "4 out of 5 women agree…" that product has been tested to prove those claims. Trial companies will test products on a panel of volunteers to test out the product for a certain amount of time. Those volunteers report on things like effectiveness, how long it takes to work, strange or pleasant odors, and how the product feels. Ineffectiveness and unpleasantries with the product will often send the items right back to the scientists to work on it again. At the same time, if a volunteer discovers a different side effect that helps another issue, that can be reported so that the company can work with those potential newfound products.
It can take years for your favorite beauty product company to create the next makeup craze or latest healing product for your face. If you truly want to appreciate all the hard work goes into it, some companies now work with consumers to create their own products, such as a facial cleanser, that you can get faster and understand the process better.


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California Is Failing The Prison Test
The California Legislature has failed several times to change backward sentencing and parole policies that keep the state's prisons dangerously overcrowded with too many minor offenders sent to jail for too long. These failures, which have driven up corrections costs by about 50 percent in less than a decade, came home to roost earlier this month, when a federal court ordered the state to cut the prison population significantly. Days later, an ominous riot broke out in the men's prison in Chino.
The time for ducking this issue has clearly passed, but a reform plan approved by the State Senate after being championed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is in danger of being gutted in the Assembly. Democratic lawmakers who should know better are running scared of the prison guards' union and of being labeled "soft on crime."
The heart of the problem is California's poorly designed parole system. A vast majority of states use parole to supervise serious offenders who require close monitoring. California has historically put just about everyone on parole. According to a federally backed study released last year, more people are sent to prison in California by parole officers than by the courts, and nearly half of those people go back on technical violations like missed appointments and failed drug tests.
The reform package that passed in the Senate would allow the state to focus parole efforts on serious offenders and end the costly practice of cycling people back to jail for technical violations. Under another provision, low-risk offenders like the elderly and the infirm could be removed from costly medical care in prison and sent to alternative custody nursing homes, where they would be monitored with electronic ankle bracelets. Low-risk inmates who completed college degrees or vocational programs would earn credits shortening their sentences.
This bill should have easily passed in the Assembly, which has a Democratic majority supposedly in favor of reform. But the Democrats, many of whom are running for other offices, are clearly fearful of even taking a vote that would allow a sick, 80-year-old inmate to spend what remains of his life in a nursing home wearing an ankle bracelet.This is a low moment for Democrats in California. Those who put their parochial career interests ahead of the public good deserve to be called to account for it.


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Air Ways
International Connection:
Nepal Airlines is the national flag carrier of Nepal with flights to/ from Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Bangkok, Doha and Hong Kong. Other International airlines operating from and to Kathmandu are Air Arabia (Sharjah), Air Asia (Kuala Lumpur), Air China (Lhasa, Chengdu), Biman Bangladesh (Dhaka), China Eastern Airlines (Kunming), China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou), Dragon Air (Hong Kong), Druk Air (Delhi, Paro), Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi), Flydubai (Dubai), GMG Airlines (Dhaka), Indian Airlines (Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi), Indigo Airlines (Delhi), Jet Airways (Delhi, Mumbai), Jet Lite (Delhi), Korean Air (Seoul), Malaysian Airlines (Kuala Lumpur), Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi, Islamabad), Qatar Airways (Doha), RAK Air (Ras al- Khaimah), Silk Air (Singapore), Spicejet (Delhi), Thai Airways (Bangkok)and United Airways (Dhaka).
Domestic Connection:
Nepal Airlines has an extensive network of air services to major parts of the country. Besides Nepal Airlines, other domestic airlines (there are more than 18 in operation) provide regular and charter services to popular domestic destinations. Many domestic airlines operate early morning, one-hour mountain flights round the year.
Airport Tax:Airport tax is already included in the international air ticket, therefore, passengers departing for international destinations from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu do not need to pay airport tax at the airport during departure. However, for domestic travel within Nepal airport tax is included in ticket fare for flights from Kathmandu, while for flights from other parts of the country one has to pay airport tax at the domestic airport before departure.
Road Ways
All visitors entering Nepal by land must use these designated entry points and may not enter from any other point:
(1) Kakkarvitta
(2) Birgunj
(3) Belhiya, Bhairahawa
(4) Nepalgunj
(5) Dhangadi and
(6) Mahendranagar in the Nepal-India border and
(7) Kodari in the Nepal-China border.
|Approx. Distance (border towns to major cities)
|Nearest Railways Station in India
|Siliguri- Kakkarvitta- Kathmandu
|620 km
|New Jalpaiguri (NJP)
|550 km
|280 km
|Raxaul (RXL)
|280 km
|Gorakhpur (GKP)
|Rupaidiya-Jamuna (Nepalgunj)- Kathmandu
|520 km
|Rupaidiya / Nanpara
|Gauriphanta-Mohana (Dhangadi)-Kathmandu
|630 km
|Gauriphanta/ Paliya
|Banbasa-Gaddachauki (Mahendranagar)- Kathmandu
|715 km
|Banbasa/ Tanakpur
|185 km
|Gorakhpur (GKP)
|145 km
|Gorakhpur (GKP)
|26 km
|Gorakhpur (GKP)
Please note that overland tourists entering Nepal with their vehicles must possess an international carnet or complete customs formalities.


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Where To Buy
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Freedom in Love 2020
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Iconics Bridal Collection
Styling Additions
Our Story
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All Stockists Charlie Brear
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Freedom in Love 2020
Day for Night 2019
Iconics Bridal Collection
Styling Additions
Our Story
Our Brand
Where To Buy
All Stockists Charlie Brear
London Flagship Showroom
Asia Pacific
Contact Us
Presenting Charlie Brear's #FridayBridE MARSHA
This week, the Friday Bride team brings you to
Upwaltham Barns
, for an eclectic and colourful wedding that offered fun and celebration for all ages!
Our blushing bride, Martha, wore our iconic
Torum dress
with lace sleeves and a lace sash. Soft waves and delicate flowers adorned throughout Marsha's hair added innocent beauty to this one-of-a-kind wedding!
Marsha & Hugh's wedding pictures were captured by
Danni Beach Photography
Please describe the style of your wedding
Rustic, relaxed, barn wedding
When and where did your partner propose to you?
We were on holiday in Cornwall. Hugh and I had been together for 10 years and I had pretty much given up on the idea of ever getting married, but we had just bought a lovely house together. We went on a day trip to the Lost Gardens of Heligan and were having a very silly morning when Hugh just pulled out a ring and sort of blurted out will you marry me. In retrospect I really should have guessed something was up, he had phoned my dad to say Happy Birthday in the week prior to our holiday without waiting for me to be home, and he had been carrying around a massive backpack all day (which he generally refuses to do!) from which he produced a bottled of champagne. Amazing start to a holiday.
Which dress did you choose and why? And where did you buy it from?
I choose the
Torum dress
with lace sleeves and the lace sash. I visited the 'old' at the Charlie Brear showroom in London.
How was your experience shopping for your wedding dress? ( was it easy, was it memorable, was it fun?, was the decision tough?)
My shopping first trip was fun as I went with one of my best friends and tried on lots of dress I would never wear and got a great idea of what I didn't want. However, when the hunt got real I was really struggling to find anywhere with dress I liked (no bling or poof did not seem to exist!). I popped into Charlie Brear on the way home from work on one of their open days and it took me about 5 minutes to know that my dress was there somewhere! I came back on another day by myself and shortlisted two dress before my bridesmaids came along. I really could have worn a couple of the dress from the collection, but the look on their faces when I put on the Torum dress told me it was the one!
What would your advice be to other brides shopping for a wedding dress?
Try going by yourself to shortlist a few that you really love before bringing spectators. It is lovely to share the experience and have feedback, but I felt a bit of pressure to please everyone and take everyone's opinion into consideration. It was much easier to be completely open about what you like and don't like by myself and it make selecting my dress much easier. Also easy on the prosecco beforehand! I met my bridesmaids in the pub before buying my dress. Whilst I was very certain about my choice of dress, I was so excited I put the wrong date on the paperwork (2 month after my wedding date!) luckily the Charlie Brear girls were amazingly helpful and managed to reschedule my order so it arrived on time!
How did you feel after you had ordered your dress?
So happy and excited, and relieved!
What shoes did you wear?
I wore rose gold 'Mimosa' by Rachel Simpson. I really struggled finding shoes I liked, and the brand was recommended by a friend who wore Rachel Simpson shoes for her wedding. They were extremely comfy. I wore them all day with the exception of a brief interlude over fields (where I wore my converse!), including for limbo and dancing!
Did you struggle finding the right lingerie that worked with your dress, if so would you recommend anything for future brides?
Yes, I tried lots of options but in the end I invested in a body from Ender Legard. It wasn't the cheapest option but it felt really comfortable under my dress and was definitely low enough even for my very low back. Also unlike some of the other 'solution' underwear I tried, it felt like special (dare I say sexy) underwear!
9. Who did your hair & make-up and how did you find them?
The absolutely lovely Lauren from
ID Makeup, Hair & Beauty Lounge
in Chichester did both my hair and make-up and Eloise did my bridesmaids hair. They were one of the suppliers recommended by the venue, but after having a look at their website and spending time with Lauren at my trial I felt completely at ease and confident that they would create the best possible version of me! But that I would still recognise myself. It was also great that Lauren, like me, has ridiculously curly hair so know how to tame it!
10.Where and when did you get married?
We got married on 19 May 2017 at the amazingly beautiful
Upwaltham Barns
, near Petworth. The venue is stunning overlooking the South Downs and the whole experience felt very relaxed and Nicola and Tim made us feel very at home.
11. How did you feel walking down the aisle?
Unbelievably happy! I felt like my cheek were hurting within minutes from smiling so much but it didn't stop me.
What traditions did you follow? (Think something old, new, borrowed and blue.)
We were not hugely traditional. All our bridesmaids and groomsmen had a lovely dinner the night before the wedding and we didn't have a cake (as the thought made us both cringe!), but we did stay apart the night before the wedding and didn't see each other until the ceremony.
Did your wedding have any quirky or unusual features?
We did plan to have summer fete style games after the ceremony and had things like hook a duck and splat the rat set up in the courtyard. Sadly the heavens opened minutes after exiting the ceremony. But we still managed to have the limbo competition which was brilliant and the hoopla also got going later in the evening. We also had childhood games as centrepieces (think pop-up-pirate, hungry hippos...) so during the meal there were moments of manic button pressing and squeals of delight! Also instead of a wedding cake we made a 'tuck shop' with sweeties, crisps and loads of homemade cookies and cup-cakes.
What was the funniest moment of the day?
There were so many! The look my dad gave Hugh on giving me away for one (hint – bad cop face)! Hugh did have an amazing prompt as part of his speech which was a mini pack of gummy bears that I gave to him weeks into our relationship which he carries everywhere and still has 11 years later…. except he was so nervous that he couldn't find them! They were safely tucked away in his change pocket, where he found them about an hour after the speeches.
Who took your wedding pictures?
The incredibly talented and all round lovely person Danni Beach (Danni Beach Photography). Without meeting her I don't think I would have been able to convince Hugh to have a photographer at all – he hates having his photo taken. She was so chilled out and funny that we felt very comfortable with her. We wanted very natural relaxed photos and that is exactly what she delivered.
If you could do it all again, would you do anything differently?
I loved every minute of the day, even the rain (although if I could ... maybe slight less rain!). And also getting someone to video the ceremony and speech so I could see them from everyone else's perspective.
Did you find organising your wedding an easy process? What parts were easy and what parts were trickier?
It was a real challenging to get going. I wanted to get cracking with planning straight away (cue stacks of bridal mags!) and Hugh wanted to just be engaged for a while (it seems this is a common theme!). There are some fairly big decisions (venue, guest list) to make and we found it incredible hard figure out how to make then in the beginning... but we got there and found it a really important learning experience for our relationship. The easiest decision was the planning the silly afternoon of games and the food (as we both love to eat!).
What will you do with your dress now?
I am likely to sell it. I love it but I will probably will never wear it again and I would feel sad for it to sit in a box forever, I'd rather someone get (hopefully) the same joy!
What are you and your husband's best memories of the day?
Seeing each other at the start of the ceremony and our vows. In addition to the legal paragraph we decided to write our own vows, which had lots of things that are silly but special and important to us. Looking around and seeing all or friends and family all in the same place having a great time. The limbo competition was definitely a highlight. And our first dance, where everyone slowly joined (at our request) it was so much fun (and Danni's brilliant pictures make it come alive each time I flick through them!).
1. Talk and be on the same page before you set off on the planning journey!
2. Don't sweat the small stuff... no one will know or care!
3. You can't control the weather, so don't worry about it, but do have some contingencies!
4. Ask for help if you need it, the people that love you will be there in a shot and love being involved
5. Make used of other people talents and trust them to do the job you have asked them to do.
Ceremony Venue:
Upwaltham Barns
Reception Venue:
Upwaltham Barns
Danni Beach Photography
Shoes & Accessories: Shoes from
Rachel Simpson
Florist: Kerry from
Rose Cottage Flowers
Daisy B
Cake Supplier: I made my own!
ID Makeup, Hair & Beauty Lounge
ID Makeup, Hair & Beauty Lounge


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Notice Something Missing from Social Security this Year?
No Benefit Statements - Should You Worry?
About 6 months ago, the Social Security Administration stopped sending paper copies of "Your Social Security Statement". This familiar green and white form listed your work history and projected benefits – and was typically mailed 3 months before your birthday.
At the time they stopped the mailings, the SSA commissioner said the decision was made to save money, and that people under age 60 will receive statements only upon request. To date, there still seems to be no way to request a paper statement or view it online. Is this something to worry about? Is there a plan to cut benefits to those of us under age 60?
Where we Stand
The reality is that the Social Security trust fund does not have the funds to pay all the benefits promised to younger workers. One of the better estimates we have seen shows that the trust fund will be depleted in about 25 years. The fund cannot handle the increasing ratio of retirees to active workers (who still contribute to the fund).
There is some good news however – if nothing changes, and the fund runs out – retirees can still expect to receive about 77% of their retirement benefits.
Changes are More Common than You Think
Congress has actually made several changes to benefits and taxes since the system was established. Here are a few of the most recent:
- 2000 - Eliminated retirement earnings test – so you could receive full benefits even if still working past retirement.
- 1983 - Increased full retirement age to 67 (to those born after 1959); added partial taxation of benefits.
- 1977 - Increased payroll taxes to the current 7.65%; changed cost of living adjustment.
Source: kitces.com
Possible Solutions
The funding shortfall can be addressed by increasing taxes, reducing benefits, or some combination of these. For example, either a 2.2% payroll tax increase or a 20% cut in benefits would make up for the shortfall in the trust fund.
So while some concern is justified, future cuts to benefits may not be as dire as you might expect.


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Late Night Menu
Betty's Chicken Salad $10
Mom's secret recipe with tender pulled chicken breast served on lightly toasted whole wheat bread.
The Club $11
Thin sliced lean turkey breast, lettuce, tomato & bacon served on whole wheat bread.
Chicken Fingers $10
Four chicken fingers fried and served with french fries and honey mustard dressing.
Tossed in buffalo hot sauce and served with bleu cheese dressing. +$1
Shrimp Basket $10
A basket full of beer battered and fried shrimp with a side of cocktail and fries.
Tossed in buffalo hot sauce and served with bleu cheese dressing for $1 more.
Tacos $7
Three ground beef tacos in either hard or soft shells with lettuce, tomato and mixed cheese served with chips and salsa.
Clam Strip Basket $10
A generous portion of fried clam strips served with tartar sauce and fries.
Nachos $11
Tortilla chips topped with chili & nacho cheese and served with sour cream & salsa.
Pierogies $9
Five golden fried potato pierogies served with gravy and sour cream on the side.
Wings $12
Ten jumbo wings deep fried, tossed in buffalo or BBQ sauce served with blue cheese and celery.
Basket O' Onion Rings $9
Beer battered and served with chipotle mayo.
Mozzarella Sticks $8
Served with Marinara.
Basket of Fries $6
Chili Cheese Fries $8
Bowl O' Chili $9 (served with chips.)