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We have a number of great events coming up soon!
According to the dictionary or thesaurus, ReGroup! means "redo, reorganize and reinvent"; we like the idea of the R E in ReGroup! standing for Resource Enhancement, Risk Evaluation, Real Estate, and Remarkable Events!
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Among our own events coming up in 2013/2014 are:
October 31/November 01, 2013. The Greater Bangor Real Estate, Housing & Land Use Conference with Trade Show at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
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September 12/13, 2014. The Greater Bangor Pet Conference & Expo at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
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Conferences & Trade Shows.
We are producing the Greater Androscoggin Landlords & Real Estate Investors Conference and Trade Show on May 9-10 at the Ramada Inn & Conference Center, 490 Pleasant Street in Lewiston. You can find more information on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/AndroRealEstateLandlordExpo/ or on LinkedIn under Maine Real Estate Investors Group.
Two more landlords & real estate investors conferences are being planned for later in 2013.
Maine Real Estate Investors Group - presently mothballed (in "regroup" mode...)
A blend of trade association and chamber of commerce in design, the Maine Real Estate Investors Group (MREIG) offers chapter meetings, brown bag lunches, on-site tours, fee-based workshop, a job matching service... and more.
MREIG is a regional (and perhaps soon to be statewide) organization; with the initial goal of 9 chapters from Saco to Bangor, each meeting monthly (except July).
The chapter meetings consist of networking, good food, a guest speaker with Q & A session, and when possible, member roundtables for problem-solving or trouble-shooting a pressing concern.
Everyone involved in the real estate arena is invited to join: new and experienced investors/landlords/owners, bankers, mortgage brokers, real estate agents, appraisers, builders, building inspectors, and anyone else with a serious interest in real estate.
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What's swimming in Walker Bay? Get to know the sharks that live there so that we can better protect their habitat.
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In South Africa's beautiful Walker Bay, meet some of the world's least-known ocean dwellers to help researchers learn how to protect their habitat.
Be among the first to research shysharks, catsharks, pajama sharks, and other small shark species, some of which live nowhere else in the world. They could disappear before humans get to learn much about them: 25 percent of the world's shark and ray species (their relatives) face extinction.
That's why scientists want your help. Very little is known about the sharks in Walker Bay. To better protect them, scientists urgently need to understand the diversity of species and how they are distributed throughout the bay. Then, they can determine which particular habitats and areas need year-round protected status.
Get to know these overlooked sharks from the shore. You'll survey the bay to fish for them, record the environment where they are caught, and safely release them. You'll get up close and personal with the sharks as you measure them, photograph them, take tissues samples for genetic analysis, and tag them.
You'll also see other marine animals: your team will setup underwater video cameras and analyze the footage. Walker Bay is rated one of the world's best places to spot whales from land, so if you join us while the migratory southern right whales happen to be in town, you're likely to get an amazing view.
A recent report estimated that humans kill 100 million sharks annually. Help these scientists advocate for their protection.
Be among the first people to study shark species that live in South Africa and nowhere else in the world.
A baby puff adder shyshark.
When most people think of sharks and South Africa, they think of great whites. But the real story of sharks in this incredibly wildlife-rich country is much more complex. Katie Gledhill, the lead scientist, wants to discover and tell this story, and needs your help to do it.
While there's plenty of research on great whites and other well-known species like bull sharks and whale sharks, very few people have studied the species you'll work with. No one has yet taken a comprehensive look at where in Walker Bay these sharks like to feed and rest, how they move around the bay, and how big their populations are.
You'll be among the first people to ever uncover this information, which will reveal which areas are most crucial to these sharks' survival and if current seasonal fishing bans work. The research won't only benefit sharks: while you analyze underwater video footage, you'll count rays, fish, octopuses, lobsters, and other species to help create a picture of the entire Walker Bay ecosystem.
Sharks, as top predators, play an important role in maintaining the health and diversity of the species populations around them—so if sharks disappear, everything changes. Help researchers understand the critical role these overlooked sharks play in Walker Bay.
South Africa has some of the richest, most diverse wildlife of anywhere in the world. That includes a wealth of marine species, about 33 percent of which are found only in southern African waters. After arriving in Cape Town, volunteers will travel to the home base on the shores of Walker Bay, about an hour-and-a-half's drive away. This beautiful, wild area is right at the tip of the continent, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, and boasts abundant marine life, rocky cliffs, and sandy beaches.
Much of the coast along Walker Bay is protected as the Walker Bay Nature Reserve, home to many species of seabird and hyraxes (small, furry mammals that are close relatives of elephants). The area also has an international reputation for its whale watching: it's one of the only places in the world where people can easily see whales from the shore. June through November is the best time for whale-scouting, because that's when the southern right whales migrate to the bay to mate and calve. Teams not fielding in that season will still have the opportunity to see amazing wildlife while conducting research.
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Days will start early with breakfast and a daily briefing. Teams usually split into two groups: one will head out to fish for sharks or set out underwater video cameras, while the second will remain at the seaside field station to analyze data and maintain equipment.
After lunch, the groups will swap roles. The day will close with dinner and time to hear casual talks on the research or simply relax.
Teams will focus on four main research tasks:
A researcher collects environmental data from Walker Bay.
Katie Gledhill has studied sharks and rays around the world. She has a passion for inspiring new shark advocates through science and education.
Stay in a private house in the town of Hermanus, South Africa, with all the conveniences of modern living, including nearby shops and restaurants. Each team member will have a roommate, and sleep in either single beds or bunk beds.
A cook will prepare breakfast and dinner at the house. Expect continental breakfasts of fruit, cereal, yogurt, and other favorites, and dinners that showcase both Western and traditional South African food. You'll bring packed lunches to the research station and the house will be stocked with snacks. On the final night of the expedition, the research staff will organize a farewell traditional South African braai (barbecue) with local meats and sides.
A typical rental-house kitchen in Hermanus.
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Jeanne Suttie | Monday, April 16, 2018
Kat and Tamzyn provided a fantastic educational experience on the endemic sharks of S. Africa in one of the most beautiful spots I have ever been. How many people in the world can say they have experienced working with shysharks and catsharks! Unbelievable time.
Oliver Puddle | Wednesday, July 08, 2015
I have recently returned from my Earthwatch expedition to Hermanus in South Africa and I can honestly say I had one of the best times of my life. I joined a lovely, dedicated team of scientists, interns and other volunteers at the South African Shark Conservancy (SASC) based in the picturesque Old Harbour in Hermanus. It was so rewarding helping with SASCs research into the endemic shark species of the South African coast and an amazing experience I'd thoroughly recommend!
I worked with another 3 volunteers who were all really cool people with completely different backgrounds and interests. The SASC team instantly made us feel welcome and always had something for us to do! Our tasks ranged from fishing and snorkelling for sharks so that we could measure, tag and release them, to conducting shark egg case beach surveys. We also helped out with community and pre-school visits to the SASC research lab which were great fun.
The accommodation and food provided were excellent and the shared house we stayed in was only a short walk away from SASC. The town Hermanus where we were based is a beautiful place with so much to see and do. I would recommend going for two weeks if you can as I only went for one and didn't have time to see and do everything.
I really did not want to leave Hermanus and the SASC team, but I left knowing I'd contributed to their really important research and with lots of new friends (both humans and sharks!). I don't think it will be long before I go back!
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A chairman is the leader of a committee or parliamentary body. The origin is, as one might guess, a compound of the words chair + man. The chair is a reference to a seat or position of authority and the man is, of course, a reference to the person who occupies it. The word dates to 1654 when it appears in John Trapp's Commentary of the Book of Job:
I sate chief, and was Chair-man.
In more recent times the word has come under criticism for being sexist as not all such leaders are male. A backlash by those who want to preserve the old patterns of speech has resulted in some propagating a false etymology that states the -man is not a reference to a person at all and is, therefore, not sexist. This ill-informed view states that the -man comes from the Latin manus, meaning hand, that the chairman is the hand of the one sitting in the chair guiding the meeting. This is complete bunk.
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Beyond the quest for "policy implications": Alternative options for applied development researchers
This post, written by Michael Woolcock, is a contribution to an online symposium on the changing nature of knowledge production in fragile states. Be sure to read other entries by Deval Desai and Rebecca Tapscott and Lisa Denney and Pilar Domingo.
My nomination for development's 'Most Insightful, Least Cited' paper is Ariel Heryanto's "The development of 'development.'"[1] Originally written in Indonesian in the mid-1980s, Heryanto's gem has been cited a mere 79 times (according to Google Scholar), even in its carefully-translated English incarnation. For me, this paper is so wonderful because it makes, in clear and clever ways, two key points that bear endless repetition, especially to today's junior scholars. The first point is that inference from evidence is never self-evident: significance must always be interpreted through theory. Consider the seemingly obvious fact that the sun rises in the east every morning, he writes. What could be more universally and unambiguously true? The problem, of course, is that the sun does not rise in the east; instead, despite every piece of sensory evidence to the contrary, the earth rotates counterclockwise on its axis and revolves around a stationary sun, making it appear as ifthe sun rises in the east. But we only know this – or, more accurately, claim to know this – because today we happen to have a theory, itself based on more complex forms of observation and theory, that helps us interpret the prevailing evidence, to reconcile it with evidence from analyses of other cosmic phenomena, and thus draw broadly coherent conclusions and inferences.
Heryanto's second key point is that we are all captives of language, of the limits of any given tongue to convey the subtleties of complex issues. From this premise he proceeds to unpack the clumsy, alluring yet powerful word that in English we call 'development', noting that in Indonesian there are at least two very different interpretations of its meaning, and with this, two very different words – perkembangan and pembangunan – connoting two very different teleologies and policy agendas: the former a natural, 'organic' process akin to flowers blooming ("software"); the latter to an overt, intentional and 'constructed' political project of nation building ("hardware"). When translated into English, however, both perkembangan and pembangunan are typically rendered simply as "development," thereby collapsing into a singular popular conception what in Indonesian discourse is a distinctly pluralist one. In the opening week of my class at the Kennedy School, which typically has 50 students who between them speak around 30 languages, we begin with a lively discussion of what "development" means in Arabic, Hindi, French, Turkish, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish… It turns out to mean all sorts of things.[2]
I open this way because I think the next article we need in this "genre" – though hopefully one that quickly transcends it because it is both highly insightful and highly cited! – is something akin to what Desai and Tapscott have begun with their 'Tomayto Tomahto' paper. In short, echoing Heryanto, we need more development research on development research. Such scholarship, however, would go beyond providing a mere chronology of changing professional styles, methodological emphases and funding characteristics (scale, sources, time horizons, expectations) to explanations of how and why such changes have occurred. Such explanations would be grounded in analyses of the shifting historical experiences and geo-political imperatives different generations of researchers have sought to accommodate, the particular ideas these experiences and imperatives rendered normative, and the concomitant gains and losses these changes have entailed for those finding themselves managing the "trade-offs" (such as they are) between scholarly independence and public utility.


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I'm curious how many of us have work in the KDP Select program? As many of you know (but some may not), part of the point of KDP Select is increased visibility on Amazon's platform through increased sales ranking and appearing on various genre bestseller lists and in 'also bought' recommendations.
After my first free promo, I noticed that my 'also bought' pairings were a useless hodgepodge of whatever else was free at the time, such as cookbooks and "How to Live a $100,00 Lifestyle on $20,000 a Year." One way to combat this is to put two or three of your books on promo at the same time.
A possibly more helpful way is for all of us to plan our promos together. If we were to pick the same day (or two days) and all go free together, then we'd be able to benefit from shared promotion (we all have blogs, FB and Twitter, right?), and our also-boughts would at least be in the same genre.
If we did this for May, I would suggest May 16 - 17, or May 30 - 31. This would give us a bit of time to notify the appropriate websites, get some blog posts up, etc. I've read that since ebook purchases are highest on Fri-Sat-Sun, that Weds/Thurs promos make sense so you get the boost going into the high sales period. I'm also skipping the Weds/Thurs going into Memorial Day as ebook buyers might be too busy BBQing that weekend to buy much. (If anyone has sales data suggesting that Memorial Day is primo selling time, please correct me.)
If we did this regularly, maybe once a month or once every other month, we might get some decent visibility for a shared indie event. Maybe pick something like the third Friday of each month and make it "Free Friday," Indie Summer or somesuch. (Yes, I know I said Weds/Thurs in one place and Friday just now, but I'm asking for input here, not trying to make the rules. )
What say you, good people?
Free Friday - Joint promos on KDP Select?
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Jason Repko has spent the bulk of his 13-year career in professional baseball in the minor leagues, and he's logged much of that time in Triple-A, most of it with the Dodgers organization. He played in more than 50 games for the Twins in both 2010 and 2011 before signing a free-agent deal with the Red Sox back in January. He even played five games with the big club in April before being banished to Pawtucket, where he's been ever since.
At age 31, Repko's not going to fashion a major-league career at this point. But he'll always have this catch he made Sunday to rob Kosuke Fukudome (there he is!) of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees of a first-inning grand slam. By rule, Repko was credited with a catch, the play was declared dead, and the runners advanced one base. Which meant Fukudome had to settle for a sacrifice fly, and we got to make a GIF.
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Sveum ejected in second inning vs D-backs
CHICAGO -- Cubs manager Dale Sveum was ejected in the second inning of Saturday's game against the D-backs during what was his second discussion of the evening with first-base umpire Toby Basner.
With one out in the top of the second, D-backs center fielder A.J. Pollock hit a chopper to second baseman Darwin Barney, who routinely fired to first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Basner called Pollock safe. TV replays showed the ball beat Pollock to the bag, though the play was closer than it initially appeared.
Sveum came out to argue and was ejected for the second time this season.
"I was saying my piece and I was out there long enough and [crew chief Joe West] was trying to get me back to the dugout and that obviously didn't work out too good," said Sveum, who watched the remainder of the game in the clubhouse video room.
That incident marked Sveum's second run-in with Basner.
With two outs in the first inning, D-backs catcher Miguel Montero hit a hard single to Rizzo, who fielded well behind the bag. Right-hander Jeff Samardzija -- who had to get out of the way of a broken bat -- raced Montero down the line.
Samardzija received Rizzo's throw near the bag, but Basner called Montero safe, bringing out Sveum. Again, TV replays showed Samardzija beat Montero to the bag.


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DeviceFidelity relaunched its direct-to-consumer microSD mobile-payment product moneto, Tuesday, following suspension of the product earlier this summer.
While mobile operators continue to push for the SIM card to become the de facto secure element in NFC phones, some banks and other service providers are still seeking alternatives.
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Raiffeisen Bank International, one of Austria's largest banks, is planning to launch contactless-mobile payment with microSD cards and an iPhone attachment.
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German bank Landesbank Berlin will trial mobile payments using microSD cards and a contactless attachment for the iPhone, the bank announced today.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Recent research and forecasts have confirmed what industry observers already knew: Despite concerted efforts by the Pays wallets to gain widespread use of mobile payments in the U.S. at the physical point of sale, the large majority of mobile payments are conducted online, not by tapping NFC phones or wearables in stores.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight - The heads of the two largest payments networks in the U.S., Visa and Mastercard, predict strong growth for contactless payments in the U.S., with Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga noting that 70% of U.S. Mastercard-branded cards in the U.S. are coming up for reissue over the next 12 to 14 months, and most of these cards will be issued with a contactless interface. A large number of Visa-branded cards will be reissued with a contactless interface during that period, as well.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Transport officials in Australia have released figures on use of contactless payments in Sydney and New South Wales, showing that customers tap their contactless credit and debit cards and NFC devices for an average of 1.5 million transactions per week, accounting for a relatively small but respectable number of transactions.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – With public transit ridership decreasing in most large U.S. cities over the past five years, transit authorities are more open to becoming part of Mobility-as-a-Service platforms, which could potentially increase ridership for their rail and bus networks while offering customers options for the first and last mile.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, in Philadelphia plans to introduce open-loop payments of fares, with a pilot scheduled for around June, a spokesman confirmed to NFC Times. It makes SEPTA part of a small but growing number of U.S. transit agencies that are accepting payments of fares from contactless bank cards and NFC wallets or are planning to do so.
NFC TIMES Exclusive – Take-up of open-loop contactless payment of fares in Miami-Dade County, Fla., has been slow so far, more than four months after transit
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Mobility as a service is expected to reshape the traditional transport industry, and while it is just getting rolling, the pace is starting to pick up. The latest bit of momentum came this week when global ride-hailing service Uber announced it will enable mass transit riders to buy and redeem tickets from its app in a second U.S. city, Las Vegas.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – With contactless EMV cards expected to have a significant footprint in the U.S. in 2020, the debate continues over whether the rollout will promote or harm take-up of NFC mobile payments and whether contactless open-loop transit payments will make a real impact on use of contactless at the retail point of sale.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Taiwan's airport train service will begin accepting Visa- and Mastercard-branded credit cards starting next month, making it the second mass-transit service on the island nation to support open-loop payments for fares.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – More and more Chinese cities are trialing use of facial recognition technology for transit ticketing, a development that could enable users to avoid either cards or smartphones to pay fares on subways and other modes of transit.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple has expanded its Express Transit service to another major market, enabling Apple Pay users to pay for fares on Transport for London-run trains and buses without first authenticating themselves on the NFC devices.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Major Dutch bank ABN Amro will discontinue its NFC-enabled mobile wallet in January, a little more than three years after launching the app in late 2016, with the bank acknowledging that few customers use the service.


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Inmate Prison Accounts Face New Fees (Sep 04, 2012)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - People who wanted to deposit money into Oklahoma inmates' prison accounts will soon be charged a fee.
The Department of Corrections says it will begin using two private companies on Oct. 1 to process the funds. Before, the agency handled the inmate banking and required the use of a money order.
The fees will vary based on the amount and transaction method, such as money order, credit card or online transfer.
The Tulsa World reports that the department will receive a 50-cent commission per transaction with the exception of money orders.
The department says the new system will allow more options for people who want to make deposits. It will allow relatives to walk into certain locations, such as Ace Cash Express or Walmart, to make a payment.
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text: South Island Rumble 2010 was a blast. 10 bands in two days, gravel pit racing, very nice car selection, and the best of weather. What more can you ask for. Here's some of my photos from the meet. The pinstriping and artwork you see in these photos where done by me at the meet.


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The holidays are around the corner! Get into a festive mood and support Colorado businesses by shopping these local products.
The Majority of these products can be purchased online... scroll to the bottom of the page to shop stocking stuffers made in Colorado!
I'm excited to be partnering with Farmhouse Home Decor in Denver on this giveaway! I love the rustic, yet modern character of this Red Berry Wreath that is perfect for winter, yet not overtly Christmas. This wreath can easily take your entryway from fall, through spring, or be used to decorate the interior of your home for the holidays, on its own or in a grouping.
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There are two steps to enter...
Step 1) Like us on Facebook.
Step 2) Comment on this post, tagging someone who's ready for the holidays!
Bonus: You will receive one additional entry for each friend that you tag who enters the contest.
The winner will be selected by random draw on November 20. We will get in touch with them promptly for delivery of the wreath. If we get no response after one week we will move on to the next winner.
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Christmas Stocking Stuffers Made in Colorado
Our kids have so many toys already, so for stocking stuffers I try to avoid small toys that tend to accumulate without getting used or enjoyed in our house. Nearly every item featured here made the cut by either being useful or delicious.
A little lady's stocking
We limit sweets as much as possible to special occasions, so I don't mind a little bit of indulgence on holidays. The flavors featured for a little girl include citrus flavored hard candies from Colorado Candy Company, Mexican hot chocolate from the Old Town Spice Shop in Fort Collins, apple cider caramel candies from Hellimae's, chocolate bars with cherries and raspberries from Chocolove, and candy coal from Hammonds.
Coal in the stocking has become somewhat of a family tradition for us - our kids are always just a little bit naughty throughout the year!
This pink leather coin purse is perfect for tucking gift cards or these sweet little hammered bangles. I love jewelry on a little girl!
A little man's stocking
Play dough is a great gift item because it actually gets used up and needs replaced. While both of my kids will end up with this wonderful scented play dough from Squishy Dough in their stockings, my son was the one I was thinking of when I first came across it. Being a bit of a sensory seeker, he loves all things play dough, but add in some yummy smells and the texture of glitter, and you've hit a jackpot. My only fear is how to keep him from eating it, when the gingerbread flavor smelled so delicious that I almost wanted to taste it!
Each year everyone gets a new ornament in their stocking, and I couldn't resist these matching mittens. The knit pattern is so realistic, it's hard to believe they're clay, and I love having the option to add a personal message to the back.
Do you remember these EZPZ placemats that suction to the table from shark tank? My kids could set records for being the messiest eaters of all time so I selfishly got them these mats in hopes that it will help reduce the frequency of my vacuuming. Fingers crossed!
Her stocking
Just because we're adults doesn't mean we can't enjoy some decadent sweet treats too! As a lady with a discriminating sweet tooth, these caramel sauces from Sweet Addict are my new obsession. An apple slice dipped in this pumpkin spice caramel is the kind of dessert you try to talk yourself into eating again for breakfast the next morning.
These berry infused hot sauces by Yampa Valley Sauce Company were a find! While not exactly sweet, the hint of fruit flavor they add to foods is a welcome surprise. I'm completely addicted to the Purple Blaze blueberry infused sauce!
No lady's stocking is complete without a hint of pampering. A small shopping spree to a favorite shop or a gift card for a lady's night at Picasso and Wine are on the right track. I also love these new full strip magnetic lashes from My Pink Wink and the delicate gold leaf hair clip from Cory Renee that say "go out and have fun!"
But truth be told, since we've had kids my idea of a fun night is more likely to feature a hot cup of Dazbog tea, an indulgent treat like Hellemae's Salted Caramels, and a game of scrabble. This magnetic set for the fridge is a fun take on the classic board game.
His stocking
If you have a beer drinker in your life, this nifty cast iron bottle opener from A Good Turn Colorado has magnets to grab the beer caps so they don't fall. I'm partial to the aged grey finish.
The Colorado mountain loving man in my life needed this Flag Sculpted Christmas Ornament from STATETuned for our tree. I'm not sure this will resolve our dispute over the hanging of our CU (mine) and CSU (his) ornaments, but at least this is one we can agree on!
Fun + Food + Function
This is my recipe for a perfectly stuffed stocking. Here are the items by category:
Gift cards
Shop These Colorado-made Products
Local and family businesses are such an important part of the Colorado economy. Thank you for supporting small businesses whenever possible!
Christmas Red Berry Wreath by Farmhouse Home Decor in Denver, Colorado // Made in Colorado
Scrabble for Your Fridge by Elyse Marie Creations // Made in Colorado
Old fashioned Hand-spun ribbon candy and hard candies from Colorado Candy Company in Fort Collins
Candy Coal by Hammonds in Denver, Colorado // Made in Colorado
Christmas Scented Playdough Giftset by Squishy Dough in Colorado Springs // Made in Colorado
The ezpz Mini Mat // Made in Colorado
9-Bar Chocolate Gift Box by Chocolove in Boulder, Colorado // Made in Colorado
Hand Forged Baby Bangle Bracelet by Mountain Ursus Designs // Made in Colorado
Helliemae's Caramels // Made in Colorado
Leather coin purse by Cory Renee in Denver
Mitten Christmas ornament set by Art Craft Home in Littleton // Made in Colorado
Mexican Hot Chocolate by Old Town Spice Shop in Fort Collins // Made in Colorado
Gourmet Hot Sauce by Yampa Valley Sauce Co // Made in Colorado
Brittle Corn by Colorado Candy Company in Fort Collins // Made in Colorado
Gold Leaf Hair Pins by Cory Renee in Denver // Made in Colorado
Magnetic Cast Iron Bottle Opener by A Good Turn in Centennial // Made in Colorado
Coffee Mountains Adventure by Wander Loose Tees // Made in Colorado
Magnetic Lashes by My Pink Wink in Denver // Made in Colorado
Colorado Flag Sculpted Christmas Ornament by STATETuned in Highlands Ranch // Made in Colorado
HOME Colorado Christmas Ornament by STATETuned in Highlands Ranch // Made in Colorado
Gourmet Caramel Sauces by Sweet Addict // Made in Colorado
Rocky Mountain Thunder by Boyers Coffee in Denver // Made in Colorado
Tropical Pineapple Green Tea by Dazbog // Made in Colorado
Colorado Shirt by Wander Loose Tees // Made in Colorado


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CNN Marketplace Africa is a weekly show offering a unique window into African business on and off the continent.
Chobe National Park, Botswana (CNN) -- There are few places in the world that conjure the same kind of imagery as the Chobe National Park in Botswana.
Drifting through the savannas, torrents of water wind-off into a sunlit horizon; cheetahs stalk their prey as flocks of gazelle prance through the long, parched grass; and African elephants traverse hundreds of miles in search of greener pastures and fresh watering holes.
Poniso Shamukuni, a professional guide at Botswana's Chobe Park, said the country's environment and wildlife is like no other.
"I enjoy seeing the biodiversity and I enjoy seeing the natural resources," he added, "when tourists are really into it... taking pictures of animals, I also enjoy that."
An oasis of wildlife, located in northern Botswana, Chobe is part of an international conservation region in southern Africa, spanning five countries and nearly 440,000 square kilometers. The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area -- known as KAZA -- is a partnership between Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia.
Read more: Namibia: A wildlife photographer's paradise
Twice the size of the UK and larger than Germany and Austria combined, KAZA is considered the world's largest wildlife preservation. The area draws tourists from all over globe and is also home to Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, located on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
To protect the region's natural beauty and attract tourists and investors worldwide, international cooperation between the five countries aims to pool resources to preserve each nation's delicate ecosystem while also opening borders.
But visa restrictions mean that traveling between countries is an exasperating and tricky affair for visitors.
Read more: Could South Africa's horn sale end rhino slaughter?
KAZA program manager Frederick Dipotso said the process is also very expensive, with tourists currently required to apply for visas at border gates.
But Dipotso is confident member governments can eventually come to an agreement.
He said: "The KAZA visa is meant to have a one-stop shop where you get your visa and then you can easily travel to Angola ... Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe."
The organization is now working with Zimbabwe and Zambia on a pilot visa. Dipotso added: "We expect the pilot to be completed by end of February 2014."
Read more: Kenya implants microchips to fight poaching
An international pact would allow visitors to experience the full extent of Africa's natural wonders.
Tourists visiting KAZA can see the continent's "Big Five" of leopards, rhinos, buffalo, lions and the world's largest population of African elephants, as well as 650 different species of birds and 160 types of fish.
Safari holidaymakers also have the opportunity to spot rare creatures roaming the region's dusty plains, including the black rhino, cheetahs and African wild dogs.
Read more: Botswana economy set to sparkle after diamond deal
Shamukuni, who leads expeditions into the park every day, said: "October and November are the biggest months, that is when we see a lot of tourists coming just before the rainy season."
Covering 36 protected areas, KAZA also plays a vital role in the war against poaching as the organization seeks to engage and employ local communities in return for preserving the wildlife.
Dipotso said KAZA has a good chance of being successful in the future because of the area's lack of mineral wealth, meaning few international disputes over territory are likely to arise.
He added: "Currently there are no minerals; minerals sometimes take priority over conservation."
Dipotso said that tourists, predominantly from Europe and Asia, have nothing to fear when it comes to past political turmoil or violence in member KAZA countries, notably in Angola and Zimbabwe.
He added: "Things are quite calm... throughout the KAZA Partner countries; perhaps there has not been proper communication on the stability of the region."
Read more: Helicopters versus drones: the cost of Rhino warfare
Botswana in particular is considered one of the most stable and safe countries for tourists in Africa. The country has a blossoming economy and financial services industry with GDP per capita -- an indicator of a country's living standard -- one of the highest in Africa.
Shamukuni believes Botswana's growing international reputation is key to attracting more visitors.
"Botswana is a very safe country," he said. "As a country our economy is doing well. We're politically stable and lots of tourists want to go to the places where they feel it's safe."
CNN's Stephanie Ott contributed to this report.


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Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov's true-life thriller earned a timely boost one month before the Academy Awards by winning the Zanuck Award For Outstanding Producer Of Theatrical Motion Pictures on Saturday night [26] in Beverly Hills.
Argo, released worldwide through Warner Bros, prevailed in a tough field that included Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life Of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty.
The winner is in contention for the best picture Academy Award against all of the above except Skyfall and Moonrise Kingdom. Amour is also an Oscar contender.
Disney's Wreck-It Ralph won the Outstanding Producer Of Animation Theatrical Motion Pictures Award and beat out Brave, Frankenweenie, ParaNorman and Rise Of The Guardians.
The winner of the Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures was SPC's Searching For Sugar Man. The other nominees were A People Uncounted, The Gatekeepers, The Island President and The Other Dream Team and
As previously announced, honourary winners included Bob and Harvey Weinstein for the Milestone Award, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for the David O Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, JJ Abrams for the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television, Russell Simmons for the Visionary Award, and Bully for the Stanley Kramer Award).
The 2013 Producers Guild Awards were chaired by Michael De Luca.


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Debt Coach Duncraig to Pay Off Your Mortgage
Close to 40% of Australian Home Buyers Retire With A Mortgage When They Should Be Retiring Debt Free.
Lets face it you are here for one of two reasons.
- 1.You are super pro active and wanting to learn how to reduce your mortgage fast, or
- 2.You have been going no-where with your mortgage for years and now you are starting to panic
Across Australia, there is an alarming pattern of many home buyers not paying off their home loans before they hit their retirement years. Many live in Duncraig and surrounding areas. Many of them are your friends, family, and social contacts. This is a devastating statistic for these people and Australia's overall wealth and well being.
It is great that close to 60% of the Australian home buyers do pay off their mortgages by the time they retire as this gives them control and comfort in their future. But what has gone wrong with other 40%.
We believe this number should be closer to zero as we have found a successful way that has helped hundreds of home buyers eradicate their mortgage in the last 25 years by using a simple, proven, and easy to implement system.
The causes of not having made the right steps to pay your mortgage down and reduce the financial stress and burden that a mortgage has on you and your family are many, but fortunately the solution is simple and we can teach it to you.
"We didn't say it was easy, but it is simple and after a while it does becomes easy."
You may be one of the lucky self motivated, organised, financially disciplined people out their that can work out the answers and implement them unassisted, or you may be struggling with the overwhelm of running the family finances and worrying constantly, or you may be coasting and thinking you are going fine only to look back 5-10 years and think that you could be in a far better position if you had of made more of an effort.
We've found that for many Duncraig clients, having a money coach to retrain them out of bad daily, weekly and monthly money habits and replace these with debt reduction, wealth building habits generates a massive amount of self-confidence, self-reliance and self-discipline.
Simply put we provide both education and we make you accountable to someone other than yourself. Like a fitness coach, or a weight loss coach, or a tennis coach. We provide the magic ingredients of skills plus motivation and accountability.
Then you will become increasingly self motivated as you see yourself achieving your goals of rapid debt reduction on your mortgage which results in faster wealth creation and the ability to take advantage of future wealth creation opportunities.
We know that you cannot control interest rates from your bank, or whether you get a pay rise every year, but you do have some control on how you spend your money. Of course not all the money you earn is yours. Some is the banks, the tax man, electricity, gas, fuel, rates and so on. But we can help you set up and structure your money flow to cover all these items and emergencies, while making a massive dent in your mortgage. To the point we help most of our clients pay off their mortgages within 6-10 years, and not 30 years or never.
This will put back into your pocked potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in saved interest to enjoy a better lifestyle for you and your family in the short, medium and long term.
A friends father always said, "You don't know, what you don't know". And at least 40% of Aussie home owners don't know how to get themselves debt free in time for retirement. We can not only show you and coach you to massively reduce your mortgage and pay it off, but we can as you demonstrate your growing money management skills, help you pay down loans on current or future investment properties.
We are money management specialists in that we teach you, motivate you and derive satisfaction from your achieving your goals at a happier, financially in control and prosperous life.
Now you may be wondering how we as your money and debt reduction coach get paid, and the good news is that we get paid a small amount from the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars you will save on interest by paying off your mortgage faster than you ever though possible.
Give us a call to explain how Qwest Money Management Systems can help you towards massively reducing and even eliminating your mortgage in the next 6-10 years.
Our presentation is Free, information packed and there is no obligation to take on one of our mortgage debt reduction specialists. But if it makes sense to you like the hundreds of other families we have helped over the past 22 years, then you will benefit immensely.
Kevin Gibbs
Mortgage Debt Reduction Coach
Qwest Money Management Systems
Companies we recommend in Duncraig
Pre Purchase Building Inspections
Are you looking at buying an investment property?, possible not in Duncraig and will need a great pre purchase building inspector. Peter Barnes is the best with thorough reports and well priced. Give this Duncraig building inspector a call before you put an offer in on a new property.
Auctioneer Duncraig
If you are selling your Duncraig property then use Duncraig auctioneer Mark Burgess who is the auctioneer your want.
Mortgage Broker
The right loan and the right loan structure across your assets will save you tens of thousands of dollars. Kerry Franklin will come out to you as your Duncraig mortgage broker and work out what you can spend on your next property after reviewing your current situation.
Accountant Duncraig
If you run a small business or a big business and are selling and buying then running your decisions and getting advice from your local Perth Accountant can potentially save you thousands. Speak to Kevin Dobra from Applecross Accountants if you don't have a good accountant already. Phone: 0410 636 320
Plumber for Leaking Taps and Everything Else
Get your home's plumbing issues sorted out before inspection day with Kris Walker from splash and Gas plumbing. As a general plumber and gas plumber, he does excellent Duncraig plumbing work for a very good price. Kris is a lovely guy who'm you would refer to your own mother. If you have an emergency plumbing situation Kris have an emergency service available.
Solar Hot Water Repairs
Hot water system repairs can be handled by Kris the plumber or I have another contact in Alex Brown from Ureco for brand new and energy efficient Solar Hot Water Systems in Duncraig.
Heat Pumps
Heat Pumps are better than gas or electric and cutting energy costs by up to 70%, a Duncraig hot water heat pump storage tank is both a green way and money saving way to replace your old and dying Duncraig home hot water system.
Landscaping Duncraig
If your garden is looking dead or unloved, then planting a beautiful advanced tree from Arborwest tree Farm Duncraig. Arborwest Tree Farm is proud to be the leading supplier of quality mature and advanced trees in Western Australia. Add more to your front or back yard landscaping today
Duncraig Lawn Mowing
keeping up appearance is so important when selling a house. Poor lawn-cutting practices will severely damage your lawn, causing it to dry out, show dead patches and reduce the appeal of your property. Street appeal sells and green grass keeps properties on average 3-5 degrees cooler then their dry and concreted counter parts. .
Pest Control
Don't let pest problems escalate, stop them from turning into anything big. Pest Control in Duncraig including Pest Inspections when buying properties to check for termite activity should always be done. The man to call is Collin Shultz from Jim's Pest Control on 0435 785 999.
Furniture Removalist
Moving house? Or are you moving into your dream home you just purchased and have started paying off? For a great removals company call Fernandos Half Price for your Duncraig furniture removalist needs. They are experienced and sure to take care of your furniture and belongings.
Wanting to update and check over your current electrical work in the house. Duncraig Electrician does Emergency or general work on your new property.
Luxury Custom Home Builder
Have you thought about building your dream home? Luxury Custom Home Builders Duncraig are expects in creating luxury dream homes across Perth.
Chiropractic to fix your back after heavy lifting
Hurting yourself during moving is pretty common and you shouldn't leave it untreated.Chiropractic Clinic for Duncraig movers has a professional team that will handle your injury with care, getting you back on your feet to enjoy your new home to the fullest.
Rental property management if renting
If the house you are buying is an investment property then we suggest Duncraig Rental Property management to keep your property up to your standard.
Vacate Cleaning Services Duncraig
Making sure the house is clean after you move out is essential whether you are renting or selling. Having a clean house when selling is important. Check out Jo Crisp from Turnaround Cleaning. Lovely lady and great work on 0417 033 018
Settlement Agency Services
When you are buying a property, it is necessary for all the paperwork to be completed and all the promises to be fulfilled in the contract for the sale of the property. Such work is known as conveyancing. If you don't want to do this yourself, you must employ a licensed settlement agent or a lawyer with a current practising certificate in law to attend all these details on your behalf.
Shade Sails
I know two Duncraig shade sail companies I can recommend. Stuart Bell Sails Duncraig always work to the best quality and use the best quality materials available. Sail City Duncraig is the other company that will work at the highest of quality of work to help make your property valued even more.
Pull Down Awnings
Channel blinds are of the Pulldown awnings Duncraig most popular products in our collection of exterior blinds. This stylish shade system is perfect for home or business. It is extremely strong and durable to dutifully serve in harsh outdoor environments.
Duncraig Retractable Screens
Retractable screens Duncraig not only look good, they are functional in keeping out bugs and thieves while meeting fresh air into your house. Retractable Screen Company Duncraig screens are manufactured in our Bayswater factory using components sourced locally and from Japan and China.
Alarm System
It's proven that having an alarm system in Duncraig can reduce your chances of being broken into, often thieves are after a quick and easy steal which means when they see your alarm system they will often steer clear of your house.
CCTV Security System
Now you have found your dream home it's time to protect your dream home with a CCTV Security System, Austguard security Duncraig offer a range of CCTV systems that will ensure your belongings indoor new house will be safe.
Security Roller Shutters
Classic Shutters Duncraig are built to the highest standards. not only do they offer protection and temperature control they can add value to your home. Keep the costs of your Duncraig home down by installing security roller shutters.
Security Screens and Doors
Weather you want a sleek looking marine-grade stainless steel secure mesh door, a perforated Aluminium screen or a Diamond Grille aluminium security door, Security Screens doors in Duncraig are a smart move to increase your level of safety and avoid any issues.
Lock Smith Duncraig
Lock Smith in Duncraig provides a wide range of Residential and Commercial locksmithing services around the clock. If you want a trustworthy, readable, experienced and licence locksmith who comes to Duncraig then contact me for a number.
Want a change in the home? Getting a professional painter can make all the difference. Graham Kavanagh strives to provide the highest quality and best value house painting service in Duncraig.
Small Home Renovations (GKHI)
Add value and space to your house, weather it's indoor or outdoor GKD home improvement Duncraig can create a unique and beautiful space for you. Refurbishments, Alterations and Renovations of all budget types.
Bathroom and Laundry Tiler
Bathrooms are usually the first room you see in the morning and the last room you see at night before going to bed, so you really want it to be a place you walk into and love. boring or old tiles can really effect the way a bathroom feels, Bathroom floor tiling Duncraig will get your bathroom walls and floor up to your standards.
Tree Lopper Duncraig
Overgrown trees are often the first sign to home buyers that the house isn't well kept. However, trees aren't always easy to trim or remove on your own. Let a local Duncraig tree lopper get the hard work done fast for you and help get your garden back under control. Call me for a number.
Duncraig Glazier - Glass Repairs
A local Duncraig Glass repairer who is an experienced glazier and can help fix your broken windows fast. Cracked or damaged glass can be a potential hazard so it is important to fix such hazards fast. Contact me for a number.
Paving Duncraig
Quality paving needed around your Duncraig home. I have contacts in this space.
Laundry Renovations
Often laundries are the most neglected room in your home. That's because it's often a purely functional room, with no thought given to design, functionality and aesthetics. It doesn't have to be this way. There are many local Duncraig laundry renovations tradespeople have performed countless laundry renovations across Perth suburbs that leave the homeowners impressed and amazed. I have details of several tried and trusted tradespeople I can confidently refer to you.
Flowers to make your home beautiful
When it comes to your house you want it to look its best which is complimented by a beautiful flower arrangement near the front door, on a coffee table or on a dining room table. This will add a little life into your home,and is lovely to come home to everyday. Get home delivered arrangements with Perth Florist Duncraig delivery. You can pick out an arrangement that will compliment your house colour scheme perfectly.
Chimney Flue Cleaning Duncraig
Fire places are beautiful, but don't let the flue build up with ash and soot as it can cause chimney fires that can explode out the flue and spread a fire into your house. By using SmartBurn available at Bunnings, you will dramatically reduce your chances of a dangerous and expensive chimney flue fire in your Duncraig house. Chimney Flue Cleaner Duncraig in a tube. Learn more about their multi-award winning product.
Car Smash Repair Duncraig
Smash Repair Duncraig - Balcatta Panel and paint are car accident and respray specialists. They are insurance approved independent Auto body repair workshop, with a fully qualified team. With no need to call to book an appointment drive in for insurance and private quotes.
Mobile Mechanic for Your Vehicle
Making sure you keep top of your vehicle servicing can be difficult because getting to a workshop during working hours is hard. Super Quick Oil Change are a mobile mechanic that can come to you for oil changes. Give us a call for a mobile mechanic in Duncraig Perth.


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Indautxu and 'high street' shops
Exclusive jewellery, made to measure shirts, quality 'high street' clothing, boutiques for the young and hand embroidered cloth are just some of the things you can find in the Indautxu Quarter and streets like Rodríguez Arias, Alameda de Urquijo or the plaza de Campuzano. As you stroll along you can admire the carefully prepared shop windows which are a perfect compliment to the stunning architecture of the buildings.
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A.P.C. Cardigans
Started in 1988 by creative director Jean Touitou, A.P.C. (short for Atelier de Production et de Creation) produces timeless, quintessentially Parisian men's ready-to-wear. Refined materials and an attention to cut and fit define the label's elevated closet staples, from its cult favorite raw denim jeans and mariner striped sweaters to printed button-downs and t-shirts. Timelessly styled leather and suede backpacks, desert boots, and derbys complement A.P.C.'s low-key menswear for a look that is casual, yet always polished.
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What's New
Heart Doodles Too Font by Outside-the-Line
About: A followup to Heart Doodles, here are even more ways to say "I love you" through out the year! Some are stand-alone hearts and others have matching hearts for creating all-over heart patterns or a series of similar but slightly different hearts.
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DIY and Office waste clearance and waste disposal for Nottingham and Forest-Fields by Junk Poters, the best man with a van rubbish clearance company.
Our Nottingham and Forest-Fields staff will remove of all types of waste and DIY rubbish from anywhere on the property and sweep up fully before they go.
Junk Porters Nottingham rubbish removal crews will dispose of all types of waste, from sofas, cookers, washing machines and fridges to builders junk and garden waste.
Contact us on 0800 043 5865 or Book Online Today!
Junkporters Man & Van is a fast and Ethical Recycling service!Thousands of businesses across Nottingham and Derby Use our service everyday. Derby and Nottingham householders use our Man & Van alternative to Skip Hire as a simple, cheaper and eco-friendly alternative to skip hire. Junkporters man & van skip hire alternative is a professional and economic rubbish removal and disposal service that has you covered all the way.
Really helpful.
A really useful and helpful business who came to our aid when we needed them most. Rubbish was removed quickly and efficiently, really recommend these guys, honest, genuine and really professional. No need for skip hire anymore. Gary W, Nottingham
Professional service.
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Speedy job.
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I was very satisfied by the quality of the service provided by your two men who cleared rubbish from the house. Not only were they very quick and efficient but were also polite and courteous. J Pearce, Nottingham
Nothing was too much trouble
Your two chaps were great and nothing was too much trouble so thank you for dealing with our rubbish and I look forward to seeing them again. P Davis, Nottingham
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I just wanted to say how fanastic the guys that came to my house were. The were not only incredibly efficient and practical but also very tidy and polite and I can honestly say that they were the best 'workmen' I have ever used. D Spiers, Nottingham
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My sister and I used this service last week, to clear the property of our late parents. The men were incredibly helpful and efficient, especially when it came to getting a very large sofa out of a rather small door! Would recommend this service to anyone Kazjo, Nottingham
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These are the foods that are so good because they're so bad for you.
Note: M.I.Y.O. Monday stands for Make It Your Own Monday, a question thrown out to DCF readers every Monday to jumpstart the week with lively interaction. I also welcome questions and suggestions for future MIYO Mondays. Email me.
I love fat and god, it sounds so wrong but tastes so good. I love Mey Lin's Pata Tim, an entire pork knuckle braised to painful tenderness soused in an anise-spiked, lip-sticking sauce. My knees buckle at the sight of belly, beef or pork, some of the proudest specimens in this class being Cirkulo's Beef Belly, Nomama's Twice Cooked Pork Belly Teriyaki , and Gina Lopez's Bekon. I still daydream about the sheets of lardo on beds of bruschetta that I nibbled on when I was in Italy recently. And from last week's post, you know that I adore bone marrow. Of course when it comes to my favorite food in the world – steak – there's no stopping me from chewing the fat, literally.
I'm not going to get into the evils of fat or how severely fat has been maligned or misunderstood. If you're looking for evidence on how to live a guilt-free, read: flavorless life, then you've come to this blog by accident. But no worries, I'll transform you soon enough. Dessert Comes First is a blog that shamelessly celebrates food and sweets so having said that, tell me people:
What's the fattiest, most decadent food you enjoy eating?
(And come on, don't be shy, you can work it off later).


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60 seconds with Remi Olu-Pitan on the market's reaction to Brexit
Watch Remi Olu-Pitan talk about the referendum result and what it means for financial markets.
Brexit; one has to digest what that means, and this is exactly what the market is doing. What does this separation mean for the UK economy, Europe and also global markets?
Market response
The first response is to move to safety, this is why assets such as government bonds are doing well, gold is appreciating and the yen and the dollar are appreciating. This is creating dislocations. We can see quality assets outperforming and value underperforming. The next few days or weeks will remain quite volatile.
Exploiting market dislocations
For us, it is about trying to identify how we can exploit these dislocations. While Brexit does have longer term implications for the UK economy, Europe and global markets, there are winners and losers. Right now, with a clear head, we need to focus on identifying the winners, and avoiding the losers.


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Dear All,
My Keyboard was completely dead. Thanks to the info in this forum, and to two very skilled electrical engineers we managed to bring it back to life.
It turned out to be two things:
1) the FPGA's got de-programmed, so loading the codes solved 80% of the problem. The codes can be obtained by different ways discussed in the forum (copy from old device, get it by someone who has it, etc). After loading the codes 75% of the keyboard came back to life.
2) Then with the upper left side still not working, my super-skilled engineer colleague noted a broken leg in a part of the circuitry, soldering it did the trick. He also improved some other worn out solderings (as is recommended it some of the Repair Tactic pages)
You cannot imagine how happy I am, I feel like i got my life back. I was working with my Ipad using the Remote HD App, which is actually quite nice, but obviously not the Touchstream. I would have take me ages to get to speed, and maybe could have cause me some new RSI
Thanks so much for your support, thanks to the entire forum, and particularly Torben.
All the info for repairing the keyboards is here. But you need to be either an expert in FPGA and Circuitry, or having the right friends with the right tools
I will get them a nice bottle to attempt to represent my gratitude.
Long life to the Fingerworks TS LP!
ps: I found the instructions cryptic at the beginning, but I then understood them. I will be happy to help anyone who is in the same position. Send me a message and we can chat on skype or similar.


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It's been a few weeks since I wrote my first Oscar Warrior piece of the year, looking at some of the movies that will be discussed during awards season – if you missed it, you can read that here. One of the questions that came up, rather quickly, was why I hadn't even mentioned Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.
At the time, it probably seemed like a huge oversight and I'll freely admit that I hadn't even thought about its chances. The odd thing was that I was asked this very question by Matt Patches at Hollywood.com back in July and here is an extended never-before-seen version of what I told him:
"'The Dark Knight Rises' Oscar question is an interesting one, especially when we get into the Best Picture territory, since many people felt that 'The Dark Knight' should have gotten in and may have been snubbed merely by the limitation to five Best Picture nominations that year.
"Four years later, we have a sliding scale of nominations, but we also have a movie that's not nearly as strong as 'Dark Knight' and many wonder whether the Academy will just do the same as they did for Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy and give Nolan everything this time.
"The question is whether the 'Dark Knight' trilogy is really one that has had that same kind of support among Academy members up until this movie and the answer is 'no.' Neither 'Batman Begins' nor 'The Dark Knight' received Best Picture nominations and while the various branches agree that the films are technically proficient enough for awards, overall, they're still seen as comic book/superhero movies. Since 'TDKR' is closer to 'Batman Begins' than 'The Dark Knight' (which was very much a 'Heat'-like crime story), we're probably going to see another Best Picture snub, and probably only technical awards.
Obviously, enough Oscar voters liked Heath Ledger's performance to give him a posthumous Oscar as well as awarding it tech awards, but the directors won't give Nolan a nomination for anything, and if they wouldn't do it for 'Inception,' a far superior movie, I can't see them doing so for 'TDKR' either."
Over two months later, that's still pretty much how I feel and really we need to look at The Dark Knight Rises' Oscar chances more logically.
2008's The Dark Knight was an absolutely masterpiece even compared to the excellent Batman Begins as Nolan successfully created an amazing big screen crime-thriller set in the world of Batman. Much of that had to do with the portrayal of the Joker by the late Heath Ledger, and he went on to win an Oscar, but the movie was snubbed in the Best Picture category. This was seen by many, both fans and normal moviegoers alike, as a huge oversight on the part of the Academy, and I fully agree. In some ways, this may have contributed to their decision to extend the Best Picture category to ten nominations – which since has been changed to somewhere between five and ten.
The Dark Knight still was nominated for eight Oscars, seven of them below the line for technical achievements, and it ended up winning two, one for Ledger's performance and the other for Richard King's sound editing. The lack of nominations for its writing and direction were somewhat telling that those two divisions of the Academy did not feel that a genre film was worthy of nominations in those categories.
Two years later, Nolan's 2010 film Inception was an even bigger tour de force, a masterpiece based on an original idea that really blew away moviegoers and amassed close to $300 million domestically. While that one got nominated for Best Picture with the expansion to ten, Nolan only got nominated for his writing and not his direction. While the movie did win four Oscars for under the belt categories like Wally Pfister's cinematography, sound and visual FX. The point is that if the Academy were not willing to give Nolan credit for his direction for such an astounding piece of work like Inception, we can't see any reason why they'd honor him for returning to the Batman franchise for a finale that's considered by quite a few people as a letdown following The Dark Knight, despite the amount of money it made anyway.
The biggest argument for the The Dark Knight Rises is that it's the third part of Nolan's astounding trilogy ala Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" which did receive nominations and won Oscars in almost all major categories outside acting, but that also received two previous Best Picture nominations, which is not the case with the Batman movies. Last year's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was an amazing conclusion to the series and it only received three Oscar nominations, all below the line, and it didn't win a single one. Clearly, Academy voters don't feel the need to honor blockbuster genre movies regardless of the critical accolades or the amount of business they did.
We should also point out that The Dark Knight is #8 on IMDb's Top 250 of all time and Inception is at #14, while The Dark Knight Rises got in at #29. The latter is nestled between Hitchcock's Psycho and Rear Window, which seems pretty crazy and points more to fanboy finagling than a movie deserving to be mentioned in the same sentence with those movies.
So yeah, let's end the discussions and any argument that Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises deserves Oscar and awards attention and Warner Bros. should stop wasting any money trying to make it otherwise, because it would be a waste of their money.
There's no denying that Nolan is a genius and a brilliant filmmaker and we think his name will be back in the Oscar race soon enough, but fans need to stop trying so hard to make it happen with his "Dark Knight" movies.
On that note, that's it for now. We were hoping to write something soon about the Oscar animated feature race now that the list of 21 qualifying movies has been released, but that will have to wait until we see more of them, although I hope to be upping the regularity of Oscar Warrior columns in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.


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The Ultra-thin Platform Battle: AMD Congo vs. Intel CULV
Where Note Meets Book
Where Note Meets Book
Ever wondered how a similarly configured AMD and Intel platform based notebook would fare? While this topic has been touched upon every once in a while, it's time to pit them together to see how both these platform providers stack up and that's the main talking point in this article. Before we jump in, we backtrack a bit to highlight the progression of the notebook scene and our segment of comparison today.
Two years ago, netbooks got consumers all hot and bothered with their ultra affordability and mobility. Mainstream notebooks weren't neglected either as consumers still lapped them up to overtake worldwide desktop PC shipments. However brisk sales of the cheaper and less functional netbooks did make OEMs and platform manufacturers to take note of new forms of consumer needs. In a bid to capture a relatively new segment of thin and light notebooks with the full performance functionality of traditional mainstream notebooks, Intel leapt in with its introduction of Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) processor based notebooks early last year.
Essentially, the CULV processors were the same Core 2 Duo processors but were thoroughly tested for much lower voltage operation, thus enabling notebook designs to cater to the lower TDP of the platform running within. This meant, thinner, lighter and swankier designs for the relatively newer CULV platform based notebooks, which also performed far better than netbooks and were almost as capable as traditional notebooks. While manufacturers have had previously offered similar ultraportable notebooks, these were extremely expensive and mostly aimed at the business segment. The CULV based notebooks were however targeted at mainstream consumers and offered much of the portability as high-end business notebooks, but at a much lower price point.
Now an interesting point here is that Intel wanted to anxiously compete in this special 'new' segment mostly because their competitor, AMD made their move first in this range of notebooks. While AMD didn't have an answer to the popular netbook segment because it wasn't concentrating its efforts to produce a chip specific to this segment, they did however improvise with their existing mobile processor line-up, tweaked them for even lower power consumption and got in to the whole marketing of providing a better experience with their thin and light notebooks than a limited netbook could offer.
When we evaluated the first iteration of AMD's thin and light notebook solution last year, the Yukon platform with its Neo single-core processor didn't seem impressive, but it did score better than an Intel based netbook by a good degree. The Congo platform with its dual-core processor however, seemed more in line as a modern ultra-thin laptop platform. Having had the opportunity to test some Congo-based AMD ultra-thin notebooks (such as the Acer Ferrari One), we did find some performance improvements but still not quite in the same playing field as Intel's CULV platform equivalents. However, AMD notebooks do have the advantage of featuring better integrated graphics thanks to them owning ATI and using an ATI integrated graphics processor (IGP).
Thus far, Intel based notebooks have managed better performance numbers for crunching productivity and content creation tasks while managing better power consumption figures. AMD's platform has an interesting proposition with better multimedia performance thanks to its integrated graphics engine, but Intel has improved theirs by a fair bit since the Montevina update came along; so is AMD still leading in this aspect? And which notebook platform has the upper hand when factoring all of these aspects including value?
So far, we've tested various notebook models running on Intel CULV and AMD Congo platforms, but for this article we managed to obtain two almost identical notebooks for both platforms using the HP Pavilion dm3 series. We previously reviewed the Intel version that boasts of a Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz) dual-core processor and the Intel GS45 chipset which has Intel's GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics engine (the first to fully handle 1080p Blu-ray video playback properly on an Intel mobile chipset) and is priced at about S$1599. We'll pit this against the more recently acquired AMD M780G platform based HP Pavilion dm3 notebook running a Turion Neo X2 L625 (1.6GHz) dual-core processor. Priced cheaper at S$1499, it even boasts of an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 discrete graphics chip. So for a lower price point, we can tell you'll be getting better graphics capabilities, but what about better overall performance? Let's find out.


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Dental Visits
Regular dental care is an important part of overall health for people of any age. Schedule a dental visit twice a year for regular cleanings and examinations to check for any developing problems. At home cleaning is as critical for adults as it is for children.
Children's Dental Visits
The ideal time for a child's first visit is approximately one year of age.
It's an appropriate age for careful examination of the development of your child's mouth and spotting problems such as baby bottle tooth decay, teething irritations, gum disease, and prolonged thumb-sucking issues. The dentist can provide or recommend special preventive care. The visit normally lasts approximately 15 minutes.
An older child's visit to the dentist lasts about 30 minutes. Bring your child's complete medical history record. During the visit the dentist will perform a gentle examination of the teeth, jaw, bite, gums and oral tissues to monitor growth and development and observe any problem areas. Digital X-rays may be taken if needed, followed by a gentle cleaning to polish teeth and remove stains, plaque and tartar build-up. Finally, the child will be given a demonstration of proper home cleaning.


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14. Gopa's Great Virtue
PRESENTLY the women of the palace came to pay homage to the Master. Gopa, alone,
was missing. The king evinced his surprise.
"I asked her to come with us," said Mahaprajapati. "'I shall not go with you,' she answered. 'I may be wanting in virtue; I may not deserve to see my husband. If 1 have done nothing wrong, he will come to me of his own accord, and I shall then show him the respect that is his due.'"
The Master left his seat and went to Gopa's apartments. She had discarded her costly raiment and her soft veils; she had flung aside her bracelets and her necklaces; she was wearing a reddish-colored robe, made of some coarse material. At the sight of her thus attired, he smiled with happiness. She fell at his feet and worshipped him.
"You see," said she, "I wanted to dress as you are dressed; I wanted to know about your life in order to live as you live. You eat but once a day, and I eat but once a day. You gave up sleeping in a bed; look around: no bed will you see, for here is the bench on which I sleep. And from now on I shall have done with sweet perfumes, and no longer shall I put flowers in my hair."
"I was aware of your great virtue, Gopa," replied the Master. "It has not failed you, and I praise you for it. How many women are there in this world who would have had the courage to do as you did?"
And seating himself, he spoke these words:
"Women are not to be trusted. For one who is wise and good, more than a thousand can be found who are foolish and wicked. Woman is more mysterious than the path of a fish through the water; she is as fierce as a robber, and like the robber, she is deceitful; she will rarely tell the truth, for to her a lie is like the truth and the truth like a lie. Often have I told my disciples to avoid women. It displeases me even to have them speak to them. Yet you, Gopa, are not false; I believe in your virtue. Virtue is a flower not easily found; a woman must have clear eyes in order to see it; she must have pure hands in order to gather it Mara hides his pointed arrows under flowers oh, how many women love treacherous flower, flowers that inflict wounds which never heal! Unhappy women! The body is but foam and they know it not. They cling to this world, then the day comes when King Death claims them for his own. The body is less substantial than a mirage: who knows that will break Mara's flowered arrows, who knows that will never meet King Death. Death carries away the woman who heedlessly gathers flowers, even as the torrent, swollen by the storm, carries away the drowsy village. Gather flowers, O woman, take joy in their colors, drink in their perfume; Death lies in wait for you, and before you are satisfied, you will be his. Consider the bee: it goes from flower to flower, and, harming no one, simply takes the nectar from which honey is made."


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Did you ever wish you could hear my voice?
Specifically, did you ever wish you could hear me sounding really froggy and insufficiently caffeinated, maybe over a not-so-hot cell phone connection? And better still, not saying anything remotely funny?
Well, now's your chance! My Daily Special debut is up at Elastic Waist! Woohooooo!
Thanks to everyone over there who made it happen. It really was a lot of fun to get to go behind the scenes at The Daily Special, even if only via speakerphone!
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