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If one were to set out to design a malfunctional tax and benefits system from scratch you would probably end up with what we have in the UK. As such, the Taxpayers' Alliance new publication "The Single Income Tax" is extremely useful.
It is worthwhile examining just how bad the tax and benefits system is today by taking the simplest possible case – note, the simplest possible case – of a couple with three children not claiming Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit or assistance with child-care costs (or a host of other ad hoc benefits that are available).
The couple will receive total benefits of £13,275 assuming that they undertake 30 hours work a week between them. These benefits are then withdrawn at a rate of 41 pence of benefit for every pound earned over £6,420 until the household income level reaches £38,798. It is assumed that this is a single-earner household (the tax and benefit position in reality depends on the way in which earnings are split between the two persons in the couple). The first point to note is that this couple receive the basic means-tested benefit until their income is almost £39,000.
National Insurance contributions – once a tax that could be understood by any self-respecting A-level school leaver, but which now cannot be understood without a PhD – begin at £7,592 a year at the rate of 12% and continue at that level until earnings reach £42,484 (£42,475). At that point they decrease to 2%. This only includes the employees' element.
Income tax is paid at 20% on earnings from £8,105 to £42,475 at which point income tax increases to 40% (the difference between the earnings level at which National Insurance is reduced and that at which income tax increases arises due to rounding error because of the different way the two taxes are calculated – as such the figure in brackets is used for National Insurance in the calculations below: it is a bit simpler than it looks, for a change).
This means that, from an earnings level of about £8,000 a year to a level of about £39,000, the couple suffer tax, National Insurance and the problems caused by the withdrawal of means-tested benefits. Remarkably, the couple then only have a slice of earnings of around £10,000 during which they can breathe a sigh of relief before they are back in the spaghetti bowl of benefit withdrawal once again.
The reason for this is that child benefit is withdrawn when the income of the highest earner reaches £50,000. Note that this is not based on the earnings of the couple like all other aspects of the benefit system, or earnings of the individual like most aspects of the tax system, but on the earnings of the highest earner within the couple! There is no rationale to this at all. The net result will be that our couple with one person earning over £50,000 will suffer a loss of 25% of every additional pound that they earn in addition to higher rate tax and National Insurance contributions – a total tax and benefit withdrawal rate of 67%.
Having reached an income of £60,000, the family can then relax, having escaped the complexities of the benefit system and will be paying tax and National Insurance at a combined rate of 42% until earnings reach £100,000. At this point, the personal tax allowance is withdrawn and the couple suffer a 62% tax rate until earnings reach £116,210 at which point life becomes simple again.
Earnings above £116,200 are taxed at 40% (with the addition of 2% National Insurance) making a marginal rate of 42% until earnings reach £150,000 at which point income taxes rises to 45% and the total to 47%.
In summary, the position looks like this with the second column showing the disincentive the couple face when they wish to try to earn an extra pound of income.
Earnings band
Total marginal tax and benefit withdrawal rate
Income tax
National insurance
Benefit withdrawal
What is shocking about this picture is both the size of the marginal rates faced by couples with children and their complete incoherence. Certain differences can be justified, for example where benefits are withdrawn or where National Insurance has a different function from income tax. However, several of these marginal rates exist because of simple political expediency.
Unfortunately, this is really the beginning of the story and not the end. To simplify, I have omitted Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit student loan repayments, employers' National Insurance contributions and indirect taxes. Together these might feasibly reduce the retained income for an individual to not much more than 20% of any increase in pay over much of the income spectrum and to 3% over part of the income spectrum (for about 750,000 households).
There are certain consequences that arise from this situation, all of which are highly undesirable:
- In order to earn a decent living that is significantly above the amount one can receive on benefits from doing no work at all, it is necessary to go very far up the income scale – to £30,000+.
- A couple can reduce their tax bill or increase their benefit receipts dramatically by splitting up (or, more likely not committing to each other in the first place) or by both of them going out to work.
- Education, upskilling, promotion and so on are basically a waste of time for those in the bottom half of the earnings distribution unless it will take you into the top half of the earnings distribution.
- The new student loan system penalises success and rewards failure and will exacerbate these problems right up the income scale – as do the reforms to child benefit.
Unfortunately, nothing that the government has proposed so far has begun to address these problems – though there are rumours about better things to follow. The message is simple, though: if you want to create a society that punishes work, training, family formation and saving then just follow the UK model. If you want to see the results, look around you.
The original article appeared on Conservative Home.


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Scrap gold supplies in India, the world's second-biggest consumer of bullion, are likely to halve this quarter as the cash crunch and falling prices make it difficult for consumers to liquidate their holdings.
Scrap gold supplies in India, the world's second-biggest consumer of bullion, are likely to halve this quarter as the cash crunch and falling prices make it difficult for consumers to liquidate their holdings.
Lower scrap supplies could force the south Asian country to raise imports, which will support global prices that are near their lowest level in 5-1/2 months.
"In the December quarter, scrap supply could fall by 50 to 60 percent due to a shortage of hard cash and falling prices," said Sudheesh Nambiath, a senior analyst at metals consultancy GFMS, a division of Thomson Reuters.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi removed some larger bank notes to crack down on corruption. The move hit scrap gold buyers as most sellers prefer payments in cash.
Just few weeks back, customers use to queue outside Jitendra Jain's tiny scrap gold shop in Mumbai. The shop has been deserted since the government got rid of the high value notes.
"Business has been affected badly due to cash crunch. We are able to buy gold only from customers that are accepting payment by cheque," said Jain, who used to buy around 2 kilograms of gold every day, but now manages to buy just 100 to 200 grams.
"But very few customers prefer cheque payments. Most people insist for immediate payment in cash."
Most shops of scrap gold buyers were deserted in Mumbai's Zaveri bazaar, the country's biggest bullion market.
In the quarter ending in September, the scrap supply hit a record high of 58.8 tonnes as local prices jumped to their highest level in nearly three years in July, according to GFMS. Local prices have corrected 10 percent from the July peak.
"People sell gold when they badly need cash. Right now they are not getting cash even after liquidating gold," said another scrap gold dealer based in Mumbai, who asked not to be identified.
Like scrap dealers, the shortage of currency notes has also been hitting jewellers.
"Demand is very weak. Consumers are postponing purchases," said Bachhraj Bamalwa, director at All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation.
Last week gold premiums in India jumped to the highest in two years, but on Monday gold dealers were offering at a discount up to $5 an ounce.
"People are not able to make gold purchases even for wedding in rural areas. For next few weeks demand will remain subdued," said a Chennai-based jeweler, who asked not to be identified.
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Hugh O'Neill building was constructed in 1887 and was the home of a Hugh O'Neill's Dry Goods department store. One day on a tour scouting walk I ended up about to cross 6th Avenue at 21st Street and noticed the top of the building. I set up my shot as diners at Markt (delicious shrimp omelette at brunch!) watched. I really liked the image my phone captured but added an Instagram filter to end up with this majestic tone.


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Sunday, 10 April 2016
Crafts & Me - Jeremiah Ketner - Walking with you.
27 comments:
- Maarit at Violets Corner said...
Fabulous card Nic, the colouring is simply stunning. Great detailing too :)
Love and hugs
- 10 April 2016 at 08:04
- Lynne in NI said...
Gorgeous card Nic, your colouring is absolutely stunning!
- 10 April 2016 at 09:04
- Jennifer Smith-Kirk said...
Hi Nic
Gorgeous card as usual, your image and embellishments work so well together X X X
- 10 April 2016 at 09:11
- CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...
Gorgeous and beautiful card Nic love the image fabulous colour's and design
Dianne xx :)
- 10 April 2016 at 09:18
- Blankina said...
I love the images of Jeramiah K. And wow you have made such a pretty card with it. Have a nice Sunday, hugs Blankina
- 10 April 2016 at 12:00
- Dotty Jo x said...
Your card is a total knock-out! Fabulous creation, Jo x BTW, we have a DT call-out over at Naughty or Nice Challenges right now.
- 10 April 2016 at 12:22
- Sandra H said...
This is just so beautiful x
- 10 April 2016 at 13:18
- Pop's Cards said...
Hi sweetie, this is so pretty and such gorgeous colours hugs Pops x
- 10 April 2016 at 13:54
- Sarah said...
She is, indeed, very beautiful and you have done a beautiful job with her xx
- 10 April 2016 at 16:22
- Margaret said...
Absolutely gorgeous! Stunning. Love the simple image, but your coloring and card design make it a work of art. Thanks for playing with us at One Stitch at a Time this fortnight. Good luck. Maggie, DT
- 10 April 2016 at 19:28
- Lorraine said...
This is so pretty Nic, love the image and all the gorgeous flowers
Lorraine x
- 10 April 2016 at 20:31
- Wishcraft said...
Fab image and details, just gorgeous Nic :o) Hugs, Lisa x
- 10 April 2016 at 20:37
- Patty Sue 2 said...
This is totally awesome. Your coloring is spot on and the card details are lovely! I love it!
- 11 April 2016 at 07:29
- Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...
WOW!!! Stunning creation hun, love the papers & the image is gorgeous!
Hugs Shell xx
- 11 April 2016 at 11:01
- Marlene Atkinson said...
This is stunning Nic, gorgeous image, colours, papers and design. Marlene
- 11 April 2016 at 11:49
- Marilyn said...
Beautiful image and jaw dropping gorgeous colouring!
- 11 April 2016 at 12:48
- ~@ngie~ said...
absolutely stunning as always darl :) xXx
- 11 April 2016 at 13:25
- Whisper said...
Oooo stunning DP's and image, Luv Sam x
- 11 April 2016 at 21:49
- crafty-stamper said...
Beautiful image and fabulous colouring love all the layers and embellishments
Carol x
- 11 April 2016 at 23:16
- Wendy Nicola Jackson said...
Dreamy and delish Nic! I love the colours, the lush blooms and fabby papers, but you know that stunning image and your fab colouring is the show stopper! Gorgeous hun. Hugs, Wends x
- 12 April 2016 at 00:35
- Heather McClelland said...
What a beautiful and gorgeous card. Great use of lace. Thanks for joining us The Crafters Cafe, Heather
- 12 April 2016 at 00:57
- Janice said...
Amazing colouring Nic, and a gorgeous card design, so pretty, Jx
- 12 April 2016 at 07:55
- Pat K said...
Doing a catch up today coops...so many gorgeous creations since I last visited, each one a pleasure to view. hugs, Pat K x
- 12 April 2016 at 15:17
- coldwaters2 said...
WOW Nic this is so incredibly beautiful, you have coloured that image to perfection, the papers, flowers and gems look so pretty, a stupendous creation
lorraine x
- 12 April 2016 at 19:49
Wow what a stunning project. So detailed. I love it
THank you for taking part at
Love Mel
- 13 April 2016 at 19:10
- Gale said...
Gorgeous card Coops. Love the design and your amazing coloring. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Calendar this month and we hope to see you again soon. Hugs, Gale DT
- 18 April 2016 at 03:08
- Srebrnolistka said...
I love it, layers, image and colouring are perfect! Thank you for joining us at CardMania Challenges :)
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Metropolitan Tikhon welcomed at Rome's Russian Orthodox Church
His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion [Alfeyev] of Volokolamsk, who chairs the Moscow Patriarchate's Department of External Church Relations, welcomed His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, for the celebration of the Great Kanon of Saint Andrew of Crete at Rome's Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Catherine on Wednesday evening, March 20, 2013. Accompanying Metropolitan Tikhon was Archpriest Eric G. Tosi, OCA Secretary.
Both hierarchs were in Rome for the Installation of Pope Francis, held one day earlier.
Saint Catherine Church was recently built in the vicinity of the centrally located Vatican to serve the city's growing number of Russian and other Orthodox Christians.
At the conclusion of the service, Metropolitan Hilarion offered formal greetings to Metropolitan Tikhon. The English text, translated by Alexis Liberovsky, OCA Archivist, appears below in its entirety.
Greeting of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon Saint Catherine Russian Orthodox Church Rome, Italy March 20, 2013
Your Beatitude, Most Blessed Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada!
Allow me to greet you warmly today at the Church of Saint Catherine located on one of the hills of the Eternal City. By Divine Providence, you attended the enthronement of the newly elected Pope of Rome. Yesterday, we witnessed this solemn ceremony together and today we together read the Great Penitential Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete, as for our Orthodox Church, it is the first week of Great Lent. It just so happens that another similar event is taking place this week. Tomorrow, the newly elected Archbishop of Canterbury will be enthroned in London and I must depart to go there immediately after this service.
This New Year has also been marked by the elevation of new primates of Local Orthodox Churches - the Patriarchs of Antioch and Bulgaria, in whose enthronements I also had the opportunity to participate.
The year began with the enthronement of Your Beatitude. The Lord deigned you to undertake the primacy of the Orthodox Church in America in a difficult time, when you were chosen as Primate to restore order in your Church and to encourage its flock towards unity.
The Orthodox Church in America stems from the sowing of salvific seeds by missionaries of the Russian Orthodox Church, who brought Orthodoxy to the North American continent in the 18th and 19th centuries. Initially, they preached the Orthodox faith in Alaska, then on the west coast, and finally on the east coast. The great hierarch of the Russian Church, Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of All Russia, whose name that you bear, served on the American continent for a number of years. It is his vision, the vision of a united Orthodox Church in North America, which laid the foundation for the Orthodox Church in America. While Saint Tikhon's prophetic vision has yet to be realized, the various Orthodox jurisdictions ministering in North America today are striving towards spiritual and internal unity, despite remaining administrative divisions.
This church, erected here in ancient Rome, is also one of the fruits of the outreach efforts of the Russian Orthodox Church. But this church does not exist here for any missionary or proselytizing purposes, but rather for our compatriots—Orthodox Christians living in this country – to provide for them the salvific haven of the Holy Orthodox Church, in which they were nurtured, which they love and to which they remain faithful while living in a heterodox environment.
Today, while I was in the building of the Vatican Secretariat of State awaiting an audience with the Pope, I was shown a view of the city of Rome from the window there. This window is directly below the windows of the papal apartment, where previous pontiffs resided, and where the newly elected Pope will also live. I must say that this panoramic view of ancient Rome is much embellished by the tower and dome of our Saint Catherine Church. Every morning, when the Pope wakes up and looks out the window, he sees the Eternal City, including our belfry. I mentioned this to him today. I hope that he remembers this and will gladly gaze upon our church, which graces the skyline of this beautiful and ancient city.


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Fri., after I realize that I couldn't register it to the next day, after replacing the left side engine cover, I took it for a short test ride and found that I could not select 4th gear. So, I pulled the cover again and found that I had indexed the selector incorrectly. I moved the pawl carrier what seemed like one spline on the shaft and notice there was a line on each which seem to line up. Sat,, after I got the license plate on, I took off to visit a friend in Mystic, a little over 40 miles away. As soon as I left I realize that I now couldn't select 1st gear, but decided to carry on anyway. The motor is quite torquey and with a little clutch slip and patience, I seemed to manage fine starting in 2nd. I was pleasantly surprise by how well it handles and how decent the suspension is. The brakes however and very underwhelming and the motor does vibrate some. I missed a turn and ended up going through Bozrah, probably making the 40 mile trip 50 miles. In Norwich, I noticed the nuts on the front engine stud spinning loose. And, I was gaining clutch freeplay and it didn't want to disengage fully. At my friend's house, we tightened the engine nuts and readjusted the clutch cable and discovered that I had a slight gas leak from one of the mounting tabs on the fuel tank, despite the fact that I had coated the tank with POR-15. Jim took me over to a neighbor he had met who I used to race with in the good ol' days, Tom Silva. I raced Tom's H-2 Kawasaki once at Bridgehampton, and it seized on one cyl., but was still pretty fast.
I headed back at maybe 6:30 and it started to get cool. I had replace the ignition/charging system with a cheater Powerdynamo, a 12V, 150 watt system with pointless electronic ignition. So, I plugged in my electric jacket liner and gloves and enjoyed a toasty vintage ride. I drained the tank when I got back, but didn't get anything else done before dark.
|Yes, I did lube the chain after taking this photo
|Amy Roper photo
|With the left side cover in my lap, figuring out the indexing. Amy Roper photo
|Brother Doug getting his Benelli ready for the ride. Amy Roper photo
All together, a pretty successful debut for the Horex, successful enough to justify investing some more into it. I need sprockets, exhaust head pipes, a speedometer that works, and a few 7 X 1.0 X 40mm oval head slot head screws (where do I get those?).


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Blockage of U.S. Corn to Mexico not Instantaneous
From the halls of Congress to Chicago commodities markets, President Donald Trump's goal to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is causing jitters in agriculture – worsened this week when a senator in Mexico pledged to introduce a bill to require that country's corn imports to come from Brazil and Argentina, not the U.S.
In Washington, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) mentioned the pending bill in Mexico to reporters, saying that whether it's just posturing or not, it was a smart move.
Mexican negotiators have been preparing for the new round of negotiations for weeks, responding to one of the first executive orders from newly inaugurated President Trump.
"They aren't going to be caught off guard. They aren't going to go into these negotiations in a weak position," Grassley told Agriculture.com in a telephone press conference.
Grassley is among several Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee meeting this week with two Trump advisers likely to be part of that process – Trump's longtime attorney, Jason Greenblatt, and Peter Navarro, a protectionist economist who now heads Trump's National Trade Council. Navarro, dubbed "The Most Dangerous Man in Trump World?" by Politico, is a critic of U.S. trade policies with China.
Before the meeting, Grassley told reporters about his concerns that agriculture could be hurt in a renegotiated NAFTA. For the past two years, Mexico has been the top export market for U.S. corn and, so far in the current marketing year, is buying at an even greater rate than in 2015-2016.
"I want the administration to know that it could be harmful to agriculture if we push too hard," Grassley said.
You might wonder if Mexico can simply quit buying U.S. corn under NAFTA.
The short answer is yes, says Chad Hart, an Iowa State University agricultural economist who has studied trade agreements.
"NAFTA doesn't say you can't do that. We have mechanisms to challenge this under NAFTA," Hart said.
It wouldn't be instantaneous, however.
"It takes years to negotiate and work these things out," Hart said. One example is the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) law passed by the U.S. Congress that was successfully challenged by Canada, which lost meat exports to the U.S. Mexico joined Canada in the challenge to COOL.
It takes even longer to negotiate trade agreements. NAFTA was the dream of President Ronald Reagan, who proposed a North American common market. Negotiations picked up under the administration of George H. W. Bush and the agreement was signed by President Bill Clinton.
But the clock is ticking toward potential confrontation. Trump's executive order triggers a 90-day window to start renegotiating NAFTA.
That process has three potential outcomes, says Hart. The negotiators would decide not to change anything. They could renegotiate and make changes to the existing agreement. Or they could fail to reach an agreement with the U.S. withdrawing from NAFTA completely.
Mexico faces practical barriers to retaliating against U.S. corn exports, which are mostly shipped directly to Mexican terminals by rail. To replace U.S. corn with supplies from South America would require marine transport and shipping corn from Mexico's ports.
"It's going to be more painful and more costly," Hart said.
Hart said there's enough South American corn to replace U.S. exports and that any markets lost by exporters from Brazil and Argentina might be replaced by U.S. corn. But the transportation costs for corn, in general, would likely be higher under that scenario.
"Everybody's paying a little bit more because of this artificial barrier that's been created," Hart said.
Exports aren't as crucial to the corn market as they are for soybeans. Yet, they account for about a fifth of U.S. corn production. Mexico currently buys about a fourth of those corn exports. So far in the current 2016-2017 marketing year, the U.S. has sold 410 million bushels of corn to Mexico, ahead of the 360 million-ton pace at this time a year ago. The U.S. projects total sales to Mexico this year at 2.2 billion bushels.
So far, partly due to strong exports, corn prices aren't reflecting current fears about trade disputes.
But the jitters are beginning to show up in rising premiums for corn futures options, as well as other commodities, Hart said. The cost of premiums is determined partly by volatility in markets.
"What you've got is a general sense of unease as to what agricultural trade policy will be in the coming years," Hart said.
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Succeeding at numeracy tests
Companies in the investment management sector often use an interview process combined with numerous tests to determine a candidate's suitability.
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New Zealand 169 for 4 (Brownlie 69*, McCullum 51) and 45 trail South Africa 347 for 8 dec (Petersen 106, De Villiers 67) by 133 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
New Zealand will grasp any consolation after suffering the indignity of being bundled out for 45 in their first innings and avoiding defeat in two days will do for a start. They will resume the third day 133 runs behind with six wickets remaining after South Africa's quick bowlers failed to repeat the havoc of the opening day.
Their chief source of resistance came from Dean Brownlie, who struck a 44-ball half-century to be 69 not out at the close and collected a few bruises to show for his labours after goading Dale Steyn into a hostile conclusion to the second day. The bulk of Brownlie's cricket until three years ago was played in Perth and it showed, too, as he prospered on the back foot, square of the wicket on the off side, in an enterprising post-tea innings.
South Africa were architects of their own frustration as they dropped Brownlie, twice, and Brendon McCullum in the final session. Brownlie escaped twice at gully on 23, Dean Elgar and Alviro Petersen spurning opportunities presented by Steyn and Vernon Philander respectively. Jacques Kallis' attempt to catch McCullum off Steyn at second slip was a worthier effort, but it all contributed to New Zealand adding 133 in the final session.
New Zealand had batted doggedly up to tea, but they had lost Martin Guptill for nought, when he clipped Steyn to midwicket, and Kane Williamson, who looked in the mood for some prolonged blocking until a tempting short delivery from Jacques Kallis jagged off a crack to have him caught at second slip.
New Zealand had lasted only 19.2 overs in the first innings and, if nobody seriously expected a repeat of that, they were vulnerable on a pitch showing signs of unreliable bounce. The strong winds which closed Table Mountain in the build-up to the game and cracked and crusted this Newlands surface threatened to have the final say.
Only when Brownlie began to hit about him did McCullum's mood lighten. For him to bear his responsibilities so heavily was unusual, but he was a new Test captain appointed in controversial circumstances, criticised in some quarters for an overly-optimistic attitude in batting first and then for placing excessively attacking fields in return. If he was ever going to begin a Test innings strokelessly, this was it.
He fell lbw to Robin Petersen, his decision to review the decision owing more to his status and New Zealand's plight than any realistic hope of overturning it. Daniel Flynn's colourless innings ended with extra bounce from Kallis and an inside edge to the wicketkeeper.
If South Africa were not hampering themselves by dropping catches, they were also making a hash of DRS. They failed to challenge umpire Ian Gould's "not out" ruling when to have done so would have won an lbw decision while Williamson was on 4. They then wasted a review when Gould refused a catch at the wicket with Williamson on 9, the ball having brushed the batsman's pocket.
What followed almost brought DRS into disrepute. There was a delay of nearly five minutes before the third umpire, Kumar Dharmasena, gave his decision. In the background at square leg, as endless Hot Spot replays were studied, Hashim Amla's long beard was shown as pure white and made him look like an ancient. There again, as we waited inexplicably for Dharmasena, none of us felt any younger.
Final-session frustrations or not, South Africa must feel the Test is almost won. It was difficult on a summer's day like this, with the Test entirely in command, for a South African player not to feel content, but Dean Elgar would not be happy with his world.
All Elgar had to show for South Africa's series-winning victory against Australia in Perth last month was a pair on Test debut. It was a tough ask, summoned to the tour late and expected to contribute to a series in the balance, and it proved beyond him.
At Newlands, he resumed his Test career in rather gentler circumstances, but he could not take the opportunity. Five minutes before lunch, Trent Boult made one climb outside off stump and he edged it to the wicketkeeper. He walked off shaking his head, his prototype moustache accentuating a mournful countenance.
Elgar got off the mark against his first ball, from Chris Martin, jabbing through square leg, but progression never really came. Two boundaries off Franklin in successive overs flew through slips and gully, one of them with only one hand on the bat. When he was 18, New Zealand could have overturned Rod Tucker's refusal of Boult's lbw appeal, but they failed to review.
New Zealand's seam attack had been on the short side on the first day and their ground-fielding had at times been deplorable. It would not take much to improve such standards and they did. Boult needed only one delivery to account for Alviro Petersen - the first ball of the second over. He had added three to his overnight 103 when he dragged on.
At 38 years old and after 71 Tests, Martin is aware that not too many more top-order batsmen will fall his way before he calls time on his Test career. His long service was rewarded with three more good wickets. Faf du Plessis was caught at gully, searching for one, and he bowled AB de Villiers and Peterson in successive overs immediately after lunch before Smith's declaration.
Bare head glistening with sweat and thick white headband across his forehead, Martin bounded into the crease in the happy manner of a tennis coach at a private club, intent upon communicating enthusiasm before having a knock-up with the members. As far as New Zealand are concerned, the day amounted to more than a knock-up, it was one heck of a rally.


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6554 Friends Avenue was built in 1912 by the Johnson family. The Johnsons were a prominent, professionally active couple in the Whittier community. Mr. A.C. Johnson founded the Whittier First National Savings Bank and served on the Whittier College Board of Trustees for forty years. Mrs. Johnson taught at Whittier College for many years. Eventually, after the death of the Johnsons, the house was deeded to the college.
Mr. Johnson's nephew, Mr. William Harrison, purchased the home from the College and leased it as a dormitory for coeds until 1965 when he remodeled the house for his family's use. Mr. Harrison was a well known and accomplished architect for the City. He designed the Whittier National Trust and Savings Bank as well as Whittier City Hall. The home was purchased by the Kearn family when Mr. Harrison moved on and they lived in the house for 25 years. The home has been owned by the Todd family since 1997.
Local designation date is September 7, 1989.
LOCATION NOTE: This home is directly across from Central Park in Uptown Whittier.
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Laura M. Giles has held the position of curator of prints and drawings at the Museum since December 2000.
Laura M. Giles, an internationally recognized scholar of Italian Renaissance and Baroque drawings, has been appointed as the first Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the
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"Heather and Paul Haaga's generosity will advance and support important new scholarship and increased public access surrounding one of the Princeton University Art Museum's richest and most historic holdings," said James Steward, Museum Director. With more than 15,000 works spanning six centuries of Western art, this world-renowned collection includes major drawings and watercolors by artists ranging from Bernini and Tiepolo to Turner and Winslow Homer, superb impressions of Old Master prints by Dürer, Rembrandt, and Goya, and pastel masterpieces by Degas and O'Keeffe, as well as medieval illuminated manuscripts and Latin American works on paper. The prints and drawings holdings, established in the 1930s and 1940s largely by grants and bequests from Princeton alumni, represent one of the most extensively utilized collections, particularly by Princeton undergraduates. "We are deeply grateful for this endowed curatorship, which will greater facilitate the Museum's ability to present, both in the galleries and in our study rooms, works of art of an exceptional historical range, technique, and quality," he added.
Donors Paul G. Haaga Jr. (class of 1970), and Heather Haaga have wide- ranging philanthropic engagements across the arts, culture and education. Their deep ties to the Princeton University community were most recently manifest through their planning and fundraising efforts for the 40th reunion of the Class of 1970. Paul Haaga received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Princeton in 1970; he also holds a master's degree in business (1974) from the Wharton School and a Juris Doctor (1979) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He was, until recently, the president of the Class of 1970 and currently serves on numerous boards, including the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Heather Sturt Haaga received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College. She is a practicing artist (www.heatherhaaga.com) with a focus on plein air paintingprimarily landscapes and still lifes, and has had successful shows in Los Angeles and on the East Coast. Ms. Haaga is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Princeton Theological Seminary and has recently joined the Advisory Council of PUAM.
"Paul and I are delighted to support the Princeton University Art Museum by endowing this vital curatorial position," said Heather Haaga. "As an artist, nothing is more exciting to me than looking at works of art in the original. Visiting the prints and drawings study room at Princeton for a close encounter with a watercolor by Paul Cézanne or watching a conservator work on an Old Master drawing is the kind of direct and intimate experience with great works of art that we wanted to help make possible for students and other visitors for years to come."
Since coming to Princeton, Laura Giles has done much to increase the visibility and accessibility of the Department of Prints and Drawings and has organized a wide variety of exhibitions at the Museum that demonstrate the breadth and depth of the collections as well as the scope of her interests. In addition to Cézanne in Focus: Watercolors from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection (accompanied by a scholarly catalogue Giles edited), these include Klinger to Kollwitz: German Art in the Age of Expressionism and Image and Concept: Recent Acquisitions in African-American Art, both of which emphasized areas of the collection to which she has added significantly through major acquisitions. Among her current projects, Giles is preparing a major publication and exhibition, scheduled for 2014, on the Museum's distinguished collection of Italian drawings as well as preparing an international tour of the renowned Pearlman Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art.
"I'm honored to be the first Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970, Curator of Prints and Drawings and am grateful to the Haagas for this extraordinary demonstration of their commitment to the Museum's outstanding collection of works on paper," said Giles. "I like to think of prints and drawings as signifying the most public and private aspects of the artistic process, thereby enhancing our understanding of art across time and media and serving as an integral component of the Museum's teaching mission."
Prior to her appointment at Princeton, Giles was research curator of Italian drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, curator of paintings and drawings and assistant professor of art history at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, and served as curatorial assistant in the departments of prints and drawings at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Swarthmore College, a master's degree in Art History from Williams College, and a doctorate in Fine Arts from Harvard University, where she wrote her dissertation on the 17th-century Italian artist Giacomo Cavedone.
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One of my favorite people Eric Rivera will be cooking here. I know you this guy, either from the Seattle PI blogs or from his personal blog. The truth is that he has food running through his veins so whatever Eric does will surely impress!
Damiana's Blue Truck Special is excited to announce a one night pop-up restaurant experience. Chef Brian O'Connor and Chef Eric Rivera will prepare a four course seasonal meal served in an intimate setting with family style seating and service. Chef O'Connor is the highly lauded Chef De Cuisine at Seattle's Blueacre Seafood and previously of San Francisco's Cliff House.
Roasted Heirloom Beet Salad- watercress, feta yogurt emulsion, honey crisp apple
Curried Cinderella Pumpkin Soup- roasted root vegetables, pineapple quince, pepitas
Coriander Braised Maple Leaf Duck Leg- green lentils, smoked cauliflower, bacon, confit garlic
Caramelized Comice Pear and Rosemary Galette- creme fraiche ice cream
Price: $40/person. Wine and gratuity not included. Recommended wines and pairings available by the glass and bottle.
Location: Swirl Wine Bar, Magnolia. 3217 W McGraw Street.
Date/Time: Sunday, November 7 @ 6:00PM
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Governor's Proclamation
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's proclamation commending The Refuge and the ceremonial groundbreaking of The Refuge Ranch on November 25, 2016.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Proclamation
Read by Ben Taylor, Outreach Director, Texas Governor's Office, during The Refuge Ranch's ceremonial breaking.
"To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Know ye that this certificate is presented on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony for the:
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October 25, 2016
"As governor, I take the issue of child sex trafficking very seriously. This past legislative session, I was proud to sign into law new funding to support medical care for victims of child sex trafficking. For over a decade, first as attorney general of Texas, we led criminal investigations and prosecutions against traffickers and presided over the Statewide Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Taskforce, and now through the Governor's Child Sex Trafficking Team. CSTT is focused on providing comprehensive, trauma-informed services to survivors of child sex trafficking, including services like those that will be provided by The Refuge.
"We know that treating victims of this most heinous crime can take years of hard work, relapses and restarts, but each of these precious lives is worth time and effort. For that effort, I commend The Refuge and all those who support it.
"First Lady Cecilia Abbott joins me in sending best wishes."


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Reel Talk: 'Suffragette' an Emotional but Ultimately Flat Take on Feminism
One of the more interesting facts about Suffragette is that it's almost entirely made by women. About the fight for women's suffrage in early 1900s England, it has a female director, writer, a female lead (Carey Mulligan), at least five or six women in supporting roles, five female producers, and more. This needs to happen way more in cinema, and Hollywood is actually being investigated by the government right now for discrimination towards women and other minorities. So, Suffragette is definitely an important film and a step in the right direction, but—as it turns out—that doesn't make it any more engaging.
It is by no means a bad film— in some spots it really lags, and in some spots it is really fantastic—but it definitely could have been much better. I think one of the issues is that it has a way too narrow scope: within five minutes you know this is a feminist movie about suffrage, and it never really becomes anything else. It is so focused on being unrelentingly feminist that, sometimes, it takes away from the story. For example, almost all the men are purely bad and all the women purely good, which really doesn't do much for character depth.
One of the more interesting choices by screenwriter Abi Morgan was to have basically everything that could go wrong, go wrong for the main character, Maud Watts. This may not be realistic, but it certainly proves her point. Without spoiling anything that isn't in the trailers, suffragettes during that time period faced a lot of discrimination, jail time, and government surveillance, and all of this plus more happens to Maud.
The good thing about that is that it leads to a fantastic performance by Carey Mulligan. The range of emotions she can display—the silent toleration of abuse at work, to the longing to see her only son, to an unnerving emotional breakdown in a prison cell—is truly mesmerizing. We at once pity her, look up to her, and root for her, and she never loses our attention. It isn't Mulligan's best work, but it's still deeply moving and might just be enough to land her a deserved Oscar nomination come January.
Other than that, the performances are very good all around, but nobody stands out. Meryl Streep is literally in this for one minute so don't get your hopes up. Helena Bonham Carter is solid as the spunky, ailing leader of the disobedience movement, and Anne-Marie Duff is great as the coworker who drags Maud into the suffragettes. Outside of that, Brendan Gleason and Ben Winshaw play a torn policeman and disapproving husband, respectively, and newcomer Adam Michael Dodd is surprisingly effective as Maud's loving son.
So if you are going to see this movie, see it for the performances. Everything else is pretty good but not much more than that.
Overall: 7 out of 10.


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I went to Costa Rica for the beaches, but instead I found freedom.
Do you ever imagine yourself with the perfect job. Something you could do day in and out and enjoy every second. Like, I want to be-a-professional-baseball-player-so-I-can-play-sports-all-day. Or open-a-yoga-studio-because-I-love-tree-pose-that-much job. Maybe become-a-flight-attendant-so-I-can-fly-anywhere-in-the-world-for-free.
We've all done it. Imagined exactly what we want to be doing on a daily basis and try to match that to a career. Picked up The 4 Hour Work Week and vowed never to have another traditional 9-5. Yup. I did it. Back in 2011.
And 3 years later I finally understand why. Freedom.
You see, do you really want to be serving-gin-and-tonics-to-overdressed-and-overstressed-executives-in-first-class? God no. You want the freedom to travel anywhere you want, the excitement of seeing new places and interacting with all walks of life. How about run-a-small-business-that-struggles-to-pay-its-bills-every-month? Uh, yeah right. You crave the freedom to do yoga whenever you want and the ability to live a healthy lifestyle on a daily basis. Sure, this may be a little simplistic. But maybe it's spot-on.
I recently changed careers. Research scientist > software engineer. When I was considering positions in this brand spanking new field, I reflected quite a bit about the core components of what I was searching for, what I was creating. I decided that freedom, in terms of a career, had 3 criteria: financial, physical, and inspirational. Essentially, the ability to support my lifestyle, work remotely, and inspire daily. If a position didn't have 2 of these 3, I didn't consider it.
Does this mean that you can't be a professional baseball player and still have freedom? Of course not. It's just a reflection on the why instead of the what. Maybe instead of dreaming up the 'perfect job' (read: actually another average job in a field that we think we like), consider the underlying desire. Is that freedom? What are your criteria?
It's cool if you don't know yet. There are some great Costa Rican beaches that I can recommend for some soul-searching.


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- said...
Ref: http://www.academia.edu/3626873/MOOCs_An_Opportunity_for_African_Influence_in_Western_Civilisation
- Thieme Hennis said...
currently mentoring a kid from Africa myself. With little money and access to technology, open education is really only part of the story. Some kind of more 'offline' open education seems quite necessary to me as well. At least for the years ahead.
I am also trying to find out how to get to his 'base'. I need to know how to start mentoring him, so I ask about interests, knowledge of using the Internet, #hours per day online, costs, etc.
Open education sure is a different thing in his context.
My first email to him is on my blog: http://hennis.nl/post/51058204580/suleiman13-a-self-directed-online-education-in-2013
- Pascalou said...
Very interesting post about African MOOCs. For me, a step very important to develop this practices is first enable computer accessibility and ITC learnings. (without missing internet access...).
Digital divice is very important in Africa and i try to weaken it with my NGO for digital solidarity projects.
Thanks for your informations.
- Vernell said...
This is cool!


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Stress-free wedding photography tips
How do we choose the right wedding photographer?
It really comes down to your personality and style. There are lots of good photographers, but not many that will fit in with who you both are and your families and friends. By the end of the day (if you've got it right) you'll feel like you've made a great new friend. We are with you on your most special day, watching you get dressed, cry, stress, and prepare for the rest of your life. You both need to feel relaxed.
They also need to be really organised. You do not want to be looking at your clock wondering where they are! Did they get back to you when they said they would, right from the beginning? Are their emails and photo conversations professional sounding?
You'll know when you've met the right one. It'll feel right.
When do they get involved?
From the very beginning. And they definitely need to be at the rehearsal. You don't want a photographer shooting into the sun, so let them help you choose where you stand for the ceremony. And they will guide you on when to do the group shot, how much time to allow for the family photos etc. A good photographer will also let you know where she/he plans to stand during the ceremony, so there are no surprises on the day. And always make sure you let them know the exact shots you definitely want (ie. Your grandmothers necklace, a photo of someone who has passed away, you and your school mates, a personal note or card from your fiancé etc. etc.)
What about the family photos?
Oh, these can be very interesting! It's best to choose someone to be the family photos coordinator, to help the photographer. This is usually some who knows both sides of the family, and someone who is not shy. Often it's the MC or a sister – someone who is not in the wedding party, as they have enough to do! Allow 20-30 minutes for these, unless you just want 5-10 shots. It's a good idea to write a list of all the combinations you want, and give a copy to both the wedding photographer, and the family photos coordinator. If none of this happens, it's also okay. It just may take a bit longer. You should not be the one orchestrate this – it can get a big stressful ordering family around!
How many locations should we choose?
Don't try and choose too many wedding locations for your formal shots. Including travel time (and depending on where the local is) you need to allow 45-60 minutes for each location. I recommend that you take photos around the ceremony venue first, and then choose one really special place to go, then your reception venue. Or, if your reception venue is totally gorgeous, do everything there.
There are some wedding locations (like the library at Parliament) that are very popular, so there is a chance you will turn up there and there will be a queue of three wedding parties, especially January, February and March. You cannot book venues like this either.
Choose somewhere not only gorgeous, but meaningful to you. You don't want photos that look like every other bride! A good photographer, no matter how many weddings they have done, will have lovely places up their sleeve, perfect for you. You can also go on a location scout before your wedding day.
What does a typical wedding photography schedule look like?
It's hard to do great photos in anything less than 7.5 hours. Here's why:
11am – bride getting ready, individual bride & family shots when ready
12.15pm – travel to groom
12.30pm – photos of the groom and groomsman/men
1pm – travel to ceremony, stopping off at reception venue if not the same place
2pm – ceremony
2.30pm – mingling
2.45pm – group shot
2.55pm – family shots
3.15pm – wedding party shots at ceremony venue
3.45pm – travel to location
4pm - formal location 1
5pm – travel to reception venue
5.15pm – announced in\ 6pm – first speeches
6.30pm – photographer leaves
And this is a fairly tight schedule (and only allows for 15 minutes of travel time). If you take out photos of the groom, and if the photographer leaves straight after you are announced in at the reception venue, you can get this schedule down to six hours.
Of course this is a classic schedule, and you can do whatever you want. I tend to do the more non-traditional weddings, so my schedules are very varied.
Even if you are a very, very relaxed couple, you do need a tight schedule, even if it goes awry. Leave your wedding photographer to be the time keeper too – that way you can stay nice and relaxed. Be organised, then go with the flow on the day!
Amazing photos come when the photographer and you are relaxed, and not rushing.
How will I know what the schedule should be?
Your wedding photographer will guide you through this. She/he knows what will work best, but it needs to be a combination of that and making sure you really getting what you want.
How long should we be away from our guests for the formal shots?
1.5 to 2 hours is maximum I think. If your ceremony and reception venue are the same, you won't need to worry. While you want a really good selection, you mainly want a small selection of stunning ones that you can look back on and feel the day all over again (especially when you're having an argument!) JustIf kidding! There's nothing like reliving a special day, through photos.
How many photos can I expect?
I usually provide 300-400 photos. It depends how long I was there for.


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Where Do Brewers Drink After Work? - Part 1
After a long day of brewing, tinkering with recipes, and looking at yeast cells through a microscope (it's not all fun and games) our dedicated brewers often find it essential to cap off the day with a beer or even, believe it or not, a cocktail! After their 5 pm Bandit pint, "quality control" we call it, they're often on the hunt for new, local or international beers and/or cocktails to try. More often than not, our front of house and kitchen staff go to them for recommendations on their favourite watering holes around town. After all, they have some level of authority on drinks, right? For our initial post on the subject, we sat down with Ben and Julian and asked them to give us all their tips on where to get the best vibes and superb spirits.
Grey Tiger http://www.greytiger.ca/ Pretty much my extended living room at this point. Ryan and Becky run a casual atmosphere with an immense selection of spirits and an especially wide selection of whiskeys. Ryan is a master bartender and the house cocktails and specials are made impeccably. Bonus, Becky does great coffee and snacks/treats, so there's really no need to ever leave.
The 47
Dimitri stocks the bar with an eclectic selection of Ontario and international craft beers. It verges on the impossible to find something plain to drink. The house food selection of small plates, all Mediterranean, are fantastic. House cocktails are also quite good.
Pour Boy
Casual, inexpensive and the food is pretty good. The current beer menu has a good mix of local and provincial craft beers either on draft or cans. It's the meeting spot for when I feel the need to leave my neighbourhood.
JULIAN (who apparently just LOVES live jazz)
The Emmet Ray
Not a large array of beers, but great food & service. The live jazz makes it a comfortable spot to wind down after a long day!
Get Well
When I'm feeling a bit more ambitious and want to try my luck at some classic arcade games, Get Well is my spot. They've got a good selection of craft beers, and their taps are always changing. Always a good time!
When I'm looking to dress up nicely and drink well, this tequila and mezcal watering hole on Ossington is my go to. It's a small joint but their margaritas are delicious and pack a punch. They've got live jazz on the weekends and a hip and comfortable back patio. It's especially great on Saturday nights.
Our brewers' diverse, eclectic and often contradictory drinking preferences guide our brewing philosophy, but apparently also serve as a pretty great guide on where to get great cocktails in the city, so stay tuned for to part-two of these series to come before the end of summer.


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Here are my five reasons why I'd like CIPR members to vote for me in the current Council elections. It's important to choose carefully because Council is the Institute's governing body and therefore we need the right skills, drive, commitment and vision to take us forward:
If you're eligible to vote, please do. And don't forget whether you're a CIPR member or not, I'm keen to hear your views of our industry body and what more our profession should be doing to succed. Many thanks.


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What the hell is killing MSFT?? Do you forgot that Nokia was almost out of the market? With billionaire lost??
Nokia's very good phone
good hardware&good os
we are waiting new nokia phablet
Lumia 1520 very nice
unknown_v3, 07 Oct 2013So did iOS have file manager? What does that even have to do with it?
OMKAR, 06 Oct 2013I owned lumia 520 problem with the windows phone is not having file manager first introduce fi... moreSo did iOS have file manager?
Windows Phone OS is fluent and Smooth.....
I am user of wp8Amber...
Day-By-Day it's going better... Apps and The Phone have Amazing UI...
Xbox Live Gaming experience is best...
I will Definitely buy this one...
HALo, Six Guns, ibomber, Wordament, Shuffle Party.. Are must play games... with it's Huge screen... woW....
WOW, it's powered by the S800 chip set and 2Gb ram, and hopefully installed with the 1020 camera hardware 'n' LED flash, then it will be the MUST buy item!!
AnonD-191659, 06 Oct 2013Keep hearing people saying window phone is so far behind.....so I have windows, android and io... moreThe one (and probably ONLY) thing WP lacks is a file manager. Although this is compensated by its high security since the system files can't be accessed.
Munro, 06 Oct 2013Ugliest brick of 2013.Nokia has been making phones in wierd shapes like calculators, stealth b... morethis is really great design, you have to calibrate your eyesight.
Ugliest brick of 2013.Nokia has been making phones in wierd shapes like calculators, stealth bombers,ufo,bricks etc since symbian. Cant they hire good designers.
i really dont understand why people always complain about the nokia plastic cover.. at the same time.. they use plastic cover/cases to cover their aluminium devices.. haha..
I owned lumia 520 problem with the windows phone is not having file manager first introduce file manger in every of your lumia phone and then launch your new device. I advised to everyone don't purchase lumia phone it's of no use
AnonD-120482, 06 Oct 2013Not bashing the OS at all but come on nokia can you get rid of that read plastic that surround... morebut most adult wrap their phone with silicon cover and become like nokia phone. LOL
Make it dual boot with android. Microsoft want HTC to make dual boot phones. Why not Nokia?
Keep hearing people saying window phone is so far behind.....so I have windows, android and ios. use them all really don't see how windows is behind let alone far.
Not bashing the OS at all but come on nokia can you get rid of that read plastic that surrounds the phone. It makes it look childish. It would look so much better without it. Also that screen has way too much white spaces.
Microsoft should release GOW and Halo on their phones and give customers the ability to use their pads to play them, lol it's not rocket science to see that they're missing a major trick.
Android and WP platforms are both good platforms. It only comes to your own preference. Android can be customized the way we want it and it has a lot of good apps that can be found in Playstore. On the other hand, WP starts to improve their Marketplace and it is a well optimized system. Lag free but is limited to customization. Now I am really excited for WP devices especially for Nokia now that it is officially tied up with Microsoft to make more WP devices and they are now starting to make quad core devices like this 1520. I will surely get this! I recently changed my One X+ from HTC to LG's Optimus G Pro and I think this Lumia 1520 will make me switch completely from Android to WP8. :)
Puk, 05 Oct 2013no lag doesnt mean worthy wp can never be any better than android. u people are blind fans of ... moreso what you're saying is Android is better than WP because Andriod lags and WP doesnt? What kind of f-ed up logic is that?


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The January 2016 issue of Cowboys and Indians is on the newsstands now!
And on page 54 you'll find the Kathy Beal Signature ad for The Santa Fe Collection. Perfect gifts for your favorite cowgirl!
Remember, coupon code SFFashion is good for 25% off your order thru the end of 2015. Shop now for the best selection.


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Obama's odds on Intrade of getting reelected in 2012 peaked a couple of months ago and have been falling steadily since.
As of today, he has a 59% chance of getting reelected.
Our Politics Editor John Ellis thinks Obama's current odds are likely worse than Intrade suggests. In recent polls, 68% of Americans say they think the country's on the wrong track. This percentage, Ellis says, is deep into "uh oh" territory for an incumbent president.


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A Democratic Hill staffer had just one simple request: Hillary Rodham Clinton's digits.
Buzzfeed's Evan McMorris-Santoro was leaked an e-mail circulated to Democrats Thursday morning. The note was sent from a staffer in Rep. Steve Cohen's (D-Tenn.) office. Craig Dulniak, Cohen's director of operations, wrote in the subject line: "Phone number for Hillary Clinton," and then framed it as a question in the the body: "Does anyone have a good phone number for Hillary Clinton?"
In 2008, Cohen was a Barack Obama supporter. One might recall that he compared Clinton to the vengeful Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction," and then drew the ire of women's groups, although he did apologize.
We have so many questions. It's a good bet that it was the congressman himself who was hoping to reach Clinton. But why? And importantly, did he get her number? And can we have it too?
We called Cohen's office to ask Dulniak this; we were forwarded to the press secretary's voice mail.
UPDATE: We spoke with Ben Garmisa, Cohen's spokesman, who would not provide any information about the Clinton call. But he did let us know that staffers "regularly" reach out through the Hill's internal system seeking contact information for various reporters and public figures. His office's request, he said, is "not uncommon."


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The curtains came down as The final episode of the first season of Hataraku Maou-Sama [translated into the devil is part timer] came to an end. A Product from the Japanese writer Satoshi Wagahara and adapted by Whitefox, It makes people wonder as to how the mundane aspects of day to day life has been portrayed in an interesting and humorous manner. The style of narration is surprisingly refreshing, told through the eyes of a demon king, Sadao Maou [Satan Jacob] the protagonist in the Anime.
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The Devil Is A Part Timer Season 2 Updates!
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Even though there are so many animes that have sprung up from the famed Japanese industry, there is something that sets this apart and has gained it a very loyal fan base which has led to the viewers wanting for more, rumors emerging frequently of a possible revival of the show into a second season. 13 episodes were not enough for the viewers which have led to calls from a lot of people for a possible production of a second season of The Devil Is A Part Timer.
Plot summary
The first season began with the demon lord who is the protagonist of the series. He seeks to conquer the stereotypical fantasy world of Ente Isla, but all his attempts are thwarted by the hero Emi Yusa. The king is forced to retreat to a mystical wormhole which leads him to the modern day Tokyo. He now is a poor man who has no job, no experience but a burning desire to be useful wherever he goes. He is accompanied by his faithful general Shirō Ashiya [Alciel] as they find out ways to return back to their kingdom. Meanwhile, he works at a fast food restaurant McRonald, which is highly reminiscent of McDonald's.
The hero comes to Tokyo to destroy the demon lord but he also loses all his powers and is forced to work as a call center agent. As the story moves on, there is more than it meets the eye, herein being that the story moves on to more of being a dark and serious nature of a humorous setup. The demon king soon realizes the fact that his goal of conquering Ente Isla is not the only thing as he blends into a normal life of a human. The rest of the show is about the personalities of the characters, their moral values and how it impacts their day to day lives.
Characters In The Devil Is A Part Timer Season 2
The characters are fairly one dimensional with the entirety of the back story revolving around the lead characters. There are so many positive elements which make it an overall enjoyable experience
There are namely
- Sadao Maou, The demon king. ( the protagonist)
- Emi Yusa, The main heroine of the series.
- Shirō Ashiya, one of Satan's Generals.
- Chiho Sasaki, a high school student who is a friend of Sadao.
- Hanzō Urushihara, popularly known as Lucifer.
- Suzuno Kamazuki, Sadao's neighbor.
Alongside with their screen presence, at times we get to sympathize with them, at some instances we take them as some stupid idiots, we want to see them get stormed-over more, and so on. On short, we want more of each and every single one of them, albeit in a pleasant scenario.
It's one of those rare moments where the stupid characters in some series aren't annoying. The catch is that they are not mainstream. They are totally unique, and their stupidity is different and unique as well. It reaches levels far beyond.
The various aspects of day to day life such as household work, part-time job, and most importantly the common dilemma faced by people in the contemporary times, the deadline to pay rent on time are told in a hilarious way. Particularly full marks to have it portrayed by a hapless demon god who is struggling as a human and how the audience see it through his eyes.
What to expect in The Devil Is A Part Timer Season 2?
The Devil Is A Part Timer series ended on a high note which wanted the viewers to crave for more. This is usually a norm with respect to all the successful series. As the first season was a big hit amongst all the fans and viewers alike, there has been a lot of speculations with respect to how the second will turn out to be. But some of them have come to believe that there won't be a second season of The Devil Is A Part Timer as there have been no official announcements from the studios.
The possible flow of the story may be as follows
In the second season of The Devil Is A Part Timer, the demon king might concentrate more on his corporate ambitions and seeks to achieve a lot and uses his magic for the development of the people. The do-better image that he acquires is to be concentrated on more as the first season was built on the personalities of these characters. However, writing has to be emphasized on as any slip-ups would render futile the efforts of such an impressive series.
The emotional aspects of the various characters have to be tuned so that the series moves into a different angle. The perspective though will differ. I have always seen the nature of the story unfold as a shift from genres. As already been stated, the story moved from being a dark and serious affair to a comical one. This is what set it apart from other similar series of the fantasy action genre.
That being said, the moral angle has to be carried forward and dealt with more.The morality of the characters, which made the viewers question as to who the hero and who the villain was in itself one of the highlights that made the show a hit amongst people. The story revolved around the main characters, and the Ente Isla on which the series was based on has to be explored, and more look in has to be given by the writers of the series.
On the whole, it has to be an enthralling experience which should make the viewers look for further installments, spanning future series as good as the first one. So what you are thinking about The Devil Is A Part Timer Season 2? Feel free to share your opinions in the comments section below.


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"Warning" by Keith Newton
Keith Newton's writing has appeared in Denver Quarterly, 1913, Harvard Review, Konundrum Engine, and Typo, among other journals, and his chapbook of poems Sent Forth to Die in a Happy City was published in 2009 by Cannibal Books. He is co-editor of The Harp & Altar Anthology (Ellipsis Press, 2010), a selection of writing from the online magazine Harp & Altar, which he founded in 2006. He lives in Brooklyn.
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I like Jimmy Fallon. Aside from attending the same Alma Mater, Jimmy and I seem to share similar passions like dressing well, pocket squares, and J.Crew. When he noticed several of his coworkers walking around the office with phones sticking out of their breast pocket, he began wondering what he could do to take this practical carrying solution to a more stylish level. Armed with a hot glue gun, a little ingenuity and a pocket square, Jimmy came up with a dapper solution and pitched the idea to J.Crew. Together they came up with the Pocket Dial™.
A leather iPhone case with an attached pocket square on the outside, the Pocket Dial™ is actually a pretty clever idea. Even better, J.Crew is donating 100% of the proceeds from the Pocket Dial going to benefit the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a Kenya-based charity that protects Africa's elephants from ivory poaching and extinction. This way you can do good, while looking good.
Pick up yours for a limited time online or at your local J.Crew store for those looking for a unique and dapper Holiday Gift. Because crying carrying your phone in your pants is so 2014.


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Even with the best of intentions it is difficult to master the way under unfavorable conditions; living in a quiet place in the bosom of nature is the most conducive for practice. It is better to rely, at first, on the place rather than the mind. Saichō Kyoto. Mt. Hiei, home to the marathon monks. Running with Shogo Aoyagi, Yuki Nakatsuji, Susshi, Sho, Kentaro, Tetsuro, Koichi, Kawata. Kyoto: Fushimi-Inari Shrine, Sumire Matsuda's Cacao Magic, Neighbor.
Tokyo. Hakone group run Odakyu Romance-Car express trail to Hakone-Yumoto Station with Dai Matsumoto, Aoki-san, Satoru Asano, Kei Kuwabara (Run boys! Run girls!), Toshiyuki Komatsu (OnEdrop Cafe), Masaomi Matsuda (onyourmark.jp), Shinya Yamada, Minoru Inaba, Kenji Yoneyama, Tetsuro, Koichi.


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Dining Table with Shelves
Double up! These days it's easy for your dining table to do double duty. If you are short on space a dining table with built in storage is a wonderful option. A dining table with shelves offers not only extra storage but a spot to display some of your collectables. Display a large bowl or vase to create a focal point.
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Shelves with Style
Dining tables with shelves are available in a wide assortment of design styles. Transitional and casual dining table styles are frequently seen with extra storage shelves.
Go for a dark and dramatic dining table with shelves in a striking square shape. X-shaped side supports add a touch of drama. Or go for a beautiful round table with shelves with beautifully tapered legs. Choose a rustic table with black metal accents for a look that is masculine yet sleek.
Functional Features
If you need your dining table with shelves to be mobile, a table on casters is a great solution. Choose a table with built in wine storage to create a true entertaining station. Hang your stemware from the glass rack. If you need to save on space, go for a small table with two fold down leaves. A mix of black and dark brown gives this table an urban edge.
Shelves are an especially popular feature among gathering height dining tables. A gathering height table is simply a counter height table. The pub-style feel makes this a favorite for relaxed dining area. Pull up a seat and relax. A gathering tables with shelves a great spot to take in the game or to dine on some casual gourmet fare. The addition of a shelf or two means that your table is always functional.
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Antelope Valley Special Needs Fair/
Behavior Frontiers and the team from the Palmdale office will be attending the Antelope Valley Special Needs Fair. Please stop by to get some great information from wonderful resources and meet our team!
This fun family event will include entertainment, face painting and refreshments, as well as community resources and services providers. >>Click here more info.
May 7, 2016
10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Lancaster City Park
43011 10th St W
Lancaster, CA 93534
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***** 5 star rating
Buying a house in the Area? you must be crazy.But if you're considering the help of Alain Pinel Realtors, the fabulous SHERYL FLEMING in particular, you're in luck!!My 'rents bought a house under SHERYL'S guidance almost a decade ago, and she's highly impressionable to this day. She worked for Cashin Co (I think ?) then, but I truly believe she would take her high standards wherever she goes. Seriously, she is an icon in my book, a career Wonder Woman, if I may. You want someone like her representing your house, business, country. And when she's helping you with a house, she has top-notch experts lined up, a phone call away. She is very knowledgeable and great at what she does. Most importantly, I admire her sincere and passionate attitude toward her work and clients. She has great references for services, and she is very honest. We had a wonderful time working with her and greatly appreciate having had her help. Good luck with your house!
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I want to second Nomey T.'s review regarding Sheryl Fleming. She helped my wife and me sell our house in Redwood Shores 9 years ago and she just helped us buy a home in Redwood Shores so we can move back. Her professionalism and integrity make dealing with her just such a pleasure. Her in-depth knowledge of the entire Mid-peninsula area (we looked in San Carlos/Redwood City/San Mateo/Foster City/Belmont and Half Moon Bay) saved us a lot of time and helped us target the appropriate areas in those cities to look.My wife and I are hoping we've found the house we're going to grow old together in, but if not you can be sure we'll have Sheryl helping us find that next home.
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Senior Consultant
Opinion Dynamics advances knowledge to address emerging energy and social issues through sound and insightful research. Our inter-disciplinary team of consultants develops actionable and insightful research to support an array of clients, including electric and gas utilities, regulators, and stakeholders. Our research supports planning, assessment, and optimizing energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy programs. Our team uses a customized approach leveraging innovative methodologies to answer our client's questions.
Our company fosters innovative thought, collegiality and growth opportunities for our employees. Headquartered in Massachusetts, our passionate team of employees are also located in California. We're seeking staff in our Oakland, California office, a bustling downtown area overlooking beautiful Lake Merritt. Our culture reflects our staff; we work hard, but also seek a work-life balance.
We are looking for inquisitive and enthusiastic employees to join our team of energy industry aficionados, who enjoy conducting analytics but also care about the rationale behind the research and how results can be applied. Our ideal candidate is someone who is just as comfortable using the left-side of the brain as the right, enjoys a challenge, relishes learning new things, and is excited to work with a team of engineers, statisticians, and social scientists.
Our senior consulting staff serve as thought leaders using strong critical thinking skills within the context of the energy industry, evaluation methods and approaches. Senior consultant staff will help drive delivery of products that support client needs using skills and experiences in program evaluation, statistics, survey design, and quantitative analysis. On each project, you will work with a team of experts who will share and guide your work and professional development.
We're looking for staff with a dynamic toolkit, who demonstrate strong critical thinking, writing, and analysis capability; excellent organizational skills; an ability to think out of the box; and the capability to work both independently and in groups. Experience with program evaluation, statistics, survey design, quantitative analysis or energy efficiency and energy systems is a plus. We're looking for staff with the following characteristics:
- Master's degree, preferably in public policy, economics, statistics, sociology or a related field
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications
- Knowledge of and ability to use SPSS or STATA statistical software
- At least 4 years of professional experience in the energy efficiency, demand response, smart grid, public policy, environmental consulting, or market research fields
- Track record of conducting research in a consulting capacity outside academia or direct experience in the energy industry
- Academic or professional experience with energy efficiency, demand response or energy related issues
- Experience developing surveys and similar data collection instruments
- Experience manipulating complex data sets, and cleaning and analyzing data
- Ability to render the complex simple
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and under time pressure
- Tireless attention to detail
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills
To be considered for this position, please send your cover letter and resume to:
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No phone calls, please. Only those resumes accompanied by a cover letter will be considered. Opinion Dynamics is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer.