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Aside from a great venue, the most important splurge for your wedding day is a great photographer. Hiring a professional photographer is an absolute necessity, because once your wedding day has come and gone, all you have left are photos and a few keepsakes! It's extremely important to have quality photos, and plenty of them. You want to have tons of photos that are beautiful, meaningful, and capture the most special moments and details from your wedding day.
So, what photos can you not do without? This list will fill you in on photos that you simply must have (as well as a few examples from weddings at The Barn!). You might want to print off this list to give to your photographer, just in case. But if your photographer is one of our fabulous preferred vendors, you can be confident that they already know which photos are absolute necessities!
1. The dress, without you in it
2. Bridal details: veil, garter, jewelry and any other accessories
3. Bridal shoes
4. Rings
5. Bride getting ready – these are always great candid shots!
6. Groom getting ready
7. Invitation suite
8. First look with parents or bridal party
9. First look with your bride or groom, if you choose to have one (and you want a whoooole bunch from this moment)
10. Individual portraits of the bride
11. Individual portraits of the groom
12. Approximately a million (maybe I'm exaggerating) romantic photos of you and your beloved in several different locations around your venue, with plenty of gorgeous poses... you want a good variety!
13. The bride with her bridesmaids
14. The groom with his groomsmen
15. The entire bridal party
16. The bride and groom with the flower girl and ring bearer
17. Bridal bouquet
18. Bridesmaids' bouquets
19. Groom's boutonniere
20. Boutonnieres and corsages
21. Your ceremony area
22. Altar
23. Guestbook table
24. Aisle
25. Any other ceremony details. You want tons of detail shots. Make sure your photographer captures as many details as possible, because there's a good chance that you won't see a lot of them!
26. Your reception area
27. Reception tables
28. Reception details. As with your ceremony details, you want tons of photos of your reception details, too.
29. Favors
30. Any cute signage
31. The groom at the altar
32. The bride walking down the aisle
33. Exchanging of rings and vows
34. Unity ceremony and/or any unique traditions
35. Your guests at the ceremony
36. The kiss! (Duh)
37. Bride and groom walking back down the aisle
38. Portraits of the bride and groom immediately following the ceremony
39. Signing the marriage license
40. The bride and groom with their families
41. Food and signature cocktails
42. The cake
43. Bride and groom's first dance
44. Father-daughter dance
45. Mother-son dance
46. Cake cutting
47. Bouquet toss
48. Garter toss
49. Candid photos of everyone having a good time at your reception
50. Grand exit


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The Right of Succession to a Rent-Stabilized Apartment
For rent-stabilized apartments throughout New York State, a family member of the tenant may have the right to a rent-stabilized renewal lease when the tenant dies or permanently leaves the apartment. For a detailed explanation of family member, refer to the "Family Member-Definition" portion of the Fact Sheet below.
A family member has the right to a renewal lease or protection from eviction if he or she resided with the tenant as a primary resident in the apartment for two (2) years immediately prior to the death of, or permanent departure from the apartment by the tenant. The family member may also have the right to a renewal lease or protection from eviction if he/she resided with the tenant from the inception of the tenancy or from the commencement of the relationship. If the family member trying to establish succession rights is a senior citizen or disabled person, then the minimum period of co-occupancy is reduced to one (1) year.
The first family member to establish succession rights on or after June 20, 1997 is not required to pay the owner a vacancy increase. (See Example #1)
However, the owner will be entitled to collect the vacancy increase from the next family member, called the second successor, who is entitled to receive a renewal lease or to remain in possession (See Example #2). The vacancy increase for the second successor also applies to apartments subject to rent control (See Example #4 ). Once the vacancy increase is applied to this second successor family member, a subsequent succession situation is again created (See Example #3).
Example #1
Tenant A vacated a rent stabilized apartment on August 1, 2006 paying a legal rent of $800 under a lease to expire on January 31, 2007. Family member B, who has lived with A as a primary resident of the apartment for three years, is entitled to receive a renewal lease for the apartment commencing February 1, 2007 without paying the owner any vacancy increases. B signed, in B's name only, a two-year renewal lease starting February 1, 2007 with a 7.25% rent increase and the rent became $858 ($800 + $58 (7.25% of $800)).
Example #2
Continuing from Example # 1, family member C began to live withAand B shortly beforeAleft and continued to live with B. If B were to leave the apartment after two years, and C were entitled to receive a renewal lease on February 1, 2009 in C's own name because of the succession rules, C would be required to pay to the owner the vacancy increase. If C chose a two year lease, the legal rent would increase by 20% to $1029.60 ($858 + $171.60(20% of $858)).
Example #3
Continuing from Example #2, if C vacated and family member D became entitled to a renewal lease as a successor, D would not have to pay a vacancy increase as D is now the first succeeding tenant to C, who had received a vacancy increase.
Example #4
In a rent control apartment, tenant A, whose rent was $350, dies. The son, family member B, because of succession rules, continues to occupy the apartment at a rent of $350. If B were to permanently vacate, and family member C has succession rights to the apartment, the rent of $350 would be increased by the vacancy rate of 20% to $420 ($350 to $70 (20% of $350)). The apartment would still be under rent control.
Family Member - Definition
Family member is defined as either a husband, wife, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the tenant or permanent tenant.
The definition of family member also includes any other person(s) residing with the tenant or permanent tenant in the housing accommodation as a primary resident, who can prove emotional and financial commitment and interdependence between such person(s) and the tenant.
The following are to be considered in determining whether emotional and financial commitment and interdependence between the tenant and such other occupants existed:
a) longevity of the relationship;
b) sharing of or relying upon each other for payment of household or family expenses, and/or other common necessities of life;
c) intermingling of finances as evidenced by, among other things, j oint ownership of back accounts, personal and real property, credit cards, and loan obligations, sharing a household budget for purposes of receiving government benefits, etc.;
d) engaging in family-type activities by jointly attending family functions, holidays and celebrations, social and recreational activities, etc.;
e) formalizing of legal obligations, intentions, and responsibilities to each other by such means as executing wills, naming each other as executor and/or beneficiary, granting each other a power of attorney and/or conferring upon each other authority to make health care decisions each for the other, entering into a personal relationship contract, making a domestic partnership declaration, or serving as representative payee for purposes of public benefits, etc.;
f) holding themselves out as family members to other family members, friends, members of the community or religious institutions, or society in general, through their words or actions;
g) regularly performing family functions, such as caring for each other's extended family member and/or relying upon each other daily for family services;
h) engaging in any other pattern of behavior, agreement, or other action which evidences the intention of creating a long-term, emotionally committed relationship.
The determination is not limited to any one factor, and in no event would evidence of a sexual relationship between such persons be required or considered.
"Tenant" relates to any person or persons named on a lease or rental agreement who is or are obligated to pay rent for the use of the housing accommodation.
"Permanent tenant" relates to individuals, who have continuously resided in housing accommodations located in hotels as a primary residence for a period of at least six months, or a hotel tenant in occupancy pursuant to or entitled to a lease.
Disabled Person
"Disabled Person" is defined as a person who has an impairment which results from anatomical, physiological or psychological conditions, other than addiction to alcohol, gambling, or any controlled substance, which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques, and which substantially limit one or more of such person's major life activities.
Senior Citizen
"Senior citizen" is defined as a person who is sixty-two years of age or older.
Minimum Residency Requirements
The minimum periods of required residency will not be considered interrupted by any period during which the "family member" temporarily relocates because he or she:
a) is engaged in active military duty;
b) is enrolled as a full-time student;
c) is not in residence at the housing accommodation in accordance with a court order not involving any term or provision of the lease and not involving any grounds specified in the Real Property/Actions and Proceedings Law;
d) is engaged in employment requiring temporary relocation from the housing accommodation;
e) is hospitalized for medical treatment; or
f) has such other reasonable grounds that shall be determined by the DHCR upon application by such person.
On the "Notice To Owner Of Family Members Residing With The Named Tenant In The Apartment Who May Be Entitled To Succession Rights/Protection From Eviction" (DHCR Form RA-23.5), the tenant may at any time, inform the owner of the names of all persons (other than the tenant), who are residing in the apartment. Or, the owner may at any time, but no more than once in any twelve months, request from the tenant the names of all such persons.
The following information pertaining to such persons should accompany the names;
a) if the person is a family member as defined above;
b) if the person may become entitled to be named as a tenant on a renewal lease or become entitled to protection from eviction upon the passage of the applicable minimum period of required residency;
c) the date of the commencement of such person's primary residence with the tenant; and
d) if the person is a senior citizen or disabled person as defined above.
New York State Department of Housing and Community Renewal Fact Sheet #30
New York City Rent Stabilization Code, Section 2523.5 Tenant Protection Regulations, Section 2503.5
New York City Rent and Eviction Regulations, Section 2202.25
New York State Rent and Eviction Regulations, Section 2102.8

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Equality campaigners have given a critical response to the latest government announcement on same-sex marriage. They are concerned that ministers have delayed a consultation on the issue and that their plans concern only civil and not religious marriage.
Equalities minister Lynne Featherstone confirmed at the Liberal Democrats' conference that the UK government is committed to legislating for recognition of same-sex marriage in England and Wales by 2015. The Scottish government is already planning to legislate for same-sex marriage in Scotland.
Featherstone said that a consultation – which had been due to begin this year – will instead commence in the spring. Critics are disappointed with the lengthy timetable.
The government confirmed that they plan to give recognition only to same-sex civil marriages and not to same-sex religious marriages. Campaigners fear that this will leave religious same-sex couples with the fewest rights of all.
Peter Tatchell, co-ordinator of the Equal Love campaign, said, "It is perplexing that the minister for equality wants to maintain the discriminatory laws that prohibit gay couples from having a religious marriage and heterosexual couples from having a civil partnership. She sounds more like the minister for inequality."
He also said that Featherstone was wrong to rule out the possibility of civil partnerships for mixed-sex couples. They are currently available only to same-sex couples, while marriage is recognised only for mixed-sex relationships.
Tatchell questioned whether the government was committed to bringing in the change, given that the deadline of 2015 is also the planned date of the next general election. The government has already delayed the implementation of a law passed in 2010 that will allow same-sex civil partnerships to be solemnised in religious premises.
The government's announcement was welcomed by Stonewall, a charity that campaigns for the rights of gay, lesbian and bisexual people. Somewhat sarcastically, they said that they welcomed news of the consultation "as warmly as we have welcomed the previous two announcements that consultation was shortly to begin".
Stonewall added, "We do regret that the government appears to have once again delayed the timetable for consulting on this issue".
There is suspicion in several quarters that the announcement was timed to reassure grassroots members of the Liberal Democrats that their leadership is having an influence on coalition policies.
Adrian Tett, chair of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Liberal Democrats, said, "It is good to hear that following some excellent work by Lynne Featherstone, same-sex marriage will finally be going ahead".
But Tett said that the group was disappointed that "the Conservative party has delayed this and watered it down".
He added, "Access to religious same-sex marriage is missing, and there is no mention of mixed-sex civil partnerships, nor of ending the forced divorce of transgender people who wish to gain full legal recognition".
He said that Quaker Liberal Democrats, as well as other members of the party, had spoken out in support of legal recognition for religious same-sex marriage.
Quakers are one of several faith groups keen to carry out same-sex marriages. Others include the Unitarians, Liberal Judaism and the Metropolitan Community Church. There have been calls within the Baptist Union of Great Britain for each individual Baptist Church to make up its own mind on the issue. The United Reformed Church is due to debate the question next year.
Same-sex marriage has been criticised by socially conservative groups including Christian Concern, the Christian Institute and Catholic Voices. Some have alleged that faith groups could be forced to carry out same-sex marriages when they don't believe in them, though critics point out that virtually nobody is calling for this.
Other Christian groups have spoken in favour of same-sex marriage, including the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement and the beliefs and values thinktank Ekklesia. The group Changing Attitude is holding a conference on Saturday (24 September) to discuss their campaign for same-sex civil partnerships in churches.
Ekklesia has long called for a thorough overhaul of marriage law to reflect the diversity of beliefs and relationships in a plural society. They believe that people who are getting married should be able to go through a personal, social and – if important to them – religious ceremony, with legal registration being a separate process.


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Employment Blog
Several recent federal court decisions have reaffirmed the right of an employer to require an employee to work extra hours or rotating hours of work as a part of the normal duties of a position provided there is legitimate reason for such requirement. In two cases, the federal courts have acknowledged that overtime can be considered an "essential function" of a position, and therefore an employer is not required to "accommodate" an employee by eliminating that requirement from the job duties for a position.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently held that the essential functions of a delivery driver job included working overtime because of the unpredictability of workloads and delivery schedules. The Court held that the company (United Parcel Service of America, Inc.) was not obligated to accommodate an employee who had work restrictions limiting him to only working an 8 hour work shift. The Court noted that this mandatory overtime requirement was set forth in the job description for the position and was something that was negotiated over with the Union representing employees in this position. With those factors in mind, the Court held that the mandatory overtime requirement was an essential function of the job of delivery driver, and there was no duty to accommodate the work restrictions of the employee, because it involved eliminating an essential function of the job. Wisconsin employers must be careful, because the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act has been interpreted more broadly and may require the transfer of an essential function of a job to another employee, depending upon the circumstances.
In another decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that an employee who was unable to work rotating shifts was not considered a qualified individual with a disability, because the obligation to work rotating shifts was an essential function of the job of an assistant restaurant manager. In this decision, the employee was seeking a permanent fixed schedule because of a diagnosis of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder but the employer was able to show that working a rotating work schedule was necessary for coverage purposes and for equal work distribution. After showing the business necessity for this essential function, the Court concluded that the employer was not obligated to accommodate this request for a permanent fixed schedule.
These decisions send a strong message for employers that working extra hours, or working a different schedule of hours can be supported by business justifications and therefore be considered an essential function of the job for a particular position. The employer must show the absolute necessity for these types of requirements in order to justify the determination that the requirement is an essential function of the position and need not be changed because of a disability suffered by an employee. These are important decisions for employers but we must remember that we must be able to prove the need for these requirements of working extra hours or a rotating work schedule as a business necessity for the company.


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How can you use literature in your writing workshop and teach students to look for writing strategies as they read? In this workshop, you will learn how to use "touchstone" and "mentor" texts to teach students new writing techniques. By watching classroom examples, you will also see how teachers immerse students in literary genres and use engaging texts to set the stage for writing.
When you read like a writer, books should weigh twice as much because of what you can see inside the book.
Isoke Nia, literacy consultant
Learning Goals
In this workshop you will explore how to:
- create a classroom library filled with great literary models
- use literature to help students explore different writing options
- teach students to read literature closely by looking at it through the lens of a writer
- illustrate and teach specific elements of writing craft using passages from literature
Quick access to Workshop 3: Printouts | Assignments | Resources | Profiles


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Our engineers constantly strive to reduce the impact of our industry on the environment. Many popular spirit brands travel thousands of miles to reach the shelves. Our products are craft distilled and our bottles comes from Missouri reducing our supply chain's environmental impact. Green is in our DNA and we support the locavore movement. We forego excessive distillations which use massive amounts of energy with diminishing returns, and employ the most efficient lighting and packaging systems on the planet.
We're proud to follow in the footsteps of some of the greatest Americans. Washington, Hancock, Roosevelt and Kennedy are just a few of the notable names that have championed the distilled spirits industry since the birth of our nation. We are honored to carry on this American tradition.
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I don't normally do the "consumer awareness" stuff here on TTAC — we have plenty of very competent contributors for that — but I thought I would share a recent experience with all of you and perhaps save one or two of you a few bucks in doing so.
In the course of our extremely dilatory SOHC-to-DOHC switch on our #187 Plymouth Neon NASA racer, we here at Green Baron Motorsports realized we needed to replace our old TTI longtube header with one designed for the DOHC head. The smart thing to do would have been to call TTI and order their DOHC longtube header — after all, we'd gotten solid service for years from the old one — but somebody in the team who was not me had the bright idea to order a header from a company called "OBX".
A quick search for "OBX headers" revealed that they were sold through Amazon. I'm an Amazon Prime member so this decision made itself. I ordered the header for two-day shipping.
When the header arrived, I realized that it was not a longtube header. Instead, it was the model that was designed to be used with a catalytic converter. That's no good for us, and it was my fault for ordering the wrong piece. Time to eat the shipping and trade with Amazon for the OBX-R longtube variant. Right?
Wrong. When I initiated the return process with Amazon, I was referred to a page detailing OBX's return policies, which are not the same as Amazon's. Rather than a thirty-day no-questions-asked policy, the policy was five days. Not a problem; this was Day One. Also, OBX must issue an "RMA" via email. Again, not a problem. I didn't want my money back. In fact, I wanted to buy a more expensive header. OBX was gonna make out. But when five days went by without a return to my email inquiry, I decided to call OBX directly.
That's when I found out that OBX doesn't list a phone number anywhere. They do business via email, because as far as I can tell, they're simply a cloaca for a Chinese tubing factory. What to do?
Our next step was to try to sell the brand-new header for 33% off on the various Neon forums. It was there that I was primly informed, no doubt by a sixteen-year-old living in his mother's basement, that all the smart kids knew you could get the OBX stuff from another importer at half price. I checked it out… yeah, that seems to be the case. Our $165 header was really worth $69.99. I got one offer from a Neons.org forum member: $45 if I paid shipping. I checked out the shipping cost: it was $28.
The header's sitting in our shop right now, waiting for the day one of us buys a roadgoing Neon with a catalytic converter. Five days ago I called TTI. My header arrived today. Oh well. Sometimes it costs money to learn something. This is what I learned: Amazon.com can be a great place to buy car parts, but it can also be a lousy place to buy car parts. Read the fine print. And make sure you caveat a bit when you're being an emptor, okay?
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40 Comments on "Lessons Learned: Buying from Amazon isn't always buying from Amazon...."
Educator(of teachers)DanSeptember 9th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Yeah Amazon acting as a "front" for other businesses is something you have to watch out for. Sometimes the same thing is avilable from the company in questions own website for less money.
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SVX pearlieSeptember 9th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Lesson learned: do your homework!
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MarkySparkySeptember 9th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
My recent experience as an Amazon Prime member bears this out. The set of Craftsman tools I wanted were $90 (nearly 30%) more from Amazon (via a third party seller), even after Sears.com charged me for shipping.
Of course, Sears' byzantine website is another story. Amazon is nothing if not a well-designed e-commerce site, especially as they continue to add more detailed sorting options.
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segfaultSeptember 9th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I would have done a chargeback when they failed to respond to e-mail and issue an RMA.
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turbosaabSeptember 9th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Yes, chargeback is the way to go. Either a) you get the merchant's attention and they make it right or b) they don't respond and you get your money back by default.
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Jack BaruthSeptember 9th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
This is why TTAC readers are called the B&B. I just called American Express and put that charge on lock, yo. Now they can argue over it. Thanks! Can't believe I was too stupid to think of that.
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RussycleSeptember 9th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Expensive lesson. I guess poor Amazon just doesn't have the resources to police their vendors. Wonder what their cut was on your $165?
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onedaySeptember 9th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Amazon takes an absurd 12-15% of the total sale including shipping from the vendor for car parts—the rate varies depending on the type of item you sell (Amazon's take on electronics is in the 5-7% area). If you find an item on Amazon and are observant enough to realize it's being sold by a third party (Amazon is completely transparent with this process so I can only assume that Jack placed the order after his third or fourth single malt) see if the vendor has a private site or contact info. If they do, contact them and see if you can get a better deal since they won't need to pay Amazon their cut.
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BMWfanSeptember 9th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Yup, I agree. It has to say "sold by Amazon" or "fulfilled by Amazon" for me to buy it from them. I never deal with any of their outside companies. As mentioned above, I also do my homework, to make sure I'm getting a good deal. Free shipping is great, but you have to order over $25.
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ash78September 9th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Amazon Prime is free 2-day shipping, no minimum ($80/yr service charge). It's definitely worth it if you order more than a few times per month, and shipping is guaranteed UPS (not stupid USPS).
Thankfully, Amazon allows you to sort your searches by "Sold by Amazon," which they didn't offer until recently. Even the worst Amazon transactions are typically better than an average eBay transaction, so I'm not really complaining.
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SherbornSeanSeptember 9th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
This is a first. A Neon owner who is worried about getting ripped off.
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gslippySeptember 9th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
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ottSeptember 9th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
No lucky. Much sucky.
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ciddyguySeptember 9th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Good advice for anything, really and I've shopped at Amazon countless times and at times via 3rd party vendors and it really pays off to read the reviews and such on such vendors as not all are all they're cracked up to be.
Normally, I buy from an Amazon supported vendor or by Amazon itself or is fulfilled by Amazon (Target for instance).
So far, I've not gotten snookered, knock on wood.
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John HornerSeptember 9th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Many people have fallen into that "Amazon Marketplace" trap. FYI, Amazon Marketplace is a pretty expensive way to sell things. For low volume, moderate priced items they take something like a 20% commission. Often you can do better dealing with the actual seller either directly on their website or over the phone.
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StingraySeptember 9th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
When I bought stuff from Amazon I checked who was the supplier. And even so, some of the things I bought were from a store different than Amazon.
I bought baby stuff. I checked their car parts section and it sucked. In 2009, don't know if it changed.
I bought car parts from car parts sellers.
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gslippySeptember 9th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I've bought lots of car parts from Amazon, mostly with good success regardless of the original seller.
My real gripe about them is that shopping for car parts on their web site is very difficult. The search settings are not 'sticky', so I burn a lot of time re-keying the same selections.
And their part descriptions can be flimsy sometimes, such as when searching for a 'front right' component vs. a 'left rear' component. So under these circumstances, I've had to cross-shop to determine the correct part's part number, then hunt according to price.
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John HornerSeptember 10th, 2010 at 1:31 am
Unless you are picking up an Amazon clearance sale item, I've found I can usually do better on rockauto.com or even at the local parts store.
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dolo54September 9th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
google shopping is what I mainly use for comparing prices. I used it for auto parts frequently. Look at it this way, you learned what could've been a $1000 lesson for $100. Not too bad.
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Steven02September 9th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Charge back would be the way to go. Possibly report them to Amazon because they aren't following their own return policy.
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sportyaccordySeptember 9th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
When it comes to aftermarket parts, the first place to check prices should be Ebay and the god awful model associated forums. Caveat emptor indeed.
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eh_politicalSeptember 9th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
"they're simply a cloaca for a Chinese tubing factory."
Hilarious throwaway line, I'm totally stealing that.
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hurlsSeptember 10th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
And here I wanted to steal that one … I wasted too much time cracking up to get my comment in first.
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obbopSeptember 9th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Mighty fine article with note-worthy comments.
Joy in the shanty at the momentary diversion from the harsh cold realities of a country and culture undergoing the gut-wrenching impact of class war apparently much more noticeable to the working-poor class and those who have undergone lengthy unemployment periods.
Here within the humble shanty during the past when periods of employment intruded upon job losses, out-sourcing and other periods of economic inactivity and a meager amount of discretionary income allowed expenditures for sundry low-cost items such as printed material of interest to a Coot, Old, one each, MilSpec 1332-4445-AD-445 .
TV in the background showing a pre-game affair with some young attractive babe singing away while draped in a semi-short flesh-exposing dress. Criminey, somebody feed that gal a sandwich or sumpthin' before a gust of wind sends her reeling off into the sunset or she freezes to death when the ambient temperature drops below 70 degrees. Fahrenheit.
Amazon. Always good luck with the firm here. Used for sending gifts to kin the few times I bothered with gifts… basically just Mom for birthdays and Xmas and waited for prices comparable or less than brick-and-mortar prices.
The having the shipping/wrapping done for me was convenient and Mom didn't need fancy actual "gift wrapping." There was the "excitement" factor of something arriving at the front door that added to the subjective "mental factor" influencing receiving a goody via a stranger at the front door.
The thread ensconced above does provide a good reminder to take care, even with Amazon, due to possible "hazards" embedded in the Amazon sales models confronting us now.
I have bought goodies for self from 3rd-party vendors, most recently a battery pack that allows jump-starting a vehicle with a carried-on-board rechargeable portable device.
Locally, saw a couple different devices but both were sub-par quality wise and over-priced for the quality offered.
Much better selection at Amazon with a better bang-for-the-buck offering.
Situated in a geo-political region as I am with a relatively low population number and density ones' shopping choices are incredibly limited when compared to larger areas such as LA, Bos-Wash, Chicago and environs and other regional hubs serving much larger population centers than this backwater hillbilly haven.
It's what allowed Sears, Montgomery Wards, etc. and their catalogs to thrive for so long until personal transportation via motorized carriages wiggled their way into mass usage and suburban sprawl sent malls and various retail outlets to elbow their way onto the landscape.
Amazon and other retailers using shipping are useful to many but especially to those of us residing in relative backwaters still existing in areas less "well-endowed" retail-y than our brethren surrounded by hordes of retailers.
The skinny gal departed (passed out from hunger???) and has been replaced by a bunch of long-haired hippy types playing their long-haired hippy music.
This is related to football? Not that I give a rodents' rear about football but it is a background diversion while rambling the Web.
Whatever happened to presenting good old-fashioned stuff such as cheerleader butts?
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golden2huskySeptember 9th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
"…Whatever happened to presenting good old-fashioned stuff such as cheerleader butts?
OK, on that, I have to agree 100%!!
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psarhjinianSeptember 9th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Have I mentioned that I look forward to your posts?
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Daanii2September 9th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Check into Amazon's A to Z guarantee. It should apply. The guarantee covers Amazon Marketplace purchases too.
In that sense, buying from Amazon is always buying from Amazon.
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IonSeptember 9th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Amazon is like a giant virtual mall. I've noticed several times that they'll have an item listed twice for different prices. I've gotten several additions to my diecast collection for double digit prices as opose to the tripple digit prices they normally go for mearly becuase I scrolled through all the listings.
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Gardiner WestboundSeptember 9th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
I've bought lots of Internet stuff, but none from Amazon. Its prices and policies are uncompetitive.
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September 10th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
My experience is 180 degrees opposite, for the things I've bought. And, I'm pretty sure I'll get it without getting ripped off.
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joeaverageSeptember 13th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
geez – I can undercut the local big box retailers like Staples and Officemax by 50% on computer stuff. I can even do better than some of the other stores too. I tend to divide my book shopping between AbeBooks and Amazon – used books. I avoid our local Books-A-Million b/c I am carrying a grudge. Our favorite local bookstore went out of business at the same time BAM arrived. Ugh! Back then I never bought books online.
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September 9th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Another good way to check prices is to use Google Product search or Froogle.com Some of the results include the shipping and say so. Not the be-all end-all because of the way items are listed, but a good resource if you have the proper search terms.
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nikySeptember 9th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Only one comment: OBX?!?!?!?
Who the hell buys OBX?
I mean… seriously?
Jack, I still respect you, but come on… OBX is just the bottom of the heap when it comes to aftermarket headers. For any car.
Sell it, suck up the loss, and get what you were planning to get in the first place.
By the way… the car looks great. Can't wait to see pictures of the first dings and scrapes. :D
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hotdogmakiSeptember 10th, 2010 at 12:54 am
I know that I'm going to come off as a troll, but I fail to see what the lesson is. Can it get any clearer than "Ships and sold by [insert name of merchant]."?
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gimmeamanualSeptember 10th, 2010 at 3:35 am
The lesson is (as it applies to the digital age in which we live/shop) you can't drive back to Amazon and get your money back and really give that sales kid a piece of your mind, and just because you bought it at a certain site, doesn't mean you bought it from a certain site. I think.
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racebeerSeptember 10th, 2010 at 10:11 am
I have to agree with you here. ESPECIALLY since TTI headers had already been used previously (come on Jack, you showed you ain't THAT cheap!!!). It's like going from gold to cheap tin. I've got TTI stuff on the Polara, and their tubing is absolutely top notch. Sometimes you just have to pay for quality.
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obbopSeptember 10th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
The linked-to site MAY be helpful with on-line buying.
Ratings for a LOT of on-line merchants.
Have trouble with an on-line seller? Leave a bad rating. Good experience, let udders know.
Merchant not listed? Add them!!!!!
Message board, also.
At times, especially good deals surface.
A few years back followed a "good deal" post link and obtained three free music CDs from a new CD selling firm. Free!!! No shipping fee, either. No spam!!!
Still, always use common sense on line!!!!
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RogerB34September 10th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
What were customer ratings and comments that component and on OBX?
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September 10th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Jack – get your parts on eBay – I built a Civic race car (car included) off of eBay for $2,500 total.
As long as the steel is mandrel bent and stainless, as long as the tubing is the appropriate diameter, and as long as its for your car and fits properly, you're good to go for dirt cheap.
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christopher277September 24th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
This isn't really a fair article. It may be true that there are other dealers on Amazon with completely different return policies. But Amazon does not allow it's sellers to just not respond to email inquires. All you would have had to do is file an A-to-Z claim. Amazon would have then given the seller about 10 days to respond, and you would have either had to return the item to get your money back (Amazon would have enforced this), or if the seller didn't respond amazon would have refunded you and let you keep the item. Amazon would have taken care of it. Believe me, I know. I have been selling on Amazon for several years.
Please make sure you have all your details correct before you put out negative publicity about a company.
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"Pregnant women who drink more than three cups of coffee a day are more likely to have miscarriages than women who drink less."
Hmmm. That old maxim "Everything in moderation" holds true again and again, doesn't it?
Here's a blog post I wrote in early 2006 about beverages that offer a truer kind of vitality than that morning cup of Joe.


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How one can find out what is causing a lock you should do the following:
1) Before your job place 5
2) Choose option 12
3) You will see a list of all objects used by you
4) If there are any objects showing member locks "YES"
5) Type 8 in front and find out which file is being locked by whom.
6) Contact the owner of the file that's causing the lock if present to find out more or if it's a job that runs daily there is no other option then to wait until that file has been released.
If this answers your question then it's O.K.
Good luck!
The lock is under your profile
DSPUSRJOBs – if you have any batch jobs running they maybe creating the lock
Signoff interactive jobs to release the locks.
The program that you are running isn't closing the file or setting *INLR on
The establishment of the lock might have come from calling a program that created an activation group that hasn't been reclaimed — regardless of *INLR on or off.

DSPJOB OPTION( *ACTGRP )

Or take option 18 from the DSPJOB menu. You might be able to RCLACTGRP for ones that you know can be reclaimed.
A more intense option is to try RCLRSC if you can't see any activation groups that might be an issue.
Have the file opens and closes journaled for a while if you'd like to track down whatever might be involved.
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Brian Robau is a Cuban American award-winning director, born and raised in Miami, Florida. In 2014, Brian moved to Southern California where he is finishing his M.F.A. in Directing at Chapman University. In 2016, he was fortunate enough to win the Student Academy Award for his intermediate film, It's Just a Gun. He is passionate about exploring the human condition through stories that have an added layer of social consciousness. Brian is currently working on post production for his thesis film, Esta es tu Cuba.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, John is wrapping up a dual MBA and MFA Film & TV Producing Degree at Chapman University's Dodge College. "It's Just a Gun" was his intermediate film and won the 2016 Student Academy award and 2017 Telluride Film Festival Official Selection. John is passionate about every facet of filmmaking and takes deep pride in all of his projects, and is currently wrapping up post production on his thesis film, "Esta es tu Cuba" and his first feature film, "Summerland".
Daniel Klein is a writer, director and producer of award winning short films and television projects. Klein has had films featured at festivals around the world and, recently, wrote the screenplay for the 2016 Student Academy Award winning short film "It's Just A Gun", directed by Brian Robau. Prior to that, Klein co-wrote, directed and produced "GARY: UNDER CRISIS" with Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly. Klein also wrote and directed "AB-", which premiered at the TribecaFilm Festival and is currently wrapping up post-production on the short film "Paper Beast".
Jonathan Chou is born and raised in Southern California and went to Cal State University, Fullerton for a BA in Film Production. After graduating college, he decided to take his studies further to pursue an MFA in Cinematography at Chapman University. On his second year of film school, he shot a film titled, "It's Just a Gun" which won the 2016 Student Academy Award.
Jonathan Chou focuses on creating thoughtful imagery that serves the story. He utilizes his skills in controlling light, shadow and camera in order to fulfill that task.
Ramin Taheri is a graduate student from Los Angeles, CA. Ramin earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Lake Forest College where he majored in Communications and Studio Art.
He is currently attaining his MFA in Film Production with an emphasis in editing at Chapman University, where he has edited several short films, including the 2016 Student Academy Award Winner "It's Just a Gun".
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I can't believe I haven't posted in a month! its crazy how time flies. Between work, swimming and the crazy world of 'modern dating' I haven't found a lot of time for writing. So its time for a catch up.
A few months ago one of my friends from school told me he was getting married, I just thought 'this cannot be happening! We can't be old enough for this, it felt like only yesterday that homework and what we were going to do at the weekend were the most important things in my life'. Having said that I couldn't be happier for him and I was so excited to be invited to the wedding and get a chance to see him again.
Anyway after months of anticipation I packed my case, grabbed my passport and headed for the airport. A couple of hours later I landed in hot sweaty Geneva, it was so stuffy, I couldn't wait to drop my stuff off, get changed and head to the lake to cool off.
After the long day of celebrations we all slept so well and enjoyed a lie in before making a second attempt at a trip to the lake. It was way too cold for a swim for those of use who had any common sense, but for those lacking it certainly cured their hangovers! Although the sensible sober people found ourselves in charge of the pedalling, which is fine to start with but 2 hours is possibly a bit too much.
It was such a nice way to spend the last full day in Geneva, its hard to beat some calm water, a cool breeze and good friends. It was hard to say goodbye but weekends like that make me realise how amazing my friends are and no matter how many years we spend apart, when we finally see each other again its like no time has passed.


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But lo! There, on the rooftops! Five figures emerge from the shadows wielding steel strings and machines made of ivory and hammers. They sway to the steady beat of a war drum.
Students of the Boss and the mystic from the Emerald Isle, they've come to stand on the side of justice. They are defenders of the last vestiges of good in a city consumed by darkness. They have come to rock and roll. They are SAPPHIRE CITY NIGHTHAWKS.
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AAIM was founded in 1898 as the St. Louis branch of the National Metal Trades Association. At that time, the focus was to bring together business leaders in the metals, mining, manufacturing and engineering industries for networking, training and sharing ways to better manage. The founders realized that they were stronger by banding together and that their association membership enhanced their ability to grow their respective markets.
After seventy-eight years of continued growth and prosperity, the organization changed its name to the American Association of Industrial Management in 1976, due to membership expansion (the abbreviation A.A.I.M., or 'double A-I-M,' becomes our acronym). Then, in 1983, the organization decided to change its name again to AAIM Management Association, to reflect the number of diverse industries in its membership.
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Sun Protection Explained...August 09, 2016
''Dont Wrinkle, Wear Suncream''
Hey Hey!
Long time no blog.
It's been a few months since my last blog post on here and I've really missed it. But I'm back, and I have lots of skin stuff to share with you all so I hope you follow along.
I want to share some tips on Sun protection with you. For starters it shouldn't be called 'SUN' protection it should be called 'daily' protection because all year long our skin is exposed to daylight.
There are an incredible amount of sunscreen products available in most stores now but, how do you know which one to choose? I'm going to share the Key Ingredients that you need to look for in your sunscreen and explain what the factor number actually means.
Take a picture of the following ingredients and search the back of the product when buying your next suncream. Oxybenzone, avobenzone, octisalate, octocrylene, homosalate, octinoxate. Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. These ingredients are ACTIVE ingredients and are what make the sunscreen protective against UVA (ageing) and UVB (burning) rays. If atleast 1 of the above is in the product it is a good quality.
· SPF 15 lasts for 150 minutes (2.5hrs) good for winter months, must re-apply if out in sun
· SPF30 lasts for 300 minutes (5hrs) *Best factor. All year round especially summer months. re-apply if out all day.
· SPF50 lasts for 500 minutes (8hrs) Gives the longest protection but may have more chemical ingredients which can sensitise the skin.
Ultra violet light from the sun is the major cause of damage to our skin. Sunburn causes DNA changes in our skin cells. Un-repaired DNA damage to skin cells can cause cancer.
I was a sun worshipper all through my teens, all I ever wanted was a tan. Id tan on holidays on the beach all day not topping up my spf much. I have used sunbeds so I wasn't a sun saint, by all means. But working more close with the skin the past few years and understanding more and more about the damage the sun causes to the skin I have completely ditched my sun baking days. Ill opt for my tan from a bottle now.
Always have a separate face and body SPF. The skin on you're body is thicker. The skin on the face won't be able to handle that one. The results of sun damage on face is usually dark spots/pigmentation and broken veins- so a good quality face spf (like mine pictured above and below) will have some active ingredients to prevent this from happening.
Whether you've been away in the sun or not- buy yourself a good quality sun protection and use it everyday. An SPF of 30 is the best to go for. Wear it everyday all year round to protect your skin. Look for 5 stars on the bottle or that it atleast says UVA and UVB protected.
I hope some of you got something from this post. I get many messages about which SPF is the best. My answer is always the same- it depends on the ingredients and how much you're willing to spend. La roche posay, and Vichy are always reliable brands. BUT search your ingredients before you buy!
I have just posted a video to my facebook page here all about skin damage from the sun it's worth a look.
Stay protected from the sun!
You can follow my snapchat @guerinkatie and instagram @thebeautymind_ for more skinspo.
Have a great day.
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To make things easier while mixing the American Graffiti sound track, George Lucas and sound designer Walter Murch labeled all of the film reels R and all of the dialogue tracks D, and then numbered each of them sequentially, starting with 1. When Murch later asked Lucas for Reel 2 Dialogue 2 or more precisely, R2 D2 Lucas liked the way it sounded so much that he made a note of the name for another project he was writing.
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Mecate Reins (Part 2 of 2)
Clinton Anderson explains how to safely secure and tie up with Mecate reins.
When riding, there are two ways to secure the lead rope end of Mecate reins. You can either tie it around the horn or push it up through your belt loop.
To tie it to the horn, you will make a series of half-hitches until the rope hangs down about even with the horse's knee. This will leave it long enough for you to use the end of it, but short enough to avoid the horse stepping on it.
To use the second option, bring the lead rope around the right side of the pommel of the saddle, then up to your left hip. Make a loop and push it up between your belt and jeans, from the bottom, so that the loop hangs over the top. Always put it past the second keeper of your jeans to keep it from falling out.
It will stay in place while riding, but will come out easily if pressure is applied, making it a safe option. For either option, the slack in the rope should hang down slightly lower than the loop rein, hanging two to three inches below it. The reason being that you don't want the lead to hinder the horse's head if you are flexing to the right when mounted. If the lead is too short, your horse can't flex far enough because he'll run into pressure.
How to safely tie up
1 Pull the reins to the left side of horse's neck and make a figure 8 in the reins. Pull the loop over the horse's head and adjust so that the reins are in four equal lengths.
2 Gather the loops under the horse's neck. Take the end of your lead rope and go around all four lines. Then tuck the end of the lead rope through itself to form a half hitch.
3 Repeat Step 2 to make one more half hitch. Now you can safely tie your horse and he will not hurt himself if he pulls back.


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You'll enjoy activities like sailing, canoeing, climbing or mountain walking at least one day a week and you'll develop self-reliance and the ability to lead and inspire others.
There's also the chance to gain National Governing Body Awards from well recognised organisations such as the British Canoe Union, Mountain Training and the Royal Yachting Association (RYA).
Our experienced and highly qualified staff will pass on valuable knowledge and skills by delivering on both the practical and classroom elements of the course.
We have our own professional outdoor equipment including Laser Pico and RS Vision asymmetric sailing boats, Lapierre mountain bikes and a range of modern kayaks and canoes. What's more, we're in easy access of the North Wales coast and the hills of the Lake District and Derbyshire.
You'll complete several weeks of relevant work experience each year to give you a real taste of the industry – it'll look great on your CV too.
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The Importance of Getting the Best Personal Injury Lawyer.
According to the data released by the road safety agency, over two million people are victims of road accidents in the U.S every year. The ones that suffer major and minor injuries are half of that number. Another thirty thousand or so are the casualty of the road accidents. Pedestrians who are involved in road accidents add up to more than two thousand where five hundred of them end up dead.
By looking at these numbers, you can judge just how serious road accidents are. It has been categorized as one of the major causes of deaths and permanent injuries in the U.S. Many families have been affected by these accidents and their lives have been altered forever.
Victims of road accident are exposed to many losses from road accidents. People have lost their lives, properties, have become disabled, If you have been involved in a road accident, you need to seek a professional legal representation. Have faced amputation, and lost their jobs. That's why you are always encouraged to seek the help of an attorney who will assist you through this process.
With recent changes, it is common to get many attorneys who are available and are offering these services. The only difference between them is the success rate that each attorney has. Since you are putting your future in someone else's hands, it is better to choose the right person for the job.
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When you get in touch with them, you are offered a free consultation with no strings attached. By using their understanding of the legal process, you are assured of a victory in your case. Their track record in getting positive results is outstanding.
Car accidents are life altering experiences that should not be taken lightly. They change the way you live your life and may have a significant impact on the lives of your loved ones.
If you or your loved ones are victims of road accidents and have suffered any injuries, reach out to Burnetti PA who will advise you on what to do.
Place the future of your loved ones in the capable hands of Florida personal injury lawyer.


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WELD Artist of the Week: Dev Gupta
Career: Designer| Illustrator| Educator
Website: DevGupta.com
Mantra: Nothing big in life is ever planned, so the best way to ensure success is to focus on being good at the little things.
Interview by: Kristin Read
Self-acclaimed "part-time part timer," Dev Gupta is a designer, illustrator, and educator, who focuses on interaction and experience design. You can also find him teaching creative advertising at the SMU Temerlin Advertising Institute. Before joining SMU, Dev worked as an art director, for ToyNY and as a freelance interactive designer at various New York and Dallas agencies. He holds a Masters in Advertising and Bachelors of Finance from The University of Texas. Dev's work has appeared in Wired Magazine, GQ, The One Club, Mashables, TechCrunch, FWA and Gestalten. When he's not teaching or designing, you can find him sipping a cup of joe whilst consulting agencies, tech start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies.
Explain the meaning behind "part-time, part timer."
I try not to be pigeon-holed as an designer or illustrator—I enjoy lots of different types of work. I also have a very hard time going full-time with one thing, hence the teaching and consulting.
Why'd you choose this particular career path?
Believe it or not I have a finance degree. So I think I was drawn to advertising and design because it wasn't finance. Also…
- I've always enjoyed solving problems and better understanding the process of creation
- I think the creative field, more than any other field, rewards quality over tenure; i.e., you don't have to put in 20 years to achieve success and garner respect
- It's a very dramatic industry—every project possesses different challenges...No two projects/clients are the same.
Describe your typical workday.
It's nothing glamorous, really—meetings, class, emails, coffee, emails, lots of coffee, and then actual work at night.
What do you enjoy most about teaching creative advertising?
I enjoy helping students find their passion. I believe in the old adage, "If you find a job you love you'll never work again." And to help someone find that love is immensely rewarding.
What led you to teach (what you saw in the industry, desire to help up-and-coming creatives…)?
I think I've always had a didactic personality, but teaching isn't something I set out to do—I fell into it. Now that I'm here, I enjoy helping students find their own path and opening doors. I kid with them that I teach so that when they are successful, they can hire me.
Just by scrolling the "App Ideas" tab on your site, it's clear that you're spewing out creativity. Where do you find and "house" all of your greatest ideas, and how do you choose when to pull from them?
I'm an Evernote and Moleskine kind-of-guy, so between the two I have scrawls and scraps of ideas everywhere. I also try to consume everything I can—movies, books, art, etcetera. Also, I Internet stalk designers and illustrators that are better than me.
If you had 4-6 sentences to share your life's bio, what would it read?
No one ever said he didn't work enough…
What 3 words best describe THE Dev Gupta?
Stubborn, Nerdy, Passionate
Name one of your favorite projects/pieces. What about that work makes it a personal favorite?
Project: I'm working on an on-going series of infographics for my students that outline processes and explain design. Piece: Advertising conventions in digestible chunks. It was a great exercise for me because it forced me to distill my thinking. It's also cool to hear of people printing out the posters and actually using them.
If you had one piece of advice to offer to other designers, what would it be?
Understand type!!!!
What's your next move? Any great projects in the works?
In the short term, I'm on some interesting projects for a couple of larger clients, as well as a number of enterprise projects. Long term, the goal is to open a purely front-end interface design shop . . . Oh yeah, and classes start up at the end of August.
How'd you find WELD? Why do you love it so?
Fellow WELDer, Chris Titze, told me about it. The workspace is inspiring, the people are passionate, and the coffee is . . . delicious.
Why do you think creative collaboration is so important?
Outside of the obvious reasons (validation, feedback, and divergent perspectives), it forces you to articulate your idea clearly—because everything sounds good in your head.
How can one order a "meh" t-shirt?
Nowhere at the moment, but I'd be happy to share the design with anyone who wants to print their own!


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The burgeoning cryptocurrency market is distinct with exchanges, payments, and wallet businesses, with only few other implementations. However, the smartphone market is seemingly catching on, as Israel-based Sirin Labs announced a cryptocurrency-powered phone on July 11, 2018.
The "Finney"
Termed "Finney," in homage to Bitcoin evangelist Hal Finney, the latest Sirin Labs phone is priced at $1,000 and boasts of powerful computing software and unmatched privacy.
The company previously launched the Solarin privacy phone with a hefty tag of $14,000. Needless to say, sales failed company expectations and did not impress smartphone critics.
However, Sirin Labs has since taken a cue from the Solarin debacle, and worked towards building a "mass-market provider" while offering cryptocurrency enthusiasts a secure wallet device.
To bring prices down to $1,000, the Finney is manufactured by Foxconn, the Taiwan-based hardware company behind Apple, Nokia, BlackBerry, and Xiaomi.
Salient Features
Touted as a phone for the "blockchain era," the Finney features hardware reminiscent of Solarin, but that is where the similarity ends.
Finney has a secondary display called "Safe Screen," meant to facilitate cryptocurrency transactions. Sirin Labs claims to have deployed dedicated software for ensuring the correct destination address before a user sends funds. The phone also comes with a "slider," which activates a cold storage wallet holding several different cryptocurrencies.
Regarding software specifications, Finney runs an enhanced version of Android – primarily with better security features considering the sensitivity of a cryptocurrency-carrying device – and runs on 6 GB RAM with a Snapdragon 845 processor. Users can also access a unique blockchain app store to update existing applications and install new ones.
Apart from the cold wallet and app store, Finney features a Token Conversion Service (TCS), a first in the smartphone class. The TCS is primarily a brokerage for cryptocurrencies and can instantly convert SRN, Sirin's native tokens, to any other supported digital asset.
Amit Krelman, Sirin's head of Research, explains:
"Rather than having to stand, in the rain, buying tokens to hire a car, TCS will handle all of it for you, automatically. He was less clear, however, on how exactly the system would handle long transaction times and processing fees, an issue that plagues Bitcoin users on a regular basis."
Interestingly, the Finney can only be purchased with $1,000 worth of SRN tokens, with a 10% discount on pre-orders.
Risk of Theft Debunked
While members of the broader cryptocurrency community may still voice concerns of theft, Sirin CMO Nimrod May argues the phone is not meant to replace cold storage wallets completely. Instead, he believes users must transfer their required expenses for the day on the phone prior to going out than moving around with all their funds.
While no measure of user demand is available at the time of writing, Sirin Lab raised close to $158 million in December 2017 via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO).
The company reportedly engaged the services of Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi to promote their smartphone offering, which could contribute towards better sales figures than Solarin.
Finney launches in November 2018, with an initial release in New York, London, and Tokyo.
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Beautiful Freaks: an interview with ceramicist Sophie Woodrow, by Amelia's Magazine
Bristolian ceramicist Sophie Woodrow makes hybrid porcelain figures that are as beguiling as they are bonkers.
Have you ever caught sight of something out of the corner of your eye and mistaken it for something quite different, even otherworldly? Like the tatty old dressing-gown casting long, black shadows on your bedroom wall, or a flashback from that dream you had when you were seven, half remembered and so much more monstrous for not being quite complete? My first ever nightmare involved Worzel Gummidge and Punch, of 'Punch and Judy' chasing me around our old house to the sound of sit-com laughter. I think I may have downed one too many Sodastreams that day, but if, like me, you're familiar with that weird, slightly disturbing sensation and find it just a little bit addictive, then you are sure to love the work of Bristolian ceramic artist Sophie Woodrow.
Since graduating from Falmouth College of Art with a BA in studio ceramics, she has refined an intricate labour-intensive technique. Each piece is hand-built, involving coiling, incising and impressing to create a delicately textured surface. The hybrid creatures she creates explore Victorian theories of evolution. They represent a kind of 'Sliding Doors' moment in natural science; They are 'what ifs', of the 'what if an owl made a baby with a grizzly bear, a reindeer, a Dalek or a mahogany writing table?' variety. The resulting objects bask in ambiguities, they are not quite visitors from another world, the visual language she uses could not belong anywhere other than 21st century England, they're more like unseen elements of this world, or a dream world that approximates this one.
The stillness of Sophie's figures reminds me of the Booth Museum of Natural History in Brighton, where my A level art class were taken to draw stuffed crows 'cavorting' in enormous glass cases. All those glaring, orange-glass eyes gave me the heebie-jeebees. Sophie's figures have hollowed out cavities where their eyes should be, lending them an even spookier blankness, but at the same time they are almost homely. They're a little like something I might find perched on my Great Aunt Doris's mantelpiece, if she'd recently gone a bit mental and started draping her ornaments with my jewellery collection, or sticking them down with big lumps of Plasticine 'just in case'. Looking at them I can almost hear the ticking of the great, big grandfather clock in her hall. Tick, tock, tick, tock…
I stumbled across Sophie's website completely by chance, whilst researching a blog about Made 10, Brighton's forthcoming design and craft fair (read my listing here). I was quickly glad I did. Her work spoke so strongly to me that I felt compelled to get in touch immediately and ask her about it, and this is what she had to say:
Describe your work in 30 words or less:
Delicate, bright white porcelain portraits of animals and otherworldly beings, inspired by the contact point between the natural world and human culture.
Why make hybrid 'might-have-been' creatures?
I make 'might have been' creatures as an expression of the delight and odd reassurance I take in knowing that I can never make anything as strange as the real thing.
What attracts you to working in clay?
At first I was attracted to working in clay because, along with drawing it's a very fundamental means of making art, and I wanted to make actual things not representations. Along the way I have found it to be a more complicated picture, and have adjusted to all the historical and cultural baggage that clay carries with it.
What inspires you?
I am inspired by my love for the beauty of the natural world, and more particularly our relationship to it. I am fascinated by the representations that people have made of animals throughout the ages, what they say about them and their times, their sense of themselves in the world, their strengths and vulnerabilities. My influences come from museums and anywhere I can see art objects, tools, fetishes, toys, weapons, any object that has an interesting history.
What process do you go through to make a piece of work?
My making process is very laboured, but I try to keep the initial visualization of a piece very unedited, I try not to search too hard for an idea and just look at it out of the corner of my eye long enough to pin it down, so that all I am generally doing in the studio is the physical making process, I'll have my ideas elsewhere, on my bike, hoovering, thinking about something completely different.
What was the last thing you drew?
My studio is littered with pages of tiny thumbnail sketches of my animals, it's a visual record of where in the world everything is, which gallery or shop, otherwise I forget.
What do you listen to while you work?
BBC 6 Music is a godsend, as my hands are always too covered in clay to change CDs, and being crafty and not techy, I haven't worked out how to use my Ipod. Radio 4 is good too, until you realize you've just listened to a half-hour programme about the history of the sprocket.
Name three contemporaries whose work you think we should check out.
At Collect this year I coveted all the jewellery in Galerie Rob Koudjis, especially the gorgeous work of Gemma Draper. Being a ceramicist, I'm ungenerously critical of my genre but have recently seen and loved the work of Claire Lindner. Fellow Bristolian Aaron Sewards draws such sad, exquisite little drawings it makes me want to cry.
What's coming up for Sophie Woodrow?
I will be part of a group show in The Royal West Academy in Bristol from Jan 2nd, I have some work on theshopfloorproject.com until March, and have things dotted about here and there until then.


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An Obama doctrine takes shape
President Obama closed his address on Libya Monday evening with an explanation of what U.S. action in the country "says about the use of America's military power, and America's broader leadership in the world, under my presidency."
In other words, he laid out - or attempted to lay out - an Obama Doctrine.
And that doctrine, as articulated by the president, is this: The United States can have a moral responsibility to intervene abroad "when our safety is not directly threatened, but our interests and values are."
Note the "can." Mr. Obama said there are times maybe U.S. military ought to be deployed even when American citizens do not face a direct threat. And there are also times when it should not be deployed - even when people are being brutalized.
How does he decide which is which? In part by weighing the "costs and risks of intervention...against the need for action," as Mr. Obama put it. Sometimes, he said, the costs and risks are high enough - and the U.S. strategic interest low enough - that the U.S. should sit on the sidelines. (Think of Congo, or, it seems, Syria.) But sometimes - when the situation is just right - it means action.
"In this particular country - Libya; at this particular moment, we were faced with the prospect of violence on a horrific scale," Mr. Obama said Monday night. "We had a unique ability to stop that violence: an international mandate for action, a broad coalition prepared to join us, the support of Arab countries, and a plea for help from the Libyan people themselves. We also had the ability to stop Gaddafi's forces in their tracks without putting American troops on the ground."Obama's Libya speech leaves GOP wanting
Mr. Obama was arguing that the United States had a strong incentive to act in accordance with its morals -- but that it only had an opportunity to do so because of the response of the rest of the world and the relatively low risk for American troops.
The president, in other words, said he is neither an interventionist nor an isolationist but rather someone driven by the details of the situation at hand. It's a position that, like others before it, suggests that the president is far more of a one-step-at-a-time pragmatist than the pie-in-the-sky idealist he was widely taken for during his presidential campaign.
In Libya, America faced the prospect of "a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscience of the world," Mr. Obama said. But that alone was not the reason to act, he added. Even as he put forth lofty rhetoric about how the United States is not the sort of nation that can "turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries," Mr. Obama suggested there are moments when the United States should do just that.
Libya was not one of them, he stated bluntly, because "America has an important strategic interest in preventing Qaddafi from overrunning those who oppose him." Unchecked, Qaddafi's actions could have destabilized the region, he said, shown the UN Security Council to be toothless, and ultimately "have carried a far greater price for America" than military action.
The president also linked this approach to his decision to limit the mission to the humanitarian one laid out by the Security Council -- and not use force to achieve regime change. Mr. Obama argued ousting Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi through force would simply be too costly.
"Our coalition would splinter," he said. "We would likely have to put U.S. troops on the ground, or risk killing many civilians from the air. The dangers faced by our men and women in uniform would be far greater. So would the costs, and our share of the responsibility for what comes next."
This is where he drew perhaps the greatest distinction with the approach of his predecessor George W. Bush, making specific reference to the situation in Iraq. There, he said, "regime change there took eight years, thousands of American and Iraqi lives, and nearly a trillion dollars."
"That is not something we can afford to repeat in Libya," he said.
The Obama Doctrine, then, says the United States has a moral imperative to act to stop massacres - but only when the costs are not too high. That's not a position that lends itself to slogans, and it's not one that is likely to placate critics on the left or right. But it is the closest he's come to an explanation of his thinking - and, perhaps, a guide to how he will deal with foreign policy crises that come along down the road.
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Dallas Mavericks
Mavericks' Nowitzki playing his best basketball of the season
Dirk Nowitzki did not play when the Dallas Mavericks played Toronto on Jan. 22.
Since then, he's been on a tear.
Over the past four games Nowitzki has averaged 29.5 points and 9.5 rebounds and is shooting 54.9 percent from the field. He's also made 35 of 36 free throws.
"He's got a good groove going obviously," coach Rick Carlisle said. "The guys are looking for him.
"Beyond that we're in a reasonable spacing of games situation, which I think helps everybody."
Nowitzki scored 38 in Wednesday's loss to Houston and 34 in Friday's win over Sacramento.
That marked the first time he's put together consecutive 30-plus scoring games since he scored 40 at Utah on April 16, 2012, and followed that two days later with 35 points at home against Houston.
Asked if the back-to-back 30-point scoring outputs have given him any confidence, Nowitzki said: "I'm 35. I don't need a confidence boost. I've been in this league too long."
Nowitzki has gone 11-of-11 from the free-throw line in each of the past two games.
"He's driving it more, but when you're in a shot-making groove like him, guys are going to be flying at you and there's going to be contact on plays," Carlisle said.
"A lot of things come together when you're aggressive and you're shooting the ball well."
In the past three games, Nowitzki is averaging 33.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game and is shooting 60.7 percent from the field.
"I've been in a nice groove," Nowitzki said. "Before the last three [games] I didn't really have a good groove, especially on that trip going East, and even before that I was a little slow.
"The jumper didn't fall, it was a little flat, and it was a lot of games since after Christmas. I got a little rest and obviously here this week we have two days off twice [between games] and that helps a lot.''
The Mavs (27-21) host Cleveland at 7:30 p.m. Monday and will do so knowing their franchise player seems to have found the fountain of youth.
"I'm just thankful for the opportunity to play with him," center Brandan Wright said of Nowitzki. "He's our horse, he's a guy we rely on, and he's bringing it every night."
Ellis erases turnovers
The turnovers had been coming in bunches lately for guard Monta Ellis.
But the nine-year veteran didn't have any turnovers Friday night against Sacramento.
Carlisle said it was Ellis' best game of the season.
It's the first time since a game Dec. 5, 2012, at San Antonio when he played for Milwaukee that Ellis didn't have a turnover in a game.
"I think I have to do more, be more under control and pay attention to how the defense plays me and make the right plays," Ellis said. "I'll go back and look at this game and hopefully can keep it up."
Ellis had 22 turnovers in the four games prior to Friday's game against the Kings.
But he was more patient against Sacramento and let plays develop instead of rushing into different scenarios.
"He actually played a great floor game," Nowitzki said. "I don't think he forced anything.
"They collapsed a lot on his pick-and-rolls, and he didn't really get to the lane as much. But I thought in the fourth quarter he took what they gave us.''
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Since sitting out a Jan. 22 game at Toronto, Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki has had his best four-game stretch of the season. In those four games he's averaged 29.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. The stats for those games:
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On the Shelves at Powell's: Under False Flags/
Just at quick post to note what a thrill it was for this Portland boy to see copies of Under False Flags: A Novel appear on the shelves at Powell's Books mothership location on W. Burnside.
I've been going in Powell's since my teens and now live near the main store. It's always been close, like the local library, familiar and yet exotic from all the far-flung stories and knowledge arriving inside all those books. But seeing a book of your own land in the local bookstore of legend is a surreal experience that amazed me more than expected, in a good way.
I thought I was pretty jaded, having traveled a hell of a long way on that hard road a writer chooses. Moments like these remind me to stop and enjoy the ride.


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In Late Shift, you'll step into the shoes of Matt, a young college student who works the late shift at a parking structure. You'll end up embroiled in a plot to steal a priceless item and as the night unfolds you'll make a series of decisions that will lead to one of seven different endings. Fans of interactive drama and a new take on gaming narrative will love Late Shift!
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Pivotal moments affect the lives of authors and characters, as Melissa Wray discovered.
A father saying 'yes' to his daughter proved a pivotal moment in the life of author Melissa Wray, and the protagonist, Jessica, in Melissa's debut young adult novel Destiny Road. Two years after the book's launch, the Geelong-based author looks back on her path to writing the novel, which she describes as "a story if choices, consequences, heartbreak and acceptance".
Melissa has written a moving account on her blog about how pivotal moments, regret and death led to Destiny Road, saying "It came about because one night I was lying in bed and couldn't sleep. There was an unspoken conversation going on in my mind."


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Last week the Citerus team spent a few fantastic days in Morocco. We try to take these trips somewhat regularly and over the years we have been to Italy, Czech Republic, and France among other places, but this trip was the first time we left Europe.
Citerus has been bringing quite a few new people on board over the last months, so this was a great opportunity to hang out with all our people for an extended time. Some for the first time as members of the Citerus team.
I must say I am amazed with the talents that have joined us for quite some time now. In fact, it blows me away. Spending time with my colleagues makes me feel old, slow and a bit stupid, and when building a great business, this is not a bad thing. I am very proud of being a part of this awesome group of people, you constantly learn new things, you are constantly challenged, and you always have fun.
Even though we bring our entire team together one day per month to share ideas and spend time together, doing this in new environments for an extended period really opens up a lot of great opportunities. The amazing views of the Atlas mountains as well as pool side work in Marrakech turned out to be perfect for creativity and focus. Look out for the new products we will be launching and exciting articles we will be publishing during the spring as a direct result of these last few days.
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Julian and Justin made a new bench/table on Sunday - the first of two by the pond. They are designed to make pond-dipping easier for visiting school groups - but are good for just pond watching too (or having a snooze).
There isn't much nature in the pond yet - we need to get more vegetation going in and around it (and maybe fewer visiting ducks, although they do entertain us).