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James McAvoy to play Macbeth in Jamie Lloyd's inaugaral production for Trafalgar Transformed
BAFTA winning and Golden Globe nominated actor James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland, Atonement, X-Men) will star in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Jamie Lloyd's (Donmar's Passion, Broadway's Cyrano de Bergerac, the Old Vic's The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Court's The Pride) inaugural production in a season of work for Trafalgar Transformed. Macbeth will be staged at Trafalgar Studios from 9 February until 27 April, with press night on 19 February 2013. Design for Jamie Lloyd's season is by Soutra Gilmour, who won the 2012 Evening Standard Award for Best Design for Inadmissible Evidence at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Lloyd, and Antigone at the National Theatre. Further casting will be announced shortly.
Jamie Lloyd's production will see Shakespeare's darkest tale play out in a dystopian Scotland brutalised by war. Under a toxic fog, Macbeth begins his tormented struggle for power fuelled by ambition and paranoia.
All tickets will be £15 on Mondays. Half of these will be made available through a special outreach scheme led by Ambassador Theatre Group Creative Learning Department, targeted towards schools and first-time theatregoers. The other half will be released monthly to the public on the first day of each month, starting on 1 February 2013, and will be available online or at Trafalgar Studios box office. Additionally, day seats will be available at £10 for all performances, Tuesday through Saturday.
Director, Jamie Lloyd said 'I am thrilled to announce the first production for Trafalgar Transformed - a season of politically-charged power plays on the doorstep of Whitehall, accompanied by a festival of platform events, discussions and readings. We hope to welcome new and diverse audiences to the West End and I am very excited to engage with schools and other groups via a series of bespoke workshops and masterclasses.'
Howard Panter, ATG's Joint CEO and Creative Director said 'we are delighted that, as part of our partnership with Jamie Lloyd Productions, ATG is to welcome James McAvoy in the role of Macbeth. As the first production in Jamie Lloyd's season of work for Trafalgar Transformed, we are thrilled that this bold production of the Scottish play will blast the roof off Trafalgar Studios, bringing an electric energy to this theatre. It's a great pleasure to be starting on this exciting journey with Jamie Lloyd, a truly talented director.'
James McAvoy was last on stage in 2009 in Three Days of Rain (Olivier Award nomination) at the Apollo Theatre directed by Jamie Lloyd. Other stage credits include Breathing Corpses at the Royal Court, Privates on Parade at the Donmar Warehouse and Out in the Open at Hampstead Theatre. McAvoy can next be seen in Danny Boyle's Trance, Welcome to the Punch, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Filth (2013), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). James's film credits include X-Men: First Class, The Conspirator, Gnomeo and Juliet, The Last Station, Wanted, Atonement (London Film Critics Circle Award, Empire Film Award, Richard Attenborough Film Award, BAFTA nomination, Golden Globe nomination), Becoming Jane, Starter for Ten, The Last King of Scotland (BAFTA Scotland Award, BAFTA nomination, London Film Critics Circle nomination), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Bright Young Things. In 2006 James won the BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award. McAvoy's television credits include Shameless, Macbeth, Early Doors and State of Play.
Jamie Lloyd's theatre credits include Cyrano de Bergerac at the Roundabout; American Airlines Theatre, Broadway, The Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic, She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre, The Faith Machine and The Pride (Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement) at the Royal Court, Inadmissible Evidence, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Passion (Evening Standard Award for Best Musical) and Polar Bears all at the Donmar Warehouse, Piaf at the Donmar/Vaudeville/Teatro Liceo, Buenos Aires/Nuevo Teatro Alcala, Madrid (Hugo Award for Best Director, Clarin Award for Best Musical Production and ADEET Award for Best Production), The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick Theatre, Three Days of Rain at the Apollo Theatre, The Lover and The Collection at the Comedy Theatre, Elegies: a Song Cycle at the Arts Theatre, The School for Scandal at Theatre Royal, Bath, Salome for Headlong, Eric's at Liverpool Everyman and The Caretaker at Sheffield Crucible and the Tricycle Theatre. Jamie was Associate Director of the Donmar Warehouse from 2008 to 2011.
Jamie Lloyd Productions is a partnership with Jamie Lloyd and Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG).
Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd (ATG) was co-founded by Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire in 1992, and is the largest owner/operator of theatres in the UK with 39 venues, an internationally recognised theatre producer and a leader in theatre ticketing services through ATG Tickets. Current and recent ATG co-productions include Posh, Jumpy, and Constellations (Royal Court at the Duke of York's), Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 the Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot starring Marcus Brigstocke and Jon Culshaw and now Stephen Tompkinson. Coming in the new year: Passion Play by Peter Nichols starring Zoë Wanamaker directed by David Leveaux (a co-production with Tali Pelman Productions), The Rocky Horror Show, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Maurice's Jubilee. Recent productions include All New People starring Zach Braff, The Mystery of Charles Dickens starring Simon Callow, South Pacific starring Samantha Womack and Paulo Szot, Dandy Dick starring Patricia Hodge and Nicholas Le Prevost, Blue/Orange starring Robert Bathurst, Ghost the Musical, Matthew Bourne's The Nutcracker!, Legally Blonde the Musical starring Sheridan Smith, Being Shakespeare (West End, Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Misanthrope starring Damian Lewis and Keira Knightley, West Side Story, Elling starring John Simm, Guys and Dolls starring Ewan McGregor, and in New York, The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, Exit the King starring Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon. Howard Panter, Adam Speers and Evanna White produce for Ambassador Theatre Group.
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Hormone Therapy Breast Cancers Equally Virulent
Breast cancers linked to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are no less deadly than those that strike women who are not taking hormones, a new study suggests. Published last week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the study tackles a long-standing controversy: whether breast cancers associated with HRT are less likely to kill.
In 2002, the Women's Health Initiative reported that results from a clinical trial showed that women on hormones who were diagnosed with breast cancer were at least as likely to die as those who got breast cancer while taking placebos. But observational studies suggested the opposite—that HRT-associated breast cancers have a better prognosis.
Rowan Chlebowski, a breast oncologist at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, and his colleagues tried to bridge that gap by studying more than 40,000 women who were part of a different effort, the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. The team found that survival after a breast cancer diagnosis was virtually the same in those who took hormones and those who didn't. But this, too, is unlikely to be the last word. One lingering question is whether there are differences in the biology of tumors that show up in women taking hormones.
Sorting Through the Bits and Pieces of Plate Tectonics
Geologists long ago realized that slices of rock plastered onto North America—from southern Alaska to Nevada to western Mexico—are actually well-traveled terranes that began their geologic lives hundreds of millions of years ago as distant volcanic archipelagoes. But, using the latest seismic probings of the deep interior, researchers are finding that the plate tectonic workings that delivered North America's exotic terranes didn't operate the way they thought.
Great slabs of ocean tectonic plate were once thought to deliver the crustal scraps to North America before sinking into the depths. But the positions and orientations of those slabs, now thousands of kilometers below Earth's surface, do not jibe with that paradigm, say seismologist Karin Sigloch of Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, and geologist Mitchell Mihalynuk of the British Columbia Geological Survey in Victoria, Canada, in this week's issue of Nature.
Instead of the eastward-moving Farallon plate—now disappearing beneath the Pacific Northwest—delivering terranes to the continent, a westward-roaming North America must have plowed into them where they stood, building out the continent and driving up mountains along 6000 kilometers of North America. http://scim.ag/westUS
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Really Great Views At Tanah Lot – Bali, Indonesia
There are a ton of little temples, shrines, and sacred places all over Indonesia. It's such an old land (but a young nation) that the history of the people here go way back to when time had a "BC" after it. So it pretty much stands to reason that there would be huge relics and special locations to display such times throughout the history of the people… and this was one of them.
We went to Tanah Lot, a sacred place in Bali which houses a temple atop some small cliffs in the middle of the water (it's not really very far out… you can walk to it in ankle-high water). It was a beautiful view and seemingly friendly people, aside from, once again, walking salespeople attempting to pull us away from the time we were having to focus on their measly little over-priced nicknacks. The only people who were trying to sell things that weren't actually annoying were the photographers, who understood "no thanks" pretty much right away, and were really nice about it.
So… we got a picture with him after all:
As I said above, the place features a temple atop a rock in the middle of the water, which is sacred and is only accessed for prayer. They allowed us to go up a little ways to see the cliffs, but we were not permitted very high, and we could only even go as far as we did after washing our hands and faces in the "holy water" that was pouring through the small cave in the side of the rocks. After that, we got more water thrown in our faces, little bits of rice stuck to our foreheads, and a flower stuck in our ears (the wind took mine almost immediately after we left the cave). Here are some picture for ya. Remember, just click on them to see them larger.
There were also a bunch of crabs on many parts of the rock surface, so you'd have to watch your step if you were in sandals (like me), unless you don't mind a little crab pinch here and there on your feet. It was actually really hard to spot them sometimes, because they are very good at blending in with the rocks.
See if you can see the two crabs from the photos below I took when I was able to spot them in the rocks:
(Note that these pictures are full size so you can search easier, rather than sized down like the rest of the photos. You may want a fast Internet connection to load these massive images).
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For this post, I'm going to quickly just try to sum up the weekend with some thoughts on everything from a glance. But the meatier, more meaningful posts will be coming later.
The hotel was luxurious. Lots of shops, and lots of restaurants. The service was very good, and the overall feel of the hotel was warm and friendly. The hotel is fairly big, and our room happened to be on the opposite side than the convention area, so we had a nice little walk back & forth every day. But it wasn't terrible.
The Sessions.
Ok so this is the part that will be hard to summarize quickly, because there is a lot of information here. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the different sessions. There were four tracks to choose from for each breakout session: Business, Photography, Writing, and Life Development. So each time a session would start, I was always scrambling to try and figure out which one I wanted to go to. I ended up going to 1 business session, and the rest I attended were off the writing & life development tracks. So yes, I ended up going to ZERO photography sessions. I think when it came down to it, I felt that it would be a waste of time. I'm not perfect at photography, but I definitely know my way around my camera, and portraiture, so I didn't want to hear a bunch of redundant information.
The Speakers.
I enjoyed most of the speakers. Some more than others, obviously. No need to go into the ones I wasn't fond of, because chances are, they won't be coming back to BlissDom. But what I will say is that Jon Acuff is amazing. I got to attend one of his Life Development sessions, as well as his closing keynote, and he is both hilarious and intelligent. He has a way of being funny without even trying, while at the same time, being extremely inspirational and motivating. I wish I could have listened to him all the live long day.
Another one of the speakers I really enjoyed was Megan Jordan. She was one of the speakers in the writing track, and I found her to be very relatable and easy to listen to. She also had some pretty brilliant things to say, some things that opened my eyes quite a bit and gave me some things to think about as a mother and a blogger.
The Agenda.
The Entertainment.
The evening events both had plenty of "entertainment". The girls night out featured Chris Mann and some girl from Glee, I don't even remember her name because I don't watch Glee. Chris Mann was awesome and has an incredible voice. I was a huge fan of his when he was competing on The Voice a couple of seasons ago. So, I was very pleased with his performance.
They also had some soap stars from All My Children there, which I personally thought was kinda cool, considering I grew up watching these soap opera's when I lived with my Mom. And then they had some people from Suburgatory, I don't even know what that is. But I think I'm the only one cause everyone else seemed pretty excited about them. So needless to say, I didn't care about hearing from the actors that much.
The Handmade Marketplace.
The Shine Project.
The Perks.
There were definitely perks of the conference. NYX Cosmetics were there giving makeovers all day long (I went twice!), the VO5 peeps were there to do your hair, One-to-one network was giving free headshots, you could sign up for a free massage if you wanted, there were tons and tons of giveaways, none of which I won, though. BOOOO! There was quite a bit of swag (how cool it was, well, that's open for interpretation).
The People & Community.
Here's the part I'm going to skip a little bit for now. I think I need to dedicate an entire post to this. I have a lot to say, honest things to say. And I don't want it to get jumbled up with everything else!
But for now I will say this.
As a whole, the conference has a wonderful community feel to it. Even though we are all coming from different places, we all have things in common as well. Most people were extremely friendly and willing to put themselves out there.
Okay, so I know I skipped a few things, but I will be getting to them, I promise.
Overall, while there were definitely Pros & Cons of this conference, it was VERY WORTH IT! At least for me. I really did have a wonderful time. I left BlissDom feeling inspired and motivated. And I connected with bloggers I've been reading for a while, and made new friends as well. (more on this later!). What more could I really ask for out of a conference?
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The Bluth Family
Eeeek…I'm behind on my posts! I met up with the wonderful Bluth Family several weeks ago and have been so eager to share their images. Photographing this family was such an amazing experience! They were reuniting for a quick weekend together (some of the kids live as far away as Connecticut & Arizona)…so the session was truly meant capture a very special gathering. Thank you for asking me to document your time together as a family, Bluths. I truly felt privileged to capture your love for one another.
A Graduation Gift from Amanda Allard Photography
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Headshots: Rachel
Meet Rachel Sullivan…the newest member of the Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Group! She might possibly be the most photogenic person I've ever worked with. No….seriously…you've got it going on, Girl!
Rachel will be specializing in Eagle real estate. If you doubt her awesomeness…simply take a peak at a few of her attached outtakes so you can see just how much fun she is to work with. Congrats again on your new career, Rachel. I know you're going to make a fantastic realtor!
Class of 2012: Nate
Do you know what I love most about Idaho? It's never too cold for "Senior Season". In Northern Minnesota it was virtually unheard of to shoot outdoors in…GASP…February! This past Monday I met up with Nate, a senior from Grand View, Idaho, to capture some late-season grads. This brawny and brainy student was so much fun to work with! Not only is he a football and baseball star, he also has aspirations to be a doctor someday. Better yet, he was totally game for all of my crazy antics…which may or may not have included posing in front of a public restroom. I hope these pictures prove what a photogenic guy you are, Nate. Best of luck to you in the year ahead! Fingers crossed that you end up at the University of Washington this fall.
Amanda Allard Photography 2011 Rewind
I know it's almost March, but it's never too late for a little love. A big beautiful thank you to my amazing 2011 clients! I traveled through 5 states to snap this year's round up…and enjoyed every minute capturing these wonderful moments.
Happy Holidays: The Bluth Family
Meet the Bluth family! I met up with this wonderful family last weekend to snap a few holiday photos for them. They were such a joy to work with! Especially little Josh, who kept me laughing with his funny jokes and facial expressions. I was incredibly honored to capture this family together as their oldest son, Taylor, will be departing for his 2 year mission in just a few weeks. Something tells me that this charismatic young man will be greatly missed by his family. (Best of luck, Taylor, as you prepare for your travels in the Philippines!) I'm looking forward to sharing your full gallery of images with you in the next few days…
Happy Holidays: The Kirsch Family
Another familiar face from Synchronicity Counseling. (Catching up with these beautiful ladies has been awesome!) Kristine booked a holiday session for her family shortly after I snapped her new head shots in August. I was so excited to meet her two little munchkins, especially after hearing about them during our first shoot. (I mean…come on…have you ever seen such perfect cheeks?) And I must say, for little ones, they are they did an absolutely amazing job cooperating for the camera. Thank you so much for introducing me to your adorable family, Kristine. I can't wait to share more pics with you!


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Tots100 is offering bloggers a chance to win tickets to be one of the first to see The LEGO Movie out in February 2014, by sharing some of their favourite LEGO memories in a blog post.
Well we quite literally have dozens and dozens of memories to choose from as LEGO has always been a big part in our lives. Not just since we had children but in our own childhood too. Mummy remembers the time there were Christmas day tears shed over the crucial piece of LEGO that got lost down the bath plughole from her brothers new LEGO set. Plughole! I know! I can't remember exactly how but there may have been a little sibling jealousy involved. Sorry bro!
Daddy remembers similarly sad Christmas LEGO circumstances when his dog chewed up a piece from his brand new LEGO castle set.
As well as having lots and lots of their own LEGO, including the fabulous LEGO Chima Speedors, our children also acquired a huge pile of daddy's LEGO too.
It did need a good wash as it had been in storage in Granny and Grandad's loft - but that's the great thing about LEGO it can be washed and cleaned and kept forever!
|Just part of our growing LEGO collection
|LEGO games like Minotaurus and LEGO Robots provide hours of fun
We've even used LEGO in our creative competition entries in the past - although we didn't win, we got a mention in their runner up gallery so that was cool!
As Center Parcs bloggers, we used LEGO to create boats! That was fun. You can read all about it here.
We have also enjoyed visits to LEGOLAND and made lots of happy memories there. Here's our blog post about our most recent visit this year and here is D's blog post about the Bricks family restaurant at LEGOLAND hotel.
So as you can see, lots and lots and lots of lovely LEGO memories. We are really looking forward to making new ones too by watching The LEGO Movie together when it is released.
In the meantime, here's the trailer to whet your appetite.
This is our entry into the Tots 100 'The LEGO Movie' Competition. See here for more information.


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Source: Ian Begley / ESPN
NEW YORK — On his first day on the job, new Knicks president Phil Jackson said he looks forward to delivering a winner to New York.
"I am honored to have the opportunity to work with [Knicks owner] Jim Dolan," said Jackson, who was officially announced as Knicks president at a news conference at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. "I have gotten to know Jim and he is totally committed to delivering a winner for New York. I started my career as a Knick, and know what it feels like to win in this great city. I take the task of helping to deliver a winning team to our fans seriously, and look forward to combining my vision of the game with Steve Mills' abilities as a General Manager."
Jackson confirmed that the length of his deal with the Knicks is for five years. Financial terms weren't released, but sources told ESPN.com last week that he will receive $12 million annually.
Jackson and Mills will report directly to Dolan, the Knicks said. But Dolan and Jackson both noted Tuesday that Jackson will have full autonomy, with Dolan adding he will cede power to Jackson "willfully and gracefully."
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The Pressure Treated Pine that we supply is without a doubt the highest grade PTP that is available today. What we sell is a #1 grade DSS (Dense Select Structural) which is at the top of the list in the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau Standard Grading Rules for Southern Pine Lumber. This creates a pine pergola of exceptional strength and durability.
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Modern feminists protest loudly and without risk about "rape culture" and abortion, while ignoring the horrors that Islamic countries inflict on women.
The suffragettes who literally risked life and limb to get women the right to vote were heroes who began the process of achieving equal rights for women at a time when many basic rights were denied. Women didn't have the right to control their own money, they lost custody of their children in the event of a divorce, married women could not work, women could be legally battered by their husbands, and women were widely regarded as a mentally weak sex and inferior to men intellectually.
Authorities in both American and Britain severely persecuted the suffragettes. When suffragettes protested arrests that violated basic civil rights, the authorities responded by force feeding them with energetic brutality. Suffragettes from all walks of life knew that their family, friends, and community would stigmatize and abandon them for the stands they took. Yet their moral clarity and bravery prevailed in the end.
Modern feminists today should take note. The women protesting so vigorously a hundred and more years ago were heroes.
Today, it is easy to see that modern feminists have lost their way in every sense. They no longer fight to defend women in need, here or abroad. They fight fake fights against safe targets that will back them up (universities, university men), or safe targets that are too vulnerable to fight back (unborn babies or university men due to Title IX).
Feminist displays are certainly dramatic. Take for example the young woman at Columbia University who carried her mattress around as a school project for an entire academic year as a statement against a rape charge that was so unbelievable that even Columbia's administration did not take it seriously. Nevertheless, was allowed to continue her protest at Columbia and received national acclamation from a fawning media.
Another example of modern feminists run amok is the Rolling Stone story alleging a vast culture of fraternity gang rapes at the University of Virginia. That the Rolling Stone reporter never bothered to verify the story highlights the fact that whether these incidents actually occurred was less important than the message that women should always be believed.
Finally, what could better symbolize how far modern feminists have fallen from the suffragettes than the thousands of women who marched in Washington DC, and around America, wearing pink pussy hats and vagina shaped headgear to speak symbolically on behalf of vagina power and, utterly without the saving grace of irony, to protest against their claim that America objectifies women All these events had either shock power or high emotionality. In the end, though, all stood for nothing — neither a particular pressing need for women, or the truth. The women who marched with vagina hats were not shackled suffragettes, they were fruits of the suffragettes labor. They were empowered, emboldened, lucky women who sadly were fighting for absolutely nothing.


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This guitar is a bit of a celebrity, getting in way more places than I can. In 1985 Grover Jackson said to me "you know we can paint anything on a guitar and make it glow in the dark". Really was my response. What about Dracula? Sure he said get me a photo of what you want and we'll do a version. So I found a cool shot of Bela Lugosi and it was painted on this guitar. It originally had a Kahler trem on it and in the nineties it got a facelift, new pickup and Floyd trem. Incredibly, it still sounds great even with that crazy amount of paint on it. It also has a weird history. When the specs and design, along with the photo were left on a desk. A vampire bat apparently decided to sleep on the wall above the desk. Freaking everyone out the next morning. I still play this guitar on tour, occasionally. It stayed at the rock and hall of fame for three years, in a case, and has been on the front of many magazines and appeared in tons of videos: Sugar, Animal, Armageddon It and Rock On among others. It also has the amazing Adam Revier titanium block put in by Scott Appleton, my tech. and changed the sound dramatically. Yeah, it rocks.more
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Tips on Searching the AMCA Forum
There are basically three programs or utilities that can help you search the AMCA forum. They are:
1) Use the search feature within the forum software, vBulletin (vBulletin is the product application AMCA uses to operate the forum).
2) Search for information using the Tags system, also a part of vBulletin.
3) Use the power of Google and their web indexing system to search for specific info on the AMCA forum.
Each of these three will be discussed below in a separate thread. Following that, some general tips on how to search regardless of the approach.
AMCA Forum Search Utilities - Global Search - Advanced Search - Forum and Thread Search
Within the AMCA Forum there are 3 different ways to search the forum. These are:
1) global search
2) advanced search
3) search within a forum or thread
Global Search
In the upper right hand corner of the main forum page is an open box with a magnifying glass next to it. By entering a word or phrase into this box and selecting the magnifier, the entire forum will be searched for this word or the words in the phrase. Results will be returned which lists the threads where the words are either in the title of the thread or buried somewhere within the thread. Click on the image to enlarge
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Before you do a search consider what your keywords are for the area of research. Keywords are the foundation of your search and can be defined as a significant word from a title or document used especially to find information. For example, an AMCA member said, "I want to find information about Indian Head Gaskets." Its a simple statement but you will have the search function of vBulletin looking for every word in that statement so you want to break it down into the essential few keywords needed for the information search, in this case Indian head gasket. Note that the process used by the vBulletin search function treats the space between each keyword as if you wrote the word and - so it would be like this Indian (and) head (and) gasket. vBulletin does not have a search feature to restrict the words searched so it will give you any threads or posts where the keywords Indian and head and gasket appear. So you will get Indian head gaskets if they appear together in a thread or post, or you will get posts and threads with Indian (and) head (and) gasket appear. In global search vBulletin gives you the threads where a the keyword is found. The keyword will be highlighted in the thread so scroll down until you locate the highlighted text.
It is recommended that members get some experience using global search before going on to Advance Search.
AMCA Forum Search Utilities - Advanced Search
The second of the AMCA Forum search features is the Advanced Search which is just below the global search box discussed above. Advance Search can be triggered by hovering over and clicking the word Advance Search with your pointer. Click on image to make larger.
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From the main forum page, clicking on this link brings up the window as shown below. Click on image to make larger.
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Typically, the Search Single Content Type tab is displayed and used. The key features that are used here are in the Search For section as well as the Additional Options section.
In Search For, you again type in the Keyword(s) (ie, your word or phrase) you want information for. Note that the same limitations on phrases exists as described previously. To the right of the this box is a choice to search in Entire Posts or Titles Only. This can be handy if you remember that what you want is in the title of a thread/post and this will eliminate other search results which finds the keyword within the post.
In the User Name area, you can filter results or look for posts by a member's user name. Begin by typing that user's forum name into the box. As you type, matches to that user name will being to show. Once you've typed enough of the letters and you see the user's forum name, just click and it will fill in the box. Or of you just know the user's forum name, type it in directly. If you want to have exact matches only, make sure the box is checked.
For now, we'll skip of the Tag section and discuss it later on in another thread.
At the bottom under Additional Options, there are options to select a time period to search (and either before or after that) as well as sort the search results according to a preferred order.
Note that you can save your search preferences by choosing that feature.
AMCA Forum Search Utilities - Within A Forum or Thread
AMCA Forum also has the option of searching just within a Specific Forum or Thread. This is activated by clicking on the link Search Forum in the upper right hand portion of each forum. When you click on the link, a display similar to below will be shown. Note the two radio buttons on the left. You can choose to display results either as threads or by the individual posts. If you choose to display the results as threads, your search word/phrase could either be part of the title or within the thread which would mean you would have to open that thread and navigate around until you find the specific post you were interested in. If you choose to display the results as posts, then each post with the word or phrase will be listed. Click on image to make larger.
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Trump says they were going to build a wall in '06, but environmental rules got in the way
Donald Trump may have confused people recently about whether he supports mass deportation. But there's one thing he's been consistent about: building a wall along the southern border. And having Mexico pay for it.
In an interview aired Aug. 23, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked the Republican presidential nominee how long it would take to build the wall, from start to finish.
"Almost immediately," Trump answered. "Now if you would believe it, you know, they were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements. Can you believe it? Okay. Now we got lucky because it was such a little wall, it was such a nothing wall, no, they couldn't get their environmental -- probably a snake was in the way or a toad or…"
We were curious about wall plans from a decade ago and whether environmental impact statements hindered its construction, as Trump's statements suggest.
Trump's campaign did not respond to our requests for more information. But immigration experts referred us to the Secure Fence Act of 2006, signed into law by President George W. Bush.
Secure Fence Act
The act called for the construction 700 miles of additional fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. It also authorized the use of more vehicle barriers, checkpoints and lighting to deter illegal immigration, and the use of advanced technology such as satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Bush said the new law would make borders more secure and hailed it as "an important step toward immigration reform."
The act also required the Department of Homeland Security to install at least two layers of reinforced fencing along some stretches of the border. That was amended, however, through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, which got rid of the double-layer requirement.
Environmental impact statements
So there was a 2006 law that sought to increase fencing around the border. But it didn't face hurdles from environmental impact statements.
That's because the REAL ID Act of 2005, passed by Congress, gave the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority to "waive all legal requirements" that may get in the way of construction of barriers and roads along the border.
In 2008, then Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, used his authority to waive environmental reviews.
"Congress and the American public have been adamant that they want and expect border security," said Chertoff in an April 2008 New York Times report. "We're serious about delivering it, and these waivers will enable important security projects to keep moving forward."
The secretary also waived requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act, according to Melinda Taylor, who directs an energy and environmental law center at the University of Texas and who co-wrote a paper on the environmental impacts of the border wall between Texas and Mexico.
The waivers were not without controversy.
"The environment was certainly a major issue that opponents of the wall brought up," said Cassie Williams, spokesperson for Federation for American Immigration Reform, which favors reduced immigration. But DHS did not need an environmental impact statement because of the Congress-approved waiver, Williams said.
In July 2008, DHS released an Environmental Stewardship Plan, analyzing potential environmental impacts of the fence and plans to mitigate them.
While there were environmental concerns related to fence construction, "it's simply false that environmental requirements or issues impeded wall construction," said Denise Gilman, a clinical professor and director of the immigration clinic at the University of Texas School of Law.
Gilman believes it's appropriate to call the fencing a wall because it's clear that it was supposed to keep people out. Segments built are generally 18-feet high, she said.
Rebecca Hamlin, assistant professor of legal studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, said environmental concerns were raised at the border, but believes money is what has halted additional construction, not environmental impact statements.
A 2009 U.S. Government Accountability Office report noted that for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, the Secure Border Initiative program -- designed to secure borders and curb illegal immigration -- received about $3.6 billion. About $2.4 billion of that amount was allocated to complete about 670 miles of vehicle and pedestrian fencing along the roughly 2,000-mile border.
That same report found that pedestrian fencing accounted for 140 of the miles Customs and Border Protection had completed by Oct. 31, 2008, averaging $3.9 million a mile. Vehicle fencing costs averaged $1 million a mile.
"The per-mile costs to build the fencing varied considerably because of the type of fencing, topography, materials used, land acquisition costs, and labor costs, among other things," the 2009 report said.
Our ruling
Trump said, "They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements."
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 called for the construction of an additional 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. While there were environmental concerns related to the construction, the Secretary of Homeland Security waived required environmental reviews in order to proceed with construction.
Trump's statement suggests a wall or barrier was not built due to inability to get environmental impact statements.
Trump's statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it Mostly False.https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/7befbb7c-11d4-41c0-b329-db9dc1827bb8


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Charlie Viola works for Moore Stephens Sydney Wealth Management and has $250m funds under management. He says his success is due to the happiness of his 145 clients.
What makes a good financial planner?
An adviser that, first and foremost, has the best interests of the client at heart. While I pride myself on being technically proficient, the most successful advisers I have ever met have been the ones with an outstanding client service ethos. Clients fundamentally just want to know that you are there, and are ready to answer their queries and hear their concerns; and that you are aware of how changes to taxation arrangements, superannuation laws, investment markets, the economic environment etc, will affect their situation.
What do you like most about being a financial planner?
My clients: I make a great effort to get close to the clients and genuinely understand their situation. I am acutely aware of the trust they place in me, so I do all I can to reciprocate by always being available.
What has been the biggest challenge for financial planners in the last 12 months?
Regulatory change (and the uncertainty surrounding it) and investment markets.
What has been the best thing about the last 12 months?
Components of the regulatory change: While change is always difficult, we understand what many of the changes are trying to achieve, and I see a positive outcome for good advisers as a result.
What targets do you have for the coming year?
While every business has revenue targets it needs to meet (commercial reality), my main targets are always three-fold: happy clients, happy staff and happy business partners. I always treat my main KPI as referrals – as centres of influence and existing clients will only refer work to me if I am doing the right things.
What is your top tip for other financial planners?
Call your clients back when they call, even if you don't have an answer. They will always respect your honesty and obtain comfort from the fact that you are working on finding a solution/answer for them.
How do you plan to adapt to the many regulatory changes that are set to affect the financial planning industry?
We have been ostensibly a fee-for-service business since I started working at Moore Stephens Sydney (April, 2003). The change to 'fiduciary duty' is something we figured existed anyway. The amendment to our documents with respect to service and fee disclosures is only a minor one, as many of the requirements were being addressed in our existing documents. As such, we believe our business is effectively ready for the changes. Being a chartered accounting practice as well, we may also need to deal with the onset of APES230, which we think will be a greater challenge, and we don't believe many ICAA, CPA or ACA aligned advisers are fully aware of what the standards actually mean yet.
What are the biggest issues facing the financial advice industry today?
Perception of advisers generally: Most advisers I know are well trained, passionate and experienced professional service providers. Unfortunately we don't hear enough from these people. Secondly, confidence in investment markets: There is a lot of doom and gloom about; advisers need to ensure their clients can get past all the 'noise', and focus on what they are trying to achieve, both personally and financially.
What are your top tips for gaining, and retaining, clients?
As I alluded to above, great client service: Referrals are the life blood of any adviser's business. If you can gain the confidence of your key centres of influence and clients, momentum will build.
What do you like doing outside of the office?
I have a young family, so spending time with my wife and young son is very important to me. Additionally, I am a sports fanatic, so I spend a lot of down time watching, reading and partaking in sports. I have an almost unnatural passion (my wife says unnatural) for Liverpool Football Club. I haven't missed a game in over 10 years, and have spent a lot of time and energy (and emotion!) following them, through good and bad…
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Now this ladies and gentlemen is what you call FLAWLESS. Am I right or am i right?
This is why she is in my blog. This face right here is why she is one of the 100 TLB. A vintage look that will never fade. Everyone grows old and everyone changes. From smooth to wrinkles, from perky to saggy, from shiny to grey, but if you possess natural glowing beauty inside and out and YOU OWN IT... THAT will last you a lifetime of gorgeous-ness. :)
CRISTINA has such a romantic look not only to her stunning angelic face but all the way to her choice of fashion. It is young, girly, flirty, fun and ROMANTIC! A look that is innocent yet innocent in this case is something to kill for! Just look at those boots! I would kill for them! :)
With Cristina's set of eyes it is perfect to be brunette, they stand out like a "chocolate drop on a wedding cake"!
I am sorry that it is taking me time to post new... POSTS! :) I will be launching a line of bags. TLB bags.. It might take time but I am sure they will all be mind blowing! :) They will all be designed with hand drawn illustrations. I hope that when I pull this off, it will be a start to another dream come true for me!
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The 4th film in the Godzilla franchise restores the serious tone of the original Godzilla film. A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can build luxury condos. After a storm, a giant egg washes up on a nearby beach. The developer's plans go awry when he disrupts Godzilla's rest and the monster goes stomping through Tokyo. It's up to Mothra defend its egg and Japan from Godzilla. One of the most popular films in the original Godzilla series.
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My neighbor was recently diagnosed with fluid around the heart. What does this mean? Is it dangerous?
— Madeline, Florida
There are many reasons why fluid can build up around the heart, a condition that is medically known as pericardial effusion. It is often associated with pericarditis, which is an inflammation of the pericardium, a double-layered membrane sac that surrounds the heart and protects it. One layer of the pericardial tissue is fibrous, connecting the heart to surrounding tissues; the other layer is serous, meaning it normally contains a small amount of pale yellow fluid that prevents friction as the heart pumps.
Are you doing everything you can to manage your heart condition? Find out with our interactive checkup.
Problems can arise when, for some reason, too much fluid starts to accumulate in this covering, also known as the pericardial lining. When that happens, the fluid can put pressure on the heart, affecting blood circulation and the body's oxygen supply.
Just to be clear, pericardial effusion and/or pericarditis are not the same as congestive heart failure, which people sometimes mistakenly describe as "fluid around the heart." In congestive heart failure, fluid builds up in the lungs, causing the lungs to be heavy and making it difficult to breathe; in pericardial effusion or pericarditis, fluid builds up in the lining around the heart.
To answer the second part of your question, about whether fluid around the heart is dangerous, it depends on the underlying medical issue. The causes of percarditis are many and varied, ranging from an infection or a drug interaction to an autoimmune condition, such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus. The fluid buildup may occur after an injury or due to a malignancy or chemotherapy. And sometimes, fluid around the heart occurs for no reason that we can determine, which is known as idiopathic pericarditis.
In fact, the most common cause of pericarditis is an idiopathic (or presumed) viral infection, which usually will go away on its own over time or with anti-inflammatory medications. Fluid buildup is also fairly common after heart surgery, related to a condition known as post-cardiotomy syndrome.
Treatment for pericardial effusion and/or pericarditis will depend on the cause of the problem. Often the condition will resolve itself, sometimes the fluid can be drained with a needle, and medications may be an option as well.


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Some selected writings:
Rosanne Cash: The Long Journey Home. Originally published in No Depression, February 28, 2003, and included in The Best of No Depression: Writing About American Music, published by University of Texas Press, 2005. [Heavy negotiations ongoing to provide a link]
Crime Novels Can Make for Great TV – Or Sometimes They Get Iced. Chicago Tribune column on Amazon's adaptation of Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch mysteries.
The Shaping of Ozarks: Jazz great Charlie Haden's music spans the American century, from his parents' country radio show to Ornette Coleman's harmolodic improvisations, and back. Originally published in No Depression (The Bookazine) #78 Fall 2009.
'Wilde Lake': Laura Lippman is back with another genre bender. A review. Originally published in the Chicago Tribune, May 4, 2016.
'The Martini Shot' by George Pelecanos. A review. Originally published in the Chicago Tribune, Dec. 31. 2014
Windy City Forecast: Cool but Not Mild. A dual profile of Kurt Elling and Patricia Barber. Originally published in Los Angeles Times, August 15, 1999.
Jazz vocalist Gregory Porter: A singer who can be both cool and warm has a hot career. A profile. Originally published in the Washington Post, February 28, 2014.
Joe Henry: Connoisseur's Blend. Originally published in DownBeat, February 2010, p. 38.
John Prine: To Believe in this Living. Originally published in No Depression, April 30, 2005.
Suffering for Cappuccino. Originally published in Huffington Post, February 27, 2009.
Nathan Zuckerman's Alter Ego Speaks Out. A review of The Facts by Philip Roth. Originally published in Chicago Sun-Times, August 28, 1988.


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Corduroy Weather
Having a vintage shop online is like getting your own mini style laboratory. Buying tastes aren't only philosophical; they're tested in the marketplace. Some kind of vintage piece that I'm attracted to and that I think is due for a fashion comeback—like paisley ties or 80s golf polos–doesn't really sell in the shop no matter how high I stock it or how low the price goes. Something else that I think of as being less cool than it is universally familiar, and that I put in the shop reluctantly, sells out again and again. Like gold buttoned blue blazers or Birkenstock sandals. Like corduroy fabric. Many would object that corduroy is a classic that never goes out of style and makes a poor example of a comeback kid. As a vintage seller, I see plenty of the worst in corduroy—wide collars, patchwork, loud colors–and until very recently I still I associated it with children's Christmas outfits, the 70s, Western wear, 90s grunge. I listed a khaki corduroy jacket in the shop for cheap thinking it walked that line between vintage fashion and vintage costume. But it sold, and so did the next one and the next, even when the price tag passed that of the other blazers. And not just the jackets but anything corduroy—corduroy collared shirts, pants, waistcoats. Pretty soon I started to notice corduroy in red carpet and runway photos, even models in the fall Bergdorf Goodman catalog wearing that 70s staple–the full corduroy suit. Suddenly a corduroy blazer over a plaid shirt looks like the safest of sartorial expressions, more of a uniform for fall than a costume. I picked out the best one from the shop to keep for myself, and I can't wait to start wearing it more now that the colors and temps are changing. What's more I'm starting to enjoy what buying habits in the shop teach me as much as the "feedback" of the sale of a vintage piece that's a much closer expression of my personal style… Now I just have some paisley ties to get rid of before Christmas.


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Creative Little Hut, run by Julie Campbell, will be coming to Girvan Community Garden on Sat 10th and Sun 11th of Dec to host a 'Make It & Take It' weekend.
Julie will be running four sessions each day in the garden cabin where you will make beautiful Christmas tags for those special presents. You don't need any experience. The sessions last one hour and cost £5 per person.
All materials and refreshments are included. Times of slots are as follows - 11am-12 noon or 12.30pm-1.30pm or 2pm-3pm and last one of the day is 3.30pm-4.30pm. Plenty of opportunities to take part. Julie can take up to 6 people for each session.
Please book your spot in advance to avoid disappointment. Contact Julie Campbell on 01465 713439 or email email@example.com


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|Archived February 20, 2019
Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science Program Meeting
On January 4-5, a joint meeting was held in Lafayette, LA, to discuss the Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science Program. The Director requested the Program in an effort to bring two USGS divisions (GD/BRD) and their major cooperators together. The Program seeks to identify mutual ongoing research interests in the Gulf Coast region, to examine areas of future study, and to explore opportunities for collaborative, integrated Gulf science research.
Representatives included managers from the USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette (NWRC), Center for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg (SPFC), University of South Florida (USF), and University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL). Attending the meeting were Lisa Robbins (SPFC), Virginia Burkette and Bob Stewart (NWRC), Steve Landry and Carl Bauer (both from the Office of Vice-President for Research, ULL), George Newkome (Vice-President for Research, USF), Wayne Denton (former Vice-President for Research, ULL) and Brent Yantis (NASA/ULL Regional Application Center). Also attending were ULL faculty members: Darryl Felder (Chairman, Department of Biology), Robert Twilley (Professor of Biology), and Bob Gramling (Professor of Sociology). Representatives discussed scientific capabilities of their organizations and the draft Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science Program outline.
in this issue: Southern California
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Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day Live gives you free admission to participating museums in any city in the country this Saturday, September 24th.
We know of at least five museums in Palm Beach County participating and a few more in Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Before showing up at one or more of these organizations, download your #MuseumDayLive ticket here.
7 Participating Museums in SoFla:
Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Exhibits: Five tropical and South Florida aquariums; 15 live sea turtle viewing tanks; interactive learning exhibits. Plus Jr. Vet Kids Lab and fish feeding.
Museum Day Hours: 10am – 5pm
Location: 14200 US Highway One, Juno Beach, FL, 33408
Norton Museum of Art
Exhibit: Giverny, Journal of an Unseen Garden, a five-channel, high-definition underwater video that pays homage to Monet's practice of studying the effects of shifting light on a single subject and captures the hourly and seasonal changes in different locations of the waterscape.
Museum Day Hours: 12pm – 5pm
Location: 1501 S Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach
Note: The Norton is technically free until 2018 while renovations go down.
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Exhibits: All Florida Invitational, an exhibition of artists from the Sunshine State in all mediums; Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A), Krome, a series of ballpoint-pen portraits of fellow detainees in Krome Detention Center in Miami.
Museum Day Hours: 12pm – 5pm
Location: 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton (in Mizner Park)
Children's Science Explorium
Exhibit: Beyond the Game, an exhibition of the sports and evolution of South Florida.
Museum Day Hours: 10am – 5pm
Location: Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton
NSU Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale
Exhibits: Belief + Doubt = Sanity; Five Centuries of Prints from Rembrandt to Picasso; African Art; Chuck Close Photographs; and Modernist in the Making by William J. Glackens.
Museum Day Hours: 11am – 5pm
Location: 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
Young at Art Museum
Exhibits: The whole family will love this place. ArtScapes, CultureScapes and WonderScapes are hard to explain but you can walk through them here.
Museum Day Hours: 10am – 6pm
Location: 751 SW 121st Ave, Davie, FL 33325
History Miami Museum
Exhibits: A hands-on science exhibit designed in-house with interactive components. Also a temporary exhibit, "Sinatra: An American Icon."
Museum Day Hours: 10am – 5pm
Location: 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
To see a full list of participating museum and cultural institutions, visit smithsonian.com/museumday.


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OCR: Obsessive Character Recognition
Obsessive Character Recognition is a comment on the fallibility of algorithms. These tools we rely on so much in our increasingly digitally mediated lives are often considered neutral and incorruptible but, in reality, are black boxes susceptible to the biases of their creators.
Obsessive Character Recognition uses Optical character recognition algorithms to explore this, by requiring the algorithm (in this case we use one called Tesseract) to find text in a video stream from an environment where there may be none it highlights both the restrictive nature of algorithmic tools and their ability to reshape our world by the way they analyse, process and represent it.
The project takes the form of a piece of software that uses a webcam to gather the environment and presents the text mapped loosely to its structure, moving the characters in 3d to reform the space from text. There are a number of user adjustable presentational and functional parameters.
[The code is not really ready for public consumption, as yet, and has a few awkward dependencies but if you're interested, let me know and I am happy to send it to you]


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Individual and Family
Health Insurance Application Process
Published on October 01, 2018
Open Enrollment Starts October 15, in California, and November 1, everywhere else.
When you shop for health coverage, understanding the health insurance application process can help you understand when you can start to use your benefits. Watch this video to understand the basics of enrolling in health insurance, and read on to get a step-by-step outline.
Here are four simple steps that outline the process of buying a health insurance plan in some cases. We all know that life isn't so simple, and the step-by-step process doesn't look the same for everyone, but read on to see a general outline of what buying insurance can look like. Keep in mind that these steps can vary by state, product, and time of year you are shopping.
Step 1: Shop and Estimate
Shop our leading selection of health plans.
Anyone can enroll in coverage for themselves or their family during the nationwide open enrollment period. However, if you are shopping outside of open enrollment, you may only be able to purchase a major medical plan if you have a qualifying life event.
Qualifying life events include things like marriage or divorce, the birth or adoption of a child, moving to a new coverage area, or the loss of other forms of qualifying coverage – like employer-based coverage.
If your qualifying life event is loss of employment (and you lost your coverage under their group plan) then you can use eHealth as a resource to find coverage.
What if I'm told I need Medicaid?
If a website or agent suggests you are eligible for Medicaid, keep in mind that your eligibility may change if your income changes. If you don't want to enroll in Medicaid, you are not required to. Come to eHealth and see prices on individual and family plans, as well as alternative such as short term health insurance.
You can shop for individual and family plans as well as supplemental health insurance products on eHealth.com. If you qualify for government subsidies, eHealth can help you apply for them in most cases.
If you missed the open enrollment deadline and have not experience a qualifying life event, then you can search for alternative products such as short-term health insurance, medical insurance packages, or other supplemental insurance products like accident or critical illness insurance.
Medical Insurance Packages
Many people create their own personal insurance package by purchasing a combination of these products. Read more about pre-determined medical insurance package here.
Step 2: Apply and Enroll
Once you've found the plan that's right for you and your family, you can complete the application to enroll. Review your results and enrollment details before submitting your final enrollment. You may find it helpful to keep family dates of birth and other information handy when completing your enrollment forms.
Step 3: Make your First Payment
Once your application for health coverage has been submitted, you'll need to make your first payment before your coverage can begin.
If you are buying an alternative or supplemental health insurance product, make sure you understand how the payments work. The process varies for different products. Also, understand that certain non-insurance products are different from an ACA qualifying plan or a Major Medical plan—they are not actual insurance and are only meant as a supplement or short-term solution.
In most cases, you will be prompted to enter your credit card information for your first payment, and that information will be passed by eHealth to the insurance company. If your insurance company is not set up to take online payments, eHealth will email you the information you need to make your first payment.
Step 4: Cards and Coverage
Once you've enrolled and made your first payment it can take about 3 weeks, for your application to be processed. If you applied for major medical health insurance and your enrollment was received in the first fifteen days of the month, your coverage will typically begin on the first day of the following month.
The Date of Application Impacts Enrollment Dates
If your application and payment for a major medical (Obamacare plan) is received on the 16th day of the month or later, your coverage will generally begin on the first day of the month after next.
You will receive your insurance cards and a welcome package in the mail along with a copy of your insurance policy after you've been approved.
Enrollment Dates for Flexible Products (Short-Term Medical, Medical Insurance Packages)
For these flexible insurance products, which are designed to function as affordable alternatives to major medical (Obamacare plans), enrollment dates may vary, based on the insurance company and the date in which you apply.
In many instances, enrollment and coverage can begin within 10 days or less of your first payment.
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Online Business – Why People Fail
It will be no formula that 44% connected with new companies in actuality close their own doors inside the first two years' time of beginning them. In your first 5 years, 66% of small companies fail. In the net, the amounts are uglier. Everything might be faster on line and inclusive of the damage of different businesses. 95% of internet sites fail additionally they fail just in months. Demoralizing? It doesn't be. You can study from other peoples' mistakes. Other folks' successes in the net drove you to ultimately want to begin the process your web business. Their failures can assist you to.
Who wouldn't ought to avoid hurry hour traffic early in the day on methods to the business office and during the night on the best way home in the office? Not to mention everybody cannot stand their management. Even if you want your management, you give preference to not to enjoy a boss in the slightest degree. That's all the allure from the internet. Earning cash in any pajamas not to mention answering to be able to yourself. It's also one of the best reasons folks fail in business. They be required to answer to be able to themselves. When you venture right into being your personal boss, it's exceptionally tempting towards slack off within your work time. It's much more tempting if you happen to internet marketing. You possess the television, matches, the fridge, the children and also the spouse all of the to distract people. Being the boss uses more control than using a job the place you consider orders from a different person. The a shortage of discipline to all online internet marketers causes these to relax their particular efforts five times in excess of they would when they had a good boss to critical for. The the fact is that in the most aspects, being the boss could be more demanding than the job. Your establishments success and also failure relies upon how a lot work you stuffed into it.
Many online business fail since the owners dive inside the venture along with the wrong perspective. They make an attempt to take brick-and-mortar techniques and apply these phones the web. The internet is really a different monster than the brick-and-mortar retail store shop. Accompanied by a brick-and-mortar list shop, you start in a good location and you just build an impressive store, a little bit of advertising and also the customers can be purchased. Online decision makers put heaps of different money in to building exquisite websites thereafter sit back again and anticipate the business in to the future to individuals. It fails like the evening infomercials reveal that it can. That brick-and-mortar store competes together with only the additional about retail stores where plaza. You generate your fabulous site it competes with an incredible number of other web sites.
Home Based Business vs. Traditional
Whatever, both varieties of businesses are generally enough to generate you get crazy if you're going becomes tough. With a home business, you require extra resolution and determination to generate it. Finding a new viable home business solution is necessary. A work from home business requires over passion to develop.
Investing inside wrong medical traditional organization could quickly burn a new hole as part of your pocket. You'll want to spend income on real estate property, furnishing/decorating, items and stationary. A classic business boasts higher continual expenses. Each classic business uses a different experience to sell/run. Expanding the organization means increasing expenses way too, especially on real estate property, a significant cost.
Help to increase this danger of products loss via hurricane, flames, etc. Have you ever forgotten substantial interest in loans along with insurance? Personnel attrition along with retention fees, all mean count versus traditional organization. The listing is smaller, but however, the challenges and expenses are certainly not. What with regards to a home business? What if you could learn an online home business opportunity that will ran them? What if you could learn a technique that observed customers along with qualified them in your case? Then your home based business would are powered by autopilot, with no much legwork via you. It's possible to run a powerful, profitable home business online using minimal start-up fees. Having an online site is 50 % the combat. After that will, you must find the correct home business system.
Building a home based business online is not only a small starting. It usually takes determination along with willingness to find out. It in addition takes having the capacity to do your quest to discover the right means. There are a good amount of home business systems around, but you'll want to find normally the one with the correct combination involving marketing, sales along with direction that may be suitable in your case. You don't need to spend most of your energy chasing along with qualifying buyers. That will be the long highway to good results. Wouldn't the idea be better to identify a home based home business opportunity that would likely walk you over the process, then qualify and locate customers in your case? That's why you may need a business online. Then, you could take your time on various other, more points!
Online Business and Stage Fright
Should you be an individual that hates for you to even take into consideration getting high on stage along with performing on an audience, maybe you have some idea of what it can be like for a lot of to look at starting their unique online organization? Having an online site or starting a business online is… alarming business. As easy mainly because it is to get started on a money-making project online, moving it inside right route, sourcing, out-sourcing, promoting, promotion, promoting, content growth, product growth, forming association… the loves, it's a good deal for a single person to fight.
I ended up being a singer before my spouse and I was a business online owner, I really can promise you that will I've got my good share involving stage frights. In the experience involving stage fright, you'll find two dynamics in the office. One will be the desire for you to 'perform'; the opposite is driving a vehicle that works inside opposite route, stopping your performer from continuing to move forward.
When the net business seller has the many above a number of ingredients, I'm able to assure anyone that he/she have the many right stuff to generate it inside online corporate environment. However, I want to note that you have many on this planet who possesses these and nevertheless don't you should consider the thinking behind making income online given that they fear your stage… and that is the Net. The worry far outweighs your potential inside minds of such individuals. My spouse and I don't guilt them. The net provides these people a bigger-than-usual stage as compared with a brick-and-mortar organization. Matters become more twisted if the face has certainly not owned an enterprise, much a lesser amount of an on-line one, firstly.
The right off the bat that person should do should be to stop transferring the schedule. For case in point, Paul could possibly have a better plan about starting a business online. While even now keeping the regular salary-paying income job, he includes himself absolutely into finding a plan for a business online and presents himself few months to undertake it. Despite the truly great plan, what John sees looking at him is often a whole distinctive line of obstacles she has to pass through before his think of ever owning a business online of his very own will becoming reality.
Steps And Procedures To Start An Online Business
In modern day society many methods from grocery searching to placing your order pizza is possible online? Let us face the idea, everyone wishes convenience. Today's modern society is wild. It isn't surprise that a majority of business owners took their services and inserted it on-line. In present and age it can be almost impossible to experience a successful organization unassociated while using Internet.
The Net opens brand-new opportunities for any kind business. Including: low costs, convenience pertaining to customers along with clients, and gifts various ways to display critical and relevant specifics of your business for a clients and so they really remain up-to-date and kept informed.
As a whole new business seller, starting a business online may always be your 1st alternative. The problem that comes up is tips on how to go with regards to starting a business online? You could possibly have heard of countless who get tried along with failed or could possibly have succeeded but are certainly not as profitable. This could possibly be due to deficiency of tools along with research.
Research is incredibly vital on the success involving any organization. Once you have chosen what sort of online business you would want to develop, and then research the niche. The 1st step should be to research the competitors. Research the offerings they present. Find out all the information since you can. What creates their organization successful? Who will be their customers? Where accomplish they publicize? What offerings sell nearly all?
Now that you've educated yourself so you feel at ease with the knowledge you've got gained it can be time to analyze and develop your small business plan along with expense survey. It is actually recommended to arrange these papers especially, should you be planning to get a business mortgage loan or utilizing investors. Once these kinds of steps are covered it can be time to pay attention to other essential objectives.
The major focus of a business online is your website. Your site will work as the middle-man in relation to selling and purchasing. The URL of your website you select is critical and must be chosen properly. You could possibly have already chosen your small business name; but would it be catchy enough to get used for ones domain brand? Your URL of your website should always be catchy, all too easy to remember along with unique.
Start Online Business and Earn Money
Whenever we hear the term online company, we usually think about trading products or services with the Internet. This really is partly accurate. Doing online businesses includes promoting online but isn't limited to that particular activity just. Doing online businesses means utilizing information as well as communication technologies to aid all the activities of the business. Including email advertising, lead era, search motor optimization, article promotion, pay-per-click marketing and a lot more. Doing online businesses is associated with digital business, or even e-business, that is broader compared to e-commerce.
Some might say that conducting business online may be the future associated with business. You don't have to purchase expensive rent inside a prime location to market your items. You don't even need to have your personal products. Just affect some affiliate marketer programs and also you will be ready to go. Utilizing affiliate applications, marketing these products is all you need to do. You don't have to worry concerning the efficiency of the supply string or the amount of your stock.
In a means, doing online businesses lowers the actual barrier in order to entry through keeping new venture cost lower. Renting web-hosting room, for example, is a lot cheaper compared to renting a large part store within lower New York. It additionally levels the actual playing area somewhat. Within the off-line globe, only larger companies are able lots of billboards as well as marketing within the print press. Smaller companies cannot contend. In the internet, on another hand, marketing your services and products is less expensive. Consequently, small companies can effectively contend with bigger companies.
However, a reduced barrier in order to entry means lots of competitions. This is actually the downside to do business on the internet. Care should be taken to ensure you remain above your competition. This is generally done through internet marketing efforts. Fortunately, as currently stated over, online marketing isn't expensive. You have to do this right or even hire a talented and competent online marketer to get it done for a person.


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STEVEN CRAMER is the author of six poetry collections, including The Eye that Desires to Look Upward (1987); The World Book (1992); Dialogue for the Left and Right Hand (1997); Goodbye to the Orchard (2004), which won the 2005 Sheila Motton Prize from the New England Poetry Club, and was named a 2005 Honor Book in Poetry by the Massachusetts Center for the Book; and Clangings (2012). His sixth book, Listen, will be published by MadHat Press in fall 2020.
Steven's poems and criticism have appeared in numerous literary journals, including The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Partisan Review, Poetry, and Triquarterly; as well as in The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poets and The POETRY Anthology, 1912–2002.
Steven has taught literature and writing at Bennington College, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University. Recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, he founded and currently teaches in the Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Lesley University in Cambridge.
Steven's essay, "Merwin's Evolving Protocols: On the Occasion of 'The Day Itself,'" appears in Until Everything Is Continuous Again: American Poets on the Recent Work of W. S. Merwin (WordFarm, 2012). Cramer's work is also represented in Villanelles (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series, 2012).
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Surrounded with the world of art and design, Carolina always had a keen eye for fashion & jewelry. After living in two major fashion capitals, Milan & New York, she gained plenty of experience and inspiration to start her own collection.
Carolina returned to her little island Puerto Rico, where she felt truly inspired by the warmth & love of her people. The mix of Italian sophistication with an urban wearable flair from NYC and a flavor of Caribbean spice brought Carolina's endless creativity. The line Carolina Rodriguez was born, ultra feminine but edgy.
Every piece is carefully handcrafted in Puerto Rico where Carolina turns the finest materials into the most exquisite accessories and headpieces.
Carolina has been invited to participate in important events in the fashion industry such as VH1 Divas and VH1 Big Shopping Event. Her designs have been featured in many fashion magazines such as, InStyle, Glamour, Little Bendel Book, People Style Watch, People en Español, InFashion, Latina and Vanidades amongst others.


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In the skies over war torn Europe, a Lancaster bomber with its crew is fighting for its life. Myers Stone had exchanged his books on Archaeology to help fight this war. His role as a mid upper gunner lets him shoot at the enemy. Unknown to him, the gunner in the forward turret holds a secret so impo ...[Read More]
|The God of Six Points
An old man thinks he is a god. And than he has murdered one of his subjects. ...[Read More]
|The Gorg Wars
Get ready to experience the adventures of two brothers, Armulen and Doran as they fight off the ruthless invasion of the grotesque Gorg aliens. ...[Read More]
|The Hands of Aldulan - Kingdom of the Necromancer
Nearly one-thousand years after his death, the dire mistakes of the great wizard Aldulan have borne their hideous fruit. Demons from the depths of the world of Arioc have clawed their way to the surface, vowing to invade the land of Termeydiun. ...[Read More]
|The Hands of Aldulan - Heart of Malifess
Beaten and bloodied, the Holders leave the Isle of Dusk behind. On the cusp of defeat, their only hope rests on a daring rescue attempt in the city of Eyeshorn. ...[Read More]
|The Hands of Aldulan - The Isle of Dusk
Fearful of the future and haunted by the past, the Holders set sail for the Isle of Dusk. As they leave the capital of Tur-Loghan behind, an ancient enemy is reborn in the city of Eyeshorn. Fed the blood of innocent children, Count Dilgreshar rises from the grave. His only desire? To exact revenge u ...[Read More]
|The Hidden Ones
Something is desperately wrong on Darvas, a dying world locked in a perpetual ice age. Twenty years ago an archeological expedition vanished without a trace. Now, two decades later, sixteen year-old James Anson, grandson of the planets discoverer, has returned to Darvas hoping to clear his familys ...[Read More]
|The Hollowing
Shawn Walshs problems dont arise from his own troubled past but from someone elses. Fires, floods, battles, bone-rattling quakeshes frequently an unwilling and horrified participant in events long gone. For when The Hollowing claims him, his present dissolves. ...[Read More]
|The House of Pomegranates
A journey through Victorian London and an exploration of the human psyche when confronted by its own shadow, as experienced by Enid Thel, a parlour maid in the house of MP Quintin Brethren. Although Enid and the sinister Mr. Brethren soon become lovers, Enid has good reason to fear for both her own ...[Read More]
|The Ice Wife
Roland Johnson has carried around the guilt of his wifes death for the past two years, after failing to hold onto her and letting the current of the Snake River carry her away when their canoe tipped over in a freak accident. Losing Choo (her nickname) and abandoned by his friends, he sells his fa ...[Read More]
|The Journey Of One
The secret war for the control of mankinds destiny has begun. An alien race, the Kentorra- have been guiding human affairs for generations and have taken a child from each of the major races of the Earth called the Monitors who are raised to be the guardians and guides of mankind. ...[Read More]
|The King of California
This latest from Patrick Welch follows the journey of Marlow and his rover tank through a decimated post-apocalyptic America. Torn by war, starvation and panic, this once great nation is reduced to a series of military "city-states". If you like the television show Jericho, ...[Read More]
|The Laughing Hounds
After what were thought to be dogs kill her mother and attack her, Annette discovers she has become the last female descendant of a line of women who, for over a century, fought and died fighting Countess Lenuta, her sons, and their packs of Werehyenas. Annette learns she has inherited her ancestor ...[Read More]
|The Lazarus Experiment
In the year 2084, a scientist-scholar wakes up from a coma to find himself the prime suspect of the murder of his mistress. He struggles in the stark world in which he regains consciousness to reconstruct relationships with his young son, and the wife with whom he was in a faltering marriage even ...[Read More]
|The Legacy
Throughout time, man has been an unwitting pawn in the battle waged between heaven and hell. The seductive wiles of evil threaten to consume humanitys inherently good nature, with one soul hanging in the balance, a soul that could tip the scales to either side in this eternal combat. Luke Masterson ...[Read More]
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