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ESPN's SportsNation crew had a lot of giggles yesterday over this rather insane failed bike jump. Unfortunately, no one on set knew that the man in the crash eventually killed himself because of his injuries.
The guy in the video is Colin Winkleman, a professional BMX rider who once set a Guinness World Record by jumping over 13 Ford Explorers on a bike. In 2004, fellow rider/daredevil Travis Pastrana apparently held a contest at his house to see who could film the craziest jump. Colin's attempt was to ride up a ramp attached to the front of a van that was moving toward him. He hit the ramp too fast and ended up falling nearly 20 feet on to the pavement.
Even at the time it probably seemed like a comically stupid failed stunt, but what no one would know—including Michelle Beadle and Marcellus Wiley or most of the YouTube viewers who have passed the clip around—is that the crash would destroy Winkleman's life. He reportedly broke and dislocated both his ankles, broke his wrist, one of his lower legs, and cracked a vertebra in his neck. After a year of rehabilitation, he was still unable to ride competively or even walk without a limp. The resulting depression over the loss of his craft apparently led Winkleman to commit suicide in August 2005.
Anyone who knew the story behind the video was probalby unnerved by the laughter, but to be fair, it's kind of hard to fact check a five year old web video. It's one of those unfortunate oversights that will probably be apologized for in short order. Right now, in fact, by an ESPN spokesperson:
"Given the larger context that we were clearly unaware of at the time, we should not have shown that video and we apologize. We will make every effort in the future to prevent something like this from happening again."
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The Kindred Group has been handed a €470,000 fine by the Dutch gaming authority, Kansspelautoriteit for offering online gambling through unibet.eu.
Issuing the penalty to Trannel International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kindred, it's the latest in a steady stream of similar punishments issued by the Ksa over the last 18 months, which most recently saw the regulator impose a €350,000 fine on ElectraWorks Limited for offering online gambling via the Bwin.com site.
Research by the Ksa showed that online gambling was offered to Dutch consumers during a four month period from August to December last year, which highlighted that it was possible to pay with the Dutch payment method iDEAL.
Furthermore, a Dutch-language chat service was also available, with terms and conditions on the site included a list of countries whose residents were excluded from participation, with the Netherlands not included.
Games such as blackjack, roulette and poker could be played on the website, in addition to sports bets also offered, with Kindred appealing the ruling.
In its ruling the Ksa stated: "Offering online games of chance is currently prohibited in the Netherlands. Under the current Betting and Gaming Act, it is not possible to grant a licence for this, because the law does not provide for effective instruments for supervision. This situation is going to change."
Earlier this year it was revealed that the Dutch senate had passed the Remote Gambling Act, for which it has set a target of coming into effect on Wednesday July 1, 2020, with permit applications able to be processed from that date, and the market for online games of chance then able to be officially open from Friday January 1, 2021.
Kindred maintains a commitment to obtain a licence for online sports-betting and gaming as soon as the market opens, and said in a statement concerning this judgement: "Kindred respects any requests from the Dutch regulator and is fully compliant with the rules set out by the Ministry of Justice and Security earlier this year. Kindred remains committed to having a constructive dialogue with the regulator and other stakeholders.
"While anticipating the establishment of a regulated online gambling market in 2021, Kindred aims to play a leading role in promoting Dutch gambling policy objectives, such as consumer protection. For instance, Kindred emphasises its ambition to reach zero per cent revenue from harmful gambling by 2023."


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Viswaroopam is an upcoming Tamil-Hindi bilingual Indian spy thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Kamal Hassan that features himself in the lead role.
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The soundtrack is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, with lyrics by Vairamuthu for the Tamil and Javed Akhtar for the Hindi versions respectively. The film was shot with the same cast in both languages simultaneously, and is titled in Hindi as Vishwaroop.
Development of the project commenced after the release of Kamal Hassan's Manmadhan Ambu, and several of the crew were imported from Hollywood. The direction department was taken over by Kamal Hassan from Selvaraghavan, and reports indicating a comparison with Hollywood films surfaced during the production.
The initially estimated budget was around 150 crore (US$29.93 million), making it one of the most expensive Indian films. Due to delays, casting took a relatively long period of time, with several of the original cast dropping out of the project. The film was shot extensively overseas, in countries including the United States and Canada, while domestic locations included Chennai and Mumbai.
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The bell on the secure door entry system rings. Flo picks up the intercom. A man answers "I have a parcel for you." Flo begins to worry, she can not see the front door from her kitchen, it could be anyone.
Flo feels nervous she doesn't like being in the house on her own. She's even frightened of her own faceless shadow.
Flo walks towards the door, she hesitates and enters the room nearest to the front door. The window has a reasonable view of the driveway and more importantly a glimpse of the outside door. She recognises the parcel man and breathes a sigh of relief.
"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~John Wayne
Meanwhile the parcel man is becoming impatient, he's annoyed that Flo is keeping him waiting and presses his finger against the door entry buzzer. He doesn't know that Flo is frightened of faceless shadows and neither would he care, he has no sympathy.
Flo unlocks the two doors. The delivery man glares at her. He's running late. "Sign here!"
Flo re-locks the two doors and opens her parcel. She picks up the telephone and as she dials a number she smiles. "It's arrived, the door entry video system, when can you come over and fit it?"
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I've been thinking about this post for awhile. I find there are lots of details in design which are super important to getting a high end look, yet most homeowners don't even realize they're significant. The old saying "out of sight out of mind" definitely applies to the detail I want to talk about today - your rug pads.
Many people don't bother to even use a rug pad (guilty on occasion) or they pick up the cheapest pad they can find and call it done. While the proper rug pad is not necessarily the most expensive pad, the real trick is knowing which pad to use with your specific rug. This depends on several considerations: the rug's material, the flooring you will be placing the rug; the wear/use the rug will receive (i.e., a high traffic area or kid's space), and the size of the rug.
Not only can the proper rug pad effect the appearance of the rug, it can also extend the life of a rug. Thus, saving you thousands of dollars in the long run. Rug pads generally fall into three categories: Foam (the most commonly used), felt or fiber, and rubber padding.
Not only can the proper rug pad effect the appearance of the rug, it can also extend the life of a rug. Thus, saving you thousands of dollars in the long run. Rug pads generally fall into three categories: Foam (the most commonly used), felt or fiber, and rubber padding.
via Architectural Digest
Take for example the rug near my front door.
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This rug looks to be a Bokhara (although not entirely sure since the guls are square), and it's on hardwood floors. While this area does not get a ton of traffic (most people come in through our breakfast room door), it's important the rug pad is thick enough to support this rug and prevent fraying. Since traffic here was light, I had not invested in a rug pad (see preaching to the choir!). But over Christmas, we had lots of gatherings, and I noticed people slipping on this rug. So, I just got this incredible new rug pad from Rug Pad USA for this rug (as my helpful assistant demonstrates).
The pad is a thicker fiber with rubber matting on the back side to prevent slipping. I love it! I simply went to Rug Pad USA's website and found the one specific for my needs and they shipped it fast (almost as fast as Chinese takeout!) No more slipping and my investment in this rug has a little insurance.
One thing I love about Rug Pad USA is this super helpful rug pad guide which gives you a handy chart including the floor type, rug type, size of the rug, and even if the pad is made in the USA. One last thing to note, they even have a special pad for layering rugs over carpet which prevents bunching. I love this layering trick to bring in more color, pattern and overall interest to a space.
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I love a good understatementApril 12, 2013
And this one is a classic. 'Areas of rain' — really?
Check the radar picture — the darker the green, the heavier the rain. And that 'area' covers many thousands of square kilometres; the distance from Busselton to Moora is about 400 km, and based on that, I'd guess the east-west extent of this rain 'band' is similar or perhaps a bit more, thus making the 'area' some 160000+ square kilometres!


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I ditched my normal Thursday morning breakfast meeting today to go to Watford's Chamber of Commerce meeting where specialist guest Alex Golledge – Deputy Agent form the Bank of England for the South East and East Anglia regions – was giving his view on interest rates.
I was fascinated by the presentation and how different parts of the economy can effect the potential for increase or decrease in the Bank of England base rate. However doing what I do I rocked up with my property investor hat on – thinking about my landlords & investors and how I can get the most out of this presentation for them.
I went to a similar presentation 1 year ago when Alex had been invited to speak and at that time his prediction was we were close to base rate increase of 0.25%. This was backed up by the media and 12 months later I was interested in what he would have to say this year!
Alex freely admitted that the Bank of England don't make forward looking predictions. Although did have his opinion n the subject. What the BofE were very good at is collating retrospective information which he showed in great detail.
At the end of his presentation when he asked himself the question we all want to the answer to "When are interest rates going to go up?" his response was they were closer to an increase at this time last year than they are now.
Please note this was his opinion rather than fact. But if I was gong to ask anyone about when interest rates might go up I'd say the best source would be someone from the bank of England!
He suggested interest rates will remain where they are for some time yet. There are a panel of 8 at the Bank of England who make the decision on whether to increase/decrease/keep rates at the same level and recently for the first time they have unanimously voted for it to remain the same (previously it had been 7-1 for some time).
When they do go up they are likely to creep up and interestingly he mentioned the 'normal' rate of interest and how that perceived percentage differs depending on your age. Some of the older generation may remember the normal rate being between 10-15% whereas the younger generation my have never experienced anything above 7% and normal is closer to 5% or indeed lower.
I was reassuring to hear that we are in unprecedented times and a normal rate could end up being somewhere around 3%.
Of course this is all good news for property investors in Watford who are trying to buy with a mortgage and will continue to be good for landlords who are sitting on record low mortgage payments.
I would still advise you work out your numbers based on a higher rate of interest coming back at some point in the future. If you're in property for the long term they will go back up again so make sure your investment stacks up for you when they do.
I ditched my normal Thursday morning breakfast meeting today to go to Watford's Chamber of Commerce meeting where specialist guest Alex Golledge – Deputy Agent form the Bank of England for the South East and East Anglia regions – was giving his view on interest rates.


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Keto Budget Deals at Aldi
This week's Aldi ad is slim pickings for budget friendly Keto foods. But there are still a few good finds in this weeks ad, so as usual, I've posted the best deals and recipes to accompany them below.
If Aldi is on your regular grocery store route, it might be nice to snag a few produce deals. But I would not make a special trip for anything in this week's ad.
Remember to check your local store because sale items and the dates the sales run are regional. After checking ads around the country, the most variance you will find is in the produce selection that is on sale and the sale dates. Some areas run M-S and some run W-T…so check it your ad here.
bluberries: $2.29/pint
-about 6.5 net carbs per half cup
peppers: $1.69/3 pack
-about 3 net carbs per half cup
raspberries: $1.69/6oz
-about 2.5 net carbs per half cup
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ground turkey: $6.99/3 pounds
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Carlos Mundy con The Indian Kings of France: The fascinating story of the Bourbons of Bhopal
Reseña del editor BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS EDITION During the reign of Akbar, between the years 1557 and 1559, a European called Jean Philippe du Bourbon arrived at the Court of Delhi. He was French and claimed to belong to one of the noblest families of that Kingdom. He recounted that he had been made prisoner by Turkish pirates during a voyage, and was taken as a slave to Egypt. This had occurred in 1541 when he was only fifteen years old. Once in Egypt, due to his charm and qualities he gained the favour of the sovereign and joined the army being this start of the adventure that took him to India.The emperor Akbar, to whom the youth told his story, became captivated by his refined manners and his intelligent appearance and he offered him a position in his army after which he was appointed Master of Artillery. Full of honours and riches, Prince Jean Philippe du Bourbon died in Agra leaving two sons from the sister of the Emperor's Christian wife. The eldest, Alexander became a favourite of Emperor Jahangir who made him Hereditary Governor of the Palace of the Begums.The Bourbons retained their position in the Imperial Court until the invasion of India by Nadir Shah, when the exiled themselves to their feud of Shergar.The Indian King of France is a historical novel that narrates the lives of some of the most prominent members of the dynasty. It is written in the first person as if the joint conscious of all of them is recounting their story. It starts with the amazing account of the first Indian Bourbon, Prince Jean Philippe and then travels through time until our present days with a very interesting first hand account of his life by the current head of the family, Prince Balthazar IV of Bourbon-Bhopal and an essay by the heir apparent, Prince Frederick who is studying in California to become a film-maker. The novel is a fascinating account of this family who is the eldest branch of the Bourbons and thus would have the right to claim the throne of France


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Anticipating Friday's Employment Report
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September 6, 2013
The most important economic news this week is Friday's employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This monthly report contains a wealth of data for economists, probably the most significant in the near term being the month-over-month change in Total Nonfarm Employment (the PAYEMS series in the FRED repository).
Today we have the August estimate from ADP at 176K new jobs and a much lower TrimTabs estimate of 79K new jobs.
The ADP 176K estimate came in a bit below theInvesting.com estimate of 180K, which was the same as Briefing.com's consensus. And ADP's number for July was revised slightly downward from 200K to 198K.
The Investing.com estimate for Friday's nonfarm jobs number is 180K. The Briefing.com consensus is for 177K, although its own forecast is a more optimistic 210K.
Here is an excerpt from today's ADP report:
"The U.S. private sector added 176,000 jobs in August, as companies of all sizes expanded their payrolls over the previous month," said Carlos A. Rodriguez, president and chief executive officer of ADP. "The August job gains are in line with the monthly average over the last 12 months."Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, said, "It is steady as she goes in the job market. Job gains in August were consistent with increases experienced over the past two-plus years. There is little evidence that fiscal austerity and Health Care Reform have had a significant impact on the job market."
Here is the press release from TrimTabs:
TrimTabs Investment Research estimates that the U.S. economy added 79,000 jobs in August, up from its estimate of 23,000 jobs in July."Employment growth remains disappointing," said David Santschi, Chief Executive Officer of TrimTabs. "The economy added an average of 111,000 jobs in the first eight months of this year, which does not even keep up with population growth."In a research note, TrimTabs attributed the weakness in the labor market to higher borrowing costs in general and plummeting mortgage refinancing activity in particular.
TrimTabs' employment estimates are based on an analysis of daily income tax deposits to the U.S. Treasury from all salaried U.S. employees. They are historically more accurate than the initial estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
TrimTabs also reported that wages and salaries increased only 0.7% year-over-year in real terms in August, which is the second-lowest level this year, excluding the distortion in February due to bonus shifting."Any 'tapering' by the Fed later this year is likely to be very modest," said Santschi. "Not only is economic growth weak, but investors pulled a record $129 billion from bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds from July through August."
Here is a visualization of the three series over the previous twelve months along with the ADP and TrimTabs estimates for August.
A key difference among the three is that the ADP and the BLS series are subject to substantial revision. Here, for example is an illustration of the ADP revisions from January of last year through March of this year.
For a sense of the critical importance of nonfarm employment for the economy, see my Big Four Economic Indicators, which I'll be updating on Friday after the latest BLS employment report is published.
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My original dshort.com website was launched in February 2005 using a domain name based on my real name, Doug Short. I'm a formerly retired first wave boomer with a Ph.D. in English from Duke. Now my website has been acquired byAdvisor Perspectives, where I have been appointed the Vice President of Research.
My first career was a faculty position at North Carolina State University, where I achieved the rank of Full Professor in 1983. During the early '80s I got hooked on academic uses of microcomputers for research and instruction. In 1983, I co-directed the Sixth International Conference on Computers and the Humanities. An IBM executive who attended the conference made me a job offer I couldn't refuse.
Thus began my new career as a Higher Education Consultant for IBM — an ambassador for Information Technology to major universities around the country. After 12 years with Big Blue, I grew tired of the constant travel and left for a series of IT management positions in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. I concluded my IT career managing the group responsible for email and research databases at GlaxoSmithKline until my retirement in 2006.Contrary to what many visitors assume based on my last name, I'm not a bearish short seller. It's true that some of my content has been a bit pessimistic in recent years. But I believe this is a result of economic realities and not a personal bias. For the record, my efforts to educate others about bear markets date from November 2007, as this Motley Fool article attests.


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Client: Clipper Vacations | HQ: Seattle, WA | Industry: Travel | Wheelhouse Client Since: 2016
Services Provided: Digital Advertising
The Story
Focus on Digital Advertising account restructure and new bidding strategy for Clipper Vacations drives a 632% increase in orders.
The Mission
Clipper Vacations' objective in 2017 was to increase overall e-commerce conversion volume to improve the fill-rate for their vessels. Paid search was viewed primarily in isolation, with little credit coming from incremental phone call conversions due to tracking limitations. Wheelhouse DMG was brought in to support digital advertising strategy.
The Roadmap
For this campaign, Wheelhouse DMG targeted a regional audience and adjusted bids to be more aggressive toward cost per lead (CPL) goal. We focused on three key areas for improvement:
- Brand vs. Non-Brand: We restructured the account to more accurately break out brand vs. non-brand campaigns and launched these in April, ahead of Clipper Vacations' peak season (May-Sept).
- Location Targeting: Wheelhouse also separated campaigns between location targets to enable proper bidding-to-value (separating Victoria, BC, and the US-wide market). Previously, the Seattle market was being undervalued because data from other DMAs was being aggregated. We implemented expansion efforts against a competitive set, messaging appropriately based on user location, and coverage of the account.
- Non-Brand Keyword Coverage Expansion: Expanding on non-brand keyword coverage and structuring ad groups to focus on separate service offerings (round trip ferry tickets, ferry + hotel packages, whale watching and other local day trips) allowed us to scale and efficiently bid to the value of each offering based on varied CVR and AOV.
Implementation & Creativity
The implementation process focused on both restructuring the account as well as expansion efforts to drive more traffic. The restructure focused on splitting brand and non-brand and applying negative keywords for proper funneling.
The campaigns also focused on Victoria, Seattle, and US DMAs separately, due to the desired variation in ad messaging, as well as varied performance.
- US campaigns targeted customers who were traveling to Seattle and would be taking the trip while visiting. Therefore, ad copy was more detailed for individuals less familiar with the area and focused on education of the nature of the Pacific Northwest.
- Seattle campaigns targeted customers who were more familiar with the company, so creative emphasized pricing, services, and packages with more competitors in the area.
In order to continue to make improvements, Wheelhouse continuously monitored search queries for additional restrictions and improved keyword matching. We also continued to make bid adjustments to more specific US locations, noting that higher volume West Coast campaigns outperformed and converted better than the Midwest or East Coast.
The Results
- Paid search campaigns drove a significant amount of the YoY growth for Clipper Vacations in 2017, which led to a 93% fill-rate for their Whale Watching service, and a 632% increase in orders period-over-period.
- During their peak season (May-Sept), orders increased 117% year-over-year.
- While increasing traffic and conversion volume we were able to beat their CPL target by 7% and enabled a 65% decrease in CPL.
- Site traffic increased 237% from 2016 to 2017.
- Due to the success of last summer, Clipper Vacations has been able to expand into international markets. The expansion has provided additional volume within their efficiency target. Wheelhouse has continued to support efficient growth of the Clipper Vacations account in addition to the growth generated in 2017.
"I want to reiterate the HUGE impact and shift the level of attention and detail is having on our business this summer. It's truly game-changing…"
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I've been programming in Java for over a decade. My past Java programming included work on core development and plug-in development for OpenJUMP. I also used Java to automate spatial data processing at Guida Surveying. I recently switched from Java to C# as my main programming language for the desktop.
My second favorite programming language is Python, which I use to script and customize ArcGIS for the desktop. I use Ruby programming to customize the 3D modeler SketchUp and AutoLISP and C# to customize AutoCAD Civil 3D.
My favorite IDE is Visual Studio Community Edition, with Eclipse in a close second place.
I can write HTML and CSS and wield Javascript if I have to...but I prefer slinging code for the desktop.
I'm a strong advocate of open source software and open technology standards.
My open source code is released through the SurveyOS Project, a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy.
I also publish open technical standards for GIS and land surveying at the SurveyOS Project. My current open technical standards are the COGO Simple Text Format and the Triangulated Irregular Network Text File Format.
I'm interested a few specific topics right now. Most of these are in the Dot Net/C# programming realm, but one or two have to do with Python programming.
I'm very interested in automated point cloud processing of data from Aerial LiDAR or terrestrial laser scanning using C#. I've started tinkering around with some code for this. My initial impression of the commercial tools for point cloud processing is the tools are limited and immature. Trimble Realworks has the best toolset and easiest user interface for the tools I've tried so far. (These tools I've tried include Leica Cyclone.) However, neither Realworks or Cyclone makes scripting to enable automated processing easy. The open source tools available for this are non-existent or very clunky. Point cloud processing is an area I'll be working more on moving forward.
An area related to point cloud processing that I'm interested in is TIN creation, analysis, and management. I'
I've also got an itch to scratch related to simple on-desk collections for C#. I like MapDB, but I'm unsure about its stability, and it seems a little more complicated than I want. It also switched over to Kotlin from Java (bummer). I want to see if I can play around with a simple key-value store or linked list using binary or text files.
My hot spots in Python mostly relate to GIS and QGIS in particular. I want to write my first QGIS plug-in to enable some of the basic editing tools we have in OpenJUMP. I'd also like to learn more about how I can enhance the map book/map publishing functionality in QGIS. I'd also like to contribute some code to Shapy...but my Python code might be too javalike for this. :]


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The Croatian PaediatricOrthopaedic Society, a very interesting programme is orchestrated with the participation of distinguished leaders in the field who are members of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS).
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The most common problems in paediatric orthopaedics;
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Soft tissue tumours in children – State-of-the-art management;
Current role of soft tissue surgery in paediatric orthopaedics.
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Fotografiska in Stockholm has opened its gates to Kirsty Mitchell's Wonderland – probably one of the greatest photographic exhibitions in Scandinavia this winter. The photo exhibition Wonderland is a dream that lets you be totally enchanted. It's simply impossible to stop watching Kirsty Mitchell's great photographic storytelling. Don't miss this opportunity to experience Wonderland in Stockholm.
The self-proclaimed "artist with a camera" gives us a glimpse of the amount of work that goes into each of her pieces. Since 2009 the gifted artist has been working on releasing everything as a photo book in memory of her late mother, the woman who inspired the series to begin with. In 2015 her project was finished, complete with 74 photos.
Related: The Swedish Camera Icon
"My mother was an English teacher and literature was her passion. Of course, there is too much to write here, but following her death, I suffered severe depression and found myself retreating to an alternative existence through the portal of my camera," she wrote in 2005.
Wonderland's magical creations and forest scenes touch as well as fascinate. Her work became an escape from a painful reality as she was reliving the adventure world her mother and she had shared during her upbringing.
"After I lost her, I struggled greatly, I was unable to remember her without being haunted by the memories of the hospital. So, I found myself regressing to the happier times of us sharing the unusual books she constantly collected for myself, and the generations of children who passed through her classroom doors," she adds. "This escapism grew into the concept of creating an unexplained storybook without words, dedicated to her, that would echo the fragments of the fairytales she read to me constantly as a child."
Related: Swedes open the London Museum of Photography
The characters are not a recreation of anything that already existed; this is her own personal Wonderland. The story about Kirsty Mitchell and the Wonderland project is like an adventure. An adventure with many interpretations, in many different ways.
Making the book felt like the perfect way to celebrate who she was as a person and the legacy she left behind. It was the faded fragments of the book's illustrations, mixed up with her dreams and experiences through grief that eventually formed the narrative of the series. Ultimately it became a strange and beautiful place to remember and forget, both in the same bittersweet moment.
Mitchell wanted to create pictures that people would project their own ideas on to, and lose themselves in, each being a visual fable within their own right.
The amazing images captured the world's attention, and Mitchell quickly developed an enormous following. All the photos show real staged scenes that feature costumes and sets that Mitchell created by hand. Each scene is assembled in front of the camera like small film sets, placed in the middle of landscapes that surround Mitchell's Surrey, UK, home.
"Wonderland" is on view at Fotografiske in Stockholm until March 3rd 2019.
"The exhibition will be a fairy tale experience – a colorful fireworks where magic and reality meet on the road we call life," says exhibition producer Lisa Hydén at Fotografiske.
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To follow the current trend in state education requirements, California just instituted a new 150 credit hour rule as of January 1, 2014. This means in order to get a CPA license in California, you will have to have graduated with at least a bachelor's degree and an additional 30 credit hours totaling 150 hours. You do not, however, have to complete all 150 hours in order to sit for the exam.
Let's take a look at what you need to do to take the exam and get licensed.
California CPA Exam Requirements
In order to be eligible to sit for the exam in California, candidates must meet the following personal qualifications and educational requirements.
- No minimum age limit
- Not required to be a US citizen
- Not required to be a CA resident
- Valid Social Security Number required
- CA does not participate in the International Examination Program
Educational Requirements to Sit
As I mentioned earlier, starting in January 2014 California instituted new requirements for applicants. You do not have to complete all 150 credit hours in order to sit for the exam, but you do have to complete a bachelor's degree from an accredited school including the follow.
Bachelor's Degree including the following:
- 24 credit hours in Accounting courses
- 24 credit hours of general Business classes like Economics, Management, and Marketing
Many schools use the quarter system instead of the semester class schedule. In this case, you will have to have 36-quarter hours of both accounting and general business classes in order to take the test.
Exam Fees
The total cost to take the CPA exam in California is $829.08 including an initial one-time $100 application fee. The cost for each section is listed below.
|AUD – Audit
|FAR – Financial Accounting and Reporting
|BEC – Business Environment and Concepts
|REG – Regulation
The fees are typically based on the duration of the exam. That's why the FAR and AUD exams cost the most.
IMPORTANT – Don't go all out and register for all the sections at once. Your NIT or notice to sit is only valid for six months. After that, it will expire and you will have to re-register. Re-registration application fees are $50 for one section and vary depending on how many your sign up for at once, so only sign up for the exams that you are ready to sit for in the next 6 months.
CPA License Requirements
Taking the exam is only the first step in becoming a CPA in the state of California. After you sit for the big test, there are a few things administrative things you must do before you can truly call yourself a Certified Public Accountant.
Pass the Exam
You'll have to pass all four sections of the exam with a score of at least 75 in an 18-month period.
Submit all the required paperwork to the state board usually includes transcripts, license application, and proof of work experience.
CA is unique in that they require your fingerprints. You must have them taken, notarized, and submitted with your application paperwork.
Pay the $250 certification/application fee and $120 annual license fee when you send in your initial license application.
CA Professional Ethics Exam
Most states are requiring candidates to take the AICPA uniform ethics exam, but California has decided to make their own exam. This exam is very similar to the AICPA test. It consists of 50 multiple-choice questions and must be completed within two years of passing the CPA exam and purchasing the ethics exam.
The CA ethics exam costs $150 and is taken online. You can get a 20% discount if you sign up as a member of the CALCPA. You can even become a member of the CALCPA for free if you just graduated with an accounting degree!
Take this exam seriously! Although it is open book, you must get a 90% or higher to pass and you only have three chances to pass it before you are required to purchase it again. If you do happen to fail it three times in a row, you can call the state board and either get a free copy or a discounted copy.
Additional Education
If you didn't complete your 150 credit hours of college courses, you will need to do so before you will be issued a license.
Work Experience Requirements
Like most states, California requires a work experience requirement be met after passing the exam in order to become licensed. You must have:
2-years of general experience in accounting, attest, compilation, and management among others.
If you want to become certified to sign attest engagements, you will also be required to have 500 hours of attest work experience.
More Exam Resources and Information
As you can see, between applying, taking the exam, and sending your paperwork, it can be an involved, especially if you attended more than one college. Before you can sit for the exam, you'll have to send in transcripts from every college you've attended. This can be a pain.
It's sometimes easiest to contact the state board directly to see what they need and what they already have on file. For example, they should already have your test scores if you requested a copy be sent to them in your exam application process.
Here is the contact info for the state board.
California State Board of Accountancy
California CPA Application Forms
- 2000 Evergreen Street, Suite 250
- Sacramento, CA 95815
- Phone: 916-263-3680
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People who live in the cold latitudes often acknowledge the power of winter by giving it a face. Nearly every old culture in northern Eurasia has some form of Winter Solstice god. The Sakha, a Turkic tribe of Northeast Siberia, look to this guy:
In Sakha tradition, Chysh Khan rises from the Arctic Ocean and brings winter with his breath. Since cattle don't live in the far northern latitudes where Chysh Khan rules, many folklorists think he gets his horns and his hoofs (see the cloven hoof pattern on the mittens?) not only from bulls, but from the woolly mammoth that once ruled those tundras.
We modern, civilized Western folks have this guy:
Yes, I deliberately chose a simplistic modern image of Santa rather than some classic Victorian illustration that might hold its own in the presence of Chysh Khan. But this Santa is a much better representation of how we see our current version of the Winter Solstice god. He got his name from being conflated with Saint Nicholas, a Christian saint whose holy day happens to be near the winter solstice. His red suit with white fur trim came from appearing in an early 20th century Coca-Cola ad campaign. The names of his reindeer, his "naughty or nice" list, his toy factory at the North Pole, and most other details of the current Santa mythology have come either from Clement Moore's poem, or from a myriad 20th century Christmas songs, TV specials and movies.
Perhaps it has been easy for us to reduce the Winter King to this "jolly old elf" who loves little kids, drives a reindeer sleigh and gives away toys. After all, for those who live in privileged First World cultures, Winter is seldom a titanic force that could kill us with cold and darkness. It's a season when we take refuge inside our comfortably heated and electrically lit homes and look out at the Christmas card view, a season of lavish spending and celebrating, and even a season of excitement for the winter sports lovers and the kids hoping for sledding and snowball fights and snow days.
Winter's King may finally be losing some of his primeval power, as the world warms and ice retreats from the Arctic, and winter gets warmer every year. Yet he is still a god and he reminds us of his might whenever ice storms strand thousands without power or heat, and when blizzards bury highways and cut off remote towns, and when the great winter cyclones pound the Northwest and Northeast with wind and surf as destructive as a hurricane.
So once in a while this winter, if you live where it's cold, you might step outside and remind yourself that the Winter King still leads his Wild Hunt across the northern world. You can feel his breath in the bite of the cold on your fingertips, hear his wolves howling in the wind, see his path in the tattering of the storm clouds, and sense in the ground under your feet, the thunder of the hoofs with every storm wave that thuds onto the shore.
When you've had enough, you can always step back into the warm, put out the milk and cookies and listen for tiny reindeer on the roof.


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28th & 29th April 2016
April 2016
A systematic approach to designing books
Marcus Gärde, Bold Scandinavia, Stockholm, Sweden
How can oane tap in to the spontaneous wisdom of the mind without using past knowledge? To be able to solve design challenges through rational thinking based on a systematic approach can save not only time for the designer but also work as a method for self development through the craft. The purpose of my workshop is to illustrate that kind of rational thinking through the process of designing a book. The workshop will be conducted through both a analog workshop where we design the interior part of a book, and a digital workshop in Adobe InDesign where we concentrate on grid systems.
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Finish the typeface!
Göran Söderström,
Letters from Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
The world is full of inspiration for new typefaces. It can be an old signboard, painted letters on a car, store fronts or just abstract patterns. On this workshop, students will be assigned a few found letters in different styles and the workshop will be all about drawing out the missing characters with a goal to finish the typeface. Students can also bring their own inspirational material to the workshop and work from this.
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Capture the attention with a personal poster
Hans Christian Øren, Oh Yeah Studio, Oslo, Norway
The goal for this workshop is to make a message as strong as possible within a chosen idea. In this workshop we will focus on posters as street art. How can we connect with the audience? How can you affect a persons emotion who is walking by? You have 3 seconds to capture the attention and over the next 30 seconds it will be determined if you manage to make them read further. The designers main goal is to communicate a message, and create an understanding of the message through images, illustration and text. A clear visual expression helps you to communicate your message. Its important that the poster stands out and be appealing to the audience. The designer have to think about the message, details, balance, composition to get the attention. People consume increasing amounts of information in the form of news stories, ads, e-mails, blog posts, Facebook statuses, Tweets, instagram, Tumblr posts and other new sources of information. In this workshop we will focus on how we can evoke emotions in this information overloaded world.
Oh Yeah Studio has done a lot of self initiative personal projects and non commercial projects, like art exhibitions, aid projects and political statements. This is one of the reasons why Oh Yeah Studio exists today. In this workshop everyone have the chance to make an own project with guidens from Oh Yeah Studio. The workshops goal is to come up with an idea that is important to you. You can realize a personal project to inspire yourself and others. It can be something you care about, something you want to change, experiment with a style or just want to learn more about poster design. The choice is yours.
How can the theme and idea interact and communicate with others? what makes it unique and interesting? Your personal voice and personal opinions have a place in this world. It matters. If you want to know more about how to get people attention, this is the place to be. You are totally free to use all equipment available. Analoge and digital.
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For more than half a century, the illustrations and paintings of Harold Von Schmidt were familiar to the American public. His work appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Sunset, Cosmopolitan, American and other such magazines for twenty years, beginning in 1925.
Born in 1893 in Alameda, California, Von Schmidt was orphaned at five. He was raised by his grandfather, a forty-niner, and his aunt, both of whom encouraged his interest in art. As a young man, he spent his summers working as a lumberjack, cowpuncher and construction worker.
After two years of study with F.H. Meyers at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Von Schmidt did his first cover design in 1913 for Sunset magazine. While attending the San Francisco Art Institute in California from 1915 to 1918, he became art director at the Foster and Klein advertising agency. Von Schmidt also painted for the Navy in World War I, as well as illustrating Willa Cather's Death Comes to the Archbishop.
Von Schmidt was a member of the United States rugby team in the 1920 Olympics. That same year, he and fellow artists Maynard Dixon, Roi Partridge, Judson Starr and Fred Ludekens set up their own advertising agency. Four years later, Von Schmidt went east to study at the Grand Central Art School in New York City with Harvey Dunn, a former student of Howard Pyle.
During World War II, Von Schmidt was an artist-correspondent for King Features Syndicate and the Air Force. In 1960, he was commissioned to design the Pony Express commemorative stamp for the United States Postal Service. Although primarily an illustrator, Von Schmidt continued to produce non-commercial work as well as illustrations. He did twelve paintings of the Gold Rush for the California Governor's offices, and five Civil War paintings for the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Von Schmidt was also a founder of the famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut, as well as a member of the Artists Guild, the Author's League of America, and the Society of Illustrators. His work can be found at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.
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Reason for system to minimise error
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System of Books reorganising perfectly
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Realisation of role of decision making
Hesitation – time Action + time
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Books Soul of men into their work –
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Vulvovaginitis is a common inflammation of the vagina and the vulva, caused by bacteria, fungus or, less commonly, parasites. It affects almost every woman at least once in life. It is supposed to go away after treatment, but it some cases it persists or comes back frequently, which is called chronic vulvovaginitis.
Symptoms and causes of vulvovaginitis
Vulvovaginitis with bacterial causes is usually related to overgrowth of bacteria such as Gardnerella vaginitis, Mycoplasma hominis and Mubiluncus. Candida albicans is the most common fungal cause of vulvovaginitis. It is believed that bacterial infection of the vagina is slightly more common than the fungal one, even though three out of four women suffer from candidiasis at least once in their lifetime.
Infectios agents cause the vagina and the vulva to become inflamed, swollen, irritated and itchy. Itching can be particularly intense. Even though there is always some amount of vaginal discharge, especially at certain points of the menstrual cycle, the discharge related to vulvovaginitis is more intense, sometimes with foul odor. Discharge can be white, yellowish or even greenish.
Other symptoms associated with vulvovaginitis include pain during sexual intercourse, pain while urinating and sometimes abdominal pains resembling menstrual cramps.
Chronic vulvovaginitis
Vulvovaginitis may become chronic or recurrent due to certain factors. This means that the inflammation is present if not constantly, then frequently, several times a year or even several times a month. This particularly applies on candidal vulvovaginitis. Chronic candidal vulvovaginitis may be associated with diabetes mellitus, the use of oral contraceptives, frequent use of antibiotics, tight-fitting underwear and certain immunodeficiencies.
Treatment of vulvovaginitis
Before proceeding with treatment, it is necessary to find out what exactly caused it. If the symptoms listed above present and persist for more than a day or two, it is recommended to see a gynecologist who will perform the pelvic exam and probably take a vaginal swab. The swab will be taken to the laboratory where it will be established which microorganisms are responsible for the inflammation and/or infection.
Bacterial vulvovaginitis must be treated with antibiotics, which can be oral, topical or the combination of both.
Candidal vulvovaginitis is treated with anti-fungal medication, in form of creams, ointments or vaginal tablets. Since fungal infections can be quite persistent, it is necessary to follow through with the treatment. In fact, chronic vulvovaginitis is often caused by interrupting the treatment before it is complete. This happens a lot because many times the symptoms go away a day or two after the treatment is started.


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The Sonderanhänger 1 (Sd.Anh.1) = Special trailer no. 1
Even more rare than the Kettenkrad itself is its special trailer SdAnh 1.
This is my own trailer, which is fully operational and registered for use on public roads. In Germany trailers behind Kettenkrads (=tractors) must be registered and you have to pay road tax and 3rd party insurance for them. They bear their own license plate.
It is an early model, built 1943. You can recognize that from the location of the grease nipples for the swing arms.
For rough 20 years the trailer stood dry and safe in the museum's exhibition hall and was virtually not moved during this time. Surprisingly there was some damage because of being not in use for such a long time after restoration: The swing arms of the suspension were seized. The NOVOTEX bushings were seized and even brute force didn't move the swing arms a bit.
Here a picture from the original manual for the trailer:
This is the trailer today (2009):
Registered, with working suspension and a canvas cover.
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Download WP7 Toolkit
So the first control I am going to talk about is the ToggleSwitch control. Its a control that resembles a lightswitch and is a nice was of showing an On/Off or True/False setting instead of using a plain checkbox.
So lets create a Windows Phone 7 project called ToggleSwitchDemo.
Open the Toolbox and find the ToggleSwitch control. If its not listed, right-click on the Toolbox > Choose Items > then scroll down until you find the ToggleSwitch control in the list.
Once the control is in the Toolbox, drag it onto the page. By default, it will look like this
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Run the application using F5, then click on the ToggleSwitch. It will change from Off to On.
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There are a number of options that are available for the text for the ToggleControl. The Header property will change the heading of the control. The Content property will set the content of the control(On/Off).
In one of my application, I used the ToggleSwitch to allow the user to turn on/off Ads that I have in the app. So for me, I changed the Header to Ads, and since I default the ToggleSwitch to being On(IsChecked is True), I set the Content to Ads are enabled.
The ToggleSwitch also allows you to handle when the control is checked and unchecked. So here is how my ToggleSwitch would look in XAML
<toolkit:ToggleSwitch Name="AdsToggleSwitch" Header="Ads" Content="Ads are enabled" Height="111" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="1,197,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="456" IsChecked="True" Checked="AdsToggleSwitch_Checked" Unchecked="AdsToggleSwitch_Unchecked" />
Then the code for the Checked and Unchecked events
private void AdsToggleSwitch_Checked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { AdsToggleSwitch.Content = "Ads are enabled"; } private void AdsToggleSwitch_Unchecked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { AdsToggleSwitch.Content = "Ads are disabled"; }
Now my control would look like this
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The ToggleSwitch is a great control that allows your app to keep the Metro look and feel that a plain CheckBox wouldnt allow you to do without custom coding.


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Review Amazing Selling Machine!
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However, thanks to new technology you can start an online business and have an additional source of income without leaving your home. All you need are just some ingenuity and some business acumen.
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What is Amazon FBA? How Does Amazon FBA Work?
Amazon FBA (Fulfillment By Amazon) is an e-commerce system introduced by Amazon that helps you scale your business and reach more customers.
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It doesn't matter if you haven't had any prior business experience. This Amazing Selling Machine Review will give you a clear picture about the course. It will also help you invest your money in something that will take you towards your dreams.
What is the Amazing Selling Machine?
The Amazing Selling Machine is a Course visualized, crafted and developed by Matt Clark and Jason Katzenback. This Training Course provides individuals with all the tools on how to build a successful Amazon FBA Business. There are two instructors, Rich Henderson and Mike Mclary, who will guide you in following the contents of this course.
What is remarkable is that ASM members have generated over $8.6 Billion in sales in total from there Amazon FBA Businesses. This is true testament that this Course really works!
This ASM Amazon Course has been regularly updated over the past 6 years to reflect the rapid changes undertaken at Amazon. The new launch version ASM11, will be released on October 16, 2019.
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However, with hard work, perseverance and Lady Luck smiling down at you, you could sell a lot of products through Amazon.
Maybe someday, you could even resign from that boring desk job!
As with everything else, it won't be easy making the beginning and there are bound to be failures.
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text: Last year, I did a brief report on the newly designated MiMo District (On Biscayne Blvd. from 50th to 77th street). Today, the Miami Herald reports on motel owners in the district changing plans for their properties. The article cites the area's transformation from "seedy strip to hip urban corridor". I like the idea behind the area's MiMo designation. It is intended to protect the city's architectural past while at the same time encouraging people to invest in new ideas and building uses. According to the article, motel owners are planning new office and retail spaces in their establishments. If the area's revival picks up steam, then it may draw architecturally conscience tourists and visitors.


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OverviewBalance transfers are offered by credit card companies and are a way to move a balance from an account that carries a high interest rate to an account with a lower rate. The amount of time it takes for a balance transfer to clear varies from one company to another.
The advantage of a balance transfer is that the balance that is transferred is generally subjected to a very low interest rate for an introductory period (usually six to twelve months). This lower interest rate can save you hundreds of dollars each month, depending on your balance, and can often offset any fees associated with the transfer.
To arrange a balance transfer, call a credit card company to discuss the options. Once you have decided on how much you want to transfer, the credit card company will ask you the name of the other credit card company, your account number, and the amount of your balance there. They may then electronically mail the money to that credit card company, which can take three to four days to clear. They may also mail you a check, which you can cash and you send the money in to your credit card company to pay off your balance. This can take considerably longer (up to two to three weeks).
Make sure to do your homework regarding companies that offer balance transfers. Many times there are fees associated with the balance transfer. These range from three to five percent of the amount of the transfer, although this is sometimes capped.
If you transfer the balance of another credit card onto a card that you already use, it is important to know that the charges you make after you transfer your larger balance will usually be subject to the higher interest rate and be paid off last, causing you to incur high interest payments on new purchases. For that reason, it is a good idea to use a different card for new purchases or negotiate a lower interest rate for those as well.
While the initial rate of a balance transfer is very low (from zero two three percent), this rate immediately increases if you pay your bill after the due date. You will also incur a late fee, which usually is $39. If you pay your bills through the mail or online through your bank, make sure to pay well ahead of the date due to assure the money gets to the credit card company on time.


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One of the Finest Antique Victorian Tea Sets We've Seen! Here we have an exquisitely made and very ornate Victorian Antique James Dixon and Sons Silver Plate four-piece Tea/Coffee Set that likely dates to the mid-1800s. Comprised of a teapot, a coffee pot, an open sugar or waste bowl, and creamer; the latter two with gilt-washed interiors. Classical chased and finely engraved design, acanthine capped scroll feet and handles complemented by bone spacers – all intact, and ornate painstakingly handmade floral knobs. This set has not been polished and retains an old and mellow patina – showing signs of tarnish here and there that we'll leave to the new owner to either clean or retain. The entire set is water-tight and ready to use, or would make a beautiful display set worthy of the grandest surroundings.
Excellent Antique Condition. Virtually pristine with no dents to be found save for two tiny dings on the waste bowl that you may never find unless you search as hard as we did. Signed with James Dixon & Sons (D*S) Trademark and the letters G.B. (Great Britain?).
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