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Seeing Rachel Parris is a bit like seeing your favourite teacher outside of school, which is appropriate as she tutors piano. If her lessons are as good as her comedy you definitely ought to enquire.
Her show is a milkshake of whimsical, self-referential reflection, with tasty bits of short, cyclical – hilarious – piano ballads. There's a disarming vein of honesty running through it all, tied together as the show is by regular readings of an email exchange chain between Rachel and a Samaritan. Her often self-deprecating hindsight is as astute as it is funny, chronicling the aftermath of a breakup warmly, and hilariously.
The regular musical intervals are wonderful. They're sometimes cynical, often rude, and always funny. From a number about the frustrations of travelling Hen Do's, to a pseudo hip-hop banger about the awkward technicalities of sex, Rachel finds tuneful laughs in unexpected places. Even when the mood is darkened by a sobering litany of reasons a great relationship can fail, she knows just how to bring the room back up. Any complaints extend only to a few verbal missteps here and there, that if anything belied infectious over-excitement it's hard to fault.
It's fitting that Rachel Parris puts you in mind of a cartoonishly nice primary school teacher, because her show does feel like a lesson about adult life, delivered to children in the silliest way possible. Brilliantly performed music and a big, expressive voice, combine with great comedic timing and an irrepressible sunniness make for one of the nicest hours you could spend at the Fringe.
★★★★ (and a half)
Keiran Burnett


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At this site we maintain a list of the 5000 Largest Known Primes which is updated hourly. This list is the most important databases at The Prime Pages: a collection of research, records and results all about prime numbers. This page summarizes our information about one of these primes.
field (help)value
Description:1861343372157 · 21290000 - 1
Verification status (*):Proven
Official Comment:
Proof-code(s): (*):L927 : Brown1, TwinGen, PrimeGrid, LLR
Decimal Digits:388341 (log10 is 388340.96423303)
Rank (*):9598 (digit rank is 139)
Entrance Rank (*):2635
Currently on list? (*):no
Submitted:2/20/2015 08:57:37 CDT
Last modified:2/20/2015 09:20:31 CDT
Removed (*):8/10/2016 21:48:05 CDT
Database id:119383
Status Flags:TrialDiv
Score (*):43.7286 (normalized score 0.6355)
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notesCommand: /home/caldwell/client/llr.pl 1861343372157*2^1290000-1 2>&1Starting Lucas Lehmer Riesel prime test of 1861343372157*2^1290000-1Using zero-padded AVX FFT length 128K, Pass1=128, Pass2=1KV1 = 5 ; Computing U0...V1 = 5 ; Computing U0...done.Starting Lucas-Lehmer loop... 1861343372157*2^1290000-1 is prime! (388341 decimal digits) Time : 776.740 sec.[Elapsed time: 12.95 minutes]
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Round 1
Rounds 2 & 3
Rum thirteen
Aroma - Ooft, this one is a bit harsh on the nose, a weird mixture of windolene and petrol (2)
Taste - A burnt edge with rubbery, ashy notes like eating a burnt rubber band (2)
Finish - Oddly chemical tasting and lingering (1)
Bad, just bad. I'm 50/50 on what this is and I'm going with Mehkong (Thailand) (5)
Rum fourteen
Aroma - Lots and lots of toffee with some coffee coming through and a sort of toffee popcorn feel to it. (6)
Taste - As expected from the nose this is sweet, but not overbearing with some alcohol burn that helps offset the sweetness (6)
Finish - Surprisingly clean for everything that's gone before, slips down fairly easily (6)
Enjoyed this one, sweet but not too sweet and very easy drinking. I think this is Ron Millonario (Peru) (18)
Rum fifteen
Aroma - Bland, there really isn't anything coming off this at all, I could tell you it's alcohol and that's about it (1)
Taste - The problem with such a bland nose is that there's no warning of the taste. This is bitter, harsh, like walking into a school changing room and being enveloped in a cloud of Lynx Africa (1)
Finish - Lingering and bitter (1)
This glass didn't need washed afterwards, it needed exorcised, this is competing with Stroh for the bottom spot so far, stuck for what this might be No idea (the depths of hell) (3)
Rum sixteen
Aroma - Some light butterscotch, not too much going on but pleasant enough (4)
Taste - A bit of funk and some punchiness with sweetness coming in later (4)
Finish - Quite dry, not too long, not too short (4)
Inoffensive, but equally not that exciting, this would be a good bottle to have on the table and drink away while doing something else. I think it's Chairman's Reserve (St Lucia) (12)
The Windsor Buffet
Rum seventeen
Taste - Orange, lots of orange like a molten Terry's Chocolate Orange (4)
Finish - Dry, long and very, very orangey (3)
Seriously sweet, this is practically a liqueur to taste it so this is Pyrat (Anguilla) (12)
Rum eighteen
Aroma - Lots of cut grass and funky notes, definitely challenging (5)
Taste - Punchy, a little think with a definite alcohol bite and a long vegetal note (5)
Finish - Short, hot and a bit dry (4)
Definitely a challenging rum, but the Laphroaig drinker in me likes that sometimes. My suspect is Smith & Cross (Jamaica) (14)
Rum nineteen
Aroma - Not much if anything here, a little sweetness and alcohol that tells you it's a rum but not much else (4)
Taste - A bit of bite here, some woody notes which are quite pleasant but otherwise meh (4)
Finish - Non-existent, it's just gone (3)
A boring white rum, can't be too harsh as white rums are made for mixing but this is meh. I'm making a guess at Brugal Blanco (Dominican Republic (11)
Rum twenty
Aroma - Some vegetal notes and a big alcohol hit, a little sweetness (5)
Taste - Sweet and bitter with a kind of grainy flavour to it that's hard to describe (4)
Finish - Long, warm and woody with a bit of harshness (4)
Not sure about this one, it's a bit allover the shop but enjoyably so. The aroma makes me think it's an agricole but it doesn't taste as funky as you'd expect from an agricole. Arbitrarily I'll say Pere Labat (Guadeloupe) (13)


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I had the opportunity to review the new LE Valentine's Day collection from Wild Hybrid, a lovely company from New Zealand.
Courtier's Tea–Raspberry jam and clotted cream, genteel perfumes and black tea.
In bottle: Jam and a very softly floral perfume.
Wet on skin: I can smell the jam and clotted cream, it's quite soft and pretty. Right away there's a burst of bright tea but goes away quickly.
Dry on skin: This is quite pretty. There's a slight 'cold' edge to it and added with the sweetness of the jam and silkiness of the clotted cream it's lovely. There's just an edge from the black tea that dirties it up a little bit.
Verdict: I actually liked this quite a bit more than I thought I would. It's soft and pretty but grown up and not a bit little girlish.
Eve's Apple-Apple darkened with lusty vetiver and wily myrrh, wild heather, pink musk and tomato leaf.
In bottle: Green and apply.
Wet on skin: Like a dark and poisonous apple with a bit of something…….minty? I think it's the tomato leaf.
Dry on skin: As it's dried down, there's a really fierce punch of the vetiver and a bit of the heather. Smoothing all this out is the myrrh and it's just sexy.
Verdict: I love a great apple scent and this one is lovely. It's an intersting blend and I think it's a nice take on an apple scent for people that maybe don't normally like them.
La Petite Mort-A floral honey musk.
In bottle: Honey!
Wet on skin: Right as first is a big blast of honey….almost a powdery honey with a bit of musk.
Dry on skin: This has settled into a very soft staright up honey musk.
Verdict: Do you like honey? Do you like musk? Then buy this! It's a rare honey scent that I can wear.
Lover's Walk-A moonlit beach walk. Beach daisies, peony, spiced peach, cassia, honey, blue musk, citrus peel, petitgrain, golden resins and vanilla.
In bottle: Floral.
Wet on skin: I can pick up a bunch of the florals but mostly daisy with a bit of the honey and perhaps citrus peel.
Dry on skin: As it dries down the florals settle to the back and I really pick up the golden resins and vanilla. These work really well to soften and ground all the bright floral notes.
Verdict: I like it and I didn't think I would. Typically a blend with any type of white floral doesn't work for me.
Rose Of Cairo-Three roses, five vanillas, leather, ylang ylang and Egyptian musk.
In bottle: Whew, all leather!
Wet on skin: Rose with leather all over the place.
Dry on skin: I tend to amp florals so I don't get any of the vanillas or musk. It's a sharp slap of leather laying on a bed of roses.
Verdict: If you like leather and roses then you should love this blend!
Temptation of Guinevere-Sugared ripe strawberries, saffron, frankincense and a drop of clove. Note that the saffron may cause discolouration of skin and clothes.
In bottle: Soft strawberry.
Wet on skin: Right up front is strawberry with a soft blast of frankincense. This is followed closely by just a touch of saffron.
Dry on skin: As it's dried down I pick up a bit of the clove wafting around the sugared strawberry.
Verdict: This is a sweet yet deep blend of very sugary strawberry but grounded by the spicier notes. I like it!
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Fri 28 Mar 2008
Yay Jabbawockees : )Posted by Miss Info under About Miss Info , Good For Hip Hop , Good For Me , Videos
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Those are some highfalutin' fleetfooted Filipinoy boys! (plus Kevin, lol) Congrats to the Jabbawockeez on winning the show I'm most ashamed of watching….America's Best Dance Crew.
(smh at how randy jackson fell into this pot o' gold)
21 Responses to "Yay Jabbawockees : )"
A M Dubz Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 3:37 am
that shit was pretty damn hot .. homes spun on his head 4 eva it seemed hot damn .. i neva really liked this show 2 much when it 1st started but i saw a performance with this group that was hella wicked one day when i was bored and i was like damn .. them cats is sick wit it .. randy jackson is lucky his ass got this show .. it is a gem
akdaslaya Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 4:25 am
the best crew i have ever seen i forgot where i saw it but u can buy their t-shirt
DJ Atrice Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Ms. Info I feel you, I couldn't stop watching this damn show! What's next, dancing with the stars??? God help me…
csiwalk Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 4:41 am
Info, don't forget Randy Brewer a.k.a. "the black guy in Jabbawockeez"…he's one the sickest!
DAK Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 4:55 am
now that i kno how it ends, i'm glad jabba didnt get screwed over. now its time for me to actually see how it went down. love this time difference.
DAK Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 5:32 am
brewer's name is kevin. but yes, the black guy haha
O Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 6:10 am
csiwalk Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
extreme typo…..my bad, lol
adam Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
why are you faux ashamed of watching this show? i'd love it if they had this in britain, it looks wicked
JR Says:
March 29th, 2008 at 12:04 am
JabbaWockeez are sickkkkk and are a great representation of CA talent. Good Post.
Theyztenz Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
JabbaWockeez are siiick. Who would have known that a crew with Filipinos, a Korean, a Vietnamese and a black guy would be America's Best Dancecrew!! Congrats!!!
DÀn13 Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 1:49 am
Filipinos, are BEST in Dancing. So Better watch First.
Nick Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 1:08 am
This is an amazing performance. This is one of the few dance crews with REAL synergy.
ispeaktruth Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Info — you are biased at times .. real talk. They did a great job but if their ehtnicity was diff your post would totally be diff . real talk
missinfo Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
@ispeak….everyone has bias. But being excited about seeing Asian Americans doing well isnt being biased….because I didn't degrade any other team that was non-Asian. Also, I didn't singlehandedly vote them into first place. And there were plenty other Asians in the competition.
Your comment sounds like its motivated by a prejudice. Please take that elsewhere.
ispeaktruth Says:
April 10th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
you speak highly of what you want. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but we all know why Kevin was mentioned in parenthesis and followed by a lol. There are other post w/ the same feel.I just chose to write something this time.
Not an oune of prejudice here, I actually like the Jabbawockeez. Just give credit where its due next time …. Kevin is just as influential to the group as the other members.
missinfo Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 12:02 am
ispeak….you see things there aren't there because of your own mindset. The lol, is a reference to the word play on filipino, and the fact that you can't leave out Kevin, because exactly, he's an equal and integral part. But judging from your other reading choices, nuance (and accuracy) isn't your cup of tea.
ispeaktruth Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Your writing back in defense mode for what reason!? Exactly my point … case closed.
Theyztenz Says:
April 13th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Dude, just shut up…congrats to JABBAWOCKEEZ!!!!
candy Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
They're the best dance group ever, they have a really good synchronization, and are so talented, congratulations guys, you are the best.
Rice Says:
October 24th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
All of them aren't Filipino. Phi is Vietnamese and Ben is Korean. Get your facts straight before publishing this in a blog. Phil and Chris are Filipino.


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Ben Affleck
Pearl HarborSaturday, June 30, 2007
Never before have I rooted for the Japanese in a Second World War flick. Never before have I so loathed the Allied forces.
If Pearl Harbor is anything to go by then the American Navy was wholly populated by loud, obnoxious morons who spent their days courting empty-headed cunts while drinking and whooping like some thief had come along in the night, scooped out their brains and trampled them under foot. The characters here are morons. Conversely, the Japanese come across as smart, resourceful and composed. They feel no need to hoot and holler, and they don't seem to be secretly ogling male bum cakes like the American characters do. They're entirely more likable. Oh, but what about the British? Well, they enjoy fellating beefy, horse-faced Americans – a British pilot tells Affleck that if the States has more men like him then their enemies should soil themselves. Like I say, the Allied forces in this film are wretched.
But I do have to say that even the glorious Japanese forces have their bad moments. In a politically correct effort to 'humanise' them there's one bit where a Japanese officer melodramatically says that a truly brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war. And there's another bit where a Japanese pilot leans out of his plane and apparently warns some children of the impending carnage. It's an incredibly sappy moment, one that doesn't ring true for a minute. Although I'll change my opinion of said pilot if he was actually taunting the children and saying something like, "I'm going to kill your daddy, Yankee scum."
Another piece of political correctness is the portrayal of Doris Miller (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). In one scene he even holds his white commanding officer while telling him how gosh darn great he his. But perhaps more insulting is the way he indulges in hooting and hollering as he shoots the Japanese down – every American character in this film behaves like they're in the audience for some ghastly sitcom. I mean, it's one thing to have a fictional character act idiotically, but it's something else to belittle the efforts of a real person. And really, the character is totally superfluous. Everyone else in the film has some sort of connection to the parts played by Affleck, Hartnett or Beckinsale, but Gooding exists separately. His inclusion is really just a sad concession to political correctness. His character exists only to prove to stupid right-wing Americans that there were actually black sailors who fought bravely. You know, just in case you're a Grade A moron and thought all the black sailors were hiding below decks eating fried chicken and watermelon.
But far more offensive than the political correctness is the 'romance'. Really, the film is about as romantic as drunken masturbation. There's just not one iota of genuine feeling in the whole movie. And of course the whole thing is completely unbelievable. Oh, some horse-face falls in love, goes to England, is presumed dead, then his girlfriend shacks up with his best friend before horse-face returns, then horse-face's ex-girlfriend finds out she's pregnant with his best friend's child on the day of his resurrection, and then the best friend dies in battle and horse-face and ex-girlfriend shack up again and bring the child up together. Yeah, that sounds plausible.
But although the sequence of events described above is ridiculous, the scenes themselves are far worse. One of the worst is the courtship between Affleck and Beckinsale. She's a nurse, he's a pilot, and she passes him to fly because she thinks he has a cute arse and because he begs her not to take his wings. Then he turns into Inspector Clouseau and smacks his head on things and fires a champagne cork into his face. Somehow this is meant to endear us to him. The only thing I can say in response is that it's a shame it wasn't a gun that equine-features accidentally shot himself with.
However, I wanted to turn the gun on myself when Affleck goes to England and we have to hear Beckinsale write her letters. "Every night I look at the sunset and try and draw the last ounce of heat from its long day and send it from my heart to yours." Somewhere Fabio is nodding his head in approval. But there must be about a million sunsets in this film – Michael Bay has never met a visual cliché he didn't like.
And Beckinsale writes her letters while sitting on a beach in a bikini (with a flower behind her ear) as waves crash on the rocks beyond. How old is Michael Bay exactly? It's like its been directed by a 13-year old girl. And just how white are Beckinsale's teeth? They kept on distracting me. Teeth shouldn't be that white. They shouldn't look like someone's painted gloss on them. But I also hated the way that every establishing shot was some sort of swooping crane shot. Is Bay really that short on ideas? Well…yeah, of course he is.
But what really makes me laugh is the way that Bay has compared this tripe to a David Lean film. Lean made romantic films that didn't make you want to wretch; romantic films that were written and directed with taste and style; romantic films that were literate and intelligent. Bay's film is none of these things. It's an infantile disasterpiece. It's a film where simpletons have teary intercourse in a parachute hanger; a film where two whooping morons almost single-handedly make the Japanese air force retreat; a film where FDR heroically rises to his feet to show what the American heart is capable of; a film where a dying man says he's cold and then symbolically hands his children over to his best pal; and a film where a bimbo with shockingly white teeth says, "Now I'm going to give Danny my whole heart…but I don't think I'll ever look at another sunset without thinking of you." No film has done so much to dishonour the Allied forces. Bay may as well of pissed on their graves.


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Life can be overwhelming at times and this being the case, you might need to get some guidance on what to do should you find that you are facing some challenges. In case you do not do anything about it, then you will find that you have had too much and this could lead to you snapping. In case you feel that you have a lot on your plate and you do not know where to turn to, then you should seek the help of a psychologist.
No matter what issues that you are facing if you choose to get the help of a psychologist it is paramount to get one who is qualified. Take the time to do you search so that you can be sure that the expert you have in mind has been trained and is qualified. The last thing that you want is to be getting therapy from a person who has no idea what they are doing.
It is best to make sure that the professional is qualified in the area that you need. You should note that there are various type of psychologist. The one thing that you should note is that if you have problems with marriage then it is best to make sure that you have hired a marriage counselor.
The other important thing that you should do is to find out how long the expert you are considering has been working in this field. The last thing that you need is to hire someone who is new in this job, and they are trying to learn about this field. If they have been doing this for a long time then it is best to make sure that you have checked their credibility. Doing this is essential as you will want to ensure that the expert you hire is reliable. One of the ways that you can use to learn about the expert is to go online and finding out what the previous clients have to say. If they have nothing but positive comments then this is the expert that you should hire.
You should not settle for the expert without meeting with them and talking. This is paramount as you need to ensure that you meet with the psychologist before you hire them. By doing this, then you will be able to know if you are comfortable or not. The one thing that you should note is that if you are not comfortable, then you should reconsider.
The one thing that you should put in mind is that the psychologist you select will play a critical role in making sure that you improve. This, this is why you should be cautious of the expert that you select.
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19 June 2012
It's that time again: the birthday. It's time to go shopping for a gift for the significant other in your life. You've mulled it over, you've pondered, you've thought.
Last year it was the Pandora bracelet, the year before it was an iPod. Christmas was underwear (shame she didn't want to wear it after Christmas dinner) so Valentine's Day you bought chocolates. Mother's day was flowers. It's the birthday again… hmm. What do all women use? Something all women would like? Nothing that dies, nothing that adds calories, nothing that needs to cost more than your approximate budget of £200…
That's it. A handbag! The trouble is, as a typical guy, you know next to nothing about handbags. Where to begin?
Now, let's face it, all women need a bag. Whether fashion conscious, career girl or tomboy, they all need something in which to keep purse, keys and phone. It goes without saying that once the handbag is purchased and purse, keys and phone have been duly accommodated, these items will be buried under a deluge of other rubbish- but hey, that's not for you to worry about.
So... handbags. Price-wise these will range from about £15 in a sale for something that's not designer, not leather and not brilliant, right up to ridiculous amounts that very few of us would be able to spend. As an example, the Italians make some of the most chic and basically, most wanted designer bags, such as Balenciaga, who produced the much coveted 'motorcycle' bag (costs around the £600-£2000 mark) Gucci (again, similar price range) while the renowned French Louis Vuitton designs tend to cost around £500-£1500, and sometimes more. Other brands to investigate include Prada, Mulberry, Burberry…you know the ones.
This of course, is a pretty special gift. Let's talk brands now that most of us can actually afford...
Fiore stocks a range of handbags which you can see in our online store, including Fossil. This company makes a really nice selection of bags that are great for every-day use, come in a brilliant selection of colours, are available in leather and fabrics, and range from about £60-£200. As far as handbag prices go, the size of the bag usually has quite a bit to do with increasing price range.
For all the reasons that Fossil bags are great, bags by Spanish fashion house Desigual are worth a look as well. These are really brightly coloured, strong designs that are a bit different from the norm and again, don't break the bank. For a more traditional kind of design, try Tula or the ever popular Radley bags with their trademark Scottie dog leather tags. Ted Baker is always a fail safe choice for bridging that gap between work and nightlife fashion.
Of course, there are a few handbag do's and don't's which might come in handy:
If the prospect of going handbag shopping fills you with horror (or just boredom) then shop online. At least then you can reach for the beer and the remote at the same time. If you shop online, don't forget to look at the bag dimensions. You can't fit much into a clutch bag, while some 'shoppers' are really far from elegant.
Now for the un-politically correct but-really-quite-useful vast generalisation:
If you're still stuck for ideas or unconvinced about the whole handbag thing, or your significant other simply has in your view, far too many already; then why not consider this?
A female friend of mine who has a positive bag fetish, was particularly enthusiastic to respond when I asked her what her other half had bought her for Christmas one year.
"Ooohh", she squealed excitedly, "A handbag liner! Isn't he clever?!"
Yes gents, a handbag liner. "What on earth is a handbag liner?" I hear you politely ponder.
Well, it's a must-have item for the girl who owns everything- well, everything you've thought of so far, anyway. A handy, one-size-fits-all (well, most) inner that simply slides in and out of whichever colour or style of handbag you wish to use that day or evening. You shove all your indispensible lady stuff in there, and there it stays without the need to drag it all out and swap everything from bag to bag. Brilliant? Yes.
I didn't like to suggest to my friend of course, that she probably had a helpful sales assistant to thank for the inspiration to purchase said ingenious Christmas gift. And of course, when you present your loved one with your ingenious, beautifully wrapped gift of choice, you'll be taking all the credit too.
That's what you paid for, right?
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- Add chord symbols and guitar fretboard diagrams by playing a MIDI keyboard or guitar
- Turn guitar tab into notation, and back again
- Take advantage of built-in smart tools to get great results without engraving or notation expertise
- Magnetic Layout prevents collisions and moves score elements into position automatically
- Dynamic Parts automatically update when you change your score
- Easily add lyrics, titles, text, and graphics
- Hear your compositions in amazing detail, thanks to the professional-quality sound library
- Expand your sonic palette with VST/AU virtual instruments or effects
- Unlock the full power of your 64-bit computer and directly address more than 4 GB of RAM
- Sync with other music software — such as Pro Tools —via ReWire
- Enjoy tons of sharing options — export scores as videos or audio files, publish directly to social media, publish online, email, print, create a PDF, and more
- Add Sibelius First scores to the Avid Scorch app (available on the App Store) and take your music anywhere on your iPad
- Windows 7(SP1 or later) Windows 8.1, or Windows 10, 64 Bit.
- 1 GB RAM (4 GB recommended for Sibelius First Sounds)
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When money is tight, many people seek relief through a 401(k) loan. While this may seem like a good idea, consider these questions before making a final decision:
Should you borrow from your 401(k)? Generally, not if you can help it. Have you exhausted all of your options? Is a 401(k) loan even allowed under your plan?
When it comes to 401(k) loans, this really should be one of your options of last resort. The last thing that you want to do is get in the habit of viewing your retirement account as your rainy day fund. If you compromise your retirement money to pay off your bills today, then what is going to be left to pay your bills in retirement?
I have heard all of the merits of why it is better to pay yourself interest instead of a bank. The cost of borrowing is the interest that you pay for the loan. The cost of the loan to your retirement is much more expensive, however, because borrowers often reduce their retirement contributions in order to pay back the loan. Five years of reduced contributions, employer matching contributions, and any corresponding earnings, can take a noticeable toll on your retirement.
How do you plan to use the proceeds? Some retirement plans are stringent and only allow you to borrow under very specific conditions such as college expenses or a first time home purchase. Other plans are more flexible. Regardless of whether the plan administrator asks you the hard questions, you should still ask. Life happens to everyone, and there are situations where the loans make sense.
However, if the loan is for something like a vacation of a lifetime, then think about it some more until you talk yourself out of it.
What few people realize is if they can afford to pay back a loan to their 401(k), then they can afford to pay for the expense themselves by setting aside money in a savings account. Doing so is easier than you may think, especially if your employer allows you to deposit your paycheck into multiple accounts. Commit to saving for the things you want to do without it being at the expense of your retirement.
If having it removed from your paycheck before you see it makes it easier for you to commit, then set it up. Many employers allow you to have your paycheck direct deposited into multiple accounts. You don't need a loan to force you to make payments. If you make paying yourself a priority and a habit, then you can avoid raiding your retirement reserves for anything other than retirement.
Are you happily married to your employer? I know this sounds like a weird question, but it is a legitimate one. Before pulling the trigger and applying for a loan, make sure that you are committed to that company (and they are reasonably committed to you) for at least another five years. As long as you make your agreed upon payments you'll remain in good standing with the plan. Once you are no longer employed with the company, however, the dynamics can change quickly. Many retirement plans require that borrowers repay all outstanding loans within 60 days of separating from that employer.
At that time, the plan treats the unpaid balance as a distribution. In that scenario, the money that you borrowed under favorable terms loses its appeal when you receive the 1099 for the defaulted loan balance and the tax bill that is sure to follow.
Making the decision to borrow from your 401(k) should not be taken lightly. After all, there is a fine line between borrowing from yourself and robbing yourself of your retirement.
Now, we want to hear your thoughts. Please leave your comment or question in the space provided below and share this article with your friends and family on Facebook and Twitter. Your comments or question could be chosen as our featured Money Question Monday and a phone call by financial expert Heather Wagenhals could dial your way to be live on the Unlock Your Wealth Radio Show.


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Project Info
Client Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention
Skills Custom theme, 3rd-party database integration, user role management
Website partnerbps.org
Project Description
PartnerBPS.org is a collaboration between Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention and Boston Public Schools. The website embeds data and forms from a Caspio database in a WordPress framework. The custom WordPress theme, developed from Underscores, coordinates login and role management between the external AIP/BPS database and the WordPress website database. As of December 2016 the website has registered over 880 Organizations working in schools, running 1000 different programs, across 5000 locations in the Boston Public School district. AIP is developing the system to be proposed for other school districts.


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JERUSALEM — Israel will not hand over any more West Bank towns to Palestinian control because militants are not being disarmed, the Israeli Security Cabinet decided Wednesday, despite a truce pledge to transfer five towns.
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz charged that the Palestinians are not fulfilling their commitment to collect weapons from militants in the two towns Israel transferred under terms of a Feb. 8 cease-fire. He was speaking at a meeting of Israel's security Cabinet.
Interior Minister Ophir Pines-Paz, who took part in the meeting, said the security body agreed with Mofaz's decision.
The step added tension to an already shaky atmosphere surrounding the truce, though it has led to a significant reduction in the violence that plagued the area for more than four years. Rebuffing Israeli and U.S. demands, the new Palestinian Preventive Security chief said Wednesday that he would not order the disarming of militants.
In the weeks after the truce was declared, Israel turned over control of Jericho and Tulkarem to Palestinian security, but held up turning over Bethlehem, Qalqiliya and Ramallah, charging Palestinian violations.
Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the Palestinian Authority was never formally notified of the Israeli freeze. "It's a very unfortunate approach and decision," he told The Associated Press.
In Gaza, meanwhile, the newly appointed Palestinian security chief in charge of reining in militants said Wednesday he has no plans to disarm them, but asked the armed groups not to flaunt their weapons.
Crackdown on crime awaits elections
Brig. Gen. Rashid Abu Shbak also said a long-promised crackdown on crime would only begin after local elections are held this week, to avoid allegations that the security services are trying to intimidate candidates or influence the voting.
Israel and the United States have repeatedly demanded that the Palestinian Authority dismantle the armed groups. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has avoided large-scale confrontation, opting instead for persuasion and compromise.
Israel and the United States urged the Palestinian Authority once again on Tuesday to dismantle militant groups.
Abu Shbak was unmoved.
"We are not going to have any confrontation with anyone," he told reporters. "We will not reach this point, and we will not allow anyone to bring us to this point."
He urged the Palestinian groups to act responsibly, cautioning that they could bring bloodshed upon the Palestinian people should they not.
Fear of bloodshed was also on Abbas' mind Tuesday when he attacked Israel for pressuring him to confront militants.
"Israelis want Palestinian blood to be spilled, and we don't accept that," the Palestinian government news agency, WAFA, quoted Abbas as saying. Still, he said, "the Palestinian Authority is acting to prevent chaos and a proliferation of guns on the streets and in public places."
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said Israel intends to hold on to major West Bank settlement blocs, and over the past year, has received backing on this from the United States.
With peacemaking at an impasse, Sharon has planned a unilateral evacuation of Israeli settlers and military from the Gaza Strip and four small northern West Bank settlements this summer.
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Super Single Moms
Around October/November of each year, we begin our campaign to solicit funds to help women and their families during the holidays. The fundraising campaign starts in November and ends in December and we accept nominees who are nominated as single moms and we give funds, gifts, and spiritual support to the winners that are chosen to receive this Super Single Mom honor during the Christmas holidays.
We also occasionally extend help to single mothers throughout the year to assist with other needs that could be a great benefit to a mom who is raising her children alone.
If you'd like more info about our outreach opportunities or want to become a part of Blossoming Vines Women's Network, please fill out the form on our BVM Network page and we will personally contact you!


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Now in its third year, American Farmland Trust's America's Favorite Farmers Markets contest continues to grow in popularity. The first year the contest was held, almost 30,000 people voted for their favorite market to take top honors. This year, more than 80,000 participated in the voting.
Here are the markets that won in each category.
- Boutique market: North Port Farmers & Craft Market, North Port, Fla.
- Small market: City of Rockford Farmers Market, Rockford, Mich.
- Medium market: Historic Lewes Farmers Market, Lewes, Del.
- Large market: Las Cruces Farmers & Crafts Market, Las Cruces, N.M.
Do you know where your favorite market came in? Mine, Collingswood Farmers Market in Collingswood, N.J., came in 10th in its category and first in the state.


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Princess Pea's Color & Sesh Hosted by CannaBus DC (DC) September 27 2018
Color and sesh with your very own Princess Pea.
This is a private event.
Come do all things coloring! There will be both adult and childrens coloring books/sheets as well as plain paper. All coloring supplies are provided but you are welcome to bring your own!
Pajamas welcome!
Inclusive event. LGBTQ friendly. 21+
Free entry, free snacks, and free vibes!


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All Roads Lead to Canada
Debaters: when home bias gives global exposure.
BY Scot Blythe | January 13, 2011
Canada is a small portion of global capital markets. Yet, Canadian securities have outperformed those of most other developed countries.
Reason enough to stay home? That's the current debate at CIR Debates Online.
But perhaps staying home is a misstatement. Under globalization, the world comes to Canada in manifold ways, says Bob Decker. "The lowering of information costs that modern transportation and communication has facilitated, has resulted in seamless financial integration, while at the same time arbitraging geographic valuation differentials and harmonizing business cycles across all jurisdictions," he argues.
As a result, "You want to invest in the emerging financial sectors of Latin America? Try Bank of Nova Scotia. Want to access the massive boom in infrastructure spending by surplus-laden emerging economies? Buy SNC Lavalin and Aecon. Want to explore for hydrocarbons in the energy-starved Asian market? Load up on Niko Resources, a $5-billion Calgary-based exploreco. The same can be said for information technology, mining, aerospace, transportation and the list goes on. Globalization has been a game changer."
Jonathan Jacob disagrees. Better to be there on the ground, where the action is. "The notion of a secular bull market in commodities as an underpinning of Canadian equity performance is attractive. But if the source of the commodity bull market is the growth of the middle class in China and India, shouldn't one prefer to invest in these economies directly? On the other hand, if the source is loose monetary policy in the United States, would we not want to invest in that economy and perhaps hedge the currency risk that will likely develop with such easy monetary policy?"
Debate moderator Philip Falls finds it hard to distinguish the two sides. "This debate is like arguing whether a zebra is black with white stripes or white with black stripes? As always, the truth lies in between. All I know is that it's a zebra."
Perhaps the truth lies in the currency arena, he suggests. "So, if currencies can be easily hedged, does it not become more of a debate about valuations, growth opportunities and profit margins rather than about a company's place of residence or investing globally versus domestically (at least with larger companies)? Are not companies becoming easier to compare?"
Ease of currency hedging, he thinks, would turn the debate into which company is the better pick, regardless of domicile.
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Survey says: Cellular!
ABI Research just released a new study reporting that the market for digital cellular transmission of alarm signals to central stations is expected to increase to 7.5 million in 2013. In 2007 digital cellular communication was at fewer than 2.5 million. That's three hundred percent growth in six years. Wow, integrators and manufacturers better be paying attention. The report cites the Feb. 18, 2008 AMPS sunset deadline as a significant driving force for the adoption of digital cellular communication (which, if you're reading this you certainly remember as the date that the FCC allowed cellular providers to discontinue the analog portion of their service). I think the adoption of cellular transmission is a given in this day and age, but that's just because I'm of the Millennium Generation and have owned a cell phone for a large part of my adult life. However, I realize there's a lot of hesitation and concern from security providers about the reliability of cellular networks, especially as primary communication methods. There's been more than one occasion when I've received the network-is-currently-busy-or-unavailable message from my cell phone carrier, so I think security providers are rightfully insecure. However, there isn't a lot of doubt in my mind that cellular communication will not only improve but will be largely accepted by the monitoring industry. That said, it's not always the cellular provider that lies the problem. During the whole AMPS scramble, I heard a lot of complaints (off the record, of course) directed toward manufacturers who were not releasing products in time to provide installers with a solution to replace AMPS units. But, I'm sure they're paying attention now.


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Registration Cost: $50
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The Fleet Feet WalkFit Program is designed to give a supportive and encouraging environment for those wanting to implement walking into their daily routine. This group includes knowledgeable and friendly direction, informative clinics, a FREE pedometer to count your steps, and more fun than any exercise program you've ever tried!
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Message From the Chair
The last twenty years have been difficult for our community, we have seen our culture, our sport and our pride ridiculed, diminished and severely restricted, largely in part of a misguided need to combat social issues that have little or nothing to do with us. These restrictions have proven to have little to no effect on the problems they were once thought to have solved and the tide is beginning to turn.
It is a legal privilege in Canada to own firearms. That is a fact. As an elite group of Canadians that have the right to enjoy that privilege we have a responsibility to ensure that we do all that we can to make sure that privilege is protected and continues to be an option for generations to come.
The firearms community is growing exponentially in Canada and this is a very positive sign – not only for our community itself but for the greater Canadian community. This sport/industry has a viable impact on our Canadian economy, our conservation efforts and is one that can be enjoyed by anyone at any age.
The Canadian Firearms Institute strives to strengthen the community from within by supporting our clubs, retailers, gunsmiths, hunters, trappers and all the different shooting disciplines as well as focusing advocacy efforts on increasing the positive public perception of who we are and what we do.
The success of these advocacy efforts can be seen in the recent changes of attitude towards us. New legislation are being proposed to lessen the impact of previous legislation which turned privileged community oriented individuals into federal criminals for paperwork infractions. Common sense attitudes towards balancing the need to control criminal behaviour and lessen the offensive restrictions placed on us as trustworthy Canadians are beginning to emerge politically and in the media.
We need to take a pro-active approach to capitalize on the changes and work diligently to ensure they continue. As Chairman of the Canadian Firearms Institute, I am honoured and proud to have a hand in making this happen and I ask you, as a proud member of our elite community to join with us in this effort.
We need your support to help make this happen.
Together we can make a difference. Together we can ensure that generations to come will be able to enjoy our sport, take part in celebrating our heritage and continue the legacy.
Michael N. Corson, Chair


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This 3 Body Binding service binds any spirits, entities, or spells of your choice to all 3 of your bodies!
Connect with all ancestors in your bloodline who reached Master status in their life of any Arts or trade. With their guidance you can develop and evolve in your own way with their similar or exact gifts. They will visit you through telepathy, visions and dreams as they guide you into achieving master status of your own in this life. Your ancestors are a priceless resource in your paranormal journey as they can help you to take short cuts and not have to make the same mistakes they did.
The Invigora Service provides a permanent enhancement to one very specific trait, characteristic, power, ability, talent or gift within any of your 3 bodies. This service is performed over a 38 day period and provides an unparalleled elevation in your supernatural power. You will experience a full-bodied evolution which pertains directly to your chosen trait, characteristic, gift, etc. We use a proprietary blend of spells which utilizes aspects of your gift, trait, etc as well as supernatural forces to enrich your specific area permanently. You will receive the details of what we are going to perform for you with the date of the service in your customer notes. For example, if you want help with Cleansing we would choose through the Invigora Ritual what is going to be bound for you... we may use Phoenix energy, Grecian Cleansing spells, etc. Your chosen area will be significantly invigorated and enhanced!
This service casts a spell which creates a soulmate connection between you and any living entity or spirit of your choice. Please put the spirit or entity's name in the Notes area. A soulmate connection spell is a great way to develop a true kinship between you and your companion. This does not necessarily mean a romantic relationship. You can create a true friendship soulmate connection that bonds you closely together based on all common factors you both share from this life and past lives.
You can create an unbreakable bond between you and someone else for any purpose. You can create an unbreakable bond of love, of psychic connection, of trust, of protection, of whatever you wish. You will need to leave a note with the person's information and what kind of bond you wish forged. This bond service creates a tie between the two of you in the name of that bond so that bond is intensified and shared between the two of you and cannot be broken by anyone using any form of magick.


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Organa Brands, a "national" brand of cannabis products, has succeeded in at least one regard this year: they got Forbes magazine to basically call them the greatest company in the history of marijuana. This sentiment is not expressed without some evidence to back it up.
The Forbes article reads: "This privately owned company is focused on achieving market domination before big tobacco or alcohol companies muscle in, and they are staking out their territory aggressively."
Here are the stats the article presents, and they are impressive:
- Organa's ubiquitous O.penVAPE has a nationwide market share of vape pens at 41.9%. That means nearly one out of every two hash pens getting vaped in this country are a variety of O.penVAPE.
- In a 12-month period from May 2016 to April 2017, $34 million in O.penVAPE products sold in dispensaries, more than four times as much as the next runner-up.
- Organa Brands owns businesses in California and California, and in addition owns stakes in in cannabis companies in nine other states. This makes them just about the closest thing to a national cannabis brand. They're also planning to expand into 7 more states by the end of 2018.
The secret sauce to their success, according to Forbes, is a tech startup mindset. A savvy marketing strategy separates them from many of their competitors. Whereas a lot of cannabis suppliers target marketing at events, Organa tries to target customers directly when they're buying the product, focusing on in-dispensary advertising. They also take time to educate bud tenders on their products and "incentivize… key dispensary workers to sell them."
Little shoutouts like comedian/actress Sarah Silverman using an O.penVAPE on the red carpet at the Oscar's doesn't hurt either.
The company started focusing in oil, preferring CO2 extraction over butane, and has used the popularity of concentrates to launch them into other realms of the cannabis market like edibles and cannabis-infused drinks. They even have their own packaging company, which helps them negotiate banking issues.
So, it looks like the limit for the company right now is about as high as a few rips of the O.penVAPE will get you.


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President Ronald Reagan announced a national holiday to celebrate ice cream back in 1984. His intention was to promote the economic well-being of the US Dairy Industry and he called on everyone to pay tribute to ice cream with "appropriate ceremonies and activities". To this day, National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in July, not only in the USA but also here in the UK. Needing no excuse, we raised a Geraldo's ice cream cone to celebrate!
Ice cream has certainly changed since 1984 with a rise of artisan producers and a growing range of amazing and unusual flavours. Our own brand of Geraldo's ice cream has been produced by Toni and Sweet Caroline for 11 years in the smallest production unit in Scotland (at the back of the shop). Named after Toni's late father, Geraldo's has won numerous awards for creative flavour combinations including gluten free options. Have a look at Toni's account of 'The Story of Geraldo's ice cream' for the inside scoop on how it all started.
Having worked with Italian MasterChef Antonio Losita last month, Toni has developed some fantastic new flavours, including Lemon Sorbet, Pear Cheesecake and Raffaello. Sweet Caroline, at 71 years, still makes most of the ice cream on-site. After 11 years of making Geraldo's ice cream, the busiest day ever was in June this year when Caroline made 180 litres of ice cream by hand from 10am until 11:30pm. At the end of that night, she was captured on camera dancing in the shop to Michael Jackson's, 'Don't Blame it on the Sunshine'. Proof, if any was needed, that happiness is ice cream.
Happy Ice Cream DAY!


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This project was done in the middle of 100 Days of Web Develpoment challenge.
Github Repo | Project 11: Awesome Checklist Checklist
The site is auto-deployed. Changing README.md will change the site.
- The website was published to internet. (2017-12-27 Wednesday)
- First pull (2017-12-31 Saturday)
- The GitHub repo ranks the 3rd on the GitHub Trend (2017-12-31 Sunday)
- Over 1000 stars (2018-01-02 Tuesday)
- Over 1500 stars (2018-01-08 Monday)
Support open source projects
2017-12-29 Friday
- Submit the GitHub link to Hacker News
- Announce on Twitter
2017-12-30 Saturday
When I waked up this morning, I was astonished at the number of stars on GitHub, over 300. This is the first repo I got over 30 stars. I guess this open source project can be considered as a hit.
During the day, I was so excited and checked the statistics several times per hour.
Around midnight, there are over 500 people who have starred the projects.
I am satisfied: 500 stars in one day.
2017-12-31 Sunday
Awesome Checklist Checklist is ranking No.3 on the GitHub trend today!
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Over 1000 stars!!
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At the front of our property is a footpath next to the road, this was one of the first things we noticed about the house when we came to view. The footpath is made of old tiles, not all are in good condition and the years of dirt are hiding some of the patterns, but today, I am going to try to revive them.
When we had the water connected we were asked if we wanted the meter outside, but this would've meant breaking more of the tiles, so we said no, I am hoping they will look great when cleaned up.
I am knelt with my scrubbing brush, bleach and buckets of water, the weather is not the best for doing this job, it is cold and trying to rain!
I keep going until the rain starts properly, most are cleaned up and it does look fantastic, it is a little thing, but it does make our house stand out a bit more and once we are finished, I just know it will be the prettiest house on the road.


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"D'Erzéiongs- a Familljenberodung" is a counseling service for children, youth and their parents. Every Wednesday they offer a parent-child group from 3.00 until 4.30 p.m. (Familljenatelier). This group is for parents (grandparents are also welcome) and their children from 0-4 years. The focus of the group is to have a nourishing playtime while playing together as a group and doing music activities, to get suggestions in educational questions and to have contact and exchange with other parents.
Luxmama Workshops
Luxmama club offers various workshops mums-to-be and young babies as well as mums-to-be and family events.
Initiativ Liewensufank
The aim of the Initiativ Liewensufank is to improve circumstances in which women give birth by providing prospective and new parents with information and support.It also offers activities for parents (prenatal classes – child birth and hypnobirthing), babies (baby massage) and small children (in German and in Luxembourgish).
Where: 20 rue de Contern, L-5955 Itzig
When: Various times – please see website for details
Age: mums-to-be; babies 1 month+
The Little Gym (in English, French)
The Little Gym® programmes are designed to introduce your child to physical activity in a fun and nurturing environment.
Bugs classes (4 to 9 months old babies) will be free until October 1st!
Where: Rue Pletzer, 5 L-8080 Bertrange
When: check the website
Age: 4 months – 12 years
Lions and Lambs (in English)
A loosely-structured Christian-themed playgroup and get-together run by the Anglican Church of Luxembourg. The group is open to people of all faiths and none. Kids sing some songs, listen to a story and do a craft before getting into free play and coffee. No cost (although regular participants are requested to bring one piece of fruit to share).
Where: Please contact organisers to rsvp and get address details.
When: Thursdays, 9.30 – 11am (Luxembourgish schools' term-time only)
Age: 0-4 years
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Fluoride Application Course
London Academy of Dental Nurse Training
Your Interest
This half day course will provide the practical and theoretical knowledge and skills needed in order for dental nurses to competently apply topical fluoride to adult and child patients with a prescription of a dentist.
Course Details
Fee: £95
Date: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Time: 5.00pm – 8.00pm
Location: The BDA
Course Objectives
- Clinical Patient Management
- Oral Disease
- Preventative Dentistry
- Types of Fluoride
- Importance of fluoride application
- RoC (Record of Competence) assessment
- And more!
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Show competence in the safe selection and dosage of topical fluoride
- Demonstrate knowledge of dental disease and the principles of prevention
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of topical fluoride application
Entry requirements
GDC Registration Number
This course will provide you with 3 verifiable CPD hours, certificates will be provided on the day.
Fees: £95pp
All courses are held in Central London locations
All our NEBDN Diploma in Dental Nursing courses are held at the prestigious BDA. The British Dental Association is the home of UK dentistry.
SmileWisdom has the privilege to be the only Dental Academy running The NEBDN Dental Nursing Diploma at The BDA.
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Friday, October 17, 2003
By-election successes
I am not going to make a habit of reporting local Council by-elections here, especially outside Wales. Those of you who are interested in Welsh Council by-elections can, of course, go to the Flashpoints section of this website where I have a table of all Welsh Principal Council by-elections since 1999. This will be updated shortly. The two by-elections in the North of England last night are worth recording. In both cases the Liberal Democrats have sent the BNP packing in areas where that party were starting to build a presence. In Mixenden, Halifax, Jennifer Pearson held the seat narrowly gained by her late husband a few months ago in a ward in which the BNP already have a Councillor. She increased the Liberal Democrat majority with 1210 votes against the BNP's 801 votes. Meanwhile, in the Lanehead ward of Burnley, a by-election caused by the resignation of a BNP Councillor, saw that party lose a seat for the first time. The Liberal Democrats polled 1070 votes, Labour were second with 464 votes and the BNP third with 357. A good night for democracy all round!
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Sutter has even hinted that he plans a five-year run for the series, with each of the five seasons mirroring the corresponding act in Hamlet. Consider that gang leader Clay (Ron Perlman) killed his friend and business partner before marrying that dead man's wife and raising the woman's troubled, haunted son (Jackson "Jax" Teller, played by Charlie Hunnam), and you'll see the clear connections to Claudius, Gertrude and their troubled son.
Why is it that I never learn about these shows until they're well into their run? 🙁 In this case we're talking about "Sons of Anarchy", the FX series about a motorcycle gang….errr, "club".
"When you look at the fifth act of Hamlet, nobody gets out of that mother alive."
Well put. Nobody tell him about Horatio and Fortinbras, let it be a surprise. http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/18/set-visit-sons-of-anarchy-revs-up-season-two/


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Brian Eckersley
Eckersley O'Callaghan , Director
Brian co-founded Eckersley O'Callaghan in 2004 and is responsible for the majority of the practice's UK projects. With almost 30 years as a structural engineer, he has extensive experience of many types of buildings and scales from historic refurbishment and rehabilitation through to large new-build schemes on greenfield sites and has been on the project team for numerous award and competition-winning schemes.
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The term "business plan" is casually bandied about like a hot potato in the studios of emerging fashion designers. Everyone knows you need one, but still, so few emerging design businesses take the time upfront to properly plan for their success. Success is very rarely accidental. Sure, we all benefit from some good luck from time to time, but real success can only come through hard work and good planning. For this, a business plan is critical.
So, what is a business plan for? Many people think that the primary purpose is to secure funding – i.e. loans from banks or cash from investors. And while this is certainly one important objective, it is not the most important one.
The truth is, the business plan is, above all else, for you: the person or people who will drive the business forward. It is the document that lays out your vision and objectives. It is your roadmap for how you think it should evolve and grow to achieve this vision. It contains the budget and projections for how your business will manage is finances and fund growth. It is the document that helps you decide what to do, and just as importantly, what not to do. It is a living, breathing document that you should use to measure your progress, while still being willing to adapt it to reflect new insights, unexpected competitive threats, and changes in your business environment. In short, it is like your company bible – except that this is a bible you can adapt as you go along.
You can also think about the business plan as a tool for communication. Anyone who has set up a new business knows that when you are looking for investors, employees, suppliers, office space, banking services, professional advisors and everything else that you need, you have to tell people about your business and its aims. When you have spent the necessary time in crafting a business plan, you will be able to more clearly articulate what your business is all about. This makes you seem more professional and organized and will enable you to attract the people, support, and money that your business needs to succeed. Going through the business planning process will enable you to distill your business down into a short "elevator pitch" of concise points that together provide a good understanding of your business aims in a short period of time. When people understand your business, they will know better if it is something in which they would like to be involved.
Now, if that all makes sense, what then do you need to include in a business plan? Essentially, it should address all of the constituent parts of your business starting from the broadest vision of the business right down to the most minute operational issues of job descriptions and work plans. The first thing to do is create an outline for all of the topics that need to be covered, and then for each of those topics jot down all the ideas and thoughts you already have. If you don't have a written plan already, then it's likely that much of your business plan is in your head and so you need to start getting your current thoughts out on paper in a structured way so that you can then go and revisit each of the topics in more detail.
A sample outline of a business plan for a fashion business might look as follows:
1. Executive Summary – This is something you do at the end, once the rest of your plan is fleshed out, It will quickly become the so-called "elevator pitch" for your company when you need to describe it in a short interaction. It only needs to be a few paragraphs long.
2. Vision and objectives – This section describe the vision of your business — essentially, why you set it up. What specific market need are you trying to fill? Which customer are you targeting and why?
The more specific you can be about these issues, the more compelling your business plan will be. If the reader (or listener) can really understand the market need you have identified, then they will be much more likely to buy into your overall business plan.
Understanding everything about your customer's lifestyle and preferences will make your job as designer and manager all the easier. You will not only know who you are designing for but also where they shop, what magazines they read and what influences their buying behaviour. All of this will feed into important decisions you make every day about how you design your collections, manage your business, and promote your brand.
3. Market and competitive landscape – This section describe the market you plan to operate in. What is the size of the market and how quickly is it growing? Who are the other players in this space?
To be clear, the market size you need to describe is not the size of the global market for clothing, but your estimate of the size of the specific market you have identified, in the geographies you are focusing on. Yes, this information can be hard to find, but you can take larger market size figures and estimate what share of the overall market your business is going after.
As for your competitors, the better you can describe and understand their products, their style and aesthetic, and their positioning and strategies, the better you will be able to shape your business to stand out from the pack.
In general, quickly growing markets of a good size with few competitors (or few strong competitors) are usually quite attractive. However, if you have identified a clear niche market that is currently -unfilled, then that can also be very compelling.
4. Implementation plan – This section clearly describes all of the resources you will need to make your business successful. How many staff will you need in which roles? What type and size of space will you need to design and sell your collection? What outside expertise may you require operating successfully?
An implementation plan, therefore, contains a detailed description of all of the operating requirements in your business including Design, Production, Sales, Marketing/PR, and Retail. You should have a detailed plan for each of these core steps including human resources, expertise, space, and timing. Thinking very clearly about the various roles and responsibilities that need to be filled will ensure that you find the right people to make things happen for you. In turn, attracting the right team will also make it easier to attract funding. Most investors invest in people and teams, not just ideas.
Without an implementation plan, your business plan can lack the concreteness and specificity required to convince people you can take your vision and make it a reality.
5. Financials – This section is absolutely critical to your plan as it will identify your projections for how the business will grow, in terms of both profits and revenues, and what financing you will need to make it happen.
An income statement uses carefully thought-out projections of how your business will grow at the top-line (i.e. sales and other revenues) and will also project the costs of delivering that growth, including the team and other resources you have identified in the implementation plan. This statement will then project profit, by taking projected revenues and subtracting projected costs.
However, the income statement does not tell you how much money you will need to raise as it does not reflect the timing of cash inflows and outflows. This is where the cash flow statement comes in.
The cash flow statement is one of the most important parts of your plan as it shows the peaks and troughs of your cash situation on a monthly basis and identifies what funding you will need to make it through the troughs. You can think of the cash flow statement as a monthly account of cash coming in and cash going out. The difference between these two figures is your funding need for that month – and you are better off knowing your funding needs in advance as opposed to finding out later when your bank account is empty and suppliers are asking for payment before they release your goods. This is particularly important in the fashion business where you incur many costs up front (designing, sampling, sales efforts) before any of your revenues even come in.
If you can, you should have a trained financial or accounting professional (a friend, family member or other contacts) to help you with this section. They will have the expertise to sense check your assumptions to ensure that they are sound and believable. It's better to have their input before you take your plan out to investors who will inevitably ask you the same probing questions and who will be looking for concrete answers.
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Once you have a plan in place, you will then be ready to start soliciting financing.
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Bud Light issues hilarious response to reported Masters 'Dilly Dilly' ban
The 2018 Masters is shaping up to be one for the books.
Ahead of the major, however, fans have been put on notice not to yell out certain catch phrases while watching the golfers at Augusta. One of the catch phrases that's reportedly been banned is Bud Light's "Dilly Dilly."
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Obviously with a score of 1-0, the story of this game was not the powerful offenses of both these teams. It came down to pitching, and that was just something that the Tigers did a bit better yesterday. Anibal Sanchez pitched 6 innings with 12 strikeouts, and he was removed with a no-hitter intact. If you are wondering why they took him out of the game, it's because he had 116 pitches and was clearly running out of gas.
On the other side, Jon Lester & Co. pitched phenomenally, too. In most games for the Red Sox this year, only allowing 1 run would almost guarantee a win, but they just could not figure out any of the Tigers pitching.
Sanchez, Al Alburquerque, Jose Veras, and Joaquin Benoit (Drew Smyly didn't have a strikeout) combined for 17 punch-outs all together, with 6 being the way of strikeouts looking. As I watched the game, I was also on Twitter, and my timeline was exploding with how "Joe West was killing the Red Sox" and "Joe West currently has a no-hitter."
At one point, Joe West was actually a trending topic. The Red Sox were arguing with him all game, and their fans were even more upset, so I decided to look into this a little bit, and see how outrageous his calls actually were.
Courtesy of Brooks Baseball, here is Joe West's strike zone from last night's game. First for left handers, then for right handers.
The red squares are pitches that he called strikes for Boston, and the red triangles mean the same for the Tigers. So to be clear, these are graphs from when each team was pitching, not hitting.
I was actually quite surprised by these two graphs, as I expected it to be much more skewed in favor of Detroit. That was not the case, obviously, but the one thing I can see is that on the left-handed chart, there is one strike call that went against them that definitely shouldn't have. That is the one that is the red triangle well below the zone, and if I had to bet, I would say that that was the 7th inning call on Jacoby Ellsbury that eventually led to him striking out.
One bad call is bound to happen every game, that's just the margin for human error that exists in baseball. But to say that the umpires cost the Red Sox this game would be ludicrous, as the zone was pretty much consistent for both teams the entire night.
You need to score runs (and get more than one hit) to win games, and that's just not what the Red Sox did last night. To their credit, they did make it an interesting game at the end, as they had a man in scoring position in the ninth. Their pitching showed that they could go toe-to-toe with the game's best, and it's safe to say that I'm looking forward to watching the rest of this series; it should really be some great baseball.
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Dianna is a young woman in her late 20's when she meets John, a man in his late 40's. They fall in love and marry. A central feature of their life plan is to have one child to fulfill her fervent lifelong dream of being a mother.
Not to be.
Not long into their marriage, Dianna discovers she has an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Hand in hand, they begin a 17 year spiritual journey into the nature of love and healing. Along the way, she discovers and fulfills her life purpose and, in the process, takes John by the hand, gently helping him to reveal, then fulfill, his own.
In the beginning, John, being much older, thought he would be her teacher but gradually discovers in the most important dimensions of life quite the opposite is true. With Dianna's guidance, he ultimately discovers we are all teachers, we are all students and we are all one.
Theirs is a story of courage, determination and a lightness of being, as they descend into the deepest valleys of crushing disappointment, pain and suffering only to rise again to ever higher peaks of appreciation, gratitude and love. Throughout it all, their journey is laced with light and laughter.
Even today, after her passing, they continue their relationship, piercing the Illusion that veils this reality, exploring its limits while continuing a spiritual journey without end.
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The next morning, I get up, leaving Dianna still asleep, and go into the kitchen to make coffee. My back is facing the hallway to the bedroom. Suddenly I feel her arms around me as she lays her head sideways against my back.
"I know what love is, John."
"You do?" I ask without turning toward her.
"Look at me," she says.
I turn around and look into her eyes. They look wet, but she's smiling. "Love is the way you are with me," she pauses, then, in a more perky tone of voice, "And the way I am with you, too."
Now I can't help it. I fall apart. She wraps her arms tight around me and I bury my head into her neck.
"It's going to be okay," she says.
"It is okay," she says, then adds, "More than okay."
John's wife, Dianna
After a minute, she steps back and looks at me with a smirk on her face. "Do you ever desire other women?"
I think about that minefield, but decide to go ahead anyway. "Of course. Once in awhile, I do. Some women are sexually attractive and, …and don't look wounded to me, I guess. Must be about a billion of 'em out there."
She smiles, gives me a little kiss on the cheek, then walks over to the dining room window and looks out over the lake. Finally, she says quietly, without looking at me, "Maybe one day, honey, you'll see we are all wounded."
I stop pouring water into the coffee pot in midstream, about to enlist my skills in mental masturbation, when she darts away to a different flower.
"Oh, honey, I think it's going to be a beautiful day today. In fact, I'm sure it is." She comes across the room and peeks over the bar. "Oh. Are you making coffee for me?"
"Everything is for you," I say with a smile.
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Mid-career he became interested in group dynamics, leading to another 20-year career in team building that took him across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Saudi Arabia.
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"As the original developer of the Mount Signal Solar Farm, we successfully built the 260 MW-dc Mount Signal 1 project, and brought it online in 2013. We are thrilled to bring Mount Signal 3 to fruition, which is the largest in 8minutenergy's history," said 8minutenergy CEO and Founder, Martin Hermann. "It's our mission to deliver abundant and affordable clean energy, and we are certainly doing that with Mount Signal 3. Through our rigorous project development approach, we are going to once again be delivering solar power at cost-competitive rates to fossil fuels."
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Kevin Sheedy is praying for a reprisal of the ruthless aggression shown by Greater Western Sydney last week, reminding the club he helped create that "nice teams come last".
One of the founding fathers of the Giants, Sheedy said he could not understand why it took the Giants so long to figure out that getting down and dirty, as they did last weekend against the Western Bulldogs, is the formula for success.
"It's about time they played bruising football," Sheedy said. "They've been running a lovely song and dance show for too long.
"It was great to see them play that way. But why it's taken that long is beyond me.
"The more they play that way they better they'll feel about how strong they can play, and I hope they don't stop, because nice teams come last in the AFL. If you play nice football, you'll get exterminated."
Sheedy paid tribute to milestone man Zac Williams and predicted the dashing half-back would become one of the most pivotal figures in the history of GWS.
Sheedy and Williams, who plays his 100th game against the Brisbane Lions on Saturday night, shared a special bond in the early years of the Giants – so much so that the 24-year-old was dubbed 'Zac Sheedy' by his teammates because of the way the coaching great had taken him under his wing.
Williams' background as a product of Narrandera who flirted with other codes during his junior years made him an important figurehead for the Giants, according to Sheedy, who said he often selected him to play during his two seasons as GWS coach ahead of more celebrated first-round draftees because of the significance of his back story.
"I thought it was really important to grow the kids out of NSW into the Giants fabric," Sheedy said. "Many kids who came from interstate have gone home but I don't think he will ever leave the Giants and it's critically important to the survival and building of the Giants that the kids from NSW never leave.
"He's a brilliant young player, one of the best players to have come out of NSW. The whole reason why the AFL is what it is is because we're finding wonderful talent now in the states north of the Murray."
Williams gave an emotional speech before Sheedy was elevated to legend status in the AFL Hall of Fame last year, crediting the four-time premiership coach with giving him the chance to live out his dreams.
Every club had overlooked Williams by the time he was picked up by GWS with one of the final selections in the 2012 rookie draft. Sheedy converted him into a half-back flanker and made it almost his personal mission to see him succeed.
"He probably played a little bit similar to myself but had more speed and flair," Sheedy said.
"We had many midfield picks from the draft from other interstate organisations and I thought, well, the best thing is to put this kid in the defence . . . throw him in there for his first 50 to 75 games and then we can bring him into the midfield and he can become a very, very powerful player.
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