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The United States workforce is represented by two separate, yet equally important groups: those who plan on keeping their job for the long haul, and those who are biding their time before becoming the Next Big Thing. These are stories from the second group.
Job: Doorman/bellman at Upper West Side hotel
Duration: 3 months
Year: 2005
Previous Entry
One assistant manager, who had a random European accent and seemed very much like he should be assistant managing a boutique hotel in NYC, asked to talk to me one day. At this time I generally gave no shits about my appearance, so my hair was the longest it's ever been. He said "Colin, we like to keep a certain image here at the hotel and your hair, it is not fitting. Could you keep it a little neater?" Basically Alan Tudyk's "tighten it up" speech from Knocked Up, but with a sleazier accent.
So I complied. I went to my normal place, which happened to be the barber shop in the subway at Columbus Circle, since closed. At this point I had only had my hair cut in subway barber shops in the city. There was a young guy working and I got in his chair, told him to cut it down to 1/2 an inch on the sides & back and a little longer on the top. He trimmed up the sides and without changing the clipper guard zipped right up to the top. "Uh..." I said, knowing we definitely just trampled all over the point of no return.
"Oh shit man, I'm sorry."
"May as well keep going. Just even it all out." He did, and that took quite a bit less time than my usual, though of course I probably could have done it myself and saved $12. If I didn't have the face of a boy and the skull of a baby left on a mountainside to die, I would've been cutting my own hair all along. But I still tipped him. Low-wage workers of the world unite.
So I went from this:
To this:
I showed up at work the next day to many surprised comments from my coworkers. The manager told me that I had not in fact needed to cut my hair and that the assistant manager was, how do you say, talking out of his ass. Karma came around when the assistant manager was fired for trying to seduce a front desk girl who was hired the same time as me, in one of the rooms. She quit shortly thereafter.
Colin Fisher is many things to many people, but mostly he's an actor and writer.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Hostage Crisis
My only company in the room is in a cage on the floor. One bare bulb casts harsh shadows across us. It's quiet. I hear murmurs from the street below; people on the busy sidewalk going about their evenings. They have no idea of the struggle happening here.
I sit across from the cage in the room's only chair, fully dressed in a coat, ready to go at a moment's notice. In five minutes, I will take my ward from his cage and try, once again, to get what I want out of him. This can all be over in an instant, but how can I explain that to someone who doesn't speak my language?
My partner walks into the room. I say "Can you keep an eye on him? I need to get a snack and hit the bathroom." It's been a long day. She nods. We have to maintain constant vigilance if we want to accomplish our goal here. We had no idea this is what we'd signed up for.
In the kitchen I think about what got me to this place. I'd read the books. I knew the principles behind the training. I felt confident. All that confidence can erode in a heartbeat when you face your target for the first time.
That's something you won't learn in a book.
I go back to the chair and switch out with my partner again. I have to be near the cage, but it's important to avoid eye contact. Developing sympathy for the target is the first step on the path to breaking down. I pick up my book and keep him in my eyeline as I read, watching for subtle signs that he's ready to try again. We're walking a fine line between taking him to the edge without pushing him over. We crossed that line yesterday and there was an...accident. We don't like accidents.
Finally I see him becoming restless. "Let's go," I shout to my partner in the kitchen. She gets what she needs as I take the target out of his cage and bind him. We lead him to the designated spot and start this process with which we've become so familiar now. He looks at us, pleading, shivering, but we return his look with uncompromising faces and demand that he follow orders. We just need him to give us this one thing and it will be like this never happened.
This goes on for the longest ten minutes of my life.
It appears this round was for nothing, just like the one before it. I'm about to take him back to his cage when he urinates on the ground. I look at my partner, shocked.
"Good potty Omar! Such a good potty!" We shower him with treats and affection. "Awesome. Let's go watch Saturday Night Live."
Colin Fisher is many things to many people, but mostly he's an actor and writer.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Movies I've Never Seen #5: R U Invited?
R U Invited?
In which I fully describe the plot of a movie I've never seen and know nothing about, based solely upon its Netflix picture.
The text-speak in the title is a dead giveaway to the plot of this romantic comedy. Hector is an up-and-coming [INSERT QUIRKY ROMANTIC COMEDY OCCUPATION HERE], but golly is he busy! He's been looking forward to this weekend, because it's his monthly super-hetero topless party with all his super-hetero friends. But to keep them exclusive, they send out a location via email the day before. Turns out, Hector has been so scattered at [QUIRKY OCCUPATION; MAYBE, LIKE, ARTISINAL CHEESE SCULPTOR OR SOMETHING], he totally deleted the location!
He spends one crazy night trying to chase down his friends, texting everyone he knows to get into the totally hetero and chill topless party with all his buddies. But rules are rules! Every time he texts one of his friends to get the location, the only response he receives is "R U INVITED?"
What starts out as a mad dash to find his bros and admire their oiled pecs in a totally no-homo way turns into a night that could change Hector's life. Who is the mysterious man who keeps showing up after Hector? Could this adorable girl Hector just met (played by Zooey Deschanel) be The One? Will Hector ever find his friends?
Now, you may be wondering where that tagline "Beauty Isn't Only Skin Deep" comes in. Turns out Hector was dreaming all along. In reality, he's in the year 2023, at a type of party that's all the rage now: Flesh Parties. Taking the adage "beauty isn't only skin deep" a little too far, and having seen one too many "It's Stefon!" reruns (the sitcom that started in 2013 featuring Bill Hader's "Stefon" character), the homosexual community in NYC has taken to flaying themselves to show off the quality of their musculature. Hector was in mid-flay and passed out from the pain. He then dreamed he was in a mediocre movie from 2006.
In a second twist, we learn that the Flesh Party is actually all in the mind of a young autistic boy named Tommy Westphall playing with a snowglobe. Technically, this puts Hector's Flesh Party in the same world as St. Elsewhere, Law and Order, and others.
In a third twist, M. Night Shyamalan is still making movies.
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After an overwhelming majority vote in the Washington State Senate earlier this month, business advocates this week are praising SB 5713 during it's first public testimony in the House. The bill would create a public-private matching grant program to expand outreach and recruitment efforts for state companies utilizing skilled worker training programs. Proponents argued that the measure would fill industry pipelines with entry-level workers in high-demand sectors, such as hospitality or construction, and increase awareness of career opportunities in these fields normally overshadowed by the traditional postsecondary degree path.
On March 6, the state Senate approved the bill in a 47-2 vote. Prime sponsor is State Sen. Guy Palumbo (D-1), and cosponsors include State Sens. Lynda Wilson (R-17), Hans Zeiger (R-25), and Curtis King (R-14). Lawmakers opposing the bill's passage were State Sens. Bob Hasegawa (D-11) and Maralyn Chase (D-32).
Increasing Awareness Of Middle-Skill Job Paths
During executive session, Palumbo and Wilson argued the measure would attract young Washingtonians into needed job slots, and better promote middle-wage job industries as viable career paths.
"This is an idea, a public-private partnership, basically to get kids mostly in the 19-25 year-old range into middle skill jobs," Palumbo said at a Tuesday, March 21 House Higher Education Committee public hearing. "We have lots and lots of jobs, especially in construction and hospitality, and we're not doing a very good job of getting kids into high-paying jobs, also maritime."
"This is just one more tool in the toolbox to make sure that they are aware," he added. "It's more of a marketing and outreach program than an apprenticeship or a pre-apprenticeship…to let those kids know that they have options."
Ranking Committee Member State Rep. Jeff Holy (R-6) also saw the measure as worthy of support. "You have apprenticeship programs out there for the several different trades, you have skill centers in the high schools that are bringing people up to speed for the specific trades…what you are proposing here is to all of the people out there that don't have that very linear direction in life or path picked for them."
"They don't know what they don't know," he added. "You are basically bringing this to the forefront so they understand what options are available to them."
SB 5713 would create the state's Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment, and Career Awareness Training Program, which would utilize private-public matching grants to expand hiring efforts for businesses in key industry fields. To be eligible, an employer must already offer a skilled worker training awareness program, such as apprenticeships, or be developing one. They also would have to detail how worker shortages would be addressed through the grant money.
K-12 is 'College Ready, Not Career-Ready'
Representatives from the hospitality and construction sectors testified on how the bill would improve their outreach efforts, and to raise awareness of the benefits of working those industry jobs.
"We are not asking you to fix our problem, we are just asking you to be part of the solution," David D'Hondt told committee members Tuesday. He is Executive Vice President of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Washington.
In a 2016 AGC of America study, 70 percent of Washington construction businesses reported having trouble recruiting workers into hourly craft jobs, such as pipe layers, equipment operators, or carpenters. This was higher than just over two-thirds of firms reporting the issue nationally.
"We believe that the K-12 emphasizes students to be college-ready, not career-ready," D'Hondt added. The bill "could bring awareness of good paying jobs or careers that they may not have discovered in high school. And as an industry, we are meeting the challenge of finding entry-level workers head-on, however we believe that it is good public policy to leverage public dollars with private dollars for outcome based results."
Better Recruiting Entry-Level Workers
For the industry, SB 5713 would also help cut back on costly outreach and recruitment attempts. Last year, AGC spent $22 million on workforce development efforts, according to D'Hondt.
"If this legislation would pass and should AGC be selected to receive an awareness grant, money from the grant will be used for recruitment for the entry-level craft workers and directed at 19-29 year olds that are unemployed or underemployed," he told the committee. "We will be able to target markets for priority hire and local hire areas and emphasize opportunities for minorities and women. These recruits will be directed to the BuildWashington website to learn more about career opportunities in construction and to sign up for a four-week awareness class."
That class would be offered four nights a week and culminate in a celebration event where employers can hire the program graduates, added D'Hondt.
Nancy Monro also agrees the bill would give her business a one-up for meeting worker shortages. She is Executive Manager for MidMountain Contractors, a Kirkland-based company specializing in civil utility and roadway construction projects, and the immediate past president of AGC of Washington.
"In the construction industry we are having a difficult time getting people interested…I know that the legislature spent large amounts of money on preparing and encouraging students to attend college, however the emphasis on Collegebound has meant fewer resources spent on the…high schools students that do not go on to earn post-secondary degree."
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters would use the money for reaching middle school students, according to Terry Tilton, Community Relations and lobbyist for the council.
"One of the things I see out of the potential grant process is for us to reach the middle school level…I think giving them that awareness whether it's the culinary world or the construction world but to reach down to those younger folks and those parents and teachers and counselors to say this is a viable path," she said.
The hospitality industry also vocalized strong support for the bill.
"One of the things that I see that is just so much of an opportunity here is the collective impact and public and private partnership," said Sandra Miller, Workforce Development Manager for the Washington Hospitality Association Education Foundation. "We employ 230,000 people in the state, so we hope to grow the number…workforce development is one of the top issues for our association's members and needs for people that are not part of the association, but are part of the industry."
SB 5713 was originally scheduled for possible executive session on Wednesday, March 22, but has since been rescheduled to next week.

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Field Trips
City Roots – Your In-Town Sustainable Farm
City Roots vision is to produce clean, healthy, sustainably grown products while enhancing and educating our community about the benefits of locally grown food, composting, vermicomposting and other environmentally friendly farming practices. City Roots is an organic farm and fish hatchery on a three acre former vacant lot conveniently located within the City of Columbia in the Rosewood neighborhood next to Owens Field Airport and recreational facilities. They are open Monday through Friday, 9am – 5pm. For more information visit www.cityroots.org or contact Eric McClam.
Lexington County Solid Waste Management
Lexington County Solid Waste Management offers a multi-faceted field trip that can be customized especially for your class! Offered at the Edmund facility off SC 302, your class can see a working recycling/municipal solid waste collection station, oil recycling operation, transfer station and landfill. Especially beneficial when paired with a field trip to Paper Stock Dealers/Sonoco, a working materials recovery facility! Presentations are also available for teachers, students and other groups. For more information, contact Jane Hiller.
Sonoco Recycling
Recycling conserves energy, protects natural resources, saves landfill space, reduces pollution and creates jobs in South Carolina. Tours are available at Sonoco Recycling in Columbia for students aged 4-104. See recycling in action, and learn about the wonderful products made from these recovered natural resources. Presentations are also available at schools for teachers and students. For more information, contact Jane Hiller.
Waste Management Landfill Tour
To tour the Waste Management Landfill on Screaming Eagle Road in Columbia, contact John Tilton at firstname.lastname@example.com or call his office: 803-419-2778 or mobile: 803-223-3235.


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Detox Juice Hysteria, Here is What I think!
DONT GO ON THE juice hysteria wave if you want to loose weight!!
Denmark have been going juice crazy in their kitchens, part of the new health wave. You are not trendy if you do not have a juicer, I have one haha ;).. I enjoy one fresh juice in the morning. But if you have to lose weight or just keep your weight it is not the best way to ONLY DRINK FRESH JUICE!. Loosing weight is all about eating less calories than you burn!! So think, what will fill your belly the most some chicken or a juice ?
What will fill you up?
No doubt – you get concentrated health filled with important vitamins and minerals in your fresh juice, that is why I drink one every morning. But if you drink juice all day long you will get a lot of calories in you, but feel like your stomach is empty, why? because all the fibers that fill you stomach up are not in the liquid juice but the firm part of the vegs and fruits and that is the part you throw out in the garbage when you make a juice, so you are basically torturing your stomach!
What will fill you up the most??? in one big glas of juice 400 ml will be approximately 250 calories. What do you think will satisfy your body the most, 400 ml juice or 750 g fruit and vegetables you will chew ?…
Eat your calories if you want to loose weight don't drink them – you will feel crazy amounts of hunger and you really don't need to suffer that much to lose weight. People think you need maximum amount of pain to lose weight – you DONT! Actually you don't need to feel hungry at all, you just need to eat the right things!! lean meat – chicken, turkey, fish and vegetables and a little bit of fruit! very simple – NO DAIRY- NO GLUTEN – NO SUGAR – NO ALCOHOL! Go easy on the salt as well, use other good spices for taste if you really want to be serious with your weight loss CUT THE SALT or use very little. Remember some good fats like olive oil, avocado and coconut oil. Yes you will have cravings, probably be missing your favorite chocolate or candy, but you won't be starving yourself like the ridiculous juice diets. Your body will chew normal food and therefore you will feel full. 😉


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The National Fraud Authority has launched a tendering process focused on women aged 56-plus. It is understood it is poised to pick an agency, which will begin work straight away.
A tender document seen by PRWeek reveals that the NFA is looking for 'innovative' work around a pilot campaign that 'results in demonstrable intent to change behaviour and attitudes towards fraud'.
The work will build on the 'Devil's in Your Details' campaign, which launched earlier this year. The campaign was aimed at those aged from 18 to 25 and 35 to 55, who are believed to regularly give out their personal information. It is a result of collaboration between the Government and leading players in the banking and telecoms industry.
The chosen agency will be expected to build on this campaign, with a focus on online behaviour. However, the remit is now being extended to focus on women over the age of 56 as well as those who support them, including carers and relatives with daily contact.
This will include a pilot community outreach programme focusing on areas with a high number of 'vulnerable individuals', including work around 'community touch points'. Such touch points, the document states, would revolve around 'ground level' work such as coffee mornings, with the success of the campaign to be evaluated before a possible roll-out more widely.
The Devil's in Your Details campaign also involved collaboration with the banking community, public sector, third sector and police.


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Before submitting my article, I always re-read everything that I wrote, of course. And when I read what I recently wrote, I felt like crying, I cried without tears actually (super dry eyes), because I remembered all my conversations with God. I was so touched and happy because I got to experience all those super beautiful encounter with Him. Super WOW! And then I realized that my eyes weren't really dry, there are no tears yet, but moist.. God is great!
Conversations with God
by Maria Kathrina Lopez Yarza
May 9, 2011
Like everyone else, I learned how to pray in my toddler years. I remember kneeling in front of my bed while putting my hands together in prayer position, just like what I would see in picture books and in kiddie shows. I prayed for simple things and prayed for everyone in the family.
In a high school retreat, the facilitator and my religion teacher Sr. Joyce taught us how to talk to God, by pretending that He was just beside us and we could just talk, ask and He would answer. We talked to Him just like how we talk to our friends. We were told to find our own spot in the retreat house and to bring along two chairs, one for ourselves and one for God.
I imagined that God was with me, and I talked to Him like someone who was really close and dear to me. The first thing that I said to Him was "Hi!" Of course He answered with a "Hello!" and that was the start of our conversation.
Sr. Joyce was right! God really does answer because every time I would ask Him something, the answers instantly pop up in my mind.
There was a time when I even asked Him, "Lord, are you really the one who has been giving me the thesis answers?" And then I thought to myself, "Of course. Who else would put those answers in my mind?", and that was God's answer to my question.
I remember having some family problems at that time and all I can remember now was how I felt after having confided in Him. It was a great feeling!
I found it effective and comforting that I have been using the method since then. I talk to God whenever I feel like it or I have something to say regardless of where I am.
Best of friends
When we spend a lot of times with someone and talk often, our relationship with that person will eventually become deeper and deeper. Constant communication strengthens relationships and creates positive bonds, and because of my long conversations with God, I feel like our relationship has become deeper and more meaningful. It seems like we are now the best of friends. I feel very at ease talking with Him that I could even tell him jokes. Yes, it is God who I am talking to, my friend who I can tell almost anything to.
Before my surgery last April 11, while waiting outside the operating room, I talked to God and told Him, "Lord, make this surgery a success so that a lot of people will be more aware of how great You are."
The moment I opened my eyes again, I saw my doctors and nurses wheeling me out of the operating room. It was like God woke me up and told me, "Everything is fine" because the next thing I did was thank my doctors though I did not know yet at that time what the outcome of the operation was, but I felt like it was a success, and it was! I did not feel a single pain nor any discomfort after the surgery. My head did not hurt. I did not feel dizziness. My head was not heavy and I did not vomit.
As I went through a fast recovery, I saw and felt the success of God's hands. The vision on my right eye improved! That eye used to be almost blind. It can only see a silhouette image. I cannot define colors and shapes. Now, I could do all those things even though images are still blurry due to the scarred cornea. I am also able to see in the dark now even with a minimal source of light. It is a big improvement compared to those times when I was not able to see anything during brownouts with mere candlelight aglow. It is amazing, isn't it?
On the weekend after the series of those amazing progress from my successful surgery and very quick recovery, my family, together with our relatives, had a thanksgiving dinner to thank the Lord for the amazing things He did for me. We gathered together to thank the Lord for everything He has done for our family. I happily told them how successful my surgery was and how it has been all worth it.
My grandmother and I shared our stories of how we talk to God. We all agreed that the success of my operation was undoubtedly God's doing.
Praying is talking to God. In order to talk to God effectively, doubt must be banished from the heart. Purity of purpose must reside in the heart. All things are possible with God. None is too small or too big for Him, and it is our faith that brings about the seemingly impossible to happen because prayers with faith move God to give answers, to show men how merciful, how compassionate, how powerful, and how generous and how loving a Father He is. Since God is omnipotent and omnipresent, we can talk to Him anywhere, everywhere, anytime, and every time. He has very good listening ears, hearing even the whispers of the heart, and the groaning of the Spirit within us.
Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, God wants us to talk to Him. But are we too busy in our daily lives to speak some words to Him? God reaches out and speaks to us in many various ways. But are we hearing them?
His Son Jesus taught us to "Pray unceasingly." And He said: "Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and the door will be opened." How true. When we ask, seek, and knock, it means we want an audience with God. It means we want a real relationship with God. And I believe a real relationship always starts with a good exchange of talk. That is how my real relationship with God started.
I praise and thank God now and for always.
The picture that I attached on the article is with my family (Lopez side). We may have different religions (Catholic, Methodist, Born Again, Iglesia ni Cristo) but what matters is we all believe and talk to the same God. I got this quote from Abhie (basta I remember this seeing in your fb wall, I just revised it a bit): "Our faith doesn't rely on what our religion is, but with what's in our hearts."
Add'l: The Lord is my friend and of course I still & always look up to Him as our Father & Creator. Forever. I beleive that if we are friends with our parents & family, our relationship would be deeper & we are more comfortable with telling them & talking about everything, right? I'm not saying that we should all be doing what I am doing; I am just sharing my encounters with Him & how those things happened.. :)


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Have you ever been to New Zealand before? If you are planning a vacation in the up and coming months, you may want to choose your vacation wisely. Instead of simply going on a sightseeing tour, you may want to experience something a little more exciting. There are so many places to see in New Zealand, locations with beautiful lakes, mountain ranges, and forests that extend for hundreds of miles. However, to truly experienced New Zealand, you need to consider adding one of the trips offered by Adventure Junkies to your list. Here is where you can find the best group adventure New Zealand has to offer from this well-known company that has tours on the South Island.
What Type Of Adventure Tour Are You Looking For?
If you're the type of person that is an adrenaline junkie, this is a company that can definitely accommodate your needs. It is a business that has provided thousands of tours for people all over the world, many of which come back multiple times. New Zealand is one of these places that you never get tired of because there is always something new to see. If you are searching for the best group adventure New Zealand has to offer, then you should consider a package called NZ Adrenalin.
Overview Of NZ Adrenalin
Though there are several other packages offered by this business that will be three or five days, if you want to see as much of New Zealand as possible, and experience pure adrenaline, this particular tour is an absolute must. This is going to start in Spencer Park, leading you to the aptly named Adrenalin Forest where you get to experience exciting and fast zip lines. The following day you will do great five white water rafting, taking you through McKenzie Country. Subsequent days will allow you to do Heli-Biking, skydive, and do exhilarating downhill mountain biking. You also get to do jet boating, and several other activities, all of which will get your adrenalin moving as fast as possible.
How To Contact This Company
If you are looking for a group adventure New Zealand package like this, or one of the others that they offer, simply go to their website and learn more about each one. Adventure Junkies is a business that is going to have an excursion that you will always remember because of how exciting they make all of these experiences. Even if you are not the type of person that is addicted to adrenalin, you may soon find yourself wanting more. All of the packages are designed to provide you with an affordable experience that will take you into some of the most beautiful areas of New Zealand.
To take advantage of one of these packages that this company has, give them a call, or schedule one on their website. This group adventure New Zealand company is always looking to provide the best possible experience for people coming to the country. It is a company that is well-known, prompting people from different countries to travel there regularly to experience vacations with adrenalin. Find out more today by visiting their website and schedule your vacation.


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I ran a series of screens across the banking industry on Monday afternoon. Second quarter earnings are all in as are the call reports filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The picture remains very much one of improving credit conditions, weak loan demand and compressed net interest margins.
There is no such thing as organic growth across most of the United States right now for the banking industry, and this will be one of the many factors that touches off a long term wave of consolidation across the industry.
I also checked the latest 13d and insider filings across the industry and found some interesting names being accumulated in the past few months. Insiders seem to believe that the conditions will continue to get better across the industry -- or perhaps that they will be able to sell at higher prices in a few years.
I found it interesting that many are willing to pay higher prices than I would pay for banks, and in many cases will pay a premium to book value. This tells me they believe they can grow the earnings and book value faster than investors and analysts think they can.
Not surprisingly the most optimistic bank insiders hail from my wife's hone state of Texas. The Texas economy has been on a roll while the rest of the country foundered. A lot of that has to do with oil and gas, but the business-friendly state also has strong financial, technology, defense and agricultural industries. Texas is one of the few states in the U.S. where the total jobs number is now higher than pre-crisis levels. The state's GDP is growing at about a 50% higher rate than the rest of the country.
Hilltop Holdings (HTH) is an old favorite stock that is seeing strong executive and director buying in recent weeks. I have owned this stock for about five years now, originally buying it when it was just a pile of cash and a small insurance back in 2008 and when it was a net-net stock. With Gerald Ford, the noted bank investor and turnaround artist controlling the company, there was little doubt in my mind that the cash would eventually be spent to buy a bank or two. And there was no doubt that money would be made over time. It has played out exactly that way and the shares have doubled during the time I have owned it.
Hilltop owns an insurance company and mortgage business in addition to the bank. They also own a significant stake in SWS Group (SWS), the Texas based financial services and brokerage firm located in Texas. Insiders apparently like the picture and have been heavy buyers of the stock in the past month, reaching into their pockets to buy $1.1 million worth of shares. The stock trades a pretty good premium to tangible book value. But the folks running the bank seem to believe that the book value and stock price will continue to rise in value for several years, at least.
Independent Bank (IBTX) just had its IPO back in April of this year. It is one of the few banks that has been able to come to the public markets in the past few years. The bank has 30 branches, located in the Dallas Fort Worth and Austin areas, and has been growing nicely. They just announced an acquisition of a smaller, competing institution that will enlarge its presence in the Dallas marketplace. That is the second announced acquisition by the bank since the IPO was completed.
The bank has focused on achieving growth while maintaining asset quality and it seem to be working. Nonperforming assets to total assets ratio is just 1.35% and a nonperforming loans to total loans ratio is only 0.40%. Total assets are growing at a 25% annualized rate awhile earnings have jumped by an average of 38% a year since 2010.
This performance is unfortunately reflected in the valuation as the shares trade at more than 2x tangible book value. While that might deter me, it has not stopped insiders as they started buying during the April IPO and haven't stopped since. In the past few months three insiders have opened their checkbooks and purchased more than $1.6 million worth of stock.
The odds are high that this bank will be able to continue to grow for some time due to the strong local economy in their two markets and to the smart acquisitions. Growth investors looking for bank exposure would be smart to look at this stock and consider joining the insiders. We value-type investors will just have to hope they have a short-term stumble, or that there is a market collapse that brings the stock down to our levels.
Texas has been doing well and it looks like it will prosper for some time to come. Its bankers certainly believe so.


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The violence claimed to be a response to a dodgy film about Muhammad, and political comments accompanying the violence, reveal a mountain of incomprehension:
- While many of us speak in post-Enlightenment language, others speak in pre-Enlightenment language.
- While many of us favour a post-Enlightenment world, others favour a pre-Enlightenment world.
- While many of us think the word "Enlightened" is a compliment, others think it is an insult.
Among the political comments:
Even during the protests, some stone throwers stressed that the clash was not Muslim against Christian. Instead, they suggested that the traditionalism of people of both faiths in the region conflicted with Western individualism and secularism.
This is not some sort of regional clash. This is a "Clash of Eras" – the 1st millennium CE (Islam) versus the 3rd millennium CE ("the West"). Islam has not undergone its own "Enlightenment", and in general appears unable to do so.
Islamic states are experiencing modernity being thrust upon them as a package: the global communication capability they want brings with it communications they don't want. This isn't their only conflict with modernity: those states have in the past been called a "science desert". There is sometimes suspicion that "Western-style" evidence-based reasoning is incompatible with their conviction that they are custodians of the final and eternal word of Allah. And one group claiming responsibility for some of the violence stated that democracy is incompatible with Islam, because only Allah can make laws.
Ahmed Shobaky, 42, a jeweler:
"When you hurt someone, you are just hurting one person. But when you insult a faith like that, you are insulting a whole nation that feels the pain."
Mr. Mohamed, a religious scholar:
"Our prophet is more dear to us than our family and our nation."
As with the previous quote above, this relegation of the individual is incompatible with Universal Human Rights, which is certainly a post-Enlightenment concept. Islam, identified by the Koran and Hadith, is incompatible with Universal Human Rights and incompatible with the 21st Century. It is clear and unambiguous that Islamic versions of "Human Rights" are really Shariah (Islamic Law) dressed up to resemble Human Rights.
Mohamed Sabry, 29, a sculptor and art teacher at a downtown cafe, said he saw a darker picture:
"To see the Islamic world in this condition of underdevelopment, this is a bigger insult to the prophet."
Earlier posts
- Dimensions of enlightenment
- The war for enlightenment
- Islam must be criticised until everyone treats it as a hobby
I've just had a shock: Tony Blair said something I agree with! (Here: scroll down):
I just see a region that is in the process of huge transition. There is essentially a struggle between the forces of modernisation, who want an open society, a properly functioning economy, who recognise the 21st century is the 21st century, and then those of reaction based on a perverted view of religion, that want to pull the whole thing backwards.
When you lift the lid off the repression what comes out are a whole lot of religious, ethnic, tribal influences that themselves have to be countered and moulded into something that is compatible with the modern world….
In the end we need both the leadership within those countries and within Islam to stand up and say 'look, there is a proper modern way of reconciling religious faith, democracy in society, and we need ourselves from the outside to engage with this process of change in a way that's constructive'.


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Hi, and a warm welcome to our new website! Fancy Dress Company started in September 2008 in a Market Stall in Wellington based on a project done at College. We started out with 1 stall and over the 4 years we were there expanded our retail space sixfold. Due to the huge demand of fancy dress and our competitive prices we were then able to expand to a High Street shop. In May 2011, we opened a shop in the Market Square in Wellington Town. In May 2014, the termination of our lease mean't the shop was no longer however it wasn't the end for us. We now operate in a large Warehouse which mean we now have the space and ability to buy in bigger quanities, therefore gaining bigger discounts and passing the savings onto you.
We dont feel the need to offer price promises because our belief is that if you have to offer it, then it was too expensive anyway. Our success is, because we offer fair prices from the offset, our customers come back time and time again.
On our website we have a ladies costume fancy dress area, mens costume fancy dress area and a childrens costume fancy dress area. Along with the 1,000s of costumes we have in stock we have 1,000s more fancy dress accessories to compliment any costume you choose. Even if we don't have the item in stock, we will try our hardest to find it, even if it is a competitors, because we also believe in excellent customer service. Our customers remember the good experiences in our shop, this is why they come back!
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Rolling Stone Country is offering an exclusive premiere of "Brother John," which features slide guitar by Jason Isbell, who also co-produced the track.
The album is largely inspired by Muscle Shoals, Ala. with its musical history of soulful music. Muscle Shoals also is the hometown of the SteelDrivers' lead vocalist and guitarist Gary Nichols, whose bandmates - fiddler and vocalist Tammy Rogers, banjoist Richard Bailey, mandolinist Brent Truitt and bassist and singer Mike Fleming - made the two-and-a-half hour trek from Nashville to Sheffield, Ala., to the NuttHouse Recording Studio to record 11 new original tunes, mostly written by Rogers and Nichols.
The music mixes soul, blues, bluegrass, R&B, country and rock. Isbell, Nichols' friend and musical compatriot since childhood, co-produced two of the 11 tracks and contributed slide guitar to two ("Brother John " and "Ashes of Yesterday").
Nichols wrote or co-wrote five of Shoals Recordings' songs, including the plaintive "Here She Goes," and the dark ballad "Brother John." Rogers has credits on five songs, including the waltz "Ashes of Yesterday" and the somber closer, "River Runs Red," a meditation on the Civil War. Richard Bailey composed the lone instrumental, "California Chainsaw." The one outlier on The Muscle Shoals Recordings is "Drinkin' Alone," a romp penned by Jay Knowles and former SteelDriver singer Chris Stapleton.


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Everything grows old
I can't believe that this song is twenty years old this year. TWENTY YEARS OLD. Can you imagine how old this makes me feel?
mp3: Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
It still sounds brilliant after all these years though. And it's still the song they close their gigs with. Speaking of which, here's a reminder of how [...]


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Pistol Pete Maravitch was a wildly popular, extremely talented basketball player. This short excerpt tells his story of success, but failure. He reached the heights of his sport, but was left unsatisfied in his personal life, until he finally found a saving faith in the Lord Jesus. It is a special story likely to trigger tears.Read More
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After much searching, the site of the Red Sea Crossing described in Scripture has been found. Chariot wheels and other debri consistent with the crossing and the drowning of the Egyptian army are found there.Read More
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The world's first Catholic-Jewish school campus has been opened in Scotland by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Bishop John Keenan.
"And I beheld, and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice: Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth....
[Apocalypse (Revelation) 8:13]
Monday, November 20, 2017
ONE WORLD RELIGION WATCH: World's first Catholic-Jewish school campus opened in Scotland
The world's first Catholic-Jewish school campus has been opened in Scotland by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Bishop John Keenan.
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I just can't figure out how anyone in their right mind could conceive of this having any chance of success. The Jewish kids will be taught that their predecessors crucified a madman, the Moslems will be taught that Jesus was a minor prophet and the Catholic kids will be taught to respect the beliefs of the infidels. Come graduation day, the Catholics and Jews will suffer jihad at the hands of the Moslems.ReplyDelete
The secularists are going to love this.Replies
well said carmellaDelete
The Novus Ordo Catholic Church is sure making things easy to bring about the One World Religion!ReplyDeleteReplies
novus orod isnt catholic:(Delete
Talk about consorting with the enemy !ReplyDeleteReplies
MAKES MY BLOOD BOILDelete
I can't believe this...Jewish - Catholic Curriculum ?? I don't think so.....How do they start the day...surely The SIGN OF THE CROSS would be OFFENSIVE to the Jews......ReplyDeleteReplies
EXACTLY BARRY! HOPE TO SEE U HERE DAILYDelete


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Webb Burmese Lamp, ca. 1890
This was from my parents' estate. After they passed away, my brothers and I kind of had a little Monopoly game, and I've always loved this piece, so I wanted to bring it down and find out a little bit more about it.
This is a junior kerosene lamp. This is Burmese. We're fairly familiar with Mount Washington Burmese, which was made in New England. Frederick Shirley of Mount Washington Glass invented Burmese glass in the United States. However, he saw the ability to make money on this glass and he gave licensing rights to a place in England called Webb.
So this is an English piece of Burmese. And it's the berry and leaf pattern. Frederick Shirley invented this in about 1886. It did go out of production circa 1900.
We're very fortunate to have an umbrella-shaped shade in perfect condition, and I'm going to set this over here.
All right.
And this base on the bottom, it's a very, very tough mark to see. This is the Webb circular mark. Then on the fixtures, the riser says "Made in Germany" and then it has "London" on it also. So one would presume that this was manufactured for export to London to be used for these lamps. And if you note the color in the shade, it goes from a salmon pink to a lemon yellow. And this particular lamp in today's market, at auction, I would say $4,000 to $5,000 for this lamp.
Oh, my gosh.
It's a wonderful Webb Burmese lamp, and I...
Well, thank you.
Thank you for bringing it.
Thank you, Kathy.
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After countless events in New York, London, and Milan, Fashion Month culminates with the grand finale of the Parisian shows and presentations. Whether you're previewing fall collections from the likes of Céline and Chanel or planning a dreamy, fromage-filled week exploring the city, you'll want a streamlined beauty routine that's inspired by the easy, au naturel aesthetic of the French. Here are the toiletry kit essentials to pack for Paris Fashion Week.
Like BB cream for your nails, this base coat does way more than just prep for polish. The strengthening formula brightens, fills ridges, and even hides imperfections with the sheerest hint of color—making it the perfect understatedly chic, nude shade when worn on its own.
Deborah Lippmann 'All About That Base' CC base coat ($20, net-a-porter.com)
Behind every great mascara is an amazing eyelash curler. This one from Kevyn Aucoin Beauty is easy to wield, gives natural curl rather than crimp, and has a bright red silicone pad so you can see exactly where to line it up on your lashes, thus minimizing any painful eyelid pinches.
Kevyn Aucoin Beauty eyelash curler ($21, shop.nordstrom.com)
Packaged in sleek, travel-friendly bottles showcasing the French fashion house's signature black-and-white, this skincare trio is specifically designed to pamper your complexion over the course of a week. Le Jour's jasmine and salicylic acid formula refines skin and tightens pores, La Nuit provides intense moisture overnight with hyaluronic acid, and Le Weekend soothes and clarifies with a rose water-glycolic acid blend.
Chanel 'Le Jour, La Nuit, Le Weekend' skincare ($98, chanel.com)
Despite the pretty pink hue, this ultra hydrating shea butter and castor seed oil lip balm goes on sheer with a hint of subtle shine, and is laced with the deliciously citrus-floral scent of jasmine and neroli.
Rodin 'Olio Lusso' lip balm ($34, beautyhabit.com)
Infuse your hotel room with one of Cire Trudon's luxurious home fragrances, available in chic, TSA-approved bronze atomizers. Our top pick: the earthy Spiritus Sancti, which blends notes of amber, leather, and lily of the valley—reminiscent of Notre Dame cathedral in winter (minus the tourists, of course).
Cire Trudon 'Spiritus Sancti' travel room spray ($78, candledelirium.com)
Youthful yet functional, these colorful bobby pins are an easy fix to a bad hair day. Use a couple to tame flyaways or a line up a color-coordinating row near the base of a low ponytail as a statement hair accessory.
Odeme bobbing pins ($8, ofakind.com)
A beauty pro staple, micellar water is a gentle yet incredibly effective makeup remover, cleanser, and skin refresher. Bioderma's version is scentless, contains soothing cucumber extract to soften and help clear skin, and is a French pharmacy must-buy.
Bioderma 'Sensibio H2O' cleanser ($13, beautylish.com)
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Ouai wave spray ($26, sephora.com)
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Nars 'Velvet Matte' skin tint broad spectrum SPF 30 ($44, narscosmetics.com)


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An erstwhile Pittsburgher has found himself on the wrong side of an ongoing lawsuit filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
One of the numerous crusades undertaken by PETA in recent years has been opposing animals performing in the circus. Part of PETA's protest has included infiltrating circuses and exposing what the group calls cruel treatment of animals, elephants in particular.
One circus -- the most well known -- has allegedly fought back. Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus is owned by Virginia-based Feld Entertainment, Inc. Beginning in the late 1980s, the PETA suit alleged, Feld Entertainment began using illegal methods of counter-surveillance on PETA, stealing files and information on donors.
Calls to Feld Entertainment were not returned by press time.
Around 1990, PETA charges, Feld Entertainment hired Steven Kendall of Pittsburgh as an undercover operative to infiltrate PETA and other animal-rights groups. PETA has been suing Feld Entertainment since 2001 on allegations relating to thefts of documents. Last month, a default judgment was entered against Kendall in Circuit Court of Fairfax, Va., after Kendall failed to appear at trial. The amount of damages Kendall will be liable to PETA for will be determined by the court in February.
Attempts to locate Kendall were unsuccessful. His former attorney, Philip H. Rubenstein, said that he didn't know where Kendall was, but that he wasn't in the Pittsburgh area any longer. County real-estate records show that the Pittsburgh home Kendall had been living in was sold in October of this year.
Kendall wrote a book, A Tiger Among the Jungle, published by on-demand printing house Trafford, about his experiences in counter-intelligence against animal-rights groups. A biography accompanying the book's description on Trafford's Web site says Kendall is a Mount Lebanon High School graduate. "His job," it says of Kendall, "entailed gathering evidence to prosecute animal and environmental activists involved in domestic terrorism, educating the public, and dealing with the media. Kendall refers to the role of the circus as 'Edutainment.' The role he played for Ringling Bros. Circus (Feld Entertainment) was to offset the propaganda aimed at the circus industry by animal activists. [...] He organized counter demonstrations nationwide under the umbrella group 'Putting People First.' Feld Entertainment was able to utilize this group to offset the animal activist protesters."
Philip Hirschkop, counsel to PETA, says the book is full of false statements, and that he sued Kendall in Virginia state court to have statements about him removed from the book. Kendall had the suit successfully moved to U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., but failed to appear at a Nov. 18 hearing for that suit. A default judgment was entered in that case as well. A hearing to determine the amount of damages is pending.


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There's An I.D. Card in Charlie's Pocket and other reasons why riding bikes with him isn't like riding with any other teenager
23 March 2014
It occurs to me that if you read only the most recent posts of this blog, you'd think Charlie does little other than ride his bike in sunny places in the Bay Area.
Charlie does ride his bike every day and Jim goes with him. Sunday, after sleeping in till 10.30am, Charlie called to get in the 'silver car,' with designs on going, as we had on Saturday, over the Bay Bridge. We decided to oblige and thence came Charlie's and Jim's first ride in San Francisco, from a parking lot beside the baseball stadium in China Basin, up through the Embarcadero and Fisherman's Wharf and onto Chrissy Field and nearing the Golden Gate Bridge (amid many tourists -- Charlie has gotten a lot of practice biking in crowds, thanks to rides on the West Side Highway in Manhattan, and wound his way amid them like a pro) and back again.
It was a tons of fun and a beautiful day and another great memory and the sort of things you wish could just go on forever.
Charlie is a great bike rider. But he can't ride on his own. Before every ride, Jim puts an I.D. card with ours and my parents' phone numbers on it and a simple statement about Charlie being autistic. He also has Charlie recite my cell number. It's all just in case but, you never know.
It's a project we haven't gotten at all too far with. Charlie needs to learn to bike with other people besides Jim.
They've had a few rides with others and Charlie does seem to enjoy the company. For someone else to be the one on the daily rides with Charlie is a much greater undertaking.
We took a first small step in the direction of this last Wednesday afternoon. A woman named Kristin from the Regional Center of the East Bay did intake on Charlie, to access him for services. Most of this happened while Charlie were out on their afterschool bike ride and involved her and me going over the form I had filled out (consulting Charlie's first-year calendar and the journal I kept -- I'm always glad I kept quite detailed records of Charlie from the very beginning).
She noted that the only document I'd supplied confirming Charlie's autistm diagnosis was an evaluation from the Child Development Center at the Minnepolis Children's Hospital in July of 1999. I said we didn't have anything more recent because, from then on, it had never been thought necessary to prove, or rather to re-prove, that Charlie is autistic. She assured me she could get this information from Charlie's New Jersey and California pediatricians and neurologists; I said I'd be glad to follow up with them too.
Charlie himself appeared at this point in the intake session and smiled at Kristin. It happened that Jim had left a bike glove in the garage. Charlie routinely puts all the gloves and helmets and such away after a ride and kept asking for 'orange glove' (it's really yellowish brown) and didn't let up his requests -- 'will this be an issue?' Kristin asked me and I, figuring it was as well for her to see Charlie as he is, said yes -- till he'd gone back to the garage with Jim and found the glove by a bike tire. Then he put everything away and readily assented to have his picture taken for his Regional Center file.
Among the services that we are seeking are an afterschool program, summer camp, and respite. I figure it's a bit early to say 'with a respite worker who can and likes riding bikes' -- in time.


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For extreme scrap quilters. See Etsy.com/Shop/KarenGriskaQuilts for fun quilt patterns.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Mayleen's Wonderful Selvage Spider Web Quilt!
Q is for Quilt blog recently made this wonderful selvage spider web quilt! It measures 88" x 103!" The gorgeous quilting was done by Jan Hutchinson, using a pattern by Angela Walters. Mayleen was inspired by Jacqui's selvage spider web quilt. See it on her blog Tall Grass Prairie Studio. Are these ladies awesome or what?
9 comments:
- Quiltalicious said...
just WOW... I'm impressed... it's lovely and the quilting is amazing.
- November 10, 2011 at 1:28 AM
- Mayleen said...
Just need to make a correction!
My machine quilter, Jan, did the machine quilting on my quilt using Angela Walter's quilting design. Both of them did a wonderful job - one for the design and the other for the quilting!
- November 10, 2011 at 7:08 AM
- Needled Mom said...
That is just gorgeous!
- November 10, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Mary said...
Great quilt. I love it. inspires me to get mine out and work on!
- November 10, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- susiloci said...
- November 10, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Kim said...
How very beautiful.......an heirloom for sure.
Happy Sewing
- November 10, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- L1s1s said...
I think that your jobs is very beautifull.
A greeting from Spain, my blog is http://dosfotografosenapuros.blogspot.com
- November 10, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Petruschka said...
It's great, I like it very much. I think I will finish mine as soon as possible. (Excuse my English, but I dont really speak English.)
- November 10, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Dinah said...
What an absolutely beautiful quilt! I love it!
- November 10, 2011 at 8:05 PM


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Creative Blog Article found online.
eclark1849 last edited by eclark1849
It's about two years old, but thought you guys might like to read this review of Poser 11 from Creative Bloq.
I found it while looking around for other Poser forums online.
Ladonna Poser Ambassadors last edited by
@eclark1849 Well, not really a great note for Poser 11. 4 from 10......
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@Ladonna Honestly, I don't actually disagree on a lot of the criticism. But I will say that Poser and SM have a bit of a conundrum on their hands. On one hand, SM and Poser have been trying to position the software as a more creative ('do it yourself") type of program. But DAZ, which basically owns the content marketplace, has positioned itself and DS to be a more "ready to render" source of content. Unfortunately, that tends to make Poser look harder to use by comparison and not quite ready for "primetime".
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@eclark1849 As you know, I use both. DS and Poser. Well Poser more often than DS and since Evolution is out, I don't touch DS anymore with Genesis.
DS is how you say, "ready to render" app, while Poser support more people who like to "find their way" by their own.
Both has their strength and weakness. DS lights as example are more easy to use and gives way better results than the lights from Poser, which I find honestly horrible.
The other hand, Poser gives me more freehand to create my stuff. The cloth room , material room, unbeatable in Poser vs DS.
The hair room could need an update, but with some effort you can create here some amazing results without extra costs.
And there is it, extra costs. DS is by any mean, not really free. All the Plug ins, morphs cost really heavy money.
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I would disagree with their criticism of the SuperFly renderer, its not slower than IRAY, in many cases is similar or faster than IRAY, agree IRAY have few more features but when is comes how both renders, they are similar
For many people or total beginners in Poser material room, its really daunting and confusing(wish they are saw earlier @bagginsbill FireFly shaders) but with Cycles you don't need to have so many shaders or
And 12 hours per render, not sure what CPU did they used etc but this I never saw in my renders, I render mostly with SuperFly and my renders are usually in 15-45 mins as max for interior renders, saw 2 hour max render which has been done with GTX Titan X and GTX780 but now my renders are lot faster as I think Cycles never been optimized for Maxwell GPUs
I still prefer to use Poser than DS, I use DS only for exporting Genesis and then rendering in Poser SuperFly
Tried like DS IRAY or Corona or Octane and if I could I would love to have Corona renderer in Poser which is fast renderer and have awesome features, Octane is not bad but still you need to have GPUs for rendering
Hope this helps
Thanks, Jura


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Cambodia opposition begins 3 days of protests
Thomas Maresca, Special for USA TODAY 7:42 p.m. EDT October 23, 2013
Thousands protest against longtime ruling party and disputed July election.
(Photo: Thomas Maresca for USA TODAY)
Cambodia National Rescue Party party leader Sam Rainsy, right, arrives at the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.(Photo: Thomas Maresca for USA TODAY)
Chanting "Change!" and wearing headbands with slogans such as "Where's My Vote?" and "Long Live Democracy," the marchers were led by opposition leader Sam Rainsy to the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
There they delivered boxes full of petitions carrying more than 2.3 million thumbprints of petitioners demanding an impartial investigation of the election.
Lima Orn, 34, a piano teacher in Phnom Penh, and his friends were handing out handmade stickers that said "Khmer (Cambodians) need to love Khmer. We need true justice and democracy."
"Don't cheat us," he said. "You cannot do this to our nation anymore."
Sieng Vam, a 28 year-old student came from Prey Veng province, about 80 miles away, to join the march.
"The CNRP is seeking the truth," he said. "There's no justice."
Protesters planned to deliver official petitions to several other foreign embassies over the next two days, including the U.S. Embassy.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Sean Macintosh said the embassy would follow its normal procedures in accepting the petition from the CNRP but it did not support one political party or candidate over another.
"The United States urges both parties to seek resolution of electoral disputes through peaceful dialogue that serves the best interests of the Cambodian people and promotes reforms," he said.
France, Australia and Japan have acknowledged the victory of CPP, which is led by strongman Hun Sen. But the USA and other European countries have withheld their congratulations. Since the July election, the CNRP has refused to take its seats in the government.
"Hun Sen presided over a fundamentally flawed election," said Brad Adams, Asia director of Human Rights Watch. "Democratic leaders should skip the congratulations and instead insist on an independent investigation into malfeasance at the polls."
Wednesday's protest was the third since the election. It went far better than the previous demonstrations. In September a protester was killed and several were injured in skirmishes with police.
While most observers agree there were serious improprieties in the election, not all are certain that an appeal to the international community will bring results.
"The world is going to work with the Hun Sen regime," said Carlyle Thayer, a Southeast Asia expert at the University of New South Wales in Canberra, Australia. "The most realistic thing is to … focus on real grievances — land seizures, abuses of power — and use these against the government in support of reform."
Despite solid economic growth in recent years, serious issues of corruption, land seizures and human rights violations have caused wide discontent. Cambodia ranked 157th out of 176 countries in the 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index.
Meach Sovannara, a parliamentary candidate and media director for the CNRP, said Wednesday's protest brought out 60,000 people.
"This is incredible," said Mu Sochua, CNRP leader who won a parliamentary seat in July. "We've opened a new page in the culture of Cambodia. Non-violence, treating people with respect.
"Here is hope, here is freedom. Everywhere else is darkness."


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In Boston�s eight preseason games, Jeff Green played the second-most minutes (to Rondo), averaged the second-most points (13.9, trailing only Pierce) and rebounds (4.9, behind rookie Jared Sullinger�s 7.0).
WALTHAM � As the end of practice petered out Wednesday at Celtics� training camp, Jeff Green was asked why he wanted to re-sign with the Celtics and resume a basketball career that nearly ended prematurely last fall.
�Turn the cameras right there,� Green said while extending his finger toward the court. �That guy right there, Rajon (Rondo). I wanted to play with him. He�s the best point guard in the league. I mean, who doesn�t want to play with a good point guard?�
The normally serene 6-foot-9 forward continued his answer with praise that went beyond the point-guard position. His excitement level only grew as he ticked off the names of one key Celtic after another.
�Then you�ve got guys in the locker room like KG (Kevin Garnett), Paul Pierce, and now with the addition of JT (Jason Terry), and Brandon [Bass] coming back, and you�ve got Courtney (Lee). I mean, we have a hell of a team,� he said. �Who doesn�t want to be a part of something special like this? We have a great opportunity to win a championship. I want to win, so this is a great chance for me to do that.��
What Green didn�t say was how important he�ll be as part of the mix for the 2013 Celtics. With the loss of Ray Allen to Miami, the Celtics have come back with a very different look this season. That look is personified by Green, who oozes versatility. In Boston�s eight preseason games, Green played the second-most minutes (to Rondo), averaged the second-most points (13.9, trailing only Pierce) and rebounds (4.9, behind rookie Jared Sullinger�s 7.0).
His performance was both a thrill and a relief to the Celtics. Only a year ago, Green�s season ended before it had a chance to begin. On the eve of training camp, doctors discovered an aortic aneurysm in Green�s heart. He had season-ending surgery that left his career in jeopardy.
�It�s a blessing to be back with the Celtics and back playing again because when I first was told that I was going to have to have the surgery, I didn�t think I was going to play again,� he said. �But I�ve worked hard and did everything the doctors told me to do. It�s a blessing.�
Asked whether he�s surprised that he�s returned to the court seemingly as good as ever, Green smiled and asked. �Am I supposed to say no? I�ve been working hard. I�ve put in the work and the results came. I was ready to play. I was prepared. I had eight months to do that. That�s the first time you guys have really seen me play. I�m just going out there and playing hard.�
The last time Green suited up for the Celtics, fans didn�t like what they saw. He had come to Boston from Oklahoma City in a late February 2011 trade for center Kendrick Perkins. Injuries and uneven playing time prevented him from fitting in with a veteran-dominated team that was rock-hard set in its ways. After averaging 15.2 points with the Thunder, Green managed only 9.8 with the Celtics. In nine playoff games, he saw only 19 minutes a game and contributed a mere 7.3 points and 2.7 rebounds.
�You have to (write that off),� he said. �I came into a situation where the team was already solid. They had been together for five years, so it was tough to come in and take my spot and know my role. It takes time with an organization like this with players like Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce and Rajon. It took time and (then) I had to sit out a year. That allowed me to sit back and watch and pinpoint where I can be on the floor with this team. Now I�m able to play again and I�m using the things that I saw and putting them together on the floor.�
Doc Rivers sees Green as a combo forward, one capable of spelling Paul Pierce or Brandon Bass or even starting. He can defend wing guards or any forward, and matching up with the 26-year old Georgetown product will be a major issue for opposing teams.
�He�s been great and he�s getting better every day,� Rivers said. �Our guys� confidence in him is skyrocketed from the beginning. They didn�t know, I didn�t know, what to expect. That�s been good.�
Green hung tight with the Celtics throughout most of last season but also spent time recuperating near his home in Maryland. By summer, he was cleared to play and eager to put his skills to the test.
�The first time I did play was pickup at Georgetown,� he said. �I think the first thing I told the players was, look, the first time I get the ball, I�m going to drive and I want you to hit me. I just wanted to get that feel. When I did, I got hit right in the area where I had the surgery and it didn�t affect me at all. That got me through the rest of the summer as far as my confidence.�
Green�s recovery coincided with the last year on his contract. Even so, the Celtics didn�t flinch and made him their most expensive (4 years, $36 million) free-agent pickup of the summer. Now they�re hoping to get their money�s worth.
�It made me appreciate the little things,� Green said at the start of training camp when asked what the last year has taught him. �When I had the surgery, I couldn�t move or turn left or right. It made me appreciate life itself and helped me open my eyes and realize that life is short. You have to enjoy every moment of it.�


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While it nods to Three Sisters and The Seagull among several other plays and stories, Donka is more than a mise-en-scène of Chekhov's works. Finzi Pasca's play places Chekhov on stage alongside his characters: we learn about his career as a doctor and his struggle with tuberculosis. Above all, Donka appears to engage Chekhov in a conversation on stage. Its stunning displays meditate on the same distinct experiences that fixated the author and occupy his stories. The marriage works remarkably well, as Donka's vignettes do unique service to Chekhov's unmistakable style—his love of detail, his frank portrayal of joy and despair. Many of Donka's scenes, including an acrobat spinning within a wheel across a cherry blossom-strewn stage, a life-size shadow play, and three smiling women trying to push each other off a trapeze, capture this Chekhovian aesthetic simply and powerfully.
(Perhaps my favourite vignette is a wintry scene where the actors skate across the stage and soar through the air, whooping and breaking balls of ice. As the music grows deafening, a spectator cannot help but be drawn completely into the clowns' wild exuberance.)
The play's vanishing point is Chekhov's death from tuberculosis in 1904. Several motifs—wisecracks about medicine and dissection; slapstick sneezes that seem to shoot out the clowns' brains—gain heavy significance as the play progresses; signature white costumes become progressively redder, as if flecked by the tubercular patient's coughs; eventually, a sickbed emerges onto the stage. But Donka's attitude at its end is more hopeful than dark, and the play revels in its spectacle even as it ponders death. An actor in red-and-white harlequin costume holds up empty snow-white boots, saying, "For us clowns, the soul is in the shoes. … We are all trying," she reminds us, "to sink deeper into our shoes." In these strange sentiments just as in its comic amusement, Donka captures Chekhov at his most life-affirming and spectacular.
Elsewhere in the play, the same clown clues us in on Donka's aesthetic project: she says, "Life should be represented neither as it is, nor as it should be, but as it appears in dreams." I will be dreaming of Donka for a very long time.
–Gavin McGown, CC'13


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#206 – Throwing Snow, Káryyn, Free Love, Ecko Bazz, Makaya McCraven
It may feel like we're playing everything from Uganda's Hakuna Kulala label, but we're cherry picking the best music from the uber prolific label. This week it's the exceptional face off of Kampalans Ecko Bazz and Bigga Yut trading verses over the production of Nihiloxica's pq.
Elsewhere there's new music from Throwing Snow's third LP, two batches of Polish experimentation, synth pop from Free Love's luxury hits, Finnish pop rock and lots more.
Ecko Bazz feat Bigga Yut – Tuli Banyo (prod. by pq) (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda)
Káryyn – Segment and the Line (Mute Records, UK)
Rättö ja Lehtisalo – Valonnopeus (Ektro Records, Finland)
Makaya McCraven – Young Genius (feat. Joel Ross) (International Anthem, USA)
Throwing Snow – Simmer (Houndstooth, UK)
WIDT x Christoph de Babalon – Awlatan (Bocian Records, Poland)
Jérôme Noetinger / Robert Piotrowicz / Anna Zaradny – The One Who Searches for Cracks (Musica Genera, Poland)
Jibóia – Diatessaron (Discrepant, UK)
Free Love – Tomorrow Could Be Heaven (Full Ashram, UK)
India Jordan – Rest (Lo Recordings, UK)
#192 – Tim Hecker, Mars89, Paul Frick, Sealionwoman
This week's show has a lot of psych in it. From the opening riffs of Japanese band Kikagaku Moyo through to metal psych of Kurokuma, there's a lot of tasty colours on show here. Also from Japan we have gqom-inspired bass music from Mars89, there's some detective jazz out of Salford with The Crime Scene Ensemble, stunning avant-garde folk from Sealionwoman, and a gorgeous ending from Alexander Tucker.
Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 – Gatherings (Guruguru Brain, Netherlands)
Tim Hecker – This Life (Kranky, USA)
Mars89 – Run To Mall (Bokeh Versions, UK)
Sealionwoman – Call (Antigen Records, UK)
Paul Frick – Great Song Title 9 (Apollo Records, UK)
Free Love – July (Full Ashram, UK)
Kurokuma – Dope Rider pt. 1 (Doom Stew Records, UK)
The Crime Scene Ensemble – Act 2, Scene 2: Harold's Diner; A 3.30am Special (Samarbeta, UK)
LWW – DTE (The Leaf Label, UK)
Alexander Tucker – Visiting Again (Thrill Jockey Records, USA)


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Cassel Sharpe knows he's been used as an assassin, but he's trying to put all that behind him. He's trying to be good, even though he grew up in a family of con artists and cheating comes as easily as breathing to him. He's trying to do the right thing, even though the girl he loves is inextricably connected with crime. And he's trying to convince himself that working for the Feds is smart, even though he's been raised to believe the government is the enemy.
But with a mother on the lam, the girl he loves about to take her place in the Mob, and new secrets coming to light, the line between what's right and what's wrong becomes increasingly blurred. When the Feds ask Cassel to do the one thing he said he would never do again, he needs to sort out what's a con and what's truth. In a dangerous game and with his life on the line, Cassel may have to make his biggest gamble yet—this time on love.
Holly Black? Check. Crime and crime families? Check. Magic? Check. Tons of romance, adventure, and angst? Check, check, and check.
I've always had a sentimental attachment to this series–I purchased the first book during my first Alpha and had it signed and doodled in by Ms. Black herself. On the way home, I ended up stranded in an airport for a few hours due to weather and devoured the entire book while I was waiting. I pre-ordered Red Glove and read it during spring 2011, while in the midst of some serious life changes, and it was my solace during that time. This book, which I'm assuming is the final installment, comes out exactly one day after my 19th birthday, and I simply can't wait to go back to Cassel's world of curses and crimes one last time.
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New Delhi, December 5, 2016: Time has many measures in this world. We have a global division of time where each country or continent has its own time schemes. One such time concept is the Hinduism's concept of time which can be defined in numerous ways and in different perspectives.
In the world, time is somewhere related to the existence of certain species and the number of species existing. However, the Padma Puran states that there are 8.4 billion species under which further bifurcations show, 900,000 aquatic life forms, 2,000,000 trees and plants life forms, 1,100,000 small insect life forms, 3,000,000 beasts and reptiles life forms and 400,000 mammalian life forms.
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For every particular species, duration of time or life stands on a different scale. The concept of time is relative. According to Hindu Mythology, the world of devas or celestials will be governed by different durations of time. Time does not just refer to what happens to the world which helps in the transition from morning to night. It refers to the journey till death. In a world of material existence, time or life span can be exceedingly short, merest fraction of a minute or a few years.
In this context, Hinduism posits time in a variety of ways. One familiar measurement of time is 'varsh' or year. Unlike the Georgian year which commences on January 1 and ends on December 31, the Hindu year commences in the month of Chaitra—usually around March. The lunar year is different from the solar year in this respect.
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It is usually a few days shorter than the solar year. As a result, there is an extra month, roughly every three and a half years, and this is known as the Adhik Mas. Hinduism classifies time into two categories, Uttarayana and Dakshinayana.
Uttarayana refers to the northern solstice. This period is propitious for most religious and auspicious events, activities and undertakings. When the sun is in Dakshinayan or the southern solstice, several auspicious actions such as murti installations, upanayana ceremonies are suspended.
Hinduism also uses other concepts to measure time, such as tithi, karana, yoga and nakshatra. For example, the Hindu lunar month is divided into two pakshas (fortnights). The bright fortnight is described as Shukla Paksha and the dark fortnight as Krishna Paksha. Each of these two pakshas or fortnights contains fifteen lunar days. However, the Hindu calendar is very different from the Lunar calendar. While all the days in the solar month routinely has twenty-four hours, the day or tithi in Hinduism has varying durations.
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A 'tithi' or lunar day can be for small durations of time or well over twenty-four hours in several instances. The tithi is not fixed for twenty-four hours. The tithi is of great consideration in identifying the various religious observances.
The tithis or dates play a very important role on religious fronts. Many of the religious observances are aligned to the tithi —Chaturthi (fourth lunar day) for the worship of Lord Ganesh, Ekadashi (eleventh lunar day) for the worship of Lord Vishnu, Ashtmi (eighth lunar day) for the worship of Devi (Divine Mother), Chaturdashi (fourteenth lunar day) for the worship of Shiva.
In all instances, the measurement of the time as well as the duration of the 'tithi' resolves around the start and end time of each tithi to determine the most appropriate day to observe each religious event.
Calculations of the start and end time of each tithi is very important. The tithis also give a partial knowledge of what activities can be undertaken on a particular tithi. Similarly, nakshatras also play a very important role as it holds a significant role. Each nakshatra is subdivided into four equal parts called 'charanas'.
Each charan is linked to the astrological conclusions that can be made for a person when the birth chart is drawn. Apart from tithis and nakshatras as units of time, yoga and karma are also important for different reasons in determining what can be done and what should be postponed. Thus, the concept of time remains an important and distinguished part of Hinduism.
– by Shambhavi Sinha of NewsGram. Twitter: @shambhavispeaks


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Press Release
June 13, 2014
Brooklyn-bound Cortelyou Rd Q Line Platform Re-opens
MTA NYC Transit announces the reopening of the newly refurbished southbound platform of the Cortelyou Road subway station on the Brighton Line in Brooklyn. Following a four-month closure, effective 5:00 a.m. Friday, June 13, the southbound platform will reopen to customers – a full week earlier than scheduled.
The Cortelyou Road southbound station platform was closed in February 2014, as part of a $3.2M component repair project, which also included repairs at the Beverly Road and Parkside Avenue Line stations. Improvements at all three stations include structural steel roof repairs, repairs to staircases, concrete repairs and painting. In addition, workers replaced the steel stairs at Beverley Road, repaired concrete columns at Parkside Avenue and steel columns at both Cortelyou Road and Beverley Road.
The newly refurbished south-bound platform at Beverly Road previously reopened to customers on Wednesday, June 4. We are still on schedule to reopen the Parkside Av station in the coming weeks. We appreciate the community's patience as we complete this important station renewal project.
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Hi All,
Im having a small issue with the Beta- PBX incoming calls. When I call the number I get User Busy and a Tone. I setup Outgoing in Interconnection, and can make outgoing call with the two extensions I created. I just cant figure out how to set the incoming? In the Interconnection / incoming I entered a number from my Voipo inventory, and have it pointed to an extension 101, but I cant get the incoming call working. I also seen in Account / Profile default route extension and have it set to point to the same 101 ext. In the monitor area I can see both desk phones registered, but in Agents its blank.
Can someone PLEASE help me out with this?
My setup
Ext 101 goes to a Grandstream GXP2110
Ext 102 gos to same make phone
Everything seems to work on the desk phone between both extensions. Calling, hold. I Just cant get the incoming calls to ring the phones or extension picked
Thank you for your time!


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Green-veined White Pieris napi
A delicate member of the White family, with variable markings and prominent underside veining. The larvae feed on many Cruficerae with a particular liking for Jack by the Hedge Alliaria, Horseradish Armoracia rusticana, Cresses and Mustards.
Very easy to breed. Several generations are possible in a season. The pupa hibernates. Keep the pupae cool or in the fridge until April. Lay them out to emerge in May and provide the adults with nectar flowers and stems of the foodplant on which to lay.
Harmless to garden plants (they prefer wild plants), this is a species you can breed to enhance the local countryside.


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