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The Home Inspection Process
Once you have an offer accepted on a home the clock starts ticking for the buyer to conduct all inspections desired in the due diligence phase. Typically, the inspection period is 10 days from date of contract acceptance. All inspections must be complete and a written request for repairs on the Arizona real estate form known as the BINSR (Buyer Inspection Notice Seller Response) within that 10 day period. You will want to select a licensed and certified home inspector. Your real estate agent will be able to make recommendations to you to conduct the general home inspection. In Arizona we also recommend a termite inspection as we do have issues with wood destroying insects here. Click here for more information about wood destroying insects such as termites.
What inspections do I need?
In addition to the general home and termite inspection you may want to further examine areas that become known in the home inspection. For example, if roof issues are found the general inspector may recommend that you have a full roof inspection done by a licensed roofing contract. If evidence of mold is discovered you will want to have a company that specializes in mold remediation to inspection thoroughly. Yes, we do live in the desert but we do have mold here too. Pipes break, dishwashers floor, heavy monsoons arrive in the summer and there are a number of ways mold can get into your home. If the AC is not testing properly you may want to have an HVAC specialist inspection done. Homes that have pools should have a pool inspection completed. The Arizona Buyer Advisory will provide resources for you to research other items that may be important to you. If noise is an issue drive by the home at various times of the day, talk to the neighbors and check to see if any airports are nearby. Check to see if sex offenders live in the area. If you are a foreigner you will want to know more about how FIRPTA may affect you when you sell the home. This advisory will give you many websites and resources to check anything that is important to you in the 10 day inspection process.
Seller Property Disclosure Statement & CLUE
Part of the home inspection process is obtaining the seller property disclosure statement (SPDS) that we in the industry refer to as "spuds". Although it is not required it is highly recommended that you receive a copy from the seller for at least as much information as they know. Sometimes the seller is the adult siblings of deceased parents and they may not know everything about the home but they can complete the form to the best of their ability. Sometimes an offer is made on a lender owned home where the lender requires waiver of the SPDS. That can be a dangerous situation. Although the lender did not live in the home, they do know some information about the home such as location, HOA fees and whether any repairs have been made while they have owned it. Often when a lender takes a home back it requires work. The lender may hire companies to replace carpet, appliances, counters, paint etc. If they discover something during that process and are requiring you to waive the SPDS they are asking you to give up information that could be very useful to you in making the home buying decision. Discuss this in detail with your buyer's agent before making any waivers. You will also receive a CLUE report (insurance claims history) for the most recent 5 year period or as long as the home has been owned if shorter than 5 years. If claims have been filed you will want to get as much information as you can. If the home flooded how was it repaired? Was mold an issue? If they had mold do they have a mold remediation certificate to provide?
Following the inspection process
Once all inspections have been completed, the SPDS and CLUE have been reviewed, the CC&R's reviewed (if the home has a homeowner association) then it is time to sit down with your agent to discuss what repairs you may want to ask the seller to correct. That will be done on the BINSR which will be given along with a copy of the inspection summary to the listing agent. The seller will have up to 5 days to respond to your request. They may repair all requested items or none. Or, they may repair some but not all. Once they respond in writing you will then have up to 5 additional days to accept their response or cancel the contract and receive your earnest money back. Normally, we advise buyers to ask for the major items or any safety/non-working or non-maintenance issues. Unless the home is brand new every home will have some general maintenance written into the inspection report. That is generally for the buyer's information down the road and not for the seller to fix. The buyer's agent will go over the inspection in detail with you and it is up to you to make the final decision on requested repairs.
Once that is complete the house moves to the next step. If you are financing the home it is typically the appraisal that comes next. If it is a cash sale the next step is reviewing the CC&R's if you haven't already, changing utilities to your name, filing address changes, lining up a moving company and working with the title company to sign necessary papers and wire funds for closing. Generally within two to three days prior to closing a final walk through will be done where you can examine the requested repairs and make sure they were done. The seller typically will provide receipts for those repairs for your records.
It can be a little overwhelming but a good real estate agent can walk you through every step of the process to make it as seamless as possible. The Kolb Team will be with you every step of the way. For more information on buying or selling a home in Chandler or Sun Lakes AZ contact us at 480-809-5759.
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REVIEW: 70009 Worriz' Combat Lair
Clone OPatra posted a topic in LEGO Action and Adventure ThemesWho let the wolves out? Were they ever in? These questions and more will get no follow-up in this new-fangled review of… Set Name: Worriz' Combat Lair Set #: 70009 Theme: Legends of Chima Pieces: 664 Minifigures: 6 Year of Release: 2013 Price at Release: USD 70, GBP 60, EUR 70 Bricklink it! Flickr album! INTRODUCTION Full frontal disclosure: I was never very excited about Chima and I'm not sad that it will no longer be with us. I like the minifigures for their parts, especially the feline faces which look great in a number of custom minifigure applications, but I never cared for the sets. The whole animal-look thing was an interesting concept, but more often than not it seemed to me that the animal-head ate up a ton of parts, leaving the rest of a model to be a bony, technic jumble. I'm mostly a playset kind of guy anyway; if I'm going to like a vehicle, it better have some meat on its bones. How, then, am I here right now, reviewing one of the largest purely-vehicular sets of this entire theme? Easy: sales. I'm a sucker for sales. I've since learned to curb my wallet a bit, but at 40% off the old me would've bought just about anything. Since I own the set, I thought I might as well go through in a detailed review and see if it meets my 'all Chima sets are a crappy bunch of technic with an animal head' expectations. INSTRUCTIONS Usually set artwork ranges from 'inoffensive' to 'quite good,' but I must say they were stretching here to make this set look exciting. They've placed most of the minifigures in physically impossible positions, including a couple of the wolves 'standing' on the truck. Do you see how, on the front booklet, one of the rotors on the helicopter is awkwardly behind those old gun-like pieces? It's like that on the box too. There's really nothing about this artwork that would make me want this set. Even though there are six complete sub models, the instruction booklets still break smack-dab in the middle. Right, makes sense. Remember the old days when LEGO would make awesome displays of whole themes placed together on built landscapes, and then photograph the setups for promotional materials? Actually they still do for City, so that's something, but not for their 'big bang tons of tie-in merchandise' theme Legends of Chima. Instead, we get this supremely cruddy photoshop job of a few sets together. My favorite thing (besides for the magically reversed image of the Lair) is Grizzam (the white gorilla) now swinging off to nowhere. In my head he's saying "F*** this battle, I'm out of here." LEGO's 2D backdrop artists are doing a great job, though. STICKERS Since I bought this set on-the-cheap and will surely break it down for parts, I did not apply stickers. These stickers do actually look pretty cool, and I'm sure would work well in a variety of sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, or other type of grungy setting. I didn't think they'd make or break the look of the set; pretty sure I can give it a fair review without them. INTERESTING PARTS This set does include a fair number of rare, interesting, or otherwise useful parts (for anyone that doesn't exclusively build bright fairy princess castles with studs purely on top). I went through and picked these out based on a combination of personal preference and what I thought other people like. There are a ton of SNOT pieces and tiles, which are always great, as well as a bunch of varieties of slopes. The dark red is in there just because it's cool and I like it. All-in-all, even at full price this set makes a decent parts pack provided you like this type of part. MINIFIGURES Finally, my favorite section!!!!!!!!!1 Like I said in the intro, I do like the Chimafigs. They are absolutely covered in finely detailed prints which inevitably get covered up by other things, so first I'll look at them all decked-out before closing in on the details. These minifigs get some pretty cool weapons - did you know that the trans-red serrated thingies the wolves have only come in this set (in that color)? That's pretty cool! The gun build for Windra, the wolf matriarch, looks great and its main component is quite rare in flat silver to boot! The good guy weapons look great too. I should also mention that the white, jagged cape on the wovles only comes in two sets (and on the SDCC exclusive Collector minifig). For those that cared about collecting the minifigures or cared about the characters, this set was a great way to get most of the wolf tribe. From left to right, you get Worriz (the young leader or something), Wilhurt (the brute-force muscle-man?), Windra (exclusive to this set and the real brains behind the tribe?), and Wakz (the old wizened military commander?). I've added the fifth member, Winzar, on the far right. I happened to have him from a polybag. I do appreciate how much the members of the wolf tribe vary. They fit together, for sure, but they all have distinct differences in their prints down to things like different sizes of teeth on their 'face-helmets.' They're a fun, rugged bunch. Back to just the minifigs in this set… they all have cool back prints too, though I don't think the fur-and-tail detail on Wakz is very successful. The armor plating on Worriz looks simply wonderful, and so useful for castle/fantasy. The daggers on Windra stand out as a fun detail too, making her seem very dangerous. I like the Chima 'face-helmets' for what they are, but what I really love about the Chimafigures is their head-prints. I was so surprised when the theme launched that LEGO had gone all-out on the head prints when the figs were intended to wear their helmets, but I love it. You might not think it, but the more humanoid faces look fantastic in a variety of headgear like hoods, helmets, and the like. My lion-headed green spacemen always bring a smile to my face. I don't care for the bird ones, so Eris' head does nothing for me. Worriz also looks a bit… strange. The other wolves and Grizzam could be quite useful, though. Truly surprising was the fact that not only did the Chimafigs have head prints, most of them had two! You don't want to mess with these wolves when they're angry - they look liable to literally bite your head off. Grizzam looks more like you made a bad play-on-words pun. Eris I screwed up, and put her 'angry' face in the previous picture and her 'happy' face in this picture. If you can tell the difference between the two, you win eternal happiness. THE SET - By Parts Though the set artwork might lead you to believe that the set contains just two models (big truck and copter), the box assures you that it splits into five. I count six. … Obi-Wan: From a certain point of view. … In any case, I'll go through them now in build order before looking at the result of their combination. Athletic Wheelchairs The build starts weak with these two, er, things, that are supposed to evoke wolf paws but to me evoke athletic wheelchairs. No matter their name, they don't look good. Had these been packaged as a set on their own, I believe they would have joined the 'awful tiny set' ranks occupied by the Spider-Trike and Mandarin's Flame-Thrower Lawn-Mower. You will notice the pieces usually used to attach wheels sticking out conspicuously on the back. These hint at a play feature that actually works quite well and is really fun. Bottom line: even though these models tend toward the 'garbage' side of things, they turn out ok in the context of the larger set. Wolficopter After a poor first showing, the build progresses into one of the best models: the copter. The overall shaping looks nice, with a touch of wolf nose on the front. It's not intended to have its rotor folded down when not on the truck, so I had to prop it up with a wolfy friend. Though the set uses a very limited color palette of just light bley, dark bley, black, and dark red (with smatterings of white and red), it still comes off looking a bit jumbled and colorful. I get that LEGO doesn't go for monochrome much, and it might make a set harder to build for the childrens, but eliminating black or one of the bleys would make this thing look much sleeker. Regular red really comes off as unnecessary here against the dark red, and the model would look much better with only the darker shade. What really makes the copter is the fact that the rotor incorporates well folded up and unfolds wonderfully with quite an impressive wingspan. Plus, wolfy is no longer needed with the rotor unfolded - the redistributed weight keeps it from falling back. I guess it's worth noting that in fantasy Chima land there's no need for such physics-necessitated things as tail rotors. But really I don't mind. I'll admit I've been making you wait for it - what REALLY sells the copter is that the rotor spins really, really well. Maybe it's the excessive wingspan, the way it's attached, or something else, but whatever it is this things spins amazingly and is therefore a ton of fun. Truck Flying swiftly along, we come to the beginnings of a larger part of the model: namely, the Wolfy truck part. This isn't the sort of build I enjoy. There's a lot of Technic, a strange slidey mechanism locked down by Technic and SNOT stuff, and a general sense of 'where the hell is this thing going.' The end of booklet 2 (and bag 3) leaves me with this: I wrongly believed that those black Technic beams will become some sort of play feature. They won't. Next comes the head. As usual with Chima, the head displays the wonders of modern, imaginative LEGO set design. Also as usual, there's a crap-ton of parts crammed into a relatively small space that do nothing for the model but look nice. So far, this truck meets my 'bunch of technic with a part-eating head' expectations. As far as the build goes, the instructions next have you make the little side equipment compartments, and then you move on to the prison attachment. However, I photographed the truck with the Wheelchairs already attached to the front, since it really looks a bit terrible without them (yes, I actually did the set a favor). With the Wheelchairs attached, the Wolf Truck really looks quite nice and menacing. Mean-looking head, big rough wheels, some kind of attack paws in the front - nice. You would not want to have this beast coming at you, staring you down. It looks really menacing and ready to flatten you into a road-kill pancake (presuming you're an animal, since everybody is an animal in Chimaland). It also looks fairly decent when viewed from the side, though it becomes apparent that the truck is pickup-style, given that there's not much of anything besides the head. Still, it works. I like the use of the Chi crystals as a sort of super-charged jet exhaust. Even though the whole truck gives off a 'big n tough' vibe, which would usually make it seem not so fast, these engines get you thinking about this thing tearing up some pristine landscapes and leaving them in dire need of new vegetation. But now we come to some issues. Let me pose the question - what does one want out of a truck? I'd say two things: rolling well and space to put minifigures to engage in roll-play. The wolf tribe gets only this as their base, after all, so they better get some room to have tactical meetings and strategize their hits against the meddling Lions, Eagles, Gorillas, and whoever else. ALAS, this truck is just a bunch of gappy technic and other structural stuff. There's no real place to pose minifigs at all. I understand that the helicopter needs a place to rest here (which I will show later on the completed set), but couldn't LEGO have achieved both? Couldn't the designer have filled in some of these spaces with a few plates and added some consoles at which the wolves could work? As it is, Worriz might fall through the cracks and end up roadkill himself. Onto more lameness, we get these storage units on each side that look nice but have very little function. The one that's left empty can't fit any of the weapons included in this set, and the other one has two saws, which I suppose are meant to be repair tools? "Oh hey, the engine broke." "Eh, just give it the ol' saw." Right. Despite its flaws, the wolf truck still makes it into my good book due to its very awesome playfeature (and its general good looks, which I've already mentioned). Seriously, shooting off those wheelchairs and knocking over minifigures doesn't get old. Plus, unlike with most of LEGO's shooters, these projectiles won't be lost very easily since they're so large. This one's a winner. Prison Pod We get a significant down-grade in build size with the next section: this prison pod. The parts use here veers into 'extravagant' territory - it really has more tiles and detailing than a prison pod needs. All those tiles certainly make it look quite nice, but with respect to the set I think the parts could have been better used making the truck less gappy. From a parts pack perspective… whatever, I'll be grateful for the tiles. Unlike the near-useless storage containers on the truck, this prison has plenty of room to do what it needs to do - namely, house prisoners. I even managed to fit Eris in there. Overall - job well done on the prison, LEGO. Cycle What? - you say! Cycles have their wheels facing the same direction as the driver! - Aha! Fooled you again, did I. This cycle can both incorporate into the larger vehicle, and pop off, having its wheels rotate to turn it into a cycle! Vehicles that can fold and be functional always get me. That's part of why I love the copter in this set, and why I loved that Shield car set. For you see, the wheels fold out to make a functional cycle. Just position the gun out a little bit for balance, and it even rolls fairly well and stays standing due to the width of the heavy-duty wheels. Simply put, I dig the look of this thing all around. The asymmetry really works for it; even the side with the technic parts exposed looks alright and I appreciate the tiling. The gun might be ridiculously huge and impractical, but the whole thing is fantastical, so I don't mind. The gun being attached by ball-joint gives it a superb range of motion and makes for fun scenarios like this - 'Ha, thought I couldn't shoot you over there? Guess again!' WHOLE SET Now that I've gone through everything separately, it's time to click everything together and see how the thing stacks up as a huge 'Combat Lair,' whatever the heck that means. I must start off by saying that in person I really don't care for it. All together, it looks like a big bland jumble that's too large and ugly. Some of my photographs make it look much better than it is - looking over my Flickr set, even I kind of like it. But I'll start with a picture that illustrates what you'd be looking at in real life: See? It's quite large, but has no substance. The colors all blend together and almost negate any detail, making even the good sections fade away into the mass. The engines that look cool on the truck part now presumably spit Chi exhaust right on the prison, and there are no additional engines on the back since that's where the cycle goes. The copter just sits on the thing with no attachment points, and it doesn't really integrate into the model. It looks much better on its own. Take the copter off, and the issues become even more apparent. There's just no substance here at all: no place to pose figures, no place for our wolf friends to relax on their ride, no meeting center. What kind of a mobile base is this? LEGO got 'mobile' down, but it seems they forgot the 'base.' Here's my best attempt at getting some roleplay going. I'm really reaching here. I know what some readers may be thinking. Essentially it's a big truck for kids. Isn't it awesome enough that the set makes one huge truck and splits into a bunch of vehicles? Can't kids roleplay with the minifigures on the floor next to the truck anyway? What's CloneyO griping about? Let me explain. Firstly I'm griping about the plain fact that the huge combined vehicle looks ugly. It's drab, it's full of holes. I appreciate aesthetics and have a feel for how I'd relate to a set were I a child, and this set would turn me off. It doesn't scream 'fun and excitement.' Further, even as a child I liked sets that have some interior. I liked trucks, but I wanted to put minifigures in them. The City line has a new Mobile Police Center all the time, and the fun there is having a full truck that also has a fun interior. What I expected out of a big, mobile base was some interior, and that's not what I got here. I got the Chima design brief of awesome animal head attached to gap-filled nonsense. But hey, these low-angle pictures make the thing look pretty decent: CONCLUSION The above picture shows what I like about the set (minus Grizzam - I like him too). Buuuuut wait, isn't that everything in the set? Yes, yes it is. Everything separately has merit. The Wolf Truck looks beastly and has a super-awesome play feature in the launching of the front claw wheelchairs. The copter has a rotor that spins like ace. The prison does what you want a prison to do and gets covered in lovely tiles. The cycle has a wonderful folding feature and an overall fun design. I indeed went about slamming the set as a whole; as one huge vehicle, it's a mess, no way to sugar coat that in my eyes. The basic Chima design principle of 'all look and no substance' gets put on display here in full effect. What's more, the color scheme involves too many colors and still results in a set that's drab and ugly. Yet I like the different components on their own, and the minifigures are a cool bunch for both collectors and customizers. They have neat weapons to boot. Ultimately, I don't much care for this set, but I enjoyed the experience of thinking about it. Chima's over, dead and gone, but with sets like this I can't help feeling that LEGO brought Chima's less-than-Ninjago performance on itself with sets like this. I simply can't see how this set would really appeal to children, being drab and lacking interior as it does. For adults, it's a reasonable parts pack, but not much else.


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REINIER PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, INC. AND NEPTUNE SHIP MANAGEMENT SVCS., PTE., LTD., Petitioners, v. CAPTAIN FRANCISCO B. GUEVARRA, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS HEIRS, Respondents.
Whereas, the aforecited provision applies in the matter of filing of pleadings in courts when the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which case, the filing of the said pleading on the next working day is deemed on time;nadcralavvonlinelawlibrary
Whereas, the question has been raised if the period is extended ipso jure to the next working day immediately following where the last day of the period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday so that when a motion for extension of time is filed, the period of extension is to be reckoned from the next working day and not from the original expiration of the period;nadcralavvonlinelawlibrary
NOW THEREFORE, the Court Resolves, for the guidance of the Bench and the Bar, to declare that Section 1, Rule 22 speaks only of "the last day of the period" so that when a party seeks an extension and the same is granted, the due date ceases to be the last day and hence, the provision no longer applies. Any extension of time to file the required pleading should therefore be counted from the expiration of the period regardless of the fact that said due date is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. (Emphasis supplied)


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Eden of the East left a mark on me when it hit our shores last year. The show was powerful with a thought-provoking plot, well-developed characters, and an open ending that really made you think. Ultimately I was satisfied and I'm not ashamed to admit that I power watched the entire eleven episode series the moment the first disc went into my DVD player. Now that some time has passed, FUNimation has released The King of Eden. Does this film add anything else to the series?
Eden of the East: The King of Eden is available in two formats: A two-disc DVD edition, or a three-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. After watching both versions of the film, I can definitely say the Blu-ray edition is the way to go. With that being said the bonus features and quality of the film are similar in both cases; you're just going to get better video and audio with the latter selection.
When The King of Eden picks up we get to see a very depressed Saki, going through the motions working at Eden of the East. It's clear to her friends that she is longing to find Takizawa, and that she's worried about him, but in the six months that he's gone missing there hasn't been much of a peep. Apparently since his request to become King, Juiz has erased his memory and given him a new identity as a Prime Minister's illegitimate son. He's also apparently living in New York City somewhere, and Saki has determined that it's up to her to find him and save him before some of the other Seleção take him out.
Upon arriving in New York, Saki is greeted to a rude awakening. Her suitcase has been stuffed with an armory's worth of guns and grenades, and in the confusing and panic her taxi cab driver winds up leaving with her purse and Takizawa's Noblesse Oblige phone. It's a similar circumstance to the events that set up her initial meeting with Takizawa, and in predictable fashion he soon finds her, despite suffering from amnesia.
As it turns out, Takizawa is being targeted by several other Seleção that are still in the game. They have recognized his attempts at becoming king to win the game, and have stepped up to either create a better idea, or to kill him in the process. Juiz remains impartial in the game and the Seleção use her resources to a great extent. Opposing Takizawa is a filmmaker-turned-savior who has some odd ideas about how things should go, another Noblesse user is attempting to exploit Takizawa's Air King notoriety, and Number 1 fires an end game volley of missiles towards the end of the film.
All told Eden of the East: The King of Eden is rather a riveting film. It's interesting, entertaining, and it compliments the series well. The only problem is that it's merely the first half of a larger finale. Paradise Lost simply isn't available here in the States yet, and that's kind of frustrating when taking this film into perspective. It's rather anti-climactic, and in many cases one could argue that it's a borderline pointless film. The series ended on a fine note that left things open, but definitely guided viewers in the right direction. Let's just hope this new storyline doesn't screw with what's been established too much.
If you were a fan of the series you'll want to pick this film up, since it's a nice continuation. Do keep in mind that it opens up a can of worms for those who were satisfied with the way things went in the eleven episode anime. These kinds of projects almost always have a way of ending on an unnecessary note. I'll reserve that judgment until the second half is release, but for now it's recommended.
Eden of the East: The King of Eden is presented on Blu-ray with its original 1.78:1 aspect ratio. With a full 1080p output and AVC-MPEG 4 encoding, the film looks utterly fantastic from an anime standpoint. The colors are bold and vibrant, lines are crisp and clean, and all in all there's really not a lot to gripe about. Some banding occurs here and there, but otherwise the image is free and clear. By comparison to the DVD the Blu-ray is definitely a step up, but since both editions are included here there's something for everyone.
The Blu-ray disc comes with English and Japanese Dolby TrueHD 5.1 tracks, and as one would expect they sound very good. There's some nice dynamism in the soundstage and the rear channels pick up with plenty of directionality. While it's not the most bombastic track out there, the subtle soundtrack and atmospheric noise added to the experience. Don't expect an action-packed romp through New York and you won't be disappointed. The DVD included here comes with English and Japanese 5.1 Dolby Digital tracks, in case you were interested. They too sound good, though they don't quite hold a candle to the TrueHD mixes.
Despite being a three disc collection the bonus features for this release are rather on the weak side. Some trailers, TV spots, and previews are included here. There is also a 2-hour refresher course version of the series for those who need to be brought up to speed before watching the film.
Ultimately King of Eden is very good, but it's incomplete. Do keep that in mind when picking this up, though that shouldn't deter fans of the franchise. This is a very good film that just unfortunately doesn't stand on its own two feet. The movie does some good things with the characters and the next installment promises a showdown between Takizawa and Number 1, so that should definitely be interesting. Recommended
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They're not setting the world on fire yet, but Christian-themed films produced by churches are getting better.
At least, that seems to be the trend if you've been following movies like "Facing the Giants" (2006) and "Fireproof" (2008). All were produced by Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., and each got a little better than the one before.
Now comes "To Save a Life," a movie about teen suicide and other contemporary problems for high-schoolers. It's produced by New Song Community Church in Oceanside, Calif., whose youth pastor, Jim Britts, wrote the screenplay.
The church's proximity to the epicenter of the movie industry means it was able to capitalize on nearby talent to direct, film and act. Production values are excellent. It's opening on about 440 screens nationwide today.
In "To Save a Life," basketball star Jake (Randy Wayne) has a pretty, popular girlfriend, Amy (Deja Kreutzberg). His friends love to do shots and play beer pong after the big game.
They are the cool kids. To be one of them, Jake had to ditch his uncool childhood best friend, Roger (Robert Bailey Jr.). But when Roger commits suicide, Jake hits a wall of doubt and guilt. He begins to question his choices. Still, changing his ways and looking out for lonely misfits could cost him his friends.
(It is cool to see films that speak kindly of faith and family based values being made. Now it is up to us who so often complain about the bad things to support these films and the people making them. It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Read more of the above story 'To Save A Life:' Christian film's messages valuable.)


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...that I posted a day or two ago. I guess not.
I'm feeling strong again. Will someone please remind me the next time I get all down on myself to see if it's that time of the month and just give myself a break if it is? I actually had a dear friend/sponsor tell me recently that she could not believe the difference in my personality when Aunt Flow is visiting. The way she described it is that under normal circumstances, I am a person who ACTS, whereas when I'm suffering from the hormonal surge that comes with my monthly visit, I am a person who REACTS. And not very well, at that.
Today was a wacky day. I woke up determined to enjoy my daughter's third birthday, but not with food. My two older daughters were home with me, actually. I sent the baby to school because she was having a big pizza party with all her friends and I figured I would just pick her up after her nap. Well my two older girls were being SUCH a pain that by 10 am, we were all screaming at each other. I called Tony in tears, because I could feel the stress getting to me, sending me into a binge, at worst a lazy, non-gym day, at best. Fortunately, I caught myself before any of that happened, and I actually ended up working out WITH my kids (I ran 2 miles at 6 mph) and then got to the gym later after my husband came home. I didn't do perfectly well at dinner, but I didn't have any cake and I offset any damage by going to bed with a cup of tea, nothing more.
I am just so grateful to have the willingness again to post, to visualize, to meditate, to workout, to eat healthy. Just make sure when I start acting like a hormonal beast in mid-October, someone will let me know!


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Even hitting your own child is an 'inhuman' behavior. It is not appropriate for any human being to hurt another human being in any ways. Verbal attack, physical attack and mental attack are also can be categorized under 'inhuman behavior' no human has right to hurt another, but compared to black magic, voodoo curse and cast spell the verbal, mental and physical attacks' are way better. For inhuman behaviors there is a solution called "Exorcism"
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I'd been seeing pictures of this naked guy for most of my life. Now I was finally in Florence and I figured it was time to see if the real thing measured up.
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For almost 375 years (1504 – 1873) years he stood outside in the Piazza della Signoria. Then he was moved inside to the Accademia di Belle Arti to protect him . . . personally I think it was to move him somewhere they could charge tourists to see him. I guess the Piazza was looking a little lonely, because a few years later, a replica was put in his place. That's right, a fake David replaced him.
I have a tendency to exhaust myself on vacation, I want to see and do EVERYTHING. So by the time I got to Florence, I had already seen Rome, Venice, Assisi, Siena, Pizza, a dozen smaller towns and enough of the stunning Italian countryside to make me dizzier than the Italian wine.
I gazed at the fake David in the Pisa, it's beautiful; I was tired and broke; for a moment I considered skipping the very long line and the very expensive ticket to the Accademia. I will never regret slogging my tired tourista butt over to the line and paying the exorbitant price to see a statue that was commissioned and carved to be on public (FREE) display.
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Friday Stuff: Black Friday, Black Heart:
1. So the Rude Pundit was sent to the store yesterday around noon to buy a new turkey baster, the old one having been used the night before for unholy things that rendered it unusable for basting food. He headed over to one of the many open stores, since holidays are really only for the bourgeois, and he passed by a Best Buy lined with gates, ready for the Black Friday mobs of consumers. And there, at noon on Thanksgiving, were already several people camped out to be first into the store. They had a card table. He drove away, wondering what it would be like by midnight.
This was the line outside an outlet mall in Michigan. That's 10,000 people waiting. At 2 a.m.
Those are the spending hordes at a Target in Chicago. Notice how happy they seem. Flat screen TVs are like down comforters for the soul.
This is a shopping American shown on Britain's Sky News. This is why they hate us.
2. Isn't there a point where, when you lie about factual information in order to defame someone, you're actually liable for, you know, defamation? Ann Coulter, being presumptively a lawyer in her pre-"Lemme-scam-the-rubes-into-thinking-I-am-a-crraazzy-bitch" days, ought to be aware of such things. In her latest "column" (if by "column," you mean, "a big, slow swallow of cold cow piss"), Coulter says of then Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius's response to a tornado that wiped out the town of Greensburg, KS, in May 2007, "[S]he had been partying at New Orleans' Jazzfest the day after the tornado hit." Which would really be an awful Bush-esque dereliction of duty, if it was true.
No, see, the "Sebelius partied" lie was put out by the Bush administration, speaking to columnist Bob Novak (currently starring in the hit game show in Hell titled, Whack This Pinata Made of Bob Novak's Nutsack), to cover up for the lack of National Guard equipment in Kansas. In fact, according to the Wichita Eagle newspaper, the tornado hit Friday night, when the Sebelius family was, indeed, in New Orleans, as they are every year for Jazz Fest, and she was back home by Saturday afternoon without having heard a single note.
So Coulter repeated a lie that had been shot down two years ago. To what purpose? To attack Sebelius for something she did as Secretary of HHS? You see, you might do that and then you'd be making a little sense but you wouldn't be Ann Coulter. She was making some point that Keith Olbermann was wrong about something. To do so by demonstrably, factually lying would seem to undermine, well, the entire goddamned thing. But, then again, facts are to Ann Coulter as mop water is to wicked witches.
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All the dictionaries in my house agree that aitch is correct. One authority, bearing the mighty imprimaturs of both Oxford University and the BBC, concedes that haitch is standard practice in Ireland but rules it out on this side of the water. Yet it seems to me, after listening closely over the past month or two, that haitch is on the march and aitch is on the retreat. Just as the pushy aggressive grey squirrel has almost extirpated the timorous red one, so muscular abrasive haitch may have done for poor gentle aitch before long.
Does that matter? Pronunciation, like all departments of language, evolves, and nowhere more so than when you deal with the letter H. In his excellent book The Adventure of English, Melvyn Bragg says there was once a primer called Poor Little H - Its Use and Abuse, which ran to 40 editions. There was a time when sounding the H at the start of some word like Hackney or Hammermith was taken to be the hallmark of education, while dropping it was the 'allmark of the unschooled. Yet even among those who prided themselves on knowing how to talk proper, the correct use of H was debatable. It's customary still to drop the H at the start of words such as honour and hour, and to prefix them with an "an"; a precious few still do the same with hotel. But standard versions of the Bible preface a whole range of words, from habitation, half and hand to husband, hymn and hypocrite, with "an" rather than "a", suggesting that the dropping of H once habitually happened too.
For centuries most people spoke as they pleased. The 18th century, lusting for standardisation, put a stop to all that. Among the first to lay down rules of what should and should not be done were two Scots, James Buchanan and William Johnston, and the playwright Sheridan, who was Irish. It was standard then to leave the L silent in words such as falter and vault, while failing to sound the R in a word such as lord or the H in a word such as while was reprehensible. One authority contended that only the Irish would rhyme great with state rather than seat, while another ordained with equal vehemence that only the Irish would rhyme it with seat.
So would the supplanting of "aitch" by "haitch" really matter? In general, I'm against those who seek to steamroller diversity out of the language, but oddly enough I think it might. The way a word begins helps define the image of what it portrays. That's why so many words of abuse begin with a B, and why a word such as spit sounds so repelling - as in Auden's threat to those who might be tempted to trespass into his private domain: "I have no gun, but I can spit."
Aitch suggests something amenable, affable, amicable, where haitch is harder, harsher, more hostile. Aitch P Sauce, I think, may be expected to seep more gently and co-operatively out of the bottle than the possibly balky and truculent Haitch P Sauce. Haitch G Wells sounds to me a more aggressive man, and writer, than Aitch G Wells. An Aitch R Aitch might be expected to proffer a limp regal handshake, where Haitch R Haitch sounds more apt for trouble in nightclubs and service in Iraq. Likewise I'd expect a more compassionate welcome from the N Aitch S than I would from the N Haitch S - a form that sounds the more unsettling because it also suggests the word "hitch".
It's notable, though, that even aggressive haitchers will still use the gentler form when it's a middle initial. A former nurse, from Wiltshire, not Ireland, to whom I was talking this week, though in all other senses a committed haitcher, referred throughout to the N Aitch S - or rather, as we all tend to do, to the N A Chess. Long may this reassuring practice continue.
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Business litigation can have a significant impact on the consumer, in the form of higher costs in order to offset the expense of litigating and any potential adverse consequences. For example, take the Georgia hotel and occupancy tax.
Online travel companies have long been battling over the amount the companies are required to pay. The dispute has been brewing since at least 2003 and spilled over into business litigation. In a lawsuit involving the cities of Columbus and Atlanta, a judge sided with the cities. Now, a class action lawsuit surrounding the same issues on behalf of many Georgia cities and counties is currently pending in federal court.
In an example provided by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a hotel room in Atlanta costs $100 per night, and the city has an agreement with an online travel company for $60 nightly. Online companies have been paying the city's 7 percent occupancy tax based on the $60 it pays to the city, while the city argues it should pay on the $100 charged to the consumer.
The recent case was decided in favor of the tax collector, and at least in Columbus and Atlanta, the tax must now be paid on the full amount. The online travel companies reacted by omitting Columbus from its database, instead referring online shoppers to hotels in nearby locations. They have lobbied for legislative intervention as well.
Senate Bill 244 is currently pending before the Georgia General Assembly. Its proponents point to the recent court actions, arguing the consumer is the one getting hurt. The cities strongly oppose the legislation, and the battle continues. Based on the current Georgia court ruling, Atlanta is seeking to collect almost $4 million in back taxes from the online companies, dating back to 2003.
At a time when the economy is hanging in the balance, these cases merit special consideration. The goal is to seek a result that will generate the most business, and also allowing those working toward that end to earn a fair wage. While it remains to be seen what the outcome of this business litigation dispute will be, the hope is that it will be one to spur growth and create jobs.
Source: The Atlanta Journal Constitution, "After losing in courts, online travel companies try state Legislature," Bill Rankin, Aug. 22, 2011


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As per Binance press release, the hackers were able to obtain users API keys, 2 Factor Authentification codes, and potentially other info. The hackers used several different approaches from phishing to viruses to breach Binance security.
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Currently, deposits and withdrawals are on hold as Binance asks for their customers understanding and promise to reimburse them for their stolen Bitcoin.
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By KHRISNA RUSSELL
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THE government is still in good faith talks with the principals of Oban Energies over a proposed oil refinery in Grand Bahama and such discussions will continue until the Heads of Agreement can be amended to the satisfaction of the Minnis administration.
Labour Minister Dion Foulkes said this much yesterday, but would not reveal whether there was anything alarming in the draft technical report he received from a government appointed technical advisory committee. He said the final document is taking longer than he anticipated.
Mr Foulkes, who co-chairs the Cabinet subcommittee and this technical advisory group, told reporters outside of Cabinet yesterday Oban officials remained committed to the $5.5bn project.
However, he said, he did not want to get into specifics about the group's funding and other matters at this point, adding his only mandate was to revise the Heads of Agreement to improve the environmental protection and to improve the economic benefits to the Bahamas.
"We are still awaiting the technical report from the Oban technical advisory committee. It's taking a little longer than I had anticipated," he said, "I have received a draft. It's a fairly comprehensive document but I've still not received the final document."
Asked if there was anything alarming in the draft report he said: "I prefer to have an opportunity to present it to Cabinet for my colleagues to take a look at first and get Cabinet directions as to how to proceed."
Mr Foulkes said he could not say if this would happen by the time the House of Assembly convenes on September 19 after its summer break.
Of funding concerns, he told reporters: "I prefer not to get into that at this point. Our main focus and my mandate as chairman of the Oban committee is to revise the Heads of Agreement to improve the environmental protection and to improve the economic benefits to the Bahamas."
He also responded to assertions the government could be stepping away from the deal considering its controversial nature.
"We are in talks in good faith with the principals of Oban and we intend to remain in talks with them.
"If we can amend the Heads of Agreement to the satisfaction of the government then that would be the best outcome.
"They have agreed to enter talks pursuant to the terms of the agreement, which makes provision for amendments to the Heads of Agreement," he added.
Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell last month told The Tribune even if the government does manage to sign a new Heads of Agreement with the developer, the hard reality is the deal is "dead on arrival".
He said it can go nowhere, claiming Grand Bahamians did not support the $5.5bn proposed oil refinery and storage facility.
"I understand that they are working to get a new deal together and they will keep up appearances," Mr Mitchell said previously. "They will make all the noises and soundings. Perhaps they might even sign a new deal but the hard, cold reality is the deal is dead on arrival. It can go nowhere. Their own people in Grand Bahama don't support it."
Asked his views on the government's communication strategy regarding the controversial deal, Mr Mitchell said the PLP suspected the government's strategy was "don't ask, don't tell" with the hopes that it goes away and dies a quiet death.
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Porcupine 1 year, 10 months ago
The most sensible thing humanity can do at present is to divest from oil. What sensible person could say otherwise?
TalRussell 1 year, 10 months ago
And, you 91,409 comrades voting red shirts 10 May, 2017 - wait it, then you can plead 5th.... never saw OBAN 3 coming, { How could you possibly make up that none 91,409 comrade red shirts shall be compelled in any OBAN 1, 2 nor 3 case to be a witness against how voted 10 May, 2017 }.
birdiestrachan 1 year, 10 months ago
doc and his crew all ready signed the contract. the real one and the ceremonial one where Dames was front and center. OBAN has a deal Beach property for a cold bowl 0f porridge they are the winners. No VAT, No Duty. the Bahamas and its people are
the losers. OBAN will not give back what the FNM Government has given to them. Those who wright of PLP failed policies will have many books to wright of FNM failed policies.


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From Leander Paes the tennis player, to Leander Paes the actor it's been an amazing journey of learning and understanding of the film business for Lee
All set to see the Box Office result of his debut film, Leander says that he's ready to take the bouquets and brickbats head on. "I respect the visibility that the big screen gives. I understand that the number of people I can touch and motivate is multiple folds as an actor than as a tennis player," says Lee. In a candid chat with CS, Leander speaks about making this transition:
No stress!
Starting from scratch for tennis was scary. This is not scary because there's no stress. Now I'm a world class accomplished professional in one department. When I was a kid, I had to earn my dal chawal. Now today if it's not this film, then there will be a next and a next after that. I'm coming to this business as a lambi race ka ghoda. There are two things at play here. The first is the Box Office reaction. The other is the transition and creation of Leander into an actor.
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I've been very blessed to have parents like I do. I have a young daughter who loves me immensely. To them, I have a responsibility to live my life purely. I'm also very fortunate that my first career as an athlete has garnered so much respect. When you look at a few of us — whether it's Sachin Tendulkar, Vishawanathan Anand, or myself the three of us are in a bit of a league of our own. The fact that we all started about the same time in the late 80s and early 90s, the fact that we excelled to that level in our world professions and the fact that we're still continuing at our age, is something that has earned us so much reverence. So now I can come into a creative line and take my risks. I'm very happy to accept the brickbats and appreciation straight on. My ranking in the world changes every Monday, now my ranking as an actor will change every Friday.
Sporty leanings
The first offer I ever got for a film was in 1996. I had just come back from winning the Olympic medal and two days after returning, I was offered a film to play the lead in a rags-to-riches story of a lower middleclass boy, who climbs the ladder of life to play for his flag and eventually wins a medal at Olympics. Since then, I have been offered to act in the Hindi version of Tin Cup and The Natural and many others. I'm open to any genre of films, but the only criteria is that it has to challenge me as an actor.
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Oman Air will start its new daily flight between Muscat and Manchesterfrom May 1, 2017; the latest move in the airline's ambitious and dynamic programme of fleet and network expansion.
The daily service from Oman Air will be operated by an A330 -200 and is in addition to the double daily flight from London Heathrow, making Manchester the only airport outside of London to have direct flights to Muscat.
The 7.5 hour flight will depart Muscat International Airport at 1400 and arrive Manchester at 1905.
Paul Gregorowitsch, Chief Executive Officer of Oman Air said: "This is an incredibly exciting expansion in the UK, allowingour gueststo enjoy the convenience of flying direct from Oman to the north of England and also the opportunity to connect with Oman Air's global network. It demonstrates our commitment to developing Oman Air's global network and in particular catering for the growing demand for our award winning product and inflight service."
This service will cater to the 22 million people in the Manchester catchment area who will be impressed by Oman Air's fantastic on-board product and will take advantage of the direct route to Oman as well as extensive onward connections available from Muscat.
In the last few years Oman has been generating a lot of noise in the tourism sector with a 17.7% increase in visitor numbers since 2014 to just under 5 million globally, with the UK & Ireland contributing 150,000 visitors in 2015. With considerable investment in new hotels, not to mention the conference, meetings, exhibitions and incentive market and the increasing airlift into Muscat from the UK, these figures are expected to grow.


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What Are the Most Popular Street Names in Louisiana?
Doesn't every town have a 1st Street? You would think so, but the numbers don't add up. The Washington Post actually compiled a list of every street in America, and found that there are really only a limited number of names for them. There's a Park Street or a Park Avenue or a Park Boulevard in just about every town.
But the weirdest thing you find is that numbered streets aren't uniform. For instance, the Post says there are 8,232 2nd Streets across American towns and cities. But there are only 8,151 1st Streets. That means 81 cities across the country have a 2nd Street but no 1st Street. That is messed up, yo.
Here's the list of the Top 10 most popular street names in America:
- Park: 9,640 cities
- 2nd / Second: 82,32
- Oak: 8,191
- 1st / First: 8,151
- 3rd / Third: 7,748
- Maple: 7,608
- Pine: 7,013
- 4th / Fourth: 6,914
- Cedar: 6,805
- Main: 6,472
But when you get to Louisiana, things change up a bit. Here's Louisiana's Top 10. It should be noted that Lake Charles has every one of these. In some cases, we have several -- like Magnolia Street, Magnolia Lane and Magnolia Drive. (And Magnolia Ridge Drive.)
- Magnolia: 175
- Oak: 174
- 3rd / Third: 155
- 2nd / Second: 153
- Pine: 153
- Main: 144
- 6th / Sixth: 143
- Park: 143
- Cypress: 138
- 1st / First: 135
Here in Louisiana, the numbered streets are even weirder. There are 18 towns and cities that have a 2nd Street but no 1st Street. Wow.


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Since 1865. Ready in 10 minutes. Bertolli has been at the heart of Italian cooking and eating for over 135 years. Since it began in Lucca, Tuscany in 1865, Bertolli has been producing premium quality food with passion and care. Awaken your palate. Penne pasta, succulent shrimp, tomatoes, asparagus and roasted red bell peppers are combined with a creamy tomato basil sauce made with white wine, parmesan and Pecorino romano cheeses.
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Well I have been trying to get my artfire store more off the ground. I have had items up and on sale since January and no sales yet. Admittedly i have not devoted a ton of time to SEO or to building interest in the business, but I am working on being more focused about it. I would very much like to sell my amigurumi critters. I love to make them and I know they are cute. seems like someone out there would want to pay me to make them something, right!!!! where are you person who wants to pay me??? lol, I know that it takes time and energy and I am not all that discouraged, I am more about figuring this internet home business thing out. I started a twitter account so that I can promote myself and start the 'branding' process, I have been adding items for sale on artfire, and here I am blogging about it.
So, Peoples out there come check out my webstore, www.redhotfibers.artfire.com and pass the word, if you know anyone that wants some super totally cute crochet items I am your girl!
Thank you!!!
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What is a fair market value?
Fair market value is the value that a business or asset would have if sold for a fair price on the market. To find it, you may ask yourself: If Joe were selling this, what price would Jane buy it for?
That is, of course, a simplification. If Joe or Jane is misinformed about some aspect of the thing being sold, either could lose out in the deal. Courts have ruled that a fair market value must assume a significant degree of competence and knowledge on both sides.
By definition, fair market value isn't a set number. I might be willing to sell my lemonade stand company for anywhere from $500 to $600 and you might be willing to be buy it from $300 to $500. In that case, $400 would be a fair market value and so would $500.
What situations require one?
Is Jane about to issue stock in his private company? Does Joe need to know how much his company should pay in taxes?
These and many other situations where a company needs to know its worth could call for a fair market value.
How is fair market value calculated?
Many factors come into play. A fair market value calculation is pretty much a regular valuation but done from the perspective that is should reflect the market price.
Calculating the fair market value of a business is a lot like a normal business valuation. Some issues to be considered include: 1) the general history of the company: how is it performing? what industry is it in? who are its leaders? 2) the company's current finances: what do its balance sheets say in terms of liquidity, debt, capital - and more? is there stock? if so, what sort? 3) are there intangiable factors at play?


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Equipment can be anything from your kitchen that you no longer need for food preparation. Another good place to look for used and cheap finds is your local thrift stores or garage sale. It would be best if you have space to set up in your backyard. For starters, you will need the basic equipment below.
Large Items:
- A sturdy gas/electric stove
- Large pots, preferably iron, stainless or copper
Smaller Items:
- Measuring cup, and spoons
- Plastic or glass containers (large or small)
- Pot holders
- Rubber gloves
- Apron, preferably plastic
- Strainers
- Baking parchment paper/oven bags/or plastic wrap
- Paper towels
- Baking soda
- Washing liquid
- Rubber bands (lots of it)
- Twine or strings for wrapping bundle
- Rusty pipes, or stick for rolling bundle
- Scissor
- Alum acetate
- Cream of tartar
- Iron Sulphate, or homemade iron water


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Reasons for ReactOS
This is a work in progress. I'm not finished. The aim is to take the related forum topic and turn this into an article. All the numbers will be removed and this will not directly correlate to the topic.
Security & Privacy
1. Safe browsing in a virtual ReactOS sandbox (Firefox) 29. No possibility of unwanted or undocumented telemetry data-mining your system, ReactOS will not expose your data thus also saving bandwidth. 32. NSA backdoors less likely due to peer review of the open source codebase allowing monitoring and quick fixing. The code is reviewed by MANY eyes and security flaws are caught and fixed, rather than ignored and buried. 38. No unwanted advertising on various o/s components (login screen, live tiles, etc.)
2. A platform for development using legacy environments (VB6) 3. A platform for widget desktop development and packaging (Yahoo Widget Engine) 4. A platform for graphical design (Photoshop CS ver 8.0 - the oldest and still the best) 12. All/most older/current 32bit Windows apps should just function. 13. All/most older/current 32bit Windows drivers should just function. 14. Access to all legacy apps that stopped working under NT6+ 33. Will be able to support many different types of Windows file systems. Will run FAT32 and NTFS in kernel mode as well as non-native types such as BTRF and ReiserFS, will support CDFS, VFD, UDF as well as network file systems. 36. Has the potential for compilation to other hardware platforms and not just x86/AMD64 but potentially ARM, PowerPC &c leading to a multi-platform NT-compatible o/s! 37. Extends the capabilities of XP/2003 to encompass newer technologies that were not present in the original versions of these o/s. 42. NT6 application compatibility allowing you to run Vista/Win7 (NT6) desktop programs on an NT5 based system. 44. To escape from the situation where a Windows update can brick or make your hardware unstable due to the bundling of incompatible microcode/firmware.
5. A platform that I can theme fully without patching. 6. A platform that I can change the underlying o/s fonts, colours without the GUI denying me this capability. 7. A platform I can bundle and distribute with my own customisations - a ReactOS distro. 39. Allows creation of specific distros, stripped down or focussed for gaming purposes, theming, server operation, POS systems, etc.
Testing and Development
8. A platform that I can use multiple instances of for testing.
9. A platform that I can build into any x86/AMD64 computer by default.
10. No licensing restrictions 22. There are no restrictions with regard to functionality added or removed from the different home/professional versions, there are no crippled versions! 23. It is free of DRM restrictions. 26. It is free, completely! No licence costs for multiple servers. Multiple instances cost nothing. 34. Does not complain and stop booting when I change the hardware beyond what it thinks should be in my PC. 35. No need ever to call Microsoft to re-enable software I have already purchased. ReactOS will never call home to check whether your licence is valid. 45. To avoid the situation where due to a BIOS reflash your Windows licence key is blocked and cannot be changed, even by Microsoft.
11. Full DOS gaming under NTVDM.
15. ReactOS is open source, so we have full access to the source code if required for bug-fixing or even just for analysis. 31. Ability to compile the source code and know how an NT compatible system actually works, or at the very least, get an idea of how it works.
16. Real support from a dedicated and growing ReactOS community, you can actually report bugs and obtain feedback! 17. Real support from the Windows community too for all apps/driver problems, at the very least for comparison purposes.
18. Documentation will exist for ReactOS and that documentation will apply also to Windows, it will complement existing Windows documentation and fill the holes for that functionality which is hidden by Microsoft and that does not already exist. More Windows documentation is always good!
Familiar Interface
19. Escape from Microsoft's eternal UI redesign - controls, options, everything are right back where I want them to be. 24. Gaining an old and familiar desktop environment.
20. Freedom from forced obsolescence by design, being forced by MS to abandon useful software. 21. Freedom to use the o/s of my choice without abandoning my prior knowledge and experience.
25. Gaining an o/s that is quicker to boot, much slimmer with regard to footprint, and much more efficient in operation. 28. No metro apps bundled by default that consume more resources than needed. 41. Fast installation times - sub 10 mins. 56. ReactOS being compatible with Windows 2003 will not implement a "file discovery" phase prior to copying/deletion/moving operations on folders containing thousands of files/sub-folders, avoiding the problem where an operation does not start due to the sheer volume of files being 'discovered'.
15. ReactOS is open source, so we have full access to the source code if required for bug-fixing or even just for analysis. 26. It is free, completely! No licence costs for multiple servers. Multiple instances cost nothing.
Oversight, Auditing, and Review
27. Bug fixing - ReactOS is open source. The code is reviewed by MANY eyes and bugs are caught and fixed, rather than ignored and buried.
30. The ability to port an NT-compatible OS to hypervisors with paravirtualization capabilities. 40. A solution for managing ESX hosts from the Linux desktop platform. Creating lightweight ReactOS Virtual Machines in VBox and installing vSphere Client. 43. Bundling ReactOS as a virtual platform with legacy Windows applications that no longer run under later versions of Windows to allow continued access to legacy programs and/or data (i.e. you compile your code and distribute your binary with a complete o/s for live running or test purposes). 46. To allow vastly improved configuration practices such as the separation of the user profile from the o/s system drive. 47. Freedom from forced hardware obsolescence by design, MS making useful hardware obsolete by dropping support for existing drivers - see 20. 48. Freedom from Microsoft-enforced driver updates overwriting user-selected drivers causing hardware instability or failure to operate. 49. Freedom from deliberately poor design choices such as the premature opening of the desktop well before the rest of the o/s is actually ready to operate. 50. No hidden and undocumented APIs that only Microsoft and its partners can take advantage of. 51. ReactOS won't make a previously licensed version of the o/s into an unlicensed one overnight as can happen on Windows without warning, without any changes being made to the machine... see 34. 52. ReactOS won't prevent you from installing your software the way you prefer, will never force you to use the ReactOS appstore under some Unified ReactOS Framework as Microsoft ultimately intends to do. 53: NT6 added restrictions to the "Program files" and "Program files (x86)" directories and removed the ability to edit and view (?) configuration files files within these folders causing incompatibilities with some programs designed for NT5. ReactOS being compatible with 2003 should provide access to these folders. 54. ReactOS being compatible with Windows 2003 will hopefully implement facilities that were present in 2003 and subsequently removed in NT6. Specifically within Explorer, a fully functioning "open with" menu option that remembers all possible associated and useful programs, the ability to display animated images on the active desktop and control and consistency over how audio and associated file types are displayed and ordered. 55. ReactOS being compatible with Windows 2003 will implement a non-indexed search facility that includes date ranges, sub-folders &c that also highlights what folder is currently being searched. 57. ReactOS being compatible with Windows 2003 will return the ability to adjust sound output to mono/stereo, allow adjustment of volume per speaker/channel and restore sound broadcast to multiple endpoints.


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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: Write in the ADVENTURE genre (05/24/07)
TITLE: Weather it's an adventure... you decide
By Misti Chancellor
If the calendar I bought today is any indication, this is going to be one UNUSUAL year! As my sister and I were driving back home from the bookstore, I opened it, and to my amazement found that this calendar predicts we'll live through February, March, August and September twice, but will skip April, May, June and July. I laughed at the printing error, but it made me think about an older lady in the congregation when I was younger who said, "This life with God is an adventure!" Well, I'm looking forward to the adventure that is this year.
January 17, 2007
Wow! What a weekend! My brother, sister and I skipped out of town ahead of the ice storm of the season and headed to Kentucky for a visit with a friend. Mom worried a bit, but the weather in Kentucky was wonderful… rainy, but wonderful. I did something new while I was in Kentucky. I took tours of three different caves, and it was AWESOME! The formations were incredible, and experiencing total darkness and silence was something I'll never forget. It amazes me how awesome the creation of God is, not only above the earth, but beneath it. I also marveled that even 50 feet beneath the surface, when we couldn't get radio reception, that God would still be able to hear is. It reminds me of the verse in Psalms that says, "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there." (Psa. 139:7-8). No matter where we are, God is there with us, and able to help us – even if it's 50 feet below the surface of the earth. I hope that I can find more caves to visit someday. That was fun!
The trip home was fairly uneventful except for the last 4 hours. I hadn't ever seen ice so thick you could drive a car over it without it cracking! I was pretty thankful that God got us home in one piece. I'm sure Mom was, too.
February 26, 2007
This month has been relatively quiet. I'Äôve had fun playing around in the kitchen, which is unusual for me. I'Äôve found out that JelloÆ No Bake Cheesecakes are fairly simple to make, and are a hit at social functions. I'Äôm all about easy cooking. Shhh, don'Äôt tell, but I'Äôve had my share of cooking disasters, too. Let'Äôs not talk about that lasagna soup, ok?
School's coming along pretty well. So far I've got all A's. I think I'll live this adventure one day at a time. Working full time and going to school full time makes looking too far ahead a bit overwhelming.
March 29, 2007
We sure do have crazy weather here! I was playing the piano tonight, and when I stopped, what should I hear but tornado sirens blaring? I had to chase my dog around the back yard through the pouring rain. I was SOAKED by the time I managed to get him in the garage. I couldn't take him with me to Grandma's cellar because she didn't know how her little dog would react to him, and besides, who wants a big soggy dog hanging out in an underground cement room with them? Thankfully, it was only a rotation in the clouds, and no tornado came of it.
April 6, 2007
Wow, what crazy weather! One week it's tornadoes, and the next week it snows! It was so weird to see snow blowing down against a backdrop of green leafy trees, green grass and flowers today as I was driving back to work from class. The craziest part is that I jokingly predicted it back in October! Uh, no, I don't think I'll become a meteorologist, thanks.
May 19, 2007
We went canoeing and it was fun, especially after I learned how to paddle!
May 28, 2007
It's been a very WET month! Can you believe we're finally out from under the drought? It wasn't all that long ago that they were predicting that this year would be like the Dust Bowl, and now we're worrying about floods.
Looking back over the year, I realize that while the weather's been interesting, I've had lots of other adventures, too. . It's been fun trying new things: caving, canoeing, and cooking… just to name a few. I wonder what new adventures are ahead?
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September News 2014
....5% deposit - YES YOU CAN *
....5 TOP TIPS for success BEFORE applying for a Home Loan
....OCR unchanged at 3.5 percent HOT OFF THE PRESS
5% deposit - YES YOU CAN *
A smart way around the LVR restriction may be to explore building -
- The Reserve Bank acknowledges that one factor pushing prices up is the limited supply of houses and the growing NZ population – we simply need more houses built. As a result building a home is now an "exempt loan" under the LVR restrictions. These loans are now more attractive to the banks and in some cases they will lend up to 95% of the project cost.
Contact us to understand the ins and outs of a new build whether it be buying land to build on, or later a "Turn Key Contract" (a house and land package from a building company that you pay for once everything is completed).
If you are a 1st Home Buyer, or wanting to upgrade from your current home - this could be the perfect option for you!
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May be one reason why in some areas Building is Booming .......
Economy boom: Bay of Plenty building consents top $50m
More than $50 million worth of building consents were issued in Tauranga last month - the highest since 2007 and a strong sign the city's economy is bouncing back from the recession.
Tauranga City Council signed off on $54.5 million worth of building consents in July this year, the highest figure since November 2007 when $65.6 million of building work was approved. There were six consents issued worth more than $1 million.
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1. Reduce short term debt ie; Q Card, GE Card, Credit Cards, Store Cards - Farmers, The Warehouse, etc
2. Show good 'Bank Account Conduct' ie, no unarranged Overdraft in any of your bank accounts
3. Have some savings as your deposit $$
4. Make sure your accounts are all in order, ie ; phone, power, etc, no unpaid bills.
5. Contact us at 24seven Mortgages - talk to a Mortgage Advisor so we can help answer your questions - and help you put together a great application
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What the Reserve Bank said -
Thursday, September 11th 2014, 9:00AM
The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 3.5 percent.
New Zealand's economy is expected to grow at an annual pace of 3.7 percent over 2014. Global financial conditions remain very accommodative and are reflected in low interest rates, narrow risk spreads, and low volatility across a range of asset markets. Accommodative financial conditions are supporting a moderate rate of global growth, albeit uneven across regions.
New Zealand's economic growth continues to be supported by increasing construction activity and ongoing strength in consumption and business investment. A high level of net immigration is adding to domestic demand as well as productive capacity. Economic growth is projected to moderate in response to recent commodity price declines and the impact of policy tightening. The high exchange rate continues to restrain growth in the traded sectors.
The exchange rate has yet to adjust materially to the lower commodity prices. Its current level remains unjustified and unsustainable. We expect a further significant depreciation, which should be reinforced as monetary policy in the US begins to normalise.
The economy appears to be adjusting to the policy measures taken by the Bank over the past year. House price inflation continues to ease, despite strong net immigration. CPI inflation remains moderate, reflecting subdued wage increases, well-anchored inflation expectations, weak global inflation, and the high New Zealand dollar. However, spare capacity is being absorbed, and annual non-tradables inflation is expected to increase. Risks also remain around how strongly net immigration will affect housing demand, and the extent to which pressures in the construction sector will impact broader inflation.
In light of these uncertainties, and in order to better assess the moderating effects of the recent policy tightening and export price reductions, it is prudent to undertake a period of monitoring and assessment before considering further policy adjustment. Nevertheless, we expect some further policy tightening will be necessary to keep future average inflation near the 2 percent target mid-point and ensure that the economic expansion can be sustained.
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Staying connected using hearing systems, smartphones and the hearing acoustician's services
(EUHA/Mainz, 5 September 2017) Smartphones are on everyone's lips, or rather in every user's hands. The world is connected thanks to these serviceable and convenient devices. By analogy, there are intelligent hearing systems that make sure that people with impaired hearing stay in touch with the world around them, and remain connected due to innovative communications technology. Experts are therefore talking about "smart hearing", or "intelligent hearing systems".
Smart hearing refers to technological features that compensate for hearing deficiencies as best as possible. Using Bluetooth or wireless technology, present-day hearing systems are connectable to almost any smartphone, mobile phone, TV set, or external microphone. Operated by an app, the smartphone doubles as a remote control. Loudness, sound, and programs for different requirements are controllable. Phone calls and music can also be streamed directly to the hearing instruments. In noise, hearing impaired persons using innovative hearing technology may even hear better than 'normal hearing' people.
Smart hearing is ideal for people with impaired hearing, as it permits them to stay tuned and take part in social interaction relying on modern communication devices, giving them extra quality of life. Those who live a life in isolation due to their hearing deficiencies, are more often affected by health issues and depression. The latest studies conducted by French professor, Hélène Amieva, show that people with unaided hearing loss lose their cognitive abilities by up to forty percent earlier than controls without hearing impairment or fitted with hearing systems.
"Efficient use of hearing systems is guaranteed by fitting them to suit the wearer's individual habits and requirements. Hearing aid acousticians are specialists. They advise on the choice of hearing systems, fit them, explain how to use them, educate users on their management, and provide follow-up services. Those who wish to find out more about smart hearing should see their hearing aid acoustician to take a hearing test," recommends Martin Blecker, the president of the European Union of Hearing Aid Acousticians.
In future, hearing technology will embrace a number of additional fields of application, opening up new areas of communication, e.g. live interpretation. Monitoring vital life functions will be possible in the near future. Even today, smartphones alert users of taking their meds or keeping an appointment.
The 62nd International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians is scheduled to be held in Nürnberg from 18 to 20 October 2017. Connected hearing will be among the major topics focused on at the convention. Hearing aid acousticians can update their knowledge to be able to offer optimum support to people with hearing impairments, making sure they can continue to carry on social life. Hearing aid companies will be showcasing the latest developments in smart hearing.
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