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The last thing you want after you are approved for a home loan is to ruin your chances for financing. Your lender will give you a good faith estimate and if anything major changes during the time of that good faith estimate and truth in lending documents until you close, it could affect your interest rate or even if you get the loan at all. Here are five things to stop doing or not to do once you're approved for a home loan.
#1. Stop using your credit cards.
The lender and underwriting process has looked at all of your credit cards, the balance and how much credit you have left on them. If you go over a certain amount on your credit cards it will adjust the debt to income ratio and could affect your interest rate. It's just a good idea to stop using them until your home closes.
#2. Don't make any large bank deposits or withdrawals.
Yes, you will need money for the down payment, earnest money and closing costs and maybe the inspection but you don't want to make any large deposits other than your typical paychecks. Banks will start to red flag those deposits and assume that you have a different source of income that you didn't mention before.
[Read More: Must-Dos to Narrow Down Your Home Search]
#3. Don't change jobs.
Even if you're just changing the position in your current job or changing your job but staying within the industry, any major changes like this could affect your interest rate and your ability to get alone. It's best to hold off on any changes in the workplace until after the home closes.
#4. Don't apply for any other loans.
During the time between when you applied for the loan and when it closes, don't make any large purchases such as buying a car, furniture or taking out other loans such as student loans or home-equity lines. Just wait until everything closes before making any large purchases.
[More: How to Be an Effective Home Buyer]
#5. Don't buy anything large.
Lenders pull your credit when they take into account how much of a risk you are and if you're buying a lot of large items after you've already applied, it may add red flags to your credit and your application. It's best to keep things minimal, keep things status quo and not make any large withdrawals or purchases until the home closes.
For more information on applying for a home loan in Northern Virginia, Maryland or DC or have questions about different types of loans please contact our office at any time.
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Every year there are stories about people who suffered horrible injuries due to the malfunction of medical equipment. There are even more stories about people who had issues with prescription medications. While the systems for testing medical devices and new drugs are heavily regulated, it seems as though there are still unsafe products that make it into the general population. Many people are not aware of the issues that might be involved with a medical device or prescription drug they are currently using, or have used in the past. This is why there are helpful online sites, such as RXInjuryHelp.
What the Site Covers
The online website will provide visitors with valuable information about dangerous medical devices and prescription drugs. In addition to covering the basics of what is considered to be a dangerous medical product, the site will have online lists of any currently known products shown to be a danger to the people who use them. There will be one list for medical devices and another for prescription drugs. The list of drugs will provide the name of each drug as it is most commonly known. The same is true for the list of medical devices, with some devices including what they are used for. Anyone unsure about the name of the device or drug they use can contact their family doctor.
How to Obtain Help
Online sites such as RXInjuryHelp also provide information on how people can get help if they believe they have used one of the listed products. The first step would be to get a free evaluation. This can be accomplished by completing the simple form on the site to speak with an expert. If someone does have a case against a company, they could be directed to contact one of the legal professionals representing the case.

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How do you make rss readers interesting? Put a Page 3 girl behind them - as The Sun have done with their new reader Desktop Keeley.
Destined to be very popular with the audience, I would have thought, giving The Sun a permanent presence on many computer screens.
Full disclosure - this app was produced by Glue, one of Isobar's agencies.
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Snowy Background with DT Patricia
Hello everyone! I'm Patricia from CDD team and today I'm going to show you one of my ways to make snow backgrounds for my cards.
For this I created this mosaic of photos with the step by step, which is very easy and you are going to make some great snow backgrounds.
STEP by STEP:
1.- First, I prepared my background with Distress Oxide ink. In my opinion, I think that these inks are the best to prepare this type of backgrounds (distress ink or distress oxide) Used two colors Faded Jeans and Broken china, its combination gives a more icy sky, that is achieved with a darker tone than another.
2.-Splashed water drops over background.
3 and 4.- I used white Gesso diluted with water in a surface, for example stamped block, and leave it well liquid.
5.-Splashed with a brush over the background.
6.-To finish use a white gel pen to add more snowflakes. Make sure everything is dry before doing it.
And you already have it!! You can decorate your card as you like and create a scene with that beautiful snowy sky. Remember that you can add on top of your stamps or scene more snow to make it more real, but that is already an option as you like you.
I hope you like this. Happy Crafting!!
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Couples Swim
DIMENSIONS 28" x 24" MEDIUM archival pigment print
Limited edition of 50, 2016
Accompanied by certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by the artist
Katherine Bradford's new body of work depicts swimmers diving, surfing, or floating in glowing pools of turquoise and dark violet celestial atmospheres punctured with star-like paint splatters. Noting American painter Marsden Hartley as a great inspiration, Bradford focuses on elements of space, color, texture and poetic composition. Here, two figures skim a water's surface just below a frothy horizon. With a nod to Adolph Gottlieb, a scarlet burst suspends a moment of the sublime.
Framing option is black or white painted wood, 7/8" wide flat face and 7/8" deep, with UV acrylic glass.
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15 year old Rodney tries to lose his virginity.
Warning: This story is of absolutely no literary merit. It's just for fun. It takes place in The Village (my fantasy). Also, it depicts a 15 year old boy as the victim, 2 counts of rape by a male and female, forced crossdressing, wetting and parental negligence by Rodney's stepfather.
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Rodney lived in the Village with his mum Susie, a blonde bimbo, and stepdad Terry, a dumbfuck. Rodney was above average in looks with a sharp, slightly freckled nose, big brown eyes and a long mouth that was perfect for kissing. The star of fifteen year old Rodney's otherwise mundane life was Veronica, the mocha-haired angel who'd had him twisted around her little finger the moment their eyes had met in maths class. So what if she was dating other guys; she was top of the class, wore little miniskirts and tutus that kept him following after her like a faithful dog, and her beautiful smile gave him hope for the future. And tonight, he was about to deflower his lovely girlfriend! It was a crime in the Village, but let love laugh at danger! That's what she'd told him, with a perfectly delivered quote from Baudelaire : "love will laugh at heaven and at hell." And she did love him; of course she loved him, she had said so herself, teasing her fingers through his ruffled dark hair. And tonight, Rodney was going to finally be a man!
Rodney knocked on Veronica's door and Corndawg, her dad, opened the door. He was muscled with short cropped hair the colour of straw and a blonde moustache. He was an educated man – by the standards of the Village – but looked like a redneck grappling with a particularly elusive thought.
"Good evening," said Rodney breathlessly, his hard wood already poking at his boxers. Corndawg grunted and slowly moved aside. His wife Christine smiled up at him from the chintz armchair, then returned to her novel. She had brown mid-lentgh hair and pearls and was wearing a cardigan over a slightly expensive dress Rodney could only describe as "housewifey". It suited her to a tee. Rodney scampered upstairs and Veronica ran down, kissing him eagerly on the lips and dragging him upstairs, tearing off his clothes and throwing herself down on the bed. Rodney had never felt more of a man as dropped his boxers, his tool jutting proudly out, ready to do the deed. Suddenly the door burst open and Corndawg stormed in. He sat on the bed as Veronica jumped up and pulled a terrified Rodney over his lap. Corndawg spanked Rodney's ass very hard as the shocked boy yelped and squirmed as his butt turned red. Oh the shame! He was getting spanked over someone's knee! Rodney looked so babyish getting spanked over her dad's lap, like a little boy. Veronica giggled as she took lots of photos and videos on her phone, sending them to all her friends. Rodney was blushing as red as his rear. Corndawg's heavy paw slammed repeatedly into the now hot cheeks, and Rodney felt warm tears trickle down his cheeks.
Footsteps plodded into the room and Christine, Veronica's mother, sat next to Corndawg on the bed. Her pretty features were twisted in fury. Corndawg stopped spanking as Christine yanked Rodney over her lap, raised a large wooden hairbrush and swatted the boy's trembling red behind. Rodney howled.
Christine thrashed the horniness out of the scarlet buns, whacking rhythmically as Rodney bucked and kicked, trying to do anything to take his blazing bum out of her brush's reach. Veronica was still taking pictures. Christine turned her attention to Rodney's sit spots, provoking anguished wails from the teenager as she toasted his ass. The brush was leaving oval, dark-red imprints on the boy's swelling tail. Christine laid a few more cracking swats over the marks, put the brush down on the bed and picked up a fluffy pink slipper, which she swung at Rodney's helpless naked bum. Rodney pitched forward, wailing. The slipper thwacked his burning asscheeks over and over as his legs scissored and waved frenetically.
Christine smiled grimly as she wielded the slipper, concentrating on Rodney's sit spot which was rapidly blushing a deep poppy red. Finally, she laid the slipper beside the brush and helped the naked, crying boy up. Rodney danced comically around the room, clasping and rubbing his strawberry-coloured bottom. Veronica started giggling again. Corndawg grabbed Rodney's arms and bent him over the bed; he trembled, waiting.
Corndawg called out "Buddy! Vincent! Get me a belt." A few moments later, Veronica's slim, 14 year old brother Vincent nervously entered the room and handed his father a large, heavy belt. "Buddy's not home yet," he muttered, then quickly left. Corndawg folded the belt, took a step back, eyed up the quivering red target and slapped the belt across both cheeks. Rodney jumped and howled. Corndawg laid the belt on Rodney's butt four more times, his globes quivering like raspberry jelly. Then Corndawg dropped his pants and plunged his stiff fat cock into Rodney's unsuspecting poophole. Rodney squealed like a little girl as Corndawg pushed himself fully inside and slowly screwed him while Veronica watched open-mouthed. Rodney's pitiful crying and begging him to stop had no effect. Finally, Corndawg grunted and spurted hot cum right up Rodney's poopchute.
"My turn! My turn!" cried Veronica impatiently, thrusting her father aside. She closed her fingers around Rodney's limp member and stroked it back to life, then pushed him back onto the bed. Veronica grinned at him. "No! Please no!" Rodney sobbed, trying to push her off him, but it was too late – she was sitting on his cock, and now all of it was inside her as she bounced up and down. Eventually, Veronica pulled herself off him and Corndawg called Vincent, pushing Rodney's legs up. Rodney blushed furiously; there was no way for him to hide his violated asshole and cock. Vincent wandered into the room and Corndawg said simply, "take your ping-pong paddle and paddle his ass."
Vincent nodded, went out of the room and reappeared with his paddle; he began to spank each cheek alternately, and Rodney burned with shame that a kid younger than him was paddling his bare bottom. Well, Vincent was only a year younger, but still…he was his girlfriend's brother…and Vincent was slim and weedy, not slightly tall for his age and broad-shouldered like Rodney. Rodney would have won in a fair fight, had he ever been inclined to start trouble. Vincent slowly landed swat after swat on Rodney's swollen rear and Rodney knew he was seeing his torn asshole with Corndawg's syrupy milk oozing out. There was no hiding what had happened; Vincent must know now that Rodney had gotten fucked. Rodney cried harder as Vincent continued whacking his tail. He thought that Vincent would never respect him now.
Rodney heard stomping coming up the stairs and realised that Buddy was home.
"WHERE IS THAT SHIT??" Buddy yelled. A door opened and slammed. Then the bedroom door was flung back and Veronica's older brother strode into the room, carrying a heavy school paddle. Rodney whimpered. Vincent stepped away. Buddy swung the paddle at his ass and Rodney howled in pain, tears streaming down his red face like a little boy. After six very hard swats, Rodney was bawling like a baby. Buddy grabbed Rodney's wrist and hauled him off the bed. Rodney jumped around clutching his blazing bottom and wailing for a few minutes until he regained control and stood there, rubbing his bottom and crying pitifully.
"Put your t-shirt and your leather jacket on," Buddy growled. Rodney did so, trembling. Then Buddy threw him a pair of pink girls' panties and a pink microminiskirt and told him to put them on. The cloth scraped uncomfortably over Rodney's throbbing bum, and the revealing panties exposed his freshly spanked behind. Veronica laughed again. Buddy gripped his arm and dragged him down the stairs , opening the door.
"I can't go out in a skirt and panties!" Rodney gasped.
"Well, you'll have to," smirked Buddy, "And next time it'll be this."
He punched out, stopping his fist an inch from Rodney's face. Rodney didn't flinch. He didn't say a word. But he wet his panties. A warm wet patch spread over his dripping panties and there was a damp spot on the front of his tiny skirt. Buddy laughed, and slammed the door. Rodney slowly waddled off home, holding his hot bum and thinking miserably of his busted cherry and ass cherry. He tried not to think of what would happen when his dad saw him in a wet skirt and panties, or what school would be like tomorrow after all those photos and videos had gone round.Rodney was blushing beetroot red. He was supposed to become a man by screwing his beautiful girlfriend but instead he had been spanked like a little kid and deflowered and had peed his panties like a baby. Even Vincent had got a go at spanking him and an eyeful of his exposed cock and red ass. And now he was wearing a skirt and panties like a girl, not like the man he was supposed to be at all. Some youths across the street laughed and pointed, screaming and hooting. Rodney realised that other people were staring and pointing too. He hurried on back home, blushing as some kids from school stared at him incredulously before howling with laughter and taking photos on their phones.
Terry gawped at Rodney as he came in. He jumped to his feet, grabbed Rodney by the hair and yelled, "YOU'RE WEARING A FUCKING SKIRT?? And you pissed yourself! You're going to get a good old-fashioned ass beating, you little sissy!"
Terry pulled Rodney over his knee, flipped up the skirt and started vigorously spanking Rodney's pantied bottom. He alternated between each cheek as Rodney kicked and cried, then turned his attention to the boy's tender sit spot. Rodney squirmed across Terry's lap as his bum heated up in agony.
"You've been a very naughty boy, I know that because you've obvi – obvus – susly -clearly been spanked already," declared Terry. "Where are your jeans?"
"Veronica's big brother made me leave them," Rodney sniffed, "he made me wear this."
"He MADE you?!" roared Terry, "You're such a wimp! Couldn't you fight back? I know he's bigger than you but you don't have to do what he says. Or were you too scared of him so you just did what he said? And peed your girl panties?"
"He paddled me, so did Veronica's mum and dad, and her dad put his thing in my butt and Veronica raped me," Rodney sobbed, lying limply over his stepfather's lap.
"Well no son of mine is gonna let himself get ass raped or is gonna get raped by a girl!" snapped Terry, sounding furious. "I'm gonna give you a good caning tommorrow on your bare ass and you're gonna get it worse if you ever get raped again. Now go to bed."
Crying hard, Rodney scuttled upstairs to change out of his wet panties and skirt. He rubbed cream onto his tender, stretched butthole and flaming red bum. His sit-spots were deep red, nearly purple. His poor poo-ring hurt so much, and he took an ice-pole from the fridge and, after eating most of it, gently pushed the remainder up into his bunghole. It felt cool and soothing. That night, Rodney slept on his tummy, his colourful bum sticking up behind him.


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Terrawatt Inititative takes first steps towards common global solar market goal
There needs to be a greater flow of affordable capital in the sector. Credit: Milan Rijavec
The Terrawatt Initiative is partnering with an Indian business association as part of its efforts to create to create a global common market for solar power.
The non-profit organisation Terrawatt Initiative, launched at COP21, is seeking to secure US$1 trillion of investment to build a terawatt of solar by 2030. As part of this it has signed a memorandum of understanding with India's Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) over working towards this common solar market.
A statement from the two bodies said the plans came from a shared belief that although solar PV is now the most competitive power generation technology, current market and regulatory frameworks will prevent solar from being deployed at the speed and volume required to meet the goals set out at the COP21 climate summit. The two entities also acknowledged the need for a greater flow of affordable capital in the sector.
Terrawatt Initiative is now developing guidelines for a new market and regulatory global framework, alongside its partners including the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
A Terrawatt Initiative statement said: "Very strong political impetus will be necessary to achieve this major evolution of the market and its framework."
It identified the recently formed International Solar Alliance (ISA), to be spearheaded by India, as a "key political instrument" for the plans.
FICCI and the Terrawatt Initiative will now expand the RE-Invest concept, which was a major Indian event inviting foreign investment in renewable energy into the subcontinent, to other members countries of the ISA with a particular emphasis on Africa.
They will also work with the Indian and French Governments on programs of the ISA dedicated to reduction of the cost of financing including standardization, aggregation, de-risking, rating and securitisation.
Harshavardhan Neotia, president of FICCI, said: "The ISA is a great platform for countries to work together and specifically provide a significant potential for private sector collaboration among the member countries of ISA. FICCI is looking forward to contributing to the objective of ISA and the FICCI-TWI cooperation will add tremendous synergies in this direction."
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Indian PM to invite UK to join International Solar Alliance
Energy minister urges Indian PV players to look abroad for International Solar Alliance


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Body Composition and Wages
NBER Working Paper No. 13595
This paper examines the effect of body composition on wages. We develop measures of body composition - body fat (BF) and fat-free mass (FFM) - using data on bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) that are available in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III and estimate wage models for white respondents in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Previous research used body size or BMI for measuring obesity despite the growing concern in the medical literature that BMI-based measures do not distinguish between body fat and fat-free body mass and that BMI does not adequately control for non-homogeneity inside human body. Therefore, measures used in this paper represent a useful alternative to BMI-based proxies of obesity. This paper also contributes to the growing literature on the role of non-cognitive skills on wage determination. Our results indicate that calculated BF is unambiguously associated with decreased wages for both males and females among whites We also present evidence indicating that FFM is consistently associated with increased wages. We show that these results are not the artifacts of unobserved heterogeneity. Finally, our findings are robust to numerous specification checks and to a large number of alternative BIA prediction equations from which the body composition measures are derived.
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Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w13595
Published: Wada, Roy & Tekin, Erdal, 2010. "Body composition and wages," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 242-254, July. citation courtesy of
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Epson Stylus Pro Pro
Epson Stylus Colour Pro XL black ink problem
The black ink is printing approx 2mm's to the left of where it should be does anyone have an idea as to what may be causing this. Do the printheads run on timing or do they need to be calibrated, anything that severe or is it something simple.
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WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday to grant an undocumented 17-year-old permission to seek an abortion.
The 6-3 ruling reversed an earlier decision by a three-judge appeals court panel to block Jane Doe, as she is known in court to protect her privacy, from having an abortion, which argued that the teen could seek a sponsor in the United States and, under that person's custody, move to terminate her pregnancy. The court said the requirement that a sponsor be found does not "unduly burden" the girl's right to an abortion.
But her lawyers quickly appealed the ruling, arguing that prolonging her pregnancy caused an emotional and physical burden on Doe, and that the government simply had to step aside, as opposed to facilitate, the procedure.
No basis to delay procedure
"There is no basis in Constitution to delay abortion," Jane Doe's lawyer Brigitte Amiri with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told VOA.
"The ACLU actually brought this case as class action to address other girls who have been in the same situation," Amiri said, noting that she was aware of at least three minor girls in this situation before Jane Doe, and that the ACLU hopes this case will prevent the government from "doing this ever again."
"It can be very harmful to delay an abortion — there are medical and psychological effects," Dr. Jenn Conti, ob-gyn and fellow at Physicians for Reproductive Health, told VOA. "The teenager [in Texas] has overcome extreme obstacles, she's come to this country by herself and she's taken steps to get an abortion, but she is still denied and held hostage against her will and forced to carry to term," she said.
Additionally, time is critical in Doe's case because under Texas state law, it is illegal to obtain an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. She is currently 15 weeks pregnant.
Supreme Court next?
The case could still be escalated to the Supreme Court.
Jane Doe has been detained in a refugee shelter in Brownsville, Texas, since Sept. 11, when she was apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Doe, 17, obtained permission from a state judge, in lieu of parental consent, and raised private money to pay for the procedure. But Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has refused to grant her permission to leave the shelter in order to obtain it.
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This service above cover airconditioners split units of size not more than 9000 BTU per Chemical Wash job.
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Pippa O'Connor, Louise O'Neill and Brendan O'Connor lead the line-up on The Late Late Show on RTÉ One this week.
Author Louise O'Neill will sit down with Ryan to talk about her upcoming novel Almost Love.
Following on from the success of her last book, Asking For It, which explored rape culture in Ireland, Louise will discuss the inspiration behind her new novel; what it is to be a feminist in Ireland today; and why she says she finds it difficult maintaining her feminism when she is in a relationship.
Ryan will also be catching up with Pippa O'Connor as she adds another string her bow by branching out into the luxury home accessories market.
We'll be finding out how she turned her life on social media into a hugely successful career.
Presenter and journalist Brendan O'Connor will talk all things Cutting Edge and give his take on where the nation is at. He'll also be discussing some of the issues, both serious and not-so-serious, that have been exercising him lately.
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Ryan will meet some of the people taking part in the 347 kilometre Miles in Their Memory memorial cycle in honour of the Irish Coast Guard members who tragically died while on duty.
We'll be introduced to the people taking on this year's Late Late Show Antiques Challenge and getting a look at the battered wrecks they hope to restore to former glories.
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I haven't done a lot of crafting as its too hot to sit indoors, but here is a tag I have made.
I used a kraft tag for the base with a coat of gesso. Then I stamped the sentiment (not sure where it came from!) I had a piece of card I had die cut hearts from so I used this as a stencil with Distress Ink.
The flower stamps are from WOW! Embossing Powders. I stamped these and then cut them out. I painted a wooden heart with gesso and then used a script stamp over the top. To finish I added gilding flaekes, glitter and some twine.
I am entering this into the following challenges:
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Building a common good unites us. This Thursday I'm participating in Next Day Better in Toronto. This is such a special event combining fun, food, art and technology to inspire people to make the Next Day Better. I'll share the story of Crisismappers highlighting the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team response in the Philippines.
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I help people get more involved in their world. One example is supporting an open community-driven digital humanitarian response.
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This weekend has been a bank-holiday-baking-weekend! I've been taking breaks between copious amounts of work to take my mind of things, and therefore have been VERY pro-active in baking. Firstly, I made Smitten Kitchen's Homemade pop tarts which were posted there earlier this week. I haven't posted them on here however, because I did not adapt the recipe (no need to, they are A-MAZ-ING) and I demand you to go and make your own pop tarts. Go, go!
But this post is about a little cake called St. louis Gooey Butter Cake which came to my attention a while ago. As soon as I saw it, I knew it would be my cuppa tea because I love gooey, I love butter, and I love cake. So what could go wrong?! And It lives up to its name too, it's very VERY tasty. Living in England, I've never seen this cake before in my life, nor have I heard of it, and it needs to be both seen and heard.


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The Hughes Family templates: how to make collages and mosaics with photos
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"After five years of all the hard work and stressful study, today I finally am able to complete my PhD program at IPB," that is one of the many remarks Sri Hartati had made after she passed her final PhD examination. As soon as she fulfills the necessary administrative and academic requirements, she will bear a PhD degree.
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Jorel Sabado of Springfield wondered how the senator's religious beliefs affect his political work. U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D) replied that it was not the job of any politician to impose his or her religious views or the rules of any religious organization on others. "Of course, my values help shape my actions and decisions, but my job is to represent all Virginians, not to oblige others to follow the rules of my religion."
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FIS Gurgaon Walkin Drive for freshers on 28th and 29th May 2016. FIS Global Recruitment in Gurgaon for freshers as International Chat Process Position. Any Graduate freshers are eligible to attend this drive. Interested and eligible candidates can directly attend the walkin interview at the below mentioned location.
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When it comes time to sing a song of sixpence, D'Allesandro's Pizza has better things than four and 20 blackbirds to bake into a pie. We're talking 'bout fresh mozz. Oh, hell yeah, we're talking 'bout fresh mozzarella as white as snow and marinara as red as a rose. Produced by Toucan Films and written and performed by Crab Claw, this video provided Charleston's downtown pizza parlor par excellence with a saucy anthem that really put the pep in pepperoni. While fit for a king, "Pizza Party for Life" did leave viewers with one lingering question: "What's up with all the bikes?"
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With the rise in reported food allergies, scientists have become increasingly interested in finding the cause of this major public health issue. An animal study published in Cell Reports that has identified a link between diet, gut bacteria, and the development of food allergies, could shed some light on this issue.
In one part of the study, mice on a long-term, high-fiber diet, which was designed to promote the growth of healthy intestinal bacteria, were less likely to have an allergic reaction when exposed to a peanut extract than mice on a zero-fiber diet. The high-fiber diet was found to alter the make-up of the bacteria living in the mices intestines and to increase the bacterial production of short-chain fatty acids, which are known to support the health of the large intestines lining. The high-fiber diet also shifted immune system activity, favoring immune cells that regulated inflammation. In other experiments described in this study, the researchers found that the anti-allergy effect of the high-fiber diet relied on both the proper use of short-chain fatty acids and the increased activity of regulatory immune cells, as well as adequate amounts of vitamin A. Furthermore, they showed that peanut tolerance (the opposite of a peanut allergy) could be induced by transplanting bacterial colonies from the high-fiber-fed mice into the zero-fiber-fed mice whose intestines had no bacteria of their own.
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In Drupal 5 and 6 there was a module shipped with core called "BlogAPI" which provided the necessary plumbing to let you post content using desktop clients that supported a variety of APIs. Unfortunately the module languished and, while APIs improved, the module's support for them did not keep up. During 2009 my employer at the time, Bonnier Corporation, wanted a way for their editorial staff to post content while working remotely, so I created the BlogAPI Improved project to add improvements to the module. As often happens, Bonnier decided to postpone their mobile efforts and focused on their core (desktop) web experience instead; when this happened I let the module languish as I just didn't have time to commit to it.
In Drupal 7 the BlogAPI module was removed entirely from core and moved into a separate project which someone volunteered to maintain. After several years, after a ChipIn fundraiser met its goals and with dev versions available for two different branches, there's still nothing available for Drupal 7 that works.
While the whole BlogAPI platform was languishing, along came dedicated projects like Drupad, which used a combination of a contrib module and a customized application to post content, the hope being that by controlling both ends of the equation it should be more reliable & powerful than 10-year-old APIs. At the same time many of the iOS and OSX blogging tools disappeared, e.g. both Ecto and iBlogger were bought out and are currently unavailable, so the market for client software is questionable.
When I decided to upgrade my personal site to Drupal 7 one of my goals was to be able to post content using one of the various iOS clients available. Unfortunately my attempts at posting with Drupad failed, so I'm back to needing BlogAPI again.
Which brings me to the point of this post.
I've started development of the BlogAPI Improved module again, which I've renamed to the more appropriate BlogAPI Alternative as it more clearly speaks to my goals for it, and the first beta for Drupal 7 has been released. My sole aim for this project is to provide a temporary solution while the official project is finished; once there's a working version of the main BlogAPI project, with a working upgrade path, I'll be more than happy to retire BogAPI Alternative.
"Why didn't you just join the official BlogAPI project?" you may ask. Simply put, I don't have a lot of time to put into maintaining it, so slapping putty & duck-tape onto an existing module will take less of my time than learning the Services API and trawling my way through a new codebase; further, it means it'll take less time for me and other people to be able to start writing blog posts offline. Also, it provides some temporary relief from the official module's maintainer(s) so their issue queue isn't filled with people bitching that nothing has been released yet. Finally, it keeps a distinction between a project that has already been sponsored by several companies, versus my project which has not.
I'll see you in the issue queue!
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Submitted by Cameron Eagans ... (not verified) on
If you'd like, you could commit all of your improvements to the 7.x-1.x branch in the blogapi repository. That's the code that was ripped out of core and not a lot has been done to it (i.e. not based on services or anything). You do still have commit access to the repo.
The 2.x version is really what was covered by the ChipIn and it's still in progress. Sadly, I haven't had much time to work on it. Hoping to make some headway on it here in the next couple weeks, though.
Cameron, thanks for the offer
Submitted by Damien on
Cameron, thanks for the offer, I'm going to keep it separate for now because I'm planning to make change to the D6 version too.
Great post! I came over to
Submitted by Drupleg (not verified) on
Great post! I came over to Drupal from the WordPress world where there is a client for EVERY device, I could easily post from my BlackBerry 4.x device to my WordPress blog. It's also very simple for site owners to post to WordPress sites with the free Microsoft Live Writer software (or even MS-Word which they already know how to use), this is not something so easy with Drupal. And I'm just surprised that this is not a bigger concern or more important issue for Drupal developers to address.
While I've been Drupaling for 2 years, and appreciate the power and flexibility, I ended up very disappointed when I tried finding any XML-RPC or API to work with Drupal in this way, so for simple sites I still use WordPress because WP does have multiple clients that make it easy for the site owners to post to their sites without having to learn something new. Of course posts from MS-Word to the web aren't semantically ideal, but at least it's an interface they know and they actually use their sites and post when this option is available.


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Ships are often sunk in order to create underwater reefs (暗礁) perfect for scuba driving (水肺式潜泳) and preserving marine 26 . Turkish authorities have just sunk something a little different than a ship, and it wouldn't normally ever touch water, an Airbus A300. The hollowed-out A300 was 27 of everything potentially harmful to the environment and sunk off the Aegean coast today/ Not only will the sunken plane 28 the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth, but authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourist to the area.
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By Kelly Heyboer and Salvador Rizzo/The Star-Ledger
NEWARK — Newark's largest hospital will remain part of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey if the controversial plan to reorganize the state's higher education system moves forward, the school's president said today.
Gov. Chris Christie's administration has assured the school in recent weeks that UMDNJ will keep University Hospital under its umbrella, even if another hospital system comes in as a partner, said Denise Rodgers, the university's interim president.
"University Hospital is going to remain a part of UMDNJ and there will not be a structural change," Rodgers said.
Rodgers made the statement during a public hearing at Newark City Hall. That meeting was convened by Essex County lawmakers who had vowed to block the higher education restructuring if it negatively affected health care in Newark.
Many Newark and Essex County officials said they were concerned about conflicting reports about what would happen to University Hospital under the proposed higher education reorganization. The original plan, released in January, called for University Hospital to be managed by a private company and separated from UMDNJ by a financial firewall.
Many at UMDNJ and in Newark saw that statement as a sign that the university would lose control of its hospital, and it has been widely reported that University Hospital would be taken out from under UMDNJ's umbrella.
Rodgers said the governor's office has assured her administration in recent talks that the university will not be stripped of its hospital.
"Nothing concerning a severance from University Hospital from UMDNJ is in the report," said Kevin Roberts, a Christie spokesman. "What it does consider is a public-private option for management," which is still on the table.
Rodgers said UMDNJ is still open to a public-private partnership. Barnabas Health, the state's largest hospital chain, has been in talks about affiliating with University Hospital.
Under the original plan, Rutgers University's Camden campus would merge with Rowan University in South Jersey. In Central Jersey, Rutgers University would take over UMDNJ's New Brunswick and Piscataway-based medical school, cancer institute and public health school.
In North Jersey, the remaining pieces of UMDNJ would be renamed New Jersey Health Sciences University. University Hospital, UMDNJ's teaching hospital and the city's largest health care provider, would be owned by the state, but "managed by a responsible private entity under a long-term contract," according to the original proposal.
Assuring Essex County lawmakers that University Hospital will remain under UMDNJ's umbrella removes one of the more controversial aspects of the higher education reorganization plan in Newark. Many in the community are concerned about changes at the hospital that serves the city's low-income population.
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Vitale acknowledged the closed-door negotiations have been "tough," with higher education officials and legislators from North, Central and South Jersey fighting for their schools and cities.
"As one of the sponsors of the bill, all three elements should be considered together," Vitale said. "I think there is time to put those elements together. It's really a matter of will."
A spokesman for Sweeney declined to comment.
Vitale said there is a "thorough template" for an agreement on the South Jersey portion of the plan. Under that deal, Rutgers-Camden and Rowan would combine in a partial merger that would give the Rutgers campus greater control of its own finances while allowing Rutgers administrators in New Brunswick to maintain control over the new institution's academics.
"But all of the elements are not cast in stone yet," Vitale said.
Questions remain about the Newark portion of the restructuring. Essex County lawmakers used today's hearing to remind their South Jersey counterparts they need to be included in the merger talks.
State Sen. Ron Rice (D-Newark), who convened the hearing, said he is prepared to sue Christie to stop him from using an executive order to merge or break up universities.
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) said UMDNJ and Newark need to get their "fair share" of resources before any plan moves forward.
Other community leaders at the hearing said the merger plan is turning into a fight between Newark and Camden over money and political power.
"This is a war between the north and the south, let's be honest," said James Harris, president of the New Jersey State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Newark City Councilwoman Mildred Crump said she was disappointed UMDNJ officials are not fighting to stop a proposal that will break up the university.
"I beg you to reconsider," Crump said. "My plea is today and will be forever to keep UMDNJ whole and strong."
Star-Ledger staff writer Jarrett Renshaw contributed to this report.
• Public hearing on Rutgers-UMDNJ merger set for next week
• Braun: UMDNJ's debt looms over proposed Rutgers takeover
• In reversal, UMDNJ endorses plan to merge parts of school with Rutgers University


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A little over a month after releasing his Seen It All: The Autobiography album, Jeezy has announced a tour to support the project.
The tour is slated to run from October 9 in Daytona Beach, Florida through December 5 in Boise, Idaho.
Jeezy's Seen It All earned a 3.5 out of 5 in its HipHopDX review, which was written by Sheldon Pearce, who celebrated the album's "honest" and "autobiographical" elements.
The tour dates are as follows, according to XXL.
9 Daytona Beach, FL Bethune-Cookman U. (Homecoming 2014)
10 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Live
11 Prairie View, TX Prairie View A&M U.(Homecoming 2014)
17 Baltimore, MD Morgan State U. (Homecoming 2014)
18 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
19 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
21 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution Live
24 Norfolk, VA The Norva
25 Richmond, VA The National
26 Washington, DC Echo Stage
28 New Haven, CT Toad's
29 Providence, RI Lupo's
30 New York, NY Barclay's Center (Power 105 Powerhouse 2014)
31 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo (Power 99 Powerhouse 2014)
4 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
5 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
6 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
8 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
9 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
10 Nashville, TN Limelight
15 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
16 Wichita, KS The Cotillion
21 Dallas, TX Southside Ballroom
23Houston, TX Arena Theatre
25 Denver, CO The Ogden
28 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
29 Phoenix, AZ The Press Room
30 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Live
2 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
4 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades
5 Boise, ID Revolution Center
RELATED: Jeezy – Seen It All [Review]


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Hi everybody, and welcome back to the Read My Hips Summer GiveaSway!
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Because of widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Irene, I am extending the deadline for you to enter to win a $100 gift card from AlwaysForMe.com! Check out the new deadlines updated for this latest blog entry.
I'd like to talk about fitness for a minute. I used to hate exercise, and if you've already gotten through the chapter called "Gym Dandies" in my memoir Read My Hips, then you're already aware of this fact.
I don't hate exercise anymore, but I'm still solidly convinced that I'm not a born athlete. I don't get active because I have a daily, uncontrollable urrrrge to feel my muscles pumping beneath my glistening, sweat-coated skin. N-ooooo, I can't say that's an urge I've ever experienced. I'm far more likely to crave a cupcake. And a chai latte. And maybe a Slanket and a Bette Davis marathon on Turner Classic Movies.
But in order for me to stay active and get stronger, I needed to find physical activities that felt less like medieval torture, and more like fun. In fact, they had to be so much fun that I'd forget I was exercising.
One such activity for me is tennis. Yeah, that's right. Me. A fat girl. Playing tennis. Don't believe me? Here's video proof.
I find it heartening to see so many women of different shapes, sizes and ages out there getting active. It's good for us — all of us. It's something we should do because it makes us physically and emotionally well; not because we're panting after a random number on a bathroom scale or a dress tag.
And if our bodies change shape or size as a natural result of the physical activity we're getting, so be it. And if they don't, so be it, too. If we're truly engaged in activity for the best possible reasons, we probably won't notice what it's doing to our size. We'll be too busy living lustily — from bike tours to channel surfing, and everything in between.
No one should wait to get active because they feel embarrassed by their body size. And no one should hesitate because they feel too out-of-shape to begin. As long as your physician says it's safe for you to be active, start moving toward whatever activity appeals to you most. Don't limit yourself to only activities that you think are "appropriate" for someone of your size or age or gender. Please. Life's too short. Pursue your bliss.
Take baby steps, and take them without shame. And don't let anybody rush you or push you to extremes.
It's like I complained in Read My Hips:
What is it with these fitness preachers who insist that no exercise is good exercise unless it's at least "this much"?
So many of them claim to be advocates for improved health. They claim to be in theservice of out-of-shape people. If any of this were true, they would understand that many people cannot do "this much", and may not be able to do "this much" for quite some time — perhaps never.
If a person tries to do too much on day one, he or she may never show up for day two. How is putting a person in that position in any way a genuine effort to get him or her on the road to improved fitness?
And don't try to tell me that even ten minutes of light walking once a week won't giveany benefit to someone who's otherwise completely sedentary. At the very least, it may have mood-elevating effects and help prevent vascualr issues caused by sitting too long.
(You can read more in my memoir Read My Hips, available from your favorite bookseller!)
If you happen to be a fashion-loving, plus size-wearing woman who's active or beginning to get active, you deserve access to comfortable and attractive activewear. In that spirit, I'm excited to be offering two goodies for active women as this week's prize package in the Read My Hips Summer GiveaSway. What are they, you say?
First, one lucky winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to AlwaysForMe.com, an online plus size boutique where you can shop for adorable activewear like the pieces you've been admiring in this blog post. (They've got lingerie, too. Remember, you're living lustily now.)
Second, as an added bonus, the winner will receive a Black Ice Cooling Collar, an ingenius accessory you wear around your neck to help stay cool, anytime you're working out. It solidifies in your freezer and will help keep you comfortably cool for hours. I have one myself, and I use it all summer long, as well as during the winter when wearing a heavy coat for indoor shopping.
Wow! A $100 gift certificate from our friends at AlwaysForMe.com, and a Cool Collar from the folks at Black Ice? You know you want to enter. Here's how:
Just send an e-mail to email@example.com including:
– your name and mailing address, and
– write the phrase ALWAYS FOR ME in the subject line of your e-mail.
– send the e-mail by midnight EST on Sunday, September 11, 2011.
Other things you should know:
– If you entered to win a different prize in the Read My Hips Summer GiveaSway, you can still enter to win this prize. Even if you were a winner before.
– I won't share your e-mail or mailing address with anybody else, except, in some cases, the prize provider, for purposes of prize delivery.
– By entering, you agree to give me the right to use your first name and last initial on my blog, on Facebook, Twitter, and via e-mail to others.
– One winner will be selected at random.
– Winner will receive his or her prize by mail within 30 days after winner is announced.
– I will announce the first name and last initial of the winner on my blog on Monday, September 12, 2011, and winner will also be notified by e-mail.
Now remember, the Read My Hips Summer GiveaSway is eight glorious summer weeks of fun and prizes. Each week I'll announce a new giveaway, right here on the blog! You'll get to read all about my hijinks from Read My Hips, and you'll learn how to enter to win the latest and greatest goodies!
So stay tuned to Read My Hips: The Blog all summer long. And meanwhile, keep those hips swaying, take deep and lusty breaths, strut your stuff, and always remain willing to get a little bit smarter every day. Oh — and read wonderful, eye-opening books!
Your friend the incurable beach bunny,
Good luck, everybody!
Kim Brittingham
Author of Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large


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Leadership Speaker Clare Novak enthralls audiences and engages the "show me" people in the audience. She is delighted to hear the challenge, "So tell me something I don't know already!"
Ms. Novak has delighted audiences at five international conferences, including the World HRD Congress, Mumbai, India. In addition, she is a go to presenter for State SHRM Conferences and Chapter meetings.
"Celebrational!© presentations are a great way to rally and thank already motivated audiences. Celebration is fun and also has benefits individually and collectively for the audience. Why not have fun? Why not recognize all the great ways people help each other throughout the year? Celebrating--It's not just for holidays and miles stones anymore!
Clare Novak, is delighted to have presented at the SHRM Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Ms. Novak's presentation was rated higher than the conference average in every evaluation category!
EBIT-Duh!™ Finance for the HR Professional has been well received by hundreds of HR Professionals. ASTD and SHRM International Conferences both chose Clare Novak to present on finance for the Training and HR professions. In addition, Clare presented for the World HRD Congress, Mumbai, India.
At the PA and NJ State conferences, the most frequent comment? "Wow, you made that fun and I learned something!" This presentation receives business credits and continues to be popular with HR and Training audiences.
"Strengths-based Leadership and the Bottom Line" receives great reviews at SHRM Conferences and Chapter meetings. Bring this conversation into your organization.
"Shifting the leadership conversation from fixing weaknesses to leveraging strengths increases all the indicators companies look for. Strengths conversations increase engagement, increase productivity and ultimately add to the bottom line." This straight-forward message has a profound impact on organizations through a simple change in the most common conversations between leaders and staff.
Strengths Evangelist Paul Allen and Clare Novak.
Expand Your Leadership Bandwidth Book Clare Novak
Appreciative Audiences!
I could tell people were VERY interested - you could hear a pin drop because everyone was listening so intently.
Pam Sammarco, Co-Vice President, Programming, Northern New Jersey American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
Some presenters have great style. Some instructors possess great subject matter expertise. Clare Novak is one of the rare folks with both. More importantly, she delivers useful content to be immediately applies toward better business results.
Mark S. Eichinger, Performance Improvement Specialist, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
...such a model speaker - poised, animated, responsive to your audience and dynamite content!!! Mal Conway, Consultant, IBM Learning Services


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We have always done artist study during Morning Time in our home. Initially, I used the links for the pictures on the Ambleside Online artist study page and we'd look at them online. I then got an app for my iPad and used that for a while to view the images. (You can read about how we did Artist Study here). The app became frustrating though because it took so long to load the images, which made it more difficult and time-consuming to use than it did to just click a link on the AO website. Last year I was determined to be more intentional about our artist study. I also wanted to have the artwork on display to look at more often than at the scheduled artist study time. So I got organized and printed the selections at a local Staples. Crunchy Conservative over at A Generous Education has made downloadable PDFs of the current year's pictures following the AO artist study schedule. Her PDFs made sending the pictures to the printers a breeze. This worked well. I put our current picture in a frame and hung it above our kitchen table. We had many discussions about our pictures over our meals. When we were finished with a picture I replaced it with our next selection and put the old one in a binder kept in our school room. My hope was that the children would use the binder to look back over and enjoy the old pictures. But having pictures in a school binder is like telling them never to look at this again.
Recently I was listening to an interview with Emily Kiser, author of the Picture Study Portfolios at Simply Charlotte Mason, on the Your Morning Basket podcast. She talked all about artist study and encouraged mom's to provide each student a picture of their own to look at.
I have toyed many times with the idea of getting our artist study prints from Simply Charlotte Mason. But although they contain extra information about the artist and the pieces, I always talked myself out of it knowing it was much cheaper to get them printed myself. Especially when we will study 3 artists over the whole year and I wanted a print for each of my 3 children. So when a deal of buy 1 photo book, get 2 free came up on Snapfish, I had an idea. 3 girls, 3 books for the price of 1. I would make my own artist study photo book for the whole year. Altogether, including shipping, these 5×7 softcover photo books cost $20.96.
I love this picture on the front by Mary Cassatt, don't you? It captures the gooeyness of motherhood. Cuddles and coffee in bed in the morning. I assume it's the morning because that's when I have cuddles in bed. True to life, Mama is looking a little weary. The girls and I have always been more drawn to impressionism of all the art styles. I think it might be because we see ourselves more readily in impressionism than we do in some of the other styles. They mostly painted ordinary people doing ordinary things—playing on a lake, in a boat, walking in the street, cuddling in bed with Mommy. Although we live in a different century we are still ordinary people doing ordinary things.
I'm so pleased with how the books turned out. Some minor alterations obviously need to be made in the next book to make the alignment of the images fit better on the left pages. But overall, I'm very pleased with how my first attempt turned out. I wasn't sure how the size would work but after using it for a couple of weeks now I can tell you that the size is perfect for little hands to hold and enjoy. Emily was right. Each student having their own copy is much better. Putting our artist study selections in a photo book also means that the children can keep them forever and remember the pictures we enjoyed and wondered at throughout our school days.
Hopefully, as they grow older, they will go on looking at beautiful art and love it as much as I love Cassatt's "Breakfast In Bed" painting. It wasn't one of our 6 Cassatt selections to look at for the term, but the more I looked at it, the more I loved it, the more it had to be on the front cover of our books. That's the thing about artist study, you don't know what pictures will capture your imagination. It's not always the first look that develops the relationship between you and that piece either. You often have to look more than once and look intentionally, to see the truth, the goodness, and the beauty in the piece. That's when you fall in love.


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Possible Goals If we were to consider possible fi nancial goals, we might come up with some ideas like the following: • Survive in business. • Avoid fi nancial distress….
What is filmmaker of The Blackboard Jungle, saying about the plight of American youth, and inter-generational relations?
Write a 3-4 page paper analyzing the film as a primary source. The Blackboard Jungle, 1950's Crime Drama you can find this film in YouTube. Please read the instruction page which is attached in the files document. If you have any problem to find out the film please let me know. You should discuss how the filmmaker represents his time (the 1950s). What is he saying about the changes facing Americans in the 1950s, and the historical conditions that produced these changes? What is he saying about the plight of American youth, and inter-generational relations? What narrative elements, cinematic techniques, and visual rhetoric does the filmmaker use to make his point? What are his political or ideological investments? Are the ideas and themes in the film relevant to the experience of young people in the United States today? You should pay particular attention to modalities of youth sociality, popular music, and challenges to parental authority. Please make sure you need to dig into the film in deeper and provide specific examples of the blackboard jungle like what he is saying about the changes facing Americans in 1950's. It's not enough to just say it, you have to reference examples from the film that show it. Please make sure that you give a example form the film which is very important.
Always remember that, although these films are primary sources (they were produced in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as representing this era), they are works of fiction. Consequently, you will have to discuss what the filmmaker is saying about his time, and not treat the film as a transparent window of the time. These films are not documentaries. Support your arguments using specific references to the film that you screen. Support your argument and provide evidence as mentioned strictly in instruction page. Please strictly follow the paper requirement instructions on the given page.
Use proper introduction include a well-connected thesis statement in the introduction page. Start each paragraph with a topic sentence and have a well-connected conclusion. Carefully see the film The Blackboard Jungle and analyze, and you can find this film in YouTube. Please read the instruction page which is attached in the files document. Please do not use any outside source from the internet or from anywhere, just watch the film The Blackboard Jungle and write a 3-4 pages essay in MLA format. Again please do not use any outside source and a plagiarism free. Again you can find the film in YouTube.


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Welcome back folks. Being a history nut, as well as a huge movie fan, I have really been looking forward to getting back to this one, and I hope you guys have enjoyed the ride so far.
Now on with the show…
The swingin 60's saw the creation of many truly great movies such as Duel Of The Titans (1961) with Steve Reeves (Hercules) and Gordon Scott (Tarzan) or Panic In Year Zero! (1962) with Ray Miland (The Sea Serpent) and Frankie Avalon (Casino). But for the movie that I would like to talk about, a movie that is a legendary in its own right, but helped pave the way for alot of other great movies is: Psycho (1960)
Now in my opinion Psycho may actually be the best of Hitchcock's work. As well as I believe the first movie to feature a costumed serial killer!
Written by: Joseph Stefano and Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock and starring: Anthony Perkins (Edge Of Sanity), Vera Miles (The Searchers), John Gavin (Spartacus), and Janet Leigh (Halloween: H20)
The movie which is based on a book by Robert Bloch, tells the story of Norman Bates. Norman Bates seems for the most part to be your average Innkeeper. Happy, pleasant, and kind to all of his customers, except his female ones of course! You see during one dark and stormy night, Marion Crane (A woman who had stolen a large sum of cash so that she could run away with her boy friend), shows up at the Motel.
Now at first everything seems to be normal… That is until Norman offers to make her some food, and has to fight with his mother over it. When he comes back down to give Marion the food, they both start up a very weird conversation, and at one point Norman freaks out when Marion mentions maybe putting his mother some place.
Later on that evening while Marion is taking a shower she is killed by a woman in what would become one of the most famous murders in a shower ever to occur, due to the violent nature of the scene, yet with out ever portraying the knife penetrating Marion's body!
After this, Lila (Marion's sister) and Sam Loomis (Marion's boyfriend) start up an investigation that will ultimately open the world up to the deep dark secret of the Bates Motel, and to the madness that is Norman Bates!
There are a couple of more reason that I should mention as to why this movie was a very influential film in the 1960s.
1. First off this movie catapulted Anthony Perkins in to superstardom in the Horror Movie genre.
2. This was also Alfred Hitchcock's last black and white film and probably one of the last black and white films in general. The reason for this is that over the next decade, Television would almost completely transfer to color.
3. Also this movie is I believe at least partly the inspiration or entirely the inspirations for such movies as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) which is about a serial killing family. Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1986) which is different mostly in one area. Instead of a boy who after he kills his mother dresses up like her and kills people at their Motel. This one actually is about the Mother who after she kills her daughter ends up going on a killing spree. And lastly I believe that Norman Bates in some ways was the inspiration for Dr. Hannibal Lecter from the movies, Manhunter (1986) with the always cool, Tom Noonan (Heat) and William Petersen (CSI: Las Vegas), the Academy award winning film, Silence Of the Lambs (1991) with Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver) and Anthony Hopkins (The Elephant Man), Hannibal (2001) with Julianne Moore (The Big Lebowski), the remake to the 1986 movie Manhunter called Red Dragon (2002) with Edward Norton (Rounders) and Ralph Fiennes (The Constant Gardner) and the latest one Hannibal Rising (2007)
For more information on Alfred Hitchcock, click here. Otherwise check out the trailer for Psycho (1960)
The 1970s saw the advent of a style of films that all though general speaking were made for pretty cheap were actually quite brilliant, and one that you could say is a sub-genre of just about all of the genres. These are Exploitation Films. These types of films were and still are popular among grind house fans, B Movie junkies, and those like us here at Awesome B Movies that celebrate the forgotten gems of movies!
With that said, I really had a hard time thinking of the movie that I really think embodies a lot of the elements that analogized the 1970s, so I decided on two movies for this one for two reasons, 1. I think these movies both compliment each other really nicely as they are both from director Walter Hill, and 2. Because I also think they both give a pretty fair contrast to the Disco Dancing Afro having symbolism that a lot of movies from back then seem to have.
These movies are Walter Hill's The Driver (1978) and The Warriors (1979). To really get a full understanding of these movies, I highly recommend checking out ABM's Matthew Dowling's recommendation for The Warriors and my recommendation for The Driver
The 1980s saw a bit of a shift from the grind house films of the 1970s and the more (I guess the best way I can say it is clean cut image of the horror movies of the 1960s) to a time period in movies that saw the creation of a lot of the current franchises (at least in horror) to a time when a lot of the treasured Comedians such as Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin and people like that were really starting to come in to their own…
With that said the movie that for me summed up the 1980s real nicely, and which I do believe set the standards for good parents in movies for years to come, and which was a part of a series, was National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), with Chevy Chase (Fletch), Beverly D'Angelo (American History X), Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club) and Dana Barron (Pucked) and Imogene Coca (Papa Was A Preacher)
National Lampoon's Vacation tells the story of the Griswold family. A seemingly very average, very blue collar family, that has the father being the man of the house and holding down a job, and the wife being the home maker of the family and taking care of the house and the kids and what not.
At some point, both Clark (The Father: Played by Chevy Chase) and the Mother 'Ellen' (Played by Beverly D'Angelo) plan a trip where the whole family will drive out to Wally World (A theme park similar to Disney Land).
When they actually get started on the trip though, they get more and more problems on their way out to the Theme Park! Stuff like in the beginning of the movie Clark and Rusty (Anthony Michael Hall) go to pick up their new sleek sporty car that will take the family out to Wally World, only to find out that the car sales man (Eugene Levy) decides to screw them out of that car, and actually ends up giving them a real lemon of a station wagon! Another example is that after driving for a day, Clark ends up falling asleep at the wheel, which nearly gets them in to several car accidents! And much, much more!
With that said, if your looking for a fun bit of nostalgia, then I highly recommend checking out this trailer for National Lampoon's Vacation:
Now we come to the last portion of this series: The 1990s.
The 1990s in my opinion was a real golden age of movies, I mean this was the decade that I spent a lot of time at the theater (Of course this was when tickets at a theater in Hollywood were still in the 5 – 6 dollar range.) But I personally have a lot of fun memories of going either by myself or with friends to the local theater on a Saturday afternoon to watch what ever was on the big screen!
For this one I thought long and hard, and I know I am hitting up horror movies again, but in this case I gotta say that it was the Wes Craven directed Scream franchise.
Now you might be wondering why I am mentioning this movie. Well to understand it, let me preface what I am about to say with this. The 1980s saw a real solid run of horror movies, with a lot of the great classic horror movie franchises such as Halloween, Friday The 13th, along with many others have their beginning then, and had a real solid run during that time.
With that said, the 1990s saw a major drop in the horror movie genre, and the movies that were coming out, a lot of them were not bad, but not up to par with their predecessors from the 1980s. But with the success of such series as the I Know What You Did Last Summer series, and notably the Scream franchise… The 2000s have seen the relaunching of a lot of the old horror movie franchises, as well as the creation of a lot of other great horror movie!
With that said, and for more information about the Scream franchise here is the movie that helped re-energize a flagging horror movie industry.
Here is a trailer for the upcoming movie as well!
With that said folks, Since the new decade isn't really old enough yet to really say that much in the beginning of the new millennium really influenced anything else, I decided to skip it for now…
There are many more movies out there that have have been influential on other films, but I do believe that these movies in both part 1 and this one helped pave the way for future generations of movies to come out, and thus should never be forgotten for their contributions to their genres.
And that does it for this series, I hope you enjoyed this series on movies that have helped mold what movies are today as much as I have!