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Every relationship guru will tell you that the most important thing in a romantic relationship is communicating with your partner. Well, you should apply that same logic to your relationship with your roommate because by the end of it, they might know more about you than your actual girlfriend or boyfriend. This is the person who you live with, will likely spend the most time with, who knows your daily routine like the back of her hand. They will know all of your pet peeves, gross habits and quirks. Everyone who says, "you won't be friends after living together" is just doing it wrong. Here are some tips to ensure things with your roommate go smoothly and stay civil:
The best thing you can do to get along with your roommate is to just keep the lines of communication open. If you don't like something they're doing, you have to speak up. If they're messy and it bugs you, you have to tell them. They won't know that what they're doing is bothering you unless you say something. At first, I tried the passive aggressive route. My roommate would leave her dishes in the sink which really bothered me so I decided I would do the same thing until to get my point across. It turns out she didn't really care so by the end of the week the dishes were stacked up in the sink and I ended up doing all of them, secretly fuming about it. So rather than quietly hold a grudge, speak up and talk to them about whatever it is that's bugging you. Just make sure you approach it in a nice way. All I had to do was say, hey I would really appreciate it if you could just rinse out your dishes and put them in the dishwasher instead of the sink and it started happening. You would be surprised at how easy it is to resolve a problem by just speaking up.
Delegate the cleaning
Maybe you switch off on the chores every other week. No one wants to be on bathroom/trash/kitchen duty all year. So just pull your weight around the place and make sure your roommate is too. Nothing is worse than having to deal with the messy roommate you're constantly picking up after so establish a schedule and delegate responsibilities so everyone can do their part in keeping the place clean. That way, no one is off the hook and no one has to do it all. I've found that when everyone has to do the cleaning, everyone works harder to keep the place tidy because they realize how little fun it is to do the work. It puts everything in perspective.
Have a master calendar
My roommate and I had a master calendar on a bulletin board in our kitchen where we would write our work, social and travel schedules so the other one of us knew what was going on with them throughout the day. This way your roommate will know when you'll be out, when you'll be having people over and when you're going away for a weekend. Having a master calendar provides a nice way to stay organized.
Just ASK before borrowing anything
Just ask. Likely, your roommate will say yes. But nothing is worse than feeling like your roommate is stealing from you. So just always ask to avoid awkward situations. You wouldn't want someone just taking your stuff. The golden rule here is to treat other peoples stuff like you would want your own to be treated.
Your significant other is not your roommate
Okay well they might actually be your roommate. But if they don't live there and aren't paying rent.. don't let your boyfriend or girlfriend become an additional roommate. Your actual roommate likely won't be too happy about it. Especially if they're eating your food, adding to the water bill and taking up space. Sure, have them over, it's your place too after all, but just limit it so you're roommate isn't uncomfortable or annoyed. Last year, I was the one with the boyfriend and my roommate made him earn his keep around the place by killing the occasional spider, cooking the occasional dinner and taking out the trash every once in a while. It was a fair trade and at times was pretty entertaining.
Share the TV
Luckily with the technology we have today, overlapping shows and fighting over prime time TV viewing is no longer too much of a problem. Just remember that after your 5 episode Netflix binge, maybe you're roomie would like a turn with the TV. Just be courteous. My roommate and I found that the best thing to do was to watch a show together. Our show was House of Cards and we wouldn't watch it unless we were both at home so we could enjoy it together. That meant TV time was shared which was great. Just make sure you aren't the couch potato roommate who is always hogging the TV.
Let them know if you're having people over
Just let your roommate know if you plan to have people over. That way they aren't studying or sitting on the couch in their pajamas with zit cream on their face when a huge group of people walks through the door. That can be really frustrating and annoying. It's just the respectful thing to do if you're sharing a living space with someone. That way your roommate can plan ahead to go somewhere else if they need to get things done.
Have other places you can go to get away
In any kind of relationship, whether it be romantic or just a friendship, space is always a good thing at times. Just make sure you have some place to go to relax, get away, and cool down if things get tense at home. While you may love your roommate, too much time spent with anyone can drive you crazy so it's good to take a break from one another. My roommate and I were definitely getting sick of each other towards the end of the year. But now with summer upon us, we miss each other a lot.
These tips, of course, are derived from a year of experience as I'm the one who committed most of the above mentioned crimes against my roommate. (Shoutout to you, Mel, for still putting up with me and loving me after a year of living with me #P201forever.)


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How a janitor amassed an $8 million fortune
When one-time janitor and gas station attendant Ronald Read of Vermont passed away at age 92 in June 2014, he was hiding a big — and impressive — secret. Today, that secret is helping both a hospital and a library.
Somehow, Read used his modest salary to accumulate an $8 million fortune.
Last year, Read's lawyer, Laurie Rowell, told Reuters that Read came from humble beginnings and lived a frugal life, cutting his own firewood, driving a secondhand car and unbeknownst to everyone — even his own family and friends — making smart investments. Rowell says:
"You'd never know the man was a millionaire. The last time he came here, he parked far away in a spot where there were no meters so he could save the coins."
According to CNBC, Read graduated from high school before serving in North Africa, Italy and the Pacific during World War II. After the war, he settled back in Brattleboro, Vermont, married a woman with two children and worked as a gas station clerk and a janitor.
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CNBC says Read's smart spending and investing habits allowed him to amass an $8 million fortune. He owned 95 stocks when he died in 2014, some of which he had held for decades.
Read's impressive secret was only revealed after he died and it was discovered that he generously had bequeathed $6 million of his fortune to his city's library ($1.2 million) and hospital ($4.8 million).
CNBC says Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is using the bulk of the money to improve and modernize its infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Brooks Memorial Library followed in Read's footsteps, choosing to invest most of the donated funds so "it will continue to pay dividends and support us down the road," explains library Director Starr LaTronica.
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A lovely bright and airy apartment. Great views and parking a bonus. We had a very comfortable week, good facilities for self-catering. Much better than some cottages we have stayed in. Would recommend this apartment and we hope to stay again.
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Okay, I lied. You weren't surprised at all, were you? But really, I *was* surprised: tax rates *decline* for millionaires as compared to those eking it out on $200K or $500K a year? Pretty egregious.
As Drum notes, Romney's plan lamentably fails: it's not generous towards the lower/middle classes, while coming nowhere near the giveaways to Mr. Moneybags offered by his rivals. But since he's Romney, I'm sure he will have another position to offer.
Friday, January 06, 2012
The GOP: Looking out for the 1%
Kevin Drum presents charts from the Tax Policy Center, assessing the tax relief proposed by Romney, Gingrich, Cain (remember him?), and Perry. You will be surprised to see who gets the lion's share of the relief.
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In Reply to: Manipulation at its best posted by blueberry on December 1, 2001 at 18:44:35:
I think that anytime America steps into play with any situation of outside countries, we're doing it to benefit ourselves in someway. It's been proven many times before with wars, we're only "helping" to save or protect some asset that benefits us. SO the fact that you came to this conclusion from the business aspect is not far off at all,in my opinion.
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Ryan brought Richie's life insurance policy to the hospital. Ryan discovered why Richie had a death wish. Richie took out a life insurance policy that would pay one million dollars if Richie was murdered. The beneficiary of this policy was his psychiatrist, Dr. Chambers. Richie denied that he and Dr. Chambers created this scam. Richie claimed that the papers Ryan had were a fake. Ryan did not believe this and vowed to watch Richie for the rest of his "short, pathetic life." Ryan refused to let Richie bait Annie into killing him. Richie retorted that Ryan was worried because Annie was teetering on the edge of insanity and might actually kill her brother. Ryan then left the room to speak with Joe. Ryan insisted that Joe have Richie evaluated for psychiatric illness again. So, Joe had Richie brought to the psych ward. When Richie entered the ward, Janet was there. Janet saw Richie and called him a "dreamboat."
Jonathan and Ava went to Jack's house because they were concerned about Lily. Jack explained that Lily had breakdowns before, but never about murder. Jack tried to find help and left a message with one of Lily's favorite teachers. Jack also called Julia to thank her for her support. Meanwhile, Sean tried to give Lily some soothing jazz music, but she refused to listen. Then, Ava tried to talk with Lily. Ava said she would gladly switch lives with Lily if it would help ease her fears. This did not help either and Lily became more agitated. Then, Jonathan entered. Ava left the room, but stayed close so she could eavesdrop. Jonathan said that he was trying to be a detective like Lily and figure out what was wrong. So, Jonathan began to ask Lily questions. This worked and Lily explained the entire situation with "Richard." Jonathan realized that Richard was Richie. Jonathan assured Lily that he knew Richard and that there would be no murder. This finally made Lily calm down.
Zach found a skeleton hand while he was digging in the bomb shelter. This freaked Greenlee out completely. Greenlee began screaming that they were going to die. Zach grabbed Greenlee and told her to snap out of it, but Greenlee was inconsolable. So, Zach grabbed his tie and sternly said that it was time for Greenlee to shut up. Greenlee was scared and wondered if Zach might hurt her. Zach explained that he wanted to blindfold her and give her a drink. Then, Zach handed her the bottle of liquor they found. Greenlee did not want to drink, but Zach insisted. As Greenlee pulled swigs from the bottle she recalled the last time she was trapped with skeletal remains. Greenlee recounted that she stayed strong when Jonathan held her hostage with his dead brother, Braden. Greenlee asserted that if she could survive that, she could survive this. Then, Greenlee blindfolded herself and imagined going home to Aidan as Zach continued to dig.
Kendall boasted to Aidan that she helped him figure out that Zach and Greenlee were together. Aidan admitted that without Kendall's charm bracelet, he would not have realized that Zach drew the sketch he found near Greenlee's phone. Then, Kendall called Erica to tell her the good news and to check on her sons. When Kendall got off the phone, Aidan told her to go home. Aidan believed that Zach would want Kendall to be with her sons, especially because Spike was having surgery the next day. Kendall stated that she had to be like Zach and take care of everyone. Aidan told Kendall that she needed to be a mother and go home to her sons. Then, Aidan promised that even though Greenlee was his priority, he would search for Zach as well. Kendall thanked Aidan and left.
When Josh entered Kendall's home, Erica was there trying to accomplish many tasks. Josh told Erica that he wanted to be there for Kendall, so he was moving in. Then, Josh wanted to discuss Jack with Erica, but Erica pretended to be too busy to talk. Then, Joe came over to prepare Kendall for Spike's cochlear implant surgery. Erica told Joe that he was not welcome in their home because he tried to destroy her relationship with Jack. Joe was adamant that Jack deserved to know the truth, but Erica was still outraged. Joe felt that Erica was manipulating Jack, just like she manipulated Jeff's heart. Then, Joe left. Josh then insisted that Erica talk about her relationship with Jack. Josh stated that he was on Erica's side. Josh understood that everything Erica did was in order to protect her family. Erica still felt that Greenlee needed psychiatric help, but admitted that she should not have forged the papers to get Greenlee committed. Then, Josh told Erica that if she wanted Jack back, she would have to admit her guilt. Josh felt that if Erica said she was sorry, Jack would forgive her. Erica was unsure if Jack would take her back. Josh believed that Jack still loved Erica and urged Erica to apologize. Then, Kendall came home. As Kendall walked through the door, she reassured herself that her family would make it through this rough time.
Krystal comes downstairs to find Tad feeding Jenny. When Krystal tries to hold Tad, he is reluctant to give her to Krystal because he does not completely trust her anymore. Krystal asks Tad if they will ever get past this issue, but Tad can't believe Adam only cares about anything other than himself. Krystal says she expects Tad to respect her feelings and is tired of having to explain her relationship with Adam to him. Tad says he will no longer allow Krystal to jeopardize Jenny's future because of her feelings. Krystal says Tad thinks he is so pure that he has the right to justify controlling Jenny. Tad says Jenny is a child, and he is just looking out for her. But Krystal says the real issue is Tad having it out with Adam. Tad says he is intentionally endangering Jenny life and pulls out lawsuit papers to state he is suing her for full custody. Tad admits he thought about getting an injunction against Adam, but knew Adam would buy his way out of it. He says it won't be long before Krystal wants to move back in with Adam, and try to take Jenny with her. Krystal notices the dates on the paperworks are a few weeks old, leading to believe Tad planned to sue for full custody for awhile. Tad said he wanted to give Krystal some time to set her priorities straight before serving the papers. Krystal says if he goes through with the papers, it is war.
Adam goes to see JR in jail. He asks if JR has remembered anything about Zach's disappearance, but his mind is empty. Adam tells JR he has made bail for him, as long as JR agrees to house arrest. JR figures his house arrest would be at the yacht, but Adam says that is not the way it works. The judge did not feel comfortable allowing JR back on the yacht, so he will have to stay at Adam's house. JR says he would rather rot in the cell than move back home. Adam storms off, leaving JR to ponder his choices.
Amanda looks at the video of JR confessing his sins again. She calls her mother's hospital and asks that Janet be upgraded to a fancy room with daily spa treatment. Next, she reserves a red sports convertible. When Adam gets home, Amanda is waiting for him in the living room. She tells him she has information that will prove JR is innocent for $1 million. When Amanda brings up the box she stole of Jamie's, Adam remembers the sheet of paper he found on the floor. Annoyed, Amanda walks out, leaving Adam to look at the paper in his pocket. Suddenly, he realizes it is prove that Kathy is Kate Martin.
Kendall, Ryan, Annie and Erica prepare themselves for Spike to go into surgery. Joe comes to get Spike, assuring Kendall that he will be OK. Ryan tells Spike to be strong and soon he will hear how many people love him. Kendall kisses Spike's cheek and reminds him she loves him. Joe takes Spike his arms and off to the operating room. Joe comes back to show Kendall, Ryan, Annie and Spike what the cochlear implant looks like and how it will be implanted in Spike. He promises to come back with updates and leaves. Kendall begins to panic, asking where her husband is until Josh comes by with a shirt of Zach's. Kendall calms down and hugs her brother. Josh assures he that Spike will be fine, but that does not make Kendall feel any better. Annie and Ryan bring lattes and offer to help Kendall however they can with Zach's disappearance. Jackson comes by to see how Kendall is holding up while Spike is in surgery. When Kendall brings up Greenlee, Jackson said he does not want to talk about that � it is time to focus on Spike. Ava and Jonathan join the gathering next and everyone begins buzzing about Lily's breakdown. Erica interrupts, wanting to know why she was not informed of Lily's experience. Jackson says he did not think of calling Erica, but she is better now. Joe returns and informs the family that everything is going as planned with Spike's surgery. Kendall tells everyone she is working with Aidan to find Greenlee and Zach because they believe they may be together. Ava tells Jonathan that she was amazed at how he was able to connect with Lily when she needed him. Jonathan asks Ava if she is bringing this up because he knows she went to see JR in jail. Ava says she feels bad for JR and just wants to help him. Jonathan says he will not discuss this issue with her at the hospital as Joe announces the surgery is over. Good news: the surgery was a success!
Greenlee realized why Zach was in a bad mood, Spike's surgery was today. Zach did not want to discuss it; still, Greenlee reassured him that Spike would be ok. Then, Greenlee wanted to make a confession, just in case they died in the bomb shelter. Greenlee then admitted that she tried to kidnap Spike. Greenlee proceeded to cry and apologize profusely. Zach said nothing and continued to dig. Greenlee was appalled that Zach said nothing because she wanted him to confess his sins. Zach refused to admit anything or apologize for anything. Greenlee was outraged and called Zach cruel. Zach continued to dig and stated that his compassion was for Spike, not Greenlee.
Ryan wanted to celebrate Spike's successful surgery, but Kendall was still doubtful. Kendall worried that Spike's implant might not work and that Zach might not come home. Ryan assured Kendall that everything would have a happy ending. Then, Ryan admitted that he allowed Aidan to break Greenlee out of the courthouse. Kendall looked shocked and wondered why Ryan was telling her this now. Ryan wanted to be honest with Kendall and asked for honesty in return. Kendall said she would do anything to bring Greenlee home, but she needed to focus on the present, not the past. Then, Kendall walked away and bumped into Hannah in the hall. Hannah chastised Kendall for being a "bitch" and driving Zach away. Hannah blamed Kendall for Zach's disappearance. Kendall called Hannah desperate for trying to seduce Zach and for using her dead son to do it. Hannah stated that if Zach was her husband, he would be home safe. Then, Hannah left and Joe entered. Joe announced that they had to wait for Spike's swelling to go down, but, in the meantime, everyone could visit him. So, Kendall, Ryan, and Annie went to see Spike. They were all elated to see the boy healthy. Then, Ryan and Annie left. Kendall told her son that when he went into surgery, she made a life-changing deal with the "cosmos." Kendall wondered how to keep her end of the bargain.
Aidan was in the woods looking for Greenlee when he came across a sleeping bag. Aidan approached the sleeping bag and a man grabbed him. Aidan quickly turned around and restrained the man. The man claimed he was only camping and promised to leave. Aidan saw that he had a military first aid kit and asked if he was army or navy. The man denied that he was in the military, but Aidan did not believe this. Aidan said he had a house that the man could stay in, if he helped him look for Greenlee. The man agreed and introduced himself as Quentin.
Babe went to see Kendall at the hospital, but worried that Kendall would not want her around because of her ties to JR. Babe told Annie this, but Annie thought hat Kendall could use all of the support that she could get. Then, Annie explained that Richie was put in the psych ward. Babe was irate and did not feel this was warranted. Annie detailed Richie's plan to have her kill him. Babe did not believe this, so Annie walked away very frustrated with Babe.
Janet was trying to talk to Richie in the psych ward, but he wanted no part of it. Janet sternly warned Richie that he did not want to cross her. Janet stated that bad things happened to people that made her mad. Richie realized who Janet was and apologized. Janet said she would only accept the apology if Richie told her everything about his life. Richie explained that his sister, Annie, was the town saint and he was an ex con. Janet recalled that she had a sister that everyone loved. Then, Richie said that he was dying of leukemia and wanted to get out of the hospital to see his last Christmas. So, Janet said she would help Richie escape.
Kendall tells her son that Zach will be home soon to see how strong he has been through the surgery. She tells Spike that he and Ian are best and most perfect little boys in the world, but can not go through with her promise. With everything that has happened, Kendall says she will not leave Spike. Kendall tells God to forgive her choice, but understand she doing it for her family. She sees Aidan outside and tells him that she will not confess what she did to Greenlee. Aidan agrees that turning herself into the authorities is not the right decision because it won't change anything. Kendall disagrees, saying it would change everything for Greenlee. Aidan said Greenlee would not want Kendall behind bars away from her children, and blurts out that maybe she won't make it out alive. Kendall gets upset, thinking Aidan has lost hope. He says he has waited his whole life for a woman like Greenlee and it is not too late for them to find her. Kendall realizes how much Aidan loves Greenlee and hugs him.
Zach asks Greenlee how their food situation is looking, but she says everything is not edible. And water smells more like a swamp, she adds. Even though the water may not be drinkable, Greenlee decides to take a bath with it. She suggests Zach do the same, but little do they know a snake is lurking around the remains of the last resident. Zach could care less about the shower and keeps working on the wall. Greenlee jumps back toward the wall, overwhelmed with anxiety to get out. She decides to look for the love letters to get her mind off their troubles. When Greenlee reaches into the box, the snake bites her.
Krystal storms into her house, ranting about Tad's actions, with Babe following behind. Babe says she does not blame Tad for being upset, considering Adam stole their daughter and she lied about Adam pretending to be Stuart. When Babe asks her mother what Adam said about the custody suit, Krystal admits she has not told him anything, making Babe wonder if her mother really trusts Adam. Krystal says the issue is not about trusting Adam, it is about Tad trying to tell her who she and Jenny can spend time with. Babe thinks Krystal is having a hard time sharing Jenny with Tad and Adam. Krystal says she knows Adam made a mistake, but she loves him.
At jail, Tad tells JR he has served custody papers to Krystal. JR does not support Tad, saying he is doing exactly what he did to his mother. Tad says the situation is different � Krystal can visit Jenny anytime without Adam around. JR says Adam bought out a judge so he could be released on bail, but has to be released to his father's custody. Also, he would have to be under house arrest. Tad warns JR to be cautious because he doesn't want him to get under Adam's spell again. JR says he is going to take his father's deal, and Tad agrees to support JR's decision. JR is released and taken to Adam's house. As soon as JR comes home, he tells Adam that he is not interested in bonding with his father. He is only there to figure out what happened to Zach and stay sober. Adam promises to stay uninvolved in JR's affairs, and decides not to tell him about the deal with Amanda. Adam hands JR the DVD and asks him to put it in the vault on the way home.
Tad goes to Krystal's house and finds her packing up Jenny's clothing.
Amanda says she will help Adam clear JR's name, but wants $5 million instead of $1 million for the work. She tells him that JR owes her money for being part of his fake kidnapping, but never paid her. Now, Adam needs to get rid of both debts. Adam demands to see Amanda's evidence to help JR so she begins to play the video of JR confessing his sins. Although JR admits his guilt, Amanda says it will prove JR was with her the time Zach disappeared. Adam refuses to Amanda's terms and ways to torture JR. Amanda pretends to delete the video, but Adam knows better, so she pulls out another copy. Adam agrees to the terms, but asks for JR's yacht as interest. Amanda hands Adam the phone so he can arrange a money transfer. Minutes later, Amanda has her money and papers to the yacht. After Amanda leaves, Adam says that there is no price to pay for helping JR.
JR stores his father's DVD in the vault with questions unasked, and this action surprises Adam. He tries to goad his son into a desire to find out, but JR tells him that the disc probably contains information that can be used to blackmail someone, and that he wants no part of it. Adam decides not to push any farther, instead choosing to focus on his good mood, which does not go unnoticed by his son. JR thinks that his father has some machinations to go after Tad for what he is doing to Krystal, not realizing that his father is not yet in the know. When he realizes this, he fills Adam in, and sets off a firestorm. Adam immediately tries to grab his things so that he can charge off and save the day, but JR gets in his way. He tells his father that regardless of his feelings, the fight is between Tad and Krystal. Adam thinks that Tad's only goal is to keep him from being with the woman he loves, but JR reminds him that Tad is only doing what Adam has done so many times before � fight for his child. JR also points out that of all of them, Tad had lost the most: Dixie � again, Jamie � to medicine halfway around the world, and Kate. Although he doesn't like that version of the truth, Adam grudgingly concedes the win to his son. JR tells him that if he decides to go after Tad anyway, he would be making a huge mistake. With that, JR goes upstairs to settle back in. Adam takes that moment to call Barry and see what information he had been able to discover about Tad's daughter. Barry reveals that he had been very lucky and with what he had found, and could confirm that the adopted daughter of the Mershons, the very little girl who had been graciously taken into Julia's home, is indeed Kate Martin. Adam asks if there had been any hint that Tad had picked up the trail there, but Barry tells him that Greg Madden covered his tracks very well, and that Tad wouldn't have been able to find anything without the child's name. Reveling in success, Adam remarks that Tad has no idea how close he is to the child that he and Dixie finally created.
Tad comes into the house to find Krystal packing Jenny's things and forbids her from taking their daughter anywhere near Adam. She tells him that she is not running to Adam, but rather away from him. Her plan is to move to another city somewhere else and when she lands, she will let Tad know and he can move there so that they can re-start their life as co-parents together. Tad refuses to consider it because he thinks that there is no way that either of them could or would want to start over at this point. Krystal tells him that staying isn't an option but Tad reconfirms that if she can't resist Adam like a normal person, if she gets hauled back in under his control, she will have to do so without their daughter. Krystal is outraged, stating that he can't keep her away from her daughter. Her anger getting the best of her, Krystal announces that she is taking Jenny and going to Babe's house. Tad realizes that Krystal does not fully understand him and says that she can do what she likes, but their daughter will not leave the house they built together for another one. He tells her that if she left, it wouldn't be long before Adam manipulated her into moving back in. Krystal continues to rage on, saying that no one manipulates her � not Adam or Tad. She needlessly reminds him that she is Jenny's mother and can do what she pleases, but Tad fires back that she didn't get that way on her own. He then informs her that his lawyer has a list of all of Adam's misdeeds, and that all it would take is one call to grant him temporary custody. Their warring makes their daughter start to cry and both of them go to comfort her. Krystal demands that after all he'd lain out, that he not stop her from going to her child when she is so desperately needed. She reaches in and picks Jenny up, soothing her. The peace lasts but a minute before Tad takes her up to bed. She warns him that their fight is not over, but Tad chooses not to respond. Krystal then grabs her coat and heads out the door. A short time later, Adam shows up on Tad's doorstep, completely unannounced and equally unwelcome. Tad invites him to leave as quickly as he came, but Adam tells him that he has information that Tad would be very interested in and that would maybe change his mind about filing for custody. Tad doesn't believe him but is intrigued nonetheless.
Kendall brings baby Spike home and finds Ryan waiting for them. They quickly discuss how well Spike seems to be doing, and Ryan notes that they wouldn't have discharged himm if they didn't think their son was ready. He then checks to see if there are any updates about Zach or Greenlee but sadly, there are none. This prompts Kendall to tell her oldest son that his stepfather wanted to be there but couldn't. Ryan looks on, listening to her words sympathetically, causing Kendall to snap a little because it seems as though he is looking at her as a widow. She marches upstairs to put Spike down for a nap, and when she comes back, she apologizes for her rash behaviour. They order dinner and share some small talk about other things going on in their lives. The conversation circles back around to Kendall, and she talks about how she has been feeling the need to be in more than one place at the same time for a while, and how she hasn't been dealing with it well. She then tells him about the promise she made to god � that she would confess to what she did if Spike made it through the surgery. There's a moment of silence, and then Ryan expresses regret for the things he did to Greenlee, a woman he once loved with all his heart, and then asks if Kendall has any regrets. She tells him that although she almost backed off of her plans a bunch of times, she ended up feeling that she had to go through with it to avenge what Greenlee did to her son and that she will never be able to forget. Ryan tells her that it takes all of his strength not to think of Greenlee when he looks at his son, but is able to do so by throwing himself into every single experience he has with Spike. He then says that he thinks that Greenlee has been punished enough, and now, is lost somewhere. Kendall becomes agitated, saying that Greenlee is with Zach and that they will be found and Zach will come home to his family. Ryan apologizes for upsetting her and then asks what she would do or say if Greenlee walked through the door at that moment. Kendall thinks on it a moment and then honestly says that she doesn't know. They are then interrupted by a visit from Joe and assume that he is there to check up on Spike. He tells them that he actually discovered some news during Spike's post-op that he thought they would want to know. Although they are initially worried, Joe soothes them and says that his belief that Spike's prognosis is good remains the same. He then tells them that they found a genetic anomaly that proves that Spike would have gone deaf even if the accident hadn't occurred.
Aidan and Quentin meet up at the cabin and review what areas they covered. Quentin brought back a rock with blood on it that he believes could belong to either Zach or Greenlee. Aidan writes it off as it most likely being Zach's blood, but Quentin proceeds to give a laundry list of reasons why the prospect of finding the missing alive looks bleaker. Overcome with emotions while envisioning the worst case scenario, Aidan grabs Quentin and demands that he believe they will find Greenlee and Zach before either of them perishes. Quentin is offended that Aidan dared to lay his hands on another soldier and forces Aidan to apologize for it. Aidan then tells him that they need to go out and search the grounds again. Quentin doesn't believe that there is anything left to look for but Aidan tells him that he won't stop. As they scour the area one more time, Aidan insists that he knows Quentin � not personally, but knows the kind of person he is based on knowing what type of training he received in the Army. He warns his new recruit to not let his training take over his life shortly before they hit what could be pay dirt. Aidan had been hitting the ground with a walking stick when suddenly, the sound it made changed. They discover a shaft in the ground that had been obscured by its lid and some leaves. Aidan insists that he needs to investigate, so after rigging their rope, Quentin steadies himself and slowly lowers Aidan down.
In the bomb shelter, Greenlee is convinced that she will die from the poison the snake injected into her system when she was bitten. Hysterical and panicky, she rants and freaks out, demanding that Zach kill it. He does and then once again works to pull her off of the ceiling. He eventually calms her down enough to get the poison out, and then says that they will use the creature to nourish themselves. The experience having caused her to lose all hope and become resigned to a fate of dying, undiscovered, in the bunker, she refuses to eat and curses him for not letting her die. Zach tells her that they have come too far to give up now but Greenlee tells him that the only thing that she has done her entire life is fight, and she is tired of it. Zach tells her that she has really impressed him with her tenacity while in the shelter and tells her that they survived this far by sticking together. He asks her not to let him down. He tells her to keep pressure on her wound as he gets back to work. She stops him moments later, having heard something. All is silent in the bunker as they try to determine what it is.


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Gov. Jerry Brown recently announced the appointment of Berkeley resident and UC Berkeley alumnus Stephen Kaus as a judge of the Alameda County Superior Court.
Kaus, 64, is one of three recently appointed judges announced by Brown last Wednesday. The other two appointees were Scott Patton, who graduated from University of San Francisco School of Law, and Gregory Syren, who attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate and later attended University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
According to the governor's press release, Kaus will fill the position left vacant by the departure of one of the commissioner judges, who are appointed by an executive committee of the Alameda County court.
"I am happy about it," Kaus said. "I applied about a year ago. It was kind of funny: I was on jury duty when I found out about (the decision)."
Adam Byer, principal analyst and acting bureau chief at the Alameda County Superior Court, said there are currently 75 authorized superior judges and 10 authorized commissioner judges in the county.
As one familiar with the Bay Area, Kaus said he is excited to handle civil and criminal cases within the county while serving in his new position.
"I'm just going to try and do a good job," he said. "I'm going to try to be fair, to pay attention and be polite. I'm going to try to be smart."
Kaus first moved to Berkeley to attend UC Berkeley School of Law and has been in the city ever since. Kaus said he loves the Bay Area's open-mindedness and the city's university atmosphere.
"I moved to Berkeley in 1970, and I had every intention of moving back to L.A., but I have been here ever since," he said.
In the 40 years that Kaus has spent in the area, he has held many positions working in the legal profession. Kaus was a partner of the San Francisco-based litigation firm of Kaus, Kerr & Wagstaffe from 1982 to 1990. He then spent time as a deputy public defender in Contra Costa County and currently works as a partner at Cooper White & Cooper LLP, a law firm in San Francisco.
Kaus says he does not know which courthouse he will be sworn into, but he is expected to begin in late December or January. He hopes to run again after the end of the six-year term.
Contact Alyssa Neumann at [email protected].
A previous version of this article stated that Kaus hopes to maintain the position for six years. In fact, the term for a judge of the Alameda County Superior Court is six years, after which he or she can be re-elected.


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Scrollino Aniquarium is our very unique animated fish bowl. So dive in!
This charming Scrollino unveils a nighttime story of the constellation called Camelopardalis - the Giraffe.
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Mt Hutt is Canterbury's "big mountain" with runs to accommodate families on a fun day in the snow as well as the variety it takes to entice even the hottest skiers and snowboarders. The summit six-seat high speed chairlift takes you to the highest point of any ski area in the South Island. From feeling on top of the world, you can cruise down the legendary 'Broadway' or take on the chutes and steeps of "Towers".


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Welcome to 'Governance Stories'. In this section you can read about governance in action. Many of these stories highlight and reflect on common governance issues, and provide excellent learning points.
Peter Dunt is Chairman of The Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the governing body of Queen Anne's School, Caversham. From 2002-2007 Peter was Chief Executive of Defence Estates,the MOD's property arm, managing an £18bn property portfolio. He retired from the Royal Navy in 2007 and subsequently joined a number of public and private sector boards.
From BBC News NI, 2 May 2013: The chief executive of the troubled Northern Health and Social Care Trust is to step aside from his post. Sean Donaghy will take up a new post with the Health and Social Care Board.
Adapted from an article authored by William George, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, a former CEO of Medtronic and a veteran of ten corporate boards (February 2013)
Sir Adrian Cadbury is a founding father of corporate governance. After the collapse of Polly Peck and Coloroll, Cadbury, a scion of the chocolate dynasty, was drafted in to sort out corporate governance. That was in 1991. Soonafter, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International collapsed and Robert Maxwell's pillaging of his empire emerged to add to the Cadbury committee's workload.
A charity aimed at helping poor and injured soldiers that boasted Liam Fox, the former UK defence secretary, among its patrons has been damaged by allegations of financial mismanagement.
Sir Brian Souter hopes it's second time lucky as he plots route to hand over the chief's reins at Stagecoach and although part-time as Executive Chair, he says will "devote whatever time is necessary" in his new role. This was first reported in August 2012.
The following discussion is based extracts from a paper sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. It is a thought piece on corporate governance. It raises the question, "What companies should be responsible for in the light of challenges highlighted since the onset of the global financial crisis?"
Former City minister Lord Myners has quit the board of the troubled Cooperative Group, amid criticism of his plans to reform the business. As reported by BBC News 10 April 2014.
"If current trends continue it will be 212 years before British boards achieve gender parity. Two more centuries of squandered talent and economic and social loss." So says Lynn Martin, professor of entrepreneurship and director of the Centre for Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University School of Business and Law.
The last number of years have been a proving ground for companies and it is important that we learn from the difficult times and use the knowledge gained to make sure that we make the most of the recovery as it strengthens.
Leading View from Robert Swannell, Chairman of Marks & Spencer and Chairman of the Governing Body of Rugby School. He was formerly Chairman of HMV, Vice-Chairman of Citigroup Europe, and SID of British Land and 3i.
Executive summary from the report, Life in the Boardroom 2013: Chairman and Non-Executive Director Survey conducted by Directorbank Group UK.
Glasgow Rangers manager Ally McCoist hopes the appointment of new chief executive Graham Wallace will bring some much-needed stability to the club at boardroom level. Wallace was named as Craig Mather's successor, while David Somers' role as acting chairman was made permanent.
Even big names like Rupert Murdoch are called to account by shareholders. Rupert Murdoch is accused of running News Corporation as a 'personal fiefdom' in a lawsuit brought against directors.
Tesco faces pressure from big shareholders to start "shock and awe" price cuts after Wm Morrison sent tremors through the industry by promising to plough £1bn into discounting.
For two months, a power struggle had raged behind the scenes between Andrew Tinkler, CEO of the Stobart Group and an executive chairman parachuted in by his biggest shareholder to keep an eye on him.
Marks & Spencer has been warned by top investors to rein in its expensive turnaround plan unless it can deliver quick results. Several of the retailer's 10 biggest shareholders vented disappointment at the lack of tangible progress since Marc Bolland set out his vision for M&S in November 2010.
The chairman of WPP will step down next year as part of a sweeping overhaul of the advertising giant's boardroom. Phil Lader will tell investors at the company's annual meeting on Wednesday 12 June 2013 that he plans to quit by Christmas 2014 after chairing the world largest marketing agency since 2001.


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ITW Playworx bags the most innovative act of the year at EEMA Spotlight Awards 2018
ITW Playworx, the Entertainment, Media and Communication arm of ITW Consulting Pvt. Ltd. won the "Most Innovative Act of The Year" award at the 2018 edition of EMMA Spotlight Awards that was held at Jaighar Fort, Jaipur recently. The team was honored with the gold award in the most innovative act of the year for the longest ever Alpona (Rangoli) at the Samaj Sevi Puja Pandal of South Kolkata.
The award was given for executing the longest ever Alpona (Rangoli) at the Lake Road of South Kolkata during Durga Puja 2017. The jaw dropping Alpona, spanning a staggering 1.23 km approximately in length is arguably one of the longest ever street rangoli to have been executed. The events team of ITW Playworx, Kolkata in association with Pantaloons, came up with this idea of celebrations in the most unique manner possible. The mega rangoli saw participation from more than 322 students from Indian Art College and Government Art College of Kolkata, along with a batch of special children who all worked meticulously and tirelessly on this project.
EEMA Spotlight Awards 2018 was given to the top honors in 32 categories. The jury comprises the pioneers from the events and experiential industry. The awards have been designed to applaud and honor all the backstage partners, associates, and personnel who carry out tasks behind the scenes to bring the best out on stage. For 2 years now, the Spotlight Awards by the Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA) has become an integral part of the annual EEMAgine Convention.


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December 2017
Did I ever tell you about the time I was on "Wheel of Fortune?" This month, I'm headed to "The Price is Right" in Boise. It won't be televised, and I think the host is Jerry Springer instead of Bob Barker, but we're going to have fun, all the same. It got me thinking about the early 2000s and the other big game show experience in my life.
Then I went home and slept for about 12 hours. I wasn't sure whether they liked me until I got a letter in the mail, saying I'd been chosen to be on the
show, and they'd give me a call sometime.
Well, "sometime" turned out to be at the end of 2007. The show flew me out to California, and before I knew it, I was onstage with Pat Sajak and Vanna White. (As a funny aside, they have pneumatic lifts behind the podiums to get everybody to about the same height. Pat's not all that big, but I'm 6'2", so mine was bottomed out, and his was lifted all the way up!) So, how'd I do? Well, you know the guy who always seems to hit "bankrupt?" Yeah, that was me. I did, however, get a few chances at redemption, and I think I did pretty well, considering how poorly I spun. Altogether, it was some easy money, a lot of fun, and a pretty good story to tell during the holiday season. I hope your holidays are merry and full of family and fun, and I hope Santa brings you a thing or two on your list. My kids are hoping for electrical gadgets, and I wouldn't mind a stereo for the Corvette, myself! But as long as we spend time with family, none of the other stuff really matters.
It was at the end of 2005, when the Navy had me stationed on the East Coast. I saw an advertisement that said they were having tryouts for "Wheel of Fortune" in Savannah, which was just a short way away. "Be on a game show" had always been on my bucket list, and here was my opportunity! I resolved to go to the audition and try my best. There was just one catch: When the day of the tryout came around, I was sicker than a dog. But, I told myself, this was my only chance — I just had to take it. I sipped on Gatorade the whole way there and arrived at a gymnasium with about a thousand other people. They took my name, and then I waited. They randomly called out names, only picking a couple hundred to have the chance to audition. I was sitting in the back of the gym, on the floor, with my Gatorade, trying to think about something other than how sick I was. Then they called my name. You only get one shot, so despite how ill I felt, I bounced up there with all the energy I could muster and did my best to be animated. I really gave it all I had.
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ON a chilly February afternoon a line of people coiled around MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, and disappeared down the block. It was Super Bowl Sunday, but despite a smattering of Giants gear, the young-looking crowd had committed the day to "From Scratch," a five-hour performance of continuous improvisation by Nicolas Jaar, an even younger-looking electronic musician and producer.
Inside a geodesic dome erected in the museum's courtyard and filled to capacity, 500 listeners craned their necks for a view of Mr. Jaar, who sat behind his laptop, the screen's glow illuminating his blue eyes. Warm clouds of crackly hiss issued from obelisklike speakers, building gradually over 15- to 20-minute cycles from washes of ambient noise into roiling, steamy house music, then dissipating back into an ethereal burble.
Above Mr. Jaar black-and-white video images of skeletal trees and Gothic church spires crawled across the dome's ceiling. He shifted occasionally from the laptop to an array of keyboards and a turntable, creating textures and percussion from sampled records. As the hours melted away, he was joined in collaboration by a saxophonist, a female vocalist and an interpretive dancer.
"From Scratch," the inaugural performance in MoMA PS1's new Sunday Sessions series, seemed like a techno take on a 1960s "Happening."
"I've had a dream forever of making music live for people, to actually improvise from scratch, and to do it for a long time, so that people get to see the whole creative process," Mr. Jaar said later. "I want them to hear how sampling actually works."
Mr. Jaar may have attempted to present the eureka moment of artistic conception, but it wound up even more spontaneous than he had planned. His hectic schedule the previous two months — he used his winter break from studying comparative literature at Brown to play concerts throughout South America and Europe — prevented him from listening to the vinyl albums he'd bought in São Paulo, Brazil, until he reached for them onstage.
"When I took the records out," he said, "I had no clue if this was going to be anything I could sample in the first place. It was 'From Scratch' in such a crazy way."
It's a measure of Mr. Jaar's preternatural self-confidence that he's willing to walk such a delicate high wire, but negotiating the divide between the headphone experience and the dance floor is at the root of his work. Electronic music may have exploded into the American mainstream in 2011 — witness the Grammy night glowstick-assault by Skrillex, Deadmau5, and David Guetta — but Mr. Jaar's music couldn't be further from those performers.
Where the music of, say, Skrillex, flits from one cathartic explosion to the next, Mr. Jaar offers a melancholic, lugubrious throb that he once jokingly termed "blue-wave," evoking Erik Satie or Leonard Cohen as much as deep house. Elements of Ethiopian jazz, hip-hop and ambient piano create a sultry, smoky vibe, with Mr. Jaar's deep voice (alternating among English, Spanish and French lyrics) bobbing in and out of the mix. His down-tempo beats are intended to cause what he has called "rhythmic anguish," a more meditative and contemplative state, though they still retain an insinuating groove.
Only recently turned 22, Mr. Jaar has been releasing 12-inch EPs since he was 17 and steadily building an international reputation as both a solo performer and the leader of a live band; a poll on the electronic music Web site Resident Advisor named him 2011's top live act. His 2011 debut album "Space Is Only Noise" sold 25,000 copies worldwide and appeared on many year-end "best-of" lists.
For a project coming out next month he's even designed his own music player: the Prism, a minimalist cube with two headphone jacks, which he envisions as both a sculptural object and a new way to distribute digital music, the kind of lofty ambitions that were nurtured when he was growing up in SoHo and Santiago as the son of the Chilean conceptual artist Alfredo Jaar.
"It's extremely rare for someone to come along like he did at the age of 17 and begin producing material with such a fully realized artistic vision," said Chris Douridas, the longtime programmer and D.J. at KCRW-FM, a public radio station in Los Angeles. "His use of space and silence is judicious. It never bores. Central to his work is this ability to give electronic dance music a heartbeat."
With a heartbeat, of course, comes heartbreak. Mr. Jaar ascribes the melancholy in his music to the six years his parents were separated, when he moved at the age of 3 with his mother from New York to Chile, until the family was reunited in New York.
Alfredo Jaar acknowledged the emotional toll the separation may have taken, adding that his son's sound might also reflect Nicolas's exposure to his father's collection of records from Portuguese-speaking Africa, which are often steeped in what the Portuguese call saudade. "It's a very special feeling about missing something and longing for something that doesn't exist," Alfredo Jaar said by telephone. "This is the kind of melancholic lament-type music that I listen to at home, and I suppose that he has also been kind of contaminated by that."
The elder Mr. Jaar and his wife also fed their son a steady diet of Keith Jarrett and John Cage, who is a likely influence on the album's sound-collage experiments. "My husband and I, we were always interested in the avant-garde," said Evelyne Meynard, Mr. Jaar's mother, a former dancer who trained with Merce Cunningham's company in the early '80s. "I always encouraged Nicky to understand that not only melody and harmony were interesting, but that atonal music and sounds and all that were also interesting."
At 14 Mr. Jaar became a devotee of electronic music, inspired by a Christmas gift from his father, a copy of the album "Thé Au Harem D'Archimède" by the Chilean-German techno producer Ricardo Villalobos. Soon, Nicolas Jaar said, he was creating his own tracks with the goal of making his mother dance and laugh. She recalled him spending nearly every Friday and Saturday evening during his high school years improvising at home with friends.
At 16 he heard the Brooklyn techno collective Wolf & Lamb on the New York University radio station and sent the group some early recordings. The group invited him to play at its underground parties in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and eventually released his first 12-inch EP. After his 2010 club hit "Time for Us" Mr. Jaar was able to tour the world — between semesters — further honing his live chops.
A recent visit to Mr. Jaar's studio apartment in Providence, R.I., revealed that for all the global jet-setting, he's still the kid who titled his first EP "The Student." On the dining table sat dog-eared copies of Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom" and Derrida's "Specters of Marx," grist for his senior thesis. Record albums were scattered around the room, ranging from "Harp Music of the Andes" to Pearl Bailey's "More Songs for Adults Only." A stack of dirty dishes towered over the sink.
A corner of the small room was dedicated to the gear with which he makes music every day after class. He excitedly played a new song in which he had wedded a few notes from the Catalan viol player Jordi Savall to a nearly a cappella snatch of Beyoncé's voice (from Destiny's Child's "Gospel Medley"), on top of a loping, off-kilter beat, creating a haunting, elegiac ballad. When composing, he explained, "you're not thinking about, 'O.K., this is going to be a hit.' You're just thinking, 'I want to make someone cry.' That's all I care about. I just want to make someone feel something."
Once a song is completed, Mr. Jaar can release it on Clown & Sunset, the label he started at 19, or directly onto the Internet. With more than 110,000 "likes" on his Facebook page, and even more views on YouTube — a still-unreleased piano instrumental called "Encore" has had more than 650,000 listens — Mr. Jaar said he's passed up offers from indies and major labels in favor of doing it himself.
"I can make a song today, put it up on SoundCloud, share it through Facebook, and get it to 110,000 people that can potentially hear it," Mr. Jaar said. "That's insane."
With a fellow Brown student Mr. Jaar recently expanded the record label into Clown & Sunset Aesthetics, a "culture house" that will oversee projects from the forthcoming album by his Goth-inflected new band Darkside to films. The team's initial release is the Prism — a sleek aluminum cube containing 12 songs — Mr. Jaar's response to the larger issue of how music might retain a tangible presence in an increasingly digital world. The music, a compilation of Clown & Sunset artists entitled "Don't Break My Love," can't be added to or extracted (unlike, say, to an iPod), there's no track listing, and no instructions as to what the four unmarked buttons do.
At $40 the Prism probably isn't going to revolutionize the music industry, but Mr. Jaar doesn't seem to care. "I really like the idea of giving people a strange piece of technology that they don't know how to use," he said. "If we're going to make a new way to give music to people, it's going to be imbued with the same type of poetry or the same type of concepts that a song would have."
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With Xmas now upon us I wanted to take the opportunity to wish each and every one of you a happy Xmas*.
Yes, even those angry commenters whose sole aim is to make me want to glue my head to palm to my face!
Despite much of this seasonal period being overhyped to the point of nausea I do hope that you are able to enjoy the festive break as intended – with family, friends and loved ones. If you get any particularly awesome geeky gifts do feel free to tweet us or tell us about them on Facebook.
Both myself and Sam Tran – who has done a stellar job of filling in for me on numerous occasions this month – will be taking a couple of days off but, rest assured, I'll be back as soon as the last of the Tofurky has been digested, and Sam will be at the tablet bright eyed and ready to type as soon as the credits finishing rolling on the last episode of his Game of Thrones box set.
And there is plenty to look forward to as early 2014 should be a corker news-wise. January's CES is set to give us plenty to talk about both here and on our sister site OMG! Chrome!, while the Mobile World Congress taking place in mid-Feburary should reveal a bit more about Canonical's fledgling mobile foothold.
But before all of that we have some time to relax, fill out faces, and make merry. Happy holidays folks!


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This is an extremely interesting publication produced by Jacksons, a company which produces, fencing, gates, railings etc. In house graphic designer, Lauren Soutan, got in touch with me and explained that they wanted to produce a catalogue which would appeal and inspire architects. To this end, her proposal was to produce a piece of literature, more along the lines of a fashion "look-book" which would be more inspirational, rather than having all the specifications and facts and figures (which, of course, can all be found on-line). The end result is this superb piece of print, titled ...in practice.
On page one is a quote by Charles Eames " Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose"
Design is by Lauren Soutan at Jacksons Fencing. Print production is by James Stewart Printers in Hertford. Thanks to Lauren for sending me file copies and a note.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - For people fighting to get fit in 2014, fitness experts say a New Year's resolution to get in shape can be an important first step and can increase overall success.
Losing weight and getting fit are among the top five resolutions every year although many good intentions run aground by the spring. But the resolution itself carries some power.
"Research suggests that success is higher (among those who make resolutions), than those who make no resolutions at all," said Dr. Barbara Bushman, a clinical exercise specialist with the American College of Sports Medicine.
Bushman, a professor at Missouri State University, said success favors the realistic. About 45 percent of Americans make New Year's resolutions, according to researchers at the University of Scranton. About eight percent achieve their goal.
Jacqueline Ratliff, an exercise physiologist with the American Council on Exercise, borrows an acronym from project management to delineate successful goal-setting.
"With regard to New Year's resolutions, it is important for people to make these goals S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound)," she explained.
Although the initial motivation might be something intrinsic, like the desire to fit into a smaller size, Ratliff said success is sustained through internal motivation, such as enjoying the feelings associated with working out.
"Think of health and fitness like the stock market," she added. "Your goal in initially investing is not to get rich quick, it is to secure long-term wealth or, in this case, health."
Arizona-based wellness and weight management coach Lauve Metcalfe said: "Many people have difficulty with New Year's resolutions because they have unrealistic expectations."
She said lack of positive support and negative family dynamics can wreak havoc on the best of intentions.
"Putting yourself first is paramount," she added.
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give me some sugar
give me some sugar
Give me a kiss. "Me" can be replaced with one's title in relation to the person (e.g. mother, grandmother). Come here, give your mama some sugar! Oh, it's been too long, darling—give me some sugar!
give someone some sugar
Rur. to give someone a kiss. Come here, honey, and give me some sugar. "Give me some sugar!" Grandma said when she saw me.


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Eastpoint Fellowship Church, a 12,000 SqFt Design Build Worship Center includes 500 seats in Worship and a full immersion baptismal pool. The site-work has stabilized grass parking to efficiently handle water runoff and drainage.
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Build Date: 2011
Square Footage: 12,000
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Walking in Light
Walking in Light: The Everyday Empowerment of a Shamanic Life
Walking in Light aims to take the reader into their inner realms where they can learn how to live a shamanic way of life and in this it succeeds admirably.
In contemporary society from a young age we are told "not to shine our light too brightly, not to stand out and not to dream too big". However we can all walk in light, we can all shine our light and be involved in "dreaming positive change into manifest form"[1]. Walking in Light teaches how everyone can access the hidden realms, meet allies and use the invisible and visible shamanic community to support us on every step of our journey, using our intentions to shape our world, dream the life we desire into being and share the light within.
As the author states, shamanism is a practise of direct revelation and in contemporary Western society we tend to focus on methods. With this in mind Walking in Light provides a highly useful, flexible guide to living in a shamanic way; containing a wide range of ideas, exercises, techniques and journey guidance together with examples from the author's personal and professional practice to empower the reader to experience their own revelations. At the end of the book there is also an extensive list for further reading followed by a useful list of resources.
Author Sandra Ingerman's books are renowned for providing accessible, interesting information and Walking in Light is no exception, being one of those books that as I read for review I found myself taking frequent notes on things that resonated with me and were far too good not to share. Unfortunately I also ended up with far too much to share, therefore highly recommend buying the book. Walking in Light is a definite asset for everyone wishing to experience the joy of living a shamanic life.
Walking in Light was reviewed by June Kent, editor of Indie Shaman magazine
Sandra Ingerman. Walking in Light: The Everyday Empowerment of a Shamanic Life. Sounds True (10 March 2015). ISBN-10: 1622034287. ISBN-13: 978-1622034284
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Of consumer goods, subject to the customer's examination and satisfaction, with the ability to be returned if failing to meet expectations. Make sure you only purchase items on approval when ordering online. That way, if they don't match up to what you ordered or are defective, you can at least return them and get a refund.
seal of approval
An indication of endorsement or authorization of something. The phrase does not typically refer to a physical seal. No, you can't start that construction project until the boss gives it his seal of approval.
on approval
for examination, with the privilege of return. I ordered the merchandise on approval so I could send it back if I didn't like it. Sorry, you can't buy this on approval. All sales are final.
on approval
To be returned if not satisfactory, as in They're offering custom-made shoes, manufactured from a computer design, on approval. This expression, applied nearly always to the purchase of goods, was first recorded in 1870.
seal of approval
An endorsement of something or someone, as in Our candidate doesn't have the governor's seal of approval, or The new management gave the old refund policy their seal of approval. This idiom was used, and perhaps invented, as an advertising gimmick of Good Housekeeping Magazine, which gave its so-called "seal of approval" to products it endorsed; the products' packaging in turn bore a small emblem attesting to this endorsement. The noun seal here is used in the same sense as in set one's seal on.
seal (or stamp) of approvalan indication or statement that something is accepted or regarded favourably.
This expression stems from the practice of putting a stamp (or formerly a seal) on official documents.
on apˈproval(of goods) not paid for and to be returned, usually within a few days, if the customer decides not to buy them: I've got it on seven days approval, so if you don't like it I can take it back.
a ˌseal of apˈprovalthe formal support or approval of a person or an organization: Our project has the director's seal of approval.
on approval
For examination or trial by a customer without the obligation to buy: took the dress on approval.


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Archive for the 'Visiting Filmmaker' Category
Jan Villa (2010)
This 20-minute experimental montage focuses on the issues of home and the destruction of that idea after the 2005 floods in Bombay. Bombay native and filmmaker Natasha Mendonca did an impressive job of constructing this montage to affect all five senses, particularly hearing. Our short film class was lucky enough to have the filmmaker there to screen the film with us, explain her process, and answer our questions. I was continually struck by how similar her process was to the one I use for documentary photography: she goes out to shoot with certain shots in mind, captures everything she can all at once, and then picks the best sequences and slowly constructs the order the images should go in and the pace of the film. Mendonca uses a traditional, three-act structure for her montage, with Act 1 setting the scene of a community in decay, Act 2 a black and white departure consisting of personal memory, and Act 3 returning to an exterior view of the community and the people. The use of natural color versus black and white in the different acts effectively separates the acts and creates a flow for the audience, without the use of traditional narrative. She discussed her use of Eisenstein's dialectic montage, a montage based on the concepts that connect the images, which I thought was palpable in her work.
Some of my favorite scenes, including the laser lights scene and the black and white underwater scene, employs a combination of strong visuals, rapid editing, and similarly-paced sound to create a full emotion on film. The laser light scene has quickly flashing lights, rapid cuts, and fast-paced sound to design the feeling. The underwater scene includes slow, deep sounds, slow movement in the scene affected by the water, and very little cuts for a meditative feeling. It causes a nearly physically reaction for the audience. The layers involved in each scene mimicks the density and layers of our own memory, how we experience different aspects of a memory each time we recollect it. I particularly liked her focus on how buildings and people both bear marks of their history, visible to everyone. She also made the decay of Bombay audible as well as visual. I also thought she had a good point during her Q&A when she told us not to make work with an audience in mind, because ultimately, the filmmakers must be proud and happy with their own work, and an effective piece will appeal to someone. It was truly exciting to view her work and hear about her filmmaking philosophy.
There's an excellent interview with Natasha Mendonca here. The film won several awards from several prestigious festivals, including this year's International Film Festival at Rotterdam.


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Have you ever wanted to share your fun photos, offbeat stories, and positive postal news and experiences? Rules of the road? Keep it upbeat, be considerate, and keep it clean.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Calling All Authors, Photographers and Story Tellers!
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- June 6, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Once upon a time there was a postal service that allowed itself to get too big and did nothing to change until they lost billions of dollars...
- June 6, 2012 at 8:35 PM
One of our senior citizen customers went missing. His family asked to put posters in our lobby, seeking information as to his whereabouts. A certified letter arrived for the missing man from the Auto Pound in a neighboring suburb. By contacting the Auto Pound, his family discovered that the man's car had been towed there because he had been arrested. He was in jail because the arresting officer mistook the man's diabetic symptoms for being drunk. The family was able to secure his release from jail and get him emergency medical treatment in time to save his life. A piece of Certified Mail saved someone's life.
- June 7, 2012 at 6:51 AM
One of my customers stopped at the post office on his way to go hiking with his son-in-law.I always keep some hard candy for mt customers.We live in a rural area, so it is nice to get something sweet.He left on his hiking trip.While they were hiking they got lost and a blizzard hit the area.The son-in-law made it home , but my customer didn't.He spent the night out in the wilderness.He says the hard candy he took from the post office helped him survive.He almost didn't make it hom.He is fine today
- June 12, 2012 at 8:46 AM
I have worked at the same Post Office for 24 1/2 years, my Postmaster retired almost 2 years ago, I took over as Officer in Charge. It's a rural office where everyone knows everyone and the Post Office is the heart of the community. Now with the new POSTPLAN they are moving Postmasters around and bringing in someone that lives 60+ miles away, so much for the hometown personal customer service that our customers like. The Postal Service is making very bad decisions and are making customer service a thing of the past. I'm sad because I love this town and my job that I no longer have!
- July 4, 2012 at 5:33 AM


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How Does the 25-Ward Council Affect Voters?
Ward Boundary Changes
How Do Ward Boundaries Change Under the 25-Ward System?
Ward Population Changes
How Will the 25-Ward System Affect Your Representation at City Council?
Vote Parity
How Much Weight Will Your Vote Have Compared to Others in the City?
The Supreme Court of Canada and the Ontario Municipal Board have set standards for drawing electoral boundaries.
Any review of ward boundaries must achieve effective representation, such that wards:
The Toronto Ward Boundary Review (TWBR) began in June 2013 with a mandate to come up with a design for ward boundaries and council representation that would create "effective representation," balancing:
The Toronto Ward Boundary Review rejected the 25-ward option because it did not satisfy many of these criteria.
Under the 25-ward model, all wards in Toronto have immediately increased in population size from an average of 62,068 to 109,264--an increase of 76% (based on 2016 population numbers). Councillor workloads will increase proportionately.
By 2026, the average ward population size with 25 wards would be 123,000 (total projected city population divided by 25), an increase of 98%. Under the 47-ward system, it would be about 61,000.
Doubling the number of voters a councillor must represent obviously diminishes the capacity of an individual councillor to respond to resident needs.
Active Toronto City Councillors attend Community Councils, public meetings on Development Proposals, and community issues of all kinds. Ongoing consultations with the public are almost overwhelming for City Councillors as it is.
Doubling their territory, and the number of voters they represent, will make it nearly impossible without additional staff, which will eat up any cost savings the 25-seat proposal may have created.
47-Ward System
2018 Average Pop/Ward: 61,867
2026 Average Pop/Ward: 65,582
25-Ward System
2018 Average Pop/Ward: 109,264
2026 Average Pop/Ward: 123,000
One resident's vote should be close to equal to another's.
If you live in a ward of 45,000 people, and your neighbour lives in a ward of 90,000 people, and each ward has a single councillor's vote on an issue, your vote counts for double your neighbour's. That is not fair representation.
In a 1991 reference concerning Saskatchewan's provincial electoral boundaries (aka the Carter case), the Supreme Court ruled:
"A system which dilutes one citizen's vote unduly as compared to another citizen's vote runs the risk of providing inadequate representation to the citizen whose vote is diluted. The legislative power of the citizen whose vote is diluted will be reduced, as may be access to and assistance from his or her representative. The result will be uneven and unfair representation."
-- Pages 183-184 Reference re: Sask. Provincial Electoral Boundaries 1991
In 2014, Toronto's ward populations varied from 45,000 to 90,000.
That disparity is why City Council created the Ward Boundary Review in the first place.
Given that city population grows unevenly in different parts of the city, with the greatest growth occurring in downtown wards. that disparity would be aggravated over time.


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C - Coherent
The Bible is coherent and contradiction free. The Bible corresponds with reality. Much has been made of the supposed contradictions in the Bible but these are easily cleared up with careful analysis. Most of these supposed contradictions arise due to our modern misunderstanding of the text. There are good answers for any contradictions the skeptic might bring up.
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