How important are good financial strategies and processes for your business? Of course they are very important. The goal of the Finance Polices and Procedure Manual is to assist you with key aspects of financial operations that include regulatory compliance, improving performance (through well-defined processes) and implementing best practices into operational areas like Raising Capital and Treasury Management.
The Finance field is broad, complex, and dynamic, so that no document can claim to be absolute in capturing every possible issue, policy, or procedure and remain current. The concepts discussed in the manual cover the common, basic elements of a Finance Management System.
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Finance is a technical field. A number of terms are used throughout the Financial Policies and Procedures Manual. Those financial terms commonly used within a Finance Department are defined in this glossary.
A document (also called a charter) filed with a U.S. state by a corporation's founders, describing the purpose, place of business, and other details of a corporation.
A management system organized around balancing four distinct business perspectives: financial, customer, internal, and innovation/learning; Balanced Scorecards seek to balance short and long term objectives, financial and non-financial measures, lagging and leading indicators, and internal and external perspectives.
Individuals elected by a corporation's shareholders to oversee the management of the corporation. The president reports to the Board of Directors.
The period or phase of a business usually defined by its potential for growth and profitability. For example, businesses are not typically profitable in their initial phase but have tremendous growth potential. On the other hand, while mature businesses may no longer be capable of rapid growth rates, they are often more profitable than when they were new.
The rules that govern the internal affairs or actions of a corporation. Bylaws generally include procedures for holding meetings and electing the board of directors and officers. The bylaws also set out the duties and powers of a corporation's officers.
A business taxed as a separate entity: a business taxed under Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code and legally distinct from its owners.
The senior manager of the Finance Department. The CFO reports to the Company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
A practice by which the mundane and non-controversial board action items are organized in a group and passed with one motion.
Disaster Recovery Plan to ensure that the effects of an extended disruption (e.g., natural disaster) are minimized and the organization is able to maintain or quickly resume mission-critical functions.
Document that provides information or direction for performance of work within the scope of the FMS. Characteristics of control include such things as revision number (letter), signatures indicating review and approval, and controlled distribution.
Information and its supporting medium; the medium may be paper, magnetic, electronic, optical, photograph, or a sample of the Company's product.
Duration of an equipment or system stoppage, scheduled or unscheduled, measured from the moment of failure to the moment at which normal operations resume.
Document originating outside the Company (e.g., customer drawings, industry and/or international standards, suppliers' equipment maintenance manuals, or references) that provides information or direction for performing activities within the scope of the FMS.
System of managing the Company's financial resources, including accounting and financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting, collecting accounts receivable, risk management, and insurance. The FMS for a small business includes how you are financing the business and how you manage its money. Ordered, well-documented system of policies, processes, and procedures, designed to assure compliance, conformity, and security; demonstrate a system of internal controls; and promote continual improvement of financial processes.
Clearly expressed and specific objectives (i.e. expressed in numbers, percentages, ratios) of the Company as they relate to its financial operations and financial structure.
Printed, typed, or electronic document with blank spaces for insertion of required or requested information (e.g., tax form, order form). Document or web form with spaces in which to write; business document that typically contains some predefined data and designated, labeled areas for filling in data.
Document of internal origin (developed entirely by or completed by the Company) that provides information or direction for the performance of activities within the scope of the FMS. Examples include, but are not limited to, FMS procedures.
Indicator of past performance, such as actual sales over a period.
Indicator of future performance (e.g., an increase in interest rates is often a leading indicator of reduced consumer spending).
Consists of the CEO, CFO, and Finance department managers, at a minimum.
Process or series of acts involved in a particular form of work; detailed elements of a process used to produce a specified result. Procedures are different from work instructions. Procedures document a process. Lower level detail of activities or tasks are documented within a work instruction.
The minimum number of people who must be present at a stockholders' meeting, physically or by proxy, in order for a decision made at such a meeting to be binding. The quorum requirements should be stated in the Company's bylaws.
Anything retained to provide and preserve permanent evidence of or information about an event (e.g., document, photograph, nonconforming product sample).
An official document representing an action or intent of action on the part of the Board of Directors of a corporation.
An acronym that describes important attributes for objectives: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound or SMART.
One who owns shares of stock in a corporation (also called stockholder). Ownership includes the right to declared dividends and to vote on certain company matters, including electing the Board of Directors.
Generally, a group of Company officers (e.g., chief executive officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO)) with primary responsibility for decisions and activities affecting the Company in the long term (e.g., strategic planning); may also be referred to as "senior level management".
Document that is not a part of the controlled document system. Uncontrolled documents may not be used to provide work direction or information necessary for the performance of work.
For a step in a process, the instruction(s) on how to perform that step, sufficiently detailed to allow an inexperienced person to perform the work. See Difference Between Process, Procedures and Work Instructions.


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Shamima Begum: UK teen who joined ISIS not allowed to return home to fight for citizenship, court rules
By Admin On Feb 26, 2021
The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Robert Reed, said that the UK Court of Appeal made four errors last year when it ruled that Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to carry out her appeal.
Begum was 15 years old when in 2015 she left the UK with two school friends to join ISIS in Syria. She was stripped of her British citizenship by then-Home Secretary Sajid Javid on February 19, 2019 upon being discovered in a northern Syrian refugee camp.
According to Reed, the Court of Appeal was mistaken in ruling that Begum's right to a fair hearing should prevail over other competing rights.
"The right to a fair hearing does not trump all other considerations such as the safety of the public," Reed said.
The UK Court of Appeal last year ruled that Begum should be granted leave to enter the UK for her appeal because otherwise it would not be "a fair and effective hearing."
Reed added that the Court of Appeal did not give the Home Secretary's assessment of the requirements to enter the UK "the respect it deserved," adding that the court made their "own assessment of the requirements" despite an "absence of relevant evidence."
The Supreme Court also ruled that Begum's appeal against the revocation of her UK citizenship should be "postponed" until she can participate without "public safety being compromised."
In his judgment Reed said Begum is currently being held at a camp in Syria. This is "not a perfect solution as it is not known how long it may be before that is possible," he said.
"There is no perfect solution to a dilemma of the present kind," Reed added.
The decision to revoke Begum's citizenship has come under fire from human rights campaigners and legal experts alike who argue that the revocation rendered her stateless and compromised her right to a fair appeal.
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Pitt Baseball
Panther Baseball: Pitt survives against WVU 7-6
Freshman Bennette Hill hits a grand slam in the 4th as Pitt holds on against WVU in Morgantown.
By oaklandzoo12 Apr 30, 2013, 9:51pm EDT
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Fresh off a weekend sweep of Cincinnati, the #17 baseball team travelled down I-79 to play the second leg of the season's series. The Panthers lost to WVU earlier in the season at Charles L. Cost Field 8-7. In front of a record crowd at Hawley Field, Pitt held on against the Mountaineers to win 7-6. Always nice to send a bunch of West Virginia fans home crushed.
More importantly though, each win helps build Pitt's NCAA resume as they get closer and closer to the NCAA Tournament. And outside of the season ending series at Louisville, Pitt doesn't have many more chances to help their case. But West Virginia, who just swept Kansas over the weekend and are 3rd in the Big 12, at least had an RPI in the 80s, which is better than many of Pitt's remaining opponents.
Scoreless through 3 innings, Pitt got things started with singles from Eric Hess and Boo Vazquez. After a wild pitch advanced both runners a base, Steven Shelinsky, Jr. was walked to load the bases for Elvin Soto. Soto hit an RBI single to bring in Hess. Sam Parente then bunted towards 1st, bringing in Vazquez while Parente safely reached 1st. With the bases loaded for Bennette Hill, he hit a grand slam over the right wall to give Pitt a 6-0 lead. WVU brought in 2 runs in the 4th to end the inning with a 6-2 Pitt lead.
But West Virginia kept things close throughout. They scored once in the fifth to close the gap to 6-3. Stephen Vranka got on base in the 7th with a double and scored following a single from Casey Roche to bring the lead back up to 4. In the bottom of the 8th, WVU scored 3 runs to keep things interesting going into the 9th inning. The Mountaineers got 3 quick outs and got the tying run on base. But Jonathan Danielczyk managed to get 3 straight WVU batters to ground out to end the game.
Roche, normally found in the outfield, started on the mound and picked up the win, pitching 5 2/3 innings, giving up 3 earned runs and striking out 2. Danielczyk got the save. Pitt is now 33-10 heading into tomorrow's home game against Akron. Pitt already beat the Zips earlier in the season in Akron.


, fills his worshipers with a spirit that urges them to be shirtless, sweaty and unapologetically overzealous. Above the party of his patron saints, a gay couple is compelled to swap spit to the sound of his voice. Teetering on the lines between heaven and hell, Kanye West has curated a beautiful scene of anarchy, decorated with dim yellow and red spotlights, distorted screens and a generated faithfulness.
Thorough in the bestowing of his grace, West is sure to bless his subjects with his past righteousness. "I Don't Like," "Mercy," "Power," "Can't Tell Me Nothing," "Runaway" and "Blood on the Leaves" serve as reminders of his Word, as his believers prove they have been studying his gospel intently, screaming each verse aloud. In doing his divine work, it becomes clear that Yeezus's religious dwelling was crafted for his congregation to be the star. As "Wolves" spills from the massive speakers, his holiness is captured in an intimate moment with the gathering beneath him while hovering spotlights create a godly glow. Not too sacrosanct to place his body on the floor beneath him, West even lies across his drifting platform to touch one of his disciples' hands.
This service is unlike others, where children are dragged into the building by their ears or elders swivel to hush the murmurs behind them. As the inspiration of "Good Life" and "Stronger" round out the ceremonious night, a single spotlight invites the spirit of Donda West into the room for "Only One," red lasers emit for a rendition of "Fade" and the recessional begins. "Ultralight Beam" soundtracks the pending exodus as witnesses also serve as the choir, with hands extended as they belt out Kelly Price's testimony. Before anyone is ready to return to Earth, the divinity of Kanye West vanishes.
When the light returns to Madison Square Garden, and the inside of its massive walls are made hollow again by the crowd's retreat, the realization that Kanye West is just a man returns. There was no church; everyone was simply invited into a corner of his mind. He is not a god, but merely an artist unafraid. Unafraid of you. Unafraid of perceptions. Unafraid of risk. A living embodiment of disinhibition, Yeezy is an outlier, deranged enough to remain on the outskirts and occasionally have company at his cavern.
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Author Marta McDowell on Frederick Law Olmsted @ Greenwood Gardens
Footprints on the American Landscape – Frederick Law Olmsted
with Marta McDowell
WHEN: Sunday, May 15, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Greenwood Gardens, 274 Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills
Join us for a delightful talk by well-known horticulture and garden history author, Marta McDowell, as she dives into the life and legacy of the individual who coined the term "landscape architect." While most famous for his public parks, Olmsted's commissions included the Biltmore Estate, the World's Columbian Exposition, and campuses ranging from Stanford to Amherst. For a century, Olmsted and his sons dominated the profession and left a lasting mark on the landscape and psyche of America. Olmsted's enduring contribution to the American landscape is even more notable as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth this year.
Adults only, ages 13 and up; limited to 70 attendees
$20 members; $25 non-members
A Gorgeous Day to Tour the Garden
The weather looks ideal for spending time in the garden on Sunday, May 15th. After you stroll in the garden, join us under the tent on the West Terrace at 4:00 p.m. for Marta McDowell's lecture on Frederick Law Olmsted.
About Marta McDowell
Marta McDowell teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and consults for private clients and public gardens. Her latest book is Unearthing the Secret Garden, about the inspiration for the classic children's book. Timber Press also published Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, New York Times-bestselling All the Presidents' Gardens, and Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life, now in its eighth printing. Marta's new book about garden themes in murder mysteries is due out from Timber Press in 2023. She was the 2019 recipient of the Garden Club of America's Sarah Chapman Francis Medal for outstanding literary achievement.
Experience Tai Chi in the Garden
Thursday, May 26, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
What's in Bloom Walk
Friday, May 27, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
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Hilton is increasing the category of 18 hotels and decreasing the category of two hotels for bookings effective July 8, 2015.
If the hotel you want is going up in category in two weeks, book the hotel now to lock in the lower, current rate. Your stay can be through July 7, 2016 at current rates.
These are the hotels getting cheaper. The DoubleTree in the Islington neighborhood of London will soon drop to 30,000 points per night on certain nights.
These are the hotels getting more expensive. I especially hate to see the increases from Category 1 to Category 2 and Category 2 to Category 3, which are each a doubling of the number of points needed.
There are only two ways to get value from Hilton hotels.
You can get the Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Visa Signature® Card, which currently offers 50,000 bonus points after $1,000 in spending and has no annual fee ever. Then you can use those points for stays at low category hotels. I particularly recommend Category 1 and 2 hotels, and here's a spreadsheet of those properties.
Category 1 hotels cost 5,000 points, and elite Hilton members get the 5th night free on awards. The Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Visa Signature® Card grants Silver status, so cardholders all get the 5th night free on awards. That means you can book 12 free nights at Category 1 hotels or six free nights at Category 2 hotels with the sign up bonus on the Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Visa Signature® Card.
The other way to get value from Hilton hotels is to go for the top end. The Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Reserve Card comes with two free weekend nights worldwide at top tier Hiltons after spending $2,500 in four months.
Some of these Category 9 and 10 hotels (see map of their locations) cost over $3,000 for a weekend!
The Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Reserve Card also comes with Gold Status.
About 0.5% of the 4,000 Hilton properties are changing category on July 8. If your hotel is going up in price book for a stay through July 2016 at its current price. category changes don't affect people who use the Hilton Reserve card to get top tier hotel nights, but it somewhat hurts people who use the Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Visa Signature® Card to book Category 1 and 2 hotels.


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Celebrate Hallyu Queen Song Hye-Kyo's Best K-Drama Fashion Moments
Slay all the way
Amanda Arambulo , on 13 Jul, 2021
Song Hye Kyo is rumoured to add to her list of dramas real soon, two years after the airing of her last K-drama Encounter, which she starred in with Park Bo Gum. The hallyu queen is said to be in talks to play a cold-hearted fashion designer named Ha Young Eun for the upcoming drama I'm Breaking Up Now. While reports claim that Song Hye-Kyo previously declined the role, it seems the producers were able to make her reconsider.
Nothing's set in stone yet, but we can't help but be excited for the slightest possibility of SHK's comeback. That's why we're celebrating in advance by creating a list of some of Song Hye-Kyo's best K-drama fashion moments as a way of claiming her new rumoured role. Read on!
This 'trends from the 2000s' look from Full House
Nostalgic looks from Song Hye-Kyo's Han Ji-Eun. (Photos from: KBS World via YouTube)
Despite the bold and colourful nature of her outfit choices, Song Hye-Kyo's Han Ji-Eun pulls them off by always following a colour story for every outfit. Be it a combination of oranges and yellows or pinks and blues, there's always a sense of harmony in her chosen colour palette. But out of her many interesting numbers, our favourite is this 'trends from the 2000s' look that mixes a knit bolero with a polka-dotted spaghetti strap top and an asymmetrical denim skirt. There seems to be a lot going on with this look, but overall, style queen Song Hye-Kyo nails it. That, and maybe because we all know we tried to pull off the same look way back when.
Her neutrals for winter combo from That Winter, The Wind Blows
Aside from the fashion, That Winter, The Wind Blows is also another Song Hye-Kyo must-watch drama that's often underrated compared to DotS and Encounter. (Photo from: Netflix.com)
If you're looking for a winter lookbook inspiration (when we're ready to travel again, of course), Song Hye-Kyo's entire wardrobe for this drama fits the bill. While she wore many standout outfit combinations in the series, this classic look that matches a beige trench coat with black mufflers, stockings, and pumps for a very sleek yet effortless-looking vibe is our pick. The way she matched it with hooped pearl earrings also adds a level of elegance to the otherwise muted look.
These 'staples ensemble' from Descendants of the Sun
Who can forget this look when it is the exact outfit Dr. Kang was wearing when she shared her first kiss with Captain Yoo? (Photo from: Netflix.com)
Dressing up like Dr. Kang from DotS is very easy since her outfits are usually comprised of summer staples. But if we were to pick our favourite out of all of her looks from this must-watch drama, it would be the one where she wears a distressed black-and-white plaid button-down over a textured off-white shirt tucked over simple denim shorts. Not only is it easy-to-cop and undeniably cohesive even for casual wear, but it's also what she wore in one of the most iconic moments — and stills — from the drama. Remember that romantic scene between her character and Song Joong Ki's 'Big Boss' Captain Yoo?
Her traffic-stopping red dress from Encounter
Of course, Song Hye-Kyo can pull off red-on-red flawlessly. (Photos from: Viki)
The short bob, the red lipstick, the dress — everything about this look from Song Hye-Kyo's 2018 K-drama Encounter exudes elegance and perfection. It's no wonder why Park Bo-Gum's character Kim Jin-Hyeok couldn't help but take photos of her from a distance. In contrast to her neutral wardrobe throughout the rest of the series, the bold colour of the dress also symbolises the one night she experienced freedom from her otherwise constrained life, making it a fashion moment that's both metaphorically and literally worthy of attention.
(Cover photo from: viki.com)
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Bermuda and Canada's TIEA
Bermuda Captive
PwC responds to demand for tax advice with new hires
International links: tax agreements
Companies use analytics to dodge hardening rates by leveraging captives
Bermuda has signed a number of tax information exchange agreements. None appears to have been more significant than that signed with Canada. Implications for the captive sector and future growth are discussed.
Ratified on July 1, 2011, the Bermuda-Canada tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) looks set to have lasting implications for the Island's captive sector. As Lawrence Bird, president of the Bermuda Insurance Management Association (BIMA) and managing director of Marsh IAS Management Services (Bermuda) indicated, the agreement is a "significant development and cements the already close links between Bermuda and Canada".
The agreement has helped to level the tax playing field for Bermuda, the Island having previously been at a disadvantage vis-à-vis Canadian firms' captive domicile of choice, Barbados, which had enjoyed a longstanding tax agreement with Ottawa. As Bird made clear: "Bermuda is an important additional option for Canadian captive owners and prospective owners, and they are, rightly, exploring their options."
Addressing the level of interest that the agreement has prompted among Canadian parent companies, David Gibbons, director of the captive assurance unit at PwC, Bermuda, said that it was difficult to fully assess the lasting implications of the treaty as it is only nine months in, but added that there had been "significant interest thus far, especially from the larger companies that typically already had captives in Canadian treaty countries. Some have already moved to Bermuda and others are expected to move in the coming year".
Kilian Whelan, chief executive officer of JLT Insurance Management, Bermuda spoke of a similar rise in interest. "We now have two major Canadian energy companies on the books since the TIEA came into place and we are actively working on a strong pipeline of companies that are looking to form a captive in Bermuda." He said that while interest had begun with the larger, established energy companies, JLT had started to field interest from mid-size Canadian firms considering the merits of Bermuda and captive insurance. For these firms, JLT is expecting a longer lead time—12 to 36 months—Whelan said, with new formations necessarily taking a time to appear.
Island excellence
But what exactly is it that sets Bermuda apart from the competition, and why might Canadian firms opt to redomicile away from somewhere such as Barbados? Gibbons said that three key factors are attracting Canadian firms to Bermuda. The first is "the ability to come here to underwrite business and form your entire programme out of Bermuda—a factor that cannot be overestimated".
"Second is the prevalence of management companies and other service providers here that have the knowledge. If you have to have mind and management outside Canada, the best place to go is Bermuda. Finally, if you are looking to establish a director base, the experience and skill set is here in abundance."
Bird spoke in a similar vein, adding that "its location, its robust yet pragmatic regulation and even its cost, which despite misconceptions compares favourably with most competing domiciles, makes Bermuda an attractive alternative". Finally, there is the not insignificant ability to access the Island's significant commercial re/insurance market. As Whelan outlined, companies often have group interests in Bermuda and, by locating their captives on the Island, they can access group reinsurance, finance and subsidiary functions all in one location.
Captive structures
Casualty risks predominate among those Canadian captives that are opting for Bermuda's shores, said Bird, with property risks backed by reinsurance or excess placements an increasingly prevalent addition to captive programmes. Thus far the larger single-parent captives have dominated the field, reflecting the size and nature of the Canadian energy firms that have led the charge, and it seems likely that such an emphasis on single-parent captives will continue.
As Gibbons indicated, the early movers were dominated by larger captives because "their insurance and reinsurance structures were so significant that an immediate move made sense to them". Nevertheless, Bird and Whelan were keen to make it clear that Bermuda is equally geared up for small and medium-sized captives from Canada, and beyond.
Regulatory leadership
For many captive owners the issue of Solvency II has been an ongoing concern, and with Bermuda opting for equivalency for the commercial sector there might have been a danger that Europe's regulatory regime would prompt some Canadian parents to consider other, less prescriptive captive domiciles. However, recent discussions between Bermuda and Brussels appear set to allow Bermuda to apply a segmented approach to regulation, in which captives may fall outside the full scope of Solvency II.
As Bird indicated, "being in the first round of equivalency testing for Solvency II purposes has benefited Bermuda as it has embraced the principles of the regime and yet maintained its existing solvency and capital requirements for captives. Arguably, from the perspective of tax deductibility and exempt surplus repatriation for Canadian-owned captives, this position can only strengthen Bermuda's position within a group's risk management strategy and with tax and regulatory authorities in the parent's country".
"Thus far the larger single-parent captives have dominated the field, reflecting the size and nature of the canadian energy firms that have led the charge."
Further helping matters is the positive regard in which the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) is held internationally. Bird said that the BMA is viewed as being "robust yet pragmatic, with excellent dialogue between the regulator and the captive owners' representatives". It is this close dialogue with captives that will be a key differentiator as the Island looks to compete with other domiciles for Canadian firms which are considering a captive home. As Whelan outlined, captive owners "want to be able to actively communicate with the regulator in order to ensure that they understand their specific business needs". At the same time, the BMA's consultative approach for owners seeking to move here enables the Island to achieve enviable speed to market, a factor that continues to set Bermuda apart from the competition, said Gibbons.
Canadian questions
Finally, turning to the questions that Canadian clients are asking of the Bermuda industry, the three industry leaders outlined a range of issues. For Bird, the key questions relate to infrastructure, regulation and cost. He said that one of the enduring myths about Bermuda is that it is an expensive jurisdiction in which to do business. By comparing Bermuda with competing jurisdictions, however, Bird said that it is possible to dispel such misconceptions.
Gibbons reiterated this point, indicating that "for those with established captives, when they look at Bermuda they see that the benefits outweigh the costs". The question of cost largely arises in conversations with those considering establishing a new captive, he said, but without a "detailed analysis it is unlikely you will be able to weight the costs and benefits of being located in a jurisdiction such as Bermuda". Companies that have opted for Bermuda have been "happy with the professionalism of the captive sector and its connections with the insurance and reinsurance industry on the Island", he said.
Whelan concluded that the quality of service providers—an area in which Bermuda has considerable strength—is another issue raised in such conversations, as is the benefit of the Island's close proximity to Canada. It seems that Bermuda has little to fear from such examinations of the Island's captive landscape, with the recent TIEA and rising Canadian interest likely to add further captive numbers to Bermuda's already impressive field.
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Writer's Corner: Writing Isn't as Easy as It Looks
With: Gwen Jones
Have you ever seen the movies Misery or Romancing the Stone? Both feature writers banging out the final paragraph of their books before they triumphantly type THE END, culminating with either an elaborate ritual or an all-encompassing snif of enormous satisfaction. Now although it's true that most writers look more like Kathleen Turner sporting a red nose and a dirty bathrobe than James Caan with his Dom Perignon, it's also true that if there's a writer out there who is really and truly done when she types THE END, then I've yet to meet her. The fact is it's the rare person who emits perfection the first time. My best writing usually comes through in the rewrite, which I'm sure is true with most: it's all in the editing.
But there are a couple of schools of thought when it comes to the nip/tuck of the edit (perhaps more, but I'll just focus on two, or we could be here all day.) The first is the "just write it!", the second is to edit on the fly. Both have their merits, and neither method is wrong.
The average novel is anywhere from 75,000 to 125,000 words, or 300-500 double-spaced pages, most falling somewhere in between. For a work of this length, I've known "just write it!" writers to pump out 200,000 to 300,000 words before they finally take a breath and fan the smoke off their laptops. Many take their inspiration from such methods as Book In a Week or NaNoWriMo which instructs participants to just get it out–no editing, no going back over what's been written. The point is to get the words down and create a first draft, and worry about the revising later. The main thrust is to get the ideas out. I believe this method works well for people who plot their story out beforehand, who work from outlines, or, to take the opposite tack, who write best in stream-of-consciousness. Like a virulent case of verbal vomit, "just write it!" writers throw it all against the wall, deciding to see what'll stick after it dries.
I prefer to fix on the fly and edit whiile I write. Unlike my plotting, I'm deliberate in my revising. Usually I go back to edit before starting another writing session, whether that session is a couple of hours worth or from the day before. Most of the time I do both, and always if I set it aside for a while, as I've done now by revisiting the novel I put aside last year. The advantages to this is it keeps the story fresh in your head, lets you and fix plot or continuity problems, and you're certainly writing more concisely and compactly, as you're choosing your words more carefully, not just pumping out the first thing that flies into your head. Of course, there's always the chance, with constant revisiting, that you'll drain the life out of your prose. The last thing you want to do is beat it into an over-processed, mechanical bore. But this method does help if you tend to lose track of your story, working even better if you're actively writing every day and on a deadline.
Neither method is right for everyone, and you may work best under a combination of the two. The important thing is you're writing, and if it takes a bit of the nip and tuck, or more than a few Joycean interior monologues to get you going, then damn the Spell Check–full speed ahead!
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THE LAWS OF SEDUCTION
When Rex Renaud, the COO of Mercier Shipping, is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, he knows he'll need a miracle to clear his name … and sassy lawyer Charlotte Andreko is the perfect woman for the job. Charlotte has built her career defending pro bono clients against womanizers like Rex Renaud, and she'd much rather let him sweat it out in a jail cell than defend him in court. Yet Rex swears he's been set up, and when he offers her a shocking sum of money in exchange for her legal counsel, the financial security is too tempting to resist. The court dubs Rex a serious flight risk—how many people have their own jet?—and he's released on one condition: Charlotte's his new jailer, and he's stuck with her until his arraignment. But when a bomb threat sends Rex and Charlotte on the run, neither is prepared for the explosive chemistry and red-hot passion that flare between them as they hunt for the truth about his arrest. - See more!
Gwen Jones is a mentor and instructor in Western Connecticut State University's Master in Creative and Professional Writing program, and an Assistant Professor of English at Mercer County College, in West Windsor, NJ. Her work has appeared in Writer's Digest, The Kelsey Review, and The Connecticut River Review, and she is the author of the HarperCollins Avon FRENCH KISS series, Wanted: Wife, Kiss Me, Captain, and The Laws of Seduction. A writer of women's fiction and romance, she lives with her husband, Frank, near Trenton, New Jersey.
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Post published:Apr 29, 2014
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Girls. That one word is the most complex thing on this little place we call planet earth. A whole gridlock of emotions simultaneously spontaneously combusting on the inside. With bodies, hearts and brains that actually make me think that intelligent design could be real. Girls. Who come from Venus. Which is what us guys call our right testicles. The left is obviously called Mars.
No matter how hard we try to sum you up you find a way of surprising us even more. Whether in a good or bad way. Expecting the unexpected is always easier said than done. You can love us the one day only to try and stab us with scissors the next. We get bombarded with information day in and day out. Expected to remember every single thing. Arguments are like trying to defuse a land mine. Then of course there's that hostile time of the month where we must all tread carefully. Phrases like "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" don't exist for nothing. There's centuries worth of proof to make this a fact.
I work in a department with exactly 13 women. Unlucky number. I am the only guy between them. The other person with a phallic appendage in the department is our manager who has his own cosey office away from the flood of Oestrogen that drowns this place. I am constantly right in the eye of the storm. Just waiting for their menstrual cycles to sync. There are upsides though. As the only guy in the department they often treat and feed me like some kind of pet. They make fancy sandwiches, eat only one because they suddenly felt fat and then give the rest to me. Also, they always have medication. So if I get a headache (not to get out of sex), a sore throat or just start feeling down, they reach into that secret little compartment where they keep their medicine and anti-depressants and make me feel better.
And some of them aren't bad looking either. There are especially two MILFS currently working in the department and the innocent flirting is fun unless it ends up at Human Resources. There are downsides of course. With all the emotions and different issues floating around in this place, morale can be a little low. I started working here in this department on the 2nd of September. And honestly, in the 34 weeks that I have worked here, not one has gone by where there weren't tears. Either over a sick dog, or how the boss spoke to them or problems at home, there will be tears. But I feel sorry for our manager sometimes. Yes he is a prick. Obviously, he's a manager. He does have a hard time talking to people in a respectable manner sometimes but he's that way with everyone.
Yet every lady in the department thinks it's personal and that he is attacking their character. He too is under immense pressure and gets shit from his superiors so if you fuck up, he has to fix it while he also has to fix 16 other things, of course he's going to get mad. Of course he's going to yell at you because you fucked up. As simple as that. It's nothing personal. It's not that he doesn't like you. It's just that he has a lot on his plate. He has two toddler twins. Do you really think the man is getting enough sleep? And he's married so he's probably not getting laid either. How miserable would you be?
Get up at 4 AM because the kids decided that they want to play, get to work, go to a meeting, get verbally abused by the big boss because the work is not up to scratch, have employees coming in saying that they messed up, stress, do that work, go home, eat, shit, masturbate, go to bed, repeat. Wouldn't you turn into a fucking douche bag as well? But yet I have never felt more at home. But what gets to me is that I have always known that women have issues and go through tough times but never this much. Two of the ladies have abusive husbands. One was raped by her ex-husband. One was molested by her father when she was just a girl. And it frightens me.
It frightens me that domestic violence has become so common place. To me, domestic violence was something from the dark ages. When woman weren't even allowed to vote or had to stay home and cook and clean all day. And then suddenly I started hearing more and more about guys beating their girlfriends and shit.
One of the first things my dad taught me was to never hit a girl. And I have never done this. But not everyone gets taught that. We are all a product of our surroundings and childhood homes and memories. And we reflect that shit later in life. The boy/girl might have seen their dad punch their mom and thought that this is normal. We have become so numb to this. Every second Oprah episode had someone on it that was molested. That was abused by a spouse. And we couldn't be less interested. It seems like a South African thing. We have gotten so used to violence and all of the other shit that happen on a daily basis in this country.
I go onto News24 scroll past 18 articles of rape/murder/violence without flinching before I get to something that really catches my attention. It's just the same shit every day. And this scares the shit out of me. Because am I becoming less compassionate? Less human even? And after seeing the clip of the UCT rugby player punching that girl from Potch full on in the face, my thought wasn't immediately the usual "this is sickening. A guy should never punch a girl" but instead that was the second or third thought.
The first was, "What the fuck was she doing getting involved in the first place? What did she expect would happen when hitting and punching an enraged guy?" And after reading a lot of comments on the video, South Africans seem pretty split down the middle. Some people say it's a "vulgar display of woman abuse" and others say "well, if she can dish it out then she can take it." And I'm on the fence, to be perfectly honest. I agree with both opinions. A guy should never punch a girl but with that said, a girl shouldn't get involved when big fucking men start fighting. Girls will be very protective of people that they care about.
It's that motherly instinct that kicks in with most mammals. Women become lionesses and will put their lives at risk if push came to shove to save or help someone they cared about. But a line should be drawn somewhere. Guys also have some kind of instinct like that but mostly their survival instinct kicks in where you look out for number 1. Sure some of us get into fights to save our friends or to defend our woman's honor but it's all pride. All testosterone fueled.
We live in a very disturbed world where people can snap in an instant and before you know it there's a special channel dedicated to the court case. Your safety, health or life means absolutely nothing. In a second things can get so out of hand that you just fall funny in a fight or something and you're paralyzed or dead. I don't want things to be this way. What if I have daughters one day? I don't want them to live in a world where it's acceptable to punch a girl in the first place. But then I'll also learn them to not get involved in fights with rugby players from UCT. What do you think?
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In Chicagoland, where I got to host Flourish president Rusty Pritchard, and where we filled our week with rich conversations, inspirational meetings, lessons in natural history (and enthusiasm) with first graders, some deep dish pizza, and some beautiful walks through restored prairie land.
A few autumnal rainstorms and some gnarly Chicago traffic couldn't dampen our spirits this week. Instead, we were encouraged by a landscape architect from Park Community Church, who had always felt she had to segregate her environmental work from her Christian faith, until she realized that her faith gave the strongest foundation to her work. We were energized by the squeals from first graders at Christian Heritage Academy, as Rusty led them in some hands-on discovery of the wacky seeds, burrs, and nuts God has created to help plants grow. We were reminded of why we do this work when Cindy Crosby, a local author and naturalist, led us down forest paths at Lisle's Morton Arboretum and patiently pointed out some of Illinois' most striking native plants. And yesterday we got to do church at Christ Church of Oak Brook, where a roomful of thoughtful adults looked critically at what is similar and and what is different between secular environmentalism and Bible-based stewardship, concluding that the latter must be undergirded by the fact that God is Love.
For an even better picture of what we got to do in the city of broad shoulders, check out Rusty's interview with Greg Wheatley on Moody Radio's Primetime America last Thursday.
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TUITION ADJUSTMENT 2020-21
The Tuition Adjustment program addresses the needs of families who are unable to pay full tuition .
Tuition Adjustment is available to all students from preschool to 8th grade.
There are no discounts or adjustments for fees, or extended care programs.
All awards are subject to funding.
Families need to be enrolled or have applied for admission to OWS before applying for Tuition Adjustment. If you would like to start the enrollment process, please visit our admission page for information.
Apply online with FAST. Complete their Financial Aid Application being sure your entries match your tax return when applicable. Pay the FAST application fee.
Upload your tax document directly to FAST. You will need the most recent tax year.
Priority Application Deadline: May 1, 2020 (changed from April 15th)
Adjustment Offers issued by school: May 15, 2020
Acceptance of Adjustment Offers due to school: June 1, 2020
* Returning families requesting reduced tuition with re-enrollment contracts receive priority processing when they submit a completed financial aid application by April 15, 2020.
Applications received after May 1, 2020 will not be considered for financial aid unless all applications received by the deadline have been processed and there are funds still available.
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What is Tuition Adjustment (TA)?
Are there any costs to apply for TA?
Will our family qualify for TA?
What is a typical TA award amount?
How is Tuition Adjustment determined?
Who will see our TA application?
Will applying for TA affect our application/admission?
Do we have to re-apply each year?
 How do separated or divorced parents apply?
What about non-working parents?
Why is there a month between the application deadline and award offers?
Who do I contact if I have additional questions?
Tuition Adjustment is a financial award, deducted from a child's tuition. The Tuition Adjustment Program is designed to bridge the gap between tuition and the amount families can afford.
Families currently attending OWS and families who have applied for admission. We accept applications from all grade levels.
FAST charges a $45 fee. This fee is paid during the online application process. No fees are charged by the school to apply for TA.
Will my family qualify for TA?
The best way to determine your eligibility is to submit an application and proceed through the process. Due to the variety of financial circumstances, it is impossible for us to give clear guidelines. Despite this, we get lots requests for a guideline. The following is just to give an idea. The committee has seen families with one student here receive an award with an income around $60,000. The committee has seen families with two students here receive an award with an income around $80,000. We have issued awards for families with incomes around $100,000; it just depends on expenses. A good rule of thumb is: if in doubt, apply. It costs very little, and because so many factors are considered, it is always worth going through the process. It is important to understand that there is no specific income level at which a family will not qualify for financial aid.
Olympia Waldorf School strives to bridge the gap between tuition and what families can afford. At this time, we offer awards up to 100% of tuition, not fees. Many families in lower income brackets receive this maximum amount.
FAST collects information on income, assets and expenses. Income may be wages or business income. Assets are also considered and include items such as homes, savings accounts, retirement, etc. Assets are weighted and a percentage may be added to funds available, increasing a family's "income" for the year. Family expenses, including a system-calculated amount for food and basic expenses, is subtracted from the families income to give an amount available for spending. Again, this amount is weighted and a portion is allotted for tuition. If this amount is greater than tuition, no award is granted. If this amount is less than tuition, an award is issued for the difference.
OWS commits to keeping your financial information and tuition adjustment award confidential. Names will only be available to the Tuition Adjustment Committee and will be controlled by the Business Manager.
No, applying for TA does not affect your application process or admission to the school. Admission to the school is determined without any consideration of finances. If your child is accepted as a student at the school, a full tuition contract would be issued and an award of tuition adjustment would come separately.
Yes, each year our families must reapply for Tuition Adjustment. Returning families are given priority funding if they apply by the application deadline.
How do separated or divorced parents apply?
We expect that both parents will apply for Tuition Adjustment. FAST will keep your financial information separate and confidential. The school makes the same commitment. Tuition Adjustment is based on the ability to pay, rather than the willingness to pay, so both parents' income is taken into consideration.
There are different reasons for a parent or guardian to not be working. In some cases, they may be the caregiver for another child or a parent. Sometimes they are disabled and received disability instead. In these cases, income is taken as provided in the FAST application. In the case where a parent or guardian is a homemaker by choice rather than need, FAST inputs an income equal to approximately 20 hours per week at minimum wage.
The Tuition Adjustment Committee must allow time for FAST to verify that each family's application matches their tax return and to make other related calculations. We allow at least 2 weeks for that process. After that, the committee meets to work through all the applications and then our Business Manager must input and issue awards. It is possible that you may receive your award letter sooner that one month, but our process must allow time for all of the parts.
Please contact our Business Manager, Stephanie Redden. Her email is business@olympiawaldorf.org.
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Washington: Are you a space enthusiast? Then there is a golden opportunity for you to decide where NASA's Juno spacecraft should aim its camera during its next close flyby of Jupiter on February 2.
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Sicario isn't afraid to show the dark reality of the new war on drugs. This is the world of the cartels where brutal executions are the norm and the only way to combat these men is to cross the line and be as brutal as the men you are facing. It also means most of the characters in the film are dubious at best, and the truly good guys come across as too weak to face the harsh reality of the situation. It's bleak but effective and I have no doubt closer to the truth than I want to imagine.
'Sicario' is a brutally realistic crime thriller. The violence is unsettling is the right way. It forces you to accept it's harsh reality, while not turning you off to the movie. If anything, it makes the sudden bursts of action more tense. We follow an FBI agent as she becomes a tagalong on a secretive task meant to take down a drug lord. She is lead on a long trail, only finding out small bits of intel on the mission as it progresses. She's asked to accept hard truths when put in uncomfortable situations. Her determination to uphold laws while those in charge of her are operating outside of them creates a constant clash, and also serves as an allegory the losing battle in the 'war on drugs'.
"You're asking me how a watch works. For now, just keep an eye on the time."
"Sicario" was kind of a disappointment for me. Despite my admiration for director Denis Villeneuve ("Prisoners" was an excellent film), the presence of a high-profile and talented cast and an inviting trailer (although I scrupulously shun trailers), I thought this one wasn't really original and impressive. Maybe the trailer has put me on the wrong foot. That sinister and morbid beginning with those corpses stashed in plastic, made an immense impression on me. This combined with the flashy and clever scene where you see a convoy of pitch black SUV's making their way through a crowded highway with an action-packed ending subsequently, made sure I was eagerly looking forward to seeing this film.
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Justin Bieber's DJ is now on FIT Radio!
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That's right. We have just added Justin Bieber's DJ to FIT Radio! We know him as Tay James, but you may also refer to him as #WeKnowTheDJ. We met with Tay last week in the FIT Radio office, and we were all very surprised at what a relaxed, down to earth guy he turned out to be! It is always exciting to discover "The Big Man on Campus" is actually a really cool dude too.
DJ Tay James is one of the hottest DJs in the game right now. His content and marketing on the Internet is second to none. Covering a wide range of music, he has proven time and time again that he can provide any audience with great music to keep the people moving. In recent years he linked up with pop sensation Justin Bieber and hasn't turned back since. James has been Bieber's DJ and hype man on Bieber's major world tours keeping the Bieber Fever hot for sold out stadiums. Last year, DJ Tay James hit the world of mixtapes hard with his tribute to one of rap's greatest, Bun B, of the group UGK. The mixtape, titled We Know Bun B The Original OG, was presented by Jimmy Jazz and Diamond Supply Co. Whether he's hyping a crowd in the big arenas or dropping mixtapes, he always brings the energy and a true passion for music. James has shown the world he can run the mainstream with Bieber or walk with Under Ground King's Bun B. If you did not know the DJ before, you do now. Be sure to check DJ Tay James out at his website, weknowthedj.com, and listen to his personal radio station, We Know the DJ, streaming on FIT Radio.
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The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, like the Rose Garden, is based on a traditional 18th century American garden. Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson continued the garden's restoration plans approved by President and Mrs. Kennedy and the National Park Service. The East Garden was dedicated by Mrs. Johnson as the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden on April 22, 1965, although it has been called the "First Lady's Garden" by some later administrations.
The garden has a large fescue grass panel in the center and is framed on the north and south sides by a holly hedge. The East Colonnade, located on the garden's north side, is lined by a row of linden trees. Planting beds, bordered by boxwoods, are filled with tulips, pansies and grape hyacinth. Rosemary, thyme, and other herbs, planted under the eight American holly trees, are regularly used by the White House chefs.
The previous garden had a large reflecting pool in the center and was first created by Beatrix Farrand for President and Mrs. Wilson, although Mrs. Wilson died before seeing it completed.


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Q: Mysql2::Client::LONG_PASSWORD (NameError) I am trying to upgrade my ruby version from 2.4.5 to 2.4.9 in my rails app in Docker.
After rebuilding  my container it stops with the error:
uninitialized constant Mysql2::Client::LONG_PASSWORD (NameError)

My version of mysql2 gem is locked on:
gem 'mysql2', '0.3.21'

I tried upgrading the mysql2 gem to version 0.4.0 that just ended up with another error.
Any suggestions on which order to upgrade things to make it work?

A: I took the mysql2 to version '0.4.10'
Seemed to do the trick

A: There is some updates on mysql gems than your applications doesnt support
Search this file on your gemset

gems/mysql2-0.3.21/lib/mysql2/client.rb

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Change like this
:connect_flags => REMEMBER_OPTIONS | LONG_FLAG | TRANSACTIONS | PROTOCOL_41 | SECURE_CONNECTION,

run migrations
The best practice is to update your code, but with this changes you can continue working

A: Had the same problem with in docker container:
rails 5.1.7
ruby v2.5.9
mysql2 0.4.6 (using mysql v5.7.18)

Solution:
Upgraded gem mysql2 to 0.5.3

The interesting thing that on mac with local ruby everything was just working fine.

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Attend the 2012 Dive & Travel Expo and Win BIG!
We will have thousands in cash and prizes donated this year. Companies from all over the world are coming and will bring "goodies" to give away.


boiling water, and after cooling for a few minutes, it is placed in a vessel containing finely chopped ice (Fig. 10). The mercury column falls rapidly, but finally remains stationary, and at this level another scratch is made on the tube and the point is marked 32°. The space between these two points, which represent the temperatures of boiling water and of melting ice, is divided into 180 equal parts called degrees. The thermometer in use in the United States is marked in this way and is called the Fahrenheit thermometer after its designer. Before the degrees are etched on the thermometer the open end of the tube is sealed.
The Centigrade thermometer, in use in foreign countries and in all scientific work, is similar to the Fahrenheit except that the fixed points are marked 100° and 0°, and the interval between the points is divided into 100 equal parts instead of into 180.