One of the most important tenets of personal financing is to create and maintain a budget. Remember, a budget is not just about balancing your checkbook — or firing up that copy of Quicken software once a month — but rather formulating a complete picture of your personal finance health (and making informed decisions based on that picture).
While many people "know" they should create a budget, and have heard the mandate about the importance of a budget since they were in grammar school, most individuals don't know how to organize their budget in a way that serves their financial interests.
Here are five keys to ensuring your budget is organized, insightful and helps pave the way toward your personal financing goals.
What does a credit score have to do with your personal budget?
The harsh truth is that not all "money" is created equal. In the modern world — with our reliance on borrowing money — without a healthy credit score we will literally be "paying" more for the same amount of money than someone else with better credit.
Luckily, as your credit rating improves, you'll get lower interest rates, which can help you buy a home, refinance debts, build equity and possibly invest in real estate to begin building wealth. A better credit rating can also help you find a better-paying job, finance a business or invest in various financial opportunities that may otherwise not be available.
Paying bills before they're due (even just three days early can help).
Not using all of your available credit (keeping your debts to one-third of your credit limit).
Paying off loans with the highest interest first (A no-brainer strategy, but an important one).
Contacting creditors to make payment arrangements if you can't pay as agreed.
Using extra money to reduce your total indebtedness.
As business expert Peter Drucker once said, "what gets measured, gets managed." And that's nowhere more true than with the numbers in your personal budget. Take time to track every expense, as if your life were a stock and you were expected to report credits and debits to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Be sure to remember one thing: a budget is not a fixed thing, but an organic (often-changing) document. Prices rise, income can move up or down and life changes can dramatically affect spending. Temporary fluctuations can be caused by one-time events like repairs, unexpected expenses or taking time off from work due to illness and/or personal issues.
An ideal budget has built-in flexibility, but your situation can change from day-to-day and week-to-week. A severe winter can devastate a family's heating budget while simultaneously making it difficult to work as many hours. Even commodities — such as cable, water or electricity — can change drastically, which can affect your overall budget.
Remember, not all changes to your budget are bad. You could find a little extra money, or the price of a particular expense may have gone down. Your goal is not have a "finished" budget — but instead a resource that you can use to understanding personal finance and make quick, sound financial decisions. And this means tracking what you spend and examining your budget frequently.
You don't need a business degree to understand personal finance basics. The keys to successful financial planning include leveraging equity, paying off debts, generating alternative income streams and minimizing expenses.
With financial software platforms, many of which are free, you can explore different scenarios for savings, IRAs, insurance products, refinancing loans, 401(k)s and potential investments. There are plenty of budget templates, loan calculators and other online resources that allow you to make quick and accurate calculations, regardless of how complex your financial situation might be.
The key is to find financial planning software that works for your personality and consumption behavior. Each of them have different interfaces — some are geared toward use on a mobile device, others for more desktop use. Try a few out, on a trial basis, and hone in on one you'll actually use, not what everybody claims is the best.
Budgets are a fantastic way to get a snapshot of your current financial health, and look for ways to curb spending and boost savings. But without concrete financial goals in your personal budget, it's hard to know exactly what all this "saving" is actually for.
Some of the best personal finance advice you'll ever receive is to link up concrete positive financial goals — such as buying a home, starting a business, financing college, providing for retirement and saving funds for both long-term purposes and short-term emergencies — with an existing budget.
You'll feel motivated to stick to a budget, because you'll know exactly what's at stake. Even if you're living paycheck-to-paycheck, you'll have a compelling vision of the financial future you want to create (which can often give you that added boost of confidence you need to keep going in the midst of difficult, financial times).
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the Supreme Court Justice, offered had some interesting advice of his own: "Taxes are what we pay for in a civilized society." Tax evasion is illegal, but tax strategies are perfectly legal, and allow you to keep more of your hard-earned cash.
Even modest incomes can build financial equity by capitalizing on every opportunity to use pretax dollars, such as investing in IRAs and taking advantages of legal deductions, tax credits and tax-advantaged investments.
Real estate investing, as an example, offers good tax advantages for building wealth. As BankRate detailed recently: you can realize up to $250,000 for a single filer or $500,000 for a married couple in tax-free capital gains from the sale of a primary residence every two years. You can also deduct mortgage interest for your primary and secondary residences up to certain limits.
If you own a small business, you can deduct some job-related expenses, such as a home office. Even your business structure can have significant tax implications based on whether it's a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or S corporation. Getting good tax advice becomes increasingly important as you earn more money or begin investing activities, so see a professional before moving forward with any strategies you may have in mind. The key is to be diligent in finding opportunities to boost your savings, in regards to taxes, and not assume the number you must pay the government is set in stone.
There is no one perfect way to organize a budget, just as there is no perfect way to organize your personal financing in a way that helps you reach your ideal financial goals.
By gathering as much financial information as you can — credit score, tax opportunities, your constantly-evolving expenditures — and keeping an eye clearly on where you're going, you'll do far more than win "Most Organized Budget of the Year." You'll be that much closer to realizing your financial dreams.


Even if age ain't nothing but a number, we all have expectations for who and where and what we want to be by the time we've logged a certain number of years on this planet. For example, the age of 50 is one that stands out as a particular milestone for many. What do you think you'll have done by then? Or, if you're already 50, what did you do? Thanks to a recent study, we now have an idea of all the things you should try and accomplish before you turn that age, ranging from worldly pursuits to simple pleasures.
2,000 British citizens over the age of 50 were surveyed by researchers in a study commissioned by the insurance company Sun Life. They talked about all the things they thought one should have accomplished by the age of 50, as well as the things they hadn't yet done themselves. Of those surveyed, 39 percent also said that they felt that their life had really only begun when they turned 50 years old. 50 is, apparently, the new 30.
How many of these have you completed? Remember, it's never too late to get started on your list. And, if you feel like the clock is ticking, here five ways you can add 22 years to your life so that you have more time to accomplish all of these amazing things.


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A van ran into a crowd of pedestrians in Shanghai on Friday morning, injuring more than a dozen people, according to local media reports.
The accident was caused by the van's driver, who unintentionally set the inside of the vehicle on fire while smoking, according to the state-run People's Daily. The news site noted that the driver was suspected of illegally moving hazardous goods.
17 pedestrians were hospitalized after the incident, which occurred in the city's Huangpu District, according to Chinese state broadcaster CGTN.
Reports say the van was driving toward a Starbucks on Nanjing Road West about 9 a.m. before it came to a stop at the coffee chain's entrance after hitting several people. The storefront is near the People's Park, which is in the center of the city, according to The New York Times.
A Starbucks spokeswoman told HuffPost that no one inside the coffee shop was injured and the location was not damaged by the vehicle. The store will remain closed while authorities investigate.
A local media outlet called The Paper initially reported that several people were inside the van and that it held several canisters of gas. But the article was removed and later replaced by a statement from the Shanghai government, possibly a signal that China's media censors ordered it taken down, Reuters reported.
Graphic video of the scene was shared on social media, showing several people lying on the ground and the vehicle in flames as firefighters worked to quell the blaze.


To celebrate National Burger Month, we're teaming up with famed New York City meat purveyor Pat LaFrieda to give away a case of their burger patties (24 per case) each week this month. Patties will be shipped fresh anywhere in the U.S. (sorry, international readers!), perfect for throwing a giant burger party or for cooking burger-centric meals at home. To enter this week's contest, just tell us your biggest burger pet peeve(s) in the comments section below.
Contest will end and comments will close at 5 p.m. ET, Monday, May 20, 2013. One entry per community member. One winner will be chosen at random. Winners are limited to U.S. residents. Standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.


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Partly cloudy and windy. High around 30F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph..
Clear to partly cloudy. Low around 15F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
Thomas Hynes, 8, gets a high-five from registered nurse Geri Hamel after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine last November at Anawan Pharmacy in Rehoboth.
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Student virus cases tick up in Attleboro area while teacher cases go down
By George W. Rhodes grhodes@thesunchronicle.com
GEORGE RHODES
The number of students with coronavirus in the area and statewide went up this past week while cases among staff members went down.
In the 10-community Sun Chronicle area, the number of cases among the 30,009 students increased by 346 in the week ending Jan. 12, jumping from 1,578 to 1,924. That's an increase of nearly 22%.
While the percentage increase was big, the overall percentage of those with the virus in the 14 school districts tracked by The Sun Chronicle remained relatively small at 6.41%, a 1.15 point increase over the 5.26% recorded in the week ending Jan. 5.
Statewide, the number of students with the virus climbed from 38,887 in the week ending Jan. 5 to 41,063 in the week ending Jan. 12.
That's an increase of 2,176 students, or 5.59%.
Overall the 41,063 students represent 4.5% of the 911,520 students statewide.
Meanwhile, the number of staff members with the virus in the Sun Chronicle area declined.
In the week ending Jan. 5 there were 362 stafers with the virus. In the week ending Jan. 12 that number declined to 243.
That's a drop of 119, or nearly 33%.
The 243 represent just under 6% of the 4,065 staffers area-wide, which is a drop of 2.94 points from the 362 and 8.91% of the week ending Jan. 5.
In Attleboro, the number of staffers with the virus declined from 54 in the week ending Jan. 5 to 42 in the week ending Jan. 12.
That's good news for the administration because there is still a shortage of substitute teachers, School Superintendent David Sawyer said.
Administrators were able to fill the gaps and keep the schools open, he said.
"Shutdowns have been unnecessary as we shuffle support staff to fill in gaps in coverage," he said in an email. "It isn't optimal, but closure would be much more disruptive."
But the numbers before the pandemic and currently with regard to teacher absences are not much different, he said.
So it's something administrators have been dealing with for a while.
"Surprisingly, the absence rate isn't much different than historical levels," Sawyer said.
Statewide the number of staff members with the virus declined from 12,213 to 7,351, which was a drop of 4,862, or nearly 40%.
The 12,213 represented just under 9% of all 136,349 staff members statewide.
The 7,351 represent 5.39% of the 136,349 which is a decline of 3.56 points.
In The Sun Chronicle area, King Philip Regional School District had the highest percentage of students with the virus at 16.48%, which translates to 309 of the district's 1,874 students.
Norfolk Agricultural High School had the second greatest percentage at 12.41%, or 73 of its 588 students.
King Philip and Norfolk Agricultural drove the overall percentage and numbers higher because in the week ending Jan. 5 those two districts reported just 19 cases between them.
King Philip reported 19 and Norfolk Agricultural reported none.
Six of the districts reported reductions in cases including Foxboro, -39; Mansfield, -62; Norfolk, -17; Plainville, -11; Seekonk -42; and Wrentham, -8.
Attleboro had the most students with the virus at 354 of its total population of 5,866.
That number translates to a hair over 6%, which is up from 5.54%, or 29 students, recorded in the week ending Jan. 5.
Norfolk had the lowest number of cases and the lowest percentage of cases at 31 and 3% respectively.
That town has a student population of 1,031.
Norfolk Aggie had the highest percentage of staff members out, 16%, which translates to 13 teachers.
Seekonk had the lowest percentage of staff members out at 3.34% which translates to 10 teachers.
George W. Rhodes can be reached at 508-236-0432.
Coronavirus cases in Attleboro area schools as of Jan. 12
5,866 354 6.03 699 42 6.00
1,031 31 3.00 156 8 5.12
656 33 5.03 86 6 6.87
921 67 7.27 156 10 6.41
Foxboro Charter
Dighton Rehoboth
King Philip
1,874 309 16.48 242 30 12.39
Bristol Agricultural
Norfolk Agricultural
588 73 12.41 81 13 16.04
Total Jan. 12
30,009 1,924 6.41 4,065 243 5.97
Total Jan. 5
Total Dec. 23
30,009 320 1.06 4,065 47 1.13
Total Dec. 9
10-community Area
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Finger Buns and Cricket
If I moved back to America tomorrow and somebody asked me what I missed the most about Australian food (besides my excessive stash of Cadbury chocolate bars), it would probably be finger buns. Yesterday, Penny and Jamie brought one home in the form of a loaf, but you can also buy them individually.
When I first moved to Australia and lived with Al's parents for several weeks, there were almost always individual finger buns in the kitchen. My first impression was that they looked like Long Johns. Finger buns, however, are not deep fried like doughnuts. They just taste like bread (with or without raisins or other dried fruit) with a thick, sugar coconut cream coating spread on top. I'm not a huge fan of coconut, but this topping just tastes like sugary cream frosting. The coconut only gives it texture.
We hardly buy finger buns anymore, and I know why. Once I start, I can't stop! I think I had three slices yesterday. They're not excessively fattening (I think a single finger bun is something like 200 calories), but you don't want to go overboard on them. They're a fantastic treat though, and they're probably healthier than a Long John.
I went to the cricket yesterday, although I really didn't feel like it at first. The weather turned much cooler, and I spent about three hours shopping with Penny before. We were looking for dresses for Grumpy's 80th birthday party (she's having three, by the way), but we had no luck.
I ended up going, anyway. I wore jeans and boots with a tank top and a cardigan, and I still wasn't warm enough. I clung onto Al for warmth for the first 20 minutes, and then he just gave me his sweatshirt. What a gentleman.
We sat with our friends Claire, Duncan and Andrew. The Adelaide Oval was almost completely full, because it was final Redbacks game of the season. They made it to the championships. We played New South Wales.
The sky was gorgeous while the sun set. Claire and I were snap-happy.
Can you spot the Fruchoc Man in the photos above and below?
We won! There were fireworks, which I didn't expect at all.
They were no Sydney Harbour New Years Eve fireworks, but we still enjoyed them.
We all grabbed a drink at the Lion after the game, and then we headed home. Al and I kept talking about how much we wished that we already lived in our new apartment. If we did, we would have been so close to the game! We have a little more than a week until our exciting move-in day.
More Wacky Weather
Now, Australia, when will the weather be normal again? There is more flooding in Victoria, there are bush fires near Perth and we all know what has been going on in northern Queensland. Adelaide is unscathed, although today feels like an autumn day. It's strange, but we're going back to the hot summer weather this week. I hope it holds out for the weekend. We're supposed to go strawberry picking and to a winery next weekend for an early Valentine's Day!


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Film, Reviews, Women's Day 2020
Women's Day: Perfect, Imperfect Endings – On Barbara Loden's 'Wanda' (1970)
Art can be inherently political, but demanding didactic manifestations of intent and closed-circuit endpoints is anything but–– the most piercingly conscious works eschew such politeness in favor of a palpable atmosphere of unknowing. If things are really so in need of fixing, why lay out a film's thematic arc so easily?
Of course, audiences and critics have demanded otherwise, and still do frequently. Unfair reputations plague projects for their willingness to wander, to operate within an ostensibly political realm, albeit one that may be more inscrutable upon first blush. Tidiness in ideas can get wrongly intertwined with tidiness in form. It's why some of the most cogent documentaries are the most free-flowing, and even sprawling, and why some of the most prescient narrative films follow a more mutable ebb and flow.
Barbara Loden's sole film, the 1970 masterpiece Wanda, thankfully isn't in possession of such a discernable governing force, but it's extratextual scaffolding is one of womanly solace and identification. Inspiration for the project came from a New York Daily News piece from 1960, which detailed the peculiar though devastating life of Alma Malone, a woman from the deep south, who in being an accomplice in her partner's botched bank robbery, was given 22 years in prison. She thanked the sentencing judge, as jail was a guarantee for a bed and meals, everyday.
In this story, Loden saw her own roots, and a potential future for herself had art and her burgeoning acting and screenwriting career not interceded. It's a strong, sobering realization, the kind that undergirds a film with necessarily equal amounts of sympathy, subjective experience, and all around understanding of the strictures class and gender norms impose on those less fortunate. The resulting Wanda is no screed, but a clear-eyed interrogation of circumstance, subsumed in the awkward, loping rhythms of a woman's own state of confusion in what to do next, in how to act, in who to associate with, all to ensure the simple, fundamental desires Malone herself outlined: something to eat and a place to lay your head. Loden herself then in the titular role seals the film's expert straddling of its autobiographical/fictional dichotomy.
Wanda's beginning and ending never give the impression of an enclosed narrative-cycle; rather, the film itself feels like documented blip on a timeline that exists beyond when the camera stops rolling. It moves linearly from "A to B" unfussily, but in its deeply ingrained open-endedness, an introduction and conclusion become moot points. Wanda is chock full of these scintillating omissions, to the point where context and establishing points are left by the wayside, and Wanda herself is our sole anchor. This bravery, in hinging an entire film on a particularly unremarkable woman with no job, and who's just been divorced and lost custody of her children, was initially misunderstood as laziness. The ire of critics upon its release however was still unforgivably venomous; Pauline Kael even called the character Wanda herself a "sad, ignorant slut." Given Loden's own identification with the source material, this stinging barb feels like it was hurled at the director herself.
The character Wanda herself is sad, but she's not ignorant (and no slut, either), as in the coal-country milieu the film resides in, there's really not that much to be ignorant about. Though Wanda is our centering focus, she isn't one to blot out the other denizens of the different townships she moves through, all of whom are simply and similarly trying to scrounge for money, and maybe enjoy a hamburger and beer. Kael's comment implies that Wanda should've been looking for something more, but there's really not the promise of much else in the world of the film.
Because Loden doesn't come crashing out the gate –– as she similarly never brings things crashing down –– there's the subtle suggestion that there are stories similar to Wanda's occuring parallel. Things even whirl to life with a casual sleight-of-hand, as a collection of establishing shots move us within a standalone, dilapidated house, featuring a grandmother on the porch, some crying children, and a harried looking mother being chewed out by blink-and-you'll-miss-him gruff husband. There's a brief sensation of wondering if this woman could be Wanda, but instead, the husband's frustration gives away that Wanda herself has been sleeping on the couch, and he wants her out. From the jump, the women of this specific social sphere are hemmed in and tossed about, just as will happen to Wanda throughout the rest of the film. Loden's 'that could've been me' moment extends to 'that could've been anyone', really.
From there on out, much of Wanda plays as coincidences dictated by circumstance; the film never feels to be playing along the lines of a preconceived storyline, contributing greatly to its all around verité feel, shot evocatively on 16 mm (then blown up to 35) by Nicholas T. Proferes. When the seedlings of a more audience-friendly 'plot' do materialize, their bleakly humorous machinations (featuring the abusive and ultimately inept petty criminal, Mr. Dennis, played by Michael Higgins) are never jarring, still retaining that brilliant, organic feel. Loden's ultimately laconic approach to chronology is what makes the appearance of Mr. Dennis — introduced in the process of clumsily robbing the bar where Wanda was drinking earlier in the day, and has now returned to — play as totally expected, even when entirely surprising.
Wanda then becomes something of Mr. Dennis' accomplice through their few days spent together. He repeatedly berates her (in his presence, "no slacks!"; dresses and other feminine clothing only), briefly passes her off as his wife to his father, but all in all, uses her for a wildly impractical heist scheme involving hostage-taking and some fake dynamite. As is to be expected, Mr. Dennis is killed whilst trying to pull the whole thing off, and in the now-iconic shot of Wanda (that's been used as promotional material for the restoration and subsequent Criterion Collection release), Proferes camera falls on Wanda's face of suggestive blankness among the crowd of onlookers who've gathered outside the bank Mr. Dennis has just been shot in. It feels like it could be the final frame, as Wanda's relationship with Mr. Dennis has governed a large part of the film's forward-motion; instead, there's still about ten minutes of material left.
In keeping with the overall fluidity of the film, Loden cuts to a newscast retelling of the event off of a television in a sparsely attended, daytime bar (not unlike the dive Wanda first encounters Mr. Dennis in). Wanda is smoking a cigarette, head in her hands, while opposite her, some guy who looks no older than 30, outfitted in military garb, assures her, "you don't have to say nothin'". Say nothing she does, as the pair are next seen in his sanguine convertible, driving out to some depopulated quarry. As soon as he forces himself on Wanda, however, she resists, carrying herself with the least submissiveness we've seen in the film, and she subsequently escapes into the nearby woods, where she breaks down and cries for a devastating few seconds; here, she's the most emotive we've seen her.
Here is where it seems like Loden has reached the end of her film, as she's settled on an image so perfect, what with the light cutting through the trees, dancing over her body, wracked with sobs. But once again, the camera keeps rolling, and Wanda is now at some nighttime dive, standing unsuredly outside. She's effectively stranded, even more unmoored than she was in the film's beginning, and even as she's compassionately ushered inside by another woman, she's still adrift. The bar band plays on, the hotdogs and beers come, the men continue to impose themselves on her, and she doesn't say a word, all before Loden cuts abruptly to a freeze-frame of such disquieting resignation. Loden, twice over, forgoes conventionally perfect endings that could have at least catered to critics' straightforward demands of narratives tied with a finishing bow, in that they can superficially play as moments of overdue realization of mistakes past.
Opting for unreadability on the part of Loden's protagonist though is what makes Wanda all the more penetrating, and prescient too. Multiple avenues are wandered down, as the trifurcated closing passage suggests a stomach-churning variation on a choose-your-adventure story, albeit all with the same result: perpetually adrift. An absence of both solutions and punishments, this is how Wanda furnishes its remarkable presentation of social empathy, and the enervated Wanda captured blurrily at the close may just be one of cinema's richest symbolic figures.
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MP3 Troubadours - Danzas Urbanas
An eclectic blend of world beat, flamenco, jazz, rock and classical music performed on 2 classical guitars, electric bass and percussion.
12 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Flamenco, WORLD: World Beat
The Troubadours is an eclectic Detroit based music group focusing on original compositions and arrangements. The ensemble draws on a variety of influences including worldbeat, rock, classical, jazz and flamenco to form its own unique musical statement. Danzas Urbanas is the group''s second recording which consists of nine original works, two classical guitar duets and an arrangement of a Cuban "son" made popular by the Buena Vista Social Club.
The Group was formed as a classical guitar duet while Mike and Dave were studying at Wayne State University. They had early success winning the University''s Concerto Competition and performed in Canada and England before finishing their Masters Degrees in classical guitar performance. As the duo began expanding their repertoire by adding original compositions and arrangements, they brought on Sean and Jason to enhance their burgeoning sound. The new direction allowed the group to exploit ethnic and traditional rhythms, creating a full backdrop for the classical guitars.
Troubadours self-titled debut CD was released in 2001 and it captures the group in transition with the duo featured through most of the recording. The group released their second CD Danzas Urbanas in 2004 and this collection focuses more on original compositions and brings together qualities of the many genres that influence the group. They have continued performing live throughout the Detroit area at clubs, festivals and private engagements entertaining fans of all ages. Troubadours have begun pre-production on a third CD which they hope to have ready in Spring of 2006.
Some highlights of Troubadours career:
*	chosen by Billboard Magazine publishers as finalists in Disc Makers 2005 Independent Music World Series Midwest, performing at Chicago''s Elbo Room
*	annual appearances at Pontiac''s Arts, Beats, and Eats
*	annual appearances at Plymouth''s Music in the Air Summer Concert Series
*	2005 Farmington Founder''s Festival
*	2005 Taylor Art in the Park
*	released 2nd album Danzas Urbanas to a sold out Ford Performing Arts Center in Dearborn
*	worked with Detroit 300 Conservancy in celebrating Detroit''s ethnic diversity for the city''s tri-centennial celebration at Hart Plaza as well as performing at the new Campus Martius Park
*	chosen by Metro Times to promote their annual Hamtramck Blowout on Detroit Fox 2''s morning show
*	appearances at Metro Times Hamtramck Blowout and Decadence Festival
*	appearances on WDET 101.9''s Ralph Valdez and WTVS channel 56 (public broadcasting) Backstage Pass programs
*	released self-titled debut CD at Ann Arbor''s Kerrytown Concert House.


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Sugar Industry Glossary
Following are some terms and acronyms regularly used in the Australian sugar industry.
ACFA: Australian Cane Farmers Association
Ad valorem: A term which means 'in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed',
Affination: The first step in the refining of raw sugar which involves blending the raw sugar with hot concentrated syrup and spinning off the softened outer syrup layer of the raw sugar crystal in a centrifugal.
AMT: Australian Molasses Trading Pty Limited
ASMC: Australian Sugar Milling Council
ASSCT: Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
Assignment: Assignment is an entitlement held by a cane grower which allows the holder to deliver to a mill for payment, cane grown on a number of hectares situated within the boundaries of a description of land assigned to the mill
Bagasse: The final crushed sugar cane fibre remaining after milling
Brix: A unit used to express the concentration of solids in aqueous sugar solutions. For example, 60 degrees Brix sugar solution contains 60% by weight of sugar
BSES: BSES Limited (Formerly the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations)
Sugar Cane: Sugar cane belongs to the vast family of grasses which include other crops such as barley, wheat, rice and maize
Cane billets: The common name for the chopped lengths of cane (approx 250-300mm) produced by mechanical cane harvesters during the harvesting operation
Cane invert: A liquid sugar product produced at a mill, containing a relatively high proportion mixture of glucose and fructose which is obtained by partial inversion of the sucrose extracted from the sugar cane.
Carbonatation: The clarification process of removing colloidal impurities including some colouring matter by the addition of lime and carbon dioxide to form calcium carbonate which traps the other impurities. This process is undertaken at a sugar refinery.
CCS (Commercial Cane Sugar): CCS represents the sugar content of cane as it is purchased by sugar mills
Centrifugal: A perforated basket which spins inside a casing to separate sugar crystals from molasses
CIF (cost, insurance, freight): When sugar is sold on a CIF basis the vendor is responsible for arranging and paying for cargo loading, freight and insurance to the port of discharge. Queensland raw sugar exports are sold on a CIF or C&F basis.
C&F (cost and freight): 'Cost and freight' is the same as CIF except separate arrangements are made for insurance
Clarification: The process of separating insoluble suspended matter and some soluble substances from cane juice, to produce a clear juice.
CRC: Co-operative Research Centre for sustainable sugar production
Crystallisation: The process of "growing" crystals by boiling them with syrup in a vessel (under vacuum)
Decolourisation: The refinery process whereby the colour of filtered raw liquor is reduced by passing it over either bone char, granular carbon or ion exchange resin
Dilution indicator (DI): A measure of the dilution by water of the impurities in the raw sugar. If the sugar is too moist, bacterial action is likely to occur. DI is calculated from the raw sugar analysis by using the formula:
EI=% water x 100% impurities.
Dunder: Waste water which results from the production of ethanol by the fermentation of molasses
Enzymes: Proteins formed in living cells or synthetically produced which act as catalysts in chemical changes
Ethanol: Ethanol is the ethyl, or industrial, alcohol manufactured from fermented molasses. It can be used as a fuel and in a number of products including perfume, toiletries, bricks, cleaning products and shoe polish.
Fibre: Fibre is the cane plant's vegetable skeleton in which juice is stored and through which plant food, dissolved in water, is distributed throughout the plant. In the milling process, the fibre cells are ruptured, thus freeing the juice. The fibre content of sugar cane varies according to variety. The normal range is 10% to 16%. A medium and consistent fibre content is desirable in commercial varieties.
Filter mud: In clarifying cane juice, the insoluble matter extracted from the juice forms a mud which is removed from the clarifiers, filtered and washed to recover the sugar it contains. Filter mud consists of 25% solids and 75% water. The solids consist of mainly field soil, fibre, calcium phosphate, denatured protein and a small amount of sugar.
Filtrability: A word used to describe the filtering quality of a raw sugar solution.
Filtration: The refinery process whereby cloudy carbonated raw liquor is passed through a filter cloth to produce a clear liquor.
Final molasses: The black syrup, commonly known as molasses or 'C' syrup, remaining after the sugar syrup has been boiled and passed through the centrifugal for the last time in a mill or refinery. The sugar it contains cannot be removed economically. A typical analysis of final molasses includes sucrose (34.1%, reducing sugars (16.5%), ash (11.3%), water (21.8%) and various sugars, gums and acids (16.3%). The ash includes calcium, magnesium potassium, silicon, iron, phosphorous and other elements in the form of inorganic salts.
Fructose: A sugar which occurs in fruit, the nectar of followers, honey and in cane juice and sugar products. It is formed in equal quantity with glucose when sucrose is inverted. In solution, it rotates polarised light to the left. The transport of sugars in the cane plant, either into storage or for energy use by the plant, is in the form of fructose or glucose. It has the chemical composition C2H9O6 .
Futures price: The price of a particular futures contract. Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell a fixed amount of a commodity at a fixed price at a fixed date in the future. For a futures contract to exist, one party has to agree to buy and take delivery while the other party has to agree to sell and supply the commodity. This obligation may be discharged by a reverse paper transaction (with some other person in the market) and the futures market may be used to hedging or for speculative purposes. On the London and New York raw sugar markets, futures prices are usually quoted up to about 18 months ahead.
Glucose: A sugar which occurs naturally in grapes, hone, sweet fruits and in cane juice and sugar products. It can also be made from wheat. In the human body, sucrose is converted into glucose and fructose before being used to provide energy. It has the chemical composition C6H7O6.
Grist: Sugar grist refers to the proportions of varying sized crystals and is determined by sieving and then weighing the portions of crystals.
HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup: This is the most common name for starch-based fructose/glucose syrups. Corn is the starch base of these syrups. Other suitable but not as widely used starch sources include rice, wheat and tapioca. In Europe HFCS is referred to as isoglucose. HFCS is a direct and significant competitor with sugar particularly in USA, Canada, Japan and Korea. HFCS is used almost exclusively in industrial applications, particularly in beverages.
Honey: Honey is produced by bees from nectar which contains sugar. The sugar is inverted in the honey sac of the bee and also during evaporation and storage in the honeycomb. The content of sugars in honey are fructose 45%, glucose 34% and sucrose 3%. The other ingredients are water and traces of acids and ash.
Inclusions: Impurities held within sugar crystals, rather than those adhering to the surface.
Inversion: The conversion of sucrose in syrup into a mixture of equal amounts of glucose and fructose. The action is one of hydrolysis and may be carried out by the action of the enzyme invertase, or by heating with dilute acids. The liquid product from this process is called invert sugar.
Invertase: An enzyme which hydrolyses sucrose to glucose and fructose
IPS (International Pol Scale): The international pol premium scale is a price adjustment scale, described in the Rules of the Sugar Association of London. It defines incremental price premiums applied to sugar of 96 degrees polarisation.
Juice: Cane juice consists of water with sugar and other substances dissolved in it and a proportion of insoluble particles suspended in it
LDP (London Daily Price): This daily quotation represents a price at which buyers and sellers can trade bulk raw sugar for shipment CIF to the United Kingdom in the current and succeeding month. The LDP is used as an indicator of the value of prompt deliverable raw sugar in he world sugar trade
Local Boards: A Local Board consists of five members – two grower representatives, two mill owner representatives and an independent Chairperson. A Local Board is empowered to approve a variety of authorised transactions, mediate and/or settle local disputes and advise the Queensland Sugar Corporation concerning any matter relating to the local sugar industry
Magma: The mixture produced when sugar crystals (usually the lowest purity sugar) is mixed with a liquid such as syrup, juice or water
Massecuite: The mixture of crystals and molasses produced by crystallisation in a vacuum pan. The term is French for 'cooked mass'
Mill peaks: The amount of sugar, expressed as raw sugar equivalent, manufactured by the mill owner from sugar cane harvested in any crushing season from lands assigned to the mill and delivered to the mill under the Sugar Industry Act 1991 for which the mill owner is entitled to be paid out from the proceeds of the sale of the No 1 Pool price.
Molasses: See final molasses
Negotiating team: A negotiating team comprises two mill owner nominees and two Mill Suppliers' Committee nominees and is responsible for formulating a local area's Award
New York No 11 Spot Price: the price established at the end of a day's trading on the New York raw sugar futures market (NYCSCE – New York Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange). It is the price at which committee representatives estimate that willing buyers and sellers would trade bulk raw sugar for prompt shipment. The price is determined on the basis of 96 degrees polarisation FOBS
Non Centrifugal sugars: In some areas of the world sugar cane juice is merely evaporated to produce a crude raw sugar; the sugar crystals are not removed from the mother syrup in centrifugals. The sugar is generally consumed where it is produced. Some of these sugars are known as Jaggery, Gur, Piloncilo and Muscovado, Jaggery and Gur are made in India by evaporating cane juice in an open pan. The juice is evaporated to almost dryness and is then cast in open moulds or loaves. A large amount of sugar consumed in India is in this form. Colour, purity, hardness and flavour vary greatly.
NYCSCE: New York Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange
Polarisation (pol): An estimate of the sucrose content of sugar. Sugar of 98 degrees pol would contain about 98% sucrose
Pools: In Queensland, payment for raw sugar production is made on a pooling basis. For payment purposes, two different pool prices are calculated. The No 1 pool price is paid on all sugar produced within the peak of a mill and the No 2 pool price is paid for the remaining sugar produced from cane which has been grown on assigned land. The price declared for each tonne of No 1 pool sugar is a relevant percentage more than the price for each tonne of No 2 pool sugar
Ratoon: Cane which grows from the stools left in the ground after a crop has been harvested
Raw liquor: In refineries the clarified sugar solution is known as raw liquor
Raw Sugar: the sugar crystals separated from massecuite in a centrifugal in a raw sugar mill. Australian raw sugar is usually in two grades,, either about 98.8% or 97.6% sucrose. Sucrose content is varied to satisfy the requirements of customers. Australian raw sugar is commonly made up of 98.8% sucrose, 0.22% reducing sugars, 0.3% other organic matter, 0.3% ash and 0.31% water. Australian refined sugar is made up of 99.93% sucrose, 0.01% reducing sugars, 0.01% other organic matter, 0.01% ash and 0.04% water.
Raw Sugar Equivalent: A measure of the amount of raw sugar of normal quality that a sugar mill could be expected to make from a given amount of syrup
Raw value: A term used internationally to express raw and refined sugar on a common basis (96 pol equivalent). International sugar statistics are expressed in terms of metric tons raw value (mtrv)
Reducing sugars: Reducing sugars are those which have the ability to chemically reduce (withdraw oxygen) certain other chemical compounds. In milling and refining, reducing sugars (mainly glucose and fructose) are regarded as impurities
Saccharimeter and polarimeter: Instruments used in sugar analysis to measure the amount of rotation of polarised light when passed through a sugar solution. The amount of rotation provides an estimate of the amount of sucrose in the solution
Season: The crushing season, which usually commences in June and ends in December
Sett: A piece of cane stalk used as planting material
SRA: Sugar Research Australia
SRDC: Sugar Research and Development Corporation
SRI: Sugar Research Institute
Stool: The cluster of cane stalks arising from the germination of sugar cane setts or the regrowth which comes from the stumps and roots of harvested cane
Sucrose: (commonly referred to as sugar) A carbohydrate having the chemical composition C12H22O11. It comprises two simple sugars – glucose and fructose
Syrup: A concentrated sugar solution produced by evaporation of water from sugar cane juice. In refineries, syrup refers to the less pure solution which is spun off crystals in centrifugals
Tel quel: Literally means 'as it comes'. It is the weight of sugar regardless of polarisation. For example, 100 tonnes actual or tel quel of raw sugar will commonly equal about 106 tonnes raw value or basis 96 degrees polarisation.
Tonne (metric ton): Equivalent to 1000kg or 2204.6lb
Tonnes Actual: The actual (physical) tonnes of raw sugar, sometimes referred to in the international sugar trade as tonnes tel quel
Vacuum pan: Cylindrical steel vessel in which a steam heated surface is used to boil sugar syrups under partial vacuum at relatively low temperatures.
World price: The spot prices determined for raw sugar on the two main futures markets, London (LDP) and New York (NY spot price), are considered to be indicators of the world price. The International Sugar Organisation spot price is calculated daily from these two prices.


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Takatori Catholic Church () is a Catholic church in :Nagata-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is a fifteen-minute walk from Takatori Station in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

History
The church was founded in 1927 and was consecrated in 1929.

Earthquake and Takatori Church

On January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin earthquake destroyed the original church building as well as other structures in the vicinity. The church became an increasingly important part of the community in the wake of the earthquake and in the recovery and rebuilding that took place afterward.

Takatori Community Center

After the earthquake, Takatori parish, under the guidance of Father Hiroshi Kanda, was made into a disaster relief center, named the "Takatori Church Rescue Base", and later renamed to the "Takatori Rescue Base". The Rescue Base offered a place to stay for volunteers who gathered from around Japan. Disaster relief such as soup kitchens and cleaning of debris was organized at the Base. Communications regarding the disaster and relief efforts for the various non-Japanese speaking members of the community were disseminated from the church.

In 2000, the Takatori Church Rescue Base, was reorganized into a non-profit entity called the "Takatori Community Center." The three main groups that utilize the center are secular local community representatives, the Takatori Church and non-profits based in the Takatori district. Currently, Hiroshi Kanda is the chair of its board of trustees.

In 2006, the Takatori Community Center was awarded by the Japan Foundation, a government funded non-profit, honoring its community-based cultural exchange.

Paper Dome

On September 17, 1995, in light of the earthquake, a temporary church building made of paper tubes was designed and built on a pro-bono basis by Shigeru Ban, an internationally known Japanese architect who is renowned for his paper tube structures and buildings. This temporary church structure was nicknamed the "Paper Dome".

After the Takatori parish community decided to build a larger, permanent church building, the "Paper Dome" was deconstructed in 2005. Arrangements had been made to donate it to a Catholic community in Nantou County Taiwan, which had suffered from the (21 September 1999) 921 earthquake; the parts were shipped to Taiwan in 2006, and after two years of planning, were reconstructed at the new site in 2008. The reconstruction took four months, and it is used as a place of worship as well as a tourist attraction.  The article Paper Dome about the current installation gives more details about its original construction.

References

External links
Kenchiqoo.net (in Japanese)

20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Japan
Buildings and structures in Kobe
Religious buildings and structures in Hyōgo Prefecture
Tourist attractions in Kobe
Shigeru Ban buildings

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Futurama should be more of a highlight for adults that are looking for a good, funny, & complex show to watch after a stressful day at work, and that means a lot. Futurama is about a young man named Fry who Time Travels 1000 years in the future by accident and meets a Professor he is related to named Farnsworth. Along with Farnsworth includes funny creations include: A cocky but hilarious robot named Bender, a woman with one eye named Leela, a sort of a lobster alien named Zoidberg, and an intern worker named Amy. The show has a good flow to it for every episode, the stories they tell move in a very well organized way, along with writing in some of the most clever jokes in any animated show. Practically all of the characters are wonderful and hilarious, even with the main character. At first, I thought Fry was just going to be like Alice from "Alice in Wonderland" in that the main character isn't supposed to be that interesting or funny compared to the other characters in a setting, but surprisingly Fry was very amusing to me. Bender is a jerky character done right, as he's not only hilarious with the characters he is associated with, but he gets cocky only when he has to be either for himself or for his best friends. The animation I honestly think is done better than in "The Simpsons" as all the characters look peculiar, but in a good way, and they are all not the same color or species they are all for the most part their own kind of things. Overall: Futurama is a terrific achievement in animation, as it has a strong sense of humor, great main characters, great side characters, and a very interesting premise. If you are I suppose over 13(or something), check out the show it really is wonderful.
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Jedward Spread Good Vibes With Easter Tour
by Essentially Pop	| Posted on 04/04/2016
It's been two years since Jedward have performed full concerts in Ireland and the UK, and fans were eager to see what the Dublin duo had in store for them. They were not disappointed. A four gig mini tour over Easter, taking in Dublin, Cork, Glasgow and London, John and Edward played venues which some might think were unusual for them, and yet in retrospect were the perfect size and style for their music. EP went on tour with Jedward, where we got up close and personal with the twins and their fans.
Starting in Dublin's famous Button Factory, the twins played to a near capacity audience made up of fans, the curious, and regular club goers. The Button Factory has played host to many diverse acts, including Jello Biafra and Jacob Whitesides, as well as top name Irish bands, but this was the first time John and Edward had played at the venue. It was an excellent choice. Entry to the Button Factory is from the side, so no matter what time you get in, you have as good a view as anyone else. With an estimated crowd size of somewhere between 300 and 400, the twins played for over two hours, plus a short interval.
Fans have always known that Jedward aren't a "kids act" and yet it came a surprise for many that The Button Factory was an 18+ gig. This didn't at all detract from the night, with everyone loosening up and feeling free to enjoy themselves. Prior to their performance the twins had a Meet and Greet, with concert goers paying to have some personal time with John and Edward. Initially limited to two hours, the interest was so great that the session went right up until just before the show started, with people queuing from the early morning, ahead of the 3.30pm Meet and Greet start time.
At all four concerts, John and Edward sang from their 3 album back catalogue, played some acoustic covers, and introduced audiences to their self written songs, including their most recent, 'Good Vibes'. The twins have released six tracks so far from their fourth album, all of which have been entirely written and produced by them. One concert goer, Nina, had flown from Germany to see the twins, attending all of the gigs.
I first saw John and Edward in concert back in 2011, and since then I've enjoyed watching them evolve to what and where they are now – independent, incredible, hard-working singers and songwriters, who've preserved their kind hearts and loving personalities in this tough industry.
I like that they put their hearts into their songwriting and give their all on stage.
Nina wasn't the only one who had travelled a great distance: at the Dublin and Cork concerts the audience included fans who had flown from The United States, Canada, and Hong Kong, as well as from all over Europe. In Glasgow and London, fans from Italy and Belgium swelled the ranks, with the total number of different nationalities represented falling somewhere between 20 and 25.
In Cork the twins performed an all ages concert, which was preceded by a soundcheck session, featuring a question and answer segment. Here the twins answered deeper questions that had been on the hearts of many fans, such as what their thoughts were on the music industry, on drugs and alcohol, and how they stay positive all the time.
Michael, from Cork, was at his first Jedward concert, although he has been a fan right from the beginning.
I've been a Jedward fan from day one, love their positivity and had only ever seen them in panto. To be honest I was nervous going to this concert alone as I thought I might be "too old" or feel too out of place, boy was I wrong! The soundcheck and Q&A session was fascinating and the other fans were so kind and welcoming I felt right at home. As for the twins themselves, what can I say? Friendly, charming and immensely talented. I'm looking forward to the next gig already and here's to many more!
The tour then moved on to the O2ABC in Glasgow, which again saw fans from all round the world line the streets in the hope of a Meet and Greet. Yet once more the demand was so great that they ran over time, with many left disappointed because they'd been unable to fit them in. Those who did make it through the doors left feeling they'd made a real connection with the twins, who are down to earth, and genuinely interested in their fans.
Mona and Sabi, from Germany, first became friends nearly five years ago, through their mutual love of Jedward. Since that time the pair have travelled together to Jedward concerts all over Europe, as well as meeting up on a regular basis.
Mona, from Germany has been a Jedward fan for nearly five years.
Sabi became friends with Mona through their mutual love of Jedward.
John and Edward make every single one of us happy in an individual way. The Meet and Greet was crazy fun. We jumped around on a sofa, gave each other full on cuddles and talked about memories we have together. We all know each other pretty well after years of loving them and the twins set themselves on everyone personally: a M&G with them is not just a hello, picture and bye.
We love travelling for them because they always give us the feeling of being someone special, they never fail to make us smile, and they let us be ourselves. It's living in the moment with them, and the real world out there doesn't matter. They never act like pop stars, and there is this special relationship between them and all of us fans. It's their unconditional love and positivity that makes every second unforgettable.
The packed venue enjoyed a solid two and a half hour energy-filled performance from the twins, who impressed concert goers with old favourites as well as their new self penned material, and hauntingly beautiful acoustic covers.
Glasgow was the first Jedward concert for music fan Jane, from Nottingham, who attended with her daughter, Rosie.
Rosie attended her first Jedward concert with her mother Jane. The pair had travelled from Nottingham to Glasgow.
The Meet and Greet had some amazing moments that's for sure, in making me and Rosie feel so special!! It was my first Jedward gig, and I've been to many in my life, but for me – it felt magical – their stage presence and magnetism and how they interact and work the crowd – we felt as one with them and each other: Team Jedward!! Lovely too to hear their vocals, particularly in the acoustic session.
The final concert was at The Garage, Highbury and Islington, considered to be one of London's "landmark" venues. The Garage opened in 1993, and has played host to the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Green Day, Muse, and My Chemical Romance. It was a first time performance from Jedward however, drawing a crowd not too dissimilar to that of The Button Factory in Dublin – fans, regular club goers, and those curious to see what John and Edward had to offer.
Molly had attended all the dates on this tour, but it was the club gigs that meant the most to her.
It was an absolute blast to finally see John and Edward live again in the UK after so long! It was amazing to experience club gigs for the first time because the atmosphere was not what I was expecting! The gigs were intimate, meaning the twins were all up for interaction with the audience around them, and although the crowd was crazy, everyone was friendly and danced with each other and around each other; making the gig an amazing place to be.
Londoner Katie had also attended all the gigs, but was pleased to be able to bring some local friends to The Garage, to show them what John and Edward mean to her.
The Garage is a special venue for me and my friends as it's the first club we ever went to for a gig as teenagers, without adult supervision. It brought back so many memories being there with them, and it was the perfect setting for one of my first full-length Jedward shows. I knew everyone would be won over by John and Edward's energy, humour, and passion, and they absolutely were. The boys had the crowd totally captivated, and everyone was swept up in their unique brand of unpredictable showmanship. We even had a mass Titanic sing-along and an impromptu Britney number. Probably the most fun we've ever had with our clothes on!
Jedward showed with this tour that after seven years, they're still going strong. They showed that it's possible to make an independent living in music, and it's not necessary to have your songs played on the radio, or to be on TV 24/7, or to be featured in the newspapers or magazines every week. It's not necessary to be involved in scandal, nor is it necessary to be signed to a big record label. Jedward show that what is needed is not just talent, but also hard work and perseverance. In the words of one of their more recent songs, "you've got to make your own luck, spread your wings and fly".
'Good Vibes', as well as the rest of Jedward's music, is available to download from iTunes, Amazon, 7Digital, HMV Digital, and Google Play. You can also stream it on Spotify and other streaming services.
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Richard Long (17 de diciembre de 1927 – 21 de diciembre de 1974) fue un actor cinematográfico y televisivo de nacionalidad estadounidense, conocido principalmente por sus primeros papeles en tres series televisivas de la American Broadcasting Company, The Big Valley, Nanny y el profesor y Bourbon Street Beat. Además, fue también intérprete regular de otra serie de ABC, 77 Sunset Strip, entre 1960 y 1962.

Biografía

Inicios
Nacido en Chicago, Illinois, Long era el quinto de los seis hijos de Sherman D. Long, un artista comercial con estudio propio, y Dale McCord Long. La familia se asentó en Evanston (Illinois), donde Long estudió en una grammar school. Posteriormente recibió formación en la Lincoln Park High School, en Chicago, y en la Evanston Township High School. La familia se mudó en 1944 a Hollywood, California, completando Long sus estudios en la Escuela Preparatoria Hollywood.

En la Escuela Preparatoria Hollywood, Long fue descubierto por accidente por un cazatalentos de Universal Studios. El director de reparto Jack Murton preguntó a un par de estudiantes si estaba prevista alguna obra teatral en la escuela. Los chicos hablaron a Murton sobre un excelente primer actor, Richard Long.

Carrera en el cine
En 1946 Long fue elegido para trabajar en su primera película, Tomorrow Is Forever, como Drew, el hijo de Claudette Colbert y Orson Welles. El papel no tuvo intérprete durante meses, y los productores seleccionaron a Long como el más aproximado a las exigencias del personaje.

Al principio de su carrera, Long trabajó en varias cintas como actor juvenil, incluyendo las primeras cuatro de la serie de nueve de Ma and Pa Kettle. En las mismas encarnó a Tom Kettle, el hijo mayor de los personajes interpretados por Percy Kilbride y Marjorie Main. Su segunda película fue el film de Orson Welles The Stranger, en la que fue Noah Longstreet, hermano del personaje de Loretta Young. También fue Jeff Taylor en The Life of Riley, y Frank James en la película de 1950 Kansas Raiders. En 1956, Long hizo un primer papel en Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956).

Fue primer actor en películas de horror como Cult of the Cobra (1954) y House on Haunted Hill (1959), y en 1963 actuó en el musical romántico de MGM Follow the Boys, junto a Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, y Roger Perry.

Televisión
Long consiguió un éxito considerable en la televisión, empezando con la serie detectivesca de Warner Brothers Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960), interpretada junto a Andrew Duggan, Van Williams, y Arlene Howell.

También actuó en diferentes episodios de shows como Hey, Jeannie!, The Twilight Zone, 77 Sunset Strip y  The Tenderfoot (1964), una producción perteneciente al programa  Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. Fue el recurrente "Gentleman Jack Darby" en cuatro episodios de la serie western de ABC/WB Maverick, emitidos a partir de 1958. Su personaje únicamente aparecía en escena con Jack Kelly, nunca con otros miembros del reparto, como James Garner o Roger Moore. Gentleman Jack Darby fue creado por el productor de Maverick Roy Huggins, con la idea de reemplazar a "Dandy Jim Buckley," que interpretaba Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., tras dejar Zimbalist Maverick para rodar una serie propia, 77 Sunset Strip.

Cinco meses antes de ser elegido para Bourbon Street Beat, Long fue el Capitán Clayton Raymond en el episodio "The Vultures" (26 de abril de 1959), en otra serie de ABC/WB, Sugarfoot, con Will Hutchins en el papel del título. En dicho episodio trabajaban también Faith Domergue, Alan Marshal y Philip Ober.

En 1963, Long fue artista invitado en "Hear No Evil", capítulo perteneciente a Going My Way, una serie dramática de ABC protagonizada por Gene Kelly. Ese mismo año fue Eddie Breech en "Blood Bargain", episodio del programa de CBS The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. En 1965, a los 38 años de edad, Long empezó a interpretar su papel de Jarrod Barkley, el hijo mayor de Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck), en 112 capítulos de The Big Valley, la última de las grandes series producidas por Four Star Television, un western emitido por ABC desde 1965 a 1969. Long dirigió también algunos de los capítulos de The Big Valley. Antes, en 1953, Long había tenido la oportunidad de actuar junto a Stanwyck en All I Desire.

En la temporada 1970–71, él y Juliet Mills protagonizaron la sitcom de ABC Nanny y el profesor. En 1973 trabajó con Julie Harris en otra serie, Thicker than Water, que se emitió un corto tiempo.

Long finalizó un telefilm titulado Death Cruise poco antes de fallecer a los 47 años de edad.

Vida personal
Long sirvió en el Ejército de los Estados Unidos dos años, durante la Guerra de Corea, siendo destinado a Fort Ord, California, junto con los actores Martin Milner, David Janssen, y Clint Eastwood, recibiendo más adelante nuevo destino en Tokio, Japón.

Long se casó dos veces: su primera esposa, la cantante y actriz Suzan Ball, con la que se había casado catorce meses antes, falleció a causa de un cáncer de pulmón en 1955, a los 21 años de edad. Ellos se habían conocido en 1953, después de haber recibido ella el diagnóstico de cáncer. A Ball le amputaron la pierna derecha a principios de 1954, y se casaron en abril.

En 1957 se casó con la actriz y modelo Mara Corday en Las Vegas, con la que tuvo tres hijos: Carey (1957–2008), Valerie (nac. 1958) y Gregory (nac. 1960). Long era cuñado del actor Marshall Thompson, con el cual trabajó en el film de 1955 Cult of the Cobra.

Richard Long tuvo problemas cardiacos a lo largo de su vida adulta, y sufrió un infarto agudo de miocardio a finales de los años 1950. Había sufrido en su niñez una neumonía, la cual podría haber producido efectos secundarios cardiacos. Era además un fumador y bebedor empedernido. Tras tener varios infartos, hubo de ser hospitalizado en su último mes de vida, falleciendo el 21 de diciembre de 1974 en Tarzana, Los Ángeles, solo cuatro días después de cumplir los 47 años. Sus restos fueron incinerados, y las cenizas esparcidas en el mar.

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Televisión

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Actores de cine de Estados Unidos
Actores de televisión de Estados Unidos
Militares estadounidenses de la Guerra de Corea
Fallecidos por infarto agudo de miocardio
Nacidos en Chicago


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    @require_browser
    def run(self):
        with loading("Shutting down browser."):
            browser.quit()

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🎀 Studio Tone It Up: today was a HIIT work out that lasted 16 minutes.
🎀 I'm not doing too good. I need to take care of me first and foremost, and that means doing hard things – as well as keeping afloat.
🎀 Mantra: No more negative people in my life. No more past abusers in my life. More authenticity and self love.


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Grace and Consequences
"He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes." 1 Samuel 3:19, NIV If we went around the table at Bud's Warehouse discussing how this verse from the Old Testament makes us thankful, there would be no shortage of conversation. In my experience, individuals rebuilding lives from prison have a heightened awareness of God's love and care for each of them. So, one by one, stories would be shared of how people were thankful for an ability to trust God and how he brought good into their lives. But if we backed up and looked at the preceding chapters 2 and 3 in 1st Samuel, the discussion would become more difficult. These great words of faith and trust were spoken by the priest Eli after the young boy Samuel received a rather dramatic call from the Lord and a troubling message from God: "See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears it tingle. At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family—from beginning
The Wackiness of Combining Faith and Commercial Real Estate
When a faith venture starts to look for commercial real estate, it's going to be messy. At least that's been my experience over the last 11 years at Belay Enterprises . For some reason--and it has something to do with combining faith and real estate--I have all sorts of crazy stories about trying to secure space for our various projects. There's the time we started moving into a new warehouse for Bud's Warehouse after completing a lease agreement only to discover that one of the neighboring tenants had a first right of refusal on the property. And he wasn't a very nice person. So we moved on and discovered an even better space which we still inhabit to this day. Over the years at Bud's Warehouse, I have often joked that we have made a habit of preceding future loft developments. We have had to move from two prior warehouse locations because of the development of lofts. Bud's moved from another location because of the development of a business complex.
Friday Free Enterprise Videos
U.S. Chamber of Commerce just held an "I am Free Enterprise" video contest for entrepreneurs. Watch these videos and be inspired. I especially like how in the first video, Carlos Sanchez links his business with helping his disadvantaged neighborhood. If you follow this blog, you know I am passionate about faith ventures: businesses that create opportunity for individuals or communities rebuilding lives. All three of these stories tell of how business opportunities grew out of individual experiences. It's always been my hope to inspire others to seize opportunity in their day to day life to help people and neighborhoods through urban business as mission.
American Untouchables?
My favorite blogger on ex-offender employment issues had an interesting post on felons as the new "untouchables class" last week. Kathleen Murray wrote about an interview on NPR's Tell Me More show with Michelle Alexander about her new book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." Murray shared: What jumped out at me was her reference to caste. We here in America like to think of ourselves as living in the land of equal opportunity, I know. But this particular term is one that's come up a lot in my discussions about the offenders and the criminal justice system, lately. An offender turned reentry advocate I talked to a while back put it even more bluntly: "I think we as humans need an untouchable class. Before it was race that held people down, now it's that you're branded and ostracized because you're an ex-offender." Are ex-offenders the new "Untouchables"? I would answer yes. But like Kathleen Murray, I would also add that it is a matter of
The Case of the Missing Truck
The Bud's Warehouse donation truck was missing in action. Our donation coordinator, Lanny, had been calling the truck for several hours that day 9 years ago with no success in reaching our driver. At the same time, frustrated product donors were informing us that our truck was not arriving as promised. We had a problem. Lanny and I jumped in our cars and started driving around to see if we could find our truck. About an hour later, he found it abandoned in the middle of 225. We were barely able to start it and drove it straight to the mechanic. I later found out that our driver stopped for lunch and made some bad personal choices. The truck then mysteriously broken down. The mechanics later told us they had never seen anything like this. Some silicon had clogged the fuel line and shut down the truck. We had to let our truck driver go. It is always upsetting when one of our program participants, seeking to rebuild a life from prison, addiction or homelessness, has to be droppe


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Q: How to avoid auto increment of primary key in inserting query? First I allowed user to type in combo box to search quickly when there are many projects. I was wondering if I can stop the insert query if the user accidentally press an additional letter and it will cause null, and I had try catch block but it only shows error message but the primary key skip a number.
Selecting ProjectID to fill comboBox
private void GetProjectID()
{
    newConnection.ConnectionM();
    SqlCommand cmd = SqlConnectionOLTP.cn.CreateCommand();
    cmd.CommandText = "Select * from Project where ProjectName='" + comboBoxProjectTitle.Text + "' ";
    try
    {
        SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        while(reader.Read())
        {
            ProjectID = reader.GetInt32(0);

        }
        reader.Close();
        SqlConnectionOLTP.cn.Close();
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

Inserting to database:
SqlCommand cmd = SqlConnectionOLTP.cn.CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = "Insert into Cost(ProjectID,PropertyID,CostCategoryID,EstimatedAmount) values ('" + ProjectID + "','" + PropertyID + "','" + CostCatID + "'," + "'" + textBoxAmount.Text + "') ";
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
SqlConnectionOLTP.cn.Close();
MessageBox.Show("Saved");

A: SET IDENTITY_INSERT <TableName> ON
-- Do the inserting in the table with name <TableName>
SET IDENTITY_INSERT <TableName> OFF

A: Run this code on SSMS i.e sql server management studio
 ALTER TABLE [Project] DROP ProjectID
   SET IDENTITY_INSERT <Project> OFF

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Idaho House Sends Transportation Funding Bills to Senate
April 3, 2015 | State Spotlight
The Idaho House on March 30 approved two bills to increase funding for the state's transportation infrastructure.
Legislation to increase vehicle registration fees and impose new registration fees on hybrid and electric cars passed on a vote of 43 to 26. House Bill 312 would generate an estimated $20 million annually.
Additionally, House Bill 310 was approved 39 to 31. The proposal would utilize a budget stabilization mechanism for the Highway Distribution Account and remove the Idaho State Police from eligibility to receive funding from the account. According to the Fiscal Note, removing the state police would keep $16 million per year in the State Highway Account, while the budget stabilization mechanism could transfer approximately $10 million annually.
Both bills now head to the state Senate for review.


Every little one can get out of hand at times but parents don't want to be too harsh. Why not give them a 'time out' with the new Lil' Sports fan timeout chair. It's a cute decorative piece that will teach your child that being in the chair is punishment.
Let time out session be comfortable at least with this whimsical Little Sports Fan Time Out Chair! With this sunny safari time out chair, your child will be calmer and more prepared for a change of attitude.