Do you ever wonder what life would be like without me? I often wonder what life would be like without you. I try not to, but it's all I ever think about ever since you asked me if I would be okay without you. And when I asked you what you meant, you told me you wanted to leave. And when I asked you where you wanted to go, you said somewhere else, somewhere far away from here. And when I asked you where, you cried. I asked you why and without much hesitance you told me you wanted to go away forever; you wanted to die. That night, a part of me died inside because I felt like I had failed. All of these years I was trying to keep you alive, to give you life and there you were, on the phone, telling me you were tired and didn't have the strength to go on anymore. I felt helpless. The sound of your voice crumbling on the phone mirrored the crumbling sensation of my heart. I begged for you to come home because I was scared you might never. I got on my bike and rode to you. Although I didn't know where you were, my intuition guided me. It guided me all the way back home, to you, where you sat on the porch steps and cried. Mama, I know you wish life were different. I often wish it were different too, just for you, so that you could stop being sad and be happy instead.
It wasn't always this way. I remember those days where you were happy, where you'd pick me up from school and catch me with open arms when I ran to you. I remember those days where we sought comfort beneath trees, soared to great heights on swings, and talked about dragons and princes and princesses in stories you read to me. I remember bike rides, picnics in parks, and our infectious giggling. I remember those days, but those days are a thing of the past. It was always this way, until the day you got sad.
Too young to understand why, I took your pain and internalized it. I thought that if I internalized it, it would take some of the pain away from you and you would learn to feel again. You would start to feel better. You would learn to smile again. You would learn to be you, again, but again never came. I was afraid of the day you would forget to walk, love, and be happy. And so far, you have. Sometimes I wish you would remember. All I have now is a memory of how you used to be. Sometimes even I forget.
Do you remember when you came to pick me up from school that day and Mrs. B spoke to you about me? I'm sorry, Mama. I was too afraid to tell you that I was sad because you were. I didn't want to hurt you more than you were already hurt. When Mrs. B asked me why I looked sad in class, I couldn't lie. You always told me to tell the truth, so I did. I told her that I was sad because I had to be, because you were. She asked me if I wanted to talk to someone about it. With bright eyes and a naïve heart, I looked up at her and asked her if the person I could talk to was a magician. When she told me that the person to talk to wouldn't be a magician, I politely declined. "No that's okay, Mrs. B," I said. I explained that the only person, who could fix what was happening, who could fix my Mama, would be a magician. I later learned that a magician couldn't change things. This is when I started hoping, dreaming, and wishing.
I remember I was often a child that dreamed of happiness, not for me, but for you. Do you remember those pictures I painted for you? Those pictures of you and I with red painted smiles on our oval faces, beneath the sun and among trees and flowers? I wanted to be like the other kids. They were all painting pictures with happy faces and so I wanted to paint one too. You see, I was only painting it because it's what my imagination wanted me to paint. It didn't mean it was true. The teacher took my painting and stapled it to the wall with all of the pretty paintings, except mine wasn't pretty. I hated looking at it, so at recess I snuck in the classroom and took it off the wall and when I got home I gave it to you. I wanted you to see what I wanted for us. I wanted you to see what I wanted for you. That painting was a glimpse of what I wished our life would be. You didn't understand.
When I would go to sleep at night, I'd shut my eyes tightly and try my hardest to dream of a place where we had a white picket fence, a home not of straws but of bricks with a strong foundation which didn't have walls for you to hide behind. I wished for a home painted with happiness and love. When I would dream beautiful things I hoped that they would have the power to move away from me and consume your mind, just so you could dream again; just so you could believe in dreams, never too big and never too small.
I often wished upon a star, on birthday candles, on a penny I tossed in fountains. I never told anyone what I wished for because I was afraid it might not come true. They always knew I wished for something great because I'd shut my eyes and squeeze my eyelids tight, hoping that my wish would make its way out of the chaotic world and rearrange itself in the universe and find its way back to you. It never did. When my dreams and my wishes didn't come true, I was sad. I wanted to give up. When the world weighed heavy on me, I crumbled to my feet. I was unable to pick myself up and so I fell back on my knees. I knelt there and refused to pray because I hated speaking to God. I hated what He had done. I hated that He took my Mama away from me. I knelt there and pleaded for Him to bring you back. I wanted Him to create a miracle and transform you into the person you used to be, and if He couldn't do that I wanted Him to empower me with the strength to carry you. Mama, He did. I am here and I always will be. I have always told you that I will never give up on you. I never will. I believe in magic and I believe that there is magic in people.
I often imagined you as a happy and fulfilled woman- a woman who hadn't dreaded turmoil, in which you had to build tall walls to keep away. I imagined you as the symbol of liberty who had built bridges between beautiful places with rolling hills, beautiful sunsets, and skies blanketed in stars; a place filled with magic and possibilities- the magic I wish this world had to fix you.
I have always wanted to conquer the world. Well Mama, you are my world and I'm going to take all of the bad out of it and conquer it. I want to make it spin again; to have you orbit around the sun to feel warm again, so you can feel alive. I want there to be rain for the flowers that will grow within you, as beautiful as you are; to have those admire you, like we admire the beauty in flowers. Mama, you are but a dandelion, who has grown between cracks, to be ripped and torn out. But you didn't die. You grew back again. Just know that you are not different. You are like a dandelion, whose flower withers and transforms into a thousand seeds. And when you do, I will pick you up, gently blow on you and make a wish in the hopes that all those little seeds will get carried out in the open world, landing somewhere to start over again- until you grow back again. And I will be there, to pick you up and protect you. I will blow on you like the wind, which gently whisks those white seeds from the dandelion and I will always make a wish, until you are better again.


UPDATED with info for plates, too!
In a recent issue of Better Homes and Gardens, hand painted coffee mugs was included as a simple gift that everyone can do, and that everyone can enjoy.
Most people like either coffee, tea, or hot cocoa, and all three of those beverages are served in a coffee mug of sorts (or special tea cup, which you can hand paint, too). So why not try your hand at hand painting mugs? I remember doing so as a child, but they are made easier today with the use of paint markers, rather than traditional paint brushes.
Perhaps not so recently, hand painted PLATES have also come into the trendy gift giving fashion (I have given two away, personally). So this will cover supplies for plates, too.
Depending on how many mugs you are hoping to paint, you could buy them just about anywhere. I suggest going with plain white mugs that are thin but sturdy. But you could get any solid colored mug you wanted to.
Locally, Michael's sells some mugs, and other craft stores do as well. Even Walmart sells plain white mugs, sometimes at $1 a piece, which is cheaper than you can find online because you do not have to buy them in bulk to get that price.
The other nice thing about shopping locally is that you don't have to wait! You can buy all of your supplies at once and be done with the whole project in an hour.
Kroger (Fry's where I'm located) sells beautiful ceramic, plain white mugs and plates from time to time. That is where I picked up my plates.
Buying online is not the best place to buy ceramics unless you need to buy hundreds at a time. Not only are there usually quantity minimums, but you have to pay shipping and take the risk of broken mugs.
Splendids.com: They have a nice variety of shapes and sizes of mugs, as low as 85 cents a piece when purchased in mass bulk. However, they are NOT inexpensive as a general rule. In fact, they're quite pricey. I would suggest purchasing their nicer mugs in smaller quantities. You pay more, but you'll still be paying less than $5 per mug when it's all said and done.
DiscountMugs.com: This online store is certainly cheaper than Splendids.com, and the selection is wider. They have a nice mug for under $3 in quantities of 12, and it's the same price for color as it is for white.
PromoLogoMugs.com: They sell coffee mugs at low prices, but you have to call for a quote or email using their Order Form, which is rather annoying. Still, if you'd like to try to find the best possible price, they are probably it.
I suggest going with paint markers, which can be found almost anywhere and cost almost nothing. If you're just starting, try just using black markers. Black and white hand painted mugs are super easy and beautiful, and it's a nice way to ease into it.
Try Michael's, local art supply stores (including at local universities), and Walmart's craft section. Look for broad paint markers that include ceramics as one of the materials they can be used for.
For the paint markers, buying online will help when it comes to getting the right kind of marker.
DickBlick.com sells all sorts of paint markers. For this craft, choose the Pebeo Porcelaine 150 Paint Markers, which sell for $4.59 a piece.
MarkerSupply.com also sells Pebeo paint sets, but it doesn't sell the broad 150 markers. It does sell fine and medium sized markers, which are great for using colors (like coloring the petals on a flower). They sell for around $3.69 a piece.
Amazon.com sells the same Pebeo Porcelaine 150 paint marker that DickBlick.com sells, but currently, it's more expensive than the one at DickBlick. It's not a bad idea to keep your eye out for deals, but don't get ripped off. It's unnecessary!
If you want to paint with a brush, I suggest buying the Pebeo Porcelaine 150 paints. They are the same quality of paint used in the paint markers described above, but come in little jars for use with a brush. You can buy them at both DickBlick.com and MarkerSupply.com.
1. Begin with clean, dry mugs or plates (free of dust, too). You may want to wipe them down with alcohol as well; this removes any oils that you can't really see. Oils made the paint marker slide or appear unevenly.
2. (IF USING A PATTERN) Using a traceable pattern and a sheet of carbon paper, trace the pattern over the carbon paper onto the mug. Gently blow away carbon dust so the outline is clear.
IF YOU'RE DOING IT FREEHAND: Make sure to not touch the mug or plate everywhere with your fingers; it distributes oil. For plates, set flat on a table. For mugs, hold firmly in whichever hand you are not using to paint.
3. Using the paint marker or brush, trace over the outline with the paint OR draw your freehand image/letters, etc, gently wiping away any stray paint.
4. Once painted, set the mugs on a baking set and put them in a cool oven. Turn the oven up to 400 degrees.
5. Set the ceramics in the oven straightaway (do not wait for pre-heat). This is also true for glasses; it prevents them from cracking due to the quick intense heat. If you're in any doubt FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PAINT MARKER!!
6. Allow the mugs to completely cool in the oven (bring it all the way back to room temperature).
Now you will have dishwasher and microwave safe hand painted mugs!


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Smash Mouth calls Phillies' Bryce Harper a 'jackass' for spurning Giants
By Michael Tanenbaum
Phillies MLB
Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper is a money-hungry "jackass" who deserves the boos he received at Citizens Bank Park the other night, according to 90s rock band Smash Mouth.
Harper was booed during a rough night against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday – he was part of a trio of Phillies to misplay a fly ball and went 0-4. After the game, Harper didn't seem to care. He said he would have done the same thing if he were a fan.
RELATED: What they're saying: Why Bryce Harper is slumping — and why there's no need to panic just yet
For reasons that remain as bizarre as they are unclear, Smash Mouth has become a source of intel on the inner workings of MLB front offices, or at least the one in their home town of San Francisco. Earlier this year, while Harper was still a free agent, they claimed to know the Giants were divided about how to pursue the prized outfielder.
We are hearing Giants ownership/upper mgmt might not be on the same page as Zaidi regarding Harper. They want to offer a long term contract like they did with Bonds and Zaidi does NOT want to. Sabean/Baer step the F up, this is your team, not some slappy's from the Dodgers! @KNBR
— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth) February 26, 2019
Harper went on to sign a 13-year, $330 million deal in Philadelphia, where outsiders love to believe booing poor play is a permanent indictment of the player, rather than a tough love wake-up call. Smash Mouth lashed out at Harper in a tweet on Wednesday.
Yo Bryce.......told you not to go to Philly jackass! The @SFGiants fans NEVER boo their own players! You we're lead by $ only so swim in the sea of boos now! How much do you love your agent now?? Worth the taxes you avoided? How's that 45min drive to the stadium?lol @bryceharper3
— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth) May 1, 2019
The Giants currently sit in last place in the NL West, so maybe these guys are just feeling sad and resentful. Their beach sandals and wet boardwalk music was so generically uplifting that it seems out of character for them to unload on a professional baseball player.
Since 1999's "Astro Lounge," Smash Mouth has got "Shrek," and that's about it in terms of favorability. The most recent endearing thing they've done is cover Car Seat Headrest's "Something Soon," and even that felt like a tongue-in-cheek collaboration that started as a joke.
Clearly, the band disagrees with Philly's philosophy on booing.
Bllsht! Nuture your players, support your players. That way when they pull through you can feel like you deserved it and you feel like you're part of it. Booing makes you the enemy....NOT part of the team! He's hit 6 HR's and remains a constant threat in the lineup! BAM! https://t.co/od3J8Z6lux
How about the Sixers' Ben Simmons dropping a career-high 31 points in the playoffs after getting booed, Smash Mouth?
You know what this is really about? They are still salty that the Eagles canned Chip Kelly and then had to endure a 49ers year from hell.
Michael Tanenbaum
tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com
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Endless Incentive: Jemima Kirke Talks Wide-Eyed Innocence and Allowing Everything to Inspire Something
Abby Ringiewicz July 20, 2020
Anna Ottum
This feature on Jemima was originally published in Issue 19, available here.
It's cold in Brooklyn, and she shows up in a bundle of shearling, a wind-whipped rosiness outlines her warm smile. There's an involuntary elegance about artist Jemima Kirke—in her speech, in her movements—that breathes midmorning Sunday: unhurried and fluid and assured and stoic. I want to accredit it to her being a mother, but I don't think that's fair to her; to being a painter, too, but that's not entirely fair, either.
In no exclusive or fixed order, Kirke is an artist, a collector, a mother, a lover, a sister, a friend, and a muse. "I never know anymore who has a preconceived notion of who I am and who doesn't. I'm an artist. I would normally say a painter, but I have other ideas lately," she tells me. Acting falls in there on occasion, as does directing, but painting, especially people, is what she does.
This winter, Brooklyn's Sargent's Daughters Gallery hosted her most recent series of paintings in a show she called "Scamp." The subjects are all children, an idea Kirke shelved for years until finally, thankfully, working up the courage to give life to her pipe dream. "For some reason it was inaccessible, and I don't know why. No, I do know why—it's because, in my head, it was so perfect that I didn't want to do it because then it wouldn't be. Having a kid in front of me is such a gift—it's such a juicy opportunity, and I didn't want to waste that, so it's nerve-racking, because it's like, this could be so, so good." And they are. In broad strokes and warm colors, Kirke captures the wide-eyed aplomb the world has yet to eat away at. With their tiny hands and telling shoulders, children sit or stand in whichever pose Kirke was able to catch, unwittingly trusting and indifferent to the woman in front of them. "Each time I draw a kid it's impulsive—it has to be. Their cheeks and their stupid haircuts—everything."
These kids, ingenuous and unabashed, each wear a vintage costume, something they chose off of Kirke's studio wall and which felt a certain way to them. Kirke is a collector (more on this later), and this collection of petite wearables was really important to the series. Beautiful circus costumes and 1950s Ben Cooper Halloween costumes with the character names and faces emblazoned on the chests. One little girl wears a Tweety Bird dress, and I'm overcome with nostalgia and some sadness.
Propped up by these conscious costumes are their singular faces, and it's a nod to that innocence and the undeveloped armor they have yet to need or understand that "Scamp" realizes: "when we're out in the world we all have this layer of costume that we put on in order to have some buffer between us and everything else, and that's the thing that's so heartbreaking about kids—that they don't have that and you're seeing them develop that."
Kirke's costume is a macramé tank top over a black long-sleeved shirt trailed by more black from the waist down. After graduating from RISD, Kirke bopped around Florida and found herself working at an art supply store. "I hadn't painted in months. This guy came in to buy paint one day, and we got to talking. He said, listen: I have this studio if you ever want to share the space I can set you up in the corner and you can paint." After some weeks of internal debate, she took him up on it: "I've got to do something, I have to make something," she reckoned. And so she painted. She painted him, and as time and word went on, just about everyone else in the small Florida town sat down for her, and one by one, she painted them, too. "And that's sort of where it started, out of necessity, really. Since then I never stopped. I love the idea that you can paint a face and it's not a photo. That's what sticks with me—this is not a photograph. I'm just using this person to make something else; this isn't really them, anyway, so I have this freedom to sort of use what I want from them or not."
I ask her if it's always been painting, and she disagrees with herself: "yes—well, no." She started with collaging and the realization that just about anything can be layered and meditated on. So she collected: fabrics, cowhide, magazines, newspapers—anything that could somehow be stuck to a wall or paper, really. "It goes along with the compulsive collector thing," she says.
Yes, Kirke is a collector—the best of us are. "If you look at my studio, it looks like I'm eighty years old. I just have so much shit." And at the moment, it's baby things. ("Like, tiny things?" "No. Like, things for babies.") Baby plates, baby toys, nursery decor—she collects it all. She tells me about a set of baby napkin rings, fancy, and silver, presumably for a restaurant or hotel. They have nursery rhymes engraved and the look on Kirke's face tells me just how dear to her these findings are. "They're just amazing. In fact, I have so much of that stuff that I was thinking I'd open up a shop. An antique baby supplies shop. I'm not really a shopkeeper—that's not my dream, but it is my dream to take all of that stuff and set it up in a way that's pleasing to me, and then make it so expensive that no one can buy it." Relatively new for her, though, is directing. Like a component of Kirke's makeup, cinema accompanies her every day, inspiring and surprising in its narration of life. (The Turner Classic Movies channel is ever-on at her home. To have her morning coffee with Mickey Rooney is just so nice, she tells me.) To date, Kirke has directed five music videos, including "Mama" for her sister Lola Kirke, and "Marlon Brando" for her boyfriend, Alex Cameron, the stark contrast of which speaks to her gaze. "I watch a lot of movies, and when I hear songs I often have visuals to them." After Kirke heard her sister's EP, this one song stuck in her head as a reel of a woman working out. So she ran with it, found a cameraperson and made a beautiful thing. "Then I showed my sister, and I was like, hey, I did this thing to your song, and she loved it and put it out as a music video." "Marlon Brando" is part short film part music video—a satirical mockumentary that flips the cameras on a music video director. It's funny and clever and nearly 18 minutes long. "It's new to me, but I definitely would like to try more with sound. To me, [music videos] have no sound."
Just the mention of Alex lightens her. "He's at home right now, sleeping, which I resent. I say this to him all the time: I hate the sleeping man." The Australian singer-songwriter is her muse and her buoy, and she, his—"We're like this corny art couple. We help each other." They talk through ideas and admire one another's accomplishments, helping one another through their respective fortes with insight and championship.
"The other day I sat down to write. I write sometimes, whether it's just for myself, like diary entries, or I'll write short films, little scripts, and he was helping me with my computer because I couldn't get Microsoft Word up, and when I turned around and he was writing. He had written this whole passage; he wrote: 'Hi. My name's Jemima, and I am a motherfucker,' and he wrote this whole motivational thing about how amazing I am and all the work that I've done and listed every piece of success that I've had, and it was really, really nice."
She finishes her pink juice, and it's time to go—she has work to do at her studio before picking the kids up from school. But before she leaves, I have to ask the question most artists—most people, really—dread: So, what's next? Of course, there are many "nexts" for Kirke because, as Cameron reminds her, she's amazing, but with regard to painting, she's considering a concentrated series. "I haven't ever painted men, other than the person I'm sleeping with, you know. I don't think I'm going to do a series of just men, but I think it will be more focused in that direction. I'm painting a lot of portraits of my boyfriend at the moment, and I like the idea of just staying on one model the whole time and seeing what comes of that." We can't wait to see what comes of that.
For more from Jemima, follow @jemima_jo_kirke on Instagram.
Photography by Anna Ottum.
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Hypothyroidism does occur in this and many other breeds of dogs. Some feel that this defect is part and parcel of the Neo body type. This may be their way of excusing a genetic defect in their lines of Neapolitan Mastiffs. Many of the most typey Neos alive today have healthy thyroid function and have no need of thyroxine supplimentation.
Entropion – This is a condition which the eyelids turn/roll inward to the extent that rubbing occurs on the surface of the eyeball with hair.
Ectropion – When the lower lids are loose, causing a drooping of the eyelid's margins, and making the lower lid, turning outward.
Cherry eye – It is VERY common to see cherry eye (nictitans gland prolapsed) on the Neo. The exact cause of cherry eye is not known, however weakness of the connective tissue around the eye is strongly suspected. Procedures improved with 'tacking' or tucking the gland into place by a veterinarian. Sometimes removal of the gland is the most successful treatment.
Bloating is very common in many large breeds. Gastric dilatation-volvulus, or bloat and torsion, are conditions that can strike suddenly and fatally.
Bloating is a condition in which there is a rapid accumulation of air in the stomach causing dilatation.


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American multinational technology and consulting corporationTemplate:SHORTDESC:American multinational technology and consulting corporation
This article is about the online notary company. For a description of notarization services, see Notarize.
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Notary, Software
Founded 📆
Founders 👔
Pat Kinsel, Adam Pase
Headquarters 🏙
Area served 🗺
Pat Kinsel, CEO
Products 📟
Online notarization services, E-signatures
🌐 Website
notarize.com
📇 Address
📞 telephone
Notarize is a Boston, Massachusetts-based company that provides online notarization and e-signature services.[1] Documents are notarized online, using a remote notary and a video camera.[1]
The company was founded in 2015.[2]
Notarize was founded in 2015 in Arlington, Virginia by Pat Kinsel and Adam Pase.[2]Kinsel was inspired to start Notarize when he had difficulty notarizing documents.[3]
In February 2016, the company launched its smartphone app on iTunes, integrating live video with computer imaging technology and a software-based forensic analysis for user identification.[4]
By June 2017, the company had reportedly done 10,000 notarizations worldwide.[5] In July, the company completed the United State's first online mortgage closing, with United Wholesale Mortgage and Freddie Mac.[1]
In October, the company partnered with online startup Trust & Will to create fully digital online wills and trust documents in Nevada and Indiana.[6]
By March 2020, the company reported that it was expecting to notarize $100 Billion in transactions, up from $10 Billion in 2019.[7]
In October, Notarize signed a deal with document management company Adobe to integrate Notarize's remote online notarization (RON) capability into the Adobe Sign e-signature platform.[8] In November, Notarize's online notary video service was used by Pennsylvania postal worker Richard Hopkins for a sworn affidavit alleging voter fraud, a claim that was later recanted.[9]
Services[edit]
Notarize offers notary services thorough an app and web site that sets up a secure video chat with a licensed notary public. The app includes computer imaging technology and a software-based forensic analysis to authenticate the user's identity.[4] Customers upload the document they need notarized, allowing the customer and notary to see the document being notarized.[10] Notarize's platform requires requires consumers to pass an identity verification process in compliance with the notary's state law.[6]
Operations[edit]
Notarize is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mortgage Closings Just Took a Big Step Into the Digital Age". The Wall Street Journal. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "This N.Va. start-up wants bring public notaries into the mobile economy". The Washington Post. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
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SPRINGFIELD -- The state is making temporary deals with three state employee health insurance providers until officials can determine which carriers should receive longer-term HMO contracts.
The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability has approved 90-day contracts with Health Alliance HMO, Health Alliance Illinois and Coventry Health Care HMO (formerly PersonalCare HMO).
They are among eight health insurance options available to state employees, retirees and dependents during the open enrollment period, which will end June 15.
"In order to make sure we have a full range of health carriers in place for the start of the fiscal year (July 1), we have decided to enter into emergency contracts," said Mike Claffey, spokesman for the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
All three companies submitted proposals to DHFS to provide HMO coverage to state government next year. However, the deadline for submitting the proposals was only Monday, and the department hasn't had a chance to evaluate them and determine which proposals should be selected.
"To allow plenty of time to score those proposals without rushing, we decided it made sense to enter into 90-day contracts," Claffey said.
Those covered by state health insurance are receiving letters from the Department of Central Management Services announcing that the benefit choice period will end June 15. The contracts, including the three 90-day contracts, start July 1.
The letter also says a special enrollment period might be scheduled later if event the state rejects one or more of the HMO bids. That will give members who enrolled in one of those plans a chance to select different providers.
All of this is an outgrowth of last year's attempt by DHFS to rebid state worker health insurance contracts. The state didn't renew contracts with Health Alliance and Humana, two companies that had long provided health coverage to state workers, particularly downstate.
Instead, DHFS awarded HMO contracts to Blue Cross and Blue Shield, even though that company didn't contract with health care providers in some downstate counties. The state also awarded contracts for open access plans offered by Health Link and Personal Care. DHFS said the state would save $1 billion over 10 years with the new contracts.
Health Alliance challenged the state's bidding process in court. To settle the lawsuit, the state agreed to rebid the HMO coverage contracts and keep the Health Alliance contract in place until June 30.
This spring, Auditor General William Holland issued an audit that said potential conflicts of interest and other flaws created "serious deficiencies" in the selection process. The audit said it was difficult to verify the state's claim of $1 billion in savings.
Although the new round of bids hasn't been rated yet, COGFA co-chairman Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, D-Evanston, said he thinks a repeat of last year will be avoided.
"I'm confident everyone involved has learned from what happened previously and will take extra care to make sure the transition is smooth and not disruptive of anyone's lives," Schoenberg said.
Whether the state gets a better deal on its insurance costs will be determined after the bids are evaluated, Schoenberg said.
The letter from CMS also alerts retirees to Senate Bill 1313, which would authorize the state to charge premiums for retiree health insurance. The bill has passed the House and Senate, but has not yet been sent to Gov. Pat Quinn for his signature.
CMS is to establish premiums under the bill. No changes have been made yet, however, the letter says. The information will be posted to the state's benefits website when it becomes available.
The state and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union are also negotiating a new labor agreement. Health insurance premiums and co-payments for active employees are included in those negotiations.
Here are the health insurance options available to participants in the state's group health insurance program.


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Take That achieve 12th number one single
Take That have scored their first number one single as a three-piece band with 'These Days'.
The track, which precedes the group's seventh studio album III, overtook midweek leaders Band Aid 30 to win the top spot by just 2,500 copies. It is Take That's 12th number one single and their first since 2008's 'Greatest Day'.
The group – now comprised of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald – told OfficialCharts.com: "We cannot believe it, we're really made up and we can't thank everybody enough."
The star-studded Band Aid 30 group slip one spot to number two with their updated version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', while Olly Murs and Travie McCoy hold on to the number three spot with 'Wrapped Up'.
Ed Sheeran also holds firm at number four with 'Thinking Out Loud' while Clean Bandit's 'Real Love' rounds out the top five after dropping three places from number two.
The only new entry in the Top 10 this week is Labrinth's 'Jealous', which debuts at number 7 and wins the singer and producer his fifth Top 10 single.
McBusted hit number 12 with their first single as a combined group, 'Air Guitar', before their self-titled album is released tomorrow (December 1).
Jennifer Lawrence scores her first ever UK Top 40 single with her rendition of 'The Hanging Tree'. The song, taken from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 soundtrack, is at number 14.
BRITs Critics' Choice 2015 nominee James Bay is another new entry at number 18 with 'Hold Back The River', while fellow shortlisted act Years & Years debut at number 22 with 'Desire'.
David Guetta and Emeli Sandé's 'What I Did For Love' debuts at number 24, while Kiesza's 'No Enemiesz' enters the charts at number 30. The final new entry in the chart is Beyonce's '7/11', which is at number 36.
Source: Official Charts Company
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 tops UK box-office
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has stormed to the top of the UK box office in its first weekend of release.
The latest instalment in the franchise, based on the dystopian novels by Suzanne Collins, has earned £12,654,109 since its release on Friday.
Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game held second place in its second week of release, with earnings of £2,129,053.
Last week's box office topper, Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic Interstellar, falls to number three this week with takings of £1,895,368, while family comedy Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? drops one place to number four with £1,544,804 taken over the weekend.
Mr. Turner drops to number five in its fourth week of release, taking £356,743.
Chaar Sahibzaade makes its UK box office debut at number 10, taking in £129,328.
The UK box office top ten in full is as follows:
1. (-) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – £12,654,109
2. (2) The Imitation Game – £2,129,053
3. (1) Interstellar – £1,895,368
4. (3) Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? – £1,544,804
5. (4) Mr. Turner – £356,743
6. (7) The Book Of Life – £296,943
7. (5) The Drop – £229,594
8. (8) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – £179,615
9. (6) Gone Girl – £173,517
10. (-) Chaar Sahibzaade – £129,328
Source: Rentrak
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GTA 5 claims all-time UK sales record
GTA 5 has overtaken Call of Duty: Black Ops as the highest-selling game in the UK.
Following last week's release of GTA 5 on PS4 and Xbox One, the game was finally able to claim the all-time unit sales record in the UK.
GTA 5 already held the record for highest-grossing game in a week and for the amount of revenue earned.
GTA 5 made 58% of its sales on PS4, 41% on Xbox One and 1% on Xbox 360.
It tops the all-format gaming chart ahead of Far Cry 4 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
Despite failing to reach the top of the chart, Ubisoft's Far Cry 4 is the most successful version in terms of week one sales.
Dragon Age: Inquisition is this week's third highest new entry at five, charting above Assassin's Creed Unity and WWE 2K15. The latest WWE game moves up 13 places following the release of Xbox One and PS4 versions.
The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
2. (-) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
3. (1) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
4. (4) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
5. (-) Dragon Age: Inquisition (Electronic Arts)
6. (2) Assassin's Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
7. (20) WWE 2K15 (Take-Two)
8. (5) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
9. (7) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
10. (3) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
11. (-) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros)
12. (6) Assassin's Creed Rogue (Ubisoft)
13. (10) Destiny (Activision)
14. (12) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
15. (13) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney Interactive Studios)
16. (11) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
17. (19) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
18. (16) Assassin's Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
19. (8) PES 2015 (Konami)
20. (17) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 UKIE Ltd.
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Band Aid 30's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' claims UK No.1
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
Band Aid 30 has debuted at number one in the UK singles chart.
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' is the fastest-selling single of 2014 so far, with 312,000 copies sold in its first week.
The charity track, organised by Bob Geldof, also outsells Band Aid 20's first-week sales in 2004. The previous version of the song sold 297,000 in the first seven days of release.
Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne debut at number two with 'Real Love', while Olly Murs enters the chart at number three with 'Wrapped Up', featuring Travie McCoy.
Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' falls down to number four, and David Guetta rounds off this week's five top-selling tracks with 'Dangerous', which features Sam Martin.
'Wake Me Up' by Gareth Malone's All Star Choir for Children in Need drops from last week's number one to seven, but is the biggest-selling physical single featured on the chart.
Wretch 32 claims number eight with '6 Words', and Rixton's 'Wait On Me' takes 12.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut at 26 with 'In the Heat of the Moment', while One Direction's 'Night Changes' claims number 23.
5 Seconds of Summer complete this week's chart with 'Good Girls', which climbs 130 places to number 25.
Interstellar retains UK box office top spot
Interstellar has held on to the number one spot at the UK box office for a second week.
Christopher Nolan's sci-fi adventure earned £3.7 million, holding off The Imitation Game which debuts at number two with £2.7 million.
Christmas feel-good Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? takes £1.8 million in its debut week at the third spot, while Mr Turner claims number four.
Tom Hardy's The Drop debuts at number five with £637,867, as Gone Girl slips to six with £454,488.
Horror Ouija rounds off this week's box office top ten with £308,516.
The UK box office top ten in full:
2. (-) The Imitation Game – £2,742,725
3. (-) Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? – £1,800,419
4. (2) Mr Turner – £741,748
5. (-) The Drop – £637,867
9. (5) Fury – £359,822
10. (7) Ouija – £308,516
Advanced Warfare tops chart again despite 77% drop in sales
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has topped the all-format gaming chart for a second successive week.
Activision's shooter maintains its position at the top of the chart, despite a 77% drop in weekly sales.
It charts above Assassin's Creed Unity, which misses out on the top spot by only 16,000 sales.
Despite a number of performance issues, this year's Assassin's Creed still manages to outsell its predecessor at launch, and also charts above Halo: The Master Chief Collection in third.
The PS4 version of Assassin's Creed Unity accounts for 52% of sales, followed by 46% for the Xbox One and 2% for PC.
With Assassin's Creed Rogue charting at six for Xbox 360 and PS3, the series would have placed above Call of Duty in combined new-gen and last-gen sales.
Despite charting in third, Halo: The Master Chief Collection enjoys the biggest launch for a Microsoft-published Xbox One game, and the seventh biggest Xbox One launch overall.
Elsewhere, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham debuts at five, PES 2015 charts at eight and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor enters at nine.
2. (-) Assassin's Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
3. (-) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
5. (-) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
6. (-) Assassin's Creed Rogue (Ubisoft)
8. (-) PES 2015 (Konami)
9. (-) World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (Blizzard)
10. (5) Destiny (Activision)
11. (7) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
14. (3) Football Manager 2015 (Sega)
15. (4) Alien Isolation (Sega)
18. (8) Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft)
20. (13) WWE 2K15 (Take-Two)
Gareth Malone's All Star Choir score No.1 single
Gareth Malone and his All Star Choir have debuted at number one with their official Children in Need track 'Wake Me Up'.
The Avicii cover, which features celebrities including Jo Brand, Craig Revel Horwood, Linda Robson and Mel Giedroyc, has sold over 120,000 units in the last seven days and is also the most physically purchased single of the week.
Ed Sheeran holds on to the number two spot with 'Thinking Out Loud', which has set a record for the most ever audio streams in a week.
One Direction jump six places up the charts to number three with 'Steal My Girl' after performing the track on The X Factor last week and on Children in Need on Friday.
Cheryl drops from the number one spot to number four with her latest single 'I Don't Care', while Meghan Trainor falls two places to number five with 'All About That Bass'.
Australian duo The Veronicas enter the Official Singles Chart for the first time in five years with 'You Ruin Me', which debuts at number eight. Sam Smith's new single 'Like I Can' enters the chart at number nine.
Taylor Swift climbs 98 places up to number 11 with 'Blank Space' following the release of its official video this week, while Kendrick Lamar wins his first UK Top 40 hit with 'I', which enters at number 20.
Idina Menzel's 'Let It Go', the smash hit Frozen single, re-enters the Top 40 at number 28.
BBC Music's track 'God Only Knows', which features a number of celebrities, climbs 131 places to number 39.
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Interstellar tops UK box office
Interstellar has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.
The Christopher Nolan-directed sci-fi epic earned £5.3 million to secure first place ahead of Mike Leigh's Mr Turner, which pulled in an impressive £1 million on its second weekend on release.
Interstellar's haul is the fourth-highest UK opening in Nolan's career, behind The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight and Inception.
The second placed Mr Turner has now earned £2.6 million from UK cinemas, beating Vera Drake to become the most successful film of acclaimed director Leigh's career.
Last week's number one movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles slips to number three, while Gone Girl and Fury complete the top five.
1. (-) Interstellar – £5,378,220
2. (7) Mr Turner – £1,014,433
7. (2) Ouija – £653,678
8. (6) Nightcrawler – £545,221
9. (8) The Maze Runner – £396,286
10. (9) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – £318,647
Call of Duty ends FIFA 15's six-week chart reign
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has ended FIFA 15's six-week chart reign.
Activision's latest shooter "convincingly" beats the week one sales total of last year's Call of Duty: Ghosts and has sold 14% more week one units than Titanfall, Wolfenstein and Destiny combined.
It is the fifth biggest-selling Call of Duty at launch, behind the likes of Black Ops 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3.
FIFA 15 drops to second, "way ahead" of Sega's Football Manager 2015 and Alien Isolation in third and fourth, according to Chart-Track.
After a 61% drop in sales, Sunset Overdrive falls from two to eight, above The Evil Within and Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. Lords of the Fallen drops out of the top 20 after one week.
Re-entries include Assassin's Creed 4 at 16, Lego: The Hobbit at 18, Tomodachi Life at 19 and Frozen: Olaf's Quest at 20.
1. (-) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
3. (-) Football Manager 2015 (Sega)
4. (13) Alien Isolation (Sega)
5. (6) Destiny (Activision)
7. (9) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)
8. (2) Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft)
9. (4) The Evil Within (Bethesda)
11. (7) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
13. (5) WWE 2K15 (Take-Two)
14. (8) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros Interactive)
15. (14) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
16. (-) Assassin's Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
17. (17) Super Smash Bros for 3DS (Nintendo)
18. (-) Lego: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
19. (-) Tomodachi Life (Nintendo)
20. (-) Frozen: Olaf's Quest (Avanquest)
Cheryl Cole claims record-breaking fifth UK number one
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
Cheryl Cole has scored her fifth UK number one single with 'I Don't Care'.
The X Factor judge now holds the record for the most UK number ones for a British female artist.
Cheryl previously topped the chart with 'Fight for This Love' in 2009, 'Promise This' in 2010, 'Call My Name' in 2012 and 'Crazy Stupid Love' earlier this year.
She overtakes previous record holders Geri Halliwell and Rita Ora, who each have four number one singles.
Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' moves down to second place, although the song breaks the record for the most audio streams in a single week with 1,638,000 listens.
All About That Bass' by Meghan Trainor moves to number three, while John Legend's 'All of Me' jumps from number 26 to four following his appearance on last week's X Factor.
Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' rounds off the top five.
Calvin Harris enters the chart at number six with 'Outside', as Tom Odell's cover of 'Real Love' debuts at number 21 after featuring on this year's John Lewis Christmas advert.
The Script's 'No Good in Goodbye' enters at 26, while Nicki Minaj debuts at 35 with 'Only', featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown.
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So this would be fun….head out and cheer…or better yet participate, in the Cowichan Challenge Triathlon on July 14th. This much anticipated yearly grassroots event inspires people from all over the valley to get up off their couches and swim, cycle and run for months ahead of the big day. Often doing all three on the same training day…crazy people you say? Nay say I. They're athletes and they're awesome.
This event is a Ceevacs sponsored event. You've almost certainly heard of them…Ceevacs, is the very active Cowichan Valley's running club. They've been going for over 25 years now and they actively support, foster and promote running, walking and other fitness activities for members of the community. Every week there are group runs and starting now there are Summer Fun Runs all through July and August. Check out their web page for details and don't be shy about joining in. The group is super friendly and will always make you feel welcome.
…But back to the triathlon. If you're reading this before July 1st there is still time to sign up for the Early Bird discount and a chance to win a $100.00 gift certificate from Frontrunners. The triathlon starts at 8:00 a.m. at Fuller Lake and there is a sprint or main event. You can do this race individually or as a relay team. The sprint is pretty much half the distance than the main event so there's options a 'plenty! The organizers had to work around the Chemainus Bridge construction so the cycling aspect of the race is going in another direction this year…but bravos to the organizers for persevering and coming up with a creative solution to the 2013 Bridge challenge.
Registration takes place at the Cycle Therapy parking lot on Friday July 12th and Saturday July 13th or on race day between 7am and 7:45 am.


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Awesome options novel from police detective turned best-selling crime author Caroline Mitchell
Company to develop the first book in the DI Amy Winter series, TRUTH AND LIES, for television
London, UK– At Capital Crime, London's festival of crime writing, Awesome Media & Entertainment Ltd. (Awesome) announces that it has optioned the media rights to crime-thriller TRUTH AND LIES, by New York Times best-selling author, and former police detective, Caroline Mitchell.
Published in 2018 by Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, TRUTH AND LIES is the first installment in the DI Amy Winterthriller series. Author Caroline Mitchell has published 11 crime thrillers in total and all her books have become no. 1 bestsellers in their categories with over a million copies sold.
TRUTH AND LIES follows London Met detective, 33-year-old Amy Winter, who is the daughter of a husband-and-wife serial killer team imprisoned for a string of heinous killings years ago. When a teenage girl goes missing, Amy is forced to reconnect with her incarcerated mother Lillian in order to prevent another murder. She soon becomes entangled in her mother's psychopathic game and must confront her own dark past in a race against the clock.
Since taking investment from Kew Media Group in 2018, Awesome has been focusing on high-end book-to-screen adaptations and is currently in production on the adaptation of Susan Hill's novel THE SMALL HAND: A GHOST STORY starring Douglas Henshall for Channel 5 with its co-production partner, Two Rivers Media.
Speaking at Capital Crime, author Caroline Mitchell says: "I am thrilled that Awesome Media & Entertainment have optioned Truth And Lies for TV. Having met Jeff Norton and the team, I know my book could not be in better hands. I am very excited to see what the future brings."
Executive Producer Jeff Norton says: "In Amy Winter, Caroline Mitchell has crafted a compelling character that leaps off the page and demands to be brought to the screen. It's an honour to be trusted by such a gifted author to develop her work for British television."
Rights were acquired from Hayley Steed at the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency.
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Ann Wool upped to Ketchum Sports & Entertainment president
October 17, 2014 by Lindsay Stein
Ann Wool has been promoted to president of Ketchum Sports & Entertainment. She most recently served as partner and director of the group, which recently expanded overseas.
NEW YORK: Ketchum has promoted Ann Wool, partner and director of Ketchum Sports & Entertainment, to president of the unit, which recently expanded by opening an office in London.
Wool, who joined Ketchum as director of the sports network in 2001 and became partner in 2009, is continuing to report to Barri Rafferty, the firm's CEO for North America. Her former role of director is not expected to be filled at this time, according to an agency representative.
The new Ketchum Sports & Entertainment office in London is serving as the practice's European hub. The firm brought on Steph Burke to serve as VP and associate director of the group in London, as well as Sean Flynn as account supervisor.
With the recent expansion, Wool is overseeing Sports & Entertainment across Europe, South America, and the US.
Prior to joining Ketchum, Wool spent 10 years at Edelman, where she focused on the sports and sponsorship marketing practice.
In addition to promoting Wool, Ketchum has upped Courtney Nally to SVP and group manager of entertainment. She is reporting to Marcus Peterzell, EVP of entertainment.
Representatives from Ketchum were not immediately available for comment on the promotions.
The Omnicom Group firm's Sports & Entertainment practice has worked on initiatives at sporting events such as the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. The group plans to expand its work at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.
Last year, the practice also carried out a campaign to save wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In March 2012, Ketchum expanded its sports and entertainment practice globally for the first time with an office in Brazil. The São Paulo location is led by EVP Vania Ciorlia.
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Decades of regulation and large investments to reduce point source pollution have brought substantial gains for the economy, human health, environment and social values. But water quality challenges endure in OECD countries as a result of under-regulated diffuse sources of pollution. Eutrophication, a form of water pollution due mainly to agricultural runoff of excess nutrients, is the most prevalent challenge globally.
Controlling diffuse pollution is a complex task. Diffuse pollution is comprised of multiple pollutants from diverse sources – mainly agriculture and urban runoff – and varies spatially and over time. Regulating such pollution generally entails high transaction costs and often meets with political resistance. Lax enforcement of the regulatory measures that are in place weakens their impact. Climate change puts further pressure on water quality, exacerbating existing challenges due to altered precipitation, flow and thermal regimes, and sea level rise.
The cost of current water pollution from diffuse sources exceeds billions of dollars each year in OECD countries. Water pollution has lasting negative impacts on human health, water security, economic productivity, freshwater ecosystem services (including their ability to process pollutants) and social values. Polluted water decreases benefits from swimming, fishing and other recreational uses of water bodies and drags down property values of nearby real estate.
It is recognized that there can be inefficiencies associated with regulations, taxes and subsidies. Where property rights are established, market-based instruments, such as water quality trading, involve less control from government and offers a mechanism for achieving a cost-effective allocation of environmental effort across alternative sources, without environmental regulators knowing the abatement costs of individual agents. When carefully designed, trading can address water quality problems by using trading rations that define allowable rates of exchange before sources that reflect the marginal damage of emissions from each source.
Although they can be complex in nature, water quality markets can stimulate innovation and often achieve water quality targets at a lower social cost than traditional performance standards, taxes and payments/subsidies. Water quality trading can potentially enable continued growth in a capped watershed without jeopardizing water quality, and water quality goals may be met at a faster pace than without trading.
To obtain a copy of the OECD report, please click on the following link. Diffuse Pollution, Degraded Waters: emerging policy solutions.


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Regional and local broadcasting in Europe – can the voice of the regions still be heard? A report on regional media in Europe published in September 2016.
Is my smart TV working for Big Brother? The European Audiovisual Observatory has published in February 2016 a report entitled "Smart TV and data protection".
Who's afraid of the big bad data? The face of advertising has changed forever. "Commercial communications" (as they are now known) now exist in an increasingly converged media universe. As a result, the lines between real content and advertising are increasingly unclear.
This IRIS Special issue is a milestone on the way towards greater transparency in the audiovisual sector concerning the regulation of market power. It also highlights the challenges of regulating converged markets and related market power.
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Monfur's Furries on the Cob - And a raffle!
Les Sauces Dark Bunny (commonly known as Dark Bunny Sauces) will be having a raffle at the Monfur Cornocalypse on Saturday (go check the event details at http://rga.la/4xf )!
When you purchase corn, you will get a special dual ticket.
Not each and every corn. You get one ticket per combo, and one ticket if you purchase additional corn.
After the corn is purchased and consumed, I will draw a ticket.
That ticket will win you a box of 5 randomly pre-selected 50ml sauces from Dark Bunny Sauces!
You don't have to participate, but if you do, I wish you the best of luck!


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Facebook introduces Save, a new bookmarking feature to help tame your News Feed!
Published on July 21, 2014 July 21, 2014 by Elie ChahineLeave a comment
It only happens when you're in a hurry. You launch Facebook to quickly see what your friends are up to and see something you actually have an interest in exploring. Facebook is making it easier to save those posts with a new bookmarking feature.
Today, Facebook introduced Save for Web and mobile. The new feature acts as a bookmark for items you find interesting such as links, places, movies, TV shows and music. The saved items can be accessed later for viewing on the Web or on your mobile device. Plus, you can share any items you've Saved with your Facebook friends.
To access the Saved items on the Web, just click on the Saved feature on the left-hand side of your News Feed. On mobile click on the more tab. Saved items are organized by category and can be opened, shared, or archived. If you save something and forget about it, Facebook will periodically notify you that you have items you found interesting at one point.
The new feature, like almost all components of the social network is to keep you inside Facebook. Instead of saving items to Pinterest, Instapaper, Pocket, or other read-it-later services, you can use Facebook as a bookmarking service. It's also a good way to keep track of restaurants and stores you may want to visit. With reviews already part of a business's Facebook page, this could be bad news for Yelp.
Save will start rolling out to Android, iOS and the Web over the next few days.
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WhatsApp reaches 500 Million users!
Published on April 23, 2014 by Elie ChahineLeave a comment
Popular IM service WhatsApp has reached the 500 million users milestone. And it's not just the total number of users the service has but active users who use the service regularly.
This comes shortly after the company was acquired by Facebook, although WhatsApp had a healthy 450 million users at the time of acquisition. The majority of the growth comes from countries like Brazil, India, Mexico, and Russia, with India alone having 48 million WhatsApp users.
One of the reason the service is so popular in developing nations is sheer number of platforms the service is available on, which includes iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Symbian and S40, unlike many other services that are only available on iOS and Android.
The service has remained unaltered since the Facebook acquisition and is expected to remain that way.
Categories Tech•Tags Android Apps, Applications, Apps, Facebook, Facebook and Whatsapp, Facebook Founder, gadgets, IM, internet, iOS apps, Mark Zuckerberg, mobile, mobile applications, smartphones, Social Network, social-media, Tech, technology, Whatsapp, WhatsApp reaches 500 Million users!, whatsapp sold, windows phone apps
Facebook is buying WhatsApp for $19 billion!
Published on February 20, 2014 February 21, 2014 by Elie ChahineLeave a comment
Facebook has announced this afternoon that it has reached a deal to acquire WhatsApp, the makers of the popular cross-platform messaging app, for a staggering $16 billion. That's $4 billion in cash and approximately $12 billion in Facebook shares.
The social network says that WhatsApp will continue to operate independently after the acquisition, but claims the deal with WhatsApp—who has nearly 500 million users—"accelerates Facebook's ability to bring connectivity and utility to the world."
"Facebook today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire WhatsApp, a rapidly growing cross-platform mobile messaging company, for a total of approximately $16 billion, including $4 billion in cash and approximately $12 billion worth of Facebook shares. The agreement also provides for an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp's founders and employees that will vest over four years subsequent to closing.
The acquisition supports Facebook and WhatsApp's shared mission to bring more connectivity and utility to the world by delivering core internet services efficiently and affordably. The combination will help accelerate growth and user engagement across both companies.
"WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. "I've known Jan for a long time and I'm excited to partner with him and his team to make the world more open and connected."
The company also provided some WhatsApp growth stats:
Over 450 million people using the service each month;
70% of those people active on a given day;
Messaging volume approaching the entire global telecom SMS volume; and
Continued strong growth, currently adding more than 1 million new registered users per day.
Additionally, Facebook says that it will be paying WhatsApp a $1 billion break-up fee if the acquisition some how falls through, and it will be hosting a conference call at 3PM PST today to discuss further details. You can listen in on that call by clicking here.
Admittedly, $16 billion (potentially $19 billion) sounds like a crazy amount for a messaging app—especially compared to the $3 billion that Facebook reportedly offered Snapchat last year. But not many services boast an active user base of half-a-billion.
It'll be interesting to see what comes of this. If you want to see what WhatsApp is all about, you can find it in the App Store here.
Categories Interesting News, Tech•Tags Android Apps, Applications, Apps, Facebook, Facebook and Whatsapp, Facebook Founder, Facebook is buying WhatsApp for $16 billion!, gadgets, IM, internet, iOS apps, Mark Zuckerberg, mobile, mobile applications, smartphones, Social Network, social-media, Tech, technology, Whatsapp, whatsapp sold, windows phone apps
Twitter integrates age-screening and removes DM system for following alcohol brands on Web, Android, and iOS
Twitter announced that it has simplified the experience of following alcohol brands on its service, across Web, Android, and iOS apps. The improvement integrates a new age-screening experience on the social network, letting alcohol brands safely grow their of-age network of followers.
Twitter breaks down the process into three steps:
Previously, when Twitter users hit the Follow button on a liquor, beer, or wine account, they would automatically receive a direct message on Twitter from the company in question, asking them to navigate to an age screening page. If the user gave an age that met the requirement of their local drinking law, he or she would be allowed to follow the alcohol brand.
As you can see in the walkthrough above, Twitter now asks you to supply your age right on the social network. The company then does the legal requirement checks based on what country you reside in.
Twitter furthermore says it will remember that your account met the age requirement (nobody is getting any younger!). Best of all, the company promises it won't store your date of birth: just the fact that you're legally allowed to consume alcohol.
So far, Twitter has partnered with a few brands, including Bud Light, Jim Beam, Knob Creek, Heineken, and Bacardi. The new tool should allow these companies to push ads on the social network without fear of breaking the law.
All that being said, the debate of whether age-screening actually works continues to rage. Inputting a fake age online is not the same as obtaining and presenting a fake ID.
Categories Tech•Tags age-screening, and iOS, android, social media age-screening, Social Network, social-media, Tech, technology gadgets, technology social websites, tweets, Twitter, Twitter age-screening, Twitter integrates age-screening and removes DM system for following alcohol brands on Web, Twitter integrates age-screening and removes DM system for following alcohol brands on Web Android and iOS
Facebook launches redesigned Messenger app!
In line with reports from early October, Facebook has launched a redesigned Messenger app for iPhone users this afternoon. The new design matches the aesthetics of iOS 7, and looks very similar to the updated Messenger app launched for Android a few weeks ago.
In addition to the makeover, today's update also brings about some new features. In the new app, users will be able to see which friends are using Messenger, as well as have the ability to message non-Facebook friends from within the app as long as they have their number…
Facebook described the new app update in a Newsroom post:
"As more and more people use Facebook to connect with their friends on mobile, we are focused on building the best mobile products. Facebook messaging started as a desktop chat experience, but when it comes to messaging on mobile, people want something faster and lighter weight."
And here are a few more screenshots for good measure:
Facebook says that the new Messenger experience will be available more broadly to people using the app on both iOS and Android "starting today." And when it hits, you'll be able to download the latest version of Facebook Messenger for iPhone from the App Store for free.
Have you tried the new version of Facebook Messenger yet? Thoughts?
Categories Tech•Tags Facebook, Facebook launches redesigned Messenger app!, Facebook Messenger, facebook messenger android, facebook messenger android app, facebook messenger app, facebook messenger ios app, facebook messenger iphone, gadgets, ios 7 apps, ios7, iPhone, Social Network, Tech, technology


I grow several types of herbs. One of my favorites is valerian. That word might sound familiar, as valerian root can be found in tablet form in the vitamin, mineral and herb section of drugstores.
Valerian root has been described as nature's Valium. It can be used as a calming and sleep aid.
As with any herb, it is important to discuss its use with your health professional before trying to use any form of it.
If you have ever smelled these tablets you will never forget the odor. It smells like the nastiest, dirtiest gym socks ever – just awful.
The above-ground version of valerian is quite another story – a lovely story.
This is a perennial plant, hardy to zone 4. The tiny white (or pink) blooms have a wonderful sweet smell.
This flower blooms in mid spring and is quite attractive in the garden. My valerian grows to about 5 feet tall. The leaves are fernlike.
I like to use the flowers and the leaves in spring bouquets. A gentle breeze produces a lovely aroma. Above ground valerian looks and smells like spring time freshness to me.
Valerian seeds are very slow to germinate. I strongly recommend that you begin with a plant. Almost anyone who has valerian will most likely be more than willing to share a clump with you.
You guessed it, it's another herb that "travels'' and is considered invasive in some areas. It does tend to travel in a line, so it would make a lovely back border plant. If I had neighbor issues, this would be a good plant for along the boundary line. It does attract pollinators, bumblebees and flies, especially hover flies. I am unsure, but I am pretty sure I have seen Mason bees on my valerian.
It blooms a little early for butterflies to be attracted to the flowers, but may serve as a host plant.
Valerian will grow in just about any soil. It needs sunlight and will not tolerate wet soil. A pH of 5.5 – 7.0 makes it happy. I never fertilize my valerian "crop." When the flowers have faded, I cut the stalk off at ground level.
As with most herbs, the history is interesting. The herb originated in Asia and Europe. The word valerian means strong and healthy. Rats and cats are attracted to valerian. They say it's like catnip for cats. As for rats, it is said that the Pied Piper stuffed his pockets with valerian to lure plague-carrying rats out of the village. I have never seen any cats or rats around my valerian. Maybe that's because some history is more like folklore.
Check out pictures of this unusual herb to try in your garden at: http://go.osu.edu/valeriana.


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"I love you sissy. You older sister hugs my love miss you :)"
"You were a staple and a wonderful pleasure always.From great intelligent conversations to the humorous ones. You will be so very missed..."
"I Am So Sorry For Your Liss Cousin Michelle. My Heart Breaks For You And Your Family During This Time. Brian And I Are Sending Our Sincere..."
"Sending love and light to you during this difficult time."
"I'm missing you, Byron. Iknow we'll be United in Heaven. I love you! 💕"
"Accpet my condolences. My prayer go with you and your family."
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