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The average American graduates from college with $30,000 in student loans.
College graduates finish their degree with insane student loan interest rates compared to what they could get on the open market today. The number one thing you need to do to pay off your student loans faster is refinance to a lower interest rate. It takes a few minutes and requires much less energy than figuring out how to save money in your budget. Obviously saving money in incredibly important, but you should start in order of ease.
I created a calculator at the bottom of this post to show you how much you could save by refinancing your student loans.
Why are student loan interest rates so high?
There are studies showing that people who complete college get paid more and are less likely to default. However, there are tons of adults who drop out of college and so are saddled with debt. Those adults who don’t finish college are more likely to default, so student loan companies aren’t willing to refinance your loan until you graduate from college and pose less of a risk of defaulting.
Refinancing refers to getting a lower interest rate on your loan. The lower your interest rate, the less your monthly payment is, and the less you’ll pay in interest rate overall. The average American can save thousands of dollars over the course of the loan by refinancing. Unlike mortgage refinancing, student loan refinancing does not require a fee and is generally painless because it doesn’t require loads of paperwork.
What are the lowest rates I can get?
Interest rates are dependent on either the 10-year Treasury Bond for fixed rates or LIBOR (London InterBank Offered Rate) for variable rates. When the economy is not doing well, interest rates plunge. In 2008, the government arm who controls the benchmark rate, the Federal Reserve, dropped interest rates to all-time lows.
Since then, interest rates have stayed at rock-bottom lows for 7 years until the Federal Reserve started raising rates at the end of 2015. The market is continuing to predict interest rate increases at quarterly intervals, so you should refinance sooner rather than later if you want to get the lowest rates. The next Fed meeting (when they can vote to increase rates) is on June 21st.
Are there reasons I shouldn’t refinance?
Forbearance – You can pause payments for a year at a time. Interest still accrues.
Deferment – You can pay less than your monthly payment for 3 years due to economic hardship. Interest still accrues.
Income Based Repayment (IBR) – Paying less than the monthly payment based on your income. Interest still accrues.
Loan Forgiveness – PSLF forgives your debt after 10 years if you’re a government worker or work in a non-profit. You still have to pay a certain percent of your income. REPAYE forgives after 20 (undergrad) or 25 (grad) years of payments. Loan forgiveness only really makes sense if your career won’t pay much much.
If you have private loans, there isn’t a good reason for you not to refinance.
Remember, no matter what kind of government benefit you get, your interest will always accrue and your loan will continue to grow due to that interest.
When you’re refinancing, all you’re doing is looking for the lowest interest rate. Currently, the lowest rate is 3.15%.
No hard credit check, only soft pulls so they don’t affect your credit when you’re checking what your refi rate could be.
Low fixed and variable rates.
There are a lot of student loan companies, but LendKey currently has some of the lowest fixed rates out there (other companies are 3.25%.
I created the below calculator so you can input all your loans, with the number of months left and interest rate on the loan.
You can see how much you’d save in your monthly payment and overall interest you’d have to pay.
While you can extend your loan period when refinancing to pay much less every month, I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re experiencing hardship in paying off your current monthly payment. Remember, that interest will grow faster if you’re paying it off slower!
Enter your info in the blue cells and let the calculator tell you how much you can save if you get the best rate possible. The savings are in the green cell.
This is something I WISH I had known about while paying off my student loans (at 8.5%, yikes). I don’t think I want to know how much I could have saved with a refinance… but something I will make sure my youngest brother is aware of when he graduates in a few years.
That’s insane!! We should have a portion of PF classes (when we actually get them) dedicated to the history of interest rates and inflation. Definitely not a concept one just thinks of naturally, but the lightbulb goes on when someone else mentions it!
My wife and I recently refinanced her dental school loans and highly recommend it. Our average interest rate on the federal loans was 7.1%! Great to see you starting the conversation about refinancing. Although we haven’t seen any companies that don’t do hard credit pulls. Luckily the credit check does not affect your credit very much.
It’s crazy how much the difference is, isn’t it?
Apologies, meant to say it’s soft credit pulls to check your rate. Somehow it didn’t make it there. Just fixed :). Thank you!

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Christmas is all about bringing out the sparkles. You can’t beat wearing silver during the festive period and having stars as accessories is the icing on the top of the cake. Both my earrings and bag are from Boohoo.
My whole outfit is silver and my jacket is from French Connection. I have had this for about 6 years now (no joke) and Christmas time is the season this usually comes out.
I love these beautiful heels from Kurt Geiger – the diamonds just makes it so much more festive.
This is the season where you can go over the top and sparkle your way through December, why not hey!!!
Clutch bags aren’t only for evening wear now (like I am wearing), it’s important to add them to your day look too. Not only do they look stylish and slick, they benefit your health too. Carrying around heavy bags affects your back and shoulders – so it’s important that we only carry what we need.
Envelope clutches are usually a little big, which means you won’t have to squeeze items in and they’re smart enough to be used for work too. I love taking this bag on a night out.
This look is dreamy and Christmasy – you can shop the accessories below.

industry_corpus2: Others


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Bend down on one knee.
Not your wife, she’s compensation for an empty life.
Wear a mask for long enough, forget who is underneath.
Carpet of gold or carpet bombs.
Embrace the most unfaithful arms.
as cubicles make daily graves of thousands?
Small pranks for big banks.
Strange bedfellows always give thanks.
we long for her embrace.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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I’m sure you’ve all caught on to the fact that I love wedding photos. A photographer, in my opinion, is the most important part of your wedding. The day will pass but you’ll have to look at the images for the rest of your life! Having a good, scratch that, a fantastic photographer can make a world of difference. My biggest caution to brides looking for a photographer is to make sure you click with them on a personal level. You want to feel comfortable and at ease with them. The best way to do this is to have them do your engagement session. If that goes well and you’re happy with their attitude and the image quality I’d say it’s a go. If you’re not planning on having an engagement session, there are a ton of questions that need to be asked and you have to make sure they understand your specific needs.
Bringing inspiration for the style of photography you want at your wedding can also be helpful. If you know what you’re looking for, you can make sure that the photographer fits your aesthetic! Years from the wedding day when you’re looking back, its photos like these that can make all of the feelings of that day return.


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2019 Vendor Registration – OPEN 10/01/2018 at 12:00 (Noon) eastern!
Please read the COMPLETE rules and policies regarding the Scares That Care Charity Weekend on the Ticket Leap Vendor Registration Page.
If you have any Vendor related questions or concerns, please contact convention[AT]scaresthatcare.org BEFORE registering for the event.
Option 1: First Floor Ballroom – Table set ups available for one single table for small set ups, up to six tables for a larger display. Tables are six feet in length, and you’ll have about three feet behind your table with which to work. (Please note that wall space and or vendor placement requests will be honored on a first come, first served basis. There are no guarantees as to table location.) Electricity is available for an additional fee. Please be sure to select the electricity option – if needed – when you register for your space.
Option 2: Second Floor Complete Vendor Room – Price varies by room size; see ticket descriptions for pricing and room dimensions. There is no extra charge for electricity on the second floor. You will get a single room with lots of extra space for other items that you might need to bring for your set-up. These rooms are ideal for special set-ups such as a tattoo artist, green screen photographer, or fortune teller/tarot card reader. You can even team up with some buddies to populate the room. The number of tables included in your room is noted under that particular room option. If you need extra tables, they may be purchased at $35 each. The extra table option is available ONLY for a full room purchase. Please note that the extra tables do not come with extra vendor passes. A full room purchase comes with TWO vendor passes included. Extra passes are available at half price as usual (limit 2).
Option 3: Second Floor Mixed Vendor Area – This is for those who want a discounted vendor table in the second floor area. This entitles you to one table, two passes and electricity. The exact location of your space will then be determined as sales progress.
If you have been a recurring vendor since our very first show (2014); you will receive a 15% discount code as a thank you for attending our first event and your continued patronage. Check your email for a message. The email contains a unique code that will allow you to book your vendor space with a 15% discount. That unique code MUST be entered during checkout to get the discount and cannot be added after your order is placed. This code will ONLY be honored for those vendors who purchased vending space at our first show and continue to be a recurring vendor at our event. This code should be entered at checkout by clicking “have a discount code?” (Please NOTE – If you did NOT vend with us at our first year convention, or only vended our first year, you are NOT eligible for the discount. Our apologies.) Entitled to this discount, but can’t find the email? Check your spam folder, if you still can’t find this message, reach out below for assistance.


text: Ladies’ puffy vest. Keep the warmth centered on your core in our Puffy Vest. With the same quilted lines as our Puffy Jackets, these styles are great for layering over a long sleeve shirt or under a jacket. Some feature a colorful lining. 100% polyester shell, 100% polyester lining, 6-ounce polyfill. Gently contoured silhouette. Zip-through cadet collar. Reverse coil zipper. Interior storm flap.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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Sullivan & Cromwell and its clients have long benefited from the skills and perspectives of lawyers from around the world. Lawyers holding non-U.S. passports face particular challenges and responsibilities when assigned to one of our offices in the United States. This statement sets forth our policies and practices in relation to our lawyers who hold non-U.S. passports and is intended to communicate the nature of the support that our lawyers can expect from the Firm and the responsibilities those lawyers have with respect to maintaining their authority to be employed in the United States. For purposes of this statement, the term "lawyer" references a lawyer in good standing employed by the Firm as an associate, special counsel, European counsel or practice area associate.
First, the U.S. visa stamp in the passport (not required for Canadians) serves as the necessary document for entry to the United States in work authorized nonimmigrant visa status. Because this visa stamp is necessary for travel, the Firm expects that each nonimmigrant visa holder will be vigilant about its validity and take the necessary action for visa issuance or renewal. Therefore, it is incumbent upon each holder to monitor the expiration date of his or her visa stamp and plan travel abroad accordingly, keeping in mind the processing time for obtaining a visa stamp from a U.S. consulate abroad.
The Firm financially supports obtaining a U.S. visa stamp at a U.S. consulate abroad if international travel is for business reasons. Costs incurred for personal travel are not covered.
The Firm’s financial support for business related travel expenses is likewise applicable to those holding TN status. TN status is a special nonimmigrant status unique to citizens of Canada and Mexico. In the case of TN status for Canadians (different procedures apply for Mexicans) the individual will obtain the initial TN classification at a U.S. port of entry—either at the U.S./Canadian border or preflight inspection in Canada. The TN status granted by the Department of Homeland Security will be valid for a three-year period and will be reflected as such on the I-94 Arrival/Departure record.
Before a lawyer's TN expires, the Firm recommends that, whenever possible, the lawyer contact Pauline Edwards in the Legal Personnel Department at least four months before the I-94 Arrival/Departure card expires (1) to make appropriate plans for travel to Canada or for a petition to be filed with a service center in the United States and (2) to allow Pauline to work with our immigration counsel to prepare the TN documents necessary for the TN application.
While TN status is temporary in nature and issued for three years, it is renewable in three-year increments indefinitely. However, an individual in TN status must maintain nonimmigrant intent and demonstrate that his or her stay has a reasonable, finite end that does not equate with permanent residence. Any questions concerning the temporary nature of the assignment or the necessary intent for the TN category should be directed to Pauline Edwards, who will arrange for a discussion with our immigration counsel.
The Firm will support TN visa status and may also sponsor individuals for H-1B visa status at the conclusion of any three-year TN approval period. Individuals have the option to request that the Firm sponsor an H-1B visa at any time and the Firm will consider earlier sponsorship.
Because the H-1B visa is subject to a numerical limitation based upon a congressionally mandated quota that commences with the government’s fiscal year on October 1, the Firm, in its discretion, may require that an individual maintain TN status until the H-1B visa is approved by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. The Firm works with counsel to secure the H-1B visa as appropriate in advance of the October 1 start date, but due to government constraints it may not be possible to obtain H-1B visa status on behalf of each lawyer at the desired time. For those who obtain H-1B visa status, the Firm likewise expects vigilance with regard to the visa stamp for travel and the status for continued, uninterrupted employment in the United States.
For lawyers new to the Firm, the Firm will help them secure H-1B visas as well, but new lawyers need to be aware that these efforts may not succeed due to government constraints and new lawyers remain responsible for maintaining their own authority to work in the United States. If a new lawyer is unable to obtain a visa that will permit him or her to work in the United States, the Firm may consider requests to work in a non-U.S. office, but whether office transfers will be permitted will depend on the needs of the Firm, including the relevant office and practice, and other factors, and the Firm can make no commitments in this regard. Lawyers holding non-U.S. passports who propose to join the Firm in the United States should alert Pauline Edwards of their visa status as soon as possible, promptly following acceptance of their offers.
If the Firm has obtained an approval of a change of visa status to the H-1B classification from another classification, then the individual can work in the United States in H status as of the date on the approval notice (Form I-797) and the period of admission will be reflected on the I-94 Arrival/Departure record at the bottom of the approval notice. This means that to work legally without interruption one need not depart the United States to obtain the H visa stamp in the passport and may work in H status.
With regard to international travel, however, those holding non-U.S. passports who live in the United States (except Canadians who are visa-exempt) must have a valid H visa stamp in their passports in order to re-enter the United States after traveling abroad. Because the Firm requires that lawyers be available to travel outside the United States on business, it is incumbent upon each person in H-1B visa status to make arrangements to have the H visa stamped in his or her passport as soon as feasible, following the above guidelines for the Firm’s financial support. We encourage individuals to contact our immigration counsel before making a visa stamp appointment at a U.S. consulate abroad.
Once a lawyer obtains a visa stamp from a U.S. consulate abroad and admission in a nonimmigrant category is granted, the lawyer must send a copy of the I-94 Arrival/Departure record to Pauline Edwards because that record controls the period of authorized stay in the United States.
The Firm may, in its discretion, sponsor its lawyers working in the United States for lawful permanent resident status, also known as “green card” status. At this time, the Firm will consider requests for green-card sponsorship made by lawyers who are employees in good standing and who are at the beginning of their second three-year term, or 37th month, of an H-1B visa with the Firm, or who have been employed by the Firm for a comparable period and are within 24 months of the final expiration of another class of nonimmigrant visa. In each case, if the Firm decides to sponsor a lawyer for a green card, the lawyer will be required to confirm in writing his or her “at will” employment status and acknowledge that termination of employment for any reason prior to obtaining a green card could result in termination of the green-card process, with the consequence that the lawyer may be required to leave the United States upon expiration of his or her nonimmigrant visa.
The Firm also provides assistance to its lawyers in the United States who do not have U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status. This includes access, at the Firm’s expense within established limits, to immigration counsel in connection with obtaining family-based lawful permanent residence (e.g., marriage to a U.S. citizen). Any questions about this access should be directed to the Legal Personnel Department. Any questions on the Firm’s practices and policies should be directed to Pauline Edwards, Assistant Manager in the Legal Personnel Department, who will seek advice from our immigration counsel about particular circumstances when necessary. Our immigration counsel is not to be contacted directly without the prior approval of the Legal Personnel Department.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


text: I’ve been thinking recently about a person I traveled with some years ago, on buses and old turboprops around Kazakhstan. It was January and we traveled for several weeks, and in my memory we were never able to get warm. She was blind, or nearly so. Her eyes had no lenses; she could see only light and shadow. She carried a small magnifying glass and with this she was able to focus on shapes. She had acquired the magnifier as an adult, and was learning to understand what she was seeing image by image. For instance, she was able to see photos of her daughter, but could not read the expressions on her face. She carried those photos everywhere, and showed them to people we met, taking on faith that her daughter was cheerful and smiling in the pictures. During the time that we traveled together, to Shymkent, Aktau, Pavlodar, Semipalatinsk and other cities in Kazakhstan, along icy roads and in long, cold waits in bus stations and airports, we explored the difference between icicles and lamp posts, lamp posts and radio towers, streetlights and the full moon.


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Carolina Mayorga explores religious rituals, migration, and conflict with a tasteful blend of poignancy, irreverence, and humor. She writes "Social issues related to my culture have always been the theme of my art: My culture related to Catholic rituals, the political situation of my native Colombia, issues of migration as a response to my bi-cultural experience of living in Colombia and the United States, and most recently, my perspective on the current global war that has shaped the beginning of the 21st Century."
DJ Smudge has been blessing the decks for more than a decade. He currently holds residencies at DC’s newest hotspot Little Miss Whiskeys, 9:30 Club, Velvet Lounge, Asylum, MARVIN, and SOVA. Smudge has spun all over DC from Black Cat to Jimmy Valentines, from Cafe St. Ex to Wonderland Ballroom. He looks forward to rocking the AMA.
We are very happy to report that AMA has a new glass door at the entrance to the museum. I think it makes a much more inviting facade to the museum.
Billy Friebele's work examines the intersection of new media and public space, making him a most suitable fit for Art After Dark. He has a forthcoming exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art and has exhibited at the Baltimore Museum of Art as well as in Sarajevo, New York, Colorado, St. Louis, Detroit, and right here in DC.
Ricardo Alzati was born in Mexico City in 1974. He received his education in History and Visual Arts at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and in Photography and Visual Arts at the Centro de la Imagen and Centro Nacional de las Artes. In 2001-2002 he also attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Alzati’s photography, video, installations, paintings, and drawings have been exhibited in Mexico and the United States, including solo exhibitions at the Museo del la Ciudad de México (Mexico City), Casa Vecina (Mexico City), Fototeca de Veracruz (Verazcruz, Mexico), 111 projects (Mexico City), and group exhibitions, such as the 2001 Visions: Contemporary Mexican Photography show at the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, and the 2008 Proyectos para descontrucción at the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes MUCA Roma in Mexico City.
In 2007, Alzati was recipient of the Jóvenes Creadores art production grant and in 2008, he was selected as part of the core group participants at United Nations Plaza Mexico City and was also awarded artist residencies at the Triangle Artist’s Workshop (New York), and the 26th International Symposium of Contemporary Art, Baie St. Paul (Quebec, Canada). Alzati also writes for Rim Magazine (Los Angeles), and Arte MX (Mexico City). He currently lives and works in Mexico City.
Multi-instrumentalist Matthew Hemerlein has drawn comparisons to Jeff Buckley with his subtle rhythmic pulses and trance-inducing layers of loops replete with plucked and strummed violins and guitars and evocative vocal delivery. He utilizes his classical training not as a crutch but as a jumping-off point to convey complex emotions with just the right blend of subtlety and upheaval.
He will create an installation of destroyed plastic ware for Art After Dark based on his series, Bundles.
Mauricio Alejo was born in Mexico City in 1969. He attended the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México (UNAM) where he studied communication. His carrier in photography started as a hobby. Alejo is a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship, which allowed him to obtain his Masters in Art at the University of New York.
His photographs and videos record everyday objects, sometimes cut, painted, or set up in absurd arrangements. During his career he has demonstrated an intense interest and a predisposition towards the object; his work deals with the re-signification of forgotten objects that he has rescued from the accumulation around us, revealing their aesthetic worth. Alejo is interested in objects that reference childhood and inspire reflection about memory and the qualities which we associate with such objects. As a result his photographs suggest certain nostalgia, implying that a better world may exist in our collective imagination rather than in everyday reality.
Alejo is now living and working in New York City. His solo shows have included Faleria OMR, Mexico City (2007), Galeria Ramis Barquet, Mexico (2005) and Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York (2004). He has also been in group exhibitions at the Bronx Museum of the Arts at New York, Miami Art Central, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina at Sofía, Madrid, and the 8th Havana Biennial. One of his images graced the cover of the April 2006 issue of Wallpaper*.
Kristina Bilonick is a native Washingtonian who uses screen printing, video, and other media to create art installations that are often interactive. She has shown her work at local art spaces including Transformer, Honfleur Gallery, and Gallaudet University, and has curated and co-curated exhibitions at DC Arts Center, Artisphere, and Civilian Art Projects.
After studying printmaking and painting at the University of New Hampshire, Kristina returned to DC where, in addition to her studio practice, she has worked as an arts administrator for over ten years- running programs at organizations including the Washington Glass School, DC Arts Center and most recently atWashington Project for the Arts.
In 2010, Kristina opened Pleasant Plains Workshop - which functions as a shared art studio, project space, and shop located on Georgia Avenue in Northwest DC.
She will be presenting a site-specific silk-screen installation for Art After Dark in the museum's loggia.
Since their inception in the spring of 2007 out of the ashes of influential DC shoegaze band Alcian Blue, Screen Vinyl Image have released a string of innovative full-length albums, extended-plays, and singles under fiercely independent record labels Fan Death Records, Custom Made Music, and their own Safranin Sound.
The husband-and-wife duo have gained notoriety as well as earned a solid fan base by exposing local, national, and international audiences to their unique vision of Bomb Squad beats, atmospheric walls of guitars, analog synthesizers, and John Carpenter horror soundtrack textures.
For AAD, Screen Vinyl Image will be playing one set consisting of songs from their 2009 debut full-length Interceptors and one set performing their forthcoming album Strange Behavior in its entirety. They will also be performing with original video art projections, as well.
Fernando Montiel Klint was born in México city in 1978. He studied Communications at the Iberoamerican University. He also attended the Escuela Activa de Fotografía and El Centro de la Imagen where he studied photography. There is a strange aura that surrounds Fernando’s works; his shockingly bright colors, his classical posturing, cinematic lighting, and the complex emotional range of the participants, construct Fernando’s images in an incredibly theatrical manner. To watch them in their creation is to watch the photographer dance with light, participate and engage in disguise, allowing himself to be seen as he literally moves into the space of the scene. They are theatrical, bizarre, fictional performances, staged for the camera and constructed and finished in the computer.
So many of Fernando’s images hover on the edge of dysfunction, loss, suicide, and madness. The artist crosses a multitude of taboos. The majority of these images are tragic, unrelenting fictions. No one, male of female, appears redeemable.
Fernando was a grant recipient in 2004-05 for Young Creators and an Honorary Mention in the 12th annual Biennale of Photography (Mexico). He is represented in the collection of Museum of Guangdong (China), Texas State University (USA), and the Museum of Modern Art (Mexico).

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Will there be dorm housing?
We were unable to secure dormitory housing for the 2018 Convention as previously planned. We encourage you to make your reservation through the “Book Hotel Now” application found on this website. You will find double occupancy rates very affordable.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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Your formal is coming up, and you are embarrassed by your smile. What do you do? Call the dentist. Whether you are getting ready for the homecoming dance, prom, or any formal event, you want to be confident enough to show off your smile. Your formal is something that only happens in high school, and it is an event to really look forward to. These pictures will last a lifetime and so will your memories, but making sure you love your pictures takes work and planning. At Mission Valley Dental Arts, we can help you love your smile, even if your formal is only a week or two away. Here are a few of the steps we recommend.
Call (619) 805-4248 and schedule a teeth cleaning with our dental office. We can get you scheduled right away, and you will be amazed by how much better your teeth look when they are clean and the plaque and tartar have been removed. Plaque can make your teeth appear yellow and stained, even when they are not actually dirty. The good news is that a teeth cleaning can usually be completed in under an hour. After all, a cleaning is even more important for your health than it is for your appearance.
At Mission Valley Dental Arts, we mainly focus on the health and appearance of your teeth and gums. However, there are other things you can do to improve your smile, and that includes doing facial exercises. You can practice by looking in the mirror and flashing your biggest possible grin. Hold it for 10 to 30 seconds and repeat throughout the day. You can also work your facial muscles by singing loudly and passionately. Pull out your smartphone, download a karaoke app, and get carried away. This is a fun way to work your muscles, and your friends can join in. If you are worried about the skin around your chin, you can tighten it by pointing your chin toward the ceiling and kissing the air. Kiss the air 20 times and repeat twice. This is a simple exercise, and just like how you exercise the rest of your body, you can improve your facial muscles and your smile.
At Mission Valley Dental Arts, we encourage our San Diego patients to drink plenty of water. Doing so is important for the health of your body, for the appearance of your skin, and for your teeth. Dry mouth can give you terrible breath, so even if you want to smile, you will be less inclined to do so. Drinking water helps your body produce enough saliva to wash away food particles, bacteria, and even plaque, so instead of grabbing a soda during your formal, drink from a water bottle instead. Your smile, breath, and health will thank you.
When you are out shopping for the perfect dress and shoes or renting your tux, don’t forget to think about your smile. Statistically, both guys and girls find a nice smile to be the most attractive quality anyone can have. Your smile is a reflection of your personality; it can be welcoming, encouraging, playful and exciting — all the things you are and want to be. The key is for you to be confident enough in how your smile looks to be willing to show it off. The good news is that by visiting our dental office, your smile can be drastically improved, even if you only have a week or two before the big event. To get started, call 619-805-4248 and schedule an appointment with Mission Valley Dental Arts.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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CPR Simplicity is a family owned business located just north of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in Hampton Township.
David and his wife Michele started CPR Simplicity as a way to help common lay responders take the fear away from providing CPR and using an AED.
Our aggressive AED pricing also makes it affordable for anyone to acquire an AED for any type of venue including the home.
CPR Simplicity is a leading supplier of AED’s and CPR/AED services in Allegheny and surrounding counties. At least every two minutes, someone in America dies from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), which can strike anyone, anywhere, regardless of age, race or gender. Sudden Cardiac Arrest causes more deaths than all of the leading causes of cancer combined.
CPR Simplicity believes that through widespread AED deployment and training as many people as possible on how to do CPR and use an AED, there is no limit to how many lives can be saved.


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Our Customer Service Department is available to assist you should a problem arise with your order. Please inspect your packages immediately upon receipt and notify us within 48 hours of any damage or discrepancies. Should an item be shipped to you incorrectly, as the result of an error on our part, we will take quick and appropriate action to correct the problem. Prior to returning any items, please contact the Customer Service Department to obtain an Return Material Authorization (RMA) and shipping instructions. A return authorization will ensure the safe and proper handling of material and enable us to expedite a resolution. Items returned without prior authorization may not be accepted. Shipment of authorized returns should be made within 14 days of the issuance of the RMA.
We will do our best to fulfill requests to return material. However, in order to maintain the quality of our products and continue to provide competitive prices, certain items may not be returned for credit. These items include: diagnostic reagents; refrigerated or frozen products; reagents and standards which have passed their expiration dates; custom products or special offers; products missing labels, parts, or instruction manuals; and books, computer software and equipment removed from their original packaging. Returns accepted for items ordered in error may be subject to a 20% processing fee and all returns must be returned within 14 days of purchase. Unless the item is faulty the cost of return shipment will be at the customers expense.
We will do our best to fulfill requests to cancel orders before shipment has occurred. However, in order to maintain the quality of our products and continue to provide competitive prices, certain items may not be cancelled. These items include: diagnostic reagents; refrigerated or frozen products; custom products or special offers. Cancellations accepted for items ordered in error may be subject to a 20% processing fee.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Downtown Banff is a fun and busy area filled with restaurants, bars and lots of good shopping. Here's our selection of hotels right in and very near the true downtown area of Banff.
If you’re looking to be close to the core and you’re on a budget, the highly recommended Bow View Lodge is a great choice for Banff. It’s a comfortable motel-style property with friendly staff. It offers the best of both worlds with views of the Bow River, quiet trails in a peaceful setting and even visits from deer, yet a short walk to nearby restaurants and shops downtown.
Guests say the rooms, while on the smaller side, are very clean and well maintained. The sister hotel, Banff Park Lodge next door offers extra free underground parking, and important recreational facilities of indoor pool, hot plunge pool, hot tub, steam room and gym. Guests report that the Wi-Fi works well, although the hotel charges about $5 per day for it, and that the hotel has great access from the Trans-Canada Highway.
Bow View Lodge is close to a road crossing where the trains blow their whistles in Banff, even at night, but guests find that a good pair of ear plugs helps lighter sleepers avoid wakening in the night, and judging by all the reviewers who say they will return there, it can’t be that great of a problem for most folks. The hotel also offers free ski, snowboard and bike storage. The ski shuttle to the area’s three main ski resorts picks up next door at Banff Park Lodge.
The hospitable and friendly Banff Park Lodge is a popular hotel in Banff that occupies a prime piece of real estate near the Bow River and is also perfectly situated for accessing the shops and eateries of the town.
It offers very clean and spacious rooms and suites with jacuzzi and balcony, spectacular views from just about anywhere in the building and is full of amenities and services including two restaurants and a lounge, breakfast and Sunday Brunch buffets, a eucalyptus-infused steam room, indoor pool and hot tub, a hot plunge pool, gym, beauty salon and gift shops. It also boasts a “last-on, first-off” ski shuttle right at the hotel’s doors, which will definitely appeal to serious skiers!
This is a very well-maintained and well-managed property with very reasonable rates, although the heated underground parking and Wi-Fi are surcharged at nominal rates.
The Banff Park Lodge has another 'older sister' which is next door and offers great value for the expensive resort area of Banff. It's not in the noisy section of town, but an easy walk to its restaurants.
This is a good place for the serious skier who doesn't want to spend too much on a room, but still wants a clean bed and hot shower and some space to relax. Also by staying next door to Banff Park Lodge, guests can freely access modern and well maintained amenities such and an indoor pool, steam room, and hot pools, not to mention the good dining, buffet breakfast and lounge there as well.
One of the best parts of the Homestead Inn is that guests can keep their skis and snowboards in their rooms--this keeps them secure, plus warm and flexible--ready for the next morning on the slopes. Also the ski shuttle to the area's ski resorts is right next door at the Lodge with a last-on, and first-off stop, great for saving on valuable holiday time!
This is a good choice if you can get a good deal and book one of the rooms with a balcony, that guarantees a view, and one not facing the back alley due to problems with late night and early morning noise.
Guests love the downtown location, so close to good restaurants and shopping as well as the ski shuttle stop, just a minute's walk. The Trans-Canada Highway is also easy to access, only 3 minutes away, for guests taking their cars to the ski hills and those who want to explore the area by car.
Cheap ($5.25) underground heated parking is a definite plus, but not for larger vehicles. (I’m told spaces are rather tight.) The hotel supplies a basic free breakfast good enough to get you going with hard-boiled eggs, bagels, fresh fruit and coffee, but if you want something hot there are good options nearby at the Wild Flour Bakery and Melissa’s Missteak. Rooms are clean and comfortable, although somewhat dated and without air conditioning.
The lively town of Banff is nestled in a valley surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, just south of the Trans-Canada Highway.
The majority of Banff hotels are found in the downtown core, however, there are some accommodations tucked away in scenic pockets. The majority of the hotels are situated along Banff Avenue, the major thoroughfare in the downtown area, and almost every hotel in Banff offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
Banff is one of the top tourist destinations in Canada and is popular year-round. You can expect to pay high prices to stay in this stunning mountain town, however, many hotels in Banff offer free parking and free Wi-Fi. There are very few chain hotels found in this town, but there is still an ample variety of accommodation styles, including hotels, motels, B&Bs and hostels.
Travellers who prefer to be close to shopping, dining, and nightlife will want to find a hotel close to Wolf Street or Buffalo Street. The two blocks between Wolf and Buffalo, along Banff Avenue, is the commercial area that features many restaurants, boutique shops, art galleries and bars. While hotels in this area are conveniently located, late-night noise from the neighbouring bars (open until 2 am) might be a concern for some.
Both Mount Royal Hotel Banff and Brewster's Mountain Lodge are in this central spot, however, many reviewers recommend these primarily to travellers who prioritize location and aren't looking for luxury, as both are often described as needing to be brought up to date. Both hotels offer free Wi-Fi, and the Mount Royal also offers free parking. If you're staying during the summer and air conditioning is important to you, choose Mount Royal, as the rooms at Brewster's don't offer it.
Banff is a walking town. Most shopping, dining and local attractions are within a 20-minute walk, especially if you choose a hotel on or near Banff Avenue. Walking is also a good option to avoid hunting for an available parking space in the shopping and dining area at Wolf Street and Banff Avenue. The limited parking spaces available are free, but time limits are enforced.
Roam Public Transit offers buses to downtown Banff and the surrounding region. The buses run daily from 6:15 am to 11:30 pm and routes include the downtown area, the Hot Springs, Sulphur Mountain and the Cave and Basin District. Adult single-ride passes are $2, while day passes can be purchased for $5. Many hotels in the area offer free passes to their guests, so be sure to ask at the front desk of your hotel.
Many people use Banff as a base for exploring the Banff National Park. Upon entering this expansive park, all travellers are required to pay a daily fee: $9.80 for adults, $4.90 for children and $19.60 for a family pass. The fee supports Park Canada’s efforts to maintain the park and also helps fund search-and-rescue services. Passes may be purchased at the park gate east of Banff upon arrival, or online before you travel.
The Upper Hot Springs and the Cave and Basin National Historic site are both within a 15-minute drive or bus ride of downtown Banff.
The Upper Hot Springs is a historic spa and bath house with a large pool of natural hot spring water. The temperature of the water ranges from 37 to 40 degrees Celsius and the spring water provides a variety of therapeutic minerals. The admission fees for the hot springs are: $7.30 for adults, $6.30 for children and $22.50 for a family pass.
The Banff Gondola, that travels up Sulphur Mountain, is also on the Upper Hot Springs site. The 8-minute gondola ride rises over 2,000 meters to the summit. At the top, enjoy the scenery while dining at one of the two restaurants. This must-do attraction costs $42 for adults and $21 for children ages 6-15. Children 5 and under ride free.
The Cave and Basin National Historic site is the place where Banff was born. Discovered by railroad workers in the late 1800s, this cave still bubbles with warm spring water. You can learn more about the history of the cave through on-site interactive exhibits.
Lake Minnewanka, a glacial lake and the longest lake in the Rockies, is just a 10-minute drive north of the city along a scenic highway. It's a popular lake to photograph due to its pristine blue water and small treed island. The area offers campsites, boat tours and a hiking and mountain-biking trail--the best of Banff and yours to enjoy!


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Bioware announced at this year’s PAX West 2018 that Anthem will be getting a playable demo on February 1, 2019, ahead of its release date on February 22, 2019, for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
The demo that EA will release is available for those who are subscribed to EA/Origin access on Xbox One and PC. Those those who only have a PlayStation 4, it will be available for those who pre-ordered the game.
At the studio’s PAX West Panel, Anthem lead producer Mike Gamble said is not a “tech test or a beta looking for feedback” and is instead a “slice of our game”.
Anthem will be available on February 22, 2019 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

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The Hellenic Ornithological Society (BirdLife Greece) has just published its national inventory of marine Important Bird Areas (IBAs) presented in the book Important Areas for Seabirds in Greece.
A wind farm project soon to be approved by authorities in the North Aegean islands of Lesvos, Limnos and Chios in Greece is being questioned and can only be described as ‘self-destructive’ by the Hellenic Ornithological Society and the Society for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage.
The Hellenic Ornithological Society (BirdlLife Greece) are working to save breeding colonies from further declines.
The purpose of this report is to explore and analyse the IBA Caretaker Network in Greece with the goal of furthering our understanding of what makes, motivates and inspires Caretakers, what opportunities and challenges they face, and the value of having an IBA Caretaker Network.
The Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS, BirdLife in Greece) is one of the largest membership based conservation non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Greece. In order to monitor the many Important Bird Areas (IBAs) scattered around the country, HOS needs a network of volunteer ‘eyes and ears’ on the ground, to gather information and eventually act to protect sites.

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What Will You Do If They Come For You?
With the recent news of the government first forbidding the reading of the letter issued by Archbishop Timothy Broglio (who oversees the Catholic chaplains) condemning the HHS decision, and then after a protest, censoring the letter that was read, we must ask… how can anyone pretend that the Obama administration is not a menace to the rights and liberties of all Americans?
First we have the imposing of a directive which demands that religious institutions either comply with providing coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortifacients or shut down. Now the government is beginning to stifle the freedom to oppose such directives.
Now I recognize that not all Americans share the views of this blog or of the Catholic Church that this blog seeks to reflect. However, even those who do not share these views need to consider something.
If the Obama administration succeeds in their tactics, then there is nothing to prevent them from using these tactics against any other body who displeases them. Moreover, if the administration is removed from power and if these tactics are left in place, then whoever succeeds the Obama administration will also have these tools to stifle dissent.
Regardless of one's views of politics or morality, the Obama administration is taking a path which all people of good will must oppose. Otherwise the American concept of freedom ends in failure and we become yet another nation with an authoritarian regime.
We're in a nasty battle for the freedom to do as we ought to do, with the propagandists for the government seeking to mislead people into thinking we're mindless bigots.
This is the time for all people to do what they can depending on their talents. We're now in a battle over the souls in our nation.
Pope Benedict XVI has been seeking to return the SSPX to full communion with the Church. The problem is not with the Pope or the Bishops. It falls squarely on the SSPX.
The key problem in our discussions with Rome was really the Magisterium, the teaching of the Church. Because they say, "we are the pope, we are the Holy See" – and we say, yes. And so they say, "we have the supreme power," and we say, yes. They say, "we are the last instance in teaching and we are necessary" – Rome is necessary for us to have the Faith, and we say, yes. And then they say, "then, obey." And we say, no.
He goes on in a self-serving way making personal attacks and assuming as proven what needs to be proven true, but we have a real problem here.
That the Pope is the last authority (no appeal beyond) and necessary.
…They STILL refuse to obey.
If they accept the above points, they cannot claim that Rome is "Modernist." If Rome is "modernist" then quite frankly Christ failed His promise to be with the Church always and the problem is not over the teaching of ecumenism, but the claim that Christ is God. If Christ failed to protect His Church then He either lacked power to protect it or lied… either would make the Catholic claim about God false.
It takes a special kind of blindness to take that attitude.
Indeed, Christ had something to say about this kind of attitude.
"If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector."
"Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me."
The SSPX certainly needs our prayers, but they cannot in any way be considered faithful if they share Fellay's attitude.


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I decided for this first post to be about the beautiful, the golden, the sometimes elusive but not AS elusive as morel mushroom, the chanterelles! It’s peak season in the midwest baby, and those golden beauties are out there waiting for an invitation onto your plate. Being from Wisconsin I have some experience foraging for mushrooms and I am all too familiar with the feeling of excitement when you stumble across a forest floor covered in yellow. How do you find chanterelles? Look for thick forest with nice dark soil after a few days of rain! Just get out there in the woods and check it out. Chanterelles typically grow on hardwood trees in mossy forests mid to late July depending on the season.
Make sure that your identification is spot on, and double check everything with online images or a guide book before you put it in your mouth! We found some sneaky Jack-o-lanterns in our pile that we dutifully exiled before preparing our delicious meal. So put em in pasta, put them in a killer frittata with who knows what. Give em to friends and family and enjoy yourself!


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In which I remember how I understood my baptism six years ago and reflect on how I understand it today (after gaining lots of weight). Remember baptism.
Introducing the Free Resource Library, an ever-expanding collection of resources to help you live at the intersection of Christian understanding & culture.
Musc for Pentecost, full of songs featuring fires and flames. Sign up for free access to the Pentecost Playlist.
Musc for Pentecost, full of songs featuring wind, fires, and flames. Free access to the Pentecost Playlist.
Christians develop eyes to see baptism in rain and eucharist in wine; to see God in secular culture. Here’s why it happens and how sight is cultivated.
What does Bing Bong have to teach us about Christ, the crucifixion, and atonement? Does he deserve the title of Bing Bong Christ?

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I'm speaking of a wood watch. Yes, wood! When I discovered Jord watches a few months ago through a blogger pal of mine, StushiGal Style, I was intrigued. The wooden details are refreshing, and offer a sophisticated twist for any arm party. Added bonus, you can order the watch online sized exactly to your wrist. I was nervous the watch was going to be too small because I took the measurements myself, but it actually fits perfectly. It doesn't irritate me the way other watches do this time of year (hello, humidity).
The watch itself is very durable. I've been wearing it daily for the past few weeks in replace of my Kate Spade, which took quite the beating and now looks very worn because of the leather band. Considering the main feature of my new watch is wood, I will not have to worry about the distressing of leather or metal.
Jord offers a collection for both men and women. There's a variety of eye-catching colors, shapes and sizes. How cool is this purple heart & pearl watch? I also love the clever packaging. My watch arrived in an adorable wood box with a plush cushion. It would truly make for a great birthday, anniversary, or celebratory gift! To view more Jord Wood Watches click on the image below and be sure to give them a follow on Instagram and Facebook!
Great outfit!! Lovely blouse and clutch!
Love the print of your top, so cute!
You rocked the big watch! I'm still a small watch fan but trying to break out of my mold.
Thanks so much! I'm a fan of oversized watches for sure, but I do still love smaller faces as well. It really depends on the outfit!
I'm getting a JORD watch in the mail soon and I can't wait! They are so gorgeous! I love how yours has a little bling on it!
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Unfortunately these days, "spur of the moment" and table service dining at WDW don't mix very well. Sure it is possible that you might get lucky and be able to get into a restaurant as a "walk up", but I personally wouldn't count on it. If you want some flexibility, I would recommend that you make a reservation in advance, and cancel it if you change your mind (only works, though, for restaurants that don't have penalties for last minute cancellations).
Have a great stay at the Animal Kingdom Lodge!

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A Middle Tennessee mother wants to put a face against “polio-like” as a disease that spreads the nation after her son had been diagnosed with something too similar.
It is called transverse myelitis. Unlike acute windy myelitis, it can not be spread. But the symptoms look alike, and the long-term effects can be as fragile.
At 10 months old her son Declan was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, paralyzed from the neck.
1; sometimes infections,” said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, “which also causes inflammation of the spinal cord”.
According to Dr. Schaffner, while transversal myelitis falls under the same umbrella as AFM, it is an important difference.
The cause of both diseases is still a mystery, but as experts explore, Bush wants other families to know what it looks like.
According to Dr. Schaffner is AFM not contagious in the sense that it transfers from person to person. The polio-like virus is worn by spreading, and CDC works to determine what just causes some children who catch it to get paralyzed.
So far, 106 confirmed cases of AFM have been reported in the United States this year.  Copyright 2018 WSMV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.


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World Neighbors is an international development organization striving to eliminate hunger, poverty and disease in the poorest, most isolated rural villages in Asia, Africa and Latin America. World Neighbors invests in people and their communities by training and inspiring them to create their own life-changing solutions through programs in agriculture, literacy, water, health and environmental protection. Since 1951, more than 26 million people in 45 countries have transformed their lives with the support of World Neighbors. Our programs focus on hunger, poverty, disease and the environment. Communities tell World Neighbors what their needs are, and World Neighbors, in turn, works with them to acquire the knowledge, skills and organization to solve their problems.
All data for Financial Performance Metrics calculations was provided by World Neighbors on recent 990s filed with the IRS.
World Neighbors has received 3 consecutive 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator.


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JRP Tree Service is located in Houston Texas. The company has over 30 years of experience in the tree service industry. They have full time staff and crews who can manage any job given to them. Tree removal is their top requested job, but they can also offer trimming, stump removal, land clearing, excavation and even demolition services. All job request come with a free estimate before any work starts.
With so many years of experience, JRP knows that their loyal customers are the ones who have kept them in business this long. They have the experience, knowledge and certified arborist on staff who can answer any questions regarding trees, shrubs and bushes.
JRP can also offer emergency tree services as well as storm damage cleanup.


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This is Meggie's hair... that is noticeable if you ask me!
Anyway, so the first guest poster is my long time friend, Meggie is slightly strange, odd, and random (I love you Meggie, you know it's true though), and loves to use sarcasm. Oh and she wanted me to tell you that she loves Anime... whatever that is... and that she wants to see a lot of comments. Here goes!
This is a guest post so I guess I'm just kind of winging it.
The other day my brother was bleaching his hair and then he dyed it red. Personally I liked it better bleached because he looked like an anime character. I don't know if that was just because I'm slightly (SERIOUSLY) obsessed with Naurto, Fullmetal Alchemists, Bleach (like i did to my hair tips :p) and Dragon Ball. Thankfully, my brother's friend agreed, but well I swear, like me, my brother, and his friends are the only people who watch anime. I mean I've met like a few people but not that many. It sort of stinks.
So, back to the hair dying, my amazing tips are now blonde compared to my usual dark brown. It's pretty good looking. At least i think it is. Today at school, where nobody understands me, and I have like 5 friends (I just love it so much! I mean, who doesn't like being alone in the worst part of the world: school?) Nobody noticed unless I showed them. Plus my "friend" (after she noticed someone's hair done differentially!), when I said, "Oh, so you notice her hair in a braid not a ponytail, but you don't notice mine from dark brown to light blonde?"
I mean, she's so right. I mean it's not like my hair goes from like DARK BROWN to LIGHT BLONDE naturally!!! I mean, who notices stuff like that. I'm seriously alone in my own world.
okay so Anime is this style of art for Tv shows, comic books and movies (usually off of said TV shows ad comic books) for stuff like (please tell me if u kno these) Naruto-my fav. TV show- Dbz-dragon ball z- fma-fullmetal alchemist- bleach and other stuff like that. most anime is japanese and AWESOME!!! tho w/ most the shows i mentioned, the japanese version might have a swearing issue and some... purple. guys=blue, girls=red. together=purple. but i still love the TV shows. sorry if i ranted, i'm just a bit... crazy. <3 u 2 july. need 2 hang out. PLEASE COMMENT!!! I <3 FEED BACK!!!
Hey. This is Seana...I was just too lazy to log into my email account before commenting. xD.
Actually, u could. even if you had DARK DARK DARK black hair.
I've don't it red three times, but now I've done it dark brown. (I have medium brown hair). I've also gotten blonde highlights. That was while my red hair was fading. I love dying my hair. [: It's really fun, and nice to do new things for once. But what I really want to do is dye it REDRED. Like, a dark, but bright red.
As for anime, I'm not a huge fan. I've only ever watched a few anime shows, and enjoyed them, buuuuut. It never really intrigued me.
Thanks! yeah, i only like dyeing the ends of my hair. my brother died the tips of his hair (u'd have 2 c it...) red, but it turned out pink. I liked his Anime, blonde brown look waaayyyy better.


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Theresa A. Snowberger, 77, Altoona, died Friday at UPMC Altoona.
She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late William C. and Anna E. (Brightbill) Dickinson.
Surviving are her life companion, John B. Horton of Altoona; two daughters: Anna E. (Robert) Trostle of Altoona and Tammy L. (David) Wright in Florida; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and four sisters: Shirley Cheslock, Rose Miller, Sandy Stewart and Dorothy Brantner.
Theresa retired as a seamstress for Puritan Sportswear. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and feeding birds and squirrels.
At the request of the deceased, the funeral service will be private. Interment will be at Carson Valley Cemetery. Arrangements are by Vincent J. Good Funeral Parlor, 328 Fifth Ave., Altoona.


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NEKO MULALLY WINS THE US DOWNHILL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS!
For the 2nd time in his career, ONZA rider Neko Mulally will be wearing the US National Flag on his left sleeve as the reigning US Downhill National Champion, a title he collected yesterday at the Snowshoe resort in West Virginia. With reigning National Champion and team-mate Arron Gwin out with his thumb injury, Neko was determined to keep the title in the YT Mob family, and set the tone early with a strong qualifying run in slippery conditions.
US Cycling forewarned the field, which included World Cup stars Luca Shaw and Charlie Harrison, that the venue was expecting severe storms on Sunday, so the qualifying run on Saturday may well be used to decide the title. The riders treated it as a final and when Neko found himself 3 seconds up on Luca Shaw, who has qualified fastest 3 times at World Cups this season, he knew he had the speed and was excited to get that run in the bank.
As Sunday rolled around, the weather was better than expected and the track was running faster for the men's finals. Neko was confident in his speed and ready to try for the win. Crossing the line as the last man down, Neko finished with a time of 3m 11.12secs, nearly half a second up on Charlie Harrison, with Luca Shaw 3rd.
Neko said: "Really happy to take the win today, especially with the strength of American riders at the moment, it's an honor to win and now wear the Stars & Stripes for the next 12 months. Having the full team set up here, with support from the mechanics, my family and friends, well it meant I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well and deliver the win. I was really proud to do it and cross the line last man down with the fastest time."
Neko won his first National DH Championship in 2011 when he was in fact junior aged, but rode faster than all of the juniors and elites, so US Cycling awarded him the Elite Title. He's also won an Elite National Slalom Title. Neko's next race will be the US Open on August 5th at Killington, Vermont, a race he really enjoys and is the defending champion from 2017.
61 year old Bobby Bondurant taking on the US National Downhill track and the win. Bondurant also finished 3rd in the Enduro for his age group.

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Cameron Ling assesses Geelong’s 2016..
Geelong champion Cameron Ling has run the rule over Geelong’s season.
The Cats finished second on the table and reached the Preliminary Final, but were comprehensively beaten by Sydney on Friday night.
Ling said it was ‘terrible, disappointing’ night for the club.
‘Sydney played finals football, Geelong didn’t,’ he said.
Ling said the club is now facing some big decisions.
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The Winston-Salem Police Department just released the following information about the arrest of Jakier Shanique Austin, who has been charged in the Jan. 20 shooting death of Najee Ali Baker following a party at the Barn on Wake Forest’s campus.
The investigation into the murder of Winston-Salem State University Student Najee Ali Baker has remained active and ongoing by detectives with the Winston-Salem Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division in partnership with multiple law enforcement agencies. As a result of the investigation, 21 year old Jakier Shanique Austin has been charged with Murder, Possession of a Gun on Educational Property and Carrying a Concealed Weapon.
Jakier Shanique Austin was taken into custody late Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina with the assistance of the Charlotte Office of the U.S. Marshal’s Service and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department without incident.
Jakier Shanique Austin is currently being held at the Mecklenburg County Jail with no bond allowed pending his transfer to Forsyth County.
At this time, authorities will not release any additional details regarding this open investigation. Subsequent media updates will be published by investigators with the Winston-Salem Police Department as information becomes available.


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My name is Amanda Martin and I am a photographer… a word/title I hate because I feel like I will never live up to it. When asked when or why I started shooting I never really know what to say. Now, looking back, I have always loved photography or saw things in picture form. I love people watching, studying movements, finding beauty in EVERY body, and creating a story through angles and light.
I feel that my whole life trajectory has lead me to photography. I always knew that there was an artist in me, but finding my art was a long process. I experimented with interior design, sewing, movement, hair, make-up...the works. It wasn’t until I was gifted a beautiful camera for my birthday in 2017 did I have that “Harry finding his wand” moment. It felt natural, and all I could think about were the images that I couldn’t wait to create. My mind organically saw and created in portraits. My craft grew from photographing family and friends, to capturing yoga and movement, and most recently my clientele have been wanting more boudoir. Boudoir photography is not something I ever thought of doing or really even knew about. With that said, it has quickly jumped to my favorite type of shooting environment. The energy and purpose of each individual drive for why they want to do it, makes each shoot so unique, empowering, and fun. As I grow in my art, my hope is to be able to empower more women of all ages, races, and backgrounds; to grow my audience and begin traveling to allow my creativity to flourish beyond what my day to day now can generate.


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The Canby Cougars softball team are going to be in a bit of a rebuilding phase this year. Last year, the Cougars graduated a pair of their strongest pitchers, captains Emily Goodman and Morgan Block, and will be seeking to replace them with qualified candidates. The only problem? Canby will be drawing from a talent pool of athletes who have not pitched at the highest level in some time.
"We've got kids coming up and stepping into the pitcher's mound that haven't pitched for a while, or they were pitching JV last year," Canby head coach Jennifer Peterson said. "Unfortunately we don't have any returning varsity pitchers from last year because they were both seniors. But the ones we have now are working hard and doing the best they can, so that's going to be one of those areas we're working this year."
Stepping up to replace Goodman and Block are a host of team oriented players. Sophomore Ruby Kayser, junior Parker Allhands, senior Jessaka Noe, and senior Savannah Tuli will be playing from the mound over the course of the season.
"It's finding those kids that used to pitch that can step up and want to work and want to accept the challenge for us," Peterson said. "Those are the kids that have stepped up to accept the challenge and want to help the team out. They're being team players by doing that, which I really appreciate."
Another area that the Cougars will need to improve upon in the season if they hope to reach the postseason again is the teams hitting. Last season, Canby scored the second fewest runs in the Three Rivers League (TRL) with 114, only outscoring last place Sherwood.
"We have got to hit the ball better than we did last year," Peterson said. "That's one thing we've been working on in the off-season is hitting. A lot of the girls have actually started going back to their hitting coach. We've all realized that since we don't have dominating pitching, we don't have anybody that's throwing 60 plus miles per hour, we've got to be able to hit the ball better. That's one thing we've been working on is our offense."
In the tough Three Rivers League, Canby's stiffest competition will be last year's league champions Tualatin, and runner up Tigard. With two starting pitchers gone, the Cougars expect to be battling it out for third place with Lake Oswego and West Linn. The Lakers and the Lions finished ahead of the fifth place Cougars.
"Our goal is to be able to hang with those teams," Peterson said. "I think us, Lake Oswego, and West Linn will be towards the middle fighting for those last playoff spots. So, I think we'll be right in the middle. We'll still make playoffs again, but it'll be one of those spots to try to make playoffs because Tigard and Tualatin are so good."
To compete against the TRL powerhouses, Peterson is looking to change the dynamic of her teams attack. Namely, diversify the attacking range.
"Canby softball has been notorious for being the long ball hitting team," Peterson said. "But this year, we're mixing it up a little bit more and we've got some new girls in that can play small ball. They're really good at bunting and slapping, and then we still have our girls that can hit the long ball. We're going to mix it up a little more this year with not just being a long ball threat, but also being a small ball threat."
Canby's first softball game took place on Thursday, Mar. 15 against Beaverton. The Cougars rolled over the visiting Beavers 12-3 to get their season started 1-0.


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While encompassing a wide variety of approaches, postmodernism is generally defined by an attitude of skepticism, irony, or rejection toward the meta-narratives and ideologies of modernism, often calling into question various assumptions of Enlightenment rationality. Consequently, common targets of postmodern critique include universalist notions of objective reality, morality, truth, human nature, reason, language, and social progress. Postmodern thinkers frequently call attention to the contingent or socially-conditioned nature of knowledge claims and value systems, situating them as products of particular political, historical, or cultural discourses and hierarchies. Accordingly, postmodern thought is broadly characterized by tendencies to self-referentiality, epistemological and moral relativism, pluralism, subjectivism, and irreverence.
Postmodern critical approaches gained purchase in the 1980s and 1990s, and have been adopted in a variety of academic and theoretical disciplines, including cultural studies, philosophy of science, economics, linguistics, architecture, feminist theory, and literary criticism, as well as art movements in fields such as literature and music. Postmodernism is often associated with schools of thought such as deconstruction and post-structuralism, as well as philosophers such as Jean-François Lyotard, Jacques Derrida, and Fredric Jameson. Some philosophers have criticized the term.
Structuralism was a philosophical movement developed by French academics in the 1950s, partly in response to French Existentialism. It has been seen variously as an expression of Modernism, High modernism, or postmodernism . "Post-structuralists" were thinkers who moved away from the strict interpretations and applications of structuralist ideas. Many American academics consider post-structuralism to be part of the broader, less well-defined postmodernist movement, even though many post-structuralists insisted it was not. Thinkers who have been called structuralists include the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, the linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser, and the semiotician Algirdas Greimas. The early writings of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan and the literary theorist Roland Barthes have also been called structuralists. Those who began as structuralists but became post-structuralists include Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Gilles Deleuze. Other post-structuralists include Jacques Derrida, Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-François Lyotard, Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous, and Luce Irigaray. The American cultural theorists, critics and intellectuals whom they influenced include Judith Butler, John Fiske, Rosalind Krauss, Avital Ronell, and Hayden White.
Postmodernist ideas in philosophy and the analysis of culture and society expanded the importance of critical theory and has been the point of departure for works of literature, architecture, and design, as well as being visible in marketing/business and the interpretation of history, law and culture, starting in the late 20th century. These developments—re-evaluation of the entire Western value system (love, marriage, popular culture, shift from industrial to service economy) that took place since the 1950s and 1960s, with a peak in the Social Revolution of 1968—are described with the term "postmodernity", as opposed to Postmodernism, a term referring to an opinion or movement. Postmodernism has also been used interchangeably with the term post-structuralism out of which postmodernism grew; a proper understanding of postmodernism or doing justice to the postmodernist concept demands an understanding of the post-structuralist movement and the ideas of its advocates. Post-structuralism resulted similarly to postmodernism by following a time of structuralism. It is characterized by new ways of thinking through structuralism, contrary to the original form. "Postmodernist" describes part of a movement; "Postmodern" places it in the period of time since the 1950s, making it a part of contemporary history.
One of the most well-known postmodernist concerns is "deconstruction," a theory for philosophy, literary criticism, and textual analysis developed by Jacques Derrida. The notion of a "deconstructive" approach implies an analysis that questions the already evident understanding of a text in terms of presuppositions, ideological underpinnings, hierarchical values, and frames of reference. A deconstructive approach further depends on the techniques of close reading without reference to cultural, ideological, moral opinions or information derived from an authority over the text such as the author. At the same time Derrida famously writes: "Il n'y a pas d'hors-texte (there is no such thing as outside-of-the-text)." Derrida implies that the world follows the grammar of a text undergoing its own deconstruction. Derrida's method frequently involves recognizing and spelling out the different, yet similar interpretations of the meaning of a given text and the problematic implications of binary oppositions within the meaning of a text. Derrida's philosophy inspired a postmodern movement called deconstructivism among architects, characterized by the intentional fragmentation, distortion, and dislocation of architectural elements in designing a building. Derrida discontinued his involvement with the movement after the publication of his collaborative project with architect Peter Eisenman in Chora L Works: Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman.
More recently metamodernism, post-postmodernism and the "death of postmodernism" have been widely debated: in 2007 Andrew Hoberek noted in his introduction to a special issue of the journal Twentieth Century Literature titled "After Postmodernism" that "declarations of postmodernism's demise have become a critical commonplace". A small group of critics has put forth a range of theories that aim to describe culture or society in the alleged aftermath of postmodernism, most notably Raoul Eshelman (performatism), Gilles Lipovetsky (hypermodernity), Nicolas Bourriaud (altermodern), and Alan Kirby (digimodernism, formerly called pseudo-modernism). None of these new theories and labels have so far gained very widespread acceptance. Sociocultural anthropologist Nina Müller-Schwarze offers neostructuralism as a possible direction.  The exhibition Postmodernism – Style and Subversion 1970–1990 at the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 24 September 2011 – 15 January 2012) was billed as the first show to document postmodernism as a historical movement.
In 1921 and 1925, postmodernism had been used to describe new forms of art and music. In 1942 H. R. Hays described it as a new literary form. However, as a general theory for a historical movement it was first used in 1939 by Arnold J. Toynbee: "Our own Post-Modern Age has been inaugurated by the general war of 1914–1918".
Martin Heidegger rejected the philosophical basis of the concepts of "subjectivity" and "objectivity" and asserted that similar grounding oppositions in logic ultimately refer to one another. Instead of resisting the admission of this paradox in the search for understanding, Heidegger requires that we embrace it through an active process of elucidation he called the "hermeneutic circle". He stressed the historicity and cultural construction of concepts while simultaneously advocating the necessity of an atemporal and immanent apprehension of them. In this vein, he asserted that it was the task of contemporary philosophy to recover the original question of (or "openness to") Dasein (translated as Being or Being-there) present in the Presocratic philosophers but normalized, neutered, and standardized since Plato. This was to be done, in part, by tracing the record of Dasein's sublimation or forgetfulness through the history of philosophy which meant that we were to ask again what constituted the grounding conditions in ourselves and in the World for the affinity between beings and between the many usages of the term "being" in philosophy. To do this, however, a non-historical and, to a degree, self-referential engagement with whatever set of ideas, feelings or practices would permit (both the non-fixed concept and reality of) such a continuity was required—a continuity permitting the possible experience, possible existence indeed not only of beings but of all differences as they appeared and tended to develop.
Jacques Derrida re-examined the fundamentals of writing and its consequences on philosophy in general; sought to undermine the language of "presence" or metaphysics in an analytical technique which, beginning as a point of departure from Heidegger's notion of Destruktion, came to be known as Deconstruction. Derrida used, like Heidegger, references to Greek philosophical notions associated with the Skeptics and the Presocratics, such as Epoché and Aporia to articulate his notion of implicit circularity between premises and conclusions, origins and manifestations, but—in a manner analogous in certain respects to Gilles Deleuze—presented a radical re-reading of canonical philosophical figures such as Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes as themselves being informed by such "destabilizing" notions.
Michel Foucault introduced concepts such as 'discursive regime', or re-invoked those of older philosophers like 'episteme' and 'genealogy' in order to explain the relationship between meaning, power, and social behavior within social orders (see The Order of Things, The Archaeology of Knowledge, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality). In direct contradiction to what have been typified as modernist perspectives on epistemology, Foucault asserted that rational judgment, social practice, and what he called "biopower" are not only inseparable but co-determinant. While Foucault himself was deeply involved in a number of progressive political causes and maintained close personal ties with members of the far-left, he was also controversial with leftist thinkers of his day, including those associated with various Marxist tendencies, proponents of left-libertarianism (such as Noam Chomsky), and supporters of humanism (like Jürgen Habermas), for his rejection of what he deemed to be Enlightenment concepts of freedom, liberation, self-determination, and human nature. Instead, Foucault focused on the ways in which such constructs can foster cultural hegemony, violence, and exclusion.
Fredric Jameson set forth one of the first expansive theoretical treatments of postmodernism as a historical period, intellectual trend, and social phenomenon in a series of lectures at the Whitney Museum, later expanded as Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991). Eclectic in his methodology, Jameson has continued a sustained examination of the role that periodization continues to play as a grounding assumption of critical methodologies in humanities disciplines. He has contributed extensive effort to explicating the importance of concepts of Utopia and Utopianism as driving forces in the cultural and intellectual movements of modernity, and outlining the political and existential uncertainties that may result from the decline or suspension of this trend in the theorized state of postmodernity. Like Susan Sontag, Jameson served to introduce a wide audience of American readers to key figures of the 20th century continental European intellectual left, particularly those associated with the Frankfurt School, structuralism, and post-structuralism. Thus, his importance as a "translator" of their ideas to the common vocabularies of a variety of disciplines in the Anglo-American academic complex is equally as important as his own critical engagement with them.
One of the numerous yet appropriate definitions of postmodernism and the qualm aspect aids this attribute to seem perfectly accurate. In response, Kellner continues to examine the repercussions of understanding the effects of the September 11 attacks. He questions if the attacks are only able to be understood in a limited form of postmodern theory due to the level of irony. In further studies, he enhances the idea of semiotics in alignment with the theory. Similar to the act of September 11 and the symbols that were interpreted through this postmodern ideal, he continues to even describe this as "semiotic systems" that people use to make sense of their lives and the events that occur in them. Kellner's adamancy that signs are necessary to understand one's culture is what he analyzes from the evidence that most cultures have used signs in place of existence. Finally, he recognizes that many theorists of postmodernism are trapped by their own cogitations. He finds strength in theorist Baudrillard and his idea of Marxism. Kellner acknowledges Marxism's end and lack of importance to his theory.
Postmodernism is a rejection of 'totality', of the notion that planning could be 'comprehensive', widely applied regardless of context, and rational. In this sense, Postmodernism is a rejection of its predecessor: Modernism. From the 1920s onwards, the Modern movement sought to design and plan cities which followed the logic of the new model of industrial mass production; reverting to large-scale solutions, aesthetic standardisation and prefabricated design solutions (Goodchild 1990). Postmodernism also brought a break from the notion that planning and architecture could result in social reform, which was an integral dimension of the plans of Modernism (Simonsen 1990). Furthermore, Modernism eroded urban living by its failure to recognise differences and aim towards homogenous landscapes (Simonsen 1990, 57). Within Modernism, urban planning represented a 20th-century move towards establishing something stable, structured, and rationalised within what had become a world of chaos, flux and change (Irving 1993, 475). The role of planners predating Postmodernism was one of the 'qualified professional' who believed they could find and implement one single 'right way' of planning new urban establishments (Irving 1993). In fact, after 1945, urban planning became one of the methods through which capitalism could be managed and the interests of developers and corporations could be administered (Irving 1993, 479).
Considering Modernism inclined urban planning to treat buildings and developments as isolated, unrelated parts of the overall urban ecosystems created fragmented, isolated, and homogeneous urban landscapes (Goodchild, 1990). One of the greater problems with Modernist-style of planning was the disregard of resident or public opinion, which resulted in planning being forced upon the majority by a minority consisting of affluent professionals with little to no knowledge of real 'urban' problems characteristic of post-Second World War urban environments: slums, overcrowding, deteriorated infrastructure, pollution and disease, among others (Irving 1993). These were precisely the 'urban ills' Modernism was meant to 'solve', but more often than not, the types of 'comprehensive', 'one size fits all' approaches to planning made things worse., and residents began to show interest in becoming involved in decisions which had once been solely entrusted to professionals of the built environment. Advocacy planning and participatory models of planning emerged in the 1960s to counter these traditional elitist and technocratic approaches to urban planning (Irving 1993; Hatuka & D'Hooghe 2007). Furthermore, an assessment of the 'ills' of Modernism among planners during the 1960s, fuelled development of a participatory model that aimed to expand the range of participants in urban interventions (Hatuka & D'Hooghe 2007, 21).
Jane Jacobs' 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities was a sustained critique of urban planning as it had developed within Modernism and marked a transition from modernity to postmodernity in thinking about urban planning (Irving 1993, 479). However, the transition from Modernism to Postmodernism is often said to have happened at 3:32pm on 15 July in 1972, when Pruitt Igoe; a housing development for low-income people in St. Louis designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, which had been a prize-winning version of Le Corbusier's 'machine for modern living' was deemed uninhabitable and was torn down (Irving 1993, 480). Since then, Postmodernism has involved theories that embrace and aim to create diversity, and it exalts uncertainty, flexibility and change (Hatuka & D'Hooghe 2007). Postmodern planning aims to accept pluralism and heighten awareness of social differences in order to accept and bring to light the claims of minority and disadvantaged groups (Goodchild 1990). Urban planning discourse within Modernity and Postmodernity has developed in different contexts, even though they both grew within a capitalist culture. Modernity was shaped by a capitalist ethic of Fordist-Keynesian paradigm of mass, standardized production and consumption, while postmodernity was created out of a more flexible form of capital accumulation, labor markets and organisations (Irving 1993, 60). Also, there is a distinction between a postmodernism of 'reaction' and one of 'resistance'. A postmodernism of 'reaction' rejects Modernism and seeks to return to the lost traditions and history in order to create a new cultural synthesis, while Postmodernity of 'resistance' seeks to deconstruct Modernism and is a critique of the origins without necessarily returning to them (Irving 1993, 60). As a result of Postmodernism, planners are much less inclined to lay a firm or steady claim to there being one single 'right way' of engaging in urban planning and are more open to different styles and ideas of 'how to plan' (Irving 474).
Jorge Luis Borges' (1939) short story Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote, is often considered as predicting postmodernism and conceiving the ideal of the ultimate parody. Samuel Beckett is sometimes seen as an important precursor and influence. Novelists who are commonly connected with postmodern literature include Vladimir Nabokov, William Gaddis, Umberto Eco, John Hawkes, William S. Burroughs, Giannina Braschi, Kurt Vonnegut, John Barth, Jean Rhys, Donald Barthelme, E.L. Doctorow, Richard Kalich, Jerzy Kosinski, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon (Pynchon's work has also been described as "high modern"), Ishmael Reed, Kathy Acker, Ana Lydia Vega, Jachym Topol and Paul Auster.
Graphic design in the postmodern age brought forth ideas that challenged the orderly feel of modernism. Graphic designers created works beginning in the 1970s without any set adherence to rational order and formal organization. Designers began experimenting with how shapes, forms and typography could react with one another effectively and interestingly in a less rigid way even if the design was rendered illegible. Some graphic design styles that emerged in the postmodernist era were New Wave Typography, retro and vernacular design, playful design inspired by the Italian Memphis Group, punk rock styles and explorative digital design from the late 1980's. Another characteristic of postmodern graphic design is that "retro, techno, punk, grunge, beach, parody, and pastiche were all conspicuous trends. Each had its own sites and venues, detractors and advocates".
Formal, academic critiques of postmodernism can also be found in works such as Beyond the Hoax and Fashionable Nonsense.
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