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The Bulletin is published each fortnight and is the main form of communication between the school, home and the wider community. The Bulletin outlines upcoming events, acknowledges achievements and provides a link between the school family and parish community. The Bulletin is also a way in which to keep parents informed about curriculum changes, developments and future planning at St Paul’s. The Bulletin is emailed to all families and is also available on the St Paul’s Facebook page and Compass.
To view our latest Bulletins, click on the links below.
Term 2 2022
Term 1 2022
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Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue
Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue brings together a focused selection of work from a period of over forty years by two of today’s most important and influential photo-based artists.
Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems, both born in 1953, came of age during a period of dramatic change in the American social landscape. Since meeting at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1976, the two artists have been intellectual colleagues and companions. Over the following five decades, Bey and Weems have explored and addressed similar themes: race, class, representation, and systems of power, creating work that is grounded in specific African American events and realities while simultaneously speaking to a multitude of human conditions. This exhibition, for the first time, brings their work together to shed light on their unique trajectories and modes of presentation, and their shared consciousness and principles.
From the outset of their careers, both Bey and Weems have operated from a deep social commitment to participate in, describe, and define culture. In seeking to express themselves fully, both artists have expanded possibilities within photography and video to address their chosen subjects. Each engaged in the material and conceptual developments in the art world that were gaining prominence beginning in the 1970s, just as their careers were developing. As Bey and Weems have continued to push their own work forward, their art and approach have inspired notable younger artists such as LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lyle Ashton Harris, Mickalene Thomas, and Hank Willis Thomas.
Both Bey and Weems create work in focused series that gives them opportunity to fully explore their complex and layered ideas. Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue is arranged in five sections that present the two artists’ work in thematic pairings, emphasizing both their mutual concerns and distinct artistic approaches. | <urn:uuid:7f86dc85-cb32-49c8-96e8-f5978ab0ebb9> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://shop.icp.org/dawoud-bey-carrie-mae-weems-in-dialogue.html | 2022-10-02T00:42:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030336978.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20221001230322-20221002020322-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.970065 | 396 | [
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No exams on Sallah day – NECO. The Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), which is now taking place and is set to take place on Saturday, July 9, has not been postponed, according to the National Examinations Council (NECO).
In order to provide the Muslim faithful enough time to celebrate the holiday, it was claimed that a full examination-free week, starting on Friday, July 8 and ending on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, had been granted.
No exams on Sallah day – NECO. In a statement made in Minna, NECO‘s Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Mr. Azeez Sani, refuted rumors that the examination would be held on Sallah Day, July 9, 2022, as some have suggested (Eid-Adha).
“The Council wishes to announce that it has not planned any examinations for Saturday, July 9, 2022,” the message continued. In order to provide Muslim believers enough time to observe the festival, it has granted a full examination-free week in the ongoing Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for School-based students, running from Friday, July 8, to Wednesday, July 13, 2022.
The Council has always made proper provisions for religious festivals when setting exam dates since it is aware of their significance.
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?: Announcing the 2018-19 #CUSAMBB Preseason Poll as chosen annually by the league’s head coaches! ?
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) October 18, 2018
The UTSA Roadrunners have been picked fifth in the Conference USA men’s basketball race, the conference announced Thursday. UTSA is coming off its first 20-win season in seven years.
Additionally, sophomore guard Jhivvan Jackson has been named to the all-C-USA preseason team. Jackson is recovering from knee surgery, with an expected return in December.
2018-19 Conference USA Preseason Team
Jon Davis, Charlotte
Daquan Bracey, Louisiana Tech
Jon Elmore, Marshall
C.J Burks, Marshall
Roosevelt Smart, North Texas
Ahmad Caver, Old Dominion
B.J. Stith, Old Dominion
Zack Bryant, UAB
Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA
Taveion Hollingsworth, WKU
Desean Murray, WKU
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WASHINGTON, DC – In a series of high level meetings during his recent visit to Haiti, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, reiterated the OAS longstanding and ongoing commitment to advancing peace, stability and socio-economic development in that country, and welcomed indications that partial senatorial elections have been scheduled for April 2009.
Ambassador Ramdin engaged in bilateral discussions with President Rene Preval, Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Alrich Nicolas. He also used the opportunity to meet with the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Mr. Levaillant Louis-Jeune; members of the Provisional Electoral Council, and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Haiti, Hedi Annabi.
Haitian authorities discussed several issues with the Assistant Secretary General Ramdin, including the impact of drug trafficking, constitutional reform – an issue for which President Preval has established a special commission, and the current electoral process that, although on track, presents a number of challenges including allegations of ineligible candidates and competing lists of candidates under the symbol of a political party. The Haitian authorities also expressed interest in an electoral observer mission by the OAS as a way to safeguard the credibility of the process.
Ambassador Ramdin also discussed the strengthening of cooperation between the OAS and the UN with the UN Special Representative in Haiti to determine how best to support Haiti’s electoral process.
Both, the Haitian authorities and the international community, confirmed that advanced planning is underway with regard to the donor conference to fund the National Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction (DSNCRP), an important tool to help foster development, create jobs and prosperity. The DSNCRP is being revised to focus on more concrete and achievable results, in the light of the food riot and the disasters that struck Haiti last year. The meeting is currently scheduled to take place in April in Washington, DC.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin took this opportunity to stress the importance of strong leadership and unity for the successful pursuit of social and economic development. “The OAS has a longstanding relationship with Haiti and its people. We will continue to support the effort toward strengthening the democratic process, elections and rule of law, as well as social and economic development” he said.
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Unity Health selects MEDITECH Expanse to unify patient experience across all care settings
Integration and value drive the healthcare organization’s decision to deploy Expanse, alongside MEDITECH Professional Services.
After an exhaustive and competitive EHR evaluation, Unity Health (Searcy, AR), the leading healthcare provider in an eight-county area, is pleased to announce they have chosen to implement MEDITECH Expanse across their entire organization. Quality care, efficiency, and value were key factors in making the decision.
“I am pleased to be moving to a single integrated Electronic Health Record that will enhance and streamline the care we give across our health system,” said Steven Webb, FACHE, President and CEO of Unity Health. “Following a thorough evaluation and the approval of the Board of Directors, we determined MEDITECH Expanse would best meet our current and future needs and help us adapt to evolving healthcare trends.”
Unity Health has experienced substantial growth since starting out as a small community hospital. Its health system today includes three acute care community hospitals, as well as a long-term acute care facility. The organization will go LIVE with Expanse in 2022.
The success of MEDITECH Expanse in two organizations in the region contributed to Unity’s decision to move forward with implementing the web-based EHR.
“Our Chief Medical Officer took a group of physicians to one of those sites so they could see this integration firsthand,” stated Phil Miller, MBA, Assistant Vice President and CIO at Unity Health.
Miller continued, “We currently have three systems for acute, ambulatory, and ED that don’t talk to each other, so we were excited about giving our patients and physicians the full picture with a single record across every care setting. The word that another larger facility in Arkansas was updating to the Expanse platform further cemented our confidence that MEDITECH Expanse was a product that could carry us into the future.”
Now, all Unity Health patients will have access to one single patient portal, giving them the convenience to self-schedule, pre-register for appointments, self-check in, and more, all in one place. “Making our patient’s experience excellent is a key priority,” explained Webb. “That’s why we are excited to offer our patients access to many enhanced features through the patient portal.”
Expanse will also keep Unity’s physicians and nurses connected to each other, while enabling them to remain patient-facing during care delivery. “We really wanted a system that could improve the quality of care for our patients while keeping them close to home, stated Miller. “Simultaneously, we wanted to increase efficiency for our clinicians. Our physicians and nurses were impressed with the mobile technology and personalized workflows available in Expanse, and they are thrilled to finally have an integrated system to meet their needs.”
In addition, Unity Health is looking forward to using MEDITECH Expanse Oncology to expand and optimize their cancer treatment offerings with evidence-based plans that support multidisciplinary ordering.
To maximize ROI, MEDITECH Professional Services will complement the implementation team with additional staff training and Post-LIVE support tailored around Unity Health’s unique needs.
“Having the consistency of working closely with both MEDITECH and MEDITECH Professional Services throughout the entire implementation is a huge advantage for us,” Miller said. “This solid partnership will give us the valuable, customized guidance we need for a successful implementation and go-LIVE.”
MEDITECH Executive Vice President Helen Waters envisions a strong long term partnership with Unity Health as they begin their important journey forward with Expanse. “Unity Health and MEDITECH are both focused on the advancement of digital health, “ she stated. “By leveraging Expanse to achieve true integration across the care continuum, they are making an investment in the future of a growing digital health ecosystem, and all the opportunities that surround it.”
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Cabinet Door Hold Open Kit
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A terminal degree in education is the highest level of academic degree that one can earn in the field of education. This type of degree is typically reserved for those who wish to pursue careers in teaching or research at the college level.
Checkout this video:
What is a Terminal Degree?
A terminal degree is the highest level of academic degree awarded by a university. The terminal degree in a given field of study is typically considered to be the degree required for full professorial status in that field. A student who earns a terminal degree may also be considered a “subject matter expert” or “expert” in their field of study.
What is the Purpose of a Terminal Degree?
The purpose of a terminal degree is to prepare individuals for the highest level of professional practice in their field and to produce new knowledge through research. A terminal degree is typically the highest degree awarded by an institution of higher education and is considered essential for most leadership positions in education.
Who is Eligible for a Terminal Degree?
Most terminal degrees in education are reserved for people who have extensive experience working in the field of education. In order to be eligible for a terminal degree, you must first have a master’s degree in education or a related field. You will also need to have several years of professional experience working in the field of education.
What are the Benefits of a Terminal Degree?
There are many benefits to earning a terminal degree in education. First and foremost, it is the highest level of education one can achieve in their field, which can lead to better career opportunities and a higher salary. Additionally, terminal degrees often give educators the ability to teach at the collegiate level and conduct research. Finally, holding a terminal degree often signals to employers that an individual is dedicated to their chosen profession and committed to lifelong learning.
How to Earn a Terminal Degree?
A terminal degree is the highest academic degree awarded in a particular field. It signals that the holder has completed all coursework and exams necessary to be considered an expert in their field, and it allows them to teach at the collegiate level if they so choose.
There are two types of terminal degrees: the research-based doctoral degree and the professional doctorate. Both take approximately four to six years to complete, although the time frame can vary depending on the program and individual student.
To earn a terminal degree, students first complete a bachelor’s degree and then a master’s degree in their chosen field of study. They then move on to doctoral level coursework, which includes both classroom instruction and independent research. After completing all coursework and passing a comprehensive exam, students must write and defend a dissertation, which is a long research paper that makes an original contribution to their field of study.
After successfully completing all requirements, students are awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor of Education (EdD) degree, depending on their program of study.
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Back on the Advent names post, reader Mary commented,
“I am due on the 10th and while we have names on our mind, I LOOOOVE the idea of incorporating Advent traditional themes into their names. So I will have to keep brainstorming, I guess.“
I always get so excited to hear of an upcoming birth! I told Mary I’d love to know what she ended up naming her baby, if she didn’t mind sharing. She didn’t mind! 🙌 She emailed me the other day to let me know her little one has arrived — a little girl who’s been given the gorgeous name … Genevieve Guadalupe!
“Happy New Year! I hope this message finds you and your family well and blessed! A few weeks ago you shared a post on the blog on Advent Baby Names. I commented on the post that I was due December 10 with baby #2 (at the time gender was unknown) and that I loved the idea of an Advent-inspired name. We were blessed with the safe and quick(!) delivery of a baby girl on Tuesday, December 13th and chose to name her Genevieve Guadalupe. Genevieve after my husband’s late grandmother. We were already set on Genevieve as a first name for a girl, but were pretty unsure about middle names. During the last part of our pregnancy we did a 54 day rosary novena which just so happened to end on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and one of our intentions was for a safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery. We believe that Our Lady of Guadalupe definitely interceded for us (many blessings have been revealed during and after praying it) and wanted us to finish the novena before the baby was born! 🙂
What’s interesting is that the name was suggested by a couple family members, as a joke (we also joked that our baby’s name would depend on which saints’ feast day he/she was born on since there were so many that week!), but it really grew on us. Also, considering that we live in Texas, we felt that it was a perfect fit for our family and daughter!
Genevieve, nicknamed Gigi, joins big brother James Peter! 🙂 “
I looove Genevieve Guadalupe!! What a beautiful, meaningful combo!! I love how present Our Lady of Guadalupe was to Mary and her husband, and it’s so wonderful to memorialize her intercession in the very name of their baby girl. ❤ Also, I know Gigi can be a nickname for Genevieve anyway, but have G.G. initials makes it really fun!
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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] re: jackmix build error
From: Arnold Krille (arnold_AT_arnoldarts.de)
Date: Mon Jul 19 2004 - 15:35:20 EEST
On Monday 19 July 2004 02:29, Ryan wrote:
> I don't have any .la files.
Ah should have been .so files...
> I commented out -lXext and it still failed with the same error.
Ehm, than the commenting should not work if you remove -lXext from the
command-line and and it still complains about not finding libXext.so...
Are there only Redhat-users affected by this?
-- Get my public-key from pgp.mit.edu or pgp.uni-mainz.de --- Hi, I am a .signature virus. Please copy me into your ~/.signature and send me to all your contacts. After a month or so log in as root and do a rm / -rf. Or ask your administrator to do so...
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Homemade treats make the best holiday gifts. They’re simple to make and fun to present in gaily wrapped tins, jars and glasseline bags. You probably have a favorite family recipe that would make the perfect present, whether rum balls rolled in confectioner’s sugar, bizcochitos sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar or lebkuchen spiced with cinnamon cloves, lemon zest and almonds. Bring them as a hostess gift to a holiday party, or deliver them to your favorite friends on Christmas Eve. Guaranteed to please!
Gluten-Free Biscochitos (Makes about 9 dozen)
5-6 cups all purpose gluten-free flour
6 teaspoons xanthan1 pound lard
1 stick margarine
Dash of salt
1 ½ cups sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon anise, crushed
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 1/3 cups orange juice
A hearty splash of Muscato
Cinnamon sugar, for dipping
Combine flour with xanthan and let sit for about 15 minutes.
In large saucepan, melt lard and margarine together. Let cool. Blend with salt, sugar, cinnamon, anise, baking powder and eggs. Stir in flour, 1 cup at a time.Chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to325 degrees.
Roll out dough and cut in the traditional fleur-de-lis shape, or in the shapes of reindeer, snowmen, circles , holly leaf and other shapes. Dip the top of each bizochito in cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake for 10 minutes, and watch to make sure they don’t turn brown. Cool on wire racks. Then arrange bizcochitos in holiday tin, lined with parchment paper, or in glassine bags tied with ribbon.
2 boxes Nilla wafers
¼ cup rum, plus more
½ cup honey
2 cups ground walnuts
Confectioner’s sugar, for rolling
Grind wafers until fine. Grind walnuts until fine. Mix all ingredients together, except confectioner’s sugar. Add more honey and rum if mixture is too dry. Once mixture holds together, roll into balls the size of walnuts, then roll in confectioner’s sugar. Store in sealed containers for 2 days. Place in glass jars and wrap the top with colorful ribbon.
These are German cookies, based on a recipe my mother-in-law, Helga Langan, uses every year.
1 ½ cups brown sugar
2/3 cup candied orange & lemon peel, finely chopped
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
2-1/2 cups almonds, finely chopped
4 teaspoons corn starch
Whole almonds, for decoration
Beat eggs and sugar until thick and creamy. Stir in almonds, corn starch, peels and spices and beat until thick.
Spread mixture on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Decorate with almonds. Let set 1-2 hours.
Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
Place cookies on baking sheet and bake for about ½ hour, until dry on the outside and moist on the inside. Place in holiday tins lined with festive parchment paper.
Holiday Orange Peels
3 oranges, peeled.
3 cups sugar
1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate
Cut the orange peel into strips and place in boiling water for15 minutes, Drain and rinse.
In medium saucepan, combine sugar with 3 cups water over medium heat. Stir in orange peel strips, lower heat to simmer and cook until soft, about 45 minutes. Drain and toss orange peels in sugar. Place on wire rack and dry for 8 hours.
Melt the bittersweet chocolate over a double boiler. Dip orange peel strips in melted bittersweet chocolate and place on wax paper, to harden. Place in glasseline bags tied with holiday ribbons or in clear glass jars.
Holiday Marshmallows (Makes a dozen)
2 1/4-ounce powdered gelatin packets
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Pinch of salt
Seeds from 2 vanilla beans
In medium mixing bowl, combine gelatin and ¾ cup water.
In separate bowl,combine confectioners’ sugar and cornstarch. Sprinkle half of the cornstarch mixture in an 8-inch square pan.
In medium sauce pan, heat corn syrup, sugar, and salt in 1/2 cup water over medium-high heat ,for 6 to 8 minutes.
Combine syrup with gelatin mixture andvanilla bean seeds in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer on medium high until thick and fluffy, about 6 minutes. Scrape into the pan and spread evenly with a buttered spatula. Sprinkle with the remaining cornstarch mixture. Let dry overnight, then slice into squares.
Sea Salt Caramels (From The Food Network)
2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
1 ½ cup light corn syrup
1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup cocoa powder.
Line an 8-inch-square pan with foil and brush with oil.
Melt butter in saucepan add sugar and corn syrup and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally,for 15 minutes, or until a candy thermometer reaches 248 degrees. Pour into the prepared baking pan and let cool. Cut into squares and sprinkle with sea salt while still warm. Place in glass jar and wrap top with colored ribbon.This article was posted by Cheryl Fallstead | <urn:uuid:d2d710f6-036a-41b7-a755-bd336737372a> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://santafe.com/holiday-gifts-from-the-kitchen/ | 2022-09-26T21:52:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334942.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926211042-20220927001042-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.830625 | 1,207 | [
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On the 22nd January 2018, three youths launched themselves against the correspondent and his team from the TV programme Striscia La Notizia in the Traiano neighbourhood in Naples.
The Carabinieri of Bagnoli (Naples), coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Naples have arrested three youths for the aggression suffered by the correspondent of Striscia La Notizia, Vittorio Brumotti, and by his team on the 22nd January 2017 in the Traiano neighbourhood of Naples. Il Mattino broke the news on the 30th October 2018 (read here).
In the Traiano neighbourhood Brumotti and his crew were insulted and pelted with eggs and stones. Some individuals with their faces half covered with scarves and hatstried to block their car and kicked it. The Carabinieri intervened and escorted the correspondent and his collaborators out of the neighbourhood.
Between the end of 2017 and the firstmonths of 2018 Brumotti was attacked eight times in several Italian cities (read here). The correspondent of Striscia and his team have documented drug dealing throughout Italy, conducting an investigation in the field called by them “Spacciatour” (DrugDealingTour). The technique they adopted was that of pretending to be buyers themselves and secretly filming the attempt of drug dealers to selldrugs. Then Brumotti came out into the open and with a megaphone denounced the illicit activity, irritating and provoking the drugdealers. | <urn:uuid:e9b9fc53-f1d6-4bbf-b4d7-da3ada0d56c3> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.ossigeno.info/naples-three-arrests-for-the-attackon-brumotti/?lang=en | 2022-09-26T22:16:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334942.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926211042-20220927001042-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.975123 | 303 | [
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Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams has been suspended without pay for 10 games in connection with a domestic violence incident, the WNBA announced Tuesday.
Williams was arrested on April 29 and charged with two felony counts for allegedly assaulting an ex-girlfriend at a Florida home and threatening another person with a firearm, according to authorities and the WNBA.
She pleaded not guilty on May 6. Her court hearing was postponed last month.
The WNBA said it conducted its own internal investigation into the incident, including interviews with Williams and several witnesses.
The WNBA also consulted with a panel of experts in the field of domestic violence, as is standard for the league in such cases.
Based on its findings, the WNBA determined a 10 game suspension was appropriate.
"Among other factors, the WNBA took into account the nature and seriousness of the conduct at issue, including the involvement of a firearm," the league said in a statement.
The WNBA will also require Williams to participate in counseling.
Her suspension will begin with Thursday’s game against the Dallas Wings at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The Sparks said the team has cooperated fully with the league’s investigation.
"As an organization, we abhor violence of any kind and specifically take domestic violence allegations very seriously," the team said in a statement. "We will provide whatever resources we are allowed to help Riquna learn and grow from this unfortunate situation."
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I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time, though I’m still working through exactly what to include here. And I’m (apparently) notorious for starting web writing projects. But like anything digital, I hope you’ll join me in considering this letter a work in progress, and I do appreciate your willingness to play along.
Case in point:
When I first hatched this plan, I thought I’d send new editions out every Friday. For uninteresting reasons, that’s going to change. Starting on June 23, Miscellaneum will be sent on Mondays.
Sweet dreams are made of this:
Surprisingly, I don’t believe that writing this first issue will be the strangest thing I’ll do this week. Today I pick up an apparatus for a home sleep study, heading down the road to Breathing-in-my-sleepville. My physician claims I have a “fleshy palate” that is likely causing my apnea.
Hold up. Did you stop to snicker or make a joke about my Fleshy Palate? I’ll wait.
Got it out of your palate-shaming system? Good.
Anyway, all I’ve been told is that my head will be measured and that I’ll wear some device while I sleep Friday night to monitor just how badly I sleep and how often I stop breathing. Then I’ll get another machine that will make my wife stop hating the “sounds” I make while I “sleep.”
Here’s what I’ve been feeding my brain this week.
Mostly sports this week, between the NBA and NHL Finals. BOR-ING.
As I mentioned Thursday evening, I’m really troubled by the idea that other (non-Chicagoans) might have felt about the Nineties Bulls the way I feel about the Twenty-teens Heat. Even if it’s true, I don’t want to know about it because the Heat drive me crazy. (Truthfully I’m just mad that OKC didn’t make it through.)
And don’t get me started about how much better it is to be watching playoffs on a nice big new TV.
I’ve been fighting my way through the last part of Christopher Priest’s otherwise entertaining The Adjacent this week. I can tell that Priest, ever the illusionist, is walking me through a deft trick, but I can’t quite follow his hands. I suppose that’s the point.
Started George Packer’s The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America too. I’ve been reading quite a bit more history lately (J tells me it’s part of the process of turning into a middle-class forty-year-old), and it’s particularly fascinating to examine more recent events with a more objective eye. Unsure just how objective Packer is, but the profiles he’s selected so far are thought-provoking.
I’m still giving a lot of attention to the newest St. Vincent album, which I missed when it first came out due to grief-haze.
And of course my man Bob Mould just released Beauty and Ruin, so I’ve been putting that through it’s paces. Of course, nobody warned me that it’s largely about Mould dealing with the death of his father so it feels a little close at times…but also cathartic in the way that much of Bob’s best work is. That’s right, I call him Bob. We’re close like that.
Enough affiliate links for one week. Have a great weekend!
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Gregg Popovich is the longest-tenured coach in the NBA and has won four titles with the San Antonio Spurs. And now, he has revealed the blueprint to that success.
In a sideline interview with ESPN’s J.A. Adande during the Spurs’ Wednesday night game against the Portland Trail Blazers Popovich was asked what advice he gives his team.
His response: “Play well.”
Seems simple enough. And the Spurs have certainly done that lately. They hold the best record in the NBA and look like they could very well make a second consecutive NBA Finals appearance.
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This table, and what it signifies to me! It’s not just a bench. This very spot was one of many life changing moments. For me, My Faith, My mental health. The time God speaks to me the most is when I’m deep in thought, prayer and listening to worship music while RUNNING! This table, and what it signifies to me! It’s not just a bench. This very spot was one of many life changing moments. For me, My Faith, My mental health. The time God speaks to me the most is when I’m deep in thought, prayer and listening to worship music while RUNNING!
After being in pajamas the last few days. Darrell took me to Ventura Boardwalk to run. He walked and I ran! I felt a strong pull to take the full loop as I’ve done on this same course at least a half dozen times before. During 5K’s and half marathons. So I always follow the direction I feel I’m being pulled. My gut instinct, if you will. Or those who believe!! You know what’s pulling and leading me... GOD!! I didn’t know why until I saw the table. I stopped in my tracks. I stood there for a minute reflecting on what had happened in this very spot 4 or 5 years ago. Running my very FIRST half marathon. I didn’t know I could do it or not. But I knew I had to try. This is one of the many greatest gifts from God.
I passed my family with all their signs. My eldest son was up in a tree with his sign or maybe it was Jennie! LOL I missed that sign. At this point as I was passing them I was in mile 10. My family handed me my inhaler and whatever else I had requested. I smiled but wanted to cry. My memory isn’t that great so maybe I did cry at that point. This means I had 3.1 more miles to go and it is a loop on the last 3 miles. After I passed my family I broke down and cried. I HURT and it didn’t go as planned exactly. I had approximately 1.60 miles to go when I came across this table. Several people were stretched out on the bench seats and a couple stretched out on top of the table. Not to mention the people sprawled out on the grass. I’m all about honesty so as ugly as the truth is I’m telling because I am happy with how far I’ve come since that day. So I’m crying and ready to throw in the towel. Those people were doing nothing wrong. But I looked at them and didn’t like them at that very moment. Because that’s exactly what I wanted to do!!
You have to see the funny side to that! I paid to do it! They paid to camp and relax at a beautiful park on Ventura Beach so whatever frustration I had, needed to be directed at myself. I almost quit to lay down right there under that tree! I was crying, in pain, and thought I’d made a huge mistake because this may be something I CANNOT DO! In fact it was in that moment I realized I wouldn’t let myself quit! Not only the race but my life! I won’t give up. I will continue to fight chronic pain, chronic illness, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and PTSD. So I cried most of the way.
The day I crossed that finish line is one of my biggest victories! I didn’t let fear stop me. I didn’t let doubt stop me. Didn’t stop me and NEVER WILL! Nothing can stop me from living my best life despite the pain. When you have Christ in your heart anything is possible. Anything is possible especially with faith and a purpose. | <urn:uuid:6374f900-5911-4cb8-aa78-18cc912b9310> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.ultraladies.com/blog/this-table-by-melissa-wise | 2022-09-29T13:33:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335355.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929131813-20220929161813-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.980996 | 819 | [
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Beautiful and sought after vintage sterling silver Bergslagen-stone ring. Fully hallmarked for maker Nordström, Sweden year 1971.
Ring size: US size 6 1/2
Stone size: 16 x 12mm
"The blue stone from "Bergslagen" in Sweden is unique. It emerges from a materia you only find in medieval foundry ruins. The colour shades are determined by remainders of the old rock. Each stone is cut and polished by hand. That's why the form of each stone differs from the rest and the reason why this jewel of yours is quite unique." | <urn:uuid:1f344b70-8e54-454a-b992-f9e46dbae756> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://tniklassongallery.com/products/nordstrom-sweden-1971-vintage-sterling-silver-bergslagen-stone-ring | 2022-09-30T22:16:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335504.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930212504-20221001002504-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.893101 | 137 | [
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Lessons From Pottenger’s Cats
“If proper nutrition and exercise are absent when facial structures are developing, dentition always suffers. The kitten kept on a deficient diet for 10 months has an inadequate jaw with crowded, irregular and poorly aligned teeth.” Dr. Francis Pottenger, Jr., MD, author of Pottenger’s Cats Studies. (Pottenger’s Cats, Price-Pottenger Foundation, 1983)
Poor dento-facial development is “one of the earliest defects noticed in the cats on cooked food.” (p. 41) Dr. Pottentger’s studies showed that nutritional injuries can be passed down from one generation to the next with increasing severity.
Is your child on the receiving end of nutritional injuries from up the family tree? Pottenger’s Cats have lessons for all parents and doctors.
Francis Pottenger, MD, wanted to produce high potency adrenal extracts. That meant growing healthier cats. By accident, he found the cats fed a raw meat diet had much more potent adrenals than those fed cooked meats prepared for human consumption. He studied 2 groups of 900 cats over 10 years, and his findings have useful implications for humans.
Both groups were given vitamins, cod liver oil, and given access to outdoors. The control group was fed a optimal (native) diet of raw meat and raw milk.
The experimental group was fed a diet of cooked meat and pasteurized milk. They are called Deficient Cats because of the resulting health deficiencies. “Adults cats placed on cooked meat or pasteurized milk diet begin to show unhealthy condition in their mouths within 3-6 months.” (p. 22)
Selective findings from Dr. Pottenger’s Deficient Cats fed food altered by heat:
- Bad teeth alignment and poor occlusion (p. 41)
- Poor bone mineralization: calcium content of bone ranges from 12-17% in the first deficient generation to 1.5-3 % in the third generation
- Milk produced by a deficient mother lacks the nutrients necessary for her kittens’ normal growth and development.
“On the other hand, if such deficient kittens are given adequate feedings during the nursing period, much can be done to improve their general condition.” (p.42)
|Raw Meat Group||Cooked Meat Group|
|Prominent Cheek Bones||Longer and narrower face in Gen2 & 3|
|Broad Dental Arches||Retruded mid-face, underbite, overbite|
|Teeth regular in size and alignment||Crowded & Twisted Teeth, Malocclusion|
|Gregarious, Friendly, Playful||Irritable, nervous, dangerous|
|Distinct Male & Female Traits||Aggressive females & docile males|
|Normal sexual interest and pattern||Sexual disinterest or perversion|
|Strong resistance to parasites||Frequent allergies and skin lesions|
|Efficient child birth with no delivery complications||25-75% higher aborted pregnancy + difficulty with delivery causing many maternal deaths so there was no 4th generation|
|Mother cat stays healthy after delivery||Maternal health declines toward death|
|Newborn average weight = 119 grams||Newborn average weight = 100 grams|
|Head size stays the same from one gen to the next||Smaller skulls in G2 and G3 kittens|
|Well-developed normal cat can be maintained in health if given thyroid and adrenals||Does not become a normal cat even if given intense therapy|
(Source: Pottenger’s Cats, by Francis Marion Pottenter, Jr., MD, Price-Pottenger Foundation, 1983)
Dr. Pottenger’s study on raw milk compared to pasteurized milk showed the same result as raw meat versus cooked meat. “The cats fed pasteurized milk as the principal item of their diet show skeletal changes, lessened reproductive efficiency, and their kittens present progressive constitutional and respiratory problems as is evidenced in the first second and third generation deficient cats eating cooked meat. (p.15)
For Dr. Felix, the take-home lessons provided by Pottenger’s Cats are:
- Some nutrients called “freshness factor” in some foods are heat sensitive.
- Nutritional injuries, including dental-facial deformities, hormonal imbalances, allergies, and behavioral changes, can come from loss of the “freshness factor”
- Nutritional injuries first shows up in the mouth and dental-facial misalignment
- Nutritional injuries can be passed down to the next generations to cause increased dental and systemic complications
- Nutritional injuries and their dental-systemic complications are compounded down the second and third generations, and reversal takes much longer and often is not complete
Do you have ancestors who had a life time of refined processed foods? Do you have crowded teeth or history of orthodontic braces? Now you can understand why your child has crowded or crooked teeth.
Knowing WHY gives us a shot at sensible natural solutions. Dr Pottenger concluded, “The first step in giving a person the right nutrition is to make him able to eat the right foods in sufficient quantify. This depends on the adequacy of his facial development, the strength of his muscles, and the shape of his masticating (chewing) bones.”
Parents: do not feel guilty that your child does not have perfectly straight teeth. There are many factors, including some that are beyond your control. There is a way to fit your child’s teeth back into the Whole Health puzzle. The first step is to take in the lessons from Pottenger’s Cats
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Technology is evolving at an unprecedented pace and skilled IT professionals are in demand.
In the past, IT positions emphasized on-the-job learning, but today, many jobs in the field require at least a bachelor’s degree.
Whether you’re choosing to pursue an IT degree for leadership and higher-pay opportunities, to be eligible to apply for jobs where a bachelor’s is required, or you want to deepen your knowledge and understanding of the field, here are five strategies to consider before starting your program.
If you’re someone who began your education elsewhere but wasn’t able to finish it, be sure to find out if those credits will transfer to your new degree program.
At Capella University, students can bring in over half of their bachelor’s degree through transfer credit, saving you significant time and money. Even better, Capella offers FlexPath, a self-paced format that can help you finish the bachelor’s degree you started in as little as 13 months and under $14,000.1
Bryan Agosto* had a bachelor’s degree and Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification, but he also had a lifetime goal to get a master’s degree. By the time he was ready to pursue his advanced degree, he already had a growing family and a demanding job as a project manager for a major airline. It was critical for him to be able to progress at his own rate and to have a program that recognized his prior learning.
“I had done a lot of learning after I got my bachelor’s degree, getting certifications and training to be able to increase my industry knowledge,” says Agosto. “When I applied at Capella, I was pleased that they took into account my PMP® certification and translated that into college credit.”
FlexPath is particularly valuable for people who already have extensive knowledge and experience in the IT field. Ninety-two percent of alumni report that FlexPath allowed them to use their knowledge and experience to move faster through their program.**
Donald Dudley* took his years of experience in IT security and applied it to his bachelor and master degrees to move more quickly through familiar content via FlexPath. “The FlexPath format gave me the ability to connect the dots between school and my professional life,” Dudley says. “Specifically, the IT cyber security-related and governance coursework directly correlated to my position as a senior security engineer. There were some things I didn’t know about IT cyber security, so the coursework bridged the gap and gave me a new understanding of how important IT security is.”
Keith Hoffman* had decades of experience in IT, but knew that if he wanted to move up, he would need to finish his bachelor’s degree—something difficult to do while working full-time and having an active, growing family.
He found that with FlexPath, he could move through coursework at his own pace. “I could squeeze in a few hours of studying whenever I had time and make steady progress,” he says. “I truly enjoyed the experience that I had earning my bachelor’s through Capella,” he says. “I liked it so much that I immediately enrolled in the master’s program after graduation.”
Another avenue to financing your IT degree involves tuition reimbursement. Some employers will reimburse you for some or all of the tuition costs you incur to get your degree.
Jeffrey Sweet* found out first-hand just how helpful tuition reimbursement could be, especially when combined with FlexPath. “FlexPath’s flat rate tuition structure was one of the best parts of the program,” he says. FlexPath allowed him to move at an accelerated pace, which helped control costs. “FlexPath was the only way I would have been able to finish,” he says. “I considered going back to my traditional school, but the schedule and cost were prohibitive. I was ready to resign myself to the fact that I would never complete my degree, but my supervisor introduced me to Capella, and I was able to finish even faster than I had anticipated.”
1Generally, the fastest 10 percent of students finish in a year. Your program length and cost will vary by your degree program, transfer credits, the per-session cost, and how quickly you complete courses. Books, supplies, and other fees may apply.
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**Alumni Outcomes Survey, 2017.
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As millions of Americans embark on the annual ritual of tax preparation this year, many will buy tax software or hire human tax preparers — and it probably won’t be cheap. Tax software can easily run $100 or more for many people, and human tax pros charge $203 on average to do a tax return, according to data from the National Association of Tax Professionals.
But there are ways to cut the cost of tax preparation, or even get it for free.
1. See if you qualify for Free File
According to NerdWallet’s 2021 tax study, 56% of filers will prepare their federal return themselves this year, and many will depend on tax software to get the job done. Not everyone has to pay for that software, though. People with an adjusted gross income of $73,000 or less can get access to guided tax preparation from brand-name companies through the IRS Free File program.
How to get it: IRS.gov.
2. Look for freebies on tax software websites
Tax software companies typically charge for their software, but many also offer a free version for people with simple tax returns. Each company’s definition of “simple” can vary, but in general, the free options are for people who don’t plan to itemize deductions and whose sources of income are mostly job-related rather than from investments, businesses, or other means.
How to get it: Tax software providers’ websites.
If you want to hire a human to prepare your tax return, you don’t necessarily have to pay the $203 average fee. Most tax pros offer discounts. According to a 2020 NATP study, almost half of tax pros (46%) give breaks to clients’ family members, 40% reduce prices for students and 29% shrink the bill for senior citizens. Many tax pros also offer discounts to new clients, returning customers, or people such as veterans, police, or clergy members, according to the survey.
How to get it: Raise the topic with your tax preparer.
4. Find free tax clinics in your community
Federal grant programs fund free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance clinics across the country for people with disabilities, language barriers, or incomes of $57,000 or less. There are also free Tax Counseling for the Elderly clinics aimed at those aged 60 or older, as well as free help through the Department of Defense MilTax program for active-duty military and some veterans. These clinics operate through a variety of community organizations in all 50 states. (Due to COVID-19, some sites may be closed, and others may be drop-off or virtual-only.)
How to get it: Search irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep or militaryonesource.mil for a local clinic.
5. DIY some of the other stuff
You don’t have to pay someone to find out how much you owe the IRS or get copies of old tax records; you can request that information directly from the IRS online. You can also get a filing extension for free by filing the one-page IRS Form 4868 and getting it to the IRS by April 18. And if you can’t pay your tax bill in full by the April 18 deadline, you can apply for an installment payment plan or even apply for an offer in compromise to settle your tax debt.
How to get it: IRS.gov.
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Episode 40 is an interview with the CEO of England Netball – Joanna Adams. With more than 20+ years of experience working with brands, rights holders and the media, Joanna is one of the most highly regarded and innovative Chief Executives in British sport.
We talk about what she is doing to actively grow their market, the significance of their partnership with Sky, and why it’s so important that netball stays on the school curriculum.
As Chief Executive of England Netball she is responsible for the strategic plan of the sport across the country. Joanna became involved in netball more than eight years ago having originally joined the organisation as Commercial Director.
Under Joanna’s strong leadership, England Netball secured the rights to host the Netball World Cup 2019 in Liverpool and has seen record growth in the company’s participation programmes, sponsorship deals and ticket revenue. Joanna was a part of the team in 2018 that was pivotal in the England squad’s historic win at the Commonwealth Games, which has since inspired thousands of women to take up the sport. Under her guidance, netball has proudly become the fastest growing female team sport in the country.
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New Jersey Couple Sentenced
A resident of Orange Township was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the killing and robbery of a man they were meant to purchase marijuana from. Joseph Villani and his girlfriend Raquel Garajau made a plan to rip off dealer Trupal Patel on February 6, 2017, when Patel came to Villani’s home to sell them the marijuana. It was then that Villani shot and killed the man, stole the drugs and his possessions, and dumped his body in a nearby park. He was sentenced to 30 years for aggravated manslaughter (of which he must serve 25 and a half), and another 10 years for desecrating Patel’s remains.
Originally, Villani claimed that he committed the crime on his own, but later on accused Garajau of masterminding and orchestrating the event. Garajau stood trial in 2018 and was found guilty of felony murder as well as 15 other crimes. She was sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Manslaughter and Felony Murder In New Jersey
The simple definition of a homicide is the killing of a human being by another. Murder is where the prosecution must prove that the death was planned or premeditated, while the lesser charge of manslaughter only requires a reckless conduct that results in the death of another. Crimes of passion are charged under the manslaughter statute, for example. Aggravated manslaughter is defined as “recklessly causing the death of another under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life.” This refers to the circumstances of the death. If the defendant’s conduct created a probability of death occurring, they can be found guilty under the New Jersey statute. Although Villani may not have planned to kill Patel when he entered the house, the circumstances of the gun and the robbery meant that he could be convicted of this charge. Aggravated manslaughter is a first degree crime, and that means the defendant could be sentenced of 10 to 30 years in prison. Desecrating human remains is a second degree crime that carries a punishment of up to 10 years.
The charge of felony murder is a unique one. Unlike the standard murder definition, the person charged did not actually kill the victim themselves. Instead, felony murder is when someone is killed during the commission of a felony crime, such as a robbery, a sex crime, arson, burglary, et cetera. Prosecutors do not need to prove an intent to kill the victim. As long as the person was killed attempting, fleeing, or during the commission of the felony, the felony murder charge applies. Felony murder convictions carry the possibility of life in prison, depending on the circumstances. You may also be forced to pay funeral costs of the victim and restitution to their family.
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Contact an Experienced Criminal Defense Lawyer About Your Charges in New Jersey Today!
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12 Nov Ewan Cameron
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Q: Does the city of Gulfport actually pay for rodent control? Neighbors see more rats than ever before. – via the Gabber’s Gulfport Ideas and Opinions group on Facebook
A: No. Furthermore, city management declined to offer direction about what action residents and businesses could take towards rodent control.
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Yesterday at the Royal Dutch Shell AGM in The Hague, the company’s leadership was grilled with questions and concerns about its high-risk plans for offshore U.S. Arctic oil exploration, and how it will square that circle with its apparent commitment to take climate change more seriously.
Interventions ranged from powerful statements and concerns from indigenous leaders on the front lines in Alaska, to hard-hitting questions from institutional shareholders about the very real financial risks of the high cost Arctic program.
It was one of these many questions that prompted a curious response from Shell’s CEO, Ben van Beurden. Why was everyone picking on Arctic oil? In his view, connecting Arctic oil to climate change is, “illogical”. Oil is oil. It was an interesting response that seemed to offer a lot of insight into Shell’s disconnect from the biting reality: the fundamental point that we are going to have to leave fossil fuels in the ground if we are serious about addressing climate change.
The economics are clear; the only way Shell can ever make money with Arctic oil is if climate change remains unaddressed. Shell’s Arctic program is a multi-billion dollar bet that we will fail to avoid dangerous climate change and that is why the company is feeling the heat from a growing coalition of investors, stakeholders and ordinary citizens.
We already have more than enough fossil fuels in proven reserves to exhaust our global carbon budget. In fact, well over 75% of the oil, coal and gas we already have access to will have to remain in the ground in order to have a decent chance at avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.
This means we face some serious questions about how we are going to divide up the remainder of the burnable carbon. There are many factors that will play into this: cost, carbon intensity, equity, geopolitics… but it isn’t hard to understand why high cost, high risk oil that is at a minimum a decade away from production doesn’t make the cut.
It seems there are two possible explanations for the CEO’s concerns about the logic of it all. The more charitable interpretation is that Mr. van Beurden is suffering from a dangerous case of fossil fuel fatalism. The delusional sense that continued and rapid growth of fossil fuel use is inevitable, and that prosperity in the coming decades rests on the back of increased exploration, expansion and exploitation of fossil fuels.
The other explanation is that Mr. van Beurden – a chemical engineer by training – understands very well that you can’t put more into the atmosphere than the atmosphere can safely hold, but that his company will fight tooth and nail for a disproportionate share of the remaining carbon budget.
Either way – the end result is the ongoing and aggressive efforts by Big Oil to convince us that our fossil fuel addiction can’t be overcome, at least not until they have squeezed every last penny possible out of high-carbon fuels.
You can read more here, here or here about the economic case that drives the Arctic-climate conundrum that has Mr. van Beurden so outwardly perplexed. Whether he really misunderstands the problem or pretends to, it’s clear that many people do indeed suffer from fossil fuel fatalism. Not least the politicians and diplomats who find it so hard to show leadership on climate change.
And meanwhile, the burden also rests on all of us to free ourselves from our own fossil fuel fatalism. Yes the stuff has powered the past, but that is not a convincing reason for it to power the future. In fact there are many more convincing reasons that it won’t. We just need to stop letting the fossil fuel industry define the limits of what is possible. That era is ending with the growing movement to leave it in the ground. | <urn:uuid:66d7e0f4-e2a9-46be-9500-bf7f2f2c9822> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://priceofoil.org/2015/05/20/fossil-fuel-fatalism-untouchable-arctic/ | 2022-10-05T00:00:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337529.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004215917-20221005005917-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.957182 | 776 | [
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Art piece by Nancy Nixon Ensign.
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This is the second class in Djedi Warrior Training. You began with Djedi Warriorship 1 and began to learn the basics of energy work.
In this class you will begin to work with your Divine Energy, known as Rei-ki to the Japanese, Chi to the Chinese and the Holy Spirit to Christians. You will begin to master the use of your Divine Energy through several stages that I outline in Djedi Warriorship training.
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Zausmer, August & Caldwell is proud to announce that it is now the 12th largest law firm in Southeastern Michigan, as published in Crain’s Detroit Business.
“We are very pleased to continue our steady rise on the Crain’s largest law firm list.
This is a testament to the hard work of all of our attorneys and staff,” said ZAC Managing Shareholder Mark Zausmer.
Dedication to excellence and delivering exceptional, strategic legal representation is paramount to the firm’s mission. ZAC’s continued climb up the largest law firm list is a reflection of the enduring confidence that clients have in the firm’s ability to produce
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Objective: To determine the level of professionalism among undergraduatemedical students at two public sector medical colleges of Karachi, Pakistan.
Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted from August to November2013 in two medical Universities of Karachi [Dow University of HealthSciences (DUHS) and Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU)]. The validatedProfessionalism Instrument used in survey forms measured 6 tenets of professionalism(i.e. altruism, accountability, excellence, duty, honor and integrity,respect for others) and exhibited satisfactory reliability measures. The surveyforms were pretested and a pilot data collection was performed to check theresponse and make sure the ease of participants. The study sample comprisedof first through final year students of each medical school. The students wereasked to fill a structured survey form after verbal information and consent. Only those students were included who were enrolled in the respective medicalschool and present on the day of survey. The data was analyzed using SPSSversion 16 and Independent sample T-test was applied to compare meanscores of each tenet between the groups.
Results: Among 494 respondents (302 from DUHS, 192 from JSMU) the meanscore of all six tenets of professionalism turned out to 11.43. There was aslight variation found in each tenet score in first and final year students, mostmarked being in "˜honor and integrity' (Pre-clinical=11.91, Clinical=11.38). Altruism(11.44), honor and integrity (11.91) were higher in pre-clinical groupwhereas students from third to final year were more devoted (11.21), accountable(11.48), and excellent (11.73).
Conclusion: The current level of professionalism among medical students issub-optimal. To achieve an optimum state, professionalism should be includedformally in undergraduate medical curriculum.
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After obtaining his degree in Viticulture and Oenology at Milan University in 1996, Daniele had several work experiences abroad (Australia) and in companies within his native area.
In 2000, he presented MERIDIES, his first label, in homage to the geographical position of his family’s hills.
“Viticoltura ed enologia non sono mai state per me semplici materie di studio a scuola e discipline professionali poi, ma parte di una passione, che mi anima ogni giorno”
On obtaining her degree in Economics in 2001, she began her professional career in administration and accounting for the Milanesi company.
“I have always had a hand in the family company since the very first bottles were produced, particularly as far as the commercial aspects were concerned.
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SONY VIAO SVF142
6 GB RAM
750 GB Hard Drive
Battery Life is Amazing, Sharp Screen, No Pre-Installed Bloat-ware, Lots of USB Ports, Quiet.
No VGA Port, Needs a lot of Essential VIAO Updates before ready for use.
I have always looked at the Sony VIAO as a Mac-Book-Killer; it is a premium laptop with Windows in the same sense that the Mac Book is a premium laptop with OSX. This laptop comes pretty well equipped with a CD-ROM, Webcam, Card Reader, 4 USB Ports and an HDMI port. I have had it 5 months and it is yet to crash on me, over-heat, or have any dead-pixels. It does seem to need a lot of Sony VIAO updates though – one such case is the Wi-Fi Update, unless you install it, the Wi-Fi will drop out for no reason, will fail to switch networks unless you restart it, and chooses to use the least amount of signal power, even if you are plugged in; no worries though, the update fixes all of this.
I also am terribly appreciative that this laptop comes with no bloat-ware. Other than MS Office Trial and Norton 365 trial, the only thing installed is the Sony VIAO software. Nothing irritates me more than booting up and HP or Dell for the first time and having to spend 90 minutes uninstalling junk-ware.
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September’s post comes to us from my good friend and ex-NazToo admin, Pastor Patrick Taylor. Patrick is an ordained minister pastoring Ebenezer Church of the Nazarene in Aiken, SC, where he also teaches Sacred Studies at Mead Hall Episcopal School. A proponent of Christian Pacifism, he enjoys working with Nazarenes United for Peace, and relieves stress by focusing on his hobbies of stand-up comedy and his growing collection of bonsai trees.
Seeing your childhood home empty is an emotional experience. Faced with the lack of anything, you are suddenly aware of everything that occupied that space all at once: every picture that hung on the wall, every conversation shared, every holiday celebrated. Every game played, every friend made, every early morning and late night. Even the most insignificant moments can strangely be so vividly visualized, all living and dying in an instant, cruelly leaving you both painfully aware of its deep meaning for you, and your grief for the loss of it all.
You’ve grown and done so much, protected and shaped by this place in particular, your place, and now it is as if the only thing left for this place and its moments to do is to fade from memory, little by little, year by year, until it is gone.
I first penned those words when my parents moved out of the house in which I grew up, not two years ago. Today, I experience a similar melancholy walking through the empty church where my local body would gather for worship on Sundays before words like lockdown, pandemic, and death rate became part of our liturgy.
To me, the empty church stands as a palpable metaphor for the feeling of homelessness so many of her children feel these days, and not due to the pandemic. (Though, if you ever have the chance to pastor through a pandemic, go ahead and take a hard pass on that.)
I hardly need to recite the many and painful reasons why many evangelical Jesus-followers feel homeless these days. Political polarization, increasing Christian nationalism, wildly different ideas of worship and liturgy, and a myriad of social issues have fueled the spiritual crises for many.
Now, if our newfound homelessness simply meant emancipation from an unhealthy relationship, or a newfound freedom, perhaps it would be good news- a “clean break,” a fresh start, or a mutual break-up. But the terror of our homelessness is compounded in the realization that we are ruined: Christ has ruined us, and we will never be “free.” Christ refuses to leave us alone.
Of my home, Flannery O’Connor has said that, “while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted.” In grieving the death of what once was our idea of our spiritual “home”, we have become Christ-haunted, hounded by the spectre of the savior in our questioning, wandering homelessness. Salty as we may be, we cannot help but look back towards something in that city on a hill that raised us, even as we flee the destruction that pushed us out.
The Spirit of God is not the only thing we are haunted by. Ironically, in our homelessness, we become haunted houses full of spirits. Peter Rollins paints this image when he says, “we are all haunted houses. Haunted by the memory of those we love and those who have loved us. People that we have hurt, and people who have left us scarred or in pain.” Homeless I may be, but I find I cannot truly let go of the faith that the church has given to me, nor can I abandon the people who show up in both my fond memories and my nightmares.
People like me experiencing this spiritual homelessness articulate feeling they are not understood, either by the church where we used to be at home, or by the world, for whom “faith” is a relic at best and a delusion at worst- not that I can begrudge them that view of faith, as we have often presented it. And so we exist in this kind of homeless “in-between.”
I’ve taken to imagining this homeless relationship with the “church” as a kind of frayed string pulled in two directions, holding on by a thread. The tension in my heart and life constantly experiences this gap:
Between church and world.
Between assurance and unbelief.
Between fury and gratitude.
Between hope and despair.
Between heaven and hell.
And I am aware of all of them at once, and know they all exist in me.
And sometimes it’s too much.
But sometimes… just maybe… that space between is where real Christian faith becomes possible. Maybe that’s where Jesus has existed all along. Outside of our comfort, the Christian faith takes courage even for privileged Americans. It requires us to face the imperfection of ourselves and to dare all over again to believe that Christ can and does save us even still- and if us, then perhaps the empty church, too?
Sam Wells says, “We’re still God’s creation, we’re still God’s beloved, so we’re worth saving; but we’re still cowardly, cruel and crooked, so the saving costs God everything. Jesus is the violin string stretched out between heaven and earth. And the music played on that string is what we call the gospel.”
I admit this image appeals to my fondness for Kierkegaard, who offers this view of beauty in suffering: “What is a poet? A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music… and men crowd about the poet and say to him: “Sing for us soon again”; that is as much to say: May new sufferings torment your soul.”
The hope of our wandering and even our suffering, I believe, is this: Perhaps in our journey, as we pray and seek God, we are given moments where our eyes are opened, and we realize that we are not accompanied by God’s ghost at all, but by the resurrected body of Christ who meets us on the road, walking with us, towards wherever we may be going. The Son of Man has no place to lay his head either, after all. And maybe in our homelessness, walking away from what seems to us now an empty tomb, we can dare to believe the absurd news: the body of Christ is alive. The Church is on the move.
Some of us are haunted for sure. Our pain, worries, trauma, and failures are real. The ghost of churches past comes to visit us some nights. But as we allow ourselves to face those things that haunt us, says Peter Rollins, those poltergeists become holy ghosts.
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- Eliminated 98% of printed paper being received and stored.
- Developed quality assurance and back up procedures.
- Received multiple recognition rewards from management.
|Bachelor’s of Science in Software Development|
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How This Mindset Shift Brings Greater Opportunities and Success
Would you like to set yourself up for success today?
The kind of success that makes people want to work with (and for) you and leads to more opportunities in your career?
The good news is it’s totally possible. In fact, you can set yourself up for success right now and do it with ease. It takes just one simple shift in your thinking.
But first, let’s talk about the starting point that blocks us from success.
The Tendency to Judge and Blame
We’ve all done our share of judging and blaming. It’s only human. But instead of preparing you for success, judging and blaming pulls you in the opposite direction.
For some, it’s about finding fault with others. Like thinking “I can’t believe how incompetent these people are … can’t he do anything right? … none of this would have happened if they hadn’t cut corners.” Or worse yet, saying these things out loud, which puts people in a defensive “threat state”. This makes it hard for anyone to think clearly and perform at their best.
For others, it’s being hyper-critical about yourself. I’ve often woken up in the morning to my inner critic lecturing me on of all the “to do’s” I failed to get done the day before and the dire consequences if I don’t get my act together today. It’s a negative way to start the day and hardly the way to set yourself up for success.
There are many ways judging and blaming can take place in your life without your realizing it because they’ve become longstanding habits that you don’t notice anymore.
However it shows up for you, judging and blaming can hurt your chances of success and dull the joy of your achievements. Like making a great presentation but feeling like a failure because of the one thing you forgot to say (which the audience won’t have noticed!).
Instead, you can set yourself up for success by giving yourself the gift of appreciation.
Give Yourself the Gift of Appreciation
Whenever you find yourself judging and blaming, the shift in thinking you need to make is to appreciating.
When you focus on appreciating, you tap into the power of positive energy and generate forward momentum. People want to be appreciated by you, and when you appreciate others, it puts you in a positive state of mind. It’s a win-win!
And if you’re starting from the negative energy of “judging and blaming”, flipping into the positive energy of appreciating has the potential to create even more dramatic results.
I rediscovered the beauty of appreciation last month when I was on the way to a meeting with a colleague I’ve been struggling with – let’s call him John. He’s quick to judge others and constantly sharing “constructive criticism”. Every time I thought of John, it put me in a bad mood. If only I could avoid him, but we’re both integral to the project.
As I walked to the meeting, I had the insight that I was judging him! And it was getting in the way of a good working relationship. That’s when I challenged myself to make the shift from judging to appreciating.
So I made a mental list of all the things I appreciated about John. It started small (“he dresses well, he doesn’t jingle coins in his pocket”) but led to something more substantial (“he’s loyal, he wants to do the right thing”).
Making that list changed my attitude toward John so much that by the time we met, I was able to experience him in a different, more positive way. And when I noticed him displaying one of the traits on my “what I appreciate about John” list, I told him that “I appreciate how much you want to do the right thing, even when it’s unpopular.”
Simply using the words “I appreciate…” put us both in a more positive state of mind and started improving our relationship immediately. After all, we all want to be seen, heard and valued.
The shift in our relationship has led to the entire project team being able to focus on producing results without the distraction of the conflict between me and John. And it’s made me a more respected leader for the team.
Appreciation is a gift. It shifts the center of gravity in your life into a positive zone that attracts possibilities and draws people to you.
Stop Judging and Start Appreciating
So stop judging and blaming, whether it’s yourself or others. Criticizing and finding fault puts people on the defensive and into fear mode where they can’t be at their best.
Instead, when you find yourself judging yourself or others, remind yourself that you’re human and forgive yourself. Then make the conscious choice to shift to appreciation, whether that’s appreciating yourself, others or the situation you find yourself in.
You’ll be happier, others will appreciate you even more, and this will help you attract opportunities and greater success.
What could you do to express appreciation and make today a more successful day?
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As more businesses refuse to follow Governor Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 restrictions, Washington State Labor & Industries reported a record demand for enforcement.
Governor Inslee’s latest round of restrictions is only adding to that workload.
L&I said it’s now getting more than 500 complaints a day about businesses not following the rules.
That’s triple the number of complaints than just a few months ago, according to L&I employees.
“While there may be some very limited support (for noncompliant businesses), there are a lot of people concerned when businesses are not doing the right thing, because they realized it’s putting everyone in jeopardy,” said Tim Church of Washington L&I.
To tackle the increased workload, L&I said it had shifted employees to divisions with particular demand.
“There are still construction sites and warehouses and lots of other jobs that we go around and make sure that workers are being treated right on the job,” Church said.
KIRO 7 learned a diner in Chehalis that made headlines by defying state orders is now facing a hefty fine.
The the owner of Spiffy’s Restaurant in Chehalis will have to pay $67,000 for not following COVID rules.
In a recent interview, Samuelson said he had no regrets about disobeying the governor’s orders.
“The sales yesterday were what I anticipated to be and ended up being about 10 times that. The people that come in are so happy, it’s like their first Christmas or something,” he said in a Dec. 1 interview.
With restrictions now extended until Jan. 4., L&I said it expected even more pushback in this pandemic.
“Everybody’s working hard and we just keep doing it today and get up the next day and do it again,” said Church, adding that the penalties for not following the rules are stiff.
In Spiffy’s case, Samuelson was fined more than $9,000 for every day that they were open for indoor dining.
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To start trading, you will need an amount. All the money that you will earn will be entirely yours, and there will be no hidden charges.
Step 3: Alter the earning mechanism.
You can select how much profit you want to earn or if youre going to apply halt on risk, you can do that too.
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How to Use Bitcoin Bank?
Step 1: Register on Bitcoin Bank
The registration process is straightforward and easy. You need to provide some basic personal details and fill up a sign-up form. Since it’s a free platform, you can sign-up immediately.
Step 2: Practice and Explore
You obtain access to a ‘demo account’. It helps you to learn new trading strategies and explore all the features of the software. You can practice by booking trades using virtual credits.
Step 3: Fund Your Trading Account
The start-up deposit is $250. This amount allows you to start small, and as you begin to trust the software, you can proceed and open a position of a higher amount.
Step 4: Modify Trading Requirements and Choose Mode
To be in control of your trades, you’ve to set trading parameters as per your requirements. In addition to parameters, you also have to select the mode that you’d like to trade-in – assistance, or manual. If you want to place trades on your own, choose the manual mode, and otherwise.
Step 5: Receive Accurate Signals
Based on your trading parameters, the algorithm will send accurate trade signals to you. The software has a success rate of nearing 99%. So, you can win profits from every trade.
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Benefits of Bitcoin Bank
- The Bitcoin Bank trading software has an accuracy rate of nearly 99%. So, it brings out lucrative trade opportunities and executes them for you.
• It’s one of the most reliable trading platforms. The algorithm, incorporated with the ‘time-jump’ feature, is always ahead of the market.
• It’s a free platform. You don’t get charged for deposits and withdrawals. There are zero hidden charges. The funds you add to your trading account and the profits you win are yours.
• Bitcoin Bank is an Internet-based trading software. This makes it easy to access. You don’t have to install and download any app on your smartphone or laptop.
• The minimum deposit is set at $250 only. This amount allows you to start by placing trades of small amounts.
Is Bitcoin Bank a legitimate system?
No, Bitcoin Bank is not legit. We can say it because it is based on a system that has been subject to numerous warnings from financial regulators all over the world (for example the FSMA).
The thing is that every system that is supposed to trade financial markets automatically on your behalf has to be authorized by financial regulators. But Bitcoin Bank has no license whatsoever, which make it an illegal investment service that cannot be offered in most countries.
Is Bitcoin Bank a safe system?
No, Bitcoin Bank is not safe. First of all, it was made to lose your money, so it is very risky for your trading capital. Anything you invest with this app will be lost.
Secondly, Bitcoin Bank is very risky for your personal information. If you submit your personal data to this system, it will be shared among scammers who will try to abuse it to get money from you.
This is why you should not even register for Bitcoin Bank, let alone deposit any money with it.
Bitcoin Bank FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some questions that I have seen online about the product:
Is Bitcoin Bank a scam?
I can find no significant complaints about this company. They generally have positive reviews and do not appear to be a scam.
What about hidden costs with Bitcoin Bank? Are there any?
I briefly mention this above. I can find no reports of any hidden costs. You do need to pay the $250 minimum investment fee, and the only other price is the 1% commission rate on profits.
So, can you make $1,300 a day with Bitcoin Bank?
By now, you should know…there are no guarantees with any investment, Nevertheless:
There are various people online who state that they make substantially more than $1,300 per day using this platform!
If you learn the process thoroughly and follow the guidelines, it seems possible to earn $1,300 per day!
Do plenty of background reading about the investment process when you sign up for the platform, manage your expectations…
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This citrusy salsa is flavored with canned chilies, garlic, salt and vinegar. The time it takes to open a can of tomatillos and pour it in a food processor is how long it takes to make this tomatillo salsa. Just add four more ingredients, process and you’re done!
Tomatillo is an under utilized ingredient in my opinion. The canned variety is a handy ingredient to have in your pantry.
This citrusy-like fruit is sour if harvested early in the season and sweeter/seedier if harvested late. The sour tomatillo is a popular ingredient in salsa verde. The later can be used as a tomato substitute.
I keep a small can of this amazing Mexican fruit for last minute salsa or to add some zip to a soup. You can add on to this recipe or tweak it to your tastes. Salsas are very forgiving that way. You can use less tomatillos and keep the rest of the ingredients the same and you will still have a great salsa. It will be less citrusy and more peppery. So don’t be afraid to experiment to your tastes. It’s fun!
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Among those accompanying Minister Péter Szijjártó were H.E. Janos Balla, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Russia; Mr. Zsolt Csutora, Deputy State Secretary for Easterly Opening; Mr. Gyula Budai, Ministry Commissioner at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of measures related to the Russian embargo.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, who visited Hungary many times as the DECR chairman greeted the guests and recalled his trip there in 2011 when the country celebrated the m millennium of Christiany. He noted the recent active development of relations between Russia and Hungary, including contacts among common people. For instance, even more Russian people are visiting Hungary to see its wonderful architecture and landscapes, to have rest and medical treatment. Good attitude of the Hungarians to Russian tourists is especially important.
His Holiness continued to say:
“The Russian-speaking diaspora in Hungary is an important factor that affects development of relations between our countries. People, whom we call compatriots, are Russians, Ukrainians and representatives of many other nationalities. Most of them are members of the Russian Orthodox Church. They can realize their religious rights and meet their religious needs as there are twelve parishes in the Moscow Patriarchate’s diocese of Budapest and Hungary. I would like to thank the Government of Hungary represented by you for benevolent atmosphere for the work of our church institutions in your country.”
His Holiness added that the Russian Church maintains traditionally friendly relations with other Christian confessions in Hungary, mainly with the Catholic and Reformed Churches.
“These relations intensively developed intensively in the 1970-80s when we conducted theological dialogue with the Reformed Church in Hungary called Debrecen as the dialogue began in this city”
His Holiness recalled Bishop Károly Tóth who was the head of the Reformed Church at that time and general secretary of the Christian Peace Conference. His Holiness stressed:
“During the cold war we worked for the keeping of relations between East and West, and even theological dialogue helped Christians understand that we all share one and the same system of values. As to the attitude of the Russian Orthodox to the West, their good feelings were based on common values.
“That was a paradoxical situation as there were no common values with representatives of the Communist party in our country, while we had common values with Christians in the West and with Western Christian culture. There appeared ideas of common Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok. That is why the Orthodox in Russia are too sensitive to the dismantling and removal of Christian values from the life of the Western world. We cannot consider the deviation from Christian principles and Christian moral as a value. We cannot take as a norm the fate of the little Charlie Gard who is being deprived the right to life. Also, we cannot consider same-sex unions as a common value and many other things that run contrary to Christian ethics”
“I believe that the conflict of values is the main one of all existing conflicts between East and West and provokes tension of relations between them.”
Patriarch Kirill noted that Hungary’s position on Christian ethics and morals deserves special respect.
“We respect the provisions of the Hungarian Constitution of 2012 which say that God and Christianity unite the Hungarian people, describe marriage as a union between man and woman and say that human life begins with conception.”
His Holiness also emphasized the importance of Hungary’s position on the protection of Christians in the Middle East and spoke about his numerous visits to the region at the time when one million and a half Christians lived in the north of Iraq, while there are only one hundred and fifty thousand of them at present. I consider it the civilizational tragedy. While in Damascus I celebrated divine services and met with many people even in the streets, including Muslims and Christians who spoke of their fear of upsetting the balance between Christians and Muslims because of the war. We see the reality of these fears in the regions occupied by terrorists.
“We live in troubled times, but as Christians we must never lose hope. Christian Churches must make special efforts for the sake of achieving peace and justice,” the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church said.
Minister Péter Szijjártó thanked His Holiness for the meeting, conveyed to him best wishes from the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and expressed his hope for Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Hungary next year. Minister Szijjártó underscored the importance of the development of the state-to-state, political, cultural and economic relations between East and West and of good relations between people of different countries. | <urn:uuid:623ac1ea-5384-4f92-8cac-9cad4b4a1d7f> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.pravmir.com/holiness-patriarch-kirill-meets-hungarian-minister-foreign-affairs-trade-peter-szijjarto/ | 2022-10-01T01:38:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335514.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20221001003954-20221001033954-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.96484 | 971 | [
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- Grayscale is now providing buyers publicity to Solana via its newest belief.
- The Grayscale Solana Belief is Grayscale’s sixteenth single-asset product providing.
- Solana has had an enormous yr regardless of some points. Its SOL token is up over 14,000% year-to-date.
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The world’s largest digital asset administration agency, Grayscale, has introduced the launch of the Grayscale Solana Belief, a brand new single-asset funding product providing institutional and high-net-worth people oblique publicity to Solana’s SOL foreign money.
Grayscale Providing Solana Publicity
Grayscale has simply made it simpler for institutional buyers to get publicity to Solana.
The asset administration big introduced the launch of its Grayscale Solana Belief Tuesday, a brand new product providing oblique publicity to Solana’s native SOL token. It’s the sixteenth single-asset product within the firm’s suite of funding choices. The belief will solely give publicity to SOL, and its shared will likely be traded on the secondary market.
The product launch was completely revealed to Forbes and later confirmed in a press launch. Commenting on the product launch, Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein advised Forbes that its new providing is available in gentle of rising curiosity in Solana. He mentioned:
“In lots of buyers’ minds, there’s a continued urge for food to put money into Solana. In some sense, it’s a less expensive blockchain [than Ethereum], and at this time we’re seeing over 500 decentralized apps and about 1.2 million month-to-month lively customers on the community. Whenever you form of take a step again, and also you see how rapidly it has been capable of ramp up, it’s actually fairly spectacular.”
SOL has been one of many best-performing cryptocurrencies available on the market this yr, surging over 14,000% from roughly $1.50 initially of the yr to $210 at press time. Solana is at present the world’s fifth-largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of simply above $62.9 billion.
All through this yr, Ethereum’s scaling pains and excessive transaction prices have pushed retail buyers and fewer rich energy customers to flock to various Layer 1 blockchains like Binance Sensible Chain, Fantom, Avalanche, and Solana. Many of the so-called “Ethereum killers” are appropriate with Ethereum Digital Machine, aside from Solana. Its apps are inbuilt Rust slightly than Solidity, which has acted as one thing of a moat for the high-speed blockchain in current months.
Whereas a number of blockchains have seen their DeFi and NFT ecosystems thrive in current months, Solana has emerged as one of many winners and largest rivals to Ethereum, boasting greater than 1.2 million month-to-month lively customers and roughly $14.7 billion in whole worth locked in DeFi functions on the community. Regardless of touting promising expertise, most notably excessive transaction speeds and low prices, Solana has additionally confronted a number of problems with its personal. In September, the community suffered a 18-hour outage as a consequence of transaction load administration issues. Many Solana critics say that the blockchain is extra centralized than the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Grayscale, too, has had with its personal justifiable share of issues in current months. The agency has seen most of its belief commerce at important reductions to web asset values over the previous yr, thanks partly as a consequence of a spread of competing merchandise providing buyers new alternate options. Grayscale trusts are closed-end funds, that means they can not simply add or take away shares in response to real-time demand. From an investor’s perspective, closed-end funds may be much less enticing funding automobiles when in comparison with exchange-traded funds, which provide an efficient approach to monitor the worth of the underlying property underneath administration.
Disclosure: On the time of writing, the creator of this function owned ETH and a number of other different cryptocurrencies.
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The need for new Varroa treatments
The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is the main pest of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Although small in size, it has produced enormous losses to the apiculture and pollination industries in addition to the almost extinction of wild honeybees throughout the world. Varroa is an ectoparasite (ecto = external) that affects both larvae and adult bees by piercing their cuticle (skin) and feeding on their internal tissues . This leads to the transmission of viruses and a decrease in hive viability. Without human intervention to reduce the effects of the mite, most beehives infected with Varroa die within one year. Even with human intervention, Varroa causes significant losses. In the US, beekeepers have reported annual hive loss rates of 30% and often reaching 40% or more since 2007 .
The Varroa mite has been a problem since the 1950’s when Varroa jumped hosts from Apis cerana, the Asian honeybee, to Apis mellifera, the European honeybee. Varroa mite was found in Japan in the 1950’s; China and India in the 1960’s; in Eastern Europe, South America, and parts of Africa in the 1970’s; in Western Europe and North America in the 1980’s; in the UK in the 1990’s; and in New Zealand and Hawaii in the 2000’s –. While A. cerana evolved tolerance to the mite, A. mellifera had not been exposed to it which led to the devastating effects. One of the main differences is that while in A. cerana the Varroa mite reproduces only in drone brood, in A. mellifera the mite also reproduces in worker brood . As the Varroa mite is a vector for viruses, relatively non-virulent viruses such as Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) have become highly prevalent. It is the effect of these viruses that actually produces the colony death .
Imagine the situation for beekeepers when facing the Varroa mite challenge for the first time back in the 1960’s, 1970’s, or 1980’s. A common initial reaction was to try to eradicate the mite. In Japan, for example, Varroa mite was first found in 1955, had spread to most of the south by 1958, and was in all areas within 10 years. Initially, beekeepers would burn the infected bee stocks so as to burn any mites, and sterilise the hives with caustic soda. Later on, beekeepers started looking for chemical treatments . However, in the first few decades there were no Varroa mite treatments available in the market. Nearly every country affected initiated some efficacy studies with various acaricide sprays, fumigants, and powders . Beekeepers adapted the use of other pesticides for beekeeping. Unfortunately, there were no studies showing that these treatments were effective, whether they were safe for the bees, and whether they contaminated the honey. In hindsight, perhaps one would think that the best would have been for beekeepers not to interfere and let the bees evolve tolerance against the mite. Some proponents argued not to use pesticides inside the hives . The problem is that this would have meant that most of the colonies would have died and no beekeeper really likes that idea. A search of old research papers shows a number of different chemicals tested and cumbersome ways of applying them. Most of these chemicals are no longer used , –.
There are several challenges in finding chemical treatments that are suitable for Varroa mite control. First, they have to be able to affect the mites without affecting the bees. This is easier said than done given that mites and bees are relatively closely related as both are arthropods. Second, they don’t have to contaminate the honey as this could be toxic for human consumption. Third, they have to be practical for the beekeeper to apply. Initial chemical interventions produced undesired effects such as high bee and queen mortality and potential to produce honey contamination. There were also reports of mites developing resistance to the treatments . Given these constraints, it may be considered a blessing that after a few decades of studies plus trial and error we have a few reliable chemical treatments available. These are divided into synthetic chemical treatments and organic chemical treatments.
Synthetic chemical treatments are the preferred option for beekeepers. The most common active ingredients are the formamidine amitraz, the pyrethroyds flumethrin/tau-fluvalinate, and the organophosphate coumaphos (coumaphos is not approved for Varroa mite control in New Zealand). Unfortunately, Varroa mites are developing resistance to these synthetic treatments, in particular the pyrethroids and coumaphos. This is a significant issue in North America, South America and Europe and is a developing problem in New Zealand. Amitraz is the only synthetic chemical treatment that remains effective in most areas throughout the world.
Alternatively, beekeepers can utilise organic chemicals, such as oxalic acid, formic acid, and thymol. There are commercial formulations or can be purchased in bulk. Given their mode of action, development of mite resistance to these treatments is unlikely. However, their application is labour intensive, they are not as safe for bees and beekeepers as the synthetic treatments, and are somewhat unreliable as their effectiveness can vary with weather. As mite resistance to synthetic chemicals increases, many beekeepers follow up with an organic treatment as a backup.
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Douro as the main stage for Valentine's Day
Tips and Suggestions
If love is in the air, how about taking your partner on a boat trip?
The Douro, by itself, already has a very unique romanticism that, with a little help from our professionals, manages to recreate the perfect atmosphere for a passionate night.
Origin of Valentine's Day
The most widespread version says that, by the time of the 3rd century, Emperor Claudius II, wanting to form a powerful Roman army, decided to temporarily prohibit the celebration of weddings to ensure that young people were more easily focused on war and military life.
However, Bishop Valentine went against orders and continued to celebrate weddings, now in hiding. The affront to the Emperor's will meant that Valentine ended up in prison and sentenced to death.
Until his execution, he received flowers and letters (which explains the exchange of postcards, letters and gifts, nowadays) sent by anonymous people as a show of support and consideration for his conduct.
A romantic cruise
While children have fun with video-games, at the home of friends or family, on that program constantly postponed because of homework, parents relax peacefully on a cruise in the Douro with a sumptuous dinner on board and matching drinks, on a night where there is no lack of musical entertainment (with DJ or background music, depending on your choice).
On the other hand, and because in the matters of the heart there are always several phases to beware of, this program is also recommended for those who start each morning with butterflies in their stomach, with more will to do their routine tasks and remember their loved one in different situations throughout the day. The passion phase, therefore.
The relaxing cruise begins with an aperitif cocktail as you prepare to taste an appetizing warm soup with the most tasty and elegant extras of the moment.
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For those who like to enjoy Port and Douro wines, the night does not end without an “Elixir do Amor”, made by the best nectars in the Douro region.
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This paper assesses the determinants of innovation activities in Croatian enterprises and their implications for innovation policy. A Type-2 Tobit model is used for modelling the innovation behaviour of Croatian companies, based on the results of a Community Innovation Survey conducted for the period 2001-2003. This model identified the positive effects of conditions for enterprise growth (enterprise size and demand pull variable) and the integration of enterprises into international flows of capital and goods (through foreign direct investments) as well as R&D activities. These variables can be tackled through a more effective policy framework that should increase competitiveness within industries in order to stimulate the demand for innovation. The focus should be on fostering enterprise growth, attraction of FDI with strong spillover effects, and stimulating the export capability of enterprises. Only in such a context can the positive effects of engagement in R&D be maximised. Key words: Innovation activities, Community Innovation Survey, Croatia JEL: O31 DOI: 10.2478/v10033-008-0008-6 1. Introduction Innovation tends to be considered a major driver of both economic growth and the competitiveness of companies and industries. However, measurement and analysis of innovative activities and their impacts at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels have often been burdened with conceptual and applicative difficulties. Following the Oslo Manual (cf. OECD 1997), a methodology for collecting and interpreting enterpriselevel data on technological and organisational innovation has been developed and applied to the countries of the European Union and its new member states. In addition to economic imperatives, the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe have tended to embrace innovation-related issues within their accession into the European Union, which defines the development of a knowledge-based economy as a crucial policy goal (CEU 2000). *Aralica: Institute of Economics, Zagreb Trg J. F. Kennedy 7, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia e-mail: [email protected] *Raci: Centre for Strategy and Development Kranjcevieva 27a, HR 10000 Zagreb e-mail: [email protected] *Radi: University of Wuppertal Gaußstraße 20, 42097 Wuppertal e-mail: [email protected] * The authors would like to thank Slavo Radosevi, Kresimir Zigi and Vladimir Cvijanovi for valuable comments. SEE booklet CC.indd 77 The existing research into innovation (cf. Bozi and Radas 2005; Raci et al. 2005), innovation policy (cf. Andrijevi-Matovac 2003; Aralica and Baci 2005; Svarc 2006) and competitiveness (cf. NCC 2006) indicates the inadequate innovation performance of the Croatian economy and deficiencies in the processes supporting the development and commercialisation of new knowledge. However, these findings have not so far been supported by a comprehensive firm-level innovation survey. The aim of the paper is to explore the determinants of innovation propensity in Croatia, which should help elucidate some of the key factors of the economic transformation required to fulfil the requirements of its expected EU accession and advancement of the Lisbon agenda in general. The paper aims to address the absence of a firm-level survey and transcend descriptive analysis by econometric modelling, providing a useful input into the formulation of a more effective innovation policy. This analysis of innovation activities is based on the first Community Innovation Survey (CIS) conducted in Croatia for the years 20012003. The rest of the paper is organized as follows: We start with a brief literature review of the determinants of innovation activities. Section three introduces the dataset and offers some descriptive results that will form the basis for the econometric modelling. In section four, we will estimate a Tobit model which explicitly takes the peculiarities of CIS type data into account. Most of the variables that might explain the innovation behaviour of firms are available for innovative firms, but not for their non-innovative counterparts. A Tobit model addresses this data problem by assuming a two step model for innovations. In the first phase, the decision of the firm to introduce a new product/ service is modelled. Given a positive decision at the first step, the share of innovative sales is measured in a second phase using a simple regression model. The final section consists of concluding remarks.. phenomenon influenced by a large number of factors (cf. Crespi 2004, p. 21). Given the variety of potential causal relationships within which innovation activities can be placed, the literature dealing with innovation activity determinants is extremely extensive. It links innovation with diverse topics and places it within different contexts. Empirical evidence about innovation activities determinants has been flourishing in the last twenty years and has shown a variety of results in different national contexts (cf. a broad literature survey by Cohen (2005). Given the variety of the possible explanatory variables used in the literature, empirical analysis inevitably needs to focus on the variables that are deemed more relevant and/or the variables for which reliable data are available. Since this paper is based on Community Innovation Survey firm-level data, it deals with the characteristics of innovation activities and connects innovation and other firm activities (cf. Dosi 1988), pointing to the context and/or content of innovation-related processes. Firm specific capabilities have become important recently in the analysis of firm innovation activity determinants and their relation to firm performance (cf. Cohen 2005, p. 201). The focus of this analysis has been on research and development (R&D) activities and their relation to innovation activities. Various qualitative analyses show the importance of R&Drelated capabilities for the process and commercial outcomes of a firm's innovative activities (Teece 1986, 1977; Mowery and Rosenberg 1989). An important issue is whether innovation activities are based on and related to R&D. R&D activity is an indispensable part of more complex innovation activities with longer-term effects on companies and markets, but innovation is by no means restricted to R&D. A significant amount of innovation and improvements originates from design improvements, `learning by doing' and `learning by using' (Arrow 1962; Rosenberg 1982; Mowery and Rosenberg 1989) and such informal efforts are generally embodied in people and organisations (Teece 1977, 1986; Pavitt 1986). In the analysis of innovation patterns in Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC), Radosevic (1999) found that the companies from CEECs purchase relatively more embodied technology than companies from the EU; they also have a lower share of R&D expenditures in total innovation expenditures. Non-R&D sources of innovation also mean that the forms of protection of innovation are diverse and include formal (patents, copyright and trade marks) and informal (e.g. design complexity, trade secrets, faster market entry) means (cf. Crespi 2004). Cohen, Nelson and Walsh (2000) found that the other ways of protecting intellectual property - such as being first in the market, using trade secrets and developing complex designs - are more effective 2. Literature Review The influence of innovation activities on firm performance has been widely acknowledged (Griffith et al. 2006). Innovation activities affect firm performance in terms of value added, sales, employment and profitability (cf. Lööf and Heshmati (2006), Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse (1988)). However, when it comes to innovation activity determinants, there is a much greater diversity of views and approaches. The results of various studies demonstrate that innovation is a complex SEE booklet CC.indd 78 than patents. Baldwin, Hanel, and Sabourin (2000) found that the causal relationship is much stronger going from innovation to the decision to use patents than from the use of patents to innovation. However, innovation incentives are not entirely exogenous, as innovation capability further stimulates companies to protect their innovation results by patents. High risks and costs and the lack of available knowledge induce firms to seek external partners, thereby developing innovations in collaboration with suppliers, customers, competitors and academic institutions. The importance of cooperation has risen steadily alongside the complexity, risk and cost of innovation activities. Innovation cooperation influences innovation activities through the pattern of collaborative relationships and partner type involved (Vinding 2002). This relationship is mutually reinforcing - external linkages facilitate innovation, and at the same time innovative outputs attract further collaborative ties (Powell and Grodal 2005, p. 67-68). Competition increases the interaction and dynamism of market processes; consequently, it usually facilitates demand for innovative products and/or services. The competitiveness and innovation activities are primarily linked via the national innovation capacity, which involves R&D supply, absorption capacity, the diffusion of knowledge and market demand (cf. Radosevi, 2004). However, in a particular industry, competition incurs specific innovative expenditures on firms; for example, in high-tech industry it leads to the internalization of innovative activities, where the majority of innovative products are a result of firms' own R&D investments (cf. Baumol 2004). An educated workforce tends to be a prerequisite for undertaking innovation. The presence of employees engaged in R&D activities can facilitate successful innovation activities. More specifically, the number of employees engaged in R&D favours the generation of innovations; this effect increases with the special skills of the personnel charged with these activities (cf. Leiponen 2005). The recent stream of literature exploring innovation activities within SMEs has been growing. SMEs' innovativeness is the result of various factors, such as industry-specific factors, firm-specific factors and innovation-specific factors (cf. Hausman 2005). Within SMEs it seems that the capability of entrepreneurial behaviour is the crucial factor behind innovation activities (e.g. Caird 1994, Lipparini and Sobrero 1994, Kickul and Gundry 2002). In the last twenty years, innovation has become closely linked to the internationalisation of business activities. Two groups of literature have appeared that examine the determinants of innovation activities in international business activities. The first group examines the distinction between foreign and domestic ownership with regard to innovation performance. A standard argument in this context is that increasing FDI also increases the inflow of external knowledge and technology. Raci et al. (2005) found that foreignowned firms were more innovative than domestic firms and that this relation was affected by the characteristics of foreign direct investment in Croatia. However, Jaklic, Rojec, and Damijan (2006) found that innovation cooperation influences innovation activities for the domestic partner only (and not for the international ones) and claimed that foreign ownership was not in fact a significant determinant of innovation activity. The second stream of literature analyses the impact of multinational enterprises (MNE) and their subsidiaries created through FDI on internationalisation of innovation activities. The results of empirical studies confirm that multinational companies have a positive influence on local subsidiaries and their innovation activities through knowledge transfer (e.g. Aitken and Harrison 1999, Girma, Greenaway, and Wakelin 2001, Damijan et. al. 2003). It seems that the relation between parent companies and subsidiary is a major challenge for MNEs, specifically the issue of devising an organisational system capable of transferring know-how across units and locations, and allowing locally generated know-how to be used throughout the multinational organisation (Sanna-Randaccio and Veugelers 2003). 3. Dataset and Descriptive Results In this section the dataset is briefly introduced and some descriptive results are presented. The data have been obtained through the first firm-level innovation survey in Croatia, in which data was collected in accordance with the Oslo Manual (cf. OECD, 1997). The survey covers the period from 2001 to 2003. This postal survey was commissioned by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. It was undertaken in autumn 2004 by the Institute of Economics. The available literature on the implementation of CIS III was also consulted (e.g. Kurik et al., 2002; Boia et al., 2003). In addition to general information about the enterprise, the survey covered the following aspects of innovation activities: product and process innovation, expenditures on innovation activities, intramural research and experimental development, innovation cooperation, sources for innovation, factors hampering innovation activities, innovation protection, and important strategic and organisational changes in the enterprises. The survey was based on a stratified representative sample of all Croatian enterprises in relevant manufacturing and service sectors. The sample consists of 1272 firms. The following table SEE booklet CC.indd 79 Table 1: Size, distribution and innovation propensity of Croatian firms12 shows the distribution of the firms according to the number of employees. There seems to be an inverted U-shape relation between the size of the firms and their innovation propensity. The share of micro firms with less than 10 employees that have introduced product or process innovations amounts to 27% and 19%, respectively. These shares increase with firm size. Consequently, firms with 50-250 employees are the most innovative ones regarding product innovations (37%). However, in the case of firms with more than 250 employees, the share of firms with product innovations drops again markedly to 12%. The low innovativeness of the largest enterprise may reflect temporary restructuring difficulties at several large enterprises, rather than a systemic feature of the economy. The relation between firm size and process innovations varies less, but, again, drops in the case of the largest enterprises. The following table shows the industrial affiliation of Croatian firms. Columns two and three contain the share of innovative firms in the different industry sectors. We have considered two different innovation indicators, namely product and process innovations. Table 2: Industrial affiliation and innovation propensity of Croatian firms SEE booklet CC.indd 80 The figures in Table 2 reveal that the machinery (0.51) and food industries (0.47) contain the highest share of firms that have introduced new products, whereas the plastic (0.38) and food industries (0.36) lead when it comes to the introduction of process innovations. Moreover, there is no clear relationship between the level of complexity of products and technologies of particular industries and their level of innovativeness. That could be due to the role of other factors at the micro level that may influence innovation processes such as product diversification, firmspecific capabilities1 as well as the level of competition in a given industry2. change. First, not every innovation is based on a patentable invention, and not every patent results in a marketable product. Second, in certain industries - like the automotive industry - patents play only a minor role as a barrier to imitation and hence differences in patent activities across industries will not always reflect differences in innovation activities. Third, institutional, legal and economic factors related to the process of obtaining a patent will also have an impact on patent intensities (for a discussion on patents, cf. Griliches 1990). Finally, simply looking at patents says nothing about the economic value of the innovation (cf. Patel and Pavitt 2005). We therefore decided to use an output-oriented measure, namely the declaration of whether a firm has introduced a new product/service and the percentage of sales due to this new product/service.3 The advantage of such an approach is the ability to directly measure the economic outcomes of innovation activities. There are, however, also some disadvantages that should be mentioned. Although the questionnaire contains a detailed description of the notion of a new product/service, CIS surveys reflect the subjective view of firms, which have to decide what they regard as a product/service innovation. This is especially pronounced in the first applications of such surveys in a new environment.4 A Type-2 Tobit model consists of two steps. In the first step, the decision of a firm to introduce a new product/ service is modelled using a simple Probit model. Given a positive decision at the first stage, the share of innovative sales, yi, follows a simple censored regression model at the second stage. Formally:5 4. Econometric Modelling In the following section we will model the innovation behaviour of Croatian firms using a Type-2 Tobit model. Such a procedure has become common for CIS-type data since most of the variables that might explain the innovation behaviour of firms are only available for innovative firms but not for their non-innovative parts (cf. Raymond et al. 2006). As has been noted by Mohnen and Dagenais, (2000, p. 10), `there is little information in the CIS dataset regarding non-innovators'. We thus have very little information in the CIS database to discriminate between innovators and non-innovators. As a consequence, only a censored regression approach can be estimated which explicitly takes account of this data structure, as will be explained in more detail below. Regarding possible dependent variables, the CIS dataset contains a number of indicators that can be classified into input and output side oriented variables. Input oriented indicators of innovation activities included in the questionnaire are R&D expenditures and variables indicating whether firms are engaged in R&D co-operation or not. Although widely used, indicators based on R&D bear several limitations as a measure of technological change. First, they underestimate technological activities in manufacturing and service industries where much of the technical change takes place around design and manufacturing that is not captured by the concept of R&D (Patel and Pavitt, 2005, p.21). Second, small and medium sized firms often do not possess a separate business unit devoted to R&D. Using R&D expenditure or R&D personnel as a measure will therefore underestimate their innovation activities. Finally, as an input measure, R&D expenditures are only loosely connected with the output of technological change. On the output side, the CIS questionnaire contains information on patents granted to firms, which are another frequently used measure of technological activity. However, several drawbacks have to be taken into account when considering patents as a measure of technological (1) The latent variable, y*i, can be interpreted as the propensity to innovate.6 In the first stage we use data on innovators and non-innovators: If y*i exceeds the threshold level, which is set to zero for identification, the firm decides to innovate. If, on the other hand, y*i is below zero, the firm decides not to innovate and what we observe in the dataset is thus yi = 0. In the second step innovative sales as measured by yi are modelled by the regression part of the Tobit model. It should be noted that for a type-2 Tobit model the first stage decision whether to be innovative or not depends on a set of explanatory variables x, whereas the decision about the amount of innovative sales is assumed to depend on another set of exogenous variables z. The set of these variables may not be identical. We further assume that the two error terms and follow a standard normal distribution. SEE booklet CC.indd 81 As already stated, due to the construction of the CIS questionnaire, the set of variables for the first stage decision is rather limited. We considered the following: - Size dummies: establishments with 11-50 employees, establishments with 51-250 employees and establishments with more than 250 employees. - 16 industry sector dummies.7 Size is a traditional explanation for innovative behaviour.8 Larger firms have better access to capital markets or more internal funds to finance uncertain and risky innovation projects. They have better access to competent and specialised staff, which can foster the development of specific competences. R&D activities exhibit economies of scale and scope, i.e. larger firms have better opportunities to diversify the risks associated with innovation activities. Fixed costs associated with R&D investments can be distributed over a larger volume of sales. Finally, there might be complementarities between innovation and certain activities, e.g. marketing or planning, which are more pronounced among larger firms. There are, however, also counteracting effects. Larger firms tend to be more bureaucratic and hierarchical, which can hinder innovation activities. Also associated with an increasing size is a loss of managerial control of innovation activities. Hence, the impact of firm size on innovations is not clear-cut. For transition economies another point becomes important in this context. During the transition period in Croatia a lot of formerly state-owned enterprises were reduced through restructuring or split up into smaller units (cf. Raci and Cvijanovi 2005) Moreover, new small and medium sized companies were founded, but their innovation capability tends to be limited. Due to missing data, industrial affiliation has to measure a set of different effects. First of all, different industries are characterized by different technological conditions and opportunities. Examples include the maturity of the technology used, the rate of technological advance, and the `closeness' to science and externally generated knowledge through R&D co-operation. If internal `absorptive' capabilities are available, as measured, for example, by the number of R&D personnel, such external technological opportunities can be exploited for innovations. Including industry dummies will also control for market characteristics in such industries, e.g. market concentration and differing demand conditions. For the second stage, i.e. the amount of innovative sales, the following variables were included in the regression: - Size of the firm measured by the following dummies: establishments with 11-50 employees, establishments with 51-250 employees and establishments with more than 250 employees. - Share of employees with a university degree - Share of capital foreign investors hold - Dummy variable indicating whether the international market is the most important - Dummy variable indicating whether the firm is continuously engaging in R&D or not - Dummy variable indicating R&D cooperation with other firms or institutions such as universities - Demand pull indicator, which equals one if the aim of the product innovation was to extend the product range or to open up new markets.9 The economic reasons for the inclusion of the size variable are the same as those for the first step. However, firms differ also in their specific technology capabilities. These capabilities are reflected in differences in the qualification structure of the employees, in the internal organization of R&D, manufacturing and marketing and the ways of information processing. Firms with better in-house R&D capabilities will more successfully pursue innovations and also have better absorptive capacities to gain from outside technological opportunities. Therefore we also include the share of highly qualified employees, i.e. employees with a university degree, and continuous engagement in R&D as a proxy for the internal technological capabilities of a firm. Better in-house technology capabilities are especially necessary when cooperating with other institutions in R&D since these firms have better absorptive capacities to gain from such outside technological opportunities. We therefore also include a corresponding dummy variable which equals one if a firm engages in such R&D cooperation. Since firms' innovation activities respond to economic incentives, especially to changing demand conditions, large and fast growing markets will increase the return on investment in innovations. We control for this by including a demand pull indicator which equals one if the aim of the product innovation was to extend the product range or to open up new markets. Another factor that might spur innovation activities is competition. Therefore, it might be expected that internationally oriented firms are the more innovative ones. The estimation of the Tobit model was done using a simple two-step procedure. In the first step the parameters for the Probit model were obtained. Given these parameters, a Mills ratio, (xi' )/ (xi' ), was calculated and plugged into the second stage regression conditional on positive shares of innovative sales.10 (2) where (.) is the standard normal density and (.) the standard normal cumulative density function. SEE booklet CC.indd 82 Table 3: Probit regression results: Product innovation yes/no The figures in Table 3 refer to the Probit equation, i.e. the decision whether to introduce an innovation or not, and indicate that according to the previous reasoning the number of employees has an inverted U-shape impact on the marginal likelihood of introducing a new product or service.11 Compared to micro-establishments with less than 10 employees, establishments with 11-50 employees have a 5%-points higher probability to introduce an innovation. Establishments with 51-250 employees have an ever higher probability (by 10%-points), whereas large companies have a lower innovation probability than microestablishments (by 17%-points). Now we turn to the estimation results for the censored regression equation. Contrary to the previous inverted U-shape results, the size of firms now has a negative marginal impact on the share of innovative sales (Table 4). Or to put it simply: size has an inverted U-shape effect on Table 4: Censored regression results: Share of positive innovative sales SEE booklet CC.indd 83 the marginal probability to introduce an innovation, i.e. micro establishments (less than 10 employees) and large establishments are less innovative than SMEs. On the other hand, the impact on innovative sales is larger for smaller firms. Except for the qualification structure of firms, which turns out to be insignificant, all other variables have the a-priori expected sign. Continuous engagement in R&D and R&D cooperation, turn out to be positive and significant. Since R&D activities have been recognised as a crucial factor of innovation activity and/or innovation capacity (Cohen and Levinthal, 1989) this result is not surprising, despite the fact that overall R&D expenditures of analysed firms tend to be relatively low (cf. Raci et al., 2005). Increasing the participation of foreign investors by 1% of the capital they hold increases innovative sales by 0.27%. Demand pull is statistically significant at the 8-% level, indicating that the share of innovative sales is higher if the innovation aims at extending the product range. On the other hand, the insignificance of employee education levels seems to indicate the low capability of companies to upgrade and utilise the acquired knowledge of their employees in order to develop and launch new economically viable products. The statistical significance of the share of capital of foreign investors can be explained by the introduction or strengthening of innovative culture and competent management, as well as by the introduction of products and processes into local subsidiaries that are already known within the parent company. Such findings are in line with assumptions that firms with a higher share of capital held by foreign investors are more innovative both because the inflow of foreign direct investments can provide an external source of knowledge and skills, as well as because foreign investors may actually prefer to invest in firms with stronger capabilities for innovation. Statistical significance of the demand pull variable can be explained by increasing competitiveness, which forces the Croatian companies to involve new innovative elements in their business strategies such as introducing new products or increasing capacity. The statistical significance of the variable `the international market being most important' can be explained by the more intense competition in foreign markets, which increases the incentives of exportoriented firms to innovate. To check for multi-collinearity, we also report the variance inflation factor (VIF) in the last column of Table 4. The VIF is defined as (1 Ri2)-1 where Ri2 is the R2 obtained from regressing the i-th exogenous variable on all other independent variables. Consequently, a high VIF indicates multi-collinearity. However, the VIF values are all below 2, showing that there is no serious multi-collinearity problem among the independent variables and thus there is no need to compress the variation of the variables by the use of, for example, factor analysis. 5. Concluding Remarks Although innovation tends to be considered an important driver of economic growth, its dynamics seem only partially understood. In this paper we have attempted to analyse some of the main aspects of innovation activities in Croatian enterprises, based on the results of the first Community Innovation Survey for Croatia. Innovation activities still tend to occupy a peripheral role within competitive strategies of most Croatian companies, which limits the resources and competences devoted to their development, and, correspondingly, their economic effects (cf. Raci et al., 2005). However, several factors that facilitate innovation performance can be identified. We have observed an inverted U-shape relation between size of the firms and their innovation propensity, whereby innovation propensity (i.e. the likelihood of introducing a new product or service) increases with firm size, measured by the number of employees, but then drops in the case of the largest companies that have not undergone restructuring. However, increases in the size of firms are associated with decreasing shares of innovative sales. Larger companies seem to have greater problems in effectively translating innovation into favourable economic outcomes. On the other hand, there is no clear relationship between the level of complexity of products and technologies of specific industries and their innovation performance. That could be related to other firm-level factors that may influence innovation, including product diversification, firm-specific capabilities and the level of competition in a particular industry. The qualification structure of firms turned out to be insignificant in relation to the share of sales of innovative products, unlike the participation of foreign investors, continuous engagement in R&D and R&D cooperation and, to a lesser extent, demand pull factors. All of the variables whose significance has been established (i.e. enterprise size, foreign direct investment, export orientation and the demand pull variable) are fairly interconnected. They can be tackled through a more effective policy framework that should increase competitiveness within industries in order to stimulate the demand for innovation. The focus should be on fostering enterprise growth, attraction of FDI with strong spillover effects, and stimulating the export capability of enterprises. Only in such a context can the positive effects of engagement in R&D (including R&D cooperation) be maximised. On the other hand, the insignificance of employee education levels supports the available findings on the insufficient role of knowledge-related factors in building and maintaining competitive advantage. Although the solution to this should primarily be sought within companies themselves through improved strategies, innovation activities and human resource management practices a better alignment of the education sector with the needs of the labour market could also be beneficial. SEE booklet CC.indd 84 (Endnotes) 1 Cohen and Klepper (1992) assumed firm specific, R&D related capabilities to be determinants of R&D intensity. 2 The results seem to reflect the industry-specific nature of innovation activities (e.g. process and product nature of innovation in food industry and product innovation in machinery industry). See more about the taxonomy of sectors of production/use of innovation in Pavitt (1984). 3 The CIS questionnaire contains also qualitative information whether firms have introduced process innovations or not. We decided, however, not to consider process innovations in the analysis since the questionnaire contains no quantitative measure of effects of process innovations. For an alternative approach, see e.g. Mairesse and Mohnen (2001) who substituted this missing information for process-only innovating firms with the smallest positive value of the share of innovative sales. 4 Problem with innovation output data may come up as a consequence of misperception of innovation within firms, especially in transition countries where the importance of innovation practice has not been embedded in the business practice. Innovation sales, for example, should be accounted separately from the sales of other products, but this is still not common practice. 5 Please note that `iff ' means `if and only if'. given > -x'i is not zero. In fact, from equation (1.2) one can see that not taking account of the truncation of y leads to biased estimation results as long as is not equal to zero. 11 We also included squared numbers of employees. However, we do not find non-linear size effects. 12 We have earlier mentioned the difference between OECD (1997) definitions of innovation activity and innovation propensity. The results presented here thus differ from the results of the overall survey of innovation activities (Raci et al., 2005), with the largest difference in the sample of the large firms. 6 y*i is called a latent variable since it is not directly observable in the dataset. Additionally, y*i should not be interpreted as a probability. For more details see Maddala (1986). y*i is only introduced in the model to link the observable dichotomous variable `Innovation yes/no' to the exogenous variables. 7 These include: mining, food, textile, wood, chemicals, plastic, glass, metals, machinery, electrical, vehicle, supply, retail, transport, finance and other services (OECD 1997). 8 For a more thorough discussion on this topic see e.g. Radic (2005). 9 In his seminal work, Schmookler (1962) was the first to introduce the demand situation as a potential determinant of innovations. For an empirical verification see e.g. Geroski and Walters (1995). Industry affiliation turned out to be insignificant and was therefore excluded from the estimations. 10 For more details see Maddala (1986). The Mills ratio accounts for the fact that the truncated expected value of SEE booklet CC.indd 85
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Among the more memorable images of the coronavirus era is a woman standing on a Milwaukee sidewalk, staring down the camera and wearing a red, white, and blue mask. She holds hand-drawn sign with navy lettering: “THIS IS RIDICULOUS.”
She wasn’t a protester demanding businesses open, or a doctor begging people to stay home. She was a voter waiting in line to cast her ballot in the middle of a pandemic. Both Wisconsin’s state supreme court and the U.S. Supreme Court had issued orders in April limiting Wisconsin citizens’ options to submit ballots by mail, forcing a choice between exercising their right to vote and risking contracting COVID-19.
About a quarter of Americans voted by mail in 2016, but the coronavirus has now made the practice a nationwide focus. The overarching fear is that the virus could disrupt the November 2020 election by making voting in person impossible or undesirable, especially if a dreaded “second wave” hits in autumn. Long waits in crowded spaces, close contact with elderly poll workers, sharing pens – all the things that happen with in-person voting – aren’t exactly conducive to social distancing.
What would it take for all U.S. citizens to have the option to vote by mail? The answer involves a mix of civic education, politics, and complicated logistics.
First, the goal isn’t the entire country voting only by mail in November. Instead, it’s to give as many Americans as possible the option, while also encouraging early voting. The hope is to avoid sacrificing turnout while significantly lowering traffic at in-person voting sites on election day.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, formerly a presidential candidate and now rumored to be on Joe Biden's shortlist for running mate, has proposed a bill that would require states to allow all voters to request to vote by mail, and to provide funding to help the states pay for the postage. (Congress has so far allocated $400 million to help states administer the 2020 election; experts say as much $4 billion may be needed.)
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Amid the outdoor recreation opportunities in the Corvallis area, disc golf is one in particular that has continued in popularity since the Willamette Park course was established as part of the Professional Disc Golf Association in 1999. The rich, local history of the sport since then has made Corvallis a hub for disc golf enthusiasts who might want to share the same field as the pioneers who helped popularize the sport.
In the year 2000, Corvallis native Nathan Sexton began playing at Willamette Park at the age of 14. Sexton turned professional in 2004 after rising through the amateur ranks and finishing 4th at the amateur world championship. He now competes internationally and serves as a team captain for Innova Champion Discs.
Dion Arlyn got his start in 2003 at age 16, riding bikes from Sexton’s house with his brother Colin, who loaned him some discs to play with and shared some basic instruction to get him started. Prior to Arlyn’s introduction to disc golf, the two had already been playing ultimate frisbee together and developing their throwing skills. With the Sexton family being engaged in organized side of the sport, Arlyn quickly moved into competitions, participating in his first PDGA event that year. Arlyn turned professional in 2006, and has since competed in over 200 events with 37 wins and a distance throwing world title. He’s directed over two dozen tournaments, and was recently nominated for president of the Mason County Disc Golf Club in Washington, where he now resides.
Today, the 18 hole course has concrete tees, and nearly 6,000ft of length, making the walk a leisurely stroll along flat terrain with a woodsy feel along the river, and easily accessible for competitors of all types. With 12 holes between 300-400ft, 5 holes under 300ft, and one hole over 400ft, there’s challenges for all skill levels. Nearby soccer fields make a great area for practicing distance throwing as well. Play it Again Sports on 9th Street (map) is a great resource for equipment if you’re looking to get started.
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The best live emails of 2020
At the beginning of every year we look back at the emails our customers sent in the previous 12 months and create a collection of the best emails. This year, after what can only be described as a challenging year, there were more examples than ever to choose from.
What struck us most was the resilience, and brilliance, of the email marketing teams as they manoeuvred seamlessly to remote working, maintaining rigorous sending schedules and showing exceptional creativity in trying times. With shops closed, email teams took on the challenge to drive sales - and they did exceptional work. As digital took bigger leaps forwards in one year than it has in the last decade, more was required from each and every email. From information sharing, safety messaging and expectation management to driving revenue, never before has the humble email been required to do so much.
In a year of adversity, we were spoilt for choice for emails to feature in our yearly roundup. From fashion forecasts, to stay-cationing, to most purchased products - this special collection of emails showcases the skill, creativity and mastery of the teams that created them. Here's a sneak peak of the emails and brands included...
#1 App download email of 2020
Our favourite app download email of 2020 is this email from LNER. Using our operating system detection, LNER displayed the correct app download button for the device used to read the email. This is a perfect example for brands that encourage in-app purchases and/or paperless travel.
#1 Weather email of 2020
Fashion and forecasts go hand in hand. This email from Topshop featured a live multi-day forecast alongside weather relevant products. We also loved the first name personalization on the call to action to give the email that little bit of extra wow factor!
#1 Personalized Image of 2020
This cool, product personalization deserves top spot for personalized image of the year. We loved the first name personalization over the rucksack in the hero image - a lovely addition to this back to school email.
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Whether you want to transport a load of toys or detach the trailer and just zip around in the cab, the Transport Truck will get you where you are going. The trailer is big enough to fill with toys, books, or wooden cars.
large detachable trailer
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The Transport Truck is a great option for anyone looking for a bit more out of their toy trucks. Perfect as a collectable or for heavy-duty play.
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Microsoft Power Apps accelerates your business by helping you to build the business apps you need, quick and easy. With the ability to extend or customize the apps that you already use, it enhances productivity and innovation.
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Benefits of Microsoft Power Apps
- Natively built pro-developer extensibility into the platform helps developers use Azure functions or custom connectors to extend app capabilities.
- Using a simple drag-and-drop designer, you can design immersive and responsive apps that can run on any device and deliver customized user experiences.
- Build Power Apps using both canvas and model-driven to tackle specific scenarios like field sales management, tracking and inspection, and more.
- More than 200 connectors are available that can be used to easily integrate data and systems you currently use. Custom connectors and logic help to extend your Power Apps further.
Forrester Research names Microsoft as a leader in the Forrester Wave
Power Apps is now a leading choice among low-code platforms for AD&D professionals, according to Forrester. It offers powerful features to support the development of web and mobile user experiences, an extensive list of integration adapters and using Excel-like expressions for adding logic with ease.
Low-Code Application Platform (LCAP)
Low-code application platform (LCAP) is a visual technique. You can abstract and simplify any stage of the application lifecycle with low-code, allowing you to produce a wide range of solutions more quickly. Your company will create strategies that address the needs of your market by breaking down conventional business and IT silos promoting continuous collaboration.
The complexity of core processes and market problems is growing. The rate of change accelerates gradually, so what seems to be rapid now will seem glacial in the future. To stay ahead of the game, you’ll need to develop and deliver creative, timely solutions. We assume that implementing low-code technologies allows us to do so. We assume that apps should be well-crafted. It can, in our opinion, add value to the business and can be delivered quickly.
Power Apps Pricing and Licensing
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Join us on Thursday, April 8 to hear from MDH experts about the COVID-19 vaccines, updated communications resources, and the role of the CHW as we reflect on 1 year into the COVID-19 Pandemic. We will be joined by MDH staff Hinda Omar, a Health Educator Specialist, and Dan-Tam Phan-Hoang, MS, a COVID-19 Communications, Materials, and Media Lead.
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June 20 Like turning up at a vegetarian conference eating a hog dog, arriving at a festival of cycling in a car isn’t a good thing.
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Let Me Introduce Myself
I am Nicole Mölders, 60, married, two cats, no kids and the CEO, stylist, and blogger of the award winning blog High Latitude Style as well as a scholar. See a list of my books. In 2021, I was honored the status of Professor Emeritus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where I researched and taught atmospheric sciences for 20 years.
I am also a ballroom dancer who performs to inspire and entertain the Fairbanks metropolitan area residents at various events. This activity includes a participation in Dancing with the Fairbanks Stars as a fundraiser for the Lathrop High School Ballroom Dance Team. Furthermore, I model at fashion shows, and give talks on fashion and air quality in the community. You can hire me for such events.
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Howard Miller model 610-484 grandfather clock, "Nathanial".
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2021, what a year, eh? We all thought this one will be much better than 2020, but I am pretty sure it is fair to say that it was actually much harder. For me anyway. So much confusion and so little control over anything. Not gonna lie, I am pretty proud of myself for getting through this. I created this website, worked with coaching clients for the first time and started my podcast. I also did six months meditation teacher training. It is fair to say that I am a very different person to who I was at the beginning of the year. On the flip-side, this year also brought probably some of the most miserable failures - applying and not getting jobs that I really wanted, constantly pushing uphill with very little reward at times. But I tell you what, kind words from people made all the difference. Kindness is everything.
New Year, New Me
How do you feel about New Year's resolutions? Some people love a resolution, the feeling of a clear page and a new start. And there are a very few who actually stick to their resolutions and manage to change their life starting on January the 1st. But for many it comes as a punishment after too much indulgence after festivities. And that's why most of us fail.
Most of resolutions come from a place of fear of not being good enough. So we are trying to force ourselves into change from a very negative, and often dark, place. It’s like shaming people to loose weight, which has been proven to have the opposite effect. You can’t shame yourself into being a better person. How about we swap it around? You are enough. Just as you are. You are wonderful and worthy if existence. And if nothing changes in the next year - you are still good. This is your permission to not to have a resolution if needed one.
Why new year resolutions don’t work
They come from the place of fear of not being good enough - ‘I must be better’. Try swapping to ‘I love myself and this is how I can be even better’
Very broad, for example ‘to loose weight’. It is just too big of a goal for our brain. Instead break it down - cook three meals every week, go on three big walks every week, go to sleep at 11pm every night etc.
Negative instead of positive - instead of ‘don’t do that’ change to ‘bring more of’.
New habits are really bloody hard! A great book about habits is called 'Atomic habits' by James Clear.
Top tips for setting resolutions (if you decide that you want change)
But for some, this feels like a great place to create change that we have been craving for a while. It just never felt like the right time, so naturally the start of the new year can be a great place to start. Here are some of the top tips if you crave change in the new year:
Being gentle to yourself (If you were chatting to a friend what would you say?)
Peel away layers of external expectations that are making your life heavy. (Why do you want to achieve this? What will happen when you get there?)
Gentle goals instead of regimented lists of impossible things that will end up making you feel worst about yourself
Envisioning a future you and go from there - What kind of person do you want to be? Someone who goes for a walk twice a week or drinks less coffee instead of 'be less lazy'.
Journaling questions to review the previous year
Every December I find it very therapeutic to do a review of the previous year. If this is something you fancy doing, here are a few journaling questions that you can ask yourself. I do recommend getting yourself a delicious hot drink, a beautiful notebook and finding a quiet spot, maybe even lighting a candle.
Questions to ask yourself:
What few words I would use to describe the past year? Why did I choose those words?
What are my most favourite moments that brought me joy?
What do I want to carry through to the next year? What do I want to continue doing?
What challenges I had in the last year? What have I learned from that? What wisdom have I gained?
If I was my best friend, what would I say to myself right now?
In what ways can I be more kind and gentle to myself next year?
How do I want to feel next year?
What brings me joy and light in life?
How can I bring more of that into my daily life?
Another thing that I like to do, is write myself a letter about where I want to be and more importantly how I want to feel during the year. I sometimes go back to it during the year but it is always nice to read it in December to see how far I managed to get. All I'm going to focus on this year - to stop trying to force myself into a box and focus on being simply happier every single day.
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Jeff’s dad, Randy, was once again kind enough to take time out of his busy retirement to come help us for several days. This week we built all the cabinetry! The original cabinets were damaged beyond repair, so we had to start from scratch. Thankfully, we were careful in the disassembly phase and removed all the old cabinets intact so that we could use them as a template for the new ones.
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Long-Term Review: Look S-Track MTB / Cyclocross Pedals – A Stable, Mud-proof Option
by Clifford Lee
Back in 1984, Look popularized the step-in “clipless” pedal, using its long-gained knowledge from dominance in the ski industry, and the cycling world has not been the same since.
However, despite their innovations, Look never gained a strong foothold in the mountain bike scene (unless you consider securing mountain bike legend Tinker Juarez’s shoes to the crank for most of his wins a strong foothold). Mountain bike clipless pedals are an area that was dominated by Shimano as the sport grew in the 1990’s. Look concentrated on the then-strong road bike world.
That’s not to say Look did not try tapping into the off-road market, having no less than six iterations prior to the S-Track, each requiring a different cleat:
- the Look ATB, a 1985 version of the road clipless pedal with a grippy backside
- the MP90/TP93m a more aggressive version of the ATB
- a Shimano-like dual-sided pedal compatible with two-bolt “SPD” style cleats with a large platform (the S2R Moab and S2 Nevada models)
- the slimmer elastomer-based SL3 dual-sided pedal
- a licensed Crank Brothers “Eggbeater” design 4×4 pedal
- the light and mud-clearing Quartz.
The Quartz was the off-road pedal most unique to Look, but had a misstep with the initial released “version one” that had early-release problems (no pun intended). “Version two” addressed this and became my favorite because it was inexpensive, lightweight and mud-clearing, all with an easy in-and-out design. We reviewed this pedal twice—first in Issue 7 just after the new version was released and recently in Issue 17, just as the pedal was about to be discontinued when the new Look S-Track debuted.
And so that brings us to new S-Track pedal, which has a two-bail cleat attachment similar to the Quartz it replaces, though the cleats are not compatible. Similar to the Quartz, the bails are the retention springs, though they are thicker than the Quartz.
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I have two questions. First, how much release angle - I assume they have some float just by the design. Second, you infer that the cleat pedal interface is strictly between the cleat and the pedal with the shoe essentially taken out of the equation - is that right? If so these may just become a bike fitters dream pedal (for shimming and wedging!)
Uh yeah, okay. Time, the other French company got it right a long time ago. I will stick with my ATAC's which have changed very little in my 20 years on them.
Overall an excellent review of the pedals. I wondered with the one caveat being ease of entry why you did not mention the easy cleat vs. the comp cleat choice the pedals come with?
I love them.. They have more platform support then the egg beater from crank brother..but both are great pedals.
@craigmacintyre I checked the release angle and find it closely matches the advertised of 15 degrees. We rode the S-Track with the standard included cleats without the optionally available composite cages, so indeed your statement is true. The shoe treads never contact the pedal, the interface is cleat to pedal only. With the cages, that will likely change. I've spoken to a pro bike fitter local to me about this and he began using the S-Track as his recommended mtb pedal soon after it came out for this very reason.
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For the second installment of XXL‘s Get Rich of Die Tryin week, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of 50 Cent’s monumental debut, we look back at an extensive narrative penned by writer Kris Ex on 50′s imminent return to the rap game, right before his blockbuster debut which was cosigned by Eminem and Dr. Dre. Check out 50′s story before the Vitamin Water and headphone deal.
Words: Kris Ex
He’s hustled, been shot, stabbed, crippled and hated on by various rappers. Got dropped from his label, then disappeared from the game without a trace. Sorry shook ones. 50 Cent is back to break his silence and keep it gangsta.
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He trails off, comes back. “I got so much to talk about that I don’t even know where to start.”
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Sure, you've seen Jurassic Park. But have you watched in a museum -- with a paleontologist? Join David Burnham and the KU Natural History Museum Student Advisory Board for Jurassic Park, and get a dose of science with the fun.
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Happy New Year! Join us in traveling “Through the Decades” this New Years Eve 2012! As you enter the gates you will travel back in time to the Roarin’ 20’s and travel through the decades all the way to the future! Enjoy activities like crafts, huge inflatable games, entertainment and much more. Make sure you stay until 7pm for the New Year’s Eve countdown! 4pm - 7pm. Located at the Recreation Center at Hillside. Fee. For more information, visit the website link or call (248) 349-0203. | <urn:uuid:0f2f26a9-afc2-4f87-b4d0-ac27752d50a5> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.michigan.org/events/northville-nite/ | 2014-04-17T18:40:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609530895.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005210-00044-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.831221 | 130 | [
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glen.slick at gmail.com
Tue Apr 27 08:58:05 CDT 2010
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was able to dump the 8355 and reprogram it into an 8755 for an
> SDK-85 I have. I should be able to send you a dump for that later
> today if someone else doesn't beat me to it.
I sent Chris a binary dump of the 8355 from my SDK-85. I haven't
uploaded it anywhere yet. If anyone else needs a copy I could send it
to them, or upload it somewhere.
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Mercedes-Benz “Aesthetics 125” sculpture
Earlier this year Mercedes-Benz celebrated the 125th anniversary
of when Carl Benz first registered his “vehicle with gas-engine drive” under patent number 37435 with the Berlin Patent Office, a day that would forever change the world.
That was back in January, but for the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance taking place next weekend, Mercedes-Benz will be bringing out a few special models and some authentic replicas from its storied past.
In fact, the German automaker will be the featured marque of this year’s event.
Some of the classic cars on show will be the White Knight race cars that were developed by Wilhelm Maybach, as well as the 1911 world land speed record holder, the Blitzen-Benz, which reached a top speed of 141 mph and featured a relatively unique bicycle chain-style drivetrain.
Other classics will include a Mercedes-Benz 380K, a Silver Arrow W154 Grand Prix race car, an original Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing, and the car that started it all, well a replica of it, the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen.
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Outside the box - Low Gain High current Amp
This is thinking out of the box and bringing it to reality.
I'd like to design an amplifier that doesn't follow the typical device values or currents used when building an amplifier. Something simple and works well. Something that doesn't follow the rules
The idea is simply for three things in mind.
2. Ease of building
3. Power - 4, 2 or 1 ohm drive capable depending on rail voltage you use. so there's NO issue about what speakers work with the amp. It will play them all.
SQ is good too, but super-wide high frequency response 3x higher than human hearing and insane slew rates and all isn't the object of the design.
Instead of trying to get a high gain power amp, I want a really low gain, and low input impedance, and have the amp input driven by a strong paralleled opamp to provide the input drive needed for full power.
We get a .lot of requests here for a simple amp to build for high power, and many folks here get oscillation, so I'm aiming for a simple DIY solution for that. I figure low impedances and higher currents won't pick up as much noise. Also it may make layout less dependent since not everyone can etch their own boards, or some prefer veroboard.
Some brain storms:
1. 10K or 4.7K ohm input and feedback resistors
2. 10mA Input differential stage
3. 30-40mA VAS
4. Base Stopper resistors on all outputs and drivers
5. 2-4 pairs of outputs
6. sufficient RF filtering
I'm designing a few schematics for one now, if you folks have any ideas, feel free to post.
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A good starting point might be to search for Leach and Krell KSA100-clone schematics that have been changed to use On-Semi ThermalTrak bipolar outputs. Both can be biased to different levels of Class-A bias.
You can lower just the output power supply voltages to deliver safe operation into low impedance loads.
You can change the input impedance and feedback circuits to meet your goals.
Both are proven designs with PCBs.
If you want to drive extremely low impedances below 0.5 ohms, a super-symm or bridged topology where the output is not connected to ground seems more dynamic to my ears.
Naturally, you could also build a Class-D amp with large MOSFET outputs that can efficiently drive your 1-4 ohm loads.
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Herbs! I have been cooking with so many herbs. I planted herbs in about half of our raised bed garden this summer and it is so nice to walk out to the back yard and come in with all the herbs I need for my meal. We throw them in everything. We toss them in salads, soups, veggie dishes, sauces, and even iced tea and lemonade. Below are a few of our favorite current dishes we came up with over the last few weeks. Herbs, while being super tasty, also provide many health benefits to the body. There’s power in those herbs! Plus, they smell amazing.
I made this Chimichurri type sauce as an accompaniment to a sliced Bella (their bread is delicious!) baguette one weekend recently when we had company visiting. We realized this would be excellent on top of grilled vegetables, meat, or fish. We later used it on top of a local skirt steak from our neighborhood Porter Road Butcher. You can use any herbs you have really and I added a little piece of a jalapeno pepper to give it some kick!
Cilantro & Parsley Chimichurri
1 large bunch fresh Parsley
1 large bunch fresh Cilantro
1 small bunch fresh Oregano
⅓ Jalapeno Pepper
3 cloves fresh Garlic
juice of ¼ Lemon
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (enough to cover the herbs)
Sea Salt & Black Pepper to taste
Grind all together in a food processor (I have a mini one and use it all the time. If you find yourself without one, you can just chop everything really well and mix thoroughly). Store unused in the refrigerator.
This next recipe is based very loosely on a Trader Joe dip that a friend of mine used to always serve at parties. I really liked the flavors and eventually created this based on my memory of that. It is yummy with cherry tomatoes and pita chips.
Cilantro Pecan Dip
1 big bunch Fresh Cilantro
2 cloves Garlic
½ cup Roasted Raw Pecan Halves
8 oz Neufchatel Cheese (or Cream Cheese)
¼ cup (give or take a little) Buttermilk
½ – 1 tsp Sea Salt
¼ tsp Black Pepper
Grind all together in a food processor (Again, if you find yourself without one, you can just chop everything really well and mix thoroughly.)
Grant made me breakfast last weekend and came up with these lovely herby roasted potatoes. Served here with Spinach Eggs and Porter Road Breakfast Sausages. Mmm…
Roasted Potatoes with Fresh Herbs & Garlic
10-12 Fingerling Potatoes, sliced into rounds
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Tbsp Butter, cut into small pieces
Fresh Herbs (2 large Sage leaves, small bunch Thyme, small bunch basil), chopped
2 cloves Garlic, chopped
Sea Salt & Black Pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400. Toss potato slices with the olive oil and butter and space evenly, in one layer, on a baking sheet or oven proof dish. Place dish in oven and roast for 30-40 minutes, until potatoes are golden brown. Remove from the oven and toss in the herbs and garlic. Salt and pepper to taste. Place the dish back in the oven for 5 more minutes. Serve.
I love summer squash and one of my very favorite things to make each summer is 101 Cookbooks’ recipe for Buttermilk Squash Soup. I know, soup in the summer doesn’t sound so appealing in the hot south, but this recipe is so yummy and comforting that it works.
I wasn’t setting out to change her recipe by any means. It really is perfect the way it is, however, I found myself in for the day, ready to cook, and with no cumin seeds, which is one of the main ingredients. So, I adapted her original recipe to fit the herbs I had in the garden. I was skeptical but it turned out really well so I decided to post it. This would be great for lunch or served in little cups as an appetizer for the perfect Southern summer dinner. By the way, be sure to find some organic squash if you don’t have any from your own garden. It is one of those crops (along with zucchini, corn, soy, beets…) that has been contaminated and overtaken by GMO seeds so unless you have organic, there’s no telling what you might be eating.
Summer Squash Soup
3 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
1 medium Vidalia Onion, chopped
3 medium Red Potatoes, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
2 ½ lbs (estimate, I used 5 medium sized) Yellow Summer Squash, cut into 1/2-inch slices
4 cups Vegetable Stock
1 cup Buttermilk (I used local Hatcher Buttermilk which is delicious!)
3 Garlic Cloves
1 bunch of Chives, chopped (I had to use dried, about 1-2 tsp, all I had…)
1 big handful of Mixed Herbs from the garden (Basil, Oregano, Thyme)
Sea Salt and Black Pepper to taste
In a soup pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the onions and a teaspoon or so of salt. Saute for a few minutes, or until the onions start to get translucent. Stir in the potatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Add the squash and cook another 5-10 minutes. Stir in the stock and bring to a boil. Add in the chopped garlic and herbs. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, roughly another 20-25 minutes. Remove the soup from heat, puree completely with blender, return to the stove top and then stir in the buttermilk. Taste and add more salt if needed.
My friend and I have recently declared Mondays to be “Wild Cow Mondays” and tend to eat there for lunch most Mondays. It sure brightens up a usually hard work day and kick starts a week of healthy eating. In addition to having some of the yummiest vegetarian food in town, serving lots of local and organic veggies, Wild Cow makes the best tofu dishes. It has made me suddenly way more excited about cooking with tofu. Also, The Turnip Truck carries Farm Soy Tofu made in Tennessee out at The Farm so knowing I can buy locally made tofu from a source I can trust is nice. A block of this tofu in the refrigerator and all that basil in the garden inspired me to make this Italian-style tofu dish. It was again one of those dishes that came about because of the ingredients I had on hand. It was a bit of work but totally worth it. We really enjoyed it.
Parmesan Crusted Tofu With Roasted Tomato Sauce
For the Sauce:
Tomatoes, cut in half (I used nearly a pint of Delvin Farms’ Juliettes + a few whole canned ones that I had leftover)
1 Vidalia Onion, peeled and cut into chunks
3-4 cloves Garlic (keep in skin to roast, squeeze out of skin with a fork- be careful, it is hot- after and discard the skin)
Olive Oil for drizzling
Balsamic Vinegar for drizzling
¼ cup chopped Fresh Herbs
1 block Tofu, cut in ½” slices and patted dry
⅓ -½ cup chopped Fresh Herbs (Parsley, Basil, Oregano, Thyme)
⅓ cup Fine White Cornmeal (local Falls Mills makes a great one)
1 cup finely grated Parmesan Reggiano (a little less than ¼ lb piece)
1 Egg, beaten
2-3 Tbsp Buttermilk
Salt & Pepper to taste
6 small Peppers (or 1 big Bell), sliced
6 Mushrooms, sliced
3 handfuls of Fresh Spinach
More Parmesan Reggiano grated on top for garnish
Heat the oven to 400. In an ovenproof baking dish, place the tomatoes, onions, and garlic in and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Roast for about 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cool slightly. Place in a food processor or blender and blend. Place in a pan on the stove on low. Add the herbs and stir.
Cut the peppers, mushrooms, spinach and herbs and set aside. Cut the tofu into 8 slices, about ½” thick, and place on a towel to drain. Pat dry. In a medium bowl, mix the herbs, cornmeal, herbs, and cheese. Add some salt and pepper (or you can season as you are cooking). In a small bowl mix 1 egg with buttermilk. Heat a skillet. Add a couple Tbsp olive oil. Dip each piece of tofu in the egg mixture and then coat with the cheese mixture. Place each in the skillet. I used an iron skillet and did 2 batches as to not crowd the tofu. After a few minutes, flip each piece of tofu over and cook for a few more minutes. Remove from the skillet and place on a paper towel to drain some of the oil off. Add a tad more olive oil and then saute the peppers and mushrooms. Add the spinach and herbs. Salt and pepper to taste.
To serve, place the sauteed veggies on plates. Place 2 slices of tofu over the veggies and then spoon some sauce on top of the tofu. Top with grated cheese if desired.
We’ve had a bit of a rough Summer so far, losing Grant’s Dad and a sweet dear friend of ours two weeks apart. In addition, we’ve been wanting to stay in with our elderly pup whose health is a bit compromised. All of this has made us feel like anti-social homebodies and we haven’t seen much live music at all. The small upside, however, is that we’ve finally had time to listen to many new albums that just came out. My top four favorites for this week are-
1. Jason Isbell’s Southeastern is an excellent follow up from his last studio recording (and one of my favorites) Here We Rest. You can hear him here talk all about it and perform a few cuts from it on Fresh Air with Terry Gross that aired this week. The more I listen to this album, the more I love it, which is usually the case with Jason’s songs. He is an incredible writer. He’s one of those rare artists who is equally dynamic- whether singing in a large venue with his full band or in a tiny room with just his guitar. This guy’s going places. And if you live in Nashville, be sure to get tickets to his Ryman show in August. Caitlin Rose is opening. What an incredible show that will be!
2. Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison‘s Cheater’s Game is a really nice collection of their favorite love songs. Both of their voices are so beautiful on their own and together, they really can sing the duets. I love the uniqueness of this group of songs and it is nice to have some new favorite country duets to add to my ongoing playlist.
3. Son Volt’s Honky Tonk. If you’re like me and your favorite Son Volt song (and quite possibly the only one you can really think of) is, “May The Wind Take Your Troubles Away”, then you will love this album. They brought the twang back.
4. A nice compilation of John Denver songs titled, The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver put out by ATO Records. This album is a good reminder of how great a song writer John Denver was. This is a collection of some of his best songs with a diverse mix of some interesting folks singing them. I became aware of it because WSM had been playing Take Me Home sung by Emmylou Harris and Brandi Carlile. The first time I heard it, I actually didn’t like it and it totally caught me off guard but the second time, I loved it and needed to hear it again and again. Eventually I fell in love with the whole album.
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Phasing in Autodesk Revit allows you to show the complete life cycle of a project, such as a before and after or existing and proposed status, while design options allow you to save multiple iterations of a concept in a single project file. In this course, Paul F. Aubin shows how to use phasing and design options to organize multipart, multifaceted projects in Revit. The course also covers adding and assigning phases to views, scheduling phases and designating future work, working with design option sets, and presenting complex designs to clients.
As you're working with Design Options, you'll find that in some cases as things start to get a little bit more complicated, you need to circle back and make changes to existing options or modify the structure of your Design Options, and so in this movie, I'd like to look at a few techniques that you can use to manage your Design Options. So I want to start with adding multiple options. So I am in a file called Managing Options, and down here on the status bar, I am going to click my Design Options button and go ahead and go into the Design Options dialog. Now, as you can see here, I've actually got three option sets already in this file.
So there's the one that we created in some previous movies, and then I've got a few additional ones that we've added here. So the first thing that I wanted to make sure you understood was that you can have multiple option sets. In fact, I am going to add another one, I am going to click New here, select it, let's rename it, I am going to call this Lobby Furniture, and I will rename the primary option, call it Chairs, and then add another one and call it Sofas. So I am going to select my Sofas option, and I'll edit the selected option, click Close.
Now it's going to be a little difficult to add furniture in a 3D view, so I'll just jump over here to Level 1 floor plan, zoom in on that area, go to my Component tool, see what I have here, I have got a sofa, there is 84 inch or 65 inch, 84 inch ought to do the trick, and I'll add it right about there, rotate it around with the Spacebar and add another one right there. Now, of course if I go back to my 3D view, you can see the Sofas that I have added to this design option, but you can see that the Chairs are still there in the background.
The chairs are currently part of the Main Model. So if I go back to the Main Model here, what you are going to see is the Sofas disappear because they are part of an option, but the trouble is when we display that option, we are getting both. They are kind of both on top of one another. So what I want to do is have only the Chairs in the Chairs options and only the Sofas in the Sofas option, so the way that you do that is I am going to go back to my Main Model, I'll select all of my chairs with the Ctrl key. So I am going to click my Add to Set button and then notice that what I have here is a dropdown at the top that lists all of the various sets, because now that I have multiple option sets, you have to tell at which set you are adding it to.
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You notice how everything is grayed out, and I don't have any of the columns, and I don't have any way to select them right now. Now I could certainly go back to Main Model, select them, add them to the set, but it turns out that I am going to go to the Level 1 floor plan and zoom in on those columns there. There's a check box here on the status bar that says Active Only. What that's referring to is the actively edited design option. So right now it's showing me the objects for the Round Column option and since there aren't any objects in the Round Columns option, I don't see anything, everything is grayed out.
It turns out I can uncheck this box. Now you want to be careful doing that, but that's going to allow me to select elements in the Main Model, and then that gives me access to the Add to Set button. Now notice that this time when I click it, the dialog doesn't appear because I'm already editing the columns design option set, so it knows that so it automatically adds the selected elements to the options within this set, and I can select the two that are here and change those to Round Columns, you'll see them change there, they are a little bit bold, but you can see the superimposed gray ones underneath.
I'm going to go back to the Main Model. So the Main Model still shows the square columns, but now if I go to the Round Columns option, you can see that we have Round Columns in their place. So it's just another way of getting to the same place that we've seen before. Sometimes you go into editing the Design Option too quickly and realize that you forgot to add something, and that can be an alternative way to do it. Now, let's look at one more sort of management feature that you want to kind of have in the back of your mind here.
If you have been using Revit for a while, you've seen error dialogs, they are a common occurrence. What I want to do is take these two doors here, and I want to add them to an option set that I already have on my list for the lobby doors. Now if I select the two doors, and I choose Add to Set, open up the list here, pick Lobby Doors, click OK, it's going to generate an error. Now this is one of those dreaded cannot be ignored errors in Revit that only has the Cancel button. So again, you've probably seen some of these before.
So what this error is telling me is I can't add inserts like doors or windows without also adding their hosts. The wall can't stay in the Main Model and host a door that's in an option. So what I have to do here, unfortunately, is click Cancel, I have to select these again, but I also have to select their host wall. If I do that and choose Add to Set, it will add it without any error and then I could go in and edit the different options and change out what kinds of doors I want.
So there's a lot of little techniques and strategies that you might find yourself needing to use when you're working in Design Options, but probably the most important undercurrent to keep in mind with all of the techniques that I've shown you here is pay close attention to whether or not you're editing one of your options or whether you're in the Main Model and also which objects have been added to each. If you do that it'll be a lot more comfortable working in the various Design Options tools.
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Hunter Baker, in "End Times for Christian America?" (Acton Commentary, May 13, 2009), responds by saying that "the meme will make for good newsprint," but is "severely premature."
“Christianity is important in America!” is no more a story than “dog bites man.” “The death of Christianity,” on the other hand, grabs eyeballs....Well put.
The wise observer will be more cautious. It was less than five years ago that Garry Wills, flustered by the re-election of George W. Bush, wrote histrionically for The New York Times about “The Day the Enlightenment Went Out.”
... The smart money is on Christianity to be around and relevant for as long as the American republic endures. The even smarter money says the faith will outlast the republic just as it did the empire into which it was born.
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Matthew Jukes and Tim Kirk at Clonakilla. Jukes, Britain?s foremost expert on Australian wine, will be at Old Parliament House on November 8, 6.30pm.
Britain’s foremost expert on Australian wine, Matthew Jukes, is back in town this week, hosting a dinner at Old Parliament House featuring the best of Canberra’s wines.
Jukes chose the Canberra wines after a tour of local wineries in September and with the help of Clonakilla winemaker Tim Kirk.
So you’ll get brackets of three rieslings, three alternative red varieties, three shirazes, including the flagship Clonakilla shiraz viognier, a bubbly and a sweet wine.
The winemakers will speak along with Jukes at the fund-raising dinner. It’s a chance also to see the new caterers in action at Old Parliament House. Friday, November 8, 6.30pm, $150, with $90 from each ticket going to St Vincent de Paul, vinnies.org.au/events. | <urn:uuid:02cae8fa-c96c-46cf-8bb2-79980b5d36e8> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/drink/british-wine-expert-blends-with-capital-20131105-2wy7c.html | 2014-04-24T11:05:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223206120.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032006-00172-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934328 | 229 | [
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Live Music: New Year 2004/2005
Gibraltar has a perfectly beautiful main square where you can people watch, have a drink, a bite to eat, and do a bit of shopping. Its beautiful in the summer where you can sit outside at one of the many cafes drinking your sangria whilst getting a tan! Pure bliss!
But at New Year, instead of following in the footsteps of those in Madrid, or in Edinburgh where they make full use of their squares to attract people for the New Year countdown, Gibraltar does nothing for its people. This could of course be down to the fact that Gibraltarians are mainly Catholic so they do tend to do a lot of things with their families. For example, they will get together around 9pm and spend the rest of the night eating and drinking and then after midnight, they'll head off into town to see their friends. It was however totally different this year!
I was invited round to a friend's house for the usual get together at around 10pm. We did the drinks and the eating business, and then just before midnight, we switched on the tv..usually I'll have you know, we switch onto Madrid as the atmosphere there in the main square is awesome, but this time I was surprised to see them tuning into our very own Gibraltar TV station(where I used to read the news!). I was shocked to see the amount of people down at Casemates Square all gearing themselves up for the New Year bells!
Due to Gibraltar being British for 300 years this year, they had celebrations throughout the year and having a live band (getting back to the tip Im supposed to be writing about!)was just one of the numerous things they decided to do! So of course the square was jam packed! It was 'mucho' fun!
Dress Code: No special requirements for dress, as it is out in the open and any of the bars surrounding the Square are perfectly happy to have you come in dressed as you like...even if you do look like a 'chav'!
Note to oneself....must write the meaning of 'chav' for those non 'British amongst us!
Weekdays are a bit slow except...
Weekdays are a bit slow except for thursdays,fridays and saturdays.Everywhere you go is safe so enjoy.
Casemates Square,Marina Bay,Irish Town,Queensway Quay Marina.Coolblues Cafe Discoteque, Casino.
Take in consideration that Gibraltar is a small place with a total area of 6.5kms sq, so everything is nearby , people gather in the same area.
Dress Code: Casual wear except for casino no jeans / denims.
Live Music: rock music
If your looking for some local hot spots for the rock scene you may want to try the 'Rock on the rock club' its not near casemates square where there is more happening but if you prefer your alternative scene then this is the place to go... especially for the cheap drinks!
you can look it up on Facebook to see whats on
Dress Code: NONE
There's several good bars,...
There's several good bars, pubs and a few clubs in the mainstreet of Gibraltar town. And do expect to find more English beer than any thing else there;)!
People are very open and friendly. There's a mix of Spaniards and English which gives the place a very particular atmosphere of Spanish openness and English warm humor.
Dress Code: Relaxed and comfortable.
Lord Nelsons Pub: Lord Nelsons Pub
its a Btisish Pub!!!!! what more do you need than lots of beer :-) It is a great reseraunt with a supurb menu :-)
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Bucket list: 50 must-do things in Cincinnati
Jared Leto's return to film has come with an Oscar nomination and numerous other accolades. Here's a look at some other stars who have made career comebacks in the movie industry.
The American leg of Miley Cyrus' tour is now officially over, thanks to an "extreme allergic reaction" to an antibiotic.
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By George Elmer Cobb.
(Copyright by W. GT'-Ghapman.)
Stridently there hammered out
upon the air the measured beat of a
big base drum. Stalwart, free-armed,
Jed Hawkins stood at his task as
Stood at His Task Resolutely.
resolutely as a maestro at the baton
Before him, propped in a low tree
crotch, was a home-made sheet of
music, its sparse notes big as eggs.
This was his "score."
Over the neighboring fence old
Seth Brown protruded his broad tan
ned face, set all in a capacious grin.
"What ye think yer doin', Jed?" he
"Practicing," was the terse, se
rious reply. l
"You call that music!" derided
" 'Twill be, when it mixes in with
the rest of the band."
"The village band I've joined it.
There's just as much system to a
drum as there is to a flute. Nature's
music isn't all bird song there's frog
croakings, toe." i
Seth Brown went on his way,
chuckling. The lonesome boomings
of the big drum were dismal. Besides,
he had a poor opinion of Jed Haw
kins. In the first place, his pretty
daughter, Nellie, liked Jed. In the
next place, she had her pick of sev
eral richer swains.
"Ill admit Jed is stiddy," ruminat
ed the practical old man, "but he's
slow and poky. Well, it will take him
so long to save enough to get married
on that Nellie will get tired waiting
and marry some one else."
"Slow but sure," was the way Nel
lie put it to herself. "Dear fellow!
He loves me and that's enough, and
I'll wait fifty years for him, if I have
"A little extra money everything
counts," reflected patient, honest
Jed. "The band gets four dollars a
head an evening for playing at
dances. Next winter it will be three
times a week "boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!
and Jed proceeded in
dustriously to beat out the notes of
"Well, dear," challenged him, and
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"I can play the whacks where
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Nellie had been to the postoffice.
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paper in her hand. This she opened
and held it -before the face of her
lover, her dainty forefinger indicating
a great black type advertisement.
"Look, dear," she- directed and
Jed read it in his slow accurate way.
"A thousand dollars reward," he
I said, "I'd findjthe child tor nothing,
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Why can’t hetero John fall for Sherlock?
that’s essentially what irene says in their scene in a scandal in belgravia, and the main reason why it’s one of my favorites in the series. ”if anyone out there still cares, i’m not actually gay.” “well i am. look at us both.”
and John’s immediate reaction to her statement
This fucking show.
Don’t give parents all the credit that they get when they accept that their child isn’t straight and/or cis. That’s not heroic, no matter what their beliefs are. That’s basic human decency.
Well it’s decency a lot of people don’t show. It’s rarity alone make it worthy of recognition and affirmation.
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"Not a single law firm to which I applied would even give me an interview and I was turned down for two federal clerkships because of my sex," Kravitch says. "One district judge, with whom I interviewed, told me that he had no objection to a female clerk and, if he could not find a qualified male, he would certainly offer me the appointment."
Kravitch returned home to Savannah, Georgia, to enter her fatherís firm. She recounts her first trial experience: "The following day the presiding judge sent for my father to announce that every lawyer who had seen me in the courtroom the preceding day had called to object to my presence," she recalls. "The judge stated that he agreed with them that women did not belong in a courtroom and that I should limit my practice to matters other than litigation. Not one to be swayed by local prejudice, my father replied that I had the same right to practice as the male attorneys and they would have to get used to me."
Over time, they did. Kravitch first made history with her election as the first woman superior court judge in Georgia. In 1979, Kravitch became the first woman appointed as a federal judge in the Southeast United States, and only the third to serve as a U.S. Circuit Judge. She now serves on the Eleventh Circuit.
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March 19, 2013
I've known about International Tibet Network (ITN) since I started volunteering with Students for a Free Tibet in 2010. I only fully realized the incredible resourcefulness and importance of this organization during a non-violent direct action that we planned and executed during the G20 Summit in Cannes in November 2011. I was amazed and inspired by the commitment, energy and proficiency of the ITN team. ITN is one of the most efficient, and timely resource and information sharing networks, in addition to providing invaluable training to activists in the Tibetan freedom movement. A committed team that provides crucial updates, data, resource materials and facilitates the efficient and strategic mobilization of the Tibetan diaspora in order to take strong, coordinated actions for Tibet. I love what they do, and their work is critical for the functioning and growth of the Tibetan independence struggle in exile.
Would you volunteer for this group again?
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
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North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.
February 5, 2004
Jonathan Katz, Secretary Via e-mail to [email protected]
Re: File No. S7-03-03; Release Nos. IA-2204; IC-26299
Dear Mr. Katz:
The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. (NASAA)1 is pleased to submit additional comments regarding the above-referenced rulemaking. We appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Commission's request for ideas on other measures or refinements to Rule 38a-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that may further enhance the independence and effectiveness of chief compliance officers under the rule.
NASAA commends the Commission for adopting rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that require each investment company and investment adviser registered with the Commission to adopt and implement written policies and procedures to aid in the prevention of federal securities law violations. Through ambitious undertakings such as this, investor confidence in the mutual fund industry will be fully restored and investor protection will be enhanced.
The Commission acknowledges that a fund's chief compliance officer will often be employed by the fund's investment adviser, creating an actual or perceived conflict of interest. The investment adviser's business interests may discourage the employee of the investment adviser, acting as chief compliance officer for the fund, from making complete and forthright disclosure of the fund's compliance failures to the fund's directors. NASAA does not object to a single individual acting in both capacities. For practical purposes, a compliance officer looking at the activities of a mutual fund must also have oversight of the advisory personnel implementing the fund's activities.
However, we do place paramount importance on the disclosures that should be made when this situation occurs. When a fund's chief compliance officer is an employee of the fund's investment adviser, it is essential that the investment adviser disclose the affiliation to its clients. We believe that Part II of Form ADV provides an appropriate vehicle for disclosure of all the compliance officer's affiliations and allegiances. NASAA supports amending Part II to require the investment adviser to outline the fact that the compliance officer has dual allegiances to the fund and the adviser.
NASAA and Commission staff presently are working on revising Part II of Form ADV and facilitating its filing and public disclosure through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD) and Investment Adviser Public Disclosure system (IAPD). These much-needed revisions and the electronic filing of Part II are priorities for NASAA. As part of the revisions, the Division of Investment Management, which is taking the lead for the Commission in this effort, should assure that full disclosure of the chief compliance officer's potential conflict is included in Part II.
It is equally essential that an open-end investment company disclose the compliance officer's dual allegiances to investors in the investment company's securities. NASAA urges the Commission to require specifically that open-end investment companies make public disclosure of the compliance officer's dual affiliation, and assure that actual and potential clients be given that disclosure.
The Commission also requested comment on whether the definition of "material compliance matters" that must be reported to fund boards by chief compliance officers adequately addresses the concern that fund boards receive compliance information they reasonably need to know in order to oversee fund compliance. NASAA urges the Commission to expand the definition to include a broader range of regulatory violations.
The text of Rule 38a-1(e)(2) defines the term "material compliance matter" to mean "those compliance matters - including violations of the federal securities laws or compliance policies and procedures by the fund or its service providers, as well as weaknesses in the design or implementation of those policies and procedures - about which the fund's board reasonably needs to know in order to oversee fund compliance." See Footnote 100 to Final Rule: Compliance Programs of Investment Companies and Investment Advisers, 17 CFR Parts 270, 275, and 279, Release Nos. IA-2204; IC-26299; File No. S7-03-03, 68 Fed. Reg. at 74723 (Dec. 24, 2003).
NASAA suggests that the definition be modified to include violations of state securities laws as well as violations of SRO rules. Expanding the definition will ensure that the board is advised of all significant securities violations. In addition, NASAA urges the Commission to expand the definition of "material compliance matter" to include pending investigations by federal and state regulators, as well as investigations by self-regulatory organizations. NASAA believes that early notice of potential compliance problems, including those still under investigation, will enable boards to address such issues promptly and minimize their impact.
Should you have questions about NASAA's comments, please feel free to contact Patricia Struck, Chair of the NASAA Investment Adviser Section and Director of the Wisconsin Division of Securities, or Kristina Kneip, Chair of NASAA's Investment Adviser Regulatory Policy and Review Project Group and Senior Examination Attorney with the Washington State Securities Division. NASAA also wishes to recognize the contributions of Paul Schwartz and Lynn Naefach of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission. | <urn:uuid:cdc5fb73-7b3f-426f-a7c9-52d74f4c3dbb> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s70303/nasaa020504.htm | 2014-04-16T16:39:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609524259.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005204-00020-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942706 | 1,036 | [
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By Walter Williams
Published: Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, 8:55 p.m.
One of the oldest notions in the history of mankind is that some people are to give orders and others are to obey. The powerful elite believe that they have wisdom superior to the masses and that they've been ordained to forcibly impose that wisdom on the rest of us.
Their agenda calls for an attack on the free market and what it implies — voluntary exchange. Tyrants do not trust that people acting voluntarily will do what the tyrants think they should do. Therefore, free markets are replaced with economic planning and regulation that is nothing less than the forcible superseding of other people's plans by the powerful elite.
Because Americans still retain a large measure of liberty, tyrants must mask their agenda. At the university level, some professors give tyranny an intellectual quality by preaching that negative freedom is not enough. There must be positive liberty or freedoms. This idea is widespread in academia, but its most recent incarnation was a discussion by Wake Forest University professor David Coates in a Huffington Post article titled “Negative Freedom or Positive Freedom: Time to Choose?” (http://tinyurl.com/oemfzy6). Let's examine negative versus positive freedom.
Negative freedom refers to the absence of constraint or coercion when people engage in peaceable, voluntary exchange. Some of these negative freedoms are enumerated in our Constitution's Bill of Rights. More generally, at least in its standard historical usage, a right is something that exists simultaneously among people. As such, a right imposes no obligation on another.
Positive rights is a view that people should have certain material things — such as medical care, decent housing and food — whether they can pay for them or not. Seeing as there is no Santa Claus, those “rights” do impose obligations upon others. If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something he did earn.
If we were to apply this bogus concept of positive rights to free speech and the right to travel freely, my free speech rights would impose financial obligations on others to supply me with an auditorium, microphone and audience. My right to travel would burden others with the obligation to purchase airplane tickets and hotel accommodations for me. What the positive-rights tyrants want but won't articulate is the power to forcibly use one person to serve the purposes of another. After all, if one person does not have the money to purchase food, housing or medicine and if Congress provides the money, where does it get the money? It takes it from some other American, forcibly using that person to serve the purposes of another.
Under natural law, we all have certain unalienable rights. The rights we possess we have authority to delegate. For example, we all have a right to defend ourselves against predators. By contrast, I don't possess the right to take your earnings to give to another. Seeing as I have no such right, I cannot delegate it.
The idea that one person should be forcibly used to serve the purposes of another has served as the foundation of mankind's ugliest and most brutal regimes. Do we want that for America?
Walter Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
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