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It's problematical to tincture when pessimistic accepted wisdom dominate. Don't let pessimistic opinion to sabotage your pains. If you disappear them ungoverned they will disobey you and clear everything more than hard-fought. Catch negative ideas before they rob nitty-gritty and replace them beside complimentary supportive imaginings.
Resist the lure to multi task.
You'll get more through with if you absorption on one errand at a incident. Concentrate on doing one thing okay and you'll immediately get into the drop. Once you get into the flood you'll be so interested in that relative quantity other will look to thing. Not solitary will your fertility increase, you'll brainstorm that your labour is more pleasing.
Maintain your focus
If you get cragfast with holding defy the bait to go and get a cup of beverage. Instead, prompt yourself that you have the needed skills, crop beside it and livelihood your immersion on find a treatment.
When you cut out distractions and wipe out obstacles, you'll be able to get into the pitch of property and deliver the goods considerably much beside your juncture. All of your assessment and vim will be focused lucratively.
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A new Centers for Disease Control report recommends that women of childbearing age who are sexually active and not using birth control stop drinking alcohol altogether. "The risk is real. Why take the chance?" the CDC's principal deputy director says in the press release accompanying the report.
The agency's logic is that about half of all American pregnancies are unplanned, and many women don't know they're pregnant for the first month or so. But it's the kind of swath-yourself-in-bubble-wrap thinking that has turned modern pregnancy into a nine-month slog of joyless paranoia.
The CDC has been a leader in the better-safe-than-sorry school of pregnancy care for at least a decade now. A 2006 report recommended that all women between menses and menopause should take folic acid, avoid smoking, and maintain a healthy weight to prepare for healthy pregnancies, just in case. Critics at the time accused the government of viewing millions of women as "pre-pregnant," regardless of whether they were planning on having babies soon, or ever.
The latest recommendation to avoid alcohol completely is obviously out of step with the way many "pre-pregnant" people live their lives. (Imagine how the birth rate would drop if women never took a sip.) But unlike the well-tested advice to take folic acid, is also unnecessarily restrictive of women who are pregnant or trying to be.
The CDC's recommendation is also out of step with the way many women already conduct their pregnancies. A 2012 report from the agency itself found that older and more educated women were significantly likelier to drink during pregnancy than younger, less-educated women are. And many doctors seem perfectly comfortable with moderate alcohol consumption in the late stages of pregnancy. When I told my doctor that I was enjoying a glass of wine per week in my third trimester, she didn't bat an eye.
With the obligatory caveat that heavy drinking in pregnancy can be extremely damaging, the commonly repeated notion that there is "no known safe amount of alcohol" for pregnant women is seriously misleading. As the economist Emily Oster pointed out in her 2013 book Expecting Better, there is also no "proven safe" level of Tylenol or caffeine, and yet both are fine in moderation during pregnancy. Oster pored through reams of research on alcohol and pregnancy for her book, and concluded that there is simply no scientific evidence that light drinking during pregnancy impacts a baby's health. (In one frequently cited 2001 study that suggested light drinking in pregnancy increases the chances of a child displaying aggressive behaviors, the drinkers were also significantly likelier to have taken cocaine during pregnancy.)
The backlash to this dose of sanity was swift and severe, as Oster detailed in Slate, but I recommend her sanity-preserving book to any pregnant woman overwhelmed by advice like the CDC's. What the heck, I'll go CDC-style and recommend it to anyone who could possibly ever become pregnant, at any point in the future, no matter how small the odds. Why take the chance? — slate.com | <urn:uuid:444b0391-6a41-46f1-beb4-f003185a9541> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/cdc-tells-women-to-stop-drinking-if-not-on-birth-control-and-theyre-not/2263954 | 2017-05-30T08:31:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463614615.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170530070611-20170530090611-00018.warc.gz | en | 0.977967 | 627 | [
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Yesterday was Sunday. Normally we start our weekend days like all the rest with a cup of coffee and a piece of toast or some cereal. Yesterday though felt like it needed more. The leaves are definitely falling now. I had the back door (the one that opens to the screen porch) wide open to let in all that glorious crisp air.
For some reason the song “Banana Pancakes” by Jack Johnson kept running through my head. So naturally, I made some Pumpkin Pancakes!
I will admit that I cheated on these. I used Bisquick. There is a recipe on the back for Ultimate Pancakes. I used that one except I cut the milk down to 3/4 cup rather than the 1 cup called for. I added 3/4 cup Fresh Pumpkin Puree. Then just for a touch of extra flavor, I added 1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice.
I use a cast iron griddle. It distributes the heat evenly for a beautiful golden brown.
I served them up with 100% Pure Maple Syrup, Butter and a few Pecans (from our trees).
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A prototype is a preliminary model of something. Projects that offer physical products need to show backers documentation of a working prototype. This gallery features photos, videos, and other visual documentation that will give backers a sense of what’s been accomplished so far and what’s left to do. Though the development process can vary for each project, these are the stages we typically see:
Proof of Concept
Explorations that test ideas and functionality.
Demonstrates the functionality of the final product, but looks different.
Looks like the final product, but is not functional.
Appearance and function match the final product, but is made with different manufacturing methods.
Appearance, function, and manufacturing methods match the final product.
Audioinjector Octo surround sound card for the Raspberry Pi
We bring to you the audio card (for the Raspberry Pi) which seemed impossible, but now it is done! Push your projects further into un-trodden territory - further then others have gone before.
Whilst this gadget works with the Raspberry Pi, it represents an innovation in the realm of embedded systems. The innovation is at a hardware level, in audio signalling, giving us the ability to retrofit these systems with more then their typically quoted two channels of audio in and out.
This sound card features crystal clear 8 channel output audio, with 6 channels of input audio. Unlike other multichannel solutions, this surround hat only uses the GPIO I2S bus for audio. It doesn't use USB nor does it use HDMI.
Our first stretch goal (now achieved) will improve performance by introducing a second clock oscillator. This second oscillator will give improved performance at particular sample rates.
Stretch goal #2 at $12 000 (done)
Open hardware the RCA breakout boards. We have pushed to github the KiCad schematics and PCB layouts for the RCA breakout board. This will be a good reference if you want to design your own line breakouts.
Stretch goal #3 at $14 000 (done)
Open hardware the balanced line breakout boards. We have pushed to github the KiCad schematics and PCB layouts for the TRS breakout boards. This will be a good reference if you want to design your own balanced line breakouts.
Stretch goal #4 at $16 000
We will provide 3D printable panel templates (possibly on thingyverse). You will be able to print these panel plates to use in boxing your awesome devices !
Stretch goal #5 at $20 000
We will provide you with physical aluminium panel plates as part of your delivery ! Nothing beats the real deal ! Shipped to your door.
How do you use it ?
Nothing fancy, just plug it in and set it up like you would any other GPIO sound card. It is setup to run out of the box as the default sound output and input. That means that all of your applications will use it by default.
Professional audio recording (with 6 balanced inputs)
Multichannel output for your projects.
Car audio front/back fading.
Active crossovers, up to 8 way, or 2 speakers each 4 way.
SDR, processing many channels at the same time.
Surround sound output for your media centre.
Projects we didn't imagine you would implement !
As we have made our goal, we would like to introduce some stretch goals. If you haven't heard, stretch goals are new goal targets which (if accomplished) introduce new elements for free into pledges. We would like to hear from you (backers) what you would like to see as future stretch goals.
Clocking : Chip oscillator driven for low jitter performance.
Extra Requirements : None, just plug onto your Pi.
Software Requirements : Will be part of the stock Raspbian distribution, with drivers uploaded to the official Raspberry Pi git tree. This is similar to the previous hardware we have released and the drivers ship with standard Raspbian ready and working. We also provide setup scripts on the support forum.
From experience, Kickstarter allows you to pickup the product at a much reduced rate (our previous product was around 15% to 20% cheaper on kickstarter, mainly because of the Amazon and Ebay fees).
Risks and challenges
We have previously kickstarted and delivered a Pi sound card on time.
This is a reasonably low risk project because of the amount of prototyping and development we have put in pre launch.
We have also demonstrated our ability to prototype, manufacture, deliver and support successfully.
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I've been thinking a lot more about beer lately. You know, as opposed to not too long ago when I hardly thought about it at all since hard cider was my libation of choice. Alright, it probably still is, but I guess I'm more willing to give beer a chance now.
My curiosity toward the hoppy drink was piqued when I started doing research to purchase a beer brewing kit as a gift. It grew when — as I designed the logo, hang-tags, and labels for the recipient's hypothetical home-brew company — I was inspired by the gorgeous graphic design associated with the beer industry. Just the other day, it developed more fully, when I tried a coffee stout and actually liked it. And, very soon, it will make more gains as I help the beer brewing kit's recipient whip up some brew.
Considering all this, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the beer float recipe created by food blog HonstlyYUM is looking pretty tasty to me. I never thought I'd be saying that about the combination of beer and ice cream, but here I am! I'm going to have to give this one a try!
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August 16, 2004
"True sanity entails in one way or another the dissolution of the normal ego, that false self competently adjusted to our alienated social reality...and through this death a rebirth, the ego now being the servant of the divine, no longer its betrayer."
(Swans - August 16, 2004) The pathology of American culture is as ubiquitous as its strip-mall ugliness. It is abundantly evident, in almost every aspect of contemporary life: From the predatory (to the point of psychopathic) practices of its captains of the corporate boardroom, down to the pandemic enervation and proliferate anomie of its morally scurvy, gallery slaves languishing in their soulless cubicles -- from the genitalia-devoid mascots at DisneyWorld, to the genitalia-obsessed torturers of Abu Ghraib prison -- the soul-sickness spreads before us like George W. Bush's taunting, executioner's smirk.
Ronnie Laing's profound dictum leaves us with many poignant questions regarding the true nature of the psychic lives of so-called ordinary Americans and our ability to function in this corrupt and crumbling empire. In short, is it sane to be able to adapt to an insane culture?
And: If conforming to group, cultural, and national pathology is rewarded (therefore encouraging the formation of the "false self") -- how might an individual, stranded within the dysfunctional dynamic, resist it all, and begin to work towards a more meaningful awareness of their own essential nature -- and then come to a similar reckoning regarding how to live in the mists of the life-defying demands of the present era -- and, despite it all -- retain some measure of meaning, inner depth, and human resonance?
Laing apprehended: When we were children, authority (in the form of parents, teachers, clergy) loomed before us... Alternatively menacing and comforting, these powerful figures could just as easily have crushed us as comforted us. (Tragically, all too often, they perpetrated the primary.)
Hence, we learned how to curry favor from these baffling, seemly implacable, forces by the creation of a cipher persona, "a false self," a tricky, tap-dancing, little suck-up -- who garnered approval and acceptance -- and thereby avoided punishment and scorn by the reflexive subjugation of his true nature, all the while, showing an agreeable face towards mindless authority which masked a mind seething with misplaced resentments and shallow subterfuge -- the perfect corporate citizen/consumer.
In childhood, the presence of these huge, confounding forces created irreconcilable anxieties within us: the actions and activities of authority figures seemed as overwhelming and unpredictable as nature, itself; they were perceived as implacable forces that we could not fight nor resist... They always confounded us: to our young, fragile psyches, these all-powerful creatures might nurture us -- but -- they could just as easily -- have devoured us.
-- Is it any wonder that children are obsessed with monsters? And childish adults see God as a wrathful father?
At Multiplexes, day and night, across the United States, cinematic imagery, with stories containing the thematic complexities rarely rising above leveling of understanding of a dim nine-year-old, flicker over the passive faces of moviegoers.... (The same can be said of the psychotic story lines of the EndTime sermons raved in fundamentalist churches.)
In these dramas (whether promulgated by mountebanks from Hollywood or home-grown, fundie jihadist) -- monsters rise and then are vanquished by bland heroes. On a metaphoric level, we are replaying the trauma of having our essential humanness devoured by the monsters of corporate hegemony.
Corporate Capitalism has left Americans psychically stuck in a pathetic simulacrum of childhood and its inchoate fears of being preyed upon by their (alleged) protectors (who they internally and accurately recognize as monsters)... of having their individual uniqueness stolen by enslavement to an mindless system that lives for no other reason than it lives -- a system that eats its young (giving new mean to the term "'consumer' economy") -- that exists only to perpetuate itself -- a system that has become a soul-devouring monster.
-- Is it any wonder we grow to accept monstrous acts committed in our names?
We endlessly replay the trauma of the devouring of own true selves to the insatiable appetite of the corporate/consumer empire: from mirroring it in our ceaseless cravings for the empty spectacles offered up by Hollywood movies and the lurid B-movie imagery of the Book of Revelations, to our addiction to junk food, to the relentless banalities of our political discourse, to the ugliness of our ad-hoc architecture -- it has become the mask and mantle of our existence. Worse, the exterior falseness of the American landscape has become internalized -- the lines of demarcation have disappeared -- the outer phoniness has merged with the inner phony (and vice versa) -- becoming a hall of mirrors where distorted images mirror distorted images -- where any semblance of an non-distorted image is taken for freakish and must be scorned, ignored, or shattered to shards.
This is how the American people can dismiss the torture committed at Abu Ghraib prison as simply "having some fun."
Those sorts of pathological distortions start in childhood.
Is it any wonder America has become a nation inhabited by emotionally-stunted, infantilized consumers? How passive and apathetic so many Americans have become...with mass media spoon-fed mouths agape, sitting in our own polluted poop, ignorant of the world (but mollified by the dazzle of its petty lights) as chubby fingers point at consumer goods, screaming -- "MINE!"
It is what the corporate/consumer empire has demanded we become: for it does not take long for children (most of us anyway) to learn what actions on our part are accepted and rewarded -- and, conversely, which are punished; what aspects of our "character" are acceptable, and which are scorned; and what roles we are expected to play in exchange for being loved, fed, clothed, sheltered, and educated.
This exchange insured that we're given a "safe" place within the community -- not cast out into the wilderness and fed to the wolves. (This fear is not such an outrageous fantasy: it is, in fact, a primal memory, because various forms of infanticide were once common practices nearly all cultures, including the act of abandoning outcast children to die in the wilderness. And the knowledge still lingers within our psyches, where the memories of such terrors still howl just beyond the tree-line of our awareness, instilling within us the terror of ridicule, of failure, of being ostracized... Far too many people succumb to these fears and begin playing the roles circumscribed by their families, communities, and cultures: Tragically, their true selves, for all practical purposes, were smothered in their cribs.)
So what becomes of those who are "thrown to the wolves?"
America's prisons bristle with them.
As for those of us who are less criminally inclined: our "cast out" selves find provisional relief in places like Las Vegas, where "What happens here, stays here," in the words of that city's latest advertising campaign.)
Las Vegas and prisons are the fastest growing population centers in the United States...a landscape now comprised of jails and clip-joints... a land of suckers and criminals... It is a natural progression: for capitalism has always depended on a predatory class of sociopaths...has always relied upon thievery and murder...and needs an endless supply of suckers and victims.
(It would seem: Most of those who languish in the American penal system lacked the forethought and initiative to have first been born into the privileged class -- thereby ensuring they could have committed their crimes with impunity.)
But there is another way, for those who have been cast out into the wildness: There are some (non-conformists, creative thinkers, artists) who welcome (rather than fear) the metaphorical wolves (who are recognized, each to each, as fellow outcasts). Instead of being eaten by them -- they are suckled by the wolves...
Nourished by their outsider status, the creative spirit thrives when freed from the constraints of a mindless adherence to groupthink... The wilderness becomes their natural habitat: ...they howl at the moon; they reject the daylight world of bland consensus... they learn to see in the dark... The wilderness being their home: they don't clean-up nicely for polite company... they don't let themselves be bred down (as a few domesticated wolves did) to yapping Chihuahua, in exchange for a few food scraps...
Yes, when your looking at a Chihuahua -- you're looking at a former wolf.
One day, you're loping through the woods, snout held high, smelling the scent of fresh game on the wind...and the next thing you know, you're being led around on a leash and collar, encrusted with tacky rhinestones, and you're salivating at the sound of an electric can-opener... One moment, you're a child and you're entranced in play, hard-wired to eternity -- the next thing you know, you're sitting at work and your passions, hopes, and yearnings have been shrunk down to Chihuahua-sized cravings... You're truckling for your boss's approval... You're counting the minutes until your breaktime when you can devour some junk food... Like a domesticated pet, or an unfortunate animal incarcerated in a zoo, you are no longer a noble animal -- you are a thing that waits for lunch.
To resist, we must cast off the fear of being an outcast.
Though we may never achieve the independence and nobility of wolves, there is no call for us to spend our lives being habitually obedient to our corporatist masters whose treatment of us rarely rises above the level of neglect and contempt.
I remain hopeful: There is yet a molecule or two of the wild wolf left within us cringing Chihuahuas. Because within us lies an indomitable self, encoded with the grace and fury of the natural world, and, if acknowledged and respected, it will awaken and rise -- imbrued with perennial vitality and natural appetites -- and it, at the very least, will make a quick meal of the paltry flesh of our false selves.
Then the fight begins: The fur will fly -- as we fight tooth and nail to retake our own essential natures, and, by extension, begin the struggle to restore the health, imagination, and dignity, that is inherent, in those who struggle to achieve individual freedom to a nation of cage-accepting, sick puppies.
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New property listed in Downtown VW, Vancouver West
Categories:Downtown VW, Vancouver West Real Estate
A new property at 3002 183 KEEFER PL in Vancouver.
AMAZING VIEWS! FABULOUS 180 degree view of the mountains, water, and city from this 30th floor 2 bedroom 2 bathroom 965 sq ft comer unit with wall to wall windows to enjoy the view! PARIS PLACE at International Village built by Henderson. Excellent building with only 4 suites/floor, 3 elevators, fantastic amenities. LARGE 110 covered balcony with room for furniture, large in-suite storage & gas fireplace. Building amenities include pool, sauna,whirlpool, party room. Sky train just outside your door, Rogers Arena, BC Place, False Creek, shopping, Tinseltown theatres, Downtown, Gastown and Chinatown! Pet/rentals OK. Heat/HW included in maintenance. Easy to show! | <urn:uuid:6b44304e-8bed-4613-b125-b565367a4eda> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://vancouverhometeam.ca/blog.html/new-property-listed-in-downtown-vw-vancouver-west-3346634 | 2017-05-26T16:47:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608669.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170526163521-20170526183521-00058.warc.gz | en | 0.885181 | 200 | [
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My name is Chris Goddard and simply put, I'm a photographer. There are many photographers out there but few with the true passion to constantly chase "the perfect" image. I don't just take a pic but capture a moment in time in the highest possible quality.
I go to bed and wake up thinking about photography and what I can shoot next and hope to pass my excitement along to anyone and everyone through my work. Love, hate, compassion, sympathy, pride, anguish, confidence.. The list goes on.
My job is to convey that raw emotion into a single moment in time. If you want me to capture your moments, please feel free to contact me.
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Would be get if you could put it in easy form.
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No, I do not agree. George needs Lennie because they're great friends.... like family, and he loves him. None-the-less, George can survive and function without Lennie, something Lennie couldn't do alone.
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Great little pocket diary - just ordered one myself. Starts in July (a week and a half's time) so perfect if you need a diary right now! Left page shows a week, right page for taking notes. 18 Month diary.
Sells in highstreet shops for £9.99.
If you need a filler item to get you up to £5 free del, how about this bottle stopper for 53p?http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dexam-17840725-Faringdon-Bottle-Stopper/dp/B0000BVEWG
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Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a large market cap stock with a market cap of 27241.06. It is in the Drugs Wholesale industry and sector Services, with a current P/E of 19.33, a forward P/E of 13.3 and EPS of 4.32. At a stock price of 83.39 (-0.25%) it has a dividend yield of 2.15%.
EPS growth for the last five years have been 9.60%, more recently this last year it has grown by 19.50%. The next year growth is going to be about 11.87% and more long-term 11.33% after five years. EPS growth quarter over quarter is 15.80%. Sales growth for the past five years have been 3.40% and sales growth quarter over quarter is 13.90%.
For performance, Cardinal Health, Inc. the past week has seen a gain of -0.90%. For the last month performance for Cardinal Health, Inc. is 0.76%. While the last quarter is 10.30% and half year, 7.17%. Finally for the year, performance is 1.29%.
The 52-week high for Cardinal Health, Inc., is at -7.21%, and for the 52-week low it comes to a value of 14.52%. The 20-day simple moving average is 3.76% and 2.13% for the 200-day simple moving average.
Volatility for the week is at 0.95%, and for the month it is 1.41%. Cardinal Health, Inc., has a target price of 93.86.
In terms of debt, long term debt/equity is 0.76, and for total debt/equity Cardinal Health, Inc. has 0.85. The gross margin is 5.40%, while operating margin is 2.00%, the profit margin is 1.20%. The current ratio is 1.1 and the quick ratio is 0.6.
Insider ownership is at 0.30%, with instituitional ownership at 87.80%. Cardinal Health, Inc. has a payout ratio of 36.90%. With the total shares outstanding coming to 325.85. The shares float is 324.77, with the float short at 2.56%, with short ratio coming to 3.59.
In terms of returns, the return on assets see Cardinal Health, Inc., get 4.30%, with its returns on investment at 13.30%. Return on equity is 21.60%. So will the investors see the target price of 93.86, reached soon?
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My 9yr old son shot his first deer and asked me to make him some jerky. So here goes. I used Cabelas Smokehouse seasonings/cure. I preheated my Smoke Hollow electric and got the smoke rolling, loaded up the racks and dropped the temp back to 150. My issue is that when I dropped the temp it seemed that the element was not hot enough to keep the pellets going. I've had this issue with chips as well. There is no damper on this model. Should I keep the door cracked open a bit? I guess this is more of a smoker issue and not jerky specific (mods, please move this if it should be somewhere else). Any suggestions to keep the smoke rolling?
First Jerky Smoke (kind of)
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CLARK — Students in Jackie Grigoli’s third grade class at Valley Road School in Clark learned the significance and history of Flag Day. The third graders learned about Betsy Ross and what each color and pattern symbolized on the American Flag from 1776 to today. As a follow up activity, students were asked to create their own flag and label what each color and drawing on their flag symbolized. Popular symbol meanings the class used were unity, power, freedom, bravery, and courage. In the photograph above, the third graders pose for a group picture with their flag creations. (Photo courtesy of Clark Public Schools)
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Skip to comments.WHOA: The Weather Channel Meteorologist Just Completely Freaked Out About Hurricane Sandy
Posted on 10/28/2012 5:45:39 PM PDT by lbryce
Hurricane Sandy From Space
Just in case you thought the Hurricane hype couldn't get any louder, check out this dispatch from Weather Channel meterologist Stu Ostro:
- History is being written as an extreme weather event continues to unfold, one which will occupy a place in the annals of weather history as one of the most extraordinary to have affected the United States.
- REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE OFFICIAL DESIGNATION IS NOW OR AT/AFTER LANDFALL -- HURRICANE (INCLUDING IF "ONLY" A CATEGORY ONE), TROPICAL STORM, POST-TROPICAL, EXTRATROPICAL, WHATEVER -- OR WHAT TYPE OF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER -- PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM NEED TO HEED THE THREAT IT POSES WITH UTMOST URGENCY...
- With Sandy having already brought severe impacts to the Caribbean Islands and a portion of the Bahamas, and severe erosion to some beaches on the east coast of Florida, it is now poised to strike the northeast United States with a combination of track, size, structure and strength that is unprecedented in the known historical record there...
- A meteorologically mind-boggling combination of ingredients is coming together:
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
20 yrs ago, WC was pretty good.
Now it’s a division of PMSNBC used to “validate and propagate” climate change theory.
It’s a CAT1 hurricane.
Is this guy a credible meteorologist or just some guy attention whoring for ratings?
Most of the links I wanted to look at on www.weather.com are down. I guess too many people want to look at them, too. And I am directly in the affected area, good ol’ NYC.
Obama should have appointed Ray Nagin as head of FEMA.
create a free account here to see some terrific weather maps:
Does space make me look fat?
I’d walk through a combination Category 5 huuricane/tornado/earthquake/air raid to vote for Mitt Romney and get rid of Barack Obama.
The Globull Warmers at the WC dream of storms like this. “All the old people who don’t get their weather info from the Internet are watching us 24/7.” They have to hype it for a ratings bump.
CAT1 refers only to windspeed. Any hurricane force winds are serious, but CAT 1 is mild, when it comes to windspeeds.
The problem is water.
Sandy has the lowest barometric pressure EVER, at this latitude (how far north).
It is one of, or possibly THE largest (area) storms ever.
That means it's moving A LOT of water.
60+ MPH winds over a 500 mile stretch of coastline.
The destructive potential of Sandy (they put a number on it) is higher than Katrina.
75mph winds is barely technically a hurricane
No, not fat at all, but you only have one eye ! !
We’ve never heard of mandatory evac of the Jersey Shore- have had family there since before the ‘thirties.
NYers do respect weather. Everyone I’ve spoken with today is getting ready for this thing. Liberals sounding like preppers; they’ve been through some of these. The Ice Storm ‘78 (the dogs were shivering by the time the lights went back on - I think it was 2 weeks of freezing temps).
Have a sister named after a hurricaine. She’s spoiled with a generator in Conn. hoping she doesn’t have to resort to firewood, it’ll mean no running water.
Beaches are already flooding in NJ. From AC to Barnegat all able bodied sons were out today “battening down hatches”; otherwise deserted.
People are frickin’ nuts. I just found out that my daughter’s school is closed tomorrow. I live just west of Harrisburg, PA. They are calling for, OMG, 2-inches of rain and 25-40 mph winds.
Reminds me of the story of the boy who cried wolf. One day we won’t listen to these idiots.
Take precautions if you are anywhere in the zone. If there is a hurricane coming toward me, I go into automatic prep then whatever happens, happens, but I'm ready.
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The documentary, In Pursuit of Silence, is a study of the impact of noise on people’s lives. Completed in 2016, the independent 81-minute film from the Cinema Guild tells us that we need more silence in our lives. The critically-acclaimed documentary reminds people that amid today’s technical innovations and the growth of our cities, true silence is becoming a rarity.
The film opens with four minutes and 33 seconds of silence – relating to American composer John Cage’s ground-breaking silent composition 4’33”, pronounced Four Thirty-Three. According to Cage who came up with the idea in 1952, the experimental composition is full of “accidental” sounds. The basis of his idea was that any sound may constitute music.
The composition has been performed live by a pianist who walks on to the stage, sits at his piano and after sitting in silence, closes and opens the lid of the piano several times to represent each different movement.
After releasing his conceptual idea, Cage who died in 1992, said with hindsight he felt many people had missed its point. He was trying to point out there was no such thing as complete silence and that what people thought of as silence was full of accidental sounds but they didn’t know how to listen.
He referred to the wind rustling outside or raindrops falling on the roof as accidental sounds. He also said that during the premier of 4′33″, the audience contributed to the accidental sounds by talking or walking out because they didn’t understand what he was trying to do.
The sights and sounds contained in the film, In Pursuit of Silence, interweave with silent moments to create an unusual cinematic experience, aimed at being a meditative exploration of humans’ relationship with silence and the impact that noise has on our lives.
The film, which premiered in the US in June 2017, takes viewers on a journey around the world, visiting a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto and the hectic streets of Mumbai during the noisy festival season. Director Patrick Shen introduces Zen practitioners and a young American, Greg Hindy, who decided to remain silent for one year while walking across the country, in a kind of Forrest Gump-style.
Shen combines static shots of scenes and their sounds, each lasting for 30 seconds: a petrol station after dark, a tree in a field or a motorway. He interviews audiologists, monks, academics and all other people across the world whose daily lives relate to the consideration of sound and silence.
The film takes viewers inside Orfield Laboratories’ anechoic chamber in Minnesota, which is officially one of the earth’s quietest places, where a background noise of –9.4 decibels has been recorded by the Guinness World Records team. Shen contrasts the abrasive audio and visual noise of city life and today’s digital world with the sounds and sights of stillness.
Critics have praised the film as being jarring and calming at the same time. One particularly poignant scene is filmed in London’s Lloyd’s building, where hundreds of stock exchange workers are unusually, standing still to observe the two-minute silence on Remembrance Day. The eerie silence makes the scene appear like a photograph rather than a film – until the two minutes is up and suddenly, the scene comes to life, as the usual buzz and noise that we’re used to returns in an instant.
The film took four years to complete and Shen said it was aimed at making audiences think, challenging them to slow down to make the world feel “new” again.
The question is, why do we need less noise in our life? Obviously, we do, as statistics show that every year, local authorities deal with around half a million complaints of noise nuisance, most of which relate to excessive noise made by other people.
A 2012 study by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs revealed 48% of UK residents who responded said their home life was spoiled by noise, which came fourth in a list of 12 environmental issues that could affect people’s wellbeing.
Experts say excessive sound has a detrimental effect on our physical and mental health. Sounds can change your mood – imagine listening to a pneumatic drill performing roadworks in the street, compared with gentle birdsong or waves lapping on a shore and think how each sound would make you feel.
Noise affects concentration and can lead to physical problems, such as debilitating stress and the dangers of high blood pressure. Silence, on the other hand, is calming and good for the brain, while it also increases productivity.
The first film to be made solely about noise pollution, In Pursuit of Silence is a step in the right direction towards creating a sound-balanced world and enjoying a “quiet revolution”.
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John Matrix, ultimate soldier and one-man army. Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter (Alyssa Milano) is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess (Rae Dawn Chong) and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed. | <urn:uuid:1dba3554-c593-49ee-8544-82df26a832f7> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://soek.site/commando-5051/news/374095.jsp | 2018-05-22T12:10:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864725.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522112148-20180522132148-00118.warc.gz | en | 0.95663 | 198 | [
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Janet AndersonJanuary 17, 1953 ~ February 11, 2017 (age 64)
Muncie- Janet D. Anderson, 64, passed away on Saturday morning February 11, 2017 at Bethel Pointe Health and Rehab surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 17, 1953 in Muncie, the daughter of Earl T. and Beverly (Smullen) Monroe.
Janet is a graduate of Delta High School, after graduation she moved to Wolcottville, Indiana where she raised her family and worked at Multi-Plex and Tenneco Automotive. She then moved to Muncie in 2007 where she worked at Wal-Mart. Janet was known for her friendly nature, she was always smiling or making friends and family laugh. She loved living on the lake in Wolcottville, listening to country music and crocheting.
Left to mourn the loss of Janet are her two daughters Brandy (Chad) Troyer and Angela (Brad) Kern, mother Beverly Monroe, sister Joyce (Bill) Hale, two brothers David Monroe and George Monroe and 3 grandsons.
She was preceded in death by her father and grandson Lukis Kern.
Memorial services will be held Friday, February 17, 2017 at 5:00 P.M at Parson Mortuary with Pastor Dennis Rush officiating. Friends may call from 3:00 P.M until 5:00 P.M February 17, 2017 at Parson Mortuary. Internment will take place at a later date.
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Good news if you enjoy slow motion death cams and also live in "the land down under." EB Games is offering a Collector's Edition for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Sniper Elite 4 for just $AUD129.95. No word on whether this will be making its way to any other territories, so if you're outside of Australia and really interested in picking it up, then you certainly can, but expect a pretty big shipping fee.
Here's everything you get in the Collector's Edition:
- Full retail copy of Sniper Elite 4
- Collector’s Steel Box
- Karabiner 98k Origami Model Rifle
- 4GB Bullet Shaped USB
- 4 Sniper Elite 4 Postcards
- TARGET FÜHRER campaign mission: Players will once again set their sights on history’s most notorious tyrant in a forgotten corner of the Mediterranean where a secret Nazi U-boat facility threatens Allied shipping. When agent Karl Fairburne attempts to assassinate the base’s Commander, he finds his target already dead, executed in person by a shadowy visitor. Karl’s mission has changed: TARGET FÜHRER! Players must destroy the imposing U-boat base and take down Hitler in as many ways as they can in this replayable campaign mission for 1-2 players
- CAMO RIFLES SKIN PACK: Includes detailed camouflaged sleeves for the game’s seven iconic WW2 rifles
A quick note about all of this. Games for both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are not region locked, so if you order this and live, say, in the U.S., then you can certainly play the game. DLC for the PlayStation 4 is region locked (the codes are only valid on a PlayStation associated with the appropriate country) and it's quite likely that the Camo Rifle skin pack and "Target Furher" mission pack are both DLC.
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Lincolnshire County Council faces second legal battle
Campaigners are considering a second legal challenge to a council’s decision to withdraw funding from the majority of its libraries.
Save Lincolnshire Libraries is gathering witness statements ahead of another possible challenge to Lincolnshire County Council’s decision.
The council voted cut £2m from its £6m libraries budget in February. As a result, two thirds of the county’s libraries will close unless volunteers come forward to run them.
Deepings Library is among those to lose its funding, but Stamford and Bourne libraries will stay open.
Save Lincolnshire Libraries successfully challenged the council’s original consultation in the High Court. But the authority stuck with its original plan to cut the service.
The campaign group is now considering a second legal challenge.
The council’s assistant director of public health Tony McGinty said the authority was “very disappointed” to receive another challenge.
He added: “The council has yet to receive the details, but will be preparing the strongest possible defence once it has done so.
“We’ve worked hard to address all the issues raised in the last year’s judicial review, and carried out additional consultation before making a fresh decision.
“And importantly, the court ruled our proposed model would meet our legal duties, a finding recently endorsed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
“We can’t ignore the fact that by the end of this decade the council’s overall budget will have been almost halved.
“We believe it’s only fair that the library service plays its part in finding the necessary savings.
“However, under our proposals, we can do this in a way that both saves money and creates a more modern and appropriate service.”
The campaign group has appealed for people to give witness statements on how the changes to the library service has affected them. People will not be asked to speak in court.
People can get in touch with the group through its website, www.savelincslibraries.org.uk.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 25,000 points to start the new year as investors appear optimistic about improving economic growth and the tax bill that passed in late 2017. A handful of dividend stocks fueled further optimism for their shareholders with news of dividend increases.
Four notable dividend stocks increased their payouts over the last week, including a large oil and gas producer, two industrial firms and a financial services provider.
Here are four dividend stocks increasing payouts.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) grew its quarterly dividend from 5-cents-per-share to 6 cents, representing a raise of 20%. The oil and gas producer will pay out its higher dividends to shareholders of record as of Jan. 24 on Feb. 7. COG shares trade ex-dividend on Jan. 23.
COG Dividend Yield: 0.83%
MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM) increased its quarterly dividend by 21% to 58-cents-per-share from 48 cents. Shareholders of record as of Jan. 16 will receive dividends from the industrial products distributor on Jan. 30. The company’s shares trade ex-dividend on Jan. 12.
MSM Dividend Yield: 2.36%
Bank Of The Ozarks Inc (NASDAQ:OZRK) increased its quarterly dividend by 3%, raising its payment to 19-cents-per-share from 18.5 cents. Shareholders of record as of Jan. 19 will receive their higher dividends on Jan. 26 from the retail and commercial bank. OZRK shares will be ex-dividend on Jan. 18.
OZRK Dividend Yield: 1.52%
Alamo Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALG) increased its quarterly dividend by 10%, raising its payment to 11-cents-per-share from 10 cents. Shareholders of record as of Jan. 16 will receive dividends from the agricultural and industrial equipment manufacturer on Jan. 29. The company’s shares trade ex-dividend on Jan. 12.
ALG Dividend Yield: 0.39%
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Jamie goes family friendly and redefines the pizza with his latest restaurant offering. And guess what? It's pretty good.
TV personality, cookbook author, restauranteur, chastiser of hillbillies with bad eating habits and the driving force behind a range of products for sale across the world, baby faced Jamie Oliver has a knack for building upon his successes. Considering all this dude's done (and he's still got a few years to go before reaching the big four-oh), you'd imagine he'd be content to rest on his multimillionaire laurels or would have well overextended or overexposed himself a long, long time ago. But apparently he hasn't. And his new eatery, Union Jacks, suggests Mr Oliver still has a tasty idea or two left up the sleeves of his chef's smock.
But Jamie's not the only man waving the Union Jacks banner. The concept is a partnership between Oliver and American “pizza master” Chris Bianco. Widely credited as “the man who perfected dough”, Chris is the head chef and owner of Pizzeria Bianco, a small restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona considered by many to be one of the best places for pizza in the US.
Quite serendipitously then, Union Jacks is a pizza place using a “best of” British list of ingredients. The star of this two-man show is a selection of “flats” - these are essentially pizzas. The flats are cooked in wood fired ovens and cost around £7 to £12. They're really tasty too. And one can see how Bianco got his rep for making just right pizza dough. The flats have a thin, crisp and slightly chewy base that's world's away from the cracker crust of certain high street chains and not as soupy or focaccio-y as more authentic Italian pizzas.
Inside the shiny new “Lego” buildings of Central St Giles, the first, but certainly not to be the last, Union Jacks is a welcoming place. There's a friendly staff. The décor is comfortable and homey and seems to impart a happily lived-in vibe that's agreeable to pretty much anybody … you just need to enjoy eating decent pizzas in a casual setting.
Seafood lovers will be reeled in by Union Jack's “Fish Pie” (smoked pollock, heritage potatoes, sweet leeks and Welsh cockles, £10) while diners seeking British flavours of the land should find the “Old Spot” (roast shoulder of pig, quince and Bramley sauce, Cropwell Bishop Stilton, crackling and watercress, £12.50) a treat. Whether you're a “Chilli Freak” (six chilli varieties, roasted and crushed with tomatoes, curd, rocket, mint & lemon, £9.50) or a “Woodman” (mixed field and wild mushrooms, Westcombe Cheddar, pickled red onion, tarragon and chervil, £11.50), there's probably a fresh baked flat to appeal to your palate.
Obviously there's more to dining here than just the flats. Chicken liver pâté with pickled onion and parsley salad (£4.50) is a particularly satisfying starter. The home made ice cream (£1.50 a scoop, 60p for a kid's scoop) is yummy – especially the "Earl Grey tea and biscuits" option. The all British beer and wine list impresses as well. But the flats are the main reason to visit, and they're a very good reason indeed.
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La Belle is a new label destined to promote videogames with content. Beware : we’re not making “serious games” ! Our first creation is dealing with artificial reproduction of mankind and it’s called “Eugenics“. The first playable was presented in Birmingham and London EGX festival and at Play Paris Powered by Pax.
La Belle was founded by four people, eager to push the videogame medium forward.
Thibaut de Corday. A documentary films and video games producer dealing with social issues – and a TV and games writer. His latest production is the bimedia project about science fiction iconic author Philip K. Dick consisting of The Worlds of Philip. K. Dick documentary and the video game entitled Californium.
Cédric Bache. After more than 15 years, as a head of business developpment at Neko Entertainement, Cedric is a veteran of the indie scene. He’s involved in the french and european indie scene, but he and his team aslo helps young teams to finalize their games.
Laurent Checola. After a first career, employed at Le Monde, he became “indie journalist” working on webdocumentaries and game projects. Let’s Play ! is a five episode serie about the European videogame indie scene, published by Devolver on Steam.
Fibre Tigre. Author of interactive fictions and of the dark adventure game “Out There”.
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I loved this book. Because the book is 549 pages long, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to finish it. However, I didn't have any trouble. I really didn't want to put it down. Not even once. I thought about the characters even when I wasn't reading and could wait to get back to the book to find out what happened next. The short chapters really helped me as it was easy to pick up the book when I had a few spare moments. I loved how the author tied the end of one chapter with the beginning of the next even though many times the chapters featured time periods decades apart.
The other thing that drew me along was the fantastic story. It read like a really good mystery. The author presented a nice balance between the past and the present. Each of the time periods (1913-1914, 1975-6, 2005) received equal billing in revealing parts of the mystery. I also loved that the story was not always linear. It jumped back and forward amongst time periods and looped back to events that were previously mentioned. It sounds confusing, but it really wasn't. The author preceded each chapter with the location and year, which helped me follow the story.
I loved all of the characters, especially Nell and Eliza. I really felt bad for Nell. I can't imagine what her journey was like. She showed great strength and courage to start her quest. It must have been agonizing to have to abandon it without knowing the truth. As for Eliza, she had such a hard childhood. I hoped that she would find some happiness as she grew up.
I admit that I got Eliza, Nell, Ivory and Rose mixed up a couple of times. It wasn't that I didn't know who they were, I just had trouble keeping all of the relationships in line. I quickly drew out a "family tree" and that helped me to keep everyone straight.
One thing I didn't like about the book was the epilogue. It was a nice ending, but it bordered on cheesy and was unnecessary in my opinion.
After Eliza loses a loved one:
Then she folded his memory as gently as she could, wrapped it in the layers of emotion -- joy, love, commitment--for which she no longer had need, and locked the whole deep inside her.(page 142)
On climbing a steep hill, Ruby says:
I feel like a von Trapp, but fatter, older and with absolutely no energy for singing(page 421).
...at night she fell quickly through the thick layers of sleep, woke to find night lying behind her in one solid dreamless drift. (page 389)
It's a gift...to be able to look forward and not back.(page 391)
New word Alert:
elucidation (page 66) - clarification
perspicacity (page 150) - sharpness
toffs (page 190) - upper-class person
fecund (page 221) - prolific
secateurs (page 222) - scissors
espaliered (page 314) - growing method for a tree, especially a fruit tree, trained to grow flat against a wall
titivating (page 340) - doing up/dressing up/beatifying
sibilant (page 357) - a consonant that is pronounced with a hissing sound
inviolable (page 440) - unbreakable, sacred
There was one word I hadn't heard for some time: clack. It's not a new word for me, but I love it.
This book would make a great book club book. This edition of the book includes a Reader's Club Guide to get discussions started.
Highly recommended. I could go on and on about how much I loved this book. I'm really looking forward to reading more books by this author.
For more information about this book or to browse inside, please visit Simon and Schuster'swebsite.
For more information about the author and her other books, please visit Kate Morton's website.
I'd like to thank those nice people at Simon and Schuster for this review copy. Thanks Anneliese.
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When a manufacturer stuffs the biggest engine they make into the smallest body they offer, speed freaks take notice. When that model only comes with a manual gearbox, die-hard driving aficionados rejoice. And when said setup becomes discontinued and replaced with an automated, two-pedal gearbox-- well, things get complicated.
For evidence of the 2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S's curiously tight drivetrain packaging, look no further than the above blueprint of its predecessor, the V12 Vantage. That car's notoriously visceral big engine/three-pedal setup came around because Aston could only squeeze a manual gearbox into the extruded aluminum chassis-- and, no doubt, because someone at Aston had their heart in the right place. The resulting arrangement made the limited production model a rare bird amid a gaggle of paddle-shift dominated supercars, generating a bit of cultish buzz around the otherwise gentlemanly brand. Jeremy Clarkson famously waxed poetic about the arrangement in a poignant, Brian Eno-fueled Top Gear clip. I, too, was lucky enough to have driven the old V12 (on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, no less), and decided to revisit the car on local roads to make sure it was as good as I remembered it (spoiler: it was). But as all beautiful things come to an end, so did the manual, replaced with an automated 7-speed single-clutch transmission by Graziano.
Why was the old gearbox not even an option in the new car? According to one Aston Martin source, the old car sold "very well," but those sales figures were still "small numbers" in the grand scheme, with a total of only 1,320 V12 Vantages finding new owners. Our source also described the following for the old car as a "niche within a niche," suggesting that the new iteration of the V12 Vantage came with paddle shifters to "broaden [the car's] appeal." It's fair to say that selling cars is an entirely comprehensible goal for Aston Martin, considering they've probably spent more time in bankruptcy during the past century than Tesla Motors has been open for business.
Though haters probably won't want to hear it, the jerky Graziano gearbox in the new car does offer the silver lining of weighing 55 lbs less than the outgoing manual transmission. The uprated V12 also gains 55 horsepower, for a glorious 565 hp. But will the lighter, quicker, and arguably more capable V12 Vantage S leave a more significant mark on supercar history than its back-to-basics predecessor? I'm willing to wager that both nostalgic manual lovers and pragmatic futurists would share the same answer to that admittedly loaded question. | <urn:uuid:bd024880-c990-4aec-b4d0-d5574805021a> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a9799/aston-martin-v12-vantage-s/ | 2018-05-25T10:49:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867085.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525102302-20180525122302-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.959324 | 571 | [
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We mourn the passing of beloved philanthropist and thought partner in The San Francisco Foundation family, Larry Stupski.
Born in Houston, Texas, Larry grew up working-class, earning a football scholarship to Princeton University and later Yale Law School. He was well known in the Bay Area and beyond for his tenacity and his distinguished role in leading The Charles Schwab Corporation for 18 years.
Larry embodied the heart of our mission as an advocate for community investment, original ideas, and passionate leadership. We are grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from his driven spirit, and partner with him and his family to make a real impact.
In 1996, he and his wife, Joyce Stupski, started the Stupski Foundation to focus on transforming our public education system. Their work was based on their shared belief that quality education is the most significant factor in transforming the lives of children and overcoming the barriers of poverty and inequity.
“He was a very philanthropic, generous, and thoughtful man who in his philanthropy focused on the importance of millions of kids who were at large urban schools and how to give them an educational opportunity to achieve what he was able to achieve in his own life,” said CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D.
“He never forgot where he came from. He didn’t put his names on buildings. That wasn’t who he was. The wealth he earned in his lifetime he turned into a philanthropic legacy. He was a thought partner and a student throughout his life, and I will miss him deeply.”
Larry has had an immeasurable impact in the region, investing deeply and generously in making the Bay Area the best place it can be. He believed deeply that everyone deserved a fair shot, in systems change – from community clinics to job training, to arts education and community organizing, Larry’s passion to make a greater impact will continue to create meaningful change for years to come.
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The impact of the global economic crisis on sovereign wealth funds
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In the heart of Manhattan's Financial District, 99 John Deco Lofts brings character to the all-too- familiar condominium market. Built in 1933 and designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, the same architects who designed the Empire State building, the apartments for sale at 99 John Street were converted into condominiums in 1999. The limestone and granite pinstriped building has been declared a historic building, which adds to this condo listing's allure.
The 442 lofts at 99 John Street range in size from studios to large penthouses. Soaring ceilings and large windows allow for light to fill the condominiums at 99 John Deco Lofts. Kitchens have high-end, Energy Star rated appliances from IKON. Stone countertops and lacquer cabinets are also found in the kitchen. Hardwood flooring and wood baseboards are found throughout the condominiums at 99 John Deco Lofts and add to the ever-present feeling a luxury. There are also high-end finishes found in the bathrooms. Many of the condominiums at 99 John Deco Lofts have private terraces, home offices, walk-in closets and skylights.
99 John Deco Lofts offers its residents the amenities expected of a luxury condominium building. There is free wireless internet access throughout the building. A lounge has both a billiards table as well as a private screening room, and the fitness center at 99 John Deco Lofts is filled with state-of-the-art equipment. Views of three bridges and Lower Manhattan can be seen from the private rooftop deck at 99 John Deco Lofts. A grocery store, zen garden, drug store, and pharmacy are all located in the building, adding to the convenience of living in 99 John Deco Lofts. On top of this, there is a parking garage, a doorman, and a 24-hour concierge service. This lovely pre-war condominium in New York City's Financial District has tremendous appeal and offers much to its residents. | <urn:uuid:d35fb4ec-6546-4b0c-bfde-43cf37769248> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://www.elegran.com/nyc/buildings/deco-lofts | 2018-05-26T11:53:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867417.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20180526112331-20180526132331-00118.warc.gz | en | 0.950702 | 419 | [
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Mama On: Taking Responsibility
"I see you!"
I was talking with a friend over dinner the other night and the conversation turned to the things people do when they don't think anyone is looking. My friend is from Boston, and she talked about the evening she realized that her mother was ready to step up and take a stand for more than herself and her own children.
My friend was young, six or sevenish, and she and her very happy brother were headed to a neighborhood store for the treat their mother had promised -- popsicles! Walking along, the way children do, they never noticed the staring man parked at the side of the street with his hand working busily in his lap. But their mother did.
Knowing that all of the neighborhood children, including her own, took this walk regularly and the kinds of bad things that can happen to children at the hands of people who didn't mind sitting around and masturbating on city streets, she took action. "Hey!," she shouted, "get out of here!"
When the man was slow to move, the petite Tiger Mama found a stray brick on the sidewalk and used it to punctuate her message. The man realized that someone was determined to take responsibility for his actions, and drove away.
Now, even after being on the receiving end of a Mamaknological defense action, we don't know that the man never "did his thing" (oh, the pun...) again, but we do know that my friend learned a couple of life lessons on responsibility by watching her mother. She learned that one person can make a difference, and that the person who sees the problem can fix it.
My own mother, the World's Preeminent Mamaknologist, used to look at men or women who openly urinated against building walls, masturbated in public, or slipped their hands into other people's purses and wallets, and deliberately announce, " I see you!" Don't ever think that those three words are a law enforcement panacea, but they call attention to the action and make it clear that not everyone is going to let it go uncontested. Not everyone who is caught doing something wrong will stop doing it; but the Mamaknological magic is that now that they have been seen, someone else knows that they are doing the wrong thing, and witnesses have power.
The Mamaknology here is that we must take responsibility for what we see. We cannot ask someone else to take responsibility for those things we let slide, and that covers everything from the people who watch while a child is mistreated, to politicians who try to pretend that they never said or did what the video clearly says they said or did. Don't speak up, and you have to take whatever comes. Pretend not to see, and you leave the responsibility to someone else who may not give half a damn about you, your life, your family, or your community.
So, as a practicing Mamaknologist, I'm going on record here and now. I care about me and the people I love. I care about the world I live in. And while I may not be ready to pitch a brick, Boston style, I am going to speak in my mother's words:
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Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Recruitment 2017 | How to Apply – www.careers.nigerianports.org
This information is intended to notify the general public that Nigerian Port Authority NPA Recruitment 2017/2018 is around the corner and as soon as the recruitment exercise is completed the names of the shortlisted candidates will be released.
For those of you that have been waiting for the commencement of The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) 2017 recruitment , please note that the selection process has not commence yet but we are going to be giving you all the important update on this recruitment exercise. Interested applicants are to read this article carefully before applying for this job .
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is owned and controlled by the Federal Government of Nigeria and it is under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Transport. NPA is a Federal Government agency that governs and operates the ports of Nigeria. NPA is in control of some major ports in Nigeria and the include;
- The Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port in Lagos;
- Calabar Port,
- Delta Port,
- Rivers Port at Port Harcourt
- Onne Port.
After going through this article thoroughly, you should be well informed on Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Recruitment 2017 as well as getting acquainted with the requirements, qualifications, guidelines and other important updates that will give you a better edge. The Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) is into the operation of Hydrographic / Dredging department of the Nigeria Ports Authority. This section covers all four pilotage districts including but not limited to Channel Maintenance, quarterly Survey of Channels, Maintenance Buoys navigation, provide care allowance, and wreck removal.
Contrary to what is really happening right now, rumors has been spreading round by gullibly people that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Recruitment 2017/2018 is ongoing . We are here to confirm that this information is false and it should be disregarded. This recruitment is yet to commence and when it finally start we will be the first portal to publish the good news.
History has it that Port activities and development started in Nigeria in the middle of the 19th century. There was need to build a port in Lagos Nigeria which was as effort to provide facilities for ocean going vessels . The building of ports in Nigeria started at Lagos Lagoon in early 1990. The Apapa Port in the South West was opened in 1913 and the first four deep water berths of 548.64m in the port began in 1921.
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Recruitment Qualification
- Applicants must have a minimum of five (5) credits in Sciences, in not more than two sittings including English and Mathematics in the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent.
- Only applicants who obtained their Certificates in the last eight years need to apply.
- Applicants that has knowledge of ICT will be an added advantage.
- Applicants age range is between 18 to 27 years.
Requirements and Procedures
Prospective candidates who wish to seek employment in the Organisation must fulfill the following criteria:
- Must present original credentials at the interview.
- Must be a Nigerian or have the necessary work permits, if not a Nigerian citizen.
- Must attend aptitude test.
- Submit their resumes online via the Recruitment portal.
How To Apply
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Well, this isn't at all what I expected. I always figured when the kids became aware of their online personas, the boy child (aka Studley) would initiate a lawsuit.
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This is impossible because not only do we already have a Studley, we also have Studley's girlfriend, Studleigh. We wouldn't want things to get confusing by adding yet a third.
We have compromised, and Lucy will hereafter be referred to as Sugarplum.
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While Internet of Things is a $600 billion global industry, it’s still in its nascent stages in Pakistan.
To capitalize on the market’s exponential growth, Orient Electronics is heavily pursuing penetration in Internet of Things (IOT) market.
Orient Electronics is one of the oldest players in the market and has earned good repute for its Inverter ACs.
The company is currently rumored to be working on a Smart AC, which enables people to keep a track of scheduling and bill management via a smartphone app.
Inverter ACs have grown in popularity over the last year due to a long duration summer and unprecedented high temperatures. Speaking about the trend and what’s needed to differentiate in an increasingly crowded market, a spokesperson from a major retail group said:
“Almost all major manufacturers today are producing Inverter ACs and are claiming to reduce energy consumption by 40-60%, but there is no way of tracking that.
If Orient does build this feature, and actually comes through on their promise of energy efficiency, they will obliterate the competition.”
The spokesperson also disclosed that at the start of this year, a meeting was held at the new research and development division of Orient Electronics, also known as BlueEast Pvt. Ltd.
All the key distributors across Pakistan attended the meeting. Moreover, Orient also unveiled a new product, added the spokesperson of the retail group.
The pictures of the product unveiled at the meeting were leaked and since then have been circulating on the Internet. Major dealers have confirmed that this is indeed a new packaging and ‘Ultron eComfort’ is likely to be a new product.
IOT is the Future
Abdul Rehman Talat, Director Marketing and Head of its Research and Development arm, BlueEast Pvt. Ltd, addressed a Plan X panel last year.
The meeting was held to discuss the future plans of the company. Mr. Rehman said that after analyzing the market and its trends, the potential area which can see a huge growth in coming years is IoT.
Orient is aiming to fast track the evolution and has introduced an independent IoT research and development company. By doing so, the company has firmly established a benchmark for local manufacturers to strive towards.
With that said, while a Smart AC may not be a huge product unto itself, Orient is rumored to be working on a key distinguishing feature that has everyone is the retail business up in their seats.
The final product is expected to launch around spring 2017 if the packaging picture is any evidence. Despite what the final feature list might be, such products are likely to feed in to the demand of more sophisticated consumer electronics and appliances, paving way for more commercial products and choice for the end user. | <urn:uuid:73d42a10-6907-4af5-bd37-87925fcd8315> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://propakistani.pk/2017/01/18/orient-working-new-smart-ac-eyeing-push-iot/ | 2018-05-20T14:10:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863570.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20180520131723-20180520151723-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.961108 | 568 | [
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Minimally invasive spine surgery
What is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Spinal surgery is performed traditionally using a long incision, but advances in technology are allowing more neck and back disorders to be treated using minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS).
Since minimally invasive spine surgery avoids the need for an extensive incision, it does not involve injury to the tissues that surround the surgical site. In most instances, this means less post-surgical pain and patients are able to recover more quickly.
Typically, spinal surgery, either minimally invasive spine surgery or traditional open surgery, is only recommended when conservative treatments have failed. Surgery is also only an option if the physician is able to determine the exact cause of the pain.
Some of the conditions that can be treated with minimally invasive spine surgery include:
- Spinal stenosis
- Herniated discs
- Degenerative disc disease
Minimally invasive spine surgery lessens the risk of damage to the soft tissues surrounding the surgical site, such as the muscles. Compared to traditional surgery on the spine, minimally invasive spine surgery may be less of a risk because it is not as invasive. There are distinct advantages to MISS, but the goals of these procedures are the same as traditional surgical procedures.
The primary goals when minimally invasive spine surgery is performed are:
- Decompression: Decompression takes pressure off the nerve roots or the spinal cord which reduces pain.
- Stabilization: Stabilization usually involves fusion with instrumentation to help support the spine when abnormal movement is causing pain.
Surgeons use different methods to minimize trauma to the tissues during minimally invasive spine surgery. Some of these techniques include:
These surgeries have fewer risks than open procedures including less blood loss and less chance of infection. This is because the incision in minimally invasive spine surgery is so much smaller. Better visualization techniques have made these procedures possible.
Other operation procedures include:
- Operations using a tubular retractor
- Percutaneous placement of rods and screws
- Direct lateral access
- Thoracoscopic access
A discectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a herniated disc that is pinching a nerve and causing severe pain, weakness or numbness. When the disc is removed, the symptoms are relieved in most cases. This operation can be performed using minimally invasive spine surgery.
During surgery, you will like on your abdomen and a very small incision will be made over the disc that is herniated. The incision may be less than an inch long. Using a retractor, the surgeon removes a small piece of the vertebra so the spinal nerve and affected nerve can be seen. The nerve is gently moved and the disc is removed and replaced with a graft.
MISS Lumbar Fusion
Lumbar fusion surgeries may be performed as open surgeries or they can be performed as minimally invasive spine surgery. They can be approached from the side, back or through the front of the abdomen.
- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF): In this minimally invasive spine surgery, the spine is approached from the side.
- Anterior cervical discectomy: This procedure is completed to remove a herniated disc from the cervical portion of the spine. In minimally invasive spine surgery a small cut is made in the front of your neck.
- Anterior longitudinal ligament resection (ALL resection): This procedure is minimally invasive spine surgery to correct deformity and kyphosis.
- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF): This is minimally invasive spine surgery using a small incision is made in the front of the abdomen and the affected disc is replaced with graft material.
- Artificial cervical disc replacement or total disc replacement (TDR): This minimally invasive spine surgery is performed to remove all or most of a disc and then an artificial disc is placed in the disc space. A lateral approach is completed from the side of the body.
- Endoscopic discectomy: This minimally invasive spine surgery is completed by the surgeon using a tiny camera called an endoscope inserted through a small incision.
- Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF): This minimally invasive spine surgery is done from the side. Muscles and nerves are less affected by this approach.
- Lateral lumbar interbody fusion: This minimally invasive spine surgery allows for correction of many deformities including those that occur with kyphosis, scoliosis and traumatically. It can be performed using incisions which are many times less than 3 inches long.
- Kyphoplasty: This procedure can be completed using minimally invasive spine surgery to treat spinal compression fractures due to osteoporosis. Surgical cement and a balloon are used to fill the fracture.
- Laminectomy: This operation takes pressure off the spinal cord or the nerves by the removal of all almost all of the thin plate that lays over the spinal canal, known as the lamina. It can be done through minimally invasive spine surgery.
- Laminotomy: This surgery is similar to a laminectomy, but it does not remove as much bone tissue. It too can be done with a minimally invasive spine surgery procedure.
- Laser discectomy: This minimally invasive spine surgery uses laser technology to remove the gel-like center of a herniated vertebral disc which is pressing on a spinal nerve or on the spinal cord.
- Percutaneous posterior pedicle screw fixation: In this procedure, metal rods are attached along the sides of the vertebrae which assist in supporting and stabilizing the spine.
- Mini ALIF: This is minimally invasive spine surgery in which a small incision is made through the abdomen to remove a herniated disc.
- Posterior cervical microforaminotomy (PCMF): This procedure involves a small incision in the posterior neck to make the spinal canal larger, removing pressure on the nerves and spinal cord.
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS): This minimally invasive spine surgery is done in the mid or thoracic spine. With a small incision made in the chest area and a tiny camera is used to guide the surgeon.
Risks of minimally invasive spine surgery
There is a risk of complications with minimally invasive spine surgery, just as there are with any operation. Complications that arise due to MISS are very similar to those that occur with open spinal surgeries, but minimally invasive spine surgery has not been well researched. Studies are on-going. The studies so far have established that with minimally invasive spine surgery there is decreased pain after surgery, less risk of infection and less time spent in the hospital. Be sure to discuss these factors with your doctor before your operation:
- Infection: In most procedures, whether open surgery or minimally invasive spine surgery, antibiotics are given before and during the operation to decrease the chance of infection.
- Bleeding: Bleeding is not usually significant in minimally invasive spine surgeries, although some bleeding cannot be avoided in any type of surgery.
- Recurring symptoms: Recurring symptoms develop in some patients, in both open surgeries, and in minimally invasive spine surgery.
- Nerve damage: This is a rare complication but it is possible that blood vessel or nerve damage occurs during these procedures.
- Blood clots: Blood clots are especially dangerous if, after forming in the legs, they migrate to the lungs. These may occur in open surgery as well as in minimally invasive spine surgery.
Other complications are possible when spinal fusion is performed including Pseudarthrosis and pain at the graft site.
Minimally invasive spine surgery has been shown to result in shorter hospital stays following surgery. The length of stay varies with each procedure and depends on the individual patient, but typically, patients return home within 2 to 3 days.
Since minimally invasive spine surgery does not disrupt the soft tissues and muscles, patients experience less discomfort than is typical after traditional procedures. Following surgery, patients can expect some discomfort, but the pain is often less severe and easier to manage.
Many patients are provided with a brace following minimally invasive spine surgery for their comfort. The techniques used during MISS helps save the function of the muscles. Special instrumentation serves as the support and helps avoid the need for a brace. Many patients find the brace is only needed for one or two weeks after minimally invasive spine surgery.
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For the fourth time in their franchise history, the Atlanta Falcons are headed to the NFC Championship game!
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) January 15, 2017
The Atlanta Falcons have defeated the Seattle Seahawks (36-20) at the Georgia Dome and they will face the winner of the Green Bay Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys game for a chance to play in Super Bowl 51.
— NFL (@NFL) January 15, 2017
Atlanta Falcons MVP candidate quarterback Matt Ryan played like a MVP all afternoon. Matt Ryan finished the game passing for 338 yards with 3 touchdown passes. Seattle Seahawks quarterback finished the game with 2 touchdown passes and 225 yards passing. Falcons star Devonta Freeman was a beast on offense rushing 11 times for 45 yards and 1 touchdown and 4 receptions for 80 yards.
Stay tuned to HHS1987. Follow @eldorado2452 on Twitter and Instagram for all your NFL and sports news.
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Screening & Live Event
Remote Work: Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer
Sunday, December 3, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room
With Alex Rivera and Dr. Wendy Ju in person
Sleep Dealer. Dir. Alex Rivera. 2008, 90 mins. Digital projection. With Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas. In Mexico in the near future, people perform crucial jobs in the United States without crossing the border. Memo (Luis Fernando Peña) finds a digital factory that connects his nervous system to a robot based in the U.S., but the job comes with physical and personal costs. Sleep Dealer won awards at the Berlinale and the Sundance Film Festivals, including the Sloan Feature Film Prize at Sundance, when it premiered almost ten years ago. Seen today, the film is more relevant than ever. The screening will be followed by a discussion between the filmmaker and Cornell Tech professor Dr. Wendy Ju.
Tickets: $15 (Free for members at the Film Lover and MoMI Kids Premium levels and above). Order tickets online. (Members may contact [email protected] with questions regarding online reservations.)
Ticket purchase includes same-day admission to the Museum (see gallery hours). View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For more information on membership and to join online, visit our membership page.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Alex Rivera: is a filmmaker and artist who has been making work for the past 20 years, in a variety of formats, with a focus on immigration and the internet. His films have played internationally at the Berlinale, MoMA, the Guggenheim, Sundance, and on PBS. He has been supported by organizations including the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Sundance Institute, Sloan Foundation, and the Los Angeles Contemporary Art Museum.
Dr. Wendy Ju: is an Assistant Professor at Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island in the Information Science program. Dr. Ju researches human-robot interaction and automated vehicle interfaces, focusing on the ways that interactive devices engage with people. She was previously Executive Director of Interaction Design Research at Stanford, where she received her PhD in mechanical engineering. Her book The Design of Implicit Interactions was published in 2015. | <urn:uuid:8ba39d05-adab-4255-926e-f7f93014e78c> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2017/12/03/detail/remote-work-alex-riveras-sleep-dealer | 2018-05-21T14:59:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864405.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20180521142238-20180521162238-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.922343 | 478 | [
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Solid Wood Crafts and Toys Collection
This spoon rack offers the perfect place to store your spoon collection. Handcrafted in Indiana by an Old Order Amish craftsman this spoon rack display is sure to bless your home as carved at the top.
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If you’ve spent any time online recently, you might have noticed a striking photo making its rounds. Feast your eyes on Glass Gem corn: a stunning, multi-colored variety that has taken Facebook and the blogosphere by storm. With its opalescent kernels glimmering like rare jewels, it’s easy to see what the buzz is about. This is some truly mind-blowing maize.
For the staff here at Native Seeds/SEARCH, the viral explosion of interest in Glass Gem has been thrilling—but not surprising. As the proud stewards of this variety (along with the bioregional seed company, Seeds Trust) we are lucky enough to have grown and admired this extraordinary corn ourselves. Rest assured, this is no Photoshop sham. It is truly as stunning held in your your hand as it is on your computer screen. When you peel back the husk from a freshly harvested ear to reveal the rainbow of colors inside, it’s like unwrapping a magical present. And this is a gift that is meant to be shared far and wide.
Like many heirloom treasures, Glass Gem corn has a name, a place, and a story. Its origin traces back to Carl Barnes, a part-Cherokee farmer living in Oklahoma. Barnes had an uncanny knack for corn breeding. More specifically, he excelled at selecting and saving seed from those cobs that exhibited vivid, translucent colors. Exactly how long Barnes worked on Glass Gem—how many successive seasons he carefully chose, saved, and replanted these special seeds—is unknown. But after many years, his painstaking efforts created a wondrous corn cultivar that has now captivated thousands of people around the world.
Approaching old age, Barnes bestowed his precious seed collection to Greg Schoen, his corn-breeding protégé. The weighty responsibility of protecting these seeds was not lost on Schoen. While in the process of moving in 2010, he sought out a place to store a sampling of the collection to ensure its safekeeping. Schoen passed on several unique corn varieties to fellow seedsman Bill McDorman, who is a former Executive Director of Native Seeds/SEARCH. Curious about the oddly named Glass Gems, he planted a handful of seeds in his garden. The spectacular plants that emerged took him by surprise. “I was blown away,” McDorman recalls. “No one had ever seen corn like this before.”
The story of Barnes, Schoen, and their remarkable corn is not unusual. For millennia, people have elegantly interacted with the plants that sustain them through careful selection and seed saving. This process, repeated year after year, changes and adapts the plants to take on any number of desirable characteristics, from enhanced color and flavor to disease resistance and hardiness.
The bounty of genetic diversity our ancestral farmers and gardeners created in this way was shared and handed down across generations. But under today’s industrial agricultural paradigm of monocropping, GMOs, and hybrid seeds, this incredible diversity has been narrowed to a shred of its former abundance. A 1983 study compared the seed varieties found in the USDA seed bank at the time with those available in commercial seed catalogs in 1903. The results were striking. Of the 408 different tomato varieties on the market at the turn of the century, less than 80 were present in the USDA collection. Similarly, lettuces that once flourished with 497 heirloom varieties were only represented by 36 varieties. The same held true for most other veggies including sweet corn, of which only a dozen cultivars were preserved out of 307 unique varieties once available in the catalogs. Though this data leaves some questions around actual diversity decline, the trend toward dwindling crop diversity is alarming. In just a few generations, both the time-honored knowledge of seed saving and many irreplaceable seeds are in danger of disappearing.
Though much of this diversity may be gone, all hope is not lost. The emergence of a breathtaking heirloom variety like Glass Gem reveals that the art and magic of seed saving lives on. It reminds us that we can return to this age-old practice and restore beauty, wonder, and abundance to our world. Indeed, this renaissance is already underway. The rising seed library movement is encouraging local gardeners to become crop breeders and empowering communities to reclaim sovereignty over their food. Our pioneering educational programs at Native Seeds/SEARCH is training people from all walks of life in building sustainable local seed systems rooted in ancient traditions. And as eye-popping images of Glass Gem continue to spread around the world, Carl Barnes’ kaleidoscopic corn has become a beacon—and perhaps an inspiring symbol—for the global seed-saving revival.
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Many people have contacted us looking to obtain Glass Gem seed. Demand has been very high for this rare variety. As such, our supplies are limited and vary according to the season. Check the Glass Gem listing on our website for current availability. For those that have asked about its edibility, Glass Gem is a flint corn used for making flour or as a popping corn. Unlike sweet corn, it is not typically eaten right off the cob. However, it was likely bred as an ornamental variety—for obvious reasons. Many of these exquisite ears are simply too beautiful to eat.
We encourage everyone who grows Glass Gem corn to rejoin the ritual of seed saving by setting aside your favorite selections for replanting the following year. Share seed with your friends and neighbors, organize a seed swap, or start a seed library in your community. Share your Glass Gem story on facebook and connect with other growers. Support Native Seeds/SEARCH in our work to conserve and protect Glass Gem corn along with the nearly 2,000 rare, aridlands-adapted crop varieties we steward in our seed bank. Your efforts and energy make a difference. As Carl Barnes has taught us, all it takes is one person to create a more colorful, diverse and abundant world—one seed at a time. | <urn:uuid:7f341159-38a8-4a4f-93b8-79c7b6a95e17> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://www.nativeseeds.org/learn/nss-blog/199-the-story-of-glass-gem-corn-beauty-history-and-hope | 2018-05-22T13:39:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864790.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522131652-20180522151652-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.960079 | 1,234 | [
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1989 BMW 325i 3-Series E30 5 Speed Manual - Incredible Original Condition
Price: US $9,500.00 Item location: Goleta, California, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: BMW
- Model: 3-Series
- Type: Coupe
- Trim: 325i
- Year: 1989
- Mileage: 274,230
- VIN: WBAAA1309KAE57793
- Color: White
- Engine size: 6 Cylinder
- Number of cylinders: 6
- Power options: Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Locks, Power Windows
- Transmission: Manual
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: Tan
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!
1989 BMW 3-Series 325i1989 BMW 325i E30 5 Speed Manual
If you are looking a great example of a well maintained original E30 this is it. California car it's entire life. Every Oil change at 3,000 miles has been documented. Also, timing belt change documentation. Original Paint in mint condition and still looks new. Crack free dash. No leaks and runs great. Everything works. This is a supper clean and amazingly well taken care of car. Garaged most of its life and you can tell. People tell me all the time this care looks new. I really hate to sell this car as I know I will never find another E30 this clean and perfect. Come and see this car for yourself you will not be disappointed. 274k miles burns no oil and runs super strong. This car is a show level car.
AC blows cold.
Updated sound system with blue tooth and JL Audio amp.
New Shifter and boot.
>Valve Adjustment with new valve cover seals
>Oil Change (Mobil 1 15W-50)
>Redline MTL Transmission Fluid
>Redline Differential Oil
>New air filter
Upgrades in the last 2,000 miles:
>Turner Chip (Gives this strong engine some punch)
>M Tech 1 Steering Wheel
>iS Lip with Gargastic Splitter
>H & R OE Springs
>Bilstein Heavy Duty Shocks
>Heavy Duty Sub-frame Mounts
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- ATA Airlines parent ATA Holdings Corp. said Saturday that it would hire bankers Jefferies & Co., SkyWorks Capital LLC and SkyWorks Securitites LLC to help the carrier finance its emergence from bankruptcy protection.
The Indianapolis airline ATAHQ plans to get out of Chapter 11 next year.
The airline filed for bankruptcy protection in October of last year amid sky-high jet-fuel prices and aggressive pricing from rivals.
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Welcome to Part Two of our brunch at World Gourmet Summit Norwegian Seafood Brunch, this year being held at Capella on Sentosa island.
After our very very huge spread of the best of Norway's seafood, we moved on to the finale of our World Gourmet Summit brunch: The desserts!
Diners enjoy free flow of Sanpellegrino juice drinks and also their stable of mineral water.
This is one of the largest display of desserts and sweets I have seen in recent times. And of course, lot's of diners whip out their cameras to take photos of these beautiful desserts.
To go with the free-flow Veuve Clicquot champagne, a wide variety of cheese are available to company the champagne.
Not forgetting bread, rolls...
and more breads and rolls!
One of the most attractive fruit displays is this watermelon, honeydew, rasberry and blueberry fruit skewers. This would be perfect on 4th July for America's Independence Day.
I am not sure who is responsible for which desserts, but all of their desserts were very well presented and of course they taste great too.
Italian Tiramisu served in Brandy glasses.
Crepes made on the spot.
Muffins and many more French baked produces. I did not try any of these baked items as I was very very full.
These were excellent. I love the rasberries inside.
The Sachertorte is one of the most famous Austrian chocolate cake. Layers of chocolate cake and cream are added. The traditional Sachertorte has a layer of apricot jam in the middle, but here the Apricot is added on top of the cake.
The Mandarin Cheesecake verrine was another memorable dessert. I like how the mandarin slices and sauce complimented the heavy creamy cheese used.
Even more cheesecakes and chocolate pastry items.
The Macarons here are excellent. They rock. The Pistachio one is my favourite. The Hazelnut was also good.
Cream pastry with almond flakes
Beautifully presented strawberry tarts with Pistachio.
One of the most attractive dessert - Lemon Panna Cotta with fruits of the forests.
2nd batch of Macarons after the first batch was wiped off.
I have never seen such a huge lineup of Nespresso machines at a brunch before. There was another tea company offering all of their range of tea. I believe it was Twinings.
My freshly brewed Nespresso.
This is one of the largest brunch I have ever attended for this year. Most of the food items here are of excellent quality, and it is only once a year that you get to enjoy cuisines from some of the best restaurants in Singapore all under one roof.
World Gourmet Summit
Norwegian Seafood Brunch Featuring Veuve Clicquot
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Hobbes, Leviathan, chap. 13. On the difference between political thought, political theory, and the role of particular “traditions” in theorizing, see Leo Strauss, What is Political Philosophy? : Free Press, 1959). For an attempt to conceptualise the degeneration of conflict into such a struggle, see Kratochwil (fn. 10), chap. 2. ” in Voegelin, Anamnesis, trans. : Notre Dame University Press, 1978). For an instructive inquiry into the workings of rules in decision-making situations, see Gidon Gottlieb, The Logic of Choice (London: Allen & Unwin, 1968).
That the sense of interest has become common to all our fellows and gives us a confidence of the future regularity of their conduct; and it is only on the expectation of this that our moderation and abstinence are founded. In like manner are languages gradually established by human convention, without any promise. 49 It is obvious that this perspective on order is of particular interest for international politics, as it allows for a theory of order in a decentralised authority structure instead of making the centralisation of effective and accepted power the prerequisite for order.
The investigation of particular structures of the international environment significantly expands the research program by showing that behavioral maxims for political action are not universal, but system-specific. Nevertheless, the old mould of realism has not been broken. [. ] It is also important to note that even the behavioural movement35 in international relations has by and large accepted the framework provided by the realist problem-set. 37 However, even the latter projects were clearly rooted in the same theoretical concerns. | <urn:uuid:af19b810-b54f-4a61-ae2a-1daafb463ea0> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://oribarri.com/books/chicken-soup-for-the-kids-soul-stories-of-courage-hope-and-laughter-for-kids | 2018-05-25T14:38:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867094.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525141236-20180525161236-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.936122 | 1,432 | [
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The theft of company data is sadly becoming more common in businesses these days and because of this, a large number of employers are starting to take preventative action in order to curb the problem. Some employers have now started to keep tabs on their staff in order to spot any activity that is linked to the leaking of vital company information, which has the potential to harm the business and boost its competitors.
Modern Solutions for Protecting Your Data
In the IT sector, most companies provide smart phones to their employees because of the technical nature of their job; however, this has the potential to harm the company if an unscrupulous employee decides he wants to steal data. It used to be almost impossible to keep track of an employee’s mobile phone usage, but now, thanks to the advancement of smart phone technology and software, there are now several programs that can be installed onto a phone in order to monitor its usage.
Sometimes Companies Need to Set up the Employee Activity Monitor
As well as allowing you to keep an eye on any potential data theft, this spy software will also allow you to monitor the smart phone for unwarranted personal calls that can add significant sums of money to the phone bill at the end of the month. When you can keep an eye on the usage of company mobile phones then you will garner an idea as to who is doing what with the phones that you have provided them with. You will have full info about calls and SMS messages, to who they were sent and at what time of the day, as well as incoming calls and messages too, and on top of that, you will also be able to monitor the websites that they may have visited as well.
A recent survey has stated that if an employee has had their employment terminated and they are working out their notice period, that they are more likely to steal data in order to pass it on to a rival company, or even to help set up their own company.
Legal Aspects of Mobile Phone Monitoring
Although not illegal to monitor the usage of the mobile phones that you provide to your employee’s, it is only fair that you should inform them of the fact that it is company property, and that its usage will be monitored at all times. This can have the advantage of acting as a deterrent and reducing the risk of this type of data theft occurring in the first place.
Some of these phone spy programs are very detailed and you can even program them to alert you when a SMS message has been sent that includes certain words that you may think could be linked to data theft. Another great aspect of these apps is that they will also let you know when a photo has been taken and sent from the phone, in case an employee is taking pictures and sending them via your company’s phone.
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The 5 Best Z-Rock 107.7 Interviews Of 2017
Let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we? Lord knows this year was trippy.
One of my favorite parts of being on the radio is getting to interview my favorite rockers! 2017 provided a lot of opportunity for that! Even though he's only been with us since April, Jordan scored some too!
Here's a look back at our five favorite rocker interviews from 2017.
We scored Rick & Morty moments with them! Jordan even got an exclusive with Arejay Hale outside Mayo Civic Center - boobs and food may or may not have been discussed.
The man himself! Val caught up up him at Northern Invasion 2017.
Mark and Jamie from The Pretty Reckless caught up with Val and talked South Park. Screw you guys, we're going home!
We played "Two Truths, and a Lie!!" Enjoy it!
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Next Step Publishing Rebrands as NextStepU
New name focuses on publisher's ‘complete picture’ of services.
For 15 years, Next Step Publishing has served high school students with a print magazine to help steer them into college. Today, the company is tweaking its brand to remind advertisers that it offers more that just print solutions for their needs. Moving forward, it will be known as NextStepU.
“What we’ve found is that to be on the market and to be known as a print magazine only, buyers instantly classify you as old media and end the conversation quickly,” founder and CEO David Mammano tells FOLIO:. “They want to partner with someone who is positioned more as a media company. The thing is, we’ve done a good job keeping up with a lot of the technology—online and digital. Instead of having to explain ourselves, we’ve decided to smash the perception of the company while maintaining the core business.”
In addition to the print magazine—which publishes bi-monthly during the school year and is distributed to 20,500 high schools across the country—Next Step also has the company’s Web site and digital lead generation business. It is looking to distribute content on mobile platforms and plans to have an edition for the iPad this fall.
Last year, the company launched BackToLearn.com, a Web site for adults who are considering to begin or return to college.
Mammano says the rebranding has generated some good response so far among advertisers, which tend mostly to be colleges and universities. “Usually for every 10 phone calls I make to dead accounts, I might get one appointment,” he says. “Since pitching the new evolution of Next Step and our new range of resources, I managed to make five appointments out of 12 calls. That’s pretty good.”
Despite the refocus on digital, Mammano is quick to not discount the value of print. “At the end of the day print offers the allure of being an expert, acts as a brand ambassador and is a traffic driver,” he says. “It’s still a big part of what we do. But now we’re a full resource media company, able to offer the full surround sound of marketing services.” | <urn:uuid:126c6c36-6982-4acf-b86c-c25847371588> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.foliomag.com/next-step-publishing-rebrands-nextstepu/ | 2018-05-26T14:16:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867417.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20180526131802-20180526151802-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.9632 | 491 | [
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It is a million dollar question, or going by the magnitude of money pharmaceutical companies are minting in our state, it may well be worth a billion dollars. And when such a ridiculous amount of money is at stake, collective conscience, moral responsibility, integrity, sense of duty towards the society often gets short changed.
If we make an accurate prognosis of our healthcare system, it’s invalided by a bunch of deadly viruses, read under-qualified work force, selfish interests, profiteering, a lack of empathy, or devil-cares-a-damn-attitude that has left all of us vulnerable to sharks out there who make no bones about making big money at the cost of our poor healthcare system.
What we need to get us out of this mess is no less than a miracle drug. A vaccine that will not only take care of all the ailments our healthcare system is afflicted with but will eradicate these viruses forever.
Now, let us take an unbiased look at the newly-adopted Drug Policy and see whether it is really up to scratch or is it just placebo. Doing a paragraph by paragraph post-mortem of the Drug Policy may not be possible but I will try to put the most important highlights of the policy under the microscope and try to make you see the bigger picture.
Essential Drugs Concept: There are about 300 -350 drugs on the repertoire of the World Health Organization classified under the Essential Drugs , that clinically tackle almost all disease conditions, and these “essential drugs” are recognized and prescribed by the best healthcare systems around the globe.
This EDL (Essential Drug List) will be revised after every two years taking into consideration therapeutic advances and changes in cost, resistance pattern and public health relevance.
In addition to that there are some drugs, though not listed on the EDL, required for specific diseases/ exceptional cases, a special Complementary Drug List (CDL) is drawn up and provisions made to procure such drugs for the masses under the controlled prescription policy.
The question is whether implementation of this concept as prescribed by the drug policy is good or bad. And the answer is both good as well as bad. It is good for you and me. It is good for the patient. It’s good for our healthcare system as this limited number of carefully selected drugs based on agreed clinical guidelines leads to a better supply of drugs, to more rational prescribing and to lower costs.
But it’s bad for business as there are about 20,000 and more medicines/ drug combinations available in the market when just “Essential Drugs” would do. Less number of drugs means lesser profits for these companies. Thus implementation of this concept is bitter medicine for them.
International Non-proprietary Name (INN) use: As per the international protocol, the drugs selected shall be identified, listed by their generic name or International Non-proprietary Name (INN) only and not by their brand names. How will this help “the masses”?
Going by the standard marketing practices employed by the pharmaceutical companies, they employ their representatives to influence medical practitioners to prescribe their brand name medicine over others.
This triggers ugly marketing wars between the pharmaceutical companies. Every dirty trick in the trade is put into practice to win majority market share. Marketing gimmicks like undue perks: foreign trips, expensive gifts are promised to unscrupulous medical practitioners that lead to irrational prescribing, high costs of medicine. To tackle these marketing strategies, other companies stoop down to cutting costs by compromising with efficacy of drugs thus leading to the menace of sub-standard, spurious drugs in the market. Whatever the strategy; we, the masses, become casualties of their profit wars.
To save us from such a nexus of pharmaceutical companies and medical practitioners, this Drug Policy is recommending “Generic Drugs” marketed under a nonproprietary or approved name rather than a proprietary or brand name. These generic drugs are as effective as, but much cheaper than, brand name drugs.
Regulated Drug Licenses: The healthcare industry is the domain for specially-skilled workforce, but the tragedy with the healthcare system in the state is that every Tom, Dick and Harry have gotten into it for lack of a much coveted, government job.
In the past two decades, the drug licenses have been distributed in the state like tehri. Medical shops have come up across the state like acne on a poor teenager’s face: aplenty. And the job of reading a doctor’s prescription and dispensing the right drug to the patient is often done by teenagers employed in these shops rather than by qualified pharmacists.
Drug Licenses should have been issued to qualified pharmacists in the first place and not to any random person with a matriculation certificate.
This Drug Policy is righting that wrong without jeopardizing the livelihood of the people involved in the healthcare sector by endeavoring to conduct training of drug sellers, continuing education of health care providers, and by empowering consumers through educating them about drug usage.
The concepts of essential drugs, rational drug use and generic prescribing shall be an integral part of basic and in-service training of health professionals. As such, these shall be incorporated in the curricula of health education training institutions.
Controlled Prescription: Popping a pill at the smallest hint of a headache has become a trend in our state. People take medicine as carelessly as if they are popping a candy. Or if we go by the traditional norms, the advice of a mere compounder, who is not even a qualified pharmacist, is taken as seriously as one should take the advice of a qualified doctor.
To control this careless attitude prevalent in the society, the Drug Policy is making it mandatory to monitor sale, storage, use of drugs and record keeping under Schedule X of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
This will put an end to irrational dispensing of Schedule X and Schedule H drugs. We’ve already seen the ugly consequences of not following these norms in the form of drug addiction.
Without proper supervision and monitoring, our vulnerable youth fall prey to repeated use of certain narcotic/ sleep inducing drugs and put their future at the verge of destruction. Special checking squads comprising Deputy Controllers working under Drug and Food Control Organization will be constituted to undertake periodic inspections in this regard.
This Drug Policy makes Schedule-H drugs to be strictly dispensed on the prescription of Registered Medical Practitioners only.
Prescription for Progress: I’m not a medical doctor, but as an aware consumer, I strongly believe that for successful implementation of the policy and to promote the concepts of essential drugs and rational use of drugs while ensuring proper management of the limited resources to promote long term sustainability, it is necessary to develop expertise of the state’s pharmacists.
To ensure safety, quality and efficacy of products, the regulatory agency shall regulate manufacture of medicinal products and conduct periodic inspection of manufacturing premises within the State.
Pharmacists should be empowered to manage the Drug Management System at all levels. Necessary steps should be taken, in due course of time, for training of adequate number of pharmacy professionals in the State to manage the hospital pharmacies and drug supply system. Appropriate in-service training programmes shall be designed and implemented at different levels to enhance the skills of pharmacists to meet the emerging challenges.
With a lot of hullaballoo going around in the media circles about the Drug Policy, it is for you, my dear reader, to decide for yourself whether it’s healthy for you to let someone with selfish interests to make money at the expense of your health or take a healthy stand for the State Drug Policy that will inject some vigour and vitality in our convalescing healthcare sector.
(After running into a couple of hiccups initially Jammu & Kashmir Health Department finally succeeded in implementing the State Drug Policy in March 2012 , which was based on the National List of Essential Medicines of India, 2011.)
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Nox polish in Twilight
I didn't try these on because there was no doubt about keeping them because they are both opaque polishes and are great for nail art. Sally Hansen in Black Out and Sinful Colors Gel in Wisp.
Sinful Colors Whipped Frosting
Another Models Inc nail polish hits the dust. Although they are quite sheer, I must say they have gorgeous shine. I've decided to keep both silvers, one is a chrome and the other has a green undertone so I think that there's enough of a difference to warrant keeping both. I have decided to keep both Sinful Colors white nail polishes because I tend to use a lot of white polish.
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Dell Inspiron 5100 Card: Wireless 1350 (802.11b/g) WLAN miniPCI Card
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I haven’t listened to this all the way through but have posted several other videos on this topic. I always find it fascinating and think you will too!-A.M.
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This is my latest piece titled, “Losing my marbles”. I made it for a guild challenge. We were given a random candy and were to make something using that candy as inspiration. I was lucky and got this package of M&M’s . When I poured them out, they rolled around like marbles. That gave me the inspiration. I used the color of the wrapper for my hand dyed background fabric. I then marbled some fabric for the marbles. I made those in gradating sizes to hopefully give the illusion of the marbles pouring out. The marbling was done with fabric ink and shaving cream. You can see what I did on the Dharma Trading website. This link shows the product I used and the technique.
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26 Nov Home Depot and NLC Help Good360 Support Homeless Veterans
A few kits prepared to be distributed to veterans at Caritas[/caption]
Last week, Good360 hosted a service project at the National League of Cities’ Congress of Cities and Exposition for the fifth year in a row. The service project, which was sponsored by The Home Depot Foundation, brought together city officials and nonprofit leaders to assemble personal care kits for homeless veterans.
Dozens participated in the project, including Clarence Anthony, Executive Director of the National League of Cities, and Chris Coleman, NLC President and Mayor of St. Paul. Some assembled one kit; others, like Jane Delaney from Nashville, Tennessee, assembled 30 or 40.
“We need to do anything we can for the veterans,” said Delaney, whose son served in the military. “I just love doing stuff like this.”
Filled with personal care items like shampoo, soap, disposable razors and toothpaste, the assembled kits were distributed to various veterans service organizations. At Caritas – a veterans service organization located just blocks from where the conference was held in Austin, Tx. – representatives from Good360 and The Home Depot Foundation personally delivered kits to veterans following the kitting event.
Other veterans organizations receiving personal care kits include Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry in Asheville, N.C.; Homeward VA in Richmond, Va.; and The Road Home in Salt Lake City. In all, 647 kits were packed by volunteers and distributed to homeless veterans across the country.
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As is the case in such things, the topic spawned several tangents and points of confusion I’d like to address. With over a hundred comments in the original thread, it seems prudent to start a clean entry here, rather than add to the tangle of nested rebuttals and counter-rebuttals.
Letter’s Intent & Origins
Is the letter real? – I was surprised and somewhat disheartened by how frequently this question was asked (in a variety of iterations) by otherwise intelligent people. I had hoped it was obvious – that the answer is NO. The Klan letter was entirely a work of FICTION, authored by myself. Satire: building totally fictional material as a device to illustrate a real-world concept. First used by Jonathan Swift, whose A Modest Proposal was, come to think of it, also taken literally in its time.
So what was your objective in writing it? – Ah, a much better question. The problem with conventional debate tactics on topics that people feel passionately about (abortion, gun control, affirmative action, etc.) is that people on both sides have heard everything the other side has to say. They already know the major arguments their opponents will throw at them, and have established mental retorts ready to deflect them. Likewise, both sides have a stereotyped vision of what their opponents look like: AA-opponents see their opposite numbers as a rag-tag collection of patronizing white-guilt liberals, shiftless minorities, and closet anti-white racists. AA defenders, on the other hand, see their opponents as a battalion of pampered country-club WASPs threatened by minority progress, naïve Pollyanna fools who think racism has been totally eradicated, and history-ignorant minorities who brag about how they “made it without any help.”
Both look at their opponents, clench their fists, and growl you just don’t get it, do you?
The letter’s motivation was simple: it was intended as an unconventional vehicle to break that impasse by asking the classic realpolitik question: Qui bono? (“Who benefits?”).
Content/Response to Comments
jimy: The original post, which suggests that AA actually sabotages minorities by placing them in disadvantageous situations, is absurd. Putting minorities in positions of power just to watch them fail. Yeah whatever.
According to a comprehensive, campus-wide study on the costs and benefits of race-sensitive admissions programs conducted at the University of Wisconsin this is exactly what is going on. Specifically, I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to the section titled How Admissions Preferences Affect Minority Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation Rates. Notice that ‘targeted’ minority recruitment enrollees always suffered significant retention losses, compared to minorities that passed through the conventional admissions filters. Is it more likely that a minority that slides in through University X on grades/SATs below-average to his peers feel like he’s in over his head? What kind of victory is it to boast about a “diverse” entering freshman class … if the graduating class manages to jettison most of its minorities through attrition?
The fundamental problem of AA-advocates is their persistent attempt to treat college admissions (or job offers, government contracts, etc.) as if they were toys or treats to be parceled out, rather than serious transactions that require extended commitment. Attempting to subvert an imperfect (but otherwise colorblind) selection process wracks terrible unintended consequences on the people it purports to help. And that’s real tragedy of AA: minorities are systematically bumped up into categories where they are outclassed and outgunned – and find themselves robbed of the chance to shine in their peer group. Thanks to AA, instead of Johnny, the confident summa cum laude graduate of State U, we get Johnny, the demoralized 1.2 GPA MIT dropout.
weswilson: My father once said to me, “Son, we had those people in chains for 300 years... it will take at LEAST that long to clean up this mess we've created.”
Who is this mythical “we?” Does a Polish immigrant who arrived in the U.S. after WW2 get added into this equation? Would an African American with a Caucasian forbearer (as a good many do) owe something to pure-African former slaves? This nonsense is pure culpability-by-skin-color … and it is precisely the language of “white guilt” you so vehemently deny. Acid test: Will you donate a thousand dollars to help send your black co-worker’s daughter to college in the name of “reparations?” I doubt it. Instead, you want the government coerce others to implement policies at their expense to allay your displaced sense of obligation. It’s a very convenient belief: you can pat yourself on the back for being a magnanimous soul – and send the bill to a third party.
I don't buy that for one second. You honestly want to help African Americans? Excellent. Write some big checks to the United Negro College Fund. Volunteer at an inner-city school to teach calculus and prepare young men and women for college life. But stick me with the tab so you and your father can scores some points patronizing minorities without lifting a finger or cutting a check? Thanks, but I’ll pass.
… and the Gauntlet is Thrown
jimy, for a guy whining about “personal attacks”, you sure blow pretty hard when you swaggered in here. Are we a little lonely?
If you despise me as much as you claim, why do you spend so much time here and plaster that smug, smirking icon of yours all over my journal? The venom you spit and the tantrums you throw are quite perplexing, to be honest. On my end, I feel quite indifferent toward you and don’t much care if you like me, hate me, or masturbate screaming my name.
From the word go, you’ve blustered and posed like you’re itching for a showdown but I’ve played it cool so far because I consider it unsportsmanlike to square off in a battle of wits with an unarmed man. I avoided direct engagement to spare you the humiliation of a public beating, but I can only do so much. If you insist on dueling me and let yourself be mauled alive in front of witnesses, I will clear a fresh thread dedicated to let you unleash your vitriol.
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Establish a work history as the reliable, capable employee your future boss wants on their team.
On-campus employment often offers the flexibility of working around your class schedule as well as the potential to build experience in your preferred line of work. Your positive working relationship with your campus supervisor yield positive references when you apply for jobs post-graduation.
Boost your resume and your pocketbook. Contact Megan Kershner or stop by Career Services in the Ad Building central offices (1st floor).
Are you work-study eligible? Meaning – are you eligible to earn federal work-study dollars? Work-study eligible students receive preference, when possible, for campus jobs.
- New students or those who have not worked on campus before, must complete the required paperwork (Employment Application, Federal W-4, Kansas W-4 and I-9 forms).
- Show the director of Career Services the appropriate ID, as detailed on the I-9 form – usually a passport or driver’s license PLUS a Social Security card or birth certificate. We are required by law to see the originals – NO faxed documents or photocopies.
- Look over the jobs advertised on the Career Services web page.
- If you’re interested in any of these, contact the supervisor to express your interest. If you’re hired, the supervisor will issue you a Student Employment Agreement or contract. If your required paperwork is complete, Career Services will then sign off on the contract and you are ready to begin work.
Important: Before you can begin work, you must turn in all required paperwork to the Business Office (Ad Building 1st floor, east side), including a completed contract, W-4, K-4 and I-9 forms.
Turn your time sheet(s) into the Business Office (Ad Building 1 floor, east side) on the 17th of each month. (The pay period goes from the 16th of one month to the 15th of the next.) Work recorded on the time sheet must coincide with the dates on your signed contract. Time sheets should be turned in every month and not accumulated.
On payday (the 25th of each month, or the Friday before if the 25th is on a Saturday or Sunday), go to the Business Office to pick up your check or endorse it over to your student account.
You may choose to apply your earnings toward your student account, once you receive approval from Karen Garcia in the Office of Financial Aid/Student Accounts.
Your ability to directly apply your student employment income to your student account depends upon:
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Note: A first-year student will be considered for this payment plan once they have completed a semester of successful work experience.
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- Work according to the schedule outlined by the supervisor.
- Be on time.
- Notify your supervisor as soon as possible if you are unable to work or need to change your work schedule.
- Perform work responsibilities and tasks effectively and efficiently as required by each supervisor.
- Focus on skill-building expectations detailed in the job description.
- Accurately report hours worked on the time sheets in increments of 15 minutes. For example, if you work from 8:55-10:40, this should be recorded as 9-10:45. (Deliberate falsification of hours worked is cause for immediate dismissal.)
- Foster and maintain a positive working relationship with your supervisor and peers on the job.
- Clarify problems or misunderstandings as soon as possible.
The purpose of the warning system is to encourage the student and the supervisor to identify, discuss and resolve job performance concerns.
- First infraction: If a supervisor is dissatisfied with a student’s job performance, a written warning will be issued. (A copy will be filed in the student employee’s personnel file.)
- Second infraction: Will result in a second written warning. (A copy will be filed in the student employee’s personnel file.)
- Third or a more severe infraction: Will result in immediate dismissal from the job at the discretion of the supervisor.
All students will receive performance evaluations by their direct supervisors once each year to enhance their employment experience and to provide a formal communication and review that parallels professional experiences. Evaluations will be conducted using an evaluation form that focuses on measurement of the identified job skills for the position. Copies of this signed form will be provided to the Office of Career Services for record-keeping and reference purposes.
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Information elements. Subjective perception
Let us look closer at the information we receive. What kind of information is it? What is it about? We perceive, for instance, that a cucumber is green; that someone is angry; that it is already (or only?) 2 p.m.; that oil prices grow and, therefore, the petrol price grows as well; that 2+2=4; that we have become sad or we are hungry; that it’s hot today; that we must use a hammer in order to drive a nail; that there are systems and models… and so on. The problem of information complexity can be simplified by categorizing these separate information pieces.
In socionics, all the information is divided into eight information elements. They are called «work», «system», «will», «comfort», «emotions», «relationship», «possibilities», «events». It needs to be emphasized that these names are just technical terms. They are not quite fortunate, perhaps, but they have become common terms in the language of socionics. Let us consider their exact sense.
At first, the following question arises: how was all the information categorized (or subdivided) into these 8 information elements? Why was it done in this way? Can these eight categories cover all the possible kinds of information? Before we turn to this question, it is worthwhile to make a brief digression on the problem related to subjectivity of our perception. Scientists concluded that the human perception is subjective. What does this mean? The Great Encyclopaedic Dictionary gives the following definition of the term «subjective»:
1) belonging to or relating to the mind of the thinking subject or proceeding from its activity;
2) a characteristic of knowledge meaning that the nature of the object being considered is not described comprehensively.
Hence, our perception is not thorough enough, we perceive only in the way our sense organs enable us to. Let us look at a fly, for example. How does a frog (or a snake) see it? It is known that some animals perceive ultrasound, which it beyond our hearing, or can see only moving objects. Some animals, unlike humans, can «see» heat radiated by bodies. Therefore, our perception is somehow limited. For instance, we know about solar radiation and, though physicists can talk about waves and particles, we perceive it as heat and light. Consequently, our reasoning will be devoted to subjective perception, and it is the information perceived subjectively that will be subdivided into the informational elements.
Let us consider the process of dividing all the information according to certain properties. We live in a material world, as we perceive it. In this world we can distinguish the substance that is solid and the field that we cannot touch. We can also see that the substance exists in the form of separate items; for example, stones, trees, sand, water, etc. What makes them separate? Since any object ends somewhere, it is boundaries of objects that do the job. Hence, we can subdivide the substance into objects and space between them. Moreover, any object has its own properties.
What about field? The Collins Dictionary gives the following definition of this word:
Field is a the region of space surrounding a body, such as a charged particle or a magnet, within which it can exert a force on another similar body not in contact with it.
We perceive the action of these forces as some energy.
Thus, we have objects in a space where some forces act (and we feel energy, as a result). But objects, space, and energy change constantly. We perceive these changes as flow of time, or events. A seed grows into a sprout, then the trunk appears and branches follow. Little by little, a tree grows. For the man, these changes are appropriately fixed as flow of time, a sequence of events in time.
We have already defined the four information macroelements: «objects», «space», «energy», and «time». They envelop all the information that a person can receive. In socionics, the information macroelements are denoted by the following symbols: , , , . Please, note that the symbols are two-colored. But we should obtain eight information elements now. Let us subdivide each macroelement into two components as follows:
1. The essence component is fundamental, essential properties of an object that single out it among other objects.
2. The relation component is relations between essential properties, comparison of essential properties with each other.
Let us illustrate these components by deriving information about such a usual object as a table. A table is often wooden, right-angled; it has legs supporting the table top. The basic feature of any table is its horizontal surface resting on something since we use tables to put something on (for instance, a meal), to write, to eat, to work or to do anything else. In this example we have considered essential properties of the table, i.e., fundamental features that basically define any table.
People invented a large variety of tables: writing-tables, coffee tables, kitchen and other ones. There are tables with one, two, three, or four legs. Tables are parts of furniture sets: for example, a coffee table and to chairs; or a wardrobe, a sofa, armchairs, a dining-table, and chairs. Tables can be made of wood, glass, plastic, some metal, etc. When we consider the variety of tables and their types, we compare them with each other, create relations in mind. As seen from the example, relations of objects are needed for some classifying and systematizing purposes, for arranging and generalizing our knowledge.
Thus, the information macroelement «objects» () is subdivided into two information elements: «work» () and «system» () (the symbols are now single-colored). We have given such names to these information elements because by using objects’ properties (their essence), we do some work (on objects or by means of them). Let us take wood, for example. This material is soft enough (though not so soft as fluff), but it is softer than a metal. Therefore, we can tool it by some harder sharp metal instrument such as a knife, a saw, or an axe. Since wood doesn’t sink, we can build a raft out of it. Since wood burns, we can use it as fuel. Working with objects, a man creates technologies, methods, procedures, manufacture process.
the information element «work» is also called «practical logic», «black logic»
In socionics, the information element «work» is also called «practical logic», «black logic» (according to the color of its symbol ).
It should be noted that, whenever we hear the word «work», it is not necessarily the context of the «work logic». When someone writes a program, serves clients, sings on the stage, or creates a book, he or she works as well, but this activity is nor a work on objects neither by means of them. Therefore, we should be attentive and remember that «work logic» relates only to objects and their properties.
Comparison of objects' properties and relations between them, constitues major part logical information called systematizing. Finding out general properties and differences; creating tables, schemes, and structures; math computations, arranging in certain order, or constructing of algorithms; finding out dependencies and regularities; constructing of hierarchies and classifications; making statistical calculations, etc can be generally attributed to the notion of logical operations.
Let us do some arithmetics. How much is it if two chairs are added to another three chairs? Obviously that makes five chairs. Were we interested in features of that chairs (material, upholstery, etc.) when counting them? No, we were interested only in quantity, i.e., in a certin co-relation between the objects. We can further disembody them in our mind and count abstractly: 2+3=5. This is an illustartion of what the system logic means.
The informational element «system» is also called «structural logic», «white logic»
The informational element «system» is also called «structural logic», «white logic» (once again, according to the color of its symbol ).
Let us now subdivide the remaining macroelements in the same way.
«force» ( or «volitional sensing», «black sensing»)
The informational macroelement «space» () consists of the essence component «force» («volitional sensing», «black sensing» ) and the relation component «comfort» («experiential sensing», «white sensing» ).
«comfort» (or «experitntial sensing», «white sensing»)
We remember that macroelements are divided according to their essence component and the relation component. Subjectively, we perceive space as emptiness between objects that is formed by their boundaries. Space would not exist in our perception without boundaries. The measurable space and extent of «empty» space and the notion of objects appear as soon as boundaries appear. Any bound is a force barrier, since we need to apply some force to set boundaries or to change them, hense «will sensing» is related to force. Thus, the essential feature of space is the presence of bounded extent.
We can consider not only physical but also psychological space. You’ve possibly heard the expression «life space». We can broaden, defend, enrich, make larger or smaller, or protect all these spaces. When you buy something for yourself, your home, or family, as well as earn money, you thereby are strengthening your life space.
The vocabulary of this information element is following: defense, attack, space limitation, pressure, to strike, to kill, to repulse, will, influence, compulsion, discipline, firmness, power, authority, mobilization, aggression.
Information on relations between boundaries constitutes the informational element «comfort». Indeed, let us remenver our sensations while wearing new shoes. For example, we could say: «They are too tight and uncomfortable». How have do you know if they are comfortable or not? You have sensed the co-relation between boundaries of your feet and the inner space of the shoes. This relation has brought to you the required information on comfort. The same thing happens when you sit on a chair or an armchair. You sense how boundaries of your body and the chair touch each other. And you get to know if this chair (or a dress, or a room) is comfortable or not.
Another example regarding this kind of information is the notion of harmony of lines. You see a vase posessing elegant lines and proportions and exclaim: «How beautiful!» Beauty is perceived as relation between boundaries, hence it is also attributed to «comfort sensing». But note, that if we understand beauty as emotional admiration, or if we call beautiful an expensive status object or a relationship, or even a math formula, then we should understand that in this case it means another information element. Such ambiguous words are called multi-elemental. Their attribution to a certain information element depends on the context and on the implied meaning. The word «money», which we usually encounter in the context of «black sensing», is also multi-elemental.
«emotions» («emotive ethics», «black ethics»)
Let us consider further subdivision of the «energy» macroelement (). As usual, it is subdivided into the essence component «emotions» («emotive ethics», «black ethics» ) and the relation component — «relationship» («relational ethics», «white ethics» ). But what is in common between energy, emotions, relationship? In fact, if your emotional state changes, it follows the change in your energy state. If you are happy, then your energy state is high, and it feels like you have a lot of power and are ready to sing, jump, or uproot the trees. But if your mood becomes worse, it feels like colors fade, power leaves you and makes place for apathy, and you want to do nothing — all due to the change of your energy state. Therefore, the essence of the informational macroelement «energy» is our inner emotional state, or «emotions»: passion, joy, melancholy, panic, excitement, enthusiasm, drama, moods, depression, inspiration, scare, anxiety, sorrow, grief, laugh, cry, love (as an energy state), etc.
«Relationships» are relations between energy states. If you meet a person who tells you something rude, your emotional state changes, you conceive a special relationship for this person. We can say that the comparison of two energy states has served to create a certain relation. Relationship is directed to something or someone; to have a relationship you need another object, i.e., the object of the relationship.
«relationship» («relational ethics», «white ethics»)
The «relationships» element can be described by the following terms: good, kind, evil, delicate, polite, tolerant, quarrelsome, sympathy, antipathy, cruel, bad, hatred, conflict, offence, love (as a relationship), etc.
«possibilities» («potentiality intuition», «black intuition»)
The informational macroelement «time» () is subdivided into the essence component «possibilities» («potentiality intuition», «black intuition» ) and the relational component «events» («temporal intuition», «white intuition» ).
Let us imagine that we are standing somewhere in an open place. We have a lot of possibilities to turn around ourselves at any angle up to 360° and make a step. But all these possibilities are potential and not yet realised. From the variety, we can choose only one possibility and make that step. And this undertaken step will crate a realised possibility, i.e., an event. This illustration is very simple, however at any moment in our lives we indeed have an immence choice of options. The exact development of further events depends on the choices we make. Thus, a possibility is a potential event, and it constitutes the essence of «time» macroelement. Possibility intuition is related to such notions as insight, positive (negative) potential, abilities, essence, ideas, originality, uncommon, interest, fabulous, good and bad variants, possibilities, positive and negative traits, «the other side of the coin», lack of prospects, meaninglessness, mediocrity.
Instead, it is an accomplished event that will be registereg on the timeline. It determines the developments of history. We subjectively perceive sequential events as flow of time. Not only something grand and historical is considered to be an event, but any realised possibility or change: a pen which fell from a table is also an event. Flow of time can be described only in terms of events or happenigs. Try to write an essay about how you have spent your day, and you will see that you are writing about what has happened during the day. The man perceives time through events, i.e., realised possibilities. Therefore, co-relations between possibilities as they are realised is translated into events, or changes in time. Time intuition is assosiated with such notions as: perspective, events, changes, forsight, prediction, being late, delay, waste of time, cavalcade of history, fortune, etc.
An important remark should be done here. Terms used in socionics are often confused with the common language notions and meanings. The word «intuition» is often understood as getting some information by insight. Of course, we can grasp some possibilities or predict some events in this way, but describing a way or mode of getting information does not always correcpond with the "possibility intuition" in socionics. Perhaps, intuits generally have a more developed channel for getting insight knowledge, but this topic has not yet been investigated. Therefore, it is incorrect to immediately label all people who have had insights or who have seen prophetic dreams and «signs» as intuits. All people have insight to some extent, however 'intuitive' TIMs must be identified by means of other tools, that will be discussed later.
As noted above, many words in a real language are multi-elemental, and ascribing a word to a certain information element is possible only based on the context. How should we procced in order to find the underlying information element correctly? For instance, the term «comfort» may relate to different informational elements according to the context. Let us consider the following sentence:
If our affections be tried, our affections are our consolation and comfort.
Here the word «comfort» is used to describe an emotional state; thus, it corresponds to «the emotion ethics» . Let us compare it with the following one:
The sofa was already moved into a warm corner for her greater comfort.
Here the same word describes a certain sensation and, thus, should be related to «the comfort sensing» .
Another example of a multi-elemental word is «money». Let us compare two sentences:
Money is a means of enrichment.
Money is stamped paper notes of certain value.
In order to make analysis of information elements, make a step back. The first sentence alludes to the notion of extending one's life space; thus, it must be «will sensing» . While the second sentence is talking about a material object and its qualities, thus it is about «work logic» .
We have considered all the information elements which humans perceive while interacting with the world. Below you can find the reference of widely used socionical terms and desicnations of the information elements.
|P||«work», «practical logic», «black logic»|
|L||«system», «structural logic», «white logic»|
|F||«will», «volitional sensing», «black sensing»|
|S||«comfort», «experiential sensing», «white sensing»|
|Е||«emotions», «emotive ethics», «black ethics»|
|R||«relationship», «relational ethics», «white ethics»|
|I||«possibilities», «potentiality intuition», «black intuition»|
|Т||«events», «temporal intuition», «white intuition»|
Later on we will focus on how the man gets all that information, processes it, and gives back the output. It will be done by building a model of interaction between the man and the world.
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Sam McMurray and Melissa Gilbert were in an on-screen matchup.
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Sam McMurray and Melissa Gilbert were in Stand by Your Man(1992) together.
Sam McMurray is a 65 year old American Actor. Born on 15th April, 1952 in New York, New York, USA, he is famous for The King of Queens. His zodiac sign is Aries.
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A Tale of Two Watches
Preface: Brand Ubiquity and the Apple Watch
In our line of work, there are often times when we meet with entrepreneurs looking to bring products and brands to market. When their answer is “everyone” to the question “who is it for,” we know we have our work cut out for us.
No brand – whether a consumer product, an entertainer, a politician, or a law firm – has a fighting chance to capture its total possible audience (or total addressable market) from the outset. You can’t build a better mousetrap to catch a bear, just more mice.
Of course, many brands ultimately achieve ubiquity – cutting across every age group, geography, and lifestyle. But they didn’t start that way; Facebook started with Harvard University students, Starbucks started with Seattle’s cultural class, and Uber started with the San Franciscan tech community.
The story of how Apple went from niche technology brand to global juggernaut doesn’t need to be retold. A testament to its vast appeal, however, is on full display at the Finch Brands office as CEO Daniel Erlbaum and Senior Art Director Scott Richards – two very different personalities – await delivery of their Apple Watches.
We have decided to conduct an experiment in our offices. While the Apple brand clearly transcends all boundaries, does its newest innovation, the Apple Watch, suit an equally broad and diverse user base?
Two points of pretext:
1.) Granted, while living wildly divergent lives, Daniel and Scott are just two people and therefore don’t represent the many flavors of human beings that exist. If you do not identify with either, you may want to sign off now.
2.) This idea of journaling their experiences with the Apple Watch was a ploy by Scott to get the company to foot the bill for an extravagant purchase. If the brand insights seem forced, that’s because they are an ulterior motive rather than the true purpose of this exercise.
Apple Watch: A perspective from two very different lives. Part I.
Apple Watch. Oooh! Ahhhhh! The crowd goes wild! The latest “must-have to continue living” product is here. That’s the hype. But is it the reality? Two members of the Finch Brands team are about to find out.
Scott is an early Apple adopter and loyalist and very much in keeping with the early 2000s archetypical Apple guy – highly creative, fashion conscious, and brand conscious. Daniel is a late adopter, circa 2013 – he’s a business guy who prefers function to form and has inherent aversion to cult brands. These two will describe their experiences with the Apple Watch from preorder through to everyday use. The hope is that those who are on the fence about the purchase may gain some clarity about the product’s relevance. Perhaps, others more broadly interested in consumerism and brand insights might find some value in this journal.
As they await their watches, here’s a bit about Scott and Daniel:
Daniel: 42 years old, married forever, super-Jewish
Scott: 28 years young, single, atheist
Typical Saturday Night?
Daniel: On the treadmill working off the Sabbath gorging and then on the couch watching the next episode of whatever on Netflix.
Scott: Out and about in Center City with friends.
Do you wear a watch now?
Daniel: No, but I have a drawer full of ex-watches. Tennis has done in my wrists and my heavy watches started to aggravate the problem.
Scott: Sometimes, more as just a fashion statement. Usually the batteries are dead anyway.
Daniel: Three jogs a week and tennis on Tuesdays.
Scott: Swimming laps and a fast circuit workout daily.
Do you think the Apple Watch will have a significant impact on your life?
Daniel: Nah. Doesn’t mean I’m not excited though. Looking forward to small conveniences, like having to reach into my pocket less often for my phone. There’s a part of me, though, that’s a bit ashamed of feeding into society’s over-active consumption of things that are unnecessary, I must admit.
Scott: I actually think it will. At first, I thought… ahhh I don’t need another Apple device, even though I can be considered a cult member of the Apple following. After I read more about it and watched some reviews and videos about this product, I actually really wanted it. I think it will improve my life and actually help me get a little more disconnected from my actual iPhone.
What are you most looking forward to with the Apple Watch?
Daniel: Running! Looking forward to being able to quickly skip to the next song when a track from Sally’s Music Circle (part of my collection for my kids) comes on or adjust the volume up or down depending on whether Simon & Garfunkel or Led Zeppelin is playing. Currently, I need to contort myself to control such things from my strapped-to-my-arm-iPhone. Will be nice to be able to control from my wrist.
Scott: I’m really looking forward to the Mickey Mouse watch face (no, really I am). Also, I’m really excited about the fitness part of it, because keeping fit is a big part of my life. I’m also a big music fan – whenever I get home I connect my phone through Bluetooth to my Bose speakers and put on music for a few hours while I do things around the house, so I think it’s going to be great to be able to control that from my wrist, rather than lugging this big iPhone 6 around with me. Also, it’s a really sexy piece of jewelry.
Greatest concerns about the product?
Daniel: Technologically, I’m concerned about what it may mean to the battery life of my iPhone 6. Practically, I’m concerned that it may be a distraction as I aim to disconnect from work communications and connect with my kids and wife at home. Existentially, I’m concerned that it’s a next step towards the actualization of the Terminator.
Scott: My concern is addiction. I got addicted to my iPhone very quickly, so much so that I had to actively leave my phone in my kitchen when I got home from work, so I wouldn’t be on it all the time. I also shut off all vibrations for texts, so if it is in my pocket I won’t constantly feel the buzz of a text. (I’m pretty popular so the texts flood in.) After reading up on the Apple Watch, I know that I’m probably going to have pretty strict notification settings so my wrist isn’t constantly “blowing up.”
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Cervical Laminectomy & Fusion
This procedure removes a section of bone from the rear of one or more vertebrae to relieve the painful and disabling pressure of stenosis. The spine is then stabilized with rods and screws.
A cervical laminectomy is a surgical procedure that can effectively relieve compression of the spinal nerves and so reduce the pain of spinal stenosis. Cervical spinal stenosis is a condition that involves a narrowing of the spinal column in the neck area. It often produces pain, cramping, weakness or numbness in the neck, shoulders or arms.
This condition can develop because of injury to, or deterioration of, the discs, joints or bones within the spinal canal. Because the vertebrae of the neck are more capable of movement than any other area of the spine and because they are not only responsible for protecting the spinal cord, but for supporting the skull, surgical repairs in this area are a delicate matter.
During a cervical laminectomy procedure, a small section of bone that covers the back of the spinal cord, called the lamina, is removed. If the bones within the cervical spine have been moving against each other, a spinal fusion surgery may be necessary to promote stability. This procedure can be performed at the same time the patient is undergoing the cervical laminectomy.
Candidates for Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
Cervical laminectomy and fusion is usually recommended for patients with spinal stenosis that has not responded to conservative methods of treatment. Surgery may also be considered if the patient is experiencing progressively worsening symptoms of spinal stenosis that have begun to limit his or her normal daily activities.
The Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion Procedure
Cervical laminectomy and fusion is a surgical procedure that incorporates both a laminectomy and fusion in the cervical spine. The primary goal of the surgery is to relieve pressure placed on the nerves by spinal stenosis. It may also be performed to treat other conditions, such as herniated discs and injuries to the spine.
During the cervical laminectomy portion of the surgery, a section of the lamina and any nearby bone spurs will be removed. It is performed through the upper back and neck while the patient is under general anesthesia. The surgeon makes an incision and carefully retracts the muscles and ligaments to obtain access to the spine. An imaging device such as an X-ray is typically used during the surgery to view the vertebral structures more precisely and pinpoint the problem area.
The spinal fusion portion of the surgery is performed to help stabilize portions of the spine after cervical laminectomy. This procedure may take several hours to complete. The fusion involves inserting a bone graft into the space between the affected vertebrae to join them. The bone graft is harvested from another part of the patient's body or is received from a donor bank. The surgeon will also attach titanium metal rods, plates and screws to the vertebrae to prevent movement of the bones during the fusion process.
Recovery from Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
Cervical laminectomy and fusion usually relieves much or all the pain and numbness in the arms and neck that stenosis sufferers experience. After the procedure, the patient typically remains in the hospital for a short stay and may be fitted with a neck brace for temporary support.
Soon after surgery, most patients will begin a physical therapy program to build up muscle strength and increase flexibility. Patients are advised to avoid reaching, lifting, pushing or pulling for several weeks following the procedure. A complete recovery following cervical laminectomy and fusion often takes several months.
Risks of Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
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A new report shows Kansas job growth is lagging well behind the nation but predicts the employment outlook will be better next year.
Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research on Thursday released its employment forecast for the Kansas and the Wichita metropolitan area.
It shows that while employment nationwide grew by 1.9 percent nationally in the last 12 months, Kansas jobs increased by just 1 percent.
It forecasts employment statewide will grow next year by 23,239 jobs, for an anticipated employment growth of 1.7 percent.
The strongest growth is expected to be in the service sectors such as education and health with a growth rate of 2.6 percent.
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BLOOMINGTON — A firefighter was injured and up to a dozen people were left homeless after fire ravaged an apartment building Saturday afternoon on Bloomington’s east side.
The cause of the fire at 1101 Gettysburg Drive has not yet been determined. The Bloomington Fire Department was still supervising the scene at 10 p.m. Saturday, but streets surrounding the area were reopened to traffic. BPD asked drivers to "avoid the immediate area … until the fire department has concluded their work."
“The cold (weather) caused us to add resources. We are cycling guys because they’re wet and cold. We called in off-duty firefighters to cycle them so the others would have a chance to warm up,” said Bloomington Fire spokesman Stuart Blade
The two-story building with 12 units appeared to be a total loss and firefighters stayed away from part of the building that appeared to be on the verge of collapse by early evening.
Blade said firefighters rescued a cat from the building and two Connect Transit buses took residents to the nearby Red Cross office, where workers offered warm drinks and blankets while they collected family information.
Blade said the injured firefighter was treated at a local hospital, but his name and cause of his injury were not available.
Resident Derrick Dawson, who lived in No. 5, said he was in the kitchen making lunch for his kids when he smelled something burning. When he went outside, he saw smoke coming from an apartment door and yelled to get his wife and kids out. He said he saw flames "busting out of Apartment 10."
The fire was reported about 3:20 p.m.
“We’re not sure how or where the fire started yet,” Blade said around 4:20 p.m. “At this point, we’re going for the defensive and taking an external attack. We started inside but then needed to pull back.”
East Empire Street was closed between Hershey and Prospect roads for most of the evening, and heavy smoke at times completely blocked visibility at the Empire-Prospect intersection.
The fire drew a crowd of residents and bystanders, with neighbors offering blankets and coats.
Firefighters from Bloomington and Normal used at least two ladder trucks in fighting the blaze, and broke windows on both floors to get at the fire and to vent smoke. Cold temperatures caused some of the water to freeze on the parking lot and sidewalks.
Red Cross volunteers are providing comfort and care to 29 Bloomington residents who were displaced by the fire this afternoon.
Faculty from Stevenson School and others in the community are also helping those displaced by the fire through 5 p.m. Sunday.
Thanks to everyone who is providing assistance to those affected.
The Red Cross helps in emergencies large and small. To donate to the local chapter, visit http://www.redcross.org/local/illinois/central-and-southern/ways-to-donate.
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Before Quimberly Jasso’s freshman year, her mother took out the checkbook to buy her daughter a Texas Exes lifetime student membership.
Jasso’s membership made her eligible for the scholarship she won this February.
“I said to her, ‘Mom, you don’t have that money,’ because (the membership) was a lot of her paycheck,” Jasso said. “This scholarship was a way to show her she did something for me. It had an impact.”
The international relations and global studies junior recently won the Texas Exes Ring Scholarship, an annual contest which awards a ring to a rising senior who embodies tradition. The student also must have completed 75 hours of coursework, be a Texas Exes member and show excellence in academics, leadership and service.
Jasso is a Terry scholar and has studied abroad in China and Spain on full scholarship. Jasso also gave tours to middle and high school students from low-income households through the Hispanic Business Student Association and spoke to them about college readiness and her own personal experience.
“The way I carried on the UT tradition was definitely through talking to those students,” Jasso said. “When I first came to college, I felt so unfamiliar and so out of place.”
Jasso said she graduated from an underfunded high school and originally felt financially discouraged about college because family members told her she would need to take out loans.
“Even my own grandmother was saying, ‘You need to think realistically,’” Jasso said.
Jasso went on to pay her own tuition with scholarships and had “For My Mother” engraved inside the band of her yellow gold ring because she said her mother worked hard and sacrificed for her three daughters.
“She is the reason I work so hard in life, because she never complained about what her situation was,” Jasso said.
International business senior Hunter Bezner is a Texas Exes student ambassador who read over Jasso’s application and said she stood out among 100 other applicants.
“Quimberly understood that a UT ring is about celebrating her own accomplishments,” Bezner said.
Lewis Hall, Texas Exes Student Engagement Coordinator, said Jasso will receive her ring on April 27 at the Senior Ring Celebration along with others who ordered during Ring Week last week.
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[Delivered at St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC, February 11, 2018]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
So, you heard it right. Jesus goes up the mountain to pray, and then—something happens.
Something that is hard even for the Evangelists to describe. In tonight’s Gospel, Mark writes that he is “transfigured” and that his clothes become dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them.”
Luke struggles to describe it, too—the best he can come up with is to say that “while [Jesus] was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.”
Matthew adds a new detail—Jesus’s face “shone like the sun.”
In reading these three tellings of the Transfiguration, it’s pretty clear that the Gospel writers are reaching for a way to capture the experience, and not quite succeeding. They don’t know how to put into words the sheer unearthliness of what happens to Peter, John, and James on the mountaintop with Jesus. It’s like trying to catch lightning in a bottle.
But they try to convey this experience for which there are no words—so Jesus’s face just alters, or it shines like the sun, his clothes are whiter than possible on earth. They’re grasping for metaphors to tell us that Jesus the teacher, the rabbi, the wise man, became suddenly very, very Other.
And if that’s not enough, Moses and Elijah appear, talking with Jesus. Not only are these two of the greatest figures in the Hebrew Bible—the lawgiver and the archetype of the prophet—but they’re both figures who were more than a little uncanny, a little unearthly themselves.
Moses, who after he received the tablets of the Law directly from God, came down from the Mountain unaware that his face was shining with an unearthly radiance, and that people could only speak to him if he wore a veil; Elijah, who was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire.
Peter, John, and James are exhilarated and terrified, and frankly who can blame them? Only Peter tries to do anything, and I have to admit, his effort to be helpful—“Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"—sound like something out of Monty Python’s Life of Brian. In some translations, it's not "dwellings" Peter talks about building, but booths. That's almost better, because it's so futile. Why would Jesus, Elijah, or Moses need booths? To sell lemonade?
It doesn't matter that it's absurd, though; it matters that he wants to be a part of what’s happening, to be useful.
A mysterious cloud covers the mountain, and a voice is heard, saying “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!”
And then it’s all over.
No Moses, no Elijah, Jesus back to normal, no booths for Peter to build.
So they go down the mountain, and rejoin the others.
This is the kind of story that makes me realize my own shortcomings. Because I can’t help but think that we Episcopalians, in our Twenty-first Century way, are not comfortable with these moments when the Gospel asks us to step outside of the realm of the senses, and into something—very different.
Something happened. What was it?
We’re handicapped by the fact that we live in a scientific, empirical age. We live by science and technology and it’s enriched our lives in many ways. But not in all ways.
In today's Epistle, Paul warns us of that the cost may be more than we think. That we may be closing ourselves off from a whole realm of experience, because we are so accustomed to the everyday, workaday world around us, that we accept its appearance as our limits.
Or, as Paul writes, “In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
The god of this world, with a lower case g, not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, or Elijah and Elisha. Of Jesus.
That god is the drab heaviness of routine, the tired hurrying about, the weight of anxiety. That lower-case g-god is the one we were warned about by William Wordsworth:
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.
Not too far off from New York City in 2018, is it?
So when we reach a Gospel passage like today’s, it’s easy to write it off as a metaphor. A story. After all, the world we see and touch, the five senses, that’s reality, right?
This stand, holding my notes. To my senses, it’s a single object, solid, hard metal pieces attached to each other.
But basic science—I mean the stuff I learned in high school, so really old fashioned, baby science—tells us that it’s not anything of the kind. It’s a little galaxy of tiny particles in orbit around each other, branching out like a child’s model of the universe. It’s nothing like what it feels like or looks like to us.
But our eyes are blinded to the miraculous by the lower case g god of this world. We take things for granted, as we see them, even when we know they aren’t so.
As a culture, we have lost the sense that the ordinary can transcend itself, that in day-to-day life, there can be moments when the light gets brighter, the air is alive with currents and motes tumbling through sunbeams, and our hearts beat just a bit faster. They come out of nowhere, little moments that we can treasure, or dismiss as a fleeting feeling.
Seven years ago, I had one of those moments in this very church—next door, actually in the main sanctuary. I was sitting in the congregation as the choir sang a new piece of music, Evan Solot’s The Hawk, and suddenly—well, I was a little bit more alive. The music had set something free in me. I felt, in that moment, serene, centered, and at one with my Creator.
That’s not normal for me.
It’s not normal for most of us, I suspect, but many people have moments when they are pulled into alignment with the universe; some have experiences that are even more striking, harder to ignore.
In the Church, we would call these mystical experiences. We are told that the mystical facility is one which everybody has but which few develop. But the lives of the mystics, from Julian of Norwich to Thomas Merton, have shown us that these experiences aren’t to be written off lightly.
They’re not nothing.
In the ancient world people were far more open to these experiences than we moderns are. They write of them without embarrassment, without doubt. They have not called into question their own experiences.
But the Transfiguration isn’t a subtle little intimation of immortality, or an ordinary peak experience. It’s much more dramatic, much bigger, and shared—it’s not just Peter, or John, or James alone who experiences it, or even Jesus—it’s all of them. It has a reality to it that transcends any physical or psychological explanation for its cause.
And it’s not just a feelgood moment. It’s terrifying as well as exhilarating, until the voice speaks and it all just ends. But the disciples remember. They remember well enough that slightly different accounts of the experience appear in 3 out of the 4 Gospels.
But the really important part is what happens next.
They come down from the mountain, and rejoin the day-to-day world.
But in a changed way.
A transformed way.
Dare I say it—a transfigured way.
Those glimpses of beauty, those moments of one-ness—cherish them, hold on to them. I don’t mean try to prolong them, or extend them—I mean remember that you are capable of them.
Because they are our visits to the mountain.
Lent is coming, and the point of it isn’t to suffer; it’s to make room in your heart for the tragedy of Good Friday, the unexpected, inconceivable triumph of Easter Sunday.
Step back from the world while you can, just a little bit. Look for the unexpected grace note—the stranger’s smile, the perfect beauty of the bright-eyed sparrow in the subway station.
Take some time to feel your own heart beat, to savor the moment.
And heartened by the glimpse we come down from the mountain, like the disciples. We rejoin the swim of life, but participate in a new way. Restored, refreshed, encouraged.
Transformed, even if only a little bit.
And, perhaps one day, willing to build that silly booth.
To act, whether wisely or not, out of love.
Because the booth isn’t silly, after all. It’s an act of love, an offered sharing of the self. It’s community ministry’s breakfast feeding program, our overnight shelter. It’s giving some of who you are, what you have, to what you love.
And getting far more in return.
In the name of God, Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer.
1. Mark 9: 2-3.
2. Lk 9: 28-36.
3. Matt 17: 2.
4. Exodus 34: 29-30.
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KINGSTON, R.I. – May 7, 2018 — When Alexander Gershkoff arrived on the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston Campus, he said “it just felt like home.” The senior finance major knew immediately upon touring the school that he wanted to stay here. More than that, he wanted others to get that same feeling.
“I became a tour guide so that I could show incoming and prospective students why this is such a great place to live and learn,” Gershkoff said. “It makes me proud to show people what URI has to offer.”
Though it was his first time living apart from his twin sister Julia, who chose to attend college in upstate New York, Gershkoff quickly found his place at URI. While many students choose to live off-campus for the majority of their academic career, Gershkoff lived on campus for three of his four years. In addition to the shorter commute, Gershkoff said he preferred living on campus because it gave him better access to the library, where he does his best studying.
Spending countless hours in the library paid off for Gershkoff, who made Dean’s List and the Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society. He was also part of URI’s Honors Program.
Though the North Kingstown native decided to attend college close to home, he’s not exactly a homebody. Gershkoff took advantage of URI’s study abroad and Alternative Spring Break programs to see other parts of the world.
Rather than spending Spring Break partying in Cancun in 2016, Gershkoff traveled to Birmingham, Ala., where he participated with Habitat for Humanity to construct affordable housing as part of the Honors Program.
“I was taking a class on diversity and poverty, so we went to Birmingham and really saw it first-hand,” Gershkoff said. “It was surreal to be able to make an impact on a place that needs it.”
During his study abroad semester in 2017, Gershkoff traveled to 10 countries and 25 cities in Europe while studying at Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain.
“I mostly used the time to get some general education credits studying art, but I also got to study multinational finance,” he said. “I got to see in person how exchange rates and monetary issues affect economics.”
Through his course studies, Gershkoff has found himself leaning toward a career in personal finance, influenced in part by his participation in the Ram Fund, a class in the College of Business in which students develop and implement a prudent long-term investment strategy for an endowment of $100,000 provided by the URI Alumni Association.
Gershkoff was part of the class that purchased stock in Avexis, a clinical-stage gene therapy biotech company, which was later bought by Novartis, a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company. The $8.7 billion deal sent Avexis stock price soaring to $220 from $128, a massive score for the student-run portfolio.
“I was a Ram Fund analyst and that was a great gain for us,” he said. “That’s something that interests me now because that was probably the best class I took.”
It wasn’t just the great experiences that helped shape Gershkoff’s outlook. A sophomore-year internship had as much to do with guiding him toward the future as the Ram Fund. Gershkoff interned at Northwestern Mutual, where he served as a financial representative. He earned licenses to sell health and life insurance and helped clients find policies to suit their needs.
“That was more on the selling side, and I found out that wasn’t my favorite,” Gershkoff said. “But the internship was incredibly valuable because I learned what I don’t want to do.”
Gershkoff still hasn’t pinpointed what he’d like to do in his post-graduate career, but for now, he knows he still wants to learn. He’ll be pursuing his master of business administration in the One-Year MBA in Strategic Innovation program at URI’s Feinstein College of Education and Professional studies on the Providence Campus beginning in the fall.
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Green Paper: Restructuring and anticipation of change: what lessons from recent experience?
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This Green Paper aims to identify successful practices and policies in the field of restructuring and adaptation to change in order to promote employment, growth and competitiveness as part of the Europe 2020 strategy and in particular the industrial policy flagship initiative of October 2010 , the "Agenda for new skills and jobs" adopted in November 2010 . The Green Paper is also intended to contribute to improving synergy between all relevant actors in addressing challenges related to restructuring and adaptation to change and takes into account the important work carried out in recent years by the European Commission, the social partners, Member States, regions and many other stakeholders.
The Commission will build upon the outcome of this consultation to consider new ways to better disseminate and effectively implement good practices, including at EU level, for dealing with both immediate concerns related to the economic crisis and long-term competitiveness objectives as identified in the industrial policy flagship initiative. The Commission will feed the results of this Green Paper consultation into the revived flexicurity agenda, also with a view to steering a renewed debate at EU level on a possible approach to and framework for restructuring.
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Soaps get a lot of stick for swapping out actors, but having one character played by a string of different actors isn't so unusual outside of Hollyoaks, Weatherfield and Albert Square.
We've pulled together 13 of the biggest offenders from "regular" telly – and we've put some thought into this. Yes, there are rules.
• No younger versions: only bona-fide recasts, where one actor replaces another.
• Reboots don't count – recasts have to be within the same continuity.
• Where we've doubled up on numbers, we've ranked by how damned quickly one actor replaced another.
13. Nanette Guzman in Cheers / Frasier – 3 actors (in 12 years)
Children's entertainer – and Frasier's first wife – Nanette "Nanny G" Guzman debuted in a 1992 episode of Cheers, played by Emma Thompson. She reappeared in 2001 on the spin-off Frasier as a hallucination played by Dina Waters, before Laurie Metcalf assumed the part in 2004 for the character's third and final appearance.
Jeez. Lilith might have been tough, but at least she was consistent.
12. Jenna Wade in Dallas – 3 actors (in 10 years)
Morgan Fairchild originated the role of Bobby Ewing's first true love in 1978, before being replaced by Francine Tacker for two episodes in 1980. Most notably, Priscilla Presley played the part for five years, between 1983 and 1988, during which time Jenna had Bobby's child, and became mentally unstable after his death – later written out of Dallas history by his infamous shower scene resurrection...
11. Danny Carrington in Dynasty – 3 actors (in 7 years)
Dynasty supporting character Danny appeared in 51 episodes total and changed his face twice –played first by Matthew Lawrence, then by Jameson Sampley and finally by Justin Burnette. Given that spin-off show The Colbys had a character being abducted by aliens, we're not ruling out some sort of extraterrestrial involvement here...
10. The Mountain in Game of Thrones – 3 actors (in 6 years)
If GoT does ever bring feuding brothers Sandor and Gregor Clegane back together, let's hope that The Hound still recognises his brother The Mountain.
Last they met, Gregor was played by Conan Stevens – these days, he's brought to terrifying life by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. Inbetween, Ian Whyte played the part. Oh, and he's totally a zombie now.
9. Hugh Beringar in Cadfael – 3 actors (in 4 years)
Derek Jacobi's mystery-solving monk had first a friend and later a foe in Sheriff Hugh Beringar – but it wasn't just shifting allegiances that made their relationship difficult to follow. Not helping matters was having Hugh 1.0, Sean Pertwee, replaced first by Eoin McCarthy (series 2-3) and later by Anthony Green (series 4).
8. Catwoman and Mr Freeze in Batman – 3 actors each (in 2 years)
Holy face-swap, Batman! Julie Newmar was the purrrrrfect Catwoman, but was unable to reprise her role for the 1966 film spin-off from Adam West's campy hit. Lee Meriwether stepped in, before Eartha Kitt replaced Newmar (who was shooting a movie) full-time for the TV show's third and final season.
We also got three different takes on Mr Freeze, with George Sanders originating the part in the first season, Otto Preminger – yes, the Oscar-nominated director – taking on the part for the villain's encore in season two and Eli Wallach replacing him just three months later!
7. Gordon Robinson in Sesame Street – 4 actors (in 47 years)
Roscoe Orman is the definitive Gordon Robinson, having played the character from 1974 to last year, when he was dropped from the series after more than 4 decades. Outrageous!
But he wasn't the first – Garrett Saunders played the part in Sesame Street's original 1969 test pilots, Matt Robinson became the go-to Gordon for the first three years of the series (1969-1972) and Hal Miller stepped in from '72 to '74. Thank goodness they settled on Roscoe, or Gordon would be a lot higher up this list.
6. Marilyn Munster in The Munsters – 4 actors (in 17 years)
The "plain" (read: "normal") one in the Munster family, Lily's sister was played by Beverly Owen for the show's first 13 episodes. Said to be unhappy on the show, Owen was replaced by Pat Priest, who played the part from 1964 until the original show's end two years later.
When the Munsters went to the movies later that year, Debbie Watson played Marilyn in the film Munster, Go Home, while Jo McDonnell was cast for 1981's TV reunion The Munsters' Revenge.
5. Allison Stark in 'Til Death – 4 actors (in 4 years)
So many different actresses played Allison – daughter of this sitcom's central couple Eddie (Brad Garrett) and Joy (Joely Fisher) – that 'Til Death eventually did a Roseanne and started referencing the changes on-screen.
Krysten Ritter – a.k.a. Jessica Jones – recurred as Ally for seasons 1-2, with Laura Clery replacing her in season 3. The fourth and final season saw the character return home from college and moved into a motorhome in her parents' backyard, with Lindsey Broad becoming a series regular as Allison the Third, only to be swapped out later that year for Kate Micucci.
4. Ginger Grant in Gilligan's Island – 6 actors
Kit Smythe was the first Ginger Grant in the pilot for Gilligan's Island, but the character was given a glamorous movie makeover for the 1964-67 series, with Tina Louise playing the new, vampy Miss Grant.
Louise, fearing typecasting, refused to return for the 1978 TV movie Rescue from Gilligan's Island and was replaced by Judith Baldwin (who returned in the sequel, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island).
Constance Forslund was the fourth Ginger in the third TV film, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (yep, seriously) while Jane Webb and Dawn Wells respectively voiced the character in two animated spin-offs, The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet. Blimey.
3. Bobby Draper in Mad Men – 8 actors
Four actors were credited as playing Don Draper's wee boy across the seven seasons of Mad Men: Maxwell Huckabee in season 1, Aaron Hart in seasons 1 and 2, Jared S Gilmore in seasons 3 and 4 and Mason Vale Cotton in seasons 5, 6 and 7.
But Kiernan Shipka – who played Bobby's sister Sally – later revealed that four additional boys were roped in to play Bobby, at points where the character made one-off appearances (often with his face obscured).
We may never know who brought the likes of "Bucket Head Bobby" and "Pillow Face Bobby" to life.
2. Doink the Clown in WWF (later WWE) – 10 actors
Yes, it counts! Doink was a persona originated by wrestler Matt Osborne in the WWF and used there from 1992 to 1997. But nine more wrestling stars have used the Doink gimmick at various times.
In chronological order, they are: Steve Keirn, Steve Lombardi, Dusty Wolfe, John Maloof, Ray Apollo, Bubba Mackenzie, Mike Maraldo, Nick Dinsmore and Gary Withrow.
For clarity's sake, we're not including anyone who assumed Doink's persona for storyline purposes (Chris Jericho, for example, took on the persona of Doink in order to perform an ambush on William Regal). Because then things start to get silly.
1. The Doctor in Doctor Who – 13 actors
Of course our Time Lord hero takes the top spot – Doctor Who not only swaps out its lead actor every few years, it also has an ingenious in-series explanation for doing so. Originally referred to as "renewal", the official term for the Doctor's face-swaps, regeneration, wasn't actually coined till 1974, nerdy fact fans.
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The Porsche Cayman looks, moves, and is priced like a proper sports car. It does an awfully good job, however, of pretending it’s an economy-minded automobile when cruising, consuming no more fuel than such pedestrian fare as the Mitsubishi Lancer or Scion tC. Moreover, it does so with a 2.7-liter six-cylinder engine making a respectable 245 horsepower. Your 50-something grand isn’t being spent on snorting horsepower, but on the fine fit and finish expected of Stuttgart, steering with better communication skills than Bill Clinton, and chassis balance that makes the 911 feel unsorted.
If you can afford a Cayman, maybe you can afford the Cayman S; 10 grand more nets you a bigger flat-six producing another 50 horsepower and a driving experience transformed from friendly to frenzied. There’s a fuel-economy penalty of 2 mpg, but that still makes the Cayman S, which sprints to sixty in under five seconds—and into your all-time favorites instantly—as miserly as a six-cylinder Ford Fusion. Direct injection debuts in the 2009 Cayman, meaning more power and more fuel economy. For 2010, we expect the Cayman will fold our laundry as well. | <urn:uuid:6e2168a5-abe1-4cf5-91fa-aea83a05165c> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://www.caranddriver.com/features/guilt-free-fun-2008-porsche-cayman-page-5 | 2018-05-24T19:49:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866772.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524190036-20180524210036-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.914039 | 279 | [
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Last week, I finished my second baby blanket, which is the termination of a wee experiment of mine. I knitting my first baby blanket entirely in stockinette stitch (note: do not do this), which most people ooh and ahh over because it has a zillion colors. I’m not an expert, but I’ve been told babies like lots of colors. Being as I don’t really remember being one myself, I’m going to have to presume that it’s true. So the first blanket looked like this:
Stupidly, I never took another picture of it, even after it was finished. I sewed on a fleece backing to it and did some embroidery* to decorate the front. It took so long to do that by the end I swore I’d never do another baby blanket. The pattern is here for anyone I didn’t just scare off.
* I suck at embroidery.
Then one day I got tired of saying that I was a decent knitter, but I couldn’t crochet at all, so I learned how to do it. Crochet is a totally different beast from knitting. It really only has three major stitches, with the majority of crochet stitches being a variation of the single crochet stitch. Once you master the chain stitch and the single crochet, you’ve pretty much just figured out crochet. You could go a whole lifetime without learning afghan stitch, which is not actually required to make afghans. So, it’s a lot simpler to learn. It also has basically no limitations as to the direction of your stitches, which makes it a lot more sculptural than knitting. It has 90° turns. It’s like the wild and crazy cousin of knitting that failed out of school, but gets invited to all the parties.
It’s also fast and loose. Well, fast anyway, so when I heard of the latest pregnancy among my friends, I decided it was time to give the experiment a try. I adapted a full size blanket down to the purpose, which is easy to do in crochet because of the prevalent use of the awesome colorful granny square. I just made fewer of them and a slightly smaller border. It worked beautifully, once I got my brain wrapped around what was required to make one such square. Here’s a picture from the blocking*:
* I also suck at blocking. Or, well, need to invest in some of those foam blocks you can stick your t-pins into rather, than, say, a totally not solid towel. That’s definitely my next knitting purchase as the next thing I have to block is a queen-sized bed sized lace shawl.
I am pleased. This blanket took easily half the time that the other one did. I am no longer afraid of baby blankets, which is unfortunately a bit theoretical, as my wrist has been in such sad shape over the past few weeks that neither knitting nor crocheting for any length of time is a good idea at all. While this is frustrating, I’ve been spending my time writing patterns that I cannot yet knit. Pattern design is fun – it’s quite a bit of math, but I can’t wait to heal enough to actually be able to turn them into real creations. Lest I, dare I say it?, start designing baby blankets. | <urn:uuid:a1fad271-bcb8-46b2-87e6-9b5078325d2f> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.ordinarycanary.com/2011/02/20/a-quickieblanket/ | 2018-05-25T20:39:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867217.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525200131-20180525220131-00238.warc.gz | en | 0.971017 | 706 | [
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Since Andrew's coworkers have made it a yearly pilgrimage to debauchery, this isn't the first time I post on Bisbee, Arizona and it won't be the last.
The main thing to stress is that Bisbee is a perfect former-mining-town-turned-arts-community for a weekend drinking getaway. The weather is mild, the food is good and if you stay in one of the many hotels in the heart of Bisbee, multiple bars are within walking distance of your crashing site.
We stayed at the infamous Copper Queen Hotel where we tried to harass ghosts but to no avail. It has a good bar and a charming historical atmosphere but the rooms are small, the beds are hard, and our AC broke. Even so, reading the guests' "Ghost Register" was totally worth it ("The toilet flushed by itself!...Awesome!!!")
We ate at The Bisbee Grille (just okay Mediterrean Salad); Cafe Roka (apparently the leg of lamb kicked ass); The Bisbee Breakfast Club (excellent French Toast); and the Subway Shop, which just opened three months ago (get the number ten with all the veggies and mayo).
Other activities to enjoy in Bisbee besides eating include playing shuffle board while drinking at The Stock Exchange Saloon, dancing while drinking, photographing the town while drinking, antiquing while drinking, and visiting The Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum while drinking. (Note: some of the aforementioned drinking involves a certain amount of subtleness and a well-hidden flask.) | <urn:uuid:435fa92d-afbd-4602-b5cb-07464b532d41> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.tucsonquerido.com/2007/05/bisbee-2007.html | 2018-05-25T20:25:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867217.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525200131-20180525220131-00238.warc.gz | en | 0.92938 | 323 | [
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In Class - Discuss new QOW (listed below). Class discussion on education reform will be on Thursday. Remember, stay current on your current events. By Thursday, you will need six (6) concerning education reform.
Homework - None.
QOW - You are to interview a teacher of your choice about the issue of education reform. You are to have a list of at least ten questions. In preparing for your interview, be sure to research your questions (see current events from previous blog posts). This is an interview, and you should not just give a teacher a list of your questions and have them answer them. This needs to be a conversational type of interview. Be prepared. Take diligent notes of their responses. Have follow up questions prepared.
By Wednesday, March 3, you will need to inform me of who you are interviewing. It can be any teacher or administrator on campus. By Friday, you will list the questions you asked and provide a brief, yet informative summary of their responses. Finally, you will need to provide a short reaction (at least a paragraph) to your interview. What went well? Were you surprised by any of the responses? This will be due by Friday, March 5 by 11:59 pm. I realize that teachers' time is valuable. If there needs to be an extension on this, we will decide this on a later date. | <urn:uuid:3c88ad2c-6d54-4c5a-8936-d4e25929b193> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://mikepalo.blogspot.com/2010/03/american-government-3110.html | 2018-05-27T21:40:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794870470.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20180527205925-20180527225925-00238.warc.gz | en | 0.961735 | 281 | [
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NetApp is showing a legacy storage array vendor can still increase revenue impressively during these days of scant storage growth.
NetApp Wednesday night reported its fourth straight quarter of revenue growth, a year that followed a slump during the vendor’s transition period.
NetApp revenue of $1.42 billion last quarter jumped 6% year-over-year. NetApp product revenue of $807 million increased 14% — impressive growth in today’s storage market. Wall Street analyst expected NetApp revenue of $1.38 billion, roughly the midpoint of the vendor’s own forecast from three months ago.
We don’t know yet how much the overall storage market grew in the quarter, but IDC put storage market growth at a mere 2.9% in the previous quarter.
NetApp’s $175 million in profit also beat expectations and increased from $109 million last year.
NetApp predicted the growth will continue this quarter with a forecast of between $1.425 billion and $1.575 billion compared to $1.404 billion in revenue in the same quarter last year.
“We are undoubtedly out-executing our competition on all fronts,” NetApp CEO George Kurian said on the company’s earnings call. “Our second quarter results are a strong indicator that the transformation of NetApp remains on track.”
Kurian replaced Tom Georgens as CEO in 2015 during a NetApp slump caused by a poor flash strategy and slow customer upgrades from its flagship OnTap 7-Mode operating system to Clustered OnTap. NetApp was late to the all-flash array game, and its OnTap upgrade process required downtime to complete.
NetApp has put those problems in the past.
Kurian said NetApp’s all-flash revenue last quarter grew close to 60% over last year. Most of that came from its All-Flash FAS lineup, with its E-Series performance platform and cloud-friendly SolidFire all-flash arrays contributing. Kurian said NetApp is on track for around $1.7 billion in all-flash revenue for its fiscal year, which has six months left. NetApp is second in the all-flash array market behind Dell EMC.
Kurian said NetApp averages two all-flash displacements per day, taking out competitors such as Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM. He said there is still a long way to go with flash growth, as only about 10% of NetApp customers are using all-flash.
“We are still in the early innings of flash adoption in our customer base,” Kurian said.
After a long slog, the bulk of NetApp’s customer base has moved to Clustered OnTap.
“The transition from 7-mode to Clustered OnTap is behind us,” Kurian said.
“As I noted last quarter, we have already transitioned our business away from the declining segments to the data-driven high-growth segments of all-flash arrays, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure and hybrid cloud.”
Actually, the NetApp revenue stream from hyper-convergence has barely started to trickle in. NetApp HCI began shipping in October and hardly contributed revenue last quarter. The vendor came late to hyper-convergence just as it arrived late to all-flash, but Kurian predicted the HCI product will attract new customers who will either ditch direct attached storage or switch from competitors’ hyper-converged products. NetApp HCI is based on SolidFire all-flash technology.
Kurian identified NetApp’s new NFS service native to the Microsoft Azure cloud as another reason for optimism. The Azure service is in private preview now, and will likely become generally available in 2018 to provide another NetApp revenue stream.
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I'm trying to get an architectView started with the camera disabled.
If I set the AR.hardware.camera.enabled to false in the JS, it stills shows the camera for some moments before it actually disable it and show the black screen and it doesn't feel smooth.
I call the AR.hardware.camera.enabled = false in the first line of my addingradar.js
I even had a look at the java class ArchitectStartupConfiguration but it seems that the option to disable the camera is not there.
this is currently not possible and we are wondering what you would use this for? The camera is one of the key elements for augmented reality and therefore we want to understand your use case.
Do you want to show the POIs on a black screen?
Would be great, if you could add some details what you want to achieve.
Hi Peter, thanks for the quick reply.
I need to display a brief (HTML) tutorial before the app start his functionality, and the action that make the tutorial closable is being in a certain place (I implemented that in the locationChanged in addingradar.js).
The camera will start only if the user's position is in a certain lat-lon range.
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It’s finally here, the votes are and we can finally announce the winner of the Wakefield Express Chippy Of The Year 2016.
Since March we have asked you to vote for who you thought should be given the coveted crown of the best chippy in the area.
We wanted you to take into consideration what it was that you thought gave your favourite chippy the right to be plaiced above its rivals and gave you what you wanted.
And you did, thanks to the strength of this year’s entrants we’ve had hundreds of votes registered for the business you thought was the best chippy that featured in our top 10.
But in the end there could be only one winner and congratulations goes to the Barracuda Fisheries in Ossett.
Coming up in second place was the Wetherby Whaler and third place goes to the Codfather.
Veterans Barracuda Fisheries battered the competition after previous attempts at the contest but did not forget to thank their loyal supporters.
Manager Wendy Lamb said:“I am just overwhelmed, its fantastic as we put in a lot of hard work.
“We have been entered in a few times and wanted to make sure we won this time.
“What makes us stand out is our customer service, very friendly but dealing with customers fast and with care.”
First timers the Wetherby Whaler were left delighted at their second plaice performance.
Manager Owen Sharp said:“We are still pleased as we got a lot of votes from customers, this is only the first time we have entered.”
There were some disappointments this year as last years winners, Codfather, came third plaice.
Halibut staff remained optimistic for all support received.
Manager Ilam Sahamchiyev:“To be honest because we came first last year we are a bit disappointed.
“But we are still excited like everyone.
“We are so thankful for all our customers support.”
For the victors, Barracuda Fisheries, they will soon be receiving the winner’s glass trophy, while runners up are to recieve certificates.
Our top three were whittled down from chippys across the district before you chose our sole winner.
Whether it was the freshness, style or even just the friendly service that staff provide all our entries deserve recognition.
Honourable mentions are due for entrees Lightwaves, New Scarborough, Olde English Fisheries, Saint Michaels Fisheries, Cross Lane, Blue Marlin and George A Green fisheries.
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Yes, today I will be helping my daughter create a blog. I will post a link to her blog once I have it set up. She desperately needs an outlet for her creativity. She makes grubby decorative candles and is really quite good at it. She makes many other items as well. Scented melts, salt dough gingerbreadmen ornies, orange slices with homespun ties to hang on the tree...and they smell wonderful...etc etc. Sometimes I think she is more creative than me...LOL! Honestly!
She isn't much of a sewer...can't sew a straight line to save her soul...but what she lacks is the sewing department...she makes up for in the candle and scented melts department.
Yesterday, I ventured out with her to a local craft show at the County College. I quickly remembered why I had stopped doing that show. And another craft show going on in that town didn't help for a good turn out either. LOL!
I do, however, remember when that show was good. Back in the late 90's and early 2000 when Kim....my friend from Old Bag Designs...and I would share a booth. The show was the last one of the season...the first weekend in December...(and now it has been moved up to October?) The show would begin at 10AM and we would have ladies lined up within the booth with multiple items in their arms. We couldn't ring them up and bag the items fast enough. And this would usually last for the first 3 hours! It was AMAZING!! I really miss those days! And I also miss doing shows with Kim! (Hope you read this Kimmy) You could always count on her to make any boring moments laughable...due to her lack of sleep from trying to finish that last doll that she just KNEW was going to sell.....and usually didn't. LOL! About the only thing that I don't miss about doing shows is loading, unloading, setting up...tearing down, loading and reloading back into the garage...Hahaha! True Story! It is alot of work...and I think towards the last year of my craft show days I had finally gotten a large rolly cart so that only one trip from truck to booth was necessary. And before that....I enlisted the help of both my children to carry boxes and crates to the designated area. It had gotten to the point that just the mere mention of "craft show" would send them running to phone a friend to stay the night somewhere else so they didn't have to help...LOL! I totally prefer being able to list my dollies for sale on ebay, etsy and even here on the blog...the weather is better here....and the only thing I have to lift is myself out of the chair.
Thanks for reading my ramblings!!
Sweet Annie in Pink
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The latest news
from Post-Traumatic Press.
December 13, 2014 — Rob is Interviewed
on "Amazing Hope Radio with Shellie Nichol"Shellie Nichol, Host of "Amazing Hope Radio with
Shellie Nichol" interviewed Rob about his cancer journey, including his original diagnosis in 1989, the relapse of 2008,
the bone marrow transplant that followed in early 2009, his divorce in 2011, and his new book, "When You See the Cows,
Make a Left!". The hour-program was aired on the San Francisco Bay Area's KFAX AM 1100. Tens of thousands of listeners
tune in each week to hear "Amazing Hope Radio" Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. PST.
November 12, 2014 — Rob's Releases His Second Book, "When You See the Cows,
Make a Left!"After two and a half years of work, Rob released his second book, "When
You See the Cows, Make a Left!". "Cows" is a memoir of Rob's
journey to rebuild his life and find greener pastures on the other side of his bone marrow transplant and the divorce that
followed fast on it's heels. In August of 2011, Rob was on the (long) path to recovery from the bone marrow transplant, and
in the early stages of divorce proceedings. He was long on the need for a vision of how to move forward but short on options,
until an amazing door of opportunity opened. With his German shepherd, Sam riding shotgun, he made his move and took the first
steps in rebuilding his life. This memoir recounts the events of that journey.
What Rob is most excited about, is that beyond his own story, "Cows"
includes the stories of several friends who have traveled their own difficult roads--the challenges they faced, the battles
they waged, and the insights they gained through their experiences. He feels indebted to those amazing friends, who caught
the vision for how this book might be a help to others, and dove in head first in sharing their stories.
"When You See the Cows, Make a Left!"
is now available in paperback at Createspace (https://www.createspace.com/5076119) and Amazon.com, and is also available as a Kindle ebook.
2013 — Rob's Story Featured in Cancer Today MagazineRob was approached by editors from Cancer Today magazine about sharing his story for the Summer 2013
issue. The article shares insights about the incredible young man in Germany named Michael, who donated his bone marrow and
saved Rob's life. The fruits of the collaborative effort between Rob and the wonderful editorial staff at Cancer Today magazine
are posted here in PDF format. For more information about the publication, visit www.cancertodaymag.org.
Download the Article PDF
2013 — Presentation at West Valley High School, Redding, CARob shared his story with the Senior Class of West Valley High School. Approximately 200 students attended
the assembly where Rob shared part of his cancer journey with the students, and also spent some time discussing the Kubler-Ross
model of the Five Stages of Grief, and how we face adversity when it befalls us.
The response from students was very positive. Several approached Rob after the presentation to share
their stories of bone marrow donation; one gal had been a recipient of her own marrow, and the other girl had donated her
peripheral stem cells to be frozen for a future need, most likely a young child who will require a transplant in order to
February, 2013 — Interview for Stanford Medicine Magazine Article
Rob was interviewed for an article about blood donation that appears in the Spring
2013 issue of Stanford Medicine Magazine. The article, entitled, "Roll Up Your Sleeve," highlights the stories of
several individuals who suffered accidents or battled illnesses and how they benefitted from the blood transfusions they received.
To access the online version of the article, go to: http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2013spring/article2.html.
Read the Article Online
31, 2013 — "Meet the Authors" Book Signing Event at The Tasting Room in Redding, California
Rob was one of four authors invited to participate in a book signing event at The Tasting Room in Redding, California.
His memoir, “But I Was in Such a Good Mood This Morning!” was available for purchase at a discounted price,
along with works by three other local authors. It was Rob’s first official book signing event, and the evening was wonderful.
Many thanks to friends and fans of Post-Traumatic Press who attended. Thanks to Mimi Moseley of Moseley Family Cellars for
extending the invitation to participate, and for hosting such a special evening.
11, 2012 — Keynote Speaking Opportunity at GEAR UP/Camp McCumber, Shingletown, CA
spoke to 55 new high school graduates attending a unique camp in the shadows of Mt. Lassen, near Shingletown, CA. The GEAR
UP camp is designed to prepare young men and women for the next stages of their lives. Important life skills are addressed
through the week, and Rob's presentation in the late afternoon on the first day of camp set the tone. He told two stories.
The first, about a young man in Germany who tried to help a teacher in a time of need. The second, about a forty-six year
old man who faced a relapse of leukemia after nearly twenty years in remission, and how those two lives intersected in 2009,
when the young man chose to look beyond his own self interest to save another man's life. Rob encouraged the students to seek
ways they can impact their world in any way they can, to look outside of their own circumstances, good or bad, and realize
they have an opportunitiy to potentially save a life.
Each student and all of the camp staff received a copy of Rob's
memoir, "But I Was in Such a Good Mood This Morning!". About half of the students asked Rob to sign
their copy of the book. Rob stayed in camp after his presentation to sign books, and had a great opportunity to get to know
the students and staff over dinner.
25, 2012 — Career Fair Participation at West Valley High School, Redding, CA
was one of the presenters at a career fair held on the campus of West Valley High School. He shared information with the students
about his experiences working as a freelance graphic designer, and also answered questions about his memoir writing project.
The students rotated through career "stations" set up in the school's gym. The students had freedom to chose the
stations that interested them the most. At each interval, Rob's station was packed with students. Rob included a contest as
part of his Q&A session so one member of each group received a free copy of his memoir. At the conclusion of the event,
several of the students asked Rob to sign their copy of his book.
24, 2012 — Presentation at Central Valley High School, Redding, CA
Rob shared his
story with 160 high school seniors during the week of California State Star Testing. He shared the story of Michael, his bone
marrow donor, who at the age of eighteen decided to step out of his comfort zone to help a teacher in need of a bone marrow
donor. Rob encouraged the students to seek ways to be a "Michael" in someone's life, either through registering
to become a potential bone marrow donor or donating blood.
Rob discussed the five classic stages of grief with the students,
and how they might work through difficult times when they arise. The presentation was met with tremendous enthusiasm and appreciation
from the students. Many of them hung around long after the presentation had concluded to ask questions about cancer, leukemia,
and Rob's memoir.
7, 2012 — Radio Interview for "Your Story Matters" with Angela Schaefers
was interviewed for the "Your Story Matters" radio program, hosted by inspirational speaker and author Angela Schaefers.
During the interview, Rob discussed his cancer journey, the lessons he learned and is still learning because of his illness,
and why he wrote his memoir, "But I Was in Such a Good Mood This Morning!" Your Story Matters interview
podcasts are uploaded weekly to iTunes and feature discussions in three categories: Encouraging Entrepreneurs, Creating
Change (non-profits), and Inspiring Healing. Listen to the interview by clicking on the link below.
Listen to the Interview
28, 2012 -- "Saturday Magazine" Radio Interview
for KVIP in Redding, California
Rob was invited by Redding, California radio station KVIP to be interviewed for the station's "Saturday
Magazine" program. The interview aired on Saturday, January 28, 2012 and addressed Rob's recently released memoir,
"But I Was in Such a Good Mood This Morning!", his long journey with cancer, and the bone marrow transplant
he received in February of 2009. In the second half of the interview, Rob and a second guest who was a recent bone marrow
donor, discussed the nature of the donation process and how easy it is for folks to join the registry through Be The Match,
at www.marrow.org. A recording of the interview will be available soon for those who were unable to listen to the live broadcast.
Listen to the Interview
6, 2012 — Rob's Story Featured in Stanford Blood Center's "Hemoblogin" Blog Site
Rob story is highlighted in this blog posting from
the Stanford Blood Center (http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2012/01/but-i-was-in-su.html). Throughout his twenty-year
cancer journey, Rob received blood and blood product donations too numerous to count. The generosity and selflessness of those
who donate through the Stanford Blood Center and similar organizations allowed Rob to stay alive so he was able to receive
his bone marrow transplant and have a second chance at life.
The Stanford Blood Center does an amazing work in support of folks like Rob, and others in need
of blood and blood products. Each year, the Center collects and processes 47,930 whole blood donations, 1,129 autologous donations,
236 designated donations, 11,580 automated donations,and 113 therapeutic phlebotomies. To learn more about the Center, and
how you can become a blood donor, visit www.http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu/.
5, 2012 — Interview with Fast Company Magazine
was interviewed by Fast Company magazine for an upcoming article about business innovators. He was asked about his work with
students at Stanford University who have created the "100,000 cheeks" project (http://www.facebook.com/100kCheeks)
to achieve their goal of registering 100,000 new potential marrow donors into the international registry using social media
channels. Rob shared the story of his own bone marrow transplant, and the role the Be The Match Marrow Registry played in
finding not one but four perfect donor matches. The interview concluded with several questions about Rob's recently released
memoir, "But I Was in Such a Good Mood This Morning!" and how his life post-transplant has played out over
the past three years. The article will be part of the magazine's March issue.
November 3, 2011 — Speaking Opportunity at
Stanford Blood Center's Annual "Precious Mettle" Breakfast in Palo Alto, CA
Rob was one of two featured
speakers at the annual "Precious Mettle" Breakfast, hosted by the Stanford Blood Center. The event was attended
by approximately two hundred donors who have given hundreds of units of blood and blood products. Many have given 300 and
even 400 hundred units over the course of their lives. Rob shared highlights of his twenty-year cancer journey, and emphasized
the ciritcal role blood transfusions played in helping him survive his treatment for Leukemia and his bone marrow transplant.
2011—Presentation at Dartmouth Middle School in San Jose, CA
Rob made a presentation to eigth-grade students in
the "Life Skills" class at Dartmouth Middle School in San Jose, CA. He asked five student volunteers to open five
unmarked envelopes. Each envelope contained a card with a statement describing a "life circumstance" that had befallen
the student who selected the envelope. The statements included "I hear my mom and dad yelling at each other all the time.
I think they love each other, but I wonder if they will get a divorce", "One month into my freshman year of high
school, I feel lost. I cannot connect with anyone and I am starting to feel like I am not going to make it", and "I
was just told I have Leukemia and will most likely die within the next several months."
Through these examples, Rob led the group to explore the thoughts and emotions
they might experience should such events actually occur in their lives. The class dicussed the concepts of Denial and Acceptance,
and the five classic stages of the grieving process, with emphasis placed on the importance of reaching out to family members
and trusted friends for support. Rob shared about his own struggles along the path from denial to acceptance, from his original
diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 1989, the relapse he and his family endured in 2008, a bone marrow transplant
in 2009, and post-transplant complications.
He shared with
the class the five words that changed his life: "It is what it is." He told the students how getting to the point
of acceptance, and ultimately having any chance to work through his illness and treatment, and emerge on the other side, was
possible only when he realized that he had no control over the disease and the fallout from it, other than to acknowledge
it as a reality, and commit to fighting hard to beat it and not let it get the best of him.
The response from the students was remarkable. They were very willing to
participate, both as volunteers for various components of the talk and also as active participants in the discussion. It was
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- 1 9” prepared deep pie crust
- 10 oz Chicken of the Sea® Pink Salmon, Skinless & Boneless
- 1 tbsp dried bread crumbs, finely ground
- 1 tbsp parmesan cheese, grated
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2/3 cup fresh red peppers, diced
- 1/3 cup fresh green onion, thin-sliced
- 1/2 tsp Old Bay® Seasoning
- 1/4 tsp hot sauce
- 2 tbsp reserved salmon liquid
- 6 fresh eggs
- 3/4 cup 2% milk
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley, minced
- Prick pie crust with fork and bake at 425°F for 7 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Drain salmon and reserve liquid. Chop salmon, toss with bread crumbs and Parmesan.
- Heat olive oil in a sauté pan, medium heat. Add peppers and onions. Cook until onions are translucent. Add Old Bay® Seasoning and hot sauce; toss with reserved salmon liquid. Simmer until liquid is reduced by 90%.
- Blend eggs and milk. Add cheese and parsley to the egg mixture. Blend in cooked vegetables and salmon/bread crumb mixture.
- Pour into pie crust and place in 350°F oven for 35 minutes or until done.
Try this recipe for...
Try this recipe for: Room Service, Buffet, Traditional Tray Service, Retail/Cafe, Catering, Mechanical Soft Diet
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Funko Pop Vinyl Retired Figurine Luke Skywalker Endor Outfit Star Wars Return Of Jedi
In a galaxy far far away there was a farm boy on a planet called Tattooine that dreamed of life beyond the farm. Little did he know that his dreams were about to become reality and his life would never be the same. Young Luke Skywalker gets the Pop! Vinyl treatment with his look from his time on Endor trying to disable the force field around the new Death Star. Equipped with his green lightsaber.
Bring him home today to add to your Star Wars collection because none would be complete without the most famous Jedi from the Star Wars film universe.
Measures 3 3/4 inches in height.
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Assistance League of Pasadena is an all-volunteer, hands-on nonprofit organization. We bring our talents and abilities together to fulfill the mission of providing assistance to those in need in the greater Pasadena community.
Membership is open to all who have the time and passion to volunteer. Our programs are tailored to the needs of our community and provide the perfect venue to serve those around us.
Join the 160 women who volunteer with Assistance League of Pasadena. Choose from the philanthropic programs and committees that interest you and would benefit from your special skills. Make a difference in your community by sharing your enthusiasm and extending a helping hand while making new friendships that will last a lifetime.
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This plaque marks the place where Generalfeldmarschall Paulus was captured by the Red Army on 31 January 1943 and commemorates this event.
The text on the plaque reads:
"On 31 January 1943, the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade under command of Colonel Boermakov captured Generalfeldmarschall Paulus together with his general staff in the basement of this building. Paulus commanded the German troops at Stalingrad, consisting of the 5th Army and 4th Tank Army, which were surrounded and crushed by the brave Red Army."
Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!
- Text: Kaj Metz
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Returning for the Trojans this year are Mallory Belyeu (P), Brana Booth (SS), Marisa Osga (C), Destiny Perry (2B) and Kristin Studds (3B).
Belyeu will be counted on in the circle after winning eleven games last year; she looks to build on her 2015 experience. She will be pitching to Osga who is also looking to build upon her success in 2015. Perry and Booth will once again be at the top of the lineup and each hopes to duplicate their success from a season ago. Booth, who was a third team NJCAA All-American centerfielder last year, is making the transition to shortstop. Studds should once again be one of the premiere defensive third baseman in the ACCC.
Newcomers include: Cheyenne Bryant (OF), Jodie Caldwell (P), Alexa Callahan (3B), Lindsey Donaldson (OF), Kendra Gibbons (1B/3B), Kayla Gravatt (C), Nicole Hoots (UT), Taylor Hutto (1B and will redshirt due to injury), Natalie Johnsey (P), Chelsea Mowery (1B/P), Britney Rice (C/1B), Sabrina Thomas (OF), and Katie Watson (OF).
Johnsey and Caldwell will look to anchor the pitching staff along with Belyeu. Mowery looks to recover in time from an injury to also find time in the circle as well as first base.
In the infield Callahan and Hoots will compete for playing time at the corners. Gibbons will also compete for playing time at the corners and should be a force at the plate.
Freshmen will roam the outfield. Bryant looks to solidify the left field position and Donaldson looks to do the same in center field. Thomas and Watson look to contribute in the outfield as well. Working as a unit and arm strength will be vital to the success of the outfield.
Behind the plate, Rice and Gravatt look to compete with Osga. Both could also see time at first base and designated player.
With nine ACCC Titles to their credit, the Trojans feel the pieces are in place to claim their tenth
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Newswise — A new analysis of government data on more than 6,000 American women indicates that deposition of mercury within the human population due to chronic mercury exposure is increasing over time. This study also found that deposition of mercury increases with age. In addition, this study demonstrates significant associations between chronic mercury exposure and both the immune and endocrine systems that may explain a mechanism for the association with neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disease. Specifically, this study discovered that levels of the pituitary hormone, lutropin (luteinizing hormone) are significantly associated with chronic mercury exposure.
“My study found compelling evidence that inorganic mercury deposition within the human body is a cumulative process, increasing with age and overall in the population over time,” said study author Dan R. Laks, M.S., a neuroscience researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “My findings also suggest a rise in risks for disease associated with mercury over time.”
The study is published online in Biometals, an international peer review journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry and medicine, and will appear in a future print edition of the journal. One of the journal’s peer reviewers commented that, “This is a highly important contribution as there are very few publications that have enough subjects to evaluate accurately the effects of increased body levels of mercury on biomedical parameters in humans.”
Laks conducted computer analyses of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). He examined data over time on blood inorganic mercury levels of 6,168 women, ages 18-49, in NHANES data sets from 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 (between 1,455 and 1,622 women were in each two-year matched group).
Laks found that inorganic mercury was detected in the blood of 30 percent of women studied in 2005-2006, up from two percent of women in the 1999-2000 study. The overall population average of blood inorganic mercury concentration also increased significantly from 1999-2006. In a separate statistical analysis, he found that older women had more inorganic mercury in their blood than younger women. His analysis also revealed significant associations of both blood inorganic mercury detection and average concentration with biomarkers for the main organs and systems which mercury targets: the liver, the immune system, and the pituitary gland.
NHANES, considered the “gold standard” in assessing the health status and health risks to a representative group of Americans, is unique in that it combines interviews and physical examinations. NHANES data are also designed and survey weighted so that results can be generalizable to the nation’s population.
Numerous studies have associated chronic mercury exposure with elevated risks for autism, mental impairment and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. An earlier analysis of NHANES data by U.S. Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) researchers estimated that, as a result of chronic mercury exposure, between 300,000 and 600,000 American children were born with elevated risks of neurodevelopmental disorders between 1999 and 2000.
Among the sources of environmental exposure to mercury, a potent neurotoxin, are contaminated fish, coal-burning power plants, dental fillings and vaccines that include the preservative thimerosal. Mercury has elemental, organic and inorganic forms, which account for various sources of exposure. Mercury found in fish, for example, is organic. Animal studies have shown that in chronic exposure to organic mercury, the metal converts to its inorganic form, which deposits in the brain. These deposits can last for years. For this reason, inorganic mercury may be considered the best measure of chronic mercury exposure.
A consensus of leading international scientists declared in 2006 that both the rate of mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants and the rate of mercury deposition from the atmosphere are increasing over time. A 2007 population-based longitudinal study found that some neurodevelopmental disorders associated with mercury exposure may also be rising over time. Studies of industrial workers demonstrate that chronic exposure to mercury reduces the elimination rate of mercury.
“These results suggest that chronic mercury exposure has reached a critical level where inorganic mercury deposition within the human body is accumulating over time,” said Laks. “It is logical to assume that the risks of associated neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases will rise as well.” | <urn:uuid:56496bbb-013a-44c7-8f92-0885bf6e9875> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.newswise.com/articles/human-mercury-exposure-increasing | 2018-05-24T22:57:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866894.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524224941-20180525004941-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.939722 | 925 | [
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May 2018 23:1:5
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May 2018 24:32:41
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NANOSYSTEMS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, 2011, 2 (2), P. 65–70
ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS FOR BULK MODULI AND FREQUENCIES OF VOLUMETRICAL VIBRATIONS OF FULLERENES C20 AND C60
O. O. Kovalev(1), V.A. Kuzkin(2)
(1)Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
(2)Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering, RAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
In the present paper simple analytical expressions connecting bulk moduli for fullerenes C20 and C60 with stiffness of interatomic bond and geometrical characteristics of the fullerenes are derived. Ambiguities related to definition of the bulk modulus are discussed. Nonlinear volumetrical deformation of the fullerenes is considered. Pressure-volume
dependence for the fullerenes under volumetrical compression are derived. Simple analytical model for volumetrical vibrations of the fullerenes is proposed. The expression connecting frequencies of volumetrical vibrations for fullerenes C20 and C60 with parameters of interatomic interactions are obtained.
Keywords: fullerenes, bulk modulus, vibrations, eigenfrequency, natural frequency.
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TSL TRADE TO PARAMETER RATIO
The phrase “Keep it Simple” has significant meaning in trading system design work. A trading system that has a large number of rules, parameters, indicators or patterns compared to the number of trades in the Training data usually fails to perform into the future. This is because the number of variables or parameters in the model over fits the data capturing only elements of an insignificant number of trades. For example, if we have 4 years of data in our sample and every February shows losses; can we conclude that all Februarys will be losers moving forward? Various statistical proofs tell us that the larger our population size is, the greater the chance we have to adequately determine the distribution of that population. Working with large data bases the trading system developer is given an opportunity to develop strategies over bull, bear and horizontal markets and over markets with highly varied statistical footprints. For trading systems, having 100 trades for every parameter in our model is desired. Using TSL we have seen evolved systems emerge with trade to parameter ratios of over 600 to 1.
Trading System Lab and Out of Sample Testing
During design, the Genetic Program (GP) in TSL will ultimately use only a small subset of parameters presented to it at the beginning of the run. Starting with 56 inputs, the final model may have only 2 to 10 parameters used while the trading system may have thousands of trades in the Training data. Knowing that over fitting can be a concern for any Artificial Intelligence based algorithm, it is important to use an algorithm that reduces parameters substantially and easily.
Additionally, TSL contains a separate algorithm known as Parsimony Pressure which will reduce the parameter count down even further by choosing a model that is less complex even if it does not fit the data quite as well as other models emerging during evolution.
Even with a large trade to parameter ratio some trading systems may still show over fitting characteristics. Clearly additional stress tests are required. A desired stress test is called Out of Sample Testing. Out of Sample testing is accomplished by running the evolved trading system over data not used in the design process. In TSL, Out of Sample testing is accomplished during the evolution so that the general path that the evolution is taking both in Training and Walk Forward data may be observed. If a trading system that has a high trade to parameter ratio emerges that also is exhibiting solid Out of Sample performance, a higher level of confidence exists that the trading system will continue to perform moving forward. | <urn:uuid:8a7ca10a-6e70-4e1d-b63b-e07b2982fb1d> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://tradingsystemslab.com/tsl-trade-to-parameter-ratios.aspx | 2018-05-25T22:40:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867220.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525215613-20180525235613-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.928961 | 501 | [
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- ISBN: 9781450411189 | 1450411185
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/14/2012
Senior Fitness Test Manual, Second Edition, offers the most comprehensive and reliable test battery for assessing physical fitness in adults ages 60 and older. The tests in this resource assist health practitioners and fitness and rehabilitation specialists in identifying weaknesses that cause mobility problems, developing exercise programs that improve functional fitness, preventing future mobility issues, and evaluating progress. The Senior Fitness Test (SFT) is a simple, economical method of assessing the physical attributes that older adults need in order to perform daily activities. It consists of seven testscovering lower- and upper-body strength, aerobic endurance, lower- and upper-body flexibility, agility, and balancethat can be conducted with minimal space, equipment, and technical requirements, making it easy to administer in most clinical and community settings or in the home environment. The manual presents clear instructions on preparing and administering the tests and interpreting and using the test results. Readers will find guidelines on creating senior fitness programs as well as exercises to recommend for improving functional fitness scores. The second edition of the Senior Fitness Test Manual offers new tools to help facilitate the Senior Fitness Test. It includes expanded information on ways to modify test protocols for older adults with limiting conditions such as osteoporosis, obesity, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, stroke, fibromyalgia, heart conditions, multiple sclerosis, hip and knee replacements, chronic renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis, and blindness or low vision. Ready-to-use materials such as reproducible forms, large-print instructions (complete with photos) to post at testing stations, and large versions of performance charts make the testing process more effective, and an expanded chapter on improving test scores includes illustrated instructions for exercises that can be prescribed to seniors to help them improve their fitness. In addition, the manual retains national normative data based on age and sex for over 7,000 adults ages 60 to 94, but it now includes criterion-referenced, clinically relevant fitness standards. Based on the authors' continued groundbreaking research on aging and functional fitness, these new criterion-referenced standards allow practitioners and older adults to identify the test scores at a specific age that are correlated with maintaining adequate functional mobility into the 90s, providing a new and deeper understanding of the test scores. This allows practitioners and their clients to focus on maintaining or improving functional fitness with customized goals meant to preserve and improve individual abilities. The second edition of the Senior Fitness Test Manual is now packaged with a DVD that contains visual demonstrations of the tests, including setup, execution, evaluation, and modification of testing protocols to accommodate clients' limitations. Throughout the text, DVD icons indicate when to view the DVD for live demonstrations. Maintaining strength, endurance, flexibility, agility, and balance is critical to seniors whether their later-life interests are playing golf, running marathons, or performing daily tasks such as climbing stairs or getting out of a chair without assistance. The Senior Fitness Test Manual, Second Edition,offers a user-friendly means of evaluating physical capacity in the growing population of older adults and helping them to maintain and improve their functional fitness. | <urn:uuid:8fc97ca9-2a6a-4079-831b-26cfb1036444> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.biggerbooks.com/senior-fitness-test-manual-book-dvd-2nd/bk/9781450411189 | 2018-05-26T23:55:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867949.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20180526225551-20180527005551-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.90782 | 667 | [
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Monday at the G20 summit, Obama shocked a world still reeling from the Paris jihad slaughter in a press conference performance devoid of reality. Read my entire take down of Obama’s shameful remarks at Breitbart – go read it here.
Obama: “When I hear folks say that, well, maybe we should just admit the Christians but not the Muslims, when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which a person who’s fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that’s shameful. That’s not American. That’s not who we are. We don’t have religious tests to our compassion.”
But it is Obama who is shameful. He’s the one who has applied a religious test to migrants. He has refused Christians seeking refuge from jihad genocide. He has refused to meet with Middle Eastern Christian leaders. They are the true victims of the jihadi wars.
Back in 2011, our organization called upon Obama and the UN to to act quickly and decisively to save the Christians of Syria, who are being persecuted oppressed and slaughtered by Islamic supremacists. Nothing was done. The Christians were left to perish.
Here’s proof of his prejudice and christianophobia:
“Discrimination: 2,098 Syrian Muslim Refugees Allowed Into America, Only 53 Christians,” By John Nolte, Breitbart News, November 17, 2015
Despite President Obama’s sanctimonious proclamation Monday that America does not have a religious test when it comes to admitting refugees into America, the actual math appears to show the complete opposite is true. According to CNSNews.com, who looked at the data, only 53 Syrian Christian refugees have been allowed into America, compared to 2,098 Syrian Muslims.
While everyone of every faith is suffering in a Syrian civil war that has been further complicated by the successful creation of an Islamic State throughout much of the country, there is no questions that Syrian Christians have been singled out for the worst kind of persecution under ISIS, including mass beheadings that do not discriminate against innocent women and even small children.
Nevertheless, despite this widely publicized bloodbath, since 2011, only 53 Christians have been offered refuge in the United States. It should come as no surprise that the problem here is the United Nations and our own government’s willingness to allow that corrupt organization to control the American refugee application process.
Critics say this is because the federal government relies on the United Nations in the refugee application process – and since Syrian Christians are often afraid to register with the U.N., they and other non-Muslims in invariably left out.
Fleeing persecution at the hands of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other jihadist groups, Syrian Christians generally avoid U.N. refugee camps because they are targeted there too.
Most refugees considered for resettlement in the U.S. are referred by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
During his snippy news conference Monday, President Obama raged — not against the terrorists who murdered more than a hundred innocents in Paris, but against his American critics, specifically Republicans, who are uncomfortable with the idea of resettling tens of thousands of Syrian refugees here in America.
The F.B.I. has already admitted that it cannot adequately vet these refuges, and ISIS has promised to use the Syrian refugee process as a means to infiltrate the West with terrorists. Early reports indicate that two of the gunmen that hit Paris Friday snuck in through the refugee program.
About those Republicans who suggested we bring in Syrian refuges who are Christians, the President raged “We don’t have religious tests to our compassion We do not close our hearts to these victims of such violence and somehow start equating the issue of refugees with the issue of terrorism.”
According to the actual numbers, though, the president is lying. We do have a religious test, and for plausible deniability, one that is administered by the United Nations. And as result, those refugees being discriminated are both Christians and those who are the most victimized and persecuted in Syria.
Who’s the bigot now, Mr. President?
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Well it's been a very, very, very, very long time. I have a few things I have been thinking of posting but for now here's a caricature my extremely talented friend did of yours truly as a Charles Dickens character. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
I hope my long overdue post encourages some of you to post more often (I'm looking at you Ashley Barton over at Cartoonimation).
Alan Bean 1932-2018
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Join the Redoubt Reporter for a candidate debate forum with candidates for Senate Districts N and O and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at Triumvirate Theatre in the Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna. Or listen live at KDLL 91.9 FM or KBBI 890 AM, or online at http://www.kbbi.org.
By Naomi Klouda
Incumbent Sen. Tom Wagoner and District O hopeful Peter Micciche faced off at Kachemak City Community Hall on Thursday night, this time answering questions put to them by Homer businesses.
Wagoner told the group he came to Kenai in 1969 when he and his wife drove the highway up. The couple have twin daughters, Donna and Denise, who are both teachers.
“I’ve been a strong proponent of education. The best thing we can do is educate our children. That’s been one of the main strengths of representing District Q (now redistricted to District O) these past 10 years,” Wagoner said. “My background includes that I was dean of Kenai Peninsula Community College when I retired. I started a program here in Homer. 1981, that was the start of the college.”
Micciche is serving as mayor of Soldotna. He works as the general manager of ConocoPhillips’ Kenai LNG Plant, which has been his employer for 27 years. In the summer of 1982, at the age of 19, he arrived on the Kenai to work in the canneries.
“That summer has lasted for 30 years. The Kenai Peninsula was ripe with opportunities for someone who wants to work hard,” Micciche said. “I started out to be an engineer and I ended up finishing in business. I’ve worked most of my career for ConocoPhilips. I’ve been a commercial fisherman.”
Q: Are you comfortable with the current ACES scheme (Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share) or would you change perhaps, to a system based more on investment or production?
Wagoner: “The tax structure works fine. The trouble started with the doubling of progressivity. That is a percentage of the taxes that is put on excess profits tax. After taxes get so high, the state takes progressively more. If that could be reduced from 4 to 2 percent, it would be more beneficial.
“ACES can be changed. The House passed HB 110 — that doubled the credits for in-field drilling. That’s paying another 20 percent to the companies that are already required to do the in-field drilling. There are problems with ACES but they aren’t problems that can’t be worked out. When you ask to go back to the beginning, to start over, you’re asking for real, real hard work. That’s rewriting the whole tax structure.
“I was the senator who came up with one solution. It was my bill, working with AOGA (Alaska Oil and Gas Association) and with most of the producers on the Slope. I worked with them long and hard to come up with a method to reward production in Cook Inlet. Quite simply, increased historical production levels got a credit.”
Micciche: “We can make adjustment to ACES without rewriting the entire system for now and plan for a longer-term, simplified adjustment in the future. It’s stated in the constitution of our ‘owner state’ to ensure that the benefit of our resource development goes to our citizens. I’m not in favor of the $2 billion giveaway (in tax incentives), but I am in favor of understanding the gap. We need to reward productions.
“As it is now, producers are permitted to write off too many costs that I would rather use to ensure sustainable production.
“The second part I’d like to see is a long-term plan, so we don’t send market share to places like North Dakota. What’s needed are long-term adjustments that benefit both the people of Alaska and the companies that do business here. Let’s lay it out there. Right now we have no energy plan. No plan for where we’re going in the future. Instead of the current Legislature taking a stab at piecemeal solutions, we need a well-thought-out energy plan for the future.”
Q: What is your position on state funding for local projects like the extension of a natural gas line to Homer?
Micciche: “It’s the Legislature’s role to invest in the future in Alaska through state-funded infrastructure, whether it’s electricity or natural gas, even though, in most cases, electrical is member-owned and gas is a private company. That’s the system we have. Frankly, I don’t have a problem helping closing the gaps for our communities. I would not have blocked the line for Homer. Public buildings will have lower energy costs and the public will see the savings. I’m not in favor of funding the distribution line that goes to your home but wherever it’s economically feasible, the state should consider funding transmission lines just as we do for electricity infrastructure.”
Wagoner: “First of all, let me say I didn’t block the gas line. The governor is the one who vetoed it twice. When (Rep.) Paul Seaton came and told me he worked out a system where Homer would have skin in the game, I said, ‘Well, I can buy into the plan.’
“But this is corporate welfare. It increases the net value of Enstar’s system. We are taking money out of the treasury and putting it into a private, for-profit corporation that will increase the value of their net worth. When they sell they physical plant, they will be $10 million richer at the time of the sale. Everyone should be on natural gas, but at what price will we pay for it? Does the state of Alaska pay 80 or 90 percent of the pipeline? These are hard decision.
“I think it’s great Homer is getting gas. This will save taxpayers money.”
Q: The Legislature saw fit to take tourism funding away from the industry-led Alaska Travel Industry Association, and gave it to the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. There is no co-op advertising opportunities for local marketing organizations. Since tourism supports 40,000 jobs statewide and contributes $160 million to the state, what ideas do you have about a permanent solution for the tourism industry?
Wagoner: “The bottom line is that the department should have review of the program, but having a state agency determine it isn’t good. I’ll call the governor and ask him to look at what his administration is doing. “Maybe what we need to do is set this up as model, similar to what we’ve done with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.”
Micciche: “Any industries that are appropriate for state funding are more productive when the services are put into the private industry that has more of an incentive to do a good job, and that has a vested interest in that industry.
I would like to see a member-owned driven organization like ASMI (Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute). The state subsidizes part of it. This is where the Legislature needs fresh pairs of eyes. Not a parochial person who happens to be against tourism. How does it happen that the Legislature appropriated $2.5 million for Alaska Shootout attendees, but can’t assist in industries that benefit everyone in the state?”
Q: There is much contention between commercial and sportfishing interests. How do you propose we find and strike a balance? Where do you stand on the bycatch issue?
Micciche: “I’m a commercial salmon fisherman in Cook Inlet and I am the mayor of a sportfishing town. Anyone who chooses a side doesn’t understand what makes the peninsula economy tick. If it won’t work at the agency or administrative level, and trust me, it hasn’t, then it needs to work at the user-group level.
“In years like this, both sides are having a hard time. What the feds can help us with is reducing the bycatch issue, but the balance is about bringing folks together. We need to think about what would happen if either one of these industries goes away. Set-netters are starving to death. Charter operators and river guides are struggling as well.”
Wagoner: “There has always been a lot of friction between commercial fishing and sportsmen. It used to be we had two groups: sportsmen in the stream and commercial fishing out in the inlet. Now there’s a third group, guides, then there’s a fourth group, dip-netters. Ninety percent of the dippers come from off the peninsula. They come from Anchorage, Mat Valley, Fairbanks.
“We need to stop that blow to the Kenai. We need to find other places for dip netting, maybe someplace farther up the inlet. Our office can work on that. I think also as far as the bycatch, we should demand mitigation 10 to one or 15 to one to get the return of those 50,000 to 60,000 fish that are killed to bycatch.
“We know what systems are being impacted. I think it is legitimate to request that.
“Enhancement, to me, is one of the only things we have left. We should start immediately bolstering the hatchery fish. At end of five years, we would know if the problem is in the stream or if we got a problem in the ocean. At the urging of Pete Wedin, after it was pointed out to me the governor had eliminated it, I asked the governor to put back in the $2.7 million to study the ocean’s acidification problems. And he did. This may lead to better understanding of the ocean acidification problems.”
Q: Do you think the Department of Fish and Game and Board of Fish are doing a good job managing fisheries on the peninsula? What, if anything, would you change?
Micciche: “ADFG, that’s the toughest issue we’ve got to deal with. There is no separation between politics and fisheries management. The little check you’re going to receive in a few weeks, (the permanent fund dividend) — that is insulated from the political process and they’ve done an excellent job managing the program.
“The key in going forward is doing a better job isolating the Board of Fish. Control was taken away from biologists and handed to political staff who made decisions counter to fishermen and the biologists. Place decisions back into the hands of good biologists. We have burned out more biologists and lost more good biologists on the Kenai Peninsula because of not being permitted to do their jobs as they have been trained.”
Wagoner: “(ADFG) is not capable of doing the job because of the money being used to influence fisheries. It is time to look at a professional board of fish. If you think you’ve got problems now, just wait until the Legislature gets a hold of the problem. Commercial fishermen would take it in the ear. A professional board would involve professional training, biologists with sport and commercial fish experience. Isolate them as far as you can away from politics. We need to set it up so stringently that politics can’t get in. There are 400 (set-netter) families that will be destitute this year.”
Q: There is currently a boom in Cook Inlet gas exploration. What does it mean for the future of the peninsula? What, if anything, would you change?
Wagoner: “What it means right now is we’ve got one jack-up rig in the inlet and we’ve got another one on the way. Most of the draw-works and rigs left in Cook Inlet can’t drill to depths that may hold additional oil deposits. When Buccaneer gets its jack-up rig here, the first thing they’re going to do is drill an oil well. Then, they will go down at the Cosmopolitan Unit and drill another one and maybe a second one — gas wells.
“This renaissance is taking place because of several factors. PPT legislation would have shut down Cook Inlet and I ring-fenced it in Senate Resources so it was kept under the old ELF system. Cook Inlet’s tax structure wasn’t revised under ACES. It’s under the ELF system.
“There are people in the current Legislature, the Senate, who will try to tax Cook Inlet on a different structure. But the reason they’re coming in is because of the tax structure. But the biggest reason new explorers/producers are coming in is because of the tax structure.”
Micciche: “I am a big Cook Inlet fan and this is the third increase since I’ve been in the industry the past 30 years. The senator takes credit for helping a little bit, however, Cook Inlet gas has become valuable from the simple law of supply and demand. Down south, Henry Hub gas prices are a fraction of ours here, where the value of summer gas is up to $6 and winter gas is worth up to $12 to $14, more than a 600 percent increase over Lower 48 prices. People here are looking because Cook Inlet gas is currently worth more than anywhere else in the country.
“Ultimately we have to consider, is gas marketable and is it sustainable? What we need is sustainable gas, which now energizes most of the dense populations of Alaska. We do need a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope. It’s nice to see increased activity, but the ultimate goal is environmentally friendly natural gas for folks from here to Fairbanks that can’t currently afford to heat their homes.”
Q: Where do you stand on Ballot Measure 2?
Micciche: “What is put together now for Coastal Zone Management is the result of a group of frustrated people that our Legislature is dysfunctional and Prop 2 is the political equivalent of torches and pitchforks. When people feel they aren’t being heard, they’ll pull them out and use them. But the costs of this program are unknown and it doesn’t come with a clear set of expectations that I can understand. But I do believe we need a CZM program that works. It’s just that it is difficult to govern by initiative (petitions). The Legislature should perform so good people don’t have to show up with the pitchforks and torches. I’m willing to carry the CZM issue back to Juneau.”
Wagoner: “Kurt Fredickson, a former commissioner of the DEC, is very environmentally sensitive. He’s against Prop 2, he’s out there speaking against it. That should tell you something about it. It’s a new, untested program that has sweeping powers.
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