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But the sad fact is that in medicine, money is tied to prestige, power, public credibility, and medical student interest. If we don’t deal with this problem, medicine will continue to fall hopelessly into the “haves” and the “have nots,” that is, those who “own” lucrative CPTcodes and those who don’t. So the question is how did this inequity come to be and how can it be remedied?
About the same time, neurologists were trying to win control of brain imaging, but they lost the political battle to radiologists. Think how different neurology’s image and influence would be today if neurologists owned all those CT andMRIscans! Instead, they are stuck in work that is time-consuming, patient-centered, cognitively complex, and are forced to make a living on payments from EEGs and EMGs.
No one would suggest that general surgeons, rheumatologists, psychiatrists, or geriatricians make more money than they deserve, but it’s a fact that many of the most highly paid physicians do the least stressful and most repetitive work in medicine. The radiologist sits in a dark room all day without the stress of patient interaction, looking at pictures that, in many cases, have already been read and interpreted by clinicians who needed the results yesterday. The anesthesiologist starts IVs, monitors drips, and measures vital signs. There is an occasional emergency but most of the day-to-day work isn’t very demanding. The gastroenterologist spends his day looking at the cleansed colons of patients who are asleep. The opthamologist spends most of his time doing a single procedure over and over again.
Cardiologists are the most striking example. They have perfected the “I saved your life” routine, when the truth is that most stents are placed in patients who could have been treated equally well with $4 medicines from Walmart. The greatest improvements in heart health are a result of statins, aspirin, and smoking advice – all the domain of primary care. And then there are the dermatologists. How stressful or cognitively demanding is it to freeze keratoses?
While it’s true that we need all of these specialties, it’s time for some of them to earn less. The reason is that many other specialties deserve to be paid more. The average primary care physician, for example, makes one third of the income of the specialists above, yet research clearly shows that, of all medical specialties, primary care provides the greatest value. The more primary care in a population, the better the healthcare outcomes and the lower the overall healthcare costs. No other specialty can make this claim.
Everyone gives lip service to better payment for primary care, but the AMA and many specialists say that this should not be at the expense of other physicians. In a societyalready overburdened by the cost of medicine, physician payment is a zero-sum game. Any increase in the income to underpaid specialists will come at the expense of those who are overpaid, and this should be publicly acknowledged by anyone who purports to support primary care.
The trick, then, is to figure out whose income should go up, whose should go down, and how to politically influence CPT and ICD coding – the language of physician payment – in a way that promotes better, more affordable medicine for America. The historical lesson from the past 20 years is this: the specialties that prosper are those that have positioned themselves to be defined by a few well-paid, narrowly defined, tightly held codes. The medical societies that fight for and defend their specialty’s codes will win. At the other extreme are the specialties that rely on vague, poorly paid, and widely used codes (think E/M). They have no chance. The medical societies that believe this engagement is “fair” are like boy scouts in the middle of a mob turf war.
It is hard to be a physician who spends all day caring for patients who are worried, angry, afraid, depressed, hurting, or dying. It is hard to spend all day cognitively sorting through limitless diagnoses based on the myriad complaints patients present to their doctor. It is often hard to know whether a patient is best treated with a few words of reassurance or if high-tech medical care is needed. And it is really hard to do all of this knowing that, in the payment game, the field is not level and the rules are rigged.
Paul Fischer, MD is a family physician in Augusta, GA. With 5 colleagues, he recently filed suit in federal court against CMS, claiming that agency’s longstanding relationship with the AMA’s RUC, the advisory group whose recommendations have resulted in the current physician payment structure, has broken the law by not requiring the RUC to adhere to the Federal Advisory Committee Act’s management and reporting rules.
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This article is spot on. Turf is king and the well-situated ologists are depriving primary care medicine of the pay they deserve and the care we so desperately need – it’s classic dog-in-the-manger. That is good for the well-placed docs, but bad for everyone else in the food chain.
Nice article but the issues should not be between physicians of different specialties.
The issues are between physicians in general and the power of the government sponsored and endorsed third party payment scheme that puts patients in the middle.
If you state that the power is in the hands of the politically connected, the only way to solve the problem is to get it away from politics, which means directly in the hands of the consumer.
There are many cash and concierge practices that have started over the past few years. Some are expensive, some are very affordable.These practices for the most part bypass the political system and provide excellent care.
So instead of stating that we don’t have a seat at the table, why not just remove the table??
Sorry Dr SH, but I can’t agree. The problem from a pure economics perspective lies in the reality that we have an unbridled fee-for-all problem. You say let patients decide what physicians are worth? Are you kidding? Patients need to be able to place their trust and confidence in the guidance of their cognitive-driven (vs proceduralist-driven) physicians who will do the right things at the right time at the right costs that will manage and reduce the rudderless waste and inefficiencies that will drive us into the poorhouse. As Christensen at Harvard has written, we need to disrupt the system big time. We need to take the runaway freight train of medical costs a thorough disruptive tuneup and then put it back on the tracks much leaner and meaner through evidence-based, common sense deliveries of health care. We can’t keep our current system – acknowledge that and prepare for the future. Either it gets fixed by people empowered to fix it, or the black hole out there will mandate a draconian future for all of medicine and all who practice medicine. The time for turf issues is rapidly drawing to a close, and doctors need to seek a professional equilibrium – or have it shoved down their throats. Just look at what is coming your way via the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). If you want a summary, go to my website and see my see my blog – PCORI, The Dreaded Onrushing Train.
I appreciate the effort but at this point we should just leave the proceduralists to fight it out with the third party payers and market ourselves directly to patients.
Fixing the RUC was the right thing to do ten years ago, now we just need to get out.
Sorry you disagree chris, but the more government and third party get involved in care, the more costly it gets, and the less efficiencies develop. It is basic economics that when a middleman gets involved, costs go up, as they are taking a piece of the pie.
There is no fee for all problem. Fees are already fixed by insurance contracts and Medicare. Where has that gotten us?
Move insurance back to what it was meant to be, Insurance.
Stop ignoring the fact that insurers are not that, but they are health plans that seek to limit costs.
The one area I may agree is the direction of the present system is not sustainable. But that is due to the use of using other peoples money for care, and the entitlement mantra that it creates in patients. We need a switch back to true fee for service, outside of third party control. Leave the decisions to the two parties involved, the patient and the doctor.
You want leaner, so do I. But not by force or government edict. Let docs and hospitals truly compete. What you will see is the same thing that has happened with Walmart generic prescriptions for $4, and LAsik procedures where the prices are a fraction of where they started, as competition was allowed to work its magic.
Get the govt and other middlemen out of healthcare payment. If govt needs to be involved, let them give a yearly HSA stipend to the needy along with a catstrophic policy for the needy and others. But stay out of the day to day mismanagement that has created the system that I have been a part of for 20 years.
Can you cite some credible, peer reviewed references. I am interested in following up any links you can provide.
Dr SH, there truly is no way we should sanely advocate for third-part intrusion into health care. These just muck up health care. It’s visible – it’s palpable and wasteful.
Government? Have you seen the mind-boggling array of bureaucratic pigeon holes that will be spawned by ACA? Do you fully comprehend the fact that the wheel to OUR nation’s financial bus has just been handed over to 12 partisan politicians (the super committee) who will catapult us into a preordained failure-to-commit default following the senseless political comedy about our debt ceiling – all because they can’t agree on anything but party lines? Do you realize that the PCORI (the nice new term for comparative effectiveness research) is made up of 19 people who will be influential, in concert with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in pursuing coverage decisions for more than 300 million Americans? Make no mistake about it – that’s working in favor of government, not physicians and patients. How many more new ICD-10 codes will there be in two years? From 17,000 now to 155,000 (according to one estimate I read). Wow!
That said, exactly where do we turn for sanity and directions that will put health care back on the right track? It has to be a free-market initiative – my own personal view is that the nation’s businesses who pay for health care should step up to the plate big time and take the proverbial bull by the horns. Some have.
But you say there is no fee-for-all problem. How can you say that when the spending we do is judged so horribly inefficient and wasteful because of this ceaseless profusion of over-utilization, over-diagnosis, over-prescribing and over-treatment? You say that fees are already fixed by insurance contracts and Medicare – where has that gotten us? Those fees may be fixed under ICDs, but what has prevented the mass profusion of demonstrably overdone numbers of diagnoses, treatments, procedures and prescriptions? It’s almost Pavlovian – just keep pushing the “done” button and the fee-for-service mill keeps grinding out precious, dwindling health care dollars.
You say move insurance back to what it was meant to be – insurance. And just let them keep paying our dwindling health care dollars without some semblance of control over our spending? That’s no solution without master controls on our out of control cost-generating health spending.
You say leave the decisions to the two parties involved, the patient and the doctor. Yes, just as soon as we have revitalized a lot of doctoring to ensure that doctors are not overutilizing, over-diagnosing, over-treating and over-prescribing, and that patients are no longer getting what they want simply because they demand it. If there are outside factors mandating any of the excesses (as some say medical malpractice does) – then let’s attack the outside catalysts to higher costs. Let’s steamroll them under and clear the way for medicine absent undue costly influences.
You say you want leaner, so let docs and hospitals truly compete. My question is how? Let docs and hospitals truly compete – just like they are doing in Dallas/Ft Worth, where the two big systems are waging a turf war by sucking up all the docs they can into their feeder mechanism? Let’s just see what two giant ACOs can accomplish – if we ever see one of those unicorns.
If I somehow (LOL) come off as passionate about these views, it’s motivated by a lot of very, very good docs I have known for years (almost all primary care) – who have been increasingly staggered by the load of more government, more regulations, more paperwork, less pay, less respect and longer days – all compounded by this growing sense of deprivation from doing what it is they love doing most and the reason they became physicians. So yeah, I’m pretty passionate about this.
We probably agree on much, just not how to get there.
The problem with the skyrocketing of costs began with the third party system and the corporatization of healthcare. Until individuals are held responsible for their health, instead of the taxpayer, costs will continue to go up.
What we want is less government money in the system, so the taxpayer doesn’t get hit. That will not occur with ACO’s which I despise, nor with any managed care system.
If you truly want the system to work, it needs to be from the ground up, with patients choosing their docs, and the docs only concern being their care. Docs can offer testing and treatments, but the patient should always have the authority to say yeah or nay! Just as if you are going to buy a car, and deciding on extras. You get to choose, other than the standard features.
Businesses can help pay for healthcare, but by giving catastrophic insurance along with some HSA money. Then they should stay away and leave care between the doctor and the patient. Get the mismanaged care organizations out of healthcare.
Waste comes from the mismanaged care organizations as a result of their bureaucracy. Every layer adds to costs all thru the system, but they don’t care because whoever holds the purse has all the power.
Overdone procedures will slowly become a thing of the past if people have their own skin in the game. Presently docs answer more to their office managers, administrators, employers, and government regulators than to their patients. Who set up those rules? The answer is govt and insurer collusion.
What should you care what your neighbor spends on healthcare if they are spending their own money? In a free market system people spend their own money.
We agree on getting rid of undue influences in medicine. That would save a tremendous amount of money. But again the biggest influence is the third party system set in place by government collusion. Why do you think the insurers backed Obamacare?
With an open free market the Dallas area would be awash with physician entrepreneurs developing newer and better care at cheaper costs. It happens wherever it has tried. Look again at the cost drop of LASIK and generic drugs. It works if it is allowed to.
I am a solo family practice doc working almost totally outside the system. I am not only passionate about this subject, I live it every day and I also practice what I preach.
You are most definitely right, we probably agree on much. Just on principle I’d readily agree to that because you are one of the front-line soldiers in this system. Because of the negative trends, we’re running out of the most valuable infantry against escalating costs and that is all wrong. In this battle, the people I enjoy knowing and collaborating with most in my efforts are primary care docs. I see it and experience the challenges through them, as I work with them to help look ahead to the future events that will impact them directly. The headwinds you and your primary care colleagues are facing are stiff.
That does not mean I am an enemy of specialists. I am an enemy of going broke on too much of good things.
On personal responsibility, you are spot on. I could just pound a table every time I see a fat little kid eating something nasty, or someone with globs of fat hanging over their belts. I also want to put a fist through the wall every time I see a pharma ad encouraging patients to go piss off their docs with requests for this or that.
Yes we definitely want less government money in the system, because it’s all funny-money anyhow. YES – I also hate ACOs because they’re fad, boutique concepts that hospital systems in Dallas are using to corner turf.
Maybe we don’t agree on all perspectives to the solutions, but I do agree with you that we need to effect change from the foundation up. That foundation needs to be primary care docs who form true doctor-patient relationships with their patients as whole persons – and who have the time to treat the spectrum of whole person issues that constitutes total patient care – cost-effective care that understands what to and what not to do. No way does that include me telling my doc I need an MRI. If I go in to see my doc to manage the whole me, with my blood pressure management, cholesterol control, bum knee and reflux, I don’t want to walk out feeling good across the spectrum of my little maladies, while also knowing that my doc only gets paid for two of the issues she treated. Pay primary care for the cognitive work that it takes to treat whole persons.
A reason I put the burden on businesses is that businesses are holders of clout. We work, we’re at work much of our lives and businesses are a place to put the right pressures and incentives to employees. Businesses can and should create incentives for employees to be patients, to have their doctors, to form solid relationships with their doctors, and then maintain the good relationships. It sure works for me because I like my doc and she likes me. After that, it’s doctors and patients who know each other and who make the system work knowledgeably.
Skin in the game? You betcha! Money talks volumes.
Keep on Dr SH, keep on!
Your mom is eatxcly the type of person needed to participate in the debate. I hope she continues to speak out, as well all should. | 2019-04-26T04:13:18 | https://careandcost.com/2011/09/01/the-need-for-a-level-playing-field-for-physician-pay/ |
Driving around my local district at this time of year, bulldozers, chainsaws and tractors are a common sight, as growers push out under-performing blocks of trees, ready for reworking. I decided to find out more about why there is a constant program of re-planting fruit trees in a district that is renowned for its high quality fruit production. If the fruit trees in this area are so good, why do growers constantly need to change and improve?
It turns out that long gone is the romantic image of expansive orchards of widely spaced, large, gnarled and twisted 100 year old apple trees. They are now just a nostalgic memory evident only in historical archives and shared reminiscences. The modern orchard consists of younger, high performing trees planted closely together with their growth carefully managed for optimum performance. Further,at any one time, up to 10% of an orchard can be out of production being reworked for new varieties.
The performance of every block within a modern orchard is intensely scrutinized every year. Blocks that are not returning a profit are either pushed out or earmarked for future reworking. This can be a difficult, emotional decision for a grower to make, as they have poured their heart and soul into getting each orchard block to perform to its optimum. But the reality is, they have to take a step back and assess their business performance with the same careful scrutiny as any other business manager.
Perhaps the most difficult decision to make, however, is which variety to plant next. This is a big question, as it will take many years for the results of this decision to become apparent. In an apple orchard, it takes about 7 years from planting for a commercial block of trees to yield a return on investment. Establishment costs are significant, with a large up-front cash injection required.
In any successful business, there is a certain element of risk taking. Decisions made now can impact on the success or failure of the business for many years to come. Educated best-guesses made on all the market data available at the time can quickly unravel when market conditions change. This element of risk, however, is no more apparent than in modern perennial horticulture (fruit and nut tree cropping).
As consumers, we are spoiled for choice in a wide range of fresh produce. Tastes and demands are fickle, and there is constant competition for shelf space in supermarkets. What can one day be a much loved variety can soon become a product that sits on the shelf, unwanted. In addition, fresh produce has to fight against a plethora of snack foods that are backed by massive marketing budgets, drawing in shoppers an array of exciting promises.
Our plant scientists are working hard to breed new varieties that stand out from the crowd and provide a new taste sensation or point of difference. There is also a demand for varieties that keep for longer and are more pest and disease tolerant or use less water. This breeding process is achieved through cross pollination of existing varieties. Once the cross pollination process begins, it takes years to gradually select the more promising varieties, followed by several more years of field trials until the cream of the crop rises to the top.
From the start of a breeding program until a new variety is commercialized can take at least ten years. With lots of exciting new varieties coming into the market place, only some are destined for success, while others will invariably fail. The much loved Pink Lady® apple is truly an Australian success story, coming from Western Australia and now in high demand right around the globe.
Even before the grower has begun to push out a block of trees, they have to have made the decision two years earlier what variety they wish to plant. They put the order in with a nursery for how many trees that want of what variety grafted onto what rootstock.
When making this critical decision a grower is faced with a range of choices. A tough decision to make 2 years prior to planting and a further 7 years after that until the trees are in full production!
Do they stick with an existing, well known variety that, while is a known quantity now, may be out of favour in a volatile market place in 9 years time? Do do they opt for a newer variety that may either be a total success or a complete failure? Does the variety have sufficient volume of plantings to have critical mass in the market place? Is it well supported by a strong marketing and promotions package and how much will it cost to buy-in to that scheme?
No matter how much homework they do, at some point, a grower has to take a deep breath and muster up all the courage of their convictions to commit to a decision. Once the trees are ordered from the nursery, cultivated and planted into the ground, they will again pour their hearts and souls for the next five to seven years into doing the best they possibly can to get the trees to grow and yield quality fruit.
It is only once the trees are producing commercial quantities of fruit that are being packed, stored and sold that they will be able to take stock on that vital decision made many years earlier. It is inevitable that sometimes that decision will prove to have been the wrong one and growers will have to write off all that hard work and start again. But more often than not, through years of experience and careful consideration, the decision will be a good one. This is one of the most rewarding moments in a grower’s life, when years of preparation and toil result in the production of a high quality, profitable crop that consumers enjoy! The culmination of nearly 20 years of development.
The next time I bite into a fresh piece of fruit, I will be giving considerably more thought to the many years of its evolution and perhaps not taking it quite so much for granted.
As human beings, our need for water is basic and fundamental. The access to clean drinking water is one of our primary humanitarian needs. However, water is also integrally linked to food and fibre production. Without water, plants would not grow and animals would not survive. We also use water for industry and in our daily lives in many ways. Our entire planetary ecosystem is ultimately dependent on water.
Australia is a land of extremes, with crippling drought and raging floods all too familiar to us all. Water is not something that we take for granted and it never seems to be available in the quantities we need when we really need it. There are also competing needs for water, with difficult struggles to ensure all stakeholders have an equitable share.
Approximately 67% of all water used in Australia goes towards producing food and fibre through irrigation (2004 ABS data). This water generates an annual irrigated farm revenue of $9.6 billion! The remainder of our food and fibre production relies on water from natural rainfall.
However irrigators also share the pain and stress of water shortages. Their whole livelihoods rely on reliable access to water. And it is not only their livelihoods, it is the livelihoods and social well being of whole communities that those farmers support.
The story that I want to share here is one that shows how Australian farmers are among the most efficient users of water in the world. Our innovators and researchers are constantly seeking new ways to grow more food and fibre with less water. Our farmers are embracing world leading water management methods. Internationally, we are leading the way in water management and others are looking to us to learn from our experiences.
I don’t say that flippantly. I have been lucky enough to travel to many of the most significant irrigation areas in the world. From my observations our adoption of technology and careful, judicious use of water is paralleled in very few other regions, and certainly not to the wide extent it is here.
Professor of Water and Environmental policy, Mike Young, from the University of Adelaide recently backed up this assessment when he shared with ABC Rural his view that Australian irrigators are by far the best in the world and that the rest of the world is now looking to us for water management solutions.
This has not happened over night. It has been a huge industry effort, with many great minds working on this challenge for many years; well before the recent droughts and woes of the Murray Darling Basin brought our perilous water situation into sharp focus of the general population.
The Irrigated Crop Management Service was first set up in Loxton South Australia in the 1980’s and introduced for the first time a holistic approach to water management, tailoring the amount of water applied to the varying soil requirements through soil mapping and soil water measurement. This was an introduction to early concepts of Precision Farming well ahead of its time.
At around the same time, soil water measurement and monitoring services were being established in cotton growing regions of NSW, to fine tune the amount of water being applied to match the crop needs.
Thanks to the early innovators driving industry forward, these two regions can be classified as highly efficient irrigators with extremely high adoption rates of new technologies and management techniques.
Private innovative Australian companies such as Sentek Technologies then successfully commercialized new products in the early 1990’s, which enhanced these approaches and introduced the concept of integrated soil water management to the rest of the world. Many other exciting and innovative products and approaches have been developed by Australian companies since. These approaches have been widely recognised and adopted by consultants and irrigators alike.
Ground breaking research has been conducted in Australia on enhancing quality of fruit crops through regulated deficit irrigation, where water is withheld at critical times of the growing season. The practices are now adopted commonly in the wine grape and stone fruit industries to achieve exceptional quality with reduced amounts of water. Peter Dry’s team at the Waite Institute revealed Partial Rootzone Drying to the world, where the approach of only watering part of the plant’s root zone at any particular time enabled significant water savings in some crops without impacting on yield or quality.
Our plant researchers are also hard at work to develop new plant genotypes that are more drought tolerant and use less water.
Without a doubt, we still need to strive to do more, and produce more with less. We need to work through our policies to ensure our water resources are shared fairly and that we all have access to the water required to meet our basic needs. Once again though, despite all the difficulties and hurdles we are going through at the moment, Australia is leading the way in setting sound policies to secure our future water resources. These are difficult negotiations as they impact on so many people’s livelihoods, but the ground work being laid now will hopefully ensure the long term security of our water resources.
As the driest inhabited continent on earth, Australia can stand up and be proud of our achievements and how far we have come in the last 30 years!
Click here to read Part 1 of the Earth, Water, Wind, Fire series of blogs, which takes you one a journey underneath our feet. | 2019-04-18T20:31:53 | https://farmingunlocked.com/page/2/ |
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The fully stocked Bar is located next to the pool area at Desert Camp and is the perfect place to relax after day of activities in the Namib. The views over the Desert landscapes and roaming wildlife will captivate your imagination especially during sunset when the spectacular colours play against the surrounding Naukluft Mountains.
There is Wi-Fi access available at the bar area and a big screen television for viewing news and sporting events.
The large sparkling swimming pool at Desert Camp is sure to be a welcoming refreshment after a day of travelling or sightseeing in Sossusvlei!
Enjoy views over the Desert landscapes and roaming wildlife visiting the nearby waterhole whilst relaxing at the pool area.
Sun loungers are available around the pool area and pool towels can be obtained at Reception. | 2019-04-21T14:32:32 | http://www.desertcamp.com/onsite-facilities.html |
My name is Linda Perkins, and I live in Girton, Cambridgeshire, England.
I have been making bears since 1996.
My bears and animals are all individually made using my own designs. Each is hand stitched, and made from mohair or alpaca, often hand dyed to achieve unique colours.
Many have embellishments like scarves, jumpers, bells, growlers, glasses and ribbons. The little scarves and jumpers are delicately made using the tiniest knitting needles.
give each bear or animal a very individual character. | 2019-04-20T16:54:26 | http://lindalbears.com/aboutus.html |
here my development. All starts with the sketch. Even i cannot draw, it looks for the realization well.
The nest step was to realize it. The photo I tested it with myself. I thought before I hire someone, i test it. Finally i decided to take my photo. Why not.
The last five days working with very nice people. A great team from Porsche, Eventrix, Neumann & Müller and freelancers like me.
how you will drive it?
Always I enjoy it to work with all the nice and great people together.
Hopefully see you in 2 years again!
I found these CD covers, done by friends, musicians, lovers. What a pitty that this art dies by the streaming services. You will never mix an own „tape“ or CD and create your own Cover.
I loved it to get these lovely Covers. And to do it by myself.
I saw that airship with a low noise driving over my house. How you say in english when an airship flyies? In german we say driving.
Since a few weeks I´m on instagram, yes i did it.
My biggest surprise was, that Trigema like my photo. Social Media Advertising works.
Now i have to prepare my next job. It is for Porsche Press Conference at the IAA 2017.
In future more about my latest work here. | 2019-04-23T10:46:44 | http://dognbone.tv/blog/date/2017/09/ |
Sometimes you have to walk away from people, not because you don’t care, but because they don’t. When someone hurts you time and time again, accept the fact that they don’t care about you. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but it’s necessary medicine. Do not strive to impress them any further. Waste not another second of your time trying to prove something to them. Nothing needs to be proven. Do not act with any thought of them ever again.. ! | 2019-04-22T19:23:27 | http://www.topicsexpress.com/Sometimes-you-have-to-walk-away-from-people-not-because-topic-313510185454772 |
The 2019 Mission Possible CSDA Annual Training Conference & Expo being held April 29 – May 2, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove is just over 100 days away. The conference planning committee members are doing an excellent job of securing engaging and knowledgeable speakers and coordinators for the 68 workshops. A variety of workshops subjects will include leadership skills, law & casework, caseload management, and professional development. Your mission will be trying to choose between the many outstanding workshops offered.
We are thrilled about our Keynote Speakers this year. You will hear from Michelle Gielan, bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change. Michelle has spent the past decade researching the link between happiness and success. She was named one of the Top 10 authors on resilience by Harvard Business Review. Michelle is the Executive Producer of The Happiness Advantage on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness Course.
We are fortunate to have Scott Lekan, Commissioner of the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), and David Kilgore, Director of California Department of Child Support Services.
Scott Lekan started out in public service as a law enforcement officer and quickly moved into policy work with the Division of Aging & Adult Services for Arizona’s Department of Economic Security. He is a former IV-D program director for the state of Arizona and has served on the board of directors for NCSEA. Just prior to his current appointment, Scott was Business Development Manager for Informatix, Inc. Drawing on his experience in both public and private work, Scott has proven to be a tremendous advocate for the child support program and often sets visionary goals.
David Kilgore is known in the child support program for having a highly creative approach to policy work with a strong reliance on data. David was the designer of the Case Management Tool (CMT) used by Child Support professionals statewide to assist in managing their casework. He has served in several positions in local child support programs throughout California including Program Manager in Tulare, Deputy Director of Operations in San Bernardino, Chief Deputy Director in Los Angeles and as the Director of the Riverside County Department of Child Support Services. He readily shares big ideas for moving California’s child support program into the next century.
We’re excited to hear from Tracy Miller, an Orange County prosecutor with over 21 years of experience. She is currently the highest-ranking woman in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Tracy is also an Executive Coach and a dynamic and energetic speaker. Tracy initiated and leads the Orange County Gang Prevention Partnership (OC GRIP)—the largest gang prevention program in the United States. Tracy has prosecuted hundreds of cases throughout her career and currently supervises Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Gangs, and Juvenile Crimes units. Tracy has had numerous accomplishments over the years, some of which include the 2010 Ambassador of Peace Award and the Raise Foundations 2017 Champion of Children Award. Tracy teaches her audiences to connect with themselves, each other, and then their clients in a way that guarantees success. We’re sure this is an opportunity you won’t want to miss.
Whether you’re interested in building your leadership skills, learning new and exciting topics for professional development, or hearing about various law and casework topics, please join us as we make our Mission Possible. | 2019-04-18T13:21:42 | https://csdaca.org/2019-annual-conference-teaser-mission-possible/ |
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Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel! At this time, Tinkerbell is the only fairy that is available for a Character Experience in Town Square Theater in Magic Kingdom Park. The good news is that you can reserve a FastPass+ for your pixie dusted Meet and Greet with her. Also in Town Square Theater is the big cheese himself, Mickey Mouse, and he's just waiting to share hugs and "magic" with you!
Character Meet and Greet locations and times are subject to change at any time so be sure to check the Times Guide once inside the Park on the day of your visit. You never know, you just may get to see some of your other fairy favorites at the time of your Walt Disney World Resort stay. | 2019-04-25T07:51:35 | https://disneyparksmomspanel.disney.go.com/question/place-meet-disney-fairies-disney-world-says-tinkerbell-276299/ |
This beautifully crafted box is a pleasure to look at and serves as a convenient storage for incense. It also contains ashes and the burning incense and in that way can protect your house from fire. One of the things we love about these boxes is how beautiful they make the smoke look as it streams out of them.
There are 3 holes on each side to put the incense sticks and 2 copper plates for cones inside so you can burn multiple incense as well. These come in a few different designs of wood cutouts and inlaid metal. Very nice item to go with a purchase of incense.
We have seen some of these new age shops sell these boxes as high as $20 and we can offer them much cheaper than this. | 2019-04-25T12:38:39 | https://shop.theislamicmall.com/products/wooden-incense-burner-and-storage-box |
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Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Touch ID biometric authentication system will be implemented in the upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, as well as the next-generation iPhone, according to the latest rumor out of Asia. Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) began delivering the first batches of the fingerprint sensor assembly for all three devices in mid-April, according to “informed sources” cited by components trading network website cecb2b.com, via MacRumors.
According to the sources, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has also outsourced some of the fingerprint sensor assembly production to Xintec and Suzhou Jing Fang, two other semiconductor manufacturers. The fingerprint sensors are reportedly being manufactured with the same 8-inch fab method that was previously used for the iPhone 5S, instead of a 12-inch fab method that a previous report from DigiTimes suggested would be used.
MacRumors reports that the implementation of the Touch ID technology in the next-generation iPad Air and iPad mini aligns with recent predictions made by well-connected KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Last month, Kuo released a product roadmap that offered various details about Apple’s upcoming products.
Last year, Apple released the iPad Air on November 1, while the iPad mini with Retina display hit store shelves on November 12. Industry sources cited by Korea’s ETNews claimed that the iPad mini with Retina display launch was delayed due to yield issues related to production of the high-resolution display. Similarly, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek blamed the initial iPhone 5S shortages on “terrible” yields for the fingerprint sensor assembly, reports StreetInsider. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s relatively early start on the manufacturing of the fingerprint sensor assemblies for this year’s crop of devices suggests that Apple is seeking to avoid a repeat of last year’s supply problems.
It should be noted that Apple isn’t the only tech company gearing up to release a tablet with a fingerprint sensor this year. According to a new report from SamMobile, Samsung’s (SSNLF.PK) upcoming Galaxy Tab S will also feature a fingerprint sensor. Samsung’s tablet will use the same fingerprint sensor technology that the Korea-based company used in its recently released Galaxy S5 smartphone. | 2019-04-23T10:11:18 | https://www.cheatsheet.com/technology/rumor-apple-bringing-touch-id-to-next-generation-ipads.html/ |
Goal! The Centre of the Impact Map, answers the most important/main question: Why are we doing this? This is the Goal of the mind-map, the thing you are trying to achieve. Because the answer to ‘Why’ is in the centre of the mind-map, it makes sure that everyone knows why they are doing something. Knowing why you are doing something is key to making good decisions about cost, scope and timelines, both at the start and later when things change.
Actors! The Actors are people whose Behavior would be Impacted by or would impact the Goal. In my Example below, my actors were a “Genre Freak”, “Gaming Newbie”, “Experienced Gamer” and “People who haven’t visited the site after 2 months”. I thought the people listed would be impacted or would be a great impact to Upping the Number of Visits to the site.
Impacts! This part of the Impact Map answers the following questions: “How should the behavior of the actors change?”, “How can they help us achieve the goal” and “How could they get in the way of us reaching the goal?”. The answers to these Questions are the Impacts. In my example, both my Impacts were “Make sure the Genre Freak returns when a new game is released” and “Make sure the Genre Freak looks through multiple pages on the site”. I thought these Impacts are pretty important to Upping the Number of visits to the site.
Deliverable! The Final part of Impact Mapping is when you ask: “What will I have to do to achieve this?”. The answer to this question.
← What are Empathy Maps? | 2019-04-24T10:08:02 | https://www.dylanrushbyriley.co.uk/blog/impact-mapping/ |
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Saying goodbye to my crazy girl before flying to Sydney for a couple of months.
I’ll be spending time working on several new story ideas, organising events for the release of my picture book, Ollie and Augustus, and running a few workshops.
If your Sydney library or school is interested in a workshop then please contact Young Australia .
Today was all about reviewing the final proofs of Ollie and Augustus – my latest picture book I’ve written and illustrated.
Exciting to see how this book has come together – thanks to the creative team at Walker Books.
The release date, September 2019, can’t come soon enough!
A watercolour and charcoal painting developed using rapid, energy induced strokes. Sometimes, after a focusing on an illustration project, I need to step away and paint for the pure joy of creating.
Included in my thoughts and sketches gallery.
Today I finished the art for Augustus and Ollie, my new picture book with Walker Books Australia.
So excited for this book – featuring Ollie and his best friend (and dog) Augustus.
The idea was first conceived in 2014 over a tea (or was it a coffee? Definitely a hot beverage) with a sketch of a large dog and small boy. Fast forward four years and this sketch has become my 25th illustrated book and the first picture book I’ve both written and illustrated for Walker Books.
Released Australia wide in early 2019.
Find some of my other books here.
A quokka selfie was among the highlights during a brief holiday from my studio.
Two weeks exploring Western Australian beaches and karri forests reminded me how lucky I am to live in this remote part of the world.
Refreshed and refocused I’m back in the studio finishing off my latest picture book with Walker Books.
I look forward to showing sneak peaks from this new book soon.
Yes, I’m supposed to be 100% focused on my new picture book. But I couldn’t help procrastinating with this watercolour and pencil sketch of a little girl being blown away by the wind.
Okay, play time over, back to work (proceeds to kitchen to make a coffee).
Watercolour and gouache over pencil.
Creating a chicken illustration is always fun – they have such personalities! This extract, from a larger painting, is of a bantam rooster crowing… Very similar to how I looked today coming up with a new picture book idea!
Work in progress (from a couple of weeks ago). This design was created for the International Board of Books – IBBY Australia’s Perth quiz night.
The illustration was created with ink overlaid by watercolour.
See the finished version here.
A fun design created for the International Board of Books IBBY Australia Perth’s branch’s quiz night.
I was given complete freedom in designing this poster. That in mind I selected to illustrate a balloon house (yes, my dream home if I can’t have a treehouse). The painting was created in watercolour and ink.
The original painting will be up for silent auction on the night so if you’re nearby make sure to book a table and bid. Proceeds go to IBBY Australia. | 2019-04-25T18:41:54 | https://gabrielevansartist.com/type/image/ |
The IPCC aims to be “policy relevant” and “policy neutral,” and must take great care not to squander its credibility on geoengineering, a topic that is gathering steam precisely when there is no real progress on mitigation and adaptation. The IPCC’s announcement of the expert meeting already suggests that geoengineering has a place in the portfolio of legitimate responses to climate change (a highly contestable claim), and that the role of the IPCC is to define what that role is. Permit us to stress that this is not primarily a scientific question; it is a political one. International peasant organizations, indigenous peoples, and social movements have all expressed outright opposition to such measures as a false solution to the climate crisis.
The Scientific Steering Group of this expert meeting includes well-known geoengineering advocates who have called for steep increases in funding for research and for proceeding with experimentation, as well as scientists who have patents pending on geoengineering technologies and/or other financial interests. Asking a group of geoengineering scientists if more research should be done on the topic is like asking a group of hungry bears if they would like honey. Their predictable answer should be viewed with skepticism. At the same time, independent organizations, which have devoted years of critical research to geoengineering, are not allowed to participate, even as observers. | 2019-04-19T05:08:00 | http://www.etcgroup.org/content/open-letter-ipcc-geoengineering |
LIGHT RECIPES FOR YOUR SPRING MENU. THE PEPPER AND GARLIC IN THE BEANS AND THE PANCETTA AND PASTA WITH THE PARMIGIANO ROMANO CHEESE PAIR WONDERFULLY WITH OUR CINQUE BORDEAUX BLEND. A LIGHTER RED WINE ALSO GOES WELL WITH THESE RECIPES AS THEY ARE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE. ENJOY!
Wash and stem the beans, cut diagonally. Fill a large pot with water, 3/4 full. Bring to a boil; add the salt and the string beans. Cook until just al dente, still firm. Drain and set aside. Wash and slice the cherry tomatoes, set aside.
In a large skillet heat the oil; when hot add the garlic. Saute the garlic until golden then add the red pepper flakes and the tomatoes. Shake the pan to move the tomatoes all around, cook for five minutes. Add the olives and cook for five more minutes. Add the oregano and string beans. Sprinkle with salt, stir well to coat the beans, cook for about 8-10 more minutes and serve at once.
Cut the broccoflower in half. Remove the core and cut the florets into smaller pieces. Wash and drain in colander. Cut the pancetta into small cubes. Crush the garlic and remove the skin. In a small skillet, heat the olive oil, add the pancetta and cook stirring occasionally until it begins to render the fat. Add the garlic and the red pepper flakes and continue cooking until the garlic is golden. Remove from heat.
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add the florets and cook for 8-10 minutes. Add the orecchiette and cook for 12 more minutes. Drain the pasta, reserving one cup of its cooking water. Transfer back into the same pan, add the pancetta with it rendered fat. Over medium heat, stir the pasta and the sauce to coat completely for about one minute. Stir in the cheeses. Serve immediately with additional cheese if desired.
*A broccoflower looks just like a cauliflower but it is green. It is more flavorful than the white cauliflower. There is also another variety which has pointy florets and is known as Romanesco. | 2019-04-23T10:58:41 | http://www.larusticanadorsa.com/the-food/recipes/ |
During last night’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter season 11 Jamie Yager failed to answer the bell for the third round of his quarter-final fight with Josh Bryant, despite pleas from both his team-mates and coach Tito Ortiz to not give up.
Not long afterwards Yager is taken to hospital for a check-up (in which it’s ascertained that no major damage has been sustained) while Ortiz is shown in the dressing room criticizing the fighter, saying that if you don’t have heart you shouldn’t be in this business.
After the episode aired on Spike TV it appeared as if Yager did not take kindly to his coaches comments, as a series of derogatory remarks were fired at Ortiz from a twitter account believed to belong to the fighter.
Later on Ortiz responded angrily though stopped short of returning fire with both barrels. That was probably just as well as it turned out that we had all been duped and Yager’s supposed messages had in fact come from a hoax account as the fighter himself later clarified on his real account.
After that tirade Ortiz finally responded back several hours later.
So it seems to be just another internet hoax…or is it? Some people are still hanging on to the theory that the fake account was indeed Yager’s, pointing to the fact that Yager’s own management linked to the supposedly ‘fake’ account.
Both Yager and his management continue to deny that it’s his account though, and unless more concrete proof that it’s him arises it’s only right to take them at their word. | 2019-04-22T06:41:07 | https://mmainsight.com/news/tito-ortiz-and-jamie-yager-engage-in-war-of-words-on-twitter |
Troubled economic times come without a warning and such situations do not even give enough time to think about a possible befitting solution. At such times, getting an instant payday loan would probably be the most convenient and appropriate solution.As the name suggests, Instant Payday Loans are short-term loans that can be availed instantly. They are cash advances that are supposed to be paid back on the next paycheck day of the borrower. They are small sized loans that help in assisting people to fulfill their immediate financial needs especially when they cannot wait until their paycheck comes. So, it is easier to get financial aid from private lenders in the form of a payday loan and the cash advance can be used to pay off any immediate debts or to make any urgent purchases and can be paid back on time after the paycheck arrives before there is a drop in the credit score due to amassing of interest rates and unpaid credits.
The payday loans are more popularly known by other different names, like – ‘payday advance’, since the amount is taken as an advance ahead of the payday; as a ‘quick cash’ loan or as ‘cash advance’ or a ‘short-term’ loan, since the loan is taken over a short period of time and the cash is given as an advance. It is also called as ‘small-dollar’ loan as small amounts of money is taken as a loan for a short-term and also as a ‘personal loan’, as it is usually taken to fulfill personal financial necessities.
There are a few important criteria that a borrower has to fulfill in order to be eligible for getting an instant payday loan.
1. Jurisdiction - Not all states in the United States are likely to provide a payday loan. Payday loans are legally available only in 32 states in the US and 18 states completely forbid the practice of providing a payday loan. The 3 other states offer different other forms of short-term loans or payday loans at a lower interest rate.
The 32 states in the US that provide legalized payday loans include – Alabama, Wyoming, Alaska, Wisconsin, California, Washington, Delaware, Virginia, Florida, Utah, Hawaii, Texas, Idaho, Tennessee, Illinois, South Carolina, North Dakota, Indiana, Rhode Island, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky, New Mexico, Louisiana, Nevada, Michigan, Nebraska, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Missouri.
The states that provide the payday loans at very low-interest rates by setting usury limits include – New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Arkansas, Maine, New Hampshire, Montana, South Dakota, Oregon, and Colorado.
The states where payday loan practice is prohibited or stopped now include - Arizona, North Carolina, Connecticut, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Vermont.
The US legislation has imposed many rules and restrictions on the practice of providing a payday loan which is dissimilar in different states. While some jurisdictions have very few restrictions regarding the payday loans, a few of them put a limit on the APR, and a few have completely prohibited the provision of payday loans.
So, you will have to be a legal resident of the state that provides a payday loan legally to avail one.
2. Age – You will have to be a legal adult who is 18 years old or above. This is important as minors are not allowed to handle financial contracts on the legal front. You will have to provide the lender with a legal document to prove your age.
3. Residency – It is important that you are a legal permanent resident of the US. It is not requirement for you to be a US citizen. However, you should be permanent US resident and you should provide the legal documents to prove the same to the lender.
4. Active Checking Account – It is essential for you to have an active checking account which is a source of proof for your residency and for your income. This account is also important if you are looking to get an online loan so that the lender can deposit the loan cash in your current checking account by wire and the repayment can also be done in the same way.
5. Employment and Income – Most payday loan lenders will provide a loan based on the previous payroll details and employment history. So, it is important that you have a clean employment history and are currently employed with a steady income that is sufficient to manage your monthly expenses and pay the loan. It is important to provide a legal proof that shows that there is a steady income flow in your account which shows that you are capable of repaying the borrowed loan. The income could be of any form – either as a salary or as benefits.
Once you are considered to be eligible under all the above-given criteria and after you provide all the required legal documents, then the lender will go ahead and process your payday loan.
Every state page has all the details regarding the availability of payday loan practice in the respective state. The page will show a list of the regulatory laws with reference to the APR, the usury cap limits, the citations to limit the rate cap on small loans, the list of payday loan lenders who are licensed and authorized by the government, their websites, and contact information. There are also laws regarding the protection of consumers against criminal usury.
It is important that you explore well and find a state-licensed lender according to the borrowing loan amount, the APR, type of loan, and other factors. You can find a good list of all the reliable lenders with us at instantcreditloansus.com and go ahead with your loan application.
A typical payday loan process will start with the borrower filling a loan application in which the required loan amount and other needed details shall be mentioned. The lender will carry out some basic verification and check the age, residency, and income proof of the borrower. Although many lenders will not perform any credit checks, a few of them may look into the income history and bank statements to confirm that there is a steady income flowing into the borrower’s account on a regular basis. However, each payday lender, credit unions, or individual financing franchises will have their own criteria and underwritings.
After the verification process is completed successfully, the lender will approve the payday loan. As the name suggests, the borrower will have to repay the loan on the payday i.e. on the day when the next paycheck arrives. The borrower will provide the lender with a post-dated check citing the whole loan amount along with the APR and fees. The borrower will usually come back on the payday or on the day of loan maturity and pay the loan amount as a lump sum to the lender. If the borrower does not turn up, the lender will deposit and redeem the check.
In any case, if the borrower does not have enough funds in the account when the lender has deposited the check, then the borrower will be subjected to the check-bounce penalty in addition to the loan amount. If the borrower still defers paying the amount, then the interest rates will increase and the payable amount will keep getting accumulated.
Recent technology changes and innovations have allowed applying for a payday loan an easier process as it can be done online too. Most of the payday loan lenders provide simple and easy online tools that will enable the borrower to file an online loan application. If the lender needs some documented proof, then the applicant will have to fax them to the lender. Once the loan has been approved, the lender will credit the amount to the checking account of the borrower.
Most of the online tools are very simple so that it is easier for the common man to file an online loan application. The borrower will have to provide the necessary information and details while filling out the online application so that the application can be qualified. When this process is done, the cash is transferred to the account electronically. This becomes easier and convenient as the needed cash will fall into your account in a stipulated time and the borrower can withdraw it from any ATM or use the card linked with the account to make any purchase, etc. At instantcreditloansus.com, we will help you connect with the lenders who will offer very convenient options for you to get an online payday loan.
So, all you will need is an active internet connection and a computer. Fill out the complete online loan application and you can get your approved as quickly as possible.
There are many people who are not familiar with using the internet or are not comfortable filling an online application, or many a time there are situations where many people do not have an access to the cyberspace or a network connection. A few people are assured and feel secure when they have a P2P conversation and can ask for the tiny details and doubts while filing a loan application.
For such consumers, most of the credit financing companies and the private money lenders tend to provide the option to apply a loan application over a phone call. Bigger financing companies have a toll-free number that will provide 24 x 7 customer care and is always ready to help the consumers to deal with any kind of a trouble while filing for a loan, whereas smaller and individual lenders will assist the borrowers personally or will have a manager do so for them.
Although the online application service is convenient and easier, the alternative telephonic provision for filing a payday loan application is for the consumers who cannot meet their online demands.
• A Convenient Option – Instant Payday loans are convenient. Most lenders provide online options which make it easier and faster to apply for a loan and to get the money into the account.
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• No Collateral – Many traditional banks will need you to assign collateral or bring in a cosigner as surety against the loan you have applied for. This not only takes a lot of time and paperwork, it is also a setback for people who do not have much to place as a guarantee. Unlike the banks, payday loan lenders will not ask for any collateral or cosigner. They provide the payday loan as an unsecured loan and so they will apply appropriate APR as surety.
• Quicker Approval Times – Since the loan processing and verification times are less the overall loan processing time is also reduced considerably. Many lenders follow the‘instant payday loans same day approval’ requisite i.e. most of the payday loans are approved on the same day within a few hours else it would be done by the next business day. We, at instantcreditloansus.com, will make sure to provide you with the much-needed loan as quickly as possible by communicating with the lenders.
• Prompt Credits – Getting an online application helps to get a prompt credit for the applied loan. As soon as the application is approved, the lender will promptly transfer the loan amount into the borrower’s checking account. However, even if the payday loan application is filed on a P2P basis, the cash is given to the borrower quickly.
• Round-the-clock Availability - Apart from providing the ‘instant payday loans same day approval’ amenity, the payday loans also offer the facility of being available to the consumers on a 24 x 7 basis. The lenders and the customer care agents are available round-the-clock to answer queries and to provide an instant cash advance loan in times of emergencies. Our representatives at instantcreditloansus.com will be available to provide you with all the required details for your queries.
• Best Solution While In Urgent Need – While processing the loan application, the lenders tend to ask and clarify regarding the situation for which the loan is being taken. If it is a genuine reason especially during emergencies, the payday loan will get approved instantly once all the required documents have been submitted and the formalities have been completed. If you are getting in as an online loan, then even the few intrusive questions will not have to be answered.
Credit scores are the checkpoints which give an idea about your financial history in just a gist. Any due bills or default payments will show up as a scar on the credit history. A low credit score indicates that there have been flaws while repaying a past loan or if there are any unmanageable pending bills. Either of it will be seen as a blemish to the financial credibility of the borrower. So, it is better to keep a track of all your payments and due bills and manage them sensibly so that it does not affect your credit scores adversely as it will be difficult in the future.
However, being irresponsible or being lazy is not the only reasons why a payment got missed out on time. There could be many genuine reasons why a bill payment date got missed out or a payment went beyond your due date. But the banks do not wish to care about your reasons. They will only look at your credit numbers and decide if the loan process can be taken ahead or be rejected. This is not the case with the private money creditors. They will carry out a soft and a meager verification process to check for the authenticity of the borrower. Once the required documentation and verification for short-term loans bad credit has been completed successfully, the loan will get sanctioned instantly. At instantcreditloansus.com, we will make sure that you get a second chance and your application for short-term loans bad credit with the lender will get approved as quickly as possible.
In order to have a good credit score, it is important to pay the bills and loans back on time. The lenders also believe that you would be a responsible person and provide you with the instant loan being assured that you will repay on time. The lenders will provide the loan after scheduling the repayment options like the date, amount, interest rates, fees, mode of payment, etc. Typically, for a payday loan, the borrower pays back on the next payday or when the paycheck comes in.
So, if your payday is once in every 2 weeks, or if your paycheck comes in at the end of the month, then you can plan your repayment schedule according to those days. If you cannot pay the whole loan amount along with the interest and fees at once, it is better to intimate the lender beforehand so that the situation can be worked out and a better deal can be planned in a timely fashion.
There are plenty of financiers and private credit unions that will take advantage of your situation and apply very high-interest rates and charge sky-rocketing amounts of fees. And during desperate situations, people will only look towards having a solution rather than analyzing if it is the best or the right option. So, it is mandatory to think wisely and explore well. Look for the lenders who are state-licensed as they will abide by the regulatory rules imposed by the government with regard to the APR and payday loans. It is also essential to look for the genuine lenders who will provide you with the most appropriate and suitable plan by taking into consideration your income levels, the reason for taking the loan, your credit scores, etc.
It is important that you keep enough balance in the bank account after your paycheck comes so that you can pay back the loan on time and can avoid any check bouncing damages. It is also advised to take a small amount of money as a payday loan. It is better to loan the amount which is exactly needed to deal with the emergency rather than taking a huge amount which becomes burdensome to be repaid on time. Not paying on time will only build up the interest rates and the accumulated loan amount. As it is a non-secured short-term loan that is provided without a credit check, the lenders will apply the interest rates accordingly so that they will not have any loss in their business. So, it is better to take a small-sized loan and pay off the immediate debts and manage well to repay the payday loan with the next paycheck.
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Chrome was designed to address the shift to using software from within a Web browser rather than as locally installed computer applications running inside Microsoft Windows or some other operating system.
Google believes any task done in a standalone desktop computer application can be delivered via the Web and Chrome is its bet that software applications can be run via a browser.
“We (Web users) want a very lightweight, fast engine for running applications,” Brin said.
“The kind of things you want to have running standalone (on a computer) are shrinking,” he said, adding that he still edits photos on his computer rather than using a Web program.
Like, Google Earth (the local version) has its WOW factor (hardware accelerated), but Google Maps can load up the maps and satellite images much faster – just by replacing images in the grid. A good analogy: home computing is to home cooking, whereas web-apps is to dining out; the “server” can feed many people at once. | 2019-04-21T06:20:13 | https://gadgetopia.com/post/6530 |
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I received a tip that Panasonic will announce a new camera in the next few weeks. One possibility for the new camera is to be introduced during the upcoming press conference on April 7th during the 2019 NAB show. The new camera will most likely be Micro Four Thirds. Stay tuned for additional details.
If you have any information on the new Panasonic camera, you can contact me anonymously here. | 2019-04-26T02:11:51 | https://photorumors.com/2019/03/24/panasonic-to-announce-a-new-camera-in-the-next-few-weeks/ |
Earlier this month, the Obama Administration announced that provisions of the Affordable Care Act requiring employers to provide health insurance to their employees, provided that they employ 50 or more workers, will be delayed until 2015. Earlier this week, the House of Representatives voted to delay another Affordable Care Act provision mandating that Americans either purchase health coverage or pay a penalty.
As readers can see, many key provisions of the Affordable Care Act are either being delayed or are being otherwise scrutinized by various branches of government. However, one provision that should be revisited for the benefit of Americans on Medicaid is currently not being challenged.
Many vulnerable Americans, including some ill and injured persons receiving Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits, rely on Medicaid for much of their healthcare. The Affordable Care Act somehow leaves American adults already receiving state-run Medicaid out of a new mandate requiring Medicare, Medicaid expansion plans, and most private insurers to provide coverage for a variety of preventative screenings and services.
A recent study published in Health Affairs indicates that the preventative screening coverage recommended presently by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will not mandatorily extend to most current recipients of state-run Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act.
Preventative screenings designed to detect early signs of cancer and heart disease among other conditions are critical for maintaining the health and well-being of many American adults. As various branches of government contemplate how to delay or reform the Affordable Care Act in order to protect financial interests of businesses and individuals alike, they should also revisit the provision which would leave vulnerable Americans without access to necessary preventable screening coverage. | 2019-04-20T18:30:27 | https://www.lawmcs.com/blog/2013/july/disabled-persons-denied-preventative-health-scre/ |
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Greetings to all. Peace and Joy is within you. In my last article, I ended by saying that the price of land in the village has shot up 500% because of recent developments. The fact is that it is all about “fengshui” and has nothing to do with market forces that drive up the price of land in normal economic development process. Fengshui, in transliteration which means “wind and water” is actually about geomancy. Anyway, what happened was that a farmer who obtained permission to build his house on a piece of farmland three years ago finally saved enough money to start building. When the foundation stones were laid, it was obvious that his main door was perfectly aligned to the main door of the richest man in the village and faced exactly the same direction. Words went around the village that his intention was to “steal” the fengshui. Immediately, the rich man made an offer the farmer could not resist and that was to buy up his land at 5 times the market value not for himself but to be donated to the village to use as a garden and car park. He then offered to buy the adjacent piece of land at normal price to enlarge the garden and car park but the owner refused to sell as he too wanted premium price. He refused to buy. So, it’s best that I do not to buy any land in the village for the time being.
Meanwhile, besides managing the repairs to my ancestral house, teaching English and preparing materials for this summer’s English Reading Programme, I have the happiness of receiving visitors to La Salle Study Centre, Changjiao.
Let me begins with the last item. Easter Monday, 17th April 2006, will always be remembered by all in Changjiao as the day Liao Laoshi’s mysterious La Salle Hui Guan Tong Shi (roughly translated as Lasallian Family members) finally turned up. I always remind them that I can do what I do for the children of the village because of support from La Salle Hui Guan. I want to thank Dr. Bernard Kong and Mr. Charles Chan, President and Deputy President of La Salle College Old Boys Association for organizing the visit. Brother Visitor Peter Foo also joined the group of 16 students, teachers and old boys for this historic visit. Of course, LSCOBA came bearing gifts of computers, projector, photocopying machine, books and a whole variety of very useful materials for LSSC but the impact was not what they bring. That they would make a day’s journey all the way from Hongkong, visit the centre for 2 hours, have dinner and then return to Meixian for the night before returning to Hongkong the next day, was and still is incomprehensible to the villagers. My position in the village and even among government officials in the district capital of Dabu-Huliao is greatly enhanced. I want to record my heartfelt thanks to everyone who made the visit possible, all who contributed support and services and those who provided materials and money. I look forward to your continued support. Who knows where the Good Lord will lead us in main land China through LSSC Changjiao.
While still on the subject of visits, I must mention that there were other visitors too. From 31st May to 16th June, I was honoured with the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Wang Chee Seng. Mr. Wang was formerly headmaster at Balik Pulau. He had just retired and immediately volunteered to come over to help me. On 6th June, Dato' Yong Seng Yeow of SFI Melaka, who was with an official Malaysian Delegation visiting Meizhou, made a detour from his official schedule to visit me at LSSC. It was raining when he arrived and I was at the village barber shop having my haircut. When I was informed of his visit, I returned to LSSC wrapped up in my raincoat and riding my little doggy motorbike. Mr. Wang pointed me out to Dato’ Yong as I rode into the hamlet of Baijiang. Dato’ Yong exclaimed, “What? Where is Brother’s car?” To be honest, Dato’ Yong informed me that he would visit me a week before. When I told him not to go out of his way to come to see me since he was with an official Malaysian Delegation, he replied that he would come to see me so that he could fulfill a promised he made to me last year. Syabas to you Dato’. Your generous donation comes in very handy just as I am working on a very tight budget this year because of the unexpected development of repairing my ancestral home and refitting it as the new and considerably enlarged premise for LSSC.
Work at repairing my grandfather’s house was delayed for a total of 27 days because of continuous rain. This, I was told, is the wettest end of Spring weather for more than 18 years. Some of you may have heard in the CCTV News that Meichou was declared a flood disaster state. The town north of us, Charyang, which was the former capital of Dabu, was flooded three time, the worst with water up to 3.5 meters right in the middle of town. Changjiao was hit by a sudden flash flood on 25th May. It overflowed the banks at the lower half of the village. Some houses were flooded and crops destroyed. Pigs had to be driven up to higher grounds. LSSC was not spared either. At about 7.45 p.m. on 1st June a loud rumbling sound was heard followed by a loud thud. The children studying at LSSC screamed and ran out of the house. I was working in my room at that time. I rushed out and after making sure that the children were safe, went out to investigate. There was a minor landslide. The old retaining wall collapsed and crushed against the back of the house smashing the water pipe. Water gushed out. I immediately went to the surrounding houses to inform them and asked them to start storing water. Within 2 hours, the small reservoir on the hill was empty. As it was dark, we decided to leave things alone till daybreak. At first light, a work team was assembled to clear the debris and repair the water pipe. Water supply was immediately re-connected to all the houses except to my house. By evening the slope was temporary secured and water supply to my house re-connected.
Children’s Day 1st June 2006 was celebrated in a very special way this year. I started the ball rolling by donating RMB1000/– . The village administration followed with RMB500/- and an overseas visitor joined in with RMB200/-. Mr and Mrs Wang Chee Seng and I were guests of honour for the event. It was so wonderful to see the children all dolled and dressed up. After the formalities of the speeches and performances by the children, it was fun time. The teachers organized games and gave away many small prizes to the children. The finale was a high tea of milk drinks, fruits, cakes and sweets for everyone. It was a memorable Children’s Day for the students.
I cannot end this report without saying that Mr. and Mrs. Wang worked tirelessly to help me prepare for this summer’s English Reading programme. Mrs. Wang scanned in pages of teaching materials and Mr. Wang organized my teaching materials into powerful Power Point Presentations. I am indeed very lucky to have them help me. On top of that they also helped me paint the new desks and chairs for the expanded LSSC. They left us on 19th June to return to Malaysia but will return on 15th July to help run this summer’s programme.
I wish to record my thanks to all whose support have contributed to the fast expansion of LSSC. My next report will be about this summer’s English Reading Programme. | 2019-04-19T00:18:50 | http://lasallechina.com/nl2006Jun.html |
Even as Hanoi charges into the future with flashy new skyscrapers and brand-new metro lines, the capital manages to hang on to its traditions. Particularly in busy downtown neighborhoods like the Old Quarter, locals have taken a leap into the 21st century and yet old-school storefronts, ancient monuments and bamboo-toting street vendors still remain.
Our favorite Flickr user, manhhai, has uncovered a series of images from 1896 Hanoi which document the daily comings and goings in this same downtown neighborhood, providing a glimpse into a 19th-century capital with decidedly fewer tourists and less chaos than the downtown Hanoi of today.
Outside the gate of Quan Thanh Temple near West Lake.
Two people use a traditional Vietnamese wheelbarrow, made entirely of wood, to transport heavy goods.
A man drives a rickshaw on a downtown Hanoi street.
Hanoians cross a downtown intersection.
A woman lifts a bamboo pole as she prepares to cross a downtown street.
An outdoor barber and ear-cleaning station.
A local barber cleans his client's ears.
Near Dong Xuan Market on the eve of Tet 1896.
Cho Gao Street near Dong Xuan Market on the eve of Tet 1896.
A sandal shop on Hang Giay Street.
Hang Ngang Street, formerly a Cantonese neighborhood.
A porcelain shop on Hang Chen Street.
A hat and pillow shop on Hang Non Street.
A copper vendor on Hang Chen Street.
A shop selling children's toys on Hang Ma Street. | 2019-04-25T15:52:07 | https://www.nhatbaovanhoa.com/p178a3716/5/20-images-of-hanoi-s-old-quarter-in-1896 |
I'm so honored to be asked back for the 4th annual Art In Bloom event at Bath Nursery in Fort Collins CO. This event is truly unique and loved by all who enter!
Here is a glimpse of my past work at the show.
This year I am so excited to be working with Oil painter Clint Eccher. To check out more of his work visit his web site, and be sure to stop by Bath Nursery for the exhibit!! | 2019-04-18T14:53:53 | http://www.hanastyledesigns.com/hanastyledesignsblog/2015/2/16/art-in-bloom-2015 |
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I would have expected these to sell out, but they're surprisingly still in stock! But having said that, the price point is a little steep (£19.25) considering Makeup Geek currently retails, however, I'd happily pay the price again to add another to my collection. And I must admit, the swatch doesn't do this highlight justice! It's bloomin' lovely - trust me.
Have you tried any of the Makeup Geek Duochrome Highlighters? | 2019-04-20T22:26:32 | http://www.britishbeautyaddict.com/2016/12/makeup-geek-duochrome-highlighter-in.html |
At 13-years-old, Henry Patterson is one of the UK’s youngest entrepreneurs. He has already published a children’s book and co-founded a business, and will soon see his characters come to life in animation. Hear from Henry about how it all began and how Entrepreneurial Spark, powered by NatWest, helped him.
When I first wrote the ‘Adventures of Sherb and Pip’, I thought it would really work as an animated series, but it was a dream that I thought was too far away. Three years on, I’ve sold the rights to animate the characters to a British production company, and I’m so excited!
The Adventures of Sherb and Pip is about an owl and a mouse that live in a sweetshop. There’s also a group of other animal characters, including Mr Fox and Martha the Mole. When the book was published and I saw that it was quite popular, I sat down with my mum and we spoke about creating something with the characters, and that’s how ‘Not Before Tea’ began.
Not Before Tea is a British children’s lifestyle brand, based on the characters from my book. I always like to collect everything I can when I get into something, and that’s the idea behind the brand. We sell little things like washbags and bigger things like the magical doors that you can put on your wall above the skirting board, which are our best seller. None of the products are electric; they're all powered by imagination.
18 months after starting Not Before Tea, my mum and I had taken the business quite far but needed help to give it more direction and to develop a plan for the future. We found Entrepreneurial Spark, which works with NatWest to help new businesses grow, and applied for a place on their programme.
We were successful in getting a place at Entrepreneurial Spark’s Milton Keynes hub, and have received a lot of support since then. We have a mentor who we spoke to about everything we've done and still want to do including our figures, where we wanted the business to go and any obstacles in our way. We were then able to get to work on one, three and five year plans for the business.
Not Before Tea has continued to do well and work on the animated story of Pip the Mouse getting a job in bow-tying has started which is amazing. There's a whole team of people behind it which is crazy but what's good is that I'll be consulted as they create the pilot, advising on how the characters should walk and sound and what their personalities are like.
I’m really excited about what’s to come. My mum and I are still part of the Milton Keynes hub - we get advice and mentoring, and it's a place where I can focus. At home I'm really bad at concentrating, there's always something that grabs my attention. The other people in the hub are lovely too, they don't treat me like a child; I'm just an entrepreneur and one of them.
Find out more about Not Before Tea.
Entrepreneurial Spark, powered by NatWest, is the world’s largest free business accelerator for start-up, early stage and growing businesses from all sectors. NatWest provides entrepreneurs who are selected as part of the Entrepreneurial Spark programme with free facilities and Wi-Fi, access to the bank's networks and suppliers, and free business advice. Find out more at the Entrepreneurial Spark website.
Now in its fifth year, the Great British Entrepreneur Awards have celebrated some outstanding entrepreneurs who have gone on to become household names.
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Hope you all get some quality family time!
Looks like a beautiful Spring Day is forecast. A busy day for us. First a Baptism, then a picnic, and finally a concert.
Hope the sun is shining in your part of the world too, its rays felt so glorious today. Spring has Sprung, right on cue.
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my 3 year photography journey & reaching my 1000th post.
The Q&A 1000 Days on the Farm went live last night.
Congrats. How you all work so hard and have time to photograph and post, amazes me.
This is a wonderful honour and an encouragement to continue.
Congratulations Lynda - a wonderful achievement and a brilliant write-up!!
Huge congratulations. Well done. And I am glad you aren't ready to stop yet.
Congratulations. 1000 posts are a lot, and only for a short time ago I found you. You have really lovely posts here.
I feel fortunate to be one of those rural women who compare notes across the miles. I agree with so much of what you said, Lynda. I do think having a camera in hand helps us to see the beauty in the ordinary. Congratulations!
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Wow that is exciting and quite cool. Congrats.
Second publicity, you are a media moll! I don't know why more people haven't produced a life on the farm photo blog, but at least you have.
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The Attack class patrol boats were ordered following Australia’s involvement in the Indonesian Confrontation when it became evident that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) lacked suitable patrol-type vessels. Consequently, an order was placed to have 20 Attack class patrol boats constructed in Australia, including five for Papua-New Guinea.
The order was placed for the vessels in 1965, for delivery by August 1966, but construction proved slow and the first keel was not laid until September 1966. However, once construction got underway the build time was greatly reduced.
The contracts were awarded to two Queensland shipbuilders, Evans Deakin Ltd, in Brisbane and Walkers Ltd, in Maryborough. Both yards had built vessels for the RAN during World War II although no substantial work for the Navy had taken place, in either, since that time.
The hulls were of steel construction and pre-fabricated in seven sections while the upper-works were made of aluminium.
The Attack class patrol boats proved to be capable vessels and were used chiefly in maritime security and surveillance, boarder protection and fishery patrol duties.
HMAS Adroit was laid down and built by Evans Deakin Co. Pty. Ltd. She was launched by Mrs R.I. Peek, wife of the then Flag Officer Commanding the Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Peek, on 3 March 1968 and commissioned in Brisbane at 11:30 am on 17 August 1968. Appointed in command was Lieutenant Commander G.L. Boyd, RAN and following a brief work up the ship sailed for Sydney in company with HMAS Barbette.
After ammunitioning ship, a compass swing and minor defect rectification the ship sailed for the Jervis Bay exercise area in company with HMAS Barbette for work-up trials. Upon completion of these trials, and following participation in an inshore infiltration exercise, Adroit departed for Brisbane, exercising gun drills and small arms during the passage north.
On 10 September Adroit attended her first official function, the opening of the container terminal at Port Alma. The guest of honour was the Premier of Queensland. Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson and on completion the ship returned to Brisbane and from there transited to Sydney.
HMAS Adroit as she appeared when part of Australian Patrol Boat Squadron 3 (AUSPABRON3). Note the distinctive funnel insignia.
After ammunitioning ship and a compass swing Adroit, in company with HMAS Archer, returned to the exercise area of Jervis Bay where midshipmen from HMAS Creswell joined for training. The ship remained in the Jervis Bay area and on 24 November whilst on SAR duties in company with HMAS Aware she assisted in an attempt to salvage a ditched helicopter from HMAS Albatross.
The ship then returned to Sydney before heading northwards to Brisbane, sheltering en-route for one night behind Mutton Bird Island due to severe weather. Adroit remained alongside HMAS Moreton, an RAN shore establishment on the Brisbane River, until May 1971 before undertaking Fishery Patrols around the Percy Islands. For the duration of that patrol the vessel was manned by members of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) taking part in annual continuous training. The patrol saw Adroit visit Heron Islet, Great Keppel Island, Makay, Scawfell Island, Brampton Island, the Percy Islands, Bowen and Lindeman Islands before returning to Brisbane.
Adroit remained alongside HMAS Moreton until February 1972 when she sailed for Gladstone with a mixture of RANR and permanent naval forces (PNF) crew. On 29 February, whilst in company with HMA Ships Archer and Bombard, Adroit incurred damage to the port propeller after striking a submerged tree limb. The ship put into Cairns for repairs before proceeding on to Samurai in company with Bombard. En-route, just south of Bougainville Reef, Adroit encountered very heavy seas, losing one of her life-rafts overboard.
On 12 March 1972 Adroit, in company with Archer and Bayonet participated in a ceremonial sail-past at the Port of Alotau. Adroit then returned to Cairns resuming fishery patrols and survey work before shaping course for Brisbane.
From June 1973 until 5 May 1974 Adroit remained at HMAS Moreton before undertaking fishery patrols around the Gladstone, Fraser Island, Bundaberg, Percy Islands and Mackay areas. Early June saw Adroit manned with a mixture of RANR and PNF crew conducting night encounter exercises with HMA Ships Archer, Bombard and Buccaneer. The ships later took part in Exercise KANGAROO 1 before returning to Brisbane where Adroit remained alongside until mid-August at which time she departed for Sydney. There she was placed under the command of LCDR P. Ballestry RANR, for a period of annual continuous training for members of the RANR in the Sydney, Broken Bay area. In September Adroit went into a prolonged refit from which she emerged in February 1975, recommissioning at HMAS Waterhen. On completion Adroit participated in sea acceptance and gunnery trials overseen by members of the the RAN Trials and Assessment Unit (RANTAU).
HMAS Adroit was commissioned at a ceremony in Sydney on 17 Feb 1975. Chaplain's W.J. Bates (left) and H.M. McDonald take part in the commissioning ceremony at HMAS Waterhen. Naval officers from left - Flag Officer Commanding the Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral D.C. Wells, Commander J. More, LCDR P. Wright, and the Flag Lieutenant, Lieutenant T.J. Scott.
The early months of 1975 saw Adroit conducting exercises in the Eastern Australian Exercise Area before shaping a course for Darwin via Gladstone, Cairns and Thursday Island, arriving in mid-March 1975.
On 10 April fishery patrols began in the Port Essington to Gove area of operations. In May, Adroit joined HMA Ships Moresby, Barricade and Buccaneer, for a survey of the Bonaparte Gulf and in the vicinity of Con Bay, Razor Island, Kodan Island, Lesueur Island and Rocky Island. Survey work was often routine in nature and on 10 May a beach banyan and sports day was held on Hidden Island to break the monotony. June saw the continuation of survey work with Moresby in the Bonaparte Gulf before Adroit detached for Darwin for mid-winter leave and to undertake maintenance period. During that time the vessel was manned by a spare crew under the command of Lieutenant C.P. Barr, RAN which responded to a search and rescue call from the trawler Captain A.E. Trivett.
Fishery Patrols resumed and on 6 August and two Taiwanese fishing vessels, the Sheh Wei Number 6 and 7 were intercepted inside the Declared Fishing Zone. Both vessels were arrested and escorted to Darwin for prosecution.
Adroit then took passage, in company with Assail and Advance, to take part in the annual Broome festival. While there, the ships were placed on immediate notice for sea in response to growing civil unrest in East Timor. Following the festival, fishery patrols were conducted around Ashmore Reef and Baudin Island before returning to Darwin for routine maintenance.
Fishery patrols in the north-west fishing zone resumed in October resulting in numerous interceptions of Taiwanese fishing vessels. Regular calls were also made at Broome to embark fuel and stores. On 16 October Adroit was involved in a minor grounding necessitation her return to Darwin for slipping and repairs.
By November the ship was back in the water and engaged in fishery patrols in the north-west area until the end of the month. The patrol was punctuated with fuelling and stores stops at Port Hedland and Dampier.
December saw Adroit conducting its first Gulf Patrols where the Taiwanese fishing vessel Fu Yuan was arrested for fishing inside the Declared Fishing Zone. She was subsequently towed back to Darwin for prosecution.
The Attack class patrol boats provided valuable service to the RAN around Australia in varying sea states and conditions.
In 1976 Adroit resumed the normal pattern of fishery patrols seeking shelter on the 9th and 10th of January in Thursday Island from Tropical Cyclone Kim. Once the danger had passed further patrols were conducted during the return passage to Darwin.
In May a film crew joined Adroit to document the patrol work being undertaken by the Attack class focussing on the interception of illegal overseas fishing vessels within the declared fishing zones of Australia. This proved a novel experience for both the crew and the media team.
June 1976 saw the arrest of more illegal fishing vessels which were escorted into Exmouth. Fishery patrol-work continued in the North West area with welcome respite coming when Adroit’s crew joined US servicemen based at Exmouth for 4th of July Celebrations. Following this welcome interlude several of the crew appeared as witnesses in the trial of the Taiwanese Fishing Vessels Yih Tai numbers 1 and 2.
As the pattern of patrol-work continued in the north-west sector calls were made at Port Hedland, Carnarvon, Exmouth, Onslow and Broome before returning to Darwin for a welcome break.
On 9 August Adroit returned to the Gulf Area with stops made at Thursday Island, Weipa and Kurumba before heading back to Darwin for rest and recreation. During that time just one day was spent at sea when Adroit performed the role of ‘start boat’ for the Darwin to Ambon Yacht Race. She again performed this duty in September 1976, having been selected as the official start boat for the Cairns Centenary Yacht Race.
Participation in Exercise KANGAROO 1 followed where Adroit joined other Attack class boats successfully attacking an amphibious force. A return to Cairns was necessary following an engineering defect that resulted in the port engine being replaced. Upon successful completion of engineering trials the ship returned to Darwin via Gove, Weipa and Thursday Island arresting two Taiwanese Fishing vessels in the Gulf en-route and escorting them to Weipa.
HMAS Adroit during one of her many regional port visits.
Following Christmas leave fishery patrols resumed in the Gulf area where two Taiwanese vessels, the Huey Maw and Fong Kuo 2 were arrested and escorted to Weipa for prosecution. Patrols continued in the area before the ship returned to Darwin in early February for a self-maintenance period.
February saw Adroit back on patrol in the North West Sector calling at Broome and Exmouth before heading south to Fremantle for a three day visit. During the return voyage shelter was sought in Geraldton from Tropical Cyclone Karen before returning to Darwin.
Fishery patrols in the Gulf area, Elcho Island and Millingimbi followed during which time the vessel briefly grounded necessitating a return to Darwin where the ship was slipped in April and both propellers and shafts replaced.
With repairs complete May Adroit was soon back at sea operating in the North West area where she rendezvoused with two refugee vessels originating from Vietnam. Food and water was supplied to the occupants before escorting both vessels into Broome. May also saw Adroit operating in company with HMAS Moresby, Advance and Bayonet conducting surveys of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. Following this activity the ship assisted with a medical evacuation from a Vietnamese refugee vessel taking the casualty to Broome. Later, in June, Adroit was also called upon to assist a Darwin pilot boat which was disabled due to a fire in her engine room. The vessel was taken in tow and recovered to Darwin.
Fishery Patrols resumed in July along the Arnhem Coast and the Gulf area resulting in the arrest of the Taiwanese vessel Tai Yin Shang which was apprehended fishing inside the Declared Fishing Zone before being towed back to Darwin. Mid July provided a welcome change of pace for Adroit’s small crew when 20 Australian Army commandos joined her for an infiltration exercise conducted along the coast near the East Aligator River.
Following a brief self-maintenance period in Darwin the patrol boat returned to the north-west sector in August calling at Port Hedland, Broome and Point Murat en route.
September saw routine patrol work conducted around Ashmore Reef and in the north-west area before proceeding at high speed to Carnarvon on 13 September after a cook on board badly lacerating his leg in an accident in the galley. The vessel then continued on to Fremantle for two days R and R.
In the late 1970s Vietnamese refugee boats were frequently arriving in Australian waters and the Attack class patrol boat crews were routinely being called upon to locate and provide assistance to them. Adroit assisted a number of these vessels and during her return voyage to Darwin in September she assisted yet another in trouble near Vansittart Reef. The vessel was quickly taken in tow to Darwin, where after a brief stop Adroit returned to sea to patrol the northern sector.
Having spent many months on patrol Adroit was in need of urgent maintenance and in October 1977 she shaped course for Cairns via Thursday Island to undertake an intermediate refit. On 12 December 1977 Lieutenant J.D. Napier, RAN, was appointed in command and the vessel remained in Cairns until January 1978.
HMAS Adroit proceeds alongside on completion of a routine patrol.
The new-year saw the crew of Adroit assisting the Cairns Fire Brigade in extinguishing a fire in the cold storage area of Cairns number 1 wharf on 11 January drawing praise for preventing the fire from spreading prior to the arrival of professional firefighters.
The refit completed later in the month and on completion Adroit carried out sea trials between Townsville and Hayman Island before returning to the Gulf area and resuming the normal pattern of patrol work. On completion of that patrol she returned to Darwin.
Adroit remained in Darwin until mid-February before conducting further post refit trials and patrol work in the Beagle Gulf area. There she rendezvoused with HMAS Ardent for drills and manoeuvres as part of an at-sea inspection by the Naval Officer Commanding Northern Australia (NOCNA). After a brief stop at Darwin she resumed fishery patrols in the Beagle Gulf where 4 Taiwanese vessels were intercepted. Late in the month Adroit, in communication with RAAF maritime surveillance aircraft intercepted an Indo Chinese Origin Vessel (ICOV) with refugees aboard. This vessel was apprehended and escorted to Darwin where it was handed over to the relevant authorities.
An Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) was conducted in March and later in the month Adroit went to the assistance of HMAS Aware which had developed engine trouble. March also saw a visit by the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral A.M. Synnot RAN, who addressed the crew concerning the importance of patrolling Australia’s northern approaches. This affirmation of the importance of their often long and monotonous patrol work was welcome recognition from the Navy’s senior leader.
Adroit continued patrolling the Beagle Gulf area becoming the first vessel to use the 81 mm mortar to illuminate a contact at night. More contacts were made with ICOV’s 140 nautical miles NW of Darwin and these were subsequently apprehended and escorted before being handed over to local authorities.
May 1978 saw the continuation of fishery patrols in the Beagle Gulf area based from Darwin. The patrol cycle routinely saw Attack class boats coming and going from Darwin as they balanced routine maintenance schedules with the demands of patrol work in northern Australian waters. In late May Adroit was again at sea in the Gulf area calling at Gove for fuel and supplies mid-way through the patrol. During that visit a member of the ship’s company was admitted to Gove Hospital with a burn necessitating the boat to remain alongside until a replacement crew member could join from Darwin. During May Adroit achieved an impressive tally of 130,500 nautical miles since her commissioning ten years prior.
June saw the resumption of fishery patrols with frequent stops at Weipa and Gove. During this patrol Adroit transited through the ‘hole in the wall’, between the islands of Raragala and Guluwuru before returning to Darwin.
In July Adroit operated to the west of Darwin fuelling at Broome, Port Hedland and Exmouth before heading south of Rockingham. During this period Adroit enjoyed a break from patrol duties conducting pilotage training with junior officers from HMAS Stuart. During this evolution Adroit touched bottom requiring her to berth at HMAS Stirling where she was slipped for inspection of her propellers and shafts. Upon completion of the docking the ship underwent a compass swing before heading back to Darwin via Exmouth.
September saw the ship alongside in Darwin undergoing maintenance and her crew on parade as part of an annual inspection of the vessel. This was followed by Adroit sailing in company with HMA Ships Ardent, Assail and Aware to take part in Squadron Exercises (SQUADEX) where all facets of patrol boat force duties were successfully exercised.
The grind of fishery patrols resumed later in the month in the NW area with calls made at Broome for fuel and supplies. During this patrol Adroit was ordered to intercept a Philippine vessel ‘Carlito Flores’ operating in the vicinity of Cuffarelli Island. Following the successful interception the vessel was escorted into Broome and handed over to the local authorities. Fishery patrols were then resumed with a further five Indonesian vessels boarded before the end of the month.
During October Adroit operated chiefly in north-west area boarding a further two Indonesian vessels before having to land a sick sailor in Broome and another in Darwin.
The high tempo of patrol work continued on into November and it was during this patrol that the boarding of a Taiwanese fishing vessel, Fu Yuan, on 8 November proved to be the catalyst for an inquiry concerning the conduct of a number of boarding operations undertaken by Adroit between April and November 1978. The inquiry resulted in a Court Martial handing down a guilty verdict and dismissing Adroit’s then commanding officer from the service.
Taiwanese fishing vessel, Fu Yuan.
On 14 November 1978 temporary command of Adroit passed to Lieutenant G. Lloyd, RAN during which time the vessel remained alongside in Darwin. Command then passed to Lieutenant S.H. Hooke, RAN on 21 November who was soon back at sea continuing patrol work.
On 28 November Adroit provided urgent medical assistance to the Taiwanese fishing vessel Kao Cheng 21 which was intercepted making best speed towards Darwin and flying the distinctive yellow quarantine flag. The vessel was subsequently boarded and a seriously ill crewman transferred to Adroit and ferried to Darwin where he was transferred by ambulance to hospital. Adroit then resumed her patrol in the Gulf area with a notable rise in morale.
December 1978 was consumed with routine patrol work in the Gulf area with calls being made at Gove, Alyangula and Port Essington before returning to Darwin where a family day was held on the harbour. Adroit then remained in Darwin as ‘stand by vessel’ for the Christmas New Year period.
January 1979 saw Adroit at sea in company with HMAS Ardent conducting trials and fishery patrols in the Beagle Gulf. An early return to Darwin proved necessary to evade Cyclone Greta and to attend to lingering engine problems. With repairs completed the normal pattern of patrol work resumed culminating with three interceptions of Taiwanese fishing vessels before anchoring off Fenelon Island.
February saw a continuation of patrol work in the north-western area of Beagle Gulf and the conduct of a short exercise with HMAS Ardent before anchoring off Mandorah Jetty and then proceeding to Darwin for scheduled maintenance.
Cyclonic conditions again hindered patrol work in March 1979 causing Adroit to seek shelter from Tropical Cyclone Hazel in Broome. By the end of March Adroit had boarded and inspected a further 4 Taiwanese vessels and carried out a successful gunnery exercise with HMA ships Assail and Aware before berthing at Darwin.
In April Adroit shaped course for HMAS Stirling carrying out a fishery patrol en route during which two Taiwanese fishing vessels were inspected and a fuel stop was made at Geraldton. The ship remained at Stirling until 19 April before making the return passage to Darwin. On 28April Adroit sailed with 12 members of the 7th Independent Rifle Company of the Army Reserve embark for an exercise on Bathurst Island. The soldiers were recovered the following day and transported back to Darwin where the ship remained for the rest of the month.
May saw Adroit operate briefly with HMA Ships Perth, Vendetta, Derwent and Barbette before an engineering defect forced her premature return to Darwin. With repairs completed by early June the ship resumed fishery patrols in the Beagle Gulf and Gulf of Carpentaria calling at Gove for fuel and stores. During that time the ship located a large number of Taiwanese Drift netters, boarding and temporarily detaining one of them.
A change of scenery followed in July 1979 when Adroit sailed for the West Coast to participate in Exercise CRABBES FALL with the Special Air Service Regiment. On completion the necessary but mundane fishery patrol work resumed with calls made at Dampier and Port Hedland. The eighteen day patrol resulted in two Taiwanese fishing vessels being boarded before returning to Darwin.
August of 1979 saw the ship alongside in Darwin and being visited by Commodore M Hudson and a Parliamentary Committee in regards to the siting of the proposed new Patrol Boat Base in Darwin. Following this the ship patrolled the Beagle Gulf area until the end of the month.
The following month saw the ship alongside in Darwin where Divisions were held followed by an annual inspection of the ship. On completion Adroit was soon back at sea in company with HMA Ships Ardent, Assail and Aware participating in Exercise DARWEX 79. On completion of the exercise Adroit returned to Darwin undertaking routine maintenance on the slipway.
For the remainder of the year Adroit was an active participant in fishery patrol work around Bathurst Island, the Beagle Gulf and Gove. November saw the apprehension of a Taiwanese vessel which was escorted to Darwin to face prosecution. Assistance was then given to a grounded Taiwanese vessel, the FONG KUO, at Cape Van Dreman. The vessel was successfully re-floated and subsequently repaired in Darwin. Later in the month Adroit returned to Darwin for the trial of a previously apprehended vessel before resuming patrol work in King Sound. There an Indonesian fishing vessel was discovered hiding in the mangroves at High Island, boarded and issued a warning. The ship then shaped course to Broome for fuel and supplies.
Departing Broome in early December, patrols of the Rowley Shoals and the North West Cape followed before taking on fuel at Exmouth. The year came to an end with the investigation of a report of a fishing vessel hiding in mangroves. The vessel, the USAHA HIDUP was located and the crew issued a formal warning. Adroit then returned to Darwin for Christmas leave. | 2019-04-21T20:29:56 | http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-adroit |
Bitcoin – The Bulls Are Not Giving Up on $5500, Will It Break?
In the past weeks, ADAUSD and ADABTC have been following same direction. Both markets are likely to witness a reverse any time from now if the bulls failed to defensively hold price above the trend line. As of the time of writing, Cardano holds a market cap valuation of $1.297 billion with -0.3% gain in the last 24- hours.
After late February decline, Cardano had resumed back an uptrend early this month on a higher high, higher low pattern; respecting the green trend line. Today, a retracement move has reached the base of the trend line; as revealed on the 4-hours MACD. A possible bounce up is expected to fly the token to $0.054 resistance. However, ADA is currently trading around at $0.05 price level.
A look at the 4-hours RSI suggests price lying at the 50 line – a reverse level for ADA since the recent rise-up. Breaking down MACD zero level and the RSI 50 line could drop price to support at $0.048 and beyond, below the green trend line. In case such a scenario occurs, a bearish play out is confirmed. But as of now, the bulls are still holding up positions.
Against Bitcoin, Cardano had gained 25% in the past weeks after a medium-term bullish momentum; respecting the green trend line. Having recorded a monthly high at 1290 SAT, a swing low is now sitting on the trend line. In fact, the price action attempts to break-low. The hourly RSI lies at 50 line as the hourly MACD faces zero level.
Crossing down the green trend line could slump price to 120 SAT support and beyond; positioning the market in a bearish. If a drop failed, however, an upward rally is likely to retest 1300 SAT resistance area. A further surge at this area would confirm another bull-run. Nevertheless, ADA is still maintaining a bullish trend as traders wait for the next signal.
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Azeez Mustapha is a technical analyst, has many years of trading experience in the stock exchange and the crypto markets. He has broad experience in Forex trading, coaching, and funds management. | 2019-04-22T23:44:22 | https://www.cryptovibes.com/crypto-news/the-bulls-are-still-holding-up-positions/ |
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Last week, I purchased and received a copy of Jim Collin’s latest book “The Simple Path the Wealth”. I had no expectation from the book except everyone in the personal finance community had great reviews about it. Are they all biased?
No, I have to agree with all of them. It is indeed a great book.
But before I talk more about it, let me show you what I received in the mail earlier today.
Another 7 asset classes!! Gosh, finance is so complex. I must be dumb to not know anything about managed futures! Or private senior secured notes and debt. I probably need to listen to these guys, they sure seem to know their stuff!
That is definitely exciting. No one know how the elections will turn out, but they have a plan either way! Can’t wait to learn about the latest crystal ball reading techniques.
We live in one of the richest countries in the world but no one tells us how the financial system really works. Many people believe they can ask any degreed or licensed professional for investment advice. The fact is it takes more than a degree or license to obtain the kind of financial education that will help you navigate today’s financial system effectively.
Man, you can’t trust anyone these days, but this Mr Orr (whom I have never heard off before) does sound like a financial guru.
How do I get access to all this knowledge?
Simple. Mr Orr tells me to register for his next training session right here in Houston. I suspect that demand is going to be strong, because they require advance registration. They make it easy however, I can just mail him an $89 check to reserve my seat. And my spouse can attend at no extra charge!
Can’t wait to learn about all this and brag in the office on Monday. My boss will be so jealous when I tell him how I invested in the other 7 asset classes that he didn’t know about.
This is exactly why Jim Collin’s book is such a great book and why I couldn’t stop reading it over the week-end.
It shows that finance is NOT complex. It’s rather simple and Jim explains this very well, but too many people make money of off making it sound complex.
It’s easy to read. The book doesn’t talk about managed futures or non-tradable real-estate deals. It’s down to very basic index investing.
He loves Vanguard. Me too.
Jim’s simple path to wealth is EASY to understand and EASY to implement. Which means anyone can set this up over a week-end, move on with their lives and know that they have a solid plan in place.
Jim’s website is so much cooler that Mr Orr’s own theOrracle.com (seriously). It’s also worth reading the stocks series, from which the book is inspired.
The best about this book however, is that it summarizes so well the whole passive index investing approach that many of us relate to.
I have told my wife that if something had to happen to me and she needed help managing our finances, she should refer to Jim’s book. All the logic is there, no need to re-invent the wheel or go pay high fees for random money managers.
and read Jim Collin’s book The Simple Path to Wealth.
If you’ve read Jim’s book, what did you think about it? Have you ever experienced or been tempted by one of these financial independence guru seminars?
Yep, he was a complete and utter fool.
That was probably a very good move Mr PIE!
One thing I’m not sure I understand though, what incentive do they have to explore non-traditional approaches when they work just fine?
Wow. Mr. Orr, what a legend! he definitely sounds like a man who has all the answers… The sad thing is that people still fall for these scams. If only they had been reading some of our PF blogs!
I’ll give the book a read, it sounds interesting and a potential addition to the “must-read investing books”.
The best part of Jim’s book is that it’s so simply written that it’s a good education tool for your spouse, friends or family and it’s actionable.
If someone is interested getting started or doesn’t think it’s possible to retire early, this would be the best investment of time and money.
Wow the letter’s preachings are so BS. “The fact is it takes more than a degree or license to obtain the kind of financial education that will help you navigate today’s financial system effectively.” I don’t think it takes a degree to learn how to apply to a broker, type up a vanguard s&p 500 ETF and press a few buttons.
Thanks for recommending this book, I haven’t read a significant amount of personal finance books but I always love reading and learning new things!
Yes, this guy would like us to believe you need a PhD to buy ETFs. If you already like the Vanguard S&P500 ETF, you’ll like Jim’s book!
That’s how they charge money…by trying to make it some more complicated than it really is. And I have a feeling that once you pay $89, the course will be more of a marketing tactic to get you to sign up for an even more expensive course. Well at least that’s what the real estate flipping courses like to do. Sign up for a more expensive course with a personal mentor, etc, etc and you too can get filthy rich with our strategy!
I completely agree with you, these are many spruikers out there who just want to make money off us, and they don’t care what our actual results are in the future.
It’s so easy for anyone to invest in Vanguard funds and I’d advocate that for most people (unless you want to put in a lot more research into companies or specifically DGI stocks).
Hi Tristan, thanks for reading! You’re right that most people would be fine with Vanguard funds. Or even just VTSAX to start with and then explore other techniques likes DGI.
These money advisors might be rich not because of what they preach, but because of how much they charge for it!
I read Jim Collins’ blog a lot when I first got into personal finance. What he talked about seemed so simple and easy that it can’t really be the way things work?! | 2019-04-19T05:18:05 | https://www.themoneymine.com/path-to-wealth/ |
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Many people around the world don’t quite understand the joys of winter. Now, that’s not altogether surprising considering what percentage of the world doesn’t experience winter. Furthermore, I’d also be downright lying if I didn’t mention that San Diego doesn’t actually sound all that bad on certain bitterly cold winter eves. Yet, when I went winter camping in Ontario it was clear to me that I'd been missing out on experience well worth pursuing.
It's still quite peculiar - whenever I mention that I’m from Canada, it seems that, more often than not, the first thing people do is mention the cold temperatures, and just how tough that must be. Let’s get two things straights. Firstly, winter is only one of our four respective seasons. Secondly, some of the best times in my life have been had in winter. When I look back on my childhood memories of winter, whether that be playing hockey, tobogganing or anything in between, I almost never recall the cold, and that's powerful when you stop to think about it.
That love of winter is something I’m trying to rediscover in my adulthood, as living in Turkey over the past three years has me sorely out of practice. To be honest, since the snow has hit, I've been diving in headfirst. I've brought out the old North Face jacket, and wiped the dust off my favourite toque. I'm ready.
If you’ve been following along with my blog, then it’s no secret that I’ve spent much of the last half a decade (or even decade if you think about it) exploring nations that aren’t my homeland. Since I moved back in August, I’ve made a conscious effort to explore what it is that I love about this country (of which, thankfully, there’s a fair bit to work with.) I’ve been diving into the cuisine and local produce, and taking part in lesser known festivals. I’ve been heading up north, and spending more time up at my cottage. Taking a trip up to northern ontario and doing a bit of winter camping seemed to be the most logical next step in my geographical and and personal exploration.
And that’s where Ontario Parks comes in. If there was a more perfect partner to aid me in my aforementioned rediscovery, then I haven’t met them. I had always thought about my beloved provincial parks as places to visit in the dog days of summer, to go camping and all that comes with it. Last summer, I did just that in Algonquin Park. However, shortly after I arrived back in the country this August, I started to talk to Ontario Parks, and they let me know that they had their eyes firmly set on showing Ontarians, Canadians, and, well, anyone, that Ontario Parks are well worth keeping in the forefront of your mind when it comes to winter as well.
Let's get to the nitty gritty though to help you get out there and explore on your own!
The truth is Ontario camping reservations are easy as pie to make. You can make Ontario camping reservations by phone 363 days a year, and online 365 days a year, so you've really got no excuse. You can check out the in-depth rules here, but it's all pretty straightforward.
In sum, you can make reservations up to 5 months before your arrival date. You'll pay 11 bucks to reserve on online and 13 bucks via the phone. You'll be using these services to book campsites, backcountry sites, cabins, yurts and cottages, so the whole gambit. Reservations can't be changed more than 4 months before your arrival date. As I said, I've noted the rules page above if you want to check it out, but it's relatively straightforward. Not to mention every person I was in contact with at Ontario Parks was a treat to be in contact with. The love they have for the parks is clearly evident, and they want to show you what they're all about as much as you want to get out there and explore.
You can search for days and years for the best Ontario provincial parks, but I think you'll find that, for the most part, they all accomplish the same goal - getting you out in nature. It's also a relatively inexpensive experience, so don't stress so much about it. You can do it 5 times in 5 different places, then decide for yourself what your preferences are. You can do the northern ontario campgrounds, then check out the southern ontario campgrounds after. There's no limit, my friends, especially considering how easy Ontario provincial park reservations are to make. I'd start with destinations closer to you, then go from there. Windy Lakes Provincial Park was near Sudbury, which, personally, I didn't feel like was too bad of a ride.
In general, there are plenty of provincial parks worth your time in Ontario, though, such as MacGregor Point Provincial Park.
If you’re looking to spend a day in another province, you can also take a peak at what one winter day in Quebec city is like.
You'll note from the picture above that we opted for the cabin. In summer I'm all about the thin tent to get that summer breeze, but that doesn't quite work as well with winter camping in Ontario, now does it? First, let me talk about the "we" in this particular experience.
When I decided to pursue some Ontario winter camping I tapped my best buddy Neville on the shoulder. We packed up the car, and headed north towards Windy Lake Provincial Park. I know what you’re thinking – “Chris, you went to a place called Windy Lake Provincial Park in winter? That sounds freezing.” The answer is your question is that it was indeed cold, but I also revert back to a saying that quickly became my favourite when I lived in Norway.
Our lodging was perfection, honestly. We had a winter cabin right on the edge of the lake. It was the sort of cabin that I imagine you’d draw in elementary school when asked to draw “A perfect Canadian winter cabin.” The picture at the top of this article is actually the view from our cabin. As you can imagine, we never got tired of it.
Let's get some facts out there as it relates to the winter cabin. You’ve got a double bed, and two sizeable double bunk beds, which would be comfortable for a family, or really even three couples. The fireplace offers a reprieve from the wintry climes, and the barbecue (with a stovetop) offers a reprieve from the grumble of your belly. You’ve got a fire pit out front, a little porch, and my personal favourite – the lovely (and surprisingly stylish) indoor picnic table.
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The cabin (and winter yurts for that matter) are the perfect place to be able to observe and appreciate Ontario's winter without suffering from it. You can go out during the day, and appreciate all the activities that winter camping in Ontario affords, but at night you can hang up your coat, and perhaps open a bottle of your favourite beverage.
Cross-country skiing is something I didn’t know that I loved until I did. In my youth, I craved the intensity of the downhill slopes, and yearned to weave in and out of people with less bravado than I. Now, it’s hard for me to think of anything more pleasant than moseying through the serenity and calm of the Canadian forest.
In some ways, I know that’s personal to me. Being a travel blogger has a way of making you feel like you always need to be “on” or are behind on the million things you need to do online. I mean, that’s an inherent truth, I am behind on a million things I need to do online, but that didn’t even come close to occurring to me when I was on the trails.
Onaping Falls Nordics Ski Club has over 15km of groomed trails that suit skiers of all ages and experience levels. It was about a five minute drive from our trusty cabin, which couldn't be more convenient. If you like cross-country skiing, then having this fantastic nordic ski club so close to your winter cabin or yurt is going to be a huge bonus. The yurts, in some cases, are built into the sides of the ski trails. A day pass is also less than $15 a day, and it's just over $100 for the year, so you don't have to break the bank.
It’s headed up by a warm, kind lady by the name of Lise. We were inadvertently a few minutes late in meeting her, and I can tell you that I felt awful the moment I realized she’s in the running for the sweetest lady in Ontario. She’s the president of the club, and she took time from her day to make sure Neville and I got a proper feel for the trail, and understood the significance of the trail to the community. Devon Kershaw, a Canadian olympian cross-country skier, actually learned the ropes at this very ski club, and he's got a trail named after him. It's a beloved staple of the area, and it should be.
The trails were beautiful, well maintained and a joy to experience. Lise was patient as Neville and I tried our best to not embarrass ourselves, and I wouldn't hesitate to head up there again to go for another spin.
I spent time chatting with Lise after and she brought up some things that really resonated with me, especially considering how I was framing this whole experience.
"It's being able to go out there and just get lost in thought, and meditating in a way...just feeling so good about being out in nature. It's a really great community. We're all in this because we want to be. If people want to come and cross-country ski, we're here to help them learn. If you can walk, you can start cross-country skiing!"
I'm not sure we looked all that cool doing it, but that's besides the point.
We loved it, just loved it.
How could we sit in our cabin the whole day and not want to get out there and get on the ice? Well, that’s a question we asked ourselves, and the obvious answer was that we needed to get out there and do some ice fishing.
I’m not sure Nev nor I are particularly proficient when it comes to ice fishing (in fact I'm sure we're not), but Rob from Ontario Parks went through painstaking efforts to help us out. We had a hut with the penultimate view, and two rods going, both inside and out. Did we catch anything? Nope, unfortunately not - just a newfound love for the sport of ice fishing, I suppose.
There’s something about being out there and having nothing but nature as far as the eye can see.
The ice offers a vantage point that you can’t get in the summer without the aid of a boat, when all you need in the winter is a decent pair of boots, or snowshoes if you’ve got them. For me, this was the highlight. The sun was setting on our hut, and we had some tunes playing while the conversation flowed, and the fish did their best to entirely ignore us. I would definitely consider going ice fishing again, and I’d recommend it If you haven’t ever given it a shot.
I've been thinking about it since, and I can't recall that many excuses we have to just be alone in nature by ourselves and with our friends. Something like ice fishing buys you a few hours to be off the grid, and to not worry about the trivial things. You focus on good conversation, and you focus on where you are, and why that might matter to you.
As we exited our little ice fishing tent, the sunset was astonishing, and it was a reminder that winter camping in Ontario is an experience to rival some of my favourite adventures from the past.
I think in many ways that’s what renting out a cabin like that for a few days offers. It’s an escape from the realities of your daily life (for me blogging, emails, and social media), and an opportunity to discover another side of yourself (for me the ice fishing, hunting, the expert cross country skier I am most certainly not).
6. Cook some food, start a fire, and get out the bourbon.
7. Have a fruitful conversation with your best friend.
8. Sleep like a newborn babe beside the fire.
Winter, in my opinion, offers a different level of quiet. In the summer, you might hear the birds chirping or the lapping of the waves, but in the winter, you can appreciate the absence of sound itself, which is something that everyone needs to experience…regardless of their feelings about the oft-misunderstood season of winter.
I was received as media by Ontario Parks, whom I humbly thanks. Are you a fan of camping and hiking? Have you ever been in the winter? Have you ever thought about winter camping before in Ontario or Canada? Did this article change your mind? I'd love to hear any and all of your thoughts below!
Don't forge to pin it as well if you enjoyed it! | 2019-04-18T23:00:32 | https://www.travelingmitch.com/mostrecent/winter-camping-in-ontario |
What can you make in 10 minutes from your kitchen right now for kids?
How much food is enough this festive season?
Kerala Village Style Mutton Curry / Mutton cooked in roasted coconut gravy !!! | 2019-04-23T16:48:33 | http://raagamtamilchat.forumotion.com/f16-cooking-recipes |
For more than 600 years, people flocked to arenas across the Roman empire to watch the highly trained gladiators. Historians have said that women also fought as gladiators. These mighty competitors made a mark in history and have also made a mark in fashion. This year is no exception. We can see this influence through bold metallic dresses, wide grommeted belts, gladiator sandals, heavy metal necklaces and leather stripped skirts and collars. Among the celebrities rocking the look are Taylor Swift, Emma Stone, Rosie Huntington-Whitely and Alicia Vikander, who all nodded to fierce gladiator style at this year's Met Gala. The good news is you can add just one accessory to any outfit to reflect this ancient Roman look.
On the left, the outfit I wore to Free Press Summer Fest: a gold and black swimsuit, skirt with flaps and grommets and gladiator sandals. I also added a brushed gold headband and choker. On the right, I added two gold accented belts and booties to this simple black crop top and skirt for a dinner out.
On the left I added gladiator flats and a gold arm band to this shorts and T-shirt outfit. On the right, I added close-toed gladiator heels to a leather skirt and white blouse. The shoes completely changed up both of these outfits. | 2019-04-22T13:08:40 | https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2016/6/13/trend-we-love-the-gladiator-look |
HUMBLE, Texas: Roger Penske said Wednesday that Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin have exchanged text messages since their final-lap crash at Fontana last weekend that left Hamlin hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.
Penske said he�s also sent text messages to Hamlin, who is expected to miss at least six weeks. Penske and Logano, one of his drivers, were playing in the pro-am leading up to this week�s PGA Houston Open. Logano twice turned down interview requests.
Hamlin was examined Tuesday by Dr. Jerry Petty of Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates, who determined he won�t need back surgery.
He didn�t know what Logano and Hamlin said to one another in their text messages. The former Gibbs Racing teammates had a prickly relationship long before Sunday�s wreck. Logano replaced Tony Stewart at JGR in 2009, and signs of a rift between he and Hamlin surfaced after the Daytona 500, when the two exchanged barbs on Twitter.
Before Fontana, the two nearly came to blows at Bristol after Hamlin spun Logano while Logano chased Jeff Gordon for a late lead. Logano yelled into Hamlin�s car after the race, sparking a brief confrontation between their teams.
Then came the wreck in California, and the presumption that Logano had contact with Hamlin as payback. Penske doesn�t buy it.
Penske said he�s never seen NASCAR more competitive, and the increased media scrutiny is making every incident and altercation between drivers more serious than it usually is.
Penske said he didn�t know much about the personal history between Logano and Hamlin. He�s confident that the latest dustup and the public backlash won�t throw off Logano, who�s currently ninth in the Sprint Cup standings � one spot ahead of Hamlin.
�The fuel in the fire after Bristol created a lot of public noise,� Penske said. �But as I said, that�s the environment we�re in right now. He�s still the same guy we hired six months ago, and I�m 100 percent confident that he�s going to be able to execute when he needs to be at the highest level. | 2019-04-25T02:18:52 | https://www.ohio.com/article/20130327/SPORTS/303278959 |
Travelers tend to value experiences over possessions, making them difficult to shop for. We have scoured the planet and tested hundreds of products to compile a list of the best travel gifts for the holiday season. Whether you are shopping for someone else, or compiling your own wish list, these gifts are sure to please even the pickiest travel addicts.
Etched pint, wine & whiskey glasses by Uncommon Green are the perfect way to remember your favorite travel destinations. Not only can you collect glasses with maps from major cities, but these etched glasses are 100% customizable to anyplace in the world with a zip code. Collect them to remember your travels, or snag a few with your college or hometown.
They even have topographical versions, which was perfect after my trip to Nepal where I caught a glimpse of Mount Everest, I love the Everest whiskey glass!
When traveling, I am always looking for my next adrenaline-inducing adventure– which means I need gear that can stand up to the elements. The I.N.O.X. watch by Victorinox Swiss Army is the ultimate traveler's watch. It's practically indestructible, Victorinox has run it over with a tank, dropped it off buildings and lit it on fire– and it still kept ticking! They make both men and womens versions, with a selection of bands, I opted for the paracord wristband.
SkyRoam has been a staple in my life over the last two years of my travels, and I love how easy it is to stay connected. This compact lightweight device provides you with a global hotspot to access the internet on your phone and computer from nearly anywhere on the planet with only a phone signal.
The new updated version– Skyroam Solis, is even better. With 4G capabilities, a better battery life and an all new option to use it as a powerbank, Solis is the only phone accessory the traveler in your life needs to carry.
The Sony RX100 V is the perfect all around pocket-sized camera. When I want to travel light, but don't want to lose out on the quality of my photos– I bring this small yet powerful point and shoot. With manual settings, amazing priority settings, and a phenomenal Zeiss lens, this is the perfect small camera for professionals as well as beginners. With 20.1 megapixels, you will be sure to capture every last detail of your adventures!
The Sony A7sii is a travel photographers dream camera. With incredible low light capabilities, 4k video capabilities, and the small size, Sony mirrorless cameras have been blowing DSLR's out of the water.
Drone photography may be all the rage, but theres only one drone that's built for travelers. The DJI Mavic is small, lightweight, but a real powerhouse. It shoots stills and video with 12MP and 4k capabilities for professional quality.
Finding the perfect photography backpack to carry all of my photography gear has proved to be challenging. The Travler Pack by Travler has thoughtful features like a padded laptop sleeve, rain poncho, customizable interior, an RFID protected pocket, and even a headphone port. The bag retails for $160, making it one of the most reasonably priced camera backpacks on the market.
Packing for a weekend away is something that men may have mastered but most women struggle with. It’s difficult to pack enough to be prepared for any spontaneous adventure that may present itself, while still packing all the necessities we, as women, generally need. Ladies, the Catalina from Lo & Son’s has got you covered and is the only weekend bag you will ever need.
The Catalina doesn’t look big, but stores a ton of stuff! A separate bottom compartment is perfect for storing shoes, sandy towels, wet bathing suits, or anything else you want separated from your clothes!
It also makes for a great carry on bag for longer trips thanks to the smart design that allows the Catalina to easily slide over the handle of any dual pole suitcase.
There are two kinds of luggage, carry-on and lost. Save yourself some sanity when checking a bag, and invest in a GPS luggage tracker. LugLoc will allow you to track your bag from anywhere in the world with your smartphone. The device will even send text updates to the location of your bag. The rechargeable battery lasts up to 15 days, so if your bag ever were to be misplaced, you will have ample time to recover it.
Since a simple Jack & Coke won't always cut it, this carry-on cocktail kit is perfect for enhancing your in-flight drinking experience. Feel like you are in first class, even if you are in economy by making an Old Fashioned, a Moscow Mule, or a Margarita. Just add alcohol.
A suitcase with the ability to expand is essential for travelers. Often times on press trips I find myself unexpectedly picking up oversized souvenirs to bring back for my family and friends. For years, this has meant I needed to get creative with my packing, throw things out, or buy an extra bag while traveling. After discovering Victorinox Swiss Army’s Expandable Spectra suitcase, I always have the extra room I need to take home souvenirs.
Victorinox Swiss Army is one of the few brands that makes quality items across the board in everything that they do. Although they are best known for their knives, Victorinox Swiss Army is one of the leaders in quality travel gear. I have trekked all over the globe with their products by my side, and they have all stood up to the elements, as well as abuse from baggage handlers. Swiss Army products are always designed with function in mind without sacrificing the eye-catching look of the bag.
My favorite bag from Victorinox is the Spectra Expandable. It has a sleek design, is ultra durable and has the ability to expand up to 40% when overfilled! In addition, it has practical features such as opening from the top and a special pocket for your swiss army knife.
Doing laundry isn't an exciting part of travel, but if you are gone long enough, it's an inevitable part of your trip. Protecting your important clothing items from harsh machines (even if you are sending your laundry out to be washed) just became easier with these high quality mesh bags from Laundress. Cheaper versions fall apart after just a few washes, but this brand keeps clothes protected and secure.
My favorite neck pillows and eye masks are from Cabeau. The Evolution neck pillow has been my go-to travel pillow for years.
It’s made from memory foam, which makes it extremely comfortable for long haul flights. I’m a germophobe, so another feature that is important is the removable and washable cover.
The Midnight Magic eye mask is fuzzy and comfortable, most importantly, it completely blocks every bit of light from your eyes.
Another great feature of this eye-mask is its adjustable to fit the shape of your face. It also had rounded inner eye liners to keep the mask from pressing on eye-lids. By far the most functional and comfortable eye mask on the market!
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The wiretaps on Sami Al-Arian's telephones in Tampa picked up not just his terrorist chatter but everyone he spoke with, including reporters. For years, the local press divided on him, with the Tampa Tribune critical of him and the St. Petersburg Times very gentle on him.
JIM HARPER: You probably read … in the Tribune that a former state senator thinks you ought to be fired and so on and so forth.
SAMI AL-ARIAN: Is that what she said?
HARPER: She's just—she doesn't hold any office now but she's I think considered a leader in the local Jewish community.
AL-ARIAN: Oh, she's Jewish, huh?
HARPER: Yes, Helen Gordon Davis.
HARPER: I think you should confront the Tribune directly.
HARPER: And ah, ah I think that every error that they make I think that you should at the least, ah, write them a letter.
HARPER: And point it out.
HARPER: Ah, just so, just on general principles … but also to preserve your legal rights, in case you do decide you want to file, you know. Suppose they do something else?
HARPER: And you'll have a record of how they responded.
HARPER: You know, I mean, actually … I'm giving you advice as a journalist. … That's how you build a record against somebody that's treating you unfairly.
HARPER: I'll give you that advice 'cause I don't [laughs] plan to treat you unfairly.
The conversation ends on a touching note.
HARPER: Well, I feel like you and I are getting to know each other pretty well.
AL-ARIAN: Yes. Well, ah … I don't regret that.
AL-ARIAN: Very well, thank you.
HARPER: I don't either. Thank you for calling me.
O'Reilly reports that Harper no longer works at the St. Petersburg Times and no one there will say what has become of him – "He just kind of vanished." Steven Emerson, discussing this topic with O'Reilly, points out that Harper "not only bought into Al-Arian's denials that he was a terrorist, but he actually started coaching him. … This was a wholesale bias that was deliberately perpetrated by the St. Petersburg Times for years."
This reference to the obscurity of Jim Harper's present whereabouts is rather curious in light of an article in the St. Petersburgh Times on August 12, 2005, "Al-Arian's talks with reporter examined." It quotes him: "that night [Oct. 30, 1995] when I called Sami, I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that there really was something to what the stories said." The same article goes on to say that Harper is "now a writer in Tampa."
Jan. 21, 2011 update: I suspected above that other MSM reporters to likewise but lacked proof. Here's one small instance, an exchange between a Washington Examiner staff writer and the outreach director at Dar al-Hijrah mosque near Washington, D.C.
Johari Abdul-Malik, outreach director at Dar al-Hijrah mosque near Washington, D.C.
Not sure you remember me — I featured you last year in a page I do at the Examiner, called Credo. I hope you're well, and that all is prospering at Dar al-Hijrah.
I cover Fairfax County now (in addition to doing the Credo pages), and I'm interested in looking into Muslim concerns in the community. I'd love to meet with you and get your take on recent concerns in the Dar al-Hijrah community, and/or community happenings.
Let's get schedule a meeting. Maybe in two weeks.
Comment: "I'm interested in looking into Muslim concerns in the community" is code for "Tell me what bothers you." The reporter, in other words, is looking for a Muslims-as-victims angle to write up. | 2019-04-21T02:32:03 | http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/08/mainstream-reporter-coaches-sami-al-arian |
Abstract: Many proposed quantum mechanical models of black holes include highly nonlocal interactions. The time required for thermalization to occur in such models should reflect the relaxation times associated with classical black holes in general relativity. Moreover, the time required for a particularly strong form of thermalization to occur, sometimes known as scrambling, determines the time scale on which black holes should start to release information. It has been conjectured that black holes scramble in a time logarithmic in their entropy, and that no system in nature can scramble faster. In this article, we address the conjecture from two directions. First, we exhibit two examples of systems that do indeed scramble in logarithmic time: Brownian quantum circuits and the antiferromagnetic Ising model on a sparse random graph. Unfortunately, both fail to be truly ideal fast scramblers for reasons we discuss. Second, we use Lieb-Robinson techniques to prove a logarithmic lower bound on the scrambling time of systems with finite norm terms in their Hamiltonian. The bound holds in spite of any nonlocal structure in the Hamiltonian, which might permit every degree of freedom to interact directly with every other one. | 2019-04-20T22:10:01 | https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.6580 |
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Investors in Dubai’s real estate stricken with short-termism.
In light of market turbulence and increased anxiety, the question most often put forth has been: is there any reason to be increasingly bullish in light of the uncertainty that permeates the economic environment? From real estate to stocks to retail, indicators point to continued sluggishness, and there appears to be a palpable sense of alarm in the everyday commentary.
Given the increased risk, why then would there be any need to invest?
The real risk any investor must assess is whether the aggregate income from an investment (including resale value) will, over his prospective holding period, return at least the purchasing value in current value terms, plus a modest rate of return on that initial investment. Though this cannot be done with any sense of engineering precision, there are a few guidelines that can be looked at.
These include the purchase price, the evaluation of long-term business prospects of the company and/or investment, the certainty with which management and/or the economy has a bearing in looking to reward its principals. And finally the level of inflation expected in the economic environment that tends to reduce the present value of the returns.
These factors are always somewhat fuzzy, but it is not difficult to evaluate these conditions. In a sense, the volatility that is experienced in the marketplace (that actually benefits the investor) is seen to be the exact opposite, eliciting dread, when all that is happening is that the future expected return on the investment is increasing.
In Dubai, the phenomenon of falling rents and stock prices has led to increased concerns about the investment climate, for real estate as well as equities. In both cases, when the above criteria is used, it is clear that any decline in the value of assets is exactly the reason for increasing investment allocation to them.
Time is of the essence, and in modern day vernacular, the term institutional investment has become somewhat synonymous with short term-investing, when it should be diametrically opposed to that. If you cannot hold an investment for 10 years, do not even consider holding it for 10 minutes.
In this regard, time becomes the friend of the patient investor, an enemy of the trigger-happy. However, market commentary continues to feed the illusion of sophisticated investors either selling and/or buying in droves, capitalising on superior information, rendering the small investor helpless in the face of such whipsaw moves.
In the recent market cycle, indices have moved up and down by more than 20 per cent in a manner of months, regardless of whichever major market that you have looked at. With markets being on a major rampage, followed by a sudden, massive seizure.
With such volatile movements, the landscape is all the more friendly for any investor (big or small) as long as he sticks to the fundamentals. Contrary to public opinion, there is no explanation for such massive short-term moves, but with such large sums of money being allotted to institutional investors, is there any doubt that markets would behave in an aberrant way, given the Alice in Wonderland thinking?
In equities as well as real estate, the advantages that certain companies have over others in Dubai is manifestly obvious. Yet no data capturing indicator will be able to encapsulate this. The competitive strengths of Emaar and Nakheel are obvious to even a casual observer of business, yet the professional investor looks to seize on short-term moves as trigger points for entry/exit in an increasingly hyper active manner.
Does this mean that the investor can foresee the rapidly changing economic landscape that is being brought upon by technology? Of course not. Successful investing has always been about surviving wave upon wave of change, and yet being able to thrive in an environment where such change is actually beneficial for society.
The same is as true for cities as it is for companies. It’s always considered fashionable to invest in the next big trend, whether it is AI or 3D printing. For the successful investor however, it’s about sticking to easy targets, and leave the space exploration stuff to the investor.
Any dissociation in these prices, caused by the irrational investor serves as a gift to the patient one, amid a backdrop where Dubai has continually provided opportunities throughout its existence. Such opportunities are commonplace more than before. | 2019-04-23T20:37:32 | https://www.armsmcgregor.com/latest-news/investors-in-dubais-real-estate-stricken-with-short-termism/ |
The indigenous peoples of the American continent look back on a long tradition when it comes to the use of plants to cure the sick. This knowledge is still alive today in many tribes and has been passed down orally from generation to generation.
Many of the native american medicinal plants have been part of the european medicinal plants for a long time and can be found in many of today's medicines.
A medicinal plant and incense herb of the North American Indian tribes. Also known as a tobacco substitute and active ingredient against asthma.
Old magic plant from Central and South America.
Ephedra sinica is an important medicinal plant in Chinese medicine.
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Home nutrition supplements taurine training workout routine Does taurine improve physical performance and post-workout recovery?
Taking pills, capsules, powders, or drinks containing taurine may help you improve your athletic performance, performance during your high intensity workout with or without weights, or moderate intensity and prolonged exercise.
Here I will mention some studies whichconclude that supplementation with taurine can help reduce oxidative stress, improve the increase in VO2max and optimize post-workout recovery, among other advantages. However, other studies conclude that taking taurine does not significantly affect performance during training or muscle recovery.
Taurine itself is an amino acid, although some scientists do not consider it as such. Its main function has to do with the metabolism of fats primarily because it intervenes in the formation of bile, so that way fats can be emulsified and well digested. It also helps eliminate free radicals and participates in the body's anti-inflammatory processes.
Taurine deficiency Not only can reduce physical performance during your training session, it can also lead to the risk of suffering from some form of heart disease.
Of course, when digestion is affected by the deficiency of this amino acid (which compromises the production of bile), the nutritional part (malnutrition) would negatively influence energy metabolic processes.
First, I will mention a study that concludes that taurine consumption does not positively affect sports performance since it does not help improve VO2max levels, nor does it influence energy metabolism, either aerobic or anaerobic.
Study 1: the objective was to determine the effects of taurine supplementation on speed runners. For this the performance of men with an average age of 26 years was evaluated.
From the total of subjects, they chose to divide them into two groups: one group who received a pre-training dosage of 6 grams of taurine during the study's duration, and the other group was simply given a placebo supplement ... Of course they were never told which group they belonged to.
Method: The method consisted in that each participant had to run / jog in a treadmill until arriving at the failure or until they could not run more. Unfortunately the speed at which they ran was not possible to look at since the full article of the study has a cost. However, for the times achieved we assume that it can be speeds between 15 km / h and 17 km / h.
RESULTS: The results obtained show that although the time to reach fatigue was higher for the group that consumed the 6 grams of taurine daily, this time was not very significant compared to the time achieved by the runners of the group to which they were supplied a simple placebo.
The group supplemented with taurine achieved an average time of 277.30 ± 40.64 seconds while the placebo group achieved an average time of 237.70 ± 66.00 seconds. That is, although the group that consumed taurine lasted longer before reaching total fatigue, the placebo group was not far behind ... or seen from statistical terms: the placebo group was not significantly behind the other group.
For this reason it is concluded that taurine does not significantly affect the physical performance, or at least not in this type of physical exercise or running at sub-maximum intensity until complete muscle fatigue. However, this does not mean that in cyclically structured exercises with short intervals of execution and relatively long periods of rest (such as "traditional" weight training sessions), the results have to be the same with not have noticeable effects on performance.
"I will now mention two studies that mention positive points regarding the daily consumption of taurine:"
Study 2: In this second study they wanted to show if the daily intake of 7 grams of taurine would increase levels of it (taurine) in the plasma and skeletal muscles of the participants, and if in addition this factor of high consumption of taurine could have effects on the oxidation of fats (fat burning).
The results showed that taurine levels did not increase significantly because of the intake of 7 grams daily of this amino acid and of course it is also not demonstrated that the consumption of taurine influences the fat burning (in the oxidation of fats of reservation).
However, although the taurine concentration did not increase significantly, the levels of other amino acids such as isoleucine, valine, leucine, arginine, cystine, alanine and glutamate did increase significantly.
Due to the above, although it is not mentioned directly, it is probable that the consumption of taurine influences in a positive way in training with or without weights executed at high intensity and for short intervals (and with intervals of rest), if we consider that although taurine itself did not increase significantly, it did the levels of the amino acids mentioned in the previous paragraph.
These include the well-known BCAA´s, which have a positive effect on both physical performance and recovery, mainly because they delay or lessen fatigue mainly of the nervous system, and also because they influence the production of nitric oxide, glutamine, etc.
Introduction to study number 3: exhaustive exercise is known to increase the production of free radicals that can induce a chain of events called lipid peroxidation. The highly reactive free radicals modify several components that give rise to tissue damage. It has also been shown that DNA damage can occur because of oxidative stress after exercise of high intensity. The potential of dietary antioxidants to detoxify peroxides produced during exercise has received increasing attention in recent years.
Taurine, 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is one of the most abundant amino acids in mammalian cells. Taurine has cytoprotective and enantiostatic properties through its actions on antioxidation, detoxification, osmoregulation, membrane stabilization and regulation of intracellular calcium flux due to its molecular structure. This indicates that taurine can protect against damage due to oxidation in many stress conditions, and also helps to attenuate cell necrosis and apoptosis (programmed cell death).
Therefore, it is reasonable to hypothesize that taurine may exert a beneficial effect on the prevention of DNA damage in white blood cells (WBC) due to exhaustive exercise induced oxidative damage.
Objective and method: eleven 18- to 20-year-old men (all of whom were sedentary) were selected to assess the protective effects of exercise-induced oxidative stress on taurine supplementation and the effect of taurine supplementation on exercise performance... to participate in two identical exercise cycle ergometer (at 60 rpm) until exhaustion (fatigue).
Participants received all 6 grams of taurine daily. They were evaluated before starting the study and also at the end of the study (after 7 days) to compare possible changes.
Results and conclusions: After supplementation, the change in taurine concentration showed positive correlations with changes in exercise time to exhaustion and maximal workload (the level of VO2max and time to fatigue). The results suggest that taurine can attenuate exercise-induced damage and improve exercise capacity due to its cellular protective properties.
For some types of exercise and some types of people, it is likely that the consumption of taurine does not have significant positive effects on physical / sports performance and much less on fat burning. For example, in high-performance athletes, the changes will not be significant for obvious reasons.
At the same time, in other types of people such as sedentary people (as shown in study 3), the results can be observed significantly for obvious reasons ... that is, because there is much to improve, while the high-performance athletes or more trained people already have higher peaks in physiological adaptations achieved, so there is very little that they have to improve compared to starting point.
Study 2: Stuart D. Galloway, Jason L. Talanian, Anna K. Shoveller, George J. F. Heigenhauser, Lawrence L. Spriet (2008). Seven days of oral taurine supplementation does not increase muscle taurine content or alter substrate metabolism during prolonged exercise in humans.
Study 3: M. Zhang et al. (2004). Role of taurine supplementation to prevent exercise-induced oxidative stress in healthy young men. | 2019-04-19T15:05:12 | https://www.physicalfitandy.com/2017/09/does-taurine-improve-physical-performance-post-workout-recovery.html |
It's taken more than a decade, but a critical oversight board tasked with advising the president on the privacy and civil liberties implications of the NSA's surveillance programs is finally getting a technology adviser who understands how the government's surveillance tools actually work.
The government announced last week that respected Columbia University computer scientist Steve Bellovin has been appointed the first technology scholar for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board—the board that gained notoriety in 2014 after it condemned the NSA's bulk phone records collection program (.pdf) but found little wrong with its court-ordered bulk collection of data from ISPs like Google and Yahoo.
Until now, the five-member PCLOB has consisted primarily of lawyers, three of whom are former attorneys with the US Department of Justice and only one of whom has a civil liberties background—James X. Dempsey, former vice president for public policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology who is now with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.
Bellovin is co-director of Columbia's Cybersecurity and Privacy Center, a part of the university's Data Science Institute, and he has authored or co-authored a number of papers on government surveillance, including Keys Under Doormats about the security risks of installing government-friendly backdoors in encryption software. He was previously a chief technologist with the Federal Trade Commission as well as a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Advisory Committee.
Although the PCLOB has had staff members available to answer technology questions for them in the past, none of those staff members had the level of expertise Bellovin has. Bellovin told WIRED that he hopes to contribute a crucial missing ingredient to the PCLOB.
"As we have learned from some of the Snowden stuff, a lot of this is very technical," he told WIRED. "I don’t think they can make policy decisions without understanding what the technology actually enables, or for that matter, prevents. I understand enough about the law and policy to be able to translate, if you will, things into their terms."
The most important thing about the NSA's spy programs, Bellovin says, is not what gets stated openly about them, but what their implications are—implications that are often obscured to anyone who doesn't grasp the full technical capabilities of the spy tools the government uses.
Bellovin says his role will be not only to understand the implications of the tools, but also to determine if there is a better way to accomplish the government's intelligence goals while still preserving privacy and civil liberties.
Although he doesn't know yet the specific programs he'll be focusing on, the board has already told him he'll be looking at surveillance programs that have been authorized by Executive Order 12333, one of the least-understood and most wide-sweeping authorities the government uses for spying. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden in 2013 have so far exposed the government's so-called 215 and 702 bulk collection programs, but have said little about the EO12333 authority and how it's being used.
The 215 program refers to the NSA's collection of phone records from US telecoms, which it claimed was authorized under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. The 702 bulk collection program refers to data collected from ISPs and other service providers through a court order. This collection was authorized under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The government established these two authorizations—215 and 702—after the 9/11 attacks. But EO12333 pre-dates both of these authorities by more than a decade.
"It’s a very broad order that gives a lot of authority to the intelligence community, and a lot is going to be covered under this," Bellovin says.
President Ronald Reagan issued EO12333 in 1981; it authorizes US intelligence agencies to collect foreign intelligence. But unlike the 215 and 702 programs, which require court oversight and orders, EO12333 has no court oversight. And unlike the 215 program, which focuses on collecting only metadata, EO12333 allows for the collection of content, even content belonging to US persons if this collection is "incidental."
But "incidental" can be broadly interpreted, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California), chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has long said that her committee has lacked the ability to "sufficiently" oversee intelligence activities conducted under 12333.
The PCLOB was established in 2004 by Congress as part of the Executive Office of the President, upon recommendation of the 9/11 Commission. It was intended to serve as an advisory body to administration officials about the privacy and civil liberties implications of proposed laws and policies implemented in the fight against terror.
But the board remained ineffectual for years after having an inauspicious and controversial start. One of the first board members resigned in 2007 amidst claims that the White House under President George W. Bush tried to control what it published in its reports. After that, the Senate Judiciary Committee failed to hold hearings to confirm nominated members a number of times, leaving the board with empty seats. It wasn't until August 2012 that the Senate finally confirmed four of Obama's nominations for the board. Finally, on May 7, 2013, weeks before the first of the revelations from Edward Snowden were published, the Senate confirmed David Medine, a former associated director of the Federal Trade Commission, as chair.
Today, the five members of the board serve staggered terms lasting six years. The current board consists of Medine, Patricia M. Wald, a former federal appellate court judge; Rachel L. Brand, chief counsel for regulatory litigation at the US Chamber of Commerce and a former assistant attorney general for the Justice Department; Elisebeth Collins Cook, a former assistant attorney general at DoJ; and Dempsey.
In 2013, after the PCLOB was revived, Bellovin sent a note to Jim Dempsey, whom he knew, saying, "Five very nice experienced lawyers; but where is your technologist?"
The note made an impression, and Bellovin was invited to provide testimony to the board at one of its first public hearings that year; then last year the board asked him about becoming a full-time adviser. Bellovin, who already had a security clearance from his days working on the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, jumped at the chance because he considers it important work.
Bellovin's appointment will last only six months to a year—at which point both he and the board will re-evaluate. He also plans to work for the board only a couple of days a week, traveling from New York to DC, since he wasn't ready to commit full time. Because the programs he will examine are classified, he'll have to work in a SCIF.
But Bellovin is optimistic he can still be useful, though he acknowledges it will take time to figure out how the government's spy programs fit together.
"It will take me a while just to understand what is going on, let alone look at specific things. One person is not going to understand the technologies of the entire intelligence community," he says.
All of this assumes that the government is providing the PCLOB with the information it needs to fully understand intelligence programs.
Bellovin acknowledges that the lack of technical expertise in Washington is a big problem. "We desperately need more people who are comfortable in both realms. We need policy makers who understand technology—most of them are lawyers. They’re very good lawyers, but they’re lawyers, not technologists."
Although the PCLOB is mandated by statute, this doesn't mean that a sitting president or administration will listen to it. With that in mind, what exactly does Bellovin hope to accomplish?
"It’s no secret that I’m a privacy advocate. I’m going to look very hard at some of these programs to see [if they are] unnecessarily violative of privacy and civil liberties. ... [T]here have been reports that some of the metadata programs that Snowden revealed weren’t in fact actually working very well.... But that’s really the question, isn’t it? If you’re going to violate privacy it should at least be because it’s actually accomplishing something." | 2019-04-19T08:45:06 | https://www.wired.com/2016/02/the-presidents-nsa-advisory-board-finally-gets-a-tech-expert/ |
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Markets saw a big rally today, and they have the Fed's fickleness to thank for it.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today jumped more than 110 points.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its first day of losses in Q2.
The primary reason for today's losses were various statements from U.S. Federal Reserve officials.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average kicked off the second quarter with a 107-point gain.
Here's everything you need to know about the top stock market news today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 83 points today.
And there's one important reason why the bellwether index pushed higher.
Why did the Dow Jones Industrial Average gain 97 points today? | 2019-04-21T07:21:38 | https://moneymorning.com/tag/dow-close/ |
The GITC is a competition designed to reduce the 'digital disability divide' and provide increased access and investment in ICT, to help promote IT policy and training and create a truly inclusive world where no-one is left behind. This year’s event will be taking place between 8 and 12 November and is hosted by Rehabilitation International Korea and sponsored by LG.
This is the first year the UK has been involved and our team of four is the only team from Europe. The team is made up of Emily Rautenbach from Cardiff, Jack Thomas from Wiltshire, Matthew Tonks from Staffordshire and Jon Paul Smith from Kent.
More than 150 young disabled people from over 26 countries will be competing to win a number of awards, both individual and team based. The IT challenges range from web-based exercises to movie maker, Microsoft office, scratch, to other complex IT tasks.
Now in its 7th year, the GITC plays a vital role in raising public awareness of IT and the positive effect technology can have on disabled young people’s lives, as well as the role IT has in creating a more accessible and inclusive world.
Over the course of the week we will be keeping a video diary of our team to share with the “folks back home.” Follow #canyouhandleIT to see the video diary on social media. | 2019-04-22T22:46:54 | https://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/en-GB/Media-policy/News/November-2018/Next-stop-New-Delhi,-India |
Don't you just love the way your hair feels when you leave the salon?!? That perfect amount of volume and bounce from a flawless blow dry. I can never get that same feeling when I dry out my own hair at home. Sometimes I just want my hair to have that refreshing feeling in between cut and color appointments and that is where Parlor: A Beauty Bar comes in! You may have seen this gorgeous salon at their first location on the Country Club Plaza and now they have just opened a second location at Town Center! Parlor is Kansas City's first blow dry and beauty bar. There is no color or cutting, just shampoo, blow dry, and styling. If you are headed out for a night out with your girlfriends get your makeup touched up too at the beauty bar!
I stopped into the new location to have some fun with Kenya, one of the fabulous Parlor Stylists! We wanted to create some looks that would be perfect for sweater weather. I know it isn't quite cold enough yet to pull on our knits and cowl necks but I thought I would get you thinking about some fun things you can do and some ideas to start practicing now. One thing I absolutely can't stand is when my hair gets stuck in the neck of my sweater or even worse gets that awful static cling! NO THANKS! I'm always looking for cute ways to keep my hair up and out of the way.
We started out by giving my hair an all over wavy curl for texture and hold with a 1" curling iron. I have pretty thin hair, so I like to put a little bit of wave in it to give it some body.
The products Kenya used on my hair were amazing! Have you tried the Living Proof line yet? If you haven't, pick up the root boosting Amp Instant Texture Volumizer! It was amazing and made my hair have an instant lift without feeling sticky and weighed down. I loved it!
For the first look Kenya pulled my hair back into a messy bun using a clear elastic band and left the top section of my hair out. She then teased the roots of the top section of my hair creating some volume on top of my head. Next, she pulled back pieces from the top and bobby pinned them into my messy bun. This created a soft pulled back look without too much effort.
She left a section on the side of my part to braid along the side of my head that would be tucked into the messy bun. She created a french braid by starting the braid as usual and then gradually pulled in more pieces as she went along. This kept the braid thick and close to my head.
And there you go!! An effortless but polished looking up-do that will keep your hair out of your neckline.
Fall 2014 is all about soft hair and dewy skin. For a next day look, pull your hair out of your messy bun and you will have wavy body and curls left for a half up, half down look.
For the next style, we pulled my hair into a low side pony tail with those pretty waves flowing over my shoulder.
For a more pulled up look, take pieces from your pony tail and pin them up into the center of your ponytail criss-crossing and weaving the pieces across one another to create a weaved and pretty pinned up look.
Another look that is always classic and glam is pulling back one whole side of your hair and leaving the other side very full and wavy.
After we had some fun with my hair, I checked out the fabulous makeup bar! The lipstick shades were endless and all so gorgeous! I am a lipstick girl for sure! I love to change up my lip colors with the seasons and always love experimenting with new colors!
I wish I owned every shade!
I ended up going with a color called "Adele" to match my glam hair style. I had an amazing time with the ladies at Parlor and can't wait to go back! They took amazing care of me and I had a blast!
This post was sponsored by Parlor: A Beauty Bar. All opinions are my own.
I have been dying to try Parlor and now you've made want to reach for the phone to make an appointment! I love all the looks! Can't wait to try out some for myself!
How awesome! I love all of the hairstyles you showcased, too! :-) Beautiful!
Thank you Kelly! It was a lot of fun!
Jessie you would love it! It's so much fun! Next time you are in town we should go! | 2019-04-23T18:02:26 | http://www.janastyleblog.com/2014/08/parlor-beauty-bar-easy-hair-styles-for.html |
Q. What are some of the main differences between MailGate and O365.
Users are no longer required to register. A passcode is sent to the user in a separate email or the user signs into the their Microsoft account.
Encrypted Messages are no longer stored in a mailbox online. The message is stored as an email attachment sent to the recipient.
Since the encrypted message is an attachment. To open the message, the user opens the attachment instead of clicking on a link to login to their online mailbox.
Retention is no longer required.
Q. My users send encrypted email messages to recipients outside our organization. Is there anything that external recipients have to do in order to read and reply to email messages that are encrypted with Office 365 Message Encryption?
By signing in with a Microsoft account or a work or school account associated with Office 365. For details, see Send, view, and reply to encrypted messages.
By using a one-time passcode. To learn more, see Use a one-time passcode to view an encrypted message.
Q. Are Office 365 encrypted messages stored in the cloud or on Microsoft servers?
No, the encrypted messages are kept on the recipient’s email system, and when the recipient opens the message, it is temporarily posted for viewing on Office 365 servers. The messages are not stored there.
Q. Can I customize encrypted email messages with my brand?
Q. Does the service require a license for every user in my organization?
A license is required for every user in the organization who sends encrypted email.
Q. Do external recipients require subscriptions?
No, external recipients do not require a subscription to read or reply to encrypted messages.
Q. How is Office 365 Message Encryption different from S/MIME?
S/MIME is essentially a client-side encryption technology, and requires complicated certificate management and publishing infrastructure. Office 365 Message Encryption uses transport rules and does not depend on certificate publishing.
Q. How does Office 365 Message Encryption work?
Visit Encryption in Office 365.
Q. Can I read the encrypted messages over mobile devices?
Yes, you can view messages on Android and iOS by downloading the OME Viewer apps from the Google Play store and the Apple App store. Open the HTML attachment in the OME Viewer app and then follow the instructions to open your encrypted message. For other mobile devices, you can open the HTML attachment as long as your mail client supports Form Post.
Q. Are replies and forwarded messages encrypted?
Yes. Responses continue to be encrypted throughout the duration of the thread.
Q. Does Office 365 Message Encryption provide localization?
Incoming email and HTML content is localized based on sender email settings. The viewing portal is localized based on recipient's browser settings. However, the actual body (content) of encrypted message isn't localized.
Q. What encryption method is used for Office 365 Message Encryption?
Office 365 Message Encryption uses Rights Management Services (RMS) as its encryption infrastructure. The encryption method used depends on where you obtain the RMS keys used to encrypt and decrypt messages.
Cryptographic Mode 2 is used. Cryptographic Mode 2 is an updated and enhanced AD RMS cryptographic implementation. It supports RSA 2048 for signature and encryption, and supports SHA-256 for signature.
Q. Why do some encrypted messages say they come from [email protected]?
When an encrypted reply is sent from the encryption portal or through the OME Viewer app, the sending email address is set to [email protected] because the encrypted message is sent through a Microsoft endpoint. This helps to prevent encrypted messages from being marked as spam. The displayed name on the email and the address within the encryption portal aren't changed because of this labeling. Also, this labeling only applies to messages sent through the portal, not through any other email client.
Q. How many recipients can I send an Office 365 encrypted message to?
The recipient limit for an encrypted message is based on the number of characters in the message’s To field. When combined (after distribution list expansion), recipient addresses in the To field should not exceed 11,980 characters. Because email addresses can vary in character length, there isn’t a standard recipient limit for a single encrypted message.
Q. Is it possible to revoke a message sent to a particular recipient?
No. You can’t revoke a message to a particular person after it’s sent. | 2019-04-23T12:24:13 | https://help.exchangemymail.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002822648-Office-365-Message-Encryption-FAQ |
Episode 018 Show Notes: Melanie Seibert Introduction Melanie Seibert and Ben Woelk chat about what it means to be a content strategist and collaboration as an introvert.
Episode 017 Show Notes: Roxy Greninger Introduction Roxy Greninger and Ben Woelk discuss living a life focused on others, the impact of childhood experiences, and finally--the impetus for the Hope for the Introvert podcast.
Episode 016 Show Notes: Roxy Greninger Introduction Roxy Greninger and Ben Woelk discuss Roxy's role as a culture consultant and being the brightest part of someone's day.
Episode 015 Show Notes: Roxy Greninger Introduction Roxy Greninger and Ben Woelk discuss Roxy's work with Growing Your Circle and her experience at Spectrum 2018 of finding her tribe.
Episode 014 Show Notes: Ben Woelk Introduction Ben Woelk discusses lessons learned on his introvert's journey to leadership. This post is based on an article previously published on October 17, 2016 in the EDUCAUSE Review: The Professional Commons Blog and on benwoelk.com. | 2019-04-19T12:26:32 | https://benwoelk.com/hope-for-the-introvert-podcast/?shared=email&msg=fail |
It’s about to become easier for restaurants in Uptown Whittier to stay open past midnight — well at least three days a week and the nights before federal holidays.
And the rules for live entertainment will be better defined and extend to most restaurants in the Uptown area. Now, only restaurants on Greenleaf Avenue from Bailey to Penn streets and a couple blocks on Comstock Avenue are allowed live entertainment.
The city has been grappling with these issues for years. On Tuesday, the City Council said OK to the changes in concept. The new rules still have to be penned, considered at the the Planning Commission before returning to the council for approval.
“I hope it encourages businesses in the Uptown,” Mayor Joe Vinatieri said.
Of the 52 restaurants in the Uptown area that sell alcoholic beverages, only about a dozen can remain open past midnight. Of those, only five can stay open to 2 a.m. seven days a week, according to city documents. The others can stay open past midnight — but typically only on Fridays and Saturdays.
The new rules would give the time-limited restaurants a one-shot opportunity to apply to remain open until 2 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and the nights before a federal holiday.
Conal McNamara, director of community development, said the city would require a permit for every restaurant that wants to be open past midnight. There would be no cost, he added.
Olivia Rios, operations director for the Whittier Uptown Association representing businesses in the area, said the proposed changes will be good for the restaurants.
The new rules on live entertainment would mandate that any business with amplified sound, whether it be music or disc jockey, and any type of stand-up performance, such as a comedian or magician, request a conditional use permit that would need to be approved by the Planning Commission.
Previously, city staffers decided whether they could approve or send the request along to the commission, McNamara said.
However, restaurateurs who want to feature acoustic instruments without the use of amplification systems need staff approval only and ambient music, such as prerecorded, low volume or background music, would be permitted by right. | 2019-04-23T16:06:16 | https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2019/03/21/whittier-finally-devises-rules-for-late-night-uptown-restaurant-hours-and-live-entertainment-in-concept/ |
The incumbent is responsible of delivering cyber security projects as well as providing support services for corrective and preventive maintenance.
Candidates with more years of experience could be considered for Senior Consultant roles within Accel.
Interested applicants are invited to send your updated resume via Apply Now. We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be notified. | 2019-04-21T13:16:08 | https://www.findsgjobs.com/job/75741/cyber-security-consultant-csat/ |
Filing record expungments in Georgia allows individuals, in certain situations, to have their criminal charges wiped clean. Not everyone will qualify for record expungement, which is now called record restriction after the 2013 changes to the law passed.
In addition to filing for record restriction, the 2013 laws were expanded to allow for certain court and even jail records to be restricted and sealed if properly applied for and granted. This can be a time consuming process and you must know exactly who to contact and what to file for your case.
At Zeliff | Watson, we help eligible people seal and restrict their records in all Metro Atlanta and North Georgia courts. If you think your charges maybe eligible for expungement, give us a call today, or email us directly at: [email protected] and we will discuss whether our services could help expunge your record. | 2019-04-23T16:35:46 | https://www.zwdefense.com/blog/2014/august/filing-record-expungements-in-georgia/ |
A Cape Coral man crashed his vehicle into a home on the 100 block of Eldorado Parkway West Sunday morning, the Cape Coral Police Department said.
The driver Jeffrey Simpson, 39, had a blood-alcohol level of .15 when the crash took place around 6:45 a.m., deputies said.
Simpson was speeding on Eldorado Parkway and was forced to drive into a driveway when the road ended. The collision damaged a parked car outside of the structure and the garage, deputies said. The impact from the crash also caused a large tool chest to fall onto and damage an antique Corvette being stored inside.
Simpson then attempted to leave the crash scene before getting his car stuck.
Simpson was arrested for three counts of DUI with property damage, hit and run and DUI with BAC over .15. | 2019-04-20T08:15:51 | http://www.winknews.com/2017/12/11/car-slams-into-cape-coral-garage-driver-arrested-for-dui/ |
I've always wanted to see what it was like. Eyesore or delightful cheery addition to the street?
You can only tell by visiting. Yesterday I was deep West so I popped over to take a look.
That sort of ruins the effect. It looks like the dispute continues.
A rare thing, a design book I actually read. A good book but so many questions. I will write more one day but for now this is pretty close to how I felt.
It was closed when I went. But I don't think that mattered much. Very good.
I enjoyed the RCA WIP show. As messy and as ‘in progress’ as you’d want it to be. There was an honesty that university final shows have lost, I think.
Unfortunately I don't have many pictures from this.
1x Maybe Boris Bikes and Oyster cards have finally broken everyones mental model of transport for the better. In London at least. Greater adoption of electric cars seems to have given everyone the freedom to think differently. Why has the source of power caused that shift? What can you do with an electric motor that you can’t with a petrol engine?
10x Here’s a funny thing. Some sketches of cars, or of the common shapes and lines of cars, but grouped by brand. This felt really odd to me. The brand feels entirely superfluous. Especially in an environment where you are starting from a blank canvas. What’s the role of the brand here - could you really say a particular brand of car has a distinctive style of design any more? Lamborghini maybe, but Renault? Any of the other mainstream car brands?
Especially when they are all owned by just three or four holding companies.
100x As “mobility” means service more than vehicle, what’s the role of the brand? The product is the service… How many other brands + products can you say that about? The service provider will become more important the product provider which has huge implications for brands (companies) that sell physical products. Barclays Boris Bikes vs Santander Cycles? Does anyone care?
Who's the Battista Farina of service design?
I don't think I'm making much sense.
I enjoyed this exhibition a lot. It closes next Sunday 28th January. You should make an effort to go, but it's probably sold out. Sorry about that.
You can't take pictures, like all good exhibitions.
36. No idea what rabbit hole I went down to find this, but y'know - internet. Last year Mike Ashley gave an update at the Sports Direct shareholders meeting which was held at the London Stock Exchange. Profits had dropped 59% that year. He urged investors to note down every word he was about to say. He stood up, spoke 17 words and then sat down.
“It’s clear we have smashed the ball out of the park with our Selfridges of sport concept”.
For our international listeners who haven't heard of Sports Direct here's a picture.
37. Strange goings on at British Vogue summed up well by Jeremy Leslie the king of magazine blogging. Two covers using exactly the same picture, styled by new Vogue editor Enninful. No obvious tie-up. Odd.
I’m actually excited by this. The whole sector needs a shake up design-wise and you’d think the combination of 2018 + Vogue + Enninful would be potent. Here’s hoping that’s what this is and not just circumstances.
38. Muji have launched a hotel in Shenzhen. It is as beautiful and as graceful as you’d hope. Makes me wonder what took them so long. But I always think that about Muji and maybe that’s the key to their success. Not following trends or being driven by the same short term goals as everyone else. Imagine Muji as a pace layer.
39. Frustratingly light article by the Guardian on the cover design of 2018’s must talked about book - Fire and Fury. The boring cover design does seem odd given the magazine covers Trump has inspired. Political books are supposed to look kinda boring… but this is not a business-as-usual presidency. Deserves a longer article.
Why is the cover of Fire and Fury so ugly?
40. Digital banking consultancy 11FS gave out their awards for 2017. 11FS are smart and have worked in proper digital banking so it makes interesting reading. Lots of good stuff and not a surprise to see BBVA “win” Best incumbent bank. Derek White and Rob Brown have built an impressive design team just like they did at Barclays (where they worked with some of 11FS.) BBVA we’ve talked about before in para 21 "BBVA has 150 designers in 11 countries, all with different specialties, not that unusual but they are also training 1000 design ambassadors."
But, the most interesting bit? Google Tez a Google payment layer for banking in India.
41. Fast Company wrote an “update” of Dieter Rams 10 Principles of Good Design. Some good stuff in there and it’s nearly worth a read except - beware, it's one of those annoying web pages where everything moves around for five minutes before you can start reading.
42. Here are the Top 10 Asymmetric planes.
If that doesn’t scare ad world, nothing will. | 2019-04-23T06:28:19 | https://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2018/01/index.html |
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> of work to do. I am currently looking for a Squeak Content Manager.
> Someone to make sure Squeak is well represented. Anybody interested?
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