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Table of Contents -- November 2001
Diabetes on a RampageDr. Dan Hale's colleagues thought he had taken leave of his senses back in 1995 when he warned that type 2 diabetes was showing up in children. They believe him now. Diabetes has reached almost epidemic proportions and is taking a terrible toll on children and adults. The result is a massive effort to prevent new cases and better control the ones already diagnosed.
By Laurie Stoneham
Law
Rules and LawsuitsThe Texas Department of Insurance has finally adopted clean claims and prompt payment rules after the governor vetoed the prompt pay bill passed overwhelmingly by the legislature. The problem is a TMA analysis of the rules shows that they are woefully inadequate. Meanwhile, a group of physicians has taken insurance giant CIGNA to court for not paying doctors for their services.
By Walt Borges
Medical Economics
Workers' Comp ReformTexas physicians aren't exactly thrilled with the efforts to reform the state's workers' compensation system. It looks like the "reforms" may place additional administrative burdens and financial stress on physicians who treat injured workers. Doctors aren't too happy about the new fee structure, either.
By Walt Borges
Public Health
Flu ShotsProblems with assuring an adequate supply of flu vaccine are resulting in education campaigns to inform physicians and the public that people at highest risk should be vaccinated first and that many patients can benefit from receiving their flu shots later in the season.
By Laurie Stoneham
Legislative Affairs
Campaign Scramble Phil Gramm's retirement from the Senate has touched off what's been called "a fruit basket turnover" of possible replacements. The scramble to succeed the veteran senator is affecting races all over the 2002 ballot. TMA political operatives are keeping a close eye on the situation and making sure all the candidates are familiar with medicine's issues.
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Later, John Nelson Darby (c. 1800–1882) borrowed
and popularized it. The modern influence ofpremillennialism doctrine received wide influence
through him.
Prior to the Morgan Edwards, it was unknown to
students of Bible prophecy.
Literalizing the Last Trumpet
As we have alluded to the texts on the last
trumpet, we shall briefly not that the time
references to the first century generation point
to a figurative or apocalyptic use of the term.
Early on Dispensationalists were warned about
literalizing scriptures, a concept borrowed from
Jewish interpreters, that landed them into much
fanciful speculations about the future.
Selfishness Versus Serving
Paul, certainly believed in the imminent return of
the Messiah, albeit in his own generation. He
along with other apostles taught that Jesus’ return
would come in their life time, Rom. 13:11, 12, Phil.
4:5, James 5:7, 8; 1 Peter 4:7, 17; Rev. 1:1, 3, 22:
6, 10).
Yet, Paul recognize that as desirable as a departure
from the earthly life might be [through natural death,
not escapism through an imagined rapture], he
sought a more practical end.
“For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a
desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far
better.
Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful
for you. And being confident of this. I know that
I shall remain and continue with you all for your
progress and joy of faith. (Phil. 1:23–25).
Paul’s aim was to remain on earth, serving the
church, deeming it more beneficial than his
own departure to be with the Lord.
Those who want to be swooped up out of this
world to leave the wicked behind are expressing
one of the most anti-gospel sentiments imaginable.
They want to be served, rather than be servants.
Yet, Jesus said, he that is greatest among you
let him be your servant. There’s lots of work to
do on earth.
Paul likewise warned the Thessalonicans, who
got overly enthusiastic about the imminent
return of Christ, placing it about 20 years to
soon.
Many of them had quit working and serving
society to become busy bodies. He offered
them severe rebuke.
“For even when we were with you, we commanded
you this; If anyone will not work, neither shall
he eat.
For we hear that there are some who walk among
you in a disorderly manner, nor working at all
but are busy bodies.” (2 Thes. 3:10, 11)
None of us will escape alive, so we might as well
forget these notions of Rapture and dig in to
service.
How many times can we allow Tim LaHaye,
Hal Lindsey, and Thomas Ice, to falsely predict
the coming of the Lord?
Once is too many! See Deuteronomy 18:22.
Apparently Mr. Bent, got too caught up in the
false notions invented in the mid 18th century
and appears to be a victim of more “Left Behind”
errors.
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Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards was greeted with a standing ovation at “Catholic” Georgetown University Wednesday, where she had been invited to speak about reproductive rights to some 400 students at the Lohrfink Auditorium.
Michael Khan, President of Georgetown Right to Life, told the Daily Caller that he was disappointed, but not terribly surprised, that his university had granted a platform to someone so opposed to Christian values.
“We’re probably the most liberal Catholic university in the nation,” Khan said. “Many of our students and faculty aren’t Catholic and are very hostile to Catholic doctrine.”
Georgetown Right to Life, along with The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property and others, organized a demonstration on campus to protest the University’s decision to invite Richards.
Bentley Hatchett, a volunteer with Tradition, Family and Property, called Richards’ appearance a “scandal,” noting that the first responsibility of a Catholic college should be “to be faithful to the church and consistent with the church’s message.”
Hatchett said that the protesters represented the 13,000 people who signed a petition urging the University not to host the president of America’s largest abortion provider.
Protesters noted that Ms. Richards has “overseen the wholesale death of over 2.8 million babies since becoming Planned Parenthood’s president in 2006” and that her presence on campus “dishonors the memory of all the Jesuit saints and martyrs who gave up their lives for God and the Church.”
During Richards’ speech, a campus newspaper, The Hoya, sent out a flurry of approving tweets to give further visibility to her message.
“The decision to have a child is the most personal…we believe this is not decision to be made by politicians.” –@CecileRichards
The Georgetown Lecture Fund, the campus group that issued the invitation to Richards, sums up its mission on its webpage: “Keep them coming, all of them — the radicals, the politicians, the spiritual leaders and whoever else can be roped into speaking here. To continue the Jesuit ideal of lifelong, comprehensive learning, our minds need to be challenged, inspired and opened.”
The Archdiocese of Washington and its newspaper, the Catholic Standard, criticized the event, but they did not intervene to block it.
Though Georgetown boasts of being “the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institute of higher learning in the United States,” it has repeatedly come under fire for having sacrificed its integrity and Catholic identity on the altars of secularism.
“This is the latest in a long history of scandal at Georgetown University,” said Cardinal Newman Society President Patrick Reilly. “Disguised as an academic event, this is nothing more than a platform for abortion advocacy at a Catholic university.”
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He got his first oboe at the age of ten. Two years later Christoph Hartmann was already studying with Georg Fischer at the conservatory in Augsburg. In 1984 he continued his training with Günther Passin at the Munich Musikhochschule, where after passing his final examination he also became an instructor.
He began his career as an orchestral musician in 1991 with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, and the following year moved to Berlin. A teacher since 1993 in the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Orchestra Academy, in 1999 Hartmann, together with colleagues, founded the Landsberger Sommermusiken (Landsberg Summer Music), out of which evolved the Ensemble Berlin.
In recent years he has devoted himself increasingly to research, and has discovered and enriched his own repertoire with compositions by the once legendary, now nearly forgotten oboe virtuoso Antonino Pasculli.
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UNC Stories
Minors: Jacob Stallings: Embracing The Grind
“Nobody ever really wants to catch. I love to catch.” Born in Kansas, but raised in Nashville, Jacob Stallings thought he was destined to be a catcher for the Commodores. As 2016 begins, he could be latest in a deep line of former Tar Heels to reach major league baseball. Stallings, 25, a senior sign in 2012 after graduating with an Exercise Sports Science degree, broke camp in April at Triple-A Indianapolis in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ organization, one injury away from PNC Park.
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College: Tim Fedroff: A Pocket Full Of History
Every time Tim Fedroff took the amateur baseball fields during his teenage years, a little something made him feel like a major leaguer. Fedroff had a secret. For all of the legends to grace Yankee Stadium - Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe Dimaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Reggie Jackson - Fedroff was secretly playing with a pocket full of history.
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College: Nick Lowe: From England With Love
As far as he knows, he’s the only one. With the anticipation of graduation, a new job and one final season in the pool for the University of North Carolina, real life is weighing on senior sprinter Nick Lowe. But after the early alarm clock has sounded, the hours in the pool are complete, and the last echo of the classroom lectures dissipate, Lowe heads home to something no other Tar Heel athlete can understand. A spouse.
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College: UNC's Katie Bowen: 8,436 Miles From Home
Forgive North Carolina Tar Heel junior midfielder Katie Bowen if her yellow highlighter is running low on ink. She has a lot of dates colored in on her calendar. Concurrent with another Tar Heels undefeated magical run through the ACC, the New Zealander has her eyes on another set of fixtures. These matches will dictate her next summer vacation. 9,030 miles from her dorm room in Chapel Hill. Welcome to the football life of Katie Bowen, the only kind of life she’s known.
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UNC: Houston Summers: From Throwing Baseballs to Javelins
Houston Summers could’ve stopped after having a professional baseball career.
It would’ve likely been enough of an accomplishment to then stop after being accepted to the University of North Carolina after that professional athletic career ended.
And maybe he should’ve realized that above-average baseball speed did not cross over to track speed.
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Running fast and jumping long. These are the athletic attributes that have come naturally to UNC's long jumper Chrishawn Williams since she was 7. State titles and national rankings have been her rewards. But being one of the U.S.'s top long jumpers hasn't been a smoothly paved road for Williams. Five coaches in four years. "Call To Jesus" Saturday mornings. Trying out simply to remain on the squad after her sophomore year. Now, upon graduation, one more pursuit. The Olympic Games.
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Footnotes
Ronald Ross was born in Almora, a hill station in the North Western provinces of India, on the 13th of May 1857, the eldest child in the family of ten of General Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross, of the Indian Army. At the age of seven he was sent to England to begin his education, initially in Ryde and then Springhill, near Southampton. He became fond of nature studies as well as of drawing, music, writing verses and mathematics.
In 1874 he became a medical student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. The extraordinary thing about Ross was that he never really wanted to be a doctor. His real ambition was to be an artist, and he had given evidence of his ability when he came first in the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examination in Drawing. But his father wanted him to go into the Indian Medical Service, so he obeyed. He failed his first examination. He eventually passed and entered the Indian Medical Service, arriving at Bombay in October 1881. For the next few years he held temporary appointments either attached to various Madras regiments or doing duty at station hospitals. Some six months were spent at Vizianagram, and a short time at Pallaveram, both in the Madras Presidency.
From September 1882 to August 1884 he was at Madras itself. In September 1884 he brought a detachment of Madras Pioneers from Quetta to Madras, and in January 1885 spent a week in Burma taking a regiment to Thyetmyoo. On two occasions he was with detachments of Indian troops at Port Blair in the Andamans. From May 1885 to May 1886 he was at Moulmein during the operations in Burma, and later took part in the Chin-Lushai operations of 1889-90, for which he received the India medal with two clasps.
During a visit on leave to England in 1894, Ross was introduced to Patrick Manson, the famous tropical diseases doctor, who had made the discovery that a mosquito carried the parasite which caused elephantiasis in man. Manson suggested to Ross that the mosquito could also be the carrier of the malaria parasite, which the Frenchman, Laveran, had recently discovered in the blood of people suffering from malaria.
However, no one had any idea yet how the parasite got there and Ross determined to find out. He began his search as soon as he got back to India. Two years and four months later, on 20th August 1897, he saw the first significant sign of success in the discovery of the pigmented oocysts of the malaria parasite in an unusual kind of mosquito, Ross's 'dapple-winged mosquito', now well known as the anopheles mosquito.
It was not until the following year, however, that the discovery that malaria was an infectious disease transmitted from man to man by the mosquito was fully and for all time established.
On 28th July 1898, when Manson announced Ross's results at the Edinburgh meetings of the British Medical Association, the whole astounding cycle of development had been demonstrated for bird malaria and hence by very obvious probability for malaria in man.
In February 1899, Ross left India to take up the position of lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and in July of the same year he retired from the Indian Medical Service.
His mind was now turned almost wholly to the application of his discovery to the eradication of malaria by the destruction of the anopheles mosquito. Success was not at first so great as had been anticipated, for although the method was learly logical enough, difficulties in carrying it out were at first underestimated. Ross, nevertheless, lived to see his methods applied with increasing success all over the world and, as organization and experience increased, universally recognized as the way in which man might eventually rid himself of this most deadly of all diseases of the tropics which, even today, is reckoned to claim some three million lives every year.
Within a few years of his discovery honours of every kind were conferred upon Ross by scientific institutions of many countries. In 1901 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, which awarded him a Royal medal in 1909. In 1902 he was awarded the prestigious Nobel prize for medicine. He was appointed a Commander of the Bath in 1902, a Knight Commander of the Bath in 1911, and received honorary degrees from several universities. Whilst in Liverpool, Ross organized and led expeditions to Sierra Leone (1899-1900), West Africa (1901-02), Mauritius (1907-08), Spain, Cyprus and Greece (1912), his chief concern being the prevention of malaria.
During 1912 he moved to London and became physician for tropical diseases at King's College Hospital.
In 1908, Ross received a commission as Major in the R.A.M.C., Territorial Force, became Lieutenant-Colonel in 1913, and Consulting Physician for tropical deseases to the Base Hospitals for Indian Troops in England in December 1914.
In 1915 he was sent to Alexandria to investigate dysentery prevailing in the Dardanelles. He became Consultant for Malaria to the War Office and in 1917 was sent to Salonika on a malaria survey. The ship he was on was torpedoed 'in a landlocked bay close to the Leucadian Rock (where Sappho is supposed to have drowned herself)'- Ross gives a dramatic account of the incident in his 'Memoirs'.
In 1918 he became temporary Colonel in the R.A.M.C., and in June of that year was appointed a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. In 1925 he became Consultant in Malaria to the Ministry of Pensions, and when, in 1926, the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases at Putney Heath was founded in his honour, he became its first director-in-chief.
Sir Ronald Ross died on 16th September 1931, at the Ross Institute after a long illness.
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You are 37 weeks pregnant
You are 37 weeks pregnant!
Congratulations! You have reached full-term which means your baby can be born at any time.
Your developing baby
While you are considered as full-term at 37 weeks you may not actually deliver until week 41 or later if this is your first baby. Don’t worry; you’ll meet your baby very soon. If this is your second baby, you might want to discuss with your midwife, having a vaginal birth after a caesarean (VBAC).
If you could see your baby now he would look like a newborn and has a plumper appearance then a few weeks ago. Your baby’s lungs are now fully developed and he would need no help to breathe if he were to be born tonight.
Lanugo, the hair that covered and protected your baby in the womb has mostly shed now, but the creamy white substance know as vernix still covers your baby and may help him ease downwards through the birth canal. Some babies are born with a head of hair and some are bald or have bald patches. Whatever the state of the hair when it comes out isn’t likely to stay. Most babies’ hair falls out in the first few months, sometimes to be replaced by a different colour or texture.
Your developing body
You may have noticed that your bump has changed shape around 37 weeks as your baby drops lower down to prepare for its journey through the birth canal. People may remark that you have ‘dropped’, but you are probably glad, as the discomfort of feeling cramped and breathless may have eased slightly. At this stage your placenta weighs about 1.5lbs and adds to the extra weight you are carrying. The placenta’s job is nearly done.
As the joints and ligaments continue to loosen in preparation for labour, you will probably experience different aches and pains in your lower abdomen, pelvis and lower back. If you feel up to it, swimming can help because of the weightlessness and being able to take the pressure of your body off your back and legs. Rest as much as possible because very soon you will have a tiny newborn and resting won’t be quite the same…
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Existing shareholders VHB Ventures (Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt), Lang & Schwarz, Michael Grabner Media, and Michael Altrichter also participated in the round, along with a number of private investors associated with Speedinvest, among them Jörg Flöck, a former Thomson Reuters executive.
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The new facility, located in Renfrew, Canadahas 30,000 feet of storage space for helicopter parts and will create nearly 24 new jobs there, Steve Newman writes.
Terry Manion, general manager of Raytheon Canada’s support services division, said the facility will provide a supply chain of activities for the Boeing team and for Canadian soldiers.
The company signed seven-year lease agreement for the property and the lease includes options for three five-year leases, Renfrew Industrial Commission Executive Director Dave Lemkay indicated to the website.
Newman writes the company opened its support services division in Calgary in 1992 to support the CF18 radar program and has since expanded to provide in-service support for high-end technology.
That technology includes air, land and sea systems for defense, homeland security and other government customers, according to Newman.
The new facility is located roughly between Ottawa, Raytheon Canada’s headquarters, and Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, for whom the company will service the Chinooks.
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Tag Archives: Al Bara Pankisi
Update as of 16 September — Al Bara has been confirmed alive, as are his wife and children.
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Another update, as of 5 p.m. BST on 2 September — it seems like Al Bara’s family in Pankisi are not 100% sure whether he is actually alive or not, since they only received one message that is definitely him but after that nothing.
They wanted to believe in the best possible outcome — some of them still believe in it. But others seem not so sure.
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I don’t like updating posts because it is confusing for readers. Usually I would make a new post. But in this case I will update this one, not only because I want to report correct information but because it’s a good way to illustrate how confusing information from Syria is.
I reported, based on sources (social media and sources in Georgia) that Al Bara Pankisi, a Kist (ethnic Chechen) from the Pankisi Gorge in Syria, had been reported killed in Syria along with his pregnant wife and two children. You can read my original post below. Al Bara was reported killed alongside his wife and two children when a car they were travelling in was shot at. The reason the news got out is because someone in Syria contacted Al Bara’s friends/relatives in Georgia and reported that it was him in the car. But last night his friends reported that they managed to talk to Al Bara and he and his family are alive and well. No one knows who was in the car, or whether it was a Chechen family or not.
So yes, Syria is a war zone and details of what is happening are often hard to verify, particularly when it comes to deaths. In this case, someone’s relatives and friends were led to believe that someone had been killed. Apart from the stress of having a relative or friend in Syria, imagine what the past few days must have felt like for the relatives and friends of Al Bara!
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"I thought I was just cold. Now I face amputation"
It started with the hair-dryer on my feet. Friends called me a wuss for complaining about my freezing feet: like two ice blocks, even in summer.
Photos: Sarah Fenwick/Supplied
It started with the hair-dryer on my feet, as a way to thaw out my bitterly cold fingers and toes.
Friends called me a wuss for complaining about my freezing feet: like two ice blocks, even in summer. When they saw the hairdryer trick, they finally took me seriously.
Admittedly, I felt ridiculous responding to the doctor’s enquiry of what seems to be the problem: my feet are cold!
Turns out, it’s not so pathetic and has a name: Raynaud’s phenomenon. Over two million Australians could have it - many as yet undiagnosed. It generally runs in families - and affects more women than men, even though I fall into the latter category, and have long struggled with this condition.
Here, some other sufferers share their story of the darker side of the winter blues.
The ‘I’m cold’ disease
Raynaud’s is caused by poor blood flow to your extremities: often hands; sometimes feet. This can lead to numb, blue or white skin and red, sometimes painful skin as blood returns. Mostly it means you really, really feel the cold in your hands/feet and find it almost impossible to warm them. There’s no known cure.
The real winter blues
For suffers like nutritionist Samantha Gemmell, 27, from Croydon, VIC, the winter blues aren’t just in your head; they’re deep in your fingers and toes: “Winter’s less than pleasant. I'll often avoid socialising, particularly at night. Thermal fingerless gloves live in my handbag.”
It can take over your life: blogger Sarah Fenwick-Mulcahy (pictured), 38, from Kotara, NSW, was only diagnosed at 31: “I’d felt the cold much more than my peers all through my teens but felt silly approaching doctors about my odd symptoms. My GP was persistent, running many tests until we had a diagnosis.”
Winter equals agony and hibernation: “My hands are always painful, especially the tips of my fingers. Everything aches from the wrist down! I take medication for the pain every day. Friends know I suffer from unfortunate symptoms. If plans don’t suit my health, I simply don’t join in. I do miss out on some things because of my health, but it’s just part of our lives.”
We don’t know how many have it
Dr Ryan Harvey, Assistant Medical Director at House Call Doctor, says: “We know 1-3% present for treatment, but estimates indicate 5-10% may experience Raynaud’s phenomenon. Many sufferers go undiagnosed or untreated.” Compounding this, according to a study by Sclerodrema UK, one in five patients were too embarrassed to admit they had it.
It can lead to gangrene and amputation
Despite there being no cure, not managing symptoms can be dangerous. Dr Harvey said: “Raynaud’s phenomenon may be a symptom of auto-immune or connective tissue disorders. If undiagnosed they can result in loss of digits, limbs and shortened life spans. In fact, I’ve seen one case of Raynaud’s phenomenon (associated with Buerger’s disease) where it was necessary to perform amputation of a finger.”
The serious side worries Sarah Fenwick-Mulcahy. After going to the doctor about her acute coldness, it was discovered her Raynaud’s is part of an autoimmune disorder called CREST syndrome (the ‘R’ represents Raynaud’s). It’s a degenerative disease: “I am concerned, as my condition has no treatments, only medications to help control symptoms. As a mother to two boys, it’s hard to cope with the thought that I’ll deteriorate, and my husband and children will witness that. Care for the boys will shift more and more to my husband.”
Coping techniques
Electric blankets and thermals are your friends. My own doctor was blunt: There are two ways to manage it, she told me: put freezing water on my feet (boosting circulation) - or move to a warmer climate. I chose the latter, moving from London to Sydney.
For Sarah, Aussie humour is one of the best coping devices: “My freezing hands are a source of much amusement in my household - my sons and husband call them "corpse hands" or "zombie hands." I take every opportunity to try to warm my hands on them, shocking my boys through my touch on their bare skin!”
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“I’m not in LaLa land!” Digging through my purse “I’m was just trying to get a good station” Now where are those tweezers?
“Fine, let me know when I wake up from the coma if it was worth it” He turns to give the window his full attention and grumbles “I hope our wills are in order”
Just under two more hours to go! Squawks the GPS.
“Hey, did you know that they had a Men’s, Women’s and Unisex bathroom at the last rest stop?” I asked conversationally.
“So which one did you choose?”
Funny. I married a funny guy “Actually, I was a little confused. Why do you think they have that?”
“I don’t know. Why do you keep playing with every button in the car instead of concentrating on the road?”
Did I say funny?
Sometimes words fail.
Still just under two hours? Hasn’t like an hour passed already?
“Hey, you know…” Oh, I love that song….lemme just program that station… “I read something hysterical on Bugginword the other day….she came up with the funniest name....hey, when did they put that there?......anyway, what do you think of the name Magillicutty Vagina Juice....”
“Pull over and let me drive!”
“Huh?”
“Your mind is obviously overflowing with Magillicutty Vagina Juice and, if you don’t mind, I don’t feel like dying today”
Sheesh!
“Fine”
His features always look way more relaxed from the driver’s side anyway. And I’m all about making him more relaxed (-:
GRAB THE BUTTON AND SPREAD THE WORD ..... BLOGGERS DO IT BETTER YO!!!
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Mother, wife, writer, friend, un-willing employee, feeder of fish and cats (all right, so I don't always remember to feed the fish-it's not my fault they can't talk to remind me), cleaner of house and clocks and not necessarily all in that order or always done well but getting done nevertheless (-:
More?
O.K. I love my son more than air, I would drink tomato sauce from the can if it was socially acceptable, my husband and I want to throw live grenades at each other on a daily basis but love each other still (strong love beats live grenades. In Battleship and in life! 11 years and still going strong.
Thanks Lee!!!
Double Thanks to Robyn for both of these awards-visit her @ http://robyns-page.blogspot.com/
Tamara-Thank you for this!!! xoxoxoxoox visit her at @ homespunheartscandles.blogspot.com xoxoxo
Thanks so much to Blia @ superheroesmom.com
Grab An Award-see below
Finally, you do not need to be a recipient of an award to give an award!
Grab An Award – My way of awarding it forward. The only rules are: THERE ARE NO RULES (Only rule is no rules? Rule for rules? Is that a rule? I’m so confused)
And what is nicer than giving an award with no strings attached just because?
So in the spirit of fun blog awarding and ‘cause I think they’re a great way to connect and share the blog love with our awesome fellow bloggers (without the chain letter affect-they give me the willies), I have created The Divine Blogger and Rock Star Blogger Awards to grab-I know, fancy right? -(o.k. so I won't quit my day job)
Grab it and let the lucky recipient (s) know that you have given them a rule-free award and not to be afraid to pick it up on your site.Once they grab it from your site, they are free to pass it along to others (rule-free of course). And anyone can grab it from their sites to pass on as well.
Hope you all enjoy awarding it forward!
Now hurry! Go make room in your closet for all that good karma. And please get rid of those old sweatpants while you're at it! (-:
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The Lancers evened the season series against the Vaqueros with the win. Texas Rio Grande Valley defeated California Baptist 81-74 on Jan. 5. California Baptist finishes out the regular season against New Mexico State on the road on Saturday.
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Complaints should always be considered. If the complaint is valid, it does not matter what the source is. However, if the compaint is from the land owner/manager, the cache needs to be disabled until their concerns are met. The land owner/manager has the final say, always.
I agree that all complaints should be considered. One of the benchmarks though is validity. One of the first steps to establishing that would be to determine it the complanent has a right to complain. For example, I can complain a farmer is driving to fast across his corn field. I can attempt to justify my complaint by saying, " the farmer could lose control of the tractor and careen out into traffic." Further more I could shift focus of the complaint and say," I heard people in town, especially the folks who live in the green house at the end of the corn field complain that the farmer drives his tractor too fast." Is this a valid complaint????? Without investigating the complaint you wouldn't know if there truly is a complaint or I may just making it hard for the farmer to do his farming. Not all sources offer legitimate complaints. No action, in regards to the complaint should be made until the complaint or complanent is validated. To do so in my example would be to punish the farmer without giving the farmer the benefit of due process.
Any others? I knew I should have gotten my degree and gone to law school...lol. Thanks for all the clarifications from everyone and also GPSfun our reviewer and know that there is more discussion to be had here.
Just smile it won't crack your face
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is
suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best
friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
Complaints
We have not had any troubles with our two caches. But it seems to me that a complaint is only as good as its validity. Otherwise it's just whining. Trying to enhance the sport of caching, seems lately to be pushing the envelope, in trying to make the hides more ingenious. Not everyone is going to agree with some of them. My response comes once again from GPSfun." The sport is big enough for everyone. Just do the caches that appeal to you." A hike to the top of a mountain, or an urban lamp post micro. We have enjoyed this sport tremendously, we hope you do too.
Why not live life like it is your last day....instead of pretending to be a member of the Peter Pan Club and believing you will be around forever.
Complaints should always be considered. If the complaint is valid, it does not matter what the source is. However, if the compaint is from the land owner/manager, the cache needs to be disabled until their concerns are met. The land owner/manager has the final say, always.
Just having a little fun here. . . . Incidentally, I agree with the problem-solutions you presented. Couldn't help myself though so this is what I came up with . . .
Missing log: ask that the geocacher write out his log on birchbark . . . barring that, ask that the next geocacher attempt to make his own paper on site if it is a missing log
Missing pen: ask the geocacher to make a small fire, douse the fire and use the charcoal to write in the logbook
Missing cache: blame it on UFO alien abductions . . . first they abducted us and conducted their anal probe examinations on us . . . and now they're after our caches -- either that or tell the geocacher that he/she must not have realized that you have equipped your cache with a Romulan cloaking device
Wet cache: bring the towel you swiped from the Holiday Inn on the next trip in to dry out the cache
Feet wet going to the cache: advise the cacher that a) in the future they shouldn't go caching in the rain or right after ten days of rain if they want dry feet or b) advise the cacher that you truly are concerned about their feet and on the next trip in you'll pave the trail, erect bridges, etc.
Ticks/bugs at the cache: Immediately hire a cropduster to spray banned DDT . . . and mix in a little Agent Orange for those cachers who may feel as though there's too much vegetation for the cache to hide behind
Access complaints: If the issue is that access is too far or too muddy, etc. then buy a Jeep and leave it at the start of the trailhead for cachers to use. If the issue is landowner permission then attempt to buy the land from the landowner so that access will not be an issue.
Misread cache description: Include a link to the Hooked on Phonics website for those who have problems reading the cache if the issue is theirs . . . or consider hiring a professional writer to write up caches if the issue is your own
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the realization that there is something more important than fear."
geez!
Originally Posted by firefighterjake
Feet wet going to the cache: advise the cacher that a) in the future they shouldn't go caching in the rain or right after ten days of rain if they want dry feet or b) advise the cacher that you truly are concerned about their feet and on the next trip in you'll pave the trail, erect bridges, etc.
you must have read the log someone wrote yesterday for one of my caches!
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"Novell today is rolling out the newest edition of its flagship enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11. The new releases are the first major updates since the SLES and SLED 10 releases in July of 2006. With SLES 11, Novell is also providing a baseline image so software vendors can easily build appliances. The concept is something know as a JeOS (Just enough Operating System) and has been trumpeted by Novell as the future of operating systems."
Actually it's 4.1.3 + patches to make KDE 4.1 usable for the average SLED customer. We have a version freeze point in the development cycle that dictates the choice to take 4.1.3. If you've seen openSUSE 11.1 you know how it looks, plus a few months more bugfixing.
Well, I have been using KDE 4.2 for the past month and have been testing it on a small group (15 people) of users and they are, for the first time, raving about a non-Microsoft product.
There are small gotchas here and there, but KDE 4 is a much better product than KDE3 ever was, even if it isn't as mature in some areas. But guess what? We can pick and choose.
For instance, we still use the kde3 version of k3b and have settled on evolution as the email client for now.
Have you actually used kde 4.2? If these were very conservative users, I would have gone to Debian and KDE 3.5.10, which is a very good and mature product, but there are lots of improvements to the overall fit and finish of the desktop in kde4 that make it more appropriate for this specific deployment.
I have to do a Linux enterprise desktop rollout fairly soon and it would be interesting to see whether Novell has decided to support the kde4 line.
You have to do an enterprise desktop rollout fairly soon and you are looking to KDE4????
Some personal desktop users I can kind of understand wanting to be early adopters. But an enterprise rollout of KDE4 when even personal-desktop oriented distros like PCLinuxOS don't think it's ready yet?
Which front page?
You mean here http://www.microsoft.com ?
I don't know, maybe because Novell and Microsoft didn't release version 3.0 of their patents agreement.
BTW, if you want to run .NET applications I think that Windows is a better option.
In any case, I don't really know what the answer to that question would be, or even what it could be. Someone, (Thom, I suppose) made a judgment call, and put it on the second page. Perhaps this one is a bit borderline, but even so, who really cares? If you use RSS, like me, you get front page and page 2 news all the same. And you clearly found the article, so it wasn't an impediment in that case.
I suppose I would agree, though, that this article is probably higher in importance than others found on Front page; 25 Years of Mac? Analysts indecisive (over Android)? A review of the IBM x41? A new release of one of the major Linux distros does seem, to me, at least, to be significantly higher in importance.
But then I don't have to make those judgment calls, or listen patiently to my whiny users every time they disagree over such a trivial matter. In other words: Let it go, man. Just let it go...
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Main Auditorium
Hosting events of up to 950 people with one of the widest stages in Tasmania makes The Main Auditorium the ideal venue for large concerts, theatre productions, conferences, fashion parades or any event anticipating a large crowd.
Being light controlled it is functional day or night. Flexible seating options offers a variety of comfortable configurations, Theatre, U Shape, Classroom or no seating for an exhibition.
The Main Auditorium is fitted with a high output, high definition projector, cutting edge intelligent lighting and sound equipment which can all be configured to meet your specific needs. Fitted Television cameras can project enlarged images. We have the capability to live stream your event to off-site locations. Please feel free to download our detailed technical specifications and engineering documents.
The Main Auditorium is complemented by a large foyer with our cafe Selah, ideal spaces for guests to mingle over coffee or a meal. The Main Auditorium is situated next to Hope Lounge, a perfect meeting place for VIP guests or as a larger Green Room than the one located backstage.
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Press Release
Finally, a Social Media Platform Everyone Can Make Money on
Photrist is the latest social media platform. It is a free application allowing everyone to take pictures, share them, follow others, with the potential to make money every time their photo is sold.
Columbia, MO, July 19, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Photrist is now live with their Pre-Launch as of July 15, 2017. Photrist is a social media platform where everyone can take pictures, share their story behind the photo, and have the potential to make money when their photo sells. Photrist can be used by anyone taking pictures on their phone or camera. Photrist allows the ability for users to share photos, and all followers can comment on the photos as well as share them with their friends. People spend a considerable amount of time taking pictures and posting them on all forms of social media. This social media platform promotes their photos to others looking to buy them. Now people can get paid for being social.
Social media had no way for users to monetize their passion for photography for free. Photrist was created to allow users to do just that. Now all professional and nonprofessional photographers, artist, and hobbyist, can increase their income opportunity and growth potential very easily using the social media platform of Photrist.
“When people understand, and realize they can make money every time someone buys their photo from the Photrist Marketplace, that’s when reality hits,” says Dan Komo, co-founder of Photrist. “With the Photrist community, our goal is to allow photographers, artists, creators, designers, and novice photographers, a community to not only grow from but collaborate and share their story and experiences.”
Photos are an important aspect to business owners or bloggers because of the amount of engagement photos get. Utilizing the Photrist platform, it offers a wide assortment of photos to choose from to the business owner or blogger. It is Photrist goal to allow photographers, artists, creators, designers, and novice photographers a social platform they can collaborate and share their story and experiences on for free.
The Photrist community is full of unique photos added daily. This gives business owners and bloggers photos covering almost every subject possible. There is opportunity for pictures to appeal to all subjects, and even if there isn’t exactly what some is looking for, there are photos capturing quality, different, interesting, beautiful, special, and emotional moments.
At Photrist, taking photos allows user to have A New Relationship With Your Photography™. During the pre-launch, it is free and Photrist makes the platform easy to use. Anyone can upload and manage their photos, as everyone is a seller and a buyer. There is also opportunity for the photos sold to be printed on products such as canvas, postcards, or prints. All this media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, and preserved on the Photrist social media platform. Photrist also is available as a mobile app available from Goggle Play store and Apple’s App Store.
Learn how Photrist helps users sell their photos while retaining full rights, with unlimited storage, and the ability to set their own price with 100% commission. Although it is free to use, the only requirement necessary is users must register for an account. Registering for the account is also free. Those looking to sign up for a free account and start monetizing their creativity and share their stories can go to the Photrist website at: https://photrist.com/marketplace
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For all those following along, I have a rookie keto question: Will 1 scoop of whey protein concentrate (23g protein, 2g fat, 4g carbs) throw me out of ketosis if I'm keeping my net carbs under 30g day?
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Cumulative Update 3 for Exchange Server 2013 resolves issues that were found in Exchange Server 2013 CU1/CU2 since the software was released. This update rollup is highly recommended for all Exchange Server 2013 customers.
The CU3 package can be used to perform a new installation, or to upgrade an existing Exchange Server 2013 installation to CU3. You do not need to install Cumulative Update 1 or CU2 for Exchange Server 2013 when you are installing CU2.
This Cumulative Update includes Schema and AD changes, so make sure you run PrepareSchema / PrepareAD. After updating, the schema version will be 15283. For list of schema versions see wiki
Cumulative Update 2 for Exchange Server 2013 contains the following major changes
Usability improvements when adding members to new and existing groups in the Exchange Administration Console
Online RMS available for use by non-cloud based Exchange deployments
Improved admin audit log experience
Windows 8.1 / Internet Explorer 11 no longer requires using OWA Light
Cumulative Update 3 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 contains the fix for the security issue that is described in Security Bulletin MS13-061 and resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:
Please Note: Cumulative Updates can be installed directly, i.e. no need to install RTM prior to Cumulative Updates, also note that once installed, you can’t uninstall a Cumulative Update nor any of the installed Exchange server roles. The order of upgrading servers is irrelevant, unlike with previous generations of Exchange.
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Cadillac aims its flagship XTS at imports and traditional buyers
November 15, 2011
The Cadillac XTS sedan is powered by a V6 engine rated at 300 hp.
With the demise of the DTS and the STS, Cadillac has lacked a large, comfy cruise ship slotted at the top end of its lineup. That changes with the arrival of the XTS sedan, revealed on Wednesday at the Los Angeles auto show.
Looking nearly identical to the concept revealed at the 2010 Detroit auto, the XTS also debuts Cadillac's CUE technology, a connectivity feature with voice and gesture recognition.
The XTS draws power from a 3.6-liter direct-injection V6 with variable valve timing putting out 300 hp and 264 lb-ft of torque. That's paired with a six-speed automatic transmission. It will come in front- and Haldex all-wheel-drive models. The full-size sedan has room for five.
The car rolls on base 19-inch wheels, with 20s available as an upgrade. The suspension gets Magnetic Ride Control, and Brembo brakes are standard.
The front-wheel-drive car is expected to get 17 mpg in city driving and 28 mpg on the highway; the AWD model checks in at 17/27 mpg.
The XTS gets CUE, Cadillac's answer to advanced connected systems from BMW, Audi, Lincoln and others. CUE, which means Cadillac User Experience, works with a 12.3-inch reconfigurable cluster and an eight-inch touch screen. It pairs information and entertainment with more storage capability and fewer buttons, Caddy claims.
Perhaps most intriguingly, as the user's hand nears the screen, the system senses that and the icons appear. It also can be operated via swipes and other gestures, like similar to the way in which iPhones are operated. The ATS and the SRX also will get CUE in 2012.
Stylewise, the car looks like the concept from nearly two years ago, with a prominent grille and angled headlights. It's meant to have a larger, elegant appeal, rather than the brash, sometimes severe looks of the CTS.
The XTS goes into production in the spring in Ontario.
The concept had a fire-breathing, high-output hybrid configuration, though that has not made it to the final production trim.
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The rechargeable 7.2 volt lithium ion battery provides up to 7 hours of heating depending on heat range and zone control.
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IP related to LCD TV technology
Sony has resolved a dispute with Vizio over the latter company's patents involving technology used in LCD televisions. Rather than fight the battle in court, Sony decided to become a licensee for rights to use the technology from Vizio's patent portfolio.
While Vizio has been fighting Sony over intellectual property, the Japanese company has been involved in a separate dispute aimed at the California-based TV maker. The companies have come to a similar resolution, but with Vizio licensing the technology from Sony.
Vizio has been involved in a range of patent infringement conflicts with other companies including LG and Funai, the manufacturer behind brand names such as Philips, Sylvania and Magnavox.
"Having successfully resolved the disputes, we shall continue to aggressively protect our rights and actively expand VIZIO's licensing program," said Rob Brinkman, Vizio's VP of Operations and Administration. "As an owner of patent rights and as a licensee of legitimate patent right held by others, VIZIO respects intellectual property and we expect our competitors to do the same."
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Strongsville talks break offStrongsville Schools strike negotiations have broken off, and no further talks have been scheduled. The board and teacher’s union met together with a federal mediator again Monday after negotiating for nearly 30 hours last week. There’s been no reported progress as the strike is now in its sixth week.
Lorain school district placed under state control, Cleveland sparedCleveland's schools won't go under state control, but Lorain schools will. State Superintendent Richard Ross said Monday that putting the Cleveland district under the watch of a state-appointed academic distress commission could end up delaying the district's progress. The district could have fallen under state oversight because of low test scores and lack of academic progress. But the state superintendent says a plan already in place is helping the Cleveland district make progress. In Lorain, a commission of five members will oversee academic improvement efforts. Lorain met just one of 26 standards on the annual state report card.
Medina board to vote tonight on fate on May levyThe Medina school board may withdraw its levy from the May 7 ballot at a special meeting tonight. That would come a day after it suspended its superintendent with pay and less than a week after it asked the state auditor to do a special review of the district’s books. During a press conference Monday Board President Karla Robinson underscored that Superintendent Randy Stepp is not being disciplined, and that the suspension is simply administrative while auditors sort through an account in which Stepp got more than $250,000 to pay for his MBA and to pay off old college loans. Stepp will remain on leave until the audit is complete, which could take until the end of May. In an e-mail after his suspension, Stepp said everything he has received was negotiated openly.
Lawmakers to strip Medicaid expansion from state budgetA Republican-controlled legislative panel will strip the governor's plans to expand Medicaid from the state's two-year budget proposal. The Associated Press confirmed on Monday that House lawmakers planned to drop the idea from their version of the state spending blueprint. Republican Gov. John Kasich has framed his support for expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law as a way for the state to recapture Ohio taxpayers' federal money. The state would see $13 billion from the federal government over the next seven years to cover those newly eligible for Medicaid. Many GOP lawmakers are averse to Democratic President Barack Obama's law and resistant to expanding government programs.
Proposed turnpike increases outlinedOhio Turnpike tolls are expected to increase by 25 cents for cars and $1 for trucks for a cross-state trip next year. That's according to a new 10-year toll plan proposed Monday by the turnpike commission. Tolls would rise nearly 3 percent a year, which amounts to about 30 percent over the decade. That will help pay for $1.5 billion in bonds the turnpike wants to issue for badly needed construction projects. Tolls for driving across the turnpike with E-ZPass, would rise 25 cents to $11.50 starting in January. After 10 years, the rate would be $14.75.
Revenues increase at Ohio casinos in MarchRegulators say Cincinnati’s casino raked in $21 million in revenue during its first month of operation. That’s about in line with first-month revenues for Ohio’s three other casinos. Horseshoe Casino Cleveland reported nearly $25 million in March revenue after paying winners. That was up from $22 million in February. Ohio cities and counties will receive about $35 million in revenue from the latest quarterly distribution of tax proceeds from Ohio’s four casinos.
Thistledown racino opens today
A second Ohio race track is ready to open as a racino. Thistledown race track in North Randal plans a grand opening today for its more than 1,000 video lottery terminals, which operate like slot machines. Thistledown underwent an $88 million makeover and will have restaurants, bars and live and simulcast horse racing. The racino is a joint venture involving the backers of Ohio's first casino, Horseshoe Cleveland.
Demolition of Ameritrust building begins in ClevelandDemolition begins today on a pair of downtown Cleveland office buildings to make room for Cuyahoga County’s new government headquarters. The buildings are part of the long-vacant Ameritrust complex that the county sold to a developer earlier this year. The developer will also turn the historic Ameritrust Bank rotunda and office tower into retail, entertainment and residential space. The entire project is expected to bring thousands of workers and residents to the area. The new county administration building is expected to be completed in just over a year. The rest of the Ameritrust development will follow.
Second teen accused in prominent Akron couple's murderA 14-year-old suspected accomplice has pleaded not guilty in the sledgehammer deaths of a prominent Akron attorney and his wife. The boy entered the plea Monday in Summit County Juvenile Court in the deaths last week of Jeffrey and Margaret Schobert at their Franklin Township home. Eighteen-year-old Shawn Ford Jr. of Akron, who dated the couple's teenage daughter, also has been charged with murder. He's due in court Wednesday. Ford also is charged with stabbing the daughter two weeks ago. A possible homicide motive has emerged. The Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/16IeTJJ ) reports police believe the parents were unhappy with Ford's relationship with their daughter and stopped him from visiting her at the hospital.
New foster care rules proposed; funding pledgedA new report says Ohio should reduce the number of times a child enters and exits the foster care system and give foster parents more input into court proceedings involving the children in their care. The Ohio Foster Care Advisory Group also recommends improving the system governing court-appointed lawyers who look out for foster children's interests. Attorney General Mike DeWine said Monday some of the changes will involve action by the Ohio Supreme Court and others need new legislation. DeWine's office took testimony at a series of statewide meetings following a rash of deaths among children whom the system failed. DeWine on Monday also announced that his office would provide $3 million to support foster care programs. The money will be taken from Ohio’s National Mortage Settlement.
Ohio lawmaker pushing tougher penalties for human traffickingAn Ohio lawmaker is pursuing changes to a new state law that she says will help reduce the demand behind human trafficking. Victims of human trafficking often are prostituted or pushed to work against their will in sweatshop-type jobs. Some are girls as young as 11. State Rep. Teresa Fedor, a Toledo Democrat, said Monday she expects to introduce the legislation in the coming days to toughen the penalties for those who purchase commercial sex of a minor. Solicitors would also be required to register as a sex offender. Among other changes, her proposal would increase the statute of limitations for human trafficking from six years to 20. It would ban people from knowingly purchasing advertising space for sexual activity for hire that includes a depiction of a minor.
Indians trounced in home openerIt was a tough opening day for the new-look Indians. They were trounced by the Yankees 11-6. Pitcher Ubaldo Jiminez never found his groove, allowing seven runs in his four and a half innings of work. Former longtime Indian Travis Hafner belted a three-run homer for the Yankees in his return to Cleveland. In addition to losing the game, Tribe catcher Carlos Santana was hit on his thumb by a pitch. X-rays were negative and he’s listed as day to day. The series continues tonight at Progressive Field.
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WDEL Breaks Story Of Corruption And Cronyism
They call it the Delaware “WAY”. The following is a link to a story by, WDEL’s Amy Cherry, who was also interviewed, on the Rick Jenson Show today, broadcast on WDEL 101.7, and Delaware 105.9, state-wide. EXCLUSIVE
If there is an award, for being in the right place at the right time, and for having the instinct to see a good story, and the courage to tell it, that award should go to Amy Cherry this year.
Ms. Cherry, may just have busted the biggest story in Delaware wide-open, with the help of an undisclosed source.
Read the story, and listen to the audio, and make up your own minds.
As for me, I believe the FBI, the Delaware Attorney General, HUD, and any other agencies, whose authority this would fall under, should be serving a warrant on Tom Gordon right now, along with one on Dana Long as well, and while their at it, write one for the right-honorable Senator, Bethany Hall-Long.
There should be trucks outside all of their offices, right now, seizing paperwork and computers, and emails, and phone records.
Tom Gordon just plead guilty to buying the votes of a state Senator, by giving her husband a county contract, “We got her because of her husband”, a contract, Dana Long allegedly used to gain confidential information, and used the information to benefit his wife’s campaign.
As the article stated, this is not Dana Long’s first extreme measure to guarantee his wife’s election. Also during the 2014 campaign, Long was caught on video pulling up Republican Party signs.
How deep does this go, or how high? Sen. Hall-Long denied knowing anything about her husband stealing signs, will she now claim to know nothing about this as well? “I thought Dana was on the phone a lot, but I just thought he was having an affair”.
Sen. Hall-Long is also running for Lt. Governor this year. This is someone who thinks she is on her way to being governor. Can the people of Delaware afford to have Mrs. Long in any position of authority?
Even if we want to kid ourselves, and believe she knew nothing about either sign-gate, or these latest allegations, it would show, she has no idea, what is going on, right in her own marriage, yet she expects Delaware voters to elect her to higher office?
And if she doesn’t resign, she should be investigated immediately by the Ethics Committee to determine whether she has been guilty of selling her votes, whether she knew about any of the things her husband has done on behalf of her campaign.
The call for an investigation should come ASAP, and it should come from the Democrat Leadership. If they stand silent, they are complicit in their silence. All possible criminal acts should be investigated and prosecuted.
Dana Long seems like nothing more than a functional idiot, but he may be a criminal idiot as well.
Tom Gordon’s past speaks for itself, some believe him to be Teflon, but audio evidence might just stick.
It’s going to be a long hot summer for a lot of people, only time will tell, how many of them are still around in the fall.
“The call for an investigation should come ASAP, and it should come from the Democrat Leadership.”
Bethany Hall-Long should be forced to resign from the state senate and to end her campaign for Lt. Governor.
What BHL’s husband did was the worst kind of intimidation. He has the power to kick low income families living in federally subsidized housing on to the street and he used that power to coerce those people into voting for his wife. As Bethany Long is in office, those families will feel marginalized and live in fear.
The absolute dominance of the Democratic party in Delaware has lead to this type of fox watching the hen house arrogance where campaign sign stealing and constituent bullying are met with a wink and a nod, and even if they do get caught, there is nothing the opposition political party can do here in Delaware, but to complain to def ears.
Pat, to have Republicans out in front on this would give the appearance of partisan politics, and allow the Democrats to minimize it. It has to be the Dems calling for the investigation, the same as the Republicans did with John Atkins. It’s up to the press and the people to apply the pressure for them to do so.
“What BHL’s husband did was the worst kind of intimidation. He has the power to kick low income families living in federally subsidized housing on to the street and he used that power to coerce those people into voting for his wife. As Bethany Long is in office, those families will feel marginalized and live in fear.”
Yeah, there is probably some sort of misconduct on a federal level there, but do you really think the Feds are going to look into Democrats committing some “minor” violations in the home state of the Vice President….during an election year?
News Journal is a far left progressive liberal newspaper. They are not going submit any information regarding backroom dirty Democrat political moves to the public unless forced. That would hurt the chances of any news reporter of getting a cushy state government position such as John Starkey received last month from Gov. Jack Markell.
WBOC is nothing but a coward news source that copies other major news releases.
This is just the tip of the New Castle political iceberg that just substantiates over twenty years of Democratic control why Delaware is in such bad shape. 400 million in hidden debt is no laughing matter.
This is only the tip of the iceberg. If someone would take the time checking the corruption it goes all the way to Delaware’s US reps, the Governor all the way down, Just follow the trail…………. over 1000’s of pages of documents and several billions in fraud & corruption, includes Carney, Coons, Markell, Denn, Biden, Levin, O’mara, Bhatt, B. Townsend, Schwartzkopf plus many others……
It seems like all were too quick to make assumptions. It appears there is nothing wrong except that someone doctored a tape and gave it to WDEL who ran with it…
WDEL is in the process of walking back their story…
Everyone needs to calm down, sort through the evidence, look for facts, and if there are some, then pursue action… Everyone of us has been wrongly accused of something … and it was always by someone who didn’t have a grasp on the facts…
The fact that no story appears to be there, makes most of the above comments superfluous, if not idiotic. Amy Cherry got duped by the oldest Delaware trick in the books…. She is not the first to be used….
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Trader Joe's to open Boulder store on Valentine's Day
Javier Esquivel shovels sand into a concrete mixer on Thursday, Nov. 7, while working on the new Trader Joe's location at 1906 28th St. in Boulder. (JEREMY PAPASSO)
Trader Joe's has set a Valentine's Day opening date for its Boulder grocery store.
The Monrovia, Calif.-based specialty grocer on Thursday announced that it plans to open its first three Colorado stores -- two Denver locations and the Boulder store at the Twenty Ninth Street mall -- at 8 a.m. Feb. 14. The grocery operator with a maritime theme and Hawaiian shirt-wearing employees will host a "ceremonial lei cutting" at each store, officials said.
Trader Joe's has gained a following for its selection of specialty food items and inexpensive products such as its Charles Shaw wine that became known as "Two-Buck Chuck" for its $1.99 price tag.
Per Colorado law, which limits grocery stores to one liquor license, the only Trader Joe's location in the state that will sell wine, beer and spirits is the company's store at Eighth and Colorado avenues in Denver.
Trader Joe's has two additional Colorado locations in the works, including another in Denver, at Seventh Avenue and Logan Street, and one in Fort Collins, off College Avenue and Horsetooth Road.
On Thursday, construction activity continued to progress at the Trader Joe's 1906 28th St. site in Boulder. The structure that consisted of a steel frame two months ago was wrapped by plywood and bricks, giving a hint of the exterior design to come.
When Trader Joe's opens in Boulder, it will enter a crowded grocery field that recently gained a new competitor in a Walmart Neighborhood Market.
Local industry analysts have said that Trader Joe's could pull sales from existing mid-tier grocers but also draw in customers from the region and bolster sales tax revenue for Twenty Ninth Street and the city of Boulder.
New coordinator pushes Buffs to work, play at level he expectsJim Leavitt has discovered this much about his new defense at Colorado: He has some talent with which to work, but his players need to put it in another gear. Full Story
New coordinator pushes Buffs to work, play at level he expectsJim Leavitt has discovered this much about his new defense at Colorado: He has some talent with which to work, but his players need to put it in another gear. Full Story
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
In this week's PW, publisher Jon Karp wrote a great piece about the 12 things publishing needs to work on. It's definitely worth reading, and though it's funny at times, much of the advice is right on.
Even funnier, Dan Menaker's response, which I found through the HarperStudio blog. Yes, dear readers, these are the sort of things that amuse us.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
So The New Yorker has posted a contest to identify some book covers from pretty small details. This week's is a lot harder than last week's, and we're a bit shorthanded around here today. Miriam and I are way too impatient to wait for the answers to be revealed, and we've only got 2 & 4 down. Head over there, check 'em out--if you think you know them, by all means enter to win--and then come back here and put us out of our misery!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The timing will probably seem odd, what with #AmazonFail and all, but I've taken the plunge and ordered a Kindle 2. I managed to not order one on the day of the announcement(impressive self-control on my part, really). I didn't order one right after I got to play with the samples that the Kindle team brought to our office. But, events in my life conspired to convince me that now is the time. It arrives on Friday, and I have a feeling I'll spend more on books this weekend than I have in the past 6 months. I'll let you know.
Speaking of #AmazonFail, I think I'm the only one who didn't see it as some vast conspiracy to rid the world of gay literature. Amazon likes making money, and it seemed to me that flagging all gay-related books as "adult" and unrankable was a quick way to lose money. Maybe I'm naive, but the whole situation seemed more like a "glitch" (though that's rather dismissive) than a purge.
Friday, April 10, 2009
A few evenings ago I was talking with an editor who described, quite beautifully, the plot of a novel that he had recently acquired. In doing so, he used the word "reify," which is a wonderful word, but one that seldom shows up in flap copy--usual suspects being adjectives like "luminous," "compelling," "masterful," etc. I said as much, and he laughed good-naturedly, and said that as an assistant (at a venerable and highly serious house, mind you) a marketing director had nixed his use of the adjective "Swiftian" in a book description. I could relate. My first week of work as an editorial assistant, I marveled at the erudition of the editors around me who described the project under discussion, a proposal for a book on meditation, as "very much in the vein of Thomas More." Impressive. In the meeting minutes, which I was taking, I carefully noted the comparison title was the political tract Utopia by the sixteenth century English saint/statesman, which (fortuitously!) I had had to read in service of a survey course. And not, however, Care of the Soul, the New York Times bestseller published a year or so earlier by super-successful spirituality author Thomas Moore. This entry on the widely-circulated minutes earned me some funny looks from my colleagues, plus a gentle but firm recommendation from my boss that I should start updating my comp title frame of reference. Fast.
This was, in fact, not the only moment in which I suspected I might be ill-served by my alternate life as a graduate student in literature. When I had first interviewed for the position assisting an editor who managed the women’s fiction list, I had earnestly expounded on my favorite feminist writers; I cited a veritable Norton anthology of names, which grew longer and more frantic as I noted the editor’s increasingly bemused expression. When she explained that the kind of women’s fiction she was talking about was mostly romance and romantic suspense, I believe I may have mumbled something about reading Gone with the Wind, but probably retreated into stricken silence. How it was that she hired me, I’m not sure. In any case, working in women’s fiction was as good a starting point as any to discover that the business of acquiring books and the business of studying them, did not, apparently, have much to do with one another. As it became obvious that what I had thought would be a felicitous overlap in interdependent fields were in fact two divergent career paths, I took a semester off from the doctoral program, cast my lot with Thomas Moore, and never looked back. Until, that is, the other evening when the editor with whom I was talking used the word "reify."
Whenever I run across it, in a reaction either Proustian or Pavlovian, I am instantly transported back to the days when, as a distraction from wrestling with the works of theorists whose books appeared to be in English but were not, I kept a running list of words that seldom occur outside of graduate school. My favorite was "reify," but others included "problematic" when used as a noun, or "problemetize" (a verb); "vexed" (usually describing an idea), e.g."The narrative is a vexed one…" foreground" but only as a verb, as in "I’d like to foreground the problematic…"and "fraught" but only when unaccompanied by "with," as in "The text is fraught."
Proust had his madeleine cakes and I have my grad-school word list. I wonder if anyone else out there has such nostalgic associations with particular words–if so, I’d love to hear them.
Speaking of nostalgia, I just read Joanna Smith Rakoff’s wonderful debut novel, A Fortunate Age. The book, published by Scribner, is an updating of and homage to Mary McCathy’s The Group, set against the rise and resounding "pop" of the dot com bubble in New York–an era when 24-year-old new media millionaires were poster children for an economy freed from antiquated, mellow-harshing rules, and Williamsburg Brooklyn was the locus of a self-conscious hipsterism and attendant abuse of trucker hats. She captures a time and place I remember well with dead-on accuracy. I’m curious to know if folks reading this have their own nominees for books that capture the zeitgeist of a particular time and place.
Teleread had an item yesterday about Digital Newsbooks, newspapers' multi-part series conveniently repackaged as ebooks for $4.95. It's an interesting idea, and I'm curious to see if they're able to make money. I know I've gone back and read these sorts of series after they ended, and if they were convenient and easy to access, I know I might be willing to pay a fee for them. Newspapers are eager for new ways to make money, and if this allows them to continue or increase their investigative journalism, I'm all for it. And, a successful newsbook could be a signal that a longer, book-length treatment would have an audience. I'll be keeping my eye on this.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Do you have to be “attractive” for someone to buy your book? No. Will you get more media attention for your book if you’re traditionally good looking? Possible.
My take is this: if you’re attractive, it can help your chances. If you’re unattractive, it can’t hurt. I’ve never picked up a book and thought, “Yikes! Not gonna read a book by that!” I honestly don’t think author photos make anyone buy or not buy a book in the bookstore. At most, it’s the very last thing that tips a buyer into the “yes” or “no” column.
So for all you gorgeous souls out there, there’s one more reason to thank genetics. The rest of us will carry on depending on our supreme intellect and prodigious talent.
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Nov. 21, 2012: Posting Facebook messages about co-workers, customers and workplaces can get employees into hot water, and that point was recently illustrated for a Houston waiter. Joel Eisenbaum reports.
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At the Vancouver stop of their tour, the Odd Future duo of Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, known collectively as MellowHype did as most artists do while in the Canadian city and had a conversation with Nardwuar. As always, the charismatic interviewer presents the interviewees with a number of gifts. For MellowHype it’s baconnaise, bacon waffles and among other items including the usual swathe of rare vinyl records. Watch the interview in full above.
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Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:11:05 GMTMore...]]>The two notorious supervillains were previously released as Prisoner variants to coincide with FTC’s fleet of DC Comics vehicles. The only way you could get Penguin was by purchasing the Mobile Bat-Lab, and Joker was the figure included with the Gotham City Police Transport Van. Now, for those who haven’t had a chance to purchase…
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Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:18:18 GMTWith the sad news of Toys R Us, we thought we'd ask Mego heads what their best mego Memory is of TRU, what one item did you get there as a kid has brought you the most happiness?
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Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:51:11 GMTMore...]]>Viewers watched this winged warrior every weekend, and now every day can feel like Saturday morning thanks to Figures Toy Company! Another classic Hanna Barbera character is coming soon to FTC, and he’s bringing a few friends with him. Birdman will soon be here to fight FEAR, and he’ll be joined just as he was…
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For me, it's Catwoman and Green Arrow--I've bought several of each, trying to find unfaded costumes.
I know a collector here who has perhaps 30 Mego Spidey figures, and that made me curious about collecting habits or preferences.
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Sun, 04 Mar 2018 03:39:27 GMTI moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota around 11 months ago and I'm still discovering what's here. This weekend was the 37th annual Greater Midwest Toy Show, so naturally I had to go check it out. My kids have grown up going to MegoMeet and toy shows, so we loaded up the Godzilla family and went to check it out.
It was a good sized event occupying 2 large ballrooms in a local event center. Easily 90% of it was farm toy/diecast car stuff. It was interesting to see another side to toy collecting I'm not normally exposed to. There were tables of reproduction parts, farm toy customizers, and multiple guys with tables selling the same new matchbox/hot wheels toys you could find in Walmart. Not all that different from other shows I've been to, but a very different subject matter.
There were 2 tables with Star Wars stuff (mostly from the new trilology), a couple classic Joes and AT era vehicles, and some 90s Batman stuff. There were more comic books than I'm used to seeing at shows, but the prices didn't convince me anyone was really interested in selling.
I enjoyed myself, but apart from an overprices painted head GI Joe there was nothing I'd even consider buying.
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A proposed Mexico-to-Canada highway gets mixed reactions.
It'll carry Mexican produce north, put rural towns on the map and transform isolated cities into transportation hubs. But though funding for Interstate 11 is non-existent and construction still decades away, opposition to the Mexico-to-Canada corridor – the first new interstate since I-70 was completed in 1992 – is already gathering steam. "We know freeways drive development and sprawl," says Sandy Bahr, director of the Sierra Club's Grand Canyon chapter. "And we already have huge air-quality problems in the Phoenix area."
Or, as Tonopah, Nev., business owner Ron Browning grumbled to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "By the time they get a freeway built, we'll be flying cars."
A section linking Phoenix and Las Vegas – the largest adjacent major U.S. cities not joined by an interstate – is the top priority, with planning underway. Supporters cite economic benefits, safer driving and decreased traffic jams. But along less-developed routes north of Vegas and south of Phoenix, the response is less enthusiastic. In Picture Rocks, Ariz., retiree Albert Lannon enjoys sleeping on a futon outside his doublewide, listening to great horned owls. "I'd hate to listen to the sounds of traffic instead," he says.
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Yes, yes, I know that more freeways mean more sprawl but other forms of transportation such as rail, bike trails, etc, etc. are not being provided. I also believe that Susanville in NE California near NW Nevada, U.S. Highway 395 and access to Death Valley National Park and the California major parks such as Sequoia would be helped by better transportation. I want, of course, the addition of a freeway such as Interstate 11 to include separated bike-way, hiking and horse pathways. Every highway must include wildlife over and underpasses. in addition to Interstate 11, I want Interstate 70 to be be credibly completed. Seer? MORE roads, paths and wildlife through-ways , not less!!!
Anytime an interstate is being built, that is the time to consider all the needs of rural communities and parks being impacted.
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Nolan Patrick Veesart
Mar 13, 2014 11:14 AM
It's 2014; the planet is burning up. So of course, let's build another Interstate Highway. Brilliant!
Jim Vance
Mar 14, 2014 09:40 AM
Yet another boondoggle proposed by (and intrinsically for primary benefit to) the "build it and they will come" induced-development insider-syndication political-kickback schemers who have become quite wealthy and a very powerful business lobby which became franchised across the entire US and many other countries over the past century of roadbuilding.
W John Faust
Mar 16, 2014 10:01 PM
My guess is that the automobile and the highway system represent the worst decision techno-man has ever made. The sprawl, the energy, the pollution, the dissecting of the wildlands, ... . Now we have global warming and the sixth mass extinction.
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Academy Update: FCD go undefeated against Andromeda FC
FRISCO, Texas – The FC Dallas Academy teams hosted Andromeda this weekend and outscored the visitors by a combined score of 8-1. The U-15 Pre Academy team was idle once again, but the U-14s and U-13s both came away with wins against Andromeda.
The U-18s had to settle for a 1-1 draw when they last faced Andromeda in October - a match that ended FCD's season-starting six-game winning streak. There would be no settling this time around, as Dallas piled seven goals on their opponent while registering their fourth straight shutout. The game-winning goal was scored just two minutes in by El Paso native Alonso Gallegos, and FCD ran away with the match from there. Jesus De La Tejera burst onto the scoresheet with his first two goals of the season in the 10th and 15th minutes, respectively.
Gallegos bagged a brace of his own when he scored his second goal of the match just before the break. Not to be matched, De La Tejera scored his third in the 62nd minute to become just the second FCD U-18 player this season to score a hat trick. U.S. U-17 Residency product Fernando Laverde notched FCD's sixth goal in the 64th minute, and forward Bobby Edet rounded out the scoring in the 89th with his sixth goal of the season.
With an overall record of 15-1-2, the U-18s remain in first place in the Texas Division.
FC Dallas U-16s: 1Andromeda FC: 1
In a reversal of fortunes, the U-16s beat Andromeda 7-0 when they last met, but ended in a 1-1 tie last weekend. FC Dallas jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute when Antonio Aguilar scored his fourth goal of the season. Unfortunately, Andromeda midfielder Hayden Bahadoorsingh found the back of the net in the 35th minute and the match ended in a draw.
The U-16s remain in second place in the Texas Division with 24 points through 15 divisional games, 10 points behind the first place Dallas Texans.
FC Dallas U-14s: 4Andromeda FC: 1
The U-14 Pre Academy team stayed undefeated through their first 12 games as they beat Andromeda 4-1 for the second straight time last weekend. Joel Avilez scored his first two goals of the season for FC Dallas in the win, while Alejandro Martinez scored his third of the campaign and Christian Ramirez scored his 14th.
FC Dallas U-13s: 5Andromeda FC: 2
The U-13s got their second straight win in a 5-2 victory over Andromeda. Alejandro Zendejas scored his first two goals of the season, and FCD also got goals from Brandon Pike, Eddie Munjoma and Benji Granillo.
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Another completely unique and brilliant album by such a talented artist. Whilst it is always easy to enjoy music friends make, to recognise that a dear soul is making such classic work that will just stand the test of time is just awe-inspiring. So proud and so thankful for this amazing artist and wonderful spirit.
Favorite track: Exposure.
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Segue once again sums up the west coast experience with this collection of 8 beautiful tracks. Dubby, ambient goodness perfect for doing homework, relaxing, or hiking through the BC rainforest.
Favorite track: Deep Valley.
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Oddly enough, I wouldn't even consider this album to be a "dub techno" album completely. In a genre long-plagued with tags like "boring", "samey", and "grey", I commend Jordan for creating an absurdly unique and album-oriented sound. The album systematically alters the structure of most classic dub techno songs in favor of a more post-rock-like construction: there's a clear beginning, a build-up, a climax, and then a finale or coda. Even pop music makes an appearance on "Deep Valley," a clear standout with an arresting, panoramic climax. By doing so, it circumvents absolutely all expectations for the dub genre. OTM for sure lives up to it's "sea to sky" concept. I'm sure Jamie would be hard-pressed to find newer unsigned artists out there with an ability to create newly-constructed forms of natural beauty in music so well–an ability that Jordan so deftly uses on his new album–that his label's roster has churned out over the years. What a true dub masterpiece, Basic Channel for the 2010s.
Favorite track: Deep Valley.
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General Civil Liberties on the Docket
Citizens in Charge v. Husted (amicus)
Status:
Case Dates:
Friday, 12 February, 2016 - Friday, 13 May, 2016
Facts:
In a case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law successfully challenged the constitutionality of an Ohio statute that banned non-Ohio residents from gathering signatures on initiative petitions. The group also sought monetary damages from Secretary of State Husted to compensate for the higher cost of using only in-state residents to circulate their petition, costs incurred due to the Secretary’s continued enforcement of the unconstitutional statute.
Secretary Husted filed a motion for immunity from Plaintiffs’ damages claim in which he argued that the doctrine of qualified immunity shielded him from personal liability. The District Court denied Defendant Husted’s motion because courts have long agreed that qualified immunity is not available to public officials whose conduct violates “clearly established law.” The District Court further explained that the Sixth Circuit clearly established in Nader v. Blackwell that limiting petition signature gathering to Ohio residents constitutes a First Amendment violation. The District Court also granted Plaintiffs’ motion for a permanent injunction prohibiting Defendant Husted from enforcing the statute.
In an opinion authored by Judge Sutton, a Sixth Circuit panel reversed the trial court’s denial of Husted’s qualified immunity claim. Judge Sutton’s opinion rejects the “clearly established law” test with an even higher – and mistaken – test. This new test provides that the enforcing official’s qualified immunity defense can be defeated only by a showing that the law enforced was “grossly and flagrantly unconstitutional.”
Legal Theory:
This matter presents a major misinterpretation of law that, if unchallenged, threatens to broadly frustrate the vindication of federal constitutional rights.
Status:
On February 18, 2016, Citizens in Charge filed a petition to have the panel’s decision reviewed by the entire Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Four days later on February 22, 2016 we filed an amicus brief that was also signed by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law urging the Sixth Circuit to grant the petition for en banc review. The petition was denied by the Court on May 4, 2016.
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Over 800 Zambians will be receiving clean, sustainable water ending their long walk because YOU walked with us and donated to help them. A special thanks to all who labored to make this possible, including all our new students friends who helped and participated.
The study culminated this week in several high-interest interactive experiences. On Tuesday students engaged in small group presentations to learn about the elements of sanitation and hygiene which World Vision uses in its Water Program to ensure that clean water stays clean.
Diane Savage presenting elements of World Vision’s Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Program to students at Horizon Christian School.
On Wednesday morning Chikondi Phiri, World Vision Zambia’s Deputy National Director spoke to the students at a school wide assembly, telling them stories about individual students whose lives have been transformed by access to clean water alongside good sanitation and hygiene.
Chikondi Phiri speaking to students at Horizon Christian School on Wednesday.
At the end of his presentation, Chikondi fielded many excellent questions from the Horizon students:
…. Do you have warm water for your showers?
How long does take to make a well?
How you get soap?
Do you hurt your feet when you walk to the water pits? …..
After the assembly students went outside for their own Walk4Water! The sun was shining as students walked laps carrying buckets of water to simulate the experience of rural Africans collecting dirty water for their daily use.
Teacher & WaterAfrica Board Member Margaret Hanscom walking with students after the assembly on Wednesday.
We look forward to walking with many of these students and their families this Saturday morning at Walk4Water9!
Chikondi Phiri will join us for Walk4Water9! Chikondi is Deputy National Director for World Vision Zambia and he brings a wealth of experience and insight to share with us on April 23.
The WaterAfrica 2015 Travel Team got to meet with Chikondi while in Zambia last summer and now we look forward to welcoming him to Lake Oswego and introducing him to you this month!
Chikondi has served World Vision for 20 years in a variety of roles including Project Coordinator, Area Development Program (ADP) Manager, Planning and Resource Development Manager, Regional Operations Manager and Operations Director; providing overall leadership to field operations and sectoral technical teams. He holds an MBA in Leadership Development from Eastern University (USA); a Masters of Science in Agricultural Engineering from Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania); and a Bachelors of Engineering in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Zambia.
Chikondi is a gifted speaker with a deep passion for the children of Southern Africa. You will be encouraged and challenged by his stories about the transformational power of accessible clean water in rural Zambia. Please Join Us April 23!
WaterAfrica seeks a student interested in research and grant writing experience who is passionate about water, sanitation and hygiene issues in the developing world. This volunteer position is an opportunity for college credit with flexible schedule and hours.
We were repeatedly impressed with the ingenuity, resourcefulness and resiliency of the women we met on WaterAfrica’s Zambia 2012 trip. Again and again we saw examples of villagers building on a WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) element not only to improve its function, but often to also add aesthetic value to its design. We visited a village primarily led by women. Clean water had not yet come to their community but they had already implemented sanitation and hygiene skills they learned from neighboring villages. Listening, learning and changing in order to bring health and opportunity to their village, these women were determined, creative and resourceful. Inspired by designs they’d seen printed on their chitenge skirts they even painted their buildings – including the latrines both inside and out! And they did NOT stop at Home Depot for paint!!!
What would these amazing women accomplish if they didn’t have to spend their time collecting unsafe water for their daily needs??
At the recent Hope2Opportunity event presented by Columbia-Willamette Chapter of Women of Vision, Kari Constanza, World Vision Journalist/Reporter spoke about her WASH related travels with World Vision. You can watch Kari’s short film Walking In Sabina’s Shoes, online here and see Kari join a Kenyan lady named Sabina on her daily trek to water. In the film Kari tells us that 3 years earlier Sabina had visited someone who lived in a community with a spring fed source bringing water right to her own property and when it was time for Sabina to go home she lamented the return to her personal plight of walking hours for water each day.
After the film ends, the story turns joyful when a water project in Sabina’s region brought water to her village and a spigot to her own backyard! A year after Kari walked with Sabina, Angela Schug, World Vision Marketing, visited her and wrote about it in this blog post. Check it out and you can see a picture of Sabina by her backyard water spigot! Angela also spoke at Hope2Opportunity and told how she took World Vision magazines to show Sabina that she’d been featured in stories, but Sabina couldn’t read the words. Because her days had always been spent fetching water she’d been unable to get an education! What would these women do if they had more time??
By supporting World Vision’s WASH program in Zambia, WaterAfrica helps to create more time for these women. The ZWASH program empowers the villagers and opens the door to hope and possibility. While we were in Zambia last summer WaterAfrica’s travel team met with a group of women who had a brand new borehole with clean, safe water just moments from their homes. You can see more about our visit here. For years these women walked the 1-hour round trip to their dirty water source, 3- 5 times each day! Now their lives had radically changed. Please take 30 seconds to watch the clip below. You will see a tremendous grin of gratitude and you will hear hope in answer to the question: What will you do with your time??
(if you’re reading this through your email subscription you need to click through to WaterAfrica’s website to watch the video)Today is International Women’s Day and we celebrate the many women and girls we have met in rural Zambian villages. Their hopes and dreams are stuck in the realities of living without sanitation and hygiene resources and lacking accessible, safe water. Their stories inspire us to stay diligent and focused in our efforts to bring life-changing resources to their communities, thus giving their hopes and dreams opportunities to thrive.
What would these women do if they had more time? What would their daughters do??
As you consider ways you might respond on this International Women’s Day we invite you to help WaterAfrica create more time for these women and girls by supporting World Vision’s WASH program in Zambia.
Mike Veitenhans, Zambia World Vision National Director, and Fordson Kafweku, Director of Operations, along with National ZWASH Staff (Zambia Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) gave us an overview and update on WASH projects in Zambia.
Highlights of the conversation:
**World Vision Zambia is exploring and implementing intentional strategies to engage urban Zambians about rural Zambian WASH needs and ways they can participate in solutions.
WaterAfrica Day Proclamation on left
**ZWASH is partnering with the government to focus on mutual goals in order to achieve more effective benefits.
**World Vision Zambia leadership identifies WaterAfrica as a significant partner in the ZWASH work. It was fun to see a framed copy of a Lake Oswego WaterAfrica Day Proclamation hanging outside the national director’s office door!
After our meeting we took a tour of the Child Sponsorship office. All the mail communication for World Vision’s Child Sponsorship program in Zambia is managed in that office. It is a remarkable operation and it was a privilege to see and hear the from the staff who oversee the project. Members of the WaterAfrica team will meet their sponsored children later this week and we look forward to telling you those stories.
Tomorrow morning we leave Lusaka and will soon be bringing you reports from the field!
One of the remarkable stories coming from WaterAfrica’s annual Walk4Water is the ever increasing youth involvement. This year we DOUBLED the number of area schools represented by student participants and volunteers. We are so grateful for the vision, energy and generosity these young people bring to our event.
It is important to note the transformative impact of our youth as they participate in and share the WaterAfrica story. Even as our youth expand our reach and help to shape our message, we hear parallel stories from Zambia about their youth stepping into transformative community roles to bring life-changing, life-giving vision and energy.
WaterAfrica closely follows World Vision’s Water, Sanitation & Hygiene work particularly in southern Zambia, but we recently received this report from a new World Vision Area Development project in northern Zambia. The story is representative of World Vision’s ZWASH work and illustrates the life-giving impact of your WaterAfrica donations:
Mwamba ADP in northern Zambia, is a new World Vision ADP. The ADP community leaders have learned the importance of implementing all three components of the WASH program – clean water, sanitation and hygiene together.
ZWASH has provided leadership and resources for the construction of six Ventilation Improved Pit Latrines (VIP) and hand washing facilities at Misamfu Basic School. There are 1013 students at the school….To make sure the message of good hygiene becomes a part of the children’s daily life, World Vision ZWASH assisted the school to set up a WASH club, with an initial 20 members, who in turn teach their friends the importance of drinking clean, safe water from the school borehole, and also consistent hand washing before eating.
One of the students, Bernard Mugala, in ninth grade said, “I have learned a lot from the WASH club, and now I’m teaching my friends on the importance of washing their hands before they eat anything because that can help prevent diarrhea.” He continued, “I have also taught my parents back in the village to practice hand-washing. We have placed a container outside our latrine and we have everyone wash their hands from it and then fill it with fresh water when it gets empty.” Bernard explained that his parents were now also teaching their friends and neighbors in the village to wash their hands to avoid getting sick. The message continues to spread.
Another member of the club, Katongo Malama, is in the eighth grade. Katongo said she is happy to be a member of the club because now she has answers to questions people ask. “Before I could tell people to wash their hands as a good hygiene practice, but I didn’t really know why this was important. When someone asked me why, I didn’t know the answer and would end up feeling embarrassed. This is no longer the case.”
Luswepo Suza, an eleven year old member of the club said she particularly enjoys telling people to make sure they have a container of water for washing hands. She feels proud every time she walks through her village and sees how many homes now have a designated container for washing hands.
Mwamba ADP recognizes what powerful change agents they have in their schoolchildren and intend to introduce similar clubs elsewhere in the ADP.
Walk4Water5 leadership agrees! Transformative power comes to life when we educate and nurture the vision and energy of the young people in our midst. It is a privilege to work alongside our youth leaders to bring life-changing resources to Zambian youth leaders.
We are just beginning to unpack the remarkable stories embedded in Walk4Water5. We hope you’ll continue to check this blog. If you’d like to receive the blog posts by email you can enter your email address in the box at the top right of the page.*
There is still time to make a donation to help us meet our Walk4Water5 fundraising goal of $50,000 – providing WASH for 1,000 Zambians. You can Donate Here.
*Note: this is different than the box immediately above that, which is a subscription to WaterAfrica’s electronic email newsletter. We send enews periodically throughout the year to keep you informed of major events and opportunities. The blog post subscription will deliver blog posts to your email box on the days we post. Both subscriptions are easy to unsubscribe from AND we only use your email address for the purposes you choose.
Last year Lake Oswego High School student Field Hubbell organized an effort in her Ceramics class to get her fellow artists to create and donate water pitchers to sell at Walk4Water4. As a senior this year, Field repeated the effort. With the support of LOHS ceramics instructor, Steve Schiefelbein, Field and her peers are bringing 24 pitchers to sell tomorrow morning at Walk4Water5. 100% of the purchase price will be given to ZWASH.
Not only is this a remarkable gift from these high school artists, but it was also an educational experience. Mr. Schiefelbein showed the WaterAfrica educational video to several of his classes. Nearly 130 students learned about Zambia and the need for access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene.
We are humbled by the gift these students offer as they share their artistic talents. Please take time to see their pitchers, and be sure to thank them!
**Don’t forget! Mother’s Day is May 13! Come prepared to take home a beautiful gift AND change lives in Zambia. Claire Murray and Bob & Sheri Kilpatrick will also have items for purchase. 100% of your purchase price with any of these vendors will be given to World Vision’s ZWASH projects. (Credit Cards will be accepted)
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2017 Commencement Ceremony
Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı speaking at the Sabancı University Commencement Ceremony:
You will live to be 100. You must develop and plan your resources for a life of 100 years.
In an age when humanoid robots are being built, you must avoid becoming roboticized humans!
Make your feelings an integral part of your thinking and reasoning.
Your consciousness and conscience will be your greatest advantages in competition.
One common feature of all successful people is their perspective on life.
Regardless of what job you do, you must love it and want to do it. Your measure of success cannot be money alone.
True wealth and true success is the positive effect we have on people's lives.
900 students from 30 countries received their degrees at the 18th Graduate and 15th Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony held on the Sabancı University campus.
On Saturday, July 1st, 2017, Sabancı University held the commencement ceremony for its 18th graduate and 15th undergraduate classes. Graduates received their diplomas at a ceremony on the Tuzla campus of the university, attended by over 6000 people. The top ranking students of the three faculties also received their awards. Winners were Fulya Türker in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Lina Meija Peroni in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Elif Ertürk in the School of Management. Among Sabancı University graduates this year were students from 30 countries.
Speaking in the ceremony were Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı and President Professor Ayşe Kadıoğlu as well as Gökçe Karşılıklı Haliler on behalf of graduate students, Tanra Gürçay on behalf of undergraduate students, and Sabancı University Alumni Association President Zeynep Bahar Çelik.
You must constantly develop your resources of knowledge and competency, and plan yourself for a life of 100 years
Güler Sabancı began by saying: “You are at an important turning point for your lives ahead of you. You have worked and you have succeeded in completing a difficult phase. A new era begins today, and I wish you all success in it."
Sabancı added that while having talent, competence and knowledge was the start of the road to success, luck also played a part in it. Reminding Louis Pasteur's words "Fortune favors the prepared mind", Güler Sabancı said that the graduates of Sabancı University were already prepared.
Güler Sabancı said that the transformative effects of science and technology, from artificial intelligence to robots, were felt in every aspect of our lives, and extended the average life expectancy of humans. She emphasized the need to make longer-term plans compared to previous generations. Sabancı said, "You must constantly develop your resources of knowledge and competency, and plan yourself for a life of 100 years."
Sabancı explained that while in the agricultural society one could live a lifetime on the knowledge they inherited from their parents only, and going to university was enough for finding a good job and cruising until a comfortable retirement in the industrial age, no school could give the knowledge an individual will need until the end of their life today. Güler Sabancı expressed her confidence that, since the knowledge and competencies taught in schools could only be foundations for people's careers in business, graduates would find their ways back to Sabancı University in the future.
Güler Sabancı added that today's graduates would work for more than 50 years, having enough time for 2 or 3 different careers, and considering the wealth of experiences that would bring, it was impossible to transfer an exhaustive body of advice or experience to the younger generations.
One common feature of all successful people is their perspective on life
Güler Sabancı said that all successful people had a common feature, which was their perspective on the world. Sabancı continued: "They consult, they question, they inquire, they do their homework and approach things with an open mind; they are constructive and solution-oriented, they plan their resources well, and they focus on getting results. Most important of all, successful people always strive to improve the capabilities and possibilities given to them."
Güler Sabancı remarked, “This perspective also includes being open to learning, enthusiastic to reinvent or develop oneself, and being diverse in capabilities. There is also the propensity to view life as a journey in learning, development and maturation, where one always develops and goes further. Because they know one thing very well: what matters is not what you have today, but what you choose to do with it."
Continuing "What you encounter is less important than how you handle it," Güler Sabancı said: "If you look at life with a mindset that is focused on development, you can go beyond what has been provided to you. Remember that your success and happiness will be defined by how you build on top of what you have today. The good news is that you have been raised at Sabancı University with the necessary competencies and this mindset."
We aimed to equip our students with a development-focused mindset
Emphasizing that Sabancı University aims to help its students acquire a mindset that is focused on development, Sabancı said that students at Sabancı University did not merely learn a science or a profession, but were raised to become individuals who adopt universal values such as human rights, equality and rule of law, have common sense, believe in the power of knowledge, and manage their feelings with conscience and consciousness. She underlined the focus on "learning to learn" at Sabancı University. Güler Sabancı continued: “The values and competencies you have acquired here will light your way in whatever path in life that you will follow."
In an age when humanoid robots are being built, you must avoid becoming roboticized humans!
Güler Sabancı said “We can see even today that artificial intelligence will transform work and business as we know it, and will shake the roots of social equilibrium. We can foresee that in 20 years, many of the professions and jobs available today will be done by robots, or learning machines."
Explaining that emotions set sentient beings apart from robots, Güler Sabancı said that what set humans apart from other species was their awareness of emotions and their ability to manage them. That, according to Sabancı, was the reason why no robot or artificial intelligence was able to replace human consciousness. Sabancı said, "In an age when humanoid robots are being built, you must avoid becoming roboticized humans"
and gave advice to new graduates:
"In the new social order that awaits you, you must be aware of your emotions and work on how to manage them.
Make your feelings an integral part of your thinking and reasoning.
Your consciousness and conscience will be your greatest advantages in competition.
At this stage, my advice is regardless of what job you do, you must love it and want to do it.
Your measure of success cannot be money alone.
To do this, the work you do should have a purpose that goes beyond it.
Money is of course important, and every human is entitled to enjoy the comforts of life, but none of those are the true measures of success in one's life.
People remember you not by how much money you make, but how you spend it.
I will also recommend the book 'Başarı Şimdi Aslanın Ağzında' by the late Sakıp Sabancı.
As we say our goodbyes, there is one thing I want you to remember: 'True wealth and true success is the positive effect we have on people's lives.'"
“We keep building bridges”
President Ayşe Kadıoğlu said that in nearly 20 years of education, Sabancı University brought a fresh perspective to higher education in Turkey with its pioneering and innovative endeavors. Ayşe Kadıoğlu continued, “We are the first university in Turkey that allowed its students to enroll to a faculty and later make well-informed choices about their diploma programs, and we have set an example to other universities in Turkey."
Referring to the Composites Center established last year in an impressive university-industry partnership, Kadıoğlu said that other centers working in collaboration with different institutions made great contributions to research and education. She added that the first English-language PhD program in gender studies in Turkey would begin in September under the guidance of the Gender and Women's Studies Center of Excellence. Kadıoğlu continued, "I would like to share some good news that is of interest to us all: we have begun work on opening a new location, Sabancı University Maçka. We intend to create connections and develop new ways of cooperation there. We are also working towards establishing a Sakıp Sabancı Chair and Center in Turkish Studies at Columbia University. We will keep building bridges."
"Sabancı University has always favored freedom over free rein"
Ayşe Kadıoğlu said that a diploma was the certification of an ending, continuing, "Regardless of how important that ending is, the means or the process that took us to that end matter more. The adventurous journey of learning and knowledge holds just as much, if not more, meaning as the end." Kadıoğlu stated that it was through this process that students acquired some values unique to Sabancı University.
"Knowledge may not free the body all the time, but it frees the mind"
Ayşe Kadıoğlu spoke, “First and foremost, Sabancı University alumni know exactly what freedom is. There is a great difference between freedom and free rein. Since established, Sabancı University has favored freedom and informed choices over free rein. Knowledge may not free the body all the time, but it frees the mind. And you graduate today as free minds who know the difference between being free and doing as you please."
Kadıoğlu continued, “Secondly, it has always been our priority to stand against all discrimination and respect all differences. I am sure that you will do your part for a better country and a better world by upholding these values in your everyday lives."
Ayşe Kadıoğlu said that students met scientific thought for the first time in Sabancı University, continuing, "What makes a thought scientific is its being open to verification; this requires being receptive to criticism and the coexistence of self-confidence and humility."
Ayşe Kadıoğlu concluded by saying: “Criticism is not about destruction; it is about construction. Make sure that your critical thinking has a constructive side to it. You are capable of doing this because you are Sabancı University graduates."
Gürsel Sönmez Awards presented to 3 graduates
Awards in honor of the late Sabancı University Faculty Member Gürsel Sönmez, who passed away in 2006, were presented at the ceremony. This year's Dr. Gürsel Sönmez Research Award recipients were Physics PhD graduate Tolga Çağlar, Industrial Engineering master's graduate Rebi Daldal and Mathematics master's graduate Seyyed Hamed Mousavi.
Hat-tossing was followed by live music and dance shows by Ayhan Sicimoğlu. Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı joined the dance to share the excitement of graduation with the students.
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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is an artist of common sense and his medium is the English language. His words flow like beautiful music. They catch you, hold you, and satisfy you. Dale Ahlquist allows one to tour the magnitude of Chesterton’s works while keeping both feet on the ground in The Complete Thinker: The Marvelous Mind of G.K. Chesterton. The reader will hear Chesterton skillfully proclaim the truth that resonates in mind and heart. Ahlquist reveals this brilliant, pithy, and timeless author.
Ahlquist explains that Chesterton’s “ideas are woven tightly together so that his art does not contradict his religion, his politics do not contradict his philosophy, and his economics do not contradict his morality…” He follows thoughts to their logical end, so everything is fair game. He considers evil and sin, rights and politics, happiness and suicide, health insurance and religious liberty, the East and the West, and tolerance and love. He also discusses Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin, and Aleister Crowley.
Why is Chesterton so satisfying to read? Ahlquist points out that unlike most writers, he doesn’t just ask questions, but he answers them. He delivers truth simply yet profoundly. “Though we are all liars, we all love the truth.” He challenges conventional wisdom and flips it on his head. “Those who talk of ‘tolerating all opinions’ are provincial bigots who are only familiar with one opinion.” Chesterton’s brilliance flows from his mastery of the subject and his command of language. Ahlquist says Chesterton could have his own dictionary and provides a few sample selections, such as absent-mindedness: present-mindedness on something else.
Ahlquist examines the seven deadly sins via Chesterton. The problem is not that we don’t recognize evil, but that we excuse it. Sloth is still a problem, but lies hidden in our age of technology, “The real laziness is the cause of our apparent bustle.” Meaning depends on leisure, “it is the happy man who does useless things.” We’re over-sexed because we have lost the virtue of restraint and have lost the distinction “between sexual passion and sexual perversion.” Yet, we cannot speak of sin because it offends today’s pervasive relativism. Ahlquist explains that pride is the “sin that denies sin.” It is one thing to actually sin; it is another to deny sin’s existence. Chesteron says if he had one sermon to preach, it would be one against pride. How do we combat these deadly sins? Repentance.
Chesterton also warns against hedonism, “A nation that has nothing but its amusements will not be amused for very long.” Politically, he criticizes those on the left and the right. “There is now a false idealism of turning Government into God, by a vague notion that it gives everything to everybody; to the denial of the liberty given by God, which is called life…” Our issues are his issues, “Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it.” The National Health Care Act proposed in 1912 drew Chesterton’s attention “The mere pursuit of health always leads to something unhealthy.” Ahlquist explains that we worship the body, which is unhealthy. The conversation about health focuses on freedom. “The principle of Compulsory Insurance is that the rich man is forced to buy medicine, but the poor man is forced to take it. This is literal slavery; and it begins the claim for entire support on one side and entire obedience on the other. Slavery is scientific, it is workable, it is comfortable; and…it is intolerable.” We need God if we want to defend humanity because, “Every right is a divine right.” We must recognize the Creator if we want to defend creation.
Ahlquist calls Chesterton the, “Apostle of Common Sense.” We need his profound words because common sense is no longer common, and what is common is not sense, but nonsense. Chesterton says we need not the average, but the normal. He is a champion of normal. Ahlquist shows that Chesterton is accessible and enjoyable because he is a poet and a prophet. He is eloquent yet precise, strong yet gentle, honest yet subtle, serious yet humorous.
Chris Gilbert received his M.A. from Franciscan University in Theology with a specialization in catechetics. He worked as a Director of Religious Education for three years and as a Youth Minister for three years In Virginia. He and his wife Elizabeth have three lovely children, Stella, Jude, and James. Chris also loves books because, for most of his life, he refused to read.
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Shahzad would have us believe that our secretary of state, who is mostly known for being strident and abrasive, has, over a three-day period, managed to avert the demise of our republic by cutting the biggest dope deal ever with some of the biggest sleazebags ever.
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Dj/Host S.W.
Urban Night Grooves
Dutch DJ/producer S.W. (aka Stuart) was introduced to house music as a kid in the mid 80s. He preferred the more soulful side of house. Mostly from the UK, USA and Italy shortly after, who had their own Italian house sound.
He started mixing house music in the early 90s alongside his other hobby: being a radio presenter at various (pirate) radio stations.
During the same period he also started producing, first on a commodore Amiga, later he switched to the wellknown Atari with Cubase and bought his first midi equipment during the mid 90s. When he bought his first sampler in ‘97/’98 the ball started rolling and his productions became more professional. This led to a record deal on the famous Fresh Fruit records in 1999 and shortly after with United Recordings. He had a number of releases and remixes under his (mostly) Stuart and S.W. alter-ego’s.
Under his Stuart alias, he was responsible for the European smashit Free (Let it be) in 2003. It took until 2012 to have his first album released under his S.W. alias: “The Adventurous World of S.W.” on Lemongrass Music.
Although he quit mixing for some years, he continued his weekly radioshow “Urban Night Grooves” presenting an eclectic mix of soul, funk, house and other electronic music until 2010. It wasn’t until late 2011 when he heard a very good mix on a London radio station that he was sucked back into house music again. As a leopard can’t change its spots he recently decided to start mixing again and Urban Night Grooves returned as a radioshow, but now presenting the finest in (soulful) house and garage, often with an oldksool twist.
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The Reason LA Wants To Destroying This Tiny House Community? Deporable!
Mar 4, 2016
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Elvis Summers, he himself once homeless, decided to take the city of Los Angeles’ homelessness problem into his own hands with the launch of his humanitarian organization My Tiny House Project LA. As quoted from the organization’s website, “We have a simple mission: to give people in the world a safe place to sleep. While this should be a trivial quest in a developed country, without governmental support or social infrastructure that should be empathetic to those suffering, it can be incredibly difficult to create change.”
Elvis Summers poses with his tiny house on wheels he built.
Due to the tireless efforts of Mr. Summers and volunteers, My Tiny House Project LA has distributed these colorful homes no bigger than a garden shed to individuals living in homeless encampments.
An example of the tiny homes built by Elvis Summers and the volunteers of My Tiny House Project LA.
However, the city of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation is cracking down and confiscating these homes with the intention to discard them. The Bureau has classified the homes of My Tiny House Project LA as “bulky objects,” which, according to city ordinances, allows for them to be removed without notice.
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The Bureau of Sanitation offers no alternatives to the occupants of the homes, often taking their few possessions along with the homes. “I don’t refer to these as homes or houses because they’re really not,” said Bureau of Sanitation spokeswoman Elena Stern.
Mr. Summers spoke with the LA Times in this video below in regards to this agonizing situation, in particular the situation Larry Joe Cannon and his wife of 14 years, Julia Briggs Cannon.
For more information about My Tiny House Project LA, or to make a donation to the organization, visit My Tiny House Project LA’s official website or Facebook page:
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Use a chair or bench to squat with perfect form. Stand in front of a chair or a bench when you squat. Lower yourself as if you were sitting down. When your butt touches the bench, push yourself back up. Try it with a light bar or a broomstick first.
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There's little in the world cuter than fun-loving pets, and Amanda Seyfried [1] has one of the most adorable dogs ever. While Finn is a full-grown Australian Shepherd and not a pint-sized puppy, don't be fooled — he still brings his A-game to every picture she posts on Instagram. Since Amanda started her account, most of her photos have circulated around her stolen moments with her dog, including bringing him to set to share some love and having twinning moments when they're at home. They do everything together, so prepare yourself for a cute overload, courtesy of your new favorite dynamic duo. If this isn't enough social love, find some more amazing stars to follow [2], and be sure to check out POPSUGAR on Instagram [3], Facebook [4], and Twitter [5]!
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The human T-lymphotropic virus or human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) family of viruses are a group of humanretroviruses that are known to cause a type of cancer called adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and a demyelinating disease called HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). The HTLVs belong to a larger group of primate T-lymphotropic viruses (PTLVs). Members of this family that infect humans are called HTLVs, and the ones that infect old world monkeys are called Simian T-lymphotropic viruses (STLVs). To date, four types of HTLVs (human T-lymphotropic virus 1 [HTLV-I], human T-lymphotropic virus 2 [HTLV-II], HTLV-III, and HTLV-IV) and four types of STLVs (STLV-I, STLV-II, STLV-III, and STLV-V) have been identified. The HTLVs are believed to originate from intraspecies transmission of STLVs. The original name for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was HTLV-III; this term is no longer in use [1]. The HTLV-1 genome is diploid, composed of two copies of a single-stranded RNA virus whose genome is copied into a double-stranded DNA form that integrates into the host cell genome, at which point the virus is referred to as a provirus. A closely related virus is bovine leukemia virusBLV.
HTLV-II[edit]
A virus closely related to HTLV-I, also discovered by Robert Gallo and colleagues,[3] HTLV-II shares approximately 70% genomic homology (structural similarity) with HTLV-I.
HTLV-III and HTLV-IV[edit]
When HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was characterized in 1984 by Robert Gallo,[4] he named it HTLV-III. HTLV-III is currently the name used to describe another virus related to HTLV-I and HTLV-II.[citation needed] "HTLV-IV" has been used to describe recently characterized viruses.[5][6][7]
These viruses were discovered in 2005 in rural Cameroon, and were, it is presumed, transmitted from monkeys to hunters of monkeys through bites and scratches.
HTLV-III is similar to STLV-III (Simian T-lymphotropic virus 3).[8] Multiple strains have been identified.[9] It expresses gag, pol, and env, among other proteins.[10]
HTLV-IV does not resemble any known virus.
It is not yet known how much further transmission has occurred among humans, or whether the viruses can cause disease.
The use of these names can cause some confusion, because the name HTLV-III was one of the names for HIV in early AIDS literature, but has since fallen out of use.[11] The name HTLV-IV has also been used to describe HIV-2.[12] A large Canadian study documented this confusion among healthcare workers, where >90% of HTLV tests ordered by physicians were actually intended to be HIV tests.[13]
Transmission[edit]
HTLV-I and HTLV-II are sexually transmitted.[14][15] Breast feeding by the carrier mother may cause vertical transmission.[16]
Research[edit]
While there is no present licensed vaccine, there are many factors which make a vaccine against HTLV-1 feasible. The virus displays relatively low antibody production variability, natural immunity does occur in humans, and experimental vaccination using envelope antigens has been shown to be successful in animal models. Four HTLVs are well established. HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are both involved in actively spreading epidemics, affecting 15-20 million people worldwide. HTLV-1 is the more clinically significant of the two, as it has been proven to be the etiologic agent of multiple disorders. At least 500,000 of the individuals infected with HTLV-1 eventually develop an often rapidly fatal leukemia, while others will develop a debilitative myelopathy, and yet others will experience uveitis, infectious dermatitis, or another inflammatory disorder. HTLV-2 is associated with milder neurologic disorders and chronic pulmonary infections. The novel HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 have been isolated only in a few cases; no specific illnesses have yet been associated with these viruses. Plasmid DNA vaccines elicit potent and protective immune responses in numerous small-animal models of infectious diseases. However, their immunogenicity in primates appears less potent. In the United States, HTLV-I/II seroprevalence rates among volunteer blood donors average 0.016 percent. Approximately half of HTLV-I/II-seropositive blood donors nationwide are infected with HTLV-I. HTLV-I infected donors most often report a history of birth in HTLV-I endemic countries or sexual contact with persons from the Caribbean or Japan. In the past two decades a large initiative has been put forth to understand the biological and pathogenic properties of the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1); this has ultimately led to the development of various experimental vaccination and therapeutic strategies to combat HTLV-1 infection. These strategies include the development of envelope glycoprotein derived B-cell epitopes for the induction of neutralizing antibodies, as well as a strategy to generate a multivalent cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against the HTLV-1 Tax antigen. A vaccine candidate that can elicit or boost anti-gp46 neutralizing antibody response may have a potential for prevention and therapy against HTLV-1 infection.[17] Potential treatments include prosultiamine, a vitamin B-1 derivative, which has been shown to reduce viral load and symptoms;[18]azacytidine, an anti-metabolite, which has been credited with the cure of a patient in Greece;[19]tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), a reverse-transcriptase inhibitor used for HIV, and phosphonated carbocyclic 2'-oxa-3'aza nucleosides (PCOANs).[20] A newer formulation of TDF, called tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF), also has promise as a treatment with less toxicity.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
In about one week I will be heading to Burlington County Prison for an investigation. I plan on bringing 5-6 investigators with me that night. I have heard some great things from that place and really can't wait to experience it for myself. There is one particular spirit I would love to meet.
His name was Joel Clough. He was a convicted murderer and after being caught trying to escape, was sent to “the dungeon” cell. Joel was one of the 8 prisoners there that were hung and supposedly buried on the prison grounds. If his spirit still resides within the prison walls, I hope to encounter him face to face.
I have seen many photos and heard EVP's from Burlington County Prison. If it is anything like the evidence others have collected, it should be a worthy place to investigate.
Monday, June 28, 2010
One thing I noticed from this past weekend is that I remain amp'd up for a day or so after an investigation. Then it's like a slow transition back to feeling normal.
Is it the late nights that does it? Can't be. I have played in bands for years and I never felt hyped for days afterward. I am starting to think it may have something to do with adrenaline. Not 100% sure.
Anyway, I still need to go over my evidence from ESP this past weekend. Once I do, I will be sure to compare it with the other investigators I went with. Then, I will post on this blog for all to hear/see. Stay tuned.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Very excited about this weekend. I currently have back to back investigations at some great locations this weekend. I have been looking forward to this for about a month now.
Tomorrow night I am investigating Eastern State Penitentiary. It is going to be absolutely AMAZING.
Why do I say this? In my opinion, there are a few variables that will make this a night to remember. Let's take a look shall we...
First off, we will be 12 hours away from a full moon. The magnetic pull on the earth supposedly has an effect on spirits in a positive way. This should give spirits the ability to use less energy to make their presence known. In theory, they are enhanced by the magnetic field. Hopefully, giving them the extra needed energy to manifest themselves if they choose to do so.
Second, it will be a comfortable 72 degrees that night. Clear sky. 5 mph wind. I don't think we could ask for a better night to ghost hunt.
Rain and wind can really hinder an investigation in my opinion. I'd rather have a nice, calm night that allows for clear hearing and vision.
Thirdly, this will be a very small team of just 5 paranormal investigators. I am bringing 3 investigators from the TAPS Eastern State trip I went on back in April 2010. They know the layout and the rules of the prison. I believe this will help things go smoothly. This will be my forth trip to the prison I believe as well.
Forth, my new equipment. I have a slew of new toys to use in the field. I have been working with them for about a month and feel comfortable using them on an investigation at this time. Feel free to checkout my previous blog posts to get an idea of the new equipment I am referring to.
With all of this being said, I am confident we will have a great investigation. Stay tuned for the evidence from ESP after I sort through it in the next week or so.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
All you have to do is design a header logo for their website. I already submitted mine and they put it on the site to check it out(In case they take it down, mine has a smiling cartoon ghost on the left of the logo)
I hope I get the laser grid. After seeing Amy Bruni use one at Eastern State Pen, I have wanted one for myself.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
I have been working on putting together a few summertime paranormal investigations. I think I am finally narrowing down my current list a bit.
So far, I have Eastern State Penitentiary(favorite location at the moment), Burlington County Prison, and Fort Mifflin. These investigations will consist of various team sizes(5 - 10 investigators).
I am also trying to jump in on an investigation for this upcoming weekend. It is a "Hail Mary" attempt to say the least, but well worth it if I can get in. If I am able to go on this investigation, I will blog about what I can.
I do have a few other investigations in the works that I can't really speak of. Even though I can not mention them directly on this blog, they are still pretty cool.
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It isn't Islamophobia when they really ARE trying to kill you
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“We don’t want the Brotherhood, we want the army and the police,” some protesters chanted, echoing a slogan used in Egypt. Protesters in Libyan cities stormed Islamist-affiliated party offices. In Benghazi, they invaded and set fire to a building that housed the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing. They also burned the Muslim Brotherhood flag.
DW(h/t Mike F) Saturday’s clashes in Libya came after the assassination of a prominent critic of the Brotherhood. Hundreds took to the streets overnight to protest the Friday killing of prominent political activist Abdul-Salam Al-Musmari, who was killed as he left a mosque.
Musmari was an outspoken opponent of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose political wing is currently the second biggest party in Libya’s General National Congress. On Saturday, protesters in Libyan cities stormed Islamist-affiliated party offices. In Benghazi, they invaded and set fire to a building the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing occupies.
During the chaos, a jailbreak was launched at Benghazi’s Koyfiya prison, government security official Mohammed Hejazi said. It was unclear whether the jailbreak was part of the protests or if the inmates received help from outside. Amid the chaos, 1,000 detainees escaped from a Benghazi jail. A security official from the prison said most of the inmates being held were convicted on serious charges.
In Tripoli, meanwhile, a crowd stormed the Brotherhood political wing office before heading over to the headquarters of the liberal National Forces Alliance and ransacking it. Protesters in Tripoli also set fire to tires in the street and demanded the dissolution of Islamist parties.
Protesters seemed to be inspired by events in neighboring Egypt, where millions took to the streets Friday to answer a call from the army chief, who said he wanted a mandate to stop “potential terrorism” by supporters of the country’s ousted president and Brotherhood-aligned Mohammed Morsi.
LOL. I guess not everybody in the Middle East likes the Brothers! Geez! I wonder why? (sarc) Could it be that the Brothers are a bunch of pietistic assholes, who don’t know their anuses from a hole in the ground, what with the fact that they have to lift their asses in the air five times a day to make sure they can tell the difference? Clue: it is the stinkier hole! And they obviously don’t know how to run a country, except into the ground! That’s two countries now that have shown their contempt for the hardline Brothers! The Brothers have worn out their welcome.
You can’t cure all your problems with religion. Having faith is fine, but you still need bread and the basics of life — and human dignity.
Very true. But a large march on Washington would be a good start, like the Egyptians did. If that doesn’t work in getting rid of king obama, then we can discuss storming the castle. Surely the military leaders being on the side of the citizens, or serfs is important, and makes overthrow possible. In the meantime I will keep that tinfoil hat handy.
In Egypt, Obama betrayed U.S. ally, moderate Mubarak, in order to bring to power U.S. leaders’ top FAVORITES, the Muslim Brotherhood, whose stated goal in America is the DESTRUCTION of civilization and global Islamic conquest. Muslim Brotherhood operatives have been placed into positions of enormous power in the U.S. government. The MB are helping to make American domestic and foreign policy.
Libyan leader, Gaddafi, had made peace with the West and had his photo taken many times with Western leaders. Gaddafi was fighting AGAINST Al Qaeda. This was unacceptable to US/NATO who waged war for many months for Al Qaeda and other Muslim terrorists in Libya against Gaddafi.
The US/NATO war against the stable country of Libya and Gaddafi enabled and empowered U.S. backed anti-Gaddafi RACIST Arab Muslims to perpetrate satanic atrocities and genocide of blacks in Libya. Blacks were safe under Gaddafi.
I attended a street demo in Harlem, NYC to protest this evil genocide by U.S. backed RACIST Muslims. The black media and black speakers at the protest blamed the Obama White House for the genocide.
Anti-human rights, US/NATO did not lift a finger to help the terrified blacks.
It is clearly American policy to destabilize countries and bring to power the most radical Muslims in country after country. This evil, anti-God policy also places OUR Western countries in great danger.
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What to Watch on Wednesday: A Bryan Cranston-directed ‘Modern Family’
Mitchell is forced to do last minute shopping when they didn't get Lily the right gift, and Cameron takes Lily to a charity event where they experience the true meaning of Christmas, on "Modern Family." ABC
Mitchell is forced to do last minute shopping when they didn't get Lily the right gift, and Cameron takes Lily to a charity event where they experience the true meaning of Christmas, on "Modern Family." ABC
Modern Family (9pm, ABC) - In an episode directed by Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”), Cam takes Lily to a charity event, where they learn the true meaning of Christmas. Meanwhile, Mitch goes last-minute shopping to get the right gift for Lily, and Jay and Manny set out to cut down their own tree.
Also on tonight . . .
The Sing-Off (8pm, NBC) - The second night continues with nine groups trying to impress judges with party anthems.
Mob City (9pm, TNT) - Bugsy reveals a plan to transform the city and resorts to violence to prove his power. Meanwhile, the force is determined to apprehend Siegel.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Indiana Pacers star forward Danny Granger put up his best overall game of the season. He finished the night with a 20-point, 11-rebound double-double. He also chipped in 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block, though he shot a poor 6 of 21 from the field.
The BreakdownWe anticipated Granger would step his game up this season when we had him ranked in the top five of our preseason rankings, but Granger hasn't met those expectations. The issue is that his scoring is down this year. He's right around 21 points per game, down from his previous two seasons. He just hasn't gotten to the free throw line as often as he has in previous years, which appears to be the reason why his scoring has dipped. Additionally, his number in other categories are about the same as last year, although his rebounding has slightly dropped as well.
Because Granger is not living up to preseason expectations, he appears to be a good buy-low candidate. The numbers we are seeing out of him in the early going are the very worst you'll get out of him. Right now, he's giving us the production of a third or fourth round pick but he still has potential to up his numbers as the season progresses.
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Sounds like normal carpal tunnel tendon pain which is what I have lived with for the past 23 years. Certainly not something to rush to the ER about.
Your GP will refer you to a hand clinic or plastic/hand surgeon. You will be required to undergo a nerve conduction study to determine how serious it is and where you should be placed on a waiting list. I have been on several waiting lists and have moved towns/states just before reaching the top which is why I am still waiting for surgery.
Taking an anti imflammatory may help somewhat but it cannot be a long term solution. Personally, I take nothing as it doesn't dull the pain enough for the risk to my stomach etc to be worth it.
I now have private health insurance and will be having my first wrist done later this year. The second will be done at the end of the year.
I have had splints made and they have helped a lot. I didn't get the off the shelf ones from the chemist but went to get them fitted especially. Cost a little more but it has been fantastic.
I wear mine at night, and during the day if the pain is bad. Mine started during pregnancy and got very bad. I wore the splints a lot then. It is a lot better now, but still flares up now and then and so the splints come out.
I have had to do an ultrasound of my right hand, followed by a nerve conduction test.There's a 10-12 month waitinglist for surgery if you're not private. My GP gave me a cortizone injection in my wrist and I swear by it. Yes it made the pain sooooo much worse for the first 2 days after the injections. I cried in pain and got mum to take DS as I couldn't move my fingers.But after the 2nd day, the pain was gone. The carpal tunnel was still there as my wrist was/is still swollen, but the cortizone injection has significantly reduced my pain for 2 months at a time. So I now get an injection every 2 months while waiting for surgery.Oh and if the pain is worse at night, buy a good splint. Its worth the money!
Carpal tunnel is not something they will do much about if you go to emergency. I mean, you can go and see the ER, but you might end up waiting some time before you get seen.
I got it while I was pregnant with my girls. I had physio and a splint done. It got so painful but went after I had the babies.
I still have the splint and still use it when I get wrist pain. Works a treat.
I would see a specialist if you have not done so yet and get an opinion. Def try hand therapy/physio so see if it makes a difference over a period of time. If not then proceed with surgery. Everyone's pain with carpal tunnel is different and can be very debilitating.
I have had it for approx 15 years and it seems to run in the family (grandmother had it, mum, aunt and uncle also suffer from it. But only my aunt has had an operation) Mine us worse around report writing time. I managed it so far without medication except for pain killers. I use splints, visits to my ostepath and with remedial massage. So far no operations are needed.
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With gorgeous palaces, imposing Imperial squares and the famous cafe culture there’s far more to Austria’s capital, Vienna, than just alps and coffee! Vienna is a city of contrasts – Eastern and Western European, hipster and Imperial, ancient and modern – and a must for any traveller. As the historic capital of the vast Hapsburg Empire, the city boasts some magnificent and awe-inspiring Imperial gems, with palaces, castles and the fascinating Spanish Riding School seemingly around every corner. You’ll also come across more modern surprises though during the course of your Vienna city break, and see a different side to the city – swish modern restaurants such as Stierereck (currently ranked 15th in the world) or the ultra-cool MUMOK gallery which boasts an incredible collection of 20th century art. Art aficionados won’t want to miss out on the Jugendstil masterpieces hosted in the city either – Vienna was home to the famous Klimt and now plays host to his most iconic work, The Kiss. Any write-up on Vienna wouldn’t be complete either without mentioning the classical music A-listers that have called this city home, with the likes of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven having all lived, worked or been born in the city.
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"For starters: the protests are not really about Halloween costumes or a frat party. They’re about a mismatch between the Yale we find in admissions brochures and the Yale we experience every day. They’re about real experiences with racism on this campus that have gone unacknowledged for far too long. The university sells itself as a welcoming and inclusive place for people of all backgrounds. Unfortunately, it often isn’t."
Because, as absurd and problematic as the countless calls for the players to have their scholarships revoked were, it’s equally absurd that a couple dozens or so kids threatening to not play one football game had such an extensive and decisive impact — on the college, the state, the conference, and the nation — that it took less than 72 hours to get the university president out. It’s nothing short of amazing that those kids had the wherewithal and courage to put their scholarships and livelihoods (current and future) on the line to stand up for what they believed in, and it’s nothing short of terrifying that nothing anyone else on that campus would have done would have mattered the same way. No hunger strikes — and thank you, Jonathan Butler, for sparking this flame — no protests, no petitions signed by students and teachers, no votes of no confidence would have earned the same result as quickly.
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Wrong. Unlike TI, HP has given permission for the ROM images of their 8-bit calculators and is rumored to have even contributed code to Emu48, the main emulator. The newer 32-bit calculators are still off limits (legally speaking) but the 38,39,48sx,48gx and 49g are all OK. This has been their for almost nine whole years now: http://hp.giesselink.com/emu48faq.htm (See the first question under the "ROM Image" section for details and download links.
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Urgent help required please.....
VCDS Map User
I'm currently away from home and this morning i moved my 1.8T sport forward about 10yards, the car started fine with no problems, nor has there been anything to get suspicious about whilst starting the car. Yet I've just gone to move my car back and there is nothing!?!?! THe car battery has good charge, all the lights work and they don't even dim at all when i turn the key!
THere is no clicking of the solenoid or any relays and the starter motor doesn't even attemp to turn.
i've tried rocking the car in gear and tapping the starter through the small hole i can see it behind the turbo.
any other suggestions please?
vag-com doesnt bring up any faults other than my abs sensors on the rear but they have always come up.
the fuel light is on and the mileage went from 5 to 0 miles just from moving the car by hand from a slight slope to level ground. the fuel gauge does move a bit so its not completely empty and cant see how that would prevent the car from attempting to start.
Staff MemberModeratorVCDS Map User
If it was the ignition switch, it should be easy enough to remove the steering wheel cowling and run a test lead between the big live and the starter solenoid feed on the back of the ignition switch to get it started without the effort of bumpstarting... I'm not sure what colors you should be looking for but i can find out if need be...
VCDS Map User
If it was the ignition switch, it should be easy enough to remove the steering wheel cowling and run a test lead between the big live and the starter solenoid feed on the back of the ignition switch to get it started without the effort of bumpstarting... I'm not sure what colors you should be looking for but i can find out if need be...
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Hi,
If you could find the wire colours out for me please that would be great.
To be honest where the car is and the gradient of the slope to push it out of would be very difficult.
Towing would be difficult too due to the sharp left bend exiting the drive!
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Green Thumb Industries Acquires Nevada’s Top Cannabis Company
On Tuesday, Green Thumb Industries Inc. (GTI) finalized a deal to acquire 100 percent of Integral Associates, Nevada’s top cannabis company. The move marks a major expansion for the Chicago and Vancouver-based GTI. Integral will bring onboard its operational capacity, distribution and, crucially, its significant retail footprint in Nevada. The total value of the transaction is approximately $290 million. $52 million will go to Integrated Associates in cash along with 20.8 million Subordinate Voting Shares of GTI.
Beneath its unassuming name, Integral Associates emerged as the leader of Nevada’s rapidly-developing retail cannabis industry. The company owns and operates two cultivation and processing facilities: Desert Grown Farms and Cannabiotix NV, covering 95,000 square feet. Desert Grown Farms has gained recognition for its genetics library that houses more than 100 strains of cannabis. Cannabiotix NV is well-known to High Times readers, having earned multiple High Times Cannabis Cup awards, including a 2018 Flower of the Year award for its Kush Mountain strain.
The acquisition deal also includes the Essence retail brand. Under the brand Essence, Integral Associates owns and operates three nationally-recognized dispensaries, including the first and only dispensary on the Las Vegas Strip. The Essence Las Vegas Strip location earned Business Insider’s number one dispensary in Nevada and its top-25 dispensary in the United States award, in addition to several others, including a High Times top-10 dispensary in Nevada award.
Strategic Importance of GTI’s Nevada Acquisition
Nevada legalized adult-use cannabis in 2016. But unlike other regulated retail states, Nevada is a limited license adult use market. This means that there are only a certain number of retail licenses available; hence, just the single dispensary on the Las Vegas Strip. Acquiring Integral Associates means GTI also acquires a handful of those limited licenses.
In a press release announcing the deal, GTI Founder and CEO Ben Kovler described the acquisition as “immediately accretive and an important milestone” as the company positions itself to scale in Nevada. Armen Yemenidjian, who founded Integral in 2014, will join GTI’s leadership team as president. Yemenidjian described Tuesday’s deal as “a big win for Nevada communities and the customers we will continue to serve.”
GTI expects the acquisition to officially close in the first half of 2019. Despite the agreement and unanimous approval by the Board of Directors, the deal must secure customary regulatory approvals.
The post Green Thumb Industries Acquires Nevada’s Top Cannabis Company appeared first on High Times.
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Also, sketch out your landscaping ideas before you begin buying anything. It is important to know what you plan on putting in your backyard before you actually spend any money. You need to know that all of your ideas are going to fit in the space that you have. This will also help you determine the approximate cost of your backyard landscaping and aid in planning your budget.
A backyard can mean different things to different people. For the congenial host, a backyard means a great place to gather friends and family on warm summer nights. For the avid gardener, a backyard means a great place to grow prized zucchini and the biggest pumpkins in five city blocks. For the kids, a backyard means a great place to play games of soccer or catch miller moths. For the dog, a backyard means a great place to spend some time after a large meal. No matter what a backyard means to you, chances are you want it to mean something and, chances are, you want it to stand out. If you are nodding your head in agreement, and want your backyard to house a superior deck or a creative garden, then keep reading: this (rose) bud’s for you:
Finally backyard fireplaces can be just that, fireplaces. This style looks like your regular indoor fireplace but freestanding rather than a part of a wall. The use of spark screens will keep the embers from escaping, protecting the surroundings. These fireplaces may also come with louvers that will help control the heat. These types of fireplaces are the most controlled, although they are definitely not portable. They are also the most expensive types to purchase. You need to hire someone to construct the hearth and surrounds or be able to do it yourself as well as purchasing the fire unit. The good news is this allows you to choose the type of material that you want. You can also find fireplace kits, although they will still need to be built and put together in some way depending on the fireplace kit purchased.
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CBSE 10th & 12th Class Result Name Wise, School Wise, Marksheet
CBSE 10th & 12th Class Result 2018
CBSE 10th Class 12th Science Commerce Arts Result 2018 | Name Wise | School Wise at cbseresults.nic.in:Central Board of Secondary Education famously called as CBSE is the board of private and public schools, under the provision of Union Government of India. CBSE follows all schools are associated with NCERT curriculum.
Today News Alert:-CBSE Board has declared the CBSE Class 12th Exam Result 2018 on 26th May 2018 at 12:30 PM on the official website. Students can download their result in pdf format file from below.
Today News Alert:-CBSE Board has also declared the CBSE Class 10th Exam Result 2018 on 29th May 2018 at 12:30 PM on the official website. Students can download their result in pdf format file from below.
CBSE conducts 10th & 12th Class board exam to the students, every year. The exam council of CBSE will be published the CBSE Board Result 2018 Exam 10th & 12th Board in the official site at www.cbse.nic.in. Refer the official site every now and then will help you to be familiar with CBSE 10th & 12th Class Results 2018.
CBSE 10th Class Result 2018
CBSE will be organised 10th board exam to the students in the month of April to May 2018. Large numbers of students are appeared in the public exam. The students who have attended the CBSE 10th Board Examination 2018 are enthusiastically looking for the exam results.
CBSE will take more than two months to declare CBSE 10th Class Exam Result 2018. CBSE will upload CBSE 10th exam results in the official affirmation date. The exam council of CBSE will update the authorised date of CBSE 10th exam results to the students on the internet. The official authorities of CBSE will decide the exam result date.
CBSE will upload CBSE 10th Board Exam Result 2018 in last week of May 2018. The learners who are studying under 10th standard can verify their cbse exam results from the official portal of CBSE. The candidates can download their exam result page from the official page.
The students can also get their exam results through SMS and email. Before that, the aspirants have to register their mobile number and email address with CBSE. The candidates should provide their registration number to get their Class 10th Result 2018 CBSE Board from the mentioned website.
CBSE 10th Class Previous Year Toppers List
Topper Name
School Name
Total Marks
Raksha Gopal
Amity School Noida
498
Bhoomi Savant
DAV Sector 8, Chandigarh
497
Aditya Jain
Bhavan Vidhya Mandir , Chandigarh
496
Mannat Luthra
Bhavan Vidhya Mandir
496
CBSE Board 10th Class Previous Result Statistics
Years
Overall Pass %
Boys Pass %
Girls Pass %
Students appeared
Registered Students
2014
96.45
95.72
96.04
13,26,100
13,27,350
2015
97.32
96.98
97.82
13,69,087
13,70,637
2016
96.21
96.11
96.36
14,96,066
14,99,262
2017
97.19 (Expected)
98.35 (Expected)
97.04 (Expected)
NA
16,67,573
CBSE 10th Class Result 2018 Region Wise Pass %
Region
Pass %
Trivandrum
99.85 %
Chennai
99.62 %
Allahabad
98.23 %
Dehradun
97.27 %
Patna
95.50 %
Chandigarh
94.34 %
Ajmer
93.30 %
Bhubaneswar
92.15 %
Delhi
78.09 %
Guwahati
65.53 %
How to Check CBSE 10th Class Results 2018 Name Wise
The students can get and download the CBSE 10th class result page from the official site. The exam board will issue the name wise, school wise and roll number wise search option to the students. The students can ensure their exam results by providing their name, school number and roll number. If the students feel anxiety with the CBSE 10th Board Result 2018 Name Wise, then they can go behind the given instructions. Following things should be considered while checking CBSE 10th Class Exam Results Name Wise in the web portal.
Go to the official page of CBSE
Home page will be available in the screen.
Select the direct link of “CBSE 10th Class Results 2018 Name Wise”.
Students have to give their name and date of birth in the prescribed box.
Then, the CBSE Class 10th Exam Result Page will be showed in the screen.
Click the download button.
Download the CBSE 10th Results 2018 into your device.
Save and open the exam result page in PDF format.
Take the hard copy of your result page, if you needed.
Steps to Check CBSE Board 10th Exam Results 2018
CBSE will be issued the several mobile numbers for CBSE Board Exam Results 2018 10th Class in the official portal. After the declaration of exam results, CBSE will take 5 to 10 minutes to send the exam results via mobile phones to the students. Here, we are providing the simple steps to explain about how to check CBSE 10th Class Exam 2018 Result through mobile phone. The interested students can go and pursue the following instructions.
Go and open the inbox of your mobile phone.
Text your registration number, name, date of birth and school number in the message space.
Type the CBSE number in the recipient
Then, click send button
After that, CBSE will send the acknowledgement message to you for confirmation.
Following the exam result, CBSE will send the exam result and marks to your mobile phone.
CBSE 12th Class Results 2018 Science Commerce Arts
CBSE students who are studying 12th standard must appear in CBSE 12th Board Examination. Central Board of Secondary Education will be carried out CBSE 12th board exam to the students. Every year, the exam council of CBSE releases the CBSE 12th Science/Commerce/Arts Result 2018 in the middle week of May.
The students who have appeared in the exam should enter their roll number and name which given in the exam hall ticket to check their 12th exam result cbse board 2018. The exam result will be published only in the specific date and time.
CBSE will be uploaded 12th board exam results for cbse board in the official page of CBSE. CBSE will be issued CBSE board exam result with subject wise mark in the result page. The candidates should be advisable to keep safe the duplicate exam result page. CBSE will make to be had the exam result one or two weeks long in the official site.
The candidates can use the exam result page as the reference purpose until they get the original mark sheet from the CBSE 12th Class 2018 Science Commerce Arts Result Page. If the students who have got low marks or failed in the exam, then they can apply for supplementary exam or compartment exam.
How to Check CBSE 12th Class Result 2018
Exam board of CBSE will make available the direct link to the students to download CBSE 12th Class Result Name Wise 2018 in the authorised web page of CBSE. The aspirants can easily access their exam result page without any intricate. Even though, some aspirant has hesitation with the computer, then they should go and follow the given guiding principles.
Open the Central Board of Secondary Education official web portal.
Several will screen on the computer.
Go through the CBSE 12th Class Results 2018
The students need to submit their name and date of birth in the prescribed field.
Within the minute, CBSE 12th Class Board Exam Result Page will be available in the screen.
Hit the download button to download the result into your computer.
Take the print out copy of CBSE result page, if they needed.
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Cape Coral City Council members-elect outline priorities
November 9, 2017
In just over a week, the newly-elected Cape Coral City Council members will be sworn in.
And they have priorities they want to address, as well as longer-term ideas in mind.
For the Cape's next mayor, Joe Coviello, the first step is getting everyone on the same page.
"My top priority is to garner support from existing council members and newly-elected council members to work cohesively with city staff to address some of the issues that we are currently faced with," he said.
Coviello pointed to the ongoing clean up and seawall damage from Hurricane Irma. He suggested helping citizens deal with seawall damage by eliminating the permitting fees for construction.
"Looking at what's coming up on the agenda and forming solutions to some of the complex issues we're facing," Coviello said.
He also noted the city's water quality and storage, citing last summer's drought.
"We need to find some more solutions to what's going to happen there," Coviello said.
General city maintenance, revolving around the beautification of the city, along with promoting tourism and commercial development, with an emphasis on the new conference center, are long-term focuses.
"That keeps our values up and we need to stay on top of that," he said.
"That can help our economy by bringing people here," Coviello added of the conference center.
Jennifer Nelson, who won the District 4 seat from sitting Council Member Richard Leon, who ran for re-election, also mentioned building a team on the dais and with city staff as an immediate priority.
"I want to have a cohesive team," she said. "I want to have a team that works together to better our city and focus on the positives and move things forward."
Coming up with a plan for the old golf course also tops Nelson's list.
"I would really like to see us get some movement or resolution," she said, adding that a possible purchase plan might be an option. "I really hope we can keep it as green space."
Nelson feels there is still work to be done with the Bimini Basin project.
"And the Seven Islands; I think it would be the quickest return on our investment because we already own the property," she said.
Down the road, Nelson wants to focus on building a stable work force in the Cape.
"I would really love us to create and develop, cohesively with economic development, a work force plan that works with our development plan," she said. "We have a big opportunity within our city to bring in commercial base tax dollars, so we take the burden off of residential tax dollars."
Dave Stokes, who was elected to the District 5 seat, will finish out the term for former City Council member Rana Erbrick. She resigned to run for the mayor's seat, but lost in the primary election.
"The biggest thing is we're one of eight on a council," he said. "My philosophy and priorities are keeping our taxes low, keeping our public safe and being pro-business - promoting new business."
"I plan on coming in with a very positive attitude," Stokes added.
As for other priorities, he pointed to the allocation of Conservation 20/20 funds.
"I want to try getting more of the 20/20 money spent in the Cape," Stokes said, explaining that only two out of the dozens of projects to receive the county funds were in the city. "It's not many."
He suggested getting some of the 20/20 funds spent toward the old golf course.
"Getting more of our county dollars spent in Cape Coral," Stokes said.
He cited the Academic Village as one long-term focus.
"I'm really excited to look into bringing a medical college to the property," Stokes said, suggesting a public-private partnership to get it done. "Florida, and nationwide, has a shortage of paramedics."
John Gunter will take up the District 1 seat from exiting council member Jim Burch. Burch did not seek re-election.
He could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
Following his election night win, Gunter said he hoped to rely on his business experience.
"We need more commercial development and to close the 90-10 ratio between commercial and residential," he said. "We want to make that ratio a little smaller and take that burden off the residents a little less."
He suggested the solution is tied to changing the city's current policies.
"We have to change the land use and zoning regulations to make the city user-friendly and inviting," Gunter said.
Incumbent City Council member Rick Williams won his re-election bid in District 6.
"We started a lot of projects over the past four years," he said, citing the Seven Islands and Bimini Basin projects, along with the old golf course. "Just keep going the way it's going."
Williams disagreed with shaking up things, pushing instead on staying the current course.
"People seem to like it," he said. "It's definitely beneficial to the city."
Williams will continue to serve as a member of the MPO and Florida League of Cities.
"The youth council is still in (early) stages, so I want to see that grow," he said.
As for new ideas for the longer term, Williams has none for the moment.
"No new projects that I want to get off the ground. Everything that I wanted to do, we really got started last time," he said. "Everything that we've had problems with are being addressed in some form."
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The following organizations are IFC8’s Pioneer Members. They are some of the most well-known and respected companies in the world.
They deserve recognition for the contribution they made to the development of our network.
Seariders Brokerage Corporation
Seariders was founded in 1984, in Miami, Florida. Seariders is a reliable NVOCC, U.S Freight Forwarding & Customs Brokerage company with over 30 years of establishment. We are a Licensed, Insured and Bonded “Ocean Transportation Intermediary†by the U.S Federal Maritime Commission. Our range of services include Freight Forwarding, Custom Brokerage, Foreign Trade Zone & Domestic Warehousing, Domestic LTL/FTL trucking, offering Air and Sea freight, project cargoes, and also foreign trade zone consulting.
N.E.S Cargo Express International Corporation
Located in the heart of Manila, N.E.S Cargo was founded in 1994. With 7 employees initially, N.E.S Cargo has steadily grown to more than 100 staff today. With a strong customer service and sales team, we have proven to be an efficient and reliable freight forwarding company. We offer a wide range of services such as air and sea forwarding, trucking, packing and crating services, consolidation, custom brokerage, door to door service, transshipments, perishables and project cargo.
EES Freight Services Pte Ltd
Founded in 1983, in Singapore, EES has built its name for itself in the Forwarding Industry. Specializing in books consolidation from US and UK, EES is the leading logistics provider for the books industry. The other services they provide are air and sea freight, NVOCC, breakbulk, transshipments, warehousing, dangerous goods, perishables and project cargo. EES has a reliable and experienced sales and support team, which is vital in this trade. Being a well-established company of 33 years, its proof that EES has succeeded to provide excellent service to their clients.
Hi-Trust Freight Forwarding (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
HI-TRUST Freight Forwarding (Tianjin) Co., LTD. was established in 1997. In October 2004, we established Oriental HI-TRUST International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. Under the license approved by the MOFTEC of China as class A international freight forwarder on the basis of reconstruction the capital and assets of original HI-TRUST Freight Forwarding (Tianjin) Co.,Ltd. The company now provides the whole range of international air & sea transportation services, including booking, customs clearance, cargo inspections, storage and multimodal transportation.
Global Logistics Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd
GLS is a professional international NVOCC. We specialize in groupage/consolidation services via road, sea, air, and rail. We cater to exports from India to anywhere in the world and vice versa. GLS offers “direct†consolidation services to over 50 destinations around the world covering all major ports. Being one of the only neutral NVOCCs/MTO offering a uniform network within India, this makes GLS an ideal partner for our customers for executing their LCL shipments to and from the sub-continent.
Our team believes in BRIDGING LATITUDES with POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
ACA International Pty Ltd (Australia)
ACA International is an international logistics and supply chain management specialist with a very clear mission to enable our customers to have the best global supply chain solutions. We are recognised as one of the regions leading privately owned providers of integrated international logistics. Successfully operating since it was established in 1982 and now the organisation, its people and partners relentlessly pursue efficiencies and seek to be at the forefront of today's electronic business-to-business data initiatives. This investment in technology and managing information is a key differentiator in our unique service offering.
deugro (Singapore) Pte Ltd
The deugro Singapore office operates with a staff of 65, and is home to three dynamic divisions - the Air, Ocean, and Project Departments, all working towards a common objective, supporting and complementing each another. deugro's philosophy is to identify our clients' specific needs and tailor unique and turnkey solutions to meet them. We see ourselves as an extension of our customers, working with major suppliers, such as carriers, on a joint basis, in order to provide the best in terms of cost and services. Our recognition that all parties involved, including our agents and subcontractors, deserve to earn a fair return for their efforts drives us to ensure that we have the right resources in place to provide the best services, setting us apart from the rest. We call this the deugro difference.
AGL CO., Ltd
AGL Co., Ltd is a Korean based freight forwarder which has 3 offices in Korea. Our strengths of services are airfreight, seafreight and logistics including domestic delivery services after customs clearances. We handle air and sea shipments worldwide and we are especially strong in trade lanes – USA, Intra Asia, China, India, Russia and Brazil, just to name a few. AGL operates 3 warehouses in Korea to provide logistics service for Importers and Exporters. There is no service limitation for AGL and if there is a path, we go! All AGL families are ready to talk!
Cross Freight Internationale Speditionsges. mbH
CROSS FREIGHT is a Hamburg based, privately owned and self-funded full range logistics provider. The company has specialized in the handling of ship spares, oil & gas exploration equipment, chemicals/pharmaceuticals and all types of hazardous goods since 1996. As a leading player in the northern German market, we are proud of our ability to offer cutting-edge solutions to meet the transport needs of our clients and partners. Our well trained, highly motivated and service focused team will find the most effective and efficient solution for your shipments.
MSA Kargo (PT. Monang Sianipar Abadi)
We are committed to provide the best innovation and solution for global logistics challenge especially within the area of freight, distribution, warehousing, managed inventory and resources.
Polish Forwarding Company SP Z O.O.
Polish Forwarding Company SP Z O.O. is established in 2011. Our company HQ is based in Warsaw and operation department is located in Gdynia / Gdansk port region. We are proudly100% Polish owned. We are a multimodal transport operator and NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier) which allows us to issue our own B/L. We are also member of prestigious global forwarders organizations.
Leo Global Logistics Public Company Limited
Leo Global Logistics Group (LGL) was founded in 1991. Our business scope covers International Freight Forwarding-Sea/Air/Cross Border, Groupage/Consolidation services to/from worldwide, Liner Agency, International Logistics Center, 3rd Party Logistics Provider-Warehouse and Distribution Management. The company can offer services for both General Cargoes and Specialty Cargoes. Since its inception, LGL is considered to be one of the leading master loaders providing groupage/consolidation services to worldwide destinations.
Transworld Transportation Co., Ltd
Transworld Transportation Company Ltd (TWT) was established in Taiwan in 1984, and since that year has been consistently growing and today becomes one of the leading freight forwarding company in Taiwan, China and Vietnam. We are now offering world-wide clients a complete integrated logistics service. Your freight will be in our good hands & our local experts will offer you a complete satisfactory service.
In April of 1992, Universal Worldwide Transportation Limited was established in Hong Kong with a proficient work team in multi-model transportation services covering air freight, ocean freight, sea/air combined transport, cross-border inland trucking, pick & pack, and logistics services. We, the Universal group of companies, is the professional and successful ONE-STOP logistics solution by providing custom-made services to suit all your transportation needs.
LEO Myanmar Logistics Co., Ltd
LEO Myanmar Logistics Co., Ltd (LML) is a joint ventured company between LEO Global Logistics Co., Ltd-Thailand and EFR Group-Myanmar. With extensive and long years of experience of both companies in Thailand and Myanmar, it enables LML to offer competitive services and to serve any specialized cargo movement to/from Myanmar.
Cargo Services Group
Cargo Services was set up in Madrid in March 1988 as a global transport enterprise focusing its activity on air, sea and land freight. We are also able to offer customs clearance, transport insurances and further services relating to export and import. We have our own branch offices in Barcelona, Pamplona and Comillas (Santander), Cuba, Mexico, Panama and Poland. Cargo Services is an IATA member. We were granted the ISO 9001 Certification in 1997 and acquired the certification of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) in December 2011. We are committed to quality and is determined to achieve excellence in our services to meet our client's requirements.
G Freight Unipessoal, Lda.
We render all services: Import/Export by Air/Sea/Road, Customs Brokerage, Warehousing, Logistics, Distribution. Our Head office is Oporto, but we are also able to assist at Lisbon seaport/airport and others Pt destinations, as islands of Azores, Madeira or others. G-Freight ® is prepared to offer services on a door to door basis, and based on an aggressive sales attitude and careful buying policy, we are able to offer a high quality product at a low costs.
JAG Glolistics (Qingdao) Co., Ltd
JAG Globlistics, approved by the Ministry of Commerce of the People Republic of China, is a Class A forwarder with more than 80 excellent employees. Since our inception in China in 2005, our company has established in Qingdao and other various parts of China. JAG Globlistics, is dedicated to offering customers fast, reliable, responsive and cost-effective express delivery, transport and logistics solutions.
Our headquarters in Hong Kong was established in 1992. To cope with the yearly rapid business expansion of the company as well as the shift of geographical economy in Greater China, Universal Worldwide incorporated Guangzhou Universal Worldwide Transportation Limited, a branch in Guangzhou, China. It is wholly foreign-owned and we are awarded licensed Class A international freight forwarding agent. We, the Universal group of companies, is the professional and successful ONE-STOP logistics solution by providing custom-made services to suit all your transportation needs.
Fugui Logistics Co. Ltd
Established in 2009, Fugui Logistics Co. Ltd continues its mission to provide seamless professional freight service to all partners home and abroad. With our strong team consisting of some 28 well trained dedicated coworkers, we excel in service to Europe, USA and Latin America mainly. Integrity, honesty, transparency and competitiveness win us reputation and long haul cooperation.
Integrate Shipping Limited
Integrate Shipping Limited (ISL) was founded in 1997. We provide various kind of cargo logistics service throughout China. We offer a full range of Air, Ocean, Project Cargo Services throughout China. ISL has strong relationship with liners like MSK, MSC, EVERGREEN, COSCO and airlines like CA, LH, AF etc. Based on professional knowledge, we even handled many oversize break bulk shipments worldwide.
Infinity Logistics & Transport Sdn Bhd
Infinity Logistics & Transport Sdn Bhd is an asset-based total logistics provider. Established in 2003, we offer innovative and cost effective logistics solutions for various types of industries. Owning and operating our own warehouse, fleet of haulage/trucks, contractual support from Ocean & Air Carriers and other specialized equipment, with these advantages, Infinity is able to have a better control and abilities to customize or redefine customer's logistics solutions.
Transpeed Cargo Pte Ltd (Cambodia)
Transpeed been in business since 1992 in Cambodia. We are a full-fledged forwarding Company providing services in Air, Ocean, Sea/Air, Land/Air, Customs Brokerage, Trucking and Courier services. Our main core-business are Garments handling with shipment mainly to Europe and North America. Our team of 45 staffs are highly experienced having been with the Company for many years. We are the Global Service Participant (GSP) for FEDEX since 1996.
Bruning International Corporation
Bruning International Corporation (BIC) has been in business for 41 years. Our biggest strength is our personnel. Our highly skilled team has an average of 20 years' experience in freight and logistics. We handle both Air and Ocean freight - a lot of large OOG shipments from the Far East and a lot of freight both ocean and air to the Middle East, Bahrain, Egypt and KSA. We also have a division that handles nothing but IPPC certified crating and packing.
Oriental Mercury International Cargo Transportation Co., Ltd
OMT is a full-license freight forwarder both in China and USA. We deliver competitive advantage to our clients' supply chain requests, with innovative, integrated solutions configured to the specific requirements between China and USA, South East Asia and China, China and South America. We are verified by US. Department of Homeland Security as well as Transportation Security Administration and are qualified Indirect Air Carrier. We look forward to provide excellent logistic service to you.
Steele Logistics, LLC
At Steele Logistics, we pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization and take the time to understand each customer's individual business needs. We are experts at ocean freight/ air freight/ project cargo/ import/export/ domestic/third party fulfillment/ foreign trade zone warehousing 'FTZ'/ e-commerce. We also specialize in worldwide transport of heavy and abnormal loads eg. industrial machinery, RO/RO-OOG, vintage aircrafts, motion picture sets.
Rollway Freight & Shipping Agencies Corp.
Since 2005, Rollway Freight & Shipping Agencies Corp. has combined reliability with the industry's most advanced information technologies to build strong working business relationships and provided our clients with an extensive array of comprehensive logistics solutions. The company believes that with the combination of a dynamic, deeply knowledgeable workforce and competitive service-oriented staff with our most reliable and dependable amenities and equipment, we can render ultimate satisfaction to our customers.
DODERO CARGAS S.A. is a leading Custom Broker & freight forwarder company in Argentina with experienced professionals with great customer care skills, focused on providing an excellent service. We supply whole and effective service to international commerce optimizing costs and operative processes, without risking the service quality or the cargo security. Our main services involve ocean and inland river transport, air and inland transportation, customs, warehousing and distribution just in time.
Italfreight
From general cargoes to dangerous goods, Italfreight's Services are personalized for each client: An adaptive shipping service that will meet your needs. Thanks to a network of 170 authorized agents, packages are guaranteed door-to-door or airport-to-airport worldwide. Complete orders tracking from your providers for both import and export either by air or by sea. Italfreight: Your French Partner - Import & Export via Sea or Air Freight, Customs agent, all continents, all locations, all products!
ACA International NZ Ltd
ACA International is an international logistics and supply chain management specialist with a very clear mission to enable our customers to have the best global supply chain solutions. We are recognised as one of the regions leading privately owned providers of integrated international logistics. Successfully operating since it was established in 1982 and now the organisation, its people and partners relentlessly pursue efficiencies and seek to be at the forefront of today's electronic business-to-business data initiatives.
iSpeed Freight India Pvt Ltd
We, iSpeed Freight India Pvt Ltd, fulfils our commitment accordingly to our name that “i†am always at your dispersal for any assistance round the clock & “Speed†towards delivery of your cargo. We have established ourselves as a prominent international freight forwarding company by providing excellent quality Air Freight, Sea Freight, Warehousing, Transportation and Logistic Solution Services, giving our clients a competitive advantage in the management of their supply chains.
Excess International
Excess International is your French professional team since 1994, for all type of transports - Oil and Gas, Automotive, Aeronautics, Industry, Pharma, Dangerous Goods, Cinema, Events and Hunting. Our Services cover Ocean Freight (FCL-LCL), Airfreight consolidation and back to back, Charters for cargo, Logistic for Sports, shows, exhibitions, Logistic solutions for Hazardous goods, over-sized cargo and Emergencies. We are ISO 9001 certified, IATA agent and Multimodal Customs broker.
Universal Logistics FZE
UNIVERSAL Logistics FZE is a freight forwarding company that has been established and incorporated in 2009, within the Free Zone in Dubai. The company's strategic presence within the Dubai Airport Free Zone is envisaged to serve and facilitate the prompt and efficient movement of high value goods from the UAE to almost any commercial destination in the world. We strife to guarantee and assure premium level of service to all of our clients.
Charles Kendall Freight
Charles Kendall is an experienced end-to-end global supply chain management company. Since 1945, we have worked with clients worldwide to develop tailored solutions, from procurement to delivery by air, ocean and road. Our services cover the whole supply chain so whether you need export packing and freight forwarding services or repackaging and labelling services for your products entering new markets, we can provide a solution which reduces your risks and is cost effective too.
Silver Freight Logistic SRL
We Are an International Cargo Transportation Agency that was born with the purpose of providing a comprehensive service, which includes Agility, Communication and Efficiency. In a global world, Silver Freight operates as a vital link that combines precision, speed and infrastructure when it comes to transporting cargo in and out of the country. Our customers count on a constant follow-up at every stage of their shipments from its initial stuffing to its final destination.
Taewoong Logistics Co., Ltd
TAEWOONG LOGISTICS CO., LTD has had successful years since it was established as the leading company in the area of ocean, air and inland transportation in 1996. We have been gaining customers' trust by providing the most suitable logistics service, always considering their needs and profit as the most important objectives. Based on the experience and know-how that has been accumulated over the years, TAEWOONG LOGISTICS CO., LTD can offer total logistics service and competitive rates on all kinds of transportation.
World Cargo Traders
World Cargo Traders is an Australian-owned freight and logistics company that was established in 1984. Our focus has always been to provide quality international freight forwarding services of imports and exports both by sea and air, as well as customs clearing to both our valued local customers and overseas partners. While there are many international freight forwarding service providers in Brisbane and Australia, we set ourselves apart by providing an exceptional service through constant investment in quality people and product development.
MRM Freight Agenciamento De Cargas Ltda
MRM Freight AG De Cargas Ltda was founded in 2004 by Marcos Gomes offering a different services to the market focused on necessity of customers' demands. We are specialized in door-to-door services offering Export and Import International Airfreight and Ocean Freight, Domestic Airfreight and Ocean Freight (all territories in Brazil), Truck service and Customs Clearances and we are also specialized in events, big shows and fair shipments.
Weida Freight System System (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd Taiwan Branch
WEIDA Freight System (Taiwan Branch) was established in 2009. WEIDA FREIGHT SYSTEM (WFS) was founded in China in July 1998 with 1st-Class licence for both Ocean and Air and also the NVOCC's licence by MOC with full authority to handle both ocean and air traffic. The founders of WEIDA FREIGHT SYSTEM are the most experienced and professional people with more than 20 years devotion in the Industry of International Transportation and Logistics Services.
Best Global Logistics B.V. (Formerly known as Ocean-Trans International BV)
Independent, Dutch, service-oriented and professional. That is how we describe ourselves. Best Global Logistics B.V. offers you a wide range of logistic services. We take care of everything by dealing with the whole process, from preparing documents to delivering the shipment to the specified address. By means of the integral collaboration with our suppliers, our customers and our expertly trained team we can offer you a professional service at competitive rates.
Allied Forwarding
Allied Forwarding is a leading International Freight Forwarding company, focus on providing a total solution for all your transport requirements from anywhere in Ireland to/from anywhere in the world. Allied Forwarding aims for total quality of services with maximum customer service satisfaction. Allied Forwarding's philosophy for the last 30 years has always been based on providing high quality and personal service at a competitive price.
Globe Forwarding And Freight Ltd
This is our pleasure to introduce Globe Forwarding & Freight Ltd (GFFL) as one of the leading freight forwarding companies in the Bangladesh. GFFL was established in the year 2004 and since then never looked back, rather marching forward with the growth of its business every year. Globe Forwarding & Freight Ltd has its Head Office in Dhaka. The Dhaka office is situated in one of the most commercially important area near Air Port which fit with all the modern facilities required.
NOT JUST ANOTHER NETWORK
InFinite Connection (IFC8) is a new and exciting freight forwarding network whose single goal is to create a network that is collectively powerful, with sustainable advantage and is cost effective.
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Blind Boys Of Alabama - There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table) Lyrics
(Chorus)
There will never be any peace
Until God is seated at the conference table
There will never be any peace
Until God is seated at the conference table
(Verse)
There’s not a moment
For the man today
Time will lay these things alright
Holding need enough to need it
Constantly reaching for what made me be thinking these right
Everybody has a plan
Ain’t that just to block them him
People came to understand
We gotta tell em
(Chorus)
There will never be any peace
Until God is seated at the conference table
There will never be any peace
Until God is seated at the conference table
(Verse)
But we went all in the dark
Has come to life
Tell me who’s to blame
And what is His name?
You can’t point your finger
And you gotta remember
What was done was done by the man
So we got to tell em
(Chorus x3)
There will never be any peace
Until God is seated at the conference table
There will never be any peace
Until God is seated at the conference table
There will never be any peace
Until my God is seated at the conference table
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To enhance the traveling process by providing a fast, comfortable, safe, and discrete high-quality service to our clients.
WHY WE EXIST
To enhance the traveling process by providing a fast, comfortable, safe, and discrete high-quality service to our clients.
A Story of Perseverance
September 11, 2001 (9/11) marks the day of one of the worse terrorist attacks on United States soil. Devised to instill panic and fear in the American people, this unprecedented attack traumatized many while impacting the American psyche. As many ran for their lives in New York City to evacuate the mayhem, others watch the tragedy on live television as it transpired. The world was in complete shock. Our team, comprised of prior travel agents, worked around the corner from ground zero and were extremely fortunate enough to escape the adversity unharmed.
Ultimately, the American people unanimously agreed and united together with the government to generate a solution so that the magnitude of a terrorist attack, similar to 9/11, could never happen again. Consequently, the U.S. Congress passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act on November 19, 2001. The act established the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and empowered them with hiring security screeners at 450 commercial airports nationwide, within the span of only 12 months, changing the way people traveled domestically as well as internationally forever. Although this preventative action was effective at ceasing all possible threats, it created an inefficient means of travel where complexion and discomfort arose.
We noticed that most Americans still feared flying as airports and airplanes did not fully regain public trust despite the TSA implementation. This was a time of great uncertainty, but also an opportune time to act. There was something significant missing at airports; a quality concierge service that provided a real sense of assurance and commitment to passengers. We began providing concierge services at New York airports to companies to help cater, comfort, and navigate their clients through the new unfamiliar airport process. The airport concierge service niche drastically gained popularity among travelers and word-of-mouth promotion erupted the segment. Over the years, we experienced enormous organic growth from recurring clients as well as new clients that ranged from corporate officers of fortune 500 companies to celebrities, politicians, producers, directors, entertainers, professional athletes, and so forth. With over 60 airport locations, we will continue to grow and prosper by selflessly serving our clients, moving forward, anticipating change, and shaping it to our purpose.
A Story of Perseverance
September 11, 2001 (9/11) marks the day of one of the worse terrorist attacks on United States soil. Devised to instill panic and fear in the American people, this unprecedented attack traumatized many while impacting the American psyche. As many ran for their lives in New York City to evacuate the mayhem, others watch the tragedy on live television as it transpired. The world was in complete shock. Our team, comprised of prior travel agents, worked around the corner from ground zero and were extremely fortunate enough to escape the adversity unharmed.
Ultimately, the American people unanimously agreed and united together with the government to generate a solution so that the magnitude of a terrorist attack, similar to 9/11, could never happen again. Consequently, the U.S. Congress passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act on November 19, 2001. The act established the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and empowered them with hiring security screeners at 450 commercial airports nationwide, within the span of only 12 months, changing the way people traveled domestically as well as internationally forever. Although this preventative action was effective at ceasing all possible threats, it created an inefficient means of travel where complexion and discomfort arose.
We noticed that most Americans still feared flying as airports and airplanes did not fully regain public trust despite the TSA implementation. This was a time of great uncertainty, but also an opportune time to act. There was something significant missing at airports; a quality concierge service that provided a real sense of assurance and commitment to passengers. We began providing concierge services at New York airports to companies to help cater, comfort, and navigate their clients through the new unfamiliar airport process. The airport concierge service niche drastically gained popularity among travelers and word-of-mouth promotion erupted the segment. Over the years, we experienced enormous organic growth from recurring clients as well as new clients that ranged from corporate officers of fortune 500 companies to celebrities, politicians, producers, directors, entertainers, professional athletes, and so forth. With over 60 airport locations, we will continue to grow and prosper by selflessly serving our clients, moving forward, anticipating change, and shaping it to our purpose.
Our Company Values
Our Company Values
Fairness to all
We believe that both our customers and greeters deserve just treatment without favoritism or discrimination based on income level or VIP status. We will never offer concierge services in airports where we cannot guarantee the level of service our customers deserve.
Compliance is key
At Travel Greeter, we comply with all local, state, federal regulations, rules and laws that apply to our services we extend to our customers. We will never cut corners or exploit grey areas that go against intended safety protocols for the general public’s interest.
Continuous improvement
Today’s world is fast-paced like never before. We will grow and prosper by learning from our mistakes, moving forward, anticipating change, and shaping it to our purpose. We love the Kaizen approach – google it.
Fairness to all
We believe that both our customers and greeters deserve just treatment without favoritism or discrimination based on income level or VIP status. We will never offer concierge services in airports where we cannot guarantee the level of service our customers deserve.
Compliance is key
At Travel Greeter, we comply with all local, state, federal regulations, rules and laws that apply to our services we extend to our customers. We will never cut corners or exploit grey areas that go against intended safety protocols for the general public’s interest.
Continuous improvement
Today’s world is fast-paced like never before. We will grow and prosper by learning from our mistakes, moving forward, anticipating change, and shaping it to our purpose. We love the Kaizen approach – google it.
Driven by satisfaction
At the end of the day, Travel Greeter strives to provide the customer with the highest quality service available on the market. We achieve customer satisfaction by going above and beyond in enhancing the airport experience to meet your travel objectives and personal needs.
Data security and privacy
Travel Greeter operates in a niche industry that is built on trust and confidentiality. We go above and beyond securing data despite the cost it incurs. We will also never sell your information to third parties for an extra penny, as it goes against our terms and conditions, unlike the majority of companies.
Wealth of knowledge
Our company is founded on expertise, experience, and optimal judgement. We only attain and retain such greeters, that complete rigorous screening as well as training, to render concierge services to our clients. Other companies rarely do background checks or train their greeters which is extremely problematic.
Driven by satisfaction
At the end of the day, Travel Greeter strives to provide the customer with the highest quality service available on the market. We achieve customer satisfaction by going above and beyond in enhancing the airport experience to meet your travel objectives and personal needs.
Data security and privacy
Travel Greeter operates in a niche industry that is built on trust and confidentiality. We go above and beyond securing data despite the cost it incurs. We will also never sell your information to third parties for an extra penny, as it goes against our terms and conditions, unlike the majority of companies.
Wealth of knowledge
Our company is founded on expertise, experience, and optimal judgement. We only attain and retain such greeters, that complete rigorous screening as well as training, to render concierge services to our clients. Other companies rarely do background checks or train their greeters which is extremely problematic.
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Description
Brad Wenzel is most known for his offbeat, one-liner comedy. He is a professional comedian so don't be thrown by his youth and unassuming presence on stage. Described as “the tin-can-kicker of comedy” Brad will surely win you over with his dry delivery and a barrage of clever jokes. His act jumps back and fourth between everyday observations and surrealism. By drawing material from both his life and his imagination, he comes off as a relatable guy sharing some weird thoughts. KnightArts.com described his act as, “not so much clean in content as very wholesome in its delivery.” Currently based out of Los Angeles, Brad began doing stand up in Michigan at the age of 17. He has accomplished a lot since then. Highlights include, being a “new face” at the prestigious, 2014 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, winning the 2015 Great American Comedy Festival (held in honor of Johnny Carson), and making his television debut on CONAN in 2016 followed by a return appearance in 2017.
Terms & Conditions
Hey there! This is the fine print, which we hate as much as you. First - and this is a big one - WE ONLY HOLD TICKETS TILL 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW. We release the tickets at that point to be resold WITHOUT A REFUND. We've had a bunch of people showing up half way into a show and being all disruptive - which is why we can't have nice things. Outside of that - we reserve the right to eject you from the show if you're being disruptive - also without a refund. We promise we don't like doing this and try not to - so don't be a dick.
Also - don't worry about printing anything - we check everyone in at the door. If you're the kind of person who wants to be sure we're not screwing something up on our end - just bring your phone with your email confirmation.
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In partnership with the Lewisham Safeguarding Adults Board, VAL will be hosting four events across Lewisham in 2019-2020. Each one will bring together local people with lived experience, charities that work with them, and Board partners to ensure we work together to protect adults at risk of abuse and neglect in Lewisham.
The first event will be held on Thursday 17 October, 9.30am – 1.30pm (during Hate Crime Awareness Week) at St Laurence Church Centre, Main Hall in Catford South, Neighbourhood 3.
Come along to:
Find out how you can contribute to developing the ‘whole community approach’ in preventing adult abuse and neglect
Hear an update on what should be reported to the Local Authority, and how to do this
Find out how you could become a Safeguarding Champion in Lewisham
Learn about the introduction of the Safe Place Scheme in Lewisham, which is a national initiative to encourage adults to live more independently in their local communities
Have your say in shaping the work of the Safeguarding Adults Adult Board
Network and meet other people and organisations working to help protect those most at risk, and prevent adult abuse and neglect.
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Founded in 1919, Suddath® is one of the nation’s largest providers of moving, transportation, storage and logistics solutions. With a convenient, one-stop service center in Ft. Lauderdale, Suddath provides the most reliable local, long-distance and international moving services to families, corporations, hospitals and libraries in the Ft. Lauderdale area.
Reviews for Suddath Relocation Systems of Ft Lauderdale, Inc.
We had a wonderful experience from start to finish, everyone was so helpful and made our move so nice!!
Bonnie
July 24, 2018
The loading went very well. Fast friendly.
Unloading was also fast and friendly.
Hanping
July 5, 2018
1. sales is responsive in timely manner,
2. packing itself is done very well (no plates broken),
3. follow up is good to certain extent but then when actual delivery time is concerned, the driver is the one telling me what is happening vs the coordinator.
4. actually deliver is efficient and fast,
5. but some furniture pieces mysteriously scratched and bumped with perfect wrapping up arrival, and also marked at the signed inventory, with no prior mentioning to me and certainly were no there before their packing. so on one hand they did a great job packing, but on the other they documented scratches and dents that were not there in the first place. this is dishonesty and that is not good for such a reputable company and for such a high moving charge.
Dawn
July 3, 2018
They were very responsive and kept me up to date. Everybody was respectful.
Renee
April 25, 2018
Smooth efficient move. Packing crew was excellent, driver (MIke) and loaders were amazing hard workers...extremely helpful and pleasant and made me feel very confident. Thank you to Bonnie my moving coordinator who went out of her way to make sure everything was on task and I felt as though she was a friend with her encouraging words, wisdom and kind words.
Hope
April 21, 2018
Excellent!
Moving is stressful and choosing a moving company is most difficult. Most reviews aren’t very good. From the start, with our 1st appointment, with Steve, to working with the amazing Bonnie. She continued telling me everything would be good and she was completely correct.
Everything promised and above was taken care of. Your team, has been beyond perfect. Brandon, Barb and the repair person in Minneapolis, Brad. Outstanding and professional.
Highly would recommend United. The movers from Florida to Minnesota fabulous.
What a great relief to have trust in the experience.
Hope Rosenburg
Paul
April 10, 2018
very professional, price estimated was the final price we paid
Kevin
March 23, 2018
Movers provided exceptional customer service and especially Jay who consistently told us that he was here to exceed our expectations. The team was great!
Piyush
March 3, 2018
Move from FLL to PIT. Couldn't have asked for better service. Extremely professional right from sales to delivery. All pickup and delivery agents were quick, polite, experienced and extremely patient. All my stuff reached within a week and all in one piece. I was notified tinely via phone calls and email about my delivery and they made themselves available even on a Sunday. They stuck to the price they promised and no surprises what so ever. We thank United and each and every person who helped make our move stress free. We will definitely recommend United for your move.
Linda
February 7, 2018
good friendly workers, good communication, no breakage
Laura
October 23, 2017
Everyone was so professional and extremely helpful every step of the way.
Bill
October 21, 2017
The team was great. Worked hard and finished early at both ends. I like that we had some of the same people for pickup and delivery.
Two things did not go as well as I would have liked. One - they do not pack remotes with the TV - they pack them separately which makes it difficult to match up when unpacking. Two - the electronic piano player system was not with the piano when unpacked. The people putting the piano together could not finish the job. We still haven’t found it although I assume it is packed somewhere.
Ralph & Maggie
October 21, 2017
While there was some miscommunications, overall this was best move experience we have had with a moving company.
Jim
September 27, 2017
Totally ridiculous how difficult it is to get a straight answer about liability protection and insurance. felt scammed at several times during the process. Your employees and subcontracted employees were not well educated on this important matter.
Brett
September 26, 2017
Overall, the move went pretty well. Packers and driver were professional and worked hard. I did question the say some things were packed (some were packed with overkill, a few items were packed carelessly), but overall, it wasn't bad.
Rhoda
August 18, 2017
Once I made the choice of selecting United to move me, everything went so smoothly.
The team that showed up were friendly and very respectful of my belongings. The office staff I had to deal with on the phone, could not be nicer.
The van arrived in the time period I was promised,and everything seemed in good condition....even though i am still unpacking.
Very pleased with the whole move from start to finish.
Marilyn
August 7, 2017
Roberto, William, and Ernes (sp?) were fabulous--we can't sing their praises enough! I have already told friends in Florida that if they or anyone they know will be moving, they MUST call Suddath, and ask particularly for Roberto's team, if possible. Such nice men--so professional, pleasant, conscientious, patient, and of course, careful with our furniture, household goods, and with protecting both the home we were leaving and the one to which we were moving. Having not made an interstate move in 40 years, my husband and I were apprehensive, given the horror stories one reads and hears about moving disasters. Roberto called a couple of days before the move to touch base, and likely sensing my nervousness, he said "Don't worry, we'll get through this together!" He was so pleasant and reassuring that I knew we would be in good hands. Boy, were we ever! They were such a pleasure to work with, and everything arrived FAST and in perfect condition. They far exceeded our expectations!
John
August 1, 2017
The office people kept us updated on the times for each stage. The packers were efficient . The moving. Crew (two guys) were pleasant and attentive to the task.
We were kept in the loop over the several days that our load was en route and they arrived as promised.
Unloading went very well ,unpacking and assembly was spot on.
All in all it was a good experience.
Lynn
July 19, 2017
Great experience with United Van Lines in our recent move out of state. All our questions and concerns were addressed professionally and in a speedy manner.
Cathy
June 6, 2017
Great service, polite and hard working crew.
Suzanne
May 17, 2017
My experience was mixed. The guys who loaded me at my home were good, whoever managed the warehouse storage did a terrible job, the guys who delivered to my destination were excellent
Elizabeth
May 15, 2017
All your employees were wonderful......conscientious and pleasant.
Rick & Pat
May 8, 2017
We had absolutely no damage to any of our goods. From packing to loading to unloading, everything was handled in a professional, courteous and thorough manner. By far,the best move we have had.
Charles
April 17, 2017
Excellent service. Very professional and helpful throughout moving experience.
Gail
April 13, 2017
Driver and team were very professional moved everything carefully
Tyla
April 3, 2017
My driver Carlos and both of his helpers,in Florida and in Mass. These men were so friendly, never stopped working (even for a drink of water. Their work ethic's are exceptional and all three men deserve to be recognized. If I ever move again (and God I hope not, this is too stressful!) I would use your company only if I had Carlos and his helpers to move me. Great upstanding men - you need to be proud in who you have hired.
Sean
March 16, 2017
From Bonnie who was our coordinator to Justice our driver and his helpers made the move and the whole experience very unstressful experience
Pamela
February 28, 2017
People were really nice, but: we needed an extra truck so some things got here, some things are enroute with no idea when they are coming or what was on the shipment. We have the inside of a cabinet but not cabinet as its in the next shipment so all is on the floor. Packers left some things in my dresser so stuff fell between drawers and I had to break things to get them out. Unpackers left a knife in my 11 yr olds room. Kitchen box was unpacked in the basement. It feels like a mess and I have moved serveral times, this has been the worst.
The crew did an excellent job. We had an outstanding crew in Beau, Curtis, and Troy. They were hard-working, respectful and did everything in their power to do a great job. I would give them an A rating.
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Hegel may be read as endorsing a republican conception of freedom as non-domination. This may then be allied to an expressive conception of freedom not as communal integration and non-alienation, but rather as the development of new powers and capabilities. To this extent, he may be understood as occupying a position between nondomination and expressive freedom. This not only informs contemporary discussions of republicanism and democracy, but also suggests a ‘capabilities solution’ to the otherwise intractable problem of the rabble. Key Words: creativity • democracy • domination • expression • freedom • G.W.F.Hegel • rabble • republicanism.
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HI Helen, Myself and another colleague from work would like to join the conference. Would it be possible to join the meeting on Friday. Thanks, Declan Feely ------------------------------ Declan Feely feely Consultants --------------------------- ...
eBecs and Microsoft Ireland will partner with us for our upcoming AXUG meeting in One Microsoft Place Dublin. CRM UG will hold their first meeting after our meeting, feel free to join this meeting after our AXUG meeting
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Hi Stephen, We have recently gone live in D365O (after 7 years in AX 2009). We continue to use quality orders to capture aggregated test results against lots and attach them to product batches. In the past I had build an in-house middleware piece (installed ...
We've integrated a number of LIMS to D365. One of the key decisions you'll need to make is the level of integration back into D365. Most LIMS implementers prefer to push back something very generic, such as a pdf, but this limits the abilties in the quality ...
Hello, I belong to a discrete parts manufacturer that is about to start an implementation of Microsoft D365. During that implementation we would like to implement a LIMS system (Laboratory Information Management System) to centralise our test / measurement ...
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The first book I ever wrote was the Oracle Designer 2000 Handbook (1999, Oracle Press) Peter Koletzke was my co-author. Probably the biggest “ah ha!” moment for me was the realization that the tools you use have a HUGE impact…
This article by Paul Dorsey was part of a presentation given in 2012 at the IOUG Collaborate conference. With the popularity of Object-Oriented (OO) technology and web-based development at the turn of the century, we moved into a world with more questions than answers. The open…
I start my day reading Seth Godin’s blog, every day, for maybe two years now. His posts are short and often they are obvious truths. But I read them long enough that they got me to fear less, deliver more, and…
I suspect that most software products have their origins as a project. We are seeing the birth of such a product so I thought I would blog about it. Earlier I wrote a couple of posts about our next generation…
OK, sure, if you write a query that takes 10 minutes, then your performance is going to be terrible. But of all the systems I have seen, usually there is somebody around who can both detect a long running query…
I am not a big fan of boring, mind numbing, repetitive tasks. I remember my early days working with word processors and spreadsheets. If you needed to do a task more than about 10 times, it usually made sense to…
Anyone can make a tree display, but tree navigation involves much more. What you really want on a tree includes all of the following: 1. Only load nodes that are necessary. 2. Provide the option to reload every time the tree…
Paul Dorsey and Michael Rosenblum published this article in the IOUG Web Architecture Best Practices Booklet (Collab’09 edition) in 2009. The Introduction is below: Many of the performance tuning techniques applied to client/server applications that consisted of rewriting poorly written SQL code and tuning the database…
The information presented on this blog is presented to provide general technical information. If, while attempting to apply any of the ideas, procedures, or suggestions herein, you experience any kind of programming or system problems or failure, it will be as a result of your own actions. Dulcian, Inc. and all authors of text found anywhere on this site, and all internally-linked Web sites, Mail Lists, Blogs and/or e-mail group discussion, disclaim responsibility for any user's actions and any damage that may occur based on information found on this website and associated Mail Lists, Blogs and/or e-mail group discussion. Any technical advice or directions found on or through this site is provided AS IS and its provided without warranty or any guarantee of its accuracy. You perform any modifications to programs or software AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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News and Updates
More than 30,000 shared their work story
Researchers will have richer data to work with now that more than 30,000 provided their work story to the Ontario Health Study. A big thank you to those that took time to contribute to the Work History Questionnaire by December 1, 2019.
Here’s some of the early numbers:
67 – The percentage of participants that walked or biked while travelling in a given week
6 – The number of hours respondents spent sitting on the job in a day (median)
40 – The most number of jobs reported by a participant
65 – The percentage of those finishing the Work History Questionnaire who also provided an earlier blood sample
The OHS team will now take time to prepare and analyze the data from the questionnaire, in order to make it available to approved researchers later in 2020.
A Halifax researcher is already interested in the new OHS data. Dr. Ellen Sweeney is the Director of Strategic Research Initiatives for Atlantic PATH, a sister study to the OHS.
She said it would be very interesting to compare the occupational data collected from the Atlantic PATH study with those of the OHS Work History Questionnaire. “If there are similarities between our findings and the OHS, that strengthens the work overall. If there are differences, it’s important to look at them and see if there are other variables at play, either here or in Ontario, that are influencing the health of participants.”
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MACROVITA honey is mainly from Arta, Arcadia and Crete. It is produced by cooperating beekeepers with traditional methods and under strict guidelines governing production, harvesting and quality. To preserve the beneficial qualities of the honey intact no processing whatsoever takes place, other than mechanical filtration and packaging.
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Jody, a SAHM to 3 boys is pregnant again after 4 consecutive miscarriages in 2002. Day to day struggles, worries and reflections recorded to help other women who have struggled with recurrent miscarriage.
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Credits & Description
Category: Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Media: Digital
Brand: Pepsi
Agency: BBDO
Geo: Egypt
Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO, Cairo, Egypt
President / Chief Creative Officer: Hussam Moro
Managing Director: Roni Chamcham
Executive Creative Director: Ahmed El Keiy
Senior Copywriter: Wael Khairy
Copywriters: Omar Osman, Alaa Khalil, Ezz Tarek
Group Account Director: Aref Fakhoury
Account Manager: Salma Shahin
Planning Director: Noor Hassanein
Strategic Planner: Hend Ghorab
Head of Content / Social Media: Rula El Kaliouby
Agency Producer: Emad El Tayeb
Art Director: Mohamed Gaber
Director: Haisam Abu Samra
Production House: The Talkies
Founder of Talkies: Sherif Fareed
Senior Producer: Khaled Zaki
Post-Production: Tariq Ali
Published: June 2017
Synopsis:
Smartphones tend to hijack our presence amongst family and friends. So the only way to watch PepsiCo’s newest Ramadan campaign, is in a gathering with two other individuals. Creating the first mobile multi-screen ad, turning the usual individualistic use of mobile phones into a collectivistic/social experience.
The content features the story of 4 friends who one-by-one left their phones to enjoy the real world instead of the digital one. This was narrated through a song by Egypt’s most popular actor, Sameer Ghanem – An icon of family entertainment, loved by all generations. The ad ends with an inspiring reality-check making viewers realize that they are now actually all together, and to leave their phones as is, and continue enjoying time with other another.
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The Man Booker Prize 2012 winner, Hilary Mantel takes home £50,000 and the respect of her contemporaries with her book Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall, which won the prize in 2009, The BBC reports.
And that double makes her the first woman to win it twice, as well as the first Brit, to sweeten the victory even more. "This double accolade is uniquely deserved," said Sir Peter Stothard, chairman of the judges. It comes as no surprise that she should take home the literary gong, given that the odds of her doing so were slashed to a derisory 1/50, meaning that any stake would have yielded a paltry return. Maybe someone, somewhere knew something we didn’t, but any sensible betting folks would have likely backed Will Self at a more attractive 2/1. His book: Umbrella, represented a first time nomination for the prolific writer, who is equally at home contributing to prestigious journals as he is with novels. Sadly, for Will, this wasn’t his year, and Mantel now faces the daunting task of finishing off a trilogy that, up to now, has received the most prestigious prize in literature for every entry.
"You wait 20 years for a Booker Prize and two come along at once," Jokes Mantel as she received the award. "I know how privileged and lucky I am to be standing here tonight. I regard this as an act of faith and a vote of confidence." She now takes home £52,500 in total as prize money, but will see a meteoric rise in sales, which will likely result in a far bigger monetary reward.
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A Balancing Act
Its very surprising, to me, when people complain about game balance as if its some sort of designer-indulgent sin. Its quite baffling, like they need to have character options that are deliberately designed to be as crippled and useless as possible. Why is this?
I recall a player that used to play medics all the time in Team Fortress because as an "enabler" if you fucked up generally it wasnt considered to be your fault. You were just doing what a medic does, right? Standing around healing people (kind of like a cleric). You dont win, per se, you make it so that others can win, and since you arent really in the spotlight people tend to forget you're there and instead congradulate the guy capturing points and landing a shitload of kills.
The other theory is that perhaps by providing options on both extremes of the functionality spectrum, it lends itself to mastery. This is where you get the veteran players who know what works and whats "best" by attrition, allowing them to feel superior to new players who are still learning the game. While older D&D editions didnt really have many choices to make, 3rd Edition had a lot of this especially when it came to feats. This wouldnt have been too bad if some books didnt release options that were like other things but better (the warblade in Tome of Battle), or functioned more or less like a game patch (Reserve feats in Complete Mage).
A lot of times people will just wave this off as a "role-playing" choice, where the word means whatever the fuck they think it means at the moment (and almost never what it actually means). Here's a thought, why have a fighter that is inferior to the rest of the classes? Why not just make a fighter that actually works throughout the entire course of the game, instead of only part-time? Mechanically viable characters do not hinder your ability to make an immersive character (or provide one with personality, motivation, and goals) in any way, unless you need that character to be largely ineffectual, and why you would want this in an action-adventure game is equally bizarre.
Fighters often get compared to wizards, in the sense that fighters start out okay before puttering of into a fighter retirement home at an early level, while wizards gradually get carried into god-hood by everyone else in the party. The typical excuse? Magic is powerful, or just "its magic." This is all well and good for, say, a book or single player game (or a game where everyone HAS to use magic), but not for D&D. Its not a novel, its not a movie, and its probably not a single player game. However, it is a game, and well designed games provide balanced choices. Since magic doesnt actually exist, no one is in any position to declare that it isnt powerful enough, so really that argument is moot.
Players like having a wide range of balanced choices. Mastery is often a bad thing, as the more difficult it is to play the game efficiently the less likely you will maintain player interest. A player should be able to crack open Player's Handbook, easily browse through the options presented, and be able to come to a meaningful conclusion about the character they want to play in as little time as possible. This is where the strength of roles is illustrated, as they at a glance allow a player to assess the general purpose of the decision of class.
A player should not be presented with inferior choices. New players to 3E, for example, might pick a fighter under the pretense that its a useful character option, only to find out that they quickly run out of steam. So, what then? Start over? Make another character of the same level? This is typically where apologists will begin to clamor that its a "role-playing" decision, which is true to a point since you yourself decided that you wanted to play a character that could swing melee weapons around and wear all forms of armor (and use tower shields). However it fails in the sense that I dont think the player got what they wanted, which is a character that can wear armor, swing weapons around, and quickly be overshadowed by the rest of the party and/or rely on everyone else in order to at best be on par.
Also, a player should be comfortable knowing that no matter what she picks, her character will be able to do what it is supposed to do as defined by her class. She shouldnt pick a fighter, figure out it sucks, and then have to start over from scratch if she wants to continue contributing in the game. Keeping with the fighter, 3rd Edition had a laundry list of weapons, many of which were widely considered to be very useless (and even some of those demanded a feat to use). They might look neat, but only players afraid of "reskinning" a weapon would use that as a rationale for burning a feat to get a weapon mechanically inferior to another weapon that doesnt need any special training at all (most of the weapons in Oriental Adventures fit the bill, here).
This lead many players to the conclusion that there were only a handful of useful weapons to choose from, and this same attitude gets carried into class/character builds. Balance helps avoid, "one build to rule them all." Balance does not necessarily mean uniformity, and in fact can help prevent that sort of mentality. In 4th Edition, for example, Josh has gotten away with using daggers very efficiently as a halfling fighter, and I've taken it upon myself to use a wider array of weapons for my own fighter characters (something I would not have done before).Some combinations in D&D are better than others without making the rest obsolete, something that could not have been said in past editions. For example, dwarf fighters are better than human fighters when it comes to playing axe/hammer fighters. Its enough to notice the difference, but not by such a starggering degree as to make all players use dwarves when they want to give the fighter a shot.
All of this is why designers strive for balance. Good games give every player a level playing field from which to work with. This is why you see a lot of RTS maps with equal resource distribution, and sometimes a (mostly) mirrored layout. Players dont want to get stuck with the shitty side of the map, and frankly most players dont want to get told by the DM that they get to build with 15 points, while another player who got lucky gets 28 and a free magic item.
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Seven Months and Counting
When I travel, I have an opportunity to meet many really smart people who have interesting viewpoints on the industry. Last month, I found myself in Fort Smith, Ark., visiting Baldor Electric Co. While on this visit, I learned something new (for me, anyway) about the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA).
EISA made headlines when it was enacted because it raised the fuel economy standards for motor vehicles. I knew that. What I didn't know was that EISA also mandates that motor manufacturers raise the minimum efficiency of the motors they produce to help save energy and reduce carbon emissions.
The deadline set for this is a mere seven months away: Dec. 19, 2010.
According to Baldor Senior Product Manager John Malinowski, whom I met on my visit, motor manufacturers are well aware of EISA's deadline and have products that comply or exceed its requirements available. He says some motor buyers haven't really gotten the word.
In an editorial he wrote for sister publication Machine Design in November 2009, Malinowski says, “Though electricity costs are rising as fast as those of gasoline, some people continue to rewind old, inefficient motors and buy motors that don't meet EISA efficiency levels.”
He explains that EISA will raise the efficiency levels of general-purpose, 1-to-200-hp motors built after Dec. 19, 2010. Many 1-to-200-hp and 201-to-500-hp motors previously not governed by efficiency standards of any sort will need to comply with the new levels.
In the editorial, he explains that EISA covers both standard motors built for sale from stock as well as most custom designs built for OEM use in the U.S.
“EISA specifies that general-purpose-rated motors from 1 to 200 hp work at nominal full-load efficiency levels spelled out as NEMA Premium efficiency, listed in the MG 1 NEMA standard,” he writes.
“It is also noteworthy that 201- to 500-hp motors, which weren't previously covered by efficiency mandates, now must comply with energy efficiencies as defined by a NEMA table. Motors with lower efficiency built before Dec. 19, 2010, may continue to be sold and used. However, they cannot be built for sale in the U.S. after that date.”
Malinowski describes how EISA impacts NEMA premium motors, as well as cast-iron motors. The important thing is that motors that do comply with EISA tend to be larger and more expensive than their older counterparts.
This impacts not only refrigeration-product manufacturers that use electric motors in their equipment, but also systems and design engineers working in the replacement markets.
Case in point: He says, “Distributors stocking new motors will need to make some accommodations. That's because their advanced inventory systems cannot use the same SKUs for old motors and new EISA versions. Inventory will be mixed for awhile, and the result could be a mess.
“All in all, when evaluating the trade-offs between motor cost and energy efficiency, we would do well to remember the old TV commercial that said, ‘You can pay me now or pay me later.’ Motor cost accounts for only about three percent of the total life cyle cost, but electricity accounts for over 95 percent. And nobody expects electricity costs to go down over the next few years,” Malinowski says.
To read his entire editorial, go to http://bit.ly/cKhlAe. And remember, this change is a mere seven months away.
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The Repopulation
16May
This sci-fi MMO is an innovative sandbox game in which players have a whole planet to shape as they please through building nations and warring other nations in order to gain great swathes of territory. Use of political systems to keep the citizens of cities happy is an integral part of the game. However other paths can be chosen if you do not want to be involved in politics. Harvesting and crafting are important aspects of the game too. Whatever you choose to do in The Repopulation, you are guaranteed to have fun.
The action takes place on the planet Rhyldan, with the only known remaining human population fighting for their very existence. The indigenous life forms did not meet their colonization efforts with open arms. Worse yet, humans have managed to splinter themselves into warring factions.
The Repopulation has so many great and innovative features it would be hard to list them all so I will list the more important and fascinating content. For more in depth details please feel free to visit their website at http://www.therepopulation.com/.
Players can form their own nations in which they can design and build multiple cities and assign mayors to run them. They can recruit an army with customisable ranks and titles. Different levels ranging between Ally and Nemesis can be set regarding other Nations. Politics and Diplomacy are a huge part of the game.
An Advanced Generated Mission system allows us to create complex multi-stage missions which are tailored specifically for your character. Players can filter which types of missions they wish to receive, so only those missions are generated for them. Missions can have branching outcomes based on a player?s actions. NPCs can talk about things that have happened to them and to other players and NPCs. Your actions will be remembered by NPCs, and they may exploit your tendencies if you let them.
There are no levels in this game. Instead you level up skills by using them (Fallen Earth style). This features 75 unique skills, and 14 tiers within each skill line. Players are not forced into combat roles. Crafting, harvesting, diplomatic or other non-combat oriented skills can operate and progress independently of combat. Skills increase automatically through use. Abilities are earned and not given automatically.
Equipment is highly customisable to change appearance or stats. The ‘Fitting’ system is similar to socketing gems or runes in other MMO’s, however most is available to you very early considering you don’t have to reach a specific level to equip things.
The sandbox elements extends to whole areas of the world changing dramatically on occasion. If a settlement gets over run it can turn into a dungeon and drastically change the content in the area.
There are three types of pets in The Repopulation; Tamed, Genetically Engineered and Robotic. Tame animals when they are young, then have them slowly grow into fully matured pets if they receive proper care and feeding. Genetically engineer species and hybrids by splicing DNA and Tissue from different species. Robotic pets can serve a variety of different combat and non-combat roles.
The Harvesting system allows players to harvest their resources in both combat and non-combat related fashions. Over-harvested areas will run dry of resources and recover slowly, rewarding players for discovering more remote locations.
There are two distinct modes of combat: Action Mode and RPG Mode. RPG Mode works like traditional RPG combat. Action Mode allows players to control the game in ways similar to a First Person Shooter. You can toggle between these modes at any time. There are several twists to make combat more interesting including Momentum, Limb Targeting, Species Mastery, Energy Shields, Cover, and Postures. The generated special abilities system for bosses will force groups or raids to adjust on the fly when fighting bosses, rather than simply looking up spoiler information on the internet.
In conclusion, The Repopulation is an amazing leap in sandbox gaming, going beyond most titles out right now in terms of how open-ended they have managed to get it. For people who want to engage in a dynamic and almost real experience this is the perfect game for them.
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The Rise and Fall of King of Good Times
Vijay Mallya’s conglomerate UB Group is in danger of falling apart. The man who likes to be called the ‘King of good times’ runs the risk of being left without an empire.
Over the past 10 years the Indian economy has surged high, and with it enterprises such as Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines. But now that the super-rich tycoon’s fleet is grounded and debt-ridden, does it mean the boom-time is over for India?
Brewing Hard Times
In fact the Indian “super-rich” can afford something a little more exclusive. Vijay Mallya, India’s most flamboyant businessman and the chairman of the vast beer and spirits conglomerate United Breweries, has a sprawling coastal villa in Goa and a dozen or so other properties.
For Mallya, the self-crowned “king of good times”, has fallen on hard times. His seven-year-old airline has been grounded after authorities suspended its licence to fly on safety concerns. Crippled by debts which may exceed $2bn, Kingfisher had difficulty paying employees’ salaries. When engineers downed tools, its planes stopped flying. There were even reports, denied by Mallya, that the tycoon’s own private jet might be impounded by Indian airport authorities, which say Kingfisher owes them huge sums. Some suggested that the man described as India’s Richard Branson might choose not to come back at all.
Recent years have seen corruption scandals involving collusion between officials, bureaucrats and businessmen costing the public exchequer tens of billions of dollars but even in a country where allegations of graft are common, no one is alleging any wrongdoing by Mallya.
Ethics vs Business
Anyway, the money came easily, without any illegality. In the past five years, the debt of the 10 biggest corporate houses in the country to banks has risen fivefold. Now more than an eighth of all bank loans in the country are to these family firms. Mallya’s companies are not among them, but the tendency of Indian public lending institutions to lend vast sums on comfortable terms to people who are already extremely wealthy, rather than to small businessmen and entrepreneurs, is well established. The banks’ mantra is to recapitalise those who already have massive net worth, often without real collateral,This cosy relationship is a key reason for the extraordinary wealth of many of India’s super-rich.
It is perhaps only when living in India, and exposed every day to the white heat generated by the desire of so many people for a better life, that such adulation becomes comprehensible. There are tens of millions of people who are living vicariously through Mallya.The tycoon has1.46m followers on Twitter, 50,000-odd more than Oprah Winfrey.
Wilful Defaulter
Mallya’s 25-year-old son Siddhartha, known as Sid, who has been groomed as the tycoon’s successor at the head of the family business. Sid’s onerous task in recent weeks has been to scour the world for models for the next Kingfisher calendar. Like his father, he is a fan of social networking.
Only in India will banks go around stating the obvious and then expect to be attacked for bad faith. On 1st September, the United Bank of India (UBI), itself in no great financial shape, declared Vijay Mallya a “wilful defaulter” on a Rs 7.5 crore overdraft. And the man who actually owes around 17 banks over Rs 7,000 crore on account of bad loans to his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, claimed this was being done “without a hearing”.
Use of Power to Hide the Wrong Deeds
“They are making me a bakra (sacrificial goat) because they want to set an example for other defaulters,” he told The Times of India without any sense of irony. He should ask himself: how is it a crime to make an example of you when you are one who owes them money? Big money. Moreover, does it matter whether he is a “wilful defaulter” or merely a mammoth defaulter?
Mallya thinks he has lots of legal alternatives even now, and knowing the procastination of the Indian legal system, he may well get as many lives as the proverbial cat.
If anyone is the real bakra, it is the banking system, which has been super-indulgent with a man who is a byword for indulgence himself.
His equity assets add up to around Rs 3,800 crore, which is far short of what he owes banks. While he obviously has a few more assets – a villa here, some holdings in the F1 team that he co-owns with a jailbird (Subrata Roy of Sahara Group), some other pricey realty – it is doubtful if they will cover all his dues. One estimate is that roughly Rs 6,000 crore of his total dues are covered by collateral. But who knows what they are worth when tanned in distress?
But this is where the script changes. Once you are declared a “wilful” defaulter, it sets in motion a downwardtrack of financial credibility and creditworthiness. Your assets become caged assets, your ability to leverage your reputation reduces, your presence on your own company boards becomes untenable.
So when Mallya says he has more legal options, he may be technically right, but the countdown to business shrinkage has just accelerated. His new business partners, Diageo and Heineken, who helped ease his cash position by buying chunks of his booze and beer businesses, may now tend to view him as a has-been, if not a dead duck.
It is thanks to endless legal delays that Mallya is still keeping his head above water – though the water level is rising.
The Mallya case tells us exactly why India needs an efficient bankruptcy law – and why public sector banks need to be made autonomous from the government.
Just as the Bhushan Steel case showed, the fact is Mallya would not have been shown the kind of patience by banks if all his lenders had been autonomous – accountable to private investors and shareholders.
Due Diligence by Banks
A strong bankruptcy law would not only have protected the banks, but also Mallya. It was because he did not declare bankruptcy earlier that he is now in danger of losing his entire empire – unless he has pieces of it abroad that Indian law cannot reach.
We need a strong law to allow bankers (or a group of minority investors or the regulators) to appoint a new boss or independent directors in companies where public interest is at stake. It was because Mallya could not be sacked from Kingfisher early enough – sometime probably in 2010 – that the airline’s pain dragged endlessly.
Regardless of whether their loans are good or likely to turn problematic, banks need to have the right to make a pre-emptive strike on management before the operations actually get into a tailspin. Once a company’s operations start winding down, failure is self-propelling for credit starts drying up and the stock starts tanking. Change of management (even a temporary change) is needed to assure all lenders and shareholders that corrective steps are being taken and the operations of the company will not be affected. If the banks had moved in on Kingfisher Airlines before it went kaput, they could have taken an early hit and spared Mallya from having to become a bakra.
Bankers usually have a fair idea about how a company is faring based on account statements and audit reports – and their own understanding of how the industry itself is faring. But public sector banks, with their dilatory systems and lack of accountability, are likely to be more vulnerable to bribery and hanky-panky for the simple reason that bankers have short tenures and keep getting transferred. The system of rewards and penalties for performance and non-performance is weaker in public sector banks. This is why ICICI Bank could bail out of Kingfisher in mid-2012, but the public sectorbakras are still left holding the sack.
Crony Capitalism
Cronyism thrives primarily through its ability to influence bankers and regulators – of course, with help from politicians and bureaucrats. This calls for a clear separation of public sector banks’ reporting structures from their administrative ministry (in this case, finance). RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said the other day that the government could put all bank shakes in a separate special purpose vehicle so that bankers were insulated from political pressures to lend.
In the case of government-owned institutions, you can’t change the owner, but you can at least prevent the owner from damaging taxpayer assets.
Crony capitalism – if left unchecked – ultimately consumes both the crony and his capital. This is the moral of the Vijay Mallya story.
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The long-term warming trend has continued in 2018, with the average global temperature set to be the fourth highest on record. The 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the top four in the past four years, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Other tell-tale signs of climate change, including sea level rise, ocean heat and acidification and sea-ice and glacier melt continue, whilst extreme weather left a trail of devastation on all continents, according to the WMO provisional Statement on the State of the Climate in 2018. It includes details of...
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A landmark report on climate change is a wake-up call about both the huge challenges and the benefits of limiting global warming to 1.5° Celsius in view of the escalating threats from rising temperatures the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said today.
INCHEON, Republic of Korea, 1 October 18 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened a meeting on Monday to consider its special report Global Warming of 1.5 ºC, including the impacts and associated risks of such a temperature increase. WMO and the UN Environment Programme, as co-sponsors of the IPCC, issued a brief to provide context and explanation of key concepts about the landmark report.
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How to deal with watching your child’s birth
Don’t Pass Out—You’ll Never Live It Down
A first-time dad takes steps to make sure witnessing his child’s birth doesn’t turn him into a big baby
In these last days of my wife’s pregnancy, I’ve become a kind of monk of maternity. My wife and I are preparing for a home birth, and as much as that carries its own unique set of worries and fears, I’ve come to embrace the idea that a pregnancy—whether it involves a casual cruise t o the hospital for a planned C-section or the semantics of squatting, moaning, and pushing—always ends with a baby dripping wet with mucus, covered with blood, and having more wrinkles than a walnut. As a man, my job will be t o help coax this squirming little life from its mother’s gooey insides; hold the bloody, quivering nugget in my hands; and transport it into my wife’s arms without turning white, barfing, and dropping the child to the floor like a hot potato.
For the early part of our pregnancy, I wondered how the hell a guy is supposed t o keep it together when he witnesses things like “discharge” for the first time. Then it came to me: by desensitizing himself, because it’s better to privately wilt to the gore and build a tolerance to it, then blurt out with shock and fright “What is that thing?!”
Back in the day, being within a mile of the delivery room would have concluded the male involvement in this process. But times have changed and so has the guy’ s obligation to get informed and participate. The more typical story now passed from male to male is part cautionary tale, part schoolyard gross-out. New experiences are being traded on the playground, but the goal remains the same—to make someone hurl. In the end, it ’s the ones who’ve done the most and felt the least who get to wear the coveted Badge of Badass.
It became frighteningly clear what was in store for me when my wife and I recently ventured out with the “ supply list” for our home birth. This consisted of an inordinate amount of absorbent items to do all manner of sopping up of the various liquids we expect to come out of my wife’s vagina.
The first real step I took in getting my birthing legs was in learning not if, but when and where things will start gushing. If I could avoid being surprised by a sudden burst of fluid or avoid the shock of seeing the mucous plug smeared into my wife’s giant granny panties, then I’d be doing everyone a great service. I read as many stories and watched as many births as I could—in books, on DVD, and on the Web in an effort to round out my overall knowledge of the process and get used t o seeing just how far and fast things come out.
From urine and poop to blood and discharge, to a pulsing, throbbing, veiny placenta, which is birthed after the baby and placed into a bag for disposal, or for planting in the yard! I now feel prepared to see it all and in copious amounts. I’ve burned those ghastly images into my eyes so thoroughly that, in those first precious moments of staring into my baby’s swollen little eye slits smeared with slime, I will smile and love that gross-looking infant.
After all, nobody wants to be the dad on the floor soaked in a cold sweat, being revived by nurses and becoming a burden during birth. But for many, it is not the sight of blood and gore that makes us wobbly at the knees, but the swelling of adrenaline and emotion and seeing a loved one in such agonizing discomfort. But fellas, if you do hit the deck, get up , shrug it off, and deal with it aft er the business is done, just like coach taught you. The new “real man,” remember, is supposed to embrace the blood and guts and afterbirth, hold that hand, and make sure she is never thirsty.
By the time you read this, I will have put these theories to the test. I’m fairly confident my desensitization will make me a more sensitive partner. I have inoculated myself so thoroughly with information and imagery, I’m damn sure that when the bloody show does show up, I’ll greet it with my game face on.
Ryan Marshall is a husband, step-dad, and a proud papa (the baby arrived successfully). You can read more about the building of his family at pacingthepanicroom.com
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The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design
Do you live and breathe graphic design? I mean, really live for it? Would the notion of all the most iconic examples in the history of graphic design gathered together in one spot make you swoon? Then you may want to be sure you’re sitting down before reading any further. Behold, The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design by Phaidon Press.
Billed as "the ultimate reference guide for the design professional and enthusiast alike" this massive book-in-a-box features 500 iconic graphic designs spanning the centuries from the beginnings of mechanical reproduction to the present. From the Gutenberg Bible to Shepard Fairey’s HOPE posters, and everything in between, it’s all here.
Certainly, there have been plenty of books surveying the history of graphic design. But this is no book. Each entry is represented on an oversize (9.5" x 12.5") loose leaf card, with the main image on the front, and information and secondary images on the back.
In total, the archive contains 3000 color illustrations and 300 black and white illustrations, and tips the scales at 28 pounds! Fortunately, Phaidon thought to include a sturdy set of carrying handles to tote the collection around.
The purpose of eschewing a binding is two-fold. First, to offer choice. Cards are arranged in chronological order, but you are encouraged to re-arrange them as you see fit: alphabetically, by typography, by era, by designer, and so forth to create your own personalized arrangement. Second, Phaidon will also continue to release new cards so archive owners can grow the collection in whatever direction they want.
Selections for the archive were made by the editors of Phaidon Press, led by Design Director Julia Hastings and Editorial Director Emilia Terragni, with a team of contributors that included academics, historians, writers, and designers.
The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design retails for $235 US, but right now you can snag one for less than $150 at Amazon (see link above).
Mike is the Editor in Chief of InDesignSecrets.com, InDesign Magazine, and CreativePro.com. He is also the author of several lynda.com video training series, including Font Management Essential Training, InDesign FX, and InDesign CC: Interactive Document Fundamentals.
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Orchard Trail Topo Map
Orchard Trail is a hiking, biking, and horse trail in Contra Costa County, California. It is within Briones Regional Park. It is 1.2 miles long and begins at 367 feet altitude. Traveling the entire trail is 2.5 miles with a total elevation gain of 639 feet. Near the trailhead there are parking and restrooms.
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Get Orchard Trail Topo maps on Trails.com. One of California's best walks, Orchard Trail is located near Briones Regional Park, CA. Trails' printable online topo maps offer shaded and un-shaded reliefs, and aerial photos too! Use topographic map functionality to find elevation, print high resolution maps, save a PNG, or just learn the topography around Orchard Trail. You can also get free latitude and longitude coordinates from the topographical map and set your GPS. Subscribers with access to our maps can download or print any topo, and cover more terrain when you map your Orchard Trail route ahead of time.
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Griswold man inverts U.S. flag in protest of shutdown
GRISWOLD — When Griswold resident Dave Bogle got up Thursday morning, he knew he had to take a stand.
Bogle, a Vietnam veteran, is so furious with the way veterans and their families are being treated during the U.S. government shutdown that he threw caution to the wind to get his message across.
While he knew it might upset neighbors and passersby, Bogle, who served from 1968 to 1969 in the 4th Infantry Divison of the United States Army, pulled down the American flag flapping gallantly in the breeze in his front yard and raised it again — upside-down — as a signal of distress.
“It’s the only way I know I can protest the things that are going on in the government today,” Bogle said. “They are interfering with veterans, and I take that seriously.”
Some fellow veterans agree with him.
“He’s right,” said Robert Barbeau, of Griswold, who also served in the 4th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War. “To me (the system) is upside-down. The families have suffered enough because these people are idiots.”
Indeed, even those who have fought and died for their country have not been immune to the shutdown.
The bodies of 17 soldiers killed in combat in Afghanistan recently returned home in coffins draped with the American flag, but the shutdown has cut off death benefits to their families.
“These are kids laying their life on the line for their country,” Bogle said. “Everybody who goes into the military believes the government is going to stand behind them and back them and take care of their families. That’s part of the agreement when you agree to go into the military.”
The government shut down for the first time in 17 years at midnight Sept. 30 when Congress failed to reach a budget deal by its deadline.
Bogle, who has been closely following the impact of the shutdown, said commissaries used by the families of soldiers overseas are closed, as well as World War II and Vietnam memorials that were paid for by the national Veterans of Foreign Wars organization. Guards were hired to keep people off the memorial grounds.
If the shutdown continues into November, the veterans disability pay upon which Bogle and millions of others rely may be at risk, along with Social Security benefits.
Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses would not receive pension payments, totaling $6 billion in benefits to 5 million veterans and families.
What’s more, Bogle said, he’s frustrated with voter apathy.
“I hear a lot of people talking about these issues, but election after election, the same people get in, and the voter turnout is always low.”
Bogle said he will continue to fly his flag upside down as a signal of distress until he feels the country is back on track and taking care of its citizens.
“I applaud him,” said Army veteran Eddie Banas, who served in Vietnam as a military policeman. “He’s so frustrated, and he wanted to do something, and he did it. He’s certainly entitled to his feelings. He served his country.”
Bogle encourages others, especially veterans, to do what he’s done and said he plans to call his veteran friends around the country urging them to follow suit.
“Everybody ought to take a good look in the mirror and see where they stand,” Bogle said. “Anyone who really gives a damn, that has a flag, ought to turn it upside-down. We are on the verge of some very, very bad times.”
For Bogle, there was no choice, and he said he’s entitled to express his angst.
“It’s my house. I pay the taxes on my property, it’s my flagpole and I’ve earned the right to have an opinion. Make no mistake about it: I’m ashamed of our government.”
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Marshal Edward Mars was aboard Oceanic Flight 815 returning to Los Angeles after he had captured the fugitive Kate Austen. Edward Mars was employed as a US Marshal, and had been tracking Kate for several years.
Being employed as a United States Marshal, Edward Mars was assigned to apprehend Kate Austen after she murdered her father. After Kate purchased a ticket to Tallahassee, the Marshal arrested Kate. While driving her to prison before her arraignment, a black horse suddenly appeared in front of the car, when the Marshal swerved to avoid it he crashed the car and was momentarily unconscious. When Kate grabbed for his keys to free herself, he attempted to stop her, however; she kicked him outside of the car, and drove off leaving him on the soaking ground. (What Kate Did)
Kate later returned to Iowa to question her mother as to why she turned her in. Kate had her new friend Cassidy pose as Kate in order to throw the Marshal's off. When Edward took the glasses off of Cassidy, who was posing as a Bible saleswoman, he realized it was not Kate; but still spent the next 6 hours interrogating her. (Left Behind)
During the 3 year duration that he was chasing her, Kate began calling him at his house, and taunting him about how she was free. So, the Marshal informed her that he had her deceased friend Tom’s toy airplane in a safe deposit box in New Mexico, this lead to Kate obsessing about the object, and setting up a bank robbery to obtain it. (Whatever the Case May Be)
After she fell in love and married Kevin Callis, Kate called Edward in the hopes that she could convince him to stop chasing her. Edward agreed to stop chasing her, but only if she really settled down and stayed put, but he then added that they both know that was not going to happen. (I Do)
Finally, in Sydney Kate was finally apprehended after a tip was received from Ray Mullen who turned her in for a $23,000 reward. The Marshal and Kate boarded the plane and Kate was handcuffed to the seat, he was in seat 27G. Mid-way through the flight, a suitcase exits the overhead storage bin and hits the Marshal in the head, causing him to lose a lot of blood and go unconscious. Kate unlocks herself, places an oxygen mask on him and the back of the plane is ripped off. (Tabula Rasa)
After the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, the Marshal found himself with a large piece of shrapnel lodged in his abdomen. (Pilot - Part 1)Jack Shephard, who was the only person capable of treating him, felt it was his duty to repair the damage. The Marshal informed Jack of Kate's status as a fugitive by telling him that she was dangerous and then directing him to the mug shot located in his jacket pocket. Jack removed the piece of shrapnel and because of the lack of medicine available on the island; his only other option was to wait out his inevitable death. (Tabula Rasa)
On Day 3, the Marshal and Kate finally had their face to face talk and the Marshal expected Kate would be the one to put him out of his misery, however; it was Sawyer who would be the one to attempt a mercy killing. Sawyer regrettably missed the Marshal's heart and perforated his lung. Jack had no choice at that moment but to euthanize the Marshal. (Tabula Rasa)
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Switching time from the RX mode to the TX mode in TDD
As a result of the experiment, the switching time is equal 24 us.TDD mode.We accept and re-emit pulses (duration 50 us).Switching modes is done using the enable signal and txnrx.Signal ensm state indicates that the state is replaced from RX to TX mode in about 800 ns.However, at the beginning of the TX mode see transition process of about 20 us.To illustrate attaching waveform, which shows the receiver input signal (green) and transmitter output (yellow): 0 us - the beginning of the input pulse 19 us - start RX mode 50 us - the end of the input pulse 64 us - end RX mode 65 us - start TX mode 86 us - the end of the transition process 104 us - the end of the output pulseWhat caused this transition process and how to minimize its duration?
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You may be seeing this as the Tx path the power up time is dominated by Tx DAC (~18us).
One way to minimize this is use FDD Independent Control Mode and turn on Tx early and other is to use FDD independent mode and use real-time writes to register 0x051[D4] for power on/off the Tx LO, DAC stays on.
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