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Canada’s E-Government Initiatives are among the Best in the World 1989 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On Sep 20, 2010
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The cottage, surrounded by a hayfield and a Småland fence, is what is known as an “undantagsstuga”, a kind of pensioners cottage in which parents lived after turning over their farm to some of their children. It probably was built at the end of the 18th century. Step into the cottage and you will be transported to another time.
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'We should invite the BBC London production team up to the city and they'd quickly realise there's a big difference from the Home Counties'
You would think being stood outside the Council House in Old Market Square it would be clear as to where you are in the city.
Nottingham East MP Chris Leslie appeared on the dedicated news channel at around 4.15pm this afternoon (September 22) to discuss Brexit with long running presenter Christian Fraser.
Mr Leslie was stood in front of the Council House, but the graphics on the TV suggested he was live from Shrewsbury.
A few minutes later, Mr Leslie was then pictured live from Berkshire - while still stood behind the council house, which last time we checked, was in Nottingham.
Mr Leslie did see the funny side to it all, and even offered to invite the London team up to the city.
He said: "There was a pretty big clue in the shape of Nottingham's Council House dome in the background that probably should have given them the right location.
"We should invite the BBC London production team up to the city and they'd quickly realise there's a big difference from the Home Counties."
Despite the blunder, the BBC said it had earlier on the show interviewed MPs from Shrewsbury and Berkshire, and the graphics were mixed into the most recent interview with Chris Leslie.
We will keep you up to date with the latest Reds news throughout Saturday, as they continue their search for a new manager.
And we will also have lots more build-up to the FA Cup third round tie against Arsenal at the City Ground on Sunday.
That concludes today’s blog. We’ll be back in the morning for more as Forest take on Arsenal in the FA Cup.
Interesting comments from Mark Hughes after Stoke are knocked out by Coventry. Aitor Karanka, a candidate for the Forest job, has been linked with Stoke.
Sunderland are poised to make a signing in the next 24 hours with Liverpool forward Ben Woodburn reportedly their top target.
Forest’s cross-city rivals Notts County have gone 1-0 up at Brentford via Jon Stead in the FA Cup third round.
Do Arsenal training pictures on eve of FA Cup tie with Forest offer any clues to Wenger's team plans?
Robbie Keane could be set for a return to Wolves. The 37-year-old is currently playing for ATK in India and their coach has not denied he is leaving.
Asked if Keane would be remaining with the team for the rest of the ISL season, Bastab Roy said: “Keane is the right person to answer this.”
In a battle of two Championship sides, Middlesbrough have beaten Sunderland 2-0 in the FA Cup third round.
Nottingham Forest wasted little time in taunting Arsene Wenger over his touchline ban, ahead of the Reds’ FA Cup tie against Arsenal.
Pick your team for the Nottm Forest game against Arsenal, then share it with others and see the most popular selection by all fans.
Gary Brazil does not want his players to show Premier League Arsenal too much respect in the FA Cup.
He said: “You are aware of their strengths and weaknesses and areas that you can hurt them, but also areas where you can get hurt and you make sure you negate one and take advantage of the other.
“You prepare properly yourselves; you want to make sure the players do not feel they are second class citizens, that they do not belong on the same pitch as the Arsenal players - because they do.”
Yorkshire can boast the world’s newest international football team after its membership of the non-FIFA Confederation of International Football Associations (CONIFA) was ratified on Saturday.
The team, for which only players born in the county are eligible, was set up in July and is set to make its debut with a friendly match against the Isle of Man at Hemsworth on January 28.
CONIFA delegates unanimously passed Yorkshire’s application for membership at their annual general meeting in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus.
The organisation tweeted: “Welcome to the CONIFA family to @YorksIFA! The 5th AGM just approved them unanimously as the newest member! Congratulations!”
CONIFA, which was established in 2013, describes itself as a federation for international teams “from nations, de-facto nations, regions, minority peoples and sports isolated territories”.
Yorkshire join the likes of Somaliland, Greenland and Quebec as members of the organisation, which stages its 2018 World Cup in London in June - though it is too late for Yorkshire’s involvement.
Nottingham Forest’s Jordan Smith said the Reds will “dare to dream” of pulling off a famous FA Cup upset against Arsenal in the third round at the City Ground.
Former Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel has entered the race to be the new Nottingham Forest manager, according to the bookies.
Arsene Wenger has confirmed David Ospina will start in goal for the Gunners against Forest in the FA Cup on Sunday, and their League Cup semi-final first leg against Chelsea next week.
“Yes he plays,” Wenger said of Ospina. “On Sunday and on Wednesday. He’s not happy and not unhappy. He gets games and important games.”
“He’s a brilliant player, who can come in and compete immediately. Hopefully he can improve and he improves us,” manager Lee Johnson told City’s official website.
As I said, the buck stops with us. That is the best way we can put it. There is no secret that there has been managerial changes in recent times,” he said. “But the players are the ones going out there for results, grafting for wins. We have to take responsibility for that ourselves.”
“I think it was a more important game for Man United than it was for us,” said Derby boss Gary Rowett.
Greatest Showman quiz and karaoke night AND live cinema experience is coming to Nottingham - here's how to get cheap tickets - Nottinghamshire Live
Following sell out Marvel and Disney-themed nights at Nottingham's Bierkeller, the Bavarian bar has now turned its attention to last year's cinematic smash hit The Greatest Showman.
The Friar Lane entertainment complex will be hosting two back-to-back nights of interactive fun including a quiz, karaoke and (perhaps, most excitingly) a live cinema experience complete with singers and circus acts.
Taking place on Monday, May 28 the Greatest Showman Quiz and Karaoke night starts at 7pm with a £75 prize for the quiz winners, £50 for the best karaoke singer and a £25 for the punter in the best fancy dress.
Tickets are £3 (if you catch the early bird offer at fatsoma.com or £4 thereafter). VIP entry (which includes front row seats and a stein) are £7.
Then on Tuesday, May 29 there's a whole day of Big Top fun with the Nottingham leg of a touring Greatest Showman live cinema experience.
The event will feature a cast of live singers and circus acts who will bring to life scenes from the film in front of your very eyes - with showings at 11am and 2.30pm.
Admission price (£17 for adults, £9 for kids) includes a toast drink at the reception of Jenny Lind's opening night and a shot with PT Barnum and Phillip Carlyle during the famous bar scene. (Non alcoholic alternatives will be available to those under 18 at family showings).
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Hawke's Bay Airport is the main commercial airport for Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. It operates domestic flights to the main centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, as well as to smaller towns including Gisborne, Tauranga, Hamilton and Palmerston North. Sometimes known as Napier Airport, it is located 10 minutes drive from Napier, in the suburb of Westshore. About 450,000 passengers use the airport annually.
Perched on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, Hawke’s Bay is one of the warmest and driest regions in the country. Not only does this make it a very pleasant place to visit, it also ensure that Hawke's Bay is a top producer of wine, especially red wines like cabernet sauvignon, merlot, and syrah. It is the first stop on the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail, and is also included in many bicycle wine tours.
Hawke's Bay is also the centre of Art Deco in New Zealand. Reconstructed after a massive earthquake in the 1930s, it stages the country's most involved celebrations of Matariki – the Maori New Year. The local farmers' market is perfect for sourcing locally grown produce, which goes into the artisan gourmet food for which Hawkes Bay is famous. Walk the forest trails of the Ruahine and Kaweka Forest Parks, see the Cape Kidnappers gannet colony, or lounge on the glorious beaches that extend along the coast.
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In Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of the Tube the author, Andrew Martin, states that 1920s carriages from the London Underground were given a second life as changing rooms next to playing fields in southern England.
The changing fashions of Londoners are vividly depicted in the returns to the London Underground’s lost property offices. In the 1930s, some 250,000 umbrellas were handed in every year. Nowadays, the figure is roughly 10,000. Hats no longer feature in the top ten of lost property.
According to Christopher Woolmar in Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways, the French army was slow to engage with military potential offered by the railways because they believed that allowing soldiers to use trains would make them effeminate or soft.
The population of Japan is ageing so rapidly that sales for adult nappies (diapers) exceeded those for babies for the first time last year.
The Mayor made reference to the recent sad passing of Councillor Philip Clarke and the former Councillor Emlyn Williams MBE and Members of the Council stood in a minute’s silence as a mark of respect.
RESOLVED – T H A T the minutes of the meetings held on 2nd and 10th March, 2016 were approved as a correct record.
In the final months in the Mayoral office he had paid a visit to Barry’s brightest new business, the Hang Fire Southern Kitchen.
He had been delighted to be a guest of the Lord Mayor of Cardiff at St. David’s Hall and attended the decoration of the new High Sheriff at the Millennium Centre.
He had with great sadness assisted the Lord Lieutenant to award a posthumous MBE to the family of the late Emlyn Williams.
He was also saddened by the tragic death of Councillor Philip Clarke and had extended, on behalf of the Council, condolences to his family.
He was also pleased to announce that he had hosted several receptions including tea for the local PCSO Team; James Savory who had unveiled his “Hall of Fame” plaque; attended presentations of staff long service awards and attendance at a Citizenship Ceremony.
He was also honoured to host the retirement lunch for the Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff and distinguished guests.
Fundraising for the Mayor’s charities (the RNLI and St. Vincent de Paul Society) was continuing with his charity football match, his final engagement, as the captain of the Mayor’s team, which was taking place on 6th May.
The following Notice of Motion (submitted by Councillors Kevin Mahoney and Christopher Williams) had been included on the agenda for discussion:
In introducing the Motion, Councillor Mahoney indicated that he felt most strongly that every elected politician’s voting records and stance on any particular vote on any matter should be recorded and a matter of verification if sought by any member of the public. In submitting the Motion, he indicated that he had made a concession by insisting that his request should not apply to every minor vote taken at every meeting of the Council, but considered that it should be the case where matters were considered at meetings of the Council and the Planning Committee. He would consider it vital that the public, the residents of the Vale of Glamorgan, were able to check the voting records of each and every Member of the Council.
Councillor Williams, in thanking the Mayor, indicated that he was, along with Members of the Labour Group, in favour of openness and transparency.
Councillor Hodges, in response to the Notice of Motion, indicated that he was surprised at the manner in which it had been written. Consequently, he formally moved an amendment to the Motion “That a report is prepared for the Democratic Services Committee for recommendations to be made to Cabinet on this and other matters relating to Full Council”. He considered that this was the appropriate way to deal with business relating to potential changes to the Constitution.
In formally seconding the amendment, Councillor Franks reminded Members of the recently approved new Constitution produced following an extensive process led by the Leader, Leaders of the political Groups and advised by senior officers of the Council. He considered that the Council’s Constitution was an important document and he did not think that there should be any changes to it without due process. He also felt that the original intention of the Notice of Motion was disappointing given that it would ignore the proper process of taking such matters to the Democratic Services Committee.
Councillor John Thomas intimated that his original intention was to speak against the Motion but taking account of Councillor Hodges’ proposed amendment, he considered that this was the sensible way to proceed. He also echoed the comments of Councillor Franks regarding the work undertaken by the political Group Leaders and senior officers in reviewing the Constitution and felt that no changes should be made to it on a whim as proposed by Councillor Mahoney. He also referred to existing arrangements available to allow voting to be recorded and indicated that this was possibly the best way to proceed, however he agreed that the matter should be discussed at Democratic Services Committee with a further report subsequently to the Council at a future date.
The Leader also expressed his surprise at the proposed Notice of Motion, indicating that the recent review of the Constitution had worked particularly well and concurred with the views of Councillor John Thomas in that such matters could not be undertaken on a whim and acknowledged that current voting facilities could be adapted. He indicated that he was content with the proposed amendment and for the matter to be referred to the Democratic Services Committee to allow the matter to be discussed properly.
Councillor Penrose, in indicating his involvement in the review of the new Constitution, acknowledged each Member as entitled to a different opinion on the subject. He indicated that he was content for the matter to be discussed further by the Democratic Services Committee.
In summing up, Councillor Mahoney appreciated the sentiments expressed however, he considered the fact that a process had been in place for many years and had not been a matter identified under the recent review of the Constitution did not mean that it could never change in the future.
Councillor Roberts, in referring to the amendment and wording, suggested that the amendment be amended to remove the words “and other matters”.
In response to Councillor Roberts’ concerns, Councillor Hodges agreed to amend the wording of his amendment by removing the “and other matters”, subject to the agreement of his seconder, Councillor Franks, who indicated that he was content to do so.
Upon being put to the vote, the amendment proposed by Councillor Hodges and seconded by Councillor Franks was carried.
RESOLVED – T H A T a report be prepared for consideration by the Democratic Services Committee on options to change the provision of the requirements of Recorded Votes (paragraph 4.23.5) of the Council’s Constitution.
The Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 amended the existing subordinate legislation made under Part III of the Local Government Act 2000, consequential upon provisions of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 which had come into force on 1st April, 2016.
The Order amended the Model Code of Conduct for Local Government Members (the existing provisions of which were reflected in the Members’ Code of Conduct contained in the Council’s Constitution).
The 2013 Act transferred responsibility for maintaining the Register of Interests of Members of Community Councils from the Monitoring Officer of the Principal Local Authority for the area to the 'Proper Officer' of each Community Council with effect from 1st May, 2015. A number of consequential amendments are made to the Model Code to reflect this change.
The Model Code was also amended to clarify that, in terms of the Register of Members' Interests, any interest disclosed for the first time must be entered in the Register. This was not a change of policy, but clarified the original intention. The exemption for Community Councillors from the requirement to register certain financial and other interests up front was maintained.
The obligation on a Member to report a potential breach of the Code of Conduct to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales was now omitted from the Code. However, there continued to be the obligation to report such matters to the Monitoring Officer.
Paragraph 18.3.1(K) of the Code was now omitted. This was to overcome unintended difficulties in the practical application of this paragraph in relation to participation in business relating to constituency interests. Nevertheless, a Member participating in the consideration of a Ward matter was still under an obligation to act objectively and in the wider public interest in accordance with paragraph 18.2.9 of the Code. For ease of reference Paragraph 18.3.1 (K) required a Member to regard himself / herself as having a personal interest in any business of its Authority if: …… "a member of the public might reasonably perceive a conflict between your role in taking a decision, upon that business, on behalf of your authority as a whole and your role in representing the interests of constituents in your ward or electoral division".
Other minor changes had been made and had also been incorporated into the revised Members’ Code of Conduct which was appended to the report.
The matter had been considered by the Council’s Standards Committee on 15th April, 2016 and subsequently resolved “that the provisions of the Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) (Amendments) Order 2016 be noted and incorporated within the Members’ Code of Conduct contained in the Council’s Constitution”.
(1) T H A T the provisions of the Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 be adopted and incorporated within the Members' Code of Conduct contained in the Council's Constitution.
(2) T H A T the Monitoring Officer ensures that the requirements of section 51(6) of the Local Government Act 2000 are adhered to.
The Standards Committee (Wales) Regulations 2001 stated that the composition of Standards Committees shall not consist of persons other than:
The Community Committee Member currently sitting on the Council’s Standards Committee was Penarth Councillor M. Cuddy, being appointed to the Standards Committee on 18th July, 2012, for a period of four years.
As a consequence of the postponement of the 2016 Local Government elections, provision was made by the Local Government (Standards Committees, Investigations, Dispensations and Referral) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 to enable a relevant Authority to determine that Community Council Members of its Standards Committee who were in place on 1st April, 2016, to continue to serve until the next ordinary election in 2017. In addition, the current four year restriction on the term of office for such a Member was removed.
In seeking the Council’s approval to extend the existing Community Committee Member’s term of office, the need to invite applications for the position for Town and Community Councils within the Vale of Glamorgan and make an appointment following interview would be avoided. The reappointment would also provide the Standards Committee with continuity of its membership.
RESOLVED – T H A T Town Councillor M. Cuddy’s term of office as Community Committee Member of the Council’s Standards Committee be extended to 4th May, 2017.
Since the formal introduction of the Council’s new Executive Arrangements in May 2002, the Constitution had remained under review and would continue to be so on an ongoing basis. Under Section 2.4 of the Constitution, the Monitoring Officer had a duty to monitor and review the operation of the Constitution to ensure that the aims and principles contained therein were given full effect.
Section 2.6.2 of the Constitution provided for changes considered by the Monitoring Officer to be "required to be made to remove any inconsistency, ambiguity or typographical correction" to be made and then reported to the next Full Council meeting for information. In accordance with the above, the following amendment to the Constitution had been made:
This is to accord with the contract threshold of £75,000 contained in the Contracts Procedure Rules (Section 17 of the Constitution).
(a) The replacement of Councillor Pam Drake with Councillor Lis Burnett on the Planning Committee with immediate effect and until further notice.
In introducing the report, Councillor Hodges (Chairman of the Democratic Services Committee) reminded Members that the Annual Report of the IRPW had been considered by the Committee at its meeting on 13th April, 2016. He alluded to the various suggestions brought forward by the IRPW, the major one of significance was to in effect introduce two levels of payment for Executive Members and for Committee Chairmen. In referring to the deliberations on the matter by the Democratic Services Committee, Members in principal did not see the need for two salary levels and were content to maintain the status quo.
The Council's Members' Allowances Scheme currently reflected the fact that the Council had resolved to abide by the determinations of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (IRPW) as set out in its Annual Report each year. As such, there was generally no need to present a specific report to Members. However, the Annual Report for 2016/17, whilst not proposing any increases in the basic or senior salaries, incorporated changes to the IRPW framework which it was stated "provide greater opportunities for flexibility at local level to reflect the variations in governance structures of Principal Councils". Further details were set out below and, given the flexibility which the IRPW had introduced, specific consideration was required to be given as to whether the Council wished to vary the relevant payments or maintain the status quo.
The IRPW was, in effect, introducing two salary levels for Executive Members (except Leaders and Deputy Leaders) and for Committee Chairmen. This was designed to allow Councils to take account of any differences in the responsibilities that they consider might be attached to specific posts. The IRPW stated that, having considered the responses to its draft report in which a number of Executive posts were prescribed to be paid at the higher level, the IRPW had responded to those concerns in that the revised arrangements left it to the discretion of each Council as to which salary level was paid according to local circumstances. Nevertheless, the IRPW was of the view that, in many instances, there were indeed differences in the responsibilities attached to portfolios of Executive Members, which, in turn, it was suggested should be reflected in the level of salary paid. The IRPW was of the view that the same principle also applied to Committee Chairmen.
The draft Annual Report was originally considered by the Democratic Services Committee on 21st October, 2015. At that time, as far as Cabinet positions were concerned, if an Authority had a Cabinet of more than six Members (including the Leader), the IRPW was proposing that additional Cabinet Members would only be entitled to a salary of 10% less than the other six Cabinet Members. Since that time, the IRPW had given further consideration to this aspect and the final report provided for individual Local Authorities to decide which of two bands of Senior Salary it wished to pay to each individual Cabinet Member. The Vale of Glamorgan Council fell within Group B as far as IRPW Council sizes were concerned. As such, Cabinet Member Senior Salaries could be
As far as Chairmen of Committees were concerned, the IRPW continued to take the view that the specific responsibility and workload of some Committee Chairmen was greater than others and, therefore, was introducing two levels of remuneration, viz.:
It was for individual Authorities to decide which of its Chairmen (if remunerated) should receive a Level 1 or Level 2 payment.
RESOLVED – T H A T no changes be made to the current levels of Senior Salaries to Cabinet Members or Committee Chairmen.
In introducing the report, the Leader referred to the matter being considered by the Democratic Services Committee on 10th February, 2016.
The draft Protocol was attached as Appendix A to the report. The draft was also submitted to the Scrutiny Committee Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen Group for consideration.
The Leader indicated that the draft Protocol had been endorsed by the Democratic Services Committee and subsequently referred to the Cabinet for consideration, which it had done so on 7th March, 2016 with the matter now being referred to Council for final endorsement. A review would be undertaken in 12 months’ time.
RESOLVED – T H A T the draft Protocol relating to Scrutiny and Cabinet roles and responsibilities be endorsed.
In introducing the report, the Leader reminded Members that the proposals had been considered by all five Scrutiny Committees. He referred to the appendix attached to the original Cabinet report which was submitted for endorsement by the Council and he referred to the journey of the Improvement Objectives which had been developed as a consequence of the Corporate Plan’s four corresponding Objectives. He also acknowledged that work remained in regard to how certain performance information was to be measured, however, this would be the ongoing work of the Members Working Group which included Group Leaders and the Chairs of Scrutiny Committees. He also referred to the revised Terms of Reference and titles of the Scrutiny Committees which would be considered later in the agenda in regard to the Council’s new Performance Management Framework.
The Corporate Plan 2016-20 was approved The Corporate Plan 2016-2020 was approved by Cabinet on 22nd February, 2016 and by Council on 2nd March, 2016 following extensive consultation with key stakeholders and partners. The Plan set out the Council's priorities for the next four years as well as its vision, values and Well-being Objectives. Work had been undertaken to ensure that the plans were aligned and reflected the priorities for the Vale of Glamorgan. These outcomes were also reflected in Service Plans for 2016/17.
The proposed Improvement Objectives and associated actions for 2016/17 reflected the four Well-being Outcomes in the Corporate Plan, ensuring that the Council was focused on the identified areas of priority in need of the most improvement.
5 - Deliver the Council’s transformational programme, “Reshaping Services” to meet the future needs of citizens of the Vale of Glamorgan, within the context of unprecedented financial challenges.
Appendix 1 to the original Cabinet report outlined the proposed Improvement Objectives for 2016/17 and provided a rationale for each objective (Pages 8-28). The intended outcomes and the measures to be undertaken to make a difference to Vale of Glamorgan citizens were identified including a sponsored Director with responsibility for ensuring the achievement of key outcomes.
A number of performance measures identified in the Plan did not have data reported for the 2015/16 period or targets established for 2016/17. In line with existing performance management arrangements, all Council services were undertaking an End of Year data collection and verification exercise which would be concluded at the end of April to tie in with data submissions to Welsh Government and the Local Government Data Unit. In addition, some nationally produced data such as tourism and economic activity data was not available until later in the year and the Improvement Plan would be updated to reflect this new data once published. Similarly All Wales benchmarking data was published in September of each year.
Appendix 2 to the original Cabinet report provided a summary of the views and comments from the consultation including the views of three Scrutiny Committees. In summary:
• Scrutiny Committee (Social Care and Health) did not endorse the proposed Improvement Objectives for 2016/17 due to concerns about the proposed performance indicators for use in measuring how progress to achieve Objective 4 would be monitored.
• Scrutiny Committee (Economy and Environment) recommended to Cabinet that the Improvement Objectives for 2016/17 be endorsed.
• Scrutiny Committee (Housing and Public Protection) recommended to Cabinet that the Improvement Objectives for 2016/17 be endorsed. Furthermore that Cabinet should be informed of the view of the Committee that each Improvement Objective should be linked to its outcomes and actions.
The views of key stakeholders including the Local Service Board, Town and Community Councils, local businesses, voluntary sector organisations and the public were also sought over a period of four weeks (14th March to 8th April, 2016). The consultation was promoted via an online survey, local media releases and a combination of social media (over 16,000 followers).
Despite extensive promotion of the consultation, only ten stakeholders took the opportunity to have their say on the Vale of Glamorgan's proposed Improvement Objectives for 2016/17. Respondents included five residents, a Colleague from the Vale of Glamorgan Council, Welsh St. Donats Community Council, Cardiff and Vale Credit Union, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) and the Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS).
On the whole, of the ten responses received, there had been no formal objections to the proposed Improvement Objectives for 2016/17. Responses had been positive and supportive with some suggested additions to the narrative in the rationale for some objectives.
Councillor Traherne referred to the Scrutiny Committee (Social Care and Health)’s previous deliberations on the matter and put on record that the Committee was disappointed by the lack of performance data in the report when considering Improvement Objective 4 – Encouraging and Promoting Active and Healthy Lifestyles. He referred to the fact that most of the data for 2015/16 was unavailable and there were no targets for five of the eight Indicators. He acknowledged that things had moved on, but noted that data for 2015/16 was still not available for three of the eight Indicators and there was no target at all for one of the Indicators. To him also it seemed there was no data for seven of the eight Indicators in regard to the 2014/15 Welsh Average. Without the ability to benchmark performance against the Welsh Average or better still against the Welsh top quartile, he did not see how the Council’s performance could truly be measured. In view of the lack of benchmarking data he considered it was difficult to know whether the targets were sufficiently challenging and he went so far as to say that in view of the lack of benchmarking data it was difficult to know whether the Council had the right Indicators. He considered that the report was “sloppy” and was clearly being rushed through without a great deal of thought.
In response, the Leader disagreed with Councillor Traherne’s version of events and did not accept that the report was “sloppy”. He reiterated his comments regarding the Council’s new Corporate Plan which had been formed around the Future Generations and Wellbeing Act. Members were abundantly aware that the Corporate Plan as reported to the previous meetings of the Scrutiny Committee had been aligned to the Objectives of the Act. He indicated that Members were fully aware as in previous years that the end of year data for 2015/16 would not be available until July. He also pointed out that in regard to Objective 4, in most cases there was no Welsh Average, as much of the data was unavailable but, accepted the comment regarding the Welsh top quartile and this could be considered going forward. He also reiterated his previous comments regarding the Member Working Group and the work that this Group would be undertaking later in the year regarding performance information.
RESOLVED – T H A T the Improvement Plan Part 1, including proposed Improvement Objectives for 2016/17, be approved.
The Leader, in introducing the report, referred to the previous debate on the Improvement Plan, with this report being an extension of that, with the Council being asked to formally endorse the titles and scope of the Council’s revised Scrutiny Committee arrangements.
The Council had a strong performance management track record as evidenced in previous Annual Improvement Reports (AIR) by the Wales Audit Office. The recent AIR for 2014/15, nevertheless, identified two proposals for improvement to:
• P1 Refine performance reporting arrangements to ensure data was presented in a way that provided a balanced picture of performance and of the outcomes being achieved.
• P2 Improve reporting so that cross-directorate / cross-service activity was considered in the context of delivery of priorities rather than completion of service-based actions.
The Council’s Performance Management Framework (PMF) set out the way in which performance management and measurement was undertaken across the Council. The framework enabled the Council to regularly assess, report and scrutinise performance in order to support the continuous improvement of its activities.
The PMF brought together the Council’s key planning, monitoring and evaluation processes through an integrated suite of documents. These (which included the Community Strategy, Corporate Plan, Service Plans, Team Plans and Personal Development Plans) demonstrated the contribution made at a variety of levels of the organisation to the Council’s priority outcomes. These were supported by other key strategies and plans such as the Medium Term Financial Plan, Workforce Plan and Corporate Asset Management Plan.
In December 2015, Cabinet approved proposals for changes to the Council’s PMF as the basis for consultation with Scrutiny Committees and that report was subsequently referred to each of the Council's five Scrutiny Committees. A subsequent report in February 2016, provided Cabinet with a summary of the views of the five Scrutiny Committees. Cabinet approved the recommendation to establish a Working Group of Elected Members and Officers to develop further the arrangements that would support the revised PMF, including consideration of the review of the Council's Scrutiny Committees. It was also resolved that the report be referred to the Democratic Services Committee for consideration. The report to Cabinet of 22nd February, 2016, also contained a recommendation that a further report be brought to Cabinet following conclusion of the review by the Working Group on matters related to the naming and terms of reference of the Council's Scrutiny Committees. The report provided Cabinet with an update on the developments to the PMF since February.
The Working Group had therefore given consideration to the proposed titles for the new Scrutiny Committees in response to concerns related to the public understanding of the Committees' remits should the titles of the Committees be identical to the Well-being Outcomes contained in the Corporate Plan.
In addition to the four Well-being Outcome-based Scrutiny Committees, the existing Scrutiny Committee (Corporate Resources) would be replaced with a Committee called Corporate Performance and Resources Scrutiny Committee.
In terms of Performance Reporting, significant developments to the PMF had taken place over the past six months. These included the development and adoption of a new Corporate Plan for the Council and the publication of the Council's first whole-Council Annual Self-Assessment report.
Service Plans were currently under development and would be reported to Scrutiny Committees and Cabinet in April-May 2016. This year Service Plans were being developed at Head of Service level and would focus on the contribution made to the Council’s Well-being Outcomes and objectives, in addition to the way in which the service would manage its resources. Following approval of the Service Plans; Team Plans and Personal Development Plans would be put in place to reflect the contribution to service objectives made by the Council's teams and individual colleagues.
The Working Group would next consider the reporting arrangements associated with the PMF. As reported previously, it was proposed that the Corporate Plan would be monitored on a quarterly basis by an overall Corporate Health Report and this would be supplemented by specific quarterly reports for each of the four Well-being Outcomes.
“Corporate health” would be illustrated from a number of perspectives: Performance against well-being outcome / objectives, resources (finance / savings, people, assets and ICT), customer focus and risk. It was envisaged that the report would incorporate a RAG status for each Well-being Outcome to give a snapshot of overall progress, summarising the performance of the measures and the activity underway to support the delivery of the outcome. A brief position statement would be provided for the quarter covering the Well-being Outcomes and corporate health performance overall as well as a brief summary of achievements by outcome. Areas of underperformance / key challenges across the corporate health perspectives would be highlighted with proposed remedial actions to address them. It was proposed that this quarterly overview report would be presented in a dashboard / scorecard format designed to make the information contained in it as accessible as possible.
Four Quarterly Well-being Outcome and Objectives Reports would demonstrate progress against each of the individual Well-being Outcomes and associated objectives. Informed by performance data collected from Service Plans, these reports would demonstrate the cross-cutting nature of the Well-being Outcomes and draw together evidence from the range of the Council's service areas responsible for delivering the actions associated with the outcome. A brief position statement from the sponsoring Director would be provided for the quarter. A brief summary of achievements by objective would be provided and areas of underperformance / key challenges highlighted, including a description of any remedial actions required to address them.
The format of the Corporate Health and Quarterly Well-being Outcome and Objective Reports would be developed by the Working Group in the coming months, prior to the first quarter's performance being reported to Scrutiny Committees in September 2016. This would also involve a review of the Performance Indicators used to demonstrate whether the Council was achieving its intended outcomes for each of the eight Well-being Objectives.
The existing approach to the monitoring of Service Plans would be replaced with quarterly reports against each Well-being Objective linked to a Well-being Outcome. This would enable Members to focus on scrutinising progress towards achieving the Council’s Well-being Outcomes. Services would continue to report performance data quarterly to the Council's Performance Team. The Performance Team would then use this information to produce the more focused Well-being Outcome Reports.
Below was an indicative timetable for implementation of the revised PMF, which would be phased in over the 2016/17 annual performance planning and reporting cycle and would be fully implemented by the end of 2017/18.
RESOLVED – T H A T the proposed changes to the titles and scope of the Council’s Scrutiny Committees be approved.
The Leader, in introducing the report, set out his rationale for bringing the matter to Cabinet and subsequently to the Council. He referred to the receipt of correspondence from the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) in respect of the European Union (EU) Referendum and to adopt a position in relation to the referendum.
The WLGA Co-ordinating Committee received a report on 24th March, 2016 which updated Members on the referendum on UK membership of the EU. A copy of the letter dated 15th April, 2016 from Councillor Bob Bright (spokesperson on European Affairs) sought feedback on the stance being adopted by individual Councils in the run up to the EU Referendum.
Copies of that letter were attached, including the proforma for feedback and the report to the Co-ordinating Committee, had been attached at Appendix 2 to the original Cabinet report.
The Leader indicated that he had circulated copies of the WLGA Co-ordinating Committee information to all Group Leaders for consideration.
He indicated the proforma sought details on a number of questions and Cabinet had endorsed a draft response at its meeting on 25th April, 2016. In summary, reference had been made to:
The fact that the steps taken by the authority in publicising the referendum would be those normally taken in relation to any election or referendum.
That it would be a matter for individual members to support and/or promote any campaigns. However, in doing so it would be appreciated that council facilities were not to be used for party political or campaigning purposes.
Examples were also given as to how the EU membership had benefited the economy of the Vale of Glamorgan area as well as other benefits (questions 5 and 6).
(1) That subject to subject to consideration by Council on 27 April, 2016 the Welsh Local Government Association stance in relation to supporting the EU Referendum be supported.
The Leader considered the draft response to be balanced and fair. However, in some respect he felt that he was between a rock and a hard place and consequently he was leaving it to individual Members of the Council to consider.
The Leader made it abundantly clear that the first question to ask Council was whether or not they wanted to take a view on the first question asked in the Proforma – whether or not the Council wished to adopt a formal position on the issues of the EU referendum?
The Leader confirmed that if the Council did not want to take a position, that would be an end to the matter and no further action would be required.
Councillor Penrose, in referring to the Leader’s comments, requested that a Recorded Vote take place and the requisite number of Members stood to confirm that this would be the case. Unlike the Leader, in his opinion, he didn’t personally feel that this was a matter for the WLGA or the Council. He considered it more a matter between the electorate and the ballot box and consequently it should remain there. For that reason he indicated that he would be voting against the proposal, however that didn’t necessarily indicate his own personal viewpoint on the subject matter.
In echoing Councillor Penrose’s comments, Councillor Bertin also considered that the matter should be left to the electorate to decide. He felt that the Council should be concentrating on improving services in the Vale of Glamorgan as opposed to promoting a position of the Council in regard to the EU Referendum.
Councillor John Thomas indicated that he personally and his Group were opposed to the Council adopting a position on the EU Referendum. He also referred to an officer’s e-mail sent to all Members of the Council earlier in the day regarding the legitimacy of considering the matter at the meeting. He concluded that just because it was legitimate it didn’t make it right to do so, and indicated that he would voting against the proposals.
The Deputy Leader intimated how most people perceived how he would vote in most elections at the Assembly or Westminster. However, he considered that the EU Referendum was an entirely different matter. He also disagreed with certain comments made relating to the WLGA involvement in seeking the views of Welsh Councils on the issue. He suggested that it was right for the views of all Councils in Wales to be sought and he had no interest in how other Members would vote on the matter however, he indicated that he would be abstaining from any vote.
Councillor James, in supporting the comments of Councillor Thomas, referred to the Leader’s earlier comments relating to the WLGA Co-ordinating Committee, but reminded Members of the finer point that it was the Co-ordinating Committee manifesto commitment for remaining in the EU. He also accepted the Deputy Leader’s comments relating to the WLGA and that it was a representative body for Councils in Wales, however it was an organisation run on political lines with the majority of the Co-ordinating Committee being Labour Members. He considered that if the Council was to approve the Cabinet proposal under consideration, irrespective of individual Member’s positions, the Council would be moving along a line that was devised by the Co-ordinating Committee. In doing so, that would be a political decision to influence the outcome of the Referendum which was not the role of the Council to do.
Councillor Mahoney alluded to the comments already made and suggested that it wasn’t about having a debate on the ins and outs of the European Union, if that were to be the case, the Council meeting would last forever. What he was concerned with however, was the fact that the Independent Group had advocated leaving the WLGA for some time, ceasing to pay affiliation charges. In referring to the proforma and in particular to the list of advantages for remaining in the EU, he was disappointed that no disadvantages were mentioned. He considered the whole proposal to be ludicrous and that the public were quite capable of making a decision on the matter without the Council expressing a view.
The Leader, in summing up, reiterated his previous comments in regard to the rationale for bringing the matter in front of Council for a decision. He acknowledged that the matter was indeed within the manifesto of the Co-ordinating Committee and accepted that it was a decision for the Council to say no on the matter. If it was the Council’s response to the first question in the proforma, that being “Has your Authority adopted, or are you planning to adopt, a formal position on the issue of the EU Referendum” was no, that would be the end of the matter and no further questions would be answered in the proforma.
The Leader reminded Members that Agenda Item Nos. 11(b), (c) and (d) utilised the use of the Urgency Decision Procedure under Article 14.14 of the Council’s Constitution and therefore were also reported to Council for noting.
RESOLVED – T H A T the use of the Urgency Decision Procedure in respect of the below matters and as set out in Article 14.14 of the Council’s Constitution be noted:
(ii) Cabinet Minute No. C3124, 14th March, 2016: Management and Operation of the Council’s two Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Do you feel that the Council has the necessary resilience within its planning department to deal with the increasingly complicated and numerous planning applications that require considered and efficient resolution?
The Planning Department constantly keep under review the resources it needs to process planning applications and to deal with other issues such as the preparation and delivery of the Local Development Plan, and when necessary additional temporary resources are secured. So the answer is yes.
In referring to the Cabinet Member’s response, Councillor Traherne came to the conclusion that the Cabinet Member didn’t fully understand the difficulties in the planning division and inferred that even if the Council doubled the current number of planning officers, they would still be unable to deal with the volume of work and asked the Cabinet Member if these officers were wrong.
The Cabinet Member pointed out that the Council’s performance with regard to the determination of planning applications remained third in Wales, determining 91% of all applications within eight weeks (October 2015 – December 2015) against an average in Wales of 78%.
In addition, the Council continues to receive and determine the sixth highest number of applications in Wales, with only Wales’ three cities, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Carmarthenshire receiving more planning applications. As a consequence, she hoped that the Member was reassured that the Council continued to ‘punch above its weight’ when it came to not only the speed at which it determined applications, but also in the quality of its decision making.
I understand that the ‘Local Development Plan Inspector’ has rejected the land at Hayes Road Sully as a location for a Gypsy and Traveller Site. Is this true?
Yes (although I am a little surprised at the question given that your current dispensation does not apply to meetings of the Council and you have consistently declared an interest in the LDP at previous Council meetings).
The Inspector has recommended that in light of the constraints imposed by the Development Advice maps issued by Natural Resources Wales and despite the fact that Natural Resources Wales have actually raised no objection to the LDP in this regard, that the Hayes Road allocation is removed. He has also suggested that the Council provide an update as to how it wishes to address the resulting shortfall within the Plan. This will be dealt with in due course.
At its meeting in March there was dissatisfaction from all Members of the Social Care and Health Scrutiny Committee regarding the failure of the Council to complete much needed capital works within the current financial year. There was particular concern that schemes had been delayed due to ‘a number of staffing resource issues in Property Services’. The Deputy Leader agreed to share these concerns with Cabinet however these do not appear to be reflected in the minutes of the Cabinet Meeting of 11th April when the Revenue and Capital Monitoring Report was referred to Cabinet. I am sure that this was merely an oversight on behalf of the ‘minute taker’; however are you able to explain why there have been such serious ‘staffing resource issues’ in Property Services and are you able to reassure Members that these issues have been resolved, as it is clearly most unsatisfactory for much needed capital works to be delayed in this manner.
Firstly can I say that Councillor Egan did raise the issue with Cabinet colleagues and I have raised concerns re delays in the delivery of the Capital Programme and that officers and my cabinet colleagues are looking to address the issues. I have also put in place a monthly capital monitoring regime, which I attend.
At the outset, can I just say that it is always very easy to criticise. I believe it worth noting that the Property Section has successfully delivered many projects in recent times. These include major contracts such as the School Improvement Programme (for example. the multi award winning Penarth Learning Community, Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Talwg, Ysgol Gymraeg Dewi Sant, Ysgol Gymraeg y Nant / Oak Field Primary School and the ongoing Welsh Housing Quality Standard framework works. All of these are projects of major scale that have been a high priority for this administration.
There have however been factors that have contributed to slippages in recent months. Issues that have contributed to the slippage of the planned programme included gaining Listed Building Consent, difficulties encountered by contractors to source specific electrical equipment and access being denied to certain residential homes due to outbreak of norovirus.
In addition, the Property Section is currently experiencing unprecedented staffing issues although these are being addressed.
- Proposals to set up a framework agreement for consultancy services that will enable call-off at peak periods or when resource issues are encountered;
- Reviewing the staffing structure to ensure it is best placed to meet future challenges (departing staff may not be replaced on a like for like basis) still ensuring it was efficient;
- Recently recruiting a Project Manager whose duties include co-ordinating the workload of staff engaged in design and administration of schemes; and
- Recently engaging a permanent Quantity Surveyor to replace a member of staff who gained employment elsewhere.
The Leader concluded by indicating that there were various obvious reasons for the difficulties which were being addressed.
Councillor Traherne, in his opinion, alluded to the “hollowing out” of services in some parts of the Council and that posts were being left vacant in order to save money, leaving teams without the necessary resilience to cope with sickness and leave. He asked if the Leader would undertake a review to ensure that all parts of the Council were properly staffed and that teams had the necessary resilience to cope in an efficient and effective manner with their work.
The Leader, in referring to Councillor Traherne’s question, suggested that perhaps he had missed something in his earlier reply. He reiterated that since he had taken on the role of Leader there had been an ongoing review of management and staffing levels. Regarding the Property Section, there had recently been new appointments and that a staffing restructure was underway. He also touched upon delays in Social Services which were now progressing and referred to the project at Hen Goleg which was due to commence in May. He also made reference to electrical re-wire work at Southway and Cartref Porthceri which was also underway; the installation of call and assistance systems at Southway, Cartref Porthceri, Ty Dyfan and Ty Dewi Sant were complete; a structural survey and report relating to subsidence at Cartref Porthceri had been completed and costings were currently being undertaken for the remedial works to proceed. He gave an assurance that reviews were taking place and that services would be fit for purpose.
In her compliance notice of 30th September, 2015, the Welsh Language Commissioner required this Council to comply with no less than 176 different Standards covering service delivery, policy making, operational matters and record keeping. She required 143 of these Standards to be in place by 30th March, 2016. Are you able to confirm that this has been achieved?
Since being notified of the Standards that apply to the Council we have been working on their implementation, and an officer working group with representatives from all Directorates has been undertaking this task for the past six months. The Council has an action plan setting out how we are going about meeting the Standards set out by the Welsh Language Commissioner, and this action plan is on the Council’s website. The bulk of the Standards due to be in place by April have been introduced. The working group will continue to meet to plan for the implementation of the remaining Standards and were well aware that these were many and complicated.
Councillor Traherne referred to the current budget of £100,000 to cover the cost of compliance with the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Notice and asked the Leader if this was sufficient.
The Leader confirmed that the £100,000 amount was indeed in the budget and reminded Councillor Traherne that this amount was in the initial budget process. He also reminded Councillor Traherne that the Council was not only working with officers within its departments and that the Council was working with a number of organisations like Menter Bro Morgannwg, on a regular basis and suggested that if Councillor Traherne had read the report, he would have been aware of this. He also referred to the recent entering into of a Service Level Agreement with Cardiff County Council as well as having an in-house translation service. In referring to the Standards, he referred to the Council’s requirement to comply with 138 standards by 31st March, 2016 and to a further 33 Standards to comply with by 30th September, 2016.
In referring to the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Office, they had indicated that they were satisfied with the Council’s progress to date, but he acknowledged the challenges going forward.
Are you satisfied with the progress of the “Reshaping Services Agenda” in view of the urgent need to deliver services in a more innovative manner as a result of budgetary pressures?
In referring to the apparent ruling out of outsourcing of services to the private sector by the Council and the appearance of the lack of enthusiasm for the establishment of social enterprises, Councillor Traherne asked if it might have been better to ask external consultants to obtain an objective view of Council services to ascertain whether services should be kept in-house or delivered in a different manner.
The Leader, in response, was surprised by Councillor Traherne’s comment and indicated that he had not taken a view of going out to the private sector although he was delighted that there were many examples of involvement of the private sector, especially in the field of the Scrutiny Committee for which Councillor Traherne chaired. The Leader indicated that without such partnerships the Council could not operate its services. He also reminded Councillor Traherne that a recent report had been submitted to the Cabinet in relation to social enterprise projects and gave Catering Services as an example. He did not accept Councillor Traherne’s assertion that the Council would not be utilising consultants and reminded of earlier work undertaken by consultants in respect of Visible and Housing Services to identify efficiencies. As far as he was concerned, he was satisfied with progress made to date. The reason why he was satisfied was due to the many projects being made under the Council’s Reshaping Services Programme, which referred to a number of projects, for example relating to community libraries; the Council’s in-house pool car scheme; the Shared Regulatory Service; cleaning and security services to name but a few. He also mentioned the ongoing work with Town and Community Councils which was supported by One Voice Wales who believed the Council was doing ground breaking work. He also referred to the work undertaken internally with the Council in regard to staff development workshops and staffing sessions relating to the Leadership Café, all of which were participated by committed staff who attended in their own time. He also made reference to work with the Trade Unions to develop a new Staff Charter and work would continue going forward in regard to Tranche 3 of the Reshaping Services Programme next year. He also reminded Members of the numerous reports made on the Space Project and Reshaping Services Programme reported previously and referred to the recent annual Cabinet Work Programme considered by Cabinet earlier in the week, which would now include quarterly updates relating to the Reshaping Services Programme and circulated to Members and referred to the relevant Scrutiny Committees. He was therefore pleased with the work that was progressed, but indicated that the task would have been easier if such efforts had been undertaken a long time ago.
Following the sad and tragic loss of Councillor Clarke on the B4270 road at Llandow, many locals have come forward claiming this road is dangerous and that the Council should consider making safety improvements on this road. Will the Cabinet Member please inform us if there are any such plans in the pipeline?
Could I firstly reiterate previous comments in respect to this most terrible accident involving Councillor Clarke. This is one of two fatal road traffic accidents on the B4270 this year, and whilst a tendency towards introducing physical safety improvements along any section of highway where there have been such serious incidence is understandable, it is important that we first analyse the Police incidence reports to fully understand the causes.
In the cases of the two most recent incidents the Police reports have not indicated any highway related issues and this therefore suggests that no safety improvements are required.
I understand that the Inspector to the LDP has requested the Council’s justification for the disproportionally large scale of development proposed within the rural communities.
The Inspector has asked the Council to justify the level of growth proposed within the minor rural settlements, including an explanation of how the developments will conform with the sustainability principles set out in Planning Policy Wales and deliver the Plan’s own objectives. He has also required the Council to demonstrate how the level of growth proposed in such settlements strikes the appropriate balance between the need to support rural areas and to respect local character.
The Council is clearly satisfied with the level of growth proposal and that it is consistent with the Plan’s strategy to promote development opportunities in Barry and the south eastern zone, with St. Athan to be a key development opportunity and Cardiff Airport a focus for transport and employment investment, with other sustainable settlements to accommodate further housing and associated development.
In referring to the concerns expressed by the Inspector to the LDP regarding certain communities and the policy / strategy relating to the allocation of development in rural areas being too large for small rural communities. On the understanding of these facts, Councillor James asked the Cabinet Member if the draft LDP in its current form was completely unsustainable.
The Cabinet Member, in referring to the Inspector’s comments had understood that the Council had been requested to justify the level of growth proposed. However, he had not declared the draft LDP unsound. She also reminded Councillor James of the previous concerns at the level of growth within the south east of the Vale of Glamorgan previously. The fact of the matter was that this area had experienced significant growth in previous years and this is why the Administration had sought a better balance across the Vale of Glamorgan to ensure that all development was sustainable and met the needs of current and future population whilst supporting existing communities and facilities. She looked forward to the outcome of the LDP process.
How many Syrian refugees have been successfully accommodated in the Vale of Glamorgan under the Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme?
Councillor Dr. Johnson referred to the matter being pressing given that part of the Immigration Bill was due to be considered the following week in Westminster where the Government were proposing to reject the resettlement of 3,000 children to the UK. He also referred to his previous Council questions ten months ago to the Council and to very little information being provided from Cabinet since that time. In referring to the refugees and the crisis situation, he sought an assurance from the Cabinet Member that something real and tangible would be in place by the time of the next meeting of the Council in July.
The Cabinet Member, referring to Councillor Dr. Johnson’s comments indicated that the Council had one property that was available under the Resettlement Scheme and her main priority was to support the Vale of Glamorgan along with Cardiff in partnership taking families affected by the refugee crisis in Syria. Support was now in place, including education arrangements, and the Police had been involved in the community safety aspect with it likely that a family would be resettled in the Vale of Glamorgan in May.
I have certainly not been involved in any discussions on this topic although I am aware that the route was submitted as evidence as part of the LDP Examination in Public session held in March 2016.
Councillor Dr. Johnson referred to previous discussions on the Local Transport Plan at Council the previous year and to one of the reasons given for not being included in that programme for 2012/13, was the lack of work that had been carried out. He asked the Cabinet Member if there was any intention in the final year of its Administration and the first year of the new Welsh Government Administration to start the process and plan to include the bypass in the next Local Transport Plan.
The Cabinet Member informed Members that she was of the view that whilst the provision of a bypass would partially address through traffic issues within Dinas Powys, it would not address the primary issues which caused the congestion and alluded to constraints imposed by the Merrie Harrier and Barons Court junctions and this would merely transpose the issue to another location. She considered the inclusion of the bypass scheme in the LDP or LTP was not considered to be required at this time. She also referred to the protection of the previous bypass route, and that the Council considered that the route identified in previous development plans was largely protected by the area to the east of Dinas Powys having been designated as a green wedge.
There is no single answer to the question however, in broad terms, Vibrant and Viable Places Tackling Poverty Programme, includes funds for evaluation of the programme. Welsh Government has yet to confirm the methodology to be used in this evaluation process.
With regard to the wider regeneration of Barry and indeed the Vale, it is important to note that the Service Plan currently being prepared for the Regeneration and Planning Department will include a number of key milestones and performance indicators with regard to important projects such as the Broad Street improvements, Nell’s Point and the Waterfront.
Overall, the success of regeneration in Barry must be measured against highly successful completed projects, such as the Pumphouse and Barry Island.
Both of these projects have been recognised nationally and at a Wales level with nominations for awards by the Royal Town Planning Institute, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Institute of British Architects.
In addition, these major schemes have been promoted alongside a suite of other projects at a local level such as improvements to public spaces to promote healthier and active lifestyles. In the same way the renewal schemes target the areas of Barry that are in greatest need of housing improvements. The initiatives around the Communities First programme are very much linked to helping people into suitable employment, so it all works together to contribute to the successful regeneration of Barry.
In thanking the Cabinet Member for her reply, and acknowledging all Members supported the successful regeneration of Barry, Councillor Dr. Johnson did not believe this was a matter under discussion. He referred to a recent event attended where he raised concerns that there was an over-reliance on anecdotes and not enough quantitative data which could prove what the regeneration spend was having. Taking account of this, he wondered what plans the Cabinet Member had to ensure that quantitative data was available so it put the Council in a stronger position to attract further grant funding from the Welsh Government.
The Cabinet Member referred to positive working with Welsh Government and increasingly they were applauding the Council’s approach to whole town regeneration. Taking a whole town approach was a challenge to identify appropriate and meaningful measures and referred to the undermentioned:
“We can say that through Communities First or the Work Programme 1,000+ people have been supported into employment but what difference has that made to their lives?
We can say how many schools we have built, improved or expanded over the past few years, but what has been the impact on the lives of pupils, families and the wider community?
We can quantify how many houses have been upgraded through the Renewal area or WHQS improvements but how much difference has having a safe, secure home made to the lives of local residents.
How do we measure the confidence and self-esteem of parents who have written story books for their children or the young people who have set up in business as a result of our Inspiring the Vale bursary scheme.
How do you quantify the impact of education courses on a woman who a year ago was terrified to accept an award in public but who now is establishing a social business and can happily debate pricing, packaging, marketing etc.
How do you measure the effect on local people when Barry is prominent in the media or on social media and they have a daily reason to feel good about their home town.
How do you measure it when people tell you that Barry not only “Looks better” but that it “Feels better”.”
She referred to Councillor Dr. Johnson’s undoubted awareness of many academics and organisations that had pondered the measurement of social impact and hoped that the Performance Monitoring Framework adopted earlier in the meeting as the result of the Wellbeing and Future Generations Act would prove to be helpful to assessing meaningful outcomes.
What discussions have the Council held with the police about CCTV monitoring moving from the Vale to Bridgend?
South Wales Police have been consulted at each stage of the process of transferring CCTV monitoring to Bridgend Council. At the beginning of the project, as part of the creation of the business case, South Wales Police were directly consulted regarding any operational issues that the transfer of the service might cause, and none were identified. In addition, South Wales Police were involved in discussions via their representatives on the Vale of Glamorgan Community Safety Partnership (on which she also sat), and their officers have been provided with regular project updates before the transfer of the service.
The service has now been assumed by Bridgend, who have themselves been liaising continuously with the Police as the project leads. A positive working relationship will continue between Bridgend as the new provider, the Police and the Vale Community Safety Partnership.
In thanking the Cabinet Member for her response and referring to his and Councillor Egan’s attendance at a local PACT meeting the previous week where PCSOs had expressed concerns at an increase in shop lifting at Holton Road and correlation with the movement of the CCTV monitoring to Bridgend, and asked the Cabinet Member if she would ensure that operations of Police and PCSOs were unaffected due to the change of venue when dealing with matters affecting town centre shops.
The Cabinet Member, in responding, suggested that it was for the Police and PCSOs to bring the matter to the attention of their senior officers so that any matters could be dealt with in line with agreed procedures.
The following questions were submitted and replied to as shown, in accordance with the protocol agreed by Council on 5th May, 2010 (neither of the questioners were present at the meeting):
Can the Regeneration department inform me if Building Regulations were obtained for any properties in the 438 properties included in the Penarth Renewal Programme?
Can the Regeneration department inform me why the building regulations were not sought in respect of replacement roofs as regulations require in Phase 5B Penarth Renewal Scheme, further, can the Vale confirm that the other phases in the Penarth Renewal scheme do / do not have the correct regulations? If only Phase 5B are missing, and therefore liable to prosecution, can the Vale state these properties were not dealt with to the building regulations issued at the time?
In respect of Phase 5b of the Penarth Renewal Area the contractor was responsible for identifying the need for and securing building regulations approval. It has since been identified that limited works would have required approval under the regulations in force at that time but were not submitted for such. The Council is now putting this right, working with occupants, and ensuring all works meet current standards. No issues have arisen in other phases.
Asbestos mishandling has been brought to the Vale’s attention on four separate occasions regarding Penarth Renewal Phase 5B. To date there are no records indicating these complaints have been recorded, can the Vale detail what the procedure should be for reporting asbestos and how the records should be kept?
The following details relate to instances relevant to employees working for or on behalf of the Council at this current time.
Any asbestos incident should be recorded on the Council’s incident reporting form and investigated in the first instance by the appropriate manager overseeing the work. The form and report should then be forwarded to the Corporate H&S Team for further investigation and reporting to Health and Safety Executive, if appropriate.
In general terms, issues relating to working with asbestos are administered by the Health and Safety Executive under powers introduced by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
The Council is aware of allegations relating to the handling of concerns by the then contractors working on Phase 5B. This was an issue that predated the 2012 Regulations and have been investigated as necessary.
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A local non-governmental organization operating in Liberia’s agriculture sector, “Sean Devereux Incorporated,” has launched a five-hectare rice harvest in Folley Town, Bomi County.
The occasion was held over the week end attended by officials of the Ministry of agriculture (MOA), local authorities of Bomi, NGO workers and local farmers.
The agriculture project is self-initiated, aimed at empowering vulnerable women and youths to earn income for the support of their families. At least 150 persons in rural Montserrado and Dewein District, Bomi County, are currently benefiting.
It was assisted by the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE), through the World Food Program. LACE provided a short-term farm employment for youths, while Catalyst laid out the swamp in to various plots.
According to the chief executive officer of Sean Devereux, J. Amadu Sarnor, who spoke at the harvest last Thursday, rice seeds gathered from the field will be sold to the government for distribution to local farmers to grow on their farms.
There is need for the production of more improved rice seed varieties that would be distributed to farmers.
“We are harvesting today one of the improved rice seed varieties, NARICA 19, that will be given out to farmers when bought by the government. This is our way of contributing to the seed bank of our country’s agriculture sector,” he told the gathering during the harvest.
He said that project is helping to provide income for women and youths in the communities in Montserrado and Bomi.
Mr. Sarnor stressed the need for the government to provide more supports toward local farmers in order to increase food production. He named the provision of tools, fertilizers and agriculture loans as some needed incentives to boost food production.
“The government must do all it can to support farmers with all the necessary support, if we are to become food secure. Providing more support to farmers will encourage the citizens to seek for self-employment in the agricultural sector,” he noted.
Commenting on the Ebola crisis which is hindering agricultural production in Liberia, he disclosed that his organization was working to encourage farmers to use the Ebola challenges as time to work harder.
He stated that they are creating awareness on Ebola preventions among the farm beneficiaries to make them productive during the outbreak of the virus.
The Sean Devereux executive director meanwhile, used the occasion to donate some food items and household utensils for use at Ebola treatment units in Bomi.
The Assistant Minister for Research and Extension at the MOA, Paul Jallah, said that despite the Ebola situation, agriculture remains cardinal to the development of Liberia.
He said that the encouragement of the young people in Liberia to take agriculture seriously is crucial for the promoting food security.
“The participation of the youths in the agriculture sector is important for the facilitation of food security and nutrition. Our import bill for food production is getting higher in the midst of this crisis as many farmers have died as the result of the Ebola.”
“There is a need that we plan to address the challenges of the Ebola if we are going to produce more food. Farmers who are producing in the crisis are faced with frustrations, so we need to strategize ways to support our farmers to avoid extreme hunger,” he noted.
The MOA, he said, has distributed some modern farming equipment, like power tillers and tractors, in the various counties for used by farming organizations to enhance productivity.
He said that the equipment is limited, considering the urgent need for mechanization for increased production, adding that farmers’ organizations can access the services of the machines upon request to his ministry.
Julius Selee, executive director for LACE, mentioned that his institution remains committed to supporting local organizations to empower Liberians. He called on farmers to demonstrate a strong sense of commitment toward the production of food in the country.
The need for more rice seed multiplication for Liberia’s agriculture sector cannot be over emphasized as there are still many farmers across Liberia in need of seeds to grow on their farms. In 2003, the (MOA) got rice seed to local farmers by importing it from Ivory Coast. This is so because of the 14 years civil crisis that greatly destroyed the country’s agricultural sector leaving it many challenges. Though, the government of Liberia, through the MOA and the private sector are striving to restore the rice seed industry, more is still needed to be done toward rice seed multiplication, especially after the Ebola crisis. The MOA must make sure that improved varieties of seed rice are bought from local farmers. When this is done the country will soon overcome the problem of improved rice seed shortage in Liberia, driving toward food self-sufficiency.
A Liberian philanthropic organization based in the United States, Help Encourage Liberia’s Little Ones (HELLO) has turned over 40,000 pieces of textbooks of various subjects to sixteen schools in Monrovia and other parts of the country.
The books according the Executive Director of HELLO, Ebenezer K. Flomo, comprise Language Art, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Medical texts, and World History, amongst others.
There are also college level subjects including Accounting, Business Management, and Information Technology among the books to help at that level of higher education.
The books are coming amidst an absence of textbooks in schools across the country; conditions that make it difficult for teachers to present the required lesson and for students to have access to necessary information that will help them do their assignments.
Mr. Flomo giving the overview of the motivating factor that led to bringing these books said, “We came here last year and told people that we have some books for them and asked whether they have libraries and what specific texts they need. A lot of the schools did not have libraries and they were the ones that needed the books most. Moreover, everyone expressed willingness to have books of all subjects because they did not have any.”
Besides this concern, Mr. Flomo noted that as a former student of the Lutheran Training Institute in Lofa County and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion University in Monrovia, he is aware of the deficiency of textbooks in Liberia after war, and predicated upon this existing phenomenon he and his wife were engaged in collecting books that schools were turning over in the United States to bring to help Liberian schools.
Furthermore, he said information that emanated from the University of Liberia last year about 24,000 candidates failing in entrance examination was disturbing and disgraceful news for all Liberians around the world, and as such they at HELLO see it expedient to help by seeking and providing textbooks that students in Liberia can read and be on par with students of other countries.
He stressed that they will ensure to follow schools benefitting from the gesture to use the books for students and not to be sold under the old Ministry of Education building on Broad Street as the case is most of the time.
He also presumed that if any school charges fees for using the books the fee should be directed to improvement of library and not to use whatever is collected for other administrative purposes.
Although schools benefitting are not paying for the books, he said even schools in the United States from where they bring the books can charge students who damage them, and similar action could be taken to maintain them.
To ensure that students are making use of the books, Mr. Flomo said they will visit all schools receiving the books to interview students as to how they are using the books and what difference is being made in their academic life after reading or studying them.
Regarding validity of the books, Mr. Flomo stressed that they are recently published books that have lasted for not less than five years.
According to him, schools in the United States and other developed countries clear their libraries after every five years to bring in new books so as to enable the business of book publications to run, and this does not mean the books are outdated.
“The books are useful and it is the same information everywhere in the world. Clearing them out is only meant to keep the business of books publication running so that writers will not go out of business, but that’s the same information about any career highlighted in that text,” he said.
He assured that there are more textbooks that they are willing to bring to Liberia, but are waiting to see the new curriculum so that the books will be in conformity with information needed in the curriculum.
Mr. Flomo commenting on this issue indicated that though they have a few texts about Africa, there is still a need to read about other continents and countries out of Africa so that they (Africans) can learn how those countries and continents developed the way they are.
Meanwhile some of the schools receiving the books are the Calvary Baptist Church School System, the Monrovia Consolidated School System, the A.M.E. Zion University College, the International Institute for Information Technology Liberia, the Phebe Nursing School, the Lutheran Training Institute, Lofa Community College, Lofa University Students Association, amongst others.
A representative of one of the school systems, Terance King lauded Mr. Flomo and his American Fiancée who initiated the project through their organization HELLO, and indicated that if other Liberians in the Diaspora can join the Flomo family to do such, Liberia will see a major transition in the debilitating education sector.
HELLO was founded in 1993 and had been involved in bringing relief items including clothes, toys, and other needed materials for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in displaced camps during the war years.
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Humane Society of Missouri deploys Disaster Response Team to rescue animals in wake of Hurricane Florence
On the third attempt, the water had receded enough to locate the house, and miraculously, the team heard barking coming from inside! They were able to successfully rescue the tiny Maltese – who had been floating on a couch inside the house since the storm and flooding hit. Watch Soshe’s incredible rescue »
With the generous support of our donors, we can send professionally trained, experienced teams to help homeless and displaced animals. Please help our rescue team be there for animals like Soshe - in Missouri and beyond - by making a generous gift today.
The Disaster Response Team wishes to express their thanks to the generous donors who have supported this rescue mission. With your support, they're able to rescue animals from flooded homes, give them a safe place to stay, and reunite them with their families. Thank you.
Today, our two swift water rescue teams worked all day on the water. Our emergency shelter team staged near the boat launch, ready to receive animals rescued from flooded areas.
The water teams checked on the two horses currently sheltering in place on a flooded porch. Although the pair is standing in several feet of water, team members checked their hooves and provided buckets of fresh water and additional hay. Fortunately, our team has been able to make contact with the owner of the horses, who has requested that the horses stay on the porch for the time being. The owner is very thankful that our team is there to monitor the horses and ensure they have food and water.
After checking on the horses, the teams responded to several other welfare checks and rescue requests. Rescue efforts included the safe transport of two cats, two dogs and a rooster. All five were transported by HSMO’s emergency shelter team to Pender County Humane Society where they will receive care and await their owners arrival. The team also performed welfare checks on several additional equines, all of which were thankfully on dry land and receiving adequate care.
Today HSMO’s team transported a group of dogs from a temporary shelter in a school to a larger facility that is housing both people and pets. That facility also has a helicopter landing pad and our team assisted U.S. Coast Guard and National Guard helicopter crews to unload families, including young children, and pets including dogs, rabbits and goats. Kudos from our team to the U.S. Coast Guard for making a dedicated trip to rescue two dogs stranded on a completely submerged home. The dogs are now in the care of HSMO. Because the owner’s contact info was on the dogs’ collars, our team was able to let the owners know their dogs are safe and will be cared for until they can be reunited, which may be several days.
From stranded on a rooftop, to spoiled by our Disaster Response Team and Emergency Shelter Team – these two get lots of TLC while they wait to be reunited with their owner.
During disasters like Hurricane Florence, our team members are constantly tested with new and unique challenges.
When a horse owner was airlifted from their home to safety, there was no choice but to leave the horses behind. Our rescue partners managed to swim the horses to a nearby porch. They were out of deep water, but the pair was stressed, exhausted and scared. Current assessments calculate that the nearest dry land is ¾ of a mile away – too far for the weary horses to trek and swim through the dangerous flood waters. The HSMO team brought a supply of hay so the horses could stay on the porch overnight while a plan is devised. It’s not ideal, but for the time being it is the best spot for the horses who have already weathered the storm and endured days of flooding.
Tomorrow, we will work with our partner organizations to bring these horses to dry land where they can rest in safety. And we will work to keep them safe until they can be reunited with their owner.
HSMO’s Disaster Team Leader Greg Martin reports that the going is very rough today. They have been assigned to rural areas where the few roadways are totally submerged and existing waterways are very much out of their banks making specific locations very difficult to find.
As waters continue to rise it’s often difficult to know what’s under the boats so team members proceed cautiously in pursuit of animals that need them. Today the team was able to rescue 5 chickens, 4 kittens and a young male dog.
With your support, our Disaster Response Team has the training and equipment necessary to respond to large-scale disasters like flooding and hurricanes. Please, make a gift today.
After a long drive and meeting up with rescue partners from Code 3 Associates and other animal rescue partners, HSMO’s Disaster Response Team convoy arrived in Pender County, NC mid-afternoon today. Almost immediately, water rescue team members were deployed to flooded areas in need of animal rescue. Other team members will unload and set up to receive and care for rescued animals in the parking lot of an area elementary school.
The 9-member Humane Society of Missouri Disaster Response Team left from HSMO Headquarters this morning for hurricane ravaged areas of North Carolina. Activated with national animal rescue partner Code 3 Associates, Inc., the team is prepared to perform swift water and other animal rescue services in the wake of Hurricane Florence. The team has been assigned to some of the most heavily impacted counties of coastal and southern North Carolina.
The Disaster Response Team has the following equipment and supplies to support their rescue efforts:
The Humane Society of Missouri Disaster Response Team is in North Carolina with national rescue partner Code 3 Associates, Inc. to perform water and land-based animal rescue operations in the mid-Atlantic coast areas affected by Hurricane Florence.
The Disaster Response Team, led by HSMO’s Animal Cruelty Task Force Director Greg Martin, has training in swift water and land-based rescue operations in preparation for whatever rescue situation they may encounter following this historic storm. If needed, the team also can handle animal transport and sheltering duties.
“Having performed animal rescue, transport and sheltering following Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, Rita, Irma, Harvey and Matthew, the Humane Society of Missouri’s Disaster Response Team is well prepared to respond in what may be another tragic disaster,” said Kathy Warnick, HSMO’s president. “We are proud of the capabilities of our professional team and grateful to our donors who understand the importance of this life-saving work.”
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Three young kids, two back-to-back movies, and one busy husband juggling his own demanding career — SJP tells just how she does it. Plus, check out the photos from SJP's cover shoot and see her most memorable red carpet moments.
A child star on Broadway, Sarah Jessica Parker has lived in the public eye for so long, you'd think she would be as tough-skinned as an elephant by now.
But when we meet for a late lunch in Manhattan's West Village, the 46-year-old Parker is still stewing over the morning's snide New York Post gossip item claiming she complained about being called for jury duty. Although she spent hours on the phone explaining that it wasn't true, the item ran anyway. Given how lame and trivial it was, I'm astonished she cares.
In fact, she cares so much that she spent the previous evening "sobbing to Matthew," admits Parker, who has been married to actor Matthew Broderick for 14 years.
"For Page Six to be so cavalier — I was so outraged by the character assassination!" she exclaims, flushing with indignation. "I have served so many times, I was asked to come speak at Jury Appreciation Day! I expect I should be more calloused by now, but I am so sensitive about not ever living up to anybody's worst idea about an actor who is well-known."
Given her triple-threat résumé as a stage, film, and television actress who long ago reached icon status as Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, Parker could be forgiven for diva-esque tendencies. Instead, she seems determined to hold herself to a Girl Scout's standard of behavior.
"I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way," she says earnestly. "I am so desperately worried about anybody saying, 'She cut in line' or 'She took our table' or 'She got out of jury duty' or 'She doesn't do her own grocery shopping.' The things that bother me are counter to who I am and the way I live. It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school. But it almost doesn't matter to a certain segment of the populace — they're projecting onto you this status and entitlement I don't have."
She sighs. "I wouldn't say I'm great at dealing with it. Every time something is written that isn't true or is intentionally hurtful — after all these years, you'd think I'd say, 'It's not true. It doesn't matter.' But it's really hurtful. Call me out on my bad habits — I have plenty of shortcomings. But when it has to do with things you pride yourself on being the opposite of, it's really upsetting. When it's about my conduct and character, it really chaps my ass."
One of eight children, Parker grew up poor in Ohio, New Jersey, and New York. Last year, she and Angelina Jolie were the highest-paid actresses in America, according to Forbes, which estimated their earnings at $30 million each. After decades of success, Parker still revels in the perks — from couture clothes to vacations in Tuscany — even as she worries about raising her own three children to have sensible values despite the privileges they enjoy. "We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything," she says. "I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted."
Nor does she flaunt her celebrity. Carrie's penchant for outrageous fashion notwithstanding, Parker is unpretentiously dressed in a tank top, light sweater, and casual pants in neutral colors. Sitting in the back of an Italian restaurant, she has made herself so inconspicuous it would be easy not to notice her. Her luminous face seems entirely unmade-up, and her hair is pulled back in a practical ponytail; no stylist labored over Parker's appearance before sending her off to our appointment.
It's a very low-key look for a very high-powered woman whose workload is enough to make anyone's head spin. Coming out this month is Parker's latest movie, I Don't Know How She Does It, which costars Greg Kinnear and Pierce Brosnan. Based on Allison Pearson's best-selling novel, the film follows the frantic life of Kate Reddy, a frazzled mom who's juggling two kids, a demanding job as a financial analyst, and the needs of her long-suffering husband, while trying not to come unglued from the stress of it all.
"Kate's life is very different from mine, but the inner workings rang so familiar for me," Parker says. "The great struggle to have it all, to be leading a rich, full life — how does one do that? There are choices, and there are consequences to those choices — and we all know how wonderfully complicated that is."
For her, the complications have sometimes been excruciating — particularly with SATC 2, the second movie sequel to the HBO series. When filming started, Parker's son, James Wilkie Broderick, was about to turn 7 (he's now 8 years old), but the shooting schedule forced Parker to miss his birthday; the family celebrated early, before her departure. Her 4-month-old twins were too young to receive the requisite shots that would have permitted them to accompany her to Morocco, and Parker was gone for seven weeks — a painful separation that still brings a grim look to her face when she discusses it.
"I don't want to say I regret doing it. My son came to see me on his Thanksgiving break, and he loves talking about his trip to Morocco. But emotionally it's hard," Parker says. "I dealt with it the same way working moms deal with it all the time: You miss them; you wish you were sharing every experience with them; you stay in touch; you annoy them with your sentimental phone calls and Skyping."
But she vehemently denies published reports that her husband resented her having left him with their newly expanded brood for such a long time. "No, no, no!" Parker says. "He was completely immersed in a play he was working on. Matthew is a working actor, and he knows sometimes things require some hardship. It's the same when he goes away for two or three months. We're really accustomed to this, and he wouldn't have wanted it any other way for me."
Parker also refutes speculation about her daughters' parentage; unlike their brother, the twins — Marion Loretta Elwell, who is called Kitty, and Tabitha Hodge, whose nickname is Babe — were born to a surrogate mother in Ohio, which generated a flurry of questions about whether they were Broderick and Parker's biological children. "Yes, they're ours," Parker says firmly when asked.
Read the rest of Marie Claire's exclusive interview with the star in our September 2011 issue, on newsstands August 16.
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Another product from Les Marshall's training school, he joined Tamworth as a teenager in 1950 and went into the Hounds team as reserve. He made steady progress throughout the season and was being carefully watched by Marshall who had controlling interests in Cradley and Birmingham as well as Tamworth.
Laurie was promoted to The Heathens side in September 1950 and again steadily progressed for the last two months of the season, enough for the Heathens to bring him back for a full season in 1951. He blew hot and cold in 1951 with scores as low as zero at Newcastle and as high as twelve at Glasgow and Liverpool, nevertheless he was a good second heatleader for Cradley behind Gil Craven and one of the brightest prospects in the Second Division.
1952 was a more than a bit of a let-down, starting off with the Heathens with four matches in April then moving to Birmingham for another five matches in the remainder of the season but after a crash at Harringay where Laurie recieved sever concussion he decided to hang up the leathers on his short career.
Last week we had a Field Trip where the girls got to ride horses, they were so excited that they have yet to stop talking about it.
A million things can be said without saying a word! This is our lovely 6 year old showing us more than a few of her different face expressions.
Ones again the magic of Disney shows off, we had such a lovely time, not to mention the girls love all the different characters and all the fancy dresses.
While totally unexpected and really unplanned, out of no where the girls ended up in the little blue kiddie pool, our friend joined the mini-adventure and they all had so much fun.
The magic of Disney teaches kids how to do things properly. Our Homeschool experience “Being responsible” even on the road.
Pooh a fantastic and famous Disney Character or I should say “Winnie the Pooh” whom has been around since 1965, since then Pooh and Friends have come a very long way and these days they have a very large fan base.
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Have you heard about Happy Blocks? We had not but now the reality is that our family has enjoyed many hours of fun filled with creativity with these blocks.
1. There are several possible ways to arrange toothpicks to make a worry doll; I found this one in an old craft book and it seems to be pretty effective. The photo to the right shows the pieces you will need. The sizes don't have to be perfect. For reference, the piece in the center that will form the head and torso is about 1 1/2" long.
2. Begin assembly by gluing the "legs" to the body, with the pointed tips of the legs at the halfway mark of the body piece. You can use an extra toothpick to apply the glue. If you feel clumsy with such things and think glue might squeeze out, work over waxed paper.
3. The doll in this example is a girl, and she's going to be wearing a skirt. Cut a length of embroidery floss about 18" long. It takes more than you think it will! Dab some glue on the back of the doll, and begin wrapping the string around it starting at the "waist." Add glue on the back as needed, and continue down until the skirt reaches the length you want. If you want pants, just wrap the waist and each leg separately. Let the glue set and trim the ends on the back.
4. Choose a shirt color and wrap each arm. Then glue the arms to the outside of the legs, right at the midpoint of the body. Note that the pointed ends of the arms become the shoulders. They will be covered with more floss, so don't worry if they're not perfectly neat.
5. Let the glue set until the arms are fairly secure. Then glue and wrap with the shirt color, beginning just above the shoulders. To make the shirt go down far enough, you may want to adjust your wrapping so it goes under the arms. Use a toothpick or tweezers to help push the thread up under her armpits.
6. The bead will form the head. Slide it onto the toothpick and glue to secure, leaving a short "neck." Let the glue set and trim any protruding length of wood from the top.
7. Cover the head and neck with glue. Begin at the neck and carefully wrap upwards with your flesh colored floss. It's okay if the top and back of the head are a bit messy.
• Make some accessories for your dolls. Headbands, scarves and shoes should be pretty easy places to start.
• I prefer faceless dolls, but you can certainly add such details with a felt-tipped pen. You could add buttons, pockets or jewelry the same way.
• These would make great embellishments for cards or attachments to gift tags. They could be used as ornaments, on hair accessories, or as jewelry. For a more academic slant, try putting a few in a diorama.
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1917. It’s the height of the Great War and Hellcombe Hall is a house full of mystery: locked doors, forbidden rooms, dustsheets covering guilty secrets, and ghostly noises frightening the servants. Most mysterious of all, the drawing room seems to open directly onto a muddy, corpse-filled trench on the Western Front… Arriving at this stately home, the Doctor meets Lord Hellcombe, an armaments manufacturer who has a new secret weapon he believes will win the war: he calls it ‘the Dalek’. Soon, the Doctor and his new friends are in a race against time to prevent the entire Western Front from becoming part of the Dalek Project!
Every object tells a story. From ancient urns and medieval flasks to sonic screwdrivers and glass Daleks, these 100 objects tell the story of the entire universe, and the most important man in it: the Doctor. Each item has a unique tale of its own, whether it's a fob watch at the onset of the Great War or a carrot growing on the first human colony on Mars. Taken together, they tell of empires rising and falling, wars won and lost, and planets destroyed and reborn. Within these pages lie hidden histories of Time Lords and Daleks, the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, the plot to steal the Mona Lisa and the story of Shakespeare's lost play. You'll find illustrated guides to invisible creatures, the secret origins of the internet, and how to speak Mechanoid. A History of the Universe in 100 Objects is an indispensable guide to the most important items that have ever existed, or that are yet to exist.
The Doctor's old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University - where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs - most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous. The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey isn't a book for Time Tots. It is one of the Artefacts, dating from the dark days of Rassilon. It must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. And the sinister Skagra most definitely has the wrong hands. He wants the book. He wants to discover the truth behind Shada. And he wants the Doctor's mind... Based on the scripts for the original television series by the legendary Douglas Adams, Shada retells a classic Doctor Who adventure that never made it to the screen.
After billions of years of imprisonment, the vicious Sild have broken out of confinement. From a ruined world at the end of time, they make preparations to conquer the past, with the ultimate goal of rewriting history. But to achieve their aims they will need to enslave an intellect greater than their own...On Earth, Unit is called in to investigate a mysterious incident on a North Sea drilling platform. The Doctor believes something is afoot, and no sooner has the investigation begun when something even stranger takes hold: The Brigadier is starting to forget about Unit's highest-profile prisoner. And he is not alone in his amnesia. As the Sild invasion begins, the Doctor faces a terrible dilemma. To save the universe, he must save his arch-nemesis...The Master.
Drawing on unseen and iconic material from the BBC archive and private collectors, The Vault is an unforgettable journey through 50 years of Doctor Who, via carefully selected photographs, props, costumes designs, production memos, letters, scripts and more. This is the full and official story of Doctor Who, from the first pre-production memos in 1963 to the most recent props created for the 2013 series, including interviews with key contributors and scores of prop photos, design sketches and behind the scenes stills from every decade of the show's production. Taking you year by year through the world's longest running science fiction series, Marcus Hearn explores the show's groundbreaking innovations as well as its impact on popular culture through books and comics, magazines and toys, merchandise and ephemera.
Delia Smith has always been concerned with the quality and flavor of the ingredients she uses, and nothing comes fresher than fruit and vegetables straight from the garden. When the opportunity arose for her to work with garden expert Gay Search to create her own kitchen garden, she seized the chance. This guide, with gardening advice by Gay and recipes and advice on cooking the crops from Delia, is for any cook interested in good food, free from pesticides, who wants to try their hand at growing their own. It follows a year in the life of Delia's kitchen garden, with a chapter devoted to each month, and contains detailed advice on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and how to harvest. Lavishly designed with hundreds of color photographs, and with Delia's recipes that use the produce at its peak, this guide is suitable for first-time horticulturists and cooks of all levels.
In 1909 the millionaire French hanker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use the new autochrome process, the world's first user-friendly, true-colour photographic system, to promote cross-cultural peace and understanding. Until recently, Kahn's huge collection of 72,000 autochromes remained relatively unheard of, the vast majority of them unpublished. Now, a century after he launched his Archives of the Planet project, this book and the BBC television series it accompanies are bringing Albert Kahn's dazzling pictures to a mass audience for the first time and putting colour into what we tend to think of as an entirely monochrome age. Kahn used his vast fortune to send a group of intrepid photographers to more than fifty countries around the world, often at crucial junctures in their history, when...
This is a celebration of summer and all its glorious ingredients -- Delia has distilled the essence of summer into a book that brings the sun into the kitchen whatever the weather. From early May to September a dazzling progression of summer produce brings with it a freshness, a sense of excitement and anticipation of what is new. Summer Collection takes that as its inspiration and introduces us to the more unusual ingredients that are growing in popularity; rocket and lemon grass, and herbs such as fresh coriander and sorrel. More familiar ingredients are transformed by the subtle influence of Californian, Italian, Greek and Oriental flavours and ideas. Here new techniques for grilling and roasting vegetables are explained; here are stunning home-made ice creams, barbecues for meat-eaters and vegetarians alike, a feast of fresh fruits, as well as a section on preserves to recapture some of the flavours of summer in the dark days of winter. All Delia's recipes are...
The death of billions is as nothing to us Doctor, if it helps defeat the Daleks. The Great Time War has raged for centuries, ravaging the universe. Scores of human colony planets are now overrun by Dalek occupation forces. A weary, angry Doctor leads a flotilla of Battle TARDISes against the Dalek stronghold but in the midst of the carnage, the Doctor’s TARDIS crashes to a planet below: Moldox. As the Doctor is trapped in an apocalyptic landscape, Dalek patrols roam amongst the wreckage, rounding up the remaining civilians. But why haven’t the Daleks simply killed the humans? Searching for answers the Doctor meets 'Cinder', a young Dalek hunter. Their struggles to discover the Dalek plan take them from the ruins of Moldox to the halls of Gallifrey, and set in motion a chain of events that will change everything. And everyone. An epic novel of the Great Time War featuring the War Doctor as played by John...
Ignorance is not bliss. It is the alien invader's greatest advantage. Tales of unearthly beings have long circulated among us, from legends of intelligent life on Earth before Homo Sapiens to conspiracy theories about what really happened at the Battle of Canary Wharf. But the truth is that alien life exists – and here, at last, is proof. Based on exclusive access to classified government files, The Secret Lives of Monsters collects evidence that has been suppressed for centuries–notes from clandestine meetings, reports of eyewitness accounts, never-before-seen images and documents, secrets provided by a mysterious agent known only as "the Doctor", and more. It reveals all we know about aliens who are already here, and provides essential information to survive future invasions. So don't panic. You are not weaponless. The Secret Lives of Monsters will give you the greatest weapon of all: knowledge.
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Manchester City have become a football club that appear easy to dismiss out of hand when they are playing well, quick to tear apart if their form dips, whilst questioning every non-footballing action through a harsh microscope. Within the club’s own fanbase the line between offering constructive criticism and being a supporter has blurred. Let’s take a look at the factors that don’t add up.
First off I’ll deal with the least favourable portion of the chat: City’s own fans. Lately there has been a generic response from certain supporters to question anyone that dares highlight an area where the team could be performing better. The usual Action Man pull-string line sounds something like, “Remember that we used to be shit.”
This is something that can’t be argued. But I doubt that these fans were walking away from Maine Road hiding their disgruntlement in those darker days. I dealt with the pain during the infamous season in the third tier of English football by having an extra pint at half time. Over said drink I’d criticise the players as I saw fit. It didn’t mean I wasn’t 100% behind the team, but to fail to see areas, and then comment, where the club should be better is playing the role of a blinkered fan.
I’d never boo a City player, I don’t think I even groaned like some with Lee Bradbury, nor would I offer an in-depth dissection of the team in the wrong public forum. But between fellow City fans there’s nothing wrong with pointing out where it’s going awry or which player needs to offer more. I’m not saying we should forget those bad days – they make me all the more grateful for the present – but to lean on them and ignore shortcomings shows a lack of ambition. We’ve moved on as a club and with that the mindset has to evolve.
This brings us to the next area of concern: The way we are perceived by others. Nowadays if a City fan shows any degree of confidence he is labelled as arrogant. That he has somehow forgotten that City was once a non-threat. And yet at the same time the opposing voice will point out that City should be winning because of the investment spent on the squad. It makes intelligent debate impossible when so many are unfairly gunning for the blues.
Much is obviously made about the money spent. My views on Financial Fair Play have been written here many times so I’ll spare retreading old ground concerning this oxymoron. Needless to say the detractors appear happy to see City fined and squad restricted in Europe this season, without ever explaining why the double standards within FFP are acceptable to them.
When City was playing catch-up, thus spending heavily, the process was demonised in the press. The very same press that wrote in terms of endearment and excitement when Manchester United splashed the cash this summer. Even now they report with growing arousal that they will continue the splurge. But they’re allowed because it’s their money, despite being in debt and City don’t owe anyone a penny. Other teams are applauded for business choices that bring about investment from foreign markets but City are viewed with suspicion for adopting new methods like sister clubs.
The double standards do not stop there. Much is written about how excessive spending is killing the youth system in England. Yet the ambitious academy City has recently launched wasn’t met with the same fanfare as one at United or Anfield would have been. Sheikh Mansour’s best intentions are conveniently under-reported, areas open to interpretation overplayed. If any doubt exists to United’s youth development we are reminded about the class of ’92, as if it’s the only measuring stick, still recent and relevant.
If this now appears like negative comments to detract from facts it’s barely worthy when placed alongside the professional examples. Many articles written nowadays are undoubtedly click-bait for the masses. The tabloids will be targeting groups they believe have larger numbers, like Liverpool and Manchester United fans. This is fine if the articles are club centric and not written to the detriment of others. Instead the click-bait stories are often written in a manner directly attacking competitors with tripe. The chosen teams are protected and given weekly prayers the press hope are prophecies; the unfavourable clubs are knocked down and written off without consulting the available evidence.
For the last two Premier League seasons the UK press has awarded the title early. Liverpool secured it with a month to spare last season, this year the Chelsea Invincibles took the title in November. Liverpool was lauded last year, as if the third highest spenders in Premier League history had never spent a penny, that Brendan Rodgers was a demigod and they “deserved” it. Pellegrini went about business like a class act, without ever receiving credit for hard work and the correct choices that brought about City’s most successful season.
This season we now sit on twenty games played, City and Chelsea have the exact same record, nothing separates them other than alphabetical order. But it’s still Chelsea that play the role of the chosen ones. Stats aside, because there’s no real split there, it’s hard to understand why the press and media are so quick to dismiss City. While they are busy romanticising over Mourinho’s team they aren’t asking the appropriate questions.
Had the two teams been tied at New Year but it was Chelsea that had suffered the loss of all available strikers throughout December, with their best one still out for a few more weeks, and John Terry had been out the side, then the anticipation that they would go on to secure the title once they were back to fitness would make sense. However, it’s City that have battled on with depleted numbers but for some reason this hasn’t been placed into any equations. Nor has the probability that at some point Chelsea are likely to lose major players. We know how City respond with men down – they close an eight point gap. How will Chelsea fare when they lose big names for long periods?
Chelsea are still spoken about as some unstoppable force, a City side carrying significant injuries is sneakily brushed aside. I’m not saying the press shouldn’t report City’s weaknesses, but they should be placed into context. Any areas that could be better only serve to show just how strong the best parts of City’s play are. Everyone is a harsh judge during Champions League games but Liverpool limped out of a weaker group without nearly as much inspection.
The press need to stop the pathetic click-bait, crowd mongering when it comes to Manchester City. Every team deserves to be given the same fair crack of the whip. And City fans need to stand together without forming fragmented groups just because of differing opinions. All we need is constructive criticism. Save the blinkered droning, combined with sickening courting by the press, for other teams.
We city fans have always had the cynical criticism alongside our staunch loyalty. The press are full of united and Liverpool fans so its to be expected. It will take years to change – a generation. No number of blogs will change the bias in the media as they can't see it 'nothing to change' mentality.
I agree wholeheartedly with the article but I actually prefer to let the masses proclaim other teams winners before they've won anything which makes it all the more satisfying when City stroll in at the last minute to take the title although I suspect, and believe, that City won't leave it o late this season. Only Chelsea are credible contenders and they have't had a bad run yet nor, as the articlae says, have they had our run of injuries.
Good article.. agree with everything. Nothing we can do but suffer it really as we'll be a long time gaining the numbers of drifting glory hunters that the old Sky4 have.
Planners and other delegates pose for a group photo during the international conference on planning and the Big Four Agenda.
Exhibitors showcased their projects towards realization of the Big Four Agenda during the conference
The conference hall was fully packed as delegates keenly followed the proceedings of the KIP Big Four Conference.
KIP Chair, Plan/Dr. Lawrence Esho elaborating different kinds of plans done by planners to the DP HE William Ruto, Lands CS F. Karonei, among other delegates during the Launch of NSP, KICC
National Director Physical Planning Department Plan. Augustus Masinde-EBS and Senior Director Ambassadeur Kandie During KIP Meeting with PS Lands
The Kenya Institute of Planners (KIP) is the premiere umbrella body representing professional planners in Kenya. The Institute brings together Urban and Regional Planners, Economic Development Planners, Transportation and Infrastructure Planners, Social and Community Planners, Environmental Planners, and Urban Designers in Kenya. KIP was formed pursuant of Section 12 (b) of the Physical Planners Registration Act (PPRA), which had anticipated the formation and approval of a professional institute for planners. Hitherto, planners were represented through the Town Planning Chapter of the Architectural Association of Kenya. KIP was subsequently registered on the 21st April 1999 under the Societies Act following a long period of consultation among planners and other stakeholders affected by the planning practice in Kenya.
In an interview with Mr. Kelvin Ogome of KU TV, KIP Secretary and Urban Planner Mr. Joakim Nyarangi blames poor plan implementation and failure of developers to follow the appropriate procedures as the main cause of poorly planned cities in kenya.
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The spreadsheet can be used with a variety of mathematical explorations. For example, suppose you were studying linear functions and you wanted your students to investigate the relationship between the total amount of money they will make and the number of weeks:
Sara currently has $70 in her savings account and wants to start saving her money for a used car that is worth about $2000. She makes $130 every week babysitting for her neighbor and plans to put the full amount in her bank account. How many weeks will it take her to save the $2000 needed for her car?
To begin, we would have to set up a table in excel (as shown below). First, we will have to take note that Sara currently has $70 in her bank account. So at zero weeks, she has $70. Every week she adds in the $130 into her savings account. So at week #1, she has (70 + 130), or $2000. This table is shown in the picture below (taken from excel). If you would like to use excel, please click here. (Only the first 20 weeks are shown).
Students should be able to visually see the linear pattern that is occuring in the table and possibly generate the following equation: , where t represents the total amount of money in Sara's savings account and w represents the number of weeks. From the table, students should be able to see that it will take about 15 weeks for Sara to accumulate enough money for her car – that is, if she doesn�t spend any money!
However, excel can also provide some graphical features which may be nice to display to students. For instance, in the same given problem we can set up a linear graph. (Once you highlight the y-values (in this case, the column that represents the total amount of money in Sara�s bank account) and go to the gallery function, you can select your line graph.)
From the chart, students can clearly see why the function is called �linear.� From here students can investigate other types of functions (quadratic, exponential, etc.) using excel and generating graphs.
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During #slavery, slave owners usually examined enslaved women’s’ fertility to ensure that they could give birth to as many children as conceivable. In addition, the same slave owners would secretly impregnate the enslaved women and when the children grew up, they too would become slaves and end up working in the fields where their mothers did, typically slave owners making slaves out of their own blood.
It was common practice for slaves to be sexually subordinated by their masters, and sometimes with other enslaved males. One of the functions of a slave was to give pleasure to the master, according to a recent article in the Atlanticblackstar; the slave was an ‘animated sexual pleasure tool’ for the master.
Enslaved teenage males had their maiden body inspection before the age of 15. If the results found them to be underdeveloped, they were castrated and either used on the farms, or sent to the market. In an ideal slavery sex farm, an enslaved male was expected to get at least 12 females pregnant each year, and this would go on for at least 5 consecutive years. As a result of this, there was a man named Burt who had more than 200 children. The main purpose of slave breeding was to reproduce more slaves without having to incur additional purchase costs and was also a convenient way of producing more slaves after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade.
Female slaves were required by to begin having children at puberty, many of them at around the age of 13. By the time they were 20, they were expected to have at least 4 children, and to encourage them to have more children, they were promised freedom once they bore at least 15 children.
In addition, slave women who were considered pretty, or fair looking worked in the slave owner’s main house, where they got some special privileges. However, the perks came with cruelty from the master’s wife and some women had their children beheaded if born of mixed race.
In bizarre scenarios, slaves were coerced into sex orgies before their white masters and their friends as a form of entertainment. There would be multiple pairings and sometimes white men would also participate in the same orgies.
When articles like this are shown, it is hard for some people to condone mixed marriages, especially black women to a white man. It is like she is giving up her soul. White men are really crazy in their own right. Black men are too. But they have to go through so much and have endured through the ages. White People have and are always more privileged than black people anywhere on this planet. I dated (not slept with) one white man and I have vowed never again. They are cool for a minute then the White Massa comes out, AND THEY ARE CRAZY AS CAT POOP. NO THANK YOU.
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If any African- American should vote for Hilary Clinton she or she deeply need their BRAIN to be examined or to be referred to a Psychiatrist. All Blacks should remember in the 90s When Hilary Clinton called all Black Youths SUPERPREDATORS. This is food for thought; never mind all Black fools still campaigning and given illegitimate support for this sad candidate who is never genuine with Black people.
Thank you for this article, it has enlighten me more about the how sick white men were and some still to this day. I visited a sick club in NYC and there was so many white men and women engaging in sex with multiple partners, I was sicken and asked my date to take me home he hesitated and I left without him,,,,I never spoke to him again. It never seems to amaze me how low some people will go. Again thanks for the article
But, then, if you look around, you will see that most of the pimps are black and their stable is generally made up of white girls.
My great grandfather is also my great-great grandfather because he had a child with his child making my great grandmother and my grandmother mother daughter and sisters. This was a sick system!
Gotta admit, those forced orgies would have been fun to watch. By their mid-teens, black adolescents tend to have adult-proportion breasts or penises. Trotting ’em nude would have been one embarrssing
Gotta admit, those forced orgies would have been fun to watch. By their mid-teens, black adolescents tend to have adult-proportion breasts or penises. Trotting ’em nude would have been one embarrassing jiggle-fest
Are you really that stupid to make a response like that public? Some thoughts are better kept private.
Not all white men are sick.. all races have their good, bad and ugly. What a horrible time it was for the African Americans but don’t forget whites around the world had their slave times as well..
And just who would you recommend reparitions be paid to? If there were still former slaves alive today I’d be the first to say reparitions are in order. But since that’s not the case, those who are demanding that are just wanting a hand out. If anyone deserves reparitions the Native Americans should be first on the list. But the same principle applies, none of those wronged are still alive…and they’re also not the ones standing with their hands out promoting their own brand of racism.
Not all white people or black people or any other race are all bad your color do not make you good or bad your actions do
So @dave do you still feel the same way as you did a year ago? Your candidate Mr. Dave hasn’t had anything nice to say about anyone unless there skin is void of melanin. As far as black people being fools because they chose Hilary over your candidate does not warrant a head examination. So all that food for thought you trying to pass out you can keep. It’s old and expired.
Also @dave why not start another to talk about politics. This is for replies to 6 shocking things about sex farms not why you think all black people are fools for choosing Hilary over your candidate. Find something more productive to do other than bashing those that don’t share your same political views. As far as this article it’s saddening and sickening that one human being would do this to another because of their own insecurities is sad and speaks volumes to how powerful we can be if we stop thinking white is right because often times it’s not.
We know many people went through a lot during that time in history and in some places they still are, but for me I don’t think that what happened then should be put on the people now. It is not easy sometimes to let things of the past go but in some cases we must because it makes us unhappy now and it can destroy sometimes your future.
This is why I am saying that every one is not the same and all whites are not the same just like all blacks are not.
Pretty sure Dave is a Russian Troll. The only politician or person with experience was Hillary. Saying she was a bad choice was Russian propaganda to justify deep feelings of misogyny. It’s very obvious now to most he was a and is a Russian plant. I am a New Yorker and have known he is Russian mob for long time.
WAIT! Who told you there are no known Slaves of today?! Can you really say that you know that for sure?
Why do you believe stories like this? Wild tales of severe depravity without a single source or shred of evidence. This is just a way to promote racial hatred and division.
America has never moved forward. In England this opinion seems stone age. Everyone mixes and color isn’t an issue. I feel sorry for you all. US is not for the underprivileged.. Black, white, Mexican ect if you are poor you are all doomed. The government and local authorities keep you down instead of empowering and building up…. Elect a Native American president and see things change.
@marie doesn’t matter if those wronged aren’t. Whites should have common decency to apologize to all those they have wronged. Regardless if its their ancestors fault or if they are apologizing the descendants of those wronged.
Natives shouldn’t run for office. It would be coon like of them . why be proud of nation that destroyed our people
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Welcome to the review tour for Time for a Highlander by Maxine Mansfield! Be sure to check out my review and read an excerpt from the story. Maxine Mansfield will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Follow the tour by clicking on the banner image above and comment; the more you comment, the better your chances of winning.
“And those times, when ye pain gets ta be ta hard ta bear, then ye can lean on me, my Beth, and I’ll share it with ye. Just promise me ye’ll stay.” SWOON! Quinton is the perfect alpha hero! Tough as nails on the surface but a romantic at heart. Time For a Highlander by Maxine Mansfield took me on a journey through time along with Beth, and like her, I did not want to return.
Seriously I giggled when Beth died. Sounds harsh, right? I promise I’m not cold hearted. Fate seriously was the perfect way to start the story. I love quirky characters in books and boy did he satisfy. Although our heroine dying in chapter one was sad, her inner monologue was just so amusing. At least she died on a grand tour of Scotland.
Beth’s back story is a sad tale. I loved that she is not the typical romance heroine (in the beginning anyway). Her flashbacks really are heartbreaking and if I could reach in through the words on the page and strangle her ex husband, I would totally do it. She is a broken woman because of him and Fate (also called Tobias) gives her a chance to live again, but in a totally different body and a totally different time period. It really was a cool way to redeem oneself for sure.
Holy hotness! If you look up Alpha Hero in the dictionary, you’ll find Quinton MacLeod’s name there. I loved this man (sorry Beth) and even though it was bit heavy with the Scottish dialect, he was still endearing.
I am a little frustrated about the ending. Without giving too much away, I feel a little bereft. Happy for Beth, but couldn’t we get just a little more closure? All that re-writing history happens, well because she did travel back in time and changed things. So, the timeline shifts a little, but still.
Quint watched his wife sleeping peacefully at his side and smiled. Beth was as beautiful in slumber as she was wide awake, even more so, probably. At least in sleep, the worry lines that creased the length of her forehead these last few sennights were relaxed and gone. And though he had no doubt it was a case of pure exhaustion and not simply his presence in the bed that allowed her to rest so deeply, he was still thankful.
He caressed her soft cheek, kissed the top of her head, and breathed in the scent of fresh soap and warm woman. God, how he loved her.
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Your review really made me laugh! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and the recommendation. Your blog is absolutely beautiful by the way, I love the color scheme and the picture you use in the header is just lovely! 🙂
This sounds like a Highlander book with a huge amount of substance. I love the sweet excerpt, too. Can I get a collective, “Awwwww”???? Great review!!
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The safecarbon.org, website shows an up-to-the-second index of human-induced warming relative to the mid-19th century (1861-80) based on the standard “detection and attribution” approach introduced by Hasselmann (1997) and used by the IPCC ever since. This estimates contributions to observed climate change, removing the impact of natural year-to-year fluctuations, by a simple least-squares-fit between observed temperatures and estimated responses to human-induced and natural drivers of climate change. In this case, the responses are provided by the standard simple climate model given in Chapter 8 of IPCC (2013), but the size of these responses (and so the climate sensitivity) is estimated by the fit to the observations (see Box 10.1 of Chapter 10 of IPCC (2013) and here for an explanation).
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Changed the template again. I don't know if I like it, though, and one part of it's messed up, the alignment of the list of links changes with every entry. I'll fix it later.
I didn't do much today. Roller skating last night was pretty rad, though. Chrissie got them to play Beat It and a Madonna song. Steve made fun of me in an email about my entry yesterday, how I said they'd play Pearl Jam. That's how out of it we are, he said. But I mean, what about that car crash song?
I looked super '70s rollerqueen in my dark jeans and yellow ocean city t-shirt with the big scoop neck and ultra short sleeves. When the guy asked us if we wanted rollerblades, I said, "No, the regular kind." Then I realized that rollerblades (they have another name that he used, but I can't think of it) were the regular kind.
Becca wanted me to do a side ponytail, and maybe I would have if I'd thought of it, but she would have been the only person who would have appreciated it. And me. And the invisible movie camera in the sky. I used to pretend, when I was much younger, that my whole existence was being filmed. Or really, only the cool parts. Though I didn't ever think about the whole life movie thing unless I was really bored. Then I would pretend I was in a boarding school with my stuffed animals and nuns would yell at me even though I didn't do anything wrong. How wacko.
I feel bad that I'm so lazy I can't even update my real site. It's like boredom, instead of inspiring me to be more creative, works the opposite way. Stagnation feeds upon itself.
I went to return some clothes today, which felt good. I have some brass in pocket now. Shopping spree or bank deposit? I can't decide.
Tonight: roller rink with the girls. A bunch of 21 year-olds wading through the lake of prepubscent Christmas break fun. But it won't be all that awesome, because we'll want to revert back to our youth, and we'll want to hear Guns N Roses, and they'll play Pearl Jam, and it will just feel wrong.
Relatives are downstairs. I was skimming through people's entries and they're all talking about Christmas. Everyday people do the same things as everyone else, but today those things seem more worth mentioning, because there isn't much else to do but be with family or go to the movies. I feel bad for the kids who have to work at movie theaters on Christmas.
I got a terrifically ugly t-shirt from one of my grandmothers. "It's big, but you can tuck it in," she said. "Thank you," I said. My brother and I went upstairs and I put it on and modeled it and we made fun of it a little bit. It stank of moth balls, too. Yes, I'm twenty-one years old. I should really grow up. But I really don't think much thought was put into this gift. I spent a good x amount of minutes suffocating in Bath and Body Works to find pretty candles for my grandmother. Well, I don't really care, I'm being too harsh about this. I wasn't expecting to get anything, and it would have been better if I hadn't, because now I have to find a new home for this t-shirt. I am so ungrateful and should really be punished.
I've been trying to occupy myself in my room so I don't have to talk to the relatives. I wrote out checks to pay all my bills. Ooh, except the rent check, I'll do that in a minute. Something that I kind of find funny is how, when my parents write me checks, they made them out to "Beth," but when anyone else does, they write my full name. It's just funny because my parents are the ones who named me Elizabeth. I don't know, maybe it's not that funny.
I went to a bar with my mom last night. It was weird, as I had it expected it would be, but that's why I said yes when she asked. She was meeting some fellow teacher friends there. They all seemed nice, a couple of them were around my age, too, but I just wished Greg were there so I could have someone to talk to and to comment on people with.
We didn't drink much or stay for long, so it wasn't as weird as it could have been. But all I have to say is, girls with blonde hair and lots of makeup get attention. Why is this? What is it with blonde hair? I mean, lots of porn stars have blonde hair, so maybe men associate these girls with porn stars, and thus high sexual skill and general whorishness, but then, why do the porn stars have blonde hair? Does it all go back to '20s movie stars with their peroxide? Jean Harlow? How'd she get the idea?
If I had blonde hair, I would not garner much attention. I'd look awful with blonde hair. Which makes it weird that my hair was blonde when I was a kid, but it looked okay back then. Maybe if I got tan the blonde hair would look better, but seeking out tanness isn't a good idea in these times.
I was supposed to go out this afternoon with the girls for a Chinese feast/gift exchange, but it doesn't look like that will happen. They'll want to go to Delaware and we wouldn't get back before mass. Christmas Eve is such a bore. As will Christmas day be, as will the rest of this break. I really need to buy myself a keyboard that fits in my tower.
I can't believe I let people read the crap I write in here. I doubt people make it very far into an entry anyway, but still.
This break has not been the most fun. Things have happened, but nothing very relevatory or relevant. I wanted to get a new d-land template up, but I can't use the computer I brought home from school because the keyboard doesn't fit. I might have already written about this on something else, I don't remember.
Last night I went shopping with my mom so I could try on things and she could buy them for me for Christmas. I have some new adult-ish work clothes, somewhat hip, but it might take me awhile to get used to wearing them. I'm typically a jeans and turtleneck or jeans and tanktop girl. But maybe I'll get back into the fun style I sported back in my Archmerean days.
In high school, for those of you who are still reading and who don't know me, I had to wear 'nice clothes.' We didn't have uniforms, but we had a dress code. I did a lot of experimentation with clothing during that time. I'm kind of embarassed about some of the ensembles - the blue clogs, the old-man cardigans, the pilly thrift-store sweaters. But by twelth grade, I was starting to mature somewhat. In college, my style started to slack, but I'm hoping to bring it back up to speed now that I'm a big girl graduate. We'll see.
Another debate I'm having is whether I should start wearing make-up. Currently I'm make-up free and think I'm a-okay, but I'm also thinking I might get taken more seriously if I start doing grown-up things like wear make-up and sport nice clothes. It's such a facade, though. Chrissie had an interview with some big-time marketing firm yesterday and had to wear a suit. She's twenty-two, she's just a kid like I am. It's like we're playing dress-up. Except Chrissie's been wearing make-up for awhile now.
Well, my home dry-cleaning is done, and they're pretty adamant on the box about removing it as soon as it's done.
I watched Simon and Simon yesterday for the first time. I had always wondered about that show, because I had definitely heard about it but had never had the pleasure of viewing it for myself. Man was it lame. But it did give me an idea for a new improved personal diaryland site. The coolness of the implementation of my idea would, however, rely on my watching more television. And even then, it might not be so cool.
I have to Christmas shop today. I've only bought presents for Greg's parents, and I made a list yesterday and figured out that I have eleven people to buy for. I didn't figure out how much that means I'll be spending. I'm just not going to think abotu that for awhile, and hope that relatives give me money for Christmas. It would be extra cool if they gave me money for graduation along with that, but I know that no one remembers that I graduated.
I'm greedy, I guess, but I need to pay for my alternator, which was definitely not in the budget. I never really had a budget, per se, I just wasn't expecting to spend over two hundred dollars on non-present items during the Christmas season.
Back at home now. I washed my jeans, they all faded, and my favorite pair, my Levi's, shrunk. I'm wearing them even though I might be a little obscene. At least they're still long enough.
It's been very gloomy out. I took Chris out shopping. Neither of us bought anything. We ate at Burger King. The mall was crowded and unfriendly. I have to buy presents for eleven people. If I had been alone I would have forced myself to buy something, to get myself on a present-buying roll, but with Chris there I felt tied down.
At least the volvo is happy. It made it from Oakland to Media (or Pittsburgh to Philadelphia for anyone unfamiliar) quite nicely after the adorable and wonderful Greg worked on it on Friday and Saturday and Sunday. He worked literally in the darkness and cold, with only a desk lamp and a puffy Uncle Les coat to protect him. On top of that, he was sore from pushing my weighty wagon (I was going to look in the manual to see just how heavy it is, but I forgot) uphill to get it off the road when it died Thursday night. My mom must've said "Poor Greg" five times last night, and that was before I told her about him being sore. He's definitely a lovey.
I noticed in my last entry I wrote "piece of mind" instead of "peace of mind." As in, "I gave him a piece of my mind." I didn't mean that, though. You know that.
I brought home my computer tower so I could use Photoshop and start getting my site looking decent, but I forgot to bring home some stuff I'd wanted to scan. That's all right. I'm hoping that once I get back to school (or, uh, Pittsburgh, there isn't any more school for me), I'll have a little free time to work on projects like that. Anyway, do look for new sections and a new look. On both here and diaryland.
Now I'm off to do some superfun data entry for my mom. I'm going to input all the addresses for the people she sends Xmas cards to into Access and then do a mail merge. It will make things quicker for her. And once people are in, they're in. Yay for efficiency.
She said yesterday that I'm funny and got me some hits, thank you. Her comment got me thinking things, however. Like about my limitations.
My opinion of Anais Nin's writing isn't so high as it was when I was 15, but I remember reading somewhere that when she gave short stories as a teenager to her relatives to read, the stories would make them cry. Likewise, this guy's entries can put me on the edge of tears. I don't know if it's due to internal imbalances within me, like the way a dumb talk show can turn me into mush if I'm in the right mood. It's not all hormonal. Meursault's writing can be a little overwraught, I think, but he's making his relationship with the Ann person into a gripping love story. I want to know what happens. I mean, I think he's very angst-ridden, and he hasn't characterized this girl much at all, but it is a diary.
Anyway, I know I don't ever move people. I'd at least like to be able to if I wanted. But I'm too afraid of coming off as pretentious, I think. I need to hone the humor ability to use in dramatic situations like the way Lorrie Moore does. I remember going to see my fiction instructor sophomore year. It was a really awkward meeting, because I didn't have much of a reason to meet with her. I just thought I should. She had suggested that people could meet with her, so I did. I asked her why I had so much trouble handling complexity. I said I wanted my stories to be complex, but I didn't know how to pull it off.
She told me my stories would become more complex when I started thinking in a more complex manner. I was greatly insulted. "You don't think I can be complex? I'm 19! I'm very complex!" I didn't say that, I'm sure I just nodded and mumbled, "Uh-huh."
I think my instructor is right, though. It's weird how you don't notice growing. In a way, it's obvious; you can't. Sometimes I think that constant self-evaluation prohibits growth. Sometimes you just have to get out and live and then think about it later.
I was going to write about my car trauma, but it doesn't fit in with the rest of this, so I'll just put it on something else. After I eat lunch.
Oh my. The volvo died last night. It had died at the grocery store the night before, but the AAA guy came and jumped it and it made it home fine. Then it started up just dandy last night when Greg and I went out to the mall. We both drove separately. I was kind of thinking of buying a battery at the mall, just to give myself piece of mind.
So I was following Greg, and it was very trafficky. (I like the word trafficky a lot, because of the k. The word icky can be found in trafficky.) Greg decided to take an alternate route, thinking it would get us there faster, because it has done so in the past. But it was just as trafficky.
So my car sat a lot. I had noticed earlier that the gauges weren't changing, the engine never registered as heating up even though I'd been driving for ten minutes. Then I started to lose the light over the gauges. My headlights dimmed. My car idled in the traffic, dying slowly. I was nervous. I knew what was going to happen.
It died. I should have tried to start it up again right away, but I didn't think of it. I had been preparing how I was going to get Greg's attention when it finally died. I had almost tried to tell him beforehand, but the traffic was never stopped long enough to yell out my window at him.
So it needs a new alternator and we're taking care of that tonight. And then tomorrow I'm driving 300 miles. Hopefully nothing else goes.
quik tip: when you jump start a car, make sure you connect the cables to the right sections of battery, or else things spark, smoke and melt.
Today at work, which is where I am now, I made a list of all my responsibilities. That's so they can find a Beth replacement when I leave. Or an Elizabeth replacement, I'm Elizabeth here. Friday's my last day.
I have nothing lined up yet for post-graduation. I'm not doing grad school until I have enough money to spend on intellectualism. I don't want to teach. My brother thinks I would be a bad teacher. He says I wouldn't command respect in front of an audience. I think I would, but I still don't want to teach.
I'm really not stressing about my future right now. It's okay if I don't jump straight into Dreamjob USA. I know I won't be jumping into Dreamjob USA, because a film degree is probably among the least job-oriented degrees, unless I lived in California.
I just want, from now on, always to be working on something I find interesting. In school, I always took at least one course (and often more) each term that interested me. Now there won't be that. But that will be good. That will make me work harder to make life rewarding. So it will be rewarding to make life rewarding.
I'm really not into this template, I think it's going to change, like some things on my site, during Christmas.
I've been on the web for awhile now. Ever since I've gotten home from my last digital class. Digital class was cool, overall. I learned some, and I think I might actually get an A. It will be my first A from Pittsburgh Filmmakers. I've gotten Bs in all my previous filmmaking classes. It kind of depressed me at first, but then I got used to it. I'm not the most technically skilled filmmaker out there. I don't have patience with technical things. I wish I did. I wish I liked learning about how cameras work and about different kinds of lights. But I don't.
Of course, it wasn't just my lack of technical know-how that scored me Bs. My concepts tended not to be fully developed, and if I wasn't into an idea, it showed. Ironically, the movies I got most passionate about were the short little projects, the one with the guys crawling on each other on the couch, the one with Steve reading teen magazines and then looking at chicks on the streets from above. That was my first movie, and I think it made my then-instructor feel like I had promise. Then I let her down with The Chore, which I won't discuss right now, but which definitely has its own cheesy appeal.
Grades don't mean everything, I know, but they do relate to what your instructor thinks of your work, and I respect the opinion of all of my film teachers.
I guess I've been feeling a need to review my time at school because it's starting to strike me as less meaningful than I think it should have been. Maybe it's not that the time spent hasn't been meaningful; I've changed and grown a lot, even if I'm not distanced enough to analyze how right now.
I'm talking more about my education. I'm not sure how I wanted to emerge from college when I started here. I always just went with the flow. A lot of times I didn't flow; I stagnated. I didn't expect anything, and I didn't try much. I took interesting courses, but I'm not sure where they've put me.
Still, like I've said a bunch of times here and there, I'm young. I don't need to and don't expect to and don't even want to find something I'll be doing for the next ten or even five years. I want to have fun. I want to make friends. I want to celebrate my youth while I still can.
Greg's parents visited. They rented Inspector Gadget and I watched it with them. Pittsburgh is featured prominently, but otherwise, it's a lame movie, as would be expected (I had initially written "inspected" instead of "expected," my brain is just working like that today). As a childhood cartoon, Inspector Gadget was reliable, but it never blew me away. The movie really misrepresented Claw, too.
I watched part of a PBS telethon Saturday night. It was entertaining similarly to how the Lawrence Welk Show is entertaining, in that way that makes your stomach turn a little bit.
I also completed to satisfaction my digital project. I might make a couple changes tomorrow before class if I get the chance.
Really, I wasn't much of a girl on the town this weekend (not that I ever really am). But I accomplished things and didn't get all out of sorts about them like usual. I think that means I deserve a sticker.
One of my dreams from last night involved me putting a big piece of scotch tape on my knee to rip the hair off. Sometimes during the day, I get flashes of weird things like the scotch tape incident, and I have to stop and think, "Wait, did that really happen?" The memory is real, but I still have hair on my knee.
I'm going to have to purchase a domain name soon, or move my page to xoom or somewhere like that temporarily. I'm going to miss you, unix.
I don't feel like updating my site today, at least not right now, so I'm just going to write here. It's convenient to write here.
I'm studying for my experimental film final. It's relaxing. It's better than my yesterday, which I still don't want to talk about. I will, though. But that might not happen until all the muck of the next week is over.
Last night I hung out a little with Steve and the girl he's dating, Lauren. Lauren seems pretty cool. She said she thought I would be shorter because she saw the drawing I did of myself that's now on both Steve's and my sites. It's funny to me that she expected proportionality from a drawing done in about three minutes in Microsoft Paint. But I looked at the picture today, and I did give myself short legs.
I did something very dumb today. Something that affects my present and possibly my future very negatively.
I already wrote about it, but I haven't put it on my site yet because I want to illustrate it and make it more fun to read. I want to get something good out of my stupidity, at least. Ugh.
I'm not interning today so that I can work on a presentation I have to give tomorrow. It's going to be lame. I should do more with it. But I figure, if I fail this seminar course, which shouldn't happen since I'm at least going to prepare somewhat for my presentation, I will still graduate, because I am taking one extra/unnecessary course this semester. That just means I can't fail any other courses. I want to say I don't foresee that happening, but usually when I say something like that and act all confident about the future, higher powers prove my forsight very wrong.
I'm also trying to work on a webpage for Nancy, my internship supervisor. But my lack of HTML know-how is getting to me. I'm doing a double-frame thing, frames on sides, frames on top and bottom on the right side. I've succeeded in doing multiple frames before, but in this case, mind doesn't want to figure out how to make it work. At least not right now.
I was playing on the message boards at Pencilbox for awhile, but now I think I'm going to make myself a tuna sandwich.
bethy debate of the day: McDonald's or Burger King for lunch? I've been buying my lunch in the basement of this building lately, but it's got to stop. I work, in case any stalkers want to know, in the Cathedral of Learning, a large unattractive gothic-revival structure. It's the second tallest educational structure in the world, behind something in Russia. I am so proud to be working inside of it.
(About my former overly-confident stalker comment: I don't think you could find me in this place if you tried, unless you happened to run into my brother and ask him. I'm not going to link to him because of now increasing paranoia. But I'm realizing it doesn't matter, because I'm out of here in a week or so, and I probably won't be here much in the interim, as next week is finals week.)
For lunch, I only buy sandwiches; I have my own bottled water to drink. These sandwiches (of fair but not supreme quality) range from $3.39 to $3.99. How ridiculous is that? They're gouging poor students. I gave them (whoever they are) a piece of my mind in a survey I filled out once when the building evacuated for a fire and I came back inside when I realized that there was no longer a need to chill my buttocks on the cement bench outside. The elevators were stopped at the time, though, and I'm too out of shape to deal with the number of flights of stairs I would have had to deal with. So I whined about the high prices in a survey and got free M&Ms for my time.
Those M&Ms didn't make up for much. So I'm taking my business elsewhere. Oh yes, bringing a lunch would be most logical. But my fridge is empty, save for some really (like, from October) old things that need to be tossed out, a two liter bottle of Dr. Pepper, mayo, some things that aren't mine like jelly and bacon, and cheese.
I've only had one visitor to my site today! Aah. My popularity is waning. No one cares about me. Sigh. I was reading someone's diary on d-land today, and he was saying how he needs to stop basing his personal worth on how many hits his site gets. I don't do that, exactly, but I definitely like it when people visit my site. I am definitely interested in making people go there, and more importantly, making them want to return. (I just found out that I win a free val-u pak of Trident Cherry gum. Yay. I wonder if it tastes any good.)
As I was saying. If no one visited and I still put things up, it would be kind of like being the only person alive. My stuff would exist in a void. But if I were the only person alive, I would get to do lots of stuff, I would just have no one to share it with. But I'm thinking of this kind of in an armageddon situation where there would still be lots of things to do, if not everything was destroyed. I guess the only thing to do to keep your own will to live if you think you're the only person alive is to try to find someone else. What if you found someone and hated them, though? What if they were a bitch?
I guess I should link to my brother's site, since before he dropped me from his links, all my hits came from his site, at least according to him. I thought I'd told him about my plans for a friends/family section. I still do plan to put up a section like that. I just want to work out how it will look first.
Interestingly, I just checked my stats and have had three hits in the last ten minutes. If only that pace kept up all day, what a popular girl I would be.
You know, I haven't said anything insightful at all in this entry. I'm sorry. I try at least to be interesting, but lately I don't think I've been accomplishing that, either. Oh well. Please come back tomorrow anyway.
hip yet grown-up-ish clothes that I will want to wear yet will not feel guilty about spilling food on (this presents similar prob as sneaks desire)
When I was at Greg's house a couple of weekends ago to go to his friend's wedding with him, I opened a book on his kitchen table. I had been wandering around his house not knowing what to do with myself because Greg and his dad were out trying to make my car work again. My car wasn't working because stuff broke in it, probably as a result of me driving 140 miles in second gear a couple of days prior to it not working.
So I opened this book without really looking at what it was, and the first thing I read was, "Elizabeth! Elizabeth! What has become of you? You used to be so unique, so engaging, so blah blah, words that mean you used to be really cool and now you're a bore." It turned out that this book was sort of a daily affirmation type thing with little personal stories by various people for each day of the year.
Ever since then, I've been wondering if I opened to that page for a reason, my name being Elizabeth and all. The rest of the little story was about an 80 year-old woman, which made me feel relieved at the time, because I had been a little freaked out that the book was criticizing me like that. But I still think there was some hidden message for me in it. Am I being silly? I don't know. I don't think my life is as balanced as it could be.
I wonder if it will be weird not to be in school in the winter. I have always been in school in wintertime, at least since I was five. Some of the winters between five and twenty-one have been spent wishing it would snow so that I would not have to be in school in wintertime, and some winters where I hadn't done any wishing resulted in a couple of weeks of no school in wintertime. But this post-graduation thing will be different.
I still feel so young. I am young, though. I'm younger than all of my college friends. So it makes sense to feel like that. I just feel so not ready to enter the real world. My education didn't train me to do much other than make poor films and write insightfully about good (or at least, discussable) ones.
I was going to make a list of other things I've learned in college, but I'd have to think awhile on it, and it might be boring. I would have to think even longer if I wanted to make it interesting.
I'm going to temp, I think, unless some superinteresting opportunity falls into my lap. If I were to visually represent that idea, I would have someone take an oversaturated picture of me sitting at my desk in my office, my mouth and eyes wide open in surprise and happiness as confetti falls from the ceiling and a big box that says RAD JOB rests in my lap. The box would be open and an orange-yellow glow would light my face from below. Something about the color orange says "party" to me. I don't know why.
Actually, I do, and it's a really lame reason. There was a skit on an episode of 'You Can't Do That on Television' (from the good old '80s, obviously) where the kids were in bed and the mom and dad sneaked into their (the kids') room because a party was going on inside their closet. When they opened the closet door, all that was visible inside was orange light, but it sounded like there were people partying in there. Then the mom and dad walked into the orange light and presumably partied.
We still have the orange light from S. Night Colored Lights in our hallway, and whenever I turn it on I think of that episode.
Hey, this is St. Nicholas day. When my brother and I were younger, my mom always had us leave our shoes outside our doors overnight so she could stick little presents in them. My mom is cool. I should call her.
We also used to do that shoe thing at school, but we'd only take off one shoe to leave outside during our classes. So everyone in the room would be wearing one shoe. Kind of surreal.
I wonder what kind of internal chemical reaction happens that makes you stop getting excited about Christmas. For so long, I still couldn't sleep on Christmas eve. Or more like, I would just wake up really early Christmas morning and shower and be ready before everyone in my family. But last year, I didn't care. My brother (who's 18, which makes me feel old, wow) had to bug me to get out of bed.
Maybe this year I'll revert to being excited again. But I don't think so. I don't even know what I want. Or I know that everything I want is too expensive for anyone to buy for me. Like if I asked for a good digital camera, that would be all I got. And the fun of Christmas for me has always revolved around putting the quantity of gifts before the quality.
Greg knows my typical Xmas complaint, and he teases me about it whenever he gets a chance. This is it: When my brother and I open gifts on Christmas morning, my mom always makes sure we have the same number of boxes to open. I like that. What I don't like is that she puts more than one thing in all of my brother's boxes, and usually just one thing in all of mine. So he gets more stuff. How unfair. If things aren't equal, they should be in my favor. I'm kidding, but sometimes, in sibling relations, I do think like that. How bad I am.
With my recent apathy towards Christmas morning, though, I may not care about this same number of boxes/unequal amount of items problem anymore. I'll find out in a few weeks.
I was planning on changing my d-land template today. Then I got stuck at Pittsburgh Filmmakers working on the digital project I keep mentioning in here. Editing video on computers might be ultimately faster and easier than cutting and taping film by hand, but you don't run into problems like having the Mac files on your zip disk suddenly convert to PC (read: unopenable) files for unexplained reasons.
I'm hardly in my apartment much these days. I'm usually at Greg's. It's not bad. He has a futon. It's bigger than my bed. I'm happy. He always thinks the things I write that mention him are indications that I'm not happy with him. Maybe I whine too much when I write. Maybe it's just easier to write about the things that bother me than the things that make me happy. People like to read about other people's problems. That's why advice columns are so popular. It's so you can read them with people you like and make fun of the people who wrote the letters.
It's also fun to read 'trauma-rama' in seventeen magazine, where all the teen girls tell their stories of period accidents and other bathroom-type problems that happen in front of the cutest boys in school. I haven't read that in awhile.
It's extremely early. It's not even eight a.m. yet. I've been awake since six, too. Oh well. Hopefully this means I'll just be extra awake when I have to do my digital project later today. Blah, digital project. It's not that bad working on it, but it takes more time than I want to spend. And I haven't done much of anything with it anyway. And the rough cut is due Tuesday. If you want to read about the project, since I don't feel like re-explaining it here, visit this little area.
I want to say something insightful and witty to close out this entry now. But I've noticed I'm bad with endings. A lot of times when I read other people's writing, even that of kids on diaryland, I'm impressed with how well they end their stories or entries. A lot of times I really feel a sense of closure at the end part. But I rarely feel like I've conveyed closure when I end something I write. I've turned in papers with no conclusion paragraph before, just because I couldn't think of how to end them. And I'm not of the 'conclusion as restate thesis' ilk, either. I think conclusions should bring new insight to the rest of the piece. Oftentimes, I just don't possess those insights.
Speaking of endings, I don't care particularly for the final sentence or two of Greg's most recent story, but I really dig the rest of it.
The most interesting thing I did today was see the Carnegie International exhibition with Greg. It was, from what I saw, pretty rad, and I want to go back. It's here till March so I can. But it won't be free for me after I graduate, which is in two weeks. My reason for going was that I had to write something on one of the films there for my experimental film class. But they had mini golf in the museum. That alone warrants a return.
I was hoping to have time to change my d-land template, but not today, no, not today. Stay tuned, although I'm sure you'll forget all about me after you read this. That's okay; I expect it.
So I never talked about my digital project that I'd mentioned yesterday. It's going to be a short trailer (made in Adobe Premiere and Photoshop) made from a film I made of my friends (Steve, Robb, and Aab) fighting with/climbing on each other in somewhat repressed yet definitely visibly sexual ways. They were drunk. It's all slow-motion. I was going to combine that with scenes from videos they've made of themselves acting rather homosexually. I'm 'exploring the homoerotic elements in relationships between heterosexual males.' Or exploiting my weird friends.
So the song I got so excited about hearing on the radio, I'm not even sure what its title is, but a man sings it, and he tells a story about a woman in a bar who leaves him for this other good dancer guy named Jose. There's one part where he says what the woman says (or sings what she sings, you know what I mean), and he goes, "Come a little bit closer, you're my kind of man, so big and so strong, come a little bit closer, the mood is so strong [or something], and the night is so long." It's so perfect. So I just plan to use that bit over and over.
I forgot my Pitt ID today. It's in the back pocket of my Levi's. I'm wearing Jordache pair #2, the pair I got at Salvation Army for $3. Pair #1 was actually $10, probably because it had original drygoods tags on it, from, like, back in the day. My dad got his first baseball glove from drygoods. He used to tell us about that every time we passed it. Now it's a Value City.
What forgetting ID means is I'll have to pay to ride the bus downtown to my internship. I'm at work now. I'm leaving to intern soon.
There's an audition for Zippo lighters today at internship. It's a national spot. That's pretty big time. I like Zippo lighters, too. I don't ever use lighters, because I don't smoke, and there are usually matches lying around for lighting candles, when I light candles, which is occasionally, but not often. But if I did use lighters, I'd use a Zippo. Baby.
Okay, I just acted a little frantically because I heard the song that I want to use for my digital project on the radio, and I don't own a copy of the song so I had to scramble around looking for a tape that I didn't mind taping over. I taped over the B side to an old Velvet Underground thing that I think might be blank anyway. The song is an oldie, I'll tell mr. bethy diary all about it later because I've gotta jolt. But it's kind of weird how my brain kicked in when it heard the song and said, "Hey, Beth, you need to tape this song now, because you're going to work on your digital project this weekend, and today is Friday."
I just changed my directory name to 'beautyqueen extraordinaire' to see if I get more hits. The problem with this idea is that I don't have a hit counter here. I have other sneaky tactics, however.
I'm not a beauty queen, even though I've always wanted to enter a beauty pageant, mostly so I could write about the experience. But beauty pageants can be expensive. My mom always thought I would win. My mom wants me to be famous, I think. She has, in the past, wanted me to model and to be in commercials. But she's not a stage mother, so she never actually did anything about it. She's just said, "You're tall and have no boobs, you should model." That was when I was fourteen, though. I have boobs now and should not model.
Back to topic, I think internet popularity has a lot to do with self-promotion. Depending on where I'm registering my site, I change the description to try to appeal to my assumed target audience. I am also as vague as possible. I use words like "intrigue" and "froth." As in, my site "froths with intrigue." It sounds cool, you know? I would hit it, anyway.
The hard part is getting people to come back. I have to create something worthy of the lush description. That's in the works.
Greg is in the kitchen doing dishes. I'm in his room playing on the internet. I realized yesterday how terrible my page looks on a Mac. Why? I haven't been specifying page background colors, and the default background color for Macs is gray. On PCs, the default color is white, which is what I wanted it to be, so I thought I could just skip the defining the background part. As a result of my laziness, some things look really bad on Macs. I'm sorry. I'm going to have to visit a Mac at school and fix this. I mean, I could hunt through all my files, but it's easier to see what's wrong on a screen and then fix things accordingly.
In other news, I gave a guy on the streets a dollar today when he asked for fifty cents for the bus. He came up to me while I was waiting for Greg to retrieve me from Nancy's. I was kind of scared, actually, because he first passed me and then backtracked to walk over to where I was leaning against the building. It was dark out. I knew I didn't have fifty cents so I gave him a dollar to make him go away. He called me ma'am. "Thank you so much, ma'am," he said. No sweat.
Another unusual thing occurred when I went to McDonald's to eat lunch before interning. It was wildly crowded in there, which I sort of expected. I waited awhile in line, and then once I got to order, I said, "two cheeseburgers," and then I had to wait longer while they made the cheeseburgers. I didn't really care, though. I was in a patient mood. But I'm thinking I might have looked pissed off, because when I went to dig out my food, I found an apple pie in with the burgers. It was nice, even though I hadn't been feeling like apple pie.
Life is boring right now. I paid the rent today. I have more bills to pay tonight. I just wanted to get the most urgent bills out of the way. But I'm going to have to break into new checks, and I didn't feel like dealing with that before work this morning.
I'm at work now. Usually I don't do much when I'm here. I like it like that. I'm used to that. When I graduate in three weeks, I'm going to have to find another job. Well, I might not have to, but I want to. It won't be another one where I sit around and play on the web all day. But I'm glad that I got to enjoy a job like this. I would never have discovered how fun the web could be without spending a summer "working" full time, alone in my unwelcoming office with only the web to sate me.
I mean, if not for this job, I wouldn't be as into designing as I am now. I might not have started writing again this soon. This most definitely wouldn't exist if not for my current meaningless job.
I'm scared, though. I want to do something fun. I'm not going to get a job in film. Can I get a job in some other fun field with a film degree?
Do bugs freeze? I'm hoping the ones swarming around my kitchen sink will now that the temps are plummeting. (I'm imagining secretaries falling out of windows because I am lame.) Steve (whose name in Native American means One Who Ripped Off Design of Beth's Page) did the dishes this morning. His method was to let the dishes soak in soapy water for awhile, then to dip them in and out of the water (which, I would imagine, becomes dirty, what with all those dirty dishes sitting in it) a few times and put them on the drying rack. I watched him in bemused semi-horror and realized that I've eaten off dishes "cleaned" by this method before and am still alive, so I didn't say anything about it. But now I know the secret of why it takes him so much shorter to do the dishes than it does me.
I am wondering if there is a way in WCF MSMQ to know if iam processing the last message in the transaction I did lot of researches I found that there is a property IsLastInTransaction but this property not available in MsmqMessage<T> Class it only available in System.Messaging.MessageAnybody know how can I dietarian if this is the last message in the transaction
I've sent 1000 messages with a simple 20 character string as the body using DIRECT:FORMAT=HTTP://mydomain.com/msmq/private$/myqueue The outbound queue currently sends batches of about 20-30 messages then pauses for 5 minutes before sending another 20-30. The outbound message queue is on ADSL and the receiving queue is on a 100Mb internet connection in co-location. Has anyone else encountered such slow send speeds? Any clues or hints on how to speed this up?
I have configured the contract method to have TransactionScopeRequired = true, so it automatically starts a new transaction for each message processed.
When a message fails to be processed, then I throw an exception which causes the transaction to be aborted, and retried again right away.
But if there are multiple messages on the MSMQ queue, and I abort the first message then I get the following message on the queue as the next message. Eventhough the abort should have put the first message back in its place.
Is this a purely informational message that I can ignore? (i.e. are there no other effects from this message? is this really an "error"?):
I'd like to do my rollback in a called generic error logging sproc if I haven't already handled the rollback, in order to be sure not to leave any open transactions; so in this case, the exit of the calling procedure will have a different count (zero) than whatever it began with.
We have a web service that comunicates with the database and exposes web methods that enables the application to access the database. Each method does only one operation (Insert, Update or Delete). What I need to do is create a transaction that will be consisted of multiple calls to the database, meaning multiple calls of more then one web methods. Can I do that? (I read that if the web method does not throw exception - or ContextUtil.SetAbort() is not called - the transaction will be commited automatically when the web method finishes executing, which I don't want to happen because I want to call another web method in the same transaction, and then manually commit the transaction)
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There are some free current affairs worksheets on www.homeworkclub.co.uk. They come out weekly and are very helpful because no preparation is required and the pupils seem to enjoy them.
I've recently accepted a conditional offer from Leeds Trinity for their SCITT PGCE D&T course (literally cannot wait to get started, fingers crossed!) and have to take their maths equivalence test due to me having a D at GCSE (but meeting all other conditions). I've previously tried to remedy this by completing the City and Guilds Adult Numeracy Levels 1 & 2, but unfortunately they can't accept this as an equivalent to GCSE grade C and above.
Was just wondering if any of you have had any experience of maths equivalence tests? I'm fully expecting it to be very similar to the GCSE exam.
I'm in exactly the same position. I've accepted a conditional place to study secondary PGCE DT at the University of Newport and only having a D in maths means i also have to take the equivalency test. (Though when i sat my maths GCSE it was impossible for me to get a passing C grade as the paper only went up to a D!! )
I had to do a similar test to get onto my degree course at London Met, but this paper was really easy. I'm not expecting this one to be the same.
I have been in contact with my university to ask for a past paper to be sent to me so that i know what to expect and was told that this should be no problem. Maybe you could do the same.
I have got myself some GCSE maths revision books, i have found that the green CGP book is the best one that makes everything really clear and easier to understand.
I'm excited about starting my course too, though am having trouble finding other DT PGCE / GTP students and would love to be able to keep in touch so we can share progress, troubles, resources etc.
Good luck with your test! (i'm so nervous that i've got this far and will not get on the course because of this!)
Hi. I can't help you with the maths equivalency test but may have some advise. Last September I started a 1 year GCSE in Biology. I gained a place on a Primary PGCE on condition of getting a grade C or above. As the results for the GCSE's don't come out until late August I started to get worried so decided to take the Biology equivalency test also. I took the GCSE one week and the equivalency test the following week. They are very similar in my opinion with regards to the topics covered and the standard required. I would suggest you get a revision guide and just do as many past papers as possible. AQA (if they do maths) have papers on their website to download. Also go onto the BBC and do the bitesize revision and tests.
I'm sure you will be fine if you put in the work beforehand. I thankfully now have my university place confirmed so it no longer matters if I pass or fail the GCSE exam I sat
I took the maths equivalency test last year and failed miserably! I think you need a 60% to pass, which doesn't sound alot but I got about 27%. I am terrible at maths, I got an E for GCSE. I was dreading the test so I got a tutor which was a huge waste of £300!! I also spent loads on books and all the things needed for the test like scientific calculator and geometry set, etc. Looking back, I wish I hadn't bothered, but at the time I felt like I had to give it a shot to get onto a PGCE course. Like you I had done the City & Guilds Numeracy test and passed, but this equivalency test was way harder. I think it is slightly unfair as it covers the WHOLE GCSE curriculum which is something pupils study over two years in schools. I had about 4 weeks to learn it all. I think the test should just cover about 4 areas from the GCSE and test you on them, instead I had questions on every single part of the GCSE curriculum, so make sure you go over everything. The centre in London where I did it were helpful and gave me past papers, they also give you your results on the same day so you know where you stand. I called the uni where my conditional offer was and asked them if there was any way round it and they said unfortunately not. It was a shame as I was one of 7 chosen from a group interview of 20 at the PGCE interview. Now I have a place on a PGDE in Scotland. For secondary you don't need GCSE maths which makes more sense! There are also no numeracy tests needed to qualify as a teacher. AND in scotland you get a guranteed NQT year. I wish you loads of luck for the maths test, just make sure you practice lots and understand how to work everything on the syllabus out.
took the maths equivalency test last year and failed miserably! I think you need a 60% to pass, which doesn't sound alot but I got about 27%. I am terrible at maths, I got an E for GCSE.
I'm petrified now that i'm going to fail this test!! I've got so much riding on it as i've quit my job to do the course and i'm moving my entire life 200 miles away to be with my boyfriend!! i can't afford a tutor and struggle to find the time to cram in a whole two years worth of learning into the time i have till the test (though i still don't know when it is!! ) as i work full time and spend a lot of time travelling to and from work.
I don't know what i'd do if i didn't get on the course after all the preperation i've done and organising my primary observation and everything.
If you have already passed one maths test to get on the course, you might do better at the equivalency. Plus you got a D for GCSE, I got an E! Just spend a few hours a day revising, go through everything and spend longer on the bits you don't get. Someone told me that anyone can do maths, its just like learning an instrument, you have to practice every day. Go to GCSE Bitesize and do their GCSE maths quizzes, and look for any similar things on the internet. The more past papers you do, the more you will realise where your strengths are. Don't think about failing, but remember there is always another way to train to be a teacher if you do.
the last maths test i sat was four or five years ago now but it was so simple and i know that this one is going to be so much harder.
I've been working through the bite size website maths area as well as going through practice papers that came with my revision pack, but it's still extremely daunting! Maths had always been my weak spot but funnily enough you mention the music as I've been a French horn player since I was 8!! If only it was a music test lol
I know I've just got to keep my mind focussed and not think about the possibility of failing but keep positive and do the best i can. after all, I can only do my best...
Thanks ever so much for all your replies, it's good to know that I'm not the only one in this position!
Thankfully the uni has been quite proactive and have sent me their syllabus and sample questions. I've been working my way through a GCSE revision guide and workbook, and with only three weeks until D Day I've broken my revision down into four main parts: number and algebra this week and shape, space and measures and handling data next week. Finally I'm spending the week before the test just doing practice exams, making sure I manage my time well!
Maths has always been my Achilles heel, but I'm determined to beat it! Failure is not an option, can't bear the thought of not starting in September, especially as I got through a diagnostic English test (in which I have an A at GCSE) and two rounds of interviews!
I can compltetly relate to your situation! I got offered a place to do PGCE EY in Januray provided I got GCSE Maths equivilant. I used a compnay called equvilancy testing and got a tutor to achieve this, I passed 6 weeks ago!!! So it is possible, like you I ot a D 12 yrs ago, this time I got a B!!!!
However, it is not a short cut, the test is GCSE standard and covered most aspects of the syllabus. The positive here is that you only get one or two qestions on each area. I used the CPG revision guide for higher level, it was fab and straight forward. the green one will give you a clearer understandng of simpler concepts (!) Bitesize is also great and very clear.
My advice would be revise something each night, definatly get to grips with percentages, ratios, mean, median and mode. In addition (no pun intended!!) practice long division, fractions, decimals, pythagorous and trig. My pass rate had to be 55%. Try to remember this as it reduces the pressure, you need to get just over half right, that IS achievable!!!!
I wish you so much luck.......Maths has always been my weakness but it is do-able!!!!! Fingers and toes crossed!!!
Maths has always been my biggest hurdle but i'm determined not to let it ruin my life by stopping me from achieving what i want in life. I know this sounds very dramatic, but i so want to be a teacher and this is the only thing standing in my way.
So, I'm going to study hard. Get all the help i can from those maths wizards around me, and pass that test!!
Laura - totally agree with Sammie, so good to hear something positive! You must be so relieved. I just want to get it over and done with now.
I got a friend to coach me and I got a revision guide, I found it much easier as an adult. Once you get your head round the theories the numbers tend to be small.
Did my equivalency test today and passed with flying colours! The examiner even tried to poach me for the PGCE Maths course! It was a lot easier than I imagined. Doing nothing but solid revision for a month has certainly paid off. Can finally relax over the summer now. Cannot wait to get started in September!
Mine is coming up in a couple of weeks (19th) and i'm doing all the revision i can manage. Lets hope i have the same good news to share after i get my results back. I have to wait up to a week for mine though
Hope today went well and wasn't too horrible! I'm sure you did just fine. Let us know the result when you get it!
Not sure how i did... i know i got some right and i got some wrong, i just have to hope that the right outweighs the wrong. Shell let you know how i did when i hear back...
I have mine on friday. I did a practise test and I think I got just about what I need to pass. So just trying to cram some last information in this week. I have to wait a week for my results as well which I think I will find tough.
what do primary teachers want to know about the nursery children they will get in september on there early years summative assesment reports? and do they actually get read or are they a pain?
thank you i have cross posted in this and the early years forum to get the most responces while i write mine
i just want to ensure the reports i send will be useful and will ensure that a few of the children dont get left behind and a few get pushed more as they tend to be lazy but are very bright
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I'm six weeks today and I'm not sure what I should be doing or allowed to do. I walked two miles this morning and did a 30 min cardio class. I don't wanna over do it but I don't wanna be lazy either. Advice? Anyone know?
I think the general rule is that you are fine to do what you did pre-pregnancy. If it's an intense workout, you may need to consider how long you've been doing it. Ask your doctor or MW. If you don't have an appointment soon, you should be able to call and leave a message with the nurses and they will as the DR/MW and call you back.
I've been running and am fine. Completed a 5k this weekend. Going to check with my dr, though, about running farther distances.
This isn't really advice, but I've been going to spin classes and running. I notice my heart speeds up faster than normal and when it races a bit I slow down to even myself out. I think most workouts are fine to an extent (except hot yoga, my doc said that's a no no). I just try to listen to my body.
-later on, when you start putting weight, avoid exercises where you lie on your back; but you're fine to do them on the first trimester
I do a lot of exercises where I have a band around my waste and pull weights, those are to be avoided during pregnancy too
I did a kick boxing class. Not hitting other people but it's cardio based and I wasn't sure if I was doing too much. Punches, kicks, squats, jumping jacks, etc. I have been drinking a TON of water!
First trimester shouldn't have any restrictions just be sure you listen to your body. Don't push yourself. Your intensity will naturally be lower.
Hey ladies I’m 4 weeks 5 days. Was feeling pretty awful last weekend but mainly just super tired lately. I of course can’t help but worry but I am not cramping or bleeding so I am just going to take it as a yay that I’m not sick at the moment. Anyone else feel not pregnant?
I have been this was too. around 5 weeks I lost almost if not all.my symptoms... now week 6 they come.and go day to day.. yesterday I have morning sickness, today I dont... enjoy the no symptoms while you can, they will be back likely... (but not all women get morning sickness and we all seem to get a variety of different sumptoms)
Thank goodness I’m not the only one. I can’t help but instantly worry but I’m just going to enjoy not wanting to vomit and expect for the symptoms to come back 🤷🏻♀️
This is my second. However I had two miscarriages prior to this pregnancy. But I had miscarried around this time so I am a bit further along than those so I hope that this is gunna stick. My first pregnancy I didn’t have symptoms until I was like 8 weeks. But these past couple times I been super sick right away.
I was that way with my daughter and she's a healthy toddler now! This time around, I am soooooo sick, so enjoy it while you can- karma may come back next time 🤢
I feel fantastic. I’m just going to try not to worry and ride it out because it probably will not last.
I feel not pregnant too so I took another pregnancy test and it stills says positive lol so I guess I’ll just enjoy not having symptoms at the moment lol
Maybe we all are just having some good days 🤣❤️ soon the torture will come haha. I have felt like I wanted to test again too though just to ease my mind.
I’m 4 weeks and 2 days. I had sore boobs the past 5 days but this morning I woke up fine. I too worry that this is a bad sign but I’m just praying that it is all in my head and try not to overthink it 😭
yep, only sore boobs and an insatiable appetite. Def different than my other two. 5+3 today so it may just be too early. Trying not to worry. In 8 days I’ll have my first ultrasound so that will put me at ease somewhat.
Oh just give it time! At 4 weeks I was just tired. Some nausea through week 5 and 6. Week 7 has hit me like a freight train. I’m miserable.
Ditto and worried as well. Unfortunately there isn’t anything we can do. @isabella87 OB told me test would still be positive post loss for weeks since we’d still have HcG in us. Crossing fingers for us all!
So glad I got so much feedback from everyone! I love reading everyone’s responses. I wish there was a way to find reassurance other than having to wait for ultrasounds! It’s all just so nerve racking. But all we can do is relax and try and enjoy this calm before the storm of morning sickness hahaha.
it seems my symptoms come and go. they did with my son. i remember being sick around week 6 but fine during 7-8 and then back to sick.
I am 4.5 today and if my boobs weren't heavy and soreish, I wasn't tired and of course AF not coming I wouldn't know I was pregnant. I have zero other symptoms. it honestly makes me super nervous and I dont think I will ever be so grateful to be sick when/if that hits me
I know everybody's body varies as we as each pregnancy. This is my first so I have nothing to compare it to, but I felt absolutely fine until just after 6 weeks. (Well except I guess was feeling more fatigued, but I am not a morning person and work at 6 or 7am, so just chalked it up to that).
Once I hit 6 weeks it was like a switch was flipped and it was like here's some bloating and gas, also some tender, swollen breasts, some almost constant, but mild nausea, the lack of desire to eat really and occasional actually morning sickness.
Same I'm 6 weeks and 2 days today my first ob appointment is the 31st I have sore boobs and always tired that's about it so different from.my first two pregnancies!!!
I'm 5 wks 5 d and my only symptom so far has been that my boobs are crazy sore, like cant wear an underwire sore. I'm not really tired either but I'm really thirsty all the time. it's also kinda freaking me out. this is my first. my mom had really good pregnancies so I'm hoping for the same.
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Tiger Woods was as reckless with his golf career as he was with his marriage, and both indiscretions are haunting him. His former swing coach and three of his alleged porn star mistresses are all cashing in on Tiger’s infamy.
The porn stars, Devon James, Holly Sampson and Joslyn James plan to release a porn movie based on their experiences with Woods. It’s titled “3 Mistresses: Notorious Tales of the World’s Greatest Golfer.”
Meanwhile, former swing coach Hank Haney continues to make hay with revelations about Tiger’s game in his new book, “The Big Miss.” Tiger seemed to make everyone else sign confidentiality agreements, why not Haney?
In any event, Haney claims that Woods actually injured his knee, not playing golf, but while acting out his obsession with Navy Seals, the elite fighters who undergo torturous training. The injury nearly ended his career and robbed him of playing time when he was at the top of his game.
Woods has never been the same golfer since his 2009 sex scandal or his injury. He won his first tournament since 2010 on Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla. He’s now preparing for the Master’s Tournament.
The porn movie’s release is timed to coincided with the world renowned tournament. Tiger has won the Masters four times, the last in 2005, and he’s a favorite to win this year–if he’s not too distracted.
“Now, when these women also happen to be adult stars that have sex for a living, and reveal they have been with the same guy, you can be sure they’ll share absolutely everything,” the film’s director B. Skow, told The New York Post.
In 2007, Woods tore his Anteroir Cruciate Ligament, and Haney believes it was during a military exercise with the Seals. He was forced to undergo surgery and sit out for months, doing “serious damage to his career,” the golf pro writes.
Woods also became obsessed with weight lifting, and became almost too bulky to play golf, Haney writes.
Haney claims Woods’s then-wife Elin Nordegren demanded he stop playing golf for two years to try and save their marriage. Woods was back on the course in a matter of months. The marriage ended in divorce.
The gangs exist, in the main, to supply a drug demand created by recreational drug users. Violence and drugs go hand in hand so if you use drugs (hash, weed, cocaine etc.) you are providing the reason (money) why criminal gangs fight for control of the drugs market. Innocent victims including gardai get caught in the middle. THINK BEFORE YOU BUY
@Think Before You Buy: That’s true but do you really think that’s ever going to change? People will always buy drugs. Be it from a street dealer selling dangerous, untested and unregulated drugs or from a legal, taxed and regulated source such as a coffee shop in countries that have legalised them. Asking people to think before they buy is never going to work. People don’t give a shite unfortunately.
@Think Before You Buy: the drugs and the use of the drugs existed long before the imposition of unjust and largely practically unenforceable prohibitionist laws. The existence of these gangs’ main revenue stream is a DIRECT consequence of prohibition; the law creates value in an otherwise valueless product, competition for earnings ultimately creates violence.
@Jim Demps: you’ve missed the point; I was referring to gang violence, as was the original comment. It is not people’s desire to use drugs that fuels gangland violence but the law which prohibits drug use, conferring value onto drugs, creating a competative illicit trade.
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We calculate the intrinsic value of PRGS stock by summing up the current values of future distributable cash flows generated by the company and dividing the sum by the number of outstanding shares. As such, the intrinsic value calculation depends entirely on projections. The more accurate your projections of the company's performance are - the more reliable is the intrinsic value calculation result. Please make sure to check the stock valuation input data below and adjust it if necessary. The quality of the output (intrinsic valuation result) is only as good as the quality of the input. See also DISCLAIMERS.
Revenue. Company's revenue (or sales) is always the starting point of any cash flow forecast. In the PRGS stock intrinsic value calculation we used $397.572 million for the last fiscal year's total revenue generated by Progress Software. The default revenue input number comes from 0001 income statement of Progress Software. You may change it if you feel that it should be adjusted for some unusual circumstances that are not expected to be repeated in the future or if you already know (from interim financial statements, for example) that this year's revenue is going to be quite different.
We use three input parameters to forecast the revenue growth rate in our PRGS stock valuation model: a) initial revenue growth rate of 3.1% whose default value is the revenue growth rate in the most recent quarter compared to the quarterly revenue a year ago; b) terminal revenue growth rate of 5% whose default value is chosen to be close to the average nominal (i.e. not adjusted for inflation) GDP growth rate; and c) revenue decline factor of 0.9, which stipulates that revenue growth rate in each forecasted year will be equal to the difference of the revenue growth rate in the preceding year and the terminal revenue growth rate multiplied by this revenue decline factor (with the passage of time the revenue growth rate will be approaching the terminal revenue growth rate, but not quite reaching it - though the difference could be infinitesimally small).
The initial discount rate of 4.3%, whose default value for PRGS is calculated based on our internal credit rating of Progress Software, is applied to the cash flow expected to be received a year from now (well, actually, to be precise, in the financial year following the base year - the last year for which we have financial statements). For each consecutive year the discount rate is multiplied by the discount rate multiplier of 1.05, e.i. each year it increases by 5%. Feel free to change this number to correspond to your level of risk assessment of Progress Software.
Variable cost ratio is the ratio of variable costs (i.e. costs that fluctuate with fluctuation of the volume of production) to the revenue expressed as a percentage. In the calculation of intrinsic value of PRGS stock the variable cost ratio is equal to 107.3%.
Fixed operating expenses is just that - expenses that are not dependant on the volume of production. They are set to $0 million in the base year in the intrinsic value calculation for PRGS stock. These expenses increase with the level of inflation in subsequent years.
Interest rate on debt is the average all-in rate of interest paid by the company on its debt. It is set at 5.4% for Progress Software.
Corporate tax rate of 27% is the nominal tax rate for Progress Software. In reality, companies find ways to pay much less taxes than that or not to pay them at all.
Cash flow adjustment could be used for any adjustment the investor deems necessary. Most commonly we use this field to account for stock options-related effects in excess of what is reported on the company's income statement. The cash flow adjustment is expressed as a percentage of the revenue, and in the current valuation of the PRGS stock is equal to 0%.
Production assets are the company's assets used for manufacturing products or provision of services. In the valuation model input table they are expressed as a percentage of revenue and for PRGS are equal to 59.9%.
Life of production assets of 57.2 years is the average useful life of capital assets used in Progress Software operations. It is used to calculate yearly capital expenditures needed to keep these assets in good order - we call it the maintenance CAPEX.
Working capital is the difference between the company's current assets and liabilities. In the model we use the ratio of working capital to revenue, which for PRGS is equal to -30.8%. A negative number means that the company is apt at using financial resources of its suppliers and customers; a large positive number, on the other hand, means that it either provides in-kind financing to others or is not good at managing its inventories.
Book value of equity - $376.084 million for Progress Software - is used in calculation of the "floor" for intrinsic valuation based on the discounted cash flow (DCF) method. Even if the prospects are very bad for a company, its assets could always be sold now for their current fair market value.
Shares outstanding of 45.462 million for Progress Software is needed to calculate the intrinsic value of one share.
Market capitalization is used here only for reference purposes and as a quick check that the share price and the number of shares outstanding numbers are correct - something especially to be cognizant about at stock splits. So, the market capitalization of Progress Software at the current share price and the inputted number of shares is $1.5 billion.
▶ International Fashion Brand Relaunches in Less Than a Year with Help from Progress [Nov-05-18 05:00AM Business Wire]
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▶ Cashere Launches Innovative Currency Exchange App with Progress; Realizes Immediate Productivity Improvements and Nearly 70% Cost Savings [05:00AM Business Wire]
▶ BlueBay Launches Business Intelligence Capabilities for Its Investors with Progress [Oct-10-18 05:00AM Business Wire]
▶ Progress Customers and Partners to Gather at EMEA User Group 2018 [Oct-08-18 05:00AM Business Wire]
▶ Progress Reports 2018 Third Quarter Results, Announces 11% Dividend Increase [04:15PM Business Wire]
▶ Progress Software Announces Details for Fiscal Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call [Sep-20-18 09:00AM Business Wire]
▶ Progress Announces JSMobileConf, the Community Event Dedicated to JavaScript and Mobile Development [Aug-15-18 05:00AM Business Wire]
▶ Bell and Howell Revolutionizes Field Service Delivery with Progress [Aug-08-18 05:00AM Business Wire]
▶ Progress Named 2018 Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Award Winner [Jul-24-18 05:00AM Business Wire]
▶ NativeScript 4.0 Eases Mobile Development with New Out-of-the-Box Capabilities and Day-One Support for Angular 6 and Vue.js [05:00AM Business Wire]
▶ Progress Announces Winners of the Progress Sitefinity 2017 Website of the Year Awards [05:00AM Business Wire]
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▶ Progress Helps Wärtsilä Dramatically Increase Leads by Personalizing the Online Customer Experience [Apr-04-18 05:00AM Business Wire]
▶ Progress Software Announces Details for Fiscal First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call [Mar-21-18 09:00AM Business Wire]
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▶ Progress Expands Board of Directors with the Appointments of Sam King and Angela Tucci [Feb-20-18 07:45AM Business Wire]
▶ Progress Software Corp (PRGS) Files 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended on November 30, 2017 [Jan-26-18 05:48PM GuruFocus.com]
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Basic Premise: Mink is a girl whose dad is a human and her mom is a dragon. Her dad was sent to kill a dragon years ago by the king and decided to marry the dragon instead. They then gave birth to Mink who is known as a dragon half. She is like a regular teenage girl and loves the teen tv idol Dick Saucer. In the first episode she is trying to get a concert ticket to see Dick Sauer. Meanwhile the king who sent Ruth to kill the dragon wants to kill Ruth in order to marry the dragon instead, but he can't because Ruth is too strong so he sends his sorcerer to kidnap his daughter Mink instead in order to get to Mink. In Episode 2 Mink enters a tournament with Dick Saucer in order to get the money to get a concert ticket to see Dick Saucer.
Review: For a two episode anime there are a lot of side plots as well and they seem to all get tied up in the end in one way or another. It's hard to know where to begin, but there is a rival fan, a warrior who wants to hunt dragon half, the quest for a people potion, who is really a human and who is not. Heh, but it is all really pointless anyway. It's best not to think about it since it is not meant to be taken seriously anyway, but it is a lot of fun.
The animation style is not consistent at all except for maybe the background scenes. The characters go from chibi to normal proportioned from second to second as well as every variation between. Almost on a side note the characters do not usually have any feet, but walk on the tips of their toes if you can call them feet.
The music seems to be a cross between Beethoven and insanity and looney tunes since the lyrics just make no sense. I would so love to explain it, but the ending song just defies any type of logic. It just makes no sense at all. This song is also one of the best examples of how utterly strange the Japanese sense of humor as well as how they think can be. We Americans may think that we are odd or look odd to other countries, but the Japanese here prove that they are the true masters of the weird and wacky, indecipherable, and unfathomable in their humor.
The anime seems to parody dragon warrior with the use of slimes and going up levels an dragons and such. There also seems to be some references to pokemon somehow in the second episode during the tournament.
For really silly characters in a really silly anime I can safely say that the voices and characters sounded in character and didn't seem forced or overly dramatic. The plot is nigh unfathomable. The pace is pretty fast and well paced. It is kind of hard to criticize an anime that doesn't take it seriously in any way. The creators just had fun with it. It is not that the anime is well designed or that a lot of work went into it, because there is plainly almost no effort that went into this show, but it is so very funny anyway and the humor is unknowable unless you are from Japan. Overall this seems to be a well received anime everywhere and I just had to try it out for myself to see what people are talking about and now that I have seen it a few times I can say that in order to really understand the charm of this show you have to see it for yourself. This show is also a good example of the anime style of the early 90's as well as the craziness that is Japanese humor. If you are looking for an anime that does not require a lot of brain cells give this one a try. If you are fortunate to be able to add this to your anime collection other people will have no idea what this show is, but it is a good edition anyway.
This is one of the first of the more rare anime out there as I will occasionally try to find overlooked gems of anime out there that may have been forgotten or was just never all that popular.
Conclusion: This is an anime for people who love the ridiculous. You don't want to laugh, but you just can't help it. Seems to be aimed at the teenager audience.
I was just reading on the internet how Italy has ordained, on May 22, its first female priest. Her name is Maria Vittoria Longhitano, she is 35 and married. She belongs to a small congregation called the Italian Old Catholic Church which broke away from the Vatican in the 19th century. This story got me to thinking about other female priests from other areas of the world. And guess what, there are a few who have been ordained over the years. On March 12, 1994 Ludmila Javorova was ordained by the Church of England and the Episcopal Church agreed to ordain women in 1976 and actually started ordaining in 1984. And of course the Vatican is totally against ordaining women as priests at all. I could name all the female priests I found in articles but that is not the point I want to make here !
This is the year 2010, why is this still an issue?! I mean how many centuries have Pagan religions been ordaining women into the Priesthood. Women are a vital and very welcome addition to our religion. They add both perspective and a sense of family to our hallowed ranks. I am both proud and honored to stand side by side, shoulder to shoulder with our Heathen women. They are our equals, period ! How can Christians still be living so far in the past. Women should have all the same basic rights as men in both religious life as they have in secular life.
All religions need to wake up and do whats right, and what is long overdue. Allow all women the same rights and privileges as men. Allow them to become Priests, Bishops and Cardinals, maybe even the Pope someday. When will discrimination end and equal and basic rights be given to all ?!
The whole Terry Jones-book- burning mess brings once again to the forefront the proliferation of the radical fringe elements in society these days. And I am not talking about just religion either ! It exists and is growing out of control in all parts of society; religious and secular. The right and the left have been pushing apart for several years now and they have both ramped up the rhetoric. Their words and speeches are filled with dialogue and catch phrases that are tinged with hate.
The Glenn Beck- Sarah Palin- Tea Party group is especially troubling to me. Their rhetoric scares me because there is no compromise in their viewpoints. Nancy Pelosi and her gang on the liberal left are just as bad with their uncompromising ways. And here we are, the true silent majority,( the moderates ), stuck in the middle and looking for a way out to a better and kinder America.
What can be done to bring these two radically opposing groups together ? Well the answer is surprisingly simple, and dates back to the very beginning of our great country. It is called compromise ! Yes, the old give and take method of interacting with others to solve common problems. It is the only way to break the recent grid lock and get things done. And if you don't think this is necessary just look at the voting in the Senate and the House of Representatives recently. The votes are almost always along party lines. Compromise built this country and has sustained it for over 200 years and it is the only way for us to go foward today.
I see the same unyielding attitudes in the "Ground Zero Mosque" controversy in New York City. Over the weekend there were demonstrations and counter-demonstrations. All this does is raise tensions and animosity ! At one point they showed two opposing individuals screaming at each other. I could almost see great Odin shaking his head in disgust. For there is no wisdom used in such actions. Only through calm interactions can a compromising solution be found.
The one thing my mind cannot come to grips with, is why have we come to this point ? What has made us so hard and unyielding that we cannot give a little to get a little. Have we really become so cold and unfeeling as a people that we cannot see the views of others. I hope not !
A storyboard I did for Glassworks / Amsterdam. The task was to communicate light and atmosphere – thus I decided to paint the board instead of drawing it.
JIANGSU MODERN MASSAGIST SCHOOL is founded under the approval of Jiangsu Province Ministry of Labour And Social Security and Jiangsu Province Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is the first training school for primary, middle and senior health-care massagists in China. University professor, associate professor, chief physician and massage technician form the teaching staff. The teaching content is the followings. The basic theory of Chinese traditional medical, diagnostics of Chinese traditional medical, the study of main and collateral channels, the study of acupoint, the basic knowledge of anatomy, the basic knowledge of massage, massage technique, beauty massage, lose-weight massage, infantile massage, keep-fit massage, medical massage, foreign massage, etc. Our school enroll the students around the year and opens at every 8th, the training period is 45 days. After the training and passing the examinations you can get the the Certificate of Vocational Training Completion and the Vocational Qualification Certificate of Massagist of the People's Republic of China from our school. All our students can open his/her business or find a job with these certificates in all China and the certificates are also available overseas. Our school provides the integrated services of teaching, lodging, transaction of certificate, obtaining employment for our students and we are strictly observing the charging standard approved by Jiangsu Province Price Bureau. Our school strictly control the teaching quality and we ensure you can grasp the skills and knowledge after the training and you can get the certificates(for those persons who did not get the certificates he/she can continue the studying till he/she grasp all knowledge without extra tuition.).
Meals bought in school dining-room by yourself, 5-10 Yuan a day. And you can take part in day-class and night-class at the same time.
Our school got the approbation from some departments of government by our unique teaching method and training quality. In May, 2001 we held a training course for all China Blind Massage Key Teachers in Nanjing under the commission of China Blind Massage Center. In this June and July we accepted the teaching task for All-China Massage Key Teachers Training Course and Appraiser Training Course held in Lanzhou and Beijing.
Till now our students spread over the China and there are 36 students went to Japan, America, Canada, New Zealand and other countries to serve people there and win the honor for our country.
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Morgan Robert M | Lawyer from Detroit, Michigan | Rating & reviews of Attorneys & law firms, Criminal defense attorney
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Well it seems to me I have a problem and don't feel like sharing with anyone in person so here I am. It all starts with this girl I met when I was a sophomore in highschool. Whe were togther right up until after my highscool graduation (I was 17). While we were together (over 2 years) she cheated on me a total of 3 times with 3 differetn guys. Common sense would say that I should dumped her ass after the first time, but when I become emotionally attached I am blind as all hell. This girl was my first kiss, my first love, my first time (you know). Finally, after the third time, she broke it off with me saying that she felt bad for the way she was treating me. We stayed friends for a couple months, then were friends with benifits for about 3 months after that. After that ended, we drifted apart and stopped talking to each other.
Enter my problem. I am now 19 and it has been a year and a half since we broke up. I find myself thinking about her at least 3-4 times a week. Not that I want to be with her, because I could never put myself through the ringer again. I have asked a few girls out in the last year and a half, but they either stood me up or said no. I am 19 and haven't been on a single date in over a year. I find that I just do NOT trust women and find it very difficult to get close to them. Emotionally, I want a girl to love me and care for me, but I fear when I find that person, she will screw with my heart. My friends are concerned about me. Not because I am unhappy or suicidal becuase I am not. I love life and and am 100 times happier than when I was with the last girl. I think that has a lot to do with m issues. Maybe if I find a girl that I will be unhappy or tied down. I fear that even though I am still young, that I will never be with a girl again and will live alone and emotionally incomplete for the rest of my life.
If you read my whole thing here I appreciate you taking the time to read. I just don't know what the hell is wrong with me. For some reason I yearn for, but at the same time, dread a loving relationship.
Nothing wrong with you. You're still young and have lots of time to find what you're looking for. Be patient. "Desperation" after-shave scares the ladies away. A whole year without a date? LMAO. Gone longer than that my friend.
Once again, be patient. You're just hung up because she was your first. It hasn't been that long since you've been together. Time heals old wounds.
I think if you give another relationship a chance you will feel different. You have to trust a girl at first, if you dont the relationship wont work. Give the next girl a chance, she has never cheated on you.
I think it's just this time of year that's getting to you. No one wants to be lonely. I broke up with my high school sweetie right after grad. in 2002 and didn't regret it at all. Just stayed single and partied SINGLE all summer, great times. But when it got holiday time, I didn't wanna be lonely anymore so I called her up and we got back together. I don't even think I really wanted to get back with her, I was just lonely/bored. I'm a really independent person. I don't like to get help with much, and I just couldn't realize why the hell I was feeling that way during this time of year. I'm currently dating someone, an old friend, breaking my 10 month single streak. If I wasn't dating, I'd be in the same position as you.
If you're happy with not being with anyone right now than I think it's great. You're 19 there's a lot of time. I don't think you should be with someone just for the sake of having someone to be with. I think you'll find someone special that touches you in such a way that it will help you get over the trust issue and you will see her differently from the start than the way you see most girls. Also don't rush into anything. Just take it slow and see how it goes. Trust takes time to build.
hey man you work at radio shack right? All hot girls that get cell phones call them that night and make sure their phone is working right and see if the convo goes anywhere. It has worked for me 3 times
I think it's really good to be happy about everything. I think right now I'm about 14 months without a girlfriend. My last one cheated on me with at least one guy, I guess that's what I get for dating a whore. Not to be mean, but everyone knew she had that reputation. So, after my 3-4 months in the gutter, the weather warmed up and I was much happier than I had been in a long time. It seems that when I was really down sometimes, I'd start thinking about the old flames that I had and thought I wanted them back. It was good that it ended, more trauma like that and things could never be right in the long run. I find myself feeling the same way about girls right now. I could probably get a girlfriend if I really wanted to, but then I find myself thinking that it would never work out even before it started. That's where I am right now, in the position to develop something with this girl, but she's going to be going to law school in the fall and a really genuine person, but I think the worst that nothing will ever come of it.
Part of your attitude is very good. You're happy and don't mind being single. Thinking you'll be single forever is where it goes bad. Stay single and enjoy it for as long as you can, but don't rush into anything and give everyone a change. (Except for your ex, she blew it too many times already)
Just to chime in, don't feel bad dude. I just turned 37 and have been by myself almost 3 years now after a long marriage to my ex who cheated. I often wonder if I'll ever be able to love again. There are a few who want me bad but I just can't get into it like that for whatever reason. So in the meantime I just work, go to gym and try to make ME happy instead of a woman who'll just probably use me up then cheat and dump me...sad to say but most women are meat to me now...get them before they get you I say...
The 60% "nice guy" is the lovable you that is all loving and stuff blah blah blah. The 35% "dont give a shit" is what drawns women in at first. They say they want the nice guy, but they really dont. We say they want the @sshole, but they really dont. They want someone who will show that they dont care what happens and is rather indignant. Sounds stupid, but really think about it. They can smell that shit from across the room and are drawn to it. The 5% @sshole is there for your own protection.
In your previous relationship, you were 100% "nice guy" (going by the fact that she cheated on you 3 times, you knew about it, and that she dumped you). Take my advice for what its worth..... but i can promise you ive been there done that 1million times over.
Listen to James. The next relationship you get will be important. You have tio be careful, and search for someone you can slowly trust. Maybe start off with the friend angle. Just take it easy. You don't have to be in any rush. Someone will come along. When they do, you'll know wether or not they are worth the risk. After you get a new girl make sure to give them plenty of space at first. Sometimes "recovery" girlfriends get suffacated by someone that just wants to be in another serious relationship. You have nothing but time.
Best way to get over somebody is to get on some body. Plain and simple, I know from experience buddy.
James, you described me to a T. That sounds EXACTLY like me during that time. I think that is just what I needed to hear.
Thanks for your advice, guys. This has been building inside of me and I had to let it out somewhere. Thanks for listening.
Dont hold anything from past relationships against future relationships. Sure, she blew your trust, but you meet a new girl and she's just that, new. Just keep pluggin along, in time... all in time it'll come.
IMHO, you need failed relationships it helps you learn what you want in a relationship, also you need time to yourself, people change including you so take the time to learn whats important to you, where you want to go in life, what you want to do, and most important who you are.You cant make someone else happy until you make yourself happy. I had a bunch of failed relationships some bad some good then moved to Michigan and focused on myself mostly and just casually dated for 4 years then moved back to Ohio and am now engaged to a girl that has lived 6 houses away from me growing up. You being only 19 gives you alot of time to find your perfect someone so instead of wasting time being depressed use it to better yourself so you know YOUR ready when that GREAT relationship comes along.
I have been talking to this girl in one of my classes for a while. Just talking is all, but she was kinda flirting with me. I played the whole not caring thing JamesT said earlier. Well, I will be getting to know her a lot better now that I finally assked her out. Lia is a pretty cool chick. She loves 4-wheeling (truck and quads), dirtbiking, and snowmobiling. Doesn't like chick-flicks and loves action movies. Real cool girl to be with. She's 2 years older than me, but its refreshing to not be with a younger girl. Figured I would update for those of you who care. Like said before, she is a new girl and has not given me any reason to not trust her. The time away from the women has given me quite some time to figure out what I want, and that has changed a lot from when I started this thread. Don't need "the one" right now, just looking for a fun girl to have a good time with and whatever happens, happens.
(ExWeb/Madrid) Silvio Mondinelli has just texted Montagna.org from Everest summit. He is standing on top together with his team mates Abele Blanc, Michele Enzio and Marco Camandona, plus Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. Everest is the 13th no-O2 8000er for the Austrian woman climber.
While Alfredo Garcia also mentioned to his home team that Gerlinde had topped-out, it is not yet confirmed whether Gerlinde husband Ralf Dujmovits has summited as well. Further news is expected as soon as the climbers make it back to C3.
Simone Moro summited Everest yesterday. "Simone had hoped to climb without O2," Montagna.org's Sara Sottocornola wrote. "Weather conditions - wind and very low temperatures - didn't permit it though. Moro chose to use O2 on the last 300 meters in order to prevent frostbite."
Update 12:43 pm EST: Silvio Mondinelli has just reached back C2 in a storm, according to Montagna.org. He will update and provide further details tomorrow from BC.
Update 1:04 EST: Gerlinde made it back to C3, according to Amical. Ralf, sustaining a cold, had finally renounced to attempt the summit and waited for Gerl in C3 instead. According to Ralf's call at 2:00pm, local time, the couple hoped to rest for a while and then proceed further down.
(MountEverest.net) Brazilian climber Vitor Negrete perished yesterday on the way down from the summit of Everest, according to Brazilian media. Vitor had achieved his pursued goal: To become the first Brazilian climber to summit Everest without supplementary O2. But he couldnt make it down.
On May 17 Vitor reported from C3, as he was setting off for the summit. I am going tonight, without O2, without a Sherpa and without a sat-phone, since the batteries of the one I have are almost gone. I am going completely on my own. I promise Ill be careful.
According to media, Vitor somehow called for help on the way down from the summit, which he had reached by noon on May 18. His Sherpa, who had remained in C3, went immediately up to the rescue, finding Vitor still alive. The Sherpa helped him back down to C3, but Vitor died in the camp shortly after.
On May 16, Vitor received bad news at arrival in C2, on his summit bid: David Sharp, a British member of the expedition outfitted by Asian Trekking and including the Brazilians died on the mountain. Malaysian climber Ravi, also outfitted by Asian Trekking, was suffering from frostbite in two fingers. In addition, someone has emptied a cache left by the Brazilians in C2, containing gear and food.
Lucky enough, Vitor and the Sherpa climbing with him were helped out by other climbers, who let them a place in a tent and food enough for the night.
All these events have affected me deeply I even considered calling the attempt off, said Vitor. However, Ravi told me to reach the summit for him. Tomorrow Ill go to C3. The plan is to reach the place by noon, rest for some hours and then set off for the summit by 9:00 pm. At C3 we have left another cache with food and gear I hope we can find that one intact. Otherwise the summit bid will be seriously jeopardized.
This was only the latest in a number of thefts reported by strong, independent climbers on the mountain. Only last week, Simone Moro reported having his cache stolen on Everest south side.
Last year, young Polish climber Marcin Miotk found several of his camps emptied in his lone climb of the mountain late in the season. Like the Brazilians, the unguided climber ascended without supplementary oxygen and his life was jeopardized by the thefts.
Marcin summited and survived against the odds, but made a call at ExplorersWeb: "I got my summit and I will probably not visit Everest North Side again. But I care for other climbers' lives. So I wonder what we can do together - to change this?"
<i>Vitor Negrete had previously reached the summit of Everest on June 2, 2005. Using supplementary oxygen at the time, Vitor returned this year hoping to summit without gas (a Brazilian first). Vitor had also summited Aconcagua five times, including the first Brazilian ascent via the South face, and the first Brazilian winter climb on the roof of America.
Vitor is the 7th casualty in the Everest area this year. Previously, British David Sharp perished on his summit bid, three Sherpas died in the Everest icefall, another Sherpa died of HAPE on the North side and a Czech climber fell to his death on the Lhotse wall.
Image of Vitor Negrete holding a Brazilian flag in BC, courtesy of Try On Go Outside Everest expedition (click to enlarge).
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And with this post I'd like to reveal some "behind the scenes" look on the creation process of such a thing.
I was provided with some photos of the brush, and a feature-list that I should show in a commercial.
After collecting some references of similar commercials on the web, and discussing with the client which way we should proceed - I've drawn a storyboard sketch with all the scenes:
The storyboard helped to approve the direction that animation will follow, and to get a visual representation of our ideas & thoughts.
The client has provided a pretty decent CAD model of the brush, which was very pleasant to work with:
Based on the storyboard, I've made quick animatics in After Effects, using Element 3D as a real-time rendering engine. Which allowed us to see the storyboard ideas in action and check the timing, object and camera movements:
Doing animation previz in After Effects allowed us to tweak the motion and see the result instantly, although I had some issues with exporting the keys to 3ds max for a final step, but in the end I solved the problems and had an easy workflow for AE>3dsmax integration.
The rendering was done in 3ds max and V-ray. Although I already used Corona Renderer mostly at that time, but it still lacks some important features for animation production, so I switched back to V-ray on that project. I was doing look developing, lighting, shading and animation, based on the references of the brush collected from the client material.
I've done a vast research on the best way to render the brush bristles - tried many approaches, including scatter, geometry, proxies, and finally - VRayFur was the optimal way to go. It allowed to reduce rendering times from 10 hours (scatter & geometry had performance problems) to 30 minutes per frame on a full brush close-up. Some GI features were moved to post-production stage, as it is much faster to tweak the look of bristles there, than using real SSS-techniques.
I've asked my friend and collegue Max Kagirov to help me with water simulation - I wanted to have a "wall of water" effect, in which the brush immerges before applying to a face.
He has done a great job in Houdini, and provided me with alembic meshes ready to be used in my scenes.
To my opinion, it's interesting how a scene of brushing a face was done. We've selected a good photo of a girl with a needed skin which meets clients criteria of a "good skin". Then I used FaceGen to generate a head model from this photo, and used it for shadows & occlusion pass for the brush (seen below). Then in Nuke I had to animate the swirling of cream (which was drawn separately), and even skin deformations when the brush is pressing the cheek (although it's just barely visible in a final video).
The rendering was done on Render Farms. I've tried most of currently existing render farms out there (and that's a whole another story), and selected myself a couple of best options in terms of price, quality of service, speed, convenience and supported features.
Rendering times were 5-20 minutes per frame (depending on if it's a close-up or a wide-frame), so a farm with 1000 servers was a good option to deliver the renderings on time.
After I finally made the video - the client realized they need a background change from blue to white (ah, what a pain).
But as I've had all the passes, and the background was a saturated color - we didn't need to re-render stuff, and I just changed it on post-production.
And finally - the sound. I carefully selected the music to fit the style and mood of the video. Now it's easy, when you have Royalty-free libraries like Audiojungle. Although some tweaking of the final chords harmony was still needed.
Also I needed to make SoundFX for the things happening on screen (the button presses, water splashes, brush buzzzzzz, etc). Sound was done in Cubase.
The Aknesol anti-acne product family, including Aknesol Clean tincture and Aknesol SOS cream, targets the young people. This tincture is the re-designed version of the famous tonic adored by generations. The package design illustrates a happy face with a black spot – a likeable and straightforward visual for an anti-acne brand.
We built up the identity from scratch. Besides the brand identity and package design we created visuals for every possible mediums: online and offline campaigns, print ads, TV spots, microsites & banners.
My portfolio consists of an assortment of clients from varying industries, both locally and internationally. I approach each project with a new perspective, which provides the flexibility to adapt and change to the demands of the project. I have serviced clients both well versed as well as first timers to internet… Read More
My portfolio consists of an assortment of clients from varying industries, both locally and internationally. I approach each project with a new perspective, which provides the flexibility to adapt and change to the demands of the project. I have serviced clients both well versed as well as first timers to internet activities. I am committed towards delivering user friendly, highly functional, creative and standards compliant creative solutions that will deliver real benefits to your business. Read Less
Freelance 3D visualiser with extensive experience at visualising interior environments through my own company Envisage-3d.com. Coming from a core back round in branded environments, covering Retail, Office, Residential, Architectural, Bar & Leisure.
I'am available for long and short term projects, please contact me to see samples of my work, references or to get a quote. Read Less
Hi there! I'm Renee Arabia, a letterer and illustrator from Manila. I am your friendly neighborhood creative "genius" with sleeping problems.
Barb is an amazing person she took my ideas for my wedding 10/27 and designed the most beautiful centerpieces I have ever dreamed of and imagine. She was very professional, loving , caring person that I worked with during my wedding planning. She assured me that everything would be ok and it was. I would definitely recommend Barb for any future brides or anyone looking for a florist. Barb thank you again for everything ❤️
Belak Flowers has provided excellent service for my family over many years (delivery and in-store purchases). The first visit was a rescue mission because a delivery from a different online service had been such a disapointment. Today, Kathy patiently helped me select an arrangement for my mother's birthday. My mom absolutely loves it! I will be back soon to choose more beautiful, fresh flowers. Thank you again
I ordered through the website and everything turned out well. My sister said the fragrance of the arrangement was awesome.
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Poor Ila … she has hardly any updates just for her. I know, having a 3rd really shows in my writing … or lack there of. But, she is getting her 2 year update. =) Well, Baby #3 was a... Continue reading →
As I write this post I am relaxing while my children take naps … in Hawaii! Our family (and I mean my husband’s ENTIRE family-18 of us) are all vacationing in Hawaii this week. It has been Ah-mazing, and has... Continue reading →
I have had so many friends and readers asking about our science curriculum. Well, we finally started it!
This week was our first one back at school full time after our move to the farm. It has been great and everyone fell right into routine.
Part of our new routine includes our first real science curriculum: Elemental Science Intro to Science (which is on a Kindergarten level).
So far this curriculum is right up our family’s alley! It is based on the Classical and Charlotte Mason models of education; as you may know I LOVE teaching using those models and so far they fit my children’s learning styles well. It requires 2 books, 1)The Usborne Internet-Linked First Encyclopedia of Science and 2)More Mudpies to Magnets: Science for Young Children . The third book that is recommended, and I LOVE IT, is Handbook of Nature Study .
Each week you have options for 2 or 5 day lessons; we do a combo depending on how much time we have (it worked out to 3 days this week). You will have your lesson intro, experiment, student notebooking sheets that go with that experiment, and a nature study! (see a sample HERE). There are also short reading assignments for most lesson from the required supplement books above.
The lessons each have an experiment, which for me is awesome because A) it is all set up for me and I have the books I need for it and B) I am not good with hands on … so it is good that it tells me I need to do it! (plus my kids love hands on stuff). I did buy the experiment kit because of the move and everything, I just didn’t want one more thing to do. But everything in it is pretty easy to come by so you could easily set up your own kit to pull from throughout the year. It was about $42, and I wasn’t disappointed.
This week we studied how matter can states; from a solid state to liquid and back again using old crayons for our experiment (via the curriculum). We also did a little experiment that was in the science encyclopedia creating gas!
Then we took our science outside to do our very first nature study which was about pine trees. I did not do a lapbook for this nature study since it was our first week- we just drew/wrote in our nature study book . (look for another post about our nature study notebook soon!)
We are starting all of this very slowly and I don’t want to overwhelm Lexie with too much at once as she is still young, but she is soaking up every single thing we do. I will plan more in depth nature studies when appropriate. 🙂 Mister loves tagging along and wants to do all the same things we are doing, so of course he joins us.
Another thing that turned me on to ES is that in the later years they have tests included as part of the curriculum, along with everything else. Now, I do NOT believe in testing everything all the time. I do however think science is a great area to use test for assessment (and as a tool for learning to take tests when older). So there’s that …
Elemental Science so far has been a delight, and something both the kids (5 and 3yo) look forward to! I would definitely recommend it if you are interested in a Charlotte Mason, gently hands-on, Classical science curriculum.
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With groceries at an all time high, we are all trying to find ways to make our grocery budget stretch. I want to share a few ways you can make your meals go farther, using nutritious foods, on a budget.
Carrots in spaghetti– Every family as spaghetti lovers (in my house, it is everyone but me…) All you need is a cheese grater and you are good to go! Simply grate your peeled carrots into the spaghetti sauce (I use 2 carrots for a recipe with 2 pounds of meat). You can use this idea in any recipe that can handle a *hint* of carroty sweetness. You don’t even taste the carrots, really. But it adds bulk and therefore stretches that spaghetti for leftovers.
Zucchini in spaghetti– Basically do the same thing here, that you did with the carrots; only don’t peel them. You can even use one carrot and one zucchini. Not peeling them makes it easier to grate, and adds more fiber.
Fill in with rice or pasta– I am not huge on using carbs to fill in, because they don’t add a lot of nutritional value to a meal. However, I do use long grain brown rice (the regular kind NOT minute rice), and sometimes whole grain egg noodles to fill in recipes.
Use all of the vegetable– For instance, when I use bell peppers, I cut the tops off and use them in my recipe (just pop the core off). This is how I see it: that amount of bell pepper is the equivalent to what will be found in one bowl of my 2 year old’s dish. Cut off and chop up the stalks of broccoli and cauliflower when cooking them- no one is going to notice it is the stalk after it’s been cooked in a recipe. These parts don’t taste any different than the “main part” of the veggies- they just aren’t as pretty.
Always add a salad– This is so easy, and requires little effort. Add a salad to every dinner (even lunches) and you can make the main dish stretch farther. In our home, we all *love* my family’s Italian salad. It is simple- olive oil, red wine vinegar, and garlic with salt and pepper to taste. SO YUM!
Menu plan– this is a LIFE saver for me. Honestly, I am not sure what I did before I started menu planning? But how does this stretch your grocery budget? When you menu plan, you can make many dishes from the same ingredients. So instead of buying a bunch of celery for one dish, you make 3 dishes that week that call for celery- a whole chicken and roasted veggies, chicken soup, and maybe chicken salad. See a trend there? You can also make a whole chicken (or two) on Sunday (one in the crock pot, one in the oven), and then use the part of a chicken for one meal, and the leftovers for the soup, chicken salad, and maybe even BBQ chicken sandwiches for lunch one day.
Start a garden- This is obvious, but look at what your family eats the most of? We eat a TON of tomatoes, green beans, zucchini, squash, broccoli, and carrots. These are things we like to plant in our garden, they don’t require a lot of planning or caring for, just water and sunshine. =)
Price Match- I know we all hate Walmart, I have never met someone that says, “oooh, I just love going to walmart.” However, they price match! Don’t get the paper? Don’t have time to compare all those prices? Do a squick google search for a price matching blog in your area; it is almost guaranteed some lovely blogger has already done the hard work for you. In my area we have www.PriceMatcherz.com I *love* this website, and use it every time I go to the store. I write out my list, then add the pricematcherz price out beside the items on my list. I can’t tell you how much money this has saved me on produce like grapes, apples, and bananas. Now, if you have time to go to the other stores instead of price matching- good for you! And some of the smaller grocery stores also price match now, so no need to go to the Big Blue for everything.
Start eating smaller portions- This is a BIG one, and one we are working on here in our home (mainly because I need to lose weight from my second child haha). I let the kids have as much as they want- they are growing children with tons of energy,they need the third small bowl of chili more than I do 😉 But try cutting your first portion of everything in half, then if you are hungry go back for a second smaller portion. This will help create leftovers for lunches/dinner the next day.
Don’t buy processed foods- You know I am a huge advocate of eating real foods; whole foods that are not in a box, package, and are their own ingredient. Processed foods- chips, crackers, cereals- They’re expensive! Even if you have a coupon, it is cheaper and healthier to buy a real food version in bulk and prepare it yourself. Replace chips with homemade chips (simply slice potatoes and bake), crackers with baked crackers, and cereals with oatmeal that you dress-up yourself (using raisin, dried fruit & sucanat or Grade B maple syrup). This will save so much money and it is REAL FOOD. All of the above can be made ahead of time and stored, or frozen!
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ATMA Exam Pattern 2018 - The exam pattern of ATMA 2018 is formulated by the official test conducting body – AIMS (All India Management Association). The AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) 2018 December session will be conducted online on December 23. The ATMA exam pattern 2018 will remain the same. Usually, ATMA is conducted several times a year for the admissions to management programmes at various participating institutes. The exam will be conducted in the computer-based mode for admissions to various Post-Graduate programmes such as MBA, MCA, PGDM, MCM etc. ATMA score is accepted by around 200 institutions. The detailed information related to the number of questions, marking scheme and exam duration regarding the exam pattern of ATMA 2018 is described below. Read the article to know all the details.
The above table exhibits the exam pattern of ATMA 2018. The test will be broadly divided into three sections, but each of the sections will be repeated twice; so the total number of sections will be six.
Each one of the sections will carry 30 questions, total 180 questions, to be answered within the duration of 180 minutes.
ATMA Marking Scheme - According to the marking scheme of ATMA 2018, there will be one mark for each correct answer and there is negative marking for each incorrect answer as well. It is important for all aspirants to understand the scoring method to fare well in ATMA 2018. So we bring you the scoring method as decided by the exam conducting body- AIMS:
A zero score will be rendered for all unanswered questions. A negative score will be given for an incorrect answer.
For each incorrect answer, there will be a deduction of 0.25 marks (1/4th of the allotted marks to a question).
A question with multiple answers, i.e., more than one answer, will be treated as incorrect and, therefore, a negative score (-0.25) will be deducted.
The ATMA exam conducting body officials do not release any ATMA Mock test. The pattern will remain unaltered as that of previous years. This year's test is expected to be of easy to moderate level for both offline and online modes. Candidates could download the admit card of ATMA 2018 from December 20, 2018.
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Here’s the scene: You are at a networking event, excited at the thought of meeting new prospects. You connect with another professional who could possibly introduce you to a plethora of qualified leads. You shake hands. Exchange business cards. Promise to call. You breathe in a sigh of relief and think, “My work here is done… this is exactly what I came here for!” As the event goes on, you meet a few more like-minded folks. You can’t wait to get back to the office to schedule appointments with them.
However the scene is anything but peaceful and serene when you return to your office. There are voicemails to return, emails to answer, a proposal to complete, paperwork to file, and oh yeah – when was the last time you posted on Facebook? Before you know it, a few hours go by and the day is done. Two days are done, and then three days, and four. Pretty soon, you can barely remember who you wanted to follow up with and why, let alone find where you put their business card!
And just like that, it happens… time passes and urgency diminishes, you lose the excitement as well as a golden opportunity for creating a collaborative partnership with a new connection. You’ve lost the opportunity to capitalize on a meaningful encounter and actually building your business through referrals.
You’ve likely heard it mentioned, “The fortune is in the follow up.” Follow up and follow through is a necessity! It’s like wanting to pitch a baseball but dropping the ball during the windup. Following through with new connections is critical if you want to pitch within the strike zone. It’s an absolute necessity to build real and genuine connections that flourish into mutually beneficial relationships where referrals and contacts are safely shared between both parties. It takes trust which you can build and earn through consistent and regular follow-up.
But who has time to follow up? About 1% of the population actually makes it a priority to follow up with a new connection within 48 hours. For the remaining 99% of the population, we have every intention of following up but don’t make the time to do so or don’t have a good follow up system.
Good follow up includes consistent and meaningful encounters. It means people see you, hear from you and have the opportunity to talk to you on a regular basis. The more often you have meaningful encounters with your contacts, the greater the opportunity to build trusting relationships. Meaningful encounters can include an emailed or mailed newsletter, mailing or emailing a link to an article they might find interesting, acknowledging birthdays and special occasions with a phone call, card or social media post, remembering and asking about previous conversations you’ve had with them, initiating introductions so they can meet needed resources, sending referrals and leads, inviting them to an event they might like to attend with you, and the list can go on.
Now, let me clarify – I’m not suggesting you “stalk” your contacts. I’m simply recommending you follow up with and take the time to get to know new contacts, enabling you the ability to really add value, serve and give in a way that is meaningful to them. Regardless of how detailed and sensational your follow up plan is, be forewarned that relationship building doesn’t happen overnight.
Just remember… it’s a little give, and it’s a little take and it’s a whole lot of follow through that leads to success in the end.
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Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/21/2018 -- The automotive fog light is useful in foggy climatic conditions in a car. It is usually positioned low on the front or rear side of the vehicle. Fog lights are particularly, useful in cold, snowy or rainy climatic conditions, or in low light conditions experienced during smog, which decreases visibility. Fog lights are entirely dissimilar to Vehicle head lights, since these are designed to use in dense fog. They are fixed low on the front bumper since the light emitted cuts through the fog and illuminates the road surface ahead to offer a clear view of the road and evade mishaps. The global automotive fog light market is expected to expand rapidly as an outcome of extraordinary development openings in the global automobile market. Rise in the number of vehicles manufactured is projected to drive the global automotive fog light market.
The global automotive fog light market can be segmented based on technology, color emission type, positioning, sales channel, vehicle, and region.
In terms of technology, the automotive fog light market can be classified into halogen fog light, LED fog light, and HID fog light. The LED fog light segment is expected to remain sought-after in the market. In terms of revenue, the LED fog light segment is estimated to account for a prominent share of the market during the forecasting period.
In terms of sales, the halogen fog light segment is anticipated to hold minor share of the market during the forecast period. & the HID fog light segment is estimated to hold the smallest share of the market during the forecast period.
Based on color emission type, the automotive fog light market can be divided into white fog light, blue fog light, and yellow fog light. The white fog light is estimated to remain highly attractive in the market. In terms of sales, the segment is anticipated to witness rapid expansion between 2017 and 2025. This is primarily attributed to the reduction in glares by white fog lights, which in turn enables drivers to better view the obstacles on the roads. The blue fog light segment is projected to account for the second-largest share of the market. Based on positioning, the automotive fog light market can be split into front fog light and rear fog light. The front fog light segment is expected to remain preferred in the market during the forecast period. However, the rate of adoption of rear fog light is expected to be comparatively lower than the rate of adoption of front fog lights, with sales poised to register a steady expansion during the forecast period. In terms of sales, the rear fog light segment is estimated to witness a decline in market share during the forecast period.
In terms of sales channel, the automotive fog light market can be segregated into OEM and aftermarket. In terms of revenue, the aftermarket segment is estimated to dominate the global automotive fog light market, with sales expected to increase rapidly between 2017 and 2025. Working span of fog lights being limited to few thousand hours, aftermarket tends to be the target for growth opportunity. Fog light sales in OEM are anticipated to exhibit relatively lower market growth in the forecasting period.
Based on vehicle, the automotive fog light market can be segregated into passenger vehicle, light commercial vehicle, and heavy commercial vehicle. The passenger vehicle segment is expected to account for a key share of the automotive fog light market, followed by light commercial vehicle and heavy commercial vehicle segments, during the forecast period.
Based on geography, the global automotive fog light market can be classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America. Asia Pacific is the dominant market for the automotive sector, wherein India, China, and Japan are the leading contributors, due to the increase in production of vehicles in these countries. This is expected to have positive impact on the demand for automotive fog light, which is projected to drive a large number of local and international component suppliers based in the region. North America is expected to remain the second largest market for automotive fog lights. However, the demand for automotive fog lights in Middle East & Africa is expected to be sluggish during the forecast period.
One of my favorite fall traditions is a family trip to one of the many “you-pick-'em” apple orchards. Hand picking our own crisp and delicious apples is the headline, of course, but there’s always so much more to do. Crafts, the occasional hay ride, amazing pressed apple cider, and perhaps the guiltiest of apple-themed pleasures: apple cider doughnuts.
Either baked or fried and then glazed or tossed in sugar, the irresistible smell of the sweet, tangy delights fills the air, drawing us into the usually long line to get them. Moist, sweet and spiked with the taste of fresh cider, the cakey doughnuts are worth the trip all by themselves.
No orchard outings this week, so we’re capturing some of the magic at home with this recipe for making our own cider doughnuts. Spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and with the tasty tang of apple cider and buttermilk, these baked doughnuts are packed with great fall flavor and bring a little bit of the orchard into the kitchen.
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Just wondering how does e-newsletter subscribe visitors for the newsletters. I do see there is a widget for it but wondering if I could get mailchimp integrated with it.
Appreciate your answer on this or I will appreciate if you could advise me on the best possible email subscription method using WPMU plugins. I want to use subscription form as popup.
The subscription form looks bare looking at the moment. It currently has nothing but an email address option. Could you please tell me, how do I customise this form? I would like to add first name and last name option with the email address.
You can ask full name in the form. To enable this field there is another shortcode parameter. You can use a shortcode like this.
Orders via Google checkout fail to record the coupon code/discount used by customers. This info doesn't appear in the exported tables from the Manage Orders page or in the order email sent to the admin address.
Is there a way to fix this? I plan to use coupon codes for tracking my different advertising methods.
Additionally, I have garbage text appearing for my coupon discount. It appears in PayPal, the admin order emails, and tables exported from the Manage Orders page. See this screenshot: coupon-issue.png
We've had reports of the bug with the coupons and are working on this right now. Will have an update out shortly. Thanks for reporting!
I installed the beta and made new test orders. There was no change from 2.6.2. Not a critical issue but it's on my wishlist.
Dan Burn and Josh Klein-Davies were handed their first starts for Prescot Cables in a much changed but strong starting line-up against the League Leaders and League Cup holders Bamber Bridge, Klein-Davies’ was rewarded for his tireless display up top with a goal, though the visitors ran out comfortable winners in the end.
Lloyd Dean returned to the starting line up and took the captains armband in the absence of James McCulloch, Brian Richardson also handed starts to Alan Burton, Reece McNally and Andy Scarisbrick.
It was largely defences on top until the the 30th minute when Reece McNally was adjudged to have body-checked Daniel Mooney and the visitors where awarded a penalty kick, Cables left frustrated with the award but it wasn’t the first major decision that would go against the hosts on the night. Much travelled Jamie Milligan confidently despatched the penalty into the bottom left hand corner.
Moments after the restart Bamber Bridge struck again, left back Adam Dodd playing a one-two with Alistair Waddecar before finishing emphatically leaving former Bamber Bridge keeper Marcus Burgess no chance and sending the visitors in at the break with a 2-0 advantage.
Cables started the second half strongly and their early pressure paid off on 51 minutes when Josh Klein-Davies latched onto Lloyd Dean’s wonderful through ball to finish low into the bottom corner and half the deficit. Within 60 seconds of the goal joy was to turn to despair for Prescot Cables, after a coming together in the penalty area the referee deemed that Harry Cain had dived, a decision which astonished many on lookers, as Cain had already been cautioned on the stroke of half time a second yellow card meant that Cables would have to see through the final 38 minutes with ten men.
Despite the adversity Cables continued to press and came close to an equaliser on a number of occasions, though Bamber Bridge always looked dangerous on the break, and having squandered a great opportunity moments before the visitors duly scored their third on 70 mins, Brad Carsley with a clinical finish from just inside the box.
The pattern remained throughout the duration of the game with Burgess staying big to deny Bamber Bridge in two one-on-one situations before substitute James Boyd finally completed the scoring for the visitors from close range on 88 mins.
Prescot Cables return to action this Saturday afternoon, 21st October hosting Clitheroe in the league, whilst next week cables visit Bootle in the Liverpool Senior Cup Tuesday 24th before a home fixture with Stalybridge Celtic in the FA Trophy the following Saturday 28th October.
A late goal from Josh Klein-Davies kept Prescot Cables in The FA Trophy, setting up a replay on Tuesday evening.
The game got off to a decent start for Cables and their first sight of goal arrived 8 minutes into the match, although the shot from Matty Hamilton went just wide for a goal kick.
Shortly afterwards, Reece Fishwick narrowly missed the target with a shot of his own and there was a good chance for Chris Almond on 13 minutes but he couldn’t connect with the ball and it ran wide of goal.
In the 28th minute, a clearance from James McCulloch found the foot of Sheffield’s Sam Wright who put the home side in front.
Prescot rallied and went close when Sheffield failed to clear a cross and the loose ball found McCulloch, whose shot was blocked.
Five minutes before half time, Cables equalised when home goalkeeper Adam Kelsey failed to hold a shor which was followed up by Jack Lenehan to level the scores.
The game came to life after an hour. Both teams had a ‘goal’ disallowed for offside, then in the 62nd minute a shot from Sheffield’s Ehsan Mohammed hit the crossbar.
A penalty was awarded to Sheffield on 65 minutes and Ben Barnes was booked for his challenge on the oncoming Sheffield player. Mitchell Dunne stepped up to take the spot-kick and made the score it 2-1 to Sheffield.
On 68 minutes, Stuart Ludlum was given a second yellow card for a challenge on Michael Monaghan , reducing the home side to 10 men. From the subsequent free kick. Matty Hamilton drilled in a low shot which hit the post.
Josh Klein-Davies came on for Matty Hamilton and quickly an impact in the game. His introduction would prove vital in stoppage time; Lenehan and Southworth played some great football to create an opportunity for Klein-Davies, whose tidy finish made the score 2-2.
On March 12, The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present the first major American exhibition of phulkari textiles, exquisite embroideries made in Punjab, a region that comprises north central India and eastern Pakistan. This vibrant tradition, shaped by women and passed down through generations, has become a powerful symbol of Punjabi cultural identity. Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection celebrates the promised gift of their collection of these rare embroideries. Exhibited together with other examples from the Museum’s collection, these works span a period from the mid-nineteenth century until the Partition of India in 1947. The exhibition also includes contemporary fashion in which the creative use of phulkari embroideries suggests a powerful revival of this boldly designed and colorful textile art today.
Timothy Rub, The George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, said: “This exhibition, which examines the artistic, cultural, and political significance of phulkari, is long overdue and will certainly delight visitors who may be unfamiliar with this remarkable art form. Once again, our collection has been greatly enriched through Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz’s generosity. This promised gift has also enhanced the reputation of the institution as a premier destination for the study and appreciation of South Asia’s world-renowned textile traditions.”
The major focus of the exhibition will be on pre-Partition textiles handwoven in cotton and embroidered in lustrous Chinese silk. Some phulkaris feature animals and village scenes, while others are ornamented with elaborate geometric patterns in rich pink and gold conveying good fortune and social status. To demonstrate the continuing influence of these traditional textiles, contemporary couture created by one of India’s leading fashion designers, Manish Malhotra, will also be on display. Runway fashions from his 2013 collection celebrate the bright colors and intricate patterns found on traditional phulkaris, demonstrating their broad appeal on the international stage. In addition to high fashion, the show will include videos that examine the political and social upheaval created by the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 and how it disrupted this textile tradition as well as the later revival of phulkari as a symbol of Punjabi pride.
Phulkari embroideries historically served as a significant symbol of a Punjabi woman’s material wealth and were deemed an important part of her wardrobe. They were typically worn as shawls draped over the head on special occasions such as marriages, births, and other rituals.
Dr. Cristin McKnight Sethi, co-curator of the exhibition, said: “These works serve as a way to map a family’s or a community’s history. They are canvases upon which a woman could express her desires and worldview through needle and thread. By looking closely, we can study just how deeply these makers valued their cloths and how they invested them with meaning.”
Dr. Darielle Mason, the Museum’s Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art, notes: “Phulkari embroideries hold immense historic significance and emotional power for those of Punjabi heritage and members of the Sikh religious community who now live around the world. On a purely aesthetic level, with their almost neon colored silk threads set against deep earth toned rough cotton, phulkaris are among of the most visually stunning textile types ever created.”
Phulkari, which translates to “floral work” or “flower craft,” refers to embroideries using imported silk on a rough-weave naturally-dyed cotton ground. The names given to the many types of phulkari reference their visual qualities: thirma (meaning white) are embroidered on white cloth usually worn by older women; sainchi are any type featuring figural motifs including village and circus scenes as well as what are called darshan dwars (“doorway to the divine”) that depict large gateways or house fronts filled with figures. Most elaborate and labor intensive are bahgs (“gardens”). Taking several months or even years to complete, baghs are characterized by dense embroidery that covers the entire surface of the cloth in exquisite, usually geometric forms.
Before Partition, in which the Punjab was split between India and Pakistan, phulkari embroidery was deeply rooted in Punjabi life. Usually worn by women as large shawls, some were also made as blankets or as wrappers to cover sacred items in the household. They were stitched by women of many religious groups—Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs (who consider the Punjab their holy land). The events of Partition led to the death and displacement of millions of people across what is today Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the northern half of India. This schism left in its wake fractured communities and enormous loss of heritage. Some phulkari were abandoned during the mutual flight across the new borders; many others were destroyed, leaving us only a small fraction of these once abundant historic textiles. Today, however, phulkaris are made and displayed around the world as a symbol of both Punjabi regional pride and Sikh religious pride.
Many phulkari and kantha works have hung in the Duane-Morris’s Philadelphia offices, in dialogue with other works from the Bonovitzes' collection of self-taught artists. A selection of phulkari from the Bonovitz Collection is on permanent exhibition at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, in its Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Concourse of Lenfest Hall.
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The classic 80's game of quick action, memory and recall is back and has a sleek new look and improved performance; it's surprisingly addictive
Can you remember the flashing light sequences and repeat them correctly? as you get better the level of difficulty increases
The new updated design with new LCD counter keeps track of the score; has single and multi-player modes
Robert Schutze is Professor of European Law at Durham University and Visiting Professor at LUISS - Universita Guido Carli.
"Since it is the case that you are now just beginning that journey that I have for the most part as you see completed, that is, the one through mortal life, and loving you so very much as I do, I have proposed to myself - as one who has been many places - to show you those places in life where, walking through them, I fear you could easily either fall or take the wrong direction." So begins "Galateo", a treatise on polite behavior written by Giovanni Della Casa (1503-56) for the benefit of his nephew, a young Florentine destined for greatness. In the voice of a cranky yet genial old uncle, Della Casa offers the distillation of what he has learned over a lifetime of public service as diplomat and papal nuncio. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, Galateo deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. In its time, Galateo circulated as widely as Machiavelli's Prince and Castiglione's "Book of the Courtier". Mirroring what Machiavelli did for promoting political behavior, and what Castiglione did for behavior at court, Della Casa here creates a picture of the refined man caught in a world in which embarrassment and vulgarity prevail. Less a treatise promoting courtly values or a manual of savior faire, it is rather a meditation on conformity and the law, on perfection and rules, but also an exasperated-often theatrical-reaction to the diverse ways in which people make fools of themselves in everyday social situations. With renewed interest in etiquette and polite behavior growing both inside and outside the academy, the time is right for a new, definitive edition of this book. More than a mere etiquette book, this restored edition will be entertaining (and even useful) for anyone making their way in modern civilized and polite society, and a subtle gift for the rude neighbor, the thoughtless dinner guest, or the friend or relative in need of a refresher on proper behavior.
Giovanni Della Casa (1503-56) was a celebrated Italian writer and diplomat whose works in Latin and Italian spread across a stunning range of poetic and prose genres. M. F. Rusnak is a lecturer in Italian at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and professor of English and Italian at Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania.
Ways we enjoy one another, and irk one another, especially in conversation; Dressing for success; How to spoil a conversation; On those prim and ladylike men; Keep your dreams to yourself; Three kinds of compliment-why not to extend them; Why imported Spanish affectation is particularly vapid; Comic talent: those who are funny and those who try to be; Bad table manners and getting knee-walking drunk.
There are but twenty six letters in our alphabet, yet together, they can form hundreds of thousands of words. Some letters-L, N, R, S, T, M for example-appear in more words than letters like Q, X, and Z. X checks his personal dictionary and is distressed to find only sixty three words beginning with him (X.) Feeling unimportant, he decides to prove his worthlessness by running away, leaving the other twenty five letters to make words without him. To his great surprise, X discovers he is needed to complete words started by his twenty five friends.
Marvin Mayer began writing children's books when he retired from a career in banking, bank regulation, and financial management. The Day That X Ran Away is his second picture book, and 3rd children's book, to be published.
We all know that childhood feeling of comfort food; the food that only comes from Grandma's stove and oven -- food that's cooked with love. With cultural normalities changing daily at the speed of light, this slower way of life seems to be dying out, making traditionalists and down-home sweethearts cringe.
Then there was Sally Bell's Kitchen in Richmond, Virginia. Known for their hometime appeal and family-run traditions, the people of Richmond consider this a classic fix for the down-home cookin' that's strikingly similar to that of your grandmothers.
The mere fact that this joint is open 365 days a year, seven days a week is a site to be seen. These days, restaurants either close early, on random days of the week, or are shut down for the holidays. Those are all very valid reasons, but none are excusable enough for those behind Sally Bell's Kitchen.
With an opening time of 8 a.m., you can expect to see people waiting outside for opening, hoping to get the first ticket for their cult classic: homemade potato salad.
Boxed lunch from Sally Bell's Kitchen in Richmond, VA. It's true happiness. Nothing fancy or contrived, just a pimento cheese sandwich on white bread, a cheddar cheese biscuit, a little potato salad and a pecan pie, all homemade and delicious. I lamented the fact that the building was bought and they are moving after more than 80 years. #sallybellskitchen #sallybellslunchbox
Sally Bell's isn't just about the potato salad, though. This family ran and operated joint opened it's doors in Richmond in 1924 by Sarah Cabell Jones and Elizabeth Lee, which was a revolutionary and bold move for two women to open and run a business in that period of time. Lucky for them, it became a Richmond classic--and quickly.
The two made goodies and savory box meals from scratch, inviting a sense of home-cooking out of the four walls of one's physical home. Since then, Scott and Martha Jones have taken over ownership and management, but not much else has changed. As was described in this Vimeo video by a customer, visiting Sally Bell's Kitchen is, "like going to your grandma's house". Ah...the childhood memories associated with that statement is enough to send anyone running to, and then waiting in, the line.
Desiree Thompson, the main culprit in the kitchen, and her son William "Billy" Thompson are responsible for ensuring the people get what they came for: all things, all homemade. Even the dressings and spreads are made from scratch in house.
According to Jones, people have actually cried because they weren't able to get what they came in for due to it's lack of existence for the remainder of the day. Just because doors open at 8 a.m., don't expect to walk in, line free, and get your potato salad and cupcake fix (their top-sell are the chocolate mocha and chocolate yellow matter).
Here, it's tradition. Here, it's about a box lunch with five ingredients in each box, every time. Here, it's about family, hard work, and happiness.
According to Richmond Magazine, Sally Bell's Kitchen has relocated and is fully functioning at a new location, but the traditions, style of cooking, and family-first attitude will stay the same.
Whether you're passing through as a tourist destination or on your weekly regular run to Sally Bell's, you sure won't leave disappointed.
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(4) Reducing the risk of injury, impairment, functional limitation and disability, including the promotion and maintenance of fitness, health and wellness in populations of all ages as well as engaging in administration, consultation, education and research. (Pennsylvania Practice Act, Def. amended July 4, 2008, P.L.293, No.38)
*You should consult with your physical therapist, physician or other health care provider before performing physical activity
➤ Age appropriate activities should include aerobic activity, muscle strengthening and bone strengthening.
➤ At least three sessions each week should include muscle strengthening like push-ups or gymnastics.
➤ Physical activity helps with controlling weight, reducing blood pressure, raising HDL ("good") cholesterol, reducing the risk of diabetes and some kinds of cancer, improved psychological well-being, including gaining more self-confidence and higher self-esteem.
➤ Physical activity should be increased by reducing sedentary time (e.g., watching television, playing computer video games or talking on the phone).
➤ Parents should try to be role models for active lifestyles and provide children with opportunities for increased physical activity.
➤ Children should be participating in 60 minutes a day of physical activity. Physical activity is an important part of physical, social, emotional and mental development. For parents of children with disabilities the lack of accessible playgrounds and fitness and recreation venues can be a factor in limited physical activity participation. For more information on promoting children and family participation see the APTA Fact Sheet. “Promoting Your Child’s Development: Information Resources for Families of Children with Disabilities” (http://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FamilyResourses.pdf)
➤ Regular physical activity helps improve your overall health and fitness, and reduces your risk for many chronic diseases.
➤ Fitting regular exercise into your daily schedule may seem difficult at first, but the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans are more flexible than ever, giving you the freedom to reach your physical activity goals through different types and amounts of activities each week. It's easier than you think!
➤ All adults should avoid inactivity. Some physical activity is better than none, and adults who participate in any amount of physical activity gain some health benefits.
➤ For substantial health benefits, adults should do at least 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) a week of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes) a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous intensity aerobic activity. Aerobic activity should be performed in episodes of at least 10 minutes, and preferably, it should be spread throughout the week.
➤ For additional and more extensive health benefits, adults should increase their aerobic physical activity to 300 minutes (5 hours) a week of moderate intensity, or 150 minutes a week of vigorous intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity. Additional health benefits are gained by engaging in physical activity beyond this amount.
➤ Adults should also do muscle-strengthening activities that are moderate or high intensity and involve all major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week, as these activities provide additional health benefits.
➤ People with disabilities are reaching new heights in physical fitness everyday! Take a look at the athletes with various disabilities who participated at the highest level in his or her sport at the Paralympic games in Rio De Janeiro in 2016 (TEAM USA PARALYMPICS).
➤ Being a Paralympian is not a requirement for participating in adaptive exercise, sports, and recreation though! There are a host of resources to assist your clients who have disabilities started on a lifestyle physical activity program. The purpose of this web page is to provide you with educational resources to assist you in guiding your clients’ growth and development and improve their health and well-being through physical activity that is fun and exciting.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations for physical activity for adults with disabilities are as follows ( http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/pa.html):
1 hour and 15 minutes (75 minutes) a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity (i.e., jogging, handcycling, wheelchair basketball); or
a mix of both moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activities each week (1 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity is approximately equal to 2 minutes of moderate-intensity activity.
➤ Reducing barriers to physical activity begins with having accessible fitness facilities, universally designed exercise equipment and staff who is educated and trained in working with people who have disabilities and accessibility concerns. If you would like to know more about how your equipment, facility, and personnel matches up to some of the guidelines, then view Removing Barriers to Health Clubs and Fitness Facilities: A Guide for Accommodating All Members, Including People with Disabilities and Older Adults and Before and After a Fitness Center Makeover
➤The importance of maintaining strength, range of motion and preventing repetitive upper extremity strain and injury in manual wheelchair users cannot be understated. The following document will help you and your client to integrate measures for protecting the upper extremity during daily wheelchair use, exercise and activities of daily living. Preservation of Upper Limb Function: What You Should Know, a Guide for People with Spinal Cord Injuries
➤The gold standard for determining aerobic fitness is a graded maximal exercise stress test. You will find it helpful to research local universities, hospitals, or outpatient centers in your area who have the personnel (e.g., exercise physiologist) and the equipment to conduct an exercise stress testing with appropriate equipment (e.g., arm ergometry or wheelchair ergometry for wheelchair users). The following guidelines on fitness testing were developed by the National Center for Health, Physical Activity and Disability: (NCHPAD Fitness Assessments for Wheelchair Users)
Seniors aka “Baby Boomers” are a significant population that utilize fitness and health care services. Much of aging’s debility and illness can be minimized by seniors staying fit.
The presence of a fitness/wellness program as a component of a physical therapy practice, or as a stand-alone service can benefit the Senior population.
➤ Keeping active maintains an individual’s ability to walk, which is especially important to maintain a level of independence.
➤ Exercise can boost strength, endurance and flexibility. It promotes bone strength. Repeated mild stress on bones helps maintain their calcium content and structure.
➤ Exercise also helps to maintain muscle mass and tone that we start losing after age 30. Exercise stimulates muscle growth and slows this process. Muscle also uses more calories than fat tissue. As we increase or maintain our muscle mass we create a better 'metabolic machine' for burning calories. Strong muscles also protect joints and reduce the effect of wear and tear to a joint.
➤ Exercise is also important for joint health. Repetitive motion promotes the body's natural process of lubricating joint surfaces. This may help lessen joint stiffness and achiness.
➤ The stronger your muscles are, the more weight and stress they can handle. As we age, our joints begin to gradually weaken from typical wear and tear. Stronger muscles take weight and stress away from your joints.
➤ As with any population, Seniors should be medically cleared to participate in a fitness program. Participants should be aware of the effect medications may have on their body, and how exercise may influence a medication’s response.
➤ Use common sense and don't exercise when you have a cough, fever, cold or flu. Don't let a temporary illness put a permanent stop to your exercising though. Resume your activities as soon as you can.
➤ After an illness, start your exercise program at the beginning again. mDo not immediately take up where you left off. Your body needs time to recover and rebuild. Consult a physician even if your illness is minor.
➤ Be alert to air quality if you work out at a gymnasium, especially if you have a lung condition such as asthma or bronchitis. Exercise at less-crowded times during the cold and flu season. Exercise outdoors whenever weather permits.
➤ If you live near an enclosed shopping mall, consider becoming a mall walker. Many malls open before the stores do and allow people to walk around. This allows you to exercise even if the weather is bad.
➤ Physical activity for people with and without disabilities has numerous benefits including reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and obesity. There are over 21 million people with disabilities in the United States and the Centers for Disease Control notes that almost half of all adults with disabilities do not participate in any exercise that would help to prevent secondary health conditions. Physical activity is vitally important to the health of people with disabilities.
➤ One of the top evidence-based educational resources for clinicians and people with disabilities is the National Center for Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD, http://www.nchpad.org/). This website provides clinicians and clients with summaries of evidence-based articles on exercise for various populations (e.g., stroke, arthritis, spinal cord injury, spina bifida). Clients can sign up for the “14 Weeks to a Healthier You” program where they will have access to exercise videos that feature people with disabilities and a personal trainer to consult. For clinicians, the Community Health Inclusion Sustainability Planning Guide (CHISP) is available to assist you with starting healthy activities within your community (National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability planning guide to include disabled community in health initiatives).
Although new models of care and new means of payment have created a fair amount of uncertainty for health care providers including the Physical Therapist/PTA team, nothing could be more certain than the need for citizens to maximize their health in order to ensure the highest possible quality of life. Physical Therapists have an excellent opportunity to leverage their knowledge and skills not only to restore mobility and function but to help the clients and communities they serve to maximize health at a fair profit.
➤ Reviewing and Interpreting Health Information - using history taking and interviewing skills to help a client understand the risks they face.
➤ Creating a Health Action Plan - using knowledge of exercise and lifestyle in coordination with the client’s values to develop a set of reasonable goals and a personalized plan to achieve them in the most efficient way possible.
Please let us know if we can help you with wellness/prevention questions, clinical or administrative. This service is available to PPTA members only, please.
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Happy Monday! Have you stopped to think how fast time flies? I live for the weekend, and then all of a sudden it's Monday...again. I only have one more week of classes before Thanksgiving break and then when I come back I only have one week of class, finals and then graduation. Crazy, right?
1. Blog every day. CHECK.Want to know my favorite places to eat in NYC? Or maybe what winter fashion I'm most excited for. And what are your thoughts on booking a ticket on the next flight out of town?
2. The Creative Initiative. Check.Week two was great. Lena and I even drew the exact same thing. Although, sometimes I feel like I don't need to be included in this group because my artistic skills are severely lacking. Perhaps my contribution could be a witty pun or haiku to go along with each week's prompt?
3. Go on a 24-hour social media fast. And check. No Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram for this girl last Wednesday. Instead I studied for a test days away and read an entire book...for fun. If you missed my tips yesterday for how to better manage your screen time, you can read them here.
Solidify my holiday gift list. Like I said earlier, time flies. And Christmas music is already on the radio, which means the holiday shopping season is about to kick into high gear (Don't get me started on the number of stores that are actually going to be open on Thanksgiving day.) I'm not expecting to have purchased all of the gifts this week, but I would love to have a clear idea. Any suggestions for those "hard to shop for people?"
I can't imagine you guys already have christmas music on the radio, I need to move urgently, I keep singing them all the time, but here (in Belgium) you only hear them like two weeks beforehand :-s
Awesome job last week! And I wish I was on top of Christmas list making / shopping like you seem to be! Maybe that will be a good goal for me next week :)
Ohhh, holiday giftlist making can be fun!! And great job completing all of your goals this past week- I can't remember the last full day I spent off of social media- I may have to give it a try!
I usually go with either food or giftcards for those people who are really hard to shop for! It doesn't seem that exciting...but I think they appreciate it. Hopefully! :P
If you haven't started decorating your home or apartment by now, you should probably get a move on. Unless you are one of those people who leaves their decorations up until New Years (or later), then maybe you want to save the festive decor until closer to Christmas. Either way, here are a few of my favorite ideas that require little to no craft ability. Don't worry, you won't have to run to Hobby Lobby to purchase a hot glue gun and all the glitter left in stock. Because, to be honest, all of the crafters were working on their table centerpieces at Halloween and have wiped the shelves clean of all trendy crafting supplies. So let's work with what we have, shall we?
Some simple and elegant ideas include: Cranberries and candles floating in water; ornaments, Wine glasses and candles; wrapped presents at each place setting (If you are feeling extra festive, you could wrap everyone's gift and set it at their place at the table. Or just wrap presents for show.); Candles and jingle bell centerpiece.
haha you and be both. Since I was only in my apartment at school for 2 weeks after Thanksgiving, it wasn't worth bringing all of my decorations and I can't wait to get back home to a festive living room.
I love it too. I love when candles make up 90% of the centerpiece. The warm light makes the room that much more cozy and inviting.
I love the floating cranberries and candles idea! Its such a great way to add color, light, and height to you centerpiece!
I LOVE the wine glasses with candles and ornaments! I haven't see that one yet. I am one of those poor suckers who haven't set aside time to decorate yet, but I'm going to give those a try this week. Thanks for finding unique ideas that don't break the bank!
I love all those different candle set-ups! Candles are one of my favorite ways to decorate--largely because my husband loves them a lot, and otherwise I don't think he'd be too interested in decor!
anything you can do to get him to help you decorate for the holidays is great! and they're such an easy way to decorate a space.
you're quite welcome! i was sad that i was only in my apartment at school for two weeks after thanksgiving. i didn't have enough time to really make the space festive before i had to move out. next year though!
Did you miss me? I promise I haven't run away, or given up the Internet for Lent (but more power to those people who have!). There is a lot of change going on over here: new job, new city, new (first) apartment and furniture shopping to fill said new apartment. Of course this all happens right after I finally settled back into my parent's house. But I will gladly repack all of my belongings into my car and move again.
So while I might not be posting as often the next few weeks, just know that I will be putting my interior design Pinterest boards to good use and will come back with lots of ideas to make the most of a small space.
1. Are you like me and get sucked into the other vortex known as Target only to emerge on the other side with items you never knew existed? Yes? Taylor perfectly describes what goes through a woman's mind every time she walks into Target.
2. I never tire of Chic Type's Typographic Friday posts. How precious is this infographic describing a baby's first year?
3. Z let me take over her blog this week while she's on spring break. I shared my favorite recipes for those times when your pantry is a lot little bare or, if you are still in school, need to clean out your fridge at the end of the semester.
4. And on the note of home tours, I can't get enough of this garage apartment featured on The Everygirl.
5. It's best to travel Europe by rail: there is not limit on luggage, you get a scenic view of the countryside, plus you arrive closer to the city center. Here is a guide on how to make the most of rail travel.
6. Restaurant reviewers share their secrets to getting reservations, ordering the best dishes and more.
7. Portlandia might be one of my favorite comedies, behind Parks & Rec, The Mindy Project and Modern Family. So imagine the hilarity that ensued when Huffington Post shared "Portlandia in real life." The "put a bird on it" sketch might be my favorite...because I definitely went through a bird print phase.
Good luck on the new city, new job and new apartment! (I do it quite often in a year) Moving gives me a thrill, and meeting new friends, trying our new restaurants and living in new neighborhood!
Yay new apartment! Moving is a pain but decorating that first apartment? the BEST! I can't wait to see your style!
i know exactly what you mean. hopefully i will be in the area for a while. i don't know how much more packing/unpacking i can handle.
I love that you watch Portlandia! That show is amazing and as someone who is from the Pacific Northwest, I could totally relate to the Huffington post. I love your blog: you make me smile with every post :) Put a bird on it!
This is my card and of course had to use the World Girl image.. My recycle is the flower at the bottom. It's out of the paper towel cloth that I used to wipe up the inks for this card and other paint/inks from other projects. They are too pretty to throw away and this was perfect for the card. I also used simon says stencils and texture paste for the background then added some H2O paints once it was dry. Then I layered the card on SU base and added some SU black and scrap of yellow. I had some black mesh so added it behind the image and sentiment. The sentiment is from Tech. Tues.
Great card! Love that image! Thanks for joining the crew at SHOPPING OUR STASH for our joint "The Earth Has Music" challenge with Words 2 Scrap By!
Hugs and happy Saturday my friend..today my post is sooo empty only little ladies comment and look it..yeah maybe some holiday at USA..
Cute image and really fab card, loving the handmade flower embellie :) Thanks for playing along this time at Creative Fingers! Hope to see you next time too! ♥ Tindaloo PS: I got blogcandy if u wanna join ;)
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So, I made another version of Vogue 8939. Yes, I love the simplicity of this pattern just that much. And I wore it out last night.
For this version, I only added 3 inches to the length -- so that it would be the length (on me) that it was designed to be.
And I added a zipper because I didn't feel that the fabric had enough give to be a pullover. Have you ever struggled to get into a tight turtleneck? Yeah... I didn't want to deal with that. So I made sure my I could get in and out of the dress. Nothing like having to pull something over your head and wiping off all of your makeup in the process!
So last night, I wore this to a Rebecca Minkoff event hosted by the Contemporary department at Saks Fifth Avenue Birmingham.
These are some of my favorite pieces for Spring. I fell in love with the bright orange suede moto jacket in Rebecca's signature style. Isn't it fabulous?
Mikaela came along with me. And we did our obligatory selfie! It was a fun, mother-daughter time! And don't be surprised if you see at least one more version of this dress. I just can't get enough of it!
This is just a fabulous look! I love the simplicity and sophistication. I'll be making one these dresses soon.
OK you've sold me on this dress. Both versions are very nice and you're styling with both is on point, beautiful!!!
Oh yes I am still in agreement - that is a wonderful 4 piece pattern. I love your heather gray version as well.
I love the dress. It looks great on you. And you're glowing. That's the first thing I thought when I saw the picture. So pretty. But those boots...LOVE those boots!
Great look. So pulled together! Your daughter is beautiful. I can see how the jacket fits in with your style point of view.
Cidell is right about those squats!!! I won't be grumbling whenever I do mine now. You are such an inspiration!!
That is a fabulous dress and you look fabulous. I had not looked twice at that pattern but now I need to buy it.
Love, love, love this dress (and your black version). this pattern has been on my "do I want this" list since it came out... and it's strictly for that dress. I may have to cave and pick it up at the next sale.
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Dalco Food BV, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of convenience foods, has optimised its cooling process with the installation of two Freshline® LIN-IS (Liquid Nitrogen Injection Solution) from Air Products. With an expanding product range, Dalco needed to speed up processing rates and ensure more accurate chilling. Air Products’ cryogenic systems have not only accelerated cooling and increased throughput, but have also ensured precise dosing of liquid nitrogen so products are at the ideal temperature for subsequent forming and packing.
Air Products installed two Freshline® LIN-IS systems: one was retrofitted onto an existing Haarslev blender and the other was positioned on a new Simo blender. They have replaced the slower, less accurate but common practice of adding frozen product to blenders to control mix temperatures. The liquid nitrogen is dosed by controlled weight and injected directly into the blending process, making cooling far quicker, more consistent and repeatable. Air Products’ nitrogen injectors do not rely on temperature or time control, and achieve immediate heat transfer. This reduces gas consumption and minimises nitrogen waste and ensures temperature control repeatability.
“We needed speed, flexibility and control from our new equipment and Air Products’ cryogenic systems deliver that,” comments Stefan van den Hanenberg, production manager at Dalco Food. “Demand is rising for our vegetarian products so we wanted to work with a partner that could keep our production as streamlined as possible while maintaining excellent product quality. Because the Freshline® LIN-IS automatically injects exactly the correct amount of liquid nitrogen, moisture loss is minimised and texture is perfected.”
A key part of the collaboration between Air Products and Dalco Food was the provision of a control panel, instruments and software, and facilitating communication with Dalco’s existing automated control systems. A thorough understanding of Dalco’s business and true solutions focus enabled this potentially difficult integration to take place quickly and with minimal impact on the customer’s business.
Ann Callens, Air Products’ European business development manager, Food and Cryogenics, adds “All our equipment is designed to customers’ individual specifications following a detailed review of their existing processes, requirements and factory layout. It isn’t simply a question of providing equipment: our work aims to provide genuine solutions and improvements to current or future processing challenges.”
Van den Hanenberg concludes, “Air Products has provided everything we needed and more. The Freshline® LIN-IS systems guarantee optimum conditions for forming and ensure a consistent, homogenous texture. They’re also safe, hygienic and simple to operate, clean and maintain.”
Dalco Foods, based in Oss, Netherlands, was founded in 1975. Still family-owned, it now manufactures over two million products every week, primarily own-label, destined for supermarkets, wholesalers and restaurants all over Europe.
Name Phone Dalco Food BV, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of convenience foods, has optimised its cooling process with the installation of two Freshline® LIN-IS (Liquid Nitrogen Injection Solution) from Air Products. With an expanding product range, Dalco needed to speed up processing rates and ensure more accurate chilling. Air Products’ cryogenic systems have not only accelerated cooling and increased throughput, but have also ensured precise dosing of liquid nitrogen so products are at the ideal temperature for subsequent forming and packing.
More than 50 new jobs are being advertised by Air Products for its Tees Valley Renewable Energy facility (Tees Valley 2), located in the New Energy and Technology Business Park, near Billingham, Teesside. The full-time and permanent jobs on offer at Tees Valley 2 include senior engineering roles, plant operation, maintenance and administrative positions.
Air Products is using a range of channels to advertise the positions including a dedicated careers website (http://teesvalleyjobs.airproducts.co.uk) and online recruitment websites such as www.totaljobs.com.
Certain roles such as Instrument Technicians and Controls Engineers, will be filled immediately. The remainder of the positions will be added gradually over the next several months.
Construction on the Tees Valley 2 renewable energy facility started earlier this year and currently supports 120 jobs. It is expected to come on-stream in 2016. The facility is located on land next to the Tees Valley 1 (TV1) facility, where 800 people are currently working on the final construction phase.
Tees Valley 2 will convert pre-processed municipal, commercial and industrial waste - otherwise destined for landfill - into reliable, renewable power equivalent to the needs of 50,000 homes in the North East. Every year, up to 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste will be diverted from landfill for energy generation. Alongside Tees Valley 1, it’s the largest energy plant of its type to be built in the UK.
Andrew Connolly, Air Products’ Plant Manager of the Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility, said: “As we did with Tees Valley 1, we are looking to recruit from Teesside primarily, although we may need to recruit people from outside the region to fill certain positions. There’s a mix of skilled and semi-skilled jobs on offer, and the chance to build a long-term career within an international well recognised company.”
Connolly added: “Once Tees Valley 2 enters commercial operation, the projects will have created over 1500 jobs in the region and Air Products will have invested significant resources into the local economy.”
Stockton Council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Transport, Councillor Mike Smith, said: “I’m delighted that Air Products is moving forward with its second facility and is starting to recruit. It is an excellent opportunity for local people to gain employment and yet another boost for our local economy. It is also really encouraging to see that Air Products is continuing to take advantage of the many skills our local workforce has to offer and recognises that Stockton Borough and the Tees Valley Enterprise Zone is a great place to do business.”
In a landmark deal, and marked by a visit to the Tees Valley 2 site by Rt Hon Francis Maude MP in April, the British Government via the Cabinet Office will purchase the plant’s power output. The Cabinet Office’s energy contract with Air Products is part of the Government’s “Energy for Growth” program and will meet 2% of the Government's overall energy consumption.
On his visit, Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude said: “this project demonstrates that the UK is an excellent market for investing in innovative new technology. Importantly, the Air Products project provides a solution to the UK’s waste management challenge whilst strengthening the country’s energy security.”
2. Advanced gasification is a type of advanced conversion technology (ACT), an innovative carbon‐lean process involving efficient, high‐temperature conversion of waste to renewable, base‐load electricity. It offers a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional waste treatment options. A non-hazardous solid by-product is also produced which could potentially be beneficially used in the manufacture of other products such as floor tiles, insulation, landscaping blocks or road aggregate.
3. Air Products (www.airproducts.co.uk) (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world’s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.
Note: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbour provisions of the (US) Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.
A friend recently finished remodeling her home. It was a big project that took over a year to complete. A few days after they finally moved back in, one of her young children took a crayon and colored on the freshly painted walls. “My new home is ruined,” she wailed to me.
“My new car is destroyed,” whined another friend after a too-close encounter with a garbage can left a scratch along the side.
And haven’t we all had one of those vacations where it rained or the kids fought (wait; that was every vacation!) or the accommodations weren’t as expected. “Our whole trip is destroyed,” I have kvetched.
What’s wrong with all these responses? Life is not an all-or-nothing experience, and we set ourselves up for disappointment and frustration if we expect it to be. Living in a material world means that stuff happens, things don’t work, mistakes are made, something goes wrong. We can either learn to roll with the punches and focus on the positive or spend our lives miserable.
The choice seems obvious yet many of us frequently choose the latter response. Instead of enjoying all the wonderful moments on the trip all we see is the rain and the activities we can’t do. What about the different kinds of activities we can do on a rainy day? Instead of focusing on the moments of family togetherness on the same trip, we are thrown off by that moment of fighting (be it physical or verbal). It’s a brief moment that the kids forget about immediately but we may make the mistake of letting it linger, of feeding the flames of frustration. Instead of taking pleasure in our new home and recognizing that it’s a place for people to actually live in, we allow that crayon to really annoy us (on a deeper level, we can be grateful that we have healthy, spirited children we can draw on the walls – a budding artist maybe! Does anyone actually buy this argument?).
You get the point. It all depends on how we look at it and what are our expectations. Perfection is not attainable in this world, not in ourselves and not in our surroundings. The more we seek or expect it, the more disappointed and frustrated we feel. And, conversely, the more we understand that this is a world of imperfections and that our job is to navigate our way through them with joy, the better equipped we will be to do just that.
Fortunately many of these problems can be solved. Walls can be repainted, body shops can remove scratches, we can move to a different room or a different hotel. (The fighting’s a little harder to control!) But something new will pop up. Paint doesn’t last forever. Pigeons’ droppings cover our cars and it always rains the day we get it washed!
But that’s okay. We can laugh at it and move on. We can teach ourselves not to look for perfection and to appreciate what we have. We can revel in a home well used with carpet stains and chipped paint and cracked dishes (okay maybe I’m going a little too far). And once we take the pressure off of ourselves and our families for everything to be perfect, we can relax and enjoy.
The first scratch is always the hardest. It’s best to just get it over with and then move on to the pleasure!
Once upon a time my children were little. (I'm 79) and redecorating was to be done. I stripped the old paper and handed the children the pens and set them free to draw on the bare wall. We all stood back to admire then I did the repapering. From that time on (Over 40 years) they never once vandalised a wall again. They had a secret of where they had done so with permission!
So true When something breaks, (even a corelle dish, speaking from experience ) gd forbid. We say kapara because is only a small thing. We live in a generation that wants things at a push of a button. If something dosent goes as planned we get upset. We need to realize that disappointments are part of gds plan too.
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Its a good example of re-using an old shed to create a hybrid of storage and a place to relax and entertain friends, in what is a small terraced house back yard.
I started off with a plain 8ft x 6ft brown wooden shed in the back garden of our terraced house. So I turned it around, fixed the electrics and painted it blue. I then took out the existing windows, cut a hole in the middle and put in double doors, a small side window and added guttering.
The internal space was then divided in two with the construction of a partition wall faced with hardboard. This was to create a small area for tool storage on one side (my side of the shed!), leaving the rest for use as a chill-out space. In the tool storage area Ive put up a few shelves and plenty of hooks for various bits and pieces.
In the chill-out area I faced the rear wall with hardboard and we (me and my girlfriend Emily) wallpapered over that and the partition wall. The other internal surfaces were painted with white wood paint. I then added a shelf and fitted some hooks to the hang garden chairs.
To finish it off weve put in a small wicker ottoman that was salvaged from the tip and a garden bench which is covered in a Welsh blanket and cushions. Weve put some pictures up on the wall, added some ceiling lights and also put in an old theatre stage lamp that I re-wired.
I went a bit freebie crazy this week.... I really just cannot seem to control myself lately. But as they are free, I figure it's all good. Freebies I grabbed are: Last Second Chance, His Wicked Games, Rock N Roll Bad Boys Omnibus (ummm yes please), The Invitation, Perilous Promises, 3:AM Kisses, Love of a Rockstar, Third Time's A Charm (I have a bunch of books by this author now, need to get on that), Sweet Addiction, and Dear Rockstar (clearly I have a rockstar addiction). I also got Taming The Tycoon as a freebie for being an Entangled newsletter subscriber. Some $0.99 deals I grabbed were Angel Kin, The Crystal Slipper (this sounds ADORABLE), and Scarlet Red. I got All Things Pretty for review (Thanks Michelle!!!) and I finished it the other day and it was a great addition to the series. Sig is nom nom nom. I also got a signed copy of Hard Knox from Nicole Williams. I cannot thank Nicole enough for that, I adored that book. I also got Black Lies which sounds awesome. And last but not least Vi of Vi3tBabe sent me Stay With Me for my birthday!!! So excited to have this one for my shelf. Thanks Vi!!!
Oooh I'll have to look at those freebies and see which I missed! :D And yay for Last Second Chance! I really love Caisey and that was a good book! I also got Taming the Tycoon from Entangled! Enjoy all your new books chica!
I somehow manage to control myself with freebies, but with NetGalley or Edelweiss well, that's another story. You've got some interesting ones this week. Great haul :)
OH! Look at all those pretty books! I can't wait for you to read Scarlett Red! I just love that series! I also need to get a paperback copy of Hard Knox! I loved that one as well! :D And I must read All Things Pretty!
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A bride gave bone marrow to save a stranger’s baby. The child lived — and was her flower girl. - The Salt Lake Tribune
The bride thought about their special connection — years earlier, she had donated her bone marrow to help the toddler fight a rare form of childhood leukemia. They had stayed in touch through letters and phone calls and toys and trinkets sent through the mail. They had become like family. Now that Hatfield was getting married, she said, it meant everything to her to have the 3-year-old by her side during her wedding June 9.
“I didn’t want to take my eyes off her,” she said about the moment she saw Skye Savren-McCormick waiting at the altar at Shiloh Baptist Church in Hartford, Ala.
“Knowing she was not only there but that she was part of this life event for me, I was the most humbled person. They just don’t understand how important they are to me,” she said about Skye and her parents.
Hatfield, now Hayden Ryals, 26, had registered as a bone marrow donor in 2015 — at a time, she said, when she had been struggling, changing her major at Auburn University and still trying to decide what she wanted to do with her life and who she wanted to be. It was almost exactly a year later when she received a phone call — she was a match to an anonymous 1-year-old child many miles away.
“I had started to question whether I had a purpose here,” she said. “That phone call gave me a purpose.”
After Skye was born in 2015, she developed petechiae, or pinpoint bruises, said her father, Todd Savren-McCormick. The bruising eventually disappeared but then returned, and the child kept getting sick. Four days before her first birthday, after months of doctors appointments and tests and unanswered questions, Skye was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer, according to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
So on July 28, 2016, doctors in Alabama extracted some of Ryals’ bone marrow and, the next day, doctors in California transplanted it into Skye’s bloodstream.
It would be a long road to recovery. Skye’s father, from Ventura, California, said his daughter developed a bacterial infection and her spleen was removed because of complications from the cancer. She then needed a second transplant — which was possible because Ryals had donated enough bone marrow for two procedures, he said.
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Then, while Skye was recovering from the second bone marrow transplant, Savren-McCormick said, one of her eyes started to swell and doctors diagnosed her with a second form of cancer — post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. It had attacked her eyelid, both sides of her neck, her chest and her spinal column, her father said.
Savren-McCormick said that because there are regulations on donations, they returned to the Be the Match registry and found another donor — this time, using peripheral blood stem cells instead of the bone marrow. But, the father said, “If Hayden hadn’t donated her bone marrow, our daughter would not have made it her other donation. She got us to a place where we could survive this.”
“It has always been the other way around,” she said. “She helped me. She saved me. . . . She’s the real hero.”
Over the past year, the two families stayed in contact with each other but had still never met face-to-face. In March, Ryals sent Skye a very special present for her 3rd birthday — an Elsa doll from the movie “Frozen,” a Poppy blanket from “Trolls” and an invitation to her wedding.
“I said I wanted them to know how much I love them and how much they’re wanted,” Ryals said. She said that though she knew it was a long shot, she mentioned how nice it would be for Skye to be her flower girl.
Skye’s father said the toddler was on oxygen at the time and battling Graft-Versus-Host Disease, a complication from stem cell transplants. But, he said, as the wedding date approached, Skye got better, so they took her to Hartford, Alabama.
Ryals and Skye met for the first time in the church a day before the wedding. Ryals said that when she walked in, she was overwhelmed with emotion. She walked over to Skye, she said, and fell to her knees.
Ryals said Skye’s mother asked the toddler who Ryals was and she responded, “Hay-Hay,” her nickname for Ryals. Then she hugged Ryals.
“It was like a fairy tale,” Ryals said. She said she thought, ”‘I can’t believe I’m finally meeting this little girl.’ . . . It was unreal. It was magical.”
On June 9, Skye entered the chapel, paving the way with flower petals just as she had been practicing — step, step, drop — her father said.
Then Ryals walked down the aisle to marry her groom, Adrian, carrying a bouquet draped with something from Skye and her parents — a gold locket with Skye’s picture tucked into one side and a message engraved on the other: “This heart beats with yours.”
“I’ve never been able to describe our bond. I’ve never been able to explain it,” she said. “That was the most perfect way I have ever heard it described.”
During the ceremony, Skye sat quietly on the steps at the altar, playing with the leaves on a nearby fern and pulling on the bow on her dress.
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I've had several people tell me they read my update from yesterday and are curious how things went. John had an absolutely beautiful NST with not a blip of a problem for only the second time since all these tests began. Ironically, it was during a visit with the other, female, doctor... I wonder if he's already trying to impress the ladies? He certainly doesn't care a thing about impressing any of the male doctors on staff...they don't accelerate his heartrate at all. :-P
Of course, the doctor looked at my chart and was like, "So, why are you having an elective c-section?" Everyone always asks. I need to come up with a succinct response--something that conveys that elective is not the word I'd use in this situation. It implies somehow that I had a choice in the matter, and I don't feel like I did.
Anyway, I was having regular contractions every 5-7 minutes, but they're not "real" contractions until they're painful. Considering the fact that I had a pre-op bikini wax yesterday that actually bled, all things are relative. Obviously, I didn't go to the hospital and I'm just sitting around waiting for Tuesday to get here.
I know some of you are also anxiously awaiting an update about what I bought with my poetry prize winnings... Today I bought a bunch of MP3s off of Amazon. You will recognize a lot of them from tv commercials. It's a sad state of affairs when that's the only way I'm exposed to new music. On the other hand, I used to not pay any attention to the music on commercials, but since Sam does, and comes and dances in front of the tv when his favorites are on, I've started to pay attention. The boy has good taste.
Do not ask me why, but I cannot get enough of this song. Everytime I hear it, it makes me want to go write something. Plus I love the story she sings about. I've been there.
This song has been on the radio since around the time I found out I was pregnant, so I've always associated it with John, even before I knew he was a he. I made a mix CD for Sam of songs that were important to me while I was pregnant with him, so this one is going on the CD I'm going to make for John.
This was one of those songs Sam liked from tv, and once I paid attention, really loved the lyrics. This is another song for John's CD.
When Carly Smithson sang this song on American Idol I was totally blown away. I'd never heard it before and loved the lyrics. Again, this one seemed appropriate for John--especially in light of the fact that the ultrasound technician seems to think he'll have dark hair. I feel a nickname coming on. :-P
I liked this version better than the one by Rascal Flatts. Love the lyrics. It perfectly conveys how I want my boys to live their lives.
I'm sure I heard this on tv for the first time and it's gotten stuck in my head. Plus, the lyrics are quirky and I like that in a song.
This is one of Sam's favorites. No matter what he's doing, when this song comes on, he runs to the tv and does the "baby hop".
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IRON County is the 1,292 largest County in the USA out of a total of 3,144 Counties. The county contains 45,578 parcels of property of which 0 (0.00%) are Single Family Residences, 1,166(2.56%) are Condominiums, 2(0.00%) are Duplexes and/or Triplexes and 0 (0.00%) are Apartment Buildings.
According to the 2000 Census the county was home to 33,779 people, a 62.48% change from the 1990 Census.
Magician Alex Stone has explored why magic works and it only gets more interesting the further into the rabbit hole you go. I’m a sucker for magic and I’d love to find a way to get more magic into video games.
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Intersectionality has convinced this generation—feminism is socialism, anti-racism is socialism, LGBTQI is socialism.
However, they are not. They are purely identity politics, some good, some not so good, depending upon what's trampled on in the process of "getting out from under."
There is no such thing as "Millennial-Socialism." There is only one socialism, and it is not generational.
Socialism is democracy. That's a fact. Strive for democracy in its purest form. Let the rest sort itself out after achieving it.
Socialism is the democratically owned and controlled means of the production of anything and everything. That cannot be achieved without total transparency. With total transparency, no deception for the sake of some form of identity politics can be achieved. Don't be fooled. Lies have been used to gain power for ends that will not prove righteous in the end.
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Earlier this year I attended a workshop during a conference where we were encouraged to think about our strengths and passions through a series of activities. One exercise involved looking at a range of postcards, each of which named a strength, and picking the one that resonated most with us and then reflecting on some questions. I selected ‘appreciation of excellence and beauty’ and sat down to ponder – and it’s something I’ve been mulling ever since. How is this a strength? What is it good for? Encouragement for people who have done something excellent or beautiful? I hope so. But is there more to it than that?
Recently I was reminded of some verses that I love, but have now come to see with fresh eyes. “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.” Philippians 4
The surprising and joyful thing that I found afresh in theses verses is the second half of the list. Things that are true, noble, right and pure would seem to be obvious exhortations for us as God’s people, because those seem holy, righteous and all very Christian. But the fact that we are also encouraged to focus on what is lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy, with equal measure to the first half of the list, means that there must be some holiness and righteousness baked right in to those things too, right?
Maybe it seems very obvious to you reading this, and I am just thoroughly dense, but until recently I hadn’t fully appreciated the true value in loveliness. I knew that God was the creator who made all things good and beautiful and so of course, seeing his creation made me feel connected to him and brought worship to my soul. But there’s something more to it than that. When I see something lovely or excellent, not just in nature but also man-made, there is a specific type of joy that rises in me, a declaration of ‘yes’ that waters my parched being in a particular way. Admiring an extraordinary painting, an exquisitely made dress or a beautiful building evokes an awe-filled wonder. Somehow, however, I had the impression that this reaction was, dare I say, shallow and that appreciating something simply because of its loveliness was not very worthy, indeed perhaps a little too worldly.
I’ve started to realise how wrong I was. If I’m made in the image of a creator God, who took delight in all kinds of creativity, who did everything with excellence, why would I not be wired to find joy and wonder in what’s around me? Why would those things not bring me incredible pleasure? Setting my attention on what is praiseworthy unlocks something of the Father’s heart in me and for me.
Sunday brought a specific moment of clarity in this. I was exhausted from a busy week and a working weekend and I had a half hour meltdown. Just one of those moments of being overwhelmed and tearful for no one reason that I could put my finger on, but feeling all at sea. I came into our little conservatory and sat looking out to the garden. We have a shrub with beautiful purple flowers just outside the window, and the branches were swaying gently in the wind. I looked at the glorious colour, even more radiant in the sunshine, watched as a bee trundled his way around the circumference of the bloom and noticed the contrast of the fir green and sky blue behind this picture.
In a matter of moments there was calm and a restoration of joy. A simple act of setting my attention on what was lovely had extraordinary impact.
Beauty has a gentle power all of its own. In the midst of a world that can feel dark and dangerous, in the middle of a day that is full of confusion, in a moment that is heartbreakingly empty or impossibly full, taking time to appreciate something that is beautiful can restore some equilibrium.
At a time when the loudest voices seem to draw our attention to all that is wrong, I will instead be one who praises that which is excellent. When people draw my attention to the ugly side of life, I will seek out the loveliness. And when I see something that is worthy of praise and admiration, I will call attention to it, draw a crowd around it and together we will take off our shoes and stand on holy ground.
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Greetings and welcome to another continuing episode of Fishing Without Bait, a podcast dedicated to enabling people to live life without definitive expectations where we set ourselves up for disappointment, and we set ourselves up for frustration.
Jim: Tonight I’m joined again by my producer and my friend, Mike. Mike, as we continue on – this would be our eleventh (11th) podcast, tell me how your conception of mindfulness has either changed, evolved, or remained the same.
Mike: I was exposed to a lot of before our podcast of course, with our dealings from day-to-day here. It’s really kind of solidified in my mind. I’ve kind of worked - how do I deal with this day-to-day. I think we’ve talked about a lot of examples of exactly how to apply this. That’s been the biggest takeaway I’ve had from the last ten (10) episodes.
Jim: What we’re trying to do is help people to live life out loud, to experience life in a way where we actually participate in it. To give an example for that, Mike, I was dealing with a particular individual in my job as a Behavioral Health Therapist, and this person was dealing with a particular type of psychosis where he was dealing with sights, sounds, images – that were perhaps overwhelming to him. In this particular case, rather than try to teach him to block these things out, or to make them go away, pretend they weren’t there as some other modalities do, what he and I worked on was realizing how beautiful his mind was. And, the fact that he experienced life more intensely than others was a true gift. What we worked on was saying, “How many people would love to be in your position? How many people have spent thousands of dollars on CDs, on going to gurus, reading self-help books, going to all types of seminars?” Where he had this – he has this particular ability. What we do is be mindful about the thoughts and be mindful about the images, sights and sounds that he experiences and understand them in a way where they become acceptable and beautiful to him. Where we experience that intensity of life, we tend to focus it and view it as a gift rather than a hindrance. That’s what we try to do in our world – in our trip through the mindfulness experience. And, one of the things that hold us back from – so let’s say some of the things that hold you back from some of the things that you like to do, Mike. Think of some of the things that you’d like to do in your life and some of the things that are holding you back.
Mike: Mostly it’s fear – fear of putting myself out there and not being ready for things. We’ve talked about fear as a really big motivator for holding yourself back.
Jim: And, if we don’t have the keys to those doors and open them, we can’t get through to our intended goal. Can we not? Or sometimes like we’re traveling in an elevator. Perhaps we want to get to a certain floor, and we get near that floor and the elevator stops. Or, when we get to the certain floor where we’d like to go and we see that the intended goal on the other side – the light or whatever happiness, peace, serenity, and the door only opens halfway and we can’t get through. That would be an obstacle, would it not?
Jim: And, one of the obstacles on a mindfulness journey is being judgmental – having judgmental thoughts and having judgmental views, which is one of the most challenging issues to deal with on our mindfulness journey. Mike, how many judgments do you make, let’s say an hour?
Mike: About myself? About the people around me? I’m in an office now, so there’s a lot of people walking by and I’m wondering what’s going on with them. Certainly, I think that we always have to have a thought about whatever is in front of us, right?
Mike: Or even talking about if you’re walking through a city neighborhood you have judgments about – I’ve always grown up being afraid of the city. And then, anybody you walk by, I’m like, “Is this person going to be a problem I’m going to walk by?” There’s that. And, maybe that’s unfair in some cases.
Jim: So when you meet an individual for the first time, Mike, someone says, “Oh, I’d really like to meet Mr. X.” And you meet Mr. X, and you sit down across from that person. How often can you remain completely neutral about that person in front of you?
Mike: Usually if I’m meeting somebody, it’s wondering if I can do business with them. I’m turned to 11 trying to figure the person out.
Jim: So, when you look at somebody’s shirt, or somebody’s haircut, or somebody’s glasses how often are you completely neutral?
Jim: We generally have some type of a comment on that in our mind. Basically, Mike, there are two (2) types of judgments. There are judgments that discriminate – discriminate between whether something is good or bad in a way that’s beneficial. If you were a gardener and you were going out and picking produce to bring in to your supper table for your family to eat, and one was a nice shiny, red tomato – looks succulent and juicy. And, the other one you picked was shrunken and had wormholes in it. Would the ability to judge there by useful?
Jim: So the ability to discriminate that, the ability to pick out good food, the ability to discriminate – let’s say art work – the ability to discriminate between an original painting and a fake. That would be a valuable tool, would it not?
Jim: Discriminations are necessary. Being able to discriminate and judge is definitely a wonderful thing. If you were up in an airplane, and you were going to jump out and you were going to take a skydive, and, you were given a parachute. Would it be wise mind to be able to discriminate to see and judge whether the parachute was in the actual parachute bag itself?
Jim: So, what we’re talking about – again, there are judgments that are necessary and beneficial and helpful in our life. Just like when you want to cross a busy street. There’s judgment involved in there, is there not?
Jim: There’s judgment about whether or not the street is safe to cross, which can certainly help you. There are also judgments that evaluate, Mike. And, those are the judgments that we want to take a wise mind and be the observer of. Generally when we evaluate we’re determining something that is good or bad, are we not?
Jim: So, it’s something that is good and bad. And, it may not even be reality. It’s according to our perception.
Mike: This is where we can kind of create our own worlds and our won dos-and-don’ts when it comes to that, right?
Jim: Absolutely. When we describe something as either good or bad, Mike, we’re actually describing how something is going to turn out and whether something is going to be good or bad. Let’s take bias. Let’s take racial discrimination. Let’s take religious discrimination. Let’s take sexual orientation discrimination. Those lifestyles or faiths, whatever, they’re termed as good or bad, are they not?
Jim: You have a neighbor next door, and they’re going to have a picnic that day. They’re going to have a bit of a family reunion in their back yard and it rains. How would they view the rain?
Mike: Unfortunately, because I’m sure they want this beautiful, sun-soaked day that they can enjoy outside, and then the rain just washes away their dreams and their view of the day – their perfect day that they wanted.
Jim: So, you live next door, and your lawn has been turning brown because of the lack of rain. And, it rains. How do you view the rain?
Jim: Absolutely. So, the ideas of good and bad are in the eyes of the observer, are they not? And, it’s a matter of perspective. You’ve heard of the old tale about five (5) blind men that there’s an elephant in front of them, and each one of them grab a different part of the elephant. One grabs a tail. One grabs a trunk. One grabs a leg. One grabs a tusk. They would all have different views and different descriptions and different opinions of what that particular beast is, would they not?
Jim: Right. And, again, let’s say an idea is you’re a sheep herder. And, you’re guarding sheep. You’re herding sheep. A wolf comes – a hungry wolf comes, and grabs one of your sheep and drags it away. How would you view that wolf?
Jim: Absolutely. The wolf is your enemy. However, when that wolf takes that sheep back home – back to its children, its pups, what would the pups think of that?
Jim: Absolutely. So judgments are a matter of perspective. So what we’re going to be exploring in this continuing series of judgments is the ability to be non-judgmental and what that means toward mindfulness. So, in this particular episode, Mike, what I wanted to do was introduce the concept of judgments that discriminate and judgments that evaluate. I would like everyone out there, as their homework assignment as we usually give, is when you judge I would like you to step back and say whether that’s a discriminating judgment or whether that’s an evaluating judgment. And, again, what that does, Mike, is actively allows you to participate in the moment. And, we certainly invite any comments, criticisms, questions, as always for our program. And, my friend and my producer, Mike, will let you know how you can contact us in the future.
Please check out our website at FishingWithoutBait.com where you can listen to the show, comment on our discussions and find out where you can subscribe to our podcast. Fishing Without Bait is a production of Namaste Holistic Counseling, P.C.
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A coalition of former tech executives launched a coalition to reach 55,000 US public schools to warn kids about the effects of tech addiction.
Research has found heavy tech users show higher risks for depression, anxiety, and thoughts or attempts of suicide.
A group of ex-Facebook, Google, and Apple employees have announced the formation of The Center for Humane Technology, a coalition designed to fight the growing threat of tech addiction among teens and adolescents, the New York Times reports.
The coalition will first launch a campaign called The Truth About Tech. One of the main goals is targeting up to 55,000 US public schools in an effort to publicize research on tech addiction's effects, relying on $7 million in funding from Common Sense Media.
The announcement comes amid a growing movement in Silicon Valley that has been openly critical of Facebook and other tech companies for designing addictive platforms, which may hook young brains from early ages. Psychology experts say the worst-case scenarios of tech overuse include heightened risks for depression, anxiety, and thoughts or attempts of suicide.
"The decline in happiness and the rise in depression might be caused by the overuse of screens leaving less time for activities more beneficial for mental health such as seeing friends in person, sports and exercise, and sleeping," psychologist Jean Twenge, author of the book "iGen" and coauthor on numerous studies of tech addiction, told Business Insider.
The coalition is comprised of Justin Rosenstein, the creator of the Like button; Roger McNamee, an early Facebook investor; Lynn Fox, a former Apple and Google communications executive; and Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist at Google, among others.
Together, they'll create a Ledger of Harms, a living document that helps engineers learn more about the technology they're creating for major companies. In addition, the coalition will lobby public officials to fund research into tech addiction and its effects, and propose tech fixes that prevent harmful content from reaching young users.
Harris and his colleagues say they have seen the engineering tricks firsthand. Features like autoplay videos, endless scrolling, and gamification encourage constant use, Harris has said. They help explain how people may plan to watch just one YouTube video and glance at Twitter but somehow end up spending a half hour on both.
"We were on the inside," Harris told the Times. "We know what the companies measure. We know how they talk, and we know how the engineering works."
The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) is drafting another letter asking the Facebook-owned platform to design a technology-led solution to trace the origins of incendiary messages.
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The messaging app company had zero users around January 2013. It crossed 35 million users in August 2014 and in January this year claimed over 100 million users. That is a mind-boggling number for any start-up.
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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that Samsung’s SM1625 SSD, a high-performing solid state drive with high density and low power consumption has been certified by VMware as an optimized solution for VMware Virtual SAN™.
The SM1625 SSD, Samsung’s first dual-ported SAS SSD with densities of up to 800 gigabytes (GBs), has been certified for VMware Virtual SAN for use in data centers and other enterprise applications. VMware Virtual SAN is a new offering that allows customers to pool server disks and flash resources to create a resilient, high-performance and dynamic shared storage solution for virtual machines.
“VMware Virtual SAN™ provides customers a simpler and more flexible tier of storage for their virtual machines,” said John Gilmartin, vice president, Cloud Infrastructure Products, VMware. “By clustering flash and direct-attached storage, VMware Virtual SAN provides a shared storage solution that is high-performing, cost-effective, and seamlessly integrated into VMware vCenter™ Server. We are pleased to have Samsung’s SM1625 SSD as a high-performance storage option for our joint customers.”
“We are very enthusiastic about this SM1625 certification as the basis for partnering with VMware to offer a SAS storage solution for the enterprise,” said JaeHyeong Lee, vice president of memory product planning & application engineering, Samsung Electronics. “We will work closely with not only our OEM customers but also global software companies such as VMware in looking to develop high performing and environmentally-friendly IT systems for data center applications and enterprise storage.”
The newly certified SAS SM1625 enterprise storage, which is produced using 20 nanometer (nm) class* technology, can read data sequentially at 950 MB/s (megabytes per second). In addition, the SM1625 has a random read speed of 120,000 IOPS (inputs/outputs per second). Further, it can handle up to 10 drive writes per day, an endurance rate that covers a typical warranty period for its full five years.
By utilizing 20nm-class technology, Samsung’s SM1625 SSD provides up to 200 times greater power efficiency than conventional (15k rpm) hard drives, and also comes with power loss protection to ensure data is safe in a power outage.
The SM1625 is the starting lineup of how Samsung has been driving development of the industry’s most advanced SAS SSD solutions to enable significant improvements in server system performance, while meeting a rapidly growing need for energy efficiency and higher densities.
Samsung will continue to partner with VMware to offer other high performance, power saving solid state drives with rich-storage optimized features, such as V-NAND and NVMe SSDs for use with VMware infrastructure.
Samsung will work closely with not only our OEM customers but also global software companies in developing the highest performing and most environmentally-friendly IT systems for data center applications and enterprise storage, as we continue to affirm our leadership in the SSD market.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of televisions, smartphones, personal computers, printers, cameras, home appliances, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 270,000 people across 79 countries with annual sales of US$187.8 billion. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com.
* Editors’ Note: 20 nm-class means a process technology node somewhere between 20 and 30 nanometers.
VMware, vCenter and VMware Virtual SAN are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. The use of the word “partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.
Orano, refocused on the nuclear fuel cycle, announces the launch of its first Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) Programme. The Base Prospectus of the Programme received a visa from the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) on 6 April 2018. It provides a legal framework for Orano’s potential future financing transactions in the form of notes.
The Base Prospectus of the Programme - including a description of Orano as well as the composition of its share capital updated following the finalization of the restructuring transactions of AREVA - is available on the internet on the website of Orano at the following address: http://www.orano.group/en/debt/.
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today presented data from the Phase 3 OlympiAD trial showing the final overall survival (OS) results for LYNPARZA in metastatic breast cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago from April 14-18.
Results at AACR include updated findings from the secondary endpoint of overall survival (OS). While the trial was not powered to demonstrate a statistically significant difference, the median OS was 19.3 months in patients treated with LYNPARZA and 17.1 months for patients treated with chemotherapy (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.66-1.23; p=0.513). At the final OS data cutoff (64% maturity), 13 percent of patients remained on LYNPARZA and no patients remained on chemotherapy.
Sean Bohen, executive vice president, global medicines development and chief medical officer at AstraZeneca, said, “OlympiAD is the first Phase 3 trial to demonstrate disease control with a PARP inhibitor in gBRCA-mutated, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. While the trial was not powered to show overall survival compared to chemotherapy, the results are another encouraging factor in the use of LYNPARZA for this patient population.”
Dr. Roy Baynes, senior vice president and head of global clinical development, chief medical officer, Merck Research Laboratories, said, “For patients and physicians, these results are meaningful in that they support the progression-free survival endpoint – which showed that patients treated with LYNPARZA gained seven months chemotherapy-free time – and reinforce the importance of identifying BRCA status to optimize metastatic breast cancer management.”
When analyzing the predefined subgroups, the results were consistent with the overall analysis, which did not show a statistically significant difference between arms. The greatest difference was seen in patients who had not received chemotherapy in the metastatic setting with a median difference in OS of 7.9 months with LYNPARZA (HR 0.51, 95% CI 0.29-0.90; nominal p=0.02; median 22.6 vs 14.7 months).
The safety profile of LYNPARZA remained consistent with the primary analysis. Serious adverse events (AEs) (Grade ≥3) were reported in 38 percent of patients who received LYNPARZA vs 49.5% of patients in the chemotherapy arm. AEs leading to drug discontinuation were 4.9 percent for LYNPARZA vs 7.7 percent for chemotherapy. AEs leading to dose reductions were 25.4 percent for LYNPARZA vs 30.8 percent for chemotherapy. AEs leading to dose interruptions were 36.1 percent for LYNPARZA vs 28.6 percent for chemotherapy. Please see Important Safety Information below.
These results build on previously reported primary and secondary endpoints, which demonstrated LYNPARZA significantly improved PFS (HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.43-0.80; p=0.0009 median 7.0 vs 4.2 months) and showed data beyond initial disease progression, prolonging time to second progression or death (PFS2) by 3.9 months (HR 0.57, 95% CI 0.40-0.83; P=0.003 median 13.2 months vs 9.3 months). Previously reported findings also showed LYNPARZA doubled objective response rates (52% [95% CI 44-60] vs 23% [95% CI 13-35]). The data from the OlympiAD trial can be found in the August 10 2017 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
In January 2018, LYNPARZA was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the treatment of g BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer based on the OlympiAD data. A Type 2 Variation application was recently validated by the European Medicines Agency for LYNPARZA in BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.
A Phase 3 trial (n=1800), OlympiA, is evaluating LYNPARZA as an adjuvant treatment in patients with gBRCA, HER2-negative breast cancer with results expected in 2020. The trial is powered to assess potential benefit in OS.
LYNPARZA is approved in around 60 countries for advanced ovarian cancer and has treated more than 20,000 patients globally. It has the broadest clinical development program of any PARP inhibitor, and AstraZeneca and Merck are working together to bring LYNPARZA to more patients across multiple cancers.
Myelodysplastic Syndrome/Acute Myeloid Leukemia (MDS/AML): Occurred in <1.5% of patients exposed to LYNPARZA monotherapy, and the majority of events had a fatal outcome. The duration of therapy in patients who developed secondary MDS/AML varied from <6 months to >2 years. All of these patients had previous chemotherapy with platinum agents and/or other DNA-damaging agents, including radiotherapy, and some also had a history of more than one primary malignancy or of bone marrow dysplasia.
Do not start LYNPARZA until patients have recovered from hematological toxicity caused by previous chemotherapy (≤Grade 1). Monitor complete blood count for cytopenia at baseline and monthly thereafter for clinically significant changes during treatment. For prolonged hematological toxicities, interrupt LYNPARZA and monitor blood count weekly until recovery.
If the levels have not recovered to Grade 1 or less after 4 weeks, refer the patient to a hematologist for further investigations, including bone marrow analysis and blood sample for cytogenetics. Discontinue LYNPARZA (olaparib) if MDS/AML is confirmed.
Pneumonitis: Occurred in <1% of patients exposed to LYNPARZA, and some cases were fatal. If patients present with new or worsening respiratory symptoms such as dyspnea, cough, and fever, or a radiological abnormality occurs, interrupt LYNPARZA treatment and initiate prompt investigation. Discontinue LYNPARZA if pneumonitis is confirmed and treat patient appropriately.
Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: Based on its mechanism of action and findings in animals, LYNPARZA can cause fetal harm. A pregnancy test is recommended for females of reproductive potential prior to initiating treatment.
Advise females of reproductive potential of the potential risk to a fetus and to use effective contraception during treatment and for 6 months following the last dose.
Advise male patients with female partners of reproductive potential or who are pregnant to use effective contraception during treatment and for 3 months following the last dose of LYNPARZA and to not donate sperm during this time.
Most common laboratory abnormalities (Grades 1-4) in ≥25% of patients in clinical trials of LYNPARZA in the maintenance setting (SOLO-2/Study 19) were: increase in mean corpuscular volume (89%/82%), decrease in hemoglobin (83%/82%), decrease in leukocytes (69%/58%), decrease in lymphocytes (67%/52%), decrease in absolute neutrophil count (51%/47%), increase in serum creatinine (44%/45%), and decrease in platelets (42%/36%).
Most common laboratory abnormalities (Grades 1-4) in ≥25% of patients in clinical trials of LYNPARZA for advanced gBRCAm ovarian cancer (pooled from 6 studies) were: decrease in hemoglobin (90%), increase in mean corpuscular volume (57%), decrease in lymphocytes (56%), increase in serum creatinine (30%), decrease in platelets (30%), and decrease in absolute neutrophil count (25%).
Most common laboratory abnormalities (Grades 1-4) in ≥25% of patients in OlympiAD were: decrease in hemoglobin (82%), decrease in lymphocytes (73%), decrease in leukocytes (71%), increase in mean corpuscular volume (71%), decrease in absolute neutrophil count (46%), and decrease in platelets (33%).
Anticancer Agents: Clinical studies of LYNPARZA in combination with other myelosuppressive anticancer agents, including DNA-damaging agents, indicate a potentiation and prolongation of myelosuppressive toxicity.
CYP3A Inhibitors: Avoid concomitant use of strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitors. If a strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitor must be co-administered, reduce the dose of LYNPARZA. Advise patients to avoid grapefruit, grapefruit juice, Seville oranges, and Seville orange juice during LYNPARZA treatment.
CYP3A Inducers: Avoid concomitant use of strong or moderate CYP3A inducers when using LYNPARZA (olaparib). If a moderate inducer cannot be avoided, there is a potential for decreased efficacy of LYNPARZA.
Lactation: No data are available regarding the presence of olaparib in human milk, its effects on the breastfed infant or on milk production. Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in the breastfed infant, advise a lactating woman not to breastfeed during treatment with LYNPARZA and for 1 month after receiving the final dose.
Hepatic Impairment: No adjustment to the starting dose is required in patients with mild hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh classification A). There are no data in patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment.
Renal Impairment: No adjustment to the starting dose is necessary in patients with mild renal impairment (CLcr=51-80 mL/min). In patients with moderate renal impairment (CLcr=31-50 mL/min), reduce the dose to 200 mg twice daily. There are no data in patients with severe renal impairment or end-stage renal disease (CLcr ≤30 mL/min).
To avoid substitution errors and overdose, do not substitute LYNPARZA tablets with LYNPARZA capsules on a milligram-to-milligram basis due to differences in the dosing and bioavailability of each formulation. Recommended tablet dose is 300 mg, taken orally twice daily, with or without food. Continue treatment until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. For adverse reactions, consider dose interruption or dose reduction.
For the maintenance treatment of adult patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer, who are in complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy.
For the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) advanced ovarian cancer who have been treated with 3 or more prior lines of chemotherapy. Select patients for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for LYNPARZA.
In patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious gBRCAm, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative metastatic breast cancer who have previously been treated with chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant or metastatic setting. Patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer should have been treated with a prior endocrine therapy or be considered inappropriate for endocrine treatment. Select patients for therapy based on an FDA-approved companion diagnostic for LYNPARZA.
OlympiAD is a global, randomized, open-label, multi-center Phase 3 trial of 302 patients, assessing the efficacy and safety of LYNPARZA tablets (300 mg twice daily) compared to chemotherapy (physician’s choice of capecitabine, eribulin or vinorelbine). 205 patients were randomized to receive LYNPARZA and 97 patients were randomized to receive chemotherapy.
Patients in the OlympiAD trial had germline BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative breast cancer and received LYNPARZA for treatment in the metastatic setting. Prior to enrollment, 71 percent of patients had received no more than two previous chemotherapy treatments for metastasized breast cancer and 28 percent of patients had received prior platinum-based chemotherapy. Also enrolled were patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer who had received at least one endocrine therapy (adjuvant therapy or therapy for metastatic disease) and had disease progression during therapy unless they had disease for which the endocrine therapy was considered inappropriate.
The primary endpoint was PFS. Secondary endpoints included OS, time to second progression or death, overall response rate, health-related quality of life, and safety and tolerability.
Progesterone receptors (PR), estrogen receptors (ER) and HER2 receptors may be expressed on breast cancer cells. A patient’s breast cancer will test either negative or positive for these three receptors. If a tumor tests positive for PR and/or ER, it is considered HR-positive. If a tumor tests negative for all three receptors, it is considered triple negative. These receptors indicate which hormones or other proteins may be promoting growth of the cancer.
Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is the most advanced stage of breast cancer (Stage 4), and occurs when cancer cells have spread beyond the initial tumor site to other parts of the body, outside of the breast and nearby lymph nodes.
Despite the increase in treatment options during the past three decades, there is currently no cure for patients diagnosed with MBC and only 26.9 percent of patients survive for five years after diagnosis. Thus, the primary aim of treatment is to slow progression of the disease for as long as possible, improving, or at least maintaining, a patient’s quality of life.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with an estimated 1.67 million new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2012 alone - one in four of all cancer cases. Approximately 30 percent of women who are diagnosed with early breast cancer will go on to develop advanced disease.
BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human genes that produce proteins responsible for repairing damaged DNA and play an important role maintaining the genetic stability of cells. When either of these genes is mutated, or altered, such that its protein product either is not made or does not function correctly, DNA damage may not be repaired properly and cells become unstable. As a result, cells are more likely to develop additional genetic alterations that can lead to cancer.
LYNPARZA was the first in class PARP inhibitor and the first targeted treatment to potentially exploit DNA damage response (DDR) pathway deficiencies, such as BRCA mutations, to preferentially kill cancer cells. Specifically, in vitro studies have shown that LYNPARZA-induced cytotoxicity may involve inhibition of PARP enzymatic activity and increased formation of PARP-DNA complexes, resulting in DNA damage and cancer cell death.
LYNPARZA, which has the broadest clinical development program of any PARP inhibitor, is being investigated in a range of DDR-deficient tumor types.
In July 2017, AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada announced a global strategic oncology collaboration to co-develop and co-commercialize LYNPARZA, the world’s first PARP inhibitor, and potential new medicine selumetinib, a MEK inhibitor, for multiple cancer types. The collaboration is based on increasing evidence that PARP and MEK inhibitors can be combined with PD-L1/PD-1 inhibitors for a range of tumor types. Working together, the companies will develop LYNPARZA and selumetinib in combination with other potential new medicines and as a monotherapy. Independently, the companies will develop LYNPARZA and selumetinib in combination with their respective PD-L1 and PD-1 medicines.
Our goal is to translate breakthrough science into innovative oncology medicines to help people with cancer worldwide. At Merck, helping people fight cancer is our passion and supporting accessibility to our cancer medicines is our commitment. Our focus is on pursuing research in oncology and we are accelerating every step in the journey – from lab to clinic – to potentially bring new hope to people with cancer.
As part of our focus on cancer, Merck is committed to exploring the potential of immuno-oncology with one of the fastest-growing development programs in the industry evaluating oncology medicines in more than 30 tumor types. We also continue to strengthen our oncology portfolio through strategic acquisitions and are prioritizing the development of several promising candidates with the potential to improve the treatment of advanced cancers.
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Today at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, the Seasonal Amiibo League Team Invitational starts on twitch.tv/splicestream. It’s an Amiibo League format you might not have seen before so I want to give a quick rundown of how the League works. For general rules, just scroll to the bottom but I want to explain how things work in a little more detail.
First, we don’t have equipment in this League. I personally like the IDEA of equipment but in practice it has lead to the need to grind in order to be competitve. With Amiibos already having a money and availability barrier-to-entry, I find adding equipment on top of that to be a bit onerous. We do however allow for custom moves as those are more easily attained than specific equipment types and you don’t HAVE to have certain custom moves to be competitive.
Secondly, the word Seasonal isn’t here to say this is happening in Summer. It is to say that there is a full season of matches, the likes you’d see in in a regular sports league. That means the season has two parts to it:
The Regular season will consist of each team playing every other team in their division. Each division has 16 teams. That means each team will play 15 games before anyone gets eliminated.
The reason for the divisions is because 32 teams is a lot. If everyone played everyone else in a full 32 team division this regular season would need to take almost 4 months. That’s too long in my mind. So instead we have broken everyone up into the Mushroom Kingdom Divison (Known as MKD from hereon out) and the Koopa Kingdom Division (known as KKD from hereon out). Which division a team was put in was assigned randomly.
During the regular season the map pool is randomly assigned with a random number generator from the list of the 31 accepted stages in the pre-season polls (Plus one slot for an Omega stage so we can get some flavor of the banned stages without the poor level designs)
After each team has played 15 games, the top 8 teams from each division will advance to the 2nd half of the season:
The playoffs are double-elimination-best of 3 series. How well you finished in your Division will determine your seeding. #1 of the MKD will face off against #8 of the KKD. #2 of MKD will face off against #7 of KKD. This pattern repeats until it ends with #8 of the MKD faces off against #1 of the KKD.
Levels are no longer random in the playoffs. In the sign-up sheet the players selected what they thought to be the 7 best stages to play on. They are….
Within the same round, everyone will play on the same 3 maps. So, in the first round of the playoffs everyone would play Battlefield, Midgar, & Smashville but in the second round everyone would play Dreamland 64, Umbra Clock Tower, & Final Destination. This will help us to still have a variety of stages but omitting the most egregious stages.
The Finals will be slightly different form the rest of the playoffs as they will be a best of 5 and will be decided on the 5 maps that received the most votes: Battlefield, Midgar, Smashville, Dreamland 64 & Umbra Clock Tower. I can’t decide if we should go in that order or reverse order. Either way, those 5 maps to determine who is the champion and who gets the trophy.
What trophy you ask? Why, it’s only the coolest trophy ever! Designed by thread_speaker (owner of team Bad Match-up) the trophy will be designed to look like a golden salt-shaker but also be an Amiibo! That’s right! Since this is season 01 and Mario is smasher 01, the first season will be a Mario Amiibo. It’s why the Divisions are named mushroom Kindom and Koopa Kingdom. Those were the only real “worlds” in the first Mario game. In future seasons of SALTI the divisions will always be named after levels or worlds in the universe of whatever Amiibo is the trophy (so next season is DK, season 3 is Link, etc)
Some of the fun of training Amiibos is watching them learn and grow. But if my experience in my other tournament, SLAP, has taught me anything is that the other half of watching Amiibos is seeing them do dumb crap and wonder “Why?” To this end there will also be an Anti-Playoffs. All the teams that were eliminated in the regular season will participate in a single-elimination, best-of-1 tournament to determine who the worst team is. The rules on levels will be exactly the same except LOSERS are the one who advance. This is to determine which team was truly the worst and win the Golden Dunce Cap! What is the Golden Dunce Cap? Well… it… it’s really not a real thing but a title. Maybe I’ll mail out a sticker you can shame your Amiibos with to spur them on to do better. I don’t know. The point is we WILL know who the worst was!
So, what teams are participating in Season 1 of SALTI? Click here to see the full roster and click here to see the schedule for Day 1. All times listed on the schedule are Mountain time zone.
There is one more aspect of SALTI you need to know and that’s the stats. I keep close track of the statistics Amiibos earn and will report them at the end of each week. Big thanks to Mythril Zenith who helps me aggregate the data. So what are all the stats we keep track of?
Whew! That was a long one! I’m super excited to get this league started and hope to see you all live on stream tonight!
Alternatively, two people can team up to submit one Amiibo each but one person must act as the contact
You may not submit the same Amiibo character twice (example, a team cannot consist of two Donkey Kongs)
The league will be seasonal in nature with a regular season followed by playoffs. The playoffs will be double-elimination, Best of 3 sets until we get to the finals. The finals will be determined by a Best of 5. Seed 1 through 8 of the first division will be pitted against seeds 8 through 1 of the second division in the first round
Matches will be broadcast Tuesday & Thursday on twitch.tv/splicestream at 5pm Pacific time. Matches start July 10th
Team and Amiibo names may not be vulgar, sexual, or in any other way offensive in nature. Splice gets to be the one who determines what crosses those lines.
If you watch the matches on stream you’re expected to behave yourself and follow the rules of the Splicestream chat. Show good sportsmanship. Failure to follow the rules could result in suspension or even bans from future SALTI tournaments. The rules aren’t hard to follow. Basically don’t be a jerk and you’ll be fine.
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Baking, Berlin, Christmas, Cookies, German, Germany, Holiday, Instagram, Pretzel, recipe, Tradition
If you haven’t noticed, my second semester away from home has come to an end, giving me more time to help bake which is something I love to do. These cookies, that I’ve titled this post after, have been passed down through generations and this season it was my turn to learn it. Along with traditions, there are usually stories told with them. For these cookies, the legend is…there has to be sun or they just will not work!
Have two small bowls, one with the egg whites, and one with the sugar and sprinkle mixture ready to go!
4. Criss-cross one side over the other. (this is called a pretzel but it looks more like an awareness ribbon if that helps your forming.)
It’s easier to bake each set one by one, instead of two pans at a time. You’re also meant to wait until the pan cools off as they’re very finicky (it’s not only the sun that has to be right about them).
Luckily for us, the legend didn’t hold out to be true for this batch and they turned out great! Maybe it really was our sunny personalities and just the feeling of Christmas cheer that made them turn out so well!
I hope you’re brave enough to try these cookies, after all sometimes it works and sometimes it just doesn’t! I think it’s fun just to say “it has to be sunny”. It makes them even more special, and I’m glad I got to learn how to make them! ( I posted this photo on instagram if you missed it!)
Did you try any new recipes this holiday season? Or even this year? Did you have any major flops or really great ones? Let me know in the comments!
See you next time! (Tomorrow is Officially the real Christmas! I hope you all have a GREAT holiday!! 🙂 )
Yea!! I am so happy to have this tradition passed on. I am confident you will do it justice. Grammie
These look amazing!! I'm gonna try to bake them for sure and it's been so sunny lately so that won't be a problem hahah
After getting a response from Dubai-based big boy, Hushpuppi whom he asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the source of his wealth, Deji Adeyanju has now challenged him to a debate.
Deji Adeyanju has dared Dubai-based big boy, Hushpuppi to debate him in front of EFCC office if his hands are clean.
In a tweet he released last week, Deji had suggested that Hushpuppi was an internet fraudster aka ”Yahoo Yahoo boy”.
Hushpuppi then reacted on his social media page yesterday as he said all those asking EFCC to investigate him will be killed by Ogun.
A video of him where he said he would soon denounce his citizenship as a Nigerian then began to make rounds online.
Deji Adeyanju and Hushpuppi After getting a response from Dubai-based big boy, Hushpuppi whom he asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the source of his wealth, Deji Adeyanju has now challenged him to a debate. Deji Adeyanju has dared Dubai-based big boy, Hushpuppi to debate him in front...
It seemed more important to me to take a home, take an extra job, prepare dinner, or be able to read when I went out with children to the playground. It was very, very difficult for me to be with them “here and now”. What worked then? Descent to the ground floor, setting yourself on the floor, signaling readiness to play.
The easiest way was to read to them and watch books with them – we had a lot of them, some became beloved and still stand in the rooms of teenagers. Evening reading has become our family ritual for many years. I also liked board games – together we collected a lot of mushroom baskets and bred many sheep.
If you also find it difficult to play with your child, firstly, remember that the time when the child expects us to play together is not long. Today, this may seem like a distant prospect, but soon the child will prefer to spend time with his peers or in front of the screen.
Second, treat the time spent playing with the child as an investment (and with a high rate of return!). Fun is a way to establish a closer relationship with the child, get to know him better. In play, the child reveals his feelings, shows his way of thinking, his world. You can learn about his temperament, find out what is difficult for him, what he is living, what is happening at the kindergarten or when he stays at home under the care of his grandmother or nanny.
Thirdly, the game is a real support for the child. Playing with the doctor, the toddler has a chance to relieve the stressful moment of vaccination. Older children can overtrain various difficult situations, gain dexterity (eg learn to play football), get used to losing and waiting for their turn.
Even if you have not done so before, now take care of a good time spent together with your child. Do not plan too many activities – give yourself time to roll over the floor and watch the child’s reaction.
Remember not to “throw” at the toddler right after returning from work. A child longing after a long absence can pretend that he can not see or react with rejection. You need a gentle transition from long absence to intense fun together. Sit next to the child on the floor, look at what he’s doing, say hello to him. And then just invite you to play.
Movement games, such as “fighters”, about which we write about, should end with hugs or nails of five.
Expecting an infant or small child to play alone is unrealistic. In the first years of life, your child really needs adults to interact and play.
You do not know how to start playing with an infant? Move to the ground floor! Sit with the child on the floor, take a ball or a book with drawings. Do you have a large exercise ball at home? Carefully place the child on it, hold it and gently rock it.
Do you remember having fun in “A ku ku”? Specialists say that it is very developing for babies! Or start with fingersticks (you probably know this one: “Cooked sour porridge”). An older baby will be eager to put blocks into the sorter or stack the tower with you.
Various difficult, conflicting situations can be “disarmed”, using jokes and tomfoolery instead of preaching. In our house, we sometimes speak in the name of our dog – the dog comments on reality, shares with us his observations and can sometimes express things that would be difficult to tell us directly.
You spend long hours battling together on battles, conquering a balloon, and swordfights (plastic and wooden). Sometimes these games seemed too crazy to me. Well, please – it turns out that they are very valuable!
‘Psychologist Lawrence Cohen wrote together with Anthony T. DeBenedet, an athlete and a doctor, the entire book on the subject. They encourage children to play in which there is an element of physical contact. Some of the suggestions may seem crazy to you, but … it’s also about it – about freeing energy, carefree fun, fooling, and not about arduous education of the child. You will add a lot of exaggerated reactions, fools, playing different characters and roles to the game.
There are ideas that resemble our old, somewhat forgotten movement games – “airplane”, whirling with a child held by the arm or under the armpits, climbing on the legs of an adult completed with a roll over, pillow battle.
I think each of us remembers the times of our childhood. Sometimes images from an early age get us unexpectedly because we got a characteristic odor characteristic for our childhood. Or maybe saw the toy on the exhibition exactly the one we had, is not it usually a wooden toy? It initiates ideas of a toddler, triggers cognitive activity, which he then sustains and directs. A wooden toy modifies the ways of playing, and each time it improves and enriches it, it is it that can free the child in the unlimited amounts of energy and strength, arouses in him the need and willingness to explore the world. Wooden toys, especially important, play in the case of children with disabilities. Deliberately and functionally designed wooden toys can guide the work of a disabled child. Toys are an incentive for children to continue learning and further efforts, which is why they should be safe and should encourage the child to constantly discover them. Functional wooden toys encourage not only to play, but above all to search for new ways of using them, facilitate contact with the environment, allow you to create specific, long-term relationships with your child.
A wooden toy, in order to fulfill its task, must be appropriately selected, adapted to the child’s mobility and locomotion, age and interests, and we must not forget that eventually our son or daughter will decide whether he wants such a toy and whether he will like it, we only we can, and even should, make the first selection – between “disposable” toys and those that survive the greatest symptoms of tenderness and interest of our little explorer.
· Music boxes, musical toys, puzzles, books, coloring materials, toys put into one another and for pyramid laying,
· Costumes for changing, sets of a small doctor, shopkeeper, mechanic, etc., construction toys, paints, colored paper, first scissors
For those of you that like forward-thinking fitness kit with advanced technology, then the S-Drive has the answers.
The state-of-the-art self-powered treadmill is perfect for all running abilities, but it is designed more for those people who want to push themselves – and in the process – run faster, quicker and even jump higher.
A standout feature is the 7-degree incline which is ideal for building strength and explosiveness with proper technique, whether it is performing forward, lateral or reverse movements.
Couple that with its parachute and sled brakes – both extremely tough on the legs where you can vary between cardio and strength-building workouts.
The sled brake has eight settings which provides a real-life weighted sled pushing experience, while the parachute brake has 11 settings which gives the feel of real parachute resistance.
Having tested its efficiency, the S-Drive is an ideal piece of kit to use as part of your circuit training and works on many different aspects of fitness, whether you are looking to build endurance, explosive pace or mix-up your routine.
Having a wide range of settings like this allows you to alter your level of difficulty, depending on whether you are doing a strength or endurance session whether that be in the gym or your own house.
As a whole, we are thoroughly impressed by the S-Drive and it will definitely bring smiles to the faces of those looking to push their fitness boundaries on a daily basis.
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"That's our Hitler!": Mein Kampf to be republished after understandable absence from German shelves - BookMachine
After all the huffing and puffing earlier in the week from parents concerned that their children were about to start talking like old-timey hobos who’ve just downed a couple of jugs of Old Maw Pepper’s moonshine, The Guardian has word of an overturning of censorship that will certainly test the mettle of free speech defenders: the imminent republication of Mein Kampf, the sole literary endeavour of a frustrated visual artist who just happened to go on to wider infamy with his state-sponsored murdering of millions (shall we get the Producers quotes out of the way early? Let’s: ‘Hitler… there was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon! Two coats!’)
For reasons that should be largely self-evident, the book has been absent from German shelves since 1945, with publication, prominent display for sale and ‘flaunting in public’ all forbidden by law. Weird as it is to think of Hitler as a copyright holder, upon his death at the end of the Second World War (say, you don’t think the two might be connected, do you?) all rights to the title passed to the Bavarian state finance ministry, and the book was given the standard 70 year window on copyright expiration after the author’s death.
Unless you have a particularly poor grasp of rudimentary arithmetic, then, it shouldn’t come as too much of a shock to realise that we are fast approaching this 70 year cut-off, which will arrive in 2015, and at which time the text will enter into the public domain. Obviously even the staunchest defenders of free speech would acknowledge the potential dangers inherent in releasing such a deliberately inflammatory text in a form devoid of context or refutation (or even, should it find its way into the hands of neo-Nazi movements, given endorsement).
In a bid to control the damage that could be wrought by unscrupulous types looking to capitalise on the text’s infamy, German authorities are compiling an annotated version featuring academic commentary that thoroughly debunks Hitler’s rabid bile. Their aim is to ‘demystify’ the book, and discussions are also taking place with bookshops and publishers asking that they voluntarily refuse to carry any unannotated editions. Expected: the Bavarian edition will be translated into English and published internationally, and an e-book edition will also be made available. Slightly less expected: so will an audiobook (imagine being the actor who gets that call). Prediction: it won’t sell quite as many copies as it did in, oh, let’s say Germany in, oh, let’s say the 30s.
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Andrew Turner is Marketing Executive at Nelson Croom (who are currently offering 10% off their online publishing courses for BookMachine readers) and current chair of the Society of Young Publishers. Emma Smith has 6 questions for him…
The SYP helps people break into the industry or progress within it. How has it helped you get where you are today?
I joined the SYP after I started in my current role as Marketing Executive at Nelson Croom so the SYP didn’t have a direct role in me securing this position. However, the SYP has helped me to immerse myself in to the publishing industry, allowing me to meet new people, stay up to date with news and views and attend some brilliant events. All of which I think will be invaluable as I progress in my career.
It is difficult to single out one thing as the most rewarding experience but up there would have to be the last issue of our magazine InPrint. We restructured the committee in January and, after a year where InPrint wasn’t at its strongest, the team managed to deliver what I think was the best issue yet.
For people considering becoming members, what would you say are the biggest benefits of joining? And what’s coming up in the near future for the SYP?
If I was to summarise the benefits of the SYP into one heading I would have to say support. Through our events, articles and job alerts we aim to help people as they start and progress in their career. This could be as simple as allowing them to network at events or replying to questions we get emailed or tweeted but our biggest goal, and the biggest benefit we provide, is that we offer impartial advice and support from people who are at the same level of their careers as our members.
Publishing remains a seriously competitive industry. What do you think young publishers (or those aspiring to be) should be doing to get ahead?
For me there is no one thing people should be doing to get ahead, rather it is about building up transferable skills and networking. These are the two most important things and each has a lot of facets to its build up. You need a social media presence, a physical presence – at events – you need to understand digital AND traditional publishing methods and models and also be aware of new ideas and concepts which both succeed and fail.
Nelson Croom are offering 10% off publishing courses to BookMachine folks (great!), why have you made that decision, and why should people take these courses?
Nelson Croom, who I work for, has a selection of great online publishing courses, from Introduction to Publishing to Social Media for Professionals. Luckily I get to complete the courses as part of my job but it is something my bosses and I thought could be valuable to people starting out in the industry and so we wanted to do all we could to make them accessible to them. BookMachine provided this opportunity and we were very happy to offer a discount to their members for this.
I have to say our February ‘Last night a speed date saved my . . . career’ event was probably my favourite. It was the first event of my time as chair and we were really ambitious with it. We had over 20 speakers and thankfully the turnout was amazing, with over 100 people registering for the event. The night was fun and I really believe people learned a lot about areas of the industry they had never considered. You can see a full write up of the event here. I also have to give special mention to our Literary Pub Crawl event as it combined two of my favourite pastimes, fancy dress and beer, to allow me to get merry in central London in my PJs and a dressing gown.
Online marketing can reach a huge audience, but one of the best ways to sell children’s books is in person, doing presentations at schools, libraries and other events for kids or families.
The great thing about school presentations is that authors are often paid a speaking fee in addition to being able to sell their books.
You aren't limited to schools and libraries in your area, because you can do presentations to kids around the world through the magic of Skype. And if your day job prevents you from visiting local schools and libraries, you can visit kids in other time zones through Skype. In this podcast, Margot Finke shares her experience with doing Skype visits to schools.
10 Tips on How To Use the Media To Sell Books In today's guest post, media coach Gina Rubinstein shares her expertise in using the media to promote books. 10 Tips on How To Use The Media To Sell Books by Gina Rubinstein FACT 1: The marketplace for books is crammed...
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Learn to tune this difficult-to-sharpen tool by Charles Berold This article was first published in issue 41 of Woodcarving Illustrated. Many carvers find sharpening V-tools a challenge. Most traditional methods focus on treating each side of the V as a straight chisel, but there are several steps leading up to the […]
Use simple methods to secure your blank for easier and safer carving by Chris Pye After sharpening your tools, how you hold your work has the most direct, mechanical bearing on your carving experience. Traditional European woodcarving uses both hands to guide the tools, so carvings must be securely […]
Organize your finishing area for maximum efficiency by Vicki Rhodes This article was first published in issue 44 of Woodcarving Illustrated. Having a dedicated area set up to paint is as important as having an area set up for carving. It could be an extension of your carving area, but make […]
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The IronStrike Legacy™ S260 is designed with convenience and high-heating capacity in mind. Blending outstanding heating with unique styling, the Legacy boasts a large firebox for easy loading and the ability to heat up to 2,500 square feet. The unique T-top design provides greater heat output than conventional flat-top stoves. And to add your distinctive style, the Legacy can be customized with options for a perfect, personalized appearance.
Daylight Saving Time is a great opportunity to remind residents to replace the batteries in their smoke alarms, but there is more that can be done. Many residents are putting new batteries into smoke alarms that are 10-years-old or older. This can be extremely dangerous. Smoke alarms that are 10-years-old, or older, are no longer reliable.
The USFA's Install. Inspect. Protect. smoke alarm campaign offers fire departments and thepublic free smoke alarm fact sheets, posters, pre-written articles and community presentation materials in English and Spanish. The time change creates the perfect opportunity to take advantage of these materials in community presentations, door-to-door canvassing, at fairs, in newsletters and on websites. Public service announcements are available in English and Spanish and can be played at events, postedonline or given to public service directors at your local TV and radio stations.
Visit Install. Inspect. Protect's campaign page. It features sections for residents and members of theFire Service. The campaign materials' download page includes an auto-updated electronic widget that can be added to your webpage to remind users to replace their smoke alarms installed 10 years ago.
The high cost of home heating fuels and utilities have many residents in your community searching foralternative home heating sources, such as wood burning stoves, space heaters, and fireplaces. As your department knows, heating is one of the leading causes of residential fires. Over one-quarter of these fires result from improper maintenance of equipment, specifically the failure to clean the equipment.
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is another danger when using heating equipment fueled by fossil fuel. CO deaths have been on the rise since 1999. On average, there were 181 unintentional non-fire deaths from CO poisoning associated with consumer products per year from 2004-2006 compared to 123 from 1999-2001 (Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission). Carbon monoxide poisoning is most fatal to adults age 65 or older. Remind residents to install and maintain carbon monoxide alarms to avoid risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Incorporate the following heating fire safety tips and statistics into your department's newsletters, e-mails, website and media interviews:
All heaters need space. Keep anything that can burn at least three feet (one meter) away from heating equipment.
Install stationary space heating equipment according to the local codes and manufacturer's instructions, or have a qualified professional install the equipment.
Only purchase and use portable space heaters from a recognized testing laboratory with an automatic shut-off so if they're tipped over they will shut off.
Be sure the fireplace or stove is installed properly. Wood stoves should have adequate clearance (three feet) from combustible surfaces and proper floor support and protection.
Start the fire with newspaper, kindling, or fire starters. Never use a flammable liquid, such as lighter fluid, kerosene, or gasoline, to start a fire. They produce invisible vapors that can easily catch fire.
Read and follow the procedure in the owner’s manual before you attempt to operate or servicethe unit.
Always provide adequate ventilation for the unit. Burning kerosene consumes oxygen, and produces carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases, which may cause you to suffocate or have other respiratory problems.
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During the second round of the V-League HAGL FC vs Hai Phong FC, Nguyen Tuan Anh suffered a knee injury during the match.
On April 11, Nguyen Tuan Anh successfully completed ligament reconstruction at the 'Wooridul Hospital' in Seoul, Korea after an hour and a half operation. Surgery was carried out with the full support of the ‘Wooridul Hospital’.Nguyen Tuan Anh is scheduled to undergo rehabilitation for a few months after admission in the ‘Wooridul Hospital’.
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I just read this over at the Pyromaniacs, from Phil Johnson's weekly practice of posting quotes from his teacher, Charles Spurgeon. There are some things that Spurgeon writes and preaches that are edifying, but I am afraid the following will be representative of something that might only be half-baked; or maybe not baked at all. The concern I have with the following quote is the concept of God that must be present in order for Spurgeon to write what he does; let's take a look at that right now, and then pick it up afterward with a brief comment:
[O]h! my hearers, if you are trusting in the unconditional mercy of God, you are trusting in a myth. Has someone buoyed you up with the thought of the infinite goodness of God, I would remind you of his infinite holiness. Hath he not declared that he will by no means spare the guilty? No debt due to God is remitted unless it be paid. It must either be paid by the transgressor in the infinite, miseries of hell, or else it must be paid for him by a substitute. There must be a price for the ransom, and evidently, according to the text, that price must be a soul, a life. Christ did not give his body merely, nor his stainless character, nor merely his labors and sufferings, but he gave his soul, his life, a ransom. Oh! sinner, Almighty God will never be satisfied with anything less than thy soul.
"... Has someone buoyed you up with the thought of the infinite goodness of God, I would remind you of his infinite holiness. . . ."
Here is a classic example of how a classic usage of Divine Simplicity can run awry; wherein the modes of God's attributes are played off against each other as if there is a schism in God's actions towards his creation (and I think without proper nuance thus implicating God's being ... even though Divine Simplicity is intended to thwart my concern). Anyway, unlike Spurgeon's usage of this, I think a proper Christian Trinitarian construing of God's life is one that grounds all of God's activity from his interpenetrating life of self-giveness one for the other (the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all living in koinonial 'fellowship' one with the other ... it is this kind of life that shapes His holiness [or which is His holiness], His justice, His mercy, His creating etc.). If this is the case we never concluded what Spurgeon has about God's holiness somehow working against or trumping God's goodness; these aren't competing realities. God's life is loving grace to begin with; everything else is butter after that! Meaning, God's wrath and justice must be understood to only come within his very life; which again is love, full of grace and truth. Spurgeon is wrong on this point.
"... No debt due to God is remitted unless it be paid. It must either be paid by the transgressor in the infinite, miseries of hell, or else it must be paid for him by a substitute. There must be a price for the ransom, and evidently, according to the text, that price must be a soul, a life. . . ."
Here we have, even for the Baptist, Spurgeon, the lingering effects of Covenant Theology; such that (to be crude), the atonement is framed in a purely forensic and monetary mode. So that Jesus in the Incarnation and Atonement becomes nothing more than the instrument or Divine debit card by which God purchases the elect for himself; allowing him at that point (once the demands and the conditions of the Law have been met) to love his brand new people, but not until these conditions have been met. Jesus then becomes subordinated and abstracted from God's life, placing a rupture between God in eternity and Jesus in creation-time; Jesus becomes who he is dictated to become by creation itself.
I could say more, but on this Good Friday, it grieves me to think that folk accept what Spurgeon (and others like him) has to say about such things uncritically. I think this could be devastating to the Christian's daily walk and spirituality 'in Christ'.
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich." ~II Corinthians 8.9
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The EVBC has 141 members from 76 research institutions distributed over 25 countries across Europe and the world.
Group picture of the participants of the 2nd Meeting of the European Virus Bioinformatics Center, taken in Utrecht on April 10, 2018.
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After revisiting the famous beach of Calaguas, me and my best friend Vanessa went to Camarines Sur for our flight back to Manila the next day. But before leaving for Manila, we planned to go to CWC since my friend hasn’t been to that water sports complex yet. I arranged to have our stay in one of my relatives who lives in Bula, Camarines Sur, which is an hour and a half away from Naga City.
It was already 6:00 PM when the passenger’s van left the terminal in Daet. We traveled the road for like two hours to get to the next city. We reached Naga City at around 8:00 PM and since it’s too late already for us to travel to Bula, I contacted my cousin and told her that we’ll just be staying in Naga City instead. We still have plans of going to CWC so I don’t think our time can still permit us to get to Bula.
I’ve been going in and out of Naga City since I was still a kiddo but I haven’t really tried staying in the city. Why should I if I have relatives in the area, right? But this time is a different case. We have to look for a hotel or inn since we were caught on the road. I asked my friend Carla to help me look a cheap accommodation in the area since I don’t have an access to internet and she gladly helped me to find one. Then she recommended Sampaguita Tourist Inn to me.
Upon arriving in SM City Naga, me and my friend rode a tricycle going to Sampaguita Tourist Inn. I wasn’t aware that there are two branches for this hotel so I just told the driver to take us to the old one. I was thinking since it was old, the old branch could be cheaper thus explains why I asked the driver to take us there.
And yes it’s old but bearable. When we saw the new branch which is just few walks away from the old branch, we wish we should have just opted to stay there. The old tourist inn is located at Panganiban Drive in Naga City, just 5 mins away from SM City and from the city central.
We had standard room with twin bed, air-condition, TV and private bathroom for the night. The room costs like PHP 525.00 a night.
After we settled our things, we went out of our room. I saw there’s a computer available in the lobby so I went online first to see how to get to CWC during that time. Then I found out that CWC closes at 9:00 PM; and it was already passed 9:00 PM so we cancelled our plan of going there and thought of an alternative activity for the night. Then we’ve decided to get to the Centro (central) and had our late dinner at Bigg’s Diner.
We rode a tricycle from the tourist inn to get to the Centro, which took us about a minute to get there. It was good that Bigg’s Diner here is open 24 hours a day.
After dining in, we thought of having a drink before wrapping up our night so we rode a tricycle going to Magsaysay Avenue. The area is known as a place for nightlife and hanging out, there you can find restaurants and drinking areas.
Since we failed to visit CWC last night, we’ve made a plan to visit the water sports complex right after checking in to our 10:30 AM flight.
We checked out from the tourist inn at around 7:00 AM and hurriedly went to the terminal. We took a bus to get to the airport since we thought it’s the faster way to get there. It took us about 30 minutes to get to the airport, just in time as the check in counter for our flight was already open. After checking in and checking in our bags, we then hailed a tricycle going out from the airport, we then rode a jeepney from the highway bound to Naga; then we alighted at the Capitol. From there, we took another tricycle going to CWC. It took us 20 minutes to get there from the airport.
It was a calm morning when we arrived at the water sports area. There are only few guests that time which is in fact good since we could enjoy the area more and have wake boarding without the hassle of lining up. So the next time I’ll be visiting this area, I’ll go before lunch to avoid the flock of guests.
We registered and paid the fees first at the receiving area. We availed of the 1-hour wake boarding which costs PHP 165.00 per hour, we also paid PHP 40.00 for the rental of life vest and equipment, as well as made a refundable deposit of PHP 500.00 which will be refunded upon finishing the 1 hour activity. The fee comes with an hour free use of swimming pool but too bad the pool isn’t operational that time since they were cleaning it. Anyway, we’re not there for the pool but to go for wake boarding; so when we settled everything and had our equipment, we started the game.
For the past wake boarding experiences that I had, I always perform the activity at the beginner’s area. I’ve been wanting to try it at the professional’s area but the timidity in me always hinder my goal. So since there were only few guests that time, I don’t think there’s no need for me to be shy anymore. So me and my friend, tried it there. I don’t want to keep pace with professional wake boarders so me and my friend just had the knee boarding.
Well with the entire circuit that I have to navigate with, it’s not that really hard to do the knee boarding. In fact, it’s easier than the wake boarding itself as you only have to kneel down then navigate the handle depending on which side to turn. But I must say the hardest part of the activity is when missing the turns; then get left behind. I have to walk far to get back to the guests area.
So after trying out the knee boarding, we went to the beginner’s area to attempt wake boarding. There were only two guests trying the activity. Hooray! We had the full area by ourselves! No need to line up and wait for my turn.
I was able to try this activity quite times already but haven’t really been successful in getting a full circle ride until that day. I must have been lucky that time. It felt good that I didn’t fall from the board while riding it. I was able to make that turn that I’ve been wishing to learn since I had my first attempt. It was such a nice feeling.
Well if my friend was able to do the knee boarding successfully, she wasn’t able to stand longer on this ride. The instructors were too eager to teach my friend and even told us that we can actually stay longer even if we only pay for the one-hour rate. We would love to but it was already 10:00 AM so we have to go.
We finished the activity, had a quick shower and waited for a tricycle to arrive. It was already nearing our flight time and still, there’s no tricycle in sight to take us to the airport. We even asked one woman who was selling food in her mini-cart to take us to the highway but she’s too busy to accommodate us. Well I can’t blame her. We asked the guards if there are habal-habal (motorcycle) available because we’re already bothered about our flight. The guard on duty helped us to get a motorcycle going to the airport. After a couple of minutes, we were fetched by a man and his motorcycle which I supposed a staff from CWC. We rode the motorcycle and in less than 15 minutes we reached the airport. We paid the driver with our deepest appreciation for their kindness and goodwill.
We hurriedly went inside the terminal, checked our bags and everything and hooray, we made it! It was just in time for boarding. Whew, that was close for missing our flight. We felt relief after making it. It was a heart pounding experience getting to the airport, the longest 15 minutes I ever had. I never learned from my past airport experiences.
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Natchaug State Forest Trail / Niptuck Camping Area, Northeastern Connecticut, unknown, 1, tent site, low to moderate, tent site that is accessible via the Nipmuck Trail from either Eastford Road or Iron Mine Rd in Ashford (both of these roads are found off CT-89); in addition to the tent site you will find at the Niptuck Camping.
or just grab some fruit from a farm stand and enjoy a picnic on the banks of the Natchaug River in nearby Eastford. The state forest has gorgeous trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Later in the summer, look for large-mouth.
The hike will be 1.3 miles of easy walking. birders and wildlife viewing. The trail takes you through the town of Chaplin’s Garrison Park and CT’s Natchaug State Forest. This sanctuary was donated to Joshua’s Trust by Mollie.
Among these is a 3.5-mile leg of the 19.2-mile Natchaug Trail that runs. most comprehensive hiking guide to trails throughout the state, the Connecticut Walk Book published by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association. This.
List of parks located in Connecticut. Featuring Barber Pond State Wildlife Area, Black Pond State Wildlife Area, Connecticut River State Wildlife Area, Durman Meadows.
the Nitmuck and Natchaug Trails in northeast Connecticut, and the Pachaug State Forest Trails in central Connecticut. The trails pass through public and private land, and are part of the 500- mile long Blue Blaze Hiking Trail System.
Take a hike. Natchaug State Forest and camp under the stars. Paddle along the Connecticut River and Selden Creek to explore Selden Neck Island. More than 200 hikes, rides and paddling events await those participating in the annual.
Mansfield Hollow State Park, Bassetts Bridge Rd., Mansfield. Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Route 44, Pomfret, 928-6121. Mohegan State Forest, Route 97, Scotland. Moosup Valley State Park Trail, River Street (off Route 14), Plainfield. Nathan Hale State Forest, South St. (off Route 31), Coventry. Natchaug State Forest.
The Natchaug State Forest in Ashford, CT is a place of remote beauty that is accessible for hikers today. The area where the Old Connecticut Path crosses the is a deep wilderness crossing streams, beaver dams, ancient stone walls and bridges, and a rustic foot bridge. The modern Nipmuc Trail running downhill from.
On Saturday, more than 100 hikes and other outdoor events will take place across the state, sponsored by the Connecticut Forest. hike? From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., hikers will celebrate famous naturalist’s Edwin Way Teale’s.
A moose is a cow drawn by a 3-year-old,” writes Bill Bryson in “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.” While hiking on. as the 13,000-acre Natchaug Forest. Mansfield Hollow is managed as a state.
Airline Trail. Fay Rd. L e w is R d. Natchaug State Forest. : Chaplin, Eastford. & Hampton, Connecticut. 0.5. 0. 0.5. 1. 0.25. Miles. The boundaries of State-owned properties as shown on this map are approximate. Trail distances between marks ( ) are in miles. ^_. Map Date – February 19, 2009. Connecticut Department of.
Mileage: Various Trails Communities: Union, Woodstock Nipmuck State Forest and Bigelow Hollow State Park contain 9000 acres of land and include a network of hiking.
Natchaug State Forest Abstract: Description: Natchaug State Forest in Eastford, Connecticut is popular for its horse trails, outstanding fishing, and riverfront.
You follow it, travel down a section of the Kingsbury Rd, take a left turn heading northwest along the Natchaug Trail still, passing Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park, and then about 0.9 Miles down you have the choice to take a left hand turn, which connects you to a southern routed trail via a switchback. This trail parallels.
Jul 3, 2012. Rode out to Natchaug State Forest today, completed 13 miles in about 2.5 hours. Did the blue trail from Kingsbury Rd to Pilfershire Rd, then from.
From the Connecticut Wine Trail, to the city life up in Maine. This prototypical Vermont trip includes hiking, great.
Nickerson Park Family Campground is nestled deep in the Natchaug River Valley, beneath the sights and sounds of civilization. Separated from the 12,000 acre Natchaug State Forest by the cool, clear, trout-stocked, Natchaug River, Nickerson Campground offers excellent trout fishing, swimming and relaxing family tube.
Length: 17.6 miles. Towns: Hampton, Eastford, Ashford. Trail Overview: The Natchaug Trail traverses the James L. Goodwin and Natchaug State Forests. Together with the Nipmuck State Forest, Yale Forest and several large private tracts, they combine to form one of the largest areas of contiguous forest in southern New.
The next bridge crossing on the Natchaug is found on North Bear Hill Road where yet another portion of the state forest can be accessed and explored.
Other State Parks and Forests in the region with hiking trail include Mashamoquet Brook State Park in Pomfret, Natchaug State Forest in Chaplin and Eastford, James Goodwin State Forest in Hampton, Pachaug State Forest in Voluntown, and Bigelow Hollow State Park in Union. See the Connecticut DEP web site for more.
The Natchaug Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail "system" which meanders through 19.5 miles (31.4 km) of forests in northeast Connecticut—primarily in Windham County. It is maintained by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Its southern trailhead begins in the James L. Goodwin State Forest in the towns of.
General Mountain Biking information, features, and statistics for James L. Goodwin State Forest in Hampton, Connecticut.
Aug 15, 2017. Natchaug State Forest Abstract: Description: Natchaug State Forest in Eastford, Connecticut is popular for its horse trails, outstanding fishing, and. Forest Headquarters, General Lyons Historic Site and Picnic Area, Silvermine Horse Camp, Hiking, Fishing at the Beaver Dam impoundment, Hunting and.
Jun 4, 2017. A challenging 30K (~18.6 miles) course and 10K (~5.8 miles) course have been established to explore the Goodwin State Forest, the Pine Acres Lake area and the Natchaug State Forest. 10K Course – “Race to Governor's Island and Back:” This ~5.8-mile course utilizes the Yellow blazed trail around Brown.
May 17, 2013. And half the fun would be getting to it, since there wasn't a direct trail. I could take the Connecticut Forest & Park's Blue-Blazed Natchaug Trail across Bear Hill, around Black Spruce Pond to Pine Acres Pond Trail. Or I could journey along the abandoned Air Line State Park Trail named after a railroad that.
May 10, 2012. The first sign that you've arrived at the Natchaug State Forest in Eastford, CT is the huge stone fireplace and chimney at the entrance. The fireplace marks the birthplace of a Nathaniel Lyon of Ashford, the first Union General killed in the Civil War (read more about his military career). This hiking trail is.
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In this lesson, you will learn about vital signs. Included will be an example, the definition of vital signs and the processes of taking vital signs. Also, a quiz is provided to assist you with this lesson.
A nurse working at a clinic walks into the exam room and finds a person lying on the floor. The first thing the nurse does is take the person's vital signs. Why? Because knowing what a person's vital signs are will tell the nurse what to do next.
What are vital signs? Vital signs are the evidence of the current physical functioning of the body. They provide critical information that is 'vital' for life, and so they are called vital signs. In an emergency, the patient's heart rate is the first vital sign checked by a nurse. The nurse wants to know if the person's heart is beating and at what rate. Next, the nurse will check for the person's respirations and get a blood pressure cuff to check the blood pressure. The last vital sign is temperature.
Note that these ranges are the norms for the adult population. A health care worker will also look at the normal levels for the patient. Some patients' norms vary slightly from the norms listed above. For example, a softball player may have a slower heart rate. This is because of the athletic conditioning the softball player has achieved. The heart is a muscle, and it has learned to function at a lower rate.
Vital signs can provide the information needed by the health care professional to care for the needs of the patient. The alteration of vital signs in a patient can indicate an acute or chronic medical problem. The more off the norm the vital signs are usually indicates a sicker patient.
When taking vital signs in a non-emergency situation, the room should be quiet, and the patient should be as comfortable as possible. If possible, the vital signs should not be taken for at least 5 minutes after the patient enters the room. This is to avoid getting a reading that is altered due to activity. Of course, if the patient is very ill, this may not be feasible.
The patient should be seated when taking his or her vital signs. Take a moment to look over the patient. If the patient is anxious or in pain, this may cause alterations of the vital signs. The order of taking the different vital signs is not important in a non-emergency medical situation.
Usually, in a patient who is not critical, the health care worker will take the patient's temperature first, which is a measure of how the body generates and eliminates heat. There are several different ways to measure temperature in a patient.
Oral: A thermometer is placed under the tongue in the patient's mouth. Temperature is measured with a glass thermometer that is visually read or with an electronic device that provides a digital reading. Patients should not eat or drink anything prior to measurement. If using a glass thermometer, make sure it is clean, and shake the thermometer to get the mercury level below 95 degrees. Hold the thermometer under the patient's tongue for 3-4 minutes for a glass thermometer or until the unit beeps for an electronic device. A digital thermometer is the preferred method for measuring an adult's temperature.
Anal: Using a glass or digital thermometer, health care professionals will lubricate the thermometer and place it in the patient's anus about 1 inch. Note that the anal reading will be 1 degree higher because it is higher than the core temperature. So if the reading is 99.0, the recorded temperature would be 98.0. This is the preferred method for taking a child's temperature.
Axillary: The health care professional places a digital or glass thermometer under the patient's arm. Note that the axillary reading will be 1 degree lower because it is not a core temperature reading. So if the reading is 97.0, the recorded temperature would be 98.0.
Tympanic: For this reading, a special thermometer is inserted into the patient's ear. These are electronic, so the unit will beep when the reading is completed.
Skin: A strip thermometer can measure the temperature of a patient's skin. Since this is the least accurate method of taking a patient's temperature, health care professionals will only use it when there is no other way to obtain a patient's temperature.
Temporal: A special digital thermometer is used for this reading. The device is placed on the forehead and swiped along one side of the face. It is then held until the unit beeps.
Measuring the number of beats in a minute is how the heart rate is recorded. This measurement is usually known as BPM, or beats per minute. The heart rate can be taken at any large artery in the body, although it is usually taken at the radial artery in the wrist.
To measure BPM without a monitor, you place your index and middle finger just above the patient's wrist in line with the thumb. Push gently at first and then apply slight pressure once you feel the pulse. Make sure not to use your thumb to avoid confusing the patient's pulse with your pulse. Count for 1 full minute to get the most accurate reading.
Today there are many electronic devices to measure the heart rate. Some are very accurate, but a health care worker should always do a radial pulse measurement to compare to the digital reading.
Measuring the breaths per minute, or RR (respiratory rate), is the way to record respirations. This is done by counting the number of times the patient breathes in one minute. When taking this measurement, be careful not to alert the patient. If the patient feels like he or she is being watched, she or he may alter the rate of breathing.
The best way to count respirations is to do it immediately after you take the pulse measurement. Do not let go of the wrist, but start to count the rises and falls of the chest. One respiration is counted for each rise and fall of the chest. This way the patient will not become aware that you are counting respirations and alter his or her breathing.
Blood pressure is measured using a manometer and a stethoscope or using a digital device. The reading is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). The first number is the systolic number, which represents the contraction of the heart. It indicates the maximum pressure on the blood vessels. The second number is the diastolic number, which represents the minimum pressure on the blood vessels. This is when the heart is resting before the next contraction.
Digital devices are specifically designed to be applied to the upper arm, the wrist, the thigh, or the ankle. Because digital devices have less than 50% accuracy, the measurement for blood pressure will be described using the manometer and the stethoscope.
The patient should be seated and the arm should be bare. The cuff length should be measured against the patient's arm circumference. If the cuff does not fit properly, you may receive an incorrect reading. The cuff is placed on the upper arm of the patient on the patient's brachial artery.
According to the American Heart Association, the cuff is inflated to the level of at least 30 points above the patient's normal systolic reading on the manometer using the bulb. At the same time, the health care worker places the stethoscope in his or her ears and the bell on the patient's brachial artery. Slowly the cuff is deflated. The first sound you hear is the systolic blood pressure and the last sound you hear is the diastolic blood pressure. These two sounds represent the two values of the blood pressure reading.
Sometimes you may not hear the last sound. If this happens, deflate the cuff completely before repeating the procedure. If the measurement is very low or very high, repeat the procedure after deflating the cuff.
Vital signs are measurements of the current physical functioning of the body that can indicate acute and chronic conditions in a patient. The health care worker should always verify the heart rate, respirations, and blood pressure through manual methods if the norms are high or low.
There are six different methods to take a person's temperature. For adults, the oral method is preferred to get the temperature. In children, the preferred method for the temperature reading is the anal method.
Heart rate measures the number of beats in a minute. Using a patient's radial artery is the most efficient way to measure heart rate.
Measuring a patient's respiratory rate is done by counting the number of times the patient breathes in one minute.
Best measured by using the radial artery Measured by counting the number of times a patient breathes in one minute Measured using a manometer and a stethoscope Measured with a thermometer in one of the following ways: oral, anal, axillary, tympannic, skin contact, and temporal
Numbers 28:24 In this way you shall prepare daily, seven days, bread for a fire offering, a soothing fragrance to Jehovah. It shall be prepared besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
LITV(i) 24 In this way you shall prepare daily, seven days, bread for a fire offering, a soothing fragrance to Jehovah. It shall be prepared besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
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CNA Financial Corp. said it has completed transferring its legacy asbestos and environmental pollution liabilities to Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity Company (NICO). CNA said it expects to record an after-tax loss of about.
Army, Navy and, most recently, Air Force have partnered with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) so that the naturalization process for non-citizen recruits can begin during basic training. CNA recommends that the Marine.
“With this, I found both.” Hall, who is taking final courses to prepare for taking the GED test, completed the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) course earlier this year. She will take her state board examination on March 23. The best part.
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More than 550 School District 51 teachers and administrators are hitting the books early this year for two days of professional development and training at the second. classroom culture and teaching students to take more.
CNA jobs are expected to grow 21 percent. s certified medication aide refresher course is $75 and will take place from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18. The course includes specific training and review in the preparation and.
Monette, 30, has been a CNA since she was 16, when she and her mother took. Sharaths who work at St. John’s new cottages have an additional 169 hours of training to take on more responsibilities. They have more say in how they do.
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Although his side were trounced 6-0 in their first round Malaysian FA Cup tie, CNA boss Mark Jacob was still delighted. We were only lacking in the organisation and training aspects. All in all, it’s a fantastic experience and we’re very.
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Her choreographed steps danced in and out of debris. Delicate footfalls amid the shattered remains of their relationship.
Practiced in the art, she executed jumps and leaps knowing exactly where her feet would land—between scattered bits of betrayal and contempt.
Home was a minefield. In those rare performances when her foot slipped, she set off explosions, creating more rubble, and learning new dance moves.
November 18, 2015 prompt: Dance – In 99 words (no more, no less) write dance into your story. Twirl your characters round and round or stomp your plot onto the page. Use dance in any way that comes to mind. Be specific or free, tango or disco.
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My family storms in, stomps around, looks left and right. Sometimes they search underneath the bed or stick their heads inside the closet. But they never look up.
Relaxation washes over me on this shelf in the corner of the closet. There are always soft things here—sweaters in the summer, beach towels in winter. I sigh. Knowing they will never find me.
November 11, 2015 prompt: Comfort/Refuge – In 99 words (no more, no less) write about a place of comfort that is a refuge. Have fun…or go dark. Play with the idea of comfort and refuge.
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“Anne, I’m not going over this again,” Lisa sat on the couch next to her son, stroking his hair. “He needs sanctuary—a place to escape.”
“It’s weird,” Anne twirled her hair. “I mean, other people aren’t going to be as understanding as I am. Look at him. He’s just… sitting there staring.”
Lisa stood up, rummaged through the kitchen cabinets, and pulled out some pots. She brought them shoulder level then slammed them together next to Anne’s ear.
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I often wrapped my arms around my chest as one might do on a winter’s morning when frost has formed where soft dew should be.
The strength of my emotions hurt, and I hugged myself to add pressure, like pressing on a wound to stop the bleeding.
Without warning, that love froze. Cold seeped into my heart and, even in summer, I could never stay warm.
The shallow pond, only partly covered in ice, lets me slip into its frigid, watery grave. As I do, I wonder what will happen in spring.
November 4, 2015 prompt: Frozen – In 99 words (no more, no less) write a frozen story. Is the weather the source of freezing or is a character frozen by emotion or lack of it? It can also be a moment frozen in time. What does it reveal?
That’s right. According to the Study of Bizarre Election Day Phenomenon by the University of Wicked Smart Students and Pompous Professors (WSSPP), citizens are thinking seriously of ditching the suburbs and heading for the hills. Literally. Some have even started preparations for a quick exit to The Cave in early 2016 after the primary election for president.
“It’s a viable option,” says Carol Fixit of Florida. “The Cave is actually very nice. There are tile mosaics and natural hot springs.”
The Cave is an underground community designed by architect, Neo Opportune, who said in an interview last month that “The Cave is a fully-developed area with all the amenities”. It is currently under construction after a grant from the FFCC (Frantic Foundation of Concerned Citizens) funded the final extension of the sewer system lines.
When the DICs (Desperate Indecisive Citizens) questioned Opportune about the rumors that developers didn’t have the proper building permits, Opportune responded, “After the election, it won’t matter.”
It is uncertain whether any legal action will be taken against anyone involved in the building of The Cave. However, as of today, housing has been increased to accommodate 15,000 residents.
“There is no ‘lesser of two evils’ this time around,” says Nick Bottom of New Hampshire. “Not when the candidates don’t know the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite,” he shook his head. “It’s just not right.”
The confusion Nick refers to occurred during a televised presidential debate last Tuesday. When a candidate was asked what he planned to do to about the national debt, he pointed to the wintry scene through the window, making a comparison to the stalagmites in The Cave. He said they were too dangerous to allow families to consider a move there. Another candidate chuckled and called him on his mistake saying that he was pointing to stalactites, not stalagmites. Yet another candidate chimed in with the observation that they were, indeed, neither of these things and were mere icicles. Someone in the audience shouted that all this Cave talk was just a red herring and the moderator continued the debate by asking the candidates their stance on the regulation of Wall Street.
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I was pretty much bang on the money with Week 1 predictions as Caykur Rizespor already set an early benchmark at the top, while poor Gaziantepspor look too be facing and impossible task of avoiding relegation.
Ankaragucu kicked off the PTT Lig 2017/18 campaign at home against Erzerumspor and with both sides having overhauled their squads, the 0-0 scoreline was a fair reflection on the game. Ilhan Parlak missed two golden opportunities for Ankaragucu although one of them should have resulted in a penalty after his effort was hand balled off the line. Hamza Younes also had two great chances at the other hand end but failed miserabley with his finishing.
Next up it was Caykur Rizespor who I believe are the favourites having kept their key players from last seasons Super Lig team. They swept Manisaspor away with a 4-1 win, two of the goals coming from ex Ankaragucu player Ozgur Cek, a sole goal for Ogulcan Caglayan and an own goal sent their fans home happy.
The Istanbulspor vs Eskisehirspor was a 4 goal cracker and the home side showed they will be no pushovers this season. Just a couple of years ago Istanbulspor were playing amateur football while Eskisehirspor were playing in the Europa League. It was Eskisehir who took the lead through Ofoedu. Onur Kolay and a Mehmet Celik scored two goals in 5 minutes to put Istanbulspor 2-1 up before Hasan Acar gave Eskisehirspor a share of the points.
Adanaspor got off to a flying start with a comfortable 3-0 win over Denizlispor. A brace from former Everton forward Magaye Gueye and a Bahuttin Kose strike gave them all 3 points.
Their rivals Adana Demirspor had a hard fought 2-2 draw Balikesirspor and will be disappointed they didn't take all 3 points having lead. Savas Yilmaz and Robert Tambe twice gave them the lead before the impressive Foxi Kethevoama and Mehmet Boztepe gave he home side a share of the points.
Samsunspor played out a 0-0 draw with Gaziantep BB in the first competitive game at their new stadium. The Samsun fans will be hoping for more goals in their next home game.
Rydell Poepon will again play a big part in Boluspor's season and he got off the mark in their 2-2 draw with Giresunspor. Boluspor were heading for all 3 points until a last minute striker by Fatih Atik levelled the game. A cracking match where both sides had plenty of chances.
Gaziantepspor have a beautiful new stadium but sadly their were only a couple of hundred fans who attended their opener with Umraniyespor. The team have serious financial problems and have a transfer ban in place. They look to be facing the same fate as Kayseri Erciyesspor which is a shame as they have a lot of history within Turkish football. Umraniyespor ran out 3-0 winners with Ibrahim Akdag scoring a double.
The last game of the week was Elazigspor vs Altinordu and it was the visitors who ran out 2-0 winners with an impressive performance. Two brilliant goals from Mirkan Aydin and Fatih Aktay were enough to see off Elazigspor and Altinordu will now welcome Ankaragucu at home this Sunday.
No big surprises I suppose. However, Altinordu did exceptionally well to return from Elazig with all 3 points. A difficult match then on Sunday with the Ankaragucu defence again being put to the test. Will it be another 0-0, or ........... will Ilhan finally find the back of the net ??!!
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Earth fissures caused by ground failure in areas of uneven or differential compaction have damaged buildings, roads and highways, railroads, flood-control structures and sewer lines. As emphasized by Barends , "in order to develop a legal framework to claims and litigation, it is essential that direct and indirect causes of land subsidence effects can be quantified with sufficient accuracy from a technical and scientific point of view."
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In this text book, we present an engineering approach based on the Biot system of equations to predict the soil settlement due to subsidence, resulting from different causes. Also we present a case study of The Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA).
This monograph presents a new, systematic treatment of the relation between classifying topoi and classifying spaces of topological categories. Using a new generalized geometric realization which applies to topoi, a weak homotopy equival- ence is constructed between the classifying space and the classifying topos of any small (topological) category. Topos theory is then applied to give an answer to the question of what structures are classified by "classifying" spaces.
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Renewal is more than a property development company. Our innovative schemes reflect our dedication to design excellence. Our sole aim is to create quality, best value housing that makes a real difference to the lives of those that choose to live in it.
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"In 1976 I was five going on six and already bang into music. Yeah, I had felt tips and matchbox cars, but the idea of getting transported elsewhere via my mum's records and huge, springy headphones, was where it was at. My Mum had a huge record collection back then - Motown, Old Soul Compilations, Reggae. She was in her early 20's, a single parent with me and my older sister, and to her, those records were a way out of the hard times."
Leigh Stephen Kenny was born in Kent and grew up in Leeds in the 1980's and those years have shaped many of the songs on his new album 'Outlaw'. "I wrote the track 'Seventies, Eighties' for the Nightmares on Wax album, Mind Elevation and it more or less sums up the era I grew up in, though the version on 'Outlaw' is much darker." Growing up the son of a mixed race mother during the early Thatcher years certainly made him see the hard times from the sharp end but as a teenager he was also obsessed with music- DJing, going to blues parties, rapping, and hanging at his local record store. By 1997 he was fronting Bedlam A Go Go, a Leeds outfit who produced one album, 'Estate Style Entertainment', a swirling collision of Trip Hop and Psychedelic urban symphonies, before internal tensions forced them to split, but already, Leigh's verbal dexterity and deep soul voice were marking him out as an extraordinary talent.
As the rest of the band returned to obscurity, Leigh pursued his own musical vision, bringing together all the disparate influences that had touched him, from Dancehall to De La Soul, Culture to The Clash. The eponymously titled 'LSK' was released in late 1999 to much critical acclaim. This startling collection of songs showed the growing maturity of Leigh's work both lyrically and musically. As well as the exploration of personal issues in songs such as 'Roots' there were also sharp, clever vignettes such as 'Cubana Anna' and dark, narratives of passion in 'The Biggest Fool', all wrapped in a heady, uplifting, mix of soul, reggae, hip hop, and rock.
LSK toured extensively, playing Japan, Australia, and Europe, as well as such prestige festivals as Transmusicales in France and The Montreux Jazz Festival, whilst appearances on Later with Jools Holland, and Glastonbury 2000 further cemented his reputation as a singularly gifted singer and writer. However, Leigh's restless curiosity and unwillingness to conform to industry expectations, did not sit well with the routine of touring and promotion, and in 2001 he returned home to start work on what was to become 'Outlaw'
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Coffee, beer, bikes, hipsters and books. Those are the typical words associated with Portland, Oregon. Oh, and legal pot. And doughnuts. Yup, we celebrate all the vices in our rainy left-coast city, so it’s only fitting that when it comes to launching books, our freak flag flies higher than most.
Remember, this is the city where Chuck Palahniuk put together his first “Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups” gig – which went on to fill rock star-sized venues all over the country. But even if you don’t have Chuck’s star power behind your book launch, that shouldn’t stop you from putting your own creative stamp on a party that honors your baby as it squeezes itself out into the world.
Take Kevin Maloney, for instance. Last summer, when indie press Lazy Fascist published his novella, Cult of Loretta, he wanted to create an authentic Portland experience – one that complemented the unvarnished truth and tone of his book – so he invited several other writers to read, and contacted one of Portland’s favorite up-and-coming literary venues, Post 134, for his launch.
The Portland-before-hipsters vibe associated with Post 134, the cheap-as-fuck cocktails, the welcoming haven for veterans, artists and musicians, was the perfect recipe for bringing this hilarious, though heartfelt, novella to its hungry readership. Plus, it was an opportunity for Maloney to share his joy (and the stage) with fellow writers. Maloney's impulse to give birth to his book in an environment that felt organic to the material was key — and felt like a natural extension of its creation.
Likewise, this past summer, I hosted a house party for a dear friend, Shanna Mahin, whose Hollywood-based Oh! You Pretty Things had garnered national attention, reviews and buzz. Her own launch kicked off at the iconic Standard Hotel in Los Angeles, and we wanted to keep the party going. We put a Portlandia spin on it with a taco truck and a casual backyard setting, along with help from Portland’s Broadway Books as the onsite bookseller.
Instead of a reading, Mahin had a conversation with the guests, giving them background and inside scoop while a “wait staff” (consisting of my teenaged son and his pals) floated around with spring rolls and lemonade.
When Diversion Books published my first book two years ago, I was lucky enough to have Chuck on my launch team, and we packed the basement of Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle – but before that, in Portland, I hosted a smaller bash at Voodoo Doughnut (the iconic treats in their pink paper box had a few cameos in The Moment Before). I had free doughnuts for all, and raffled off a couple of books to folks who brought clothing for the mannequin I rented, and even though it was mid-winter, the atmosphere was hot!
Last fall, for my second book, The Empress Chronicles, I put on an Oktoberfest – complete with a hired accordionist. Several guests came dressed in authentic lederhosen and dirndls.
And now, with the lau nch of my latest book, The Keepsake, I’m trying something a little different – a slower, longer party and several mini appearances in bookstores and holiday festivals and such. And, lucky for me, I happened on a new business started by an award-winning author and ad gal, Kari Luna.
Kari’s service, Launch with Love, is a model that I’m pretty sure will take hold as the publishing industry continues to evolve. These days, very few authors are granted tours and marketing muscle on the publisher dime, and even when they are, the marketing folks at most houses are stretched thinner than thin.
For a very fair price, Kari and her graphic design team put a full court press on developing visual and messaging strategies to align with The Keepsake – and even though that sounds sort of fancy, it’s pretty simple: find words and pictures that communicate the essence of your book.
The most important piece of “launching with love” is to make it feel like fun instead of marketing. Most of us writers feel queasy as salespeople – hawking our book on Facehooker, begging friends, family and others to click, click, click, buy, buy, buy! A good launch – a fun launch – add s an element of delight to all that whoring. Think about your book as your kid – give it a Quinceañera or a Bar Mitzvah, or a wedding. It can be as simple and cost-effective as a potluck picnic in a park, or as madcap as inviting all your friends to the local amusement park to ride bumper cars (as Portland author Stevan Allred did once, years ago, when one of his stories got published in Carve).
With social media tools and other ways to enroll and engage readers, you can create pop-up author signings, scavenger hunts, photo contests … so many possibilities!
Of course, bookstores are still the default liaison to get the word out on your new baby – but with the myriad ways in which books are finding their way to readers, with community Zeitgeist at your fingertips, y'all can come up with something beyond the conventional bookstore reading. #AmIRight?
Suzy Vitello has been teaching creative writing and facilitating workshops for more than 15 years. As the den mother to Portland’s “hottest writing group,” whose members include Chuck Palahniuk, Chelsea Cain, Lidia Yuknavitch, Monica Drake and Cheryl Strayed, Suzy’s name has graced the acknowledgement pages of many a novel and memoir. Her own award-winning writing has appeared in countless journals and has been anthologized in several books. She holds an MFA from Antioch Los Angeles, and is co-founder of the successful marketing and communications company BridgePoint Creative. Find out more on www.suzyvitello.com.
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Manitoba First Nation Consortium partner to buy Hudson Bay Railway and Churchill Port - Aboriginal Business Magazine
Home » Business » Manitoba First Nation Consortium partner to buy Hudson Bay Railway and Churchill Port
Manitoba First Nations Consortium in Partnership with iChurchill Inc. Enters into Agreement to Acquire Hudson Bay Railway and Port of Churchill from U.S.-Based Owner
WINNIPEG, May 3, 2018 – A consortium of Manitoba First Nations, led by Chief Glenn Hudson, and in partnership with iChurchill Inc., a private Canadian company, has entered into an acquisition agreement with the U.S.-based owner of the Hudson Bay Railway, the Port of Churchill and associated assets.
War Lake First Nation Chief Betsy Kennedy, said, “These assets are crucial to the existence to all Northern First Nations. My community is directly impacted as this line goes directly through our community and territory. This is a historic day as finally we will have a say in our future.”
Chief Glenn Hudson, leading member of the First Nations consortium, said, “I stand together with my Northern Colleagues to welcome in a new day in Manitoba. A day that shows Canada the strength of First Nations, that shows how true partnerships are formed and ensures that together, the First Nations will build a Stronger North, a Stronger Manitoba and a Stronger Canada. This is a true opportunity for all levels of Government to put Reconciliation into action.”
The consortium and iChurchill plan on posting requests for proposals (RFPs) for the repairs in the coming days. This will ensure repairs to the railway, which was damaged by flooding in May 2017, can commence promptly and that rail services to Churchill can be restored as soon as possible.
OmniTRAX estimates it sunk more than $75 million into the Hudson Bay Railway between 1997 and 2015, and claims deeper losses have mounted over the past year. The cost of restoring rail access to Churchill, according to the company, is somewhere between $20 million and $60 million.0 It says the line is a public service, not commercially viable. (Supplied Photo)
“We are proud to have formed this historic partnership and are excited to be working together with the First Nations to restore rail service to Churchill and build a successful business that protects the sustainability of these vital assets well into the future.” Said Louis Dufresne, President of iChurchill.
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“Let’s just put that broken tie down in the ground and put a rock over it, there’s no more left in the bag, it will have to do.” Paul said in a sharp tone. “You guys have to help, you know”. Jeff and Jason were rolling around on the ground, wrestling, “we’re helping, we’re helping!” the two snapped back in unison. “ It’s getting dark and if we don’t get this tent up soon, we might as well sleep under the stars.”
The sun had already gone down and they were still struggling. Finally, under the light of a full moon, they put their sleeping bags and pillows down, hauled in the cooler and other gear, zipped up the door and relaxed. The tent hadn’t been used in a while, the musty smell of canvas was heavy.
The crickets were chirping, frogs were croaking and it was just a great night for camping.. They lit a small gas lantern, opened up bags of chips and decided to take turns telling scary stories. Paul started out with…. “There was a blob of blood the size of a watermelon”……….. and the stories went on. They were all getting spooked, they moved in a little closer together. They opened the cooler, got sodas, and snuggled up in their sleeping bags while listening to one horror story after another
Suddenly…..in the middle of a beheaded Dracula story, they heard a sound outside the tent, it was getting closer. Grrrrrr…Paul put the lantern out and they all sat wide eyed and silent. “shhhhhhh”, Paul whispered, don’t make a sound. The shadow was huge, and it was coming closer. Grrrrrrr…it sounded again, the boys were terrified, they could hear their hearts pounding…..it came up close to the back of the tent….the sniffing and growling was loud and right on top of them.
Paul was sweating and breathing hard, “don’t move” he said to the other two. Then, just as quickly as it came…it was gone. Afraid and shaking, the boys agreed not to venture outside of the tent until the sun came up.
Meanwhile, Paul’s Dad had just slipped back into bed with his Mom for the night. “I don’t know why you allowed those boys to camp in the back yard,” his Mom said “I hope they don’t plan on sneaking out and roaming all over the neighborhood tonight”.
Oh very good Janine, this made me smile. I did get it before the end but that doesn’t matter it was a good read
I thought this was really smart, (cute). I found it very entertaining. Good idea for a story. Good writing. Smiles from Jane.
Thanks Jane, this is actually a true story….only it was me and my girlfriends, and my brother and his friends were the growlers and sniffers………….very scarey night!
"Initially, my perception of her (Shakeela) was the same like other people -- that she is an adult star and she's done... maybe not porn because it was illegal... but soft porn movies. Now my perception is what is on the logo: 'Not a pornstar'," Richa tells Rediff.com Contributor Karan Sanjay Shah.
What I don't understand is how no one took it up sooner as her autobiography had been out a while ago.
Initially, my perception of her was the same like other people -- that she is an adult star and she's done... maybe not porn because it was illegal... but soft porn movies.
She could have easily been hooked onto drugs or cigarettes or been an alcoholic. She likes her drink but she's not dependent on anything.
If I was in her position when -- and you'll have to see the film to know more -- whatever she went through in the late 1990s, I don't think I would've made it because you are completely without any support, no love in your life, no money, nothing... What do you rely on?
I try to humanise the subject first because if I start judging her, that's death for the script and for everybody.
But I have learned over time to be wise and not do method acting. So, I don't let it last more than 10, 15 minutes after 'cut'.
We are talking about harassment. The last time we spoke, I remember you mentioned that you don't feel a movement like #MeToo would happen in India. But it has happened.
But what I told you last time also is that we lack the humanisation, we lack the loyalties, we don't have the legal things in place.
I think it's just about starting because I didn't expect women to come out so strongly in support of each other.
She wrote about Woody Allen, saying if we can't go after your work or your career, we will go after your legacy. You will never be remembered the same way.
For all the good that Alok Nath had done, being perceived as a father figure, the fact that he was hitting on a girl, who was playing his daughter, made me almost want to throw up. That's his legacy now.
You said a lot of women came out in support and that's great. But we have not seen the top, established stars come out and speak about this issue and support it.
See, honestly, I can't judge because I'm not in a position where Rs 300 crores, Rs 400 crores is riding on me, that is the difference.
So, I don't know what the deal is, but I wish that there was open and universal condemning because all they have daughters too.
You don't care about us, that's fine, but care about making the world a better place for your daughters.
You are doing some fabulous work. What's next for you and how are you going about picking these films?
There's another one or two films in the pipeline, and a couple of biopics, which I will announce later.
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I’ve written a few posts on controls platforms, notably on Allen-Bradley, Automation Direct/Koyo, and Siemens. A couple of friends have written guest posts on Idec and Panasonic.
I am still hoping to get some contributors to write articles on GE, Modicon, Mitsubishi, Omron and ABB. Any other platform would be good too.
While this isn’t exactly a typical post, I did get an e-mail from our local Beckhoff representative, Richard Smith, that explains what they do and provides some good links.
Here is a link to an overview of Beckhoff. One of our core philosophies is solutions through software.
TwinCAT is our software that is all inclusive. TwinCAT 3 is our latest version. Machine control using Ladder, Structured Text, C/C++, Matlab/Simulink, Function Block Diagram, Instruction List, and Sequential function charts. The same, no cost and fully functional, engineering software also includes drives, HMI, safety, and I/O commissioning modules that allow engineers to work from one tag database and have one software for debug and maintenance of the system.
EtherCAT was originally developed by Beckhoff and is the fastest Ethernet based network allowing evaluation of data down to the microsecond. No switches are required and can be deployed is line, ring or star topology or any combination of these topologies. Ring redundancy is also available if necessary.
TwinSAFE is the Beckhoff safety system. Controllers in a single slice sitting on the EtherCAT network can control up to 128 other TwinSAFE devices including TwinSAFE drives and TwinSAFE I/O. We also have TwinSAFE standalone safety controllers .
Last but not least is the fact that we play well with others. All of our drives and I/O and TwinSAFE devices can be put behind one of our many industrial network interfaces such as PROFINET RT, EtherNet/IP, PROFIBUS, CANopen, DeviceNet, Modbus TCP and others. Some of our bus couplers also have small controllers in them to reorganize and/or rescale data before it is communicated to the system controller.
Back when I was at Wright Industries, a lot of projects were substituting Beckhoff’s remote I/O blocks for Allen-Bradley. I wasn’t ever on one of those, so I can’t speak from personal experience, but I do see a lot of Beckhoff when I visit plants around the country. Leave a comment with your experiences with Beckhoff!
I have used Beckhoff’s EtherCAT since 2005 to control propulsion tests. We needed 10 ms response for >10 channels. We run most controllers at 0.1 ms cycle time currently (<1 ms response). Beckhoff proved a wise choice. Their EtherCAT field-bus is now widely used and they moved their configuration/programming to familiar Microsoft Visual Studio. It seems a good choice for high-end tasks like electronic assembly and scientific apps. The hardware is actually less expensive than A-B and Siemens, and is easier to wire and manage. Beckhoff's "slice I/O" has also become popular with other manufacturers. Wago partnered with Beckhoff early-on, but split their own line which is an older and slower field-bus.
I just bought my first Beckhoff PLC, a 9020, and hope to get a chance to play around with it soon. I agree that it is probably a better choice than AB or Siemens costwise, and much more capable than Automation Direct. I would still prefer AB or Siemens software as far as rapid code development.
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2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."
It happened recently during a random moment; a conversation with another individual that the enemy was not invited to! The deceiver strove to derail my thoughts to turn negative and sour. He took pleasure in discouraging me to the point of self-doubt. Ever been there? No sooner does a negative comment come, the liar makes you like a dog chasing fireflies of suspicion, criticism and disparagement; irritating to say the least.
Not long ago someone made a comment to me that I took offense to. It hurt and I felt the statement was unwarranted. It took me several days to reflect and delineate the swirling thoughts in my head. But the initial sting felt like an open wound oozing my raw emotions. You'll never guess who delighted to pour salt on this open laceration. You guessed it!
The impostor's fiery darts penetrated something like this: Hester, who are you trying to fool? You really think your little devotions minister to others? Ha! Most of your friends don't even read them. Oh, and you really blow it as a mother. You try to be patient, but you know how often you mess up. One more thing, do you really think God is concerned with your struggles? He's got greater concerns to deal with than your hurt.
Second Corinthians teaches the importance of taking every thought captive. To take a thought captive means to capture it and make sure it is obedient to Christ. If a thought lines up with God's Word we should receive it humbly. When a notion is a lie from the enemy we must discard it and consciously choose not to dwell on his trickery.
Satan makes it appear easier to believe the deception and follow the downward spiral leading to further decay. When we allow ourselves to park our mind in the place of negativity and self-doubt, our rival wins. If we don't take our thoughts captive they will make us captive to them; we might start believing the lies. The devil's attempts to defeat us, to give in to our flesh of insecurity can cause us to spin like a hamster's wheel.
Forcing our human nature to surrender to God's Spirit and recognize Truth takes purposeful intention. It is impossible, however, to recognize a lie if we do not know the truth!! Our opponents objective is to destroy our mind, cause doubt, discouragement, confusion, intimidation, etc. We defeat this con-artist with the Truth. There is a promise from the Word for every lie Satan would try to use to obliterate us.
Lie: "I feel like such a loser. I will always struggle with food, money, weight, materialism, insecurity, jealousy etc."
Truth: "No, in all things I am more than a conqueror through Him who loved me and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world." Romans 8:37 & 1 John 4:4.
Truth: "I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I was knit together in my mother's womb. I am God's masterpiece. I am bought with the blood of Christ and I am a child of the Most High God." Psalm 139, Ephesians 2:10, & Ephesians 1:7.
Truth: "I (God), even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more. In Him I have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Isaiah 43:25 & Colossians 1:14.
Our reinforcement comes from the matchless Word of God not the daily horoscope, not Dr. Phil, Oprah or Google, but the inspired, inerrant Word of God. When filtered through Scripture, our response to enemy attacks can become an arsenal full of weapons of truth.
This incident reminded me once again that ministry is tough. People say insensitive things. While I may want people to like me, I remind myself, "I'm not living for them, I'm living for Him!" The adversary wanted to throw me down, but I wielded my weapon of Truth and demolished his pathetic attempt.
Ask for the Lord's strength to help you evaluate your thoughts as they come. Do they line up with God, His Word and His character? Rely on the Holy Spirit's power to enable you to control the input you allow into your mind.
Defeating Satan's lies is possible by refuting them with God's Truth. What Scripture can you memorize to defeat his attempts? Check a concordance or go to BibleGateway.com and type in a key word to show you related verses.
Are you taking control of your thoughts or are they taking control of you? What thoughts do you need to take captive or eliminate from your life?
2 Corinthians 11:3 "But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ."
Ephesians 6:16 "Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one."
Philippians 4:8 "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things."
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Longstanding friction between U.S. President Donald Trump and two top aides, the National Security Advisor and the Chief of Staff, has grown to a point that either or both might quit soon, four senior administration officials said.
Asked about sources saying that either National Security Adviser McMaster or Chief of Staff Kelly, or both, might be leaving, White House spokesman Raj Shah on Thursday did not address the possibility.
He said: "The president has full confidence in each member of the team." Press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Tuesday that Trump "still has confidence in General McMaster."
3 posted on 02/22/2018 7:38:12 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
Tensions with Trump, translation: Trump is still refusing to behave like a good little politician.
As far as I am concerned, they are both disloyal to the President. There have been too many occasions with both of them being openly critical of Trump. Trump's problem is that he needs to have “committed change agents” in key positions in his administration, but he cannot count on that worthless f*ck, McConnell to shepherd his nominees through the Senate.
How can you call this fake news? They’ve got FOUR unnamed sources. That’s much more credible than their usual sourcing. /s
12 posted on 02/22/2018 7:43:57 PM PST by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
He can’t quit, he’s a serving military officer and that’s his duty assignment. All he can do is resign his Commission then he can quit. The arrogant prick
13 posted on 02/22/2018 7:44:11 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
I can live with Kelly, but McMaster has to go, he’s a total POS that has no business being anywhere near policy-making.
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We have a DNN site and we use the AJAX Toolkit. We upgraded from AJAX 30930 to 40412. We changed the script manager to a ToolkitScriptManager. I have a image button that posts back and calls a modal popup.show() method. When I click the button I get
I have an application in which inside my aspx page i have an user control which gets loaded at runtime.Inside this user control I have collapsible panel extender from ajax toolkit for which i have inserted scriptmanager tag at the starting of user control.At run time I am getting an error only one instance of script manager can be added...though I have not added script manager in my aspx apge..
I am currently working on a CMS application that has multiple web user controls. If a user select a Master Page then Script Manager will be already available with them but if they select simple page the web user control's ScriptManager should be used. When I place ScriptManager inside Web user control it create conflict when used with master page. Can we do something to ignore usercontrol's script manager if scriptmanager already exist on the page. I hope I have explained my point clearly.
My webpages is in asp.net 3.5 and i m using Ajax Toolkit 3.5 And i want to access these all page in share point master page but the problem is that the share point script manager and ajax script manger not supported to each other(Showing error).
i m facing a strange problem, i have a script manager and form in the master page and in the content page i have two drop down list which are in update panel it is working fine in internet explorer and not working in other browsers. The problem is if i select united states as country then if i select some other country it again shows united states i.e the first selected option. Then if i keep the script manager in the content page it works properly.
Tried quite a few things, but cannot make it work. Solution probably a simple switch that has to be set somewhere.
We simply want to set the text properties of two literals. One literal will constitute the form, the other some js code.
In the code behind these literals are populated, the form literal holds a couple of fields, the script literal looks like this:
However as soon as AJAX is added, in particular as soon as the script manager is added with partial rendering set to TRUE:
then this stops working. The code in the button is still executed, we checked that, the literals get the right text properties. It appears however that the javascript is not executed. Nothing happens, no redirection.
the problem can be overcome by settin the script manager partial rendering to false, however, when this is done, much of the AJAX functionality stops working.
I am in the process of migrating the ASP.Web Application from .NET framework 1.1 to 3.5. I installed the VS 2008 (framework 3.5 SP1) and was able to rebuild the ASP.NET web app from 1.1. I downoladed the AJAX Toll Kit library from codeplex [URL] I was able to add the AJAX Toolkit tab in my VS 2009 tool box. I am using the AutoComplete serach extender which works fine when I use the Ajax Tool Kit Script manager. When I use the Ajax Extension Script Manager in place of Ajak ToolKit Script manager I get an error "Please let me know why AutoComplete Search Extender is not working with the Ajax Extension Script Manager.
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The days seem to be whizzing by for me at the moment & I am seriously behind in creating Christmas cards! I love making Christmas cards & every year I plan to be organised and create cards throughout the year & the Winter months go well, but the weather warms up, the sun comes out, & my plans go to pot lol.
I have achieved something on my crafty bucket list this week! I have learn to crochet at long last! Nothing complicated mind you, just roses but it's a start :)
I've featured some beautiful Hero Arts stamps from a set called Antique Engravings which I purchased a few weeks ago but I can't find them in store at the moment, so I have linked up another stamp set called Papillions which has one of these pretty butterflies in. I've discovered some gorgeous new super sparkly glitter by Hero Arts which I have covered the butterflies in & as you know sparkle makes me happy lol.
Today's card has been lightly distressed with Antique Linen distress ink and scissors. The hearts background paper has been created using Simon Says Stamps lovely Drawn Hearts stamp & Khaki ink, & the sentiment is from the Handwritten Sentiments set.
Copic Spain - anything goes, Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - anything goes, The Sisters Of Craft - anything goes
Beautiful card Mandy :-) the butterflies are gorgeous and I love the creamy yellows and soft colours, very pretty :-)
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Yesterday was OK on food - and I exercised. One hour bike ride in 90 degree weather no less. We probably went about 6 miles - alot up hill - not too bad for first time out. My shoulder did OK and I am not at all sore today! Going for a walk tonight and have church group.
Thanks for all the comments. Lots going oon at home and at work. I'll catch up with my posts by the weekend.
Good job in keeping active. Thanks for your message too. You know, you are right, i think I did great at the beach and if i hadnt been doing not so great in the last month, the beach trip would have been perfect as for what I had. This was at Saint George Island in FL. I am pumped up and ready to start losing again. thanks for being there. xo
Wow, you were brave to do an hour biking in 90 degrees heat! Hope you are having a wonderful day today, Hollybelle!
Thank you so much for the advice. I wish I could use that on my foot, but I had a chunk of my heel taken off. There is a hole there. I have been putting medicine in the hole and putting a bandage on to try and keep out dirt. Thanks again. You have a great day. ((Hugs))
So happy your shoulder is starting to feel better! And WTG on all that bike riding in the heat WOW!!! (((((((((hug))))))))) have a great evening!
GOod for you on the biking. It was 90 here this weekend too. Went camping. Take it easy till you build up strength. Lots of Water. Enjoy!
Hello everyone. Trying to adjust to the Summer schedule now that school is out. The starter on daughter's car gave out so had to replace that - $373 for those interested. She's paying $150. She has been helping me with housework this week. I am paying her for it based on how well she does....so far so good. She is to start work tomorrow night. Hope that goes well. I hope she can make enough money to pay for her gasoline and to save, etc. Also she will need new dance costumes when she and her partner compete this summer and fall and those are very expensive.
I have been doing OK on food and no too bad on exercise. I'm going for a bike ride tonight - will see how well the shoulder hold up.
like whoa! school is out! We've got THREE more weeks! You Kentucky folk have it WAAAY to easy! I'm totally just kidding with you. I'm sure you probably start ealier in the year. We start after labor day on Long Island/New York.
That's nice of you to help your daughter out with the car. It's so difficult for kids to find any good work anymore! I think it's a great idea to pay your daughter. why not!?
Our kids are out next Thursday...... Mickey's son just had to replace the radiator & water pump on his new wheels...Had his license for 3 weeks...He too is having to "work off" some debt.... Looking for a job and having troubles finding one.....
OUCH car repairs are so dreadfully expensive! How nice that she is working and becoming an independant young woman!
I know what you mean about summer. It is getting busy in my world also. I am going to be starting to help out more at church. I am looking forward to it. Have a wonderful bike ride. Hope everything works out for your daughter.
Last night I went nuts because I bought these little european cookies like the ones they give after a massage and I ate almost the whole package. They are just excellent with coffee. I know cookies are one of my weaknesses - can't stop eating them, generally, if they are a kind I like. Even so I didn't really go much over calories since that was basically my dinner!!! And I didn't eat badly the whole rest of the day. Still no motivation for exercise. I will get on ET tonight at least for 15 minutes. I promise myslf!! I also have to dye the visors for our Relay for Life team. I am behind on that project. Also in the news at our house - daughter says she is going to "break up" with boyfriend. Doesn't seem to be a big drama she says she just wants to be unemcumbered this summer and next year - senior year. Boyfriend is going away for 9 weeks this summer to a music school in Massachusetts and he is planning to go out of state for college next year. I think it's going to be a bigger deal than she thinks. They have been best friends for over 2 years. I knew it wouldn't last forever, but I am nervious because he is such a nice boy and we have gotten so close with his parents. Especially his mom and me. I don't want to deal with any emotional drama, I don't want her to be sorry later and I don't want her to have "yucky" boyfriend!! That all for now. Have a successful day. More later. Have a Blessed day, everyone!
I have items I just can't eat otherwise I go way over board also. Well I hope it all works out for your daughter. Good luck. Have a great weekend.
Hi, Holly! Glad that the daughter is being very practical about the boyfriend thing, the teenage drama is no fun lol. Thank you for checking on me, you are a sweetheart! Take care =)
OOps I just deleted a great comment to you !! Sorry :) Gist of it was, glad your daughter is being so mature about this :) Now lets get back down to business on the healthy eating front. We can do it !!!
Yesterday was OK, but I overdid it a little with some banana nut muffins I made from a mix for dinner. Daughter had one of her friends over to study and I thought it's be nice to have special bread. That still didn't blow up my calories for the day, though.
I just couldn't make myself exercise, though. I will change that soon. I don't know why I am doing this to myself. I would have made much more progress with just 15-20 minutes walking or on the Eliptical Trainer these last few days. Oh, well, my choice. I can choose otherwise if I want. Need to do it.
I am a big friend of the sweet breads!! I totally get you on the exercise as I usually beat myself up the next day when I look back and see that I had 15 minutes that I could have spared to at least walk.
I love any quick bread of pretty much any kinds...Mostly Cranberry Orange thought.....Nice of you to oblige the study buddy and just be "mom"....
I like bread period. LOL Any kind...Ahhhh.. Well I am with you my friend. I need to get that exercise into my life also. We can do it. Have a great day.
Thanks for all the nice comments. I'm trying to stay just ar "normal" level. Not too stringent - not overboard. I can do it.
Yesterday ate a few too many popcicles - 40 cals each, though and broken down for some cereal late - but I felt like I was hungry and needed it.
you REALLY helped me with your comment this morning...thank you so much for reminding me to get out of my head and stop sabotaging my efforts. god bless you as well. xoxo
I did OK over the weekend all in all. I ate more on Sat & Sun than I do on most days, but didn't really go all that much overboard. I ate a couple of pieces of pineapple upside down cake Sunday at Family get together. Yesterday was lighter eating until evening and I made chicken enchilladas - which were wonderful - kind of made up for the spagetti last week.
I wore the capris from last year all weekend and although they were too tight - they weren't disgusting and severed to keep me reminded that I need to keep my eyes on the prize and good health!
Yeah, thanks for what you said. I tend to want to compensate the bad days being extra good and thats just too high to expect. If I expect to just be normal and on track, it probably takes longer to get back but it's easier to accomplish. thanks. xo.
oh my! eyes on the prize. at least you can fit into your clothes from last year haha! I have LOADS of work to keep doing! :) just keep at it, even if it feels like you aren't going foward. you will.
Re: Ben's haircut too short ~ No it is just right! for dad, mom, g'pa & g'ma.... He is getting used to it... We had let him grow it out over his ears and bangs to the point where he couldn't see anymore without "flipping" his head.... THe skateboarder look these days... HE isn't an avid skateboarder, but has a friend who is and likes the longer hair...He also like the Old Rock-n-Roll bands of the 70's/80's and their hair was about the same...He wore the look pretty well, but playing baseball and wearing a cap just wasn't working very smoothly with the length (can't take your cap off every time your hair gets in your eyes and your the pitcher).....His PaPa cut it just right and not too short.... I can't stand the "buzz" look... Some can wear it, but not most..
Your attitude and outlook is wonderful Holly!...Keep it up and you will be down those "13" in no time!
Thanks for the welcome back! It's good to be back here again. Good idea to wear the snug capris for a reminder. I do that sometimes too, although, lately, mine are all way too snug, downright tight!! Have a great Wednesday!
I am dieting because I dont fit into my clothes from last year... Im so jealous you fit into capris from last year, tight or not is irrelevant!! Those things are MADE to be tight anyway, right? The way youre going youre going to have to buy new capris, in a MUCH smaller size!
Yesterday turned out OK. I at some spagetti at dinner and it was awful - even if I did make it! I don't know what happened. The sauce was just not good. Used ground turkey - which I usually do, but it was just kind of yucky.
Today so far ok even though we have big picnic in the neighborhood this evening I am going to think how much better I am starting to feel and only eat a little bit of things that I don't usually have. Will try to go for just the "best of the best". I am starting to love how I feel and don't want to go back. I feel so much lighter - even though I have probably only lost 3 lbs or so - it makes all the difference and I want to keep up the momentum.
Tomorrow we have another big cookout in Northern KY with Mark's cousins. I have made cheesecake brownies to take to both places. It's funny, but I had a bite of them a while ago and I don't even want any more because they were so rich they make me nauseous. Good - hope it stays that way.
Weather is so nice here!! Mark and I took dogs to the Pet Paws self-serve dog wash. We always enjoy how nice they look and SMELL afterwards. The people are nice and it's something productive we can do together.
Hope all are having a great weekend. I probably won't post tomorrow, but will check in Monday! Woo hoo everyone!
wow, cheesecake brownies are my favorite. well, i'm glad they don't look appetizing to you anymore... under the cirscumstances. enjoy your weekend. sounds like it's going to be super! thanks for the nice comments in my diary!
Aw, clean dogs! enjoy them and the weather. oh, and i am sure i can top your bad cooking. hehehe. xo
I hope you're having a nice day today, Hollybelle. Thank you so much for what you wrote to me. Hope y'all had a wonderful cookout yesterday!
I love clean dogs too. I have 5 now. Added a 1 year old Pug to our brood of 3 bassett hounds, and 1 mini schauzer. Good to hear that they sweets are revolting your nose. I am at that stage too. I am so glad. Have a safe, great week.
Out of town on business yesterday so no post.... :( But the last two days have been fine. I haven't been eating much sweets and believe I feel pretty grounded in my efforts to eat healthily. I don't feel out of control or the need to "graze" so much lately. Also good news on the clothing front. I have another pair of walking shorts on today that actually fit. They are tighter than last year, but not "too" tight at all. I would buy them if they fit like this, at least. They are size 10. I tried on the long denim shorts I have been trying to get into again this a.m. and they are still too tight but not as much too tight as they were. So perhaps there has been progress.
I still haven't been able to exercise much at all. I will walk tonight with husband and dogs, though and plan to every day over he long weekend. I am considering trying a short bike ride tonight or tomorrow as my shoulder seems to be alot better, although there are still certain positions and angles of pressure that sent me up the wall. I can try.
I am planning to catch up on your diaries, too. Hope all is well and wishing everyone a blessed memorial day weekend.
Those clothes fitting as they do is such a gauge on how we are doing... This is why I think I am not so disurbed by the scale moving downwards so slowly anymore, cause the work is showing in the "fit"....
Thanks for your comments to me and your promise of prayer for daughter. I have been encouraged by some wonderful thoughts today - since I tend to be such a "control freak" (I hate to use that term, it's so overused - but hey, if the shoe fits......) anyway as some of you know I have been trying to live my life in the way God intended. Mostly this has to do with learning to REALLY trust Him, knowing what is my part in it all and knowing what isn't. You know, some of us believe when in doubt DON'T, but my motto has been when in doubt DO IT YOURSLEF and let's just say I have had A LOT of doubt....and needless to say I have taken on a lot of work that just isn't mine to accomplish - I learned a new way to think of it today....I will ask myself if I am operating according to Mt. Sinai or Jerulesem - Am I operating in the Flesh or the Promise? I won't "sermonize" here but trust that sharing this will have meaning for others for whom it is supposed to.
Yesterday was good. I didn't have exercise time, but didn't overeat. I'd say calories were about 1600. I am wearing pants today that had been too tight to be comfortable. While they are not as loose as they were last summer - they fit as well as they did when I first bought them. So I must be making progress. It's funny, but I think since I've been eating about 1600 calories instead of trying to stay down around 1200-1400 I am doing better. Less stress about calories. I may lose slower like this but that's OK if it "feels" better along the way, I think.
That you for sharing. I know that there are things in my life that are not in my control. I have to trust God that he will lead me into the right path. It is hard, but we have to have faith that he knows what is best for us. I think you are doing great. Keep up the great work. You have a blessed day!
Patience is a mighty big word that we have to learn to utilize....As women, we tend to think that nobody else can do something as good as we can do it ourselves and do take on many taks/roles that we really shouldn't.... I figure if it isn't going to get done, just do it is a motto that I personally take too.....Often to come back an haunt me for a while...
Relinquish is another big word we need to utilize, especially as Christians... I feel I am in the driver's seat way too often and get told otherwise in many ways. As I have struggles,trials & temptations that I just would not have if I would let go of my worldly flesh "wants", not needs and let the Lord have 100% control. It is something that ALL Christians have to deal with EVERY DAY...Satan is luring about seeking those whom he may devour and we can't let him in.....
I sure DO AGREE with what you wrote about us trusting the Lord and how sometimes we get into the flesh thinking we have to do EVERYTHING!!! AMEN!!! Yesterday I believe the Lord told me to REST and that is exactly what I did!
Yes, I have made the decision about what I want - I want health - so YES! Thanks for all your comments. I know what I want. Was just kind of reminding myself of that on last post.
Took vacation day yesterday and stayed home to get caught up on housework, etc. It was nice, but have some concerns about daughter at this point. As some of you all know she is recover(ing)ed from and eating disorder and was in very dire straits 3 years ago (age 13). Some signs of relapse this week. Please include her in any prayer time - for God's protection and blessings and her continued restoration of mental health. Let her avoid that very slippery slope.
Yesterday was OK. Around 1600 calories - won't post menu some exercise and pretty good attitude - considering...
I know you can do it. I am here supporting you all the way. I will sure keep your daughter in my prayers and you. ((hugs))
i love it. get what you want, girl! i am praying for your daughter, as i have had those eating behaviors myself. it is a tricky thing- horrible place to be for both mother and child. xoxo
Hey! So great to see you here. I've missed everyone. It's good to hear that you're on track. I'll keep your daughter in my prayers.
yes, it is a VERY slippery slope. I relapsed into a BAD binge period this year which I am getting out of finally. EDs are stressful, tiring things. I'll pray for her.
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Ra: I am Ra. You would not call them priests in the sense of celibacy, of obedience, and of poverty. They were priests in the sense of those devoted to learning.
The difficulties became apparent as those trained in this learning began to attempt to use crystal powers for those things other than healing, as they were involved not only with learning but became involved with what you would call the governmental structure.
34.3 ▶ Questioner: Is it possible for you to tell me what I experienced, around 1964 I believe it was, when in meditation I became aware of what I would consider to be a different density and different planet, and seemed to experience moving onto that planet? Is it possible for you to tell me what experience that was?
Ra: I am Ra. We see some harm in full disclosure due to infringement. We content ourselves with suggesting that this entity, which is not readily able to subject itself to the process of hypnotic regression instigated by others, nevertheless, has had its opportunities for understanding of its beingness.
54.23 ▶ Questioner: Now, it seems that we have prior to incarnation, in any incarnation, as an entity becomes more aware of the process of evolution and has selected a path whether it be positive or negative, at some point the entity becomes aware of what it wants to do with respect to unblocking and balancing energy centers. At that point it is able to program for the life experience those catalytic experiences that will aid it in its process of unblocking and balancing. Is that correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This instrument is experiencing mild fluctuations of the physical energy complex which are causing sudden changes from physical energy deficit to some slight physical energy. This is due to many, what you may call, prayers and affirmations offered to and by the instrument offset by continual greetings whenever it is feasible by the fifth-density entity of whom you are aware.
18.3 ▶ Questioner: You just stated that you had some problems with the instrument because of the ingestion by the instrument of some chemical substance. Can you tell me what the substance was?
Ra: I am Ra. The substance of which we speak is called vibratory sound complex, LSD. It does not give poor contact if it is used in conjunction with the contact. The difficulty of this particular substance is that there is, shall we say, a very dramatic drop-off of the effect of this substance. In each case this instrument began the session with the distortion towards extreme vital energy which this substance produces. However, this entity was, during the session, at the point where this substance no longer was in sufficient strength to amplify the entity’s abilities to express vital energy. Thus, first the phenomenon of, shall we say, a spotty contact and then, as the instrument relies again upon its own vibrational complexes of vital energy, the vital energy being in this case very low, it became necessary to abruptly cut off communication in order to preserve and nurture the instrument. This particular chemical substance is both helpful and unhelpful in these contacts for the causes given.
50.11 ▶ Questioner: Could you give me more information on the energy fields of the body as relates to the right and left brain and if this is somehow related to the pyramid shape as far as energy focusing goes? I am a little lost at exactly how to get into this line of questioning, so I will ask that question.
Ra: I am Ra. We are similarly at a loss at this line of answering. We may say that the pyramid shape is but one which focuses the instreamings of energy for use by entities which may become aware of these instreamings. We may say further that the shape of your physical brain is not significant as a shape for concentrating instreamings of energy. Please ask more specifically if you may that information you seek.
22.11 ▶ Questioner: A very small number. Then as the next cycle started… are these the entities then that stayed to work on the planet?
Ra: I am Ra. These entities were visited by the Confederation and became desirous of remaining in order to aid the planetary consciousness. This is correct.
81.34 ▶ Questioner: Only if there is anything we can do to make the instrument more comfortable or improve the contact?
Ra: I am Ra. It is difficult to determine the energy levels of the instrument and support group. Of this we are aware. It is, however, recommended that every attempt be made to enter each working with the most desirable configurations of energy possible. All is well, my friends. You are conscientious and the alignments are well.
I am Ra. I leave you in the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator. Go forth, therefore, rejoicing in the power and in the peace of the Infinite Creator. Adonai.
Ra: I am Ra. This has been going on since the first individual entity became conscious of its need to learn the lessons of this density. This was the beginning of what you may call a seniority by vibration.
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One of our popular Primary songs goes like this in one part: “If the Savior stood beside me, would I do the things I do?” In one of my more sarcastic moods I imagined an alternate ending to that verse: “would I have sex with my husband? Would I dare to poop or pee? If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me.”
Right now I'm not being sarcastic. When I hear sermons about not doing anything as parents that we wouldn't want our children to see, I invariably think “oh yeah? What about having sex?” Or using the toilet, as I just mentioned? (The first time I went to the Temple to do baptisms for the dead I was honestly surprised, for just a moment, to see toilets in the bathroom there. People were shitting in the Temple! I'm absolutely serious: it was a shock.)
Now older and wiser, I can't imagine a happy three-year-old being ashamed at the thought of Jesus seeing him on the potty. “Look, Jesus! I made poops! Can you wipe me?” Nor do I imagine my Lord and my God being offended in the slightest by that. Children are whole from the foundation of the world.
Someone might say: “of course you shouldn't let your children see you having sex. Of course you should still have it. That's obvious.” Obvious things are the things you don't have to talk about. But too often, what we don't talk about becomes not so much obvious as unclear, and the silence surrounding it breeds all sorts of fear, shame and confusion, or violence, such as the ecological damage and waste perpetuated by the export of first-world lifestyles into ecosystems around the globe.
Sex is still one of those shadow realms in church, couched in clumsy and obfuscating euphemisms like “morality,” “virtue,” “sacred powers of procreation” and “intimacy.” I don't know which of these euphemisms I dislike the most, but they're all terribly misleading. “Sacred powers of procreation” comes closest to being honest, but it sounds to me at least like a relic of the Middle Ages or the stereotypical Puritans (do it only to get pregnant and don't enjoy it too much). Sex continues to shame us, or at least to disturb us, and to some extent that's only as it should be.
What would it do to your relationship with your spouse, to imagine Jesus standing by the side of your bed watching you have sex? Or the spirits of your departed ancestors? Would the sight of two bodies coupled in “Venus shameful chaine” (Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene Book I Canto II) scandalize those who went through sex and childbearing in their time, as well as maybe the horrors of war and plague? Would your Heavenly Parents blush to see the nakedness of a body created in Their image? When sexual intercourse between a married couple results in conception, do unseen angels gather around to applaud that supreme sacrament? There's a hieros gamos for you!
When I was about six years old my friend and I were discussing penises, and we both agreed that Jesus didn't have one. After all, how could a divine being have such a shameful thing on his body? I grew up afraid to look at – or wash – that shameful part of mine. At around age eight a girl from my ward tried to seduce me, and God only knows how the guilt from that repressed episode has colored my views of sex in the years since (almost 30 years have gone by before I could talk about it). Still, I see questions that should be considered, and not having seen others in the Church consider them fully, I attempt it here.
When I turned 12 I read the pamphlet For Young Men Only. Of course the main thrust of it was telling us not to masturbate, but what really brought me up short was reading this: “Never be ashamed of your body.”
All my life I had been steeped in messages of shame for my body, which I understood in every way as part and parcel of a morally upright, righteous gospel life. At least the shame I felt for my genitals was moral. The shame of my body as a whole came from being overweight. Still, I honestly didn't see the difference between the teachings we got about chastity and modesty and shame for the body. I'm glad so many others are pointing out that pervasive problem. Maybe it's not supposed to be in the doctrine, but that doesn't mean that it hasn't been so thoroughly conflated with doctrinal teachings as to make no practical difference.
And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
So if an Elder had a wet dream, was he worthy to go out and do the Lord's work that day? My mission president told me not to worry about it. It was part of the old Law of Moses anyway; I ate a lot of pork chops on my mission and never felt unworthy for that. But it was still disconcerting to deal with the biology of our sexually-frustrated bodies. My companions and I looked forward to marriage, when there would no longer be a need to spontaneously emit surplus semen in our sleep (I remembered reading in the Durants' The Story of Civilization as a teenager about medieval monks awakening to find that they had been visited by a succubus). We agreed that if a married man has nocturnal emissions then there's something wrong with the marriage – the wife must not be doing her job.
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I had such a hard time look for a diamond ring for my engagement. I tried my closest jewelry store and merchant, but I just couldn’t find the ideal ring. It was all beautiful, but none of them felt just right for me. Imagine me searching for months…just for a single ring!
It wasn’t until a friend phoned me and asked me to try out fascinatingdiamonds.com. She told me the website did custom made rings and was much cheaper in comparison to other jewelry stores. I discovered that Fascinating Diamonds is a jewellery shop based in nyc. They’ve a small part of the store where they let the clients design and bedazzle their rings for them. At first, I actually thought the entire thing was a scam. I had over $4000 dollars to invest and I was not willing to eliminate that much money. However, I have been searching for months, so I decided to give this one a try. Diamond Push Ups Best
But this site had far more templates than I realized. Their website has a wide array of things to choose from. I got to pick my own ring style, my own metal band, and my own diamonds! I even got to select the colors, which was really remarkable. I originally wanted a silver solitaire ring with a good emerald cut. While I was tinkering around with the choices a bit, I decided to change my mind and go with a round cut and a bronze band instead. It had been easy to do that here and play around with the diamond shapes, colours, and styles until I got everything I wanted. Plus, their site is really simple to use! I discovered it tricky at first since I am not too familiar with customizing products. But really, it is like playing a video game of SIMS where you make your own character. In this case, I made my own ring. Diamond Push Ups Best
I have done a little research on diamonds before I decided to tackle this online shop. I discovered that it was best that my diamond ring was GIA certified to ensure that it’ll shine the brightest and last the longest. This actually caused a great deal of worry on my part since I was purchasing online. I mean I knew so little about online shops, much less ones that allow you to customize your ring. I was really worried because I believed that the diamonds were fake. But, early on, I had been informed that all the diamonds there are real and GIA certified. And it really showed when I got my custom made ring, all shiny and gorgeous .
Their custom made ring really saved me a few thousand dollars. I think their rings cost a general average of $2000 at most. For rings with round diamonds at the least. I still think it is a huge economy considering that other retail stores ask for more than that sometimes. At least here, you have a concrete reason as to why your ring prices the way it does. The purchase price of a ring depends a whole lot on the kind of metal the ring is, the diamond’s shape (or diamonds if you plan on using more than 1 gem on your ring), and the 4Cs of the diamond itself: carat weight, cut, color and clarity.
Unlike retail stores, Fascinating Diamonds actually enables you to look at the costs of the diamond stone, the ring, and the general style as you’re building the ring. This can let you make affordable choices without sacrificing the quality you want. For example, I wanted to buy a ring with a round diamond that has an superb cut. But a round diamond with an fantastic cut can easily cost from $600 to $1000. That’s only 1 part of this ring. Diamond Push Ups Best
How did I decide? The site lets me know that a round excellent cut diamond with 0.35 carats, an E color grade, and a clarity grade of VS1 can cost you $1007. Meanwhile, another exceptional cut diamond with 0.4 carats, a color grade of I, and an SI1 clarity grade cost you $603. The artists behind the site ensured that nobody would see the gap. The choice became so simple for me. If it sounds too technical for you, do not worry. The staff is very accommodating; they will actually give you a rundown on what you need to know in the event you ever get stuck.
The jewelry artists behind Fascinating Diamonds are amazing! They were so meticulous in how they handled my requests, big or small. At times, they would even throw in their own suggestions and choose the style that’ll fit me best. This was unlike any other experience I had with retail stores. They handled all of my questions so well.
It was clear that they do, though, considering they customize your ring to satisfy your needs. They also ship outside of New York, also! Since the store’s based in New York and I am not, I was hoping that the shipping might last longer than usual. But the entire interaction was so smooth and I was really pleased with my ring as it arrived. Diamond Push Ups Best
While the artists were accommodating, I honestly feel that this can not be for someone who’s hasn’t done their research on diamond rings beforehand. In addition, it is a lot easier if you already have a specific style in mind. But then again, it was fun playing around with the styles and the colors that it was simple to change my mind.
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In order to lead your class members in the Savior’s way, you must strive to know the Savior. You will come to know Him as you study His words. The words of Christ contain true principles that will provide answers to any question, concern, or challenge you may encounter as a leader. Prophets have assured that daily scripture study will invite the Spirit into your life. As you diligently study the words of Christ, the Holy Ghost will inspire you to know how you can help and bless class members. Remember Nephi’s promise: “Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do” (2 Nephi 32:3).
What does it mean to you to “feast upon the words of Christ”? Describe a time when you have “feasted” on the scriptures. What did you learn? How did you feel?
Think of a principle that you have found in the scriptures that could strengthen you as a class leader. What specific ways could you apply that principle to help you lead more like the Savior?
Prayerfully study the scriptures every day this week with a specific young woman in mind or a challenge you are having as a leader. Pay attention to impressions from the Holy Ghost as you look for ways to follow the Savior’s example. Share your experience with your class presidency.
Come, Follow Me, “We Learn” — Listen as youth discuss how studying from the scriptures has changed their lives.
Jesus Christ set the perfect example of obedience and submission to Heavenly Father’s will (see John 6:38). Our obedience to the commandments is an expression of our love for God and Jesus Christ (see John 14:15). The Lord revealed in our day that obedience to the commandments leads to blessings from God (see D&C 130:20–21). A true leader obeys the Lord’s commandments so she can be a light for others, obtain blessings, and be worthy to receive guidance from the Holy Ghost (see D&C 121:45-46).
Think of someone you know who inspires you with his or her obedience to gospel principles. What does that person do that inspires you to obey?
What are some of the standards you are seeing your young women have difficulty living? What could you do as a leader to help them? Counsel together with your class presidency and Young Women leaders about how you can encourage each other to obey “with exactness” (see Alma 57:21).
As you watch these videos, ponder how true freedom and happiness are found by obeying the Lord’s “boundaries.”
Jesus was a listening leader. A great leader listens not only to others, but also to the promptings of the Holy Ghost. As a called and set apart leader, you have the privilege to serve as an instrument through whom the Holy Ghost can lead, teach, testify, comfort, and inspire. You have the right to receive revelation about how to lead and love the young women in your class.
You can learn now, in your youth, to be led by the Holy Ghost (see D&C 43:16). The Lord will help you as you try to recognize and understand the Spirit through diligent scripture study, meaningful prayer, and obedience to the commandments and standards.
As a leader and as a class presidency, pray to Heavenly Father, with real intent, for His guidance in your calling. Listen for the promptings of the Holy Ghost in what you should do to be an instrument in His hands. Think of the young women in your class and pray for them by name. Seek guidance from the Holy Ghost on how to bless individual class members, and act on your impressions. Share with your class presidency what you discovered about meaningful prayer.
Mormon Messages: Patterns of Light, “The Light of Christ,” “Discerning Light,” “Spirit of Revelation”
At the beginning of His mortal ministry, Jesus Christ walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee and called out to two fishermen, Peter and Andrew. “Follow me,” He said, “and I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19; see also Mark 1:17). The Lord has also called you to His work, and He invites you to follow Him. The invitation to follow Christ is an invitation to follow His example and to become like Him.
Becoming more like the Savior will help you lead as the Savior led. Chapter 6 of Preach My Gospel identifies nine Christlike attributes: faith in Jesus Christ, hope, charity and love, virtue, knowledge, patience, humility, diligence, and obedience.
Review the Attribute Activity from Preach My Gospel (see also the following page). Identify one Christlike attribute that would help you be better leaders. Discuss the questions and scriptures together.
Select a Christlike attribute you would like to develop personally. Study passages of scripture in the Attribute Activity. Pray for the Lord to help you develop that quality and note how your efforts help you fulfill your role as a leader. Share your experience with your presidency next time you meet.
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For generations of yank Catholics, the face in their church was once, rather actually, a woman's face—the nursing sister within the health center the place they have been born, the educating sister within the university the place they have been trained, the being concerned sister who helped them via instances of hassle. McGuinness recovers the compelling tale of those sisters and places them again on the middle of yank Catholic history."
"Conveys the heritage of yank women’s spiritual existence in its awesome breadth and variety. McGuinness writes with the authority of a pupil and the benefit of a storyteller. Her collective portrait of the ladies who've for thus lengthy represented the face of the yankee Catholic church can be worthwhile not to in basic terms to historians of ladies and of faith within the usa, but additionally to common readers who desire to find out about the customarily hidden and far-ranging contributions vowed girls have made to church and nation."
For many american citizens, nuns and sisters are the face of the Catholic Church. way more seen than monks, Catholic girls non secular educate at faculties, came upon hospitals, provide nutrition to the negative, and minister to these in desire. Their paintings has formed the yankee Catholic Church all through its historical past. but regardless of their excessive profile, a concise historical past of yank Catholic sisters and nuns has but to be released. In Called to Serve, Margaret M. McGuinness offers the reader with an summary of the heritage of Catholic girls spiritual in American lifestyles, from the colonial interval to the current.
The early years of non secular lifestyles within the usa chanced on girls spiritual in immigrant groups and at the frontier, instructing, nursing, and taking good care of marginalized teams. within the moment 1/2 the 20 th century, besides the fact that, the position of girls spiritual started to swap. they've got fewer contributors than ever, and their inhabitants is getting older quickly. And the tactic in their ministry is altering in addition: instead of only feeding and garments the terrible, spiritual sisters are actually operating to deal with the social buildings that give a contribution to poverty, battling what one nun calls “social sin.” within the face of a altering international and transferring priorities, ladies spiritual should also fight to strike a stability among the obligations in their religion and the constraints imposed upon them by way of their church.
Rigorously researched and engagingly written, Called to Serve deals a compelling portrait of Catholic girls non secular all through American history.
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During this compelling narrative, well known historian Roy Morris, Jr. , expertly deals a brand new attitude on of America's such a lot towering politicians and the serious own competition that reworked either them and the country they sought to steer at the hours of darkness days top as much as the Civil battle. For the higher a part of twenty years, Stephen Douglas was once the main well-known and debatable baby-kisser within the usa, a veritable "steam engine in britches.
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Within the Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers from Smithsonian Books, historian Thomas Fleming, writer of The Perils of Peace, bargains a clean examine the severe position of ladies within the lives of Washington, Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison. Fleming nimbly takes readers via loads of early American historical past, as our founding fathers fight to reconcile the non-public and public–and usually take care of a media every piece as gossip-seeking and inflammatory as ours at the present time.
Their final vocation, even though, is prayer, which, mom Mary James defined to Ohlson, is “a calling to dwell our lives for prayer. It’s God’s grace. ”9 while Ohlson requested some of the best why she had selected the negative Clares, the reaction was once transparent. “It was once the perpetual adoration. It’s Jesus, particularly Jesus correct there. We’re going to be doing that for all eternity, adoring God. in the event you do that, it’s like your heaven starts off in the world. ”10 in line with a 2007 ABC information record, in basic terms approximately 1,400 ladies spiritual within the usa are participants of a contemplative group. eleven because people who are accustomed to sisters and nuns have frequently develop into conversant in them via an event in both academic or wellbeing and fitness care associations, nuns—the technical time period when you stay cloistered—remain a secret to many, together with Catholics. What leads a tender girl, many ask, to go away the area they've got recognized and input a monastery the place they are going to separate themselves from society? Why does somebody decide on a ministry of prayer, instead of an lively apostolate of educating, nursing, or social paintings? girls known as to this existence think the cloister—with its silence—offers an environment conducive to Praying for the area 139 contemplation and prayer. a lifetime of prayer not just permits nuns to provide their undivided cognizance to God, yet to invite for God’s intercession within the struggles of the world’s humans. even if almost invisible, those nuns aren't blind to the realm round them. “Cloister permits a selected type of Christian witness”; individuals of those groups get their info from the area, after which reflect on the “deeper secret embedded in it. ”12 Contemplative congregations have complete entry to all that the fashionable global has to supply; many monasteries even built web pages in order that these attracted to the contemplative existence can assemble info to assist them make a decision in the event that they certainly have a vocation that's established on prayer. Contemplatives Come to the us The 4 Carmelite nuns who arrived in Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1790 have been contributors of a neighborhood whose roots return to a gaggle of pious males and their choice to dwell as solitary contemplatives within the Latin state of Jerusalem within the early 13th century. relocating to Europe in 1238, those Carmelites finally built a rule that used to be licensed through Pope blameless IV (1195–1254) letting them stay jointly in city components, and to benefit from the privileges granted to different individuals of the clergy. thirteen in the course of the 13th and fourteenth centuries, person ladies tried to emulate the life-style constructed via their male opposite numbers. a few lived by myself close to a church or monastery; others lived in neighborhood, donning a behavior and following a few kind of rule. the ladies had no apostolate, yet easily “led quiet Christian lives. ”14 Carmelite convents have been confirmed in Florence, Italy, and Gueldre, Holland, in 1452. In that very same yr, Pope Nicholas V (1447–1455) issued the papal bull, Cum nulla, allowing a moment order of Carmelites; clergymen constituted the 1st order, nuns the second one.
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By default this setting is enabled. With this setting enabled, a PRTG icon appears in the Windows tray. When you point your mouse to it, it will show information with the most important status information about your monitoring. With a right-click you can access a menu with access to the most important functions.
This setting is only available to change only if you enable the tray option above. Whenever there are new entries in the Alarms list, the tray icon will start blinking. If you enable this option, the tray icon will stop blinking automatically as soon as there are no more alarms.
If this option is enabled, the Enterprise Console saves information about the currently shown view (for example, sensor details, a certain graph, or a map). It is written to the registry when you close or exit the program. When you open the Enterprise Console again, it will try to restore the same view.
Only if the object is not available anymore (due to changes on the server, or due to unavailability of a server), the default view loads.
Define the number of seconds that the Enterprise Console waits before the screen refreshes. Please enter an integer value. Default value is 60 seconds. You can use the up and down arrows to go one second up or down.
You can define what the Enterprise Console will do in case of new Alarms, Log Entries, or Tickets. The settings are the same for all of these three cases, but you can individually define them for each case. On the left side, select either Alerting for new Alarms, Alerting for new Log Entries, or Alerting for new Tickets and define the settings as follows.
Play an audible notification if there are new items to be alerted for. There is a default sound defined. To change it, click the folder icon and select any standard WAV file from your hard disk drive. PRTG already comes with a small set of sounds you can choose from.
In the Device Tools settings you can define commands that will be available in the Windows Menu and context menu of groups, devices, and sensors. A command to initiate a remote desktop connection is already predefined.
You may need to run the Enterprise Console as administrator to make the tool function work with your Windows version.
Click the Add button to add a new command, or choose an existing one from the list and click the Edit button to change the settings. Use the Delete button to remove an entry from the list.
Enter a custom name for your command. The command will show up with this name in context menus. Please enter a string.
This can be, for example the name of a program or script, with or without path, according to your system's configuration.
You can use the placeholders (variables) from section Parameters—Available Placeholders. Other placeholders are not possible. During runtime, these placeholders are replaced by the respective values set for the monitoring object you select to execute this device tool.
For example, the %id placeholder will be replaced by the ID of a group, a device, or a sensor, depending on which object you execute the command for.
Select a key shortcut for the command. Choose an F-key from the list or select None to not use a key.
If you use a placeholder in combination with an object it is not available for, it will simply not be resolved but the placeholder itself will be returned.
By default, the system's default browser is opened. To change the Enterprise Console's behavior, choose between:
Only Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 is supported by the Ajax web interface! Please do not use it with Internet Explorer 10 or earlier! We recommend that you use Google Chrome 61 or later (recommended) or Mozilla Firefox 56 or later as external browser.
Manually enter a proxy configuration. Enter the IP address or DNS name of the proxy, a port number, as well as username and password (if required by the proxy).
For each individual Windows user account, the settings of the Enterprise Console are stored in the Windows registry.
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If you have a bumper-mount car rack for carrying your bikes (the type with two arms that protrude), use it as a repair stand. Rest the bike on the uprights and itll be at the perfect height for making adjustments. On some racks youll even be able to pedal to adjust the derailleurs. BACK
When rounding up your tool kit, dont think you need beautiful matched wrenches and screwdrivers. Often odd flea market tools and things you find around the house can work just fine for basic bike repairs. And theres an advantage to having these in your collection: they make it easier to find the right tool when youre searching through a tool box or your work bench because they look different. BACK
Want a great toolboard over your workbench? Do this: cut a piece of cardboard out of a bike box (or?) the size of your toolboard (3/4-inch plywood screwed to the wall works nicely). Lay the cardboard down on the bench or floor and lay all your tools out on it the way youd like them to hang. Put frequently used tools near the center and dont put tools too high or youll have trouble reaching them. Next, draw a quick outline around the tool and mark where a nail would support the tool. Remove the tools, rest the cardboard against your toolboard, drive nails through the marks you made, remove the cardboard template and hang your tools on the nails (use the outlines on the template as your guide). They should be organized exactly the way you planned. Try the arrangement and if you like it, use a Sharpie marker to outline the tools and youll have completed your custom toolboard. Hints: you can reuse the toolboard template so dont throw it away. For a screwdriver and Allen wrench rack, just drill some holes in a section of 2 x 4 stock and screw it to your toolboard. BACK
This tip is from Jeff Gilmore of the Third Hand: To do a nice job cutting down mountain bike handlebars, all you need is a simple hose clamp, one of those constricting clamps you can buy for $1.50 at any hardware store. Mark the bar where you want to cut (careful, better to remove a little and try it than to ruin the bar by cutting too much) and tighten the hose clamp on the bar so the outside edge rests right on the cut line. By resting your hacksaw against the edge of the hose clamp and sawing carefully, you can cut the bars as neat as can be. Use a little emery cloth or sandpaper to smooth the rough edges. BACK
The most common cause of poor shifting on todays bikes that click with each shift, is a stretched cable. When the cable has slack in it, one click of the lever cant move the derailleur far enough to push the chain onto the next cog. Fortunately, derailleurs have small adjustment barrels on them designed to be hand turned (look where the housing meets the derailleur). And its easy to remember which way to turn them. If the derailleur is hesitating shifting toward the spokes (the most common affliction); turn the barrel toward the spokes in 1/2-turn increments until the shifting occurs with each click. Take the opposite approach if the derailleur is hesitating shifting away from the spokes. BACK
Next time your hands are all grimy, squeeze a little orange juice on them and rub. It wont get them spotless but it does a pretty nice job of cutting grease for something you can eat. BACK
If you keep your chain in good condition, your cassette cogs and chainrings will last longer, which will save you money and prevent shifting glitches. To tell how your chain is holding up, measure it. Take a ruler and try to measure exactly 12 inches between any two pins. If the chain measures 12 1/8 inches or more, its worn out and should be replaced. If its really worn, youll probably need to replace the cassette as wellor a few worn cogs if you are lucky enough to be able to find someone who sells individual cogs. BACK
An easy way to remove mountain-bike handlebar grips, even ones seemingly bonded to the bar, is to slide a long thin screwdriver beneath the grip, lift it, drip a little isopropyl alcohol under the grip and twist. The alcohol will work its way beneath the grip, simplifying removal. To reinstall, drip some alcohol inside the grip and swish it around (hold your finger over the hole in the end if there is one). Then slip on the grip. The alcohol will evaporate quickly, and as soon as that happens, the grip will be secure. BACK
Ever grab your bicycle and stick yourself on a frayed cable? Ouch, that smarts! Avoid the pain and also protect your cables, which can weaken and slip if they fray, by always installing a cable end after cutting them (cables ends are also known as cable caps; theyre small aluminum ends that slips over and seal the cable stopping fraying). You can pick these up at any bicycle shop for cheap. I like to crimp them on the ends of the cable with a diagonal cutter so they cant come off. If you dont have cable ends, there are many alternatives, such as super glue, spoke nipples, heat-shrink electrical tubing, a small section cut from a ballpoint pen refill, and you can also solder many cables simply by heating with a match or lighter and touching with solder. Use your creativity and save your cables and yourself. BACK
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“After I had pledged my future in marriage with Ayo three years ago, he completely deceived me that his concubine was his aunt. “During the wedding, he introduced the same woman to my family as the only person that could stand in place of his late mother; and my family, unknowingly, accepted his deception. “Ayo then took me to his mistress’s apartment to live,’’ she said.
I noticed that at around 1 a.m. on most days, Ayo would leave my side on our matrimonial bed. “He would move to the floor where his secret lover he referred to as his aunt was sleeping to romance and have sex with her.
“He often would blame the hot weather for his usually reason for leaving my side to sleep on the floor. “It then became clear to me that Ayo and that lady were never related but that they were, in fact, secret lovers.’’
The husband Ayo, who claimed to be a building engineer, contended that his wife was a good-for-nothing and lazy woman.,
Ruling, the court’s president, Mr Sulaiman Olaniyi, said, “In the interest of peaceful living, the union between Temilade and Ayo has ceased Woman Sues Her Husband To Court For Dumping her to Sleep with His Aunt in Ibadan to be.
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I was already earning that back in 2006 when I landed a contract writing for an SEO firm and I was a newbie back then. Most people would love typing out blogs, articles, and other work and be cashing in but very few manage to get it right simply because they don’t know what it takes to get started.
Once you have, then you need to maintain the momentum to reach top-notch earnings as a freelance writer. Achieving this rank means investing a little in courses on how to become a seasoned writer and know where to look to increase your earnings and even land a writing contract
Everyone knows that the fastest, cheapest easiest ways to make money online is doing freelance writing jobs and you can even end up working from home full time like I did if you do it right. If you don’t follow the proper methods, you can crash and burn, even before you have earned a single dollar.
It truly is not difficult making a living from doing freelance writing jobs online, but you should follow the basics properly, and to become a smart writer that rakes in the profits… it is wise to invest in guides that teach you to become a professional writer, to maximize your income.
That’s what I did and it was a smart move! The writing insights and methods in guides I invested in helped me become a work from home success story doing freelance writing jobs online… and you can do the same!
It’s easy to find thousands of freelance typing or writing jobs portals and clients seeking writers online, but there are no Complete Freelance Writing Coaching Guides packages that tell you what to write, how to write, and what to write about if you want to write for your own benefits.
Sure you can buy individual guides here and there and there are even freelance coaching courses but most don’t concentrate on the one thing you want to do…that is do writing and make money doing so. You also want to know whether you have a real a chance of making some decent money doing writing work online, full time or part-time.
All the guides and training I compiled in one incredible package will give you some real insight on how to go about freelance writing the profitable way! And whatever else you need to make money online besides!
About Me: I started out freelance writing online as an average person just like you, without any writing special skills, or much knowledge about anything to do with writing of any sort, besides what I had learned in school. In my spare time after work, I would aimlessly surf the internet looking for ways to earn extra money and dabbled doing a few writing jobs for clients wherever I could find them.
One day I came across a client looking for an SEO writer on a freelance basis, and although I had no idea what this was I took a chance and applied. While waiting for a response I did some research on what this form of writing jobs was and by the time they asked me for a sample of work I had a pretty solid idea of what they wanted.
Imagine how excited I was when they said my work was satisfactory and I could get started right away. Me earnings climbed from $500 doing writing part-time to eventually over $2000 P/m and a little more.
A few months later I resigned from my job much to the shock of my work colleagues and became a full-time writer. Along the way, I invested in training and guides and the rest is history. I have achieved success online now but today write for my own benefit managing a suite of blogs and websites.
Freelance writing has the potential to allow you to work from yourself full time, and earn an income far in excess of what you do working for a boss. That is the same today and even more so, with some clients paying incredible rates for quality content as well as portals that will but your work from you at premium rates.
You don’t have to be an expert writer to earn a living freelancing… Start part time which is probably your plan anyway…
Any of your income goals can be achieved doing freelance writing jobs, and in actual fact, the amount of money you can earn writing is unlimited. The internet is information driven and we all know that! New information, old information being updated, stories, website content, news, magazines blogs, training courses, social media information and SEO content are all that makes the internet exist for all of us.
Like I have mentioned above there are as little as 3% of people that manage to achieve a full-time freelance writing career because most people go about it all the wrong ways from the beginning.
Most of us put up our own obstacles and convince ourselves we do not have the right skills, tools, or are good enough to write anything. Get that thought out of your head right now and be excited because if you get started properly and you can with all the training I will share with you, no doubt you will be bursting to start writing for money online.
Although the training guides in my course concentrate mostly on freelance writing, which is how I created my wealth online, keep in mind there are many other ways to freelance by offering your skills as services. Included are multiple other ways to earn a solid living on the internet.
What offering skills or services as a freelancer means that should you be knowledgeable or qualified in a certain field you could offer these skills to consumers, businesses, or anyone that requires them. You offer your services on a per job or contract basis without becoming an actual employee for anyone
For doing freelance writing on the internet, what you do need to start with is at least a good base of grammar and English, school level will do to start off with because your experience will increase as you go along.
Using my experience and to help others become expert writers I created this huge freelance writing jobs training package to help them begin their writing careers, which many have been thrilled with.
We are all unique in our experiences, personalities and knowledge and you could share this in content that other people can use in multiple ways.
Are you good at telling stories, giving feedback or reviews on a movie you watched or song you listened to?
Do you love chatting with people, recounting feedback on something you saw, explaining something, or summarizing news about a topic?
Needless to say, most people do these things in everyday life naturally, unless you are a complete introvert. There is a writer in everyone, and you simply need to know the steps of how to get things down on paper, or onto your computer now that we have the technology.
The content you write in the form of articles or books can be sold on one of the many portals there is today, or you could seek writing jobs that clients want and advertise for in numerous freelance portals where writing work is in abundance. On one of these freelance portals is where I found the writing contract I talked about earlier and there are many others and more in fact than there was back then.
If you are going to write books or reports, it is vital to know the right format that they should be in, or if you are going to write SEO content, which means ‘Search Engine Optimization’ content then you need to know what this is all about, and how to do it.
You could become a self-publisher publishing your own books to earn an income from royalties on Kindle. This is something I learned later and today I have over 60 Kindle books live that earn me a passive income. Occasionally I will add a new book when the itch comes to write one.
My talent for writing was self-taught more out of desperation, after failing to make money online in all sorts of business opportunities, and losing money to some scams in the process as well. I never gave up although at sometimes I was ready to but you don’t have to suffer this if you get all my freelance writing jobs training that is seriously comprehensive!
Simple answer; Yes! But you have a smoother way to start a freelance online writing career, if you have the right tools, and are not under pressure.
Any of the above-earning goals I enjoy and even more can be achieved, and the amount of money you can earn writing is unlimited. The internet is built on information and there are millions, yes millions of websites desperate for good content to get improved rankings and as a writer that is where you come in!
Once you gain experience as a quality writer, you can get involved in a few different methods of writing content and create different streams of income including passive earnings from self-publishing.
Let me briefly go through some of the methods and what they entail. These are also the most popular ways freelance writers earn money online. These are from writing:
There are numerous other options and in certain writing, the work is more specialized than others, but of course, pays premium rates. Copywriting, for example, will require you to have a certain skill set that not all writers will have but this is a job that is highly paid.
FACT 1: There is enough work out there to keep you writing forever and easily allow you to earn enough to work from home full time.
FACT 2: There are numerous different ways of writing that will earn you money ranging from articles to eBooks.
FACT 3: EVERYONE has a chance at making money online doing writing work because there are many different methods of doing so.
FACT 4: The only reason you will fail is if you have a negative mindset and belief that you cannot make a success. Get rid of those thoughts now!
Articles, EBooks, information reports and blog posts, are freelance writing jobs that can generally be handled by virtually any writer, and most new freelancers begin in these niches.
If you’re just starting out with your freelance writing business, you’re probably not going to get paid top dollar. Invest in my training guides, and as your writing improves and you begin building a reputation, your work will be highly sought after, and you can command the best possible returns from clients.
Just like did, most of you will start out at entry level rates, typically doing the easiest work, and why doing this is important; is the fact that it improves your writing skills. Article writing is in high demand especially SEO content writing and there is always a never-ending supply of work.
Spinning is rewriting the same article a few times using different wording, but making sure the article remains factual, quite difficult and sometimes boring and frustrating. Some writing portals pay writers good money for this sort of work but it never appealed to me much although I did do some of these jobs.
There is even software that does article rewriting for you but nothing beats human editing and you should also take pride in writing unique content as well. Some call article spinning the black hat techniques of SEO writing but it is a bit of a grey area.
As for EBooks, special reports and other ways of writing, this comes as your skill set improves and eventually you will have the confidence of writing for yourself, and selling your work in many different ways.
Freelance writing jobs can often come with an additional value-added service you can offer clients, to do some extra drudge work like researching a topic or finding information that they need. Whether you’re writing website SEO content, eBooks or other types of content, you’re doing a service for people who don’t have the time to write, or just aren’t interested in doing it themselves.
Although I began writing articles as my first inroad to freelance writing, I went on to SEO ‘Search Engine Optimization’ writing and became good at that and besides this, it is interesting and enjoyable and now I do it for my own benefits anyway.
Back then in I was hired by a high profile company that does SEO for clients on a freelance contract basis, and had more work than what I could cope with and there is no reason you will not land a contract like this or from the many others there are. From that point on my life, after landing that writing contract everything changed with the money I was earning from doing work with this company, and since then have never looked back, and never worked for a boss again!
If you start off by SEO article writing for people who are going to be using the content on their websites, you will have to do some studying about keyword and market research, BUT here is the benefit when you do this.
You CHARGE the client additional fees to do this market and keyword research for them, as a value-added service and make even more money.
Instead of the client doing all the research and simply handing you the topics and keywords to write about, you can do it for them starting by providing them with a list of keywords, and then they choose the keywords they want the articles for.
Internet marketers, businesses and many other clients love outsourcing this work to freelancers, and happily pay good money for this service. Training is a great way to enhance your income doing writing work for clients and something I am glad I did and now sharing with you.
When I started writing for myself in right in the beginning, I was never at a loss for work at any time throughout the year…At certain times of the year, you will likely receive more writing work than you can handle, often during or just before special occasions or events, like Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s day sports fixtures etc.
When it comes to making money as a freelance writer, you want to focus on established companies with a larger readership base as well as projects that offer competitive pricing. This way you are able to secure the highest paying freelance writing jobs and projects that will help you boost your overall income.
a) Manage your time and projects carefully, something I did with the help of keeping a diary and Excel spreadsheets.
b) The focus is equally important so avoid ending up jumping around between tasks doing a ‘bit of this’ and a ‘bit of that’.This will end up you have too many unfinished tasks with deadlines overwhelming you.
C) Stick to a routine to get things done and my advice is using spreadsheets diaries and calendars with a reminder, use software you can readily find for free online to help you manage your daily tasks.
D) If you have clients in different countries time zones will be different so be careful of keeping them waiting and explain to them the different time zone you are living in so that they understand.
Working for yourself is an entirely different discipline and its fun, but it can be messy if you don’t keep proper records, especially when you have multiple clients.
Focus on One Project at a Time, and queue projects according to the deadlines. Fully complete a project rather than trying to handle many a little at a time.
You will feel a better sense of achievement each time you complete and submit your work. Always let clients know that their project will be completed by a specific date, and always leave you adequate time to complete the work. Have the task completed and checked well before your submission deadline. Never promise work to be delivered before that because you end up putting added pressure on yourself as well.
Just remember that there are many different ways to generate a full-time income as a freelance writer AND writing for yourself. I recommend you invest in this fabulous Training Package to begin your writing career: Learn More
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For those people who find gardening interesting and have a huge interest in it, it is quite rewarding to see your lawn flourishing but at the same time, it is also very important that you take good care of your lawn. Caring for your lawn can be time consuming and that is where backpack sprayers comes into play as they help to keep your garden free from weed and insect attacks.
It does this by providing an easy way for you to apply your fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides and to help you identify the best models that are available today, we have rounded up the best models that would play a huge role in taking care of your lawn as well as making the task less difficult and less stressful.
Unlike other low quality backpack sprayers available on the market, this Chapin backpack sprayer can be used with pesticides, weed killers and common fertilizers.
It also boasts of a two stage filtration system for keep dirt out and maintaining a clean tank. It has on filter at its shut off and another at the top of the tank.
This is one backpack sprayer that you would find quite easy and convenient to make use of as it comes with shoulder straps which allows you carry it conveniently for long hours and it also comes with a translucent tank and a wide mouth opening which makes filling it up quite easy with less hassle.
Considered as the best plastic wand and four gallon backpack sprayer on the market, this backpack sprayer is specially designed to meet all of your spraying needs.
On target spraying is guaranteed as this sprayer comes with a curved tip which ensures spraying in specific areas and it also comes with a locking trigger which provides a firm grip as well as getting rid of hand fatigue.
One notable feature of this backpack sprayer is its shoulder straps which keeps this sprayer attached to the user so as to prevent unwanted droppings and disconnection while its wide mouth allows you to fill up its tank easily and effortlessly.
Unlike other low quality backpack sprayers available on the market, this Chapin backpack sprayer can be used with pesticides, weed killers and common fertilizers and it also boasts of a two stage filtration system for keep dirt out and maintaining a clean tank.
The Field king backpack sprayer is one that is suitable for spraying difficult to reach areas and unlike other low quality backpack sprayers available on the internet, this high quality backpack sprayer comes with no leakage which guarantees that your clothing and back remains dry.
It comes with paddles that help to keep water soluble, powders and liquids mixed as well as being ready to spray. One notable feature that comes with this backpack sprayer is its unique shut-off design which provides a firm and comfortable grip while its lockable trigger helps to get rid of hand fatigue during use.
Other notable features of this backpack sprayer includes; wand storage, adjustable padded straps, chest cinch strap and waist belt.
This is another top quality and reliable sprayer from Chapin and this one comes with a well shaped design and handle which makes carrying and pumping quite easy and less stressful.
One impressive feature of this highly rated sprayer is it is compatible with pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers and it also boasts of a sure spray anti-clog filter which gets rid of clogging that could hinder operation.
You will find its tank easy to clean up and fill up as its tank boasts of a translucent design while other notable features include; a comfortable spray handle, adjustable nozzle, reinforced hose and a twelve inch wand.
When it comes to backpack sprayers which anyone can trust to get the job done and truly rely on when working on our gardens, lawns and sometimes inside our house then this Smith 190285 backpack sprayer is one that every user be you a professional or just a homeowner needs to have in your collection as it is well designed using the finest of materials which makes this sprayer durable and lasts long as well as making it suitable for repeated use.
When working on showers, tubs or even cleaning bricks then this is also one sprayer one can confidently rely on and it is one that every user would love and fall in love with as it comes with gaskets and seals which helps in enhancing spray longevity and chemical resistance.
Other notable features of this backpack sprayer includes lock design for continuous spraying and a comfortable grip for ease of use or convenience
The field king max backpack sprayer is another top quality and trusted backpack sprayer which anyone be you a professional or just a homeowner can trust on or rely on to get the job done and unlike other low quality products available on the market today, this high quality product is made using high quality stainless steel materials which do not just guarantee that this backpack sprayer would last long but also helps it in enduring rough and vigorous use.
This is one of the safest backpack sprayers available on the market as it boasts of an internal no leak design which gives users the assurance that there won’t be a case of chemicals dripping off on their back and thanks to the addition of gaskets and viton seals, this backpack sprayer would remain highly resistant to chemicals.
This is one backpack sprayer you can call on when it comes to working around difficult to reach regions and whether you are left handed or right handed, this backpack comes with an easy to fold pump handle which helps in making this sprayer quite easy to use. It also boasts of a deluxe harness design which comes with a wide support waist belt, back pad and chest strap which helps in maintaining support during use.
This is considered as the best versatile, multi-functional and all purpose backpack sprayer that anyone would easily come across on the market today as it can be used either for spraying liquid fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides and with this manual backpack spraying pump, there is every assurance that one would get large sized jobs done in no time.
One beauty of this high quality backpack sprayer is its four different spray nozzles which provides about four different spray modes to match or suit your spraying needs at any particular point in time and thanks to its trigger lock on option, this backpack sprayer can be engaged and used for continuous or non-stop spraying action.
Maximum comfort is also guaranteed when talking about the Rainmaker backpack sprayer as it comes with well padded shoulder straps which promotes optimal comfort during use while other notable features includes a four foot hose and integrated filter.
This machine works effectively when used in fighting back mosquitoes that are agents of ZIKA virus as well as ticks that helps in spreading LYME disease and for this reason, it is highly recommended when it comes to pest control in our homes, ranches, greenhouses, vineyards and even orchards.
However, this duster and sprayer doesn’t require large amount of contents be it liquid or dust like other products do and it is also capable of spraying mist for as long as 40 feet which also contributes to why this product is popular and widely used among customers.
This backpack duster and sprayer from TOMAHAWK is one that would be ideal for use either for dust pesticides or even liquid pesticides treatment and one feature that makes this equipment stand out from the rest on the market is its high material and quality construction which sure guarantees that this equipment lasts for a very long time as well as making sure it endures tough and vigorous use.
This is one product that is quite easy to use as it spreads evenly and quickly in order to keep mosquitoes and other flying insect away from you and your family and unlike other poorly formulated products available on the market today, this product from INVATECH ITALIA requires no form of mixing with other liquids or products as it comes with a ready to use formula.
This backpack duster and spray from INVATECH ITALIA is one that would be ideal for use either for dust pesticides or even liquid pesticides treatment and one feature that makes this equipment stand out from the rest on the market is its high material and quality construction which sure guarantees that this equipment lasts for a very long time as well as making sure it endures tough and vigorous use.
When it comes to settling for that top performance and great value for your money backpack sprayers, you can count on any of the products listed above to eliminate the stress when it comes to maintaining your garden and helping to control pest and weed attack.
These backpack sprayers are highly effective, efficient and sprays good too. They are also guaranteed to last long as they are made out of durable materials which promote long lasting use so you have nothing to worry about.
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Here’s a little project that we’ve been working towards for a long time: a custom-painted leather flight jacket (“bomber jacket”) featuring the “Classic Lego Space” logo. (Yes, I totally spent years serving in the Lego space corps!) And, if you’ve ever wanted to make your own painted leather jacket — whatever the theme — here’s how to do it.
For this project we used Angelus leather paints, which are highly flexible acrylic paints from the Angelus Shoe Polish Company, designed specifically for painting shoes, jackets, and so forth. We used black, metallic gold, white, and red paints, which are available in 1 oz and 4 oz (and sometimes larger) bottles. For reference, we ended up using less than 1/2 oz of each paint color in this project; we could have gotten away with a 1 oz bottle in each color.
Besides the paints, you’ll also need their “Leather Preparer and Deglazer” (for which some people simply substitute acetone), and a clear acrylic top coat finisher. We also used a couple of different natural-hair paint brushes of different sizes.
The jacket is a “black current issue A-2” leather flight jacket from US Wings, an updated version of the iconic A-2 jacket, famous for use by pilots in WWII, and well known as the classic substrate for painted bomber jackets. The “current issue” version of the jacket has the same extra pockets that current-issue military A-2’s have, and given the choice between brown and black, black looks more like outer space. This particular model also has a solid one-piece back, so that there aren’t any seam lines where we’ll be painting.
It’s certainly possible to start with a lower-cost jacket, or to get an older/used jacket for much less. However we are following a piece of advice that we learned from our friends in the art car community: If you’re going to invest the time in decorating a car, it’s a good idea to start with a new one, so that it lasts longer and you have fewer maintenance issues.
The design is the “Classic Lego Space” logo, a design no longer in use but prominently featured in popular Lego sets like the #497 Galaxy Explorer and on space-themed minifigures during the era, 1978-1987.
Aside: We recently reviewed the book Lego Space, about the same era, after this jacket project was already underway.
If you look closely at the pictures of the Galaxy Explorer and minifigures, you might notice that there are actually two versions of the graphic from that era. One, found on larger bricks and flags, has a light-yellow moon with darker craters, while the other, found on small bricks and minifigures has a metallic gold circle without craters. Since the design on the jacket is large, we went with the cratered version, but exercised a little artistic license to pick light and dark metallic golds (rather than yellows) for the two colors.
For the next step, we modeled the logo in Inkscape, based on some high-resolution pictures of bricks, and laser cut templates out of cardstock to mock up how it would look on the jacket, in a range of different sizes and positions.
Once we had figured out where to position the logo on the jacket, we took the cardstock mockup and temporarily fixed it in place with rolled up pieces of blue painter’s tape, so that we could flatten that side of the jacket up against a board without losing track of position. We then used that positive mockup to position a (negative) stencil, again held in place with tape, and removed the mockup.
With the stencil in place, we used the “Leather Preparer and Deglazer” solution to strip the shiny outer finish off of the leather. Doing a thorough job of this took about 30 minutes of hard scrubbing with a washcloth, leaving the cloth thoroughly blackened and that area of the jacket still black, but with a matte finish. It’s a very good idea to wear gloves for this step; you probably don’t need to strip the finish off of your fingers.
After the leather dries from the prep stage, it’s time to begin painting. Angelus recommends to make the first layer thin, and to allow it to dry thoroughly before adding the subsequent 2-3 layers that are necessary to reach full opacity. We used white for our base layer, even under the parts that will be red or gold in the final painting. As you can see, the brush strokes are quite visible and the opacity is only marginal with only a single layer.
There is a sense in which this is the easiest layer of painting, because — with the exception of that little black triangle — you can just paint over all of the areas that have that initial matte appearance.
To indicate where the red and gold should go, we lightly scored the white paint while tracing the pattern out with a stencil. That left some (barely visible) marks to follow while painting on the first layers of red and gold. At this point, there is one layer of white, plus one layer of gold, and one layer of red. You can already see that the red and gold areas are much more opaque than the white regions, since each has two layers of paints, not one. After this, we let the paint dry for at least 30 minutes before doing the next layer, and alternated between adding more white and colored layers.
After four layers of white and three each in red and gold, the white and colored areas were finally all well defined, bright, and distinct. Painting the interior curves to appear smooth took a fair amount of time and steady hands.
Angelus only offers a single (but gorgeous) shade of metallic gold paint, which is alternately referred to as “Antique Gold” or just “Gold,” depending on bottle size. However, the paints can be blended to make new colors, and so we made a small bottle of darker gold paint by taking the (regular) gold and mixing in a few drops of black.
We added only a single layer of dark gold (on top of the three layers of regular gold), using a little more help from a stencil than we did in the other colors. When touching it up, we used both more of the dark gold paint (to add to the cratered areas) and more regular gold paint (to add to the brighter areas).
After allowing the paints to dry overnight, it’s time to add the final top coat: a thin and colorless acrylic paint finish that dries clear. The finisher is available in five different lustre levels, from matte to glossy. We picked “Satin,” the middle of the five levels, which turned out to be considerably more glossy than the rest of the jacket. If we had to start over, we likely would choose the least glossy finisher. We applied two coats of the finish, and allowed it to dry overnight one last time.
And we’re done! One of the tricky choices that we had to make was as to how the design should be centered. It looks like it’s a bit left of center, and in a sense it is. If you take a close look at how the original logo was used, you’ll find that the full width of the design is actually centered on the brick (as you can see in the photo here) or minifigure, rather than being positioned with the moon centered. We decided to emulate that to the extent possible, weighting the logo slightly to the side.
And a final word about the paints: These paints are (as advertised) incredibly flexible and well matched to leather. You can flex and fold the material, and the paint goes right along with it, flexing and folding as though it isn’t there at all. Neat stuff!
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Oh, this is so very, very cool. That makes for a very handsome looking jacket. Great writeup too, as always!
Really nice! About the satin clear finish looking glossier than you wanted: I wonder if, with wear over time, it might begin to degloss a bit, approaching the appearance you originally wanted? And/or, maybe you could apply a layer of the matte finish on top of the satin finish?
My vague memory is that the logo was on a decal that was slightly more glossy than the ABS it was on, so your choice of finish might not be too far off.
Thanks for a great tutorial. I came upon it as a LEGO fan and part of a lug but as an artist and crafter I found it most instructive. I have never painted on leather. It opens up whole new possibilities to me. Great project, nicely done and very nicely documented.
Embroidery was certainly an option for us, but we wanted to go for that classic “painted bomber jacket” look. :)
For Lady Ada Lovelace Day, we would like to celebrate an area of success for women in science and technology: the open source hardware community. This vibrant community has many strong women it holds up as role models. The newly formed Open Source Hardware Association is well represented with board members Alicia Gibb (president), Danese Cooper, Catarina Mota, and Wendy Seltzer. In addition, the Open Hardware Summit has been organized by women from the start: Alicia Gibb and Ayah Bdeir in 2010 and 2011, followed by Catarina Mota and Dustyn Roberts this year.
In addition to the speakers, there were even more women presenting posters and demos, including Amelia Marzec, Cindy Harnett, Gabrialla Levine, Jennifer Jacobs, Joanna Cheung, Tesia Kosmalski, Analisa Russo and Jennifer Lewis, Margarita Benitez, Maki Komuro, and Sophi Kravitz.
All of these presenters build on the past two years of excellent content at the summit, and we look forward to the inspiring speakers of years to come.
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Here’s an interesting find: This rather large mad-sciencey-looking component is a Bussmann type 23L1F15E, liquid-filled power fuse. What is all that stuff in there, and what’s it doing? It turns out to be a clever old solution to a tough problem, involving springs, wires, and solder, not to mention the mystery fluid!
Adafruit has an awesome LEGO kit design for Ladyada’s Workshop up on LEGO CUUSOO. CUUSOO is a site where people can submit designs for new LEGO sets or vote to support designs that have already been submitted. With enough support, LEGO may eventually turn these into actual production kits. With your support, maybe we can all have the chance to play with a LEGO version of MOSFET, a pick-and-place and a soldering iron.
Huge congratulations go out to our dear friend and rockstar founder of Adafruit Industries, Limor Fried, on being the first female engineer featured on the cover of Wired magazine!
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Hey all you grognards out there, sharpen your pencils 'cause we're starting part two of our map drawing tutorial. You can check out part 1 here if you missed it.
This tutorial will help you Game Masters out there add some style and some finishing touches to your campaign map that you may be handing to your players. Everything at the gaming table could be a prop that helps enhance gameplay and nothing sparks imagination more than an interesting map.
I've seen a lot of campaign maps out there in the interwebz, most of which are very inspiring in many ways. Also many fantasy books come with maps so you can follow the progress of the character's adventures throughout the stories and novels. These are all great inspirations for map features and ideas. Use them!
In this part of the tutorial, we'll be going over 'inking' your penciled map. For this I recommend that you pick up some nice pens to work with. I suggest the Faber Castell pens. You can pick them up at your local art supply store or online. The Faber Castell Black, Fineliner Set of 4 comes with four different widths and goes for about $6.99 per set online. They use a nice black india ink. If you can't find the Faber Castell pens you can go with the black Micron pens. These also come in different widths.
Now, the reason for the different pen widths is that you will use them to create a variety of 'line weights' on your map. It is a very minor detail but adds quite a bit to your finished map. For example, I use a thicker line weight for the coastlines and mountains while most other detail in the map use a thinner pen point.
Let's start with the coastline. I'll use the Faber Castell F (fine) pen and I'll start redrawing over my penciled line. Remember to keep the coastline irregular and jagged. I like to leave little inlets for rivers and bays for coastal towns. Don't forget to outline any islands the same way.
Once you are done with the coastline, I like to add some ripples along the shoreline to give the impression of water. I do that by using the Faber Castell S (super fine) pen. I start by adding a squiggly line along the coast in what would be the ocean or sea. I break the squigglys up so it is a broken line but still follows the contour of the coastline. When I finish with that initial line (remember your islands too) I go back an add a second squiggly line (ripple) following the contour of the first shoreline ripple. I keep this line broken up even more than the first. Again, don't forget your Islands. Note that if islands or land masses are close together, you don't have to squeeze a ripple between them. Just make the ripple go around both pieces of land. The ripples are there just to give the impression of land masses in water.
Now take a look at your work. You should see your well defined coastlines appear to be causing a ripple in water. Your islands should look really nice too. If you have any trouble, just keep working at it. After a few attempts you'll soon start to get the hang of it.
You'll also notice how the line-weights already start to bring some dynamics to your map. Now, on to the mountains. Again, I will be using the Faber Castell F (fine) pen to draw the mountains. The mountains are nothing more than overlapping upside-down 'V's'. Remember to vary the shapes of these upside-down V's a bit too. By the time that you're done inking these you'll wish that you haven't made so many mountain ranges! Once you are done with the mountains, there's one more thing to add to them and for that I will be using the Faber Castell S (super fine) pen once again. What I add now to the mountains is some shading and texture by just adding short strokes, all in the same direction and all on the same side of the mountains. Think of it as if the sun were rising on the right side of the page, the left side of the mountains would be hidden in shadows. I like to use these short strokes but you can add a heavier shadow if you like. You can use the same technique with hills as well. To draw the strokes, I find it easier if I turn the paper so that I 'pull' the lines towards me. It is a bit easier to keep them parallel this way. Vary the lengths of the lines too. Your map should really start to be taking shape at this point. The last thing to add are the rivers. For these I use the Castell S (super fine) pen once again. Remember, there's not may bridges over these rivers that are off the main road becoming an obstacle challenge for your PC's to overcome.
At this scale, I like to add sea-trade routes and major roads. For these I would suggest using The Faber Castell XS (extra super fine) for these elements.
You should have a pretty good looking map at this point! You'll notice that I didn't add any cities or forests yet or lables. I like to add them a bit later and that will be covered in part 3.
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It was a fun-filled Friday night at the exquisite Cockpit Lounge in Lilongwe where Carlsberg Malawi hosted the last 2016 Chill All-White Party, headlined by South Africa’s revered DJ Ganyani.
A number of Malawian DJs, including VJ Ice had the opportunity to get the party people jamming to house and other popular African beats, before Ganyani’s compatriot, DJ Stavo, took overand completely changed the ambience at the newly-opened élite club.
Stavo was more into South Africa’s old school Kwaito mix, taking the Malawian fans back in the days when the genre was popular in the country, before the invention of house music.
His playlist was dominated by the likes of legends Mandoza, TKZee, Mzekezeke, Bongo Maffin and Arthur Mafokate.
The Chill DJ Battle 2016 winner DJ Trick was next after Stavo and gave the fans a different feel away from South African sounds as he came had local artists and music from West and East African countries.
Putting the icing on the cake was the man of the night, DJ Ganyani, who came in the booth at around 1am and completely sent the house into frenzy with his adept selection of his house productions, among them Master Ganyani, Ntoni, Take Me, Better Days and Flying High.
Doctor admits to groping 16-year-old girl sitting next to him on flight from Seattle to New Jersey - NY Daily News
A doctor has admitted groping a 16-year-old girl on a flight from Seattle to New Jersey earlier this year.
Vijaykumar Krishnappa appeared before a federal magistrate in Newark on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Indian national will be sentenced to between 30 and 90 days in prison in January.
Prosecutors say Krishnappa intentionally touched the girl near her groin as she slept on the United Airlines flight in July.
Krishnappa "put his hand on her groin and inner thigh, and began rubbing the victim through her clothing," according to the complaint. The teen woke up as he tried to put his hand down her pants.
She told CBS News earlier this year that she felt terrorized even after Krishnappa was moved to a different seat.
"I just felt like he could see me. Like he could see wherever I was sitting," she told CBS News. "There was just still so much time, like, I couldn't just leave the plane. I didn't have anyone. I didn't feel like there was anyone on the plane that could protect me."
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Nanette O’Hare is the only child of privileged suburban parents, earnestly studying and earning high grades, scoring goals and breaking records on her high school soccer team.
Liv Stein awakens in an unfamiliar room, broken, bruised, and with no memory of life before the accident her parents claim nearly killed her.
Torment is the much-anticipated second book to Fallen, the young adult sensation by author Lauren Kate, and the first novel in the Fallen series.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — Gov. Mitt Romney, the Massachusetts Republican who has built a presidential campaign on a broad appeal for conservative support, is drawing sharply increased criticism from conservative activists for his advocacy of gay rights in a 1994 letter.
Mr. Romney’s standing among conservatives is being hurt by a letter he sent to the Log Cabin Club of Massachusetts saying that he would be a stronger advocate for gay rights than Senator Edward M. Kennedy, his opponent in a Senate race, in a position that stands in contrast to his current role as a champion of a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
“We must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern,” Mr. Romney wrote in a detailed plea for the support of the club, a gay Republican organization.
The circulation of the letter by gay rights groups in recent weeks has set off a storm of outrage among social conservatives, and by Friday was looming as a serious complication to Mr. Romney’s hopes.
Aides to Mr. Romney, who did not dispute the letter’s legitimacy, said that the governor’s opinions on gay issues had not changed. They said Mr. Romney had always been an opponent of same-sex marriage, had always opposed discrimination against gay men and lesbians and had been consistent in his views about allowing them to serve in the military.
“Governor Romney believes Americans should be respectful of all people,” said Eric Fehrnstrom, his spokesman. “However, over the past four years as governor, Mitt Romney has not advocated or supported any change in the military’s policies and he has not implemented new or special rights in this area.”
Mr. Fehrnstrom, echoing the language that Mr. Romney has frequently used on the campaign trail, said Mr. Romney had been “a champion of traditional marriage” and “fought the efforts of activist judges who seek to redefine marriage.”
Nonetheless, the breadth of the letter’s language and the specificity of many of the pledges stunned conservative leaders. Many of them had turned to Mr. Romney as a conservative alternative to Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, whose position on issues like abortion had been considered suspect.
“This is quite disturbing,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, who had praised Mr. Romney as a champion of traditional values at the group’s conference in late September. “This type of information is going to create a lot of problems for Governor Romney. He is going to have a hard time overcoming this.”
Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, at a rally last month in Boston against same-sex marriage. Credit Brian Snyder/Reuters
Paul Weyrich, a founder of the modern conservative movement, said: “Unless he comes out with an abject repudiation of this, I think it makes him out to be a hypocrite. And if he totally repudiates this, you have to ask, on what grounds?”
The letter, and Mr. Romney’s effort to reconcile it with the way he had presented himself on the campaign trail, reflects what has been one of the central challenges facing him in his campaign: how to move from winning an election in one of the most liberal states in the union to becoming the presidential candidate of a party whose nominating process is dominated by social conservatives.
As it is, he has shifted his position on abortion rights. Last year, Mr. Romney wrote an op-ed article for The Boston Globe saying that his views had “evolved and deepened,” and that he opposed abortion and thought decisions on its legality should be left to states.
The 1994 letter followed a meeting with the Log Cabin Club. Mr. Romney wrote, “I am not unaware of my opponent’s considerable record in the area of civil rights.
“For some voters, it might be enough to simply match my opponent’s record in this area,” he said. “But I believe we can and must do better. If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern. My opponent cannot do this. I can and will.”
Mr. Romney, recounting in the letter the promises he made in the meeting with the club, said he had agreed to help sponsor a bill barring discrimination against gay men and lesbians if he was elected to the Senate and to broaden it to include protections for housing and credit.
He said he supported the “don’t ask, don’t tell” military policy created by former President Bill Clinton, and described it as “the first in a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays’ and lesbians’ being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military.”
Rich Tafel, who was the executive director of the club at the time, said he was stunned by what he described as the contrast between how Mr. Romney came across in their meeting and how he appeared on the campaign trail now.
Viewed from some angles, Mr. Romney’s positions on gay rights seem consistent. He still says he opposes discrimination against gay men and lesbians and he always said he opposed same-sex marriage.
But his emphasis has shifted in the last two years. As he moves into this new phase of his career, Mr. Romney rarely talks about the need to protect gay men and lesbians from bias, instead presenting himself as a conservative stalwart in the fight against same-sex marriage, arguing that legally recognizing same-sex unions endangers the cultural support for heterosexual families.
The doubts being raised could improve the prospects of two fellow Republicans who have been seeking conservative support in bids for the presidential election: Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas.
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Yemeni soldiers joined protesters in Sana on Sunday after President Ali Abdullah Saleh left the country for medical treatment. Credit Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Thousands of antigovernment protesters celebrated in the streets of Yemen’s capital on Sunday, setting off fireworks and slaughtering cows to mark the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh for medical treatment, despite new uncertainty about when — and even whether — he would agree to a lasting transfer of power.
Mr. Saleh, who has been resisting calls to step down for months, left the country hurriedly on Saturday for Saudi Arabia, where he was operated on for wounds suffered in a deadly attack on his presidential compound the day before. But on Sunday, aides insisted that he was recovering well and could return home in weeks, if not days.
“He is awake and he is conscious; he is in charge,” said a close adviser who was with him during Friday’s attack, likely by a mortar shell or rocket, and is being treated at the same military hospital in Riyadh.
Mr. Saleh and his advisers are adept political players, and it is possible that they are simply posturing to win the best deal from foreign patrons and Yemenis who are trying to ease him out after 33 years of autocratic rule. But the officials’ contention that Mr. Saleh would return to power is also a testament to the difficulties Saudi and American officials face in trying to resolve the standoff before Yemen’s always poisonous politics tip the country into broader conflict, a grim prospect for its northern neighbor and the United States. Yemen is already home to an active branch of Al Qaeda that has tried to carry out terrorist attacks on the United States and that seeks to overthrow the Saudi monarchy.
On Sunday, Obama administration officials said that the United States was pressing Mr. Saleh and his allies to accept a deal recently negotiated by Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, that would allow him to leave power in exchange for immunity. Several officials hinted that the United States might be willing to throw in financial incentives to induce Mr. Saleh to relinquish the presidency for good.
Some analysts said Saudi Arabia’s leadership would not allow Mr. Saleh to return to power after months of frustrating efforts to cajole him to step down amid growing instability. And on Sunday, Western diplomats and Arab experts said they expected that Saudi and American officials were maneuvering behind the scenes to win agreement for a transition plan in Yemen before Mr. Saleh could return home to undermine their efforts.
But there is one wild card in those calculations: many Saudis have long supported Mr. Saleh because of his skill in suppressing dissent, and it was unclear if they were prepared to unseat him so abruptly. The original transition plan built in some time before he had to leave office to allow for an orderly succession.
Yemeni tribesmen and antigovernment demonstrators waved the national flag and chanted slogans during celebrations in the city of Taiz on Sunday. Credit Anees Mahyoub/Associated Press
“They’re really in the eye of the hurricane, and it’s very hard to predict where events will go now,” said Charles Schmitz, a Yemen specialist at Towson University in Baltimore.
There were worrisome signs on Sunday that Yemen’s turmoil was far from over. Although a cease-fire to end fierce fighting in the capital between government forces and tribal rivals working with the opposition was mainly holding, mortar fire could still be heard in at least one neighborhood. And although a Yemeni official said some family members left Sana, the capital, with Mr. Saleh on Saturday, several sons and nephews who control the powerful military and intelligence services remained behind.
Vice President Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi has taken over as temporary leader, but analysts say he may have trouble maintaining control, especially if some factions see the president’s absence as a chance to finally dislodge him and his family. Many of Mr. Saleh’s enemies are well-armed, including a general who recently defected with many of his troops in sympathy with the pro-democracy protesters.
Saudi leaders, who have long meddled in Yemeni politics, were largely quiet on Sunday about their efforts to enable political change in Yemen. The silence was a possible indication of the bad choices they were left with when the attack on Mr. Saleh’s compound instantly reshaped a leadership debate that had been raging for months as massive street protests whittled away at the president’s standing.
While the Saudis — who are dedicated to enforcing stability in the region — have told Mr. Saleh he should go, the sudden change made it more difficult to structure an orderly handover of power and eventual elections.
Abdullah Hamidaddin, a political scientist, said Saudi Arabia had wanted Mr. Saleh to leave office because its leaders thought that would bring “less bloodshed, less unpredictability.” But, he said, “they wanted it in a way that does not create a power vacuum and an unpredictable future.”
Mr. Saleh’s troubles started in January when revolts in Tunisia and Egypt ousted longtime dictators and inspired pro-democracy protesters in Yemen. The turmoil got markedly worse in recent weeks when the Ahmar family, the tribal rivals who helped bankroll the demonstrations, engaged in street battles with government forces — turning parts of Sana into virtual war zones.
The Yemeni vice president, Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi, right, met with the American ambassador, Gerald M. Feierstein, left, on Sunday. News reports said that Mr. al-Hadi became acting president. Credit Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Mr. Saleh blamed the Ahmars and their militia for the attack on his compound, but the Ahmars denied involvement.
On Sunday, Yemeni officials did not want to go into details about Mr. Saleh’s wounds. But Arab news reports quoted Saudi medical officials as saying he had had two operations to remove pieces of wood after an explosion at the presidential compound.
Some analysts and diplomats were optimistic on Sunday that the latest Yemeni crisis would be resolved peacefully.
They said that although the Saudi-brokered cease-fire in the capital had not held perfectly, the relative calm was an indication that both sides saw that neither had a clear advantage.
Still, the many rivals for power in Yemen have venomous relations that had been held in check only with Saudi influence and Mr. Saleh’s adroit political maneuvering, which included pitting tribes against one another when convenient.
The rivalries include one between Mr. Saleh’s eldest son, Ahmed, who leads the powerful Republican Guard, and Ali Mohsin al-Ahmar, the general who recently defected. (The general is not related to the Ahmars who have been fighting the government.)
But protesters in Sana seemed oblivious on Sunday to the intrigue that could derail their hopes for democratic change. In a part of the city they have named Change Square, some families brought their children to see what one called “the party of Saleh’s departure.”
A particularly hopeful chant echoed one popular in Egypt’s successful revolution. “The people, at last, defeated the regime,” the protesters yelled.
Reporting was contributed by Laura Kasinof, Scott Shane and Robert F. Worth from Washington, and Nasser Arrabyee and Kawkab Althaibani from Sana, Yemen.
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Like many great creative unions, the designers Mona Koochek and Tania Martins of the Toronto-based women’s label Markoo met completely by chance. In 2012, Koochek was looking for something to wear for a gallery fund-raiser — and made a beeline for Carte Blanche, “the coolest store in downtown Toronto.” The shop, which shuttered the next year, was co-owned by Martins and was known for stocking niche brands such as Camilla Skovgaard and Jeremy Scott. “Unfortunately the dress she wanted had sold out, but we instantly connected,” recalls Martins. “We made plans to meet again at the fund-raiser, and when we did, we hit it off so well that we actually said, ‘this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship’ — and it was.”
Both Koochek and Martins immigrated to Toronto with their families during the late 1980s (Koochek from Iran and Martins from Portugal). When they met, Koochek was working as an urban planner but wanted to transition into fashion. “I asked Tania to teach me how to make clothes from start to finish — pattern cutting, draping, sewing,” she says. Martins — who had left school at 16 to train under a local women’s wear designer named Catherine Curtis — proved to be a diligent tutor. “From that moment on we were inseparable,” says Koochek. Adds Martins: “We bounced around ideas, made samples and eventually we got a studio downtown.”
It was only after Carte Blanche closed its doors that Martins and Koochek decided to focus on their fashion collaboration full time. “It was a case of, we love this, let’s take the plunge and start a label properly,” Koochek says. With that, Markoo — an elision of both designers’ surnames — was born. “We didn’t have the opportunity to go to an incredible institution like Central Saint Martins, it just wasn’t financially accessible,” says Koochek. “So we kept on making pieces, then ripping them up and starting again and that’s how we gained confidence,” she adds.
This rigorous process also helped them to develop their designs, which employ diverse materials such as lacquered leather splice and raw denim and subtly references the past. “The spirit of the 1920s, ’70s and '80s filters through most of our designs; sometimes it’s in the silhouettes, sometimes it’s just a feeling,” says Koochek. Signatures include a soft leather motorcycle jacket with discreet fastenings, smart blouses and slender tailored pants that sit high on the waist.
Last month, they traveled to London to shoot the campaign for the brand’s new spring/summer 2018 collection, which is due to hit stores in November. Athletic zip-up jackets, rounded cotton tops and satin tuxedo pants all feature in the offering. “Strong is a key word for us. We want our clothing to make women feel strong, to allow them to express themselves and have a voice,” Koochek says.
While Markoo has enjoyed under-the-radar success (it’s stocked at retailers such as Assembly New York and Need Supply), the duo plans to grow the brand this year. Both designers will be relocating from Toronto to London this fall, which will allow for proximity to a larger fashion community as well as their preferred Italian and Portuguese fabric mills.
The pair often use women within their circle of friends to try new looks. “We always push ourselves to experiment with new silhouettes and design features, but it has to make sense for our woman,” explains Koochek. “We ask questions: Does this detail feel too trend-led? Is she comfortable? How do we make this last forever?” She adds: “Our pieces should stand the test of time.”
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Built in 1998, Maple Plaza consists of 8 floors, made up of 160 apartments, none of which is currently for sale, and none are available for rent. Located in New York's East Harlem neighborhood, features of this building include a bicycle room, courtyard, garage, garden and laundry room.
This building consists of 12 floors, made up of apartments, none of which is currently for sale, and none are available for rent. Located in New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood.
This building is made up of apartments, 1 of which are currently for sale, and none are available for rent. Located in New York's Soho neighborhood.
Built in 1898, The Unadilla consists of 7 floors, made up of 28 apartments, 1 of which are currently for sale, and none are available for rent. Located in New York's West Village neighborhood, features of this building include a laundry room and roof deck.
A swag of former Kiwis and Warriors will take to the field for their old West Auckland club Glenora today in a testimonial for Gavin Bailey, a stalwart of the league scene in Auckland who didn't quite make it to top level.
Former Kiwis and Warriors hooker Duane Mann is coach of Glenora's Fox Memorial team, the opposition for the match, but Bailey was given rights to select his line-up and has called Mann into the playing ranks.
The old Glen Eden Recreation Ground is fenced off after drainage work and the game kicks off at 5pm on the upper field, affectionately named "Duck Park" by those who played their junior football for the club, putting up with muddy slop in winter that turned to hardened and ankle-breaking holes in summer.
In the Bailey invitation side are are former New Zealand, Auckland and Warrriors players Mike Patten, Steve Buckingham, Ben Lythe, Boycie Nelson, Brian Jellick, Lee Tamatoa and Brady Malam.
The Warriors hold an open training session at the North Harbour Stadium from 9am today ahead of their run there tomorrow against the North Queensland Cowboys, with captain Steve Price inviting fans to see new talent including Christchurch-bred Lewis Brown and Ukumu Ta'ai from the Mt Albert club, both 22, both coming late to the top level.
The NRL champion Manly squad is looking for a "Suzie" after several members were struck down by a stomach complaint ahead of their game against the Super League side London Harlequins this weekend. Manly have taken their top squad to prepare for the World Club Challenge against Brian "Bluey" McClennan's Leeds Rhinos on March 1.
House affordability has improved slightly in Hawke's Bay over the past quarter thanks to decreasing house prices, the latest Massey University Home Affordability Report shows.
Covering March to June this year, the report showed Hawke's Bay and Central Otago Lakes bucked the trend of other regions with a major quarterly fall in median house-price growth - down 7 per cent or $30,000 in Hawke's Bay.
The report author, Associate Professor Dr Graham Squires, said in assessing affordability the Massey Home Affordability Index took into account the variables of interest rates, wages and house prices.
"As interest rates and wages are not moving significantly attention turns to house prices, where this quarter we have seen a $30,000 decrease in the median house price in Hawke's Bay.
"This is a significant fall, which is interesting, as we have seen a gradual incline in house values over the last two years."
He said over the past two years prices had been on an upward trajectory from an average of $330,000 to $430,000, and it was uncertain whether this quarter's decline was a new trend or just a "blip".
Harcourts Hawke's Bay managing director Kaine Wilson said the real estate agency had also seen the 7 per cent drop in median house price for the quarter - similar to what had occurred in the same quarter last year.
Last spring there were more high-end property sales for Harcourts, which affected median value in the region, he added.
"We are seeing a real surge of inquiry from buyers through our latest Harcourts Digital Plus Marketing, which I'm confident will see some great prices again through the spring quarter."
Across the country overall home affordability had decreased, driven by rising house prices in regions outside of the high-value Auckland/Thames-Coromandel and Central Otago Lakes regions, the report found.
Squires said high-value regions may be showing affordability improvements at the expense of lower-value regions.
"Outside of traditionally overheating markets like Auckland and Queenstown, regions with lower relative values like the Manawatū may be showing improvements as investors seek houses in regions that might yield greater returns on capital," he said.
In absolute home affordability index point terms, Hawke's Bay was one of the five most affordable regions, along with Southland, Taranaki, Manawatū/Whanganui and Otago.
The Portage Ceramics Trust was formed in 2005, in order to purchase a large private collection of ceramics and pottery-making equipment. This collection related to Crown Lynn Potteries Limited, a highly successful New Zealand company which operated from 1948 until 1989. Their products were in virtually every New Zealand home.
The Crown Lynn collection is very broad and represents the materials, styles, and techniques employed by the company.
The Portage Ceramics Trust was anxious to ensure that the collection remained as close as possible to the New Lynn site where Crown Lynn operated, and a home has been found there for the collection. Te Toi Uku, the museum space, is located next to the historic Gardner Brothers and Parker downdraft kiln in Ambrico Place.
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Railroad Accident: Chicago Commuter Train Crashes at Airport: Injures 32 People | Northeast NC Personal Injury Lawyer
Talk about a rough ride. Passengers that were on the Chicago Transit Authority railroad line train got a rude awaking when their train derailed and crashed through a barrier and up an escalator at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The cause of the railroad accident hasn’t been officially released but the train operator did say she was, “extremely tired.” She also said she had been working alot of overtime. The National Transportation Safety Board said earlier that investigators had not drawn any conclusions about the cause of the railroad accident. Some other possibilities for the train derailment could be faulty brakes or signals. But, if the railroad accident was caused by human error then why didn’t the kill switch stop the train? The kill switch activates when a train operator becomes incapacitated and his or her hand slips off the controls, the train then should come to a stop. A possible explanation, offered by the NTSB is that, upon impact, inertia may have thrown the train operator against the hand switch, accelerating it enough to send it catapulting onto the escalator.
It may be fair to say after this and other recent train derailments that the kill switch is not effective enough in stopping train accidents and injuries. Another mandated safety feature called positive train control is effective in stopping trains but has yet to be installed at many railroads. It becomes engaged when warnings to slow down or to stop a train go unnoticed by an engineer, the locomotive’s onboard computer will automatically apply the brakes after a certain amount of time, with the intention to prevent a collision and potentially save lives.
We may not yet know the cause of the train derailment but what we do know is that 32 people were injured during this railroad accident. That’s 32 mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters that ended up in the hospital instead of on an airplane. If you’ve been injured in a railroad accident, whether it’s on Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF or another carrier, and are wondering about what your next step should be, considering reading through some of the frequently asked questions prepared by attorneys at our railroad injury firm. The FAQs address some basic but important questions about railroad accident and injury claims.
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Christianity is everywhere. (That’s right, I’m writing a post about religion, but probably not the kind of post you’re thinking of.) Maybe because I live in southern USA, Christianity seems to be more prevalent than Starbucks or any other religion. If I lived in China I’d probably be making the same overly obvious observation about Buddhism. There are very few places that I can go here in Texas and not see a Bible verse on the wall or overhear someone talking about their Bible study. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, and the purpose of this post is not to bash a religion. I am tolerant of all beliefs, maybe with the exception of believing that Five Fingered Death Punch is music, or that Justin Bieber is an artist. But there are definitely some situations where there needs to be a clear boundary between religion and professionalism.
The mental health care field has largely failed to recognize this boundary, though they are trying. One thing that bothers me about Christians in a very broad and general term, in contrast to other religious people is that Christians out in the wild tend to assume that everyone else believes the same things they do. Now this is important, I don’t mind when someone tells me they are praying for me. That is something personal that they are giving me because they care about me, and I appreciate it very much. What I don’t appreciate is yesterday being told by a therapist, whom I’m seeing to help me cope with a difficult situation in my life, that all I can do is pray for things to get better.
This is not professional advice. This is not teaching me coping strategies. Why would they assume that I’m even a person who prays? What if I don’t believe in prayer? Then you’ve basically just told me I’m fucked. Now, I understand this is probably not the therapist for me and I should just find someone else that will talk to me on a more professional and scientific level, which is what I need. But this is not an isolated incident. I’ve been quoted Bible verses, I’ve been told to pray, I’ve been told that with God all things are possible and that he won’t give me more than I can handle, and I’ve been told that my bipolar disorder can be healed if I work on my relationship with Jesus. All this with total disregard for the possibility that not only do I have different beliefs, but religion might just be a trigger for me. How is this supposed to help my mental illness caused by chemical imbalances in my brain?
“Oh, you have a urinary tract infection? I have some antibiotics, but instead let’s sing hymns until it goes away, and by the way this isn’t optional.”
I think it’s because there is still so much unknown about mental illness, and we don’t like saying “I don’t know what to do.” God is another unknown, so we explain the unknown with the unknown. We don’t know why medications work or don’t work. We don’t know enough about the roots of mental illnesses to be able to treat them specifically. We’ve come a hell of a long way in the last century, and we’re continuing to learn more and more every day. But I’m just going to come out and say it: religion is not a mental illness treatment.
It helps a lot of people, and that’s great. I believe that people need to practice and believe what makes them feel whole as a person, and do what gets them through the day in their private lives. But religion is not medical advice. Mental illness is a medical condition. I don’t want my mental health professionals telling me, or even implying that my treatment would be more effective if I practiced a specific belief. This is an option, sure, and it helps some people. But like any treatment, (religion is not a treatment goddammit) what works for one person might not work for another.
So please, please stop making the practice of Christianity seem like it’s not optional. Please stop assuming we share the same beliefs when you know nothing about me. Please stop assuming that I’m going to share my beliefs with you at all. Please just treat me for my medical condition. It’s okay to say “I don’t know.” I accept that. I just want to feel better.
Oh wow, no that is not therapy that is helpful at this time. You do not need platitudes. Did this therapist go to school?
Our latest contribution to Agency Access’ blog The Lab posted Friday. It offers advise for photographers on the “right” and “wrong” ways to approach direct marketing. Be sure to link to the blog directly to read answers from industry experts on many more questions.
Are there “right” and “wrong” ways to approach direct marketing? What should I NOT do with my direct marketing campaign?
Marketing your images through direct mail can be a very effective way of reaching your target. However, it is an expensive undertaking if not done with a plan in mind, and can end up being a waste of your money and time.
Before choosing direct mail as part of your marketing plan, it is important to understand the different types of mailers you can send, the financial implications and the pitfalls you could encounter.
In our group, we have two types of mailers: the High Profile Mailer and the Reminder Mailer. Reminder Mailers are the more frequent mailers that showcase what a photographer has been up to lately. The idea is to share a recent project or image and remind creatives that we are still out there, creating. We aim to send six to nine Reminder Mailers per year. The High Profile Mailer has a different strategy: These mailers are designed to showcase a very special body of work. They’re more expensive and more targeted, and often involve a designer. We send only one of these per year.
It seems obvious, but to many it’s not. You must choose imagery for your direct mail piece that stands out when received. Do not choose an image just because it’s time to send a mailer. Each image needs to be stronger than the next, and one that you are proud to share. Because of this, we suggest not even starting a mailer campaign until you have an inventory to choose from.
Although the people who receive your mailers rarely file them away anymore, we still ask ourselves, “What envelope will they put this in?” before we make our selection. Is it still life? Lifestyle? Portraiture? This is an important question because if you are a lifestyle photographer, typically you should not mail a landscape image. Consistency in message is crucial.
The biggest mistake a photographer can make is to send out a mailer and then not send out another for a few months. Do not begin a mailer campaign if you cannot follow through with your plan. Sending one mailer rarely works. You need to create a campaign plan and stick to it.
Photographers who wait three to four months between each mailer run the risk of their imagery not getting noticed. The frequency of the mailers will help the person receiving it recognize your name and work quicker.
One trick we tell photographers is rather than plan for a year’s worth of direct mail, consider planning six months at a time. That way, you can maximize your budget over that time and then reevaluate your plans before the six months are over.
FREQUENCY IS KEY. If budget is an issue, we prefer a photographer to send out fewer mailers more often than a higher quantity less frequently.
Translation: Send to fewer people more often. Don’t be tricked into thinking that decreasing the frequency of your mailers just so you can send them to more people is correct. It just isn’t.
You can have the most compelling image to share and a strong plan to execute, but without a relevant list of contacts your campaign will fail.
Make sure to determine who your target market is before you create your list. Clients appreciate it when the mailers they receive are appropriate to their accounts.
A big part of a strong list is knowing every name on it. Yes, every name. That means doing your research and making sure each name has a purpose. Does that person work on the account you are targeting? Are they an award-winner, or perhaps work at an agency whose work you admire? At the very least, if you haven’t heard of the agency, remove it from your list. Making the effort to know the people on your list, even if you’ve never met in person, will make your connections that much more relevant.
Overall, direct mail is a very strong piece of the marketing plan. It is most powerful, however, when supplemented by other forms of communication, such as websites, email blasts, source books, PR, social media, etc. Be sure to think about all of the elements of your plan when determining how direct mail best fits.
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I would like Import Products From China To Sell On eBay and my website. Is there is Patent issues? Because I wanted to sell handbags, shoes, wedding dresses.
Answer: Yes, there could be issues relating to patent, trademark, and possibly copyright infringement.
Question Detail: Is it be illegal for a store to change the name of a patented product in order to sell it or raise its price?
Answer: You can change the product name without impacting the patent status. However, your name – either the new or the old – may infringe another’s trademark.
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The time is wrong for the radar, and the line is a beam interference artifact, commonly seen in Doppler weather radars. Note that it points exactly to the + in the center, a real track would not have that condition except by a nearly impossible coincidence.
The video originally showed up on WUWT saying it was from SE of Oklahoma city, I flagged it as crap then too.
Nick Johnson, chief scientist with NASA’s Orbital Debris Program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, says the space agency has received “no credible” reports of observers seeing the UARS re-entry. Officials think the satellite most likely fell into atmosphere over the open Pacific Ocean around 12 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT) and the surviving debris would have landed in the sea before reaching North America.
Thanks, it’s certainly interesting sorting through all the claims and misinformation, one learns a lot that way too even if none of what one investigated pans out as correct. Didn’t know about that type of artifact on weather radar.
Here’s what a spacecraft burnup looks like on weather radar. This is the Columbia Space shuttle, about twice the size of the UARS, note the high intenisty echoes.
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I’ve noticed something common amongst the people I follow on twitter. Some people have been talking about dieting, because they think their body needs it; some people have been talking about fasting because they want to offer some sort of sacrifice for their god.
I get agitated every time I hear about this; not because I’m over-weight, but because these people think so much of themselves that they forget what they’re actually talking about. When a certain something plays a major role in a your life is belittled, that’s when you should know that there is something wrong with you.
People complain and whine about the traffic, yet they take for granted the fact that they can actually afford to buy a car that has air-conditioning, a radio and a comfortable seat. They forget that a car is a machine that’s designed to propel you from one place to another in a short amount of time with the maximum amount of security and comfort (depending on the car’s feature, of course).
Let’s bring down the situation to something that most people could relate to, since not all people who read this have a car/cars.
I follow a lot of younger people on twitter. Their selfishness shines during special occasions e.g. Christmas or birthdays (from this point on, I guess you have a clue on what I’m talking about). One of the people I follow hated her parents because she didn’t get what she wanted on Christmas: an iPhone 4s. It wasn’t only her parents that she blamed, but also the cellular phone network.
I just can’t believe that a person has such a shallow concern for others. Many people don’t have an iPhone; let alone a smart phone. I have a Nokia phone that plays polyphonic ring-tones, and it has a built-in flashlight (those two were it’s selling points). You don’t see me bitching about it.
This girl doesn’t even realize that she’s even lucky to have an option of having a smart phone, and again, let alone a phone. Many people would have to work their entire lives to earn the simplest and cheapest of Android’s smart phones.
What sets me off about her is that she believes her life is ruined because her parents didn’t get her the iPhone 4S. This I say to you, my delicious yet ignorant dear (she’s hot for a girl her age lol): GET YOUR HEAD SORTED OUT.
Now the situations and conditions are set, I shall bring you to my final point of this blog entry. Fasting and dieting. There were around two or more people who talked about dieting and one person who talked about fasting. So, I will divide this last part into two parts: self and religion.
Most of these people talked about dieting during and after the Christmas season. They would complain about how much weight they’ve gained because they ate and drank too much or they would complain that they were just tired of not having that desirable body that people see on television and magazines. It’s great that a person has concern for their body, although it should be taken to the extent in where insensitivity becomes prominent.
How stupid can you be? You complain about your misshapen body and your BMI that states you’re fat. You have no fucking clue how lucky you even are to actually have a choice to diet. To have that choice is a luxury that not everyone can afford. Other people have no other option but to starve on the street, and you have the nerve to say “I ATE too much”? FUCK YOU. Fuck you and your ideal that every fucking thing you think is important revolves around you. So before you shove that piece of garbage you call food down your throat, you better make sure that you don’t bitch about it afterwards; because there are people who don’t even have the energy to lift their hands to beg for food. Insensitive mother fucking prick.
Fasting is basically a way to offer a certain type of sacrifice for your god, or in my case, it is for strengthening one’s mind through meditation; I find both of these very wrong. Would God want you to offer a sacrifice by letting your body starve or would He want you to give that food (the ones you avoid eating during fasting) to kids who NEED food? Fasting is also a luxury, but it’s a sugar-coated luxury that “rewards” you once you reach heaven. Nevertheless, which of the two would be more fulfilling: fasting or helping out kids? If you don’t know the answer, then you’re as bad as those who diet.
The same principles apply for Buddhism. I don’t think that fasting is a way to enlightenment. It may be for some, but I don’t see it that way. There are greater things that can be achieved if a Buddhist helps people in need, rather than secluding oneself from others trying to achieve enlightenment through the means of mind-over-body-whatever.
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Insulating and sound proofing are an essential aspect of a camper van conversion, and I will talk about both in this article. Good climbing weather often means cold weather (because cold weather means less sweaty hands, less sweaty hands means more perceived friction!). Having taken several frigid trips to Bishop, having good insulation for a warm night's sleep is essential. Sound deadening creates a quieter the ride, making 14 hour treks much more tolerable. It makes sense to talk about both aspects here as they both serve as the base layer of materials that actually touch the van's metal frame.
After completely emptying the van, we took a trip up to Squamish to climb. Our major take-away - the empty van is LOUD. Like extremely loud. Imagine a large aluminum can on wheels. Every pothole, bump, or even crack is magnified as the vibrations travels through the sides and roof of the van. These sounds are startling and make hearing music and Podcasts impossible.
Luckily, the automotive sound industry has a number of solutions, including rubber/butyl mats, paints, and foam. I decided to install RattleTrap XXX by FatMat over the wheel wells. This is a foil back product with 80 mil of thickness. I purchased the 25 sq ft bundle. This was cut into strips and applied to the wells. This product was fairly easy to cut and is a peel and stick product. The remaining squares of RattleTrap were applied to the large blank panels.
As for insulation, there is so much information on insulation options that it will make your head spin. I spent days scouring forums and blogs looking for the right insulation among the many options - insulation bats/rolls, rigid foam sheets, reflective bubble wrap, spray foam. The tricky factor is condensation. In a camper van, a lot of moisture gets generated from breathing and cooking. In cold weather, the van sides gets cold and condensation forms from the moist water vapor in the air. There are two schools of thought from there - either you stop condensation in the first place by creating an air-tight barrier outside of the metal, or you accept that condensation is going to happen and use a material that more easily allows the van to dry out.
I at first decided to use denim insulation, so i purchased a roll of foil backed insulation for the floor. This was cut up into strips to lay in between the ribs in the floor. The denim insulation was very difficult to cut, but we finally got it with scissors. The strips were taped into place. I then used the old floor as a template and traced the design on a couple pieces of 3/4" T&G OSB board. The denim and thicker OSB flooring would provide some additional sound deadening and insulation. I also used the existing rivet holes to rivet the new flooring into place. I countersunk the heads so they were flush with the surface. The rivets held the floor in tight and did not require any additional holes in the floor.
For the sides of the van, I began to shift. Bats of insulation can be stuffed into crevices, but would be difficult to hold up in the large panels (where there is normally windows). In terms of R-Value, foam generally has more R-Value per inch of insulation. I considered spray foaming the entire thing, but that's messy, expensive, and runs the risk of deforming the sides of the van. As a compromise, I decided to use 2" rigid Polyiso foam. It's super easy to work with (score with a knife, then karate chop to cut). To secure the foam to the walls, I used 3M 77 glue. I then used cans of Great Stuff spray insulation to fill around the sides of the panels to further secure them, and to seal off the rest of the van.
First attempt at spray foam. On the right, I tried to fill a gap much larger than one inch. Notice how all the foam sank to the bottom of that column to form a crazy blob
Herein lies the headache. Spray foam was a mess. I tried to spray in too large of a gap. The warm weather also made the 3M adhesive melt, so the sheets of rigid foam and the spray foam all fell out before it could dry. And this was all before I wised up and put down a drop cloth, so spray foam got everywhere. It's a pain to clean up.
Don't be over zealous - only use spray foam on gaps smaller than an inch. I later cut up small pieces of rigid foam to fill up the large gaps, then used spray foam to secure it. Much cleaner and easier.
A lot of sound and heat also gets transmitted through the ceiling panels. And we were also worried about condensation on the ceiling (still!) So on the ceiling, I decided to apply another layer of insulation. I used Noico Closed-Cell self-adhesive foam. which is supposed to help with both sound and insulation. We aptly referred to this material as the beer cozy (one night, we conducted an experiment to see if condensation forms on top of a neoprene beer cozy). We figured that any insulation will help.
On this side, I wised up and used smaller pieces of foam to fill up the gap and spray foams in between. Much easier and cleaner.
This foam was easy to cut with scissors; applying it was more challenging. Once the adhesive touches, it's impossible to get off without ripping the foam. Also, the foam forms air bubbles if you do not squeegee the air out first. This was impossible to do on the ceiling, so we ended up applying the foam and popping all the air bubbles with a knife. We then went back and used foil tape over all the places we popped.
After the beer cozy, we glued in 1.5" rigid foam and used spray foam in all the cracks to secure it. The lessons learned above made the ceiling go much more smoothly.
Before putting any furniture or paneling in, I decided to put in a final layer of Reflectix Bubble Wrap Insulation. Between the ribs of the van walls and the surface of the rigid insulation, there was a 1/2" to 3/4" space of air. Reflectix works better when there is a slight air gap. I figured another layer of insulation wouldn't hurt, as any warmth is welcomed. And perhaps it would provide an air barrier between the van atmosphere and the metal body if taped in with foil tape. Electrical wiring was also ran behind this layer, as the final layers of panels and cedar would rest against the Reflectix.
Final layer of Reflectix. Added it in as i put in furniture and panelling. The wiring also needed to be installed before this layer went in.
Once the Reflectix went in, insulation was finally complete. In all, this took maybe a month to do, and was done along side of rust remediation. Cutting out individual foam pieces, gluing them into place, spray foaming, adding more deadening, and finally cutting and taping in Reflectix was all tedious tasks and messy work. But, after a couple cold trips to Leavenworth, the van seemed to be much more warmer when we slept. Victory!
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Neutrons and protons have What is absolute and relative age dating the same mass, which is more than 1, times greater than that of an electron. When two or more atoms of the same element have a differing number of neutrons, they are called isotopes. Some types of isotopes "fit" better with a particular element and tend to be most abundant. For instance, carbon has six protons, and it so happens that the most abundant carbon isotope has six neutrons. Because there are six protons and six neutrons, totaling 12, this carbon isotope is designated carbon, which accounts for Generally speaking, the most abundant isotope is also the most stable one, or the one least likely to release particles and thus change into something else.
This release of particles is known as radioactive decay. In the context of radioactivity, "to decay" does not mean "to rot" rather, the isotope expels alpha particles positively charged helium nucleibeta particles either electrons or subatomic particles called positronsor gamma rays, which occupy the highest energy level in the electromagnetic spectrum. In so doing, it eventually will become another isotope, either of the same element or of a different element, and will stabilize. The amount of time it Dating thai coins for half the isotopes in a sample to stabilize is called its half-life.
This half-life varies greatly between isotopes, some of which have a half-life that runs into the billions of years. Determining Absolute Age When an organism is alive, it incorporates a certain ratio of carbon in proportion to the amount of the radioisotope that is, radioactive isotope carbon that it receives from the atmosphere. As soon as the organism dies, however, it stops incorporating new carbon, and the ratio between carbon and carbon will begin to change as the carbon decays to form nitrogen A scientist can use the ratios of carbon, carbon, and nitrogen to ascertain the age of an organic sample.
Carbon, known as radiocarbon, has a half-life of 5, years, meaning that it takes that long for half the isotopes in a sample to decay to nitrogen Note that half-life is not half the amount of time it takes for the entire sample to decay, especially because the first half of the sample usually decays faster than the second half. Imagine, for instance, that you had units and wanted to reduce it to zero units by continually halving it. At first, the results would be dramatic, as became 50, then 25, then Eventually you would be down to smaller and smaller fractions of 1, and each division by 2 would yield a smaller number—but never zero. Radioactive decay works that way as well, and, thus, while carbon has a half-life of less than 6, years, it takes much longer than 6, years for the other half of the isotopes in a carbon sample to decay.
A third key principle--faunal succession--is reviewed in Section 2. Principle of superposition Just as uniformitarianism is the key underlying assumption of geology, the science's most fundamental principle is superposition, developed by Danish anatomist Nicholas Steno in the 17th century. Portrait of Nicholas Steno public domain; Wikimedia Commons. The principle of superposition is simple, intuitive, and is the basis for relative age dating. It states that rocks positioned below other rocks are older than the rocks above. The rocks near the bottom of the waterfall were deposited first and the rocks above are subsequently younger and younger. Image by Jonathan R. Superposition is observed not only in rocks, but also in our daily lives.
Consider the trash in your kitchen garbage can. The trash at the bottom was thrown out earlier than the trash that lies above it; the trash at the bottom is therefore older and likely smellier!
Or, think about a stack of old magazines Whhat newspapers that might be sitting in your home or garage: Use superposition to determine which relativs older: How do you know? Principle of cross-cutting relationships The principle of cross-cutting relationships states that a rock unit or other geological feature, such as a fault that is cut by another rock unit or feature must be older than the rock unit or feature that does the cutting. Imagine cutting a slice of bread from a whole loaf. When investigating rocks in the field, geologists commonly observe features such as igneous intrusions or faults that cut through other rocks.
Because these features are the ones doing the cutting, we know that they are younger than the rocks that they cut into. Have a look at the photographs below, which show the curb of a road in a neighborhood in Hollister, California. You can see that the curb is offset: As it turns out, the famous San Andreas fault runs below the curb at this location, which has caused the curb to be broken and displaced. We know that the curb was originally straight when it was first constructed.
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It depends… probably the most expensive part on the duemilanove is the FTDI chip (~5€) and the Atmega (~3€), the rest are “small” componts that come cheap (and I have them in my stock so can’t realy tell about the price). If you can make your own PCB, I think the price would be about 10€ and one afternoon of work
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This weekend i siezed a big end bearing for the second time , probably because a lack of oil pressure (running a baffeled wet sump) .
I have read som good stuff about Racelines dry sump but i mailed them and they said it's not made for tranverse applications..
The Cosworth dry sump that burton sells should be good for both inline and transverse engines , quite expensive though..
I have found an used dry sump on ebay that's marked caterham at the bottom, does anyone know the difference between the cosworth dry sump and the caterham one???
Pace don't work in my experience!!, only heard good things about the AT power stuff and they certainly knew what they were talking about when I spoke to them.
And the funny thing about the system about is the way atpower tell the man to put the oil back into the block .
As the bloke that told him done it this way years ago while he was at pace and wiped out his own engine
Cosworth caused all kinds of problems in Caterham race cars, solved by using Raceline (with Caterham logo)
If Raceline say it is not for transverse use, then fair enough. I would probably go for tried and trusted Pace set up then
Thought i could grab a bargain here but after hearing from all of you that i shouldn't i'll guess i will go for the Pace or AT kit...
OK, so you haven't seen the Raceline one then, it uses a specifically designed internal pump, that replaces the OEM one, so no external belts or pump required.
Arguably the neatest install and also the most cost effective and like yours in use in several cars putting out 300+ bhp.
How about some pictures and details of your sump, always interesting to see what options are out there
hi lacey do the pace kits need the engine to breath or can the rocker and block breathers be blocked off
The Raceline one has had no problems at all and has the option of fitting an extra scavenge pump for "only extreme performance levels will require the need of additional scavenge" It has proven to be fine without the external pump on plain old vanilla sub 300bhp engines.
You kit looks really nice and to be honest will be a bit easier to fit over a cross member of an Escort, personally I like the neatness of the internal pump, not to mention a 400 quid cheaper price. But horses for courses!
I do agree the raceline one is compact , but if you were to add a extra scav stage is that also internal ? Coz if it's external then it will surely defeat the idea of the neatness of it all
And if it needs a extra scav stage for extreme engines then I very much doubt the normal kit will pull
Not many people run over 300bhp, which does not defeat the neatness. Pete McEwen who designed it, refined and tested it at Mountune and by a mate of his who did some kind of computational fluid analysis test on it, using the same software he uses for F1 engines.
Regardless of your doubts, the Raceline DS is a well proven design with dozens in action on racetracks every weekend in Caterhams etc. I have used it on three engines myself with no issues.
I have extensive experience of the cosworth kit in a 300 bhp escort, works well and had no problems on circuit or rallying, only prob is the engine sits too high in an escort. Can space the x member down but mucks up the geom. I've converted to pace external system but not tested it yet. Dunno how well it works transverse.
My DS system is designed to fit the Escort in the original crank CL position (not raised) on the original standard X member and OE Pinto engine mount rubbers (on my cast Al. engine mount-to-block) as shown. No changes to X member or steering required. Scavenge pump has huge capacity for any crank-case vacuum you want to run and the tank remains full under all conditions!
I'm running it in mine at around the 300HP mark and have never even marked a bearing in 3 seasons; I have only changed oil about 4 times in that period whether it needed it or not (LOL) ; proof that it works well.
I've referred to your build several times since starting my latest project. You've done some VERY nice work on your car.
I know I'm reviving an old thread here, but I just received a Raceline Dry Sump kit, and I noticed that the pump has a lot of backlash compared to other gear type oil pumps I've examined.
This is a road race engine, around 300hp, that I'll be spinning to around 9,000 rpm, so I want to be sure I have plenty of oil flow and pressure to handle that kind of rpm.
I also have ARP main studs, and it looks like shortening some studs a bit, as well as clearancing the scraper plates will gain the needed clearance.
On another topic, I called Crane Cams yesterday to ask for cam recommendations, and it seems they have discontinued supporting the Duratec.
The block is a Ranger 2.3, with a modified Forged Ecoboost crank, Molnar forged rods, and Wiseco 12.5:1 forged pistons.
The head is a 2.5 unit, casting # RF8E5E from a 2010 Fusion, and I have modified the oiling system to feed the front intake cam journal from the main oil feed instead of through the VVT system.
Intakes will be 50mm ITB's, and due to space limitations in the chassis, we're designing a billet intake that will place the throttles as close to the port as possible, and angled up approximately 45 degrees or so.
I plan to fabricate an airbox over the airhorns, and duct cool air from a remote filter behind the grille
I'm aiming for peak power to be around 8,000 - 8,500 rpm, and would like to see over 300HP if possible.
I do like the Kent Cams design, which comes with an adjustable sprocket standard, and gets rid of the single bolt/friction washer setup, but I need to make sure they offer them in 38 tooth to match my oil pump and crank gears, and chains.
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A great insight from an everyday observation: when you drive into a parking lot, you haven’t got a free hand for your parking ticket, so you put it in your mouth. Wrigley printed tickets with a very thin layer of mint and placed them in parking lots. Drivers experience the fresh flavour of Wrigley’s Extra Polar Fresh gum.
Chip Kidd is one of the most prolific book cover designers in American design history. He started designing covers for Knopf in 1986, where he was responsible for 75 book covers a year. He is still employed at Knopf as art director. He’s brilliant and funny, but what he says is really close to our work too. Take 15mn to lough with him, you won’t regret it. Chip Kidd in TED.
A Chip Kidd jacket is unexpected and perfectly right for the text within. Jurassic Park, Naked by David Sedaris, 19Q4… His book covers continue to influence designers and pop culture and many of them are widely imitated.
HE has spoken, again. At the time where we are contacted by brands to make a buzz, to enter into the facebook’s life of consumers, to collect CRM datas, he reminds to us to respect the oder of priorities. First what to say, what people are interested in, and after how to reach them.
« To those brands that say ‘I understand you’ I say ‘Fuck off, you don’t understand me. Mind your own business, I don’t want to be understood by you. I don’t understand myself sometimes… and it can be fun.’ »
« I don’t want people to know what I drink in the morning and what I drink at night – throughout history we have fought for our freedom to be an individual, and you’re taking it away from us.
Regarding mobile advertising, John Hegarty emphasized that advertisers must put the consumer first, not the technology. « We have a major problem in that our work isn’t as good as it used to be, and consumers value it less and less – that’s the first thing we have to address. »
« Our solution to the problem is to constantly think how we can interrupt consumers more, how we can trip them up, how we can shove a message in their face that they don’t want to see. We’re becoming more aggravating, when surely we should engage consumers and give them something they want to watch and respond to…Instead we talk about what we can do on this platform or that platform…The only space I want to occupy, the only space that’s interesting to me, is the one between people’s ears. That’s where I want my message to go and how I get there is an irrelevance. »
Fear Hunters is born in the mind of a father whose children had imagined heroes to fight against their fears. The product consists of 3 components: a fear hunter, a spray with essential oils (pshh on the bear to enhance the psychological protection effect) and a comic book that tells a story related to one fear in particularly. Seven hunters, one by fear: black, illness, monsters, etc..
We considered the packaging as an extension of the elements themselves, and recommended quality, natural and aesthetic. The box needs also very clear explanation. Projects here.
Stand or packaging study has allowed us to get closer to design experts. We’ve been particularly happy to met Bundl. Nicolas Cap, the manager, shows a great creativity in technical. Unfortunately, we haven’t worked with him for this time.
Fear Hunters is still in the production process. To give you an idea of how interesting and fun were that job (thanks a lot to our clients!) Hope you’ll see the result soon in shops.
One thing is reassuring in this bible on the Mobile Revolution published by Taschen: popular (and commercial) successes of apps owe much to the content and the form of them, and their usefulness for people.
But even from a well-designed site with great content, you can’t just decline web towards mobile. It’s not enough to recode and create a mobile redirection. In addition to verification and adaptation of technical possibilities, it requires an absolute simplification. Lars Basthom (no less than 3 Cyber Lions Grand Prix winner) says you need to know to do one thing really well. Unlike websites often demand lots of actions from the user, a good mobile app is stripped, effective, ready for action, and of course connected to social networks. Some brilliant examples are discovered on the site of Taschen.
iHobo based on a solid strategy and well thought for its connected target that wants always new stuff. A charity company that helps homeless young people has put one of them in its Iphone’s target. Was he well treated and his situation got better. Was he neglected, and he began a descent into the hell of hard drugs – the reality for 3 on 4 homeless young people. After living with him for 3 days and 3 nights and developed a sense of responsibility, the app proposed to make a donation in one click. Well thought, beatifully done, touching, concrete. (By Publicis London.)
Adidas Urban Art Guide. Created for the 60th anniversary of the brand, this app is logically linked with its target and the young urban culture, without a too commercial intrusion. The concept, wich will declined in other cities, began with an artistic journey in Berlin, where artists have even decided to create pieces of work specifically for the app.
The World Park. Goal? Position Central Park as a leader of the theme parks in USA. And make young people come back outside, rather than spending they leisure in front of screens with video games, etc. QR codes were created and placed throughout the park with contents related to these places (where movies where shot, infos about the history, old pictures…) Launched the National Tree Day, the app extends far beyond and now, companies are ready to complete gradually the content.
1kilo3 is a creative house that creates content, communication concepts and innovative solutions with the objective of get brands closer to consumers. Born 8 months ago (already), 1kilo3 delivers ideas and production on very various projetcs, in an opened dialogue that makes brands emerge, live and grow.
1kilo3 delivers ideas and production, with 20 years experience in advertising creation combined with a 20 years experience in strategy, activation and production experts. But most of all personalities with convictions and intuition, close to people. Our skills go from brand identity, creative strategy, copywriting and art direction, offline and online campaigns and content, photography, to social media.
1kilo3 fights for useful, relevant, quality communication by equivalently using the left brain (650g of strategy) and the right brain (650g of creativity). And the heart. We shouldn’t tell our prospects but all 1kilo3 does is for love rather than money. Love of ideas. Love of communication. Love of experiment. Love of people.
Would not be the crazy currently enthusiasm for TV series a thirst of content from the spectators ? Of a content more subtil and deeper than just a good story? Of an affection for the characters who have the time – and who take it – to reveal who they are and take part of our life?
We all know that in communication too, sagas has a much more powerful effect than a one shot. The brand, if remaining herself, creates long term relationships with her public. Not only its awareness increases, but the affectivity for her too. The brand can afford to go further than her competitors, so emerge and experiment new concepts. People knows her and will forgive her possible errors. Big creativity without (almost) any risks : sounds good for the brand’s image.
Emotionaly richer, reassuring (we know the characters and the context) series have an anti-crisis effect in these uncertain and heavy times. Would not it be nice for brands to think a story in time, rather than adding the same message on different channels? Note that the new hit series show an unmatched level of quality that pays off and that advertising should get inspired.
Sharing, liking, forwarding… emptyness, narcicism, private jokes. Talking with my teen, who yet looks more than ever for the exchange with his parents, often supposes: « Look, Mom! Wouarf Wouarf Wouarf! » in front of an Ipod Touch screen that shows two guys farting. In short, I become myself, without wanting it, a Facebook link instead of engaging a conversation. A survey tells that the teens need to exist on social networks to built themselves by now, and not by opposing his parents anymore*.
OK. But after adolescence? Is there any excuse to remain sharing banalities ? « Look, I’m like you, I do everything just as everybody and I show it. » And so what? Share becomes the objective in itself, even if there is nothing to share. And me, it annoys me a bit to releave nothing, it even smells vaguely like a life blues. When brands have noticed how important to provide content is, we should all be less lazy and more imaginative. And remember, as we connect on the web for the 200th time of day, what Blaise Pascal (17th century) once said : “I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter; I didn’t have time to write a short one.”
We meet each day more than 3000 brands. Solicited from all sides, but with a storage capacity limited to four per sector, our western brain is less and less available. Moreover, just as if we reject the father’s authority, we kill brands in order to emancipate ourselves from their grasp. The property is out. Why storing, maintain, protect goods while we can have them when we want by renting them ? On the Internet, downloaded audiovisual content gradually lets room to the streaming. Sharing books on parks benches or in random shacks books (The Little Free Library), recycling, customization and borrowed clothes in vetitheques in Suede, the fairs where everyone exchange stuff for free in Argentina (Argentine), the come back to simplicity in architecture and design are all signs of the deconsumption’s trend.
In this context, to survive for brands “is to create the conditions for relationship with new values for their consumers. This is what is built through social networks. (…) Loved and shared: this new face of the brands should show truth and transparency.”(Ecce Logo.) But while we’re trying to empty our wardrobes and to lighten our lives, the middle classes of the emerging countries, in dramatic growth, prove an insatiable hungry, after 50 years of consumerist abstinence. An unusual situation for brands: How can they satisfy those who demand utility and virtue and, at the same time, those who are waiting for banquet and bying rapture ?
The world is changing in all senses, and many planners try to analyze how it currently works. Here is a summary of the last trends from globaltrends.com.
Mobility. Companies in emerging economies are ahead, benefiting from faster knowledge flows to rapidly catch the leaders in many industries. Infos can be disseminated in minutes with a “tweet”. Time is being compressed. New ways of communicating are appearing constantly, as the “new sound of anti-government protest”, the first organized synchronized mobile phone alarms, in Minsk, Belarus, in july. Young flash mob groups converge on the streets, then at the appointed time their mobile phone alarms sound simultaneously.
Communities of social networks and buying groups are changing how we interact and behave. Trust and dialogue are critical to building relationships with these communities – innovations, co-creating with consumers. Consumers want more involvement and personalization, wants it all anywhere, anytime.
Critical resources. By 2030, the water gap could be as much as 40% between demand and supply. Geopolitical and social tensions may rise, along with negative economic impact.
Global race for technology. China is actively pursuing clean technologies. India is building global nuclear power knowledge. In 2010, China’s economy surpassed that of Japan to become the world’s second largest. India is forecast to be the fifth largest consumer economy by 2025. Companies need to start looking to the next tier of attractive future markets: Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey, Iran, South Korea, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Argentina.
Not only one financial power. The influence of the US, Japan and Europe is likely to decline under the burden of national debts, driving more internal focus and reducing their ability to fund international projects of all types whether aid, military or scientific. Value spaces are defined by consumers, not firms.
Four distinct generations. For the first time, 4 distinct generations are present in the workforce in many developed countries. The resulting differences in generational ambitions, attitudes, technology skills and ethics are impacting management styles, how work is done and the ability to attract talent.
Globalization in the same time than fragmentation. Globalization continues, but there is also an opposing trend towards fragmentation – tribalism, nationalism.
In 19 years of copywriting, I have seen hundreds of briefs and thought about nearly as much creative strategies. From copy to creative strategy, there is only one step.
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Exclusive investigation: The 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may still be alive. This stunning realization is now supported by considerable emerging evidence detailed in this article. At the same time, the “vanished” Boeing 777 may also be in a hanger in Iran right now, being retrofitted with nuclear weapons and turned into a suicide bomb to be deployed over a major city in the Middle East. This possibility is discussed in detail, below, with supporting evidence.
The idea that Flight 370 passengers and crew may still be alive is not a bizarre theory. Even Reuters is now reporting that U.S. authorities have stated, “…it’s also possible the plane may have landed somewhere.”
Here’s the evidence in support of this emerging “piracy” theory of what may have happened to Flight 370 and why the people who may have diverted it might also be planning on turning it into a weapon:
Five critical pieces of astonishing supporting evidence that Flight 370 passengers may still be alive
Please understand that I do not wish to create false hope for all those families who have greatly suffered through this ordeal. My heart goes out to them, and we can only hope these 239 passengers and crew are, indeed, being kept alive somewhere to be used as a bargaining chip for ransom or political purposes. Here’s the substantial evidence in support of this theory:
The search for debris has involved over two dozen nations and is unprecedented in aviation history. If the plane had crashed in the ocean anywhere near its intended flight path, the debris almost certainly would have been located by now.
• Fact #2: The plane’s transponder appears to have been manually turned off several minutes before other communication systems stopped transmitting
As the Associated Press reports, “…key evidence for ‘human intervention’ in the plane’s disappearance is that contact with its transponder stopped about a dozen minutes before a messaging system quit.”
This almost certainly means someone deliberately disabled the transponder (the device which transmits location to air traffic controllers).
Why would someone do that? Because they don’t want to be tracked as they change course and take the plane to a new destination.
Analysis of the Malaysia data suggests the plane, with 239 people on board, diverted from its intended northeast route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and flew west instead, using airline flight corridors normally employed for routes to the Middle East and Europe.
This adds some evidence to the idea that the plane may have been diverted to the Middle East. Together with the suspicion of stolen passports and the identities of those who traveled with them, this starts to paint a more clear picture in support of piracy as the underlying explanation, with possible ties to Iran (see more below).
What’s especially fascinating to me in all this is that once the transponder was turned off, this massive aircraft apparently went into “stealth mode” where nobody could track it. Although this seems to defy the laws of physics and radar, we cannot argue with the fact that the plane was apparently untraceable as it flew for four hours after the transponder was turned off.
• Smoking Gun Fact #3: The plane’s engines continued to broadcast performance data to satellite for four hours after radar contact was lost
This fact is really the smoking gun in all this. The Wall Street Journal has posted an excellent investigative article revealing that Boeing’s own people have confirmed the plane kept flying four hours after disappearing off radar. As the WSJ reports:
The investigators believe the plane flew for a total of up to five hours, according to these people, based on analysis of signals sent by the Boeing satellite-communication link designed to automatically transmit the status of certain onboard systems to the ground. Throughout the roughly four hours after the jet dropped from civilian radar screens, these people said, the link operated in a kind of standby mode and sought to establish contact with a satellite or satellites. These transmissions did not include data, they said, but the periodic contacts indicate to investigators that the plane was still intact and believed to be flying.
Obviously, this system cannot continue to transmit data if the plane has crashed or exploded. The existence of these signals is very nearly conclusive proof that the aircraft continued flying and did not crash or explode. This eliminates most of the scenarios which would result in the death of passengers, and it strongly supports the piracy / hijacking scenario.
• Fact #4: The mobile devices of many passengers continued to stay online for days after the disappearance
The Washington Post has reported that phones of Flight 370 passengers were active and online for several days following the disappearance of the plane:
…a few relatives said they were able to call the cellphones of their loved ones or find them on a Chinese instant messenger service called QQ that indicated that their phones were still somehow online. A migrant worker in the room said that several other workers from his company were on the plane, including his brother-in-law. Among them, the QQ accounts of three still showed that they were online, he said Sunday afternoon. Adding to the mystery, other relatives in the room said that when they dialed some passengers’ numbers, they seemed to get ringing tones on the other side even though the calls were not picked up.
This evidence also fits the piracy theory remarkably well. If the plane was diverted and landed with passengers alive, their mobile devices could have indeed stayed online by automatically connecting to cell towers. The pirates or kidnappers may have overlooked this and failed to confiscate and destroy the mobile devices, allowing them to connect as long as they had battery life remaining.
• Fact #5: Black box transponders are not broadcasting homing signals because the plane never crashed
Normally, when aircraft crash into the ocean, their black boxes emit homing signal transmissions so they can be located. But no signals were ever detected from Flight 370 black boxes.
Now that seems to make sense: if the plane was hijacked / pirated, then it never crashed and the black boxes are still intact, sitting on the aircraft. This may be why they cannot be found (and why there is no wreckage or debris).
If the plane kept flying for four more hours, then it was obviously being piloted with an intent to take it somewhere for some specific purpose. Anyone sophisticated enough to disable the transponder in-flight would have also been sophisticated enough to plan the final destination and landing of the aircraft.
Anyone pirating a jetliner and diverting it to another location really only has two key assets to work with: The aircraft itself, and the passengers onboard.
Obviously, acquiring a large aircraft like a Boeing 777 would be a huge asset for terrorist groups who could turn it into a weapon. If this is the intent, then the passengers on board would most likely be killed, as they would serve no particular purpose to the hijackers. Sadly, this remains one of the possible outcomes of piracy, and I don’t want to publish any false hope that might mislead families who have lost loved ones. Realistically, the odds of the passengers being alive right now are probably no better than 1 in 3, in my estimation. But that’s better than zero chance.
A second possibility is that the passengers themselves are going to be used as bargaining chips in an elaborate K&R (kidnap & ransom) scheme. It’s also possible that selected passengers have special value in some way we don’t yet realize, and only they will be kept alive as bargaining chips while the others are killed by the hijackers. Sadly, this is another likely outcome of all this.
And yet, despite all the very negative possible outcomes, there does remain a legitimate scenario in which the passengers and crew of Flight 370 remain alive at this very moment, long after their plane was diverted to an unknown location and safely landed. If this is the case, then we would expect to sooner or later hear from the hijackers with their list of demands for the safe return of the passengers. Such demands, if they ever materialize, would no doubt be multinational in nature.
On the more pessimistic side, if the hijackers only sought the aircraft and not the passengers, then we will probably never hear from them until the day a Boeing 777 flying without a transponder in “stealth mode” delivers a terrorist weapon of some sort to whatever city is being targeted.
A Boeing 777 is a very large aircraft and can obviously be outfitted with a wide variety of weapons systems by anyone with sufficient knowledge and technical skills (not to mention a soul of pure evil).
According to the Boeing website, the 777 has a “revenue payload capacity” of 112 tons, or about 102,000 kg.
With that sort of enormous carrying capacity, a Boeing 777 could be outfitted with elaborate, high-volume chemical spraying weapons, air-dropped biological weapons or of course a nuclear weapon capable of destroying an entire city. Technology also exists to remotely control large aircraft, and Iran in particular has already demonstrated its technical ability to seize control of U.S. military drones through a process of GPS-spoofing. In support of this feat, Russia just recently “electronically captured” another U.S. drone over Crimea.
Shockingly, the next time the world sees this aircraft may be when it deploys itself over a city like Tel Aviv and detonates a large nuclear weapon at altitude. The reason I deliberately choose Tel Aviv in this example is because there appears to be a possible link with Iran in all this, and the Iranian government leadership has reportedly said it wishes to see Israel wiped off the map. The elaborate nature of this aircraft piracy, if indeed this is the true explanation, also smacks of state-sponsored involvement. This is not the kind of operation that can be pulled off by a couple of yahoos trying to score some quick cash.
The fact that this aircraft was able to fly undetected for at least four hours after the transponder was turned off means the plane can very effectively be used as a “stealth” weapon of sorts, and it could theoretically be deployed over major cities across Europe, Asia, the Middle East or even North America.
According to this Boeing web page, the 777 has a cruising speed of around Mach .84, or around 650 miles per hour.
If the aircraft cruised for four hours after the transponder was turned off, it could have flown nearly 2600 miles, putting it just within reach of Pakistan, and possibly even southeast Iran if it flew at a slightly higher speed and had sufficient fuel. The Iran Shahr Airport, located less than 100 miles from the border of Pakistan, is conceivably within range and sits at an altitude of around 2,000 meters. This airport has a runway length of 7,711 feet, and according to page 16 of this document on the Boeing website, the required runway length for landing a Boeing 777 is less than 7,711 feet as long as the runway is not wet. This is true even if the aircraft is fully loaded and flying at maximum weight.
The aircraft was actually designed to take advantage of shorter runways. Even Boeing itself says the 777 “uses a new semi-levered gear, which allows it to take off from fields with limited runway length.”
Thus, Flight 370 could have conceivably and successfully landed in Iran. Remember, too, that the aircraft was “using airline flight corridors normally employed for routes to the Middle East and Europe,” according to Reuters (link above).
This flight path, however, would have put it directly over India, and it is difficult to imagine the Indian government not noticing a Boeing 777 aircraft flying over its airspace without a transponder. Then again, the Malaysian government seems to have no idea where the plane went, either, and so we may be dealing with regional military incompetence on these matters, or possibly some amazing new stealth technology that was somehow deployed on the plane.
To help explain where this aircraft could have gone, I put together this flight range map, showing the possible locations where Flight 370 could have flown in the four hours after it disappeared from its intended flight path:
Notice that this range encompasses North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan and even part of Iran.
An interesting area of investigation in all this would be to find out how much fuel the aircraft was loaded with, and determining whether that fuel load could allow it to fly four or even five more hours.
Keep reading Codewit News for more developments on this heart-wrenching mystery which increasingly looks to be a deliberate act of air piracy. Subscribe to my email list, below, if you’d like to be kept informed of new articles via email.
MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin talked tough but cooled tensions in the Ukraine crisis in his first comments since its president fled, saying Russia has no intention “to fight the Ukrainian people” but reserved the right to use force. As the Russian president held court Tuesday in his personal residence, U.S. Secretary of State John […]
US country singer George Jones, who had a string of number one songs between the 1950s and 1990s, has died aged 81. Jones publicist, Kirt Webster, said the Grammy-winning singer was admitted to hospital for fever and irregular blood pressure and died on Friday. Nicknamed Possum, his signature song was He Stopped Loving Her Today, […]
Secretary of State John Kerry had harsh words today for Vladimir Putin, saying he is surprised and disappointed in a speech the Russian president gave about the country’s right to take over Crimea from Ukraine. “It really just didn’t jibe with reality or with what’s happening on the ground,” Kerry said, speaking to a group […]
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Home » Arts & Culture » Environment » Environmental Educational Campaign to culminate with an art exhibition
All islanders are invited to attend an environmental art exhibition to be held at the Banyan Bay Suites conference room from 8AM to 12PM in San Pedro Town on Saturday, November 3rd. The art exhibition is culmination of the educational environmental campaign that was launched a few weeks ago by the Rotaract Club of Ambergris Caye along with MarAllliance.
The campaign facilitated educational sessions to upper division students of the different primary schools on the island. The sessions were on the importance of protecting and keeping our environment clean. The presentations were based on scientific facts on the negative effects of plastic pollution, how it affects the environment, how it affects us individually, and what we can do to reuse, reduce and recycle on the island. At the end of each presentation, students were asked questions to see what they learned, and some even received a bamboo straws to motivate them to stop using plastic ones. Throughout the campaign, the team managed to work with over 500 students of the island.
According to MarAlliance Estela Requena, through this arts creation children will learn how to recycle and how to decrease the single use of plastic. “Majority of the arts they will be creating are from recycled items as well as other materials we can use instead of plastic,” she said.
The environmental art exhibition is free of cost and everyone is encouraged to come out and learn some environmental tips from the island students. For more information on this you can contact Requena via email [email protected] or call 600-2922
Institute of Archaeology hosts Poem and Theme Competition in Commemoration of World Archaeology Day 2018
Home » Community and Society » Belize’s Nestor Mendez elected as Assistant Secretary General of the OAS
His Excellency Nestor Mendez, Belize’s career diplomat, was elected as the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American State (OAS). Also elected as the Secretary General of the OAS was Dr. Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes, Uruguayan Attorney and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. The election took place at the 49th Special Session of the OAS on Wednesday March 18th at the OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C. His Excellency Mendez is the Ambassador of Belize to the United States, Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), and High Commissioner to Canada.
Minutes after the historic election, the Office of the Prime Minister of Belize Hon. Dean Barrow released a statement in which he joins the rest of the Americas in congratulating Mendez. “[The Prime Minister] is pleased to announce that H.E. Nestor Mendez… was today elected for a five-year term as the new Assistant Secretary General of the OAS. The post of Assistant Secretary General is the second highest office in the OAS. It is a highly competitive post to obtain, and holds senior responsibilities in that hemispheric organization…This is the first time that a Belizean has been elected to such a senior office in the OAS.”
The release adds that the offices of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs embarked on two years of active diplomacy and campaigning to achieve the support of the majority of countries in the Americas for this post. Ambassador Mendez contested the election against Ambassador Bayney Karran, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the OAS, and secured the election with 24 votes against 10 out of a total of 34 Member States.
In his remarks to the OAS following his election, Mendez expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support given to him and Belize by the rest of the Americas. “I stand before you with a grateful heart, a clear mandate and an unwavering commitment to seize the opportunity that is before us, to work together to transform the OAS into the organization that we want and that the people of the Americas deserve. Thank you so much for making this, such an important and special day for my country and the Government of Belize.”
Mendez thanked PM Barrow and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington for nominating him as the Belize candidate for the post. “Belize – the effective bridge between Central America and CARICOM have an important contribution to make to the Inter-American system, anchored always on the fundamental principles enshrined in the charter of the OAS, the Inter-American Democratic Charter and the Social Charter. I am honored to reiterate that commitment to the Inter-American System and to the people we all serve,” said Mendez in his remarks.
Mendez told his OAS counterparts that more than ever, the organization stands poised to focus on that which unites the member states, rather than the issues than can divide them. “This is a task that can only be carried out together on the basis of dialogue, on the basis of respect for each other and with deep commitment.”
Ambassador Mendez will serve along with former Foreign Minister of Uruguay Luis Almagro, who was elected Secretary General of the OAS. They will succeed Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza of Chile and Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin of Suriname, both of whom will conclude their terms this year. Both Mendez and Almagro received congratulatory remarks from their counterparts including the OAS representative from the USA, Mexico and even Guatemala.
H.E Almagro officially takes over the OAS Secretary General post on May 25th while Mendez will assume his new post on July 12th. The newly-elected leaders have pledged to work towards reforming and transforming the OAS into an organization that responds more efficiently and effectively to the needs of its Member States.
H.E. Nestor Mendez Takes Office as Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States
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If you love your cashmere as much as we do, you’ll want to ensure it stays in its most beautiful condition – here are some care guide tops from N. Peal, the cashmere specialists.
December 31, 2007 Guests from the Pew Research Center, National Geographic and Foreign Policy magazine talk about the major news stories of 2007. They'll also touch on stories that made headlines in other countries but didn't attract attention in the United States.
December 29, 2007 David Letterman's production company, World Wide Pants, cut a deal with the Writers Guild of America on Friday that would allow The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to return to the air with their writers.
December 28, 2007 Happy carnivores can turn to the new Meat Paper, a journal devoted to better eating.
December 26, 2007 In a letter found after his killing spree in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 5, Robert Hawkins wrote: "Now, I'll be famous." NPR ombudsman Lisa Shepard and ABC radio journalist Gil Gross discuss what would happen if the media stopped identifying murderers — particularly those who kill with the primary goal of becoming famous.
December 25, 2007 Judy Pancoast, a children's songwriter and entertainer, talks about a Christmas song she wrote that is gaining popularity online. The song describes the crazy house that is covered with thousands of blinking lights, reindeer, inflatable snowmen and a Santa Claus that says, "Ho, ho, ho!"
December 25, 2007 Reporter Rene Gutel from member station KJZZ in Phoenix buys her husband a wireless portable reading device for Christmas for $400. Amazon later sells out of the "in" gift. Gutel finds she can sell the hard-to-find item on eBay for a $600 profit.
December 22, 2007 The London office of ad agency Fallon International is getting global attention for its popular U.K. ad campaigns featuring musical gorillas, exploding paint and other quirky concepts. Its recent ad for a Cadbury chocolate bar is sweeping YouTube.
December 22, 2007 Satiric newspaper The Onion puts together its new Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth. It is guaranteed to offend people from just about every state and nation. The writers and editors did all of the research without leaving their homes.
December 22, 2007 Late-night talk shows prepare to return to television in January despite an ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America. Monologues and interviews will be greatly improvised. Comedian David Letterman, who owns his show, is seeking an interim deal with the guild.
December 22, 2007 Reporters talk with scores of voters in the course of a campaign trip. They describe how they decide which voters to feature in their stories. They search for someone thoughtful, eliminate anyone wearing a pin or holding a sign.
December 21, 2007 Two senators, Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, threaten action over the NFL Network. Fans have been frustrated by not being able to watch games on the cable outlet, reports Bill Wolff.
December 30, 2006 Host Debbie Elliott speaks with Ayman Safadi, editor of Jordan's independent daily called Al-Ghad. He says there is widespread criticism over the timing of Saddam Hussein's execution, occurring less than a day before Muslims celebrate the Eid holiday.
December 30, 2006 One analyst of Arab politics says the Arab world is not surprised by the execution of Saddam Hussein, but many are surprised at the speed with which it was carried out.
December 27, 2006 The U.N. Security Council passed sanctions against Iran last weekend in an attempt to hinder the Islamic country's nuclear program. Iran has vowed to continue its uranium enrichment activities despite the sanctions.
December 23, 2006 The sanctions -- watered down at Russia's insistence -- require member states to freeze the assets and monitor the travel of individuals linked to Iran's nuclear program. Iran rejected the measures.
December 21, 2006 The Iraq Study Group report dominated the news when it was released earlier this month. But now, just three weeks later, almost no one in government seems to be supporting its recommendations.
December 21, 2006 The Bush administration is currently considering a boost in troop levels. But will troops come from recruiting or a juggling of existing units?
December 21, 2006 President Bush is considering an increase in the troop force in Iraq. Frederick Kagan, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, has prepared a presentation that makes the case for an additional 20,000 troops. But Fred Kaplan, who writes the War Stories column for Slate, argues that Kagan's proposal has gotten more attention than it deserves. Kaplan discusses the proposal for more troops with Alex Chadwick.
December 20, 2006 The U.N. Security Council is inching closer to a vote on imposing economic sanctions on Iran for its continuing enrichment of uranium. Iran is reacting with growing alarm to the prospect of U.N. sanctions. If adopted, the sanctions would initially be moderate.
Iraqi Tea House a Safe Haven for Intellectuals NPR's Guy Raz in Baghdad reports on one of the Iraqi capital's oldest and most famous tea houses. Artists and educators gather each day at the Al-Zahawi tea house. Under Saddam Hussein's rule, they only talked politics in whispers.
NPR's Guy Raz in Baghdad reports on one of the Iraqi capital's oldest and most famous tea houses. Artists and educators gather each day at the Al-Zahawi tea house. Under Saddam Hussein's rule, they only talked politics in whispers.
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I have not had a chance to parse the FCC's National broadband Plan yet. But many people have including this decent review by BBR: What You Need To Know About The National Broadband Plan.
It will likely be ineffective because no one is mad about it. If people have apathy about your plan, then it won't work. It has to be polarizing. This new FCC under Julius is disappointing me. Take a freaking stand already!
Boats must be carried into the water or driven to a launch east of the park at the mouth of the Batchawana River. Sudden squalls occur frequently and can be hazardous.
Batchawana Bay Provincial Park features a sandy beach that is the perfect setting for families. The water is shallow and protected and the warmest on the Lake Superior shoreline.
Wheatley’s campgrounds are situated among a tangle of creeks in a beautifully wooded Carolinian forest (at the same latitude as northern California!).
Hikes in the park wind through a mature forest of oak, hickory, Tulip, Sassafras, chestnut and Black Gum trees. Finish off your hike by swimming on our 1.6 km stretch of sandy beach.
Darlington has a beautiful stretch of sandy beach on the shores of Lake Ontario. The sheltered waters of McLaughlin Bay are ideal for canoes and paddle boats.
Located on Big Rideau Lake (part of the historic Rideau Waterway), Murphys Point offers great opportunities for paddlers and boaters. Staying on land? Explore wildflowers and archaeological sites on the park’s hiking trails.
This Saturday is Murphys Point’s 2nd Annual BioBlitz! Campers are invited to come together with staff and experts on Saturday to record their nature sightings in the park. This year’s event will be packed full of discovery/exploration activities for kids and adults alike.
Located on a picturesque lake, this park offers great swimming, canoeing, boating, and fishing opportunities.
Whether you stick to Sturgeon Bay or head onto Georgian Bay, you’ll find scenic views and excellent fishing opportunities from this park. Bring your own canoe or rent one from the park!
The cottage sleeps five (a double bed is located in the first bedroom and a double bed with single bunk is located in the second bedroom), and includes a kitchen, a furnished common area, running water and a three piece bathroom.
Paddle along the base of the Stormy Lake Bluffs, or hike to the top for a view of the local landscape. More than 90 species of birds frequent the waters and forests of Restoule, including Peregrine Falcons, Bald Eagles and Osprey.
Kettle Lakes is part of the great expanse of boreal forest that covers northern Ontario, and offers great hiking, birding and fishing opportunities. This park has 14 km of bike trails that wind through the forest and lead you to Slab Lake, where you can have a swim before continuing your journey.
There are a bunch of events taking place within the park this weekend, including a Ghosts and Spirits night where ghosts from across Ontario will come out to teach us about the rich history of Ontario Parks. Come prepared for a night of thrills, chills, and entertainment!
This campsite is just steps from the sandy beach; you can relax and swim all day in the clear water. Use the park as a jump-off point for challenging canoe routes on the Nagagami and Shekak Rivers. Anglers return year after year to this large secluded lake, drawn by the excellent fishing for Walleye, Northern Pike and Yellow Perch.
There’s a lot in store for Nagagamisis campers this weekend, including Art in the Park, where participants create their own painted masterpiece outdoors, inspired by the natural beauty around them. Art supplies are provided.
This is “Take a Hike Weekend” in the park, where you are invited to get acquainted with Blue Lake’s four diverse trails! Take a hike with park naturalists through a spruce fen and stands of majestic pines, over ancient bedrock, past lady’s slipper orchids and blueberry bushes.
Neys is home to one the finest sand beaches on Lake Superior’s north shore. You can go on a plant walk in search of sub-Arctic plants, or hike up to the Pagoda to get a spectacular view of Pic Island, as it was immortalized on canvas by Lawren Harris of the famous Group of Seven.
Want to see more options? Scout out your ideal campsite on our Campsite Browsing/Reservation tool (including pictures of most campsites!
Republican congressional hopeful Ron DeSantis won the support of prominent national conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly and the Eagle Forum PAC on Monday.
"Ron DeSantis is a Reagan conservative who will stand for limited government principles and traditional values," Schlafly said in a statement on Monday. "We must send authentic conservatives like Ron to Congress, not 'go along to get along' politicians who place expediency over principle. We cannot afford to elect anymore RINOs. Ron DeSantis represents a new generation of conservative leadership--he is pro-life, strong on marriage issues and is committed to bold reforms. He will be a leader in Congress and will be an articulate defender of the Constitution."
DeSantis said. "I am committed to reversing the Obama agenda and reasserting American sovereignty, limited government principles and religious freedom. I will be guided by the core values that have made America great." Source: Press release on 2012 House campaign website voteRon2012.com , Jun 18, 2012
Governor Mark Dayton and Lt. Governor Tina Smith today unveiled their 2017 Tax Bill, which would provide $300 million in tax cuts for more than 450,000 Minnesotans and in aid payments to local governments for essential services, while protecting the state's long-term fiscal health. The Dayton-Smith Tax Bill also would reduce taxes for Minnesota farmers and landowners to help build an economy that works for everyone, everywhere in Minnesota. And their proposal would eliminate tax loopholes for corporations--leveling the playing field for businesses.
"Minnesota's farm communities are the backbone of Minnesota's economy. The last several years have been challenging for many Minnesota farmers, who are facing low commodity prices and rising property taxes," said Lt. Governor Tina Smith. "Our tax bill would provide significant relief to farmers by buying down the cost of local school district levies. I urge the Legislature to provide this needed tax relief for Minnesota farm families." Source: 2017-8 Minnesota special election website mn.gov/governor , Jan 5, 2017
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If you are a fan of TWRP recovery and finding a way to flash or install latest TWRP 2.8.7.0 Touch Recovery on your HTC EVO 4G then you are in right place. Today, we at True Android going to share an easy to follow guide on how to install TWRP 2.8.7.0 Touch Recovery on HTC EVO 4G. We also added a changelog of TWRP 2.8.7.0 Touch Recovery for those who interested. A latest custom recovery is required if you willing to flash a custom ROM on your HTC EVO 4G. Often custom ROM is the only way to upgrade your Android device to latest version of Android OS. There are also many good reason to have custom recovery on your device that we will discuss in later part of this article.
This tutorial is only for HTC EVO 4G. Don’t try this guide on any other Android device. Also, we (True Android Team) are not responsible for any damage caused due to the instruction given in this page. Try this at your own risk. However, it is very unlikely that your device will be damaged if you follow all the instructions as it is which are mentioned in procedure.
4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise you won’t able to transfer file between PC and HTC EVO 4G. [Guide].
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Julie Wyma has been praised for her “strong, solid performances” and “soaring, powerful voice.” Her operatic highlights include Pamina and The Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Gilda in Rigoletto, Musetta in La Bohème, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Clorinda in La Cenerentola, Sophie in Werther, Amy in Little Women, Norina in Don Pasquale, Despina in Così fan tutte, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Monica in The Medium, Beauty in Beauty and the Beast, Frasquita in Carmen, and Lisette in La Rondine. Of her Norina, the Kansas City Metropolis said: "soprano Julie Wyma sparkled with a self-confident air and a strong, beautiful voice.”
Ms. Wyma’s upcoming performances include the soprano solos in Mozart's Requiem and Mass in C in Berlin; her role debut as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with the Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester Eberswalde in Chorin, Germany, and a concert of German Lieder in New London, New Hampshire.
Recent performances have included the role of Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto and Christmas concerts with the Brandenburgisches Konzertorchester Eberswalde at Kloster Chorin, Germany; Musetta in Puccini's La Bohème and Belinda in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Puccini's Toaster in Berlin; the Soprano solos in Mozart's Requiem and Fauré's Requiem, all in Berlin; a concert of music by the American expatriate author and composer Paul Bowles in Magdeburg and Berlin, Germany with tenor Laurent Martin; Lovers’ Quarrels, a concert of operatic duets and arias with her husband, Peter Furlong, in Concord, New Hampshire and Niemegk, Germany; Three Tenors and a Soprano concerts in Cornish and New London, New Hampshire; and Viva Divas!, a concert of operatic arias, duets, and trios in Phoenix, Arizona and Berlin, Germany.
«Don Giovanni (Giovanni): “ Here is a baritone voice worthy of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and anyone else requiring a singer who can reach the farthest rows without making those close up suffer. His portrayal is on target and his musicianship flawless.”»
«Le Nozze di Figaro (Count): “In this production, Victor Benedetti, a baritone with a dark voice, played a character who could get a belly laugh but who also could be menacing as well.”»
Victor Benedetti has become known as a performer who fuses his rich, warm baritone with his innate theatrical gifts to bring characters of all sorts to life on stages around the world. His most recent performances have included the title role in Wozzeck at the Astoria Music Festival, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Gut Immling Opernfestival, Scarpia in Tosca with Indianapolis Opera, the title role in Der Kaiser von Atlantis with MOR/Seattle Symphony, and Viktor in the North American premiere of Anya 17 with San Francisco’s Opera Parallele.
He made his debut with New York City Opera in the title role of Don Giovanni, a performance that awarded him NYCO’s Debut Artist of the Year. His many appearances with City Opera have included the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, Peter in Hansel und Gretel, Slim in Of Mice and Men, and Escamillo in Carmen – a role that has taken him to both the Singapore Lyric Opera and to his European debut with Oper der Stadt Bonn.
Benedetti began his career as a member of the prestigious opera studio at the Lyric Opera of Chicago where he performed many roles. After this time in Chicago he sang on many of the major American opera stages including Glimmerglass Opera, Florida Grand Opera, New York City Opera, and Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center. His many roles include Germont in La Traviata, Marcello in La Bohème, John Sorel in The Consul, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Alfonso in La Favorita, Zurga in the Pearl Fishers, the title role role in Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero, and the title role and Ford in Falstaff.
“Benedetti’s Ford was, simply put, great. His powerful, rich voice was combined with a perfect characterization of the scheming, jealous husband. A tour de force!” – Asbury Park Press [Ford in Falstaff]
“Benedetti who has a voice that stands out for its beauty turned in a particularly affecting performance.” – Washington Post [Slim in Of Mice & Men]
“Here is a baritone worthy of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and anyone else requiring a singer who can reach the farthest rows without making those up close suffer. His portrayal is on target and his musicianship flawless” – New York Times [Giovanni in Don Giovanni]
«"Zsuzsanna Bojta's enormous advantage is the beautiful expressive power of her voice and the passionate content, with which she makes her characters real for the audience"»
Being a mezzo-soprano, Zsuzsanna Bojta started her career as a concert-singer. She has sung the alto solos of almost all the frequently played oratorios, such as Bach Passions, Cantatas, Magnificat, Mozart Masses, Requiem, Handel Messiah, Rossini Stabat mater, Dvorak Requiem etc.
She was on maternity leave for almost nine years, and last year she started to rebuild her life as a singer again.
In 2016, she sung 2nd Lady in Mozart's Magic Flute in Germany (Heilbronn, Stuttgart, Augsburg, Mannheim), and sung Berenice (leading role) in Mancini's Gl'amanti generosi in 2017, FUGA baroque Festival.
She adores trouser roles, such as Cherubino, Octavian, Siebel, Romeo, and is also familiar with the roles of Dorabella, Carmen, even Delilah. She has just started to widen her repertoire with Wagner roles such as Fricka and Erda.
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Merlot BellaVitano Gold is soaked in fine Merlot adding hints of berry and plum to a rich, creamy cheese with nutty, fruity flavors. Inspired by traditional, Italian farmstead cheese, with the addition of artisan craftsmanship this gourmet cheese is a match made in heaven.
Pair this cheese with Chianti, Port and light Italian reds, or Indian Pale Ale, Sweet Cider or Dark Malty Ale. Food pairings are easy as cheese and Merlot is already a perfect couple, add some nut, dry fruits, rustic bread and you're set.
This gourmet cheese was awarded a 3rd place in the 2011 American Cheese Society Competition in the Open Category made from cow’s milk marinated in liquids and ingredients.
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When I was a kid, I could read something once and remember the facts immediately. I was able to recall things with such ease, and my memory was like a freakin' trap. These days, it's different: Not only does it feel as though my focus has gotten a little weaker as the years have gone on, my memory is simply not, as they say, what it used to be. This means, my friends, I am all about finding simple hacks to improve my memory, and lucky for you, I am more than down to share them with all of you.
If you've also noticed your ability to remember things slowly slipping away over the years, don't get too upset, because it's not really within your control. Michael Yass, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University, told Lifehacker that the reason your memory gets weaker as you get older is because "the pathways leading to the hippocampus" begin to degrade over time. The hippocampus is the part of the brain where your memories are stored, so basically, your head just get worse and worse at being able to process and store the information up there.
So, what can be done, if anything, to make sure we keep those pathways strong? Well, it certainly can't hurt to try some of these science-tested hacks. You might just find yourself spending a little less time looking for your keys, or trying to remember your neighbor's name.
Thought association is real, friends, and research shows that if you keep things around that jog your memory to do something in the future, it will help you to actually do it. For example, a 2016 study published in the journal Psychological Science found that environmental cues can double your ability to remember to perform future actions.
Need to remember to call grandma every Sunday? Keep a photo of her on your nightstand. Have to water the plants? Keep the watering can on the windowsill.
In case you need another awesome reason to exercise on the reg, the results of a 2013 study published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience showed that even short-term aerobic exercise can be enough to counter cognitive declines, such as your memory, and the speed with which you process new information.
So, go ahead and do those jumping jacks, take a new workout class, or go for a brisk walk in the morning, because your memory will actually remember to thank you.
It's called "active rehearsal." According to a 2015 study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, if you spend as little as 40 seconds actively trying to go over an event that happened (like a movie you just saw, for example), it can significantly improve your ability to remember it long-term.
Whether you're trying to remember specific dates on those slides in your art history class, or the details of what happened at your last work meeting, all you need to do is take less than a minute of your time after the fact to go through — and, in a sense, rehearse — what happened, and you're well on your way to keeping it all in there!
Apparently, there is such a thing as "memory athletes," who compete to learn things really, really fast, like the layout of an entire deck of cards after looking at it once. Uh, seriously?
Well, according to a 2017 study published in the journal Neuron, pretty much anyone can vastly improve their ability to remember things, simply by training their brain with certain games and exercises. Yes, even you could become a memory athlete, if you really wanted to.
It's all about learning and practicing methods of mnemonic device, which just means any technique that helps you remember things. CNN reports that one such mnemonic device, called the "memory palace," involves picturing familiar places, like your house or your elementary school, and filling them, or associating each room, with the objects you need to remember. On top of that, to strengthen your ability to recall what you need to, you can make personal mnemonic devices for each thing you need to remember.
Say you need to remember the order of the zodiac, for example. In your mind's eye, picture a hat full of corn to represent Capricorn, and envision that object in the entry-way of the mental blueprint you've made of your house, to help structure the order of things. Make sense?
Yes, please. According to The National Sleep Foundation, sleep actually allows for changes in the brain that solidify memories, strengthen connections between your brain cells, and make it easier to transfer information between brain regions.
Dr. Joseph Garbely, vice president of medical services, and medical director at Caron Treatment Centers, tells Elite Daily that one way to improve and take care of your memory is to reduce how much alcohol you drink, or to abstain from it completely, as alcohol can impair your ability to develop new memories.
"Research shows that it can also significantly damage important executive functioning areas of the brain, which include working memory, mental flexibility, and self-control," Dr. Garbely tells Elite Daily.
So, if you find yourself going hard every weekend, you might want to take a step back, for your brain's sake.
Dr. Nikole Benders-Hadi, a board-certified psychiatrist at Doctor On Demand, tells Elite Daily that she recommends filling your diet with memory-enhancing foods, like those that contain B vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids. Some other memory-friendly foods, Dr. Benders-Hadi explains, include leafy greens, fish oil, and dark chocolate.
I don't know how many of you were trading when the 1987 crash happened. That was the week when many great fortunes were made or lost. These days with so many of us playing a leveraged game either via prop shops or using the emini leverage; there is great danger and also great potential ahead as we approach deadline for war.
What if in the early days of bombings we get word that the evil one has been killed, I am certain the Dow will sky rocket 400 - 500 points. Have you guys ever seen the emini locked limit up? or conversely what if saddam uses chemical weapons and US has no choice but to use its nuclear weapons, what will happen to the price of crude?
Starting mid next week I for one will be trading 1/8 - 1/4 of my normal trading size, preservation of capital is more important to me than pure speculation as the events unfold.
I do not plan to trade after the war starts. Too risky, imo. You could get 100 pt moves either way at any time. I will wait it out.
Saddam has already threatened to set fire to the oil fields, when the Us attacks. experts expect that it will take 3 years to fight the fire. Is it all worth in the end? Is nobody questioning the sense of a war? After spending billions of dollars on a war in a Afghanistan Bin laden still isn't captured. The us-government obviously still doesn't understand that you don't fight terrorists and terrorist regimes with conventional warfare.
What really irks me about this whole thing is the way the Bush administration has gone about this war. I believe Hussein is a dangerous man who needs to be removed, but it seems to me Bush is using the war to steer away from issues such as the economy, the markets, corporate fraud, and Cheney's Haliburton issues. Easy way for him to sweep quite a few issues under the rug and prop the economy up with defense spending. And I voted for Bush...
Edit: Not to mention him being on the TV at least twice each day talking up the war which pushed the markets down.
I was new to trading during the 1987 crash, and trading full S&P contracts. It was hairy. I sat in shock most of day (and following three or so), but my trading partner was trading like crazy. He made a bundle on crash day, and gave it all back the next day.
I am such a short term trader now that iIwon't change my size unless a war actually starts, and even then, only for a day or two.
This war is turning into big nonsense. The world economy is going into the crappers. Bush is just gone nuts now and there's no turning back. Iraq is NOT opec and they still control oil prices. God help us if Bush gets re-elected he won't stop with this nonsense. Get BIN LADEN before any war !
I was a trader during the 87 crash, the last war, and other events. I don't plan on changing anything. Just my normal .5% risk per-position.
Trading during the 87 crash was easy. It happened on a Monday and I had no positions going into it. I couldn't get up-to-date quotes so I just spent the day relaxing and watching the quotron.
The last war with Iraq was easy to trade initially. I went short with everyone else in August and was flat the night before bombs started falling. Once the air war started it was hard to trade because news kept moving the market in big swings. I remember one day when news came out that we dropped napalm. The market tanked because of worries it would provoke Iraq to use chemical weapons. 15 min. later the news was the napalm was used to light oil-filled tank traps. The market rallied all that it had lost. The worry back then was our green troops might have 10,000 dead fighting the worlds 4th largest army. The ease of the first night caused a relief rally. This time we might get just the opposite. Noone expects much of a battle. If Iraq uses chemical weapons and 1,000 dead or inqured Americans show up on the news, I think the market will tank.
Most likely scenario I see for now is UN doesn't approve another resolution, public opinion turns more negative, and Blair convinces Bush to hold off till the fall and let the French have their way until then. If that happens, we should get a brief rally followed by more of the same sideways action.
The last video we saw of the guy had him propped up with one working arm and looking more than just a little messed up. All we have heard from him since has been questionable audio tapes. He would not have resisted releasing a video on the one year anniversary of 9/11 if he was able to.
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Former Exeter City player-coach and Torquay United manager Paul Buckle has achieved a unique accomplishment, becoming the first person to pick up transatlantic coaching badges.
The 46-year-old is now coaching in America at Sacramento Republic and was one of 17 coaches to complete the US Soccer Pro License Coaching Course last Friday, along with the likes of the Seattle Sounders and Toronto head coaches, both of whom competed in the MLS Cup earlier this month.
With US Women's coach Jill Ellis also being on the course, Buckle was part of some distinguished company, but the former Grecian also completed a notable first, as he is now the first ever coach to hold both a US Soccer Pro License and a UEFA Pro Licence, the highest coaching badges in both the US and Europe.
Buckle worked with US Soccer National Coach Educator Wim van Zwam and Buckle said the level of detail in the course was impressive.
“Professionally, they showed so much respect to me as a head coach in terms of when Wim came in to analyze me in my working environment twice,” Buckle said.
"He would always ask, 'Can I do this? Do you mind me being here?’'And I opened every door, from the training field, to individual meetings with players, group meetings, pre-game, post-game and halftime. Wim was there. So he was brought in as part of the staff.
"I received invaluable feedback, incredible feedback. The details that U.S. Soccer have put into this license have been phenomenal."
The commercial property industry has reacted with alarm at the government’s Budget report on Wednesday. The sector has been one of the worst impacted by the credit crunch, with commercial property rates in London falling by over a third from their mid-2007 peak.
Bosses had hoped that Alistair Darling’s plan would include measures to address the difficulties experienced by commercial property owners, such as reducing rate payments on empty buildings – which costs around £1 billion per year – and relaxing the rules for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
Instead, the government made only limited changes to benefit the industry, leading to widespread condemnation of the measures.
British Property Federation CEO Liz Peace commented, ‘It defies logic that during the worst recession for a generation the Government should ignore some very simple practical solutions laid on a plate in front of it that would cost practically nothing.’
The first layer of this painting is a layer of leaves collected around Stirling, Scotland. I wanted the painting to have authentic texture and for the position of the beaches to be guided by the veins of the leaves. (30X24) Acrylic paint and leaves on canvas
This painting features the view of a window overlooking the courtyard at Stirling Castle. (24X18) acrylic on canvas
Not man, not woman. Black and white and everywhere in between. This piece is the largest work I have created to date. I am currently abroad and when people find out I am an American they only ever want to talk about one topic, American politics. I have been living in Scotland for a few months now and have been blissfully ignorant of the division that exists back in the states. Being away from America has also given me insight into the aspects of American culture that makes it such a unique and wonderful country. America triumphs many other countries in diversity. This can be American's greatest strength and yet we are making it our greatest weakness. We have let our country be divided by hate. I blame this on stupidity. Any intelligent person judges on character and charter alone.
The two people in the painting are very different. But they are certain. Adding the second canvas to this piece was necessary. They needed to stand tall. They needed to appear larger than life and when freedom is threatened there is no greater power than one country standing up together for the freedom of all. I wanted these two people to represent the potential future of our country.
I also had my friend Tierra Wilkie in mind when planning out this piece. She is strong and independent and speaks often on behalf of justice and freedom. She spoke to me about a book she wanted to write to give the majority insight on what it is like to be a minority. Even if we can not fully understand the impact of barriers we were never given we can understand how critical unity and acceptance is when building a sturdy nation. We can understand people are people.
I am part of the last generation that remembers 9/11. We are the kids that can still remember a world without iPhones and social media. And we are the generation that will put an end to prejudices and racism. We have witnessed the legalization of love in all forms and we have started the "Black Lives Matter" movement to help the healing process of America's deepest scars. We are the generation that has sat in the passager's seat while older generations let hate win. With each generation, ignorance is dying. One day, these kids will raise kids to accept all people in all forms. These kids will choose a nation of unity over a nation of division. And one day, we will be raising a generation who will only learn about prejudices and racism in history books.
When Someone from this generation is in office, American might be great for the first time ever. A country can all only be great when all are free.
The shades of red and blue in this two-part painting stand for the same things as the American flag. Red, hardiness and valour, and blue being vigilance, perseverance, and justice.
Painted for my mother's 2017 Christmas gift. The photo was taken during a trip to London in May 2017. This painting now hangs in my mother's room. (20X30) acrylic paint on canvas.
Created for my father's 2017 Christmas gift. Photo was taken during a trip to my favourite city, Barcelona. This piece now hangs in my parents basement. (20X16) charcoal on paper
My grandfather asked me to draw this picture of his brother back when I was a senior in high school. I did not get around to it until October 2017. (24X16) coloured pencils, pen and charcoal on paper
This is inspired by a photo taken by my talented photographer friend, Ann Shelley. The portrait is of our friend, Gianni. The tattoo featured on his arm is my favourite part of this piece. (20X16) charcoal on paper
Self-portrait created as an experiment for the piece titled "Uncle Owen." (24X16) coloured pencils, pen and charcoal on paper
Based off a photo taken by photographer friend, Ann Shelley. This portrait features, Trevor Dahl from the band "Cheat Codes." This piece was created for Ann Shelley on her 21st birthday and now hangs proudly in her dorm room. (20X16) charcoal on paper
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This tutorial is made for people to make them interested in the free flight rubber airplanes world. There is plenty of material online about household items aircrafts, a lot of tutorials available, but not too many are showing good flying video. See the performance of that bamboo skewers airplane in the video underneath. We will not use balsa wood for building the airplane, since the point of this tutorial is to build good flying airplane using everyday house items. We will use bamboo grill sticks which can be bought in every supermarket, yoghurt cup for the propeller blades, metal pins or guitar strings, since these can be easily bought in every music store. Normal metal pins will also work very good, or even paperclips. We will also need plastic thin foil from the grocery or sandwich bag or tissue for the coverings. Aluminium will be taken from the normal drinking can top part. We will make the bearing out of it. The airplane flies really well, check the video, I got 1 minute 15 seconds record flight in my supper small appartment. The balsa version (0.45g) is doing waaay more, but thats not the part of this document. The airplane presented in this turorial should come out about 1 - 1.2g weight
CA (or other instant glue, Pattex CA liquid works great), wood glue, glue you can stick the plastic bag to the bamboo wood (in the Netherlands we have bison kit, please google it out for finding out counterparts.) If you plan to use paper covering 50/50 water/white-wood glue will be ok.
Start with selecting the plan of the model you would like to make. Its a plenty internet sources with the good plans available. Choose the smaller airplane, so it can fly well in the small space.
I gave google a try and I choose the first model from the list. Its Rob Romash record holder ministick, the wingspan of those airplanes is 7" max.
Take a close look on the plan now. The two big main rectangles are the wing and the tail viewed from the top. The long lines are the edges (leading and trailing), the short ones are the ribs. On the bottom we see the airplane viewed from the side. We will need following wooden components:
All this parts have diferent sizes of wood. Please take a look on the picture how to split bamboo with the kitchen knife. Care must be taken not to cut yourself! Prepare woods for the leading and trailing edges for the wings and stabs, same size for the ribs (about 4 - 6 very thin sticks splitted from one skewer.) these should be I guess about 0.5x0.5mm and pretty strong. Diferent skewers can vary seriously in weight and stiffness, prepare more wood and extract the lightest and strongest pieces. Than prepare thicker wood pieces for the motor stick and for the tail boom (see picture). This is dificult step, you need to learn how to deal with bamboo and 'feel it'. The grill sticks are very cheap, so dont be affraid to throw the bad stuff away. Every wood piece which is not correctly chosen (too heavy or two weak) can drastically decrease the airplane performance.
After cutting the wood to proper sizes, let us prepare the ribs. To do that, we join the extracted wood for the ribs into the one long piece of bamboo. We do that by glueing the endings of the slim sticks together and secure it with the thread/CA. Look at the picture. Next, we need to soak that thing in the water like shown on the photo. Let it stay there for about an hour or so. In the meantime, we can proceed with the other work.
cut the top of the aluminium can out and make a hole somewhere on it with the pin or drill it if you have tools for that.
bend the hook from the guitar string or the metal pin like shown on the pictures. Make sure, shaft goes through the bearing hole easily. The rearhook is used for hooking up the motor to the frame. Make it from the same wire. The whole frame is shown in the next step. Check it if you have doubts about current step.
On the photo bearing is attached to the motor stick using the wooden spacer. That gives more space between the motorstick and prop shaft for the rubber knots which will form after winding the rubber. CA the bearing to the spacer and than the spacer to the motorstick. You can secure it with the thread also, though that should not be needed. Next glue the rear hook to the motor and finally the tailboom. You probably would like to secure this one with the thread. Check yourself if its needed. Always try to use as little glue as possible!
First thing you want to do is preparing the propeller blade template. Put the outline of the blade on the cardboard/carton etc and cut it out. Next draw two lines on the yoghurt bucket like presented on the photo. This lines are about 15-20deg slant. Apply the blades shapes on that lines and cut them out. I had to apply the blades shapes with a computer program to the photo, because I forgot to take this step's photo :) You will get the idea I hope. After cutting them out sand them to the thinnest you can get, still being stiff.
Next make the hole in the prop spar in the center of it and taper the thing from both sides. Prepare washer from plastic card or the soda plastic cup, e.g. coca-cola. slide the washer on the shaft and than add the spar. Make 90deg bent on the top and glue that piece of metal wire to the prop spar. Next glue the blades on the spar about 45deg. You can use pitch gage for that. Google it out if you want to use it. I used just the eyeball. Use CA to attach blades to the spar - see photos. Once propeller is ready, you can mount, add the rubber, wind it about 300 times and see how it performs. If good, try more turns (e.g. 800) and see how long it spins. Should be about 1 minute with 800 times.
The wood being soaked should be ready by now. Please take it out of the water, and wrap around the jar like shown on the picture. Secure it with the cord / tape etc and dry it out. I have used the oven for speeding things up. If you can not do that, just let it dry over close to the heating or leave it for few hours to dry by itself. Once its dry, you can remove it from the jar form. Next cut the correct lenghts out of those rounded sticks. Notice, that I already cut shorter ribs for the stablilzer. See photos.
Oh the cheese in the oven was just left there because of my laziness, will not help increasing ribs stiffness, it might increase their smell though ;-)
Lay down the leading and trailing edges on the printed plan. I have drawn shapes myself, because my plan paper got wrinkled before. Attach the edges to the plan with the stick tape. Do that for the tail and the wing. Than use the white glue (or CA if you like, but I prefer white glue for the bamboo here) to attach the ribs to the edges. You might want to use pins for keeping the ribs verrically while glue is drying. When the glue is dry remove the tape and you have main frames for the wing/tail ready. If the leading edges and trailing were longer than expected, trim them now.
Next you need to prepare the winglets for the wing and tails. You need 2 of each. See picture. You break the bamboo wood a bit and form the shape. Than apply CA to make it stronger if you want (I didnt, bamboo is strong by itself, it will keep the form even if broken a bit).
Use thin plastic foil. Squeeze it into the ball and make it flat again. Stick it on top of the box as shown on the image.
Cover main frame of the wing and tail with the glue and place on the film. See photo. Le the glue dry, and using the blade or scissors remove plastic excess.
Now we need to add dihedral. Break the trailing and leading edges of the wing and stab outside the internal two ribs to form dihedral like on the picture. Apply a bit of CA on the breaking places and let it dry.
Next, glue the winglets vertically like shown on the photo. Cover them with the film/paper tissue AFTER gluing.
Also prepare two wing posts and attach them to the frame like shown on the photo. Secure with thread, if needed. You might want to use paper tissue tubes for mounting wings. This will allow to remove the wing for transportation and add some trimming possibilities. Use two "L" shaped aluminium pieces to attach the wing to the posts. You can manipulate the "L" angle of the trailing edge to add wash-in (needed for the left turn). Wash-in prevents stalling on turn. Left trailing edge should be lower than the leading edge, than it means, that the left wing has wash-in, or its washed-in.
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I think we should give jenn a field promotion and send her out on reconn. She'll sniff out a hapless open list starter faster than you can say The Porch.
You're a good trooper bilby, I'm proud to have you in my command. Australia is in good hands. Now, carry on.
Oh. Hi guys. I was just practicing for the contest when you...wait...I can leave Hoboken? I'm kissing the contest goodbye and starting reconnaissance with Major Palooka for an open list with a tempting invitation.
I think we carpet-bombed & over-ran skipvia too. Say reesetee, when are you posting another open list?
Uh oh. I think he's off practicing for the third annual Sinatra sing-alike contest. It may be too late.
Inspecting the rubble this morning, I feel sorry for dolphindufas123. We really carpet-bombed & over-ran his position. There's just a few smoking remains of his original list left. He or she must wonder what Wordie's all about anyway.
Sorry all, orders is orders. By the way, reesetee and dontcry, you're both supposed to be at attention there! You weren't given permission to speak. Drop down & give me 20.
Hoboken? That's harsh, man. Why not just sentence him to the porch and a year of hard, crunchy breakfasts? Mush puppy can make sure he doesn't get any soft treatment.
What? I covered you, skipvia! Just because I couldn't bear to look while I was covering you....And then SargeantMajorGeneral PalookaFace had to show up....
I'm under pressure from the higher-ups at WordieCOMPAC skip because of your fool stunt. I'm afraid you're going to be stripped of your Alaska command & be transferred to the Hoboken disciplinary barracks. May God have mercy on your soul!
Sir--I would be derelict in my duty not to go in when provoked so aggressively. I mean, come on--things I say to people? I surprised no one went in before me.
Forgive us dolphindufas123! Sometimes we get carried away. We enjoy your contributions to Wordie - keep adding lists & words!
I want to talk to you in my quarters when you return skip! Your precipitous action has jeopardized the whole operation here. We've had to call off the air strikes & artillery barrages on this list because your butt is now in the way.
If you get into trouble you're on your own - we will not try to extract you. Hope you brought plenty of ammo.
Hi dolphin. If this is a list of things you say, maybe you don't want to make it an open list. If you leave it open we'll probably invade it in one of our whimsical moments :->
n. The diving-buck, or impoon, Cephalophus mergens, an antelope of South Africa: so called from its habit of plunging through and under the bushes in flight instead of leaping over them.
Stanley was already beginning to look and feel disconsolate over the approaching exodus, and Diana was very full of the fact that she had shot a duyker.
The duyker-bok and the rhoode-bok are wary bush-haunters, and have no marks but the small white patch behind.
The amusement, however, could not prevent his thoughts from returning to the positive facts that he was imprisoned; that in place of passing the day in cooking and eating _duyker_, he had been fasting and fretting in a dark, dirty pit, in the companionship of loathsome reptiles.
But he's facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from ecce ntric young conservative Christine O'Donnell, who has the endorsements of conservative kingmakers DeMint and Sarah Palin.
Brumel is important for his church music, especially his masses; the 12-voice Missa ‘Et ecce terrae motus’ in particular is celebrated for its spectacular sonorities and rhythmic energy.
The same hymn, in other words, is sung each day at Lauds during the season of Advent, for instance - Vox clara ecce intonat, it happens to be - and a different one - Ecce iam noctis - is sung each day, for another instance, "From the Octave of Corpus Christi until Advent."
Ecce ecce me invadunt, in me jam ruunt; but Electra told him thus raving in his mad fit, he saw no such sights at all, it was but his crazed imagination.
Now all of those people who find my blog by googling "ecce romani fanfiction" will actually have a link to something!
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adj. a device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.
Born in 1944, Francesc Parcerisas, the author of fourteen volumes of poetry, including Still Life with Children, Triumph of the Present, and The Golden Age, is considered the premier Catalan poet of his generation—a “miracle generation” of poets who came of age as Franco’s public banning of the Catalan language came to an end. He is also a masterly, award-winning translator of an impressive array of significant international writers, including Joseph Conrad, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Doris Lessing, Katherine Mansfield, Joyce Carol Oates, Cesare Pavese, Edgar Allan Poe, Ezra Pound, Rimbaud, Susan Sontag, William Styron, and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney. Among his numerous translations from French, Italian, and English into Catalan, he is most famous in Catalonia for his translation of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. From 1998-2005 he was director of the Institute of Catalan Letters in Barcelona. He teaches at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His own poems have been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Basque, Gallego, and Welsh, among others.
Among his awards are the 1966 Carles Riba Prize, the 1983 Critics’ Prize for Catalan Poetry, the 1983 Catalan Government Prize for Catalan Literature, the 1992 Lettre d’Or Prize for his volume Triumph of the Present, the 1992 Serra D’Or Critic’s Prize for his Catalan version of Seamus Heaney’s The Haw Lantern, and the 2001 Cavall Verd-Rafael Jaume Prize for his translation of Ezra Pound’s A Draft of XXX Cantos.
Mobile has changed the way we live our lives, helping us to communicate, work and buy goods on-the-go. It's a key area for marketing activity.
Micro-moments are an intent-rich part of the customer journey. They offer a chance for brands to interact with and influence customers at a key point in the buying cycle.
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A memo details how the company allegedly used vanishing messages and other tricks to steal Waymo’s secrets regarding self-driving cars.
A federal court judge in California delayed the start of a civil trial between ride-hailing giant Uber and Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, after receiving a memo written by the attorney of a former Uber employee about the alleged theft of trade secrets.
Judge William Alsup said during a hearing Tuesday that he’d only just received the letter, which a former Uber security analyst sent to one of the company’s lawyers. The full content of the letter hasn’t been shared publicly, but parts of it were read aloud during the hearing.
The 37-page letter, written earlier this year by Ric Jacobs’ attorney, details tactics Uber allegedly used to obtain trade secrets and destroy evidence. The letter details allegations that Uber employees were trained to “impede” ongoing investigations by using messages that vanished and couldn’t be traced to the company. Uber fired Jacobs in April.
“These tactics were employed clandestinely through a distributed architecture of anonymous servers, telecommunications architecture, and non-attributable hardware and software,” the letter says, according to transcripts from Tuesday’s hearing.
The memo also alleges Uber employees educated the company’s autonomous vehicle team in Pittsburgh “on using ephemeral communications, non-attributable devices, and false attorney-client privilege designations with the specific intent of preventing the discovery of devices, documents, and communications in anticipated litigation.”
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi addressed these allegations on Twitter on Wednesday, saying disappearing chat apps like “Wickr, Telegram were used often at Uber when I came in. As of Sept 27th I directed my teams NOT to use such Apps when discussing Uber-related business.”
Waymo asked the court on Monday to postpone the start of the trial, which was set to begin next week, saying Uber had concealed the letter and it needed more time to review it. Alsup agreed to grant the delay during the Tuesday hearing.
“We’re going to have to put the trial off, because if it is true — if even half of what’s in that letter is true, it would be a huge injustice to force Waymo to go to trial and not be able to prove the things that are said in that letter,” Alsup said.
For its part, Uber says the merits of the case haven’t changed. “Jacobs himself said on the stand today (Tuesday) that he was not aware of any Waymo trade secrets being stolen,” an Uber spokeswoman said in a statement to CNET.
“Uber has been waiting for its day in court for quite some time now,” the spokeswoman said. “We’re keen to have a jury finally hear this case on its merits.”
Waymo sued Uber in February, accusing the company of stealing secretive self-driving car technology. The case centers around former Google employee Anthony Levandowski, who allegedly stole 14,000 “highly confidential” files before leaving the company to start his own self-driving truck startup. Uber bought that startupseveral months later for $680 million and tapped Levandowski to head of its autonomous vehicle program.
Levandowski has since been fired by Uber. But Waymo says that doesn’t dismiss the possibility that the ride-hailing company still used the secrets in the allegedly pilfered files for its own self-driving car tech.
“Today’s revelations fit Uber’s pattern of destroying and withholding reams of evidence relevant to our trade secrets case, and [show] that those at the very top of Uber were aware of these inexcusable practices,” a Waymo spokeswoman said in a statement to CNET. “We look forward to the additional discovery granted by the Court and to presenting our case in front of a jury at trial.”
Federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice are also looking at whether the trade secrets in question were taken illegally. So far, no charges have been filed.
Uber has been rocked by scandals over the past year, including several sexual harassment claims. In a scandal that broke last week, the company tried to cover up a 2016 data breach involving millions of its customers and drivers.
ISLAMABAD: As many as 26 journalists have been murdered in the country during the last five years and none of the killers have been punished, said a report launched on Friday. The report, formulated by ‘Freedomnetwork’, was set to be launched on November 2 — the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists […]
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Thursday said the federal cabinet had decided to release all the outstanding amounts to the media organisations at the federal level.He said this while briefing the media on the decisions of the federal cabinet which met under Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Prime Minister Office […]
KARACHI: The administrative judge of Karachi-based antiterrorism courts remanded a senior journalist to prison on Wednesday in a case based on charges of fanning religious disharmony. The Counter Terrorism Department said it had arrested Nasrullah Khan Chaudhry, a journalist associated with Urdu-language daily Nai Baat, from his house in Karachi’s Garden East on Nov 11. […]
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The Bajaur Press Club, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, was closed on November 13, for an unspecified period on the orders of senior officers of the local administration due to the fear of terrorist attack. Talking to Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), Hasbanullah Khan, President of the Bajaur Press Club said the senior […]
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Nasrullah Khan Chaudhry, a senior sub-editor of Nai Baat daily newspaper was picked up by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the police during a raid on his home in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and media centre. Chaudhry’s wife Ghulam Fatima submitted an application to the police station, in which she stated that armed men some […]
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LAHORE – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday said that the credibility of media was fast diminishing and it must adopt self-imposed ethics to maintain the same. Addressing the launch of a national daily at the auditorium of a private university here, the Minister said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) did […]
The Pakistan Press Foundation has challenged the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 as being ‘ultra vires’ to the constitution, especially Article 19, which gives every citizen the right to freedom of speech and expression. In a petition, lawyer Yasser Latif Hamdani has argued that despite a lapse of two years the ministry is yet […]
On November 8, a group of armed men forcibly entered into the premises of Karachi Press Club (KPC) and started making video recordings of different parts of the premises. At around 10:30 pm, the armed men in plain clothes reached the press club in cars and land cruisers accompanied by a police van. They were […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information removed the acting managing director of state-owned Pakistan Television Network (PTV) on Tuesday in the aftermath of ‘begging’ fiasco. A notification issued by the ministry stated “the charge of Colonel (retd) Hassan Immad Mohammdi as PTV MD was withdrawn with immediate effect and till further orders”. The move comes a […]
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PESHAWAR: About 12 men armed with guns and sticks attacked office of a local Urdu daily and beat up its crime reporter, causing him minor injuries. The incident took place at the office of daily Akhbar-i-Shahar when several attackers managed to enter its office and beat up its crime reporter, Kamran Gul. Mr Gul said […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry Sunday ordered an inquiry into a widely criticised dateline slug displayed by the state-owned TV during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech at a function in China. The slug displayed ‘Beijing’ as ‘Begging’, drawing massive criticism. The state-run TV wrote on its Twitter account: “Today during the live […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (Afzal Butt group) on Saturday described Nov 3, 2007 as the darkest day in the country’s history and said on that day former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf had imposed a state of emergency in violation of the Constitution. In a statement, PFUJ president Afzal Butt and […]
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Executive Summary The journalists and media organizations in Pakistan have been working in extremely perilous environment because of the increasing rate of crime against journalists and media professionals. Those enter the field of journalism work on their own risk because they are not provided security in the line of duty. The report focuses on such […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Thursday said that impunity for crimes against journalists was an international issue as undemocratic regimes, extremist and anti-people forces are bent upon to wipe out press freedom from the globe. In his message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists being observed […]
Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar Wednesday said the judicial commission announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would investigate all the persons whose names had been mentioned in the Panama Papers Leaks.
Participating in a TV talk show, Dar said the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and other federal and provincial institutions were bound to assist the commission.
The minister said after the Panama Leaks, the PM addressed the nation and announced to constitute an inquiry commission on the issue headed by a retired judge. Later, he decided to form a judicial commission headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) on the demand of opposition parties, he added.
Dar said only two political parties had demanded a parliamentary commission on the issue while others called for a judicial commission under the CJP.
He said the government had announced the commission’s Terms of Reference (ToRs) and these ToRs were adequately strong for the purpose.
Dar said the PM had presented himself and his family for accountability as his hands were clean and his name was not mentioned in Panama Papers. The names of his three family members were mentioned in the Panama Papers report and two of them were not bound to pay taxes in Pakistan as per law, he added.
Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) candidate for presidential slot Mamnoon Hussain remained victorious in Punjab Assembly by securing 309 votes from the house of 371, while his opponent Justice (r) Wajihuddin…
People of Nawabshah witnessed a massive security escort given to Chairperson Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari when he landed in his hometown. A 33-verhicle royal escort was provided to the…
Brazil’s biggest bribery trial gets under way here Thursday, with 38 former party and government officials facing vote-buying charges in a case that could tarnish popular ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.…
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira will inaugurate a newly installed FM-101 transmitter of Radio Pakistan at Manawan, on GT Road in Lahore today (Monday). Kaira will also hand…
Pakistan’s tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi’s book ‘Lessons learnt from the tennis tour’ has drawn immense response from the general public as the book was placed at the 26th International Book Fair that…
A CIA contractor, who was freed from a Pakistani prison some months ago, was arrested in Highlands Ranch after he allegedly fought a man over a parking spot, US media reported. Raymond…
Sharman Joshi is all set to star in the sequel of hit film ‘Rock On!!’. The film which was a smash hit in 2009, was a story about four friends and the…
Owen Hargreaves made a dream debut for Manchester City as the injury-plagued midfielder scored the opening goal in his side’s 2-0 victory over holders Birmingham in the League Cup third round on…
EU-candidate Turkey will freeze relations with the European Union if Cyprus is given the EU presidency in 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay was quoted as saying by the state-run news agency…
An Iranian accused of assassinating a scientist on behalf of Israel has been sentenced to death, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday. Majid Jamali-Fashi had pleaded guilty to murdering Massoud…
Mismanagement in the Sindh Health Department continues since the new health secretary has joined the office and most health department officials are unaware of the most important issues related to the department.…
Additional District and Sessions Judge Abu-ul-Hasnat Zulqarnain Chaudhry on Thursday granted bail to a Frenchman, Phillipe Jean Marie, in two cheque dishonour cases. Earlier, the judicial magistrate had rejected two bail applications…
Citizens are pleased over Kalma Chowk Flyover’s construction, a survey conducted by Pakistan Today has revealed. “My life has become easier after the completion of the flyover,” said Shaista Khan, a housewife…
The Law Division on Wednesday approved the final draft of the revised services structure and raise in salaries of doctors and is to be expected to be presented to the president for…
Four candidates were certified on Thursday for Singapore’s presidential election on August 27, setting the stage for the country’s first contested polls for its head of state in 18 years. Two potential…
Australian batsman Usman Khawaja was Wednesday issued an Indian visa for next month’s Twenty20 Champions League tournament, following a brief delay allegedly related to his birth in Pakistan. Cricket New South Wales…
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This position requires traveling in and around the eastside of Michigan. This would be a flexible position, utilized to cover clients short or long term, and to cover for therapists who are on vacation. Galaxy uses the most advanced software allowing for seamless point of service documentation and scheduling.
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The tax man has started fining small firms large sums for doing nothing more than giving their employees money to help pay for health insurance.
The feds claim that the arrangement subverts the Affordable Care Act by allowing employers to avoid offering full-fledged insurance policies. But the fines are actually depriving small-business employees of thousands of dollars in compensation — and reducing the number of people with insurance.
At issue are “Health Reimbursement Arrangements.” Historically, small businesses that cannot afford to provide comprehensive health coverage have deposited money into HRAs to help their employees cover out-of-pocket medical expenses and insurance premiums. In 2014, employer contributions to about 10 million HRAs averaged $1,390 for individuals and $2,781 for families.
But the IRS has said that HRAs must meet Obamacare’s many requirements on health plans, even though HRAs are accounts, not health plans. Because HRAs don’t comply with the law’s rules requiring health plans to cover things like preventive care at no cost, they’re considered illegitimate.
The Affordable Care Act allows the IRS to fine employers that don’t provide coverage that meets the law’s standards up to $100 per day per employee. That can amount to $36,500 per employee over the course of a year.
Compare that fine to the one the ACA levies on larger businesses that flout the law’s employer mandate by refusing to provide coverage at all. These firms have to fork over just $2,000 per employee.
By declaring war on HRAs, the IRS is picking the pockets of thousands of small-business employees — without doing anything to help them otherwise secure coverage.
Small businesses are responding by shuttering their HRAs altogether. Consider Lisa Cochran, the owner of two hair salons in Mississippi. Cochran used to contribute $50 a month towards her 19 employees’ health plan premiums. But upon learning that she’d be charged $1,900 per day for providing this extra cash to her workers — a cost that would put her out of business — she nixed the benefit completely.
Or consider a worker making about $46,000 a year — who used to receive the average $1,390 HRA contribution from his employer. If he put that money toward the $4,368 premium for a mid-level silver plan through the individual health insurance exchange, he’d have to come up with just $2,978.
But without the cash from his HRA, he’ll have to cover the entire premium himself. And he won’t get any federal subsidies, as his income is just beyond the eligibility limits. All told, the IRS’s assault on HRAs will spike his out-of-pocket costs by 47 percent.
The Small Business Healthcare Relief Act, introduced by Congressmen Charles Boustany, R-La., and Mike Thompson, D-Calif., may start moving through the powerful Ways and Means Committee. The bill would protect small businesses from being fined for providing HRAs. The bill would also allow employees to use HRA funds to pay for health coverage in the individual market or qualified medical expenses like eyeglasses and annual physicals.
Small businesses across the country are being punished for trying to do the right thing for their employees — by helping them with the ever-rising cost of health care through an HRA.
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As the CEO of Las Vegas Sands, a big physical casino company, his opposition to online gambling is understandable, except... he says it's not about the money or the business. Instead he says, it's all about how online gambling is bad for society, since gamblers can get so hooked.
During the interview he also made a comment that should infuriate poker players. He says there should be no special exemption for online poker, since it's a game of luck, not skill.
“Absolutely not. Look, I’m a father, grandfather. I do not want my children – I’m a veteran of the Korean War. I do not want my children to have the opportunity to become addicted to gaming. And poker, in my opinion, would become one of the most addictive games. People do not get addicted to necessarily playing blackjack. They get addicted for the game. It is one of the many compulsive behaviors and somebody is addicted to gaming, they are addicted to some other compulsive behaviors. Can you tell me one good reason why internet gaming should be allowed.”
Sure, you can have a bad beat here or there, or maybe someone flops a set of aces to beat your set of kings, but the idea is that that's just noise, and that because poker is a game of skill over time the better player will win out.
Anyway, because poker pros argue that it's a game of skill, they think that even if online gambling remains broadly illegal, that online poker should perhaps still be eligible to be played online. And so for Adelson, it's important to slam poker to make his broader anti-online gambling argument.
"I found out the way your mind works and the kind of man you are. I know your plans and expectations - you've burbled every bit of strategy you've got. I know exactly what you will do, and exactly what you won't, and I've told you exactly nothing. To these aged eyes, boy, that's what winning looks like! ..." - Henry II [ The Lion in the Winter ]
To properly compete in this venue or any aspect of the information economy, reading and understanding the behavior of people is considered to be an unique skill. In most instances, one does not learn it from reading a book.
In a situation of randomness, the successful strategists play the players not the cards. They quietly focuses on the body language of each player by identifying the various tells from each players.
During gametime, the practice of reading the actions of their counterparts while playing the cards, is the standard play. Plausible deniability of that practice is also the norm for some players. ... Those who know, will not say. Successful strategists have always play that game quite well. ...
Clue: Stay centered and pay attention to the breathing, the balance and the rhythm of their actions.
Be aware that there will be various acts of deception from the advanced players. They will stage the novice players by by shaping their perspective.
Read this post if you want to build that mindful awareness skill. Getting these skills from a book will not help most of our readers. Those who possessed the high mindful awareness skill, will know what attributes are influencing around their settings, will succeed. ... You can find more information on this unique topic by visiting Cook Ding's Kitchen.
The height of any reward is usually proportional to the height of planning. The reasoning behind that point should be obvious. ... If not, we will explain it in a future post.
There is a balance of chance and skill in the game of poker . While the distributing of cards determines the chance factor, the skill is in the process of assessing, positioning and influencing.
Positioning oneself toward an advantageous state while shaping the competition into a projected state of zero
Click here for a example where some one property assessed everything in his grand competitive setting and won.
Whether it is poker or any competitive venture, securing information and assessing it properly and promptly, is the name of the game. While searching for transparency, they will discover deception.
While the the amateurs believed that strategy is a by-product not a process., the professionals emphasized that strategy is a process that leads to a projected product.
We will present a example on how to apply our Art of War principles-driven scenario modeling process to the game of poker in a future post.
"I was always consumed with the X's and O's of football. It was like a chess game to me. I could see 22 people in my mind when I closed my eyes. I can see exactly where they are, exactly where they are going. If it's not part of your nature, you're never going to make it big. " - Bill Walsh's, three-time World Champion Football Coach for an AIM's Investment Funds commercial (a part of Investco Funds Group) in 2002
This unique skill set of visualizing the multiplicity of moving components within a play is one of the many reasons why Bill Walsh, the late head coach of the San Francisco Forty Niners, was considered one of the greatest NFL football coaches and game innovators.
Beside being the innovator of the West Coast Offense, he created the practice of scripting and running a opening plays (or starter plays) script of 25 that served various purposes during the game.
The purpose of the script is to evaluate how the other team reacts to each offensive play at the opening stage of the game. The strategist uses this "feedback-based" intelligence to plan his offensive strategy for the remainder of the game.
Regardless of the game situation, the disciples of the West Coast Offense are instructed to stay with the script regardless of the down, the distance and the defensive alignment, except for the fourth down. However, circumstances have changed the practice of this rule. It is up to the practitioner to decide on the certain particulars of this approach.
The team's chief scout would report to the offensive coordinator on the strategic and tactical tendencies of the next competitor by viewing their previous game films.
The offensive coordinator would build his play list based on their technical strengths, the competitor's base defensive responses and their competitor's weaknesses and then decides on the preliminary script.
Idealistically, the offensive coordinator informs the players "the particular plays behind the script" one to three practices before the game day. On the last practice, the team rehearses "The Script."
Beside eliminating anxiety (rather than creating anxiety) among the players. the offense coordinator discovers whether the players are able to master those plays and then decides whether to adjust the technicalities of certain plays.
Conclusively, the implementation of the script requires a great deal of game experience, sound and solid preparation, numerous practices, discipline and emotional intelligence for the offensive coordinator and the quarterback to run the script.
Side note: Our research tells us that each team performs the process of building of the play list and the script and the practicing of the starter's script quite differently. What we are doing is merely stating the basic fundamentals behind this unique process.
Once a play (from the starter list) is implemented, the chief observer/decision makers must perform the following:
Recognize the counter-response for that situation (the called play, the down, the yard markage, the field position, the type of players on the field, the formation and the counter response)
The above diagram is a layout that organizes a great number of different tactical plays for different situations.
A: An assortment of pass plays and run plays that has never appeared in previous games. The players, the blocking scheme, the shifting and the motion of certain players would change while the base formation rarely changes. Walsh would occasionally throw in a few gadget plays that their opposition has never seen before (i.e, the no huddle, hurry up approach with a no audio signal play call, the reverse, the end-around, the flex flicker off the reverse, the "Halfback option" pass, the play action pass off the medium draw, the "Statue of Liberty " play, etc. )
The 25 Plays starter script was a subset of his master script that also consisted of many other categories of situational plays. We will discuss more about that topic in a future post.
Some amateurs believed that they know what "The Script" is about and how it works. (Finding information on the web or asking your drinking buddies could only go so far.) However there are a few experts who understand its true range and the reason why it works.
Many years ago, we have heard that a former Niners player referred "The 25 Plays" as "The 25 Lies." The story behind that statement is based on that the opposition would become so focused on stopping Walsh's 25 play script that they forgot to focus on the rest of the game.
Retrospectively, it is also a psychological gaming tool and an "informational feedback strategy" tool.
The implementation of a 25 play starter script requires a person with great patience, control and strategic insight. Rarely does anyone ever talk about the keys for the following:
We remembered that there was a stat about Walsh's success with the script that his team would have already won the game whenever they possessed a "10 to 14 points" lead by half time. . One could only presumed that his superb ability to script plays, calling the right plays or instructing his quarterback to make the right adjustment call were the cause for Niners success. A great amount of credit also goes to his coaching staff for preparing the team.
Compass Principle: The time that it takes to assess, and to position is inversely proportionally to that the time it takes to influence.
Walsh (and others) have successfully used the play script to assessed the motives, the methods and the modes of the competition. Then he positions his team by deciding on the counter response plays that are based on the competitor's move. The influence stage begins when those implemented plays exploit the strategic weaknesses of their competitor.
Regardless that this unique practice is commonly being used by many football coaches, our research tells us that many of them do not possess the mindfulness and the strategic training to use it properly.
Concurrently, some of their quarterbacks are not required to run "The Script" during a no-huddle situation. It is quite rare that they are running a set of scripted plays.
Their foremost objective is to score first, score fast and score often. This hurry-up approach presses the competition to play "catch up" by creating immediate tactical mismatches.
By studying the videos. analyzing the specific stats and knowing the competition's individual weaknesses and tendencies, immediate exploitation becomes a higher priority. Revealing their tendencies through base scripting have become a lower priority. We will touch more on this approach in a future post.
Learning the script process is not that difficult. It just requires someone who possessed a basic understanding of the scientific method of trial and error and the skill to assess a situation. Patience is also a requirement. He or she must also understand what are his priorities for that macro situation and have the fortitude to stay with the approach.
If you need a new approach to gain a competitive lead, read the strategic configuration of your terrain and script your tactical plays. This strategic approach will not guarantee you an automatic win. However, it would offer you the psychological feeling of knowing what are your chances of succeeding.
The San Francisco Forty Niners team has updated the number of plays in their "starting plays" script somewhere between 30 to 38 plays.
The macro key to developing the script is to have properly assessed one's competition and the strategic factors that are behind the grand situation, It begins by collecting sound and solid data Then, visualize how certain data are connected
Through visualizing the specifics of each tactical situation, one could successfully build the list of plays and develop the starter play script with minimum difficulty.
In our competitive economy, time line is usually short and resources are occasionally limited. The successful strategist knows that every advantage counts.
Successful competitors have always understood the specifics of why one prepares. Through the practice of the script, they are focused on the process of preparing themselves of gaining strategic momentum. While reviewing the script, one could mindfully see the continuous execution of the plays or the worst case scenario occurring.
Regardless of the circumstances, many people preferred to operate from the seat of their pants. Due to their love to improvise and invent, they usually go with their gut instinct. This specific feeling enthralls them. It is a basic human nature.
Most of these people do not like to spend anytime, assessing their competition. Some of them feel that they are men or women of action. With the urgency of "making something happen now", these leaders believed that "the will to make the event happen" will give them the victory. ... In some rare situations, these bold visionaries-thinkers would get "lucky" and prevail. ... In most cases, their operation teams are usually the ones who saved their vision-driven employers.
The worst case scenario from of this uniquely-efficient practice is a competitor who knows the tendencies of the bold thinkers and understands their concealed motive for each play. The projected outcome should be quite obvious.
In an extreme competitive situation, the amateurs regularly lose their motivation and begin to ad-lib. In most cases, they never return to their script. We have seen it repeatedly. The successful implementers of the script usually have the experience and the fortitude to persist and persevere.
Remember that the will to prepare (a script and the team) is greater than the will to win. In a future post or our future book project, we will explain more about the psychology and the planning and preparation process behind the act of scripting.
How do you apply this protocol to modern day business? (We will touch more on this topic in our future book project.)
Click here for an example on how Coach Walsh utilized it in a non-football situation and click here for how a current Niners kicker assesses, positions and influences from the field level.
The complexity of our society has influenced us into thinking about the need for a pragmatic solution. Building a script is the first step. ... Learning how to to focus on one's grand objectives while being mindful of the influences that impact their grand settings and beyond is the key.
Those who constantly prevail in some of their competitive endeavors, usually have the superior skills in the areas of strategic assessment, operational planning and tactical adjustment. ... Sometimes, they just succeed because of the predictability of their situation (i.e., poorly skilled competition, etc.)
To succeed in an antagonistic endeavor, the successful strategists must have already collected the proper data on their targeted opponent. before studying their "strategic efficiency" state.
Since, many modern head coaches of all sorts are scripting their plays. It tells us that the scripting tool works quite well. This modus operandi should enable anyone to ascend above the plateau of competitive equilibrium by preparing him or her to set the pace of the situation and to learn something unique about the competition.
Our understanding of how the strategy game works, has enabled us to integrate certain technicalities of "the starter script" into our proprietary strategic process model. This overview allows the implementer could see the connectivity of their Big Tangible Picture (BTP) at a glance before deciding on the script-based tactics.
We at Compass360 Consulting have always applied our own version of the script in the operational side of our projects. If you are interested in seeing our presentation of this pragmatic process, please send us a note.
We are currently contemplating on publishing a white paper or a book on our unique approach on scripting and staging a competitive situation.
Assess the Big Tangible Picture of your competitive setting and build plays that enables you to capitalize on tactical imbalances that offers a totality of advantages.
Choose the favorable situation and decide the right play (aka. the solution) that offers you the best probability of succeeding.
Know when to adjust from the script and when to return to it. Conclusively, the score will take care of itself. ...
Focus on one situation at a time while be mindful of one's own terrain and beyond. No script development and implementation is perfect in the beginning stage of the process. This exercise is a practice toward perfection.
For the Niners Faithful, we recommended this great book by Daniel Brown- 100 Things 49ers fans should know and do before they die and Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh's book - The Score Takes Care of Itself.
Our associates at Cook Ding's Kitchen have always reminded the novices and the neophytes that one cannot successfully strategize if he or she is not able to stay focused on their immediate objective. They also reminded them that the reading of the Art of War does not help either.
Click here on someone who does not think much of Walsh. Our response is that a good strategist is someone who knows the "Anticipation. Adjustment . Advancement" game.
Comment: The robber sold the Big Picture of understanding the importance of carefully making the right choice to the bystanders within the bank.
Comment: The robber depicts his alleged "professional" image to the audience in hope that everyone understood that he and his partner were only there for one grand purpose.
Comment: The supervisor quietly understood the factors behind the current circumstance for transforming an unfavorable situation (to others) toward his own advantage.
The next day, the TV news reported that $100 million was taken from the bank. The robbers counted and counted and counted, but they could only count $20 million. The robbers were very angry and complained: "We risked our lives and only took $20 million. The bank manager took $80 million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be educated than to be a thief!" ... This is called "Knowledge is worth as much as gold!"
Comment: The robber concluded that their perception of reality was a minuscule of the reality of their grand settings.
The bank manager was smiling and happy because his losses in the share market are now covered by this robbery. ... This is called "Seizing the opportunity.” Daring to take risks! ... So who are the real robbers here?
Comment: By being calm, the supervisor mindfully saw the opportunity to utilize a chaotic situation to their vantage. He utilized the results of one event to concealed his previous move and his next move. (This approach is similar to "Waiting at Leisure While Waiting for The Enemy" Stratagem from the 36 Stratagems essay.
With the foreknowledge of the after effects of their situation, would the two robbers have committed the crime? We quite doubt it. The probability of them securing that intelligence is quite low. Most people rarely ever think past their current objective. Because of their possible financial plight, these robber would have executed their plan regardless of the circumstances.
The masses have a tendency of perceiving most situations with generalities, without ever knowing the specifics of the view is a minuscule of the reality (the Big Tangible Picture) that prevails over the grander setting. They are frequently focused on the immediate gains without knowing the negative after-effects. ... This category of behavior rarely changes because of their need for immediate gratification.
When being mindful of the connectivity behind the Big Tangible Picture of their setting, one could become attentive to the possibilities of the on-coming opportunity. (Side note: It requires a mindful practice of calming the mind, body and spirit.)
Without any understanding of the risk consequences, the practice of "immediate perception is reality" has prevailed over the masses of "unmindful" amateurs. These people just want that one ignition key applicational solution. Understanding how things are connected within the grand terrain and beyond is a waste of their time. They are always living for that moment.
The exception are the few mindful observers who occasionally possessed the advantage of time, resources and the grand understanding of their current situation and beyond, that enables them to capitalize on some of the possible opportunities.
The customary Compass practice is to focus on one's current objective while being mindful of the "matrix of connectivity factor" that quietly operates within one's grand terrain. You do know how to do that. Do you?
Everyone prepares for a competitive situation in their own way. Some mediates. Others talk and wait. Phil Dawson of the San Francisco Forty Niners strategizes his next game time situation by studying the weather reports and practices his kicks.
On the field, Mr. Dawson operates without any gadget. His research already tells him what would the weather be at that game day and at that specific time. Dawson knows the direction and the momentum of the wind at any part of the football field at any specific moment during the game and methodically follows his sequence of "readiness to implementation" with no hesitation.
The 1st step of Positioning is maneuvering to the right place and begins the process of visualization while synchronizing his breathing with the projected execution. Dawson's then pre-positions his kick to the ready position while being mindful of the wind direction and the location of the yellow-colored goal posts.
The influence begins when he scores the field goal and after the play is over. His team becomes more confident with him. In a climate-challenging situation, they know that there is a positive chance that he will score the field goal.
Influence always comes from a well-honed assessment and well-planned positioning. All one has to do is to execute the influence.
To an outsider, it looks simple. Mr. Dawson have spent many hours, preparing himself for this type of complex-driven competitive situation. But nothing is ever simple especially in a highly stressed, high reward situation where there are other multi-components that also makes the kick operable.
The process model of Assessing, Positioning and Influencing requires some planning, preparation and practice. Do you have the time, the discipline and the drive to do that?
One of the most difficult challenges for most Chief Decision Makers is to understand the Big Tangible Picture.within one's competitive settings and beyond.
Profiteering in our risk-driven competitive economy means that one must have the skillset to identify the technicalities within the Big Tangible Picture (the bigger tangible picture of their marketplace and beyond) while avoiding the intent to concentrate on competitive myopia. Instead of focusing on the competition, this arcane category of strategic focal points usually enables the chief decision makers to capitalize on the unseen opportunities.
This factor represents the matrix of connectivity that links the various strategic and tactical factors into one Big Tangible Picture (BTP).
This factor focuses on the specific attributes behind each individual strategic and tactical factors.
This factor focuses on the specific attributes that determine whether the competitor has the leadership to adjust to the grand situation.
This factor focuses on whether the logistics are consistent or exceed the criteria of the strategic standards .
The above chart shows the relationship between the Five Critical Strategic Factors and Michael Porter's Five Competitive Forces.
By comprehending the connectivity behind the configuration of their targeted marketplace from the different perspectives while being mindfully aware of the constant motion of the five competitive forces, one could understand the strategic efficiency of their competition.
Our future white paper (and strategy book) will explain the unique connection between these two grand sets of concepts and the approach to understanding where are the threats and where are the opportunities.
The above chart shows the grander overview between the Five Critical Strategic Factors, one's own strategic state and the other external (marketing) forces.
The intent of this chart is to assist the implementer in identifying the strategic efficiency of each competitor within their own strategic setting and beyond. The next step is to determine whether the act of thawing their plans is probable.
There is more than context and Chinese characters behind this exotic chart. Can you decipher the motive and the method behind this visual enigma? It only took some of our associates who quite understood the gist of the Art of War and the rest of the Eight Military Classics of Ancient China (The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China and Sun Bin's Military Methods) about five years to "compass" the motif of this chart. In our case, it took eight minutes of our time.
If someone sends us the proper answer, we will send him or her a copy of Dr. Ralph Sawyer's Essence of War. Are you game?
By understanding the configuration of the chart, one can also use it for a wide array of worst case scenarios.
By understanding the connectivity within your competitive setting and beyond, would you try to achieve "the strategy heaven" while avoiding "the tactical hell"?
An non-innovative trust fund baby asked us, "Why don't you surrender your know-how to everyone? ... It will benefit those who are competitive? ... Don't you believe in the greater good?"
By being the grand enthusiasts of Jiang Tai Gong's essay on strategic warfare, we observed the essence of the following grand principle of Six Secret Teachings:
Tai Gong said: "Do not estrange your relatives. Do not neglect the masses. Be conciliatory and solicitous towards nearby states and control all that is under you. Do not loan the authority of state to other men. If you loan the authority of state to other men, then you will lose your authority. Do not hurt those of lower position to benefit those of higher position. Do not abandon the fundamental to save those that are inconsequential.
The Chinese strategy essays have always emphasized the importance of maintaining one's advantage as long as possible. This could only occur when one has mastered the art of quietude and possessed the metaphysical means to connect the modes to it.
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Hey Guys , I was wanting to know if i could run a 33/12.50 tyre on a 18+ positive rim on my mk Triton?
I don't know much about Triton's but I reckon you'll need a 2 inch lift to fit 33's. Are you sure you want a positive offset? A positive will give you a skinnier wheel track (tyres will be closer to the chassis). A negative offset will give you a wider track (tyres will be further away from the chassis). With a negative offset you'll run more risk that the tyres will rub the guards with out a lift. With a positive offset, that size tyre, I reckon they'll rub on the chassis especially the front when turning.
the problem with wide tyres on a positive offset rim is that they are more likely to scrub on the suspension components or chassis.....going to a negative offset may put them outside the guards, and cause them to rub on the bodywork, but this is far easier to fix....
and is the +18 rim the factory offering?? or are you looking at buying these rims to suit the tyres??
Thanks guys , im going with a 2'' suspension lift before i go to a 33'' tyre the rims i want to run come as 0 offset 18 + offset and 30+ offset. Just like to know if any of these would work on my car or what should i be looking at to 33/12.5 tyre?
Yeah sure im a little mixed up, never the less the rims i want to run come as........ 0 offset positive 18 , 30 offset...... im wondering if they'd work with a 12 1/2 inch wide 33inch tall tyre on a mk triton?
Thanks guys for your advice im not sure that the rims i was hope'n to run are made for real offroad applications? Ive since found out that back space is a better yardstick then offset when trying to decied on what rim/tyre combo will fit what!
What is the wheel track for a standard mk triton because I'm running 33/10.5/r15 and have to get it modplated so I need to find out the wheel track
I borrowed a set of 33/12.5/16 with 0 offset to see how they would go on my MK Triton, but they rubbed on the body unless the wheels were dead straight.
the correct answer to the question you were actually implying is that yes you can run 33x12.5R15s on an mk triton, but it depends on what model exactly that you have as to just how much work is needed to make them fit.
If you have a pov pack low spec model which came from the factory graced with 205R16 size, then your gonna need to do sus and at least a 2 inch body lift. But if you have one of the models which came factory spec with larger rubber than only a 2 inch lift may be needed for the 33x12.5R15s.
Rim offset confusion: the word negative or the - symbol means "wider" wheel track, where a plus or the + symbol means your stepping the rim offset inwards towards the centerline of the vehicle, narrowing your wheel track.
My own mk is the 02 delux model v6. It came stock with 265x70R16, which in the real world means I can run 265x75r16's with no hassles at all and need no additional lift to do it. With careful selection of rim offset I can also run 285x75R16's without scrubbing, but only with brands of tires that run under their stated size.
Even on my ute I will need a 2 inch body lift to be able to clear either 33x12.5R15s on rims of from 0 offset and up to neg 18 offset, or just to clear 32x11.5R15's on wide offset -24 or wider rims. The aditional wheel track of the wider rims is the major problem followed by the treads width itself.
now if you forget about running tires over 11 inches wide then the choices are much simplified. 33x10.5R15s can be run quite happily on my rig on any rim up to neg 18, despite being almost an actual inch larger in heigh compared to the wider 285x75r16s.
If your ute is a pov pack, and you stick within the neg 18 offset and tires under 11 inches wide its possible to get away with running the 33x10.5's using only a 2 inch lift- perhaps with a torsion bar tweak thrown in.
For anything wider, in either tread width or rim offset, you will almost certainly need 2-3 inches of body lift, and sus lift too.
what is the best rim size and offset to get tyre flush with flares on mk glxr with 265 tyres and is going up to the 75 height going to have much affect on driving
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We keep talking about new gTLDs but, what about those generic Top-Level Domains which already exist and which no one talks about anymore?
I am referring to the .museum and .travel extensions which have existed for many years now. I particularly like the .museum because it is the domain name to have for a museum which has a web site developed in English.
I am also familiar with the existing speech which says: "Check the .museum : it is the example why new gTLDs won't work". I think it has nothing to do with the fact that new gTLDs will or will not work. I strongly believe .museum has potential and I also think the actual situation of the .museum can change.
It is not because its actual rules block registrants from registering domain names that they cannot be "modernized". If the procedure to apply for a .museum was simplified, it would have the exact same chances as most of the new gTLD standard applications I have checked recently.
Many applicants have applied for generic TLDs with the strong intention to sell domain names and earn millions.
Like the .museum registry did, ICANN offered new applicants to apply backed up by Communities with documents entitled "Community endorsements". Surprisingly, many applications representing Communities were submitted to ICANN without signed Community endorsements. It is tempting to apply, minimizing the number of documents signed and have complicated rules which would block from selling registrants to buy domain names (like it has been the case for the .museum).
Well… rules for a Community project can be open to all with conditions to respect when registering. There are plenty of lawyers who are able to write these rules in a proper way. Unfortunately, it is too late now and the result of this is that many strings won't see the day before years because too many applicants applied for them.
I support this Top-Level Domain and prepared a presentation I would like to share. The .museum TLD is the perfect example of what a domain name extension can bring to a Community: a string which perfectly qualifies it.
The Microsoft action against 3322.org, a Chinese company, started with the news that computers were infected during the production phase. Stepping away from the controversy surrounding the approach (read e.g. Suresh's in-depth article here), there are important lessons that cyber security officials and upper management, deciding on the level of and budget for cyber security in organisations should learn and take into account. I'm writing this contribution from a premise: China uses the fact that most IT devices are built in China to its advantage. Allow me to start with an account from personal memory to set the stage.
On one of my very first trips abroad as international liaison at OPTA I came back on the high-speed train from Paris after contributing for three days at the OECD on the anti-spam tool kit. Next to me was a gentleman sitting in silence. When he came back from a visit elsewhere in the train he said something polite after I stood up for him, which I responded to in the same vein. Next he asked me what I'd been doing and I asked him the same. It was then that I found out that the man was bursting at the seams from anger and indignation. He worked for a multinational and came back from discussing a crisis in Paris within the company having to do with production in China. The multinational had built a plant there, because of the low wages, closing down plants in Eastern-Europe as a result. Let me tell you what I heard and why this is of interest to you if you work in cyber security or have to make decisions at the management level on what systems and devices you want to buy or have connected to the sensitive networks within your organisation.
The company was allowed to build a plant in China after negotiations with the Chinese government. One of the prerequisites was that there had to be a Chinese upper manager. This person left the plant after one year, after which circa 500 meters down the road another plant was built, manufacturing the exact same product, but circa 50% under the price and selling this product to several major customers of the multinational. You get just one guess who the manager of the latter plant was. So my travel companion wanted his company to pull out of China as of now, but others decided to remain. Too much money had been invested to pull out. How much did the multinational really save through wages though? Perhaps the opposite happened. It seems a classic case of on-site industrial espionage.
Whether this example is common practice, I do not know. Is the story on Huawei and the spy element in their product strange? And what about the pre-infected computers case, where Microsoft decided to take out the malware's hosting company? Is this as far out as it may seem at first read? Of course conspiracy theories are always fun to read and I'm not one to take them seriously on the whole. I can fully understand Huawei saying it will never support spying through its products; even that the spokesperson is telling the truth, but who guarantees that it happens without management knowing? Australia appears to be banning the company. But is this specific case sufficient when we consider cyber security? Let's take take the high road of conspiracy thinking here.
The first time I heard of pre-infected devices was through a presentation at a workshop or seminar, when someone reported on a specific brand of an iphoto device that infected computers on connections. This was later explained that an old stand alone computer, infected, tested the devices and infected them before leaving the factory in China. The virus was old and out of fashion. This was the element that surprised the researchers as they discovered and researched the case.
In his book 'McMafia', British journalist Misha Glenny already made a short reference to corruption in production processes in China giving criminals access to plants. This way computers were infected for a, mind, twisted commercial approach, not governmental. Low wages are a sure road towards (the temptation to) corruption.
Richard Clarke in his book on 'Cyber war' wrote that China had infiltrated the whole US smart grid with digital bombs in strategic places.
Next to these examples, espionage through the net, connected to servers in China is reported on regularly (and probably more often kept quiet or plainly not noticed). In short, it is not as if nothing has happened since 2000.
In the past decade all major western computer device companies decided to shift their production (in part or whole) to China. Lower wages and (perhaps) resulting in lower prices. It's solely for economic reasons these choices were made. So let us make a hypothetical assumption here.
Devices became more and more popular in the past ten years. Bring your own device is a novelty security officers are forced into, not knowing anything about the security implications of connecting any device to networks holding the data that is most sacred to your organisation. Whether it's production, administration, research and development, policy, privacy sensitive data, etc., each is meant to stay within your network. And here come all these products "made in China", able to connect to the most sensitive places within your network. Did you ever give a thought to this, as with BYOD no one negotiated with anyone from China? It's just some device from a shop or an operator as part of a private contract. In the Australian Huawei case this is different as negotiations would go with Huawei itself.
Off course computers and laptops were in place long before devices ever came up. And you change them every three years or so. But has the place of production ever entered a negotiation? Did negotiating checks on inner security ever take place during purchasing a product? I very much doubt it. Should it? I leave this up to you, but I'd say yes.
As an interesting aside. Did you ever bother to read the "contract" you enter into with apps? Do you really know what "is allowed to look through your messages" means. Or "has access to your address book"? Why should "they", whoever "they" are, and what does this company do with your data? The app is privately installed on the device that is subsequently connected to your organisation's network. Who knows what sort of info leaks this way. The most simple ones: telephone and email addresses. How about content? Documents attached? Passwords? I'm just guessing here, but doesn't this scare you?
We have some examples in the recent past of espionage. So even if nothing is happening, the temptation to do so is gigantic. I've read at some stage that the military in China is one of the biggest investors and that many companies are joint-ventures. To be honest I do not see a reason to doubt that the Chinese government is active just in this way. They do so economically, so why not strategically, if they have these easy ways to do so? I probably would if I was in its shoes. Hence, for the sake of this blog post let us proceed with the hypothesis: China uses production facilities within its country for espionage. So supposing this to be true, what does this tell governments, industry, associations, etc. in the rest of the world?
What do organisations need to contemplate before buying hard and software and before devices, (whether or not) made in China, are allowed to connect to networks. What choices do they need to make before they buy, rent or hire internet or telephony related systems?
These are questions those responsible need to address, just as cyber security is of such importance that it has to be prioritized on agendas. My best guess is that imagining what could happen in a worst case scenario helps to take measures and write protocols to follow. Yes, and I wrote this several times before, this costs money, but Coca Cola losing its secret recipe through infiltrated system costs multi fold the costs of cyber security and it is the same when you lose your crown jewels, negotiation angle, price offer or policy.
By the way. The same questions should be asked before entering the cloud. Does an organisation want to enter the cloud just because it saves some money? How much does it stand to lose when it does so unthinkingly? Let me remind you of the story I started with.
(If I lived in China, I could write this same story about CIA or NSA involvement in Microsoft and Google, I suppose, if I wanted to write on conspiracies there. And it does not matter to cyber security whether it is espionage or criminality causing the infections. Both are dangerous to organisations and private persons.)
Some things are irreversible. The digitization of society, production in China, the love of devices. This does not mean that everything has to change just because we can or because the manager brings his new iPhone 5 to the business. It's never the bell boy who shows up first. I repeat: Don't change because it's technically possible!!!
To seriously work on cyber security, an organisation's management and cyber security staff have to agree on the safest way(s) to change and implement. From now on this should never go on the spur of the moment again. There have been enough warnings I'd say. So decide on what to check before and during negotiations as well as the implementation, have protocols in place and stick to them and remember that what you can think of beforehand, is probably already happening. These are some important spin-off self goals, to paraphrase Suresh's title. Awareness starts right here.
Most corporations who, in this day and age, enter the chinese market naive, happy and full of pride in how good they are with chopsticks, "your english is better than my chinese" polite remarks and lots of past family photographs of the Great Wall and the Xi'an clay soldiers are in for a rude shock.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/business/global/01danone.html?_r=0 - danone (the mineral water people) and wahaha, a local brand they partnered with.
Or this article, about a patented process for manufacturing Titanium Dioxide (which is what makes toothpaste and oreo cookies blinding white in color, have fun) .. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/NB11Ad01.html
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As a followup to 2016’s For King and Country, World Service Project delivers another powerful punk-jazz manifesto with a sly grin on Serve, their second RareNoise release and fourth album overall. Showcasing their signature blend of discipline and chaos, the edgy London-based avant-funk quintet combines throbbing grooves, huge backbeats, grinding fuzz-bass onslaughts and ferocious free blowing on eight potent tracks, with just a dash of Monty Pythonesque’s irreverence thrown into the mix.
“WorldService Project is a very intense, high-energy live show,” says keyboardist-vocalist and principal composer Dave Morecroft, who is also the creator and artistic director of London’s Match&Fuse festival. “We throw ourselves into it and hope to come out alive at the other end. And if you're not bleeding by the end of it, you haven't tried hard enough.”
You can feel that kind of intensity on the fusiony opener, “Plagued With Righteousness,” the slamming “Dai Jo Bo” and the Zappa-esque “Ease.” WSP offers pointed takes on Trump, Brexit and the state of the world on the cathartic, politically-tinged “Now This Means War,” which has Morecroft delivering the chilling message in English, French, Italian and German. And the sinister Mr. Giggles, previously heard on 2013’s Fire in a Pet Shop and 2016’s For King and Country, makes a return appearance on the frightfully raucous “The Tales of Mr. Giggles.” As Morecroft explains,
“Mr Giggles is a clown character who has been featured in live shows since 2013. I adopt the character for a theatrical moment in the set, and its gone down a storm particularly in other parts of the world (China, India, Japan etc). He is a mischievous character who may or may not eat children. I wanted to flesh out his story a bit more on this record, take the narrative surrounding him to the next level by addressing society, the 'norm', bullying, mental illness and so on.” (Find the lyrics here: http://www.worldserviceproject.co.uk/who-is-mr-giggles).
Rounding out the World Service Project cast on Serve are tenor saxophonist Tim Ower, who erupts with fierce abandon on “Runner” and “Now This Means War,” trombonist Raphael Clarkson, who offers unbridled solos on “The Tales of Mr. Giggles” and “Ease,” bassist Arthur O’Hara, who fuels these jams with his heavy-duty, fuzz-inflected lines, and drummer Harry Pope, a powerhouse player who grounds the mayhem with slamming authority while also showing his jazzier side on “Runner” and the haunting closer, “False Prophets.” Morecroft offers a wild synth solo on “To Lose The Loved One” while providing multiple tones and textures throughout Serve.
Following in the tradition of such renegade composers as Frank Zappa, Charles Mingus, Igor Stravinsky and Harrison Bertwhistle, Dave Morecroft seeks a spot in the musical firmament that is decidedly left of center. And as keyboardist and principal composer for the edgy London-based avant-funk-jazz quintet WorldService Project, he is striking a blow upside the head of musical complacency. On 'For King & Country', the group’s RareNoise debut and third release overall (after 'Relentless' in 2010 and 'Fire In A Pet Shop' in 2013), the powerhouse aggregation cuts across stylistic boundaries with impunity and a decided ‘punk-jazz’ attitude. As Morecroft explains,
“Punk-jazz for me is more a reflection of rebellion. Maybe it’s jazz but it’s played with an 'f-you' to the establishment/systems that dictate what jazz is supposed to mean or be.”
“WorldService Project is a very intense, high-energy live show. We throw ourselves into it and hope to come out alive at the other end. And if you're not bleeding by the end of it, you haven't tried hard enough.”
That killer instinct is conveyed from track to track on For King & Country (the title itself is a kind of ironic nod to the band’s British ancestry). From the prog-rockish tumult of the opener “Flick the Beanstalk” to the moody closer “Requiem for a Worm” WorldService Project carries a pronounced crunch while injecting daring improvisations and myriad punk-jazz expressions into the mix. Joining Morecroft on this follow-up to 2013’s Fire In A Pet Shop are tenor sax burner Tim Ower, trombonist Raphael Clarkson, bassist Arthur O’Hara and drummer Harry Pope.
“I wanted For King & Country to be an EPIC listen, that from moment to moment it could rage intensely, pull at heartstrings, flip in double somersaults around the room or sardonically sneer at the establishment. It is an incredibly personal record for me (much more than any other) with true heartbreak, anger, loss, disillusionment, ecstasy and piss-taking a-plenty! But at its heart (I hope), purity of gesture, intensity and sincerity.”
The slamming odd-metered piece “Fuming Duck,” for instance, is indeed an listen. Underscored by O’Hara’s fuzz bass lines melding with Clarkson’s electric trombone for an uncommonly heavy bottom end, it hits as hard as King Crimson’s “Red” while suggesting something far jazzier. Pope’s monstrous drum solo over the band ostinato at the end of this raging piece is an adrenalized highlight. Likewise, “Murano Faro” slowly builds from something dreamy and distant to a throbbing crescendo with Clarkson’s trombone wailing over the top in half-time. “Son of Haugesund” is a blast of intensity to match anything on Led Zeppelin III while the frantic, tempo-shifting “Go Down Ho’Ses” carries the zany energy of a ska band conducted by Frank Zappa. Ower’s passionate sax solos on this unhinged number and on the dramatic “Chamonix” are both exceptional. And on “Mr. Giggles,” at once humorous and scary, Morecroft unveils the cartoonish vocals of the title character (a sinister clown alter ego that he introduced on Fire In A Pet Shop) against a clamorous undercurrent. The closer, “Requiem for a Worm,” opens on a restful, introspective note with Ower blowing breathy tones against a gentle backdrop. Midway through, the mood shifts as the piece gradually builds to a slamming, fuzz-laden crescendo of epic proportions.
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I originally intended to officially end this Countdown with a post-#1 debriefing of sorts, but as it turned out, the conclusion of the UHF entry ended up serving well as the list’s final word.
However, since I teased the possibility of an “honorable mentions” post several times throughout the Countdown, I thought I should EVENTUALLY follow through and deliver a real, final, ultimate end to the “100 Film Favorites.” At least, until, you know, I see another movie I like and everything changes.
So without further ado, here are 11 mercifully short micro-reviews of great films which just barely missed out on Countdown entries of their own (the top five or so really should have been included, and probably would be if I were to revamp the list).
Macaulay Culkin stars as Richard Tyler, a paranoid boy who spends his life obsessively reading and memorizing statistics relating to disasters. As such, he is afraid of virtually everything, and refuses to leave the relative safety of his room. One night while riding his bike home from a hardware store (Richard’s father is building a “highly dangerous” treehouse and sent him to buy nails), Richard is forced by a sudden storm to seek refuge in a library. There, he meets the mysterious librarian Mr. Dewey (Christopher Lloyd), who confides that the solutions to many of life’s problems can be found if one “looks to the books.” Richard mostly ignores the bon mot and attempts to leave, but slips halfway across the library and smacks his head on the marble floor. When he “comes to,” Richard notices the painting on the ceiling above – a great tableaux featuring many of literature’s most famous characters – is dripping. This “melting” accelerates until the painting has morphed into a massive CGI paint-dragon, which pounces on Richard.
Richard now finds himself animated, or “an illustration,” as the Pagemaster puts it. The Pagemaster (also voiced by Christopher Lloyd), a vaguely-defined, library-themed wizard, explains that Richard must journey through the realms of Horror, Adventure, and Fantasy before he can return to his own world. The rest of the movie proceeds Wizard of Oz style: Richard acquires three companions on his journey (talking-book embodiments of the horrror, adventure, and fantasy genres). He faces many obstacles along the way (literary foes including Jekyll & Hyde, Long John Silver, Captain Ahab, and a fire-breathing dragon). Finally, he reaches the end of his quest, only to “awaken” in the same place he collapsed on the library floor. But whether or not it was all a dream, Richard has learned courage through his adventures, and climbs into the now-completed treehouse with a stack of new books.
Great voice cast, including a bevy of Star Trek alumni, from Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg to Mr. Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy.
Pretty impressive animation. One of the first films to combine live-action, traditional animation, and CGI.
As a bookish child already, I appreciated the many literary references. Nimoy is seriously scary in the dual role of Jekyll & Hyde.
The famous literary characters are given ludicrously short shrift. No sooner are they introduced than they’re cast aside for another character’s introduction. Thus, none of these legendary characters gets any sort of development, and you’re left feeling cheated.
The film’s moral is dubious: Richard technically already spent his life “looking to the books” – he was literally obsessed with reading, spending nearly all his time indoors. He doesn’t need to learn the wonders of books, he needs to learn the wonders of going outside! Which he admittedly does at the end of the film…only to go and read more books.
Probably the best feature-length film ever to take place in a single room, 12 Angry Men follows the deliberations of a jury tasked with determining the fate of a young man accused of murder. Initially, 11 of the 12 vote “guilty,” but protagonist Henry Fonda gradually encourages his fellow jurors to further consider the evidence, the witnesses’ testimony, and their own personal prejudices. After protracted debate which occasionally escalates into full-blown blood-and-thunder rage, Fonda is able to convince all of his fellow jurors that there is “reasonable doubt” regarding the accused’s guilt, and the twelve vote to acquit. Despite the apparent intimacy of the impassioned exchanges we’ve seen, only as they rise to leave the jury room do a few of the jurors actually learn each other’s names, before disappearing back into the crowd outside and returning to their own lives.
Offers a dramatic glimpse into the workings of the American trial-by-jury justice system. One of the all-time great works of fiction in the “Courtroom Drama” genre.
JURIES SHOULD NOT WORK THIS WAY. The jurors of the film engage in rampant speculation regarding presented testimony, and Henry Fonda even goes so far as to introduce his own evidence to sway the others in favor of acquittal. As such, the men create “reasonable doubt” where there was none before. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor says she has cautioned real jurors to consider facts as presented and not emulate the movie’s characters.
What happens when Disney teams up with Steven Spielberg? You get a staggeringly unique film which renewed popular interest in the “Golden Age of Animation” and may have been the first spark of the much-lauded “Disney Renaissance” of the 90s. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a live-action/animation hybrid, and though similar techniques were used in earlier Disney productions like Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the artisans behind this film brought the “fusion” medium to a whole new level of craftsmanship.
The film’s noir narrative is set in an alternate 1940s Los Angeles in which cartoon characters, or “toons,” dwell alongside human beings and make a living acting out animated films in the same way that their human counterparts act out “live-action.” When Roger Rabbit, Toontown’s biggest star (something of a combo between Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse) suddenly finds himself framed for the murder of cartoon gag tycoon Marvin Acme, he seeks out the counsel of Eddie Valiant, an embittered private eye who was once a friend of the toon community, until the day his brother was the victim of a fatal piano-dropping at the hands of a wild-eyed toon. As the intricate mystery unfolds (to their credit, the filmmakers didn’t dumb-down the plot one iota for the ostensible family audience), Eddie and Roger not only discover the identity of Acme’s real killer, but also a plot to destroy the public transit train system in favor of building more motorways (a real-life conspiracy among car manufacturers of the era), and to erase Toontown from the map.
It’s hard to oversell just how visually impressive this film really is. Throughout, live actors blend seamlessly with, and truly seem to “interact” with, a bevy of animated characters. As I mentioned while discussing the knights-vs.-nazis battle in Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Roger is so stunning because the central effect “works.” George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic team worked in tandem with the animators to composite-print multiple light and texture effect layers over the “toon” characters, making them really seem to inhabit the same physical space as their human co-stars. But, as with Bedknobs’ ghost armor or Jurassic Park‘s dinosaurs, the true excellence of the Roger Rabbit effects results from a variety of effects technologies working in harmony. The animators certainly demonstrated skill in incorporating the “toons” into the movie’s many effects-heavy shots, but the live actors perhaps showed even more talent in performing their roles in the first place (the leads all took mime classes to better interact with their invisible “colleagues”). To take the effect to even more unbelievable heights of “reality,” the toons actually MANIPULATE LIVE-ACTION OBJECTS, including plates, pianos, and handguns. To accomplish these shots, the filmmakers constructed specialized robots to “act” the required roles. These devices would then be animated over with the “real” character later. Seriously, just watch this making-of documentary . These were craftspeople whose skill has perhaps never been equaled since. Remember, this was all “traditional,” HAND-DRAWN animation. Even if a project as ambitious as Roger Rabbit is ever tried again, moviemakers doubtlessly will be aided by computers, a luxury still unknown in 1988.
Finally, it’s great fun to see so many classic cartoon characters appear together on-screen. Way back before Toy Story and Wreck-It Ralph, many studios lent their iconic characters to the project. In order to avoid allegations of bias on the part of Disney, Bugs Bunny appears in the film for exactly as long as Mickey Mouse does. Donald and Daffy Duck likewise share equal screentime.
Tidbit: Charles Fleischer, who voices Roger Rabbit (as well as his car, Benny the Cab), insisted on wearing an actual Roger Rabbit costume on set, to enhance the “reality” of his performance, speaking and acting out his lines off-camera.
In the initial draft of my Countdown, this one was penciled in at #65. But before I wrote that post, I re-watched the film, and found I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as I remembered. You’ll find a mention of my dilemma in the post which eventually replaced it, We’re Back!.
There isn’t a whole lot to say about this one. It follows a robot simply named Number 5, who is struck by lightning one day and “brought to life,” after which he gradually gains sentience. In a stupor, the “newborn” robot wanders off the military base where he was built. After stowing away on a truck and bailing out atop the Astoria Bridge (like The Goonies, this is another popular 1986 film set in Astoria, Oregon; Perhaps they were offering tax-breaks at the time), Number 5 arrives at the home of Stephanie, a liberal young woman who mistakes him for an extraterrestrial. Stephanie eagerly provides her “alien” visitor with “input,” as he is desperate to learn about the world and his new situation in it. As he blazes through the Encyclopedia and expands his vocabulary, Number 5 begins to form a friendship with Stephanie.
Stephanie feels betrayed when she discovers Number 5’s initial directive: to serve as the army’s latest super-weapon. But then the two realize that said army is hot on their trail, intent on reclaiming their multi-million dollar “war machine.” Earlier in the film, Number 5 had inadvertently squashed an insect, only to find that Stephanie is incapable of “reassembling” a living thing. Now, Number 5 fears the army will disassemble him due to his “flaw,” essentially killing him. He begs Stephanie for her help, and she overcomes her reservations and agrees.
Soon, the travelers are joined by Number 5’s programmers, who have also been pursuing him throughout the movie. The programmers, Newton (Steve Guttenberg) and Ben (an Indian character totally played by a white guy in brown-face) have long held that their robot creation has potential for peaceful and artistic uses beyond the military’s hostile intent. They agree to help Stephanie, though they at first respond incredulously to Number 5’s claims of sentience. As the traveling trio and their robot refugee continue their journey, however, it becomes more and more clear that, just as the tagline says, “Number 5 is alive.” In the end, they give the military the slip (Number 5 constructs a non-sentient duplicate of himself which the army destroys instead), and Stephanie and Newton, now a couple, escape into the wilderness with the robot, who christens himself “Johnny Five.”
Short Circuit is without a doubt one of the best “robot movies” out there. Perhaps that’s not saying much. But the intricate animatronic effects used to bring Number 5 to life still look impressive, and the character’s legacy can still be felt: Just look at Wall-E’s head and tell me they weren’t copying. Additionally, the filmmakers’ goal to portray human characters as skeptical toward robots’ claims of sentience is an interesting change in a genre where robotic beings (like the droids in Star Wars) are often portrayed almost as equals to their organic counterparts.
Tidbits: Two years later, Short CIrcuit 2 was released. Though Ben is the only human character to return from the original movie (Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy went on to make more money), the sequel just might be a better film. It’s certainly more emotionally intense. Johnny’s drawn out “death” sequence is just as heart-wrenching as the memory-loss scene at the end of Wall-E. Only, like, you know, ten times worse.
Let me start off by saying that this film deserves, and has received, far more ink than I’ll give it here. It remains an undisputed classic of cinema and ranks among the most poignant pieces of 20th century political satire ever produced. It frankly has no right to be shoehorned into a few-paragraph aside in a small-time blogger’s “honorable mentions” post.
Dr. Strangelove is a black comedy (“code,” as my friend Elliot would say, “for not actually being funny”) which chronicles the governmental scramble on both sides of the Cold War to set things right after an American general “goes rogue” and orders a nuclear assault on the Soviet Union. In the opening moments of the film, Air Force General Jack Ripper (yes, that’s really his name), a conspiracy theorist who fears that Communist-ordered water fluoridation has “corrupted his bodily fluids” and diminished his sexual stamina, commands his fleet of bombers to head for their targets inside Russia and drop their nuclear payloads. The code associated with the order mandates a change in the planes’ communications protocol: their attack mission can only be called off with a three-letter code…which, unfortunately, only General Ripper knows.
Peter Sellers, last seen in my entry on Hal Ashby’s Being There, stars in a triple role: First, he’s Captain Lionel Mandrake, a British RAF officer and Ripper’s ostensible second-in-command, who frantically tries to convince the addled General to call off the nuclear strike. He’s also American President Merkin Muffley, who now must call the Soviet Premier and inform him that Ripper has “gone a little cuckoo” and “done something silly.” Finally, he’s the titular Dr. Strangelove, an ex-Nazi scientist recruited to aid the American military (a la Wernher von Braun and others recruited after WWII via Operation Paperclip). As deliberation continues, Strangelove totters around the room in his wheelchair, concocting several strategies for survival should worst come to worst.
The minutes tick away as President Muffley, Dr. Strangelove, and other high-ranking personnel hunker in a bunker (the stark, expressionistic “War Room” set remains one of the most iconic images of Cold War-era pop culture) and attempt to reason out their next move, “playing poker for the fate of the world.” Muffley’s most vocal adviser is Army General Buck Turgidson (played to the hilt by George C. Scott). At first, Turgidson suggests letting the attack proceed, citing calculations that suggest a full-out American assault could cripple 90% of the Soviet nuclear program, resulting in U.S. casualties of “only 10 or 20 million…tops.” But the stakes rise far higher when the Soviet ambassador arrives and reveals the existence of a Soviet “Doomsday Device” capable of eradicating all life on Earth. The Device, a network of interconnected cobalt bombs buried throughout Soviet-controlled territory worldwide, is set to detonate when triggered by an incoming nuclear blast. Once triggered, there is no way to disarm it.
As the film progresses in very-nearly-real time, the President, the Premier, and the advisers continue hashing out ways to avoid an atomic apocalypse. Eventually, Captain Mandrake manages to deduce the call-off code, and the Air Force successfully re-directs all bombers not yet shot down by the Soviet military. All, that is, except for a single intrepid plane with a damaged radio system which soldiers on undaunted. When pressed, General Turgidson proudly asserts that even a “great big plane” such as a B-52 could “come barrelin’ in” under Soviet Radar if piloted skillfully. Though he proclaims this with wide-armed gusto, Turgidson’s joy quickly fades as the grim implications of the possibility set in.
And all the while, the crew of the single remaining B-52, motivated by patriotism and the millions of Americans supposedly urging them on, grow closer and closer to their target inside Russia…
What humor there is in Dr. Strangelove derives mostly from exposing the lunacy of Mutually Assured Destruction, and the fact that petty rivalries endure even in the face of ever-approaching Armageddon. In the film’s final moments, Dr. Strangelove proposes that, even if the Doomsday Device detonates, a population of several hundred thousand hale and hearty Americans could endure in impromptu shelter communities at the bottom of deep mine-shafts. Both Turgidson and the Soviet ambassador are intrigued by the idea that a ratio of ten extremely “stimulating” women to every man would be necessary to ensure timely re-population. Pulling themselves away from their mutual lascivious imaginings, the two men are instantly suspicious of one another again, each afraid that the other’s country will be the first to construct a superior mine-shaft, creating a “mine-shaft gap” which will provide an advantage when the two decimated nations re-emerge after a century of fallout hell.
Tidbits: Peter Sellers was originally set to portray a fourth role: Major “King” Kong, the bomb-riding gentleman in that last clip. Sellers was convinced he could not do the character’s Texan accent justice, and so cowboy character actor Slim Pickens was brought in to play the part. To emphasize the “reality” and serious tone of the scenes inside the B-52, Pickens received script pages for only his scenes, and was not told the film was a comedy.
The first ending filmed for the movie had tensions rising until a fight broke out between the American and Soviet personnel…a pie-fight. Cream pies can still be seen in the background of the final scenes, but the sequence was cut for being too farcical and dulling the film’s satirical tone.
Kubrick’s characters have names which would put Dickens to shame. In addition to such outlandish monikers as Jack Ripper and “Bat” Guano, several are blatantly sexual. “Merkin” and “Muff”ley are both references to pubic hair. General Turgidson’s name incorporates the word “turgid,” an adjective meaning “swollen rigid with fluid,” or erect.
On that note, phallic symbolism is rampant, from Ripper’s first chomped cigar to Major Kong straddling a missile and riding it to oblivion.
Peter Cecil Bull, a British character actor, portrayed the Soviet ambassador. Three years later, he would play General Bellowes in Doctor Dolittle.
Now we’re getting into films which really should have earned a slot in the official Countdown, but missed out either because they slipped my mind at the time or due to other mitigating factors.
Clocking in at #6 is the movie which proved Will Ferrell could do sweet, “family” comedy every bit as well as more adult fare. I excluded Elf from the Countdown primarily because I felt I’d already worked in too many Christmas-themed entries. That was an oversight. The 2003 film stands as a modern yuletide classic, and perhaps the greatest Christmas comedy of the last twenty years (with the possible exception of the first Santa Clause).
Elf tells the tall tale of Buddy (Ferrell), a human who snuck into Santa’s sack as a baby and stowed away on the return trip to the North Pole. Wise old Papa Elf, our narrator (Bob Newhart), recounts how he adopted and raised Buddy as he would an elf child. This grew more difficult, however, as Buddy himself outgrew the elf world around him (through the use of many of the same forced-perspective effects seen in Darby O’Gill, Ferrell humorously dwarfs everything from his bed, to his toilet, to his coworker elves. Buddy also feels ostracized due to his inferior toy-making skills compared to the innate abilities of real elves (he makes 85 Etch-a-Sketches in a day, against a quota of one thousand). Eventually, Papa Elf has no choice but to tell Buddy the true story of his origins: Buddy’s father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan), is a high-ranking publisher in New York City, and his mother, Hobbs’ college sweetheart, put baby “Buddy” up for adoption without ever revealing his birth to his father.
And with that, Buddy sets out for the human world to meet his father and catch up on 30-some Christmases and a “real” childhood. But he comes with his “elf culture” in tow, including a penchant for woodworking and a diet consisting of “the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.”
I love so much about this movie. It’s funny all the way through. James Caan’s uptight, deadpan responses to Will Ferrell’s zany antics and cloying sweetness never fail to make me laugh. Additional humor derives from Buddy’s naivete in the big city: he eats used gum found beneath park railings, takes as gospel a cafe’s claim to the “world’s best cup of coffee,” and learns the hard way that, when it comes to cars, “the yellow ones” (taxis) “don’t stop.” Then there are a handful of gags which come almost out of nowhere: In a doctor’s office, Buddy sneakily gobbles cotton balls like cotton candy; footage of him crossing Central Park late in the film resembles the iconic “Patterson footage” of bigfoot.
In among the laughs, you’ll also find a great soundtrack, animated tributes to the classic Rankin-Bass Christmas specials of the 60s, and a heartwarming story in which Buddy successfully “finds his place,” finds love (with Zooey Deschanel in one of her first major roles), and spreads Christmas cheer to his cynical dad, his new family, and the city of New York beyond. Though it missed out on the official Countdown, Elf makes my must-watch list every December.
Tidbit: As with most of his films, Jon Favreau makes a cameo. He appears as the doctor who confirms Walter’s paternity of Buddy (and whose cotton balls Buddy surreptitiously snacks on).
February 23, 2014 in Movies. Tags: 100 film favorites, brian, brian terrill movie night, countdown, elf, honorable mention, pagemaster, roger rabbit, short circuit, strangelove, ten angry men
We have been listening to this series from Daniel Liszt and find it fascinating. This is a real dot-people connector. It is the time to take all the massive data dumps so that the story lines up. My feelings are that the “Dark Journalists” has done his research and presents it well. He has connected people from Nixon to Howard Hughes with the dark agenda on planet Earth.
It is rare these days that find cohesive lines of information for those who have jumped down rabbit holes have realized that it is a endless den of dank doings. Of course the question, the important question is what are we the aware going to do about it. The answer must come from the deepest delve into the world of Spirit. As many have said; we are in a spiritual war and it requires that we let go of the personal desires and fears to consciously address our truest calling.
HOWARD HUGHES REVEALED In this exciting episode Dark Journalist reveals the shadowy connections between Billionaire Howard Hughes, Hughes Aircraft Company, his CIA linked Assistant Robert Maheu, the UFO File and Covert Forces in the Aerospace wing of the National Security State.
PERMINDEX Through new documents and testimony, Dark Journalist will reveal how these forces worked through the figure of Hughes to develop a vast Secret Space Network Infrastructure. They would also eliminate any independent political leaders in their way and employ mind control through a Deep State Organization called PERMINDEX.
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Although Chancey may not have really solid memories of her experience with Little Wonders Oanaka, I know her little soul will always remember.
My son Carter is loving his time here, he has made such great wee friends and is always talking about the fun things they do at preschool together. He always is talking about how nice and fun all the teachers are.
Little Wonders Timaru was such a happy accident for my family. We were forced to have to do daycare because my husband hurt his Achilles, and I had work. The first time I left, I cried the whole way home just because I had never left my son with anyone that long - not even family. When I returned and picked him up, I was greeted by stories from the staff and pictures. I walked in on his playing outside in the sandbox and barely taking note I had come.
As the months have progressed, I have realized what a gem this place is. They are helping him grow in leaps and bounds - we are far from family so the social and mental growth he gets, is invaluable. The staff has goals for him and specific ways to meet them. We have been noticing weekly changes in him and are so grateful for how they have helped him grow. We love them - little wonders - the good food they give him (it always is so healthy and delicious, the kindness they give him, and their care. Forever grateful for their care.
Both of my sons attended Little Wonders Oanaka from age 9 months - 5 years. The children absolutely loved their time at daycare and made many friends and truly fell in love with their teachers! The teachers in the classrooms were always very forthcoming with stories and information from the day, and loved sharing all the cute (and not so cute) bits with me.
Little Wonders Oanaka is like a real family, it always made me feel great dropping the kids off in this loving environment that was a "home away from home" my children both have wonderful memories of their time at childcare. The communication with the parents was flawless and we always knew what was going on. I would 100% percent recommend Little Wonders Oanaka.
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In other lighting controller news, the M1 lighting controller now ships with an SSD drive, as well as a new LCD screen with LED backlight at no extra cost. With the SSD drive, console speed and reaction time is greatly improved, boot-up time is reduced, and the console is more stable in high vibration environments.
When Opening Day festivities commenced at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services, had just wrapped up a major broadcast infrastructure overhaul for the facility, a project that was completed in less than two months. To ensure the 18-year-old ballpark had full broadcast capabilities, Bexel provided an infrastructure makeover that included more than 70,000 feet of new triax cable while also adding significant audio and fiber to many positions in the venue.
“Our goal was to replace the majority of the broadcast infrastructure in time for Opening Day,” says Justin Paulk, manager, Bexel Broadcast Fiber Solutions. “To do this, our team was required to demolish nearly 10,000 pounds of existing triax—a significant portion of the old infrastructure. Once that was complete we had to install new triax cable, audio cable and fiber cable in the venue. Bexel also provided on site coordination with the General Contractor for the new center field construction, ensuring that the cable runs required under Bexel’s contract and those associated with the new centerfield locations were closely coordinated to eliminate damage and maximize the efficiency of the installation.”
With an office located in nearby Irving, Texas, the Bexel team has had a standing relationship with the Rangers and is extremely familiar with Rangers Ballpark, having done work there over the last decade. “During the initial demo, we had to be very careful because we couldn’t just cut and remove everything; we had to make sure that we indentified and removed the correct cables,” adds Paulk. Following the demolition of the old cable, the Bexel team worked quickly to install 70,000 feet of new triax cable, 25,000 feet of 12-pair audio cables and 27,000 feet of 12-strand single-mode fiber.
In addition, the team equipped the facility with 96 new triax connectors, replaced all panels and re-terminated all of the existing audio and added 132 audio pairs. “Essentially we kept some of the newer existing triax that was installed when the scoreboard was updated several years ago, moved the existing audio cable over to the new panels and added more channels of audio and fiber. In all there are 126 strands of fiber now that didn’t exist before. The timing of this project was challenging, but the experience and efficiency of the Bexel crews allowed us to rise to the challenge and complete the overhaul before Opening Day,” says Paulk. Along with the specific upgrade for the Rangers, Bexel added SMPTE fiber cable for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), including two SMPTE runs to center field and six pairs of audio and six fiber strands to an auxiliary interview room, to cover pitching sensation Yu Darvish for viewers in Japan. “We also put fiber in for the local media including KXAS-TV, KTVT and Univision.”
“While the time allotted was a bit of a challenge, it was a job well-done by the entire team,” concludes Paulk. “Not only did our expertise in fiber solutions help ensure this, but our standing relationship with the venue was extremely valuable. Despite delays caused by recent tornados in North Texas, we completed the project in about two months. It was definitely an exciting project to be a part of for us.”
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I have lived in northern Utah all of my life. I am grateful to be a Mormon and to know Jesus Christ is my Savior.
I am a father of 6 children. 2 boys and 4 girls. I work as a process engineer for an automotive supply company where we make safety products for cars. I have always liked to figure out how things work and fix things. I have grown up as an auto mechanic, welder and a machinist. I went back to school later in life because of other opportunities that pulled me away from school earlier. They were good opportunities and I do not regret the experience I gained. I was very grateful for the chance to go back to school and get the engineering degree I always wanted. I now have a very successful career. I also like doing things with my brothers and family. I have helped my brothers several times do re-enactments. In some of the re-enactments I have been a Preacher, Father of a bride, pale bearer, gold panner or what ever might be needed. Doing things with family is very important and very fun.
I was raised as a Mormon and I am grateful for that. I have often wondered if I would have listened to the missionaries. As I have went through life and experienced many ups and downs, that are normal to life, I have been oh so grateful that I have a firm founded belief in the Savior Jesus Christ. Knowing that he loves me and has paid the price for me so that I can recover from sin and the mistakes I have made gives me hope. Heavenly Father Loves each of us. Because of that love he sent his son Jesus Christ to earth to live, suffer, die and then be resurrected. Because of this we all, each one of us, can live again and have the opportunity to be with our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ. I am a Mormon because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints teaches the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Bible and the Book of Mormon are the word of God. Never forget that we are love by God.
I have found that one of the best ways to make a difference today is to live Gods teachings. I am not perfect by any means, but by trying to do what is right I can make a difference. I have spent many years as a scout leader and had the great opportunity to share what I have leaned with young men in hopes that they can be better than me and learn and understand the importance of God in our lives. I currently work as the ward mission leader and have the great opportunity to work with the full time missionaries to share the gospel with others. I know god lives and hope that others can see that by seeing how I live.
When asked about the authority to preform baptism and other ordinances I like to use the example of the Saviors baptism to show the importance of authority. When it was time for the Savior to be baptized he did not go to just any religious leader. He sought our John the Baptist. Why because he was called of God and had the authority to preform this sacred ordinance. We also have the opportunity to do the same. Because the priesthood authority has been restored to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith we can be baptized by one who has authority from Jesus Christ. I had the wonderful opportunity to baptize my six children when they reached eight years old. If asked where my authority came from I can show a direct line of authority back to Joseph Smith then Peter, James and John who received authority from Jesus Christ. It is such a great blessing to have Gods priesthood authority on the earth today. I thank god for it daily. Show more Show less
I am a Husband,Father, Chef, Referee, and I am currently attending On-line college. Beyond what I have done, as a Father, you become many, if not all charcteristics, i.e. Lawyer, Doctor, Salesman, Financial advisor, Accountant, and so on. We are all everything in the eyes of our FAMILY.
I have been a Mormon for over 20 years, after visioning the future of my life. I was baptized when I was 21 years old. I am here alive today because the Heavenly Father preserved my life for this cause. I was not a bad person, just a lost person. I was introduced to the Gospel by chance. I was playing Basketball in an alumni game when I was asked to play for a Church team, at first thought, I was apprehensive, but later took the challenge, I subsequently became a member, but the trials and roadblocks where not easy. Family members would try to persuade me that I was being brain-washed, and said it was not the right thing to do. I didn't have a Joseph Smith vision nor a deep feeling prompting, what I did have is the determination to really know if it was right for me. I had to find out for myself and none other, to know if it was right, through constant reading and more understanding of what Joseh Smith did and ultimately knowing I would have an opportunity for an eternal family, and othe very personal experiences, led me to know that this was correct. Heavenly Father is more loving than any person spiritually and mortal, he will always prepare a way for each of us to find his love and Gospel. Whatever situation we may be involved in and no matter the complexity of it, Heavenly Father will be able to help us as far as we wish him to. God Lives! Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, as I see the beauty of his creation, I know he LOVES me and cares for me, and will be there when I pass through the vail to give me a loving hug and welcome me into his kingdom. This Gospel is true and connot be frustrated. This is my solomn testistomy, In the name of Jesus Christ.
I currently work specifically with the Young Men(First Counselor in the Young Mens Presidency), I was previously a Seminary teacher for the youth, I have been in many callings in the church, but I recognize these two because they are the closest to my heart. As a member, I have come to know that the youth is the strength for the future of our church. In my small community outside the church, I am proud to let other know of my faith and am willing at every chance to share with them my knowledge of the Gospel. I have always been a believer to not be "selfish", I have something that the Lord has blessed me of knowing, and I try really hard to make sure that my integrity is at the highest level. I also strive to seek for service opportunities, this is one key element that we can do for our neighbor. I was a coach for my son's baseball team, and through the entire year I was teaching 'Faith preceedes miracles", as we went on to win the championship game, the parents of the players would come up to me and say "Faith preceedes miracles", see, we had a team that no one would ever thought we could win but a few games, let alone a championship, but we did, and we did it based upon my "Faith" and determination and love for the boys and the faith of others who believed me. Finally, I support the church by being responsible for certain families each month, finding out the needs of those families and assisting them in any way I can. There is no greater call than to serve the members of the church and your community.
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There are so many fun embellies in the kits this month, I pulled a lot of the chipboard, stickers and enamel dots out for this page.
With each December that passes, I may or may not make a New Year's resolution. I couldn't even tell you if I made one a year ago; if I did, I didn't write it down, and I probably haven't stayed faithful to it. The truth about New Year's resolutions is that they are rarely adhered to. You may be feeling ten pounds overweight in the middle of winter after a holiday season of eating and not exercising; I may be disappointed in my own inability to meet a girl whom I actually like. And we may both decide to do something about it, but we both know that simply by declaring a future change on December 31, nothing is accomplished in reality.
This is no great failing on either of our parts. Self-motivation is almost always poor motivation. We only have ourselves to answer to when we fall short of our own expectations, and we easily forgive ourselves. We do it so regularly we don't even notice. Think about the last time you rationalized doing something you told yourself you wouldn't do. There's a girl who lives in my building who I think is beautiful, but I've never talked to her, because every time I've seen her, one of us is in a rush. So the first time I introduce myself waits until the next time I see her, and then until the time after that. Maybe you wanted a slice of pie for dessert and you justified it because you'd run an extra mile the next time you were on the treadmill - but you never even made it to the treadmill because you had to get your holiday shopping done or you were studying for finals. And you know what? It's all good. We all do it, and the world is no worse off because you had a slice of pie or I didn't smile and say "Hi" to a girl.
So as 2006 nears, why make another resolution like that - one we know we won't keep, and one we're likely to forget by 2007? There has to be something out of which we can't merely justify our way. Over the last week, I've tried to give some thought about a resolution that might have some meaning, and I came up with only simple thoughts. They won't change the world. They might not even change my life - but I hope they will.
Be nice to other people. I think I'm a pretty nice guy already - to my knowledge, nobody hates me, at least - and I don't mean this resolution in the sense that I'll be dropping twenties in the cups of the homeless people in Westwood or even that I'll stop ranting in my car when someone's in front of me with their blinker on doing ten miles an hour below the speed limit. I mean it in the sense that I'm going to look up at the cashier when I'm at the supermarket and smile and say, with absolute sincerity, "Thanks. Have a good evening."
How many times am I really so hurried that I can't be troubled to say something nice? Four, five times a year? And even then, how rushed could I possibly be that I can't even smile at people as I move past them? I'm not.
I think I first realized how much I neglect to even say "Thank you" or "Hello" when I was in France this summer. When you go to a French establishment, the cashiers (or waiters, etc.) expect you to greet them politely and thank them. I even heard that one person in my class was refused service because he hadn't said "Bonjour" when he went to pay for something at a convenience store. Now, perhaps the French's insistence on such formalities borders on arrogance, and it seemed to me that the formalities between Frenchmen had become a mindless conversation in most cases anyway. But to me - the American who hadn't given it much thought before - it seemed like something that has been missing from my life.
People - myself included - have become absolutely conditioned to go through the motions of politeness. When my dad picked me up from the airport five days ago, we drove out of the short-term parking lot, and as we pulled up to the booth to pay, the cashier was in a heated argument with someone about some kind of labor issue. The cashier didn't even look at us as she collected the money; as she gave us change, my dad said, "Happy holidays." Without even looking at us, she snapped, "Happy holidays" in return. Purely reflexive - so much so that my dad and I started laughing hysterically at how ridiculous it was.
But let's think about this - what if, as she heard my dad say "Happy holidays," she had been somehow jolted from her rant? What if she had paused for a split second, turned and looked at us, smiled, and had genuinely wished us the same? I think she would have felt her anger soothed, at least somewhat.
That's the power of sincere kindness. It isn't just for the person at whom you're smiling - it makes you feel good for having shared a positive moment. Which brings me to my other resolution:
Take care of yourself first. I'm going to be honest with myself. Altruism is almost always a fallacy. Maybe I'm cynical, but I think that when most people do something good for someone else, they are deriving some benefit - even if it's only a good feeling about themselves or the ability to say they did something good for someone else. That's not a bad thing - even a small motivation like that can spawn a lot of good deeds in this world.
So when I say that I'm going to take care of myself first, it doesn't mean that I'll turn myself into someone to despise. It means that I'm going to make myself happy - and I deserve that much. I'm not going to call that girl with whom I don't enjoy spending time just because I feel like I'm supposed to, because I'm going to be happier if I don't have to deal with her. And I think it's important to realize that it's a lot better for her, because if she's not making me happy, then it's a waste of time for her, too.
I'm going to work as hard as I can in hockey practice because I'm happy when I can be proud of how I play, I'm happy when I can help the team, and I'll be elated if we win the Crosstown Cup and the Pac-8. If I find that summer job where I think I'll be happy, then I'm going for that. And I will smile when I go through the checkout line at Ralph's, because I feel good when I do.
Don't cut at your own enjoyment of life because you feel some sort of pressure to make someone else happy. That's how people end up miserable - in dead-end jobs, in loveless relationships. Everyone deserves happiness, and in the end, nobody can rely on someone else to make it happen. It has to come from yourself.
Having been home for a few days now, it was time to get down to brass tacks (whatever that means) and start getting ready for The Trouble In The Bubble, which is now just 10 days away.
You often hear about the problem NFL teams have when they prepare to play the Falcons: They don't have anyone who can duplicate what Michael Vick can do, and so they're not ready for his unique abilities. I have a similar problem as I prepare for the big showdown. My dad can't emulate my brother's playing style (or his skills, for that matter).
Nevertheless, it was time to see what kind of shape my bubble hockey game is in, and so earlier tonight, my dad and I squared off for a best-of-seven series. A sparring session, if you will. I won the series pretty easily, 4-1, but the games were a lot closer than I would have liked (4-3, 2-1, 2-5, 4-1, 4-2). I didn't top four goals in any of the games, and that's not good. Also, I let my dad score five on me in the loss, and that was a reality check: I have some work to do before I'm fully prepared for January 7.
-I have to get quicker to the goalie knob. Particularly in the loss, I allowed too many fluke goals from the other end of the ice, and those are the kinds of goals that you can stop if you're on your game with your tender.
-I need to be more careful with my clears from my left defenseman. On our table, the way the boards are, clears around the USA left defensive corner (which will be my corner) hit the dasher and often bounce all the way around to the Canadian left winger, which is my brother's most dangerous weapon. Too often I turned over the puck to that winger, or worse, trying to avoid doing so, I coughed it right out to the center. I can't be doing either - I have to take my time with those clears and get it out of there more reliably.
-I have to be able to finish with my center consistently. I let Dad stop me too many times when I had the puck alone in front. Those are the opportunities that I absolutely must cash in on.
-A lot of my goals either are scored by or originate from my right defenseman, but I don't think I scored any with him in this series. That's not going to fly.
There were a few good points that I need to keep up - good goalie play, and good play using my wingers. But there's a lot of practicing still to be done before the World Series of Bubble Hockey. I'll be playing a few more with my dad, and I'll see if I can talk him into practicing some situational stuff with me - one-on-ones between the center and goalie, playing defense on his left winger, and so on. I'm also going to have to generally improve my reaction time, so maybe I can look up some drills online for that kind of thing. I wonder if there's any kind of diet that aids that sort of thing?
One thing's for sure: I am going to be ready when next Saturday rolls around. Screw the Rose Bowl - this is the championship game I care about.
I spent Christmas day bumming around my apartment and watching football, which meant I got to "enjoy" the commentary of ESPN's Sunday Night Football crew. While I watched the Vikings fight to stay alive in the playoff hunt and tried not to get confused by the Ravens' purple uniforms - usually the Vikes' color, I figured I'd keep track of the irritating things Paul, Joe, and Mike said.
The quote (Paul Maguire): "You know what? That's as much Travis Taylor and Brad Johnson, but the guys that deserve 90 percent of the credit? That offensive line."
The analysis: I'm not understanding the math here. Is he saying Taylor, Johnson, and the offensive line all deserve 90 percent of the credit for that score?
The quote (Joe Theismann): "People don't really realize sometimes how critical a quarterback is on a quarterback sneak."
The analysis: There might have been a good point trying to come out there, but I'd venture a guess and say that people understand that a quarterback is absolutely necessary for a quarterback sneak. That's kind of like saying that nobody understands that a punter is necessary for a punt.
The quote (Mike Patrick): "Here are his numbers as compared to the two guys going to the Pro Bowl in the AFC in front of him, Antonio Gates and Tony Gonzalez. The numbers [are] just about equal."
The analysis: I'm nitpicking a little here, but that's a very generous definition of "equal." Gates has over 200 more yards and 3 more TDs. And if anything, Heap, with 5 more TDs than Gonzalez, has better stats - not similar ones.
Theismann: "Watch this. Boom, here's the catch, and Adalius Thomas just rips his helmet off. That's a clean hit."
Patrick: "If you're still in the play, we'll just take your hat with us. That was not called; it was an obvious face mask that they missed!"
The analysis: Bad enough that Theismann missed the fact that the hit was clearly a face mask, as Patrick pointed out after the break. But don't go acting like you're so stunned that the refs missed the call when you missed it too!
The quote (Theismann): "This is what happens when you have a back that's not real big. This is not a big back. He is not a power back. Michael Bennett would be much better served."
The analysis: Michael Bennett would be much better served...what? With a subpoena? Cold? With a cream sauce and a side of garlic mashed potatoes? I think what Theismann meant to say is that the Vikings would be better served by having Michael Bennett as their goal line back. God forbid an analyst should use the English language properly.
The quote (Patrick): "Boy, they've got two really good tight ends on this club: Kleinsasser and [Jermaine] Wiggins."
The analysis: Let's not get carried away. Kleinsasser hasn't scored a touchdown since 2003. Wiggins hasn't scored one this season. Neither has ever made the Pro Bowl. They have fewer receiving yards combined than at least five other tight ends in the NFL have by themselves. Are they decent? Yes. Are they really good? Uh, no. No, they're not.
The quote (Theismann): "Pat Williams just made the tackle on Jamal Lewis, and what happens is, what this defense is doing, what they're trying to do anyway, they're rushing the passer, but on the way through they're gonna make the tackle and make sure that they're always aware of where Jamal Smith is."
The analysis: Did Theismann really just call him Jamal Smith? After getting his name right earlier in the same sentence?
The situation: A montage of Ravens quarterbacks of the past and a scrolling list of their names begins with two images of Brad Johnson and Randall Cunningham playing for the Vikings.
The analysis: In all fairness, this one can be blamed on the producers. How did they slip Johnson and Cunningham into that clip?
Okay, I know there are plenty of things I must have missed during this game - for example, the time when they praised Kyle Boller's focus as he looked at his receiver after earlier criticizing him for locking onto one receiver. Boller was doing the same exact thing both times. I also didn't keep track of things like superlatives used, "You wanna talk abouts," and "Let me tell yous," because if I had, I wouldn't have been able to pay any attention to the game.
And if I hadn't been paying any attention to the game, I would have been right there with Maguire, who, as the Vikings were attempting a season-saving onside kick, was fondly recalling how much fun it was to play special teams back in the day.
Some may dream of a white Christmas, but it's hard to argue with temperatures in the high 70s with a cloudless sky on Christmas Eve. That's what the weather was like in Tempe yesterday at kickoff of the Eagles-Cardinals game. Before I head back to the East Coast for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, I went on a two-day trip to Phoenix with my mom to see a couple of miserable football teams play a game that didn't matter.
A while ago, when we got the tickets and made plans to see the game, we thought the Eagles would still be in the mix. Unfortunately, Mike McMahon (and Andy Reid's refusal to let Koy Detmer play QB) pretty much ensured that the Eagles wouldn't be able to overcome their injury plague. Regardless of the fact that the game had no playoff implications at all, it was still nice to watch the Eagles play a December game in short sleeves, as opposed to the below-freezing temperatures that will surely be present at the New Year's Day game against the Redskins. Also, since the game didn't have any more meaning than an exhibition game, it wasn't as stressful to see the Eagles play terribly. Instead, I enjoyed the weather and the crowd, which was about half Eagles fans.
The Philly fans were their typical selves - breaking out "E-A-G-L-E-S-Eagles!" chants after Eagles scores, and then starting a "Let's go Flyers!" chant after the Eagles, down two scores late, punted on 4th and 1. One fan that I could see from across the stadium even got himself ejected (and conveniently, the Tempe courthouse is next door to the stadium - although it's not quite the courtroom/holding cell that the Vet used to have).
The game was the final NFL contest at Sun Devil Stadium, which is Arizona State's home field and has served as the Cardinals' "temporary" home since they moved to Arizona in 1988. In 18 seasons there, the Cards have had one winning season - 9-7, in 1998 (and they even won a playoff game that year). So there were no tears shed over the end of the Sun Devil Stadium Era in Arizona Cardinals history, as the team will move into what looks like a terrific facility next season. Only 44,723 fans turned out, and the place holds over 70,000, I'd guess. Even still, I think that's a relatively big crowd for a Cardinals game. There were also no snazzy giveaways like the Phillies had for their last Fan Appreciation Day at the Vet (a miniature replica of the stadium) - all we were offered was a Cardinals team photo. Nobody there seemed to care.
The 12-hour round-trip drive was accompanied by the 8-disc set of four concerts the Dave Matthews Band played at Red Rocks this fall, and I highly recommend picking it up. However, my mom decided she wanted to listen to Christmas music on the radio at one point, so we flipped over to a station that played a relatively good run of Christmas songs, including one of the few I would listen to any time of the year - the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24." Then "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" came on, which prompted a discussion only a law student could have:
Radio: She'd been drinking too much eggnog/And we begged her not to go/But she forgot her medication/And she stumbled out the door into the snow.
Radio: When they found her Christmas morning/At the scene of the attack/She had hoof prints on her forehead/And incriminating Claus marks on her back.
Radio: I've warned all my friends and neighbors/Better watch out for yourselves/They should never give a license/To a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves.
Us: Too bad you can't sue the state for negligently licensing Santa. Well, Santa's probably got deep pockets anyway. I wonder if he's insured.
Speaking of drivers who shouldn't have a license, there are far too many of them on America's roadways. Seriously. More than a few times, I'd find myself behind two cars driving side-by-side on the two-lane highway, and they would stay that way for ten minutes at a time, so no cars could pass. Don't these people pay attention to the road at all?
I would have flipped them off when I finally passed them, but it was Christmas Eve and all, and they probably couldn't have seen into my car anyway, since it was dark. Oh, and my mom was also in the car and wouldn't have liked that.
Anyway, tonight's the first night of Chanukah, so I'm going to go light up the candles in a few, and then get my stuff together for my trip east.
Last week, as a reward to myself for finishing finals, I bought myself NHL 06 (priced at $30 instead of the usual $40 or $50 for a video game, probably because of the complete lack of public interest in hockey). I take it home, and after fighting with the shrink wrap for a minute, I get the case open. I put the disc in the PS2, and as it's loading up, I take a look at the instruction manual to see what the controls look like this year.
Now I'm thinking a few things are a little odd - freestyle control and playcalling zones seem like they don't really belong in hockey, and why would you need a dedicated button for a timeout if you can only call it during a stoppage in play, and you only get one a game? But I shrug it off, thinking that EA Sports probably doesn't know too much about hockey. I keep reading.
After a little quick investigation, I discovered that the geniuses at EA Sports somehow managed to print the NHL 06 cover on the instruction manual for NBA Live 06. So I had to figure out all the controls on my own, which might explain why I suck. It probably has more to do with the fact that I'm just not very good at video games, though.
At least NBA Live 06 has all the controls, though. I heard Kobe's video game didn't have a pass button. Zing!
If you guessed a wicked jump shot, well, I don't blame you, but that's not what I was thinking of here. Korver, like me, considers Zack Morris a hero, "because he got to date Kelly Kapowski." An admirable trait, no question. However, I doubt Korver has gone the distance and sported the "WWZMD" shirt.
You know how Mike Tice was recently quoted as saying he was upset with Minnesota Vikings fans for scalping their tickets - after he was busted for scalping his own Super Bowl tickets? Well, I thought that was pretty ironic, if not straight up hypocritical.
Then, while I was working at the ol' internship today, someone pointed out this quote from the Sports Lawyers Journal, in an article about on-ice NHL violence following Marty McSorley's stick-swinging attack on Donald Brashear:
"Vancouver Canucks right wing Todd Bertuzzi felt that the incident was, '[d]isgusting, terrible, absolutely disgusting. That does not need to be in the game of hockey. I've never seen anything like that in my life.'" Jennifer Marder, Should the Criminal Courts Adjudicate On-Ice NHL Incidents?, 11 Sports Law. J. 17, 22 (2004) (quoting Ira Podell, McSorley Suspended for Rest of Season for Attack on Brashear, Detroit News, Feb. 23, 2000).
Coincidentally, the journal article was in the Spring 2004 issue. Bertuzzi sucker-punched Steve Moore on March 8, 2004 - right about the time the issue was going to press, probably. I'd guess with an extra month, the author might have tried to pull that quote from the article - or at least presented it with a little extra information.
By the way, Bertuzzi will be representing Canada in the Olympics in February. Whether or not that's a good move morally is debatable, but Bertuzzi is one of the best Canadian forwards, so from a hockey standpoint, it's kind of a no-brainer. On the other hand, Sidney Crosby was left off the team, which I was sorry to see. Crosby, at 18 years old, has a chance to play in the 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026, and 2030 Olympics. He'd be 42 then - but you never know, Chris Chelios is playing for the U.S. at age 44 this year. I think Crosby has the ability to step into the Canadian lineup even now, and a player with his skating ability and vision would definitely be an asset on the bigger Olympic ice surface. But Sid's quest for seven Olympics will be cut short before it begins.
Oh, and speaking of Marty McSorley and clubbing things with sporting equipment, here's a conversation I had with someone in the office today:
Thing is, I've been taking things literally since well before I went to law school. I'm in trouble now.
I'm not really a huge movie guy. There aren't that many movies that I really want to make a point of seeing. So a little while back, I see that there's going to be a remake of King Kong, and I'm like, "Eh."
Then I start hearing that there's all this talk about the new Kong potentially setting all-time box office records. Really? Are you serious? For a remake? Plus, everyone's all about Peter Jackson. When did he become the balls? I know he did Lord of the Rings and won some Oscars, but I looked it up - those are the only Oscars he's ever won. His resume isn't that impressive to me. Why does everyone love him so much? Are people that much into hobbits?
Anyway, that kind of brings me to what I really want to talk about, since I don't really understand the Kong/Peter Jackson hype.
So King Kong bumped The Chronicles of Narnia from the top box office slot this weekend (even though Kong came in under expected amounts). Speaking of Narnia, you should check out this clip from this weekend's Saturday Night Live.
This is freakin' great. "But first my hunger pangs are stickin' like duct tape/Let's hit up Magnolia and mack on some cupcakes/No doubt that bakery's got all the bomb frostings/I love those cupcakes like McAdams loves Gosling."
The whole thing works so well because even if you ignore how outlandish the lyrics are, the beat and flow are pretty solid. If SNL's coming up with stuff like this these days, I might have to start TiVoing it.
Machete Man was back at it today, but I outsmarted him this time around. I never went to sleep last night. Yup, I stayed up all night finishing up my Comment. Those footnotes and cite checks are a tremendous bitch, but they're done now, and I even got to mention the Whizzinator in a footnote.
Anyway, this time, when Machete Man began hacking away, I was ready with the camera. I pointed the lens through the blinds, and POW!
You should have seen the look on his face when the flash went off and he realized someone took a picture of him. It was the same look Dubya gets when he gets a question at a press conference for which his advisors didn't prep him. It's like he thinks he knows what's going on - at least he's pretty sure - but really, he's not quite sure if there's anything he can do about it.
And now I'm going to celebrate the end of the semester by going to bed for at least 12 hours. And tomorrow I'll probably take myself out to dinner.
When investigators raided the Galloway home, they found two trophies naming [Matthew "Knowledge"] Thompkins "pimp of the year." One stood about 4 feet tall, topped with a figure in a crown and a cape, holding a scepter.
"I think he actually won it twice," said Lt. William Carey, with the Casino Gaming Bureau of the New Jersey State Police. "I don't know who votes on it, though." Troy Graham, Officials: Man ran big ring of prostitutes, Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 17, 2005.
Wow. And I thought getting a little mounted plastic hockey player back in high school was a sweet trophy.
"About 50 protesters took part in Saturday's demonstration, organized by religious leaders. Dick Otterstad of the Church of the Divide donned a Santa Claus costume and greeted shoppers with the message: Don't forget about the meaning of Christmas." Tom Chorneau, Group Fights Wal-Mart on 'Happy Holidays', Dec. 18, 2005.
Yeah, because Santa Claus is the true meaning of Christmas. I hope a reindeer kicks Dick Otterstad in the balls.
As recently as Friday, when he was interviewed by Jim Lehrer of PBS, [President] Bush refused to confirm the report the previous evening in The New York Times that in 2002 he authorized the spying operation by the security agency, which is usually barred from intercepting domestic communications. While not denying the report, he called it "speculation" and said he did not "talk about ongoing intelligence operations." David E. Sanger, In Address, Bush Says He Ordered Domestic Spying, New York Times, Dec. 18, 2005.
"It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong," Bush said. "As president, I'm responsible for the decision to go into Iraq." Jennifer Loven, Bush: Iraq Invasion My Responsibility, Dec. 15, 2005.
For god's sake, man, if you're going to stretch the Constitution to its limits, at least get some good intel out of it!
Remember, he sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, because he authorized the NSA to eavesdrop on you.
Today is the day after finals ended for undergrads here at UCLA. For many students here, this morning was the first day in a week they had to sleep in, not to mention that there were celebratory parties all over Westwood last night, so there were plenty of hungover heads trying to get some rest. I myself stayed up until 6 a.m. to work on my Comment, so I planned to sleep at least until 2 p.m.
Yep, a guy outside my window chopping branches off a tree and then hacking them into smaller pieces with a machete. A f------ machete. Seriously.
I tried for over two hours to fall asleep to the loud "thunk, thunk, thunk, cling!" as this dude swung his machete into the wood repeatedly before he would slice all the way through and hit the concrete on the sidewalk beneath it. Over and over and over. For god's sake, it's the weekend - does this guy really need to be doing this today?
Finally I figured this would never end, so I decided to go get my camera to take a picture of this, because really, who's going to believe that there was a machete-wielding gardener directly outside my window, carving into my sleep time?
ESPN.com's poll question yesterday was "What was the biggest off-field sports story of 2005?" MLB and steroids was the winner (49%), with the T.O. saga coming in second (38%). Far behind were the other three choices - NHL solves labor impasse (8%), Sheryl Swoopes comes out (3%), and NBA implements dress code (2%).
The steroid issue was indeed the biggest sports story of the year, with 12 players testing positive for the juice and Congress introducing legislation to beef up the amount of testing and penalties for positive tests. But Terrell Owens getting 30 percent more of the vote than the NHL lockout? For the love of Drew Rosenhaus, T.O. is a one-man media circus. The NHL is an entire league!
Of course, T.O. himself is the reason T.O. was such a big story. He won't be quiet and he won't go away. And even though he hasn't played in a month and a half now, he's still flapping his gums. He's now apparently given an interview to GQ in which he says he felt "used" by the Eagles.
Owens feels used? Boo-frickin'-hoo. This is the nature of the employer-employee relationship. The employer pays the employee and then uses him, all the way from Taco Bell making money off the guy working the drive-thru to, yes, the Eagles signing you to take them to a Super Bowl.
Did the Eagles use you? Of course they did! In fact, they used you so much that you led the team in receptions despite missing the last two games of the season. That is what you wanted, right? Weren't you the guy who complained that you weren't getting enough balls thrown your way in San Fran? Well, welcome to Philly - we put you in the lineup and we used you and your talent to get us to the Super Bowl.
Thanks for a great year. Now shut up and go away. Isn't it ironic how, despite your feelings, the Eagles haven't used you since October?
I ordered my tickets the other day, and now I'm pretty psyched about the World Baseball Classic in March. It has the potential to be a really cool tournament if MLB runs it right. For starters, they should see what they can do about getting a Cuban team involved after the U.S. Treasury Department said Cuba won't be allowed to send a team. Six years ago, the Baltimore Orioles played a couple of exhibitions against the Cuban national team (one in Cuba, one in the States), so I don't see why this is all that different. Another solution that has been mentioned is to make a team out of Cuban defectors to represent the country, but that seems a little ironic, doesn't it?
Anyway, the 16-country field (assuming Cuba gets back in the draw) has a lot of the usual suspects: the U.S.A., the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico. But there are a handful of countries that don't come to mind when you think baseball. There's China, which has had a grand total of one player born there make it to the major leagues - a guy named Harry Kingman, who went hitless in three career at bats, all for the 1914 Yankees. I don't think he was Chinese; I'm guessing he was born there out of coincidence. Also in the WBC field is South Africa, which can't even boast one player who made the majors. I don't see them making it out of Pool B, which will pit it against the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
And then you have the Netherlands. The Dutch have a good soccer team; I know that. Looking at the medal counts from the 2004 Athens Olympics, I see they won four gold medals (two in swimming, one in road cycling, and one in equestrian). But as for baseball, there's not much history there. The Dutch did field a team in the '04 games, and they went 2-5, although their wins were over Greece and Italy, while they lost to Japan, Canada, Cuba, Australia, and Chinese Taipei. The loss to Australia was by a score of 22-2!
The Dutch have a trick up their sleeve, though (and maybe a finger in a dike, but that's neither here nor there). Through the magic of imperialism, the Dutch can claim players from Aruba and Curacao as their own! Although this raises the question of why the U.S. can't take Puerto Rican players, it does help the Netherlands out, because it gives them Andruw Jones, who is a native of Curacao. I looked it up, and there are a total of 11 players who have major league experience, are under age 40, and are from either Holland, Aruba, or Curacao. So I pieced together a lineup. Enjoy!
CF - Andruw Jones, 28, Willemstad, Curacao - He's the only position player on this roster who was in the majors last season. I'm going to bat Jones leadoff because I don't see much offense being generated by this team, so he's going to need all the plate appearances he can get. Besides, by virtue of the fact that he's the only serious offensive threat, he should be getting walked all the time anyway, so he'll be on base often.
1B - Randall Simon, 30, Willemstad, Curacao - You may remember Simon as the guy who, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates a couple of years ago, beat a girl in a sausage costume with a baseball bat as she ran by the dugout. He wasn't in the majors last year, but he tore up the Mexican League before being picked up by Orix of the Japanese League, where he couldn't keep up his caliente pace. Fun fact: He has been knighted by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands!
RF - Gene Kingsale, 29, Solito, Aruba - Kingsale actually played for the Netherlands in the '04 Olympics, putting together a pretty solid batting line (.346, 5 RBI, HR in 7 games). His seven-year major league career wasn't as impressive, though - it ended in '03 with the Tigers, where he batted .208 in 120 AB. His three career HR make him the all-time major league leader among Arubans.
LF - Hensley Meulens, 38, Willemstad, Curacao - We're going to have to drag Meulens out of retirement for this one, since he last played in the majors in '98, wrapping up a seven-year career with a .220 average. He played for the Netherlands in the 2000 Sydney games - but was an assistant coach at the '04 games.
SS - Robert Eenhoorn, 38, Rotterdam, Holland - If you'd like to buy a vowel (well, an E or an O, at least), this guy might be able to spare one. He played 37 career games over four seasons, the last of which was '97. He should have called it quits after 36 - then he could say he hit his only career homer in his last game. Alas, like so many great talents, he hung on too long.
2B - Ralph Milliard, 32, Willemstad, Curacao - He also played for the Netherlands in '04, but didn't peform as well as Kingsale, batting .192 with seven strikeouts. In 93 career at-bats from '96-98, he batted .172 with no homers and three RBI.
3B - Ivanon Coffie, 28, Klein, Curacao - I actually saw this guy play in the Carolina League (A) All-Star game when I was in high school. Alas, he never quite blossomed as a major leaguer, only getting a cup of coffee (get it? get it?) in 2000, playing 23 games for the Orioles. He was the three-hole hitter for the Dutch in the '04 games, but he was awful, batting .105 and getting himself benched for the final game. (I assume he was benched, since he didn't play, but I suppose it could have been an injury. He deserved to be benched, regardless.)
OF C - Rikkert Faneyte, 36, Amsterdam, Holland - Sorry, Rik. Although you never played a major league game behind the plate, we don't have a catcher in this lineup, so you're it. Faneyte's career went from '93-96, mostly with the Giants. His claim to fame is that he played in the same outfield as Barry Bonds. He also can talk smack to Ralph Milliard, since Faneyte's career batting average is better - .174, baby!
P - Sidney Ponson, 29, Noord, Aruba - Somewhere along the line, Ponson became regarded as a big-ticket player, since the Orioles paid him $8.5 million last season. I have no idea how this happened, since he has only posted a winning record in one of his eight big-league seasons. But since he's the only pitcher out of this trio to have seen big-league action recently, he's going to get the start. Sir Sidney was also knighted along with Randall Simon. He has besmirched the title by getting himself convicted on a DUI charge earlier this year and sentenced to a five-day stay in the slammer.
P - Calvin Maduro, 31, Santa Cruz, Aruba - I remember when this guy came up with the Phillies in '96. He showed a lot of promise (1.04 WHIP, 11 K in 15.1 IP). Unfortunately, it wasn't to be. He was out of the Phils' system in two years and ended up finishing his career with a 10-19 record and a 5.78 ERA. He was the ace of the Dutch staff in '04, pitching seven shutout innings against Greece, although he couldn't get out of the first inning against Australia. He missed being the first Aruban in the majors by five days (damn you, Gene Kingsale!), although I recall he did have the nickname "The Aruban Flash" when he first came up.
P - Radhames Dykhoff, 31, Paradera, Aruba - Aside from having a name that makes for an easy target for ignorant American hecklers, Dykhoff's major league "career" was all of one unfortunate inning on June 7, 1998, when, trailing 7-0, the Orioles brought him in to pitch the ninth against the Braves. He allowed two runs on a walk and two hits, including a double to Andruw Jones, of all people. After he got out of the inning and the game was over, he never returned to a major league mound.
This is perhaps the best idea for a blog I have ever seen. I don't say it much, but this is an idea I really wish had been mine. It's a fantasy draft blog - basically, the concept is to have a fantasy draft of anything and everything. Their crew of a few people get together and then go a few rounds choosing out of whatever chosen category is on the table (beers, cities, even constitutional amendments).
You know the drinking game Kings? (Maybe you call it Circle of Death or something else.) Where when you pull a certain card (again, varies depending on the house rules), you have to pick a category and then everyone goes around the circle naming something from that category until someone can't come up with one, and then they drink? It's kind of like that, except there's a point beyond drinking (believe it or not, I've heard such a thing exists) - you're trying to come up with a better group of elements from that category than your opponents. You have to strategize - do you want a balanced "team?" Do you want to load up with the obvious choices, or do you want to take a chance on a sleeper?
I was a little disappointed the beer draft didn't include any puns (draft? beer? get it?), but I can let that slide, especially because Yuengling was drafted in the second round with the ninth overall pick (excellent choice). I'd guess the guy who took Yuengling was from the Keystone State, but it turns out he's from Boston. Go figure.
The whole idea of taking a fantasy draft and applying it to everything not sports-related is pretty creative. It reminds me a bit of when my friends and I, back in high school, used to refer to our classmates as stocks. (Example: "Wow, I wish I'd sold him back when he was going out with that hot chick and wasn't a burnout yet." Or: "Now's the time to finally start investing in AP students - college acceptance letters are starting to come in.") Trust me, it wasn't as nerdy as it sounds.
This morning, I was turning on my TV. I did it by actually walking up to the thing, not with the remote. Right as I hit the power button on my TV, my toaster popped. It was like I was able to make my bagel ready by pushing a button. Weird.
While putting off working on my Comment, this article came to my attention. Apparently, a kid in New York was wrestling for the high school state championship and won the match, 7-6. In celebration, he threw his headgear in the air and then went to shake his opponent's hand, which officially ends the match. Only problem was that throwing equipment is a mandatory two-point deduction, and since the kid did it before the match was technically over, he lost the championship. So he did what any American would do - he sued.
The court did exactly what it should have and refused to hear the case. You can't have amateur athletes turning to the judicial system when they get screwed by a proper application of the rules. Think about what that could mean - referees would always be worried about being overturned by a court, and so every minor rules infraction would have to be called. Then you start getting into gray areas of judgment - for example, could you sue a ref for not calling a holding penalty late in a critical game? What if the tape shows that he should have?
Coincidentally, I happened to stumble across some court opinions similar to this one in cases where schools or athletes sued their leagues after they caused the school to forfeit games due to an ineligible player. (Correctly, the courts almost always said that as long as the eligibility rules were applied in a nondiscriminatory way, the league is within its right to impose the necessary penalty.)
But what if, say, a team sued a player who deliberately misled the team as to his ineligibility, causing the team to forfeit all games he played in? Would the team have a cause of action against the player? What kind of damages would the team seek?
OH, HELL YES! I'M DONE WITH FINALS! I'M HALFWAY DONE LAW SCH- Hey, what's this e-mail I got, sent 15 minutes after my last final ended?
Hey, maybe I can become a consigliere like Tom Hagen. He was a lawyer by training. And the word has the same etymology as "counsel." Although I don't recall seeing any Mafia families at OCIP.
You know that Miller commercial where the clerks refuse to sell the beer to customers who are under 30 because they can't fully appreciate the taste of MGD? Well, two things about that commercial: First, bulls---. MGD tastes like any other generic beer.
Second, there's two guys in the commercial who are indignant that they've been refused their precious MGD. Shocked at the rejection, they tell the clerk:
If I ever become those guys, you have my permission to bludgeon me with the legal tome of your choosing.
(And by those guys, I mean those guys who think they're entitled to everything because they're partners. You're not allowed to beat me with a reporter just because/if I ever make partner somewhere.)
I got one of those chain e-mails today that tells you to forward it to people, and then Microsoft will send you some fat check, blah blah blah. Here's the text of the e-mail (contact info of the forwarding people omitted to protect the ignorant):
To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, But this is from my friend Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and she really is an attorney. If she says that this will work - It will work. After all, What have you got to lose?SORRY EVERYBODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I'm an attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago.
Wow, this person is an attorney? Then she should know that corporations don't file class action lawsuits against each other.
Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period.For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a check.
Wait...Microsoft and AOL? I thought it was AOL and Intel. Whoever wrote this can't even get his own story straight. And I highly doubt even Microsoft can track my e-mail. And if they can, then they shouldn't need to contact me for my address to send me that check; they might as well use PayPal.
thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on. Microsoft contacted me for my address and withindays, receive a check for $24,800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can affoard this, Bill gates is the man.It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10,000.00 We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When i went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game. She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped "Paid in full"Like i said before, I know the law, and this is for real.
If you are bound to get at least $10k, then how come this guy's brother's girlfriend's check was only for $4,324.44, huh, slick? Also, if Microsoft is paying you in increments of $245.00, $243.00, and $241.00, how did the total come to a figure ending in ".44?" And maybe it's just my bank, but when I deposit a check, I don't get it handed back to me with a "paid in full" stamp.
Oh, and never mind all the spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatical, and factual errors made by these so-called "attorneys." Yeah, I'm sure if Microsoft ran a promotion like this, you'd hear about it from a chain e-mail and not on the news. (Oops! It was on "Good Morning America Today Show" and was on two pages of USA Today!)
I don't care how much money Bill Gates has; he's not giving away $10,000 to random Internet users. That's a million dollars for every 100 people who forward this e-mail. Come on, stop and think for a second - don't you think Microsoft has better ways to invest $1 million in the growth of the company? It blows my mind that people still forward this crap. It kind of makes me want to write my own chain e-mail, just to see if it'll start circulating. Hopefully, it won't - I think (at least, I hope) I associate myself with people who are smart enough not to forward stuff like this. (The guy who sent it to me gets a free pass - just once - because he's a freshman in the middle of his first final exams ever.)
This semester, I made the big move to switch my in-class computer solitaire games from unscored to Vegas-style scoring. Basically, the way Vegas-style scoring works is that each hand costs you a $52 bet, and then for every card you move up to the suit stacks, you win $5. (Suit stacks is the technical term for the piles of cards that go on the aces. You can look it up, as I did, thereby becoming the first person ever to click on the "Help" menu in computer solitaire.) So if you can get 11 cards up to the suit stacks, you're in the black for that particular game; if you get them all up there, you win $208. It's made more difficult by the fact that you can only go through the deck three times, so you have to use a little strategy - you might not be seeing a card again when - or if - the deck goes around the next time.
Anyway, I think the whole idea of Vegas-style solitaire is hilarious. Have you ever seen anyone playing solitaire in Vegas? That's about as lame as it gets, and this is coming from a guy who once took a trip to Vegas that involved bowling, reading law books by the pool, going to a couple of minor league baseball games, and no gambling (I was visiting my brother; give me a break).
Lame or not, though, Vegas solitaire is tough. It's easy to hit a run of a few games in a row where you can only get one or two cards up to the suit stacks, and suddenly you're in the hole $150. Then you need a complete win to dig yourself out. More often than not, I find myself running from the creditors at the end of a class period than bathing in money, Scrooge McDuck style. I haven't yet figured out how to run a profitable solitaire scheme, a la Bringing Down The House (the book, not the movie), but I'm going to keep practicing next semester. When the first World Series of Solitaire rolls around, I want to be ready.
That photo was actually taken at a law school's on-campus interview program. Note the herd mentality and the identical outfits they're all wearing. All those people in the background? They're law students telling each other about all the callbacks they've already been on. And those two in the front are actually in the process of conducting an interview. That's a 3L on the left and a hiring partner on the right. See, if you look a little closer, you can tell by the name tags.
One of my old hockey teammates IMed me today in anticipation of his first law school final, asking me for some last-minute support. I didn't want to tell him he came to the wrong guy, so here's what I told him:
JustOffCamera: ok, well, the outcome of one exam is not going to kill you. the dean of stanford law school recently failed the CA bar exam. and she's doing fine for herself anyway.
JustOffCamera: and you just have to look at it this way - the curve is not about only the top 20% or whatever getting As, the curve is about 4 out of 5 people getting Bs or better
Physically, I'm sitting at my computer in Los Angeles. Mentally, I am not even close to focused on studying for my last final. I'm on Spring Break. As usual, I have a ton of good ideas of what to do, none of which will probably come to fruition for all kinds of reasons. Those reasons notwithstanding, here are just a few of my brilliant ideas.
The "Loyal Groupie" - U2 just released some new tour dates that happen to be during my break. Hey, what do you know - they're in Australia! I hear Australia is awesome! Plus, I can do that whole "travel back in time" thing on the return flight.
The "Andy Dufresne" - Back when Andy hopped the border on his way out of Shawshank, Zihuatanejo was a barely developed town on the Pacific coast on Mexico. Now it's a resort town along with its neighboring city, Ixtapa. Mmm...Dos Equis, fresh seafood, beaches, and golfing.
The "Pacific Coast Party" - I want to live a car commercial - go from Los Angeles to Seattle (hell, why not Vancouver?) - by going straight up the Pacific Coast. Stop at some vineyards along the way, run into the ocean (only quickly, though; the Pacific is cold), take pictures, stay in cheap hotels and bed and breakfasts.
The "Pirate's Plunder" - Cruises leave all the time from L.A. I've never been on one; always wanted to. And then I can make pirate joke after pirate joke while I'm on the high seas. What was the pirate arrested for? Arrrson.
The Eagles make it official and get themselves mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. Mike McMahon is not a good quarterback; I don't care how much everyone loves his mobility and arm strength. He's completed 44.3 percent of his passes. Not to get into some Rush Limbaugh territory here, but I have a sneaking suspicion people like to talk up McMahon because he's a white QB who can scramble. Just a hunch. Anyway, meaningless or not, I still plan to go to their final two games of the season.
The Colts clinched home-field advantage with three games left to go in the regular season. Will they play it safe and throw the backups out there? Well, that's probably the smart play, but I'd like to see them go for the undefeated season. I have no particular affinity for the Colts, although I do kind of appreciate Peyton Manning ever since he started to do those commercials where he switches roles with the fans. Rather, I want the Colts to go 19-0 because I think it's obnoxious as hell that the '72 Dolphins break out the Champagne and party every year when the last undefeated team loses. Really, I think it would be poetic justice if the Colts ran the string and then the 'Fins sent Manning & Co. their unused ice chest full of bubbly for Indy to party with.
The Texans have got to be trying to lose their games to ensure a No. 1 overall draft pick and Heisman winner Reggie Bush. They were gifted an opportunity to tie their game yesterday - with no time left on the clock, the Titans allowed a return into their own territory, then committed a face-mask penalty to give the Texans a free last play - a 31-yard FG attempt. The resulting shank was the worst kick I have ever seen in professional football.
Speaking of the Heisman - who was the moron who gave Drew Olson a first-place vote? Hey, I like UCLA, and Olson had a great season, but is this guy hitting Michael Irvin's crack pipe? There's no way Drew Olson is the best player in college football. He's not even the best player in Los Angeles.
UCLA kicker Justin Medlock could be in a whole lot of trouble after he was charged with DUI on Saturday. Allegedly, with a passenger in the car, he rolled his pickup truck on the 405 in Inglewood, and then left her in the car. He was found walking around a mile and a half away. The arresting officer said there was no need for a breathalyzer, since anyone who walks a mile and a half into Inglewood from the 405 at 3 a.m. is obviously drunk. No, seriously, he's got far bigger problems than being suspended for the Sun Bowl. He's facing charges for felony hit-and-run, and his passenger, a member of the UCLA women's golf team, suffered major spinal cord injuries.
What is up with the Flyers and their injuries? As soon as they get Forsberg back, Gagne's on the shelf. Esche is hurt, Pitkanen's hurt, Desjardins is hurt, and so on. This makes me feel a little better about the fact that they have no home games in the two weeks that I'll be in Philly over winter break. At least they're still 17-7-4 and looking to be on track for a playoff spot. In the NHL, it's all about hitting April healthy. Rest up, Simon.
As I'm studying for my last final, Alien Ant Farm's cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" came up on my computer's playlist. Thanks to law school, all I can think is, anyone who leaves bloodstains on the carpet is definitely not a smooth criminal.
I was watching UCLA play Nevada in basketball yesterday, and at one point the announcers mentioned the city in which the University of Nevada is located - Reno. Having recently seen the excellent Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line, that got me thinking about shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die. Thinking about it, I didn't understand why, if you shot a man in Reno just to watch him die, you'd be stuck in Folsom Prison. Reno is in Nevada. Folsom is a California state correctional facility.
Pretty much everything I know about prison life comes from Prison Break and The Shawshank Redemption. In other words, I don't know much about prison (and hopefully, it'll stay that way), but I was under the impression that when you commit a crime in a particular state, you are tried in that state, and then if you're convicted and sentenced to prison, you serve your prison sentence in that state.
[I]t is neither unreasonable nor unusual for an inmate to serve practically his entire sentence in a State other than the one in which he was convicted and sentenced, or to be transferred to an out-of-state prison after serving a portion of his sentence in his home State. Olim v. Wakinekona, 461 U.S. 238, 247 (1983).
In a 6-3 majority, the Court said that inmates have no justifiable expectation that they will be incarcerated in any particular state, and that an interstate prison transfer doesn't deprive a convict of any liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.
By the way, UCLA looked damn good in the game. Up by only one point with 8:30 left in the game, Jordan Farmar took over, scored 11 points down the stretch, and built UCLA's lead up to 16 with a minute left. Big win over an undefeated, ranked team for the Bruins. It's early, but Pac-10 championship hopes are very realistic.
Man, this is depressing. Hurricane Katrina wrecked what was apparently the best wine cellar in the South. By knocking out the power to the cellar, the hurricane caused temperatures to soar to over 100 degrees. You're not even supposed to store Bud Light in heat. What do you think happens to bottles of wine valued at over a grand?
So, good reader, please pour out a little of your Franzia in memory of 35,000 bottles of fine wine that deserved a better fate.
Anyone remember that picture of the Katrina looter who was wading away with a huge bucket of Heineken? (The picture was turned into a fake ad here.) Well, all those looters missed out. Heineken will be around long after the levees are fixed (if they ever are...FEMA.) But a 1870 Lafite Rothschild? When is a looter gonna get a chance to lift that again? Hell, it's worth more than a plasma TV.
(Brief aside: The best idea I heard this year for a Halloween costume was to pick up an empty box for a plasma TV (Best Buy probably has them laying around), soak yourself up to the chest in water, then carry around the box. The costume: Katrina looter! Tasteless, yet hilarious. Unfortunately, I didn't see that one in action.)
Anyway, the wine collection was insured for a million bucks, so the owners at least have that to fall back on. And the insurance company has already agreed to sell the bottles that remain to some guy in California, who plans to auction off the damaged wine. So if you can find out when this auction is, you can buy some stank-ass wine in a bottle with a valuable label on the cheap. Then you can always say, "I own a '97 Opus One, but I'm waiting for the right time to open it." (The right time, of course, is never. The value of the bottle is in the statement it makes.)
And outside every thrift store in Los Angeles, there are boxes upon boxes of Ugg boots to be had on the cheap. The population has finally divorced itself from the external influences of Madison Avenue and come to the inevitable, sensible, and correct conclusion that you look like a moron wearing Eskimo-style footwear when you live in a city where the temperature doesn't go below 50 degrees. And Ugg boots with a miniskirt? You look like you just got back from an unsuccessful seal hunt in West Hollywood.
I watched Cinderella Man last night, and although it started kinda slow, it ended up being a well-done, moving story. I wouldn't go as far as Larry King, who called it "one of the best movies ever!" (according to the back cover of the DVD), but it's worth watching, particularly if your other option is studying for finals.
Now that I've got that positive review out of the way, I want to rip the movie for a minutia that irked me. Boxing movies always need a villain. But the story of James J. Braddock didn't have a good one - Braddock's struggle was against the tough times of the Great Depression. So instead, the screenwriters/director/whoever decided to take Braddock's opponent in the film's climactic fight, Max Baer, and turn him into an unapologetic, murderous prick.
Even while watching the movie, Baer's character seemed so ridiculously villainous that I began assuming it had to be an exaggeration. So I looked up a little bit about Max Baer, and no surprise, Baer seemed like a good guy outside the ring.
Baer was known for being a carousing, Hollywood type, and the film did get that right - he shows up at a restaurant with a big fur coat and an entourage at one point. Baer actually acted in many movies (which were apparently reviewed well), he was married twice, and he also had an affair with a Hollywood starlet.
I find it hard to believe that Baer was the sneering bully that the movie portrayed him as, though. Baer did showboat in the ring, but that seemed to be more an extension of his Hollywood flair. As for the movie character who spits quotes like, "People die in fairy tales all the time," and implies that after he kills Braddock in the ring, he'll sleep with Braddock's widow, it seems unlikely from a guy who was once quoted as saying, "I never had a fight out of the ring. I never harmed anyone outside the ring. I loved people."
Baer did kill someone in the ring - that part of the movie is true, all the way down to the diagnosis of a loosened brain - but it wasn't a matter of pride for Baer. He was charged (and acquitted) of manslaughter, banned from boxing in California for a year, and, depressed, proceeded to lose four of his next six fights. Remorseful, he ultimately put that fighter's children through college.
(Incidentally, the boxer who Baer killed, Frankie Campbell, was the brother of 1941 NL MVP Dolph Camilli, who played three-plus seasons with the Phillies. Camilli still ranks sixth on the Phils' all-time slugging percentage list at .510.)
Baer also became a prominent figure in the Jewish community. His father was Jewish, but he was raised Catholic, his mother's faith. Nevertheless, after he beat German fighter Max Schmeling (telling him, "That one's for Hitler" during the bout), he began wearing a Star of David on his shorts when he fought. Not surprisingly, Baer wasn't popular in Germany after the fight, and Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, banned his films. Apparently, you can see the Star of David on Baer's trunks in Cinderella Man, although I missed it.
Baer, far from a burning desire to kill Jim Braddock in the ring, instead didn't even give him much thought. According to Baer's son (who later played Jethro in The Beverly Hillbillies), "He didn't take Braddock seriously, he didn't train, and he got a BJ before the fight."
Anyway, I don't think Baer was given a fair shake in the movie, and apparently, I'm not the only one. If you're interested, here's some more Max Baer reading for you:
News item: Gary Barnett is finished as the head football coach at the University of Colorado. Barnett, for all his successes on the football field (49-38 record in seven seasons at CU, including a Big 12 title), will be remembered more for the troubles his program had off the field. Yet ultimately, it was a three-game losing streak during which his team lost by a combined 130-22 score that did him in.
In 2004, the football team was beset by allegations that it used sex and alcohol as recruiting tools. Worse, shortly after that, former placekicker Katie Hnida claimed that she had been raped by a teammate while a member of the Buffaloes. Barnett didn't help matters when he responded to that claim by criticizing Hnida's playing ability and stating that she didn't have the respect of her teammates because she was "a girl. Not only was she a girl, she was terrible. There was no other way to say it. She could not kick the ball through the uprights." Hnida's allegation was at least the sixth allegation of rape against a Colorado football player over an eight-year period.
Following that storm of controversy, Barnett was suspended from his duties while he was investigated. But Barnett bounced back, finding himself reinstated three months later. He never missed a game on the sidelines, and his punishment was restrictions on his recruiting. The school's investigation found only that Barnett was guilty of lax oversight of his program, but that he did not condone the practices. At the time of the suspension, before the investigation had concluded, I argued that such oversight would still be grounds for dismissal, but the school's administration felt differently.
Although Barnett kept his job, ironically, the school's president, chancellor, and athletic director soon found themselves gone. Under pressure created by the recruiting and sexual assault scandals, AD Dick Tharp, who was also criticized for his oversight, resigned in November 2004. A month later, Chancellor Richard Byyny, who was also investigated, resigned as well, although he insisted it was unrelated to the football turmoil. And in June, school president Elizabeth Hoffman resigned, citing in part a civil trial related to the football scandal. But Barnett made it all the way to yesterday.
Tight end Quinn Sypniewski called Barnett's dismissal a "tragedy," an unfortunately coincidental remark. A month after Hnida's rape allegations, Colorado basketball player David Harrison used the same word to describe his team's not being selected for the NCAA tournament. As I wrote then:
Let's get one thing clear. If your team doesn't make the tournament, it's a disappointment. It's depressing. It sucks. But it is not, in any way, shape, or form, a tragedy.
The athletic community seemingly still places greater emphasis on wins and losses and postseason success than it does on the quality of life for students and the Boulder community in general. Rape, murder, those are tragedies. Settling for the NIT is not.
Even though new allegations had recently begun circling around Barnett - among them that Barnett tried to influence testimony in depositions and before a grand jury, that players were forewarned of random drug tests, and that money from football camps was questionably handled - there was talk about Barnett having his contract extended, pending the results of an audit of those camps.
But three big losses at the end of the season did what allegations of rape, prostitution, perjury, and embezzlement could not do - they cost Gary Barnett his job. It's a shame that in amateur athletics, which is what college football still holds itself up to be, that a three-game losing streak can weigh heavier than a near-permanent dark cloud of criminal allegation.
Don't shed too many tears for Gary Barnett, though. His contract was bought out for three million dollars. And he'll be hired by another school soon enough. After all, he's won in the past.
Through the whole scandal, Colorado governor Bill Owens stayed mostly in the background, calling for action when the sex-as-recruiting-tool scandal broke, then agreeing with the school's decision to suspend Barnett. His sternest rebuke, from what I can tell, was calling the recruiting scandal an embarrassment to the state of Colorado. He did appoint a special prosecutor to look into the allegations, but no criminal charges were ever filed.
Meanwhile, another lightning rod for controversy emerged at the University of Colorado - professor Ward Churchill. Churchill's writing and speeches have been very critical of the U.S. government, suggesting that the September 11 attacks were inevitable given American foreign policy. He made an unfortunate comparison between financial wheeler-dealers who were killed in the World Trade Center towers and Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, suggesting that they were not altogether innocent victims. The essay in which this argument appeared was published shortly after the attacks, but it sat in relative obscurity until January 28, when Bill O'Reilly discovered it and launched a letter-writing campaign to prevent Churchill from speaking at Hamilton College. Not only was the campaign ultimately successful, but the governor of Colorado, Bill Owens, publicly called for Churchill's dismissal from the Colorado faculty.
Let's get this straight: When the coach of a prominent football program is unaware of the potential severe criminal misconduct of several of his players - in connection with the team, no less - Owens pays the situation lip service. But when a professor makes a politically unpopular statement, he should be fired? What happened to First Amendment rights?
Owens's argument for Churchill's termination: "[T]here are grounds spelled out by CU for termination that include professional incompetence, neglect of duty and insubordination." Dave Curtin & Howard Pankratz, Governor Renews Call for CU Regents to Dismiss Churchill, DENVER POST, Feb. 10, 2005.
I don't really see how Churchill's comments fall into any of those three categories. But I would think that a head football coach who doesn't realize that his team is using sex and alcohol to lure recruits, as the investigation concluded about Barnett, could be considered to be either professionally incompetent or neglecting his duty.
I'm trying to get in as much studying for this Copyright Law final tomorrow as I can, but there is something of a significant obstacle in the way - my chemo treatment this morning. It's only low-dose, and no, I don't have cancer, but I still have to do it. Unfortunately, the treatment itself takes about three hours, and then I'll feel fatigued later in the day, so I'll have to nap for another four hours, which is seven hours that I won't be spending getting ready for tomorrow's exam.
On the one hand, I've been doing this for just about the entire semester, so I should be used to it. On the other hand, the fact that I have been doing this for the whole semester is a big reason why I'm probably not as ready for this exam as I could be - since the class is (relatively) early in the morning, I frequently let myself sleep in, which is possibly due to the fatigue brought on by chemo (it could also have something to do with late-night hockey practices, but I feel completely justified in blaming at least some of my missed classes on chemo).
I think getting toxic chemicals pumped into my veins on a weekly basis should count for something, right? I've been persevering through this all semester. Is that the kind of thing for which I can get a notation on my transcript? I wonder if that would help me with interviews...
Hiring partner: So, Alex, you seem like a bright guy, Law Review and all, but it says here you got a C in Copyright Law...do you really think you're Big, Law, & Firm material?
Me: Well, if you notice, there's an asterisk by that grade. I actually spent that entire semester on chemotherapy.
Me: I'm glad you asked that. Honestly, I am so fascinated and stimulated by the law that I couldn't bear the thought of four months without it. Also, I was confident in my ability to block out everything in my life, including my medical troubles, while I devoted myself to law school.
Hiring partner: Is this guy kidding? That GPA's not going to cut it. Why do these clowns even interview? Who else we got?
On a lighter note, I've been called out by my brother for a seven-game series in bubble hockey after I put a picture of my biggest triumph against him in a post yesterday. I have beaten him in four out of seven before, although more often than not it's the other way around. But I'm feeling optimistic about it. He won't be fresh - the last time he played was over Thanksgiving, and all the games were close. Plus, I'll be in Philly for at least a week leading up to the showdown, so I can get some practice in (against my Dad, though, which is kind of like going up against a scout team - actually, it's not even that good, because he can't mimic the way my brother plays).
Anyway, this needs some promoting. This is gonna be huge. As far as I'm concerned, it's the World Series of Bubble Hockey. It is...
Call your cable or satellite operator today! I plan to stage a fight at the weigh-in, so don't miss that, either.
(Hey, studying for Copyright Law was getting tedious. I needed a break. And I could have made that look a lot better if I had Photoshop.)
On second thought, this is not a lighter note. This is serious business. And on January 8, you can probably expect to see results - maybe even pictures of the main event - right here (or on my brother's blog).
You may have noticed a frequency to my posts that wasn't there a month or two ago. This is unquestionably related to the fact that I'm in the middle of finals and therefore need to put off studying for them as much as possible.
So anyway, there are a few legal blogs that I read somewhat regularly (the number increases as they continue to link one another). One that I came across today, Law & Alcoholism, is pretty good, and as I was reading some older posts, I found one with a somewhat pointless exercise in blogging:
A pointless exercise just happens to be exactly what I need, since the word puzzles on Yahoo! Games start getting boring after a while, and people don't really post on the eLynah Forum during the midnight hours on the East Coast. So anyway, here's the results of the archive check.
That's from a February 2004 post on my competitiveness. Since I wrote it, I've had the good fortune to get back into competitive hockey with the UCLA team. The bubble hockey skillz have also not abandoned me. I haven't lost yet to any of my Bruins teammates (even though I've played as the team with the sideways goalie on the crappy table they have at the rink in Berkeley), and I've begun to beat my brother more often than I used to, including this ass-whooping from January:
Anyway, since I wasn't tagged to go through that little exercise, I'm not going to bother tagging five other people to do it. If you read this and you feel inspired, knock yourself out and go through your archives.
So anyway, back to getting ready for my Copyright Law final. While I study with the accompaniment of MP3s (noninfringing copies, of course), go ahead and entertain yourself with a few nuggets from the 'Net.
This video, made by the Calgary Flames in 1987, is awesome. It's like they saw the '85 Bears' "Super Bowl Shuffle" and thought they needed to make the hockey version. Then they realized they couldn't sing, so instead, they just lip synced the whole thing - down to the fake playing of instruments, including guitars, keyboards, and a brass section. There's some terrific hockey mullets and facial hair here. And surely, Brett Hull is thrilled that the Internet has preserved his landmark performance.
For all of you who continue to remind me that the Eagles have been, shall we say, less than competitive this season, here's a cartoon you might enjoy. I think Andy Reid actually did have that reaction when a running game was suggested to him a few weeks ago.
Here's one that never gets old: Peanut Butter Jelly Time. FYI, the people who perform the song, the Buckwheat Boyz, have another song called "Ice Cream and Cake." To my knowledge, it hasn't been turned into an Internet animation. I'm beginning to sense a theme to their songs. Perhaps I can edge into that niche with "Macaroni Cheese! Cheese and Macaroni!" or "Let's Eat Chili Dogs!" And while we're at it, here's the clip from Family Guy that spoofed the original animation.
Finally, here's a clip of Barney keepin' it gangsta. And on a more serious note, a good investigative piece from the latest Rolling Stone about Biggie's unsolved murder. It's long, but worth the read.
Law students handle the stress of finals in various ways. Some break down weeping in review sessions. Some spaz out and spend 15 hours a day in the library (incidentally, this will prepare these people well for the years after graduation). Some, like me, take the opportunity to catch up on sleep missed during the semester. And some blow off steam by writing messages on the blackboard in the main hallway.
Over the last week or so, the following messages have appeared on the board (or something like them; I'm paraphrasing here):
Now I'm going to go get some Chinese food instead of catching up on my Copyright Law reading. I can do that later tonight, since I took a 4 1/2-hour nap earlier this afternoon.
I have never seen a beatdown on a football field like the one I saw last night in the Seahawks-Eagles game. Wait a minute...yes I have...it was on Saturday in the UCLA-USC game!
At least UCLA hockey continued its winning ways against USC with a 4-3 comeback win on Thursday and an 8-3 stomping on Friday. That's four straight wins by the Bruins and six out of the last eight meetings. The only way the latest two games could have been better would have been if I actually saw more than four shifts in the two games combined. I must be doing something right if we scored on two of those four shifts...
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