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For many decades, our heart has been warmed as we watched America become more meritocratic, extending opportunity to all. Most Americans have rejoiced with us and for good reason.
Half a century ago when your humble correspondent was on the rise, American government and business were dominated by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPS.) These largely male leaders joined the same clubs, went to the same colleges, and ran the "commanding heights" of America. This practice was clearly effective - the 1960s were in many ways the height of American technology, power, engineering prowess, and cultural influence - but they were manifestly unfair to everyone not so favored genetically.
Over the following decades, the ranks of the ruling elite were opened to women, blacks, and people of multifarious other backgrounds based solely on their hard work and ability to succeed except where tempered by affirmative action. This has led to considerably more diversity at the top, though as the liberals daily remind us, far less diversity than they'd prefer.
We're beginning to wonder, however, if rule-by-pure-merit, so apparently fair and just on its face, has turned out to be entirely a Good Thing. We've noticed that a great many "banksters," crooked government officials, and others are enriching themselves unjustly at our expense, and in far greater amounts than previously observed. Why might this be?
The concept "Noblesse Oblige," which literally means "nobility obliges," originated in France. The French academy says, "Whoever claims to be noble must conduct himself nobly." Past generations of American leaders were expected to operate according to that concept, partly because of traditions inherited from Europe and party based on the idea that God was always watching everyone and that He disapproved of ignoble behavior.
Although there was a minimum level of competence expected, mere competence wasn't enough. Leaders were stewards who had to take care of the institutions their ancestors had built. Leaders not only had to do acceptable work, they also had to play by the rules of the game. This widespread attitude that there were certain things that a gentleman simply didn't do gave rise to sayings such as, "It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, but how you play the game," or "That's not cricket."
That attitude persists in the spot of tennis. Tennis players desire to win, to be sure, and skill and hard work make a difference, but tennis has a rich mesh of unwritten laws and traditions. A player who violates these laws may have high scores but is not respected by his fellow players. Push the rules hard enough, and the offender will eventually be ostracized from the court and banned competition.
Major professional sports players were once expected to set worthwhile examples of virtuous behavior in additional to demonstrating skill on the field. The players involved in the famous "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 were expelled from the game. They never played professionally again, even though they were not convicted of any crime. When Kobe Bryant was charged with raping a hotel escort in 2003, in contrast, his career wasn't damaged in the least, despite his behavior being reprehensible even if it couldn't be proven to be criminal.
In areas all across our modern nation, as diverse as winning political power, making profits by falsifying information banks give regulators, or even getting a ball through a hoop or goal, the prevailing attitude seems to reflect Slick Willy's observation that it's wrong only if you get caught.
This attitude shows vividly in sports, both at the professional level and in college. Vince Lombardi, legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, once said, "Winning isn't the most important thing. Winning is the only thing." Mr. Freech, former head of the FBI, investigated the culture at Penn State University after it was revealed that an assistant football coach had sexually abused a number of boys. The New York Times reported:
In 2000, a janitor at the football building saw Mr. Sandusky assaulting a boy in the showers. Horrified, he consulted with his colleagues, but decided not to do anything. They were all, Mr. Freeh said, afraid to "take on the football program."
"They said the university would circle around it," Mr. Freeh said of the employees. "It was like going against the president of the United States. If that's the culture on the bottom, then God help the culture at the top." [emphasis added]
The janitors were completely correct - after being told of the charges by an eyewitness, the university leadership had circled 'round to protect the football program. Why not? Football generated $72 million in revenue last year and attracted vast numbers of fans.
Sex abuse and rape by sports stars are OK, but there are limits. Michael Vick was the first African-American quarterback selected first overall in an NFL Draft. In his six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, his team made the playoffs twice. Neither his race nor his celebrity could protect him from going to jail for operating a dog-fighting ring. Abusing kids and women is business as usual, abusing dogs is apparently over the top.
Rigging LIBOR is the latest "bankster" scandal to hit the news. To oversimplify, trillions of dollars worth of business contracts are based on the interest rate known as LIBOR. Changes in LIBOR make the values of such contracts go up or down. Traders make immense profits if they know which way LIBOR will move. Traders at the few big banks which determine LIBOR persuaded their colleagues to move LIBOR in favorable directions and pocketed huge bonuses.
In explaining what had to be done about such scandals in the financial world, the New Yorker got to the heart of the matter:
If recent history has taught us anything, it's that self-regulation doesn't work in finance, and that worries about reputation are a weak deterrent to corporate malfeasance. ... all that self-regulation gets you is bankers gone wild. ...
Most important, though, we need an attitudinal shift on the part of regulators, who need to recognize that their gentleman's-club ethos is ill-suited to today's financial world, and who need to be aggressive not only in punishing malfeasance but in preventing it from happening. [emphasis added]
The New Yorker is provably wrong: regulation simply doesn't, won't, and can't work. Regulators couldn't keep Bernie Madoff from stealing billions of dollars despite being repeatedly warned by insiders. Regulators couldn't prevent a a $33 million Ponzi scheme by the Financial Resources Mortgage company in New Hampshire which turned millionaires into welfare recipients. They couldn't stop Allan Stanford until 2012 even though they started investigating him back in 1990. Even when regulators are on to something, they can be diverted by well-placed campaign contributions.
The New Yorker forgets that "gentlemen's-club ethos" worked for nearly two centuries. Was it perfect? Of course not; there were scandals and panics then as now, but they certainly weren't anything like on the world-girdling scale that we see today, and their perpetrators seemed to have a higher chance of paying a significant price. At the very least, they'd be banned from society, their clubs, their friends, and any public respect.
Why did the "gentlemen's-club ethos" mostly work? Why were old-time financiers concerned about their reputations? Why didn't politicians cheat on the scale they do today? Because gentlemen simply didn't do that. Rather than being rewarded with huge bonuses or being appointed to the United States cabinet, cheats were thrown out of the club and shunned.
Our society used to be based on duty. The example of virtuous attention to duty was set by those WASPS at the top who worried about the all-seeing eye of God or at least of their peers. Men and women didn't have sex until they were ready to support children; bankers didn't make loans that couldn't be paid back and they didn't gamble with taxpayer's money.
There were exceptions, of course, but they were rare enough that "gentlemen's-club" regulators could cope with them. Now that duty no longer restrains our society, there's no way we can hire enough cops or regulators to stop the rot.
What happened? Woodstock. Free love. No-fault divorce. "Turn on, tune in, drop out." It became acceptable for individuals to ignore the needs of society and solely pursue their own selfish interests as banksters, politicians, and government employees have been doing since the 1970's.
Where will it end? Confucius said that society fell apart when the Emperor stopped enforcing virtue and government officials stopped setting an example of virtue at the top.
The men who founded America didn't trust kings to be virtuous; they hoped that voters would pick the virtuous to be their leaders. They said society would fall apart when the people stopped enforcing virtue on politicians by voting the rascals out. Either way, society depended on virtue.
China fell over and over when the Emperors lost virtue. Our society has rotted from the bottom as individuals abandoned responsibility for their own choices, whether familial, sexual, or financial.
The old WASP patriarchy is gone and isn't coming back. The gentlemen's-club ethos has been replaced by a cult of meritocratic individualism where winning is the only thing that matters, and by any means necessary.
In short, our modern meritocratic, hard-working, superbly educated, brilliant elites no longer share the WASP's worry about what God would think. So they simply grab whatever isn't nailed down. Why? Because they can.
Virtue out the door? I'm shocked! Just kidding, your analysis is spot on how we jumped on the slippery slope and are riding it to the bottom at an ever increasing speed.
Since it can't be stopped then perhaps a punishment that fits the crimes of the banksters should be passed. It is a very simple law. If they are convicted of cheating they relinquish all of their money, property, stock, everything of value and are put on the street. Nothing brings a wealthy man faster than to be flat broke. Will it hurt their families? Yes but that will be the personal price that you pay when you cheat.
I enjoyed Will's column as always but want to point out a few things.
First, sports is a reflection of society and not the other way around, not that Will implied else wise, but I wanted to clarify that.
Second, Vince Lombardi's never said "Winning is the only thing." What he said was, ""Winning is not everything – but making the effort to win is." Here is a link to his family's website and his quotes and comments about life. I think you will find them quite inspirational.
Third, Will must be a great fan of tennis, but I think a better example of sportsmanship and honor is the game of golf. Tennis players routinely question line calls, faults, etc. While court behavior may be better today (I seldom watch anymore), it was horrid in the time of Connors, McEnroe and Nastase. Golf on the other hand routinely shows players penalizing themselves for the most arcane of rules, sometimes at the cost of winning a given tournament. However, even in golf there are "bad boys" in terms of behavior; though most of it is not very public owing to the nature of televised golf.
Fourth, I think that it is somewhat of a myth that things were more meritocratic in the 50's and 60's. Watch any episode of Mad Men and you will see what I mean. Perhaps the advertising business was a subculture, but performance evaluations were often crude and subject to personal whimsey. Bringing the boss home for dinner was quite common, especially if you were up for a raise or promotion. Nothing like seeing the lady of house working hard to please and then remembering that come time to hand out the raises.
I would agree, however, there does seem to be a general in morals and probably it has more to do with our materialistic culture. The late Pope John Paul II often talked about the world's obsession with material well being at the sacrifice of our values and our inner being. Nor was he the first. Whether in Faust or even in the First Commandment(other gods being money and material wealth in addition to pagan idols) and the Eighth (stealing) and Tenth (Coveting thy neighbor's wife, goods, etc.), we have always been warned about that pitfall. Saying we cheat because we can
is not true by itself. We cheat because we can AND because we are motivated to by something we believe is in our self interest, no matter how skewed or short-sighted that may be. Essentially we have devalued our view of our selves in exchange for how others view us through the prism of material well being. That view is no better epitomized in the saying "He who dies with the most toys, wins." As we all know great truth can sometimes be spoken in jest.
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For a happy person, I can be pretty sad sometimes. For someone who constantly cheers people up, I can fall in a very deep abyss of sorrow. For a person that is aware of so many incredible, beautiful things Life is made of, I can easily close my eyes and see nothing but despair.
It happens sometimes. I am human and I know it is normal. It's no big deal. It comes and it goes, all I have to do is wait. It just feels somehow worse now.
Why does it feel worse; darker and deeper as time goes by?
You see, I know this are just emotions – nothing but temporary fluctuations within my mind. They have no real presence. They are nothing but mist that dissolves with the lightest of breezes. And yet, they are mine and I alone feel them. To me, at this very moment they are big, heavy and painful. They weigh me down and blur my vision. They turn my walks into a crying sessions that don't end. Isn't it amazing, that something that doesn't really exist, something so fragile, something I will forget the instantly the moment I start feeling better; that it can have such a hold over us?
Emotions might be nothing but air, but I can't wish them away, I don't know how to ignore them. So, I choose to embrace them, accept them and dive into their dark ocean. I know no other way.
And the thoughts start, all by themselves. Sometimes without any meaning, sense or direction, but somehow always so right when emotions take over. How can someone so friendly have no friends, really? How can someone who loves people this much be left alone when he needs them the most? I call many people just to ask them how they are, but my phone is silent these days. I make so many people smile, is there really no one to do the same for me?
Is it just me? Is it because I never ask for help? Is it because I smile and make others smile most of the time? Does it appear I need no one, just because I'm mostly fine on my own and always there for others?
This will pass and I will be fine again; tiny bit older and maybe a little bit wiser. I will laugh at a silly cat and smile at the cute bird. I will say goodbye to the sun at sunsets like I always do and I will always greet the Moon with "hello there, gorgeous". I will sing loudly in my car and talk to other drivers though they can't hear me. I will move on and find happiness again. I will forget where my grey hair and my wrinkles came from. I will make many more people happy, at least for the moment.
It's just, right now, this very moment… everything is backwards.

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The new business cards are in
...and they look great! After running low on the last supply of cards I had I figured it's time to step up my game in the business card category. Previously I have been ordering through Vistaprint and although the prices are fantastic, they cards lacked a high end polished feel. I was looking to WOW people when I handed them a card.
After doing some research and reading reviews online, I came across MOO.com. Their claim to fame, or at least to photographers, is that you can get a different photo printed on each and every card you order. That sounds amazing! Moo also offers a free 10 card sample for you to check out too before investing money into them. Easy process too. Design a card on their website, upload some photos, enter your shipping address, and in a week or so, head to the mailbox. No credit card is required either. Only difference between the samples and cards you pay for is the samples come with a small moo.com logo.
There are two main reasons why I love these cards so much, other than the vibrant colors and thickness of them(top notch). First is that I can carry around a dozen cards with me and have a mini portfolio in my pocket. When asked what kind of photography I do, I can pull out the cards, put them in their hands, and show them versus telling them about it. Then when they are oohing and aahing over them, I say take one, my information is on the back. Simple!
The second reason is that with all the different designs I can hand out specific cards to suit the needs of whose asking for one. For example, let's say I'm out at the bar having a few cocktails and through conversation I get asked if I do headshots. I say "of course" and instead of pulling out a fairly generic card with only information on it, I pull out a few cards that have different headshot photos on them. Perhaps I get asked about wedding photography. Bam! Here's a card with a killer wedding photo on the back. How can it get any easier than that?!?
There are two things about the cards that I should add. First is that the number of photos on the back is limited to 50. What I mean by this is that if you order 200 cards, you will get 4 of each of your photo cards. Order 400 and you will get 8 of each. If you need more than 50 different photos, one could always create multiple projects within their site.
One other thing about Moo cards is that they are the European standard size business card(3.3inches x 2.17inches), not the US standard size(3.5 inches x 2 inches). I actually quite like it. Makes my cards a little more unique. Only downfall is that they don't fit in all business card folders. Most but not all.
In conclusion, even though Moo cards are quite a bit more pricey than your standard business card, they are well worth the money. The quality of the printing, the thickness of the card, and the speedy turn around time make them worth it. Not to mention the mini portfolio I carry with me everywhere. If you are looking for new cards, I definitely recommend checking them out.
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Latitude: 52.3391 / 52°20'20"N
Longitude: -1.6721 / 1°40'19"W
OS Eastings: 422440
OS Northings: 271270
OS Grid: SP224712
Mapcode National: GBR 5LF.B2Y
Mapcode Global: VHBX7.YGXQ
Entry Name: Gatepier at Sp 2244 7127
Listing Date: 16 February 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1035065
English Heritage Legacy ID: 308392
Location: Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV35
County: Warwickshire
District: Warwick
Civil Parish: Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Honiley St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
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Last time, I showed you how I made a portable, foldable Chalkboard heart valentine.
With it, I made a homemade heart shaped felt eraser, and I thought it would be a great idea to give away some heart shaped chalk with it.
I have been meaning to try to make my own chalk, anyway, after seeing numerous tutorials online, but hadn't gotten around to it until now.
It's a very simple, quick project, and uses only plaster and water, and any colorant that you would like to use to make colored chalk. Most sources chose tempura paint powder for coloring their chalk, but I can't find that very easily around here, and didn't want to have to buy any specifically for this purpose.
Instead, I chose to use some food coloring that I had sitting around the house. The color isn't as bright as I would imagine a powdered tempura paint would be, but it served it's purpose well enough. I'm sure that using gel food colorings would also result in a stronger color. This was an old color that I had sitting around and I wanted to use up.
Basically you mix your plaster according to the package directions, or, if you are like me, until you get a consistency that you like. Then, you add in your colorings until you get the shade you want.
Once you have your plaster ready to pour, fill up some silicone molds in your desired shape. With Valentine's Day coming up, of course, I used heart shaped molds. There was no need to prepare the trays in any way, and when the plaster is set, the heart shaped chalk will pop out easily.
I let mine sit overnight, just to be on the safe side, and the next morning I excitedly popped the chalk out, ready to try it out on my foldable heart chalkboard valentine.
I was a little bit discouraged, though, to see that it wasn't leaving much of a mark. 🙁
So, I gave up on the idea of using the heart shaped chalk with my heart shaped chalkboard valentines. Sigh.
I wasn't going to give up on my heart chalk completely, though!
It was time to take it outside and try it as most people had before… as sidewalk chalk.
On the sidewalk my heart shaped chalk worked much better. In fact it worked quite well. The problem with homemade chalk is that plaster, at least the type I used, is more dense and compact than regular store bought chalk. Just by comparison, it weighs more. (Of course, that is also due to the fact that it was still holding a lot of moisture.) The sidewalk is a rough enough surface that the sidewalk chalk can be used quite easily.
Because of the moisture it holds, on the first day after you make it, you will notice that it is still a bit tricky to use. If you draw on the sidewalk, the chalk will leave it's mark, but it doesn't show up completely until a minute or two later, when the plaster dries. As the chalk dries out more, over the days, though, it is easier to use. It still is too compact to use on a softer surface like that of the chalkboard fabric, but it does work quite well as sidewalk chalk.
My son had a lot of fun playing with it. (As did I, as you may be able to tell.)
So, while it didn't turn out exactly as I expected, and I wasn't able to use it for the purpose I had intended it for, homemade sidewalk chalk is still a fun project for kids, and I do recommend it. Kids will love being able to make the shapes and colors that they choose, and will be proud to say that they made it themselves!


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The stats on our website for the first half of 2008 indicated that only 3% of our visitors used a Macintosh computer. That's a pretty small amount. It's tough to say iof we should worry about Mac users or not. (Our Managing Attorney over technology uses a Mac, so that's definitly one point for yes.) My major fear is someone in the news media who uses a Mac visits our site and sees it looks crummy on his computer, and then writes us off as unprofessional. So I think it is worth it to do at least some basic testing of our site on a Mac.
According to a Mac using friend of mine: "Safari and Firefox are the most popular browsers on the Mac. Camino was developed by the makers of Firefox but it is a ground-up mac application as opposed to Firefox which is adapted for the Mac."
Now, if you have a Mac, then you have no problem obviously. ;)
If you have a Windows machine, it may be a bit more of a problem.
You can now download Safari for Windows to get an idea of what your website would look like:
TheSiteWizard.com has a review of Apple's Safari for Windows from a Web Developer's Point of View.
Browsrcamp can give you a free screen capture of what your site looks like on a Mac with Safari (it doesn't say what version though). You can pay if you want more Mac browser options.
Another option appears to be an Abobe AIR application called Scout that uses the Safari layout engine. The technique is described here. The post is a little old and I haven't tried it myself.
Joelonsoftware.com has a good (but old) discussion on some options.
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Learning our lines
Trade unions are an integral part of the UK workforce, with the TUC representing 6.2 million trade union members in 2013 across 54 affiliated unions. With such a large number of trade unions in the UK, it can be difficult to learn about each trade union and how they came to be.
Union Insurance, who have been working with trade unions and their members for over 12 years, wanted to help educate the UK public about these trade unions and their history. This led to the creation of the 'Interactive Timeline of Trade Unions in the UK'.
The timeline displays trade unions in an easy to read format, allowing people to navigate through the years to see when each trade union was formed. Information on each trade union, such as current memberships, affiliations, facts, and mergers can be viewed when a card is clicked. For example the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union (GMB) began as the Gas Workers and General Union in 1889 and have since experienced over 25 mergers and amalgamations.
By utilising design and interactivity, the timeline aims to make information about trade unions in the UK more accessible.
The timeline can be found at: http://www.uniontimeline.com
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By Kenneth W. Sullivan, Ph.D., P.E. – John Rice – Phillip Farrington, Ph.D. – Theodore Mayeshiba
Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the Defense Acquisition University-South Region conducted separate studies (Sullivan, et al., 2015 and Rice, 2016) that evaluated the potential impacts of additive manufacturing (AM) on the U.S. rocket propulsion industrial base. The combined efforts provide a deep dive into a question that has arisen with the increased interest in AM technology: "Could adverse impacts or collateral damage to the aerospace and defense industrial base emerge as AM expands throughout the U.S. manufacturing sector?" The primary objective of the studies, and this article, is to begin determining AM's applicability to the aerospace and defense industry and the risks and opportunities for the U.S industrial base.
The study concluded that the rocket propulsion industry was an attractive market for the AM sector due to the low volume and potential part reduction for complex parts (thus potentially increasing the factors of safety); however, process certification and qualification standards would have to be developed. In fact, certification and qualification in this domain is the major issue that concerns the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, and the Department of Defense (DoD). Of specific concern is the integrity of AM processes used and repeatability of resultant products for same (or better) quality as the part produced through traditional manufacturing. The study concluded that injectors, thrust chambers, nozzles and housings were the best candidates for the use of AM technology in producing propulsion systems.
As a disruptive technology, AM could have the following impacts on the propulsion industry, all of which could foreshadow similar and more extensive disruptions in the broader aerospace and defense industries:
- AM technologies could allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to produce parts in-house rather than rely on the current manufacturing industrial base.
- The ability to produce more complex designs may lead to redesign of subassemblies that could result in overall part count reduction. This could reduce the demand for the services provided by small and medium-size manufacturers, causing further reductions in the industrial base.
- Manufacturers of non-propulsion parts could shift to using AM, potentially eroding the need for traditional manufacturing processes (e.g., computer numerical control (CNC) machining). This could, in turn, result in consolidation or even closures of suppliers who supply parts to the propulsion industry.
Table 1 provides a more complete list of the possible impacts of AM technologies on the aerospace and defense industrial base and the potential collateral damage of these impacts. The remainder of this paper will review each of these in more detail.
Possible Impacts
Fallout from AM Benefits: Early discussions regarding the benefits of AM focused on the cost savings due to part count reduction and the elimination of tooling. However, the uncertainty still to be addressed is, "where are the savings coming from?" If parts and/or subassemblies are manufactured using AM, then the reduction in work leads to the questions, "who is not making the tooling?" and "who is not making the reduced parts?"
Impact on Lower-Tier Suppliers: Utilizing AM will also impact secondary providers. A recent study by two of the authors focused on the impact of AM technology on the forging sector of the DoD industry base. Based on the interviews with forging industry leaders, the authors did not perceive an immediate threat to their market. However, they did believe the casting industry is more vulnerable in the near term, especially for mid-size to small production runs. Supporting this conclusion, initial testing indicates that the "sweet spot" of AM-produced parts falls between cast and forged parts. That is, AM-produced parts appear to be stronger than cast parts but not as strong as forged parts. This study also found that lower-tier suppliers impacted could be those organizations that do heat treatment and other surface processing. The impact will be dependent upon the material characterization and function of the AM-produced parts.
Impact on Raw Material Suppliers: With greater widespread use of AM, raw material will no longer be purchased in billets from mills. Depending upon which material of the AM-produced parts has the highest success rate, a determination will follow as to which type mills (aluminum, steel, etc.) are initially impacted. Also, as AM use becomes more ubiquitous, demand may increase for powder and/or wire. This is not a problem at present since early studies indicate that AM currently only accounts for 1 percent of the demand for metal powder. But, as the industry grows, this will change.
OEM Performing AM In-House: According to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, OEMs subcontract more than 70 percent of their manufactured hardware. However, with the increased use of AM by OEMs, the unscientific observed trend has been for them (e.g., General Electric) to build the AM-produced hardware in-house. Should this prove to be a trend, the percentage of subcontract work will decrease as AM grows. Thus, industries with higher use of AM could see greater vertical integration.
Supplier Loss of Non-DoD Business to AM: A key issue for the DoD is the reduction in the industry base at large. This is partially driven by low quantities that the DoD requires compared to commercial product OEMs. The data in Table 2 exemplify the percentage of the business base generated by aerospace and defense sectors. As shown, the DoD typically only accounts for about 20 percent of a small machine shop's business; its commercial business generates sustaining income. Thus, if the commercial OEMs' in-house use of AM increases, it could further erode business, resulting in small machine shops closing—eliminating them as DoD suppliers.
Table 2 represents a machine shop that supports the DoD. Owing to reduction in DoD demand, the firm must diversify to other sectors to maintain its business base. Assuming that its ommercial aviation customer reduces its orders (from utilizing AM) by 75 percent, the the revenue stream shrinks to $10 million instead of $40 million. The immediate impact on the overhead rate and the general and administrative (G&A) rate sees them rise to 200 percent and 15 percent, respectively. Given a typical firm fixed-price environment, the other jobs can easily shift from profitable to unprofitable just through rate adjustments. Unless the machine shop quickly replaces the lost work or reduces overhead and G&A cost (and it is challenging to do so in a machine shop due to capital investments), it probably will yield a loss for that period. In addition, the increased overhead rate can affect the shop's estimates and the likelihood of its success on contract bids. This could easily start a downward spiral toward consolidation or closure.
Impacts of Previous Disruptive Technologies: "The past is prologue," so the downside to existing suppliers is predictive. Similar cases of disruptive technologies have included space transportation, plastics in the automotive industry, and advanced composite materials in aviation and aerospace.
The Space Transportation System (i.e., the Space Shuttle) introduced disruptive technologies to traditional parts and assembly manufacturers. The need for lighter, stronger structural materials to reduce the cost of a delivered pound to orbit, disrupted conventional rocket manufacturing and material sourcing. Advanced alloys and specialty metals yielded improved strength and reduced density of highly stressed components. This translated into a disruption among stainless and aluminum machine shops supporting product development for launch vehicles.
Plastics in the automotive sector substituted for metal components resulting in lighter, more flexible molded assemblies. The plastics manufacturing process is more straightforward, with parts typically injection-molded or blow-molded from plastic resin, as opposed to the welding, stamping and other processes for shaping metal in automotive manufacturing. This, of course, resulted in higher fuel efficiencies compared to earlier models and forced traditional metal manufacturers to reassess their core businesses.
Advanced composite materials in aviation and aerospace led to lighter, stiffer airframe characteristics for significantly improved performance. Traditional flight structure manufacturers were forced to adapt, consolidate or liquidate as a consequence of the fiber/resin technology.
Preparing for AM
While AM technologies are exciting and could revolutionize manufacturing, we should not be so naive as to think that this "revolution" will be painless. This article seeks to raise awareness and stimulate thinking regarding the risks associated with the insertion of this disruptive technology. Leaders across the aerospace and defense supply chain need to consider and prepare for the possible AM impact on their businesses. Below are organizational considerations based on positions in the supply chain.
The U.S. Government and prime contractors need to collaboratively monitor supply chain (at all levels) to determine if their existing business base is at risk with the growth of AM. Further, the U.S. Government and suppliers need to determine if the prime contractor's strategic plan for AM involves outsourcing or performance in-house. And government and OEMs may need to assist a firm's subject-matter experts (SMEs) in becoming "hybrid" shops, combining both AM and traditional manufacturing.
Given insourcing opportunities, the government should determine if organic capability exists (possibly across Services) as supplier capabilities decrease. It should also assess whether organic capabilities can support demand or new AM process need to be certified.
Finally, SMEs need to investigate if products they manufacture for their customers or the material they use to manufacture their hardware is a candidate for AM.
While the authors fully support the use of AM technology, more attention should be given to the development of strategies and policies that will mitigate risks to the aerospace and defense industry. We hope this article provides a foundation and compelling case for further discussions on this topic.
Note: For further information on AM, DAU's AM Community of Practice includes related processes and procedures; organizations and consortiums; reports, papers and articles; and professional development opportunities. Please visit https://acc.dau.mil/am.
Sullivan, a licensed Professional Engineer, is the president and chief executive officer of Micro Craft, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He previously was employed by the UAH. Rice is a professor of Engineering and Information Technology at the Defense Acquisition University–South Region in Huntsville, Alabama. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and an M.S. in Management of Technology and a certificate in Systems Engineering from UAH. Farrington is a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at the UAH. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Missouri and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University and is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management. Mayeshiba is a lecturer at the University of Southern California (USC). He has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Kettering University and an MBA from the USC. He has worked for more than 15 years in aerospace, both as an engineering manager and consultant.
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Woman chops off man's penis after finding out he's marrying another woman (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
A woman chopped off her lover's genitals after allegedly finding out he was marrying another woman.
The injured man, named only as 26-year-old Irshad, met up with his lover, 30, for 'one last time' before he was due to tie the knot with a bride of their parents' choice.
The scorned lover invited him to a guest house in Kattipuram, India where she cut off his genitals with a knife on Tuesday, it is claimed.
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Phanor Signs on With Stonehill
"It was down to Stonehill and St. A's for me" Phanor told the NH Notebook. "Both schools offered me scholarships. But Stonehill showed more interest, they were after me right from the beginning. I signed with them on national Signing Day."
Phanor was a standout for Portsmouth in all 3 phases of the game. He was a dual threat at QB, with the ability to score a touchdown on any play either by throwing or running with the football. Phanor is fast, athletic, has good moves in the open field and at the same time has strong pocket presence. Phanor also returned kicks and was an exceptional player on the defensive side of the football.
"I hope to earn a spot at DB" Phanor stated. "I like having the ball in my hands and scoring touchdowns, but I feel my best chance to play at the next level is at defensive back."
Phanor helped Portsmouth High win back-to-back Division III state championships during his sophomore and junior seasons. In his senior year he led the Clippers to the Division II title game and was named D-II Player of the Year.
Congrats to Phanor on this tremendous accomplishment and best of luck to him at Stonehill.
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"A sumptuous spa hotel on Brittany's craggy Finistere coast that combines New England designer style with utter relaxation"
Fifteen years ago it was taken over by the dynamic Dominique van Lier, editor of Belgian interiors magazine Eventail, who stamped the place with his impeccable New England-meets-Swedish-Gustavian style. Bedroom walls were panelled and painted in soothing moss and fern greens, floral fabrics were replaced with stylish checks, and the austere refectory transformed into an oasis of apricot and white. The atmosphere is peaceful and relaxed, both inside the hotel and its marine spa, and in its seafront gardens, which include an exquisite lime-tree alley. A great place to recharge the batteries for families and couples alike.
- The effervescent English manager Emily, Van Lier's daughter-in-law, and her helpful husband Harold, who inject a youthful vibe
- The 18-metre indoor swimming pool offers stunning sea views
- Great massages, hydrotherapy and beauty treatments in the marine spa, plus a sauna and a hammam
- There's no road between the hotel and the sea, ensuring total tranquillity
- The luminosity of the light, especially outside summer, draws artists and writers (ask about their creative courses)
- Despite Dominique's artistic touch, the corridors still feel a bit institutional
- Some of the bedrooms are a bit on the small side and lack sea views (and are thus cheaper)
- Younger, more dynamic types should note the emphasis is on peace, and the clientele can be older
- Light sleepers should avoid the church-facing rooms because of the bells
- It's a little pricey; you're paying for the hotel's heritage and the peaceful location
Best time to go
Our top tips
- Boutique Hotel
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- Restaurant + bar (open daily)
- All ages welcome
- Open all year
- Indoor Pool
- Spa
- WiFi
- Pet Friendly
- Disabled Access
- Beach Nearby
- Off-street Parking
- Restaurants Nearby
- Air Conditioning
- Guest Lounge
- Terrace
- Garden
- Gym
Of the 36 rooms, 27 have sea views and the remaining 9 have views over the village church. Van Lier's genius has been to provide a sensation of space, both inside and out. "The key," he says, "is to provide lots of place perdue (unused space). This is what gives a house charm." If you're after outdoor space, opt for a Sea View Room some have huge terraces, while others have balconies; the trade-off is the view: the higher you go, the better the view. Our favourite rooms were the corner ones, which have views of both to the sea and the garden, and a luxurious feeling of space. Rooms to avoid are Church View #112, 212 and 312 which are smaller (about 20 sq.m. excluding bathroom).
Décor throughout is simple but stylish, with a successful combination of crisp linen pillows and sheets, check bedcovers and cushions, and matching walls and sofas. Colour-wise, soothing moss greens dominate, but some rooms are decorated in gentle blues, greys or reds. Bathrooms are unpretentiously simple (you go to the spa if you want pampering), but indulged with gorgeous products.
Features include:
- Central heating
- Cots Available
- Extra beds
- Phone
- WiFi
The hotel's buffet breakfast is a highlight, and was the best we tasted in northern France. Beautifully presented, it had everything imaginable, from pastries made by the hotel's patissier to freshly squeezed orange juice, fresh fruit salad, stewed prunes, cheeses and hams.
Dinners, too, are delicate and delicious; there's even a 'Menu Minceur' if you want to avoid putting on extra pounds. Cooking is strictly French, with an emphasis on locally caught fish and seafood including lobster, scallops and sea bass; heavy cream sauces are avoided in favour of delicately steamed vegetables. Smoked salmon and foie gras are specialities, and both are made on the premises.
If you fancy a break from the hotel but don't want to get in the car, the co-owned Brasserie de la Plage is 2 minutes' walk into the village, and gets rave reviews. The décor makes ample use of beautiful wood flooring and those familiar muted green colours. Food is fresh, again with an emphasis on local seafood, and you can book your table at hotel reception.
If you want high gastronomy and Michelin stardom, head to Chez Jeffroy at the Hotel de Carantec in the eponymously named town; or to the Manoir de Lan Kerellec at Trebeurden.
Features include:
- Bar
- Children's meals
- Restaurant
- Restaurants nearby
- Room service
- Locquirec is a hiker's paradise: you can walk around the point in 15 minutes, passing a series of tiny coves, and on along the well-marked 'Sentier des Douaniers' fringing Brittany's dramatic coastline; or branch inland if you want a change
- Watersports, including swimming, diving and kite-surfing, are all available in the village between June and September, and sailing all year round (the Ecole de Voile Francaise is right opposite the hotel). There are diving schools at Carantec and Plougasnou, and the Baie de Locquirec has decent surfing on an exposed beach break, though summer tends to be flat
- Festivals and markets are an important feature of Breton life. A small market is held in Locquirec on Wednesdays, there's a market in Morlaix on Saturdays and a larger one in Lannion on Thursdays. Virtually every village holds its own Fest Noz (an evening festival that usually involves music and booze) or Pardon (religious local pilgrimage) in the summer. In October an organ festival of baroque music is held at Lanvellec
- You won't find much wine in Brittany (although the hotel has a good wine list), but its cider is remarkably good. If you want to see how it's made and indulge in a bit of a dégustation, there are cidreries in the villages of Plouegat-Guerrand and Guimaec (ask hotel staff for directions)
- Brittany offers an incredible array of things to see and do. For a more comprehensive list, see our destination guide
Activities on site or nearby include:
- Birdwatching
- Cycling
- Fishing
- Golf
- Hiking
- Historical sites
- Horse riding
- Kayaking
- Kitesurfing
- Sailing
- Scuba diving
- Shopping / markets
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Well being
- Yoga
Families are welcome and will appreciate the indoor heated pool and the nearby beaches and rock pools, sailing and windsurfing. Bear in mind that there are no particular children's facilities at the hotel, and that families are encouraged to maintain a peaceful ambiance.
Best for:
All ages
Family friendly accommodation:
All rooms can fit an extra bed for a child and a baby cot. For families with two children a few rooms can be closed off with a connecting door to create a suite of rooms (sea view and church view combinations include 109 & 110, 209 & 210, 309 & 310, while 101 & 102, 201 & 202, 301 & 302 are sea view combinations so a bit more expensive).
Local babysitters available on request
Baby equipment:
- Baby cots
- Baby monitors
- Dressing gowns
Remember baby and child equipment may be limited or need pre-booking
Children's meals:
Separate dining room annexe for families in the hotel, dishes can be adapted and simple pasta meals can be cooked to order. There are children's menus at the Brasserie de la Plage, which is 2 minutes away in the village
Kids Activities on site:
- Indoor heated pool - kids hours are 1200-1600, and children must be accompanied
- Buckets and spades, fishing nets
Kids Activities nearby:
- Beaches
- Sailing school in Locquirec (and kids club here too in August)
- Surf and paddleboard school in the village
- Windsurfing and kitesurfing locally
- Fishing
- Riding schools nearby
- Boat trips
- Aquarium in Brest (45 minutes away)
- Golf courses
Families Should Know:
The beach is at the end of the garden but there's a fence and gate which prevents small ones escaping without supervision; the property is gated
- Airport: 45 minutes (Brest)
- Hospital: 20 minutes
- Shop: 5 minutes walk
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Thing is... his hair is so long, that he would wake up each morning with knots and mini-dreads in the back of his head from moving around in his sleep. I had to keep cutting his hair off cause I couldn't get the tangles out. So, I took a cue from old ladies who sleep on satin pillow cases to preserve their I-get-my-hair-styled-once-a-week-at-the-salon-and-need-it-to-look-good-until-next-week hairdos.
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X-Men: The Official Game is co-written by Zak Penn, the screenwriter of movies. The Official Movie Game immerses players in an original storyline that provides the back-story for the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand feature film. For the first time ever, the game enables players to truly command the powers of popular characters from the X-Men movie universe by allowing players to assume the roles of Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Iceman as they wield and upgrade their signature powers and maneuver through unique environments designed to showcase their Super Hero abilities.
The storyline based on the story based on the movie of X-Men in this game Professor X asks the X-Men to return to Alkali Lake to retrieve irreplaceable parts to Cerebro. Nightcrawler penetrates the remnants of William Stryker's base with his teleportation ability, since the arms systems were somehow operational. Once inside, the X-Men discover a group of agents called HYDRA looting the base. In this game Nightcrawler and Colossus go to find the Cerebro parts while Wolverine and Storm investigate HYDRA's presence. Wolverine and Storm discover that Stryker had been building giant robots called Sentinels as another plan to eradicate mutant kind.
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Triumphant Success of Mr. Briggs by John Leech, c. 1860
"Triumphant Success of Mr. Briggs" by H. S. Smith from Mr. Briggs and His Doings, c. 1860.
This print humorously depicts the antics of Mr. Briggs, who is frightened by his catch after reeling it onto the shore. Artist John Leech pokes fun at his city ways, as Briggs jumps back from the fish, now armed with "teeth." The caption below reads: "Assisted by his little boy Walter he catches a Jack which to use Mr. Bs own words flies at him and barks like a Dog." Plate 7 of a 12-image set, it was originally part of a small portfolio entitled Mr. Briggs and His Doings. The character, originally devised for Punch, partakes in a popular leisure activity of the Victorian era. With growing industrialization across the country, fishing spots became important tourist destinations for city folk who wished for a sense of escape and were overcome by a sense of nostalgia for rural England.
John Leech was born on August 29, 1817 to an Irish father in London. He was encouraged at a young age to draw by sculptor John Flaxman and was later educated at the Charterhouse School. Although he studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Leech ultimately returned to art. He was first published at the age of eighteen with his Etchings and Sketchings by A. Pen, Esq. By 1840, he began to work with George Cruikshank and other artists at Bentley's Miscellany, a magazine that published now-famous works by Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, and others. In 1841, he joined Punch magazine, created the original illustrations for the 1843 edition of A Christmas Carol, and had a solo exhibition of his drawings supported by Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painter John Everett Millais in 1862. He died two years later in October of 1864 at the age of forty-seven.
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Сhange a metric value according to a dimension
February 2017
HI! looking for help!)
I need to add to the cost of advertising Adwords +18%. This is very important, because in my country, the real value of Google advertising is 18% more than it comes to Analytics.
I can affect the total cost for all the sources, but I need tochange only one.
I would like to make truthful statements, but it turns out I can not influence this indicator.
Dear experts - whether the ideas how can I implement this?
Сhange a metric value according to a dimension
February 2017
One possibility is to clone your original data source (by exporting it somewhere for example), so that you can have one data set with +18% and one normal data set. Then you can show the numbers separately by pulling from the appropriate data source.
If for some reason you aren't able to do this, another method that 100% works is to export AdWords data daily into google sheets with Adwords scripts, modifying the data within google sheets, and using google sheets as the data source for Data Studio.
There's probably a much easier way to do this though.
Сhange a metric value according to a dimension
February 2017
Thank you, Alexey!
I will try the methods suggested by you.
It is a pity that this problem can not be solved by formulas
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February 2017 - last edited February 2017
And, one more question. How can I take costs for the Google from sheets, and for other sources from Analytics?
Сhange a metric value according to a dimension
February 2017
Your question is phrased a bit awkwardly. Are you asking how to export data from Adwords and Analytics into sheets?
To get data from Analytics into google sheets. Create a new google sheet, click on 'add ons' from the top menu, and press 'get add-ons...'. The search for the google analytics add-on and install it. Run the add-on and pull the report by entering what you need into the Dimension and Metric boxes. After the report is created, you can do additional modifications (eg. filters, segments, date range, etc.) by changing the values in the sheet 'Report-Configuration'.
To pull Adwords data into google sheets, you will need to read the documentation on the AdWords scripts, (here's one for keyword performance: https://developers.google.com/adwords/scripts/docs/solutions/keyword-performance), and take the code provided at the bottom, and run it with adwords scripts. You will need to make modifications to the code to get the data that you need. Keep in mind that there's code for both single accounts and manager accounts, so choose the correct code for your account type.


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Readers are encouraged to explore these web sites, some of which contain links to yet more information.
Empire State Building Sustainability - This site's content includes a video and links to other valuable resources (scroll down the right-hand column). Clicking is richly rewarded. In particular see Tools, which offers design, rating, and decision-making tools that can be applied to other retrofit projects.
Make Your Buildings Work - This Johnson Controls web site offers comprehensive information about improving building performance. It includes a video that features the Empire State Building retrofit.
Vornado Energy Information Portal for Tenants - In 2009 Vornado rolled out this web-based tool that gives sub-metered tenants access to their electricity bills and their energy usage profiles and data. It's designed to help them identify and change wasteful energy practices, cut their electricity costs, and become more energy efficient.
Natural Resources Defense Council - Center for Market Innovation. The Center "works to harness the power of markets to create positive and profitable environmental change." Tony Malkin is a member of its Advisory Council.
New York State Energy Research Administration (NYSERDA) - See its Focus on Commercial Real Estate, which includes information on incentives, and information on residential real estate.
Greener, Greater Buildings Plan - In December 2009, the NYC Council passed the legislative components of a six-part plan (download it here: Greener, Greater Buildings Plan), which requires ongoing efficiency improvements in existing large buildings. Those buildings now consume nearly half the energy consumed in the city. By 2030 existing buildings may consume 85 percent. The components are these:
Urban Green Council - Green Codes Task Force Events. Urban Green, the NYC chapter of the US Green Building Council, has been offering educational programs on the details of the NYC Green Codes Task Force report.
Developers See New Value in Old Steel - This interesting April 6, 2010, New York Times article says,
As commercial real estate development nearly comes to a halt in the economic downturn, some well-capitalized investors are focusing instead on sprucing up existing properties. The process has various names: retrofitting, renovating, repurposing, even repositioning . . . the underlying idea is to wring out more value at a time when rents will not support new construction.
It reports that the architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has completed designs for dozens of rehabilitation, renovation, and expansion projects that
. . . may range from simply redesigning the lobby and upgrading elevators to stripping a building down to the frame and replacing almost everything but the foundation.
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Volume 11, Number 1 (2015) Prayer in Mission
Full Issue
The Psychology of Prayer: A Theosomatic (Psycho-Spiritual) Approach to Missionary Care
L. Ann Hamel
Intercessory Prayer and Mission
Bruce L. Bauer
Prayer as a Strategic Weapon in Mission
Boubakar Sanou
Prayer: Breaking Down Walls of Hostility
John Holbrook
Healing as an Approach for Discipleship in the Bible: A Missiological Perspective
Jacques Yves N. Mbende
A Brief Overview of al Jinn within Islamic Cosmology and Religiosity
Vivian A. Laughlin
Mapping Neo-Atheist and Other Recent Attacks on the Character of God: A Case of Theodicy
Jiří Moskala
Ellen G. White on City Missions
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Welcome to Sydney
On a magnificent blue sky summer's day Sydney opens her arms to us, sailing in from the Pacific. The nor'easter is delicate and helpful to round North Head. My heart is arace with the sheer beauty of the hectic zigzagging of ballooned -out regatta spinnakers, threading a silver wake through gently bobbing marker buoys.
A busy beautiful place.
On high alert our eyes wide for scanning we join the throng of Sunday arvo on the harbour. The Manly ferries with their meter high wash, plough through the flotilla, exerting their right of way. Down around the Sow and Pigs, we first glimpse of 'The Coathanger', famous and proud, the bridge straddles the harbour from north shore to the city pressing at the water's edge.
The Opera House.
Like a giant jester's hat, the Opera House sits on verdant parkland banks, stealing all attentions with a promise of culture, sophistication and fun. Our eyes feast on clusters of high rise, the tall spike of Centre Point Tower and World Square emboldened with shimmering sheets of sky scraping glass.
Steer in nearer to land and the history of Sydney unravels in waves of sculpted stone and tarnished copper domes. Sandstone in abundance holds the stories from early settlement, convict built and preserved as a proud monuments to pioneering sailors and colonial gentry.
Sail under the harbour bridge.
In a busy, messy affair of joggle and hustle, motor launches and million dollar yachts, the tall ships go agliding and racing skiffs sweep around us. With sunset bright in our eyes, we slop along past the insane wide grin of the foreshore fun zone, Luna Park. The noisy rides and a colourful Ferris wheel aspin with Christmas holiday children, giddy on excitement, fairy floss and fizz.
Bow to the setting sun.
We furl our flapping head sail and weave a ginger path through another '60 footer' regatta, trying to keep out of their determined way and sneak around the moored yachts. We pick up a safe mooring at Balmain in the old Iron Cove.This is the most beautiful harbour city in the world and with no pressing schedule, I know I'm going to like it here.
Sydney On New Year's Eve.
We jostle a position outside Farm Cove just near to Lady Macquaries Chair, for an unsurpassed view of the spectacular Fireworks on Sydney Harbour. BANG and it starts, with a KABOOM that thumps its way through my chest. CRASSHHH as the spray of fire and color rains down over black glass water, contrasting and mirroring the heavenly explosions. Waves of pink and green smoke drift through the tallest city buildings and little children squeal in surprise and awe.
A civilised beauty.
With 70,000 water craft at midnight on the harbour, I expect trouble from such a mobbing. But no. We welcome in the new year with smiles and good cheer, all aware of our good fortune to be part of this outlandish event.
Other days.
I walk the alley ways and streets of the leafy inner city suburbs, surprised at the peace and quiet. Sandstone terrace homes proclaim their dates of origin proudly on their apex..1889, 1905. By Euro standards it is not an old city, but the history oozes from nooks and crannys at every turn in the road.
'The Rocks' precinct.
The Rocks is a masterpiece of preservation telling a quintessential story of convict hard labor. It is a tribute to the colonists who endured the harshness of a foreign land. I easily imagine the day to day life of early settlers here. These inner suburbs bear landmarks and monuments for poets and cricketers, governors and explorers of days gone by, Banjo Patterson, Sir Donald Bradman, Blaxland and Macquarie.
Eclectic mingles.
Modern murals, futuristic architecture and historic icons blend comfortably in the back streets. High fashion on high streets and cool coffee houses compliment each other amongst swathes of restaurants and retro funkadelia stores. Vivid and lively, charming and clever, welcoming and progressive, I'm swept up in the gentle kerfuffle of Sydney City life.
Bushland by boat.
We take in the sights around two mansion clad hills and a channel of luxury water craft, down town central Sydney fall away. Less than two hours of cruising up the middle harbour passage, we glide into the silence of real Australian native bush. It is so pristine it is hard to believe we are near any civilization.
Remnants from another era.
Restorations along the way describe a past life of ammunition storage facilities and bygone conflict. Historic relics dot the banks, whispering clues to a savagely protected new found land. Now, a peaceful anchorage with healthy fish, this is a haven of natural beauty.
Back towards the sea.
Drifting on a whimsical tide, we bobble over to Manly Cove where the water is sparkling like deep green emerald . The holding here is good and comfortable, but popular in a north easterly blow and wide open to weather from the south/west. Private hidey hole beaches with soft sand and steep stone cliffs, beds of giant kelp rim the eastern edge of the Cove.
Quarantine Bay.
We happily paddle in Kayaks or swim to shore, it is safe, to visit the old quarantine jetty and infirmary. I'm surprised by colorful reef fish among the amber weed. A turtle and some dolphins ignore us, like all city dwellers do.
On the Homeward Leg.
We detour out through the heads for a quick fish on a light swell before heading back to base. BINGO, snapper and a small barracuda fresh for dinner. Oh it will be hard to leave here.
- Long and Lats 33° 52′ S, 151° 12′ E
- Name of Airport: Sydney Airport
- Currency; Australian Dollar AUD
- Temperatures; 16 to 26 degrees Celsius
- Climate; Temperate with occasional extremes of heat and cold. Winter Rains.
- Languages spoken by the locals; English and Australian (Strine)
Hello …G'day
Goodbye….See Ya
Thank You …Ta
- Port Of Entry; Neutral Bay
- Distance from Airport to City: 8km
- Capital City of New South Wales; Sydney
- Local Transport; Buses, trains, ferries, taxi, hire car. uber
- Local Beer; VB, XXXX, excellent boutique beers.
- Food; Fresh Seafood aplenty, all international cuisines available.
- Affordability; Expensive but manageable if the AUD is low.
- Visitor's Highlights; Catch a show or take a guided tour inside the Sydney Opera House. Take a 2 hour train trip to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains to see the 'Three Sisters'.
- Camp out in the city centre on Cockatoo Island and catch a concert like 'Cockfest & Big Day Out'.
- The Sydney GLBTIQ Mardi Gras is on every March plus you can always catch a trashy game of Tranny Bingo at the Petersham Inn on Wednesday nights.
Two secrets for you
- Visit Shark Bay, inside the eastern harbour with your picnic, for a shark proof swim, with a fabulous view of the Harbour Bridge and the city.
- Get a ticket to the 'Roar and Snore' Luxury overnight camp out at Taronga Park Zoo on the north shore. Sleep at the zoo, under the Sydney City stars, view the Australian nocturnal animals, hear the lions roar and settle, feed breakfast to the residents and a BBQ at sunset overlooking the harbour.
To The Ship's Master
- Official Border Control Requirements for yachts and pleasure craft entering Australian waters.
- Important Information about Goods and Services Tax Refunds on departure. http://www.sydneyairport.com.au/prepare/departures/tourist-refund-scheme.aspx
- The vessel featured in this article is for sale, currently lying at Far North Queensland near the Great Barrier Reef. To find out more go to www.acatamaranforsale.com
I hope you can get to Sydney one day, too.
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June 28, 2016 08:35 ET
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - June 28, 2016) -
PHX Energy Services Corp. ("PHX Energy" or the "Corporation") (TSX:PHX) is pleased to announce the closing of its bought deal public offering of 8,625,000 common shares of the Corporation at a price of $2.70 per share, which includes 1,125,000 common shares issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the over-allotment option, for gross proceeds of approximately $23.3 million. Concurrent with the closing of the public offering, certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of PHX purchased a total of 495,407 common shares at the offering price of $2.70 per share on a private placement basis. The gross proceeds from the public offering and concurrent private placement totalled approximately $24.6 million.
The syndicate of underwriters was led by Peters & Co. Limited and included Scotia Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. and AltaCorp Capital Inc.
The securities offered have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any U.S. state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an available exemption from the registration requirement of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About PHX Energy Services Corp.
The Corporation, through its directional drilling subsidiary entities, provides horizontal and directional drilling technology and services to oil and natural gas producing companies in Canada, the US, Albania and Russia. In addition the Corporation provides EDR technology and services through its Stream Services division.
The common shares of PHX Energy are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "PHX".
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Christian Aid
Christian Aid Week 2017: 14th - 20th May
This year members from both congregations of our benefice helped to raise a fantastic £520.90 thank you so much to everyone who supported with their prayers, time, talents and genourosity, a special thanks to the volunteers and caterers for the lovely luncheon platter they provided at the beginning of Christian Aid week.
Christian Aid week is the main fundraising event of the year for Christian Aid with churches across the UK and Ireland taking part. Christian Aid week 2017 focused on the awful plight of refugees which we have seen much of in the media people like Nejebar. Christian Aid work in around 50 countries around the world providing urgent practical and effective assistance where the need is great and tackling the effect of poverty as well as its root causes.
Thank you so much for your continued support, regards John Brennan
Christian Aid Week: standing with refugees like Nejebar
Nejebar and her family have fled horrors in Afghanistan, where her husband was threatened with torture and death for being a government worker.
But now they've arrived in Greece, all they have is a tent. They have no other protection against wind and rain. There's no school for their five children. And they have no certainty or clear idea of what will happen to them now. They thought they would stay here for 10 days, but it's already been six months and there's no end in sight.
Nejebar's husband Noor describes their initial reaction to arriving in the camp in Greece: 'It was like suicide for us. But we took the decision that it is better to die here than to die there from war.'
You've helped us be there for refugees since 1945
Thanks to you, Christian Aid has been there for refugees like Nejebar since 1945, providing essential food, shelter and legal assistance for people far from home. And we still believe in life before death.


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We're assuming here that you have an abiding passion for making a world-changing product, and an idea for how to do it. Now, "all" you have to do is get going.
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