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OTTAWA, Canada (August 4, 2013) - International Boxing Federation (IBF) No. 1-ranked and mandatory light welterweight challenger, undefeated Dierry "Doggy Style" Jean (25-0, 17 KOs) credits a vivid dream for driving him into a boxing career. Years later, Jean finds himself on the brink of his first world title shot against IBF 140-pound champion Lamont "Havoc" Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KOs).
"In that dream," Jean noted, "I was a very good fighter. Now, I'm following a new dream to be world champion. It's my time!"
The 31-year-old Jean moved with his family to Canada from Haiti when he was 10. Disinterested in boxing until the experiencing the aforementioned vision when he was 18, Jean went on to become a Canadian National Champion as an amateur, and presently he's unbeaten in 25 professional fights.
Fighting this past May for the second time outside of Canada as a professional, the Montreal-based boxer dismantled the then IBF No.7 ranked Cleotis "Mookie" Pendarvis (17-3-2) on ShoBox: The Next Generation, live from Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. Jean overcame a nasty cut over his right eye, suffered in the third round from an unintentional head-butt, rocking Pendarvis in the fourth with an explosive overhand right. Pendarvis somehow managed to beat the count but the IBF title eliminator fight was soon stopped by the referee with Jean unloading a barrage of unanswered punches.
"My last fight was huge for me, enormous, because I knew that it would change my life," Jean said. "People have been saying 'Douggy" is next but I needed to prove it. I went to another country and to knockout Pendarvis early in the fight was good."
Jean, now ranked No. 10 by The Ring Magazine, is the reigning North American Boxing Federation (NABF) and North American Boxing Association (NABA) light welterweight champion.
When Jean challenges Peterson, he will be in the unusual position of not only fighting a world champion coming off a loss, but one who was dropped three times in the process before the action was finally halted in the third round. His fight against powerhouse Lucas Matthysse (33-2) on Showtime Championship Boxing was originally supposed to be contested for Peterson's IBF belt, however, Matthysee refused to relinquish his Interim World Boxing Council (WBC) belt. A unification bout was disallowed and instead they fought a non-title fight.
"I will take advantage of that (Peterson's last fight)," Jean said. "He will be weaker. Peterson's a good fighter. I can't take anything away from him, but I know I'm a good puncher with 17 knockouts in 25 fights. I'm going out to stop him.
"He doesn't compare to anybody I've ever fought but I know I'm in his class. He can put pressure on and box, but he didn't use the right strategy in his last fight, and I don't think he will against me. I don't think he'll have any respect for me. He's going to come after me but I will make him pay. He'll taste my power and then I'll knock him out."
"Guy Jutras is one of the most knowledgeable people in boxing," Jean's promoter Camille Estephan (Eye of the Tiger Management) commented. "After Dierry's fight with (Ivan) Cano for the NABF and NABA titles (October 26, 2012), Guy said to me that he'd been in the business a long time, as a fighter and judge, and that he'd never seen a more natural fighter than Dierry Jean. He said Dierry was the best pound-for-pound fighter in Canada and one of the best he'd ever seen in over 50 years. For him to say that means a lot and it's true. Dierry's talent is non-parallel with anybody in Canada.
"All of the top 140-pounders should take notice. Dierry has been slowed down by a few injuries, which is why he hasn't been on the big stage. He opened a lot of eyes in America, all of boxing, with his last performance on ShoBox, knocking out Pendarvis. Dierry Jean is bringing a lot of excitement to an already loaded division with the likes of Matthysse, (Danny) Garcia, Peterson, (Amir) Khan, (Mike) Alvarado, (Brandon) Rios and (Zab) Judah."
Two-time world champion Peterson's two pro losses have been to world champions, Matthysee and Timothy Bradley; he fought Victor Ortiz to a draw and his more notable victims have been world champions Khan and Kendall Holt.
The IBF will send a letter to the promoters of Peterson (Golden Boy Promotions) and Jean (Eye of the Tiger Management) on September 23, 2013, asking the two parties to negotiate a title fight between the two fighters. If no agreement is reached within one month a purse bid will be held.
"We have been talking with Golden Boy but I don't know where it'll go," Estephan explained. "We'd love to bring the fight to Canada. Jean is the best pound-for-pound fighter in Canada and one of the best in the world. He must prove that, though, by winning a world title. No longer is he one of boxing's best kept secrets and, after the fight with Peterson, his star will shine brightly all around the boxing world."


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Combine all that spending to boost home prices with a still-bloated financial industry – too big to fail, expecting to get bailed out, and rewarding executives with huge bonuses in exchange for taking big risks – and, warns Barofsky, the U.S. financial system is headed for The Great Crisis, Part II. "Even if TARP saved our financial system from driving off a cliff back in 2008, absent meaningful reform, we are still driving on the same winding mountain road, but this time in a faster car," cautions the report.
It's old news that the feds are reinflating the bubble by propping up prices -- I wrote about it while George W. Bush was still president. But it's still a big deal to have a critic as influential as Barofsky. He is a prosecutor - a former assistant attorney general in New York specializing in mortgage fraud. When he says price inflation is not just a waste of resources but a dangerous development, we'd all do well to listen.


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Can anyone offer any advice or assistance? I tried to post an image of what they look like but was unable to. Persistence paid off, here is the image.


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What does Karaline mean?
Karaline as a name for girls has its root in Old German, and the meaning of Karaline is "free man". Karaline is an alternate spelling of Caroline (Old German). Karaline is also a derivative of Karolina (Slavic, Old German).
VARIANTS Karolynne, Karolynn, Karolyne, Karolyn, Karoline, Karolin, Karilynn, Karilyn, Karelyn, Karalynne, Karalyn, Karaleen, Carrolyn, Carolynne, Carolynn, Carolyne, Carolyn▼, Carollyn, Carolin, Carolein, Carolanne, Carolann, Carolan, Carilynne, Carilyn, Carileen, Caralynn, Caralyne, Caralyn, Caraline, Caralin, Caraleen
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How popular is Karaline?
Karaline is an uncommonly occurring first name for women. Karaline is an equally uncommon surname for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
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Most of the times when I cook a pork roast I go for the traditional Bavarian "Krustenbraten". This recipe has some similarties but it uses a liquid you would not normally associate with pork: dry vermouth. But it works.
Dry Vermouth
Here is a nice summery chicken dish in mediterranean style. Lemon is a great match for chicken, and caramelizing them adds another layer of flavour.
Here is a nice fish dish for a change. I just could not resist to add some pork to it. The lentils need a bit of time to cook but other than that it is a quick and easy job.
I have always wanted to make flank steak but I never got around it so far. As a condiment to go with the steak I had the idea to make a mayonnaise with herbs, also to test the blending capabilites of my Magimix food processor which so far I have only used for chopping sausage meat.
Trumpet mushrooms go very well together with pork, as I have learned when I made a pork liver paté with them. So I deciced to use the remaining dried trumpet mushrooms in my pantry for a cooked pork dish.
For a change, here is an almost vegetarian dish, but it is easy to make it completely vegetarian.


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Snippy Makes Screenshots Easy
If you're a blogger or do any writing on your computer, you know how important it is to take screenshots when you're testing an application or writing documentation on how something works. Even if you're having a computer problem, sometimes sending a screenshot of your error to your office's IT guys can mean the difference between a speedy fix and a long troubleshooting session.
Snippy is a tiny application, only about 84KB, that will help make taking screenshots much easier. Sure, you can just press print-screen and paste the image into paint, but that doesn't let you take shots of only part of your screen, or let you freehand what you need to take a shot of and exclude what you don't need. When you use Snippy, you get a cursor that lets you draw around what you want a screenshot of. When you let go of the mouse, the image is stored in the clipboard, ready to be pasted into any document of your choice. If you hold down shift when you click Snippy, you get a target cursor that will take rectangular shots of whatever you select.
The best part about Snippy is that it's lightweight and portable. It doesn't require an installation, and the executable can be stored on a USB drive or copied from computer to computer easily. Best of all, it's free.
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The Query & Analysis tools from SAP BusinessObjects – Desktop Intelligence and Web Intelligence – are very powerful when it comes to analyzing corporate information. They give you the ability to add complex conditions without the need to know SQL language. A problem that may arise when generating your query is that, when defining conditions with sub queries, the complexity (an indicator of the performance that the query will have when transformed into SQL language) escalates causing your query to take an enormous amount of time to generate, or not to generate at all. Let's look at the root causes of these facts and a workaround that can be used to make your analysis quicker.
The root causes for a low performance
Let's consider the following example: We want to show a list of Contacts that accomplish a certain condition, but we also want to exclude two groups of contacts from that list. Let´s call this operation – –
Our query will be based on the contact codes, all their necessary attribute objects and some conditions that restrict the query, in addition to other two restrictions: "Codes Not In List Codes that accomplish B" and "Codes Not In List Codes that accomplish C"
If the number of items in these restrictions is too high, the SQL engine cannot handle the whole request and result is query does not finish.
Alternatives to a sub query
In the example above, we can load the restriction codes in different queries or data providers. Then the main query can be modified so that the sub queries are turned into calls to data providers: "Codes Not In Query that accomplishes B" and "Codes Not In Query that accomplishes C".
This solution has the advantage that the sub query condition is already physical and it is not involved in query calculation, therefore complexity is reduced. Unfortunately there is a limit to the number of items in the sub query that can be handled by the SAP BusinessObjects engine. A pop up message will inform you about this.
Another solution that actually works is to load the three lists (A, B, C) and do the exclusion – – directly in a report using report filtering… more on this below.
The solution
The solution with the best performance is the one where we load the data that we need into three different queries or data providers, combine this information in one single table and apply some filtering directly in the report.
Advantages of this method are that performance is optimized, as every single query has got the lowest complexity. Moreover, it is more visual as we can double check with examples to make sure what we are doing is correct. The one disadvantage is that the workaround may be too technical for an end business user, as we are using dimension merging or linking and non intuitive complex filtering.
Find below a demonstration of the performance gain by analyzing the cost of queries using the Oracle explain plan from a real example:
If you are interested in trying this solution, you can follow these steps:
Load the three queries or data providers (including main codes) as dimensions
Merge or link or the three queries or data providers via their main code only
Make sure to load a detail object type that has a 1 to 1 relationship with the main code in every query. If it is not available in the universe, a detail variable can be created emulating this feature. We will call these variables "filtering flags"
Create a table that contains the main code, its attributes and their filtering flags. Only the codes that are in the main table , but are not in or are the ones that are useful for us.
1. Add three filters in the tab / Report: Flag A: Not Null / Flag B: Is Null / Flag C: Is Null
Now flags can be hidden and all the description objects for a code can be added.
With this example we have described a method to replicate complex queries when the number of items in the restrictions is too high. If the number of items in the restrictions is reasonable, then we can continue with the standard method.
Hopefully this post has given you a good example of how the merging/ linking of queries/data providers works and has demonstrated that a good understanding of them will help as a work around for real challenges and support the flexibility of SAP BusinessObjects Query & Analysis tools.


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Our group started July 22, 2016. We started planning our first project in August 2016 with a partnership between The MADE (Museum of Art & Digital Education) in Oakland. We teach kids project management (PM) and leadership skills and the MADE teaches them Scratch Video Game Programming and Drawing/Computer Graphics. The Drawing class was added June 2017 and changed to Computer Graphic October 2017.
Our plan is to prepare our 30+ 2017 graduates of the Introduction to Project Management and Leadership Program (which requires the MADE classes ) to start working on projects in Oakland, CA to benefit to community. As the kids work on the projects, they will use PM skills and roles to manage their projects. When room permits non-graduates can participate on projects however, lead PM roles are reserved for graduates first.
Although our program has a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) focus, we expose our kids to as many of their career options including entrepreneurial options and allow them to determine their own career path. In addition to equipping them with skills, we brings speakers in from every walk of life who use project management (everyone does in some form or fashion) to share their experiences with our kids.
We will also expose them to the various cultures around the world to prepare for futures which may involve working in various countries and in the US with people from multiple cultures and countries.
For information regarding upcoming classes, projects and events see the calendar at the bottom of our home page.
Class and Project Overviews
December 3, 2016 to Present
Introduction to Project Management, Leadership, Scratch Video Game Programming and Computer Graphics Classes.
Using a book report as our example, we introduce kids to Project Management Institute's (PMI) or Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOX) standards for managing projects adapted for kids. We also use our Simulated Lemonade project to explain the various aspects and roles associated with projects. Then we partner with the MADE (Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment) in Oakland, CA who teaches the kids Scratch Video Game Programming and Computer Graphics. All classes are free and taught by professionals in each area who volunteer their time and are passionate about teaching these fresh, young and gifted kids.
class SUMMARIES
1st set of classes for kids started Saturday, December 3, 2016 and ended January 7, 2017 with a 3 week gap in between the second and last classes. Kids met 3 Saturdays for 2 hours each for Project Management( (PM) & Leadership class, then for 1.5 hours for Scratch Video Game Programming. Initial assumptions were that most kids would have computers in their home or access to computers and would be able to work on games during the 3 week gap. We found out that this was not the case and eliminated the gap in future classes.
To learn more about these classes, click each class.
First Class December 3, 2016
Second Class December 10, 2016
Third Class January 7, 2017
2nd set of classes for kids started Saturday, June 3., 2017 and met for 1 hour per week until July 22., 2017 for Project Management & Leadership class, then for 1.5 hours for Scratch Video Game Programming, played in Museum for 30 minutes and finally took a Scratch Video Game Drawing class for an hour. We assumed that the 2 hour PM & Leadership class was too long so we changed it to a 1 hour class. To learn more, click here.
3rd set of classes for kids started Saturday, October 21 and met for 2 hours per week until November 4, 2017 or Project Management & Leadership class, then for 1.5 hours for Scratch Video Game Programming, played in Museum for 30 minutes and finally took a Scratch Video Game Computer Graphics/Drawing class for an hour. After trying 1 hour verse 2 hours for the PM & Leadership classes, we determined that the 2 hour class was best.
For a third time we are partnered with The MADE. This class the MADE surprised us with a new computer graphics teacher, Jack Pryne so instead of simple drawing using Scratch our kids will learn from a professional. Our last drawing instructor was excellent and we were very appreciative to have him.
To learn more, click here.
4th set of classes for kids started Saturday, January 27, 2018 and end February 10, 2018.. Kids met 3 Saturdays for 2 hours each for Project Management( (PM) & Leadership class, 1.5 hours for Scratch Video Game Programming, play in museum for 30 minutes then take an Art class for another hour. This set of classes is the same as the previous 3 but as we learn more about the kids we change the curriculum to meet the kids' needs. Also for graduation we gave the kids planners so we'll be adding more time management and since graduates are developing websites for themselves and the humanitarians and/or elected officials that they chose, the Art class will provide exercises that can be incorporated into their websites.
To learn more, click here
The Kids' First & Second Projects
The Simulated Lemonade Stand & Video Story Telling
Saturdays, July 29 & August 4, 2017
Initially, this project was going to be an actual lemonade stand but when we started considering the cost of permits and other expenses and time verses any profit we'd make we decided to use the opportunity to explain about prototypes, pilots and alpha and beta testing. The actual simulated lemonade stand occurred Saturday, July 29th with a Lessons' Learn workshop the following Saturday, August 5, 2017.
Here's the final video:
Write up …coming soon.
To see more videos, visit our YouTube Channel by clicking here.
Third Kids' Project
Create Your own Google Sites Website
November 11 & 18, 2017
The kids had lots of fun learning all the options for creating their own websites. Google did a wonderful job with the new Sites tool. It's so easy for kids big and small to use. I also incorporated an Adobe Sparks video to the kids for my sample website. Unfortunately, Adobe was having some technical issues that I didn't know about and as a result I was up all night trying to upload pictures and recording over and over again to point that my voice is strained. Although I know I should do it, here's the sample website and video I used to teach the kids. I'll re-post once I re-record it and post samples of the kids as soon as I can. They created the most beautiful website. Will post when we catch up.
4th Kids' Project
Hackathon a DialogFlow Voice App for Google Devices including Home
Saturday, Nov. 25 & 26, 2017 9am -6pm
Update coming soon…
We were able to create a voice app or Chatbot titled "PJMan Learn about the Solar System" and every kid participated in the Pitch of our app. Most were terrified of speaking but they did they're part. We'll share the video of our pitch which has the demonstration of our app in the testing phase soon also.
Special thanks to Veda Rogers and her team (Nanette, Jo, and Chuck) for their assistance. We are forever grateful……
Kids' Fifth Project & 1st Speaker Series
with Erna Grasz from Asante Africa Foundation
Saturday, August 16, 2017
…..You guessed, write up coming
Erna was as expected a fantastic first speaker. Not only did she share a little about her own life journey, she also helped the kids learn more about what it means to be a kid in Kenya and Tanzania and what the chances are of going to school. The kids really enjoyed exploring the instruments, clothing and toys she brought back from Africa.
She explained to the kids that not only are they citizens of the US but they are also global citizens with responsibilities.
As a result, we will add that factor to our curriculum as well as use this part of our program to prepare our kids to consider careers that may take them to other countries and/or work with people from other countries here in America. We also have a line up of Cross Cultural Leadership Development professional to teach the kids.
Finally, the kids were really excited about the Crowd Funding project to raise money for Asante Africa Foundation.
Again…. look for more info soon..
1 Year Anniversary Celebration and Graduation for all Introduction to Project Management and Leadership Graduates
Featuring Speaker Mario Chiodo and his Monument… Remember Them
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Free Speaker Series – 6th PJMan & StarGazers Kids Project – Remember Them Project & Celebration of 1st Year Graduates
To learn more about the Remember Them Monument, click here.
Poem by Mario Chiodo, artist of the monument click here
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How to avoid a "Syrian-style" refugee crisis in Venezuela
Now that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seems to be closing all avenues for a peaceful resolution of his country's crisis, the international community should put some serious pressure on him to allow a constitutional referendum this year. Otherwise, we may soon see a refugee crisis that will spill across the region.
With Caracas already the No. 1 murder capital in the world, Venezuela's 720 percent annual inflation rate the highest in the planet, and the population increasingly desperate because of widespread food and medicine shortages, some analysts such as former U.S. State Department Latin American chief Roger Noriega are already warning that escalating violence in Venezuela could lead to a "Syrian-style" refugee crisis.
There could be hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of Venezuelans seeking asylum in neighboring countries, they say. Already, more than 1.5 million have left Venezuela since late president Hugo Chavez started destroying the country in 1999, according to a 2014 study by the Central University of Venezuela.
Until now, the Obama administration, the European Union and Latin America's democracies had been betting on a mediation effort between Maduro and the opposition, led by former Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. But that mediation effort has been a waste of time, as has been obvious for many months.
Now, the Maduro-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) has virtually eliminated any possibility of a peaceful outcome. The CNE last week cited bogus technical reasons to effectively say it can't hold a recall referendum demanded by the opposition by Jan. 10. Under the law, if the recall vote is held after the first half of the current president's term — on Jan. 10 — and Maduro loses, there would be no early general election, and Maduro's vice-president would finish his term through 2019.
According to a new poll by Caracas-based Keller and Associates, only 15 percent of Venezuelans say they would vote for Maduro staying in power. The opposition is now planning a massive anti-government protest on Sept. 1.
What should the Obama administration, Europe and Latin American countries do?
First, call the regime-supported Rodriguez Zapatero mediation mission for what it is: a farce.
Second, the Obama administration should significantly increase the number of targeted personal sanctions — such as U.S. visa withdrawals and freezing of U.S. assets — against high-ranking Venezuelan officials engaged in human right abuses, corruption and drug trafficking. Obama last year slapped sanctions on seven Venezuelan generals and officials accused of human rights abuses, but none against any of the regime's top officials.
Targeted personal sanctions would send a clear message to Venezuelan military officers — many of whom are already troubled by Maduro's ineptitude — that they would pay a personal price for violently repressing peaceful opposition protests.
Third, Latin American democracies and the Obama administration should ask the 34-country Organization of American States to officially request that Venezuela hold the recall referendum this year, and to allow OAS electoral observers during the vote.
Fifteen OAS member countries — including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and the United States — issued a statement on Aug. 11 asking Venezuela to hold the constitutional referendum "without delays."
But while the statement was bolder than previous ones, the member countries should explicitly call on Maduro to allow the recall vote before Jan. 10, with OAS electoral observers. They should also demand the release of political prisoners, such as Leopoldo Lopez, and request that Maduro accept the laws passed by the opposition-controlled National Assembly, in line with regional treaties that commit signatory countries to respect the rule of law, pro-democracy activists say.
My opinion: There are new and urgent reasons why the Obama administration and Latin American democracies should step up their diplomatic pressure on Maduro to allow a recall vote before Jan. 10, with credible international observers, and accept the laws passed by Venezuela's congress.
For Obama, it's not in his interest to have a social explosion in Venezuela that would go down in history as having happened during his watch. And for Latin America, it's not in the interest of any country to see a "Syrian-style" Venezuelan refugee crisis that would affect the whole region. The time to put strong diplomatic pressure on Maduro is now, and the substance of that pressure is clear.
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Last week was an interesting set of matches for PRO Rugby. The league leaders had the weekend off, San Diego picked up a vital win, and San Francisco won for the first time on the year over a team that had beaten them by a big margin a few weeks back. However, even with all that there aren't changes in our power rankings.
1. Denver (5-0-0; LW: 1; Bye): Denver had last weekend off and were able to watch all the craziness below them. In their last outing they were almost beaten by an improving San Francisco team so the warning signs are there. They face a very big match against San Diego this weekend. Whoever wins this one is going to have an advantage heading into the second half of the year. Up next: at San Diego
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2. San Diego (4-1-0; LW: 2; beat Sacramento 44-23): San Diego left it to the second half once again but they picked up yet another win. They, along with Denver, have now separated themselves at the top of the table. They have a real chance of finishing first, especially as their forwards are improving. Up next: Denver
3. Ohio (3-3-0; LW: 3; lost to San Francisco 35-20): One week Ohio beat their opponent and score 50 points in the process and then the next week they drop a result against a team they had crushed a few weeks earlier. It's probably fitting that they are 3-3 on the season. San Francisco were due a win at some point but Ohio had far too many errors. After their bye week they face a crucial point in their season. Up next: Bye
4. San Francisco (1-5-0; LW: 4; beat Ohio 35-20): Given how they have improved so far this year it was just a matter of time before San Francisco won. It seems like the introduction Mils Muliaina may have helped to put them over the top. Their forward pack is the real reason for their improvement as well as their back line defense. Up next: Bye
5. Sacramento (1-5-0; LW: 5; lost to San Diego 44-23): Sacramento may be the most frustrating team in the competition. They do many things well but it's the repeated small errors that continually rob them of wins. That happened once again against San Diego and unless they can figure out how to improve there are going to be even more of those this year. Up next: Bye


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Tough Mudder competitors subject themselves to all sorts of unpleasantness. That is, after all, the point in obstacle course racing. But when participants are about to leap into giant vats of ice water or run through electrically charged wiring, they have advance knowledge of what they are getting into. However, 22 people who competed at a Tough Mudder in Beatty, Nevada, in 2012 didn't have that luxury — unless the fine print of the pre-race waiver included a bit on drinking animal feces.
A report released yesterday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the mud used in that event, held on a cattle ranch, was probably contaminated with swine and cow feces, both carriers for the Campylobacter colibacteria, which can cause prolonged diarrhea. The investigation was launched after a number of competitors reported "fever, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea" in the week following the race. The CDC found "a statistically significant association" between those who claimed to have accidentally swallowed (manure) mud water during the race and those who suffered post-race illness.
As its website will remind you, Tough Mudder is all about camaraderie during hardship. There's a "we're all in this together" ethos that is supposed to make the challenges more bearable. For those who spent the week after the Nevada TM sitting on the toilet, however, it must have been a lonely time indeed.


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If the Constitution protects the "right" to same sex marriage, does it also protect the "right" to incestuous marriage, or the right for adults to marry children? If not, why not? On what possible basis could you find a "right" to same sex marriage in the Constitution without affirming these other "rights" as well? (I suspect it will now only be a matter of time before someone asserts such "rights").
And then there is the hypocrisy of Justice Roberts who said that the Constitution had nothing to do with this decision. I'm sure he's absolutely right. But the the Constitution also had nothing to do with the decision on Obamacare which HE supported! When justices stop interpreting the Constitution, and start re-writing the Constitution, their decisions can become quite arbitrary.
When Nancy Pelosi was Speaker of the House, she (and other Democrats) publicly mocked the idea that Congress should be bound by the Constitution. We have a President who ignores the Constitution. Now we have a Supreme Court that thinks their job is not to interpret but to re-write the Constitution! The Constitution was supposed to protect citizens from government. When government ignores the Constitution we are in deep, deep trouble. Americans (both Republican and Democrat) should be (peacefully) protesting in the streets by the millions at this massive usurpation of power.
Germany was a democracy before Hitler took over. I have sometimes wondered how could they let their democracy be stolen from them like that? I suspect our grandchildren may one day be asking the same question of us.
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2017: the gift that keeps on giving.
Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives voted to approve the Republican budget for 2018 and beyond. There are all manner of terrible things in this bill, and you would do well to read about them and call your Senators in hopes we can shut this thing down before it screws a lot of people over. Today, I'd like to talk about the one feature of this bill that, if it passes the Senate, will end my graduate studies for good: the proposal to tax tuition waivers as income.
Here's roughly how a lot of graduate-level studies works in this United States: for many (not all) graduate students, you are allowed to attend a university virtually "free" in exchange for a stipend / paid work as a research or teaching assistant in my case, as a graduate instructor). Tuition waivers are effectively a formality, since we know based on our signed contract that we aren't required to actually pay tuition. Still, paperwork is filled out, and I suppose in a way these waivers operate as a kind of non-taxable income even though I never actually see the money in question. It just appears, wipes out what I owe to the university (mostly) and that's it. I never see a cent of this money.
The House bill changes all of that. It would treat those tuition waivers as taxable income. That means I would be taxed as though I were making much more than I actually am and would be required to pay the additional tax out of pocket via any income I make as a teacher or in another line of work.1 This sounds bad, but let me put it down into rough numbers so you understand just how totally fucked this whole tax proposal is.
I currently teach slightly more than full time — as a graduate instructor at my university and as an adjunct as a local state college. Combined, I can make about $30,000 a year (roughly $11-13K as a graduate instructor and the rest elsewhere). This number actually varies depending on the classes I teach, whether I teach during the summer, etc., but for the sake of simplicity, let's stick with that nice round number. Since I am still registered as an out-of-state student, my annual tuition at the University of Florida is roughly $30,000. Currently, I am taxed on that first $30k at around $3-4k (I get a deduction for contributions to retirement).2 If the Senate passes the House bill, I will be taxed as though I make $60k, raising my total tax on income to about $10k (give or take). In other words, the same amount of work I do now to make $26-27k after taxes would drop down to $20k, nearly cutting my total income by a third. It gets worse. For those that literally cannot work outside of the university (or who choose to focus on their graduate studies alone), such as foreign students, they would be taxed on $42k (actual income + the waiver); assuming they put the same amount of money into a retirement account as I do, they'd end up paying nearly $7,000 in taxes, reducing their income from $11k actual to $4k.
Update: Now that we have more calculators to show the real impact of both the House and Senate plans, here's a more accurate picture. Assume I still make roughly $30,000 and still get a fee waiver for roughly $30,000 at UF.
In the new calculations (see here), I would still see a tax increase even with the higher standard deduction of $12,000. In 2017, I actually paid about $2,700 in total taxes due to some extra deductions I took. If the tuition-waiver-as-income remains in the final tax plan, I would see an increase of taxes to roughly $6,100 to $6,500. That's obviously much lower than my original calculations, which I blame on the fact that I'm not an accountant or tax ninja and thus had to rely on things that didn't actually account for the things in the proposed plan. However, that's still an increase of $3,500 or so in taxes. For many grad students, that's an additional $17,500 in total costs for education ($3,500 x 5 years), which would have to be covered by income sources other than a stipend. It doesn't really matter if it's $3,500 or $7,000 in extra taxes. All of this will be a disaster if the tuition-waiver-as-income is kept in the final tax plan. Part of what makes U.S. graduate studies appealing is the fact that you can defray the costs of education by working at a university (this also adds experience to your CV). But this new tax plan could very well make all graduate studies in this country more expensive than the same study elsewhere in the world. I can see a lot of my colleagues encouraging undergraduates to take their academic interests abroad…
(Note: in-state students will still see a tax increase. Using the baseline calculators provided above, an in-state student pays about $880 in tax under the current tax plan. With the new tax plan, they'd be responsible for $1,900 to $2,100 in taxes. That assumes their only income is a stipend and there are no other deductions they can take. Sure, that's not a lot of extra money, but grad students are some of the most vulnerable hard workers in the country, and they're enormously important both for education and for the intellectual growth of this country. The tax plan could very well add to their already considerable burden, all so some rich guy with a car elevator can buy another car elevator.)
This will completely destroy graduate-level studies as something anyone but the wealthy can reasonably pursue. If you're already poor, you've likely made it to an M.A. or Ph.D program on a sinking boat of student loans. Now you're looking at adding even more debt on top of that in a job market that increasingly looks less promising for almost everyone. We're not talking small amounts of debt, either. According to UF's Student Financial Affairs website, it's recommended that you have roughly $30,000 in income per school year; this number assumes you'll pay for your own tuition out of pocket (for in-state), so if we subtract $12.7k from that number, you get $17.3k. For many graduate students who cannot or won't work outside of the university, they'll need to pull at least $5k extra every year just for living expenses. These are UF's very conservative estimates and assume you have no medical conditions, no children, no sudden expenses (an accident, etc.), or can reasonably live below the poverty line.3 Unfortunately, in my 7 years of experience living here, this is not actually reasonable. I'd estimate that you'd need at least $10k more every year to reach any semblance of comfort. Either way, for an average Ph.D student, that's between $25k to $50k of added loan debt, most of which will likely fall into the unsubsidized category (it accrues interest from the moment you accept it).
Many graduate students might bite the bullet, live extremely frugal and miserable lives for a few years, and finish their degrees. This will do nothing to improve the mental well being of graduate students, who are already being systematically exploited and whose mental health is often ignored by the university. But some of them will still do it anyway. For a lot of other people, this just isn't an option, leading some to seek other avenues towards success — or to seek paths to survival that don't actually lead anywhere but "the basics."
For me, this would be the end of my graduate studies. I cannot justified taking another $5,000 of student loan debt for a degree that offers no guarantee of a decent job.4 I'm certainly not willing to continue working 60 hours a week to make significantly less than I already do. This would be the nail in the coffin for me: not only would I have to leave graduate school, but I'd likely be forced out of the teaching field entirely because I would need to find other ways to improve my economic situation.
This might not seem like such a bad thing to some people. After all, life intervenes in our plans all the time, right? Except this isn't a normal thing. There's no argument that can defend this new tax policy. It is immoral on its face and harms an entire segment of the American population for no real benefit. It will not improve the economy or reduce the deficit. Rather, it'll do the exact opposite by putting more highly educated people deeper into debt and reducing how much disposable income they have to spend during and after graduate school.
This isn't normal. This is what happens when you hand the reins to a political party bought by and in the service of the wealthy. Those without will get screwed over while those with far more than any single human being deserves to have will get more for no real gain to anyone else.
This is 2017 in a nutshell. Sadly, financial ruin is the thing 60 million Americans voted for…
- Many universities actually prohibit graduate students from working more than a certain number of hours outside of the university itself, so this could have an even greater impact on a lot of my colleagues.
- I'm using Smart Asset's calculator for this. It's a rough guide and doesn't account for every variable, but it gives a clear enough picture.
- I don't know how taxing tuition waivers will affect whether graduate students can apply for public assistance, but I would not be surprised if it did.
- I expect to graduate in May 2018


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Whet Your APPetite With Kinetik
Kinetik - Share the apps you love (Free) by Kinetik is a new kind of social network for iOS apps. There are a few app sharing apps floating around the App Store already (e.g., Frenzapp, Chorus), but so far this one strikes my fancy a bit more.
I think it goes without saying that we here at AppAdvice love our apps. In fact, we get a little obsessive about them sometimes. Not only do we love finding some amazing gems in the App Store, we love reporting on them to you. Even the bad ones because, hey, you need to know what not to download as well as what to download, right?
To begin, you must log in via Twitter (input your Twitter login information and an email address). I didn't have an issue with this, but a lot of people complain about it, so having different login options would be a good idea to gain more users.
The app takes your Twitter information — picture, name, bio — and adds it to your Kinetik profile. Now, you're all set to start sharing.
Inviting people to use the app is simple. Navigate to the "People" menu and touch "Find Friends" on the top of the screen. Here you can choose between Twitter or Facebook and then find friends to invite from either social network.
However, be careful, because as soon as you click invite, it immediately sends a tweet from your account to that person or auto-posts on their Facebook wall. I wish you could just invite via email instead as this seems a bit intrusive.
View apps that are trending now or view the most recently shared apps from your friends. If you want to browse by category, you can do that too. But if you know which app you want to talk about, just tap the red "Share" button and you can enter the name immediately.
Once you enter the app name, search for it, and select it. You can add a blurb about the app (why you use it, what it does, what you like about it), add hashtags, or leave these sections blank. You can also choose to just share it with Kinetik, or with Twitter and Facebook as well.
Tapping "Done" on your keyboard will immediately share the app — I found this out the hard way — so make sure you have everything squared away before doing so. Especially since I don't see a way to delete an app share if you make a mistake.
When scrolling through the app activity stream, you can get pretty far down the list, checking out everyone's picks. This is only a problem because there is no way to quickly return to the top of the page. They need to implement some sort of way to do so — a "double tap" perhaps? Certainly this shouldn't only apply to Zombieland rules, but app rules as well.
While navigating through the sea of apps, I found myself getting lost among many screens. All of a sudden, I was four or five screens in and had no way of returning to the main screen. I think you should be able to tap any of the main menu buttons on the bottom of the screen to return you to their main screen.
The app did crash on me twice. It can also be pretty slow to update at times. For instance, as I was trying to fight my way to the top of the app leaderboards — because, you know, I have to be number one — I noticed that my number of apps shared wasn't updating right away. Though, I am sure that the developers will push updates out soon to take care of these tiny bugs.
Kinetik is available as a free download in the App Store and is fun to play around with. Whether you're an app addict who just wants to talk about the apps you love, or a new iOS user who would like to find some new apps — suggested by friends and strangers alike — this app is worth checking out. I know I'm already obsessed.
And don't forget to follow me on Kinetik, as well! My username is @atjamie.


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Bacteria in the Colon
There are more than 36 different species of bacteria that reside in the colon. Over 20 species of bacteria grow in the stool of meat-eaters. All of them produce highly toxic waste products.
One you may be familiar with is Salmonella. It is often found in meat and eggs of poultry. Salmonella can produce a seriously debilitating illness which is usually called "food poisoning".
Another is E. Coli which is actually beneficial in normal small amounts, but unhealthy when allowed to overpopulate in the colon. One of the strains of E. Coli bacteria releases a toxin which is deadly to humans.
Carnivore mammals like lions and cats which eat meat and little else have very short digestive tracts. This helps them eliminate their toxic waste quickly before it can poison them. They also have a stronger concentration of hydrochloric acid in their stomachs than humans. These acids helps kill more bacteria and parasites.
The human digestive tract is almost TWICE as long as that of a lion. We need to keep that toxic waste moving out of us as quickly as possible.
That's where My Miracle Tea can help!
Probiotic vs Pathogenic Bacteria
There is such a thing as "good bacteria" in our digestive tract. It helps digest fresh food passing through. However, this accumulation of toxic waste allows the "bad bacteria" and fungus organisms to take over.
This disrupts the delicate balance in our bowels between the bacteria and fungus. Those bad bacteria and fungi are called "opportunists". They will move in wherever the good bacteria die off and leave some room on the lining of the small intestine and colon.
Lactobacillus acidophilus is the most important of the lacto bacteria in the digestive tract. It can survive in both acid and alkaline environments and has the potential to inhibit at least 26 different kinds of harmful pathogenic bacteria.
Acidophilus is found naturally in Balkan-style yogurt and fermented foods such as:
- Cultured buttermilk
- Kefir, tempeh or miso
- Sauerkraut
- Pickles
The various types of "good bacteria" or "probiotics" live in symbiosis with us and provide many beneficial functions which are absolutely essential to our health and well-being – and even our ability to stay alive:
Many probiotic bacteria produce enzymes
These enzymes which enable us to digest various types of food. Some probiotic bacteria make natural antibiotics which help control or destroy the harmful bacteria.
All probiotic bacteria help protect the intestinal mucosa and vaginal mucosa tissues from harmful fungus or yeast infestation – mainly by crowding out the yeast and fungus organisms and preventing them from adhering to the tissue where they could grow and spread.
Some manufacture vitamin K which is necessary for strong bones and the ability of blood to clot. Other probiotics manufacture B vitamins.
In contrast, some prevent toxicity from nitrites added to processed foods while other bacteria aid in the absorption of magnesium. (Magnesium deficiencies is closely linked to asthma and migraines).
These probiotic "good bacteria" are essential in digesting the food we eat.
Some other important probiotics are: Bifidobacterium longum, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus salivarius.
When the food passing through our small intestine is not properly digested and the nutrients are not well absorbed, we tend to eat even more food in an attempt to get the missing nutrients we need to survive.
This is one of the causes of weight gain as we age and build up more and more mucoid plaque.
These bio-friendly bacteria or probiotics displace those harmful pathogenic micro-organisms (the bad bacteria, parasites, yeast and fungus) that cause constipation and diarrhea (and vaginitis) and do not leave them room to attach themselves and multiply on the inner surface of the colon and small intestine.
Those which cannot attach themselves to the lining would normally end up being excreted from the body in the feces, but when the intestines have a build up of mucus and waste material sticking to that lining, it provides a perfect place for pathogenic bacteria, yeast, fungus and parasites to reside, feed, reproduce and multiply, and produce their poisonous toxins.
A Healthy Digestive System
Within a healthy digestive system, there should be about 80 to 85 percent bio-friendly bacteria (like Acidophilus and Bifidus) and only 15 to 20 percent yeast and fungus.
In a healthy body, there will 3 pounds of probiotic bacteria in the digestive tract, bacteria which help you digest and absorb the nutrients in your food. There will be about 4 pounds of good and bad bacteria in the whole body. There should be more individual probiotic bacteria organisms in our gut than there are cells in the lining of the digestive tract!
But today, with all the processed foods we eat, all the alcoholic beverages we drink, and all the antibiotics fed to the animals we eat, the number of probiotic bacteria that survive to do their job in our GI tract is decreasing.
Taking antibiotic drugs kills the good probiotic bacteria along with the pathogenic bacteria. The chlorine and fluorine in tap water helps kill toxic bacteria in the water supply, but can also kill the probiotic bacteria in your GI tract (use a charcoal filter to remove the chlorine from your drinking water).
Chemical preservatives in processed foods keep harmful bacteria from growing in the products. However, is it possible for good bacteria to be killed when we ingest these chemicals which are supposed to be growing in our digestive tract?
With less of the good probiotic bacteria to protect us, no wonder the pathogenic bacteria, yeast, fungi, and parasites are proliferating and causing so many health problems!


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About one year ago I was watching "Stranded With Cash Peters", a travel show on Travel Channel TV with my Dad. Cash Peters was in New Zealand and at a place in Queenstown, New Zealand where he went on a luge track. I have been thinking of that ever since...and guess what? Today I got to go on it! It was great!
I got to drive my own luge over and over again down a track with curves and tunnels and steep parts and not so steep parts, it was great!!! My favorite part was driving the luge all by myself. I can't wait to do it again!


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Stereogum recently premiered Bayonne's official music video for "Spectrolite." The song is said to be about "a stone that his girlfriend at the time brought him back from Australia," which is reflected through the music video's travel theme brought to life with stop-motion animation by director Lauren Gregory. Read more about "Spectrolite" via the Stereogum premiere here. You can view the video for "Spectrolite" here.
"Spectrolite" is currently on Spotify, as well iTunes and Amazon.


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BRADENTON – Changes are approved and a two-building hotel is coming to One Particular Harbour on Perico Island with construction planned to begin in early 2019.
Representatives from owner Minto Communities appeared before members of the Bradenton City Council on Aug. 8 to ask for approval to reduce retail space from 17,600 square feet to 1,520 square feet, the size of the ship's store already under construction near the dry dock space, and reduce the number of restaurants planned for the site from two at 17,400 square feet to one at 7,500 square feet with 305 seats. The reason for these requested reductions is to convert the space to a hotel covering two buildings on the marina with a combined 131 rooms.
The building facing Manatee Avenue is planned as the primary building with 101 rooms over five stories. The secondary building, located directly in front of the marina, will have 30 rooms over three stories. With the updated site plan receiving unanimous support from both the Bradenton Planning Commission and City Council, Minto plans to break ground in early 2019 on the first COMPASS by Margaritaville Hotels and Resorts.
COMPASS is a new brand underneath the Margaritaville umbrella. It's being developed by Sarasota-based Floridays Development Company and is planned as an "upscale boutique select-service hotel brand" according to an Aug. 8 press release.
Myra Schwarz, the city's Planning and Development Coordinator, said the site plan amendment was found compatible with the Bradenton Comprehensive Plan and is compatible with the surrounding area. The project was approved July 18 in a unanimous vote by city planning commissioners. Schwarz said the reduction in retail space and addition of the two hotel buildings increases the floor area ratio of the project by more than 20 percent, requiring it to come before city council members for approval. The floor area is increasing from about 64,000 square feet to 122,120 square feet. She said the demand on city services, such as water and sewer, will more than double with the updated project plan, however, she also said the city is able to meet the demand.
Planner Darenda Marvin, representing Minto, said that while the floor area of the commercial segment of the project is increasing, the plan isn't to increase the footprint of the planned buildings much but to build up instead. Marvin said that after retail and restaurant tenants for the site didn't come to fruition, Minto and Margaritaville decided to go in a slightly different direction with the project.
"This is the kind of project I like to see in the city," Bradenton City Councilman Bemis Smith said, adding that it's "innovative." Smith did question if a hotel is allowed in the marina's Planned Development Project zoning and if a hotel could be placed at the site if the marina was not there.
Under the city's definition for a marina, it allows for lodging for vessel owners, crews and guests. Marvin said she expects the primary visitors to the hotel to be boat owners and guests to the marina.
Once constructed, the hotel at One Particular Harbour will be one of only two full-service hotels west of downtown Bradenton. The other is the Waterline Marina Resort and Beach Club hotel on Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach.
In approving the project, council members also approved a reduction in side setbacks allowed for each of the hotel buildings, though it does not affect the setbacks from Manatee Avenue. For the primary hotel building, Marvin said the planned setback from Manatee Avenue is 150 feet from the right of way. All of the commercial buildings are located at least 300 feet away from any of the development's residential buildings.
"That's a beautiful view going over that bridge and seeing that development," Councilman Gene Gallo said, adding that he doesn't see the proposed changes to One Particular Harbour as an issue visually or for the traffic traveling along Manatee Avenue.
"The traffic on Manatee Avenue is by far not the fault of that development," he said.
Smith said he thinks the Minto marina is a better fit for the area than the old one that was at the Perico Island site along with a 7/11 store and a Leverocks restaurant.
"I think this is a step up," he said. "I think it's a great move."
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One Particular Harbour's marina is on the market


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Further reading
The UK Companies Act 2006 gave statutory status to what has long been a common law duty of company directors worldwide: to exercise due care in relation to their companies. Specifically, directors must "exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence" (s.174).
The board of directors must ensure that the organisation has developed and tested business continuity and disaster recovery plans mitigating all risks facing the organisation. These pages provide an introduction to these subjects and their associated standards. To discuss your business continuity, disaster recovery or ISO22301 requirements, call us on +44 (0) 845 070 1750.
Launched in May 2012, ISO 22301 sets out the requirements for a business continuity management system (BCMS). ISO22301 replaced the British BS25999-2 standard.
All organisations face business continuity risks. Did you know that:
* The 2013-2014 KPMG Business Continuity Management Program Benchmarking Study
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In the UK, the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 sets out specific requirements for public bodies. It imposes a series of duties on local bodies in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (known as "Category 1 responders"). These include the duty to assess the risk of an emergency occurring and to maintain plans for the purposes of responding to an emergency.
The range of Category 1 responders is broader than the range of local bodies that were subject to earlier legislation, which has now been repealed. It includes certain bodies with functions relating to health, the Environment Agency and the Secretary of State responsible for maritime and coastal emergency responses. The Act also provides a mechanism to impose duties on other local bodies ("Category 2 responders"), to cooperate with, and to provide information to, Category 1 responders in connection with their civil protection duties.
Business continuity planning (BCP) involves the processes and procedures for the development, testing and maintenance of plans that will enable an organisation to continue operating during and after a disaster.
Plans are typically designed to cope with incidents affecting all of the organisation's business-critical processes and activities, from failure of a single server all the way through to complete loss of a major facility. BCP is a response to an enterprise-level risk assessment.
Disaster recovery planning (DRP) usually takes place within the BCP framework. Disaster recovery plans are often relatively technical and will focus on the recovery of specific operations, functions, sites, services or applications. A single BCP might contain or refer to a number of disaster recovery plans. Best practice for disaster recovery is set out in ISO/IEC 22301.
The business continuity management lifecycle usually includes a series of steps:
ISO22301: A Pocket Guide will help you understand international best practice for business continuity, and provides guidance on the best way to implement a fit-for-purpose business continuity management system (BCMS).
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