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Are you hesitant or stumped on what to post on LinkedIn?
"Who wants to listen to little old me? What do I know that anyone else cares about?"
Doubts like that run rampant like mushrooms in the undergrowth. Doubts can be catchy. We can't let that happen.
Everyone has a reason for being in their role. There is a reason the company pays you to do that job. You must know something or add some value. Perhaps you don't realize you are sitting on a gold mine of information ripe for the sharing!
Social media is about sharing what you know with other people. Everyone has something to add, even you!
There are many reasons to share what you know. Sharing what you know establishes you as a "thought leader", someone of substance who is worth listening to. Sharing comes back to you in abundance. Helping others for the sake of helping makes the world a better place. Sharing gives you an outlet for your thoughts and is a great way to learn. It is a way to participate in the virtual conversations swirling in the social media forest.
You don't have to be a job seeker to share what you know. You just have to be a professional.
Sharing what you know is called "content" in social media world. Content comes from anywhere. From previous articles you've written or documentation of professional conversations. Someone asked me a question the other day. You can be sure that question will show up in something I write somewhere! It is just too good to keep to myself.
You can share your point of view about a topic in your field. Many people sharing their points of view is a great way to grapple with something controversial in your field. Eventually a new idea will emerge that will be the new solution. Maybe you have that idea in you right now?
Find interesting ideas to share in articles you read or listen to anywhere – newspapers, podcasts, tv shows, YouTube videos, Pinterest, Snap Chat, etc. Social media is filled with fascinating ideas just waiting to be shared to a wider audience.
When you share your own article on LinkedIn, the keywords included in the articles enhance your visibility and support your claim that you are good at what you do.
Here are some tips on how to get started sharing what you know:
- Start reading online or in journals or in LinkedIn Groups or in LinkedIn Pulse – anything that strikes your fancy.
- Share something interesting. Find something interesting and share it with your LinkedIn connections. That is a small start.
- Make comments. When you get bolder you can share a comment. Start small with a compliment or a thank you. "Thanks for sharing, Jane" or "I completely agree, thanks for sharing".
- Ask a question in a Group then follow up on the responses with comments and thank-you's.
- Write an article. It doesn't have to be big. It can be just a few words on a topic that is important to you in your profession or in your personal life. Post it in your update section on your LinkedIn profile.
- Write a LinkedIn SlideShare. Is there anything interesting in your field that you can learn from? I bet you have information that can add to knowledge in the world. Prepare a simple SlideShare PPT to share with the world. Attach it to your profile so your thoughts enhance your reputation.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Whale watching off the coast of Eden Australia.
We got up at the break of dawn in Australia to get ready for a whale watching tour. I had a bowl of Cheerios and just as we left our Eagle Heights apartment, I took a Dramamine so it would soak into my system before we got on the boat. Cat-Balou Cruise leaves Eden's port every morning and in season, they guarantee a whale sighting. Before we walked the gang plank, everyone was warned that there were pretty high seas out there which made spotting whales challenging. If anyone wanted to turn back, this was their chance.
Inside, I sketched what I thought was the steering controls. No one ever touched the steering wheel however, so I assume the catamaran was actually being steered from upstairs. Terry immediately sat up front at the bow and I included her in the sketch. Once we left the harbor, the seas got worse and the boat pitched violently. My drawing hand started to go numb so I slapped it on my calf to try and wake it up. A crew member asked me to go back to the bar to sign some documents. I lost my balance multiple times as I walked the short distance to the stern of the boat. After signing, I couldn't bring Myself to walk back to my seat. I clutched a metal pillar for support. I've heard, that if you start to feel sea sick, you shouldn't stay inside. Instead you should get out and stare at the horizon. I stumbled out a door and stood at a railing. Then my knees gave out and I knelled at the railing as if in prayer. "Dear God, please let this pass." I stayed like that for the longest time. A crew member approached and told me that sniffing eucalyptus oil would settle my stomach. She gave me a napkin soaked in oil and I held it up to my nose. I took a sniff. The sharp smell immediately caused me to wretch, sending Cheerios over the railing into the churning sea. eucalyptus wasn't a cure, it was the cause. Terry had bragged about how good a patch was for avoiding sea sickness. Where was she? I could use that darn patch. I wasn't able to walk up to the bow to find her. My knees no longer worked.
After wrenching I felt better for a while and I stood. I held ceiling beams and imagined myself surfing the high seas. There was no way I could get back inside to my sketch. Eventually my extremities went numb again. All the other passengers had crowded onto the bow of the boat since a whale had been spotted. I stood at the stern with my head out over the railing. I wretched but there was nothing inside me. Then, a few feet from me, a whales eye appeared and he stared at me. Time slowed down. I swear I saw concern in that eye. Every nerve of my body snapped to attention. All my misery passed. The eye submerged followed by the immense length of body, and then the tale fluke. Wow! For the rest of the trip I stood up watching the ocean for another appearance. We basically tracked that one whale the entire trip. Spotting whales in the distance was impossible in the high seas. A Japanese man was as bad off as I was. He kept his eyes closed the entire trip. Developing my sea legs became a game. I let go of the ceiling beams once in a while to see if I could surf the pitching deck without getting thrown overboard.
For much of the trip I was so miserable, I wished I were dead, and then there were moments where I never felt so alive. If I had an opportunity to do it again, I would jump at the chance. Next time there will be no Cheerios, and I'll wear a patch behind my ear. Sea sickness is largely psychological it is a confusion in which fluids in the inner ear send different signals than what the eyes perceive. Since I'm such a visual person, I guess I'm more susceptible. Terry told me that sketching is what caused the sea sickness, but I refuse to believe that.
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All gardeners and farmers should be plant breeders, says author Carol Deppe. Developing new vegetable varieties doesn't require a specialized education, a lot of land, or even a lot of time. It can be done on any scale. It's enjoyable. It's deeply rewarding. You can get useful new varieties much faster than you might suppose. And you can eat your mistakes.
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In this one-size-fits-all world of multinational seed companies, plant patents, and biotech monopolies, more and more gardeners and farmers are recognizing that they need to "take back their seeds." They need to save more of their own seed, grow and maintain the best traditional and regional varieties, and develop more of their own unique new varieties. Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving shows the way, and offers an exciting introduction to a whole new gardening adventure.
Carol Deppe is a plant breeder and writer who lives in Corvallis, Oregon. She has a B.S. in Zoology from University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University. "At least I think I have a Ph.D. from Harvard," Deppe says. "But when I got the diploma it was in Latin, and I don't read Latin, so who knows?" Deppe's garden and science writing has appeared in Horticulture, Organic Gardening, National Gardening, and elsewhere.
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Former Mets catcher Mike Piazza is interested in buying Italian soccer club Parma, according to a report from ESPN.
Former Mets catcher Mike Piazza is interested in buying Italian soccer club Parma, according to a report from ESPN.
Piazza was in Parma recently and is interested in purchasing the team, the report said. He said he was unable to tell yet if his bid will come to fruition.
In March, an Italian court declared Parma bankrupt. At that time, the Associated Press estimated that the club was $110 million in debt, although Italian newspaper La Repubblica estimated that figure to be closer to $230 million.
The club finished at the bottom of the Serie A standings and was relegated to Serie B, the second-best professional league in Italy.
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The club's insolvency could discount any potential purchase price Piazza would pay, especially if he were able to guarantee some of the club's debt, the report said.
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AppIQ puts a new face on file-level SRM
Software startup AppIQ on Monday announced added file-level storage resource management capabilities, heterogeneous device support, provisioning, and backup and recovery management capabilities to its software.
Software startup AppIQ Inc. on Monday unveiled added file-level storage resource management (SRM) capabilities, heterogeneous device support, provisioning, and backup and recovery management capabilities to its management software, all in anticipation of a trend that sees applications taking over storage network management.
The AppIQ StorageAuthority suite was built from the ground up on the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S). The line combines the SMI-S model with recently acquired technology from startup XStormTech, Helmetta, N.J., to "expose unique features of individual storage elements," according to chief technology officer Ash Ashutosh.
"Rather than go out and create a fancy object module, we decided we would go out and build it on standards," Ashutosh said. Burlington, Mass.-based AppIQ designated six of its engineers and two marketing people for SMI-S development, a big investment for a small company.
Ashutosh believes that the future of storage resource management lies within applications and that, in a few years, storage management will not be a software category but rather a subcategory of application management. "Our belief [is] that, in three or four years, there will be no independent standalone storage management companies," he said.
"We knew that, in a matter of two years, we had to build a platform that would be driven by applications," he said.
The rationale is that application developers decide what kind of servers and storage they want for a given project. "The business is saying applications start from the top," Ashutosh said.
John Webster, founder and senior analyst at Data Mobility Group Inc., Nashua, N.H., agreed with Ashutosh that the merging of storage networks with other computing networks has already begun.
However, he said, the category of storage software cuts a wide swath across the data center and includes storage infrastructure and data management. "I think there will always be new ISVs coming to market with better ways to manage data," he said.
Also this week, AppIQ slapped a new moniker on its software and brought all of its product features and functions under the umbrella of the AppIQ StorageAuthority suite. The name 'StorageAuthority' actually represents a wide-reaching renaming effort on AppIQ's part. All of the company's product features and functions now fall under the StorageAuthority umbrella. The suite's newest feature is an SRM module that manages capacity and performance from "file server to spindle," according to the company.
StorageAuthority for File Servers does many of the things you'd expect from a traditional SRM product, like sending alerts when share points and file systems near capacity limits, identifying files that can be deleted or archived and locating users that are exceeding disk space quotas. But it goes a step further by generating a storage topology that shows which physical disk subsystems can be seen by each file server based on SAN zones. The topology also provisions new capacity at the host, switch and disk subsystem levels.
When it comes to device support, AppIQ has a laundry list of leading storage platforms and products that it can manage, including Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HDS Dynamic Link Manager and several EMC product lines, including the Symmetrix DMX family of storage systems, the Connectrix family of switches and directors and the Clariion disk arrays with PowerPath, raw volumes, Brocade and LSI Logic firmware revisions.
AppIQ said its device support is a direct result of helping other vendors comply with the Storage Management Initiative Specification. Some of those vendors include Brocade, Hitachi Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., LSI Logic Storage Systems, McData Corp., Network Appliance Inc., SGI and Sun Microsystems Inc.
The AppIQ StorageAuthority suite will be available in November 2003 through AppIQ and AppIQ solution partners. Pricing for the software has not been announced.
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Several public assistance programs are offered to low income residents by Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration. The services are focused on helping the less fortunate across Indiana get the help they need for their basic needs. The public assistance programs, also listed by county below, typically give priority to seniors, the elderly, unemployed, and families with children.
Receive free or low cost food and groceries from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP, which is the new name for Indiana food stamps. The Family and Social Services Administration in Indiana manages this public program on behalf of the federal government.
This resource provides government food assistance to low income families. While it is a federal government program that is fully funded by the United States Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the state runs it at the local level and most county social service offices accept applications. The Indiana SNAP program can help ensure low income individuals and families get the nutrition they need at no cost to them.
Children can benefit from Head Start. This child development program ensures children get access to health, educational, nutritional, and social and other services that they need. The Indiana Head Start program will distribute grants and financial aid directly to local private non-profits and public programs. The federal government money needs to be used to provide comprehensive education and overall child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families in Indiana. Head Start will give priority to assisting preschoolers with developing the early math and reading skills they need for long term success in school.
Overall, the Head Start service can help children enhance their social and cognitive abilities and lead to increased development of children through the provision of health care, educational, teachings, and nutritional development. Agencies in Indiana that offer this public program will also engage parents in their children's learning. This is a key to helping individuals make progress toward their literacy and educational goals. A lot of effort is put into ensure parents participate in these Head Start programs.
Cash assistance or grants can be obtained in Indiana from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This program was created to replace the AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), which was formerly known as "welfare". Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration runs TANF. A number of welfare reform efforts in both Indiana and across the nation have placed an emphasis on personal responsibility and also work first. Find more details on cash assistance in Indiana.
This will in effect replace cash assistance with transitional services that help people depend less on public aid, improve their job skills, and gain employment. The Indiana TANF program provides cash assistance for basic needs such as housing and energy bills, and it also offers supportive services to assist the family gain self-sufficiency. The state as well as federal government pay for this welfare assistance program, and thousands of Indiana families benefit from it.
Receive free or low cost health care from Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration. One of the primary resources offered is Medicaid (HIP / HHW / CHIP). Almost 15% of the state's population are receiving medical benefits from this public assistance health program at any one time. It can help people stay healthy or address a medical condition they have.
Specifically in Indiana one of the programs is known as Hoosier Healthwise. The state is doing its best to ensure that residents, including children and pregnant women, receive the doctor visits and access to medical care that they need. Helping people get off to a healthy start in their critical developmental years is important. So Hoosier Healthwise is working to support early healthcare for babies, young children, and pregnant women.
Hoosier Rx provides medications. The state can assist thousands of low-income seniors and those without insurance buy the prescription drugs they need to stay healthy. There is also information on patient assistance programs from pharmaceutical companies. Some elderly may qualify for free medications, while others may receive a significant discount and may need to pay a minimal fee.
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is funded by the federal government, and is the primary public health program for children. The program can health insurance to uninsured children, even if their family's income is too high for other government care such as Medicaid. So low to moderate income families in Indiana can apply for this medical bill assistance program.
Another service is the Indiana Chronic Disease Management Program. This is focused on people of all ages, but mostly seniors. It is targeted at the state's most vulnerable Medicaid recipients, and it can help them improve their health condition and also manage chronic conditions such as asthma, heart disease, or diabetes.Through Indiana's Medicaid waiver programs, the state can help people with disabilities as well as seniors become active members of their communities instead of living in a hospital or home.
Child Care and Development Fund is the state's subsidy program that provides affordable child care to low income families. The parent needs to be working, in school, or attending job training. There is usually a waiting list in Indiana for this public assistance program, and funding is limited. Also, those who are enrolled will still need to pay a portion of their child care costs. Continue with Indiana child care assistance.
Vocational Rehabilitation Services is a public assistance program created by the Indiana Bureau of Rehabilitation Services (BRS). It can offer quality unique services to support and enhance the skills of people with disabilities. They will be able to prepare for a job, obtain one or retain employment. Social workers will stay active in someone's rehabilitation. This will allow people with disabilities the ability achieve a greater level of independence in their living environments as well as work place.
Other services offered by the state include Blind Services, First Steps, Deaf Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Disability Assistance, information on Community Clinics and more.
Job training is provided by Indiana Manpower and Comprehensive Training (IMPACT). It offers education, job training, career counseling and other support to recipients of public aid including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It is intended to be welfare to work for the state.
To learn more about these social services or public assistance, call Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration at 800-403-0864.
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About Kim Kelly
Kim Kelly is the author of six novels exploring Australia and its history. Her stories shine a bright light on some forgotten corners of the past and tell the tales of ordinary people living through extraordinary times.
A striking characteristic of Kim's writing is her ability to lead readers with warmth and lyrical charm into difficult terrain, exploring themes of bigotry, class conflict, disadvantage and violence in our shared history – issues that resonate through the social and political landscape of Australia today.
A widely respected book editor and literary consultant by trade, stories fill her everyday – most nights, too – and it's love that fuels her intellectual engine. Love between lovers, friends, strangers; love of country; love of story. In fact, she takes love so seriously she once donated a kidney to her husband to prove it, and also to save his life.
Originally from Sydney, today Kim lives on a small rural property in central New South Wales just outside the tiny gold-rush village of Millthorpe, where the ghosts are mostly friendly and her grown sons regularly come home to graze.
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What makes my heart beat faster
Guest post by Kim Kelly
Too often, plain, stark fear has been the trigger that has set my pulse racing. Anxieties have crowded out joy and confined my courage, boxed in any dare that I might take a risk, to make a dream real.
Once upon a time, I had difficulty even admitting I wanted to be a writer. I kept my yearnings so close, just the thought of letting that secret escape made my heart feel as though it would burst with fear.
But love – in so many forms – has broken through over the years.
Four simple words from my husband, Deano, whenever I'm in doubt – 'You can do it' – and I am charged up with possibility. His arms around me at the end of the day, a kiss in the dark, and I can do anything.
The sound of happy excitement in the voices of my children is the charge of sweetest success, especially when they tell me they've just taken a risk of their own: going for a new job; booking that plane ticket; asking someone out on a date. I fly with them.
My country, the land I call home, fills me with breathtaking wonder: from the glittering city of Sydney to the mist-shrouded forests of the mountains; the rolling golden hills beyond and beyond them further still the huge blue skies and red dirt roads of the desert edge. Australia's vastness is awe-inspiring, reminding me of my smallness and elevating all my senses at once, sending me searching into all corners of the past, from the legends of ancient nations, to our modern kaleidoscope of contradictions, asking: what is Australia?
The magic that tingles through all my cells at beginning a new story on the page is like no other. The first time I see a character's face, hear their voice, sit down and listen to them, I am meeting not only a new friend, but reaching into myself, into all my own darkness and light, where fear and love combine, to take me to places I could never go otherwise.
Across all the novels I've now written, my characters have led me onto battlefields, into underground mines and deadly storms, and sent me on the run from the law. In The Blue Mile, my unlikely hero Yo took me up with him to experience the dizzying thrills of working on the construction of Sydney's famous Harbour Bridge – and yes, of course, I'm frightened of heights.
The characters in all my stories must overcome fear and disapproval to love wholeheartedly, too – to love each other, to find the mettle to follow a desire, to fight an injustice, to right a wrong, to learn a lesson. To live well, for ourselves and for those we love.
My heart thunders for love, for it's the most terrifying, exhilarating thing we ever do.
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Sean Frank has become a name in fashion, whether that was his original intention or not. His films for the fashion world have kept people talking and naturally have led him to become one of the most respected names in the business. His latest work comes from a collaboration with Westfield and it highlights the great debate I spoke about earlier this week - heels vs. flats. {Watch the video}
Sean Frank took some time to answer some hard-hitting questions for me about this vision for the video, his career and, naturally, his style. He's very "straight-to-the-point," shall we say?
I have to ask, as we are discussing Heels vs. Flats, have you ever worn a pair of heels, or did you do so to get into the vibe of this video?
I left that one to the ladies - hats off to them for dancing in them without falling over.
Can you start from the beginning and tell us how exactly you've found yourself where you are today?
I started making films about 4 years ago, working with various fashion houses and magazines. Its a great creative output for expressing ideas and working across lots of different areas.
And how did you find yourself working with Westfield?
They got in touch with the idea of commisioning 4 films. I submitted a treatment around the idea heelsvsflats and soul train and we went form there. I met Anthony Portas a few years ago when i was starting out, so it was great to get to work with them on this project.
In looking at the video, there is a lot of concentration on head to toe style. While we're all supposed to be concentrating on the feet, somewhat, how did you go about putting together the fashion for this video knowing you were trying to focus your audience on some serious rhythmic feet?
Although the film is shoe focused, it was about creating an overall scenario - individuals getting together and having a dance party. In the film, each character dances off against themselves as their alternative alter ego "heelsvsflats". It was important to show two distinct styles; a more casual and relaxed style for flats and a polished/smart style for "heels". Kim Howells (stylist) did a brilliant job creating these looks.
While we're on the topic of style, tell us what you really think.... how important are shoes to an outfit?
Aside from being practical, They are usually the fine line between looking smart and casual.
Do you have a pair of shoes you'd never like to see die?
At the moment i'm quite partial to a comfortable trainer. unrivalled comfort. literally like wearing socks.
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After a hearty meal is really a crime to not arrange shopping, since it is within the markets from the Old Town you will find all of the national souvenirs: papyrus, carpets, hookahs and spices. It's recognized to bargain, so don't hesitate. Would you crave entertainment? Advances in direction of Naama Bay where all of the nightlife is targeted in Sharm el-Sheikh: restaurants, clubs, shops and discos. Must visit a colorful show with oriental belly dancing! Anybody can learn it immediately.
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Egyptian government bodies are earning every effort to leisure travelers was is completely safe. For that tranquility of holidaymakers, primary roads and roads from the city are outfitted with modern Closed-circuit television cameras, tourist group on a holiday supported through the police. Additionally, hotels themselves provide additional enhanced security to the visitors.


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The mini Bulletin Autumn 2019
Click on the link above to read more about the "sewerscape" art installation as part of the Nanaimo Street Upgrades, Halloween Safety Tips to have fun AND stay safe and the upcoming Pumpkin Patch event at Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House.
Happy Reading! Stay warm and safe!
The Bulletin Summer 2019
Click on the link above to read more about the one time a naked man came into the CPC office, why it is never cool to leave pets in hot cars, our 20th anniversary celebrations, and a 'Save the Date' for the Sunrise Summer Kickoff on July 6th.
Have a safe and happy summer!
The mini Bulletin Spring 2019
Click on the link above to learn more about the Hastings Sunrise CPC community cleanup and graffiti removal program. You will also find information about recent changes to the Hastings Sunrise neighbourhood, and the threat of the "Green Thumb Burglar".
The Bulletin Winter-Spring 2019
The Bulletin Winter-Spring 2019
Click on the link above to read more about Tamam, a favourite restaurant of Hastings Sunrise residents, and the president of the HSCPC Board of Directors, Melinda Freitas, who is moving on after six years.
You can also find more information about Harold Catt, one of our volunteers, upcoming Nanaimo Street Upgrades, and a Save the Date for our annual Shredding Day in May .
The mini Bulletin December 2018
Click on the link above to read more about scam calls and how not to fall for them.
Additionally, read about pedestrian safety, a recap of our annual Dine for Safety fundraising dinner and a Q&A with the newest HSCPC staff member.
The Bulletin Summer 2018
Click on the link above to read more about how E-Comm operators handle thousands of emergency calls every day from their base in Hastings Sunrise.
You can also find more information about Cst. Ben Falk, the new Neighbourhood Police Office in Hastings Sunrise and how Street Art brightens the streets in our community.
Summer 2018 mini Bulletin
Click on the link above to learn about workshops developed by VPD female officers to train and empower women. Their slogan says it all: "If you choose to fight back, you must do so effectively." The VPD is offering sessions throughout 2018 for women aged 16 and up.
You can also find more information about "distraction thefts" which are on the rise in East Vancouver.
Spring 2018 – The Bulletin
Click on the link above to learn about some valuable safety tips to help protect your vehicle from a possible break-in and how to stay safe this tax season. Additionally, read how a former volunteer now works as the neighbourhood police officer at the Grandview-Woodland CPC.
New this year, we will be operating the Child Find program Saturdays from our office. The Child Find ID Clinic creates a small booklet of information that could be invaluable if your child ever goes missing.
January 2018 the mini Bulletin
Click on the link above to learn about the role of the Sunrise Safety Team in the local community. They patrol five days a week, wearing bright green jackets. Be sure to say hi next time you see them in the community!
Also, there is a recap of our first dinner fundraising event, "Dine for Safety". The event was a huge success. Special thanks goes to our volunteers, board members, Tamam Palestinian restaurant, and donors who contributed to the silent auction.
Finally, don't forget to save the date, May 5th, for our 9th annual Shredding Day!
In this edition of the Bulletin we learn about the new wheels for the HSCPC Road Safety Program. Thank you to Global Container Terminals and PCI Developments for the generous support of the two year program. Read on to learn about Project Griffin, tips for staying safe on Craigslist, tidal wetlands restoration at New Brighton, and fighting sex workers' stigma.
AUGUST 2017 – the mini Bulletin
In this edition of the HSCPC Newsletter – Summer 2017 we learn about how Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House reaches out to seniors by hosting community walks. Read on to discover the walking schedule and how you can get involved. Also, learn more about how Project 529 returns bikes to their rightful owners. Come down to the CPC every Saturday from 10-4 and register your bike for free!
Spring 2017 FOUR PAGE EDITION
In this edition of The Bulletin, we discuss the HSCPC receiving an Award of Excellence from the City of Vancouver. While our executive director, Clair MacGougan, was recognized by the Vancouver Police Department and the City for his outstanding contributions towards preventing crime and improving safety at the community level. Learn about programming at the CPC and remember to save the date, July 8th, for the Sunrise Summer Kickoff!
Spring 2017
In this issue of the Bulletin, we talk about how you can make a positive impact in your community, as well has raising awareness about the HSCPC as part of Operation Profile. We also give you the run-down on anti-crime tips. Most importantly, we introduce our new video which you can find on our About page!
Winter 2017
In this issue of the Bulletin, we share the story of the Mobile Access Project Van. The first of its kind in Vancouver, the MAP Van has been aiming to increase the health and safety of women working in the sex trade for the past 15 years, particularly in those areas where there are few or no services. Long time staff member and former volunteer at the HSCPC Tommy Luong also provides a full run-down of exactly what the HSCPC is and how you can get involved. We also give tips on business crime prevention and winter road safety.


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The black aventurine glass is capped with transparent, giving a lovely depth of colour.
They each measure approx 1.5cm square with the posts being 1.7cm long and come packaged in a white organza bag.
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Storytelling Through Photography
Storytelling Through Photography from Cronkite School on Vimeo.
Melissa Lyttle, who was elected president of the National Press Photographers Association in January 2016, discusses the power of photojournalism and how it relates to storytelling.
Melissa Lyttle describes herself as an independent visual journalist. Her main focus is on documentary work relating to social issues. Her award-winning photography has been widely recognized by organizations such as UNICEF, and she has been commisioned by major news and print media companies including CNN and Rolling Stone magazine.
Melissa also founded online photo community, APhotoADay, in 2001, which in 2017 has over 2,500 members internationally. APhotoADay is designed for photo students or working photojournalists with a passion for documentary photography and takes online form as a main website and blog.
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With Slow Village, discover a new Biscarrosse holiday village concept. Opening in 2017, our establishment nestles within an authentic green setting in the immediate proximity of the Lac de Biscarrosse lake. A halfway house between chic camping and the holiday village, Slow Village turns out to be the ideal place to rest and indulge in idleness within the Landes department.
Adopt a new way of life for the duration of your stay with us in our Biscarosse holiday village. It is a way of life known under the banner of "slow life", which consists in taking your time. Time to do things, time to live, time to look around you, time to make the most of those you love, time to eat healthily and time for other activities.
Anyone living in "slow" mode sees life from a different perspective and attaches value to the little things in life! This is precisely the encounter that we are offering you the chance to experience within our Biscarrosse holiday village. Far from what is usual in the Landes department, our establishment is intended to have a human dimension, close to nature and indeed close to others.
Our accommodation nestles in the woods and enjoys proximity to the shores of the Lac de Biscarrosse. You are ensured of finding peace and tranquillity, but also warmth and conviviality. By going to the Biscarrosse holiday village, you will also be able to take advantage of the activities and entertainment organised in Port Maguide.
Indeed every holiday season this significant tourist spot, located on the shores of the Lac de Biscarrosse, accommodates countless events. Holidaymakers who come here can do a multitude of recreational and/or sports activities.


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How to Analyze Data in Tables with R
You can use R's prop.test() function for data in matrices and tables. For prop.test(), these tables need to have two columns with the number of counts for the two possible outcomes.
How to test contingency of tables
Alternatively, you can use the chisq.test() function to analyze tables with a chi-squared (χ2) contingency test. To do this on the matrix with the seat-belt data, you simply do the following:
> chisq.test(seatbelt.table)
This returns the following output:
Pearson's Chi-squared test with Yates' continuity correction data: survivors X-squared = 24.3328, df = 1, p-value = 8.105e-07
The values for the statistic (X-squared), the degrees of freedom, and the p-value are exactly the same as with the prop.test() function. That's to be expected, because — in this case, at least — both tests are equivalent.
How to test tables with more than two columns
Unlike the prop.test() function, the chisq.test() function can deal with tables with more than two columns and even with more than two dimensions. To illustrate this, let's take a look at the table HairEyeColor. You can see its structure with the following code:
> str(HairEyeColor) Table [1:4, 1:4, 1:2] 32 53 10 3 11 50 10 30 10 25 ... - attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 3 ..$ Hair: chr [1:4] "Black" "Brown" "Red" "Blond" ..$ Eye : chr [1:4] "Brown" "Blue" "Hazel" "Green" ..$ Sex : chr [1:2] "Male" "Female"
So, the table HairEyeColor has three dimensions: one for hair color, one for eye color, and one for sex. The table represents the distribution of these three features among 592 students.
The dimension names of a table are stored in an attribute called dimnames. As you can see from the output of the str() function, this is actually a list with the names for the rows/columns in each dimension. If this list is a named list, the names are used to label the dimensions. You can use the dimnames() function to extract or change the dimension names.
To check whether hair color and eye color are related, you can collapse the table over the first two dimensions using the margin.table() function to summarize hair and eye color for both genders. This function sums the values in some dimensions to give you a summary table with fewer dimensions. For that, you have to specify which margins you want to keep.
So, to get the table of hair and eye color, you use the following:
> HairEyeMargin <- margin.table(HairEyeColor, margin=c(1,2)) > HairEyeMargin Eye Hair Brown Blue Hazel Green Black 68 20 15 5 Brown 119 84 54 29 Red 26 17 14 14 Blond 7 94 10 16
Now you can simply check whether hair and eye color are related by testing it on this table:
> chisq.test(HairEyeMargin) Pearson's Chi-squared test data: HairEyeMargin X-squared = 138.2898, df = 9, p-value < 2.2e-16
As expected, the output of this test tells you that some combinations of hair and eye color are more common than others. Not a big surprise, but you can use these techniques on other, more interesting research questions.


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I had a problem setting up a wired to wireless bridge on my Raspberry Pi box - but that is now fixed - Wired to wireless bridge in Linux - but the consequence seems to be that the squid proxy server that was running on the box now fails - eg many things time out as a TCP_MISS. (See below: this seems to be an issue about packets being routed outside my network - connections inside my network work fine)
How can I set the squid server up to work again?
The eth0 has no ip4 address, the wlan0 has no ip4 address, br0 does. But they all have ip6 addresses - though I am not using ip6.
I can use ssh to login both into and out of the RasPi, and Squid requests are reaching it...
Update: Clearly I have some routing problem. Just pinged an external address from the RasPi box and five pings took 80244ms! No packets dropped though. My routing table looks perfectly normal...
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.62.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 br0
192.168.62.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 br0
Further update: I have no problem with routing packets inside my network but there is plainly a big issue with packets from this machine going externally.


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Castleton Archaeology Project
Over the last 7 years the University of Sheffield has been conducting an archaeological project in collaboration with the local history societies in Castleton and Hope in Derbyshire. This project began by primarily focussing on the probable site of the medieval hospital (Hospital of Saint Mary in the Peak) which we know from historical evidence was located between the villages of Castleton and Hope. The hospital was reputedly founded by the wife of one of the William Peverels before 1153, and continued with a succession of wardens as a hospital until 1543 or soon after. The two earliest documents referring to Spital Field are a grant and a Charter from the early 14th century.
We also know that Castleton was a planned town in the 12th century and was built, along with the castle, by the Peverils. Little is known about the early development of the village other than location of the town defences, parts of which are still visible today. The village of Hope, on the other hand, is an earlier settlement and is mentioned as early as 926 in a charter relating to King Athelstan. The church at Hope is the only one in North Derbyshire mentioned in the Domesday Book. These two villages have very different origins; however in both cases their early development is not well understood.
On the site of the hospital we have discovered that there was a great deal of disturbance of the site in the 18th century, possible during the construction of the turnpike road which runs by the site. However we have discovered the cemetery of the hospital and are currently investigating the cemetery population and working towards defining the extent of the cemetery area and the period it was in use. As a result of a great deal of careful work we also now believe that we have some fragments of the foundation of the one of the hospital buildings (possibly the chapel), which was almost completely destroyed during the 18th century disturbance. During 2016 we will explore this building further as well as investigating whether the cemetery extends further to the west.
In addition to the investigation of the hospital site the project has expanded out to investigate the origins and development of the two villages. We know that Castleton and Hope have very different origins and the assumption has always been that this would mean that the character of the archaeological remains would be very different in each village. We have undertaken over 100 test pits, 5 larger trenches and completed several areas of geophysical survey within the villages and they are proving to appear archaeologically very similar. The difficulty in identifying archaeological deposits prior to the 19th century in both villages may have different causes in each case. Hope is a typical early dispersed settlement where the medieval occupation is spread out over a very large area and which does not have what many people would see as the 'typical' English village form (church, village green, manor house, main street) which is drawn from lowland nucleated villages in the south of England. This makes it very difficult to identify the structure of the village and a lot of the unoccupied space between farms and houses needs to be investigated until eventually it gradually becomes possible to piece together the areas where parts of the village stood in the medieval period. Castleton, as a planned town with an enclosing earthwork, should be much easier to approach archaeologically.
However, again finding medieval deposits from after the 12th century foundation has been very difficult. This may be because the village, which was planned by William Peveril as a speculative development, did not prove very successful in the medieval period. It looks very likely that much of the village area may have remained unoccupied throughout the medieval period with the village having a very small population until it began to grow rapidly in the 19th century. We will need to excavate many more trenches and test pits before we have a full understanding of the archaeological deposits in, and therefore the development of, the two villages. We will make further progress with the investigation of the two villages during 2016.


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Apple is way ahead of the others in the game of smart phone delivery. It's next year's iPhone 6 will most probably have a 4.8 inch display screen. At least, that is what the experts' prognostications are for the new model which will arrive on the scene in 2014.
Those who want Apple to "Think Big" are about to have their dreams become a reality. The iPhone 6 is slated to have a bigger display screen. The dimensions have been taken a notch up from the usual 4 inches to 4.8 inches. This action, which is still a speculation by the tech pundits, will fulfill the wishes of the crowd that believes that bigger is better.
This upsizing is part of a trend that has already begun in the smart phones around the world. If Apple takes this tentative decision, it could boost its sales of the 85 million future iPhones by five to ten million. And this would be a decided advantage for the high tech giant.
Meanwhile, the current sale of new iPhones has been favorable to Apple. iPhone 5S sales hit record numbers. Yet its iPhone 5C, which is the cheaper model for the masses, has not been selling quite up to the high expectations of the company. That is why the further manufacture of the iPhone 5C has been stymied.
The numbers of the low-priced smart phone have been almost cut by a half. If Apple can read the mind of its consumers it will increase the size of the display screen on its iPhone 6. But that still lies in the future.
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This is a fine 1919 work featuring roses and their stems and leaves, signed at right center by artist A. E. DALE and dated there 1919. I do not see a listing for this obviously talented artist. The painting, 17" by 13" inside the mat and 23" by 20" framed, is in amazingly fresh condition considering it was painted nearly 100 years ago. The paper is not yellowed and there is no foxing. The frame is contemporary and in excellent condition. A fine naturalistic study of the rose by a keen observer. The artist might be English or American; difficult to determine.
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Racism is a disease in Nepali society. People are still raising issues of caste and culture. Malvika Subba wrote a long Facebook post in response to 'Limbu daju bhai' who criticized her, a Limbu, to marry a person of Newar caste. Malvika asked people to be positive and understand her choice of the best person she could find for her life. It is not a matter of caste but the person you are attached to.
In addition to explaining the reason of her marrying Riyaz Shrestha she also asked people not to interfere with her personal life.
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On April 24, 2013 – the first anniversary of their marriage Malvika wrote:
A PERSONAL NOTE FROM MY PERSONAL PAGE -april 25th, today. Happy anniversary baby. A year has gone by, like a blink of an eye. It has been a learning experience for both of us. We are still amateurs and I want us so stay amateurs as we learn, fight and love each other. To more anniversaries ahead, love and hugs, yours, shirimati .


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Francis Urquhart is still holding onto power with a grip of iron.Though he has almost overtaken Margaret Thatcher (who has just died) as Britain's longest-serving 20th-century Prime Minister, he knows he cannot remain leader for ever. He is now 65 years old and is thinking about retirement. But before he goes, he is determined to leave his mark on the world. His plans are looking good because he is in the middle of brokering an historic peace settlement between Greek and Turkish Cyprus.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 1pm
In the House of Commons Geoffrey Booza Pitt, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, announces the release of war documents relating to the war in Cyprus in the 1950s. Maria Passolides, a young Greek Cypriot girl, is in the public gallery. She later accosts Urquhart, asking for help in tracing her uncles' war graves. Her father, Evanghelos, is convinced that his two younger brothers, who were helping the resistance movement, were murdered in cold blood.They visit the public records office and discover a record of the incident in Cyprus, but the names and map references have been blacked out. Urquhart promises to help her to find her uncles' graves.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 2pm
Urquhart's bad dreams are worsening and Elizabeth is worried about him. He is making bad decisions, such as appointing Geoffrey Booza Pitt as his Foreign Secretary to replace Makepeace.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 3pm
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Chiefs 2019
Stargazer last edited by Stargazer
Looking at discussions about next season spread over different threads, it seems time to start a new thread about next season's Chiefs squad.
- Below, I've started with the 2018 Chiefs squad that was named on 1 Nov 2017.
- In italics, I have added the players that also played for the Chiefs in 2018, despite not being named in the initial squad.
- Between brackets are the number of games played this season (stats: Fox Sports).
- In bold are the players of which I know for sure that they are signed through to next season (obviously, this list may/will not be complete because the duration of contracts isn't always published. Some signings aren't even published).
- Strikethrough: players, who are known to be leaving.
Some of the questions now are:
1 In which positions do the Chiefs need to recruit more players.
2 Who of the players of the initial 2018 squad would you like to see signed for 2019 (or longer)?
3 Who of the players that played in 2018, but weren't in the initial squad, would you like to see signed for 2019 (or longer)?
4 Which other player, who hasn't played for the Chiefs in 2018, would be on your wish list?
5 Which player, who hasn't been signed yet, but played for the Chiefs in 2018, don't you want to be signed?
Ross (7)
Moli (1)
Hames -
Graham -
N Laulala (2)
Ta'avao (16)
Tu'inukuafe (15)
Thwaites (11)
Prattley (9)
Kautai (1)
Polwart (13)
Harris (12)
Taukei'aho (7)
Retallick (12)
F Hoeata -
Allardice (11)
Ardron (10)
Boshier (10)
L Jacobson (13)
Brown (3)
Karpik (5)
Cane (10)
Seu (5)
Sowakula (7)
Parete (8)
Weber (14)
Taumateine (2)
Tahuriorangi (16)
D McKenzie (14)
M McKenzie (11)
Falcon (3)
Nankivell (5)
A Lienert-Brown (14)
Verney -
Wainui (13)
L Aumua -
McNicol -
Stevenson (8)
Alaimalo (16)
Pulu (11)
O'Donnell (2)
L Laulala(1)
(Please, let me know if you're sure I've missed a signing and I'll correct it in the list above.)
Bovidae last edited by Bovidae
I'll give my thoughts without any inside knowledge.
Cooper said the Chiefs will be doing everything they can to keep Tu'inukuafe so I think he will be a straight swap for Graham, who hasn't played for them in 2 seasons due to his unfortunate injury. Then it becomes interesting, and could depend on where they see Moli playing (LH or TH, or both), and Hames' health. Prattley and Twaites are injury replacements only so won't be part of the 2019 squad. What this season has shown is that injuries can strike at any time, often in one position, so you are better to have extra cover in the wider squad.
I'd select 7 props. LHs (Hames, Ross and Tu'inukuafe), THs (Laulala, Kautai, Ta'avao) and LH/TH (Moli).
The same three players.
McWhannell for Bird. Ardron, Seu and Brown can provide cover. Using Jacobson and Parete as locks wasn't ideal. I presume that there will be restrictions on BBBR's gametime in a RWC year so they'll need options.
Loose forwards:
Maybe no direct replacement for Messam to allow for an extra prop. Seu, Brown and Jacobson have all played or can play at no.8. If Cooper and co were to select another loose forward then Parete would probably be at the front of the queue as a no.8/utility forward.
Halfbacks and 1st 5s:
The same 6 players. If we can find another quality 1st 5 for MMac, all the better, but having a limited more experienced player might be sensible with Falcon still green.
Wainui is probably Ngatai's replacement and Sullivan could be the replacement for TNW. Us Chiefs' fans will want to know that Verney and Aumua are more than just a name, if signed for more than the 2018 season.
Outside backs:
Firstly, Alaimalo re-signed for another 3 years. Stevenson also needs to be signed ASAP, and I expect Pulu to re-sign too. As I mentioned in the other thread, McNicol's continual concussion issues might force him to retire.
So the Chiefs could still be looking for at least another midfield back (preferrably a 2nd 5) and a winger, unless they carry one less back in the squad. Luteru Laulala looks more comfortable at fullback but can cover 1st 5 so is an option in the squad. Another player to consider is Nigel Ah Wong. He has previous SR experience, was in the Chiefs Dev team, and can provide wing/centre cover.
Tim last edited by
Verney is playing for Waikato this year, isn't he?
Nepia last edited by
Shit, outside of the props things are looking a bit rough next year.
Hopefully some midfielders come through in the NPC or the Chiefs can poach a seasoned player from one of the other franchises - what about Thompson or Bucky from the Highlanders ....
taniwharugby last edited by
@tim Northland.
gt12 last edited by gt12
I knew if I held off, you'd start this thread and do half the hard work for us. Thanks
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@nepia said in Chiefs 2019:
Shit, outside of the props things are looking a bit rough next year.
Hopefully some midfielders come through in the NPC or the Chiefs can poach a seasoned player from one of the other franchises - what about Thompson or Bucky from the Highlanders ....
How about, no.
Bovidae last edited by
Nonu to the Chiefs?
We've had the imitator so why not the real thing?
gt12 last edited by
Fuck you for getting me hoping.
Bovidae last edited by
These stories don't just appear out of nowhere so maybe there is hope.
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I can neither confirm nor deny i will be fucking Monica Belucci this weekend
Milk last edited by
I think there's a good chance he'll still be good enough for that level.
I don't get the impression he's the 'mentor' type though?
SammyC last edited by
I'd prefer Michael little to an aging Nonu at 12.
Unbelievable that no NZ teams signed him this season.
taniwharugby last edited by
so who was the last player who came back from the NH as good as they were or better than before they left.
Surely the last few seasons in NZ highlighted a couple of things about Nonu; in that it is usually the ABs that get the best out of him, and the other is that he is a Hurricane, not a Blue or Highlander (or Chief if that is where he is going now)
I guess the other thing you want from a returnign AB is one to be a mentor for those around him, given what we have heard of Nonu at super rugby level, is he the right person for that, or will he have changed significantly?
I'd much prefer to retain the impression I have of him in his last season for the ABs where he signed off as one of our greats.
Tim last edited by
Departing: Dominic Bird (Racing 92), Liam Messam (Toulon), Johnny Fa'auli (Toshiba), Charlie Ngatai (Lyon), Tim Nanai-Williams (Clermont).
Staying: Kane Hames, Sefo Kautai, Nathan Harris, Brodie Retallick, Michael Allardice, Taleni Seu, Mitchell Brown, Tyler Ardron, Lachlan Boshier, Mitch Karpik, Jonathan Taumateine, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Tiaan Falcon, Sam McNicol (all 2019), Liam Polwart, Alex Nankivell, Nepo Laulala, Atu Moli, Luke Jacobson, Brad Weber, Anton Lienert-Brown, Sean Wainui (all 2020), Sam Cane, Damian McKenzie, Solomon Alaimalo (all 2021).
Off contract: Mitchell Graham, Aidan Ross, Samisoni Taukei'aho, Fin Hoeata, Marty McKenzie, Regan Verney, Levi Aumua, Toni Pulu, Shaun Stevenson.
Weren't in 38-man contracted squad but got game time: Karl Tu'inukuafe, Sam Prattley, Angus Ta'avao, Jeff Thwaites, Matt Matich, Pita Gus Sowakula, Declan O'Donnell, Bailyn Sullivan, Luteru Laulala.
gt12 last edited by gt12
Shit - not much room to make improvements.
Keep Karl T and Stevenson for sure. Or, try to carry 7 and secure them all as mentioned by @Bovidae
We need a lock - time to go hunt in Canterbury again.
Is McNicol going to be able to play? Might be time for him to get cut, in which case I'd chase Little (or Nonu!) and another midfielder/wing.
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im happy where we are at. We need to stock up on wingers and midfield backs. So are pleased that some of them arnt signed for next year.Dont know if we can keep all our props.
for me re sign Taukei'aho
Ross unlucky and would be a great pickup for some one else
Stargazer last edited by
Is Aaron Goile reading the Fern? That list of players looks remarkably like mine in the first post of this thread. He forgot only one name.
Chris B. last edited by
@stargazer It's more than likely.
It's been noted by some of the media people who used to post here that a lot of media people do read here.
So when you're busy saying how much you hate a particular commentator, be aware that they might read about it!
Stargazer last edited by
@chris-b Ha, it won't hurt those commentators to read some constructive feedback!


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Investing in the defense business these days is a musical-chairs situation. Both military budgets and stock valuations in the defense and aerospace sector look historically high. When will the music stop?
We can't answer that question, but we can offer up individuals likely to make the right calls in this tricky environment: the defense and aerospace analysts winning awards in our annual analyst survey, published this week on Forbes.com.
Our ranking, prepared for us by research firm StarMine, assesses analysts in two areas: the outcomes of their 2006 stock recommendations (buy, hold, sell) and the accuracy of their earnings forecasts for the four quarters through March. For more on the methodology, click here.
In terms of stock recommendations, these three folks won top spots among defense and aerospace analysts: J.B. Groh of D.A. Davidson & Co., Troy Lahr of Stifel Nicolaus and Heidi Wood of
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Lahr has fewer reservations commercial aerospace. U.S. and European airlines, he argues, look ready to spend big money on equipment for the next several years. Hence his top picks right now, in order of preference:
AAR provides services to airline and defense customers. Among its offerings: managing inventories, leasing jet engines, maintaining and overhauling airframes and landing gear, and designing cargo loading systems.
Lahr sees AAR benefiting from the airlines' growing inclination to outsource these types of activities. He also sees a big opportunity for the company in the regional airlines, which operate many planes in need of five-to-seven-year checkups.
AAR shares sell for 1.1 times sales, below an aggregate multiple of 1.2 for the U.S. defense and aerospace sector.
Lahr isn't down on all the biggest defense contractors. One on his buy list presently is
Another plus: "[Raytheon] has done a great job in managing programs," he says. "At this time in the defense spending cycle, you really want to be cautious of companies that are having problems with cost overruns."
Note: As with all stock recommendations from brokerage analysts, stay wary of possible conflicts. Stifel Nicolaus has an investment banking operation, which seeks to do business with AAR, BE Aerospace and Raytheon.
The sharp shooters among defense industry earnings estimators are Joseph Nadol of J.P. Morgan, Eric Hugel of Stephens and Myles Walton of CIBC World Markets. None of these three made our best analyst cut last year for this industry, although Eric Hugel appeared on our 2005 awards listing.
According to Thomson IBES, JPMorgan's Nadol estimates are significantly above the Wall Street average on three stocks:
Note: Those interested in defense companies concentrating on technology and other services ought to consider the thoughts of Erik Olbeter. The Stanford Group analyst, ranked No. 8 among all analysts on 2006 stock calls, is bullish these days on


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