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Virtualization Deep Dive 2010
The Virtualization Group, Inc
Event Details
More details can be found on the Deep Dive Day Landing Page. In a nutshell it is an all day virtualization event that was held in Waltham MA on Friday Feb 12, 2010. We had Panopto lined up to record some of the sessions and will be made available for online viewing after the show.
When: Content Available by Friday Feburary 27, 2010 (hopefully)
Where: ONLINE! You will be sent an email with the link
Online from wherever you like J
Anytime after it is posted (about 3 days post event) and will be made available for upto 1 year post event.
When the content goes online, you will get an email with instructions for accesing the content. If you have problems email deepdive @ Virtg.com (remove spaces)
There is a 3 day delay from the time of the event to the time it will be posted for online viewing
Select Ticket Above!
Registration: http://deepdive2010.eventbrite.com/
What is the Online option?
The online option allows you to view the sessions after the event. There will likely be a two week day delay before the event is available online. The online event is a subset of the Live Waltham Event. Not all sessions will be made available to the online participants. At least one full track will be made available. The event is streamed live to the locations listed above and then the recordings will be put up a few days after the event. This gives people that attended the opportunity to see online some of the sessions they may have missed during the event.
What does it cost and if this really is a community event, why is it not free?
There will be a very small fee for attendees. The fee is $10 early bird and $15 after that (much better than the $35.00 it cost last year) We will also be offering an online option so people can get the information virtually if they cannot make it to the live event location the day of the event. The online option will be $15. If Live attendees want to also have access to the online content they can get a ticket for only $10 more. As for why it is not free… We do have a number of sponsors but not enough to cover all the costs. In order to provide such a large event to our audience we have had to turn to outsourcing some of the logistics. Our biggest expense is actually the online component. In order to give people access to the content we have to pay by the hour of download time for each person that signs up for the online part of the event. We are simply passing these costs on to the online users. The small entry fee for live events will help us with some of the other logistics the community groups will be responsible for paying. All proceeds go to the community groups after the bills are paid. So, whatever you put in, you will find the community is giving it back out! J
Recommended Audiences
Technology Executives, IT Managers, IT Professionals, CIO, CTO, IT Directors, Solution Architects, Software Developers, Technical Decision Makers, Developers. If you can spell virtualization, you will be interested!
Snapshot of the details:
Join us for a Deep Dive on Virtualization Technology - Server, Desktop, Application, and Storage Virtualization as well as cloud computing. We will talk about many aspects of virtualization including Security, Performance and Management. We will have several tracks of presentations many of which will be heavy demo sessions. An entire track is reserved for Hands-on Sessions so bring a computer is you like and dig in with professional assistance. Since this is an all day event, we will of course have plenty of food and beverages thanks to our many sponsors.
A quick disclaimer: As most already know this event is being run entirely by the community of volunteers at the many different locations. Also, this is our first attempt to stream an event online. If we have issues, please have patience and understanding... :) Thank you
Do you want to know who is speaking? Find out here… Famous Names Presenting
What others are saying…
A sampling of the feedback from last year's event:
And that's when they paid $35 to attend. This year, due to the fantastic support of our sponsors, we are lowering that fee to below cost. Just imagine the value you will get out of attending. Tell the boss you need the day out of the office and mark your calendar - it is cheap enough to expense! If you cannot expense it, it is even cheap enough to put up the money yourself.
What is the Plan? Check the Deep Dive Day Page for the latest Details. Schedule and sessions subject to change without notice! In Waltham there will be 5 tracks with up to 5 breakout sessions per track. New York City will have One track and will run concurrently with the Waltham event. The St. Louis event will run an hour later (due to the time zone difference) and will have a slightly modified agenda. Each location will develop their own schedule based on room availability and content that is available during the times they are there. Some sessions in remote locations will be delivered by different people and at different times than those in Waltham (eg. In St. Louis the keynote will be delivered by Kevin Remde and the App-V session will be delivered by Matt McDermott)
A Very Special THANKS goes out to our sponsors. Please show them how much we (the community) appreciates their support by patronizing them if you can!
If there are other community groups that want to participate you can contact the VirtG deep dive team via email deepdive @ VirtG.com (remove spaces)
If you know anyone that may want to sponsor the event you can have them send an email to the VirtG Deep Dive team deepdive @ VirtG.com (remove spaces)
Thanks for the Community Sponsorship:
The Virtualization Group, Inc
The Virtualization Group–Boston exists in order to encourage an exchange of knowledge about all aspects of virtualization, green technology and cloud computing between IT Professionals. Furthermore, we will foster affiliation with similar virtualization groups located elsewhere to expand the reach of knowledge and training resources.


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Bored of spag bol? Me too. So here's a twist on the classic that makes it oh so healthy and oh so animal friendly. The trickiest part of this dish is making the courgette spaghetti, the sauce is surprisingly simple! Read more for the recipe :)
The beast that inspired the dish.
I had to utilise this courgette for the extra long spaghetti strand potential! Would be stupid not to right?
It's difficult to estimate how many normal sized courgettes would be the equivalent, but the ingredients below serve three people. So enough courgette for three!
The sauce
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 white onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 carrot diced finely
- 1 stick celery chopped
- 2 tins tomatoes
- 200g lentils
- 500ml water
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 tbs dried oregano
- 1 tbs dried basil
- 2-3 vegetable stock cubes
2) Fry the oil, onion, garlic, carrot, and celery in a large pan until the veg softens
3) Add the rest of the ingredients to the pan (no particular order!), bring to the boil while stirring for 10 minutes, then simmer for 20 adding more water if necessary Season to taste.
4) 5 minutes before the end of step 3 add the courgette to a pan of water and boil for 3 minutes. Drain the courghetti
5) Serve!

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Host: Every week at this time is when we have Ziona Kopalovich, Kopalovich? No. Kopalovich?
Ziona: Kopalovich.
Host: Irish kid, right?
Ziona: Exactly.
Host. Exactly. Now what was the origin? What is the exact origin?
Ziona: Well it is, you know. Of being that I have an accent. So you know I come from somewhere else.
Host: Okay, so yeah I kind of figured that part out.
Ziona: Okay, I was born and raised in Israel.
Host: Mhmm.
Ziona: And the origin of my name is actually from Czechoslovakia. Because my parents were from Czechoslovakia. But I was born in Israel.
Host: You know it's sometimes I think we just we tend to take for granted, that it is still such a melting pot in this country.
Ziona: t is a melting pot in this country. And you know the world is shrinking.
Host: It really is!
Ziona: And where I come from, Israel, it is a melting pot.
Host: Truly?
Ziona: Truly, it is a big melting pot.
Host: And it's such a unique place too and I think that anybody, I thin everybody at some point in their in lives really needs to take a trip to Israel just to see it.
Ziona: Oh, absolutely!
Host: I would love to. I haven't done it yet.
Ziona: It is gorgeous. It is stunning. I was there in September.
Host: This past September? Wow.
Ziona: This past September, yes. And it is such a fascinating place. It is beautiful and one of the nice things about it, is is that it's a young country and people a young. So wherever you go there young people. And there is the young energy. It's just amazing.
Host: How fun I think it really that you know it when you consider just the vast amount of history that is centered there.
Ziona: A vast amount of history. You nailed it. Just recently I heard here on the radio that they were going to put some lines for electricity or water to a place on the way to Jerusalem. And lo and behold they discovered whole city underneath them.
Host: Wow, wow.
Ziona: So just this somewhere you dig someone was there before.
Host: Something was there before you, there's no doubt about it once this time really we don't do it as much as I could sit and talk about this all day but really were talking about debt relief law offices of Tampa Bay. And it's, we still hold the numbers indicating they come back to us saying that okay things are getting a little bit better. You know were definitely passed the point where things fell out and 2007 2008. But still people out there, and they're still struggling. Are you seeing more new cases come through are you just maintaining more cases?
Ziona: Well what is true about bankruptcies. Bakruptcies always whether the economic is good or whether it is bad. So in the economic situation is bad then we all understand intuitively that some people get into financial trouble. Not their fault, I mean the economy you just saw in the last few years what the economic situation did to people. It devastated businesses. It devastated individuals. So we can see the work of a bad economy and it translates into a lot of bankruptcies or debt negotiations. Things like that. It is when the economy is good and there is a lot of money available. People tend to take chances and some of them don't pan out. So there are quite a few bankruptcies. Then to even include economic times. So we are always there, when we are always needed with their cleaning up messes.
Host: Well I think that part of these situations is we run into first of all I don't think it's as bad now as maybe, 20 or 30 years ago, but there was there was a little bit of a social stigma if you even brought up the idea of bankruptcy.
Ziona: Right, well the stigma is still there.
Host: Is?
Ziona: Yeah, people you know? Really, when you grow up. And I have said before on this program your mom didn't tell you, "Honey, when you grow up. You're going to file for bankruptcy."
Host: Right.
Ziona: Right? This is not what we aspire to do but this is what sometimes happens. And thank God that we have the ability to get out of the trouble that we have found ourselves in. So there is a stigma. People don't want to file bankruptcy.
Host: No.
Ziona: And I can tell you as s bankruptcy attorney people sit in my office. Adults. Sit in my office and cry.
Host: They cry?
Ziona: They do. They don't want to do; they never imagine that they are at a point in their lives that they are going to file for bankruptcy. But a few months later, they come in they hug me and "thank you and you changed my life, I shouldn't have waited that long."
Host: Right
Ziona: This is what I hear from a lot of people that I have helped. And that's why we're here, to help.
Host: It truly is a situation of getting a tremendous burden lifted off of you and to have someone that you can sit across the table with and just say you know, "I feel overwhelmed by all of this debt, yes some of it is my fault. Most of it is whatever circumstance that led me to this." And I think generally I think it's fairly safe to assume that most people wait too long until they decide to call you.
Ziona: That's true, that they wait very long.
Host: But should they, at what point you know, is there a point we can sit back and say if you can easily list it off as ABC and D. And like you know okay here is our debt, that's okay my debt ratio is okay but at some point you know what is a red flag? Is there something like a red flag with your debt?
Ziona: I have seen a red flag. That's if your debts, let's say on your credit card. Your unsecured debt. If you have reached $4,000. Watch out. Because it somehow seems really difficult to pull back from $4,000.
Host: It does!
Ziona: It is just I don't know what it is and you have $1000 you can pay off. $2000 you can still pay it off. If it gets $4000 you're getting into those, oh I can afford these payments? And then just, right? It manages to grow and multiples. And all of a sudden four becomes 6 then 8 and 10.
Host: And fourteen, and so on and so on.
Ziona: So when you reach for 4.
Host: $4,000.
Ziona: Analyze and see what it is about your finances that you are doing that you have gotten you to that amount that's one flag another one is if you start paying credit cards with credit card who. Right? Not good, not good at all if you start transferring money from this card to that because you're playing the interest.
Host: Right?
Ziona: To go from higher to lower interest, you know? Don't do that.
Host: I never understood the mental, the frame of mind of like "oh, well I got this debt in order to you know fix this debt under the secure more debt." And makes no sense to me.
Ziona: Right, you don't get out of bed incurring more debt. Now just so you know can you put yourself back from $4000, yes? But it takes a lot of discipline. To truly see it takes this. Now what we are seeing today and this is really a direct result of the market collapsing and the housing market. Quite a few people bought high, right? And now they're selling low, yes? So we were not for that were not for buying high selling glow right but there so there's some ways to fix that in one of the major ways that was developed recently. Was the mortgage modification ability to modify your mortgage so we can try and negotiate for you with a lender or with the servicer better terms. So that the government has come up with quite a few programs having to do with mortgage modification. Modify the first mortgage, they will offer you lower interest rates sometimes in order to reach a more comfortable payment level, at times to resort to a reduction in the principal itself.
Host: What a gift that is.
Ziona: Really a gift. That's nice if you've received a modification on your first mortgage you will automatically receive a modification if it is on the second message.
Host: And that's automatic?
Ziona: Yes.
Host: I did not know that.
Ziona: You have to the.
Host. You have to have the paperwork, yeah.
Ziona: But you get it, if you got it on the first and you'll get it on the second. Basically what he tells them if you got the first is that you qualify.
Host: Sure!
Ziona: Okay? And you know FHA has it, Freddie has it, Fannie Mae has it, the VA, they all have different programs though the government back out lenders would not give you a mortgage reduction in the principal.
Host: Sure.
Ziona: There you can just look at lower interest rates.
Host: Okay.
Ziona: Okay? And of course you know you have to have taken your loan before January of 2009. Okay.
Host: So there are some limitations?
Ziona: There are some limitations. Only some people can do that right and your payment. They'll bring the payment down to at least 31% of your gross income. That would interest and insurance and homeowners. Okay so if you're paying in excess of that today. If you're paying more than 31% of your gross income. That is your income before taxes are taken out.
Host: Right.
Ziona: Then we can bring it down to 31% of your gross mortgage and that would include your insurance, your interest payments, and your homeowners, of fee. Sometimes the bank if they let's said "I don't qualify for what you call the HAM programs." If you don't qualify for those. Some lenders will have in-house programs in you know, don't fit in one they'll fit you in another. And actually, last week I was in a in a summit about modifying mortgages. And we talked a banking representatives and judges and other attorney's. A lot of smart people were there. What the banks do is that you apply for one, let's say you apply for a prgram, but they will run you through all the programs to see if you qualify.
Host: Right.
Ziona: For a program. So you don't have to fill out one million forms.
Host: That isn't an exasperation. Especially the feeling of you being questioned. But really the take away from this is that if you don't know and you're not sure then really calling your office, is let you ferret it out for them.
Ziona: Right? And you are so right. Can we get my phone number?
Host: I was just about to do that. Do we want to do the 352 number?
Ziona: Well let's do both of them. I mean, I have more than two offices but I think the ones relevant here in this area would be the one in Spring Hill. Which is 352-678-2265.
Host: Congratulations, you passed and it was right there.
Ziona: Oh, my goodness.
Host: You won, congratulations! See you know your own phone number! That is pretty good, doing pretty better than most of most of us. 678-2265. Oh, go ahead.
Ziona: The New Port Richey number is 727-849-3328.
Host: 3328, which is also.
Ziona: Did I pass this one?
Host: Congratulations!
Ziona: Thank you! Do I get a prize?
Host: You get the satisfaction of being correct and you can actually take some of the food in the basket!
Ziona: Oh this is junk food. The junk food.
Host: Exactly, it's just junk food day and God bless them for bringing it by. But you know the, I think getting past the stigma. I don't I don't think there's anything wrong and asking for help. And one of the things we keep seeing and I'm glad for the opportunity to be here today because you do see these all of these commercials for these debt relief and debt counseling and in this this this. And sometimes you really have to ask yourself the question. Who is who are these people working for ?
Ziona: I don't know.
Host: Who does?
Ziona: I don't know. Some of them are definitely not in this area. Most of them are not from the area.
Host: Most of them are not?
Ziona: Out there somewhere maybe California, I have no idea. So if you get upset that one of them you know what? You cannot go to their office and complained. Because they are not there and if you're upset and you call them well phone numbers change. Or they don't answer the phone. Some of them are outside f the country.
Host: Some of them are?
Ziona: Okay, so the first thing that you really want to do in my opinion and maybe that's because I'm an attorney. My opinion is go see an attorney. Because an attorney is uniquely qualified to help you with your financial problems, your debt problems, and attorneys have a body supervising.
Host. True, see you didn't think about that! See how you are? You are so smart.
Ziona: I like to be. I'm striving.
Host: Feeling pretty good about it! So far so good!
Ziona: So, we have a body that polices us. So hopefully that body, which is called the Florida Bar. Gets out the bad apples. We do have bad apples, but is there is a body supervising. Whereas you can be that debt relief agency or you know, "I can help" kind of ad. And you don't know whose supervising them and by the time you figure it out well it's too late you can go to the state attorney. I don't think they can do much about it but you lost your money.
Host: You've lost your money. You've lost your home.
Ziona: You've lost your home.
Host: We, many many years ago we were at that point at like are we in financial debt? This is trouble. This is one like you know my wife's income dropped dramatically. Mine was set back and we had to take on some of the moving expenses. So we just decided we should go talk to somebody talk to a credit counselor and it was like being pulled into a. A combination of being yelled at by your preacher, your parents, and your principle. Because all you need is to hear them say how did you get into this position? So I don't want to be berated.
Ziona. I just already feel bad about it.
Host: Exactly you don't need to really I'm not paying you to make you feel like crap. Because I've already gotten that taken care of thank you very much. So in one of the things to is if you go to an attorney especially someone who specializes in this. You know what's there. I don't know that you can automatically qualify to have your second reduced if you get your first reduced.
Ziona: And there are other programs, so you don't just have just one. The mortgage modification program for example. Oh, and before but before I leave the mortgage modification topic. I just want you to know that when your homes being foreclosed or when you yourself apply for the mortgage modification programs success rate is pretty dismal. I think what I learned last week is it's about 3.6%.
Host: Wow.
Ziona: That is low.
Host: Wow.
Ziona: When you go through a bankruptcy. When you have the bankruptcy court overseeing the process. We modify mortgages at 70%.
Host: 70%?
Ziona: Seven. Zero. 70% of the mortgages are modified successfully.
Host: That is pretty good.
Ziona: That is really exciting. That is really nice.
Host: I think too that when you start to look at past the bankruptcy. There was the wall for seven years you can't get this, and for seven years you can't this. For however long it is.
Ziona: No, these are all myths.
Host: Those are all myths! I was talking to a gentleman who was a general manager for a very large family of automobile dealerships. And he said in a lot of cases, "We don't even look at that stuff anymore."
Ziona: Well they look at it before you file a bankruptcy. So if you walk in and you have a lot of debt.
Right: Right.
Ziona: They won't be able to qualify you for a new loan.
Host. No ma'am.
Ziona: When you get rid of that debt. They will.
Host: They will.
Ziona: I have auto sales persons sending me their clients, and saying, "go clean it up." Same with mortgages.
Host: Wow.
Ziona: If you are for example also in Chapter 13 actively. You are in Chapter 13 bankruptcy. You can get a mortgage.
Host: Seriously?
Ziona: Seriously.
Host: You wouldn't lie to me?
Ziona: Why would I lie to you?
Host: I don't know, you just might be silly that way.
Ziona: No, okay. I don't lie.
Host. Just checking. No never. An interesting point that was brought up to me is that once you have you know you've finished with that bankruptcy thumb of there are a number of lenders. Be it automobile, be a mortgage, be whomever they look at is just like well these people are going to work very hard to reestablish themselves right. So at some point when you come out of that you may actually be a better credit risks.
Ziona: They do, they check the income to debt ratio. Obviously, you have to have a good income. It's helpful to anyone who is letting your money's taking a risk, so they want to make sure that the risk is gonna bare some fruit. To look at your debt to income ratio is so much sweeter.
Host: Oh absolutely, absolutely. I can tell you right now my ratio is probably too high. Is it, do we carry more than the average American family, I don't know. But when you say $4,000. Yeah there are some red flags that go off. Oh, yeah and I think that's something that we all at some point even if you feel like it's overwhelming it's up to you.
Ziona: Right.
Host: It is like you said, you have to have discipline, you got to know when to put on the brakes.
Ziona: You put on the breaks. People who come to me for some reason where they're unable to put on the brakes. The situation got out of control, sometimes you get into an accident it would really set you off behind in in a major way. Loss of job, I mean we understand intuitively bad investment, bad housing market, etc. So there are many ways to get into a situation where you need help. So we look at Chapter 7 does a big basically to liquidation. A liquidation. Chapter 7.
Host: Right. It is a liquidation. So we look at what you have, what is protected by the law, what's not protected by the law you will lose, and what is protected by the law you will keep. Also depends on your income. Now if we noticed you are going to lose something then we're not going to do a chapter 7 for you because you don't come to us to lose things. Right?
Host: Right, we come to you to save things.
Ziona: Right, so we put you in a Chapter 13 or will think about ways to see, how what we can do there is anything we can lose an item. So I'm not suggesting giving it to your brother-in-law.
Host: No. No, no, no, no.
Ziona: I'm not suggesting that at all. But there are ways to structure your financial situation so that you can file a Chapter 7. If not you can't do that, then put you in a Chapter 13. I love Chapter 13. They are a wonderful vehicle for the right kind of problems. So if you're behind on your mortgage and you just want to catch up it's wonderful. You're fine with you first mortgage, but you're overwhelmed about your second mortgage. And your first mortgage is higher than the value of your house. Okay? Then like magic I get rid of the second mortgage.
Host: Ta-da.
Ziona: Just like that it is gone.
Host: Wow.
Ziona: Totally, totally gone. So that is a lot of help you know for all of those HELOC's. I mean I know a lot of people who tell me know I don't have a second mortgage.
Host: I have a HELOC!
Ziona: Guess what? It is a mortgage on your home in a second position.
Host: That's a second! Because I can tell you that you in a situation and this happened to so many people especially in my neighborhood. Is you would, where I used to live, but you still as you know 10 or 12 years ago when everything was absolutely exploding. You take out a $200,000 HELOC. And you do all of these ridiculous improvements on your home.
Ziona: Right.
Host: Which could also end up being like you know a nice trip to Hawaii or whatever you know. Honestly we did that. We did a significant amount of work on the house but a majority of it went to purchasing rental property. And so now all the sudden that you know it to me literally when the ink dried on that rental property everything went just went completely down the tubes.
Ziona: And you can't get the right type of rent on that property to cover the mortgage.
Host: Right. And it was a loss we finally just cut and got rid of it and in the year we were gonna sell the house anyway and so you know we took basically $200,000 in equity that we had in the house. And we flushed it. It's gone.
Ziona: Now you have a second mortgage on the house.
Host: And now we have a second mortgage on the house. And for we, fortunately we were lucky that you know we bought it so far out. That we still went to have resold a house, with money in our pocket. But barely.
Ziona: Just think of it you know. If not for that you could have walked away with a lot of all lot of money.
Host: A lot of money!
Ziona: But you know so you know your situation is naturally anything is what it is.
Host: And I cant cry about it.
Ziona: You cant cry about it. It's done. But you did something about it and you solved it. But there are many people out there who don't want take care.
Host: They don't.
Ziona: And these are the pople that I would love to hear from.
Host: So, since we only have like a minute and a half left. Because we are so good at this is.
Ziona: We are. Time just flies.
Host: It's just staggering. 727-849-Debt is the is the number in New Port Richey. And of course here in the Springhill 352-678-2265 and really Ziona it's just, it's just if you have questions. And don't feel bad, don't feel humiliated just feel like, "you know what? I help a little help."
Ziona: And the initial appointment is free
Host: See? What more could you ask for?
Ziona: Life is good.
Host: It is! You can take some of her Girl Scout cookies and some of our junk food that was delivered to us and share that with them. But I don't think Sam will let you out the door with it.
Ziona: I could!
Host: But Ziona Kopalovich. Debt Relief Law Offices of Tampa Bay. Again the number in New Port Richey is 727-849-DEBT which is 332.
Ziona: 8.
Host: 8. Okay, I'm going to write that down.
Ziona: 3328.
Host: Thank you! And then of course in Springhill at 678-2265 and your folks are there manning the phones just uh, all the time. And then you'll take care of it/
Ziona: We will take good care of everybody who walks through our doors.
Ziona: So can I actually have you write down the thing about $4000 in credit card debt so that I could give to certain people that I know so they quit using their credit cards.
Ziona: Sure, sure. Put it on my business card.
Host: See how smart you are! That's why you're the attorney and I'm the guy sitting here.
Ziona: It's runs in my family.
Host: I bet it does. Thank you so much for coming and spending some time with us it's always a pleasure.
Ziona: It's been a pleasure.
Host: And it must be nice to feel like you're doing something good for somebody.
Ziona: It, it really is a satisfying. I have to say that.
Host: Good for you, good for you girl! Will do it again next week same bat time you never know. Maybe we will.
Ziona: We will. I'll be back, I'll be back you can count on that.
Host: All, right. Thank you so much


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For My Chinese In-laws, Scolding is Love
My Chinese father-in-law isn't just a husband and parent in our home. He's also a punchline, and a virtual punching bag.
I'll never forget that day in May when I watched my Chinese mother-in-law storm out into the yard and holler up to my Chinese father-in-law. "You're just like a Bodhisattva! Always staying up and never coming down!"
I don't know what he did to deserve that Buddhist curse. But after spending more than two months here – where almost a day wouldn't pass without my Chinese mother-in-law naming my father-in-law's stupidity du jour – I can guess why.
He can't be trusted with fruit ("He doesn't throw out the bad ones," my Chinese mother-in-law once frowned when he brought in a basket of raspberries loaded with squishy and rotten ones.). He buys the wrong things ("That soy milk he bought from the market is no good. It's mostly water and no nutrition!"). He can't cook (my Chinese mother-in-law grimaced at a plate he brought from the kitchen filled with the strangest thing I had ever seen – a corn cob sliced straight down the center into medallions that, apart from the kernels sticking out on the end like spokes, were otherwise inedible. "Why did you waste food making that? Nobody will eat it."). He can't garden (my Chinese father-in-law ruined most of the eggplant, tomatoes and corn in the garden because, despite my mother-in-law's warning, he planted them in shady places.). He can't supervise young children (when my nephew was a toddler, he let him bicycle in his big wheel on the second floor of their home with no fence blocking the stairwell; the nephew fell down the stairs.). He's lost thousands of RMB to scams.
Every day, my Chinese mother-in-law mutters something derogatory about him at the table. Sometimes he ignores her as she walks in and out of the dining room denouncing him in the unintelligible staccato tones of the local dialect. Sometimes, he retreats to a stool at the back of the kitchen, scarfing down the rest of his meal before hiding away from her – and her laughter – in his study.
"They have such a bizarre relationship," I reflected one evening over to phone to John. "They argue all the time. She never has a good thing to say about him. Do you think they even love each other?"
"There's a saying in Chinese — da shi qin, ma shi ai [打是亲,骂是爱;literally — hitting is closeness, scolding is love]. Usually they use it to refer to children…" John trailed off — as if to say, but it could apply to my parents.
I thought about what my father used to say. "You only tease the ones you love." In my in-laws' case, make that, "you only argue with the ones you love."
Have you ever seen your Chinese family members argue out of love for each other?


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The UMBC men's lacrosse team (3-7, 1-2 America East) looks for back-to-back victories and a road win for the first time in 2018 when they travel to Binghamton (4-8, 1-3 AE) for a Saturday evening match-up with the Bearcats. The opening face-off is slated for 7:00 p.m. on Senior Night in Binghamton and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
UMBC Update: For the second time in three weeks, a UMBC team knocked off the nation's best. This time, it was on the lacrosse field as the Retrievers defeated top-ranked Albany, 11-7, in an America East clash before 961 fans at UMBC Stadium on April 6.
Albany came into the game ranked No. 1 in the nation for six consecutive weeks. They presented the nation's top offense at 15.4 goals per game, its top scoring defense, allowing seven goals per game and the top face-off unit at 81.5 percent. But UMBC (3-7, 1-2 America East), which snapped a four-game slide scored a season-high 11 goals and freshman netminder Tommy Lingner (Fort Salonga, N.Y.) backstopped a stout defense which held the Great Danes to four goals below their previous season-low.
Junior midfielder Billy Nolan (Crofton, Md./Arundel) led a balanced effort with a three-goal, two-assist effort. It was his season high for points and he notched his sixth career three-goal (or better) effort.
The victory was the program's second over a No. 1-ranked team. The 1998 squad defeated No. 1 Maryland, 12-8, in the regular season finale and was propelled into its first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament.
Lingner earned multiple awards for his dominating play. He was named America East Conference Defensive Player and Rookie of the Week. He was also honored by The Baltimore Sun, which tabbed him as the National Player of the Week and by the USILA, which selected Lingner to their Team of the Week.
Of UMBC's attackmen and offensive midfielders, only juniors Billy Nolan and Jack Andrews (Arnold, Md./St. Mary's) have started all 10 games. Ten different offensive players have earned starts on attack and the first midfield and five of those ten are freshmen.
Freshman Trevor Patschorke (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) (4 starts, 9 goals, 2 assists) will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing knee surgery and sophomore Ryan Frawley (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) (7 starts, 9 goals, 1 assist) did not dress due to injury for the last three games.
Nolan leads the squad with 14 goals and 23 total points. Freshman attackman Steven Zichelli is close behind with 11 goals and 19 total points.
Senior LSDM Billy O'Hara (Davidsonville, Md./South River) leads the team with 16 caused turnovers. He is tied for 20th in the nation in causing miscues (1.60 per game ) and now has 53 for his career.
UMBC is tied for 14th in the nation in team defense, allowing only 8.7 goals per game.
Lingner is allowing only 8.35 goals per game, which is now 12th-best in the nation.
Scouting the Bearcats: After starting the year at 1-8, Binghamton (4-8, 1-3 America East) has won three straight, including a 14-10 victory at Hartford on April 7.
Bearcat red-shirt senior Sean Gilroy was named the America East men's lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week for April 9. Gilroy netted a career-high six goals in the Bearcats' 14-10 win over Hartford He is only the fifth player in the conference to score six goals in a single game this season
Senior attackman Thomas McAndrew leads the Bearcat offense with 18 goals and 22 total points. Binghamton has scored 42 goals (14 per game) in its three-game winning strreak after netting 60 during its 1-8 start (6.7 per game).
Red-shirt sophomore Kevin Carbone has all four wins (4-5) in cage for Binghamton and has a 9.97 goals against average and 52.3 save percentage.
Series Record/Last Year's Meeting: This will be the 21st meeting between the Retrievers and Bearcats, with UMBC currently leading the series, 14-6.
The Bearcats have won three of the last four meetings in the series, including a 9-4 victory in the America East semifinals last May. The Retrievers won the regular season affair, 7-6, at UMBC Stadium last April 15. Billy Nolan scored three goals in that game and added a goal and a helper in the playoff loss.
Binghamton has won the last four meetings in Vestal, N.Y., dating back to a 12-6 Retriever victory in 2010. Overall, the Bearcats have a 5-3 series lead over the Retrievers at home.
Up Next: The Retrievers completes the home regular season schedule on Saturday, April 21, when they host Hartford. UMBC will honor its seniors before the noon start versus the Hawks.


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How to Get Budget and Approval for a New Creative Team Member
No matter the size of your business, it's the people that make the difference. Finding the right team member to execute an important marketing or business strategy is a puzzle you have to solve for maximum returns on investment. Whether your company employs 50 people or 50,000 people, you may have to convince your higher-ups that taking on a new creative team member is worth the cost and effort, much like how creative teams must pitch their work.
Use these tips to successfully convey that allocating resources to bring on someone new will result in returns for the company.
Prepare Yourself for the Task Ahead
Preparation is key when it comes to a successful pitch about bringing on a new team member. From the beginning, think about your presentation from the perspective of the person who will be hearing your pitch. Knowing your audience is a major element of a successful proposal, as it will be up to this person (or people) to make the decision. Know who you're pitching to and think about the goals and objectives they will have in mind.
Then, tailor your pitch toward why hiring someone new would meet these company goals, instead of focusing on why you as an individual wish to bring someone on. Don't rush the preparation process or throw your pitch together at the last minute. The more prepared you are to make your pitch, the more likely you are to receive approval.
Make it Easy for the Company to Say Yes
Think about the current issues your company experiences, and how adding a new team member could solve them. Imagine how much stronger your creative team could be with this new person. Brainstorm all the benefits of bringing the talent on and write down your ideas. Then, think about how you can translate these advantages into a better bottom line for the company. If there are opportunities the brand is currently missing without the talent, explain how this is resulting in lost productivity, missed sales, or lack of customer engagement. If your pitch shows that the new hire makes financial sense for the company, it makes it easier for the executive to say yes.
Learn the Art of Negotiation
Before you step foot in the presentation room, prepare yourself to agree to a compromise. This is what the entire pitching process is about – both sides coming to an agreement about how to work out the issue at hand. Keep in mind that no matter how much money the company makes, there is a budget within which the executive must coordinate your request. Mentally prepare to have some flexibility in your proposal to increase the odds of success.
One area you might be able to compromise on and still receive your new creative team member is the status of the employee. Consider agreeing to hire a junior employee for a lower salary range (use a salary guide for hard numbers here). Perhaps you could find someone who can also fill another vacant position or save the company money elsewhere in the budget. Going into your meeting with a flexible mindset gives you ample opportunity to come to a compromise.
Give Your Presentation a Winning Edge
Your pitch shouldn't be unnecessarily long or drawn-out, but should shine in the time you have. Your pitch should contain all the information you wish to convey, plus a little something extra to give you that winning edge – such as putting multiple options on the table. Don't limit your argument to just a yes or no question, where you would have a 50/50 chance of success.
Instead, present numerous, clear options to improve your odds. Save your company money by outsourcing the work, for example, or suggest finding a temporary employee or independent contractor to do the creative work. These might not be your preferred option, but they steer the conversation toward finding a way to address your needs, rather than just shooting the idea down entirely.
Get the Answer You Want
Not every new member pitch will go the way you planned. However, adequately preparing yourself and executing the pitch to your greatest advantage significantly boosts the odds of an approval. Put yourself in the executive's shoes, make it easy for him or her to say yes, be willing to compromise, and – above all – respect the executive's time by keeping your proposal short yet poignant. Getting the ideal new creative team member for your company will be worth the effort.
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WWNG Up, Inc. Founder & President Gale Muhammad
770 Marne Hwy Suite 2D Moorestown, New Jersey 08057 Tel: 609-346-2521 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
December 18, 2017
Re: Opposition to Assembly Bill 5264
Chairman and Members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee: On behalf of my organization, Women Who Never Give-Up (WWNG), I urge you to vote no on Assembly Bill 5264. WWNG is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that confronts a wide range of criminal justice issues. Adopting both an individual and a systemic approach to public advocacy, WWNG fights for incarcerated persons and their families, while also working with correctional facilities, state agencies, and lawmakers to improve prison conditions, reduce terms of imprisonment, and decrease racial and economic disparity in the justice system. One of our core principles is opposition excessive sentencing.
The penalties proposed in this legislation would rival the infamous (and now reformed) Rockefeller drug laws in New York. Essentially very low-level offenses—often committed by people who are themselves addicted—would carry heavy penalties previously reserved for large scale distributors.
The legislation takes a misguided and ineffective approach to the issue of opioid abuse. This bill represents a doubling down on failed drug policies that have been widely repudiated by the public and elected officials across the political spectrum and throughout the country. New Jersey, along with the rest of the nation, has spent the last 30 years increasing the length of sentences and imposing mandatory minimums for drug-related offenses. These policies have not improved public safety or reduced the use or availability of drugs. Instead, they have packed our prisons, devastated communities and gobbled up precious economic resources that could have been better spent on effective drug prevention and treatment.
In addition, A5264 would waste millions of dollars a year, yet do nothing to reduce heroin availability or use. The proposed law would fill New Jersey's prisons with nonviolent offenders serving disproportionately long sentences. A fiscal estimate for similar bills (A783 Page 1 of 2 and A2831), introduced last session, found that it would cost New Jersey taxpayers almost $8 million more a year to warehouse offenders for these draconian sentences.
This bill would also have an enormous disparate racial impact, devastating communities that are already suffering from the effects of mass incarceration and a lack of supportive social services. The glaring inequalities in our criminal justice system have sparked concern and even outrage across the political spectrum. While African Americans and Latinos make up only 27 percent of the population in New Jersey, they account for more than 80 percent of those incarcerated for drug offenses. New Jersey already has the worst racial disparities in our prison system in the country, and this bill would only serve to exacerbate this injustice.
Moreover, this legislation would place an enormous burden on New Jersey's budget when the state is struggling with budget deficits and facing painful decisions about cutting services and support for already vulnerable communities across the state. At a time when half of the adults and two-thirds of the adolescents who want drug treatment in New Jersey cannot access it due to a lack of funding, and when New Jersey is faced with painful cuts to all areas of the budget, the state cannot afford to spend millions more on an already bloated corrections system and more failed drug policies.
New Jersey has become a national leader in opioid policy by supporting legislation and policies that treat opioids as the health issue that they are. Our state has recognized that we cannot arrest or incarcerate ourselves out of this problem. A5264 is an assault on this forward-thinking policy agenda and would be a huge step backwards for New Jersey.
Money is desperately needed for more treatment beds; people are begging for help, and New Jersey should not consider spending millions of dollars more a year on incarceration. For these reasons, WWNG strongly opposes A5264. Again, I urge you to vote no on this regressive legislation.
Thank you for your attention. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like to discuss this matter or have any questions.
Sincerely, s/ Gale Muhammad, WWNG, Inc., President & Founder


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Matt Sonnen, a former senior executive at several wealth management firms, has set up a consulting business to assist large breakaway teams set up shop and assist RIAs in expanding, ThinkAdvisor writes.
PFI ("Pure Financial Independence") Advisors will provide teams intent on going independent with customized RIA infrastructure as well as administrative support in billing setup and processing and hands-on transition help, according to the publication.
Sonnen, a vet of Merrill Lynch, Luminous Capital and Focus Financial Partners, says he sees an opportunity because many large teams end up staying put or moving to platforms that are too expensive due to the complexity and uncertainty involved in a large team going independent, according to ThinkAdvisor.
PFI will also help existing RIAs with technology selection and conversions, new offices and integration of newly acquired businesses, according to the website.
Sonnen has teamed up with his wife, Larissa Sonnen, to launch the company, according to the web publication. He worked at Merrill Lynch until 2005, leaving to help build Luminous Capital, where he served as COO and head of compliance until it was sold in 2012 to First Republic Bank for more than $100 million; afterward he worked at Focus Financial helping breakaway teams and new RIAs, ThinkAdvisor writes.


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Today, we headed towards east of Singapore and Changi Airport T3 which was planned into our to-go list for the day. If you are still thinking of where to bring the kids should you be:
- wanting to beat the heat in the outdoors,
- doing a home-study unit on America and would like to introduce your child to some facts about it.
Come on down to Singapore Changi Airport, Terminal 3 (Departure Hall, public area) which is currently showcasing "The Great America Vacation" exhibits daily from 12 noon to 11p.m daily and as well as some activities for the kids at Basement 2 (Opposite Kopitiam). There is something for everyone in the family !
What you can expect at the Departure Hall (Immigration Area) :
1. Harley Davidson Experience Zone
2. Discover USA Information Panels
3. Carousel
4. Travel Deals
5. Redemption Booth
6. Free Candy Floss, Popcorns and California Cheese sampling
Let's me bring you on a virtual tour here!
Harley Davidson Experience Zone
Harley Davidson Fans this is a good opportunity to experience the ride to freedom! Hop on Harley Davidson Iron 883 TM on display, put on Samsung Gear VR and have an experience of how it feels to be riding to freedom!
Note the safety disclaimer:
- Only for ages above 13 years only
- Not advisable for use of Gear VR if you have a pace maker, other implanted medical device, are pregnant, elderly or a sufferer from heart, epileptic or other medical condition.
Don hardly gave such rides a go but this time he would not want miss this! We spotted a fleet of Harley Davidson motorcycles cruising on the road while we did our road trip in States and was thinking what a luxury it was for the bikers !!
|Harley Davidson Iron 883 TM
Another Harley Davidson motorcycle, The Road Glide Special on display! My cool dude in the coolest leather jacket, with a pretty babe as his pillion. It is loaded with attitude from the definitive styling of the shark nose fairing down to the Twin Cam 103TM , air-cooled V-twin engine. It is equipped with a premium 6.5inch touchscreen infotainment with navigation and one-touch saddlebag.
|Harley Davidson -The Road Glide Special
There is also one very cool apparel to be won ! The four most popular photos will stand to win the newly launched Slim Fit Custom Harley-Davidson 3-in-1 jacket worth SGD$479. I have just submitted mine ! Do support my submission with your likes please, would you ?
How to participate
Step 1: Hop aboard Harley-Davidson's motorcycles at "The Great American Vacation" event site at Changi Airport Terminal 3 Public Departure Hall (Immigration Area)
Step 2: Snap a photo of your best pose
Step 3: Upload your #HDatChangi photo onto Changi Airport's Facebook account
Submissions end 3 April, 2259hrs. Winners will be notified by 30 April 2016.
Travel Deals to USA
Planning for a trip to the North America ? There are three airlines that can fly you to the United States of America from Singapore - Delta Airlines, Singapore Airlines and United Airlines. What's more, starting from 1 June 2016, United Airlines provides a direct flight to San Francisco (13 hours flight) . This sounds more friendly than the last trip, when we tagged the two kids along with us.
You might want to check out the exclusive travel deals when you book your next holiday to USA at the event, offered by the various participating travel agencies Chan World Holidays, MISA Travel, Price Breaker and Seiki Travel.
Travel booths are only available during the event period weekends. All purchases/bookings must be made in cash or cheque only.
Date: 11-13 March, 19-20 March, 26-27 March and 2-3 April 2016
Time: 12pm to 11pm
The first 20 to book a travel package to Chicago will be given a pair of Harley-Davidson Museum worth USD$40.
Discover USA Information Panels
Life-sized information panels to learn about some facts about the different states. We were reminiscing our trip (California, San Francisco Day 1 & Day 2, Salt Lake City, Utah , Las Vegas 2014) as we went through the panels while learning about other states which we have yet to visit.
At the 50 States of Fun - Discover USA Exhibition, spend and redeem an exhibition journey guide which lets you discover more about USA and a chance to win in the lucky draw. Complete the guide and redeem an exclusive gift at the redemption booth (while stocks last).
Answer a simple question in the lucky draw form found in the guide and drop your entry at the event area to stand a chance to win a pair of air tickets to USA!
How to redeem an exhibition journey guide & exclusive gift
- Present a single, same-day receipt with a minimum spend of S$10 in a single receipt (S$20 for supermarket purchases) to redeem one (1) Exhibition Guide and one (1) Lucky Draw contest form. No minimum spend is required for Changi Rewards members and Kids Pass holders.
- Limited to one (1) Exhibition Journey guide and one (1) Lucky Draw contest form per qualifying receipt, regardless of spending amount.
- Redemption of exhibition souvenir is subjected to the completion of the question (correct answers only) found in the Exhibition Guide.
- Exhibition guides and souvenirs are limited to one (1) per completed guide and redeemable on first-come, first-served and while-stocks-last basis.
- Full set of terms and conditions for the Lucky Draw can be found here.
Celebrate the Carnival Spirit ! Carnival fun for the kids ! Hop on the Carousel !
Free Candy Floss, Popcorns and California Cheese sampling
Who would not love candy floss and popcorns, face painting, balloon sculpting, and California cheese sampling for the cheese lovers ?!! Do note the dates and timing for the individual treats.
Date: 11 – 20 March, 25 – 27 March and 2 - 3 April 2016
Activities available at Terminal 3, Public, Departure Hall Level 2 (Immigration Area)
- Free candy floss and popcorns (3 - 5pm)
- Balloon sculpting is available (7 - 9pm)
- California cheese sampling (12 – 9pm)
The fun did not end here, let's proceed to Terminal 3, Public, Basement Two (Opposite Kopitiam) for more fun !
Lil' Carnival
Apart from the Carousel ride as mentioned above, Xav and Vera went wild with all the rides! They were well entertained with the Galloping Horses and Train Ride at Terminal 3, Public, Basement 2 (Opposite Kopitiam)
Date: 11 – 20 March, 25 – 27 March and 2 - 3 April 2016
Time: 12pm to 11pm
- Galloping Horses and Train Ride
|Galloping animals all in line
|Train Ride
|Choo Choo !
Awwww and I caught the korkor giving her a big kiss while the train was still in circling round the tracks. How sweet !
- A minimum spend of S$60 in a maximum of two (2) same-day receipts (S$40 for Changi Rewards members and Kids Pass holders, S$80 for all supermarket purchases) is required to redeem one (1) carousel ride pass, one (1) kiddy train ride and one (1) galloping horse ride.
- Redemption starts from 12pm and ends at 10.30pm or when the activity passes are fully redeemed; whichever is earlier.
- Valid same-day receipt(s) from any participating Changi Airport Shop & Dine outlet in public area (except money changing facilities, medical clinics, top-up card machines, postal services, lounges, telecommunication outlets and Crowne Plaza Hotel) must be presented for redemption. Limited to one (1) redemption per qualifying receipt(s) regardless of spending amount in excess of the minimum spend required. Each activity pass admits up to two (2) persons for a single play session.
- Limited activity passes are redeemable on a first- come, first-served basis.
- The play schedule is allocated based on earliest available time slot, limited to the maximum capacity stated on-site for the respective rides.
- All participants must sign an indemnity form before participating in the activity. Participants under the age of 18 will require their parent's/guardian's signature on the indemnity form. Indemnity form will be provided at the event site. Alternatively, participants may download it here.
Face Painting
This is available from 12noon to 11p.m just right in front of the train ride.
While Xav got himself an Ironman painted.
Before the school reopens, head down this weekend and the next before the fair ends ! Happy weekend ! Thank you to the PR team for bringing us around. =)
Thank you for reading and if you would like to stay tune for future updates, do follow me on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram !
Disclaimer: We were extended a media invitation from Changi Airport Group. No monetary compensation is involved.


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UN denies inspectors left Syria early amid fears of US strike
Obama convenes high-level meeting to discuss plans for possible military action; release of intelligence report to follow
A UN spokesman denied reports on Friday that UN inspectors, who were looking into claims of alleged chemical attacks in Syria, had crossed over the border to Lebanon a daily earlier than expected.
"The team of experts has completed collecting evidence and testimony and is currently packing," said Martin Nesirky. "The team will leave Damascus and Syria tomorrow (Saturday)."
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Friday that his government would not accept any preliminary or "partial findings" from the UN team. CNN reported later in the day that the inspectors would only release a final report.
US President Barack Obama is meeting with senior national security advisers at the White House to discuss plans for possible military action against Syria.
The meeting should be followed by the public release of a report on intelligence the US has gathered about last week's deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria.
Obama says the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad perpetrated the attack. But he has yet to present definitive evidence to back up the assertion.
Secretary of State John Kerry will speak about the intelligence report and the broader situation in Syria on Friday.
Obama may also speak about Syria during the public portion of a White House meeting with Baltic leaders.


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An incredible gift of 316 acres of agricultural land in Mountain View County has been given to Olds College by the Pitstra family.
Olds College Receives Land Donation Valued At More Than $1 Million Dollars
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The community came out to support the Kiwanis Club of Olds & District on Thursday, December 12th. The annual charity auction was able to raise over $16,000 dollars, according to President Murray Elliott.
Mountain View County Councillors Will Not Be Receiving A Raise In 2020
Mountain View County councillors will not be receiving a raise in 2020. Reeve Bruce Beattie says a survey done a couple of years ago showed their council compensation was significantly lower than other rural municipalities of comparable size. As a result, a policy was created to close a 10 per cent gap over a 4 year period. However, he says council decided this week to lead by example while they were approving the budget for 2020. The move by council to not accept a 2.5 per cent wage increase next year will save Mountain View County $10,000 dollars.
Red Deer-Mountain View MP Reacts To Andrew Scheer Stepping Down As Conservative Party Leader
The Andrew Scheer era is all but over. He has ordered an immediate process to replace himself as Conservative leader, but plans to stay on as a Saskatchewan MP. Scheer says as they chart the course ahead, the party and the Conservative movement need someone who can give 100 per cent to the effort and he feels it is time to put his family first.
Olds & District Chrismas Angels Society - Stuff The Bus
the Olds & District Christmas Angels Society needs the community's help to "stuff the bus". Board member Claire Rosehill says the annual event will collect donations of unwrapped gifts and toys in front of the Olds Canadian Tire location from 10am until 3pm on Saturday, December 14th.
Big Weekend Of Community Activities For Olds Grizzlys
Christmas will come early for three lucky individuals on Friday, December 13th at the Olds SportsComplex. Olds Grizzlys Business Manager Gary Gaudette says it is time once again for the wildly popular Westview Co-op bike night.
Mountain View County Council Approves Budgets For 2020
Mountain View County council approved the 2020 Capital and Operating Projects Budget in the amount of $25.2 million dollars on Wednesday, December 11th. County council also gave the green light to an interim 2020 Operating Expense Budget in the amount of slightly more than $36 million dollars.
Didsbury High School Music - Christmas Concert, Tea & Silent Auction
Get in the holiday spirit this weekend by stopping in at Didsbury High School. Kirk Wassmer, Director of Music at DHS, says their annual Christmas concert, tea & silent auction starts at 2pm on Sunday, December 15th.
Huge 2020 On The Horizon For Wrestler Danielle Lappage From Olds
The Canadian Wrestling Trials were held in Niagara, Ontario from December 5-7th. After winning the women's 68 kilogram class, a huge 2020 is on the horizon for Danielle Lappage from Olds.
Olds RCMP Arrest Male For Exposure & Making Sexually Explicit Material Available To A Child
Olds RCMP say a 67 year old male from Olds has been arrested and faces charges of making sexually explicit material available to a child and exposure of genital organs to a child for a sexual purpose.
Jan Thompson Enters By-Election Race For Vacant Town Of Olds Council Seat
Jan Thompson says she loves the town and wants to share in the responsibility of caring for, as well as shaping, the community for those who reside here. She is one of seven candidates who have now entered the by-election race for a vacant seat at the Olds council table.
Public Assist Sundre RCMP With Charging Dangerous Driver
A 27 year old man is facing charges following a dangerous driving incident in the town of Sundre on November 29th.
Innisfail RCMP - 24th Annual Charity Checkstop Results
Innisfail RCMP are thanking the community after another very successful charity checkstop. The total amount of money raised on Saturday, December 7th was up by nearly $3400 over the total from 2018.
Olds Council Approves 2020 Budget
Next year's budget was given the green light during the final town of Olds council meeting for 2019. Mayor Michael Muzychka says - as determined during last week's budget deliberations - it includes a zero per cent municipal tax increase.
Very Successful Online Auction Held To Support Discus Thrower Rachel Andres From Olds
The goal of last week's online auction for discus thrower Rachel Andres was to raise $2000 to support her dream to make it to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Auction Coordinator Joy Cavin says they were blown away by the community support as more than $4300 dollars was collected.
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Olds RCMP say a 39 year old male from Calgary has been arrested and faces charges following a report of a suspicious vehicle parked behind a local business on Monday, December 9th.
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From: Ocean News Weekly/ By: Consortium for Ocean Leadership Staff
What It Was
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing titled "Blue Technologies: Use of New Maritime Technologies to Improve Efficiency and Mission Performance."
Why It Matters
The United States Coast Guard's (USCG) responsibilities (e.g., search and rescue, illegal fishing and drug trafficking prevention, oil spill and natural disaster response, and maritime cyber security) have profound impacts on commerce and safety. Technological advances, such as phone applications, GPS, and surface and underwater autonomous systems can drastically increase what we know about the ocean and enhance the agency's performance and mission success.
Key Points
Rear Adm. Jon White (President and CEO, Consortium for Ocean Leadership) testified before the subcommittee alongside three COL member institutions. His testimony highlighted how the USCG's missions are supported by robust ocean knowledge; how blue technology is vital to understanding the ocean; and how ocean science, technology, engineering, and math (O-STEM) education are critical for innovation, operation, and maintenance of blue technology. White further emphasized that strong federal support of blue tech, STEM education, and collaborative government and public-private partnerships will enable the USCG to achieve their mission with greater efficiency and efficacy.
During the first panel of the hearing, there was bipartisan agreement that the USCG is slow to acquire new technologies and is falling behind on the use of innovative tools. Rear Adm. Michael J. Haycock (Assistant Commandant for Acquisition and Chief Acquisition Officer, United States Coast Guard) explained that the USCG is making progress on modernization and procurements. He outlined efforts to crowd-source creative ideas from civilian and military staff, described framework for obtaining technology (e.g., Cooperative Research and Development Agreements), and highlighted a partnership with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Science and Technology (S&T) to form CG/DHS S&T Innovation Center (CG-STIC). Members of the subcommittee remained concerned and proposed creating a partnership similar to the icebreaker partnership between Navy and USCG.
In an effort to understand the scope of blue technology, the subcommittee also invited a second panel of expert witnesses from industry, academia, and non-profits (including White). They described current technology, highlighted applications (e.g., oil spill cleanup and combatting illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing), emphasized the need for partnerships, and singled out the National Oceanographic Partnership Program as a tool Congress and agencies should utilize more.
Witnesses agreed that robust funding would be needed to move blue technology forward, and they cautioned against the assumption that technology could completely replace humans or vessels, noting that technicians and operators are still needed.
"It is clear, without a substantial STEM education base, the USCG (not to mention the Navy, the rest of the government, industry, or anyone else) will be unable to depend on advancing technology developments to help meet their missions." – Rear Adm. Jon White, Ret. (President and CEO, Consortium for Ocean Leadership)
"There is no replacement for trained and capable service members, but if the Coast Guard makes better use of technology, this can make service members' jobs more effective and safer." – Chairman Duncan Hunter (CA-50)
"Continued encouragement of inter-governmental collaboration in research and development among federal agencies invested in ocean sciences and operations is imperative to further advance knowledge for innovation in blue technologies." – Dr. Tuba Ozkan-Haller (Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences)
"Future ship build programs should certainly consider fully unmanned, partially unmanned, and optionally unmanned ships." – Mr. Thomas Chance (Chief Executive Officer, Autonomous Surface Vehicles, LLC)
"As the Coast Guard and Congress work together on identifying resources to allow greater access to unmanned system technologies to help the Coast Guard meet its mission goals, multi-agency partnerships are recommended to allow for rapid communication of lessons learned and experience." – Dr. Eric J. Terrill (Director, Coastal Observing Research and Development Center, Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Next Steps
The subcommittee and committee recognize the need for innovation and may hold additional hearings to better understand how to facilitate the USCG in embracing and acquiring new technology.
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Weirdness reigns as NBA playoffs loom
MIAMI (AP) The NBA playoffs are coming. So much for predictability.
Commence with the weirdness.
Like Indiana pulling its starters halfway through the first quarter in an embarrassing home loss. Or J.R. Smith trying an NBA-record 22 3-pointers in a loss that probably doomed New York's playoff hopes. Or Carmelo Anthony being either unable or unwilling to shoot in the fourth quarter of that game. Or Houston scoring 47 points in the second quarter before needing last-second heroics from James Harden to force overtime and beat Denver.
And all that happened on Sunday.
Every team in the NBA gets Monday off to take a breath, rest, recover - and, of course, watch Connecticut and Kentucky play for the NCAA title. After that, the sprint to the finish continues, with playoff spots still to be won in some cases and plenty of movement still possible in both the Eastern and Western Conference playoff races.
But first, more about Sunday's wildness.
- Smith's 3-point tries added up to more than one-tenth of a mile: 561 feet worth of long-distance dialing. To put that in perspective, the total distance of LeBron James' 22 field-goal attempts on the way to his 38-point effort in Miami's 102-91 win over New York: 265 feet.
- The Pacers were down 30 in the first half. At home. To Atlanta. "I don't think it's acceptable," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said, "for any of us."
- San Antonio earned its 60th victory. The Spurs will almost certainly finish with the No. 1 overall seed, but why does it seem like there still isn't enough talk about them?
On to the week ahead, and five things to watch:
WADE RETURN?: Heat G Dwyane Wade went through a long pregame workout Sunday before missing his sixth straight game with a hamstring issue. The Heat are 12-1 in their last 13 games without Wade, but James looks like he could use some serious help - or a long nap - before the playoffs start. Miami plays Brooklyn on Tuesday, and the Nets are undefeated against the Heat this season.
LAKER RECORD: Since moving to Los Angeles, the Lakers organization has never endured worse than a 52-loss season. These Lakers are 25-52 with five games left, and they're running out of players. History awaits.
THUNDER-CLIPPERS: It will be worth staying up for on Wednesday night. Two of the NBA's best teams right now going at it, quite possibly with big-time implications for the No. 2 seed out West involved.
PACERS-HEAT: Friday night in Miami. This could decide the East No. 1 seed. Or might be a wrestling match. Or might see both sides resting everybody.
50,000 3s?: Four seasons ago, there weren't even 45,000 3-pointers shot in an NBA season. Think teams rely on them a bit more now? The league is on pace to crack 50,000 tries from long range this season. (Insert J.R. Smith joke here.)
STAT OF THE WEEK: Nick Young's 40 points off the bench for the Lakers merited a look, but this week's call goes to Kyrie Irving, who reminded everyone that when healthy, he's elite: 16 for 31 shooting for 44 points, along with eight assists and seven rebounds on Saturday night against playoff-bound Charlotte was impressive.
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Louisa Bufardeci's works seem initially, for a moment, like large paintings. But they are not. Bufardeci makes mostly digital prints (in effect maps and charts) that utilize various systems and investigate the colour–coding of visual information, statistical information. The results are not subjectively derived, and not through usual symbolic convention. They have a bracing and arbitrary linkage–to social analysis, political economy.
These are not emotional and culturally embedded understandings of colour and form that underlie these 'pictures'. This recognition is something of a shock and a challenge–a move away from colour as emotional index, and it relates more to a culture of technology, and analysis.
Initially we try to see them as conventional abstraction: the mistake and readjustment are part of our education, a heuristic device. The heavy lode of information gives these pictures' coding an intensely powerful effect. Witness Export Distribution or These are a few things I think you should know – full of diagrammatic urgency, partway between electric circuitry, the viral and patterns of force and movement.
These are wall–sized digital prints and, meanwhile, Bufardeci plans to move to animation with interactive components.
Ken Bolton from his Samstag catalogue essay, New Brew: Export Quality Six–Pack
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The Colbert Report is one of Comedy Central's highest rated television shows, staring Stephen Colbert. When the show decided to create a compilation DVD of some of the best moments of the show, they decided to market it through digital advertising.This campaign highlights some of the key identifiers used in the show such as "Truthiness" and the iconic swooping eagle that opens each show.
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Co-worker: The thing is, I just feel better.
Me: Well, I would argue that the focus should be on feeling better, regardless of whether you lose weight. You might gain it back, some people might never lose it in the first place, but nearly everyone can feel better if they exercise and eat a balanced diet. They just might still be fat.
Co-worker: Yeah, you know, I totally believe that. I have a relative who's always been big, but she's always been really active, too. She's healthy, but she's never been thin.
Me: Bingo.
And from there, the conversation went on to more interesting topics.
Would that it were always so easy, huh? One (sadly) important point here is that the co-worker in question is male — he's not steeped in the conventions of Lady Diet Talk, so my saying it's possible to be healthy and fat, and weight loss is no big deal, didn't make his head go asplodey. He never thought I was criticizing him or infringing on his right to diet or trying to break his will so I could stand over him going "Mwahahaha!" while he asphyxiates under a pile of donuts. I was just um, what's it called? Making a logical point.
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Obese patients are often encouraged to believe that weight loss is an appropriate way to combat depression, save a failing marriage, or increase the chance of career success. The irrationality of hopes pinned on weight loss is so striking that dieting might almost be likened to superstitious behavior…. Passing from childhood into adolescence, leaving home, marrying, starting a new job, having a baby, experiencing marital difficulties, adjusting to children leaving home, and growing old — all these life situations may become unexamined reasons to diet. In other instances, concerns over weight mask even more serious problems." (Wooley 1991)
-"Obesity Treatment: The High Cost of Hope." Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
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Brehon Law
These "laws" formed the basis of early Celtic society. These "laws" governed everyday life and, occasionally, politics, and were formulated between 600 - 900AD in Ireland.
These laws were predominantly focused on civil not criminal aspects, where compensation for loss - of life, of property - was the main focus rather than punishment, and was based on the strict hierarchical status within Irish society.
Prior to the Brehon Laws and the Cáin Adomnáin, women were essentially subordinate to their husbands and fathers. After the adoption of the Brehon Laws, Irish society continued to be male-dominated, but women had greater freedom, independence and rights to property than in other European societies of the time.
Following marriage, a woman was considered to be the partner, not property, of her husband. Any property that she owned prior to marriage remained hers. Property that was aquired within the marriage was held jointly, and could not be sold or disposed of without the consent of both husband and wife.
A married woman retained the right to pursue a case at law as well as recover a debt in her own person.
A husband was legally permitted to hit his wife to "correct" her, but if the blow left a mark she was entitled to the equivalent of her bride-price in compensation and could, if she wished, divorce him. However, women were still largely subject to their fathers or husbands and were not normally permitted to act as witnesses, their testimony being considered "biased and dishonest".
The spouse of one infertile couple may leave temporarily to obtain a child from someone else. While normally women did not have legal capacity, there were exceptions; she could inherit from a sonless father and she was the responsible spouse if her husband was landless or an outsider.
In certain cases of legal separation for good cause, the wife not only took with her all of the marriage portion and gifts, but an amount over and above that for damages.
Divorce was provided for on a number of grounds (eg. impotence or homosexuality on the husband's part), after which property was divided according to what contribution each spouse had made to the household.
She may divorce him if he is impotent ('because an impotent man is not easy for a wife') or if he becomes so fat as to be incapable of intercourse. Practising homosexuality is another reason for divorce: a wife may divorce her husband if he spurns the marriage bed and prefers to lie with boys. A man who is sterile can also be divorced, though it is not clear how this sterility could be proved -- unless the wife had previously shown her fertility by bearing a child to another man...she may divorce him if he is indiscreet 'because it is not right for a man who tells of bed to be under blankets
'. (Kelly)
Women in Celtic Ireland had greater freedom. It was said that it was an Irish lawgiver by the name of Brigid (not to be confused with St.Bridget), who was responsible for granting inheritance rights to women in the absence of sons. Women were able to undertake a profession - they were poets, physicians, lawgivers, druidesses. And they were equally entitled to access to education.
However, a woman could not legally swear an oath. She required witnesses to take up this role. And one "trustworthy" witness was better then two "untrustworthy" ones.
Hierarchical status was an important factor in Irish society. Rank, profession, and property were all important considerations with regards to a persons "status". However, the rights of those men and women who dwelt in the lower echelons of society were not forgotten. Irish society was deeply preoccupied with "honour" and "compensation".
Example: the man who stole the needle of a poor embroidery woman was compelled to pay a far higher fine than the man who stole the queen's needle
With this greater equality within Irish society, women frequently felt it was their duty to take up arms and march into battle with their brothers or husbands. It was only in 697 that women were exempted from warfare. The law exempting them is known as the Cáin Adomnáin after St. Adomnáin, who, at his mother's behest, fought for this exemption.
Crime and Punishment:
In early Irish law, a crime against a woman was regarded as a crime against her guardian (husband, father, son, head of kin) and consequently the offender was required to pay to the guardian the equivalent of the women's honour-price or "weregild" or a proportion thereof.
Heptad 47 lists eight categories of women who get no redress if subjected to rape, whether forcor or sleth. Most of these are promiscuous or adulterous women, such as an unreformed prostitute, a woman who makes an assignation to bush or bed, or a married woman who agrees to meet another man.
Payment or compensation for the atonement of a crime was the norm. And although the death penalty did exist, a far harsher punishment of exile or banishment could be enforced. Irish society was based upon the ties of family and to be expelled from this group was an extreme punishment.
It was also a crime to exploit those of unsound mind (druths). Normally, the guardian of a "druth" was responsible for any offences committed. Any contracts made with a druth were invalid; and any sane person who impregnated a druth or bore a child to a druth was solely responsible for that child's upbringing.
A father or foster-father normally pays or is paid for offences by or against children; among those exempted are kings and poets. Fosterage, which could be performed for affection or for fees, required the child to be maintained and educated in accord with his/her status. A tie existed even after the fosterchild had grown.
Slaves faced many restrictions and had no rights. A captive:
"is a person who has committed a serious offence, which has not been paid for. The individual or kin whom he has wronged can seize him and keep him captive."
(Kelly) Though he could be ransomed.
Female salves were referred to as "cumals" and were often used as a unit of currency. One cumal was equal to three milch cows.
Cáin Adomnáin
Also known as the Law of Adomnáin or the Law of Innocents. It was designed in 697 by St.Adomnáin of Iona, especially for the protection of non-combatants (women, children and the clergy) in times of hostility. The laws also provided sanctions against the killing of children, clerics, clerical students and peasants on clerical lands; against rape, against impugning the chastity of a noblewoman, prohibited women from having to take parts in warfare, and more besides. As with Brehon Law, it was limited to within Ireland and would eventually decline.
Decline of Brehon Law:
Brehon Law began its decline with the Normand invasion of Ireland (1177), and feudal law took over. It is ironic that the final removal of Brehon Law and with it, the rights and freedoms of women, occurred under Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Glossary of Terms:
Bot = remedy, compensation
Eorl = earl, nobleman
Ceorl = churl, peasant
Scaetts = money, payment
Fioh = fee, money
Morgengyftt = morning gift, gift from husband to wife on the morning after marriage
Esne = serf, labourer, working class
Gaengang = pregnant (return)
Birele = cupbearer, steward
Minster = monastery
"Early Medieval Ireland 400-1200" by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (Longman, 1995)
"A Guide to early Irish Law" by Fergus Kelly (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1988)
"Irish Land Law" by Professor J.C.W. Wylie (Butterworths)
"Sex and Marriage in Ancient Ireland" by Patrick C.Power (Mercer, 1976)
"Women in Anglo-Saxon England and the Impact of 1066" by Christine Fell (Indiana University Press, 1984).
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