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Evolutionary Law
President Obama has said his view of same-sex "marriage" is "evolving." Apparently he thinks that the law should be based on a kind of Darwinian jurisprudence which allows it to "evolve" and become whatever the ruling politicians at a given moment say it is (or isn't).
How else to explain the decision by the president and his attorney general, Eric Holder, not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996? The Senate vote was 85-14; the vote in the House was 342-67, an indication of overwhelming public support to keep marriage for opposite-sex couples.
Let's leave aside for the moment any moral, religious, historical or cultural reasons for maintaining the legal status quo on marriage, which has precedent dating to biblical times. The president and his attorney general have concluded that because DOMA is being challenged before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which they say "has no established or binding standard for how laws concerning sexual orientation should be treated" – they will circumvent or overrule judicial authority and decide the matter for themselves. This "we are the law" thinking is what we oppose in Middle East dictators.
Holder contends that because of past "discrimination" against gays, the Second Circuit Court will, or should, apply a more "rigorous standard" to such cases and when they do, DOMA will be found unconstitutional.
Doesn't this sound strangely like Richard Nixon's approach to the law? It was Nixon who told David Frost in 1977, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal." So when the president and his attorney general refuse to defend a law they have taken an oath to uphold, isn't that the other side of the same coin? Imagine the reaction from the Left had George W. Bush announced his administration would no longer defend Roe v. Wade because he thought it unconstitutional and it would eventually be overturned by the Supreme Court.
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich in an interview with Newsmax.TV on Friday said he thought the Obama-Holder decision not to defend DOMA in the courts might be an impeachable offense and that the House may "zero out (defund) the office of attorney general and take other steps as necessary until the president agrees to do his job." He later softened his stance on the issue of impeachment, saying instead in a statement to reporters that, though impeachment is clearly not an appropriate action, "Congress has every responsibility to demand President Obama live up to his constitutional obligations."
The president and attorney general believe there are no "reasonable" arguments in favor of retaining DOMA. Constitutional attorney John Whitehead disagrees. Whitehead tells me he thinks the Obama-Holder tactic is "an attempt to provide cover for the president's decision to achieve a repeal of DOMA through the courts as opposed to an even-handed evaluation of the strengths of the legal arguments."
Whitehead notes that Holder has acknowledged a binding circuit court precedent which holds that "classifications based on sexual orientation are subject to 'rational basis' scrutiny." Under such scrutiny, Whitehead says, "a legislative classification based on sexual orientation would be upheld if there is any conceivable basis to support the distinction; a court is not to judge the wisdom, fairness, or logic of the legislative choice."
Whitehead adds, "Because rational basis scrutiny is extremely deferential to the decision of the legislature, the determination that it applies to a particular classification basis is usually outcome determinative; where rational basis scrutiny applies, that equal protection challenge is almost always denied."
That is why President Obama and Attorney General Holder are wrong to pre-judge the outcome of this case in the courts, not to mention their rejection of congressional authority. Isn't this ultimately about the separation of powers?


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Oh Erica, I love them. I've been thinking of including some awesome tassels in my newly refurbished chair. Have a good week.ReplyDelete
I love tassels.....I got these a long time ago at The Bombay store. That's great you are refurbishing a chair, I always intend to but just leave stuff around and never get around to it.Delete
Oh how perfect!
Have a good Blue Monday, Ericka.
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Hi.....these are just decorative tassels....two of them are teapots. I hang them on the kitchen cupboard knobs.... up to now my husband has cracked one, said they are in the way when opening a cupboard, men UGH!Delete
Those are interesting blue tassels, especially the teapot one.
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GANJA GRANNY sez ROLL TIGHT!
GANJA GRANNY sez Roll Tight! We are not turning around! We are going full speed ahead! Everybody must stick together. Put aside all our insignificant differences. Concentrate on our goal to legalize. Nothing should deter us from reaching our goal.. Unless…. you intend to continue another millennium without a legal hit! …..Last Thursday, the 27th of March, I attended a well organized protest in Manhattan(NYC) against our Illustrious Mayor who has admitted to indulging in cannabis and LIKING IT A LOT! Why would anyone protest against a guy like that… a man this savvy, someone who knows the effects of cannabis???????…. The only difference is his Stop N' Frisk orders that will never apply to him.. There was a number of protests in 2011 and for a short time, maybe 2 months? the mayor and his police dept. laid low… not off… but very low. It was a pseudo truce! When they sprang into action again… it was worse than before. Our mayor who is in his last term has never been paid. He refused the salary that went with the job!… HEY! With all his dough… I thought at the time, it was a great gesture on his part..Actually with all his dough.. I think he should reimburse New Yorkers the 75 PLUS million of taxpayers dollars spent in 2011 on NYC minor marijuana arrests which are directed predominantly at people of color. And what about the more than 600 MILLION in the last decade? The demonstration was peaceful, respectful and direct to the point. There were no side trips, no ignorant name calling, no limited vocabulary insults and cursing. The people that came to this protest were neat, clean and mentally sharp and on top of there game. They did not waste a minute of the time their permit afforded them. Among the many protesters were, our dear Paul De Rienzo Host of cables' "Let Them Talk" taking pictures… Nate Riley, retired political strategist, Professor Harry Levine who is known for his extensive detailed research on the archaic marijuana laws, etc…..Again I must say, Ganja Granny was impressed with the civility of this most serious protest and of course V.O.C.A.L… and their spokesman, Community Organizer Alfredo Carrasquillo, along with Community Leader Ms. Elizabeth Owens… I apologize for not getting everyones' name. A marvelous job was done by all….. On the same toke of thinking, I came across on the FB.thiis post of instructions for an event in D.C.. … "Please leave your weed and pipes, at home. We want to make a point, not give the law more reason to keep marijuana illegal!
This event is to demonstrate what We The People think and feel on the issue pertaining to marijuana and the hemp industry.
Marijuana: Medicinal comes first. If our Federal Government won't allow states their rights on issuing medical marijuana dispensaries then the mere thought of recreational use is an issue that won't even be considered. The use of marijuana whether it be medicinal or recreational needs to be tackled at a federal level before anything else.
Hemp Industry: Our government seems to own it's own hemp industry. Why can't the people? We are all tied up in trying to make our economy better at this time. If the people were able to participate in America's #1 cash crop, it would significantly help our economic troubles. We would be able to cut down less trees and research alternative fuel sources." ………… …..I want to echo the same words to everyone who will participate in the NYC March/rally to be held Saturday, May 5th…In the meantime if you are interested in being a part of history in the making.. then by all means.. If you believe in basic civil rights then please volunteer at the Yippie Museum located 9 Bleeker St in NYC or contact me via Email email@example.com or on FB NYC CANNABIS MARCH 2012..Don't underestimate your talents or ability to participate.. AS always, I hope its the last time ever we need to march, rally, demonstrate, etc. regarding this event…However, reality dictates we must mobilize our resources and do it again… like the above message states, leaving all our goodies at home… We have a vigilant, well trained police force and you will get arrested..IT IS NOT LEGAL! Not even on the day of the March! It is counter productive to our aim to gain the publics support to LEGALIZE and to get our message out there in general..We need to show society we are society… We are ALL one and the SAME.. No one gets out of this world alive. Ganja Granny sez KEEP IT LIT! God Bless ALL the GOOD STUFF coming your way..Wear a GREEN RIBBON to show supportREMEMBER! YOU GOTTA GIVE.. IN ORDER TO GET!


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Kate Moss for Mango: Lookbook Spring 2012
Mango launches Spring collection 2012 and continues with Kate Moss promoting their ad. Photos are made by Terry Richardson. You can find here lovely dresses and jackets for spring, basic shirts and jeans. I personally loved that black and white dress and those fringe bag. Kate definitely brings her own chic to these shoots, even without creating this collection. What a talent!
What would you buy?
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The slip dress is having a major moment lately with style-setters wearing it every which way, from layered with a T-shirt over it, to solo with minimal accessories. And so I got inspired in my latest collaboration with fashion store Omara from Ljubljana. I created a simple inspirational look with the simple slip dress and beautiful blouse with the lace. With such a look you can combine a leather jacket and sneakers for a daily look or with a classy black blazer and hills for a night-wear. The best part of this fashion trend is that it'll easily carry you into fall, so wear your slip dress layered with different sweaters and boyfriend blazers and you are good to go! The possibilities are really endless.
// IMPERIAL blouse // MOSCHINO bag // BUFFALO boots // URSA ZRNEC rings // IMPERIAL blazer //


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Splendor's Turquoise Trunk Show Nov 17 & 18
We have just finalized arrangements to host our first ever Turquoise Trunk Show featuring turquoise from Sleeping Beauty, Kingman, Whitewater, and Nevada mines. A representative of the mines will be available to answer any questions.
This 2 day special event will be Sat & Sun, Nov 17 & 18 and is a once in a lifetime opporutnity to share in the romance and mystery of turquoise of the Southwest. From geologist to jewelers, anyone who appreciates the natural beauty of turquoise will be able to view and purchase Turquoise before being released to the public or other retailers.
Be sure to mark your calendars for this special event – We will have turquoise strands starting at $20. Large quantities and unique shapes rarely seen by the public will be on hand for your selection.Read More
Vermeil Box Clasps
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New Box Clasps
Splendor has lots of new box clasps in both sterling silver & vermeil. Stop in soon for the best selection.Read More
Fall Preview Sale
Fall Preview Sale
Sat, Sun, & Holiday Mon
Oct 6th – 8th
All Strands 20% off
This weekend we are pleased to offer you the first choice from our latest buying trip.
To celebrate, we will discount ALL strands of beads by 20% this Sat, Sun, & holiday Mon.
In addition to our new beads, we have hand-selected many fabulous findings, including the semi-precious & sterling silver cabochon pendants pictured below.
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has stepped down from the board of Groupon just 16 months after joining forces with the fast-growing Chicago-based daily deal site.
According to a SEC filing today, Schultz resigned from the board effective April 24th. Kara Swisher of All Things D first reported the news, also noting that Accel Partners' Kevin Efrusy also does not plan to stand for re-election.
Interestingly, I wondered if something was amiss earlier this month when Starbucks entered into a partnership with Google Offers to support the Create Jobs for USA Fund.
At the time of Schultz's appointment to Groupon's board, his Seattle venture capital firm, Maveron, also took a stake in the company. At the time, entities affiliated with the coffee titan received 949,668 shares of non-voting common stock, shares granted prior to the IPO.
The resignation by Schultz also comes after some high-profile financial problems at Groupon, problems which led independent auditors to note "material weakness" in its financial controls, according to Swisher's report.
Replcaging Schultz and Efrusy will be Daniel Henry of American Express Co. and Robert Bass, a vice chairman of Deloitte. Bloomberg reports that those appointments will be used to "shore up investors' confidence in its accounting."


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Funeral Bulletins
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Funeral bulletins can highlight your loved one's life and help attendees with the flow of the funeral or memorial service. Our funeral bulletin templates can help you create a funeral program quickly and easily. The letter size bulletin is the most widely used in programs distributed at a funeral or memorial service. This program handout measures 11" wide by 8.5 tall and printed in a landscape orientation. The finished size after its folded directly in half is 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. The letter, centerfold funeral handout is the most traditional size distributed at services. It is a popular choice because of the paper size which is easily obtainable. You will print these on one sheet of letter size paper, printed front and back.
This presentation comes formatted as a 4-sided program but can be expanded to an unlimited number of pages, if desired. We offer a large variety of design in each category that is perfectly suited for any personality and loved one. Our templates designs are organized neatly in themes as given so it will help you navigate to your desired background easily. Use Microsoft Word, Publisher or Apple Pages to edit our templates. Our funeral bulletin templates are organized by categories or themes. Select a theme and view our large assortment of designs.


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Jumbo Loans
What is a Jumbo Loan?
The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) establish, along with the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), requirements for loans which can be insured or purchased by government-sponsored enterprises. Often loans which otherwise meet the conforming loan requirements are deemed "non-conforming" or "Jumbo" because the loan amount exceeds the conforming loan limit set by Fannie, Freddie, and OFHEO.
The current conforming loan limit for a single-family home is $417,000 for all states—except Hawaii and Alaska. In certain federally designated high-priced markets in the continental United States, Fannie, Freddie, and OFHEO allow for conforming high-balance loans which have loan amount limits from $417,000 to $625,000 [1]. Conforming high-balance loans typically have higher interest rates, stricter underwriting, and larger down payment requirements. Additionally, limits may be different for multi-unit properties.
At American Interbanc Mortgage, we offer conforming high-balance and jumbo loans up to $3 million in loan amount. We offer fixed-rate and adjustable-rate options for our jumbo loan products. At American Interbanc Mortgage, we lend jumbo loans for primary residences, second homes, and vacation homes.
[1] The loan limits stated are valid through December 31, 2015
Summary of Jumbo Loans
For mortgage loan amounts that are higher than the conforming thresholds, loan amounts can go up to $3 million
Jumbo loans are available to primary residences and second or vacation homes
Available in a variety of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate terms
Generally have higher interest rates than conforming loan amounts
The American Interbanc Mortgage Difference
At American Interbanc Mortgage, we focus on providing some of the lowest cost mortgages in the market. Because we work on a low-margin model, the cost savings are passed on to the customer. We offer a variety of terms for fixed-rate mortgages and can close most loans in 30 days or less, if the customer gets us his/her loan documents in a timely manner. Call one of our Loan Officers today, at 1-800-724-0004, to find out what great rates we provide.
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There are times, my sisters influence me with what they watch. The youngest of my siblings love to watch cartoons and lots of animes. She would remarkably remember all schedules of these screenings, but can never remember what you've just said minutes ago. Lolz.
Once, she opened the TV while I was working at my station (as usual). Somehow it was annoying that I have to bear with the fact that my station is just in our living room, and all distractions are found here (most especially the TV). So, I would just have to increase my level of concentration such that I may be able to function still as a programmer while they toy around with the noises they make and the things that they do.
It was 1600. She turned on the TV. I made a smirk. I would have to deal with these distractions again. I know I just couldn't complain.. I was in the living room! Oh, well, at least a minor distraction to keep me sane from this too much programming.
Galaxy Angels was the name of the anime episode. Haven't heard of it before, well, of course, I only love Inuyasha.
There were five cute and adorable ladies as the main characters of that anime, together with their commander. They were all different personalities. At first, they only seemed annoying, the usual 'sexy animes', walking around in tight sexy suits, fighting bad guys, yada yada yada..
But wait!
Something bout this anime has captured my attention. Not only are they funny that watching it makes me forget about dark serious things going on inside my head, but something too was drawing my curiousity towards the characters. The more my sis watched it, the more I wanted to get to understand the personalities of these ladies.
They were: Forte, Ranfa, Mint, Vanilla with Norman, and Milfil.
I've had only about a couple of times that I was able to watch it. Only today, that it dawned on me that I seem to have the personalities of each of the main characters that this anime has.
Most of the times, since I am the eldest, I had to be tough and be the leader. The burden of moving a team towards a certain goal; making the decisions for everyone, and always thinking about everyone. Yeah, I had a 'Forte' in me. The lady who acts so tough and boyish just so she could protect her team and stand up as a strong symbol.
Forte wears glasses, has straight hair and loves guns. She wears the most conservative clothing, a pair of high boots and smokes. Yup, definitely somebody who's like me.
People say, I'm respectable, but I somehow beg to disagree, because I do have a flirt personality that I only suppress at times not needed. I also remember this incident when my soul sis was looking at something called the 'birthday calculator'. One of the distinct descriptions for me, that caught my attention was 'flirtatious'. Really??? I wanted to deny, but cannot. I don't flirt just about anyone, I only tend to be choosy and slow to get comfortable with anyone.
Somehow, Ranfa is also in me. She's this weird lady that has a queer taste of decorating her hair with a large pair of maracas-like clip. She's one physically strong lady who loves wrestling just as much as good-looking guys. She's more concerned with her looks, her body and just about everything about her than anything else.
Even so, most of the time, I would want to style and dress myself as a sweet girl. Someone everybody can trust, talk to and just be with. Simple, nice and sweet.. just like Mint.
Mint is the smallest of them all. She has a weird rabbit-like ears that hangs down on both sides of her head, just between her light blue hair. She's always dressed and poised in her sweetest state, unlike Ranfa who despite being the most girl-like of them all, moves very ungracefully. But though she's sweet, she can also be very naughty. She would play tricks with her friends, as long as it pleases her.
Though it might seem that these personalities are sweet, sociable and foregoing, I also have one loner side. This loner girl loves to be alone, only speaks when talked to and has her own perceptions about things that are usually different that everyone else. Sometimes cold and aloof on certain situations, this is Vanilla.
Vanilla wears a cold look on her face, akin to the icy colored hair of hers that is pig tailed at the back of her head. She has cold sad eyes and always carrying around Norman, a robot. She rarely speaks, but most of the time, she talks about God and good ways. She's always calm and steady.
Lastly, there is the normal girl. The happy NRML girl who loves happiness, fun and just about everything about her life. Yes, this is just the real me, stripped of all the needs, wants and responsibility about life. Milfil is the perfect me. Sometimes stupid, sometimes smart, but always happy. Someone who seems to be always in love.
Milfil is a happy girl. She loves flowers and wears them as ornaments on her salmon colored hair. She dresses like a teenager, different from Ranfa and Mint. She's cute and lovable, but sometimes obnoxious.
Yes, I could be schizophrenic, but I am not. These different personalities help me cope with different situations in my life. I do not dwell on the idea that I am a different person each time, rather I focus on what strength I do have to face a certain situation.
These are not personalities.. they are strengths. Certain qualities are called for for a certain event. Even the hardest tree may not stand a strong wind, but a bamboo could; In another situation, the sturdy tree may outstand a lightnight, but not the bamboo.
For me, I can call myself a galaxy angel. A brigade by myself. I'll only have to understand how to find the quality that I need from time to time.


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e² Young Engineers partners with Momentum's wellness and rewards programme Multiply
Clients can now enjoy benefits such as 20% discount on all e² Young Engineers programmes.
September 2017 – CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA – e² Young Engineers, a company that provides educational enrichment programmes with an engaging, hands-on learning platform for children, today announces that the company has partnered with Multiply, Momentum's wellness and rewards programme.
As a Multiply partner, e² Young Engineers will be able to supply clients with 20% discount when they enrol within any of the e² Young Engineers programmes, regardless of their status with Multiply, including:
- Big Builders: This unique curriculum develops children's tactile, motor, and spatial skills while teaching introductory engineering principles. For ages: 4-6.
- LEGO Challenge: Learning the principles of engineering and theoretical physics in an intuitive way by building models while enhancing motor skills. For ages: 7-10.
- GaliLEGO Technic: Investigation of machinery from a professional perspective of engineers. This curriculum will focus on teamwork and finding solutions to build complex machines. For ages: 11 – 13 or LEGO Challenge graduates.
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Three people were injured in a wrong way crash in Garland on Saturday afternoon. The crash shut down northbound I-635 LBJ Freeway at the La Prada Drive exit. But highway totally reopened Saturday evening.
Garland police confirm the driver of a BMW entered the northbound lanes while driving southbound. It hit a Toyota SUV, causing it to flip over. Another vehicle was also struck.
Police told NBC DFW three people were injured, including the wrong-way driver. Two people were taken to the hospital. Their names have not been released.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Police have not said yet whether charges will be filed. Officers do not believe alcohol played a role in the crash.
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Watch the Midwest Gospel Sing LIVE from Five Points Washington, IL 4/30/2016 starting at 5:45 pm
Watch the live streamed video on Wellscountyvoice.com's You Tube Channel
Join Tim Steffen every Sunday morning from 6am to Noon and enjoy the finest in Southern Gospel music along with Tim's own bible teaching.
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Meet CFSTMA
Members of CFSTMA manage sports turf facilities ranging from professional to recreational throughout the State of Florida.
Quarterly Meetings
Meetings with CEUs are located in rotating regions of Central Florida. View Events
Six Membership Types
We are an inclusive organization and offer a membership category for anyone interested in learning more about sports turf field management.View Membership Types
Reciprocal Membership
Central Florida STMA shares reciprocal membership privileges with both the North Florida STMA and the South Florida STMA. Read More
It's the Perfect Fit
Central Florida Sports Turf Managers Association members are local sports turf professionals who share practical and research based maintenance practices to maintain high quality and safe playing fields. CFSTMA is one of three Chapters in the State, with the North and South Chapters. All State Chapters have reciprocal memberships agreements. Joining one Chapter allows participation in all State Chapters. The State Chapters are affiliates of the national Sports Turf Managers Association. Joining the national STMA doesn't entitle membership to the State Chapters.
Member Spotlight - Certified Sports Field Managers
Stephen Wood, CSFM , Sports Turf Manager with the City of Ocala for a little over nine years. I came from the golf course industry, being a Superintendent for over 20 years. The City of Ocala has eight sport facilities located across the city. Sizes range from a single youth baseball field to multi field complexes. Membership and participation in the CFSTMA is very important for many reasons. Educational, sharing experiences with other members, visiting other sites, and keeping current with the industry, are just a few that's comes to mind. I believe membership is so important that I include our entire sport turf staff.
Daniel Thomas, CSFM - Head Groudskeeper for the Baltimore Orioles Spring Training at Ed Smith Stadium & Buck O"Neil Complex. "Becoming a CSFM isn't just another feather in the cap. It signifies all of the hard work and dedication to our craft. It is something to be very proud of as a leader in the industry. Through the STMA and regional chapters such as the Central Florida STMA, we are given an outlet to teach and lead others starting out in the world of sports turf."
David Nowakowski, CSFM - Territory Manager at Harrell's, LLC. The Sports Turf Industry is a special group of professionals. It is one where all are willing to share ideas and help fellow Sports Turf Managers. CFSTMA brings together all of these managers to share ideas, visit different types of sites and learn from University Professors and Industry Professionals. Being in the Sports Turf/Green Industry for 20+ years, I have always felt in order to further our Sports Turf Profession, having more Certified Sports Turf Managers in the work force is imperative. Becoming a CFSM is not a credential to add to your resume, it is a responsibility to increase the professionalism of our industry.
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Membership Directory
Access the Membership Directory to continue the conversation between meetings. View Membership Directory
Meet the Board
Joe Gasparini, CSFM
Orange Country Parks & Recreation
Rob Julian NFL SFM
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Steve Wood, CSFM
City of Ocala, Recreation & Parks
Chris Lessig
Volusia County Parks & Recreation
Chris Brown
David Nowakowski, CSFM
Harrell's, LLC
Latest News
CFSTMA Chapter Meeting December 5, 2019 @ BOOMBA Soldiers CreekFifty registered attendees participated in CFSTMA's winter Chapter Meeting at BOOMBAH Soldiers Creek Park in Seminole County. The CFSTMA Board want to first and foremost …Read More
CFSTMA Chapter Meeting August 22, 2019 @ CoolToday Park – Venice/North PortCoolToday Park spring training home of the Atlanta Braves, hosted 40+ Central Florida Sports Turf Managers. The attendees where treated to an informative tour by …Read More
CFSTMA June 21, 2019 Chapter Meeting @ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityThe Central Florida Chapter of the Sports Turf Manager's Association (CFSTMA) held its summer chapter meeting at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University June 21, 2019. Leslie Whitmer, …Read More
What Our Members Are Saying
CFSTMA is a great professional organization for the sports turf industry. Offering incredible opportunities of networking, obtaining CEU's, innovative and topnotch educational programs while providing demonstrations in the latest forms of equipment. We are all in this together and we are all the key to exchanging ideas and sharing the wealth of knowledge – CFSTMA has help make this happen! CFSTMA has been a driving force for our city in building a better sports complex!Mark D. Miller | City of Apopka | Athletics Complex Manager
CFSTMA is a very engaged and active chapter that has provided great benefits for me. It provides connections with other turf managers in the area, idea sharing at meetings, and great continuing education.Matt Bruderek | Head Groundskeeper | Orlando City Soccer Club


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Our aim is simple: to make you and your business more successful.
Our business lounge and meeting areas are perfect for informal meetings, where you can meet with clients or colleagues in professional surroundings.
Membership includes access for two guests at any one time and complimentary WiFi, refreshments, fresh fruit, tea and Nespresso coffee. Find out more about the flexible meeting areas at each of our locations below.
The Clubhouse offers Hot Desks, Coworking and Touchdown spaces for use by our members as a perfect base to work from between meetings, to finish off presentations and to work at on an ad-hoc basis. Find out more about the hot desks available at each of our locations below.
For those who need more than just a Hot Desk to touch down at, we offer a limited number of Dedicated Desks with ergonomic task chairs, lockable pedestals and storage. Our Dedicated Desks are ideal for growing companies where one or two members of the team may need their own desk in central London.
Find out more about our dedicated desks available which are available at St James's Square.
First impressions count and our virtual office solutions provide more than just the option of a prestigious Mayfair W1, St James's SW1 or Holborn Circus EC4 postcode. In addition to being your trading address, we have a dedicated team on hand and a range of flexible membership options that can be added alongside this service which would allow you to work or meet at the spaces.
Call answering & call forwarding, in partnership with Moneypenny, provides you with a professional, personal and dedicated answering service for your company with the ability to keep your dedicated PA informed via the Moneypenny app.
For members working through lunch or if you simply need a quick refresh, we are pleased to offer a selection of seasonal salads, sandwiches and snacks to keep you energised for a productive day at The Clubhouse.
Use our showers to freshen up after an overnight flight, commute, or before an evening out.
Bike Racks
We offer a number of secure bike racks for anyone cycling to and from The Clubhouse.
We have a number of secure lockers for use by members in which to store files, briefcases, umbrellas etc.
Charging Lockers
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What is to accomplish?
The DNA origami design is a functionalized cylinder and was realized by arranging DNA helices on a square lattice. The structure was designed using caDNAno version 2.2.0.
CaDNAno is an open source software with a graphical user interface which aids in designing any 2D or 3D shape or pattern.1
Since it is the goal of this project to investigate glycan-receptor interactions, the DNA structure has to meet certain demands:
No open ends
As the structure should exhibit great stability, especially with respect to cell applications, it was designed as a closed ring in order to avoid accessible ends of helices. This prevents nucleases, enzymes that are naturally present in and around the cell and which are responsible for the degradation of DNA, from working.2
High stability under cellular conditions
As the goal is to determine interactions under cellular conditions, the structure's stability should be able to cope with the typical cells' environment. Therefore, the structure should exhibit a high stability in general but also concerning low magnesium concentrations.
These aspects justify the choice of designing the DNA structure with two inner rings.2
Sufficient surface area for attaching points
Due to the spacial requirements for sugar molecules and fluorophores, the design is not only a single layer ring but a cylinder and hence provides sufficient space for numerous attaching points.2
How does it look like?
Figure 1 displays the cross section of the cylinder wall. Based on the p7560 scaffold, the structure consists of three layers and leads to a cylinder with two inner rings. The structure's diameter measures 47.62 nm for the outer ring, 42.22 nm for the middle one and 39.52 nm for the inner ring.
The third layer was designed to prevent a decrease in the structure's stability. It permits an even distribution of targeted insertions and deletions, which are responsible for the desired curvature. Two layers would only allow distributing insertions and deletions in such a way that an unilateral strain would emerge. This is only possible to compensate by a deletion pattern on the third layer.2
As more deletions/insertions lead to higher curvature 3 the inner ring must have the smallest diameter and consequently features a larger amount of deletions than the middle ring. This was achieved by introducing deletions every 8 bp in helix 0,7,12,17 whereas helix 1,6,11,16 displays deletions every 16 bp. Cutting the inner rings is not sufficient. In order to accomplish a proper curvature, the outer ring simultaneously has to show insertions every 16 bp. The ends of the rings are connected with staples ("Connectors").
The connector staples are differently extended at the two ends of the origami design. The energy which is necessary to attach a staple strand to the scaffold depends on its length. Assembling the scaffold strand with staples of long base sequence demands more energy than attaching shorter staple strands. Hence, high folding temperatures foster the binding of long staples whereas short staples rather bind at lower temperatures.
To increase the probability that the connector staple strands do not crosslink multiple scaffolds, the connector staples has a short end and a long end. Thus, these oligonucleotides bind at different temperatures and times during the folding process. That reduces the probability of the structures to cluster.2
How is it functionalized?
The structure is functionalized by a systematic incorporation of click oligonucleotides ("click oligos") - staple strands that are chemically modified by carrying an alkyne group at the 3 ' - end in order to attach to the sugar molecules.
The origami contains eight click oligos on each helix 4, 9 and 14 in a regular distance of 53/54 bp and thus has a capacity of 24 sugar attaching points.
The selected staple strands are supposed to be orientated outwardly by their 3' - end.
The regular spacing between the sugar attaching points allows for the creation of sugar patterns on the structure. As it is not necessary to exploit the whole capacity of 24 attaching points, it is possible by regularly skipping of some attaching point to generate an origami with particular sugar pattern on its surface.
a) Carbohydrates
The carbohydrates used in this project as ligands for special receptors were purchased from CFG functional glycomics gateway and by Sussex research, Ottawa, Canada. The saccharides are equipped with a synthetic spacer 2-azidoethyl ("Sp") which is compatible to the alkyne group of the click oligonucleotides. The following saccharides are involved in the experiments:
These saccharides have been selected based on their biological function. The biological function of Lec, 3' SLex and 2 - Azidoethyl α- Mannopyranoside is partially revealed. Sialyl Lewis X (SLex) is supposed to be one of the most important carbohydrates in the human body as it is a blood group antigen. It is the ligand for different types of selectins, a special type of lectin. SLex interacts with L-selectin to mediate the adhesion of leukocytes to endothelial cell. The binding of SLex to E-selectin is necessary for inflamed tissue to be able to recognize leukocytes whereas binding to P-selectin supports interaction of activated platelets with leukocytes.4 SLex is also an important participant in human fertilization as it is predominantly appearing on the oocyte's coating.5
2 - Azidoethyl α - Mannopyranoside is a mannose-like carbohydrate and interacts with the mannan- binding lectin ("MBL"). MBL is a C-type lectin and plays an essential role in the innate immunity as it identifies patterns of carbohydrates presented on pathogenic cell surfaces.6
The interaction between these carbohydrates and their receptors will be tested with the functionalized origami structure.
First, it is aimed to reproduce the results of these previous studies that had revealed the binding behavior of these carbohydrates. If this is successful, one can begin applying the structure coated with carbohydrates such as P1 tri and Tri-LN - carbohydrates of unknown binding behavior - to specific cell lines that are promising. In doing so, the origami structure will be coated with sugar patterns.
The sugar patterns will differ in sugar density and sugar type. The amount of different sugar types presented on a pattern is also varied. Assuming that both, the cell and the origami structure exhibit circular shapes, only a quarter of the structure can be in contact with the cell at the same time. Considering this aspect, the sugar pattern consists of small units that repeat four times.2
The sugar patterns will differ in sugar density and sugar type. The amount of different sugar types presented on a pattern is also varied. Assuming that both, the cell and the origami structure exhibit circular shapes, only a quarter of the structure can be in contact with the cell at the same time. Considering this aspect, the sugar pattern consists of small units that repeat four times.2
b) Fluorophores
Additional modification of the structure is made by integrating fluorescent dyes. Similar to the sugar oligonucleotides the structure contains a maximum of 24 possible attaching points for fluorophores. On each helix 0, 7, 12, 17 six staples are designed in a way that fluorophores can be easily attached by an enzymatic method.
To label DNA origami with fluorophores, the respective oligos are labelled with the dyes before the folding process of the whole structure is initiated.2
[1] DOUGLAS, Shawn M.; MARBLESTONE, Adam H.; TEERAPITTAYANON, Surat; VAZQUEZ, Alejandro; CHURCH, George M.; SHIH; William M.: Rapid prototyping of 3D DNA-origami shapes with caDNAno. In: Nucleic Acids Research (2009), June
[2] Kilwing, Luzia: DNA origami probe for studying carbohydrate-lectin interactions. Bachelorthesis, 2015
[3] DIETZ, Hendrik; DOUGLAS, Shawn M.; SHIH, William M.: Folding DNA into twisted and Curved Nanoscale Shapes. In: Science 325 (2009), August, no. 5941, 725-730. - DOI 10.1126/science.1174251
[4] VARKI, Ajit: Biological roles of oligosaccharides: all of the theories are correct. In: Glycobiology 3 (1993), January, No. 2, 97-130. -DOI 10.1093/glycob/3.2.97
[5] PANG, Poh-Choo; CHIU, Philip C.N.; LEE, Cheuk-Lun; CHANG, Lan-Yi; PANICO, Maria ; MORRIS, Howard R.; HASLAM, Stuart M.; KHOO, Kay-Hooi; CLARK, Gary F.; YEUNG, William S. B.; DELL, Anne:
Human Sperm Binding Is Mediated by the Sialyl-Lewisx Oligosaccharide on the Zone Pellucida. In: Science 333 (2011), September, no. 6050, 1761-1764. -DOI 10.1126/science.1207438
[6] FRASER, Iain P.; KOZIEL, Henry; EZEKOWITZ, R. Alan B.: The serum mannose-binding protein and the macrophage mannose receptor are pattern recognition molecules that link innate and adaptive immunity. In: Elsevier 10 (1998), October, no. 5, 363-372.-DOI 10.1006/smim.1998.0141


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I recently had my laptop stolen - I was happily running 10.6 - I have a replacement but unfortunately I have been forced to use 10.7 as Apple does not allow downgrading OS version.
It appears I can no longer use my 5d mark 1 tethered - unless there is some kind of miraculous work around someone can suggest?


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allison sprock fine art is the first and only gallery to represent Smith's artwork
Charlotte, North Carolina (PRWEB) August 28, 2013
Early this summer, P. Allen Smith (http://www.PAllenSmith.com) visited Charlotte to speak to a select gathering at allison sprock fine art (http://www.allisonsprockfineart.com). He discussed design projects, gardening observations, and a love of beautiful art and architecture. Further, Smith, a nationally renowned food, garden, and landscape expert, author, artist, and host of multiple PBS and syndicated television and radio shows, presented his 2013 watercolor collection, which will be on display at allison sprock fine art though December 2013.
Although several of Smith's pieces were auctioned at Sotheby's in 2010, he has rarely provided public viewings; rather, he reserves access to his collection primarily for visitors to his idyllic Moss Mountain Farm, which boasts a million and a half daffodil bloom garden. In fact, allison sprock fine art is the first and only gallery to represent Smith's artwork, which consists of quick, impressionistic interpretations of intimate scenes.
P. Allen Smith, who spent his childhood on a farm, is the author of the best-selling Garden Home book series. "I come from a long history of proud nurserymen and mediocre artists," he laughed. Moreover, Smith is an award-winning landscape designer, rosarian, and lifestyle expert who has been featured in the New York Times as well as in Southern Living. Sprock, incidentally, noted that Smith "is as real and humble as he is intelligent and hilarious."
P. Allen Smith is one of America's most recognized and respected garden and design experts, providing ideas and inspiration through multiple media venues. He is the author of the best-selling Garden Home series of books published by Clarkson Potter/Random House, including Bringing the Garden Indoors: Container, Crafts and Bouquets for Every Room and the recently published cookbook, Seasonal Recipes from the Garden inspired by the abundance of food from his farm and a family of great cooks.
allison sprock fine art is located in the heart of historic Myers Park. At 600 Queens Road, the Charlotte, NC gallery features original art from all over the world. Sprock has successfully accrued a compilation of both famed and emerging artists. Moreover, her gallery has a cozy feel and an eclectic mix of sophisticated expression: from inspiring abstracts to stunning figures and breathtaking portraits.


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I am going to use a DRM and SDK for my own reader app. Is there any rules that those two DRM & SDK must go together or can I use DRM from one provider and SDK from the other?
By the way, I found DRM really frustrating but I still need it. Anyone have every used any DRM (not the expensive one as Adobe), could you please share with me some?
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When do you need to tell your mortgage lender you are applying for a financial remedy order (even a consent order)?
You must inform your mortgage lender when you are making an application for a financial remedy order and it is an application relating to land.
This applies to consent orders and applications that are not by consent.
In the case of a consent order, you must inform them at least two weeks before sending a consent order to the court.
In other cases (not by consent) you should do it at the time you issue your application.
What is an application relating to land?
This is any application relating to land itself or to a house/property on any land.
So an application relating to land may mean an application for:
- a transfer of property from joint names to one name;
- an order for the sale of the property;
- a mesher order.
How do I inform the lender?
You need to send a copy of your form A by normal post to the address the lender has given you for contacting them about your mortgage.
This will often be found in the mortgage terms and conditions sent to you when you took out the mortgage.
If you do not know the address you should contact your lender to ask.
If you are using my consent order service I will provide you with a covering letter to send to them.
What will the lender do with this information?
In most cases the lender will simply file the notice and take no further action.
The court cannot make any order within the divorce altering the mortgage itself. The mortgage is usually security for a loan to the owner of the property . This is very often the money that was used to buy the house, or money borrowed subsequently to carry out improvements.
It is unusual to see a lender take part in the financial remedy proceedings where there is some equity in the property and they have a first charge over it.
But there are times when money is loaned for business purposes or some other reason on top of the original purchase and sometimes this type of loan or second mortgage can be a little less straightforward.
In a small number of cases the lender may apply to take part in the hearing of the financial remedy application, or the proceedings leading up to it, to try to ensure that their security is not adversely affected by the order the court is proposing to make.
If you are in this situation you will need expert advice from a solicitor or barrister.
What do I do after serving the notice?
You must allow 14 days for the lender to respond.
If the lender either does not respond at all or replies indicating that they have no objection to the order you are seeking, you can tick the boxes on the D81 statement of information for a consent order to confirm that you have served the mortgagee and they have made no objection.
You will be able to send your consent order to the court.
If the lender does object you will need to seek expert advice from a solicitor or barrister before continuing with the court application.
For most normal situations involving an application relating to land, sending the form A to the mortgage lender is uneventful. They may not even always acknowledge receipt of it.
You must give the lender 14 days to respond to the notice.
If they do not respond you may submit your consent order to the court.
You must remember to put details of the lender (name and address) on the form A and also tick the boxes on the D81 to confirm that you have complied with this rule.
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A properly maintained new floor will will look as good as new for years to come
Regular carpet care and routine maintenance are essential to maintaining your carpet. Over time, normal foot traffic and soiling will cause a change in any carpet's appearance. Hot water extraction, either alone or in combination with cleaning, is required to maintain your carpet. The service must be performed by a trained carpet care professional every one and a half to two years to refresh the texture and rejuvenate the fibers in your carpet.
Vacuuming is key to keeping your new carpet young, fresh, and beautiful. Dirt and grit will become embedded in the pile and affect your carpet's color and cause matting of the pile. So you'll want to vacuum heavy-traffic areas every day if possible. Less heavily used areas can be maintained with once-a-week vacuuming. Vacuum about three passes for light cleaning, and up to seven passes where there is more soil.
For best results, use a vacuum cleaner with a beater bar or rotating brush — with plenty of suction — used according to the manufacturer's directions. Make sure you adjust the attachment to the proper height for your carpet. For loop pile carpet, avoid attachments with teeth or ridges.
Wood Floors
Sweep, dust, or vacuum the floor regularly with the hard floor attachment (not the beater bar) to prevent accumulation of dirt or grit that can scratch or dull the floor finish. Occasionally wipe the floor with a damp mop or cloth. Periodically clean the floor with a professional wood floor cleaner.
Do not use oil based, wax, polish, or strong ammoniated or abrasive cleaners. Do not use steel wool or scouring powder. Do not wash or wet-mop the floor with soap, water, oil-soap detergent, or any other liquid cleaning material. This could cause swelling, warping, delamination, and joint-line separation, and void the warranty. Do not use any type of buffing machine.
For spots such as candle wax or chewing gum, harden the spot with ice and then gently scrape with a plastic scraper, such as a credit card. Be careful not to scratch the flooring surface. Wipe clean with a damp cloth.
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She should be ashamed. We have another actress that was arrested for driving under the influence. When will these people learn. It's dangerous and you might severely injure someone when driving impaired.
She's probably going to need help defending her dui case in court. I'm sure she has more than enough for a good defender and she won't likely end up like Paris Hilton.
With some many stars getting arrested for driving under the influence, it's hard to think that they are getting any special treatment. That's a good thing and publicizes the penalties of drunk driving.
Please, think before you drive while impaired.
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Fish nets are typically used to catch fish, but they can also be used to decorate a home. Fish nets are available in varying thickness and colors and so can complement almost any nautical design theme. Nets are hanged on walls or used as table cloths in everyday decor or for special occasions, like parties.
Wall Accents
Fish nets can be used alone on a wall or as a backdrop for other wall accents such as mirrors, pictures and photos, or items reminiscent of the ocean. The corners of the nets are often draped so the picture or other piece of decor appears to be "caught" in the net.
Fish nets are an obvious choice for decorating a beach-, tropical,- or nautical-themed party. Decorative faux fish nets are available at many party-supply stores. The lightweight decorative nets can be placed across a table in place of, or in addition to, a table cloth. They can also be strung between two trees and used to hold presents.
Authentic vs. Faux
Actual nets used for fishing are available in a variety of sizes and thicknesses at fishing-supply stores. Authentic fishing nets are typically more expensive than faux nets from a party-supply store. Also, authentic fishing nets are larger than decorative nets, but can be cut to fit the space.
Net Decor
Wall-mounted nets can go from muted accent to art piece when used as background for other decorative items. Ocean-themed pieces like shells, starfish and puffer fish can be "caught" in the net; pictures or photos of beaches, ships, lighthouses or other features of the seaside are another popular choice for pairing with a fish net.
A fish nets used as wall accent isn't usually suspended by its corners. The net is typically "draped" along the wall and over itself to look more like an authentic fish net tossed out over water.


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Happy weekend friends. wooo hooo.
Momma mia, there is a new health kick kid on the block. (Ooohh, actually it's been around for centuries, but I am just discovering it all now..)
In my pilates class I overheard one of the girls in my class saying that she drink a bottle of Kombucha a day. I have also seen this stuff on other raw foodies websites and just heard overall that it is a good for you.
2 days ago I spotted this at Whole Foods and had to try it. To be honest, I thought I would hate it, but mmmmm, I liked it! Tastes like sparking water…
TONS of celebrities drink this stuff, but here's where it gets weird… Lindsay Lohan's "scram" bracelet went off for alcohol detection and she blamed it on her Kombucha since there are TRACE amounts of alcohol in this drink (it even says it on the bottle) THEN Whole Foods PULLED this product from the shelf, only to devastate many loyal consumers…
Within no time, the product was back on the shelf, Lindsay's "people" apologized for misleading the G.T. Synergy Kombucha drink.
Here are all the things Kombucha is good for:
*Probiotics – healthy bacteria
*Alkalize the body – balances internal pH
*Detoxify the liver – happy liver = happy mood
*Increase metabolism – rev your internal engine
*Improve digestion – keep your system moving
*Rebuild connective tissue – helps with arthritis, gout, asthma, rheumatism
*Cancer prevention
*Alleviate constipation
*Boost energy – helps with chronic fatigue
*Reduce blood pressure
*Relieve headaches & migraines
*Reduce kidney stones
*High in antioxidants – destroy free-radicals that cause cancer
*High in polyphenols
*Improve eyesight
*Heal excema – can be applied topically to soften the skin
*Prevent artheriosclerosis
*Speed healing of ulcers – kills h.pylori on contact
*Help clear up candida & yeast infections
*Aid healthy cell regeneration
*Reduce gray hair
*Lower glucose levels – prevents spiking from eating
Umm YA! I'll drink to that… But EWWW, here's what it looks like when it is fermenting. It is alive and often grows to the shape of it container when harvesting this stuff…People think it's made from mushrooms, but it's really just a yeast that actually carbonates naturally.. So when you drink it, it has a fizzy taste..
I'll only drink it when it's in a pretty bottle and tastes good…. My friend Amanda from SKNclinic.ca loves the green one… I'll pick that one up next time….
I want to live long. I want to be healthy. I strive to be healthy, feel healthy. Strive to be and feel vibrant and full of life and love… I am not perfect, I have not been 100% raw since the new year has started. I don't beat myself up though. Since I took the Feed Life, Starve Cancer classes in Vancouver, I see the benefits of other foods. Such as steamed yams, steamed veggies (for variety), whole grain rice and legumes. I miss 100% raw, but I've been kind of all over the map since being in LA. No excuses, just in a different head space. Really want to buckle down again with my choices soon. LESS beer and mexican food—- More raw, live, fresh fruits and veggies… I can do that!!
Here's some shots by the wonderful Swoon Photography taken a couple weeks ago down here in California.
This shoot was such a blast. The lovely Diana from The Look Machine helped style it.
I'm Fun! (most of the time)
Nice black and white shot. 2 sets of eyelashes baby!
At this moment. I can hear people swimming in our outdoor pool and I am loving it. I MAY have to go for a dip. It's a heated pool….
It's been so nice to spend the rainy (Vancouver season) in Sunny California. I still really miss home though..I'm sure we'll be back soon enough!
Sending you love, light, power and might….You are so amazing. I love this quote by my fellow Canadian tribe member, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Wayne Gretzky. Amen Wayne, Amen…..


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Information technology and cyber warfare will get a significant boost under recommendations contained in the federal government's $300 billion Defence White Paper.
According to the White Paper, which is titled Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030, over the next two decades Australia will place a high priority on assuring access to high quality space-based imagery.
Defence needs this imagery for mapping, charting, navigation and targeting data. In order to assure access to this imagery, Australia will acquire a satellite with remote sensing capabilities. It is likely that this satellite will use a high resolution, cloud-penetrating synthetic aperture radar.
This satellite imagery, which will be shared with the United States, will be augmented with imagery and data from non-classified, commercial sources.
Defence is also seeking to have a common, Defence-wide ICT architecture designed to ensure that "stove-piping" of relevant data doesn't occur between the various arms of the ADF.
This approach will be bolstered, according to the White Paper, by improving intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance links with the United States.
Defence has also become concerned about the potential impact of cyber warfare on its networked capabilities. "This emerging threat will require significant and sustained investment by Defence in new technology and analytical capability to guard the integrity of its own information," the Paper says.
The investment in cyber warfare — both defensive and offensive — remains highly classified, the paper says. However it does outline the general capabilities of the ADF's cyber defence systems, which includes the establishment of a Cyber Security Operations Centre to co-ordinate responses to incidents in cyberspace.
The Cyber Security Operations Centre will be created within the secretive Defence Signals Directorate, which looks after electronic intelligence in Australia. The paper states that while the capability for Cyber Security will reside within Defence, it will also perform broader national security goals. Whole of government co-ordination will be achieved through the appropriate representation within the Centre from relevant government agencies.


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The Reserve Bank of India has drafted the guidelines on Fair Practices Code for Non-Banking Finance Companies which sets the fair practices standards that will govern dealings of Finance companies with its customers and to serve as a part of best corporate practice.
This Fair Practices Code is aimed to provide to the customers effective overview of Practices, which will be followed by the Volkswagen Finance Private Limited (Company / We), in respect of the financial products and services offered by the Company to its customers. The Code will facilitate the customers to take informed decisions in respect of the financial products and services to be availed by them and will apply to any loan that the Company may sanction and disburse.
1.0 Objective of the Code
Primary objectives behind development of this code are:
(A) Promote good, fair and trustworthy practices in dealing with the customers;
(B) Increase transparency to enable the customers to have a better understanding of what they can reasonably expect of the services.
(C) Encourage market forces, through competition, to achieve higher operating standards;
(D) Promote a fair and cordial relationship between the customers and the Company.
2.0 Our Key Commitments and Declarations
2.1 We shall act efficiently, fairly and diligently in our dealings with all our customers by:
(A) Meeting the commitments and standards of this Fair Practices Code for the financial products and services, we offer, and the procedures and practices our staff follows;
(B) Ensuring that all the financial services meet relevant laws and regulations;
(C) Providing professional, courteous and speedy services;
(D) Providing accurate and timely disclosure of terms and conditions, costs, rights and liabilities as regards financial transactions.
2.2 We shall help the customer understand how our financial products and services work by:
(A) Giving verbal information about the financial schemes in Hindi and/or English and/or local vernacular language;
(B) Ensuring that our advertising & promotional literature is clear and is not misleading;
(C) Explaining financial implications of the transactions;
(D) Helping the customer to choose the financial scheme.
2.3 We shall deal quickly and proactively with things that goes wrong, by:
(A) Correcting mistakes;
(B) Attending customer complaints;
(C) Informing; our customers how to take their complaint forward if the customers are not satisfied with our initial assistance;
(D) Reversing any charges wrongly applied to a customer's account due to an error on our part.
3.0 Non-Discrimination Policy
We will not discriminate between our customers on the basis of their gender, race or religion. Our policy is to treat all the clients consistently and fairly. Our employees will offer assistance, information and service in a fair, equitable and consistent manner. We will also communicate our Fair Practices Code to our customers by placing it on the company's website.
4.0 Applications for loans and their processing:
(A) Loan application forms issued by the Company shall include necessary information, which affects the interest of the borrower so that he/she can do a meaningful comparison with the terms and conditions offered by other NBFCs and an informed decision can be taken by the borrower. The loan application form will indicate the documents required to be submitted along with the application form.
(B)The Company shall issue an acknowledgement receipt for all loan applications.
(C) Loan applications shall be disposed of within minimum period of 15 days or such extended time as may be mutually agreed between the customers and the Company, from the date of receipt of the application form along with complete set of required supportive documents.
(D) If any additional details/ documents are required, the same shall be intimated to the borrowers immediately.
5.0 Loan appraisal and terms/conditions:
(A)The Company shall conduct a due diligence on the credit worthiness of the borrower, which will be an important parameter for taking decision on processing of the application. The assessment would be in line with the Company's credit policies, norms and procedures in respect thereof.
(B) The borrower would be informed by means of a written sanction letter of the amount of loan sanctioned or otherwise. The sanction letter shall contain gist of the terms and conditions including the annualized rate of interest and the method of application thereof.
(C) The Company shall obtain an acceptance from the borrower on the said sanction letter with the borrowers' signature.
(D) The Company shall invariably be bound to furnish a copy of the loan agreement along with a copy of all enclosures quoted in the loan agreement to all the borrowers at the time of disbursement of loans.
6.0 Disbursement of loans including changes in terms and conditions:
(A)The Company shall frame appropriate internal principles and procedures for determining and ensuring that the interest rates and processing and other charges are not excessive. The Company shall, at the time of disbursal, ensure that the interest rate and processing and other charges on loan and advances are in strict adherence to above referred internal principles and procedures.
(B) The disbursement will be done immediately upon compliance of all the terms and conditions of the sanction by the borrower.
(C)The Company shall give a notice to the borrower of any change in the terms and conditions including disbursement schedule, interest rates, service charges, prepayment charges etc. The Company shall also ensure that changes in interest rates and charges are effected only prospectively.
7.0 Post Disbursal Supervision:
(A) Any decision to recall/accelerate payment or performance under the loan agreement shall be in consonance with the Loan Agreement.
(B) All securities offered by the borrower shall be released on repayment of all dues or on realization of the outstanding amount of loan subject to any legitimate right or lien for any other claim the Company may have against the borrower. If such right of set off is to be exercised, the borrower shall be given notice about the same with full particulars about the remaining claims and the conditions under which the Company is entitled to retain the securities till the relevant claim is settled/paid.
8.0 Interest Charged:
(A) The Company had laid down appropriate internal principles and procedures in determining interest rates and processing and other charges
(B) The Company would adopt an interest rate model taking into account relevant factors such as, cost of funds, margin and risk premium, etc. and determine the rate of interest to be charged for loans and advances. Besides disclosing the approach towards risk and rationale for charging different interest to different categories of borrowers, the Company would also communicate the same explicitly in the sanction letter
9.0 Repossession
(A) The Company will make a re-possession clause in the contract/loan agreement with the borrower that would be legally enforceable. To ensure transparency, the terms and conditions of the contract/loan agreement will include provisions regarding:
(a) notice period before taking possession;
(b) circumstances under which the notice period can be waived;
(c) the procedure for taking possession of the security;
(d) a provision regarding final chance to be given to the borrower for repayment of loan before the sale / auction of the property;
(e) the procedure for giving repossession to the borrower and
(f) the procedure for sale / auction of the property.
10.0 General
(A) The Company shall not interfere in the affairs of the borrower except for the purposes provided in the Loan Agreement unless new information not earlier disclosed by the borrower has come to the notice of the Company.
(B) The Company will call delinquent customers between 0800 hrs. to 2000 hrs. unless special circumstances of the borrower's business require to call them otherwise outside the hours mentioned.
(C)The Company may arrange for enforcing security charged to it of the delinquent borrower, if required, with an aim only to recover dues, cost and expenses of such enforcement action.
(D) The Company shall ensure that the entire process of enforcing its security, valuation and realisation thereof be fair and transparent.
(E) The Company would not resort to undue harassment in the matter of recovery of loans,
(F) In case of receipt of a request from the borrower for transfer of the borrower account, the consent or otherwise i.e. objection of the Company, if any, shall be conveyed within 21 days from the date of receipt of such request. Such transfer shall be as per transparent contractual terms in consonance with law.
(G) In case of receipt of a request from the borrower for transfer of the borrower account, the consent or otherwise i.e. objection of the Company, if any, shall be conveyed within 21 days from the date of receipt of such request. Such transfer shall be as per transparent contractual terms in consonance with law.
11.0 Terms and Conditions
(A) When a customer accepts a product or service for the first time, we will provide the customer with the Rules and Regulations that are relevant to the product / service.
(B) All Terms and Conditions will be fair and will set the customer's rights and responsibilities clearly and in plain language. We will use legal or technical language only where necessary.
12.0 Complaint/ Grievance Redressal Mechanism
(A) Customers can register complaint on our dedicated email ID: firstname.lastname@example.com.
(B) The Company shall appoint Grievance Redressal Officer who will examine the matter and respond to complaints as soon as possible.
(C) The Company shall display the following information prominently, for the benefit of its customers, at all its branches / places where business is transacted:
- The name and contact details (Telephone / Mobile nos. as also email address) of the Grievance Redressal Officer
- Contact details of Officer-in-Charge of the Regional Office of DNBS of RBI, under whose jurisdiction the registered office of the Company falls in the event of complaint / dispute remains unresolved for a period of one month
(D) Duties of GRO
1. After receiving customers' complaint through e-mail id - firstname.lastname@example.com or written letters, GRO will examine the matter and respond to complaints within 30 days from the date of receipt of such complaint.
2.If customer is not satisfied with the responses, then the Officer will provide guidance to such customer on escalation mechanism.
3. GRO will submit the Grievances Redressal report to management within 15 days from the end of each quarter.
13.0 Review
A periodical review of the Fair Practices Code and the functioning of the grievances Redressal mechanism at various levels of management would be undertaken by the Company.


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Tomorrow I will be releasing my new app SnapShooter. It will be Twisted Ninja's first application.
What is SnapShooter?
On MacThemesForums.net, people like to take screenshots of things (I'm sure this is true of other forums, but this was designed FOR MTF). Sometimes, those screenshots are huge. So huge that they stretch and distort the forums in your web browser. So the good people over at MTF came up with a unique idea – create "borders" for images that fit nicely into the forums, and when clicked, load to full size.
So this went on very nicely, and the people were happy. At least the people who had Photoshop, which is what was required for such a border to be applied. Even then, you have to deal with loading up Photoshop, pasting in the image, scaling it, exporting it to web, blah blah blah. And if you have a lot of different borders, you have to keep the PSDs lying around. It just took too much time and was just too much hassle. And you could only play if you had Photoshop.
SnapShooter fixes all of that. It starts up with a simple interface. Click around the table and choose a border from the thumbnailed previews. Drag an image into the full-size border. A sheet that looks suspiciously like iChat's buddy icon sheet will let you manipulate it a bit. Then, save it as a PNG. Simple as that. You'll probably spend less time in SnapShooter than you will waiting for Photoshop to load.
Does it use PSDs?
No. SnapShooter uses a proprietary file format to store borders. This is done for a lot of reasons. Since PSDs are so flexible and can have many, many layers, SnapShooter can never be sure of where to layer your picture in between those of the artist. SnapShooter's file format is closed, but artists can make borders with it with my companion app, SnapShooter Builder, which I'll also be releasing tomorrow.
Will there be a place where I can find new borders?
Yup. I'll be hosting Borders on my site.


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Drive Your Own Fun Bus!
Be bold, be wild, and be ready to rally with your fellow Nebraskans. Plot your course from the options below for the best entertainment value your dollar can buy!
Fam Squad Fever
Teen frenzy attractions like Hypnotist Tyzen, the Slingshot and a selfie station. Magical moments for littles such as Meet The Animals and Kids Pedal Tractor Pulls. Check out the latest in going green, and catch the state's only polo match. And, snap a photo with your family at the new Fair Center mural for lasting memories!
Go Pig or Go Home
Get ranchy! Experience an authentic ranch rodeo, feel the thick wool of a sheep or watch a baby calf being born! More than 12,000 critters are ready to see you! Whether you stop in 'Raising Nebraska' or ride a real combine, you'll find farm life without driving clear across the state.
In Dust We Trust
Motorheads to microbrew-lovers! Find the BMX Freestyle Stunt Team, after party fever with Red Delicious, or a classic car show. Sample CarnivALE, the new State Fair brew, or test drive a machine at the Grand Kubota headquarters. The Nebraska Pullers Assn. brings a new tractor pull and then wrap up your run with demo derby action.
Wise Fries
Seniors, we welcome you! Come to the Fair for just $5 EVERY DAY and find exhibits made with love by Nebraskans. The butter sculpture guy returns, see wood carving art and split a cherry nut ice cream cone. Older Nebraskans Day lands on Monday, Aug. 26 with a nostalgic performance by The Drifters, Cornell Gunther's Coasters, and The Platters. Finish your 150th State Fair celebrating veterans with Trace Adkins, Sept. 2.


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Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio (1919) appeared almost exactly one hundred years after the publication of Washington Irving's The Sketchbook. In that hundred-year period the short story form changed from primarily a folktale and fable genre to a form that focuses more on lyric moments of realization than linear events.
The notion of sympathy and identification, a complete loss of authorial self, is an important key to the success of Winesburg. Hart Crane once said of Anderson: "He has a humanity and simplicity that is quite baffling in depth and suggestiveness." The most frequent remark made about the characters in Winesburg is that they are psychic deformities, cut off from society, adrift in their own consciousness, unfulfilled, metaphors for American estrangement. In his book The Lonely Voice, Frank O'Connor uses Winesburg as a central example of his notion of short story characters representing not individuals, but a submerged population group. The image of isolation is important in Anderson's stories for isolation is a central concept of the short story.
Anderson's suggestion in the story that the secret of Biddlebaum's hands is a job for a poet is part of the basic change in the short story signaled by Chekhov. Anderson struggles with the problem of the prose writer trying to communicate something subtle and delicate, feeling the words are clumsy, for all he has are the events and the explanation. What he needs is a way to use language, the way the poet does, to transcend language. This is why the central metaphor of this story is "talking with hands"? However, what one aspires to is not hands but wings, that enable one, like the poet, to fly. The use of hands as a central image also suggests many other implications, such as the magic of "laying on of hands," "keep your hands off," maintaining "clean hands," etc. Biddlebaum wants to transcend the physical, but the only way he can touch someone is with hands, which by their very nature are physical.
The problem is trying to express the kind of love Wing has for the boys without it sounding crude or being misunderstood. The issue, of course, is that it is not flesh but spirit that is at stake, and spirit is difficult to communicate. Motifs throughout the story suggest this counterpoint between the spiritual and the physical: dreams becoming facts for the half-witted boy; doubts becoming beliefs for the men of the town. The metaphor of hard knuckles versus fluttery hands suggests the force of life being diffused rather than centralized.
In his study of Anderson, Rex Burbank notes the influence of impressionism and post-impressionism on the stories in Winesburg, Ohio. (Burbank, Rex. Sherwood Anderson Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1964.). He points out that the narratives stem from the flow of feeling and impressions rather than according to time; their structure is psychological rather than chronological. What holds them together is a series of disconnected images that unite because they are thematically and symbolically related. In his Memoirs Anderson said "There are no plot stories in life." Burbank calls "Hands" is one of the best tales in the collection and one of the most influenced by the post-impressionists; He notes the central image of the hands and how incidents charge the image with meaning.
Sister M. Joselyn discusses "Hands" as a central example of Anderson's development of what she terms the lyrical story. "Normal time sequence is almost obliterated as Anderson penetrates with the reader further and further into the mysterious recesses of Wing Biddlebaum's mind." She points out that the events of Biddlebaum's life are presented neither straightforwardly nor in a conventional flashback but rather by means of a box-within-a-box structure; Biddlebaum is revealed first through the eyes of the townspeople, then through the eyes of George Willard, and finally through his own sense of himself." All these perspectives, she argues, are so thoroughly suffused with Biddlebaum's consciousness we are not aware of any awkward juncture between sections. (Sister M. Joselyn, O.S.B. "Sherwood Anderson and the Lyric Story," The Twenties/Poetry and Prose, Eds. Richard E. Langford and William E. Taylor. Deland, Florida: Everette Edwards, 1966. 70-7)
David Anderson says that what Anderson achieves in "Hands" is the transformation of a "poor little man, beaten, pounded, frightened by the world in which he lived into something oddly beautiful." (Anderson, David D. Sherwood Anderson: An Introduction and Interpretation. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1967).
At the end of "Hands," when Wing Biddlebaum is performing the mundane task of picking up crumbs, the gesture is transformed into a spiritual act. This technique is similar to the stories of Chekhov, Mansfield and Joyce, in which intangible spiritual desires and feelings are either contaminated by the material, or the material is used to communicate them.
Tomorrow: Ambrose Bierce's "Chickamauga"
Tomorrow: Ambrose Bierce's "Chickamauga"


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TECH-B17 One Single Login to all Your Digital Experience Services: IBM Smarter Workforce Choices
Daniel Blum, WebSphere Portal Security Architect
Stefan Schmitt, Smarter Workforce Architect, IBM
Daniel Blum, WebSphere Portal Security Architect Stefan Schmitt, Smarter Workforce Architect, IBM More and more complex integrated systems that mix cloud and installations on the premises require appropriate single sign-on solutions to bridge the security concepts. This session gives an overview about approaches and technologies in WebSphere Portal, and how to integrate key security services such as SAML. To illustrate, an in-market Smarter Workforce solution will be used. You will be part of a journey through the different levels and areas of authentication and the pro and cons of the given options. Have a look at Digital Experience/Smarter Workforce decisions to see deployment examples that can help you select an approach for your business scenario. (Level: Intermediate)
This video is a recording of a session held at the Exceptional Web Experience Conference, Anaheim 2014.
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