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text: Share: Comments Print February 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM Marc Burch speaks to reporters for the first time since his suspension for using a gay slur Posted by Joshua Mayers Sounders FC will be without Marc Burch in Saturday's MLS opener against Montreal. The veteran defender will be serving the final game of a three-game suspension for using a gay slur in the Western Conference semifinals against Real Salt Lake. Reporters spoke to Burch for the first time since the incident after Monday's practice (he had issued a statement of apology last year) and here is a transcript of the interview: * * * (It's been a few months since the incident where you used a gay slur. Is that still on your mind and something you deal with?) "I think it will always be on the back of my mind. You make a mistake and you want to fix it as much as you can. That's what I've tried to do. It's the only thing I can do. I can't make up for what I did. All I can do is just prove from here on out that nothing like that is ever going to happen again. That's not who I am. That's not what I do. That's not part of my game. That's not part of this team's game. I made a mistake and since then I think I'm doing the right things. That's the only thing I can do from here on out." (The Stranger had a story about you hanging out with an openly gay soccer team. Can you tell us about that experience?) "Yeah, it was a gay and lesbian community soccer team. I don't know if they had the league or are just part of the league, but yeah, I went out on a Sunday up in Capitol Hill and played some soccer, kicked the ball around. It was a lot of fun. The guys were great. I got to score a goal. There wasn't much defending going on … (laughs) … but it was a lot of fun. I think everybody enjoyed the day, and some guys are trying to make some tackles and steal the ball from me. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it." (Do you feel like people knew who you were? Was there are ice-breaking introduction?) "Not at all. Obviously they knew of the incident, but it wasn't something that needed to be spoken about. They understood I wasn't coming out there to make myself look good. I just wanted to let them know that it wasn't something that (reflects) who I am. When I went up there, I think everyone just appreciated the fact that I was there to enjoy the game and enjoy the game with them. I think everybody had a good time." (How did you find out about that?) "I asked Taylor Graham, who helps us with player appearances. I asked him if he could contact someone that I could (talk to) to become involved in the gay and lesbian soccer community. Then he got back to me and we just found a time and date where it worked out. I had a busy offseason, so I wanted to make sure I got it done before I took off." (Obviously getting suspended wasn't good for you or the team, but is it important for the league to take a hard stance on this issue?) "Yeah, absolutely. I knew when the suspension was coming down that it needed to be harsh, because it's a harsh thing that I did. I think that (MLS commissioner) Don Garber made the right decision. I wish it could've been just the end of the regular season, and I could've started this season new and fresh, and try to get it off people's mind, but three games is three games. Unfortunately this is the third game from when it happened, and I'm ready to face it and start my season right after it." (Being suspended for two playoff games, those probably would've been starts for you, what do you remember from that?) "I think sitting up in the stands during our home game against L.A. was the most nervous I've ever been for a soccer game. I've played in a lot of games, a lot of big games, but just watching the team, I wish I could've been out there. I think it would've eased my nerves a little bit if I was out there. But it's tough to watch the playoffs. It's tough to watch your team go out. I feel like I had an impact on our team not making it through, so this year is the year that I'm going to make up for it." (Did you notice the reaction that was received by your tweet of support for Robbie Rogers?) "I hope people didn't think that that was just because of what happened last year. I mean I went to school with Robbie, and I love Robbie to death. We spent a lot of time together when I was at Maryland. That was the big thing, is I was supporting my friend and my teammate — not that I was coming out and accepting a gay or lesbian person. It was just the fact that he's my friend and I support him in whatever he does. … I'm proud that he has been able to get this off his chest. Hopefully he can come back and play soccer now. That's what we all want him to do." (Do you think MLS in particular has progressed to the point where an openly gay player can be welcomed into the locker room as one of the guys?) "Yeah, I think so. I think that a lot of other leagues do their stands on certain things, but I think when MLS does it, it's a big deal and it means like it's coming from the players. They pick the right players from each team to represent their teams. … I think we'll be the first league to definitely accept it. I think it will come and go a lot easier than people think. I would hope that Robbie comes back, but if his passion is in what he's doing now, I completely support him. It's going to happen, and I think this is a perfect league for it." (Are you comfortable talking about your family history, having a gay family member in your sister?) "I mean I don't really care to elaborate on her, but she's openly gay and I love her to death. She's my big sister. She's my oldest sister. We stay in contact, and she was almost like a second mom to me when I was going up. She's 18 years older than me, so we did a lot of stuff together and she treated me like a son. We're still really close, and I love her and I love her daughter to death." Comments

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Common law fraud consists of a misrepresentation of a material fact intentionally made by one party to induce another party to act to his detriment. A fraud lawyer is an attorney who either prosecutes or defends cases in which a defendant is accused of engaging in fraudulent activity that has caused economic harm to others. The underlying deceit that forms the basis of the legal action can either be common law fraud, or fraudulent conduct that is prohibited by a particular state or federal statute.
In the United States, a lawyer can represent either plaintiffs or defendants in civil fraud cases, or, if the fraudulent conduct of the defendant is a violation of a statute that carries criminal penalties, he can work in the office of a federal or state prosecutor. The scope of cases on which a fraud lawyer works can range from actions for fraud in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, to unfair and deceptive trade practices committed by businesses that violate state consumer protection statutes. Such a lawyer may also handle cases in which a defendant fraudulently conceals the true financial condition of a business by publishing misleading and inaccurate accounting statements in order to induce individuals to invest in the business. A civil fraud lawyer must prove his case by a preponderance of the evidence.
Since the rules of civil procedure require that the circumstances surrounding the fraud be specifically and thoroughly described, a lawyer must carefully examine the facts of the underlying case. As part of preparing the case for trial, he must also interview witnesses and review relevant documents associated with the matter, to determine the likelihood of proving the requisite elements of fraud. Additionally, a lawyer must examine the nature of the alleged statements made by the defendant — as well as the context in which they were made — in order to ascertain if the plaintiff's alleged misrepresentations were made by the defendant with the intent to deceive. Often a lawyer must demonstrate that the defendant personally profited from the misstatement in order to prove such a claim. In order to prevail on the case, the fraud lawyer must provide clear evidence that documents the economic losses sustained by the plaintiff as a result of the fraud.
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Buy and Hold Strategy - Negatives & Benefits
Buy and Hold is a basic investing strategy where investors buy and hold a security for an extended period of time. The belief is that it is better to allow a security the opportunity to grow over time, versus attempting to trade in and out of a stock for quick gains. Buy and hold traders see stocks as investments and are not concerned with timing each move. The logic behind the strategy is that the economy will grow overtime and by avoiding selling during normal cyclical downturns, a trader will ultimately be more successful over a multi-year timeframe. There have been a number of studies done which show that over the long run, stocks outperform any other investment (real estate, bonds, etc.). Until the advent of hedge funds, many large money managers believed that it was silly to move in and out of the market due to increase commissions and the risk associated with each new trade.
Selecting Stocks for a Buy and Hold Strategy
In order to get the most out of a buy and hold strategy, the odds are stacked in your favor when trading the strongest stocks. An investor should first start out by identifying the strongest performing index. The next step is to target the strongest stocks within that respective sector. This basic top down approach will ensure that the trader is purchasing into a stock with the greatest chance of growth potential.
The buy and hold strategy may give the appearance of a safer investment model, but it, like every other strategy is not above the element of risk. For example, traders that bought Microsoft 8 years ago, would have made less than 2% on that investment. The other buy and hold killer is bear markets. If a buy and hold trader purchases a stock prior to a swift market decline similar to the ones in '87 and '02, the trader may have to wait 5-10 years to breakeven on their initial investment. The last sour note for the buy and hold strategy is the fact you have to buy and hold. Making money in the market is not like working a job where more effort equals greater results. So, traders will have to fight the urge to overtrade, as the key to a successful buy and hold strategy is quality not quantity.
Buy and hold strategies have the following benefits:
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- Commissions – active trading can prove costly. Traders can easily rack up commissions in the tens of thousands each year, even with a discount broker. A Buy and Hold strategy can allow a trader to invest large sums of money with minimal costs. With many brokers offering $9.99 per trade for an unlimited number of shares, the buy and hold strategy has never looked more appealing.


text: Growth Within IdentitiesRecent work by Sarah Morgan Hughes and Carmen ThamSeptember 17-21, 2018Reception: Thursday, Sept. 20, 5-7 p.m."The seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs that are typically surrounded by some brightly colored petals and a green sepal." My work is an examination of the different forms herbs, and the blossoming produced from it. I use various forms of flowers and plants to create a sensual desire. Incorporating vivid colors and portraits, altering them is a way of questioning the character and aspiration formed within. -Carmen TamWhenever I create art I am attempting to make a statement about the nature of humanity. It's meant to help one shed the labels that society places upon them and to truly make the viewer ponder who and what they are. In other words it is meant to trigger inward reflection. The quiet contemplation that accompanies exploration of the self, and the burst of emotion that follows. This work is meant to explore the idea that the body is nothing but a vessel. A container that stores our true self. To me, the vessel is negligible, but the internal defines our very being. My hope is that 'A Soul in a Vessel of Gore' depicts these ideas, or at lease triggers some sort of self reflection. -Sarah HughesThe R.W. Witt gallery is located in Kadema Hall on the CSUS campus. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 12 - 4:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Parking Information: Postcard may be used as a parking permit for the reception only. The closest parking is in Parking Structure V. Enter from J Street. The daily parking machine is located near the Information booth and is painted a bright yellow. Daily permit is $7. Two-hour permit is $4. The machine accepts cash ($5, $1, quarters, dimes and nickels), Visa and Mastercard. To view a campus map go to http://www.csus.edu/campusmap/.


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The Salisbury men's and women's swim teams opened their seasons on Saturday, October 21 when they hosted The Catholic University of America Cardinals at the Maggs Aquatics Center. The men's team captured their first victory of the afternoon when Peter Moyer finished in first place in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2:00.46. They would find themselves in victory lane only two events later. This time, it was Josh Brown finishing first in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 24.04 seconds. The women would secure their only first-place finish of the afternoon when Angela Barzanti out-paced her opponents in the 400-meter freestyle, recording a time of 4:57.76. Moyer earned his second victory of the day when he finished in first place in the men's 400-meter freestyle, with a time of 4:22.95. But the most exciting event of the day may have been the final one, as the two men's teams faced off in the 400-meter freestyle relay. The Cardinals jumped out to an early lead, but Brown's great start in the third leg put the teams neck-and-neck. Richard Baker dug in deep down the stretch to pull off the victory for the Sea Gulls by a hair with a team time of 3:42.07. The Cardinals would end up defeating the Salisbury men's team, 104-63, and the women's team, 149-55. The men's and women's teams will take to the water next when they host York College of Pennysylvania on Saturday, October 28 at 1 p.m.


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I have told you stuff in confidence. I always thought you believed me. I never thought you thought of me as a fool or nuts or that I told untruths. It really hurts to find out that this is how you really feel.
I have never lied to you. I never told you things that weren't true. I may not have told you everything, but I never lied. I want you to know that the things I have kept from you was to ensure your safety or happiness. I never meant for you to be hurt.
I tried to keep your memories untarnished with the truth. What good would that do? None! I had to live it, still do. But I never thought you'd treat me unkind.
There are things that one cannot make up. How can one make it believable? The truth is normally unbelievable as it is.
There are things I did and I'm not proud of, but protecting you, that was and still is important to me. You may not know this, but when you were a teenager, my (ex) husband wanted to sleep with you. I kicked you out to protect you. What I should have done is left him! I should never have stayed with him, even if I did have his children. But I was weak. I was scared. I have never been alone. I have always been told that I NEEDED him as no one else would love me. We all want love, I did (and still do). But I was wrong in kicking you out without telling you the real reason behind it. I never wanted you hurt. I did everything I could to protect you. I hope one day you will see that.
I have always said that my perception of what happened to me is my perception. Is it the truth? It is for me. Can you confirm or deny the truth? No. No one can. There are few people alive that can either confirm or deny what had happened to me.
For years, I thought that it was all made it, that it happened to someone else. Then I was counseled. The counseling I was in was to improve my work, not my personal life or to awaken things in my past best left alone. NO, that was NEVER the intention!
Yet, I find myself here today a self-published author of a book based on my perceptions of what had happened to me. These are my truths as I remember them. If bad things happened to me and I hid them for years, it was my way of protecting myself. Now I found a way of healing, you found out about it and now you think I lied.
I was asked, how would you feel? If your loved one was accused of hurting someone, how would you feel? Would you stand by your brother, father, sister, mother, uncle, cousin, aunt, grandpa? Would you accuse the other person of hurtful things? Boy, I hope not! I hope you would stand for the truth. Even if you loved your loved ones. I hope you stand for the truth! I'm not asking you to forget the ones you loved or to tarnish the memories you have of them, but what about the victim? Should the victim continue to suffer, to be "the black sheep" of the family because you think they lied? Shouldn't that be more of a conviction to stay close to them to "help" them if you think they need it?
There is more than one side to every story. Hurting the victim is not the way to get to the truth. But, what if you can't find out the truth? Do you still hurt the accuser? Do you hate your loved one for hurting the accused? NO! You keep your memories–both good and bad! You help the accuser-if you can. Stand in your truth, stand in your light. Don't hurt others. Don't accuse them of lying, especially if you have not walked in their shoes, or been there when the incident happened.
I know of someone who is going through a really bad time right now. She has a young son. I will not mention names, but her ex-boyfriend had her so convinced that he loved her and no one else would that she believed all of his lies, and took his abuse. So much so that when he cheated on her, she was still in denial. Time and time again, she would leave him, only to return. Now she has a son, about a year old, and she finally had her eyes opened to what he was doing to her. She left. Her mom, my friend, tried to help her. I told her to back off. You see, when someone has been abused, they cannot see straight, nor hear correctly. No matter if you think you are helping them or not. Telling them that they are better off without him, is not the answer. You have to let them make their own decisions, be there for them, but let them make decisions. If they ask you your opinion, then give it in a nonchalant way. She is doing better now, has a job and seems to be happier. She and her mom are getting along so much better now.
She now has her ex's family calling her a liar, a cheat, and so many more things. They refuse to see their loved one in any light but this pedestal they have him on. Even though he was convicted, they still believe him to be innocent and the victim.
So, who's right? The young woman with the one-year-old son, the ex in jail, or his family? Well, in their own right, they are all right. They don't want to believe this man could do what she said he did. She had the proof on her side, this time. But they can't remove the rose-colored glasses to see him for the monster she says he is. And that's ok, for them. It's not ok for them to hurt her and her one-year-old son, verbally. It's NOT right!
But it's life. Life isn't always about right or wrong. It's also about perception and truth. My perception of her driving fast and reckless may not be the truth, but it's my truth. Her driving fast and reckless was not seen by her as she was so scared that her husband had died on the way to the hospital so she was not emotionally in the car driving. That's her truth. Did I see her truth? No. How could I have known?
My Perception is my truth. Your perception is your truth. But does that give us the right to hurt or accuse others?
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Feature Request: Harmonize the timezone principles of the reporting tools
There are three locations to acquire chat data in the Zopim dashboard and all three tools use different methods to acquire their timestamp.
1) The Home page -> UTC
2) The Analytics tab -> User settings
3) Drilling down into the History tab -> Desktop time
This can lead to wildly conflicting data. It's important for businesses to be able to trust the data from Zopim. Reconciling all the information consumes resources, which could be better spent elsewhere in the business.
We should be able to just receive the data and then analyze. As opposed to receiving the data, figuring out how to reconcile it, actioning the reconciliation process, and then analyzing.
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Hi Brennan,
Thank you for taking the time to post your feedback. In order to gain a bit more context into your needs and the timezones that are used in Zopim. In your case, do all of your agents work within the same timezone? If that were the case, it would make more sense to use one timezone for everything, but what happens in the case where two agents are working in different timezones? Whose timezone should be used for those, or should all data always be displayed in the agent's timezone?
Expanding on that situation, what happens if an admin that is viewing data in analytics exports that data in his timezone, and another admin exports the data in his timezone. Again this will be conflicting. Then if we add in visitors that are in another timezone altogether and receiving transcripts of the chat, how should they see the data?
Unfortunately this is not much of an answer, but I hope you can come to see the complexities involved. I think the product team has developed the product in the way you see now to bring some logic to the way that data is represented, even if it does present some inconveniences.
I'd be happy to hear more of your thoughts about this.
-- James Peterson
"In your case, do all of your agents work within the same timezone? If that were the case, it would make more sense to use one timezone for everything"
- I agree. We are all in the same timezone. It's not the user that is creating the discrepancy, it's the tool. Zopim uses different timezones depending on what you select and non are editable.
I'd love to have the home page, analytics and history all use Eastern Time, but Zopim doesn't provide the setting to adjust.
This feature request is to harmonize all sections of Zopim to use one universal (editable) timezone.
It just blows me away that zopim/zendesk can not follow this diague pertaining to time zone issues.
It is very simple. if my operation is eatern USA all of my chats should be time stamped as eastern time. I could care less if the customer is in Singapore for the purposes of actually tracking chants and emails.
This should be a very easy fix. As other have noted allowing zendesk user to select a different time zone in the example of a multi location operation, makes the audit trailing of a dialogue less confusing.. ie if I start at chat at 9 am in NTC my office should see the chat orginated on NYC time and thus they response fro LA 3 hours later.
here's a current example.. as you can see the reference of 01:30 PM UTC means zip to me . It should correlate to the 9:21 EDT time.
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Chat started: 2017-04-13 01:20 PM UTC
Served by: Jennifer
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/57.0.2987.133 Safari/537.36
Country: United States
City: Melbourne
URL: https://dots.rezdy.com/catalog/38234/orlando-airport-mco-dab
The chat transcript will be appended when the agent or visitor leaves the chat.
Also, the automated email reports is a joke on Zendesk Chat. It is hard-coded as UTC. I'm getting the number of chats happening from 12 AM UTC to 11.59 UTC. I need it for my account time-zone (12 AM MST to 11.59 MST). This is not possible with Excel formulas, because the data itself is not there in the reports. I don't know how can I be more clear than this. I'm tired of explaining this to the support agents and product managers.
Hi Aswin -
Your feedback has been heard and this request is definitely in the team's awareness.
I have to agree with what has been said. All of my people ARE in the same time zone. The time stamps on our chats make it nearly impossible to know when that chat came in. It will say 3:15 pm UTC when it is actually 9:15 am MST. We are really struggling to make sense of this. It looks like half our chats are coming in the middle of the night.
New ZenDesk client here, and frustrated as well re: time zones.
However, if I may toss in my two cents, maybe it will help ZenDesk developers:
1) When measuring the effectiveness of agents, we need to see the agent's local time. Yes, my company's locations are all located in the same time zone, and yes, we only serve customers in the same time zone, but having managed people working in multiple time zones, this is what I recommend:
- Report the chat time as local agent time. Agents are scheduled to work during their local time (no one says, "hey I want you to work 12:00-5:00 GMT/EDT/MST" we just say "12:00-5:00". It doesn't matter what the local time is for the online visitor, because we will adjust agent times to cover heavier time periods within the time frames we want to staff people... and we schedule people based on their local time.
- If the chat time (local time) is different than the corporate office ("account settings time"), that is no big deal because we already are accounting for that for those agents in every other aspect of their employment.
I am curious to know if my proposed solution makes sense to other ZenDesk users.
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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms, to stand, walk and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, push or pull and lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The work environment is a production floor setting and is usually noisy and dusty. It does not always maintain a consistent temperature but is dry. Noise levels are moderate to high with some chemical odors present. When on the production floor, PPE is required where noted.
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Total CompensationAt Westport, L.L.C., your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. When you add in the additional benefits below to our competitive base wage you can increase your total compensation up to 25%.
Westport L.L.C. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Specifications are subject to change without prior notice or obligation. J/92s will be constructed with specifications in effect at time of construction. J Boats reserves the right to periodically upgrade these specifications through additions, deletions and substitutions.
J/92s Reviews
"We sailed the J/92S at the Chicago NOOD Regatta two days after launching. Despite no practice and having only four crew, our boat handling was really good. It is amazing how easy it is to sail this boat. Jibing is a snap. We even got a first place in one of the races and ended up 3rd out of the 17 boat fleet. The boat is really cool and responsive." Richie Stearns- STEARNS BOATING- Chicago, IL
"I absolutely love this boat. It feels good on all points of sail. It definitely reinforced my love of sprit boats. Just like a big J/80. Lots of fun!" Scott Spurlin- J/BOATS SOUTHWEST- Houston, TX
Hamble Winter Series- "The breeze was up to 12 knots at the start and built to 16 mid race. The fleet was made up of 13 J/109's, 8 J/105's a Max Fun 35 and the J/92S. We were sailing under IRC handicap in a bowsprit class in the Hamble Winter Series. In this wind strength we knew that the rest of the fleet (being all at least 4 feet longer) would be powered up, sailing upwind at hull speed and that we would be gagging for air. Coming off the line we found that we could hold our lane initially, however it was not long before a well sailed J/109 that had been boxed at the start, started to roll us to windward, it appeared that they were reaching over us, but upon closer inspection, as they disappeared around our bow, it became clear we were simply outpointing the rest of the fleet, albeit sailing slower.
The next leg was a broad reach, maybe 150 TWA, we set the 82sq m code 2 and advanced on the fleet, we sailed lower and faster and passed 5 or 6 boats on this three quarter mile leg. We wanted and secured a nice inside berth at the gybe mark and spun around on to a shy reach. The wind was now 125 true about 90 apparent. This was real high stability leg, the leading J/109 was way ahead sailing well, being closed down by the lead J/105. We expected that the J/105's with their tremendous stability would step away from us here, certainly on the old 92 that would have been the case. In fact we found that we could maintain our lane as the windward boat and rolled over 3 or 4 J/105's and J/109's plus the much faster rated Max Fun. The final J/105 we rolled on this leg, had a crew of 8 guys and one girl, we were 3 guys and 3 girls on the 92S. Every time a gust came, a surge of the spin sheet with a little bow down, allowed us to burst forward.
Next was 2.5 mile beat, with the fleet beginning to spread and a free choice of lanes the fast acceleration and high pointing of the 92S, made tacking on all the shifts worthwhile. On this beat, the subsequent run and final shorter beat, we continued to reel in and pass more J/109's and J/105's. At the finish we were ahead on the water of 7 of the J 105's and 7 of the J/109's. Once the handicaps were calculated, the J/109's were first and second, followed by the top J/105 and then the J/92S. Not a bad result for the smallest boat in the class!" Paul Heys, J-UK- England
The J/92s- Simple to Handle, Fun to Sail & Fast!
The J/92s is a high-performance, affordable 30 footer that is both manageable and comfortable for short-handed and family sailing as well as a fun boat on the race course.
The J/92s hull shares the design pedigree of the J/92, a past overall winner of Sailing World Magazine's Boat-of-the-Year, and a successful design in its own right with over 170 boats built in Europe and North America. From the 92 platform, the J/92s has been optimized with a newly designed cockpit, deck, keel, rudder, and sail plan with non-overlapping headsails. The new masthead asymmetrical spinnaker is flown from a retractable carbon bow sprit for simple downwind sailing in complete control. The net result is a family-friendly boat with more stability, improved sailing comfort and a noticeable performance boost.
The J/92s has proven popular in Europe with one-design racing in England with strong fleets competing in renowned Solent events like the Warsash Spring Series, Cowes Week and Hamble Winter Series. On the continent, European sailing on 92s's have been strong in Sweden (part of the Match Race Center), The Netherlands and France-- particularly at La Rochelle Week and the famous Spi Ouest Regatta in La Trinite Sur Mer. Several J/92s's have been "turbo-charged" for the Swiss, German and Italian Lakes, with lighter, taller rigs to accommodate the frequent light-air racing they encounter at higher altitudes.
J/92s is an easy-to-own 30 footer that addresses the need for a mid-range sprit boat with inboard auxiliary and week-ending accommodations.


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Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
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Radeon HD 4890 Shipments Begin
Over 40K units availble for launch
AMD has begun volume shipments of the Radeon HD 4890 to distributors and retailers, however GPUCafe is a little bit miffed that nobody will come clean with the official release date.
It looks like there will be over 40,000 cards available at launch and the company has hopes of 250K cards being available by the end of the first half of this year. As the Catalyst driver team just released the 9.3 drivers and they usually like to release updates in the latter half of the month, it looks like previews using beta drivers should start showing up soon.
That should be enough quantity for most and for the Radeon 4890 to not qualify as a phantom product.
Currently in talks with the reviewing media who have the final production boards already, the decision will be made pretty soon. It all comes down to the Catalyst team and if they can deliver the required drivers ahead of schedule. AMD could also do a repeat of the 4850 launch, a preview but with beta drivers and the review with the final drivers.
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What if there was a better way to do bypass pumping?
What if there was a way to do it that eliminated many of the problems and pitfalls of conventional bypass methods and offered increased reliability and performance but cost you less…..
Would you use it?
Working with a local water corporation, National pump & Energy designed, developed, supplied and installed a bypass system that did just this and it is setting the standard in the water industry.
Like any normal bypass pumping situation, the client wanted to divert water from certain area, in this case certain pumps that required scheduled maintenance. This necessitated the bypassing of the existing units whilst works were undertaken.
This is a standard enough inquiry – however! Traditionally a pump would be installed on a bypass, the revs would be set to meet peak demand flow and/or pressure and the unit would be left to run.
The issues that this common installation caused were often:-
a. Burst mains when demand dropped causing a pressure spike.
b. Low pressure and flow due to pump being operated too conservatively.
c. High Fuel usage due to pumps running at unnecessary revs and duties.
d. High labour costs – 24 hours / day on-site monitoring to constantly adjust pump rpms to avoid issues.
Unwilling to stick with the Status Quo, NPE developed a bypass pumping solution could be implemented that could negate all the common issues that occur with the traditional bypass scenario. This included having the ability to enable the diesel pumps to automatically moderate water supply depending on the towns requirement at the time – something that had never been achieved before.
Having vast experience in the field and a Fleet of silenced diesel hire pumps with state of the latest in electronic engines and controls, NPE were able to offer a tailored solution to meet the requirements.
The NPE designed solution includes:
Full Automatic Operation – Duty Pump maintains constant line pressure of 400 kpa regardless of demand.
Fail Safe Operation – In the event of Duty pump failing for any reason the Standby / backup unit commences full Automatic Operation within 30 secs of shut down maintaining system pressure.
Full System Integrity Safety – Both Suction/ Inlet and Discharge pressures are monitored.
Full System Integrity Safety – Both Suction/ Inlet and Discharge pressures are monitored. Unit will automatically shut down in the event the pre-set pressures are reached. Safety on the inlet pressure ensures unit can not pull a vacuum or negative pressure in the town mains.


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The Community Choice Awards are over! The SourceForge.net 2007 Community Choice Awards provided you an opportunity to recognize projects that stand taller than the rest. Everybody got to vote, and everybody's vote counted equally. The winning projects, each with superlative quality, productivity, and ingenuity, represent the cream of the crop on SourceForge.net.
Congratulations to this year's winners! Be on the lookout for our 2008 awards.
Best Tool or Utility for Developers: The project most likely to help you make the best of your precious coding time
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When we refer to "organizing" workers we are referring to the process of turning a group of individual workers into a cohesive group that can effectively represent their common interests with their employer. This is what people outside the union movement might call "unionizing."
The goal is to apply the rules of labor legislation in order for the workers to be recognized as a unit and to compel the employer to negotiate a binding contract governing their terms and conditions of employment.
In addition to your right to seek union representation under the NLRA the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act includes a "Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations". We believe that these rights are not only critical to protect union members but also because the exercise of these rights by the membership makes your union stronger. The LMRDA protects your right to:
When the IATSE organizes workers and executes a contract on their behalf, whether they are given a new local union charter or admitted into membership in existing local unions those workers are admitted as full journeyperson members with all of the rights and responsibilities of all other members.
Our organizing policy is to promote the most open and robust debate possible. That is what gets you the best deal. We encourage workers to participate in our organizing and bargaining committees, to draft proposals and set goals for their contract and participate in all negotiation sessions. We also encourage you to discuss and debate among yourselves so that the contract best reflects your priorities.
International dues are currently $50.00 per quarter. They are voted on every four years at our convention. When chartering a new local for workers in a geographic area or craft that is currently unrepresented those workers determine what their local union dues and initiation fees will be. Workers being organized into existing local unions pay the same local dues as the other members.
Most employers focus on the issue of "union discipline" in order to scare their employees away from organizing. What they consistently fail to mention is that while the unions protect their members' right to a fair hearing the employers deny that same right to their employees at work. The IATSE Constitution and By-Laws requires strict adherence to procedural fairness in order to protect members from unwarranted discipline by local unions.
We not only share our contracts with workers who are seeking to organize their workplace but we expect them to participate with us in drafting and negotiating their own contract.
The strongest unions are ones whose members are most engaged and active in all functions of the organization. The IATSE promotes that engagement from the very beginning of every one of our organizing campaigns so, when we achieve a contract, the workers own the union.
Once internal union remedies have been exhausted union members have the right to take their grievances to court whether they are suing the union or another party. It is the member's right and responsibility to demand accountability from their union and its leadership.The strongest union is the one whose officers are most accountable to its members.
The IATSE National Health Plans administer a health insurance programs. There are some locals that administer their own plans. Under IATSE contracts, employers are required to contribute to these plans on behalf of their employees. These contributions are above and beyond wages. Plan A is a traditional plan best suited for full-time or staff employees. Plan C is designed specifically to address the needs of freelance employees.
Politicians on both sides of the political spectrum are exploring the possibility of reducing Social Security. Employers are underfunding their pension plans - when they can't terminate them altogether - and forcing workers to pay for their own retirement. Maintaining their current quality of life is likely to be increasingly challenging for the next generation of retirees. The IATSE believes people who've spent a lifetime working deserve a dignified and secure retirement. In order to ensure that, the IATSE National Benefit Plans administer pension and annuity funds. (There are some locals that administer their own plans.)
The IATSE believes that the best organizers are the workers themselves. At every step of the organizing process, we emphasize the active participation of the workers seeking union representation. This is essential not only to winning an election, but more importantly, to getting the contract you deserve. The first step is to talk to your co-workers. Do you share common concerns about your jobs? Is your employer unwilling to discuss or rectify your concerns? If so, you will want to gauge the interest of your co-workers in exploring organizing as a means to address your problems. If there is interest, we will send a representative to meet with as many workers as are willing to talk with us.
Every successful organizing drive involves an effective organizing committee comprised of workers seeking union representation. The organizing committee helps to educate the IATSE representative about the concerns that initiated your interest as well as whatever apprehensions there are about moving forward. The committee will also disseminate information, provided by the union organizer, to the group. This back-and-forth communication is a constant part of the organizing process. It is important that the committee represent a cross-section of the workers. Each job classification and location should have at least one representative.
Workers are entitled to know how the organizing process works and what to expect during the campaign. It is only when everyone understands the commitment involved in successful organizing that we can be confident of their support. Our representatives are fully versed in the laws governing organizing on both the state and federal levels. We will make every effort to ensure that you and your co-workers completely understand the process so that you can make a fully informed decision about moving forward. At the same time, you will educate the IATSE representative about your employer's operation so that we can identify as clearly as possible which positions and how many workers are in the bargaining unit we're trying to organize.
Once the organizing committee is formed and functioning and the bargaining unit is identified, we request that all workers sign Authorization Cards as an indication of their support for the union. Authorization Cards are completely confidential. Your employer will never know whether you have signed one or not. In fact, it is illegal for them to ask you if you have. If a significant majority of the workers in the bargaining unit sign authorization cards we will file a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) requesting that they conduct a secret ballot election to determine whether a majority of workers want to be represented by the union in order to negotiate a contract. A simple majority is required to win the election. As an alternative, we can request that the employer voluntarily recognize the union. If the employer voluntarily agrees, then we submit the authorization cards to a neutral third party who compares them to an employee list to determine if the union has a majority. This streamlines the process.
Once we have collected a majority of Authorization Cards, we file them with the NLRB. The union and the employer need to agree on several elements of the election. What is the composition of the bargaining unit? – that is, what job classifications are covered? Who is eligible to vote? – sometimes elections involve part-time workers, full-time workers or a combination. Usually a formula is applied to determine how frequently a part-time worker must be employed to be eligible to vote. We also need to agree on the place and time for the election. It usually occurs at the workplace but it can be conducted by mail. If the union and the employer can't agree on all the elements of the election, the NLRB will conduct a hearing to explore the areas of disagreement. After the conclusion of the hearing, they will determine the terms of the election.
Once the union wins the election, the Inside Organizing Committee becomes the Bargaining Committee. In conjunction with the IATSE representative, the Bargaining Committee will draft a contract proposal to submit to the employer at the start of negotiations. The Bargaining Committee will attend all negotiation sessions with the employer. They will advise the IATSE representative how the bargaining unit would like them to respond to employer proposals and what modifications of the union's proposal are acceptable. The Bargaining Committee will determine when there is a tentative agreement that can be submitted to the entire bargaining unit for a secret ballot ratification vote.
Once a contract has been ratified and executed, all employees covered by the agreement will be offered the opportunity to join the union as full journeyperson members, with all the rights and responsibilities of other members.
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8 Tips When Putting Up Your Own Condo Rental
August 14, 2017
More and more people are buying condo units as an extra source of income. With the number of tourists opting for a cheaper alternative than hotels and yuppies moving out of their parents' homes for condos near their workplace, it really is a side business to consider. There's a wide variety of platforms online that can pair your property with a renter but alongside this, there are also a lot of other properties hunting down renters. Here are some tips on how to make your rental noticed and fully booked!
Assuming you haven't purchased a property to put up for rent yet, consider which renter you're targeting. Is it tourists? Expats? Long term or short term renters? These people will obviously prefer condos near there the hub bub is, or where their offices is just a two minute walk away so look at properties inside the CBD.
One way to make your rental stand out from the other rentals is through your unit's design. Identify your market and take it from there. Some condos up for rental are designed neutrally with a hotel-like feel to cater to any gender at any age, this is a safe design that will get your unit booked. However, never be scared to be different. With stiff competition out there, it would be an advantage to have your unit designed. Having your condo rental designed is a sure way for it to sell itself.
You can have your unit designed according to the market you want to target. A bachelor expat? Maybe go for an industrial loft look. Also consider the ergonomics of the unit if you're targeting AFAMs, they're taller and will most likely feel more at home with larger scaled pieces. If you're targeting families on a budget vacation, get a lot of beds and sofa beds and add extra blankets, pillows, and towels.
You have two objectives with your condo rental: a.) Command a higher price and b.) have your unit rented our first. You might want to check how much rentals are in your area. You can put your rental up at a really low price to get more bookings, if you're pricing high, make sure that your unit has more to offer. Having cable TV and Wi-fi are only some expected add-ons. You'll have to equate the cost of these in your rental too, aside from the monthly association dues.
Don't forget to protect yourself and your unit from naughty tenants. Create a contract that specifies what the tenant can do, cannot do, and the consequences for not following the agreement. There could be a fine for when they break a vase, stain the couch, and other accidents that will harm your condo rental.
Furnish the rental with easy to clean pieces. Leather sofas over fabric ones because they just need a wipe down to be cleaned, and pillows in dark fabrics over light because they conceal stains. Purchase affordable yet quality pieces that can withstand wear-and-tear.
Keep those expensive paintings and collector accessories in your own unit. Giving your condo rental personality to stand out is one thing but never put your valuables on the line. You'll never know if your renter has other intentions for your unit. So provide affordable flatware and plates. Plastic greens are also a nice way to accessorize as they add warmth to your space without costing you as much as buying real flowers every time you have a new renter. Sprucing up your unit also makes it stand out in the sea of condo rentals out there.
One way to make your condo rental standout is to adorn the unit with things you'd typically find in a hotel room. Throw in some mini soaps and shampoos or complimentary coffee to make your guests feel at home. If you want to go the extra mile, tour them around the area of the condo. Point out the nearest convenience stores, where to get breakfast or coffee, and so on. These are small gestures that can go a long way, especially if you want a positive review after their stay. Their online recommendation and good review just might just get you your next tenant.
This goes without saying but please clean up your unit after your renter has left. Have the sheets washed, the carpet vacummed, check the shelves if the renter left something behind and so on. There are third party cleaning services you can hire to clean up your unit, just equate it in your unit's profit-and-loss. You could equate a budget for the clean up when you're deciding on your pricing. Remember, a clean condo rental is a happy condo rental, so clean up!
Written by Patricia Herbolario | Photos from CondoLiving by Greg Mayo and Mark Jacob | Some tips provided by Andrea Portugal


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Eye exams suck. Especially when you have really bad eyesight. You sit in this tiny room, with the lights dimmed, and then the eye doctor says, "Can you read anything on the chart?"
If I had 20/20 vision, then no problem. But without my contacts or glasses, I can't see clearly more than about three inches in front of my nose. I'm as blind as a bat. "Are there actually letters on the eye chart for me to read?" I asked the doctor, with more than a hint of suspicion. "Hmmph," was his non-committal reply.
"The vision thing," as George H.W. Bush coined it. You either have it, or you don't. Do you have 20/20 vision (with or without correction), or do you find yourself asking, "Is there anything really there?" When your bosses or clients or staff ask you what you see, is your response closer to "Hmmph"?
One of the most basic keys to leadership, in any business or organization, is having a vision. For yourself. For your staff. For your clients. For whoever or whatever organization is looking to you to understand them and their needs, along with a plan for how you can help them. Your vision can't be near-sighted. It has to be far-sighted.
Not only that, you have to be able to communicate it effectively. And memorably. And confidently. With a style that is all your own.
Do you need a little help with your vision? Here are some basic questions, simple and clear, that you can use to bring things into focus and see the light at the end of the tunnel (don't you just love metaphors?):
What do you want to accomplish? Call it a strategy at its highest level, or a tactic if you want it to be done by an underling. Either way, a vision starts here. Make it specific. Make it real. Don't be a bullshitter.
Why do you want to do it? You're not going to get very far if you can't convince anyone that your strategy/goal/task is worth doing.
How are you going to get it done? Yes, you might be the big-idea kind of person, but you still need to understand that your goal is actually attainable. I'm all for BHAG (big, hairy audacious goals), but you also have to be able to take off the rose-colored glasses to be successful ultimately.
Who is going to be doing it? Building a coalition of the willing is key, with a team populated by a variety of personalities and skills. You'll need to effectively answer the preceding questions before you'll be successful here.
When is going to get done? Try not to rush things. Stuff takes time, especially good stuff. People who don't understand how long things take are usually the ones pushing for things to get done yesterday. Resist the urge to please them if it cuts into your vision. They can wait. Delayed gratification is a good thing (just ask your parents).
What does success look like? You'll most likely already have shared this as the actual "vision." After all, who wants to buy into something that looks like failure?
How often do you plan to share your vision? People have to know what you're doing (and why, and how, and who, and when, obviously). But take the number of times you plan to talk about your vision and triple it. In fact, quintuple it. You can't communicate your vision enough. If, after you've been doing your best imitation of a parrot, people start saying they are sick and tired of hearing you talk about your vision, you'll know then you're doing it right. And don't stop.
Think these are too simple to get you started on what you need to do? Feeling like this approach wouldn't work for you? Then, maybe it's not simple enough. You see, there's another issue with the "vision thing": It's easy for it to get cloudy, blurred by people who are scared. Or who are pretenders and blowhards. Or who just don't get it.
Once you can see clearly, just like the song, you'll be able to see all the obstacles in your way. It's going to be a bright, bright day for you and your vision.
What kinds of things obscure your vision and how do you clear it up? Share your thoughts in the comments! In the meantime, see you around…


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How to Measure Calories Burned During Exercise
Explore this Article Track Your Calories Burned on a Treadmill or Other Machine Track Your Calories on a Smartphone App Find the Right Number of Calories to Burn Questions & Answers Related Articles References
When you exercise for weight loss or weight maintenance, you want to measure calories burned during exercise. Balancing the number of calories that you've burned with the number of calories that you take in daily will help you to eat the ideal amount for your weight goal. Take advantage of reputable online calculators to calculate your calorie goals instead of trying to perform complex calculations on your own.
Track Your Calories Burned on a Treadmill or Other Machine
1Enter your weight where indicated on the machine controls. Use the scale at your gym to get the most accurate weight.
2Start performing your exercise. The machine will track the number of calories that you've burned based on your body weight and the intensity of your exercise.
3Write down the number of calories that you burned in a journal or on a smartphone.
Track Your Calories on a Smartphone App
1Download a calorie-counting or exercise tracking app from the iTunes Store or GooglePlay.[1]
2Enter your current weight into the app.[2]
3Choose the exercise you want to perform from the app's menu. Choose an intensity level if necessary, such as low-impact, medium or high intensity.[3]
4Enter the length of time that you spent exercising. Alternatively, enter the distance that you traveled while exercising.
5Record the number of calories that you burned within the app or in a separate notebook.
Find the Right Number of Calories to Burn
1Determine how many calories you can take in each day to meet your weight goals.[4]
- Enter your height, weight, gender, activity level and weight loss goals into an online calculator.
- Write down the number of calories that you should eat per day in a journal or on your smartphone. Make sure you aren't losing more than 1 to 2 pounds per week.
2Perform just enough exercise to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week in combination with what you're eating.[5]
- If you calculated calorie goals for a 1-pound weight loss per week, then you can burn up to 3,500 calories with exercise to lose an additional pound.
- If you calculated calorie goals for a 2-pound per week weight loss, then make sure to replace any calories that you burn while exercising with food. For example, if you burn 300 calories while exercising, eat 300 calories of healthy food to compensate.
3Write everything down while you are working on your weight. Write down all meals and all exercise performed so that you are accurately tracking your calories.
Community Q&A
QuestionIs it best to use sugar or a substitute?Community AnswerIf possible, avoid all sugar, fake or real. Try using something healthier as an alternative, like organic honey. Of course, if you're only concerned with cutting calories, just use a sugar substitute.
QuestionHow many calories will I burn in one hour of jogging?Community AnswerThe calories you burn during exercise depend on your body weight. To find out roughly how many calories you'd burn during one hour of jogging, go to a website like bodybuilding.com and enter the necessary information.
QuestionDoes altitude variations change the calories burned?Community AnswerYes, although not always significantly. Altitude affects the way you respond to workouts, but most fitness trackers should account for that.
QuestionHow many calories are burned on a 14 mile bike ride?Community AnswerIt depends on how fast you were going, but approximately 48-56 calories per mile.
QuestionHow many calories should I eat to lose 20 kilos?Galasy4969Top AnswererNot all calories behave the same. Think less about the calories you eat and more about where those calories are coming from, and make adjustments toward healthy alternatives when possible.
- Don't download a calorie-counting app before you read customer reviews. The reviews will provide a lot of information about how well the app has worked for other people.
- You will never arrive at a perfect count for the number of calories that you burn during exercise. However, you can get a very good estimate.
- As you lose weight, you will have to exercise with more intensity to burn the same number of calories. For instance, you will have to walk faster, uphill or over a longer distance, and you'll have to do additional reps for strength training.
- For maximum safety, review your calorie intake and expenditure with a dietitian or with your primary care physician.
Things You'll Need
- Online calorie calculator
- Treadmill or other exercise equipment
- Smartphone app for tracking calories
- Journal
- ↑ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318610.php
- ↑ https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/know-fitness-apps-count-calories/
- ↑ https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/know-fitness-apps-count-calories/
- ↑ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319731.php
- ↑ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319731.php
- 8 Best Smartphone Apps for Weight Loss
- Calories Burned Calculator
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Categories: Personal Fitness
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|Otter (Lutra lutra) Captive
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L. Lutra lutra OE otor, Eng. Eurasian otter. With the exception of Australia and the Antarctica, the otter has lived everywhere else in the world during the last 30 million years. Of the 13 species still surviving, the most common in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia is the Eurasian otters. In general, they reside around streams, rivers and lakes in holts, a type of den with a private entrance into the water. As natives of Great Britain, they live in fresh and salt water on the coasts of Scotland and in freshwater pools in the Shetlands.
Before water pollution reached its height in Spain, they inhabited areas adjacent to streams in the Catalonia, Aragon, Basque Country, Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa, Asturias, Galicia, León, Castile, Estremadura, western Andalusia, Almeria and Murcia.
|Baby Otter
Photo from: Hermes Rios
They rest in their holts during the day. At dusk, these nocturnal animals start to become active. They are solitary, except during mating season, which can be any time of year. Gestation takes a little over two months after which two or three blind babies, covered with gray or dark downy fur are born. They open their eyes a little after a month and continue living in a nest made of weeds or straw and nurse for a total of two to three months. They live as a family for about a year. Adulthood is reached between two and three years. Their lifespan is some 10-14 years.
|Otter holt
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Easy Schedule to make your Summer Successful
Summer is a tricky time of the year. We all have plans in our heads of campouts, swimming, family time, vacations and 3 months full of fun times! Then the summer quickly passes by and you realize that half the things you wanted to do didn't happen and summers nemesis shows his ugly head….boredom!! Ugg…how we hate boredom!!
We believe kids and parents both can love summer! Summer gives us that much-needed break; however, summer can be too long and we start to get burned out. I believe in the motto, "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail'. Sounds almost too rigid but I have found that when I get things planned out and "scheduled", things get done. This goes with just about everything in life but lets' talk about summer fun! We want to help you get the most out of your summer! Write down your ideas and plans, that way you won't forget them. You can call it your summer bucket list and get your kids involved in the planning. Plan events with friends or family. That way you will be motivated to go and do things and your kids will love doing fun things with friends or cousins!
There are several ways to organize and plan out your summer. You can simply write your activities on your calendar, plug them into your phone or have a fun themed calendar that has a basic theme for each day (example below). I personally do a little of all of the above. I use our 'Alphabet Summer' template with specific lists of my weeks. I then place them in a folder so it's easy for me to rotate through the weeks. If this doesn't work for you, you can do the themed week calendar instead. Whatever way you choose should help with getting all your summer plans happen! Do whatever works for your family! Also, check out our tip page on our website, it is full of ideas to help with your ABC summer!! http://alphabetsummerkits.com/tips/