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The 14 best things to do in Queens
Check out these wonderful things to do in Queens, from historical museums to sprawling parks to trendy restaurants
Don't let all the hype around Brooklyn fool you—these things to do in Queens are worth your consideration. The borough has some of the best NYC parks, art museums, bars and so much more. Whether you're looking to spend your day frolicking in a massive green space, visit the best Queens restaurants or have you mind blown by a totally unique museum exhibit, Queens county is the place to be. Here are the best things to do there.
RECOMMENDED: Full Queens, NY, borough guide
Best things to do in Queens
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
The city's second-biggest park gives the more famous green stomping grounds (ahem, Central Park) a run for its money when it comes to housing iconic and important cultural institutions. As the home of the Queens Museum, Queens Botanical Garden, New York Hall of Science, Citi Field and a certain little sporting event called the U.S. Open, the park offers endless entertainment. There's also plenty of fun to be had with boating, bike riding and trails for exploring, including the remaining World's Fair classic, the Unisphere.
Queens Museum
Since 1971, this sleek, ultramodern museum has elevated its home borough by celebrating its residents. Recent exhibits—like "Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk," "Mother Tongues: Endangered Languages in NYC and Beyond" and the biennial exhibit of artists living and working in Queens—exemplify the rich, diverse examinations the cultural institution offers. One exhibit on permanent display is a must-see: the 1964 World's Fair showstopper "Panorama of New York," a 9,335-square-foot scale model of the five boroughs.
Museum of the Moving Image
For anyone who's ever had an interest in filmmaking, television and all forms of video, this is your opportunity to really see how it all gets made. There are exhibits featuring artifacts from the early filmmaking process right next to exhibits exploring viral internet videos and computer-made films, making for an experience that's as educational as it is mesmerizing. Hand-on components, like the playable classic arcade games and the museum's in-house theater showing classic, experimental and modern family-friendly hits, make this the kind of place just begging to be revisited.
Citi Field
Whether you want to root, root, root for the home team or dance at the concert of a huge diva, this state-of-the-art stadium, which opened in 2009, is not only convenient to get to, it's a home-run experience. The food options—including Shake Shack, Fuku and El Verano Taqueria—make you completely rethink your greasy hot dog go-to, while fun touches like the iconic apple that rises in the outfield whenever the Mets hit a homer make you want to come back all summer long.
MoMA PS1
The contemporary wing of the Museum of Modern Art housed in Long Island City is the premier location for seeing groundbreaking work. Whether you're hoping for a bind-bending piece of performance art, photography that incorporates the latest technologies or installations that make you rethink what constitutes art, this collection has it all. And best of all, on Saturdays during the summer, the space hosts outdoor dance parties that make the museum one of the most happening places to be.
Jacob Riis Park Beach
As part of the Gateway National Recreation Area maintained by the National Park Service, Riis Park is one of the most pristine and pleasant beaches in the city. On weekends, hitch a ride to this Far Rockaways beach—it's only accessible by bus, car or bike—for the entertainment and the tasty food options organized by the same folks behind Brooklyn Night Bazaar. Every Saturday and Sunday all summer long, bands from near and far come to get you jumping for more than just the waves.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
This refuge covers more than 9,000 acres, and is the home to some 300 species of birds, making it one of the best bird-watching areas in the city. There are many trails, and the park offers kayaking and walking tours.
Flushing, Queens
Flushing is a bustling urban center that's home to beautiful parks, plenty of cultural attractions and one of the city's three major Chinatowns (arguably, the best of the lot). Stroll through planted environments like the coniferous Pinetum and the Korean-themed Circle Garden, or find yourself a peaceful patch of grass in the Meadow. Post-stroll, grab a bite at soup-dumpling favorite Joe's Shanghai.
Queens Botanical Garden
The serene space consists of 25 gardens where yoga is allowed but biking and blading are strictly forbidden. This month you'll spot brightly colored Mexican sunflowers and bushes of purple Russian sage. Let your kids use their olfactory sense on the Fragrance Walk; the essential oils of the shrubs and flowers there are particularly strong. Make a stop at the Bee Garden, whose plants attract those hardworking, colonizing insects.
Socrates Sculpture Park
It's hard to believe this waterside outdoor museum and public park was a landfill as recently as 1986. Today, the four-and-a-half-acre space hosts a rotating collection of large-scale sculptures, many created specifically with the park in mind. Stop by the Greenmarket on Saturdays (June through November) for fresh fruits, veggies and baked goods, and check out the free yoga and tai chi classes at this peaceful spot overlooking Manhattan's skyline.
Gantry Plaza State Park
Besides the spectacular views of Manhattan and the East River, this 12-acre Long Island City spot boasts an interesting piece of history. The manicured waterfront stretch is built around restored gantries, which were formerly used for loading and unloading barges. Families can also check out basketball courts and fishing pier.
The Arepa Lady
There's street food, and then there's the Arepa Lady, which serves the cheesy Colombian cornmeal cakes that would seem more likely to found on the gold-paved streets of heaven than in Elmhurst. The Arepa Lady's cult following of inebriated hungry masses has grown so much over the years that her sons opened a brick-and-mortar location a couple years ago, but you can still find the elderly woman grilling up her buttery, overflowing-with-mozzarella goodness in front of a sports bar on Roosevelt Avenue.
Louis Armstrong House
Tucked away in an unassuming two-story house far out in the quiet neighborhood of Corona, this is the home that famed musician Louis Armstrong and his wife shared during the last three decades of his life. There's a tour that includes plenty of recordings of Armstrong playing along with reflection on the trumpet player's legacy and insight into his suburban home life—which also included some rather bold and fabulous wallpaper choices by his wife.
M. Wells Steakhouse
From an auto repair shop to one of the coolest spots in the already-hip Long Island City, this steakhouse from restaurateur power couple Hugue Dufour and Sarah Obraitis is fine dining at its meatiest. Waiters wearing black ties deliver courses of well-prepared seafood and cuts of steak grilled to perfection. Come with an empty stomach to really get the most out of your meal.
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|The 21st march out...
They took three weeks to complete from start to finish and so have taken my speed-painting record.
I think they have to be my favourite battalion to date, even if they do look a bit like Trumptonshire Fencibles!
|...if a little self-consciously!
|Ready for all eventualities...
|...with God for King and Country!
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This article is a guild information page for Bedlam of Bloodscalp Europe.
The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.
Bedlam is a multi-national English-speaking PvE focused Horde guild on Bloodscalp Europe formed on 31st August 2007.
Raid progressEdit
- Malygos cleared at 07.04.09
- Obsidian Sanctum cleared
- Vault of Archavon cleared
- Naxxramas cleared at 17.02.09
- Karazhan cleared
- Zul'Aman cleared
- Gruul's Lair cleared at 27.04.08
- Magtheridon cleared at 04.05.08
- Magisters' Terrace cleared at 26.03.08
History Edit
31st August 2007: Bedlam Guild is founded. Its founding members are Bolle, Bovinor, Baabajaga, Mutilious, Gargoyle, Darktusk, Ffulfmubii, Oxidrom, Allannon, Reigns. The guild had previously gone by the name of "Velcro Fly" since 8th August 2007 and already had more than the founding members on its first day.
Weekly Raid Schedule Edit
We usually raid 10 men dungeons 2 times a week.
Guild Rules Edit
We do not use a DKP system to distribute raid loot.Further rules can be found in our forums on our website.
Guild Motto Edit
Bedlam is a cooperative Raiding guild. It will raid and progress without leaving people behind.
Guild Application Edit
This guild has an average age of over 30. Applicants must be at least 20 Years old!
Name OriginEdit
The Bethlem Royal Hospital of London. Bedlam, is the world's oldest psychiatric hospital. The word Bedlam has long been used for lunatic asylums in general, and later for a scene of uproar and confusion. (Bethlem = Bait lechem in Hebrew house of bread)


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Sometimes there is no helping it–we all have our bad days. Or, in my case, a not-so-great week of running late, catching a cold, misunderstandings, and a painful toe-stubbing to round it all out. By Friday, I was as miserable as the muggy, rainy weather outside. But weekends are a blessing and I knew exactly how to remedy the gloom of the preceding work week: bake something! And that is what I did.
And what's more, my baking had a purpose (other than to sit in my fridge taunting me every night)–delight the palates of four excellent friends coming over on Saturday! I had planned a casual afternoon of all-out food enjoyment, aptly christened a "Baking Celebration" afterward, complete with freshly brewed tea and coffee, homemade bread, spiced persimmon jam, yoku moku butter cookies sent to me by a friend, and tiny squares of the heal-all rum-raisin cheesecake I made. Continue reading


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Believe it or not, but there will probably me plenty of times when you'll need or want to write an email. It might be to a college professor, a recruiter, a boss, a potential reference writer, or a potential employer. Since it is easy to use and accessible to nearly everybody, email is the first choice for many forms of communication in the professional world.
Communication through email offers some advantages. First, it can give you a chance to see your words and really make sure that you are saying exactly what you mean. This can remove quick, knee-jerk, and sometimes emotional reactions from the equation.
Second, it is quite possible that the person you are wanting to contact might have some things on their plate. Dropping everything at the exact moment you call, just to have a chance to speak with one of the 24 teenagers who turned in an application for this entry level position, may not be a realistic expectation. An email alerts them of your interest, but will allow them to get back to you at a time when they are more likely to be able to actually talk to you.
Email also gives you the chance to clarify what they are telling you. If they are trying to hurry and give you information so they can get back to their work at hand, you might be left trying to scribble down notes, directions, and phone numbers. Imagine how bad it would be if they gave you a wrong time (said 2:30, but meant to say 12:30, so you show up for an interview two hours late, after they have already given the job to someone who was there at 1:00. "That's not fair," you say? Tough luck. These things can happen, and email can give you the chance to respond to them immediately, confirming the info, and giving them a chance to confirm without being rushed.
The first rule of email etiquette is:
1). Make sure that email is appropriate for the occasion.
Some people simply prefer official letters that arrive in the mailbox, and they may not feel that email is an appropriate way to do business - especially when they receive unsolicited emails from members of a younger generation.
It is up to you to figure out whether your professor, clergyman, teacher, future gymnastic coach, or potential mentor wants to be contacted via email, text, phone call, etc. One good way to find out is to see if this person has a web site with an email account attached. If that fails, make a simple phone call and ask.
2). Be mindful of your email address!
This is a mistake that so many teens make - and they don't have a clue about its potential impact! Does your email name look something like firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com? And to whom are you sending this?
It's fine to use that address when writing your friends. If you want to conduct business by email, simply create a new address.
3). Do not use texting language!
no u didnt rite ur tchr like this. U r asking fr trubl. And DON'T USE ALL CAPS.
4) Provide a reasonable "Subject".
You would not believe how many emails are caught in spam filters and other email filtering programs. Many filters will block suspicious language, but many will just as easily block emails with no subject. The subject in a professional email should be more than you might text a friend ("hey, what's up?"). Let's say you wanted to follow up with a business after an interview. (REALLY good idea, by the way!) But what if they get an email from someone they don't know, and has no subject, or a subject like, "Hey"? (Not a good idea, by the way!) It should be something that gives the recipient a glimpse as to what the email is about.
5). Use letter format.
Most email accounts give you formatting options. Go ahead and format your letter using a proper greeting, paragraphs, bullets, closings, or other features that give your letter a professional look. This shows that you are serious, mature, and savvy.
6.) Be respectful.
Many of us tend to get a little too familiar or get a little too comfortable in emails, and this may cause us to make costly assumptions. For example, you should always use an appropriate title when addressing a professional, even if that person signs his correspondence with his/her first name. If in doubt, use a title.
If you are writing to a college professor and you don't know whether the person is a Ph.D., use "Dear Professor."
If you don't know the gender of the person you are writing, you could use the first and last name, like "Dear Jo Baker," or you could use the role of the person as your title, like "Dear Search Committee Chair." If it is possible, you could also make a phone call to the department or office and ask how to address the person you're writing.
When in doubt, be formal in your address. It may seem stuffy, but it won't offend anybody! When influential people are the laid-back types and they want you to relax, they tell you so.
Your assignment today is to do the following.
Open your school email and write a professional email, addressed to myself (firstname.lastname@example.com). You should include a carbon copy of the email to Mrs. Gillenwater (firstname.lastname@example.com). (Her email address will go in the line titled "CC")
The bulk of the content will be an explanation of your understanding of this article. You should explain each of the three reasons given, as to why email might be a good form of professional communication. There should be at least one sentence explaining why you agree or disagree with each one.
You should do the same for the six suggestions. Name the suggestion and explain the positive that might come from following it.
Be sure that the email follows the guidelines laid out in this article.
Before you send it to us, print a copy of the email (including all your answers) and put it in your binder for documentation of today's CD lesson.
Good luck,
Mr. Mobley
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Last year in March I got laid off from my production artist job at a big educational publishing company. And I was fine with that, and I went on unemployment and my husband has a full time, good paying job, so we were going to be alright. And I thought, now is another chance to do my thing. I've always wanted to be a freelancer, even if I was just making enough money to not have to get a 9-5 job. I've done that most of my working life, and it's just not for me.
Since then, I've learned a lot about being a freelancer, and getting work, so I thought I would write about that.
By networking, I mean with others who are trying or are doing what you want to do. I learned this from personal experience and from reading the book, My So Called Freelance Life, by Michelle Goodman. I started going to figure drawing groups which lead to getting to know other artists and making connections. This kind of network gives you support and information. Got a problem with a client, ask your fellow artists if they have ever had that problem and what happened, how did they work it out? You may also get work. If someone is to busy to take on a new client or a client wants something they don't do, they may recommend you. Your style might be just what they are looking for.
Not to mention, it's awesome to be able to talk shop with friends who do what you do. It's a real learning process, hanging out with others. The figure drawing groups gives me a social and creative outlet. I've seen my skills improve with just the once a week meetings, and now I'm looking for other outlets for this same type of activity.
Use the Internet to your advantage. Facebook and twitter are great for networking. Twitter more so, I think. Find artists that you like who twitter. Follow them. I've gotten several jobs via twitter. Artists fall through and sometimes people will twitter looking for an artist. I responded, we chatted and I got some work. For me, I follow people in the comics industry, and comic authors mostly. Someone that draws comics isn't going to need a cartoonist often, maybe a colorist.
Facebook is a great way to show off your art. More on that below.
Actually do what you love, regardless of pay
You have to work at what you want to do. The people that seem to create effortlessly, probably do so because they spend much time creating. Want to draw, then you need to draw. Want to paint, then you need to paint. Much like how you learned to write, repetition is the key. You learned to write your ABCs by writing rows and rows of letters, the same goes here.
It's not often that we get work that can also translate into a portfolio piece for whatever reason. So when not working, work on something for your portfolio, that you feels shows off your abilities. I know, it's hard to just come up with ideas. Pick up a magazine that uses a lot of illustrators, pick an article you like, and come up with your own take on how to illustrate it.
Working all the time, for me teaches me how to do things better, work faster, and keep my focus for longer periods of time. That's something I can have trouble with, keeping my focus. I've come up with tricks to try and help keep that. My favorite, set a timer, and you aren't allowed to do anything but the task at hand till the timer goes off. I generally find that I will be at a point that I don't want to stop when the timer goes off, and end up working a few more minutes. Then take a little break, check your emails, and all that, then set the timer again.
Show your work
I hear to often from people that they don't like what they did, and don't show their work. You will never get feedback, nor will anyone stumble on your work if you never show it. Unless you tell people, they will never know that what you ended up with, wasn't what you had in mind. One rule I have, work a piece until it's done, regardless of how it's coming out. If it's for myself, I don't stop and start over, I work through. And I try to learn from it. Finishing a piece is important lesson to learn. That's another thing I hear from people, they don't finish what they are working on.
If you get an online portfolio, don't let people know about it till it's ready. That means no sections with "Content to come". Just don't put that section up. You can always add it later. Having multiple sections on your site isn't going to make you look any better to clients, but empty sections make you look unprofessional. If all you have is 10 samples of your work and a resume, put that up and make it easy for someone to look at it. Don't put an entry page, go right to the main attraction. Don't put a blog if you really don't intend to blog save once a month at best.
It doesn't take much work to post something once a week and it can't be "So, not much to say this week". If you are drawing/sketching/painting/whatever several times a week, post that and talk about it. Did you like what you did, any realizations about it? Do you feel you improved? And try and keep it professional. Personal is fine, so long as it's not bitching. Really complaining about the world at large and all it's injustices are best suited for a private personal blog.
Can't afford a site of your own, or a professional one? Use facebook, and make a fan page, or deviantART to at least get your work out there. The thing with these is that some art directors don't go to these places to find work, but might be willing to go look if they ask you for samples. It's best to just have your own site I think.
Those are three things I learned well the past year, trying to feed myself as a freelancer. Hope it helps.


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A reverse mortgage is the opposite of a traditional home loan: the longer you have it, the bigger it gets.
Say what?
According to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, it's "a complex product that can have a significant impact on your finances and relationships, and your quality of life in retirement" by allowing you to borrow money using the equity in your home as security.
One of the key words here is retirement – this option's for the over 60 year olds only.
So how does it work?
A reverse mortgage can be paid as a lump sum, a regular stream of income, a line of credit or a combination of these options.
Interest is charged like any other loan, except you don't have to make repayments while you live in your home.
The interest compounds over time and is added to your loan balance, explains Paul Francis, Heritage Bank General Manager Retail Services.
You don't have to make repayments while you live in your home.
"A valuation will be conducted on your property to determine how much it is worth and the amount you can borrow is based on this and the age of the youngest borrower," Francis says.
You remain the owner of your home and can stay in it for as long as you want.
"You must repay the loan in full, including interest and fees, when you sell your home or die or, in most cases, if you move into aged care," says Mortgage Choice spokewoman Jessica Darnbrough.
Who does it suit?
Usually retirees or people about to retire are ideal applicants.
"A person who retires with a great deal of asset-based wealth, particularly their home, but little cash will have difficulty financing any lifestyle," says mortgage broker Aaron Sainsbury from Smartline.
"These loans are used to convert the value of the home into ready cash, which the borrower can use to fund their retirement lifestyle."
Read more: Rightsizing for empty-nesters
Darnbrough agrees reverse mortgage products "tend to best suit seniors who are looking for money to supplement their pension or any income they may be making in retirement".
Reverse mortgage products tend to suit seniors looking for money to supplement their pension.
Generally, this type of loan is only available to home owners above 60 years of age – though some banks prefer to lend to those over 65.
"To be eligible for a reverse mortgage, the seniors need to own their property although it isn't usually a problem if there is still a small balance remaining on the original home loan," Darnbrough says.
What costs are involved?
Budget between $1500 and $2000 to set up a reverse mortgage, Francis says.
Ongoing fees vary by lender but range from $0 to $15 per month.
Ongoing fees vary by lender but range from $0 to $15 per month.
Interest rates are usually 1-2% higher than a standard mortgage because no regular repayments are required.
Current reverse mortgage interest rates are between 7% and 8.5%, Darnbrough says.
There may be impacts on a homeowner's pension eligibility.
Read more: Retirement choices: how do you want to live?
Other important stuff
Sainsbury says reverse mortgages court "some controversy", as they are pitched at borrowers who are approaching or already in retirement.
"This often stirs an emotional response," he says.
Statutory negative equity protection was introduced on all new reverse mortgages in 2012.
This ensures you cannot end up owing the lender more than the market value of your home and your estate does not inherit a debt when you die.
Like any financial product, it is wise to obtain financial advice before you go ahead. Many lenders will insist on this, as well as legal advice.
Finally, your credit provider must give you a "reverse mortgage information statement" before any contracts are signed, according to ASIC.
- Debt is capped at the value of your home.
- Helps mortgage-free/cash-poor homeowners fund retirement.
- Options include a regular payment, line of credit or lump sum.
- Can enable homeowners to stay in their own homes.
- You can always sell your home and pay out the debt.
Read more: Homes on wheels
- Higher interest rates apply.
- Interest starts accumulating from day one.
- If you are sole owner, any cohabitants may have to vacant when you die.
- The more you borrow now, and the younger you are, the less equity you will have in your home in the future, Francis says.
Read more: What is a POPI (Property options for pensioners & investors)


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Fairy Tail
Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't just any ordinary kid, he's a member of one of the world's most infamous mage guilds: Fairy Tail.
Release: Jan 01, 1970
Duration: 25:14 Min
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks: TV Tokyo
Tetsuya KakiharaNatsu Dragneel (voice)
Aya HiranoLucy Heartfilia (voice)
Rie KugimiyaHappy (voice)
Yuichi NakamuraGray Fullbuster (voice)
Sayaka OharaEzra Scarlet (voice)
Satomi SatouWendy Marvell (voice)
Yui HorieCharles (voice)
Wataru HatanoGajeel Redfox (voice)
Mai NakaharaJuvia Lockser (voice)
Katsuyuki KonishiLaxus Dreyar (voice)
#Tags: magic, anthropomorphism, based on manga, storytelling, wizard, ecchi, shounen, anime, time skip


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Can We Change?
February 24, 2011 by Deborah Calla
Filed under Blog
For the last couple of weeks the topic "we are who we are" has been very much on my mind. Using myself as the basis for my thinking I wondered how many of the changes that have taken place in my process and behavior belong to age and how many to an investment in my own development. Followed by the question am I still the same girl who grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil just older and wiser?


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Just wanted to pop in share a few things today:
First off, look at my nails! I found something similar to this on Pinterest and just couldn't resist. I took a picture to my nail girl Shannon and she took on the challenge. What fun for Dr. Seuss's birthday coming up.
These pictures didn't turn out as great as I had hoped- but I have Thing 1 on one hand and Thing 2 on the other. Then, on my ring finger is the "hat".
On a totally different note- I am not the most technologically advanced person but I did figure out how to do something yesterday. I was working on my March Activities and I ended up wanting to just add my Easter Activities into the same unit that I had created last year. BUT, I had a problem... when I made my March Activities, I made them landscape and when I made my Easter Activities I made them vertical. In Powerpoint (which is what I use to create my items) you cannot have both vertical and landscape pages. I knew that I could merge the files using Acrobat Reader so I wasn't too worried and I knew I would eventually figure it out. Well, when I was finished making and updating everything I opened Acrobat Reader and there was no merging available! Guess what, it costs $89 per year to have this upgrade. I was in a panic, because after spending three days and many many hours working on it, I really wasn't sure what to do. So of course the next step is Google. Here is what I found, for free, and VERY easy.
At the top, there is a download button. I downloaded it and then was able to attach my two files. They were merged together as a new PDF. Yay! It was easy!
Here are the March Activities if you want to check them out!
One more thing to share... I ran across this blog post that has some really great free educational apps. I'm going to have to check out a lot of these!


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Cognitive dissonance: The guy who's supposed to be the real estate industry's biggest cheerleader is warning that home prices can't keep rising at their current clip.
Yesterday the Case-Shiller S&P home price index notched a milestone — exceeding its July 2006 record.
Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, says it can't go on: "The continuing run-up in home prices above the pace of income growth is simply not sustainable. From the cyclical low point in home prices six years ago, a typical home price has increased by 48% while the average wage rate has grown by only 14%."
Mr. Yun is also concerned about rising interest rates. A typical 30-year fixed mortgage goes for 4.66% now. That's the highest since 2011, and way up from the most recent low at 3.78% nine months ago.
Meanwhile, CNBC reports that even while supply remains tight, demand might be weakening: Fewer potential buyers are asking for tours and making offers, according to a monthly survey by Redfin. "April was the first time in 27 months that we saw a year-over-year decline in the number of customers touring homes," says Redfin chief economist Nela Richardson. Hmmm…


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At the very last moment, campaign finance reform made it through the legislative sausage grinder at the state capitol, sending Andy Sauer, executive director of Connecticut Common Cause, dancing up and down the aisles shocked with surprise and joy. The two parties once again had compromised.
That word, "compromise," very well may be the most misused word in political discourse. In any case, Democrats and Republicans had – what's the word? – conspired to satisfy Andy Sauer and other pro-campaign finance reform enthusiasts. The power often wielded by the malefactors of great wealth to corrupt innocent incumbent politicians by stuffing their campaigns with cash had suffered a serious blow.
But just as the sun of campaign finance reform was pushing aside the night of corrupting political influence, dark clouds were gathering on the horizon.
A report on slush funds by Keith Phaneuf tells us in embarrassing detail how legislative leaders and governors sock away what used to be called in the bad old days of Tammany Hall "walk around money" used primarily to help party incumbents improve their political relations in their home districts.
"The $16.07 billion budget adopted Monday," the JI discloses, "includes $6.6 million in undefined discretionary spending - called 'slush funds' by critics - to be controlled by Democratic legislative leaders, an arrangement state auditors called inequitable in a 2002 report."
Ever polite, Democrats also "built a $2.3 million discretionary fund into the budget for Gov. M. Jodi Rell. But the Republican governor's budget director said Monday the administration would not spend the dollars, but would save and ultimately deposit them into government's Rainy Day Fund."
The Washington beltway has its "earmarks" – funds set aside in budgets to grease the campaign skids for faithful partisans – and Connecticut has its slush funds. But the political art involved is the same: "The basic premise behind the funds," Phaneuf explains, "is that a pool of money is carved out in the budget bill, but, unlike other sections of the budget, no specific projects or other use for the money is mentioned.
"In actuality, legislative leaders already have pledged to use some of these dollars to support projects in their districts and in the districts of their political allies. Others projects might be targeted for funding after the fiscal year begins.
"These funds provide a bargaining chip for legislative leaders looking to shore up support among their own caucus, or to build up favors and garner votes on key issues."
Naturally, Republicans think slush funds are a bad idea, but Democrats are down with it.
Campaign finance reform has removed from political parties the authority to parcel out campaign funds, investing that function in party leaders. But the campaign bankers – James Amann and Donald Williams – may run into a slight problem this time. While the legislature is constitutionally charged with dispensing tax dollars, only the executive department can sign off on the rather expensive bargaining chips. So far, Rell seems to be offering a stiff resistance.
Truly, there is no end to reform – because there is no end to the ingenuity of politicians; there is no mousetrap a clever mouse cannot escape.
When the news was brought to Amman that state auditors had declared the distribution of tax money in slush funds to be inequitable, the Speaker seemed flustered, and one could almost see the lines taking shape in his mind. If only he were free to say the truth: Do you think leaders in the legislature can command loyalty, indispensable to the art of government, by snapping their fingers, you dope? Loyalty must be bought -- through the application of rewards and punishments. And if I can't buy loyalty by dispensing campaign funds given to me by PACs and unions, then here is a way.
And if God is a Democrat, there will always be a way.
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Daddy Amman and Papa Williams Give the Kid some "Walk Around" Cash
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Good job, as usual. I am going to forward it to the Waterbury Republican-American, though I am sure the editor is seeing this for himself.
Don, thanks.
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Local licensing authority for Bury St Edmunds is West Suffolk
Greene King brewery
Westgate Street , IP33 1QT
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Greene King is by far the county's largest brewery. Its oft-stated foundation date of 1799 refers to when Benjamin Greene started brewing; Greene King, as such, didn't come into existence until Greene's brewery merged with that of Frederick King in 1887.
In recent years, they have taken over several other breweries such as Morland (including Ruddles), Rayments, Hardy & Hanson (closed 2006) and Ridley's (closed 2005). They also acquired Belhaven (in 2005) giving them a route into the Scottish market. Today a significant amount of the company's business and advertising is concentrated on major brands such as "Old Speckled Hen" and "Ruddles County".
The brewery has also acquired many pubs in recent years mostly outside East Anglia. Today the have a significant presence in London, Southern England, East Midlands, Central England and Southern Scotland. They also own many pubs further westwards. A total of over 2100 pubs are currently owned by the company with many trading under alternate brand names such as "Hungry Horse" and "Old English Inns". A large presence in the Free trade (over 3000 outlets) also helps to ensure a massive market for their beers although their presence in Suffolk is diminishing.
In August 2019 it was announced that the company had been sold to Hong Kong based CK Asset Holdings who also own, amongst other businesses, Superdrug and Three Mobile.
Reported by the first edition of the Good Beer Guide (published in 1974) as offering 'First rate beers too often spoilt by pressurisation.' Since then all of their outlets have removed the "top pressure" dispense taps and today most offer hand pumped real ale.


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I have had several people write me and ask how the wedding planning is going. So instead of writing the same thing a million times, I thought I could just write an update here. :)
Things are going really well! I am getting it all done and for uber cheap too! So far, this is what we have going:
Date: September 25th, 2010; 6:00 PM
Venue: Ontario Train Depot
(It has a big yard with big trees to the side there which will be where it is all held. I couldn't find a picture showing it). I have loved this place since I was a tiny child so it is only fitting that I would end up getting married here. The price is right too...150 bucks! That's it. And part of that is a deposit that you get back after cleaning it.
Dress: I got not one but two dresses! For less than 200 dollars! I got a long one for the ceremony and a short one for the reception. Neither are what I originally posted that I wanted, but still have the same elements. Both are very unique and less than traditional which I think fits me. That price includes the slip and all other necessary requirements. David's Bridal slips were 300 bucks alone! O.O
Shoes: I got two pairs of shoes (heels and flats) and I decorated them to match my theme. So cute! I got both pairs for under 30 dollars, and that includes my supplies to embellish them.
I still have a few accessories to buy but only two things and they will not cost much.
Kevin's parents will most likely be taking care of the guys attire and his so I am not too worried about that.
I have 25 centerpieces made so far and they look AWESOME. I freakin' love them and already have people begging to keep them afterwards which I am going to take as a good sign. I made them all for under 50 bucks by picking stuff up at thrift stores and the likes.
I have some other stuff done too, but they are top secret!
Other Stuff:
Our cake is being given to us as a gift.
Our pictures are the most expensive part so far, but she costs far less money that the other photographers and she is seriously phenomonal. Her name is Amber and Kevin is actually good friends with her brother and has known her family forever (small towns). Check her out! She is the sweetest girl ever, too.
She is doing our engagement session at the end of June (we got rained out our first appoinment) and we have quite the themes planned. I will be sure to post them...I am basically playing dress-up and forcing Kevin to join me.
So in a nutshell, the biggest and most important things are set. I have many other decorations done, the small things bought (tableclothes, silverwear, etc) and now I get to concentrate on the big kahuna projects.
Stay tuned!


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Until now just one photo of the Nexus One aka Google Phone had appeared. Engadget has now received a set of photos from a source that shows the Google Phone in more detail running Android 2.1.
Some of the menu screens look nice. From the photos it is hard to tell how good the rumored OLED screen of the Google phone is.
Overall the Google branded touchscreen phone looks clean and has four backlit touch sensitive buttons on the front. From what I have seen so far it does not get my geek blood boiling though.
Maybe some official shots will change that. In the meantime the main question is still whether or not Google will really sell this phone. Rumors point to this scenario, but there is no confirmation.


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You have captured all our thoughts so beautifully, Barbara! Thank you for thanking Chris for all of us. Pat
I, like so many, have also been captivated by the various postings and in particular the photography of Commander Chris Hadfield. And his rendition of Bowie's 'Space Oddity' was sublime. You have captured beautifully in this post something of the difference this man has made. I echo your closing sentence – and add a 'thank you' to you, Barbara, for expressing what so many of feel about Chris Hadfield's tour of duty on the ISS.
A great blog, Barbara, I love it. Commander Hadfield is indeed someone special and his photographs from space were wonderful. I hope some day they'll be published.
Great blog Barbara – as has been said, you have put in words what most of us think 🙂
A lovely post, Barbara. It echoes exactly how I imagine many others feel, myself included. Chris Hadfield certainly is a very special man. I hope we see and hear more from him and his experiences in the future. Thank you for a beautifully expressed post.
Anonymous May 17, 2013 — 9:32 pm
what a beautiful tribute – says all the things I felt but didnt know how to express. thank you. missing the pics – was my guilty pleasure just before going to sleep each nite.
Barbra, such a wonderful blog, like you I have been a fan of Cmdr Hadfield for some time, I have found myself looking for his tweets, following the ISS obit, looking at all his pictures and feeling this truly is an international space station working on behalf of us all, I felt part of it because he made it so real and made it part of us all. In west cork on a clear nigh bereft of city lights, star gazing in wonderment a sort of reawakening of my youth and the dreams of a young boy. I am so pleased you have written my blog and the blog of so many others who have come to know Chris over the past five months. Well done and thanks. John
I am not a big fan of science fiction. I don't like Dr Who or Star Trek. I don't understand black holes and the concept of a huge infinite universe melts my brain completely.
But a fiery sunset can take my breath away. A rising creamy moon spills magic onto my world. There is little quite as beautiful as a shimmering tent of stars overhead on a dark night. These things speak to my soul. They tell of wonders that exist just beyond my understanding and comprehension. They never fail to move me and remind me that there is so much beyond this world; that our journey is far more than we can see or feel or touch.
On the 20th of July 1969 Neil Armstrong took his 'giant leap for mankind' onto the surface of the moon. For decades it seemed to me that this was the pinnacle of man's achievement in space. Nothing has ever come near to wonder of that first space walk.
Sure, I am aware of probes to Mars and the fact that we have a Space Station hurtling around us where all kinds of experiments are carried out. My twitter feed for the last few years has occasionally told me about ISS passes and what time it might be visible over Dublin. I think I saw it just once. It was not much more exciting that knowing the aircraft overhead is a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to New York.
Then on the 5th of January a tweet appeared in my Twitter timeline with this photo. The caption read Tonight's Finale: I'm not quite sure! Ireland, Wales or England, through a gap in the cloud. Where is this port town?
The tweet had originated on the ISS and was sent by a Commander Chris Hadfield. Commander Hadfield had found Dublin and Ireland was just beginning to find Commander Hadfield. More stunning images followed including the one below of the moon setting over the Earth.
Who knew Canada had astronauts? But they do and to borrow a line from a famous ad… If *insert beer name* did astronauts, they would do Chris Hadfield.
Commander Hadfield is exactly what I thought an astronaut wouldn't be. He is creative. His photographs show a remarkable eye for composition and the words he chooses to accompany these pictures are beautifully crafted and carefully chosen. But more than that, as I quickly discovered, Chris Hadfield is an accomplished musician.
In February he posted a video of his accompanying a children's choir from Canada, singing a song called "Is Somebody Singing" … you just have to listen to the words…. It captures beautifully the magic of looking at our world from 240 miles above in space. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvAnfi8WpVE
I was hooked. Hadfield posted photos of cities and towns and landscapes, as we had never seen them before. We saw amazing weather patterns and sometimes con trails from aircraft far below. And we saw moon rises like never before.
On the 18th of February he posted a magnificent night time shot of our capital city with the words Tá Éire fíorálainn! Land of green hills and dark beer. With capital Dublin glowing in the Irish night. And an entire nation fell in love. Irish in space – imagine that.
He sang Danny Boy for St Patricks Day, he made videos explaining life without gravity but most of all he captured the magic and wonder of our little blue planet. He showed us a little of what he could see from his 'tin can in space'.
There have been many nights in the last six months when I have gazed skywards. I could have been putting something in the bin, or locking the car or calling in the cat and I have smiled, knowing that up above my head somewhere was the charismatic Canadian with a guitar. An astronaut with the heart of a poet and the soul of sage.
Commander Hadfield, a man of science, sees the wonder and the magic of our universe and of our planet. But more than that, he knows exactly how to capture it for us so we can get a taste of the magic, the beauty, the wonder back here on earth.
I would dearly love to have five minutes some day to interview him. To hear him speak of this wonder, to hear if it has changed him, to know how it feels to see life from 250 miles above this little blue planet…. And to know what he is going to do next….
Thank you Chris for sharing… it's been wonderful.


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Join the NAACP and Black Alumni Alliance for the second annual black graduation ceremony! Seniors will be given a Kente cloth and transitioned into the Black Alumni Alliance network. There will be refreshments and great company as we celebrate the graduation of the black class of 2017! Seniors can sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/sCWGAivhYGmW76Rs1
April 22, 2017 at 5:30pm - 8:30pm
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If you didn't know that Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road was a seminal influence on postwar America, that it helped define a generation and even determined the course of significant aspects of modern pop culture, you would never, ever guess it from this lifeless, soulless, pointless adaptation.
Director Walter Salles and screenwriter Jose Rivera bizarrely strip all cultural and historical context from a tale that desperately needs it today, 65 years after it is set. And without that, their film is only an assemblage of manboy exploits as self-indulgent layabouts smoke pot, listen to jazz, and write poetry.
Just what the hell is wannabe writer Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) rebelling against? In what way is the world failing to meet his expectations?
What is it about his new friend Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) that makes him, in Sal's eyes, "holy"? We haven't got a clue.
Sal and Dean here are no different than Bill and Ted, Wayne and Garth, or Harold and Kumar, except perhaps for their gorgeous period setting. (At least the film looks amazing, even if the content's a shame.) If we're meant to take it that Kerouac set the stage for stoner bromances, no thank you.
Sal and Dean talk about how they might get around to talking about stuff without ever actually getting around to saying anything of substance. In fact, perhaps the only moment consisting of something close to an authentic philosophical take on the world, as crass as it may be, comes from Amy Adams' kooky rural Louisiana housewife, who explains to Elisabeth Moss and Kristen Stewart, all ill-treated toys of the men here, that there's a certain necessity in giving out blow jobs.
Of course, that moment is the only conversation among women at all in the film, as if in Sal's world, women exist only in relation to men, and only congregate among themselves to discuss men. I'd love to be able to think that Salles is making some sort of postmodern criticism of Kerouac, that the women he's all but ignoring are living in the real world that the men perhaps think they're above, but there's no evidence for that.
I can't even see that there's a joke in the fact that the women are, quite literally, scrubbing floors while they have this conversation. If the moment isn't an accident, it's an opportunity that's thrown away as quickly as it is broached.
As, indeed, the rest of the film seems to be. The narrative is nothing but Sal chasing Dean around the country doing odds jobs and being miserable. Sometimes Sal is driven to scribble things on paper, once so inspired that he runs out of paper and resorts to using newspaper, but what he's writing is left a mystery. (The suggestion is that he's writing the very story we see on screen, but again we get no indication as to why it's worth telling.) It's as if the entire film is made up of all the bits in between the interesting bits, which have been cut out. It's a shameful waste of a fantastic cast, which also features Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Steve Buscemi and Alice Braga.
Why did this story hit like a ton of cultural bricks in the 1950s? Why is it still important today? This On the Road has no insight and no hindsight.


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7 Ways a Concierge Can Save Your Bacon
When you pay your room fee, you're paying for every single amenity the hotel offers. Why not use them? Here are 7 things you can get at your hotel—if you just know to ask.
1. Laptops or tablets: If you happened to leave yours at home, you're not out of luck — many hotels have a few they allow guests to borrow or rent. Ask your concierge what's available. Naturally, you can always use the business center for free. A few very tech-friendly hotels, such as NYC's Eventi, have even more up-to-date equipment, such as laptops with plug-in keyboards, Kindles and Nooks, digital cameras, and GoPros.
2. Chargers and cables: They're one of the most common items left behind in hotel rooms, so even small hotels hang on to a few different varieties, and will let you borrow them free of charge.
3. Beach gear: Beach towels are generally already in your room when you check into a seaside location, but you'll have to ask for the rest. Call the front desk or ask your concierge for hotel-furnished beach chairs, snorkel gear, beach toys, or boogie boards.
4. Hair tools: Every hotel room has a hair dryer, but at a growing number of chains, you can ask for a curling or straightening irons if you should want to give your child (or yourself!) a special style. Both Hyatt's Hyatt-Has-It and Kimpton's "Forgot It? We've Got It" amenities programs, for example, offer these to guests along with other sundries.
5. Yoga mats and classes: Hyatt-Has-It and "Forgot It? We've Got It" both offer free yoga mats to their guests, as does the wellness-centered EVEN brand of Intercontinental Hotels on the east coast. Some hotel chains, such as Kimpton, Westin, Affinia, and Peninsula Hotels, also offer free yoga classes in some locations to guests in need of some peaceful zen.
6. Gaming systems: If you have a child you can't tear away from games, you won't have to if you stay at one of the many chains that offer complimentary or by-the-hour rentals. At many hotels in the Loews, Embassy Suites, and Kimpton chains, gaming systems are in-room or available by request. Some Holiday Inn branches offer KidSuites, with bunk beds and ready-to-go game systems.
7. Baby gear: You probably already knew you could request a crib for your hotel room, but some chains go above and beyond in terms of outfitting traveling babies. Marrriott's Tots Travel Too program offers parents bath toys, outlet covers, disposable bibs, and baby toiletries. Hyatt's Babies Travel Lite and Wyndham's Jet Set Babies allows parents to pre-order baby equipment like diapers and formula; whatever you order will be waiting in your room when you arrive.
More amenities your concierge might have:
Board games
Children's books
Childproofing kits
Child-sized robes
Free kids' snacks
Free tickets to family-friendly attractions
Record players
Special pillows


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Installing Demo Content
The best way to start is to install demo content. If you want to install demo content please do the following:
First, delete all sample content (posts and pages) which is automatically created when WordPress is installed. If you have already added a new content, please make sure to do the backup in order to save the content. After the backup, delete all content and you can start with the next steps:
1. Start with fresh WordPress installation and delete all sample content (like posts and pages) which is automatically created when WordPress is installed.
2. Go to 'Tools > Import > WordPress' and install WordPress Importer plugin if it is not already installed.
3. When it is installed, choose xml file from demo_data folder and click 'Upload file and import'. On the following screen make sure that 'Download and import file attachments' is checked. Click 'Submit' button and wait until import is finished.
If import appears broken, please delete any imported menus from Appearance > Menus and repeat the import. Do the same again if necessary (e.g. 5-10 times) until import is completed.
Additionally, because import process depends on server setup, you may ask your hosting provider for help.


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Ohio Lawmakers Vote to Eliminate ABV Limits on Beer
Ohio's house of representatives this week approved an act that would eliminate a maximum limit to the alcohol content of beer sold in the state.
En route to Governor John Kasich's desk, House Bill 37 seeks to lift the state's 12 percent alcohol by volume cap on beer and instead require products above that ABV to be labelled as "high alcohol beer."
Initially introduced to permit the consumption of alcohol from open containers at specially licensed markets in Ohio, state senators last week amended HB 37 to include the new provisions and passed the bill unanimously.
House representatives approved the bill on Wednesday with virtually no opposition — voting 79-7 in favor of the new measures.
If signed into law by Gov. Kasich, the new allowances would go into effect in 90 days after his approval.
Dutch Brewer Bavaria to Acquire Belgium's Palm Brewery
Dutch beer maker Bavaria N.V. this month announced it had acquired a 60 percent majority stake in Palm Belgian Craft Brewers and planned to fully absorb the company by 2021.
"We are proud of this cooperation and the merging of two wonderful family-owned companies that each have a centuries-old history," Jan-Renier Swinkels, who heads the board of Bavaria N.V., said in a press release.
Swinkels, whose family has owned the nearly 300-year old brewery for seven generations, described the acquisition as a strategic move to make Bavaria "the ultimate portfolio player" — incorporating Palm brewery's brands and giving them broader international distribution.
"This is an important milestone for us," Palm brewery owner Jan Toye added. "In order to maximise our international distribution power, we went in search of a strategic partner, and Bavaria immediately felt like a perfect fit."
Founded in 1686, Palm has an annual brewing capacity of nearly 1 million hectolitres (about 850,000 barrels) and produces a wide variety of brands including Palm, Rodenbach, Brugge, Steenbrugge, Cornet, Arthur's Legacy and Estaminet.
Bavaria — which already has a distribution network spanning 120 countries — projected the two companies would together produce more than 6.5 million hectolitres (about 5.5 million barrels) of beer in 2016.
Double Mountain to Open New PDX Taproom
Double Mountain Brewery plans to open a new pub in Portland, Oregon this summer.
In an interview with the culinary news outlet Eater, Double Mountain founder Matt Swihart this week announced the Hood River, Oregon-based company had remodeled a vacant retail space in the city's Woodstock neighborhood and planned to open the new location this July.
The Double Mountain Taproom will feature 34 taps pouring a wide variety of Double Mountain beers and ciders, as well as guest brews and draft cocktails. Offering a full food menu, the new bar will is also be able to seal up to 125 guests indoors and an additional 30 to 40 patron outside.
Double Mountain also plans to make music a major focal point of the new location. Swihart told Eater that the bartenders would be given $500 each to find old records to play at the bar, and will also host a live band every week.
Set to open in a building that has seen two previous bars fold, Double Mountain Taproom is entering an extremely competitive market.
According to a December report from finance technology firm SmartAsset, Portland is home to more microbreweries than any other city in the U.S. It also has the highest concentration of bars per capita — with more than 41 watering holes per 100,000 residents in operation.
Saltwater Brewery Introduces Edible 6-Pack Rings
We've all heard the problem laid out to us before: those pesky plastic 6-pack rings frequently end up in the ocean — inflicting a man-made plague on marine life.
Highlighting this very issue in a recent video, Florida-based beer maker Saltwater Brewery introduced it's own homemade solution: edible six-pack rings.
Working with a team of engineers, the coastal brewer developed a method of converting spent grain into a harmless, organic material that can be used to make 6-pack rings similar to the standard plastic holders. Allowing beach bums and environmentalists alike to kick back and enjoy a guilt-free cold one, even at the water's edge.
Watch the video below to learn more about how Saltwater Brewery and Enteleqiua Inc., developed the concept.


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Re: LEM Thoughts of the Week: Does Compliance Actually Make you More Secure?evanr Feb 28, 2014 9:27 AM (in response to nicole pauls)
While my SIO would disagree with me. I would say YES. If you are already protecting your data and following best security practices it makes the audit process much easier . It's definitely made us more aware of possible vulnerabilities in our environment. We are much more pro-active in adhering to security standards and hardening our systems. Being a a small shop the budget is always a concern. So in the past we may not have been able to afford the equipment we needed. Honestly while being compliant is a pain its nice to be able to say to upper management. We need device "A" and application package "B" to be compliant. More often than not anything needed to be compliant is approved.
Re: LEM Thoughts of the Week: Does Compliance Actually Make you More Secure?nicole pauls Mar 4, 2014 4:26 PM (in response to evanr)
That echoes what we've heard from other people, too, that compliance can get you budget that actually DOES make you more secure, so it's actually a good thing though maybe not in the way it was intended
Re: LEM Thoughts of the Week: Does Compliance Actually Make you More Secure?Mike Spooner Feb 28, 2014 10:09 AM (in response to nicole pauls)
In general, the process of getting formal (audited) compliance can greatly improve security - but it is usually the ***process of getting there*** that does so, the actual rubber stamps have sufficient flexibility that they are not in themselves a guarantee of proper (or even consistent) security levels.
Also, one industry in particular that I am familiar with, has multiple regulator-imposed system/data security compliance requirements that actually contradict each other, which is unfortunate.....
Re: LEM Thoughts of the Week: Does Compliance Actually Make you More Secure?nicole pauls Mar 4, 2014 4:25 PM (in response to Mike Spooner)
That sounds fun. The only thing better than one audit is many audits
Re: LEM Thoughts of the Week: Does Compliance Actually Make you More Secure?byrona Mar 7, 2014 2:47 PM (in response to nicole pauls)
I think compliance makes you a bit more secure as it forces you to have certain things in place. The problem here is that security is a mindset; you need to want to have security if you are going to be secure. Often companies are just going through the motions to have the compliance box checked and don't necessarily want to have a high level of security.
Re: LEM Thoughts of the Week: Does Compliance Actually Make you More Secure?Jay Harris Mar 10, 2014 3:45 PM (in response to nicole pauls)
This question started me thinking… "more" implies that you have an additional amount of security than you did before you were compliant. So while compliance does imply a minimum level of security, it might not "make you more" secure. That will depend on where the organization started and where it ended up.
In the case of most small businesses that I have worked with over the years, yes they would be more secure if they could even afford to become complaint in the first place. But in reality many will just ignore the compliance issues and if something happened they would be forced to close. In that case it will not make them more anything, except maybe stressed.
As some of the others have mentioned, with the medium and large businesses often the compliance initiative drives IT spend which allows for the organization to become more secure. Therefore yes they are more secure.
In the enterprises that I have worked for compliance audits have exposed some glossed over issues and allowed them to be patched. Sometimes we received additional budgets to code to in support of the project. It also helped create process to prevent future misses. So yes, enterprise class businesses are often more secure due to compliance.
Though a friend of mine in a different enterprise always brags to me that they complete all of their audits with no issues found. So I guess there are a few cases that would answer no. For them, compliance is just busy work that slows down the real work they do. But how many companies is that really? (Now that I think about it…maybe he is just yanking my chain…hummm)
Re: LEM Thoughts of the Week: Does Compliance Actually Make you More Secure?nicole pauls Mar 10, 2014 5:59 PM (in response to Jay Harris)
Yeah, it seems like the general case is: in a perfect world, compliance doesn't make you more secure because you already are. But, in reality, compliance CAN make you more secure because you can't get budget/resources to be secure in the first place.
Busy work yes, but not without actual value if you make a decent effort. There's always the checkbox compliance people who just want auditors to go away (well, we all want that, but you know what I mean).
From the vendor side, we saw people in the same industries you'd expect to have data to protect invest in monitoring tools BEFORE compliance was a big thing (banks, hospitals, legal, government, etc), but compliance definitely gave security monitoring a lot of momentum. The difference in retail companies' investment due (thanks?) to PCI is pretty significant, I think that's the big one that also gets a lot of shame.
Re: LEM Thoughts of the Week: Does Compliance Actually Make you More Secure?jasoncarter80 Mar 13, 2014 10:17 AM (in response to nicole pauls)
I think the general sentiment on this thread is spoton in that compliance *should* just verify what you are already doing, but for some smaller shops with not enough direction, it can be used as a road-map for an industry recognized baseline of standards.


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Over the last few years HIPAA privacy laws have changed the way that the medical industry can communicate with the patient as well as the requirements of technology vendors that may share patient information. From pharmacies no longer allowed to announcement prescription pickup availability in overhead systems to tightening encryption levels in technology, the attempts made were to reduce the number of potential data sharing breaches.
The medical arena is one of the well-known verticals that contain in-depth, and personal information; typically including social security numbers. For appropriate and required patient treatment, the data is often shared with a variety of specialists. Technology vendors that participate in this 'sharing' must comply with rigid and repeatedly tested communication methods, and yet with all of these variables set in place, breaches still occur.
Finding the loopholes in data breaches is a specialty service. In the standard business world, even with highly sophisticated firewalls and IT staff monitoring the status, it can take up to three months to detect a breach. By that time, the criminal acts have been committed and the critical patient data is already being shared and sold on the dark net. Many of these breach conditions occur outside of the normal protection realms and HHS has established a level of protection for the medical institution who has attempted to take precautions:
" . . [The] potential exists for an individual's health information to be disclosed incidentally. . . HIPAA Privacy . . . does not require that all risk of incidental use or disclosure be eliminated to satisfy its standards. Rather, the Privacy Rule permits certain incidental uses and disclosures of protected health information to occur when the covered entity has in place reasonable safeguards and minimum necessary policies and procedures to protect an individual's privacy."
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The secondary level of 'incidental breach' has become a touchy area. This involves discussion of a patient medical condition or prescription medication in any way that others could be aware. At one time, pharmacies could make a phone call to a patient and leave a voice mail message announcing that the prescription was available for that individual for pickup, now the voice mail can only allude that a prescription is ready for someone at this phone number. In-person patient consultations must be done in a segregated area or in hushed or quiet tones so that no one else around can hear the interchange. Even such things as floral deliveries in a hospital environment have changed. At one time, these could be delivered directly to the patient in a hospital room and yet now, to protect patient identity, all floral arrangements are left at a front desk without disclosure of a room number or even confirmation that the patient was in the hospital.
Some of the prescription pickup HIPAA rules have actually created problems for a patient. This occurs when a patient cannot be in attendance to pick up their own medications and instead, sends a neighbor or family member. A majority of the pharmacies have loosened their own personal rules on this front, so that a patient can get their meds, but it is still a violation of the HIPAA guidelines.
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Usually when we walk in these particular woods, we have three or four packs, a couple of paddles, and a canoe. Not this trip. We've changed up our routine this year, due to Hubby's debilitating shoulder injury and subsequent surgery. Don't get me wrong, I love camping. And canoeing. But I am NOT going camping with a man who does not have the use of both arms. Nope. That's because I am most definitely second "mate" on our little green Kevlar ship.
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Saturday, 10 October 2015
A Walk in the Woods... or... Algonquin Bound Without a Canoe
Usually when we walk in these particular woods, we have three or four packs, a couple of paddles, and a canoe. Not this trip. We've changed up our routine this year, due to Hubby's debilitating shoulder injury and subsequent surgery. Don't get me wrong, I love camping. And canoeing. But I am NOT going camping with a man who does not have the use of both arms. Nope. That's because I am most definitely second "mate" on our little green Kevlar ship.
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- Anonymous10 October 2015 at 02:40
When I saw your heading I immediately thought of Bill Bryson , he's a great writer & makes me laugh out loud . I read A Walk with in the Woods a while ago . He's a campaigner for rural England here now & is considered something of a ' national treasure ' though he's American of course . Your trip looks wonderful , great colours . We love to walk through beautiful countryside too - though our walks are shorter . After about seven miles of hills I tend to get bad tempered plus one of our dogs is lazy & curls up for a nap whenever we pause to check the map . No , he's not old or poorly - just a lazy Lurcher . Really recommend Barcelona by the way . Wonderful architecture & not just the Gaudi stuff , surrounded by green hills , next to the sea with great museums & shops . Better than Paris for me ( dare I say that ? )ReplyDelete
Wendy in YorkReplies
I think that seven miles of hills is pretty darned good! We didn't do the whole trail on either day. The walking was slower than our usual pace, very up and down and we often had to pick our way up slopes that had loose rocks and many tree roots. Love this kind of hiking, but not for our everyday exercise. Too hard on the knees! Barcelona sounds wonderful. Even better than Paris...high praise, indeed!Delete
This blog entry takes me back to our many August trips to Algonquin when our kids were tots. We'd go up there with our pop-up camper and canoe and try to spend about two weeks camping, hiking, swimming, sight-seeing, blueberry picking and star-gazing. Sometimes the rain interfered but even that was fun for a day or two. Wonderful trips from 40 years ago for me to remember now that I am 70.ReplyDelete
And "A Walk in the Woods" is laugh out loud funny. One of the few books my husband and I both loved. We listened to it together on an auto trip years ago. I too hope the movie lives up to the book.
From a Pennsylvania reader who enjoys your stories, most of your books, and lots of your fashion choices (at least on you!)Replies
Sounds like you have great memories of Algonquin. And thanks for the kind words, Diane.Delete
- Leslie in Oregon10 October 2015 at 15:13
Gorgeous countryside; gorgeous photographs! You clearly are at your most beautiful (and that is very beautiful) when you are hiking in the woods with your hubby. And can you write!--this is my favorite post in the several months I've been reading your blog. You are inspiring me to activate my inner Canadian (my father was born and raised there, and I spent a lot of my childhood there) and spend more time up north (and out east). Meanwhile, my husband and I recently returned from our annual five-day trip out to Wallowa Lake, at the northern edge of the Wallowa Mountains in n.e. Oregon. We too had a trip modified by injuries (mine and one of our dogs), so we took it relatively easy. It was glorious anyway! Looking forward to your next outdoors-with-hubby post, LeslieReplyDeleteReplies
Wow. Thanks so much Leslie. That means a lot. Most of the feedback I get on the blog is on the fashion posts. And although they are fun, it's the travel and book posts which I love to write the most. Happy to inspire your "inner Canadian"... and now I'm really curious where it was up here that you spent your childhood.Delete
- Leslie in Oregon14 October 2015 at 15:28
The rolling prairie of Alberta, about 100 miles east of Edmonton (before Alberta became oil drilling and tar sands "heaven"). And of course, we spent time in the great national parks of the Canadian Rockies every time we drove between there and our Oregon base. My time in the eastern part of Canada has been limited so far to stays in Montreal or Ottawa each of the six times I took the transcontinental train (Canadian Northern route, between Vancouver and Montreal), back in the days when it was (for me) the lap of luxury and also the least expensive way to cross the continent. Keep those travel and book posts coming (although I enjoy all your posts), LeslieDelete
Thank you for the beautiful photos and inspiring me to get out! I am so glad to hear that you enjoyed Algonqun without a canoe. It sounds like an exhilarating trip.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Suz. It was a good trip. Although Hubby feels a little lost when he's in the bush and NOT paddling.Delete
It sounds like you had a good trip, despite the lack of water and paddles. I lived in Ottawa many years ago and remember going to Calabogie Peaks on a ski trip. We learnt to ski in Ottawa and unfortunately haven't skied since, but we also did a lot of camping and that we did continue with until a few years ago. Now we get our fun in The New Forest, Hampshire with daily dog walks. Autumn in great this year and the weather has been perfect for long walks.ReplyDeleteReplies
Glad that your autumn has been as good as ours for walking. What a coincidence that you learned to ski at Calabogie:)Delete
Oh, you bring vback so many memories of hiking in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. We had a condo there for many years, Out favorite thing to do was hike up to a high lake, eat lunch and then hike down. We went on many challenging hikes and loved every minute. We had secret lakes that no one could get to. Lakes where we had to climb up a water fall. The hikes here in Los Angeles leave a lot to be desired. Do I sound elitist? But once you've hiked those Idaho Mountains.... Yes, I love Bills Books. I read and laugh my way through.ReplyDeleteReplies
Wow...I've never climbed up a waterfall... I'm impressed.Delete
Wonderful post! Being out in nature, even without a canoe, is so revitalizing! I like trails where I can take in the surroundings rather than having to pay too much attention to the ground. My most memorable portage was experiencing vertigo on a ledge in Temagami in a rain, thunder & lighting storm with a canoe partner who was hit by lightning as a kid and was terrified of it. I've got to check out that book and/or film!ReplyDeleteReplies
That portage in Temagami sounds pretty major, Darlene. In a storm no less!Delete
- Anonymous11 October 2015 at 04:23
As I read this post I was waiting for a but ... But there was no but. Glad it all went so well. Sounds like a lovely trip and beautiful photos. Not something I ever do but you make it seem very appealing. IrisReplyDeleteReplies
No buts this time, Iris:)Delete
Yes, I love to walk in the hills. I would also love to start camping, in teeny steps. Problem is that with our drought, all the flushing toilets in local campgrounds are closed. Teeny step problem;).ReplyDelete
I so admire your outdoor adventures and your fitness.Replies
Ah well..."teeny" obstacles can be overcome. When the drought lets up, of course. I love my home comforts, and my hairdryer, and mascara...and most of my friends were shocked when I started camping with my husband in my late twenties. Now it's in my blood.Delete
- Anonymous13 October 2015 at 03:03
I always enjoy reading about your adventures with hubby in the "great outdoors"! You seem to have such a great time and I m really pleased to see that this trip was a good one too! Some of the places you hike to are just spectacular! Thanks for sharing your photos.ReplyDelete
Have a good week!
Such beautiful colours! Autumn is definitely my favourite season visually, so much to look at! Thank you so much for linking up to the #AllAboutYou linkup last week - do come back again!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks. I definitely will be back!Delete


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Exploration at Jackson's Arm has identified gold mineralization over four main areas. The Boot n Hammer Zone described as quartz veins and stringers over a large area within an altered granodiorite with mineralization consisting of 2 -10% disseminated pyrite both within quartz veins and the granodiorite intrusion. Assays range from 5ppb (parts per billion) to 24,653 ppb with 46 percent of the 50 samples taken assaying greater than 100 ppb with the majority of the better assays occurring within the quartz veins and stock work. Silver analysis is also up to 170 g/t at the Boot n Hammer zone.
The Shrik Zone is located approximately 100 meters north of the initial discovery (Boot n Hammer Zone), and is described as quartz veins, up to 4 meters wide, and stringers within an altered granodiorite. The mineralization consists of 2 -10% disseminated pyrite within both the quartz vein material and the granodiorite intrusion. Assays range from 5ppb (parts per billion) to 7,290 ppb gold with 45 percent of the 22 samples taken assaying greater than 500 ppb with the majority of the better assays occurring within the quartz veins and stock work.
A third zone (The Stocker Zone) is located approximately 400 meters south of the Boot n Hammer zone and is described as a large zone of quartz flooding (95 meters by 35 meters) with 1-10% disseminated pyrite. Assays from the Stocker Zone range from 5ppb to 56,779 ppb with 58 percent of the 38 samples taken assaying greater than 1300 ppb.
The 954 Zone is the fourth zone and is located approximately 700 meters southeast of the Stocker Zone. This discovery is described as an area of quartz stock work and veining with assays ranging from 5ppb to 13.6 g/t gold proximal to the contact of the granite intrusion.
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