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Common Arguments
Here is a short list of arguments that commonly occur in debates or discussions. This will help you quickly think of arguments in a debate.
- Many great debates in society hinge on the issue of rights. Everyone has rights but giving some people more rights means taking rights away from other people (for example, giving victims the right to live free from fear of criminals means taking away from criminals the right to move or sometimes even live, or giving women the right to abortion means removing the right to life).
- Here are a list of some established rights – rights that are recognized by most governments and international treaties (like the UN Convention of Human Rights); the Right to
- Life
- Education
- Freedom from Persecution
- Equal Employment, regardless of Race, Religion, Gender and Sexuality
- Choose and Practice your Religion
- In most societies, the right of an individual to choose is considered fundamental. The right to choose their government, what they eat, where they go, what they watch and so on. This is based on the idea that because human beings have the logical capacity to make their own decisions they should always be allowed to do so.
- Governments usually step in and prevent people from doing things when
- their actions can harm another person (for example, the choice to drive fast)
- they cannot make a fully informed or rational choice (because they do not have the capacity or information to choose, like children or if they are misinformed)
- their choice gives up all choice (like death or slavery – although this is contentious, not every society supports this idea)
3.The Role of Government
- From the two arguments above (Rights and Choice) we can see that Governments have a tough job (and by this we mean the government of a country and not the government team). They have to balance between the wants of all the different people in their countries. There are two clear approaches of Government;
- Big vs Small Government
- This is a difference of how much involvement a government takes in each person's life. A big government is very involved – they take moral positions, they are more involved in welfare and education. They believe that Government should use their power to make life better for everyone. A Small Government is the opposite – they believe that Government is ineffective and cannot decide for everyone. They believe Governments should only do the things that people cannot do themselves (like national defense or justice) and people should choose everything else themselves.
- Utilitarian vs Deontological Government
- This is a difference of how decisions are made. Utilitarian means what has the most benefit for the most number of people. Deontological means using a principle or idea, a moral sense of right. For example, many criminals re-commit crimes when they are released. A utilitarian position would be, to protect more people, to not release the criminal (or to kill him or her), whereas a deontological view is that the criminal has rights to and another way has to be found.
- This argument assesses whether something can be done or not, rather than whether it is right or not to do something. This is also known as arguing about practicality argument.
- This is about the negative reaction to a specific policy or action, from a group of people who are not directly involved. For example, legalizing prostitution could result in backlash from religious or women's groups
6.Slippery slope / Ripple effect
- This argument is about the long term effect of a specific act. Often when a government or a person does something, they continue to act in the same way. In the long term, this could have negative (Slippery Slope) or positive (Ripple Effect) consequences. For example, if we legalize euthanasia because we recognize that people with great suffering can choose to die, then the slippery slope could lead to legalizing suicide too. Or legalization of euthanasia could have the ripple effect of recognizing other choices of people with terminal diseases, like their choices of treatment, rights over their property etc.
7.Message to society
- This argues that actions send a certain message, and beyond the direct consequence of that action, there can be a message to people that will influence their thought. For example, legalizing prostitution sends the message that women are sex objects.

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Insured against loss?As interested investors will appreciate, the financial sector has been strong in recent times, but most of the commentary has focused on the banks, the big four in particular.
Another component of the financials index, insurance, has also been doing well. Suncorp is up 50 per cent in a year. QBE has had similar rises since its price collapsed late last year.
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has done even better, with its price up about 90 per cent in a year. The chart, produced by Paul Ash, Victorian president of the Australian Technical Analysts Association, compares IAG's progress with that of the Financials (Insurance) Index. The index is in an uptrend, but its progress has not been as steady as IAG's, mainly due to QBE's gyrations last year.
Ash observes that IAG has been in a strong uptrend since June 2012. But since March it moved into a trading channel between $6 and $5.50, with the lower support line holding during that period. IAG has reached an important moment, with the horizontal support line reaching the upward trend line.
That means the price needs to turn up again for the upward trend pattern to remain in force. Ash says that given the support line has held up recently, and there is good support for the stock and significant momentum in the sector, IAG should move back towards $6 in the near future. For it to kick above that level, the broader market would need to take a strong step up, he says.
On the fundamental side, IAG has a price-earnings ratio of 13.7 times compared with the sector average of 14.6 times. Its dividend yield is 4.5 per cent, just shy of the industry average, but both dividends and earnings per share are tipped to grow strongly in the next two years. Earnings growth is an impressive 24 per cent.
Its underlying performance in the December half was driven by a 7.7 per cent rise in gross written premiums and an increase in the insurance margin to 23.1 per cent.
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Currently Maine is failing when it comes to health of pregnant inmates
AUGUSTA – A measure that would ban the practice of shackling pregnant incarcerated women received broad support at the public hearing in the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee today.
The bill, LD 1013, "An Act to Prevent the Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners," would prohibit the shackling of pregnant women in Maine prisons and jails, except under extraordinary circumstances. In the case that restraints are used, the bill stipulates that the corrections official must document the instance that required the use of restraints.
"By shackling pregnant woman we are putting the health and safety of the mother and child at risk," said Senator Anne Haskell of Portland, the sponsor of the bill. "No where in the state of Maine should we be shackling pregnant woman, whether they are incarcerated or not."
Shackling has been shown to increase a woman's chances of falling which can be harmful to their pregnancy and interfere with the administration of proper care.
According to the ACLU, 25 states currently restrict the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners; and Maine is the only state in New England with no laws banning or limiting the practice of shackling pregnant women.
Many national correctional, medical, and human rights organizations oppose the shackling of pregnant women, including the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Medical Association, and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.
"This dangerous and inhumane practice has no place here in Maine," added Senator Haskell. "The Eighth Amendment of our Constitution explicitly prohibits such cruel or unusual punishment."
Doctors, former inmates, the ACLU of Maine, Family Crisis Network, Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, the Christian Civic League, Maine Women's Lobby, Coalition for Maine Women, and the Maine Family Planning Association, among others testified in support of the measure.
The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will be holding a work session on LD 1013, "An Act to Prevent the Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners," in the coming weeks.


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Big shoutout to Leda Farrow for resurrecting the moa. And to Jen McArthur for really getting inside her character.
Here's a bit about the project from their website:
A pilot project in partnership with the NZ National Commission for UNESCO is our latest venture. Picking up the creative challenge posed by Richard Louv – the world's leading author on children's disconnect from the natural world – the project aims to support young people to join with others in their neighbourhoods to create and lead movements to bring nature back to backyards.
You can visit their website here


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It's a good bet that 2007 will be known as the year of the square-headed driver. Nike's SasQuatch Sumo2 (for Super Moment of Inertia) is the first one to reach the market. (Similar designs from Callaway and others are hot on its heels.)
Nike blends a titanium body and composite crown to create the odd-looking head. The key to the square head is that weight gets placed in extreme heel and toe positions that don't exist in more traditional designs. Moving mass farther to the perimeter produces a higher moment of inertia (or MOI) so the club won't twist as much on heel or toe contact.
Bottom line: You'll get straighter, more controlled drives. Another new SasQuatch, the all-titanium Sumo, is built on a similar chassis. The Sumo also has a high moment of inertia, making it only marginally less forgiving than Mister Square.
Sumo2: $479 (graphite)
Sumo: $359 (graphite)


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Today's post is a bit of a book review. Due to Australia's recent Anzac Day (April 25th) that commemorates the landing of Australian and New Zealand "Diggers" landing at Gallipoli during the "Great War" I started to read the book 'Fighting' McKenzie Anzac Chaplain by Col Stringer. My husband has it in his collection. I finished reading it a few days ago. I'll be up front and say it was hard to read. I wouldn't suggest this for young people. The reason? Readability. That being said, I'll still share what I learned and liked about this book, but I can't say it's great to read.
This book is the biography of the first chaplain for the Australian troops for World War I. William McKenzie was a big, burly humble man who was saved as a young adult and gave himself to God's work in the Salvation Army. At an age when most think of putting aside for retirement, age 44, he volunteered to go to war. This book shares the life and testimony of a man who was willing to suffer for the sake of the men that needed his encouragement, his spiritual guidance and his prayer. I read of horrible conditions the men went through, his tour of duty covering many lands and battlefields, but mainly in Gallipoli and France. After about three years of serving, his health was broken and he had to return home. He came home a hero- for he had written letters home informing families of their sons deaths. He had prayed and cried with and over hundreds of men. He didn't slow down his service, and continued work in Australia with the Salvation Army. Around 1927 he and his wife went to support and lead the work in China. Despite many dangers he cheerfully worked there for about three years. The rest of his life is mostly quiet, but every influential.
The biggest blessing for me in reading this book is definition of heroism and the willingness to serve despite troubles and difficulties. "Mac" or "Our Padre" as his men called him was willing to do any thing for his boys. In our world of selfishness and "me first" attitudes, it's good to be reminded of true christian living. Living for Christ. Jesus gave himself for us, why aren't we willing to do the same?
A few quotes from the book,
Here is part of a speech Chaplain McKenzie gave at an Anzac Day service in 1930 during the Great Depression.
"We must put our back to the burden. Think not of what you can get, but what you can give to help Australia…. I have no magic wand for waving gloom away, but I do say that if Australians will face the present crisis in the spirit in which the Anzac stormed the heights of Gallipoli, with the same indifference to personal discomfort, the valour and prodigality of brave effort, the sun will shine, the clouds will melt away and a brighter day will dawn sooner than we have any idea of at the moment."
(Anzac Padre, page 67) quoted in 'Fighting McKenzie' Anzac Chaplain page 166
and a quote from the author, Col Stringer.
"…Sadly, today few Australians have even heard of his name. Winston Churchill made the statement that a nation derives its character from the worship of its heroes. We seem to be besotted with remembering (and glamourising) people from our past, such as the convicts or bushrangers and killers such as Ned Kelly. Yet it is obvious from this book that we have had many Godly heroes- our 'Heroes of Faith'. We have no shortage of 'boys' today, but too few 'men', certainly of the calibre of William McKenzie." 'Fighting McKenzie' Anzac Chaplain page 182
After reading the book I wanted to know a bit more and I found several sources online with basic descriptions of Fighting Mac's life. I also found a lot of controversy over this book, because some people claim the author, Col Stringer didn't use correct or reliable sources for his claims of McKenzie's life. I found this research document that explains some of the controversies. I did find a lot of problems with the readability of the book, more than sources or credibility. Like I wrote in the first paragraph, this was hard to read. It's choppy, hard to follow and the formatting is very distracting. I found typos and sections that didn't make sense or that were repeated from elsewhere.
I found this video on vimeo that goes for about 21 minutes to be very helpful as a summary of his chaplain influence. I would caution you with young viewers of war scenes and language.
I think Chaplain William McKenzie is a hero and we should keep his memory alive. We should be encouraging young people to be researching an learning about him and others who have made a difference in the lives of those around them. I'd encourage you to look around and take note of today's true heroes as well.
Let's be heroes for today,
Picture source: The picture is public domain but I got it from this website.


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Special report – Mormonism besieged by the modern age
A religious studies class late last year at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, was unusual for two reasons. The small group of students, faculty and faithful there to hear Mormon Elder Marlin Jensen were openly troubled about the future of their church, asking hard questions. And Jensen was uncharacteristically frank in acknowledging their concerns.
Did the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints know that members are "leaving in droves?" a woman asked. "We are aware," said Jensen, according to a tape recording of his unscripted remarks. "And I'm speaking of the 15 men that are above me in the hierarchy of the church. They really do know and they really care," he said.
"My own daughter," he then added, "has come to me and said, 'Dad, why didn't you ever tell me that Joseph Smith was a polygamist?'" For the younger generation, Jensen acknowledged, "Everything's out there for them to consume if they want to Google it." The manuals used to teach the young church doctrine, meanwhile, are "severely outdated."
These are tumultuous times for the faith founded by Joseph Smith in 1830, and the rumbling began even before church member Mitt Romney's presidential bid put the Latter-Day Saints in the spotlight.
Jensen, the church's official historian, would not provide any figures on the rate of defections, but he told Reuters that attrition has accelerated in the last five or 10 years, reflecting greater secularization of society. Many religions have been suffering similarly, he noted, arguing that Mormonism has never been more vibrant. "I think we are at a time of challenge, but it isn't apocalyptic," he said.
Read the full story by Peter Henderson and Kristina Cooke
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Lemon Delight Muffins
This picture does not show the lemon syrup drizzle Lemon lovers will thank me for these melt-in-your-mouth muffins! Very "tea room -ish" ; ) I love to order the fresh organic lemons from my food-coop and find new dishes to make with them. These would be great for a brunch or even a light dessert.… Continue reading Lemon Delight Muffins


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A wrist wearable with built-in sensory technology will record (data capture) effective means of hand washing for sanitation, and transfer (transmit) this data to a mains device.
What is it?
Upon initially ascertaining knowledge of this highly vehement UNICEF Innovation and partnered challenge, personal comprehension perceived a 'wearable' as being apparent; an ubiquitous item of form which in some manner is capable of adhering to and/or consistently interacting with a living body.
Furthermore it is understandable that we as entrants would be all utilising the expertise and resources from all three participating partners. Therefore with consideration of safe drinking water and sanitation/ hygiene, first thoughts reflected a smart-wrist wearable device, which is in follow up to an additional client based project directed towards the alert/response focal category, to eliminate the threat of human trafficking (as such a proposed product with another team member). The advent/purpose/function of this item, from this point referred to as 'wrist-ware', and in its most simplistic means provides the distinct opportunity to educate, encourage and entertain children within underserved communities, reflecting the highest degree of care and consideration towards safe water and that necessary actioned affect of hygienic hand washing
In additional regard, we're aiming to increase their life expectancy and quality (of life), therefore i anticipate strongly this device as essentially being a life saver; literally, through the action of hand washing with soap. In terms of 'what is it' personally, having recently begun an industrial design consultancy after experiences throughout Asia, this is one prominent area I would love to address, solving real world problems through design and associated thought processes. With this distinct project opportunity and consideration of the focal target market, being the underprivileged and less fortunate in Africa (and potential for other such areas whether it be more prominently rural India, SE Asia, etc), I very much support and recommend an initiative and introduction of such product development surpassing that of the western world by further advancing technology and rapid uptake for such consumers, implementing a cradle to cradle system, utilising natural resources and individuals, if available, and providing them the greatest opportunity in our time and from past generations, to very strongly compete internationally and raise their standards of living, most deservingly and without hesitation.
I believe the West is not always correct, is not always the greatest leaders, and in consideration of cultural differences, etc, we are in the greatest position to help those in the most dire situations, and I love having had this opportunity, together with my passion, for potentially working with UNICEF, frog and ARM, to deliver, not just in the immediate but for long term throughout my career. One such relevant aspect that intrigues me is the position and operation of defecating, and prominent differences from again the Western world, as I personally experience, by siting on a toilet, to those in India and Asia, whereby squatting has now been identified as the most natural and harmless motion of a typical daily activity. Whether during sitting there presents a plausible risk of colorectal cancer, or the physical impossibility to compress the cecum, a most natural function, this demonstrates that there is great potential to learn from all others, and as such once these wearables are addressed and implemented in such areas of Africa, etc, has the potential of being introduced into the Western worlds, where profit is considered a higher margin of success, yet suitably and aesthetically meeting form and functional requirements.
How is it used?
As a 'wearable', the 'wrist-ware' unit is designed in the form of a typical bracelet, or as such the Nike Fuelband/ Jawbone UP, and is to be distributed to each child in a classroom (or at home, if unavailable at class, yet needs one to initially supervise and teach the child), whereby the wear the unit around their wrist, as in typical fashion. However as an additional feature, there may be a standalone unit within the school, whether at the entrance door, or other location in the classroom, that plays a role in actively sensing each 'wrist-ware', and recording vial information based on each user's hand wash for effectiveness.
The 'wrist-ware' is to be operated within an existing environment, using existing infrastructure and therefore no alterations or change to the tap system, etc, and hence reducing costs, working within already established community initiatives and systems, and effectively meeting some of the UNICEF Innovation guidelines.
What technologies does it incorporate?
Each device will operate similarly to the common Nike Fuelband/ Jawbone UP wearable, etc, whereby built-in sensory technology will record (data capture) effective means of hand washing for sanitation, and transfer (transmit) this data to a mains device. Such information may (dependent on further consideration, in specific focus to associated costs and necessity) translate to a digital board/ display that will represent an interactive game for the children, in a competitive yet efficient and fun environment and means based upon the effectiveness of their hand washing.
How does it work?
Each child wears the 'wrist-ware' on their wrist, which actively communicates to an independent digital board/ display (as deserved above). There are a number of options, whereby the teacher can hand out a 'soap pod' each time a child needs to wash their hands, or the child can pick one closely to the taps. One of the most significant contributing factors if for each soap pod to be naturally dissolvable; whether an advanced surfactant cleaning compound, being organic, using bio-surfactants (as are currently under development within laboratory environments through the use of bacteria), or even soap nut heels, which are a proven, natural means of cleansing.
The 'wrist-ware' monitors the amount of friction, use of soap and thoroughness of washing over each hand and wrist, to detect and communicate the effectiveness of a single wash. Time of wash and effectiveness in the use of each soap pad will digitally communicate to the board/ display, and increase with performance, thereby providing an activity of competition between each child, and may offer an end of each week reward system, as an suggested example.
Who uses it?
Each child will wear the device, ideally for the entire school period each day, with digital feedback presented, or transferred to the board as mentioned above, allowing for teacher access, yet also to be distributed to a mains organisation, as such UNICEF or otherwise, to keep record and monitor the actual practice of effective, safe hand washing. Dependent on the student's age group, and through research and discussion with local baby/ child nurseries, it is known that most 2 and 3 year olds can turn a tap on themselves, after being taught, and 3 to 5 year olds having no major problems at all, however again can be dependent on style of tap (one such nursery owner recommended 'flip up' ones for kids). Again through such research and feedback (at least within the developed cities within Australia), young kids are taught to wash their hands with their carer/minder around 12 months old after messy play, meals and toilet change. For 2-3yo the repetition, skill and reasoning is increased; and by 4-5 no issues themselves. Typically songs, poems, posters, counting, and role modelling, in addition to sometimes games or more intentional teaching, is practiced to educate and enforce such an activity of hand washing.
However as further discussed with one individual, who actually owns a nursery and spent considerable time in a third world environment, namely Vanuatu she recounted that they often start such at 4 years old, getting the child to wash at school and at home, yet concern for those that dont attend school. Changing cultural habits is incredibly difficult, challenging, yet rewarding, however it is also important to target parents/guardians and educate them of the value in hand washing. Again as described by the nursery owner, kids and essentially kids anywhere in the world, loving the value of fun, and as such playing in/with water, additionally with soap to make bubbles, is an entertaining activity, yet a major consideration in the third world considering lack of water, and therefore a most precious commodity.
Hence the proposed 'wrist-ware' may be given to each child for a number roof years, updating the intensity and activities of play involved, focusing on volume of water use, and to be returned to the head of school for redistribution after lessons have been confidentially learnt. The information gathered will be a valid resource for the future and to be distributed amongst other third world areas, and furthermore may be able to implement the same, or a more advanced unit within the schooling systems in developed nations, effectively eliminating very early deaths of young children due to contraction of water-borne bacterial disease, which is an absolutely phenomenal achievement, and something I very much would love to be part of, gaining self pride and value as an industrial design engineer.
Why does it help?
The problem of hand washing is solved through the introduction of soap pods, together with a wearable unit attached to each child's wrist, used and maintained as a daily object that relays vital information, in addition to providing a game play system; something that will further encourage and allow for a long term exposure to the exercise of soap based hand washing.
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Team's Occupation
Team Members
Jack Michael
Focus Area(s)
Behavior Change, Data Collection/Data Insight
UNICEF Pillar(s)
Health, Education, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Social Inclusion
These pages have been pulled directly from applications submitted to the Wearables for Good Challenge in 2015. They represent the work of the individual teams and have subsequently not been edited.


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This document will show you how to open remote access to SQL Server by configuring Windows Firewall.
To follow the steps in this document you will need to have one of the versions of SQL Server running on one of the versions of Windows mentioned above.
It is also assumed that you have configured SQL Server for remote access, either manually, or by following the steps in How To: Configure SQL Server 2005 for Remote Access.
You need to be a member of the Administrators group to perform the steps in this document.
|Step 1
|Open the Start Menu, and click "Control Panel".
|Step 2
The control panel will open, which should look like the image on the left, when View by: Categories is selected.
Click "Security Center".
If your control panel looks different, you should see an icon for "Windows Firewall", double click it, and skip to step 4.
|Step 3
|The Security Center dialog opens, click "Windows Firewall"
|Step 4
The Windows Firewall dialog appears, and should look like the image on the left.
If the firewall is set to "Off" you don't need to follow any of the steps in this tutorial as the firewall is not protecting your computer.
Click the link "Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall" on the left of window.
|Step 5
If your Windows Firewall settings are managed by your system administrator you may need to click the "Change Settings" button.
Click the "Allow another program..." button.
|Step 6
A dialog will appear, first, we're going to add to the SQL Server Browser which will be located at one of the following locations:SQL Server 2005/SQL Server Express 2005
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SharedSQL Server 2008/SQL Server Express 2008
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Shared
On 64bit machines please use the \Program Files (x86) location.
You may need to adjust the paths if SQL Server has been installed to a different drive or directory.
Click the "Browse.." button, navigate to one of the paths above and double click on the "sqlbrowser.exe" file.
Click the "Add" button to add the program.
|Step 7
Click the "Allow another program..." button.
Click the "Browse..." button again, this time, we're going to add the SQL Server itself.
Browse to the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server" folder.
You should see one or more folders named things like: "MSSQL10...".
If you only have one, then life is easy, if you have more than one, you probably need to repeat this step for each directory.
Open the "MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER" directory (or the first directory that is similarly named), then navigate to "MSSQL\Binn" subfolder, and double click on the "sqlservr.exe" file.
Click "Add".
Repeat all of this step for any other folders named "MSSQL10...".
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Everything is configured, click "OK" to save and apply the changes.
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Price: Cheap
Service: Pass
Score: 7/10
Classic Roll
Sticky sweet BBQ pork
Sweet potato wedges
Antiblog (ZL):
We have wanted to go here for ages and a turn of events (starting with Lucio's not bothering to open for Saturday lunch) gave us the opportunity.
Overall good. Pork was tasty and soft in both forms.
The Classic says it has a "Vietnamese Salad" and it could be made better with a real Vietnamese salad but still good. This one is in a baguette, it's meant to be crispy and it was. You do need to ram the pork into the sandwich in order to eat it.
The sticky sweet BBQ pork was good with a soft hot dog style roll.
Good sweet potato wedges too. Nice and crispy although some weren't cooked properly


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Item # Z5WBBSBMASKBATTING HELMET
$39.99 $29.99
Z5 W/ BBSB MASK is rated out of 5 by 6.
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Whether you're digging into the batter's box or digging for extra bases, you need a helmet that provides reliable protection. The Easton Z5 has a highly protective shell and interior padding that comfortably absorbs shock.
Full Specifications
Unpainted Gloss Finish
Facemask Compatibility
Universal Baseball Softball Mask, Universal Softball Only Mask 2.0, Z5 Softball Mask
Jaw Guard Compatibility
Extended Jaw Guard in Left Hand Batting or Right Hand Batting, Universal Jaw Guard
Also Compatible With
Universal Padding Fit Kit, Z5 Helmet Fit Kit, Universal Facemask Hardware Kit, Chin Strap
SEI Certification
NOCSAE ND022 Newly Manufactured Baseball/Softball Batter's Helmet NOCSAE ND072 Newly Manufactured Baseball/Softball Batter's Helmet Mounted Face Protector
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Helmet: BZ5-04JR, BZ504SR Mask: BS-UNI03OS
Z5 W/ BBSB MASK is rated out of 5 by 6.
Rated 3 out of 5 by Donna D from Had to send it back My son had tried on this size of helmet in the store, but wanted one with a face mask. So I ordered it from Easton. Except when they added the face mask, the helmet became a bit tighter so it will not work. We had to return it.
Date published: 2019-06-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by vlhan57 from great helmet This is a great helmet for my grandson in little league, he loves it
Date published: 2019-04-02
Rated 5 out of 5 by nicolea16 from Overall great helmet This model is super durable lasted multiple seasons. Padding stayed in great condition and the cage is open and easy to find the ball through
Date published: 2016-10-03
Rated 4 out of 5 by Kateenakat from Love this helmet On my softball team we were all given this helmet in navy. I really like this helmet. Our team is navy, so we have navy helmets, and we all love them. I would get one size bigger than your head size though, because my helmet is the right size and it pinches my ears when I take it off. Other than that, and that is very small because it fits well when it's on. Plus the dirt rubs off really easily so it always looks new
Date published: 2016-10-03
Rated 4 out of 5 by Foleygt50 from Nice helmet. Durable padding. Which is important, if you have had experience with lesser helmets
Date published: 2016-04-07
Rated 3 out of 5 by Dennis56 from Misleading photo Ordered this helmet based on photo. Needed helmet with mask and in a matte black finish for my daughters travel team 18u. Visibility to me is poor, mask is mounted high in front. Helmet is heavy compared to her current Worth helmet. Finish of helmet is gloss , which is not what photo shows. So, now I need another helmet in matte finish. Maybe I can donate this never used helmet to someone that needs it. My suggestion to Easton would be post correct finish with photo....
Date published: 2016-04-03
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Putting Clients' Interests First
At Hatfield Harris, PLLC, every step we take is done so with our clients' best interests in mind. We aren't interested in taking the easiest path. Instead, we do what is necessary to protect our clients' rights.
Located in Rogers, our attorneys represent clients throughout Northwest Arkansas who have been charged with criminal offenses, have been injured in accidents, are struggling with debt and are involved in family law disputes.
Our firm also helps clients with business formation, taxation issues and civil litigation.
At Hatfield Harris, PLLC, our three attorneys each devotes their practice to specific areas of law. Through collaboration, we provide clients with the benefits of focused experience and a general practice firm.
For more information about our lawyers, please refer to their individual biographies below.
Contact Hatfield Harris, PLLC, at 479-250-1962 or 800-491-4103. Consultations are free.


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ANALYSIS | For Donald Trump, it's all personal. But British Prime Minister Theresa May showed him that might not be enough.
During his first joint press conference with a foreign leader, it became clear that American foreign policy will be, in part, driven by how the former real estate mogul and businessman feels about his counterparts.


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TONYC is looking for a Communications & Special Events Intern for Summer 2017!Apr. 19, 2017
TONYC seeks a Communications & Special Events Intern for Summer 2017! Deadline extended to May 22nd, 2017.
What We Do: Theatre of the Oppressed NYC (TONYC) partners with communities facing discrimination to inspire transformative action through theatre. Through partnerships with social service organizations, advocacy groups and city agencies, TONYC's troupes create and perform plays based on real-life struggles, engaging audiences in theatrical brainstorming to creatively challenge systems of oppression.
Work With Us: TONYC is seeking a Communications and Special Events Intern for Summer 2017! This position works in collaboration with the Community Engagement Coordinator, Executive Director, and the administrative team to assist with fundraising and community engagement through event outreach, social media, blog writing, performance support and general administrative responsibilities.
In 2017, our 6th year, TONYC's priorities include formalizing pipelines for leadership opportunities throughout the organization and strengthening our non-arts partnerships to amplify the impact of ongoing movements. TONYC seeks to reflect the politics and ethics of our programs throughout every aspect of our organization. Join a team that values social action, creative problem-solving, and a lively work environment.
Areas of Responsibility Include:
Events Planning and Development
• Assisting with the planning of Activate, TONYC's annual fundraising event
• Outreach for in-kind donations for the event
• Assisting the Community Engagement Coordinator and Executive Director with donor development
Communications and Outreach
• Social media content creation
• Blog content creation
• Outreach to new community partners
• Assisting with marketing for shows and events
• Updating press and media samples for grant applications and reports
• Assisting with volunteer coordination for shows and events
• Observing occasional rehearsals and compiling content for our blog and social media
• Mailing list data entry on our online database, Nationbuilder
• Logging comment card data from shows
• Intervention data entry in Google Drive
• Tracking show dates and venues
• Tracking actor agreements and photo releases
Ideal Candidate Has:
• Interest in grassroots fundraising and community engagement
• Ability to work both independently and in collaboration with a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in or desire to learn Google Drive programs
• Availability on evenings and weekends as needed
• Flexibility, including possible shifts in schedule as TONYC's season ebbs and flows
• Interest in cultural organizing and/or using creative tools for activism
• Prior experience with similar arts and social change organizations
Apply here with your cover letter, resume, and sample social media posts. Visit www.tonyc.nyc to learn more about us before applying. DEADLINE: MAY 22nd, 2017
In your letter, be sure to mention:
- General summer schedule
- Whether or not you will be requesting college credit
- What excites you about Theatre of the Oppressed NYC?
- What do you hope to contribute and what do you want to learn in your internship?
- A time you solved a problem creatively
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages all interested and qualified applicants to apply. TONYC does not discriminate based on age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, housing status, disability, or previous incarceration.
This internship requires 16-20 hours per week, during weekdays from 10-6 in the office, and occasional weekends or weekday evenings for performances. Ideally, intern can be present for our annual fundraising gala, Activate, in late September/early October. It is compensated with a transportation stipend, free participation in a weekend-long Joker Training intensive, and college credit, if requested.


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Its time for part 4 of the campaign. And its time to talk about Masculinity in men. How manly does a guy have to be to be considered as normal? This is something that affects all men regardless of sexuality. Is it only okay to feminine if you're gay? Is camp bad? What is it that makes masculine men more sexy in today's society?
So what makes a man Manly… ?
I asked this question and here's what I got back…
Supporting his family and being the main provider, no tears, emotional stability, mature, confident, physically muscley or a beer belly – not skinny, a beard etc.. This is, as many will agree, the stereotype of a man. But we live in a society now where more women are choosing to continue careers after having children, suicide and depression in men is being more recognised but is still on the rise due to stereotypes and pressure for men to fit in is higher than ever. Is enforcing this stereotype doing more damage than it's worth?
Is it true that the more manly you are the more attractive you are?
I asked the question and 85% of females say they would prefer to date a manly man over feminine. And yet when asked what they look for in a man they want the 'feminine' qualities. They still want to be seen as equal in the partnership, want men who are not intimidated by strong women, and be able to talk openly with their partner and share feelings. They want romance, they want comfort, and they want good manners and respect. There is a clear juxtaposition of wanting a stereotypical manly man and wanting the qualities of a stereotypical feminine man. But what if we could have both?
How many guys have been accused of being too feminine or gay with a negative connotation?
So I asked some guys this question, and 86% of men said that they had been called too feminine or gay in a negative way. And 75% of these men identify as heterosexual (straight).
We as a society are so obsessed with putting people into boxes. From birth you have girls and boys toys, you get told stupid things like "big boys don't cry" etc… What if instead of labelling each other you just let people be… Some guys are more emotional than others but they are still men, in the same way you will get women who aren't as emotional as other women.
We are people who want to take part in #endthestigma but yet still put people into boxes. And I am not talking about having no gender etc.. but what I do think is just because (and I am going to put it quite frankly) you have a penis this will not choose the path your life will take. Just because you have a vagina it does not mean you have to stop doing anything. You can have a penis and cry. And when you put it like that I think it sounds pretty stupid that just because you have a penis we would say otherwise.
I am actually pleased to announce that I have some pretty great friends and here's the facts. What makes men attractive (taking out the scale of femininity) is; being caring, being a good father figure, actually noticing changes with their partner whether its a haircut or a new perfume and just being fully present as themselves. As Robyn Howe put it "A real man is someone who doesn't hide his true self." Just a little something to think about.
Here's Charlie! If you recognise him it is because he is normally behind the scenes at our shoots as our hair stylist. Charlie will quite openly tell you that he is seen by society as feminine. An assumption about Charlie is as he's gay there's no real judgement about him being feminine. As this judgment/stereotype may be seen as true in some eyes in others it's not. Particularly amongst the rest of the gay community. Now Grinder (a gay dating/hook up app) is used by so many and it is so god damn judgemental. You will literally see things like "No Asians, no fems," etc..
Charlie will face judgment from everyone, of all sexualities. Men and women who still use "gay" as an insult and those who just want the manly stereotype.
How feminine should Charlie be?
Charlie should be as feminine as he god damn wants! He can wear what he wants, say what he wants and act how he wants. Charlie is Feminine. But this is not a bad thing at all. Charlie can be feminine yes but he can also be eye watering-ly hilarious, a talented hair stylist/hair colourist, kind, supportive, politically intelligent, and an all round great friend. And that's just who Charlie is.
Charlie is Pretty! (or handsome whatever you want to go with!) You know, for any kind of guy.
Don't forget to check out our last campaign post; You Are Pretty! You Know, For a Sporty Girl.
You can hit Charlie up on insta; Charl_willi246
And for photography our photographer as always is @graceeperryphotography or you can find her on her new site here.


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Staphylococcus haemolyticus MLST Databases
This site uses two linked databases powered by the BIGSdb genomics platform. The sequence definition database contains allele sequence and MLST profile definitions whereas the isolate database contains provenance and epidemiological information. Further details about BIGSdb can be found in Jolley & Maiden 2010, BMC Bioinformatics 11:595.
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- Policy document
- Submission of data
This MLST scheme was developed by Jorunn Pauline Cavanagh at the University Hospital of North Norway.
Database curated by Sasmita Panda, Durg V. Singh and Jorunn Pauline Cavanagh.


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The Eugene City Council has been approaching ways to provide a safer environment for the Eugene community after recent accounts of robberies in the city and news of disregarded phone calls to the Eugene Police Department.
According to EPD Public Information Director Melinda McLaughlin, between Feb. 23 and March 22, there were 12 reports of robberies — mainly daylight robberies and store robberies — throughout Eugene. These included the armed robbery at Subway on 18th Avenue on March 3 and the armed robbery at Little Caesars Pizza near West 11th Avenue on March 23.
Amid these robberies near the University of Oregon campus, the Register-Guard released an article on March 11 that revealed statistics showing that the EPD "disregarded one-third of the daily average calls" it received in 2017.
Kaylin Lechner, a West Eugene resident, experienced this difficulty with the EPD first-hand during the beginning of March when a person broke into the back door of her home and again approximately a week later when she witnessed a person attempting to break into cars, including her own.
"I talked to dispatch both times," Lechner said, "and both times dispatch said an officer would come out, and an officer would call me. Neither time did that happen."
Lechner said that she felt as if her call did not matter and added that she has "never felt 100 percent safe" in Eugene.
Details about the EPD's failure to respond to various calls from the community and the reasons behind this struggle were expressed in a presentation to the Eugene City Council during a public hearing on Feb. 20. Interim Executive Police Director David James presented the majority of the statistics, expressing his "concern that community members are not receiving the quality of services we believe they deserve."
According to the U.S. Census, the Eugene population has increased by 4.4 percent from 2014 to 2017 and is likely to continue steadily increasing. During the same time frame, James said, the daily average public-initiated calls to the EPD has increased by 20.6 percent. However, the number of dispatch communication specialists in Eugene has not changed and the number of budgeted sworn officers in the city has decreased from 193 to 192 over those years.
The daily average response time from the EPD per phone call has increased by 86.7 percent, James added, which is approximately a 19.3-minute increase in response time. Because there is an increase in calls but not enough officers to respond to them, James said, the majority of this time increase resides in the time it takes to dispatch a call to an available unit. The dispatchers "are looking at a screen [of calls] that never goes away," James said.
"This is like having an in-basket on your desk and you take a piece of paper off and somebody puts five pieces of paper on top of it. [The call-takers] can't do anything about it. There's no one to send."
James concluded the presentation by laying out the goals of the EPD: to reduce the number of calls to the EPD that are disregarded, to reduce the response time to these calls and to resolve cases quickly. In order to accomplish these goals and uphold public safety, James stated, the EPD must be adequately staffed.
According to McLaughlin, the EPD is currently running statistics on crime rates in Eugene, so it is "hard to tell if [the number of recent robberies] is unusual for Eugene." Nonetheless, in response to the recent robberies, the EPD has been staffing its units with additional officers, focusing officers on near-campus areas where many of the robberies have been taking place and having volunteers policing Eugene throughout the day. The EPD has also had a meeting with the University of Oregon Police Department on March 20 to discuss approaches, such as producing safety tips for students through social media, to ensure a secure community.
Individuals in Eugene play a significant role in protecting the community's safety as well. In addition to advising the public to be aware of their surroundings, not walk home alone and to stay in well-lit areas, the EPD website encourages the community to take advantage of the tip line that the department has set up. The website asks that the community "immediately report robberies or suspicious conditions, as this will increase the chances of apprehending suspects" involved in reported cases. In short, as the website states, "if you see something, say something."


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On the new releases thread below (Depedro), mateo mentioned he worked for a music company with which I am unfamiliar. While looking it up, I came across this MySpace page. The photo stream, music and information is really well done and quite captivating. The first song "LA" has become a bit of an earworm for me this morning - you have to slow down a minute and look at the pictures and videos to appreciate the music. Well, maybe not everyone but I had to.
I don't think this is the same company matgeo was referring to (to which matgeo referred).


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If the firm or its advisers have further questions, they should contact the FCA's Contact Centre (see SUP 10A.12.6 G).
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Sicilei's Things
Furniture I made for my granddaughter. Changing table, crib, toy box, dresser, and rocking horse. All of red oak, stained and poly finish. Changing table has two storage drawers and a removable tray at one end. Crib has one drop down side, can be removed to become a toddler bed, or stationary side removed and added to rails and foot board to create a twin bed.
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One of the most famous beverages that people worldwide love is coffee. What is the reason for coffee to be loved worldwide? When you do your research, you will come to find that there are plenty of reasons why coffee is good for everyone and how coffee will better their lives in all the right ways. As soon as you wake up and want to get ready for the challenges of the day, a cup of coffee is what you will want to have, it will warm you up during the chilly days and surely give you the energy boost that you are much in need of.
There are many and more reasons why you should be making drinking coffee a habit. One thing that you should keep in mind that to purchase high quality Xtracted Espresso that will bring in the finest effects of coffee that you want to experience. As much as coffee can better your lifestyle, it can also better your health. Here are some of the major health benefits that you can gain from drinking coffee:
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Lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes
One of the major worries that every one of us has is diabetes and we will go beyond our way to keep ourselves from developing diabetes. You will have dietary restrictions, change your lifestyle and will even pain medication. One of the easiest ways through which you can lower the chances of diabetes by drinking coffee. The American chemical society has found that people who drink 4 cups of coffee a day will have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes by half. A coffee drinker will have much lower worries about diabetes when compared to a non-coffee drinker.
Improves the Health of your Brain in the later years of life
If your brain is healthy, you are healthy. Studies that have been conducted on Alzheimer's disease has shown that coffee drinkers over the age of 65 develop the condition of Alzheimer's 2 – 4 years later than non-coffee drinkers. Even though caffeine does not have the ability to completely eradicate the risk or the development of Alzheimer's, it will certainly delay the effects and lower the risks as well.
Coffee Helps Fight Depression and makes you happier
At the end of the day, the major goal of us all is to be happy. However, there are many things in life that will make us be exactly the opposite. To fuel the happiness of life, all that you must do is to drink coffee. As the rates of depression keep on increasing, coffee might be the solution to keep everyone happy. A study conducted by Harvard University has shown that those who drink 4 cups of coffee every day is 20% less likely to be depressed. Another study showed that people who drink four cups of coffee every day were 53% less likely to suicide.
Betters the Health of your Heart
Drinking coffee has positive effects on your health as it lowers the risk of heart disease and lowers the risk of stroke by 20%.


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Kia Motors (UK) Ltd. is starting the year with an extensive range of offers across its model line-up, from finance deals across many models through to free home charging points and installation for EV and PHEV models. The headline offer is the SUV Event – showcasing Kia's range of SUVs available at Roadside (Garages) Limited in January.
Kia Care-3 is available free of charge for customers looking to purchase a new SUV on orders taken between 1 and 31 January 2018. Models available in the SUV Event include the Stonic, Sorento, Niro and All-New Niro PHEV as well as the Sportage, Soul and Soul EV.
The recently launched Sorento, offering a range of upgrades, has a £2,000 deposit contribution towards PCP. The other models included in the SUV event have deposit allowances starting from £500 up to £3,000 – model dependent. In addition, all are available with competitive finance options throughout the quarter, with 4.9 per cent APR.
Ian Lamont, Sales Manager commented: "We welcome the people of Coleraine in 2018 to discover our excellent and wide range of offers as well as our new and improved Sorento."
The popular Kia Scrappage Scheme is also being extended into 2018. A £2,000 scrappage bonus is available on the All-New Picanto and Rio to motorists who are trading in their previous seven year or older vehicle. The bonus is available at Roadside (Garages) Limited with 4.9 per cent APR finance but is in lieu of all other offers and on retail sales only.
For customers in wanting to 'go green' and buy a Soul EV, Niro PHEV or Optima PHEV, Kia is offering a free home charging point and standard installation at no cost – ensuring that your car is fully charged when you need it.
For customers who cannot decide between the Optima Saloon and the Sportswagon, a free upgrade is available, making both cars the same on-the-road price, starting from only £22,455. Further benefits include 4.9 per cent APR with a £1,000 deposit contribution towards PCP.
Kia Scrappage Scheme: requires the old vehicle to have been registered before 31 March 2011 and owned by the customer for more than three months. The Kia dealer will complete all the paperwork and arrange for the old vehicle to be destroyed through regulated and established channels. The scheme runs until 31 March 2018. There is no additional trade-in value of the car to be scrapped.
January SUV event: Kia's SUV models Soul, Soul EV, Stonic, Niro, Niro PHEV, Sportage and Sorento are being offered with the first three services free-of-charge (Care-3) for orders placed between 1 January 2018 and 31 January 2018, and registered by 31 March 2018.
Kia Care-3:Kia Care- 3 covers the first 3 scheduled services in line with Manufacturers time/mileage recommendations but does not include additional maintenance or repair for wear & tear items such as tyres, brake pads, bulbs, drive belts and fluid top up's between services, etc. Kia Care- 3 covers the cost of the parts, lubricants and labour involved in the first 3 manufacturer scheduled services (36 months or 30,000 miles, whichever milestone is reached sooner). Kia Care- 3 'standard' package is developed for customers covering a maximum annual mileage of 11,000 miles (10,000 miles per annum plus 1,000 miles grace period). Should you purchase a 'standard' package and exceed the 'standard' package mileage certain service components on your car may need replacing - for which your dealer will charge you separately. This includes any additional parts, labour and oils required due to exceeding the mileage. Kia Care- 3 is only applicable to vehicles sold and registered to private retail customers, excluding PCH. Kia Care- 3 is only applicable to parts and lubricants supplied and labour charges in the UK, although Kia Care- 3 may be purchased in respect of vehicles purchased in other parts of the EEC. Servicing conducted under Kia Care- 3 must be carried out in line with the manufacturers time and mileage recommendations. Service due dates are taken form the First Date of Registration of the vehicle. You can arrange for servicing under Kia Care- 3 to be carried out by any Kia Dealer or Authorised Repairer within the UK. Kia Care- 3 does not cover items that require replacement or repair due to excess wear and tear, misuse or a lack of maintenance as described in the owners handbook. Any form of tuning or modification to your vehicle will invalidate Kia Care- 3, without the need for evidence that the tuning or modification has adversely affected your vehicle. Replacement pollen filters are excluded from Kia Care- 3. Replacement pollen filters are to be changed at the owners discretion and cost. Value Added Tax (VAT) at a rate of 20% is included in the purchase price. Top up plans (fourth and fifth services) are only available for cars where a 3 service plan is already in place.
Finance Offers: Deposit contributions are - Picanto up to £750, Rio and cee'd up to £1,500. Stonic, Niro and Niro PHEV - £1,000. Soul - £1,500 and Soul EV - £3,000 (excluding government contribution). New Sorento - £2,000.
Free home charger with installation: All EV's and PHEV's are available with a free-of-charge home charging point and standard installation. Extra charges apply if special arrangements or equipment are needed e.g. supply cable longer than 10m, groundwork or adaptation to consumer unit. Free offer based on installation qualifying for an OLEV Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme grant. Grant only available to UK residents and registrations. Each household is limited to one Homecharge Scheme grant. Customers must provide a proof of keepership of the vehicle, have off-street parking and own the home where the installation is carried out. Please visit www.gov.uk for full grant eligibility information.
Offers available from 1 January to 31 March 2018 for private registrations only – excludes PCH. Full terms and conditions are available at www.kia.com/uk


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For a while, I had this gadget attached to my page (I wrote the PHP program that generates it):
It was a take-off on the comic by Randall Munroe, at the link within the above box. The comic was making fun of the doomsayers who said the world was going to end on December 21, 2012 (or maybe the 20th or 22nd). Anyway, the idea behind the joke was to count down the days to December 22, when everyone would abruptly stop discussing the topic, due to the fact that the world didn't end.
Actually, this isn't the only joke I got out of the Maya calendar thing. I did a "Tip of the Week" at work that introduced the first tool of the upcoming conversion to the Maya calendar: A command that allowed the user to convert to and from the Maya calendar dating system. I wrote this carefully serious but tongue-in-cheek article on how the command would help us and how it was carefully designed to go 9,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 days in the future or something like that. Of course, that article came out ... on April 1, 2012.


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FC: live well, laugh often, love much | 2011
1: "Only love can be divided endlessly, and still not diminish." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
2: "Don't count the years...count the memories."
3: Jaxon Jeffery Lowe
4: Deus Anthony Smith
5: "A baby boy... one of the most beautiful miracles in life, one of the greatest joys we can ever know, and one of the reasons why there is a little extra sunshine, laughter and happiness in your world today." | "Being a parent means never having a minute... yet always making a moment." - Michael Nolan
6: "Don't count the years...count the memories."
7: A little heaven on earth... | Brileigh Faith Nicely
8: Katelynn Lilly Bridges
10: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words | Jayden Leann Smith
11: Cherish The Ones You Love
12: Makyla Jaelyn Bullock
18: How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You! | Live well, laugh often, love much
20: "He holds her hand,She holds his heart."
21: To the world you may be one person, but to me you are the world.


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Originally from Wisconsin, Colleen relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona where she began her real estate career in 1984. As a specialist in project sales and marketing she achieved outstanding success at Desert Highlands, Desert Mountain, and DC Ranch.
In 1999 Colleen moved to Park City Utah to pursue opportunities connected to the emerging major project communities then new to the Park City market. After working with Glenwild (golf community) she went on to Talisker where she focused on the Village at Empire Pass/Deer Valley (ski community). Colleen then became a key member of Promontory (golf/ski community) sales team. In 2007, she joined Summit Sotheby's International Realty as an Associate Broker.
In 2015, Colleen and her husband bought a homesite in St. James's Village in Reno, Nevada. They designed a Prairie style, Frank Lloyd Wright inspired home that they moved into in February 2018. They are full time residents of Nevada and are enjoying life in the Reno/Tahoe area.
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My art has deep roots in the world of whimsy and cartoons so drawing with no figures is a challenge! My hand has a natural tendency to draw an animal in this corner reaching towards another animal or flower just over there. But for the first thirty paintings and drawings of my new series I am not allowing myself to add any recognizable figures to the work.
Why would an artist limit themselves like this?
For me, there are a couple of reasons.
- I like a challenge because it stretches me creatively and that's always a good thing. Discoveries happen and permeate all through the rest of my art and even my life!
- To allow my art to be more attractive to collectors who think my pop art is a slight bit juvenile. Too sweet or silly to hang in their homes. My pop art gets a lot of positive feedback through the various social media platforms I post it on, but sales could be stronger.
Getting Prepared
My art pal, Diane Varney (left) and I hopped on a first class bus to Mexico City. Destination: the annual art expo there. I wanted to immerse myself in the world of contemporary art, to spot trends, follow focus and see how other creatives were envisioning their messaging in the current time. ZonaMaco is Latin America's leading art expo. There were a plethora of galleries there with an abundance of current and recent international contemporary artists. They're working in all manner of media.
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- bold statements that seemed careless or apparently incidental. Paintings with unfinished edges, crappy drawings given beautiful frames and plenty of white wall space. Assemblages that looked worn or, at best, unkempt.
- reverence given to recent local popular artists (Fernando Botero, Leonor Carrington, etc). These are artists whose work I can totally appreciate and find completely accessible. Both worked with drawing, painting and sculpture (lost wax bronzes)
- some of the obsessive work of younger artists (the giant scroll of inter-related drawing unrolled up a 12′ wall of Yanieb Fabre and the collaged paint chip assemblages of a young Guatemalan artist collected from decaying buildings and walls throughout his travels, whose name I can't remember. NOTE: why, of why, did I not just ask him for his business card? I need to get a lot better at that again, lol.
But there were two other major events my partner in adventure and I scoped out as well. Material, another expo, held in a defunct sports stadium that was even more international than MACO. And finally there was ACME, held in a decaying, but styled, 200 year old apartment building and featured the works of truly emerging artists and galleries, again with an international flair.
The exquisite decay of the ACME venue was perfect for the art….
The Influence
The three day adventure also allowed us to spend time at Mexico City's fantastic Art Deco building, Museo del Palacio de Belles Artes. We took in some Diego Rivera murals. We also stopped in at his and Frida Kahlo's co-joined houses where we got a feel for their lives as artists. Diego's studio was wonderful but I was too cheap to pay the extra 30 pesos to be allowed to take photos, sorry.
This art adventure definitely covered the bases and helped kickstart my interest in taking a new approach with my own art. I did this sketch one morning in between the day's major excursions. It is definitely different from my pop art! But there are familiar elements too.
I'm looking forward to seeing where this new work takes me!
If you're interested, too, follow this project on my new Instagram account and Facebook Page.


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Sean Roach
on October 15, 2007, 08:56:30 pm
Here's the way I see it.
A property that is inaccessible is valueless, so land that is inaccessible won't be bought, though attempts may be made at selling it.
Once landowners in general learn that the value of their land is directly proportional to potential buyers ability to get to that land, (and have others over on it,) provisions will be made to enforce accessibility to that land. This may be by contracting a right of way with the neighbors.
On the flip side. A neighbor may try to force a price break, when attempting to expand their own property, by cutting off access to the property in question. So, the second to the end property may decide not to re-up the right-of-way contract, if they're getting ready to try to buy the property at the end of the road anyway.
If a party puts up a pike road, they can maintain it the same way the government does. License plates. You need a license plate on your vehicle to use the road. This isn't, (wasn't initially) intended as an identifier, but rather functions as a tax stamp. Proof you've paid taxes toward the roads upkeep. So, highways would be maintained by charging for use, same as now, and that fee would be backed up by security guards patrolling for people using the roads in manners that break the Terms of Service, (just like now.)
What it could mean is having a bumper full of little tokens that each identify a road, or road contract group, (think airline codeshare, and cell phone roaming ability.)
As for getting the properties, and getting everyone in agreement to sell, set up a condition on which a contract goes through. IF everyone agrees to sell, the buyer buys all of it. If not, the buyer buys none of it.
If there's one hold-out for right of way, that persons neighbors don't get to sell either, (or lease, as the case may be,) and they are sore at their neighbor for spoiling the deal. The neighbor has to live with them. The group hoping to set up a channel, be it for telecommunications, natural gas, or cars, routes around, buying up, or leasing, right of way that doesn't depend on the hold-outs property.
on February 01, 2008, 02:48:46 pm
For the record, since my initial posts on this topic, I've given up the illusion that a private sector monopoly could be any worse than what we have now: increasing costs, often marginal at best service, and no options. Except without tax and regulation and initiation of force to exclude competition. I've also since come up with alternatives for most utilities.
Well water substitutes passably for tap water, and with filtering equipment is indistinguishable from it except that well water is unlikely to be chlorinated and flouridated. In the event well water is not practical or available, even filtered or otherwise purified from a contaminated groundwater source, one option becomes water trucks that deliver to a tank in one's attic. Or even condensers that automatically fill said tank from local humidity. Sure, both of these latter are going to be, chances are, more expensive than having pipes deliver it. But it puts a cap on the potential abuses by any private industry.
For electric, there's solar and/or wind combined with one or another kind of battery storage to make up for times when the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining. As well as using gasoline, diesel, coal, natural gas or propane to run a generator in-house (or at least in-back-yard) rather than centrally. Or any other solutions that present themselves.
Internet and other telecommunications aren't really worth bothering with, since even Somalia is generating good examples of the free market providing this.
Roads were my second to last holdout against pure anarcho-capitalism. While typing this, I had an epiphany how an ez-pass style system could be streamlined under a free market. I have to give some credit to the cellphone roaming comment though for the inspiration. With transponder toll systems under government control, you have to have each individual transponder per toll system you're passing through. The accounts aren't inter-operable, and certainly aren't applied to roads within cities. But, much like cellphones being negotiated into interoperability for roaming purposes, if almost all roads ended up tolled people certainly wouldn't put up with being harassed because they don't have the right account sticker on their bumper. They definitely wouldn't put up with being told to get their twentieth transponder. And chances are they wouldn't put up with traditional tollbooths forcing them to stop every block to pay another few cents' tolls.
So, people would probably opt away from the latter to transponder systems. And with a profusion of transponder systems, there would become a demand for inter-operability. So you could end up with a transponder system for an account you contracted with Roadco, Ohio. But it is in turn contracted on the ISO-54490 transponder standard, trade name Uniwave, Roadco, OH would in turn have probably direct inter-operation contracts with the EZ-Drive, Paylitl, and Roads-Tour-U networks. Since these networks also contract with additional bank accounting systems, they could dynamically and automatically negotiate rate transfer schedules with any un-associated networks out there. So long as the tollway transceiver system is on the same basic standard.
And you might've thought the Confederacy system of civil trial and offset lawsuits sounded complex, heh. Suffice it to say, to the user this system would perform relatively transparently with perhaps an audible or display warning of the rates of the zones they're passing into, and whether they've left the coverage standard zones and need to think about picking up a Paypass chip to operate on the Transicast transponder network standard. Before the local road security company considers aggressive sales techniques or relatively friendly trespassing proceedings.
The second solution, which was my old solution, would divide roads easily into three categories.
The first would be highways, which are dealt with just fine using tolls. And in a completely free market, you could have an "ez-pass dispenser" style unit when someone enters a toll area on a given company's road juristiction in addition to more traditionally flavored toll paying. Said ez-pass type systems could even have an exchange system and contracted network standard system, so that you don't have to have twenty transponders to go on fifty different highways. Companies and people have shown excellent skill in negotiating such things. Easily interoperable with solution one when entering an area that doesn't subscribe to it otherwise.
Business-owned roads and business-negotiated easements would be the second road type. These are roads businesses pay for but don't generally toll charge for because the roads are built in order to facilitate customers being able to reach the stores. In this event, the businesses would simply pass the roads they own/manage off as business overhead, and raise their prices. The added efficiency of not having to maintain a toll network would compensate for the higher prices, especially when combined with the free transit to and from their business on said roads as a selling point to potential customers and even employees. Also inter-operable with the first road solution I gave, as the road would simply not
on a network, and no accounts would be charged. Easiest to figure the "tourist effect" on these roads, since tourist business is the same as native business except maybe with a different issuer's content stamp on the visitor's coins.
Non-business road systems would be the third road type. These would generally be roads either owned by ordinary land owners or easements contracted through their land. This was the only one I really originally had problems figuring on. It would become relatively easy for individual land owners to fall behind on the maintenance of their roads, fall into the same basic pattern we have now where the road system becomes a form of very small government trying to exact taxes from its owners and travellers in order to fund its maintenance, construction, and expansion, or simply result in extortionary easement contract rates if someone has to go ten or more miles out of their way to find an alternate route.
Likely if an area doesn't primarily subscribe to the first solution, there would not be any one solution to this. Some suggestions I have either seen or thought up (and I've been in so many discussions, since this was one of my big hold-outs, that I can't remember whether I thought them up or had them pointed out to me) include the standard of "attaching" one share of stock to each deed, to be bought and sold together with the land in question. This would effectively end up being a tax, since the continual upkeep would demand they contribute to the roads. But they'd vote much like a corporation does now to expand the road system under the company, change the maintenance and/or construction company for it, and such like that. This scenario does not conflict with the first road solution mentioned above, though the "tourist effect" would become a strong influence as visitors would have no way of paying into the system directly, though theoretically they're either visiting someone on the particular road system, or transitting through to another road system. So they're either visiting someone who is paying in, and thus paying for them. Or they're going between two paid highways, and the owners just have to take the cost hit or discourage through traffic.
Another solution is to just try to hope everybody plays nice with the standard of easement contracting through all your neighbors' properties. This has problems of convenience, having to constantly negotiate easements through neighbors' land (their right, but also annoying enough that people use the government to bypass an owner's right to their own property regardless). Also an issue with convenience is that some neighborhoods may become completely isolated simply because "people were driving by making a racket all hours of the day or night" and the owner values peace and quiet more than any easement charge. Also their right, but both these situations amount to the justification for having government come in and hold people at gunpoint to allow passage across their land. Also, charity isn't the strong point of humanity.
But oddly enough, this setup could blend relatively well with the transponder network idea. Essentially, tolls are in function almost indistinguishable from easement contracts. You pay to help support the road in exchange for passage across it, versus a pay per use business. Both could "negotiate" through the same system.
Of course, the free market is a beautiful thing and tends to come up with solutions only their inventors thought of. Maybe we'll end up with flying cars without the FAA looking over our shoulder, and roads as such would become functionally obsolete? Who knows. The only thing for sure is that what people want, they find a way to provide for themselves. Even when it's illegal.
Now, the part that
was my last holdout? Police. Society isn't a very nice place to live if nobody will persue criminals that have targetted those who can't afford a judge, much less a security company. However, I came to think of it this way. If government isn't there to tell people not to posess, people will either form a custom that ends up like probability broach, or because they believe (probably rightfully so, but not from the usual suspects) that they're in danger if they aren't armed. So warlords would have to be insane to poke their hand into such a den of rattlesnakes. Additionally, who has more incentive to defend your liberty, person, and property? Somebody that is essentially paid at the end of the day whether they do it or not, like a policeman? Or somebody who only gets paid if they do their job better than the competition at equivalent rates? In other words, not everybody could individually afford the second division of the Heinlein Corps Mercenary Army, but for $50 a month (or three ounces silver, or whatever) almost everybody could afford Professional Protectives. And they'll have to work to keep your business because you can always go across the street to Brookstone's.
But as mentioned, a society where the "helpless" don't get protection from agression isn't a very fun place to live. It gets dirty and messy and crime-ridden. So above and beyond normal for-profit companies that might directly contract with people, you could have charity security forces. They'd collect donations from the haves, or run other businesses to supply the funds, in order to pay for protection for anybody that actually wants it. And if they slack off and people start getting hurt under their watch, the donations would tend to disappear. Why throw your money down a hole?
The counter-arguments I've seen essentially boils down to either the security company taking over, or warlords amassing an army to overcome defenses. Which are really two versions of the same thing. The problem is government of any form is really just taking warlordism and granting a monopoly on it to a single power that at best promises not to abuse it. At worst, just immediately abuses it with gusto. So, the worst case scenario is we end up with what we got anyway. The best case scenario is it
and we get a society that has more freedom. The only hardship is if we get overt despots while trying to organize it, but the only answer to such tyrants is to defend one's self, one's family, and one's community.
So in summation, I now have more faith that people can innovate solutions to problems than I have that government could ever be made permanently benevolent. And that even if they wouldn't be easier solutions than government in all cases, they would be more ethical.
Sean Roach
on February 01, 2008, 09:17:09 pm
The problem with roads as I see it, or other land-based channels, be they water, electricity, travel, or communication, is you can easily find yourself stuck with a single potential provider. The only way I can see such a system working well is if land is essentially held lightly. If you don't particularly hold your land to be all that valuable, (much like most hold cars,) you are more willing to trade it in for another plot if you can no longer live with your neighbors, (either because they quit letting you drive "across" their property to get to yours, or just because they won't quit playing that loud, obnoxious music at 3:30 in the morning.
If you hold land dearly, either because it's seen as a rare commodity, (as could be the case if everyone has to have a square mile of the same valley somewhere, or any time there's minerals to extract,) or because it's an heirloom, (my own situation,) you find yourself with a weaker bargaining position. Also, loosing becomes much more disturbing.
For the whole thing to work for long periods of time the easement has to be pretty much guaranteed for the property holders. Not maintenance, just right-of-way. NOW. If the guy at the back of the road has a new attraction that he wants to attract people to, he can foot the bill for the maintenance of more than a dirt strip himself. If everyone wants to live on a concrete roadway, they can pitch in, and they'll have the incentive to buy the best they can afford, not just the cheapest that can be delivered over the next year by affirmative-action appropiate companies. Of course, if the property owners DO want to make sure the job is done by the "proper sort", they're free to throw their money away any way they wish.
As for police.
If my neighbor can't, or won't, provide security for his property, and that causes me risk, I'll probably pitch in to provide him with some minimal level of security for my own piece of mind. Of course, if I'm paying for his security, it'll be arranged to best benefit me, and my fellow enrollees, with the benefits going to him being some calculated minimum so he accepts the security rather than locking them out.
If I have a shop, and there isn't a police presence, you can bet I'll pitch in for security for the whole area. Who wants to run a shop where people are afraid to go? A security presence makes everyone safer, and thus encourages business.
If there are people who won't pitch in, in either scenario, they aren't starved out. They're provided the minimum benefit on their neighbors dime, so their neighbors don't suffer. If they hold out for better security, (for free,) they can. If their failure to help shoulder the burden, or even allow the burden to be shouldered, results in losses to their neighbors, (a criminal uses their property to escape, because the cops aren't allowed to cross,) they can be sued for aiding the criminal, treating it as a form of trespass. More likely, though, the criminal will just hit them first. Better odds of getting away, after all.
on February 06, 2008, 12:57:44 am
Regardless, problems are usually given a better solution with private enterprise than a centralized government. There are plenty of instances of government either putting a stopper on solutions and just taxing to pay for it, or outright killing new ideas because they want to manage something. Whatever people end up with, so long as it doesn't involve initiation of force to accomplish, is going to be more ethical if not more convenient than government's "accomplishments". And I'd love to see it, because even the transponder toll system is a little troublesome to get moving.
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