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To explain… I signed up for a brief garde manger class at the community college. Most of my classmates are budding wanna-be chefs; I am the oldest person in the class and apparently the only one taking it strictly for my own amusement.
(Garde manger is fancy foodie-talk for cold food; salads, appetizers, that sort of thing. No, I never knew that until I signed up for this class.)
Last week we learned how to roll sushi. The chef/professor said spam sushi was surprisingly good–and he was right. I don't do seafood in any form, raw or cooked, so I went for the spam, which the chef fried up for our use in a process that involved a lot of uninvited fire. He nearly burned down the kitchen…. In all the excitement I forgot to ask him what he fried it in; but I believe if I do it myself at home, I'll use sesame oil. Good stuff.
My sushi included also cucumber, carrots and avocado slivers–and it's rolled in colorful soy covers instead of that seaweed stuff. Okay, they were a little lopsided… but not bad for a very first attempt ever, and they tasted pretty good.
I do not take credit for the fancy little vegetable garnishes; those were made by our youngest classmate, who is only 13 but loves to cook.
You can look here if you want to see some of the other classroom creations, as well as a picture of our 13 year old budding chef with her own sushi platter. Tomorrow afternoon is the last class, and I expect I'll be posting a few more pictures then.


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Christian Soccer Star Refuses to Wear Rainbow Uniform
Both men's and women's U.S. soccer teams announced they will be wearing rainbow uniforms at their June matches in honor of Gay Pride month. But player Jaelene Hinkle has bowed out of the matches for "personal reasons."
Hinkle is outspoken in her belief that homosexuality and same-sex "marriage" are contrary to God's Word. In response to the Supreme Court's decision in favor of same-sex "marriage" in 2015, Hinkle converted the gay pride logo into a cross and then wrote on Instagram, "I believe with every fiber in my body that what was written 2,000 years ago in the Bible is undoubtedly true. It's not a fictional book. It's not a pick and choose what you want to believe. You either believe it, or you don't. This world may change, but Christ and His Word NEVER will." This was followed up with a post challenging Christians to react to the decision in a way that "through our love, the lost, rejected and abandoned find Christ."
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John Kao: Innovation Nation meets Nonprofit Networks
I really thought this was a good presentation on innovation process and practice. I like how it resonates on personal experience level and how it bumps up against the network design issues and the paradoxes of building network power and performance to create intentional change.
First, the discussion fits well with the type of work I do with partners. It is interesting to see John focus on the conceptual clarity and need to ask and queue up the right questions. Partners often balk at the really important part of the work that is focused on syncing up the network vision and our efforts with the current contexts and realities that are buffering and shaping the context.
Second, this presentation bumps into the system and process questions at the network level. What systems do we have in place that actually DESTROY innovation at scale across groups and in an issue and advocacy network ? How can networks innovate? How can networks be supported in innovation process? I find it interesting that John limits this conversation and thinking (national or organizational level) to centralized planners and individual examples. John provides the right process (everyone knows the process, set of practices that work well, leads to value) but how does it scale to a distributed innovation by a network of allied activists?
How does a movement of 50 years get to a "beginners mind"? How do set process of leaders, foundations, donors and the most accomplished advocates ask new questions and direct the jazz band of change by adopting the Miles Davis "don't say to much" leadership?Thanks to Momentum for posting the videos.


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Understanding, a kind of spiritual touch Text / passes like the United States, everywhere in life there.Understanding the United States, psychologically it belongs to the people of the United States and a high-level thinking.For this beauty, you need to carefully sort of understanding and discovery.Understanding is an expression, emotion is one thing and another thing cherished accumulated clear; understanding is a calling, is a soul with another soul deep into the bone, high mountains of induction; understanding, is everything in the room without reservation inadvertently attracts like, people in groups, the corresponding simultaneous with gas demand; understanding, is a familiar and unfamiliar words, different people have different respective Interpretation.Life, you may find that such a situation: surrounded by a wide variety of friends, they give you the feeling will be various, sometimes you and some friends together, will produce some sort of fatigue, a sense of hardship; and other friends, you will feel very at ease; and some friends, when you get along with them, excited not any tension.Why is this?This is because, indeed there is a kind of magnetic attraction between people like bio - qualities attracted to each other.And understanding, belong to a category of temperament beauty. Understanding is a yearning, a person with another person invariably long and endless silent care; love is a tacit understanding, a silent sense, a spiritual touch, heaven and earth are all understanding fundamental understanding of.Day dry Heaven, for Kun supple.There are only generated a world fit all, there is the evolution of heaven and earth just launched a new century; wonderful day and month in understanding just right.So understanding what is it?Are you already thinking on behalf of the other party will, without the need for too many words to express modification; do not need to disguise and pretending to be in each other's exchanges, we are frankly pending; a heart to heart blend, combination of soul and the soul.With the consensus and understanding, it will be all you know, words and endless.A simple topic may also evolve into the realm of Love and passion, which would give the perception of truth.Clouds and wind show a chic understanding changes.Wind, clouds and more clouds Chung wind only the quiet, the wind was clear and the wind is also concentrated Qingyun life; mountains and water synthesized understanding of static and dynamic unity.Hill reflects its splendor and majesty, the water drips its delicate and touching, water is the mountain of the clock, the mountain is the source of water.In other words, there is no consensus and understanding even give you a fast-paced world, coupled with the vast expanse of the universe, only in exchange for relatively silent embarrassment.As the saying goes '酒逢知己千杯少, 话不投机半句多'. Understanding of the essence of life and fit life, not two exchanges and conflicts of life, even long brought together, there will be no passion and spark.Meet, a fate acquaintance, a friend tacit.Let's meet understanding, let us know happiness, for this is a fate, for this is a tacit understanding, in order that a measure of happiness, we should cherish this short and get along with brief happiness, regret not to let the memories recalled full of good.Only a real life encounter with another life, and realized that one kind bud, a concept, woken up the sleeping consciousness, thoughts were turned the dust.Like a key to open a lock of a crash course, repressed thoughts and feelings in mind for a long time, suddenly emerged, quickly fit with another life.No need to shiver hug, there was no need shy kiss, you understand my Qinyun, I read your eyes, the two share undercurrent of silent blend, hotter than the big Jiang Tao Chung, much better than the ravine Orchids intoxicating.From then on, your life only highlights the beauty and passion, rich and splendid. So long-term coexistence between friends, it is because of this interdependence between mind and understanding.But understanding is due to understand themselves and understand each other, miss each other, mutual care and love each other, and this is the most rare earth emotional comfort, is among the most difficult to let go of the truth friend.Some people say, prone to mental harmony and understanding between people in love gracious.Indeed heterosexual, in particular between harmony and understanding who love, does have its particularity.Life, the degree of gracious love between men and women can really determine the degree of harmony.Be gracious love is instinctive, but it is not clear and permanent, so only the "Fortress Besieged" is said outside the city.Do not you see, some young people when love seems like a curious coincidence, others already see a problem where, but they place in them, but why are blinded by love, at one time also had a completely interactive harmony.Both sides feel the other is his the only, or even the life of the system.But after the heat, of which there are a lot of people suddenly wake up, feel each other was not her true love, even for themselves that there had been harmonious and contrite endless points. Tacit premise is harmony, harmony is a prerequisite for understanding, harmony and understanding are achieved depends on perception, we have to rely on the mind of the anastomosis.If there is no mutual understanding, there is no best way to communicate, if not very high and savvy necessary to pay, will not feel that unique harmony and understanding.The poet said that understanding itself is a beautiful, natural understanding of the formal beauty of endless show, men and women of the United States has demonstrated understanding of human nature very beautiful, but a friend of understanding is an extension of the most beautiful human emotions.Understanding is a great pleasure, a real understanding implies a truly great, especially the understanding can produce particularly pleasant feeling.Sometimes an unspoken gaze or smile, to achieve understanding between people of the realm of each other, work together to create all sorts of wonderful and beautiful space.For example, a friend gently punch shoulder when you meet, when parting lovers that the grip was.There was a silent encouragement when distressed, knowing that success Ningzhu, when the pain was listening to the concerns of these warm feelings will be assured long memories in people's hearts.Is a kind of tacit sense, is flashing when the two hit each other magnificent spark of life, is nature's most magical and wonderful phenomenon.In a sense, we see this more harmonious world, comes from mutual understanding between all things, just as the moon and the sky runs, the Rivers to the earth, in the evening accompanied by the setting sun, shining glow of morning dew; like on the night of the fire, in the whisper Ziyan, spring is to the spring Bud, in the mountains of cloud-lan.Psychologists say that understanding heart is one of the best convention without having to transfer words can express their minds, no intention to guide can also be knowing each other.Is a tacit understanding beyond the thinking mind, which often make people realize that a lot of beautiful things, to feel themselves fully in the moment, even beyond the understanding of their own.In today's pace of life is full of modern world, people are very understanding of the need! While it is not the same as the relationship between positioning, but in the long life and exchanges of people can be seen, one thing is common, that is what people in harmony to produce a tacit premise and key.People reach some kind of understanding, it will communicate with the spiritual world.Reach some kind of understanding between man and nature, will create harmony between man and nature.People and society to reach some kind of understanding, it will be a fluid order form.Understanding is a yearning, a person with another person coincidentally, long-term care endless silent; tacit understanding is an art, a creative to another creative God looks consistent, seamless realm; understanding, everything without an appointment coincides between casual.Perhaps true understanding already no reason, as if to ask a cactus, and why we seek to grow in the desert is not rooted in the fertile soil; like to ask a rose, is a gift of the people after picking people also how can still charming in a vase.My friends, we have to find understanding, work together to create a magical and beautiful world space bar!
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We must find new ways through many ethical issues, especially regarding bioethics, medical ethics, and criminal justice. Jack Sisson's 'Life Ethics' blog focuses on numerous areas of concern, including the philosophical and ethical dilemmas surrounding stem-cell research, abortion, medical research, and health care.
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Does Media Mislead on Embryonic Stem Cell Research?
In a recent Ezine article, Yvonne Perry, the owner of Write On! Creative Writing Services based in Nashville, Tennessee, accuses the media of giving "the public some misleading and non-factual information about embryonic stem cell research." To futher make her point, Yvonne is "writing a book titled Right to Recover: Winning The Political And Religious Wars Over Stem Cell Research In America. It presents a reasoned voice that will challenge the misinformation, educate people with facts to help secure federal funds for embryonic stem cell research."
To read more about what Yvonne has to say about embryonic stem-cell research, and to get information on her upcoming book, check out this site.
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Divergence and convergence
Neuroptera - commonly known as lacewings - are a small but diverse order of insects. They range in size from tiny (wingspan 5mm) to very large (over 150mm). Today, we saw for the first time one of the larger and most spectacular lacewing species, Periclystus circuiter.
When resting, Periclystus hides its magnificence very effectively. It is so well camouflaged that, from a distance, Kerri mistook it for a strangely-shaped twig or a bird dropping.
It was only when it fluttered away after she thrust out an exploratory hand that she realised what it was. Like most (but not all) lacewings, Periclystus is a slow, clumsy flyer. It apparently depends on camouflage rather than flight to avoid predators. We were easily able to trap it and take it inside for closer investigation. Flash photographs, taken as it fluttered inside a plastic box and then landed on our screen door revealed its 70mm wide wings in their full glory.
This is the second lacewing we've sighted this week. But we only realised that after revisiting our images of the first. This is the beast in question.
Based on its forelegs we had called this a praying mantis. You will perhaps excuse our mistake if you compare the image above to that below of a nymph of Orthodera ministralis, the Australian Green Mantis.
But a more careful look at our mantid imposter would have revealed its true identity. Its wings show the characteristic lacewing branching pattern. This is in fact Campion sp., a member of the lacewing family Mantispidae, named after the insects they mimic.
This is a nice example of convergence - the independent evolution of a similar trait, in this case forelimbs that can be rapidly extended to catch prey, in two groups of organisms. Lacewings and mantids are not closely related insects and only one group of lacewings possesses the mantid style of forelimbs. Convergence is the counterpoint to divergence - illustrated by the differences in the form of the two related insects Campion and Periclystus.


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I have been fascinated by smart speakers and conversational interfaces ever since I spoke to my first Echo. It reminds me of the first time I browsed the web or used a native iPhone app. It feels like a completely new medium, with its own set of strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities. And like any new technology, there is a lot of attention being paid and pixels being typed towards new ideas and bold predictions. To help frame my own thinking and avoid the trap of 'technology looking for a problem to solve', I have created a set of use case parameters. These are based on how voice is actually being used by people, rather than starting with technical product specs.
So how are people using voice?
It is staggering how quickly voice is being adopted, as close to 10% of North American households now own a smart speaker. Drivers for growth include a low-price point, ease of access and usage, strong word-of-mouth, and familiarity with voice search on smartphone—50% of all searches by 2020 will be voice (comScore, 2017). The reasons people want a smart speaker include listening to music, asking questions without typing, listening to news and information, and making it easier to do things (Edison Research, 2017). Most importantly, current owners are largely satisfied as 50% say they use it more now than they did during their first month of ownership, and 63% plan to purchase another (AnswerLab, 2017). So smart speakers are being adopted, owners are pleased, and usage is expected to increase—what types of use cases make the most sense for voice?
1. When it is difficult to use your hands
Let's start with the most obvious. There are certain situations where it is not possible or practical to use your hands to access a smartphone, such as when you are cooking, driving, or multi-tasking. Voice is a natural channel to help serve people in these environments and situations.
Focus on contexts where smartphones are not accessible: 64% of smart speaker owners are interested in having the technology in their car (comScore, 2017).
2. When it is easier than using a mobile app
There are certain types of tasks that are typically completed through a mobile app which can be made more convenient through voice, such as converting measurement amounts or playing a specific song. Voice commands can help simplify some complex interactions and take away multiple screens that a mobile app may require for the same function.
Focus on specific moments of need: "brands need to find their own raw chicken on the hands moments where they make a task 10X easier via Alexa" (via Econsultancy).
3. When the need frequently and regularly arises
There are certain repetitive needs that people regularly encounter which often are part (or become part) of their regular routines, such as checking local news and traffic for commuting. Popular voice applications today include Flash Briefings and real-time content– such as traffic, weather, and news – that people look for to start every day.
Focus on recurring daily or weekly needs: 72% of people who own a voice-activated speaker say that their devices are often used as part of their daily routine (Google, 2017).
4. When the need is clear and easy to express
There are many situations where a query or task is very clear and simple to communicate through natural language, such as setting a reminder or adding something to a shopping list. Voice users are frustrated when devices do not understand their queries, so topics that are more nuanced and discussed using various taxonomies do not work as well as conventional queries.
Focus on needs that people can easily communicate: 70% of requests to the Google Assistant are expressed in natural language, not typical keywords used for web search (Google, 2017).
5. When the required input is simple
There are certain types of questions and tasks that do not require much input from people, such as when you are setting a timer or asking for the local weather forecast. Voice interactions do not work well when a user is required to provide more than one data input, such as completing multiple fields in a form.
Focus on requiring the minimal amount of input necessary to complete a task: 59% of people who do not own a smart speaker feel that the devices are intrusive and seek too much personal information (Capgemini, 2017).
6. When the desired output is simple
There are certain types of questions or tasks where people are looking for a single answer or action rather than options or details, such as when you are looking for a movie time at a specific theatre. Voice users typically do not expect to spend much time during a single interaction and are not taking down notes from a voice-delivered response.
Focus on needs where a 'single best answer' is acceptable: 45% of voice-speaker owners report that they do not make purchases through the device because they cannot see product details (comScore, 2017).
7. When it is socially acceptable and additive
There are certain situations where an activity or answer might add to a conversation or group setting, such as accessing a trivia game or finding an answer to a question that may resolve a friendly debate. People are hesitant to share potentially embarrassing questions or information in a social setting and may not trust smart speakers with keeping information secure.
Focus on use cases that do not require personally-sensitive information: 89% of voice-speaker users agree that they are comfortable talking to a voice assistant when they are alone vs. 47% comfortable in a social setting (Capgemini, 2017).
8. When the need involves a specific location
There are certain queries or tasks that are specific to different rooms in a person's house, such as scheduling a morning alarm in the bedroom and controlling the thermostat in a living room. Voice applications may be designed to the specific needs associated with different rooms, as evidenced by the popularity of recipes being used via smart speakers placed in kitchens.
Focus on use cases that may arise in popular speaker locations: 21% of owners of smart speakers have the devices in their kitchen, and 19% have the devices in their master bedroom (Edison Research, 2017).
9. When it involves quick status updates
There are certain instances where a person may be interested in accessing a quick and current update, such as when a package will be delivered or when a person is expected to arrive home. Voice is more natural channel to receive an update, rather than browsing for a product or completing a new transaction that involves product photos and credit card payment.
Focus on servicing over transactions: 49% of customers would like to interact with smart speakers to check delivery status vs. 35% making a purchase (Capgemini, 2017).
10. When a digital service already exists
There are a number of digital services that people frequently use through multiple access points including browser and mobile app that present new use cases, such as streaming audio, wearable fitness devices, and ride-sharing. Voice applications have gained traction where people have a relationship with an existing digital service, particularly smart home devices and audio content subscriptions.
Focus on combining voice with screens and other access points: 65% of owners of smart speakers listen to more music, 28% listen to more news, and 20% listen to more podcasts (Edison Research, 2017).


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Welcome to our asset management marketing focus
This week's edition brings you the latest megatrends, an investment world LGBT+ campaign, a cryptocurrency U-turn and Tinder for private banking.
Movers & Shakers
Katherine Haesaerts
Is now ➜ Sales Director Belgium at Columbia Threadneedle Investments EMEA APAC
Was: Sales Director BeNeLux & Scandinavia at La Financière de l'Echiquier
Thomas Kaelin
Is now ➜ Senior Client Relationship Manager at Candriam
Was: Client Director at GAM
Jeff Masom
Is now ➜ Global Head of Institutional Distribution at RBC
Was: Senior Management Director, Head of US Sales at Legg Mason
Kurtosys expresses their best wishes to all starting in their new positions.
Funds in Focus: BlackRock
2018: It's the final quarter. Not quite, and also not quite the lyrics from Europe's megahit. But speaking of 'mega', a lot of buzz can be generated around this time of year in relation to what next year's 'megatrends' may be, and over at BlackRock HQ, this certainly seems to be what their fund managers are looking towards.
Such that the asset management giant has rolled out three new actively-managed equity funds that are centred on so-called social and technological megatrends, which are as follows: BGF Future of Transport Fund – managed by Alastair Bishop, Charles Liford and Hannag Gray; BGF Next Generation Technology Fund – managed by Tony Kim; and BGF Fintech Fund – managed by Vasco Moreno.
These strategies will look to give exposure to businesses and countries offering advancements in urbanisation, economic power, financial technology, climate change and technological breakthroughs in AI and robotics.
And whilst these three new funds round off a suite of products that has already begun with the BGF New Energy Fund, there doesn't seem to be anything stopping the firm's barrage of product unveilings. In keeping with their $4.4 billion ETF range is the rollout of the iShares Digital Security UCITS ETF, looking to identify growth potential in digital security and IoT, tracking the STOXX Global Digital Security Index.
Co-CIO of BlackRock's Active Equity Platform, Nigel Bolton, had this to say about the suite:
"Identifying the potential for change is a key driver of investment decision-making, and, as these megatrends continue to shape the world, there is extraordinary opportunity for investors to build portfolios to catch the tailwinds of these changes."
There you have it, an initial foray into the future's megatrends. You can also check out a video all about BlackRock's energy-related strategy and the new Transport Fund from the company's CIO of natural resources Evy Hambro at the Citywire link below.
Further information: Institutional Asset Manager | Investment Week | Citywire Selector
CEO in Focus: Emmanuel Roman
It's the spotlight on industry stalwart Emmanuel Roman this week, currently the CEO of Pimco as of 2016, as an interview with the Frenchman was broadcast recently on Yahoo! Finance.
Financial News has also broken down a lot of the highlights from the talk with Goldman Sachs' almost-CEO David Solomon (aka DJ D-Sol), first talking about Roman's initial foray into finance (at Goldman, coincidentally), and culminating in Pimco's visions for the future.
Amongst the duo's mutual love of wine and the fact that Roman has never driven a car in his life, are talks about exactly what these CEOs believe will be the outlook for asset management in ten years' time – a whole portfolio available "in just two clicks", the company's extremely active role in expanding its technological expertise worldwide, and why client servicing is his ultimate passion, alongside his phenomenally astute wine collection.
It's an informative chat delivered in a well-humoured interview style from two industry heavyweights, and is well worth a worth; check it out!
Further information: FN London | Yahoo! Finance
Important Reports: UKs Annual Checkup
It's been a big week for the UK's Investment Association, but more on its other news later.
For now though, take a peek at the IA's annual enquiry into the state of asset management in the UK right here. Every year, the organisation conducts a survey to provide a detailed overview of our favourite financial sector in the country in which it is based, considered the world's leading financial centre and the second-in-command in asset management, just behind the US.
The survey for this year (its sixteenth edition) gathered responses from 70 member firms of the Investment Association, which it identifies accounts for around £6.5 trillion AUM in the country, around 84% of the total AUM by the IA's membership firms.
The whole report is a pretty hefty, however it is split into six very specific sections looking at such issues as:
- The position of UK AM worldwide
- Patterns of M&A industry-wide
- Regulatory hurdles (MiFID II, specifically)
- Asset allocation
- Trends in fund distribution
- The retail fund and institutional markets
- Operations, employment and boutiques
It's a big-time operation in itself, but should serve as a handy guidebook for the asset management framework fanatics for this year's end and the upcoming year, too.
Regulatory Matters: An Imminent Exit?
All UK news watchers will feel inundated with images of Theresa May's addressing of important Brexit issues this week, and the efforts of chief negotiators in Salzburg and abroad. Yet, that may still provide relief from Theresa's awkward dance moves that we've been graced with recently.
The point is that this week has seen a peak in Brexit coverage on the news, and therefore the asset management's continual speculation on the topic can over not be overlooked or ignored. We recruited the regulatory expertise of Tim Cooper for our most recent white paper, entitled
How Asset Managers are preparing for Brexit
The restrictions imposed by a drift away from EU regulations prove pivotal to a change in state for the asset management industry here in the UK, as Brexit enactment remains extremely close. Tim looks at how the industry has prepared itself, looking into the 'equivalence' argument, passporting arrangements, contingency plans to lower presence in Britain, and he delves into the specific movements from various leading firms looking to move away or at least set up organisational sub-sections on the continent, or in Dublin, for instance.
It's an incremental time for Britain's FSI in regulatory terms, and it's well worth knowing the ins-and-outs, which seems a perfectly apt term for how the landscape is looking.
Crypto News: The U-Turn
Going back on their own opinion this week is Julius Baer Group.
As one of the oldest banking institutions from Switzerland, the news of the firm becoming an issuer for a cryptocurrency product is already strange, yet it seems even the more alien considering their staunch criticism of crypto-assets in late 2017. As seen from the tweet below, housing a blog post about staying away from Bitcoin, they weren't fans:
Why you should stay away from #Bitcoin and other #CryptoCurrencies. Read our interview with Next Generation analyst Alberto Perucchini #BlockChain https://t.co/ZE1RTT1vsW pic.twitter.com/kUkXR1AhE8
— Julius Baer (@juliusbaer) December 21, 2017
It has been reported by Finance Magnates that Julius Baer is now looking to issue up to 20,000 products, becoming the largest asset manager to announce their fandom of cryptocurrencies. It has already announced an issue date of 30th October, with an issue price of $1,000.
One of the biggest U-Turns in the fund space? Likely.
There are those that still really aren't that compassionate towards crypto, as we return to the opinion of a returning opinion series: FT Alphaville' ICOmedy. Interestingly, you can check out the 22nd report of the House of Commons Treasury Committee report on digital currencies here, and what follows on the FT blog is a fairly brutal comb-through to highlight their limitations.
Whatever your view on crypto, there's enough information in there to make your own decisions, besides the fairly entertaining anti-celebratory article.
Industry Insights: Equality Continues
In our second look at activities in the Investment Association camp, this week also saw the showcasing of the organisation's new board members, which in turn brought its female board representation up from 20% to 40%.
The four new Directors are Caroline Connellan, Michelle Scrimgeour, Hanneke Smits and Dan Watkins. This particular update is welcomed after much criticism of the lack of gender diversity on the boards of financial institutions. CEO of the Investment Association Chris Cummings had this to say:
"The Board of Directors sits at the heart of the IA and it is essential that we have a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives around the table. We know that firms with diverse management teams make better decisions, so I am particularly pleased that we have been able to increase the diversity of our Board with these four new appointments."
Great work, IA!
The FSI's further diversity efforts have not gone unnoticed, and also excellent is a new campaign from one of the industry's main LGBT groups: LGBT Great.
Launching its #hereiam campaign, LGBT Great – which strives for further inclusion of diversity specifically within the investment space – is looking for around 1,000 individuals to become peers and role models for the organisation.
The campaign is able to follow on Twitter using the hashtag, and below is the promotional video featuring excerpts from industry heads as to why they became role models for LGBT Great's cause.
And finally…
…albeit not quite as outwardly dating-app-esque as first assumed, there's been an interesting app release that certainly shares similarities with such phenomena as Tinder and Bumble.
New to Umpqua Bank is Go-To, an app which allows users to swipe left or right to personal bankers depending on their faces and profiles, including location, expertise, and professional background.
Following a successful trial, and certainly given the kudos of apps in the modern dating world, is Tinder the future of digital banking?
Elsewhere, if you're ever in need of a financial chuckle this Friday, Investment News has got you covered with a countdown list of the top 9 financial advisory jokes, covering some sardonic retirement funnies, Biblical references and a classic 'stranded on a desert island' number. Why can't advisors have fun, anyway?
That's all for this week, but be sure to check back soon for more asset management marketing highlights and fintech snippets from Kurtosys.
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The big announcement at Dreamforce 2016 was undoubtably Einstein. Based on a number of acquisitions and internal development, Einstein is Salesforce's first productisation (yes, that's an awful word) of AI technologies. The technical components are covered in a previous post here.
A few components have been liberally mixed with flour, eggs and butter and are baked into the product offering as Salesforce Einstein. There's a lot of Trailhead on the subject and the Salesforce homepage has some nice videos with music that Shazam didn't recognise. Yes, I Shazamed the music to a Salesforce marketing video. Feel free to stop reading now.
The meat and gravy of Einstein is mainly in Sales Cloud which is covered here.
Einstein Activity Capture
Using the argument that salespeople spend too much time on admin and not enough time on selling, activity capture provides functionality that connects Office 365 and Google mail accounts to Salesforce to help relieve that chore. I have to say that I always find the excuse that salespeople spend too much time on admin a particularly weak one as I'm firmly in the camp that admin means a salesperson is well organised. Activity capture then captures relevant emails, appointments and tasks against Salesforce records so the salesperson doesn't have to. There's control over what's added within either the mail client or Salesforce to ensure sensitive or secure (or irrelevant) content isn't automatically added. Reporting then shows stats on tasks, meetings and contacts to see who's most active against their accounts.
Einstein Automated Contacts
Based on email and activity data, Einstein Automated Contacts will either automatically add contacts into Salesforce or ask the user if suggested contacts should be added. List views will allow you to view which contacts have been added by Einstein.
Einstein Lead Scoring
Many Salesforce users add formulas to their leads based on criteria such as job title, location, industry, etc which produces a score that can be used to rank leads. In many Einstein does exactly this. The obvious question therefore springs to mind - why pay for new functionality that a simple formula can solve? The major difference is Einstein's ability to adjust it's lead scoring based on historical data. We think we know which leads are more likely to convert but how often do we perform any kind of analysis to check we're correct? The answer is not often. Based on analysis of historical trends Einstein will automatically adjust it's lead scoring to match the characteristics of leads you're closing rather then the leads you think you're closing.
Einstein Opportunity Insights
In common with Lead Scoring, Opportunity Insights use historical data to help you take appropriate actions at the correct time. There are 3 types of Opportunity Insights;
- Deal predictions. Based on historical activities deal predictions will tell you if an opportunity may/may not close.
- Follow-up Reminders monitor communications between your sales team and their opportunity contacts to let you know there's been no communication or a contact hasn't responded to specific communication.
- Key Moments monitor events within communications such as a contact using a competitor's name in an email.
Einstein Account Insights
I have to admit that I generally remove the newsfeed from the Lightning Homepage. I, nor my customers, tend to find it specific enough to be of much value. That said, multiple Google alerts on customer accounts are generally ignored as more spam email. Account Insights aims to provide more specific and targeted newsfeed data about your accounts from either the homepage in an easily shareable way via email or Chatter. The AI component of Account Insights is the ability to pick keywords from email and provide timely information based on real events that could materially affect an opportunity such as merger and acquisitions. The example of the customer mentioning a competitor means news about that competitor gets posted to the Insights. This makes to easier to have meaningful engagements with customers as your team is better informed on timely information that could impact an opportunity.
It's all about data
It's got to me said that AI requires lots of data. It's hard to make predictions across limited data sets because there's simply not enough to go on. Humans can't do this effectively so why could code? Average AI algorithms across large datasets will probably do a better job that great AI algorithms across limited datasets so please think about how much data you generate before investing in Sales Cloud Einstein. The functions are an add-on to Sales Cloud functionality with a price premium of $50/user/month (I don't have GBP pricing).
For those who want to wait and see how this evolves, there's also a possibility of a trickle effect of the functionality being added into standard capability over time, especially as competitors start to develop similar capabilities. There's nothing better than a competitive market to deliver value to the customer and the CRM market is pretty hot right now so patience may be rewarded, although not at the expense of competitive advantage when the competitor down the street is killing you due to harnessing the benefits of AI.


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TWO Birmingham taxi drivers have invented a pioneering home security device that uses any would-be intruder's own strength against them.
The DoorDefender, developed by Kinghurst taxi drivers Ernie Griffin and Bill Whelan, fits to the hinge side of a door frame and cannot be broken or snapped like a conventional door chain.
Developed with the support of Advantage West Midlands' Innovation Networks programme, the device allows residents to check callers' identification.
But if the door is pushed or kicked from the outside, the DoorDefender will snap shut, using the aggressor's strength to close the door.
Mr Griffin said: "The idea first came about a few years back. Me and Bill read about a doorstep attack on an elderly woman and there was a pretty terrible photograph of the beating she'd taken.
"I used to be an engineer and decided to see if I could come up with a better way of stopping intruders than simply the traditional security chain which is only as strong as the fittings around the door."
He added: "The idea I eventually came up with was to have the device on the hinge-side of the door so it braces the door against forced entry.
"The way it works is by absorbing the force of anybody pushing from the outside and literally striking back at the intruder meaning you keep your security."


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Dear Clarkston Community Schools Families,
If you read the papers or scan social media you've probably noticed that many of our students are making names for themselves at the state and national level through their extraordinary accomplishments. We love seeing our students chase their dreams and we're proud of their success!
We also realize that for most of our students, success comes in smaller, sometimes less noticeable ways everyday. It can become easy for kids to compare themselves with others and wonder how they measure up. It seems everyone is earning a scholarship, everyone is singing at Carnegie Hall with the choir, everyone is winning a state championship in a sport, everyone is competing in a national or global competition, everyone is winning.
But we must remind our kids that if everyone was winning all day, everyday, these accomplishments wouldn't be "extraordinary." The reason the big wins make the news is because these milestone moments don't happen everyday, and they don't happen to everyone. (I'm fairly certain I'll never step foot on the Carnegie Hall stage in my lifetime, and I am OK with that.)
Wherever your child is in his or her life right now, it's OK. Failures are opportunities for growth. Triumphs, even the small ones, are worth noticing and celebrating.
I wish I could high-five every student who did something they're proud of today. I can't, but I want you to know that my conversations with faculty and staff always center on making connections, and seeing the "invisible" kids. Relationships are critical if we want to impress upon our students that their victories and struggles are worthwhile, and that their very existence is worthwhile.
As we head off into our Spring Break today, I hope you're able to take some time to invest in your relationship with your child. If you're headed out of town on a trip, tuck away the devices and start a conversation with your kids. Ask them about their lives. What are they proud of? What are they worried about? What are they excited about?
I'll also be stepping away from the office next week to reconnect with my family, and reinvigorate the relationships that mean the most to me (and I can't wait)!
I wish you all a safe, family-focused, fun week away from school, and I look forward to seeing your students back in class on Monday, April 9.
Shawn Ryan
Interim Superintendent
Reminder: all schools are closed Friday, March 30 through Friday, April 6.
About Clarkston Community Schools: Clarkston is a highly regarded school district with an enrollment of nearly 8,000 students. We have seven elementary schools (K-5), one middle school serving grades 6-7, one junior high for grades 8-9, and Clarkston High School, which serves students in grades 10-12. We also have an Early Childhood Center serving children ages 3-5, and an alternative high school/community education facility. Each Clarkston Community Schools' student is fully engaged in a globally focused education, from preschool through graduation, that fosters in students a sense of self, perspective, responsibility/ownership, and contribution. The mission of Clarkston Community Schools is to cultivate thinkers, learners and positive contributors to a global society.
Read more Clarkston Community Schools News at www.clarkston.k12.mi.us/news.
Media Contact: Mary Ellen Rowe, Marketing Director (248) 623-5460.


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With the proliferation of laptop computer computers, choosing to improve or implement pocket book computer memory isn't as straight ahead as it may seem at first. Warranties for flash reminiscence, stable state drives, exhausting drives and other accessories fluctuate up to 5 years. Prolong the life of your pc instead of changing it by upgrading your memory, and take full advantage of your LAPTOP's multimedia capabilities- for example, storing music and picture information.
SO-DIMMS are sometimes utilized in systems which have area restrictions reminiscent of notebooks, small footprint PCs equivalent to those with a Mini-ITX motherboard and high-end upgradable workplace printers. To find steps to your specific laptop, enter your laptop mannequin quantity and substitute reminiscence into the search subject on the top of this window.
Here's learn how to upgrade your laptop computer's memory. You will get an much more detailed view by clicking on the "Open Useful resource Monitor" choice at the bottom of the Process Supervisor window and navigating to the Reminiscence tab. Take away the brand new reminiscence module and clean the groove within the socket that the module sits in. Whereas carrying security glasses, use a can of compressed air with a straw-sort extender to scrub out any mud or particles within the grove.
Essential Expertise is one memory store that offers this technique and in addition ensures that your ram will probably be correct using this device. Over time RamCity has collated lots of details about how you can upgrade laptop programs. Save Reminiscence (RAM) to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed.
On the Storage tab, you'll see the quantity of installed reminiscence listed within the lower right facet of the box, just below the details about your LAPTOP's processor. Upgrading or adding extra RAM to your desktop computer can give it a a lot needed efficiency increase.


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Three Sheer Bases/
I've written (probably extensively, by now) how much I love a good, light coverage base. My preferred method of base makeup is to use a light coverage all over, and then go in with concealer where I need it. I just like how this keeps my skin looking natural, and as I have quite dry skin, this keeps everything from going cakey and keeps it dewy.
MAC Next to Nothing Face Colour | This is the newest of the three I'm going to mention, and it's a new favorite for sure. It's meant to provide a sheer wash of color that gently evens out the skintone. It's a rather balmy consistency that beautifully melts in to the skin. It leaves quite a glossy, almost wet look without feeling super tacky or transferring. I've found it applies best with a beautyblender, although MAC did come out with a specific brush that I haven't tried. I hadn't tried a MAC foundation before, but I'm so impressed with this one. Bottom line - if you're looking for a sheer base that'll leave you with an almost editorial glossy (but not greasy) look, then this is for you.
Glossier Perfecting Skin Tint (20% off here) | I just had to mention this one - it's probably my number one favorite base ever. It's super versatile, as it's a little bit buildable and also mixes with higher-coverage bases beautifully. I think I've heard this referred to as "Spanx for your face" somewhere, and it really does seem to firm and subtly lift the skin. It's definitely good skin in a bottle. It doesn't cover blemishes at all really, but it somehow still makes them look better. It's just like adding a nice blurring effect to your face, without the FaceTune. It leaves a lovely dewy finish that lasts a decent amount of time on me.
L'Oreal True Match Lumi Cushion | I've tried several cushion foundations now, and this one is definitely my favorite (as well as the most affordable). It's quick and easy to apply on the go, and again, it leaves the skin looking glowy and almost juicy. This one lasts the longest of the three on me, and it never cakes up. It layers well up to almost medium coverage, I'd say, and there's a good amount of shades to choose from, especially for a drugstore product. I'd say this is more for normal to dry skin, but if you're looking for an affordable cushion foundation for more oily skin I'd recommend the Maybelline one - my sister swears by it.
What's your favorite sheer base product?


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PTCL has upgrade all DSL 1MB (Including 1MB Student Packages) and 2MB connections in to 4MB to provide best and fastest DSL services for their customers without any additional charges. It is applied immediately.
This upgrade is for a particular period, but PTCL has not announced the Last date yet. So that users are unable to know how long this special offer will be applied, and when their bill charges automatically added 4 MB package will.
As the date of live auction of 3G and 4G is approaching PTCL's anxiety is going to grow. PTCL is try to make their service better and faster, more and more to attract maximum numbers of customers.


text: Print Departments and specialties Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery. Departments that treat this condition Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors who treat this condition edit search filters Close Narrow your search By location Jacksonville, FL Rochester, MN Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ By last name A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Reset all filters Displaying 1-3 out of 3 doctors available Jeffrey L. Cornella, M.D. Gynecologist Urogynecologist Phoenix, AZ Areas of focus: Reconstructive surgery, Robotic surgery, Urinary incontinence surgery, Pelvic organ prolapse, Rectocele, Urinary incontinence more see full list in profile Daniel S. Elliott, M.D. Urologist Rochester, MN Areas of focus: Artificial urinary sphincter implantation, Urinary incontinence surgery, Fistula, Pelvic organ prolapse, Rectocele, Urinary incontinence, Voiding dysfunction more see full list in profile Paul D. Pettit, M.D. Gynecologist Urogynecologist Jacksonville, FL Areas of focus: Artificial urinary sphincter implantation, Biofeedback, Laparoscopic surgery, Robotic surgery, Vaginal hysterectomy, Vaginal repair, Cystocele, Enterocele, Fecal incontinence, Fistula, Overactive bladder, Pelvic organ prolapse, Rectocele, Urethral diverticulum, Urinary incontinence more see full list in profile ResearchMayo Clinic researchers are studying improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of posterior vaginal prolapse. PublicationsSee a list of publications by Mayo Clinic authors on posterior vaginal prolapse and pelvic organ prolapse on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine. Research Profiles Narrow your search By location Arizona Florida Minnesota View all View all • All Locations Cornella, Jeffrey L. M.D. Arizona Elliott, Daniel S. M.D. Minnesota Gebhart, John B. M.D. Minnesota Lightner, Deborah J. M.D. Minnesota Occhino, John A. M.D., M.S. Minnesota Trabuco, Emanuel C. M.D. Minnesota By Mayo Clinic Staff Posterior vaginal prolapse (rectocele) care at Mayo Clinic Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Diagnosis & treatmentCare at Mayo Clinic March 08, 2018 Print Share on: FacebookTwitter Related MRI NuvaRing (vaginal ring) Pelvic exam Posterior prolapse (rectocele) X-ray Show more related content Products & Services Newsletter: Mayo Clinic Health Letter Posterior vaginal prolapse (rectocele)Symptoms & causesDiagnosis & treatmentDoctors & departmentsCare at Mayo Clinic Research: It's All About Patients CON-20314570 Patient Care & Health Information Diseases & Conditions Posterior vaginal prolapse (rectocele)


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You may notice that the blog's banner has changed once again. I've been thinking about this blogs purpose, what it's about, where it's going and so on for the majority of my day's recently. When my new polka dot top from Indie Queen (full post coming soon) came in I was inspired by all things New York. The dark edge of the city, the inspiring and majestic hope of the skyscrapers, the massive opportunity that New York's essence brings. I want this blog to represent that feeling of hope, creative imagination, professionalism, and uniqueness that I feel about New York. I hope you all like the new banner and as much as I wish I could promise it's not going to change again sadly like my mood it will most likely fluctuate. But as this posts title states so eloquently, patience is a virtue and your patience is greatly appreciated.
Now for your patience I give you some eye candy and summer love. All photos were found over the years and I took them to create these multiple exposures. I tried to give them credit as much as I could.
Now for your patience I give you some eye candy and summer love. All photos were found over the years and I took them to create these multiple exposures. I tried to give them credit as much as I could.
|Photos saved as "True love is a big deal", "Girl and flowers", and a close up of Sea of Shoes Jane Aldridge's shoes
|Photo saved as "Flower Petal Tea", "Girl sleeping in light beams", and top right corner photo from Rookie Magazine
|Photo saved as "Interior", and Vogue credited photo by Michela Amadei
|Photo saved as "Abandoned Interior" and "Girls Painting by River"
|Photo saved as "Confetti", "Flower", and a close-up of eyelet material from Style Bubble
|Background image by Frou Frouu, Roses and bracelets from Miroslava Duma, Male smoking by Tommy Ton, and photo saved as "Neon Ruffles"
|Photo saved as "Cool Cup", "Flowers and Cigarettes", and "Drink Me"
Happy Sunday everyone!
I'll be spending mine lounging in floral wreaths,
drinking mint tea, and watching the Olympics as I edit for the next 24 hours.....


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The Sunday Pinafore in Nina
The Sunday Pinafore in Nina
This season's must have pinafore!
The Sunday Pinafore is a unique design by Lottie Clothing. It cross-straps, an elastic back waist, and our signature twirly skirt!
It looks gorgeous over a warm winter top or super cute alone.
The Nina fabric is a soft, 100% cotton fabric.
Sizing is true to size. Our model is almost 4 years old, 14.5kg and 97cm tall and wearing the size 3. She is normally a size 3 in all styles.


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New Construction
Dayton Street Partners is developing a 132,270 square-foot distribution center in Mount Prospect, Illinois near O'Hare International Airport. The building will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 27 exterior dock doors, 2 drive in doors and 176 parking spots. Construction is scheduled to begin in June with completion slated for spring 2019.
32' Clear
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With Transformers: Age of Extinction, Michael Bay creates his longest, loudest and most explosive product yet. That's what you've got to consider these movies at this point anyway; very expensive products built for consumer demand and consumption. I really was on board for the beginning of this franchise, although I wasn't a huge fan of Transformers as a kid. I even enjoyed the first movie quite a bit, with all its shortcomings. Yet with Age of Extinction, Michael Bay makes it clear that these movies are a brand first and foremost. Story telling and emphasis on strong characters takes a backseat, and Bay is behind the wheel of the loud, sexy muscle car as it roars off a cliff, accompanied with explosions galore.
So let's get to what you're all clearly here for; the plot of the movie. The remainder of all Transformers on Earth are being hunted down and terminated by the CIA, with the help of a bounty hunter transformer named Lockdown. He's one of the cool parts of the movie, with his huge, badass ship and a cold, calculating demeanor. Meanwhile, Cade Yaeger (yep, that's his actual characters name) has fallen on hard times, unable to support him and his daughter financially with his Robotics and invention business. He buys an old abandoned truck from a movie theater, which just so happens to be Optimus Prime in hiding. This kicks off the story, as Cade and his family, along with Optimus, go on the run from the evil bounty hunter, with the CIA hot on their trail.
My first thoughts on leaving the movie, were that it was WAY too long. Clocking in at over two and a half hours, I just don't understand how they couldn't shave off almost an hour. I actually started dozing off in one of the middle action scenes, which shocked me because these movies are so damn loud. I think what helped pull me back in was the introduction of Stanley Tucci's character. The guy is absolutely great in everything, and Age of Extinction is no exception. I got the vibe that he was totally aware of the movie he was in, and just rolled with it. There's one scene in particular that I'm going to be quoting for awhile. He's yelling at his employees for ruining the code for the Galvetron they created, as he slams a chalkboard, yelling "Algorithms! Math!" The guy is incredible.
This movie also has some of the most outright shameless product placement I've ever seen. It's like 'Beats by Dre' and 'Bud Light' approached the producers and payed for full-on commercials for their products in the movie. None of them have any narrative use at all, and I was completely blown away when it happened. I think Age of Extinction is the culmination of movies as brands, or products, whose sole purpose is to increase revenues on a spreadsheet. It's becoming a trend these days, and this movie is the most extreme example yet.
I'm holding out hope that there's going to be a renaissance one day soon, where people want more out of their film-going experience than cities being blown up. I actually feel a bit guilty for paying to see Age of Extinction, especially the same week the great looking indie 'Snowpiercer' came out, but I plan on seeing it soon anyhow. That's going to wrap up my 'old man shaking a cane' rant for tonight. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more movie write-ups (Don't worry, no more Michael Bay movies).


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An interesting, if poorly chosen headline, story in the Saturday N.Y. Times examines the issues confronting the families of U.S. military who have died in combat and who are beneficiares under the enhanced combat death benefit provision.
You can read the full article in the NY Times by clicking here.
What I found moderately offensive in the headline, the use of the term "windfall", is in fact a life insurance death benefit provided to the named beneficiary of each U.S. Serviceman or Service woman. I hardly think the death of a loved one and the cash it brings is a windfall, but the N.Y. Times does need to sell newspapers and the headline certainly grabs your eye.
In the bigger picture, those of us in the settlement planning community, who routinely as part of our professional practice work with personal injury victims, widows, orphans and estates are sadly too familiar with the issues this article raises. While I am thrilled the U.S. Government made this change three years ago as the prior amount paid to the surviving family was embarrassingly low, it does raise a whole roster of new problems that the article actually does a good job in addressing. Among them:
1. The issues a sudden influx of cash create to young widows who have typically never had to manage more then $500 a week as opposed to $500,000. Few if any people are properly prepared at a time of emotional trauma to make rational or quality long term decisions when that money is sent to them by the government. Settlement professionals such as myself are well aware of the grief process confronted by families where they spend funds down quickly to emotionally rid themselves of the money, or fall prey to other family members who feel entitled to the money.The more people are aware of the risks of putting this money in these young peoples hands the greater the chance we can start educating them about how to handle it wisely.
2. The issue of beneficiary designations. Often times young men or women will get married prior to heading over seas but fail to update or change beneficiary designations. This can create circumstances where in a mother, brother or other person is legally entitled to the payment as opposed to the widow or widower. The family conflicts, as well as financial hardships, this can create is discussed in the article.
3. The VA does offer free financial consulting referrals for up to a year after the death of a service man or woman but as any settlement professional will attest, the vast majority of surviving family members are so over come with grief and emotional issues they are in no position to be making life time planning or investment decisions at this time. This can lead to decision paralysis or dissipation of the funds through impulsive decisions. I'm wondering what long term consulting or advisory services are available for these families.
What the article doesn't mention, that I would like to hear from our readers about, is does the VA and the U.S. Government offer the survivors something akin to a settlement annuity in which the family can take all or part of their distribution in monthly installments? I'll profess some ignorance on this topic but we will be taking this up as a subject on Speaking of Settlements probably next week to investigate what options are there for the surviving families. I'd like to see NSSTA and other settlement planning organizations begin to look at these cases and to share our 25 years of experience and knowledge with families facing major decisions while dealing with incredible grief and duress. Obviously, I would hope that the option to have a family take a secured, tax free guaranteed income over time as opposed to trying to manage a lump sum of cash is something that is available to every surviving beneficiary.


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The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Joel 2:31
"Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets." Amos 3:7
"This catastrophe shall come upon the earth like a flash of lightning at which moment the light of the morning sun shall be replaced by black darkness! No one shall leave the house or look out of a window from that moment on. I Myself shall come amidst thunder and lightning. The wicked shall behold My Divine Heart. There shall be great confusion because of this utter darkness in which the entire earth shall be enveloped. And many, many shall die from fear and despair. Those who shall fight for My cause shall receive grace from My Divine Heart; and the cry: 'WHO IS LIKE UNTO GOD!" shall serve as a means of protection to many. However, many shall burn in the open fields like withered grass! The godless shall be annihilated, so that afterwards the just shall be able to start afresh."
"My judgment shall come upon them suddenly and when least expected– not one shall escape My hands. But I shall protect the just. Watch the sun and moon and the stars, when they appear unduly disturbed and restless, know that the day is not far away."
"Keep your windows well covered. Light a blessed candle, which will suffice for many days. Read spiritual books. Make acts of love which are so pleasing to Us. Pray with outstretched arms, or prostrate on the ground, in order that many souls may be saved. Do not go outside the house. Provide yourself with sufficient food. The Powers of nature shall be moved and a rain of fire shall make people tremble with fear. Have courage! I am in the midst of you."
"The darkness shall last a day and a night, followed by another day and a night, and another day–but on the night following, the stars will shine again, and on the next morning the sun shall rise again, and it will be SPRINGTIME!"


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"We are having fun and hopefully that shines through in the product. Life is too short to be miserable, that is what I say. We only have one, so we might as well dust ourselves down and enjoy it."
Cathal Mcateer is a Scottish clothes and furniture designer based in London. After working as a buyer for a clothing store in Glasgow during his teens, Cathal moved to London with the dream of one day founding his own label. By 2001 he had saved enough money to turn his dream into a reality and founded Folk Clothing, a brand that makes well-made everyday casual wear and stands out from the crowd through its obsessive focus on subtle details and cut as well as its interesting use of unique fabrics and textures. As a young lad growing up in Scotland Cathal enjoyed buying and making furniture so it was only a matter of time before Folk branched out into this area. Folk is now very much a multi discipline design studio, which creates furniture, objects & artwork as well as clothing that reflect Cathal's ethos of modern, tactile product design. I spoke to Cathal about the story behind Folk, the brand's philosophy, his interest in furniture design, the challenges of setting up your own clothing label, and his design inspirations.
How has your upbringing in Scotland influenced your interest in design?
My mum had always wanted to be an artist and my godfather was a tailor, but no one from my family really influenced my interest in clothes. I was naturally interested in it from a young age and always enjoyed going out and buying my own gear. I left home when I was sixteen to go and work in a shop in Glasgow and the owners looked after me from the ages of sixteen to twenty. They were instrumental in getting me into clothes. I got to visit some really cool places buying collections for their shop. It was a really exciting and inspiring time in my life. Eventually I started making clothes for the shop under its own brand; that is when I got the bug for making my own stuff as opposed to buying. I started to learn all about the process of designing, sourcing and manufacturing.
What is the story behind Folk?
When I started working in the fashion industry I always had the idea of one day doing my own thing. I decided to move from Glasgow to London and did a lot of different jobs to raise money for my idea. We started with a bit of luck because I had met a guy from Japan who liked my designs and offered to help out by paying a deposit for the garments he wanted to buy. For a number of years, he exclusively received my clothes. He really helped nurture the brand at the beginning and allowed the process to start. My experience of working in Japan is that the people are very honourable and they pay when they say. I would say my designs are heavily influenced by Japan; we have a very Japanese way of finishing things so are focused on the fabrics we use and the fit of our clothes. We spend huge amounts of money on fitting, sourcing and resourcing. I think that sets us apart from other brands.
How would you sum up the Folk philosophy?
We are a design house that focuses on creating modern, tactile products and pays real attention to details. We are not just a British company; we are a design house that takes influence from everywhere. Someone once suggested that we should turn ourselves into a Scottish brand but we are from London, we are in this exceptional magic melting pot. As much as I love living in Britain and am proud to be a Scottish Brit, Folk is not just about British menswear.
How did you come up with the name Folk?
A friend suggested that I should call the company Folk; he thought that the word really resonated with me as a person. Folk is a Scottish term for people and I really like to be around people and to socialise. It just seemed to be the right fit. I was once introduced to a guy called Sir John Hegarty, one of the founders of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, because his daughter is a close friend. He thought the name Folk was genius.
Where does your interest in furniture making stem from?
My mum always thought that I would be a furniture designer. Long before I was buying clothes seriously I was buying old bits of furniture so it was only a matter of time before I could make it; I have been making furniture for much longer than I have been making clothes so it is not really a new thing. Rather than buying something from the vintage store to put in my shop I will design something and get it made. We have been offered opportunities to make things under trademark or licence now and we might be able to make that work. I am always looking to do more things in that area. We have recently collaborated with craftsmen to make some ceramics and games sets so the future is very exciting.
Do you have a favourite designer?
Dries Van Noten is my favourite designer, I have always loved his stuff. I have not bought a piece from Dries for a while because I tend not to buy clothes anymore but I bought a lot when I was younger. The way he can merge classic beauty with really ornate, heavily worked fabrics and still make it look masculine is amazing. When it comes to menswear there is no one who comes anywhere near to that kind of aesthetic. There are always people that make really flash, designer suits but Dries is a laid-back dude. He drives to Kent every year just to look at the gardens and has an amazing one of his own just outside Antwerp. He is also such a dude the way he dresses himself. There is one great quote from him on how he prefers to see his garments worn. He said something like I love it when I see someone with one of my really ornate waistcoats paired with a second-hand coat. He likes to see his clothes worn in a different way. I really like that. I might be at Glastonbury and see someone wearing a coat from ten years ago and that makes me really happy.
What do you enjoy wearing these days?
I tend to wear Folk gear because I am testing it; I want to rough it up and stretch it to see if it wears okay. My best friend took the mick out of me recently because I was testing out a hooded black wadded jacket; he laughed his head off because I never wear black and it was a bit young for me. I have some nice pieces from Dries and am off to a fancy dinner soon so have bought an amazing double breasted Our Legacy jacket and some Thomas Cleverly mohair shoes for that.
Do you find inspiration for your designs from popular culture?
Music and art are massive influences. I went to an exhibition by this South African artist called William Kentridge at the Whitechapel Gallery the other day and it was amazing. The film installation at the Hayward Gallery is also incredible and I really like the Josh Lilley Gallery. I love seeing art. I also enjoy pottering around with a notebook and my own thoughts.
Do you find inspiration from being out in nature?
Yes, I always get inspiration from spending time in nature and often go walking and hiking with my girlfriend. As much as I need to go Glastonbury I also need to go to the countryside. I go to the Chilterns a lot which is close to where I live and before I had children we used to rent a cottage there with mates every year; we would walk endlessly and drink beer. While I don't go extreme climbing I definitely want to be up at 2500m a couple of times a year, it is such a visual colonic.
Did it take a long time to find the factories you use today?
If someone young wanted to try and find out what I know it would take them years because it took me years. But when you are seventeen and doing it by the seat of your pants you just use google if you want to find out who will be able to make the shirt or jeans you want. You will probably find ten different makers; some might be rubbish for what you want but might be ideal for another guy's design. I went to visit a factory in the North West once and they make clothes for Nigel Cabourn but they were hopeless for what I wanted. The glove has got to fit. There are loads of manufacturers everywhere and their job is to make things; there is no big secret, if you are tenacious enough you will find someone to do it.
Lamb's Conduit street is one of my favourite streets in London, how did you end up there?
We have ended up on Lamb's Conduit street because not only is it a beautiful street it is also a gateway to the east. I like to get a dance on and the east is the place to go for that sort of thing. I got off a bus in Kilburn 23 years ago when it was cheap to live there and I have pretty much stayed ever since. We would go for a pint around Lamb's Conduit Street before going out. When the store came up we went for it and fortunately lots of people have followed us. However, it is changing now as landlords are hiking up the rents and making it really expensive. Our friends at Darkroom who really brought a ray of sunshine to the street have had to close down as a result. I suppose it is the natural cycle of commerce but it is disappointing.
Is it fair to say that you have stayed true to the aesthetic seen in your first collections?
The aesthetic has stayed similar but evolves as I evolve as a person. People have come and gone in my life which have really influenced me. The colour palette has changed more than anything recently because there are certain trends that came around which made us think let's run away from that. We try and stay away from obvious trends.
What are the main challenges when setting up your own independent clothing label?
Getting the garments made to the right standard and managing your emotional attachment to the business are the hardest challenges. If you do your own thing it is all consuming; you don't really have a normal working week. Financially I was okay when I was setting up because I was running another business which allowed me to finance the project and gave me the leeway to not have to pay myself for the first five years. That allowed Folk to grow without the pressure of being financially stable and also gave me the time to get the product to the right standard. No matter what you do, when you launch the first collection it is generally not quite the standard you want unless you have all singing all dancing funds behind you. It is important to work with the right retailers from the beginning, nurturing types that can help launch the brand for you. That is why I launched in Japan.
How has Brexit impacted your business?
At the moment, the euro has gone crazy so our prices in the UK could go up by 20%. The only person that suffers is the consumer; I really do not want people to pay more for a shirt but because of Brexit and the impact on the pound that is the reality. We source everything to try and squeeze out x margins so it does not impact the consumer and we also eat some of it up. That is the nature of being a flexible, intricate sourcing machine, we have the ability to do that sometimes.
If you were going to start Folk now do you think you would still be able to do it?
The best time to start something is when everything is really difficult because if you are going to be good it has to be really good. It is difficult now but you have got to give it a go. The nice thing about fashion is that it is not about who you are or what school you went to; sure, it is helpful to have contacts but if you do something good it should get recognised.
When you look back are you surprised by how successful Folk has been?
When you run your own thing, it is all consuming so you tend to not take a step back and look from the outside. We are so immersed in the business that years merge; you think something happened three years ago when it was actually seven years. I would change a lot of it but at the same time I wouldn't change anything; we have made so many good decisions as well as mistakes. I feel very lucky to be doing what I do.
What does the future hold for Folk?
We are going to expand a bit; we want some more retail space and to start marketing ourselves more. We have products that we are really proud of and a new designer is joining the team which is exciting. We are having fun and hopefully that shines through in the product. Life is too short to be miserable, that is what I say. We only have one, so we might as well dust ourselves down and enjoy it.


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Well, that doesn't really help me. What's the Macro for "turn off compressor" for example?
M107 for compressor off, M106 for compressor on,
Thank you. I tried entering that using the console but it didn't turn off the compressor or the filter. Will try again
So… we've been fighting with Lightburn and our Mk5. It's been frustrating, and I'm assuming we're doing something wrong.
The origin is set to bottom left, homing is done at Xmin and Ymax (top left). But Lightburn sends G92 X0Y0 after homing, which means that any job will crash the head into the Ymax endstop. Relative jogging works fine.
If I manually enter G92 X0 Y460 Z0 after homing (or G10 L2 P0 Y460; I don't really understand the difference and both seem to work), everything seems to work okay. But it has to be done after each homing.
What's the magic trick to get Lightburn to work without manual gcode workarounds?
New day, new attempts. I've modified the executable with a hex editor, and replaced the "G" of the string "G92 X0 Y0", with a ";" so the command is effectively commented out. This completely fixes the issue and makes LightBurn function without any further workarounds (needed to execute the workaround once to get the smoothie in order, but after that it has survived reboots, resets, and cold restarts).
The LightBurn developer says Bonne specifically requested the G92 X0 Y0 string. I don't understand how that could work with homing in the top left corner. Bonne, do you recall why this was needed, and did it actually work with the default FabKit smoothie config?
Hi Juerd,
Just look back at our conversation, I think the confusion might be because we did not want z to home.
G92 X0 Y0 should just be setting the zero, How do you load your files? are you working in +y or -y?
I am really busy getting the next batch finished, (this 35+ workshop heat is making it hard work)
Once shipped i will sort out the issues with light burn as i think most people want to switch from laserweb.
Ill send him a message and ask to remove the string from the homing.
Kind regards,
Indeed G92 X0 Y0 sets to zero, but the main question is whether that is correct for the homing position. You must have asked for this addition for a good reason, but I wonder if you still know why. Did you use to home in the bottom left corner perhaps?
As for working in -y, it seems LightBurn doesn't let you do that. Or at least I haven't found a way to.
Take care and try not to melt
I think the confusion is from the Z needing the G92 Z0, and us saying we normally dont normally run a job from the home.
Home the machine, jog to your preferred 0, set zero (g92…) then run the job, when it homes it should not override the 0.
If lightburn does not work in - Y only positive you could change the config and have it home Y min instead of Y max.
He also said you are having issues with your bed probe? its triggering Z min not Z max?
There were 2 Z axis issues.
When triggering the feeler next to the nozzle, the smoothie goes into alarm, but LightBurn doesn't reset that when you click "focus Z". Work-around: enter $X in the console, or create a macro for it, to clear the alarm. Should be fixed in the next release of LightBurn as they've added $X to the Z homing sequence.
When working with relative coordinates ("user origin" or "current position"), LightBurn raises the bed by 2.5 mm, exactly hitting the focus endstop since that's retracted at exactly 2.5 mm away after homing. I think this is because LightBurn uses the MPos Z, which reports 2.5 mm after focus Z. The fix is in the smoothie config.txt: change gamma_max variable to 2.5 (original value was 0), equal to the setting for gamma_homing_retract_mm. After saving the file, unmounting the storage device, and restarting the smoothie, it will now report Z = 0, and LightBurn will work correctly in each of the three "Stort From" settings. Compatibility with LaserWeb is retained because it wants you to always click "set zero" anyway.
Thats a good point. Light burn could do with a clear alarm command how does it handle end stop crashes for rudia i wonder?
I dont understand what your doing here? The home z command should move up until it triggers either the head or max z switch (not 2.5mm?), at which the z drops down by 2.5, not controlled by the gamma_max variable but by the retract amount? gamma_homing_retract_mm 2.5 # " what was the issue you were having requiring this change?
I have no idea how it works with other controllers. The clear alarm ($X) will be added to the focus Z button.
What I'm doing is telling the smoothie that the Z position should be reported as 0 instead of 2.5, after it has been homed and retracted. Setting gamma_max to the same value as gamma_homing_retract_mm accomplishes this. Homing is done to the Z+ endstop in the head, after which Z is set to gamma_max, It then retracts, which results in Z now being gamma_max - retract_mm = 0 - 2.5 = -2.5. By setting gamma_max to 2.5 instead, it will make Z = gamma_max - retract_mm = 2.5 - 2.5 = 0. The issue that required this change is that Lightburn compensates for the Z position reported by the machine, when you're using relative positions. So if the machine reports Z = -2.5, it will move the bed up bij 2.5 mm for layers that have Z = 0 (which is the default of course). LaserWeb works fine with the old smoothie config because with that software you "set zero" manually. LightBurn doesn't support setting coordinates manually, and requires the machine to report the correct value, which can be attained with the simple fix as described. Fortunately, the way LaserWeb works means it keeps working as before, even with the change.
Did two engrave testings, directly from Mac/Lightburn (latest version) to Fabkit. Both engraving tests show jumps to the left on the x-axis several times (arrow)
The large jump to the left is about 8 mm.
Does anyone have a early december solution for this?
What speed are you going? Have you changed the acceleration? Are you using over scan.
looks like perhaps the motor skipped. Might need to clean/ reoil the rails and bearings.
I did not change the acceleration. I noticed that at one point it looked as if there was a 'stuttering' movement. I will check rail and bearing
Its likely the motor skipping in that case, Clean the rails and regrease.
What is in fact the best way to reoil the rail/bearing?
Till now I use Axis Lubricant (High Temperature synthetic oil) from my 3D printer and just drop in on top of the steel glider and use a Q-tip to distribute on all sides.
@DeGrazendeSlak that should be okay, the best way is in fact to use its grease nipple, but you will need a tube of grease and a grease gun for that.
Lightburn has now its own supportforum. So have a look at: forum.lightburnsoftware.com


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Holidays are coming.
Family gatherings.
Pumpkin everything.
Travel galore.
Company in town.
Edible temptation.
Work is nuts.
Kids have projects due.
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Ever feel that way this time of year?
I know I have.
And I bet you have too.
This is the time of year that people can gain an extra 3-5 pounds {sometimes more}.. and that's on TOP of whatever happened earlier in the year. YIKES.
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Paula Deen Issues a Second Apology Video: "I Will Continue to ... Do Good Things for Good People"
UPDATE: Food Network has decided to not renew Paula Deen's contract.
EARLIER: One hour, two apology videos. Shortly after posting (and then making private and posting again) a bizarre video in which she apologized for "all the mistakes I've made" following news that she admitted to using the n-word, Paula Deen has returned with a new contrition video.
This time around, Deen seems to be directing her apology to Matt Lauer — who she snubbed this morning for an interview — as well as anyone else who would listen. Video and transcript below:
"Hello y'all. I'm Paula Deen. I was invited this morning to speak to Matt Lauer about a subject that has been very hurtful for a lot of people. And Matt, I have to say, I was physically not able this morning. The pain has been tremendous that I have caused myself and to others, and so I'm taking this opportunity now that I've pulled myself together and am able to speak to offer an apology for those who I have hurt. I want people to understand that my family and I are not the kind of people that the press is wanting to say we are. I've spent the best of 24 years to help myself and others. Your color of your skin, your religion, your sexual preference does not matter to me. But it's what's in the heart, and my family and I try to live by that. And I am here to say I am so sorry. I was wrong, yes, I've worked hard and I've made mistakes, but that is no excuse. And I offer my sincere apology to those who I have hurt, and I hope that you forgive me, because this comes from the deepest part of my heart. And I will continue to work and continue to do good things for good people. Thank you for listening."
Line up — an apology for you could be next!


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Information about Ironman Lake Placid 2011
For 2011, a number of North Jersey athletes will be training together, following a similar (but individually customized) training plan. The plan will break down into details of daily swim, bike, run or strength and conditioning workouts. Training will begin on the Monday following Thanksgiving. The group, however, will be limited in size and only six (6) slots are still available. Read more!
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