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How to make a career from helping others
It seems that people are rushing towards an even more individualized world. The revolution in the way we communicate, marked by the arrival of the Internet and gadgets closely connected with it, has changed our habits. Today when many people get back from work, they rarely go out afterwards, but instead they sit in front of the computer and chat through social media. Most of the things we do, we do on our own, creating self-centered individuals. But there are still many people out there who need our help. The great thing is that you can assist other people in improving the quality of their lives and still make a career.
Volunteering for Deprived Children
Probably the most painful things that we see around us every day are children who don't have anyone to care about them. From kids begging in the streets, where it seems that nothing has changed since the 19th century, to those living in centers for abandoned children, no other group of people undergoes such terrible living conditions as abandoned or orphan children.
What you can do to help them is apply to volunteer or work in centers that care for deprived kids. You can take part in organizing workshops where the kids would draw or sing. Few people actually listen to their stories, so you could also hear what they have to say and help them express themselves in a creative way. Also, you could collect funds by organizing parties or different events for the children in your local community, but also on a wider scale, as well, like contributing to programs dealing with children's hunger.
Heart of Gold for Helping the Old
Have you ever thought about your own old age? What will it look like? Where are you going to live? We often get annoyed with our folks and their complaints, but are we aware of the fact that we are going to be old one day, as well? If you want to feel better and make others feel good, too, many actions can be taken to help our elderly citizens.
- Do the shopping – if you have any relatives or acquaintances who have trouble with walking, you can do the shopping for them a couple of times a week
- Yard maintenance – older people living alone can hardly cut the grass and take care of their backyard. Gathering the leaves, mowing the lawn and cleaning the pathways can be of great help for older folks.
- Driving – if your old neighbor needs to go to the hospital, you can drive him or her there.
When you decide to do charity work, it should be within an institution, where you get at least a symbolic fee for what you do. Taking care of the old people could be a win-win side job – they receive proper treatment and you earn some extra money.
People with Disabilities
Children can be in terrible social and mental condition, but they can get back from the ruins relatively fast if they are given love and attention. The old can be more challenging, because they are often weak and unhappy because of their age. But the biggest challenge is embodied in adult people with some sort of physical disability. They used to be active, successful people and now they need special care. Helping them is demanding, but at the same time extremely cathartic. There are a few rules that everybody helping the disabled should know:
- Treat them equally – never leave an impression that you feel sorry for them. If you know that you will not be able to suppress that feeling, better don't take up this job.
- Avoid prying – lingering on their accident will only deepen the feeling inside them. Unless they start talking about it on their own, never ask them such questions.
- Encourage them – by spending time in closed areas, you let them down. With their consent, try to take them out and spend time in nature or among people. It will help them improve their condition.
Work on Your Skills
It must be clear that helping others is not at all simple or easy. You often need to learn new skills that will help you deal with all kinds of situations you might come across. People that need a special kind of help should be treated equally as we treat our friends, but there are often some nuances that will make a difference. If you want to gain more knowledge on different charity matters, you can find quality community service courses and get properly equipped for these tasks.
To defeat that self-obsessed selfish person that is being formed in each of us, helping people who cannot make it on their own will remind us what it means to be a human. Only through the humane gestures of care and friendship will we be able to make this world a better place.
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Queering the tense of settler colonialism one artifact at a time: Jamie M Arjona, 'Sublime perversions: Capturing the uncanny affects of queer temporalities in Mississippian ruins', Journal of Social Archeology, 2015
Abstract: During the 19th century, sublime depictions of North American mounds captivated Euro-American colonists and Romantic travelers. Settlers frequently embedded farms and homesteads into the material fabric of these Indigenous ruins across the American Bottom region and surrounding uplands, uncovering traces of antiquity in the process. Focusing on the Emerald mound site and broader mound discourses, I examine how material intimacies underlying this 19th-century phenomenon periodically corrupted Romantic sensibilities. Specifically, I highlight aspects of archival and spatial data that capture fleeting moments when mound intercourse generated uncanny affects and queer temporalities. I argue that in moments when uncanny affects haunted colonial homes, Indigenous histories queered the tense of settler colonialism.
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When I first started my job at SFU Career Services, I believe I was the only "gen Y" member of the team (excluding our rotating cast of co-op students and AISEC interns). It's not something I noticed right away. After all, I knew the team and my boss already, I admired them as people and we worked together well—all of which were big factors in my applying to the job in the first place. I wasn't really hoping for coworkers my age because, in theory, that would stem from a desire to like the people I work with, which was already satisfied.
I suppose another reason I didn't pay much attention to my status as the lone "millennial" staffer is that I've been the youngest person in many situations in my life; entering a professional career path (especially one that many people move into mid-career, such as counselling) right out of university makes that a safe bet. Pretty quickly, I got used to people being surprised when I would reveal my age, as they'd expect someone in my position to be older.
I had a conversation with someone the other day who had just started a new job after leaving one that wasn't working out so well. It was a really positive change for him in many ways. Interestingly, he moved from a position where he was among the eldest of his coworkers to a new environment in which he seems to be the youngest (in the same field). He told me that it was refreshing to work with members of an older generation who may have different perspectives than the ones he's used to hearing, and that although he's not likely to start hanging out with them socially as he may have with his previous coworkers, he's enjoying the higher level of maturity and professionalism in the new work environment.
As university students or recent graduates, it's inevitable that we'll work alongside members of older generations, and eventually younger ones as well. Much has been made of the generational differences that are notable about generation Y, but of course these are generalizations aimed at describing large groups of people—not necessarily you and the situation you happen to be in. There are lots of unique things about you, lots of strengths, that may or may not have something to do with your age.
For instance, my familiarity with things like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn led to my being given informal "resident social media expert" status in my office. As a result, I've been given the responsibility of handling some of the social media for the centre and facilitating our social networking workshops. It's probably fair to say that my age is a pretty big contributing factor to my comfort level with social media. That said, I know lots of people my age who want nothing to do with sites like those, so the generalization that millennials are social media and technology savvy doesn't always apply.
Perhaps you can bring a different perspective to a team comprised mainly of older workers. During an internship, I was told that because I was younger, I was able to provide feedback that was different from other team members. Regardless of whether that perspective actually leads to anything constructive, most employers like to be able to look at situations from lots of different angles. Certainly, you're going to be in situations where perspectives that are different from your own are offered or even required to be taken in order to get something done, so adaptability on everyone's part is a big help.
Ask yourself what you're looking for in a work environment. Getting along with coworkers is a given, but is it important that you regularly hang out with your colleagues outside the workplace? Is it important for you to have a role model, a mentor? How much value do you place on a sense of belonging at work, and what does that mean to you? Maybe you don't know what you're looking for—after all, isn't that the point in trying out different things? Regardless, it's important to reflect on these things from time to time, in order to get a sense of when a position is a good fit for you. The age of your colleagues is only one small part of what makes up the work environment, but it can be a very important part.
But first, a note of caution. There are a lot of labels being applied to generation Y: entitled, disloyal, lazy, selfish, idealistic, the list goes on. They're not necessarily fair, and they mostly stem from misunderstandings. We don't like presuppositions when they apply to us, so let's not apply them to older generations either.


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One of the more popular and unique services we provide here at Think For A Change, LLC are design services for organizational-level project war rooms. As you may recall from a previous post, war rooms are centralized and purpose-built project meeting spaces that provide a dedicated location for project teams and stakeholders to co-locate and visually communicate the activities associated with the execution of critical projects. The idea of a war room is to physically gather an entire project team into a 'single location' to facilitate communication, problem solving, risk mitigation and status reporting. The single location can be physical, virtual or some combination of the two based on the specifics of the organization's business structure and/or resource model.
Over the past fifteen years, Think For A Change, LLC has designed dozens of project war rooms, PMO command centers, critical situation rooms, innovation idea centers and other similar collaboration spaces for public, private and governmental organizations of all sizes and industry types. During that time, we've picked up quite a few "lessons learned" about what makes up a good war room layout, what tools and features are most effective, and leveraging the concept to reach peak project team performance.
There is a blend of art and science that goes into designing and building a war room. Team dynamics, organizational culture, physical limitations and financial considerations all dictate a certain uniqueness for each and every war room layout, tools, rules and etiquette.
To provide a starting place for discussions your organization may want to have regarding war rooms, we offer the following design, maintenance and best practice considerations:
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- Large main table with comfortable chairs
- Small semi-private work spaces
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- Kitchen items, coffee machine, a place for food, a small refrigerator for drinks, a snack basket, comfortable chairs, creativity "toys" and games, etc.
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- Co-locate all project team members into the war room, even if some are virtual or remote
- As a team, come up with a set of "Rules for the War Room" and stick to them
- If possible, create a separate schedule/calendar for project team members so they are not distracted by other projects or daily operations
- Reserve work spaces for visiting or transient key project stakeholders that are not co-located with the rest of the project team
- Develop a method to reduce distractions by allowing the team to hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign when focused work or critical meetings are taking place
- Create a real estate map of the project war room to define what visual information will be displayed where:
- Announcements and Key Communications
- Rules of the War Room
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- Design Diagrams, Process Maps, Wireframes, Storyboards, Photos, Drawings, etc.
- Parking Lot Area (for out-of-scope or later phase consideration)
- Blank Spaces for New Concepts/Discussions
- Provide plenty of snacks, healthy alternatives and beverages where possible
- Allow the project team to design and decorate the work space to match their personality and to encourage a sense of comfort and ownership
- War Room Etiquette
- Keep visual displays up to date and meaningful
- Maintain a war room that is a "living," constantly changing space and encourages open discussion, healthy debate and cross-functional problem solving
- Do not remove or cover-up someone else's work in the display area(s) without first consulting with them
- Do not attempt to have private or confidential conversations in the war room
Remember that the main purpose of any war room is to facilitate real-time visual communication and collaboration activities. It must simultaneously centralize focus, increase awareness, aid in decision-making and facilitate project execution actions. Consider the design of your project war room successful when a person unfamiliar with the project can enter the room and grasp the current status and next steps of the effort within five minutes.
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Neighbors upset Over Saginaw 'Dog House' – VIDEO
Usually when people think of a dog house we think of a structure in a yard where a dog can go to sleep or hang out but in one Saginaw neighborhood, the dog house they're complaining about is quite different. The 'dog house' in question is an actual residence that is inhabited by four dogs, no people, just four dogs and this has been the case for about two years now.
Animal Control says they can't do anything because the dogs are provided with adequate food and water, can go in and out of the house at will and it is not a cruelty situation.
On the other hand, neighbors say that on the says the stench coming from the house is unbearable.
"Since summer, the door has been left open and the dogs come and go," said neighbor Jan Hoffman. "It's a dog house."
"The house has been empty for two years except for four dogs," said neighbor Larry Weaver. "There are days when you can't stand the smell. At night you can hear the dogs fighting with each other."
And City Hall doesn't seem to be doing anything to help the situation. Why not? Well, Saginaw County Animal Control's Mark Wachner says that although it's not an animal cruelty situation, "It's a violation most likely for a city code enforcement officer that is going to have to go over there and take a look."
And here's the problem; the house is owned by the daughter of Jim Hodges, the city of Saginaw's chief building inspector. Hodges says they working on rehoming the dogs but I wonder why it's taken two years for it to come to this point.
Ok, so it's not 'abuse' along the same lines as so many stories I write about here but it neglectful and it's certainly not a safe of proper environment for the dog or the neighbors to have to put up with. Too often you see that your average citizen can't get away with something but when it comes to 'the powers that be', they are given special considerations. Responsibility is not something on a sliding scale, something for the masses but not those 'in charge'. What kind of dogs are they going to be for anyone after spending tow years on their own with little human contact and basically no supervision??
It just pisses me off for so many reasons on a number of levels. What is wrong with people that someone can actually look at this situation and see it as acceptable??
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Nancy Butcher of Nutcracker 50's Family Restaurant is known for the specialty pies and desserts she makes on a daily basis at the 50's-style diner she owns with her husband, Steve, in Pataskula, Ohio. But it is one of her latest creations that is the new talk of the town.
Butcher's Chocolate Snickers™ Candy Bar Cookie Pie was one of three winners in the 2nd annual Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest. Combining a candy bar, cookie and pie, the dish was named as the top recipe in the dessert category and came in 2nd place overall—earning Butcher a $10,000 prize and a trip to General Mills' headquarters in Minneapolis.
Butcher says she draws inspiration for new desserts from things she has seen or read about. Other times, it is strictly a result of what items she has on hand. She also says it helps to start with a good foundation and she looks to General Mills for cake or brownie mixes to provide a reliable base for her creativity.
"I can add ingredients to the mixes and still get very consistent results," said Butcher. "Also, I am so pleased that when I make layer-styled cakes and have to level them before icing, there is very little crown that must be removed. And that is a cost savings."
She adds that she frequently makes multiple layers and refrigerates the extra layers for a later frosting date. "Wrapped and refrigerated, the cakes retain their moistness, which is a huge plus," said Butcher.
For her award-winning dessert, Butcher started with Gold Medal® Chocolate Chocolate Cake Mix to make an indulgent cookie layer and then mixed in Snickers candy bar pieces. This winning recipe now has a permanent place on Nancy's revolving pie menu.
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Here are some further findings demonstrating how a dying tree of one species can transfer nutrients to a tree of an entirely different species through complex Rhizopogon mycorrhizal networks acting as conduits between trees… Heres an excerpt from a Scientific American article by Jennifer Frazer discussing this fascinating interaction, along with a link to the complete article.
No tree is an island, and no place is this truer than the forest. Hidden beneath the soil of the forest understory is a labyrinth of fungal connections between tree roots that scientists call the mycorrhizal network. Others have called it thewood-wide web.
The connections are made by the filaments of fungi that grow in and around plant roots and produce many of the forest mushrooms we know and love. They bond trees so intimately that the more you learn about them, the more it is a struggle to view any tree as an individual. Forest trees and their root fungi are more or less a commune in which they share resources in a fashion so unabashedly socialist that I hesitate to describe it in detail lest conservatives reading this go out and immediately set light to the nearest copse.
This story stars two trees. They are the interior douglas-fir and the ponderosa pine — hearty and prolific trees that grow over large spans of the American west. The ponderosa pine is my favorite conifer and maybe also my favorite tree. Its forests are full of air and light; its bark smells like butterscotch or vanilla when warmed by the sun.
Unlike many mycorrhizal fungi, which produce colorful and beautiful gilled or pored mushrooms at the surface, Rhizopogon makes what is called a "false truffle" — an underground spore-making body. Rhizopogon does start to peep through the surface litter, however, as it nears ripeness, as you can see above.
Like all truffles they make their living by enticing mammals with an irresistible smell to dig them up and eat them. The mammals' digestive systems, fidgety personalities (in the American west, squirrels are often the mammals in question), and the call of nature do the rest. Many, many distantly related fungi have evolved to do this separately; it seems to be an adaptation favored in dry climates where low-humidities make traditional moist breeze-based spore dispersal methods less effective.Rhizopogon seems to have evolved from above-ground pore-bearing mushrooms called boletes.
The spores are produced in the many contortions inside the "fruiting body", as you can see below. Click through to the original to magnify and appreciate the intricacy of this biological lace.
Mycorrhizal fungi like Rhizopogon partner with plant roots because each gets something out of it. The fungus infiltrates the plants' roots. But it does not attack — far from it. The plant makes and delivers food to the fungus; the fungus, in turn, dramatically increases the plant's water and mineral absorptive powers via its vast network of filaments. They provide far more surface area for absorption than the meager supply of short root hairs the tree could grow alone. What has not been appreciated until relatively recently is both how complex mycorrhizal fungal networks can be and that they can also act as conduits between trees. Much of the work I'm about to describe to you has come out of the laboratory of Professor Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia.
Read more here: Dying Trees Can Send Food to Neighbors of Different Species via 'Wood-Wide Web', By Jennifer Frazer


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If you are looking for an alternative to the potato-based french fry, you might want to give this avocado fries recipe a try. From LittleThings.com, the fried fruit is easy to make with just canola oil, flour, eggs, panko bread crumbs and avocados. You just have to slice the avocado into slim wedges to get that nice fry shape.
While some people might see this as a healthier alternative to your standard french fries, the avocado fries recipe is still just about deep fried food. This comes on the heels of other interpretations of the french fry, including plantains and zucchinis. This is a great dish to try for people who are obsessed with avocado, however.
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By Lorenzo Tanos
After a groundbreaking draft class, what follows next? Chances are you'd be getting a shallow class, one with so little star power compared to the last. In a way, that's true about the Class of '97, but then again, if you consider the likes of Tim Duncan, Chauncey Billups, Tracy McGrady, Stephen Jackson or even Keith Van Horn and, for a very short period of time, Ron Mercer, this Draft wasn't devoid of star quality. Well, there wasn't as much to go around, but at least this Draft didn't have a Todd Fuller or Ed O'Bannon or Harold Miner who tanked as an NBA player despite their lottery status. So here it is – the 1997 NBA Draft class, sixteen years later.
THE TOP PICK/THE BEST – He may not be the most exciting player to watch. At this point in his career, he's not even the best big man in the NBA anymore, but still someone who can rack up double-doubles on a regular basis. But Tim Duncan (SAS, F/C, 6'11"-248, Wake Forest) will almost certainly be a top Hall of Fame candidate the moment he becomes eligible. He's won regular season MVP twice, Finals MVP another two times, won four NBA Championships and been a staple of the All-Defensive Teams (mostly first) for most of his career. He's the Big Fundamental, the man who saved the Spurs after their brief flirtation with lottery status (the whole 1996-97 debacle where they won just 20 games), and without a doubt the best player to emerge from the Class of '97.
HONORABLE MENTION – With health and youth on his side, Tracy McGrady (TOR, F/G, 6'8"-210, Mount Zion Christian Academy, #9) was a certified scoring threat and one of the NBA's best and most exciting players of his time. He led the NBA in scoring in 2002-03 and 2003-04 as the Orlando Magic's franchise player. After a blockbuster trade sent him to Houston for 2004-05, it wasn't long before injuries began to hobble T-Mac's career, reducing him from annual threat to lead the league in scoring to someone who'd typically be unavailable for huge chunks of the season, with drastically reduced numbers. McGrady was only 32 when he played his last NBA game, and it was just sad to see him average just 5.3 ppg in a third of the game when just a few years back, he was still one of the NBA's finest.
THE BUSTS – Denver Nuggets legend and acerbic head coach/GM Dan Issel was so upset with Tony Battie's (DEN, C/F, 6'11"-230, Texas Tech, #5) performance that he gave the young big man a nickname that stuck for most of his NBA career – "El Busto." Still, he played 15 NBA seasons and was a nice guy to have as a backup center. But not the kind of career you expect from fifth overall. AdonalFoyle (GSW, C, 6'10"-250, Colgate, #8) averaged 20.4 ppg, 12.7 rpg and over 5 blocks a game for Colgate, but spent most of his 12-year NBA career as an offensively-challenged defensive specialist off the bench. And Tariq Abdul-Wahad (SAC, F/G, 6'6"-223, San Jose State, #11) never justified the ridiculous contract extension he got as a Denver Nugget. Most of his woes, however, resulted from injuries suffered at the time rather than bloated expectations brought about by bloated college numbers.
Still, as I mentioned above, these busts were far from being as "spectacular" in terms of epic failure as those from previous (and future) classes.
THE STEAL – If one would have a do-over for the 1997 Draft, you'd definitely want Stephen Jackson (PHO, F/G, 6'8"-218, Butler County CC, #43) in your top five. The former McDonald's All-American had a checkered road to the NBA, having been academically ineligible at Arizona in 1996-97 and never having played for Butler County CC that same year. As such, he declared for the NBA Draft without playing a minute of college or juco basketball, and spent the next three seasons trotting the globe. S-Jax finally made his NBA debut in 2000 as part of the New Jersey Nets, and played his best basketball playing for several teams in the mid-to-late '00s. He's currently a key reserve for the Spurs and, compared to his often chaotic NBA past, at his best behavior despite the reduced minutes. Oh, wait. There was that thing with Serge Ibaka last December, but anyway…
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Despite Playland's Debt, Westchester Kills Entry Fee
Suburban lawmakers have voted to keep Rye Playland free for Westchester residents. The vote overrides a plan by the county executive to make locals pay a $5 entry fee for the municipally-owned, heavily indebted amusement park.
County Executive Rob Astorino's plan to double $5 the admission price for non-locals remains intact. Once inside the park, all visitors pay separately for rides and food.
In the fight over the fees, Westchester Democrats had argued that the additional expense was driving down attendance and deepening Playland's financial woes. Astorino, in contrast, argued that the loss of the entry fees would blow a hole in the county's budget. Westchester has been losing between $5 million and $6 million a year on Rye Playland.


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Danyi Law, P.C.
The purpose of this Memorandum is to provide you with information on what estate planning is, so that you can prepare for our meeting. Estate planning and administration is the main focus of our practice at Danyi Law. An informed and prepared client is essential to doing the job right. The questions and checklist items in this Memorandum will help us to get a clear picture of your financial situation.
While your will is certainly an important part of your estate plan, and may have been sufficient in the past, many of your assets may be in what are called "non-probate assets". This means that these assets are not controlled by your will. These assets do not constitute part of your probate estate that will be controlled by your executor, although most of these assets are subject to inheritance tax and other taxes.
Typical examples of non-probate assets are Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), life insurance, annuities, joint assets, tenants by the entireties assets, POD or TOD accounts, and trusts.
We want to ensure that we have a complete picture of your financial situation so that every base is covered and your assets pass to the right people upon your death.
Plainly stated, if you do not plan your estate, the government will plan it for you. The government also steps in if you are not able to manage your own affairs during your life. Nursing homes are quick to petition the court to have people declared legally incapacitated. Failure to take care of your affairs privately leads to direct control of your life by strangers appointed by a judge, not to mention potentially higher taxes, administration costs, as well as potentially serious financial problems and headaches for your loved ones.
Your long-term care ("LTC") is another consideration. Medicare covers only part of the first 100 days of LTC. After that, unless you have specific LTC insurance, you are on your own and the average cost in 2017 of LTC in Pennsylvania is $12,000/month. Qualification for Medical Assistance/Medicaid requires meeting financial tests that allow for minimal assets and income. Transferring assets to relatives in order to qualify will result in disqualification and, in some cases, may be fraudulent.
Finally, while the federal estate tax exemption is presently over $5 million, there are other tax considerations, including inheritance tax and income tax, which may apply to your situation.
It is important to have actual, original documents (or copies of them). We call this the "original source rule" at our office. You may think that a document means something based upon your own conclusions or what someone else told you, but we need the original document to review it. We don't guess about things like this.
Proper estate planning involves a detailed review of your assets and liabilities. You should review your ownership documents and bring them to my office. This includes things like:
- Any previous will you may have
- Previous powers of attorney
- Life insurance policies
- Brokerage account statements (the most recent)
- Annuity contracts
- Pension documents
- Deeds to real estate (your house, vacation properties, commercial real estate, time-shares, etc.)
- 401(k) statement
- IRA-related documents (such as a statement from the custodian of your IRA assets)
- Existing trusts or similar documents
- Documents showing beneficiary designations on life insurance, annuities, IRAs, etc.
- How are each of your assets titled?
- Are they in one name or joint with another person?
- Are you a joint tenant with right of survivorship (JTROS) with any person on any asset or is that person only an agent or POA on the account? This typically happens with bank accounts when an elderly person puts an adult child's name on the account. This could cause it to be jointly owned or it may just be an internal bank power of attorney, meaning that the other person doesn't have ownership rights but may write checks and manage the account for you.
- Are you on any accounts with your parents or your children? rights but may write checks and manage the account for you.
- Are you on any accounts with your parents or your children?
- What is the approximate fair market value of each asset you own? Do you have recent appraisals of your house or other documentary evidence on which you are basing your estimate of fair market value?
- Are there any mortgages, home equity loans, or other liens against your house? What is the balance due on these?
- Do you have any life insurance policies?
- Who is the "insured" (the person whose life the policy is based on)?
- Who are the "beneficiaries" (the person or persons who receive the death benefit money when you die)?
- Who is the "owner" of the policy? Note that the insured may or may not be the owner of the policy.
- What is the cash value of the policy, if any?
- How are you going to pay if you have to go into a nursing home or assisted living facility?
- What kind of retirement plan(s) do you have?
- What assets are IRA assets? An IRA is a tax designation, not an investment. You can have all sorts of assets in IRAs, including CDs, stocks, mutual funds, bonds, etc. (see additional questions, below).
- Are you named as a fiduciary (executor, agent, trustee, etc.) for someone else? Are you active in that role right now?
- Have you ever filed a Gift Tax Return (Form 709) with the IRS? If so, please bring a copy.
- Have you ever created a trust for anyone, including yourself?
- Have you or your parents changed the title on any assets or made any gifts? For example, have your parents put their house in your name for $1.00?
- How long has it been since your will has been updated? Bring your old will along with you.
- How long has it been since your Power of Attorney has been updated? If it is considered to be legally "stale" by banks and financial institutions, it may not be honored. The law most recently changed in Pennsylvania effective January 1, 2015.
- Which one of your children or relatives do you believe would be the most capable of handling your finances if you are unable to do so yourself?
- If you have assets in your own name and you become disabled or legally incapacitated, can your spouse or children use those assets for your care?
- Who will your executor be? The executor is the person who handles the settlement of your estate after you die.
- Who is your CPA (Certified Public Accountant)?
- Do you have any financial advisors, stockbrokers, insurance salesmen, or money managers?
- If you are parents of minor or disabled children, who do you want to take care of them personally and financially when you die?
- Are any of your children receiving government benefits for any special needs? An outright inheritance may cause the child to become ineligible for those benefits.
The status of these assets as non-probate does not render them free of taxation at death. While they may not be includable in the probate estate, most of them are includable in the taxable estate.
Careful planning is needed to ensure that these assets pass properly in the way that you want. If both spouses die simultaneously, provisions must be made for contingent beneficiaries, usually children. This often involves more than putting names on a small line on a financial company form. Beneficiary clauses on these documents are just as important as your will and may control more money than the probate estate.
These are some things that you should be thinking about prior to our meeting. I will do my best to answer your questions when we meet and can go as in-depth as you would like. There may be some issues that involve legal research or which bear further investigation and thought. We will then determine together the various legal documents that are necessary to meet your needs.
Typically, I draft a will, power of attorney, and a healthcare power of attorney/living will as part of every estate plan. These are the minimum legal documents that every person should have.
Legal fees are directly proportional to the complexity of your affairs and what you require. A deposit is always required prior to the commencement of legal work for you. All fees and costs will be discussed with you and agreed upon prior to the commencement of your project. We will send you drafts of your documents to review before you come in to formally execute those documents. If necessary, we can do house calls or nursing home visits.
We look forward to meeting you and going through this process as painlessly, cost-effectively, and quickly as possible. For additional information, please visit the "Library" section on our website.


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When Ella Gillespie pulled on a hoodie for AIME's national Hoodie Day on July 7, it was a proud moment. Ella and thousands of Australians around the country were wearing her design 'Travelling Whales'.
The artwork by Ella, a Year 9 student at Evans River K-12 School and a mentee in the AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) program at Southern Cross University's Lismore campus, was selected as the 2017 AIME National Hoodie Day design. The hoodies are cut from an irregular sections of fabric, making each one of them unique. For AIME, this symbolises the people of Australia: we are all different but part of one fabric of humanity.
"Living on the coast has encouraged me to paint stories of my surroundings," said Ella.
"This artwork is my interpretation of the east coast humpback whale migration, the white line."
Hoodie Day is the main fundraiser for AIME's dedicated Aboriginal youth mentoring program.
"In the seven years since we launched National Hoodie Day, the AIME hoodie has evolved as a powerful symbol," said AIME CEO and founder, Jack Manning Bancroft.
"It is a symbol of black and white coming together and a symbol of belief. It is a symbol for change and for a generation of future leaders who strive to create a culture where for every step you take forward in life, you throw your hand back and bring someone with you."
The theme of this year's Hoodie Day campaign was 'Making Mentoring famous' and featured mentors and kids asking Australia to walk with them while the younger generation brings about change.
"Any person can mentor, so it's about spreading the word and making it famous," said Mr Manning Bancroft.
Last year, 850 mentees, like Ella, were engaged in the program across the three Southern Cross University campuses at Coffs Harbour, Lismore and Gold Coast. This represents nearly a doubling of the engagement rate when compared to 2015 (495 mentees).
From this group, the AIME team at Southern Cross celebrated record numbers for Year 12 mentees, with Year 12 attainment at 98.5% (67 out of 68 students). Many of these students have successfully transitioned to further studies at Southern Cross including Erykah Kitchener-Waters (Coffs Harbour program) who is studying a Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge, Ebony Whitehouse-Ferris (Lismore program) who is studying a Bachelor of Nursing, and Dhananjaya Johnson (Gold Coast program) who is studying Bachelor of Clinical Sciences (Osteopathic Studies).
More broadly, the AIME 2016 Annual Report (audited by KPMG), reveals that the Year 12 attainment for students across all program sites was 94.1%. This is a record for AIME across its 12 year history, and a success rate that keeps on climbing. The figures means that Indigenous students who engage with the AIME program are graduating high school at higher rates (94.1%) than their non-Indigenous counterparts (86.4% Year 12 attainment).
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Who Else Wants A Miracle?
Are you wishing for something that will raise your energy and give you a new sense of possibility and expectation? Something that could result in your receiving what some would call "a miracle?"
Then watch this video and tap along with Margaret Lynch.
Margaret has used tapping, like the tapping she shares in this video, to raise her own vibration and open herself up so that she could accept more of the good that God is trying to give us all, if we could only dissolve our resistance to receiving it.
So try it. Tap through this video once a day with Margaret for the next week or two and see what happens. While it may seem strange at first, tapping is a powerful tool that you can use to raise your vibration and, in doing so, more closely align with God's love.
If you're unfamiliar with the terms "tapping" or "meridian tapping," they are synonymous with EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and the many variations of EFT now in use.
As the anecdotal evidence from the last thirty years shows, EFT is proving to be a godsend.
In fact, if you want to read something inspiring, read Gary Craig's books. They are full of amazing stories about how he's seen EFT work veritable miracles of healing.
For instance, in his book EFT for PTSD, he documents how he went to the VA, asked to work with only "hopeless cases" who had been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder for years and were thought to be "incurable," and then proceeded to rid these men of their war-induced PTSD symptoms in a matter of minutes.
For those men, and to the doctors who had given up on them, those healing were miracles.
So consider using EFT along with affirmative prayer and meditation, as part of your spiritual practice.
The crucial thing to realize is that all these methods of purification support each other. All work to raise your vibration and bring you into closer alignment with God and your true self which is your Higher Self. And that, really, is the goal of all spiritual practice, or it should be. [Read more →]
September 7, 2011 No Comments
The Kingdom Within – Part 3 – How God Works Within You
The final installment of my 3-part series on "The Kingdom Within." Read Part One. Read Part Two.
God manifests what you are focused upon OVER TIME. (Remember the story of the elephant from part 1 and how manifestation is delayed to protect you?) So you need to get what you want clearly in mind and hold a vision of it.
Notice I did not write "get what's happened to you that you do not like" clearly in mind.
No, you do not want the problem in mind.
You want a clear idea of the solution, the healing, the ultimate picture of what God's "answer" to your prayer will be and "look" like.
Why is this?
Because the "Kingdom Of God" is within you.
This isn't "new age" babble, it's in the Bible, in Luke 17:21:
"The kingdom of God is within you."
August 13, 2011 4 Comments
Four Resources To Help Heal Longstanding Heartache
We are called by God to increase the love in our hearts. Yet, an injured heart has trouble being an open heart. So how do we heal long-standing emotional hurts or abuse that has made it feel impossible to forgive or love unconditionally?
What steps can we take to restore hope for healing, hope for life, and hope for ourselves? For, as it says in Proverbs 13:12 "Hope deferred makes the heart sick," and many hearts that become sick emotionally and physically become even sicker for lack of hope that anything can help. [Read more →]
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Have You Been Shattered By Trauma?
Ariel Dorfman was the cultural advisor to Chile's socialist President Salvador Allende. He was forced to leave Chile in 1973 after the U.S.-backed coup by Augusto Pinochet and the death of President Salvador Allende.
As a result, Ariel Dorfman's life was shattered. He lost his friends, his way of life, his country.
His response was to write about the issues of his life: alienation and loss. Painting all-too-real pictures of social injustice, he became one of South America's most respected novelists.
Yet Ariel Dorfman says he will never again be entirely healthy as a result of what happened to him on September 11, 1973. His task, therefore, continues to be to take the shards of his life and build something else with them.
His hope now is that perhaps he – and Chile – have something to teach the U.S. about our own shattering experience of September 11, 2001. Watch an interview with him here:
People are shattered in different and terrible ways.
Some experiences are intensely personal while others are shared calamities.
Many in Galveston have just had their lives shattered due to Hurricane Ike. Others had their lives shattered long ago due to personal illness or injury. Still others – too many – have been shattered by war, atrocity, loss and displacement.
Some – perhaps all – could be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of anxiety disorder. It can occur after you've seen or experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death.¹
Until recently it was not understood and there was no effective treatment.
Now there is evidence that, by using a technique that did not exist in 1973, recovery is possible.
September 15, 2008 No Comments


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Re: looking for my ancestors
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looking for my ancestors
Sandra and Richard, My grandfather also went to Canada from Syria in about 1890. His last name was Assaly or Abouassaly, but he was living and traveling with his uncle and took the name of Core (for Khouri family members) when he came to America. That was my maiden name and we pronounced it Khouri or Corey. Where in Syria was your grandfather from ... and do you have any relatives in Ohio? My grandfather went from Canada to Ohio to Oklahoma. Thank you! Emy Core Stewart


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Your wedding day was a big success. You cried tears of joy during your nuptials, drank just the right amount of champagne, danced the night away, and finished it off by indulging in some yummy frosted cake that your new hubby lovingly dabbed on your nose. Aww! You are totally high on life until the day you receive your wedding photos and…DUN DUN DUN! Your mascara was running, your lipstick faded, and your skin was shining like Vin Diesel's head on a hot day. Oh, the horror! This nightmare has come true for many a bride, but it can be prevented with just a few tweaks. Here's how to bulletproof your makeup so those pics come out as perfect as the day itself.
- Prepare Your Skin for the Big Day
Assuming you've already exfoliated, cleansed, and moisturized—the best way to prep the skin for a hard day of makeup is to use a primer. These address personal skin concerns, increase the longevity of your makeup, and come in a variety of formulas. Brightening, smoothing, or hydrating—there's a primer for that. You can even layer them if you really want to go for it, which is your bridal prerogative. I salute you!
2. Resist the Urge to Cake on the Coverage
Your foundation should cover imperfections without looking like you could cut through it with a knife. To achieve this, opt for a lightweight, medium coverage formula and add extra coverage with concealer where needed. Remember to avoid SPF, which can cause that ghostly white cast in flash photography. Not today, Satan.
3. Don't Let Contouring Intimidate You
Forget that war-paint looking contouring you've seen on Insta. This technique is just meant to enhance your best features, and it looks especially flattering in pics. The idea is to use cool tones, which mimic shadows, to create definition and shape the face. For chiseled perfection, simply use a cool toned, matte bronzer (the less orange the better) at the hairline, jawline, and right under the cheekbones.
4. Choose the Right Lipstick
Wedding=Lots of Kissing. To kiss-proof your lips, always use a liner first, and go for lipsticks with a semi-matte or satin finish. These tend to last longer and transfer less, without looking too dry like most full-matte formulas. Pro Tip: Cool toned colors make your teeth look whiter. Head to Sephora and try some on—you'll know right away.
5. Set It and Forget It
This one is the most important if you want your face to stay cute while you bust those moves later. To set your makeup, press in some translucent setting powder formulated without Silica (another culprit of photo flashback), and follow with a generous helping of setting spray to lock in all that hard work.
Oh, you've hired a makeup artist?
One less thing to worry about, right? WRONG. Many makeup artists focus on making you look beautiful—and they do a great job—but may lack the skill or knowledge required to make sure their work lasts, and translates in photographs. Keep these tips in mind and always be clear about what you want, so there's no last minute drama, and you can enjoy your special day without stress. Well…without makeup stress, at least!
P.S. Waterproof Mascara!
About Our Guest Blogger Alexandra
Alex Licitra is a New York City based makeup artist, dancer, and blogger at GlowUpNYC. Her unique perspective comes from years of experience in the entertainment industry on both sides of the camera. Inspired by her international travels as a performer and makeup artist, she now uses her work to pay it forward, inspiring and empowering those she connects with by sharing her insights on life, beauty, and travel. GlowUp is a community for those, like Alex, with a passion for life and occasionally wearing more makeup than necessary.
Check out more of Alex's tips here!


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US Unable to Counter ISIS Despite Billions Spent on Weapons
By Patrick Cockburn
29 December 14
There is a scene in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass in which Alice meets the White Knight who is wearing full armour and riding a horse off which he keeps falling. Alice expresses curiosity about why he has placed spiked metal anklets on his horse's legs just above the hoofs. "To guard against the bites of sharks," he explains, and proudly shows her other ingenious devices attached to himself and his horse.
Alice notices that the knight has a mouse trap fastened to his saddle. "I was wondering what the mouse trap was for," says Alice. "It isn't very likely there would be any mice on the horse's back." "Not very likely, perhaps," says the Knight, "but if they do come, I don't choose to have them running all about." It's as well "to be provided for everything", adds the Knight. As he explains his plans for countering these supposed dangers, he continues to tumble off his horse.Read more
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Bejarano, ninth in the North American jockey standings with $8.8 million in purse earnings this year, was injured Aug. 14 when his mount in the ninth race at Saratoga fell and unseated the rider. He underwent a complete set of chest and rib x-rays at Saratoga Hospital, but a hairline fracture and a crack in two separate ribs remained undetected and he continued to ride 29 mounts over the next nine racing days. Bejarano finally stopped riding Aug. 25 and drove home to Kentucky, where a specialist determined the cause of his pain and trouble breathing. He was eighth in the standings at Saratoga with 18 wins when he left New York."He's good now, he'll ride a few races and get ready for Keeneland," said Espinosa.
Jockey Rafael Bejarano, sidelined since Aug. 25 with rib injuries incurred at Saratoga Race Course, will return to riding at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. on Wednesday or Thursday, in time for the Sept. 30 Kentucky Cup series. According to the jockey's agent, Joe Ferrer, 23-year-old Bejarano has been out of the country for several days and has not been galloping horses, but will return to Louisville Sunday and is expected to be riding regularly by the end of the week. Local agent Julio Espinosa will assist Ferrer with booking Bejarano's mounts until Ferrer, still in New York, returns to Kentucky later this month."Rafael is doing very well," Espinosa said Thursday morning. "He's working out and he's real fit. He went to Panama, then to Peru to visit his mother, and he could have come back earlier, but he wanted extra time to see his family. When you're young, you can do things like that without a problem."


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Who knows about fatherhood better than father's? We thought we'd take a few minutes and interview the father's of our children this father's day!
What surprised you most about fatherhood?
How you could want to pull your hair out but love your kids so unconditional. It is a feeling hard to explain. You can be so mad one second and then have so much joy and love the next.
(Father of Rachel's children)
Dirty diaper changing or spit up clean up?
This one was pretty much unanimous, Spit up!
Funniest Fatherhood moment…
Never putting her pants on or snapping her onesie to make momma crazy!
(Father of Kelsey's baby)
Do you have nick names for your littles?
She's our little "boo!"
(Father of Danielle's baby)
What do you think you do better than mommy?
I don't consider myself better than mommy in any way (smart man)
(Father of Jennifer's children)
Any special tricks to fatherhood?
Say yes as often as possible, and lots of ice cream!
(Father of Beth's children)
What part about being daddy do you love the most?
Taking them on adventures wether that's a family road trip or just visiting a new place. Also, the playful moments when there are no responsibilities and just getting to soak in the moment.
(Father of Jennifer's children)
Least favorite thing about parenting….
Not being able to poop in privacy.
(Father of Brittni's children)
I did _________ and won't every do that again.
Drink out of a water bottle after a two or three (or six) year old…I'll never do that again
(Father of Beth's children)
What is a memory that you HAVE or WANT TO remake with your own kiddo(s)?
Taking my kids camping, cause that was some of the best times I had when i WAS a kid so I hope they do too.
(Father of Malia's children)
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Review: New Gluten Free Oatmeal from ChexJuly 3, 2014 by Amy Leger | G+ Amy Leger
We have heard the rumblings over the past month or so….Chex is coming out with a gluten free oatmeal! It is already rolling out on store shelves now and you may be wondering what it's all about.
Last month the team at Chex gave me free samples of their three packages of instant oatmeals (maple and brown sugar, apple cinnamon and a variety pack that included plain flavor), plus I got a bag of their regular gluten free oatmeal.
I tried all four products and I think they are a great alternative for gluten-free folks. The flavored instant oatmeal options, while too sweet for me, are a good replacement for people who want a gluten-free version of those hot cereals. Both the Maple and Brown Sugar and the Apple Cinnamon taste just as I remember as a kid.
Now as an adult, I prefer the regular gluten-free oatmeal where I add a little half and half and brown sugar. It was very creamy and yummy! I have not yet tried it for cookies but hope to soon.
In the past, the price point has been very expensive for a large bag of oats. This brand brings it to a more manageable level: all of the oatmeal products are priced between $3.00-$4.00. The bag of oatmeal is 16 ounces. For comparison, you can get a 32 ounce bag of Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Rolled Oats for $7.49. So roughly the price and amount of oats is cut in half when you purchase the Chex version (a good size when non-gf friends and family want to make you gluten-free oatmeal cookies and don't want to hold onto a big bag forever). As for the instant oatmeal, it has 6 bags inside each box.
I recently found these products in the oatmeal section of my grocery store, NOT in the gluten-free section.
Gluten Free Oats
I had a few questions about labeling. The front of the package says gluten free. On the back and under the ingredients it says gluten free. But IN the actual ingredients list it says: WHOLE GRAIN OATS (to be fair, Bob's Red Mill's GF Oats lists it the same way according to their website).
Normally, when looking at a product's ingredient list if it just says oats, rather than gluten free oats, that is a red flag for me. So I asked them about why they don't say "gluten free whole grain oats" in the ingredient listing.
Chex said, "FDA regulations require listing the common and usual name of ingredients, but don't allow extraneous language among the ingredients, such as the phrase 'gluten-free.' Therefore, we've highlighted gluten-free labels on front of pack and back of pack in Chex Cereal and Oatmeal, but not in the actual ingredient deck."
"We strictly adhere to [Food and Drug Administration] FDA regulations for the ingredient deck found on our food packaging, which indicates that the ingredients within the product meet the qualifications for gluten free. Consumers can also be confident that we do label 'gluten free' on the rest of the package, which indicates that all the ingredients within it, not just the oats (in such cases as the instant oatmeal packs) , are gluten free."
Another item that many gluten free people are concerned about is processing and handling of the oats in a gluten-free environment. When asked, Chex replied: "Whenever we manufacture gluten-free products like both Chex Cereal and Oatmeal, we take specific steps to avoid opportunities for gluten or gluten-containing ingredients to get into our products, processes and equipment. General Mills has stringent programs and precautions in place to assure the product meets gluten-free requirements."
"Additionally, General Mills performs testing at the ingredient and finished product level to test for the presence of gluten. Finally, gluten-free products are routinely analyzed to assure ongoing compliance with the FDA proposed regulation for 'gluten free,' which require that gluten levels must test below 20 parts per million. All General Mills products labeled as 'gluten free' meet or exceed this standard."
I do think this product helps bring gluten free oatmeal to the masses. It is from a mainstream brand, shoppers will likely see it in the cereal section and the price point isn't so high that you feel like it will break the bank just to try it. But as a consumer, I would still like to see "gluten-free whole grain oats" in the ingredient list.
Tags: celiac, cereal, Chex, free, gluten, gluten-free, hot, ingredients, label, oatmeal, oats, sensitivity


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This is an unsigned and probably unfinished watercolor. The painting depicts a winter scene of fodder shocks scattered in a field. A small stream cuts through from the center of the painting to the lower right hand corner of the foreground. This stream is ice covered as two small birds sit atop the ice. One of the birds is yellow. The other is red. The center of the painting has the field with shocks (unfinished as little detailing is noted to the field and shocks). There are two leafless trees, one on each side of the stream in the middle ground. The tree on the right (closest) has a split trunk (two) and has a few colored leaves. The tree on the left and at center is larger and has
This is #6 in 'The Two Villages' series. The Kentucky River can be seen on the left hand side of painting. There is a barge and pilot boat on the river and the steel bridge can be seen in the background. The foreground has a stone wall next to a dirt path with cliffs to the right of the path. A telephone or electric pole can be seen in the background. There are two buildings on far side of the river in the background. The scene depicts the cemetery road that once ran past the Arsenal.
This watercolor is number nine in 'The Two Villages' series painted by Paul Sawyier [unsigned] and based on the poem by Rose Terry Cooke. The painting is on separate sheet and adhered to a matte backing with a line of the poem beneath. The watercolor depicts a street in Frankfort, Kentucky. The road begins in the left foreground and runs to the center to the covered bridge. Each side of the street is lined with trees and further back buildings. The right side of the painting shows a brick sidewalk with brick curbing running parallel to the street. In the foreground on this sidewalk is a street lamp with a mailbox. Further to the right is a row of buildings fronted by wrought iron fences a
This painting depicts Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York. This coastal image shows a line of small fishing craft and sailing vessels docked at the wharves. On the right is a flotilla of small boats at anchor with a marker buoy floating in the right foreground. Gray water reflects the outlines of the boats and the cloudy blue sky.
This painting depicts a road with a wooden fence and trees on the right side of the road (viewer's perspective.) There is a hill on the left side with trees on top and a rock fall at the base. Trees are featured in the background.
An Impressionist scene this painting depicts an area north of Frankfort on the Peaks Mill Road by Elkhorn Creek at Channel's Ford. A dirt track runs from left foreground into background. Creek with rocks marking the ford are to the right. Two large trees lean out over the creek in the middle foreground. The trees have autumn foliage. There is a small embankment with a fence on top on the left hand side of painting.
'The Rockbreaker' is a pastel on linen. It shows the bust image of African-American man wearing a fur cap. He has on a dark gray shirt with green striped suspenders. There is a gray background surrounding the head.
A watercolor landscape that features a creek in the foreground. The painting features tree lined rocky shorelines on both sides of the creek. The creek shows a reflection of the trees on the shoreline.
This watercolor painting shows the Elkhorn creek with stony banks exposed. There is a line of thin trees on the right bank. Fall foliage can see on the left bank in the distance.
The painting depicts a river on the left with far bank in the background. The right side depicts grasses and trees in early fall shades of yellow, brown, and green.
'On the Elkhorn' is a creek scene with the moon low on the horizon in middle background. In the foreground there are rocks with stepping stones crossing the creek in the middle of the painting. A large gnarled tree stands in the right background. There is a structure of some kind on the left side.
This landscape depicts a creek or river with trees lining both banks. In the left foreground is a distinctive tree that has exposed roots and a gnarled appearance. The scene appears to be painted in fall as the trees in the foreground have few leaves and the trees in the background have fall colors. There appears to be hills or mountains in the distant background.
'Kentucky River (from Chimney Rock)' is an impressionist view of the river valley as seen from a rocky height. The river flows in a serpentine curve and the cliffs and low forested bank is to the right. There is a steep forested hillside in the left foreground and rocks in the immediate foreground at lower center. Birds drift above the rive from middle foreground to the background.
This painting depicts a two story red house with green shutters. In the background is a white outbuilding with 2 entrances. The landscape features trees in the foreground and background and a large rock in the foreground.
This landscape is a covered bridge containing a street car or train. The road runs toward the entrance that is flanked by two electric poles. Two steeples can be seen in the background. There is a picket fence on the right side and a stone building on the left. There is a pencil remarque of the bridge in lower left margin.
The watercolor depicts a morning or evening scene along the edge of a pond or creek (leading into a pond). The foreground has the pond in the lower right corner with the creek in the center with a tree on the bank in the left foreground corner. A hill rises from the banks of the pond and stream in the middle ground. The hill is covered in dark green foliage with areas of blue and scattered color. On the hill are hidden two structures. One is located in the center and has light emanating from its windows, the reflections can be seen in the water below. The other building is located to the right upper center. There is a worn picket fence hidden in the shrubbery in front of this building.
There is a woman in a blue dress and bonnet with a child in the middle background. There are bare trees with last leaves of fall in the right foreground. A corn-stalk fodder-shock and rocky cliff to the right. The towers from High Bridge are visible along the slanting ridge line in the background. A stream and a wooden-plank footbridge are in the immediate foreground. The roof of the spring house can be seen in the far background on the left.
This is an summer image of a house surrounded by trees. The house appears to be rose colored brick with three chimneys, green shutters and a white door.
This painting is #17 in the 'Two Villages' series. The painting depicts a landscape of a cemetery in the background with an inset scene of a woman crying at a table beside a cradle. In the background of the inset scene is a man that appears to be crying. The painting is adhered to a larger paper that has an inscription toward the bottom.
This painting is #7 in the 'Two villages' series. The landscape depicts the Kentucky river in the foreground with the covered bridge and the skyline of Frankfort in the background. The scene appears to be of a cloudy night. The painting is attached to a larger sheet of paper which has an inscription near the bottom.


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Sure wish there was video.
ya need help with bail?
Also, great video of protesters tearing down the Obamacades
Sorry, very hard to post things from cell phone
Good thing one of them didn't try a U-Turn with a baby in the back.
Keep eyes on target! And your head down...
POTUS Obama, the only American POTUS to hate and undermine the USA military!!! Impeach him...NOW!!!
The power of the people lies in mass civil disobedience. It got the Brits out of India and the would-be tyrant Morsi out of power, due to protests by the brave people of Cairo.
Did the thrice admitted foreign born twice unconstitutionally elected Islamic communist fascist subhuman piece of pig vomit posing as our POTUS demand any arrests?
The marxists currently in control pretend not to care, but in reality they are very worried. Their worst nightmare is that the folks stop being sheep and actually go in the streets and carry signs!
The first violent act will be committed by this administration's lackeys and will be blamed on the normal people. And the media will spread the lie.
How DARE, we the people, for the people, of the people exercise their rights?


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Nordic Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is a tool to help companies streamline the introduction of their innovative products, services and processes on the market. It has offered dozens of Nordic cleantech companies opportunities to showcase their expertise in environmental technology to global industry leaders.
Veolia, an international cleantech company promoting a global circular economy, as well as water, waste and energy management with a turnover of over EUR 24,4 billion, is partner of the NIA and launched last year 2 worldwide calls for innovation. The NIA helped to relay these calls for innovation specifically in the Nordic region.
Recently, Veolia expressed its interest in the Finnish company Senfit who provides measuring and control solutions that are based on high performance microwave technology.
As a result of the call for solutions for moisture measurement of organic materials Senfit was selected from 16 proposals to start collaboration with Veolia. A pilot project is now planned to implement the Senfit technology on an operational plant, in North of France. For Senfit this is an excellent opportunity to get reference and gain access to large corporate client.
"We proposed our solution to the innovation call since Veolia is a significant global market leader and we wanted to see where this could lead. For us, NIA process opened valuable communication channel with potential corporate client and of the pilot project our expectations are high. We believe to come into commercial agreement later this year after successful pilot." Markku Korhonen, the CEO of Senfit describes the benefits.
Lahti Region Development LADEC launched the NIA platform tailored to the Nordic market just over a year ago in cooperation with Veolia. Veolia specializes in effective water, energy and material use and it uses the platform to distribute predefined challenges, for which cleantech companies of various sizes and at various stages can submit their solutions. During the first year of operation of the tool Veolia was looking for solutions in two calls for innovation.
"We experimented with success this partnership with LADEC, through the NIA, in 2014, and we are keen to go on for 2015. The NIA is a great opportunity to detect some innovative solutions in this fruitful Nordic area, and the results of the 2 last calls for innovation perfectly illustrate the efficiency of the tool", tells the open innovation manager Laurence Duyck from Veolia Research & Innovation.
Nordic cleantech companies at the forefront
The eagerness and technological expertise of Nordic cleantech companies were highlighted in Veolia's latest two calls for innovations, with which Veolia was looking for solutions for measuring the moisture content of organic materials and streamlining industrial waste logistics management.
Altogether 30 per cent of the applicants who submitted their proposal for the global waste management challenge were from the Nordic countries thanks to the NIA platform. A total of nine of these proposals came from the Finnish companies.
From Nordic countries altogether 8 companies, of which 6 were Finnish, presented solutions for performing moisture measurements faster and more accurately.
Agility and innovations for traditional industries
Through the platform, growing and innovative cleantech companies have the chance to receive valuable guidance from the international experts at Veolia, who employ some 180,000 workers. The company operates several pilot facilities where new products and equipment are tested in actual conditions.
The Nordic Innovation Accelerator platform is not only for Veolia's use but it is open for any large companies as a flexible channel for seeking ideas, know-how and networking opportunities for upgrading and renewal of their processes.
Finnish companies and public entities who have utilized the innovation tool include the City of Lahti, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Renor and Lahti Aqua, who used the platform last year to organize jointly a competition to find new storm water management solutions.
Also large Finnish companies Fortum, Kuusakoski and the S-Group, used the platform to look for new ideas to develop their business operations. The organizations took promising start-ups under their wings with the promise of mentoring them for six months as part of the Corporate Venture program coordinated by LADEC (www.corporateprogram.fi).
"We see NIA as a tool which makes the sourcing and evaluation process efficient but the key for the success lies in the corporate development team. They need to be open and committed to work with the start-ups. Sometimes the common language and balance is difficult to find, but in the end the work is worth its while for both parties! The best thing is that the start-ups evidently have entrepreneurial enthusiasm and it is contagious", tells the program coordinator Nina Harjula from LADEC.
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Farmer's bride collection : 6 Romances Spring from Hearts, Home, and Harvest. / Kimberley Comeaux.
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Humanitarian at Heart
As a mechanical engineer working with Hewlett Packard, Dr. Robert Marquez had the opportunity to travel around the world. It was during this time that he became more aware of societal inequalities that afflict the world in general. This became a turning point in his life and he made the decision to become more involved in helping people in need. His travels also awakened in him the obvious need to clean the environment.
A great opportunity arose for Dr. Marquez's new found mission when, in the mid-1990s, he was sponsored by the Los Alamos National Laboratory to work on the Brick-Kiln Emission Project. His Native American blood makes him naturally interested in the environment, so he was immediately drawn to the project and began to search for solutions to the deficiencies in the brick-making industry of the developing world.
Understanding and considering the target-problem areas, which were composed of an impoverished population; he overcame the challenge of limited resources. Ironically, all Dr. Marquez needed was manpower and four of the most basic ingredients known to man; the earth, water, air, and fire. "Creating a high-tech mechanical design is not hard; it's much more challenging when all you have is the earth, the sun and manpower," said Dr. Marquez. His efforts resulted in the "MK" design, a successful innovative dual-kiln system which consisted of two main performance improvement factors over the conventional kiln.
The first improved factor of the MK design is the better control of combustion. The second, is the use of clay as a filter, where the effluent heat and energy are recycled. The first prototype system was composed of a filtering condensation section between the two kilns where pollutants are absorbed onto the clay filter on one side of the oven. The practical system, called MK-2, being used today is composed of two identical kilns where the bricks in the second kiln are used as a filter, while the firing takes place in the first. When firing is complete, bricks are removed in the first kiln, and it is reloaded with unfired bricks, then, the process is reversed and repeated.
Brick-making is an industry, but it is also a way of life for many people and thus a major problem all over the world. Until the development of this new system, the ancient process of brick-making using the traditional kiln resulted in emissions of particulates, gaseous pollutants and ash into the environment causing serious health hazards and creating a negative impact globally. According to sources, toxic soot particulates have been reduced by 80-99% along the U.S.-Mexico border, in the Cd. Juarez traditional kilns, as a result of Marquez's new kiln design.
Not only does the MK reduce pollution, fuel and firing time, it also allows burning under various climatic conditions, is less labor intensive and maintenance is also minimized. Dr. Marquez points out that a very dangerous task was also eliminated. With the traditional design, a person would climb on top of the hot kiln to place a cover on the areas that have been fired and to determine the overall progress of the firing. Furthermore, the MK design has significantly improved health issues and the quality of life for many people by providing sustainable employment.
Dr. Marquez was contacted by Potter's for Peace (PFP), a nonprofit U.S. organization, who became interested in the MK kiln design and affiliated technology. After Dr. Marquez shared his kiln technology, he collaborated in the production of the Potter's for Peace ceramic water purifiers (CWP). He became inspired to improve the system with his own design using the same concept of the CWP, a clay filter. In his laboratory, Dr. Marquez designed a mold using PVC tubing for the clay which is made of sifted clay from his backyard, sifted sawdust and water. "It's as simple as kids playing with mud," explains Marquez. The clay is then formed and let out to dry for a couple of days. The firing of the clay and sawdust makes it porous enough to allow the water to drip through the filter. He finalizes the process by "painting" on a diluted solution of colloidal silver on the clay filter. This low-tech, low-cost, water filter is proven to remove dirt and kill 99.9% of viruses and bacteria. The clay candle water filter is a much easier method to manufacture and ship. It's also more durable and requires less maintenance than its ceramic counterpart, the CWP, which has been approved by the World Health Organization and the United Nations with the ultimate objective to provide safe water to marginalized communities worldwide. Dr. Marquez's clay water filtration method seeks not to re-invent the wheel, merely to improve it.
The clay candle design (CCD) water filtration method has become one of Dr. Marquez's main priorities. The objective is to take potable water into communities that are known as colonias on the U.S. side of the border. Then, expand the benefits of his new clay-water filter, in conjunction with his non-profit organization PublicUs, CDC, to a global community.
Studies show that every day 5,000 children die due to unsanitary water, and every year there are 1.7 million deaths due to diarrhea caused by unsafe water (WHO 2005). "People throughout the world bathe, wash clothes and drink from the same water source," said Dr. Marquez. "This solution would offer people a simple and inexpensive way to clean their water for drinking." The clay candle water filter is an efficient sustainable method to help communities after natural disasters that affects communities' drinking water resources. "Instead of sending thousands of bottles of water, which will ultimately pollute the earth, we can teach people of limited resources to make their own water filters."
During the 11th Annual McDonald's Hispanos Triunfadores awards celebration last September, Robert O. Marquez PhD. was honored as one of six Hispanic leaders in the El Paso and Las Cruces area. In conjunction with the Spanish-media giant, Univision, Robert Marquez was recognized for his fruitful accomplishments in science and for his low-technology solutions to fundamental health and environmental concerns worldwide. The positive impact he has made for humanity and the environment is a truly inspiring story of one person's vision; to leave this world a little better than how he found it.
Today, Robert Marquez is an affiliated faculty at New Mexico State University with an impressive background. As a chemist and engineer, he has undoubtedly contributed immensely to society. Thanks to his efforts, major drinking water problems continue to be addressed and eliminated, and pollution emission problems have significantly recorded positive changes in the air quality with his MK kiln design.
Born and raised in Deming, NM, Robert Marquez lived a very varied, yet humble and economically limited life. He embraces his Apache-Mexican roots and life's experiences, which have taught him never to give up on a journey or any dream. There is so much more to say about Robert O. Marquez, but suffice it to say that he is indeed a humanitarian; a truly caring and an amazing human being who continues to dedicate his life to helping others.
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HELSINKI, May 11 (Reuters) - Finnish financial holding company Sampo reported on Thursday a rise in first-quarter profit on a stronger profit contribution from Nordea Bank as well as better investment returns.
Profit before taxes grew 3 percent to 430 million euros ($468 million), topping the 415 million expected by analysts in a Reuters poll.
Sampo said it expects its property and casualty insurance business to reach a full-year combined ratio in the range of 87 and 90 percent. It had previously forecast a ratio of below 95 percent. A lower ratio indicates better profitability.
However, Sampo added that low interest rates create a challenging environment for reinvesting its fixed income securities.
Sampo owns P&C insurer If, life insurance firm Mandatum Life, a fifth of Nordea and a stake of more than 40 percent in Danish insurer Topdanmark.
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