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Not FKG related but just want a translation from somewhere. Trying to translate name for ヴォイチェシカ, but Google yielded no result so I use Volcheska. Is it acceptable?
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Well, at least the only one I got is the one I wanted.
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I cant get in the game both from pc and mobile. Just wondering if it's just me or the server has problem? after a while, it's ok now. How to delete the thread anyway, lol
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I decompiled it a while ago and if I remember correctly, it requires you to have the Chrome web view, not the built-in one (unless the version is high enough).
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tried to update the android version..game is going to stupid route: 13%--> 90%--> this message came--> press ok--> app crash--> back to 13% edit: 4th loop. i give up >_<
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Watch: Full interview with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - Boris: Hi, we're here with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Pruitt: Hey Boris, good to see ya.
Boris: Thanks so much for coming in, really appreciate it.
Pruitt: Likewise. Likewise.
Boris: Your time as administrator has seen a lot of successes. It has also seen some controversies. You received some criticism for pay raises for staff, some criticism for the way the taxpayer money is spent. What is your response?
Pruitt: Well, look, I care so much about taxpayer money. It's what I've done historically when I served at the state level, it's important that serving this capacity, everyone is a good steward of taxpayer money but these distractions, these issues that we've dealt with, largely it emanated from the great work that we've been doing. In the first year of the Trump administration, $1 billion in savings with respect to regulatory cost savings, at the same time environmental outcomes are approving. So there's a lot of change taking place at the agency and how we do our work, for the better, and I think that's caused, I knew this would be noisy, I knew it would be competitive, Boris, I knew there would be competition, if you will. And I think some of that is driven, as you put it, by some of the issues you've risen. But, look it's important we respond, I've spent over six hours of testimony with Congress answering those questions, we've provided documentation. We're doing what we need to do there to get beyond it and to focus on the agenda and still getting things done in the midst of it.
Boris: Have these controversies impacted the way you do your day-to-day job?
Pruitt: No, we've continued to advance. I mean even in the midst of these things, some of the things we'll talk about today. The scientific transparency regulation that we put out. Lots of change with respect to the superfund status that we'll talk about as well, as far as improvements there. So we continue to advance and obviously respond and provide the information that's necessary and it's important that we do so, but as we look forward to the future, we continue to advance the agenda of the president and making sure we achieve the results the American people deserve.
Boris: So, two more questions on this front and then we will move on to other important topics. What is the relationship like between you, the agency, and the White House right now?
Pruitt: It has been so, so consistent and so good, in the sense that the president is very empowering as you know.
Boris: Of course.
Pruitt: He's about results and actions. It's been that way since the very beginning and we continue to advance in that agenda. So, very very strong.
Boris: Great. Last question. There have been other members of the cabinet – Tom Price, David Shulkin – who have faced some of the same controversies and they are no longer with the administration. How have you handled these issues differently from these folks?
Pruitt: Well, I think these are different issues. When you look at what has been brought out, most of it is because the way the agencies have done business in the past, you know, and processes that were used that there should have been more oversight. I've actually made some of those changes. So, I'm trying to learn from this process and make sure that the agency applies different checks and balances in the future but continue to focus on getting results at the same time.
Boris: So, you are making some of those changes to make sure
Pruitt: Absolutely.
Boris: ...there is more oversight?
Pruitt: Absolutely and we should. But that is something that we should endeavor to achieve in the future and now, but also focus on the agenda and so both are important.
Boris: Let's talk about that. It's been a year since the president pulled the U.S. out of the Paris accords, so for the folks at home this is a complicated issue. Can you break it down in a simple way of why that was the right move?
Pruitt: Well, it really wasn't terribly complex in the sense that the president put America first and that he's committed to that. He talked about promises made, promises kept. He's done that across the board, from trade policy to national security to economic policy. And this is the same with the Paris decision, I mean when you look at the paris accord and what it represented for this country, it put America last, not first, and the president was courageous to do something about it when he made that decision last June in the Rose Garden. And the reason it was the wrong decision for this country is that we're already leading the world in CO2 reduction. We're already making changes through innovation and technology to see our CO2 footprint drop. Between the years 2000 and 2014, Boris, we cut our CO2 footprint by almost 20 percent. There's a recent report that came out in the last month or so that shows an additional 2 percent. So we're making tremendous progress. But what the Paris accord truly did was put America at a disadvantaged position economically. It wasn't about CO2 reduction, if it were, China would not have had to wait until 2030 before they took any steps and the same thing with India and India was receiving $2.5 trillion in aid, as well. The president took a very courageous and I think right step to say we have nothing to be apologetic about we're leading the world with respect to CO2 reduction, largely through innovation and technology. The Paris accord was about putting us in a disadvantaged position economically. And we're going to not let that happen. And so the changes were made.
Boris: So looking back a year later now, was it the right move?
Pruitt: Absolutely. I mean we continue to see CO2 reduction, our economy is growing, opening comment about a billion dollars in regulatory savings. The entire Trump administration, $8 billion in the first year. Now think about that - the regulatory savings across the full executive branch across and we're improving environmental outcomes. It's demonstrative that you can do what's good for the environment but also do what's commonsensical on the regulatory side and achieve both a growing economy and positive outcomes for the environment.
Boris: When you became administrator, one of your focuses right away was regulation and to handle it differently than it was done before. How have you done that? Have you been successful so far?
Pruitt: It's just getting back to the basics. Using common sense, I found that common sense is not too common at the agency. And the past administration used regulatory power as a weapon to pick winners and losers in the marketplace. I mean when you have a declared war on coal, now think about that, an agency of the federal government declaring war on one sector of the economy. And this president ended the war on coal and we've carried that out at the agency. We shouldn't have a regulatory framework that picks winners and losers that says renewables, renewable fuel is better than fossil fuels. I mean we as a country need to recognize that we have an obligation to feed the world and power the world and we've been blessed with tremendous natural resources and we should use those natural resources with stewardship principles in mind, not prohibition, not to keep us from development but to use them for the betterment of this country and internationally. The president has talked about not energy independence, energy dominance and it's happening.
Boris: What's the next step in terms of deregulation and changing the way regulations are used?
Pruitt: Some of it is process oriented and when I say process, making sure as we adopt rules, Boris, that we do it the right way. In the past, the agency would use something called "sue and settle" where third parties would sue the agency and then the agency would go into a courtroom, sometimes in California, and negotiate a deal and put in the form of a consent decree. "Sue and settle." Regulation through litigation. We've ended that practice. We've changed how we do science at the agency to ensure there is more transparency and that there is peer review that's taking place to ensure that folks know that our rules are based upon sound science. Those are key. But rule of law matters, too. We shouldn't be taking steps. It's fifth grade civics that we in the agency are in the executive branch and we exist to enforce the law, not make up the law. And the past administration kind of pitch hit for Congress with [inaudible] of the united states, with the clean power plan. With all these different rules that were untethered to the statue.
Boris: And, even the Paris act, which was not a treaty.
Pruitt: It was never confirmed by the, by the Senate. And so there were constitutional concerns about that. So the Paris accord, the president saying "no" to that and then saying for regulations to make sure we get back to the basics of achieving good outcomes for the environment but also doing it within the rule of law but also the processes that matter, making a substantial difference across the economy. There is optimism across the country because of that.
Boris: Let's talk about superfunds. What is a superfund?
Pruitt: Well, it is some of our most egregious polluted sites in the entire country. Its statute was set up in the 1980s and it was intended to address, you know, polluted sites that affected communities, you know, with lead and uranium and dioxin and other types of pollutants. And we have sites that have been on that list since the 1980s, literally have been languishing with little leadership and little direction. We cleaned up and removed three times as many sites as the previous administration last year. This year we are on track to do 10 times as many sites. So we are getting accountability in the superfund portfolio and then providing relief to communities all over the country so they can once again enjoy their own backyard and make sure that they can see developments take place.
Boris: These are impressive statistics. How are you able to do so much better than the previous administration on superfunds?
Pruitt: By just showing up and doing what the statute says and setting metrics and accountability. Air quality and our ozone 10 percent better. We're focused upon lead and removing lead from our drinking water. The PFOA and PFOS hich is a chemical that caused harm to our environment for a number of years. We had a big summit last week with 200+ people with states involved. We are partnering with states. We are focusing on good processes and making sure we focus on objective results. Measuring those, that has never been done at the agency and we are seeing great improvement as a result.
Boris: Administrator, it has been a year since the president pulled us out of the Paris accords. What are your goals for the next year? This is an interesting benchmark. A year from now, what would have been a success when you look back?
Pruitt: Well, we are going to continue the regulatory reform agenda. Make sure we provide the regulatory clarity that people and citizens deserve across the county. I mean when you act in a way, Boris, you know when you take the Clean Air Act, you take the Clean Water Act, you take these various administrative statutes we have and you don't do what the statutes require, those that are regulated don't know what is expected of them and so that means they don't invest. They don't put money at risk and so when you simply do the basics of administering the statute, providing clarity to those that regulate it. Capital is deployed. Investment occurs. Good things happen to the environment. So regulatory reform will be a continued effort but we are going to continue to focus on superfund cleanup and investment in our, you know the president is talking about infrastructure and making sure we invest in our water infrastructure to ensure safe drinking water. So there are environmental objectives and regulatory reform that we will continue to see take shape this year.
Boris: A major issue in terms of drinking water, Flint. What is the latest? What is going on?
Pruitt: Well, Flint is an example of what takes place when an agency is not on top of things and when you don't invest in infrastructure and what happened in Flint can happen elsewhere. It is the reason we've had a point of emphasis on removing lead from our drinking water. We had the PFOA, PFOS summit last week. We have to do more to invest in our infrastructure across the country and the president has shown leadership in that regard. He has taken a package to Congress to that end. We continue to advance it as well at the agency. So that's very important whether its Gold King, Colorado, and what happened there, or in Flint, Michigan. That's where an agency, the epa, before did not take accountability, did not show responsibility in each of those matters and now we are. We are taking concerted steps to work with states, work with communities to prevent those kinds of things from happening and ensure citizens across the country know that we can do better.
Boris: How close are the people of Flint to having fully safe drinking water?
Pruitt: Oh they are replacing those service lines to the tune of 6,000 plus a year which is a very rapid pace. That's good. They have received over $200 million in aid. $100 million dollars in aid from the federal government through our agency and a hundred million dollars from the state level. So the state is taking concerted steps. The community is taking concerted steps and they are on a very good pace to achieve replacement of those lead service lines.
Boris: Last topic, infrastructure. You mentioned it. It's been a big focus for the president. How likely is something on infrastructure to get done in Congress? They have been pretty slow on it.
Pruitt: Well, I think with the midterms approaching and where we are in the legislative calendar I think it's tough to predict at this point. I'm sure there aren't many that are optimistic. What I think is important is that the president is using his authority from a regulatory perspective and an executive branch perspective to advance these issues anyway. We are doing it at the agency through something called WIFIA, which is a state, federal partnership to focus on water infrastructure. Each respective dots doing in other areas. So, we are making progress there even without an infrastructure package. It would be good to see an infrastructure package but I think nonetheless we are going to advance the president's agenda to deal with some of these issues.
Boris: Administrator, thanks so much. Good to see you.
Pruitt: Yeah, thanks Boris.


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Ken Arnold
Since Graduation:
Ken Arnold served ten years in the USMC, 5 years with the VA, Commercial pilot with no job, odd jobs, Aviation Maintenance School then 20+ years in the field, retiring in '94 from Continental. He has four great kids, 2 girls, one a mathematician, the other a home maker, and 2 sons, one a Navy pilot and now AF instructor, the other another math guy and professional "coder." Arnold feels blessed with seven wonderful grandkids and wife, Kay.
He has been a "Westerner" since 1972, living 23 years in Colorado and the rest in the beautiful Pacific NW. A sailor since 1986, he is most happy now that he no longer owns one of those floating "thingees" that soak up all ones money. He also admits that he finally kicked the motorcycle habit after 41 years of riding.
120 mph car rides with a KA track team friend… who shall remain unnamed unless he wishes to admit to his abuse of his daddy's Pontiac, and Pinky, "The Whistler," who uncannily seemed to be able to whistle any tune you asked him to, with perfect pitch and amazing range. Get him to perform for you, unless he too has lost a half step or more. Thanks for the good memories all you KA's, and everyone else too. Wish I could've made it.
Retired? Yes
Employer: Continental A.L.
Work City & State: Denver, CO
Current or Last Work Title: Tech Coordinator
Home City & State: Blaine, WA


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Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler and Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle today signed an interlocal agreement to launch the next phase of the reEnergize Program, a community initiative to promote energy efficiency. In April 2010, this collaborative effort between Nebraska's two largest cities was one of 25 pilot projects to be awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy through its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant competitive program.
Most of the funds are being used for energy efficiency upgrades in existing buildings in targeted areas of the communities. Working with community partners, reEnergize uses a public-private strategy to focus on overcoming three major barriers to growth in the Lincoln-Omaha market: access to consumer information, access to a skilled workforce and access to financing opportunities.
"We want to remind homeowners, businesses and residents in our two cities that now is the time to sign up to take advantage of what the reEnergize program offers for saving energy, putting money in people's pockets, creating local jobs and reducing our long-term energy needs," Beutler said. "A particularly exciting part of this program is how Lincoln and Omaha are working together to help build the local market for energy efficiency upgrades."
The program was launched in Omaha in January, and this agreement opens the same opportunity for Lincoln homeowners and businesses. (City employees are not eligible.) The program is first available to those in "Start Zones," which were selected for their range of income levels, mix of ownership and rentals, concentration of older buildings and level of community engagement. In Omaha, about 500 residents have signed up so far.
"The reEnergize program encourages energy savings with expert technical assistance, streamlined contracting services and financial incentives available to homeowners," Suttle said. "The reEnergize Program will provide a great opportunity for Omaha and Lincoln to become leaders in energy efficiency for the State of Nebraska and the entire Midwest."
Residents in the Start Zones who sign up for the program may receive $1,000 or more in direct financial incentives to cover the costs of insulation, more efficient heating and cooling, improved lighting and other upgrades. There is no income eligibility, and participants will pay a percentage of the costs. Small businesses and nonprofits that sign up will receive professional evaluations and consulting services to determine the most cost-effective energy upgrades for their properties.
The goal is to have about 2,100 households and 180 businesses and non-profits participate in reEnergize. More information is available online at www.reEnergizeProgram.org or by phone at 877-402-5111 (toll-free).
In Lincoln, staff with the Mayor's Cleaner Greener Lincoln initiative are meeting with residents, neighborhood associations, and business groups to promote reEnergize. A grant will fund an additional staff person to help enroll and guide people and businesses through the process. Milo Mumgaard, Senior Aide to Mayor Beutler, said reEnergize will complement new energy incentives available through the Sustainable Energy Program of the Lincoln Electric System (LES). LES also has a new kilowattchers.org website to help customers find ways to save energy and money.


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Hart & Galla needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 133 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
Hart & Galla
Experienced marketer who has a knack for going above & beyond expected ideas. Event Logistics dynamo, Idea Generator, Project Quarterback, Media Maven, Master Negotiator.
Background in Music Industry, Sponsorships, Events & Promotions. Focus is on the art & science of relationship marketing. In today's frontier of consumer and shopper marketing, it is far more than the shotgun of advertising. Its creating a reason to have your customer stay loyal to your brand.
Create trust in clients that they are getting value for their money and appreciate my pushing them to go past the "marketing norm", open to new ideas and future thinking.
My last job was developing unique ideas to get women engaged in the sport of motorcycling for Harley-Davidson. My clientele is quite diverse but my passion is working with brands to understand the way women shop and change the way they currently market to women.
Logo needs to appeal to a large variety of potential clients but not go too feminine as I am dealing with a number of "male-based" industry.
Some current work includes Harley-Davidson Dealership, Transport Company, Floral Chain, Non-Profit Association, Real Estate Developer
I love the use of the & in the logo as well find an offset stacked logo appeals to me visually but am open to anything. Libra in nature so the yin and yang of a logo is attractive. ie: Vintage with a contemporary twist.
The essence of logo ideally plays up my passion for marketing (Hart) and drive to make it extraordinary (Galla)
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Five Fitness Tips for the Not So Active Person
For most of us staying fit and healthy is very important. You need to have a fitness routine and stick with it. This requires a lot of energy, and for some of us that can be a problem. We have to find ways to keep ourselves active and involved in the pursuit of staying fit and healthy to enjoy a happy and long life. Here are some ways to help you remain active and achieve a healthy and fit lifestyle.
Join a gym. You need to exercise regularly, and at the gym, you will have the machines and assistance needed to help you stay on track. You can get a personal trainer to push you through workouts and make sure you are doing the exercises correctly. You can also find an exercise friend to help motivate you when you feel like giving up.
Find a physically active hobby you enjoy. There is so much you can do in your free time. Why not use this time to get in shape? It is easy, all you need to do is find something you enjoy and look forward to doing. You could play tennis, hike, run or skate. Anything that gets you moving is helping you stay fit.
Adopt a pet. Pets are a big responsibility, and one of the responsibilities associated with them is keeping them physically active. You can spend time walking or running with your dog. You can also play fetch or Frisbee too. Anything that gets you out and moving is a nice step towards remaining fit and healthy.
Get involved in a sport. Any sport you choose will get you moving. All you really need to do is pick one you will enjoy. Whatever makes you happy will have you working out more and looking forward to the time you spend working out. It will also get you around others who will encourage you to work harder. It is a win-win for you.
Avoid the television. This is a major problem for me. You can get sucked into a show and not realize how much time you have lost and how much junk food you have just shoved into your mouth. If you must watch television, like me, try to exercise while you watch. You could get a treadmill or a stair stepper, or you could do leg lifts while you watch. Any type of physical activity can help.
In today's world, we are endlessly looking for ways to stay fit and healthy, but we come up with so many reasons why we can't exercise. One of the main excuses is that we are just too tired to maintain our fitness routines. It is time to look past this excuse and find the energy we need to remain active. By using some of the tips above we can go out and lead the healthy lifestyle we have been looking for.


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January...where is the snow? Not here in
Louisville, perhaps in Sweden and the
French Alps.
Photo of French Boiserie Plaster from European Antique Market
French grays and blues, wintery whites, the
colors dreams are made of.
Grab your cashmere throw and voyage with me
to Scania, Sweden, the southern most province
on the Baltic Sea.
We'll visit the renovated home of
Barbo Grandelius (Antiquarian and Decoratrice)
and her husband Göran Peterson.
Furnished with Gustavian and French antiques.
Their love affair with antiques began when
Göran purchased a Rococo canape several
years ago at auction.
That led to moving from the heart of Sweden
to an area rich with antiquities. Now they
are living in their heart :)
Bitten by Vermoulu, the woodworm they were..
and his venom is contagious!
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My office is also a separate room for the last 5 years. I love work at home because it is absolute freedom! :-) I have only one problem with tracking work time…
This article is particularly relevant, especially in light of "Kathy Sierra's recent tweet":http://twitter.com/KathySierra/statuses/858693111 — learning to balance all of the home responsibilities is difficult but so very important.
Another important part of learning to work at home is learning how to deal with the phone, especially if your personal cell phone is your work phone. I just recently went on vacation and got quite a few requests for work at the strangest places (in fact, one woke me up this morning). I've found that professional and candid responses work best: "Thanks so much for calling, I'd really love to talk with you but I'm actually on vacation right now, can you call back Tuesday of next week?"
I'll probably look into Grand Central again to help divert things better; I was under the assumption that commercial usage of Grand Central was prohibited.
Although I'm not a freelancer, my employer has allowed me to participate in a pilot of their telecommuting program for the past year or so. I work in the office three days a week and work from home the other two days. It's been wonderful, but distractions are definitely something that's proven difficult to manage.
My particular family situation (a 3 month old infant, a wife who works the night shift, and a house that's too small to accommodate an office space separate from the living room) makes mitigating those distractions pretty difficult, but we're working through it. It certainly helps when your employer — or client — is flexible with your work hours!
Thank you for this excellent article!
I've been working from home since 2002 and have learned some of these things the hard way. I have the opposite perspective of being a dad with a 2 year old and a wife who works part time in our business, but she works from the couch most of the time because she can.
When we moved into our new home in 2006 I designated one of the bedrooms as an office (yes with a door lock). One thing that has helped me tremendously was designing and painting the office to look _completely different_ that the rest of the house. When I leave or go to "work" the transition is easier because I walk into or out of a different environment. And the (business) phone doesn't ring in the house, unless I am expecting a scheduled call.
As a man my tendency is to want to look back to the office when I should be spending time with the family. Having a unique space and scheduling my time helps me better do that.
Thanks again for this great article.
I've been a working from home full time as a freelance developer since late 2001. My children are now 14, 10 and 7. When the kids were younger I thought they could get loud at times, but in the last year or so, during the summer it can get kind of crazy. We've been fortunate that my wife does not have to hold a job out of the home so that's been a huge help. We've tried to develop in the children an awareness of what's going on around them so that they can "try" and not be too loud, but they are still kids and there's no way around it really. When we moved fro CA to Idaho we were able to find a house that had a good set up for a home office, without that I'd be on the fence (near to jump off!) about getting an outside office. Don't want to sound too negative, but it doesn't get easier as they get older, I'd guess until they're around… 20? ;-)
Having your own space has psychological advantages for everyone. In our house, we decided the best way to give me the psychological and physical space I needed was to give the kids the same thing.
One of the things we did when I decided to work from home was convert the entire upstairs to our children's domain. They are 10 and 6. We gave them the upstairs office and the loft in addition to their bedrooms. They have their computers upstairs, an art room, a video game center, and a bathroom. They only need to come downstairs to eat or to play outside. Otherwise, between the time they come home from school and the time I'm done working, they live upstairs.
The logic here was that if they had their own space—not just a bedroom—that they'd feel less need to invade the privacy that I need to get my work done. So far, so good. The house feels like it really houses everyone's needs—my husband and I share a bedroom and an office, and the kids have upstairs to themselves. That's really helped my productivity.
The issue of "how not to go insane when working from home" is one that's been occupying my mind, after going freelance and homeworking for the last year or so. It's interesting to see the perspective of someone with more of an established home environment.
Not having a family or, for that matter, house, puts a bit of a different slant on things but I find it quite illuminating that actually a lot of the issues seem to result in similar conclusions. For instance, the section titled "when all else fails, get away" is _precisely_ what I do when I realise that I have been refreshing Twitter for the past hour instead of actually doing anything useful.
It does make me wonder whether some of the advice as to avoiding distractions is to an extent to avoid _giving in_ to distractions as well, putting oneself in a position where one just can't procrastinate.
Natalie, I would be lost without Skype. I use it three ways - regular telephone conversations, video conferencing, and IMs. Skype means that I never use my landline phone anymore and my phone bills are barely £10 per month.
I am one of those people who finds that I just cannot work from home in jeans or pajamas - I HAVE to "dress up" - and knowing that I may find myself on a Skype videoconference at any time is great motivation to not let myself go into "slummy mummy" mode.
In terms of planning and structure, try the Printable CEO series -
it takes a while to get the hang of it but once you do, wow.
Great article! I'm reading more and more people recognizing the need for a dedicated, quiet time to really be in the zone for doing your best work. This includes controlling your email… not the email controlling you! Your comment about *not* taking local clients was a surprise… something for a St. Louis guy like myself to think about ;)
BTW, I have found the local library to be a great place to work. In particular, the reference room—which is "reserved for quiet study". I almost always find a table, and the wifi network is fine.
I'll have to start checking out "Standards for Life".
Thanks again,
I've been working at home for about 18 months now as both a full-time employee for a company that used to have an office in the city and as a web design freelancer on the side. But on Friday I finally quit the day job and am now a full-time freelancer.
We've got a 4-week old baby at home now along with our 15-month son so I don't have to deal with the issues of them answering the phone or interrupting me too much (the older one's at day care until we settle in with the new one), but it's something I'll need to be aware of in the future because I hadn't thought of it.
On thing that I've found useful is to keep exactly the same schedule as I used to have when working in the city - starting and stopping and taking breaks at exactly the same times.
When I finish work, I head straight out to take the dogs to the park which is my exercise for the day but also is often the place I get my daily dose of interacting with other people.
I am a beginning web designer (self-taught), and I feel my best option is to start work from home (my husband and I have a good system for kid-sharing!) But I wonder if anyone has advice about how you get clients this way? Is it better to start out working for a company, thereby making contacts and getting to know the industry, and then converting to working for yourself from home? Any comments on this would be appreciated.
I have been working from home for the past year and a half. At times it gets tough. I've had the inadvertant scream from the other room during a business phone call already.
The one questions I have is about your clients. You said you don't take local clients. How then do you find your clients? I'm interested in picking up another client, but I also live in a small town and there isn't much work for a web / database programmer.
Thanks for any hints.
I started working from home just over a year ago and I love it. In my case I work for an organisation so to me I get all the benefits of being self-employed and the benefits of being salaried. I pop into the office every other week for a day but other than that I'm at home.
I do have my own space though it is currently a shared space. I work in the conservatory which we also use as a utility room. I do NOT recommend this compromise. But this is short term until I get a new office in the loft.
The comments about getting the family on board are so true. My wife stays home with the kids (19months and 7weeks) and if anything happens with the kids I am absolved from all responsibility while I should be at work unless the incident would have called me home from 'the office'.
That's a tough rule to follow but it works well. The other great thing is my wife is great at making sure I work the hours I need to and no more. She will usher me back to work or ask me to leave work depending on the time.
For me the big bonus is that when I finish work I am at home and able to play with my kids. It's great.
so while it is a balancing act it is worth perfecting.
Melanie, the answer is - networking, networking, networking. Find some local business groups and organisations and make a point of attending everything you can. Look for networks for small and startup businesses; sometimes the well known large organisations can be old boys' clubs and you won't get a second glance from anyone there.
I get a lot of my business from a special network just for women who are thinking of starting up or have just started up their own businesses. I get to work with clients who are on the exact same "page" as me and we have a great mutual understanding. Also, if my kid is wailing in the background, they don't care because their own kid is doing the same. Let's face it, you go into business for yourself to get away from office politics and nonsense, and if you are going to take on clients who would look down on you for having a child, you've brought old office politics into your own business, which defeats the point entirely.
Networking is certainly a good way to go but in my case I built a client base first through friends and then by being a regular poster on web development forums - when you begin answering more questions than you ask, people sometimes contact you to do work for them. Do good work for them, and they then let other people know about it and so on.
Melanie: I would encourage you to work for another firm (or two) before freelancing. I think there is a lot you can learn on your own, but I think there is also a lot to be learned from working at an established firm or agency. I think a four year degree is optional (some people learn well that way, some people not so much), but I really think it's important you work for other people for a while to learn the business. Just my 2¢.
I've been working from home about 4 years now. I love it. I have two small kids and I see them all the time, that's worth a lot to me. I'm trying to forego my desktop and go strictly to my laptop (and external monitor) to make work more portable when I need to go to a client's place for the day.
One thing I'd point out that I haven't seen on the comments yet: Make sure you don't work too much, especially if you're married and/or have kids. It's hard for me to ever "leave" work. I try to turn off mail and iChat at 5(ish) and really be there for my family on nights and weekends, but I'll admit there are weeks (used to be months) where I'd work from the time I woke up until the time I went to bed. It's not only unhealthy and very bad on the family life, but I think it really hurts the creativity.
I installed a free program called Rescue Time and, at the end of each week, it tells me how much time I have devoted to email, to IM, to Twitter, and to applications. Always interesting. I imagine you could fine tune much more than I have, so that you could track billable projects.
Interesting read. I have been doing freelance projects for the las 3-4 years. I have a regular dayjob and work at night on freelance jobs. For the last couple of months, I rented a small room with internet connection. Me, my friend and cousin all go there to work on sidejobs. No TV, so comfortable bed - in short very little distractions. A little overhead but worth it. We share ideas and work individually on our projects. And in case we need a helping hand, we have each other.
I especially like the "Be Discriminating" part. I always choose my clients and make sure that they understand that I have a regular day job and my work hours per week is limited.
Being transparent also helps a lot. I never lie to the clients. When I am tired and don't want to work (sometimes I work full 15 hours in 1 day, - dayjob + sidejob), I tell them. Most understand :)
Good stuffs, wonderfully delivered. =)
I have been working from home for about a year and a half now, and for the most part it has been very enjoyable. I get to see my son and wife each day when most fathers would be out of the house, I work to my own schedule and I can take a break when I want to.
I have discovered some downsides though, with the main one for me being the lack of contact and 'tech talk' with other fellow geeks. I also find I miss the 'bouncing of ideas' that you get when working closely with other people on a project. Also, my daily train or tram ride used to be where I got a lot of reading done - now I find I really have to make time, usually at night, to read.
I am thinking of coworking in the city one or two days a week to counterbalance this. Then, I think I will have the best of both worlds!
Natalie, this was a great article. Even as a single person working from home this gives some food for thought.
I think though that David brings up something that needs to be emphasized: don't work at home ALL the time. Working "from home" doesn't mean staying in one place necessarily. Coworking initiatives are popping up everywhere to help alleviate these problems.
I understand that might be harder with people with young families; though, this does bring up a possible business opportunity to open up a family-friendly co-working initiative (daycare + office?) heh. :)
You have a very good point about not being able to connect with others. I find I can no longer attend mums-and-toddlers groups because all the women there who have children my daughter's age are there because they have chosen to be stay-home mums - whereas I would be attending because I was taking a break between projects on a busy work day. I love being a mum, but I just cannot talk about babies, babies, babies, babies, babies all the time, so I found that I didn't have anything in common with anyone there. I definitely felt uncomfortable and the feeling was mutual. I thought running my own business would give me the freedom to attend lots of groups, but instead I had to exclude myself from them.
The timing of stumbling upon this article could not have been more appropriate - as I don't have any friends who are working from home full-time, I was comforted in discovering that my daily struggles were not my own!
Though I'm not an official 'mom' per se, I do tend daily to our domesticated zoo, consisting of 2 great danes, 2 Eclectus Parrots, and 2 cats. Though not entirely like children - I often end up overwhelmed by minor emergencies which steal me away from my desk, unexpected trips to the vet that require me to shift around phone conferences and priorities, and there's nothing like two birds screaming "I love you!" or whistling "If I Only Had a Brain" (from the Wizard of Oz) to add an interesting flavor to a phone call with a client! I, too, have decided to be transparent with my clients, and I find that so far all of my clients appreciate this - and therefore feel more comfortable being honest with me as well. We're all human!
In saying this, Natalies article really made me reflect on why I wouldn't trade this home office for anything in the world! We're about to re-locate to Denver, and I was considering looking for a 'job'...but now, I've decided not to - because I'd miss my cats lying on my keyboard, my dogs lying under my desk, and my birds whistling a cat call whenever I come in the room!
I'm a wife/mother/teacher/writer and a client of Natalie's. She recently designed my website (www.christaallan.com) and was incredibly patient with my techno-disabilties. I appreciated Natalie's honesty, patience, and sense of humor in the process of moving from nothing to something. And I respected her transparency; in fact, because of it, I felt I could be more open as well in sharing what worked and what didn't.
I admire people who work from home, those who are attempting to maintain balance between making a living and having a life. As a writer, I admire anyone who chooses to pursue a dream.
Bravo, Natalie. Nicely done!
Very informative article. The biggest problem I have right now is not having a creative little space of my own. It's been a bit hard trying to be creative when there is no comfortable, inspiring place to work.
Not to mention that although there is air conditioning here, it does not cool and I sometimes have to give up working due to heat exhaustion. We are actually planning to move in the next 2 months and I'm hoping to get into a better situation on space.
I think my biggest problem is regulating my time online with distractions other than work. Kids are grown and only two out of the four are left here so they are not a problem.
Really enjoyed the article and the tools mentioned that help you along.
When I read this article I was thinking of me one year ago. As I continued reading the article I saw new perspectives what my co-workers might feel wheen they are at the "office" and when I see them after a long time. But then when I finished the whole article I started to wonder how I work and I found so many similarities to my life and I prefer to work on the office and see collegues when I work and not just on irc or communicator. I just feel more like me when I'm working myself but I feel more like me when I'm with people.
So after I read this article I started to think if I should start to work at home but then I remembered I was there year ago and the money wasn't so good. So what should I do?...decision decisions… I'm sticking with my job and I want to work at the office and I enjoy the people I meet there.
Working from home definitely has it's financial benefits, great tips.
My kids are now grown and gone. I have been working from home for 12 years, trying various rooms as my office during that time. My husband's office is adjacent to mine, and since he doesn't mind me walking through and filing or putting something away in his office, he assumes I am not distracted by that when he comes through my office.
In fact, I AM completely distracted, whether it's him or houseguests. I just can't completely focus when there is activity anywhere in our home. Maybe that is the homemaker thing: can't stop mentally planning shopping, dinner and laundry?
If I had it to do over, though, I would not go back and shut the door and put on headphones. Being home when my kids were home was a gift. It impacted my efficiency and meant for some very late nights and early mornings, but I was there when they were and that was priceless.
I find it way to difficult to work from home on a regular basis. There are some good tips in this article, but I have to get out of the home office to be truly productive.
I have worked from home since 1995. There are definitely perks. Unquestionably. There are a few things you don't get, however. Not really, anyway.
1) *Sick or maternity leave*. Since you can work in your pajamas, you can always work. In my case, I have three employees who come to my house Monday thru Thursday. I have to pull it together come nine o'clock or there is a breach in professionalism that isn't productive. This, even when I am sick. And after I had my daughter, the team still came in. Just because I was on maternity leave, didn't mean they were. This extends to the whole household. When my husband is sick, he can't walk around in the kitchen (which is common area M-Th) in his boxers or his robe or I risk violating various employment laws.
2) *No vacation*. I mean, sure, theoretically you can have as much vacation as you want if you are the boss. But since you can work from home you can probably work from anywhere. So last summer when my sisters and I took our kids for a cousins vacation, I was on the computer every evening triaging email and approving deliverables.
3) *Time away from work*. It's hard to leave work when it's at home. There is always an email to be returned, or a mess to be cleaned up or a bill to be paid. And for me, since I would rather be spending time with my daughter, I shift at least two hours to the evening so I can spend time with her after preschool. My husband is done working at nine but I often have a couple hours more. This can cause a disconnect if I am not careful.
Like anything else in life working from home has both advantages and disadvantages. It just takes a very disciplined person to be able to balance it. I wish I was as disciplined as I should be, but the situation forces me to be more disciplined than I actually am.
I work part-time from home while my son is in pre-school (with a few evening hours a week sprinkled in). I couldn't be more thankful to have a job that is flexible enough to allow me to be a present parent. It helps that my boss is also a mom who works from home (oh yeah, and she's my sister) and understands when schedules change last minute because of sick child.
When I tell people I work from home I usually get a response akin to "Oh, you are so lucky you have time to do stuff around the house!"
Uhhhh…. yeah…. have you SEEN my house?
It is a common misconception that those who work from home have more free time to do… whatever is needed (heck, I will sometimes slip and believe I have more time to do more things because I am at home). I often have to remind my husband that yes, I could call the roofer about fixing that leak, but he could just as easily do it from his office, where he gets paid for the whole day. Every five to ten minute 'home' task I do is five to ten minutes I am not working and earning money, and it adds up. My big piece of advice is to be selective about what 'home' tasks you agree to take on when it should be 'work' time.
As someone who is going to be searching for a telecommute job in a few months (our due date is Jan 30th), this article is awesome. Printed it out.
When the kids are at school, it's great to be able to work on the couch, sometimes with a movie on in the background (though it has to be something I've seen before, just as "background" music so to speak). Once they got off for summer vacation, though, I was forced to set up a little makeshift office in my bedroom, which isn't the most romantic thing, alas. I find the hardest part is that I'll let the kids distract me here and there during the day, and the next thing you know I've got to work all night to catch up… I end up feeling like I'm not getting quality work time OR quality family time. I have to keep telling myself: shutting them out now is necessary so I don't have to shut them out later…
Very inclusive and helpful; you encourage my decision to settle down as a freelancer.. later on. I'm working at home right now but intend to go back to part time job in a few months. Focusing on work is no lesser problem when you're staying with your also freelancing PARENTS who want you to run errands every 5 minutes and who think the state of your room indicates not your approaching deadline, but your messiness T_T
I'm actually in a parallel boat, as I am about to become a stay at home DAD. At one point I had an amazing home office that I shared with my wife's craft supplies (she works out of the house, so we sort of traded the room off from day to night). However, as my desk got piled up with documents, color chips, and wiring, I moved out to the kitchen table (where I still have a complete office set up). Needless to say, my productivity has suffered a bit.
We're moving in a month or so, and one of the prerequisites now (after seeing this article) is a room large enough for an office, a door with a lock, and the ability to pile up the kitchen table instead of my desk :)
Thanks for the great advice/article!
Thank you for taking the time to write such a great article, in what must be, your spare time. I have been working from home for the past three years, and although my husband and I don't have a family yet, I can relate to nearly everything you've mentioned.
Because my husband works out of the house, it's pretty quiet around here during the day. Now that I'm freelancing full-time, it's best for me to keep regular "business" hours because I am most productive in the morning. I agree that it's most important to have a separate office, and keep work hours separate from family/recreation. This is tough with distractions like Twitter, Facebook, etc. I have to force myself to turn off the chat!
Thanks again for the article, I really enjoyed your perspective and advice.
Although I am now an empty nester with no small children at home, the advice is still wonderful. I have been working at home for the last 2 years, slowly building my web design and development business. I still struggle with keeping track of time, how much to charge and not getting distracted with household duties!
I've been fortunate enough to work from home for the past six months. And for a company that's over 500 miles away!
For me, what's been the hardest is keeping a presence now that I'm basically in a different state. I'll send out emails to colleagues who I haven't talked to in a while just to catch up and let them know I'm still around. It helps them think of me when a project comes up and allows me to be more in the loop with company politics.
I have my office set up with two desks on opposite sides of the room. One for my work machine and the other for my personal computer. If I want to spend more time than I should surfing gossip sites, it won't show up on my work laptop.
The only glitches so far have been the occasions when I'm teleconferencing and the mail carrier rings our doorbell causing my dogs to bark their heads off. Thankfully, my coworkers are all animal lovers and get a laugh out of it.
As a new father who is just starting out with my own business this was a helpful article. I checked out GrandCentral right away and am still very sad that they are lost in the google black hole. I also used the Emergent Task Timer for a while and it was helpful as a start, but I got tired of all the paper printing. I just found FreshBooks, which provides a time tracking widget and a lot more features. If someone is looking for a way to track time and invoice, its a pretty slick online software option.
Great articles and a much needed read and diversion for me today. I've been working from home since 2001 as a freelance web designer. I feel I've been "successful"? in my best personal opinion, though we all define success differently — something I've learned over time and apparently am still learning.
Being that I am self-taught and all of a sudden found myself working from home, I started off early headstrong that I"˜d do whatever it took to maintain and persevere in the industry. Between jobs, I buried myself in books and tutorials learning new software or trying new tricks. I'd created a monster within myself and nearly eight years later am gratefully still burning the midnight oil and maintaining that steadfast ambition. Oh but yes, I falter from time to time.
A day in the life of an extrovert gone introvert without ever even trying. I miss camaraderie. I miss learning by quietly and intently watching someone else. I miss sharing obstacles and triumphs. I once sent a prayer to Einstein at 3AM over an ActionScript code I couldn't get past for 3 days. He answered and I wrote a perfectly perfect line of script my very next attempt. I thanked him. Have I gone completely mad?
This morning I started my day off on the lanai with coffee. I'm in Florida about 5 miles from the Gulf. Crisp air, blue skies, birds singing, light breeze blowing, the pool is blue and the trees that line the estuary behind the house are still green from summer. I am truly blessed for more reasons than one. Foremost I am not fighting daily traffic with the rest of them heading my way to a cube with hospital-like lighting. I remember those dreadful days — and most times this is how I validate my success. Freedom. Not by a 6-figure salary or bragging rights to say I work at "Disney World"? or that my latest client is a hot new Hollywood star.
Today was different. An arbitrary conversation with my husband spawned a gut-wrenching feeling of despair and I'm stuck in it and writing it out. He is one of the few that does understand and respect what I do for a living.
I am reminded at times that "working from home" can often be perceived of as a "cushy" job. Oh contraire! Over the years I've come to learn that no matter how hard I work, how many hours I sit at this computer, how much sleep I didn't get because I had no choice but to make a deadline, nobody ever perceives it as hard work. Even worse, I feel I have been misunderstood as being ... dare I say "lazy"? Ouch - that one hurts.
I saw this morning through cloudy tears that stained my cheeks far too early in a day, feeling incredibly misunderstood. I am usually not concerned with how others perceive me; I've been comfortable in my skin for some time now. But why should I have to justify how my time is spent in a day in the life of a web designer? Would anyone even comprehend the headaches behind the table to div transformation? I am mostly socially quiet about the details of my job. Therefore I must be lazy. Hmm. Maybe next time I'll take a poll of browser and resolution usage and get some stats out of it.
One time someone saw some drawings of mine. They were complementing and followed with an insistent passion that I should "do something with it." I found myself taken back and not sure how to respond. I thought to myself "I thought I am doing something with it." Sure I loved to draw but I am also a computer geek. I'd married the talents to design websites for a living. I've designed far too many and counting in my career span. I make more hourly working from home than I ever would under any corporate umbrella. I've earned the privilege of being paid well for my knowledge, skill set and talent. I thought I was doing something with it?
I sleep 5-6 hours a night and spend 10-12 hours at the machine. Working, cleaning, educating/playing = 80/60/30/5. That's about an accurate read of 175%. It's my choice to do as much as I can at this time in my life because I've a busy mind and I choose to feed it. Also I am usually (and thankfully) booked with jobs. It just so happens I do the majority of my "living"? from home and I shift my percentages as needed to maintain balance. I've been doing it for 8 years and still going strong. But working from home is not for everyone. It's a tough job where separation is vital.
But I do wonder how many others have ever encountered this diminishing feeling of being misunderstood? It's difficult to explain the depth and intricate details of my work that demand such toiling and quiet hours of ceaseless non-interruption. Weekends and nights are vital to my design time whilst clients are grilling in their back yard or watching Wheel of Fortune.
Why is it so hard for some to understand that working from home does not mean we have all kinds of extra time on our hands? When in fact, it's just the very opposite? Am I alone here?
Frustrated, hurt and not going down without a fight. I'm off my soapbox and thanks for listening. Peace to all.
I too have learned that having a office away from the family is the best bet. I am currently in the process of building a more professional and sound proof room in my basement. Having kids in 6-9 range can be very noisy around the home. In addition, I have found working the web development in the evening to morning hours (9pm-3am) gives me the most time in a completely quite home. I then sleep late until around 8am. I try to schedule all my meetings around 10am or 3pm. This gives me time with my family, time with my clients and time to do my work. It's not ideal, I would prefer to have my office out of the home. However, it these tough economic times, I have to juggle several jobs to make ends meet.


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Dear Leanne: We are going to be renovating our master bathroom this spring and wanted your thoughts on the latest bathroom trends. We currently have a walk-in shower that has tiled walls with a regular sized opaque door. The tiles need to be replaced as some have fallen off. What do you recommend for wall tiles? Also, should we use the same tile on the floor as we do for the walls?
A: It sounds as though this is a great time to start fresh. The two most common renovation projects that homeowners do are kitchens and bathrooms. Typically, they are the most utilized rooms in a home, so it would make sense that they also need to be given a facelift from time to time. They are also the most-photographed renovation projects as they show such transformation potential.
Although you may be tackling this project purely from an esthetic perspective, I am curious as to why the tiles may be falling off. Although there may be many reasons why, the big concern is whether you have moisture hitting the drywall behind the tile. A humid bathroom is a perfect home for mould to thrive in. Even if the loose tiles are on the outside of the shower, you may have some adhesion problems occurring and moisture can get in, causing major damage.
My first thought is totally gut this room and start fresh. Remove any divider walls surrounding the shower and replace with tempered glass walls. This opens up the space visually, making your bathroom appear larger.
Since the glass walls are not as thick as a tiled wall, you will also gain actual space in the shower area. The glass walls allow available light to enter the shower cavity, making the space safer and inviting.
The various shower fixtures that are available can make this space a complete spa, right inside your home. Shower heads that are positioned in the centre of the ceiling offer a gentle and relaxing steam or an invigorating pulse, depending on how aggressive you like to start your day. Seeing the gleaming chrome fixtures through the glass walls offers a fresh, clean ambience of stylized simplicity.
If you are someone who enjoys soaking in a relaxing pool of warm water, consider adding a soaker tub to your plan. These popular tubs have a retro feel to their design but they are all about modern comfort. The walls of the tub are deeper, however, so users need to take care in getting in and out of these units.
Vanities can date a bathroom quickly. If you are considering changing your vanity, I suggest a timeless design that is both functional and visually appealing.
If your space allows, install a double sink into this bathroom. It is a practical element that you will appreciate now and can be a great selling feature down the road.
When it comes to deciding on sink and vanity designs, there are many to choose from. Pedestal sinks can be beautiful, but they do not offer practical storage. Although they are stunning in a powder room, in a master bath you need a functional vanity with storage.
There are many beautiful designs to select from that look like custom-crafted furniture. Your sink options can include under-mount, drop-in or on-the-counter vessel styles. If you do opt for pedestal sinks, look for secondary storage units that will hold your bathroom supplies and toiletries.
When it comes to tiles, floor tiles shouldn't be the same as wall tiles, which are thinner in design. Floor tiles, on the other hand can be applied to the walls; however, tile finishes must be taken into consideration for best application.
For walls, choose a tile surface that is glazed for easy cleaning. Flooring tiles need to be more durable and not highly glazed. Glazing will make these tiles more slippery and potentially dangerous.
If you are planning to do this project yourself, talk to a tile expert to help you with the proper tile selection for the application.
Selecting colours for your bathroom is a personal option. However, the most popular tones are taken from the neutral palette as they complement brighter accessories that can be changed easily over time. White remains the No. 1 bathroom colour due to its fresh and clean image, but that shouldn't limit your colour options.
Many people successfully complete quality bathroom renovations themselves, but this is a project that you do want to do correctly. Get expert advice to ensure you have proper moisture-barrier installation, appropriate grout and tile applications as well as electrical and plumbing systems installed to code.
If you suspect that the current design was not done by professionals, consult with the experts as you do not want to unknowingly cover up some bad or potentially dangerous design problems.
Leanne Brownoff is an Edmonton interior design consultant who welcomes your questions at leannebrownoff.com. Answers will be featured in her column, as high volumes prevent individual email responses. Also follow her at twitter.com/LeanneBrownoff.


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West Texas Intermediate crude fell below $95 (NYMEX:CLZ13) a barrel for the first time since June on surging U.S. stockpiles and as the dollar gained versus the euro, curbing commodity demand from investors.
Futures capped a fourth straight weekly decline, the longest stretch of decreases in more than a year. A U.S. government report on Oct. 30 showed that supplies advanced a sixth week. The dollar climbed against the euro for a fifth day on speculation that the European Central Bank will reduce interest rates to spur economic growth.
"The supply side has overtaken everything else," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group in Chicago. "There's plenty of oil around and the market is in breakdown mode. We're also down because the dollar is up against the euro on expectations the ECB will cut interest rates, which is extremely bearish for the market."
WTI for December delivery dropped $1.77, or 1.8% to $94.61 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the lowest settlement since June 21. Prices slipped 3.3% this week and fell 5.8% in October. The volume of all futures traded was 4.3% below the 100-day average at 3:31 p.m.
Brent for December settlement decreased $2.93, or 2.7%, to end the session at $105.91 a barrel on the London- based ICE Futures Europe exchange. It was the lowest closing price since July 4. Volume was 29% above the 100-day average. The European benchmark crude traded at an $11.30 premium to WTI, down from $12.46 at yesterday's close.
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"Both WTI and Brent are moving together now, ending what had been a tug-of-war between falling WTI and steady Brent," said Tim Evans, an energy analyst at Citi Futures Perspective in New York. "The euro has weakened and the dollar is stronger, which is putting pressure on commodities in general."
U.S. crude inventories climbed by 4.09 million barrels to 383.9 million last week, the most since June, data from the Energy Information Administration showed. Stockpiles at Cushing, Oklahoma, where WTI is delivered, advanced 2.18 million barrels to 35.5 million, a two-month high, according to the EIA, the Energy Department's statistical arm.
Crude production declined 43,000 barrels a day to 7.85 million last week. Output had surged to the most since 1989 as the combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, unlocked supplies trapped in shale formations in the central U.S.
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Michael Jordan's Eyes Get Watery As He Watches His Son "Marcus Jordan" #5 Scoring A Game High 19 Points To Win A 69-66 Victory In Illinois Class 4A Champtionship!
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This set of three videos illustrates how math is used in satellite data analysis. NASA climate scientist Claire Parkinson explains how the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice covers are measured from satellite data and how math is used to determine trends... (View More) in the data. In the first video, she leads viewers from satellite data collection through obtaining a time series of monthly Arctic and Antarctic average sea ice extents for November 1978-December 2016. In the second video, she begins with the time series from the first video, removes the seasonal cycle by calculating yearly averages, and proceeds to calculate the slopes of the lines to get trends in the data, revealing decreasing sea ice coverage in the Arctic and increasing sea ice coverage in the Antarctic. In the third video, she uses a more advanced technique to remove the seasonal cycle and shows that the trends are close to the same, whichever method is used. She emphasizes the power of math and that the techniques shown for satellite sea ice data can also be applied to a wide range of data sets. Note: See Related & Supplemental Resources for the maps and data files (1978-2016) that will allow you to do the calculations shown in the video. These also include data for different regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, enabling learners to do additional calculations beyond those shown in the videos. (View Less)
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Mayor Wesely today kicked-off the new Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Pilot Program, which provides coupons to eligible senior citizens to buy fresh produce at farmers markets, like the ones in Lincoln's Haymarket. Seniors who are at least 60 years old and meet low-income guidelines can now sign up for the coupons at their nearest senior center.
City officials worked with officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the creation of the program. In January, the USDA awarded Nebraska a $200,000 grant to operate the program. The City of Lincoln applied to the state for funds and received $21,180 for Lancaster County residents. The city will operate its program through the Lincoln Area Agency on Aging (LAAA), which is working with the Nebraska Agriculture Department and the Division of Aging and Disability Services in the Nebraska Health and Human Services System.
"This pilot program is a great way for seniors to improve their nutrition and for area produce growers to increase their sales," Mayor Wesely said. "Our farmers markets are very popular because they are fun places to get fresh food, and having more of our older residents take part is positive for all. The farmers markets and the new coupon program provide a great way to link Lincoln residents with our rural neighbors and farmers who produce the food. The more opportunities we can create to connect agriculture with the city consumers, the better it is for agriculture and consumers."
"The fact is that most of us don't eat enough fruits or vegetables," said LAAA Dietitian Denise Boyd. "As a Registered Dietitian I have promoted 'strive for five' when it comes to the servings of produce we should eat every day, and I've recently modified to 'eight is great.' This can be difficult for our low-income seniors, and the new coupon program will be a big help."
This year's Haymarket Farmers Market runs from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, May 5 through October 27. The Lincoln Downtown Senior Center is open Saturdays and will provide transportation from the homes of older adults to the center, then to the Farmers Market and back home again. Participants are encouraged to stay at the center for lunch. Those wanting more information or to make reservations can call 441-7506.
The Tuesday Open Air Market runs from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 15 through July 31 at 12th and "R" streets. It is a joint effort of the City of Lincoln, UN-L and the Downtown Lincoln Association.
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From goth and witch house to New Wave and electronic pop, Austra's lead singer Katie Stelmanis isn't sure what genre her Toronto-based band falls into.
"Honestly, I don't even know what to call it," Stelmanis tells Spinner. "It's pop music. It's electronic music. You can say whatever you want. It's not like I hate it if people call it witch house, it's just I feel witch house is a small genre that isn't going to take over the world or anything — it's not like grunge. I think it's just a convenient place where my music fits in right now.
"It's funny because I have been making music with the same aesthetic for a long time — the music that I was making three years ago, people still claimed it to be goth."
Stelmanis was a trained choir and opera singer before she released her solo album 'Join Us' and subsequently formed Austra — who will release their debut album, 'Feel It Break,' this week via Paper Bag Records/Domino — so some of those vocal styles and moods have found their way into her work.


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Christmas Traditions: My Childhood
By Jerry M. Richter, Jamestown, North Dakota
Reading Martha [Gaetz] Woijtowicz response caused me to remember our Christmas Traditions:
Christmas was a time of delicious smells emanating from the kitchen, as Mom began holiday preparations of pies, cakes, cookies and homemade candies.
The central tradition at our house was going to Christmas Eve's Midnight Mass. I still remember the front of the church with live Christmas trees and the Nativity scene. I can still smell the scent of pine trees. Even with no lights nor tree ornaments, everything was so beautiful; plus the music sung by the St. James Academy Choir. [I would in later years try out for the choir, only to have Sister Camillus take me aside and say to me, "Jerome, God is gracious to all his children and gives each one special gifts and talents. But I am sorry to say that the gift of singing is not one of the many gifts, which he has given you.] A very short-lived musical career for me!!!
In those days the Mass was still said in Latin. After Mass when we had returned home, we always had oyster stew, with those neat little oyster crackers. [This was not a favorite of my three sisters and I, but we would labor through this tradition.] Our parents absolutely loved this treat.
Christmas Day was the culmination of suspense: completing our morning chores and making sure all animals had extra feed and bedding. It was time to cleanup, to finish breakfast, and to see what Santa had brought us.
My sisters and I would wear out pages of the Sears wish-book, hoping Santa would bring us our hearts' desires. We usually got one item of our many desires: The proverbial shirt, blouse, hankies, etc. ... And always a book from Dad. He fully believed that we could lay the world at our feet, from the pages of a book. A sentiment we didn't quite share, yet he never knew our thoughts.
And always the fresh, fresh fruit: Oranges, apples, and bananas. I can still taste those fruit! It was such a treat!
Also, for us children was the big bag of mixed nuts. Even today, some fifty-plus years later, I still try to open a Brazil nut without demolishing the nut meat. I succeed more often now, than those early years.
Christmas Day saw all of our aunts, uncles, and cousins for the Christmas Dinner. Although times were very tough as I realize now, at that time the world just seemed right. Us kids never realized that we were poor. We had each other [to cherish]! And the love of family will blot out many flaws ... well, maybe not the set of Lincoln Logs. What the heck! There was always my birthday coming up in three months... or next Christmas.
Meanwhile, we siblings fought over ribbon candy and those chocolate stars, shaped like a Hershey kiss. But my siblings and I had our secret stashes, which held us for a week or more.
Beautiful memories! But I am not so sure that I would want to relive them again. These beautiful memories have a way of blotting out times that were not so great. But good memories stir my heart at this Season of Hope and Joy. Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to Everyone.


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La Niña is expected to continue weakening through July, but will still be making an impact on parts of Arkansas as well as its neighbors, according to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.
"Potential La Niña impacts in the United States include an enhanced chance for below-average precipitation across southeastern Texas and Louisiana," the CPC said. Parts of Texas and Louisiana have been in drought for months.
Forecast maps from the CPD for the three months ending July 2011 show an increased chance for above normal rain in Arkansas north of a line approximately from Fayetteville to about Thayer, Missouri, as well as all of Missouri, most of Iowa, Illinois and parts of Wisconsin and Indiana, the southeastern toe of Minnesota as well as New England, and the mid-Atlantic states. North Dakota, parts of northern Minnesota and eastern Montana are expected to see above-normal rainfall.
The CPC sees equal chances for the rest of the Arkansas to have above, normal or below-normal rainfall.
The CPC maps also show most of Arkansas as having equal chances for above-, normal or below-normal temperatures. Only the southernmost part of the state has a probability for above-normal temperatures.
For more, see www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf, or http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html.
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Mayor Don Wesely today announced the start of a pilot project to partner with local garbage haulers to increase awareness about solid waste issues. The project will place seven different magnetic signs on 20 garbage trucks in the next few months to help promote various solid waste and recycling programs.
"We believe this is the first project of this type in the state," said Mayor Wesely. "We want to thank our local waste haulers for working with us to get our message to the citizens. We also want to thank the State of Nebraska for providing a grant to fund this project." The city received $7,900 from the Department of Environmental Quality's Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Fund.
The first sign to be carried on the trucks will remind residents of the need to separate leaves from household trash through the end of next month. State law prohibits the disposal of leaves and grass in landfills from April 1 through November 30 of each year.
"Even though the city is starting its ninth fall season of the compost program, some residents forget that they need to subscribe to the separate collection of leaves,@ said Mike Palmer, President of the Lincoln Solid Waste Management Association. And since our members have trucks in every neighborhood of the city, we thought that we could partner with the city to help get information out to the public.@
During the fall leaf-raking season, residents have the choice of composting their leaves in their own backyards, hauling leaves to the Transfer Station at 5101 North 48th Street or subscribing to the separate collection of leaves provided by local waste haulers. There is a fee for this service.
Future signs on the trucks will promote the city's recycling drop-off sites, the city's Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program and the Christmas Tree Recycling Program. The city and waste haulers also hope to develop signs to encourage waste reduction and to ask residents to report illegal dumpers to the Police Department.


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Dynamite Racing needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 96 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
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We are a innovative and progressive real estate agency operating in Australia
Home Buyers
We would like to change our advertising layout in the local real estate magazine. We currently have a black background (any background colour is fine) and orange is the base colour of our brand. We would like something a bit groovy, funky, something that would be very eye catching. I have attached a file with our logo and the dimensions of the page. I have also attached a copy of our current layout. We require at least 3 photos of the property we are selling to appear in the advertisement. The dimesnsions of the page are 310mm high x 275 mm wide. Thanks team!