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They've been considering making the move for a few months, but the Dutch tax-man is indeed coming for Amsterdam's prostitutes.
Traditionally, tax authorities have gone easy on prostitutes, given the whole human trafficking/pimp thing and all. But, says the BBC, that could change: "the industry generates about 625m euros per year (£550m; $800m). And with thousands of potential added taxpayers, the authorities are now planning to pursue them for the average 33% tax that until now many have managed to avoid."
Prostitution may be legal in Amsterdam, but that doesn't mean equality — and for some, the tax imposition rankles. Says one Dutch sex worker, "It's hard to be a sex worker, not the job itself, but the way society is treating you. So it feels like a little bit of a double standard to pay tax to a society that doesn't accept you."
Amsterdam's Prostitutes Targeted By Dutch Tax Officials [BBC]
Dutch Prostitutes Get Visit From Tax Collector [CBS]


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Equipment manufacturers unite
Consolidation has not bypassed the ag equipment manufacturing associations. The Equipment Manufacturers Institute (EMI) and the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (CIMA) merged into one trade association on January 1. The new organization is called the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and includes 800 member companies, a $10 million operating budget and 50 staff members in Chicago, Milwaukee, Washington and Beijing.
EMI members were agricultural, industrial and construction equipment manufacturers, and CIMA served manufacturers of construction machines and related equipment. The two associations believed that, together, they would have a stronger industry voice, more services and more international trade opportunities.
Internet users check subsidies
Farmers' Internet use skyrocketed when a new farm subsidy site, www.ewg.org/farm, went online. Established by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the site identifies farmers and ranks them by the amount of conservation program payments each has received since 1996. EWG reports that more than 10 million searches were conducted on the site by early January. EWG is a nonprofit group that wants to take money from crop programs and spend it on conservation.
- the Washington Agricultural Record
Attend business seminar
Don't forget to sign up for the business planning seminar sponsored by Deere & Company and Farm Industry News. Scheduled for February 26 through 28 in the Kansas City Airport Marriott, the Farm Management and Business Seminar will help growers write business plans and prepare for the future. The cost is $295. For more information, contact AgInsight at 515/251-8992 or visit www.aginsight.com/businessplan.
Farm chain expands
Tractor Supply Company (TSC), a 323-store farm and ranch chain, announced it is purchasing Quality Stores, a Muskeegan, MI, farm store operation that voluntarily entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy. TSC expects to reopen about 85 of the Quality Stores in the TSC format by mid-2002 and will add several more new TSC stores to its chain this year.
U.S. ships wheat to Cuba
In its first trade deal with Cuba since 1963, the U.S. shipped 1.1 million bushels of hard red winter wheat No. 2 to the island nation in January. ADM/Farmland negotiated the sale, which was the first made under a year-old U.S. law allowing the sale of food and medicine to Cuba.
LibertyLink financing
Growers who buy LibertyLink corn hybrids and Liberty herbicides are eligible to receive low-rate financing through two seed corn companies. Aventis CropScience announces that growers buying Pioneer brand corn with the LibertyLink trait along with Liberty and Liberty ATZ herbicides may receive financing at 2.5% below prime in Pioneer's TruChoice Opportunity Program. Or growers who buy NK Brand YieldGard or NK LibertyLink corn hybrids as well as Liberty herbicides may qualify for 2.5% below prime financing in Syngenta's Seed AgriFit Plan. Contact your local Aventis sales representative for more information or visit www.cornexperts.com.


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What we're finding, like so many others, is that even in the best places to see marine wildlife, the ocean's ecosystems and marine life are at risk and are declining throughout the world. We also hope that by showing what does remain at these top destinations that more people will visit them as well and see for themselves what's at stake if we continue to abuse the ocean as we have been doing for so long.
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Portrait A - Carte de visite, Burnley-Leigh-Peterboro-Derby, #15008
Probably the most common problem I'm asked to solve by clients is to identify which of several family members the subject of a photograph could be. Is it the father or the son, the mother or the daughter, or which of several brothers or sisters could it be? Sometimes it's as easy as estimating the approximate age of the subject and which decade he or she visited the studio.
Portrait B - Cabinet card, Derby-Burnley-Peterboro-Leigh, #15008
All too often though, and particularly in the case of sibling identification, a more accurate date and a firmer handle on the age are required. Age evaluation is a subjective process, and I usually leave open the widest possible margins for error. When the subjects are younger, I usually ask my own teenage children what they think - they seem to have a better idea than I do, probably because they are closer to the ages of the subjects. I very rarely offer an opinion when asked about potential similarity of facial characteristics between family members - that's a minefield best left to the family themselves to ponder on.
Portrait C - Carte de visite, Burnley-Leigh-Peterboro-Derby, #16706
There are many aspects of a portrait which can be used to estimate an approximate date, but I concentrate here on one which can often provide the most accurate dates of all. A good understanding of photograph types and formats, together with a knowledge of clothing styles and hair fashions, will usually get you to the right decade, perhaps even down to a five-year period or so. Detailed documentation of a photographer's career, including the addresses of his various studios and any negative numbers he may have used during that time, can in some cases be used to narrow the time frame right down to a year or two. A word of warning, though - it's usually the most time consuming of all the techniques available, and it doesn't always yield satisfactory results.
Portrait D - Cabinet card, Derby-Leigh, no negative #
Anyway, I thought I'd give readers an example of how this can work well. I recently completed a detailed study of Derby photographer Pollard Graham, culminating in the compilation of a new profile and gallery, including several dozen new images that have been sent to me by visitors to my Derbyshire Photographers web site over the last three years.
Portrait E - Cabinet card, Derby-Burnley-Peterboro-Leigh, #16790
This analysis resulted in the identification of at least 38 distinct card mount designs and photograph formats used during a career which spanned five decades. I've put forward a provisional sequence in which these card designs and photo formats were used, together with a dating guide, although the paucity of accurately dated portraits with which to anchor the sequence means that it must be considered, at best, tentative.
Portrait F - Carte de visite, Burnley-Leigh-Peterboro-Derby, #18359
The six Pollard Graham portraits that accompany this text are from my aunt's collection. As can be seen from the annotations on the reverse of the card mounts, there is some confusion in the identification of the subjects. However, it is almost certain that they are one or more of the daughters of Henry Payne (1842-1907) and Henrietta Christina Benfield (c1842-1912). I left them out of my analysis inadvertently, but can now use this to some advantage, by comparing them with the dating study to see whether (a) they fit well into the proposed sequence, (b) approximate dates can be estimated, and (c) the subjects can be identified with any greater certainty.
Portraits A & B - #15008 - Taken c. early 1906
The first pair of portraits, a carte de visite and a cabinet card with the same negative number, are from the same negative. The mounts used are Types 14 and 15 in my Pollard Graham classification, probably used between 1905 and 1908. The hat appears to be somewhere between the cartwheel amd merry widow hats described by Geoff Caulton in his excellent guide to Edwardian and later fashions, Photo Detective, confirming a date of between 1905 and 1908. I think this is Helen Payne (aka Nellie), who was born on 18 October 1883 and would have been in her early 20s at the time.
Portraits C & D - #16706 - Taken July 1906
The next pair, likewise a cdv and cabinet, are also clearly from a single negative, even though one of them is unnumbered. The mounts used are Types 15 and 16, from c.1905-1908 and c.1908 respectively. I note that this negative number is immediately adjacent to that on a portrait of Sarah Emma Payne née Parker, sister-in-law of the Payne girls (see pgraham38), suggesting that the subject may have visited the studio together with Sarah. That photograph is dated July 1906, so we have known point around which to anchor the negative number sequence - the previous sitting was possibly earlier in 1906, or late the previous year.
This young woman looks a little older than Helen, and her clothing is perhaps a little more mature, fashion-wise. The straw boater is typical of the Edwardian era, but not as wide-brimmed as they would become later in the decade. I think the caption on the reverse correctly identifies her as Lucy Mary, otherwise known as Maggie. She was born on 29 November 1876, therefore 29 years old when she visited the studio, and would marry Robert Nathan Chadwick in February the following year.
Portrait E - #16790 - Taken c. late 1906
Portrait F - #18359 - Taken c. 1907
The fourth and fifth portraits in the sequence have negative numbers suggesting they were taken slightly later in 1906 and in 1907, respectively. Both hats are closer to the typical merry widow hat, although lacking in extravagant ostrich feathers usually seen with that style, so perhaps tending towards a swaithed hat, which became popular around 1910. The subject looks like Helen again. There is a possibility that it is Lily, who was only 19 months older than Helen, but in the only other photograph that I have of Lily from that period, she looks more like Maggie than like her younger sister.
Pollard Graham's Negative Number Sequence, 1905-1922
Pollard Graham only started annotating the card mounts of his portraits with negative numbers when he opened his branch studio in Burton-upon-Trent around 1895. He appears to have used this same sequence more or less continuously from then until around 1922, after which a new sequence may have been started. The lowest and highest negative numbers in the sequence found thus far are 34 and 92985 respectively. This suggests an average rate of roughly 3400 and 3500 sittings per year, or just under 300 sittings a month.
Due to the paucity of accurately dated examples from this photographer, it is difficult to gain an accurate picture of how the "production rate" varied over time. That there was some variation, I have little doubt. The business brought in during the pre-War heyday from 1906 to 1914, when they had eight branches operating simultaneously, for example, would have been drastically reduced during the war. This hiatus appears to be reflected in a flattening out of the "curve" around 1914-1917 in the provisional chart above.
Payne family members and friends, Derby, c.1900-1903
Plotting the negative numbers of the above six portraits on this chart confirms that they were probably all taken within a short period of time, between 1905 and 1907. I can therefore make tentative identifications of the subjects with a much greater confidence, knowing how old the three Payne sisters would have been at the time. Unfortunately the only photograph that I know of which shows all three sisters in the same portrait is the out-of-focus, probably amateur, group portrait of Payne family members and friends taken a few years earlier, around 1900 to 1903, in the garden of 83 St James' Road (New Normanton, Derby).
Detail of group portrait showing, from left to right, Lily, Helen, Aunt Sarah, Lucy Mary and my grandfather Leslie (aged about 8-11 yrs)
The facial similarities between Lily and Lucy Mary are evident in here, although all three understandably look very alike.
The ability to narrow down the dating of a portrait to under a year depends on many factors, not the least of which is a good knowledge of the photographic studio's history. Of course only a tiny proportion of individual photographers have been studied in much detail. Apart from my own work on Derbyshire photographers, there are several other online works in progress, such as David Simkin's Brighton Photographers and Sussex PhotoHistory, Peter Stubbs' EdinPhoto, the photoLondon database, and several ongoing projects by Ron Cosens, including a Photo Dating Wizard.
However, lists have been prepared of photographers/premises/dates for most areas of the United Kingdom, for example, by the Royal Photographic Society Historical Group, as supplements to their quarterly publication, The PhotoHistorian. These supplements are available from the RPS - a full list and contact details are provided here. They, and many other studies of photographers worldwide, are also listed in Richard Rudisill and Peter E. Palmquist's annotated bibliography, Photographers: A Sourcebook for Historical Research.


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Demi Lovato has two new wrist tattoos that say "Stay" and "Strong" -- and, according to her, she got inked for her fans!
Demi Lovato has found a permanent way of showing her love for her fans!
The Sonny with a Chance star revealed the heartwarming meaning behind her two new "Stay Strong" wrist tattoos in a new video on Cambio. Demi, 18, explains that she was inspired to get the tattoos after she saw the support she was receiving from fans after seeking treatment for emotional and physical issues back in October.


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surfvida needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 72 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
A surf lifestyle company and website, reggae music style, beach style and emphasis on beach lifestyle. The logo we have been using is a picture of the hawaiian islands in the reggae colors, can be seen at http://www.myspace.com/surfparavida
Would like to do something like I am using but with the name brand incorparated into the picture, however am open to other ideas as well. Really want to incorparate surf lifestyle and catchy logo. I like old english style lettering but am open to other styles as well.
A catchy logo for the website and clothing that I will be putting out, partial to reggae/rasta kind of feel, but as I said am open to other ideas as well.
Anything too bubbly or modern looking.
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This is another of those older clips some of you may have already seen from my old blog, but as I stated before, I do eventually want to have all my clips over here. Besides, I just got in from Vegas! So pardon the re-run if you've seen it, and if you're new to the site this is a great trick. One last note; I had a few emails after the Sole "Dore" clip saying that I should have done "egg then flour." That is one way, but there are many ways. That "Dore"method uses flour first then egg to achieve more of an egg batter. Egg and then flour (the more common method) gives you more of a starchy coating. The point is they are both delicious and you should use both methods. Here I use the "flour then egg" method. This method, I believe, keeps the fish moister and is safer for the novice cook worried about their fish drying out. OK, enough with the preface, here's the real post...
One problem with cooking thinner, flakier types of fish is that you are basically limited to sautéing, poaching, or baking. It is almost impossible to grill these thin fillets over coals since they tend to fall apart quickly. I guess you could try one of those cage-type fish holders, but I've never had too much luck with those.
So I came up with this idea. I used the same "Dore" technique you saw in our Sole Dore clip, but I added some Spanish smoked paprika which gave the fish a wonderful, yet subtle, char-grilled smoked accent.
Many people don't realize how many types of paprika are available. I always stock four types in my pantry; Hot Paprika, Bittersweet Paprika, Sweet Paprika, and Smoked Paprika. You'll find these at you local gourmet store, as the supermarket will probably only have the regular Sweet Paprika. You can also check online of course.
As I usually say, any white flaky fresh fish fillets will work. By the way, what is sold as "Red Snapper" in most stores is actually Rock Cod. True Red Snapper is not as common. I topped the fish with a nice, homemade Remoulade sauce (AKA tartar sauce) which I'll demo also.
4 fillet of rock cod (red snapper or similar fish)
spice mix (1 tbl black pepper, 1 tbl salt, 2 tbl smoked paprika)
2 tbl olive oil
2 tbl butter
3 eggs
ap flour, as needed
Thursday, March 15, 2007
"Faux-Smoked" Wild Red Rock Cod – More delicious culinary cheating!
Posted by Chef John at 11:48 AM
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Hi Chef John -
I changed the eMail address to firstname.lastname@example.com and I think I added the link-thing you suggested too. So, check it out and link me! (and eMail too)
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- March 15, 2007 at 7:02 PM
Chef, did you ever get around to provide a recipe for the remoulade?
- January 21, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- Chef John said...
oops i never did
- January 22, 2009 at 12:28 AM
- Jessica S. said...
Really looking forward to that remoulade recipe!
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This one was against the Coyotes last night. This guy is absolutely AMAZING!
This one was against the Coyotes last night. This guy is absolutely AMAZING!
That was a sweet goal
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I'm blind, I'm deaf, I wanna be a ref! Get on your knees ref your blowing the game!
Big thank you to pa state Daryl Metcalfe. For doing the right thing.
Saw that on ESPN this morning and was like damn! That was a crazy goal!
Anyone see the North Dakota college game where the kid dumped one the length of the ice and the goalie let it go right through the 5 hole?.....lol
im not even gonna try to match tht...
Steph, I say that is more than crazy, that is spectaular. This kid is a major kickass player. I am so happy the Pens got this guy. He is just damn good to watch.
When Ovechkin had his sweet goal, everyone said that Crosby didn't have a signature goal like that. This year, he's had 2. He is ridiculous.
Pretty sweet goal his other goal though pwns this goal .
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Pets, Pets, Pets
Babylon has a new doggone mystery, and this time the puzzle has nothing to do with Westminster Kennel Club or canine archaeology. This strange Southern epic echoes "Gone with the Wind" mixed with "The Incredible Journey." How is it that a little dog found caught on a bush in Amityville turns out to be a Feist gone missing from Atlanta six months ago?
Last week a man found a small Jack Russell type dog, about 15 pounds, tangled up near his North Amityville home. He did the right thing and turned the dog into Babylon Shelter as a stray. The pup, dragging a retractable leash, was wearing a collar and flea collar but no ID; however, a scanner turned up an AVID microchip that traced to a lady in Georgia.
When Ashley, the owner, got the call, she burst into tears because her dear "Blaze" had been lost since December. Ready to scoop him up at her local humane society, she then heard the folks from the Babylon Shelter repeat they were calling from Long Island - NEW YORK!
"Was he brown and black?"
"Did he have crooked teeth?"
Yes, the cutest underbite, just like false choppers.
Stop right there. How did this little guy who seems to be in great shape manage to hitch a ride approximately 930 miles from home? Did someone take him on a long trip? Did he pass through the hands of several people, or was he a stowaway on an interstate truck? If only dogs could talk; or else operate tiny camcorders. At least the fictional pets in "Homeward Bound" had Sally Field, Michael J. Fox and Don Ameche to voice over their odyssey.
Let's back track a moment. What's a Feist? According to the omniscient Internet Oz, Wikipedia, a Feist is a rural Southern dog, similar to a Jack Russell or Rat Terrier, bred for hunting, not show. They may be mixed or "purebred," though not AKC recognized. They tend to be taller, smoother, quieter and more agreeable around other animals than the scrappy Jack, and have a special talent. Many Feists are adept at treeing squirrels. (I guess my Afghan Hound is part Feist.) Lincoln, Washington and Faulkner wrote about these quintessentially American Terriers, but the name goes back to the Old English for "small, snappish dog." Hence, the adjective "feisty; now an insult to the breed because Feists are typically sweet.
Ashley, a nursery school teacher, told me that she bought Blaze at a Georgia pet store that listed him as a Feist puppy- Jack mixed with Doxie. Then she re-registered his microchip. A friend was supposed to care for Blaze two months last fall while she was in Florida on business. In November, he escaped from the house unleashed and did not return, as he had other times. New Year's Eve, right around his first birthday, Ashley returned to Atlanta and intensified the search. No leads; no sightings. She kept looking. In fact the day before the surprise Babylon call, she went to the park where she walked Blaze and called his name. She loves her pup that used to pal around with two Great Danes, and desperately wants him back home.
Getting Blaze on the midnight train to Georgia is easier said than done. Ashley doesn't have a car and would take a train to the airport. We could put him on a flight, but we'd like an escort. So far we've considered adding him as a passenger on the return leg of a Southern rescue transport. A group is driving dogs from Alabama to a Vermont shelter this weekend. Blaze could thumb a ride back, but this idea is complicated and not secure. I don't want him adopted out by mistake. I'd rather that he's latched in a carrier, laden down with 10 ID tags, and accompanied by French Foreign Legion bodyguards.
Babylon Shelter's kind groomer, Tina, is flying to Florida next weekend, picking up a car at her Mom's and driving home. She wanted to meet Ashley on I-95 in Savannah. We called Continental in Newark. Oddly it's half the price to fly Blaze in the cabin with Tina than it is to ship him in cargo. Sounds good, we prefer him safely tucked in the cabin. However, Ashley doesn't have a ride for the 500-mile round trip rendezvous.
Now we're looking into alternative plans. I'm trying to convince AVID that helping fly Blaze home would be great PR for the microchip company. "Pilots N- Paws" is a compassionate network of volunteer pilots who transport rescue dogs. Not sure if they would consider an owner/pet reunion. Also plan to put the word out with various networks, including Team Vivi, formed after the massive search for the Westminster Whippet carelessly lost by Delta at JFK. Bonnie Folz of Team Vivi recently shipped a rescue Pharaoh Hound to Wyoming on Continental out of Newark because of their safety record. If need be, I'll contact other media outlets, plus dog show folks who may be going to far away shows.
Homeward Bound: In the meantime, we're not seeking funds, just a traveling companion for Blaze. Anyone flying or driving to Atlanta in the near future, who would like an adorable sidekick, please contact Chris at Babylon Shelter 643-9270, or call me at the Babylon Beacon, 631-587-5612 or Amityville Record, 631-264-0077. If the fugitive Feist bonds with you during the journey home, he may confide the secrets of his trek. All Blaze's expenses will be paid. We might even fill your tank, just once. With geysering gas prices, I have to be careful what I promise in print.
For Adoption: In contrast the dogs and cats at Oyster Bay Town Shelter (677-5784) have all been lost or surrendered locally (or at least we think so)."Lacey" #866 is an older but bubbly Lab mix, and the calico kitten #432 shown here is one of far too many babies seeking a loving home. The shelter is located at 150 Miller Pl, Syosset.
•More Dogs: "Don"#343- the purebred Pointer; a chocolate Lab mix pup #406.
Cats: "Spackle" & "Runt" #265 in the lobby; a longhaired tuxedo #266.
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Why do you buy cake?
I don't live in the Nebraska sandhills but I can see them from here and I've always wondered why you buy cake. Doesn't it cost way more than alfalfa? Wouldn't it make sense to feed 20% protein alfalfa for half or maybe even a third the cost of cake?
I can see feeding cake if you are still grazing dormant grass but once you start feeding meadow hay why don't you supplement with alfalfa? Maybe some of you do, I don't know.
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BART Strike A BART strike continues into day four in the By Area. Union members and transit officials were in talks over the weekend after two BART workers were will killed on the job, but there's still no indication employees will return to work anytime soon. Lisa Vorderbrueggen is covering the strike for the Bay Area News Group. She joins us with the latest developments in the negotiations.
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Roy Henderson
A product of Northwestern High School in University Park, Maryland, Roy Henderson was an outstanding performer in basketball and baseball, representing his school on the Prince George's County All-Star Team.
At Washington College he played four years of basketball and was a starting pitcher on two very successful baseball teams. He also ran cross country for one year, and was the sports reporter for the Washington College Elm. A starting center during his junior and senior years, Roy was known for his excellent ball handling and team play. He was elected co-captain of the team his senior year.
But he earned his claim to Washington College fame in baseball. The year was 1958, during the last week of the season. Washington College needed a victory over Loyola College that Saturday to win the Mason Dixon Conference's northern division championship. Roy, the team's co-captain and MVP, had pitched a complete game on Friday, losing by three runs to Mt. St. Mary's. Roy asked Baseball Coach Tom Kibler that Saturday morning if he could pitch the game against Loyola. Reluctantly, Coach Kibler agreed. The records show that Washington College won this game by a 1-0 score; Roy had pitched a no-hit game.
A first team All-Mason-Dixon All-Conference selection, Roy signed a professional baseball contract and spent one year in the Washington Senators minor league system. He then became an educator, teaching for 32 years and coaching basketball and baseball for 27 years at Bladensburg High School. As a coach, his total basketball record was 375 wins and 142 losses. His basketball teams reached the state finals five times, winning the state championship in 1973. He was selected five times as PG County's Coach of the Year. In 1984 he was selected to coach the Capital Classic All-Stars versus the U.S. All-Stars. He finished his coaching career by serving as a NCAA Division I assistant basketball coach.
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This is a bit off-topic for what is usually discussed on this blog, but apparently a few people want to know a bit more about me. Either that or it's just that they know I'm a sucker and would keep the meme going.
A few weeks ago, Amybeth Hale – THE Research Goddess herself – tagged me in a post on her blog to share seven things about myself. Yesterday, one of my new favorite friends Shannon Paul did the same in a post on her blog. So, I guess that means I need to get cracking and share my stuff.
Without further ado, here are seven things you were dying to know about me. Yes, you may feel free to make fun of me for any of them.
1. I look like I'm 18. No, that's not a blessing. Whenever I meet a new client, I feel like they wonder if I'm the intern. My actual age? I turned the big 3-0 last month. Actually, I was very excited about turning 30.
2. When I mention something about one of my daughters in a conversation, 90 percent of people say something along the lines of "wait, you have a kid?!" I reply that I have two. The next question is, "how old are you?!" (See first bullet above). My girls – Madelyn and Piper – are amazing kids and they're beautiful. I'm not just saying that because I'm biased. See for yourself. I make pretty babies.
3. I auditioned for American Idol last year. It was for the season that David Cook won (this year). I did it on a whim. I would be too old to audition the next year. The audition city was close enough to drive and I had friends there I could stay with for free. My wife and oldest daughter (Piper wasn't around yet) were in Wisconsin at her mom and dad's house. So I threw some stuff in the car and headed to Charleston, SC. Yes, I can carry a tune – just ask Libby Krah. No, I didn't make it to see Randy, Paula and Simon. But I had an absolute blast. If you want to know more about the crazy audition process, just ask.
4. I tell corny jokes and one-liners within the context of conversations. They get a good laugh about 75-80 percent of the time. That's not a bad percentage, right? The other 20-25 percent fall flat on their faces. But that doesn't stop me from dropping another one. Hey, laughter is good for the soul, I say. Besides, if two outta three ain't bad, then three outta four must be good.
5. I can dance my white, little butt off, folks. You'd be surprised how much rhythm I've got in this body. I was even in a hip-hop dance group for a year when I was 18. No, there is no video of such performances. This was way before the days of YouTube, Facebook and other such social web things. No one was carrying Flip Minos around back then.
6. My favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption because the real hero of that movie is the single most important human emotion in my opinion – hope. That and I love when Morgan Freeman's character tells Andy Dufresne that people maybe call him "Red" because he's Irish.
7. I'm a ridiculously positive person. I've been told my energy is contagious. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or if it can be annoying, but consider yourself warned. I wake up on the bright side.
There you have it. I guess not all of those are deep, dark secrets. But a few of them do have some potential for embarrassment.
Now, as the "rules" state, I'm tagging seven other people to participate in the next round. You were chosen because I think you're interesting and others would enjoy knowing more about you. There are many folks I find interesting, BUT I did have to narrow it down to seven.
Sonny Gill, Beth Harte, Scott Meis, Taylor Graves,
Lara Kretler, Mark Tosczak, Lisa Hoffmann
Here are the rules I followed, as shared by Shannon and Amybeth:
- Link your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
- Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
- Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
- Let them know they've been tagged
Again, sorry for the departure and I hope this hasn't bored you silly. Look at it this way. When we meet in person, you've got some great fodder for conversation in the hopper.
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April 9, 2007
Left-hander Rex Brothers became the first baseball player since Matt Schnelly did it last season, to be named Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Week.
In February of 2006, in just his second start as a Bison', Schnelly pitched a dominating three-hit shutout against a talented Pittsburg team. The performance was good enough to make Schnelly the first and up until now, only Lipscomb baseball player to receive the A-Sun honor.
Brothers, a freshman from Chapel Hill, Tennessee, became the first Lipscomb baseball player to be honored by the A-Sun this season.
After losing his first start of the season against Evansville, Brothers has rebounded winning six straight decisions. On Friday, he threw what could be the best game of his collegiate career to date, allowing just two runs, one earned in eight innings of work. He gave up just four hits while striking out eleven.
"Rex did a great job locating his fastball and getting ahead in the count," pitching coach, Lantz Wheeler said. "Rex is one of the hardest working pitchers and one of the most talented that I have ever had the chance to work with. He is a competitor and this will be the first of many awards that Rex will receive."
On the season, Brothers is 6-1 with a 3.53 ERA. In 51 innings he has given up 27 runs, 20 earned on 37 hits. He has struck out 55 and opponents are batting just .204 against him. He is leading the Bisons in wins, games started, strikeouts, and won-loss percentage (.857). He is second on the team in ERA, innings pitched, and opposing batting average.
"Rex is just learning how to pitch," Wheeler said. "He is really coming into his own and learning the value of changing speeds and locating three pitches for strikes."
With the season only half over, and Brothers still only a Freshman with several years and numerous starts left ahead of him, the Bisons are confident that Brothers' first Pitcher of the Week award will be but the first of many accomplishments and accolades, he will bring to the Lipscomb baseball program.
"Even as a freshman you can see the type of player he is going to be," Schnelly said. "By the time he graduates, I have little doubt, he may be the best Lipscomb pitcher we have all seen."
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The Military of United Nations, or more tersely known as the Trattorian Empire, is a large empire spanning 150 systems and has the ability to conduct inter-galactic voyages. In fact, 3 systems lie outside this galaxy and supply the attinium needed to make the inter-galactic voyages possible and economical. It also has a huge military arm in proportion to its size, and one of the most highly advanced science and research communities in the galaxy. The government has the exact same organization as the government of the USA, with a bicameral legislature, a president and lower executives, and a court system. The only difference is the elusive fourth branch, a council of 5 scientists, that seems to have absolute power yet no power, with many theories on what it actually does. It is best not discussed with Trattorians in polite company. Recently, with the overthrow of the government by Intelligence Director Siri, it has been replaced with an absolute kaiserdom. This was mysteriously reversed in the first days of G.R. 2014, allowing Trattoria to revert to its old system of government and elect President Kuroki.
Trattorians have demonstrated technological prowess in its military forces, having built SHIPs and SHDTs, along with other classified black-ops projects and more mundane upgrades to the rest of the military. The size of the army is considered impressive by most, and while it does seem to suffer a smaller infantry force than most other nearby empires, it makes up for that with a large amount of vehicles and an extensive navy that puts nearby ones to shame.
A sample of all the units in the Trattorian Army, minus the Mecha Corps.
A Trattorian Navy Group
History of Trattoria
The history of the empire is relatively uninteresting, as it has only been in existence for 20 years. Many philosophize and wonder why they are there, and who dropped them there. According to one theory, they in fact are the survivors of an escape ship from a large 5-galaxy dominion that fought a long and bloody war of 500 years against another galaxies-spanning dominion led by a man with a flaming skull. Whether the Trattorians' mother empire won or lost is unknown, but at the time of the launching of the escape ships, the galaxies were in a horrible condition and the dominion was crumbling and burning. The fleet of massive ships were ambushed and only one escaped, albeit slightly damaged. Few actually believe the theory because its source, a history textbook, states such impossible things as an undead who can live forever and had his head constantly on fire, among other things.
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The Trattorians later pieced together the fate of the colony ship that dropped them. In fact, it zoomed towards the opposite fringe of the galaxy, where it self-destructed over a seemingly barren planet so as to prevent the discovery of inter-galactic travel and hopefully ensure that they would never meet the Flaming Skull and his terrible army again. Alas, the self-destruct mechanism was damaged by the Flaming Skull's ships as it attempted to leave the extra-galactic war, and so a couple war machine blueprints and a bar of shiny silver metal survived, propelled into the territory of a now-obliterated empire, Nyphilis...
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Siri was recently assassinated, reverting Trattoria to its old democratic government.
Politics of Trattoria
Trattoria never was very active in Galactic Politics and has no wish to be. Due to its exact koincidental aesthetic similarity with the much hated Nyphilian Empire, it knows that it too is hated throughout the galaxy, especially by a mystical man with a flaming skull named Warhead of the Immortals, who the Trattorians allied against just to be safe.
Due to its exact, coincidental similarity as far as looks go, it has gained all the allies and enemies that Nyphilis ever had, is anti-immortal, is anti-Peach (but not genocidal) and in formal trade and military agreement with the Avalonians. Nobody knows what Trattoria does in its extra-galactic colonies, but sources indicate relations with the natives has been very strained, particularly when the Trattorians nuked their home planet to bits and relocated them to the system's asteroid belt. Native revolt is imminent, but as usual, the bureaucrats refuse to take action.
Warhead has recently been spreading around a rumor that Trattoria was swallowed by an unstable singularity. This is in fact an absolute lie designed to outrage and butthurt the president of Trattoria and thereby shame the country, perhaps gaining a reason to ally with everyone and invade. Instead, Trattoria is cleaning out its empire very meticulously. Fedonuker's recent publicity stunts with artificial antimortallium have brought attention to the metal, giving our anti-immortal friends false hope that antimortallium indeed kills immortals. We therefore maintain our anti-immortal status but will simply return any spies or agents found back to their governments.
Recently, Trattoria has taken an active role in the Allied Nations. During an engagement with the Third Alliance the Trattorians were forced to fire on a Scythian Emperor-class battleship, ruining their relations. Additionally, with Siri's new government Trattoria has joined the Third Alliance. Rumors abound of rebel elements within Trattoria, though.
After the assassination of Kaiserin Siri and the overthrow of her government, the new President Kuroki has returned Trattoria to its old partners the Anti-Immortal Alliance and the Neu-AN.
Fedonuker faking the death of an Immortal using knock-off antimortallium.
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This blog is dedicated to providing updates on the New York Islanders arena situation.
March 28, 2012
What Does October 2nd Really Mean?
What does the game between the Islanders and the Devils at the Barclays Center really mean for the Islanders future? By no means does a sellout guarantee that the Islanders are moving to Brooklyn. However, a poor showing by the Islander fan could spell doom. If the arena is half empty, or even worse it may very well kill the Brooklyn option, and cut the one safety net we have in New York. A poorly attended game would show the league and Islander ownership that the team's fans aren't interested in a 20 mile move west, even if it is their last hope. Worse yet it would prove the people who question Long Island as a hockey market right. We have seen NESN run pieces saying that Long Island isn't a suitable hockey market, and we hear other fans say that nobody would care if the Islanders left New York, since they been irrelevant for 20 years. That the New York market is over saturated with 3 teams, and the league would be better off with two teams instead. As Islanders fans we have heard it all.
October 2nd is Islanders fans chance to show the league and the doubters of Long Island as a hockey market that we are still here. It is our chance to say that we want our team, and that we can still support it. That if Brooklyn is our only option for staying on the Island we're all aboard and will pack the house. This isn't about wheather the team should be in Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, or Brooklyn, but whether or not we should have a team on Long Island. So on October 2nd I'm asking you to stand by me at the Barclays Center, and tell the league and doubters that Islander fans are here and we aren't going anywhere.
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please learn the difference between "weather", and "whether". I'd like to be there to show my support for the Devils on the ice and the Islanders off it. We stand by you guys. Losing the Isles would be another shot at the uniquness of the league, and would breed thousands of more Rangers fans, and that's the last thing anyone wants. Good luck...ReplyDelete
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Avenue81 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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The Presell Formula
I own a marketing company and teach marketing. I curse a lot and drink too much coffee.
Smart, educated, 25-45-year-old men seeking an alternative to corporate life. They want to be rebellious AND respected. They want to start online businesses and make money online.
Here is a PSD file of our current logo:
What I want is for you to modify this old logo: with the new logo . . . instead of saying "Interactive" it says "Presell" and instead of saying "Offer" it says "Formula."
So the new logo should say "the Presell Formula"
The colors, font, shading, look and feel, etc. should stay exactly the same.
The word "Presell" should look exactly like the world "Interactive" in the previous logo. And the word "Formula" should look exactly like the word "Offer" in the previous logo.
The only thing that needs to change is the "O" symbol (the circle with the arrows). We'll need a new symbol.
Here's what I'm thinking for the new symbol: You should modify the "F" in "Formula" so that the two horizontal lines in the "F" have arrows on the right side. Also, it might be nice if the "F" was comprised of more than one color.
That's all I'm thinking for now.
We'd love to have you as part of this content.
Warm regards,
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This is one of Maybelline's new foundations for 2014 and after using it for about a week, here are my thoughts:
|Left - Bare face | Right - One layer of Maybelline Superstay Better Skin Foundation
Now this foundation claims that you will get a better looking skin after 3 weeks, which for me is kind of odd, as foundations don't really do that. However it has a vitamin formula, which may not be as bad for your skin as other foundations. It also has an SPF20 which is really important as well!
- Medium to high coverage
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- Comes with a built-in pump
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- Contains SPF20
- Contains a vitamin formula
- Suitable for all skin types
- Powdery, matte and flawless finish
- Buildable
- Not the best packaging out there
- Not too many shades to choose from
- Kind of intense smell


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|A traditional Gypsy caravan.
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03.21.13: The CCRI Lady Knights continued play at the NJCAA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, IL. The Lady Knights were in the consolation bracket vs. Highland Community College (HCC) from Highland, KS. The Lady Knights lost Highland CC 71-47. With the loss CCRI's season comes to an end with a 25-7 record, the third best record ever in Lady Knights' history (29-4 in 2004-05 and 26-8 in 2007-08).
The Lady Knights came out of the gates playing with tremendous intensity playing excellent defense which led to easy baskets and gave them a 12-2 lead just four minutes into the game. CCRI kept up the early pressure and held a 17-8 lead with 14 minutes left in the half. But Highland is also high-scoring team and they answered with Janelle Sailing who sank five first half 3-pointers, a couple from NBA range. Highland tied the score 19-19 with 8:26 left. CCRI answered back and took a three point lead 23-20 with 6:38 left. But the 3-pointers kept coming from HCC as they closed the half with a 16-9 run to take a 36-32 halftime lead. The Lady Knights shot 54% from the floor in the first half and HCC 37% but HCC also made six 3-pointers which gave them the halftime advantage.
In the second half the Lady Knights offense went ice cold as they only managed to shoot 19% from the field while Highland shot 42% and made a few more 3-pointers. Highland was able to extend its lead to 14 points with the score 55-41 with 10 minutes left in the game and the Lady Knights just couldn't make a basket which is usually never a problem for CCRI. HCC extended the lead to 20 points and never looked back as they went on to win by the final score of 71-47.
Leading the way for the Lady Knights was Co-Captain Jahira Smith (Brooklyn, NY) with 14 points, five rebounds, four assists, and three steals. Smith ends her legendary CCRI career as the all-time leader in: scoring with 1,058 points (Amanda Ward 956), assists with 315 (Nicole Girard 274), steals with 259 (Denise Scott 162), and made free-throws with 186 (Jerilynn Johnson 183). Also finishing an historic career was Nyjah Porcher (New Britain, CT) who had 10 points, five rebounds and two assists. Porcher ends her CCRI career setting the single-season rebound record with 340 rebounds this year (315 Carla Hands). In addition, Porcher is No. 2 on the career rebounding list with 558 career rebounds just four rebounds shy of Kris Norberg who had 562. Sailing of Highland led all scorers with 20 points, including six 3-pointers.
Head Coach Kate Lynch commented after the final game: "We came out strong and intense. Highland is a great team, they fought back and made plays when they needed to. Once they went up on us, we couldn't seem to find ourselves." she added "Very proud overall of what this team has accomplished and what the sophomores have accomplished individually as well. This class has put our program back on the map and its important that we keep building."
Post-season awards will be announced by the department this week and there are many Lady Knights who have earned merits of distinction. The first wave of honors will be released Monday.
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Are you uncertain as to the correct path in life, dissatisfied with current lifestyle, or can't decide which path to follow a little Wild Oat could be your key. Wild Oat is one of Edward Bach's Original Flower Remedies homoeopathically prepared from plant flower extract.
"Those who have ambitions to do something of prominence in life, who wish to have much experience, and to enjoy all that which is possible for them, to take life to the full. Their difficulty is to determine what occupation to follow; as although their ambitions are strong, they have no calling which appeals to them above all others. This may cause delay and dissatisfaction."
Dosage Guide
You can take the remedies in several ways, and the instructions here are designed to be easy to remember. Taking larger doses at one time doesn't have a stronger effect; but if you are going through a crisis you can take more frequent doses to get you through it..
Direct Method
You can also take remedies 'neat', without diluting them, by either applying to the tongue or applying directly to the skin, by rubbing onto the lips, behind the ears, or on the temples and wrists.
To make it easy to remember, you take the same number of drops when taking a neat stock remedy as you do when you are mixing remedies in a treatment bottle or glass of water: two drops, direct on the tongue.
If you are taking the the pre-mixed Rescue Remedy the dosage is four drops, again direct on the tongue.
In either case, repeat as necessary - for long-term treatments, at least four times a day.
The Glass Water method
For short-term moods and problems put two drops of each selected remedy in a glass of water. Sip as often as required until relief is obtained.
You can use this method for longer-term problems as well. Just sip from the glass throughout the day, at least four times a day - and keep the glass in the 'fridge or make up a fresh glass each day.
Mixing Bottles
For more chronic problems we recommend making up a mixing bottle, as it is cheaper and will make your precious stock remedies go further. Simply:
Mixing bottles will last two or three weeks if you keep them cool - in the fridge, for example. If that isn't possible - maybe you live somewhere warm or will be carrying the bottle around in your pocket - add a teaspoon of brandy to the treatment bottle before topping up with water. This will help keep the water from going off. If you don't want to use brandy, use cider vinegar or glycerine instead.
How to choose your Bach Flower Remedy
Because Dr Bach wanted his Bach Flower Remedies to be simple to use for everyone, you can select the correct Bach Flower Remedy without professional advice. Use our Remedy Chooser to help you select where you can also buy a personalised remedy, ready blended for your use.
Suppose you are suffering from asthma. There is no Bach remedy for asthma, since this is a physical complaint. So the first step is to forget about the physical problem.
You might start by thinking about the way you feel at the moment. Perhaps your son is about to start school and quite without cause you are frightened that he will be bullied. Red Chestnut is the remedy for the fear that something bad will happen to loved ones. Perhaps you have been working too hard and are exhausted: this would indicate the need for Olive.
Consider too how the asthma makes you feel emotionally. Do you feel frustrated, annoyed, resentful, discouraged, resigned about the situation? Are you always worrying over when the next attack will come? Do you always forget to take your inhaler out with you? Looking through the list of remedies, find the one that best matches how you feel.
You could also think about your basic personality. Perhaps you are someone who tends to be quiet, shy and timid. You get nervous about things like speaking in public and meeting new people. This might indicate that you are a Mimulus type. On the other hand, maybe you recognise yourself as a Vervain person, full of enthusiasm and energy, and committed to justice for others? Or you might be something of a loner, liking quiet pursuits and your own company, reserved and upright? That would be a Water Violet personality.
You can select up to six or seven different remedies in this way. Don't worry too much if you make a wrong selection, because if a remedy is not needed it will not do anything. Experience has shown, however, that too many remedies taken at one time are not as effective as a few well-chosen ones. This means that there is no point mixing all 38 together to zap everything at once!
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LINK: http://seahawksdraftblog.com/mock-draft ... th-january
This week I wanted to do a mock draft that represented two things:
1 – A run on quarterbacks early in round one
The 2011 and 2012 drafts brought in a new era for the NFL with the rookie pay scale. Instead of contracts worth $60m guaranteed, #1 overall picks were now signing fully guaranteed $22m deals. Since the pay-cap was introduced we've seen seven quarterbacks drafted with top-12 picks.
Teams know it's much less of a gamble these days to chance your arm on a quarterback. To win in this league you need an effective signal caller. The teams picking in the top ten know this because most found out the hard way.
Kansas City had multiple players at the Pro Bowl but finished with the leagues worst record. Why? No quarterback. Drafting Luke Joeckel to replace Branden Albert won't solve this problem. Andy Reid can't start off his regime with another year of second-guessing at the position. He has his pick of the group with the #1 pick. While there's no Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III out there, he'll surely identify a quarterback he believes he can win with.
Once the first quarterback leaves the board, others will fall. We could see three or four going early. This is the way the NFL draft appears to be heading. The potential benefit of finding a franchise quarterback far outweighs the gamble of drafting one in the first round.
2 – A run on defensive lineman
We could also see a run on defensive ends and defensive tackles — two positions that'll probably be quite high on Seattle's radar. In this weeks mock I have nine defensive line prospects leaving the board before the Seahawks are on the clock.
Last year seven defensive lineman were off the board before the #25 pick despite none going in the top ten. This year we should see multiple early picks.
The Seahawks need to improve the teams pass rush as a priority, but they can't and almost certainly won't force the issue. There will come a tipping point when they have to look elsewhere. This could impact how they approach free agency. If a Henry Melton, Randy Starks, Cliff Avril or Osi Umenyiora makes it to the open market, do you start writing cheques? Can you afford to go into the draft knowing if you wait until the 25th pick you could be looking at the tenth best defensive lineman? Or worse?
I like to mix things up with the mocks — offer different suggestions and create debate. I've gone in a different direction this week...


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Pokémon3D is a recreation of the old Pokémon games Gold/Silver by Nintendo/GameFreak (but, of course this game has nothing to do with them ;) You're the hero of the game, and as usual, you want to be the best Pokémon trainer of all time. So let's go, visit some grass and catch, battle and defeat wild Pokémon, explore towns and routes in 3D, collect items and Pokémon, play with a friend in LAN co-op and much more. The game is currently under development and features are added frequently.
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10 hardboiled eggs, peeled and sliced length-wise
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoon sour cream
4 oz smoked salmon, minced
white pepper
large capers for garnish
In a small bowl, use a fork and thoroughly mix together the yolks, mayonnaise, mustard, sour cream, pepper, and the smoked salmon*. Spoon an equal amount into each of the egg halves. Top with a jumbo sized caper and serve.
*If you want a really smooth texture, pop it all in the food processor or blender and pulse.


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As businesses continue to struggle with the myriad of obstacles imposed by BP when getting their claims paid, CFO Alex Sink said it's time for Florida legislators to come into special session to write some rules for how BP handles its claims process in Florida.
In a letter today to Kenneth Feinberg, who has been assigned by President Obama to manage the $20 billion escrow account and pay claims, Sink advised that the feds should learn from Florida's experience dealing with insurance claims and have a transparent, easy-to-understand process, with firm time limits that's fair to both sides.
"Under a hurricane situation businesses know they have a certain number of days to respond,'' Sink told reporters today. "If you don't agree with the claims payments there are ways to appeal. Right now we're in a situation with where there are no rules and there are no expectations and I believe in the legislators would be able to clarify what the expectations -- the protections -- are for a small businesses and local governments trying to file claims."
Here's the text of the letter:
Mr. Kenneth Feinberg
Willard Office Building
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 390
Washington, DC 20004-1008
Dear Mr. Feinberg:
I am very encouraged by your appointment as the independent claims administrator for the new escrow account for Gulf oil spill claims from BP. Your reputation and experience in handling claims in difficult situations like this fairly and efficiently is just what we need throughout the Gulf Region to remedy many of the problems facing our small business owners and citizens. I look forward to meeting you and working with you on behalf of the people of Florida.
As a statewide elected member of the Florida Cabinet and Florida's CFO, I oversee the Department of Financial Services (DFS). One of my key roles is to aid consumers through a transparent and accountable process with financial and insurance issues, including insurance claims. My Consumer Services call center receives more than 25,000 calls a year relating to insurance claims issues.
As Floridians began to work with the BP claims process, they turned to my department and our Insurance Consumer Advocate with their questions and frustrations. After having worked with frustrated small business owners for weeks and utilizing my department's insurance claims background, I offer the following recommendations on how you can improve, simplify, and expedite the new claims process.
· Prompt timelines must be established for every step in the claims process (reporting, acknowledging, evaluating, denying, deficiency and paying claim, etc…).
· The documentation that is required of individuals and businesses must be consistent and necessary. In speaking with impacted businesses in Florida, the biggest complaint about the BP claims process is the excessive documentation that is required.
· The appeals process must be simple, fast and impartial. Claimants deserve an appeals system that is straight-forward and will not linger on for months. For the appeals process to work smoothly, claimants must be provided specific reasons for any denial. In addition, the claims facility should provide claimants with information as to all their rights once a claim is denied.
· Adjusters must be educated as to the type of businesses that will likely make claims and the various claim types that each business may present. For example, here in Florida, it is apparent that the BP claims adjusters are unfamiliar with the accounting practices of the various affected businesses. Fishermen, bait shop owners, restaurateurs and hoteliers have needs that are specific to their industries. An adjuster can not apply the same standards to a restaurant owner that apply to a commercial fisherman.
· A system for dealing with recurring claims must be established. For example, how will the facility treat a claim by a restaurant owner or charter fishing business whose losses continue to mount each month? Will they have to make a claim with the facility each month? Will the facility cut a check each month based on its own investigation? Will the facility be empowered to give a lump sum payment to the restaurant owner or charter fishing business that will cover all losses up to a prescribed period of time?
· A claims representative must retain all documents related to a claim in a file that is organized so that the information is readable and easy to follow. Moreover, there must be a transparent method for claimants and interested parties to track claims. It would be ideal if a claimant could use an internet-based program to track claims. Claimants should be able to submit their initial and supplemental claims online as well.
Based on my experience, these six items provide a framework for a claims system that will quickly get money into the hands of people who have been affected by the Deepwater Horizon incident. We stand ready and willing to provide any further assistance as you develop claims standards.
Alex Sink
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As a statewide elected officer of the Florida Cabinet, CFO Alex Sink oversees the Department of Financial Services. A successful business leader with nearly three decades of experience in the private sector, Sink is serving her first term as Florida's CFO. CFO Sink's priorities include using her business experience to cut wasteful spending, holding government accountable to Florida's taxpayers, and cracking down on financial and insurance fraud.


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From Malga Giumella the trekkers can go to Malga Paudei to west, or to Val dei Orsi and Frattasecca to east.
From here you can see the Lago Palù and Val Montozzo.
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol consists of two provinces: Trento and Bolzano-Bozen. The region was part of Austria-Hungary (and its predecessor, the Austrian Empire) from 1815 until its annexation by Italy in 1919. Together with the Austrian state of Tyrol it is represented by the Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino.More informations on Wikipedia


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Avaya: Grandchild of Ma BellBy Baselinemag | Posted 2004-03-01 Print
Avaya has had a spotty financial record, but that hasn't scared customers.
But the bumpy ride hasn't damaged its stature in the telephony market. Its large installed baseAvaya claims nearly 100 million people worldwide use its voicemail systems, for exampleand ability to add Internet Protocol (IP) telephony to its legacy phone systems work to its advantage over IP-only phone-system vendors such as Cisco.
Three years ago, the City of Indianapolis/Marion County in Indiana picked Avaya over Cisco to provide IP-based voice service to its 8,000 employees. First, Avayaunlike Ciscogave a guarantee that its systems would provide 99.999% uptime, says Lori J. Kuhn, telecommunications manager for the municipality. (Cisco says it cannot guarantee uptime if it does not operate the system for a customer.) Avaya's bid of $800,000 in up-front costs for equipment and services also undercut Cisco's, in part because the municipality could retain its existing analog phones. "The Cisco system was proprietary, so we would have had to purchase all-new phones," Kuhn says.
Some customers, though, believe Avaya rushed out IP telephony before it was fully baked. Furniture manufacturer Stevens Industries installed a Definity private branch exchange (PBX) system with IP-telephony capabilities in October 2001, and it took weeks of "tweaking and tuning" by Avaya engineers before the system worked properly, says information- systems manager Cottie Dial.
It was Avaya's reputation for reliability and customer support that led Chicago-area travel agency Tower Travel Management to choose IP Office, says Michael Foster, manager of technology development. "The Avaya guys have not encountered a problem they couldn't fix," he says.
Buena Vista University, meanwhile, would have had to pay $50,000 to connect its obsolete Fujitsu PBX to a new science building. Instead, BVU opted for an IP voice system from Avaya, which was the only vendor willing to develop software to link its system to Fujitsu's, says Ken Clipperton, managing director of information services. "That let me integrate the future without having to replace the past," he says.
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Employees: 16,900
Micky Tsui
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Handles voice and data network convergence products, including Internet Protocol (IP) telephony. Previously vice president of Internet telephony at Nortel Networks.
Jorge R. Blanco
VP, Marketing, Enterprise Communications Group
In charge of marketing for IP-telephony, unified-communications and customer-relationship-management products.
Communication Manager is call-processing software for Linux or Windows 2000 servers, as well as Avaya's Definity private branch exchange systems, and supports IP and circuit-switched networks. IP Office, for locations with fewer than 100 employees, provides IP telephony, voice messaging and data networking in one unit. Avaya also offers a range of traditional digital and IP phone sets and software.
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Peter Schwei
Telecommunications Supervisor
Project: Specialty steel supplier connected five locations in Wisconsin and two in Ohio using Definity PBXs and a Linux-based S8500 server, eliminating toll charges for calls among the facilities.
Buena Vista University
Ken Clipperton
Managing Dir., Information Services
Project: Private university in Iowa linked its existing Fujitsu phone system to a new science building with an Avaya S8700 IP telephony server.
Boston Celtics
Jay Wessel
Senior Director of Technology
(617) 854-8000
Project: Spent $75,000 to roll out IP Office for 50 employees in September 2002 to replace its obsolete Executone PBX.
City of Indianapolis/ Marion County
Lori J. Kuhn
Telecommunications Manager
Project: Replaced Centrex service from SBC with an Avaya IP-telephony system in 2001, projecting annual savings of $800,000 after five years.
Stevens Industries
Cottie Dial
Information Systems Manager
Project: Furniture maker swapped out its old GTE phone system for a Definity PBX, connecting 140 IP phones to avoid rewiring its offices.
Tower Travel Management
Michael Foster
Mgr., Technology Development
Project: Travel agency uses IP Office to give 20 remote agents access to its central call center over Internet connections.
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