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It is believed that the energetic Heart functions as a "receiving station" through which sincere Heart–based feelings consistent to Love, Trust, Compassion and Joy create a "Heart Coherence", a high frequency energy field; a beneficial state of mental, emotional and physical balance and harmony.
This field of resonance transmits energy and information to every cell in the body and embraces everything else within the field. The "Coherent Heart Field" is composed of Wave lengths of peaks and valleys that are symmetrical and communicate more effectively with our brain and body. The Coherence Technique, outlined below, offers a way to communicate with your Heart and connect to your Intuition. The unfolding story of life affords us the opportunity to practice and integrate the insights and wisdoms (gifts) found within each experience we have in life. We have a choice.
Continue to breathe through the area of your heart.
– After you do these simple steps, ask your Heart if you could access your intuition more consistently and how would it influence your life? Write down your answers to help chart your progress.
– Practice asking your Heart for guidance. Calm the mind and emotions and listen for the first thoughts that come to you that feel right. Write them down.
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Minimum Wage
Minimum Wage Increases April 1 2019
The Government has announced that the adult minimum wage will rise on 1 April 2019 to $17.70 per hour - from the current rate of $16.50 per hour. This means that if you have adult employees earning less than $17.70 an hour, you are legally required to increase their wage rates.
You will need to advise the employee of this and record the change in writing. This means that you should draft a Variation Letter for the employee to sign. One copy should be retained for the employer record and one copy retained by the employee. It is important to keep a record of the change in case you are ever audited by the Labour Inspectors.
The minimum rates apply to all employees whether they work full-time, part-time or casually and whether they are paid a wage for time worked, a salary, partly or wholly on a commission basis, or for what they produce (piece rates).
The minimum adult rate applies to any employee aged 16 years and over unless they are eligible for the 'starting-out' wage or the 'training' wage.
There is no legal minimum rate for employees aged 15 years or younger.
If you have salaried employees, you need to make sure that their total remuneration meets minimum wage requirements for each individual pay period, taking into account any overtime, meetings, or time spent opening and closing stores. If these bring total remuneration below the Minimum Wage rate, you are breaking the law.
The table below summarises the minimum hourly rates and the changes:
|Minimum Wage for:
|Employee description
|Old minimum rate per hour
|New minimum rate per hour from 1 April 2019
|No minimum applies
|No minimum applies
|All other employees
Are you wondering what this could mean for your business?
The new minimum wage, will likely put pressure on other wages in your business. There is a number of ways to combat the added cost that wage increases will have on your business. Additionally, there are ways to incentivise employees other than simple pay increases.
Retail NZ members can talk to our Business Advisers on 0800 472 472 (from Australia on 1800 128 086), or email them at email@example.com.
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Learning with iPads in Social Studies Teaching Classes
Dr. Gina Hogue shares how iPads have been used in the Social Studies Teaching classes at ASU and how historical-based apps and iTunes U have engaged students in new, exciting ways. She discusses how technology has created a new world of resources in the classroom and constant access to content.
Learning with iPads in Art History Classes
Dr. Alyson Gill discusses how she uses technology and in particular, iPads, in her Art History classes. She encourages student discussion beyond the classroom and creating virtual art galleries through the use of technology. Students can interact with art, become life-long learners, and can move beyond the boundaries of the walls in a classroom.


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I was reading through this forum and I stumbled across a topic that interests me.
may2017 art talking to mikmoth
That is some great modelling Mik but one thing I actually read two days ago was that a lot of the 3D characters have what they termed, "Dead eyes". I think they meant no life as in moisture or shiny appearance to them. Real eyes are moist and cast reflections whereas some of the 3D people's eyes are just an eyeball without the added realism.
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Thanks Art! I'll try some to get some "live" eyes for my women!
My interest in this is, that not being an artist I collect a few cg images of women, say from renderosity or pinterest. A feature I don't like about CG art of women is the eyes, mainly eye reflections. CG artists go out of their way to put strong eye reflections on their art. To me it makes the art look ugly.
Why.....when I go out in the real world and mingle with people I look at their eyes and the light reflects into my eyeball and goes to my brain and then my brain filters off the eye reflections and passes to my mind an image without any eye reflections. My brain looks after me and presents a better world. I live in a fantasy world where people don't have glassy eyes or eye reflections.
I have not really discussed this with many people but I suspect all people, except CG artists, don't see eye reflections.
I have tried a few times over the last 20 years to get my brain to filter off eye reflections on pictures on my computer screen, but my brain refuses to do so. I don't know why.
Art mentioned 'dead eyes' so I have just spent about 3 hours reading the web to find out what they are.
There are a few different types of dead eyes and dry eyes but I think what he was referring to was.....
"Dead-eye syndrome is a condition in computer generated films where the human characters appear artificial and creates a doll-like feeling to the characters, sometimes projecting there is no humanity in their eyes. This problem typically arises with computer generated characters made using motion capture technology. Since so much of human expressivity is determined by eye and eyelid movement, and since motion capture is unable to capture such subtle gradations, computer characters' eyes seem fixed and dilated, giving the feeling that the characters, though in motion, are dead."
I googled dead eye images and found....the black iris is very small and the facial expression is dull and the eyelids are not natural....
dead eyes are more to do with facial expression than the eyeball, except for the iris.
What is the remedy...how to make an avatar look alive... my opinion and my preference at the moment....
1. I prefer a satin eye, neither glossy nor dull.
2. the pupil should be crystal clear, not fuzzy.
3. increase the whole eye size by, say 20 to 50 percent of a human.
4. increase the pupil size by 20 to 50 percent.
5. the black iris should be large
6. the colour should be light.
7. the colour should be bright
8. no reflections.
9. the eyeball should not have a bright lower half and a darker top half in shadow.
10. the avatar should have a few jpegs making the eye move a couple of degrees side to side.
Don't ask me to draw some eyes, I have no artistic skill and no computer skill. This forum is pretty dead, so I thought I would throw something in for people to chew over.
Edited by - ray111au on Jan 07 2018 11:19:20
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Posted - Feb 02 2018 : 13:56:21
Good post Ray, and yes, your research pretty much nailed that condition to which I was referring!
I'm not sure I'd go with making the eyes that much bigger because often times, bigger-than-normal eye sizes can appear somewhat Cartoonish or like those Anime characters.
If modeling a human one could certainly look at the models from Poser or Daz3D or the nice ones from talented Maya artists.
Sadly, sometimes even those models have unrealistic eyes.
The old saying was that the Eyes are the window to the soul might be right.
Here's looking at you, kid!
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After more than two decades of farmers relying on government direct payments, the change to crop insurance-based programs in the new farm bill will present "a real challenge" for Mississippi farmers and agricultural lenders, says Randy Knight, president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation.
"Following three years of work, the farm bill was passed by the Senate today and is now on its way to President Obama for his signature," he said at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Agricultural Consultants Association at Mississippi State University.
"Both of Mississippi's senators voted in favor of the bill and, speaking for the farmers of our state, I want to thank Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker for helping get this important legislation passed.
See: Senate passes new farm bill
"The safety net that this bill provides will help our farmers to invest confidently in their farming operations in the future. That in turn will help to stimulate the economies of the communities in which they live."
The bill provides additional risk management tools for grain, livestock, and fruit and vegetable farmers, Knight says, while still saving taxpayers about $23 billion over 10 years.
"Farmers need to have some stability in the high-risk business of agriculture. This legislation helps our farmers put together a five-year plan to manage their risk."
Although Farm Bureau is "very happy to finally have a new law," he says, "we are a little overwhelmed with the many changes in this bill compared to the old law — the most significant being the repeal of the direct payment program that southern producers have relied upon due to higher production costs of their commodities, such as cotton and rice."
Crop insurance
For southern producers, he says, crop insurance "may have not been as effective as in other parts of the country. This change will also take millions of dollars out of Mississippi's agricultural economy."
Terming the new legislation "probably the biggest national issue that we've worked on over the last two years, Knight says producers "will have many options and important decisions to make, many of which have to be made very, very quickly.
"They will have the option of a whole farm revenue-type program or a target price support program, similar to the current countercyclical program, both of which will be administered by the government's Farm Service Agency. These programs will be paid on base acres, and farmers will have a one-time option to update their farm base and program yield, which is based on a 5-year history of actual planted acres on their farm."
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Because of the challenges the World Trade Organization cotton case brought to the U.S. cotton industry, Knight says, "Cotton will have the STAX program, which is administered by the Risk Management Agency. A farmer will have to pay a premium to participate in the program, and it will work like an area risk insurance product, such as a GRIP [Group Risk Insurance Program] policy.
"Because RMA can't get STAX implemented for the 2014 crop, cotton will have a 2014 partial direct payment, called a transition payment, amounting to about 5.85 cents per pound on 2013 base and payment yield."
The new farm bill will bring "many positive enhancements to crop insurance," Knight says. "One is the new SCO [Supplemental Coverage Option] product, which farmers can purchase on top of their existing individual coverage. This will also work like an area group policy, and we're told it will be very cost-effective. However, most of the county will have to incur a loss for an indemnity to be issued."
The bill also changes the payment limits provisions, he says, and leaves changes to the definition of "actively engaged" to the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture in the rule-making process. "This concerns us greatly.
"We have a tremendous job before us in learning more about the changes in this new legislation," Knight says, "and then educating our membership about the many decisions they are going to face very soon. We will begin working with the MSU Extension Service to help develop a decision tool that will aid the farmer in making these decisions. This will be a major priority for Farm Bureau for 2014."


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I'm still deciding what I want to be for Hallowe'en. I know! I know! I actually start thinking about it November 1 for the next year, but I always leave the ultimate decision for the week before the big day. Oh the pressure! Last year I'd prepared to be Marvel Comics supervillian Sabretooth and woke up Hallowe'en morning and needed to be a butcher based on the cool fake hacksaw I wouldn't let myself buy while out Hallowe'en shopping the day before. As it stands, I'm deciding between resurrecting last year's Sabretooth, Hellboy (but a girl), and Hilarious House of Frightenstein's Grizelda . Anyway, to fuel myself for going to the amazing Glow Parties store, which is such an awesome costume store in Halifax, I needed to make myself a warming, healthy meal, so I made Turmeric Tofu Triangles, a Jae Steele recipe test from her upcoming cookbook, Ripe From Around Here, and a version of Grandma's Turnip Curry from the Modern Ayurvedic Cookbook with a lovely local turnip. As I've been reading about Ayurvedic Medicine for several years, I've come to learn how to modify recipes so my body will better respond to them. So I made this one a little bit better for me, a Pitta-Vata dosha, especially to counteract the spiciness of the turmeric triangles. I'd LOVE to give you the recipe for the triangles, but it's a secret, so you'll have to wait 'til the book's published. I'd give you the turnip curry recipe, but I'm going to work on it to perfection first!
BOO! I've gotta go try and get some more pieces for my costume. I'll let the day itself inspire me.
P.S. I bought a garter belt with a holstered gun and a heart jello mold at the costume store. No closer to my Hallowe'en costume, but way cool nonetheless!


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In theaters: April 6.
Rated: PG-13 for terror and some bloody images.
Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Stars (of four): 3.
By Mark Meszoros
The News-Herald and The Morning Journal
Remaining absolutely silent for as long as you can has been the key to remaining unharmed by a killer -- or killer creature -- in a horror film.
You want to live? Then ssssshhhhhhh!
In 2016, the relatively entertaining "Don't Breathe" played with this idea with a story about three pals who attempt to rob a blind man but become trapped in his house and are hunted by him.
The well-executed new horror-thriller-drama "A Quiet Place" -- which could be considered a cross between "Don't Breathe" and M. Night. Shyamalan's 2002 science-fiction/horror effort "Signs" -- takes the concept even further with a tale involving violent creatures who cannot see you but can hear you if you make more than the slightest sound.
Starring, directed by and co-written by John Krasinski -- who gets a really nice performance by his real-life wife, Emily Blunt -- "A Quiet Place" wins you over with its frightening moments and study of a family living in a uniquely terrifying situation.
"A Quiet Place" begins on what we are told is Day 89, and, based on the fact that a family finds itself alone during daylight hours in a small town's downtown, we can surmise it's the 89th day since an event changed the course of human history.
"It's sound!" declares the headline on the front page of a newspaper that likely has been there for some time.
Lee and Evelyn Abbott (Krasinski and Blunt) and their children are scavenging in a drug store, Evelyn eventually finding medicine her ill child needs. She does this with precision, careful to not knock over any of the plastic pill bottles on a shelf.
After Lee has gathered up a few other things the family needs, he refuses his one son's desire to take home a battery-powered space-shuttle toy.
"Listen to me," he says through American Sign Language, locking eyes with the boy. "Too loud."
The Abbots already were fluent in ASL because their daughter, Regan (Millicent Simmonds), is deaf. You can't help but assume that their ability to communicate silently was a factor in them surviving while so many others apparently perished due to a threat that at this point is still unclear to the viewer.
After a dramatic event that will change the family's existence, we skip ahead to Day 472. We find the Abbots living in a carpeted barn on the same property as the farmhouse where they resided when life was normal. The children play Monopoly with felt game pieces and roll dice onto a blanketed table illuminated by a lantern while Mom and Dad tend quietly to chores.
They still make use of the creaky old house, now labeled with places to step that will generate no noise. It is in the basement that Lee has a command center, complete with video monitors linked to cameras around the property and equipment he uses to send SOS signals to the outside world. It is here he also works to create a replacement hearing aid for Regan, so far with inadequate results.
We also learn Evelyn is very pregnant. Adding a crying baby to their world seems like a very problematic situation to say the least. The couple have what they hope is a workable solution, one that appears to be very clever if far from ideal.
On Day 473, Lee insists on taking son Marcus (Noah Jupe of "Suburbicon") out to teach him how to gather food safely in this reality. The boy is understandably terrified and pleads with his father to allow him to stay home. Regan offers to go in Marcus' place, but Lee insists Marcus needs to learn and that she is needed to stay home and help her mother. (A tension has been growing between father and daughter, and it's reaching a quiet simmer, if not a boil.)
On this day, these various plot elements will cook together, leading to a compellingly edge-of-your-seat stew.
The story -- crafted by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, with screenwriting credits going to them and Krasinski -- is rather well-thought-out. It helps that it isn't overly elaborate, the 90-minute film eschewing any big, game-changing plot elements halfway through its course. Instead, the writers explore this family's dynamics in a surprisingly effective way.
And this is a big improvement over Krasinski's feature-directing debut, 2016's strong-cast-squandering family dramedy "The Hollars." Here, his hand is very steady, guiding us through a tale that continually builds momentum until its climax. Sure, the occasional sequence isn't all that you'd hope. And you can't help but scratch your head over this very careful family leaving a bunch of rickety framed pictures hanging on a wall of their house. (This never pays off, however, so that's something). As a whole, though, "A Quiet Place" really works.
While the former star of the NBC comedy series "The Office" and more recently of the action-heavy Michael Bay film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" (2016) does fine work on screen -- Krasinski's Lee has a steely determination about him while being a caring husband and father -- it is Blunt who turns in the best performance. Given how strong her work is in such films as "Edge of Tomorrow" (2015) and "Sicario" (2016), its hardly surprising that she is captivating as a woman trying to keep her family safe. Still, given her over-the-top performance of the drunk woman at the heart of 2016's "The Girl on the Train," this is a nice rebound for her.
Although she made a real impression in last year's enjoyable "Wonderstruck," Simmons, who is actually deaf in real life, likely is about to impress a wider audience. Regan is a bit of a tricky role, and Simmons does some nice things with it.
There has been talk from Krasinski and others involved with "A Quiet Place" that sound can be considered a character in this film, and that's true. We go stretches where we hear next to nothing; thus, when we do, it's impactful, and those working on the sound engineering and editing have done fine work.
Everyone involved with creating and bringing to life the movie's threatening creatures should take a bow, too. The monsters' gradual reveal, their design, their movements -- it's all top-notch.
And scary as heck.
"A Quiet Place" succeeds in convincing you there may not be a happy ending in store for the Abbots -- or even a 484th day. And that is effective storytelling.
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The 40th Toronto International Film Festival is currently underway, and it seems all of the A-list stars are taking over the town.
From Johnny Depp and Matt Damon to Kristen Stewart and Sandra Bullock, tons of celebrities are north of the border to premiere their new films.
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The proposed Senate budget would reduce the appropriation to the Justice and Public Safety (JPS) budget by $46 million, or 2 percent, over the continuation budget. Compared to the House budget proposal, the Senate budget proposal would cut the JPS section by 25.6 million more dollars.
Nearly $40 million of the cuts facing the JPS agencies would be in the form of management flexibility cuts, which are designed to allow the agencies to determine where the reductions are taken. The House budget identified specific cuts and did not make any management flexibility cuts to the JPS section. As outlined below, the Senate proposal identifies 6 specific changes from the continuation budget other than the management flexibility cuts. The only new item in the Senate proposal compared to the House proposal is $3 million in non-recurring operating funds to the Department of Justice and this funding comes from department receipts.
Like the House proposal, the Senate proposal would use funds from the National Mortgage Settlement to offset a reduction to Conference of District Attorneys administration budget and would also eliminate all state funding for the Consumer Protection Division, which would become fully receipt-supported. Also like the House proposal, the Senate proposal would remove the Family Court program from continuation review and transfer the Geodetic Survey Section from Department of Environmental and Natural Resources to the Department of Public Safety. Both proposals would transfer $5 million in non-recurring funds from the Statewide Misdemeanant Fund to the Division of Adult Correction and would make no changes to the continuation budget for the Office of Indigent Defense Services.


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Maureen Marston, Director of Marketing, has extensive experience in global marketing, strategy, financial management and consumer insight. She has worked for the consulting firms of McKinsey and Booz & Co., in marketing research and in advertising, where she won an Effie. She worked for Colgate Palmolive as Global Business Director for more than 20 years. She has also taught economics, management and finance at Evansville University and Indiana State University at Evansville. She is currently a partner in Resources Centers for Management and does consulting on consumer research, trend forecasting, business strategies and marketing. She's on a number of non-profit boards, including Princeton Community Service Fund.
She received a BA from Douglass College in Economics and Sociology and a MA from Cornell University, where she had a fellowship in Social Systems Analysis (Sociometrics, Psychometrics and Econometrics).


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Before considering entering the VA field, it is important to know that you must have fairly good computer skills, and an expertise that will benefit a business virtually. Computer skills would include the following:
- Understanding the Internet and how to find and extract information
- Understanding the use of email and how to use it effectively
- Knowing a word processing program such as Word. We strongly suggest that you are extremely comfortable using Microsoft Office products
- Being competent in what you do
- Being professional
If you have skills in accounting, database, web site development, graphic design, real estate, finance, organizing, etc., you may need additional software and skills related to your niche.
What Equipment Will You Need to Get Started
- Computer and a high speed Internet connection – Cable, DSL, and a reliable backup system
- Printer, preferably a high resolution laser jet or desk jet
- Fax
- Dedicated telephone lines for the business
- Depending on the requirements of your clients, you may need a copier, or easy access to a copier, scanner, a binding system and mailing equipment
- Your space should be organized, light, and quiet. You should have a comfortable chair and a comfortable environment. Whether your space is small or large, create an environment that is pleasing for you to be in each day.


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Personal Reflection
November 27, 2014
Sharing the Mission
On November 27, 1830 Mary appeared to St Catherine Laboure in the motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity in Paris. The Blessed Mother was standing on a globe with streams of light coming from her hands. Around her were the words "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee." Sister Catherine was told that a medal was to be made of this picture. Soon, because of all the wonderful graces obtained by those who wore the medal, it was called the "Miraculous Medal." The Vincentian Family has always been rooted in a special devotion to Mary, and the Miraculous Medal is one of our treasured gifts.
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal intercede for us as we come to the foot of the altar with the cries of the world, Pray for us who have recourse to you. In solidarity with those who cannot voice their own cries for healing, compassion, and strength, we say, Pray for us who have recourse to you. Accompanying the oppressed peoples of the world, we say, Pray for us who have recourse to you.


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We brought out a total of 25 EM-APEX and have been deploying them in tightly-packed clusters to sample the ocean's small-scale horizontal variability and how it evolves in time. But after we are finished in one location we need to round them all up. Then the hunt begins.
Keaton Snyder, Avery Snyder, and First Mate Eric Piper on the lookout for EM-APEX floats. (photo credit: James Girton)
|There's a float in this photo. Can you find it? (photo credit: JG)
|Captain Diego Mello and First Mate Eric Piper steer the ship for an EM-APEX pickup. (photo credit: JG)
|Field engineers Avery Snyder and Eric Boget prepare to snag the EM-APEX. (photo credit: JG)
|Caught! With the snap hook around the
lifting loops, the EM-APEX is ready to be
brought on board. (photo credit: JG)
|Safe on board (including the microstructure
probes--tiny glass beads on top of metal stalks
on the gray cylinder at the top end of the float).
(photo credit: JG)
On our first big float recovery day, we even had calm enough wind and wave conditions that we were able to put in one of the small boats that the Sikuliaq carries. This makes recovery much easier, since two people can lift the float out of the water by hand. We had planned to alternate pickups, but the boat was able to speed ahead of the Sikuliaq and pick up all 7 remaining floats before the ship could even reach one!
|The workboat with a load of
EM-APEX. (photo credit: JG)
|When conditions allow, the Sikuliaq's workboat
provides a quicker way to pick up multiple floats.
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Burbank, CA (PRWEB) July 16, 2014
Business Insurance USA revealed new options for lawn care contractor general liability insurance coverage, ensuring that even the smallest companies can now afford to obtain general liability protection. Tailored to meet the needs of lawn care contracting companies and independent lawn care contractors, the commercial line of insurance provides financial and legal recourse if the company or independent contractor is held liable for injuries or damages.
"Lawn care contractors are at a high risk of being blamed when an accident happens," said Gary Fisher, Business Insurance USA's Executive Director, "particularly because they fulfill their contracts on location and cannot control everything that goes on around them. This customized general liability insurance coverage helps provide them with standard levels of financial and legal protection when they get blamed for something that goes wrong. Whether someone gets physically hurt or the customer's property is damaged, this coverage is designed to help."
Lawn care contractor general liability insurance provides financial security when unexpected accidents or events occur. A lawn care company may be blamed if a person is physically injured for example, or when property is damaged in or around the area the company is working in. When events of this sort happen, the customer may file a lawsuit against the lawn care contracting company, alleging that they are to blame and that they may pay reparations. If the company is deemed to be at fault by a court of law, then the liability insurance helps pay settlements, judgments and related legal bills.
Lawn care contractor liability insurance also protects the company when other allegations of liability or wrongdoing arise. In addition to covering the company for bodily injuries and property damages, commercial general liability insurance also protects against personal and advertising injury accusations – such as legal actions over copyright infringement. It helps financially and legally if lawsuits are filed due to work the contractor previously provided, or products he sold in the past. This coverage also protects against suits that arise due to damages to premises the company rents or leases for business use.
About Business Insurance USA
Business Insurance USA provides many types of business insurance coverage to a wide variety of professions and industries. The company can insure businesses in over twenty states, and policies can be tailored to meet specific needs. Commercial insurance coverage options include general liability, property protection, errors and omissions insurance, business auto coverage, workers comp insurance and surety bonds.
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The Times-Picayune has reported that chef and "No Reservations" host Anthony Bourdain will write for the upcoming season of HBO's "Treme." "Treme" creator David Simon is one of the best TV writers of all-time, but Bourdain's addition should be an awesome improvement as he's been writing the restaurant scenes for the series. If it's one thing Bourdain knows it's writing about restaurants.
The second season of "Treme" premieres April 24 which Bourdain gives some mini-spoilers about in the Times-Picayune article. One might involve "Treme's" coolest chef who doesn't like to talk about her house, Janette Desautel (pictured).


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Meet the Horses
Meet the Horses
Say hello to the team that makes us who we are!
The One Who Started it All
Maverick is the gentlemanly fellow who started it all. He's a great old school master who is a stickler for the rules of horseback riding. At 23 years of age, he's been there and done that enough times to expect his riders to have the courtesy to sit up with poise, think about what they are asking the horse to do, and execute their request without yanking, popping the reins or .losing focus and looking all over the place. And if they don't? Simple. He will turn to the world, which is his personal buffet, and snack. Maverick is a great mount to learn bareback riding on, and although he no longer jumps, he still participates in walk, trot, canter rides.
Maverick didn't really understand this cuddling business when MacCoy first acquired him. But, over the years the two have developed a strong bond, and it's Maverick who will mosey up to her and bow his head in greeting. When you think of that quintessential knight in shining armor horse, the horse that Prince Charming would ride, this is the one. He's great with beginners of all skill levels, photo shoots, unicorn parties, and just about any other "crazy" horse gig you can come up with.
At 16'1 hands, Maverick is a big boy. Although he isn't very spotted, he is a flea-bitten grey. As a half Percheron, half Arabian, Maverick is luck to have inherited the body shape and head of the Arabian with the size of the Percheron. His weight limit ranges from 160-200lbs.
Not for Sale
Lady Black Hawk
The Boss Lady
Lady Black Hawk is the boss lady, and she likes everyone to know it. As the Alpha mare, she's always got her eye on who's where on the trail. She likes to take the lead and is only suitable for confident beginners. However, she makes an excellent lead-line horse, and is the only other horse except for Maverick who carries public riders ages 3-8 with a guide riding double. Black is an outstanding guide horse, and we guides enjoy riding her bareback, into town after dark, and riding solo into unknown terrain. She's a level-headed horse that needs a firm hand.
Black (aka L:ady Hawk) is a Morgan, Quarter Horse cross, and has a strong, stout build. She browns out in the summer, making her name a bit of a comedic tragedy. She is about 15'2 hands and has a white star and snippet as markings. Her weight limit ranges from 200-240 lbs
Not for Sale
Black is available for lease at a competitive rate to experienced riders.
Cocala Loca
All Around Play Day and Hunter Horse
Coca is a black and white paint mare who stands about 14'1 hands. She's got a very stout build, putting her carrying capacity at a range of 200-240 lbs. She's got a lot of personality and will change a lot from ride to ride depending on the rider. Generally at the caboose of the trail, Coca is a plucky horse if her rider keeps her in movement. She's trained on vocal commands to slow down, walk on, trot and canter so the guide is able to exercise good control even from the head of the line. While Coca is not a good choice for nervous females riding solo, she's one of the best lead-line horses and makes for one of the most common go-tos for ponying young or nervous riders.
Coca has formal Hunter Jumper training under her belt, and would make an outstanding hunter pony or play day horse. She's currently clearing 2ft oxers and clearly enjoys the task of teaching students low-level jumps. Coca picks up her leads, executes a flying lead change, is straight, honest to the jump, and happy to learn new courses. For sale only to a young student who seeks a Hunter Show and Trail horse. Able to be registered with the American Paint Horse Association. Best friend: Annie.
Flashy Hunter and Hacking Horse for Sale
Cocala is available for lease to novice though intermediate riders (beginner/novice children with experienced parents). Available in off-property lease for Hunter Jumper program.
Annie Up!
Flashy Paint Mare, Blue Eyed Girl
Annie is long and lean. Standing about 16 hands, Annie is a striking sorrel and white paint horse with blue eyes. Her eyes are lined with black eye liner, making her ginger mane really pop. She's an affectionate horse with a sleepy demeanor on the ground, making her a favorite for photo shoots with standing shots. On the trail, she's often in the lead, and has some noticeable pep in her step.
This stunning paint mare is a finished trail horse only, who responds to subtle cues of the advanced rider and is tolerant of over cuing of the beginner. She is a great hunter prospect, with long reach and a good gait. Available for sale to approved home only.
Stunning Paint Mare for Sale.
Annie is available for lease at a competitive rate to experienced riders.
He thinks we should rename the company "Rocky Horseback Riding"
Rocky chose us. Way back when, Rocky was a mangy horse with a skinny neck and goofy mane. He was kind of gross looking. He was a boarder horse at a facility we used to operate out of, and he made it clear that he wanted in on trails. He would follow along through the pastures faithfully. When we finally met his owner, we joked that his horse was obviously looking for a job. Well, turned out that his owner was all on board for that so we began using him. After getting his teeth floated, wormer, regular grooming and some extra TLC, Rocky has turned out to be such a sold mount that he's earned his place in the "Not for Sale" category. He's been with us for four years, and as a horse who is happy to take the lead, even with a beginner rider, he is invaluable. Although he can be a bit bossy on the trail (requiring his rider to pay attention that he doesn't try to check out too much of what's going on around him), he's a great mount for beginners.
Rocky is a 15 hand AQHA gelding of about 10 years. He has a very symmetrical blaze that forms a tight point at the bottom. He has one rear white stocking and one rear white sock. He can be easily confused with Chester, but his blaze is more symmetrical, his build significantly more stocky, his mane more mottled in color and he is shorter. Front shoes only. Most likely to be found serenading Black with the song "Head Over Boots." Yep. It's love. The real deal.
For lease at competitive rate to experienced riders. Rocky likes to get up and go. Good barrel prospect.
Ellie is 20 years young and you wouldn't believe it looking at her. She has tons of get-up-and-go. While it may seem that she has a wary eye, that's just cosmetic. Ellie is a confident trail horse who takes great care of her riders. Just remember to keep your heels down and sit up straight or she will happily take your leaning and digging heels as an invitation to pick up the pace.
This horse has no sass with the others. She is easy going and doesn't pick battles with the other trail horses.
Ellie is a sorrel with white star and snippet, about 14'3 hands high. She is shod in the front. She had a previous case of founder before we purchased her two years ago, but that hasn't stopped her from coming along. In fact, even when she is supposed to have the day off, she will tag along with the group while on property. She is ready to rock and roll! Great kids mount for a confident novice because of her willingness to get moving. Has been used as a Hunter lesson horse at two different Hunter Jumper barns. Her weight limit ranges from 100 to 145lbs.
For Sale: $2300
Our TWH
Penelope is our only Tennessee Walking Horse. We acquired Penelope from the local veterinarian in Luling. She was purchased as a kid horse, and is a lovely lady who is quiet on the ground. Slip a halter on her nose and swing up on her for a bareback ride. She'll stand politely as you do. She has really learned to slow her pace for the rest of the horses. As a gaited mare, that was a tough thing for her to do. But She has proven that even older gals can learn plenty of new tricks. Penelope is happy to take the lead for us as well. She's a really kind horse that we feel very blessed to have.
Penelope is NOT an easy keeper. She gets more grain than any other horse on the property. The reality is, though, that some horses are lean. Just like people, there are horses that are bigger and horses that aren't. Penelope favors the lean side. Her weight limit ranges from 100-160 lbs. She's about 15 hands high and has three bright white stockings. Penelope is lean, black and has a very calm eye.
For Sale: $2800
Sweet and Simple
Ghost is another flea bitten grey, although unlike Maverick he has many flea bites. He's got a fabulous disposition and is currently operating as the horse most suitable for nervous beginners who are riding without being ponied along. While this title changes with shifts in weather, horse usage, etc., he's a great fellow for folks who aren't too sure about this whole horseback riding thing.
Ghost is about 15'2 hands high. He's more lean than some of the other horses, but built well. He can go on several rides a day and often does. He calms other horses down, which is great for his best friend, Skeeter.
We use Ghost for private lessons for children and beginners who are nervous. He takes great care of his riders, and is a calming spirit. We are pretty sure that he is a unicorn in training.
Weight limit 180-210 lbs.
Grey Gelding, Kid Broke, For Sale: $4200
Barrel Prospect, fun and FAST
Skeeter is a favorite amongst the guides, because he is FAST and fun. We love to use him to zip up and down the line to check on riders. He's a very willing little horse who would make a great barrel prospect. Skeeter is great for taking along nervous beginners on lead line. We are happy to pony you on Skeeter if you aren't ready to take the reins yourself.
Skeeter is about 14 hands, sorrel with a prominent star and snippet. He's normally hanging with Ghost, although he also likes Maverick. Or maybe he just likes grey horses!
This little Quarter horse is ridden by children age 12 and up if they are riding solo. Weight Limit 180-210lbs.
Small Quarter Horse, Very Fast, Barrel Prospect For Sale: $3800
Available for competitive lease rate to someone experienced in barrel racing.
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Gigante is a gentle giant. He's got lots of go to him though, so make sure you keep your heels down. Gigante is a great mount for beginners who follow instructions. Big Bay gelding standing about 17'1 hands high. No markings. Can be confused with Cat, but he has a leaner build. Weight limit 180-210lbs.
Large Thoroughbred Gelding For Sale: $2500
Should be renamed "Jock"
Cat is suitable for intermediate riders and up. He's a registered Arabian Hackney horse cross who is big, beautiful and very powerful. He's Dressage bred, although he's got all the potential in the world to jump. He's got thick bones and great feet. About 16 hands. Bay gelding, no markings. Weight limit: 245lbs.
Registered Gelding For Sale: $1800
Available for free lease to experienced rider who would like to contribute to our Blog Roll or hands-on activities around the ranch.
Hunter Pony Prospect
Gallego, at current, has been under saddle eight times. He's starting to neck rein, and already understands the concept of a side pass. He's incredibly smart and very willing to please. Gallego has been ridden bareback, as a lead horse, through various types of water crossings and on the road. Great disposition. Black pony, no markings. Excellent conformation. Excellent Feet. Amazing Hunter prospect who has shown his propensity to jump. Finish him how you want! Price will increase with training.
Hunter Pony Prospect For Sale: $3500
Quiet, Introspective Paint Gelding for Sale
Smurf is a grade chestnut and white paint gelding with specs of white paint and four white stockings. He's a watchful horse and we suspect he's had some manhandling in the past. He would make a great family horse with consistent work, but he's on the bottom of our work list and is used sporadically as needed as a guide horse or high intermediate rider horse. Once in regular rotation, his price will increase. Weight limit 180lbs.
Paint Gelding For Sale: $1800
Through Spring 2017, available for $25 rental fee for full 2 hour trails, to experienced riders only.
Lots of fun with an easy-to-control gait
Chester is about ten years old, 15'2 hands tall, sorrel with an asymmetrical white blaze. He can be confused with Rocky, as he also has a prominent white stocking and white sock. He's taller than Rocky, with a leaner build.
Chester has an amazing gait with strides that you can lengthen and shorten with ease. He's well collected at the canter, and is a lot of fun for our faster rides. He is suitable for confident low intermediate or novice riders under the guide of an experienced instructor and trainer only. Well suited for high intermediate riders.
Weight limit ranges from 160-185lbs.
Hunter Prospect for Sale: $3200


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Ask any American what they know about John McCain and they will probably reply that he is a war hero who survived years of brutality in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. They might add that he is a maverick, free-thinking spirit who values independence and integrity above toeing the party line.
That is the Old John McCain, the one that has been written about in umpteen newspaper profiles, the one whose campaign bus is called the Straight Talk Express. But while all eyes have been on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a new John McCain has been emerging. For the past 407 days, since he threw his hat into the presidential ring in April 2007, McCain has been criss-crossing the country, presenting an image of himself that runs counter to his long-standing reputation.
Take the recent event he attended in Louisville, Kentucky. You do not need deep knowledge of American cultural symbolism to guess which particular special interest he had come to scratch this day. A sign near the entrance of the Louisville convention centre said: "Shooters enter here." And then there were the guns; thousands of them. Thick ones, thin ones, long ones, short ones. Remingtons, Copperheads, Benjamin Sheridan, Glock and Ruger - all were on display - along with pump-action shotguns straight out of a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie.
It was into this bubbling broth of lethal weapons and reactionary politics - Oliver North was one of the guest speakers - that the senator for Arizona willingly threw himself. If Old John McCain had turned up to this annual convention of the National Rifle Association - one of America's most hard-core rightwing affiliations - the results could have been ugly. Old John McCain is loathed by the gun-toting right. After all, this was the man who proposed granting citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants, and - which is worse? - did so hand in hand with that enemy of the nation, Ted Kennedy. The same man who accused televangelists such as the late Jerry Falwell of being "agents of intolerance". The candidate whom the NRA opposed when he last ran for president, in 2000, swinging its four million active members instead behind George Bush.
So how did New John McCain get on this time in front of some 3,000 NRA supporters? He began by squinting into the teleprompter. And then he started pressing buttons. Button 1: "At the outset, let me recognise the life of a great American, Charlton Heston." (Huge cheer for the film actor and NRA president who died in April.) Button 2: "I opposed the ban on so-called 'assault weapons' which was first proposed after a California schoolyard shooting." (Another big cheer.) Button 3: he tells the crowd he stands for low taxes, less government, a bonfire of federal bureaucracy. Button 4: he vows to fight on in Iraq until the war is won. Button 5: he chucks in a reference to the greatness of America, and to God.
Then he stands back, twists his face into a rictus that is his way of acknowledging praise, and soaks up the applause.
The Democratic party should listen carefully. The primaries are over now. Tuesday night's final votes in Montana and South Dakota have left Obama in an unassailable position to take his party's nomination. But the prevarication of these past weeks, thanks to Clinton's refusal to step aside, has given McCain valuable time in which to pick up the pieces of a Republican party that have been broken by the current occupant of the White House - a man who now has the highest disapproval ratings of any president in 70 years of polling.
It has given McCain time also to replenish depleted coffers. He now has more cash in hand for the coming election - more than $60m (£31m) - than even the fundraising wunderkind Obama. And it has given him time to win back the disbelievers, those rock-solid conservatives - NRA members being prime examples - who in the past have distrusted his motives.
But in the process McCain has planted new seeds of doubt. There is now real confusion about what kind of man Obama will be up against as the race enters its final stretch. Listen to what McCain said on Tuesday night in Louisiana as he was marking the point at which the presidential race proper with Obama truly began. "The American people didn't get to know me yesterday, as they are just getting to know Senator Obama," he said, playing the experience card. But it is not at all certain that he is right about that. Do the American people know McCain? Or put it another way; which version of himself will he present to the American people? Will it be Old John McCain, the fiercely independent maverick? Or will it be the gun-loving, tax-cutting tub-thumper to which the NRA was treated in Kentucky? Will the real John McCain please stand up.
The label of maverick can be attached to McCain from a very young age, aligned to his quick temper. When he was two, he would have tantrums in which he held his breath until he fainted. That character trait runs through his later military and political careers, maturing into a spirited streak of rebelliousness and defiance. At Naval Academy he was known for his refusal to conform to rules he thought stupid or unfair and as a man who regularly got into fights.
Such aggression earned him few plaudits in military college (he graduated 894th out of 899), but it did help him survive his Vietnam ordeal after he was shot down over Hanoi on a bombing raid in 1967. The heroism that he displayed there is about the only thing on which McCain watchers can agree. He endured abuses that have left him with a limp and unable to raise his arms above shoulder height. Despite two years in solitary confinement and intermittent torture inflicted by a prison guard he called "the Prick", he cracked and gave information only once after a particularly gruesome four-day beating.
In a Senate career spanning more than two decades he has displayed moments of the same impressive refusal to fall into line. Some of the most striking have been made in open contravention of George Bush - the man who had beaten him in 2000 through the application of some fairly ruthless tactics. McCain got his own back just a few months into the 43rd presidency by voting against the Bush tax cuts. Later, he went so far as to flirt with the idea of defecting to be Democrat John Kerry's running mate in the 2004 presidential elections.
"He despised Bush after his defeat in the 2000 race, and he returned to the Senate estranged from his Republican colleagues," says Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution thinktank. "He loves putting it to those who cross him. But now he's decided that his last shot at the presidency has to be made as a Republican, and that means getting back on board."
What does getting back on board entail? Let's look first at those tax cuts. McCain was one of only two senators who opposed Bush's first round of them in 2001, on the grounds that they benefited the rich and were "budget-busters". He repeated his noncompliance in 2003, by which time the invasion of Iraq had happened, saying that tax-cutting was wrong in times of war.
What does he say now? He will make the tax cuts, which are due to expire in 2010, permanent, at a cost of $5 trillion (£3 trillion) over 10 years - equivalent to slashing three-quarters of the social security budget. To do otherwise, says New John McCain, would be tantamount to imposing a tax increase, and that he will never do.
Then there is the McCain-Feingold act, the legislation to clean up party finance by restricting the leverage of lobbies that he pioneered and which helped seal his reputation for bold reform and independence of mind. It passed in 2002. Skip forward six years and we now find his campaign team stuffed with lobbyists whose clients have included telecoms companies, tobacco giants, Big Pharma and defence contractors. Lobbyists who naturally directed their attentions at the Senate commerce and armed services committees - bodies which share a very powerful senior member: one John McCain. Last month, the whiff of conflict of interest grew so strong that he was forced to impose new rules that purged several aides from his staff.
The new rules are being policed by his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who until he joined the McCain campaign two years ago worked as a lobbyist for telecoms and foreign interests. Also still on the team is Charles Black, his senior adviser, whose lobbying career stretches back to Ronald Reagan's day when, according to the New York Observer, he worked on behalf of such luminaries as Presidents Marcos of the Philippines and Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire.
Or take McCain's stance on religion. In the 2000 race, he went around joking that the thing to remember about the Christian right was that it was neither. It was then, too, that he announced that he would not pander to televangelists such as Falwell or Pat Robertson.
And now? For the past two years he has been rebuilding those bridges as fast as he knocked them down. In 2006, he went tail between legs to speak at Falwell's Liberty University. More recently, he has promised to appoint only conservative judges to the supreme court - a key aspiration of anti-abortionists and NRA gun fanatics alike. He has said he favours a constitutional amendment to ban abortion in almost all cases; endorsed the teaching of anti-Darwinian intelligent design in state schools; and has been "proud" to accept the endorsement of a televangelist John Hagee who makes Obama's problem pastor, Jeremiah Wright, sound tame by comparison. Last month, McCain broke off the relationship after comments surfaced from Hagee in which he said that the Holocaust was God's device to drive the Jews back to Israel.
Such blatant pandering to interests that he used bravely to rise above has been a cause of anguish to many of McCain's admirers who have cringed to see it happening. Mann is one of them. He worked personally with the senator on the McCain-Feingold legislation and remembers his passionate spirit. "By God, he really took that seriously. He didn't give a damn - this was what he was going to do, it was his crusade. But now he says he will appoint conservative supreme court judges who are exactly the kind who would overturn McCain-Feingold. People are bound to be disappointed when they see the imperatives of a candidacy move in a very different direction."
The important point, though, is that the moulding of New John McCain has worked. In a poll published this week, 80% of Southern Baptists, the largest protestant denomination with 16 million members and a strong conservative bent, said they would vote for him in November. "Right now he is satisfying most of our concerns about him. He's done a good job mending fences," says Richard Land, a prominent Southern Baptist minister.
It is not as though Old John McCain has vanished altogether. That version of the senator for Arizona is rolled out at important moments. A week before he does obeisance to the gun crowd, I watch McCain scurrying around a science park in New Jersey, surrounded by hyperventilating kids begging for his auto-graph. That rictus was on his face again, and he would wink at the schoolchildren avuncularly before scurrying off again. The venue had been strategically selected for a set speech to show off the senator's green credentials. "I'm proud of my record on the environment," he said. "As president I will dedicate myself to addressing the issue of climate change globally."
It is true that over the past eight years he has been working alongside Democrats to push global warming up the Congressional agenda, and that he was the only Republican candidate in the primaries with a policy of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But it is also true that his environmental record over the years has been patchy. For instance, he voted against the tightening of fuel efficiency standards on vehicles. The non-party political League of Conservation Voters has kept a running score card and rates his record at just 26%, compared with Obama's 96%.
But again, the important thing is that it has worked. Strategically timed and located speeches such as these have kept the notion of Old John McCain, the maverick progressive who can speak across the political divide, alive with voters. His biographer Matt Welch, who has deconstructed the McCain image in a book called The Myth of a Maverick, points out that he consistently polled well through the primaries among non-core Republicans. "He has this great foothold with people - he's treated with great sympathy among Democrats and independents and the media. He's had the best media appeal of any Republican in the past 20 years. People tend to project their views on to him and give him the benefit of the doubt."
People also tend to forget. They forget that in his social policies the image of the independent, free-thinking Old John McCain was always a myth. Michael Podhorzer of the national trade union body AFL-CIO says that McCain never existed. "On several issues he was always very far to the right," he says.
McCain has voted to restrict union rights across the US, has backed cuts in health provision for the elderly, supports the burden of health insurance being taken away from employers and put on the shoulders of individuals, and would see social security privatised in the form of private accounts. In April, he skipped a Senate vote on giving women equal pay for equal
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The Speak Up materials provided by The Joint Commission (2011a, 2011b) do a great service in succinctly illustrating the need to be educated about health care issues. Patients and their families have a unique perspective to understanding their (or, their family member's) health (Vincent & Coulter, 2002). Although physicians, nurses, and allied health providers are responsible for providing quality care, it remains the domain of the patient to express uncertainty or provide additional information to guide the provider. Ultimately, the patient or surrogate decision-maker must provide consent for treatment and must do so with full understanding. There are times, however, that the scope of treatment is so drastic, emergent, or specialized that the patient may not have the facilities to gain a full understanding of care needing to be rendered (Vincent & Coulter, 2002). This is the exception.
In the case of Josie King (Josie King Foundation, 2002; Niedowski, 2003; Zimmerman, 2004), which I elaborated on last week, Sorrel King, Josie's mother, was educated about her daughter's condition and spoke up as The Joint Commission recommends. Unfortunately, this case turned into tragedy not because Sorrel King did wrong but because the nurse disregarded her apprehension. This was tantamount to malpractice and no patient or family member could have prevented this, save for using force to physically prevent the administration of medicine. According to MacDonald (2009), there are nurses that believe "[patients] have no say and that medications are the domain of doctors, leaving the nurse and the patient to trust that the doctors would do the right thing" (p. 29).
Perhaps things were slightly different, however. As MacDonald (2009) explains, patient's who are knowledgeable of their illness and take an active role in their health care decisions add another layer of safety, especially when considering medication action, reaction, and interaction. Medication prescription errors are numerous within health care, and as in the case of Josie King, improved communication between the physicians, nurses, and Sorrel King might have prevented Josie from being administered the narcotic and instead receiving the fluid she so desparately needed (Vincent & Coulter, 2002).
Health care should be patient-centric as it remains the responsibility of the patient to be educated about the care they receive and to provide consent for that care and treatment to be rendered. An uneducated patient does add risk, but sometimes this is unavoidable. It is in these instances that special care should be taken until a full medical history can be attained.
The Joint Commission. (2011a, March 7). Speak up: Prevent errors in your care [Video podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.jointcommission.org/multimedia/speak-up-prevent-errors-in-your-care-/
The Joint Commission. (2011b, April 5). Speak up: Prevent the spread of infection [Video podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.jointcommission.org/multimedia/speak-up–prevent-the-spread-of-infection/
Josie King Foundation. (2002). About: What happened. Retrieved from http://www.josieking.org/page.cfm?pageID=10
Macdonald, M. (2009). Pilot study: The role of the hospitalized patient in medication administration safety. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, 6(3), 28-31. Retrieved from http://www.psqh.com/
Niedowski, E. (2003, December 15). From tragedy, a quest for safer care; Cause: After medical mistakes led to her little girl's death, Sorrel King joined with Johns Hopkins in a campaign to spare other families such anguish. The Sun, pp. 1A. Retrieved from http://teacherweb.com/NY/StBarnabas/Quality/JohnsHopkinsErrors.pdf
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Submitted to: Entomological Society of America Regional Meetings
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Publication Acceptance Date: 3/8/2006
Publication Date: 8/1/2006
Citation: Natwick, E., Cardoza, R., Lopez, M., Behle, R.W. 2006. Insecticide bait formulations evaluated for darkling ground beetles, Blapstinus spp. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) control. Entomological Society of America Regional Meetings. p. 75-76.
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Pared down to the act of creation, Grandbois' Domestic Disturbances present characters and situations that seem at once wholly familiar, then shift without warning, disturbing our paradigms of "reality" only to re-create that "reality" not as we wish it to be but as we fear it must be. Like the best experimental writing, Grandbois' work doesn't simply break with tradition but interrogates it.
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A small present/preview from the developer platform teamDecember 22, 2009 at 16:04 | Posted in Uncategorized | 41 Comments
The holiday season is here, and we have a small present for you!
It's a tech preview called Madde, a cross-compilation toolkit for Maemo5. Madde runs on Linux, Windows and Mac, choose your flavour.
It's a tech preview, so be aware that it isn't production quality yet. We have played with it a bit, so it definitely works. But as it is a tech preview, don't expect support.
Madde is a command line tool, but the documentation should clarify how to get started and answer the most common questions.
We would like to hear what you think of it though! There is a component in the Developer platform product in Bugzilla called Madde for any bugs that come up. And we'll be creating a thread on talk also, where you can give feedback. The team that made Madde is very interested in what you think about the tool.
You can fetch Madde from here. There's also a .deb package in the downloads to provide a nice way to interface the N900 from Madde. It's also in development, so don't expect eye-candy yet.
The idea with Madde is to smooth the way for new developers to shift into Maemo.
The idea is that with Madde you can compile your stuff on your own machine without scratchbox, thus taking away the pain of setting scratchbox up in the first place. Not to mention that setup for Madde is simple, just run the installer and read the instructions while everything is put in place.
The toolkit contains the Qt 4.5 libraries by default. So you can work with Qt directly, no additional downloading needed.
Please tell us what you think.
So happy holidays and hacking to everyone!
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Any plans for saner Linux installation (debs for Ubuntu/Debian, or at least a tarball that supports ./configure + make + make install)?
Comment by Marius Gedminas— December 22, 2009 #
What are the differences between MADDE and scratchbox2 (which is fully opensource and free)?
Comment by Corsac— December 22, 2009 #
this is the kind of stuff we desperately need, next step is easy packaging! mad + mud anyone ?
Comment by keesj— December 22, 2009 #
After reading http://wiki.maemo.org/MADDE/Qt_Example we realised this topic is also part of the technology preview.
Comment by keesj— December 22, 2009 #
Yay, a development environment for an open tablet with a restrictive license. Sigh. Why, yet again, does Nokia make things like this closed when doing so doesn't help Nokia sell more hardware? (Yes, I've read the "why the closed packages" doublespeak. Could we at least get a specific *justification* when new closed bits show up?)
Comment by Anonymous— December 22, 2009 #
Can I also use MADDE for PyQT development (because Python seems to be easier to learn than C and QT is good for the GUI)?
Comment by DaSilva— December 23, 2009 #
DaSilva: yes you can use MADDE for packaging… and also for testing your python
application without copying the file to the device (see mad remote mount).
Comment by Tomi— December 23, 2009 #
Ive looked at mad remote, can you possibly explain to me how i can set this up? I develope in python and was sad to find out i couldnt compile after downloading madde. any help appreciated.
Comment by Robert— June 16, 2010 #
I installed it and it looks really great, thank you. I would like to use this in qt-creator so I compiled the qt-creator master git including the QTCREATOR_WITH_MAEMO setting – I get some new settings dialogs but I cannot select the madde toolchain (toolchain selector only shows "GCC" and is disabled). What do I have to do?
Thanks, Jochen
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Wow…. just what I was looking for!
I'm in hype with Qt and looking to develop some cool new applications using Qt, or maybe for Qt developers 😉
Will post me feedback for sure after doing some sample apps.
// chall3ng3r //
Comment by chall3ng3r— December 25, 2009 #
Any reason not to package Qt 4.6 with this?
Comment by dragan— December 25, 2009 #
I installed it, but the docs folder is missing the documentation. Is it intended for this release?
// chall3ng3r //
Comment by chall3ng3r— December 27, 2009 #
I tried to install the mad-developer package on my N900 but it fails because it expects usb-network-modules 0.2 but extra-devels lists only version 0.1. What's wrong here? Should I use the -f flag to force installation?
Comment by Jochen Becher— December 27, 2009 #
Forget that comment – I repeated the package installation from the Programmanager app and now it succeeded.
Comment by Jochen Becher— December 27, 2009 #
the download is not resumable … was a slight inconvenience 😦
Comment by ab— December 27, 2009 #
Windows XP installation is failing when in postinstall and trying to extract .lzma files. Any other noticed the same ?
Comment by Jake— January 4, 2010 #
Can you repeat that problem ?
Comment by Tomi— January 5, 2010 #
Yep, every time. One thing I found was that in postinstall.sh xtar tries to unpack .lzma and at least when I tried it manually, it cannot unpack those.
Comment by Jake— January 5, 2010 #
Hmm. you probably mean 'xxtar' in postinstall.sh as 'xtar' is
much different thing.
lzma files are extracted in postinstall by the command line:
lzma -dc | tar xmf –
If you run (one of) these from command line (using madde msys terminal)
… for example:
username $ cd /
username $ lzma -cd postinstall.done/libcrypt-1.1_1-2-msys-1.0.11-dll-0.tar.lzma | tar -xmf –
what does it report to the terminal window ?
Comment by Tomi— January 7, 2010 #
Yes, it's xxtar. I cannot use madde msys as the installation fails in postinstallation -> Ctrl-C and returns to install tool where only option is to cancel -> removes whole installation.
Comment by Jake— January 12, 2010 #
Ok. That makes it a bit harder…
You probably could test, as at that point there should be functional
msys environment at the extraction point — with file manager
madde terminal should open when click madde.bat at the extraction
directory… (before canceling installation and losing extracted files)
Also, the exact messages on the cmd window would be helpful.
Comment by Tomi— January 13, 2010 #
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