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Beautifully presented four bed family home located in the scenic area of Fivemilebourne. This U Shaped family home was architecturally designed to allow for generous living and bedroom accommodation. Landscaping required to the front and rear of the property. Viewings highly recommended.
This beautifully designed family home comes to the market with open plan living room, kitchen and dining area with beautiful wooden floors throughout. The living area has a stove and there are fantastic countryside views from every angle of this open plan space.
The master bedroom is en-suite with a walk in wardrobe and there are three other spacious bedrooms.
The outside driveway and gardens requires landscaping. There is a nice sized garage to the rear of the property.
The property is ideally located at Fivemilebourne, only 10 minutes from Sligo City, 5km to Dromahair and 13km to Manorhamilton. Leckaun National School is also close by.
It is set in the beautiful countryside on approx.. 6.9 acres site which would be ideal for an orchard, an ambitious gardening project or for housing family pets.
Ground Floor
Entrance Hall
7.2m x 1.7m (23.62ft x 5.58ft)
With wooden floor.
Sitting Room
5.2m x 4.1m (17.06ft x 13.45ft)
With timber floor and stove.
4m x 3.5m (13.12ft x 11.48ft)
Fully fitted kitchen.
Dining Area
3.8m x 3.1m (12.47ft x 10.17ft)
With timber floor and beauiftul mountain side views.
Utility Room
3.9m x 2.6m (12.8ft x 8.53ft)
With timber floor.
2.7m x 2.4m (8.86ft x 7.87ft)
With timber floor.
Master Bedroom
5.1m x 3.7m (16.73ft x 12.14ft)
With timber floor, en-suite and walk in wardrobe.
En Suite
2.15m x 1.7m (7.05ft x 5.58ft)
With WC, WHB and shower.
Bedroom 2
2.7m x 3.8m (8.86ft x 12.47ft)
With timber floor.
Bedroom 3
4m x 2.7m (13.12ft x 8.86ft)
With timber floor.
Bedroom 4
4m x 2.7m (13.12ft x 8.86ft)
With timber floor.
Main Bathroom
2.7m x 2.3m (8.86ft x 7.55ft)
With WC, WHB and shower.
The drive way and garden requires landscaping. There is a garage to the rear of the property.
Leaving Sligo take the Calry road for 13 kilometres take a left turn opposite the signpost and the property is a short distance up the road second on the left.
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Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good.
Allen Park was a little bit of both Monday in its matchup with Trenton, tying up a 2-0 game in the fifth inning on a pair of wild pitches before riding the momentum to nine runs on 10 hits in a 9-2 victory.
Going into the fifth inning down 2-0, two wild pitches and a walk loaded the bases for Cal Coaltrain, who knocked in two runs to make it 4-2 and open up the game for Allen Park. Devin Basley went 2-for-3 with an RBI and Nolan Zajkowski finished 2-for-2.
"It seemed like the momentum turned once we had the lead," Allen Park coach Glenn Gulliver said. "We didn't hit anything for five innings, got a break here and there, and started hitting the ball in the sixth, once we got the momentum."
Until that point, Allen Park was having no luck getting through Trenton pitcher Zack Perkins, who finished with three earned runs in 4 2/3 innings.
"He's got a breaking ball that he throws well, he mixes his pitches well, worked fast," Gulliver said. "He threw well, but he may have tired a bit."
Allen Park was having success on the mound in its own right with starter Nick Arnoldy's two unearned runs giving him five full innings of work before Jakob Marsee shut the door by closing out the final two innings with five strikeouts.
Gulliver said the rainouts and stacked schedules have made it tough to organize his pitching staff.
"All of these games are coming up in a row; you can't wear guys out," Gulliver said. " [Arnoldy] threw well, but coming in with a fresh arm in the last two innings, it seemed to work out well."
Trenton is 12-7, 4-5 Downriver.
More baseball
Auburn Hills Avondale 6-2, Bloomfield Hills 5-0: In Game 1, Will Fahoome went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and Conner Gubariu knocked in fpur RBIs for Avondale. In the second game, Brenden Down went 6 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out six for Avondale (10-9, 4-2 OAA Blue) and Dugan Fife went six innings, giving up no earned runs with six strikeouts for Bloomfield Hills.
Detroit Western 11, Warren De La Salle 8: William English gave struck out 10 and gave up one earned run and Gianni Cuevas went 4-for-5 with 3 RBIs for Western (13-6, 7-0 PSL Mega). Kyle Jones went 3-for-4 for De La Salle.
Grosse Pointe North 7, Warren Cousino 0: Tyler Hill pitched a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and gave himself an early lead by doubling in two runs in the first inning. Chad Lorkowski had a double and an RBI and Ryan Shanley had two hits and two RBIs for North (13-5, 7-2 MAC White). Cousino is 2-16, 1-9.
West Bloomfield 4-5, Birmingham Groves 1-6: In Game 1, Trenton Newby went 4-for-4 with two doubles and pitched a complete game and Nick Siedel had a home run for West Bloomfield (12-7). In Game 2, Aerik Joe went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored and George Cutler went 2-for-4 with a walk-off, two-run double.
Nolan Bianchi is a freelance writer. Detroit News staff contributed.

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Some bars are cozy dens, built inside caves of paneled wood. Other bars are sleek and modern, cold castles of marble and steel. There are bars with windows, views, skylights, and there are those with only the glow of burning candles and the occasional ray of light from a streetlight across the street.
The two "bars" where I create cocktails and Sammy photographs are all and none of these things.
The kitchen counter at home is cold, hard stone, but the walls are bright and warm like mustard seeds. The north-facing window allows some light in during the day, and at night we can see lights from the train, cars, and lamps outside.
At Oriole, the bar space is tucked away, out of sight. Once ready, cocktails, wine, and spiritfrees are served on tables cloaked in white, in a lofty room with natural beams of light before sunset and the bright glow of lamps after dark.
Sometimes it is good to move away from the usual. Dim the lights and see if the cocktail is still as striking when the visual elements are blurred. Raise the lights. Is the sprig of mint fresh or withered? Are there brown spots on the twist, or is it curling, dried out from being cut hours ago and left out? These are all details that may be missed in the dim light of the bar, which are put in focus with the flash of a camera. Let the drink be camera-ready, in any light. It is important to take a moment to acknowledge the ambiance which the bar environment creates, and explore how to use that to highlight the drinks in the most effective way.


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Lockheed Martin Corp.'s (LMT - Free Report) business unit, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, has won a contract from the U.S. Navy for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile ("LRASM"). LRASM is an anti-ship missile being developed for the U.S. Navy.
The contract is valued at $321.8 million and the contracting activity is Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MA.
Per the contract, Lockheed will perform research and development to support the integration and test phase of LRASM. This phase includes the completion of detailed designing of all remaining hardware and software, methodically retiring any open risks, constructing and testing missile test objects to assure compliance with capacity requirements, and preparing for manufacture and/or deployment.
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Ordering will be available until November 20th. The plants will be ready for pick up the first week of December. Gift cards are tentatively scheduled for pick up the first week of December as well.
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Aaron Rodgers is unflappable.
Aaron Rodgers is unflappable. Defensive linemen barreling downhill at him do not faze him. Weather so cold he can't feel his fingertips cannot stop his passes from finding their marks. A touchdown deficit in the game's closing moments doesn't even make him sweat.
A stranger kissing Rodgers on the head is no exception.
At the Packers' annual luncheon this week—the one where Rodgers and backup Brett Hundley dressed up in Men in Black costumes—Rodgers had a chat with a fan. As she walked away, she kissed him on the head. Was Rodgers thrown by the intimate moment with a stranger. No, no way. He just, as one Twitter user put it, "looks at the camera like he's in an episode of The Office."
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REGION 5. The Victorian Riverina
This area is mostly low lying alluvial plains close to the Murray river which forms the border between Victoria and NSW. Extending from roughly Swan Hill in the north-west, south to Boort and then east to Elmore, Shepparton and Albury. It is a land of drought and flooding rains, with many wetland areas after high rainfall. Irrigation schemes have channelled water right across the plains, and some areas have saline soils. With its diversity of habitats including woodlands, grasslands and wetlands this rich region holds a lot of bird species in a relatively small area.
Terrick Terrick National Park
The recently expanded Terrick Terrick NP preserves three quite different habitats which are all now linked together. The original park occurs on a granite ridge and is one of the largest remaining cypress pine/eucalypt woodlands in Victoria, native grasslands are preserved to the north-east, and the Bendigo creek frontage forms the third section. The pine woodlands are the best known and birdiest parts of the park
Getting there:
Situated some 80 kms directly north of Bendigo, take the Bendigo Pyramid road to Mitiamo and continue north from there on gravel roads. The tracks within the park are good for 2WD, even after rain with care
Key sites:
A good place to start is the picnic ground at the base of Mt Terrick Terrick. Many of the park's birds may be seen in this area including Australian Ringneck and Gilberts Whistler.
Allen track which gets you there takes you through typical pine woodland with Red-capped Robin and Chestnut-rumped Thornbill.
Reigels rock in the north-east of the forest is also interesting, and can attract Painted and Black Honeyeaters in spring and summer depending on the year.
Rodgers track runs through the western part of the forest, and makes for a nice drive with plenty of possibilities.
Foot access to the grasslands is easiest from the Mitiamo Kow Swamp road near the Old Davies Homestead. Walk past the Davies homestead and out into Possum paddock, and down through Creek paddock until eventually you reach the Bendigo creek. Both Fabians and Yarran paddocks to the west of the road have never been ploughed and are worth a walk also. Best time for the grasslands is early spring for wildflowers and spring/summer for birds
East of the Bendigo creek is a vast treeless plain ( the Patho plains) where a lot of land has recently been acquired to add to the TTNP. Foot access is allowed in these areas where in the right season a wide range of grassland species may be seen. In times of above average rainfall or flash flooding ephemeral swamps spring up in the lower lying spots attracting all sorts of waterbirds. These can include rare species such as Brolga, Australian Painted Snipe, Australasian Bittern and Plumed Whistling Duck.
One such swamp is called The Meadows (part of the National Park) access from Davis road. Another in the park is along Ferris road just north-west of the Davies homestead ruin, and another on private land can be viewed from Aird road (at the northern end of the road).
Key Species:
In the forest: Australian Ringneck, Gilberts Whistler, Painted Button-quail, Crested Shrike-tit, Red-capped Robin, Hooded Robin, Western Gerygone (spring and summer), Southern Whiteface, Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
In the grasslands:Spotted Harrier, Black Falcon, Brolga, Banded Lapwing, Australian Pratincole (only on the barest paddocks), Plains Wanderer (rare since floods in 2010), Stubble Quail, Little Button-quail, Red-chested Button-quail (some years), Brown Songlark, Horsfield's Bushlark, Zebra Finch, White-winged Fairy-wren
and along the creek: Black Falcon, Spotted Harrier, Black-tailed Nativehen, Grey-crowned Babbler, Crested Shrike-tit, Southern Whiteface
Murray River Red Gum forests (Gunbower island and Barmah Forest)
The extensive River Red gum forests of Gunbower and Barmah have both been recently declared National Parks. Naturally they would have flooded on a regular basis. This has been much reduced in recent times through water diversions for agriculture, but environmental allocations now see more regular inflows to these forests again. Both have an extensive network of bush tracks to explore, however after rain or flooding access is drastically reduced. Park webpages give up to date track information. Camping is still allowed along some sections of the river.
Getting there:
The Gunbower island, west of Echuca, runs from Torrumbarry in the south to Koondrook in the north, with many access points in between. Some more reliable well maintained access points include Spences bridge road, NW of Cohuna, the signposted Forest Drive from Cohuna, Brereton road near Gunbower and Lock road out to Torrumbarry weir. One of the nicest stretches is out of Leitchville, access the forest on O'Reilly road, across Holmes bridge and take Broken Axle track towards the river and River track along the river.
The Barmah forest, east of Echuca, runs from Barmah in the west to Tocumwal in the east. Again there are many access points and the park map is essential.
Key sites:
Gunbower island: Obtaining a map of the island is highly recommended as there are so many tracks formed in past logging times. The quality of the forest varies depending on how regular the flooding is and the logging history. As you enter the forest, furthest from the Murray river, the habitat is mostly Black Box and Grey Box grassy woodland, where birds such as Red-capped Robin, Diamond Firetail, Western Gerygone and Painted Button-quail may be looked for. Along the banks of the Murray and around the more regular swamps such as Charcoal swamp, Little Reedy Lagoon and Corduroy swamp you will find the healthiest Red Gum trees, and birds such as Noisy and Little Friarbirds, Sacred Kingfishers and Yellow Rosellas.
Barmah Forest: There is a network of better maintained tracks to take to be sure of access, whilst in dry weather many others become an option. Large parts of the forest may be closed in times of flooding. During winter and spring Superb Parrots return to breed in the forest. They are often to be found feeding in the drier Grey Box woodlands and roadside areas at the edges of the park, in the Picola and Yielima areas. The Barmah forest is continuous with the Moira state forest in NSW, where there are some worthwhile birding sites as well. Take the Cobb highway north from Echuca. At Mathoura the Picnic Point road takes you past the Reedbeds bird hide ( possible Australasian and Black-backed Bitterns), through some Grey Box grassy woodland ( Diamond Dove) to Picnic Point ( Friarbirds, Night Herons).
Gulpa island north of Mathoura is also an excellent stretch of riverine forest, with Superb Parrots in winter/spring, and many bush birds. Access from Mathoura or from the Cobb highway further north.
Key Species
Emu, Yellow Rosella, Superb Parrot, Diamond Firetail, Friarbirds, colonial nesting waterbirds, Rainbow Bee-eater, Western Gerygone, Dollarbird, Azure Kingfisher
The Mid Murray Valley and Kerang Wetlands
This section of the Murray valley between Swan Hill and Cohuna is a region where many rivers and creeks from further afield converge to fill wetlands or run into the Murray. Much of the water in the region is regulated, but natural flood events when they occur can fill many of the ephemeral wetlands at which time bird numbers increase dramatically. A number of lakes hold water continually for irrigation purposes, and environmental water allocations are used in most years to fill wetlands for wildlife. Each year and indeed every season is different, with birds moving between lakes depending on where the best conditions are.
To get up to date information on which wetlands are receiving environmental watering visit the North Central Catchment Management Authority website at http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au
Getting there:
Kerang is some 300 kms north of Melbourne, via the Calder Freeway to Bendigo and then the Loddon Valley Highway. Daily trains run from Melbourne but public transport in the area is very limited. Most sites can be reached via all weather roads. Many wetlands have dirt tracks going right around them allowing good access and viewing however these are most definitely dry weather only
Key sites
1. Ephemeral wetlands. Many of the wetlands in the region are temporary and require flooding rains. This cycle of flooding and drying produces the best conditions for waterbirds and large numbers of birds appear as if from nowhere with many breeding. Tragowel swamp, Lake Murphy, Sandhill Lake, Lake Bael Bael and The Marshes, the Avoca floodway (between Lake Tutchewop and the Loddon Valley Highway) and the many rivers,creeks and depressions in the region all provide great habitat in these wetter times. In the late 1990's all contained water. In the early 2000's all were dry. A megaflood in 2010 filled them all again. By 2014 most are once again dry. Swamps that have been filled with environmental allocations in recent years include Hird's Swamp, Johnson's swamp and McDonald's swamp (all near Cohuna), Lake Murphy, Cullens Lake, Robertson's lagoon (near Gunbower), and more recently Lake Elizabeth. It is planned that at least one of Hird's or Johnson's swamps will have water each year. These areas are all different in their ecology and thus attract a different range of species. Hird's, Johnson's and McDonalds swamps are all freshwater swamps with tangled lignum and reedbeds aswell as open areas. Typical species for these areas are Black-tailed Nativehens and Red-kneed Dotterels, Glossy Ibis, White-breasted Sea-Eagles, many ducks species including Freckled, Blue-billed and Musk Duck, Egrets and Spoonbills, Brolga, Crakes, Australasian and Black-backed Bittern, and in the past Australian Painted Snipe.
Migratory waders can also be present particularly as the swamps dry up, with Wood Sandpipers being annual in small numbers, plus Ruff and Long-toed Stint being recorded. Lake Murphy and Cullens Lake are both slightly saline, without the dense vegetation, although both have reedbeds at their northern ends. Vast numbers of birds can occur with many thousands of duck, swans, terns and waders. Freckled Duck, Brolga and Glossy Ibis all occur, and both lakes have White-winged Fairy-wrens nearby. Rarer waders have been found such as Pectoral Sandpiper, Long-toed Stint, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpipers, and Little Stint
2. Permanent wetlands.
Kow Swamp south of Cohuna is a large water storage with extensive reedbeds. Species which may be observed here include Spoonbills, large flocks of Straw-necked and White Ibis, Swamp Harriers, Sea-Eagles, Brolga in the surrounding farmland, Black-tailed Nativehen, Whiskered and Caspian Terns, Yellow Rosella, Pied Butcherbird and White-breasted Woodswallow amongst others. There is a pull in/fishing spot near the weir in the north with some views of reedbeds etc . Also the road along the east side of the swamp provides some viewing.
Middle Lake is part of the irrigation system and has the largest Ibis rookery in the southern hemisphere. Just off the Murray valley highway north of Kerang there are good facilities here including a bird hide. Also good for Darters, Swamp Harriers, Spoonbills and sometimes Sea-Eagle. The Ibis nest in spring and summer.
The Loddon river at Kerang and the Kerang town swamp just to the west and north of the township of Kerang have some well marked walking tracks, wetland areas plus red gum woodlands and a bird hide. A nice selection of commoner waterbirds can be present, and rarer species may include Latham's snipe, Crakes, Glossy Ibis, and Grey-crowned Babblers.
Lake Boga and Round Lake are both near the township of Lake Boga and accessible by all weather roads. Lake Boga itself is usually kept quite full and can attract large numbers of Whiskered Terns in season as well as Gull-billed and Caspian Terns, Cormorants, Pelicans and Great Crested Grebe. If water levels drop the edges can attract a variety of waders. White-breasted Woodswallows and Blue-faced Honeyeaters are often nearby. Round Lake just west of town on the Lalbert road is more productuvie wetland and a good site for duck species particularly Blue-billed and Musk Ducks. A small number of waders are present here, mainly in summer.
3. Saline Wetlands.
A number of saline and hyper-saline wetlands occur in the region with most of these only holding birds in winter and spring following rainfall and fresher water inflows. At these times many thousands of birds can arrive providing some spectacular birding, but once salinity levels increase again during summer the birds will move on.
The largest of these lakes is Lake Tutchewop. At the right time many thousands of grebes, duck, terns and waders can occur. Some years large flocks of Red-necked Avocet, or Banded stilt may form. The saline shrublands surrounding these lakes are regular haunts for White-winged Fairy Wrens (all year), Zebra Finch, Brown Songlark, Orange Chats (spring and summer), and Blue-winged Parrots (spring). Lake Kelly to the south-east of Lake Tutchewop is a similar lake though smaller, and host the same species. White-backed Swallows and Rainbow Bee-eaters occur near the northern end of Lake Kelly.
Foster's Swamp is a saline wetland just east of Kerang township. It fills with winter rains and retains some town run-off water through summer. A rough dry weather track runs around the lake but the adjacent sewage works is out of bounds. Quite large numbers of duck and waders can occur here, with Red-necked Stints, Stilts, Avocets and Red-kneed Dotterels all being quite regular. Rarer sightings have included Gull-billed Tern, Banded Stilts and Pacific Golden Plover. White-winged Fairy-wrens live in the surrounds.
Dry weather only tracks provide access right around these lakes.
Other saline lakes which can be worth visiting in wetter years include Lake William, Duck Lake and Lake Wandella.
4. Grasslands and woodlands
The Tresco West Bushland reserve to the south of Round Lake is a quality remnant of the mallee woodlands that have largely been cleared in this district. Blue Bonnet, Yellow-throated Miner, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Hooded Robin, White-browed Babbler and Variegated Fairy-wrens are present year round. Rainbow Bee-eaters, various Woodswallows, Songlarks and Trillers visit in spring and summer. Roadside stands of Emubush along Long Lake road just north of Round Lake can attract Black Honeyeaters in spring/summer.
The Avoca plains, west of the Avoca river and north-west of Kerang is a mostly treeless region where some good quality native grassland survives, some now preserved. Plains Wanderers occur here in low numbers but as with the Patho plains have become harder to find since the 2010 floods. Other species seen in the grasslands here include Black Falcon, Spotted Harrier, Inland Dotterel and Australian Pratincole (both more likely in dry times when paddocks are barer), Little Button-quail, Stubble Quail, Orange Chat, White-winged Fairy-wren and Zebra Finch.
Black Box tree lined waterways through the district have good numbers of Blue Bonnet and Cockatiel, plus Yellow-throated Miner, Variegated Fairy-wren and smaller numbers of Grey-crowned Babbler. This is mostly on private land but much can be seen along various roadsides. Try Gillies Road, Ford Road, Lake Lookout Road, O'Loughlin Road and Bael Bael- Boga road.
Key Species
Australasian Bittern, Little Bittern, Blue-billed Duck, Freckled Duck, Glossy Ibis, Brolga, Little Button-quail, Plains Wanderer, Stubble Quail, Spotted Crake, Baillon's Crake, Australian Painted Snipe, Latham's Snipe, Banded Stilt, Blue Bonnet, Cockatiel, Blue-winged Parrot (in spring), Grey-crowned Babbler, White-winged Fairy-wren, Variegated Fairy-wren, Orange Chat, Zebra Finch, White-breasted Woodswallow, White-backed Swallow
Boort and the Loddon River floodplain
The small town of Boort lies at the south-western edge of the riverina country close to the Loddon river. A wide range of birds can be seen in the immediate area
Getting there
Boort lies between Bendigo and Kerang, some 15 kms west of the highway ( turn left at Durham Ox)
Key sites
Little Lake Boort. This small lake next to town has water year round. The southern side has the best habitat, and if water levels are right can be good for Crakes, Rails and Snipe.
The surrounding woodland and flowering trees planted in town attract Musk and Purple-crowned Lorikeets and Blue-faced Honeyeaters. In summer regular birds include Little Friarbird, Sacred Kingfisher, Rainbow Bee-eater and White-breasted Woodswallow.
Boort Salt Lake. Just west of town along the Wycheproof road is a salt lake which is best in winter and spring. Red-necked Avocet are regular there.
Woolshed Swamp, Lake Boort, Lake Lyndger, Lake Yando and Lake Leaghur. All of these ephemeral swamps are fringed by River Red Gums and fill in times of flooding. In recent years environmental watering has been taking place as well, check http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au for details.
Black Box woodlands. The country between Boort and Kerang, such as around Yando, is mostly flood prone and is a Victorian stronghold for the Grey-crowned Babbler and the Bush Stone-Curlew ( the Curlews are sadly now quite rare)
Key Species
Australian Spotted and Baillon's Crakes, Latham's Snipe, Red-necked Avocet and a wide range of waterbirds in season, Grey-crowned Babbler


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A Bachelor of fine arts (commonly abbreviated as a BFA) is a globally recognized academic degree awarded to undergraduates for completion of their course. The degree generally takes three to four years to complete, but will vary depend on the country, institution, subject area and courses selected. Programs resulting in a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree are generally more focused on a studio component and students are expected to concentrate their academic energies on mastering the practical facets of their field. BFA degrees are usually offered in visual artistic areas like drawing, animation, photography, film production, acting, interior design, etc. Read this guide to learn more!
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Looks like the GTL lifestyle finally took its toll. According to TMZ, Jersey Shore's Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has checked into an inpatient rehab program.
The details are a bit hazy right now but Mike's reps are confirming that, "he has spent the past several weeks at an undisclosed location for much needed rest and recuperation after his extensive production and appearance schedule." Sources are telling TMZ, however, that Mike is in an in-patient treatment program for substance abuse.
Mike isn't fessing up so fast and Tweeted this last night:
*I hate to say it, but with the non-stop partying and "up all night, sleep all day" schedule the Jersey Shore cast keeps—it was inevitable that it would catch up with them in some way. Not to mention that when they aren't filming in Seaside Heights, the cast makes non-stop appearances all over the world. *As for the Situation specifically—if you watched the most recent season of Jersey Shore, you knew that something was up with him. He was a bully . . .straight up mean, paranoid, agitated and always on the defensive. Check out this clip of tomorrow night's Jersey Shore reunion show where he can't take the heat when Snooki and J-Woww confront him about his behavior and he walks off the set!
No matter what, we hope that the Situation gets the help he needs. It was announced this week that even though Snooki is pregnant—season six of the Jersey Shore will begin production this summer—and as of right now, Mike is slated to return too. I can't even imagine how different the show will be with one housemate pregnant and another fresh out of a stint in treatment!
What do you guys think about Mike's current situation? Do you think the Jersey Shore should go on?


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Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT) is an innovative and ambitious project that will create a new and dynamic public transport system for Belfast. BRT will offer a high quality service providing people with better access to jobs, hospitals, shops, schools, colleges, and entertainment.
The BRT system will use high quality rapid transit vehicles which will provide a modern, comfortable environment for passengers in terms of space, security and on-board information. The BRT system will also incorporate high quality halts with easy access to vehicles, real time information systems for easier journey planning and off-vehicle ticketing to speed up the boarding process. The speed, reliability and comfort of the BRT services will provide an attractive alternative to private car use.
The main characteristics of the BRT system, including a short video of the type of vehicle which will operate on BRT, and the benefits it will bring are outlined in this short interactive document.
Further information on the BRT system can be found on the Department's website at: www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/topics/transport-initiatives/brt
BRT services are due to become operational in September 2018.
The Department's proposals relate to the operating hours of the BRT bus lanes and the waiting restrictions along the BRT routes.
Extension to BRT bus lane operating hours
The BRT bus lanes which have been introduced on Falls Road between Grosvenor Road and Whiterock Road operate in peak hours only – 7:30am to 9:30am and 3:30pm to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday. The Outline Business Case for BRT recommended that once BRT services start the bus lanes should operate for 12 hours. In order to provide the necessary priority to operate high frequency, reliable BRT services throughout the day, it is our intention that the operating hours of the BRT bus lanes are extended to 7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday, prior to the BRT services commencing in September 2018.
In order to achieve this the operating hours of the existing peak hour BRT bus lanes will be extended by way of amending legislation.
Through our ongoing engagement with BRT stakeholders, including local residents, businesses and elected representatives, we have identified a number of potential issues associated with the extension of the bus lane operating hours for people who live and/or work on the routes. In view of this the Department is undertaking this informal consultation to identify the specific issues involved. The feedback received will be used in the development of final proposals that will then be the subject of the statutory Traffic Regulation Order process, including formal public consultation, commencing in autumn 2017.
The proposed bus lane operating hours, and two potential additional exemptions which the Department will consider, including the reasons for them, are as follows:
Changes to waiting restrictions on BRT routes
It is vitally important to the efficient operation of BRT services that the waiting restrictions in place along the routes are appropriate to the requirements of the services.
The main changes to waiting restrictions, together with the reasons for them, are as follows:
Details of the proposals for the section of the BRT route on Falls Road between Grosvenor Road and Whiterock Road can be found on the following drawings:
This informal consultation process will last for 6 weeks, from 6 March 2017 to 17 April 2017.
Should you have any queries regarding the proposals, or if you wish to receive hard copies of any of the documentation, please contact the Department's BRT project team:
Department for Infrastructure
Belfast Rapid Transit Project Team
Room 3-09
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
If you prefer, you may provide your comments in writing to the Department, at the above address, by the closing date of 17 April 2017.
Once this informal consultation is complete we will consider the comments received and develop our final proposals which will then be subject to the statutory Traffic Regulation Order process.


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The process basically contains two steps:
- Creation of a custom resource object that facilitates the request and approval workflow
- Creation of a provisioning workflow that sets the group membership
The child table manipulation can be done either through the APIs (see below) or by target system group memberships through access policies
The API that will let you do this is in the tcFormInstanceOperationsIntf class and the methods are called addProcessFormChildData and removeProcessFormChildData.
If for example you would like to support request based addition to AD groups and already have one of the later versions of the AD connector installed you would need to do the folowing:
- Create a new RO called "AD group membership add"
- Add an object form that lets the user indicate what AD groups they would like to become member of.
- Add a process form and data sink or prepop from the object form
- Add approval process (if needed)
- Add provisioning process that basically calls a task that uses the addProcessFormChildData AD group identifier (group name if I remember correctly) to the AD group childtable that is attached to the main AD resource object.
There is a couple of downsides to this approach that are worth mentioning. As you are using a single RO the resources view of the user will show up as a collection of "AD group membership add" resources. The name of the group is available on the process form but it is not directly visible to an admin without an additional click. Likewise if you use attestation (access recertification) the attestation events will be less than helpful for the certifier as they only see the resource name. Same thing for certain out of the box reports.
Code example for adding rows to a child table of a process form


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20 May 2016
The National Management Group (NMG), comprising all Australian governments, affected plant industries and Plant Health Australia met on 20 May 2016 to discuss a detection of Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) larvae and adults in imported goods at two premises in Adelaide and one on Kangaroo Island.
Acting on advice from the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests (CCEPP), the NMG endorsed the National Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) Response Plan to deliver further surveillance and control measures. The Australian Government and the Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA), are conducting the response.
All detected larvae and beetles have been destroyed and there is strong confidence that there has been no contact between the imported consignment and the grain supply chain.
Surveillance and tracing activities are continuing and no Khapra beetles or larvae have been found beyond the three affected premises in South Australia.
There is no change to Australia's pest status.


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Laughing gas warmed early Earth a billion years ago and sparked the emergence of life
Laughing gas was crucial to the emergence of life on Earth, serving to hold our younger planet at the excellent temperature, researchers have discovered.
Early in the planet's existence, the solar was dimmer than it it in the present day, however the Earth stayed heat as a consequence of a sturdy greenhouse gas impact, geoscience principle holds.
Astronomer Carl Sagan coined this 'the Faint Young Sun Paradox', however for many years, researchers have been unable to seek out the proper stability of atmospheric gases that would have stored the early Earth heat sufficient for life.
Jennifer Glass in her lab at Georgia Tech holding a stromatolitic ironstone, which shaped whereas iron oxidized and left ocean waters. Laughing gas was crucial to the emergence of life on Earth, serving to hold our younger planet at the excellent temperature, researchers have discovered
In the first billion years of Earth's historical past, the planet was bombarded by primordial asteroids, whereas a faint solar offered a lot much less warmth.
However, the Earth stayed heat as a consequence of a sturdy greenhouse gas impact, geoscience principle holds.
Astronomer Carl Sagan coined this 'the Faint Young Sun Paradox'
Now a crew at the Georgia Institute of Technology means that nitrous oxide, identified for its use as laughing gas, might have performed a important function.
The crew carried out a sequence of experiments and atmospheric pc modeling to see what would occur if there was nitrous oxide (N2O), a highly effective greenhouse gas, in the historic ambiance.
In lab experiments, researchers discovered that soluble ferrous iron in seawater reacted quickly with nitrogen molecules, particularly nitric oxide, to yield nitrous oxide in a course of referred to as chemodenitrification.
This nitrous oxide (N2O) can then bubble up into the ambiance.
'It's fairly doable that life was respiration laughing gas lengthy earlier than it started respiration oxygen,' Jennifer Glass, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech, mentioned.
'Chemodenitrification may need provided microbes with a regular supply of it.'
When the plugged the increased fluxes of nitrous oxide into the atmospheric mannequin, the outcomes confirmed that nitrous oxide may have reached ten instances in the present day's ranges if mid-Proterozoic oxygen concentrations had been 10 p.c of these in the present day.
This tiger eye BIF (banded iron formation) rock reveals layers of iron that settled as compounds out of oceanic answer. Before oxygen turned extra plentiful, the oceans had been seemingly full of iron that would have made nitrous oxide that entered Earth's early ambiance to maintain it heat
This increased nitrous oxide would have offered an additional enhance of world warming underneath the Faint Young Sun.
The research centered on the center of the Proterozoic Eon, over a billion years ago.
The proliferation of complicated life was nonetheless a few hundred million years out, and the tempo of our planet's evolution in all probability appeared deceptively gradual.
'People in our area typically confer with this center chapter in Earth's historical past roughly 1.eight to zero.eight billion years ago as the 'boring billion' as a result of we classically suppose of it as a very steady interval,' mentioned Chloe Stanton, previously an undergraduate analysis assistant in the Glass lab at Georgia Tech and the research's first creator.
'But there have been many essential processes affecting ocean and atmospheric chemistry throughout this time.'
This risen sea flooring is purple like rust. As oxygen constructed up in the waters, iron rusted out of answer. When it was was a plentiful in the ocean, the highly effective chemical reactant that would have facilitated manufacturing of N2O (laughing gas). Karijini National Park Banded Iron Formations, Australia
Chemistry in mid-Proterozoic ocean was closely influenced by ample soluble ferrous iron (Fe2+) in oxygen-free deep waters.
'The ocean chemistry was utterly totally different again then,' mentioned Glass.
'Today's oceans are well-oxygenated, so iron quickly rusts and drops out of answer. Oxygen was low in Proterozoic oceans, so that they had been stuffed with ferrous iron, which is extremely reactive.'
Even in the present day, some microbes can breathe nitrous oxide when oxygen is low.
There are many similarities between the enzymes that microbes use to breathe nitric and nitrous oxides and enzymes used to breathe oxygen.


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In my previous article, Entrepreneurship 3.0 -- The Third Wave of the Industrial Revolution, I discuss a new era of entrepreneurship that merges startups, large corporations, and research universities in symbiotic partnerships. startups benefit from the research and resources of their new partners, while corporations are able to empower innovators and profit from their work instead of competing against them. In acknowledging the growing importance of the entrepreneurial spirit, corporations are investing in the companies of tomorrow and preparing themselves for long-term success. In this article I'll share a few current examples of Entrepreneurship 3.0 and explain their significance.
Developing Cutting Edge Technology - "Beyond Verbal"
Beyond Verbal is a startup that studies the science of emotion. They developed a proprietary technology that identifies a person's moods, attitudes, and emotions through analysis of their speech. In a sense, the company exists to provide insight into your personality. Beyond Verbal's technology was especially intriguing to Lieberman Research Worldwide, a global marketing research consultancy. Through their Pragmatic Brain Science Institute, LRW provides insight into consumer behavior. For all their resources, LRW could not provide the service that Beyond Verbal offered.
Rather than competing against each other, Beyond Verbal and LRW partnered in June 2014. The partnership integrates Beyond Verbal into LRW's existing suite of services. By utilizing LRW's commercial resources, Beyond Verbal no longer needs to worry about monetizing their product, and can instead focus all of their energy on optimizing their technology, now with the research of LRW at their disposal. LRW, in turn, benefits by turning a potential competitor into an asset. Including Beyond Verbal's technology into their existing portfolio of services allows LRW to market themselves as a holistic solution, a market leader with a wide array of unique tools at their disposal. Together the two companies form a sum that is greater than their individual parts.
Revolutionizing the Customer Experience - "Aisle411"
If Beyond Verbal and LRW exemplify how a partnership can successfully market an existing product, Walgreen's work with Aisle411 is a case study in how a large corporation can partner with a startup to develop game-changing products together. Beginning in 2012, Walgreens, the largest drug retail chain in the United States, has been working with Aisle411, an indoor location services platform, to revolutionize how consumers find products in retail stores. Leveraging the research of Google's Project Tango (which works closely with major universities and research labs), the goal of the partnership is to create an indoor GPS for shoppers that can pinpoint the exact location of products and provide special, targeted deals for users. With the support of a large company like Walgreens, Aisle411 fast-tracked the development of their product and ensured an immediate application once that development is complete. Walgreens creates a faster, more convenient customer experience with the product and opens new avenues for engaging with consumers (utilizing the app as a loyalty program, highlighting special deals, incentivizing customers to discover new products, etc).
3 Companies Reinventing Businesses for the Modern Age
Walgreens is clearly an early believer in Entrepreneurship 3.0. Their relationship with Aisle411 is just one in a portfolio of partnerships with startups. While Aisle411 is focused on revolutionizing the in-store experience, additional partnerships are focused on developing entirely new revenue streams for Walgreens. The company teamed up with digital health startup MDLive in 2014 to offer telehealth consultations to customers. In 2013, Walgreens partnered with diagnostic biotech startup Theranos with the goal of providing affordable, needle-free in-store blood tests to customers. A partnership with tech startup Loopback Analytics lets Walgreens assist customers in taking medications on-time and refilling prescriptions when appropriate. The net result of these partnerships sees Walgreens transitioning from simple pharmacy to innovative digital health platform.
An influx of technology into a traditionally brick and mortar business is helping keep Walgreens relevant in today's increasingly digitized world. Sensing the growing threat of traditional competitors as well as online retailers, Walgreens has leveraged startup partnerships to deliver a unique customer experience. Loopback Analytics CEO Neil Smiley succinctly summed up how Walgreens benefited from partnering with his startup, saying "[Walgreens] had done some things on their own, but they decided our technology would be pretty helpful." Walgreens reinvented their role in the marketplace and are now becoming serious players in the highly lucrative healthcare industry. It's unknown if Walgreens execs 10 or 20 years ago foresaw this direction for the industry, but it is obvious that embracing entrepreneurial innovation has enabled the company to stay on the forefront of a changing landscape.
Implications: Innovate or Die
It's clear from the examples I've just discussed how the resources of large companies can help with the development and application of startup products. It's equally clear how corporations benefit from their innovative partners. Smart companies like Walgreens are already realizing that it's better to adopt startups as allies instead of competing with them for many years to come. As a cautionary tale, consider the impact that WhatsApp's rise has had on the wireless industry. Wireless providers lost out on $32.5 billion in texting fees in 2013 due to free messaging services such as WhatsApp (Bloomberg). That projection is expected to grow to $54 billion in 2016 (Bloomberg). When startups experience explosive success without the guiding hand of a corporate partner, the results can be devastating for every established company in that industry. Imagine the competitive advantage had a wireless company partnered with WhatsApp from the start. Given the impact of independent startups like WhatsApp, moving forward it's not a matter of if Entrepreneurship 3.0 is the way of the future, but how quickly businesses embrace it.


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Welcome to Confluence Radio, the podcast about how we impact and interact with nature. Check out our introduction episode to hear more about what this podcast is all about. We are excited to bring you our first episode very soon!
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Digital Twin
A Digital Twin allows you a direct, data-based access to a machine or production process, without having to accessing the physical process directly. It is like a digital cockpit for many applications which allows the status to be monitored as well as controlling a process.
Digital twins can get by with fewer data parameters from sensors and simulate the real operation of your machine. The obstacles to setting up digital twins are surprisingly deep. Learn more.


text: Louis Vuitton has announced that they're opening a museum on the out-skirts of Paris as a "small payback to the public and employees." It is opening this October 26th and is 126,000 square feet and will have 11 art galleries along with an auditorium to hold special commissioned events and one-off performances. The first exhibit that will be on display once opened will play off of the development of new space, which was designed by architect Frank Gehry, and will run until Jan 5. To find out more information on this new museum gem go to Louis Vuitton Museum To Open.


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This unique impression is 10" x 6 1/2" and is among four other UI's from the same plate and in the same size - printed with black and silver inks.
I found this cooling suit, which astronauts wore under their space suits, at the Johnson Space Flight Center in the Spring of this year. The nebulous image allows for a stronger and more expressive interpretation than if it were otherwise. It also gives me an opportunity to do some hand work, which I love incorporating - there is a merging here of photography and drawing/painting.
These prints are on the very best Italian cotton rag paper available, Magnani's Pescia, paired with the very best oil based Charbonelle inks.
The print is discounted 20% for the month January, then goes back to the original price. Please contact The Weston Gallery at 831.624.4453 for more information or to purchase this powerful print.
The Weston Gallery
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Dirty Pretty Lashes
My brief affair with lash extensions and their subsequent removal left me a little deflated. Sure I've lived with blonde lashes all my life, but I adapt to luxury at a magnificent speed.
I was dreading wearing false eyelashes however, because I hate false eyelashes. They look completely different to extensions.
In perfect timing, my Korean friend Kathy introduced me to some false lashes she brought from Japan. And these lashes are unlike anything I've ever come across. I put them on and became obsessed with them immediately. My extensions were back!
Let me introduce you to the best false lashes you'll ever wear. They are feathery, soft, not too long, feel like nothing on, look completely natural, and can be reused tons of times.
Best of all, I found them on the Internet for you.
Today I am wearing the ones called "Lady Point" but the ones that won over my heart were the "Pure Cute". They are so deliciously simple, nobody can tell you're wearing them. To be honest, they are all fantastic, you just can't go wrong.
Bear in mind that I've tinted my own lashes black so false lashes blend in seamlessly, and I'm not wearing any makeup in these photos, just a little foundation on the t zone. You don't need eyeliner with these lashes.
To apply, my best tip is to cut them in little chunks with little manicure scissors. and put on the chunks separately. At the end of the day, pull them off without getting them wet, pull off the glue, and keep them in a pillbox.


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I have rearranged my website. It used to be this blog was my homepage. Until a friend who had visited my blog said she did not know I had written a book.
So now my book is my homepage. The next page is about my other writings. We shall see if anyone visits this blog page anymore.
Speaking of changes...I am excited about the weather. Spring is here! I just hope summer does not come at us in a rush. We just had a snowstorm two weeks ago and now, all of a sudden, the grass is greening and the daffodils are blooming.
This is a Scilla siberica or Siberian squill.
It's all I have, just this one poor wee bulb! I'm not sure how to get it to multiply but I've only been here for three springs.
The daffodils we planted are growing profusely in the corner garden. Not so well next to the house on the south side. Too much sun? Too unsheltered? The wind whips around the corner on that side of the house in the winter so it's hard to keep leaf coverage over the dirt and when we get a huge snowfall as we did two weeks ago, the daffodil shoots take a beating.
That's what's growing in my garden. How does your garden grow?


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This is a Freestyle Ski Program for Teens on Saturdays Ages 13-16.
You know what they say.... "Just send it"!!!
TEEN Freestylerz is a super FUN program to ensure TEENS "send it" safely. The program level is set for skiers that have accomplished skiing Black and Double Black diamond runs and are hitting Med/Large or XL features in the park. This is an all day Freestyle/Freeski program that can lead to competition success or making sick edits.
Click here to view Snowboarding if that is more your thing.
Here are the details:
TEEN "Freestylerz" program sessions are Saturdays only. This program runs Dec Jan 5 to March 17. Skiers age 13 - 16 can hone their freeskiing and freestyle skills with skiers their own age. Teens are welcome to join in the Annual Hot Dog event March 17 for some wicked dogs at the end of the season.
Program Fee: $645
Teen FZ program runs from 8:45am until 3:00pm with lunch at 11:30am. Meet outside Brown Bag Room Lower Town Hall at Silver Star Mountain.
The season is bumped up earlier then other SS Freestyle programs so Spring is free to film, mtn. bike, skate or play other sports. We anticipate this will be a high energy program with a ton of action to stoke your inner skier.
Please register Teen FZ programs by December 15, 2018.
Click Here for the Freestylerz Calendar
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How to Get Clients Even if You Hate Selling and Pitching
Do you ever find yourself on the word vomit train when attempting to sell anything? You know the one that makes zero stops and is stationed in Awkward Townsville? The one where you're chatting with a potential client and you find yourself having the out of body experience where you hear yourself doing things like…
Overly explaining what it is that you do to justify your service
Adding on additional promises because you don't think they're convinced of the value
Filling silences with discounts or amendments to the process just so they say something
Feeling like you're a fraud because what you offer isn't all that special when you say it outloud
Yeah, been there.
If you find yourself doing any (or all) of that, there's a huge disconnect in your selling process. You know it and your client knows it.
So you convince yourself that you're just not good at selling.
Or that your market can't afford to pay you what you need in order to run your business.
Or that you'll never be able to convince your prospects why they need to hire you.
If you had a tried and true approach to "selling" your service you wouldn't have to be in this position. No more Conductor status of the Word Vomit Train.
No more feeling icky or slimy or like you're tricking your clients into hiring you.
Without a reliable selling strategy you're likely leaving thousands of dollars on the table. But more importantly it's leaving you feeling inadequate about your service and it will 100% be the reason why you end up quitting.
So how do you fix it?
Understand your results
Use the PITCH formula to close the deal
Before you can even begin to serve you need to know the exact role your service plays in your client's life. Most people sell their service like a product. When in reality it needs to be sold as a result.
Most service based business owners will hype up the features of what their service provides. For example, a web designer might spend more time talking about how many pages they offer in the package, the optimization of those pages, etc. Basically, what your client gets out of it all.
Successful business owners tap into the emotional results of their service. What will life look like after your client experiences your service? What will change? What will be better? What will they have?
As soon as you can create an emotional relationship for your client with your service you're off to the races.
Now that we're armed with the true purpose of our service it's time to PITCH. We've already taught you how to get in front of warm and qualified leads.
If you haven't spent time doing that piece yet, go back. We want you knocking this out of the ballpark and it works best on leads that already know, like and trust you.
This method, when used on warm and qualified leads, will be your secret weapon to closing clients faster and confidently. Just imagine a world where you don't have to send another awkward follow-up email asking if someone wants to actually work with you or not. *Dream*.
These steps within this method are all played out in a single conversation, ideally in this order. Before sitting down in this meeting you need to be prepared. If we're wanting to avoid those awkward follow-up emails you need to come ready to close the deal in this meeting. Be sure to print out and bring a copy of your contract and proposal.
Most service based business owners make a crucial mistake by only relying on follow-up conversations to close the deal. The PITCH method shifts this way of doing business so you can close more deals on the spot (and get paid faster).
Step One: Prove That What You Have Is What They Need
This is where your skills of talking about your service as a result instead of a product truly comes in. You don't need decades of experience, a beefy portfolio, or to even be the expert at what you offer.
You simply need to believe in the power of your service.
Try framing this conversation using phrases that assume you'll be hired. Let them know how their life is going to be different once they start working with you. Try using a phrase like this:
"...After working together you'll have…"
This is called "The Assumptive Close" and it's a tactic that works time and time again. If you've played your part well up to this point this specific piece will play a huge part in you landing this client.
Step Two: Iterate Their Words Back to Them
What you'll want to weave in next is the fact that you understand and hear their needs. This not only helps you understand where you're role in serving them truly is, but it secures confidence from your client early on.
Try using phrases like:
"...So what I'm hearing you say is…"
"...Based on what you told me…"
After working with many clients ourselves, we know that great communication is one of (if not the) biggest factor in the relationship. Showing them that you understand their desire and need for hiring you on Day 1 is crucial.
This isn't just a "sales tactic", guys. Letting your potential client feel heard and understood goes and incredibly long way in starting out your work together on the right foot, and set the stage for a more connected and long-term relationship.
Step Three: Talk Them Through Your Process
At this point you've established that you're the woman for the job and made it clear you understand what they need and why. Now, it's time to walk them through how this all works.
This is, personally, one of my favorite parts of the PITCH process. It enables you to get in your zone of genius, geeking out on your process. This is another crucial place to use assumption wording. Remember, they're going to absolutely decide to work with you, so talk like it! Try using phrases like
"Once we get started next week this will be our first step…"
"After you get your proofs back we'll be able to move on to this part of the process…"
You're accomplishing two very important things at this step:
Get the client in a world where they've already said yes to working with you
Get the client total understanding of every step of the process
At this point your client should be grinning ear to ear, nodding along and agreeing with your statements - clearly excited and ready to get started. If this is happening your final two steps of this process will be a breeze.
Step Four: Clarify The Contract and Next Steps
You think you might be heading into boring or uncomfortable territory, but trust me, this part is just as crucial as the rest. Outlining clear parts of your contract not only protect your client, but it protects you. Both of you need to be on the same page from the start.
We suggest having an actual contract with you that's ready to sign (we prefer physical, but you can bring it along digitally). Once you've outlined your terms it's important for you to cover the very next step for you client. Even though you outlined the entire process above it's time to take it back to the beginning. It's important to use clear language here, like:
"These are the important details of the contract I wanted to point out and here's what they mean. Once you sign, I can take your deposit today, and here's how the rest of your payments will process. With that deposit in hand we can get started right away, so let's look at the calendar to schedule our first meeting."
Step Five: Here's The Price
Let me say a quick word about pricing before I outline this step. We believe in pricing transparency every time. That means, no client should get this far into the process without having some idea of a range of what it's going to cost to work with you.
It does a disservice to your client to not share expectations early on and it can be a huge waste of your time if you don't. This could look differently depending on your business, but we've added a single sentence to our inquiry page and it's done the trick.
"Client should expect to spend between $XXX and $X,XXX when working with [Name of Business]"
Dealing with sticker shock is a killer to closing client deals for both you and the client. It's awkward, it's uncomfortable and it makes both people feel inadequate.
Ok, I'll rest my case for pricing transparency (for now).
Alright, so you're at this part of the process. And it's one where, in the past, you might have been Major of Awkward Townsville. It's okay. We're going to fix that.
However long you think this conversation should be...cut it in half. Seriously.
Your only role at this step is to state the price and hush it.
The desire to keep talking after stating the price is because you're uncomfortable, which I totally get. However, your client deserves this time to process and go through her own mental checklist before you chime in.
Funny story: before I perfected the PITCH method I was trying to land a photography client. I said the price and felt the need to fill the silence with word vomit. I ended up offering her a discount before she even had a chance to open her mouth and say anything about the price simply because I was uncomfortable.
An improvement in your PITCH will drastically increase the amount of clients you land and your confidence in the process. This, like so many things in business, takes a bit of practice to perfect. But by following this method you'll have a step-by-step system to rely on the next time you're sitting in front of a client.
By utilizing the previous two steps, Focus and Attract, you'll be able to craft an amazing experience for you and your client. Remember, at the end of the day, you're here to serve. We know that's at the heart of why you do what you do.
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This week we have breaking impressions (or broken impressions really) of Resident Evil: Revelations for the PC and consoles.
Tom also gives us impressions of Metro: Last Light and we break down the week's news as well covering NPD, Nintendo Direct, EA dropping DRM and of course we make time for a KillzONE Minute. Thank You for listening.
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The information in our interactive Radar is currently only available in English. To get information in your native language, please download the PDF here.
An AssertJ library, assertj-swagger enables you to validate an API implementation's compliance with its contract specification. Our teams use assertj-swagger to catch problems when the API endpoint implementation changes without updating its Swagger specification, or fails to publish the updated documentation.


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Received this from an anonymous source…no idea if it's true:
I have it on "good authority" that Rick Springfield was at Jaker's last night (Thursday). Him and his girlfriend got into an argument, such that he and his band left without paying the bill. My friend who witnessed this said that the Jakers manager tried to go after them, asking who was going to pay the bill, and that he (Springfield) apparently treated the waiters like dirt.
I would be thrilled to learn that this is nothing more than gossip or wishful thinking (Rick ate at Jaker's!). I would be even more thrilled to find out that Rick actually ate at, say, Howard's Pizza or Goode's Q, and regaled the staff with funny showbiz tales, gave autographs, and dropped a huge tip.
Of course, if it IS true, then it might be fun to imagine the scene, using Rick's song titles to tell the story. "Don't Talk…To Waiters…" etc.
So speak up – anyone who saw Rick out and about in Great Falls on Thursday night – can you confirm or deny any of this?
UPDATE: apparently Rick stopped at the Sip-N-Dip last night and posted a picture on his Facebook page! Wonder if he sang "Sweet Caroline" with Piano Pat?
UPDATE 2: Spoke with someone at Jaker's who said that Rick was indeed there last night with about 7 other people, and there was a hint of unpleasantness – but not necessarily from Rick, but rather from someone in his party. Also told that he was a very good tipper – good to hear!


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Back at it again, Supreme teams up with Vans to release another product release for spring/summer line. Supreme will be releasing two new styles of Vans – the Sk8-Hi Mid and the Era. Both styles feature a custom bleached denim upper and the Sk8-Hi Mid will feature suede details. The soles use a red glen […]
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Kahlúa is a Mexican coffee-flavored rum-based liqueur. It is dense and sweet, with the distinct taste of coffee, from which it is made. Tasting at Town Centre 2-5p
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Earlier Event: May 25Tasting Toad Hallow Dry Rose of Pinot Noir (Sid's Plymouth)
Later Event: June 1Kinky Bubbles (Plymouth)


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Patricia Browning Stone Sensory Playground Opens At St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville native Bill Stone told a large crowd at St. Vincent Evansville on Nov. 5 that his mother, Patricia Browning Stone, "was a pretty special lady." Bill and his wife Mary have assured that Patricia's legacy will live on in a way that arguably is as special as she was. Bill and Mary were in town that day for the blessing and dedication of the Patricia Browning Stone Sensory Playground, an indoor-outdoor facility at St. Vincent Evansville's Center for Children that is meant to provide therapy and treatment – and family fun – for youngsters suffering from Sensory Processing Disorder.
"We are tremendously grateful to Bill and Mary Stone for making possible this special place of healing and growth for the most vulnerable children in our community," said Dan Parod, Vice-President of St. Vincent Indiana's Southwest Region.
Neonatologist Dr. Maria Del Rio, Medical Director of St. Vincent Evansville's Center for Children, called the Stone Sensory Playground a "one-of-a-kind space," saying it literally is one of the first facilities of its kind in the nation. It is part of St. Vincent Evansville's Outpatient Pediatric Services.
According to the website of the Sensory Therapies and Research Institute, a partner with St. Vincent in development of the Stone Sensory Playgrouns, a study pubished in "The Journal of Occupational Therapy" (Ahn, Miller, Milberger, McIntosh, 2004) shows that at least 1 in 20 children's daily life is affected by SPD. The STAR Institute website also reports that another research study by Alice Carter and colleagues, who are members of the Sensory Processing Disorder Scientific Work Group (Ben-Sasson, Carter, Briggs-Gowen, 2009), suggests that 1 in every 6 children experiences sensory symptoms that may be significant enough to affect aspects of everyday life functions.
The institute's website (www.spdstar.org) includes a link to a checklist of symptoms covering children from infancy through adolescence. Resources also are available from the St. Vincent Evansville Center for Children, which Parod said is working to become a true center for SPD treatment and therapy. The playground is a major step in that direction.
"I have not lived here in 45 years," Bill Stone told a large crowd of business and civic leaders, and St. Vincent Evansville staff, who attended the blessing and dedication. "But it's who I am, and I don't forget." He explained that his mother, who graduated from St. Benedict Cathedral School, Reitz Memorial High School and the nursing school at St. Mary's Hospital, died at age 59 in San Clemente, Calif.
"This is really special for us," Bill Stone added as he looked around the expansive facility. "Please … use it with joy."
Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke expressed his gratitude to the Stones for the generous gift that makes the sensory playground possible. "This is a shining example of why Evansville is going in the direction that it is," he said. "You know that we started the 'E is for Everyone' campaign earlier this year. Evansville is for building a community whose people can contribute, celebrate and connect."
Father Bernie Etienne, Diocesan Vicar General and Pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in Evansville, blessed the facility before Bill and Mary Stone cut the ribbon with Mayor Winnecke, Parod and others at their sides.
Immediately following the ceremony, families were given the first opportunity to enjoy the new playground. They all clearly had a good time.


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2017 Troop Journey to Excellence
From MeritBadgeDotOrg
Scouting's Journey to Excellence is the BSA's council performance recognition program designed to encourage and reward success and measure the performance of our units, districts, and councils. It is meant to encourage excellence in providing a quality program at all levels of the BSA. The point of JTE is to provide a rough guide, a roadmap, towards the types of things that excellent units do, and to reward participation in the process. Each level has a set of goals, and various points can be earned for meeting those goals at various levels. Gaining enough points in enough categories will earn units (and districts, councils, Explorer posts) either a bronze, silver, or gold recognition for the year.
Journey to Excellence uses a balanced approach to measure performance. It guides program planning before the year begins, monitors activities for continuous improvement during the year, and recognizes performance at the end of the year. In planning your strategy, use actual numbers from the previous year to guide your performance improvement goal planning. The period for measuring performance will be the calendar year.
- Bronze: Earn at least 525 points by earning points in at least 7 objectives.
- Silver: Earn at least 800 points by earning points in at least 8 objectives.
- Gold: Earn at least 1,050 points by earning points in at least 8 objectives.
|Bronze Level
|Silver Level
|Gold Level
|Planning and Budget
|Max Points = 200
|Planning and Budget: Planning and budget: Have a program plan and budget that is regularly reviewed by the committee, and it follows BSA policies related to fundraising. Have an annual program plan and budget adopted by the troop committee.
|Achieve Bronze, plus troop committee meets at least six times during the year to review program plans and finances.
|Achieve Silver, plus troop conducts a planning meeting involving youth leaders for the following program year.
|Max Points = 500
|Building Boy Scouting: Have an increase in Boy Scout membership or maintain a larger than average troop size.
|Have a membership growth plan that includes a recruitment activity and register new members in the troop.
|Achieve Bronze, and either increase youth members by 5% or have at least 25 members.
|Achieve Silver, and either increase youth members by 10% or have at lea
|Retention: Retain a significant percentage of
youth members.||Reregister 75% of eligible members.||Reregister 80% of eligible members.||Reregister 85% of eligible members.||50||100||200
|Webelos-to-Scout transition: Have an effective plan to recruit Webelos Scouts into the troop.
|With a pack or Webelos den, hold two joint activities.
|Achieve Bronze, plus recruit two Webelos Scouts.
|Achieve Bronze, plus provide at least one den chief to a pack and recruit five Webelos Scouts.
|Max Points = 900
|Advancement: Achieve a high percentage of Boy Scouts earning rank advancements.
|40% of Boy Scouts advance one rank during the year.
|50% of Boy Scouts advance one rank during the year.
|60% of Boy Scouts advance one rank during the year.
|Short-term camping: Conduct short-term or weekend campouts throughout the year.
|Conduct four short-term overnight campouts.
|Conduct seven short-term overnight campouts.
|Conduct nine short-term overnight campouts.
|Long-term camping: Participate in a long-term camp with a majority of the troop in attendance.
|The troop participates in a longterm camp.
|60% of Scouts attend a longterm camp.
|70% of Scouts attend a longterm camp.
|Service projects: Participate in service projects, with at least one benefiting the chartered organization.
|Participate in three service projects and enter the hours on the JTE website.
|Participate in four service projects and enter the hours on the JTE website.
|Participate in five service projects and enter the hours on the JTE website.
|Patrol method: Use the patrol method to develop youth leaders.
|The troop has patrols, and each has a patrol leader. There is an SPL, if more than one patrol. The PLC meets at least four times a year.
|Achieve Bronze, plus PLC meets at least six times. The troop conducts patrol leader training.
|Achieve Silver, plus PLC meets at least ten times. At least one Scout has attended an advanced training course, such as NYLT or Order of the Arrow Conference.
|Volunteer Leadership
|Max Points = 400
|Leadership and family engagement: The troop is proactive in recruiting sufficient leaders and communicates regularly with parents.
|Have a Scoutmaster, an assistant Scoutmaster, and a committee with at least three members.
|Achieve Bronze, plus the troop holds two courts of honor, where troop plans are reviewed with parents.
|Achieve Bronze, plus the troop holds three courts of honor, where troop plans are reviewed with parents.
|Trained leadership: Have trained and engaged leaders at all levels.
|Scoutmaster or an assistant Scoutmaster has completed position-specific training.
|Achieve Bronze, plus the Scoutmaster and 60% of assistants have completed position-specific training or, if new, will complete within three months of joining.
|Achieve Silver, plus two-thirds of active committee members must have completed Troop Committee Challenge and at least one person has attended an advanced training course involving a total of 5 days or more.
Planning and Budget Measures
1. The troop has a program plan and budget that is reviewed at all troop committee meetings, and the troop follows BSA policies relating to fundraising and fiscal management as found on the Unit Money-Earning Application form and any other publication that the council has developed for fundraising and fiscal management. A meeting is held with youth leaders where they are involved in developing the plan for the next program year. The troop's program plan should be shared with the unit commissioner.
Membership Measures
2. The troop has a growth plan, and conducts a formal recruiting event. On December 31, 2017, the troop has an increase in the number of youth members as compared to the number registered on December 31, 2016. A membership growth plan template can be found at [www.scouting.org/membership www.scouting.org/membership].
3. Number of youth members on the most recent charter renewal (A) divided by the number of youth registered at the end of the prior charter year (B) minus any age-outs (C). Total = (A) / (B-C). Age-outs are youth who are too old to reregister as Boy Scouts.
4. Hold at least two activities with a pack or Webelos den, and recruit new Webelos Scouts into the troop. Den chiefs are provided to one or more Cub Scout dens.
Program Measures
5. Total number of Boy Scouts advancing at least one rank ( Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, Eagle) during the calendar year (A), divided by the number of boys registered at the end of the year (B). Advancement = (A) / (B).
6. Conduct short-term (at least one overnight) campouts throughout the year.
7. Number of Boy Scouts who attend any in-council or out-of-council long-term summer camp (of at least five nights), high-adventure experience, or jamboree, or serve on camp staff within the past year, divided by the Boy Scout membership on June 30, 2017. Youth attending long-term specialty camps such as NYLT or STEM are also counted.
8. The troop participates in service projects during the year and enters them on the Journey to Excellence website. The projects may be completed as joint projects with other organizations. At least one project must benefit the chartered organization.
9. The troop is separated into patrols and each patrol has an elected patrol leader. If the troop has more than one patrol, there is an elected senior patrol leader. If the troop has more than one patrol, the PLC meets at least four times each year. The troop holds patrol leader training each year, and youth have the opportunity to participate in advanced training.
Volunteer Leadership Measures
10. The troop has a Scoutmaster, an assistant, and a committee of at least three members. Ideally, the chartered organization representative should not be dual registered as one of the committee members. The troop conducts courts of honor where youth are recognized and program plans are shared with parents.
11. All leaders have completed youth protection training. Scoutmaster and 60% of the assistants (paid or multiple registration) have completed position-specific training or, if new, will complete within three months of joining. Two-thirds of active committee members have completed Troop Committee Challenge. For Gold, one leader must have attended an advanced training course involving a total of 5 days or more, such as Wood Badge, Summit or Philmont Training Center, at some point in their Scouting tenure.
Scoring the troop's performance: To determine the troop's performance level, you will use the above information to determine the points earned for each of the 11 criteria and then add those individual point scores to determine a composite score. Count only the highest point total achieved in any one criterion. Bronze level requires earning at least 525 points in at least 7 criteria, Silver level requires earning points in at least 8 criteria and 750 points, and Gold level requires earning points in at least 8 criteria and 1,000 points.


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Strike action warning over rubbish collections in Edinburgh
EDINBURGH could be facing major disruption to rubbish collections due to industrial action.
Union leaders warn council workers across the country, including the Capital, could strike over pay after the Scottish Government made a three per cent pay rise offer, which they say is not high enough.
They say strikes could be timed with the Edinburgh Festival season to cause maximum disruption, with rubbish collections shut down for weeks at a time.
Speaking to a Sunday newspaper, Drew Duffy, lead negotiator for the GMB union, said: "Our members are the lowest paid in local government and they have been hammered in terms of pay for years, but now they've had enough.
"Over the next few weeks we'll ballot members of rejecting this offer because it is not good enough.
"Then, if Cosla and the Government don't talk to us we'll move to a full ballot on industrial action.
"It would be targeted summer action.
"We'd move the action to Glasgow, Edinburgh and elsewhere," he added.
A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: "We were the first administration in the UK to commit to lifting the public sector pay cap. Our pledge is still unmatched across the UK."
A COSLA spokesman said: "We hope that our trade union colleagues will recognise that in the current financial climate and with the budget settlement we received, we are making a fair offer to all our employees."


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The Papilio series takes inspiration from the graceful movement of a butterfly, or "papilio" in Latin.
Naoto Fukasawa designed the series to have a large curved upper back imitating a butterfly about to take flight. Because it is designed to have a conical shape, the ample space of its back guarantees maximum comfort - gracefully welcoming anyone who sits on the chair.
Fukasawa, who puts people's behaviour before an interest for shape, said: "I wanted the chair to look naturally comfortable, to have the same shape that relaxation would have if it were represented by an image."


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AceShowbiz - A new album by %cSHINee%'s member %cJonghyun% will be released posthumously. His label SM Entertainment announced on January 19 that the late singer's album "Poet | Artist" would be released on January 24, while the tracks and a special music video would be premiered online on January 23.
According to a statement that was published by the label, his album was planned to be released in the new year. "Jonghyun loved music more than anyone and tried to communicate through music, and we hope that his feelings will be conveyed to everyone," so the statement read.
종현 앨범 발매 공지사항 입니다.
'Poet | Artist'
음반: 2018.01.24 pic.twitter.com/D4C5xUuqIN— SHINee (@SHINee) 19 Januari 2018
All proceeds from the record will go to Jonghyun's mother and be used to start a foundation to help those living in difficult circumstances.
Meanwhile, the remaining members of the boyband will continue as four and are scheduled to hold a concert in Japan next month. %cOnew% and the boys announced the concert earlier this month, penning handwritten letters to their dedicated fan army Shawol. In their letters, they expressed their gratitude to all the fans who have supported them following the sudden death of Jonghyun.
On January 16, member Key shared on Instagram an update of his upcoming activities, delivering a heartwarming message to his fans. "I've been thinking a lot lately and even though it's a bit late, I figured it would be good to say it myself," he wrote. "Ahead of the upcoming tout, I will be greeting you guys through a pre-recorded reality show with %cBoA%."
He went on saying he was upset that he couldn't "see [Jonghyun] at the moment, but I know he's waiting for me just around the corner. Now more than ever, I want to gain strength and keep Jonghyun in our presence as we promote, rather than trying to fill up his space."
"It might be too much to ask, but I hope that whenever and wherever you see us, you will treat us and love us like you always have," so he concluded his lengthy post. "I would be very thankful for that. If you continue to support us so that we can hang in there, we promise we wont disappoint. Thank you."


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Every reporter knows this truth: The typical news story -- even a longer feature -- doesn't have room for every single detail that you want to include.
Ah, but how do you decide which details make the cut?
In my experience, reporters and editors think about the potential audience for a particular story. On the religion beat, I have always assumed that there is a good chance that people who read religion stories care about the religious details -- especially when they serve as symbols of major themes in the story. I also love details in liturgies, hymns, biblical texts, etc., that offer poignant or even ironic twists on the news.
This brings me to a rather angry note that I received from a reader -- a nationally known historian, who will remain anonymous -- about a symbolic detail in a CNN report linked to the stunning Pennsylvania grand-jury report covering seven decades of Catholic priestly sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses. The CNN.com headline: "Critics slam Vatican's 'disturbing' silence on abuse cover-ups."
The CNN report noted that Paloma Ovejero, deputy director of the Vatican's press office, simply said: "We have no comment at this time." Meanwhile, U.S. bishops of all stripes have urged Pope Francis to speak out. That led to this passage, with an expert academic voice offering commentary:
"The silence from the Vatican is disturbing," said Massimo Faggioli, a theology professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. "I don't think the Pope necessarily has to say something today. He needs time to understand the situation. But someone from the Vatican should say something."
Faggioli noted that Wednesday is a national holiday in Italy, and many church offices are closed. But he also noted that it was well-known that Pennsylvania's grand jury report, which was in the works since 2016, would be released on Tuesday.
"I don't think they understand in Rome that this is not just a continuation of the sexual abuse crisis in the United States," Faggioli said. "This is a whole different chapter. There should be people in Rome telling the Pope this information, but they are not, and that is one of the biggest problems in this pontificate -- and it's getting worse."
Ah, what was this national holiday? Well, in this case there were two major events on the same day.
For secular Italians, it's safe to say that they were celebrating Ferragosto -- the Latin is Feriae Augusti, as in the festivals of the Emperor Augustus -- an ancient Roman festival that signals the start of fleeing-the-heat summer holidays in Italy.
But what about all of those the people who gathered at the Vatican to listen to Pope Francis? Were church offices closed because of Ferragosto, or because of an important date on the Catholic liturgical calendar -- the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (or the Dormition of the Theotokos in Eastern Orthodoxy).
For Catholics, this is a celebration of the purity of their faith in one of its most powerful forms, the belief that Mary was taken up into heaven -- body and soul -- because of her Immaculate Conception and her pure and holy life.
Thus, this GetReligion reader in academia asked: Which detail is more important, in this case, that Pope Francis and the Vatican remained silent -- when faced with a truly hellish and putrid scandal -- on Ferragosto (the national holiday) or the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (the holy day of obligation in their faith)? The reader asked: How could anyone miss this powerful irony, in a religion-beat story about what is probably the religion-news story of 2018?
Well, it could be argued that Ferragosto is the holiday affecting more people in the secular world and, thus, the audience for CNN.
But which fact adds content to this specific story? Which fact was almost certainly on the mind of Vatican officials and even the pope, as he stepped before that large crowd to talk about this holy day of obligation in the Catholic faith?
I would vote for Feast of the Assumption of Mary, a holy day focusing on purity and holiness.
Meanwhile, let's note that there was a ton of valid information in this CNN report and, near the end, this fascinating commentary about this news story from a highly relevant source:
Greg Kandra, a Catholic deacon in Brooklyn, New York, said he awoke on Wednesday to countless fellow Catholics expressing outrage on social media about the Pennsylvania grand jury report. The presence of social media is a key difference between now and 2002, when a wave of sexual abuse scandals rocked the Catholic Church, beginning in Boston and quickly spreading to dioceses across the United States.
"What we have now is people freely expressing their outrage on Facebook and Twitter," Kandra said, "and that is where this story is starting to take off. The anger is palpable. This is like 2002 on steroids."
Another difference between now and 2002, Kandra said, is the focus on bishops -- not just priests -- and the accusations that they covered up for abusive priests or even engaged in abuse themselves.
Oh, and the holy day finally makes an appearance in this report:
Wednesday marked the Feast of the Assumption in the Catholic Church, a holy day of obligation that recalls the Virgin Mary's ascent into heaven, and Kandra was one of about 500 Catholics who attended noon Mass at a church in Brooklyn. The priest who celebrated the Mass didn't mention the abuse scandal. At least, not directly, Kandra said.
"He preached about evil and turning to the Blessed Mother to protect us. But he didn't address the big news (about the grand jury report). Maybe he's waiting until Sunday."
Now, Kandra is accurately identified as a permanent Catholic deacon with an important job in the church-media world.
However, in this commentary on reactions to a church scandal, might it also be relevant to readers (religious and secular) that he is an Emmy winning broadcast journalist with 26 years of experience at CBS News, working with "48 Hours," "60 Minutes II" and the other prime CBS franchises?
When it comes to understanding the realities of news, Kandra is not your normal Catholic deacon.
Just saying.