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Affluent investors who are charitably inclined may have specific philanthropic and estate planning goals in mind, but may not be familiar with the many vehicles and trust structures available to help them implement their goals.
In order to choose the most advantageous charitable giving strategy, individuals must evaluate a number of factors, such as their need for current income, their desire to control and preserve assets during life and after death, their specific charitable intent, as well as important tax management issues. Charitable estate planning techniques can help achieve most if not all of these objectives. Donor-advised funds, family foundations, gift annuities, and CRTs/CLTs round out the field of essential options that are available to individuals and their families.
Donor-Advised Funds -- Offer Convenience and Flexibility
A donor-advised fund is a tax-advantaged charitable giving vehicle that offers individuals maximum flexibility to take tax deductions and recommend grants to charitable organizations. By definition, donor-advised funds are public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and contributions to such funds are tax deductible.
Donor-advised funds are particularly family friendly, as parents and children can consolidate their giving activities through a single fund account. In addition, children can be named as successors to a fund, ensuring the continuation of a family's giving legacy.
Another significant advantage of a donor-advised fund is its capacity to accept any one of a variety of assets as a charitable contribution. Checks/wire transfers, commercial paper, CDs, mutual fund shares, publicly traded securities, certain privately held securities, bonds, and restricted stocks are all acceptable assets.
Donors are able to recommend how their contributions should be allocated among the available investment choices. Plus, the account has the potential to grow over time -- increasing the donor's giving power.
The convenience and administrative simplicity of a donor-advised fund allows donors to spread their grantmaking out over months or even years, in accordance with their own personal giving strategies.
Family Foundations -- Building a Legacy, Reaping Tax Benefits
Family foundations offer an effective way to pursue philanthropic objectives, involve family members in charitable activities, and reap tax and estate planning efficiencies.
A family foundation derives its assets from the members of a single family, in which the donor and/or the donor's relatives play a significant role in governing and/or managing the foundation throughout its life. Aside from helping families channel their philanthropic ambitions, family foundations can form a legacy of community involvement and responsible citizenship for generations to come. And, as their founders soon realize, family foundations offer potential tax and estate planning benefits.
Private Foundations vs. Supporting Organizations
In general, there are two types of family foundations: private foundations and supporting organizations. Private foundations, the more common of the two, offer more flexibility and control (i.e., they can select and oversee their own Board of Directors and grantmaking decisions), while supporting organizations enjoy more favorable tax treatment.
Gifts made to either type of family foundation are generally tax deductible from the donor's annual income tax, yet these deductions differ depending on the foundation's structure, the type of property/asset contributed, and the donor's income level. But as a general rule, all gifts to a family foundation are removed from the donor's estate, avoiding estate and/or gift taxes.
Balance Giving Goals and Financial Planning
While the tax deductions and/or transfer tax benefits associated with most charitable giving vehicles help reduce the cost of making charitable gifts, an individual's own income or wealth transfer needs often determine his or her ability to give. To address both goals, individuals may want to consider other charitable vehicles such as a charitable remainder trust, a charitable lead trust, or a gift annuity.
A charitable remainder trust (CRT) can guarantee a lifetime income stream for you and your spouse, while minimizing current income taxes since you generally may deduct the fair market value of the charity's remainder interest in the CRT in the calendar year the CRT is funded. A CRT can also be an integral part of a family business succession plan. Lifetime stock transfers can be made to a CRT and subsequently redeemed by the closely held corporation. The redemption funds the CRT with tax-free monies that subsequently can be invested to provide an income stream to the business owner and spouse.
A charitable lead trust (CLT) provides control over and enjoyment of your assets during your lifetime, an estate tax deduction at death equal to the present value of the charity's future income interest, and a legacy to family heirs or a family trust with potentially little or no estate tax consequences.
A charitable gift annuity (CGA) is in some respects even more cost and tax effective than CRTs/CLTs. CGAs have no administrative or setup fees. Virtually any asset can be used to fund a CGA, and the charitable organization itself guarantees either immediate or deferred lifetime payments to the donor. The typical tax deduction available in the year assets are transferred to a CGA ranges from 30% to 45% of the fair market value of the asset.
Including charitable giving strategies in your estate plan can be an effective way for you and your family to enjoy an income stream during your lives, earn tax savings, and maintain a significant degree of control over assets -- all while fulfilling your charitable goals.
If you are creating a charitable giving plan, consider seeking the guidance of an attorney, accountant, or other trusted professional who is familiar with tax laws and legal intricacies. Obtaining assistance early on -- and retaining such counsel on a continuing basis -- is key to making responsible decisions.
Points to Remember
1. When evaluating charitable giving strategies, individuals must consider a number of factors, such as the need for current income, the desire to control and preserve assets during life and after death, their specific charitable intent, as well as important tax management issues.
2. A donor-advised fund offers individuals maximum flexibility to take tax deductions and recommend grants to charitable organizations.
3. Family foundations offer an effective way to pursue philanthropic objectives, involve family members in charitable activities, and reap tax and estate planning efficiencies.
4. As a general rule, gifts to a family foundation are removed from the donor's estate, thus avoiding estate and/or gift taxes.
5. While the tax benefits associated with most charitable giving helps reduce the cost of making charitable gifts, an individual's own income or wealth transfer needs often determine his or her ability to give.
6. If you are creating a charitable giving plan, consider seeking the guidance of an attorney, accountant, or other trusted professional who is familiar with tax laws and legal intricacies.
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Stone Salve-shaped Fiendish Enhanced Black Pudding CR 11
This towering suit of stone armor floats out of the darkness and with a dawning horror you realize a black pudding resides within it!
Huge ooze (extraplanar)
Init –5; Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft.; Perception –5
AC 3, touch 3, flat-footed 3 (–2 size, –5 Dex)
hp 158 (15d8+90)
Fort +11, Ref +2, Will +2
Defensive Abilities split; DR 10/good and adamantine; Immune ooze traits; Resist cold 15, fire 15; SR 16
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee slam +13 (3d8+6 plus 3d6 acid and grab, Crit 19-20/x2)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks constrict (2d6+4 plus 2d6 acid), corrosion, smite good 1/day (+15 damage)
During Combat This creature is nearly mindless, grabbing and squeezing its prey to death.
Str 18, Dex 1, Con 22, Int 3, Wis 1, Cha 1
Base Atk +12; CMB +16 (+20 grapple); CMD 21 (can't be tripped)
Skills Climb +27; Racial Modifiers +8 Climb
Feats Ability Focus (acid), Improved Natural Attack (acid), Improved Natural Attack (slam), Improved Critical (slam), Improved Iron Will, Improved Lightning Reflexes, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes
SQ acid (DC 25 Reflex, 23 damage to wood/metal), split, suction
Environment any (underground)
Organization solitary, pair, or guard (3-6)
Treasure incidental
This guardian creature is created when a black pudding is allowed to naturally grow before being exposed to sufficient demonic influences to instill low-level intelligence, granting it fiendish characteristics. When these traits and abilities are firmly in place, the resulting creature is decanted into a stone storm giant-sized mold and stone salve is magically applied to keep the form constant.
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Danny Willett won the season-ending DP World Tour Championship on Sunday as Francesco Molinari secured the Race to Dubai crown.
Here, we look at the winners and losers from Jumeirah Golf Estates.
The new Race to Dubai champion has taken his game to a different level in 2018, with three tournament wins, including a first major at the Open Championship in July.
He also made history by becoming first European to win all five matches at the Ryder Cup last month. Although the 36-year-old will be disappointed with his tie for 26th finish this weekend, he still caps off the best year of his 14-year professional career.
The Englishman clinched his first win since the Masters in April 2016 with victory at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Willett carded a stunning final round of 68 to finish two shots ahead of compatriot Matt Wallace and Patrick Reed. With six players within two shots of him on the 14th hole, the 31-year-old went on to birdie three of the next four to clinch his sixth European Tour title. A class act.
The London-native continued his remarkable rise in world golf with a scintillating second-place finish.
Leading at the halfway stage on Friday, the 28-year-old looked on course to seal his fourth European Tour crown of the season, but a double bogey on the eighth hole in round three saw him close with a 71 and drop down the leaderboard.
Still, he redeemed himself with a final round 68 to cap off a fine season.
The Northern Irishman arrived in Dubai full of promise and optimism but could only manage a 20th-placed finish – his worst result at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Sitting in a tie for sixth after the end of Friday's play, it looked like the 29-year-old could be in contention but six bogeys and one double bogey over the final two rounds saw him drop out of the top-20.
A poor finish to what has been a mixed season for the four-time major winner.
The German was another player who was starting to find his form at the season's end, but struggled around the Earth course.
Coming into this week's tournament, he was backed by a strong T5 finish at the Turkish Airlines Open and a T21 at the Nedbank Challenge. However, he failed to replicate those formidable displays and ended up posting a miserable seven bogeys and two double bogeys over the second and third rounds, to finish in a tie for 55th.
Danny Willett claimed his first win since the 2016 Masters with victory in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Willett carded a final round of 68 at Jumeirah Golf Estates to finish 18 under par, two shots ahead of fellow Englishman Matt Wallace and current Masters champion Patrick Reed.
The 31-year-old from Sheffield had not tasted victory since winning his first major title at Augusta National and had slumped from a career-high of ninth to outside the world's top 450 earlier this season after numerous injuries and a loss of form.
Willett credits coach Sean Foley – who formerly coached Tiger Woods – and fitness trainer Kev Duffy for his resurgence, first teaming up with Foley at last year's US PGA Championship when he admitted he was "pretty low and open to trying anything" to save his career.
The move paid off and Willett was slowing climbing the world rankings with three top-10 finishes on the European Tour this season, including a tie for seventh in Turkey a fortnight ago.
Having started the final round in a share of the lead with Reed, Willett surged three shots clear with a long-range eagle on the par-five second and a birdie on the seventh.
That lead was wiped out after bogeys on the 10th and 12th, but Willett responded brilliantly to birdie the 14th, 15th and 17th before a heart-stopping moment on the last, where his drive somehow finished inches short of the creek which runs the length of the hole.
The season-ending DP World Tour Championship is set for an enthralling final round with Englishman Danny Willett and American Patrick Reed tied for the lead on 14 under par on a day of low scoring at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Willett, who will be leading from the front after 54 holes for the first time since the 2017 Maybank Championship, posted his third successive round of five under par 65 as he searches for his first title since the 2016 Masters Tournament.
"It would be nice to get back in the winner's circle," said Willett. "There's a lot of golf left, 18 holes. A lot can happen in 18 holes.
"I'm just happy with the golf game. The golf game is in good shape.
"The body is feeling good, and like I've said, it's been a long old year with all the stuff that's gone on and for this to be the last event I'm going to play in this year with a field this good is a real bonus. I'm going to go out and try and play some good golf tomorrow."
Reed, who won this year's Masters, only managed to pick up one shot on the front nine but the American reeled off four birdies in six holes on the back nine to grab a slice of the lead.
"It means a lot to be in with a shout," said Reed. "Just to be in the situation to be able to come over here and play, with the limited schedule that I play over here on The European Tour, and to have a chance to go out and finish the year off right and win a golf tournament, give myself a little early Christmas gift, a trophy, would be amazing."
Jordan Smith kept alive his chances of a second European Tour win since graduating from the European Challenge Tour in 2016 with a three under par 60, just one adrift of Willett and Reed at the top of the leaderboard.
Meanwhile, Lee Westwood's hunt for back-to-back European Tour titles and a second DP World Tour Championship crown is well and truly on after a spellbinding seven under par 65 left the Englishman in a tie for fourth place, just two shots off the lead.
"I played great, I got off to a quick start, which I wanted to do," said the 45 year old. "I think experience is valuable, whatever you're doing.
"Whenever you've been in a situation before, it's got to help. I'm just pleased I shot 65 and got myself in there and closer to the leaders, with the conditions as they are and if the wind stays up, then they may not get too far away from me.
"It's a big improvement today and gives me a chance tomorrow."
Fellow Englishman Matt Wallace and South Africa's Dean Burmester join the 24-time European Tour winner in fourth place after carding 71 and 68 respectively.


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Little Bits / 01.
Making: Excuses as to why our thank you cards from our wedding haven't been sent yet. I might as well call that a no go and just send out birth announcements when Dean comes to everyone who attended. Yep, that sounds like it will work.
Drinking: Homemade passion tea lemonades like you can get at Starbucks. Who knew it was so easy (and cheap) to make yourself? Also, lots of sparkling water. I used to hate the stuff but now, I guess I've upped my level of fancy.
Reading: The House of Memories by Monica McInerney. I recently fell in love with her after finishing up her other book Hello from the Gillespies. Seriously, two of the best books I've read in a while.
Wanting: To see Dean in 4D again. We got to see him in 4D at one of our early appointments and now I feel like I wish we could have told them to save it till the end. We want to know what this guy looks like so bad.
Watching: Into the Woods. Saw it last night with Mike and now I want to watch it 100x more. Dean was kicking hard and tumbling around so we're assuming he likes musicals, just like mama.
Listening: Rae Sremmurd's new album on repeat from my cube at work. This is a no judge zone people! It's just so fun to dance to while counting down the hours.
Eating: Cinnamon Toast Crunch on a daily basis. I'm back to feeling sick again and nothing else ever sounds appealing. Whoever told you morning sickness was reserved for the first trimester only is a liar!
Smelling: Everything before anyone else. Ask Mike about his car the other day. Haha!
Wishing: Weekends lasted just a little bit longer.
Enjoying: Soaking in as much time with my husband as possible while it's just the two of us. As much as I can't wait to see him be a dad, I love being able to hog all of his extra time for myself right now. We booked a little time away for Valentine's weekend as our last hoorah before it's the three of us. To say I can't wait is a serious understatement.
Loving: The amount of love I've been getting from my friends lately. Since the wedding, and announcement of Dean, my bridesmaids (besties) have been pretty amazing in supporting all that is happening right now. They make me feel amazing.
Hoping: To find more cool thrifted pieces for Dean's room. We found his dresser and a vintage glider that I can't wait to hold him in. This modern pieces like his crib are going to look awesome with his vintage things. He wouldn't be my child if his space wasn't fun and eclectic.
Missing: A glass of wine at the end of the day.
Needing: To take a nap, on a beach, and then float in the warm ocean water. Seriously, craving that right now.
Feeling: A little drained. The first week back at work after the holidays was not as graceful as I'd liked it to be and then we had a Sales Kickoff the week immediately after. It was a little tough getting back into the swing of things. Hello 5:30 am alarm!
Wearing: Maternity jeans almost exclusively. I think they should drop the word maternity from the title and just call them awesome jeans because I may never return to the wicked world of jeans that actually button again.


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Table talk: February 2012
The buzz on Tulsa's tastiest products, restaurants and events.
This month's feature on local pizzas and pizzerias may encourage you to try to make your own pizza. But it takes the right tools.
Sur la Table's website alone offers 109 products related to pizza. Besides a good knife to cut your pie into wedges, what are the necessities? These are my Top 5 pizza tools.
Pizza stone ($25-$100): Baking stone cooks pizza evenly without hotspots and helps uniformly brown and crisp crust. Ceramic or cordierite products can withstand an oven temperature of 500 degrees and usually don't require any seasoning or conditioning.
Wooden or aluminum pizza peel ($15-$35): If you are baking directly on a pizza stone, a peel is necessary to transfer your pizza back and forth from the oven. Sprinkled with cornmeal, the dough slides right off the peel's smooth surface.
Mezzaluna or pizza wheel ($10-$30): Unless you have a large chef's knife with a 12-inch blade, it's hard to cut a pizza with one fell swoop. I like the mezzaluna-style cutters that cut across the crust with a rocking motion, but a heavy-duty pizza wheel does the job just as well.
Aluminum pizza pan ($12-$19): Bake your pizzas like the pros do with this inexpensive pan. The aluminum conducts heat evenly and efficiently for consistently crisp crust.
Deep-dish pizza pan ($10-$25): With sides up to 3 inches deep, this metal or porcelain pan is essential for layering the buttery crust and hearty ingredients that make up traditional Chicago-style deep-dish pizza.
Tools are available at most cooks' supply stores, as well as www.surlatable.com and www.williamssonoma.com.
Here are a few great pizza reads, sure to get your creative sauces flowing.
"American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza" by Peter Reinhart
Master bread baker Peter Reinhart is hot on the pizza trail. He traveled from Italy to the United States, capturing the stories behind the greatest artisanal pizzas of the Old World and the New. Back in his home kitchen, Reinhart gives readers a master class on pizza-making techniques and provides more than 60 recipes for doughs, sauces and toppings, as well as the pizzas that bring them all together.
"Pizza on the Grill: 100 Feisty Fire-Roasted Recipes for Pizza & More" by Elizabeth Karmel
Pizza and the grill — seemingly two of any American's favorite things. Award-winning barbecue chef and restaurateur Elizabeth Karmel combined the two in her newest book, which offers up more than 100 recipes for innovative, delicious pizzas, from classics to desserts. Also included with each recipe are suggestions for drink pairings and music to grill by.
"The Italian Baker, Revised: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside — Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries and Cookies" by Carol Field
This highly collectible book, "The Italian Baker," is one of only a few, if any, cookbooks to cover the entire range of Italian baking, from breadsticks to pastries. Carol Field's classic tome was recently updated, with new techniques, recipes, sources and photography. Winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for best baking book, "The Italian Baker" was also named to the James Beard Baker's Dozen list of 13 indispensable baking books of all time.
"The Mozza Cookbook: Recipes from Los Angeles's Favorite Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria" by Nancy Silverton, Matt Molina and Carolynn Carreno Osteria
Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza, the L.A. hotspots Nancy Silverton co-owns with Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, have been meccas for pizza lovers since they opened. Reservations are hard to come by, and it's not every day that we find ourselves in L.A. with the time to wait in line for a table. Thankfully, Silverton's "The Mozza Cookbook" has just been released and offers many of the restaurants' recipes to the home cook. Whip up some of these dishes and your friends will be lining up at your door.


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SC congressional candidate warns Trump tariffs mean a tax increase on consumers
Democratic congressional candidate Brandon Brown said he is disappointed in South Carolina's U.S. senators for not speaking out against President Donald Trump's policies on tariffs.
Brown, who faces Republican state Sen. William Timmons in the fall in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, said Thursday tariffs equal a tax increase for American consumers and will have an adverse affect on a wide range of industries. He held a news conference in Greenville to address his concerns.
Brown told the Herald-Journal on Thursday he believed Trump's use of tariffs as threats in the renegotiation of trade deals was a "misguided and irresponsible policy." He also questioned why U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, both Republicans, have not spoken out against the tariffs imposed or threatened by the Trump administration.
"Trump's actions are hurting our state," Brown said. "The tariffs will hurt our economy across the board and will have a very harmful impact on our economy in the Upstate."
Brown said South Carolina's representatives in Washington should do more to protect the state's economy against potentially harmful trade policies.
"We send people to Washington, D.C., to put South Carolina first and not their political party first," Brown said. "His policies are bad for South Carolina and bad for our business interests."
Retaliatory tariffs could have long-lasting effects on the the country's auto industry and agricultural producers, Brown said, citing the importance of BMW Manufacturing Co. He also talked about the potential ripple effect tariffs could have down the automotive supply chain.
Timmons said he supports Trump's strong stand on using tariffs as a trade tool.
"I think the U.S. has been getting the short end of the stick," Timmons said. "The tariffs are a reasonable approach to renegotiate deals. We can't be in a global economy and not deal. This is a way to right the ship."
Timmons said he hoped Trump's strategy using tariffs would be short-term, because there is the possibility of adverse effects on some industries. For now, Timmons said he supports Trump's actions.
"I think what he's done has helped bring people to the table," Timmons said. "It's going to help renegotiate international trade deals successfully."
American Party candidate Guy Furay, who is also running for the state's 4th Congressional District, did not immediately respond to calls on Thursday.


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Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, is hosting an exhibition, titled 'And I Say', by artist Pier Paolo Calzolari, that will be on view through March 25, 2017.
The exhibition brings two separate immersive installations, new paintings, and a series of lead wall works by Italian artist Pier Paolo Calzolari (b.1943, Bologna, Italy), a renowned figure of the Arte Povera movement, in his third solo with the gallery. The exhibition continues with the artist's decade-long practice of using commonplace and organic materials, including salt, lead, oyster shells, frost, and fire as a means of exploring states of matter, transience, light, and beauty. The exhibition reflectson the artist's continuing engagement with art history, as the works on view carries notions of primitive African graffiti to Cretan and Pompeiian painting, Japanese decorative arts, and elements of Mannerism and the Baroque, a practice that has not been seen in the works of his Arte Povera peers, as they frequently embraced an avant-garde rejection of the cultural past. With this display involving art historical sources, the exhibition offers a panorama of art experience across time, exploring the tensionbetween the drifting nature of life and the epitomic expressions of artistic traditions.


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For the latest iteration of its collaboration with Design Miami / Maison Perrier-Jouët invites British designer Bethan Laura Wood to bring its art of the wild universe to life.
With a shared desire to infuse life with contemporary creation, Maison Perrier-Jouët and Design Miami joined forces seven years ago to give visibility to up-and-coming artists and designers on an international platform. As part of this partnership, Maison Perrier-Jouët commissions creative talents for their capacity to express the cultural heritage of the Maison through the prism of the 21st century, as well as their own unique identity.
British designer Bethan Laura Wood's extravagant vision of the world and nature, as well as her unique way of using colour to convey meaning, allow her to seamlessly translate the Art of the Wild: the universe as seen by Maison Perrier-Jouët to re-enchant life through the presence of nature that is magnetic, vivid and unbridled. Creative liberty and unconventional observations of nature form the roots of Maison Perrier-Jouët's history and are also characteristic of the Art Nouveau movement which is closely linked to the Maison. Wood's work is the perfect reflection of this free spirit.
Blurring the boundaries between art and design, Wood strives towards creating pieces that encourage interaction both physically and intellectually, so as to stimulate a dialogue between user and object. To inform her aesthetic, Wood takes influence from her travels which feedback into her work through enriched colour palettes, atypical forms and precisely selected materials. These elements allow her to elevate the mundane into the extraordinary, a practice in which Wood is well-versed.
"Maison Perrier-Jouët's connection to Art Nouveau really resonated with me, especially the way it breathed beauty into the world in the context of the industrial revolution. This moved me to choose industrial materials for this collaboration and work them in an artisanal way to reveal their beauty when treated with respect," explains Wood.
She adds, "Nature has always been an important factor in my work. Observing the 'HyperNature' found in the crossover between the man-made and nature is something that inspires me a lot and was something I felt would be interesting to explore within the language and heritage of Maison Perrier-Jouët. With this creation, I hope to have captured the joy, vibrancy and unexpected intensity that I found in the Art of the Wild. I have also tried to enhance the fantasy element to highlight the luxurious, momentous occasions on which we drink champagne."


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Why Pizza is the Next Fast-Casual Segment Primed for Growth/
By Technomic's Darren Tristano, Foodable Industry Expert
With more than 62,000 units and $35 billion in sales annually in the U.S., is limited-service pizza a growth segment? What about the full-service pizzeria chains and independents? It may not be about the pizza. It may be more about the speed of service, convenience and the freshness of the pizza. Following the proliferation of better burgers and better sandwiches, now comes better pizza.
Before jumping to conclusions, it might be best to define fast-casual pizza, consider the pros and cons and, ultimately, get a better idea of what is driving this trend and where it may be headed.
What is Fast-Casual Pizza?
Fast-casual pizza is loosely defined as counter service, made-to-order, custom fresh pizza with a check average of $9-$12, served in a contemporary, sophisticated atmosphere. The made-to-order pizza segment is comprised of fast-casual brands in which customers choose their ingredients, including the dough, sauce and toppings, along a make line. Pizzas are cooked in high-speed ovens that often are the centerpiece of the restaurant's design. The trend marks a move away from delivery and discounting, two pillars that limited-service pizza chains rely upon. These concepts court lunch customers more than traditional pizza brands, as well as those looking for fresh or better-for-you products.
Sizing Up Some of the Fast-Casual Pizza Players
Below is a comparison of 10 brands that are competing in the fast-casual pizza space and how they differ by price, toppings and offerings:
Traditionally, pizza is generally designed for small groups, families and special occasions, where large portions and high value are important. In addition to a strong price-value equation, convenience is high for consumers, as most pizza is ordered for delivery or carryout and consumed off-premise. If you are not pressed for time, going to a pizzeria pub is a great place to find fresh, hot pizza and a pint of your favorite craft beer. Along with a much broader menu of appetizers and desserts, pizza pubs continue to be a great destination for a meal with friends and family. And if you are pressed for time, then pizza by the slice is a good option for a grab and go.
The Appeal
So what is driving consumer demand for this new format of made-to-order pizza? Let's start with the customer demographic. Fast-casual pizza appeals to younger Millennials and affluent consumers. Brands are setting up in high-income trade areas where these customers are present. Health and wellness concerns and active lifestyles are also a factor in thinner crust and healthier topping pizzas that have strong fresh flavor profiles. In Technomic's recent Pizza Consumer Trend Report, 65% of consumers polled indicated they agree completely or strongly agree that they would like more restaurants or pizza establishments to offer premium ingredients or toppings, while 55% wanted all-natural toppings and 41% were looking for locally sourced ingredients. These "health-halo" descriptors are strong drivers of perception and a healthier product.
Possible Hindrances
And what about the downside to this new trend? Although lunchtime opportunities are very strong, fast-casual pizza concepts may be challenged by the dinnertime "Achilles heel" for the segment. How do you generate strong sales in the dinner daypart? With a fresh product that is best eaten shortly after it's served, made-to-order pizza will find it hard to compete with traditional pizza concepts. The narrow menu and lack of adult beverage choices at these fast-casual concepts will make it harder to attract groups that are looking for a destination and not just a quick bite. And for consumers who are looking for a lower cost check average below $9.00, this type of experience may be just a bit beyond their reach.
There is no doubt that the fast-casual pizza growth will continue, stealing share from other fast-casual players and working hard to steal share from quick-service, casual-dining and family-style operations. Franchisees looking for complementary concepts and points of differentiation will drive growth, so we expect to see this trend continue for years to come.


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Tech News Roundup Feb 25-Mar 3
by Lily Hay Newman, Wired
On Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018, GitHub experienced the most powerful distributed denial of service attack ever recorded. Traffic shot as high as 1.35 terabits per second. The previous record was set by the DDoS that hit Dyn in 2016, which was 1.2 Tbps. This time, however, no botnet was involved. Instead, the attackers pinged memcached servers with spoofed IPs.
Google accused of excluding Asians, whites for some positions
by Steven Musil, Cnet
Arne Wilberg, a former 9-year Google employee, filed a lawsuit in California's San Mateo County Superior Court alleging Google had a documented company policy favoring African American and Hispanic females over Asian and Caucasian men. He also alleges to have been fired in retaliation for complaining to HR about the hiring practices. It's the second recent lawsuit against Google for anti-white man practices.
Drunk man accidentally takes $1,600 Uber from West Virginia to New Jersey
by Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica
Kenny Bachman was drunk when he accidentally ordered an Uber to take him from West Virginia to New Jersey. Adding to the problem, he ordered an upscale Uber XL during surge pricing. He didn't remember doing any of this, but still gave the driver a five-star rating and cash for the tolls home.
Amazon faces criticism for being 'complicit' with counterfeiters
by Steve Dent, Engadget
Elevation Labs Founder Casey Hopkins is upset with Amazon. In a blog post on the company website, he details how his company's products are being counterfeited for lower quality then sold on the site. Amazon and the scammers profit, Hopkins says, while his company and brand takes a reputation hit. It's not the first time Amazon's been in hot water over this, Birkenstock took issue with the company in 2016 and even filed suit in Germany in 2017 to stop typo scammers.
Jack calls in reinforcements to measure Twitter's toxicity
Rachel Kaser, The Next Web
Long-time Twitter users are aware the platform is filled with trolls. Everything from Russian bots trying to sway American sentiment to fake news reports plague the social network. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted a call-to-action to help come up with "conversational health metrics" that can help fix the problem. Quantifying and fixing human behavior through algorithms may prove to be tricky though.
After Costs, Uber and Lyft Drivers Average Less Than $4 an Hour, Depressing New Study Claims
by Rhett Jones, Gizmodo
Researchers at MIT say 74 percent of Uber and Lyft rideshare drivers are making less than minimum wage. This includes 30 percent of drivers who are actually losing money. In fact, the median profit for drivers (after taking out costs of insurance, maintenance, gas, and depreciation) is only $3.37 per hour, $0.29 per mile, or $661 per month.


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I've been thinking about walls a lot lately. Before that my thoughts had been filled with 'Belonging" and what that means for a Queer (in every sense of the word & more so in terms of how I am travelling) traveler in another country. A story for another time, right now, walls are on my mind. But, maybe herein lays an intersection to explore further. We'll see…
So I have been thinking about walls. Likely, because I just spent several days in Berlin, Germany walking freely between what was East & what was West Berlin in the not so distant past. I remember when the wall came down in 1989. It was the year I graduated High School; a time when we were still having drills, unlike fire drills, in case of a nuclear attack. A time when "over there" was referred to with fear, power play & mystery- The Iron Curtain. And in light of the U.S entertaining a presidential candidate who speaks of building walls...how we isolate, create walls out of fear of "the other", perpetuate a mythology of separateness +++. Walls keep showing up, despite my efforts to connect. And it got me thinking… about a few things.
My reality right now is that I am a U.S. citizen travelling throughout Europe for the first time. I know no other language fluently, except English & I rarely ever used public transportation in the states. I'm not financially wealthy, so utilizing multiple streams of transportation & accommodations in order to stretch my dollar & stay here is crucial. I have discovered & utilized blabla car, couchsurfing, airbnb, hostels & have sometimes paid more for a bus or train than an airfare ticket (which makes no sense to me) in order to minimize my carbon footprint & stay on the ground so I can see the landscape. Some days, shit happens and I end up blowing a lot of cash in order to make a last minute move. I figure there will be days like this and they are few and far between. Other days, I'm grateful for friends that I came over here to visit or the kindness of strangers that give me a place to rest my head free of charge.
A lot of my time is spent figuring ways to extend my trip, sometimes indefinitely, by means of work for pay or trade. I've spent late nights researching possible income opportunities and have joined workaway, although I could use the cash now, it is a great opportunity if you can stay in one place long enough, which I haven't really done consistently. And in the meantime, I'm making connections, building a network. I've spent countless hours walking cities, exploring sites, sitting in café's, tubes, buses ++ watching how others move in the world… & their walls.
Having been over here since the beginning of August, after having sailed across the Atlantic, I'll admit a few things: I hesitate to say where I am from. People I meet are either romanticizing about visiting the states and have a really glamorous L.A. impression of it or they want to talk politics and believe the U.S. is filled with a bunch of "dumb Americans" or they sympathize with our situation and we have real conversations about what is happening over there. Since I've been travelling, the news from the states, for me, has been Orlando massacre, continued police violence towards POC, continued hate crimes & murders of transgendered POC, #NODAPL& of course the presidential election +++ Those heavy hitters are enough to fill my news feed and keep me abreast of what's going on & still remain present to my own experience over here. Europe has it's litany of issues that Europeans are struggling with too, particularly the refugees. Who will have them, who will not; the "jungles" created when walls are thrown up to keep "them" out.
I myself may have had some romantic idea of life over here- grass is greener on the other side kinda thing, I don't know maybe. It's not that I am here, bailing out on the U.S. I didn't come over here for a vacation, to drop out & disappear from society or become an "Expat". I'd had ideas of what I would do- & I've done a lot of it, who I might be able to volunteer my time with etc. I am clear that I am a privileged white person (with a United States passport- for which I keep my hand on the cover whenever I need to bring it out) that has a freedom to travel, pretty much anywhere. Until a couple of nights ago…
As some of you know, in my last post, "London was calling". Well, it was a crank call.
We arrived by bus at 0330, in the middle of the night, to Calais, France from Dusseldorf, Germany where I had transferred from the train to the CONTROL ZONE. It all felt very strange & disorienting, having not gotten very much sleep and seeing all the barbed wire and people walking in lines. My phone had died and my charger wasn't working, so all I was able to fill in on the form to enter the UK as a destination address was East Sussex. I approached the border patrol post and the questions began. One in particular, early on, was how much money do you have and how many credit cards & what is your limits on them? I thought "what business is that of yours?", but, kept that to myself. Instead I think I said something like, "that's a strange question." His response was, "if you don't answer, the questions WILL get harder." Now, I was getting nervous and trying to shake the fog of sleeplessness off. After several more questions about who I was visiting, our relationship, how long I was staying etc. all of which my answers were not met with positive outcome, especially the one about me not having a definitive outgoing plan, (which over the past couple months had been working out just fine) except that my friend was taking time off for my visit in Scotland and that I'd probably leave shortly thereafter. He asked me to "stand over there while I consult with my supervisor."
In a nutshell: Within about 3 minutes, a woman came out and said we were going to go get my things from the bus, that I was being detained for further questioning. The bus driver said he could wait up to another hour. She told him it would be longer. I inquired about how I was going to get another bus. She said, "You'll be able to catch another one."
I waited in a "corral" with a couple other folks; I imagined were in the same boat as I was. About 10 minutes later another woman came to me and said that she would be the one interviewing me. After another 30 minutes she had me grab my things and she led me to a back room, where I was met by two other patrol officers who had documents for me to sign. I read them and asked questions. I was told to empty my pockets & was patted down. Only allowed to keep my money & wallet on me and escorted to another room. I was offered coffee & a snack bowl. The room had children's toys, a bean bag, some chairs & a TV. They locked me in.
I sat there thinking, WTF.
The Immigration Officer, who would be interviewing me came back in about 30 minutes and escorted me back to my bag. She pulled out everything and set aside my journal. Inside my journal were a few copies of my one page CV, which I kept with me, suggested by a crewing site for any possible work on sailboats internationally. She inquired & took all my notepads-that I use to write down directions while I'm visiting places as not to be walking around staring at google maps, journals & anything paper, then escorted me to a small room with a table & two chairs. We were there for quite awhile as she hand wrote my answers to all her questions. The gist of the questions having to do with my finances- whether or not I would become broke in the UK and become dependent on their welfare and my intentions to take job opportunities away from UK Nationals. Till the very end she focused on the fact that I had communicated with Outward Bound Trust UK. This, truth be told, was I think the game changer. And, in fact, my communication with Outward Bound was finding out there location so that I may possibly visit their organization out of curiosity and visit a fellow OB family. I love OB & who'd a thought name dropping OB would have a negative response. It never has and likely never will again. I digress. My point, and I made this to her, is that I had no intention of working in the UK (especially after this and most definitely not in the winter- but I didn't say that) & that my focus was on work, if I was to find any, on privately owned Sailing vessels. My intention for visiting the UK was simply, to visit friends & make my way back south (or at this point, being so frustrated & discouraged, back "home" to the states). I remember vividly, her looking up from her note taking and in a condescending British accent say, "oh, you most certainly are trying to work here." I leaned back in the chair and said, 'you're going to believe what you're going to believe, I know I'm speaking truthfully. So here we are." I knew the decision was there's and there was nothing I could do, nor at this point, wanted to do to prove myself. I'd had enough of that to last a lifetime.
I was escorted back to my room. When asked for another coffee, they didn't seem as accommodating anymore; A distinct front on the top end to appear pleasant, but after interrogation etc. I was an inconvenience. And to top things off, when I entered my room, the TV was now on & lights up. I get that it is a far cry from water-boarding to break you down but, to have 'Educating Rita"- British television episodes being played at 5 in the morning, I nearly lost it. I've gone 2 months in non-English speaking countries and I enjoy it & am able to communicate. Communication is, after all, 90% body language.
I decided I would lie down and cover my face in the bean bag. I slept for a bit. She came back, "oh I see you got some sleep?" I forgot to mention there are video cameras in my room too. She escorted me to another room and handed me another document- "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Notification of Requirements to Provide Fingerprints" to sign. The box checked was: You have been detained under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act or Arrested under paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to that Act. Because the box checked said "detained or arrested" I asked, "Am I being detained or arrested?" It was hard to tell at this point. I was finger printed & returned to my cube & bean bag. This time I asked non-verbally through the glass, to shut the TV off.
And finally, this woman, who never told me her name & I never considered asking, came to me with another document titled: Notice of Refusal Of Leave To Enter. Stating- You have sought leave to enter the UK as a visitor for an unspecified period. You have stated in interview that you have made enquiries with the Outward Bound company in the UK about Job opportunities and would like to establish contacts with sailing companies in the UK about working for a season in Europe….You also carry a copy of your resume detailing your career in Outdoor Education…I am satisfied that the enquiries you have made amount to an intention to work which is prohibited for visitors. I am therefore not satisfied that you are a genuine visitor.
You are therefore refused entry under paragraph V4.5 of Appendix V: Immigration Rules for Visitors.
I have given/propose to request that the competent French/Belgian Authorities remove you from the Control Zone.
Yep, that happened.
Several hours later, I think it was 10 am. I was picked up by the French police and walked to their Border Patrol area. They handed me my passport and told me I was free to go. "Go where I asked?" I had no idea how to get anywhere, bus etc. I walked to the Port Authority, hoping a bus might pick up there. No luck, I then was told I had to walk to town to catch a train….somewhere. I walked & walked. It took what seemed forever to escape the tall walls with barbed wire surrounding this CONTROL ZONE. I arrived into town about an hour later. Stopped at a bakery an ordered an amazing baguette with ham & cheese and sat outside relieved that was all behind me & slightly amused that I had just been filmed in the bakery being assisted by the owner with my order, by some camera crew doing a piece on the café. Thinking, if they only knew….
Cut two, I arrived at the train station asking what will take me south. She said, I would need to go through Paris & transfer & that she only had 1st class. For 20 euros more & departure in 10 minutes, I took the 1st class ticket. I met a man on the stairs going to the train who recognized me from the Port Authority. He'd been waiting on a taxi & said, had he known I was walking he would had shared the lift. We shared conversation instead. He's from the UK & apologized for my experience. He also volunteers helping at Refugee camps and is a former Blacksmith. The coolest thing he told me he does is that he has worked with arsonist, redirecting their passion for fire in positive ways. We talked about Rites of Passage & Initiation. Our brief time together on that train really helped me. Helped me process, ground & talk about things that really matter.
I arrived in Paris with no desire to be there. Not now anyway. Too big, too much. The station was massive, lots of people, random guards with guns. I wanted quiet and to head further south as far as possible and it was still early enough in the day to make miles. I pulled up a couple of sites, a map of France and bought a ticket to Bordeaux, France. Unfortunately, I discovered I was at the wrong station & wouldn't make the train. Decision making time…do I go to the other station, which meant hopping on the Tube and crossing the city and hope there are later times or stay at this station & figure something else out? I took pause to leave and then went for it. Arriving at the other station I was able to switch my ticket and found a later train to Bordeaux. My seat was in a quiet compartment, I found a place to stay in Bordeaux, to rest in my room for two nights. I knew I needed to process, write, and listen to where I may want to go next, send some communications, not sight see.
So I'll be heading to Santiago de Compostela, tonight. No borders or walls to cross, just a long bus drive along the coast of Spain in the area of the famed Pilgrimage, The El Camino. Seems appropriate right? I will be in the town where all the Pilgrims have come for centuries to pay homage and seek shelter. I'll do that particular walk someday…but I have walked, boy have I walked.
And this I just read: "Yes, people walk the Camino de Santiago for religious reasons. There are "holy years" on the Camino where the feast day of St James falls on a Sunday. During a holy year, the door of Forgiveness in Santiago Cathedral is opened. During a Holy Year, all pilgrims can have a plenary indulgence…" The next holy year is not until 2021; however, 2016 has been declared the Holy Year of Mercy. . Although I am considered a non practicing Catholic, this feels significant, timely & appropriate. Not just for me, but for all humans in these times we are living in. I just might stay there awhile.
So, like I said earlier, I didn't come on vacation. This experience, crossing the Atlantic, travelling solo through Europe, visiting friends, making new friends +++ has been my Pilgrimage, a Rite of Passage & Initiation. It is my belief that as a Guide, you can only be in service and hold space for others to the degree you have been able to search your own edges, heal and transform. For me to continue my work I needed this experience, to enter the caves I feared to find the treasures & hopefully, to bring those gifts, those insights back to my communities. I love that I just discovered that it is the Holy Year of Mercy. I find it fascinating that of all days to have gone through what I experienced, it was my sister's birthday & I held that knowing throughout the 24 hours, it brought me comfort.
There are so many metaphors running through this as I write that feel like completion. Answers to questions that I've been asking; meaning making. Validation I suppose. I consider myself a Queer Traveller- in every sense of the word, Pilgrim on my own Rites of Passage & Initiatory work. And this experience too is, in hindsight, all part of following a path with heart. I could write more and I will continue to journal….now I must pack.
I am safe, I am found. Please send me some Love & Encouragement.
I've been thinking about walls a lot lately. Before that my thoughts had been filled with 'Belonging" and what that means for a Queer (in every sense of the word & more so in terms of how I am travelling) traveler in another country. A story for another time, right now, walls are on my mind. But, maybe herein lays an intersection to explore further. We'll see…


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text: Winter blues is right!! Christmas is over and in my mind spring should be here already. To take my mind off the fact that we still have about three months of winter left I sat down to make these cards. I'm going to use them as "thank you's" for all the Christmas goodies we've received. The snow flake on the front is a clear acetate glittered die cut. I attached it with a white brad. They took no time at all to make.


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1500 Bay Ave Seadrift, Texas 77983 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 20 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 1 Reviews
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Jan 2014 - $35.00
We were going to stay at this park, but it was raining very hard, and because the park didn't have pull-through sites we went on down the road to Rockport, Texas and found a park that was paved and had pull through sites. Beacon Park is owned by local husband and wife. The park would be good for a weekend to fish, because it is close to the water. The new part of the park has no trees and was cleared out made into a extension of the old park. We would only stay here for a day and only in the fall, winter, and spring. The summer time would be to hot. - Joceil
201 TX-185 Seadrift, Texas 77983 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 13 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 1 Reviews
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Jul 2007 - $12.00
This is a combination Motel and RV park. There are 13 RV sites all with full hookups. They cater to the hunter and fisherman, which is all there is to do in this area. They even have kennels to keep your hunting dog in. If you are looking for more than that you should probably go somewhere else. The sites are paved and level. Everything is very clean and the staff was helpful and friendly. My daughters enjoyed the swimming pool. They serve a continental breakfast each morning starting at 6 a.m.. If you like to start fishing earlier than that (like me!) they leave a side door open so you can get your coffee and bagel before 6 a.m.. We will be coming back here on a yearly basis. - parkhopper
2499 W Austin St Port Lavaca, Texas 77979 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 97 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 14 Reviews
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Mar 2019 - $55.00
This is a very pristine park and they work hard to keep it that way. They have a nice pool with hot tub and the center focal point to this park is the catch and release lake. Nice walking path around the lake. The restrooms and showers are very nice and clean. If you were to be looking for a long-term Park in this area this is the place for you. I would say that 2/3+ of this park is long-term so it doesn't have that recreational/vacation feel to it. The park is very quiet as you would expect from a residential park. Lots of vehicle noise early in the mornings with people heading to work. If your looking for an outdoorsy, social recreational spot, this is not going to be what you are looking for. You don't see children out playing, people just sitting outside or smell those cookouts. There is really no socializing going on. They do police their rules which is good since it's a residential resort. Really a pretty place if your looking for a place to stay for a while. - Harold And Debbie
Feb 2019 - $46.00
Very nice high quality park with great facilities and sites, the cable had about 100 channels, the park is about 95% monthly or permanents. Only a handful of transient sites, we did not note a police presence as one reviewer posted or a noise problem Not a heck of a a lot to do in the city but it had all the basic fast food places and grocery stores and Walmart - we did some great birding south of town. Our site did not have a picnic table or patio but some sites had them - rr2254545
Mar 2017 - $21.00
Stayed here one month in a 42 foot 5th wheel on a concrete pull thru site. Site was narrow and had no picnic table. Lots of workers in this park so be prepared for truck sounds at 6:30 am every morning. Cable TV provider is poor, wifi was good, fitness room was nice but small, library was mediocre, interior roads are good. No planned activities in park so you will be on your own. Not much to do in Port LaVaca and the town is sad. Cost included electric ($0.115/kwh) and a $25.00 site cleaning fee after we left. Having been all over the country in 70+ RV Resorts, never have we incurred this type of subjective charge. No reason to recommend Port LaVaca or this park as a result. - DIXIEDUALLY2013
125 Haeber Lane Tivoli, Texas 77990 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 12 | 0 Reviews
2852 West Adams Ave Port O'Connor, Texas 77982 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 36 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 1 Reviews
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Feb 2013 - $25.00
New RV park! Very nice, large and wide spaced sites. The monthly rate is $200 plus electric. Each site has its own Direct TV dish. You only pay a $70 deposit for the receiver. You get that back . WI-FI is great. The couple who run the park live next to the park and are very helpful. Nice, quiet, clean park. Lots of room to walk the dogs. No restrooms yet, but they are building showers, laundry, and clubhouse facilities. I highly recommend this park. We stayed 2 months and will be back next year. - User1574
115 Byers Dr Port O'Connor, Texas 77982 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 30 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 1 Reviews
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Feb 2011 - $29.00
This park was so well designed. With the palm and fruit trees, was so sweet to see. The property manager was so helpful and my family went to his church that following Sunday. The have large slips (which people were not packed on each other) and the water is right down the road. I plan on visiting this park again in the near future. It had such a peaceful presence, oh and no charge for their washing machines and FAST wi-fi! Thanks Hailey Lane RV Park, See you soon! - Happy Trails Gypsy
2350 W Harrison Ave Port O'Connor, Texas 77982 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 76 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 1 Reviews
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Jul 2019 - $59.00
This park opened the first of July 2019. Very nice park, well constructed. A little confusion in the office, I attribute to just opening and getting their act together. All the people we dealt with were nice and polite. - DennisD
1982 W. Harrison Port O'Connor, Texas 77982 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 43 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 18 Reviews
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Feb 2018 - $10.00
This is first time in this park and this area of Texas. We love the area around here. There is sight seeing in the area and shopping is convenient in Port Lavaca and Victoria. There is a little store in town that sells the all the basics as well if you need immediate supplies and are willing to pay a small premium. This park may be the friendliest we have stayed in whether it be tenants or owners. The owners make you feel welcome and in the time we have been here there has been a pot luck, a BBQ and a shrimp boil. There are several different types of sites available, concrete pad, gravel or grass. The newest sites the park is developing do not have cable and the WiFi may be a little weak. We plan on staying longer and hope to stay here again for part of next winter. - Chalkie
Feb 2018 - $10.00
Wow what a great park the owners are great people. It rained a lot here while we was here and water got deep but it wasn't the owners fault so why the person above me was upset surprise me. We arrived Dec 2nd had to leave, but after being gone for 4 days decided we had to come back staying till end of March 2018. It's an eating park since we arrived we had two fish fries before thanks to a resident fisherman then Thanksgiving, Christmas was fried trout, red fish and shrimp, New Years eve just a great gathering and New Years day ham and trimmings, then we've had two fish fries with shrimp and oysters once, two bar bq's with brisket, sausage and chicken and a Italian pot luck. This Tuesday where having another eat out boiled shrimp park owners own a shrimp boat so there really fresh.. What a park great owners. Let me tell you about the fishing, bank fishing, jetty fishing, pier fishing, wading in Boggy Bayou, Broad Bayou. I'm loving it they took me out fishing too the big jetty wow some 40 plus inch red fish, trout and sheep heads. I'll be here next winter at the latest Dec 1st till end of march. This is a great park with great people that own it and there family there motto come as guest, leave as friend. - JustDon
May 2017 - $30.00
Park overbooked so we had to set up in the back of the park, a grass and sand site more like a field. We had NO wifi or Cable TV as stated on the web site. On day three it rained all night and our TT was sitting in about six inches of water and more rain was expected. So we loaded up to leave, when we went to pay out, the owner made the comment "Kind of flooded Didn't it", as if this was a surprise to him. This park is excellent if you are a long term tenant, weekender's and vacationer's will get treated the same as a fast food drive through, pay up, shut up and be gone. - USN Retired 77
110 Steve St Port O'Connor, Texas 77982 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Jul 2017 - $50.00
We have stayed at this park 4-5 times previously and had wonderful time, and love the park. However this time we got set up and found the cable tv not working. I called the manager and he came over about 30 minutes later with an extreme attitude. He complained to me that I woke him from his nap, and blah, blah, blah. He tested the cable box and thought he found the problem with our cable reception, and it worked for awhile. He also said they had cable issues due to a lightening strike there. I fished the next morning and wife called him and said the cable didn't work and now had sewer smell in rv. I got back to rv and he was there working on it and again, thought he fixed cable, and told me there was nothing wrong with his sewer it was coming up from our tanks. He said this in a very ugly tone. He also started informing me that my friends boat couldn't be parked behind our rv. I told him we were unloading and would move it. He said "you'd better" and stormed off. Later at the pool, in front of at least 12 people, he proceeded to chew out another man for leaving his boat by his rv. This lasted about 2 full minutes. He mans wife even started crying and said something to him and he turned his tirate towards her. The next day after fishing, we had boat at rv unloading and he stopped and proceeded to chew me out again! There were several people across the road from us and they had blank stares on their faces. I informed him we were unloading and would move it when done. He again, in a non pleasant tone, said "you'd better". After he left the lady across the street came over and said she couldn't believe how rude he was. I agreed, as did my wife and our friends. My family and I have been rving for over a dozen years all over south Texas at numerous parks and I have never encounter such a rude and obnoxious person in charge of an rv park. I will "NEVER" stay here again, nor recommend this park. I also will tell all that ask about rv parks in Port Oconner, not to stay here. - honna58
Dec 2016 - $10.00
Wonderful park in a peaceful little fishing village on the Gulf waters. Just blocks to the Intercoastal or Bay. Staff is friendly and helpful in all matters. Park is CLEAN and neat. Compacted level gravel pads with grass and plenty of room between sites. All utilities worked well. Reasonable priced laundry, very clean facility. Free WIFI and cable worked well. Only complaint is pool not heated but we find that a lot in South Texas. Would have used pool daily if heated. Rate listed above based on monthly rate of $300. Park is convenient to all that Port O'Connor has to offer. This is a relax and enjoy life park. No activity calendar or club house. Just a peaceful place to enjoy life and the Texas coast. - oosuzieqr
Feb 2016 - $10.00
This is one of our favorite RV parks. We were very impressed by the cleanliness and upkeep of the park. All facilities were immaculate. We stayed during the winter, which is a quiet time in the park. Many of the RVs were in the park for storage, and there were only a few people actually staying in the park while we were there. This is perfect for us, since we were looking for a quiet getaway. We enjoyed the jacuzzi on most evenings, and the weather was absolutely perfect during our stay. We had cable TV access, and the Internet was the best that we have encountered at any RV park. The water pressure was good and the sites were very level. The owners were very friendly and informative, and you can tell that they really care about the park. The daily rate reflects monthly price + electricity charge. We would definitely camp here again. - BluegrassTravelers
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Nov 2010 - $25.00
Nice older park with great vegetation, plants, flowers, trees between sites. The sites aren't all that big, but will accommodate most rigs. Very helpful management. Friendly occupants, lots of winter Texans and year round folk. Great Wi-Fi, clean and private bathrooms (individual ones!), community room with exercise equipment, kitchen, TV and computer. Great deal for the price! - vtchris


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Siemens Building Technologies: VFD CDs
July 2, 2004
Two CD tools help people understand variable-frequency drive (VFD) technology and provide a method of calculating harmonic voltage and current distortion when using VFDs in building applications, the company states. The "A to Z"â"¢ CD-ROM explains the SED2 VFD capabilities. Also, it includes multimedia presentations and technical training videos on the SED2 family of products, conventional and e-bypass options, harmonics basics, and a documentation library. The SED2 Harmoneeâ"¢ - Harmonics Calculator Tool CD provides comparative and other data on the full harmonic spectrum order values and compares conventional drives with and without the use of filtering devices to reduce harmonics such as line reactors.
Siemens Building Technologies, 1000 Deerfield Pkwy., Buffalo Grove, IL 60089; 847-215-1000; 847-215-1093 (fax); www.sbt.siemens.com/hvp/components/requestlit.
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Dino Youth Tee - Cheetos fingers edition
Dino Youth Tee - Cheetos fingers edition
Our original Dinosaur design, hand drawn and screenprinted in our Vermont studios.
USA Made 100% cotton tee in light blue
Heat cured ink - the color reminds me of Cheetos!
Machine washable, dryer safe
Size corresponds to child's age. If in-between size up!


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Graduation Day
I graduated from University! And with a first class degree, no less! I am SO proud of myself. University was a whirlwind of experiences which culminated in my graduation day. A day that I was skeptical about to begin with, which then became one of the happiest and proudest days of my life.
University for me was a whirlwind of experiences of both good and bad. As I'm someone who tends to feel things to the extremes, you can imagine that when it was good it was great, but when it was bad it was terrible. After my less-than-pleasant school years with less-than-pleasant teachers, and a first year where I was still getting a handle on my anxiety, receiving my degree felt like the giant who had been crushing me all these years had finally lifted his thumb.
Getting to celebrate my hard work and achievements over the year with my family was also amazing. It's rare that the whole family is together and it makes me so happy that they came together for me. I'm especially proud that I made family history by being one of the first Burkhardt's to ever graduate from University!
To end this little post, I'm about to open up so get your crackers ready because here comes the cheese ~ I wouldn't have ever come this close to getting my degree if it weren't for my family. They have supported me so much and so wholeheartedly from day one, even though drama wasn't necessarily their first choice of degree for me. I am so grateful and thankful that my parents worked so hard to get me into a good school and always encouraged me to do my best. It really paid off!


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Epic Alien Action Figures – Alien Covenant, Prometheus & More!
*WARNING: This post contains spoilers!* With the new Alien Covenant movie currently thrilling audiences in cinemas around the world, now is a great chance to grab yourself an action figure memento! Available via eBay here, a wide range of fantastic Alien action figures are currently available. Below, we've highlighted a couple of bestselling figures from the newer movies, however, eBay also offer a huge range of action figures; figures ranging from the original, classic Alien movies and the Aliens versus Predator series, all the way up to the newer Prometheus and Alien Covenant instalments!
Xenomorph – Alien Covenant – 7" Scale Action Figure – $24.99 (approx. €22.31)
Seemingly straight from the depths of hell itself, the Xenomorph is back in Ridley Scott's Alien Covenant – and it's as terrifying as ever!
By far one of the most iconic and terrifying creatures ever to have been encountered on the cinema screen, the legendary Xenomorph is the kind of creature that you don't ever want the misfortune of coming across!
Featuring an extendable inner mouth, a bendable tale and boasting a whopping 30 points of articulation, this well detailed action figure has been brilliantly brought to life – straight from the movie screen!
Coming in at an impressive 7″ and with superb detail in the model, the bestselling Alien Covenant Xenomorph is currently available via eBay here for $24.99 (approx. €22.31) plus shipping.
Neomorph – Alien Covenant – 7" Scale Action Figure – $22.99 (approx. €20.52)
So what's more terrifying that an Alien Xenomorph you say? *Cue drum roll…*
That's right, you probably guessed it… the Neomorph!
The Alien Covenant movie introduced this horrifying new creature – a creature just as, if not more terrifying than the original Alien Xenomorph!
Fully equipped with an alternate interchangeable head and a poseable baby Neomorph accessory, this fantastically terrifying bestselling toy figure is a great addition to any budding Alien figure collection!
Just like the Xenomorph figure above, this chillingly screen accurate action figure also possesses over 30 points of articulation and a bendable tail.
The Neomorph figure stands approximately 9" tall and it is currently available via eBay here for $22.99 (approx. €20.52) plus shipping.
Sean Fifield – Prometheus – 7″ Deluxe Action Figure – $23.99 (approx. €21.42)
AND what's more scary than a horribly cunning Xenomorph, or a even more eerie and almost un-killable Neomorph? *Cue drum roll…*
That's right, you probably guessed it… virtually nothing!
OK, so the malignly mutated and zombified geologist Sean Fifield, wasn't anywhere near as terrifying as the nightmarishly merciless and cunning Alien Covenant Alien creatures, yet he certainly added to the Prometheus prequel film's fear factor!
This Deluxe 7″ action figure features over 25 points of articulation, and Sean Fifield comes with his helmet and flashlight as seen in the Prometheus movie!
Currently available via eBay here for $23.99 (approx. €21.42) plus shipping, this fast-selling zombified action figure features superb detail and excellent colour detail.
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Gov't Projects Lower Winter Heating Costs
People who heat their homes with natural gas should spend about $105 less this winter than last season. Those using fuel oil or electric heat also will save.
The Energy Information Administration said Tuesday that lower fuel costs across the board and a milder winter should cut average heating costs for the upcoming winter season. The agency said households will pay on average $783 for natural gas and $1,821 for fuel oil. Households with electric heat will pay $933, and those using propane will spend $1,667.
The agency cautions that actual household costs could vary depending on local weather conditions, the size and energy efficiency of homes and the efficiency of heating equipment.


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KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island's Dawson Jones has been named to the 2018 PING All-Northeast Region Team, announced Saturday afternoon on collegiategolf.com. It marks the second year in a row Jones earns the honor.
The Howell, N.J. native - who also collected his second consecutive Atlantic 10 All-Conference award this spring - led Rhode Island in scoring with a 72.8 stroke average. He placed 15th or better in seven of URI's nine tournaments this year, including all four spring events.
Overall, the rising senior finished below par in three tournaments and carded three sub-70 rounds. His low round of the year (68) came in the final round of the Villanova Wildcat Invitational, where he helped lead Rhode Island to a second-place finish among the field of 19.


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The Ashton Memorial Lancaster & Lancaster Brewery Wedding Photography
Gemma & Ben were married at the iconic Ashton Memorial in Lancaster, which is a stunning place to be married! I have been to the Ashton Memorial many times and love the views over
Morecambe and Lancaster, and the building itself is beautiful both outside and inside where they were married.
Wedding Ceremony At The Ashton Memorial Lancaster
Gemma spent the morning getting ready nearby with her bridesmaids, and Ben with his ushers. I was able to spend a bit of time in the morning with both the girls and the guys, before heading upto the Ashton Memorial for the wedding ceremony photography.
The weather really wasn't on our side, as we caught the tail end of Hurricane Irma. The winds outside the Ashton Memorial didn't stop everyone having a fantastic day - even if it was a bit blustery! Everyone enjoyed drinks and a warm reception inside the memorial building before heading off to Lancaster Brewery for the wedding breakfast and speeches!
Lancaster Brewery Wedding Reception
Back at the Lancaster Brewery the wedding party really got going! Gemma's meticulous attention to detail was really evident here and she had put her personal touches everywhere, with their own "Gemma and Ben's" hand-pulled draft beer, stunning flowers and decorations throughout, and a huge donut-wedding cake! What a fantastic idea!!
I loved the warmth of the room, with the old-fashioned vintage sytle Edison light bulbs dangling from the ceiling inbetween vines of beer hops - it really looked superb!
It was great to work alongside wedding suppliers:
Wedding Dress by Lulu Browns
Flowers by www.pickingposies.co.uk
Signs and details by BrambleSky


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Hand Suction
Hand Suction can prevent pulmonary aspiration, which can lead to lung infections.
The Single Use Suction Device is a light, state of the art, high vacuum, portable emergency device which can be powered with one hand operation, leaving the other hand free for different tasks. This unit was designed to provide efficient operation and simple maintenance.
- It can be Single Use or Reusable product. The collection jar is single use and the rest of material can be single use or reusable.
- This device is really light which can powered with one hand operation, and leaving the other hand free for different tasks.
- This device is equipped with an overflow protection mechanism which will engage once the collection jar is filled. It is not possible to continue squeezing the handle once the collection jar is full.
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AET Dates for 2018
Hi everyone!
You may think we are jumping the gun by announcing 2018 dates for our online AET courses when we've only just started the new academic year, but we already have students looking ahead and booking onto these courses!
If you haven't already studied with MKLC Training, and are interested in completing an Award in Education and Training in just one week, this is the course for you! With fantastic tutor support, structured online learning that you can access at times to suit you throughout the week, and a short 15 minute lesson presentation at the end, this course gives you everything you need to start your journey as a trainer / tutor.
If you have already completed your AET with MKLC, why not enrol on to one of our other onlien courses, such as the Assessor Award, or the Diploma of Education and Training? Both courses offer the same flexibility that online learning provides, as well as the amazing dedicated tutor support that makes MKLC Training one of the top online training providers in the UK. And don't just take our word for it - read some of our independent student feedback, with over 100 reviews and an average rating of 9.4 our of 10.
As always, if you have any questions before you decide to enrol with us, get in touch for a quick, friendly, and informative chat about your options.


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For good or ill—on the page or in life—few things are more alluring than the siren song of a secret.
New York Times bestselling author Emily Colin and Tall Poppy Writer Katie Rose Guest Pryal (um, that's me) have edited a collection of young adult (YA) short stories to be released on October 31, 2018, from Goldenjay Books, titled WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES.
And today is the exclusive cover reveal here on the Tall Poppy Writer blog.
Here's the book's back cover copy:
At the heart of each story in this genre-crossing collection lies a secret. A boy who is not a boy at all, a neighbor with a mysterious identity, a tortured student with a list that isn't what it seems, a girl who abandoned the person she used to be at the bottom of a river.
Conflict and possibility are embedded in a secret's very nature…betrayal and conspiracy are encoded in its DNA. Secrets can transform. They can alienate, anger, or inspire.
One thing is for sure: They make a great story.
WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES is an anthology featuring young adult stories by authors from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Contributors are New York Times Bestselling author Emily Colin, Elizabeth DeVido, award-winning author Lauren Faulkenberry, Amy Hyatt Fonseca, Lauren Fulcher, award-winning author Robin Kirk, John Klekamp, Karissa Laurel, and Katie Rose Guest Pryal.
I'm so thrilled to have worked with Emily to make this book happen. The best part about this book, besides the amazing stories it contains, is how it came together. We tell the story of the anthology's nascence in the introduction, which we're excerpting right here:
The WICKED SOUTH anthology came to be because Emily and Katie once took a fateful university fiction-writing course together many years ago. In this course, the professor teased us both terribly because we enjoyed—and wrote—stories that weren't (in his dubious opinion) literary enough. He gave us both nicknames: Emily's was "Anne Rice." Katie's was "Soap Opera."
We were both horrified.
In retrospect, had we landed jobs writing like Anne Rice or for soap operas, today we'd be happy as clams. But when you're nineteen or twenty and you want to be a writer, and being a good writer has a very narrow definition set by a stodgy teacher whose good opinion you are desperately seeking, an experience like ours can turn you from your path.
Indeed, we both stopped writing fiction after that course—for years and years.
And then, separately, we drifted back to fiction. Before embracing fiction again, we'd both become writers—just not fiction writers. But fiction was easy to find again once we grew up a little bit and realized what a small man our professor had been. We realized we were good at writing stories. We also realized that there is room in the world for many kinds of stories.
Best of all, we reconnected with each other, and we became friends.
Oh right—we're supposed to be talking about this anthology! Here's what happened. On the phone, Emily said to Katie, "Young adult anthology!" And Katie said to Emily, "Great idea!" And we said to each other lots of words that brought this seed of an idea into a full-grown azalea of stories.
And here we are.
A portion of the proceeds from WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES will be donated to benefit literacy programs at El Centro Hispano in Durham, North Carolina.
We hope that this anthology be the first of many in the Wicked South series (and we plan for each successive volume to benefit a different worthy cause). We had so much fun putting this one together, and we've learned so much about the fabulous YA community in the south. We're definitely getting ahead of ourselves, but isn't that what writers do?
Look for WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES, available for pre-order in the next couple of weeks, and available for purchase where all books are sold on Halloween, October 31, 2018.Add to your Goodreads To-Read Shelf


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Welcome Richelle, IF's new Chief Development Officer! We love having her on the team. Now you can get to know her too in the Q&A below.
How did you get your start? Tell us about yourself.
I landed my first job was when I was 14 years old at Yippie I-O Candy Company in Jackson, Wyoming. I LOVED it! It was a candy store!! I loved working and I loved having a little spending cash, so all throughout my teens I always had random part-time jobs. I studied Organic Chemistry in college, but to support myself I gained marketing and advertising experience from working at a local small car dealership. After school, my #1 goal was to leave Texas and move to New York, so I naturally fell into marketing roles again. I always say, studying science taught me how to think and solve problems. It's not as weird of a segue as one might think!
What are some of these random jobs you had in your teens?
I have worked at a candy store, a burrito joint, multiple stores in the local shopping mall, a tanning salon (even though I don't tan), a car dealership, a retirement home, an embryology lab, and for awhile I was a receptionist for a synagogue (even though I'm not Jewish).
And after that?
Over the years, I have held client services, business development, and strategy roles for boutique branding and graphic design agencies. Before joining IF, I was the Managing Director for an agency where I had worked at for about 10 years — my role there was strategically paving a way forward for the agency, managing client and partner relationships at a high-level, and providing leadership and mentorship to client services and business development teams.
Hopes for your new role at IF?
I consider myself a strategist and a client advocate at heart. My role as Chief Development Officer at IF is to help develop deeper and more meaningful relationships with our clients, and make sure we build engagements which bring out our greatest value (i.e., killer creative content) to make a difference for our clients. I am here to look at the bigger picture, the longer term, the whole forest — to find opportunities beyond the ask, and really facilitate cool innovative partnerships that disrupt, enthrall, entice and engage the intended audiences.
What are some of your guilty pleasures?
Make-up. Tattoos. Bread. Nail art. True crime shows on a Friday night. Going to sleep early and waking up early. Managing my dogs' Instagram careers.
Favorite Books?
My favorite book of all time is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. But I read a LOT, from mystery thrillers to angsty love stories to young adult fantasy to Russian existentialism to nonfiction about space and gravity — it all depends on my mood.
Must watch TV shows?
I truly believe we live in the golden age of "shows". I prefer watching shows over movies, now because there's so much more opportunity for plot development. I love a well-written serial drama. Twin Peaks (the original), Breaking Bad, The Wire, Sherlock, Downton Abbey, Stranger Things, Game of Thrones, Westworld.
Press shuffle on your iPhone. What are the first 10 songs that come up?
Controversy - Prince
Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Miss You Much - Janet Jackson
Isolation - Joy Division
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
The Spirit of the Radio - Rush
Heartbeats - The Knife
Lost in the Supermarket - The Clash
Say It Ain't So - Weezer


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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel told the Tagesspiegel daily that it was hard to imagine talks on a new bailout program with Greece after the country clearly rejected bailout terms in a referendum.
"With the rejection of the rules of the euro zone ... negotiations about a program worth billions are barely conceivable," said Gabriel, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) who share power with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
"Tsipras and his government are leading the Greek people on a path of bitter abandonment and hopelessness," he said, adding Tsipras had "torn down the last bridges on which Greece and Europe could have moved towards a compromise".
Reporting by Madeline Chambers and Noah Barkin