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Published on MichaelVickers.org, 27 August 2013
Vacillating between painting, sculpture and installation, Michael Vickers' modulating forms develop an autonomous and distinctive visual language. Insistently remodeled industrial sheets of metal, folded fabric and molded plexiglas morph into artworks, as gradients of brightly-hued paint camouflage their unyielding surfaces. By relying on acts of negation, and investigating notions of inner and outer space, the compositions simultaneously convey familiarity and strangeness, weightlessness and mass, fragility and monumentality, playfulness and menace, completeness and provisionality.
Seeping art historical references, the works speak of the 1960s minimalist ideology, of Donald Judd's finish fetishism and geometric impulses, of Richard Serra pouring and folding metal, and of John Chamberlain contorting automobile parts. Yet, Vickers' engagement with independent themes and the obliterative qualities of matter lend his practice a unique position within the context of contemporary art. The calculated creases and folds – a palpable reference to Gilles Deleuze – are remnants of an interaction between the artist and his material, a depiction of the transitional moment of struggle before the medium yields. They eloquently recall the physical actions by which they were brought into being; and in this sense, never cease to exist in liminal space. Colliding with this facture element, a destructive impulse can also be perceived, as the act of creating oscillates between transformation and defacement. Arguably, this places the artworks within a realm of transgression, of George Bataille's informe or formless, of sculpting and painting understood as a primal urge to mutate, disfigure, embellish and transform.
While their physicality arrests motion, anchoring the art in a specific temporal continuum, their chance placement within divers contextual frameworks points to the ephemerality of these captured moments. Needless to say, there is a claustrophobically tight circularity between the spectrums of time and space. Reacting to – and at times reflecting – the light and characteristics of their milieu, they transcends their function as mere objects. Hence, it is through presentation that the potential of matter is explored and meaning, attributed. Moreover, the insistent materiality of the installations firmly places the viewer alongside them in the gallery space. Seemingly dancing with the beholder, the pieces become the protagonists of a concealed narrative, as one's perception and spatial relationship to the works develop the creative process.
Capturing a sense of urgency and immediacy, Vickers' practice favors negation, provisionality and occluded beauty. More than a testament to artistic intuition, the works are, in the artist's own words, a celebration of the seductive and poetic qualities of form.


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I was born and raised in upstate New York in the small town of Elmira. After completing school I traded in Elmira for Roanoke, Virginia and lived there for 3 years. I now live in Altoona, Pennsylvania looking for wonderful couples and people to photograph!
Photography has been my one true passion for as long as I can remember. I decided to pursue it professionally and graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with my BFA in advertising photography. I specialize in wedding, portrait, and product photography, or really anything where I get to experience joy.
I have recently come to find that good food can be the basis for a happy life. I enjoy making new recipes I've found on Pinterest or ones that have been passed down to me. My favorite thing about cooking, is being able to do it with my amazing boyfriend. Cooking together makes you happy together. :) I've also recently gotten into baking and decorating cakes. My newest obsession is marshmallow fondant.
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Below please find this week's news round-up.
Making headlines this week and explored in several stories below was BlackRock's Annual Letter to CEOs, calling on corporations to find a purpose in society or risk losing support from shareholders.
The 2018 Higher Education Climate Leadership is only two weeks away (Feb. 4-6 in Tempe, AZ), and if you haven't already, there is still time to register!
Also be sure to register for our webinar with ICCR leaders on The Investor Case for Human Rights next week, on January 24th.
Have a great weekend,
Nicole Program ManagerThe Intentional Endowments Network
The State of Green Business, 2018 l Green Biz
The Business of Planting Trees l The Nature Conservancy & The World Resources Institute
BlackRock's Message: Contribute to Society, or Risk Losing Our Support l The New York Times
From BlackRock With Love to Aimless CEOs l Barron's
CalSTRS' Ailman Gives BlackRock's Fink an "Ovation" l Chief Investment Officer
Bloomberg Brief l Sustainable Finance
CFP Board's New Gender Diversity Maven Takes Aim at Gender Gap l Financial Planning
The Convergence of Digitalization and Sustainability l MIT Sloan Management Review
10 Minutes with Tim Smith, Walden Asset Management l Green Biz
Shareholders Press Twitter, Facebook on Sexual Harassment l Bloomberg
Putnam Investments to Form Two Funds to Pursue ESG Investment Strategies l Business Wire
Fidelity Hires Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investing l City Wire Selector
First State Investments Launches Sustainable Listed Infrastructure Fund l FTSE Global Markets
Nushares ETFs Rank Companies Based On ESG Momentum l Forbes
Cornerstone Capital Nears $1 Billion In AUM l Financial Advisor
Citing 'Inexcusable' Treatment, Advisers Quit National Parks Panel l The New York Times
2017 Was One of the Hottest Years on Record. And That Was Without El Niño. l The New York Times
Which Colleges Will Have to Pay Taxes on Their Endowment? Your Guess Might Not Be Right l Wall Street Journal
Why the Endowment Tax Is Unconstitutional (Opinion) l Inside Higher Ed
Alum Creates $250,000 Endowment for Business Education at Hampshire College l MassLive
Growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Poses Challenges for Alberta Energy Industry l Calgary Herald
NYC is Selling Off Its Fossil Fuel Investments—Here's Why That Matters l phys.org
The top 5 Pledges to Divest From Fossil Fuels l Climate Action
Webinar: The Investor Case for Human Rights | Intentional Endowments Network, January 24th, 2018, 1:00 p.m. ET
Clean200: 2018 Q1 Webinar l Clean200, February 15th, 2018, 10:00 a.m. ET
This webinar will present Clean200's model looking at how global large-cap companies making significant revenue from clean energy have performed.
8th Annual Practitioners Gathering l Confluence Philanthropy, March 12-15, 2018, Berkeley, CA
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AKA and Nasty C engage in rap challenge (Video)
February 7, 2019 | E! News, Videos | No Comments|
AKA and Nasty C who were part of the Cotton Fest line up got involved in a rap battle when we least expected.
The rap stars had a swell time at Riky's concert over the weekend, but they left the event giving their fans goose bumps.
Seeing both rappers in a rap battle, it will be of no surprise if they do a song together.
Though it was a rap battle but the reaction on Nasty's face expressed brotherhood.
it"s a fun video to watch, the dudes trying their best to keep the rap spirit alive.


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Mega-regional Trade Agreements and Services Implications for Developing Countries
Mega-regional Trade Agreements and Services Implications for Developing Countries
This session will address the services implications for third countries that are not participants in the negotiation of mega-regional trade agreements (TPP, TTIP and RCEP) or in the TiSA, in terms of the potential impact of these agreements on market access as well as their governance challenges. It will consider the possible options open to non-member developing countries as they contemplate how to address these agreements.
The risk of marginalization for most of the countries in the world economy, especially the lesser developed, is very real given the coming age of mega-regional trade agreements. Of the 196 countries in the world, 52 of them are participants in one of the three potential mega-regional trade agreements (with seven countries overlapping in two). This leaves 144 countries or nearly three-fourths of those in the world economy outside of these agreements. However, the lion's share of world output, trade and investment lies with the countries negotiating these mega-regionals. In the case of the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, 12 countries account for 40% of the world's GDP and 33% of world trade. For TTIP, the EU and the US account for almost half world's GDP, 30% of global merchandise trade and 40% of global services trade. As for TiSA, 50 countries account for nearly 70% of world trade in services. Thus, the potential impact of these new agreements may be significant and particularly so in the services area, given its pervasiveness throughout these modern trade agreements (accounting for nearly one-third of the chapters in the TPP).
The following two questions will be debated:
- What will be the possible impact on non-member countries of these agreements?
- What strategies and policy options are available to non-member countries in responding to these mega-regional agreements?
Senior Associate for Strategic Research and Policy Analysis, ICTSD
Managing Director, European Services Forum (ESF)
Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Chile to the World Trade Organization
Chief, Trade Policy and Analysis – Trade and Investment Division,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and the Pacific
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Executive Director of the Centre for Trade and Economic Integration, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies


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The second congregation I was called to as a pastor, an old New England church with white columns and red carpet down the aisles of the white pews and white walls, had a chart in the back of its sanctuary, built in 1825. The chart was for the old box pews, long pulled out of the main floor, but still standing up in the balcony. Because, as you may know, back in the day families paid for their pew for the year. Back then, when someone got mad at you for sitting in their pew, it was because they had paid good money for it. That was how church buildings were funded, Sunday School literature purchased, and how pastors were paid.
At some point, the box pews were pulled out. The idea of being able to buy your seat in church and pay more for better seats became appalling. You can't claim it's your pew anymore, and all are encouraged to give what they are able. And this model worked for some time, where those who had more could give their share, and churches began creating endowments and building bigger buildings. Families still had a lot of children that filled up those Sunday School classes.
But here we are, in the twenty-first century. Two adults with full-time incomes also may have student loans, childcare expenses, healthcare expenses, rent or mortgage, and other costs that leave little wiggle room. Fewer and fewer have disposable income. People are not able to give as much to the church, and churches are shrinking their budgets, cutting staff, and in some cases, closing altogether.
We know this. And we know the church is changing and the new worshiping communities don't look like what we have known on Sunday mornings. For some of those communities, income isn't a problem. They meet in coffee shops or at bars or other public places, and don't pay rent, or pay little for reserved space. Many do not have a full-time pastor, but someone who leads their community and works a different full-time job. Some of them are not seminary trained and don't have the same debt. The operating costs may be significantly less.
But there are still many who value seminary trained pastors, who need to pay their pastor something to help with their debt, who have expenses for worship space. And they have a lot in common with the traditional church coming in to today's world: both need to figure out how to raise financial support.
Being a PTA mom, sometimes I turn my nose up at the word "fundraising." All I can think about is wrapping paper and cookie dough sales. But we need to look at ways to raise financial support beyond what we are used to, whether we are in a new, innovative ministry that meets outside of the box, or if we are continuing within the traditional church—the old ways are not going to work any longer.
Here are some ideas I have seen traditional and non-traditional worshiping communities use:
--Dinner and Silent Auction
--Kids Carnival
--Community Festival and Appreciation
--Inviting people to partner with the community through financial giving, whether they attend worship or not, by inviting people to give to help fund meaningful work in the community.
--Online giving campaigns
For the next two weeks, the "out-of-the-box-in-the-box" worshiping community I am part of, Open Gathering, which is a ministry of Bellevue Christian Church in Bellevue, Washington, is partnering in an online fundraising effort with other innovative ministries in what we are calling the "Island of Misfit Toys" Fundraiser. We are inviting folks from our communities and those who support them to offer up an item for an online auction—something they received for Christmas they didn't want, or new (and like-new) items they have, or handmade items (there are some delicious baked goods being offered by a former Manhattan pastry chef). You can check it out on Facebook, and even bid on items to support some of these innovative ministries happening around the country. To see what other ministries are being supported by this online auction, visit this website.
Feel free to steal these ideas. Better yet, reply to this post and share your own ideas for thinking outside of the box, partnering in the community, and helping to support new and innovative ministries, whether it happen within the traditional four-walled church, or outside of the box!


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Estimation Methods:
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1. Inputs: For any software application to exists, it is essential that programmers provide the means through which business information can be stored in the files. Moving data from an external source into the application files and updating and maintaining the data are all included under the input attributes. All the CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations are classified under the input attribute.
2. Outputs: Business information processed through the software application could be output in various forms. The outputs could be printed, stored on other media or even displayed on the monitor itself
3. Inquiries: The output of inquiry is quite similar to that of outputs discussed previously but the output generated here are in their original form. Business information is not processed; rather it is just or rearranged based on user request.
4. Internal Files: All the data that are owned and maintained within the application are stored in files known as internal files. These files belong to the application and any modification to the data contents is the responsibility of the application owner.
5. Interfaces: a software application that enables users to make business transitions with the software normally interact with other applications, either within or external to the organization. Interfacing with other application is a key attribute that contributes to the size of the application being measured.
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As a woman who loves an open bar, I'm generally a fan of wedding season. I like the flowers and the old friends and the ring bearer and the women ministers and the dancing and the afterparty and the too-long awkward speeches and the open bar.
But, as you know, this kind of fun comes at a high cost of time and money. Travel is expensive. Nice clothes are expensive. (Day-after dry-cleaning bills are expensive.) Gifts are expensive. See also: bachelorette and bachelor parties, wedding showers, engagement parties, rehearsal dinners, Jack and Jills. If you're actually in the wedding, just forget it. Close up the 401(K). Don't think I hadn't thought hard about going into one of those paycheck-advance places to fund the 2015 wedding season specifically. That was the Year of Nine Weddings In Three Months.
OK, sorry, enough of the complaining. The good news is there are ways of celebrating your friends and having fun without maxing out your credit cards. I wish I'd looked them up in 2015 instead of today, but here they are. The best ways to save money for a wedding that's not even your own.
Rough it in the outdoors
You've probably done this already: Hook up with other friends going to the wedding and get a multiroom Airbnb. Crash on each other's hotel room floors. Camp out?
We know this sounds very, very unclassy, but think about it. With a tent and a sleeping bag and jug of water, you're portable and cheap. Hang your nice clothes in your car, use your rearview mirror to fix your hair, and now you're all ready for the ball.
Hack the registry
Just cuz your fancy friends have EXQUISITE taste in registries at West Elm and Williams & Sonoma doesn't mean you have to suffer. Are they registered for specific dinnerware? Celadon is Celadon, no matter where you buy it. Do some deal-sniffin'. It's worth the bit of extra effort.
DIY your gift altogether
Before I got married, this idea seemed like a macaroni-art-on-Mother's-Day cheat on a gift. It seemed cheap and, honestly, dumb to me.
But then I got married, and it turns out gifts hardly matter. At least, they hardly mattered to us. I mean, we are grateful for the gifts, but they were so secondary to everything else happening that day. Your friends really just want to be with the people they love. And so the gesture really is the most important aspect of your gift. So a nicely framed photograph, a photo collage on a map, some other sentimental DIY thing that calls back to a memory or an important event or moment, that really is valuable to your friends. You honestly don't have to spend $100 on dishtowels — especially if you don't have that kind of money. Your friends don't want you to suffer for them. (Probably.)
Have just a few wedding-wardrobe staples
This is easy and obvious, but it can be a really fun excuse to go shopping when you need to get a dress for a wedding. Resist that temptation. I mean, sure, buy a dress for yourself if you really want to. But this is a place where your budget really can be cut.
A suit with a couple of ties should suffice for men. (They have it so easy, don't they?) Ladies, we don't need 200 different dresses. With a little creativity, you can make one dress do some work for you. Stick to basics as a foundation: A black dress can pair well with any of the shoes or bags in your closet, and if you change up your accessories from wedding to wedding, you'll be wearing a whole new outfit every time for much less cash than if you'd bought a summer dress for each occasion.


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While we love getting away, every trip we go on comes with its fair share of prep and planning. As we figure out our travel logistics, there are some key websites we always use to save money and to maximize our time spent away. In order to help our readers do the same, we've decided to share our favorite websites that we use to make the most of our travels. These 10 resources are essential to budget-friendly vacations that are well planned out...Read More


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Deciding how to apply your foundation is almost as important as choosing which is the best for you. Do you use a brush, your fingers, a Beautyblender or… a Clarisonic foundation brush? Yes, that's right: Earlier this year, Clarisonic launched a foundation brush–head tool that promises quick, even and flawless coverage. When I first heard of it, I was intrigued.
I'm a pretty committed user of either a Beautyblender (£17) and/or a fluffy stippling brush (this Real Techniques one is my favourite), depending on which is clean and how full I want my coverage. I find the Real Techniques brush is better for a fuller finish, as I use it to really buff the product into my skin. Which is why the Clarisonic foundation brush piqued my interest.
A brush that can whizz up to 18,000 times a minute is surely going to have a better stippling technique than my slapdash attempt. Which is why I decided to give it a go…
The brush head (sold separately from the original Clarisonic Mia Cleansing Device, but compatible with all Clarisonic devices) is designed to work with a range of makeup products—from foundation and contour creams to highlighters and blushers. I used one pump of my favourite foundation (It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream, £30), dipping the Clarisonic Foundation Brush head into it before turning the device on and starting to blend it across my skin. In hindsight, it would've been better to spot-apply the foundation directly to my face first (a blob on each cheek, forehead, etc.), as I ended up with quite a lot of product on one cheek and ended up having to blend that around the rest of my face. (Hey—you live and learn.)
I won't lie—it felt weird. If you've used a Clarisonic before, you'll know that familiar buzzing feeling that comes with it, which is fine when you're cleansing, but when you're applying makeup to your face, it does take a bit of getting used to.
I was also a little apprehensive that the super-fast spinning action might result in foundation splattering across my wall, but to my surprise, it didn't. Instead, it blended the product super easily into my skin without any mess.
The result? The coverage was definitely fuller than what I manage to achieve with either a Beautyblender or my trusty Real Techniques brush. Plus I managed to do my full face in half the time. There was no need to touch up or blend in bits with my fingertips afterwards, either. In fact, the application was pretty seamless.
I personally found it a little tricky to use it with anything other than foundation (maybe down to my aforementioned slap-dash approach), so I used my fingertips afterwards to apply concealer. The foundation brush head is easily detachable, and it's recommended that you wash it after every use (which is a bit of a drag), but if you're into your techy tools and like a flawless, airbrushed finish to your foundation, it's definitely worth a try.
Have you tried the Clarisonic Foundation Brush? Let us know how you found it over at The British Beauty Line.


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#13 John Doherty
Birth Date: 6/30/1991
Height: 6'
Weight: 165
Status: 2nd Year
College: University College Cork
Past Teams:
Ireland National Team, Rebel, UCC Ultimate
The Cascades gives me a chance to get to play against some of the best players in the world on a regular basis. Coming from Ireland it can be hard to get regular high level ultimate, and I'm excited to see how good I can become with a couple of seasons playing in the AUDL. Last season was my introduction season, and I enjoyed it, but this season I'm looking to start showing people what I'm really capable of now that I've had a season to adapt and adjust. I'm also hoping to do big things in the coming years in Ireland, and this is a great way to kick-start those aims.


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It was half a decade ago that N Srinivasan, Giles Clarke and Wally Edwards came up with the concept of the Big Three, a self-serving cartel intended to make the game's richest cricket boards considerably wealthier. The divvying up of cricket's revenue-pie on those lines didn't come to pass, but its after-effects have been felt in other ways, not least in the structuring of the Future Tours Program (FTP).
Since his fall from grace, most have enjoyed putting the boot into Srinivasan. The one thing that couldn't be denied, however, was the man's commitment to Test cricket. In the years before he became Indian cricket's most powerful man, India's tours of England usually consisted of three Tests. It had been that way since the 1970s, save for four-Test series in 1979 and 2002. When India played five matches in 2014, it was the first time they had done so in England since 1959. Those at Lord's freely admitted Srinivasan's role in making sure that an India series received the same stage as the Ashes.
India's impact on the fortunes of other cricket boards needs no retelling. When they were routed 4-0 in 2011, a few months after winning the World Cup, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) made a profit of 15 million pounds. The following year, when South Africa visited for a series featuring the sides then ranked No.1 and 2 in the world, the English board lost money.
Those commercial realities are reflected in the FTP for 2018 to 2023. India's ongoing commitment to the five-day game is reinforced by a schedule that has 51 Tests, including 18 in the World Test Championship that will run between July 2019 and June 2021. Of those 51 games, a whopping 15 are against England, and 12 against Australia. Given that no matches are scheduled against Pakistan and Ireland, that's well over 50 per cent against two of the nine teams India are down to play.
The rest of the list gives you an accurate indicator of the commercial pecking order. Afghanistan, already played, and Zimbabwe get the one game each. Sri Lanka have been downgraded to three Tests over the five-year period. New Zealand and Bangladesh get four apiece. West Indies, still a big draw in Twenty20, are slated to play five Tests, while South Africa get six.
The Test championship features home series against South Africa, Bangladesh and England. For India, it starts with an away assignment in the Caribbean, where they haven't lost since 2002. The only banana skins between them and a place in the final stages are tours of Australia and New Zealand. But with ten of the 18 Tests to be played at home, the odds are firmly in favour of Virat Kohli's men.
Of the 59 matches that England will play – the most of any team – ten will be against Australia. That means more than 40 per cent of their games against their Big Three brethren, though eight Tests against Pakistan indicate that the ECB doesn't want every egg in the one lucrative basket.
Nearly half of Australia's 47 Tests will be against India and England. What the Test championship has also done is upset established rhythms. Thus, India will tour Australia later this year, and return again two years later, while Australia, who last visited India in early 2017, will only be back on these shores in 2022.
And after India close out their Test championship campaign with five home Tests against England, they will head there later that summer for five more matches. That level of overkill doesn't just kill the golden goose, it buries it alive.
The lack of engagement against Afghanistan and Ireland isn't really a surprise, given how hard it is to sell Test series to sponsors and advertisers these days. It is surprising though that Ireland haven't been considered better preparation for a tour of England than second-rate county XIs denuded of big names.
The woolly mammoth in the room is obviously cricketing ties with Pakistan. In the early years of the millennium, when there was some hope of a political thaw, India and Pakistan played 12 Tests in less than four years. The last of them was in Bangalore in December 2007. The current generation of players, on both sides of the border, have never experienced that tinderbox atmosphere while playing in whites. Perhaps they never will.
It does devalue the Test championship though. Like a Serie A season without Internazionale and AC Milan meeting at the San Siro, a tournament without India playing Pakistan feels incomplete. We really can't hope for the void to be filled any time soon either.
Premachandran: ICC's New FTP Buries the Golden Goose Alive
It was half a decade ago that N Srinivasan, Giles Clarke and Wally Edwards came up with the concept of the Big Three, a self-serving cartel intended to make the game's richest cricket boards considerably wealthier. The divvying up of cricket's revenue-pie on those lines didn't come to pass, but its after-effects have been felt in other ways, not least in the structuring of the Future Tours Program (FTP).


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When you thought Riviera Maya could not get any better, you discover new services perfect for your holidays. We get that is not easy to be away from home and our goal is to find the services that make you feel as comfortable as possible. In a place where relaxation is one of the most important things, we discover unique people willing to go beyond possible to pamper our travelers. Retreats, spiritual ceremonies, cleanses and other treatments are as close to you as you want them to be. We found the companies that provide incredible options for your holidays, with the best service and at affordable rates.
Yoga is one of our favorite tools for relaxation, it is amazing what body postures can do for your health and comfort. Our favorite service so far is Yoga En Akumal. This company is based in Akumal Bay but the best part is that instructors can go to you! It is as easy as booking in advance a yoga instructor and confirm the location of your vacation home. They provide all necessary tools for the classes including yoga mattress and towels. Instructors are highly professional and have tons of experience with different types of Yoga. The rates are very affordable and the more classes you book the better chance of a discount. You can e-mail us or call us to find out on rates and availability for your group or family. Yoga classes can be booked for the following areas: Playa del Carmen, Puerto Morelos, Akumal, Puerto Aventuras, Soliman Bay, Tulum and Sian Kaan.
In the search for unique and off the beaten path experiences we can find Mayan private ceremonies in the jungle. If you have something special to celebrate; a wedding, a vow renewal, a birthday or simply life, you can make it more spiritual. Ceremonies in the jungle are often led by Xaman men or Mayan priest. The symbols and ingredients might include incense, candles and flowers depending on the type of ceremony. These ceremonies are commonly held in private cenotes, near lagoons, rivers or on the beach. The direct contact with nature creates a unique environment that helps you reaching the ultimate relaxation. For private and spiritual ceremonies we highly recommend Love For Love service. We absolutely love their expertise in the area and ability to make everything tailored and personalized. There are also other ceremonies that are more intense and require a direct contact with the organizers, like Ayahuasca ceremonies. For these you can contact their website directly to find out more about upcoming events in Riviera Maya.
The Temazcal is a natural Mexican sweat lodge followed by a Mayan ceremony, that helps you cleaning yourself physically and spiritually. The Temazcal is always performed in the jungle or in places surrounded by nature. The Xaman or Mayan priest is in charge of the ceremony that comes after the Temazcal. There are many Temazcal ceremonies in Riviera Maya, usually close to cenotes. Our favorites are arranged at Santa Fe cenote and Ixtlan Cenote. They are perfect for small groups or families, even for couples. Rates are according the duration and the amenities included. Some can add the round transportation to/from your vacation home. You can also book in advance a full day of spa treatments and end it with a special Mayan ceremony or Temazcal. Send us an inquiry to design your perfect relaxation day in Riviera Maya paradise!


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T&T government investing close to $300M in police force
PORT OF SPAIN — The Government is investing $289.6 million in several anti-crime initiatives including for 300 police vehicles which officers will be able to take home, says National Security Minister Jack Warner.
"They will be able to take the vehicles home for the first time as well as their weapons,"'Warner said at yesterday's post-Cabinet media conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann's. Warner said the initiatives will combat crime-related challenges facing T&T.
He said the $289.6 million will be spent as follows:
* Establishment of 5,000 Special Reserve Police officers — $60 million;
* Establishing immediately, police community groups, infrastructure and equipment in the nine police divisions — $5.1 million;
* Informational technology solution plan to detect/solve crime including upgrade of the E-999 service — $164.5 million; and
* 300 vehicles for police officers — $60 million.
Warner said the SRP'force will be in varying ranks and implemented in consultation with the police commissioner. Of the total number, some 3,000 will be posted to the Community Policing Unit and will receive special training to address crime in non-confrontational areas and to address anti-social behaviour. He projected the SRP forces and increased complements in the army will be at work in advance of the Christmas season.
Warner said he was considering giving an amnesty to some illegal immigrants in T&T if they were of good character and could be an asset to T&T. He said he was aiming to have the Detention Centre, where illegal immigrants are housed, empty by year-end since 11 of them were returning to their countries next week.
He said the Government is also receiving assistance from the United Nations to set up a comprehensive computerised database to record and trace arms. Warner said records of arms are kept manually and a computerised database will assist the Government to trace illicit arms.
He said he would not be "jumbied" into revealing his anti-crime plan before it was seen by the Prime Minister and National Security Council.
"But when it is implemented, it will be swift, surgical and clinical,"'Warner warned.
Asked if initiatives included wiretapping, Warner said he had not spoken to that unit to see how effective it had been. (Guardian)


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Enjoy a private dining room at Supernormal, Pastuso or The European Restaurant. Or let us cater for you at the new CUB Club.
Get out of your old routine and enliven your staff with fresh, exciting and engaging ideas. Caleb can guarantee a day of sales technique training your staff won't forget.
Caleb Lesa will provide an insight into his unique sales approach and how it can be applied to your products and services.
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The value of china dishes depends on their condition, their rarity and current market demand. Comparing china dishes to other similar dishes is also crucial in determining their exact value. A person also can visit a china dishes collector to inquire about the value of specific dishes.
Market demand is a crucial factor in determining the value of china. If there are many people who want a particular type of china, then the value of such dishes goes up. Broken china dishes can lose up to 90 percent of their value. Real antiques from the 19th century and earlier can have higher values than modern pieces even if they are broken.


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Beyond Hacking: Why Trying Harder Matters/
"O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks!"
By Sam Yang - Get similar updates here
A Brief Introduction to "Hacking"
Hacking – 1. any trick, shortcut, bypass, or workaround that increases productivity and efficiency. Evolving over time, the usage now indicates ways to accelerate workflow and self-improvement. 2. the obsessive want of shortcuts. The dream of effortlessly perfect efficiency.
Beyond Hacking
My jiu-jitsu instructor, Rubens "Cobrinha" Charles Maciel, told me to be a good martial artist, figure out what's bothering you, then figure out a way to stop it and prevent it from happening again. Cobrinha is one of the most accomplished grapplers in the world. As a teacher, even the seemingly simple is time-consuming and complex. Perhaps this is what makes him so technical. Explain it simply, but train it technically. Rather than emphasizing simplicity, be so technical that the complex is made to look simple.
Simple and easy are often ineffective in the world of objective reality—known as combat. What might look easy often takes years of practice. Simplicity takes a countless number of steps. It is the expert who can see all the invisible rungs up the ladder. This is the difference between a simplistic novice and the simplicity of the expert. Through experience, I have learned these things are not the same.
If Something Was Difficult, I Assumed I Was Doing It Incorrectly
As an advanced student, I had come to believe that if something was difficult, I was doing it wrong. Enough previous teachers had said as much—and it's true, but within reason. I remember a time when I was having difficulty with a particular move. Technically I was there, but it wasn't seamless or smooth—or easy. I asked Cobrinha for help. He asked me to show him the technique, so I grabbed my partner who was giving me the hardest time with the move, and we demonstrated. In mid-move, my instructor stopped me and asked, "What's bothering you?"
I considered our position and realized my partner had a grip on my left arm that was impeding my progress. My instructor told me to remove the grip, prevent him from getting the grip again, and then to proceed forward. I was looking for some trick, a way to bypass the problem. He wanted me to take the time to address the leakage, plug it up, and then go back to my original course of action. If it's not bothering me, then ignore it and keep moving forward. It made everything longer, it made everything a bit harder, and it worked a lot better. And eventually, it became second nature.
What Can I Control?
What's in my control? What's actionable? If it's not actionable, I shouldn't use surplus energy worrying about it. I need my mental stamina for other decisions. I must prime my mind for the things that matter, those take priority. If I'm out of mental stamina, I'll put it off. But there is no procrastination, we're deciding not to decide, and that's still draining.
It Won't Be Easy, You Have to Fight for It
Early in the first Rocky movie, the gristly trainer Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith) has this exchange with down-and-out club fighter Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). It highlights Rocky's character—lacking in everything else, even the faith of his trainer, Rocky falls back on tireless effort.
They'll resist you, your mind will resist. When I was new to jiu-jitsu, I told a black belt I was having a hard time with a move. He asked why. I said my opponent wouldn't let me do it.
He said,
I thought I was missing something, and I was, but it wasn't a technique or some secret sauce—it was the willingness to do what it takes even when it sucked (the will to fight). I wanted things to be easy because I was naturally good at martial arts. But on numerous occasions, I was beaten by people with inferior technique, by opponents who were willing to save nothing for their trip back home.
My Problem Wasn't Technical; It Was Spiritual
There is a common message among a variety of classical cultures: "Burn your boats," "Burn your bridges," "Burn your homes." The common theme? If you save something for retreat, you will perish. You must triumph.
Practice Makes Permanent
I had a habit of always saving something for my trip back home. It's about opportunity, and sometimes there won't be a chance to fight another day. You either stay and fight or you run and die. If you win, you live. But you can't win if you don't fight. Unlike the training hall, in real life, sometimes we only get one shot. Second chances matter... if you're lucky enough to have them.
Practice is supposed to make life easier. I was practicing in a way that systematically diseased my spirit. Practice does not make perfect, practice makes permanent. I was cultivating my technique but ignoring my character. I was making weakness a permanent feature of who I was. And it transferred to my regular life.
In a fight, when you're much better than your opponent, they'll give you openings you can exploit. That's evolutionary efficiency: use all of your advantages and exploit the disadvantages of your opponents.
What happens when they're as equally skilled or better? They won't give you anything. You'll have to fight for everything. You'll have to earn success.
Looking Down on Effort
We look down on effort and praise perfection. "Why are you trying so hard?" I believed perfection was about being effortless. That perfection was innate, and the things that took effort were unnatural, and therefore inferior (this was the thinking of my diseased spirit). We get stuck in these faulty models of thinking. In school, we believed compliments about ourselves were valuable, and compliments on our "efforts" were insults. You're not special if you achieved something through effort. Anyone can do that. We want to know that we're immutably better than others. "No contest. I'm better, and that's it, and it doesn't matter what you do." We believe what we want to believe, and who wants to believe you become special when you can believe you were born special? We want the path of least work. That's the rub, that's our ego talking, it makes us fall for a dangerous lie, the lie of effortless perfection. However, effort implies that what we do makes all the difference. Our lives are in our control. It kills ego, but it gives us something better in return—hope.
A martial artist isn't born special, they become special—through practice. When you start on your journey, effort is your only tool. It's the thing of value, it's the thing within your control. What is perfect technique without heroic effort?
The Analogy of the Physical Fight Make Sense to Us on Some Intuitive Level
In mythology, a hero is the one who puts up the greatest effort. It's a universal story, it's in our DNA to appreciate it. Man or woman, banker or janitor, it's why the analogy of the fight makes sense to us on some intuitive level. It's not about violence, what we relate to is the effort. How do you genuinely know yourself if you've never been in conflict? A fight is objective reality hitting you in the face and asking, "How will you react when you know things aren't going to be easy—that things can get scary and uncomfortable?" We understand, sometimes our only option is to try harder, and that is noble. This does not negate being smarter, but that's a given. Humans look for efficiencies, that's what we do, often to avoid the work. Hard work is what needs to be added back in.
A Sparring Match Is Objectivity
Why do martial artists spar? It's instant feedback and trial and error. It's the same reason labs run experiments and companies run tests. There are ways to fast track, there are tricks and hacks for every situation. Better and quicker, that's efficiency. And without efficiency, a small martial artist could never beat a large martial artist. However, the student who always looks for shortcuts tends to lose the majority of the time. Author George Leonard ironically calls these students the "hackers."
Quicker is only good if it's better but sometimes slower can be better than quicker. In the stock market, the right moves always beat the quick moves in the long-run. And in the game of life, we're all in it until the end—and eventually, all the wrong moves come to haunt us. If you've ever played a video game, it always makes sense to spend more time going for the better weapons than to go for the easy, quick weapon. In a war game, one nuke might take longer to build, but it'll beat your opponent's fifty machine guns. In the game of life, spending the beginning properly learning the fundamentals (regardless of the subject) will save you the most time later on. This is an advantage because most other people will have to redo their work and relearn the fundamentals.
In the context of mastery, hacking would be something to avoid. In a short time frame, hacking has its benefits.
Mastery – pouring all my energy into doing the thing.
Hacking – pouring all my energy into avoiding doing the thing.
And for the sake of speed, it is sometimes necessary to avoid doing the thing. Imagine a project where you are short-staffed, but you are a week away from the deadline. It would have been better to have started with a bigger staff, but with only a week left, even if you were to get the extra people you needed, it would cost you more time to train them than they could save. You have to find a workaround to get the project done with the people you have. Decisions are not black or white, you must decide for yourself what is appropriate. But mastery is the rule, and you must first understand the value of the rule before you break it. And if you break it, break it like a master and not as a fool. And a master determines his constraints before deciding on the best outcome.
But in an objective head-to-head match, it is the master who prevails over the hacker. The hacker finds glory being better than the beginner—if there is any glory there to be had. Hacking in a sense is anti-practice. Do we need to practice everything? No. Many things aren't worth practicing, hacking gets us to the vital parts of the nonessential. Then what should we practice? The essential.
Are we looking for shortcuts because they work better or are we looking for shortcuts because we don't want to work? Are we looking for methods that have real life effectiveness under duress, or do we like the idea of shortcuts regardless of whether they work well or not?
Hacking can sometimes be based on poor reductionism: looking at an event through a fragmented prism and trying to identify the key factors. Sometimes we reduce it down to the wrong thing or assume it's one thing when it's multiple things. Or we look at the unintended consequence as the key factor, e.g., thinking hacking sleep down to three hours will make you a genius, because some geniuses sleep three hours. (A misguided form of hindsight bias.) But less sleep is often an unintended consequence of work. In fact, they are so smart, in spite of poor sleep, they maintain much of their mental bandwidth. (ER doctors aren't better doctors with less sleep, less sleep is an unintended consequence of their work.) When we do a three-hour sleep hack, rather than producing genius work, we make slop and reduce our life expectancy. This only creates more work. Following the incorrect path just because it exists is intellectual fool's gold, and it causes more problems than it solves.
For the sake of pride, we improve things that don't need improvement if it is easy. If improvement is challenging, we avoid it. Effort takes vulnerability, and our pride won't let us be vulnerable. Because when we fail without trying, we can tell ourselves, "Even though I wasn't successful, it says nothing about my talent since I wasn't even trying." And if we somehow succeed without trying, we can say, "I'm a genius! I was successful even without trying!" Without effort, you get little done, leaving it all to chance, but the ego remains firmly intact, to kill you again another day.
Leaving it to talent is still leaving it to chance. Perhaps you have talent at math, so you don't study for a test. But whether you pass or fail, the difficulty of the test is completely out of your control. You're at the mercy of the authors. In a martial arts tournament, the brackets are randomized. Even if you're good, if you don't prepare for the tournament, you're completely at the mercy of the draw. Think of inborn talent as a dial, but it's locked. You can't touch it. Effort is the only dial you can touch. If your talent is anything of value, you would know to crank effort all the way up. Life is a series of wagers. If you try, you lose nothing, and you increase your odds of success. If you don't try, you gain no advantages. One wager is clearly better than the other.
As we hack away to find what works, we unknowingly hack off pieces of our spirit. As a martial artist, it was easier to blame the technique—then it wasn't my fault. If I admitted that I wasn't trying hard enough, then I would be admitting that I was the problem. I'm the bottleneck. My judgment was clouded. Ego was my worst roadblock, and I had to learn to burn it.
Beyond hacks, tricks, tips, coping methods, and different perspectives, there is life, and it must be lived. There are an infinite amount of techniques, and not all of them will work. Some of them we'll regret, but we'll never regret having more strength, more determination, more willingness, more spirit, more resilience, and more character. Everything improves with effort, but it will not be easy to curate. Expertise is over techniques. Mastery is over yourself.
If hacking is the quest for improvement, how do we hack the human spirit? How do we hack excellence? Experience? Intangibles? Mistakes and life lessons? Childhood? Teen angst? First love? Unintentionally funny gifts and snow globe souvenirs? How do we hack happiness, fulfillment, and moral dilemmas? And all the friendships along the way? The unintended consequence of obsessive improvements is the lowering of overall life quality. We get so fixated on finding the easy way, we can sometimes lose sight of the obvious way—just doing it.
We want to avoid being there but don't. Just be there. In that moment.
Perseverance and effort are callings few will embrace. The lesson I've learned from martial arts is that efficiency is only important if it is effective. Not efficiency but effective efficiency is what matters. Practice, be technical in your endeavors and learn the proper systems and strategies. Then prepare to fight like hell. Practice is about increasing capacity—not only for technique but also for effort. Efficiency has its uses, but it is not a code of living.
Useful Companions (Improve Your Education and This Site by Buying a Book):
- The Art of War - Sun Tzu
- The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. – Richard A. Posner (Editor)
- The Effective Executive - Peter Drucker
- Mastery - George Leonard
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami


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well, got off work early, and after my daily workout at Golds Gym, decided to head down I64 and get a few hours at BGW....it was a super nice day for it!! low 70's breezy, and the park wasnt very crowded at all....
anyway, on to the rides....2 rides on Apollos Chariot, both back seat....i do really love this ride, but after experiencing S:ROS, ive finally decided that i do enjoy Intamin hypers over B&M...but still an awesome ride:)
1 back seat ride on Big Bad Wolf....again, the hangtime at the top of the second drop i sjust butter!! i love it! this summer i will get to ride Top gun at PKI and Iron Dragon at CP....we shall see if they top this bad boy:)
5, count 'em, 5 back seat rides on Alpengeist!! awesome!! you know, i forgot how powerful that back seat is in the cobra roll...its so amazing, you feel like your feet might literally fly off!!
2 back seat rides on Loch Ness....amazing that all Arrow coasters cant age as well as this thing is:) i mean, yeah its got its rough spots, but put it up against Anaconda at PKD....Loch Ness is 13 years older, and just runs so much smoother. anyways, gotta love that first drop...the airtime is massive:)
oh yeah, 1 ride on Wild Maus.....love that thing:) although i still think they could tame those brakes a tad...
all in all, an awesome day!! BGW just holds this charm that i cant find anywhere else:)
Tim (who CAN NOT WAIT to see what is going to adorn the old Drachen Fire sight.....its gonna be breathtaking:))
"hi, my name is Tim, and im a coasterholic"...."Hi Tim!!" hehe:)
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Stepping stones placed in a yard or garden offer a pathway from one point to another without the danger of people stomping on your favorite flower or matting down or wearing thin a certain area of a lawn. Stepping stones also provide focal points for a yard and can be utilitarian or fancy in design, size and shape. What to put between stepping stones is often a major consideration after the type of stepping stone a person chooses for their yard, and ideas are only limited by the imagination.
Plant grass between stepping stones in a lawn or edging a lawn. Grass is easy to care for and trim, and will provide a secure anchor for stepping stones. Whether your stepping stones are made out of rocks, concrete, wood or any other materials, grass is a beautiful buffer between them. This type of planting will not require special care or watering, and offers a relatively low-maintenance options for most home gardeners.
Arrange stones or pebbles in between stepping stones for a truly maintenance free solution to what to plant between any variety of stepping stone. River bottom stones, pebbles and even small rocks like lava rock offer a nice backdrop to all kinds of stepping stone materials. An occasional raking or leveling is usually all that is needed for maintenance.
Brick is also a maintenance-free solution for what to place between stepping stones, though time and planning and cutting bricks to correct shapes may take a little time. However, brick will set off concrete or pebble-type stones to perfection, and will last for years with little fuss or muss. Bits and pieces of flagstone laid out in mosaic-like patterns between round or square stepping stones will also add a nice focal point to a stepping stone path.
Ground Covers
Low-growing ground covers like bunchberries, wild strawberry and ground ivy are perfect solutions for gardeners who don't want to plant grass between stepping stones. These ground covers will more than likely grow slightly above the surface of the stepping stone, and with weekly trimming, offer a wonderful three-dimensional appearance to your stepping stone path. Other plants like creeping baby's breath, mondo grass and creeping phlox are also ideal.
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HRL Hollow Shaft Encoder
Features and Options:
- English bore size from 0.250" to 1.000"
- Metric bore size from 10mm to 25mm
- 0.750" or 19mm blind bore depth (not through bore)
- Up to 1200 counts per revolution
- Exclusive "Anti-Jitter" circuit for conveyor applications
- Dual or triple output models with different counts per revolution on each output
- Made in the USA
Product Description
The Model HRL is an incremental hollow shaft encoder in a 3" housing that mounts directly on an existing shaft assembly. A flexible mounting bracket allows the encoder to float on the shaft without rotating. It converts shaft rotation into square wave outputs with the specified number of counts per revolution providing an accurate means of digitizing position, rate or direction of rotation.
Output pulses are generated when a shatter-proof optical disk internally mounted on the encoder shaft and having the specified output pattern is read by 1, 2, or 3 opto-sensors depending on the number of outputs required. The matched LED and opto-sensor pairs, compensation circuitry and rugged aluminum housing assure continuous, reliable operation in industrial environments over a 0° to 70° C temperature range.
Resolutions from 1 to 1344 counts per revolution are available in single output, quadrature output, and with optional zero reference (index output). We also produce many customized models having 1, 2 or 3 independent outputs with any combination of counts per revolution (up to 360) on each output (call for information).
The "Anti-Jitter" option was designed for conveyor and web applications that require continuous and accurate measurement of the web's movement even if the system must be stopped and restarted without reset. "Anti-Jitter" eliminates the effects of mechanical vibration and the possible dither that results in false output pulses and subsequent erroneous counts when the system is actually "stopped". It also eliminates the need for more expensive quadrature encoders and up-down counters. "Anti-jitter" is available on single output models with up to 60 counts per revolution.
Accessories and customized configurations are available including speed and direction of rotation indication, special shafts, and a flexible mounting bracket.
Industry Use
|Conveyor Manufacturers
|Printing and Labeling
|Custom Machine Builders
|Material Handling
Product Documentation
Additional Information
Hollow Shaft Options
Modified Versions
|Encoder with M12 4-pin connector
|Single output encoder with Enhanced Anti-Jitter feature
|3-pin connector
|Heavy duty version with heavy duty bearings and shaft
|6-pin connector
For our programmable Hollow Shaft model, please see our HRL-P Programmable Hollow Shaft Encoder. For our Shaft model, please see our RL Shaft Encoder.


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K.L. White
is a California born contemporary artist. White currently lives and works in New York City. Initially guided to the art world via photography; White has found paint as her main form of expression most recently. Constantly influenced by her life in Manhattan; she draws from the layers of street art, buildings, people, experiences and the light she lives with in the city. As a modern artist she embraces the complicated conversations and conflicts of the day, as well as pop culture's influences.
White is an emerging artist, but has been a part of a few group shows. Most recently with Conception Arts in New York City.


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There's no way we could do a Finger Lakes Wedding Venue Series justice without including one of our top favorites - Ventosa Vineyards on Seneca Lake. It honestly feels like a second home to us during wedding season. We love it so much.
RJ and the entire Ventosa Vineyards team are amazing, and they treat every single wedding as if it were one of their own. Every person, from guest to wedding vendor gets treated like family.
Their separate spaces for the wedding ceremony overlook Seneca Lake and the vineyards. Their covered patio is perfect for a rainy day or watching the sunset. And La Vista e Bella Ballroom is their grand gorgeous ballroom, elegant yet inviting.
And as photographers, we can honestly say there is a beautiful backdrop in any direction at Ventosa. Bridal parties have access to the entirety of the grounds for gorgeous backdrops as well as candid wedding photography.
We've had the pleasure of photographing weddings at Ventosa in nearly every season of the year, and each and every one is spectacular. So if you are hunting for large, all inclusive wedding venues in the Rochester NY area and the Finger Lakes - you definitely want to stop by Ventosa Vineyards.


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Planning for retirement has never been as complicated � or as important � as it is now.
Last year�s financial meltdown was the second stock market disaster of the decade. Millions of baby boomers saw their savings wither, just when they were eyeing retirement.
The collapse of the stock market had much less impact on people in their 20s and 30s. They had less to lose and have plenty of time to recover. For many others, though, the decline in 401(k)s and other investment accounts will force them to make difficult choices. Many will work longer than they expected. Others will forget about buying a second home in retirement or traveling as much as they had planned.
David Rothberg, 56, an ophthalmologist in Palm Harbor, Fla., once planned to retire when he reached 55. When the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, he lost more than half his savings, and pushed back retirement to the age of 60. Then came the market crash last year. His new target is 62, six years from now.
The crash and its effect on baby boomers highlight the risks that came with the revolution in how people finance their retirement.
For decades, a company pension was the key to the good life. With a defined-benefit pension, workers contribute nothing and receive a guaranteed monthly payment, or a lump sum at the start of retirement. Since 1980, pensions have been gradually replaced by 401(k)s. These are tax-deferred savings plans in which workers, and sometimes employers, make contributions and the retirement payoff depends how well the money was invested.
The number of families with only a company-provided pension fell from 40 percent to 17 percent from 1992 to 2007, one study said. Those with a 401(k)-type savings plan reached 80 percent, from 32 percent.
�We�ve moved so much of the burden of saving onto the individual worker,� says Blaine Aikin, CEO of Fiduciary360, which offers advice on overseeing retirement plans. �We also expect them to be able to manage it in a situation where even the professionals were baffled.�
For years, personal finance experts have urged people to take a more active role in managing their retirement investments. The meltdown has made it even more critical. Financial planners say the rules haven�t changed. They just need to be applied � whether you�re starting your first job or counting the days until retirement.
The ultimate question is: How much do you need to save?
For starters, think about how you plan to live. Do you want to enjoy more time with family, or travel the globe on exotic journeys?
Either way, you�ll need to budget for it, because inflation stops for no one. Although the inflation rate is running less than 1 percent annually right now, the long-term average since 1913 is about 3.5 percent.
A general rule is that you need at least 75 percent of your gross income in the years just before retirement. There are several reasons why you need less than 100 percent:
� Income taxes are lower after retirement. There are extra deductions for those over age 65, some retirement income may be tax-free and, with less income, you�ll probably be in a lower tax bracket.
� Saving for retirement is no longer necessary.
� Social Security taxes disappear.
� Clothing and commuting costs will drop. Often, a person�s mortgage is paid off by retirement. But health care costs will climb. People over 65 spend 30 percent of their income on health care, according to the AARP Public Policy Institute.
The exact amount you will need also depends on several factors, chief among them your income level and your gender. A study last year by Aon Consulting and Georgia State University provides one of the most complete looks at the issue.
In one scenario, someone with a gross income of $60,000, retiring at 65, would need $47,000, or 78 percent, to maintain the same standard of living. The reduction reflects expected changes in taxes and work-related expenses. The $47,000 could come from a mix of savings, Social Security and benefits.
The percentage needed is higher on either end of the salary scale. Those making $40,000 or less will need at least 85 percent of their income in retirement. Lower-paid employees save the least and, while working, pay the least in taxes as a percentage of income. So they spend more of their gross income while working and need a high percentage to maintain their lifestyle in retirement.
People earning $150,000 or more should plan to replace 84 percent or more of their income. They face relatively heavier taxes, in part because the bulk of their Social Security benefits are taxable. Savings also need to be more substantial because Social Security makes up a smaller percentage of their necessary retirement income.


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Goal threeAccountability of Authority
Interested in learning about a candidate's position, how an incumbent voted on legislation, or who is contributing to his/her campaign? We've provided some trusted, fact-based resources below where you can find out more about your legislators and candidates running for election. We also answer some important questions about our legislators.
Open Secrets
The Center for Responsive Politics provides this website, one of the best sources for information on campaign finance and money in politics. If you're a voter who believes that it's important to "follow the money" when it comes to elections, this is the place for you.
For general information about our legislative system, state budget, ballot measures and even top "influencers" in Montana, Ballotpedia, the "encyclopedia of American politics," can't be beat. It's also a non-partisan website.
Vote Smart
This easy-to-use website allows the user to search by politician's name or zip code to find his/her bio, votes (if elected to office), positions, speeches and funding. Here you can also find Vote Smart all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official.
Can You Trust YOUR Legislators and Elected Officials?
How can I find out who my candidates or legislators are?
No worries! The Montana Secretary of State website provides the opportunity to look up a current legislator or get connected to your county elections office for more information.
how do my legislators' votes contribute to improving our lives?
Excellent question! Montana Decides believes that all Montanans benefit from a strong economy, shared values, proper and limited governance, and the presence of legislators and officials who vote within the principles or processes of the U.S. Constitution and the Montana Constitution. We analyze issues and actions based on these factors, and share our work with members. We even help our members take action with the information we provide them.
How can i know if my legislators are working for the best interests of all montanans?
It helps to have unbiased information about your legislators and some data and research to help understand their past actions. We provide some of that information in our member communications. You can become a member by signing up here. You also can check the sources above for quick background information. Finally, town hall meetings and events are good opportunities to ask this question directly to your legislators.
How can i tell if my legislators are transparent and accountable for their votes?
This is a tough one. Certainly knowing who has contributed to their campaigns can provide a look at how they might vote, and why. But many times, the "behind the scenes" story is much more difficult to discover. Part of our work is to discover that information and provide it to our members, along with ways to use it for transparency and accountability.
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Here's a list of the upcoming topics for blog posts. Feel free to suggest topics via @jsradford! Also, given the lack of connection between academic writing and public thinkers, it's difficult to find bridge sources for many of the academic issues. Feel free to send links that provide accessible opinions and context via @jsradford.
- The Dark Side of Civil Society: What is it and why does it matter?
- Decline in Civic Participation: trends and countertends in the changing landscape of American volunteerism, philanthropy, and socializing
- "New" Social Movements: From ACT-UP to Students Against Sweatshops what's so new about political theater, consumption politics, and post-materialist values?
- The Professionalizaton of Civil Society: What does the "professionalization" of civil society actually mean and what does it entail?
- Social Media, Social Change: a response to Malcolm Gladwell and his detractors here, here, here, and some here. (another)
- Nonprofits as precarious, flexible labor: Does the current state of the nonprofit sector mirror the externalization of work from traditional, secure sources such as states, religions, and business to smaller, subcontracted organizations? Background readings – Bureau of Labor Statistics report on flexible labor, American Sociological Association's Presidential address, [I'm having difficulty finding free, blog-length intros to these issues – suggestions?]


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We're happy to share this Guest Post from Joe Pelliccia, A Bicycle Coalition of Maine Community Spoke and Board Member of the Maine Cycling Club, based in Auburn.
Maine Cycling Club Supports Bicycle Safety in Lewiston/Auburn
As a major effort to support and enhance safe bicycling in the Lewiston/Auburn Area, the Maine Cycling Club (MCC) would like to announce the following three initiatives, funded, in part, by our two large anonymous contributions:
First, the MCC has partnered this summer with the Auburn and Lewiston Police Departments and Dairy Joy to provide "Good Bike Citizen" ice cream vouchers for local youth. Officers from the two police departments can hand out the vouchers, which are exchangeable for free soft serve ice cream at either the Lewiston or Auburn Dairy Joys, whenever they see youths showing responsible behavior on their bikes (riding with helmets, not crossing the street dangerously, not bothering pedestrians on the sidewalks, etc.) Officers from both police departments feel that the program will help strengthen community relations as well as provide incentives for youth bike riders to ride safely and responsibly.
Second, the MCC has purchased and donated 11 bike racks to be placed at:
- Auburn City Hall
- Lewiston City Hall
- Pettingill Playground, Lewiston
- The YMCA
- Washburn School
- Walton School
- Franklin School
- BusyTown Bikes
- Rainbow Bikes
We anticipate sponsoring a second round of bike rack donations next year. We would like to reach out to the Lewiston School Department as well as schools in the communities in which our members live. Other locations could include libraries or youth organizations which would be in line with the anonymous donor's intent to support youth cycling. If you have a suggestion as to who might benefit from a donated bike rack, please send it to Joe P (firstname.lastname@example.com) who will collect the suggestions for a decision to be made next year.
Finally, the club is in the process of putting together a request to local public works departments to install bike safety signs. MaineDOT has made free signs available to local communities and our support could be used to help defray installation costs. If you have suggestions for sign locations please send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Dressing for work can sometimes become monotonous with the blouse + skirt combo but it doesn't have to be. By selecting pieces that are unique statements themselves, a somewhat mundane combination can become as fashion forward as any other outfit while still being work appropriate.
I'm completely smitten with the choker trend, transforming this ordinary white blouse into something special. I've teamed it with a black and white skirt and heels for a little subtle flair.
Outfit Details:
Up All Night blouse by Runway Scout
Skirt by Sheike (old)
Heels by Wittner (old)
Jet Set tote by Michael Kors, available here
Photos by Cat Leedon Photographer
Editing by Happy Schnapper


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Research Fellow in Health Economics
- Recruiter
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Posted
- 21 Sep 2018
- End of advertisement period
- 19 Oct 2018
- Ref
- 504657
- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Other Health & Social Care
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Research Fellowships
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
The Role:
We are seeking a Level A or Level B Research Fellow for a research only position to conduct original research into health technology assessment. This includes undertaking competitive academic grant research, and research for government and non-government organisations. In this role you will conduct systematic literature reviews and economic evaluations and conduct Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) evaluations. You will prepare high quality written reports, peer-reviewed journal articles and research grant applications and industry research proposals.
About you
You are a talented researcher with a track record of success working within teams and preparing high quality research. You can engage with government and non-government organisations in relation to research and thought leadership, and can help develop and teach external health economics training programs. You can analyse clinical trial and patient data using specialist statistical and modelling software.
About Us
In the Faculty of Business and Economics we produce groundbreaking and impactful research, educate future leaders and take pride in an integrated and highly respected curriculum that develops robust skill sets.
We are engaged with those real and complex problems that define our lives. Since our foundation 54 years ago, we have aspired to be a different type of university. Over the years, we've grown to become the centre of a vibrant local and global community. Connect with us today.
Macquarie University's Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) is a University led strategic initiative to undertake research on health, ageing and human services. Our vision is to create a world where decision makers are empowered with applied, trusted and influential research. Our mission is to deliver leading innovative research by operating professionally, collaboratively and sustainably.
MUCHE undertakes research across a broad spectrum of health economics and public health related topics. Our research is funded by competitive academic grants and government and non-government organisations. Our research is used to inform public debate, assist decision-making, and help formulate strategy and policy.
We focus on the power of human collaboration to achieve impactful and engaged research, within and across Australian universities and NHMRC and CRC funded research centres. We also work with world leading universities in the US, Europe and Asia, and government and non-government partners committed to funding independent research on the health economy.
MUCHE provides freedom to explore research opportunities and access to industry and government leaders, to enable team members to expand their horizons and grow their career.
To Apply
To be considered for this position, please apply online and attach your resume and a separate cover letter that briefly outlines how you meet the selection criteria below:
- Post graduate studies in health economics (Masters or PhD) from a leading University.
- Proven experience developing collaborative relationships and working within teams.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated time management skills and ability to work to deadlines.
Desirable selection criteria:
- Experience working with government and non-government organisations.
- Experience conducting academic research.
The position will report to the Director of MUCHE, although the successful candidate will also report to several research stream leaders based on the research projects being conducted.
Salary Package:
Salary will be subject to qualifications and experience. It will range from Level A ($71,781 - $96,655) to Level B, ($101,877 - $120,537) plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading.
Macquarie University offers a range of flexible work practices, generous parental leave, salary packaging and on campus child care facilities.
Appointment Type:
Full-time, Fixed-term for a period of up to 3 years.
Specific Role Enquiries:
To request a PDF containing further information on MUCHE, or to request additional information regarding the role, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Macquarie University is an EO Employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications are encouraged from people with a disability; women (particularly for senior and non-traditional roles); Indigenous Australians, people who identify as GLBTI; and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Applications need to be submitted through the Macquarie University online recruitment system. Where circumstances such as disability or remote location prohibit your access to our online system please contact the enquiries person listed in this advertisement for assistance


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112 - We Haba Conversation with Tiffany Caires!/
This week Jeremiah has a chat with the new director of the Games Channel at Haba Games USA! They chat all things Haba, gaming, and they roll dice and answer questions!
Check out Haba Games online at their brand new Twitter handle @HabaGamesUSA!
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