text:
To understand how difficult it is for senior leaders to link their companies' business and talent priorities, consider the blind spot of a CEO we know. When asked to identify the critical roles in his company, the CEO neglected to mention the account manager for a key customer, in part because the position was not prominent in any organization chart. By just about any other criterion, though, this was one of the most important roles in the company, critical to current performance and future growth. The role demanded a high degree of responsibility, a complex set of interpersonal and technical skills, and an ability to respond deftly to the client's rapidly changing needs.
Yet the CEO was not carefully tracking the position. The company was unaware of the incumbent's growing dissatisfaction with her job. And there was no succession plan in place for the role. When the incumbent account manager, a very high performer, suddenly took a job at another company, the move stunned her superiors. As performance suffered, they scrambled to cover temporarily, and then to fill, a mission-critical role.
Disconnects such as this between talent and value are risky business—and regrettably common. Gaining a true understanding of who your top talent is and what your most critical roles are is a challenging task. Executives often use hierarchy, relationships, or intuition to make these determinations. They assume (incorrectly, as we will explain) that the most critical roles are always within the "top team" rather than three, or even four, layers below the top. In fact, critical positions and critical people can be found throughout an organization (Exhibit 1).
Fortunately, there is a better way. Companies can more closely connect their talent and their opportunities to create value by using quantifiable measures to investigate their organizations' nooks and crannies to find the most critical roles, whether they lie in design, manufacturing, HR, procurement, or any other discipline. They can define those jobs with clarity to ensure that top performers with the appropriate skills fill the roles. And they can put succession plans in place for each one.
The leaders at such companies understand that reallocating talent to the highest-value initiatives is as important as reallocating capital. This is not an annual exercise: it is a never-ending, highest-priority discipline. In a survey of more than 600 respondents, we found the talent-related practice most predictive of winning against competitors was frequent reallocation of high performers to the most critical strategic priorities. In fact, "fast" talent reallocators were 2.2 times more likely to outperform their competitors on total returns to shareholders (TRS) than were slow talent reallocators.1
Would you like to learn more about our People & Organizational Performance Practice?
Those results are consistent with the experience of Sandy Ogg, founder of CEOworks, former chief HR officer (CHRO) at Unilever, and former operating partner at the Blackstone Group. While in the latter role, Ogg began paying attention to which Blackstone investments made moves to match the right talent to the important roles from the start. He observed that 80 percent of those talent-centric portfolio companies hit all their first-year targets and went on to achieve 2.5 times the return on initial investment. Ogg also noted that the 22 most successful portfolio companies out of the 180 he evaluated managed their talent decisions with an eye toward linking critical leadership roles to the value they needed to generate. He recalled using similar value-centric talent-management approaches in his previous roles at Motorola, Unilever, and Blackstone, and he now had even clearer evidence of their impact. In partnership with McKinsey, he set out to codify this approach for linking talent to value.
Real-world examples best describe our learnings. In this article, we describe the journey of a CEO of a consumer-products company, "Company X," who recently found herself reflecting on how to achieve dramatic revenue growth. The effort would demand reimagining how Company X generated value and then redefining critical roles and the people who filled them.
Define the value agenda
The first step in linking talent to value is to get under the hood of a company's ambitions and targets. It is not enough just to know the overall numbers—the aspiration should be clearly attributable to specific territories, product areas, and business units. Company X already understood its overriding goal: to grow revenue by 150 percent within the next five years in its highly disrupted industry. When taking a more detailed look, however, the CEO and her team found that some small business units were likely to grow out of proportion to their size, making the value at stake in these businesses greater than in the larger ones. Design and manufacturing innovation would clearly have a positive impact on all business units, but if the two largest ones were to grow, they would also have to take advantage of international opportunities and digitally deliver their products and services.
Disaggregating value in this granular fashion set the table for a strategic discussion about which roles mattered most and about the skills and attributes needed by the talent who would fill those roles and drive future growth. Even at this early stage of the process, it was clear that the company's future leaders would need to be comfortable in an international environment, leading teams with a high degree of cultural diversity; have experience in cutting-edge design and manufacturing processes; and possess digital fluency. The leaders would also have to be flexible and comfortable adapting to unforeseen disruptions.
Unfortunately, these character traits were not common across Company X's cadre of leaders at the time. The CEO now understood the serious issue she had to confront—the profiles of Company X's current top talent did not necessarily match the ideal profiles of its future top talent.
Identify and clarify critical roles
Identifying and quantifying the value of the most important roles in an organization is a central step in matching talent to value. These critical roles generally fall into two categories: value creators and enablers. Value creators directly generate revenue, lower operating costs, and increase capital efficiency. Value enablers, such as leaders of support functions like cybersecurity or risk management, perform indispensable work that enables the creators. These roles are often in counterintuitive places within the organization. Typically, companies that consciously set out to pinpoint them find about 60 percent are two layers below the CEO, and 30 percent are three layers or more below the CEO.
The ability to achieve true role clarity is closely tied to overall organizational performance and health, according to McKinsey research. In the pursuit of such clarity, it is critical to think first about roles rather than people. The initial goal is assessment of where the greatest potential value is and what skills will be necessary to realize that value—not identification of the top performers. This approach allows leaders to think more strategically about matching talent and value rather than merely focusing on an individual's capabilities.
Each of Company X's business-unit leaders had defined their value agenda; now they needed to map, in collaboration with their HR teams, the most critical roles. In each unit, leaders addressed the following series of questions:
- Where did the value for this unit come from?
- Which roles have been most critical?
- Would the new strategy entail new roles?
- What big disruptions might change role responsibilities?
Then they went into even more detail. They mapped potential financial value to each role using the metric of projected five-year operating margin. Value creators were assigned the full economic value of their business's operating margin. Value enablers were assigned a percentage of value based on human judgment of their relative contribution to the relevant operating margin combined with an analytic perspective on which value levers those functions influenced.
Through this fact-based process, leaders identified more than 100 critical roles across all business units and corporate functions. In line with our experience, 20 percent were three layers or more below the CEO, often in counterintuitive places. More than 10 percent of the critical roles focused on digital priorities, advanced analytics, and other capabilities in very short supply in the current organization. About 5 percent focused on cross-functional integration. And at least 20 percent were entirely new or greatly evolved in scope.
The CEO, CHRO, and CFO sifted through the list to identify the 50 highest-value roles (for more on collaboration opportunities for these three executives, see "An agenda for the talent-first CEO"). The choice of 50 was not because it is a nice, round number. It is hard for a CEO to have clear visibility into more than about 50 roles. Also, in our experience, the top 25 to 50 roles can typically orchestrate the bulk of a company's potential value. The hiring, retention, performance management, and succession planning in these critical roles should all be of personal interest to the CEO.
The company's top managers then worked with business-unit leaders to create unique "role cards" for these top positions. Each card specified the role's mission; a list of jobs to be done, with a checklist of what was needed to capture the role's outsized share of value; and key performance indicators (KPIs). The KPIs were quite detailed. For instance, the KPIs assigned to the role of the general manager for one site were percent of on-time delivery, product- and account-specific earnings, percent share of spot volume, and share of volume from new customers. Creating such specific KPIs allowed leaders to articulate objectively the role's requirements, such as extensive sales and negotiation experience, demonstrated financial acumen, proven results as a strong team leader, experience in a corporate staff function, and a history of profit-and-loss ownership in a manufacturing setting. This objective articulation of requirements enabled both a fact-based assessment of incumbents in the role and a clear set of criteria against which to select new general managers.
Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First
Role identification and clarification is a process that works with any kind of organizational structure, including those based on agile principles. In fact, the potential rewards of value-based role clarity might even be greater in agile organizations, because flatter organizations build themselves around the principle that empowered talent in the right roles is the key to unlocking value. Pinpointing where a critical role sits in an organization chart is not important. What matters is knowing the potential outcomes of any given role, anywhere in the organization.
Match talent to roles
Business leaders at Company X next turned to the job of finding the right people for the more clearly defined critical roles. Their search process was more efficient and effective than those associated with traditional "high potential" talent reviews thanks to two types of benefits that generally emerge from taking a more rigorous approach.
First, the articulation of value and roles for Company X allowed for objective comparisons between candidates across a variety of specific dimensions rather than relying on subjective hunches or a perfunctory succession plan. When a company uses such an approach, the talent-selection process becomes an evaluation of specific evidence. The CFO of a business unit that aims to increase value through a strategy of acquisitions, for example, should have a different background and experience base from the CFO of an organization that aims to increase value through aggressive cost reduction.
Second, the specificity of role requirements for Company X encouraged a more objective view of incumbent managers. Rigorously assessing incumbents against value-linked role requirements typically leads a company to realize that 20 to 30 percent of those in critical roles are not well matched. The data-driven process makes it hard to ignore the uncomfortable realizations that some incumbents might not be up to the future demands of the job and that leaving them in place would put a significant amount of value at risk.
Over time, some organizations come up against a happy problem: unexpected value that was not part of the strategic plan starts emerging. For instance, a product might enjoy a serendipitous viral uptake or a new service might enable the delivery of breakthrough customer experiences that shake up the competitive balance. Fortuitous, big moves such as these, which both reflect and necessitate strategic flexibility, also reinforce the power of linking talent to value (for more on what it takes to make breakout moves, see "Eight shifts that will take your strategy into high gear").
How so? For starters, once a new source of value becomes clear, the company's understanding of its value agenda can shift to mine the potential of this new source—a move accompanied by a corresponding shift in the company's talent priorities. For example, a senior vice president of supply chain might have been reliable for years, but can he or she quickly activate the new set of reliable suppliers needed to get that unexpectedly hot product from R&D into the market as soon as possible? The discipline of understanding the requirements of key roles throughout a company helps give the CEO the agility to respond to such questions with alacrity.
The concept of matching talent to value is often a precursor to breakthroughs. These innovations commonly occur in contexts deliberately set up to enable them. Consider Tesla's effort to create a culture of fast-moving innovation, Apple's obsessive user-experience focus, and Corning's goal of easing "barriers to creativity and serendipitous advances." These cultural priorities are at the core of these companies' value agendas. The roles created to turn such priorities into value are often related to R&D (such as the chief technical officer, chief design officer, and chief technologist) and filled with talented, creative people, such as Apple's Jony Ive, who thrive in the freedom of those particular roles.
The linking-talent-to-value process at Company X did more than just put the best people in critical roles. As the CEO tried to match the company's existing talent to these roles, she and other leaders realized that the company needed to retool its leadership development. Future leaders would have to develop the expertise (such as global line management or cross-functional collaboration) that would be high priorities in the new roles. Furthermore, these new leaders would need the mind-set and determination to accelerate breakthrough innovation. As often happens, the rigorous effort to match talent to value led the company's top executives to a deeper understanding of their business.
Operationalize and mobilize
Linking talent to value is not a process that stops when roles are identified and matched to the appropriate top talent. To garner the expected value, leaders must manage these roles as assiduously as they do capital investments and use real-time critical metrics. An HR-leadership team might meet monthly to identify trends across business units—for example, the lag of certain role-specific KPIs, such as digital fluency. Working alongside business leaders, the team might also assess changes in the performance of individuals in critical roles, asking questions such as, "Is this individual delivering the value expected? What interventions (for instance, coaching or better-aligned incentives) can support this individual?" The leadership team might even meet daily or weekly to manage real-time talent crises, such as a moment when people-analytics software identifies an immediate risk of attrition in a critical role.
Companies must also examine whether the HR team is up to the task of managing talent as rigorously as the finance team deploys financial capital. The following questions can help make this determination:
- Does the HR group have sufficient analytics capability?
- Can the department mine data to hire, develop, and retain the best employees more effectively?
- Do the HR team's business partners consider themselves internal service providers, or are they value coaches ensuring a high return on human-capital investment and driving outcomes for the external customer?
At one company that exemplifies the necessary rigor for matching talent to value, the HR team plans to develop semiautomated data dashboards that track the most important metrics for critical roles. Each critical role will have a customized dashboard to trace progress on relevant operational and financial KPIs (for example, segmented earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) against development activities (for instance, an instructional course). The metrics will tie to back-end organizational data, resulting in a mixture of automated and manual updating. The HR leadership team is learning how to use these dashboards to engage business leaders in regular talent reviews. Such a data-driven and technologically enabled review should ensure that the HR group provides targeted support through value-centered talent management.
Company X's CEO knows that her job is not complete. Talent and overall strategic planning must have a tighter link. Talent evaluation must be constant rather than sporadic. Her organization must learn to flex its new muscle linking talent to value continuously. At her company and every company, the set of critical roles is dynamic rather than a "one and done" process—it must be reevaluated each time strategic imperatives change. Talent management must become a frequent, agile process in which the CEO and executive-leadership team participate as actively as they do in financial-investment decisions. In the survey mentioned earlier of more than 600 respondents, we found that in a majority of companies identified as fast talent allocators, top business leaders met at least quarterly to review talent placement (Exhibit 2).
Even though its talent-to-value effort is a work in progress, Company X is better positioned than ever to achieve aggressive growth aspirations. Its ambitious plans have a much better chance of succeeding now that the company's leaders have done the difficult work of identifying where future value is at risk and mitigating that risk through more value-centric talent management. They are augmenting their strategic vision with a clear understanding of the kinds of leaders they will need to meet their goals. This kind of proactive linkage of talent to value must be the new normal for business leaders.


text:
"I could take out of my life everything except my experiences at St. Andrews and I would still have a rich, full life."
Bobby Jones
$5,999 Per Guest, Double Occupancy
$2,400 Single Occupancy Upgrade
7 Nights, 5 Rounds of Bucket List Golf, Unlimited Lifetime Memories!
Playing the Old Course at St Andrews is a special moment in any golfer's life. Playing the Old Course days after the 150th Open Championship? THAT is truly an unmatched historical moment. Add in bucket list courses such as Carnoustie and Kingsbarns and the newest gem of the links golfing world, Dumbarnie, and you have what many would call THE Bucket List Experience of all time! Don't miss this generational opportunity that promises to be one of the greatest golfing days of your life!
April 23 – 30, 2022
7 Nights of 5-Star Accommodation
5 Rounds of Bucket List Golf
Daily Breakfast
All Ground Transportation
April 23
- Arrival Edinburgh Int'l Airport
- Private Luxury Transfer to St. Andrews
- Check-In: Rusacks Hotel
April 24
- Golf Round #1: Dumbarnie Links – 11:00 AM
April 25
- Golf Round #2: Carnoustie Golf Links – 12:20 PM
April 26
- Golf Round #3: Kingsbarns Golf Links – 8:50 AM
April 27
- Day at Leisure
April 28
- Golf Round #4: St. Andrews – Jubilee Course – 9:36 AM
April 29
- Golf Round #5: St. Andrews – Old Course – 2:00 PM
April 30
- Departure Day, Safe Travels!
Important Experience Information
What airports should I plan to fly in and out of?
You'll want to schedule your flight to arrive in and out of Edinburgh (EDI)
Your first stop on this Experience is St. Andrews and the Old Course Hotel which is about 75 minutes from the airport.
The included airport transfers for this Experience will be from the Edinburgh Airport to the Old Course Hotel, St. Andrews on the April 23, 2022 and from the same hotel to Edinburgh Airport on the April 30, 2022
Please contact the GG Concierge Team if we can be of assistance with arranging alternative airport transportation or assist with booking flights.
What will the weather be like during our stay?
A day in Scotland in April typically sees crisp cool days. The average high temperature dips a few degrees to around 55 Fahrenheit, although in recent years it has also been known to reach as high as 68 Fahrenheit.
What currencies are used in Scotland?
The currency utilized in Scotland is the British Pound. The Pound is currently trading at 1.40 USD to 1.00 GBP.
Will I be able to get cash and use credit cards while in Scotland?
You will find that most major credit cards and debit cards are nearly universally accepted in Scotland. The same is true of Travelers checks, which should be in Pounds to avoid extra exchange rate charges. ATMs are ubiquitous throughout Scotland so you will have easy access to cash. It should be noted that American Express is not as widely accepted in Europe as Visa and MasterCard.
How much cash should I bring?
We recommend bringing minimal US dollars, i.e. $75-100, with you and then accessing the local ATMs upon arriving in Scotland. The ATM will dispense the local currency and your bank will automatically calculate the exchange rate. Your own bank will typically provide the most favorable exchange rate available to you.
How many meals are included?
A full Scottish breakfast will be served every morning. The GG Concierge Team can assist with making any reservations and recommendations for the group for additional meals not included in the Experience.
What is the cancellation policy for this Experience?
All deposits and final payments are non refundable. However, we highly recommend purchasing a travel insurance program through Travel Guard and we will be happy to provide a quote for The Deluxe Travel Policy
This policy will allow you to cancel for a variety of reasons and receive a 50% refund of all fees paid, including airfare. Please contact a GG Concierge if you would like a quote for travel insurance.
What if I want to play additional and optional golf?
There are plenty of championship links courses in and around St. Andrews. If any Guest wants to play additional golf, even at the spur of the moment, a GG Concierge can arrange optional golf for you. Optional golf can be arranged well in advance of your departure as well. Please consult the GG Concierge Team for golf options.
Can I play 36 holes a day if I want to?
Yes, it is absolutely possible. However, depending on the tee time of the first round it would be possible. Please let a member of our Concierge Team know and we will be happy to set up additional tee times for you.
How do I arrange for a caddie and how much do they cost?
The experience that comes from walking the course with a caddie cannot be overstated. The local caddies will not only be more adept at keeping you out of more trouble than a seeing eye dog, they will also regale you with great stories about the history of the areas and the courses. They are without a doubt, some of the best entertainment value you can experience in Scotland
All caddie fees are due at the course on the day of play and each Guest will be responsible for caddie fees and gratuities. Caddie gratuities are payable in cash, preferably in the local currency.
We highly recommend arranging caddies with our Concierge Team prior to your departure to ensure the maximum availability.
Caddies fees range from £40-60 for the base fee plus gratuity. A typical gratuity for good service might be £15-20.
Are golf carts available?
The golf courses in Scotland, for the most part, tend to be shorter and flatter than the courses you're likely used to playing. In other words, they were built for walking.
Some courses have carts, or buggies as they're known in Scotland, but they have a limited number of them and they can be a bit more expensive than what we're used to in America, running £30 or more.
Buggies are not guaranteed to be available due to the limited supply and strict requirements to reserve one; all requests should be made well in advance in order to be able to reserve one.
If you wish to request a cart, please know that a medical certificate may be required. Some courses tend to have a limited number of carts so in order to give you the best chance to reserve one, please provide GG with your cart request at the earliest possible time.
Can I ship my golf clubs?
Yes! We partner with Ship Sticks, the leading club shipping provider for the PGA TOUR, and can easily arrange to have your clubs shipped directly to Scotland prior to your arrival and back home so you can travel with ease and without hassle or worry of your clubs being lost or delayed due to the airlines.
- All Ground Transportation with respect to airport arrivals and departures included are based on the fact that all Guests will arrive into Edinburgh (EDI) and depart from Edinburgh (EDI). Additional charges may be incurred for airport transfers that occur from any other airport
- Caddies and/or carts may be arranged at the request of the Guest, provided such services are available.
- All caddie fees and gratuities and cart fees are the responsibility of the Guest.
- A current handicap certificate from a bona-fide golf club may be required for all Guests who are playing golf during the Experience. Play could be denied if a valid handicap is not presented.
Garmany Golf strongly recommends for your protection that you take out insurance to cover you in case of forced cancellation, loss or damage of luggage, personal injury, accident, illness, or other unforeseen circumstances, none of which Garmany Golf can be liable for.
Garmany Golf is a licensed representative of Travel Guard, the recognized leader of travel insurance options. A Garmany Golf Concierge will be happy to provide a quotation and proposal for a Travel Guard policy as well as facilitate the registration for any Guest.
CANCELLATIONS: Once tee times and accommodations have been booked and confirmed, and the requisite deposits have been placed, there are no refunds of any deposits or final payments made by Guests or the representative club.
Garmany Golf strongly recommends travel insurance to protect any Guest against any unforeseen circumstances that may cause a Guest or club to cancel participation in any Experience.
At the request of a Guest, a GG Concierge will be happy to book any non golfing tour, activity or additional round of golf before or during the Experience. Please be aware that an administrative or booking fee may be added to any such booking. In the event of such a fee, the Guest will be notified in advance of the fee and have the opportunity to decline the booking confirmation.
All Guests agree to provide a valid credit card in advance of the Experience that may be used for payment for any additional tour, activity or additional (non included) round of golf booked during the Experience for the Guest.
GG, as the tour operator, and its selling agents, act only as agents in securing and booking the hotel accommodations and other land tour services provided by others as independent contractors. GG, its selling agents or the specified air carriers assume and accept no liability for injury, loss, damage, accident, delay, changes or inconvenience caused by: any force majeure – health risks – reason of war or threat of war – riots – civil strife – terrorist activity – industrial disputes – acts, omission, neglect, delay or default of any person engaged in providing any tour services including transportation and accommodation – technical problems to transport – closure or congestion of airports or ports – building work – extended hotel closure – cancellations or changes of schedules by airlines – interruption or failure of public utilities outside the control of the hotel and similar events beyond our control, including storms, tempests and hurricanes.
GG is not liable for loss, damage or theft of luggage or personal belongings, for personal injury, accident or illness on any vehicle or at any place throughout the tour. GG reserves the right to cancel an Experience if circumstances so require. In the event of such, GG will make a full refund to travelers of all payments received in respect of the Experience. Such a refund of payments will be the full extent of GG's obligation and liability to travelers. GG is not responsible or liable for any property damage caused by a Guest. The Guest assumes all responsibility for incidental charges, damages and any necessary replacements needed that may have been caused by the Guest's visit.
The Garmany Difference
Can passion be a differentiator? You bet it can! Especially when that passion, to do it better, to go beyond, to exceed expectations, is exercised in the interest of making sure our Guests have the Experience of a lifetime.
We work incredibly hard at building great relationships with every Partner who will play a role in your Experience, whether it be a golf course, a hotel, a ground transportation provider or ANY OTHER critical component in your journey. Those trusted relationships will be a difference maker when you become a Garmany Guest!
Everyone knows that travel and big events are ripe with opportunities for frustrations, of all types and varieties. NO BRAINER. SEAMLESS. EASY. When a Garmany Golf Guest describes the process of creating their Experience, arriving, departing, being at a foreign place and all of the logistics involved, with those words? Well, that's us doing what we do.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
I found it almost fitting that some of the latest negotiations happened on the golf course with the tweeter-in-chief and his close pal and darling of libertarians everywhere, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky). And the American taxpayers paid for all of this fun on the links.
The Republicans are ready to move forward on allowing insurance companies to charge more if you have any health conditions requiring your use of insurance and also if you are older than 50. I expect my premiums to be so much because of both issues that I will be effectively sentenced to death – but by God, my friends, let's tank the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare.
The art of the deal on healthcare is exactly the same as the art of the deal on every other topic in the United States under this regime: Does Trump look good and does he take credit? Is Pence kept sort of "clean" just in case the Donald has to be removed? Do Ryan and McConnell look like they knocked off enough Dems in the process? Are the Koch brothers happy? Do we slap around enough lousy, urban liberal people who failed to vote for Donald? There are absolutely no goals in their top ten that reflect healthcare access or quality.
Follow the money right on over to the death panels, and your next big investment should be in Trump-branded final arrangements like pretty caskets and upscale soirees to say farewell to some of the regime supporters and voters who will, of course, be caught up in the collateral damage. Sadly, we will bury and burn a few folks who were needed in red states too, but the far left ought to be pleased to see some of their weaker links removed in this way too. I have reached out to find out about assisted suicide, and I have already priced what cremation costs. One of my children offered to set up a healthcare guardianship for me, but there really is no need to try to do that. Like so many Americans, my family—even the ones who are doing OK financially—do not need to divert their resources to pay an insurance company to deny most of the care I would need.
Millions of us keep waiting for the uprising on behalf of patients among us who have been stressed and terrified since November 8, 2017. So far, the resistance pushed by most Democrats has not been enough for the Republicans to care. The deal is all that matters. And more specifically, all that really matters to the Republicans led by their standard-bearers Trump and Bannon is making a deal—any deal—no matter what it does to the human beings who are to be most injured. Some Dems have used patients as props to say it's terrible to see what the Rs are doing; some Repubs have used patients to say premiums are too high under the ACA/Obamacare. There are no more patient rescues by groups coming to the defense—the real defense—of patients being harmed. That all died long ago. The money and the political power is all that matter to most in power now.
I will admit that on some days since November 8, 2017, death does not seem like the worst scenario for me, but I expect lots of other people do not agree. Children, moms, dads, neighbors, friends and even many Republican voters will be caught up in this American, Republican culling of the wheat from the chaff.
It would be so revolutionary if we would hear someone—anyone—say it is unacceptable to even discuss any healthcare plan that threatens the lives of this many Americans. Who will filibuster for us? If this were an ISIS attack on this many people, even a threatened ISIS attack, we would be seeing something very different in response from every elected official. Apparently lives are worth less when they are ended through political deal-making.
Here is the deal I will make with all of my elected officials: If you do what you are promising and pass some selfish, greedy Trump deal for healthcare that threatens my life and the lives of so many people, we will bear witness before we die. We will take names. We will know you avoided passing improved Medicare for All—the plan supported by a majority of Americans and the only one that is a centrist solution for this nation. Medicare for All takes a good idea from the right (in private and public delivery of actual care) and a good idea from the left (with a single-pool public insurance model) and blends those into one centrist plan that covers everyone and saves money for individuals, families, business and the government. Centrist. A deal that values every life and values fiscal responsibility. (As an aside, has anyone noted just how much money the insurance industry, big Pharma and other health business interests know they will make under an extension of Medicare to every American? Hmmm. Why not?)
Even those who support Medicare for All legislation in Congress sometimes remain silent. But, and I am sorry, you cannot do that anymore without being complicit in my suffering and death. No political dance will keep you from that. Asking for us to vote for change in 2018 is too late. We are suffering now. We are stressed now. We are in the streets, on the phone and in your offices now. I will not beg you. You are on notice. My life, and the lives of many of your constituents, are at stake. Rise up and demand Medicare for All and see how quickly the country's mood changes. I know I could stop planning for my final days, and perhaps a few political fortunes would be significantly changed. It is my belief that the American people would forever honor those who extended Medicare to everyone.
Link to original article from Common Dreams


text:
Since yesterday's nails were so, well...GREY, I thought today I'd make some colorful ones!! I tried a technique of using a crumpled paper towel to apply the colors other than the base color. I I think (if you squint) it looks sort of like the shadow on the bottom of a pool of the ripples on the surface of the water. Perfect for a day like today, which was absolutely gorgeous. (uncharacteristic for a Vegas summer- it never even hit 90°!)
I used Essie Turquoise & Caicos as a base, with Essie Mint Candy Apple, Essie Bone Chilling White, and Orly Bailamos sponged over it. I also used Orly Bailamos for the 'moon', then edged it with aqua colored crystals. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.
Tonight was the last night of bowling league *sad face*, but here is a picture of my team- we took 10th place (out of 18). GO TEAM (Our name was 'I Can't Believe It's Not Gutter') Gotta love that not just one, but TWO of my other bowling buddies chose ME to give bunny ears. What kind of crap is that?! :-P
Team 'I Can't Believe It's Not Gutter' (Alicia, Bill, Joanna, and Me) |


text:
SyncPlaces, SortPlaces ... preserving these and other excellent Firefox add-ons
A few days ago I was re-installing a laptop of mine. Downloading the default add-ons for Firefox came to a stall as I could not find SyncPlaces, which I've been using for a few years to synchronize my bookmarks between the systems I use. As I knew the author, Andy Halford, has a homepage I surfed there and found...
"So long Mozilla and thanks for all the fish
If you are here looking for any of my extensions (SyncPlaces, SortPlaces, CheckPlaces or SearchPlaces) then I'm sad to inform you that these are no longer available.
Unfortunately I do not have the time or the motivation to continue to support these in light of the close-minded, short-sighted and increasingly inflexible organisation that Mozilla has become. Apparently spending 1000's of hours promoting their products and providing my extensions to the general public to fill the gaps in their product, and repair bookmarks destroyed by Firefox Sync, counts for little and does not deserve any flexibility or support from them. Apparently add-on developers are second-class citizens to them whatever they may say. Surprising given that these are the main USP of Firefox, and developers are providing their time and efforts for free. My decision was taken after a series of problems the last one being the final straw."
Andy Halford, 17.06.12 screenshot
I was unable to find any details what caused this rant and the serious decision to remove his excellent add-ons from the Internet. There are a few discussions on the Mozillazine forums but nothing enlightening so far. Andy's personal homepage, family homepage and the TotalValidator product he and his wife offer are all still online, he just pulled all his popular Firefox add-ons.
Andy states on his homepage
"I will not be answering any further emails on this matter, I suggest that you direct any questions to Mozilla themselves and ask them why they were happier for me to leave than to use a little common sense." [ib.]
I still tried to contact him and asked for an interview but he has not come back to me so far. I've sent a second email with the URL of this blog post.
The SyncPlaces plug-in is still prominently featured on Wikipedia's Comparison of browser synchronizers at press time.
Now this is a mess. With some ungraciously licensed closed source software, you're probably used to plan migrations once license terms run out or you have to upgrade to the much improved successor product because "extended support" for your perfectly fine current version gets ridiculously expensive.
But with open source you have more rights and e.g. the security to use the product as long as you wish. If you have kept a copy of the code (and the license file). Because in this case the Mozilla Firefox installer .xpi's are hard to come by. Mozilla has a centralized add-on repository and once the files are pulled from there, they quickly vanish off the net. Now don't get me wrong, these plug-ins are now unmaintained software, so you will have to migrate at some point in time, but not necessarily now. You have some time for planning and evaluation of alternatives.
Continue reading "SyncPlaces, SortPlaces ... preserving these and other excellent Firefox add-ons"


text:
Global Truck Transportation Market (Post Covid-19) Size & Forecast Analysis till 2029: Global research report on the Truck Transportation market is a product of a brief review and an extensive analysis of the realistic data collected from the Global Truck Transportation Market. The data was gathered based on manufacturing drifts and services & goods linked demands.
Download Free Sample Report PDF @ jcmarketresearch.com/report-details/1116685/sample
Due to the rising partnership activities of key players over the projected period, North America accounted for the xxx million $ share on the Truck Transportation market in 2020
Top Key players included in this Research: C.H. Robinson, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, YRC Freight, Swift Transportation, Landstar, Schneider national, Werner Enterprises, Prime, US Xpress Enterprises, Saia Motor Freight ,
Major Types: Medium-Distance Transport, Long-Distance Transport, Short-Distance Transport
Passenger, Commercial , Present in Truck Transportation Market:
A flawless example of the latest developments and groundbreaking strategic changes allows our clients the opportunity to improve their decision-making skills. Ultimately this helps to work with perfect business solutions and execute innovative implementations. The Global Truck Transportation Market 2020-2029 Report highlights the latest trends, growth, new opportunities and latent tricks.
[We are currently offering Special Discount because of Covid-19 please share you budget so we can help you to deliver our service]
In addition to the related statistics, the larger part of the data obtained is presented in graphical form. The global Market Study Truck Transportation shows in detail the working of key market players, manufacturers, and distributors. The study also outlines the restrictions and factors influencing the global demand for Global Truck Transportation Market.
Special Discount on Immediate Purchase @ jcmarketresearch.com/report-details/1116685/discount
Commonly Asked Questions:
- At what rate is the Truck Transportation market projected to grow?
The year-over-year growth for 2020 is estimated at XX% and the incremental growth of the market is anticipated to be $xxx million.
- Who are the top players in the Truck Transportation market?
C.H. Robinson, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, YRC Freight, Swift Transportation, Landstar, Schneider national, Werner Enterprises, Prime, US Xpress Enterprises, Saia Motor Freight ,
- What are the key market drivers and challenges?
The demand for strengthening ASW capabilities is one of the major factors driving the market.
- How big is the North America market?
The North America region will contribute XX% of the market share
Check feasibility and Get Customized Report @: jcmarketresearch.com/report-details/1116685/enquiry
This helps to understand the overall market and to recognize the growth opportunities in the global Truck Transportation Market. The report also includes a detailed profile and information of all the major market players currently active in the global Truck Transportation Market. The companies covered in the report can be evaluated on the basis of their latest developments, financial and business overview, product portfolio, key trends in the Truck Transportation market, long-term and short-term business strategies by the companies in order to stay competitive in the market.
Regions & Countries Mentioned in The Truck Transportation Market Report:
• North America: United States, Canada, and Mexico.
• South & Central America: Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.
• Middle East & Africa: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Egypt and South Africa.
• Europe: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Russia.
• Asia-Pacific: India, China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia.
The report analyses various critical constraints, such as item price, production capacity, profit & loss statistics, and global market-influencing transportation & delivery channels. It also includes examining such important elements such as market demands, trends, and product developments, various organizations, and global market effect processes.
Buy Full Copy Global Truck Transportation Report @ jcmarketresearch.com/checkout/1116685
A methodically organized Market Analysis study Truck Transportation is based on the primary and secondary tools. It illustrates the data gathered in a more communicative and descriptive manner encouraging the consumer to develop a well-structured strategy to grow and improve their companies in the expected time.
About Author:
JCMR global research and market intelligence consulting organization is uniquely positioned to not only identify growth opportunities but to also empower and inspire you to create visionary growth strategies for futures, enabled by our extraordinary depth and breadth of thought leadership, research, tools, events and experience that assist you for making goals into a reality. Our understanding of the interplay between industry convergence, Mega Trends, technologies and market trends provides our clients with new business models and expansion opportunities. We are focused on identifying the "Accurate Forecast" in every industry we cover so our clients can reap the benefits of being early market entrants and can accomplish their "Goals & Objectives".
Contact Us: https://jcmarketresearch.com/contact-us
Mark Baxter (Head of Business Development)
Phone: +1 (925) 478-7203
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Connect with us at – LinkedIn
Credit: Source link


text: Is a herniated disc the same as a bulging disc or ruptured disc or slipped disc? The terms slipped disc, herniated disc, bulging disc, ruptured disc are all commonly used terms to refer to a condition in which the inner part of the intervertebral disc called the nucleus pulposus pushes through the outer containing fibers of the disc called the anulus fibrosus. This bulging of the inner nucleus into the anulus fibrosus can take two forms. If the nucleus is held within the anulus fibrosus, the process is termed a contained disc, and sometimes referred to as a disc protrusion or herniation. If the anulus fibrosus tears and allows the inner nucleus pulposus to escape through the anlus fibrosus it is called a non-contained disc herniation and often called a ruptured or fragmented disc. Whether the disc is contained or non-contained, it is possible that the disc can press on a nerve with sufficient pressure to mechanically irritate a nerve to cause back, neck, arm or arm pain, or in the case of the non-contained disc to chemically irritate the nerve by chemical reaction of the free nucleus pulposus material contacting the nerve. Contact Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation for a thorough examination of your pain due to a bulging disc and a treatment plan to relieve it.« View All FAQs"This information and website content is not intended to diagnose, guarantee results, or recommend specific treatment or activity. It is designed to educate and inform only. Please consult your physician for a thorough examination leading to a diagnosis and well-planned treatment strategy. See more details on the DISCLAIMER page. Content is reviewed by Dr. James M. Cox I."


text:
Ground Floor! Seconds to Beach! ks b1b – Sullivan
Enjoy snorkeling with the sea turtles, humpback whale watching in the winter or gazing at rainbows, this property is perfect for it all! The Kahana Sunset sits on Keonenui Bay and feels as though it has its own private beach. Conveniently located…
1 Bedroom(s) | 1 Bathroom(s) | Sleeps 4
Resort: Kahana Sunset | Type: Condo
Air Conditioning | Lanai/Patio | Pool
Enjoy snorkeling with the sea turtles, humpback whale watching in the winter or gazing at rainbows, this property is perfect for it all! The Kahana Sunset sits on Keonenui Bay and feels as though it has its own private beach. Conveniently located minutes from world-renowned golf courses at Kapalua and Kaanapali, and steps from shops, markets and restaurants in Napili, this property is also just a few miles away from the excitement of Kaanapali Resort. This unit proudly features:
• 1 BD / 1 BA (king- master and living room sofa sleeper)
• Air-conditioning (Individual AC units are on timers for up to 6 hour increments)
• Ocean Views from the lanai
• Fully Equipped Kitchen
• Washer/Dryer
• WIFI in the condo
• Spacious with 700 sq.ft of living space
• One level (must use stairs to access front door)
• Sandy beach with easy access
Unit B1B has been completely remodeled to include new appliances and every amenity you could ask for. The kitchen includes a spacious 12 foot granite counter top with seating and views of the pool from outside our family room complete with a flat screen TV and DVD player. There is also an additional stone patio outside the master bedroom that provides more outside living space to relax and enjoy the beautiful tropical gardens of the property and breathe in the ocean breeze.
Your condominium will be supplied with beach towels. It will not however be stocked with beach equipment. Too often items break or go missing and it is not feasible to track and replace the items. Sullivan Properties, Inc firmly believes in recycling & lowering the carbon footprint we leave on this planet! If items are purchased or acquired by guests and are still in good condition, we are happy to leave them in the unit for others to enjoy. If they are extremely dirty or broken, we must toss them out. There are places nearby that rent beach amenities – your property might also have an onsite rental shack. Most of the rental places nearby offer daily or weekly rates. Please note, we are not endorsing these companies simply providing the more popular options in the area : Snorkel Bobs in the Kahana Gateway Center, Boss Frogs in the Napili Plaza and Boss Frogs in Kahana Manor. Maui on the Fly for baby equipment rentals – this includes baby beach toys and other beach necessities for children. For more details and information check them out on the web!
This resort's prime location on the beach in Kahana is perfect. With no neighboring resorts, you truly have the ability to relax and unwind. Onsite amenities include free parking, swimming pool, beach and barbecue grills. The resort is within a 10-minute drive of 3 championship golf courses which are open to the public, beaches, nightlife and even free hula shows. Kahana Sunset is ideal to help create your flawless Maui vacation. Whether you're looking for a relaxing vacation or fun-filled getaway, we can help book your activities or simply provide the perfect quiet and quaint spot to rejuvenate. Watch the whales, listen to the surf hitting the shore, and enjoy front row seats to spectacular sunsets with colors that change second-by-second, all while relaxing with your favorite beverage either on the beach or sitting on your own private lanai.
Plenty of fine dining and family-friendly restaurants are within a mile of Kahana Sunset. If you prefer a stay-at-home meal, BBQ right on onsite or enjoy our fully-equipped kitchen with all the amenities right at your fingertips. For convenience, there is a Napili Market, a grocery store that is about ¼ mile away. Also located at the Napili Plaza are retail shops and a few eateries including Mama's Ribs &Rotisserie, A'a Roots, Joey's, Fond a Neighborhood Eatery and Maui Tacos. Kitchen 5315 and the Gazebo restaurant are located at the Napili Shores resort. Just on the opposite side of Napili Bay enjoy the Seahouse restaurant which is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hawaii tax TA-212-432-3328-01
Did you receive your Resort Condominium Key code or Understand your Check-in Procedure upon making your final payment? If not, please reach out or we will a few days prior to your arrival. Did you know we have an App?! For your convenience as a guest or visitor to West Maui, we have built the "Sullivan Properties" App to make your arrival that much easier. It can be downloaded on any smart phone, tablet, and/or computer. Simply go to your App Store on your device and do a search for "Hospitality by Glad To Have You". As a registered guest with SPI you will be able to check-in to your reservation and see many helpful things concerning the condo you booked including the entry door code, gate codes, parking instructions etc. This App can also be shared with other travelers in your party. It is a resource for information on restaurants, points of interest, maps, our other rental properties and much more! It is a wonderful tool for you to use while on vacation with SPI.
CANCELLATION POLICY You can cancel your stay up until 60 days prior to your arrival. Should you choose to cancel, you will receive a refund of the monies collected for your reservation less our Administration fee. Sullivan Properties Administration Fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. There will be no refunds within the 60 day days prior to your arrival. We do advise you to purchase travel insurance that we offer through Generali Global Assistance. (Effective for Bookings made on or after November 4, 2020)
The Damage Waiver is a fee added to the reservation total. When an issue is reported immediately, it covers the registered guest against any accidental damage to the unit or its contents for an amount not to exceed $1500.00. The Damage Waiver gives our guests a complete and total peace of mind by knowing "When accidents happen…You are covered!"
Terms and Conditions:
Coverage includes accidental damages only. Damage caused by acts of violence or malicious acts will not be covered.
Damage is limited to the rental unit you are occupying under the terms of your confirmation and does not cover any other structure.
- Coverage includes the interior of the unit including furnishings, appliances and other fixtures.
- Coverage includes limited damage to the exterior including porches.
- Guest's personal items such as luggage, clothing, electronics or any other items that are not a part of the rental property are not covered under this coverage.
- Vehicles of any kind are not covered.
- Damage must be reported to the office immediately for coverage to be in effect.
- Acts of God are not covered.
- Damage plan does not cover loss of use of the property.
- Guest is responsible for charges over and above $1,500.
BOOKING DEPOSIT & FULL PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS We require a 25% deposit of your total, upon booking your reservation. Final payment is due 60 days before your arrival date. We process credit cards on due dates unless otherwise instructed.
RATES, TAXES, CHECK-OUT CLEAN CHARGE & REGISTER OR MISC. FEES Descriptions and rates are subject to change without notice. State of Hawaii Transient Accommodations Tax (10.25%) and General Excise Tax (4.166%) are charged on each reservation. Rates do not include daily housekeeping service. Daily Housekeeping service is available at additional cost. Homeowner Association check-in fees, local telephone charges, parking fees or Resort fees may apply. Rates are subject to change without notice. Rates will vary based on the condo location, the condo size and the time of year.
CHECK-IN PROCEDURES Please phone us if you do not understand your condo entry procedure or keying instructions! Check-in time is after 3:00 PM. The guest may go straight to the condo on/or after the designated check-in time. Check-out time is at 11:00 AM. You may need to rent another day for Departing Red Eye Flights! Sullivan Properties will provide a condominium lock box code or other arrival entry instruction after we receive your final reservation payment for rentals. You may go directly to your unit when you arrive on Maui if you have your entry door key codes or lock box instruction. Call 800-326-9874 for check-in clarification if needed. We will leave a Parking Permit inside most condos. The front desk or on-site manager at Sands of Kahana and The Whaler will give you a Parking Permit or charge you for a Parking Permit. This is important, as they will tow your auto off property and charge you a fee without a Parking Permit. The Whaler on Kaanapali Beach and Sands of Kahana: Please check in at the front desk on arrival. The Whaler charges a separate daily resort/parking fee upon your arrival. Other property register fees were posted to your account in advance. Note: Sands of Kahana only allows local calls. We suggest you bring your cellular phones or phone cards for all properties for making long distance calls. The Kapalua Bay Villas, most of The Kapalua Golf Villas, The Mahana & Kahana Sunset now use a numeric entry door code. Call us if you have not received your entry door code. All Codes/ Fees are Subject to change!
EARLY ARRIVAL or LATE CHECK OUT If you arrive early and want to check in to your condo prior to 3pm there is $50.00 early arrival fee. Late check outs, if available, are as follows: Anytime until 3:00 pm is $150. If you wish to stay past 3:00 pm, it is a full day rent plus taxes. These services are based on space available.
WARNING!!! HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATIONS DO NOT GIVE CONSTRUCTION NOTICES ANYMORE! If you would like an update on these notices please check in with the on-site homeowner's association office during normal working hours to inquire about this information. They can also offer the current house rules, pool rules, schedule for pest control, crime security alerts, construction or other property activity schedules and or permits that are required by the on-site Homeowners Association office. Property Amenities may change without notice!
HOUSEKEEPING SERVICE No daily housekeeping service is included in your rental rate. Housekeeping services are available at additional cost. Your condo will be cleaned and ready before your arrival. If you are not satisfied with the condition upon check-in, please reach out to our office immediately ad SPI will dispatch a housekeeping representative. We ask that you leave the property in the order that you found it; this includes the placement of the interior and exterior furniture.
SUPPLIES All properties are equipped with minimal starter supplies such as toilet paper, paper towels, soap, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, laundry detergent, dishwasher soap and a trash bag. Guests are to replenish the starter supplies at their own cost as needed in addition to personal items and cleaning supplies needed for their rental period. All linens and towels are provided by Sullivan Properties, INc and are included in the reservation cost. This includes one set of towels per number of people the condo sleeps and one set of sheets for the sofa sleeper. All beds will be made with the exception of the sofa sleeper. Kitchen linens include 2 dish towels and 2 dish cloths.
AIR CONDITIONING Air conditioning is only available at The Whaler, The Kapalua Golf Villas & the Mahana Resort. There are a few A/C exceptions at other properties, so please call us if you need air conditioning prior to making your reservation or use the advanced search on our website to filter AC condos only.
INTERNET ACCESS AND MISC High-Speed Internet with Wi-Fi connection is Free and available Free in all condos. Most condominiums have washer & dryers inside the units. The exceptions are Napili Bay, The Whaler and Kuleana properties, where there are laundry facilities on site.
SMOKING We ask that if you smoke, please do so outdoors as smoking is not permitted in any of our rental accommodations or on the lanais. The State of Hawaii has outlawed smoking within 25 feet of a public common element or public entry way.
OCCUPANCY Studios: 2 persons, One-Bedroom units: 2 – 4 persons, Two Bedroom units: 4 – 6 persons, 3 Bedroom units: 6 – 8 persons. Some restrictions may apply. (Note: We do not recommend sofa bed usage for adults!)
ROOM ASSIGNMENTS Sullivan Properties acts as the rental agent for the individual condominium owners and we cannot completely control rental availability. Problems rarely occur but should such a situation arise whereby the condominium becomes unavailable; we reserve the right to substitute an alternate condominium property up to and including the day of arrival. All reservations are subject to cancellation or change for reasons including but not limited to, labor strikes, acts of God, failure of guests to vacate as scheduled, mis-interpreted communications, sale of unit or change of management companies.
OFFICE HOURS M-F 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Saturday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM and Sunday 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM (Hawaii Time Zone) Office 808-669-0423 Toll Free 800-326-9874 Fax 808-669-8409 – Emergency Call 911 – After Hours 1-808-669-0423 for On-Duty Staff Cellular Numbers: 808-870-6431 or 808-283-4695 for lock outs / plumbing problems. However; for General Repairs & Housekeeping, Please Phone our Office the next day. Disaster Preparedness The phone book in the condo will have disaster preparedness instructions. The AOAO on-site staff will have disaster instructions related to their property. You can also call Civil Defense at local number 808-986-1200 or telephone Sullivan Properties 808-669-0423 for assistance. Here is a link to the county disaster preparedness website for emergency (ex. Hurricane season from June 1st- November 30th: https://www.mauicounty.gov/AlertCenter.aspx?CID=Emergency-Civil-Defense-Notifications-1. This is a link to the National Weather Service:https://www.weather.gov/hfo/.
02/25/2021 11:37 am


text:
Beauty spots: from facial flaws to fashion statements
Social life & customs, Such was life, Theatre:
Under the eye or the corner of the mouth? Does the position of your beauty spot mean you are a flirt, engaged or just cheeky? Stars, pigs and horses; from the eighteenth century onward, the beauty spot has an alluring past.


text:
Minikane gordis maxou outfit in little chick
Couldn't load pickup availability
Minikane makes fashionable, exclusive accessories for your Paola Reina dolls. Each item is lovingly made in France. Paola Reina and Minikane know that at the heart of a good doll is a whole world of imaginative play possibilities. They strive to evoke emotions, feelings, and magical moments from every item they make.
- made in France
- 100% cotton
- fits all 34cm Paola Reina Gordis dolls
- exclusive accessories for Paola Reina dolls
Playing with dolls is a wonderful way for your child to get to understand their emotions and provides an outlet to safely express their own feelings. Watch as your young ones build on their emotional intelligence as they navigate how to interact with others around them, and how to nurture and care for their special playtime pals. We especially love Paola Reina dolls for their realistic baby bodies as a great teaching tool for anatomical questions that pop up as your kiddos grow. A toy with incredible play value, dolls not only provide much needed comfort, they also open up a world of elaborate play scenarios and even help with language development.
We offer free shipping to North American addresses with any order over $150! For orders under $150 we charge a flat rate of $11.99.
We love our toys and want you to love them too! Your satisfaction is our top priority. If for any reason, you are not pleased with your purchase, we will gladly accept a return within 45 days of purchase.


text:
$16.99 Add to cart
Directed by David Greene
Starring: Michael York, Jeremy Kemp, Susan George, Jack Watson
Genres: Counter-culture, Crime, Drama, Pop Art, Cops, Based On Book, British
106 minutes | Full Screen | Color | English
The Strange Affair is a fragmentary "60's" interpretation of a straightforward Bernard Toms novel. Michael York plays a rookie London policeman, appalled at the corruption surrounding him. He does not find comfort in the fact that his own superior (Jeremy Kemp) is just as crooked as the crooks. Susan George plays a "mod" girl with whom York conducts the strange affair. Like many British films of its period, it is a wonderful representation of London in the sixties with pop-art imagery and a wonderful settings.


text:
Customer Care
At AR Speakers, we strive to provide you with the best customer service possible. To better assist you, we have provided fast answers to common questions and concerns. You should find everything right here to get the answers you need.
ShopVOXX is the official shopping cart for VOXX international and its family of brands including; Acoustic Research, RCA, Terk, Prestige, Pursuit, Code Alarm and Omega.
Once you place an order with us, you will receive email notifications for your order from ShopVOXX.
Utilize the left navigation bar to access answers to your questions quickly.
How can we help you today?


text:
CAN-Cy Project – Kyriaki – Idea 1 – Domestic Violence videos is available for viewing above. Thanks for visiting Arvin Calica Abusive Husband videos. Below you will see a video about CAN-Cy Project – Kyriaki – Idea 1 – Domestic Violence which is originally broadcasted on youtube and might still be available for viewing .
Please note that CAN-Cy Project – Kyriaki – Idea 1 – Domestic Violence is no-way own by this site or Arvin Calica Abusive Husband page. But from the original author which could be found on the video itself or by clicking on the youtube logo for more info and main source of the video in play.
Feel free to visit our Domestic Violence Victims and Survivors videos section for more educational videos or other related videos.
- The term " intimate domestic violence" includes the following acts as foisted or caused by a current or former intimate mate
- Actual or risks of physical violence
- Factual or dangers of sexual violence
Emotional or cerebral abuse (e.g., name calling or putdowns, dangers to " out" a person's sexual aspect to family, work or pals)
- Stalking (e.g., extreme calls/ textbooks/ emails, watching day-to-day activities, using technology to track a person's place)
- Financial abuse (e.g., withholding cash, ruining credit, stopping a mate from getting or keeping a job) dangers to " out" a person's sexual exposure to family, work or community members
Information about this Video CAN-Cy Project – Kyriaki – Idea 1 – Domestic Violence on Domestic Violence will be display below.
Don't forget to visit the source of this video for more information about it's content and actors behind it. Say no to Domestic Violence and no to Abusive husband which is not good for society or children to witness at home or anywhere .
Below you'll see information about this CAN-Cy Project – Kyriaki – Idea 1 – Domestic Violence film and content you were currently viewing or plan to..
Below you will finid the hash tag for this post
#CANCy #Project #Kyriaki #Idea #Domestic #Violence
Keywords used to find this video
domestic violence
Video Duration:
Intimate spouses can include
Current or former spouses
men or women
Dating significant others
Sexual spouses
Domestic violence can happen in heterosexual and same- sex unions .
If you know or see Arvin Calica known as AJ abusive husband, Let him know putting a hand on a women is not acceptable nor tolarated . No women should go through this ordeal and hopefully this video CAN-Cy Project – Kyriaki – Idea 1 – Domestic Violence will give you a bit of Domestic Violence effects everyone . Especially those around the abusive partners and family .
Regulation requirement and casualty advocates have long mourned the absence of a solid framework to tracks aggressive behavior at home episodes and assurance orders to permit courts and regulation implementation to settle on more educated choices while interfacing with supposed victimizers.
The past adaptation of the data set, was not lined up with the framework regulation requirement utilized, so making various reports was awkward and tedious for officials. The framework likewise didn't consider a similar degree of detail as the new form, which was made by similar designers as the "eCrash System" framework that officials use for mishap reports.
The new data set is " an easy to use framework that will advance precise, secure, readable, and rapidly available abusive behavior at home reports," Fitch said in an articulation. "We have made it as simple as conceivable to get the data they need when (policemen) show up on-scene and to safeguard casualties all through the cycle."
Main Source and Information could be found
source about this video.
STOP Domestic Violence , Say no to it and Seek help.
No one should go through any type of physical or mental abuse in a relationship with their other half or family members, It's never good for any kids and or anyone to witness this type of behavior or tolerated in society . If you know someone in need of help , get help for them before it's too late.
Schema information about this post and or person this post is about could be found below.
Arvin Calica a Abusive husband that loves to hit his wive. Stop domestic violence in family home. No children should suffer from Domestic Violence at home.
Emotional abuse consists of undermining someone's sense of mental state via consistent grievance; belittling one's abilities; call-calling or other verbal abuse; detrimental a companion's dating with the kids; or now not letting a accomplice see friends and circle of relatives. you may be in an emotionally abusive relationship if your companion:
Calls you names, insults you, or constantly criticizes you.
Does not accept as true with you and acts in a jealous or possessive way.
Ttries to isolate you from family or pals.
monitors in which you move, whom you call, and with whom you spend your time.
Does no longer want you to paintings.
Controls finances or refuses to proportion cash.
Punishes you with the aid of withholding affection.
Expect you to ask permission.
Threatens to hurt you, the kids, your own family, or your pets.
Humiliates you in any manner.


text:
Help in Loading PanosThe panographic images in the tour require some features to be installed in your browser to work correctly. If you are having problems viewing the images please try the following: On most browsers, pressing the Shift key while the cursor is on a pano image will zoom in, Ctrl or Option key will zoom out.
1- Update your browser to a recent version.
2- Modern versions of Apple Safari, Firefox, Microsoft Explorer and Google Chrome all should work using HTML 5 (no Adobe Flash needed.)
3- To skip our checking for the various versions of HTML 5 and Flash, you can tell the tour software what size and type of image display software you want to use:
hd (High Definition, 1000 pixel wide. HTML 5 or Flash) 4- The tour uses a cookie named "pano" to remember what type of image you have chosen. If the image size seems to changes each time you enter the tour make sure you have cookies enabled in your browser.
5- Firefox 6 has a blacklist of video drivers that it does not think will work with HTML 5 and OpengGL. For example, VMware Fusion 3.1.3 or Parallels 7 video drivers which actually do work. To turn off checking the blacklist, first, in Firefox 6.0 open: 6- If nothing else works, please email us.


text:
On this date in 1922, James Mahoney hanged in Washington's Walla Walla penitentiary for one of Seattle's most notorious crimes.
Two years prior, a 36-year-old Mahoney had been released from that same prison after serving time for assault and robbery, then moved into a Seattle boarding house with his mother and sister.
He soon struck up a romantic involvement with the house's owner, Kate Mooers. She was 68 years young, but James Mahoney was broad-minded enough to admire her wealth.
On April 16, 1921, the night the two lovebirds were supposed to hop a train for their honeymoon in Minnesota, James Mahoney hired a company to move a steamer trunk to Lake Union, and load it into a rowboat. Kate Mooers was never seen again, but Mahoney resurfaced in Seattle ten days later claiming that she'd decided to extend her honeymoon with a long jaunt to Havana, Cuba. In the meantime, well, hubby would be looking after her affairs.
Alerted to the suspicious events by Mooers's nieces, police kept Mahoney under surveillance for three weeks as he gobbled up his wife's assets. He was finally arrested before he could skip town, but only on charges of forging documents during his embezzlement binge. For harder charges to stick, Kate Mooers had to be located.
According to a HistoryLink.org profile,
Captain [Charles] Tennant had a theory and ordered divers to begin searching the bottom of the northeast end of Lake Union near the University Bridge for a steamer trunk. Finally, having survived 11 weeks of criticism, the police found the trunk containing Kate Mahoney's body. It bobbed to the surface on August 8, 1921, almost exactly where Captain Tennant said it would be. The autopsy revealed that Kate had been poisoned with 30 grains of morphine, stuffed in the trunk, then had her skull smashed with a heavy blunt instrument. Two days later, Jim Mahoney was charged with premeditated murder.
Resigned to his fate as his appeals dwindled away, Mahoney was reported to be in excellent spirits in his last days. He also made a written confession on the eve of his execution, forestalling his sister's desperate attempt to claim the murder as her own in order to stay the hangman's hand. (The sister still caught a jail term for forging Kate's signatures.)
Now you must be brave and forget me. My whole life has been a torture to those who love me, and even as a little boy I used to dream of dying this way, and my dream has at last come true.
… If my soul can do you any good in the next world I will always be watching over you. Good-bye and God bless you all.
On this day..
- 1892: Jozef Lippens and Henri De Bruyne, Congo Free State hostages
- 1958: Istvan Angyal, Hungarian revolutionary
- 1671: Hans Erasmus, Count of Tattenbach
- 1944: Charlie Kerins, IRA Chief of Staff
- 1848: James Langford, violent drunk
- 1865: The Jacksonville Mutineers
- 1868: Sam Dugan lynched in Denver
- 2010: Shahla Jahed, the footballer's lover
- 1327: Adso's lover in The Name of the Rose
- 1945: Anton Dostler, gone commando
- 1842: Philip Spencer, Samuel Cromwell and Elisha Small, on the ship yardarm
- 1581: Edmund Campion, Ralph Sherwin and Alexander Briant


text:
Welcome To Our New Website! We're Proud To Serve Houston with Krav Maga!
At Level 6 Krav Maga, we are working hard to go above and beyond for every person who walks through our doors. And you could be next!
We are offering Houston a hands-on approach to Krav Maga. And you don't need any prior experience to succeed!
Come visit us at Level 6 Krav Maga and see for yourself what makes us the best Krav Maga facility in town.
Just fill out the "Request Information" form on the side of the page and stop in for a visit today!
And don't forget to click below to visit us on our social media pages!!


text:
Rich Text Examples
Qt provides powerful document-oriented rich text engine that supports Unicode and right-to-left scripts. Documents can be manipulated using a cursor-based API, and their contents can be imported and exported as both HTML and in a custom XML format.
The Order Form example shows how to generate rich text documents by combining a simple template with data input by the user in a dialog. | |
The Syntax Highlighter example shows how to perform simple syntax highlighting. |
© 2024 The Qt Company Ltd. Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of their respective owners. The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software Foundation. Qt and respective logos are trademarks of The Qt Company Ltd. in Finland and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.


text:
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Day #7
I got there right on time, so naturally my flight was delayed for an hour.
After boarding, the plane did the runway shuffle for another 90 minutes. Upon completing our fifth circle of the airport, awaiting take-off clearance, the little girl sitting next to me turned to her mother and said, "Maybe the plane hasn't learned how to fly yet."
From hotel to hotel, the trip took nine hours. Next time I'll drive.
Of course, my publisher put me up in another nice hotel--The Hotel Monoco. Not quite as posh as Le Meridien of Beverly Hills where I stayed yesterday, but I'd be a fool to complain. I just wish I had time to enjoy these hotels...
The drive-by report:
Bookstore at LAX, signed three paperbacks.
Bookstore at San Francisco airport, signed and sold one paperback.
Borders on 3rd, signed 2 hardcovers, 5 paperbacks.
Barnes & Noble on Taylore, signed 2 hardcovers, 3 paperbacks.
Borders on Post, signed 5 hardcovers, 7 paperbacks.
San Francisco Mystery Bookstore, signed 3 hardcovers, 6 paperbacks.
A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books, signed 1 hardcover, 3 paperbacks.
My event was at M is for Mystery in San Mateo. I'd never been there before, but I met the lovely Ed Kaufman last year at the cocktail party Hyperion threw for Whiskey Sour's release.
Great store. And Ed's a great guy.
A handful of people showed up, and we formed a circle with our chairs and I spoke for an hour about my books, and publishing in general. The majority of them were writers, which makes me believe that my website and my blog are being read.
It also makes me proud to be a part of this business. I try to help writers, and in turn they come to my signings and help me by buying my books.
After signing a stack of 25 hardcovers and a few paperbacks, I promised Ed I'd drop by his booth at the 10th Annual Books by the Bay Festival tomorrow. Then the writers (Tammy Durston, Susan Tunis, and Ronald Cree) took me out for beer and food.
Ronald Cree just sold his first novel, a YA mystery called Desert Blood 10pm/9C and he's got the right attitude for the task ahead---work your butt off and make money for your publisher. I think he'll do fine. It's coming out in February and he's already planning for publicity and touring. Corner him at Bouchercon and say hello.
And as promised, here are more self-promoters that I admire:
David Ellis. Dave didn't tour for his latest book. Instead, he wrote 200 letters to reviewers and sent them out along with ARCs. It took a lot of work and research, but it paid off. Reviewers are flooded with books sent by publishers, but a major release sent by the author, complete with a personal, signed letter, got Dave noticed. In The Company of Liars had more reviews, and as a result higher sales, than his previous three novels. And the reviewers will remember him for his next novel.
Of course, it didn't hurt that the book (written entirely in reverse chronological order) is fabulous.
Dave has also revamped his website, and it's full of information and a lot of fun to surf.
PJ Parrish. Kristy and Kelly Montee write the Louis Kincaid series under the name PJ Parrish, and they do a lot of self-promotion. They tour. They attend conventions. They help run Sleuthfest, which is Florida's biggest mystery conference. And now, they also blog.
Drop by http://pjparrish.blogspot.com.
TOUR UPDATE-- I've visited 70 stores so far. Will I break 100 with only 4 days left in the tour?
You can check my progress in tomorrow's episode...
2 comments:
- Lee Goldberg said...
Since 9/11, it makes no sense to fly anywhere within five or six hours of L.A. Between parking, security, the flight, baggage claim, getting the rental car... well, it's faster, more convenient, and a lot more restful to drive. In fact, the LA Times this year did an experiment... two reporters raced to see who could get to the St. Francis Hotel in Union Sqaure for drinks first. They both left L.A. at the same time...one flew, one drove. They got there within five minutes of each other. And the one who drove was much more relaxed.
I go to SF and Las Vegas several times a year and I almost never fly.
On a different note, I'm curious --how many books do you think you've signed, hardcover and paperback, in your driveby signings. Do you really think it's worth the time and effort to sign, say, 3 hardcovers and five paperbacks at a B&N? Up until now, I've been like you, hitting as many stores in as many places as I can, but I've begun to wonder if it makes a difference and whether there are better uses of my time and promotional dollars. - 6:27 PM
- David J. Montgomery said...
You silly Midwesterner, Joe...trying to fly around California. Now you know why we are all wedded to our cars.
I've been an East Coaster for 3 years now, but I doubt I'll ever make that shift in mindset. - 9:22 PM


text:
303 Fantasy Harbour Blvd. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29579 United States Get Directions
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Minimum check-in Age: 21
Email: email@example.com
Contact Front Desk: 1-843-9034000
Enjoy the convenient location to all of the best attractions of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at the Staybridge Suites® Myrtle Beach-Fantasy Harbour hotel.
Guests are within reach of everything this popular resort town has to offer and just a short distance from the airport.
Your accommodations are in the center of it all. You'll love enjoying our complimentary, hot breakfast before strolling along the Boardwalk while shopping for souvenirs. Minutes from the hotel's site, Myrtle Beach offers surfing and swimming opportunities along with excellent sunbathing and picnic spots. After a long day in the sun, you can return to the hotel's welcoming suites.
Myrtle Beach is teeming with business and corporate travelers enjoy amenities that ensure convenience. Free wired and wireless Internet access and a 24-hour Business Center help you stay productive. The convention center and universities like Coastal Carolina University are a short drive away.
When you're looking for Myrtle Beach accommodations, look no further than this well-equipped hotel. The refreshing outdoor pool and well-equipped Fitness Center are some of the extras that help make your stay more memorable. Be sure to stop by the Pantry for snacks before heading down to the sports court, outdoor pool and courtyard. We invite you to "Get Comfortable" and call this hotel home on your next beach visit.
Whether you are staying for a short trip or an extended stay, our spacious suites are designed so you can flex from productivity to relaxation.
Whether you are staying for a short trip or an extended stay, our spacious suites are designed so you can flex from productivity to relaxation.


text:
Dr Who Figure Cyber Scout Magazine #159
- Regular price
- £7.99
- Regular price
- Sale price
- £7.99
- Unit price
- per
Vendor : Eaglemoss
Product Type :
Sku : WHOUK159M-Z81
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the flash drop nature of our website, unless otherwise stated all orders can take up to 14 working days to dispatch.
Please Note: Discount's on Orders cannot be added retrospectively.
If an order containing a discount code is cancelled, we cannot reactivate that code.
Add to cart
Sold out
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.


text:
Cost: 6 week course $110
Homework: Please read our Student Notebook before class.
How to register
Please download and print our registration form, fill it out and send it in with a check.
Delilah is an internationally acclaimed belly dance performer and instructor. She was the first dancer to receive the Dancer of the Year Award from the International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance in Hollywood, California 1997. Delilah grew up in Southern California, learning the dance form as it was passed on and popularized in this country by first and second generation immigrants from Lebanon, Armenia, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Morocco and Greece. Her years of devoted study and practice have led her to become one of the foremost teachers and innovators in the field of bellydance today. More >>


text:
Jump Rope, Rainbow Dyed with Hand-Spliced Handles, Sizes 6.5, 7, 8 and 9 feet
Jump Ropes
We're sorry, at this this time this product is unavailable.
Jump Rope, Hand-Spliced & Dyed, Rainbow
We at Jupiter's Child believe that childhood should be a lot of fun. That's why we decided to create what might possibly be the Ultimate Jump Rope. None of that plastic-y, beady stuff. Our ropes are 100% cotton, hand-spliced and lovingly hand-dyed by us. This particular jump rope is dyed in a bright rainbow of colors.
Jump ropes sizes are approximate and feature strong, intricately knotted handles.
7 foot Ropes - appropriate for individual jumpers between 4'4"and 4'9" tall
8 foot Ropes - appropriate for individual jumpers between 4'9" and 5'3" tall
9 foot Ropes - appropriate for individual jumpers between 5'4" and 5'8" tall
We use safe, water-based procion dyes that will not fade or run. If desired, you can wash them in the washing machine and hang them up to dry. They are practically indestructible.
These are the ropes that have been used on Waldorf School playgrounds for many years. Running, skipping, jumping rope and balancing allow the child to develop the physical coordination and control needed to perform the more complicated and challenging skills involved in reading and writing. But don't tell your children. We'd hate to spoil their fun.
Customer comments:
❤ "So, so happy! Beautifully made. Exquisitely dyed. I couldn't be more pleased."
❤ "YIPPEE!!!! Fantastic Skipping rope! Great service! Fantastic product. I bought this one for my daughters class to use!"
❤ "Wow, such quick shipping! The jump rope is well crafted and beautiful. Thank you so much!"
❤ "Can't wait for school to start so we can get skipping! Beautiful rope! Colors very rich and prompt service!"
❤ "No plastic handles to crack, no wooden handles to be used as weapons by active boys. A winner!"
The rope you receive may not be the exact one pictured, but will have a rainbow of colors in various orders. Handle colors may vary. But they're all pretty!
Note to parents: Be safe. Ropes of any kind should be used with adult supervision. Not intended for use by children under 3 years old.


text:
We're getting ready for the PLASA Leeds show once again this year, where members of the Area Four Industries Direct UK
team will be on hand and ready to provide you with more information about our products and how their design and distribution office can provide the solutions you require. Just look for us from 14 – 15 May in the Area Four Industries Stand R-D18 & R-D19. See you soon!


text:
Playback speed
Bais Havaad Halacha Center
Bais HaVaad Halacha center is a convenient and accessible Halachic resource with a primary focus on business and marital Halacha. Working from its centers in Yerushalayim and the United States, Bais HaVaad enjoys direct access to the foremost Poskim of our times. Bais HaVaad Dayanim and Rabbanim are in constant contact with Torah luminaries such as...
Show more


text:
DENVER, Colo. — More Black and brown people have criminal records for possessing or selling marijuana, but as more states legalize cannabis, those same people make up a small percentage of business owners in the industry.
For the families who lived through this very scenario, it's painful and tough to overcome.
"My dad served 21 years in prison for something that people are making billions of dollars off of every single year," said Arzelle Lewis, a Denver entrepreneur, who is now trying to get into the cannabis industry himself.
But breaking into this industry is tough to do, even more so for business owners of color.
"Black and brown businesses represent less than 10 percent of the entire cannabis businesses statewide. Less than 10 percent," said Hashim Coates, executive director of Black, Brown and Red Badged, an advocacy group for equity in the cannabis industry in Colorado.
Now, Colorado is creating a new fund to help even the playing field. Gov. Jared Polis designated $4 million in grants, loans and technical assistance to social equity licensees in the cannabis industry.
This could be the difference between success and a stagnant business for many. For Lewis, it will hopefully help him bring his brand-new delivery service, Duber Express, to the top.
In addition to the business, and more importantly to Lewis, it would give his family a sense the state is working to right the wrongs of the past.
Lewis' father, Fred Harris was locked up for 21 years for marijuana possession.
"It was unbelievable," said Harris. "I didn't think they would give me that amount of time, you know, for drugs. But it happened, and I guess at the time, it was probably the war on drugs."
Harris was originally sentenced to 96 years in prison after multiple marijuana possession charges.
"When you find out that a person got that type of time, you feel like they're dead," said Lewis.
The death of that relationship took Lewis' childhood dream with it. He was a first-generation college student with a basketball scholarship. Harris was at every game before he was sentenced to prison.
"I feel like if I had my dad, you know, growing up, I probably would be in the NBA right now. I just grew up second guessing myself in many ways," said Lewis.
On the other side, Harris grieved for his family and his freedom.
"You can't get 21years back," said Harris. "I see the law start to change over the years, for drugs and for marijuana and people's perception change about it, and I'm still sitting there. It's like, is anybody going to see this or recognize this or, you know, give me some kind of justice?"
And just months ago, Colorado's governor did. Gov. Polis overturned more than 2,700 convictions for marijuana possession. Fred Harris' was among those convictions overturned.
"It was like a big relief off of everybody," said Harris. "A little redemption, you know, justice."
"We feel like the system in its own way, you know, harmed my dad," said Lewis. "I think now the system should help my dad."
For now, Lewis is helping his dad re-acclimate to society. They work together running Lewis' magazine, Become a Champion and his non-profit, SweetFeet.
"My goal is to give a million pairs of brand-new shoes to kids," said Lewis.
He said his own childhood struggle inspired him to create a movement to give back.
"When I was 12 years old, I got made fun of in class for my big toe coming out of my shoes and people saying my shoes were talking and making fun of me. And, you know, it caused me to go home that night, a Friday night, and steal crack cocaine from my Auntie and the next morning try and sell those drugs in Five Points. I was only 12. There was real drug dealers that came and ended up like, you know, beating the crap out of me and pulling a gun on me. Once they found out I was 12, they actually took a liking to me and provided me with money to get brand new shoes, you know, because they would see me playing basketball. They thought I was like 17, 18, so they thought I was just on their turf disrespecting them back in the day. Those dudes helped me from 12 to 19, get brand new shoes, and I was able to become the first person in my family to get a college education with a basketball scholarship. That basketball was my means to an end, and shoes led the way. Those shoes were vehicles for me, you know. So, I pay homage to the three dudes that helped me with brand new shoes, so I didn't have to be out there selling drugs like them and, you know, being in harm's way. I know that providing kids with brand new pairs of shoes or it allows them to have a sense of identity, you know, and to fit into everyday fashion show high school. So that's why it's so important to me, because it can help them step in the right direction. That's our slogan at SweetFeet."
Lewis is thankful for those moments and now, even more grateful his dad can be there for every moment, especially for the new business they are about to launch as a team.
"The name is Duber Express," Lewis explained.
It's a marijuana delivery service: a venture giving this family hope in the very thing that tore them apart.
"Thirty minutes or less, just like a pizza," said Lewis. "Starting our own delivery business is a way for the system to try to help us get into the industry."
Lewis is hoping when the monies and assistance from the state equity fund kick in, his brand-new business will be included.
"It's just fairness, you know, just giving someone an opportunity to shine, you know, especially in a market that is dominated by people that don't look like me," said Lewis.
Advocate Hashim Coates helped create this fund to build up Black and brown entrepreneurs across the state.
"As well as racism is intentional, equity must be as equally as intentional, if not more," Coates said.
For Lewis and Harris, fairness is all they hope for.
"We're actually in the business to show kids who grow up and look like us, 'Look, you can take your story, your struggle, and you can turn that into a journey and reach a pinnacle someday,'" said Lewis.
Because even though they can't rewind the clock, they can rebound to a future better than they ever thought possible.
"I know that this is going to take us to places that I would have never dreamed of," said Lewis.
"This is bigger than making it to the NBA for me," said Harris. "It does feel like a little bit of justice, but more than anything, the way I look at life, it feels like just a fair opportunity, because that's all I need."