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Birmingham, Ala., can currently lay claim to a unique distinction, one that is perhaps unprecedented in the annals of baseball history. As the home of both Rickwood Field and Regions Field, the city is in possession of both the oldest and newest ballparks in all of professional baseball.
On the historic end of this ballpark continuum is 103-year-old Rickwood. The ballpark, modeled after Forbes Field, first threw open its doors during the Taft administration and still hosts a full slate of high school and college games as well as the Rickwood Classic. For this annual contest, the Double-A Birmingham Barons return to their former home -- they played there from 1910-1986 -- for an afternoon of old-time baseball. This year's iteration of the Rickwood Classic takes place Wednesday; the team will wear the uniforms of the 1948 Negro League Black Barons, with Ferguson Jenkins on hand as the guest of honor.
But as for the Barons' current home of Regions Field? That's a whole other story. It is less than three miles from Rickwood to Regions, but this short trip bridges the gap between an antiquated industrial past and a still-evolving post-industrial present. Regions Field marks the Barons' return to Birmingham proper after a quarter-century exile in the southern suburb of Hoover, where they played in the similarly-named (but not-at-all similar feeling) Regions Park.
Regions Field was funded largely via an increase in Birmingham's lodging tax and ended up costing approximately $64 million ($42 million in construction costs, the rest for land acquisition). Like many stadiums that have come before -- Durham, Toledo, and Bowling Green being a few of many examples -- it is viewed by the city as an integral piece in a large scale downtown revitalization effort.
As I made that short drive eastward from Rickwood to Regions on a recent afternoon, it quickly became apparent that there is much to be revitalized. I felt trapped within a maze of detour signs and dead end roads, and no parking lots were apparent amidst this dusty, pockmarked and altogether unwelcoming landscape. Locals may very well have laughed at my inability to secure a spot, but as an out-of-towner I had no idea what I was doing. (Soon I was hit with the feeling that I'd be doomed to spend my evening in some sort of Minor League Twilight Zone, driving within an inescapable circle, the stadium visible all the while.) I eventually found a parking lot located about a fifth of a mile from the stadium -- how had I missed it? -- and from my car to Regions Field, the sights included weed-strewn vacant lots, decaying factories and the surreal sight of a team bus parked beside an abandoned house.
But after I walked beneath a faded white bridge, a freight train rumbling overhead, the tone changed considerably. Straight ahead was the towering brick and steel façade of Regions Field, while to my left laid the vast grassy expanse of Railroad Park. The 19-acre park opened in 2010 and features walking trails, playgrounds, gardens and a lake. It was a hubbub of activity -- yoga, sunbathing, Frisbee, jogging -- that set the tone beautifully for Regions Field itself. Just 10 minutes before, I had felt irritated and pessimistic regarding my surroundings, but as I walked toward the stadium -- BIRMINGHAM spelled out in huge letters along the exterior of the first-base side -- it was with a sense of excitement.
Regions Park, designed by the architectural firm HKS, has the amenities one would expect from any new ballpark. There is a 360 degree concourse with abundant concessions (though, unfortunately for pork lovers, a planned Dreamland BBQ stand beyond the outfield berm seating area has not yet materialized on my visit but is opening during the current homestand), spacious kids area, a vivid HD videoboard, a large indoor bar and restaurant for group events and upper level suites that cater to the corporate crowd. Such things are par for the new stadium course these days, and Regions Field does not skimp on the details.
Once inside, I spoke with Barons general manager Jonathan Nelson, who noted that Regions Field is imbued with nods to Birmingham's past. The home plate seating bowl is patterned after Rickwood Field's while the first base concourse is modeled after the steel warehouses that were once so prevalent in the region.
"What ignited all of this is Railroad Park, and it's so important for us to be so close to that," said Nelson. "And there is so much more to come, as this area develops into an entertainment destination. I've been with the team for 20 years, and never have I seen this level of enthusiasm. People are really excited about the Barons being back in Birmingham."
The team's league-leading attendance figures are proof of this sentiment, and on the night (and following afternoon) that I was at Regions Field, the crowds were robust. But true success is measured in years, not weeks. The impressive one-two combo of Regions Field and Railroad Park, in conjunction with smaller entertainment entities such as Good People Brewing Company (located across the street from the stadium), should serve as catalysts for transformation. If so, then Birmingham's current "oldest and newest" stadium boast will transform into something less distinct but far more meaningful. It will simply be a city with two great ballparks, both integral to its character, that together span the gap between centuries.
Benjamin Hill is a reporter for MLB.com and writes Ben's Biz Blog. Follow Ben on Twitter @bensbiz.


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Recognized for organizational vision, service to standards
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UVM 1.2 Public Review Open through Oct. 1
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OCP: The Journey Continues - Featured Events
DVCon Europe, DVCon India, DVCon United States
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Message from Accellera Systems Initiative Chair
Summertime greetings from Accellera! Standards are heating up with recent activities around UVM and Verilog-AMS and the upcoming DVCon India and DVCon Europe. And you can get involved!
At this year's Design Automation Conference (DAC), there was a lot of buzz about the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM). UVM improves interoperability and reuse while reducing the overall cost of IP development for each new project. Accellera hosted an expert roundtable discussion to explore the new features in UVM 1.2 standard, migration planning from UVM 1.0 and future enhancements. You can view the slides and listen to the audio on our website. Subsequently we announced the availability of a new version of the class reference document UVM 1.2. We invite you to participate in the UVM 1.2 Public Review Forum open through October 1. This is your opportunity to weigh in on the definition and development of the standard. Find out more about UVM 1.2 in our user community and in the 5,300+ member LinkedIn group.
Also at DAC, Accellera announced the release of the Verilog-AMS 2.4 Language Reference Manual (LRM). Verilog-AMS 2.4 includes extensions to benefit verification, behavioral modeling and compact modeling. The revised LRM and resources are available for download. Work is underway to align Verilog-AMS with the SystemVerilog work of the IEEE 1800 for inclusion of AMS capabilities in a new "SystemVerilog-AMS" standard. Find out more.
Accellera draws heavily from its dedicated volunteers who are passionate about standards. At DAC, we recognized Yatin Trivedi of Synopsys with the 2014 Leadership Award. I would like to personally acknowledge Yatin and thank him for the numerous contributions to Accellera's strategy, promotion, infrastructure and financial management over the years. Read more about Yatin's contributions in this press release.
In the coming months, things really ramp up as DVCon India and DVCon Europe take shape. Check out the informational videos from DVCon India and DVCon Europe for highlights of each conference. We have had significant industry support from each region with several users and vendors giving enthusiastic endorsements. We invite you to attend the conference in the region of your choice and discover the latest in design and verification standards.
I hope you are able to take advantage of the standards and resources available from Accellera. For technical details please visit our technical tutorials and communities.
Enjoy your summer!
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July 2014
Synopsys' Yatin Trivedi Receives 2014 Leadership Award
Yatin Trivedi, Accellera treasurer and board member, has received the 2014 Accellera Leadership Award. Yatin is recognized for his leadership, organizational and financial vision, and service to the standards industry. The Award is given to an individual who has provided active leadership and contributed significantly in the vision of EDA and IP standards development activities and the governance of Accellera Systems Initiative. Read the press release and find out more about Yatin's contributions to the industry.
Technical Spotlight: Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
Just announced is a new version of Accellera's Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) class reference document, UVM 1.2 for SoC verification The new version includes enhanced messaging, improvements to the register layer and other features. The reference implementation includes detailed release notes and a script to help users upgrade as some of the new features do introduce backward incompatibility. Find out more.
UVM 1.2 Public Review open through October 1
UVM 1.2 has entered a three-month review period ending October 1, 2014 with a commitment to take the resulting updated UVM 1.2 standard to the IEEE. Users are encouraged to post comments and suggestions using the UVM 1.2 Public Review Forum.
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Accellera hosted its annual breakfast and panel discussion during the Design Automation Conference in San Francisco on June 3. A nice group of 80 users, vendors, and educators attended. Accellera Chair Shishpal Rawat presented an update on progress in the standards working groups, the successful IEEE Get program, and the development of the Accellera user communities. Shishpal then presented the Accellera Leadership award to Yatin Trivedi for his organizational and financial contributions and service to Accellera.
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The panel featured a UVM 1.2 Roundtable with John Aynsley, CTO of Doulos, who engaged panelists Rich Newton, Ericsson, Amol Bhinge, Freescale, Colin McKellar, Imagination, and Mohamed Elmalaki, Intel in a lively discussion on UVM usage, migration planning and potential future enhancements.
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The North American SystemC Users Group (NASCUG) hosted its 20th meeting. Users from Fraunhofer IIS, Altera, the University of California Irvine, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute and CircuitSutra gave technical presentations on topics including UVM and SystemC/SystemC AMS, verification and software virtual platforms, parallel simulation of SystemC models, and high-level synthesis.
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Accellera Systems Initiative Releases UVM 1.2
24 June 2014 — Accellera announced it released a new version of its Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) class reference document, UVM 1.2 for SoC (system on chip) verification. UVM 1.2 improves interoperability and reduces the cost of IP development and reuse for each new project. Read the press release.
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June 3, 2014 — Accellera announced it has developed new verification and design modeling extensions for its Verilog-AMS standard. Verilog-AMS provides powerful structural and behavioral modeling capabilities for mixed-signal designs. The revised language reference manual is available for download under open source license. Read the press release.
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BROOKLYN, Iowa -- A man from Mexico living in the U.S. illegally
has confessed to kidnapping college student Mollie Tibbetts
while she was running in her small Iowa hometown, killing her
and dumping her body in a cornfield, authorities said Tuesday.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged with first-
degree murder in the death of the 20-year-old Tibbetts, whose
July 18 disappearance set off a massive search involving state
and federal authorities.
Rivera led investigators early Tuesday to a body believed to be
Tibbetts in a cornfield about 12 miles (19 kilometers) southeast
of Brooklyn, Iowa, where Tibbetts was last seen running,
Division of Criminal Investigation special agent Rick Rahn said.
"I can't speak about the motive. I can just tell you that it
seemed that he followed her, seemed to be drawn to her on that
particular day, for whatever reason he chose to abduct her,"
Rahn told reporters at a news conference outside the sheriff's
office in Montezuma, where Rivera was being held on $1 million
cash-only bond.
The news that the highly publicized and gruesome crime was
allegedly committed by a person in the country illegally drew
immediate outrage. President Donald Trump noted the arrest and
called for immigration law changes at a rally in West Virginia.
"You heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very
sadly, from Mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible,
beautiful young woman," Trump told the crowd in Charleston.
"Should've never happened. Illegally in our country. We've had a
huge impact, but the laws are so bad. The immigration laws are
such a disgrace, we're getting them changed, but we have to get
more Republicans. We have to get 'em."
Iowa's two GOP U.S. senators also described Tibbetts' death as a
tragedy "that could have been prevented," and Iowa Gov. Kim
Reynolds said residents were heartbroken and angry.
"We are angry that a broken immigration system allowed a
predator like this to live in our community, and we will do all
we can to bring justice to Mollie's killer," Reynolds, a
Republican, said in a statement.
Trump has made further crackdown on illegal immigration a core
policy of his administration. He often has claimed widespread
crime by people living in the country illegally, citing among
other things the indictments of 11 suspected MS-13 gang members
from El Salvador charged in connection with the slayings of two
Virginia teens. Trump also has held events at the White House
with members of "angel families," whose relatives were killed by
Although Trump claims legal U.S. residents are less likely to
commit crime, several studies from social scientists and the
libertarian think tank Cato Institute find that isn't accurate
and states with a higher share of people living in the country
illegally have lower violent crime rates.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that it lodged a
federal immigration detainer for Rivera after he was arrested on
the murder charge. That move means the agency has probable cause
to believe he is subject to deportation.
Investigators said they believed Rivera had lived in the area
from four to seven years, and Rahn described Rivera as someone
who lived in a rural area and kept to himself.
Yarrabee Farms, a family-owned company that operates dairy farms
in the rolling hills outside Brooklyn, said that Rivera had been
an employee in good standing for four years and that it was
shocked to learn he was implicated in the crime.
The company is owned by the family of Craig Lang, a prominent
Republican who previously served as president of the Iowa Farm
A search of court records revealed no prior criminal history for
Rivera in Iowa, and it's unclear whether he had ever been
subject to prior deportation proceedings.
Rivera's Facebook page described him as being from Guayabillo, a
community of less than 500 people in the state of Guerrero. It's
about a three-hour drive from the resort city of Acapulco.
Investigators said they zeroed in on Rivera after obtaining
footage from surveillance cameras in Brooklyn. The footage
showed a Chevy Malibu connected to Rivera that was driving back
and forth as Tibbetts was running in the area, Rahn said.
An affidavit attached to the criminal complaint against Rivera
alleged that he admitted to investigators he got out of his car
and started running alongside Tibbetts.
Tibbetts grabbed her phone and said she was going to call the
police. The affidavit says Rivera panicked and then said he
blacked out. Rivera next remembers seeing her earphones on his
lap, and taking her bloody body out of the trunk of his car, it
"The defendant further described during the interview that he
dragged Tibbetts on foot from his vehicle to a secluded location
in a cornfield," the affidavit said.
Investigators said they had earlier searched the area for
Tibbetts but didn't find her, noting the body was covered by
corn stalks when recovered early Tuesday.
Rahn said that Rivera was cooperating with investigators and
speaking with the help of a translator. He said an autopsy would
be performed on the body Wednesday by the state medical
examiner's office, which would assist investigators in
understanding whether Tibbetts had been assaulted or tried to
fight him off.
Rivera's initial court appearance is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Wednesday in Montezuma.
A conviction on first-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence
of life in prison without parole in Iowa, which doesn't have the
death penalty.
On Tuesday night, deputies were guarding a trailer where the
suspect had lived on a gravel road outside Brooklyn near a dairy
Tibbetts' disappearance set off a massive search involving
dozens of officers from the FBI, as well as state and local
agencies. They focused much of their efforts in and around
Brooklyn, searching farm fields, ponds and homes. Investigators
asked anyone who was around five locations, including a car
wash, a truck stop and a farm south of town, to report if they
saw anything suspicious on July 18.
Last week, Vice President Mike Pence met privately with the
Tibbetts family during a visit to Iowa and told them that
"you're on the hearts of every American."
At Brooklyn City Hall, city clerk Sheri Sharer said Tuesday was
a sad day for the town.
"It never crossed our mind that she wouldn't come home safe,"
she said.
The University of Iowa mourned the loss of Tibbetts, a
psychology major who would have started her junior year this
"We are deeply saddened that we've lost a member of the
University of Iowa community," said university official Melissa
Shivers, who urged students to seek counseling and other support
services as needed.
Rahn said he met with the parents and other relatives of
Tibbetts to inform them of the arrest Tuesday. He told them that
the investigation revealed that they had "raised a great
"We got to know Mollie," he said. "She was a phenomenal
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In some cases it has! The velocity of an object striking one's chest can cause a phenomenon that could disrupt the normal beating heart. If this happens, everyone standing by should hope they can recognize it, and treat it. Here's how I got on this subject.
An email came in to our offices asking about more information regarding what happens when a child is struck in the chest or abdomen ,ith a ball, puck, bat or other hard object.
Sports can be fun but not when someone gets seriously hurt or dies. One type of injury that is a real concern to everyone is cardiac arrest secondary to chest trauma from a blunt object. This can happen when a baseball, soccer ball, basketball, hockey puck, bat or person hits another persons chest with a great deal of velocity or force.(http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/122/2/437) In some cases, it is suspected that if a ball or other object hits a person chest over the top of the location of the heart, the strike works somewhat like a technique that was once used to mechanically cardiovert a heart called a precordial thump(http://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-5271%2809%2900687-0/abstract). This technique used force vs. electricity to create some form of rhythm or Arrhythmia/ Ventricular Fibrillation in order for the heart to be corrected so as to regain a purposeful and organized heart rhythm. This technique though used rarely today, may be the effect that is causing sudden cardiac arrest in children and adults who are involved in a chest trauma from sports. If this does happen, the person may collapse immediately and stop breathing with no palpable(you can't feel it) pulse. If the person is in cardiac arrest or is not showing signs of life, 911/Activation of EMS and CPR should be started immediately and an AED may be very useful if the person is in a shockable condition. If an AED is not present, CPR will be done continuously without interruption unless the person becomes conscious and begins to move or attempts to speak(signs of life). Be on guard, bruising, punctured lung or other underlying conditions could cause the person to return to a state of cardiac arrest so frequent reassessments will be required until the person is turned fully over to the care of emergency medical services. The best cure for this injury is prevention. Many companies are designing and selling chest guards and protective devices to help prevent this condition from happening.(http://www.allsportsarmour.com/CHEST_ARMOUR_SHIRT_p/asa100%20dual.htm A well trained professional or volunteer coaching team in CPR and First Aid (http://www.profirstaid.com)would be highly suggested and an AED can be purchased for less than a laptop today.(ProFirstAid.com)
In comparison another condition related to a blunt trauma to the abdomen is a condition nick named, "getting the wind knocked out". This condition usually occurs when a person receives a blow to the upper center abdomen which is approximately where we provide inward and upward abdominal thrusts for a choking victim. This area is physiologically perfect for compressing the diaphragm and compressing the lower lobes of the lungs. This forces residual air out of the lungs and feels scary. Normally, after a few minutes of one trying to breath deeply, fighting hard for that first real deep breath, the spasm releases in the diaphragm and air is gradually brought back into a normal state. Complications related to this fairly common condition could include ruptured or torn internal organs. If a person is hit hard enough, as in situations where a bat or object was used, or the lower half of a steering wheel which is common in unrestrained, non airbag vehicular accidents, the trauma could rupture/tear internal organs and even the descending aorta. If the Aorta is torn or ruptured, it is well know to be a usually fatal injury as time to surgery is quite a few minutes away and one can loose enough blood internally to die from hypovolemia. A condition where there is not enough blood to circulate oxygenated blood or maintain an adequate blood pressure which leads to death if not corrected. Treatment for this more serious condition is activation of emergency medical services while providing CPR, Shock Therapy(http://www.profirstaid.com) and minimization of movement. A way to prevent this injury is to avoid the types of conditions that could present it. Another way is to incorporate an aggressive core strength training program which will build strength in the abdominal muscles so as to help protect against sport related injuries.
It is important to consult with your health care professional or physician before beginning any intense workout program and if you are at all concerned that you or someone you know may have internal injuries, call 911/EMS and seek medical help.
Most of the signs and symptoms related to an internal injury in the chest or abdomen are severe pain that disables a person from performing normal behaviors. Tender abdomen to touch, distending(bulging) belly, rigid or hard belly) bruising or marks over the abdomen or chest, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, pale, cool, sweaty, increased anxiety, increased respiratory rate, dizziness, fear of dying and unconsciousness. If any of these signs or symptoms are present or appear after an injury, activate the Emergency Medical Services immediately and/or seek medical help right away.
I hope this answers the question and I hope the next time you are by someone who is struck in the chest or simply gets the wind knocked out of them, you'll better know what it is, what to do, and how to help.
Best Wishes,
Roy Shaw, EMT-P, RoyOnRescue
Tweet: @royonrescue
P.S. Here's a link to a real life scenario. It's worth the read Mom and Dad.


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Just a few weeks ago, I was at the YALSA Symposium in Austin TX-- such a great event. I was lucky to gather a fantastic panel of poets and authors (Janet Wong, KA Holt, Michael Salinger, Sara Holbrook, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, and Jacqueline Woodson) all talking about their work and reading and performing excerpts. I was able to videotape a few nuggets to share with you here. Enjoy!
K A (Kari) Holt talking about her new novel in verse, Rhyme Schemer
We gave audience participants a sample page from Rhyme Schemer-- where the protagonist, Kevin, takes a page from an "old" book and turns it into a poem--
and challenged the audience to turn a page from A Wrinkle in Time into their own original "found" poems. Here's one fun example:
Jacqueline Woodson reads an excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming
Guadalupe Garcia McCall shares her poem, "The Cafe," from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School.
Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger read from More Than Friends (by Sara Holbrook and Allan Wolf) [an excerpt]
And here's a quick shot of Janet (Wong) and me horsing around:
There will be another YALSA Symposium next year and it will be held in Portland, OR in 2015. The focus will expand to include literature, programming AND youth services. Should be fun!
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The reality series "Chrisley Knows Best" first premiered on the USA Network in March 2014. It followed the lives of Georgia real estate professionals Todd Chrisley and his wife, Julie. Filmed in and around Atlanta, the show was an instant hit - after an initial first season of eight episodes, it would go on to run for another eight seasons between its original inception and 2022. Over the course of 197 episodes, it became a ratings hit and positioned the Chrisleys as legitimate professionals in the industry.
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That is until they were eventually tried and convicted of federal charges for both bank fraud and tax evasion.
It's true. In November 2022, the Chrisleys finished out a trial that would see them sentenced to 12 years for Todd and seven years for Julie. It was said that over the course of a decade, they had defrauded banks out of tens of millions of dollars. While doing so, they simultaneously evaded paying federal income taxes on the money they were making - including income directly related to their smash hit reality show.
But what happened and why did it take so long to catch them? The answers to questions like those require you to keep a few key things in mind.
The Chrisleys and the Federal Government: The Story So Far
According to United States Attorneys, the original charges that the Chrisleys were brought up on are as follows:
For 10 years, both Todd and Julie Chrisley knowingly and intentionally conspired to defraud community banks in and around the Atlanta, Georgia area.
They did so successfully, obtaining more than $36 million in personal loans in the process.
With the assistance of a former business partner, they submitted everything from false audit reports to invalid personal financial statements to the aforementioned community banks to obtain these loans.
The money was not spent on their business efforts, as it was intended. Instead, they used it to buy fancy cars, high-end clothes, personal real estate, and more. They also used a significant portion of the funds to travel around the world.
Whenever the balance on one of their old loans would come due, they would simply use the same means to take out a new one to pay it off - thus creating a vicious circle that, it turns out, they would never be able to escape from.
To top it all off, after the money was spent, Todd Chrisley then filed for bankruptcy protection. It is estimated that he ended the decade with more than $20 million from those loans, every penny of which was obtained through fraud.
Keep in mind that this is all while the Chrisleys were also earning millions of dollars from their television show on an annual basis. Lucky for them, they found an accountant willing to work with them to help defraud the IRS to ensure they didn't have to pay any taxes on that money. All money was kept in a bank account that was created only in Julie Chrisley's name, which was then later transferred to a relative.
Unluckily for them, their accountant must not have been very good as he filed nothing for the Chrisleys in the way of tax returns for 2013 through 2016. Make no mistake: if you're a couple on a hit reality television show who is definitely making millions of dollars per year, and you fail to even attempt to pay taxes, the IRS is going to realize this sooner rather than later. If you're simultaneously defrauding community banks out of millions upon millions of more dollars, you really should be more careful.
Even after they were indicted, the Chrisleys were still up to their old ways. Julie in particular continued to submit fraudulent documents to the bank to make it appear like they hadn't been lying about the circumstances under which they were transferring that business bank account to a relative. The grand jury, as it turns out, was less than persuaded.
All told, this is definitely the type of fall from grace that should act as a cautionary tale for just about everyone. It doesn't matter how successful you are in your business, while simultaneously also being a public figure and reality television celebrity - you still have to play by the rules and you especially have to pay your taxes. When the situation gets so bad that even your accountant is sentenced in federal court to three years in prison followed by an additional three years of supervised release, you know that you were probably in over your head.
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The push for right-to-work laws is obviously about creating a race to the bottom that will significantly lower the cost of labor for U.S. employees -- but it's also, as has been noted by Rachel Maddow and Kevin Drum, among others, about defunding the Democratic Party, whose candidates are supported by a significant amount of union money. So, yes, the Michigan right-to-work fight is about the rich trying to get richer -- but it's also a sign that Republicans hope to win future elections not by changing any of the things they did up through 2012, but by doing what they were doing more forcefully.
We also see this at the propaganda organs of the GOP. The right-wing media, led by Fox News, is fixated on a story about a Fox News provocateur who was dispatched into the group of anti-right-to-work protesters in order to stir up trouble and briefly got into a scuffle with a protester. The fight was over in seconds, fellow protesters broke it up, it didn't seem to be of particular concern to the large police contingent -- and yet this is what the right-wing base is being told is the big news coming out of Lansing. Fox -- which is a huge part of the GOP voter turnout effort, and which is still Republican politicians' go-to media outlet for getting out messages -- isn't modifying its message one bit in response to the 2012 election results. (Hell, the Murdoch press was whining about the "Ground Zero mosque" over the weekend. Back to the future....)
In D.C., meanwhile, as Noam Scheiber points out, Republicans are still playing to the rage junkies. Scheiber writes about
the mania that has yet to loosen its grip on congressional Republicans, even after they lost seats in both houses and watched Obama roll to a comfortable re-election. To see this, look no further than the party's internal discussions over its own fiscal-cliff positioning. The current debate within the GOP is between those who see that Obama has all the leverage in this particular episode and urge a quick deal on tax rates so the party can regroup for a bigger victory on entitlements, and those who still refuse to budge in any way on tax rates. Which is to say, it's a debate between the moderately delusional and the utterly, irreconcilably delusional.In other words, it's a debate between Republicans who think the party should be intransigent now, on tax rates, or later, on blowing up the global economy when the debt ceiling approaches, unless the president makes massive concessions on spending. That's the GOP's messaging after an electoral blowout: more of the same.
Add this all up and you've got a party that thinks rousing the base, and pretty much only the base, will work in the future, even if it didn't work this year. Just defund the Democrat Perty a little more, make voting more difficult for Democrats via voter ID and long lines, monkey with the Electoral College a bit, and who cares about changing demographics or alienating previously persuadable voters?
Last spring, Jonathan Chait argued that the "emerging Democratic majority" was here, and that the GOP had one final chance, in 2012, to seize power and steer the country its way. To me, the 2012 election results confirmed that theory -- but to Republicans, apparently, the last war still goes on.


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FIRE: New Federal Regulations Limit Due Process, Free Speech Rights on Campus
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2011—In response to new federal regulations announced last month that require colleges and universities to dramatically reduce students' due process rights, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) today sent an open letter to the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sharply criticizing the agency's new requirements. Under the new regulations, announced in an April 4, 2011, letter from Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali, colleges and universities receiving federal funding must employ a "preponderance of the evidence" standard—a 50.01%, "more likely than not" evidentiary burden—when adjudicating student complaints concerning sexual harassment or sexual violence. Institutions that do not comply face federal investigation and the loss of federal funding.
"The Office for Civil Rights' unilateral revision of campus codes across the country is unquestionably unjust. Students accused of serious crimes like rape should not be tried under the same standard of proof used for a parking ticket," said FIRE President Greg Lukianoff. "OCR is proceeding from the fallacy that reducing protections for the accused will somehow increase justice. This is a dangerous and wrongheaded idea that will undermine the accuracy and reliability of the findings of campus courts."
OCR is the federal agency tasked with enforcing federal civil rights laws, including Title IX, in educational programs and institutions that receive federal funding. OCR's April 4 letter decrees that under Title IX, the "prompt and equitable resolution" of student complaints regarding sexual harassment and sexual violence requires that "school[s] must use a preponderance of the evidence standard (i.e., it is more likely than not that sexual harassment or violence occurred)"—a requirement not previously discovered in the 39-year-old law. OCR explicitly rules out the use of higher standards of proof, stating that university judicial systems maintaining the "clear and convincing" standard—which requires accusers to prove that "it is highly probable or reasonably certain that the sexual harassment or violence occurred"—are "not equitable under Title IX." Both standards of proof fall far short of the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard required in every criminal case in the United States.
FIRE's open letter points out that Supreme Court precedent argues strongly against using the preponderance of the evidence standard in campus hearings concerning allegations of sexual harassment and sexual violence. In cases where "the private interest affected is commanding; the risk of error from using a preponderance standard is substantial; and the countervailing governmental interest favoring that standard is comparatively slight," the Court held in Santosky v. Kramer (1982) that use of the preponderance of the evidence standard is "inconsistent with due process." In the educational context, the Supreme Court further observed in Goss v. Lopez (1975) that when "a person's good name, reputation, honor, or integrity is at stake because of what the government is doing to him," due process requires "precautions against unfair or mistaken findings of misconduct and arbitrary exclusion from school."
FIRE's letter also notes that lowering the burden of proof in sexual harassment and sexual violence cases will reduce confidence in campus judiciary systems and inevitably result in more incorrect guilty verdicts. Rather than provide for the "prompt and equitable" resolution of student allegations, FIRE contends that OCR's new requirement "serves to undermine the integrity, accuracy, reliability, and basic fairness of the judicial process." Further, relying on the preponderance of the evidence standard in sexual violence claims "turns the fundamental tenet of due process on its head, requiring that those accused of society's vilest crimes be afforded the scant protection of our judiciary's least certain standard."
FIRE's concerns about the threat to due process rights presented by OCR's new mandate are exacerbated by the fact that many colleges and universities continue to maintain overly broad harassment codes that prohibit protected speech. FIRE's most recent survey of university policies impacting student speech, Spotlight on Speech Codes 2011: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation's Campuses, revealed that 67 percent of the 390 colleges and universities analyzed maintain policies that seriously infringe upon students' free speech rights. For example, the University of Florida lists "humor and jokes about sex that denigrate a gender" as an example of actionable sexual harassment, and Illinois State University bans "discussions about sexual activity" as sexual harassment. Universities also enforce codes of conduct that define sexual assault in vague, inexact ways. For example, in April 2010, Duke University instituted a "sexual misconduct" policy that could render a student guilty of non-consensual sex simply because he or she is considered "powerful" on campus.
OCR's new regulations have already prompted colleges and universities across the country to abandon their commitment to due process protections for students accused of sexual harassment and sexual violence. Brandeis University, Stanford University, Yale University, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst all have announced revisions, either already instituted or forthcoming. Given the threat of federal investigation and the loss of federal funding for failing to comply with OCR's directives, hundreds of institutions will follow.
The new federal regulations are part of a worrying national trend as federal and state legislators rush "anti-bullying" acts and similar legislation into law. The proposed Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act and Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act would similarly restrict fundamental liberties and violate students' rights.
In the open letter, FIRE also criticizes OCR for failing to explicitly remind colleges and universities of the importance of protecting students' right to free expression. In previous letters, OCR specifically addressed First Amendment concerns, making it clear that universities must protect student speech rights and emphasizing that there need be no tension, under OCR regulations, between addressing sexual harassment and ensuring freedom of expression.
"Given OCR's undeniable power over student conduct policies nationwide, the April 4 letter's disregard for student rights raises troubling questions about the agency's commitment to core constitutional principles like due process and freedom of speech," Will Creeley, FIRE's Director of Legal and Public Advocacy, said. "Addressing sexual harassment and sexual violence does not require colleges and universities to forsake student rights. FIRE asks OCR to reconsider its ill-advised regulations, lest our newest generation of college students learn the wrong lessons about the rights they hold in our modern liberal democracy."
FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation that unites civil rights and civil liberties leaders, scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals from across the political and ideological spectrum on behalf of individual rights, due process, freedom of expression, academic freedom, and rights of conscience at our nation's colleges and universities. FIRE's efforts to preserve liberty on campuses across America are described at thefire.org.
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South Carolina Payday Loans Online
It's no shame when you are in a tough spot, and you realize that you need instant cash because there are instances where you don't know where to turn to find a solution to your financial problems. The payday loans in South Carolina are short term loans that give you the option of paying back the money when you get your next paycheck. Multiple lenders are willing to offer their customers different time-frames if you need two weeks or 45 days to pay off the debt.
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In case your financial needs are bigger than what a short term loan can offer, you can reach out for an installment loan, as it offers longer terms for paying back the loan. Several direct lenders can offer you their business, as South Carolina payday loans online often come with a handful of businesses that advertise their "no credit check" policy. Take them with a grain of salt, as many of them can be misleading.
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Many people express their desire to opt for cash loans online, as it offers a level of confidentiality that many wish for. Another reason they tend to be popular among the general population is that most of them will find a way of helping you with sums of $400 or $500 even though your credit score is not so good as you would want it to be.
How is South Carolina Payday Loans Different than a Line of Credit?
What we mean when we say a line of credit is an open-ended credit that has a limit which can be set by you and your bank together. The good thing about it is that you can make as many withdrawals as you like, as long as you don't hit that upper limit. All the interests and fees will be applied solely to the money that you have withdrawn. To be a good customer, all you have to do is make those required monthly payments.
South Carolina payday loans online represent a traditional way of giving you the possibility to get a loan online, a short-term repaying plan, and the choice of using your next paycheck to repay the loaned sum. One thing to remember is an installment plan that can help you stretch those payments on a longer time-frame.
How Long Does it Take to Approve Easy Payday Loans South Carolina SC?
How many times have you surprised yourself in those "I need a loan" moments? The current state of the market allows you to reach out to several lenders that will help you get the most that you can get with your credit score. The first part of the process seems to be quite fast, as it can take only a few minutes of your attention. Usually, a company will take your profile and run it against the lenders in their portfolio, afterward giving you the answer of whether you are eligible for payday loans South Carolina no credit check.
The majority of people applying for payday loans South Carolina no credit check will get an answer relatively quickly, and immediately after that, they are put in direct contact with their possible future lender. What you need to know about this is that the completion time can be faster than with a traditional loan application.
South Carolina Payday Loans Credit Impact
In a usual situation, the lenders that have a contract with the company you are using will most likely reserve their right to offer South Carolina payday loans to whoever they find fit. They will do this by running your credit score against all the most important credit reporting bureaus on the market – Transunion, Equifax, and Experian. It is also their right to not let your potentially bad score stop them from offering you a financial solution.
We wanted to talk about this point because when you apply for South Carolina payday loans, it may be the case of the lender submitting any relevant documents about your financial history to the bureaus mentioned above. Another possibility is that in which they will rely on their own set of rules and criteria before giving you the final verdict – are you or are you not eligible to take that loan?
Facts about Online Payday Loans South Carolina SC
If you were not aware of this, let us tell you that online payday loans, South Carolina can cost you less than an ordinary credit card. If we were to consider the available statistics, we would have to say that they have proven to be a better alternative than a credit card. When you draw the line at the end of the trip, you might find that you wasted a huge amount of money, even though you kept your promise of monthly payments.
They are way cheaper than reaching for some handy overdrafts, and the feed that comes with them. Overdraft fees tend to multiply, as there is the possibility of you writing more checks than you should have quickly. If you are not careful, your financial situation can snowball and get out of control.
Because CFSA has put their foot in the door, lenders now have to respect several guidelines when doing business with their clients. They are required to offer extended payment options if the borrower is unable to deliver the monthly amount, so need to worry here as options will always be available.
Easy Payday Loans South Carolina SC Will Protect Your Credit Score
If you think of yourself as a future borrower, stay away from the biggest risk today, and that is to assume that, today, the lender won't do hard credit checks against your profile and credit score. After all, they are entitled to make a thorough evaluation of any potential borrower. This is where things get tricky, as a hard credit check can damage your credit score without even borrowing any amount. Your FICO score can get damaged when you apply for a specific loan, but the following are not included: cash advances, installment loans, or payday loans.
This is one reason responsible for what you can witness today among borrowers; they advance with the plan of getting fast cash loans when they need a financial solution. In the scenario of being late with payments, fast cash loans will not damage your credit score by leaving permanent negative remarks.
A solution to the preservation of your credit score is to go for the on-time loan payments. But be careful, as you might notice all kinds of advertisements for the "no credit check" policy that most of the lenders appeal to. Worry not, as every lender has some specific set of rules that apply to all potential borrowers.
What Are the Reasons to Get Denied Easy Payday Loans South Carolina?
Because every lender has different terms and conditions that apply to their business, we wouldn't get anywhere by listing every one of them. We can leave you with the most common terms and conditions that will be found in most of the contracts. One of them is filling the incorrect information on your loan form, as is the unemployment status.
There are also instances where the cost of borrowing is defined by using a specific set of fees without considering interest. This is the reason why payday loan fees will most likely be expressed like a percentage rate, which is calculated every year.
APR For Best Payday Loans in South Carolina
When you look at it the first time, it may seem huge, but it will all make sense when you apply the right context. The annual percentage rate, or APR, is a fixed amount of money that will be expressed as simple interest. For example, if you get $15 from you for every $100 loaned to you, you end up with a 15% interest on your loan.
We talked about the right context earlier, and that would be this: Let's say that you take a $1000 loan instead of getting one of $300. In this scenario, the fees will be significantly lower than with the $300 loan. If we are talking about unsecured personal loans, you should expect interest rates to receive an annual percentage rate lower than the rest.
In case you are working with a lending company to access payday loans in South Carolina SC, and not directly with a lender, we need to inform you that there might be some different collection efforts. Typically, the whole collection process is an internal one, and it usually starts with a phone call. In case the company observes that you are not making the payments, they will contact you and help you build a paying plan that suits your monthly income.
Be a Smart First Time Borrower When Choosing 24 Hour Payday Loans South Carolina
Whenever you feel the need for a short-term solution for your financial problems than 24-hour payday loans, South Carolina should offer you exactly what you need. Sometimes it feels that the burden is getting too big to manage. That is the moment when you should contact a professional financial advisor that is qualified to give financial advice to potential borrowers.
If you plan to use 24-hour payday loans South Carolina to solve your money problem, then you should consider stopping that habit, as it can only worsen over time. The solution is to only borrow amounts that you know you can pay back in the agreed time-frame. Most people who borrow money don't go over $500-$600 to keep the feed on a minimum level.
Checkmate Payday Loans South Carolina
Let's see what options you have at Checkmate, one of the most experienced short-term lenders on the market:
- Payday loans – If you are a resident of South Carolina this service is available. Keep in mind that the deciding factor for eligibility and amount is set by your home state, as it usually revolves around $50 - $700
- Auto title loans – The ones eligible for an auto title loan are the residents of South Carolina SC. Meaning that the maximum amount of money you are allowed to borrow will be set using two important factors: the vehicle that you are driving and the monthly income. Although it might seem like a good idea at the beginning, you are putting your car at risk, as it can be taken away if you don't make the promised monthly payments.
Installment loans – this applies to New Mexico residents, and it can reach a maximum borrowing amount of $2,500. This is, of course, if you meet all the requirements that the bank imposes. If you need the money and think about this option, be careful as it can end up with a large number of fees and interests.
How Can You Get Started On Payday Loans South Carolina Online?
If you have decided on getting any pay day loan South Carolina SC has to offer, then you will have to submit an online form and wait for your company of preference to reply with your next steps. Be aware that it might take some time for them to review your application, as different lenders have different levels of strictness. Another possibility, in case you ask yourself, "where do I find payday loans South Carolina near me?" is that you might need to physically go into one of their branches and finish the application process live.


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It was all going well until her Ladyship Yvette was annoyed by another client at the spa.
She tweeted out the following to her 52,000 followers
Source: https://twitter.com/Yfielding/status/806478370888384512
What followed was lots of people attacking this random person, being nasty and so on.
But thing took a nasty turn when she took a "sneaky pic" and published it online.
I have edited the lads face to protect his identity. Yvette did NOT edit it, instead wanting to humiliate the lad.
Even Yvette's husband Karl Beattie joined in the bullying, by quoting her tweet and sharing with his 26,000 followers the following.
Now the problems began when someone pointed out that this young man might have some kind of disability, or have some kind of special needs. A lot of people were offended that Yvette and Karl would use their celebrity as a way to humiliate and bully an innocent young man on Twitter to their combined 77,000 followers.
Of course after it was brought up that this lad might have some kind of disability, Yvette quickly deleted the photo, but then also went into defensive mode, and even tried to play the victim herself!
Karl even live streamed himself on Periscope attacking people for daring to suggest that Yvette or himself had done anything wrong.
You can watch that video at https://www.periscope.tv/w/1RDGloAanXmKL
I have also made a copy of the video below incase he decides to delete the Periscope video
Karl also posted the following Tweet, again trying to deflect from the fact his wife abused an innocent young lad on Twitter and tried to humiliate him.
Since this all kicked off yesterday a debate has been raging as to whether or not what Yvette did was ok or not. Would it be ok to humiliate and bully an innocent young lad on twitter if he is not disabled? Or is it only wrong if he is disabled or has some kind of special needs.
Is the young lad disabled or does he have special needs? I honestly do not know. But let us look at the facts.
A woman in the public eye, who has over 50,000 followers on Twitter decided to take a secret photo of an innocent young man, in a spa, she then published that photo, along with other abusive tweets with the sole intention of humiliating and bullying him.
At best this was Yvette abusing, humiliating and bullying a young lad, at worse this was the kind of discrimination that has landed certain people in a lot of hot water, I am reminded of the recent case of a model " Dani Mathers" taking a "sneaky pic" of a 70 year old woman in a changing room "with the intent to invade the privacy of that other person" Dani Mathers is now having to go to trial and could face 6 months in prison and a fine.
Clearly what Yvette did is not as bad as taking a photo of a naked 70 year old woman to body shame her, but Yvette did take a photo of a teenager, with the sole purpose of humiliating and shaming him. And by taking the photo she did invade his privacy, especially if the spa they were in is a private members spa, then there is an assumption of privacy. Her photo could very well have broken the law. And I have been told that police have been informed and are investigating, although I doubt anything will come of it, unless the boy and his family were to complain, but I doubt they are even aware of what Yvette did.
Also Bannatyne Group (Owners of the Spa) are now investigating to see if their own privacy rules were broken. Best they could do is ban Yvette and Karl from all Bannatyne businesses!
Regardless of whether or not he has special needs, what she did was wrong, and instead of apologising for getting things really wrong, she is now playing the victim, getting lots of sympathy from her followers who now claim that Yvette is the one being bullied! Yes the irony there is amazing.
Lets hope that these nasty comments by Yvette and Karl come back to haunt them! (Yes I did just say that)
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Mystery Worshipper: Torold
St Andrew's
Location: West Kirby, Wirral, England
Date of visit: Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 7:30pm
The building
A large neo-Gothic Grade II listed red sandstone building. Noteworthy is the tower with short spire. The gloomy barn-like interior has plain furnishings. The east window was a gift of the Cain family of Cains Breweries. The colourful high altar reredos is very lovely and depicts figures of the saints in blue, red, green and gold. There are statues of Our Lady of Walsingham and the Madonna and Child. Wooden stations of the cross decorated the walls.
The church
Seaside High Church. They describe themselves as a modern Anglo-Catholic church with a friendly congregation. They have passed resolutions A, B and C in other words, male clergy only and under the extended episcopal care of the Bishop of Beverley. They have facilities for disabled access and a children's play area.
The neighborhood
Nice sandy beach with views across the River Dee to North Wales. Hilbre Island, a site of special scientific interest (i.e., a protected area), is accessible at low tide to those who wish to walk over the sands.
The cast
The Rt Revd Martyn Jarrett, Bishop of Beverley; the Rt Revd Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead; the Venerable Dr Michael Gilbertson, Archdeacon of Chester; the Very Revd Gordon McPhate, Dean of Chester; also the rural dean and a dozen assorted local clergy and readers.
What was the name of the service?
Institution and Commissioning of Father Peter Walsh as Parish Priest of St Andrew, West Kirby, and Bishops' Advisor in Ministerial Development Review.How full was the building?
Mostly full, with seats available in the side aisles.
Did anyone welcome you personally?
Yes. I was greeted by a policewoman outside (were they expecting a riot perhaps?). Once inside, I ran a veritable gauntlet of welcomers: a few boy scouts handing out orders of service; a group of parishioners asking, "Hello. Are you visiting? Are you with a party?" No formal handshakes but the greetings were genuine.
Was your pew comfortable?
No. We sat on wooden chairs, the usual church type, with a compartment in front for books. There were colourful tapestry kneelers in various designs.
How would you describe the pre-service atmosphere?
Animated but subdued. As the church filled, the chatter grew but not so much as to drown out the organ.
What were the exact opening words of the service?
The rural dean's opening words were distorted by a poor microphone link, but they were something like: "A warm welcome to you all, especially Father Peter and his family, our dignitaries, grrr grrr crackle crackle, and all of you."
What books did the congregation use during the service?
Printed order of service.
What musical instruments were played?
Did anything distract you?
Yes. The vicar's wife's wore a charming yellow outfit with matching hat. There was a strong whiff of perfume, almost as if someone had bathed in it. It pervaded the area around me and my neighbours. I was also intrigued by a small, simple statue of St George, and two giant painted icons standing on easels, one on each side of the nave, looking just like blackboards in old school films such as Good-bye, Mr Chips.
Was the worship stiff-upper-lip, happy clappy, or what?
Middle of the road C of E. However, with a big six on the altar and sanctuary lamps and candles in abundance, I would imagine the worship is usually High Church. The new vicar announced that the Sunday services would be low mass at 8.00am and sung mass at 10.30am.
Exactly how long was the sermon?
14 minutes.
On a scale of 1-10, how good was the preacher?
7 – The Bishop of Beverley spoke well but I wouldn't rush out to buy a copy.
In a nutshell, what was the sermon about?
A church like St Andrew's must be a beacon of hope in the community. The people should support and help their new vicar and not leave everything for him to do.
Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
There was very little heavenly rapture! However, the hymns were rousing and well sung in spite of there being no choir. The organist played exceptionally well and was obviously at home with his instrument.
And which part was like being in... er... the other place?
Sitting on the hard seat rendered my bottom numb and I was dying for a smoke! (That's hell in itself.)
What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
I didn't have the chance to look lost. As I stood up to leave, having listened to the concluding organ voluntary, the ladies next to me commented about the length of the service, and enquired whether I was going to join them for some refreshments.
How would you describe the after-service coffee?
The refreshments were ample and varied: a running buffet of sandwiches, quiches, sausages on sticks, cakes, red and white wine, orange squash, tea and coffee.
How would you feel about making another visit (where 10 = ecstatic, 0 = terminal)?
6 – I couldn't really say because it is hard to gauge the true picture at a service such as this. After all, they may have all been on their best behaviour!
Did the service make you feel glad to be a Christian?
I suppose it did. I enjoyed singing the hymns and listening to the organ music and the ceremony of it all.
What one thing will you remember about all this in seven days' time ?
The vicar's wife's outfit.


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"This is the quickest I have come across!!!! You are a big help." Ron
Do you hate going home late?
Do you want to make your job easier?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, then read on.
But before we proceed, many of you have been asking for a step by step tutorial on Pivot Tables, which is now here: Pivot Tables in Excel.We've also launched Working with Numbers.
We've also created a video version of the tutorial which you can watch here.
Use this file to go try out what is shown in this free excel video tutorial.
The vlookup is the most useful, yet most mis-understood function in Excel. Learning how to vlookup in Excel 2007/2010/2013/2016 and the Excel version in Office 365 can be very useful.
This is a step by step vlookup tutorial (only 7 steps) suitable for beginners. It's the quickest and simplest way to do a vlookup! It works in all versions of Excel – Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, Office 365, etc (you just need to find the fx button above column B as shown in the example below).
vlookups are usually done between different spreadsheets, but to make it easier to show how they work, I've put the data on to one spreadsheet (see image below).
The tables in the spreadsheet have some of the most famous 100m runners in the world – including Usain Bolt (the World Champion!). The runners are numbered from 1 to 10 in column B (the numbers are for illustrative purposes only).
I've put the names of the runners / athletes in column C.
IMPORTANT: You should note that the table on the LEFT HAND SIDE is set in ASCENDING NUMERCIAL order ie numbers 1 to 10.
However, the table on the RIGHT HAND SIDE is arranged in ALPHABETICAL order of the names of the athletes. So the numbers in that table DO NOT go from 1 to 10 in ascending order.
We'll use the vlookup function to get the 'Prize Money' each athlete has won in column J in the second table into column D in the first table.
If you want to actually test out the instructions below with exactly the same data in Excel, then we have included a link to the file with the data here –
vlookup specimen file – Usain Bolt, etc.
First, click into cell D2 – as this is where we want the first vlookup result to appear.
Click on the 'fx' button above column B – many people start by typing "=vlookup…" but you don't have to! Clicking the "fx" button is much quicker!
(you will see the 'Insert Function' table pop up – screenshot below)
From this window, we will select the vlookup function, as it is one of the 'most recently used' functions in the category here.
If the vlookup function isn't one of the 'most recently used' functions, then change the "Or Select a Category" field to 'All, then scroll to the bottom, where you will see the word 'vlookup' and click on it.
Click 'ok' and the function arguments window will pop up. This table will show the Syntax (a fancy word for the format of the formula) and it will display the different parts of the syntax ie VLOOKUP(lookup_value,table_array,col_index_num,range_lookup)
Here, you should click into cell 'B2' because that's the first number or reference for which you want to lookup a value. The 'look up value' is the corresponding value we want to find in the first column of the second table – so we want to find out what 'Prize Money' the runner in position 1 got in the table that spans columns H to J.
Now click in the next field, the 'table array' field (the table array consists of two or more columns of data and the first column in the table array – in this case col. H – has the corresponding numbers that the 'lookup value is looking at ie the runner positions in this case).
After clicking in the 'table array' field, you then need to highlight the columns that that you want to look up data from; so here, we will highlight columns H to J, because our lookup value column starts from column H in the second table, and the Prize Money which we want to check is in col. J
An alternative way to populate the "Table_array" field is to highlight the range of data you're looking up, starting with your first unique value – in this case cell H2. So you'd highlight cells H2 to J11, because J11 is the last cell in the range. You'd then need to FIX this table array by putting dollar signs in before the H, before the 2, before the J and before the 11, so your formula at the end looks like this: =VLOOKUP(B2,$H$2:$J$11,3,FALSE). If you're in the table array field and you press F4, then Excel will do this automatically for you. This is useful to know if the spreadsheet doesn't allow you to highlight cells H to J because some cells are merged or you're getting an invalid error. But for now, just leave it, ensure, you're fields look the same as those in the screenshot above then proceed to Step 6, the second last step.
When you highlight the columns, you should note that column J is the 3rd column from column H. We then move onto the next step, Col_index_num, which is the column Index number. Click in that field and type the number 3) – this is because column J is three columns away from column H.
Now, for the last bit, simply click in the 'range lookup' field and type in the word false. You should always type in the word false here, because we want the vlookup to return an exact match for what we're looking for, and if it doesn't then we want it to return the word false.
Now click 'Ok', and like magic, you will notice that the vlookup has returned the figure of $1,000,000 against Usain Bolt's name in the first table. If you look at the second table, the figure of $1,000,000 is also against Usain Bolt's name, so we know the vlookup has worked. And that's how you string together the vlookup formula in excel.
Now all you have to do is drag down the formula, so that the cells below cell D2 populate, and you save yourself the hassle of manually finding the corresponding Prize Money value for each and every athlete in the first table. In a work scenario, if you had hundreds of rows of data, this would literally save you hours of work!
IMPORTANT point to note – the numbers in the "lookup value" column MUST precede the data you're looking up! The same is true for the table that you are looking up data from (you must ALWAYS move from the left to the right, when using vlookups!)
Congratulations on finishing the tutorial! If you want to try out a vlookup between two separate workbooks, you can do so here: https://howtovlookupinexcel.com/vlookup-between-two-workbooks
If you want to learn about Pivot Tables, you can do so via this website we created following user demand: http://pivottablesinexcel.com/
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Contact information for key programs and services at this installation.
The Family Advocacy Program is responsible for the prevention of and response to child abuse and neglect and domestic abuse/intimate partner violence in military families. It works with civilian social service agencies, military and civilian medical providers, law enforcement, legal personnel, chaplains, and child and youth programs to provide a coordinated community response. The goal of the program is to promote the prevention, early identification, reporting and treatment of child and intimate partner abuse.
Program services vary by installation, but generally include:
• Public awareness campaigns, education and support for individuals, couples and parents• Parenting support at every age and stage, including New Parent Support Program home visits for expectant parents, new parents and families with young children• Safety planning, advocacy and support for domestic abuse victims• Clinical treatment for abusers and all affected family members as appropriate
The Family Advocacy Program, or FAP, is the Defense Department program designated to address domestic and intimate partner abuse, child abuse and neglect, and problematic sexual behavior in children and youth. FAP works on every military installation where families are assigned, and supports service members, their spouses, partners and families to prevent abuse, promote victim safety and offer treatment and rehabilitation for healing after a traumatic event has occurred.
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Call 911 or military law enforcement if you witness domestic abuse, or you or someone you know is in immediate danger.
Domestic abuse victims may choose to make a restricted report which provides access to the full range of FAP services, including counseling provided by credentialed FAP clinicians, and support from a victim advocate to develop a safety plan. With a restricted report, military law enforcement and command will not be notified. Only three groups of professionals have been granted the authority to keep information about domestic abuse confidential under the restricted reporting option:
While victims are also entitled to the protections of privileged communication with a chaplain, disclosing domestic abuse to the chaplain is not a report and will not connect victims to FAP services. In the event a victim seeking a restricted report is in imminent risk of harm, or someone else is at risk, an unrestricted report must be made so that law enforcement can respond.
For more information see the Military OneSource article Domestic Abuse: Military Reporting Options.
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Family Advocacy Program services are available to service members and family members eligible for care in a military treatment facility. This includes intimate partners who share a child in common with a service member, live with or previously lived with a service member. Dating partners and others may qualify for limited support and referrals as appropriate. Contact your installation Family Advocacy Program for details.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it will not be possible to clone yourself during your lifetime. Major bummer, right? That means that uttering, "If only there were two of me, I could get this done so much faster!" under your breath is never going to be a viable solution for getting something done, no matter how much you will it to happen. That includes starting a business. I'm sorry.
With that cold hard truth out there in the open, let's talk about an alternative. If it's physically impossible to be in two places at the same time, what's the next best thing? As I pondered this question while trying to decide whether or not to leave my secure, well-paying corporate job to start my own company, I began to consider enlisting the help of a partner in crime.
How I Found (and Pitched) My Co-Founder
There is no shortage of stories on co-founders. For every horror story about a business partnership gone awry, there are glowing commentaries about perfect, made-in-heaven matches that joined forces to conquer the world. Don't believe me? Do a Google search. There are thousands of thought leaders arguing passionately on both sides of the issue. As with most things in life, the truth can probably be found somewhere in the middle.
For me, the decision to start 'ZinePak with a co-founder came down to the simple fact that I thought it would be more enjoyable with someone else. I knew that the company— which creates custom publications for celebrities, brands and VIP-style ticketing for special events — would likely start out as a home-based business with freelance partners. I didn't like the idea of being isolated.
My co-founder Kim Kaupe and I were co-workers at an advertising agency. Although we didn't know each other all that well, I enjoyed working with her and thought our complementary skills (my background was in entertainment and hers was in magazine publishing) would benefit the business. When I told her about 'ZinePak, I positioned it as a soft pitch.
"I'm planning on doing this new thing," I said. "I think it's going to be a lot more fun than what I'm doing here. You'd be really great at it, too. What do you think?"
Formalizing Our Relationship
A few days later, she said, "About that thing you're doing. It sounds pretty cool. I'm in." That night we went to Starbucks after work and sketched out an idea of what the company would look like. How much capital would we need? How would we get customers? How would we get vendors? Did we need employees right away?
We made our best guesses to each question and decided we would figure the rest out along the way. We agreed on an equity split, did a Google search to determine what corporate structure was most appropriate, and set up email addresses at our shiny new domain name. And with that, our business partnership was solidified.
Could Kim and I have spent months formalizing a 60-page partnership agreement and trying to map out every single hypothetical for the next twenty years? Of course. But we focused that energy on building an amazing company instead. We still don't have a full-executed partnership agreement. We'll probably get around to it one day, but in the meantime, we both trust each other to do the right thing.
The Benefits of a Two-Founder Team
Although I don't have children, I imagine that starting a company alone must be something like being a single parent. In the early stages of a business, a startup requires almost around-the-clock attention. I didn't get seven consecutive hours of sleep in the first 18 months of 'ZinePak. The sleep I did get was filled with dreams (and sometimes cold-sweat-inducing nightmares!) about the work awaiting me in the morning.
The same way parents divide the responsibilities of raising a child and celebrate milestones together, co-founders can divvy up the workload and share in the accomplishments of their growing company. (We like to joke that 'ZinePak is out of the toddler stage and onto the pre-school stage. Top of the class, naturally!) The benefits to this approach are many:
- You can take a (real) break. Having a co-founder is like a permission slip to be at less than 100 percent on your bad days. It makes things that are nearly impossible for a one-(wo)man-show — like calling in sick or going on a vacation — much more plausible. And it makes the best days even better, because there is someone celebrating every victory with you.
- Make better decisions. And there's no law that says you have to agree with your co-founder 100 percent of the time. In fact, it's better when you don't. A certain level of discord means that you're both championing opposing views. This creates an opportunity to discuss the merits of each viewpoint and ultimately decide which direction is better for the future of the company.
- Focus on what you're good at. When Kim and I started 'ZinePak almost three years ago, our approach to dividing workload was, "I'll work on whatever you're not working on!" While it wasn't ideal, it gave us both a chance to become intimately familiar with every aspect of our company. As time went on, we learned how to focus our efforts based on our mutual strengths — which, luckily, are complementary in almost every way, so we're both able to do the day-to-day work we love while continuing to evolve our company. This is an important ingredient to making our relationship — and our company — work.
- Double your odds. While having a business partner is, admittedly, not as cool as having a carbon copy of yourself running around, it's much less creepy — and doubles your odds of being in the right place at any given time. Whether it's an important event where you need to talk to dozens of people or simultaneous meetings on opposite sides of the globe, having someone you can trust to represent your business with the same level of integrity and passion as you is a huge advantage.
I encourage all would-be founders to look for a partner to take the wild ride of entrepreneurship with. No one but your co-founder — not your spouse, roommate, investors, or employees — will understand the experiences you have or the impact they have on you, both personally and professionally. Just like an awesome roller coaster is more fun if you've got a friend sitting next to you, starting a business with a partner can mean twice the excitement, creativity, enjoyment, and reward.