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I wrote the following as a speech addressed to my peers at graduation, but it was considered too traditional and subsequently nixed from the event. I certainly hope you are not offended by its appearance here, as its author might be of the traditional variety:
Good afternoon! I would like to take a quick moment to dedicate this speech to those who have had a lasting impact on my life: to Mom, to Dad, my sisters, Tata, the rest of my friends and family,
And to you. To all of you, sitting here before me, behind me, above me. All of you.
Seniors, this is our graduation. As some will say, this is the end of our time together; this is where our lives begin. On the verge of this new frontier, let us stop and ask ourselves, is this really the end?
Let us ask ourselves, why are we all here today?
It's not just because we earned enough units to declare candidacy. It's not just because we want to shake the Dean's hand, although he is a great guy and all.
Seniors, we are here because we have grown—spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, entirely. We are all, in nearly every aspect, different from our freshman counterparts a few years ago, and we have everyone here to thank.
In the time we have remaining before we each strut across this stage, I want you to think of all the people you ought to thank. Start now. Make a mental note of any person that has made a difference in your life. Think of all of the important character-defining in
teractions you've had in your college career, and pinpoint the person responsible. As you continue with this mental exercise—and don't worry, it's not graded— you might miss quite a few names from your list. Also ask for the names of every person sitting in your row, the girl across from you, the guy 3 seats behind you, and every other capped and gowned smiling student along with those close to them, as you'll need to include all of them in your list, too.
Seniors, all of us sitting here are sitting here as
's Class of 2007. Though our college careers have spanned multiple semesters of work and more work, we may not all know each other, and we may assume that the strangers we sit near are insignificant in our lives, but feel confident in each of your abilities to influence the growth of others around you. We each have created a tangled web of in Berkeley teractions with those who are close to us, and they in turn have done the same with others. We are all connected to one another, like a supportive web that threads through each of us. That's how we have matured.
Through every problem set that had us collaborating together into all hours of the night, using books as study tools and pillows, where we all wore the same bags under our eyes in class the next day, that's how we have matured.
Through every botched exam where we grieved with friends and family, and where they rescued us with enough kind words to make our grades seem like distant relics of the past, that's how we have matured.
Through every moment that sparked any whim of competition between us, to nab that sweet summer job, to attain that elusive grade, that's how we have matured.
By adapting to our environment and our situations, we in turn influence each other to adapt to us, and to learn from us. You all are in one way or another, directly or indirectly, the reason that I could develop enough composure and confidence over the years to address you today. And I am in one way or another the reason that you all are still paying attention to this speech. Hopefully.
Because I feel it of utmost importance to dissipate this rumor that with graduation comes the end of our time together. There is li
terally nothing final about today! We are here celebrating our class connection and how we have grown from it, and we must recognize that we would not be here as we are today were it not for all of us. We will always have our memories and our relations close at hand and heart, even if in the years ahead we forget who our old friends and acquaintances were. Whether we keep in touch or not does not change the fact that we have each made an indelible mark on ourselves, by merely experiencing life together. There is no justification to call this a conclusion, because these years of memories will continue to shape our lives forever.
We are here because we have grown together. We are here to celebrate our relations. We are here to recognize how significant these impressions have been.
And lastly, we leave here knowing that we shared our lives with the brightest minds of our generation. We must realize that this provides us with much responsibility for our society, responsibility for catalyzing the change we want to see in our world.
We must create a lasting impact on our future communities in the same way that we have done for each other, to share with others what we have experienced here.
Congratulations Graduates, and Thank You! Go Bears!


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Discover JapantownSF
San Francisco's Japantown (Nihonmachi) is one of 3 remaining in the United States. The neighborhood is unique place that is identified by its rich cultural heritage and history. A destination for many travelers and locals – its the heart and soul of the Japanese and Japanese American community.
A place where you can taste the tradition and immerse yourself in the culture. Through annual events like the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival that is held each April to the Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day) celebration held each May. There's something for everyone.
Welcome to Japantown!
In the coming months you'll start to see a fresh new look for Japantown.
Working with our community to emphasize the appeal of JapantownSF, inviting locals and tourists to shop, dine and experience what our neighborhood has to offer.
Find out what's happening in Japantown by visiting: Discover SF Japantown

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Marcelo Vignali
Production Designer/Art Director/Visual Development Artist
Marcelo Vignali is one of the most respected production designers, art directors, and visual development artists currently working in the world of animation. Formally trained as an illustrator, Marcelo has helped create many classics throughout his 25-year career, such as Disney's Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, and Sony Pictures Animation's Surf's Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Hotel Transylvania. Marcelo has twice been nominated by the International Animated Film Association for Production Designer of the Year, once for his work on Surf's Up, and again for his work on Hotel Transylvania. Marcelo is currently working at Sony Pictures Animation, and lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.
Hotel Transylvania
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Open Season
Brother Bear
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PS Your Tiny House Dream isn't Legal
I still remember our enthusiasm when we decided to buy a tiny house. We knew it was the housing solution for us, the way we could build a dream home for ourselves at thirty. We sat down and started researching the entire process and BAM! We kept coming across the same problem that seemed to have no solution at all: Tiny houses aren't legal!
We thought, there must be some catch, some way to understand or access zoning codes that we're missing, something we're not understanding. We reached out to the tiny house community and made a couple of tiny house friends, who gave us the same answer. Tiny houses aren't legal!
While some tiny houses are indeed legal, the majority of them aren't. The building code that determines this is the "minimum size for habitable domicile," which sets regulations for how small a house can be and varies by municipality. Some people try to work around this by making their tiny house RVI certified (as in, their tiny house is technically a recreational vehicle), but you're actually not allowed to live in an RV either, for longer than a few months. So while this might be a good solution for some (and will likely make it easier for you to park your tiny house in RV parks), it doesn't actually make your house legal to live in.
So what can you do? Here are our top five suggestions to help you along:
1) Live under the radar and be nice to your neighbors
Here's the thing… tiny houses usually aren't legal, but there's also nobody scouring the hillsides trying to ruin the lives of tiny home dwellers. Instead, you'll almost always only have to move if someone complains to the local government about your tiny house. Accordingly, while you might not want to advertise that you're moving into the neighborhood, you ought to check with any neighbors that might have a problem with your presence. In particular, try to avoid any neighborhood feuds that might leave you as collateral damage.
2) Find a mutually beneficial landlord relationship
Don't look for charity in your landlord, and don't go with someone who wants to help you out because they think tiny houses are cool. Instead, try to find someone who wants to earn extra income with little effort. That way, they have an incentive to keep you happy on their land. Naturally, if you happen to have a family member or friend you can rent land from, all the better.
3) Consider buying your own land and building a foundation home
In lots of places, you can live in a tiny house as long as it's a temporary residence while you're building a bigger home. This means that you could get permits to build a foundation home, a mortgage to purchase land and construction, and live in your tiny home legally throughout the construction of your foundation home (in most places, the timeline tends to be around two years). Once your foundation home is complete, you could turn your tiny home into a ready-made guest house or rental property. We're seriously considering this plan once we've paid off our house.
4) Consider living off-the-grid
This one's pretty straightforward… living off-the-grid gives you access to more options for land (since you won't need hook-ups), and it removes any connection that you might have to the city. Living off-the-grid makes it less likely that you'll ever have to move your house against your wishes. Of course, it also comes with an array of unique challenges, so it's a give and take.
5) Find a municipality where tiny homes are legal and advocate for adding them to your own zoning codes
There are some places in the States where tiny homes are legal. Fresno, CA and Austin, TX come to mind. Most importantly, the ICC (the organization that writes zoning codes for almost everyone) has updated their codes to include tiny homes. The problem is that most municipalities do not update their zoning codes all that often and they can make changes to what's written in the ICC. So while many more places will likely go tiny house legal, they'll only do so if local citizens push for those changes. If you can move to a place where tiny homes are legal, great! If you can't, then do what you can to make them legal where you live!


text: We're hoping to send a PR for KEYCLOAK-1238 <https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK-1238> (I just created JIRA) by end of day today. Hopefully you guys can review and include in RC1. If not, we'll figure something out. I'll followup after the PR and some demos are published. Best, Scott On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 5:09 AM, Stian Thorgersen <stian at redhat.com> wrote: > I'd like to release 1.2.0.CR1 on Wednesday (or Thursday at the latest!). > > Remaining work: > > * KEYCLOAK-1229 Re-enable broker examples - Bill can you look at this? > * KEYCLOAK-1189 SSLPeerUnverifiedException when deploying Keycloak with > JDK 8 - I'm looking at this ATM, testing if including a httpcomponents > module with slot=4.3 works > * KEYCLOAK-1180 keycloak proxy needs different redirect uri config - Bill > can you look at this? Or shall we just post-pone it? > * KEYCLOAK-1040 Allow import of realm keys (like we do for SAML) - shall > we post-pone this? > * KEYCLOAK-1070 Persist client grants - almost done > > I'd also like to do "KEYCLOAK-887 Use standard RCUE or Patternfly theme by > default", basically changing l&f of admin console to better match standard > PatternFly. Ideally this would be done prior to 1.2.0.CR1 release, but I'm > not sure how long it'll take. If IO can finish this tomorrow I'll include > it, if not I'll post-pone it. > > Anything else? Would be great if everyone can look at distribution changes > I did and comment/complain about it ASAP! > > We'll follow-up with a 1.2.0.Final next week. > _______________________________________________ > keycloak-dev mailing list > keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-dev > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.jboss.org/pipermail/keycloak-dev/attachments/20150427/e3257d7f/attachment.html


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Holy Halloween Batman! I just keep finding these photos of stuff I have made this year and can't believe I made so much. What was I thinking???! Maybe its because the stamps are just too darn cute?Anyway. I figure as long as I have the photos already cropped and ready to go, I might as well post them. If you are OVER THE TOP with Halloween, you can just skip this post. Or the last 5 for that matter ; ) I will not have my feelings hurt. These tags ended up on some bags of caramel corn. I found this fabulous recipe online, (which I now can't find since I need to link to it!). I would have taken a photo of the bags (they turned out cute) but really, I want you to like me and keep coming back and any more Halloween photos would probably make you turn against me! (although I do have ONE more for trick or treating)
The cards you see have yet to be used, which makes me feel so lame. They will just sit until next year I guess? I should have sent them to my mother! Anyway, I know I keep saying I am going to bed, and I am... right. now.
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The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan's intelligence agency has thwarted a suicide plan on Helmand police headquarter, NDS statement read on Sunday.
According to a statement released by Afghan intelligence, a suicide attacker named Mohammad Musa who was trained by Taliban to perform suicide and terror attacks was arrested in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan while he was trying to enter provincial police HQ.
Explosive devices were placed inside a military helmet, the statement read.
The man has confessed during investigations that he has performed an attack over a police ranger and was involved in two assassination attacks, added the statement.
Helmand is among the volatile districts in southern Afghanistan where the armed-insurgents are actively operating in a number of its districts and usually performs suicide and gun attacks.


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I have had a very productive first half of the day. On top of that I just received a phone call that instead of working 1:30-6 I am needed from 5:30-10. Now, I am no night owl, but it will be a nice change of pace to have the entire day at my fingertips!
For lunch:
I finished off the rest of that Amish farmer's market tomato from Mom, had some cauliflower, carrot sticks, homemade hummus, and salt and cracked black pepper rice cakes. I also had a small bowl of nuts 😉
I honestly just love nuts and nut butter and get most of my protein in that form. My mom always said "You are what you eat!"…I guess I'm nuts.
I started my sewing project last night. Step one: cutting out the pattern. I took a picture, but for some reason it didn't download onto my computer. I will just say that so far, things are off to a good start!
Things on my to-do list now that I have 4 extra hours in my day:
- Research continuing education credits for my personal training certification
- Find free yoga classes (or cheap) in Indianapolis
- Make the grocery list
- Find a good white layer cake recipe
- Read about yoga
- Look for bridesmaid shoes for Chelsea's wedding
- Mail giveaway goodies


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Today, my little queen is TWO years old ! Here are a few pics of our trip to London to celebrate her !
Today, my little queen is TWO years old ! Here are a few pics of our trip to London to celebrate her !
First coined by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett in their book Baby-Led Weaning: The Essential Guide to Introducing Solid Foods, Baby-led weaning is an approach to introducing solid food where baby is allowed and encouraged to self-feed solid finger foods instead of receiving purées via spoon. For those of us in the US, baby led feeding may be a better term as BLW is not about weaning babies off breastmilk or formula, but is weaning them onto solids. (Although, anytime we introduce food, we are in a sense starting the weaning process, as baby will naturally start to decline her breast milk consumption. But with BLW, the baby is in charge.) BLW babies:
Experts agree that solids should be delayed until the middle of the first year of life. This is when baby's digestive system is mature. Some babies may seem ready at 5 ½ months, while others may not be ready until 8 months of age. It's important to take into account ALL readiness signs for each individual child. As always, consult your child's pediatrician if you are unsure or have questions. Signs of readiness include:
The great thing about baby led weaning is that you really don't need much to get started. The first thing you need is a safe place for baby to sit. A highchair is a great choice, but a parents lap is just as good (remember, baby should be able to sit up unassisted at this point). The next thing you need is healthy, appropriate finger foods (covered below). A BLW baby is offered a variety of healthy whole finger foods (as well as a small amount of water) to choose from and explore. Follow your baby's cues. Begin offering solids once a day, and gradually increase as the child shows he wants or needs more. Baby-led weaning families are encouraged to make family mealtime a habit. One reason is that baby learns best by observation and imitation. When everyone eats together and eats the same food, baby feels included, and mealtime is a fun experience rather than a battle. If eating meals together doesn't work for your family, consider eating a snack while baby has his meal.
Baby's first foods should be a selection of fresh fruits, soft cooked vegetables, healthy carbohydrates, and fats. Think soft and easy to gum and swallow. When given a variety to choose from, baby will naturally choose the foods that meet her nutritional needs.
Some of these are common sense (popcorn for baby?!) but some good reminders when practicing baby led weaning.
* Small amounts of high mineral sea salt can be added with the approval of physician
There are obvious safety concerns with introducing solids to your baby. Assuming that baby has shown signs of readiness and can sit up unassisted, it's then important for parents to be vigilant and never leave baby alone when eating. It's equally important that only baby put food into her own mouth.
Choking is a real concern with any supplemental feeding, which is why close supervision is necessary. That said, there needs to be a distinction between gagging – which is a safety mechanism that safeguards against choking by bringing large pieces of food forward to be chewed – and real choking. As baby grows, the place in her mouth that triggers the gag reflex moves further back towards the throat. According to Rapley, this is one reason why baby led weaning is valuable, because baby learns to chew and swallow when this reflex is still very close to the front of the mouth. Of course, for all parents, understanding the signs of choking and knowing how to respond is very important. Here is online education… but better yet, contact your local hospital or community center to find classes.
Breastmilk (or formula) will make up the majority of baby's nutrition from 6-12 months of age. The main purpose of solids in the first year is to introduce baby to new tastes and textures while teaching her to chew and swallow food. If baby is gaining normally and thriving, then she is getting enough to eat. Baby-led solid feeding trusts that baby knows when she is hungry, when she is full, and what she needs to meet her nutritional needs. If she is struggling with low weight, you can certainly add in some smoothies, purées, or extra fats like avocado and butter. That's the beauty of baby led weaning. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Work with your physician to determine what is best.
Yes, if she is breastfed. The iron in breastmilk is absorbed at a percentage of 50-70% while the iron in iron-fortified cereal is absorbed at a rate of 4-10%. According to Kellymom.com, "Healthy, full-term infants who are breastfed exclusively for periods of 6-9 months have been shown to maintain normal hemoglobin values and normal iron stores."Breast milk is actually a perfectly sufficient source of iron."
I would add letting your child's umbilical cord pulse and wait to clamp for at least 3 minutes after birth helps tremendously since the baby gets 1/3 of his blood supply back! It also probably helps if a breastfeeding mama consumes her placenta and eats red meat a few times a week to replenish her stores.
Formula fed babies may also get enough iron from iron rich finger foods such as:
If there is a concern about baby's iron level, have it tested before supplementing.
Keep in mind that you can always do a hybrid approach to feeding. Super soft foods like avocado and sweet potato might be better served with a spoon. Let your child play and try to feed herself using the utensil. You'd be surprised just how well she can imitate you! Some moms let baby gnaw on soft pear slices, but prefer to spoon feed foods like puréed meat or bone broth. I know some parents who make smoothies, which a baby can drink through a straw if the family is on the go. Just know that you can experiment with feeding approaches that work best for your family and lifestyle. (Although it's best to probably stick with a few set routines so your baby doesn't get confused.)
My angel is now 20 weeks old !
She is growing by leaps and bounds and is growing super long. She now weighs almost 16 pounds.
She can sit up with assistance for a little while before falling forward.
She hates to sit down or lie down. She now prefers to sit up and stand up.
A friend sent her an Amazon gift card for her christening so we ordered her a Fisher Price Jumperoo. I am still trying to put it together. I deplore reading instructions and putting things together. Hopefully I will figure out how to get this seat part together this weekend before calling in the calvary lol.
I am completely and head over heels in love with my daughter ! She is the culmination of every dream I have ever had of a child.
I soooo want to give her a sibling. I have been very depressed about that lately. Because of the emergency hysterectomy, I can not carry another baby. I am blessed to have four eggs on ice so that once I find a willing surrogate, my little girl can have a sibling. I worry about leaving her in the world alone. I want her to have a sibling that she is close to and to experience having a life growing up fighting and loving a sibling. There is nothing like it !
I can't believe that in a few short days, my baby will be five months old ! I am starting to plan her 1st birthday event. I am doing a safari theme and am looking at trip packages to either Tampa Busche Gardens Africa or to Disney's Animal Kingdom. I am hoping my family will be able to go, but if not, it will be just us.
I ask that you all keep my mom in your prayers. Not only has a knot formed under her breast that she just had surgery on (hoping its just scar tissue) but her anemia seems to be caused by something other than iron deficiency. The doctor has ordered a colonoscopy and referred her to a Gastroenterologist for further review. She is nauseated all the time and has been for quite some time. The doctor assumed is was reflux. Now I am scared to death, that given how much she sleeps and the fact that even with nausea medications are not very effective, that we are dealing with something far more serious. It is my prayer that God could not and would not be that cruel to allow her to be sick again. There is only so much the human body can withstand. Now that she is retired, I want her to be able to travel and enjoy her life and not have it marred by illness and fear of illness.
Until next week….
Yesterday, we arrived in NYC early am for baby girl's four month well baby visit and second round of vaccinations.
The baby is 14 pounds 4 ounces and now 24 inches long.
She is growing well according to her Pediatrician and the doctor said we can start her on solids anytime between now and six months of age. She suggested we start her with cereal and then wait a few days to introduce a pureed fruit or vegetable. I am going to wait a little while and introduce cereal when her demand for more ounces of milk is noticed. Currently, she still drinks 3-4 ounces per feeding and averages 18-24 ounces per twenty four hour period. She seems to be going through a growth spurt the last few days and has taken in 5 – 6 ounces at a few of her feedings. She still doesn't like medication so I have been putting the Benedryl and Tylenol in her bottle with a 1/2 ounce or so of milk to get her to take it. Otherwise, she spits out most of the medication.
The baby demonstrated her newly found skill of flipping over by trying to flip over and off the exam table !
She is doing better with taking in formula. Most days we are doing 1/2 Breast milk and 1/2 Earth'sBest Organic Sensitivity Formula. I add probiotics to the 1st bottle of the day, every other day and that seems to be working for us.
After the vaccines last time, I gave the baby Tylenol, Benedryl and Motrin for two days. This time I gave her dose before we left for the doctor and once when we got back that afternoon. This morning, she awoke with a 102.1 fever. I gave her Tylenol and Motrin and called her doctor. Her doc says it's normal after vaccinations and to give her 2ml of Tylenol only and hold off on Motrin until after 6 months of age. She said she doesn't need the Benedryl now.
I gave the baby the additional dose of Tylenol mixed with a little formula and her fever has finally broken.
I am in love with her Kinsa thermometer that attaches to the smartphone and works via an app.
Now that the baby is no longer feverish, we will head out and grab some lunch before going to the post office to retrieve mail and packages.
I just hope the Tylenol keeps her fever under control and that she feels better. It is horrible watching your baby be miserable.
It has been 11 weeks since we welcomed Baby Girl into the world !
She is fat, fluffy, and such a delight. She can now hold her head up and keep it in line with her body when being held upright. She turns her head to look for me when she hears my voice. She loves tummy time and at long last she enjoys her bath.
At current, she still averages 3 to 4 ounces of milk at a time. She drinks 14-28 ounces in a given day but on average, she drinks about 22 ounces a day.
The baby is laughing out loud now and coos when you talk to her and flashes the biggest smile.
I am beyond in love with her and am excited to spend Christmas with her.
Mommy News:
I am down 64 pounds since giving birth and will continue to work on my body. I plan to walk a few miles a day on the beach and continue with a low carb high protein high fat diet.
The feeling around my incision is starting to come back and it feels weird.
My milk supply has dropped quite a bit since the clogged ducts. I have pumped only 10 oz the last several days. I'm not going to stress about it. She has been sleeping a lot over the past week and has been drinking about 14 oz total so she is still getting more breast milk than organic formula. We are in DC for the holiday and I will spend more time trying to pump every other hour when we get back to try to get the supply up. I also started taking the motilium again now that the clogged ducts are gone.
Grandmom News:
My mother is doing well. Her wound is almost closed now ! Other than nausea, she feels pretty good.


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HawaiiHa•wai•i (hə wī′ē, -wä′-, -wä′yə, hä vä′ē),USA pronunciation n.
- a state of the United States comprising the N Pacific islands of Hawaii, Kahoolawe, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Niihau, and Oahu: a U.S. territory 1900–59;
admitted to the Union 1959. 965,000;
6424 sq. mi. (16,715 sq. km). Cap.: Honolulu. Abbr.: HI (for use with zip code), Haw.
- the largest island of Hawaii, in the SE part. 63,468;
4021 sq. mi. (10,415 sq. km).
Electrice•lec•tric (i lek′trik),USA pronunciation adj.
- pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity: an electric shock.
- producing, transmitting, or operated by electric currents: an electric bell; electric cord.
- electrifying;
stirring: The atmosphere was electric with excitement.
- (of a musical instrument)
- producing sound by electrical or electronic means: an electric piano.
- equipped with connections to an amplifier-loudspeaker system: an electric violin.
- an electric locomotive.
- a railroad operated by electricity.
- electricity: residential users of gas and electric.
- something, as an appliance, vehicle, or toy, operated by electricity.
- [Archaic.]a substance that is a nonconductor of electricity, as glass or amber, used to store or to excite an electric charge.
Lightlight1 (līt),USA pronunciation n., adj., -er, -est, v., light•ed or lit, light•ing.
- something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- Also called luminous energy, radiant energy. electromagnetic radiation to which the organs of sight react, ranging in wavelength from about 400 to 700 nm and propagated at a speed of 186,282 mi./sec (299,972 km/sec), considered variously as a wave, corpuscular, or quantum phenomenon.
- a similar form of radiant energy that does not affect the retina, as ultraviolet or infrared rays.
- the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of sight.
- an illuminating agent or source, as the sun, a lamp, or a beacon.
- the radiance or illumination from a particular source: the light of a candle.
- the illumination from the sun;
daylight: We awoke at the first light.
- daybreak or dawn: when light appeared in the east.
- daytime: Summer has more hours of light.
- a particular light or illumination in which an object seen takes on a certain appearance: viewing the portrait in dim light.
- a device for or means of igniting, as a spark, flame, or match: Could you give me a light?
- a traffic light: Don't cross till the light changes.
- the aspect in which a thing appears or is regarded: Try to look at the situation in a more cheerful light.
- the state of being visible, exposed to view, or revealed to public notice or knowledge;
limelight: Stardom has placed her in the light.
- a person who is an outstanding leader, celebrity, or example;
luminary: He became one of the leading lights of Restoration drama.
- [Art.]
- the effect of light falling on an object or scene as represented in a picture.
- one of the brightest parts of a picture.
- a gleam or sparkle, as in the eyes.
- a measure or supply of light;
illumination: The wall cuts off our light.
- spiritual illumination or awareness;
- Also called day. one compartment of a window or window sash.
- a window, esp. a small one.
- mental insight;
- lights, the information, ideas, or mental capacities possessed: to act according to one's lights.
- a lighthouse.
- [Archaic.]the eyesight.
- bring to light, to discover or reveal: The excavations brought to light the remnants of an ancient civilization.
- come to light, to be discovered or revealed: Some previously undiscovered letters have lately come to light.
- hide one's light under a bushel, to conceal or suppress one's talents or successes.
- in a good (or bad ) light, under favorable (or unfavorable) circumstances: She worshiped him, but then she'd only seen him in a good light.
- in (the) light of, taking into account;
because of;
considering: It was necessary to review the decision in the light of recent developments.
- light at the end of the tunnel, a prospect of success, relief, or redemption: We haven't solved the problem yet, but we're beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel.
- see the light:
- to come into existence or being.
- to be made public.
- to begin to accept or understand a point of view one formerly opposed: Her father was opposed to her attending an out-of-town college, but he finally saw the light.
- shed or throw light on, to clarify;
clear up: His deathbed confession threw light on a mystery of long standing.
- having light or illumination;
well-lighted: the lightest room in the entire house.
- pale, whitish, or not deep or dark in color: a light blue.
- (of coffee or tea) containing enough milk or cream to produce a light color.
- to set burning, as a candle, lamp, fire, match, or cigarette;
- to turn or switch on (an electric light): One flick of the master switch lights all the lamps in the room.
- to give light to;
furnish with light or illumination: The room is lighted by two large chandeliers.
- to make (an area or object) bright with or as if with light (often fol. by up): Hundreds of candles lighted up the ballroom.
- to cause (the face, surroundings, etc.) to brighten, esp. with joy, animation, or the like (often fol. by up): A smile lit up her face. Her presence lighted up the room.
- to guide or conduct with a light: a candle to light you to bed.
light′ful, adj.
- to take fire or become kindled: The damp wood refused to light.
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#6 on the 2017 Bacon Top 31
Relaxer by Alt-J
Alt-J is a surprisingly resilient band. Every album they release, I'm surprised to see that they're still around. Their first album felt like a flash in the pan, even though I loved it enough to put it at #2 in 2012. Their sophomore album, This is All Yours, came out in 2014 to my complete and utter amazement. I ranked it #17 that year.
And now their third album, Relaxer, came out earlier this year and it's really good. I don't think I've felt so conflicted about a band's ongoing talent as I have for Alt-J. How do they sound so unique yet so accessible? How do they continue to produce music in such a narrow area of the musical spectrum, and how do they make it sound so damn good?
Relaxer is surprising beyond its mere existence. For one, "3WW," shown in the video above, as well as the song "Deadcrush" (video here) features vocals from Ellie Rowsell, lead singer of Wolf Alice (whose album My Love is Cool was #3 in 2015). Also, this album features a loose cover of the traditional folk tune "House of the Rising Sun," which the band took liberties with by adding an entirely different second verse. Not only that, but the band has 20 (yes, twenty) classical guitarists playing all at once on that album. Why? Because the band never does anything lightly.
Their music videos are no different. Beyond "3WW" above and Deadcrush linked earlier in this article, be sure to check out "In Cold Blood" and "Pleader" as well. The production value Alt-J puts into everything they do is fantastic. From writing/recording to video filming to live performances, the band spares no expense, and it's a beauty to listen and watch. And that's why they're #6 in 2017.
The Top 5 is coming up! Brace yourselves.
7. Hot Thoughts by Spoon
8. Colors by Beck
9. Mental Illness by Aimee Mann
10. The Wild by The Rural Alberta Advantage
11. american dream by LCD Soundsystem
12. Crack-Up by Fleet Foxes
13. Famous Last Words by The True Loves
14. Cry Cry Cry by Wolf Parade
15. Pure Comedy by Father John Misty
16. Shake the Shudder by !!!
17. La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by La La Land
18. The Underside of Power by Algiers
19. What Now by Sylvan Esso
20. 50 Song Memoir by The Magnetic Fields
21. Plunge by Fever Ray
22. DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
23. Capacity by Big Thief
24. The Tourist by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
25. CCFX EP by CCFX
26. Woodstock by Portugal. The Man
27. MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent
28. On the Spot by Hot 8 Brass Band
29. A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs
30. Planetarium by Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, & James McAlister
31. A Moment Apart by Odesza
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Article by Charles Thomson: Basildon Tories' decision to axe homes from their strongholds in the Local Plan has cost the borough more £20million in infrastructure investment, planning officers have confirmed.
Civil servants said the biggest cause of the reduction was the removal of 300 homes from Billericay, because the land had been so valuable.
Labour leader Gavin Callaghan said it meant the council had lost 'close to 20 per cent' of its infrastructure funding by cutting around three per cent of its proposed housing.
The infrastructure cash would have been raised by the council's 'Community Infrastructure Levy' (CIL), which forces developers to pay towards roads, health services, play areas and other local amenities, based on the value of the land they are bulldozing.
An officer told a council meeting on Wednesday, October 3, that as a result of axing the 300 Billericay homes, plus 350 more in Noak Bridge, "the total funding achievable through CIL contributions has been reduced."
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The figure could rise to £110.6million if a proposed 'neighbourhood plan' for Bowers Gifford is approved several years down the line, but that would still amount to a loss of £16.7m.
Cllr Callaghan said that even under his own administration's plan there had been an infrastructure deficit of £187m, but that it would now rise to more than £200m. He said:
"Surely, in an 'infrastructure first' plan, as we are constantly told, I'm sure that there is a mitigation strategy for how you plan to recoup that money?"
Officers told Cllr Callaghan there were talks ongoing with other local authorities in the region about how they could collectively raise the money, but that nothing would be finalised until next year. Deputy Tory leader Kevin Blake accused Cllr Callaghan of 'playing politics' and of penalising Billericay. He said:
"I can now understand why you wanted to build all over Billericay and Wickford – because that's where you were getting your money. So you didn't mind about that. But we do care about it and we care about the whole borough, and that's why we reduced those numbers to a sensible amount – and we would still like them reduced even more, but we are where we are. You clearly wanted more houses built in the Wickford and Billericay area just to help out the CIL."
Under the former administration's plan, Billericay was asked to accommodate 3,292 homes and Wickford 3,624, whereas Basildon was asked to take 9,220. The numbers were calculated using a 'spatial strategy' which had been written by a former Tory administration.
Cllr Callaghan responded:
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Yesterday I had a lovely day out that began with a visit to Rosslyn Chapel, a 15th century private chapel in Roslin, Midlothian.
In addition to it's fame from the DaVinci Code books and movie, the chapel is known for its intricate sandstone carvings. Every bit of the chapel, inside and out, is covered in detailed and imaginative sculpture depicting people and scenes from Celtic and Christian theology and the family history of the chapel's owners and craftsmen. But of most interest to me were the floral carvings, which were of a quantity and level of detail that I've not yet encountered. No photos were allowed inside, but there was still plenty to see on the chapel's exterior.
According to the interpretation, the carvers were inspired by the plants in nearby Roslin Glen. The carvings on the Victorian-era baptistry and organ loft include grape vines, roses, wood sorrel, ivy, daisies, and morning glories.
My favorite might have been this on the older part of the chapel: a hand holding a bunch of flowers.
Before the dreaded "chapel neck" could set in, my date and I left and set off outside the chapel on a hike down to Roslin Glen. The wildflowers were in full bloom, making for very pretty pictures and a chance to do a bit of mid-summer botanizing.
Native British orchid, still working on the I.D. but thinking Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Or maybe Dactylorhiza maculata or perhaps even a hybrid.
Mimulus guttatus, or monkeyflower, an alien invasive.
We ended our ramble near these beautiful young cows. The sun was doing magical things on the Pentland Hills, and a stunning evening drive took us to our well-deserved and delicious pub dinner at the Sun Inn in Dalkieth. Good company, a bit of art and history, some hiking, plants and nature capped off by great food made for a perfect day.


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Three day after Madonna visited one of Africa's biggest slums, Kibera where she had gone to see how she could improve the lives of its residents, Kenyan rapper Octopizzo is displeased especially after the singer shared a photo on her social media of a sewage trench in Kibera and captioned, "Imagine this is where your water comes from! @shofco is working to change this in Kibera, Africa's largest slum."
The rapper took to his social media to school her, "So Apparently when I was Away @Madonna came to Kibera and said we drink water from Mtaro, let me school you for a minute, it's ok if you wanna fundraise and all that shit, Intelligence arouses fear and respect, the lack of it keeps one on the narrow minded road of disrespect, stupidity and inferiority complex.
But next time do your research before you disrespect a whole community like that, I'm not a good writer but I wish I was there to tell you on your face.
#Chocolatecity is home of talent, Hard working Women & Men, Beautiful amazing kids. You didn't see all that? One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors.
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
The moonies are coming!
Looks like a bumper crop of moonflowers this year. Not familiar with these incredible plants? Here's the lowdown.
To grow some moonflowers, all you have to do is throw the spiky seed pods in the garden around Mother's Day. (For the record, I'm one of those slacker gardeners who loses interest once the temperature and humidity exceeds my embarrassingly low threshhold.)
By mid-July, you'll have clumps of gorgeous greenery on silvery stems. Then a few weeks later, the buds emerge--flauta-sized cylinders holding back their surprising gift to the summertime planet.
When they're ready, one magical night in July or August, the moonflower blooms start to explode. And what blooms they are: iridescent white, saucer-sized, lemon-scented circles of velvet that could bring Georgia O'Keefe back from the dead.
Each flower lasts only about twelve hours before it wilts and fades, eventually falling off and allowing next year's seed pod to form.
One night a few years ago I was out marvelling at the dozen or so flowers as, one after another, they opened with an almost-audible pop. A small toad hopped out from under one of the plants, and then, as if on cue, a luna moth fluttered by.
Talk about a "Witchy Woman" moment.
I love these contrary flowers, defiant and luminous in the middle of a pitch-dark night.
We should all be so daring.
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Labels: luna moth, magic, moonflowers, witchy woman
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Just don't eat the seeds.
See article.
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[This is Part 2 of an interview that began here. Adam Bisaga, MD, is an addiction psychiatrist, clinician, researcher, and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University. This week he published an important new book, co-written with health writer Karen Chernyaev: Overcoming Opioid Addiction: The Authoritative Medical Guide for Patients, Families, Doctors, and Therapists (The Experiment; paperback; 285 pp; $16.95).
In this portion of the interview, Bisaga discusses how his patients became addicted; the role of genetics; choosing a treatment medication; the issue of whether the anti-opioid pendulum has swung too far; Ibogaine; kratom; and stigma. In Part 1, he discusses why opioid addiction is unlike any other; why referring patients with opioid use disorder to most US treatment centers is now unethical; and needed changes in insurance and emergency room practices.]
How do most of your patients become addicted? Medically or recreationally?
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I certainly see a lot of people who come to treatment who give this history.
Now, they may come to treatment early on, like after one year of using painkillers, or they may already have been using three, four, five years, switched to heroin because it's cheaper, and come to treatment when things really, really go bad.
So those are the two most common scenarios. And, of course, we see a lot of people who have been addicted for the last 20, 30 years, and have been in and out of treatment over the years. We see those people coming in in their 50s, 60s.
I interviewed someone recently who told me that medical patients were different from addicts. He considered addicts a different category, whether because of genetic predisposition or some sort of priming in adolescence, or some other mental illnesses. What do you think of that perspective?
Clearly there are patients who have some serious pain syndrome that respond well to painkillers. And they will take painkillers as prescribed. And they maintain on opioids for a long time, and they probably don't have an opioid use disorder. So that's one group.
Then you get a group of patients who have many problems. They might have gotten an injury, but also are depressed, may not have work, lost a job, have family problems, may have childhood trauma. They got put on painkillers. And they use the painkillers as a way of coping with all the other problems in life.
So they tend to take large doses over long periods of time. They're not functioning very well, they still have complaints of pain, they don't really move on with their lives, and they're probably not all too pleased with how their lives are going.
There's a lot of patients like that. I've read that maybe 10 million maintain chronically on opioids. A lot of those probably meet the definition for opioid use disorder but it's not diagnosed. They are identified as chronic pain patients. But clearly chronic opioids don't serve them well. They may live shorter. They are not functioning well. They do not recover from pain. Some probably would've recovered if they'd gotten a different treatment. So those patients are different.
And then you've got people who are at high risk of addiction. Who have a family history of addiction, who may or may not have all these additional problems, but the primary driver is they have a brain that is primed for addiction. Those are usually people who are impulsive, sensation seeking, low harm avoidance. So when those people get exposed to drugs, whether it's cocaine or heroin, they are at very high risk of becoming addicted. Yeah, they are different. They probably have a different brain.
Is that genetic?
Yeah. There's strong evidence, from twin studies, that at least 50 if not 70 percent of it is genetic. Your risk. Your predisposition. It doesn't mean everybody with both parents who are addicts will get addicted, but definitely this person is at much higher risk than someone from different parents and lives with this same family. Even if they share the same environment, the genetics is the dominant force.
So those are different patients.
But it doesn't really matter. I think that the treatment and the understanding will still be the same. So I'm not sure how useful it will be—this separating "medical" from "addicts." Except that I sense here that it's stigmatizing people who are addicted. And I get a sense that they are somewhat seen like they are in some way responsible for developing the disorder. That they made choices, that they are pursuing pleasures, that they aren't working as hard as other people, that they are somehow responsible for what happened to them. As opposed to people who got put on painkillers by their doctors and they have no responsibility. I don't really see the distinction being useful.
How common is it that somebody could treat pain with, say, 60 mg of OxyContin a day for three years, and not have to escalate dose, and be functioning well?
Quite common. It's not like everyone will lose control. Same with other controlled substances. Like with Xanax, or Adderall. A lot of people can benefit, can be maintained on medication for a long time, without escalating, without impairment, without preoccupation. Which all the hallmarks of addiction.
And I think it's the same with painkillers. Now the assumption is that it will be easy for the doctor to tell apart the people who are doing well and the people who are not doing well. And that's an assumption that got us into trouble with the epidemic. First of all, that's not so easy to tell even for experts, and certainly not for people who don't have training, like primary care providers. And, secondly, there was no standard treatment [when addiction did occur]. How do you actually help patients out of this situation? There wasn't really an established strategy for that.
Many chronic pain patients today say they fear that they're going to be cut off their opioid medication due to excessive societal fear of opioids right now. They feel the pendulum has swung too far the other way.
That's probably true. The pendulum metaphor, I think, is very apt. And probably in order to have some kind of balance there will be, right now, a little more restrictions in prescribing and, hopefully, we can reestablish some kind of balance.
Clearly, 15 to 20 years ago there wasn't a well-balanced approach of administering painkillers to a large group of patients, and a large group of people got hurt with it. But this is not to say we should not have medications available for treating severe intractable pain.
When recommending a treatment medication, how do you choose between methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone?
You want to decide it in discussion with the patient and maybe the patient's family. Those are three effective, but very different treatments.
You give them accurate evidence-based information, assuage their fears, address the myths, and then they can make a good decision.
Of course, the reality is often patients don't have this choice. They go to a program and the program only offers one medication—if they're lucky. Very, very few programs offer all three medications. Even though the current law [the Controlled Substances Act] states that the provider prescribing medication for opioid addiction should be offering directly, or by referral, all three FDA-approved medications.
Because of this gap in knowledge and practice, a big part of my book is about the medications. I try to really explain the difference between various treatment options. But is it complicated. You do need to spend some time on discussing it. I hope that not only patients and their families but also medical and other treatment providers will benefit from the book.
Some patients want to immediately feel better today, so they want to start on buprenorphine today. Some may feel: "I don't want to be on any opioids. I want to be detoxed, and want a non-opiate medication to help me prevent relapse." So naltrexone, a non-opiate, is for them.
Banking family heir Matt Mellon recently died while awaiting treatment in Mexico at a facility that uses a plant substance called ibogaine. Some people use another plant, kratom, to help with opioid withdrawal. What do you think of these?
That's a longer discussion. The context is that people with addiction have a propensity for magic thinking. They believe there is some magic solution that will take away their problems. And because of that, they are easy targets or victims of unscrupulous prescribers. Snake oil salesmen. Ibogaine may be one of them.
Ibogaine is a story going back to 1960s, but was very popular in the 1980s. There are certainly reports of it's being helpful, but it can also be toxic. There are reports of people dying in treatment. There's no way to actually know what you're getting into because there is no oversight. There was a medication derived from ibogaine that has been in development for a while, but I have not seen well-done clinical treatment trials, and it is not an approved medicine.
Kratom is a plant material that does have an opiate effect. And we know that opiate-like agents are helpful to relieve craving and withdrawal, so it's not surprising kratom would help with withdrawal. But we also know that if it's used without medical supervision, it can become problematic on its own. You can become physically dependent on, or even addicted to, kratom.
What we want is to give people access to well researched, well documented, highly safe, highly regulated treatments that are FDA approved.
The last thing I'll say is that the medications provided by the FDA are still not magic pills. Some people will not respond to them, some will have side-effects or misuse them. But at least we know the chances are good, and if you maybe don't respond to one medication, we suggest that you try the other one, or, finally, the third one.
I'm all for researching new treatments. But I think we have some highly effective treatments that we don't use enough. And I think we should focus on that.
You've devoted your life to treating addiction. But a lot of physicians don't seem to want to get involved with these patients. Isn't that a problem, too?
There's such a reluctance of providers to treat these patients. In France, there was an opioid epidemic in the 1990s. The government said all physicians should offer buprenorphine to all patients interested. And they had 25 percent of physicians offering this treatment to patients.
In the US, we have about 3 percent of physicians offering buprenorphine. Why is there such a difference?
I would imagine addiction is much more stigmatized in the US. It's seen more as a nonmedical kind of problem, as a social problem, criminal behavior, a moral problem than it is in western Europe.
In your book you write that, because of the nature of the illness, some addicts are apt to lie and steal. There must be a lot of doctors who just don't want such patients in their waiting rooms.
But a lot of these fears are not based on reality. Yes, there are patients who are difficult and lying and stealing and they are not pleasant to work with. There are people like that with other medical problems. We tend to think all addicts are like that, but it's not accurate. This is an idea of addiction perpetuated in popular culture, and maybe perpetuated in medical education. My experience is that physicians who are able to overcome this and open their practices to those patients actually were blown away by how different the reality is from what they expected. It's almost funny that they say, "This patient is very pleasant and nice. We didn't expect it." Like you don't expect that they'd also be human. And that's unfortunate, this generalization of others.
But if physicians are willing to open up I think many of them will have a very good experience, will be very glad. You can have a huge impact on people's lives. Exactly because you are the doctor that gives this patient a different experience than he has received from the rest of the medical care, where they are hated, shunned, rejected.
[For Part 1 of this interview, click here.]


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Log In and Add $252.78 -3.95 (-1.54 %) (As of 09/23/2019 06:00 AM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$252.0850Now: $252.78▼$258.0150-Day Range$244.34MA: $256.62▼$268.4252-Week Range$156.68Now: $252.78▼$269.57Volume1.32 million shsAverage Volume1.23 million shsMarket Capitalization$62.26 billionP/E Ratio29.74Dividend Yield0.89%Beta1.07 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email S&P Global Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides ratings, benchmarks, analytics, and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide. The company operates through four segments: S&P Global Ratings (Ratings), S&P Global Market Intelligence (Market Intelligence), S&P Global Platts (Platts), and S&P Dow Jones Indices (Indices). Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Consumer credit reporting agencies, mercantile reporting agencies, Sub-IndustryN/A SectorBusiness Services Current SymbolNYSE:SPGI Previous SymbolNYSE:MHP CUSIPN/A CIK64040 Webhttp://www.spglobal.com/ Phone212-438-1000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio7.52 Current Ratio1.37 Quick Ratio1.37Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio29.74 Forward P/E Ratio27.45 P/E Growth2.79 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$6.26 billion Price / Sales9.95 Cash Flow$9.3380 per share Price / Cash Flow27.07 Book Value$2.75 per share Price / Book91.92Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$8.50 Net Income$1.96 billion Net Margins31.02% Return on Equity341.54% Return on Assets22.92%Miscellaneous Employees21,200 Outstanding Shares246,300,000Market Cap$62.26 billion Next Earnings Date10/24/2019 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable SPGI Rates by TradingView Receive SPGI News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for SPGI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) Frequently Asked Questions What is S&P Global's stock symbol? S&P Global trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SPGI." How often does S&P Global pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for S&P Global? S&P Global announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.57 per share on Wednesday, September 11th. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 26th. View S&P Global's Dividend History. How were S&P Global's earnings last quarter? S&P Global Inc (NYSE:SPGI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The business services provider reported $2.43 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.28 by $0.15. The business services provider had revenue of $1.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.65 billion. S&P Global had a return on equity of 341.54% and a net margin of 31.02%. The company's revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.17 earnings per share. View S&P Global's Earnings History. When is S&P Global's next earnings date? S&P Global is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for S&P Global. What guidance has S&P Global issued on next quarter's earnings? S&P Global issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $9.10-9.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.05. What price target have analysts set for SPGI? 14 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for S&P Global's stock. Their predictions range from $180.00 to $294.00. On average, they expect S&P Global's share price to reach $252.2308 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for S&P Global. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for S&P Global? 14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for S&P Global in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for S&P Global. Has S&P Global been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about SPGI stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. S&P Global earned a news sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for S&P Global. Are investors shorting S&P Global? S&P Global saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,055,400 shares, an increase of 26.5% from the July 31st total of 3,206,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,120,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View S&P Global's Current Options Chain. Who are some of S&P Global's key competitors? Some companies that are related to S&P Global include Moody's (MCO), Equifax (EFX), TransUnion (TRU), Pra Group (PRAA) and CreditRiskMonitor.Com (CRMZ). What other stocks do shareholders of S&P Global own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other S&P Global investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Paypal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Adobe (ADBE), Visa (V), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Mastercard (MA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and salesforce.com (CRM). Who are S&P Global's key executives? S&P Global's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Douglas L. Peterson, Pres, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 60)Mr. John L. Berisford, Pres of S&P Global Ratings Inc (Age 55)Mr. Alexander J. Matturri Jr., C.F.A., CFA, J.D., Chief Exec. Officer of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (Age 60)Mr. Ewout Lucien Steenbergen, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 50)Ms. Martina L. Cheung, Pres of S&P Global Market Intelligence (Age 43) Who are S&P Global's major shareholders? S&P Global's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.49%), BlackRock Inc. (6.78%), BlackRock Inc. (6.78%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.46%), Edgewood Management LLC (2.62%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.56%). Company insiders that own S&P Global stock include Alexander Matturri Jr, Courtney Geduldig, Douglas L Peterson, Ewout L Steenbergen, John L Berisford, Nancy Luquette, Nicholas Cafferillo and Steven J Kemps. View Institutional Ownership Trends for S&P Global. Which institutional investors are selling S&P Global stock? SPGI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Jennison Associates LLC, Swedbank, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Balyasny Asset Management LLC and Manning & Napier Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold S&P Global company stock in the last year include Alexander Matturri Jr, Courtney Geduldig, Douglas L Peterson, Ewout L Steenbergen, John L Berisford, Nancy Luquette, Nicholas Cafferillo and Steven J Kemps. View Insider Buying and Selling for S&P Global. Which institutional investors are buying S&P Global stock? SPGI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd, Packer & Co Ltd, Investec Asset Management LTD, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for S&P Global. How do I buy shares of S&P Global? Shares of SPGI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab. What is S&P Global's stock price today? One share of SPGI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $252.78. How big of a company is S&P Global? S&P Global has a market capitalization of $62.26 billion and generates $6.26 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.96 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.50 on an earnings per share basis. S&P Global employs 21,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About S&P Global. What is S&P Global's official website? The official website for S&P Global is http://www.spglobal.com/. How can I contact S&P Global? S&P Global's mailing address is 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10041. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 212-438-1000 or via email at [email protected] MarketBeat Community Rating for S&P Global (NYSE SPGI)Community Ranking: 2.8 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 303 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 246 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 549MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about S&P Global and other stocks. 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Jay Z & Mariah Carey Give Early, Glamorous V-Day Gifts, What About The Rest of Us?
Leave it to celebrities to continuously prove how much more awesome they are than us ordinary folks by doling out Valentine's presents that are not only early, but ridiculously glamorous. I'm sure tomorrow will unfurl a boat load of envy-inducing gifts that will leave me seething and questioning whether anyone truly loves me on this godforsaken "holiday," but for now there are two celebs who got a serious jump start on the day for lovers. *Cue Billy Ray Cyrus' newly-released Hip Hop version of "Achy Breaky Heart" *
Getting the ball rolling early is Jay Z, who is becoming more and more open about the fact that he is undoubtedly smitten with his wife Beyoncé. For Valentine's Day, he presented the "Drunk in Love" singer with a gold and silver Tacori promise bracelet hand-picked by her stylist Ty Hunter. Although she's earned a well-deserved rep for being able to keep secrets, according to Hunter, she's apparently not as tolerant when it comes to people leaving her out of the loop. This is what prompted Jay's early V-Day offering. After successfully joining her hubby in completing a 22-day vegan diet, I see no problem with this arrangement.
But the "early bird gets the worm" celebrity gift-giving doesn't stop there. In ultimate "Mimi" fashion, Mariah Carey proves that for every nanny she swiftly taketh away, she giveth something much more grand. To commemorate the Valentine's Day event "Love Above All," she illuminated the Empire State Building in red and pink lights to help celebrate the union of three couples who won the opportunity to be married atop the New York City landmark tomorrow.
In addition to her heart-fluttering V-Day contribution, Carey will also bless us with romance-drenched music with the release of a video to her new single, "You're Mine (Eternal)," off her upcoming album The Art of Letting Go. The cover art is the epitome of Valentine's Day, featuring those cute little Sweethearts candies that bear heartfelt messages. Sigh.
Typically, I've managed to bypass the hype that surrounds February 14, but bearing witness to these celebrity demonstrations of adoration almost tempts me to indulge. After all, it's the thought behind the gift that matters, but I must admit if someone I loved thought this much of me, it would definitely count.
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Frankie Perry Carboni from Sardina, Italy, took the 3 Challenge. Here's her story...
I signed up for the #stoplookbreathecreate 3 Challenge initiative with some apprehension – would I sabotage my own efforts with my nemesis procrastination? It's the one thing that has always spoiled all of the projects I've taken part in, and as I realise now, comes from a place of fear and a sense of lack of worth.
To my amazement and joy, nothing turned out as I expected. Instead of struggling along with my usual thinking, that nothing was good enough, nothing was worthy of publishing, somewhere in the middle of the three weeks, I realised I had found a creative rhythm; the voice of the critic, which had haunted me since my dismal performance at art school in the 70's, was finally silenced and most importantly I was loving what I was doing.
Easing in with mindful photography
Starting with photography was a shrewd choice on Wendy Ann's part. We all take photos, all of the time. We have the phones, we have the apps, they are a part of our life documentation. It's not scary or intimidating. To stand and look at something, to breathe, to connect and to capture that moment was a gentle and encouraging start to the project. I started with a definite idea of what I would photograph, then circumstances changed - but instead of feeling discouraged, I discovered I could be kind to myself, I could accept what was and simply adapt. That in itself was a huge step forward.
Mindful drawing - letting go
My experience with the drawing was quite extraordinary – it had a surprisingly physical dimension too. I started small, with a tiny sketch book and very small simple drawings of what was immediately in front of me. I felt slightly cramped by these sketches, they seemed to echo that.
I realised I was holding on too tight, to the past, to a loss of confidence in my drawing that I had never recovered. So I stopped fighting. Just as in my meditation practice, I stepped up to the drawing paper with no expectations and no ideas. I did just what I felt like. I went bigger. I opened up my diaphragm and my arms, I let my wrists relax and my pen run free. I drew something easy and familiar that I see everyday – myself. I'd found my mojo and it set me free.
Mindful writing at the end of the day
As with starting the day in bed drawing, I chose to end the day in bed, or on the way to bed, writing. Late at night, in the stillness and the heat, there was so much to hear, to feel, to connect with. Some nights I was so tired I thought I couldn't put pen to paper, but at this stage, I knew I would. Because it felt right, like a natural extension of everything that had come before. And using time parameters really worked for me, it disciplined me, kept me focused.
This is not the first project I've done with Wendy Ann and Art of Mindfulness, I know it won't be the last. Her role as teacher, mentor and dharma sister has effectively raised my creativity from the dead, gently supported me, allowed me to show myself compassion and given me back the confidence and joy in making marks and words that had been lost for years. I feel like I'm just beginning and it's good.


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The Need For Expert Testimony In Construction Defect Cases
More often than not, your construction defect case will fail unless your claim's supported by an expert witness. An expert witness may be necessary to prove that the defendant violated applicable construction standards. Expert testimony may also be required to prove what needs to be done to fix the construction issue and how much it'll cost.
A common scenario that we encounter are homeowners who have concerns about a newly constructed house. They contact their builder and make warranty claims, but either nothing's done or the builder's proposed solution isn't satisfactory to the homeowner. Maybe the builder thinks that its work is just fine. Or perhaps the builder agrees that there's an issue but isn't willing to address it in the manner that the homeowner demands.
At that point, we start receiving contacts from homeowners. It's then that they realize that they need more than just their subjective complaints about the builder's work and their subjective beliefs about what must be done to fix the work. No court will allow a construction defect case to proceed on that basis alone, and most builders know that.
Instead, expert testimony from a hired expert witness is usually necessary to prove that the builder's work didn't meet appropriate construction industry standards. The expert needs to visit the property and view and analyze the construction issues that the homeowner's concerned about. A report is then prepared explaining what the construction issues are and how applicable industry standards were violated. That report is then used in an effort to convince the builder to do something more than it was willing to do when the homeowner first contacted it.
There's frequently also an issue regarding the nature, amount, and cost of the work necessary to remedy the defective construction. Proving that the builder's work is defective because it doesn't meet industry standards is only half of the case. The second half of the case requires the homeowner to prove what it'll cost to remedy the defective work. Builders often dispute that the remedy is a great and expensive as the homeowner claims. In those circumstances, an expert witness can also help prove the necessary and reasonable remedies for the construction issues.
A common misconception is that homeowners merely need estimates for repair costs from other contractors and they're ready for court. That's insufficient, and the case will be lost, unless those contractors are also willing to explain whether and how the builder violated applicable construction standards. Otherwise, the homeowner may be able to prove damages using the contractor's estimates, but that won't matter because the homeowner won't be able to prove that the builder's liable for any defective construction. Such contractors are rarely willing to criticize the work of another member of the construction industry, so it's risky to assume that you'll get that testimony from a contractor rather than through a hired expert witness.
There are only four ways around the need to support your construction defect case with expert testimony. I've discussed one way, which is hoping that your other contractors provide the necessary testimony regarding industry standards and the builder's failure to meet them (good luck getting that). Another, equally rare possibility, is that the builder could admit to violating an industry standard (good luck making that happen). If a government official has inspected the property and found issues with the construction, that's usually good enough. Finally, if the construction contract called for the builder to do certain things that it didn't do, that may be enough to prove liability. But, under all of these scenarios, you'll likely still need proof of the necessary and reasonable steps to remedy the defective work and the costs of doing so.


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I eat pretty healthy….(MOST of the time!) but when I do splurge on something extra sugary, I still have standards!
It has to be worth it and there's a HUGE difference between a decadent homemade dessert and a Little Debbie® snack cake in my opinion!
This recipe has been a family favorite for years! …Probably more because I let my boys use the propane torch in the house.
I love it because it's timeless and simple.
Somehow… just 4 simple ingredients transcend into creamy deliciousness with a melt-in-your-mouth sugary top!
It's also one of those recipes that looks super intimidating but isn't really. Shhhh!!! I won't tell!
The MOST important part is tempering the eggs.
If you've never used a kitchen torch or propane torch before, there are quite a few videos out there on how to get the perfect crunchy top!
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do. If you need a taste tester….you know where to find me!


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