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#095 – Reconciliation
Once again I apologize for the delay in comic updates. This time though it's a bit more merited than 'ooh, shiny new video game'. In the past week I've A) moved into a new apartment with my girlfriend and B) adopted a white German shepherd puppy. So between the two of those, I've had only brief moments in order to sit down and attempt to draw anything. I'll keep going with updates (next either late this week or Monday), as there are just two more plot comics to round out the year. Then year three. Oh, year three. That's the fun year.


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Their coupling follows a hot-shot lawyer son (Downey Jr.) who returns to his small, rural hometown after his mother's death. While there, he learns that his estranged father (Duvall, in a part originally offered to and turned down by Jack Nicholson), a hard-nosed local judge, is suspected of murder and he decides to stick around and defend his father and probably learn some life lessons along the way.
The story doesn't appear to be anything particularly innovative, but it packs a supporting cast that also includes Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Vera Farmiga. It's directed by David Dobkins, best known for his directorial duties on Wedding Crashers and Shanghai Knights, which doesn't inspire much confidence), but overall, despite the cheesy overly-inspirational music and a bit of eye-roll inducing dialogue ("sometimes you have to forgive in order to be forgiven"), this looks like a solid, if not a little too Oscar-baity, early fall movie.
The film opens up stateside on October 10, 2014.

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Today after i came back from work, hubby told me, my previous maid got a note for me. I like "huh? A note for me? When? And where u got the note from?" He said, my SIL's son don't know where found the note and her mum pass it to my hubby. He just roughly told me the maid said, she run away because she got 2 months pregnant liao! I like "HUH? Pregnant?" Ok ok, let me read the "letter" first.
She wrote in a perfect "Malay" letter, why i said perfect? Because she don't even speak malaysian Malay, she only can speak Indon malay which i always don't understand her, but her letter i can read from the top till the end. Absolutely can understand. The way she wrote is the "malaysia version malay" that's y i can understand.
Now story start, she wrote,- "Tuan & Mem, i have to leave, because i can't stand anymore and i always so stupid. I "took" RM100 from u, because Mem took my RM20 that suppose to be mine, so this is consider my four months salary. Beside than that i didn't take anything else from u. And another thing that make me leave is because i already 2 months pregnant. And it happen at this house, i don't want to make u disappoint, and i will handle or settle it myself. I don't want to destroy this family so i bear all this myself and also i blame myself for not taking care myself good!! I also don't know where to go now, either choose live or dead, i all leave it to GOD!Sorry again, i disappoint u, and please forgive me. Please take good care of Fearles & Cruz, treat them good, once i deliver the baby i will let u know! Please forgive me!"
Tell me everyone, is this true???? I nearly faint when i read this, i like WTF!Who will go and rape her in our house, not that i want to said it won't happen, but it impossible that will happen. She and another maid are sleep at the living room one corner which we got cctv to monitor them. And during day time, all the "men" and "women" are out to work, except for two SILs will be at home!Most of them will be back around late afternoon. As my hub family business start work very early, by the time they came home, everyone is so tired, and normally will just stay in their own room and rest. Where the heck and when the heck will got anyone go and "rape" her?? And when she just start work for me, she also told me that her previous boss, try to rape her in her room. And the lady boss accuse her seduce the husband, that's y she choose to leave! And now she come and tell me she is pregnant! Ha! U said should i believe or not? I ask hub, eh! Did u come back mabuk mabuk and rape her ar? My hub look at me and said EH! U "chi sin" - crazy ar? I got better taste la! And if he is, he won't pass me that note right?
See la, treat the maid so nice and now she said someone make her pregnant, and she like so great, do not want me to feel bad that's why she choose to leave! Mafulat!I really super angry!!What happen to all those maids! I suspect this letter is not written by her, should be the other maid that run away with her wrote for her.As the other maid had been in Malaysia for 8 years so her Malay i think will be better than her.And she said she curi or take RM100 from me, and so far i don't place any money in the room, and i don't see i do lose RM100!! If RM10 i might overlook, but RM100 wor!! She said her money took by me because i don't allow maid to have their money, that's y i said i keep for her, when she want to buy things let me know, and the money i will bank in for her, anyway it's just RM20 (the ang pow money from chinese new year). Ask me to take good care of Fearles and Cruz ( and i super surprise she know how to spell my sons name!!!) I never teach her how to spell and she just know how to call their name! Of course i will take good care of them , they are my sons, and of course i will treat them good, or she thought i always very bad to my sons? Get lost!!!! she don't even take care her own kids, now teach me how to take care my son!!! Blek! In the letter keep saying "minta maaf minta maaf" if she really minta maaf than she won't just run away like that! If she really pregnant than she can just call the agent and bring her back to the agent, and sue us la! Just like what she did to her previous employer. When she said her boss walk into her room in the middle of the night, she feel so scared, and she just told the boss to call the agent she don't want to work anymore. See la! Tons of execuses!!!
Sigh!I don't know what to said. It will be NO MORE INDON MAID FOR ME!!! I HAD ENOUGH!!!!!! Aaaaaaarrrrrgggggg!!!!!! Stupid!I'm so sick of them already!Shall i believe or shall i not????


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THE crisis which began in 2008 should not be seen as an economic, fiscal or banking crisis which broke our housing system. The time has come to really think about our housing system and what we get from it.
Before, during and after the boom Ireland did not have a cost-effective system of housing which provided homes for people in a fair and equitable manner. This despite current expenditure on housing supports of over €1bn per year, plus significant tax expenditures in the region of another €1bn.
Our system of housing remains open to the vagaries of housing and financial markets, with significant risks for individuals and the State.
Immediate actions are necessary to address the acute housing pressures now in evidence. However, given our experience of the past two decades, it is of great importance that we adopt short-term measures that move the housing system in a desirable and sustainable long-term direction. To use an analogy from housing: we need to renovate, not just repair.
The renovation needs to be comprehensive. It must include social housing, owner occupation and the private rented sector. In each there is a need to increase supply, to finance this in a sustainable way and to ensure that the cost of the resulting homes is affordable.
The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) is working on these three issues -supply, finance and cost- to identify how each can be adapted and made more mutually supportive. This work is intended to assist the preparation by government of a strategy to support housing construction and a comprehensive policy for social housing.
As part of our work on social housing, a report, Social Housing at the Crossroads, published recently by the council, identifies the key issues and challenges facing local authorities, housing associations and the private rental sector. Serious problems are evident in all three.
In the case of local authorities, there is almost total lack of new supply because of borrowing constraints and the fact that building costs are not covered by differential rent.
Although housing associations are seen in current policy as the main channel of future social housing provision, there has been limited uptake of the mechanisms introduced to promote this and, in any case, this approach, as currently configured, exposes the State to rising rents in the private rental sector.
The increasing use of the private rental sector is also problematic, as seen by rapidly rising rents, the pricing out of low-income tenants, the risks of overcrowding and homelessness, State exposure to rising private rents and the limited availability of secure, affordable, long-term tenancies.
In response, Irish policy must now devise effective new approaches on three fronts. Financial mechanisms to fund the quantity and quality of housing are needed; rents must be linked to costs so as to gradually shape the overall rental sector; and direct public-policy influence must be applied to housing supply and urban development.
New institutional arrangements will be required to move policy on each front. The creation of a 'financial aggregator' or special purpose vehicle to facilitate borrowing off the government balance sheet for onward lending to housing providers, will help address the issue of finance.
However, such a vehicle will require an engine capable of planning, driving, delivering, allocating, protecting and maintaining the supply of affordable rental homes.
A key question that remains to be addressed is what body or bodies will provide the engine, performing these roles itself or co-ordinating their execution by otherS.
This question is critical because there are enduring doubts about whether several of the key housing functions can be adequately performed by the existing institutions. Despite the important role of Ireland's housing associations - a role which we expect will increase - there are reasons to doubt their ability to undertake the necessary scale of borrowing and development.
Nor is it clear what bodies have the responsibility and capability to analyse and plan the provision of housing in line with the changing needs of the society and the economy. Experience shows that existing rental, management and allocation policies make it extremely difficult to fund the upkeep of social housing and preserve the social housing stock.
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To these doubts must be added uncertainty about whether any existing body will be capable of achieving integrated housing, mixing different income groups, on a reasonable scale.
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It is in this sense that NESC is arguing for renovation not just repair. The conditions that made the elements of our traditional approach effective and sustainable -fully funded local-authority provision, differential rent in a secure local-authority tenancy and tenant purchase-have largely disappeared.
For several decades, there has been insufficient investment in new social housing provision. As a result, policy relies on a strong queuing system and an unsatisfactory, greatly-increased reliance on the private rental sector.
In the present financial climate, there is a danger of an unstable policy compromise involving a wish to retain differential rent and tenant purchase, combined with budgetary pressure to limit spending on rent supplement and leasing. We need to find the institutional means of enabling a more constructive compromise between economic reality and social solidarity.
Rory O'Donnell is director of the National Economic and Social Council.
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Using the 'eat this, instead of that' mantra try replacing other meats, more specificially red meat, with fish at least twice a week.
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Do you eat fish in place of other meats?
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Share with us your favorite fish dishes?
We do eat seafood... not very often though as it is difficult to find decent seafood here. We prefer fresh from the sea and living in Atlanta it is hard to come by for the average person.
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We rarely eat fish because my husband is a meat eater but when we do we usually eat salmon or white fish on sale.
My hubby likes tuna occasionally, but that's about it. No one else likes fish.
I do not eat fish. I have thought about trying to eat it again, but I don't want to buy something that in the end I wont like. I have had it before when I was a kid and I thought it was ok. I just havent had it since. We never had it growing up. My dad ate it but my mom never cooked it. I do eat red meat but I am trying to stick to organic grass fed beef. It tastes so much better. Most of the meat we get is organic.


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It's a simple but sometimes unfortunate truth of the post-recession Florida mortgage market: Self-employed borrowers whose incomes are less documented have a more difficult time qualifying for a traditional Florida mortgage. The terms of the Qualified Mortgage rule and other regulatory measures have necessitated that most Florida mortgage lenders err on the side of caution which often means loan candidates must meet specific Florida mortgage qualifying criteria.
Florida Bank Statement Lenders Program – Explained
Florida Mortgage Lenders offers a 24-Month Bank Statement Program.
Bank Statement Only FL Borrower Employment Types:
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- 1099
Must provide business license, Tax Preparer's letter or corporate paperwork.
Florida Mortgage Lenders will accept Personal or Business Bank Statements. However, qualifying income will be calculated differently.
- Florida Personal Bank Statements: 100% of Deposits Add all deposits for all 24 months and divide that amount by 24 to receive the monthly income amount we will apply as the borrower's qualifying income.
Ex. 24 months deposits total = $200,000 / 24 = $8,333 a month income.
- Florida Business Bank Statements: 50% of Deposits- Add all deposits for all 24 months, divide by 2, and then divide by 24 to receive the monthly income amount we will give to the borrower.
Ex. 24 month deposit total = $500,000 / 2 = $250,000 / 24 = $10,333 a month income. * Only 50% is used because we have to assume the business has overhead.
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Personal & Business Guidelines
- Only deposits can be used Transfers are NOT counted on personal and case-by-case for Florida business*
- Must have 24 consecutive months of statements (no gaps)
- Must provide All pages (even the last pages with advertising)
- Cannot comingle (use two different accounts) statements**
- If account was used and closed and new account for remainder of statements must show closing of old account and opening of new account
* Transfers may be accepted for business statements when they come from credit card clearing houses (examples: Paypal, Square, AMEX, etcetera). Case-by-Case and must be considered normal for the company.
** Multiple accounts are considered on a case-by-case when (a) one account is closing and reopening new account, or (b) for Business accounts that are two different and autonomous businesses.
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• Borrower provides Florida Bank statements from the most recent 12 consecutive months
• Borrower provides a Profit & Loss (P&L) statement prepared by a CPA or a Licensed Tax Preparer
• The expenses shown on the P&L must be reasonable considering the borrower's type of self-employment
• The P&L will be the primary source for information to qualify the borrower
• The revenue from the P&L will be supported by the Florida Bank statements the borrower provides
• The Florida Bank statements must reflect deposits no less than 5% of the revenue stated on the P&L
• The underwriter reserves the right to request Florida Bank statements from up to 24 consecutive months
Situation 2 – You Maintain Separate Florida Personal and Florida business Accounts
• No P&L Statement is required
• Only your Florida Personal Florida Bank statements will be considered to determine eligibility
• Borrower provides Florida Personal Florida Bank statements from the most recent 12 consecutive months in addition to Florida business Florida Bank statements from the most recent 3 months (in order to verify the maintenance of separate accounts)
• Annual deposits are averaged to determine monthly income
• The underwriter reserves the right to request Florida Bank statements from an addition 12 consecutive months
• If an optional P&L prepared by a CPA or a Licensed Tax Preparer is provided, that will determine borrower's monthly income
(For both Situation 1 and Situation 2, the information provided must support the size of the requested transaction. Inconsistencies may necessitate additional documentation such as tax records.)
Situation 3 – You Only Use Florida business Florida Bank Statements to Qualify your Loan
• Borrower provides Florida business Florida Bank statements from the most recent 12 consecutive months
• Borrower provides a Profit & Loss (P&L) statement prepared by a CPA or a Licensed Tax Preparer
• The Florida business Florida Bank statements must reflect deposits no less than 5% of the revenue stated on the P&L
(In all 3 Situations, issues such as Non-sufficient Funds (NSF) or Over-Drafts, even if so-called Overdraft Protection is utilized, may have a bearing on the underwriter's decision. In general, a maximum of 3 NSF notices per 12 consecutive months will be allowed, whether they occurred in a single month or over the entire 12-month span. Exceptions may be allowed on a case-by-case basis, under review of the underwriting manager.)


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We are shocked and deeply saddened to report that iconic film director, writer, producer and actor Wes Craven has passed away at the age of 76. Multiple sources are claiming that Craven was battling brain cancer at the time of his passing and died at his home in Los Angeles.
Craven is beloved by fans of horror as he is responsible for creating one of the most recognizable characters in the genre with Freddy Kruger and the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film franchise. His other well-known films include "Last House on The Left", "The People Under The Stairs", "Swamp Thing", "The Hills Have Eyes" and of course the beloved first four "Scream" films. He also directed the film "Music Of The Heart", stepping completely outside of the horror genre which led to an Oscar nomination for actress Meryl Steep for her role in the film.
Craven's most recent film was 2010's "My Soul To Take" and he had recently signed a deal with Universal Cable Productions with multiple projects still currently in development. Those include "People Under The Stairs" with Syfy Networks, "Disciples" with UCP, "We Are All Completely Fine" with Syfy/UCP and "Sleepers" with Federation Entertainment. He was also serving as executive producer on the new "Scream" TV series for MTV and had just recently completed writing a segment, which he was slated to direct for the upcoming WGN America series "Ten Commandments".
Our sincere condolences go out to Wes Craven's family and friends during this incredibly difficult time. The film world has lost yet another true icon … may he rest in peace!
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A.C. Roper is the Chief of the Birmingham Police Department and has over 30 years of law enforcement experience. His career began with the Montgomery Police Department in 1985. In 1988, he returned home to the Birmingham area when he was hired by the Hoover Police Department and promoted through the ranks culminating with his promotion to Assistant Chief of Police. In November 2007, Roper was appointed as Birmingham's Chief of Police where he commands the largest municipal police department in the state. Roper has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Troy University and holds a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama and a Masters of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. Chief Roper has over 32 years' experience in the Army Reserve where he serves as a Major General. He has received specialized police management and leadership training from the prestigious FBI National Academy, the FBI National Executive Institute and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. A strong proponent of community policing, Chief Roper believes the Birmingham Police Department must partner with the community it serves to improve neighborhood quality of life for long term policing success.


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Should I Date While Traveling Solo?!
I could go on and on telling you many reasons why you should date while traveling solo. It's an incredibly romantic way to explore the city, a chance at meeting "the one," try something new, blah, blah, blah. But each experience is unique. Ultimately, the decision starts with instinct. You know that mysterious gut feeling, sixth sense, subtle clue–whatever the hell want to call it, trust and follow it!
After waiting too many years for my friends to take a dream vacation with me to Italy, it was time to venture solo.
On my first day in the magical city of Venice, while wandering the narrow cobblestone streets and listening to Sade's The Sweetest Taboo on my iPod, I bumped into a Gabriele, a tall handsome, model-esque Italian man from Rome, Italy.
He asked if I wanted to go to lunch; I quickly said "yes." We dined on pasta and wine, shared great conversation and spent the remainder of the afternoon getting lost amongst the city's beautiful bridges and canals.
Hands down, this was the best impromptu thing I'd ever done. Not to mention, Gabriele was a sexy piece of @#$!
Eventually, he asked me to accompany him to his hotel so that we could explore the other side of the city. I can't really describe that annoying little feeling that made me say "No." It came so suddenly even I was shocked. Following my instinct, I thanked him for a wonderful day and we never spoke again.
Looking back, I'm still shocked I agreed to a spontaneous date. Especially with someone outside of my race (that's another post y'all). And, while traveling solo in a destination totally foreign to me. Would I do it again? Heck yeah!
My solo journeys have helped me figure out who I am as a traveler and a woman. There's something mysteriously fascinating about being whisked away on a romantic date by a handsome stranger while away on vacation. But before you go venturing off, here are some tips to keep in mind:
- Be aware of the culture around you. Many countries have a distorted view of American women.
- Respect the local dress code.
- Ignore cat-calls (I wish I could assume we are beyond responding to this degrading immature behavior).
- Never let me someone know where you are staying.
- E-mail, text or call a friend (or even hotel staff) and give them the details of your outing.
- Don't drink too much.
- Meet at an open, well-populated location and don't get in a car.
- Don't feel bad about being a little dishonest. It's okay if this person thinks you're a part of a group and just taking break for the next couple of hours.
One more thing. There's nothing quite like falling in love. Believe me I've done this love thing one too many times. But predators can sense desperation; so safely enjoy the moment. If it's meant to be, it'll be.
What do you think about dating while traveling solo? How do you handle the safety issue?
4 Responses to Should I Date While Traveling Solo?!
Tanya Harry says:
Wow Kandia you really struck a chord with this topic! We should get together and compare stories…
Meeting a stranger on the fly is always crazy romantic and sexy (James Bond anyone?), but I always feel safer meeting someone through a friend. That way, he will definitely feel somewhat more accountable. He knows he'll get handled if he makes a wrong move lol!
Kandia Johnson says:
Lol I am always game for getting together to share "war stories." I definitely agree about meeting someone through a friend. The impromptu date is just something that everyone should safely get out of their system at least once in a lifetime !
Andrea Adams says:
Dare to live Kandia!! A romantic date in Italy sounds lovely, and I like that you offer some strong advice around being observant and carrying yourself in the right way. There are some princes but also lots of frogs!!
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Which Office Should I Take?
Q: For the past 8 years I have had my desk at the end of a hallway with a floor to ceiling window, without privacy (the space after the 2nd door in the photo) and very little space (I don't really need much space to do what I do). I now have the opportunity to change offices — either into a former bathroom (I think that's an easy no? Though that room causes allergic reactions in other people and I may have to take that space if my coworkers can't work in there) or to a bigger space that has a door and is private but lacks any window.
Which office space should I take?
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Traveling Luck for Chassahowitzka Wilderness, Florida, United States
Where is Chassahowitzka Wilderness?What's around Chassahowitzka Wilderness?
Wikipedia near Chassahowitzka Wilderness
Where to stay near Chassahowitzka Wilderness
The timezone in Chassahowitzka Wilderness is America/Iqaluit
Sunrise at 08:05 and Sunset at 19:23. It's Dark
Latitude. 28.6506°, Longitude. -82.6502°
Weather near Chassahowitzka Wilderness; Report from CRYSTAL RIVER, null 33.9km away
Weather :
Temperature: 23°C / 73°F
Wind: 4.6km/h East
Cloud: Sky Clear
Weather :
Temperature: 23°C / 73°F
Wind: 4.6km/h East
Cloud: Sky Clear
Satellite map around Chassahowitzka Wilderness
Loading map of Chassahowitzka Wilderness and it's surroudings
Geographic features & Photographs around Chassahowitzka Wilderness, in Florida, United States
- island;
- a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
- South Point (3.2km)
- Saddle Key (3.8km)
- Sheephead Key (4.4km)
- Crawl Key (4.8km)
- Net Spread Key (5.1km)
- Buckhorn Key (5.4km)
- Bird Island (5.8km)
- Colvalia Key (6km)
- Johns Island (6.1km)
- Pompano Key (6.3km)
- Sugar Spot (6.3km)
- Lemon Grove Island (8.4km)
- Seven Cabbage Island (8.6km)
- Garden Island (8.7km)
- Black Rock (8.8km)
- Northwest Keys (9.5km)
- Eagle Nest Island (10.3km)
- Slate Island (10.6km)
- Sawmill Island (11.7km)
- Pine Island (11.7km)
- Long Island (11.9km)
- Wagon Wheel Island (12.5km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Blind Creek (1.6km)
- Chub Creek (3.2km)
- Mud Creek (3.9km)
- Wall Creek (4.2km)
- Camp Creek (5.3km)
- Chassahowitzka River (5.9km)
- May Creek (6.6km)
- Stapleton Creek (6.8km)
- Pumpkin Creek (7.1km)
- Twin Creek (7.2km)
- Lone Cabbage Creek (7.7km)
- Ryle Creek (8.8km)
- Crawford Creek (9.3km)
- Johnson Creek (10.3km)
- Stevenson Creek (11km)
- Potter Creek (12.6km)
- Salt Creek (12.8km)
- Baird Creek (12.9km)
- inlet;
- a narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water.
- Haulover Creek (0.6km)
- South Blind Creek (1.3km)
- Fish Creek (1.8km)
- North Blind Creek (2.2km)
- Higgenbotham Creek (8.1km)
- Gator Creek (9.2km)
- Little Gator Creek (9.4km)
- Seven Cabbage Cutoff (10.7km)
- bay;
- a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Chassahowitzka Bay (4.4km)
- Rock Island Bay (13km)
- Blue Bay (13.4km)
- Local Feature;
- A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Chassahowitzka Wilderness (0km)
- Custom Commerce Center (9.1km)
- Embassy Plaza (10.2km)
Accommodation around Chassahowitzka Wilderness
- cape;
- a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.
- Raccoon Point (7km)
- Chassahowitzka Point (13.1km)
- swamp;
- a wetland dominated by tree vegetation.
- Chassahowitzka Swamp (7.2km)
- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Pine Island (11.3km)
- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Berkeley Preparatory School (12.2km)
- bar;
- a shallow ridge or mound of coarse unconsolidated material in a stream channel, at the mouth of a stream, estuary, or lagoon and in the wave-break zone along coasts.
- Chassahowitzka Reefs (4.6km)
- park;
- an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
Wikipedia entries close to
Chassahowitzka Wilderness
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- Bayport, Florida city city o
- Weeki Wachee Gardens, Florida city city o
- North Weeki Wachee, Florida city city o
- Homosassa city city m
- Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site city city o
- Sugarmill Woods, Florida city city o
- Weeki Wachee, Florida city city o
- High Point, Hernando County, Florida city city o
- Hernando Beach, Florida city city o
- Brookridge, Florida city city o
- Homosassa Springs city city i
- Timber Pines, Florida city city o
- Spring Hill, Florida city city o
- Mullet Key city city o
- North Brooksville, Florida city city o
Airports close to Chassahowitzka Wilderness
Tampa international(TPA), Tampa, Usa (102km)
St petersburg clearwater international(PIE), St. petersburg, Usa (110.6km)
Macdill afb(MCF), Tampa, Usa (120.9km)
Albert whitted(SPG), St. petersburg, Usa (132.4km)
Gainesville rgnl(GNV), Gainesville, Usa (161.5km)


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tasc 2017: new trade show to open its doors in October
From 27 to 28 October 2017, the Areal Böhler venue in Düsseldorf will be the meeting point for professionals in automotive glass, smart repairs and car detailing. The newly created trade fair tasc will feature innovative products and solutions.
The Kaltstahlhalle (Cold Steel Hall) at the venue has approximately 3,200 square metres, offering optimum presentation facilities for products and solutions as well as a great industrial and workshop atmosphere.
Accompanying programme
An accompanying programme of talks during the two days of the trade show will focus on issues and potential solutions that are currently of major interest to everyone in the industry.
They will include general topics, such as the returning of leased vehicles, claims management, future challenges in the professional treatment of high-voltage systems in electric vehicles and the appropriate calibration of driver assistance systems.


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Awards & Press
News Coverage
Following are recent press releases and news coverage regarding marketing issues, or info about this site.
- Chanimal introduces industry's first Certified Channel Manager program.
- Chanimal earns a slot as a Top Five Finalist for Most Innovative Service with CompTIA for it's "Micro Consulting" business model.
- Chanimal president, Ted Finch, presents "How to create killer alliances that help you dominate your market and make a ton of money," at SoftwareCEO webinar.
- Chanimal expands focus to cover hardware high-tech marketing instead of just software.
- Chanimal president, Ted Finch, speaks at the Software Development Manager's Association on Oracle's campus.
- "How to Finance a High-Tech Start-Up," in November issue of Entrepreneur Magazine!
- Chanimal offers affordable Virtual Chief Marketing Officer Services to Help Start-Ups
- New Video Helps High-Tech Entrepreneurs Get Money, "How to Finance a High-Tech Start-Up"
- Chanimal – Free Online Resource for software marketing.
- Chanimal.com, Industry Resource for High-Tech Marketing, Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary. Offers Free High Tech Marketing Tools.
Press Releases
Press Release: Chanimal.com Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chanimal.com, Industry Resource for High-Tech Marketing, Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary, Offers Free High Tech Marketing Tools AUSTIN, …
Press Release: "How to Finance a High-Tech Start-Up"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Video Helps High-Tech Entrepreneurs Get Money "How to Finance a High-Tech Start-Up" AUSTIN, TX – March …
Press Release: Chanimal – FREE Online Resource for Software Marketing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chanimal – free on-line resource for software marketing Free Internet resource for software marketing is now available …
History of Chanimal
- June, 2007. Updated the Ad Guidelines (including the process to create an ad and get it approved), added a new Alliance presentation (within the reseller partner portal), posted a Chanimal Generic Website Plan-O-Gram showing which the structure and recommended pages for a high-tech website.
- March 31, 2007. The biggest update to the Chanimal website in over 10 years. Most of the content on the pages has been refreshed, broken links replaced, new access to an entire 35 page reseller portal sample site, new sections and new examples, master plans of action, plus much, much more!
- March 29, 2007. Posted new job descriptions, including an article I wrote for SoftLetter about interns–a secret weapon to increase bandwidth.
- December 6, 2006. Created a 320 x 240 version of the video, "How to Finance A High-Tech Start-Up" and posted it for FREE to registered users.
- December 5, 2006. Added the Chanimal Affiliate Kit (complete kit to create an affiliate program), the Chanimal Alliance Kit (kit that has all the worksheets, NDA, plan of action, etc. for establishing strategic alliances), the Chanimal Ad Guidelines (includes examples, formats and processes), plus the Chanimal Sales Compensation Guidelines (explains the concepts behind a good comp plan along with a very detailed compensation sample plan), plus much more. Most of this content requires a user to register before they can access the content (helps me get feedback on the site).
- October, 2006. Included more details about the Chanimal Micro Consulting program.
- February 20, 2006. Major new release of the Chanimal Reseller Kit 2006 (must log-in to obtain). Contains everything needed to create a reseller program–most of the content can be used to create a complete reseller portal.
- January 30, 2006. Actually, there have been numerous changes throughout the site during 2005–just not this page. The rep firm list is updated, along with the Internet section, the ad section, the chat room has more content, have created a sample channel portal site, a completely new VAR kit, a new section on affiliates, changed out the home page promos, plus much, much more.
- September 6, 2004. The most changes in over 8 years. Completely revised the ENTIRE Chanimal web site. Changed the look and feel, changed the navigation, fixed all broken links, swapped active consultants, switched forum software, added over 40 pages of new content including a) product and service reviews, b) more PR content, c) business models, d) market requirements, e) the new advertising section, f) direct mail, g) collateral, h) direct sales, f) alliances & OEM, g) management, h) seminar and event calendar, i) books, magazines and newsletters, j) updated links, k) new consulting services, plus much more.
- March 22, 2004. Added additional promotions, including the finance section, specifically highlighting the new Chanimal Video, "How to Finance a High-Tech Start-Up." Changed the name of The Videomaker to Videobackstage (too close to the magazine name).
- August 20, 2003. Completed more of the Channel Sales content. Added more links, fixed broken links, formed alliances with other channel groups for additional content and linked to the new Chanimal affiliate, www.TheVideomaker.com.
- August 2, 2003. Finished Channel Marketing section and also added the Channel Sales content. Still need to complete the alliance and direct response sections of Chanimal.
- July 30, 2003. Started adding the Channel Marketing section.This will turn out to be one of the most comprehensive sections within the site.
- June 29, 2003. Added product marketing and the research section (about 15 pages of content), the research setup gantt chart, and the pricing section.
- June 5, 2003. Added product marketing and more marcom content.
- March 22, 2002. Gained permission and populated the Product Marketing section with content links from Pragmatic Marketing.
- March 20, 2002. Added five pages of PR content (within the Marcom section), plus started populating the Channel Marketing section.
- March 19, 2002. Added new job descriptions and changed format, added several job description links to download in MS Word format, updated recruiter lists and contact info, re-evaluated headhunter search engines, added the MS Word marketing plan template (along with instructions), added the Chanimal Packaging Guidelines for registered users (in "The Cave"), added section on employment contracts, added new links for salary surveys, crashed MS explorer every time I downloaded and viewed word documents (their bug), fixed the chat room (it is all English, instead of "French" buttons), posted references to the comp plans in the chat room, plus more.
- March 3, 2002. Added new banner ads, specials, new consultants, cleaned links, added new links. Started a major additon of new content on the site. New ISP.
- December, 2001. Added content. Added new links and fixed existing links. Updated contact addresses.
- August 16, 2001. Added new content. Fixed links. Imported entire site into the newest version of Netobjects.
- March 31, 2000. Revised the entire chat room. It is now divided by sections to make searching easier. In addition, I am using "Coolboard" so that others can post the same Chanimal forum on their site (several new sites added our content this week). All the CGI scripts (registration, etc.) are now working, I added dozens of additional links, fixed multiple broken links, confimed a discount for the Software Product Marketing Handbook for visitors of the Chanimal site, plus more. Contacted over 69 recruiters from my database to post new positions on the board.
- March 10, 2000. The site received a new look plus several new sections were completed (product management, channel management, etc.). Now in the process of debugging all my scripts and finally add more solid content (i.e., completing all the missing sections). If you cannot register then send me an e-mail.
- December 14, 1998. The site got a facelift (mainly the menus were switched to a graphical format) since it had major formating problems when I upgraded to version 3.01 of NetObjects Fusion. In addition, my hard drive crashed and I lost over 20 pages of new content. This posting re-creates most of the information and gets the site on task again. In addition, the site WON a "Hot Site" award. It also won a #1 Free site award.
- Novermber 31, 1998. The entire channel sales manual is now completed and posted. In addition, several consultant E-mails and phone numbers were updated, and job postings were encouraged in the Chat room.
- July 27, 1998. The site faceplate was re-designed to allow room for "what's new" area. The entire training manual is completed but only part of it is formated and posted–I have about 50 pages of formating to go. The registration and chat room CGI's should have been fixed. I added a site map, search engine and META tags. I registered the site with about five different search engines.
- September 10 – 1997. The site is finally transfered over to www.chanimal.com. However, the scripts still need to be fixed. Added sample budgets and sales projections sheets. Manually re-formated browser formating errors (only checked with Explorer). Still missing a lot of content. Over 100 printed pages so far. Will update weekly.
- NOTE: The Chat room and CGI scripts to enable password protection and form submission will not be active until this site moves to www.chanimal.com
- Aug 19 – 23, 97 – Working day and all night within the last few days pooring in content. Added over 40 pages including a sample Marketing Plan, an Org chart, about 10 detailed job descriptions, one consultant, purchased Web space, reserved "www.chanimal.com", fixed logo discoloration, started linking pages, changed layout, added media schedule discussion, started re-formating 60 page store training manual for Web. Can't post on AOL account anymore–too big.
- Aug 15, 97 – Added several consultants, fixed resource section, corrected some grammar, completed site pages (now have to fill with content) and assigned links. Posted 2nd alpha.
- Aug 5, 97 – Early alpha site released
- July 31, '97 – Added What's new section.


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Which Console Did You Buy/Receive Over The Holidays?
THQ and Juice Games have announced that Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights will be coming to the PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, PC and DS this Fall.
Juiced 2 will bring drifting to the racing series for the first time and according to THQ it will feature "unparalleled vehicle customization."
Here's what else THQ was willing to share:
Juiced 2: HIN evolves the current street racing scene, letting players experience the culture of the real-life HIN tour, the nation's largest lifestyle custom car show in an intense racing experience. Featuring track and drift racing at real-world locations around the globe, next-gen AI and unparalleled vehicle customization, Juiced 2: HIN brings street racing to life, allowing players to test their skills at live street racing events against a back-drop of DJs, fashion, models and musicians. Groundbreaking new features include addictive drift/ powersliding races and "Driver DNA" that tracks gamers' personal driving traits. These profiles, along with the profiles of select celebrities will be available for download across all online gaming systems. Elite racing developer Juice Games has evolved the game-play that revolutionized online racing, giving players the power to create their car, assemble their crew and put it all on the line in intense pink slip and crew races. Gamers will also be able to bet cash on each event, bringing a gambling element to the game that greatly increases the importance of each race.
"THQ studio Juice Games is utilizing its vast racing pedigree and proprietary technology to deliver groundbreaking new game-play features in addition to working closely with Hot Import Nights to accurately capture the tuning and street racing culture," said Bob Aniello, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, THQ. "We look forward to bringing this global franchise to next-generation systems for the first time."
"Juiced 2: HIN introduces a thrilling new drifting component and lets players personalize their experience both on and offline with ultra realistic Driver DNA," said Colin Bell, general manager, Juice Games. "In addition to a ton of exciting new features, we've significantly expanded the rewarding driving experience, track choice and customization our fans have come to expect."
"Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights is an amazing extension of the Hot Import Nights lifestyle experience, bringing the modding, characters and racing finale to life for gamers and tuning fans worldwide," said Michael Munar, Executive Producer, APG Events/Hot Import Nights. "This is the first time a top-tier racing game has blended with a true-to-life global tuner event and we can't wait for its release."
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There is a whole lot to fall in love with about New Zealand – and one defining feature that I adore is our astounding collection of hills! It might be a bit weird to idolise them so much, but really.. just look! The photos speak for themselves, don't you reckon?
We snapped these photos after embarking on a spur-of-the-moment road trip – where we genuinely had no idea where we would end up! We drove our enormous 7 seater mini van (yes, really!) around the local bays until we found a gorgeous little place called Purau. I couldn't resist hopping out and getting some snaps of the boat collection – it was all so picturesque!
This all falls so in line with my 2016 goal of wanting to see my own country more. So far it's working pretty darn well, and I've visited many (upon many!) pleases I've never seen before, but have heard a lot about. Stay tuned, there are some wonderfully scenic posts to come! Oh New Zealand, how I love thee!


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"Mountaineers were needed in Uttarakhand"
we had the equipment needed for the rescue work. We are all trained mountaineers and we conducted a lot of meetings before finalising volunteers who were physically and mentally fit to handle the situation
1. How did you get involved in the rescue and relief operations in Uttarakhand?
We were emotionally attached to the place and the locals as they would come with us on treks. Also, we had the equipment needed for the rescue work. We are all trained mountaineers and we conducted a lot of meetings before finalising volunteers who were physically and mentally fit to handle the situation. When we reached Uttarakhand, we found that the situation was quite bad. While most of the efforts were directed at rescuing the travellers, the locals were still in trouble and needed help. A lot of villages located near Nepal had lost complete communication with other places.
We built bridges from whatever we would get — telephone poles, trees, etc. This was not easy as boulders were falling on us and the land below our feet could just skid off at any time. It was a difficult situation but we managed to build a long bridge that helped the villagers to access help. The bridge can also be extended if needed later by the locals.
It will take more than three years, at least, for this place to go back to its original condition. More than 50 villages have been destroyed by the river floods, roads have vanished and connectivity to the remote villages has been broken. There is no electricity, shelter or food. More than 50,000 people are believed to be dead. Mountaineers were needed in the area as we knew the terrain well and we knew what to do in such situations.
2. What is the present state of mountaineering?
Mountaineering is not a hobby; it is akin to an adventure sport and anyone can learn it. It helps you physically as well as mentally. There needs to be proper training; there are courses for it in foreign countries and some in North India as well. It needs to be promoted by the government. It should be recognised as a sport and supported. Children should be encouraged to take part in it. We need Indian icons so that more people are attracted to it.
3. Are there any initiatives that you are doing to encourage youngsters to join you?
Giripremi has been instrumental in shaping and nurturing young minds who are keen towards mountaineering. We have been working to increase awareness towards nature and adventure sports like trekking and mountaineering. Through various programmes, we ensure that proper training is imparted to people in the age group of 10-18 years. The programme is designed to ensure that mountaineering is practised like other routine sports, throughout the year. They are guided and are given a chance to get trained in the mountain ranges of Northern India. We want parents to understand that this is an adventure sport and that their child can build a career through mountaineering.


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Needham to host guided nature walks at Ridge Hill this spring
The Needham Conservation Commission will host monthly guided walks around Ridge Hill Reservation so residents can get to know the reservation and explore the trail system.
Walks are scheduled starting March 1, as well as April 5, May 3, and June 7, according to the commission. Each walk starts at 10 a.m. and will last between one and two hours.
Anyone interested can meet at the large parking lot at 10 a.m. each of the scheduled Saturdays.
Commission members encourage walkers to dress warm in the spring months, recommending a wind-blocking outer layer and comfortable walking shoes with good grip and moisture-wicking socks.
Walks will be held if there is light snow, but will not be cancelled if there are blizzard conditions or rain.
For more information, visit www.needhamma.gov/conservation.
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Wall Hooks: Orchid
The bad news is, this is just a prototype. The good news is, it is so gorgeous we had to blog it anyway. The Orchid is a wall hook system, with the petals bent to make hooks.
Made by Charlotte Lancelot (best name, ever!), the Orchid is made of stamped painted steel, and measure 43 x 28 x 3.5 cm. Please, Charlotte, make the Orchid a product we can buy! They are just the thing for a kid's room, or...our room!


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Poland gets mega-highway for bikes
A 2000 kilometer stretch of a biking highway is to be built, running through the eastern regions of Poland.via Polish Radio
Marcin Myszkowski, one of the leaders of the 'Masa Krytyczna' action - a Polish equivalent of the Critical Mass Riders initiated in San Francisco back in 1992 - says this is news cyclists in Poland have long been waiting for: 'We do not have good bicycle routes in Poland. I hope this will be the first very good bike route for tourists. The result is the most important. Not just to build it, but to build it very well.'
We need more projects like this in Canada. Of course, there's the Trans Canada Trail, but I can tell you from experience, a large percentage of it is not bike friendly.


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Thane: In absence of lifeguard, 9-year-old drowns in swimming pool
Girl drowned in her housing society in Kalyan on Sunday morning. Though the pool has a lifeguard, he was missing from the spot – despite being on duty – when the child was crying for help
The Singh family in Khadakpada is bereaved. Their 9-year-old daughter, Drusti drowned in front of their eyes in a swimming pool in their housing society in Kalyan on Sunday morning. Though the pool had a lifeguard to save amateur swimmers like her in times of crisis, he was missing from the spot – despite being on duty – when the child was crying for help.
The pool in Rozaliya society where Drasti drowned in Kalyan
On Sunday, the girl, along with other children was swimming in the private pool of the Rozaliya society. Soon, the children in the pool started shouting. When curious residents looked outside, they saw Drusti drowning. Her parents also started shouting from the balcony of their home, but by the time they reached the pool, it was too late.
Lifeguard Hemat Raut and Drusti Singh
"By the time people came to help her, the water had filled her lungs," said senior inspector Gulabrao Gore of the Khadakpada police station. She was taken to the Rukmanibai Hospital in Kalyan (west), where she was declared dead.
"Had the life guard been present, she would be saved. She died because of him," said Aryan Singh, Drusti's uncle. The lifeguard, Hemat Raut was arrested yesterday at around 3pm, and will be produced on court today.
Didn't perform duty
"Our initial investigation has shown that the lifeguard did not perform his duty properly. He was absent from the spot when the child drowned. So, we have arrested him under section 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code," said DCP Sunil Bhardwaj.


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Governor's desk cleared, for now
Bills sent to Cuomo have a time limit for action before becoming law by default
Updated 11:17 pm, Thursday, July 5, 2012
ALBANY — Two weeks after the end of the 2012 legislative session, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk is empty of bills. But not for long.
According to the online Legislative Retrieval System, 457 bills passed in 2012 have yet to be delivered to the executive chamber. More than a hundred additional measures have been delivered to Cuomo, and acted on, since the beginning of the year.
Bills awaiting action range in importance and complexity from legislation creating a new library district in Stephentown to a measure creating a new Justice Center to oversee the welfare of the disabled in state care — the governor's top agenda item for the final few weeks of the session.
There's a reason why bills don't simply pile up on the governor's desk for consideration whenever he gets around to it: The state constitution gives the executive just 10 days (not counting Sundays) to act on a measure once it has been sent to him by the chamber in which it originated. If it hasn't been signed or vetoed after that time, the bill becomes law by default.
The constitution gives the governor 30 days to act on a bill if the Legislature is out of session. But while lawmakers departed Albany last month with no plans to return, both chambers remain technically in session, with members able to return at the call of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver or Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. Spokesmen for both leaders couldn't recall a year when either house was fully out of session.
Protocol and practicality let the governor set the pace for final action on bills. He requests them, usually in groups, and the measures are sent up.
"We work with the governor to send bills to him in an orderly fashion," said Michael Whyland, Silver's spokesman.
Sometimes, bills are submitted to be signed on an auspicious date: On Tuesday, Cuomo cleared his desk of 10 straightforward bills authorizing the naming of state roads and bridges for individual veterans or groups — appropriate for the eve of July Fourth.
The most important consideration for traffic control is the capacity of the various executive officials, especially the counsel's office, that have to analyze bills before handing them to the governor. This "collaborative process ... gives counsel time to vet the legislation," said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.
Sometimes, the signing of a bill that's already been thoroughly vetted can be held up by the knowledge that it starts the clock on another sort of administrative action. In 2011, Cuomo waited two months after the Legislature passed a bill creating the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to sign the long-awaited measure. In part, the delay gave the governor and lawmakers more time to recruit their picks for the watchdog panel. Even so, JCOPE's members weren't named until just before the deadline fell in early December.
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-- Hamilton Jordan, Jan. 21, 1981
Jordan stood on the ground at the airport in Washington waving goodbye to Jimmy Carter, his former boss and, before that, a student of Jordan's political wisdom.
Hamilton didn't know it at the time, but those closing words of his book, "Crisis: The Last Year of the Carter Presidency" also marked an end to his public career.
It wasn't long until an even more courageous and incredible battle began for Hamilton -- the fight against cancer that recurred in several dark forms.
Tuesday night, Hamilton lost the battle. He was 63.
News of Hamilton's death made me remember that old journalism gimmick -- guessing what a master politician might have done with just a bit more luck from on High and a bit less treachery from his associates.
Hamilton was the smartest consultant I ever knew. He also might have been the wisest of elected officials, if he could have conquered his persistent health problems and escaped the stigma of being Jimmy Carter's right-hand man to win the Senate seat he sought in 1986.
Hamilton did everything possible to beat cancer.
He never once tried to disavow Carter -- as many other Southern Democrats did -- to improve his career opportunities or even to win a Senate election.
Next to being a true intellectual Southerner and mastermind (the New York/Washington media couldn't fathom at the time how such a person could exist), Hamilton was a 100 percent loyalist. Turning his back on governor-then-president Carter was never considered, not even when Carter's national popularity plunged to near-record lows.
Just as cancer cut him no slack, the national political media showed no mercy in hammering Jordan from the time he arrived in Washington as Carter's top aide in 1976 through his unsuccessful bid for the Senate back in Georgia.
The Tobacco Road Republicans, who still control the Georgia GOP, used Hamilton as their whipping boy at every opportunity. Never mind that Hamilton, like former President Carter, worked on a variety of good causes, from children's health care to cutting-edge cancer research and organization of a third-way political effort. He worked behind the scenes to land the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta in 1988 -- the first and last national political convention held in the Southern capital.
"My admiration and respect for Hamilton grew since I met him in the early Carter years," says Bert Lance, also a Carter stalwart and friend of Jordan. "He was truly the personification of courage."
In his presidential memoir "Keeping the Faith," Carter wrote: "Hamilton was more seriously misunderstood and underestimated by the press and public than anyone else who worked in my administration. A brilliant political analyst who had devised and managed my presidential campaign, he worked long hours through the most difficult decisions."
During Carter's tenure as governor, Hamilton as his chief of staff took over the reins of state government.
When Carter went to the White House, Hamilton was a key player in the president's triumphs -- from the Camp David Accords to the Panama Canal Treaty that prevented a civil war. He also suffered with Carter the agonies of the Iran hostage disaster and the crumbling American economy.
After he left Washington, he wrote "Crisis" -- what I believe is the most insightful book of the Carter administration. You ought to read it if you're interested in inside accounts of White House doings. "Crisis" is the best book of its kind.
He also wrote extensively and in great detail about the onset of cancer and his struggle to beat it. I had the honor of helping compose one of those pieces. He schemed with his pals a couple of times to get back into the national circus. He helped direct Ross Perot's independent presidential campaign and launched a couple of other things. The cancer was too much.
Hamilton's death finally ended a career that might have achieved wonders in getting our nation and state back onto a worthy track to opportunity and prosperity for all.
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Wikipedia is Using AI as an Assistant of Human Editors
Wikipedia is using AI as an assistant of human editors, and it has tolled out recently from the Wikimedia Foundation to achieve the Wikipedia quality of its articles. Machine learning and AI (Artificial Intelligent) are used by the Objective Revision Evaluation Service (ORES) that can identify the damages of articles as soon as possible by the editors and can rapidly take the action of maintaining quality scores. ORES allows the editors to check the content that is coming with identified that is potentially damaged, can edit quarantine and swiftly for scrutiny at the next time.
Edit Triage
"If you're from the media, you will understand that there are some people are disliking other's articles or content and try to make some damages for it in the page of Wikipedia," noted by Rob Enderle, the Enderle Group's principal analyst. The behavior is tough to fit into any pattern, but it can do a system like ORES easily. "The AI of Low-level is better than average at distinguishing examples and making recommended move against the examples it remembers," he said to the TechNewsWorld.
"If you have not a ton a bigger number of individuals than Wikipedia has, you'd never have the capacity to stay aware of the terrible alters," Enderle said. With ORES, "Wikipedia can be more trusted and less inclined to be utilized as a device to damage some individual," he included. It gives Wikipedia editors a suite of devices they can use to offer them some assistance with sorting alters by the possibility that they're harming. "That permits that proofreader to review the well on the way to be harming alters first," said Aaron Halfaker, Wikimedia Scientist of Senior Research. "That can decrease the workload of inspecting alter by around 90%."
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The prediction of ORES is probably can edit the damages by drawing with its knowledge to gain a comparison of the edited articles of before-and-after in the Wikipedia. It deploys the knowledge of assigning edit with proposed scores. It can retrieve the scores rapidly- within 100 milliseconds, and able to recognize the problematic edit quickly.
Around 3% – 4% of the every day alters of Wikipedia articles are harming. Weeding those harming alters from the firehose of alters flooding Wikipedia consistently is a difficult assignment for editors. It's less so with ORES, Wikipedia said. In spite of the fact that ORES itself doesn't straightforwardly enhance the nature of the articles in Wikipedia, it does as such in a roundabout way of guaranteeing that editors discover all harming substance and arranging for those editors to make more articles of their own.
Wikipedia gets around 12 million hours of volunteer work a year. "A great deal of what these counterfeit consciousness frameworks do is all the more viably apply that human regard for the issue of composing a top notch reference book," he told.
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When ORES is addressing quality control in one aspect at Wikipedia, another bigger issue is left, according to Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University's associate professor who studies about the link of social structure and IT in the markets of knowledge. He told more, "The problem of the Wikipedia for the articles of many types of people with different direction and the actual technical solution is still far away."


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A MAN is being questioned by gardai after a farmer was allegedly threatened at knifepoint during an aggravated burglary at his home in West Limerick.
The alarm was raised in the early hours of this morning after the farmer, who is aged in his 40s, was woken by an intruder who is alleged to have forced him to drive from his home in the Shanagolden area to another to another location.
Gardai were alerted by the farmer after he managed to escape a short time later.
A garda spokesman confirmed that a man in his 20s was initially arrested on suspicion of stealing a car and that he was subsequently arrested in relation to the alleged burglary.
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Why is my 10-year-old obsessed with selfies? CAROLINE DAY says her daughter's obsession with taking photos of herself is being fuelled by celebrities like Miley Cyrus
As a treat for myself and my ten-year-old, I recently booked a joint mother and daughter appointment at our local hairdressers in North London.
I imagined Ava and me in adjacent chairs, chatting and giggling as we had our hair cut and blow-dried together.
Ava was thrilled at the prospect. But I rapidly realised we had very different agendas.
Memories are made of these: A mother daughter treat trip to the hairdressers netted 46 selfies (left) and (right) Ava getting ready for bed but clearly not ready to wind down just yet
The towels were barely around our necks before she was begging to borrow my mobile phone. 'Let me take a photo, Mum?' she pleaded.
I imagined her snapping a picture of the two of us so that she would have a nice memory to treasure. How wrong I was. I wasn't in any of the photos: Ava was the star of every single one.
In the brief time we were at the hairdressers, she managed to take a staggering 46 selfies. She was so busy taking pictures of herself that we barely exchanged more than a few words.
Horrified, I asked her why on earth she wanted to take so many.
'Oh, it's fun, Mum,' she shrugged. 'Besides, everyone does it.'
It was then that I realised the truth. My little girl may be only ten, but she is already gripped by the cult of the selfie.
It's an obsession that has been fuelled by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Beyonce and Miley Cyrus, who can barely eat breakfast without recording the momentous event and sharing it with their fans on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Ava finds time to take a selfie getting ready for school (left) and before going out with her family to eat (right)
The craze has spread like wildfire, with one recent study revealing that British women devote a mind-numbing 753 hours a year to taking, editing and posting their selfies to photo-sharing sites online. That's more than two hours every day.
But I had no idea until that day back in March that the craze was now reaching girls as young as ten. And it's a little unsettling.
It all started innocently enough just after Ava's tenth birthday in October. To my amusement, she started putting different selfies as the screen saver on my mobile phone.
I thought she was just copying her brother, Alex, who's 14 and — like most teenagers — takes occasional selfies.
At Christmas we went to New York, where Ava took endless pictures of herself beside all the monuments — and posted them on Instagram to share with her friends.
I'd already made sure her privacy settings meant only friends could access her pictures, so decided there was nothing to be concerned about.
It was only when we got back home that alarm bells started to ring. Ava started diving off to her room to play on the tablet computer with in-built camera we'd recently given her — and would re-emerge after an hour or two with literally dozens of pictures of herself she was eager to show me.
I realised she was copying the celebrities she'd seen in magazines and on TV. Although it was all very innocent, it was also disconcerting.
Ava (left) puts off homework by using her mum's camera to take a selfie and (right) one of many pout poses
I started trying to monitor her and get her involved in other activities. Like any little girl, she enjoys cooking with me and playing with our Basset Beagle, Snoopy.
But try as I might to convince her to leave her computer alone, I simply cannot stop her devoting about an hour a day to taking selfies.
In the past two months she has accumulated 143 selfies on her tablet. There's Ava in the kitchen. Ava in the garden. Ava in the bedroom. It's all Me, Me, Me. Yet I know Ava's a generous-hearted girl who isn't remotely self-centred.
I tell Ava that she must ask for permission before using my mobile phone. Yesterday, though, I found ten new photos of her on it.
'Oh Mum, there's nothing wrong with it,' she smiled, when I suggested she should spend her time more productively, reading or drawing.
And the truth is that Ava is far from unusual. Her friends — all aged nine or ten — are just as obsessed as she is. So even though I am now watching her very carefully, banning her from taking them is impossible. And yes, I know I may be encouraging her by printing some of her selfies here.
The trouble is, I'm a typical mixed-up mum and they do make me smile — even as I worry about theimplications of her generation's selfie obsession.
'I haven't got the heart to take her camera away'
Caroline Day, Ava's mother
What troubles me more than the sheer waste of time is something more subtle. At this impressionable age, they should be working out what they think and what they feel, not examining what they look like every second of the day.
It's as if our little girls are now constantly holding a mirror in front of their faces. How can it be healthy to want to thrust yourself into the centre of every scene, and star in every single activity?
I was brought up to believe that while it's important to care about one's appearance, it's wrong to be vain. At Ava's age, I can remember pulling different faces in the mirror, fascinated by my reflection.
But it was never more than a passing interest. I was always too busy chatting to my friends, reading, or playing in the garden.
And while I was given a camera as a gift on my 11th birthday, it never occurred to me to take photos of myself. Instead, I took snaps of my friends, parents and pets.
I want Ava to value herself as the kind, funny, talented little girl she is. She's only ten, and I can't help worrying that fixating on her appearance now won't help her self-confidence long-term.
I also worry that Ava is failing to experience life fully. Everything comes through a photo lens.
When we are out walking Snoopy, I want her to soak up the smell of freshly mown grass and the sight of leaves in bud. But, if I let her, she will borrow my phone so she can take selfies along the way.
For Ava and her friends, it's almost as if unless you take a picture, the experience doesn't count.
Two weeks ago, for example, we went to the theatre to see Les Miserables in London's West End. It was my birthday treat, which Ava had arranged with her dad.
She insisted on bringing along her tablet, so she could snap herself going into and out of the theatre.
And when she and her friends get together for sleepovers, they don't seem to play games, chat or even watch DVDs. All they want to do is take selfies — which they then eagerly post on Instagram and pore over together.
It's as though life has become one giant photo opportunity.
Well, I can hear you saying, if you're so worried about it, just take away her camera and her tablet!
So far, I haven't had the heart. But I know any reproaches should be aimed at myself, not my lovely daughter.
Like many women of my generation — I'm 44 — I hate having my photo taken. And I believe that's part of the problem. Because I can't understand the attraction of selfies, it has taken me a while to see how addictive they are.
But, believe me, this craze takes hold very quickly — and spreads like bush fire. It's new, and it's intense. And we have absolutely no idea of the long-term effect it might be having on our children.
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ARLINGTON, Va. - The CUA women's soccer team (9-3, 5-0 CAC) pulled out a double overtime victory Thursday night against the pesky Marymount Saints (5-6-1, 1-2 CAC) despite rain and sloppy conditions. The win improved the Cards to 9-3 as well as an undefeated 5-0 in conference play. CUA dominated on the offensive end accumulating 22 shots to Marymount's ten but were again hampered by a lack of goals.
"This was an ugly game. We did not play well, but we escaped with a conference win on the road, so we'll take it," said head coach J.P. Sousa.
Neither team could score in the first half although CUA held a huge 9-1 advantage in shots and 5-1 in corner kicks. The first goal of the night came two minutes into the second by forward Suzie Peters (Nanuet, N.Y./Albertus Magnus). The sophomore took advantage of a loose ball in the box firing it past Beth Dickey to make it 1-0.
Marymount evened the score in the 58th minute when CUA keeper Kim Stengle (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge) mishandled a shot by Alisha Parker and allowed the ball to roll past her making it 1-1. The score would remain this way through regulation and the first ten-minute overtime.
With the rain picking up and the game getting sloppier, the Cardinals caught a break two minutes into the second OT. Peters nailed a cross into the box and in the Saints' attempt to clear the ball, it deflected in for an own goal giving CUA the 2-1 victory.
Stengle had strong evening in the net with seven saves and the Cards held the overall advantage in corner kicks 8-4 after more than 101 minutes of play.
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Nine children were injured Wednesday, four seriously, when a 100-year-old motorist crashed into them outside a Los Angeles school, officials and witnesses said.
One victim was four years old, local KTLA television reported after the accident near the Main Street Elementary School in south Los Angeles, which happened mid-afternoon just after students were dismissed for the day.
Two adults were also injured. LA Fire Department (LAFD) paramedics rushed to the scene, and all 11 people hit were taken to hospital, said LAFD spokesman Erik Scott.
The driver, named as Preston Carter, was interviewed by a TV cameraman shortly after the crash.
"Well I lost control of the car, the brakes failed, I think. I was backing off of the parking lot, to go home, and lost control," he said.
"I'm sorry, I have sympathy for them. I wouldn't do that for nothing on earth... because the man that rules earth, he knew I wouldn't have done it," he told the ABC7 television station.