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Me Series Book 1
Stacy Eaton
Medical Romance
Greene and Trudy Parker met during their college years and on the
night that they meet at Shot Therapy to reconnect, Embers's life
begins to change. For six years, Ember has closed off her heart,
moving from one man to another, trying to feel something other than
her own pain and guilt.
Barnes is a plastic surgeon who strives to give people a better
quality of life, especially children. The night he watches Ember
leave the bar with another one-night stand, he resolves to offer up a
challenge to get her to view herself in a new light.
does he know that the challenge will change both their lives, but
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New Year's Kiss with a stranger will turn Pediatrician Walker
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Willows is done with her husband and his cheating ways. She's ready
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son falls through ice and is clinging to life, she comes face to face
with the man who gave her the inner strength to move forward.
Jasmine deal with the fact that her son might have sustained
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Napier had given up on love after a longtime crush told her he loved
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drowning, on her operating room table—fighting for his own
months after pulling a young boy from the freezing water while off
duty, Tucker is struck by a car and shot. When he wakes up and finds
the woman he's had his eye on standing vigil over him, he's
thankful to be alive, but after weeks of therapy, Tucker still isn't
getting the feeling back in his legs, and the mind games are starting
to wreak havoc with him. Can he ever be the kind of man that Josey
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a favor to her brother, Marisha Wheatcraft joins Tucker and Josey at
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feels as if her childhood dreams are finally coming true, but Jake
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public will tear them apart.
an avalanche hits the slopes, lives are on the line, and all hope of
love could be lost for them both if they are not rescued.
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Every year, pet parents all across America deal with the emotional toll from fireworks. They're loud, scary and unpredictable. Even dogs who typically have totally chill personalities can go a bit bonkers at the "bombs bursting in air." The extreme fear felt by canines can be both traumatic and shocking.
And the patriotic displays aren't just limited to a single evening. In the days running up to Independence Day, fuses will be lit everywhere from stadiums to cul-de-sacs. So, what can we do to protect our furry friends from explosions of anxiety?
Here's a handy infographic to help you begin making preparations now to help make this year's festivities safer, and thus much more pleasant, for everyone! To view the full-size PDF, simply click on the image below.
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Dogs will rejoice with our Dog Treat Sampler Pack, featuring our yummy, healthy snacks!
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal
The New York Times Bestseller
An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016
An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016
Named to KirkusReviews' Best Books of 2016
2017 Booklist Youth Editors' Choice
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey.
One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna's thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge--with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth's surface. And the woman with the Tiger's heart is on the prowl . . .


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Yesler Community Center
Summer 2024 - through August 31
Mon-Fri: 7:15am-6:45pm
Sat: 8:30am-5pm
Sun: Closed.
- Gym
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- Basketball Court
- Meeting Rooms
- View
- Playground
- Wifi
- Tutoring
- Special Populations Programs
- Indoor Toddler Playtime
- Teen Programs
- Lifelong Recreation
- Camps
Yesler Community Center, located in the heat of the Yesler Terrace housing neighborhood, serves people from a multitude of world cultures, including a number of different East African communities. The community center also draws participants from the First Hill neighborhood to the north, which includes Harborview Hospital, and downtown Seattle, located west and down the hill from the center.
Built in 2004 to replace the old community center, the current building is a beautiful building that is certified as environmentally sustainable. The open space of the lobby features a display of photography by the center's youth. Other interior spaces include two multipurpose rooms with a commercial-grade kitchen, an arts and crafts room, other smaller rooms and a gym with a regulation-size basketball court.
The variety and sizes of these rooms provide spaces for a wide array of programs, activities and special events, catering to the needs and desires of the community. The center hosts annual events such as Juneteenth and Mother's Day Brunch while offering regular programs for toddlers (indoor gym), youth (basketball, badminton, volleyball and other sports), adults (dance, martial arts) and seniors (pickleball). There's something for everyone!
In August 2018 the Yesler Neighborhood Park project developed a 1.7-acre neighborhood park that is part of the Yesler Terrace Master Planned Community. The intent of the park is to serve as a gathering place for current and future residents of Yesler Terrace as well as people who live and work in the surrounding community.


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Capezio Tele Tone Heel Taps
Includes soundboards, tacks, and nails/screws.
Two heel taps per package (for one pair of shoes).
Note - to order replacement taps for your entire shoe, you must order both the toe tap and heel tap separately.
Installing Heel and Toe Taps:
1. Align soundboard with the sole of the shoe, both toe and heel, and tack down with small hammer using the included tacks.
2. Align tap over soundboard, lining up the pre-drilled holes, and screw in screws through both the tap and soundboard into the sole of shoe. Ensure that the screws are sunk right through the tap as loose screws can damage flooring.
3. Scuff the taps to prevent slipping.
The Capezio Tele Tone Heel Taps are available in sizes 1 (large) to 5 (small).
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Biggest regret? In July 2004, Norm wrote, "Might you have an interest in watching a Test or some part of one with me?", and I never took him up on the suggestion.
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Twitter launches lower-cost subscription access to its data through new Premium APIs http://ift.tt/2zXnIr5 Twitter tried to mend its relationship with developers earlier this year with the launch of a new API platform which focused on streamlining APIs and the promise of additional tiers of access. Twitter said it would offer free APIs for testing ideas, self-serve access, as well as paid access for increased functionality, in addition to its enterprise APIs. Today, Twitter is delivering on its plans to offer developers paid APIs that are a step down from the needs of enterprise-scale businesses. The new products are called Twitter Premium APIs, and they're designed to offer expanded access to Twitter data beyond what's currently available in the free APIs. This includes things like more tweets per request, higher rate limits, and more complex queries. The pricing for the premium APIs ranges from $149/month to $2499/month, based on the level of access needed. The first premium offering, the Search Tweets API, is launching today into public beta. This will give developers the ability to access the past 30 days of Twitter data. It will later include an additional endpoint that will enable access to the full history of Twitter data, back to the first tweet. The new Search endpoints will offer a number of advantages over free access, including more tweets per request, higher rate limits, a counts endpoint that returns time-series counts of tweets The Search Tweets API is the first of several premium APIs to launch, with others rolling out over the weeks and months ahead. In addition, Twitter is launching a new self-serve developer portal designed to offer more transparent access to developers' data usage. This will help developers better determine when they need to upgrade to increased levels of access or other premium functionality. They'll also be able to manage their subscriptions and payments here. Later, more functionality from the apps.twitter.com experience will arrive in the portal too. The ability to pay for expanded access is something Twitter's developer community has demanded for years, and seemed an obvious step for Twitter in terms of growing its revenue. The lack of paid access in between the free and enterprise APIs had limited the ability for developers to grow a business on top of Twitter. That's something developers may have wanted to do in the past, before Twitter pulled out the rug from under developers' feet years ago and then shafted its own partners, as the company reconsidered how it wanted to work with the community of third-party developers. Those bad vibes may still leave their mark on the potential for these new products, as developers may be uncertain about investing time and energy on building on the back of Twitter, given its capriciousness in the past. But Twitter data remains valuable, which is why the company acquired Gnip, a longtime Twitter partner and social data provider, back in 2014. The paid APIs could also serve as a means for the company to generate additional revenue, given its ad revenue declined 8 percent year-over-year in its last earnings announcement, while data licensing revenue was up 22 percent. Developers can stay tuned into this and other API news and information via Twitter's public roadmap, forum and new developer resource center containing documentation and guidance. Featured Image: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunchSocial Media via Twitter – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com November 14, 2017 at 10:24AM Leave a Reply. |
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Thanks to the table_rewrite
event, it is possible to implement
a table rewriting policy only allowing the rewrite in maintenance windows.
Here's an example implementing such a policy.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION no_rewrite() RETURNS event_trigger LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$ --- --- Implement local Table Rewriting policy: --- public.foo is not allowed rewriting, ever --- other tables are only allowed rewriting between 1am and 6am --- unless they have more than 100 blocks --- DECLARE table_oid oid := pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid(); current_hour integer := extract('hour' from current_time); pages integer; max_pages integer := 100; BEGIN IF pg_event_trigger_table_rewrite_oid() = 'public.foo'::regclass THEN RAISE EXCEPTION 'you''re not allowed to rewrite the table %', table_oid::regclass; END IF; SELECT INTO pages relpages FROM pg_class WHERE oid = table_oid; IF pages > max_pages THEN RAISE EXCEPTION 'rewrites only allowed for table with less than % pages', max_pages; END IF; IF current_hour NOT BETWEEN 1 AND 6 THEN RAISE EXCEPTION 'rewrites only allowed between 1am and 6am'; END IF; END; $$; CREATE EVENT TRIGGER no_rewrite_allowed ON table_rewrite EXECUTE FUNCTION no_rewrite();


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The Apache Xerces™ Project - xerces.apache.org
Welcome to the Apache Xerces™ Project
The Apache Xerces™ Project is responsible for software licensed to the Apache Software Foundation intended for the creation and maintenance of:
- XML parsers
- related software components
Over a Decade at the Apache Software Foundation
In November 2009, Xerces celebrated ten years of life at the ASF (which also celebrated its tenth anniversary). We've come a long way from the initial code donations in 1999, starting as a member of the XML project, eventually becoming a top-level project in 2005, over the years creating new generations of Xerces Java and C++ within the community, with many releases and hopefully many more in the years to come.
Apache Xerces Project - Current Projects
The Apache Xerces Project currently consists of the following sub-projects, each focused on the development of XML parsers and related components in various languages:
- Apache Xerces C++ - A processor for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating XML, written in C++
- Apache Xerces2 Java - A processor for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating XML, written in Java
- Apache Xerces Perl - A processor for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating XML, written in Perl
- Apache XML Commons - A collection of XML components and utilities, including a catalog resolver and various XML APIs
Apache Xerces C++
Xerces-C++ is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. Xerces-C++ makes it easy to give your application the ability to read and write XML data. A shared library is provided for parsing, generating, manipulating, and validating XML documents. Xerces-C++ is faithful to the XML 1.0 and 1.1 recommendations and many associated standards.
The parser provides high performance, modularity, and scalability. Source code, samples and API documentation are provided with the parser. For portability, care has been taken to make minimal use of templates, no RTTI, and minimal use of #ifdefs.
Find out more about Apache Xerces C++.
Apache Xerces2 Java
Xerces2 Java is a library for parsing, validating and manipulating XML documents.
Xerces 2.x introduced the Xerces Native Interface (XNI), a complete framework for building parser components and configurations that is extremely modular and easy to program. XNI is merely an internal set of interfaces. There is no need for an XML application programmer to learn XNI if they only intend to interface to the Xerces2 parser using standard interfaces like JAXP, DOM, and SAX. Xerces developers and application developers that need more power and flexibility than that provided by the standard interfaces should read and understand XNI.
The latest version released, 2.12.2, provides support for the following standards and APIs:
- XML 1.0 (4th Edition)
- Namespaces in XML 1.0 (2nd Edition)
- XML 1.1 (2nd Edition)
- Namespaces in XML 1.1 (2nd Edition)
- W3C XML Schema 1.0 (2nd Edition)
- W3C XML Schema 1.1
- W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component Designators (Candidate Recommendation, January 2010)
- XInclude 1.0 (2nd Edition)
- OASIS XML Catalogs 1.1
- DOM Level 3 Core, Load and Save
- DOM Level 2 Core, Events, Traversal and Range
- Element Traversal (org.w3c.dom.ElementTraversal)
- StAX 1.0 Event API (javax.xml.stream.events)
Find out more about Apache Xerces2 Java.
Apache Xerces Perl
XML::Xerces is the Perl API to the Apache project's Xerces XML parser. It is implemented using the Xerces C++ API, and it provides access to most of the C++ API from Perl. Because it is based on Xerces-C, XML::Xerces provides a validating XML parser that makes it easy to give your application the ability to read and write XML data. Classes are provided for parsing, generating, manipulating, and validating XML documents. XML::Xerces is faithful to the XML 1.0 and 1.1 recommendations and associated standards (DOM levels 1, 2, and 3, SAX 1 and 2, Namespaces, and W3C XML Schema).
The parser provides high performance, modularity, and scalability, and provides full support for Unicode. XML::Xerces implements the vast majority of the Xerces-C++ API (if you notice any discrepancies please mail the list). The exception is some functions in the C++ API which either have better Perl counterparts (such as file I/O) or which manipulate internal C++ information that has no role in the Perl module. The majority of the API is created automatically using Simplified Wrapper Interface Generator (SWIG). However, care has been taken to make most method invocations natural to perl programmers, so a number of rough C++ edges have been smoothed over (See the Special Perl API Features section).
Find out more about Apache Xerces Perl.
Apache XML Commons
Apache XML Commons provides an Apache-hosted set of SAX, DOM and JAXP interfaces for use in other xml-based projects. It is also home to the XML Commons Resolver, a component which can be used in a wide variety of XML parsing, processing and related programs to resolve various public or system identifiers into accessible URLs for use by your application. The resolver supports several catalog types for mapping, including OASIS XML, OASIS TR 9401 and XCatalog styles.
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New blood clot guidelines for pregnant women
New evidence-based guidelines address the prevention and management of thrombosis in key patient populations and reinforce recommendations related to the routine use of preventive therapies. Published as a supplement in the June issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, Eighth Edition was developed by an international panel of 90 experts and includes more than 700 of the most comprehensive recommendations related to the prevention, treatment, and long-term management of thrombotic disorders. The guidelines include chapters on the challenges in preventing and treating thrombosis in pregnant women and children, and on managing peri- and postoperative patients, while also reinforcing previous guidelines related to the routine use of preventive therapies, including aspirin.
"For years, clinicians have faced challenges in preventing and managing thrombosis in women who are pregnant or patients who require surgery," said guidelines panel chair Jack Hirsh, MD, FCCP, Henderson Research Center, Hamilton, ON, Canada. "The new guidelines address many troublesome issues in antithrombotic therapy and provide clinicians with a variety of options for care in special patient groups." Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapies are used to prevent and treat thrombosis or blood clotting that arises in arteries, veins, and the heart.
The new ACCP guidelines address challenging issues facing women who are pregnant or wish to become pregnant while undergoing long-term antithrombotic therapy. Pregnant women taking vitamin K antagonists (VKA), such as the anticoagulant warfarin, have an increased risk for birth defects and miscarriage and are, therefore, advised to stop taking VKAs before 6 weeks of fetal gestation. However, some pregnant women with certain types of mechanical heart valves may be continued on VKA therapy because of concerns about the effectiveness of alternative anticoagulants in preventing stroke and valve thrombosis. For other women taking VKAs who become pregnant, the guidelines recommend substituting low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) or unfractionated heparin (UFH). The guidelines recommend two options for doing this: (1) continuing VKA but performing frequent pregnancy tests to determine when pregnancy has been achieved, followed by the substituion of LMWH or UFH as therapy; or (2) substituting VKAs with LMWH or UFH prior to conception. Although the second option eliminates the potential for fetal exposure to VKA, it provides additional challenges. LMWH and UFH are more expensive than VKAs and must be administered through a once- or twice-daily injection as opposed to a once daily oral dose of VKAs. In addition, long-term use of LMWH or UFH can be associated with osteoporosis.
"If women substitute heparin prior to pregnancy and have difficulties conceiving, they may find themselves taking the medication for a much longer timeframe than expected," said guideline coauthor Shannon Bates, MD, McMaster University and Henderson Research Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. "This is not only inconvenient but also increases treatment costs and may be associated with long-term risks for the mother."
Recommendations related to childhood stroke, one of the top ten causes of death in children, and congenital heart disease have been substantially expanded since the previous guideline. Arterial ischemic stroke (AIS), usually caused by embolism or thrombosis, is difficult to diagnose in children because underlying health conditions are markedly different than those in adult stroke and up to 15% of children with AIS have no apparent risk factors. The guidelines recommend that children with AIS receive initial antithrombotic therapy until underlying causes can be determined, followed by maintenance therapy to prevent long-term recurrence. In addition, the newly expanded guidelines on the prevention and treatment of thrombosis related to congenital heart disease interventions include discussions of ventricular assist devices and prosthetic heart valves.
"Care for children with major cardiac problems has improved dramatically. Many children who previously died now survive, but thrombosis remains a major cause of secondary complications for these children," said Dr. Hirsh. "Effective antithrombotic therapy is critical if these children are to grow up as normal, healthy children."
For the first time, the guidelines dedicate a full chapter to the perioperative management of patients on long-term antithrombotic therapy who require surgery or other invasive procedures. Most patients must temporarily stop receiving therapy just prior to undergoing surgery, as well as during surgery, in order to minimize surgery-related bleeding. However, stopping antithrombotic therapy can increase the risk of a thromboembolic event. To address this challenge, the guidelines recommend that the risk of a thromboembolic event during interruption of therapy is balanced against the risk for bleeding when antithrombotic therapy is discontinued just prior to surgery. The guidelines also recommend routine use of thromboprophylaxis for patients undergoing major general, gynecologic, or orthopedic surgeries and have been expanded to include bariatric and coronary artery bypass surgery.
Overall, ACCP guidelines recommend thromboprophylaxis for most patients who are hospitalized; however, they do not recommend routine use of thromboprophylaxis for patient groups with a very low risk of venous thromboembolism. Low risk groups include patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery, knee arthroscopy, or those who take long airplane flights. For these patients, physicians can make decisions about thromboprophylaxis based on the individual patient's thrombosis risk. The guidelines continue to recommend against the use of aspirin alone as a means to prevent venous thromboembolism in any patient population because more effective methods are available.
The guidelines are endorsed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
ACCP represents 17,000 members who provide patient care in the areas of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine in the United States and throughout the world. The mission of the ACCP is to promote the prevention and treatment of diseases of the chest through leadership, education, research, and communication.


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Consultants Keep a Pulse on Online Marketing
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How much time do you have today to think about online marketing strategies? I think about it all day. It's my passion and career. I'll assume there are a lot of similar souls out there who are passionate about engaging their respective fields. I bet it warrants a lot of attention. My daily duties do. Would I have time to breach the threshold of another vertical while addressing online marketing? It's not very likely; or, I wouldn't be able to cover much ground that way.
I endeavor at keeping a healthy body. I know some tidbits about anatomy, health, diet, etc; yet, there are limitations to my knowledge. I defer to specialists when needed. Last year, I was feeling exceptionally sluggish and didn't know why. I tried to modify behavior and get to the heart of the matter myself but was unsuccessful; I pinpointed the lethargy to a deficiency in iron thanks to blood tests and my doctor. Otherwise, I would've been growing more desperate and confused about my health. I sought help instead.
You see where I'm going with this (I hope.) Online marketing specialists look after the health of your online business. It's our pledge just as doctors pledge to look after the health of patients.
Why Consultants?
I think you can begin to see my point above. I'm not saying I couldn't have been a doctor (Does that involve math? I hope not.) I'm not saying you can't be a great online marketer. But I'm not a doctor; if you're not a marketer, I prescribe your deference to those who spend a lot of time and energy in the field. I don't wear a stethoscope; but, I know how to check the pulse of your online business. I know how to check to see if your online initiatives are working well, providing healthy revenue streams.
Approaching an online consultant is not an absolute necessity; but, just as I visit the doctor, gaining insight into my health, wouldn't you want to treat your business well too? Isn't your business 'your temple'?
Taming Google
Online marketers don't completely understand Google. I'm not sure Google would prefer complete transparency. However, consultants do closely work with best practices and Google updates. Just like doctors, we can't completely know or predict the future; but, we can use our knowledge to facilitate the health of your online business.
Google has an idea of how it would like its search engine to work. As marketers, we spend time understanding Google and how tweaks influence and change SERs. Unfortunately, some modifications make sites 'sick,' causing them to drop in rank (and subsequently lose money and exposure). The sickness is usually self-inflicted whether Web masters knew they were 'messing' with potentially hazardous initiatives or not.
If your site is sick, then you need help. You could try to revive your online property alone; yet, you may make things worse, becoming more frustrated like I was regarding my lethargy last year.
Headstrong or Web Savvy?
I can be a stubborn person. I admit that. I often have to be wary of when my stubbornness backs opportunities in a corner. Are you doing such with your online business? Have you recently been affected by Panda and Penguin updates? Don't spin wheels blindly searching or exhausting intuition, attempting to 'get better.'
When I need my car fixed I go to a mechanic. When I don't feel well I go to a doctor. If I want to learn skiing I search for someone who spent a lot of time on the slopes. When you want to improve your online marketing performance you need to seek professional consultants.
No one will force me to go to the mechanic, doctor, or ski instructor. I could attempt to address my needs alone though seriously lacking in understanding of those topics. You could attempt to address your search engine health alone; but, do you have the time, passion, and level of understanding equal to an online marketing consultant? Don't allow more time to pass; your business' 'condition' could get worse. Additionally, a lack of understanding of what's causing 'the sickness' is a potential time bomb.
WebiMax recently launched PenguinWatch.com – a consultancy site, dedicated to helping Web masters understand the Google Penguin update as well as gain a better hold on search engine best practices and strategy. Please take a look at the site and don't hesitate to seek assistance regarding a number of initiatives. Most importantly, don't dismiss the importance of asking questions. Do you have questions? We would like to help improve your understanding. The first move is yours.


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The Bishop of Huddersfield, Jonathan Gibbs was announced as the Church of England's new lead safeguarding bishop in February 2020, taking over from Bishop Peter Hancock, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. In March 2022 it was announced that Bishop Jonathan was to be the next Bishop of Rochester but as planned would continue as the lead safeguarding bishop until the end of March 2023.
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text: The royal wedding is finally over and the global media blitz was certainly a case of "Wag the Dog" par excellence, creating the necessary awe to maintain the standings of the House of Windsor. In case you didn't know, the "real" name for this royal family is actually Saxe-Coburg, which may be one reason they never use a last name. Dropping the "Windsor" insures their preeminence as the world's leading royal family anyway. A top CIA official (Frank Wisner) once bragged about owning everyone of importance in the media, people he "played" like a giant Wurlitzer. Wag the Dog, it seems, is more real than unreal because our media is actually a controlled cartel, manufacturing consent for an agenda supporting the Oligarchies that really rule the earth. But if you know the puppets are playing the organ, the tunes can sometimes give away some secrets. And while I'm on this subject, is there another royal family on earth treated with anything like the reverence afforded the British-German House of Hanover/Windsor? It seems strange for our supposedly democratic press to lavish so much attention supporting a class system that exists only to ensure a small minority maintain control over vast reserves of wealth and power. Isn't that system an extreme form of racism? We know many film and TV studios, (as well as their Wall Street backers), are run by persons of Jewish descent, perhaps because Older Money swallowed the world's primary profit centers (the biggest of which used to be sugar). According to Robert Anton Wilson, the Jewish wing of the global banking elite controls 20% of the system's wealth. I guess that figure was provided by Bertrand Russell, so you can take that for what it's worth. While some researchers claim the Federal Reserve is secretly controlled by the Rothschilds, how come Rothschild weddings are never seen or spoken of, much less celebrated with this intense hero-worship? The Rothschilds are, after all, accepted members of European royalty, just as "royal" as the House of Hanover. Seems to me the Pope may be the only living person who enjoys such universally positive promotion as the Windsors. I suspect they may play a somewhat larger role in our lives than some realize. You'd almost think this was America's royal family, not a former adversary in war. And if the wedding coverage isn't enough to convince you of this possibility, consider the biggest impact on our Federal Reserve system in recent time was made by a man knighted by the Queen of England for service to her country. What's that all about?


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I'm fascinated by tech ecosystems, and the network effects behind them. I wrote about Berlin (here) and about Paris (here) But of course, as an NYC venture capitalist, I'm particularly interested in New York – I wrote about the strong NYC data community a while back (here), and about NYC as a great home for European entrepreneurs (here).
The New York tech ecosystem is in an interesting place right now. The emergence of NYC was a big story at tech conferences and in the press maybe four or five years ago. Fast forward to today: on the one hand, NYC has become the clear Number 2 to the Bay Area; on the other hand, it's hard not to notice that things have gone a bit quiet – at a minimum, we seem to be past the stage of unbridled enthusiasm.
The bull case is that New York is now firmly established as a startup hub, and therefore it is less press-worthy than when it was first emerging; to wit, entrepreneurial activity and VC investment levels have never been higher (for context, with $1.9B invested, Q1 2016 saw almost 7x more VC investment in NYC than Q1 2012)
The bear case is that, for all the progress, NYC still suffers from many of the same issues that have plagued it for years: a relative dearth of $1BN+ exits, a lack of local anchor companies that can serve as acquirers, and a comparatively lower concentration of talent, particularly when it comes to not just starting, but actually scaling, startups.
Those are non-trivial concerns: while they offer some protection, network effects can just as easily peter out as they can get stronger – an ecosystem is fundamentally a living and breathing organism.
My take: New York is in the process of catching up to the hype. That doesn't make for splashy headlines, and takes a long time, but the reality of the NYC tech ecosystem coming of age is actually happening right now.
The Slope of Enlightenment
So where are we?
If there was a Gartner hype cycle for emerging tech ecosystems, my sense is that New York would probably somewhere in the "slope of enlightenment" phase.
Both the scale and the steepness of the slopes are not right, but this is probably directionally correct.
New York had a long ride to the "peak of inflated expectations". Throughout the 90s and the 00s, New York went from having a handful of entrepreneurs and VC firms to something that felt more like a real community (then known as "Silicon Alley").
But it probably wasn't until 4 or 5 years ago that people started talking excitedly about New York as having the potential to be a major global tech ecosystem. There certainly was tons of momentum, with everything coming together nicely. It had a deep connective tissue of meetups, conferences and new incubators. It had a mayor, a tech founder himself, who truly got it. It had some VC firms like Union Square Ventures with national appeal, and West Coast firms were starting to actively invest in later rounds. And most importantly, it had a whole series of fast-growing startups, the bloodline of any ecosystem. The press (a lot of it New York based) was all over it – not only was New York going to take over Boston, it was also about to give Silicon Valley a major run for its money!
A lot of the above is still true, but unfortunately, there has been a number of hiccups along the way. A lot of the "poster child" companies that were frequently mentioned then have gotten into various levels of trouble, after raising large amounts of VC money. Gilt ($271M raised) had an underwhelming exit. Fab.com ($336M raised) was a flameout. Quirky ($175M raised) went bankrupt. Foursquare ($166M raised) has been working on finding its second wind as a data company. There were some great acquisitions (Tumblr's $1.1BN acquisition was a watershed moment), and some New York startups had IPOs – but unfortunately, those newly public companies, like many others across the country, experienced difficulties in the public markets (Etsy went from a $3.3BN market cap at IPO to $1.1BN currently; OnDeck went from to $1.3BN at IPO to less than $400M currently), with Shutterstock being the exception.
Finally, there are a number of large startups in New York that have been doing quite well, but are now reaching the 10-year mark, and have yet to reach an exit.
All of this had led, perhaps not to "disillusionment", but certainly to more nuanced feelings, and people generally realizing how long it will truly take for New York to come into its own.
Rinse and Repeat: Still Early
As any student of emerging tech ecosystems knows, the key dynamic to success is the "rinse and repeat" cycle. You need several waves of successful tech companies to go through the whole cycle of founding, financing, scaling and significant exit. Post-exit, the hope is that successful founders, employees and investors then contribute back both money and expertise to the next generation of tech startups, a few of which eventually become highly successful themselves and then provide money and expertise to the following generation.
The trouble is, each successive cycle takes years, because the average successful startup takes 5 to 10 years to get to a large exit.
One key reason the Silicon Valley has become such a powerful network is that this "rinse and repeat" cycle has been happening there for decades, at least since the 1940s and 1950s (Hewlett Packard), with a real acceleration in the 1970s and 1980s (Apple IPO, founding of Kleiner Perkins, etc).
At the other end of the spectrum, some of the more recent tech hubs are arguably just at the beginning of their second cycle. In Paris, for example, the next cycle is under way, with alumni of successful startups like Criteo or Exalead creating a number of new ventures, such as Algolia and Dataiku, but those are still relatively young (2 or 3 years in).
New York is somewhere in the middle, but probably still on the earlier side – perhaps 5 cycles in? The comparative lack of exits doesn't help, as it slows down when the next cycle starts. The point here is that, while New York is well on its way, things take time, and you can't just hope to rush through cycles – getting to a fully mature tech ecosystem will require continued patience.
NYC Talent is (Finally) Maturing
Now, to the bull case about New York.
One particularly apparent aspect, from my perspective: there is now a much larger pool of experienced startup talent to choose from.
It's certainly not perfect – as mentioned above, there are just not that many people who have been repeatedly through the growth stages of the startup life. But New York has come a long way in a few years. Not so long ago, when looking for, say, a VP of Marketing, or someone to run operations, startup founders often needed to really stretch — could that agency person somehow figure out the marketing job? Could that smart associate from Goldman Sachs learn the operations role on the job?
That's much less the case now. There are a bunch of people in the system who have now worked at 2 or 3 startups in the past. Even companies like Fab and Quirky, despite not making it past the goal line, have produced legions of experienced talent, who have now joined other startups or started their own.
There's also an interesting emerging phenomenon around people starting to leave the NYC outposts of the various West Coast tech giants after several years of service there — Google, in particular (whose impact on NYC has been incredible), but also Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft — to join or start NYC startups. For example, the three founders of Cockroach Labs (in the FirstMark portfolio) are all former senior engineers at Google who moved East to work at Google New York, and then decided to remain in New York to start new ventures.
Finally, we're seeing an increasing number of people who are moving from the Bay Area to New York. Some are people who are originally from the East Coast, or went to school there, and decide to move back after a few years in the Bay Area, because they want to live in New York. Others are executives with no particular history on the East Coast, who are recruited into NYC startups — the interesting trend here being that those execs feel increasingly comfortable that there is enough density of quality startups in NYC that they could find another great job, should this one not work out.
A Broader, Deeper Ecosystem
The other big story about New York is that it is no longer just about ad tech, media, commerce and fashion tech. In fact, it hasn't been for years, but perceptions are slow to evolve, and it seems to still be what many people outside of New York seem to believe.
One way of thinking about New York's tech history is one of gradual layers, perhaps something like this:
- 1995-2001: NYC 1.0, lots of ad tech (Doubleclick) and media (TheStreet)
- 2001-2004: Nuclear winter
- 2004-2011: NYC 2.0, a new layer emerges around commerce (Etsy, Gilt) and social (Delicious, Tumblr, Foursquare), on top of adtech (Admeld) and media
- 2012-present: NYC 3.0 – in addition to the above, just about every type of technology covering just about every industry
Certainly, the areas that put NYC on the map in the first place continue to be strong. New York is the epicenter of the redefinition of media (Buzzfeed, Vice, Business Insider, Mic, Mashable, Bustle, etc.), and also home to many great companies in adtech (AppNexus, Tapad, Mediamath, Moat, YieldMo, Magnetic, JW Player, etc.), marketing (Outbrain, Taboola, etc) and commerce (BarkBox, Birchbox, Bonobos, Casper, Harry's, Jet.com, Rent the Runway, Warby Parker, etc.).
But New York has seen explosive entrepreneurial activity across a much broader cross-section of verticals and horizontals, including for example:
- Fintech: Betterment, IEX, Dashlane, Fundera, Bond Street, Orchard, Bread
- Health: Oscar, Flatiron Health, ZocDoc, Hometeam, Recombine, Celmatix, BioDigital, ZipDrug
- Education: General Assembly, Schoology, Knewton, Skillshare, Flatiron School, Codecademy
- Real estate: WeWork, HighTower, VTS, Compass, Common, Reonomy
- SaaS: InVision, NewsCred, Squarespace, Sprinklr, Conductor, Namely, JustWorks, Greenhouse, Percolate, Mark43, Movable Ink, Splash
- Commerce infrastructure: Bluecore, Custora, Welcome Commerce
- Marketplaces: Kickstarter, Vroom, 1stdibs, SeatGeek
- On Demand: Handy, Via, Managed by Q, Hello Alfred
- Food: Blue Apron, Plated, Maple
- IoT/Hardware: littleBits, Canary, Peloton, Shapeways, SOLS, Estimote, Dash, GoTenna, Raden, Ringly, Augury, Drone Racing League, Electric Objects
- AR/VR/3D: Sketchfab, Floored
- Bitcoin/Blockchain: Digital Currency Group, Digital Asset
- Nonprofit/Charity: charity: water, DonorsChoose, DataKind, Crisis Text Line, DoSomething
A number of those companies are scaling very significantly. While "unicorn" status and/or large amounts of VC money certainly do not guarantee success (as seen above), it is worth noting some recent large rounds for companies such as WeWork ($430M Series F), Oscar ($400M Series C), Vice Media ($250M growth equity round), Flatiron Health ($175M Series C), Betterment ($100M Series E), Via ($100M Series C), Vroom ($95M Series C), Datadog ($94.5M Series D), IEX Group ($70M Series C), Digital Asset ($60M venture round / Series A), InVision ($55M Series D), Giphy ($55M Series C) or VTS ($55M Series C).
The Rise of Deep Tech in New York
Finally, one trend I'm personally particularly excited about: the emergence of deep tech startups in New York. By "deep tech", I mean startups focusing on solving hard technical problems, either in infrastructure or applications – the type of companies where virtually every early employee is an engineer (or a data scientist).
For a long time, MongoDB was pretty much the lone deep tech startup in NYC. There are many more now. A few of those are in my portfolio at FirstMark: ActionIQ, Cockroach Labs, HyperScience and x.ai. But there's a lot of others, big and small, including for example: 1010Data (Advance), BetterCloud, Blockstack Labs, Chainalysis, Clarifai, Datadog, Dataminr, Dextro, Digital Ocean, Enigma, Geometric Intelligence, Jethro, Keybase, Placemeter, Security ScoreCard, SiSense, Syncsort or YHat – and a few others.
The New York data and AI community, in particular, keeps getting stronger. Facebook's AI department is anchored in New York by Yann LeCun, one of the fathers of deep learning. IBM Watson's global headquarter is in NYC. When Slack decided to ramp up its effort in data, it hired NYC-based Noah Weiss, former VP of Product at Foursquare, to head its Search Learning and Intelligence Group. NYU has a strong Center for Data Science (also started by LeCun). Ron Brachman, the new director of the Technion-Cornell Insititute, is an internationally recognized authority on artificial intelligence. Columbia has a Data Science Institute. NYC has many data startups, prominent data scientists and great communities (such as our very own Data Driven NYC!).
Hype often precedes the reality of any market. This was very much the case for the New York tech ecosystem, but NYC is now growing into its reputation.
As an added bonus, the New York tech community continues to feel truly special. Perhaps because NYC is still in the "underdog" phase, there's a spirit of openness, collaboration and solidarity that is very palpable — almost ironic considering the reputation of New Yorkers!
At FirstMark, we feel proud to be part of this community, do our best to keep building it (through our four monthly events: Data Driven, Design Driven, Code Driven and Hardwired), and we are more bullish than ever about New York.
Note and Update: This post is meant to be a few thoughts on the topic, rather than a proper "State of the Union" of New York tech. There are several interesting themes I haven't mentioned, and a number of people and companies that are pillars of the ecosystem and would be naturally included in any "State of the Union" type post, including for example and in no particular order:
- The rise of Brooklyn
- The key role that Techstars NYC (David Tisch, Alex Iskold, Jenny Fielding) has played in the ecosystem (not to forget other incubators such as ERA, Dreamit, etc)
- Some great communities that have emerged recently such as Work Bench for enterprise tech (not to forget AlleyNYC, etc.)
- A whole discussion around VCs in New York
- A discussion around the core advantages of NYC vs other places: incredible density and diversity (great for consumer startups) and uniquely high concentration of Fortune 1000 companies (great for enterprise startups)
- Some thoughts on where the talent comes from, including the fact that we do see quants and data-focused people from hedge funds and Wall Street in general start data startups (a couple of examples I've seen recently are people from Bridgewater and King Street).


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At 6.2%, average annual price growth in the South East is lower than the UK average. However, growth is currently at its strongest level since January 2017 and considerably higher than the -0.3% recorded this time a year ago. Although Rightmove report average asking prices fell 1.4% month on month in January, properties are selling more quickly than a year ago.
Annual price growth has strengthened across the UK in recent months
Most active housing markets across Thames Valley, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
At £342,271 the average price of a property in the South East of England is £20,000 more expensive than a year ago and activity across the market is robust. On average 3.6% of private properties are sold each year, with turnover across three areas more than 4%. Over 18,300 new homes were registered for sale during 2020, and nationally registrations have been on an upward trend since September.
First-time buyers were particularly affected by the closed housing market and the stricter mortgage lending that followed. However, buyer numbers have recovered steadily, with transactions just 2% lower year on year during the final six months of 2020 (UK Finance). The number of High Loan-to-Value (LTV) mortgage products has also increased, Moneyfacts reporting there were 169 products available at 90% LTV in January, over double the number available back in July. Lending rates remain low, the average mortgage rate the lowest in history.
Properties for sale in Thames Valley, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Wokingham, Berkshire, 4 bedrooms
Fox and Hounds Cottage is a charming home neighbouring a popular gastro pub, surrounded by fields, yet is within easy reach of Wokingham town centre as well as two mainline train stations, Wokingham and Twyford. The four-bedroom property offers plenty of parking, stunning gardens and has light and airy interiors with exposed beams.
Kidlington, Oxfordshire, 4 bedrooms
This Grade II Listed detached family home was formerly an inn run by monks, then a public house, with origins dating back to the 16th century. The accommodation comprises a generous sitting room with an open fireplace, a games room, a dining room, an office, a kitchen, four bedrooms and two bathrooms. Outside, the property has ample driveway parking, a garage and gardens.
Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, 5 bedrooms
This delightful five-bedroom semi-detached home is extremely well-presented and is situated on a sought-after road within strolling distance of Farnham Common village shops and Burnham Beeches Nature Reserve. The property further benefits from gated driveway parking and an integral garage.
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Knott's Berry Farm's Ghost Town will celebrate its 75th anniversary with two major offerings next summer. The centerpiece of the summer 2016 celebration is the interactive entertainment experience, Ghost Town Alive!, which immerses guests in new stories and adventures in the familiar town of Calico. The west is about to get even wilder when GhostRider returns from a major restoration project with all new trains that will gallop along over 4,500 feet of new wooden track.
In summer 2016, Ghost Town Alive! will allow guests young and young at heart to live the west through inventive new ways to interact with characters and environments as each day, a different story will unfold throughout all of Ghost Town. From pledging one's allegiance to notorious bandits, to saving the day alongside courageous cowboys, guests play an active role in shaping the events of the day. Every evening, the day's story culminates with a town wide celebration of 75 years of Calico.
Walter Knott's love for the Wild West was evident in the attention to detail that he put into the peek-ins peppered throughout town. Next summer, select peek-ins will be transformed into authentic working establishments, and guests will be welcomed to step inside. At the Barber Shop, guests can walk in and meet Calico's trusted barber who's rife with town gossip.
In the Sheriff's office, guests can try their luck at a game of cards with the sneaky Sheriff and other Calico townsfolk. Here, guests can also decide whether they join the lawmen to hunt down the bandits or choose the criminal life and end up with their face on a handmade wanted poster.
In the heart of Ghost Town, the Barn will close on April 4, and when it reopens for Ghost Town Alive!, it will have been transformed into a working horse stable where guests can visit with Calico's friendly equestrian team.
Construction is underway on a new Calico Stage, which will open across the train tracks from its current location, in the area Screamin' Swing formerly occupied. The stage, themed after an old abandoned mine, will feature an all-new show for summer 2016. The standing viewing area for the new stage is nearly twice as large as the current viewing area, ensuring even more guests can enjoy seasonal live entertainment. The new venue is scheduled to open in Spring of 2016. When the new Calico Stage opens, the space that the existing stage and viewing area currently occupy will become Calico Park. Here, guests will enjoy a shady respite from the hustle and bustle of the Town, with a small stage for live performances, and twinkling lights adorning the trees after the sun sets. Calico Park is set to open in Summer 2016.
Adjacent to Calico Park stands the iconic Calico Saloon, which will feature a raucous new show next summer. A new western stunt show in Wagon Camp will also debut in summer 2016. Both the Calico Saloon and Wagon Camp will close in early 2016 in for renovations and new show preparations.
Ghost Town Alive! will take interactive storytelling to new heights when it debuts next summer, and for guests really seeking to achieve some heights, they should look no further than to the return of the beloved classic wooden roller coaster, GhostRider. Since 1998, GhostRider has been giving white-knuckle rides to even the toughest cowpokes. It still looms over Ghost Town as the longest, fastest and tallest wooden rollercoaster on the West Coast.In September 2015, work began to completely restore and preserve this classic wooden rollercoaster. The project is a partnership with Great Coasters International and includes re-profiling and a complete woodennre-tracking of the entire 4,533 ft. long track. All of the coasters trains will be replaced with state of the art new Millennium Flyer trains designed to look like mining cars, each with gold, silver, or copper accents. As part of the construction, the mid-course brake run will be removed, allowing riders to enjoy a relentless, ride from the moment the train descends the first 108 ft. drop to the moment it returns to the station's new, smooth magnetic brake run. "GhostRider was the last attraction commissioned by the Knott family, and this restoration project ensures that the family's final gift to the park will continue to thrill generations of thrill seekers to come," said Raffi Kaprelyan, Knott's Berry Farm's vice president and general manager. "Seventy five years ago, Walter and Cordelia Knott created a place where guests could live out their dreams of the Wild West, and I think they'd be very proud of how it continues to resonate with guests of a new generation."When GhostRider re-opens, the queue will snake past Panning for Gold, which returns to its original Ghost Town home next summer. The return to its former location will allow for a more spacious panning experience, which means a more comfortable experience and better photo ops to capture the moment when a loved one strikes it rich! In 1940, Walter Knott looked for a way to entertain and educate hungry guests waiting for hours to dine at the iconic Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant.
Ghost Town was born from Walter's passion for providing restaurant patrons with unique entertainment and fondness for Wild West. The area celebrates the California-bound pioneers that crossed the desert by covered wagon, just as Walter's family had back in 1868. Brick by brick, building by building, the old west town of Calico came to life in 1941 and has been visited by millions for the past 75 years. While reflecting on Ghost Town in a letter written in December 1954, Walter Knott wrote, "I [am] very proud of this place we have built. You know we never fully enjoy the things we love until we share them with those we love."Next summer, Knott's invites families to share in Ghost Town's anniversary celebration with the ones they love, and make new memories in the old west.


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Photography podcast #132 features an interview with Canadian photographer Bryan Davies. During the interview we discuss Bryan's rust photography. We cover what inspired the series, how it was shot, how it was post-processed and Bryan's plans for the future.
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"I just want to you know that I'm impressed."
Granted, I deserved it, but it was nice receiving it regardless.
My daughter "D1" informed me, "You know Abba, you really yelled loudly when you chased that mouse around the house."
About a year ago, our yishuv was plagued by the mouse syndrome. We had no clue where they coming from, how they were getting into the house, or where they were hanging out. Yet the phrase "I smell a rat" was never truer when my wife announced we had a mouse in the house last year (her keen sense of smell is only matched by my sharp instincts for waffles).
We purchased a few mouse trap cages, filled them with salami and peanut butter bait, and started catching mice -- we even managed to catch 2 in one cage. I would don heavy work gloves and drive the mice a few miles down the road and release them into the wild.
If only...if only we had a better solution. And then, one day about 5 months ago, he arrived.
The regal feline would cavort back and forth between our next door neighbor's home and ours
in search of food and affection. Silly me. I thought "adopting" a cat would be a low maintenance
Along with the table scraps we fed the creature daily, we splurged and purchased *cat food* for the beast.
The cat flies into our house every time we open the front door, and then spend a few minutes "shooing" it out of the house. (Important Oleh Tip: the Hebrew equivalent of "scat" used to shoo away a cat, is "kishtah")
So the cat adopted us, we adopted it, and for the first time since our goldfish died our household had a pseudo pet.
Our disposition changed last week when my wife announced, "I smell a rat" -- and the mice were back. We would growl at the cat, "Hello?! What are we feeding you for?!" We would even invite the cat in to hunt for the mouse, but all it cared about was more table scraps or ready to eat cat food.
The new generation of mice were different -- they weren't fooled into climbing into the traps we set. Not cages, not glue traps...not the lure of Bamba, peanut butter, salami, or even their new favorite dish, avocado -- which we find partially eaten morning after morning, on the kitchen counter (yuck!)
Day by day we got increasingly annoyed at the cat.
Finally, one morning last week, one of the kids screamed in my ear to wake me up; "ABBA! Wake up!! There's a mouse downstairs!"
Tumbling down the stairs, I needed to appear fearless. After all, how could a member of our combat counter-terror unit be afraid of a mouse?
Putting on my heavy work gloves and brandishing a broom, I gingerly opened the bottom drawer of the oven. The grey mouse gaped at me wide eyed; cornered at last! With a killer yell, as I banged the broom in the general direction of the mouse, and it jumped out, scampering across the floor. Continuing the yell, I chased it around the downstairs -- even opening the screen door to give it ample chances to escape. Stupid mouse. It didn't go out the door but kept hiding in the corners of the room.
"Bring in the cat!" I roared -- and the kids tried getting the cat into the house, but to no avail.
The stupid cat had no interest in the mouse whatsoever.
After an aggressive to and fro chase around the room, I smacked the mouse with the broom, and it went into convulsions.
"EEEEEWWWWWW" was the general consensus in the house, while I was very pleased with myself for mortally wounding the annoying rodent.
"Get the cat," I insisted -- "let's show it what its supposed to do." The cat gingerly approached the dying mouse, but turned head on heels and fled out the door.
Disposing the bleeding mouse in the garbage I had no sympathy for it whatsoever. I had given it an escape route out the screen door, given it the opportunity to get caught in a cage -- and I would have released it far away.
Yet what will be of our cat? I shudder to think I just wrote "our" cat. It's THE cat, not ours. But the stupid pet grew on us.
I guess I'll take it to the vet one of these days, get some shots for it, and keep feeding it like we have till now.
However...today I saw on YNET one of the most annoying "religion" articles yet, announcing a "Kosher Cat" that had been halachiklly neutered according to the same principle of "heter mechira". Having written extensively about Shmita on my blog before, I found it offensive that
someone (a layman) "decided" what the halacha is, or isn't, concerning their cat -- "sold" it to a Moslem to be neutered, and then "purchased" it back.
Shmuel Dovrat, a young religious animal lover, recently came up with a creative solution for the halachic ban on neutering pets. Dovrat sold his beloved cat Ponti to a Muslim friend who spayed the feline, and bought it back from her immediately after the procedure.R' Kook would be mortified...I'm disgusted.
"Our cat, Pontius Pilatus, reached sexual maturity and started peeing all over the house," Dovrat recounted, explaining this is one of the side effects of sexual arousal in cats.
Dovrat and his wife realized that without spaying Ponti they would not be able to keep him, but every halachic ruling they consulted made it clear that neutering an animal was strictly forbidden.
Throwing Ponti out into the street would have been cruel, and leaving him in the current situation would have also caused the cat to suffer, said Dovrat. And so, he and his wife decided to explore halachic sources in a bid to seek a solution to the dilemma.
After thoroughly reading through the rulings of some of the greatest Halacha adjudicators, Dovrat came to the conclusion that the halachic ban on neutering refers to farm animals, and not to pets.
However, in order to be absolutely sure his actions did not violate Jewish law, he decided to sell Ponti to a Muslim friend and have her take the cat to the vet for the operation. Once the cat has recovered, Dovrat bought it back from the friend, paying the same price he got for selling it earlier, and also reimbursing her for the cost of the operation.
"I have no doubt that an adjudicator knows more about the Halacha than I do, but I feel uncomfortable with some of the rulings. I don't like to be fed halachic solutions with a spoon. It's always important for me to know the source and understand the process that led to the ruling," Dovrat explained.
However, Ramat Gan's Chief Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, who about a year ago ruled that surgical neutering was forbidden by the Halacha, said he did not agree with Dovrat's solution.
Ariel explained that while the great adjudicators indeed allowed Jews to let their Muslim neighbor spay their animal for them, if he wished to do so, they were never allowed to initiate such a moved themselves.
Ariel, who supports "hormonal neutering," also rejected the claim that refraining from spaying a pet constitutes cruelty to animals. "People buy dogs and cats in order to entertain their children, and not out of concern for the pets' welfare. If they are worried that the animals might have puppies and that no home could be found for them, they should find another form of entertainment to begin with," he stated.
PS: There's a legend that the cats of Eretz Yisrael are all gilgulim...
Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael


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Pediatric Dentistry
Specialists in pediatric dentistry focus on treating children. Children's developing teeth may require additional protective measures because their at-home oral hygiene habits are also still developing. Common pediatric treatments include:
- Cleanings and Exams
- Dental Sealants
- Extractions
- Fillings
- Fluoride Treatments
- Orthodontics
Most pediatric dentists also focus on building a positive relationship with their youngest patients. It is very important for children to feel comfortable with and trust their dentist. This will allow them to view dental visits in a positive light and minimize their risk of developing fears or anxiety associated with the instruments that are used. Allowing children to explore the office and ask questions is often encouraged, as is allowing parents to be present in the exam room.


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Virtual Trade Fair Booth and Digital Event Platform
With the digital event platform KUKA iimotion, KUKA is expanding the virtual trade fair booth around automatica sprint with further presentations, discussions and webinars. For example, visitors will gain insight into the smart simulation software KUKA.Sim 4.0. The modular software also makes its contribution to greater simplicity. Details and sequences of robot applications can be simulated even before commissioning and then transferred 100 percent to the real controller: for maximum planning reliability and cost efficiency.
All information on the virtual KUKA booth at automatica sprint, individual access to content and events, and personal online advice are available to interested parties after free registration at www.kuka.com or kuka-iimotion.com.


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A fun and exciting text based RPG based on the world of Naruto, set 400 years after the end of the Naruto story. Make your own custom character and have fun on your adventures!
naruto, anime, role, playing, game, sasuke, might, rock, sannin, shinobi, uchiha, clan, custom, unique, senju, hyuuga, sharingan, #byakugan, samurai, japan, ninja, village
A shadow of the past rises unseen and unknown, poised to plunge the peaceful ninja lands into eternal war once more.
naruto, sasuke, uchiha, narutp, role, play, clans, jutsu, sharingan, rinnegan, #byakugan, kekkei, genkai, technique, leaf, sand, wind, water, earth, lightning, konoha, suna, kiri, kumo, hokage, raikage, mizukage, kazekage, tsuchikag


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they are endless and clickable. you can also assign how they work in the editor and how they light up.
i guess you could use them for track browsing if you set it up. i use them for scrolling thru the track, i dont see why you cant map them to whatever you want. on my FX i have it set if i i press down the knob i trigger the effect on holding but can also toggle using the buttons below.


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The Frist Art Museum gratefully acknowledges the guidance and assistance of the Tennessee Disability Coalition and Empower Tennessee (formerly, the Center for Independent Living). Since prior to the opening of the Frist Art Museum in 2001, the staffs of these organizations have supported and inspired our efforts.
We also acknowledge the ADA National Network for their valuable resources and invaluable wisdom.
The Frist Art Museum is the 2019 recipient of Empower Tennessee's first Access Music City Business Champion Award.
See what Nashville Moms Blog published about accessibility for families at the Frist.
Read article about accessibility at the Frist Art Museum
Accessible Parking Spaces
The Frist Art Museum Visitor Parking Lot is located on land adjacent to the building. The lot contains 90 parking spaces. The barrier-free distance from the accessible parking spaces (located in the northeast corner of the Visitor Parking Lot) to the entryway in the Turner Courtyard is approximately 125 yards.
• The Frist Art Museum has five designated accessible parking spaces (including two that are van accessible) available in the Frist Art Museum Visitor Parking Lot for vehicles displaying the appropriate hang tags and license plates. The spaces are located in the northeast corner of the Frist Art Museum Visitor Parking Lot nearest the barrier-free crossing and entrance to the Frist Art Museum and are clearly marked. There are also five additional designated accessible parking spaces (including two that are van accessible) available during select large events. They are located in the Frist's second parking lot (the lot usually used by employees). When the second lot is opened to the public for large events, those additional designated accessible parking spaces will be available for use by visitors.
• A limited number of accessible public parking spaces are also available on 9th Avenue. Barrier-free entrances are located on 9th Avenue near Broadway and at the rear courtyard (These spaces are designated by Metro Traffic and Parking, not specifically for the Frist Art Museum.) near the service court entrance on the Demonbreun Street side of the building.
• Barrier-free building access is available from both the Frist Art Museum Visitor Parking Lot and at the corner of 9th Avenue and Broadway.
Barrier-Free Entry into the Frist Art Museum
• Enter the Frist via the entrance to the Turner Courtyard on the southeast side of the building nearest the Federal Courthouse. The barrier-free entry to the Turner Courtyard is located near the Frist Art Museum's large generator which is clearly visible from the accessible parking spaces in the Frist Art Museum Visitor Parking Lot. The barrier-free distance from these accessible parking spaces to the building entrance is approximately 125 yards.
• There is an additional barrier-free entrance with a ramp on the corner of 9th Avenue and Broadway. The distance from the entrance to the Visitor Services Desk through the Grand Lobby is approximately 80 yards.
Service Animals are welcome at the Frist Art Museum.
For visitors with mobility needs
Please note: The Frist Art Museum occupies an entire city block. Walking from one side of the building to the other is a distance of approximately 80 yards. Because exhibitions change frequently and their contents vary widely, seating areas are not always located uniformly from one exhibition to the next.
• Wheelchairs are available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis. Speak with a Member Desk or Guest Services staff member for assistance when you arrive. Borrowers will be asked to leave a driver's license during the period the wheelchair is being used. Both 18-inch and 24-inch wheelchairs are available.
• There are two four-footed adjustable canes and a rolling walker available for check out through the member desk.
For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing
• Sign Language—With advance notice, we will make every effort to arrange for American Sign Language interpreters at no additional charge. Please contact Ellen Pryor at firstname.lastname@example.com or 615.744.4914 during business hours. Because ASL interpreters maintain busy schedules, please call at least three business days in advance (not including weekends) to allow sufficient time to make arrangements.
• Assistive listening devices are available for visitors with hearing loss who are attending programs in the Frist Art Museum Auditorium. Contact the staff member managing event to obtain headset that provide amplification of sound via an infrared transmission signal.
TOURS: On the first Saturday of each month, certified American Sign Language interpreters will be available for both the 1:30 p.m. Docent Walk-up Tour and the 3:30 p.m. Architecture Tour. Our Docent Walk-up Tours focus on one of the current exhibitions and require gallery admission. Our Architecture Tours explore the Frist Art Museum's landmark Art Deco building and are free. No advance reservation for either tour is required. ASL interpretation is generously supported by Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a Middle Tennessee nonprofit serving the Deaf and hard of hearing community.
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For visitors who are blind or have low vision
• Gallery Guides at 30% larger than the regular size are available for most exhibitions and are available to check out at Guest Services.
• Large magnifiers to facilitate looking at artwork details may be borrowed from the Guest Services and Member desks and from the Information Desk just inside the galleries.
• Braille signage on rooms throughout the building.
• A Brailled guide for the From Post Office to Art Museum brochure is also available at the Guest Services Desk, at the Membership Desk, and at the Volunteer Information Desk at the entrance to the Ingram Gallery.
• Audio Tours are available for select exhibitions and can be accessed from your smart phone by scanning a QR code at the gallery entrance.
• Docent-guided exhibition tours are available daily at 1:30 p.m.
"Take a Break" Sensory Kit
In an effort to make the Frist a more comfortable and welcoming experience for all of our guests, we are pleased to offer our Take A Break sensory kits. These kits are geared toward those with sensory challenges but are available to anyone who needs a little help calming and focusing while visiting the museum. You are welcome to take the kit anywhere inside the museum—the foyers on the upper level are a great option for a quiet spot.
Each kit includes a weighted lap pad, noise-cancelling headphones, disposable headphone covers, a timer, tangle and sensory tube fidgets, and sanitizing wipes. The kits are available to check out in Martin ArtQuest on the upper level.
Multisensory Tours
For select exhibitions, through verbal description, scent experience, and tactile exploration, visitors will be able to experience art in an exciting new way. To inquire about a multisensory tour contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Accessible Rest Rooms
Accessible Rest Rooms are located throughout the Frist Art Museum:
• In the Conte Community Arts Gallery
• Inside the Auditorium doors near the water fountains (these are large restrooms appropriate for family use.)
• Inside the galleries on the upper level at the top of each stairway
• In the education hallway on the upper level.
Café (currently not serving, vending available)
The Frist Art Museum Café has tables to accommodate wheelchairs.
For visitors who speak a language other than English
The Frist is able to provide a language interpreter if needed (a two week advance notice is required).
The Frist Art Museum website
FristArtMuseum.org conforms to W3C Best Practices and those Web Accessibility Guidelines that apply to our site. The website is audited quarterly to periodically assess accessibility. In summary:
• Images on the site includes "alt" text which explains the content of the image. There is also contextual information included around each image to explain why it is included where it is.
• Information conveyed by color (such as sidebar navigation) is also structured by the markup in a way consistent to conveying the same information.
• Foreground, background, and text color combinations provide sufficient contrast to be viewed by people with color deficits.
• Style sheets are used to control layout and presentation, removing them from the content of the page itself and thus allowing screen readers to function correctly without including this additional, unnecessary, and non-contextual information.
• Relative units of position are used throughout the HTML/CSS markup, meaning the structure of the HTML is consistent with its visual layout, allowing screen readers to properly read elements on the screen in the correct order.
• Header HTML elements are used to convey document structure and importance, allowing screen readers to correctly determine the actual content of the page.
• Lists and list items are marked up properly.
• HTML markup is used in accordance with their intended use and W3C best practices. No HTML elements are used improperly, and no special characters are used to affect the visual layout of a page.
• Documents are organized so that they may be read without style sheets.
• There are no pop-ups or other windows that appear, and the current window's content does not change without informing the user.
• Audio/Visual content such as videos have text descriptions associated with them to provide context and information about the content of the video.
• Exhibition entries are accompanied by in-depth, text-based articles and headlines and sub-headlines are descriptive and refer to the entry in closest proximity.


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Convertible or sedan? Downtown or suburbs? Electric or manual toothbrush? As life decisions go, it's certainly not choosing your next car, or deciding where you want to live. But, even when you are selecting a toothbrush, it helps to make a list of the pros and cons of the contenders before you make that final selection.
- Efficiency
The most important factor in choosing a toothbrush is finding out which model works best to eliminate bacteria and plaque. And studies have shown that, used properly, both electric and manual toothbrushes do a great job of removing plaque. Some electric models can reach the backs of teeth and the gumline more easily, some manual head designs work better for your individual mouth and teeth, so your particular needs should dictate which style of toothbrush you use. Talk to us about the best methods to brush with your preferred toothbrush, and we'll let you know if one type of toothbrush or the other might work better for you.
- Health Considerations
Brushing too energetically can actually harm teeth and gums, causing sensitivity and damage to the enamel and gum tissue. An electric toothbrush should provide a continuous brushing motion without needing any pressure from the brusher. This might be the model for you if you have a too-vigorous approach to brushing, or sensitive teeth and gums.
An electric toothbrush can also be more efficient for older and younger brushers, those with limited mobility, and those with health conditions or injuries that make brushing with a regular toothbrush more difficult.
- Cost
An electric toothbrush is not a one-time investment. You should change the removable head as often as you change your manual toothbrush (every three to four months, please). But this cost is offset if an electric toothbrush is more efficient in removing your plaque, easier to use, or even if you just prefer it to manual brushing. If you find that you brush better and more often with an electric toothbrush, the added expense is well worth it.
Whichever brush you decide on, the most important part of the brush is the person holding it! A regular appointment with your toothbrush for two minutes of thorough brushing in the morning and two in the evening, daily flossing, and regular visits to our office for checkups and cleanings will keep your teeth healthy and strong no matter which toothbrush you choose.
Questions about your toothbrush choices? Don't hesitate to ask the doctor at our West Hartford, Connecticut office.


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Tom's Foolery is a tiny distillery in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Their first product, an applejack (apple brandy), has just been released. Their initial shipment was 240 bottles.
Tom's Foolery is a labor of love for a very nice young couple named Tom and Lianne Herbruck. In using the term "hobby distillery" I mean no disrespect. They take their distillery seriously but as a sideline. They don't expect it to support their family anytime...well, ever.
The Herbrucks took their time (several years) to put their project together and did everything the right way. This week they sent their first shipment off into the distribution pipeline, a major milestone. If you've ever dreamed of operating a legitimate, licensed distillery as a small, part-time, home-based business, here are two people who are doing exactly that and having a lot of fun with it.
Here is what the label says about the product. This is the sort of story everybody trying to cash in on the craft distillery movement would like to tell, but in this case every word is true.
"For years, Colonial farmers enjoyed this classic American spirit. Today, we make our Applejack the same way, using hand-picked apples, a barn full of time-tested equipment and a little bit of patience. The result is a crisp, authentic experience that marries the delicate notes of apple brandy with the bold, smoky characteristics of a bourbon barrel.
"Each bottle is hand filled, and every batch is shaped by the growing season. Enjoy the return of this true American classic."
As I understand it, there are a few stores in the Chagrin Falls area that have the Tom's Foolery Applejack in stock. Any Ohio liquor store should be able to order it for you from the state warehouse.
Since I regularly criticize companies that treat us like chumps, it seems only fair that I commend folks who make an honest product, tell a true story, and treat their customers with respect.
Friday, November 5, 2010
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- dutch05 said...
What a great story! Hopefully we can see more stories like this soon. Bring the distillation process to the homedistiller as was done for the homebrewer.
- November 5, 2010 at 8:31 AM
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Now you can get the toy rings for hanging in the car seat, pram, changing station, playpen etc. in numerous colours from the popular Danish manufacturer Bibs.
Mix the colours or keep it simple, you decide which colours you want. NOTE: This pack contains 1 loop.
if you buy 12 Bibs Loops you can put together reach from one side of the pram to the other, to give you an example of size.
The rings are made of Polypropylene (PP) and contains no harmful ingredients. Polypropylene is safe to use for food since it does not emit harmful chemistry. It is neutral in taste and smell. In addition it is easy to recycle. You can use our recycling scheme to ensure its recycled into something useful :)
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BIBS Loops | White
Precio de oferta£ 0.30 GBP
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September 27, 2017
Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced new, lower proposed obligations for renewable fuel usage under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the nation's preeminent policy for encouraging the production and development of American grown and produced transportation fuels. The agency's proposal would reduce obligations in 2018 for total renewable fuel volumes, biomass-based diesel, and advanced biofuel if finalized.
In response to the announcement, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement:
"This proposal undermines the intent of the RFS law, which is to expand markets for American produced renewable fuels. We need to be increasing our use of higher blends of renewable fuels like E30 and advanced biofuels, not reducing the renewable energy footprint on our nation's transportation sector.
"The success of the homegrown, renewable energy sector is vital to family farmers and rural America, who benefit greatly from the expanded markets, investment, and high-paying jobs brought to their communities for renewable energy development. If this proposal is ultimately implemented, it would be a direct repudiation of President Trump's promises to support the RFS and continued renewable energy development. This is especially troubling amidst the deeply depressed farm economy we are facing today.
"NFU looks forward to offering further comment on the proposal to ensure the RFS continues to be the economic and environmental success story it has been for family farmers, consumers and rural communities."
To download an audio file of Roger Johnson's quote, visit our website at nfu.org/audio.
About NFU
National Farmers Union has been working since 1902 to protect and enhance the economic well-being and quality of life for family farmers, ranchers and rural communities through advocating grassroots-driven policy positions adopted by its membership.
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Welcome to the Koolmoves forum.
There are many users here willing to help you with any issues you may have using KoolMoves.
You would be amazed how many times the very problem or question you are about to ask has been answered already so the first thing you should do is to Search the forums and see if that doesn't get you started.
Secondly the better you can explain what you want help with the better the answers will be.
For example the a question like:
"How do I make a game with Koolmoves?" will get pretty much either no reply or snide ones like "with lots of work"
The users here don't want to program your flash app or game for you but will be happy to help you get started or overcome some hurddle.
Ask your question like:
"I want to make a platform scroller game, I'm trying to figure out how to set up the game and what approach to take to the map and character animation"
Now someone might be able to offer a suggestion.
If you are trying to do something in KM here are some suggestions to include in your question:
- What version of KM are you using?
- What have you tried already?
- What where you expecting to happen?
- What did happen?
- Including a FUN file demonstrating the problem, you can attache a fun file or a ZIP file directly in your message.