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aparmley replied to arobulack's topic in Evernote for MacThank you 2012 Eddie! This worked for me! - 2019 Andy
(Archived) Search results don't match desktop
aparmley replied to shekala's topic in iOS ArchiveI too am having this issue; search syntax on iOS containing "-tag:tagname" yields 0 results.
Thank you!
Hi Jer thanks for the quick response. I too have more than 200 (430) photos synced to my iPhone. The work around does work for me also. Thank you for pointing that out.
ios -tag search not working in ios7
aparmley replied to dav555's topic in Evernote for iOSI too am having this issue. Except, now, after the update yesterday the app simply crashes instead of showing an empty result page. I tried to submit a bug report via evernote.com using my phone and that failed.
ios (Archived) Skitch iOS 3.0 Camera Roll ?
aparmley posted a topic in Skitch for iOSI'm not sure if this intended behavior or not but after upgrading to version 3.0 skitch no longer allows me to select an image stored in my camera roll. It only allows me to select a photo from the photo albums I've synced from iTunes. It does not have access to my camera roll or photostream. I've checked in restrictions and "photos" is allowed. anyone else running into this? I've performed a hard reset of my phone, deleted and reinstalled the app, not sure what else to do from here except google for this issue and I haven't come across anything yet.
Did want to at provide a minor update to my statement above: 1. Steve over at Handstylus has been very good with customer service. I have not regretted my choice to purchase the HandStylus and support him in his efforts. I did receive a defective tip right out of the box and he quickly responded to my email, late at night, to inform me he was rushing me a pack of 6 replacement tips. And he did exactly what he said. 2. Inside the Handstylus' case was a pointer that I failed to heed and it states something to the effect that because the HandStylus has a 4mm tip it requires more pressure than other larger styli. So one must find the sweet spot as they say. So I did some testing. I do now have better results and better consistency with recognition. But, the amount of pressure I have to put on the tip does not seem natural. I'm still adjusting. Just wanted to add the above update
I have owned and used the following: Pogo Stylus Bamboo Stylus Kensington Stylus Adinot Jot Stylus Hand Stylus The Bambo is my favorite. But I agree, the tip, while 6mm, is too squishy. The Hand Stylus is my second favorite, however, the current problem I have with it is that the stroke or touch of the stylus tip is not always detected by the iPad; I've tried various nibs (tips) from different replacement packs. It can be frustrating to have words that are not legible because many characters are incomplete due to the stylus stroke cutting out mid-character. Navigating the iPad outside of Penultimate confirms this is a stylus or nib problem. I never have any issues with the bamboo. Every stroke is recognized, all the time no matter what app. The problem I have the Adinot is that its hard plastic touching the iPad screen. While it's not scratching or damaging the screen, it produces a loud clicking sound I find really annoying. Also, there is no clip on it. So, there's that. The Hand stylus would be the stylus that meets all my needs and wants in a stylus, except the part that is most important - recognition. It falls a little short there. I'm trying to tough through this issue. but I don't see it improving.
Ok. I was hooked. I wanted to know more about the largest smallest. Wow. That is the way it is currently done, for some reason, unknown to me. I suppose when the all photos are the same dimension it defaults to the most recent or the last one added? I think a simple, "Make key photo" option would be better.
All platforms Allow the user, after uploading a note with multiple photos, a way to control which photo is used in the thumbnail to visually represent the note. Please and thanks! Andy
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mac (Archived) BUG: Spotlight search only works for note titles [RESOLVED]
aparmley replied to aparmley's topic in Mac ArchivesIt's been a while since I inquired about the above... My apologies; I forgot. I am happy to report Mac Spotlight searches within Evernote Notes at this time. Cheers!
mac (Archived) BUG: Spotlight search only works for note titles [RESOLVED]
aparmley replied to aparmley's topic in Mac ArchivesI forced spotlight to reindex both the /Users/[username]/Library/Evernote directory and the /Users/[username]/Library/Caches/com.evernote.Evernote directory. No change. I still can not search and find content within any recent evernote notes.
mac (Archived) BUG: Spotlight search only works for note titles [RESOLVED]
aparmley replied to aparmley's topic in Mac ArchivesUpdate: Operating under the assumption perhaps Spotlight is no longer indexing the newly hidden /User/Library folder I performed a search for content of Mail messages, spotlight is returning messages that I've received today. It appears that Spotlight is indexing the /User/Library folder. I'm going to try to force Spotlight to reindex the Evernote directory under /User/Library/
mac (Archived) BUG: Spotlight search only works for note titles [RESOLVED]
aparmley replied to aparmley's topic in Mac ArchivesFrom what I can tell spotlight indexing is not occurring. I'm curious if the newly hidden ~/Library folder in Lion is causing any indexing anomalies?
mac (Archived) BUG: Spotlight search only works for note titles [RESOLVED]
aparmley replied to aparmley's topic in Mac ArchivesHow would I find out if not everything is indexed? Not everything being everything on my mac or not everything as in not everything in Evernote? I will attempt to determine how I would go about answering that question. But, for the time being, assume the answer is yes, its possible.


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Yep, again. Bleh. Nobody likes it and that makes me feel bad, so I'm sorry.
The game is supposed to have the capability to handle 500 simultaneous players. I wrote some about it here:
Been renovating the kitchen 24/7. Pretty exhausted and battered. I expect to get the furniture up on monday so that we can move in. Fetching it now from IKEA. Only the floor remains now and it should be laid down on sunday by Rickard Nyren the floor expert.
Don't panic over the decay. At least you'll get skills getting new items. The big difference is that you have to use them up more quickly and that goes for everyone so at least its fair.
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Holly and Kelly Willoughby
Holly and Kelly are sisters and they are writing the School for Stars series together.
Holly Willoughby lives in London with her husband and children. She is best known for presenting prime-time television shows: SURPRISE, SURPRISE (average 4.6 million viewers) and THIS MORNING (average 1.5 - 2 million viewers daily).
Kelly Willoughby lives in West Sussex with her husband and daughter.
You can follow Holly and Kelly on Twitter @hollywills and @LadyWilloughby. Holly's website is www.officialhollywilloughby.com


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Research Study into Australian Health Practitioners
This project was an original research report into the minds and moods of Australian doctors, nurses, surgeons and vets. This report was commissioned and used exclusively by H&T (a health communications agency).
I created and implemented the complete research study including the research methodology, interview discussion guide, conducting all face-to-face interviews, analysis of findings, and writing and presenting the final report.


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Here are more cards where I brayered the background. I tried to make some more of these, but I can't seem to get the colors right. I absolutely love how these three turned out.
The base card is Kiwi Kiss stamped with Canvas. Next I stamped the bottom edges with the leaves from Fresh Cuts. The main image is Glossy White CS brayered with Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, More Mustard, and Kiwi Kiss. Then I stamped Fresh Cuts over that. This is layered on Basic Black and Tangerine Tango. The Sentiment is from Upsy Daisy and is embossed in black on Tangerine Tango. Again, I used the leaf stamp with Tangerine Tango ink. Added ribbon. Thanks for looking.


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Heavy selling pulled down Indian bourses despite a strong opening
Indian markets opened strongly during the day after the latest data showed a jump in manufacturing activity across the US. However, markets slipped massively towards the end of the day as investors turned cautious ahead of the opening of the large follow-on public offer (FPO) of state-run power generation firm NTPC tomorrow. As per reports, Indian firms may raise $30 billion from share sale in 2010, led by government stake sales and initial public offers from power and property firms, which will result in soaking up liquidity from the secondary market. Indian companies raised about $20 billion from share sales in calendar year 2009.
At the end of the day, the Sensex declined 193 points from the previous day's close to 16,163 while the Nifty closed at 4,830, down 70 points.
Yesterday we had said that the markets would be up today. They did open higher with a gap but eventually declined under selling pressure. Tomorrow we expect Indian markets to end up higher.
At 11:00 hrs IST, the Sensex was trading at 16,395, down 39 points from the previous day's close. However, at 14:00 hrs IST, the Sensex was trading down 84 points from the previous day's close at 16,272.
At the end of the day, National Fertiliser rose 6% after the company received the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) nod for feedstock conversion projects, estimated to cost the company Rs4,066 crore.
Cement stocks were among the major gainers. UltraTech Cement rose 3% after Aditya Birla Group's cement shipments rose 14% to 34.3 lakh tonnes in January 2010 over the same period last year.
Ambuja Cements rose 1% on reports that the company's January 2010 shipments rose to 17.5 lakh tonnes, up 7.5% from a year earlier, whereas Shree Cement remained flat after the company said that January 2010 shipments rose 18% to 8.82 lakh tonnes, up from 7.49 lakh tonnes a year earlier. The company also said that the total shipments during April-January period rose 24% to 76.5 lakh tonnes, from 61.8 lakh tonnes a year ago.
ACC's shipments in January 2010 rose 1.1% to 19.1 lakh tonnes from 18.9 lakh tonnes a year earlier. The stock remained flat.
NTPC was down 2%, after the government fixed the floor price for the company's follow-on public offer at Rs201 per share.
L&T announced on Monday that it had won orders worth Rs2,155 crore from NFL for projects in Haryana and Punjab. The stock was down 1%.
Siemens has received an order from Power Grid Corporation of India for construction of a new 765/400KV substation and augmentation of substations. The stock was down 1%.
As per reports, D Subbarao, governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has for the first time on Monday stated that the nation may have to take some measures towards capital control. Mr Subbarao also said that it is important for the government to withdraw the stimulus and that the government and central bank would have to coordinate in withdrawing the same. He reiterated that the economy is back to growth and added that the challenge is to accelerate momentum.
During the day, Asia's key benchmark indices in South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and China fell by between 0.23%-1.26% while the indices in Hong Kong and Japan rose by between 0.14%-1.63%.
On Monday, 1 February 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 118 points while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite index were up 15 points and 24 points. As per US media reports, the ISM manufacturing index for January hit a five-year high of 58.4, which is stronger than the expected 55.5. Personal income and spending rose, while construction spending fell 1.2% for the month of December.
In premarket trading, the Dow was trading 24 points higher.
FCI intends to revive its Sindri sick plant due to the rising demand of urea in the country
With the rising demand for urea in the country, state-run Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) is planning to revive its Sindri-based plant in Jharkhand, a senior official said.
"FCI has chalked out a revival plan for the Sindri unit, in view of the increasing demand-supply gap in the availability of urea in the country," a senior FCI official said. The demand for urea is expected to increase by about 3% in 2011.
However, according to local media reports, Jharkhand's industrial secretary NN Sinha had said that ArcelorMittal was interested in using 6,000 acres of the ailing FCI unit at Sindri. Officials from ArcelorMittal visited Dhanbad during the third week of January and assessed the pros and cons of setting up a proposed 12-MT steel mill in the state by investing Rs40,000 crore, the report said.
FCI's Sindri unit was closed in 2002 and was under the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR). FCI filed a review petition in the High Court, which directed it to approach BIFR for reconsideration.
The Projects & Development India Ltd (PDIL) in 2005 had submitted its report to the Union government on the revival of the Sindri unit. The report had suggested two alternatives. One was to make the plant functional as soon as possible and the second option was to improve the performance and energy efficiency of the facility. However, the FCI board did not accept this proposal and instead proposed a brown-field, gas-based plant.
Before the Sindri unit was shut down, it was supplying urea, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate, ammonium bicarbonate, liquid nitrogen, oxygen and ammonia to the eastern region.
The FCI plan is still in the preliminary stage. However, officials say that the plant would annually produce one million tonnes of urea. But construction dates for the revival of the plant have not been finalised. However, the FCI official added that the construction process for the revival of the plant would take at least three years.
FCI has made a detailed plan for the revival of the unit which entails an investment of nearly Rs4,000 to Rs5,000 crore, he added. The fertiliser company has already got an in-principle approval from the government and is waiting for a Cabinet nod.
"We are also in search of global tenders and project partners," the official said.
However, another FCI official said that it would be giving its Sindri revival feasibility study contract to Deloitte as per the Union government's decision. Deloitte would be looking into the feasibility of the facility and will also seek potential partners for the company.
FCI's intention to revive the plant comes at a time when global urea demand is expected to increase by 4.7% per annum during the period 2008-2012 with the demand-supply gap expected to remain tight and supply just managing to meet demand.
According to a report by Chemical Weekly, India's fertiliser demand is expected to increase by about 4.3% per annum from FY2008-FY 2013, higher than the global growth rate of 2.8% per year for the same period.
The mutual fund industry's average AUM fell by Rs32,853.79 crore or 4.1% during January for the second month in a row
The country's mutual fund (MF) industry witnessed a decline in the average assets under management (AUM), for the second month in a row, to Rs7.60 lakh crore in January, reports PTI.
The industry's average AUM fell by Rs32,853.79 crore or 4.1% during the said month.
The combined average AUM of the 37 fund houses stood at Rs7,61,632.26 crore at the end of January, according to data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).
Reliance MF maintained its numero uno position as the country's largest fund house with an AUM of Rs1,17,248.60 crore during the month, despite losing Rs2,733.20 crore from its assets.
Market analysts said that the fall in assets of MFs was due to the correction in the equity market in the past month in addition to banks opting to stay away from funds.
Reliance MF was followed by the country's second-largest fund house HDFC Mutual Fund, which saw an erosion of Rs2,386.80 crore in its AUM. HDFC MF, which saw its AUM in November cross the Rs1-lakh crore mark, had average assets worth Rs94,797 crore at January end.
The country's third-largest fund house, ICICI Prudential MF, saw its AUM falling by Rs4,059.90 crore during the month to Rs78,372.40 crore.
The other two fund houses among the top five—UTI MF and Birla Sun Life MF—saw their assets declining to Rs74,509.90 crore and Rs68,066.20 crore, respectively.
The combined AUM of MFs had touched a record Rs8-lakh crore mark in November last year.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex dropped by 6.3% in January to end at 16,357 points.
Meanwhile, some smaller fund houses like Taurus MF, Baroda Pioneer and Canara Robeco MF managed to see an increase in their respective AUM in the reviewed month.
In December last year, the assets of fund houses had dropped by Rs28,645 crore or 3.6% as compared to the November figures.


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GFI brings Web filtering to off-site devices
WebMonitor 2013 extends policy controls beyond corporate network
GFI Software today announced GFI WebMonitor 2013, the latest version of the company's Web security and filtering solution targeted at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
The new version enables IT managers to deploy a roaming Web filtering agent on laptop and notebook devices, allowing businesses to extend corporate browsing policies to company assets running outside of the corporate network and provide continuous filtering protection whether employees are in-house or on-the-go.
SMBs have long used Web filtering solutions to prevent the productivity, bandwidth and security issues associated with Web browsing in the workplace. But GFI argues that with telecommuting on the rise and more companies giving employees laptops and notebooks to access corporate resources remotely, IT managers have lost visibility into browsing activity on work-issued devices, posing legal liabilities for the company, among other risks.
"GFI WebMonitor's new roaming agent extends corporate browsing policies and filtering protection to laptops and notebooks running outside of the corporate network - and does so without compromising connectivity speeds," GFI said in a press release.
"With this feature in place, IT managers can trust that road warriors, remote employees and workers who take their devices home at night are held to the same Internet usage policies that in-house employees follow. This capability is also beneficial for small businesses that use laptops and notebooks as their primary computing devices."
WebMonitor's roaming Web filtering agent also enables IT managers to create and apply different filtering policies depending on a device's location. For example, streaming media may be allowed once a device leaves the corporate network, but specific categories of websites, such as gambling and adult sites, remain inaccessible. Additionally, GFI WebMonitor is now able to log Web access activity occurring outside of the corporate network in addition to in-house activity and provide full reporting capabilities regardless of a user's location.
"The line defining the amount of control IT managers can have over users' activity on work-issued devices is always blurred," said John Spoor, regional director MEA, GFI Software.
"A balance needs to be struck, as implementing too many browsing regulations can make employees unhappy and impede productivity. Yet, without enough controls in place businesses open themselves up to a variety of legal and security risks.
"GFI WebMonitor's new roaming agent provides IT with the best of both worlds. They can give employees the freedom to use the Internet as they wish, while putting access controls in place to prevent them from visiting websites that could cause malware infections or legal liabilities. In other words, they can sleep well at night knowing their employees - and their business - are well protected."


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Edited by Karín Aguilar‐San Juan and Frank Joyce. Just World Books, 2015. 268 pages. $23.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. On June 5, 1969, […]
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The People Make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement
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In Our Power: U.S. Students Organize for Justice in Palestine
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Fighting Fascism and Surviving Buchenwald: The Life and Memoir of Hans Bergas
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Can anyone explain this heavy selling? I see support at 65.50 but at this rate I don't know if it will hold.
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So we all know that we're supposed to eat more veggies, but how exactly do we get them in?
As a busy mom and wife, I am always trying to find new ways to get more veggies in my own diet as well as my families.
So here are my top 3 tips for doing that
- Hide them in smoothies
- Hide them in omelettes, meat loaf, or burgers
- Hide them in sauces
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Dear Diary,
I made a woman scream today – just by looking her.
This was my second day in this job and already I'd made one enemy and a dozen allies without doing anything.
'Bitch alert!' Denise whispered. It was nearly eleven o'clock. The 'bitch' was late today. She held her head up high and pretended that she had every right to be late, but she still glanced around guiltily, looking for the boss – who, by chance, had not arrived either. 'I bet they spent the night together,' Denise said with a giggle. 'He's probably hanging around outside.'
As she passed near me, I smiled innocently and said, 'Good morning, Dorothy.'
Her eyes met mine with a look of terror and she hurried on. I grinned at Denise. 'What was that all about?' she asked me.
'I think she fancies me.' I know she doesn't, of course. What we did last night is nothing more than a confusing dream for her.
'Dorothy? Seriously? But she's totally after Ian.'
'Maybe she's bi.'
'Huh. Maybe. It's possible. If I were into girls at all, I'd totally be after you.'
I looked at Denise in surprise, and she blushed. 'I'm not,' she said firmly.
I laughed. 'I'm not looking for a girlfriend,' I told her, 'but, you know, if you ever want to hang out, whatever, give me a call.' I scribbled my phone number down on a Post-It and passed it to her with a wink. She took it, looking very uncertain about what she was getting herself into. 'Sometimes it's nice to have fun without men messing everything up,' I added.
Denise relaxed a little. 'I hear you. My last boyfriend needed a SatNav to find his way around my body.'
I hope that is a joke, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's an app for that.
Dorothy sat at her desk and buried herself immediately in her work, ignoring the rest of us. It was a pleasant change from yesterday when she was ordering me around and generally being a pain – marking her territory and establishing her alpha status.
At lunch time I dragged a reluctant Denise over to sit at the table next to Dorothy's. I could just see her out of the corner of my eye. She used to be beautiful once, before life soured her. I saw some photos in her house from when she was younger.
'I had the strangest dream last night,' I told Denise. My voice was unnecessarily loud, and I saw Dorothy pause, a spoonful of carrot and coriander soup hovering in mid-air. 'I'm not a lesbian, but…'
I paused to take a bite of my sandwich, basil and mozzarella. Denise watched me with wide, curious eyes – a beautiful blue to match her blonde curls – clearly impatient for me to continue.
'I was in bed with a woman,' I said, eyebrows raised in mock astonishment. 'We made love for hours and hours, and she kept coming and coming, and I know it was only a dream, but…' I took another bite of my sandwich. Denise hadn't touched hers.
I looked suddenly straight at Dorothy. 'She tasted amazing.'
Dorothy screamed and her soup bowl was sent tumbling across the table. The whole room was staring at her. She fled from the cafeteria to the sound of general laughter.
She did taste amazing though. It's a shame that I must wait a month before I can feed on her again.


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Child Jessie Costume - Toy Story
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More on Toy Story 4 Child Jessie Costume:This pretty cowgirl doll is ready for playtime! Our Jessie Costume for kids features a jumpsuit with a white top decorated with red swirls against yellow panels on the shoulders and sleeves. With an attached brown faux leather belt to keep it in place, the denim-print bottom of the jumpsuit sports an eye-catching cow pattern on the front, and white fringes line the sleeve and pant leg bottoms. Top this Toy Story Jessie Costume with the included red cowboy hat with white whipstitch details for a complete spunky cowgirl look! Review the size chart for additional sizing information. Shoes not included.
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Virtual Rehab Body
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India opened the Khokhrapar-Munabao zero point border crossing temporarily so that the remains of an Indian woman who had died during her visit to Pakistan could be repatriated.
Moreover, The Indian High Commission in Islamabad thanked Pakistan for the move in a statement.
The statement reads, "Indian citizen Reshma's mortal remains were repatriated to her family in Barmer."
"A big thank you to authorities in Pakistan and India who made a special exemption to open gates today, instead of Friday, and allowed on foot crossover at Khokhrapar-Munabao railway crossing," it also said.
Reshma's body was handed over to the Indian Border Security Force by Pakistan Rangers.


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Somerset Estates in Muirfield is a gated subdivision within Circle C Ranch. Only 17 miles from Downtown Austin, this Travis County neighborhood is in Southwest Austin's 78739 zip code. Developed in the mid-2000s by David Weekly Homes and Frederick Harris Homes, these houses offer all of the amenities of this outstanding master-planned community.
Buyers of Somerset Estates homes for sale appreciate the distinctive masonry and detailing on each of the dwellings in this neighborhood. These 1.5 and 2-story houses feature covered entries, front porches, arched windows and decorative exterior doors. Residences in this community are large, averaging over 3,800 square feet in size, with 3 to 5-bedroom floor plans.
Somerset Estates homes for sale have many of the interior features trending in the mid-2000s. Many of these houses have curved staircases, game or media rooms, open kitchens, guest rooms, master bedroom on the main level. Finishes include wood, tile and carpeted floors, rounded corners, kitchens with 42" cabinetry, islands, and breakfast areas, and decorative wall niches.
Where is Somerset Estates Austin TX?
Ask your Realty Austin agent about Somerset Estates homes for sale, To visit from Downtown Austin, take MoPac Expressway/TX-1S to TX-45. Turn right on TX-45 and then right on Hollister Drive into the neighborhood. Travelers use Austin-Bergstrom International Airport only 20 miles away.
Things to do near Somerset Estates
Residents in Somerset Estates are within 3 miles of the heartbeat of Circle C Ranch, Escarpment Village. A small convenience center anchored by HEB grocery store, the village is also home to banks, small service businesses, restaurants and child care facilities. Across the road, Circle C Metropolitan Park offers over 500 acres of walking trails, sports fields, disc golf and a shaded playground. Within 4 miles of most properties, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is the go-to spot for weekend entertainment with current run movies, dinner, drinks and snacks. Seton Southwest Medical Center is less than 5 miles from most homes providing medical care and employment for those who live in the surrounding area.
Somerset Estates Schools
Austin ISD serves students living in Somerset Estates. Clayton Elementary (K-5), Bailey Middle (6-8), and Bowie High (9-12) are the assigned schools for this community. Private school options include Austin Waldorf School (K-12) is 7 miles away. Headwaters School (PK-12) and Parkside Community School (3-12 years) are both less than 7 miles from this neighborhood.


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The Benefits Of A Green Juice Smoothie
A green juice smoothie may be used as a meal replacement. Its a very healthy smoothie that you produce and know what's inside. It covers all the nutrients your body craves and needs.
Think about it, how many times have you had a meal with veggies and fruits? If you are into a lifestyle that is healthy, then you've had this sort of meal before. Did you feel great afterward? Well, you'll have it again but in a different kind of form. So, I'll challenge you to have a nice green smoothie for breakfast rather than that protein shake next time, Ok?
Also, they are not just great for your body, but also your mind. It makes sense the blood flows freely if your body is getting the vitamins and nutrients it needs. With good blood circulation through your brain, that thing that regulates your body, you will be more focused. You'll be in a much better mood; you'll see things more clearly; etc.
Another benefit of this smoothie is for your digestive track. We have all heard that a whole lot of foods out there lack fiber, so we take fiber pills, right? Well, vegetable and fruits have natural fiber in them and, when you juice or "smoothie" regularly, you will "go" (to the bathroom that is) frequently, get it?
Another thing about a raw food green juice smoothie is it help fight the problem of obesity. People are eating just far too much processed food and it needs to stop! A green juice smoothie alone could wipe out obesity! If you are in fact overweight, then why not start with a consistent diet of green juice smoothies! Your body will thank you for it!


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Once again, I thoroughly enjoyed talking with Larry Jacobs on Education Talk Radio, this time about effective and respectful discipline practices in schools. Here are a few topics we touched on:
- Why is it important to think about teaching discipline?
- What is discipline and how is it connected with (and different from) classroom management?
- What are shifts that teachers can make to help discipline be more positive?
- How are the teaching of discipline and academics connected?
Original link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edutalk/2016/09/08/effective-and-respectful-discipline-in-schoolnew-ideas-in-pd
To learn more about effective and respectful discipline strategies or to consider professional development on this topic, check out the Effective Management and Discipline section of my website.The Well-Balanced Teacher and The First Six Weeks of School. His latest book, Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement was the ASCD member book for April, 2016. To learn more about Mike and his work, or to invite him to work with your school or district, check out his website: www.leadinggreatlearning.com. You can connect with Mike on Twitter: @balancedteacher.


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To our music lover family and supporters!
Hope you all have been fantastic! The last couple months have been incredibly productive for us in developing Audio Bar! But before we get into that, here's some music news in case you missed it.
Wu-Tang Clan launching new TV Series
Eminem performs his new track from The Venom movie soundtrack "Venom" from Empire State Building
Swedish House Mafia set two countdowns on their website with a big announcement and one still to come
Perks Update:
The perks have been in production and are almost finished! Thank you everyone for your patience. The swag bags, coasters, grand opening tickets, record perk for the DJs, flash drives, and bottle openers all finished. Take a look at these goodies so far!
Audio Bar official hats, shirts, and tank tops are still in production but should be wrapping up Halloween week. When we are ready to ship all these physical perks in early November, we will also email all electronic perks at that time including all bottle service certificates, drink tickets, line pass card, and open mic performance certificates.
We apologize for the delays on the perks. Once again we had to re-design our logo to omit the "Ristorante" out of our concept before we started production, and then we experienced some delays with production itself. We are getting all the swag to you as soon as possible!
Meetings with Real Estate Brokers
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Thank you all again for all your support. We would not be able to get this far in developing this business without you. Please tell your friends who would love Audio Bar to follow us on our website and social media.


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Ankita Choudhary, from Meham, Rohtak (Haryana) has achieved a splendid success in Civil Services Examination 2018 and secured 14th rank.
It was her second attempt and she had chosen Public Administration as optional subject.
"Write to-do list and sticking to it on day-today basis; setting own deadlines and trying hard to meet all targets" with these words Ankita Choudhary (AIR 14; CSE 2018) illustrates her success-plan.
Candidly expressing her mind about UPSC Ankita said, "There is no ideal way to prepare for Civil Services Examination; but, I trusted my instinct and pursue it with determination and passion."
Indicating her goal-setting plans Ankita said, "During my school days, I made up my mind about career in Civil Services; with a clear-cut inclination towards Indian Administrative Services. I did not even think of choosing something else apart from IAS. I did not even say that I am preparing for UPSC Civil Services Exam; rather I used to say that I am preparing to become IAS."
In my school days, to get inspired I used to read toppers interviews a lot. Early goal setting helped me take premeditated actions that included graduation (Chemistry Hons) from Hindu College, Delhi University and as I was not even 21, eligible to write the examination and expected to be mature before taking a plunge into something big, I did post-graduation from IIT (Delhi).
When I was at IIT Delhi, my room-mate was also preparing for Civil Services during her PhD, she gave me a rough idea about examination and even coaching institutes. Besides, 2-3 of my cousins were also preparing for Civil Services Examination. They helped me in choosing the optional subject, rest I did myself.
Now, when I seriously thought about appearing in Civil Services Examination 2017, as per exam-plan I was to pick only one optional subject and after weighing up things, I decided in favour of Public Administration, a subject that will be helping me even in my future endeavour.
I joined Vaji Ram & Ravi for General Studies preparation and Synergy IAS for Public Administration. When you join a coaching you form a group and rest of the information you just have to process yourself
Whilst I started preparing I occasionally used social media and whenever I used internet, it was related to content and was just restricted to my preparation related activities.
Even, I didn't read much about toppers' strategies because sometimes when you examine a lot, you start doubting yourself. When it was about my optional subject choice, I didn't look at current trends and what all people were talking about Public Administration.
Initially I was very clear that I will only stick to UPSC; but, during preparation I realised that it is unpredictable and you can't be sure that you'll get through it.
Actually, during my first attempt CSE 2017, I just finished my coaching at Vaji Ram & Ravi, so there was no time for self-study or for revising the notes. I think during my first attempt, my mistake was I could not go through in depth for topics. As a result, I couldn't clear Preliminary Examination.
When I failed in my first attempt, I thought of other options available and I appeared for other examinations as well. As the luck would have been, at the time this result came out for CSE 2018, I already had two jobs in hand; but, I didn't join any of those.
During the gap after Prelims 2017 I made it sure that I revise my notes thoroughly and I prepared my own notes, I updated them and revised them for multiple times and I didn't refer to multiple sources. I was choosy about which topic or where I am going to study. So that thing helped me a lot.
My straightforward approach and a clear mind-set helped my reach my destination.
While preparing it is a depressing phase; even I have cried during my preparation. When you study for 10-12 hours and see your friends enjoying, you have a feeling that where am I stuck; but, I am lucky that I got success in two attempts only.
After my interview I was satisfied with my attempt but, was not sure of top ranks. I told my family that this year I will become may be an IRS and next year, surely I will work harder and will become an IAS.
However, my father and brother were quite confident and days before results they were saying like you'll be in top 20 and my brother said you should be in top 10.
After knowing my result, firstly it was a feeling of disbelief; I was shocked to see my name at Rank 14. And that moment followed by celebrations gave me sense of accomplishment and I felt contented that it really worked well.
I consider my family as the biggest contributor in my success. Their support has been the backbone during my preparation. My father works in works as a record keeper at a government sugar mill in Rohtak. My mother was a government teacher; she passed away in 2012 in a road accident. I personally feel that my elder brother actually sacrificed his studies for me. He has started his own business; he is married and we have two small kids in our house.
I was very confident about my goal; but, still it was very important that there is someone to say that 'yes, you can do'. So, it was very important for me that I have someone to support me and my father and brother were always there for me to tell that you take a step forward, we are behind you.
Advising future aspirants Ankita said that you plan your endeavour, simply work hard and maintain consistency in preparation. With positive attitude, you too can achieve big success.Last Update Friday 19th July 2019


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We were seated by a friendly waiter who took our coats and provided water for the table. We had lovely seats right by the window so that we could look out into the bay. Although it started off looking like this;
but slowly got better to this;
Dad at the restaurant
the menu and place setting
incredible bread, there was one with beer and one with cheese and rosemary
- I would be so fat if you could buy this stuff in the shops.
me at the table
Dad's starter -
Porthilly Mussels cooked in Doom Bar
my starter -
Porthilly Oysters No3s, Natural or Crispy, Lemon & Shallot Vinegar
my main -
Grilled Whole Plaice with Parsley, Lemon &
Garlic Dressing
dad's main -
Oven Roasted Turbot on the bone with Tartare Sauce
I must add the waitress had a very good idea about what sauces went with what fish and we got what was recommended - to no disappointment!
our sides were -
Buttered Lettuce & Peas (left) and Crispy Courgettes (right)
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Washington, DC classical radio stations, WETA, was broadcasting what was the most curious and novel piece of classical music I'd ever heard. It consisted of a series of orchestral vibrations and oscillations interspersed with what sounded like bird-songs (#11/#2) (#38) (#24a/#11) (#128) (#129). I became acutely alert and hypersensitive, as if I had woken up for the first time. I ran for paper and pencil as the host proclaimed the piece's author, Richard Wagner, and the piece's name, "Siegfried's Forest Murmurs," from Wagner's Ring. I quickly jotted this information down, and afterwards the host advertised a sale of Angel Records at a book and record store on Connecticut Ave., to begin the following day. I had thirty dollars to spend, and planned to drive over to Washington, DC in the morning to secure an anthology of Wagner's orchestral highlights which would include my chosen piece. As I went to bed, reflecting on my revelatory experience, my basic impression was that this music was striving to give birth to words.
By 9:00 AM I arrived at the store, just opening, and told the manager my request. He noted that I must have been very moved by this piece of music to come all the way over to Washington just to obtain it, and asked me what I knew about Wagner. I told him I knew little or nothing. He offered to fill me in. "Siegfried's Forest Murmurs," he said, is an eight minute long excerpt from The Ring of the Nibelung. This four-part music-drama, requiring in excess of 15 hours to perform, was the most ambitious work in the entire history of musical theater, which includes musicals (a la Rodgers and Hammerstein), operetta, opera, and the revolutionary Wagnerian Music-Drama. Wagner had taken approximately five years, from 1848 to 1853, to complete the libretto, and took from 1853 through 1874 to complete the music, a total of 26 years from gestation to completion. Among opera composers, in writing his own libretto he was almost unique, and the librettos of his mature music-dramas were surely the best, considered as dramas, ever penned. In order to perform this grand work he had designed a special theater unlike any seen before in Europe (though it was patterned roughly after the amphitheaters in which ancient Greek tragedy had been performed). I was mightily intrigued.
Then he made an astounding offer: he asked me how much money I had in my pocket. I told him I had $30.00 (which in those days could buy perhaps 5 or 6 Angel records). He suggested I climb up a ladder or stool (I can't remember which) and take down a heavy burgundy colored box-set from the topmost shelf, which had evidently been gathering dust for months. It was the Seraphim (a subsidiary of Angel Records, for old classic recordings, available at a lower price) 1951 mono recording of the entire Ring, including English/German libretto, with Wilhelm Furtwaengler conducting the Italian Radio Orchestra. It had, I believe, some 19 albums in it. He offered it to me for my $30.00, saying it would normally retail for about $100.00 or so. But since it had sat for so long without attracting any interest he would just more or less give it away to me in honor of my profound initiation into Wagner's world.
I gave him my $30.00, took it home, and immediately fell into the bad habit of listening to a short, never-changing list of favorite orchestral passages. After some months of wallowing in these few selections from the whole, mostly orchestral preludes to acts and interludes between scenes, my parents went away again for a weekend. So, having the house to myself for several days, I decided to do the experiment, for the first time, and sit down, libretto in hand, to follow along in English to at least a part of The Rhinegold, the first of the four Ring dramas. I had no intention of sitting for more than an hour at my first try, but then I hadn't anticipated the life-altering event I was about to embark on. From the opening E flat major chord, my world changed. Oblivious to everything else, I


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Once every half term we organise a house event, where the whole school get into their house groups and work as a group to complete an activity set.
We made friendship chains, Queen Oak won with a chain long enough to go from one end of the hall to the other and along the corridor to the main office.
We held inter house sport challenges Tag Rugby and Netball. Chaffeymoor won overall.
We held Pancake races Sandways were the winners .
First half of Spring Term we held a 100 event where each house was given 100 small pieces of paper to work on creating a whole finished design of their choice.
Chaffeymoor won with a lovey design of 100 Children playing in a park.
Sandways had a wonderful picture with each one having 100 on it.
And Queen Oak drew 100 fish swimming in the sea.
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Class description: Take to the skies and learn how to create exceptional photos and videos with your drone. This technology has redefined image and video creation opening up a whole new world of creative possibilities. This all-day class will be broken into two parts – a classroom session and a field session. This course is great for the first-time pilot or experienced pro. EXTREMELY LIMITED ENROLLMENT.
Part 1 – Classroom (4 hours)
Classroom Topics Covered
- Basic Flight Techniques
- FAA Regulations
- Safety
- Creative Shooting Techniques
- Image/Video Pre-visualization – Setting yourself up for success
- Post-Processing Techniques
Part 2 – Field Instruction (4 hours) (location TBD)
Field Topics Covered
- Basic Flight Techniques
- Safely Taking Off and Landing
- Weather Concerns – Reading The Environment
- Sky Scanning
- FAA Regulations
- Creative Shooting Techniques In Practice
- Switching From Photo to Video
- Battery Management
- Best Camera Settings and Filters for Drone Photo and Video
Student equipment requirements:
- I will be teaching on the DJI products/platform.
- Drone with camera (DJI Mavic, DJI Phantom 4, DJI Inspire, etc.)
- Controller
- At least one battery (extra batteries are preferred)
- Charger cable for batteries
- Phone, Ipad or other screen for your controller
- Warm clothes
- Memory card for your drone
- If you DO NOT own a drone you will need to rent one for the course through a third party like Lens Rentals www.lensrentals.com Additionally, if you simply Google search "drone rental" a number of rental options will come up from various third parties.
Workshop Session Details
2020 Drone & Video Photography
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
(1 hour lunch)
Cost is $150.00
Workshop Instructor
Rachid Dahnoun – More than a photographer, Rachid Dahnoun is a visual storyteller who draws viewers into the earth's wildest places. His award-winning images earned him a coveted spot on the Nikon 100 List composed of the world's top 100 rising photographic stars—and in fact, nighttime photography is one of Dahnoun's specialties (the cover of National Geographic's Night Sky of North America features one of his spectacular Milky Way shots).
A Lowepro Global Ambassador and DroboPro, Dahnoun is both a photographer and a director. His work has appeared in hundreds of publications, such as National Geographic, Backpacker, The New York Times, SKI, Forbes, and Outside. Some of his commercial clients include Microsoft, Time Inc., AARP, Coors Light, Visit California, and Vail Resorts. He also works with non-profits dedicated to landscape conservation: National Parks Conservation Association, The Trust for Public Land, and The Conservation Fund are among his favorite organizations.
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Here are urgent care facts and trends from the white paper "The Essential Role of the Urgent Care Center in Population Health", published in 2018 by the Urgent Care Association:
Definition: Urgent care center is a medical clinic with expanded hours that is specially equipped to diagnose and treat a broad spectrum of non-life or limb-threatening illnesses and injuries. Urgent care centers are enhanced by onsite radiology and laboratory services and operate in a location distinct from a freestanding or hospital-based emergency department. Care is rendered under the medical direction of an allopathic or osteopathic physician. Urgent care centers accept unscheduled, walk-in patients seeking medical attention during all posted hours of operation.
Industry Trends and Growth Drivers
Health care spending has climbed to 17.8 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, and growing at an unsustainable rate.
Urgent care centers have high patient satisfaction, due to convenient locations and hours, ability to walk in without an appointment and receive diagnosis and prescription (if needed) within an hour.
Staffing: Most urgent care centers have a physician covering shifts. But the staffing model often is a hybrid of physicians and advanced-practice clinicians or nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Nurse practitioners have become increasingly independent in their scope of practice, as states respond to primary care shortages and health care access issues in rural and other under-served areas.
Growth drivers:
- Consumerism and high-deductible health plans. Individuals and families are paying out-of-pocket for more of their health care, so they are seeking cost-effective treatment options
- Shortage of primary care physicians
- Positive clinical outcomes in urgent care centers
- Consistently high-patient satisfaction
- Convenience, ease of access.
- Lower cost than other care settings, especially hospital emergency rooms.
Urgent Care Market
Urgent care is an $18 billion industry, expected to grow 5.8 percent annually through 2018.
In mid-2017, there were 7,639 urgent care centers in the United States.
Communities with urgent care centers were more frequently in and around metropolitan areas and had higher income levels and higher percentage of privately insured patients.
Urgent care volume can be seasonal, typically spiking during late fall and winter. Patient volume often correlates to the intensity of the flu season where urgent care centers play a significant role as part of the safety net in caring for afflicted patients in communities they serve.
Urgent Care Role in Health Care Delivery
Urgent care centers are access points into the health care system, collaborating with the patient's primary care physician and providing early diagnosis.
Urgent care represents more than 18.2 percent of all primary care visits and 9.7 percent of all outpatient physician visits. This illustrates the significant role urgent care centers are playing in the delivery of primary and ambulatory patient care.
Occupational health: Urgent care centers offer pre-placement physicals, urinary drug screening and post-injury testing, annual physicals, flu immunizations and workforce health education on injury/illness prevention. The opportunity for seven-days-per-week access for treating immediate injuries and continuing the medical care until returning patients to full duty is a significant benefit for many employers.
Cost Effectiveness and Payer Mix
Private commercial health insurance is the dominant payer type. Due to low reimbursement in public programs, Medicaid is lowest payer category. However, 61 percent of urgent care clinics accept straight Medicaid in their state and 70 percent accept managed Medicaid.
Urgent care clinics can reduce costs for state Medicaid programs when patients are diverted from hospital emergency rooms. Urgent care is a more cost-effective gateway to the health care system.
2015 Cost Trends Report indicates 40 percent of emergency department visits could be treated effectively at a lower level of care. Emergency department visits were reduced by 30 percent in communities where there was access to walk-in, no-appointment medical care.
Based on claims studies across similar diagnoses, the cost of care in emergency rooms was 10 times higher compared with urgent care centers.
Value-based payment models are emerging as urgent care centers integrate with hospital networks. Health systems and payers are seeking to off-load overcrowded emergency departments and overburdened primary care providers.
Ownership and Investment
Ownership of urgent care centers is held mainly by physicians and physician groups. However, since 2008, hospital ownership has increased (to 37 percent), while physician ownership has declined (from 54 to 40 percent).
Health care systems such as Dignity Health, HCA, Aurora Health, Intermountain Health, and Carolinas Healthcare have made significant commitments to urgent care in their communities and beyond. Urgent care aligns with many health care systems' objectives of providing cost effective, accessible care, particularly when integrated with other ancillary, specialty and primary care strategies.
Many multi-site urgent care centers have taken on private equity partners to finance growth and enter new markets. Payers have accelerated ownership in the on-demand health care delivery sector. Payers announcing investments in urgent care include Optum (UnitedHealth Group), Humana and Aetna.


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If one is alert, one can catch the little signs that tell you it's going to be One Of Those Days. The idea being, if one pays attention, one can head it off at the pass.
It wasn't until after I poured the milk onto my cereal that I realized something was wrong. The cereal bobbed. Frosted Flakes do not bob. Dog kibble, on the other hand, bobs quite well.
I can't begin to tell you how happy Christmas was to have milk on his breakfast.
I very nearly scooped up a lovely golden mouthful of dried lamb and rice balls soaked in milk.
I figured catching this before I started eating was a good sign, that I'd be able to head off the One Of Those Days Pixies.
The reality brings my mother's favorite saying to mind: if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
I had a super funny post for today (If I do say so myself). But the Pixies got to my Internet connection and poured soda pop down it's throat until it gave a vast burp. Despite being saved both online AND on my desktop, super funny post mysteriously vanished into the Peter Pan netherworld of lost posts.
Do you ever wonder if they hook up with each other? The lost posts I mean? The brilliant post someone wrote about 19th century oil painting joining up with the one detailing 101 ways to brine pickles, and photos of silly hats? Yes. This is my brain on dog kibble. Okay maybe I'm, uh, lying and I did take a bite before I noticed. Yes you can join me: Eewwwww.
What can I say? It's one of those days.


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The moment when Bahia was the Portuguese language meeting place. See the pictures
Concert of the Festival of the Portuguese Language (FELPO) brought together, in the city of Salvador, musicians from Brazil, Angola and Portugal, among them Ana Moura, António Zambujo, Paulo Flores or Daniela Mercury. Artists celebrated the culture of the Portuguese-speaking countries.
The city of Salvador, in Bahia, received this Friday the great concert of the Portuguese Language Festival (FELPO ) , which celebrates the Portuguese -speaking culture and the Portuguese language. This festival is part of the official celebrations of the 470 years of the city of Bahia.
On stage, there were sounds typical of Bahia, but also fado and samba, represented by musicians such as Angolan Paulo Flores and the Portuguese Ana Moura and António Zambujo, and Brazilians Daniela Mercury, Saulo or Magary Lord, in a show of light and a color that lasted for close to three hours and was accompanied by thousands of people, near the Barra Lighthouse.
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They made up a huge segment of the population in Central Valley counties such as Kern, Tulare and Madera. You can still hear their legacy in the country music known as the Bakersfield Sound and what researchers say are the remnants of Dust Bowl speech patterns. You can also see it in the area's politics. Even after you account for its agrarian heritage, that part of the Central Valley remains more Republican than you'd expect.
You can thank the Dust Bowl for that, according to a new working paper from New York University Abu Dhabi political scientist Adam Ramey. Ramey found a strong relationship between the share of a county's population that hailed from Dust Bowl states as of 1940 and support for Republican candidates in the 2018 midterms.
"No matter how I sliced it," Ramey said, "I kept finding those results."
There's a popular misconception of those California migrants as windburned dirt farmers — think the cotton-growing Joad family of John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" and Dorothea Lange's famed photo of a migrant mother. But there were fewer farmers than you'd expect, according to a comprehensive analysis by Wheaton College economist Jason Long and his University of British Columbia colleague Henry Siu.
"If you actually look in the Census data from 1940 you find that agricultural employment is actually a low proportion of Okies," Ramey said.
Instead, many of the migrants were white-collar and oil-and-gas workers, and they settled well beyond farming country. Bakersfield became a hot spot of Okie culture because of its oil wells, not because of its farms, Ramey said.
His analysis found little relationship between how rural or farm-heavy an area was in 1940 and how much of its population came from the Dust Bowl.
In keeping with methodology outlined in a 1989 publication by University of Washington historian James Gregory, who has long chronicled Dust Bowl migrants' lasting impact on the Golden State, Ramey used a broad definition of Dust Bowl, expanding beyond the region centered on the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, to include all those who came to California in the 1920s and 1930s from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Missouri.
Gregory suggested Ramey expand his analysis by looking at Census counts of voting-age migrants from Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas each decade to account for California's evolving population. At present, he told us, Ramey's approach primarily shows the "San Joaquin Valley counties became and remained more conservative than the rest of the state."
"When they first came, 'Okie' was a pejorative," Ramey said. "Ultimately Okie became a badge of pride. Largely through music and cultural expression, they repurposed a negative word. It came to embrace not just those from Oklahoma, but all those people from the southwest plains region who were affected."
The divide between urban and rural counties remains decisive in California, as it does in the nation as a whole. An area's Dust Bowl heritage looms almost as large. Hispanic voters have displaced Okies as the largest group in many areas, yet Republicans have held on in counties with a strong Dust Bowl heritage even as they get "shellacked" in places like Orange County, Ramey said.
All else being equal, the share of the vote earned by Republican candidates fell almost a percentage point a year in the least Okie parts of California between 1980 and 2016.
In the places that accepted the most Okie refugees, the Republican share rose a few points over that time, Ramey found, even when other factors have been accounted for.
"As bad as it's been for the Republicans in California? Without the Central Valley it would have been worse," Ramey said. "The bottom really would have fallen out."


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After visiting the Coca Cola workers fighting for justice in Alicante, our journey continued to Lorca.
When we first got to La Jeresa, a cooperative of small scale photovoltaic investors, we were amazed. We were looking at a huge solar panel farm, with 418 panels sparkling in the sunlight. The philosophy of the cooperative is that everyone is a producer and owner. The revenue is the same for all members of the cooperative, and expenses for administration, energy and maintenance are shared.
La Jeresa was created in response to the campaign by the Spanish government promoting the investment in renewable energy in 2005. A law was drafted detailing the state subsidies for the construction of photovoltaic panels and for feed in tarriffs.
More than 50.000 people and their families in Spain followed the call, because they considered it a secure investment in a state subsidised programme that moreover promoted renewable energy as an alternative to petrol – a private contract between the government and its people, not between people and business as usual. A large number also invested their small state pension – of which today there is nothing left.
After the economic crisis, starting in 2010, changes to the law from 2005 were introduced and limitations to investment introduced by the government. A tax for renewable energy fed to the national grid was introduced, the amount limited and subsidies cut (for more info see here). Suddenly, the money these families had invested – their pensions, their future, their finance for their children's education and future – was gone. Instead, they now have a huge debt and no way to pay for it.
The investors are upset about the unreliability of the legislature and they demand that their government pay their income, as the original law promised. However, there has been no alternative suggested by the government to finance these people's debts. And what makes things worse, as one investor explains, is that the government tries to publicly frame the situation as if it is the renewable energy producers own fault, saying that they contribute to the deficit of energy provision. The investors feel deceived by their own government and feel defenceless.
The Spanish government did not realise, just how many people would invest in renewable energy and photovoltaic. It could not manage the amount of renweable energy fed to the national grid. "But", as one of the investors remarks, "it is one thing to make a mistake, and another to betray your citizens."
The conventional electricity companies in Spain, such as nuclear energy, are very powerful. Their electricity is framed as being "low-cost", although the uncertain and dangerous question about the management of nuclear waste is not included in the calculation. "The government always pretends to care about the environment, regulating exhaust emmissions, but it is all lies," one investor says. Confronted with such powerful corporations and a government that deceives its people, the investors are dismayed: "They don't let us live."
The obstacles introduced to producing renewable energy are so ridiculous that the investors now even have to pay for the conventional energy they do not consume. People who wish to put up solar panels on their homes are no longer allowed.
Investors in renewable energy are unclear about European politics. They criticise that European norms are not obligatory for member states, and hence the goal of 20% renewable energy by 2020 is nothing but a guideline. Stronger competencies at the EU level would help the investors in their situation. "I'm a Europeanist," one investor emphasizes, "but what does it help to promote a project that in my life time does not help me? I cannot pay for my three kids. The government didn't only fool us, it robbed us. No government can betray its people like this. What is left for our children, what do they do? Nobody will invest in Spain anymore."
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by Danny Tariman
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. (Prov 29:15)
"He is so talkative in school."
"He knows better that his teacher."
"Teacher asked him to color the elephant but he colored the background instead because that was what he wants."
"He knows how to reason out."
"He talks a lot and he is well-loved."
An amused mother was telling me stories about her 4-year old child. Yes, the child is quite – or maybe – smart. But many instances it appears he is able to get his way – to the point of not following instructions.
He is cute, he is chatty, chubby, and he is lovable. However, if as a parent, we continue to let him have his way unrestrained, when he grows old, he will be a headache not only to the mother and father, but maybe to the family.
Sometimes as a parent, we feel pleased because it appears that the little child is smart. We smile, we feel light that he was able to do it his way. We even brag him and his story to our friends and neighbors. But this is sending him the wrong message. We are telling him through our actions that it is okay to not follow the teacher if it is not to his liking, that it is alright to reason out to the teacher.
If this is left unchecked, he may grow up disobedient – to parents and authorities. He may even not get a good job if he brings this bad attitude to work when he grows old.
If this is left unrestrained, he may grow up an undisciplined, spoiled brat who does whatever he wants to do.
The Word of God is very clear. "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)
Parents should not only educate their children, telling them what is good and what is right. We must also correct and rebuke the child when he is not doing the right thing. We should never leave him doing the wrong way!
I agree, sometimes it is uneasy to rebuke or correct. Much more with a rod. But disciplining with a rod should be accompanied with an explanation so the child knows what wrong he has done – this is where wisdom comes. I know it pains. But then again, the Bible warns us so. Hebrews 12:11 says "all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it."
I had passed this stage. My children are now grown up. I am very proud to say they continue to be lovable, and even huggable in their twenties. Whenever one offends the other, the offender apologizes quickly. When one is in need, the other helps. Up to this day, we go to Church together, we watch movies together, we eat-out together, and yes, we explore places together.
This is family, This is love.
Thank you Lord for giving me a wonderful family!
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Last spring, the Federal Reserve captured the attention of many when it published new findings from a report on the finances of US consumers.
The headliner from the "The Report on the Economic Well Being of Households" revealed a hard truth: even middle-class workers were struggling to save money.
"Even with the improvement in financial outlook," said Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard, "40 percent still say they cannot cover a $400 emergency expense or would do so by borrowing or selling something."
Lost in the roar was the added detail that this was an improvement from 2013 when the Fed estimated that half of all households were living so close to the edge of financial hardship.
While it isn't clear why the report gained the attention of so many people when earlier findings were direr and less well heard, the reason for the attention it garnered is readily understood. It changed how we think of the finances of the middle class.
We have a new class of workers, united not by similar incomes, but by their common position on the edge of insolvency. They are the "precariat."
The precariat lives without economic security and as a result, its members suffer from psychological distress.
The Fed study changed the baseline because for better or worse, policymakers and the general public alike take for granted that even though everyone may not be in the habit of building assets, there are reasons to explain it that does not place the blame on systemic weaknesses within our economy.
The thinking says that for many, the problem is only temporary. Young people, often saddled with student loan debt, may not have assets today but certainly will in the future. New arrivals in the country may be impoverished at the moment, but they are on an upward trajectory. Yes, minimum wage workers do not make enough to get by, but aren't a portion of those individuals merely students flipping burgers while they pursue an education? Their explanation does not hold up to scrutiny.
Likewise, those who choose to blame consumers for their poverty are not always right. The thinking goes something like this: poor people create their problems because they make foolish decisions, putting off plans to save in favor of immediate gratification.
However, I don't think it is fair to explain away asset poverty as temporary or to blame everyone for being irresponsible. Many people work hard, try to save, but work in jobs that don't pay enough to make ends meet.