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Planning out your every move at Oracle Open World 2019 may seem like something only super-organized nerds do, but it really is necessary to make the most of the 2,300 unique sessions, 250 exhibitors, and 200+ demos that OOW will be serving up this year at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Look at this this way: You're investing a lot (in time and money) to attend this event. And maximizing your return from that investment means fully recognizing that OOW is a chance to hone your insight, connect with other leaders in your space, and discover meaningful and potentially game changing opportunities.
So to help you out, we've put together five proven pre-OOW musts that will put you in an ROI mindset before you even pack your bags for the city by the bay.
1. Define specific goals
OOW offers the equivalent of an entire year's worth of continued education packed into a few days. And since attending isn't free--and with a knowledge smorgasboard that large--it makes sense to create an action plan that gets you the most bang for your buck.
Start by identifying what you're trying to accomplish:
- Looking to solve Oracle Database bottlenecks?
- Needing to assess cloud vs on-prem options?
- Trying to reduce your software spend?
You'll maximize your OOW ROI by determining ahead of time what you want to leave with. Use this opportunity to meet those objectives, and go home with real answers.
2. Plan your agenda (just don't be a hero)
Along with essentials like wearing comfortable shoes, bringing an extra layer, and not forgetting those precious chargers, be sure to sketch out an agenda that aligns with your goals.
Ask yourself:
- What sessions or keynotes will I be disappointed to miss?
- Is there anything I've been asked to recap that could be enhanced by a particular speaker?
- What have I always been interested in adding my skill set?
Find the sessions that fulfill these objectives and make sure they're on your schedule. But be sure to leave room for unexpected discoveries. And every morning, check out the Moscone map to locate your must-see sessions so you're not wandering the convention hall with 60,000 others trying to find your way in real time.
3. Partner smart
Implementing solutions or pivoting to new approaches that streamline productivity and enhance capability can be daunting, time consuming, and put a strain on in-house resources. But it's necessary to stay digitally agile and competitive. When you find yourself facing that challenge, it's a good time to ask, "Is there someone who can help?"
Here's your chance to discover the ideal partners to help you enhance and optimize your Oracle environment. One example: Consulting giant Infosys (Booth #1101) has made a name for itself among Oracle shops for applying a metrics-driven approach to its Oracle practice. It's all about ROI (yours, not theirs), no matter if your goal is greater scalability, meeting SLAs, or just measuring the business value of your Oracle spend.
Remember: The worst-case scenario isn't exposing internal gaps in expertise or capability. It's falling behind because you were too afraid to partner with someone who can do it better.
4. Seek out ways to save
New solutions emerge all the time, and you'll see a great many at OOW. But do they belong in your ecosystem? Can they live in your stack without disrupting other applications or adding to your admin headaches? While you're weighing the idea of building out and adding on, it's just as important to keep an eye out for ways you can pocket savings.
One pioneering start-up might offer a solution that's only disruptive in the best way. TidalScale software lets you make more strategic use of commodity systems you're already using (on premises or in the cloud) to lower your TCO and optimize your existing environment. In a nutshell, TidalScale (Booth #1723, directly across from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure lounge) allows you to get the same performance from Oracle Database using far fewer cores by scaling your system as your needs grow. You pay as you grow and as your workloads intensify, so you're not overprovisioning (and overpaying) by buying a single system large enough to handle the next four years' worth of work.
There are some creative ways out there to free up budget for other solutions to add to your environment. Keep an eye out for these as you make your way through Moscone, and go home with a few options in your back pocket.
5. Look for islands of hospitality
After a long day at Oracle Open World, you're gonna need a break. With luck, you'll hit the jackpot and score a cup of actual decent coffee or a delicious microbrew--all on someone else's dime.
There are likely a few spots to enjoy these amenities, but here's a sure thing: Swing by TidalScale's booth (Booth #1723) in the morning for a complimentary cup of joe to power up for a day full of sessions and networking. And later in the day, drop by for a cold one (or, okay, two) before heading out for the evening. It's a great way to unwind right there on the show floor. And you just might see something that could change your idea of what it means to scale.
We hope these tips help you make the most of your Oracle Open World experience. No matter what you do, have fun, stay safe, and go home with some good stuff and great solutions.
See you in San Francisco!
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BURGISTEIN, Switzerland, December 18th 2015– Reputelligence Publishing will today release the e-book that will teach anyone interested in social engineering the skills to do it properly reverse phone lookup , professionally and ethically.
Written by authors Dominique C. Brack and Alexander Bahram, "Social Engineering Engagement Frame- Work (SEEF)," will address Social Engineering like no other written work has ever before.
"Reading this book will teach you how SE attacks are being performed, the background and underlying principles of these attacks, and how to detect and mitigate them," the authors said of their eagerly anticipated new book.
Using real scenarios and detailing how to mitigate them Brack and Bahram explain everything in an easy and understandable way, giving lots of examples and information.
Additionally since social engineering is such a people-oriented topic, a large part of the book is dedicated to sociological and psychological topics.
As senior professionals in the information-security field, both Brack and Bahram understand the challenges and know what it takes to protect and safeguard corporate assets.
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time for Mr. Husband's birthday
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PRESERVE US from Daintee girlies. They squeal, they stamp on my feet, they swoon "he's got lovely hands" about Stephenson's unremarkable mitts, and they feign orgasm as the bass player cometh. And everywhere there are the chaps in Daintee hats trying desperately to walk and talk in Martin's shoes.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar - "Batman : The Dark Knight" Movie - New role rumor ?
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...I thought I'd toss this out there for y'all to discuss. Got the following from someone overnight :
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"I'm an independent filmmaker [ writer / producer ]."
"I had been talking back and forth with one of Sarah Michelle Gellar's reps about a role in a new film I start shooting in May 2007."
"It was always a long shot, and we did get the run around for quite a while, but eventually, they expressed a morsel of interest."
"Never did speak to her though."
"Unfortunately, yesterday we were informed that she wouldn't be able to do it ; because there might be a clash with 'Batman'."
"Seemed like a fight we wouldn't win, so gave up on that one."
My first reaction : BS and someone who is suggesting SMG as Harley. Obviously, this won't make the BOF news page. However, feel free to discuss....
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July 2012
Dear Friends,
Although it's only halfway through, 2012 has already been an exciting time for Far Corners Ministry! We have been privileged to bring gifts of encouragement to so many through the distribution of warm blankets, shawls, and mosquito nets. We are assisting poor pastors pay for their children's schooling and needy congregations have received guitars to enhance their worship. Some of these churches had been praying for a guitar for many years!
Here are some comments from people who received blankets:
"In this time when I had need of warm clothe to use in such a cold weather, God has sent such a wonderful gift - exactly what I needed. Thank you so much, we will never forget your gift and will lift you up in our prayers." – Sushma, a poor widow struggling to look after her family.
"This winter was very bad. We were struggling to keep warm. The Blanket Gift is a big surprise and we know God provides for his children. Thank you so much - our faith is raised and we are so thankful for you being so kind to us. This is something new and fresh we have after my husband died." – Heera, whose husband died of tuberculosis, leaving her to provide for four children.
Along with these ministries of mercy, this past March approximately four hundred pastors and women had the opportunity to learn more from God's word at our conferences held in the cities of Siliguri and Sumaktala, West Bengal. During this time, they also were able to enjoy rich, faith-building fellowship with both local and Canadian brothers and sisters in Christ. Thanks so much to our last group of volunteers from Winnipeg, NS, and NB for so freely sharing their knowledge and Christ's love! The new Jalpaiguri church was also started with the help of two of the young men on that trip, and it is coming along well.
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Dedicating that new church building is just one of the things that we are planning to do during our next mission trip. If you're interested in joining the team going November 1st – 17th, we invite you to call or email us as soon as possible for more information. We are looking for both pastors and women who have a desire to teach and share with very eager students. You will also have the opportunity to participate in ministries of mercy, and see the impact of "a cup of cold water given in Jesus' name". As we plan future trips, there will be opportunities for people to use their skills and gifts not only in the areas of teaching and construction, but also in health related fields, children's ministry, computer skills and ESL. We would be happy to provide more details if you are interested.
Other Ways to Get Involved
If you're not able to join us in Northeast India, you can still play a very important role in this ministry. As always, we covet your prayers as we continue to grow and reach out in love. We really do feel the impact of God's people praying for this work! I want to take this occasion to say "thank you" for your prayers and for your financial support. Both of these are so important in enabling Far Corners Ministry to continue.
I want to mention a few things that you can consider helping us with in future ministry. There is an always ongoing need for warm blankets and shawls in the cooler weather, and mosquito nets in the hot season – gifts that can make a real everyday difference for $10 or less. We have been able to fund the education of twelve pastor's children this year, and would like to continue with these families and be able to expand this project to others. To think that $200 covers the entire year's education costs! Interest in attending pastoral and women's training conferences continues to be very high, and only $25 allows us to bring one person to the conference, providing their travel, meals, resource materials, and other associated costs. The congregation of the Jalpaiguri Baptist Church has given sacrificially toward their new church, and because of our partnership with them, only $3000 is needed to complete this building. Our Regional Coordinator, Shakti, travels many miles on behalf of this ministry, and his small car has run its course, leaving him to try and get around on a motorcycle. We would like to help provide something suitable for him in the future with the cost of a new vehicle being approximately $12,000.
We have been hoping that Shakti will be able to come to Canada and visit many of your churches, giving you first hand news about the exciting things happening in Northeast India. Please be in prayer for the granting of his Canadian visitor's visa in the next 2-3 weeks. If this is approved, we are planning for him to spend one month with us starting early September. Please let us know if you would like him to speak at your church or other group meeting. Far Corners can also help you set up a fall or Christmas campaign by using a small gift catalogue that would incorporate many of the above-mentioned needs. As with any ministry, there is always the need for regular, undesignated donations to allow us to cover our administrative costs and minister as God leads. Sincere thanks to those churches and individuals who continue to support this ministry! We are enclosing a form for pre-authorized monthly giving through your local bank account. If this is something that God prompts you to do, simply mail the form back to us. Remember that as God's people give even modest amounts, great things can be accomplished. J. Hudson Taylor once said, "God's work done God's way will never lack God's supplies".
In Christ's service,
Rev. Dr. Shant Manuel
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Educational Background
M.S. Computer Science, Concordia University Wisconsin
B.S. Computer Science, Concordia University Wisconsin
Doctoral Student, Capella University
Industry Background
Lead Technical Support Engineer, Catalyst/CDC Software/Aptean
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Prof. Locklair was born in California, but has called Wisconsin home since 1986. Prior to coming to CUW, he worked in the IT industry for over a decade as a help desk engineer and team lead. He currently resides in Port Washington with his wife and four children. He is an active member of Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church, where he teaches Sunday School. His interests include reading, science fiction films, and martial arts.


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Most people know how to make a cup of coffee, right? If you are using instant coffee it is a matter of a couple of teaspoons of the good stuff in a mug adding sugar or milk, honey or whiskey and boiling water. Brewed coffee lovers, the ones that actually drink the good stuff, would probably shop around for different kinds of coffee – Colombian, Papua New Guinean, Kenyan, Kona, Java, Ethiopian etc and choosing either Arabica or Robusta coffee varieties to soothe their coffee pangs. You may be in for a pleasant surprise. Not only are there varieties of the good stuff but also you are spoilt for choice to create your own signature brew, turning a not-so-humble mug of coffee into a unique blend or concoction.
I came across this blog http://puttingweirdthingsincoffee.wordpress.com on WordPress.com blogs. I'm not really sure what to think of it but I'm pretty sure it is for the adventurous coffee lover. Should you feel inclined to spice up your morning or afternoon coffee, you may want to try these interesting recipes out but then again you may want to ponder the not so subtle warning – don't try this at home…smile, smile, smile. Just imagine, a whole blog on how to spice up your humble cuppa! Or mugga!
Just reading the blog brought back a past school memory. Yes, it does take me back to when I was in Grade 7 and was on coffee detail for the staff of my former high school – Cameron High in Alotau, Milne Bay Province. I can't remember exactly how many mugs of coffee I had prepared but a fair few I suppose. I had a list which I then cleverly memorised so I won't make a mistake. Come to think of it, the coffee was prepared in a small room adjoining the science lab…hmm. Some had plain coffee, some took milk and sugar others with or without sugar or just milk, and almost all took an Anzac cookie with their coffee. By the way, the Anzac cookies came by courtesy of the weekly generous Home Economics class that baked the tasty morsels. Well, looking back on those days, I wish I could turn back the clock if only to attempt these really useful weird creations over the mugs of coffee I prepared over some months back then in '67. If any of my former teachers are out there who are reading this, you are probably happy I've only just read about this creative stuff…darn! smile, smile, smile. It's somehow quite vague now but I may have exercised the coffee maker's privilege and enjoyed a couple of those Anzacs myself… those were the days.


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A group of art students from the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, visited Arcosanti for a two-day course, with their teacher.
The students had an extended tour with Tomiaki Tamura, which included the Bronze Foundry and Ceramics Studio, where the process of production was explained in detail.
The group had a chance to visit the Soleri Archives and to attend 'School of Thought' with Paolo Soleri. Here the group is in discussion with Tomiaki Tamura, after a Powerpoint presentation.
For more information on student group visits please contact us.
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I Wrote a Book how do I get it PublishedI' ve written a book, how do I get it published?
A Book But It Isn't Wholesale
I' ve written a novel, but why isn't it sold--? You' re writing a textbook and it took you a long while. The next stage can be discouraging for new self-publishers - trying to draw people who are willing to buy and study your work. First, however, you must be able to find your work.
Whilst there are a thousand good causes why a novel does not go down well, there is one fact that many new writers often overlook. In the meantime, the beech sector and especially the e-book sector are really oversupplied. 300,000 titles were released in the USA in 2003. In 2007, 411,422 titles were released in the United States.
1,052,803 titles were released in the USA in 2009. About 3,000,000,000,000 titles were released in the USA in 2011. These numbers make it easier to see where a new volume stands. It'?s not always simple to get your books out. In fact, even for a conventional editor, it's getting more and more difficult to get your hands on and for a new self-published author there will be a great deal of heavy work just to be recognized.
You start by writing a hell of a good one. That might seem simple, but did you get a lot of input about the work? Because your mom loves your novel doesn't mean anything to attract people' minds or climb best-seller list. Yes, we all like our own textbooks, but you really need to know if someone else loves your textbook enough to buy it.
Locate or give free copy to your subscribers and get genuine, impartial feedbacks before you pub. Is your song of interest? Those are the most important words in your work. Think a great deal about your titles. Before you make your definitive choice, research your titles, because your prospective purchases will strongly rely on the interest your titles generate.
The first thing that attracts the reader's interest is your publication name. Do your covers draw people' eyes? What does your covers look like when considered a very small thumnail? Covers that work well in thumbnails are very important.
It is almost always the first picture of your covers that a prospective readership sees and you want them to click on it. Your sleeve look like an amateur, okay, or award-winning? View your covers as thumbnails. Check your covers against the bestsellers of your category.
When you are not satisfied with your envelope, a small initial outlay on a professional design envelope is certainly a very good value for your budget. I firmly believe in fostering your name as an writer, rather than fostering the titles of your stories, your textbooks or your work. Yes, it is a long and arduous work, but nothing will fall easily in a lot of million new textbooks.
They' re here to buy muffins, not distribute them. Create high-quality Twitter and Facebook pages in dedicated writing account and focus on enhancing your authoring reputations and trying to become an authoritative person in your own category or the topics and topics you use. It' s a long process to establish the author's fame and enough writing to get the attention.
So be ready to publish in the long run. During your first year, with one or two released books, you don't anticipate selling much more than one or maybe two hundred of them. Promote your work. Don't try to get your hands on it.
Let's face it, you don't like it when you get'Check out my book' or'Buy my book' news, so why should someone else respond to you? Lead your fans to you, your textbooks and your blogs and/or your website. Don't just keep publishing your Kindle selling page because it's only to keep prospective purchasers away from you, not to you.
Working on the creation of interest in your textbooks, and you, and the sale will be followed. When it comes to self-publishing and selling textbooks and electronic media, there are many ways to spend a mileage. In particular, you should prevent vainty publications. However you will need to spend a little bit of your time investing in good value cover art, perhaps a proof-reader or an editorial staff member if your budgets allow.
Even while you can find many free ways to benefit your accounts, a small Investment in accounts promotion that can prolong beyond your societal reach can be good. You' re writing better and better. Every whole volume you are writing will make you better.


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4 Ways to Avoid Marketing Like a Weiner
Here are four marketing and social media lessons small businesses can learn from Rep Weiner.
3 Easy Tips to Find Time to Market Your Small Business
How many times do you find yourself saying these words…"I don't have time to …." You fill in the blank. Actually we do have the time if we step back and realize that we're actually talking about managing our lives, not just our time.
How to Build Small Business Credibility Online
What are you doing to increase exposure for your business? Today, spend 15 minutes promoting your business. Here are a few simple tips to help you get started.
Why Small Businesses Need a Marketing Strategy
Imagine hosting a dinner party and throwing it all together without a plan. You won't plan the menu. You won't plan the decorations. You won't even plan the guest list. Instead you buy whatever is on sale at the market that day and tell a few people you meet along the way to invite everyone they know. Silly right? Yet, that is exactly how many market their small businesses...
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Both Hands Reaches Great Milestones!
149 orphans served!
137 widows served!
Over 3000 volunteers!
106 families served!
….in only 3 years!!
Message from the Founder:
What would it feel like if your favorite professional football team, basketball team, and baseball team, as well as your college team….all won their respective championships…on the same day!! Take a minute, close your eyes, and imagine that.
That's how I feel with Both Hands hitting all these milestones in one month. If you're reading this, you were one of the many who helped make it happen and I'm so grateful for your obedience. Too many to name…over 3,000!…just stand with me in awe of the King!
-JT Olson
Both Hands 100th Project
in Smyrna, TN!
Jason and Kelly Stewart's project was featured in two local newspapers. Their story and video is powerful!
Featured Project: The Zuzunaga Family
"It really was a great experience as we were able to share God's love for this really needy woman. I am so amazed at all that God has done during our adoption process, including the Both Hands project….
…Because we chose to answer God's call to adopt, He has also given us the opportunity to minister to other people, including Louise, who we might otherwise, not have met. We serve a really BIG God and I'm so glad He can see the BIG picture because mine is definitely too narrow."
-Luis & Gentry Zuzunaga
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Both Hands Hires First Full-Time Employee!
Aimee Hawtrey joined the Both Hands team as the Operations Manager at the beginning of August.
"I am so excited to be part of the Both Hands team working together with Lifesong! What an amazing opportunity to practice pure religion- assisting the orphans and widows– on a daily basis. God is so good to have opened the doors for me to join this mission."
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A diary of the second half of life. A life that includes swimming, knitting, love, hope, faith, grace, humour and depression. Not necessarily in that order.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
5KCBWDAY6 - Knitting, Breastfeeding and Baseball
The blogging challenge today is to write about a knitter that you admire. Immediately I thought of my dear Aunt Georgie, who taught me to knit when I was 9. We knit Barbie clothes from patterns we found in her many McCall's magazines, and my first big project was a crew-neck,raglan sweater, and then my second big project was a v-neck raglan sweater. I still have the Paton's booklet with those patterns.
Here is my favourite story about her and knitting. I wrote this for the British Columbia Lactation Consultants Association newsletter in the summer of 1996.
What does the World Series and a seventy-four year old woman have to do with supporting breastfeeding?
My aunt, Georgina Burton, loves to watch major league baseball games. She also is aware that time in front of the TV can be perceived (by some) to be time wasted. So....she knits.
When many nieces and nephews, and later, grand-nieces and grand-nephews started to arrive she knit baby jackets, booties, and bonnets. Once the last baby was toddling she started to knit for the Red Cross gift shop, but soon her arthritis stopped her from knitting such small, intricate outfits.
Two years ago she saw me knitting a breast as a fundraiser for my La Leche League group.
"I could do that", she said, "mail me the pattern".
The next month when I visited her she proudly displayed the twenty knitted breasts she had made. They were stacked beautifully on her chenille bedspread.
"I can knit one per baseball game", she announced happily, and two years later she is still knitting breasts. Close to a hundred at last count.
She does not knit during the summer because her hands ache from gardening, but once the boys of summer hit the playoffs the gardening gloves come off and the knitting needles come out.
She has never had a child of her own, never breastfed, and yet she knits for my La Leche League group to help us protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. What a woman! Sometimes people who support breastfeeding are found where you least expect it.
I think I should write the Toronto Blue Jays and let them know how they too support breastfeeding mothers!
Sadly, by 1998 by aunt became afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and forgot how to knit. She died in 2008 and I miss her greatly. Her grand-nephew's wife is now a doula, and using two of the breasts my aunt knit. That thought makes me very happy.
(Just in case you were wondering what knitted breasts are used for (insert joke here), breastfeeding educators use them to demonstrate latch in pre-natal and breastfeeding classes.)
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From the moment this project was first proposed in the Spring of 2013, neighbors and the Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association (DMNA) were concerned that sediment and phosphorous-laden storm water would drain off of the site above and run into the nearby beloved Lake Wingra which is within sight of, and just two blocks downhill from, this site on Monroe Street. Anyone familiar with the area knows that soil leaving the site will run down the nearest storm drain and directly into Lake Wingra.
Other neighborhood concerns included: 1) traffic congestion; 2) impacts of the development on the already-limited residential parking on the area's tiny streets; and 3) intrusion of the commercial development into a residential community. To learn more about the controversial development click here for a background article and here for a more recent update.
Soil Erosion and Small Construction Sites (<5 acres)
Soil erosion from construction sites has long been recognized as a major source of soil sediment and other suspended solids found in storm water runoff in many parts of the country (Hagman and others, 1980). Historically, the focus of Federal and state erosion control regulations has been on sites 5 acres or larger. But since the 1990's small construction sites–those of fewer than 5 acres–have been recognized for their significant contribution to the soil erosion and lake sedimentation problem. Starting in 2012, construction sites smaller than 5 acres are now subject to Federal and state regulations that mandate an erosion control plan. Even so, some sites smaller than 1 acre (like our project site on Monroe Street) may be exempted from these requirements by local (City of Madison) authorities. (See here for more information on this exemption clause)
Dane County Study Details Soil Erosion Contribution from Small Sites
Soil erosion is a concern during the active demolition and construction phases of projects on sites like the one above because the soil is bare and subject to wind and water erosion or being picked up on the tires of construction vehicles and tracked into city streets. In a 2000 study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) designed to "evaluate the significance of erosion on construction sites less than 5 acres as a source of sediment to surface waters" examined a small residential site (0.34 acres) and a small commercial site (1.72 acres). The study concluded that the sites were a "potential source of large amounts of sediment erosion loads that were 10 times larger than typical loads from urban and rural land uses in Wisconsin." USGS Fact Sheet FS-109-00 U.S. Geological Survey August 2000
Because of these concerns, contractors are now usually required by the City of Madison to file an erosion control plan and stipulate what measures they will take to prevent soil loss, unless perhaps the site is smaller than 1 acre. Common erosion prevention steps include silt fence, straw bales, or silt socks. But as demolition of the former Town & Country Auto Repair began last week there was no evidence of a single common-sense step to prevent soil erosion. Likewise there was no evidence of tracking pads, large industrial-strength door mats, designed to scrap soil from vehicles and keep it on site
Conclusions and Recommendations
Here on Monroe Street there is a construction site that may have fallen through the regulatory or supervisory cracks because it does not meet a minimum 1 acre size or because local authorities do not recognize the significance of the potential harm erosion from this site can cause to nearby and downstream Lake Wingra.
Because Lake Wingra drains to Lake Monona by way of Wingra Creek. And because the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WIDNR) has proposed adding Lake Monona along with other lakes in the Yahara chain to the list of Impaired Waters it would seem prudent, if for no other reason than helping Lake Monona, that the City of Madison should do everything possible to limit sediment loads to Lake Wingra. Especially on an obvious and "easy call" like the Monroe Street project.
Hagman, B.B., Konrad, J.G., and Madison, F.W., 1980, Methods for controlling erosion and sedimentation from residential construction activities,in National Conference on Urban Erosion and Sediment ControlInstitutions and Technology, October 10-12, 1979, St. Paul, Minnesota: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Report EPA-905/9-80-002, January, 1980.,p. 99105.
Soil Erosion from Two Small Construction Sites, Dane County, Wisconsin. U.S. Department of the Interior USGS Fact Sheet FS-109-00
U.S. Geological Survey August 2000


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Compare Ram 2500 Heavy Duty vs. Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD
Want to know which heavy duty pickup truck is the choice in the Twin Ports area? The new Ram 2500, of course!
The reason why you notice the Ram 2500 is because of its all-new look that stands out at the worksite and at the boat launch. But did you know that it offers a lot of value for being one of the most advanced pickup trucks available today? The Ram 2500 offers more standard equipment and trim level options than its competitors. In fact, Ram introduced the new eTorque system, which adds more low-end grunt without sacrificing fuel economy.
Not everyone is convinced that the Ram 2500 is the best choice among full-sized, half-ton pickup trucks in the Twin Ports area. But we dare to compare with the Ram 2500's competition. Let's see how our 2019 Ram 2500 compared with the Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD:
2020 Ram 2500 Crew Cab 4X4 Big Horn
2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD Crew Cab 4X4 LT
|Engine – Gasoline (Standard)
|6.4 Liter High Output HEMI V8
410 HP/429 lb-ft Torque
|6.6 Liter V8 – 401 HP/464 lb-ft Torque (available)
|Engine – Diesel (Available)
|6.7 Liter Cummins turbocharged I-6
395 HP/850 lb-ft Torque
|6.6 Liter turbocharged V8
445 HP/910 lb-ft Torque
|Maximum Payload
|3970 lbs.
|3751 lbs.
|Maximum Towing Capacity
|19,580 lbs.
|16,900 lbs.
|Base Price
There are plenty of advantages the Ram 2500 has over the Silverado 2500HD. They include:
- A five-link coil spring rear suspension with available Active-Level four-corner air suspension
- Higher towing and payload capacity from both gasoline and diesel engines
- Available RamBox cargo management system
- Choose the Ram 3500 and select the diesel engine with the most torque in its class at 1,000 pound-feet of pulling power!
Another thing to consider is value. Value is not just about price, but what the Ram 2500 offers compared to the Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD.
That's the advantage of the Ram 2500.
Stop by Superior Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram today and see our great inventory of Ram 2500s!


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The Tapeats Sandstone is the bottom layer of the nine major formations horizontally stacked on top of one another, beginning with the Kaibab Limestone at the rim of the canyon. The Tapeats sits on top of the Great Unconformity, the great missing geological time gap of the Grand Canyon, first identified and named by John Wesley Powell during his initial exploration of the canyon in 1869. The Tapeats was deposited in a warm, shallow tropical sea over 500 million years ago, piling up on rocks beneath the waves that back then were already over a billion years old.
The formations beneath the Great Unconformity are not so neatly stacked. Another set of sedimentary rocks under the Great Unconformity, the Grand Canyon Supergroup, has its own stacking order, but its layers are not horizontal. Huge ancient geological processes, which many geologist now believe were part of the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia 750 million years ago, tossed the layers of the Supergroup into all kinds of odd angles in different areas of the Grand Canyon. And underneath the Supergroup lies the oldest rocks of all, the Vishnu Complex, a mishmash of granite and metamorphic rocks, heated and twisted like taffy deep underground sometime in the ancient geologic past.Yet despite all the odd angles and complexity of the rock formations below the Great Unconformity, the entire area where the Tapeats Sandstone was formed had been ground down to a remarkably flat and uniform plain by the time the sea that formed the Tapeats invaded and covered the area. Here we are standing on top of the Tapeats near the Tonto Trail, on the rim of the inner canyon gouged out by the Colorado River, looking across the river to the north. We see the flat layer of Tapeats Sandstone forming the north rim of the inner canyon on the other side of the river. The dark, crinkly layer rising up from the river is the Vishnu Complex. Above it we see the bottom layers of the Grand Canyon Supergroup, the Bass Limestone and the Hakatai Shale, slanting dramatically down towards the river. The Tapeats Sandstone layer is remarkably flat and uniform, but there were at least a few islands in the Tapeats Sea. Here, along the New Hance Trail, we can see one of those ancient islands. You can see the Tapeats Sandstone coming in from the left of the picture, but notice that it gets thinner and thinner until at the center of the picture it is gone. A piece of the hardest rock in the Grand Canyon Supergroup, the Shinumo Quartzite, sticks up above it, not ground down enough in time to be under the water of the Tapeats sea. I find it fun to identify ancient geological islands like this while hiking along in the canyon; in time you can develop an eye to spot them. But to me the greatest pleasure that the Tapeats provides is the scenes that its rim offers to you. I only say offers, since most hikers never see them. When you hike along the Tonto Trail in the inner canyon, usually in the Bright Angel Shale set back just a bit from the Tapeats Sandstone rim, you pass through spectacular scenery provided by all the amazing temples, buttes, and ridges of the canyon rising up above you. But, unless you are willing to a make small investment of time and energy to wander a bit off the trail, you will just get brief glimpses of the Colorado river, and you will never see spectacular scenes like that of the river and Sockdolager Rapids you see above. Nor would you see this scene, the river flowing green instead of brown, looking back towards the temple of Isis below dark clouds massing above the North Rim. For me hiking the Tonto Trail, tracing the Tapeats Sandstone rim of the inner canyon above the Colorado River, is a wonderful movable feast, moving from one spot of spectacular scenery after another. Here we are at a spot that a lot of hikers do see – Plateau Point, which sits on the Tapeats Sandstone rim above the mouth of the canyon formed by Pipe Creek, with a spectacular view of the Colorado River flowing through the inner canyon. It is just an easy 30 minute stroll from the busy, popular campground at Indian Garden to get to it. But Plateau Point is just one of scores of other points close to the Tonto Trail along its entire length that offer equally spectacular scenes, witnessed by only a very few. Anywhere along the Tonto Platform where you have a point sticking out towards the Colorado River, and at each entrance to a major side canyon, both upstream and downstream along the Colorado River, you are likely to find such a scene. Here's another one at a place I call Point 3808, which sticks out towards the Colorado from the Tonto Platform just west of Grapevine Canyon. To get to this spot, and to nearly all the others, you have to wander through the blackbush a little ways off the Tonto Trail, usually not more than a quarter mile. As you near the Tapeats Rim, the soft Bright Angel Shale will change over to big brown plates of Tapeats. If you hear the faint sound of distant rapids, you will know that the prize is near. Carefully work your way down just a little bit through the highest layers of the Tapeats, before you reach the cliffs, and you will be rewarded with another wonderful view of the Colorado and the inner canyon that you would have never seen from the trail. Most hikers camping along the Tonto Trail pitch their tents conveniently near a source of water. You usually find water, however, only at the head of side canyons, far from the spectacular scenes out on the points and side canyon entrances. I forego the convenience, and lug water out to a point and camp there, hoping for good shots in the best light in the late afternoon or early morning. Here are two panoramas shot out on Grand Scenic Divide Point, one late in the afternoon, and a second from the same exact spot following an overnight snowfall on the rim. For the wonderful scenes it offers, the rim of the Tapeats Sandstone is my favorite part of the canyon. But many times, at the head of side canyons, streams cutting though the Tapeats Sandstone create scenic narrow canyons, such as here along Hermit Creek, where the neatly stacked, softly rounded steep layers of the Tapeats are unmistakable. Some streams, such as Deer Creek, near its mouth on the north side of the Colorado, form much narrower, even more dramatic slot canyons in the Tapeats.
You can see many more dramatic panoramas shot from the Tapeats Rim by wandering along the Tonto Trail within the project. Or to read more detailed geological information about the Tapeats Sandstone, visit the United States Geological Service page for the Tapeats Sandstone.


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Best credit cards after bankruptcy of April 2020
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Though the total number of individuals filing for bankruptcy each year is declining (the latest available report shows that the June 2016 annual bankruptcy filings totaled 819,159, compared with 879,736 cases in the previous year), there are still a staggering number of people who must deal with the repercussions of bankruptcy each year. And that means there are still a lot of people out there looking for the best credit cards after bankruptcy.
The thing is, sometimes, often even, the circumstances leading to a bankruptcy aren't fully in the control of the flier. A Texas A&M University research team found that more than 4 out of 5 bankruptcies resulted from "adverse events" outside the control of filers, and according to studies published in The American Journal of Medicine, more than half our country's bankruptcies involved significant medical debt of more than $5,000.
The good news is that many lenders understand that a bankruptcy rarely reflects your true relationship with money. That means if you managed credit cards effectively before you were forced to declare bankruptcy, you don't have to give up their security or convenience for long. In fact, using a credit card after declaring bankruptcy is actually one of the best steps you can take to start improving your credit score, since your credit score is based upon several factors including your payment history, credit utilization (the ratio of your available credit to the amount you're using) as well as how long your accounts have been open. Therefore, it can make sense to apply for a credit card soon after bankruptcy to begin re-establishing your creditworthiness. You have both secured and non-secured options (click here to read more about these below). Just be sure you wait until after your discharge is complete before submitting any applications.
It could take some research to find an issuer who will approve you following a bankruptcy, but we've located a few top options in a number of categories.
Here are CardRatings' picks for best credit cards after bankruptcy:
Discover it® Secured
(This card is not currently available on CardRatings)
Why We Like It: If it weren't for the security deposit (which could be returned in as little as eight months), it'd be easy to mistake the Discover it® Secured for an unsecured credit card because of its rewards. Not only can you earn 2 percent cash back on select purchases with this card, but you'll also have all of your cash back rewards matched at the end of your first year as a cardholder, which is a great perk for a secured credit card.
The Annual Fee: See Terms
Security Deposit: Establish your credit line with your tax return by providing a refundable security deposit of at least $200 after being approved. Bank information must be provided when submitting your deposit.
You choose the deposit amount with a minimum security deposit of $200 required. You can deposit more to secure a higher line of credit if you want (up to the amount Discover will approve). Your security deposit is refundable if you pay your balance in full and close your credit card account. Discover will also automatically review your credit card account monthly starting at eight months to see if your security deposit can be returned and your account can be transitioned to an unsecured account.
The Rewards: Cardholders earn 2 percent cash back at restaurants and gas stations on up to $1,000 in combined purchases each quarter, and 1 percent cash back on all other credit card purchases. Plus, Discover will automatically match all the cash back you've earned at the end of your first year.
Credit Management Tools: Discover will monitor and alert you if they find your Social Security number on a risky website, and it also provides you with your FICO Credit Score on your monthly statements, as well as online, for free – that's a number you'll no doubt be keeping an eye on as you work toward rebuilding your financial profile after a bankruptcy.
Capital One® Secured Mastercard®
(This card is not currently available on CardRatings)
Why We Like It: If you're worried about attaining a higher level of credit but don't have a huge deposit to put down, the Capital One® Secured Mastercard® might be a good option for you. With this card, a deposit as low as $49 (and up to $200, see below) can establish your line of credit. Plus, cardholders will also have access to many of the great rewards unsecured Capital One credit cards offer, like extended warranty and price protection, as well as auto rental and travel accident insurance.
The Annual Fee: $0
Security Deposit: A $49, $99 or $200 refundable deposit. If your application is approved and you provide the minimum required security deposit prior to the expiration date, your account will be opened and you will receive the minimum initial credit line of $200. To increase your initial credit line, simply deposit more than your minimum required security deposit before your account opens. You can then raise your initial credit line by the amount of your additional deposit, up to $1,000. If you make your first five monthly payments on time, you'll get access to a higher credit line with no additional deposit needed. You may also earn credit line increases based on your payment history and creditworthiness.
The Rewards: None; however, Capital One® Secured Mastercard® members will have access to a number of shopping and travel benefits, such as extended warranty and price protection on purchases made with the card, auto rental and travel accident insurance, and 24-hour travel and roadside assistance.
Credit Management Tools: CreditWise from Capital One gives you unlimited access to your credit score, as well as free financial tools and information from the issuer's Financial Education site.
USAA® Secured Visa Platinum® Card
(This card is not currently available on CardRatings)
Why We Like It: Unlike the other secured credit cards featured here, your USAA® Secured Visa Platinum® Card security deposit will actually earn you money since it's made in the form of a two-year certificate of deposit (CD).
The Annual Fee: $35
Security Deposit: When you apply, you'll be able to determine your own credit limit by opening a two-year certificate of deposit (CD) in the amount of your choosing from $250 to $5,000. The balance of your CD is your credit limit.
The Rewards: Unlike with most other cards, with the USAA® Secured Visa Platinum® Card, your security deposit will earn variable interest. Additionally, this card offers users no foreign transaction fees, collision damage waiver coverage, identity theft resolution services, and extended warranty and price protection on purchases made with the card.
Credit Management Tools: Text message alerts and easy online and mobile account management tools.
OpenSky® Secured Visa® Credit Card
Why We Like It: With the OpenSky® Secured Visa® Credit Card, no credit check is required to qualify, meaning the amount of your security deposit doesn't depend on your creditworthiness, but instead, you have total control over the amount of your deposit from $200 to $3,000 (with approval). That also means your credit won't take a hit when you apply.
The Annual Fee: $35
Security Deposit: A refundable deposit as low as $200 and up to $3,000 will determine your credit limit. Since no credit check is required to apply for this card, the amount of your deposit is up to you (with approval).
The Rewards: OpenSky® Secured Visa® Credit Card members have access to a number of shopping and travel benefits, such as extended warranty and price protection on purchases made with the card, auto rental and travel accident insurance, and 24-hour travel and roadside assistance.
Credit Management Tools: Easy online access to OpenSky's tips for rebuilding your credit as well as to stories from real OpenSky customers on what they're doing to get where they want to be financially. Sign up for email alerts that remind you when your bill is due or when you're nearing your credit limit. Take advantage of automatic payments so you pay your bill on time, every time.
Wells Fargo Secured Visa® Card
Why We Like It: The rewards for this card are pretty decent for a secured credit card, especially if you're looking to use your card to pay your cell phone bill. In addition to auto rental collision damage and travel and emergency assistance services, the Wells Fargo Secured Visa® Card offers up to $600 in cell phone protection when you use your card to pay your cell phone bill, which is a great offer for, well, pretty much anyone who owns a cell phone – and these days, who doesn't?
The Annual Fee: $25
Security Deposit: Your security deposit is equal to your line of credit. New users can get started with a deposit as little as $300. You must have a Wells Fargo checking or savings account to qualify for this card, and you can choose to have your security deposit withdrawn directly from your account.
The Rewards: Auto rental collision damage waiver and travel and emergency assistance services and up to $600 in cell phone protection per incident with a two-incident-per-year maximum (subject to a $25 deductible).
Credit Management Tools: Zero liability protection to help protect you from liability for unauthorized transactions, overdraft protection, rapid alerts to track purchases and receive notifications of irregular or suspicious activity, and budget tools to help you sort your monthly expenses against your budget.
Credit One Bank® Unsecured Visa® for Rebuilding Credit
Why We Like It: If it's an unsecured credit card that you're after, the Credit One Bank® Unsecured Visa® for Rebuilding Credit card is a good card to consider as it's designed specifically for people looking to rebuild their credit. There's no security deposit with this one; however, there is potential for an annual fee (depending on your creditworthiness), but we think the 1 percent cash back that can be earned on qualifying purchases helps to outweigh this cost, especially since unsecured credit cards that offer good rewards can be harder to qualify for.
The Annual Fee: $0 - $99
Security Deposit: Not required as this is an unsecured card.
The Rewards: Based on your creditworthiness you could qualify for one of four cash-back rewards programs which could include 1 percent cash back on eligible gas, groceries, dining purchases, mobile phone services, internet services, and/or cable and satellite TV services or even just a flat 1 percent cash back on all your purchases, among other possibilities.
Credit Management Tools: Free credit score tracking and customizable account notifications.
Your options after bankruptcy will likely include mostly secured credit cards, which provide excellent opportunities to rebuild your credit just like traditional (ie. unsecured) cards do. With a secured card, you'll be required to supply a security deposit up front, usually ranging from $49 up to $200 depending on the issuer. The deposit will secure your line of credit and will generally be equal to your credit limit. Assuming you keep your account in good standing and pay all your bills, that deposit will be returned to you in full when you either close the account or are upgraded to a non-secured card.
Though the terms of a secured credit card might not be as appealing as those offered with unsecured cards, don't discount them completely. Issuers of secured credit cards will report your payments to credit bureaus and help boost your credit score the same as other cards. However, as with other credit cards, compare several options to be sure you are getting the lowest fees and interest possible. And although they may appear similar, don't confuse secured credit cards with prepaid cards. Except in rare instances, prepaid cards don't report to the credit bureaus and won't help your score.
If an unsecured credit card is really what you're after, it's still an option, but proceed with caution.
If you filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you may find it relatively difficult to qualify for an unsecured credit card. Depending on your trustee's plan, you may be making partial payments on existing credit card accounts, making it tough for new banks to accept your application. However, if you filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you'll notice a near flood of pre-qualified credit card applications in your mailbox a few months after your discharge posts to your credit reports.
Banks know that you're unable to file for bankruptcy again for another seven years, reducing the risk of default. While you might not hear from a bank that you included in your bankruptcy filing, you could hear from their biggest competitors. Just be sure to watch out for subprime lenders and scam offers during the first few years after your discharge. They'll send ads for credit cards for poor credit that actually only entitle you to heavily marked-up retail goods, and some subprime Visa and Mastercard issuers charge exorbitant application fees and monthly service charges in addition to high APRs. Their marketing pitches suggest that you won't find a better deal after bankruptcy, but in reality, you could save up what you'd otherwise pay in fees, park that cash in a secured credit card's linked deposit account, and get that money back after you've graduated to a stronger, unsecured card.
While some credit cards are harder to qualify for than others (American Express, for example, is a particularly tough one to break into after bankruptcy), not all hope is lost when it comes to applying for new cards after bankruptcy. When it comes to rebuilding credit after bankruptcy, consider the cards above as building blocks to improving your financial future.


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AMC Network, Suddenlink Reach Carriage Accord, Avert License-Fee Disconnect
Suddenlink Communications subscribers no longer need to fear the Ides of March where AMC Networks programming is concerned.
The programmer, whose stable of services comprises AMC, Sundance Channel, IFC and WeTV, has reached a carriage renewal with Suddenlink. The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, averts a potential service disruption for the quartet of networks, as their contract was set to expire at midnight on March 15.
The carriage contract also ensures that Suddenlink subscribers will not miss the sophomore season finale of AMC's popular zombie series The Walking Dead.


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Maggiano's Italian Restaurants Near 89102
Salute! Dine At Maggiano's Italian Restaurant Near 89102
Sit back and dine the Italian way at Maggiano's Little Italy. From classic pastas to season-fresh salads, we combine the tastes of Nonna's Italian kitchen with the joy of family and friends. Find a Maggiano's Italian restaurant near 89102 and make a reservation online or over the phone today!
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The Perfect Place For Your Event
Visit Maggiano's Little Italy for Italian food near 89102 that's always satisfying. Make a reservation or stop by your nearest location for brunch, lunch, dinner, or a quick appetizer and drink at the bar. No matter the time of day or the size of your dining party, you'll be treated like a special guest at Maggiano's. At our table, everyone is family!
From magnificent soups and salads to scratch-made pastas, we know that simplicity is essential to Italian cooking. To really bring out the full-bodied flavors at the heart of our handcrafted recipes, our chefs use only the freshest meats, vegetables, cheeses, and grains. With vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and classic Italian fare, Maggiano's has a plate for every palate. Order a Chef-prepared pasta entree, refreshing salad, hearty soup, or cheesy flatbread and get ready for an Italian-American treat!
Here at Maggiano's, we think there's more to "eating Italian style" than simply eating. It's about reconnecting with friends and family, unwinding after a tough day, and savoring each and every bite of food. It's never rushed and it's always delicious. At our restaurants, your next meal can be memorable, but so can your next event. With magnificently decorated event spaces and private banquet rooms, plus a well-dressed, attentive staff to match, Maggiano's is the best party venue near 89102 for any sized group. Whether you're throwing an engagement party, rehearsal dinner, or just want a bigger space for a business meeting or birthday party, allow our Private Dining Managers to help you plan a get-together that's beautiful, memorable, and delicious.
Make a reservation online or call your local Maggiano's today and see why we aren't like other Italian restaurants near 89102. Have a dining experience like no other at Maggiano's!


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Please see the letter from Mike Robinson (National Officer) with reagrd to the recent pay negotiations meeting which took place on Mon 27th April.
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2009 Pay Claim: Message from Mike Robinson
Dear Colleagues Pay 2009 The joint HE unions that are now part of New JNCHES (Unite, Unison, GMB and EIS) meet on the 18th December to begin formulating the sector pay claim. As you will know from previous reports UCU have excluded themselves from New JNCHES and so will not … Continue reading
University of Ulster Staff Vote for Strike Action
22 May 2008 Unite members at the University of Ulster have voted to strike as staff face having their pay cut by up to £5,000. Unite the union members overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action with 71% voting to take strike action in response to the university's failure to … Continue reading


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Course Description
This year, AFS Academy program includes special courses offered by AFS Partners, this one is from AFS Germany! The workshop will introduce numerous culture-general and culture-specific exercises that can be used for host families. We will talk in detail about special needs and expectations from host families when it comes to preparing them. Furthermore we will address possibilities and prerequisites when designing or adapting learning exercises for host families.
Course Objectives
This workshop will enable volunteers and staff to create their own training sessions for preparing host families for their hosting experience.
Annette Gisevius, Intercultural Learning Department - AFS Germany
Target Audiences
Key Volunteers, ICL Responsibles, Education & School Relations Responsibles, Program Staff, ODCs, Volunteer Development Coordinators
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To « self-insure » an organisation may simply create a fund internally from which transfers can be made to general reserves in the event of a loss. This is not necessarily a good use of capital and may incur an important opportunity cost as the capital may be better used in developing the business itself. It does, however, avoid insurance premium taxes and other government levies applicable (assuming the circumstances in which losses are funded are appropriately structured).
A more formal way to self-insure is to create what is in effect a subsidiary insurance company, or "captive insurer" whose principal business is transacting insurance on the parent's internal risk exposures. This can be positioned tax-effectively and bear all or part of the cost of risk exposures where these become claims. A captive can gain access into the wholesale (reinsurance) market, to protect itself and the parent against high-value losses. Through this medium the organisation can again smooth loss experience over time.
The captive must be capitalised adequately, that is, it must hold sufficient funds to meet all foreseeable losses. The decision to proceed with the formation of a captive will need to embrace the cost of that capital as well as the costs of setting up, resourcing, managing and maintaining the company. The captive represents a long-term investment for the parent, not least because it may be some years before the benefits return in profitability terms.
The captive must meet the standards of international financial regulators and local financial and corporate governance regulations, including the important changes in financial reporting recently introduced, when consolidated into the parent's results .
Source : CII Knowledge Base — Extracts from: Alternative Risks Transfer – www.cii.co.uk/knowledge


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As a relative newcomer to longarm quilting, there are still so many skills I'm trying to acquire. From getting the quilt onto the frame (preferably without stabbing myself with pins) to learning how to quilt various motifs with my own machine (swirls are a lot harder than they look!). The number one thing I struggle with, on each machine I've tried, is taming the tension of longarm quilting machines.
Tension has always been a struggle for me when sewing, so it comes as no surprise that I would also encounter this problem with my longarm machine, which is basically just a large sewing machine that moves. After several broken threads mid-motif (and maybe a couple of choice words) I've decided I must dive deeper than my instruction manual to find tension taming tips.
Our friends at Fons & Porter are sponsoring an APQS Longarm Certification course at the end of the month taught by Dawn Cavanaugh, so I took a peek behind the curtain to learn a little more about adjusting tension on longarm quilting machines.
Here is a brief excerpt from Dawn's lesson about mastering your machine and understanding how tension works:
How Do Stitches Form?
With each and every stitch your longarm takes, the needle and hook must get to the right place at precisely the right time to form the stitch correctly. If the needle gets there too late, it doesn't have time to get the bobbin thread pulled up snugly into the quilt layers. If the needle bends away from the hook, then skipped stitches result.
Balanced tension is affected by much more than simply the bobbin case tension or top tension setting. By understanding the mechanics of how your machine works, you'll also have a better understanding of what you can change to get the best possible stitches from your machine.
Quilting Direction Makes a Difference
Your longarm machine is really just a gigantic sewing machine. It forms stitches in just the same way. The needle travels down into the hook area where the hook point picks up a loop of thread behind the needle. The hook carries the thread around the entire hook assembly (and bobbin case) before releasing it and grabbing another loop. To make the best possible stitches, the needle should go straight down into the hook and come straight up once more.
The top thread is the hard worker in this relationship. The bobbin thread is lazy. It does nothing but wait for the top thread to come by and tug it into the quilt's layers. If the top thread doesn't have enough power or strength to pull up the bobbin thread, it will either break or it won't pull up the bobbin thread completely.
That problem is magnified because the needle is also a moving target. Once you start moving your quilting machine, the needle bends too—and it bends in the opposite direction from which you're moving. Two quilting directions will produce good tension results, and two directions could result in tension changes.
When you stand at the needle side of your machine, your stitches will look the best moving the machine from left to right, and when you pull the machine toward you. The stitches may not be as nice when you push the machine from right to left, or when you push it away from yourself. Pushing the machine to the left makes the needle and hook point meet too soon to make a great stitch, and pushing it away from yourself pulls the needle away from the hook point (in severe cases you'll see skipped stitches.)
Take a look at the diagram below to understand which quilting directions will produce good or bad stitches, depending on where you stand at your quilting frame.
Whenever you needle bends or flexes in the wrong direction, your stitch quality will be compromised. Therefore, anything that causes your needle to bend is a potential variable that can affect your tension. Sometimes you can change those variables, and sometimes you can't.
– Excerpted from a course lesson by Dawn Cavanaugh
Explore an entire list of factors that can cause your needle to bend, thus changing the tension, and learn how to adjust both bobbin and top tension. Plus, try the APQS easy tension test on the edge of your next project so you can understand exactly what's going on with your tension before you start quilting on the quilt top.
Whether you're new to longarm quilting, or have been quilting on your machine for years, there's so much to learn in this APQS Longarm Certification Sponsored by Fons & Porter!
Happy quilting!


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American Clergyman, Editor, Writer
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman, Editor, Writer
Author Quotes
Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often, as intolerance.
It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
God never ordained you to have a conscience for others. Your conscience is for you, and for you alone.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you, never excuse yourself.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs; jolted by every pebble in the road.
Conscience is the frame of character.
"I can forgive but I cannot forget" is only another way of saying "I will not forgive." Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two and burned up so that it can never be shown against one.
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes; and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.
Why should men work? Because their hearts want some outlet to give expression to the feeling of earnest sympathy that is in them. Where a man has a strong and large benevolence, he will always be busy, and pleasantly busy.
Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.
When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is that in which their habits are formed. That is a very important period. But the period in which the ideas of the young are formed and adopted is more important still. For the ideal with which you go forth to measure things determines the nature, so far as you are concerned, of everything you meet.
Whenever education and refinement grow away from the common people, they are growing toward selfishness, which is the monster evil of the world. that is true cultivation which gives us sympathy with every form of human life, and enables us to work most successfully for its advancement. Refinement that carries us away from our fellow-men is not God's refinement.
When flowers are full of heaven descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full.
When we borrow trouble, and look forward into the future and see what storms are coming, and distress ourselves before they come, as to how we shall avert them if they ever do come, we lose our proper trustfulness in God. When we torment ourselves with imaginary dangers, or trials, or reverses we have already parted with that perfect love with casteth our fear.
Whatever is only almost true is quite false; and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is the more likely to lead astray. Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all.
When a men sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of the ounce.
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
What would the nightingale care if the toad despised her singing? She would still sing on, and leave the cold toad to his dark shadows. And what care I for the sneers of men who grovel upon earth? I will still sing on in the ear and bosom of God.


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Reaction to new terrorist attacks in Paris and Iranian vampire western film
On 9 January, 2015, to date five people were killed from new terrorist attacks connected to the Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris. We get reaction from Eve Zuckerman of the University of Chicago's French Club, Silvain Gire from Arte Radio, Simone Rodan-Benzaquen of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) office in Paris and Thomas Khaski, Congressional staffer at the French National Assembly. And DePaul University Professor, Shelja Sharma, gives us some history on religious freedom in France. Then we talk about the Iranian vampire western, "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night." Photo provided by Paris Police Prefecture, Amedy Coulibaly, left, and Hayet Boumddiene, two suspects named by police as accomplices in a kosher market attack in eastern Paris on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.(AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)


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We're always telling kids to "grow up," but we don't give them any of the agency or freedoms that go along with the demand. They are given rules, instruction, and direction, but are rarely given choice or freedom. A lack of choice deters children and teenagers from feeling and displaying agency. A lack of practiced choice and freedom means that kids begin to doubt their efficacy and capabilities and are, therefore, less likely to be motivated. If a child believes he/she cannot succeed, he/she is likely not to succeed.
What we often don't realize is that while we provide for our children, we aren't always teaching them to be self-motivated. We don't allow them to create their own expectations, raise them to be afraid of failing or getting hurt, and often act as their personal parachutes. What we don't provide them with, however, is a sense of agency or autonomy.
What Are Agency and Autonomy?
Agency isn't a word that's easy to add into our parenting vocabularies. If a child expresses agency, they express the power to think for oneself and to be in charge of shaping one's own experiences.
It is the ability to express individual power, thoughts, and actions. It's what we oftentimes withhold from our children in an effort to protect them. Similarly, autonomy is the ability to self-govern, to independently behave and think, despite the behaviors and thoughts of those around us.
It's so easy (way too easy, in fact) to strip our children of a sense of agency in their lives. We tell them what the rules are, how they should and should not act, and pave them the one path that will lead them to our views of success. If you think back to being a teenager, to listening to your parents tell you what and how to think, do, and act, you can probably recall not feeling in control of your own goals, and unmotivated to reach the goal they had in mind for you.
How Do We Provide Agency, Without Losing Complete Control?
You're probably thinking, "Well, I'm not going to let my kids run the show!" And, based on our recent blog post on the teenage brain, you probably shouldn't.
Instead, think of your child as more of the director of their own lives (he or she gives direction to capture their vision of how they see their lives unfolding) and of yourself as more of the producer (you manage the logistics of how that vision can be brought into a final, successful product). The director has creative control, and the producer guides it. Here are a few ways you can guide your children's goals and encourage self-motivation:
When you're playing a game with your child, allow them to choose the game, to make up their own rules or storylines, and to even play the game wrong. You can guide children towards independence and self-direction if you give them room to discover it. Provide them with the opportunity to discover, experiment, and test their abilities… and provide them the room to get it wrong once in a while
It's important that your children feel heard and respected. This doesn't mean their voice should be the only one heard, but it does mean that you should provide your children with respect just as you expect respect from them.
Enter conversations with the assumption that what they have to say is as important as what you have to say. Enter interactions under the assumption that you can learn from them, as much as they can learn from you. Ultimately, don't interact with your children in a way that requires them to only enter YOUR world. You can enter THEIR world, too—through play, questions, discussions, and genuine interest.
We mentioned that agency is about thinking and acting independently. If we never allow our children to question us, or our rules, then we are squashing their independent thought and inquisition.
If your children feel free to respectfully question you, they will be better equipped to go through life questioning, instead of following. "Because I said so," is lazy parenting; instead, provide opportunities to explain the why's and the what's in a way that teaches the importance and weight of rules.
You may even find that children will question your authority less if you provide them with the opportunity to understand the reasons behind it.
Provide your children with the opportunity to choose for themselves. These moments of freedom will result in less pushback on "no choice" decisions (like going to school, or completing chores). Give them creative freedoms in what they wear or how they decorate their room, let them decide what hobbies or interests they would like to follow, and allow them say in some family decisions.
If you want them to develop qualities of leadership, you should let your children express their individual power, thoughts, and actions. It helps if your kids feel as though they are in charge of shaping their own experiences. If your child is motivated to learn the guitar, to paint, to succeed in a sport, or any other hobby or interest, give them the room to invest their time and energy into those things. Engaging in these activities will encourage and strengthen their motivation, patience, and resolve… all of which are qualities that are important to have throughout life.
At 2nd Nature Academy, we encourage our students to question, lead, and help govern our school society. These allowances not only give a sense of freedom, but they are also responsibilities that instill a strong sense of agency. It's our goal as teachers and administrators to make sure that students feel like true leaders of the student body and active members of their own learning.


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South Australia's Limestone Coast is one of Australia's most productive agricultural regions.
At its heart is Coonawarra, one of the country's smallest, oldest and finest wine regions.
This is the home of Penola's Royal Oak Hotel, and the region from which its food, wine and hospitality are drawn.
Since its establishment in 1848, the Royal Oak has been an integral hub of this farming community. A good country pub is invariably a place to catch up with friends, dine, have a yarn with a local or simply rest after a long journey with a cold beer or wine.


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The Junior League of Austin selected Women's Storybook Project of Texas as one of their community projects for 2019-2020.
|The Junior League of Austin is a diverse group of dedicated women working to make Austin a better place. The non-profit organization, formed in 1934, is committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
Each year, The Junior League of Austin invests thousands of volunteer hours to community agencies and programs. This year, more than 1,200 League members will provide more than 100,000 volunteer hours to the League's projects and programs.
In addition to the volunteer service that League members contribute to our community, The Junior League of Austin has provided millions of dollars over the years to fund programs and agencies that improve the overall well-being of our community.


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My cases are available in three main models:
1 - The "Old Timer", simple and compact, with or without flap, with belt loop, very well suited for pocket knives with rather rounded handle;
2 - The "Molded", formed around a bulkier pocket knife, with or without flap, with belt loop;
3 - The "sheath", designed for straight knives: hunting, military, Bowies, daggers, etc. Equipped with a locking strap on the handle or guard, a seam protection copper rivet, a seam protection leather along the blade edge and a belt loop.
It is preferable that I receive your knife to custom fit the case.
On the payment page of your order, you can specify the colour of the leather: natural, cognac and black.
Many tools (pliers, pruning shears, screwdrivers, wrenches, lamps, etc...) can be carried in a case on the belt so that they are always within reach.


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Hi everyone!
Coming up this May we have a webinar topic near and dear to my heart, Do More and Live Better Through Remote Work. Hosted by Dr. Amy Jauman, it will be on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 2:00PM – 3:00PM EDT. I'm looking forward to it!
For all the details, and to register, go here: https://go2.aspect.com/asuga-webinar-may9
Thanks for everything!
Joseph Dangelmaier