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Benjamin Watson—an NFL tight end for the Baltimore Ravens—has never strayed when it comes to vocalizing his thoughts and feelings about controversial issues.
Following the civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, Watson wrote a lengthy piece on Facebook that was shared nearly 500,000 times.
Here is some of what he wrote:
"We have major problems as a nation. Yesterday Ferguson burned. Tonight Baltimore burns. Tomorrow it will be another city in our homeland."
But Watson sat down recently for an interview with Turning Point Pregnancy Center where he discussed his position on Planned Parenthood and slammed its founder, Margaret Sanger, for being a racist and wanting to "exterminate blacks".
Watson said:
"I do know that blacks kind of represent a large portion of the abortions, and I do know that honestly the whole idea with Planned Parenthood and [founder Margaret] Sanger in the past was to exterminate blacks, and it's kind of ironic that it's working."
Of course, Watson is a devout Christian so it is no surprise he would take the position of being against Planned Parenthood and the abortions they provide.
However, his accusations about Planned Parenthood being racist for determining who should be offered abortions are painfully right. Watson is even genuinely shocked that anyone would support Planned Parenthood.
Watson continued to comment about his disbelief that so many minorities would support candidates who support Planned Parenthood:
"We support candidates, and overwhelmingly support the idea of having Planned Parenthood and the like, and yet, that is why [Sanger] created it. We are buying it hook, line, and sinker, like it's a great thing. It's just amazing to me and abortion saddens me, period, but it seems to be something that is really pushed on minorities and provided to minorities especially as something that they should do. In the public, it seems to be painted that when minorities get pregnant they need to get abortions, especially when it comes to teen pregnancy. It's like when black girls are pregnant, it's like a statistic, but when white girls get pregnant, they get a TV show."
If you had any inclination that maybe Watson is blowing the idea of Sanger as racist out of proportion, you'd be wrong.
The Federalist's Bre Payton noted that Sanger was an, "advocate for eugenics and wanted to discourage those who she deemed as 'unfit' from reproducing. She pushed contraceptives and abortions onto minorities and low-income families in order to slow their birth rates. She was also a guest speaker for the Ku Klux Klan and a fanatical supporter of Nazi sterilization laws."
Watson is also absolutely right that Planned Parenthood is guilty of racism as well when you consider the percentages between abortions for the black population to that of the white population.
The Federalist also noted:
African-Americans make up 13.2 percent of the U.S. population, yet they account for 30 percent of all abortions. A closer look at Planned Parenthood clinic locations reveals that the abortion provider tends to cluster its offices in low-income zip codes or areas that have a high minority population.
Obviously, Planned Parenthood deliberately targets black women in low-income areas to exercise their abortion agenda.
Watson should bring light of the issue and use his presence as a star athlete to advocate his passion on the subject.
What are your thoughts on Planned Parenthood being racist and targeting poor black mothers?
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In subsequent years, it had been closed whenever I had visited Hong Kong. This year, I was lucky. Edith who runs Cloth Haven was in town. She remembered me and I signed up for some weaving time.
Lobby/Display area:
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There are approximately 5 Saori looms in the workshop/studio. I have never used one of these before but have read about them in Kaz's blog. The warps are prepared by participants of the Salvation Army rehabilitation programme.
I spent two afternoons there, learning the clasp weft technique and fell in love with these looms. If I were ever to get another loom, it will have to be one of these.The interesting part with these looms is that the weaving, the reed and the shafts can be taken out with the warp intact, and another set can be inserted in its place. There are clips in the front and at the base of the loom. Separate warps can be woven at different times with only 1 frame. It also has a built-in bobbin winder! (the top right hand corner of the loom)
Catching up with Edith and learning about these looms was one of the many highlights of this trip.


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- Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
- Area(s) of Law: Criminal Procedure
- Date Filed: 05-29-2014
- Case #: A150256
- Judge(s)/Court Below: Ortega, P.J. for the Court; Sercombe, J.; & Hadlock, J.
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Defendant appealed his conviction for driving with a suspended license, raising three assignments of error. Defendant argued that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds under former ORS 135.747 (2011). Defendant made a factual assertion that he did not knowingly fail to appear to his court date, because the court clerk's statement to him led him to believe that he did not need to appear until the next day. The record suggests that the trial court applied an incorrect legal standard when it denied defendant's motion to dismiss. The Court vacated the defendant's conviction and remanded it with instructions, because under correct legal standards the trial court would make factual findings. First, the trial court declined to determine explicitly whether defendant was being truthful. Secondly, the trial court did not implicitly make findings about defendant's knowledge of his duty to appear that are necessary to the Glushko/Little analysis. The Court declined to affirm the trial court's decision under the "right for the wrong reason" doctrine because the record does not support a determination that the trial court explicitly or implicitly made the findings that would be necessary to support affirmance under Glushko/Little analysis. The Court rejects the second and third assignments of error without discussion. Vacated and remanded.


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If the U.S. economy continues to surge under President Trump, I may need to change the name of my website. In December 2009 I started "The Economic Collapse", and it was quite an appropriate title at the time. In fact, the 10 years immediately preceding the Trump presidency was one of the worst stretches for the U.S. economy in our entire history. But now things are changing. Manufacturers are coming back to America, unemployment is falling, and the stock market has been soaring.
During his State of the Union address, President Trump called this "our new American moment", and at this time it is hard for anyone to disagree with him. Things are definitely better for ordinary Americans than they were under previous administrations, and even some of Trump's most hardcore critics are starting to come around.
The Democrats were hoping to use Trump's speech to launch a new wave of attacks against him, but that massively backfired. The State of the Union address may have been Trump's best performance to date, and even a CBS News poll found that his speech got an astounding 75 percent approval rating.
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The weather is cooler up here in Mandalay. I noticed when we got off the plane there was no wall of heat greeting us as there was in Yangon and I didn't need the fan on overnight.
I found much better accommodation at The Royal City Hotel. For $25 I get a large twin room with a/c, bathroom, fridge, TV and breakfast. So all is good on the accommodation front.
All is not so good with my bites though. I've been ill today and have managed very little in the way of getting out and about, in fact I had to cancel my plans to go to Mandalay Hill as I knew the heat and the hill would be too much for me. The bites on my arms ache and I feel really tired, too tired even to write much in my journal this evening.
I did manage to get to the Gold Pounders factory, which was interesting. I got the low down on how gold leaf is made. I bought a packet for Mads as currently she is painting again and I thought she may be able to use it. Ten 2" square sheets cost about $6.5 or 8,000 kyat. The guide book says it should've cost 2,000 kyat, another example of how quickly things have moved on since the book was written.
Today I left Mandalay for the mountains – hooray. I headed for a town called Pyin Oo Lwin to the east of Mandalay and I was hoping for cleaner air, lusher greenery, good views and less pollution, none of which I got. The journey up in a dodgy taxi took about two hours once we had gone round the houses collecting everyone and everything. There was no respite from the dust and fumes at all especially around the quarry areas where large wagons were heavily loaded and chugged relentlessly up the hills.
The Royal Park Hotel ($36) was alright, well situated in a quiet area away from downtown and the main roads. It was cold at nights…can you believe I needed a cardigan and a pashmina once the sun went down and one morning it was too cold to get in the shower!
I liked the Pyin Oo Lwin; it was more authentically Burmese than Yangon and Mandalay, still with a diverse race mix but definitely erring toward them looking a bit more Mongolian. There was less influence of Chinese/western influences here. I've decided there is no one type of racially authentic Burmese person. Apparently, there are over one hundred and twenty different tribes and types of people that make up the population, and no one group seems to dominate. Over the years they have deeply cross pollinated.
I hired a bicycle and rode to the National Kandawgwi Gardens for the day. The gardens and grounds surrounded a lake which had a decent walking path: unfortunately I couldn't ride the bike around the gardens. It was Independence Day yesterday and all the local schoolchildren were having fun in groups, eating, singing, playing games and seemingly really enjoying themselves. I took some photos of some quite surreal bedding displays…really garish but not incongruent for this part of the world. The detail was impressive; I saw two women manicuring the flowers and hedges with scissors. No machinery here!
Colonial buildings are much more in evidence in Pyin Oo Lwin. Some of them have been maintained well with beautiful gardens whilst others have been let go and now house dozens of families in divided spaces. One thing I've noticed up here is that gardens are certainly more prevalent; the district is well known for flower growing and this is reflected in the appearance and condition of people's grounds. I even came across some garden centres. The fields surrounding the town were well farmed; you could see small green crops being grown. Whether these were flowers or edibles I don't know but the soil was a rich red and apparently coffee is grown here too.
For the second time yesterday, I tried to get to Bagan and failed. The city is just totally booked up; flights are available but accommodation isn't. I've returned to Mandalay shortly to be taxied to the airport for a flight back to Yangon. I'm pleased I took the excursion into the hills; it certainly gave me a different perspective, a non-city perspective on Burmese life and culture.


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?The same Democrat power brokers who bought Jim Whelan his Assembly seat in 2005 and controlled his actions in the Legislature ever since are attempting to replay that scenario in this year?s Senate campaign,? Atlantic County State Sen. James ?Sonny? McCullough charged today.
?Whelan has taken in more than $400,000 from Democrat Party sources, including the corrupt Camden County machine, to finance the major portion of his campaign,? McCullough said. ?They own him and he, if elected, will certainly be expected to remember it was their money that got him there. He?ll once again throw in with his financial backers to the detriment of the people in the Second District.?
Vince Polistina and John Amodeo, the Republican Assembly candidates, said because Whelan was able to raise less than $150,000 from individuals in the Second District, ?it?s an unmistakable sign that he intended from the very outset to rely on his party?s power brokers to buy the Senate seat for him.?
They said Whelan?s voting record in the last two years ?was virtually a unanimous, down the line agreement with his financial benefactors, everything from voting to kill strong ethics laws and campaign finance reforms; weaken a ban on dual office holding; permit corrupt officials to continue to collect a public pension, and allow the practice of pay-to-play in the awarding of government contracts to remain untouched.?
?But, by far his worst act was to align himself with the Camden County Democrats in forcing a budget stalemate that shut down the casino industry and threw 45,000 people out of work,? the three Republicans said. ?The power brokers got their money?s worth from Whelan, while the hardworking men and women in the casino industry lost $9 million worth of paychecks and tips because of it.?
McCullough said the bulk of the Whelan campaign cash comes from individuals associated closely with Camden County boss George Norcross and ?despite Whelan?s assertions that he?s an independent person, Norcross? history reveals that he expects a return on his investment. And, his investment in Whelan is considerable.?
?Whelan in the Senate will stick closely to the party line laid down by Norcross and the Camden County Democrats, just as he?s done in his two years in the Assembly,? McCullough said. ?When the choice is between what benefits the people of Atlantic County and what benefits the Democrats of Camden County, it doesn?t take a genius to figure out what Whelan?s decision will be.?


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Young middle school students from south-east Lancaster will be exploring the city like never before this upcoming October 25th. The tour, Public Art Walk, Be Public Art! will provide students with more knowledge and insight into the public art surrounding the community. In line with Lancaster Public Art's mission for community engagement, the tour will be conducted by older students who will provide information about the art alongside facilitating discussions about the work. Notable stops along the tour include the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Ewell Gantz Mural, and some more! The goal is for students to take ownership of the public art in the community and hopefully foster a love of art in some if not all of the students.
The tour will run Wednesday, October 25th starting at 5:30 and will be approximately an hour and a half. The journey begins and ends at the Lancaster City Visitor Center. Bring a red shirt and join us on our excursion around the city!


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Monday, 5 January 2015
Here we go 2015. The start of the working New Year is always a bit of an adventure. Started me thinking, Like many people in January 2000 I was starting the new millennium with great hopes for the future. I was working on a new musical Steel Town that would be staged that year. Also I was joining Teesside University to manage a project working with 7 steel communities in Tees Valley. I was to do this for 18 months but little was I to know that this would lead to me moving to Teesside the day of the final show of Steel Town and that I would spend the next 15 years (so far) in academia.
I recently rediscovered a VHS of the launch of the TVCO project and digitised it.
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Crawfish season is upon us. And that's not all: rodeo and a highly anticipated baseball season are too. What do all these have in common? Who has time to make the food when entertaining this season?
For 44 years, the Mandola family has made authentic Cajun food their business. Sit back for a little history: In 1974, a newly graduated Ragin' Cajun (Luke Sr.), along with Frankie B. Mandola and Ray Hay, christened a small po-boy only restaurant Ray Hay's Cajun Po-Boys, serving up to homesick Cajuns recently relocated to Houston. Just a few years in, the trio were the first to serve fresh Louisiana boiled crawfish with their crawfish boils in the parking lot. Luke Sr. is quoted as saying the restaurant was "a hit from the time the doors opened." About five years later, Luke B. Mandola Sr. partnered with Frank Messina to buy out his partners and renamed the joint Ragin' Cajun after Luke Sr.'s alma mater. Today, Luke Sr. is still a presence at the same red and white restaurant off Richmond Ave., but alongside is his son Dominic who passionately carries out the family tradition brought to Houstonians.
Why do we share all this? Because we LOVE LOCAL stories like these and don't you want to know where your crawfish are coming from?! Back to that… We asked the team at Ragin' Cajun a few crawfish questions that were burning in our minds.
When does crawfish season start?
Middle of February and goes through May, however Ragin' Cajun has access to live crawfish December through June as well.
Where does the crawfish come from?
Ragin' Cajun crawfish come from the rice fields of Southwest Louisiana. Farm-raised crawfish are premium quality throughout the season. They live in a man-made controlled environment. They are part of the agricultural cycle of Louisiana. Before they were a crop, they were a pest! When it became socially acceptable to eat crawfish in Louisiana, they then became a Louisianan agricultural commodity. A farm owned by some good family friends of the Mandola family have been providing Ragin' Cajun with this delicacy for about 38 years. The crawfish come to Ragin' Cajun fresh water deveined.
What's Ragin' Cajun's boiling method?
With all the varieties of boiling methods out there today, Ragin' Cajun chooses to stick with tradition. Therefore, Ragin' Cajun boil is a traditional Louisiana boil. The boil consists of black pepper, cayenne pepper, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, lemon juice and Zatarain's crab boil. Ragin' Cajun boils only live crawfish, in seasoned water, never sprinkling on top.
How many pounds of live crawfish does Ragin' Cajun typically boil during the peak of the season?
15,000 lbs.
How many off-site boils do you do during season?
Anywhere from 5/6 a week.
Ragin' Cajun has all the equipment to set up shop for your customized Louisiana Crawfish boil at your home or business. Ragin' Cajun can make your party as simple or as extravagant as you want it to be. Pricing starts $16 per person and increases as you choose options for your event. Options available are DJ's, Zydeco bands, valet parking and florists. Ragin' Catering offers a wide variety of cuisine, Texas BBQ, Mexican favorites and Italian.
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Health benefit – the humble cayenne pepper
Although inherently hot and intolerable even in small amounts, cayennes are one of the health-benefiting spice items concentrated with minerals, vitamins and certain phyto-nutrients.
It is no wonder this wonderful spice has been found a place in modern as well as in traditional medicines for its disease preventing and health promoting properties.
Cayenne contains health benefiting an alkaloid compound capsaicin, which gives strong spicy pungent character.
Early laboratory studies on experimental mammals suggest that capsaicin has anti-bacterial, anti-carcinogenic, analgesic and anti-diabetic properties. When used judiciously it also found to reduce triglycerides and LDL cholesterol levels in obese individuals.
Fresh cayenne peppers, red or green, are rich source of vitamin-C. 100 g fresh chilies provide about 76.4 mg or about 127% of RDA. Vitamin-C is a potent water soluble antioxidant. It is required for the collagen synthesis in the body.
Collagen is the main structural protein in the body required for maintaining the integrity of blood vessels, skin, organs, and bones.
Regular consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps the body protect from scurvy; develop resistance against infectious agents (boosts immunity) and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the body.
Cayenne chili peppers are perhaps the richest source of vitamin A among spice.
Just 100 g of cayenne has 41,610 IU or astoundingly 1387% of vitamin A. In addition, this prized spice is also home for anti-oxidant flavonoids such as carotenes, lutein, zea xanthin and cryptoxanthin.
Together, these antioxidants in capsicum help to protect the body from injurious effects of free radicals generated during stress, and disease conditions.
The spice contains very high levels of essential minerals.
The spice if even consumed in small quantities regularly would provide sufficient levels of iron, copper, zinc, potassium, manganese, magnesium and selenium.
Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Selenium is an anti-oxidant trace element required by the human body for smooth heart and liver functions.
100 g of cayenne peppers provides 2014 mg or 47% of a daily-required amount of potassium. Potassium is an important electrolyte in the cells and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure. It thus counters the bad effects of sodium.
Cayenne peppers are also good in B-complex group of vitamins such as niacin, pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), riboflavin and thiamin (vitamin B-1). These vitamins are essential in the sense that body requires them from external sources to replenish. B-complex vitamins facilitate cellular metabolism through various enzymatic functions.
Cayenne peppers have amazingly very high levels of vitamins and minerals. Just 100 g provides (in % of Recommended daily allowance):
127% of vitamin-C (Ascorbic acid),
39% of vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine),
54% of niacin,
71% of riboflavin,
1387% of vitamin A,
97.5% of iron,
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The Pulse - Volume XXIV, Number 1 - October 1923 (Washington High School - Cedar Rapids Iowa)
Thompson, William; Kohl, Cecilia; Murfree, William; et al.
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Place Published: Cedar Rapids, IA
Publisher: Washington High School
Date Published: 1923
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
Book Id: 030960
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- With two of the top offenses in baseball, the Rockies and Diamondbacks square off in an unpredictable NL Wild Card Game.
For the Diamondbacks and Rockies, the NL wild-card game is the end of a long drought. Arizona hasn't been to the postseason since it won the NL West in 2011 and fell to the Brewers in the Division Series. It's been even longer since we saw Colorado play into October: The Rockies' last playoff appearance came as the wild card in 2009, when they lost to the Phillies in the first round. After several years wandering in the desert, both teams have finally returned to the promised land, but only one of these division rivals will move on to face the Dodgers in the NLDS. And while this matchup isn't a lopsided one on paper—Arizona took the season series, 11–8—it still favors the D-Backs.
Starting Pitching
Wednesday night's pitching matchup at Chase Field in Phoenix pits former NL Cy Young Zack Greinke and former first-round pick Jon Gray against each other. There's no questioning Greinke's credentials or pedigree (he's made nine career postseason starts), but while Gray is a newcomer to the pressures of the playoffs, he's no pushover.
Let's start with Greinke, who looked like his old self this year after a brutal introduction to Arizona. The 33-year-old righty finished the year with a 3.20 ERA in 202 1/3 innings and a team-high 6.3 Wins Above Replacement, good for eighth in the NL. Greinke's strikeout, walk and home-run rates all improved after taking big hits in his first season with the Diamondbacks, and his strikeout percentage of 26.8 was his highest since 2011. It's enough to make even one of the game's more idiosyncratic players want to celebrate.
It's not hard to see where Greinke's 2017 success came from: He gave up less contact and got more swings and misses. Most of those whiffs came on Greinke's breaking and offspeed stuff, with his slider as his two-strike finisher against both lefties and righties. But he's not the kind of pitcher to blow you away, averaging just 91 mph with his four-seamer, and batters didn't have a terribly hard time squaring it up, hitting .292 with a .495 slugging percentage against it.
The big thing to watch for with Greinke will be the long ball. Even in this bounce-back year, he still gave up 25 dingers, and Chase Field is one of the most homer-happy parks in baseball (even moreso than Coors Field), though Greinke pitched better at home than away. And no team hit more homers off Greinke this year than the Rockies, who tagged him for six in 34 1/3 innings, though three of those came in one game in late April.
Opposite Greinke will be Gray, a pup at 25 with just 319 career innings to his name. Limited to 20 starts this season by a stress fracture in his left foot, Gray enters into the wild-card game on a roll, with a 2.44 ERA and 66 strikeouts over 66 1/3 innings since the beginning of August. Boasting a power fastball (he averages 96 mph with his four-seamer) and a wipeout slider, what Gray lacks in experience he makes up for in pure, raw stuff.
The question with Gray will be whether he can be efficient. The righty has gotten past the sixth inning only four times in 20 turns and is averaging 5.5 innings per start, and while this new era of playoff baseball doesn't ask for starters to churn out complete games, the Rockies' shaky middle relief options make it that much more important for Gray to get those crucial sixth- and seventh-inning outs, if possible.
Unsurprisingly for two teams that call Chase Field and Coors Field home, both lineups can hit. Both Arizona and Colorado were top 10 in on-base percentage and weighted on-base average, though the Rockies didn't get in on this year's home run bonanza, finishing 21st in the league with 192 total—104 of which came from three players.
The thump in Arizona's lineup is concentrated in the middle, with the trio of Paul Goldschmidt, Jake Lamb and J.D. Martinez ready to give Gray chest pains. Goldschmidt is the perpetual MVP candidate and steady as a metronome. His 140 OPS+ this year was better than all but 22 other qualified hitters, but was his fourth-lowest mark in that category since 2013. The 26-year-old Lamb, meanwhile, proved last year's breakout was no fluke, clubbing 30 home runs and notably improving his plate discipline and contact rates.
Then there's Martinez, who came over from the Tigers at the trade deadline and promptly laid waste to the Senior Circuit. In 62 games with Arizona, the 30-year-old rightfielder hit an astonishing .302/.366/.741 with 29 home runs, including the first four-homer game in Diamondbacks franchise history. There's on fire, and then there's whatever Martinez is—a star going supernova, maybe.
Around those three, though, there hasn't been much else for the Diamondbacks to crow about. The fourth-most productive player in the regular lineup has been veteran catcher Chris Iannetta. Centerfielder A.J. Pollock and leftfielder David Peralta struggled through inconsistent years, and the middle infield combo of Ketel Marte and Brandon Drury is a glove-first pairing. Goldschmidt, Lamb and Martinez are going to have to do the heavy lifting against Gray.
Likewise, the Rockies' hopes rest on Charlie Blackmon and Nolan Arenado. The two are the thunder and lightning in Colorado's lineup—Blackmon atop it, hitting .331/.399/.601 with 37 home runs, and Arenado in the middle, with a .309/.373/.586 line and 37 homers of his own. But the Rockies had a hard time complementing that awesome duo, aside from July addition Jonathan Lucroy, who hit .310/.429/.437 after coming over from Texas.
Carlos Gonzalez fought through one of the worst years of his career, posting an 87 OPS+ and 14 homers despite avoiding his perennial injury issues. Trevor Story wasn't able to build on his sterling yet short rookie campaign; his 24 homers can't mask a .308 OBP or team-high 191 strikeouts. Veteran first baseman Mark Reynolds reached the 30-homer plateau for the first time since 2011 but didn't offer much else, as his 105 OPS+ suggests, and DJ LeMahieu's .310 batting average failed to cover up a puny .409 slugging percentage.
Then there's the matter of how those bats will fare away from Coors Field. Every Rockies hitter had dramatic home/road splits in 2017: Arenado's OPS fell nearly 200 points outside of Coors; Blackmon's plunged by almost 500 points, from a superhuman 1.239 to a more pedestrian .784; Reynolds went from MVP caliber (.978) to replacement level (.703). Chase Field is still plenty friendly to offense, but leaving the confines of Blake Street puts a serious damper on the Rockies' offense.
This is where Arizona may have the biggest advantage, thanks to the presence of Archie Bradley in the middle and late innings. The 25-year-old righty has followed the Andrew Miller path to Postseason Relief Superiority to a tee: a former top prospect, he struggled as a starter, was converted to the bullpen and immediately flourished, striking out 79 and posting a 1.73 ERA over 73 innings. Most important, though, was Bradley's ability to pitch multiple innings. Manager Torey Lovullo used Bradley mostly as a setup man and fill-in closer as the season went on, but he recorded three or more outs in 20 of his 63 appearances. He should be the first man out of the bullpen, no matter when Greinke leaves.
Aside from Bradley, the Diamondbacks' relief corps is solid if unspectacular. Closing duties belong to Fernando Rodney, who will either breeze through the ninth inning or lob a live grenade onto the mound. The veteran's monthly splits are an exercise in baseball schizophrenia: His 12.60 ERA in April gave way to 18 2/3 scoreless frames across May and June, followed by a 4.05 ERA and 12 walks over his final 26 2/3 innings. Your guess is as good as anyone else's as to which version of Rodney shows up in the ninth if Arizona has a lead.
Should Lovullo need more setup help beyond Bradley, the best bets are righties David Hernandez and J.J. Hoover and lefty Andrew Chafin. Hernandez came over late in July from the Angels and was no great shakes (a 4.82 ERA in 18 innings), though Lovullo seems to trust him anyway. Hoover struck out 54 in 41 1/3 innings but also walked 26. Chafin is the situational lefty whose only job will be to face Blackmon, should things come to that.
As for the Rockies, they made arguably the savviest bullpen addition of the offseason in Greg Holland, who was snagged for a mere $6 million (plus a player option) and went on to save 41 games with 70 strikeouts in 57 1/3 innings. That line, though, hides a brutal second half, in which he was tagged for a 6.38 ERA and saw his velocity drop nearly a mile per hour. Holland was better in September, giving up three runs in 9 2/3 innings and striking out 12, but he's not nearly as automatic as he was before the All-Star break.
Complementing Holland will be Jake McGee as the team's top southpaw and soft-tossing veteran (and Greinke hater) Pat Neshek from the right side. McGee found his fastball once again after a rough 2016 in Colorado, pumping in his four-seamer at 94.9 mph on average and upping his strikeout rate by two batters per nine. Interestingly enough, he has reverse splits both on his career and this season. Neshek is the virtual opposite of McGee, slinging his cheese at just over 90 mph from a herky-jerky sidearm motion. He thrives on deception, with his unusual delivery making his fastball play up and giving his slider extra bite.
The biggest issue for the Rockies, relief-wise, is that no one in their bullpen is a good bet to provide length should Gray leave early, ala Bradley for Arizona. Six innings out of Gray is practically a must; Colorado won't want to go anywhere near the likes of Scott Oberg or Adam Ottavino in a must-win game.
The Rockies are only slight underdogs, but their path to success is a little harder to see than Arizona's, particularly with the Diamondbacks' advantages in relief and in getting to host the game (they went 52–29 at Chase Field, a .642 winning percentage, as opposed to 41–40 on the road). The bet here is that the Diamondbacks will move on to face the Dodgers in another NL West showdown.


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Chance Foss jumps to make a connecting pass and finds himself up-ended by Staunton's Kane Kreger. The pass was completed for the Shells.
ROXANA — The Roxana Shells defeated the Staunton Bulldogs Friday night 34-18, improving to 6-2 while the Bulldogs fell to 2-6 with one game remaining in the season.
"We started off the game pretty good," Roxana senior Seth Chester said. "We were almost at the start of the game, they score first but we were able to get one in the end zone before the end of the quarter to even it up. The big thing is we were able to stop their run game, they were only able to score on us with passing."
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Staunton answered back with 2:02 left in the first half when senior Jonathon Allison caught a 34-yard pass to help the Bulldogs regain some momentum going into half time with a score of 14-12 in favor of the Shells.
The third quarter would prove to be owned by the Shells. Vandiver set the tone for the second half by getting ahead of the Bulldogs defense to receive a 19-yard TD pass. After a successful 2-point conversion by Chester the Shells were up 24-12 over Staunton.
The fourth quarter was led by Reardon for the Shells who put up two touchdowns, a 29-yard score with 4:44 on the clock and again with 2:04 remaining in the game with a 16-yard run.
Both the 2-point conversion and the extra point were no good for the Shells.
Staunton scored the final points of the game when senior Kane Kregor caught a 32-yard pass with 1:19 left in the game. The extra point attempt was no good for Staunton.
"We ran the ball really well tonight," Roxana quarterback Chance Foss said. "We found some things we still need to work on. Our defense did good, they were able to get the ball back for us a couple times tonight. We're ready to look forward to next week, it's our Senior Night, but we know that Southwestern won't come in and lay down for us. We want to get a win for our seniors next week."
Staunton head coach Kevin Krausz was not surprised by the Shells' performance against his Bulldogs.
"Roxana is a really good, tough and physical team," said Krausz. "We didn't get our normal practice time in this week due to the weather. I'm pleased with our receivers, they were able to get the job done for us. Driving through Roxana, you get a vibe that this is hard-working, blue collar type environment which instills a strong work ethic, a disciplined team. You can see those things in how they play."
The Shells will face the Southwestern Piasa Birds next week in the final game of the regular season.
For the Shells, Reardon had 14 carries for 85 yards while Seth Chester carried 7 times for 38 yards. Foss was 4 of 9 with 86 yards through the air.
For the Bulldogs, Kreger had 125 yards receiving while junior Tyler Newton had 22 yards rushing. Quarterback Blaine Ray was 18 for 26 passing with 284 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.


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What sin would drive a hardened tyrant to seek absolution? It involves flowers…or rather, the lack of them…
I am Father Claudius. I am a simple man. I lead a plain life. Some would call it narrow, perhaps, and it is true I have seen very little of the galaxy and its ways. It is a good life, though, and my heart is at peace as I look forward to the time drawing ever closer when I will sleep with the Fathers who were before me. I have an eye on a successor already-a good lad, sincere and dedicated, though a little overzealous for the rules and a little lacking in compassion. He reminds me a good deal of myself at his age. Ah, well, years softened me, and they will soften him soon enough.
I remember the first such experience that shook my youthful perceptions of life. (Forgive an old man for rambling into a tale; it happens too often, of late). I had just completed my novitiate and was terribly proud of myself. My new duties, though quiet enough, seemed adventurous and exciting. Confession-now there was an interesting task. I am ashamed to admit I found it a little too interesting at times. Father Lucius realized this fault in me, I am sure, but he must have known I would grow to appreciate the gravity of my responsibility with time. I do now, of course. The act of confession is a deeply cleansing, and sometimes healing, experience. To listen quietly, without judging, without ever speaking of what he hears, is one of the greatest services a man can perform for his brother.
But I wander. I was not Confessor long before the most singular man to ever cross our gates knelt before my booth one cold, bitter winter day. From whence he came I did not know, but from the strangeness of his accent and dress, it was far. I puzzle still over how he even found us, for our unpretentious walls are nestled high on a mountain far from the great centers of civilization. Yet here he was and he desired to confess.
I was more than a little curious and had trouble smoothing my voice into the correct tones of solemnity. The man did not look up but I remember the curious smile that tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"What sins have you committed?" I asked of him. His smile widened.
"You'd be here all day, Father. I just wish to speak of one, the only one I regret. It weighs on me."
"Ah...I see," I said, taken aback. "Well, proceed, my son."
His shoulders shuddered slightly, and then he told me this story, in a voice so soft I was forced to lean forward the entire time. He spoke softly, yes, and evenly, never succumbing to emotion as so many do. And yet it was perhaps the saddest tale I ever heard.
"When I was nine years old I forgot the meaning of goodness. Children's abstract concepts are heavily rooted in the concrete and all that embodied goodness in my life was taken from me before my understanding could stand alone. There were compensations later for that small gap in my knowledge. I learned truth. I became familiar with the finest nuances of power. Nevertheless, I always felt the loss of that simple word in circumstances where simplicity was nearly forgotten, too. By the time I was your age I despaired of ever learning it again, all the more so because no living creature at that time would have dreamed I ever knew it at all. Then I met her."
He smiled again, but I marked it as a gentle smile now, full of memories.
"She was my match-or better-in mind, strength, and soul. At first I saw her as a challenge, something to be dominated like everything else. She wasted no time in correcting that notion, and in the process, me. To an extent, at any rate," he amended. "By then there were parts of me altered beyond restoration. But she taught me what goodness was. Goodness was passion, and beauty, and quiet friendship, and cold strength tempered by the fire of powerful love. In many ways I was a still a child. From then on my understanding of goodness was irrevocably bound up in her-was her.
"When we married, it was a political alliance orchestrated by others, but to us the reason was irrelevant. We completed, needed, wanted each other. And it was all thanks to her. I asked her so often in those days if there was anything she desired. I would have given her the stars if she asked for them. We both knew they were in my power to give. She never answered, though, only smiled and told to me that someday she'd ask for a gift-but today was not that day. I satisfied myself with that promise and with her love. For a little while we were very happy." He raised his eyes and I smiled involuntarily at the dreamy happiness in them. For several minutes he was silent-remembering, I suppose. Then a shadow passed over his face, and it seemed to me that the room grew colder.
"One day everything changed. A mentor of mine, he...well, let's just say he died, and leave it at that. It was a timely death, but I could no longer be the person I once was. There was so much to be done that required me to be strong. So many battles to win. So much rebuilding. Any weakness left in me was finally ground away, except for the place in my heart that was hers.
"Time passed, and slowly, we grew apart. I still loved her, but it was more a knowledge instead of the old wild devotion. We had very little time together now, and even less after she got sick. It was a dormant illness, and lay in her body for a long, long time, the signs barely noticeable. I didn't know-I didn't know-that it was just taking its time. In my arrogance I assumed she would always be there for me. So I forged on in the path I had chosen, and life eventually resumed some normality, though it was drastically different than before.
"The changes went deeper than my new duties and powers. I...I no longer felt joy. I was changed. Circumstances and my own choices changed me. But I felt satisfaction... most of the time. There were moments when I'd remember the way it used to be...or could have been...and the emptiness of those moments should have warned me. But if it did, I paid the warning no heed."
He paused for a long breath, seemingly exhausted by the telling. When he continued, he spoke quickly, as if desiring to be rid of the words.
"Then one spring morning she came to me. It must have been a lovely day, but I didn't notice such things then. I was consumed, as usual, with my affairs. I didn't notice the morning and I didn't notice how dull my wife's shining green eyes had grown. I didn't hear how tired her voice was. I didn't notice her hair...her beautiful hair..."
He made a noise in the back of his throat, almost like a sob, and didn't finish the sentence.
"I only remember my irritation. She told me she wanted something. The look in her eyes should have made me remember. But I had forgotten many things and only waited impatiently. So she asked me..." His voice sank to an even softer level, "she asked me for a flower."
I blinked, surprised.
"A simple flower," he continued. "Because no flowers grew on this city-world, she said. She wanted a real flower that grew in the ground, the most beautiful one I could find. I couldn't leave, I thought, not then, not for a woman's whim. I ordered an extravagant array of hothouse roses sent up to her rooms and put the matter from my mind. She returned, though, and asked me again. It was such a strange request coming from her...my wife was different, now, too.
"But she kept coming, and then sent messages when she was too weak to rise from her bed. No matter how fragrant or elaborate the plants I sent, still she returned them with another plea for a real flower in a vase for her bedside. Somehow, I never had time. Then one day, no message came. She died, Father. She died before I could give her the only gift she ever asked for. She died and took all my goodness with her."
A single tear slipped down his scarred cheek.
"I buried her in a field of wildflowers."
He lifted his head.
People cannot see through the narrow slots of the booth. But I will swear until I die that this man looked into my soul and pierced my most secret thought with those unblinking eyes. I...saw things, in that moment. Or perhaps it was an eternity. I saw a child, straight, shining, true. I watched with terrible pain as a hand of darkness twisted the child into something else, tore the brightness from him, and crushed his dreams with an invisible fist. I wept as he wilted, unable to stand. I trembled with rage as it fed upon him and grew and spread for a lifetime of suffering and pain. The darkness was old and tired now. I saw this, and I grieved, for though he could leave it with me, there was not much of the boy himself remaining. Most of him lay elsewhere...
...In a meadow, wide as the eye could see...an ocean of color, rippling in a gentle breeze...a wash of golden summer sunshine...and flowers, flowers everywhere.
"Am I absolved, good Father?" he whispered. I nodded mutely, my heart too full to make the proper reply. He must have seen me, because a look of inexpressible peace crossed his worn face, and he left the room with shoulders straighter than when he entered.
An acolyte found his body the next morning, at the bottom of a ravine. He had no name on him, so we buried him in our graveyard, with an unmarked stone to mark the spot. There was no ceremony of any sort. What would one say?
I am a simple man and a little overawed by the great and important folk who began to arrive when they discovered that the deposed Emperor lies here. Some come to bless, some to revile, and many simply to pay their respects to a man who wielded great power. None give any mind to me. Nevertheless, I stand up to those grand beings from far away who wish to erect fancy monuments over Luke Skywalker's grave. The monuments themselves I have no objection to. They're very nice, I suppose.
But they would cover the flowers, the flowers no one planted and never go away, the flowers no one has ever seen before in this land. They are small, and red as fire, and they cover the stony ground over him like a velvet carpet.
I am growing old and tend to be forgetful. I can't always answer the gardener when he wants to know why that particular grave must never be weeded. He abides by my wishes, but he'll outlive me. That is why I record this, though my gnarled fingers can scarcely grip the quill. One of these days I will give it to the lad.
Let the flowers alone, my son. Let them alone.
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Mass production of Huawei's next-generation Hisilicon Kirin 970 chip was earlier revealed to commence in September ahead of the Mate 10's launch before the end of the year. A new report has now emanated from Taiwan that the mass production of the flagship Kirin 970 Systems-on-Chip has started.
The Kirin 970 SoC will be used on the Mate 10 rumoured to launch in October with a large display, powerful dual cameras and of course, with the firepower Kirin 970 will have to offer. Despite its launch still a couple of months away, there are reports that the Mate 10 is being searched for by those interested in the flagship countless numbers of times on online retail website Day Cat, apparently in a bid to find out the latest news about the flagship. That shows the level of interest the device commands even when it is yet to launch.
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Earlier rumours had tipped the Kirin 970 to pack an octa-core CPU comprised of four ARM Cortex-A73 cores, and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores. There are talks of higher Cortex-A75 cores onboard the SoC. The next-gen flagship chipset is also revealed to have a maximum clock frequency of between 2.8GHz – 3.0GHz. In addition, the Kirin 970 will be equipped with Cat. 12 LTE baseband and would come as Huawei's first chip to use the 10nm process. Also, the chip will come as the world's first chip with artificial intelligence, according to Huawei. Apart from the Mate 10, the chip will also be used on Huawei's flagship models for next year until we get to see another model in the Mate series.


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Séminaire Vision artificielle / Équipe Willow
|People Tracking with a Multi-Camera Setup
François Fleuret (EPFL, Suisse)
11 janvier 2006
In this talk, I will show that in a multi-camera context, we can
effectively track and estimate the locations of an a priori unknown
number of individuals with good accuracy, despite complex occlusions.
Our algorithm initially estimates for each isolated frame a conditional probability of occupancy for every location on the ground plane, given binary images produced by a simple background subtraction procedure. We show that a simple Bayesian formulation leads to a large system of equations whose variables are the conditional marginal probabilities of occupancy at each location. This system can be solved iteratively at a reasonable speed (10 frames per second with two cameras and a 25cm accuracy). Despite the absence of temporal consistency and the poor quality of the input data, this procedure by itself provides accurate detection of individuals on isolated frames.
The results can be improved by combining these estimates obtained on a few tens of isolated frames into a classical HMM, taking into account both the color consistency and a simple motion model.
We demonstrate the quality of our results on several sequences. The full algorithm performs reliably on these test sequences, with no false negative or false positive, and an error of less than 30cm for more than 90% of the predicted locations.
If there is time left after this main subject, I will briefly introduce a more prospective topic: learning the appearance of an object from a single example. Instead of using a large number of pictures of the object to recognize, we use a labeled reference database of pictures of other objects to learn high-level invariance. We propose to build hundreds of random binary splits of the training set, chosen to keep together the images of any given object, and to combine those splits with a Bayesian rule into a posterior probability of similarity.
Joint work with J. Berclaz, R. Lengagne and P. Fua.
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Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
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The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (Turkish: Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakfı, TESEV), based in Istanbul, is Turkey's leading think tank. The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) is an independent non-governmental think-tank, analyzing social, political and economic policy issues facing Turkey. Based in Istanbul, TESEV was founded in 1994 to serve as a bridge between academic research and policy-making process in Turkey. By opening new channels for policy-oriented dialogue and research, TESEV aims to promote the role of civil society in the democratic process and seeks to share its research findings with the widest possible audience. In order to do so, TESEV organizes regular seminars and conferences, bringing together specialists and policymakers from Turkey and abroad to discuss issues of current concern. It releases project reports, books, pamphlets, policy watch briefings and seminar proceedings aimed at general readership.
TESEV focuses on the most urgent and important policy questions facing Turkey and its neighbourhood in the new century. Program areas are grouped under three headings: Democratization, Foreign Policy and Good Governance.
Some of the most remarkable of TESEV's work have been on the issues of Islam and democracy, combating corruption, state reform, and transparency and accountability. Among the ongoing project areas are security sector reform, minorities and citizenship rights, transparency and strengthening civil society as well as Cyprus, Middle East and North Africa, and Turkey and European Union relations.
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- Arin, Kubilay Yado Turkish Think Tanks, the AKP's Policy Network from Neo-Gramscian and Neo-Ottoman Angles. Portland State University, Center for Turkish Studies, Occasional Paper Series, June 2015. https://www.academia.edu/13111339/Turkish_Think_Tanks_the_AKP_s_Policy_Network_from_Neo-Gramscian_and_Neo-Ottoman_Angles


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April 23 – Is The Bible Really Infallible and Inspired By God?
Do I really believe the Bible to be the infallible and inspired Word of God? Do I really believe it to be accurate in its fullest? Do I really believe it is the only source for my faith and my life today? Do I believe the Holy Spirit has revealed the mind of God in words of God's own choosing in the scriptures; and that the scriptures, therefore, are the inspired revelation of the will of God and the duty of man? Am I willing to accept the Bible as a perfect, complete, absolute and final guide in the realm of spiritual duty and activity? This is the inevitable conclusion, and my obligation, if I believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God.
So then, I must conclude:
1) Either the Bible is a complete and perfect guide in my Christianity, or…
2) It is insufficient and incapable of fully directing me to please God in my walk, and to gain eternal salvation.
God's people, throughout the Old Testament, were often unfaithful. On one occasion, when God's offer of mercy and grace had been rejected by them, God through His prophet, in Hosea 8:12, said this:
Hosea 8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
The wrong attitude toward God's Word is a tragic mistake. Jesus emphasized this in The Parable of the Sower. The seed of the kingdom is the word. The soil is the human heart into which the word falls. All of the seed that fell into the wrong kind of hearts was lost. None of it produced any fruit. But all of the seed that fell into hearts with the right attitude brought forth fruit (Matthew 13:1-23). Hebrews 4:2 tells us:
"For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it."
The Word revealed does not always profit them that hear it because it is not mixed with faith. Jesus promised (to the apostles) the guiding power of the Holy Spirit to reveal the Gospel to others. He further promised that the Spirit would guide them into all truth (John 16:13).
In this same context, Paul declared in 1 Cor. 2:12:
"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God."
I can have confidence in the fact that what the Apostles received was the Truth. The Holy Spirit, after concluding His work through the apostles, has revealed the mind of God (His message to me), and the duty of man (what I must do to please Him). If I cannot believe what is written, then I can make-up whatever I want regarding my salvation. But the truth is, salvation has been revealed, not in my think-sos, but within the Holy Scriptures. Either this is true, or the Holy Spirit did not do for the apostles and through the apostles what Christ promised them!
I will spend the next few days considering my faith regarding the Bible. Stay tuned!


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THE DELETE BUTTON: A More Excellent Way, pt. 10
Ephesians 5:1 instructs us to imitate our heavenly Father like dearly loved children. And one of the things we are to imitate is His use of what we are calling the "Delete Button" in this teaching. If you want to walk in strong faith, and if you want to experience inner healing, this principle is a must to master.


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Can't beat a father daughter farm team. These two made the jump from corporate life to full-time farmers in 2011, and we've been meaning to pay them a visit. We'll set our table on this beautiful, rustic farm and Chef Andrea will be there to bring the land to life. Andrea is no stranger to the farm life; she's a master gardener and a master chef. At Harvest Seasonal Kitchen, she cooks modern Texas cuisine, and now she'll cook for all of us.


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Easy Ways to Plan Your Next Remodel Like Pro Interior Design Singapore
No doubt that browsing photos over the internet are a cool part of creating your dream home. But when it comes to remodeling your home, it demands smart planning. Well, project management plays a crucial role and jotting down your plans and then implementing them to get your dream home, will certainly give you the sigh of relief.
We all have fabulous ideas and plan to create something beautiful. But the vital aspect that comes into play is that how effectively you plan your next remodel and that too like a pro.
You would surely want to transform your designs into reality. So, to lend you a hand in this exciting task, here we have outlined the most efficient and easiest ways that will help you in achieving the desired results.
Credit: Hueconcept
What's the plan?
When planning, you have to ponder much. Think what and how you will upgrade. Ask these essential questions to yourself- What will be the circumstances when you work on your mission? What material will you choose? What will be the duration of the project? Do not forget that after getting the new look of your home, you won't have an option to remodel it after one or two years. The reason being, it takes time, money, planning, and much efforts to get the things done.
What you can do here is to scribble your current life phase along with where you wish to be in the decade. That said, you have to think over the current stage of your home and plan how would you like to see it in the next five to ten years. This sneaky tactic will help in clearing your mind, and you will be prepared to begin the task of remodeling.
Think out of the box
Until and unless you develop your vision, you cannot move forward on this path. You have to wonder about the final product. Here the vital thing that comes into highlight is to break out your social media bug. Well, there are some great home décor trends, which are ruling the world. But, now, it's the time to test your creativity. Gauge your skills and prepare a smart note. Take some moment to think that how you would wish your home to look like. See what the areas you have to consider are and how would you like to shape the interior décor of your home?
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Here comes the role of contractor. Seek the expert who can listen to you carefully and can implement your innovative ideas into action. Moreover, the professional will guide you on different ways of achieving your dream home. The only thing you have to do here is to look for some proficient contractors and go through their portfolios.
Know Thyself
This is the most crucial aspect of remodeling. You have to see how tolerant you are with the chaos. You might be aware that packing up the room and living through the remodel is certainly a daunting task. If you have elders at your home who are unable to walk properly and need the help from someone frequently, then you have to think over it. You have to contemplate that how you will manage and how you will provide them the level of comfort they demand.
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When it comes to the children, you have to ponder much as the munchkins like to oscillate and will get irritated when fixed in one place. You would not want to restrict your kids, so it would be great if you think of some ways let your children continue their activity. Make sure you consider everyone at your home before launching the project.
Break into subsections
Now what you have to do is to make a list and break it into subsections. Start from your patio, entryway, living room, bedroom, store room, bathroom and then, finally to the backyard. Once you have scribbled down these places, you will be able to identify which areas you have to remodel. Now make another list and jot down your ideas about a particular section of your home. This will help you in implementing your ideas into paper. You will also be able to think about the specifications that you need in a special zone of your home.
Set a budget
So now you are ready for your budget. Next step is to create a budget for your project. Well, you can get ample templates online, but the idea is to make your home a dream home. As now you have the whole plan in hand, so, it's a time to analyze the budget. The tactic you can follow here is to make a separate budget for a separate room. This will help you in identifying which room is demanding more money. You can further cut down the cost of the area by lowering your expectations if you are on a bit tight budget.
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Well, another tactic is to start saving up for a little while longer. By doing so, you will be able to get your dream home without lowering your expectations. Remember the figure you bring out is just the estimate. It will increase accordingly, so you have to be prepared for it.
Make a team
When you are done with the whole essential things, now another step that you have to take wisely is building a team. Although you already have finalized the contractor, going through the above points will let you know whether the one you chose can do your task correctly or not. If not, then seek some other competent contractor and talk about everything in detail. Either way, you go, you have an adroit contractor finally. Well, choosing the best interior design Singapore company will surely augment your ideas.
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You might be planning on the DIY route. Well, if you have a preparation of working with multiple people then you have to gaze over each task. The better approach is to build a team with your buddies as they will take this task as theirs and will strive to do the assigned tasks efficiently. But, here comes the twist, sometimes your dear one does not take it that much serious, which further delays the work. So, the best means is to get the help of professionals as they will be able to do the task perfectly. The reason being, they are experts in this niche and also have years of experience, which makes them professionals.
Create a schedule
By passing over several milestones, you have now a firm ideal for all the things that will play a role in bringing your project to fruition. So, you are now ready to set off for the mission. You just have to determine the date for starting your project. Talk to your contractor and ask him to provide you the estimate of how long this project will take. This will let you keep the number of days on hand so as to get the task done in the right way.
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You might be planning remodeling first time, but fear not. Your contractor will provide you professional advice, which will surely take away all your worries. You can even ask him how remodels like you have to plan; have gone in the past and what should be the order of tasks. Just like if you are thinking to remodel your bathroom, then would it be better to work on plumbing than painting or laying tile first.
Prepare yourself for the unexpected
Let's face the truth, no matter how best you go; you will certainly welcome some unexpected issues. Also, no remodel goes exactly according to the plan. Now, the smart approach you can take here is to assume a few hindrances that will pop up without knocking. Make sure you plan for them, in order to keep your stress levels at bay. Do not forget to aid your schedule and budget for unpredicted expenditures.
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There will certainly be some nooks that you will forget to count, and these nooks will bring some cost to them. So, keep your mind prepared for the unexpected. Just keep in mind that getting a dream home is not a one day task. You have to be patient with the days and should be ready to face all those unexpected events that will arise during the execution. But, do not forget to look for the ways of reducing the cost of remodeling. This will give you enough ideas on how to tackle the situation and how to work on your plan of remodeling.
Preparing for a remodel is no doubt tricky. When you plan it yourself, it appears like different moving parts on different tracks. But, it does not mean you can't do it. All you need is smart planning and smart people. Well, if still, you have qualms then you can count on hiring a professional. No doubt, an expert will take care of everything, and you don't have to bother much as you will be sure that you are in safe hands.


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We are delighted to share our new three-minute animation which helps explain what the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is all about. This new awareness tool was developed through the Creative Ireland programme with Kildare County Council and Wicklow County Council. We would be delighted if this could be shared far and wide, shown at public talks, conferences, and in schools. Feel free to share on social media or with anyone you think might be interested in helping pollinators.
About the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan:
One third of our bee species are threatened with extinction from Ireland. We know it's because we have drastically reduced the areas where they can nest and the amount of food (flowers) our landscape provides for them. We can stand back and watch the problem happen, or we can try to do something. The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is about all of us, from farmers to local authorities, to schools, gardeners and businesses, coming together to try to create an Ireland where pollinators can survive and thrive. The plan provides an important framework to bring together pollinator initiatives from the North and South, and is the start of a process by which we can collectively take positive steps to protect our pollinators and the service they provide into the future. It is a shared plan of action. By working together we can reverse pollinator losses and help restore populations to healthy levels. This Plan aims to build a foundation to bring about a landscape where pollinators can flourish.
We would like to thank Bridget Loughlin, Heritage Officer, Kildare County Council and Deirdre Burns, Heritage Officer, Wicklow County Council, for their support of this project.
Animation & Design: Mark Flood
Audio & Sound Design: John Davis Post-production


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Dean Samuels
Team, Marketing
Where did you go to school?
I studied communications at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
What do you do at RMW?
My role involves marketing and communication support for San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento Studios.
What do you like about the firm?
There is a strong culture of teamwork here. Across disciplines and studios, we enjoy our work and the people we work with.
What do you do outside the firm?
I absolutely love that San Francisco is a few hours drive from the northern coasts, forests, the desert and snow-capped peaks, I try to enjoy them all with family and friends. Movies, live music/local art events and gym activities (swim, cycle, yoga, etc.) usually fill the time when I'm not varying from another great recipe.
What is your favorite building or space?
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub in NY is my new favorite building. I was finally able to visit recently and was awed by the overwhelming feeling of reverence in such a public space. Maybe due to the hundreds of lives lost on 9/11, or maybe just thoughtful design. The main hall felt like a cathedral in which I should have been solemn, almost doleful, while on the another hand like walking within the torso of a giant carcass and admiring the curved steel beams that mimicked perfectly whitewashed bones.


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