text:
~ Chapter Four ~
White Noise
Nobody appeared to be forthcoming with a response that made any sense. What had happened down the ladder on the first floor was some kind of explosion; they had all heard that, the ones that weren't inside the store or on their way out at the time, but beyond that none of the group had offered any kind of explanation as to why it happened. Claire supposed that she should be – and in fact they all should – thankful that they all appeared to be unharmed, mostly. Unharmed physically if nothing else, because she herself was shaken, her heart racing from the upward scramble to the second floor and the shock from the explosion itself. Her whole body was trembling and she hugged her arms around her upper body to try to calm herself.
It was the youngest of the group, Darren, who finally asked, "Did anyone happen to find any ammo back at the shop? I'll try to find a first aid kit to help anyone who might have one to spare. Sayuki? Maria? Beth?" His voice sounded as shaky as she felt and she wondered for a moment what his story was, why he was on the bus and where he'd been going. Casting her eyes around the group she wondered where all of them had come from and what their reasons were for being on that ill fated bus.
She shook the thoughts aside for the time being, pushing her hand inside her pocket to produce a single bullet. She held it out in front of her in her palm.
"I … I found this earlier, and held onto it." And then remembering the cigar box from earlier she added, "I have some painkillers too, just aspirin or something. Found them downstairs, if anyone needs something."
Her legs suddenly felt unsteady and without warning she crumpled to the floor, tucking her legs up close to her body and holding her head in her hands then, allowing herself to be completely emotionally weak and tuning out her surroundings and company for a moment. As selfish as it was, if she didn't just shut down right then, even temporarily, she was afraid that she was going to lose her mind, quite literally.
She squeezed her eyes shut and started humming a lullaby, one that she wasn't consciously aware of ever hearing, but that seemed to naturally come from her memory. Memory of what? The talking of the others nearby was distracting and she hummed louder, closing her hands over her ears. She didn't want to hear or see anything just then. She didn't want to face the reality of the situation she had found herself in. She wasn't sure how long she sat there that way, in her own little world, but apart from the sound of her own humming, she saw and heard nothing in her minds eye aside from the fog and the sound of the creatures that resided in it. Both of which she had a feeling would haunt her forever.
A woman's voice broke through her self-imposed shutdown, and for a second, it sounded so far away, so she took her hands off her ears and inclined her head sideways, listening to see if she would hear it again.
"Claire?" Sure enough, there it was again, and it was coming from the bag on her hip. Her hands trembling, she opened the canvas flap and peered inside, the light on the LCD of her mobile phone was lit up at the bottom of the bag and the voice seemed to be coming from it. She looked around at the others but either nobody else had heard it or they simply didn't care. She waited another half a minute or so to be sure that she wasn't hearing things but sure enough the third time she heard her name coming from that phone – the phone with no service, she reminded herself – she ripped it out of the bag and pressed it to her ear.
"Hello? Who is this?" She whispered, almost as if she was afraid that someone would reply. It was irrational, but so was the phone talking to her to begin with.
No service, Claire. The phone has NO service.
But all she heard in return was static, like the sound a radio makes when it is bumped off it's broadcasting channel, or the television when it was accidentally switched to an untuned channel.
White noise.
She sat there with the phone pressed up to her ear for a minute or two, she wasn't sure how long and then just as it crossed her mind to put the thing back in the bag where it had come from the static gave way for just a moment and the voice came through again.
"You made it, Claire. You came, now you must –"
White noise.
She dropped the phone back into the bag as if the thing were burning hot. Her head was spinning, she could feel the color drain from her face and her mouth went dry all at once. If she hadn't been well enough scared before, she was now. What the hell was going on, and whose was that voice? She was aware then of Harper's presence right beside her and she glanced at him as he stared at her, his brow furrowed with concern. He wasn't the only one. A couple of the others were now staring at her too as if she had grown an extra head. Normally she would have been upset or offended by the way they were looking at her; at least a couple of them talking to each other in hushed tones between themselves about what they had just seen and heard as she stood there talking to the phone with no service but the wave of nausea that washed over her made her unable to focus on anything else. She stumbled to her feet and looked around frantically for a rest room sign and clutched the bag on her hip so tightly her knuckles turned white.
"I think I'm going to be sick…" she managed to mumble to Harper before she rushed forwards along the tiled floor in the direction of the ladies bathroom.
Bent over the toilet bowl, Claire finally stopped retching once her stomach had been emptied, but replacing the nausea now was a pounding headache and she felt dizzy. She leant her forehead on the cold porcelain of the bowl and forced herself to gain some control over her breathing, that would help, wouldn't it? In through the nose, out through the mouth. Slowly, the dizziness subsided, and she moved away from the toilet and sat back, leaning her head against the wall of the stall, still concentrating on her breathing.
The guilt then began to seep in, and embarrassment. What an idiot she must have looked back there, when people were actually hurt, in shock and in need of help, and what had she done? Cracked up, had a meltdown in front of a group full of strangers, all of whom were as scared, confused and in shock as she was no doubt, but none of them had lost the plot. She wanted to smack herself in the forehead with the heel of her hand.
"Idiot!" She mumbled out loud, and then started slowly back to her feet. When she felt steady enough to move, she fished around in her bag, she and retrieved her phone, checking the call log for actual evidence that she'd received a call, but it showed nothing new. The last incoming call had been from a friend back home.
One she'd probably never see again…
She shook her head, cutting that thought off before it could go any further. She was going to get out of this.
Still, she had spoken to someone, and the voice had been familiar, although she couldn't place it. Stuffing the phone back inside her bag, she pushed the door of the stall open and moved back into the bathroom.
It occurred to her suddenly that while she'd been having a mild mental breakdown in here, that she had no idea where everybody had gone, if they'd moved on or if they were still outside where she had left them. But she was hyper aware of how alone she was in that bathroom. It was too quiet. She couldn't hear any movements or voices outside anymore and the only sound that issued from inside the bathroom was her own breathing.
Suddenly, all that Claire wanted was to see another familiar face or heard a familiar voice – one that wasn't coming from the other end of a phone with no service at least. She frowned.
Harper. Admit it sweetheart, you want Harper.
Her head snapped around at the voice, it was her voice again, the woman on the phone. But the bathroom was still empty. Great, first she had started hearing voices on her phone and now she was hearing things in her head too?
"Big picture, Claire. There is a big picture here, and you're not seeing it. The world doesn't revolve around you, at least, not to these people."
"Fuck… "she squeezed her hands to the sides of her head again, "I'm going crazy, I'm actually going crazy."
Laughter then.
"Get a grip, Claire!" the voice was louder now, and more firm. "Look at yourself and get a grip."
She turned towards where she'd manage to pinpoint the voice coming from, the mirror, and what she saw caused her mouth to drop open and the screaming to start. She didn't know whether it was shock or fear or even confusion but in any case, it wasn't her face she was looking at, and once she'd started screaming she couldn't stop.
In her peripheral vision she was aware of someone else now in the bathroom with her and er eyes widened in surprise at the appearance of the man beside her – Harper – and clapped both hands over her mouth, attempting to stifle the noise she now realized she was making. Her surprise at seeing him and having something to distract her from the face in the mirror was quickly replaced with relief.
"Look!" she pointed at the dirty glass on the wall, her outstretched arm trembling,"do you see her?"
Not alone anymore, it's going to be alright, not alone anymore. She repeats the mantra in her head, and looked at him expectantly. He didn't say anything for a moment, and she blinked rapidly before looking at her reflection again. It was just her. Claire. No raven haired stranger with the piercing eyes of green. Just Claire and her mane of red hair a disheveled and unsightly mess, her eyes wide but now confused instead of frightened.
"You saw her right? Harper?"
He didn't respond right away and she wished that a hole would just open up beneath her feet and swallow her whole. He glanced between her and her own reflection in the mirror and then slowly shook his head.
"No. I didn't see a thing, I don't see a thing except you."
She covered her face with both hands and a small muffled sob issued from her and she felt his hand on her arm, gripping firmly but gently. His voice held a slightly softer tone when he spoke again.
"What happened in here? Don't worry, I'll believe you. Whatever it was … or is."
That was all she needed to hear. She trusted him.
Too damn trusting, Claire, that was always your problem.
She shook her head trying to get rid of the voice, her voice again. She was calm now, seconds earlier she'd been screaming hysterically. Back outside in the hall she'd been rocking herself and humming lullabies but now, now she was just too exhausted to do anything but just accept that whatever was happening, she had to play along, because really, what other choice did she have?
"There was a woman in the mirror, but … but it wasn't me. She had black hair, green eyes. And back in the hall, she spoke to me on my phone too. I can still hear her voice, in my head. She won't go away."
He thinks you're crazy, Claire. One hundred percent bat shit crazy.
"I'm not crazy, "she whispered.
She allowed her hands to drop from her face and looked up at him with big eyes still glistening with tears as she brushed her hair back from her face.
"Why were you going to Silent Hill, Harper? You were going to Silent Hill … weren't you?"


text:
Colin Kaepernick's journey from fresh-faced upstart to $126 million sensation to NFL pariah has unfolded without evaluators fundamentally changing what they thought about his skills.
What has changed, acutely, is how evaluators perceive Kaepernick's mindset and prospects for development. Although those perceptions changed long before Kaepernick, a free agent, ever knelt during an anthem in the name of social justice, his controversial protests are obviously a significant part of this multi-variable equation.
My notes from four years of conversations with 21 league insiders form an oral history of a career that is both remarkable and confounding.
December 2013
It has been a year since Kaepernick took the league by storm, helping the 49ers come oh-so-close to winning Super Bowl XLVII. With another postseason approaching, San Francisco improves to 9-4 with a 19-17 victory over the eventual Super Bowl champion Seahawks at Candlestick Park. Kaepernick completes 15 of 29 passes for 175 yards in a defensive battle. In the bigger picture, thoughts begin turning toward the type of deal Kaepernick might command in 2014, relative to what other young quarterbacks might get. The gap between public perception and league perception seems significant.
"When I watch Russell Wilson play, I can adamantly say everyone in the league missed on him, including the Seahawks," a GM from another team says at the time. "He is the guy, and you do whatever to keep him. You watch Colin Kaepernick -- that is the farthest thing from the truth. You like some things, but there is so much inconsistency. Russell Wilson is a great decision-maker, smart, great arm, great touch, can throw with timing and anticipation, and on top of that, he has great lateral quickness. To me, Colin Kaepernick has a bazooka for an arm, but you don't see all-the-time great ball placement. Everything is a 90 mph fastball with him."
Meanwhile, an agent says he wasn't convinced that the 49ers were "all-in" on Kaepernick. There were rumblings that 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, Kaepernick's highest profile defender in public, would prefer a more prototypical quarterback.
"I don't think he's a very good quarterback," a contract negotiator says of Kaepernick. "I think he is an incredible athlete. He won the Green Bay game [2012 playoffs] because he was an athlete. Seattle exposed him. Play zone and give him windows, he can rip it. Play man and get physical with his receivers, he is not Peyton [Manning] dissecting the D. ... There are very smart people in the NFL who coach up defenses. You might get them the first time, but not consistently. I'm not sure what San Francisco does because Harbaugh has shown he can plug in anyone. [Offensive coordinator] Greg Roman has done a great job."
January 2014
Kaepernick's star takes a hit in the NFC Championship Game when Malcolm Smith intercepts his late pass to Michael Crabtree, sealing Seattle's victory. It's the second consecutive season in which San Francisco makes a deep playoff run with Kaepernick behind center. There's no doubt that he has overtaken Robert Griffin III among young dual-threat QBs, but he's still chasing Wilson.
"RG III and Kaepernick are similar from the standpoint of, if you have them as your QB, you get nervous every Sunday, but the things they can do physically are so unique that, as a defense, you cannot scheme them," a former GM says. "Kap is a damn good player. He lost two of three to Seattle when it mattered, but still, the guy is a good player. I'm sitting there watching him run 55 yards on them. They have good defensive players, and they could not tackle him."
May 2014
An informal poll of defensive backs produces harsh feedback on Kaepernick. It turns out that DBs respect quarterbacks who can consistently win with their arms.
"I mean, he is a guy who is OK, but you look at his game, and it's his legs," one safety says. "He has a strong arm -- don't get me wrong -- but I don't know if he can make every throw."
June 2014
The 49ers sign Kaepernick to a six-year, $126 million deal. Kaepernick becomes the first quarterback from the 2011 draft to sign a lucrative extension (San Francisco winds up paying Kaepernick not quite $40 million of that total). Cam Newton and Andy Dalton will sign multiyear extensions down the line.
"I don't think Andy Dalton is near Kaepernick," a GM says. "You don't worry about Andy Dalton when you get ready to play those guys. With Colin, he can beat a defense with his arm. Now, does he read coverages great? No. But if things are clicking for him, he can throw fastballs. He can overpower a defense with his arm, and he's had some great games. You look at New England two years ago, he went up and down the field. Green Bay, one time he beat them throwing, another time he beat them running."
A defensive coordinator praises Kaepernick for finding ways to win in 2013, even when some key players were injured.
"Those kinds of guys who show that type of grit at quarterback, as a defensive coach, that does have a factor to me," the coordinator says. "It is not all based on their stats. Kaepernick, from a throwing sense, I don't know if he will be regarded in the same neighborhood with those [top-tier] guys. He might play to his ceiling and be really good."
"When I watch Russell Wilson play, I can adamantly say everyone in the league missed on him, including the Seahawks. He is the guy, and you do whatever to keep him. You watch Colin Kaepernick -- that is the farthest thing from the truth." An NFL GM (December 2013)
July 3, 2014
Kaepernick ranks 14th among starting quarterbacks in my first annual Quarterback Tiers survey of coaches and evaluators. He is the lowest-rated player in the second of five performance tiers, but the arrow is presumably pointing up. His 2.5 average in a poll of 26 league insiders places Kaepernick between Matthew Stafford and Cam Newton.
"He can affect the game on so many levels," a defensive coordinator says. "He's been to a Super Bowl, been in a championship game. He has kind of revolutionized some stuff. He is a different kind of [second-tier QB] than most of them, more multidimensional."
July 8, 2014
Which young quarterbacks might one day ascend into the top tier? Kaepernick appears with Cam Newton, Russell Wilson and Matthew Stafford in a 2014 Quarterback Tiers postscript. A theme is emerging. Defensive coaches fear what Kaepernick can do to their schemes, while offensive coaches fear the sinking feeling they would have if forced to play from behind with a running quarterback at the controls.
"I don't think [Kaepernick] can throw it well enough [to become top tier]," a coordinator says. "He throws one kind of ball: flat and hard. You miss out on touch throws, arm angles, those kinds of things. But if anybody can get really close, he can, because he is a wonderfully high-character person who has not been changed an ounce by what has happened to him. He is a breath of fresh air as a person -- a better person than player -- and I think that really will go a long way for consistency over time."
A veteran defensive starter who played with Kaepernick concurs during a conversation at training camp. This is by no means a league-consensus view, but the tone regarding Kaepernick has never been as optimistic, before or since.
"I think Kap can be a one," this defensive starter says, referring to the top tier, "but it is going to have to be them taking the training wheels off and allowing him to do what he can do. If they allow Kap to really run the thing, get away from the run a little bit more, I believe he can be a one because he has all the tools, and he scares defensive coordinators to death. Just being back there in the pocket, he can run and beat you for 80, or he can throw it and beat you for 80. He is wired right. He is the hardest worker on that football team -- hands down. I can confirm that. He wants to be one of those great guys. It is a matter of him going out there and doing it."
Dec. 13, 2014
The 49ers are two games into a four-game losing streak in what will be Jim Harbaugh's final season with the team. They will suffer a 17-7 defeat at Seattle the next day. By now, Kaepernick has incurred NFL fines for swearing on the field and wearing headphones to news conferences in violation of a league sponsorship agreement.
"Kaepernick never makes the refined play," a defensive assistant coach says. "He throws the ball only one way. He is a huge limitation. It is fun when you can have him run around, but he cannot beat the zero blitz to win the game."
March 2015
With Robert Griffin III's injuries catching up to him and draft talk focused on how Marcus Mariota might fit in a pro-style offense, an offensive coordinator projects the outlook for Kaepernick, another quarterback known as much for his legs as for his arm.
"There are two things," the coordinator says of run-dependent quarterbacks. "When you pay [the quarterback] and the defense goes to the middle of the pack, are they good enough passers? And then the toll of the hits over time. Those things will determine the longevity of a guy in that offense."
June 2015
Harbaugh is long gone from San Francisco at this point, having departed as part of a 49ers shakeup announced Dec. 29, and the 49ers' roster has deteriorated markedly. A veteran coach with ties to the former staff saw disconcerting changes to Kaepernick in 2014.
"Kap went off the reservation last year, fundamentally," this coach says. "He got a little bit diva delusional and forgot what got him there. Harbaugh was an enabler for him. That was his guy. That was a tough situation."
"Kaepernick never makes the refined play. ... It is fun when you can have him run around, but he cannot beat the zero blitz to win the game." A defensive assistant coach (December 2014)
July 2015
The 2015 Quarterback Tiers survey featuring input from 35 league insiders has Kaepernick ranked 18th, four spots lower than the year before. Coaches and evaluators agree that Kaepernick has never shown an ability to beat opponents from the pocket, which is a big concern.
"This [past] year, Harbaugh allowed Kaepernick to get exposed a little by trying to have him be the centerpiece of the offense instead of what he does naturally: running," a pro personnel director says. "He had him pressing to throw the ball. It showed his arm strength but also his inaccuracy as a thrower. That is not going to get better. He cannot be a [second-tier QB] by being a dropback quarterback."
The 49ers' diminished personnel and offensive-coaching changes heighten concerns about what lies ahead for Kaepernick.
"They do have a pretty good O-line, and they do run the ball well," a different personnel director says. "They see eight-man fronts. Decision-making and accuracy should be easier for him, and they had a coordinator [Greg Roman] who did a great job creating space in the run game and creating confusion, so teams were simple. When he got behind and had to read defenses, he had his struggles."
Oct. 15, 2015
The 49ers are three days removed from a 30-27 defeat to the Giants that dropped their record to 1-4 under new coach Jim Tomsula. The Fox broadcast crew mentioned on the air that Kaepernick had been more engaged the previous week. News stories written by Bay Area reporters suggest the same thing.
"I heard he walks around the building all day long with his headphones on, eats lunch with his headphones on, doesn't talk to anybody," an offensive coordinator from another team says. "Maybe they addressed it."
November 2015
Tomsula announces that Blaine Gabbert will replace Kaepernick as the team's starter, one day after a 20-3 home defeat to Seattle dropped San Francisco's record to 2-5.
"I think they are catering to a traditional quarterback style with their throws, with their plays," a personnel director says. "When Kaepernick was having success, they were doing different things. They were not having him just drop back, sit in the pocket and make throws. They have gone to so much more of a classic dropback now that it doesn't matter if it was Gabbert or whoever. It is really crazy because they paid Kaepernick all that money."
With Frank Gore gone and injuries affecting Carlos Hyde and Reggie Bush, the 49ers no longer have a formidable running game to build a cocoon around the quarterback. Kaepernick will undergo surgery on his left shoulder later in the month.
"A lot can be said about the total change in offense and change in staff and change in support," a different personnel director says. "I think that is a big issue as well. You have an individual who has regressed, but there are a lot of contributing factors beyond just him getting worse."
April 2016
Three months after the 49ers introduced Chip Kelly as their third head coach in three seasons, they move forward with Kaepernick on their roster after a trade never materialized. Kaepernick shows up for the offseason program and is rehabbing from January surgeries on his right thumb and left knee.
"My feeling is that their plan was to move on from Kaepernick," a team contract negotiator says. "If I am the new coach and I want Kaepernick, I don't give a s--- what happened before I got there. I sit the guy down and say, 'How can we fix this? I believe in you.' None of that has happened. And I think Chip was confident he could get a quarterback at 7 [in the draft] until the Rams moved ahead of them. Now, I think they are kind of scrambling."
Aug. 9, 2016
The 2016 Quarterback Tiers survey featuring input from 46 coaches and evaluators ranks Kaepernick 29th overall. Only Gabbert, Mark Sanchez, Robert Griffin III and Case Keenum rank lower than Kaepernick, who has dropped from 14th (2014) to 18th (2015) to 29th in the annual survey. He's a fourth-tier quarterback now. One evaluator puts him in the Sanchez category.
"Kaepernick is very disappointing, just watching him play last year," a personnel director says. "Panicky. Whether he was not comfortable in the system or whatever, he was like a guy who didn't belong at the position, like he had never seen defensive coverages before. He didn't trust in his offense, didn't trust in the line, didn't trust in his receivers, and a lot of time, he didn't trust in what his ability was."
Most insiders correctly predict that Kelly will name Gabbert the starter -- not Kaepernick.
"There is something missing there with him," an offensive coordinator says of Kaepernick. "I don't know what it is. Maybe it is the desire to play. That is the feeling that I get from watching him and when he talks about football and all you hear [around the league]. I just don't know if he loves the game, and for me, a guy who has talent like that to be so inconsistent, if he doesn't love it, he is never going to be that great. That is what I see."
Aug. 14, 2016
Kaepernick sits in protest during the national anthem before a preseason game. He will repeat this before a game six days later. The sitting goes unreported until an Aug. 26 game. Kaepernick gives a fuller accounting of his actions to NFL media after the game.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick says. "To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. ... If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right."
"Whether he was not comfortable in the system or whatever, he was like a guy who didn't belong at the position, like he had never seen defensive coverages before." A personnel director (August 2016)
October 2016
The 49ers have fallen to 1-3 with Gabbert as their starter. Kaepernick, who appears leaner than his 230-pound listed weight, will not attempt a pass in a game for a couple more weeks. By then, Kaepernick and the 49ers will have agreed to a reworked contract that allows him to opt out of the deal after the season.
"Kaepernick looks like he is 215 pounds," a pro personnel director says.
Dec. 2, 2016
The 49ers have a 1-10 record, including 0-6 with Kaepernick. Kelly will bench him during a game at Chicago two days later. Conversations with league insiders turn to Kaepernick's future. One insider says that he could see a team such as the New York Jets giving Kaepernick a two-year deal similar to what Robert Griffin III got from the Browns. Instead, the Jets sign Josh McCown in March.
"If I am him, I'd try to stay where I'm at," this director says of Kaepernick. "He struggled a little bit. There is still the Kap who has done some good things in this league, but some of the stuff the last two seasons has not been good. Was it scheme, how they played him?"
March 1, 2017
Kaepernick opts out of his contract, allowing him to become a free agent. Reports suggest that the 49ers would have cut him if Kaepernick had not opted out. A conversation from December with a league insider suggested that there would be little interest in him.
"Who wants that headache?" a personnel director asks. "Low market."
May 2017
Kaepernick ranks 30th out of 32 qualifying quarterbacks in Total QBR over the past two seasons. The market for him is indeed low. It's also low for several veteran players ranked higher than him on that QBR list. Cutler (20th) retired. Ryan Fitzpatrick (22nd) remained unsigned until recently. Brock Osweiler (23rd) was exiled to Cleveland. Still, shouldn't a player with Kaepernick's credentials have a job by now?
"I think the protest stuff gave people a little pause because anytime you did mention his name, it is a little polarizing," a personnel director says. "I think that added to it, but the tape itself wasn't as good. Now, granted, there are some lesser quarterbacks who got with teams, so [the anthem protest] had to be the reason, in my opinion, why some people shied away from him."
"I do think he is getting kind of screwed," a team exec says.
Yet, remember: Before the anthem protests, people in the league were questioning Kaepernick's commitment to the game. It has been percolating for a while.
"Although, at that time, the commitment questions were around, 'Is he so into himself?' and the other things and kissing the biceps," an exec says. "Then it became about social justice."
These things all seem connected to what people in the league have been sensing, symbolized by his wearing headphones to news conferences, appearing taciturn during interviews and generally becoming less agreeable. The anthem protest added a politically polarizing dimension.
"I don't think it is much the anthem stuff," an exec says. "You heard some stuff: Was he a worker, as is required at that position at the top level? And then, this is all kind of third-hand at best, that he was not ready to play coming off the surgeries last year and then obviously was not physically at his playing weight, his playing strength, those types things."
The coordinator who lauded Kaepernick's impeccable character in July 2014 is no longer a fan.
"I thought he was fabulous [coming out of college]," this coordinator says now. "I thought he had an 'it' factor to win a game. This was a guy I wanted. His technique was jacked up from the beginning, but as a kid, I really liked him. I bet that kid is still in there somewhere. I think he went the wrong way, and then people got mad at him for it, so he burred up his neck and dug his heels in, and now he is trying to kiss everybody's ass to get a paycheck now that he ain't getting paid, so I'm not buying any of his s---."
League insiders see Kaepernick having value in offensive systems tailored to his initial incarnation as a dynamic running threat, but they question his ability -- anyone's ability, really -- to hold up physically for the long haul in such an offense. These insiders see several other factors working against Kaepernick in combination.
"The difficulty with that guy or a quarterback with a different skill set is how you structure the offense around him if he is a [backup]," an NFL team exec says. "You have to incorporate the skills of a certain player the more he plays. The less he plays, it is harder to do that."
"You bring him in, and it is a media onslaught," a personnel director says. "It is not good or bad. It's just, every time there is a social issue or anything that comes up, they are going to call him, they are going to want his feedback. Is that wrong? No, it's not wrong. But he has thrust himself out there, much like Tim Tebow has with other various items or agendas. Is it really worth it?"
"Let's just say he's Tim Tebow," an offensive coordinator says. "Do you want that circus coming to town?"
You do if the payoff is big enough.
"There you go," the coordinator replies. "What sets him apart? ... He is not a real accurate thrower. His arm is a very strong arm, but it's not a real supple arm. Like if we are talking about Wilson, we are talking about throwing it from a number of different platforms. He can get it out sideways, over the top, can run left and throw right. I just don't see that with Kaepernick -- the greatness in his arm, aside from having a gun. That is not what you need all the time."
Bringing a Tebow-like circus to town would be worth it, and then some, if Kaepernick still projected as a starting quarterback with upside. The reality is that even before the anthem controversy, 46 league insiders voted Kaepernick the 29th-best starter -- barely ahead of Mark Sanchez, who was cut by Denver before the season.
"You watch him on tape, and he never has been able to progress," a quarterbacks coach says. "Greg Roman and Jim Harbaugh really made him. He needs to run that system. And that system lasted for two years. Washington took the idea and did it with RG III. Colin thrived in that. And then it took defenses one offseason to figure out how to shut it down. That is why you don't see it any more. You get your quarterback belted, so it just isn't a viable option. And then with Colin now, he is slimmer, and he has never been an accurate passer. You take away the element of being able to run the ball, and he can't throw it, I mean, then what do you have left? There are many other better options."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
You have no items in your shopping cart.
Use spaces to separate tags. Use single quotes (') for phrases.
Availability: In stock
* Required Fields
Check items to add to the cart or select all
Bauer Bread Plate
Bauer Salad Plate
Bauer Luncheon Plate
Bauer Grill Plate
Bauer Dinner Plate
Lug-Handled Soup Bowl
Cereal Bowl
Small Oval Platter
Medium Oval Platter
Custard Cup
Sherbet Cup
Berry Bowl
Payments Accepted


text:
A card showing the Irish town of Westport, in the Mayo County. It arrived as a surprise from Lynda, for the FB Surprise Group.
With its urban population is around 5500 people, Westport is also a popular tourist destination and scores highly for Quality of Life. It has won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition ( never knew competitions like this existed...we would score pretty low on it) three times in 2001, 2006 and 2008; in 2012 it also won the Best Place to Live in Ireland competition run by The Irish Times.
In the back, you can see the Croagh Patrick Mountain, which is a famous pilgrimage mountain.
Westport's name in Irish, "Cathair na Mart", has the meaning of "stone fort of the beeves".
An adorable stamp!! (quite expensive postage that is...)
It shows a very cute otter from a set of 4 definitives issued in 2015.
Thanks a lot Lynda! :)


text:
Medical Center Infusion Services was established in February of 1997 to make expert home infusion therapy care available to patients in West Tennessee. As a part of West Tennessee Healthcare, we share the organization's patient-oriented mission of improving the health and well-being of others in our community. We look forward to serving you!
West Tennessee Healthcare (WTH) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the grounds of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, Limited English Proficiency or sex, including discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, sex stereotyping or pregnancy in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services and benefits under any of its programs and activities, whether carried out by WTH directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which WTH arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
For further information about this policy, contact Amy Garner (731) 541-9914.


text:
InTechnology has launched what it claims us the first authentic hosted unified communications offering. The company, which is working with its partner, Postcti, will be offering a hosted Microsoft Office Communication Server to provide enterprises with telephony, email, instant messaging and videoconferencing.
Stefan Haase, marketing director at Intechnology, said that other vendors had claimed to be offering a unified comms service but they were all missing the voice component, something that he said was an essential part of a true unified communications product.
Haase said that the news service would be huge time saver for an enterprise worker who has to cope with messages from a variety of sources and who wasted a lot of time trying to contact colleagues who were unable. "The point is that recipients can choose how they wish to receive messages, whether it's by fixed-line, mobile, email, instant message or whatever. If they wish to be unavailable then they can be," he said. The only requirement for each end user was to have the Microsoft OCS interface installed on all their devices, he added.
The service will be able on a pay per user basis said Haase. He said that it was impossible to give an accurate figure as to how much an average set-up would cost an enterprise as it depended so much on the particular configuration. "The basic cost is £5.95 per user per month for the most basic service but the costs would increase for each additional service." He said that the costs were not charged by usage and a light user would be charged the same as a heavy user, said Haase. "But we find there are no such things as light users," he added. "The use of our system increases use of communications services."


text:
|For other uses, see Jack Sparrow's crew (disambiguation)
|Crew of the Dying Gull
|General information
|Notable members
Joshamee Gibbs
|Other information
|Behind the scenes
|First appearance
|Last appearance
Merged with the crew of the Queen Anne's Revenge to form the new crew of the Black Pearl[1]
- "Dearly beloved crew, today is-"
- ―Jack Sparrow
The crew of the Dying Gull was a pirate crew that served aboard the sloop Dying Gull. Despite being captained by the famous Captain Jack Sparrow, the crew was very small compared to others, which was probably the reason of why their plans and operations were generally mediocre or unusable.
Around 1751, after a failed heist, the whole crew left Sparrow, but subsequently would reunite after the young Henry Turner paid them to rescue Sparrow and Carina Smyth, and immediately sailed to the sea. During the quest for the Trident of Poseidon, the terrifying Capitán Armando Salazar and his undead crew chased Sparrow, Smyth and Turner to an island and the crew of the Gull was taken prisoner in the Essex under the orders of the tyrannical Lieutenant Scarfield. After escaping from Essex, the crew left the Gull and joined the crew of the Black Pearl.
It's not known when and where the crew of the Dying Gull was assembled, but it was presumably assembled after Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs managed to recover the shrunken Black Pearl from the Queen Anne's Revenge after the quest for the Fountain of Youth. At some unspecified point, Sparrow and Gibbs obtained the sloop Dying Gull at the city of Saint Martin and hired the pirates Pike, Cremble and Bollard to the crew as well as the dwarf Marty, a crewman who had worked with Sparrow and Gibbs in the past and was presumed dead. Following the crew's formation, Sparrow led the crew in many misadventures that always ended in failure.[1]
The Heist to the Saint Martin's Bank and Sparrow's rescueEdit
Around 1751, the crew organized a heist to the Royal Bank of Saint Martin, which was to be inaugurated the day of the heist. However, the heist didn't developed as planned, since instead of stealing the bank's safe, the crew and their horses ended up dragging the entire bank through the streets of Saint Martin while Lieutenant Scarfield's men pursued them. At one point, Sparrow helped the young astronomist Carina Smyth to escape from Scarfield's guards, who pursued her accusing her of being a witch, but eventually managed to join his crew and once in the Dying Gull, which was aground on the beach as always, opened the safe to see the booty. However, great was the disillusionment when they saw that they only managed to steal an insignificant coin, because the remaining money was scattered during the persecution. Completely irritated, Marty left the crew, and then everyone, even Gibbs, left Sparrow alone with his shrunken Pearl.[1]
The next day, after Sparrow's capture by Scarfield's men, it was announced that Sparrow, along Smyth, who was also captured, will be hanged at the same time at Saint Martin's square. However, the young Henry Turner, who had found Sparrow in the cells of Saint Martin thanks to Smyth, decided to help them and paid the crew to help him save Carina and Jack. The rescue was successful, but Sparrow took prisoners both Turner and Smyth, and after they were tied to the Dying Gull's mast, the ship sailed.[1]
Salazar's appearance and Dissolution of the CrewEdit
- "Let's be brave! Save the Pearl!"
- ―Joshamee Gibbs to the crew
Unfortunately for the crew, the terrifying Capitán Armando Salazar of the ghost ship Silent Mary and his undead crew was also searching the Trident of Poseidon to kill every pirate of the Seven Seas and to get his revenge against Jack Sparrow. Knowing that neither he nor his crew could do it alone, Salazar used Captain Hector Barbossa and some of his men to guide him to Sparrow, but the Dying Gull's crew chose to distract the Silent Mary while Sparrow, Turner and Smyth would flee on a rowboat.[1]
However, Salazar and his men ended up discovering the trap and chased the trio to an island (but only to there, as they couldn't be on dry land as they would die), while the crew of the Gull was taken prisoner by Lieutenant John Scarfield and his men, who locked them in a cell of their ship, the Essex, forcing them to abandon the Dying Gull at the same time. Subsequently, Salazar would use the Silent Mary to destroy the Essex along with Scarfield and his men, but the Gull's crew managed to escape in time in a rowboat and aboard the already enlarged Black Pearl, adding itself to the crew of that ship.[1]
- The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Notes and referencesEdit
|v • d • eCrew of the Dying Gull


text:
Right to Life and Positive Obligation to Protect the Lives of Hospital Patients/
Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2008] UKHL 74 (10 December 2008) The House of Lords has held that, pursuant to the right to life, health authorities have an 'over-arching obligation to protect the lives of patients in their hospitals'. This obligation includes a duty to ensure that staff are highly trained, professional and competent and that the policies, procedures and systems in place at the hospital adequately safeguard life.
In addition to this 'general obligation', hospitals are under an 'operational obligation' to take all reasonable steps and measures to prevent the suicide of any patient that the hospital knows or ought to have known presents a 'real and immediate' risk of suicide.
In July 2004, Carol Savage, who was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, absconded from a hospital where she was being treated as an involuntary patient in an open acute psychiatric ward. She walked about two miles to a railway station and jumped in front of a train which killed her. An inquest jury concluded that the precautions taken to prevent her from absconding from the hospital were inadequate.
Subsequently, the daughter of the deceased, Anna Savage, brought proceedings alleging that the South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust violated Mrs Savage's right to life under art 2 of the European Convention by allowing her to escape from the hospital and kill herself. The issue before the House of Lord was the scope of the state's obligation to protect life under art 2.
Obligations imposed by the Right to Life
The House of Lords unanimously held that the right to life imposes three different duties upon the state, namely:
- a negative duty to refrain from taking life, save in exceptional circumstances – It was not suggested that this duty was broken in this case.
- a positive duty to properly and openly investigate deaths for which the state might bear some responsibility – It was not disputed that this obligation applied in this case, but it was not suggested that it was broken as there had been a proper investigation.
- a duty to take positive steps to protect the lives of those within its jurisdiction (per Baroness Hale at [76]).
This case concerned the scope of the last obligation, particularly as it applies to hospital patients. In particular, 'when does it extend beyond the primary duty, to have proper systems in place for protecting life, into an operational duty to protect this particular life?' (per Baroness Hale at [76]).
General Positive Obligation to Protect Life
Outlining the scope of the positive obligation, the House of Lords held that
The State is under an obligation to adopt appropriate (general) measures for protecting the lives of patients in hospitals. This will involve, for example, ensuring that competent staff are recruited, that high professional standards are maintained and that suitable systems of working are put in place. If the hospital authorities have performed these obligations, casual acts of negligence by members of staff will not give rise to a breach of article 2. (per Lord Rodger at [45])
Operational Positive Obligation to Protect Life
In addition to the 'general obligation' to protect life through proper systems, the House of Lords held that hospitals are under an 'operational obligation' to take all reasonable steps and measures to prevent the suicide of any patient that the hospital knows or ought to have known presents a 'real and immediate' risk of suicide. 'If they fail to do this, not only will they and the health authorities be liable in negligence, but there will also be a violation of the operational obligation under article 2 to protect the patient's life' (per Lord Rodger at para 72). Reiterating jurisprudence of the European Court, the House of Lords stated that 'the authorities are under an obligation to protect the health of persons deprived of liberty. By this the Court does not mean simply an obligation to have systems in place to provide access to necessary health care, but an obligation actually to provide it' (per Baroness Hale at [98]; see also Keenan v United Kingdom (2001) 33 EHRR 913, [110]).
Heightened Positive Obligation to Protect Life of People with Mental Illness
In considering the scope of both the 'general obligation' and the 'operational obligation' to safeguard life, the Lords affirmed the approach of the European Court which recognises the particular vulnerability of people with mental illness, holding that 'the position of inferiority and powerlessness which is typical of patients confined in psychiatric hospitals calls for increased vigilance in reviewing whether the Convention has been complied with' (per Herczegfalvy v Austria (1992) 15 EHRR 437, [82]).
Expanding on this, the Lords held that:
The fact that patients are suffering from mental illness is also relevant to the authorities' obligations under article 2…[I]n deciding what measures should be taken to protect the lives of patients in mental hospitals, or of patients in general hospitals who are suffering from mental illness, the authorities will have to take account of the vulnerability of these patients – including a heightened risk they may commit suicide. (per Lord Rodger at [46])
Will the Positive Obligation to Protect Life of Patients Unduly Burden Hospitals?
In response to the submission that such an approach may impose an undue burden on hospitals to safeguard the life of particular patients to the detriment of caring for other patients, the Lords stated:
That is hardly so. The operational obligation simply means that, in these critical circumstances, priority has to be given to saving the patient's life. That is only practical common sense, since nothing else can be done to assist the patient or to promote her recovery unless her life is saved…[W]here there is a real and immediate risk of a patient committing suicide, article 2 imposes an operational obligation on the medical authorities to do all that can reasonably be expected of them to prevent it (per Lord Rodger at [66]).
In answer to the further submission that the positive obligation to protect life may 'encourage hospitals to be too restrictive of their patients' liberty for fear that they might commit suicide or otherwise come to harm', the Lords held that 'it is hard to understand how applying [this] approach in these cases can add to the hospitals' difficulties. They already face potential liability in negligence if they fail to take reasonable care of their patients. This test is different from and in practice more difficult to establish than negligence.' (per Baroness Hale at [99])
The Lords went on to state that due regard must be had to 'competing values in the Convention, in particular the liberty and autonomy rights'. Accordingly, any steps to safeguard life 'must be proportionate'.
Developing a patient's capacity to make sensible choices for herself, and providing her with as good a quality of life as possible, are important components in protecting her mental health. Keeping her absolutely safe from physical harm, by secluding or restraining her, or even by keeping her on a locked ward, may do more harm to her mental health. In judging what can reasonably be expected, the Court has also taken into account the problem of resources. The facilities available for looking after people with serious mental illnesses are not unlimited and the health care professionals have to make the best use they can of what they have. For all of these reasons, applying the [right to life] in this context should not persuade the professionals to behave any more cautiously or defensively than they are already persuaded to do by the ordinary law of negligence. (per Baroness Hale at [100])
The decision is available at www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2008/74.html.
Philip Lynch is Director of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre


text:
DANG! I successfully resisted – nay, I actively shunned – the pink trend last season and was pretty pleased with myself for showing such restraint in the face of unrelenting trend-pushing. But it looks like pink is having the last laugh because, guess what, it ain't going nowhere for spring/summer. So here I am, egg … Continue reading
Posted in February 2014 …
A fashion story
I FIRST came across Natalie Coleman at her final-year degree show at LSAD (Limerick School of Art & Design) in 2006. Even back then, I loved her work. A few years later, in 2010, she set up her own womenswear label, and NATALIEBCOLEMAN is now one of the most exciting and successful fashion brands working … Continue reading
The one to watch – and wear!
EVER since she launched her own label in 2012, County Louth-based designer Niamh O'Neill has been lauded as the golden girl of the Irish fashion scene. In 2013, having been named 'Irish Fashion Designer of the Year' at the Fashion Innovation Awards, it seemed like her career could soar no higher…until 2014 kicked in and further … Continue reading
Couture and more at No 29
IT'S been a busy week here at GreedyEdie.com so I'm posting again, just to keep you up to date with all the latest goings-on. While I was in Dublin on Thursday checking out the new Rosaliac CC Creme from La Roche Posay, I was also able to squeeze in a visit to the official opening … Continue reading
Beat the blushes
LAST night saw the official Irish launch of a new La Roche Posay product, Rosaliac CC Creme. Now, my love affair with French beauty brands has been well documented on these pages, and La Roche Posay (henceforth LRP) has long been one of my best-in-class. Interestingly enough, though, between the glasses of bubbly and the bite-sized … Continue reading


text:
The Little-Known Secrets to Lab Report for Chemistry
Typically, instructors provide traces for reports, but should you really don't possess you, you may consistently discover a template on the web. You May also SeeA Staff Report Templates there are a number of sorts of the specific same available on the web. The ideal journey report may be the duty of the Professional Mail Utilities worker.
This variety may vary nevertheless, dependent on the intricacy of this experimentation, so these length manuals are only that, guides, not rules. It must not exceed two hundred words ought to spell out, in an succinct fashion, the aim of the experimentation, the way the experimentation was ran, and also the outcomes attained. In a solubility experiment, for instance, it might discuss the association between temperature and the speed of solubility, but also the goal would be to learn more regarding a particular scientific principle buy Silvitra tab, buy lioresal. underlying the process of solubility.
You may always change to another journal after, but the simple fact which you'll write now for a concrete journal will probably hasten the procedure immensely! An estimated normal span for all this advice is just a single paragraph. The ideal means to try and begin writing an abstract will be always to split it in the sections mentioned https://aussieessaywriter.com.au/
Doing so occupation is truly a struggle for most of applicants, even whether the exclusive announcement is extremely crucial for the own future. Due subscribers of academic journals possess a propensity to become professionals in the region, writers make clear the background as a way to let audience to value that the study's pertinence to their own work. The aim of such a record is to in form a determination or possibly to demonstrate a comprehension of this subject.
His talk wasn't recorded, however his slide presentation covers the manner in which you are in a position to hack statistics in case you have simple programming talents. Another gain of the group arrangement could be the ability to produce an indicator of individuals outside there. Some times there might be a hint that could have a number of solutions.
You always have to will include a ideal citation of the laboratory manual at which the procedures or procedure arise. For instance, if job space is still an problem, estimate the square footage necessary to meet workstation requirements and show how functioning remotely would address the situation. The end section can additionally incorporate lessons learned and prospective research areas which could shed far additional light to the present experiment.
This is really a description of farmacia online italia cialis. the method that you opted to approach the situation. To find out more, I would propose this tutorial. There exists a superb illustration of the arrangement for a ways section over the next page.
Lab Report for Chemistry – the Story
When you make an order, say you require it to become completed as fast as you possibly can. If you're experiencing trapped beneath a endless collection of demands, acquire hold of other staff or your own section chair, to clarify what you have to be doing to be able to become permitted to finish your dissertation. As a lab report is one of many toughest assignments that you could face in your academic profession you just ought to find the expert services of the absolute best assistance available.
Briefly talk about the consequences of these significant points you made. Our service crew will state in details when and the way it is possible to secure a money refund for our services. It will offer excellent assistance as you're making a record.
Everybody has talents and them are valuable. Making shift could be hard, but putting facts on newspaper will be the perfect way to build your case. Our large collection of authors is familiarized with everything which ought to be integrated in such a paper.
You Viagra no rx, buy zithromax online. may even upload your own personal and boost your image. Reading types of response papers is also an additional manner by that you can easily learn how to compose an answer paper to documentary. Views participate in the URLs and dilemma particular questions to be able to return the results dependent on these parameters.
You happen to be trying to draft that the very first variation or employment on the present draft, but somehow it simply will not do that. Z may help children succeed in the foreseeable future, regardless of what they opt to accomplish in their own lives. Produce any custom-made occasion with WhenNow.
Lab Report for Chemistry – the Conspiracy
The new feature is intended to understand as many as 5 languages in an instant. Improving your written English can also have practicing exactly the variety of techniques to compose a specific word in just two fashions. Today you'll have list of languages.
Data include observations and numeric dimensions. Laboratory reports have been written to get any range of explanations. Techniques and products (or Equipment ) can most likely be an easy list, but be sure it is accurate and comprehensive.


text:
Many people in Michigan may have heard that Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. The pair, who have been together since 2004, married in 2014. Since 2004, they have earned a combined $555 million with a majority earned by Pitt.
Bicyclists must keep both hands on handlebars
Distracted driving is the number one cause of accidents according to the Michigan State Police website.
Improving pedestrian safety
Crossing the street in some Michigan cities can be a hazardous undertaking when crosswalks are poorly marked or police fail to adequately enforce posted speed limits, and data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that at least 65,000 pedestrians were injured on the nation's roads in 2014. The agency says that about 4,800 pedestrians are killed each year in the United States, and many of them lose their lives after being struck by a motor vehicle.
Divorcing later in life
When an older couple in Michigan divorces, their concerns are often different from those of couples who divorce at a younger age. For example, there may be significant concern about splitting retirement funds and ensuring that both spouses can maintain their standard of living in the future.
Fatal car accidents on the rise for the first time in years
Drivers, passengers, pedestrians and others on the roads in Michigan and throughout the country might be more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than in previous years. According to experts, more jobs and lower fuel prices mean more people driving. This increased road use has resulted in the largest one-year hike in fatalities since 1966.


text:
Fees and charges
For an alternative version of a document on this page contact Land Services.
Fee calculators
Online fee calculators are available to work out fees payable for plans and documents lodged with the Lands Titles Office (LTO).
Property transfer fees calculator
The property transfer fees calculator quickly calculates the stamp duty, Lands Titles Office (LTO) lodgement and transaction fees associated with a property transfer.
Transfer registration fees
Guides to the fees applied to land transfers based on the value of the property being transferred:
Transfer registration fees 2018-2019 (85.9 KB PDF)
The method used to calculate these fees is available in the full list of fees and charges shown below.
Plan lodgement fees
Plan lodgement fees 2018-2019 (47.8 KB PDF)
Lands Titles Office documents
A-Z list of documents and the fees charged for lodgement with the LTO:
Document lodgement fees 2018-2019 (130.3 KB PDF)
SAILIS charges
Price list for accessing property information through SAILIS:
SAILIS price list 2018-2019 (223.1 KB PDF)
Full list of fees and charges
Compilations of the fees set out in the following regulations:
- Real Property Regulations 2009
- Roads (Opening and Closing) (Fees) Regulations 2006
- Strata Titles (Fees) Regulations 2001
- Survey Regulations 2007
- Bills of Sale Regulations 2009
- Community Title Regulations 2006
- Workers Lien Regulations 1999.
Fees and charges for 2018-2019 (387.0 KB PDF)
Property valuation review fees
The fees for lodging a review application.
2018 - 2019 financial year
- $107.00 for land used solely as your principal place of residence
- $266.00 for any other land
The fees for a review application can also be found on your objection outcome correspondence.
The fees can be paid by:
- cash, cheque, money order or credit card if lodging the application over the Land Services counter
- cheque or money order if lodging the application by mail
- credit card payments can be made by phoning 1300 653 345.
If the review valuer determines that the value should be altered by an amount greater than 10% of the Valuer-General's value, then that value will be adopted and the application fee refunded.


text:
Love taking a wrong turn.
It all started with a "Writers" party. Writers from here and there gathering to drink and have a good time. Amy a black sheep in the heard, embarrassed of being the writer of women quizzes in magazines, tried so hard to find her place of fitting in. Heading for the appetizer table, she had been stopped by the one. Nick and Amy had a love at first sight moment in my eyes. Their love seemed to be a fairy tale kind of love, which now seems to have taken a turn for the worst. When their five year anniversary arrives the "old" Amy is alive and happy and cooking, and Nick is full of fear to approach her. Is "Love" really the word to describe their relationship now?


text:
The count down to baby Madison's arrival is a 7 weeks! We can hardly wait. So much to do before she gets here!
I have been in a sewing mood lately, here are some of my creations
Sassy "M" Blanket
I have wanted a diaper bag like this one from a lady that makes them locally. I looked at a friend's bag and realized that it was something I could make for much less! I love how it turned out. There are several pockets inside as well. My next one will be all black, if only I can find some fabric I love.


text:
Dining Room Sets 3 Pieces - This room will soon be observed by most of the people invited into your own home and the dining room is usually the centre of the very home and will host many family dinners as well. It's very helpful to have understanding of what to try to find in quality furniture when selecting the pieces that'll finish your home and turn an ordinary living space right into a sanctuary you want to talk about with family and friends.
Your collection can be contemporary, along with the dining seats while the specific fundamental items of dining furniture may be reflective of a dining room where the dining tables were divided along with the living room was done in the most modern furniture accessible. These diverse mixes were feature of homes built in line with the Royal Empire styles along with the homes of the Victorian era.
Dining furniture traditionally comprises the dining tables, dining chairs together with a hutch and sideboard. There are amazing sets available which will provide to your property. The tones of the wood, in case you select wood, should offset each other so that each and every room can help keep its identity and style, yet blend well with all the other room.
The family area can compliment by the exquisite wood tones in the dining room along with the dining room furniture can be tied by the accessories right right into a contemporary living room with modern overtones. Most furniture is made from wood or wood byproducts. You'll need to find pieces that are manufactured in order for the furniture from solid wood to last, unlike furniture that is manufactured from fiberboard when decorating your home.


text:
As I've said before, my ambition is to turn the entire 100,000 Tips into a series of how-to books (one of them being about productivity directly), but sometimes there are people who can effectively strip vestigial ideas to focus in on a general concept. Though I'm not deterred from my Master Plan due to its much grander scale, this guy has created a nice summary of making productivity super effective along with how important everything blends into it.
Though I may share most of that information in another form, he pretty much covers all aspects of making focusing as easy as possible, and my hat goes off to him.


text:
Volunteering - make a difference !...
Details of opportunity
|Post available
Collection Box Coordinator (Guide Dogs NI)
|Throughout Northern Ireland
|What does the role involve? Identifying and placing collecting boxes in suitable locations Talking to the shop owner, receptionist etc at the location about how the boxes will help Guide Dogs and what we do Empting boxes every 3-6 months (as they get full) and banking the income through the paying in book provided. Give a receipt and letter of thanks to the hosts Keeping a written record of the location of all boxes for your supervisor, the dates they are emptied and the dates/amounts banked If boxes arent collecting much, youll decide to move them to a better location. Your supervisor may also ask you to remove boxes Reporting any stolen boxes to the local Mobility Team Spotting the potential for further fundraising amongst the box holders for Community Fundraiser What skills or experience are required? Willingness to talk to people about Guide Dogs Good communication and organisational skills Team working when working with a local fundraising group or others What will I get out of it? Support us to enable more blind and partially-sighted people to enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else. An opportunity to build experience for your CV What support or training will I get? Regular and ongoing support from Guide Dogs Payment of out of pocket expenses agreed in advance Basic induction to Guide Dogs and to the role Minimum Age: 16 due to laws regarding the collecting of boxes
|Click here to register your interest in this opportunity


text:
Hong Kong is 30 years behind Singapore in farming. Why?
Last month, the Hong Kong government proposed setting up an Agri-Park, which may cover an area of 80 hectares of farmland, to boost Hong Kong's agriculture industry. At the same time, the government is also considering a Sustainable Agricultural Development Fund.
While the concept of sustainable agricultural development has just caught the attention of officials in Hong Kong, it is already deeply rooted in Singapore.
In 2013, Hong Kong produced less than 2 percent of the vegetables the city consumed, while in Singapore, the self-sufficiency rate was 7 percent.
This is not because Hong Kong has less arable land. It's the opposite. We have 729 hectares of cultivatable land, Singapore only has 675 hectares.
The Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly explains the situation in its latest issue.
Over 90 percent of the food consumed in Singapore comes from imports. In order to diversify its food supply and reduce reliance on imported food, its government has been pushing for "urban farming" since 1986.
Urban farming is a concept that combines advance technology with traditional farming techniques.
Although arable land in Singapore has declined 16 percent in the past decade, the productivity of the three biggest agricultural products — vegetables, eggs and fish — went up by 27 percent, 16 percent and 17 percent respectively, according to data provided by the city state's Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority.
Focusing on the development of high-tech farming is the chief factor behind the rise in productivity.
The government launched a Food Fund in 2009. The fund aims to help Singapore to become self-sustainable in food production. It has granted S$30 million (US$22.2 million) so far to help farmers develop and upgrade their agricultural techniques.
Singapore's authority has spared no effort in introducing high-tech farming machines into the country. Agricultural productivity increased with the use of automated planters, automatic irrigation systems and packaging machines.
To further increase its productivity amid the limited land supply, the country is also planning to introduce vertical farming technology.
Also, foreign companies are being encouraged to support the country's agricultural development. Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has recently set up a farm in Singapore, using advanced technology to produce vegetables, and has become the country's first licensed indoor farmer.
Back in Hong Kong, nothing much has been achieved other than promoting hydroponics, a method of growing plants by using mineral nutrient solutions and water but without soil.
Another welcome development is the growing popularity of leisure farming. Rather than selling agricultural products, certain farms earn by collecting entrance fees from tourists who get to pick strawberries and other produce during holidays.
Not everyone is sold to this concept, however. Lau Hai-long, a member of the Local Research Community, said the trend has resulted in much waste in the farmland.
He suggested that the government follow some of the farming practices in Taiwan. The agriculture bureau of Kaohsiung city government, for example, has stipulated that 90 percent of the leisure farms must be used for cultivation.
– Contact us at [email protected]


text:
Our Recruiting Philisophies
No Boundaries
We hire from all over the world. You can work from where you are and at your own schedule.
If you have skills we need, but you have disabilities that stand in your way - we will find ways to work around them.
We don't believe that smart, dedicated, driven people need to be monitored. We treat you with the respect you deserve and expect from you an output worthy of that.
Judge by Talent
We look for diamonds in all shapes and sizes. We do not discriminate by age, gender, race or religion.
We look for contribution and excellence towards our goals. We recruit based on tests and skills.
We have a big goal and think everyone's contribution to that is equal. We pay the same base salary to everyone and increase that base salary every year.
Build a Community
Getting in our door is hard. But when you are here, we make sure you know your special.
You belong to autonomous, self regulating teams. Kosala lays down the vision, we get there together.
There are no bosses. Only disciplines you practise. Growth of the company should include growing you as a person and challenging you to improve.
At W.R.K.S Games our goal is not to just be a great game developer - but to also strive to be a great and ever better employer. We have taken inspiration from modern tech companies, old school corporate citizenship values and our own desire of what we want to build as a basis on which we constructed our culture and our recruitment philosophy.
Employment Package
For You
- Great tools and systems
- Structured processes and stress free work environment
- Two way communication and shared ideas
- Collaborative modern creative tech culture
For the Bank Account
- Market value salary
- Annual pay increase (barring weirdness)
- Performance based shared bonus
- Share option scheme
For the Soul
- Flexible working hours - because we believe freedom with responsibility is the mature way to go
- Unlimited paid leave - we judge you on performance not on hours spent
- Training, education and self improvement


text:
In an attempt to calm the nerves of disgruntled Ghanaians, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has allegedly issued a statement concerning the British High Commission's new cumbersome visa application process.
The statement whose authenticity cannot be established indicates that from September 2014, Ghanaian citizens will be allowed to enter the United Kingdom without the need of a visa!
This is because the government of Ghana has secretly negotiated for Ghana to replace Scotland in the union, the statement alleges.
Scotland under the leadership of Alex Salmon, is seeking independence from Britain. With the polls largely in their favour, the pro independence side looks certain to win the referendum slated for early September.
This will pave the way for Ghana to formally become part of the United Kingdom.
The alleged statement from the ministry argues that the ministry's long silence over the new visa regulation which was introduced as far back as January, was because they knew beforehand Ghanaians will not have to put up with this exploitative system for long.
"We are very much aware that the new visa application process put forth by the British High Commission is not favourable to Ghanaians, but we have decided not to challenge the matter because very soon, those processes and regulations will become redundant."
"Our very able government in a clever move has killed two birds with one stone. Ghanaians will soon be able to enter the United Kingdom without having to go through this onerous visa application process. And the Cedi, which is currently on its knees will be replaced with the Pound. All our economic woes will soon disappear with the Cedi."
The statement also revealed that the ministry will put stringent measures in place to prevent Nigerians from naturalising as Ghanaians just to gain unrestricted entry into the UK.
follow us on Twitter @YesiYesiGhana
like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yesiyesi-Ghana/363906887078692?ref=hl
YesiYesi Ghana is a satire/spoof news publication . All articles contained within this blog, however similar to real events, are fictitious. When public figures are mentioned by name, the corresponding story details are invented. In all other cases, any resemblance to actual persons or events is entirely coincidental.


text:
Grand Des Palmes Hotel
Via Roma 398
Palermo, IT
Rating: Star Rating 4
The Grand Hotel des Palmes is located in the centre of Palermo, close to the air terminal, main monuments and shops. The hotel is only one mile to the rail station. The Grand Hotel des Palmes is a superior, first-class "Liberty- style" hotel that has recently been refurbished. A superior, first-class "Liberty-style" facility, the Grand Des Palmes Hotel has been recently refurbished. All rooms are equipped with direct-dial phone and colour TV. The hotel features the restaurant "La Palmette, which features dining on the hotel's roof. The restaurant "Terrazza Fiorita" is a piano bar. For the active guest horse riding is available.
Room Information
Standard Room
Standard Rooms consist of one or more rooms of the following types: Single Bed with bathroom, Double Bed with bathroom, Triple Room with bathroom
Local Hotels
Albergo MediterraneoPalermo, Italy
Ambasciatori HotelPalermo, Italy
Best Western Ai Cavalieri HotelPalermo, Italy
Casa Giuditta Palermo CentralPalermo, Italy
Centrale Palace HotelPalermo, Italy
Excelsior Palace HotelPalermo, Italy
Garden House Deluxe Holiday ApartmentsPalermo, Italy
Garden House-Deluxe Holiday Apartments.Palermo, Italy
Holiday Inn PalermoPalermo, Italy
Hotel Addaura Residence And CongressPalermo, Italy
Hotel AmbasciatoriPalermo, Italy
Hotel Conchiglia DoroPalermo, Italy
Hotel Del CentroPalermo, Italy
Hotel ElitePalermo, Italy
Hotel GardeniaPalermo, Italy
Hotel JoliPalermo, Italy
Hotel Massimo PlazaPalermo, Italy
Hotel Plaza OperaPalermo, Italy
Hotel PostaPalermo, Italy
Hotel Vecchio BorgoPalermo, Italy
Mercure Palermo CentroPalermo, Italy
Palermo Hotel Carrubella MonrealePalermo, Italy
Quality Hotel President Palermo SicilyPalermo, Italy
Residenza D AragonaPalermo, Italy
Grand Des Palmes Hotel
Number of Rooms:
Cities nearby Palermo
Check Hotel Availability
- Bar/Lounge
- Business Center
- City Center
- Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
- High speed internet access
- Modem Lines in Room
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Room Service
- Mini Bar
Worldwide Hotels
|Central America
|North America
|South America
|South Pacific
Last Updated: September 26, 2015
Copyright © 1997-2015


text:
Join me on Saturday, October 11 2008, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm at McMichael Park in East Falls (Henry Ave & Coulter - Philadelphia, PA 19129) where poets from nearby neighborhoods gather to celebrate the diversity of our community. Here's the schedule:
1:00 -- Intro/Welcome/General Plug for author books, etc.
1:05 -- PETER KROK, editor of the Schuylkill Valley Journal and humanities/poetry director of the Manayunk Art Center
1:15 -- PHYLINDA REYNOLDS, native Oklahoman and current Germantonian
1:25 -- SYDNEY COFFIN, East Falls resident and University City High School English teacher
1:35 -- YOLANDA WISHER, Germantown Friends School English teacher
1:45 -- ASHRAF OSMAN, Mount Airy resident and administrator of PhillyPoetry.com
1:55 -- Catch-up/Reintroduce event/Plug author books, events, etc.
2:00 -- DONNA WOLF-PALACIO, UArts workshop leader and author of an Academy of Fine Arts' Print Award-winning book of translated and illustrated Chinese poems
2:10 -- MIKE COHEN, host of Poetry Aloud and Alive at Big Blue Marble in Mount Airy
2:20 -- MELISSA DEGEZELLE, Manayunk resident and new mother
2:30 -- HAL SIROWITZ, author of Mother Said, the best-selling translated book of poetry in Norway
2:40 -- TRAPETA MAYSON, Germantown resident and Pew and PCA fellow and Leeway awardee
2:50 -- Closing/Plugs/Spillover/etc.
For more info:


text:
The University of Arizona Press is the premier publisher of academic, regional, and literary works in the state of Arizona. We disseminate ideas and knowledge of lasting value that enrich understanding, inspire curiosity, and enlighten readers. We advance the University of Arizona's mission by connecting scholarship and creative expression to readers worldwide.
Featured Books
Brother Bullet
View Book
Rosa's Einstein
View Book
Snake Poems
An Aztec Invocation
View Book
When It Rains
Tohono O'odham and Pima Poetry
View Book
Them Goon Rules
Fugitive Essays on Radical Black Feminism
View Book
Discovering Pluto
Exploration at the Edge of the Solar System
View Book
Savage Kin
Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists
View Book
Food Fight!
Millennial Mestizaje Meets the Culinary Marketplace
View Book


text:
Is He Still A Student?
Honaaay, you still a student?
How about we give you a free shot if you let us shave that mustache off, you've been looking kinda thirsty gurl!
Wtf! That look IS NOT working for him... He looks like a victim of the holocaust dying while trying to maintain a "model" look rather than maintain his dignity. Someone please throw him a sandwichReplyDelete
someone's got the bug this yearReplyDelete
Can we talk about Jeff Trotter the plastic surgery face now anorexic hot boy wanna be in his feed. lets talk about himReplyDelete
OMG HE IS T R A S H HE NEEDS TO GIVE IT UPReplyDelete


text:
The Changeover
A coming-of-age drama, a horror movie, and a "hero's journey" film, all rolled into one.
A coming-of-age drama, a horror movie, and a "hero's journey" film, all rolled into one.
Run the Race has enough of a shaggy, low-key likability that it makes you wish it were better.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about the free screening of Melissa Haizlip's "Mr. Soul!" on Thursday, February 21st, at the Apollo Theater.
An article commemorating the 2019 Chinese New Year, the Year of the Sow.
An article about the free screening of Melissa Haizlip's "Mr. Soul!" on Thursday, February 21st, at the Apollo Theater.
An article commemorating the 2019 Chinese New Year, the Year of the Sow.
Far-Flung Correspondent Gerardo Valero reflects on one of his favorite movies, The Poseidon Adventure.
A piece from a Far-Flung Correspondent on The Lion in Winter.
A tribute to Stanley Donen.
A remembrance of award-winning filmmaker and Ebert Symposium guest Toni Myers.
The best part of a superhero saga is the origin story - for example, how the Kents adopted young Clark, or how Batman took Robin as his ward, or how Lord Greystoke became king of the apes. "Wild Thing" is an urban superhero who lives in a ghetto and learns to speak by listening to disc jockeys. His origin is original, too. When we first see him, he's the young child of hippie parents in the 1960s. They are killed by a drug dealer and a crooked cop, and the kid falls in a river, survives and is raised by a bag lady.
There's a movie here, all right. The question is, where is it? And how did "Wild Thing" so decisively miss so many opportunities to do something with it?
The kid grows up being warned by the bag lady (Betty Buckley) that he must never trust bluecoats (the cops) or the Company (society in general).
After she dies, he learns to live in the cracks of society. He survives by his wits, living off the land and staying in abandoned buildings. In the "Zone" where he prowls, his legend grows, especially among young black kids who consider him a sort of Robin Hood.
Then, one day, a new face appears in the Zone. It belongs to Jane (Kathleen Quinlan), a social worker who has come to work with kindly old Father Quinn in his settlement house. The local druggies are the priest's archenemies. And wouldn't you somehow just know that vice in the Zone is controlled by the same drug dealer (Robert Davi) and the same cop (Maury Chaykin) who killed Thing's parents?
This coincidence leads to a series of events that are mind-numbingly predictable, as the original story idea is welded to an assembly-line plot. There are all the usual confrontations, attacks, showdowns, mistaken identities and close calls before Wild Thing clears his name, kills his enemies and kisses the girl.
And here's my complaint: Assuming that a kid could somehow grow up wild in a ghetto, assuming he did become a local folk legend, wouldn't his life itself be interesting? Wouldn't it be more fascinating to find out how he eats than how he kills? Wouldn't you rather see him trapping pigeons (or rats, cats, dogs and sewer snakes) than swinging down from rooftops to give sandwiches to bums?
The screenplay is by John Sayles; the direction is by Max Reid. They are not untalented. So why did they assume the plot of "Wild Thing" had to be such a compilation of standard bad guys and predictable violence? An example. Midway in the movie, "Wild Thing" is captured by the cops, who, of course, immediately suspect him of setting a fire even though he has rescued people from it. That development could have been phoned in by any freshman in screenwriting. Why not have a little fun: Wild Thing is acknowledged as a hero, but locked up by psychologists who want to study him? He would have to escape his well-meaning friends before, in the works of Huckleberry Finn, they try to civilize him.
The frustrating thing about "Wild Thing" is that there are so many promising avenues in this story, all of them unexplored. After Thing has his first intimate conversation with a girl, for example, why does it develop along predictable romantic lines? Couldn't he be mystified by what the sexes see in each other? Revolted by the details of sex? Possessed of some highly original erotic ideas?
You get the notion. A lot of work and energy went into "Wild Thing," into the sets, into the stunts, into the movie's physical details. But the movie just never involved me. I could accept the idea of a Wild Thing. What I couldn't accept is that such a miraculous being had to live in a world cloned from TV cop shows.
HOLLYWOOD - Robert Mitchum is wearing this...tie. It features bold horizontal stripes of green and glittering gold. "...
This message came to me from a reader named Peter Svensland. He and a fr...
A review of Netflix's new superhero series, The Umbrella Academy.
With FilmStruck gone and no real alternative filling the void at present, Amazon is in a prime position to grab up fa...


text:
Now Shipping to ALL GCC Countries!!!
Free Shipping On Orders Over AED 170.00 within the UAE
No products
Prices are tax included
73 Item Items
Warning: Last items in stock!
Availability date:
5mm Silicon PIN Photodiode
Recipient :
* Required fields
or Cancel
PD333-3B/H0/L2 is a high speed and high sensitive PIN photodiode in a standard 5 plastic package. Due to its black epoxy the device is sensitive to visible and infrared radiation


text:
I have always had a very powerful need for a safe, calm space to go to when my day is done. A recent renovation forced me into a space that wasn't so supportive. I had no idea how challenging that was gong to be for me. In many ways the situation was ideal, but, I never felt at home.
The space had been for sale for a number of years. It needed to be in "show ready" shape at all times. If you've ever lived for a period of time in a house that was up for sale you'll understand how challenging that can be.
We discovered a lot of things that needed attention during our stay. Workers were in an out, often very early in the morning, disturbing the peace at the start of my day. It was a much noisier environment than I'm used to. I found it difficult to get a sound sleep.
I found it more and more difficult to keep up my good habits, the things that keep me grounded and happy. I began to feel like I had no space, no privacy. I became more moody as the weeks passed. I struggled to figure out what was wrong.
Once we were back in our renewed space everything shifted. It was almost miraculous. I felt calm and in the groove. I slept really well for the first time in months and was refreshed after far less sleep.
The experience showed me how important a supportive environment can be. How well is the space you live in supporting what you need to be happy and whole? Take a look at your circumstances. Are you able to live the way you want to? What can you change in your environment that would make it more supportive for you?
Connect with Brian
Honour your journey and treat everything along the way as a valuable lesson which will grow your wisdom and move you forward
Monday, February 6, 2012
Is your space supporting you?
2 comments:
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2012 at 12:47 AM
OMG... yes. The biggest stress of "Selling Our House" is having to keep it 'showroom ready' as much as possible. Not just the interruption to the day but the physical effort and then the mental/spiritual energy of clearing out so strangers can walk through to evaluate against their needs.ReplyDelete
It will definitely be a relief to be uninterrupted again!
It also reminds me to give thanks to the people we will be buying from, soon!!... once our house sells.
I'm so bad at this. I'm always struggling to find a balance between my happy messiness and chaotic disorder. I find making my bed makes all the difference to my whole day.ReplyDelete
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text: |The Department of Mathematics at the University of Georgia seeks highly qualified candidates to fill Limited Term Assistant Professor positions beginning in August 2017. These positions are similar to a postdoctoral position in that they are not tenure track and involve both teaching and research. Each position is of two years duration, with the possibility of renewal for a third year. Teaching duties are the equivalent of 4 three-hour courses per year and will be aligned with the department's new small class initiative at the pre-calculus and calculus level. In addition, Limited Term Assistant Professors are expected to participate in the research life of the Department, including the pursuit of an original research program. Applicants must exhibit potential for significant research and high quality teaching. A Ph.D., or equivalent foreign degree, in Mathematics or a closely related field is required. Applicants are encouraged to identify a member of the current faculty with whom their research aligns. Complete applications (including letters of recommendation) must be received by December 17, 2016 to ensure full consideration. To apply, please submit a vita with a list of publications, a teaching statement, and a research statement through mathjobs.org as well as through FacultyJobs, http://facultyjobs.uga.edu/postings/1568. Applications are incomplete and will not be considered until entered both on FacultyJobs and MathJobs. In addition four letters of recommendation (one addressing the candidate's teaching skills) should be received. Submission of the letters of recommendation through mathjobs.org is preferred; however, if necessary they may be sent by ordinary mail to: LTAP Search Committee Department of Mathematics University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 The Mathematics Department, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and the University of Georgia are committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty and students, and sustaining a work and learning environment that is inclusive. The University of Georgia is an EEO/AA/Vet/Disability institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.


text:
Evil King Mascot Logo
Here I present to you the evil king mascot logo. It is one of the best choices for an eSports team, gaming clan, YouTube channel, Twitch stream, gamer community or sports team. The king, or you can say monarch, emperor, tycoon or the ruler, can symbolize power, authority, supremacy, loyalty, royalty, dictatorship, reign, kingdom, leader and many more. It is therefore suitable for a team that's looking to win and succeed. It is also feasible for any company, business or organization featuring a king as their symbol, or featuring anything related to royal blood or imperial status. The king mascot logo looks good on both dark and light background, and lighting effect can be applied to enhance the look. The logo includes free text, layout and color customization upon purchase of the exclusive rights to it. For example, if you'd like some color changes to the face of the emperor or his crown, I can customize it for you.
This Evil King Mascot Logo is already sold to Twitter user @TeamSypherGG with FULL EXCLUSIVE copyright.


text:
Stainless Steel Bright Bars
Paras Steels is an acknowledged player in the manufacturing and supply of stainless steel bright bars. We specialize in producing all kinds of peeled and polished bright bars in accordance with our customers' specifications. These products find wide application in sectors such as machined components, pump shafts, valves, fasteners, machine tools, dairy equipment, surgical & medical parts, threaded bars, studs, bolts, pins, hinges and handle manufacturing.
As with all the other products, these SS bright bars are produced to exacting standards and in varying thickness and diameters as required by individual clients. A rigorous quality and testing process is in place to assess and rectify any potential flaws. We have highly sophisticated inspection equipment in place to ensure that the quality of the stainless steel round bars is of the highest order. Some of the important characteristics and attributes of these products are listed as under:
Diameters in Millimetres: 22mm to 100mm
Supply Conditions
• Peeled and polished Bar
• Free of surface defects/cracks
• Cold shearable/cold sawable
• 100% ultrasonically tested : okay up to 100 mm
• Smooth ends (without burrs) and no sharp edges.
• 100% material identity tested through handheld XRF


text:
Keep on scrolling….
April 21, 2009 at 12:53 pm 1 comment
Entry filed under: Uncategorized. Tags: Bob Nebel, General Douglas MacArthur, Governor Frank Lausche, PM Magazine.
1 Comment Add your own
Love this blog I'll be back when I have more time.
Leave a Reply
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed


text:
Newtown Investment Solutions
Whatever ambitions you have for yourself or your business, the dreams you have for your family or the legacy you hope to leave behind, Newtown Investment Solutions will put the broad-range of retirement and investment solutions to work on your behalf. We're here for you, right in your community.
Investment Planning
Our team of financial advisors, asset managers, and investment advisors will help build a personalized investment plan to meet your goals. Our experienced financial experts at Newtown Investment Solutions will walk you through your investment options and make recommendations tailored to your unique financial situation.
Our investment services can help manage:
- Stocks
- Treasury and Municipal Savings Bonds
- Individual Retirement Accounts
- 529 College Savings Plans
- Managed Portfolios
- Financial Planning
- Business services (including 401(k)s and SEPs)
- High net-worth and foundation services
Retirement Planning
Planning for retirement on your own can be a challenge. Managing personal retirement plans, pension plans, social security, and other investments can become a burden. The expert retirement planners at Newtown Investment Solutions can help make retirement planning easy.
Our retirement planning services can help manage:
- 401(k) Rollover/IRA Rollover Services
- Mutual Funds (4,000+ from leading fund families)
- Annuities
- Early retirement planning
- Long Term Care Insurance
To learn more about retirement planning and retirement savings plans, visit our retirement planning page.
Investment Resources and Background Information
brokercheck.finra.org is an external link which provides the public information on the professional background business practices, and conduct of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) members.
Find Out More
If having locally-based financial advisors that are guided solely by your best interests sounds like a better idea to you, Newtown Investment Solutions could be the answer. Learn more about all the ways we can help you reach your financial goals. To arrange for an appointment, stop by any of our branches or call 203.426.4440 ext. 3148.
Contact Us
Jim Wallace
Vice President, Newtown Investment Solutions
Financial Advisor, Infinex Investments, Inc.
For nearly 20 years Jim has been helping clients achieve their financial goals. He joined the Newtown Savings Bank team in 2006 and has been with Infinex since 2004. His clients include individuals, business owners, businesses, and non-profit organizations. He holds his series 6,7,63,65 and Life and Health Insurance licenses. Jim has been named a 5 Star Wealth manager for the past four years and an Elite Advisor for the past three years. Jim covers the Newtown, Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, and Southbury offices.
Jim and his wife Linda reside in Sandy Hook with their three sons. He has served on numerous committees and boards including Newtown Youth and Family Services, Newtown Youth Lacrosse, Pomperaug Woods, The Newtown Lions and the Cub Scouts.
Richard B. Wolf, RICP®
Financial Advisor, Infinex Investments, Inc.
Bringing over 18 years of financial service experience, Rich joined Newtown Savings Bank and Infinex in early 2018. He is a graduate of Sacred Heart University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Finance and Business Administration. Rich obtained his Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP®) Designation from The American College in 2014 and holds his series 7, 24, 63, 66 registrations and a Life and Health Insurance license. He covers the Shelton, Monroe, Trumbull, Woodbury and Oxford offices.
Rich and his wife Luisa reside in Trumbull with their two children. Currently, he serves as Treasurer and Division Manager on the Trumbull AYSO Soccer board and enjoys volunteering for Trumbull's Tashua Father's Club and Trumbull Little league.
Nadine Paine, Infinex Investments, Inc.
Financial Advisor
203.426.4440 ext. 3144
Nadine joined Newtown Savings Bank in 2010, has been with Infinex since 2013 and has over 15 years in the financial services industry.
Nadine graduated Summa Cum Laude from Western Connecticut State University. She holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 Securities Registrations, as well as her Life, Accident and Health Insurance License.
She assists James Wallace and serves as the liaison between the Investment Department and branch staff.
Investment and insurance products and services are offered through INFINEX INVESTMENTS, INC. Member FINRA / SIPC . Newtown Investment Solutions is a trade name of the bank. Infinex and the bank are not affiliated. Products and services made available through Infinex are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency of the United States and are not deposits or obligations of nor guaranteed or insured by any bank or bank affiliate. These products are subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of value.


text:
Additional Info
On Site Registration
Registration will be available in the Ante Room of the Great Hall from 8am on Monday, July 9th, 2012.
On Line Registration
Early registration deadline: June 1, 2012 (midnight PDT).
The following registration fees apply.
*Note for students: The Organizing Committee highly encourages students to attend the RSS conference. We offer discounted registration fees for student attendees, and are proud to announce the National ICT Australia (NICTA) Student Fellowship to further reduce the cost of student participation.
Both regular and student registrations include attendance to the conference oral presentations, interactive poster sessions and workshops as well as a single ticket for the conference welcome reception and banquet. Additional social event tickets may be purchased during registration.
Register now
Registrations are now closed.
Refund Policy
A full registration refund will be available for all requests received on or before June 16, 2012 (midnight PDT). No refunds will be made after that date (with the exception of serious personal emergencies). To request a refund please email the Local Area Chair. Your email should clearly state your full name, email, phone, and reservation ID or confirmation number.