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Joe Ladnier bench presses 405 x 40 reps
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Автор jcyt0511 ( назад)
while he is lifting some weight, the suit is dumb and bouncy bouncy is for mongoloids
Автор Александр Колесников ( назад)
это чё за мать его жим
Автор Mak Muk Was Right ( назад)
no reps were done that day
Автор fredcharlotte ( назад)
But he...but he...but he...but I can... Seriously, shut the fuck up. If anybody cared what you can do, there'd probably be a Youtube video of you doing it with people talking shit about you on it. This wasn't at a competition, he didn't win any medals for proper form, he was just fucking around having some fun. If this video hurt your feelings that badly, then hang yourself and you won't have to worry about it anymore. Jesus fucking Christ.
Автор Dean Henderson ( назад)
I be on it like that one day...... Nottttt!
Автор steve kennedy ( назад)
random fags sayin a competitive bencher doesn't know what hes doin. that man could probably bench 900lbs. grow a pair u unlifting vaginas
Автор Andrew Kelly ( назад)
the shirt did all the lifting
Автор squiz8 ( назад)
lol, just watched Spoto do 405 for 26 reps raw without bounce and now this looks fucking insane! NOT
Автор Winners Harper ( назад)
That sucked let me wear a superman suit and then bounce it off my chest 40 times 3 inches up really.
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Автор LedByDemons ( назад)
Where can I find one of these human trampolines for my barbell to play on?
Автор FailVideosFTW ( назад)
No need to do full range of motion paused reps with a weight this light for him.
Автор sean hayes ( назад)
Lets take the shirt off then do full range paused reps..... maybe 10.... maybe
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Автор Victorythruattrition ( назад)
Any way you slice it this juice head is throwing this weight around like a paper weight.
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Автор mymsong ( назад)
the bench press shirt did 40 reps that day
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Автор LowEnd31st ( назад)
Half reps in the most literal sense.
Автор LowEnd31st ( назад)
In case you arent being sarcastic... its a bench press shirt, look it up.
Автор luis casillas ( назад)
that wasnt 40 that was only 20 reps
Автор David Pol ( назад)
In addition to that joe can and has benched over 800 pounds. Now everyone that can do that can criticize him.
Автор David Pol ( назад)
This is an exhibition not a competition!
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Автор Brooklynhead1 ( назад)
Half steppin ass
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Автор mymsong ( назад)
why is everyone talking about the shirt i dont get it its just a shirt what do you want him topless?
Автор mymsong ( назад)
what do you mean
Автор Just Slingin ( назад)
90% of u can't bench 405x1 without a shirt even once lol trolls. He would rape u all
Автор Just Slingin ( назад)
Dumb asses he is a world champion doing a wide grip lactic acid workout multiple ply lololol
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Автор Elvis Ferbeyre ( назад)
1) It's just a video, not a competition, so he can bounce and do whatever the hell he wants.
2) With my laughable workout I've got serious results, so I don't give a damn what you say
3) With all the bullshit that you say, I strongly doubt that you are a strength conditioning specialist.
4) You CAN'T DO what he does, shut up and put your head down, and that's how haters and jealous people end.
Автор Elvis Ferbeyre ( назад)
yeah, you talk too much, you say my statement proves I know shit about lifting, BUT YOU DON'T TELL ME A REASON WHY. That proves that you are a retard and a dumbass who talks a lot of trash and criticize with no sense and no proof.
Автор Alex Langi ( назад)
He didnt even do it once.
Автор God Bless General Lee ( назад)
Short stroke.
Автор Elvis Ferbeyre ( назад)
The bouncing isn't a big deal at all in my opinion, I bounce with 1 plate 45 a side sometimes, and it's actually because I control it so much, cuz I do 315. Look how fast he pushes the weight, the guy is a strong mutherfucker, such a shame that people always have to criticize something, because they can do that with no bouncing yeah right.
Автор Alta626 ( назад)
Автор Derek Fyfe ( назад)
half reps.. bouncing the bar.. But HOLLY SHIT on the movement!!! I would guess doing them properly, he can hit 20 real reps.
Автор Graf Hermann Keyserling ( назад)
405 for 0 reps hahaha
Автор skeglar ( назад)
dont know if I should be impressed or not. Half reps plus bench shirt. hahaha ok I've decided. He is strong no doubt, but not near as strong as this lift makes him seem.
Автор FreddyPayan ( назад)
Bullshit. Stop the bouncing / half reps and then i'll be impressed
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Автор True Iron Addict ( назад)
I wouldn't expect the man the lock out on each rep but maybe he could atleast go halfway up atleast, kind of impressive just because of the weight but hell his chest was bouncing the bar up that high not his strength really. Someone call the NBA, that mans chest could be a point guard with those bouncing skills.
Автор midnightv27 ( назад)
lol i didnt see any reps. granted its heavy, but terrible form, didnt fully extend
Автор CALI_BMXER ( назад)
can he wipe his butt on his own?
Автор Ben Dean ( назад)
Were those even half reps!?
Автор jeremiah walker ( назад)
Didn't see a lock out at any point in the video
Автор Graf Hermann Keyserling ( назад)
haha learn how to bench press
Автор RoCnChriS ( назад)
Автор Alta626 ( назад)
Well I think thats because his grip is so wide thats why he goes up a few inches
Автор Kostas Z. ( назад)
"405 shirted for 0 reps" fixed for ya
Автор John Liu ( назад)
bench shirts only for people who can't handle the heavyweight without them using their bench shirt. CHEATERS
Автор badjio amine ( назад)
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Автор Mick Australian Harris ( назад)
Nice basketball...lol...come on man do it right, the kids are watching!
Автор Brock Johnson ( назад)
Notice he can barely even extend the bar fully at the end
Автор Anthony Taylor ( назад)
So basically you're all just whiny bitches.... The end.
Автор pipeescobedo ( назад)
id love to see u do this
Автор Austin Cirlot ( назад)
joe is my actuall trainer at his gym and he is really that strong with or without the shirt on. he can bench now over 600lbs
Автор Greg Benson ( назад)
Quarter reps with a bench shirt when i saw this i was embarrassed for this clown and walking around with your chest swollen.Guys like you make the sport of power lifting look bad!!!!
Автор Nanette Ruffin ( назад)
jason 405 for 42 reps joe u have to beat him he did not use a shirt though
Автор nappdogg24 ( назад)
i bench 405 9x times all lockout reps i could do 25 to 30 of those reps without the juice or shirt ihate guys who bounce weight a few inches and want props f that
Автор cyborgar15 ( назад)
Now start reading other peoples experience with bench shirts who know how much they help..also Scott Mendelson word record bench RAW 715lbs, his bench with shirt 1015lbs..300lbs difference..there you go..now please don't cry..
Автор johnathonbennett1980 ( назад)
no doubt he could do the weight but remember this was for show, but im betting not for 40 times
Автор johnathonbennett1980 ( назад)
1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, great job of showing how not to bench wearing a bench shirt and then not actually using any lockouts.
Автор mikey lund ( назад)
Half u fags talking shit can't squat 405 properly never mind bench..and u waould know powerlifting if it fell on ur face
Автор mikey lund ( назад)
So go get a fucking shirt loser and do the samething...ya thought so.
Автор Stevo-Fernando ( назад)
clearly the shirts do make a huge difference.
Автор Nanette Ruffin ( назад)
jason 405 the new guy did it 42 times with no shirt its under jason 405 bench presses 405 for 42 reps
Автор heknowsitall ( назад)
you should do a video with 405 with proper form. If not =please shut up
Автор flominhomtoolfruit ( назад)
you dumbasses know those plates are fake right?
Автор Sean S ( назад)
OHH!! he's yelling 'Never Quit' at 0:05, I thought I was hearing 'No Equipment' (as in RAW), which i began laughing cuz i knew this guy would probably have 2 bench shirts on.
Автор BRAIN WASHED ( назад)
No proper form + Half Reps+ Body Bitch Ass suit + Steroids = Failure
Автор dirkdigler21 ( назад)
Half reps with a shirt and bouncing off your chest = FAIL BLOG
Автор Nanette Ruffin ( назад)
Jason 405 just beat Jack go to Jason 405 he just did 405 for 42 reps without a shirt check it out go to jason 405 bench presses 405 for 42 reps
Автор ffal139 (1634 года назад)
That is fucking retarded....I know its 405 but come on man.......you can't really call that 40 reps.....its like 10 full ones
Автор Jerbear ( назад)
Who fucking cares if he cheats and bounces it, he fucking benched 405 40 times.........
Автор Anders Gullberg ( назад)
Cheating as the hell!Bouncing on the chest and doing only half reps.Suppose it equals maximum 10 reps in fully exercise!
Автор Dexter Taylor ( назад)
Well shit, give me a shirt like that and I'll bench it 40 times too
Автор Eli S ( назад)
Awesome lift 'bro', I'm going for 40 reps of 600 on deadlift, using 'protective equipment'...........a 6 ton winch.
Автор MARK PLUGUEZ ( назад)
damn why all the haters. lets see u guys do it.
Автор jdub49986 ( назад)
i dnt agree with bench shirts but the whole half rep thing is worng ppl dnt undertsnad when u are reps heavy weight for a lot of reps its really bad on your joints to lock every one out i got vids were i dnt lock out 315 when im doin it for 16 reps but i do 3 quarters of the rep but wat this man jus did was amazing
Автор H Johns ( назад)
With a bench shirt? That's stupid..
Автор JacksOblangata ( назад)
Joe Ladnier's Shirt Benches 405 for 40 reps
Автор spidermonkey237 ( назад)
The form may not have been very good but I would like to see any of you even try one half rep. I highly doubt any of you can do that.
Автор chomsky x ( назад)
raw, full reps, no one touching the bar or it doesnt count. if you need a bench shirt you cant do the weight.
Автор chomsky x ( назад)
this guy makes a mockery of weightlifting. dressed like a medieval knight, doing half reps. i much rather have seen him do one clean rep raw.
Автор yolk17 ( назад)
okay okay we all know these are not full reps.. but no one can deny the raw power it takes to throw 400 lbs over your chest and play with it like this man did. keyboard warriors take note.
Автор John ONeil ( назад)
I saw 0 full reps and several bounced reps off the chest. Very sad form!! Try doing it right bro with full range of motion and no bouncing it off the chest!!!
Автор Hotmail ( назад)
yeah 405 is 405 no matter what....u r talking strictly about weight though....let me refresh ur puny brain moron....weight is constant...it is the measure of gravity acting on a object that remains the same....what im sayin is that his form is shit and i would never consider this a clean 40 reps under any circumstances....u may be different...and i really don't give a fuc k what you think...
Автор tiberias111 ( назад)
I know the guy is strong and all but this was just really silly.
Автор Dj1LL ( назад)
fuck how is his chest not broken?!
Автор mcronin930 ( назад)
no matter how you see it (bounced reps, half reps, bench shirt)..... i doubt anyone here can even come close to what he just did. Just saying.
Автор Njderig (1853 года назад)
I counted 0 full reps and saw 40 bounced half reps with the aid of a slingshot shirt. Take off the stupid slingshot shirt and bench it more than 5 inches range of motion and dont bounce it off your chest and then the reps will count. Bench it raw or it doesn't count.
Автор doug madewell ( назад)
he was useing the shirt no triceps
Автор Tiffany Brooke ( назад)
Looks good to me! Bench shirt or not, that's alot of weight!
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Nutty Lemon Coffee Cake
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|Sour cream
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|All purpose flour
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|2 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Baking soda
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|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Ground pecans
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In another bowl, mix sour cream and extracts.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream mixture.
Mix well.
Spread half in a greased 13-in.x 9-in.x 2-in.baking pan.
Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle half over batter.
Carefully spread remaining batter on top; sprinkle with remaining topping.
Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until cake tests done.
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Calories 5409 Calories from Fat 2852
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 328 g505.1%
Saturated Fat 154.2 g771%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 1236.2 mg412.1%
Sodium 3035.6 mg126.5%
Total Carbohydrates 575 g191.7%
Dietary Fiber 22.1 g88.2%
Sugars 317 g
Protein 69 g137.2%
Vitamin A 154.8% Vitamin C 5.8%
Calcium 148.4% Iron 125.5%
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The latest Quarterly Report to Congress from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has been released.
The following are excerpts relevant to private military contractors.
Number of contractors: Current, 119,700. Peak, 171,000 (Q4 2007)
p. 2
On July 22, 2010, several rockets impacted inside the International Zone, killing three foreign-national contractors working for Triple Canopy, a U.S.-based security company.Figure1.10 [ see p. 16] lists the 15 contracting companies that have reported the largest number of deaths in Iraq since March 2003.
This quarter, the Department of Labor (DoL) received reports of 12 additional deaths of contractors working on U.S.-funded programs in Iraq. DoL also received reports of 882 injuries this quarter that caused the injured contractors to miss four or more days of work. Since 2003, at least 1,487 death claims have been filed with the DoL.
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On June 11, 2010, CENTCOM transitioned the Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan (JCC-I/A) to the CENTCOM Contracting Command (C³). The change was made to facilitate expansion of the organization's oversight to all contingency operations in CENTCOM's area of operations--including Kuwait and Pakistan--in accordance with joint doctrine, "which has evolved to consider complex long-term contingencies." To that end, C³will relocate to Qatar and reassess its staffing requirements.
In addition to contract oversight, C³'s responsibilities in Iraq will include liaising with the armed services' contracting organizations, providing monthly contractor census and SPOT data, and establishing and chairing a joint contracting support board to coordinate the enforcement of contracting and payment procedures.
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Contractor and Grantee Support
As of June 30, 2010, there were 113,649 contractor and grantee personnel supporting U.S. efforts in Iraq. For a breakdown of contractors and grantees--by agency, purpose, and national origin--see Table2.11.
Contractors provide a variety of services. According to the most recent DoD census of its contractors in Iraq, roughly 65% performed base support functions, such as maintaining the grounds, running dining facilities, and providing laundry services.
Comparable data was not available from DoS or USAID.
The profile of DoD contractors in Iraq has changed over time. The number of contractors
providing base support has generally paralleled the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. Meanwhile, as the focus of the U.S. assistance programs shifted away from large-scale infrastructure projects, the number of construction contractors has declined and the percentage of contractors providing security has increased. Third-country nationals currently make up a larger percentage of total DoD contractors than they have at any previous time, and the percentage of Iraqi nationals has declined to its lowest point yet.
For details on the types of service provided by DoD contractors, and their national origin, see Figure2.13.
pp. 46-47
Tracking Contractors and Grantees in Iraq
On March 23, 2010, the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held hearings on grants and contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the topics discussed was the ongoing development of the Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT) database, which is intended to serve as a coordination tool for U.S. government agencies, contractors, and grantees. Representatives of DoD, DoS, USAID, and GAO stated the following:
•According to DoD, approximately 75% of its contractor personnel were entered into SPOT. Registering Iraqi contractors who are not operating at U.S. military bases or DoD installations is the largest remaining challenge. DoD is using SPOT to track its contractor draw down.
•According to DoS, it has expanded its use of SPOT to include grantees as well as contractor personnel. Additionally, DoS uses SPOT-generated Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to grant privileges to contractors--such as meals and common access cards (CACs)--and can track contractor movements in-country using LOA reader machines.
•According to USAID, the administrative and financial burden of entering individual data for all its partners (which it defines as contractors and grantees) outweighs the benefits, because many do not require LOAs. Additionally, there are concerns that registration of USAID partners working in certain communities could endanger their safety. USAID has arranged with DoD to enter personal data for partners that require LOAs and aggregate data for partners that do not.
•According to GAO, its audits have revealed that inadequate information about contractors and grantees may inhibit planning, increase costs, and introduce unnecessary risk. Agencies have made some progress in implementing SPOT, but their efforts still fall short in terms of having complete and reliable data to fulfill statutory requirements and improve management and oversight. Alternatives to SPOT, including periodic surveys, are generally incomplete and unreliable, particularly for identifying trends and drawing conclusions.
According to further testimony by DoD and USAID, those agencies have reached an agreement whereby USAID will provide aggregate data for grantees--broken down by the broad categories of U.S., local-national, and third-country nationals--which should be sufficient to allow them to use SPOT as a management tool.
The GAO representative acknowledged that different types of data may be required for different classes of contractors and grantees, and that it was up to the agencies to determine what worked best and to coordinate among themselves.
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The system was designed to meet the requirements of Section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act of 2009 (P.L.110-417), which directed GSA to establish a database to track contractor integrity and performance.
Before mid-2009, the only government-wide information available to contracting officers were lists of debarment and suspension actions, which are maintained in the Excluded Parties List System (ELPS). The FAPIIS expands the scope of information available to contracting officers, including:
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•contract terminations for default or cause
•agency defective pricing determinations
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•contractor self-reporting of criminal convictions, civil liability, and adverse administrative actions
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Private Security Contractor Support
A June 2010 RAND study offers new details on the unprecedented use of PSC support in Iraq over the past seven years. According to the report, between 2003and 2007, the main employers of PSCs--DoD, DoS, and USAID--paid more than $5 billion directly to security contractors. During that same period, prime contractors in Iraq paid an additional $3 billion-$6 billion for PSC services. The U.S. military has called on PSCs for a wide range of services, including static security for bases, convoy security, force protection for USACE, personal security details, and coordination of military activities through the Reconstruction Operations Center. DoS employs several types of armed contractors to staff security programs in Iraq, including diplomatic security special agents, marine security guards, third-country nationals, and personal security specialists.
According to DoD regulations, "PSC personnel are not authorized to participate in offensive operations and must comply with specific USCENTCOM Rules for the Use of Force," which allow the use of deadly force only in self-defense and defense of facilities or property (as specified in their contracts) or for "prevention of life-threatening acts directed against civilians." USF-I provides guidance on the rules of use of force and issues weapons cards to approved PSC personnel, allowing them to carry weapons. The contractor's signature on the weapons card acknowledges an understanding of these rules.
For the totals of armed PSCs serving DoD, DoS, and USAID, see Table 2.16. For more details on contractors in Iraq, see the Reconstruction Funding Management and Uses subsection of this Report.
As SIGIR reported last quarter, some GOI agencies and personnel have harassed PSCs this year. The U.S. Embassy's Regional Security Office provided additional examples of undue bureaucratic restrictions and operational challenges reported this quarter:
• In mid-June, a non-Chief of Mission PSC, on an administrative move without a client, reached an entry control point and prepared to present documents. IA personnel reportedly removed PSC personnel from their vehicles and assaulted them under the threat of deadly force. PSC personnel were arrested, equipment and vehicles confiscated, and the PSC members taken to another location where, reportedly, they were once again assaulted. The reasons for the IA's actions are unknown.
• The MOI Private Security Companies Licensing
and Registration Office has reportedly been issuing arbitrary orders and imposing deadlines that are difficult to meet, which strains the MOI's capacity to manage its own workload.
•Some PSCs report waiting months for the MOI to approve annual license renewal applications, requiring companies to file a renewal even before the original application has been adjudicated. The Regional Security Office (RSO) is uncertain whether this is intentional or simply the result of inaction.
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Betty Ford, wife of the late President Gerald Ford, has died. She was 93. Her cause of death has not yet been announced.
During her life, Betty Ford helped change the way Americans think and talk about women's rights, breast cancer and substance abuse.
NPR's Ina Jaffe has this remembrance.
INA JAFFE: Before she became a first lady and advocate for women's rights and an inspiration to people struggling with addiction, Betty Ford was a dancer.
The former Elizabeth Anne Bloomer studied and taught dance in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she grew up. She pursued her passion in New York City, where she trained with the legendary Martha Graham, but soon returned home at the bidding of her mother.
Following a brief first marriage, she met a young lawyer named Gerald Ford. They married in October of 1948. A quarter century later, Gerald Ford became vice president and later replaced the disgraced Richard Nixon as president.
And in a 1987 interview, Betty Ford told NPR that the move to the White House made her feel empowered too.
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Ms. BETTY FORD: I suddenly was somebody. I wasn't just the suburban housewife who was taking care of the children and being the backup to this man who was out front.
JAFFE: What she did and thought and said became part of the national dialogue, and Betty Ford didn't hold much back. Just weeks after moving into the White House, she announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and undergone a mastectomy. Such things weren't discussed publicly then. Her candor was revolutionary for such a prominent figure, but she believed that in the post-Watergate era, Americans wanted more openness and honesty in Washington.
And, as she said in a 1975 interview on CBS' "60 Minutes," she also wanted to raise awareness of breast cancer.
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Ms. FORD: I thought there are women all over the country like me. And if I don't make this public, then their lives will be gone. They're in jeopardy. And I think it did a great deal for women as far as the cancer problem is concerned.
JAFFE: Reportedly, thousands of women did get tested as a result of Betty Ford's frankness. Betty Ford's candor never seemed to hurt her: A 1976 poll showed she was more popular than Gerald Ford. But decades of holding down the home front while her husband pursued his career, as well as coping with a painful pinched nerve in her neck, took a toll on Betty Ford.
In a 2002 NPR interview, she said that after leaving the White House she realized - or rather, her family confronted her and told her - that she had a problem with alcohol and pills.
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Ms. FORD: I was very upset, of course. I was very hurt because I felt here I'd spent my whole married life looking after my children and my husband and how can they say these things and how can they confront me this way?
JAFFE: In that interview, Betty and Gerald Ford described how her struggle and recovery led to the founding of the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm Springs. It became as famous as some of the celebrities who sought treatment there, though they've made up only a tiny percentage of the center's tens of thousands of patients.
In the first of her two autobiographies, Betty Ford wrote: I was an ordinary woman who was called on stage at an extraordinary time. But through an accident of history, I had become interesting to people.
She was more than merely interesting, however. Betty Ford made a genuine impact on the nation just by being herself and speaking her mind.
Ina Jaffe, NPR News.
NORRIS: Former first lady Betty Ford has died. She was 93.
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Thank you for your interest in Bircham International University. If you are skeptical about the usefulness of a distance learning higher education program in general or about Bircham International University in particular, allow us to take you on a short tour and answer 10 of the most frequent questions we think you might have. Let us first assure you that distance learning degree programs are nowadays widely accepted and in many cases preferred. In fact, a number of adult degree programs are currently taking the direction we have been pioneering for the past few years. Once you learn about our distance learning university, feel free to contact us, and we will do our best to answer all the questions you might have.
What is Bircham International University?
Bircham International University is a private and independent institution of distance learning higher education. It offers adult degree programs at the professional, undergraduate, and graduate levels. It combines an innovative method of distance learning and a sound and updated curricula to present a unique experience to the adult professional student(s). Bircham International University is simultaneously registered in the USA (Delaware), the European Union (Spain), and the Commonwealth (Bahamas). Consequently, all BIU distance learning degrees can be issued and legalized in these countries.
What does Bircham International University offer?
Bircham International University offers various distance learning degrees: Bachelor's (B.B.A., B.S., and B.A.), Master's (M.B.A., M.S., and M.A.), Doctorate (Ph.D.) and professional diplomas (Specialist & Expert). These distance learning degree programs are highly affordable and cover more than 200 disciplines including management, communications, humanities, arts, psychology, natural health, therapies, computers, sciences, engineering, and others. Each distance learning degree is entirely completed by correspondence. Curricula are designed to meet the needs of the adult student, without interfering significantly in his/her professional life. Upon enrollment and after fulfilling all requirements, BIU will prepare the distance learning program of study and will mail the corresponding textbooks to the address provided by the student. The student will be required to write reports (and/ or theses) as a way of evaluating his/her distance learning program progress and outcome.
Who is this distance learning university for?
The distance learning higher education programs at Bircham International University are neither for everyone nor for all purposes. They are designed for busy working professionals who cannot find an adult degree program that meets their specialization requirements. For these adults from all countries and cultures, BIU offers an alternative higher education that combines flexibility (in time and space) and novelty (curricula and educational material) with high quality and affordability. Since 1992, Bircham International University has helped many graduates reinforce their professional careers and personal goals. Distance learning higher education is unquestionably a lifetime asset.
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How valid are our distance learning degree programs?
Bircham International University distance learning degree programs are valid for many purposes but not for all. The acceptance of a BIU distance learning degree in any hiring institution and/or university is always the prerogative of these latter. All adult degree programs earned at Bircham International University can be internationally legalized with The Hague Apostille Certificate (for Hague signatory countries) or Consulate Legalization (for Hague non-signatory countries). More information is available in our recognition section webpage.
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What is the academic quality of BIU distance learning degree program?
The distance learning degree programs issued at Bircham International University meet the current higher education guidelines set by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) as well as the USA Generally Accepted Accrediting Practices (GAAP). BIU distance learning degrees are signed by a Doctor from a formal traditional university, the President of BIU, and the Registrar official. Upon graduation, all students at Bircham University receive a diploma, transcripts of records, a diploma supplement, and a certificate of evaluation for all the textbooks studied and the work accomplished (reports, projects, and/or thesis). These documents do not specify distance education. We are proud to announce that the European Union has considered BIU distance learning to be a reference adult higher education. This achievement constitutes a clear indication of the unexceptional quality and efficacy of Bircham International University distance learning higher education.
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What are the basis of BIU distance learning higher education?
BIU distance learning higher education is highly flexible. You can study anywhere and anytime. There is no need to attend any examination center. Upon enrollment, and once the Academic Board at Bircham University decides on your distance learning study program, you will be assigned specific textbooks that will be mailed to you. Your duties are to comprehensively read these textbooks (wholly or partially) and write assigned reports. The number of textbooks and reports differ from student to another and are set during the admission evaluation process. Bircham International University offers a tutoring and guidance system, which are explained in the BIU distance learning study guide.
You may see the list of all academics and instructors at the Bircham University Human Network.
How may I enroll at Bircham International University?
The first step is to fill out and submit (either by post or as an e-mail attachment) an Application for Admission, accompanied with a detailed curriculum vitae or resume (that explains your background and highlights your previous education and experience). Upon receipt, The Academic Board at Bircham International University will review it and will issue a certificate of admission (in a matter of one or two weeks). This certificate indicates the number of credits that has been transferred from previous education, credits you need to earn at BIU, the corresponding courses, and the tuition fees. The admission process costs 200€ or the equivalent of $250 USA. If, for any reason, the admission to BIU was denied, this fee will be refunded.
What about the tuition fees?
BIU distance learning degree program's tuition fees is largely determined by the number of credits transferred (20 € or $25 USA per credit) and credits required at BIU (70 € or 130 € per credit). For this reason, it is impossible for Bircham International University to accurately estimate the total tuition fees without processing and evaluating the application for admission. These fees normally cover the distance learning program of study, textbooks, student ID card, study guide, tutorials, assessment, online diploma, and transcript. The following is an estimate of the tuition fees for each adult degree program:
Continuing Education Courses: 5 credits. 500 Euros (700US$)
Specialist: 15 credits. 1.050 Euros (1,350US$)
Expert: 21 credits. 1.470 Euros (1,890US$)
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Are BIU distance learning degrees officially recognized by a ministry of education?
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Today we hit Yosemite National Park. It was large and beautiful, green and rocky. And it was also a very long drive. Almost 3 hours, much of that within the park. We stopped quite a few times to take pictures, and then we got to drive on some of the restricted roads with Grandpa's handicap pass. We got some dirty looks and overheard a few of the bikers..."I don't think they're supposed to be driving on this road" and ...
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Why tech will back S.F. minimum-wage hike
by Mike Montgomery
Will the Bay Area's tech royalty back a big boost to the minimum wage in San Francisco? They should. And they will — once they see the numbers.
Let me explain. Until recently, the region's tech stars have been able to portray themselves as the antithesis of the Wall Street folks, New Yorkers who tricked widows and orphans into taking out mortgages they couldn't afford. Those were the greedy guys. And the bitter dysfunction in Washington, D.C.? That's a town run by partisan ideologues.
San Francisco, meanwhile, is packed with entrepreneurs and engineers — problem-solving do-gooders who definitely pay attention to the numbers.
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How the Ferguson Protests Convinced Me We Don't Need Cell Phone Kill Switches
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed a bill that requires all smartphones sold in California to come with mandatory "kill switches." A few weeks ago, I thought the bill was a seemingly harmless piece of legislation that might decrease the number of smartphones stolen every year. I even wrote a blog post in support of the bill. I've since changed my mind.
The events in Ferguson, Mo. that followed the police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown made me rethink my view.
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Title II: How the FCC Can Save Net Neutrality and Still Ruin the Internet
Prolonged discussions of Federal Communications Commission regulations are typically about as stimulating as a fistful of Ambien — except when it comes to net neutrality.
With the FCC poised to issue new rules governing how Internet service providers manage and price the traffic that flows through their networks, Americans woke up and spoke up so loudly that they crashed the agency's website last month. The million-plus comments from concerned citizens were the most the FCC has ever received during a proposed rule's public comment period — and just a few hundred thousand shy of the number of complaints that poured in after Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction." When we're comparing tech regulations to Super Bowl nipple slips, you know we're in a different kind of debate.
You probably haven't had a chance to read all 1,067,779 comments. Neither have I. But most support an outcome preserving the wide-open Internet that birthed our current era of innovation, transformation and disruption. The question now is how to achieve this.
The debate so far has been oversimplified: Are you for net neutrality or against it? That reductive framing may lead us to embrace a solution that doesn't solve the problem.
From where I sit at CALinnovates, representing tech companies dependent on the open Internet to survive, this debate is incredibly important. Disruptors like ride-share platform Sidecar and conference-call service Speek shouldn't be forced to bid against deep-pocketed giants — or anyone, for that matter — for their share of bandwidth. Nor should they be forced to adapt to regulations that would suppress new ideas or hamstring the entrepreneurs who hatch them.
They, along with countless other startups and aspiring innovators, agree: We need an outcome that preserves the openness of the Internet.
Unfortunately, it's not so simple. Let me explain. The leading proposal in Washington to achieve that goal is to reclassify broadband providers as "telecommunications services." This would allow the FCC to regulate providers using authority granted it under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.
As you have undoubtedly noticed, the Communications Act of 1934 was passed in 1934. That means the FCC is gathering input as it considers adopting the same legislative framework for the Internet that existed back when "wireless" meant the hand crank on your grandparents' AM radio.
Title II turned our nation's telephone system — a single network operated by a single company, Ma Bell — into a highly regulated utility, just like water and electric companies. While they helped protect consumers from the excesses of a corporate monopoly, Title II's restraints hardly made that phone network an innovative one.
Ask your parents: Under Title II, innovation in telecom meant being able to buy a different color of the same phone chosen by the monopoly at a price set by the government. This same law can't accommodate today's sprawling, bustling, magically fragmented Internet, a miracle of technology unimaginable in 1934 — or even in 1996, when the act was updated for the "modern" era.
By turning the Internet into a utility, we'll bleed tech innovation with a thousand paper cuts. Would we even know what an iPhone is if Steve Jobs had to run his pricing models past the FCC? Would Twitter be fomenting revolution if Jack Dorsey needed to check with regulators about what kind of data can be shared online and by whom?
It sounds far-fetched, but that's how it would work. Under Section 214 of Title II, common carriers have to ask for approval before discontinuing nonperforming platforms or launching new ones.
Shoehorning Internet companies into Title II won't just slow Silicon Valley down to Beltway-at-rush-hour speed; it will also render impossible a great many things that have become part of our daily routines, like using on-demand services from location-based smartphone apps.
Under Section 222 of Title II, companies have a duty to protect the confidentiality of customers' proprietary network information. Sounds benign, right? Well, it means wireless location data could no longer be shared with Internet companies for mapping or advertising. Location-based companies would be limited by, in the regulators' lyrical stylings, the "use or disclosure" of "call location information concerning the user of a commercial mobile service." In plain English, that means companies like dating service Tinder, car navigation service Waze and ride-sharer Uber could soon become relics of the past. At the least, they would have far higher hurdles and costs in launching and attracting investment capital.
The big losers in all this would very likely be startups and the consumers they seek to serve. For large, established digital companies, these new regulations would probably just be an inconvenience. For startups that don't have the resources to fight Title II classification, or the in-house legal teams to interpret the new requirements, the rule changes would be a death knell.
Before we trade the devil we know for the devil our grandparents knew, we should pause to ask ourselves whether legally defining the Internet as a utility will keep it both open and innovative — or act as a drag on creativity and growth.
I'm pro-net neutrality, but anti-1934-style strangulation. Where does that leave me? According to the approaches under consideration, I may soon be a man without a country. Good thing the Internet, at least for now, doesn't require a passport.
Mike Montgomery is the executive director of CALinnovates, a San Francisco-based non-profit advocacy concern whose members include high-tech companies, political and thought leaders, and entrepreneurs.
This piece originally ran in The Huffington Post
We Need Net Neutrality Policy, but '30s Regs Aren't the Way to Do It
I like the Internet.
Cat Vids ← It brings us cat videos.
And baby photos. And memes.
It also brings education to the masses, health care to the hard to reach, and drives California's economic engine.
The Internet does all these things (and more!) because it is an open platform. The principles of "Net Neutrality" (NN) and the open Internet are bedrock beliefs for innovative companies in California and around the country who are delivering the innovations and applications that power our lives.
More than a decade after NN was defined, it's back on the front burner with everyone from talk show satirists to dog walkers discussing the importance of keeping the Internet open. The issues around NN are not new. The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") has been struggling to create a legal framework to preserve and protect these core principles of openness for a long time, and I applaud FCC Commissioner Tom Wheeler's recent efforts to craft a sensible solution.
I'm convinced that a common sense solution exists, while at the same time hopeful that we'll make sure there's water in the pool before we dive in headfirst. I say that because I'm a little concerned about the desire by some to impose 1930s style telephone regulations on the Internet.
These old rules, also known as Title II, if you're wondering, refer to a section of the Telecommunications Act that Congress first passed in 1934 to regulate telephone service. Not surprisingly, things are dramatically different now than they were 80 years ago, so when you take regulations drafted in the era of the rotary phone and apply them to the era of the smartphone, one has to wonder if this is a square-peg, round-hole solution.
Applying these old telephone regulations would essentially treat the Internet like a utility such as water or electricity. But when is the last time you saw innovation in your water pipe? "
If the Internet had been regulated like water or gas, I highly doubt we would have seen the advent of things like Google Fiber or connected cars," said Jack Crawford, general partner at Velocity Venture Capital.
Eighty years ago, do you know what went through your water pipe? Water. And I bet that is what will go through it in 80 years. But do you want to guess what will flow through our broadband networks in 80 years? Do you want to guess the bandwidth requirements, the necessary speeds, or the possible services that future networks will need to support? I asked Crawford to answer the same question in the event that broadband is treated as a utility. His response:
"I don't have a crystal ball, but in 80 years I think regulated broadband would look a lot like it does today. Let's not veer down that path."
Over the last three years, I have had the pleasure to work with the FCC, the CPUC, and officials at every level of government to ensure that California's startups have a voice in the regulatory process. We may not always agree, but these governmental decision makers are working hard to create and enforce rules that will protect consumers, incentivize investment, and grow our economy. It's the trifecta we all want.
It's a poorly kept secret, but government moves slower than startups. And the FCC is no different. In order to make a decision on an Internet Service, it's a 30 day comment period followed by a 30 day reply comment period — and that's before any ruling by the Commission can even take place. Not exactly the speed of innovation. According to Avetta's Lloyd Marino, a process such as this would have a chilling effect on innovation.
"In this business, we're iterating on the fly, A/B testing different features and changing pricing models frequently. I don't have the time to wait patiently for the conclusion of a regulatory process that I frankly don't understand and can't afford."
As with any heavy regulatory hammer, Title II will be felt by nearly every part of the Internet ecosystem because it will regulate Internet services.That potentially means any company in the business of transporting information from one corner of the Internet to another could be regulated under these rules. That could include the likes of Netflix, Amazon, Twitter, even Snapchat — heavy-hitters who rely on the free flow of data to meet the needs of their customers.
For startups especially, extreme regulation could easily become Armageddon. Since under the rule the FCC will have the same regulatory oversight over Internet services as it does basic telephone service. That means it will approve, or not approve, any changes in Internet service, pricing, terms, conditions, and infrastructure. "Without the freedom for people to innovate without government oversight — what's known as "permissionless innovation" — it's doubtful the Internet would be where it is today," said Yo Yoshida, Founder & CEO of Appallicious, a San Francisco-based civic startup operating in the open government space.
Furthermore, this might also require the payment of regulatory fees. Any company deemed to be providing a "telecommunication service" would theoretically have to contribute to the Universal Service Fund ("USF"). Who picks up this 17% tab? Probably us — consumers. Adding lines of fees and taxes to our Internet bills isn't on my Christmas list.
In answer to these very real concerns, some supporters of reclassification state the FCC could forebear (grant exceptions) on certain parts of Title II. This, they say, would keep innovation moving. But what this perspective underestimates is the uncertainty this will inject into the sector, the onslaught of litigation such an approach would create, and the institutionalization of distinct classes of the Internet — where some companies can innovate freely and others are left to seek permission every step of the way.
In a statement by Chairman Wheeler following a recent hearing, he said, "There is ONE Internet. Not a fast internet, not a slow internet; ONE Internet." I could not agree more with that statement. In fact, back in 2012 I wrote an op-ed about the dangers of two Internets. The United Nations was engaged in a treaty process that had the potential to create two Internets through a misguided regulatory process favored by countries such as China, Iran and Russia, and I posited that we must vigilantly fight to preserve one open Internet for all across the world.
I feel the same way nearly 18 months later and echo the words of Chairman Wheeler. We need to protect the open Internet. Saying the Internet is of great benefit and utility is like saying water is wet. It's a universal truth.
I am delighted to see a robust conversation developing around how to best preserve what makes the Internet great. I just hope we don't leap into a regulatory framework without really understanding what it means. We can all agree that keeping the Internet open is vital and I'm confident we'll arrive at a practical solution in time, but we need a modern regulatory approach for modern times — not the porting of a one-size-fits all old-school solution to modern-day challenges.
Mike Montgomery is executive director of CALinnovates, a coalition advocating on behalf of California's tech community.
This article was originally published on Medium
California Passes Kill Switch Legislation
This week, the California Senate passed SB962, requiring all smartphones sold in the state on or after July 2015 to have "kill switch" software baked into the operating system. The law is aimed at reducing smartphone thefts by making it possible for users to remotely wipe their phones — and all their digital data — remotely if need be.
If you're an iPhone user like me, you're probably wondering why this is a big deal — or even a deal at all. The "Find my iPhone" app has been around for years now, after all. But surprisingly, the sensible idea of being able to self-destruct your phone if it's stolen has yet to reach all smartphone makers. Though most companies have publicly embraced the idea of a "kill switch" for their devices, they have yet to make it happen.
The California law, while state specific, sends a strong message to would-be thieves (cough, Russian mob, cough) that curtailing smartphone theft is a priority. That's good news for consumers – and therefore the entire mobile ecosystem – and bad news for crooks. The bill awaits Governor Brown's signature.
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Fore! Velocity Venture Capital's Entrepreneurial Drive Tees Off
Talking Disruption
By Mike Montgomery
I recently moderated a sold-out panel on disruptive tech at Runway, a San Francisco-based accelerator. Runway occupies a massive space next to Twitter on Market Street, home to more than 60 startups focused on, as you would expect, disruptive tech.
My panel consisted of three heavy hitters: Andy Grignon, Will Pryor, and Larry Downes.
Andy Grignon was a member of the team behind the first iPhone. He's a great storyteller — one story involved the decidedly NSFW nickname Steve Jobs gave him, a nickname Grignon embraced. (If you're curious what that nickname was, CLICK HERE. Post-Apple, Grignon founded Quake Labs, a startup focused on making simple programming available to the masses.
Will Pryor, a senior engineer at Skycatch, was sitting in for CEO Christian Sanz, who was mining — literally and figuratively — for more biz offsite with a new customer in the mining business. Why the mining business? Because Skycatch makes drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which can offer construction managers a safer, and less expensive, way to map, explore and monitor progress. It can also — as attendees of last year's TechCrunch Disrupt can attest — deliver tacos a la the 2012 hoax you may remember called Tacocopter.
Larry Downes, my third esteemed panelist, is an ahead-of-the-curve thinker on important tech issues. That description isn't hyperbole. Downes wrote a book called Unleashing the Killer App, and he wrote it in 1998 — nearly a decade before the iPhone revolutionized our lives with its App Store. His new book, Big Bang Disruption, focuses on strategies for surviving and thriving in the digital era, whether you're a startup or an incumbent.
During the panel, Downes shared some of the pearls of his book, including how video games like Pong disrupted the pinball industry much like smartphones led to the downfall of the GPS and camera industries.
Some brief takeaways from the panel:
Downes told the audience that there are three defining characteristics of disruptive technologies — better, cheaper, more intimate — and how in the past, only two of those characteristics needed to be true. Today, however, all three boxes must be checked. The product, in other words, can't just be better. It also has to be cheaper (read: free) and connect with consumers in a personal way.
Grignon killed it on the panel. But then, he has a built in advantage — having Apple on his resumé. Given the ongoing fascination with Steve Jobs and anything or anyone he touched along the way, Grignon's tales of the iPhone development process left everyone yearning for more.
Looking ahead toward the future, I asked the panel what we'd be talking about 10 years from now if we reconvened to again talk about disruptive tech. Pryor named embedded tech without hesitation. And he wasn't just talking about clothing and contact lenses — he instead meant implants within our bodies. That certainly got the audience's attention.
Also getting the audience's attention was the question of who would own Uber in the future. While Grignon thought an IPO was the most likely, Pryor and an audience member both thought Amazon wasn't out of the realm of possibility.
Downes' response to the Uber question was more thousand-foot, as he pointed out that the beauty of disruptive technology requires taking the "anything can happen" point of view. It was a fitting viewpoint for a panel focused on the constant earthquakes disruptive technology can have on long-established industries.
All in all, the panel discussion was enlightening, challenging, and often hilarious. My thanks to Grignon, Pryor, and Downes for disrupting (sorry, I had to) their busy lives to join me. Oh, and if you'd like to have a drone deliver a copy of Downes' latest book, CLICK HERE to purchase it.
If you want to sign up for the cool stuff Grignon is making, CLICK HERE.
And if you want a better way to manage a massive construction process (or a taco), CLICK HERE.
Mike Montgomery is executive director of CALinnovates.
CALinnovates Advocates for Open Spectrum Auctions
By: Mike Montgomery
CALinnovates submitted this letter to the FCC encouraging the Commission to ensure its upcoming spectrum incentive auction is open to all bidders on equal terms. A process open to all bidders will ensure fairness, competition and increase the likelihood of a successful auction.
The unprecedented rise of mobile broadband — fueled by smartphones and tablets — has led to what has been labeled a "spectrum crunch." The Commission's auctions are aimed at alleviating that crunch while at the same time bolstering communications networks for first responders and delivering much-needed revenue to help pay down the Federal Government's debt.
CALinnovates' position is that only through an open bidding process can consumers, broadcasters, innovators, and the U.S. government receive the greatest benefit from the incentive auctions.
Thirteen tech industry leaders joined CALinnovates in this call to action, including:
- Speek's Danny Boice, conference call disruptor
- TRAIL's Josh Bradley, digital literacy advocate
- Entrepreneur Daniel Brusilovsky, founder of Teens in Tech Labs
- Conjectur's co-founder Christopher Roy Correa, mobile loyalty & rewards guru
- Velocity Venture Capital's Jack Crawford, investor & Kauffman Fellow
- Entrepreneur & Thiel Fellow Mark Daniel
- Stacey Ferreira, Entrepreneur & co-founder of MySocialCloud
- EdTech Leader & CEO of On Campus Media Scott Krantz
- Global IT & Cloud Expert Lloyd Marino
- Disruptive online polling startup founder Taylor Peck of iSideWith.com
- Kit CEO Michael Perry, builder of an innovative CRM system
- Open Gov Advocate and Tech PR Guru Brian Purchia
- Appallicious Founder & CEO Yo Yoshida, Godfather of the Civic Startup world
Open Data: Embracing 21st Century Economic Development in California
As featured on Government Technology
By: Mike Montgomery and Brian Purchia
We launched an Open Government working group for the State of California earlier this year – with our most recent roundtable at San Francisco-based accelerator Runway last week – to increase collaboration between government and the civic startup community.
This group will benefit people and communities through enhanced services utilizing open data. The benefits to the public, including transparency and reduction in lag time to inquiries are astounding as are the benefits to governmental offices, which include a decrease in paperwork and staff hours on public information requests, for example.
The idea we espouse sounds simple enough, in theory. If government agencies and offices were to institute forward-looking open data policies statewide then the growing industry of civic-focused startups will grow exponentially. These civic entrepreneurs will create new products and platforms that will continue to increase government efficiency, while the reduction in costs to taxpayers will undoubtedly have a net-positive impact on society.
One example is BuildingEye, a civic startup that has created a real-time map with all of the locations that have building permits in the cities in which BuildingEye operates. The San Francisco Entrepreneur in Residence company makes it easier for the public to see what is going to be built in your neighborhood with a click of button. Currently, though, BuildingEye only works in a handful of cities that have opened their data.
At our second open data roundtable hosted at San Francisco-based accelerator Runway last week, we charted a roadmap to bring new policies to unlock civic innovation. While the geographic boundaries of our goals are limited to city, county and state agencies within California, what we accomplish can be shared and borrowed by municipalities across the country as a blueprint for collaboration between tech, government and its inhabitants.
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|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), coarsely chopped
|Candied ginger
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|Lemon juice
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Sugars 660.7 g
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This past week was a doozy for us, dh has been working really late hours (until nearly midnight a couple of those nights), oldest ds has also been working quite late - in fact the managers at the restaurant decided he was ready to "Close" for them. Needless to say, I was less than impressed with having to stay up until nearly 2 in the morning just to make sure he was home safe and sound before I could crash (quite literally!) in bed.
For those of you that don't know me well, I spend A LOT (understatement!) of time at the computer working- either on my websites (I actually have 27 sites that I maintain!) plus I handle all of the office/bookwork/accounting for a construction business. In doing so, I've (very slowly) updated my office little by little, building my own computer system, adding a monitor here and there, etc.
Well, I was frustrated by the lack of organization of my screens and desktop area, so I decided to "build" my own workstation the other day.
I found a piece of plywood section that my husband left in the garage and cut 2 pieces the exact measurements of each of my monitors. Then carefully spray painted them black so they would match the screens when they are off and not be too distracting to the eye. Once they were dry I not so carefully mounted the hardware onto the back of each of them so they would line up with the multiple monitor displays. I say not so carefully because after getting the first one together it wouldn't line up perfectly and I was getting annoying until I realized that the back of the monitor juts out 1/2" to allow for mounting, so I took them all apart again and added an additional spacer board to the back to mount the hardware to.
Problem solved, well, almost. See the problem was it didn't seem like one of the screws was down far enough and having Just screwed it in I thought I'd run my thumb over the top of it to see if it was "flush" enough. Haha, joke was on me, because my blonde brain apparently forgot for a second about that very basic thing called FRICTION and the heat it generates. Well, suffice it to say, I burned an interesting pattern into the tip of my thumb:
Dumb, dumb, dumb. Which reminds me, did you know that you can apply a freshly cut onion to a minor burn to IMMEDIATELY alleviate pain and prevent blistering?
So anyways... after getting everything mounted I screwed on hardware for a clipboard, added some hibiscus flowers to match the design painted on my accent wall and voila, instant organized desktop. (Ignore my vitamin bottles and my racing grannies, the WTF stamp, the therapy ball, etc.. these are just things I've accumulated to amuse myself on days when I don't feel like working- afterall, I don't have co-workers to gossip with or aggravate.
After all that, I decided that I probably ought to get outside and get some yard work and managed to get a couple acres mowed, the chicken coop cleaned out, limed and the nesting boxes filled with straw. I didn't realize that I'd forgotten to collect eggs the day before, but we ended up with 82 eggs yesterday. I REALLY need to find a few more egg recipes to share!! We have one bird that often lays double yolkers but the other day we actually got a Triple Yolk out of her.
I wish I had more time to spend in the garden these days, but time seems to be one of those things that I have so very little of lately. What's new in your neck of the woods?


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Tracking SQL statistics with ExtSQL
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A configuration option called extsql_reload_file allows you to store collected data, which is automatically saved and restored during a restart.
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La Lunetta, converted from an old barn into two apartments: ARCO sleeps 4/6 and STUDIO, sleeps 2, with possibility of interconnecting the two apartments . The conversion has retained the original character with arched openings, huge beams and revealed stonework, and is elegantly furnished with all the latest equipment. Overlooking a timeless Umbrian landscape of rolling wooded hills, gentle valleys, sheep pastures, distant prospects, with just the occasional tinkle of a sheep bell or the glimpse of a strolling monk to disturb your siesta. Only 15 minutes from lively town of Umbertide, with all daily needs and weekly market (with 2nd-hand English bookstall!). The 2 properties share the pool, also with the English owners (who never go in the water, just snooze pool-side) living in the large farmhouse close by, and can be rented individually (4 and 2 respectively) or as a complex (6/8), ideal for an extended family or friends party.
Lake Trasimeno, with shore-side villages, restaurants, promenades, ferries to islands , at 35 km, mostly dual carriageway.
Airports: Perugia 30 mins. Ancona 2 hours. Bologna 2½ hours. Forli 1½ hours. Rome 2½ hours. Pisa within 3½ hours.
Car hire is best done at point of entry and absolutely vital as the properties are completely rural.
Umbertide, 10km, our local shopping town is friendly and unpretentious, with good supermarkets, banks, family restaurants, cafes and bars, a lively weekly market, and a railway station.
Good road and rail connections to many renowned towns: Perugia, the regional capital, 30 mins, Gubbio 35 mins, Assisi 45 mins, Cortona 50 mins, Todi 45 mins, Arezzo 60 mins, Siena 90 mins, Orvieto 2hrs. Florence 100 mins and Rome 3hrs also reached by excellent inter-city railway links.
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Peter's Vision
9 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. 13 Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."
14 "Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."
15 The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
16 This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.
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In Bather, Picasso used a nude female figure standing at the seaside as a testing ground for new representational possibilities, challenging pictorial conventions of space, beauty, and time. The background is simplified into three bands of color applied in flat, rough strokes. The bather's body is broken into discrete parts; her breasts, stomach, and shoulders are hardened into geometric arcs and curves, and her right foot twists unnaturally. Traditional painting captures a single moment from a single perspective; Picasso depicted his bather's torso from the front, rear, and side, presenting multiple views simultaneously.
Mary Callery (1903-1977), Boulogne-sur-Seine and New York. [Probably acquired from Rosenberg in Paris in the 1930s]
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It's been more than six years since San Diego voters asked the city to put some services out for bid but progress has been slow.
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