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Its been a while since I updated, and things have been slow to get moving here. It is taking time to get to know people, to network, to become acquainted with the community I will be working with over the next few months.
It has been a slow journey to get moving, and, honestly, I have resented that at some times. I am used to being busy, all the time. When at SHADE, it felt like there was always something to do, always a deadline to meet. While it was (mostly) fulfilling work, we worked hard, long hours, and it was exhausting. Now that I'm on the other side of the spectrum, I don't really know what to do with myself!
I am grateful for the support I have received and the encouragement to "take advantage" of this time. I know those words are right, but it is a difficult shift of mind and body (and spirit). I am working on not feeling guilty about not working when there is not work to do. Or not feeling guilty for having time off during "business hours" even when I know I have to go back to "work" for evening meetings or Bible Studies… or on Sunday mornings, for that matter.
Truly, I know better than to complain about there not being work to do in a church. There is ALWAYS work to be done in a church and I am well aware of that! But I am looking forward to investing more in the work I have come here to do, and until that ball is rolling a bit faster, I imagine I will continue to struggle with the "in between." I just pray that until then, I will find a way to appreciate the gift of time that has been granted to me.
After all, after everything I have been through in the past few months, this "time" is likely just what I need. Now I must just make a way to live into that more fully…

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I don't even know where to begin.
Just let me quote something that I wrote less than a week ago:
"The son has been anxious to see Video Games Live since its inception, and finally, I was able to get tickets to take him (it's always rolling through at the most inconvenient times and places). Not only did I get him tickets, I got him pit tickets at Nokia during E3. Because I am his mother and I rock. However, what this means is that I have to take him this week. To L.A. On a week night. During E3."
Now, I realize that a lot of the people who read my blog live in lovely, far-flung places like Canada and France and Germany and...er...Texas. Nonetheless, I'm sure many of you have heard of the (insert adjective of your choice) Los Angeles Lakers. Let me state up front that I'm not a fan of anything NBA, and if the Lakers moved to, oh I don't know, Montevideo? I wouldn't exactly cry.
Sooooo...this is where I was last night:
And this? This is across the street:
Starting to see where this is going? Right. Game 7 of the NBA Finals in that there building right there, as I was taking this photo. And I thought E3 (in the L.A. Convention Center, on the other side of Staples) was the worst of my worries. No, the BRAIN TRUSTS who schedule things for that area also decided that it would be a good night for the opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival (going on in the buildings behind Nokia) and a concert at the Conga Room (I have no idea who it was. I couldn't be bothered to check).
Now, I know that no one knew the Lakers would be playing Game 7 last night. At least, no one knew this until last Tuesday night, when we were fervently praying the Celtics would win. Again, I'm not a fan of anything NBA; I just didn't want to end up in the situation that we did indeed end up in last night:
Staples holds 19,000 for a basketball game. Nokia has a capacity of 7,000 (though last night, it was configured for 4,000), and the Conga Room, 1,000. The movie theaters? I couldn't hazard a guess. But the entertainment area there also has a bunch of restaurants, which looked to be well beyond capacity last night.
And what about all the hangers-on who couldn't get tickets to the game and were just milling around in their purple looking for a fight? Waaaaay too many of them, though LAPD evidently forced them all out of the plaza about 15 minutes after we were let into Nokia.
I haven't even mentioned the bit about it taking us two hours to get to downtown L.A. Downtown Los Angeles is not conducive to big crowds: many of the streets are tiny, and about 2/3 only go one way. So, the geography and logistics of getting from point A to point B can be a bit nightmarish. Of course, this was also taking place during rush hour. And we left the house at 4:30 for an 8 pm show.
Did we seriously consider not going? You bet. I was ready to let $300 worth of tickets that I bought three months ago go to waste so as not to have to face that mess. And as I was standing there, waiting for doors, with my daughter glued to my body she was so unnerved by the massive police presence, helicopters hovering overhead, and menacing-looking people cruising around, glowering and hooting at anyone in green, I was grateful for the comic relief provided by the crazed-looking man running through the crowd with a sign that proclaimed "Jesus is Comming. Don't go to hell." as he yelled the same message through a paper cup with the bottom torn out of it.
That's right. Jesus is Comming.
So was the show worth all that? Well, the son and the daughter definitely got a kick out of the proceedings, which was good enough for me. I wearied of the plugs for Alienware (I paid for those tickets, which in my book means I don't have to listen to commercials), and even though I've played my share of games over the years--and some pretty obscure ones at that--a lot of this was stuff I'd never heard of. And by and large, the stuff I wanted to hear--Halo!--still beat the majority of the music played, though Assassin's Creed 2 gave it a run for its money. The show's concept was interesting, and generally well carried out, but I'll admit that once was enough.
About half way through the show, the audience was informed that the Lakers had "come from behind in the fourth quarter" and won their game across the street. I was keeping an eye out, and we occasionally saw a car with flashing lights pass by, but it seemed pretty quiet (that means only 40 people were arrested for various misbehaviours, including setting cars on fire, trying to pull a bus driver out of a bus, breaking windows, and throwing things at police officers. LA Times was also reporting that people were running around on the freeway. In the dark. That takes a special kind of stupidity).
When the show finished a little after 11 pm, it was pretty quiet out, but the police presence remained massive. I stopped to take a photo (which is here) of the nicely lit Staples Center, and backed up into the tallest LAPD officer I've ever seen, resplendent in his riot gear. The spouse is still marveling over the encounter, as he says he's never seen another person who actually dwarfed me (I'm almost 6 ft. tall; this gentleman was easily twelve inches taller).
At which, point we decided that it was probably time to go home.
Go listen to some good music: "Just Another Nervous Wreck" from the album Breakfast in America by Supertramp. Why do a few idiots always try to make an entire fandom look bad? And I didn't even get into the whole parking fiasco, even with an advance purchase parking pass.


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For months, I've been sick of sitting. I perch on my chair, well-intentioned and driven: I will write 4,000 words, a blog post, answer emails/interviews/facebook messages from friends who deserve more, better attention than my easily-distracted mind can offer. I have a butterfly brain, regularly diverted by the winds of tangent (tumblr, for example, is a temptation-ridden custom-tailored black hole overspilling with Lokis, blood-stained elk skulls, Totoro gifs, and cosmic jellyfish).
One thing I know about myself is that I function better when I move. Anger can be destroyed with a bike ride, deadend cyclic anatomical self-antagonizing can be crushed by thirty minutes of high-intensity interval training. So I've known for awhile that the reason I spend more time aimlessly flipping tabs when I sit at my computer is because I'm sitting, stationary. The solution, naturally, is to stop.
The past few weeks, I've been sitting (bad!) and thinking of various solutions. I knew I wanted a standing desk, and that I didn't want to spend any money, or nail something together, if I could avoid it–mostly because I wanted to be standing, now, and not work too hard to do so (which, really, just sounds like another bout of laziness). At any rate, two days ago, I decided that my computer was staying off until I'd solved my problem. I stood for a moment, thought, and promptly found a solution.
My solution was percussive: I found a drum. As a drummer, this wasn't exactly a challenge–my apartment is full of them. But the trick was finding the right one. The right one turned out to be a cajón. Which is amusing, since this particular drum is meant to be sat upon. Happily, though, when resting sideways on my desk, it adds just the right amount of height for me to stand and type on my laptop (or distract myself with an inverted drum, which loses none of its sonic potential). Return it to the ground, and I have my drum again–or a chair, if I'm being lethargic.
I like my instruments to be instruments, but I'm also the kind of person who like an uncluttered, multifunctional space. The musical desk satisfies my obsessive-percussing and organization-addiction in a single hit (a gong hit that rattles through my skull and satisfactorily shakes the compulsive quirks of my brain).


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July 5, 1957
John M. GOULD, Petitioner,
J. C. TAYLOR, Warden, T. Y. Lawrence, Record Clerk, U.S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pa., Respondents
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Petitioner, John M. Gould, a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, seeks release on Writ of Habeas Corpus. The petition, response and traverse reveal the facts and petitioner's contention.
Gould was originally sentenced in the Eastern District of Missouri on December 8, 1937, to terms of twelve years and two yers concurrent or a total of twelve years, on bank robbery charges. On October 10, 1938, he was subsequently sentenced in the District of Kansas on a counterfeiting charge to a term of ten years to run concurrently with the foregoing twelve year total sentence. On the same day he was sentenced by the Kansas court to three years on an escape charge. This sentence provided that it should begin at the expiration of the sentences he was then serving and to run consecutive thereto. We are not, however, concerned with the precise language of the sentence since the escape statute which was then in force (18 U.S.C. § 753h, now superseded by 18 U.S.C. § 751) was held by the Supreme Court in United States v. Brown, 333 U.S. 18, 68 S. Ct. 376, 377, 92 L. Ed. 442, to be mandatory in its provisions that the escape sentence 'shall begin upon the expiration of, or upon legal release from, any sentence under which such person is held at the time of such escape' and that the purpose of the statute was 'to require additional punishment for the escape offense.'
Gould was released on March 6, 1947, on a conditional release, the Certificate of Conditional Release being signed by him 'under protest.' While thus on parole he was returned for service of the balance of his sentence on August 26, 1947 under a parole violation warrant issued July 14, 1947. The fact that he signed 'under protest' is not pertinent to our problem. As pointed out in Singleton v. Looney, 10 Cir., 218 F.2d 526, 528, the mere fact that he had not consented to the conditions of his release did not mean that he was not bound thereby. '* * * the incidence of the conditions may not be forestalled by mere dissent of the prisoner.'
Gould was again conditionally released on August 23, 1949, with the Certificate of Conditional Release being signed by him without notation of any protest. A parole violation warrant issued December 19, 1949, on the basis of which he was recommitted on August 17, 1956.
In determining his conditional release dates, his three year escape sentence was aggregated with the twelve year sentence, making a total of fifteen years on which his good time allowance was computed under 18 U.S.C. § 710 (now 18 U.S.C. § 4161), and he was accordingly allowed ten days a month on fifteen years and his conditional release date computed accordingly. On the theory of Lyons v. Squier, D.C.W.D.Wash., 54 F.Supp. 557, that under the escape statute (formerly 18 U.S.C. § 753h) there can be no aggregating of an escape sentence with others under the then applicable good time deduction statute (18 U.S.C. § 710) because no deductions are permitted on an escape sentence, or on the theory that an escape sentence is independent of and not aggregable with other sentences and therefore entitled to a lesser deduction of seven days a month, petitioner's total good time allowance would have been less and his good time release date would have been later than the date when he was actually released on good time. But this question need not be determined. As pointed out by Judge Watson in Bickel v. Hiatt, D.C.M.D.Pa., 66 F.Supp. 748, a calculation of good time by aggregation which increases the total good time is to the advantage of the petitioner by increasing the time served outside the prison walls. But the status of such a prisoner while under conditional release is that of a prisoner on parole, and in legal effect is 'imprisonment' notwithstanding that the punishment is ameliorated.
The fact that a prisoner may have been prematurely released under an erroneous application of the statutory formula in no way affects the jurisdiction of the Board to revoke the conditional release.
Petitioner sums up with the contention 'that under the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 753h, the sentence of three years for escape that was imposed upon him began at such time as Petitioner was entitled to his legal release from the sentence that Petitioner was then serving. The law prescribed the exact date of that expiration (18 U.S.C., Section 713 (now 18 U.S.C. §§ 4163, 4165)), and that was the day upon which the escape sentence began. Hence, the three-year escape sentence ran concurrent with the supervision period of Petitioner's prior sentences and was consumed therein. Consequently, Petitioner was entitled to his unfettered freedom after these sentences had been completely served.' This same contention was presented and found without merit in Bickel v. Hiatt, supra, where it was pointed out that 'The maximum release date would still be at the expiration of the total of the two sentences, and the prisoner when given conditional release would be be on parole during the balance of that period. To reach any other conclusion would require a calculation of two independent sentences as being in part concurrent and, * * * such a conclusion cannot be reached in connection with a sentence for escape.' (66 F.Supp. 751.) This is further confirmed by the Supreme Court in United States v. Brown, supra, where it was held as to the escape statute then in effect (18 U.S.C. § 753h) that it was the congressional mandate 'that the sentence for escape is to be superimposed upon all prior sentences', and that the Act 'contemplates 'additional' and independent' punishment'.
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United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, Central Division
June 23, 2015
RANDALL JACKSON, Plaintiff,v.LARRY CRAWFORD, et al., Defendants.
FERNANDO J. GAITAN, Jr., District Judge.
Pending before the Court is Defendants Gateway Foundation, Inc. and Duane Cummins' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 85).
I. Background
Plaintiff filed the pending action on January 6, 2012. On April 9, 2012, the Court dismissed plaintiff's pro se complaint. On appeal, on March 28, 2014, the Eighth Circuit vacated the Court's order dismissing this case, and remanded for further consideration. Counsel entered an appearance on behalf of plaintiff on June 27, 2014. On August 15, 2014, plaintiff filed his First Amended Class Action Complaint (Doc. No. 42).
In his First Amended Class Action Complaint (Doc. No. 42), plaintiff alleges that he is an atheist inmate held at the Missouri Department of Corrections ("MDOC") from 2006 to 2008, and again from 2011 to the present date. (Doc. No. 42 at ¶¶ 26, 38, 50, 93, 105). Plaintiff was required to participate in substance abuse treatment programs provided by MDOC under the terms of his sentences for his convictions for driving while intoxicated. (Doc. No. 42 at ¶¶ 41, 42, 96, 97). In particular, these programs at the MDOC include Alcoholics Anonymous ("AA"), which requires its participants to recognize and rely upon a "Higher Power" to remedy their problems with alcohol. (Doc. No. 42 at ¶¶ 52-68, 151). Plaintiff objects to participating in these programs, as they are incompatible with his atheist beliefs. (Doc. No. 42 at ¶¶ 73-74, 107, 150). Plaintiff has also sought to list his religion as atheism on the facesheet to his prison file, but MDOC has denied this request, responding that atheism is a philosophy, not a religion. (Doc. No. 42 at ¶¶ 48, 129-130).
Plaintiff makes claims on behalf of himself and a putative class under both (1) 42 U.S.C. § 1983, through the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; and (2) the Religious Land Use Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1. For both, plaintiff claims that his and the putative class members' rights were violated by (1) not being allowed to declare atheism as their religion on their inmate facesheets; and (2) being forced to participate in substance abuse treatment programs that are based on a belief in a deity.
Defendants named in the First Amended Complaint are (1) Douglas A. Worsham, the Supervisor of Religious/Spiritual Programming within the Division of Human Services for the MDOC; (2) Larry Crawford, the Director of the MDOC when plaintiff was incarcerated at MDOC's Western Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center ("WRDCC") in St. Joseph, Missouri; (3) Martha V. Nolin, the Assistant Division Director, Substance Abuse Services in the Division of Offender Rehabilitative Services; (4) Alan Earls, Deputy Director of the Division of Adult Institutions; (5) Cyndi Prudden, Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions; (6) Vicki Salsbury, Director of the Drug Rehabilitation Program at MDOC's WRDCC in St. Joseph, Missouri; (7) Isaac "Sonny" Collins, Warden at Maryville Treatment Center; (8) Gateway Foundation, Inc., also known as Gateway Foundations Correction, an Illinois corporation that has contracted with MDOC to design and operate MDOC's drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs; and (9) Dwayne Cummins, Gateway Foundation Corrections' Program Director at MDOC's Ozark Correctional Center ("OCC"). All except for Vicki Salsbury, Gateway Foundation, Inc., and Dwayne Cummins (who do not appear to be state employees or entities) are sued in their individual and official capacities.
On February 6, 2015, the Court granted in part and denied in part various motions to dismiss filed by state defendants and Vicki Salsbury. All claims against Salsbury were dismissed; notably, plaintiff conceded to the dismissal of all RLUIPA claims against Salsbury. On May 8, 2015, the Court entered an order denying plaintiff's motion for class certification.
On March 13, 2015, defendants Gateway Foundation, Inc. ("Gateway") and Duane Cummins ("Cummins") filed their motion to dismiss. Gateway and Cummins argue that the RLUIPA claims against them must be dismissed for the same reasons they were dismissed as to defendant Salsbury.
II. Standard
When ruling on a defendant's motion to dismiss, a judge must accept as true all of the factual allegations in the complaint. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555-56 (2007). A plaintiff need not provide specific facts in support of his allegations. Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 93-94 (2007). But the plaintiff must include sufficient factual information to provide grounds on which the claim rests, and to raise a right to relief above a speculative level. Schaaf v. Residential Funding Corp., 517 F.3d 544, 549 (8th Cir. 2008). A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009). This requires a plaintiff to plead more than labels and conclusions, and a formulaic recitation of the elements of the cause of action will not do. Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555. A complaint must contain either direct or inferential allegations respecting all the material elements necessary to sustain recovery under some viable legal theory. Id. at 562 (quoted case omitted). The standard simply calls for enough fact to raise a reasonable expectation that discovery will reveal evidence of the claim. Id. at 556.
III. Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 85)
Defendants Gateway and Cummins move to dismiss the RLUIPA claims pled against them. As an initial matter, although these defendants argue that they should be dismissed for the same reasons that the claims against defendant Salsbury were dismissed, plaintiff conceded to the dismissal of the RLUIPA claims against defendant Salsbury. The Court did not examine the factual or legal basis for that dismissal; instead, the Court simply allowed the dismissal of those claims pursuant to the concession of plaintiff.
Additionally, the Court notes (as does plaintiff) that Gateway and Cummins do not move to dismiss any Section 1983 claims against them, nor do they move to dismiss RLUIPA claims for injunctive or declaratory relief (see Doc. No. 90, p. 7). Instead, the cases cited by defendants Gateway and Cummins all relate to claims for damages under the RLUIPA. Accordingly, the Court will not ...
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December 19, 2008
DEBORAH K. VENESEVICH, PLAINTIFFv.MICHAEL J. LEONARD AND FRANCINE SEISLOVE, DEFENDANTS
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Judge Conner
This is a civil rights action brought by plaintiff Deborah K. Venesevich ("Venesevich") against her superiors, defendants Michael J. Leonard and Francine Seislove. All parties hereto are federal employees. Venesevich alleges that defendants violated her First Amendment rights by retaliating against her for raising complaints about their management practices. Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss (Doc. 11) on the ground that Venesevich's claims are not cognizable as a matter of law. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted and the case closed.
I. Factual Background*fn1
Venesevich works as a special agent for the Federal Investigative Services
Division of the Office of Personnel Management ("OPM"). (Doc. 1 ¶ 1.) She was compensated at grade GS-7 on the General Schedule pay scale at the time she filed the instant complaint. (Id. ¶ 12.)
At an unspecified point during her employment, Venesevich's immediate supervisor, defendant Michael J. Leonard ("Leonard"), allegedly mismanaged government resources under his control. (Id. ¶¶ 17, 20.) Venesevich has not identified which resources Leonard purportedly wasted, nor has she described the manner in which he did so. At some point, she broached the subject with Leonard, who allegedly responded through a series of adverse actions, including withholding promotions, assigning her to undesirable tasks, and denying her a choice of work vehicles and parking privileges. (Id. ¶¶ 17, 21.)
Venesevich then reported Leonard's conduct to his supervisor, defendant Francine Seislove ("Seislove"). (Id.) Seislove allegedly recognized the impropriety of Leonard's conduct but failed to remedy the situation. (Id. ¶¶ 22, 24.) Instead, she assigned Venesevich a ride-along mentor and temporarily transferred her to a duty station in New Jersey, where Venesevich shadowed an agent from another office under Seislove's command. (Id. ¶ 23.) Venesevich alleges that Seislove performed these actions in further retaliation for her complaints about Leonard's conduct. (Id. ¶¶ 22-23, 25.)
Venesevich alleges that in the absence of defendants' conduct she would presently qualify for compensation at a grade GS-11 or GS-12 level. (Id. ¶¶ 13-14.) She contends that colleagues with positions and experience similar to hers have received promotions while she has not. (Id. ¶¶ 14-16.)
Venesevich filed the instant complaint on November 20, 2007, requesting damages for alleged violations of her First Amendment rights. (See Doc. 1 at 7 & ¶ 27.) She advances a retaliation claim under Bivens v. Six Unnamed Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), to which she appends a civil conspiracy claim under state law. Defendants contend that these claims cannot be advanced by plaintiffs such as Venesevich, who have access to statutory federal civil service remedies for adverse actions that arise during the course of their employment. The parties have fully briefed these issues, which are now ripe for disposition.
II. Standard of Review
Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides for the dismissal of complaints that fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b)(6). When ruling on a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), the court must "accept as true all [factual] allegations in the complaint and all reasonable inferences that can be drawn therefrom, and view them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff." Kanter v. Barella, 489 F.3d 170, 177 (3d Cir. 2007) (quoting Evancho v. Fisher, 423 F.3d 347, 350 (3d Cir. 2005)). Although the court is generally limited in its review to the facts in the complaint, it "may also consider matters of public record, orders, exhibits attached to the complaint and items appearing in the record of the case." Oshiver v. Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, 38 F.3d 1380, 1384 n.2 (3d Cir. 1994); see also In re Burlington Coat Factory Sec. Litig., 114 F.3d 1410, 1426 (3d Cir. 1997).
Federal notice and pleading rules require the complaint to "give the defendant notice of what the... claim is and the grounds upon which it rests." Sershen v. Cholish, No. 3:07-CV-1011, 2007 WL 3146357, at *4 (M.D. Pa. Oct. 26, 2007) (quoting Erickson v. Pardus,---U.S.---, 127 S.Ct. 2197, 2200 (2007)). The plaintiff must present facts that, if true, demonstrate a plausible right to relief. See FED. R. CIV. P. 8(a) (stating that the complaint should include "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief"); Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544,---, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 1965 (2007) (requiring plaintiffs to allege facts sufficient to "raise a right to relief above the speculative level"); Victaulic Co. v. Tieman, 499 F.3d 227, 234 (3d Cir. 2007). Thus, courts should not dismiss a complaint for failure to state a claim if it contains "enough factual matter (taken as true) to suggest the required element. This does not impose a probability requirement at the pleading stage, but instead simply calls for enough facts to raise a reasonable expectation that discovery will reveal evidence of the necessary element." Phillips v. County of Allegheny, 515 F.3d 224, 234 (3d Cir. 2008) (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at----, 127 S.Ct. at 1965). Under this liberal pleading standard, courts should generally grant plaintiffs leave to amend their claims before dismissing a complaint that is merely deficient. See Grayson v. Mayview State Hosp., 293 F.3d 103, 108 (3d Cir. 2002); Shane v. Fauver, 213 F.3d 113, 116-17 (3d Cir. 2000).
III. Discussion*fn2
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Hi, This is only my feeling, the 120 was not one of Dynacos better amps. I had one once and hated it. There are a slew of amps out there to chose from. I'd pass on this one.
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The ST120 has a cult following. It is a unique circuit, best described as a preamp on steroids...output through a huge capacitor. It was, in some regards, superior to the later ST150 which was a conventional circuit configuration. I had one for years and years. Nothing ever went wrong with it, and I think I finally gave it away.
Then you can ignore all of the posts that preceded mine, as they all refer to the earlier solid-state offering. Bob Latino is a good guy, and this is, more or less, a proven design. It would be hard to compare this to a new tube amp as pretty much all of them sell for over $1000.00. The few in this price range are made in China, for what it's worth. I'd go with it, but if you don't need the power, Bob's Stereo 70 reissue kit looks fabulous. Audiogon member Trelja built one and has told me that it is fantastic. Best of luck.


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i'm interested to publish a new hub and i'm trying to figure out if i can put an affiliate link into the body of the content.
i see where you can't have more than 2 links to same domain, etc., but i am unclear if you can post links generated off Linkshare, Commission Junction or similar marketing programs. i'm not talking about the Amazon or eBay programs.
anyone know what the exact policy is on this?
thank you.
Affiliate link are allowed unless they are from prohibited sites. Generally this means you can use an affiliate link straight from the vendor, but not through something like clickbank.
great. thank you.
is there a list of prohibited sites somewhere?
There isn't a list posted anywhere, since we're constantly editing it, but there are a few common reasons why a site may be prohibited. A prohibited site may contain pop-ups that interfere with site navigation, redirect users to unwanted websites, contain eBook sales pages, lead capture forms. Additionally, affiliate or promotional websites in subject areas containing a high proportion of low quality, dubious, or promotional content (for example, forex, acai berry, and weight loss) are not permitted.
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hmm, ok, thank you.
so how do you find out whether something is okay or not? sounds like you have to publish the hub and see if it gets kicked back, is that it? if so, then you edit out the offending link.
is there some sort of penalty for posting what might prove to be an offending link?
thanks for your help.
...and just to be clear, my proposed links wouldn't qualify on any of your points, but it sounds like that is not a complete list.
If you're unsure, you can always email us beforehand to check.
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I never expected my husband to put his family above work. Never, because I know that his job always comes first. He's in the Military and so was I, so I know first hand that family comes second and I am fully ok with it. But I made sacrifices that he never had to do. I gave up everything so that I can raise our child. I became a dependent, something I never to wanted to be. I never wanted to be part of that club, but now I am part of it and I'm being reminded every time I look at my ID. I'm going to school full time, I have 4.0 GPA, why? Because I feel so terribly guilty that I spend every chance I get doing school. I want to achieve something great so I don't have this terrible feeling of guilt for choosing to get out of the Military for this thing called "family"
Every since I got out, I lost everything that I built up for myself. My independence, my life, my job, my money, my monthly paychecks, and my freedom. I am somebody that I don't recognize and that I can't stand anymore. We moved overseas and I don't know anyone here nor do I care to. I want to crawl in a hole and hide and wish that all of this is a bad dream. I sit in this house all day long with a toddler who screams and throws tantrums and yells at me and throws things at me. I told my husband that I need help, that I feel overwhelmed, but he didn't help me the way I needed him to. I am in this house 24/7. We only have one car and he always has it. We never go anywhere, because he wants to sit at home and play xbox or work on his car. He's 30 years old and I'm miserable. I regret every day for giving up my life. How could I be so stupid? I gave up everything I had for what? For this? This family? This Life? I want out, I want out so badly. He used to be married and he took her everywhere, they went on vacations, they did things together. We have yet to go on a single vacation after being married for 4 years. We never even had a honeymoon. I guess I don't deserve the same things as her. She cheated on him while he was deployed. I cry and I cry and Im at the point where I can't stop anymore. My love towards my family has turned into hate. I don't want see him and i don't want to see my daughter. I made sacrifices that he would never do for me or for us and our family. Every weekend I ask him if we can go somewhere and he says that he just wants to stay home, and when I say that we stay home every weekend, he gets mad and says "why can't we just do what i want to do for once?" I can't understand why he would say that? I am in this house 24 hours a day 7 days a week and 365 days a year. I do what he wants EVERY DAY, why can't he see that I'm dying inside. I know that he can see, why does he look away? That light at the end of the tunnel is slowly but surely starting to fade.
I have no strength left in me to fight, my mind and body have given up. I'm out of hope and I don't have the strength to pray anymore. I made a mistake 4 years ago and now I have lost everything I worked for. All I have is my husband and daughter and those exact same people are the ones I wish to have never met.


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Friday, August 31, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Sopa Portuguesa
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The cow didn't jump over the moon...
The moon hid behind the earth's shadow in last night's lunar eclipse. The alarm clock sounded at 2:30 am and the gang stepped outside for a sight not to take place again for 7 years.
Blessing Thee
When you make your neighbor a loan of any kind, ... If the person is poor, you shall not sleep in the garment given you as the pledge. You shall give the pledge back by sunset, so that your neighbor may sleep in the cloak and bless you; and it will be to your credit before the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 24:10-13
- Deuteronomy 24:10-13
Monday, August 27, 2007
I hope to one day live in a place resembling this, where the ocean is right outside the window.
To be or not to be...
Sunday, August 26, 2007
An Iberian tradition transplanted to Elizabeth, NJ.
It was my mother's passion for a very long time. Now it's time to preserve what I have of her creations.
The University
It was really just one more place where I was afraid to make my own mold. I did learn all about descriptive, detailed, and objective documentation, an essential skill in social work.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Can the words come alive...?
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
No restraints
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Sights I love...
The context of architecture
There is an almost bizarre contrast between this western city I live in and the one I lived in previously. When I see my surroundings with a visual recorder's eye, I categorize things. Here are some of the old brick buildings I found sprinkled in the urban areas that surround Newark, NJ.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Tastebud Heaven - Flavors of Portugal
Bacalhau cozido com grao e batata
Ahh! (sigh) I had a blast eating Portuguese food on this trip to NJ. Eating old, familiar foods, otherwise unavailable in the west, was thirst quenching. What's even better, is sitting in a very rustic, miniscule restaurant, in the bairro, savoring these traditional riches.
Friday, August 10, 2007
A lifetime is over
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The function of prayer is not to establish a routine; it is to establish a relationship with God who is in relationship with us always.... The function of prayer is to bring us into touch with ourselves, as well. To the ancients, "tears of compunction" were the sign of a soul that knew its limits, faced its sins, accepted its needs, and lived in hope.
- Joan Chittister
Quoted in Essential Monastic Wisdom, by Hugh Feiss
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
Loving metaphors
Alexandra speaks about finding her groove in the making of jewelry. I relish in expressing my self with the use of pictures as metaphors. I've photographed fire hydrants all around NJ as symbols of corked expressions. A broken sunflower represents a broken spirit, sand castles on the beach represent childhood imagination and fulfillment. And so on. My mind sees pictures as metaphors. It is clear to me now.
I deeply dislike cliches. They are like boxes used to entrap people and often used by the uncreative, inattentive, and those unwilling to take the time to listen, see, and get to know creation around them. There is great beauty in individuality. I always look for the jewel in the person, the situation, the system. They are often called flaws by those obsessed with scripted lives. I find the flaw to be the heart shinning through.
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Advanced Manufacturing Fund will provide $200 million to encourage new products and technologies
It was precisely the sort of thing Mayor Joe Fontana likes to talk about.
And usually does. Sometimes at length.
But Monday, Fontana found himself snubbed in a federal announcement about a new $200-million fund to help stimulate technological innovation in manufacturing.
The slight came in a facility to which the city contributed $10 million within a city-developed industrial park, while Fontana was sitting in a front row of dignitaries.
He wasn't acknowledged, asked to speak or allowed into a group photo recording the event for the Conservative government.
Observers were left scratching their heads, wondering if the former Liberal MP's demand that Prime Minister Stephen Harper "get your ass down here" to end a lockout at the former Electro-Motive plant two years ago, or his current criminal charges, were behind the snub. Or simply politics.
"I really don't know what it is," London-Fanshawe NDP MP Irene Mathyssen said of the Conservative thinking. "But the bottom line is this government doesn't know how to behave."
For her part, Mathyssen said she is never alerted to government announcements in her riding and has to rely on news releases and media coverage in order to attend.
"To snub the mayor, to snub a member of Parliament is highly inappropriate. There's a protocol."
Gary Goodyear, minister of state for the Federal Economic Development Agency, was asked why Fontana had been snubbed. Goodyear said, "That's your opinion."
Pressed about what, if anything, Londoners should read into the failure to include Fontana, Goodyear replied: "I'm not going to read anything into that."
As a courtesy, local political leaders are traditionally included in announcements made by senior governments within a municipality.
Fontana has made economic development and jobs a priority and he leaps at any chance to share good news.
Fontana vowed to create 10,000 jobs in his first term and is constantly front-and-centre about programs and projects with potential to produce them.
John Capone, vice-president of research at Western, emceed Monday's event. He praised the new fund and introduced Joe Preston, the Conservative MP for Elgin-Middlesex-London, with signs touting the government's economic action plan as a backdrop.
Capone took no notice of Fontana.
Western, Fanshawe and the city have been partners in the Advanced Manufacturing Park, while Western and the city teamed up to land the Fraunhofer Project Centre, in which Monday's announcement was made.
After the event that drew about 60 officials, Fontana spoke to Kapil Lakhotia, president of the London Economic Development Corp., while Goodyear, Capone, Preston and Jayson Myers, president of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, posed for cameras to record the event for posterity.
Fontana left quietly.
Asked for comment about his lack of any role in the event, Fontana didn't respond to The Free Press.
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Gary Goodyear, minister of state for the federal economic development agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario):
"Innovation . . . holds the key to success for this region. . . . With the Conservative government we have the most fertile environment for business since the 1950s."
Jayson Myers, president of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters:
"This fund is one the strategic elements in support of Canada's most important economic sector."
Irene Mathyssen, NDP MP London-Fanshawe.
"When you look at the numbers, it's clear the Conservatives have simply been unable to protect good-paying jobs," she said. citing the loss of the Electro-Motive plant in London and Heinz in Leamington.
Ted Hsu, MP for Kingston-and-the-Islands and federal Liberal critic for FedDev Ontario:
"Reannouncing this money that was in the federal budget back in the spring seems to be the thing to do, announce these things with a photo op(portunity)."
Advanced Manufacturing Fund
- $200 million during the next five years in Southern Ontario to support large-scale "transformative" manufacturing activities.
- The idea is to make Ontario manufacturers more productive and able to compete in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
- The money is an envelope within the already announced $920 million earmarked in the next five years for the FedDev economic action plan for manufacturing in Southern Ontario.
- Eligible will be manufacturing and research and development, primarily in the private sector but also in not-for-profit organizations.
- Grants will normally be from $10 million to $20 million, or up to one-half of project costs. The balance must come from industry, not government.


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Recap & Review The Vampire Diaries "One Way or Another"!April 15, 2016
Were Damon and Alaric able to find Ambrose to help save Stefan in The Vampire Diaries 7×18 "One Way or Another"?
The Vampire Diaries 7×18 "One Way or Another" begins with Damon watching over Stefan as he sleeps. He's still a little creeped out by Stefan's new body. Damon got him some medicine but Stefan is still coughing up blood. Damon calls for help.
Ric meets Damon and Stefan. Damon has compelled the ambulance workers to take care of Stefan while he's gone. Ric tries to tell Damon needs to spend time with Stefan, before he has no time left. Damon doesn't like that plan and tells him to get in, they're going on a body hunt.
Meanwhile, Bonnie is in Asheville, North Carolina group. She's talking about her feelings but has some kind of tension with one of the girls there. Damon asks Ric about Bonnie but Ric doesn't say anything. Ric explains how upset everyone was after Damon left and not even saying goodbye.
Two years ago in the Philippines, Stefan is sitting at the bar thinking about Caroline. In present time, Stefan still wants to tell Caroline he's sorry. In Memphis Tennessee there's a party going on and Stefan's body is having a blast. Damon then busts into the door. Damon can't get inside though because he wasn't invited.
Damon is mad and goes to the car to get to plan B. Ric has to go inside to get Stefan. However Ric isn't wanting to cooperate. Someone brings him a phone and Stefan wants Damon to know he's having fun and very uncaring about things.
The new Stefan wants Damon to make a deal. He wants Damon to kill Rayna since Rayna wants to kill the man in Stefan's body. Damon agrees to Stefan's terms.
Valerie gets a call from Damon. They argue and Valerie assures Damon that she will do anything to save Stefan. Rayna is in a vehicle and the driver is rattling on. Someone blocks the road and Enzo appears, stealing Rayna.
Bonnie is taking her medicine at the crazy house when she knows she's being followed. Bonnie goes to her room and the girl that was following her knows that she's been swapping her medicine out. Bonnie explains that she did it to help her and the girl seems happy about it.
Damon and Ric also get to the blocked road, however from the other side of the traffic stop. The driver is waiting there confused. Damon immediately calls Enzo. He wants to know why he stole Rayna. Enzo then brings up Bonnie. Enzo then makes it clear that Damon will not be getting Rayna anytime soon.
Ric tells Damon that Enzo and Bonnie are dating. He then tells Damon a little bit about Bonnie's situation. Fake Stefan calls Damon wondering where they are. Fake Stefan is quite disappointed by Damon.
"One Way or Another" press release synopsis
THE RACE TO SAVE STEFAN — Determined to capture an escaped vampire named Ambrose, who may be the key to getting Stefan (Paul Wesley) back safely, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) heads to Memphis with Alaric (Matt Davis) in tow. However, reluctant to step back into his former vampire hunting ways, Alaric makes his unwillingness to participate clear, while revealing the truth about the past three Damon-less years of his life. Meanwhile, in the psych ward, Bonnie (Kat Graham) meets a young woman named Virginia (guest star Aisha Duran), who provides her with some valuable information about why The Armory may be after her. Finally, Enzo (Michael Malarkey) takes matters into his own hands when he learns some devastating news from Rayna (guest star Leslie-Anne Huff).
Bonnie and her new found friend are getting to know each other. Bonnie knows who the girl is. Bonnie tells her new friend that Alex is looking for her, since her new friend is Alex's sister. Bonnie tells her she's a Bennett witch. The girl promises to keep her secret as long as Bonnie takes her with her when she leaves the hospital.
Ric and Damon get to the Frat house, Damon can enter so that means the owner is dead. Stefan made everyone kill each other. Damon calls the ambulance workers to make sure that they don't stop for anything. Then they are rammed by the fake Stefan.
The ambulance driver gets out of the vehicle, as well as the other guy. Fake Stefan then knocks out the driver and feeds from the other man. He then goes looking for the real Stefan, who is already on the run. Stefan got to a house so the fake Stefan can't enter to get him.
Rayna wakes up in the back of Enzo's car. Rayna doesn't want to go back to the Armory. Enzo asks about a pill that can hide magic. But those pills have side effects. Enzo is super upset and asks Rayna if she's sure. Rayna knows that Enzo gave the pills to Bonnie and that Bonnie is dying.
Fake Stefan starts throwing bricks at the Real Stefan's body. The fake Stefan then throws a propane tank into the house and was going to light it on fire. Damon and Ric get there just in time to save the day.
At the hospital, Bonnie is wanting information from the girl. There's a vault in the Armory that the Bennett witches are the only people that can open it. The girl freaks out when Bonnie won't promise to not open the Vault. The guards have to drag the other girl out.
Valerie, Damon, and Ric get the Stefan's to the hotel rooms to start the switch. Valerie then starts the spell. Stefan wakes up on his couch in the Salvatore house. Valerie is there, in his mind. Valerie promises that he'll be fine. Stefan is a little worried but Valerie tries to calm him down. Stefan tells Valerie that he doesn't have to run anymore. He wants to stay home. However, they can't go back to Mystic Falls.
Valerie asks Stefan what he wants pretty much and he tells her that he wants her. Valerie is killing herself to save Stefan. Damon begs her to get up and helps her refocus. She keeps chanting and keeps visiting Stefan in his mind. He begs her to stop but she continues. Stefan wakes up and Valerie is still alive.
Ric quickly leaves the hotel, he wants to go home to his family. Damon rushes after him and gives him an apology. Ric tells him the last three years were the happiest of his life is because he got to start over. He calls Damon a screw up pretty much and then leaves. Damon thanks him for his honesty then Ric tells him where Bonnie is.
Valerie waits for Stefan as he cleans up and she seems tired. Valerie knows Stefan doesn't love her. She knows he loves Caroline. She loves him enough to let him go. Valerie is amazing during this conversation, but it doesn't change anything. Stefan loves Caroline. Valerie seems hopeful of her future. She kisses him, tells him to be happy, and then leaves.
Bonnie packs her things when she finds a note. Enzo shows up. They run to each other, happy to see one another. They kiss and he looks her over. Bonnie is ready to go but Enzo doesn't want her taking the pills. Bonnie had no clue the pills were making her sick. Enzo promises that he won't let her die and that she's his world. They hug and Damon shows up interrupting the moment.
Enzo watches as she bravely walks over to Damon and closes the door in his face.
The next episode of The Vampire Diaries will be 7×19 "Somebody That I Used to Know" on Friday, April 22nd, 2016, at 8/7c, on The CW!
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A South Carolina judge set the bond for a man suspected of drunk driving at an astronomical $250,000. Claiming that the 34-year-old is a threat to the North Charleston, South Carolina community, the high bond ensures the man will stay behind bars, away from his two children, until his day in court arrives.
The judge also pointed to the man's poor driving record as justification for keeping him locked up and from behind the wheel of a car.
The man is being charged with allegedly causing the injury of a construction worker while operating his vehicle under the influence of alcohol. The accident happened in the very early morning hours on Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
At about 3:30 a.m., the man, who was returning home from his shift at work, allegedly struck the construction worker along the roadway. Police that investigated the scene said the man drove his car into the construction zone near the entrance to a subdivision and struck the worker while he was busy laying asphalt.
Law enforcement apparently administered several sobriety tests following the accident, which authorities claim the man repeatedly failed.
In 2002, the man was arrested and convicted of DUI and was again in 2006. In South Carolina, if a suspect is convicted of DUI in the past and then convicted of felony DUI, they could face up to 15 years in prison. In this case, the man is currently innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If convicted, the 34-year-old could face severe consequences. It is important to make a detailed and critical examination of all aspects of his arrest in order to protect his rights.
Source: WCBD-TV Channel 2, "Felony DUI suspect get $250,000 bond set, victim's step-daughter speaks out in court," Brad Franko and Raymond Owens, Nov. 15, 2011


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Trees play a critical role to our existence on earth. They provide us with numerous products that we utilize in our daily lives, from food to furniture, paper to cosmetics and a host of products in between. Their aesthetic appeal is universal, and they make our world a much more beautiful place.
This year, we are marking the 12th observance of National Tree Planting Day and I am particularly pleased that this year, the Forestry Department is focusing on the role of trees in mitigating the negative effects of climate change under the theme, "Adapting to Climate Change...Secure our future, plant a tree today".
The quality of our atmosphere, and by extension, our climate, depends in great measure, on our trees and forest cover. Younger trees absorb carbon dioxide quickly while they are growing, but as a tree ages, a steady state of absorption is eventually reached. If trees are harvested carefully near maturity, and new trees are planted or allowed to regenerate, then this can keep the forest absorbing Carbon Dioxide on a steady basis, or in other words, becoming a net "sink" of carbon.
In addition, roots help to hold soil in place preserving the quality of the earth, and keeping our fresh water sources clean. In addition, trees help to create rain by expelling moisture into the atmosphere. That is why I have often repeated the phrase that "A forest is irreplaceable".
Unfortunately, many of us do not recognize the importance of trees, so we cut and burn, with scant regard to replenishing their numbers and we build without any thought of preserving our green spaces.
If Jamaica is to preserve and conserve its natural resources including its forests, we cannot and must not continue like this.
I applaud the Forestry Department for taking the necessary steps to license persons who operate sawmills or trade in or store locally produced lumber. The regulation of the sawmilling industry will contribute to increased conservation and protection of the nation's forest resources.
Development is good. We need to house our people, provide them with jobs and give them the necessary infrastructure to make their lives more comfortable. But development at the expense of the natural environment benefits no one.
Sustainable development is a catchword that we all need to become acquainted with, and to practice, so that our children and their children for generations to come, can reap the benefits of this beautiful land we call home.
That is why I welcome initiatives such as this National Tree Planting Day which help to create awareness about the vital role that trees play in our lives. I am pleased that the distribution of seedlings to mark this year's observance of National Tree Planting Day (NTPD) has already commenced at all Forestry Department nurseries and select offices across the island.
Last year, on the 11th renewal of the National Tree Planting Day, the Department distributed close to 50,000 seedlings to individuals and communities for planting islandwide. This was the largest number of seedlings distributed for any single tree planting event spearheaded by the Forestry Department. We hope to break that record this year.
Whether we are from government, the private sector, NGO's, educational institutions, community groups, whether you live in the cities or the rural areas, we are all Jamaicans and we owe it to ourselves and to our children to be stewards of the forests and the natural resources with which we are all blessed.
Job 14 vs 7 says, "For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease".
Indeed, the trees we plant on October 3, once properly maintained, will benefit our country tomorrow. May they thrive, and provide both hope and shade for many years to come.
Robert D. Pickersgill M.P.


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Launching a New Collection SUMMARY UNIQLO UNIQLO's FINANCIAL HEALTH Japanese apparel brand characterized by its:
fast growth and international expansion
unique and innovative products
high quality at reasonable prices The tables below show an increment on the company's sales and operating income and an increase of the net assets of the Fast Retailing Group: Felipe BATISTA
Silvana FERRARI
Hannah LOUÉ
Olivier MENART 1.Choose your own line of products
For whom
2.Internal Analysis of the company
Financial health
Actual target and positioning Determine through analysis target market, behavior, and external factors:
Is the New market targeted favorable or not?
Is there a place for you?
Can there be any facility or opportunity to seize? Swot Analysis
Product Strategy
Distribution For Whom:
Winter Strengths and Weaknesses Strong in Asia
Seen as Fresher than Zara, Gap, and H&M on the western market
Rapidly expanding worldwide
Good financial Health
Known as cheaper but higher quality than Gap, H&M, and Zara
Recognized as a modern brand
Simple Designs made to suit everyone Stores often over-crowded (at least the ones in Paris)
Collections are a bit messy and not the same in every country
Pretty weak on social media STRATEGIES SINCE THE BEGINNING ACTUAL TARGET We could segment Uniqlo's target into two categories:
18-24 year-old men and women students from urban areas - affordable brand / wide-range of good quality products
- want to look trendy and attractive.
25-35 year-old working men and women from urban areas
- top casual-wear / simple and high value for money clothes
- sensitive to trends and to quality POSITIONING SWOT Has to respect commercial and financial objectives.
Financial: optimizing volumes to increase gross net margins. Sell more at more competitive prices.
Commercial: increase market shares on the garment market.
Therefore, penetrating strategy : prices will be lower than those of the competition.
Respect the demand's considerations : prices it is willing to pay. The study of the demand has shown us that the French woman is willing to buy more products, but at more affordable prices . Pricing strategy The competitors :
Actual Competitors: H&M, Gap, Zara
They propose shoes as a complement to their clothes collection, just like Uniqlo plans to do
The shoe retailers : same target, similar positioning
André : trendy, affordable prices, diversified collection
Aldo: fashionable, very large collection, variety of choice for an « authentic style ». Analysis of the future competition Directly Operated Stores : H&M, Uniqlo
Department stores : Galeries Lafayette, Printemps. Important considering their geographic proximity with Uniqlo's store at Opera
Super Specialized Stores : different kinds exist for shoe retailing. They sell various brands.
ex : Courir, for sports shoes
Online distributors : Independant websites such as Sarenza, Zappos… The existing channels of distribution Final consumer constitutes the demand : the user is the buyer
Decrease of the purchasing power = Decrease of the demand on the French market
In 2010 : slight increase in the demand : +2,6%
France : most shoe consuming country in EU (5,5 pairs/woman/year in 2009)
Despite the harsh economic crisis, French women are active shoe consumers.
> The French market : appears like a coherent choice for the launching of the shoe collection The demand on the target market The target market : women winter shoes
Target consumer :
Uniqlo's actual target : young and trendy urban woman, low budget, fashion-savvy
Aged 18-34
Looking for products which are of good value for money : low budget put into clothing The target market Lessons for Uniqlo Typology of the product offer on the French women winter shoes market:
Boots and booties : flat shoes, high heels or wedges.
Rain boots and booties. Most of the time flat models.
Flats. They include oxfords, ballerinas, loafers and moccasins.
Sneakers : leather and synthetic water resistant materials. Few models proposed in canvas, more characteristic of spring and summer collections.
Heels : mostly present in women shoe collections considering the Holiday time of year. High heal pumps, wedges shoes.
The offer on the French market is composed of
French manufactured shoes
Imported shoes, mainly Chinese manufactured (58%) Offer on the target market Purchasing Attitudes Urban women : often in a rush.
Need to find all at once as they are shopping.
Shopping for clothes and finding shoes in the same store : a time-saver ! French woman : high frequency of purchase
French customers : most shoe consuming customers in Europe : 5,5 pairs per year in 2009
Average price for the shoes purchased : 23,11€ (all women shoes considered)
French consumer : willing to buy more pairs of shoes, at low prices. USES AND BEHAVIORS Pricing definition Pricing definition Positioning Map : future competition We will consider the competition's offer regarding the products Uniqlo intends to launch :
Flat boots and booties, rain boots and booties, open flat shoes (loafers and moccasins) and sneakers.
Here are examples of our competitors loafers and flat casual booties offer.
The same analysis is developed for all the products. The competitors' offer Analysis of the target market Note: Competitors change according to the products considered The selling prices for the shoe collection are defined by the competion's price for the same products, which constitute the market prices.
Pricing methodology :
Penetrating pricing strategy, so the prices will be 10% less than the market prices to remain coherent with Uniqlo's objectives and actual pricing strategy.
Market price
Selling prices &
Retailers prices Product Strategy Line and Range Quality Simple designs
No packaging
Continue the no-logo trend
Heattech flats will have the same packaging as the warmers, bag with heattech logo and aluminum-like insde and transparent front. Design and Packaging Lower prices.
Basic, simple, comfortable shoes for winter.
Wide variety of colors per model. Differentiation Innovation Flexible return policy
Qualified sales personnel to give the customers what they need Service Keep in mind their input for quality
Follow their SPA model
Owning the materials and working with outsourced companies they already have close relations with Shoes will have the Heattech lining.
The models proposed will integrate their warming technologies and a wide variety of colors New Product Addition of shoes to their winter collection.
In order to keep up with the competition and continue their global expansion they should diversify by adding shoes to their portfolio Traffic Builder Oil-cotton Canvas Loafers:
-Trendy product which with an attractive price will attract customers and make them want to discover the other products of the collection Leader Product Tennis Shoes:
-Oil Canvas and synthetic materials, they will be in a wide array of colors.
-not very present in the competitors' collections for winter Uniqlo will keep its distribution strategy:
Covering strategy : Exclusive distribution
Shoes will be sold in the 3 Directly Operated Stores in Paris.
Being such and innovative an modern brand, we propose that they launch the online shopping feature to their French website, together with the shoe collection's launch.
Growing strategy : could open more DOS in other main French cities. Distribution From the analysis of our competitors, some lessons appear clearly to Uniqlo to manage the competition and differentiate.
Materials used : leather and synthetic used for winter collection. Little cotton canvas and rubber.
Innovative materials for basic shoes : a means to differentiate.
Prices : More fashionable brands seem to be more pricy : Zara, Aldo, André. Basic products could be sold at a more affordable price.
Models' style :
Few models of rain boots and booties. Declining them in many colors (Uniqlo's identity) will be a competitive advantage.
Few colored winter shoes
Models declinations : our competitors mostly have large collections. Many models proposed, but few declinations.
Uniqlo will propose fewer models but declined into many materials/colors: enable the customer to make his own style. After defining the market prices for every product Uniqlo will propose, definition of the Selling Prices :
Oil canvas:
Traffic builder: -25%
Tennis shoes:
Leader Uniqlo's positioning : innovative shoes, basic but trendy and colorful Based on SPA Model
UNIQLO Inside Development
Manufactoring process planning
Material Procurement
Outsourced in China's partners factories
Supervision by UNIQLO specialists team Barries to Entry
Asian countries seeking DFI
No specific regulation
Industry Assistence
WTO sets the rules for the industry global trade
Regulation Level
Subjected to local laws
Cost Structure
Lower in eatern asian countries
7.3% of profit margin overall
Level of Capital and Labor
Mix of manual and machinery Sector Conditions to Production and UNIQLO Process Economic
5th larger economy of the world
High purchasing power parity
Increasing inflation rate – 2.3%
China as an important commercial partner
Strong in high technology
Excellence in textile machinery
Member of major organizations – WTO, EU, UM
Actively political groups of interest - CGT Demographics
Highly urban population
Four regions with more than 1 million habitants
63.% of population between 15-64 years old
Fashion Heritage
Paris as a leading center
Higher consumption of shoes
Unemployment rate of 9.2%
Diversified Country France Macro Conditions Analysis Thank you for your attention
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So, we have the happy situation in that we live in Arizona, where the firearms laws are the least restrictive of any in the country. But will that always be the case? There have been some interesting and apparantly contradictory decissions by various state supreme courts recently that almost guarantee that the US supreme court will take up the matter of concealed carry in the not to distant future.
On May 17th, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon handed down a judgement that Washington DC police's requirment for "individuals to show "good reason" to obtain a permit to carry a firearm on the streets of the nation's capital" violated the ""core right of self-defense" granted in the Second Amendment".
The judge based his ruling on previous case law from 2008, and it seems that the city, after a request to have the decission held was denied, are preparing an appeal. The original long standing ban on carrying any firearms in public was overturned by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr in July 2014. Subsequently, he issued a further opinion in May last year, saying the District's recently passed "good reason" requirement still "impinges on Plaintiffs' Second Amendment right to bear arms," because it did not target dangerous people or specifically how or where individuals carry weapons.
And that would seem to have been that, or was it? Today we have a ruling that would seem to go directly against these prior rulings. In California (where else!!) a 7-to-4 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, overturned a decision by a three-judge panel of the same court. California law requires applicants to demonstrate "good cause" for carrying a weapon, like working in a job with a security threat, which would seem to be exactly the same position as Washington residents had found themselves in.
It would seem that some district courts do not agree with others, that people have a fundamental right to defend themselves. It seems that in states like California, you are only allowed access to proper self defence if you are ALREADY in danger, or are rich or important. Is that really what the 2nd amendment was/is all about?
In a wider context, it would seem that this issue is destined to arrive at the US supreme court in the not to distant future, raising another disturbing prospect. At the moment, the Supreme Court could spilt 4 vs 4 on this issue, and that would seem likely. But what happens after the election. If the democrats win in November, and appoint a more "progressive" justice, will they uphold the intent of the 2nd amendment as they have done by a margin of 1 vote in the past?
All this only becomes an issue of course if the state attempts to institute draconian CCW laws, probably unlikely in Arizona, but does that mean we should rest easy? I would suggest that sitting back and discussing how lucky we are, and how they suffer in California, we do something now to prepare for what I would suggest is an inevitable attack on your right to carry a concealed firearm in the not to distant future.
But the $64,000 question is what do we do? How can we protect our rights and the 2nd amendment? I would really like to hear your thought, what do YOU think we should do?
Todays ninth circuit court ruling.
May's Washington ruling.


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I was on the search for a thick chain necklace in either silver or gold a few months ago. I came across this layered one in Charming Charlie a few weeks ago and I treated myself since it was a nice variation of what I was looking for.
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Seriously, I'm pain free. No pain in my knee at all. I only get bits of muscular pain because I'm still trying to build the muscle back up. I'm off all painkillers and tablets, which is quite weird, considering I've been in a fog for several years! The lack of pain has meant that I've been able to exercise more but mostly that I don't feel miserable and eat cake! I just wanted to say thank you for everything. You can't underestimate what a difference it makes not to be in constant pain; it's absolutely life-changing
Just thought I send you a pic of me riding my horse for the first time in a very long six months! Thank you so much for all your efforts and hard work over the past two/three years, so happy I now have a straight leg!!
Just a brief note to say thank you for my new knee. My wife, in the background, also says thank you. It has been like a good friend, accompanying me everywhere and not saying too much. I took it skiing in December where it behaved very well. Not a twinge. And currently walking miles several times a week, usually to and up hill. We are in training for the great wall of China in March.
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Meet Tony Vargas- our activities coordinator at The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort
Tony Vargas, Activity Coordinator
You'll find Tony Vargas moving energetically about the resort, bounding from one place to another, greeting people with a smile on his face, outstretched hand and mirthful heart. He's more than happy to meet a guest for a game of chess, teach them how to paddle board, make guacamole or a margarita. Tony takes great joy in making sure the children's magic fountain circle is functioning properly.
His energy level and attitude is ideal for someone who's the Activity Coordinator at St. Regis Punta Mita, a job Tony's been doing for the last two years. Vargas lives with his wife and 14-year old son in Puerto Vallarta, the same town in which he grew up, sang in the church choir and played sports. He's recently taken up golf and says, "I am not very good yet, but I love playing. It is so peaceful out on the course, very calming."
Tony's days are busy and as diverse as the program of activities that he teaches and participates in with resort guests. Working with individuals and varying group sizes, Tony provides an extensive list of activities including: beach volleyball, water aerobics, paddle boarding, snorkeling, hiking, bird watching, kayaking, a walk to town/local cultural overview, Spanish, and classes on making a mojito, margarita and guacamole. "I also do tequila talks and tasting,"said Vargas. "I took a course at Jose Cuervo in Jalisco (Mexican state south of Punta Mita) with classes and hands on training at the distillery. I'm now certified to teach and I am a union member."
Scheduled classes and activities are posted each day in St. Regis/ morning newsletter delivered to your door. Tony can be reached by contacting your butler or the concierge. All activities are offered at no charge, except for the tequila tasting session. You'll have a lot of fun and get to take home recipes.


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Yes, I was an English major. In publishing, that's so common that it's embarrassing, and I have encouraged my kids to major in anything else — preferably in a science. "You can read great literature on your own," I say, "but you probably won't learn chemistry or physics." And I have become a huge advocate of scientific and economic literacy — you might see my publishing activities as trying to fill in the multitudinous gaps in my own education. But I appreciate a literary education, too, and you will see how it gave me a way to think about one important aspect of the Encyclopedia of China in this bit from the introduction:
This Encyclopedia of China is not solely the creation of those whose names you see on its pages. It has been inspired and spurred by many others: "a great cloud of witnesses.†Trying to explain how this publication fits into the history of Western study of China, that phrase popped into my Western-literature-trained mind. It comes from the New Testament of the Bible, Letter to the Hebrews (12:1), and is addressed as a rallying cry to a group of converts thought to be in danger of reverting to Judaism: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and . . . so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.â€
The author meant to reassure his readers that they were not alone; that even those who were not present with them constituted part of their community. The imagery, as translated from the Greek, suggests an athletic contest in a great amphitheater ("run with perseveranceâ€). Many of those involved in the Encyclopedia of China are convinced that through scholarly cooperation—which, like running a race, can be as arduous as it is exhilarating—we can bridge differences, create new understanding, and build a better world and future for children in China, Western nations, and around the world.
My sense that there has been "a great cloud of witnesses†involved in this endeavor extends beyond that theme. There were scholars who did not say "yes†when invited to contribute to this encyclopedia, and some made it plain that they did not believe that this work could be done. I am deeply grateful to those who joined our venture, but I am also grateful to those who said "no.†Their skepticism goaded me, and sometimes brought a laugh and renewed enthusiasm. One of my colleagues passed on the remark of a Chinese scholar who said that he hadn't thought such a project was possible, "But somebody has the nerve to try. Best wishes to them.â€
Encouragement came as word of the project spread (and as Berkshire began to publish other, smaller China-related books and a monthly newsletter, Guanxi: The China Letter). An e-mail from an eminent historian I kept before me during some of the most challenging months read, "Yours is a worthy cause. The world does need to know more about China. The Chinese are not all that good about telling foreigners about themselves, so an outside publisher is the best thing for them. All the best. Wang Gungwu.â€
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