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A border collie chases the black-faced sheep across the hill while the water of Lough na Fooey sparkles behind him. The 633-acre lough (lake) provides the perfect backdrop as the dog hunkers down and drives the sheep up the green rolling hills in the west of Ireland. The scene is a picture perfect Irish postcard - "From Connemara with love. Wish you were here."
Nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains, Loch na Fooey is a natural glacial lake. It is two and a half miles long and about half a mile wide. In addition to several small streams, the River Fooey feeds the lough on the western shore; the Finny River makes up its primary outflow, emptying into 22,000-acre Lough Mask. The west end of Lough na Fooey has what may be Ireland's only freshwater beach. Red Island sits near the southeast shore of the lake.
Lough na Fooey, also known as Loch na Fuaiche, has hundreds of acres of water for boating, and some of the holiday cottages and self-catering vacation rentals that dot the shores of the lake have boats available. Anglers can challenge themselves against the wild brown trout and pike that fill the lake. The hills that have been used for centuries for sheep farming provide the perfect place to hike and explore the surrounding countryside. The area around Lough na Fooey is known as Joyce Country, named for a Welsh family that settled in the area in the beginning of the 14th century. There are still descendents of the Joyce family living around the lough, and Joyce Country has a well deserved reputation as a fantastic place for hill walking. A route extends around the lough with striking views of Killary Harbour, Ireland's only fjord, and Devil's Mother Mountain.
The villages of Finny and Leenaun are just a few miles from Lough na Fooey on the northern edge of Connemara. Leenaun or An Lionai is Irish for the "filling pool," aptly named considering all the water in the area. Visitors can stroll through the quaint village, pausing to stop in the shops or one of the neighborhood pubs. Lough na Fooey is in the County of Galway. On the west coast of Ireland, County Galway has a rich history and was inhabited as early as 5000 BC. The City of Galway is the county seat, and Galway Airport is only 30 miles from Lough na Fooey.
Lough na Fooey is nestled in the middle of rolling hillsides, tucked behind mountains, and criss-crossed with quiet, lonely roads. It is a great place to rest, rejuvenate and let the peace of the Irish countryside fill weary travelers. Its proximity to the City of Galway, however, makes it easily accessible for anyone who wants to enjoy the solitude of Joyce Country.
The rocky Irish coast combines with green rolling hills and the sparkling water of Lough na Fooey to make the quintessential Irish picture postcard. After just one visit "Wish You Were Here" turns into "When Can I Come Again."
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Thrust Ball Bearing Assembly Has Two Key Points
Thrust ball bearing assembly has two key points. One is the control of the quality of the cage and the ball, and the other is the control of the nominal height T after the assembly of the bearing. In addition, due to the shaft ring, seat can be separated, bringing a management problem. Is to prevent imported bearings parts mixed. M-type stamping cage using crimping die. After pressing the steel ball in the pocket to turn flexible, but can not fall off from the pocket, and technical procedures to check the ball in the pocket hole in the amount of movement. Solid cage pressing pressure is too deep will make the ball ball movement is small, and the embossed convex part of the connection with the cage is too small and insufficient strength, prone to block the phenomenon, causing the cage to scrapped. Small thrust ball bearing seat ring and shaft diameter diameter difference is very small, there is no significant difference between the two groups. In order to prevent the emergence of mixed sets of phenomena, that is loaded into a set of bearings Tao Tao sets are trapped or are the axis of the situation. This requires some action. Usually with the help of auxiliary tooling will be zoning, seat group to distinguish, or in the sampling of the nominal height before the diameter check with the diameter of the inner diameter, in order to check the inner diameter is convenient, put the seat down, the shaft placed above. If the seat diameter has a significant quenching and heating oxidation or no grinding, there is no need to test the inner diameter, can clearly see the difference between the shaft and the seat, not easy to mix. Thrust ball bearings need to be assembled after the nominal height T to be measured, confirmed that the lilies. When measuring, with a height block or standard parts calibration, and to measure the load, the bearing to be rotated dozens of times, be sure to reach the minimum height.
When the thrust ball bearing in high-speed operation, the ball and raceway radial plane of the contact angle will be affected by centrifugal force, causing the ball relative to the raceway sliding. This sticking wear causes damage to the bearing. To prevent this damage, must ensure that the thrust ball bearing by the minimum load, see formula 1 or formula 2, take the larger calculation. The
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One-way thrust ball bearings can only bear the load in one direction, if you bear the load in both directions, you must use two-way thrust ball bearings. Thrust ball bearings must be applied with minimum or preload. When the axis is vertical, the weight of the shaft usually exceeds the minimum load. At this time due to the opposite direction of the axial load, the role of the load may be reduced.


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I think people need to find partners who share the same views on things like sex, porn, finances, religion, family, etc. Some people don't like or watch it, others do.
I've learned long ago that it's useless to tr y to "convince" someone of something they don't agree with.
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If you're going to the Swiss Alps you might as well do it up right. Richard Branson's ski chalet The Lodge in Verbier seems like just the ticket.
The Lodge offers nine en-suite bedrooms, seven suites, and two master suites. It's located close enough to the ski slopes that guests can ski right back to the lodge when they are done for the day.
There's an on site gear room for storing the ski gear, and the chalet staff will also prepare for a visit by stocking up the correct size ski equipment for each visitor. However, the chalet is also popular during the summer. Paragliding, rock climbing, yoga, mountain biking, and hiking are also available activities when skiing isn't on the table. Dining at the chalet utilizes local ingredients prepared by Michelin-star trained chefs.
Richard Branson released a statement about opening the location ten years ago.
"From the moment I saw it, I knew this beautiful chalet in the Swiss Alps was destined to become my favorite mountain hideaway. I chose Verbier because it's an amazing year-round destination and offers world-class skiing, fabulous après-ski, and everything you could wish for in a summer escape."


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Every year Motorcycle USA sifts through the highlights of another riding season to determine our Best of Awards. While the motorcycle industry as a whole continues to struggle, that doesn't mean innovation and competition has ceased. Our editorial team decides Best of 2010 winners in 13 categories. For the sake of consistency, we limit ourselves to the '10 model year when determining the best motorcycles in nine market segments, including our Motorcycle of the Year. Four other awards we dole out for industry achievements during the past year. In some categories we've nominated honorable mentions, but bikes and individuals whose accomplishments also warrant recognition. Now let us point out the highlights of 2010. Drumroll please…
Industry Leader: Mike Kidd, AMA Director of Flat Track Racing
Our 2010 Industry Leader Award goes to AMA Director of Flat Track Racing Mike Kidd for helping to resurrect the oldest, longest-running motorcycle racing series in America. A former champion himself (GNC 1981), Kidd brings a special passion to the sport he has been promoting since 1984.
Flat Track rule changes restricting the dominant Harley-Davidson XR750 have brought more parity to the sport. The move paid off with big results. In the Twins opener at Prescott Valley, a Ducati claimed its first-ever GNC victory. In fact, the first five Grand National races saw five different brands winning a race. Nine different manufacturers lined up to compete in 2010, and at the end of the season, Kawasaki was named the GNC Manufacturer of the Year and the only brand to earn points in all 16 Grand National Main events.
Former GNC champ Mike Kidd (above) has earned our pick for the 2010 Industry Leader award due to his tireless promotion of AMA Flat Track.
Sponsors like K&N Fliters and Motorcycle-Superstore.com helped promote the Daytona Motorsports Group-owned series to new heights – branching into new venues like the successful return to Northern California at the Calistoga Half-Mile. Flat Track racing, which reached its pinnacle of popularity in the 1970s, seems to be gaining prominence. The blue-collar paddock and its riders are some of the most accessible in all of motorsports, with Flat Track boasting a grass-roots appeal at fairgrounds and small speedways across America. Steel boot in tow, Flat Track is sliding forward to a promising future under Kidd's guidance. – Bryan Harley
Rider of the Year: Ryan Dungey
Ryan Dungey was a big unknown in 2010. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider had done very well for himself in the 250 division but it was time for him to move up with the big boys. Facing the likes of James Stewart, Chad Reed and Ryan Villopoto, Dungey showed up at the Anaheim 1 Supercross and nearly won, immediately making the statement that he's a real contender. He backed that up with two wins and continued to post consistent, high-scoring results throughout the season as other riders succumbed to injuries. He would finish with six wins and the AMA Supercross championship in his first try.
Ryan Dungey laid down an impressive rookie season in the 450 class taking the 2010 Supercross and Motocross Titles.
Next up was the AMA Motocross series where Dungey was even better. His 35% win ratio from the stadiums was only going to get bigger as the top professional racers lined up for the heart and soul of motocross. The outdoor season started slow at the opening round but RD immediately engaged a nine-race overall win streak. By the end of the outdoors he posted 19 individual moto wins and 10 overalls – a whopping 79% win ratio. But that wasn't going to be the end of his racing season. Motocross of Nations came to America and Dungey was tapped as the Team USA captain. Remember, Dungey made his MXoN debut in 2009 where he claimed the overall individual title. This year he led teammates Andrew Short and Trey Canard to the overall victory, Team USA's sixth consecutive, by claiming the top podium step in both of his motos.
Ryan Dungey is the golden boy of motocross. He keeps his mouth shut, kicks everyone's ass and comes out to do it week after week. There were some big injuries in 2010, but they can't take anything away from RD who weathered the storm and outlasted all challengers – all this in his rookie season on a 450. – JC Hilderbrand
Honorable Mention for rider of the year, Jorge Lorenzo claimed the '10 MotoGP Championship with nine victories.
Honorable Mention: Jorge Lorenzo
Dungey's dominance earned him uncontested ROY status in our book, but humbling the greatest of all time is no mean feat, making 2010 MotoGP champ Jorge Lorenzo a worthy honorable mention. The Mallorcan enjoyed a banner year in Grand Prix, claiming the title with the highest point total in GP history. Naysayers will point to Valentino Rossi's broken leg as the real reason for Lorenzo's dominance, but the young star got the better of his older teammate before the injury. Clearly getting under his rival's skin, Lorenzo's 2010 dominance was remarkable and his duel with Rossi will be one of the most anticipated plotlines of the 2011 season. – Bart Madson
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How Omni-channel Gives the Competitive Edge in Business!Posted: January 21, 2016 Filed under: eCommerce Platforms, eCommerce Round-Up, eCommerce Service Providers, eCommerce Sites, eCommerce Trends, Fashion, Grocery, Healthcare, mcommerce, mobile commerce, Ofbiz, omni-channel, Online Store, Quality, Retail, Uncategorized, Web Development Leave a comment
In today's modern global retail environment, customers and businesses alike are increasingly empowered by the new digital technologies and channels available right at their fingertips. Today there are numerous eCommerce platforms available in the market and all enables the merchants to start selling their products both offline and online. The inventory replenishment and product management are done within one place. Moreover, the merchants can receive different orders from email, phone sales, physical stores, and sales representatives as well as from the eCommerce stores and even more they centralize the management system and seamlessly keeps more inventory across various channels. Using Best Omni-Channel eCommerce Solution is less expensive and often it's impossible to get the traditional POS, eCommerce solutions as well as inventory management to work together. Therefore, the company builds the channels along with different scales. Depending on the person's needs, they can select an eCommerce solution which will serve their purpose. For eCommerce retailers, the online solutions used to save more time as well as improve the capacity to make the sales.
Omni-channel Software:
Today, the Omni-channel eCommerce enables the sellers to sell the right item to the right person at the right place and often improves the revenue. The sellers can easily sell to the world on various marketplace web stores including Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Amazon as well as other marketplaces. The Omni-Channel eCommerce Solutions connects the marketplace to the inventory, marketing, accounting, logistics etc. This allows sellers to use different integration and therefore their business can take many advantages especially using the eCommerce solution in perfect manner. The Omni-channel gives support and helps the business to reach the competitive edge. They give a reliable, secure and fast platform, thus enabling the sellers to sell the products across different channels both online & offline. Business users can access their account free, anytime and anywhere thus giving flexibility to the business performance.
The Important Key Benefits:
To fully deliver a successful Omni-channel experience for their customers, retailers must turn to sophisticated solutions that help them meet and, hopefully, exceed their customer expectations. Solutions around customer engagement, information management and location intelligence allow retailers to develop a single view of their customer, understand their relationship, and optimize their interactions for better customer service across all channels. Customers have come to expect a seamless, relevant and personalized experience across all channels of communication, so it's important for businesses to deliver that to ensure customer loyalty and reduce churn.
An Omni-channel strategy is a win-win for customers and retailers. The customers are happier and have a better customer experience because they're receiving the applicable offers that they actually need, and retailers are equally satisfied as more of their offers hit the right mark – which means more money in their pockets.
The Road ahead…
The businesses that capitalize on the opportunities that an Omni-channel strategy presents are well- positioned to move ahead of their competition. But as new technologies emerge and customer expectations continue to change, retailers need to adapt quickly to meet those changes head on.
By personalizing their global retail approach to each individual customer and working to squeeze the greatest value out of their customer data, retailers can equip themselves for success. Retailers can better align their goals and messaging for global commerce across the company, and ultimately, improve customer experience and performance.
Solveda is a leading e-commerce, web development, custom software development & m-commerce solution provider that offers customized solutions to suit the customer needs. Get in touch with your requirements at email@example.com or visit www.solveda.com
M-commerce-The transition from Transaction to Strategy!Posted: November 20, 2015 Filed under: Android, BigFish, eCommerce Platforms, eCommerce Service Providers, eCommerce Sites, eCommerce Start-ups & VC Investments, eCommerce Trends, Fashion, iphone, mcommerce, mobile commerce, Ofbiz, Online Store, Open Source Platform, Retail, Web Development, windows Leave a comment
Mobile commerce is growing at a rate surpassing almost every forecast over the past 2 years and we are confident this will continue for the foreseeable future.While the volume of M-commerce keeps on rising – up almost 116% in April 2014 versus a year back as per Branding Brand keeping in mind smart phone visits to mobile streamlined sites were up 83.8%, but there's a whole other world to mobile applications than simply purchasing an item or an administration.
Physical stores versus online retailers
M-commerce is still a tiny rate of the general retails pie, so online retailers still need to view mobiles as a basic part to their general promoting procedure.
Online retailers are flourishing with a huge part of their business originating from smart phones. That is the reason the physical retailers see a greater potential part for versatile applications and m-trade as only one bit of the riddle.
The right M-commerce approach
- Convenient Shopping Across All devices– Thanks to their "carry it anywhere, everywhere" convenience and accessibility, mobile phones are passing laptops and PC's to become the medium of choice for accessing the web. Mobile shopping based on convenience is happening across the globe in three forms:
Simultaneous Usage: The process of using more than one device at the same time, like a tablet and your laptop or a mobile phone with a computer in a retail store, to complete an activity that could be related or unrelated on both devices like shopping.
Sequential Usage: The process of moving from one device to another at different times to accomplish a task like shopping online from your tablet then finishing your purchase on your mobile phone.
Singular Usage: Using one device to complete an activity online, most common with the use of laptops or mobile devices since many actions are often performed consistently on one device or the other.
In the end, one of your main goals as an owner of an e-commerce store is to offer a simple, enjoyable and easy to navigate experience for your web visitors, especially since 30% of mobile shoppers abandon a transaction if the experience is not optimized for mobile. The more intuitive your store is the easier it is for a shopper to purchase what they were looking for on any device they may currently be using.
- Mobile Re-targeting– Mobile re-targeting, similarly to display advertising on a desktop or laptop computer, serves ads to individuals who have recently visited your website to entice them to return and purchase items they either looked at onsite or checkout the items they placed in their cart. The major difference with mobile re-targeting is that these ads will follow a user on their other devices like their mobile phones or tablets as opposed to just on the laptop or desktop computer.
- Growth of Mobile Payment– There's many paths to take when it comes to mobile payments as an e-commerce merchant but overall, it is being where the customer is and providing them with easy solutions to their needs. Many customers find mobile payment solutions very effective at quickly completing a purchase and therefore, making mobile commerce all the more profitable for your business.
- Mobile Improves the Retail Shopping Experience– When approaching mobile, many businesses often disregard the connection they can make between their mobile presence and their in-store experience but there's lots of potential for impactful collaboration. Syncing these two interactions for the customer can help lead to higher sales and long-term loyalty.
- Analytics– To be able to improve the service we need understand how customers are using the service today. Look at the top user flows through the website or app, click-through rates and fall-off rates between pages, understand behaviour differences between web and mobile or mobile web and app and more. The key to analytics is to plan for logging and reporting to be implemented from the start.
This means now, like never before, both etailers and physical retailers must view mobiles as a basic part to their general showcasing technique and see it as a value-based channel. Besides, your portable application needs to give a drawing in and associating mobile application encounter that will position your organization in front of the opposition and keep your dedicated clients returning for additional.
Solveda is a leading e-commerce, web development, custom software development & m-commerce solution provider that offers customized solutions to suit the customer needs. Get in touch with your requirements at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.solveda.com
M-commerce-The new e-commerce!Posted: September 11, 2015 Filed under: BigFish, eCommerce Platforms, eCommerce Round-Up, eCommerce Service Providers, eCommerce Sites, eCommerce Start-ups & VC Investments, eCommerce Trends, Fashion, Grocery, Healthcare, mcommerce, Ofbiz, Online Store, Open Source Platform, Retail, Web Development | Tags: B2B eCommerce, b2c ecommerce, BigFish, e-store, ecommerce platform, etail, mcommerce, online store, open source platform, retail, web store Leave a comment
The consumer behavior with respect to retail has changed considerably since the advent of internet. We see the consumer spending more time online, in order to research on a product. Even if the consumer is planning on purchasing the product offline, they tend to research on the product online.
In this multi-device world, e-commerce and m-commerce are gaining popularity. Consumers find it easy to search and buy the products that are relevant to them in the most convenient manner possible.
Let's have a look at both e-commerce and m-commerce to understand how they rule consumer behavior. It is also important to consider the transition of consumers from e-commerce to m-commerce and map their journey.
E-commerce: Tracing the Journey
E-commerce has become quite vocal in the present times. We have seen that e-commerce has taken over major spaces, bringing in convenience. We can perform banking transactions at any hour; shopping and other e-commerce solutions are at our disposal at all the odd hours possible. E-commerce has spread its wings across the different sectors, and made things easy for you. Conversions and profitability for the companies have improved with e-commerce solutions. E-commerce has the capability of ringing in the best possible consumer insights on the desk. We are connected to consumer purchasing behavior, and we can offer the best solutions based on the insights.
But, as with all solutions, e-commerce comes with limitations of its own. It is not really mobile in the way it conducts itself. There are security and privacy concerns associated with e-commerce. The platform is not yet perceived as complete secure, despite including some of the best security solutions on the platform. The telecommunication bandwidth for the solution is insufficient to solve the purpose. For e-commerce, the software development tools are still in the evolution stage. Internet and e-commerce cannot be combined into some of the existing applications and database with ease. Compatibility issues also prove to be a limitation.
The Paradigm Shift towards m-commerce
There has been an increase in the number of smartphone users in the past year. From, 10.8% in 2014, it has reached 11.3% in 2015. Multi-platform has risen in retail from 53% in 2014 to 57% in 2015 (Source: Comscore Data)
This shift is ideally the primary reason for increasing shift towards m-commerce. Retail is multi-platform, as people consider a particular platform to choose and another to buy from. Most often than not, mobiles are considered for research and selection purposes.
M-commerce offers the stores mobility, that was absent in e-commerce. M-commerce applications tend to be more location specific and are more personalized offerings. It offers an intimate store-user relationship which can pull the audiences towards it. It offers time sensitive transactions, which can benefit the user. It is real time, and offers to be real fast, which is what the mobile customer needs in today's time and age. M-commerce is absolutely great when it comes to location specific outputs, as against e-commerce.
The Road Ahead..
Currently, the shift has just moved from e-commerce to m-commerce. But, the future seems to be more of a combination. The contextual commerce, as this will be called in the future, relates to the situation the consumer is in, and the device that would attempt to solve the purpose. The completion of the purchase will depend on the context, and the way the purchase needs to be made. If online research, and offline purchase is what the context calls for, this is what the customer will perform with the multiple devices. This contextual future will call in for a combination of devices and services.
Solveda is a leading e-commerce, web development, custom software development & m-commerce solution provider that offers customized solutions to suit the customer needs. Get in touch with your requirements at firstname.lastname@example.com
"BigFish-One Stop Global eCommerce Solution" from Solveda!Posted: July 31, 2015 Filed under: BigFish, eCommerce Platforms, eCommerce Service Providers, eCommerce Sites, eCommerce Trends, Fashion, Grocery, Healthcare, Logistics, Online Store, Order Management, Retail, Supply Chain Management Leave a comment
BigFish is a scalable and flexible eCommerce solution. It is a solution with which retailers can enhance their business by being able to sell globally without leaving their desk. BigFish includes all components needed to manage an integrated eCommerce business, spread across brick and mortar stores, virtual stores and marketplaces. It is a customizable solution that can be tailored and scaled to your specific needs.
Integration is the soul of Retail. We ensure it across your Retail System!
Grow your online business through Solveda!!!
- Technology- A world class open source solution that leverages the power of Apache Ofbiz ERP with no vendor lock-in headaches and proven baseline features with ability to scale.
- Pre-built solutions with powerful features and flexibility to change key elements on the fly to suit dynamically changing business landscape.
- Provides a 360-degree view of your business, from eCommerce, order management, fulfillment and warehouse management through manufacturing, purchasing and accounting.
- Fast time to market, 35 – 90 day implementation
- Scalable and Supports multi-channel operations and cross channel shoppers
- Supports B2B, B2C & Marketplaces
- Mobile ready, using Responsive Web Design(RWD)
- Provides a platform for best in class
- Lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
- Rapid return on investment (ROI)
Why BigFish?
- Customizable– Every business has its unique needs. BigFish can be customized to address your specific business requirements easily and quickly.
- Scalable– One can implement individual modules and add other modules as your business grows.
- Cost Saving– No License Cost.
- High Compatibility– BigFish's compatibility with numerous application servers, database servers, and operating systems drastically reduces the initial hardware and software investment required by your eCommerce initiative.
- Sound entity model and framework– Great development environment.
- Ready for the Future– Big Fish is built on Apache's Open For Business (OFBiz) ERP project that has been downloaded thousands of times. In the future, Fortis Health World & Vishal can add new systems by simply opening up interfaces to the underlying ERP suite
Using BigFish, Solveda was able to implement a fully functioning eCommerce solution in a fraction of the time taken in traditional eCommerce development projects. Our eCommerce Platform replacement project for one client was implemented in just 35 days.
By Solveda India. For more info on solutions and offerings from Solveda, please visit: http://www.solveda.com


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i'm blessed to be pregnant with #2, my son just turned 2 yrs old and he's the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me.. it took a while for me to go from an "IVF preggo"- to finally feeling like a "normal mom"... but one residual effect i think i've experienced from such a hard journey to have kids, is feeling EXTRA guilty about 'normal' mom feelings- like wanting some time to myself or getting frustrated at DS's behavior/crying/teething at times..
i think most moms feel guilty about not being everything-all-the-time to their kids, but i think an IVF mom feels it a bit differently... i often expect myself to never feel frustrated, always be patient, and i guess be 'superhuman'..
anyways- here i am, preggo again, very blessed, BUT :
i'm hormonal, cranky, tired, body aches and pains, ect ect. and by the time dinner and bedtime comes around, i'm a troll, and this is, of course, when my husband gets home from work. so he usually only sees me at my worst.. making me feel even guiltier! i've been feeling angry at him for not being around more, as he often works late, and this is of course, to better our lives financially, and theoretically it all makes sense, but i just can't look that far ahead, i'm totally in the immediate- and i want help NOW!! i start by feeling stressed, then go to overwhelmed, sad, and then at some point i just get cranky and angry.. i work 3 days a week, and then doing dinner and bedtime by myself (often this is the case), just kills me, and on my days off work, i'm pregnant, lugging around a VERY active 2 year old, up and down off the floor a lot, picking him up, geesh- physically i'm exhausted!! i actually feel less physical pain on the days i'm at work cause i get a break..
so i cried through my son's bedtime stories 2 nights ago when i was home alone with him, and this morning, through fathers day, i cried for quite a while trying to talk to my husband about this... i feel just awful about myself.. we were having an honest conversation and he said "i'm sorry that our life together makes you feel so angry".... omg.. he didn't mean it as a 'dig' or anything, but boy it sure felt horrible to hear that kind of honesty about how i appear to him..
can anyone out their relate or offer words of wisdom? i almost feel like i should 'act phony' around my DH to prevent any more relationship stress between us, but that really goes against how much i want to have an honest, authentic relationship... i've resolved several times to be 'less bitchy', but other than that, i'm not sure what to do/ what i can do..


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Metro repeats the TOD mistakes of the past
LA's cyclists just got snubbed by the Metro again, this time at the Metro's Westlake/MacArthur Park Transit Oriented Development (TOD) which broke ground on Monday, promising safe and affordable housing, economic development, improvements to the subway station and nearby streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, street trees and underground utilities. Whew! Where will all of this goodness end?
Missing from the long list of elements, including 172 units of housing and 30,000 sq. feet of retail is any hint of accommodation for cyclists. No Bike-Room, no Bike-Repair, no Bike-Share, no Bike-Shop, no Bike-Lockers, no ride-your-bike-home if you live here, ride-your-bike-to-the-station if you take the Metro, no ride-your-bike-to-the-stores if you shop here, nothing.
The basic tenets of TOD projects are simple. 1) Accommodations for cyclists and pedestrians. 2) Connectivity and traffic calming. 3) Balanced mix of housing, shops, schools, public services. 4) Parking Management strategies to reduce land allocation to automobile parking. 5) An environment that is convenient, comfortable, and secure with features including common space, washrooms, vendors and Wayfinding and multi-modal navigational tools.
It's very simple. With a budget of $45 million there is no excuse for the Metro to fall so short and yet, once again, it does. Phase I of the MacArthur Park Metro Apartments project promises 100 automobile parking spaces for the Metro passengers alone. This in addition to the parking provided for the tenants and the merchants and the shoppers. Yet, nothing for the cyclists?
This significant failure is disturbing for several reasons:
1) It furthers demonstrates the need to overhaul the Metro, to engage in a bit of silo-shaking and to get the Metro's Real Property Management, Operations, Planning and Executive Departments in sync. The Real Estate department repeatedly enters into uninspired relationships and leaves it to Operations to make it happen, a scenario that recently failed miserably at the Metro's Hollywood & Vine project. The Metro's Bike Manager is in the Planning Department but based on the implementation of bike facilities Hollywood & Western or on the Eastside Extension, it's evident that Planning is far from relevant. Through it all, the Executive Department rides herd on departments who love press conferences and ribbon cuttings but who play hot-potato with the street level responsibilities and accountability.
Metro: Bike Parking is the standard. Put out a new press release, this time replacing "100 parking spaces for Metro customers" with "Secure Bike Parking for 100 Cyclists!"
2) It demonstrates the need for the Metro to get in touch with the community. This neighborhood, as much if not more than others, needs safe and secure bike parking. To fail to recognize the demographics of MacArthur Park is downright cavalier. To fail to understand the needs of the neighborhood is simply irresponsible. Dan Koeppel, in his insightful Bicycling Magazine "Invisible Riders" article, takes the reader on a journey into the lives of cyclists who simply ride to stay alive, to earn money, and to support their families. These days we call them the Workforce Cyclists. Koeppel visited with them in MacArthur Park as he researched his article. They die on the streets in numbers greater than any other demographic. They ride bikes that are the key to their economic survival. They need safe and secure bike parking.
Metro: Know your neighborhood. Revise those Phase I plans and make sure there is a home for cyclists at the Westlake/MacArthur TOD, both casual and membership.
3) It demonstrates the need for the Metro to develop standards. Somehow, real estate deals get brokered, developers partner up, plans get drawn, contractors get hired, materials get purchased, projects get built and somewhere long after the ribbon cutting, the Metro's Bike Planning department comes wandering along asking "Is there any room left for the cyclists?" First and foremost, any Metro projects need to include cyclists and pedestrians as the premiere user groups, not motorists. From the beginning, there must be standards for accommodations that specify ingress, egress, storage for casual, membership, and long-term bike parking, and security standards that include basic Crime Prevention Trough Environmental Design (CPTED) standards.
Metro: Develop and Implement design standards. Lose the ineffective one-sheet and develop robust design standards and requirements that apply to all Metro projects.
4) It demonstrates a need for the Metro to account for its choice of partners. MacArthur Park Metro Apartments is a joint venture between Metro, McCormack Baron Salazar, Los Angeles Housing Partnership and Polis Builders. McCormack Baron Salazar also developed the Hollywood & Western TOD project with the Metro, a project that still has 50% vacancy on the ground floor five years after completion. The recent brouhaha over the homeless encampment, the lack of supervision and maintenance, the empty Metro Bike facility and the missing bicycle racks leave one wondering "What does it take to ruin a relationship with the Metro?" Perhaps its not the choice of partners but instead the lack of oversight, either way, surely the hope of the future is not more of the same.
Metro: Develop and Implement oversight standards for property management. Real Estate to Planning to Operations to Partners to Executive, there must be some accountability.
5) It demonstrates clearly the need for the Metro to take responsibility for its impact on our communities. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is responsible for much, much more that transportation. The Metro's every move sends a ripple through our communities with tremendous land use impact. It is imperative that the Metro accept this huge responsibility and use its financial gravitational pull to draw the many agencies, authorities, departments, developers, and constituent groups into its sphere of influence so that we collectively work together to not only move people but to add character and substance and value to the places we enjoy at the ends of our journeys.
Metro: Be a good Steward! You own the land, you move the people, you control the money, and you have the authority. With all of this power comes equal, if not greater, responsibility.
This is an incredible opportunity for the Metro to establish a commitment to greatness, to pause and to reevaluate the Westlake/MacArthur TOD, and to reconsider the omission of cyclists in the planning mix. It's a small but significant adjustment that sets the tone for the future. Opportunity taken, we're established a standard for excellence; opportunity passed, we've cast the die for mediocrity.
It's up to the Metro.
3 comments:
- Aric said...
It is not just the Metro, but the City Planning Commission that has failed miserably yet again. Metro leadership and City Planning Commission are all largely appointees of the Mayor and continue to demonstrate the Mayor's lack of vision for this City.
According to your most recent post about City requirements for bicycle facilities this new Metro facility is in violation of the law (>10,000 sq ft of non-residential space). It seems like someone could/should come in and sue to have the plans modified and the necessary bicycle facilities put in place.
Better yet, it is long since time for the City leadership to show some vision and integrity.
- Eric B said...
My guess is that the architects and planners did a scoping at the site to understand the context. They drove there, discovered how hard it was to park, and decided that the area had a huge deficit of automobile parking. While they were cruising the block looking for auto parking, they undoubtedly missed the tens if not hundreds of so-called "invisible cyclists" riding on the sidewalk past them.
All of those architects would fail any current university design studio with that lack of observation (and attention to detail). While the blame surely falls on Metro first, there's enough to go around to almost everyone involved.
It is always interesting to me how quickly architects get blamed for the decision making of their clients. In this case, the decision maker is Metro with their partners (the developer), and they are working off of requirements from city zoning code. It's possible that the architect missed recommending bike parking during programming, but the likelihood is that it wasn't required by the planning department (when it should have been), and Metro decided not to accommodate it because they carry unfair assumptions about the activities associated with bike storage rather than recognizing it as an inclusive measure to ensure equal access for all types of users.
Was an Environmental Impact Report not required for the development? I'm surprised that an EIR didn't require bike parking.


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Day 254 of 365 Day Jamaican Music Challenge - Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - 7-11
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Using media to promote social change has always been a question mark in society. However, the the massive influx of media in modern times, the question is almost being put by the wayside as each individual has become their own media broadcaster thanks to the use of blogging and social media. However, the question still remains; is it like propaganda? I quite like this excerpt from an article from the Journal of Popular Film and Television:
The systematic use of the media to promote social change has been an ethical concern since the early studies of media propaganda in the 1920s and 1930s. The United States, Britain, Germany, and Japan used film and television to support their respective military objectives during World War II. History indicates that the media can be misused to control public opinion. If all films and television programs with persuasive influence were eliminated, however, there would not be much left for people to see. The idea that entertainment culture is value-free is not plausible given the overwhelming evidence that films and television programs have measurable effects on people, regardless of whether such effects were intentional. Social science research indicates that the media already influence social change, and that we should be more concerned about how the entertainment media affect beliefs and behaviors (Thoman 8-9).
Despite the abundance of research on the negative effects of television, research also shows the popular media can have important prosocial effects on the public. The use of persuasive communication strategies to promote such effects is not unethical. Persuasion is a necessary part of a free and democratic society (Bettinghaus and Cody 14). The popular media should be regarded as being capable of promoting both constructive and destructive beliefs and behaviors. Therefore, we consider it is ethical to use popular media to persuade audiences to adopt prosocial beliefs and behaviors or to change beliefs and behaviors that are destructive to people and society.
Distinguishing Prosocial and Antisocial Messages
A second important ethical issue concerns who is best qualified to make decisions about prosocial and antisocial messages in the popular media. Previously, we defined prosocial messages as any communication that depicts cognitive, affective, and behavioral activities considered to be socially desirable or preferable by most members of a society. There are many important social issues that should be openly discussed by the popular media, but determining how to ethically present issues is a difficult task. The pressure on producers to make popular films and television programs that will attract the largest audiences possible impedes the entertainment industry's commitment to produce popular cultural products that promote prosocial change.
Distinguishing between prosocial and antisocial content is also problematic without a common core of moral and ethical values. Defining the fundamental values of Americans has been rigorously debated since Dan Quayle raised the issue in the 1992 presidential election. We cite two examples of how a lack of consensus about values makes it impossible to evaluate media. There is a strong consensus in American society that child abuse is wrong, but some people think media portrayals of children being spanked is unethical, whereas others feel media portrayals of sexual relationships between adults and young teenagers are ethically acceptable.
A second example addresses the strong consensus that every American has an inherent and Constitutional right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Some Americans use this right to support the promotion of media that argue for the protection of unborn children from abortion, whereas others extend this right to support messages that protect a women's ability to legally terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
Because there is no consensus in the United States on the value of an unborn child versus the value of a pregnant woman's choice to bear a child, addressing the abortion issue in popular film and television is controversial. A 1972 episode of Maude that promoted abortion was considered prosocial by some and highly offensive by others. In 1985, an episode of Cagney and Lacey showed a right-to-life group picketing an abortion clinic. Opponents of abortion regarded the episode as prosocial, whereas supporters of abortion rights complained about it.
The primary ethical issue here is determining who will decide for whom what is prosocial. In most developing countries, the national government usually decides what is prosocial and what is antisocial. Government control of the popular media is alarming to most people concerned about unethical practices such as "brainwashing" and "political propaganda," and is strongly resisted in the United States. The recent public and Congressional debates of the harmful effects of television violence in the United States indicate that despite the overwhelming evidence that television violence is harmful to children, most Americans resist legal restrictions against television producers.
When the responsibility for media content is left to producers of popular media, however, ethical problems are still apparent. For example, a study of daytime television soap operas in the United States indicates that most of the sexual relationships depicted on the soaps are between people not married to each other, and there are almost no portrayals of people becoming pregnant or infected with a sexually transmitted disease (Lowry and Towles 77-83). Thus, daytime soap operas promote the idea that sexual irresponsibility and infidelity have no negative consequences and that sex is primarily for unmarried people. Such research exemplifies how producers of popular media are not necessarily more responsible than governments in promoting socially beneficial beliefs and behaviors.
Discerning which values and beliefs promoted by popular media are good for society and which ones hurt society should be based on socially accepted community norms. The prosocial and antisocial effects of popular media are both individual and corporate, and therefore dealing with this issue involves more than a personal ethical decision regarding what movies to see and what television programs to watch. The corporate nature of evaluating the ethics of popular media is best illustrated in the debate over pornography. Some communities have decided that pornographic films do not benefit their community and thus should not be allowed at public theaters. Other civic leaders feel that the moral and ethical nature of films is for each person to evaluate, and thus pornography should be available to the public. Without public discussion and debate about what constitutes socially accepted norms and shared values, it is impossible to resolve the ethical issues regarding prosocial and antisocial messages.
Brown, William J., and Arvind Singhal. "Ethical considerations of promoting prosocial messages through the popular media." Journal of Popular Film and Television 21.3 (1993): 92+.


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In the past six years, school teams have more than doubled while senior sides have decreased by 50 percent, according to a comparison of figures from Rugby Magazine and the Utah union web site. The Beehive state has spawned a 7th-8th graders competition and 13-team high school league, to go along with 6 college teams (supplemented by 2 Idaho schools).
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2019-20 School Calendar: approved 3/25/19
2018-19 School Calendar: approved 3/26/18
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Bullying/Violence Reporting Hotline: You may submit anonymous reports of bullying and violence through the Sprigeo reporting system. Click the link below to go to the online report. Your report will be reviewed on the next regular school day. If you need to report an emergency, please call 911.
More than 97 percent of Missouri districts and charter schools scored at least 70 percent of the possible points on their APR with the Carl Junction School District scoring 97.8 percent, or 117.4 of the 120 available APR points.
The Carl Junction Board of Education approved the promotions of Dr. David Pyle to Assistant Superintendent of Operations and Mrs. Theresa Wilson to High School Principal at their meeting held on January 28.
What started as a dream for a group of Carl Junction teachers, staff, and community leaders for fully inclusive playgrounds for all Carl Junction students is much closer to reality today as the Power of Play Project is the recipient of a $250,000 matching grant.
Carl Junction School District dedicates the Outdoor Classroom to the students of Carl Junction Schools and to thank the community and volunteers who have made the renovation possible.


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- Cash bar will be open, upon request
- No outside alcohol permitted
- You may bring your own food or have a licensed caterer provide food for the event
Lookout Room is 2,520 square feet
6 round tables with 64 chairs are available
Large screen TVs with computer hook-up
Ice room is 9,600 square feet (Available June through August)
Ice removed during the summer months, arena has a concrete floor.
For up to date pricing and details click here.
Thank you for your interest. Please contact us by email or by phone 303-321-1107 or with any questions.


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A director of a north Northumberland coach company admitted perverting the course of justice in court earlier this week.
Alison Snaith, 59, of Brierley Gardens, Otterburn, pleaded guilty to the charge on Monday during a trial at Newcastle Crown Court which began in January after she, together with the company and 11 employees, were accused of conspiring to falsify drivers' records.
The court heard that during the course of an investigation by officers from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, which began in March 2011, Snaith produced four tachograph records to replace four which had been lost.
Driver Stephen Clark, 41, of Spital House Farm, Newbiggin-by-the Sea, was cleared of perverting the course of justice.
During the hearing, the coach firm (Howard Snaith and Partners), Clark, Snaith, her sister Jessie Hickie, 56, of The Follions, Otterburn; John David Cameron, 63, of Long Causeway, Barnsley; Iain Condy, 39, of First Row, Linton; Alan Dunkerly, 56, of Thompson Street, Bedlington; Gerard Fox, 59, of Wilderhaugh, Galashiels; Mark William Hogg, 41, of Grieve Avenue, Jedburgh; Kenneth Andrew James, 66, of Hollywell Crescent, Amble; James Joseph Phelan, 65, of Duke Street, Alnwick; Gary Tweddle, 34, of Ravensworth Court, Bedlington; and David John Wilkinson, 53, of Brierley Gardens, Otterburn, were cleared of allegations of conspiracy made against them.
But Clark, Hogg and Tweddle each admitted three counts of the lesser charge of knowingly making a false record.
Judge Deborah Sherwin indicated in court that the maximum sentence she was considering was a suspended sentence.
The jury was discharged and the case was adjourned until Tuesday, April 21.


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