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I am the Operations & Exhibits Manager at Young At Art Museum. We are an interactive, art-based museum that offers everything from a dedicated five and under gallery to adult ceramics classes. My primary responsibilities are maintaining and update the exhibits in our 4 permanent galleries, which includes directly supervising our floor staff of Gallery Interpreters. I also work with the Education staff to develop new exhibits.
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KIHEI - Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) announced that online registration is now available for its fourth annual Startup Weekend Maui. Set for May 19-21, this empowering event will provide active entrepreneurs with an opportunity to learn how to launch a company in 54 hours.
The event will be held at the Maui Research and Technology Park in Kihei, starting at MEDB's Malcolm Center at 1305 N. Holopono St., Suite 5.
In just one weekend, participants will experience the highs, lows, fun and pressure that make up life at a startup. Surrounded by smart, passionate people, and with the best tools and approaches at their disposal, they'll take giant leaps in learning skills to create a business, work on a startup team and connect with the right people and resources. Ultimately, it will be an unforgettable weekend that will put everyone on the pathway to success.
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In just 54 hours, Startup Weekend participants will experience the highs, lows, fun and pressure that make up life at a startup. Last year, Cherrypik team members worked to build a viable prototype for their startup: a website that provides lead-generation services and protection in the moving industry. PHOTO BY MAUI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model. On Friday, anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote); and then it's a 54-hour sprint of business model creation, programming, designing and market validation.
The weekend culminates on Sunday with presentations in front of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who offer valuable feedback.
Those interested in warming up for this year's Startup Weekend Maui are encouraged to attend a free Pitch Bootcamp workshop on Tuesday, May 16. David Fry, leader of the 2015 Startup Weekend, and Frank De Rego Jr., director of business development projects at MEDB, will facilitate this interactive learning experience. Participants will receive helpful tips on crafting a strong 60-second pitch for their startup idea and have an opportunity to hone their presentation skills through practice. Participation in this Pitch Bootcamp will help provide a framework and additional tools for the main event, Startup Weekend Maui, on May 19-21.
"Startup Weekend Maui will provide a dynamic environment where participants can connect with people that have diverse talents; discover where they are at on the journey of being an entrepreneur; learn what it really takes to start a company; and start with a hands-on experience of business creation," observed De Rego.
Startup Weekend Maui is part of a global grassroots movement of motivated entrepreneurs with various skill sets who are determined to learn the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. Over its ten-year history, the Startup Weekend movement has generated over 2,900 events in 150 countries around the world.
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A view of Romney's Mexican roots
Mar. 3 - Mitt Romney's roots run deep among Mormon community in northern Mexico. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
A Mormon enclave in the north of Mexico. It was here where Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's relatives turned an arid valley into lush agricultural land and prospered after leaving the United States to protect their Mormon beliefs. The story of the early Mormon settlers in Mexico, who fled the threat of arrest in the United States for practicing polygamy, is embodied by Mitt Romney's great-grandfather Miles P. Romney, who crossed south of the border in the late 1880s. His father George was born in the town. Now there are about 300 Mormons left in the area with at least 40 residents still bearing the Romney name. Lamond Tullis, is a historian for the Church of Latter Day Saints. (SOUNDBITE)(English) LAMOND TULLIS, CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR, SAYING: "The Romneys were in the first groups that came here to settle in this area. And they've always been very hardworking, very successful, and these are family traits which go from one generation to another and it's still true, and here in this area it's "try to keep up with the Romneys. Very successful and hard workers. They're known for their honesty and their hard work." Romney's tough stance on immigration, however, is apparently not so popular in a country that each year sends thousands of migrants to the U.S. in search of a better life. Brandon Romney, a chilli pepper farmer and distant cousin of Mitt, says he hopes Mitt Romney can instill pioneering spirit to the White House if he wins the presidential election. (SOUNDBITE)(English) BRANDON ROMNEY, DISTANT COUSIN OF MITT ROMNEY, SAYING: "Throughout the West and the smaller communities and some pioneer families that have a pioneer heritage throughout the West, be they Mormon or not Mormon, I think that gets passed down generation to generation, because it's you against the elements. You just have to have a certain toughness and work ethic to be able to prosper. So, I think that's been handed down to us and it's always a struggle to pass it on to the next generation and try to instill in them those values, get them to wake up and be responsible," he said. Before the Mexican Revolution, more than 4,000 Mormons were given refuge in Mexico .While Mitt Romney has never visited the area, his relatives believe his heritage is the key to his character. (SOUNDBITE)(English) BRANDON ROMNEY, DISTANT COUSIN OF MITT ROMNEY, SAYING: "There is a certain morality that goes with having to collaborate and build something from nothing. So, I think that is a lot of the legacy of the Eldiest (from the Mormon priesthood called Elders) church in the West and especially here. So hopefully Mitt Romney can portray that. I can't attest to his character or anything. Hopefully that's what he portrays." Romney has regained his frontrunner status in his bid to become the Republican nominee, and will face a key test on Tuesday when voters in 10 states go to the polls. Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters


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X-FAB Sarawak Set to Begin Volume Production of 350 nm Analog/Mixed-Signal High-Voltage Technology
|(Nanowerk News) X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the world's leading foundry for the production of analog/digital integrated circuits, today announced that its Malaysian facility in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia with its modern 200 mm production line now is fully qualified for volume production and second sourcing of the company's 0.35 micrometer high-voltage process technology called XH035. This process technology is ideal for a wide variety of applications including RF and power management, low-power and high-precision mixed-signal circuits, analog front-ends for sensors, mixed-signal embedded systems, systems-on-chip (SoCs) and automotive applications.
|The flexible XH035 CMOS technology can be expanded easily with a full range of add-on modules including three- and four-layer metallization, a second gate-oxide for transistors with varying breakdown voltages of up to 50 Volts, well isolated 3.3 and 5-Volt transistors, and EEPROM storage blocks. Full front- and back-end modularity creates a lean process flow and optimizes the number of mask layers. The process also meets the rigorous AEC-Q100 standard for automotive applications.
|The XH035 process comes with a large variety of active and passive devices to address analog/mixed-signal design needs. These devices include high-voltage NMOS, PMOS and DMOS transistors, double-poly and MIM capacitors, high-ohmic and low-TC resistors. In addition, the process offers excellent matching, low on-resistance high-voltage devices and embedded NVM options. It also features a variety of dense standard cell libraries optimized for area, speed, low power or low noise; and I/O libraries, including ESD support and numerous verified analog IP libraries.
|In addition, RF CMOS building block extensions are available for applications up to 2.4 GHz, for Bluetooth, WLAN and ISM transmitters/receivers.
|The next process extension, already in the Conditional Release development phase, will offer a very compact single poly EEPROM cell 30-percent smaller than the current EEPROM, and with two fewer mask layers. Designs and risk production can be started now on this extended process version.
|Source: X-FAB Silicon Foundries (press release)
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School necromancy [disease, evil];
Level cleric 1, druid 1 (Besmara)
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The subject contracts an advanced form of scurvy. He becomes constantly fatigued, suffers from bone pain (–1 penalty on Strength and Dexterity-based checks), wounds easily (add +1 point of damage to any bleed effects affecting the target), experiences loose teeth, and is slow to heal (natural healing occurs at half the normal rate). Scurvy can be treated magically or can be overcome with proper nutrition; eating the right foods ends the fatigue and bone pain within 1–2 days and provides a full cure 2d6 days after that.
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True, I did enjoy part of the *amazing* 48hr HouseMD Season 8 marathon on CLOO. I haven't picked up the BluRay because I am waiting for the entire series to be transferred to this format. So it's been great seeing Seasons 7 and now 8 make it into syndication. Although watching hours of HouseMD S8 back to back brought me to one startling revelation: I would have rather put up with another year of Cuddy JUST so we didn't have the painful experience of having to watch Adams. There I said it. Not a Huddy. Never will be a Huddy. But I'll take her over the phenomenally BAD ACTING we had to endure because, sadly, Olivia Wilde was so smoking hot she got too many movie gigs to be more than in a few episodes.
Random hot photo of Olivia Wilde because THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVE MY READERS.
So, back to the new shows....*snap snap* Eyes back here now.
Still ABSOLUTELY loving Elementary. Actor Jonny Lee Miller is......amazing. And so like House that I simply MUST love him. Digging Lucy Liu as well. This show can run forever. I can't say it is my favorite show this season, but one of my favorites! And yes I could listen to him forever, both speaking and on violin.
Chicago Fire....Kind of a more tame version of Rescue Me meets ER (god how I loved THAT show. Both actually.). I like it, I think it has a good cast but wow, am I having a time with Jesse Spencer's..."accent". The premiere episode, his normally soothing voice was just annoying. But ep2 is seemed better. I wish they'd just let him use his normal voice. Or get him a better vocal coach. God knows I love you Jessie, but please...your voice is distracting me from all those gorgeous bodies. Like, say, from this one
Hmm did it get a little warm in here? I think I need a fireman ;)
Speaking of truly HOT NEW GUYS ON FALL TV....
ARROW has hit a BULL'S EYE with me! Ok, so there were many times I half-expected to hear him growl "I'm Batman". Rich playboy, a hot body, able to kick ass, and his own little hideout/batcave, all while protecting his city. Yum yum yum. Truly, the CW is batting it out of the park this season!! (um. no pun intended there).
I've only watched one episode of Beauty and the Beast and I like it. Really. Without having watched the original series, I like the way they explain his "beastliness". But honestly the special effects need some tweaking. His transformation isn't really that...scary. And the plot twists are already a bit confusing. But I will keep watching.
Finally, one show I didn't mention in my previous post that I gave a whirl--and WOW I am so glad I did!--was Emily Owens M.D. FREAKING ADORABLE! and funny, and sweet. I'm really quite pleased with all the "feel goods" available this season. Goodness knows we could all use more positive shows.
How sweet is this face? And wouldn't you want her to be your doctor? The inner monologues are hysterical. I never watched Ally McBeal (I know, another sin against me) but something tells me this is rather much like the humor from that. I'm really quite stunned this is on CW....not that CW is a bad station, just lately most of the shows are aimed at the teen crowd and this show doesn't fit that demographic IMO. Plus, it is THAT GOOD. Loved every single minute of the premiere!
*EDITED TO ADD* Well NO WONDER I love this show and NO WONDER that actress Mamie Gummer is SO FANTASTIC. Her mom is Meryl Streep!
I can't make any observations on this season of Grimm just yet....um, they are all on my DVR. Still. My 10yo son LOVES this show and we haven't had a chance to sit and do a marathon together. So maybe this weekend, just in time for pre-Halloween spookiness ;) Ditto for American Horror Story--that's one show my 17yo daughter is crazy for (and she watches very little TV) so we need to do a mini-marathon of the first 2 eps of this season.
I'm going to catch Mockingbird Lane, it appears to be a type of remake of The Munsters--which is, sorry, a poor substitute for The Addams Family. Yes I watched it. But it just lacked the awesomeness that was TAF.
This does have some appeal from what I saw from the preview. So I'll give it a whirl in the spirit of Halloween fun ;) Plus, Eddie Izzard is just pure joy to watch!
Desperately missing Smash. I still need to buy the songs that were not released on CD. Glee is on hiatus....and WTH, Glee? I cried my head off the last episode. Starting to want to rename it to Glum. Don't get me wrong, I will be a Gleek forever but damn, the whole Blane/Kurt thing about broke my heart.
And still I say,
THANK GOD FOR DVRs.
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'Bears' Trailer: Meet a Family of Wild Animals (Video)
The first look at Disneynature's upcoming Earth Day documentary gives viewers a look at life in the wilderness.
Who knew wild bears could be so adorable?
But that's exactly how they seem in the trailer for Disneynature's upcoming Earth Day documentary release, Bears.
In the trailer, viewers meet a bear named Sky and her newborn brood and are taken inside their cave to see the paws and faces of the cubs.
As a voice-over explains, the film "follow[s] them on the most important journey of their lives."
PHOTOS: Birds, 'Bears,' 'Apes' and 'Godzilla' at the Multiplex in 2014
The trailer stresses how the bears are just like any other family, with the voiceover saying that the movie will tell "a story all parents share about the love, the joy, the struggle and the strength it takes to raise a family."
The clip, soundtracked by Phillip Phillips' "Home," also features bears frolicking in the snow and walking through a stream hunting salmon as well as panoramic views of the wilderness and snow-covered mountains. The only scene of bears fighting makes it seem like the animals are just protecting their families.
The movie opens on April 18, 2014. If you see the movie opening week, Disneynature will make a donation to the National Park Foundation.
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WACO - With spending and housing construction down but employment surging, November 2012 economic indicators produced a mixed bag that was good enough to give Waco its tenth consecutive month of good news.
The index hit 107.1 in November 2012, up from 106.5 in October and 102.5 in November 2011, as shown in a study prepared by Karr Ingham, Amarillo economist. It surpassed 107 for the first time since April 2009.
Waco's jobless rate has declined steadily since October 2011, dropping to 5.6 percent in November, the lowest in four years.
Sales tax receipts in November were down slightly in the Waco area.
Auto sales in Waco continue to grow, with inflation-adjusted spending on new and used automobiles up by more than 8 percent compared to November 2011, and up more than 12 percent for the year to date.
Construction on projects such as new commercial or industrial buildings is up more than 50 percent compared to the first 11 months of last year. The number of permits to build new houses was down in November 2012 from November 2011, but they are up for the year 2012.
Sales of existing homes were up 27 percent compared to a year ago, Home prices continue to rise, up to an average of $132,692 compared to $119,745 in 2011.
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(The Spread) – The odds to win the 2014 Olympic Ice Hockey men's gold medal are out and Russia is the current favorite.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, Russia is an 11/5 favorite to win the gold medal in men's Olympic Ice Hockey next year. The team with the next-best odds is Canada at 9/4, while Sweden is 4/1 and the United States is 6/1. The Czech Republic, meanwhile, is 17/2, while Finland is 10/1 and Switzerland is 20/1.
Continuing with the current odds, Slovakia is 25/1 to win the men's gold medal in next year's Olympic Ice Hockey tournament, while Norway is 200/1. Latvia is also 400/1, while Austria and Slovenia are both 900/1 long shots, respectively.
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Having a baby in need of serious medical attention is a difficult situation for families. Parents can rest assured Regional Health Rapid City Hospital is able to provide quality care for even the smallest of patients and ensure that they receive the necessary medical treatment. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) cares for approximately 350 babies a year. We are supported in part by the Children's Miracle Network (CMN).
Highly specialized care for newborns is provided in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Our NICU is a Level III NICU care facility and treats most neonatal medical problems. Our 28-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the only one of its kind in Western South Dakota. Every year we care for approximately 350 newborns. Most Newborns admitted to our NICU are born right here at Regional Health Rapid City Hospital. However, many newborns are transferred to us annually by our Neonatal Transport team.
Many women with high-risk pregnancies are referred to Regional Health Rapid City Hospital to consult with obstetricians and neonatologists. If they are able to be delivered at Regional Health Rapid City Hospital, they can be immediately evaluated in the NICU. Critically ill newborns from other hospitals are frequently transferred to Regional Health Rapid City Hospital.
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As time marches on, we begin to notice unpleasant things about our skin. Wrinkles start to appear, and we develop age spots. Our skin tends to be drier than it was in our younger years. We lose the fat that caused the skin to be smooth and plump, and it takes longer for injuries to heal. We can reverse these issues with a very carefully planned face skin care regimen, and there are many options for you to choose.
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When you need to quickly pause the music or video you're playing, it can often be difficult to find the pause button fast enough. If you have a remote control or a multimedia keyboard, things may be a little easier, but wouldn't it be great if you could simply wave your hand in front of your computer to control media playback. Well, this is exactly what Flutter enables you to do.
Available for both Windows 7 and OS X, this simple free app works in conjunction with you web cam and provides very basic controls in a number of popular media programs. The utility can be used with Spotify, Windows Media Player, VLC, iTunes and QuickTime, and when you want to pause or resume, all you need to do is to hold your hand up in front of your web cam.
There is no complicated setup procedure to run through, everything just works. There is a brief tutorial that will enable you to check that everything is working and run you through a couple of text, but that's really all there is to it. The great thing is that you can have your music playing in the background while you work and web cam controls will work no matter what application currently has focus.
Should you need to use your web cam for anything else, you can temporarily disable Flutter by double clicking the system tray icon, and re-enabling it is a simple matter of repeating this action. Future versions of the app will expand not only the number of media programs that are supported, but will also add more gestures. When this happens, Flutter is going to become a must-have app.
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Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar - Agrowon
1. Foreign Investment in agriculture and food sector beneficial for Indian farmers : FICCI President
1. Foreign Investment in agriculture and food sector beneficial for Indian farmers : FICCI President
foreign investment in agriculture is fine, but the govt of India must ensure that foreign players don't mess around with our agricultural produce. in the name of biotech, we should not be subjected to genetically modified produce.
Totally depends on from which angle they r looking towards it ;)
Good Luck..Sakaal...
We are implementing the private direct investments in all sectors.Why not Agriculture then? We are mainly depending on agriculture produce and if any MNC is investing for contract farming,what is wrong in that?
We could not progress further in this sector due to non availablity of automation due to paucity of funds.Let them come,let them invest.There is vast area of unutilised land.We can bring each every inch under cultivation with new israeli techniqes.But we have to change our mindset for the betterment of our own country.
..Jayant ranade,saprompr,Pune
What happened to Enron?
Are our farmers going to stop committing suicide after it?
They will put in chemical fertilizers and make our beatiful and fertile land barron within 5 years.
They will cultivate only the cash crops like sugarcane, cotton, tobaco etc and we will starve in want of other crops like rice and wheat.
Actually our land is not in need of capital but in need of labour as many are running to cities and now there are very few to work in fields.
To stop it some infracture like electricity, transportation, communication should be made available.
What happened to Enron?
These foreign investment will ruin our fartile land with chemical fertilizers.
They will take only cash crops like sugarcane, cotton and tobacco
Will this stop our farmers from committing suicide?
Actually our agriculture need manpower which is now running to cities for want of jobs because they do not get necessary infrastructure in villages
Is that only sollution of controlling farmers commiting suicide? or cultivating our lands fruitfully? Govt.should think over it once again not to make things worse.
We need not depend on foreign investments in every aspect of our life.
Actually more agri.produce is available here in India than US or other countries as is evidential from the fact that they depend on fridged/canned items more.
Then in that case, agri.produce will be exported more and we will have to pay more cost for same agri.produces cultivated by them on our lands. I remember here my history lesson of Vallabh bhai Patel who opposed to foreign clothes, raw material of which was going from India. History should not be repeated while globalising things.
Agri. exports should be encouraged in exchange of technology (if at all it is give and take).


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Yin Qi
Qi (pronounced 'chee') is what gives your physical body the instructions and ability to be here. Whilst this may all sound strange from where you have been trained to think, please keep reading as this acupuncture model explains why and how all things are not as you would like them to be. Yin Qi is nourishing. It is a category of energy that also loosely encompasses Blood, Jing and body fluids. Yin Qi has more substance than Yang Qi, is more tangible – although it is still a type of energy. Yin Qi is essentially about replenishment and regeneration. Yin energy is tied to our constitutional vigour and our inherited energy bank balance – our Jing.
Yin Qi in the body:
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- grants foundation, stability and constancy.
Nutrient dense food and pure water, regenerating sleep and rest, vigorous exercise and abundant sunlight are just as essential as visits to medical specialists. Healthy living and life affirming is what the elders all knew about prior to modern medicine. Health and its care is what all traditional medical systems work back to. Acupuncture and Asian medicine are no exceptions.
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Method Feels Neglected by Crispin, Looks Elsewhere
CINCINNATI (AdAge.com) -- Can you fire your owner?
That seems to be the thinking at Method Home Products, which has put out feelers to replace Crispin Porter & Bogusky, which was given an equity stake when the shop became Method's agency of record in 2002. According to people familiar with the situation, Method's eye is roving because Crispin has become a little too hot to pay as much attention as it once did to the upstart home-care brand.
Though small-with marketing spending estimated at less than $3 million-the design-focused Method has been a high-profile account that led to a cyber Grand Prix for Crispin at the Cannes International Advertising Festival last year. Method had only $311,500 in measured media spending, all in magazines, last year, and has none so far this year, according to TNS Media Intelligence.
"We are by no means in a formal review," a spokeswoman for Method said. "We are in active collaboration with Crispin about plans for 2007."
She said Method recently added Francesca Schuler, a former Gap marketing executive, as VP-brand, and, as often happens when a new marketing executive comes on board, "we've been getting a lot of calls [from agencies]." A spokesman for Crispin declined to comment.
Method ranked seventh in the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing privately held companies this year, based on wholesale sales of $33.5 million last year. Sales are expected to near $60 million this year, according to one person familiar with the company.
People familiar with the matter said as Crispin's reputation and business have grown, particularly since it took on the Volkswagen account, Method executives feel they're not getting the attention they once were.
Crispin wasn't even invited to Method's agency review in 2002. In an interview last year, co-founder Eric Ryan said he felt "they were too hot and too big to pay attention to our tiny little budget." But Crispin barged in anyway when Paul Stechschulte, a Crispin art director and Method fan, heard about it from a friend and wrote Mr. Ryan an e-mail about the agency's approach to building challenger brands. As it has with such high-profile designers as Karim Rashid and Andy Spade, Method compensated Crispin in part with equity.
Besides its high-end design and unique positioning as an environmentally friendly brand for people who actually enjoy cleaning, Method has been known for the offbeat marketing approach it developed with Crispin. ComeClean.com, where people could confess their sins and wash them away with virtual Method hand soap, earned Crispin the cyber Grand Prix.
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A web software developer designs and develops software to be used on websites. More often than not this means utilizing an existing program and adapting it to function within a specific website's structure. Web software developers have a thorough knowledge of popular CRM programs and retail sales platforms that are used on commercial websites. Software developers work with website engineers, webmasters and product management staff to reach an end product that works for everyone.
Most software developers have a bachelor's degree in applications engineering, computer science or systems analysis. A web software developer usually needs a similar degree for consideration. However since adapting software for website applications is a little different than writing a new program from scratch, sometimes software programmers with experience but no four year degree may qualify. Familiarity with widely used languages such as C++, SQL, CGI and Java is essential.
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Jobs in this profession should continue to multiply, given the growth of website use on the Internet and the growing complexity of these Web2.0 sites. The opportunities for developers who can create site-specific programming should increase rapidly, as well as for software developers working on applications meant to function on commercial or enterprise web sites in general.
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Minister for Nordic co-operation Frank Bakke-Jensen and Norwegian Minister for Local Government and Modernisation Jan Tore Sanner are hosting Digital North, a Nordic-Baltic ministerial conference on digitalisation. The Nordic-Baltic countries are leading the way with regard to digitalisation in Europe. During this conference the countries will make a ministerial declaration on closer co-operation.
Digitisation is a key component in the development of a competitive edge in Europe. This is one of the focus areas of Norway's presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers this year, whose main priorities are the Nordic Region in transition, the Nordic Region in Europe, and the Nordic Region in the world.
The Nordic and Baltic countries rank highly in the EU's Digital Economy and Society Index. Denmark tops the list with Norway second, Finland third, and Sweden fourth. Digital North will put closer political co-operation on digitalisation in the Nordic Region and Europe on the agenda. Topics that will be discussed at the conference include transition, cross-border digital services, smart societies, and the sharing economy.
Digital North will be attended by Nordic and Baltic ministers responsible for digitalisation policy, as well as representatives from businesses in the two regions.
The conference is being hosted by the Norwegian Ministry for Local Government and Modernisation in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordic Innovation.
Time and place: The conference starts at 09:00 on 25 April and will take place at Quality Hotel Expo, Snarøyveien 20, at Fornebu in Norway.
A press briefing about the ministerial declaration will take place at 14:15 at Villa Hareløkken, also at Fornebu.
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5 Biggest Step 1 Mistakes
The five biggest mistakes student's make when studying for Step 1.
- Not doing enough Questions. It's by far one of the biggest mistakes I see people make, especially among those who score poorly. The logic goes that since you haven't had time to "Learn everything" either from First Aid or Pathoma you are hesitant to start questions. Don't worry about learning "everything" before you do questions – doing questions will help solidify what you do know, and quickly teach you what you don't. You will honestly learn more from doing questions than any other resource you have. This is especially true of USMLE World. Bonus: Take notes or make flashcards (Anki or otherwise) with the high yield facts from USMLE world, or consider annotating them directly into First Aid.
- Analysis Paralysis. There are a million different Step 1 resources, it's tempting to try to do as many as possible. Unfortunately, this won't yield the highest score, likely it'll do the opposite. Pick high yield resources (if you are not sure what's high yield check out UFAP and Step 1 Resource list) and stick to them! You'll hear students constantly mention other random resources and the fear is always that it'll be this amazing resource that'll instantly get you a 250. The much more likely scenario is you'll end up wasting your time, and not sticking to what works. Time is vital – pick what you'll use early on and stick to it!
- Thinking your Memory is Perfect. I'll just read Anatomy in First Aid once and I'll remember it perfectly. That simply won't be the case. Repetition is key, I'd suggest aiming to get through First Aid at least 2-3 times at a minimum. You simply cannot remember everything if you only review it once. This is also what live prep courses fail at – they'll teach a topic at great depth but then not revisit it ever again. Having trouble remembering things? Use flashcards, mnemonics or take notes (writing helps memory formation)
- Poor Time Management. This has actually more to do with staying realistic than anything else. Set realistic expectations for what you can accomplish in a day. Studying 18 hours a day for 4 weeks likely isn't realistic. Missing your target each day will set off a spiral of stress, guilt and ultimately a mental breakdown. Schedule rest days, take time out for friends/family, and keep each day's tasks realistic. Be flexible, make sure it's possible to catch up on another day if you have an unforeseen event wreck your plans on a certain day. I'd recommend each student take 1-2 days to make a study schedule before starting to study. Leave room for 1-3 assessments (UWSA or NBMEs), normally one before you begin studying to identify weaknesses, one halfway through and an optional one 1-2 weeks out to address any remaining weaknesses. Schedule time for exercise, and plan to take rest days every 5-7 days. Bonus: For students who struggle with focus I'd recommend checking out apps/extensions such as RescueTime, Leechblock (Firefox), Chrome Nanny (Chrome), and Cold Turkey (OsX and Windows).
- Stamina/Fatigue – Odds are you haven't written an exam nearly as arduous as Step 1 before. It is hours and hours of questions, with very little break time. Prepare yourself – Practice doing several question blocks in a row, and in similar conditions to the test – this means no music, no breaks to talk with friends and if possible in a quiet cubicle. While you may learn best in tutor mode, every so often attempt writing 4-6 timed blocks consecutively. Now is the best time to train yourself for the mental battle that is Step 1. Many test takers also deal with anxiety, part of the problem is it's a stressful situation and an unfamiliar environment. Get a practice permit ahead of time, and go scope out the Prometric center ahead of time. Many of them vary greatly, so if you can write a practice exam you'll know just how cold/hot/quiet/loud your specific center is, as well as where your locker will be and what's nearby. It's one less thing to worry about on test day.
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I love summer and I love America. The fact that two of my favorite holidays are close together, Memorial Day and the 4th of July allows for multi use of my collection of patriotic goodies.
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Happy Birthday America and Thank you to all our Brave men and Women who have served and given the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom I enjoy!
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THIS SUMMER'S been a scorcher so far, hasn't it - and again this week the mercury is flirting with the 100-degree mark. Hot? Want to cool off? How about a visit to the coldest spot in Utah.
Peter Sinks, an uninhabited portion of Logan Canyon, five miles west of the Bear Lake summit overlook, holds the honor of producing the Beehive State's all-time coldest temperature - 69 degrees below zero - on Feb. 1, 1985. The spot is also shown on maps and guides as Peter Sink and Peter's Sink.(If you want to visit Utah's coldest occupied area, try Woodruff, a town 35 miles southeast of Peter Sinks. The temperature there dropped to minus 50 degrees on Feb. 6, 1899, the state's coldest reading before temperatures at Peter Sinks were measured. In contrast, Utah's hot spot is St. George, where the temperature hit a record 116 degrees on June 28, 1892.)
The phenomenon of Peter Sinks raises all kinds of questions. . . .Why do temperatures drop so low at Peter Sinks?
According to William J. Alder, meteorologist in charge of the Salt Lake office of the National Weather Service, Peter Sinks records especially low temperatures because of the surrounding terrain, which adds to the effect of long winter nights in which considerable cooling occurs as the heat escapes upward. After all, cold can be defined as simply the absence of heat.
Zane Stephens, who works for the state climatology office in Logan and is one of the two young weather wizards who discovered the cold in Peter Sinks about eight years ago, said the sinks are part of a two-fault system at the top of Logan Canyon. Water eroded the area's underground limestone rocks and eventually created caves and caverns. When they finally collapsed, the sinks were created.
Peter Sinks is a tub-shaped valley about a mile long and three-quarters of a mile wide. Stephens, also a TV weather correspondent for Logan, added that the combination of a temperature inversion, a good snowpack, a cold air mass and no wind are needed to make Peter Sinks extremely cold.
He said Peter Sinks actually dams cold air in its tub-shaped valley because the cold air is so dense and heavy. In areas like Peter or Middle sinks, the temperature can be 15 to 20 degrees colder at the bottom than the top. Stephens said he's discovered that in such sinks observers notice the air temperature can drop 10 to 15 degrees just by taking several footsteps downward. He's felt cold air leaking out of the bottom of Middle Sinks, a phenomenon not unlike a dam of water that overflows. Don't other places in Utah, like the top of Timpanogos Peak or Kings Peak, actually get colder than Peter Sinks?
Alder said there might be such places. However, these are not regularly measured, and it would be unrealistic to measure temperatures in every single area of the state at all times, especially in the winter.
The wind-chill factors might be three figures of sub-zero on high places like Timpanogos, but unfortunately wind does not count toward official cold temperatures. (Stephens said Logan has experienced chill factors of 100 degrees below zero in the past.)
Peter Sinks' terrain is not unique, and Alder speculated that other similar sites with extreme coldness could surely be found in the Rockies.
Stephens said Montana's Rogers Pass, between Missoula and Helena, which is not an area of sinks, is the nation's coldest official spot. Middle Sinks, just southwest of the Logan Canyon summit, is the nation's third-coldest spot - only 3 to 4 degrees warmer than No. 2 Peter Sinks, about four miles to the west.Is Peter Sinks, at an elevation of 8,100 feet, also the coldest spot in Utah during the summer?
"I suppose it could be. At least it's one of the coldest," Alder said.
"It's definitely one of the coldest spots in the state, period," Stephens said. He said temperatures usually drop into 20s and 30s at night in the summer and sometimes as low as the teens.
Stephens said Peter Sinks is a rather cool area just about any time of the day or year, and when conditions with no wind occur, it really cools off.How hot does Peter Sinks get in the summer?
Stephens said no instruments operate in Peter Sinks during the summer, but he had a thermometer there a few summers ago and the temperature hit 84 when it was 99 in Logan and 100-plus in Salt Lake City.How much annual precipitation does Peter Sinks get?
Temperature readings have received most of the emphasis at Peter Sinks, so precipitation estimates must come from nearby Tony Grove. This site received 34 inches of water from October through June. Annually, the area receives about 40 inches of water. This obviously translates into a lot of snow.How was Peter Sinks selected as a weather station site?
Stephens said that in the fall of 1982, he and a friend from Salt Lake City, Mike Boman, who worked for TV weatherman Mark Eubank, wanted to find a cold location in Utah that no one had ever checked for temperatures.
"It started out as just fun, to find the coldest spot in Utah," Stephens said.
First, they checked the Dry Lake area in Sardine Canyon. The temperature reached 30 below zero there during a fairly mild winter.
Later they stumbled across some European weather information that noted the unusually cold temperatures in sinks areas. So, they went to the Middle Sinks area at the top of Logan Canyon. That later led to spotting Peter Sinks on the map, theoretically an even colder spot for frigid temperatures.
Stephens said trees can't survive where the air temperature falls below minus 50 degrees. Hence there are no trees and very little vegetation in the sinks. This is a "reverse timberline" phenomenon.
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A Peter Sinks miscellany
- Snowmobilers sometimes visit the area in the winter and hunters during the fall deer hunt. Otherwise, it's a difficult, remote location to find since no name marker is there.
- Zane Stephens, who co-discovered Peter Sinks' meteorological quirks, says the thermometer that recorded the state's all-time low temperature was broken by vandals a few years ago and that he just has a piece of it left as a souvenir.
- Some thermometers have frozen while trying to measure the extreme cold in the Logan sinks areas.
- Stephens said the recent drought years have lessened snowpack in the Peter Sinks area and that, coupled with no real arctic blasts of cold air, has meant the temperature fell below minus 50 only once all last winter.
- Fog is rare, but it does occasionally occur in the sinks areas.
- The sinks are still sinking, and as they become deeper, temperatures may become colder.


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Delonghi Kettle and Toaster available here (Also available in White)
Okay how cool is the colour ! Available from Littlewoods
We are currently days away from getting the keys for our first place. I have literally waited for my own place for as long as I can remember. I have been obsessed with Interior design since I first started watching MTV cribs back in the day. I love the fact that you can make something so personal and relaxing and the fact that I'm that close to getting my hands on our new place literally gives me excitement i can't quite cope with.
Very Tumblr (Get it?) - Ebay
These are a few of my 'decor' bits. I will be doing a separate post for high-end homeware...
Skull - Dunelm Mill
Platter - Tiger
Coasters- TK Max
Secret : I have a small obsession with skulls.
Just because.. who doesn't need a waffle maker..healthy protein waffles come at me
The faux fur throw reminded me of Kris Jenner's bed so obviously i had to hook myself up with that.
The other 'Givenchy-esque' throw is from TK Max :)
Hanging heart - Primark
Okay, I'm obsessed with Dogs. Im like a crazy dog lady. So obviously this ridiculous loo brush had to come home with me. #Brucebogtrotter
Grey Chevron pillows - Tesco
Bulldog pillows- Tesco (I don't care how cringe this pillow is haha its going on my dressing table chair)
There we have it... hope you enjoyed it. This is a small collection of my high street homeware that i have collected over the last couple of months.
My next posts will be tips on how to the process of buying your first home easier, organisation, then hopefully the new place itself and my conclusion of the whole experience.
Watch this space....
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In July our small group of hobby-micropaleontologists heads to the chalk-quarry Laegerdorf near Hamburg: doors are open, it its collectors Sunday. While our macropaleontological colleagues are already busy with their heavy equipment and first findings of belemnites are reported we discuss the stratigrafical setting:
We soon skip our plan to match stratigrafical maps in the literature with sampling in the quarry. We do a chronological sampling and hope, that the micropaleontological content will tell us more.
After 7 hours of continous sampling we have 15 bags of 500g. Mircofossils are not observable, with a magnifying glas: 0,00.
What have you got ? is the question of our colleagues with the buckets full of belemnits, starfish, sponges ...
Yeah , oh my god - us ? - we don't know ...
Our field trip starts back home. After cleaning, washing, sieving of 1/3 of the first bag a residue with fraction > 63µm is left:
In three such spoons we find hundreds of foraminifera and other microfossil specimens. Cleaning needs to be improved though.
Some prominent index foraminifera for the Lower Upper Campanian/ Upper lower Campanian found are these:
Neoflabellina buticula
Stensioeina pommerana
Bolivinoides decoratus (var. decoratus ?)
Learn more about our findings at
Laegerdorf Sample 22


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In this month's private equity and venture capital spotlight, Preqin takes a look at the rise of venture and growth capital in Europe.
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The US remains a key driver of the hedge fund industry across the globe, accounting for 72% of the approximate $3.6tn in global assets as at 31 May 2018.
Preqin's Real Estate Spotlight in August takes look at the '$1bn Club', a group of the world's largest investors in real estate.
Given the intense pressure to regularly assess 'fit and focus,' this session at the recent M&A Conference at Wharton San Francisco covered a range of divestment strategy considerations.
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Last month, I wrote about the concept of lean management and what that means not only for your company but also for your customers.
If company leadership wants to transform the culture of the organization and become a lean company, they've first got to understand what comprises lean leadership. And then ask themselves if they "qualify." In other words, they need to be lean leaders themselves.
What does that mean?
Lean for Dummies outlines the following behaviors of lean leaders.
They know how the business serves the customers by:
- Understanding what customers want, need, and value, or what will thrill them
- Knowing how the business satisfies the customer
- Improving the effectiveness of how the business satisfies the customer
- Guiding problem solving — root cause, right problem, right resources
- Leading from gemba; applying 3Gen
- Asking open-ended, probing questions
- Continually challenging the status quo
- Knowing that there is always room for improvement
- Understanding that the customer changes — what delights today is a necessity tomorrow
- Obtaining results
- Ensuring that how the results are achieved is the most effective utilization of all resources, in the direction of the ideal state
- Improving how the organization accomplishes results
- Knowing what the customer requires and how the value stream satisfies them
- Having knowledge of the overall value stream, including tributaries
- Asking questions when changes are made at the local level to ensure that the team understands how the change will impact the customer and the rest of the value stream
- Identifying, modeling, and encouraging Lean behaviors
- Finding the lessons in every "failure" — blame does not foster improvement or innovation
- Respecting and improving standards — questions when the organization is deviating from the standard
TBM Consulting Group explained nine behaviors and actions of lean leadership in their whitepaper, 9 Ways Leaders' Actions Can Sustain Lean Progress.
- Communicate the vision
- Always update standard work
- Go on gemba walks
- Build a continuous improvement culture
- Foster a respectful, team-drive organization
- Continue to motivate employees
- Maintain regular training
- Reinforce performance and progress with metrics and visual-management tools
- Post continuous-improvement scorecards
- Embrace that lean is a journey and requires long-term thinking, patience, and a sustainability mindset.
- Relentlessly pursue perfection, which is the essence of Kaizen thinking.
- Have a fanatical focus on customers, as they are the beginning and end of everything in lean.
- Champion simplicity, making "find and eliminate waste" their mantra.
- Live gemba, spending time where it happens, at various employee and customer touchpoints
- Are authentic, upstanding, and respectful, as lean leaders are coaches who lead by example
Now, how do we develop leaders with these traits? Or instill these traits into our leaders? If they came with these traits, wouldn't your job as a customer experience professional be much easier?
There are three kinds of leaders: those who tell you what to do, those who allow you to do what you want, and Lean leaders who come down to the work and help you figure it out. -John Shook


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Friday, December 19, 2008
3 comments:
- david silver said...
for those keeping track, allison barber resigned in october 2008. i did not learn about her resignation until today, december 19, 2008.
to learn more about what she did, including her role in america supports you and her role in bush's 2005 staged conference call with US troops in iraq, visit her SourceWatch's page.
- 10:51 AM, December 19, 2008
Dude, you are being thorough as hell and I'm seriously digging it. Keep it coming.
- 4:24 PM, December 23, 2008
- david silver said...
much appreciated, moses, especially coming from you. i'll keep it coming as long as the crooks keep going.
- 7:49 AM, December 24, 2008
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I teach a number of production classes and often have to provide basic information on how to get started designing graphics for television. Without getting too in-depth about square vs. non-square pixels, or 16 x 9, here are some pointers to get you headed in the right direction.
Jim's tips for making graphics:
Related to this is the next rule:
So in other words:
Use either light letters on a dark background or dark letters on a light background.
For keyed IDs and lower thirds, always do something to make your text stand out from the background (background box, edge stroke/border, drop shadow, etc.) If you don't you can easily lose white letters against a light shirt.
Making Graphics for TV:
Graphics will be usually be for either a 4:3 or 16:9 display. Unless you're using the latest version of Photoshop, you'll have to design your graphics looking at square pixels. However, most editing systems use non-square pixel dimensions.(DV uses 720 x 480, D1 uses 720 x 486). Once you make your graphics, you will probably want to re-size a copy to import into your video editing application.
To create graphics for 4:3 (standard definition) television display:
Make your graphics using 4:3 pixel dimensions: 720 x 540 is optimum for making standard definition TV graphics, but you can also use 800 x 600, or any other pixel dimensions that are 4x3. If you have Photoshop CS, you can work directly in native non-square pixel sizes such as 720 x 480.
To create graphics for 16:9 widescreen (standard definition) television display:
Make your graphics using 16:9 pixel dimensions:.There are many that could work, but 853 x 480 works fine for standard definition graphics going into DV. For D1 you could use 864 x 486.
You can find nice preset templates in Photoshop specifically for TV graphics. They will put you into RGB color mode and set your resolution for 72 dpi.
Once you make your Photoshop graphic, store it with all of the layers intact in a safe place. Save a copy to resize and import into your desired video editing application.
Terms you should know:
How can you learn to compose good graphics?
Watch your favorite TV networks and try to duplicate the graphics you see. CNN, MTV, nickelodeon, and other cable networks do a great job creating fresh, eye-catching and well-designed graphics.


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Manufacturing: Surface Finishing
vapor deposition (CVD)
Chemical vapor deposition
(CVD) is a chemical process for depositing
thin films of various materials. In a typical
CVD process the substrate is exposed to
one or more volatile precursors, which react
and/or decompose on the substrate surface
to produce the desired deposit. Frequently,
volatile byproducts are also produced, which
are removed by gas flow through the reaction
CVD is a very versatile
process used in the production of coatings,
powders, fibers and monolithic parts. With
CVD, it is possible to produce almost any
metallic or non-metallic element, including
carbon and silicon, as well as compounds
such as carbides, nitrides, borides, oxides,
intermetallics and many others. And applications
are boundless.
CVD is widely used in the
semiconductor industry, as part of the semiconductor
device fabrication process, to deposit various
films including: polycrystalline, amorphous,
and epitaxial silicon, SiO2, silicon germanium,
tungsten, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride,
titanium nitride, and various high-k dielectrics.
The CVD process is also used to produce
synthetic diamonds.
A key advantage of the CVD
process lies in the fact that the reactants
used are gases, thereby taking advantage
of the many characteristics of gases. One
result is that CVD is not a line-of-sight
process as are most other plating/coating
processes. In addition to being able to
penetrate porous bodies, blind holes, large
L/D tubes, etc., CVD offers many advantages
over other deposition processes. These include:
A number of forms of CVD
are in wide use and are frequently referenced
in the literature.
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Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
U.S. Department of Labor
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Buffalo District Office
130 South Elmwood Avenue, Suite 510
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 842-2900 Fax: (716) 842-2901
October 18, 2010
Mr. Glenn Chaffee, Business Rep
Painters, AFL-CIO
Local Union 150
244 Paul Road
Rochester, NY 14624
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LM Number: 013-857
Dear Mr. Chaffee:
This office has recently completed an audit of Painters, Local Union 150 under the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to determine your organization's compliance with the provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). As discussed during the exit interview with President James Creighton, Treasurer John Sergent, and yourself on October 14, 2010, the following problems were disclosed during the CAP. The matters listed below are not an exhaustive list of all possible problem areas since the audit conducted was limited in scope.
Recordkeeping Violations
Title II of the LMRDA establishes certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Section 206 requires, among other things, that labor organizations maintain adequate records for at least five years by which each receipt and disbursement of funds, as well as all account balances, can be verified, explained, and clarified. As a general rule, labor organizations must maintain all records used or received in the course of union business.
For disbursements, this includes not only original bills, invoices, receipts, vouchers, and applicable resolutions, but also documentation showing the nature of the union business requiring the disbursement, the goods or services received, and the identity of the recipient(s) of the goods or services. In most instances, this documentation requirement can be satisfied with a sufficiently descriptive expense receipt or invoice. If an expense receipt is not sufficiently descriptive, a union officer or employee should write a note on it providing the additional information. For money it receives, the labor organization must keep at least one record showing the date, amount, purpose, and source of that money. The labor organization must also retain bank records for all accounts.
The audit of Local 150's 2009 records revealed the following recordkeeping violation:
General Disbursements
Local 150 did not retain adequate documentation to support political contributions made to some political candidates. For example, the union did not retain a donation letter of request or another form of correspondence for a payment to Friends of Maggie Brooks for $3,000. In addition, a reimbursement for $162 to Business Representative Glenn Chaffee for pizza and wings at a monthly meeting was not accompanied with a receipt.
As noted above, labor organizations must retain original receipts, bills, and vouchers for all disbursements. The president and treasurer (or corresponding principal officers) of your union, who are required to sign your union's LM report, are responsible for properly maintaining union records.
Based on your assurance that Local 150 will retain adequate documentation in the future, OLMS will take no further enforcement action at this time regarding the above violations.
Reporting Violations
The audit disclosed a violation of LMRDA Section 201(b), which requires labor organizations to file annual financial reports accurately disclosing their financial condition and operations. The Labor Organization Annual Report (Form LM-3) filed by Local 150 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, was deficient in the following area:
Disbursements to Officers
Local 150 did not include payments to officers totaling at least $3,250 for per diem expenses in the amounts reported Item 24 (All Officers and Disbursements to Officers). It appears the union erroneously reported these payments in Item 48 (Office and Administrative Expense).
The union must report most direct disbursements to Local 150 officers and some indirect disbursements made on behalf of its officers in Item 24. A "direct disbursement" to an officer is a payment made to an officer in the form of cash, property, goods, services, or other things of value. See the instructions for Item 24 for a discussion of certain direct disbursements to officers that do not have to be reported in Item 24. An "indirect disbursement" to an officer is a payment to another party (including a credit card company) for cash, property, goods, services, or other things of value received by or on behalf of an officer. However, indirect disbursements for temporary lodging (such as a union check issued to a hotel) or for transportation by a public carrier (such as an airline) for an officer traveling on union business should be reported in Item 48.
I am not requiring that Local 150 file an amended LM report for 2009 to correct the deficient item, but Local 150 has agreed to properly report the deficient item on all future reports it files with OLMS.
I want to extend my personal appreciation to Painters, Local Union 150 for the cooperation and courtesy extended during this compliance audit. I strongly recommend that you make sure this letter and the compliance assistance materials provided to you are passed on to future officers. If we can provide any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to call.
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cc: Mr. James Creighton, President
Mr. John Sergent, Treasurer


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