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Update 01/14, 11 PM, (Late night update while single dad…): The previous title of this blog-post read "Is being scooped the flip-side of a pre-print !?! It was for us.". However the last night email from PLoS, while I was talking with my co-first author in Israel where it is already morning, made me change the title. To my surprise and with loads of awe and respect PLoS reconsidered their call of rejecting our manuscript based on the novelty issue caused by the publication of a competing manuscript (see details below). Now instead of considering novelty the editors gave us the opportunity to address the remaining reviewers comments within 60 days. AWESOME and OUTSTANDING. We will forge ahead and do so in the weeks to come and resubmit in due time. It is great to see PLoS taking this important issue seriously. Looking forward to read their updated editorial policies on their website soon so in future there won't be any confusion about pre-prints and being scooped during the review process. Today PLoS improved the publishing landscape once again. That's what I *love* about PLoS. Way to Go!
Go Pre-Print Go!
Update: A better title might have been -> Posting a preprint before a paper is in press puts you at risk for being scooped.
Update #2, January 07, 2014 ~ 5PM PST: PLoS got in touch and will have a 'second' look at the case. That is absolutely something I appreciate about PLoS actually listening to its community. I hope the major outcome of all this is that PLoS openly declares its editorial standards on preprints and (independently) on being 'scooped' during the review process. This is especially important for papers that got submitted after the initial PLoS submission date, because no one really knows where papers get passed around.
Let me get this straight right away. I love open science, open access, the idea of pre-prints and doing good reproducible science. Ever since I heard about the concept of pre-prints I started to put my articles on pre-print server, as much as possible, for everyone to enjoy while the manuscript is under review see here, here and here. This means people can actually read the science well before publication, which is often more than 6 months earlier. Also I really like the idea of and PLoS itself having worked with them on open access topics several time. I am also know to be more critical with fiends I like ;).
Here is the story so far in brief.
June 11, 2014 Submission of manuscript to a PLoS journal and deposition on biorxiv.
July 16, 2014 Rejection of manuscript after full review at this particular PLoS journal.
July 25, 2014 Re-submission of manuscript to another PLoS journal. Back to back with another paper of collaborators showing something similar in another plants species. This gets accepted December 4, 2014, also after major revisions.
September 10, 2014 Preliminary acceptance with major revisions within 60 days.
November 16, 2014 Re-submission of majorly revised version. Submission letter indicated that alternative study was published in another journal. (Initial submission August 12, 2014 and acceptance October 28, 2014. Author declare on pubmed that they missed our pre-print study and will add citation in the final print version (here).
December 19, 2014 Rejection of our manuscript based on novelty and one specific experimental request, which we could have addressed within 2-3 weeks if possible (more details below if wanted).
December 20, 2014 Rebuttal of decision. Citing that we had pre-print out and that authors of other competing study omitted our pre-print at time of submission of their paper.
January 07, 2015 Rejection of our rebuttal due to the following editorial practice. I will cite this here straight, because we looked for editorial guidance in regards of pre-prints and competing publications during the review process on the PLoS webpage. Without success!
'From an editorial perspective, a work would not be considered novel if a similar paper is published before the work is fully accepted for publication. Although we fully understand this is a difficult situation for you and your co-authors, we could not neglect the fact that Lu and associates reported a similar story in a highly regarded, peer-reviewed scientific journal, which reduced both the significance and novelty of your work. We realized that the situation might be a bit tricky with the deposition of your manuscript onto an online pre-print server before the submission of the paper by Lu et al. While PLOS journals are "pre-print friendly", we do not have a specific policy regarding scooping. Nonetheless, we can assure you that none of the authors in the published paper served as a reviewer for this manuscript and there is no conflict-of-interest issues during the handling of your manuscript by PLOS xxxxxx.'
I am fine with having my paper rejected because reviewers are not satisfied and it is not deemed novel enough at the initial stage of reviewing. That is simply part of the game. Problem here is the missing transparency. PLoS is 'pre-print friendly' (here and here) however does not honor submission date*. Of course putting a manuscript on a pre-print server at the point of initial submission exposes you to the risk of being scooped by other folks scrambling to publish their data in time while you in review and revising. Especially in a culture that for now does not 'honor' and cite pre-prints.In this case being 'friendly' doesn't really support pre-prints. You can be scooped during the review process anyway.
Will deposit my manuscripts on pre-print servers at time of submission? YES, as much as possible!! I think these are exciting times for biology.
Will I submit to PLoS 'higher tire' journals at the same time? NO!! Not without a straight editorial policy on pre-prints and being scooped during the review process.
Update 01/14, 11 PM: Yes with the new and hopefully clear cut editorial policy on pre-prints and being scooped in the review process I will always again submit my paper to PLoS and a pre-print server at the same time. Way to Go!
Update after short twitter discussion. It is not clear if author's of the competing paper knew about our pre-print. This is only speculative. Main point is #1 they MIGHT have rushed for publication having heard of pre-print or manuscript another way. #2 journals like PLoS need to get their editorial policies straight about pre-prints and getting scooped during the review process. Honoring submission date will become more important with more pre-prints out.
*Even though only ONE specific additional second round experiment was request. This confirmatory experiment could have been addressed easily. I am willing to post the whole review process and communication without names up here if folks of PLoS don't mind so you can judge for themselves.


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A very happy Thursday to you all!
This post was actually done Tuesday night but it wasn't posted… cut me some slack :P
For those who didn't hear, a new Ironman was announced at Lake Tahoe for September 2013. Needless to say, I was slightly excited and may have jumped around my office for a few seconds contemplating the logistics and glory of having an Ironman in my backyard.
Seeing as how I want to do an Ironman next year anyway, it just made sense. Much to my horror, surprise, and chagrin, the race sold out in under 24 hours (a world first)! That quickly burst my bubble and hopes for a nearby IM. However, I'm still planning on IM Coeur d'Alene next June, so not all is lost.
Summer school is absolutely pounding my brain, my heart, and my soul, and not leaving much to spare. It's a wonderful class, the teacher has a fantastic and very unique style, but we're just trying to cram too much in all at once. It's rather painful actually, and I think I'm still a week behind…
I've always been interested in leadership, so it's nice to finally get some coursework under my belt and some good resources. In reading through one of our assigned (but not mandatory) books, I stumbled upon this quote:
Man knows himself only to the extent that he knows the world;
he becomes aware of himself only within the world,
and aware of the world only within himself.
Every object, well contemplated, opens up a new organ of perception within us.
-Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe
I feel that this fits in very nicely with my MBA program as a whole. My knowledge has certainly increased vastly, but even more so, my perception and understanding of the world has changed even more. The more you learn in life, the less you know, but the more you understand the importance of knowledge and applying it daily.
My quest to conquer 140.6 miles of swim, bike, and run is noble and challenging and life-changing, but the more important quest I'm involved in is the quest for knowledge. Learning is something that drives me as a human being; something that gives me energy and purpose. Leaders in business have the responsibility of giving their company direction and of watching out for the interests of their employees (even though many leaders disagree).
However, their responsibilities don't stop there. Responsibility spills into the social and economic realm too. It is the job of leaders to make sustainable decisions (economic, social, and environmental) while being able to view their employees as people, not mindless machines taking over the world (T-1000 anyone?).
Hopefully, I've got a long ways to go in learning how to find my way in the world, and the plan is to have my MBA pave the path. It will not be the culmination of my learning experiences, but rather the beginning of a new chapter in my life. Who's to say what lies next? It certainly won't be a PhD, but there are plenty of options out there…


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Psy Plans to Make A Comeback in April 2014
Maximiliano VCHK, March 18, 2014, 10:43 a.m.
Reports have surfaced that Psy will be making a comeback next month, April 2014 according to insiders in the music industry.
An insider spoke to Star News, stating that Psy will be making his comeback in April. He commented, "Although there has been a lot of talk about Psy's comeback date, his comeback has been recently confirmed for April... Psy is currently in the States and he is in talks with his reps in the States and regarding his comeback schedule."
"Although [Psy] is in talks over the specific comeback date, it is certain that he will make a comeback this April... Psy's comeback will be made worldwide like his title as a world star... Psy will release multiple tracks unlike his promotions for 'Gentleman'... Psy has been putting his all into creating his new tracks for the past eight months..."
YG Entertainment responded to the reports, stating "It's true that he is in the final preparation stages of his album, but the specific comeback date is still being discussed," which neither confirms or denies the April date.


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Acknowledging that it was never going to pass muster with town financial officers, School Committee members Tuesday night approved a preliminary fiscal 2011 budget of $19,056,502. The proposal, prepared by Superintendent Terrance Ingano, represents a 9.46 percent increase over this fiscal year�s school budget, and was designed to submit something for a budget timetable, before some factors, like contracts and energy savings, are available.
�The town will not accept this,� Ingano told School Committee members. �We have already heard from selectmen and Finance Committee members that they will not accept this kind of increase.�
One big area of concern for Clinton School Committee members was the increase to the per-pupil tuition for Assabet Regional Vocational High School. For the 2009-2010 school year, Clinton was paying $14,163 per student for the 117 students attending the school; for next year, the tuition was raised to $15,579, a 10 percent increase.
While the price tag is high, is it not the highest in the area for vocational schools. For the current fiscal year, Lancaster�s tuition at Minuteman Vocational is $21,825 per pupil; Lancaster sends 27 students to the school.
Towns are required to provide vocational education for any student wanting it, but Ingano said that promotion of the school seems to have helped stem the tide of applications. Normally, the school sends 70 applications to Assabet; this year, it is less than 40.
And vocational education does not always go up. For the 2008-2009 school year, Assabet tuition went down $600 per student, according to district records.
Clinton is looking to spend about $1.9 million next year for Assabet tuition and transportation.
Teacher Ralph Dawkins, president of the Clinton Teachers Association, asked if there was any investigation into either buying into a vocational system and seeing lower tuition, or finding another way to provide vocational education.
�At $1.9 million, we ought to be able to do something,� Dawkins said.
�I have talked to Assabet and they do not want to take any more (communities) into the consortium,� Ingano said. �They would rather keep it tuition based. And state law says if your student wants vocational education, you have to pay for it.�
The proposed school budget increase does not include any raise for the teachers� union or support staff union. Both unions are beginning negotiations for new contracts. Any financial impact will have to be included in a later draft. The budget proposal does include step raises, which are in the current contract.
The proposal includes $75,000 for a curriculum coordinator � the position Ingano held before being appointed superintendent in July; a librarian at Clinton High School ($43,489); a special needs teacher ($43,489); a social worker at Clinton High School ($26,093), and the restoration of department chairmen ($50,697). Three other requested positions were cut from the requested budget submitted by the administrators to Ingano.
The School Committee voted 5-0 to approve the preliminary budget, understanding it will likely be cut.
�We all agree it will not stay like this. The whole town is looking at cuts,� Ingano said, adding, �The Finance Committee will be coming out with an announcement that all unions will be asked for a zero percent increase.�
Selectman Kevin Haley, after the vote, said the School Committee was setting up �false expectations and false hopes. We are asking all departments to come in with zero or minus-3 percent� budgets.
In other business
�The deadline for shoe donations for Soles4Souls, being collected at the school, is Feb. 12. The Clinton School District was one of the first student bodies in the region to sign on to help the program. The organizer recently announced that the shoes collected will be sent to Haiti to aid earthquake victims.
�Clinton High School is running a Haiti collection. So far, students have collected $385. The deadline for donations is Jan. 29. Students at Clinton Middle School have raised $1,000.
�The School Committee adopted an idling bylaw. Signs requiring buses to not idle in front of the building will soon be installed.
�Work is finishing up on the old fire station, which is owned by the schools. A total of 38 new windows are being installed and the work is 80 percent done. The School Committee was told that a local architect complimented the choice of windows.


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"On the Rhine", Strasbourg/Kehl, France/Germany
Land art : Writing project in and around the landscape
Creation of a poetic dialogue in two languages (french-german) based on verses by Paul Celan and of two characters fitting Rhine shores pavement. Phrases, written down with chalk, suffer from bad weather. Each verse, erased by rain is thus replaced by the next one, letting the poem unroll. The event has been presented during the exhibition "writing aloud", at the Ferme du Buisson in 2006.


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What bookdealers really mean. A dictionary by Tom Congalton and Dan Gregory (Between the Covers), with additions from other sources
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Bright copy
Definition english
Refers to the condition of a book; a surprisingly bright or fresh copy of an older book. It is as new and clean as the day it was published.
Term french
Exemplaire frais
Definition french
Se dit d'un exemplaire qui est quasiment à l'état neuf.
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I'm in love with this new leopard tuxedo blazer c/o Charlotte Russe! I love this little twist on the traditional men's wear inspired tuxedo look. This is a great option for the many holiday parties we all have to attend this time of year. Skip the dress or the skirt and take a page from the boy's playbook! There's nothing like a little leopard print to keep this look feminine and flirty!


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By Josh Brown
TROY — Was Monday a perfect day for baseball? Far from it.
But you'll never convince Troy's Derek McDonagh of that.
"I knew it was cold," the Troy senior said of the 30-degree temperatures. "But I had my double Under Armour on, I've got my long sleeves — I was prepared for the game. I knew the conditions were going to be bad, but still, if we've got to play, we've got to play."
Sidney, on the other hand, was not ready for McDonagh.
The Troy starter was both efficient and dominant Monday afternoon, pitching a six-inning perfect game by striking out eight and never throwing more than 15 pitches in a single inning, and Braeden Snider's walkoff two-out RBI single in the bottom of the sixth put an early end to the perfection in a 10-0 Trojan victory over the Yellow Jackets in Greater Western Ohio Conference American North Division play at Market Street Field.
McDonagh — who also threw a no-hitter last season against Xenia and pitched a one-hitter against Greenville in this year's season opener, another 10-0 run-rule win — needed only 64 total pitches to shut down all 18 Sidney batters he faced on the day. The Jackets (2-3, 1-2 GWOC American North) entered the game hitting .282 as a team but saw their batting average drop to .240 by the day's end.
"It feels amazing," McDonagh said. "Again, I just go out there and pitch my game, do what I'm supposed to do, and my defense backs me up. It's a great feeling because I know, no matter what, my dudes have got my back. I just do my job, and I have full faith in every single one of the defenders behind me. And my catcher, Keiran, I don't have to worry about anyone running … if anyone gets on base."
"When he's on the mound, I know we've got a shot. He just threw a real nice game — a perfect game," Troy coach Ty Welker said. "He just does a nice job when he's on the mound. He threw a no-hitter last year, and now he's got a perfect game. He threw a great game down in Georgia, too, we just faced a tremendous baseball team."
The win makes the Trojans 3-3 on the season and 3-0 in GWOC American North play, snapping a three-game skid as Troy dropped all three games on a trip to the Perfect Game complex in Georgia last week. McDonagh pitched the first game of that trip, a 2-0 loss to Cartersville (GA), as Troy was competitive in all three games against solid competition.
"It was tough," McDonagh said of the Georgia trip. "The weather was a lot better down there, but the games were a little bit more intense. The competition was tough, but it prepared us for some GWOC games up here. I think that's why we came out explosive tonight."
Troy — which entered the game only hitting .244 itself — took a 2-0 lead after the first inning without the benefit of a hit. Sidney starter Zane Walker walked leadoff hitter Matt McGillivary, then Jake Daniel drew a one-out walk, and Williams hit a fielder's choice into right field that put runners on the corners with two outs. Williams then stole second, and on a wild pitch that easily scored McGillivary, Williams caught Sidney's catcher sleeping and scored from second on the play as he was slow to get the ball back to the pitcher.
Williams' play in the first set the tone for the Trojans, who were extremely aggressive on the basepaths, taking the extra base every time they got a chance.
"We watched their catcher, and we saw what he did in that situation," Welker said. "We were aggressive, but the guys weren't careless. Anything that was open, we took advantage of today. We did a nice job."
Walker recovered with a one-two-three second inning, but the Troy offense went back to work in the third. Brandon Emery was hit by a pitch with one out, then on a hit-and-run, Daniel ripped an RBI double over the center fielder's head, scoring Emery from first. Williams then cashed in Daniel, driving him home with an RBI double of his own off the base of the left-field fence to make it a 4-0 game.
Braeden Snider then led off the bottom of the fourth with a sharp single and Matt Bigley was hit by a pitch, then the runners advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. McGillivary drove in one run on a sac fly, then Emery beat out an infield single, hitting a grounder to the first baseman and beating the pitcher attempting to cover to the bag by a step — and Bigley again caught the Jackets napping, scoring from second on the play to give Troy a 6-0 lead after four.
That lead grew again in the fifth as Cole Brogan beat out an infield single, stole second and took third on an error and then scored on a sac fly by Tyler Brandenburg, making it 7-0 and putting the Trojans three runs away from ending the game early. McDonagh remained perfect after six, getting a called third strike to bring Troy up in the bottom of the inning.
Emery drew a leadoff walk against Sidney reliever Dylan Smith, then Daniel hit a slow roller back up the middle for an infield single — which Emery took third base on, allowing Daniel to take second on the throw to third. Williams drove home both runners with a single up the middle, making it 9-0 and putting the game-ending run on base.
And while McDonagh was ready to go back out for the top of the seventh, his teammates wanted to wrap things up for him early.
"Oh, there was a lot of cheering there in our dugout trying to end that game," Welker said. "The rest of the guys had an idea of what was going on, and they were trying to make sure that they wouldn't have to go back out and play defense again. It would've been nice for him to throw a full seven innings, and I think he would've gone out and taken care of business, but it definitely got a little louder there at the end, trying to finish it out."
Jacob Adams singled to put two runners on, and they advanced to second and third with one out on a groundout by Austin Kendall. But Smith got a strikeout for the second out to bring up Snider — who deposited a 2-2 pitch in front of the right fielder for a walkoff RBI single to seal McDonagh's perfect game.
Snider finished the game 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run, Williams was 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs, Daniel was 2 for 3 with a double, an RBI and two runs, Emery was 1 for 2 with two runs and McGillivary and Brandenburg each had an RBI.
Troy finishes the two-game series at Sidney Tuesday.
Contact Josh Brown at (937) 552-2132, or follow @TroyDailySports on Twitter.


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Red hot chili peppes
1.-Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. For most of its existence, the band has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis,guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. In addition to Kiedis and Flea, the group originally featured guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons.2.-Anthony Kiedis:
November 1, 1962 Grand Rapids, Michigan lead singe
Anthony's father was a drug dealer for The Who and Led Zeppelin, because of that he was drugadict too, but when his friend HillelSlovak died by an heroin overdose he stop using drugs. He landed a number of small roles in television and film as a teenager in the late 1970s. Around the age of 15, while a student at Fairfax HighSchool, he met future bandmates Michael Balzary (Flea), Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons. In Scar Tissue Kiedis discusses his assumed role of a "protector" in school, defending other kids who were outcastor bullied.
John Frusciante:
March 5, 1970 (1970-03-05) (age38)
Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
Frusciante joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the age of eighteen,However, he was overwhelmed by the band's newfound popularity and as a result quit in 1992. He became a recluse and entered a long period of heroin addiction. In 1998, Frusciante successfully completed drugrehabilitation and rejoined the Chili Peppers for their 1999 album Californication. Since then he has continued to record with the band and has received critical recognition for his guitar playing,ranking eighteenth on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2003.
Michael Peter Balzary (Flea):
October 16, 1962 (1962-10-16) (age46)
Burwood, Melbourne, AustraliaHis father, Mick Balzary, was an avid fisherman who would often take him fishing.The family relocated again to Los Angeles, California, and Flea became fascinated with the trumpet. Furthermore, he...
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1. If it's been put away, it must be taken back out again.
2. Clothes don't have to match.
3. Neither do socks.
4. Bathtubs are for swimming in. Getting clean is just extra.
5. You must pick-up an item in order to "look" at it.
6. Ice cream cures a multitude of ills. (wait…maybe I taught them that?)
7. Imagination doesn't have to grow up.
8. All jokes are funny.
9. You can forgive & forget.
10. When life gives you rain, or a garden hose, always play in the mud.
10 things I've learned from my child(ren)
1. If it's been put away, it must be taken back out again.
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"If the head has been making investments and the heart giving it away, it's time to unite the head and heart and make money more" – The Case Foundation
The following is a brief summary of the panel discussion entitled Families Embracing the Future at The Campden North American Family Office Conference held in Boston this past November. The moderator was Northland Wealth Management's CEO, Arthur Salzer. Arthur's panellists were Justin Rockefeller and Antonio Ermirio de Moraes Neto.
An estimated 60% of families lose their wealth by the second generation and 90% by the third. Many multi-generational families are exploring what they can do in order to improve these odds by uniting families around values and positive legacies, thereby more closely involving family members in responsible long-term investing. Over the past few years, "impact investing" has gained in awareness and popularity with families of significant wealth.
Impact investing is when investments are made into companies , organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial return. The key is that the impact gets measured along with the financial component, because, as the saying goes, "what gets measured gets done".
Mr. Moraes, 27 years old, and a member of the Brazilian family that the industrial conglomerate, Votorantim, believes that impact investing can be one of the crucial components to generate financial wealth for families. Done prudently, impact investing can deliver the required financial return but at the same time have the potential to excite the passion and dedication of the next generation. By encouraging the participation of the next generation impact investing attempts to create an environment conducive to fostering the commitment necessary for maintaining the wealth of the family.
Antonio shared his thoughts on why he was drawn to impact investing and how it lead him to form his firm, Vox Capital.
"Being a 4th generation member of a large family business in Brazil, I was since young inspired by the example of great entrepreneurs and innovators. As my own path, it became absolutely clear, when I was 16, that my purpose in life is to reduce social inequalities in the world. And nothing better to do this than an innovative and scalable business model, with a new mindset to serve society".
Vox is targeting investment in companies that serve Brazil's household with a monthly income of less than $1,500 USD – this demographic represents nearly 160 million people or 85% of Brazil's population. Vox is investing in companies that operate in the healthcare, education and the housing sectors. So far, it has made 4 private equity investments and 5 convertible debt investments. While the track record of Vox is just under 4 years, it has been generating more than acceptable double digit returns since its founding.
Mr. Rockefeller, at 36 is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund – an international philanthropic organization. The fund was formed in 1940 in New York City by Mr. Rockerfeller's grandfather and great uncles. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund drew some large media attention recently as it divested of its oil & gas investments this past fall – this is a monumental change as the Rockefeller wealth came largely due to its ownership of Standard Oil. Standard Oil was the largest oil refiner and first multinational company in the world during the early 1900s. Before its divestiture, Standard Oil eventually gained control of nearly 90 percent of theUnited States' oil production.
However, it is Justin's new venture, The ImPact (www.impact.org), which he co-founded, to which Mr. Rockerfeller is dedicating much of his attention.
"The ImPact is a non-profit/NGO membership organization comprised of investors who pledge to make impact investments, track their social impact and financial performance, and share that data with others who have made The Pact. The mission of The ImPact is to increase the probability and pace of solving social problems by improving the flow of capital to businesses that have measurable social impact."
While every family's motivations, operational context and goals are unique, impact investing may not fit every family. Therefore, rather than prescribing a single approach, there are many approaches available. Using groups such as The Impact, or investing in private equity funds that specialize in this area may be a start.
Rest assured that impact investing will be an area that Northland Wealth will be exploring further and sharing its findings as to how it may benefit your family.


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Mother of 1 and songstress Beyonce is reportedly pregnant for twins, she and her husband Jay Z had made an instagram post to make the declaration. The post that came with a photo of Beyonce kneeling with a veil covering her face was captioned:
"We would like to share our love and happiness," Beyonce captioned the photo. "We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes."
The caption was all the indication that the multi-award winning singer is expecting a set of twins and this have left a missed signal on social media. See the post in it's entirety below:


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I Can't Believe I'm Actually Pregnant!
Call me a pessimist but I honestly never thought I would fall pregnant quickly.
I've been on the contraceptive pill since the age of fifteen, and as I approach the big 3-0 I'm pretty worried that I'm going to have difficulty getting pregnant.
All these years I have tried my damnedest not to fall pregnant and here I am, worried I might not be able to. I've been lucky to never have a pregnancy scare, there's been one time where my period decided to take a month off but that was it.
However, let's be honest – society is a bit of a bitch when you're a woman. Nearing thirty you start to conjure up all sorts of fears. Even though I'm theoretically only turning one more year older it feels as though I'm entering another dimension, one of oncoming old age, and pregnancy health concerns.
It also doesn't help when I've had numerous friends have had trouble conceiving, some taking years, several having miscarriages, and others falling pregnant between the six months to one year mark.
My husband Jono (who I shall refer to as hubby, let's face it I'm 29 and husband
We met just before Christmas in 2012 through mutual friends. A few months later we were living together, and the following Christmas Jono proposed. I was ecstatic, he is my best friend and my soul mate all wrapped up in one. The following November (2014) we were married in a quaint setting up north in Kerikeri, four hours from our hometown. We had a magical day with a close group of fifty people.
Since then, we have been continuing to renovate our home and have been discussing having a baby.
I've never been into kids (my friends and family would be the first to agree), yet as maturity progresses and I've found someone who I actually want to have children with, it amazes me how quickly the tables turn. It's to the point where it's all I think about, that mind-consuming stuff where you start to feel like a crazy woman because all you want is to hear the little pitter patter of feet. I try my hardest not to overwhelm my hubby with my parenting thoughts as it's not fair on him, and I never want to be "that" wife that pressured her husband into having a child.
During our
Most of our close friends have children and we have one particular couple that we've always joked with a hint of seriousness, that we'd love to have children around the same time as them. How cool would it be to have your close friends and their children grow with yours?
Towards the end of
I was excited… truthfully I was far too excited as I decided to stop my pill then and there, mid-way through my pill packet. Probably not the smartest thing as this would mean that I would have trouble trying to work out when my last period was and when the next would begin. Two days later on the 28th of April, I got my period. I thought it was really strange and decided not to over think it too much, it was probably my body adjusting to coming off the contraceptives and let's face it, the pill basically tells your body when to have a period. I made sure I kept a diary of the days I had the period and it only lasted a total of three days, the last being the 30th of April.
Again, you need to remember that I thought I would have difficulty getting pregnant. So I spoke to people, I listened to their difficulties, took on board their advice and suggestions, and my best friend told me about a great book; Sperm Meets Egg Plan (SMEP). I stocked up on ovulation kits, bought some early response pregnancy tests, and a digital pregnancy test – just to make sure I had all my
May rolled around, and although I was super keen to start trying and setting a "schedule" for getting pregnant, I couldn't for the life of me work out when I was meant to be ovulating. My cycle was all over the show from my "mini-period" as I called it (my normal periods lasted five days instead of three), and I tried two ovulation tests to no avail. Since we were on the home stretch for completing our house renovation, I thought I might as well just chill out and wait until I got my next period. That way I could track things properly, and come to grips with when I was ovulating. Who knew I would never get to that stage?!
On Thursday the 28th of May, I started noticing how short of breath I was. Come to think of it, I needed to pee pretty regularly and I was certain I should be getting my period. I decided to take a pregnancy test, I was sure it would be a waste of time but hey they don't cost much and I might as well. What have I got to lose? What if I AM pregnant? I doubt it, but….. Let's just imagine.
I unwrapped the pregnancy test from the package of three (I like to make sure I'm fully prepared) and read through the instructions. Seems straight forward, pee on the stick or into a cup, give the stick five seconds with the liquid and then wait three to ten minutes and voila, the life changing moment could appear with two small pink lines. I choose the cup
Time passes pretty quickly, I walk into the bathroom, thinking it will be negative (hoping it's not), and there are those two pink lines. It's positive. Wholly shit, it's positive? One line is faint, the other's a strong, dark pink. I read the instructions again.
Apparently, there's no maybe, I'm pregnant! I cry with tears of surreal happiness, I can't believe it. Could this be wrong?
I don't like chances, I want to make sure. I went off to get the digital pregnancy test. It's a lot more money and I fear I might be wasting it, but again I say to myself, what if I am pregnant? I unwrap the test again, find a clean plastic cup and go for round two. I'm short on the old pee tank as I've used most of it for the previous test but I'm sure I have just enough to do this final test.
Again, I read the instructions and follow them to a tee, using the stopwatch on my phone to time it. And I wait. I wait and quietly say another prayer to myself. I'm not religious but times like this call for wishful thinking, and if someone big up there is listening to me, then I'll put my wish out to them.
As I enter the bathroom, I'm even more nervous
I decided to take another peek at the test and time
Those first few moments when the
As hubby is going away for the night to Napier, I decide to get in my car and drive to his work and tell him in person. It's only then that it registers how terrible I look right at this moment so I quickly grab some black pants, a black tee
Jono can read me like a book, so I try my best to hide any form of emotion as I walk into his office. He's on the phone talking to a customer and as I watch him I
He hangs the phone up and looks at me, wondering if everything is okay. "Are you okay? You look like you're going to cry?" he says. "Give me your hands" is all I reply. I hold them and then out come the words "We're pregnant." At this moment I'm standing and he's sitting in his big leather chair. He wraps his arms around my waist and hugs me, quickly standing up and lifting my body off the floor, twirling me around all the time yelling what I can only describe as a garbled "woo-hoo". He's ecstatic, kissing the top of my head and saying what good news this is.
It's a moment I'll never forget.
Unfortunately, our time together is short as it's nearing the end of Jono's day and I know he has a million and one things to do before he leaves to go to Napier so I give him a kiss and retreat from his office. I decide to brave the traffic and make the commute out to my parents' farm in Kawakawa Bay. It will take approximately one hour to reach their house so I
I've always imagined telling my parents that I'm pregnant. I really thought I'd be prepared for this moment, and thought I would have organised something corny in advance like a cake saying "you're going to be grandparents" or a wee outfit with the words "hello nana and poppa" but I decide I'm far too excited and that my visit will just need to suffice.
As I approach the farm gates, my stomach is going into overdrive. If butterflies were really in my stomach, then they'd be doing somersaults right now. I take the slow drive up the winding metal driveway and once I reach the house I park and get out of the car. Entering the front door, I can tell Dad must be out on the farm somewhere and I decide I'll wait till he gets inside to tell them both together.
That all changes when I see my Mum sitting in her
That second validation is all she needs, she's smiling and the tears are coming. I give her a huge hug and she's still in disbelief. "Have you told Jono?" she says, and I relay the past few hours to her. She's smiling and I love the fact she's overwhelmed with happiness, it's one of the best feelings I've had.
Dad's out riding on the farm and takes his time coming inside. Mum and I discuss how I'm going to break the news. She suggests telling him that soon we'll have the pitter patter of little feet, however I know that Dad isn't one to get
It might sound funny to most
Just as I'm in the kitchen, scrawling on a piece of paper writing in large letters "I'm pregnant", Dad bowls through the door. "Hello
He too is happy, yet his reaction is very different, purely because I can see it hasn't quite sunken in yet. It takes Dad a good fifteen minutes, then I catch him rubbing his eyes – the big softy has probably just shed a few happy tears.
It's a pretty amazing feeling knowing that no only am I going to be a parent, I've just made these two Grandparents in an instant.
For the third time I sneak off to the bathroom (bloody pregnancy pee) and as I come back into the lounge I see Mum and Dad by the kitchen sink. They're hugging each other, and Dad's whispering in Mum's ear "We're going to be Grandparents!" It's possibly one of the most beautiful and most precious moments I have ever witnessed.
The three of us enjoy a delicious dinner. Mum and Dad both keep mentioning how excited they are and also that we need to be careful and mindful that a lot can happen within the next few months.
That's the scary part about pregnancy, not only is it a roller coaster of emotions, everything can change in an instance. I'm very aware that miscarriage happens to approximately one in four pregnant women and that's not just a scary statistic, I've had at least four friends go through this. I don't think anything can prepare you for a miscarriage, but I explain to my parents that if that does happen, I know it will be because something is not right with the baby and it's not meant to be.
At least hubby and I know that we can indeed fall pregnant, we just have to cross our fingers and toes that this little peanut growing inside me is healthy and strong.
After a couple of hours I head home and decide that I should really find out what the 1-2 weeks on my digital pregnancy test. I read they instructions and they say that 1-2 means the number of weeks since conception, this means based on my last period I should be 3-4 weeks pregnant.
As I get ready for bed I text hubby and tell him I love him, his reply: "Love you too baby Muma. I'm so stoked."
I close my eyes, smiling and thinking how lucky I am, I can't believe I'm pregnant.


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San Juan Mayor Embraces Trump's 'Nasty Woman' Jab In The Most Badass Way
San Juan Mayor Embraces Trump's 'Nasty Woman' Jab In The Most Badass Way
MORE: Fat Joe Fills Five Planes With Supplies for Puerto Rico
During an interview with Univision's talk show Al Punto on Wednesday, Cruz took complete ownership of the label by rocking a black t-shirt with the word "NASTY" printed in large white letters.
"When someone is bothered by someone claiming lack of drinking water, lack of medicine for the sick and lack of food for the hungry, that person has problems too deep to be explained in an interview," Cruz told Jorge Ramos, as per Newsweek's translation.
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The famous "nasty woman" phase came about during the final presidential debate when Trump called opposing candidate Hilary Clinton, "such as nasty woman."
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On the ground floor you will find a spacious entrance, two double bedrooms and two bathrooms, a kitchen open to the living room with all appliances and with access to the laundry room, where you have located the washer and dryer, a garage with space for about 3 cars and a spacious lounge with a large windows with views of the pool which let in plenty of natural light. This last area is the main protagonist of this plant as it is a cozy space where the dining room, the kitchen and the living room has satellite TV and DVD are subtly separated.
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On the second floor are two rooms where 8 people, a bath and the gym can comfortably be.
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I brought a house (two and 1/2 bed) nearly four years ago, with tenants already in place, Mum Dad and two children (2 & 4). Did all the paperwork as new AST on purchase, in which it was agreed they would do their own maintenance so they could keep the rent the same which was much lower than rent being paid at that time. It was also understood they were moving into his parents home within two years. (The parents did not know this was what he planned to do !!!) I was aware of a damp patch of 6 sq foot appox on dining room wall, which dries out each summer, but it did not worry the Tenant. Time passed wife left. Re issued AST to Dad plus the two kids.
I have done some major maintenance to bring the property from E to D, which included new windows & Doors, new boiler, and envirovent system. We also offered to put rad in the smallest bed room and a cupboard in the lounge round the gas metre to tidy up and stop draught they said they could feel, which was refused.
Since he has moved in a young lady, and now a baby which he is the father.
Paying the rent has been slow, never being more than a month overdue, he always had an excuse and it was always someone elses fault.
When I put my foot down this month about his rent being paid on time, and saying all his excuses were not relevant he got snotty and said he was going to the council and get me into real problems as the house was not fit for habitation.
I thought about the situation and realised that I had not been round for over a year as my manager had done the inspections.
I went round on Thursday by appointment, took with me my guy who does all of my property maintenance that I do not do in house, and he brought an independent builder and damp expert to do a report on what needs to be done and whether it can be done whilst |Tenants are living there. Whilst there I spoke to him about the fact the main door was semi blocked with a sofa, so if there was a fire they could not get out, he had removed the batteries from the smoke alarm among other issues re the way he was treating the property, which he basically told me he will do what he likes. The Tenant took this man around showing him all the problems he has got with the property, the first thing the builder said was nothing could be done until there was a lot of the contents removed. We left them alone so the builder could make notes and do readings with his metres. When he joined us he told us he had not been able to do most of his readings but would do the report, as the tenant kept on about what a bad landlord I Was.
I have not received the report as yet but I have a good idea what it is going to say, there is only one patch of damp which is aggravated by the tenant, the plaster on the walls has failed due to age and the rendering has blown.
As he is so unhappy with the property and seems to think he can do what he wants no matter what I say I want him gone.
Which section 21 do I serve, all other paperwork has been issued and signed for.
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Yesterday I facilitated a panel discussion called Managing When You're Not a Manager for Cultural Connections, a membership organization of Northern California museum professionals. In reality the session was about Managing from the Middle which is true for any position in a non-profit as there are stakeholders surrounding every post.
Our grand conclusion was that diplomacy and disclosure are essential to working across organizations. One comment was that you need to understand how each person wants to communicate (phone, email, face time, memo) and how much communication they want. This leads me to the politics of cc - carbon copy and bcc - blind carbon copy.
Do you ever get that pit-of-the-stomach feeling when crafting an email and thinking that maybe more people need to know about the content... or maybe not? That's the moment of email politics - diplomacy and disclosure. What does the cc offer? More people in the loop, accountability, evidence, covering your butt, making you look smart and busy, positioning you as a thought leader or maybe an over-informer? Do you ever get an email on which you've been cc'ed and think, "huh? Why me?" Too much disclosure?
The ultimate non-disclosure move is bcc. This is the act of sending an email and the recipient may or may not know that one or more people also received the correspondence. This is usually the case when trying to protect the names of many recipients such as in a mass emailing. But it can also be a way to cover your ass, politically and legally when making a bold email move that more likely should have been done in person, and documented on printed paper.
Perhaps we should change cc and bcc to ee and bee - email exposure and blind email exposure (an oxymoron)?


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Sunday, January 30, 2011
The Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One
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Especially there, where most of the policemen are poor shaabeb and fellah from the countryside, sent to the big city on a 2yr conscripted hitch.ReplyDelete
The conscripted big city boys? They get sent out to the countryside police stations. And conditions for the conscripted police? Not very good. Comparisons to Red Army conscripts abound; and enough of these kids have eaten a gun barrel (or gone after a senior ranking police general) that they normally have no bullets for the guns they carry.
I love that picture.ReplyDelete
It's almost like I hear the whispered conversation..."Mom, seriously, I'm really busy right...NOT IN FRONT OF THE GUYS? Aw geez, mother...I'll never hear the end of it, now.../ahem...Oh crap...hey sarge, yeah, this is my mom.."
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When I joined Hilti 15 months ago, my university friends were all off to big renowned firms in manufacturing and consultancy. They thought I was crazy. Construction industry? Building sites? Drilling machines? That was very alien to me coming from university.
I started with Hilti as an account manager in Hamburg. I was responsible for a range of small to medium-sized customers, from government administrations to manufacturing companies. My job was to understand their needs in their daily business and projects and provide technical advice and solutions via the vast portfolio of products, software and services that Hilti is offering.This field experience was the best preparation for my next roles in marketing – as I learned first-hand how our customers think and what challenges they face.
After that I had the chance to do various projects in Employer Branding, Product Management and even an experience with Hilti Latin America – where I got to know the Hilti business on the other side of the globe (fascinatingly, the business model is very similar all over the world but just scaled to the local needs).
Today I am the product manager for Chemical anchors in Central Europe and work closely with development and the markets to close remaining product gaps and offer our customers the next level of system solutions to make their work easier, safer and more productive.For this I am dealing with many colleagues throughout a variety of departments, which makes this work extremely rich and interesting. Today I am happy and proud that I had the guts to jump into the water.
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Sanlas Holding GmbH is planning to open a rehabilitation centre in the Moscow International Medical Cluster
The International Medical Cluster Foundation (the IMC Foundation) and Austrian medical company SANLAS HOLDING GmbH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop activities related to providing medical care, improve its quality, develop educational activities and conduct scientific research in the field of healthcare. As part of an official visit of the IMC Foundation delegation to SANLAS Holding GmbH, the document was signed by CEO of the IMC Foundation Mikhail Yugay and OMR Primarius Dr. Günter Nebel, Director of SANLAS Holding GmbH.
The Memorandum signed envisages a search for investors and partners by the parties in the medical, educational and scientific areas, implementation of the best practices of OECD countries in providing medical care and the development of international cooperation.
Under the Memorandum, Sanlas Holding GmbH is planning to open a rehabilitation centre on the territory of the Moscow International Medical Cluster, analyse the market for medical services planned to be provided by the Cluster as well as present a business plan and financial calculations for the prospective medical project.
The IMC Foundation intends to assist Sanlas Holding GmbH in the preparation of the business plan, act as a link between the clinic and potential investors and facilitate the promotion of the rehabilitation centre in the Moscow International Medical Cluster.
Sanlas Holding GmbH is currently one of the leaders in the field of medicine, healthcare, general and specialised patient care in Austria. The clinic's high reputation is based on its full focus on the patient, a renowned quality of service, rehabilitation care as well as a clearly structured management style. The holding comprises 4 rehabilitation centres, 5 patient care centres and 1 general surgery clinic. All the institutions are fitted with modern medical rehabilitation equipment, in particular, with Amadeo devices (finger-hand rehabilitation), Diego devices (arm-shoulder rehabilitation) and Pablo devices (joints and upper limb rehabilitation). The annual patient flow is over 8,000 people.
Sanlas Holding GmbH is actively engaged in cooperating with leading European medical universities (Graz (LKH Universität Graz), the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna, the Public Relations Department (PR-Büro) at the University of Salzburg, the Medical Assistant University Program in Hungary). Every year more than 60 students undergo practical training at the holding's institutions.
"The Memorandum signed is in line with our efforts to develop advanced and future oriented medical technologies as well as to implement the best practices of providing medical care and improving its quality. I am certain that the cooperation with SANLAS Holding GmbH will become an important step in the development of one of the key areas of the cluster's activities, which is multi-profile rehabilitation," commented CEO of the IMC Foundation Mikhail Yugay.
The management of SANLAS Holding GmbH will pay a return visit to the IMC Foundation.
Background Information:
Sanlas Holding GmbH is the company providing the most advanced services in the field of medicine, public health, general and special care. The bases of our development are needs, requirements of our patients and the highest quality of services provided by us. Therefore quality management system DIN EN ISO 9001 was introduced in 2005, and company was certified on IQ Net-Management System. Large number of awards reflects the quality provided when individual institutions have been marked and the entire holding in general.
The Moscow International Medical Cluster is a major medical infrastructure project in Russia focusing on developing the national health ecosystem. It was established and is supervised by the Moscow Government. The cluster is being built on a 57-ha leased land tract on the grounds of the Skolkovo Innovation Center.
In 2017, the International Medical Cluster Foundation launched an international road show to attract medical operators and investors. By 2029, the cluster expects to host 15 specialized clinics, educational and research centers, infrastructure facilities for patients and medical professionals.
The cluster's operations regulated by Federal Law No. 160-FZ "On the International Medical Cluster" that enables clinics from the developed countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to provide medical care within the cluster, to use medications and equipment as required by to the standards of their respective countries without obtaining additional permits in the Russian Federation.
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Invent, refine, advance. The world spins on more and more invention, technology and advancement. Advancement for the human race, is progress. How the world changes to support more and more invention for the ever changing world of human advancement.
A new technology, a new construction, a new design in living. Constant change, constant invention. Changing gardens, improving food production, increasing yield and providing international trade. Food is changing. The earth is being challenged. Organic, nutritious food, fresh from the earth.
Pesticides have increased food production, by eliminating harmful insects. Genetically modified food product has been with us for a long time. Food, for longer shelf life, longer travel with less damage or rot, preservatives that keep it safe for human consumption, long after it would have naturally deteriorated.
With international markets providing more and more food for us, the demand for longer shelf life has risen. Food product picked too young, before the healthy, nutritious bonus of fully ripening occurs. Long travel to distant markets with much waste. The demand is for an invention to cure the wilting vegetable, to pluck it from it's fading, withering life and restore it to wholesome food, accepted in the marketplace.
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The inventor is so clever. Harness mother nature and produce a crop of genetically perfect food that can withstand the long journey to a distant store shelf. The need is high and the climate opposes us. Short growing seasons, unfertile soil, less land for crop production. Urban sprawl captures the farmers fields and shopping malls fill our world. A changing world of high profile markets, demanding high consumer consumption. The agricultural land fades into the past and an era known as bygone, resides in some memory.
Clever human, the organic garden is still an opportunity to access the goodness of the earth. Container gardens, garden plots, a vegetable garden in your yard. Clever human, to tackle the obstacle of food scarcity and to provide an organic harvest for yourselves. The need is there, spring is here.
Hail to your adventure in wholesome eating.
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Oakland reconsiders decision to end contract with Stanford racial profiling expert
Oakland City Council members revived the prospect Thursday of extending the contract of a Stanford University professor hired to track discriminatory policing in the city and recommend ways to root out the practices.
On Thursday, hours before Professor Jennifer Eberhardt was to speak at an Oakland town hall on community and police relations, the Rules Committee opted to allow the full council to decide Tuesday whether to keep Eberhardt. The decision nullifies a vote from two days earlier, when the Public Safety Committee declined to extend the contract.
The $250,000 extension would secure the Stanford team's services until August 2019. Councilmen Larry Reid and Abel Guillen voted in favor of extending the contract on Tuesday, while Noel Gallo voted against it and Public Safety Committee Chair Desley Brooks abstained.
The Public Safety Committee's move was swiftly condemned by Eberhardt's supporters, including Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who said her work is "critical if we want to build community-police trust and make Oakland an equitable city for all residents."
The city hired Eberhardt in 2014 at the direction of the court-appointed compliance director. A federal judge overseeing the Police Department appointed a monitor and later a compliance director to ensure that Oakland abides by the terms of a negotiated settlement agreement in the "Riders" misconduct lawsuit from the early 2000s.
In the 2003 settlement, the city agreed to sweeping reforms that included better tracking of "stop data" on suspects pulled over by police and sharper internal affairs investigations.
In a report issued Thursday, the monitor highlighted Oakland police's continuing relationship with Stanford University and its decision to abide by Eberhardt's recommendations.
Eberhardt's findings, doled out over the past few years, are widely cited by Oakland's residents and city officials when discussing the issue of race and policing.
In a 2016 report, Eberhardt's team found that Oakland officers were four times more likely to search African American men than white men during a traffic or pedestrian stop, and attributed the disparities to "implicit bias." Another study, released last year, combed through body-cam footage and found Oakland officers typically spoke less respectfully to black people than white people during traffic stops.
The researchers noted improvements in an early 2018 report. They found that officers had reduced the amount of times that they stopped black people for non-traffic-related reasons by about 18 percent during a six-month period in 2017, and attributed the success to Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick's "precision policing" model.
However, the researchers noted that "very little progress" had been made when it came to comparing stops by race. The study found that black people still accounted for 68 percent of those stopped by police — a ratio comparable to earlier figures. White people made up 7 percent of the stops during this study period, and Latinos accounted for about 19 percent.
Eberhardt, Schaaf and Kirkpatrick were panelists at a public safety town hall meeting Thursday evening to talk about rebuilding trust between the community and police.
Hundreds of Oakland residents turned up for the two-hour event, which drew heavily from Eberhardt's studies.
Kirkpatrick and Schaaf toed the line between touting the department's successes — including decreasing use-of-force incidents — while acknowledging its challenges.
While none of the panelists addressed Eberhardt's contract explicitly, many of their comments defended her work.
Kirkpatrick promised the audience that a culture change was under way among her ranks.
"You do not change a culture until you first change your thinking," she said. "Thanks to Stanford, they have taught us to think differently."
Schaaf said any encouraging statistics didn't matter until citizens begin to feel their government is treating everyone fairly.
"We have a lot more work to do," Schaaf said. "These numbers, though, are our accountability measure."
The conversation turned contentious at several points during the evening, with many residents accusing police of not doing enough to stop racially biased policing.
One attendee accused the moderator of ignoring her question card and said she would back down if Schaaf would take the papers in her hand.
The request prompted Schaaf to walk away from the panelist table and speak to the woman privately. The gesture prompted others to do the same, and soon a handful of residents lined up to speak to the mayor directly.
Megan Cassidy is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @meganrcassidy


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|The Joy Maker
Oh, I'm sure it's all a misunderstanding, a glitch of some sort, whoopsies!
In any case, I done my bit.
|Busier than a cat covering
crap on a marble floor
The Washington Arms Collectors put out these two issues (Sept. & Oct.) to their 17,000+ members:
Old Arizona saying: "A rattlesnake in the living room ends all discussion about animal rights."
Vote early and vote often, NO on I-1639. I live in the Seattle area, I am pro-2A, and I vote. (Yes, I have voted !) I have been writing emails, posting signs, have bumper stickers, etc.. However, I have the sick feeling that this pile of dung initiative will be passed by the gullible citizens of Washington state. However, there will still be hope, due to the cockamamy and illegal petition signature gathering method that was done contrary to state law, this initiative will end up being declared null and void. If not for this valid reason, then for the seeming myriad of other reasons why I-1639 is akin to trying to fly a plane while building it.
Moulon Labe.
|Telling cops where to go for over 25 years
Mixed feelings tonight...
Looks like this crap is going to pass, still hope for legal challenge I suppose.
On the bright side, I'll be the proud new owner of that M1A I've been dreaming of for the past 5 years.
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
|The Joy Maker
Right? Maybe I'll finally pick up a Garand, or gather my shekels to splurge on a FAL.
|addicted to trailing-throttle oversteer
Yeah, the margin was not even close. It's was a bleak day yesterday, that's for damn sure. Now onto the courts...again, I guess.
Another blatant example of the Californication of Washington.
|Ignored facts
still exist
I'm sorry guys
|Frangas non Flectes
Well. That alone made for a disheartening evening. When I first checked in, it was nearly 70-30. It dropped to 60-40 before I packed it in for the night. I didn't want to sound defeatist, but the way they worded the bill pretty much guaranteed that they would get the votes to pass it here amongst the brainless libs.
Time to sell off toys like my ass is on fire to get the scratch to snag a SCAR.
|The Joy Maker
Just keep claiming it's for "safety" and the waterheads will pull for it every time.
|Frangas non Flectes
Yep, as I said on the Waguns forum thread on it, I realized that these simpletons will vote for every fucking gun bill initiative that makes it to ballot. I'm not into "freedom by committee." I fled New York state more than a decade ago to get away from this exact kind of bullshit. You're a native and have a lot more skin in the game, but this is how you lose conservative nomads. I guess I need to move to Oklahoma or Kansas or some place in the heartland that is rabidly pro 2A.
Not a happy camper today.
|The Joy Maker
Kansas just got themselves a commiecrat governor that hates guns. Moving out to the sticks of a Red State isn't a guarantee of freedom anymore. The anti-liberty coalition is spreading out, they can't live in the holes they've created, so they move out, and start fucking up everything else, into their image of Utopia. It's a brave, new world, and it smells like goat shit.
|Crusty old
The Seattle liberals are getting my wife and I considering moving the 15 miles into Idaho. We are in our 70's, lived in the state our entire lives and lived in our home for 37 years. Our side of the state voted almost 100% red, but it means nothing. 10 years ago it would have been unthinkable to us to even think of moving into another state. Very sad!!
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird
This is why I left the state a few years ago. I saw the writing on the wall. Go look at the voting area results diagram of the state. All of the votes for I-1639 came from the left wing liberal corridor from Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle and Bellingham. These areas control the whole of Washington State.
"Para ser libre, un hombre debe tener tres cosas, la tierra, una educacion y un fusil. Siempre un fusil !" (Emiliano Zapata)
|I have a very particular
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And so it begins...
The really sad part is now that the dems are solidly in control in Olympia, in about 8 weeks, 1639 is just going to be the beginning...
All this could have been avoided if more registered voters simply would have taken the whopping 5 minutes to fill out their mail in ballots (that they probably threw away instead).
A real life Sisyphus...
"It's not the critic who counts..." TR
Exodus 23.2: Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong...
Despite some people's claims to the contrary, 5 lbs. is actually different than 12 lbs.
It's never simple/easy.
|The Joy Maker
That's assuming they were registered in the first place, wouldn't want to get called for jury duty, after all, right?
|I have a very particular
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Per the Sec. of State stats, 53.4%, or 2.3M voted. That means roughly 2M did NOT vote. Right now, 1539 is passing by about 520K votes. So had of some of those 2M non-voters spent the 5 minutes to return their ballots, this might have a very different outcome. But that's the past, water under the bridge.
Looks official, there's only 1,128,858 evil, stupid 'gun nuts' in WA.
Good thing 1639 won't effect too many law abiding citizens or anything.
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A real life Sisyphus...
"It's not the critic who counts..." TR
Exodus 23.2: Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong...
Despite some people's claims to the contrary, 5 lbs. is actually different than 12 lbs.
It's never simple/easy.
Gun sellers expect sales bump after Washington voters approve new rules
Gun sellers say they expect more sales of semi-automatic rifles and possibly gun safes since voters said yes to Initiative 1639. But it's too early to know just how significant the increase might be.
Originally published November 10, 2018 at 7:00 am
Updated November 10, 2018 at 5:18 pm
By Heidi Groover
Seattle Times staff reporter
The phone at Wade's Eastside Guns started ringing at 8:30 a.m. the morning after the election.
"The response to this is always classic," said owner Wade Gaughran about Tuesday's decisive passage of Initiative 1639, one of the country's most stringent sets of gun regulations. "People will buy guns to beat the deadline."
Starting next year, Initiative 1639 will raise the purchase age for semi-automatic rifles to 21, the age currently required for handgun purchases under federal law. People buying semi-automatic rifles will be required to pass an enhanced background check, prove they have taken a firearms-training course and wait 10 business days to take possession of the gun.
The initiative also authorizes the state to require gun sellers to add $25 to sales of semi-automatic rifles to fund the new regulations. A "safe storage" provision makes it possible that gun owners could face criminal penalties in some instances if their firearms are accessed by someone who is not legally allowed to have them, like a child or felon, and who then causes the gun to discharge or uses it in a crime. The provision doesn't apply if the gun was secured with a trigger lock or similar device or if the owner had reported it stolen within five days of the theft.
Washington state voters approved new gun regulations in I-1639. Here's what the law will do.
Gun sellers expect sales bump after Washington voters approve new rules
Gun sellers who spoke to The Seattle Times said they expect an increase in sales of semi-automatic rifles and possibly gun safes, but it's too early to say just how significant that increase might be.
"We have seen an uptick in sales since the passing of the law and expect it to continue," Jody Lewis, owner of Rehv Arms in Covington, said in an email.
Two days after I-1639's passage — and the day after a gunman in California killed 12 people, then himself — staff at Wade's tended to a steady trickle of customers. Behind the counter, the wall was lined with an array of semi-automatic rifles that will be affected by the new law. A customer picking up an AR10 he had ordered a few weeks earlier called I-1639 vague and poorly written. Above the door, a sign asked customers in bold black and red letters: "You just bought your gun. How do you plan to LOCK IT UP?"
"We will see people speed up their gun purchases," Gaughran said in an interview earlier that day. "[Buyers will say] 'I'll buy the next year or two of my gun budget in the next few months just so I can bypass this law for as long as possible.' "
Tallman Trask, a spokesman for the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, which advocated for the initiative, said his organization acknowledges that new regulations can sometimes lead to increased sales but argues I-1639 will not lead to any "onerous restrictions" on gun purchases.
"What it really boils down to is people are a little unsure of how to respond to new regulations and they go out and buy new firearms," Trask said. "It's unfortunate.
Gun dealers said they're also awaiting clarity from state regulators on certain elements of the new law, including the training requirement. Gaughran said his store may develop a "quick test" to administer at the counter or online.
The law states buyers must show they've completed a "recognized firearm safety training program" in the last five years that covers issues like handling, storage and suicide prevention. The training must be sponsored by a law-enforcement agency, college or university, nationally recognized organization or firearms training school, according to the law.
Whatever uptick in sales local gun sellers see from I-1639 could be tempered by national trends. Nationwide, the election of Donald Trump had reportedly caused an ongoing slump in gun sales.
Jason Cazes, owner of LowPriceGuns.com in Bellevue, said he increased his inventory in anticipation of a Hillary Clinton presidency.
"Here's what drives sales in the gun business: the possibility of regulation coming or fear in the world," Cazes said. "This summer was the worst summer I've ever had in sales."
In Tacoma, Bruce Smith, manager of Surplus Ammo and Arms, said he's seen a small increase in business and questions from customers since Tuesday's election, but "it hasn't been crazy because it's not federal."
"Everyone knows or is pretty inclined to think that under Trump there is probably not going to be federal legislation, so it's going to be a state-by-state thing," Smith said. "The panic isn't there. The stress isn't there."
Information from the AP and The Seattle Times archives was used in this report.
|I have a very particular
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No, nothing too onerous...just annual lifetime background checks and HIPPA waiver for life, mandated training every 5 years for life, raising purchase age 3 years...nope, nothing onerous there.
And they d@mn well there more in the pipeline in a few months. They're right , comparatively speaking 1639 may be tame to what's undoubtedly being proposed behind closed doors.
And yes, how unfortunate... People still exercising their rights .
Don't worry, as the deadline gets closer, and folks start cluing in better, sales will probably accelerate.
As to the dealers, if they haven't offered training in the past, unlikely that a quick countertop training session is going to meet with the proponents' 'expert, enlightened' approval. Way too convenient, which isn't the intention.
But make things problematic and risky enough, and alot of folks will just say screw it. Alotta folks out there with enough AR's etc. that'll just be content with what they have, build their own, and or buy various uppers. Or go outta state.
WA needs to get proactive, and ASAP. It isn't enough to sit on the sidelines and think $20 donations to the NRA is gonna stop this momentum they're building.
A real life Sisyphus...
"It's not the critic who counts..." TR
Exodus 23.2: Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong...
Despite some people's claims to the contrary, 5 lbs. is actually different than 12 lbs.
It's never simple/easy.
|Telling cops where to go for over 25 years
I have to admit I will be buying a shiny new $1500 M1A that I have hemmed and hawed about for the past few years.
Passage of this shit is getting me off the pot and making it happen before 1/1.
Oh, and I will be buying it from out of state FFL so the gov won't get a fucking nickel off the deal.
I will probably splurge on another 3K-5K rounds of ammo as well in advance of bullet taxes or other restrictions. That should make me set for my remaining time in this God-forsaken state before my post-retirement exodus.
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
|The Joy Maker
I'm a little confused. I thought the majority of the law went into effect on July 1st (how appropriate, *barf*), it's just the age restriction starts on January 1st? So those of us over 21 have until July to acquire such deadly fully-semiautomatic assault gats as the evil Marlin Papoose, right?
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Tonto Dike attacks husband
Just when her fans and even haters thought they have seen the last of the drama which followed Tonto Dikeh's separation from her husband as a result of alleged domestic violence against her, the popular actress has taken to her instagram account to reinstate she was indeed a victim of domestic abuse.
In responding to one of her followers who confronted her with a media report which alleged she had apologized to her estranged husband for lying against him, Tonto insisted all she said about her husband is true, adding that 'an innocent man would not offer a journalist 3 million naira to defend his lies'.
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Itinerary: Hoi An Motorbike Street Food Half Day
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Hoi An Food tour focus on street food which you would not get if you were just a tourist walking around by yourself. You will discover some hidden Hoi An streets at the back of the tour guides 'motorbikes. The enthusiastic tour guides will show you best place to eat with Hoi An styles of eating as well as offer much insights to the street food than meets the eyes. This is a foodie tour so make sure that you join with your empty stomach.