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On the opening day Thursday, May 16, of the Memphis In May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, the Memphis barbecue community was mourning the loss of two icons in the business of barbecue.
On the opening day of the Memphis In May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, the Memphis barbecue community was mourning the loss of two icons in the business of barbecue.
John Willingham, a past winner of the contests, restaurant owner and former Shelby County Commissioner died Wednesday.
Noon Thursday, July 28, is the deadline for candidates who filed for the Oct. 6 Memphis elections to withdraw their names from the ballot if they wish.
And one candidate has already dropped out of a City Council super district race to endorse another candidate.
Four incumbent Memphis City Council members and all three incumbent City Court Judges were effectively re-elected at the Thursday, July 21, noon deadline for candidates to file their qualifying petitions for the Oct. 6 Memphis ballot.
Before the polls closed Aug. 5, a clearly dismayed Shelby County Election Commission chairman Bill Giannini talked about the inevitability of some aspect of holding an election going wrong.
Interim County Mayor Joe Ford became the Democratic nominee for mayor in the August county general elections Tuesday night.
And the August sheriff's race will be a contest between Democrat Randy Wade and Republican Randy Wade.
All three were among the winners in Tuesday's low turnout county primaries.
Approximately ten percent of Shelby County's nearly 600,000 voters cast ballots in early voting and election day polling.
Ford, who was appointed interim mayor in December, beat County Commissioner Deidre Malone and General Sessions Court Clerk Otis Jackson in the Democratic primary. He will face Republican Mark Luttrell who had only token opposition in the Republican primary from perennial contender Ernie Lunati.
Luttrell has raised more money than all three of the Democratic primary contenders combined and began running television ads in the last week runup to election day.
The final unofficial totals in the Democratic mayoral primary are:
Ford 20,360 57%
Malone 12,916 37%
Jackson 2,168 6%
The pair of primaries for Sheriff featured eight candidates, seven of whom either currently work for the sheriff's department or are past employees. Only Reginald French, in the Democratic primary was not a former or current department official.
Wade was the 2002 Democratic nominee, losing to Luttrell who is leaving as Sheriff after serving two terms. French was the Democratic nominee in the 2006 elections.
Oldham is Luttrell's chief deputy, the number two position in the department. He is also a former director of the Memphis Police Department.
The final unofficials totals in the Republican primary are:
Bill Oldham 13,821 48%
Dale Lane 7,981 28%
Bobby Simmons 5,886 21%
James Coleman 943 3%
In the Democratic primary:
Randy Wade 22,643 67%
Reginald French 6,777 20%
Larry Hill 2,738 8%
Bennie Cobb 1,814 5%
Voters in the primary elections decided to return six Shelby County commissioners to new four year terms with Tuesday's results. They also elected six new commissioners. The winner of the thirteenth commission seat will be decided on the August general election ballot in a contest between district 5 Democratic incumbent Steve Mulroy and Republican challenger Dr. Rolando Toyos. The winner of the match up will determine whether the commission remains majority Democrat or goes majority Republican.
Mulroy easily defeated Jennings Bernard in Tuesday's Democratic primary.
Republican incumbent Mike Ritz ran unopposed as did new Democratic commissioner Walter Bailey.
In the remaining ten contests, the primaries decided who gets the seats since no one ran in the opposing party's primary.
The most hotly contested contest among the commission races was for District 4 Position 1. Outgoing Probate Court Clerk Chris Thomas beat John Pellicciotti, appointed to a commission seat last year but running for a different position in the same district. Jim Bomprezzi, the former mayor of Lakeland, was the third contender in the contest.
The final unofficial totals in the Republican primary:
Thomas 7,631 52%
Pellicciotti 4,871 33%
Bomprezzi 2,298 15%
In position 2 of the same district incumbent Republican Wyatt Bunker easily overcame two challengers with former Lakeland alderman John Wilkerson finishing second and Ron Fittes finishing third.
Millington businessman Terry Roland claimed the third position in the district that takes in all six of Shelby County's suburban towns and cities.
Roland beat George Chism to take the seat Pellicciotti was appointed to but opted not to run for in deference to Roland.
Heidi Shafer, an aide to outgoing County Commissioner George Flinn, claimed Flinn's District 1 Position 2 seat over Albert Maduska.in the GOP primary.
District 1 incumbent Republican Mike Carpenter easily beat businessman Joe Baier.
In the Democratic commission primaries, Melvin Burgess claimed Malone's District 2 Position 3 seat in a field of six contenders. His closest contender was Reginald Milton. Burgess, a city school system audit manager, had run for the seat before. He brought in 54 percent of the vote.
The other hard fought Democratic commission primary saw Justin Ford, son of the interim mayor, claim his father's District 3 Position 3 seat.
Ford beat Edith Moore, a retired IBM executive, whom the commission appointed to the seat after the elder Ford became mayor.
The final unofficial vote totals are:
Ford 7,342 66%
Moore 3,822 34%
Democratic incumbent commissioners Henri Brooks, Sidney Chism and James Harvey were all re-elected over primary challengers.
The county-wide primaries for seven clerk's positions saw the return of former Criminal Court Clerk Minerva Johnican 16 years after Republican challenger Bill Key took her job. Johnican decisively beat Ralph White and Vernon Johnson in her first bid for office since the 1994 defeat. She will face Republican Kevin Key, the son of Bill Key in the August general election.
Johnican 16,381 51%
White 10,170 31%
Johnson 5,954 18%
Former Juvenile Court Clerk Shep Wilbun easily won the Democratic primary with 76 percent of the vote to face Republican Joy Touliatos in August for the office being vacated by Republican Steve Stamson. Touliatos was unopposed in the primary.
Democrat Coleman Thompson is back for another go at incumbent Republican Register Tom Leatherwood.
Aside from Leatherwood, Jimmy Moore is the only other of the seven clerks seeking re-election. Moore ran unopposed in the GOP primary. He will face Democrat Ricky Dixon in August.
Trustee Regina Newman was appointed to her office following the death last year of Paul Mattila. Newman easily overcame M LaTroy Williams in Tuesday's Democratic primary. She will face David Lenoir, who beat former Shelby County Commissioner John Willingham in the Republican contest.
Lenoir 15,922 58%
Willingham 11,569 42%
The other six candidate field on the ballot was in the Democratic primary for Probate Court Clerk. Sondra Becton posted impressive vote totals over her rivals, bringing in 35 percent of the vote with Peggy Dobbins her closest rival. Becton, who is making her fourth bid for the office, will face Republican Paul Boyd, who ran unopposed in his primary.
Becton 10,929 36%
Dobbins 5,366 18%
Annita Hamilton 4,848 16%
Clay Perry 3,549 12%
Danny Kail 3,120 11%
Karen Tyler 2,782 9%
The closest contest of the evening was in the Democratic primary for County Clerk. Wrestling promoter and television personality Corey Maclin won his political debut by less than 1,400 votes over Charlotte Draper and LaKeith Miller. He will face Republican Wayne Mashburn who beat Steve Moore in the companion primary.
Early voting in advance of the Aug. 5 election day begins July 16. The August ballot will also feature state and federal primary elections including the statewide primaries for governor and the primaries for all nine of the state's Congressional districts.
Seven clerks' positions are on the May 4 primary ballot and incumbents are running for re-election in three of them.
None of the seven elections will be decided with the primaries because Democrats and Republicans are battling hard in the countywide races dominated just four years ago by the GOP.
Three candidates in the May 4 primary elections withdrew from the ballot by today's noon deadline.
Jeff Jacobs withdrew from the GOP primary for Shelby County trustee.
The newest candidate for Shelby County mayor is scheduled to talk about his decision later today.
General Sessions Court Clerk Otis Jackson was a last-minute filer in the Democratic primary for mayor at noon Thursday. Jackson's decision was the biggest surprise at the deadline.
Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell appeared on his way to the Republican nomination for Shelby County mayor at Thursday's noon filing deadline for candidates on the May 4 primary ballot.
Luttrell faces only token opposition from perennial candidate Ernie Lunati.
Meanwhile, the Democratic primary for mayor grew to three contenders as General Sessions Court Clerk Otis Jackson filed his qualifying petition just before the deadline. He joins interim County Mayor Joe Ford and Shelby County Commissioner Deidre Malone.
Luttrell ruled out a bid for Shelby County mayor last year (2009). But when Harold Byrd decided not to run in the Democratic primary, some local GOP leaders asked Luttrell to reconsider.
The result touched off a scramble of candidates from both parties for the open sheriff's office. But before the noon deadline, the initial field of over a dozen possible contenders was narrowed to ten – six Democrats and four Republicans.
The other surprise at the filing deadline was the return of attorney Walter Bailey to the District 2 Position 1 seat he gave up in the 2006 elections. Bailey sought re-election then to another term despite a two term limit on commissioners. Bailey lost to J.W. Gibson who decided not to seek re-election. He also lost a court fight to overturn the term limits.
Bailey was the only candidate who had filed for the seat at the Thursday deadline.
Only one incumbent county commissioner – Republican Mike Ritz -- was effectively re-elected at the deadline because he had no opposition.
All but one of the eleven contested County Commission races will be decided with the May 4 primaries. The only general election battle for the August ballot is the district 5 contest between GOP challenger Dr. Rolando Toyos and whoever wins the May Democratic primary between incumbent Steve Mulroy and Jennings Bernard.
Former County Commissioner John Willingham also returned to the ballot among a field of Republican contenders in the primary for Shelby County Trustee.
And former Criminal Court Clerk Minerva Johnican joined the Democratic primary field for her old job. Incumbent Republican Bill Key pulled petition to seek re-election but did not file at the deadline.
Here is the list of races and contenders from The Shelby County Election Commission. All candidate have until noon Feb. 25 to withdraw from the ballot if they wish.
R- Republican
I- Independent
Shelby County Mayor:
Deidre Malone (D)
Joe Ford (D)
Otis Jackson (D)
Mark Luttrell (R)
Ernest Lunati (R)
Leo Awgowhat (I)
Shelby County Sheriff:
James Coleman (R)
Bobby Simmons (R)
Bill Oldham (R)
Dale Lane (R)
Larry Hill (D)
Bennie Cobb (D)
Randy Wade (D)
James Bolden (D)
Elton Hymon (D)
Reginald French (D)
County Commission Dist 1 Pos 1
Mike Ritz (R) (incumbent)
County Commission Dist 1 Pos 2
Albert Maduska (R)
Heidi Shafer (R)
County Commission Dist 1 Pos 3
Mike Carpenter (R) (incumbent)
Joe Baire (R)
County Commission Dist 2 Pos 1
Walter Bailey (D)
County Commission Dist 2 Pos 2
Henri Brooks (D) (incumbent)
David Vinciarelli (D)
County Commission Dist 2 Pos 3
Eric Dunn (D)
Norma Lester (D)
Tina Dickerson (D)
Melvin Burgess (D)
Reginald Milton (D)
Freddie Thomas (D)
County Commission Dist 3 Pos 1
James Harvey (D) (incumbent)
James Catchings (D)
County Commission Dist. 3 Pos 2
Sidney Chism (D) (incumbent)
Andrew "Rome" Withers (D)
County Commission Dist. 3 Pos 3
Edith Moore (D) (incumbent)
Justin Ford (D)
County Commission Dist 4 Pos 1
Chris Thomas (R)
John Pellicciotti (R)
Jim Bomprezzi (R)
County Commission Dist 4 Pos 2
Wyatt Bunker (R) (incumbent)
John Wilkerson (R)
Ron Fittes (R)
County Commission Dist 4 Pos 3
Terry Roland (R)
George Chism (R)
Edgar Babian (R)
County Commission Dist 5
Steve Mulroy (D) (incumbent)
Jennings Bernard (D)
Rolando Toyos (R)
Shelby County Clerk
Charlotte Draper (D)
Corey Maclin (D)
LaKeith Miller (D)
Wayne Mashburn (R)
Steve Moore (R)
Criminal Court Clerk
Vernon Johnson (D)
Minerva Johnican (D)
Ralph White (D)
Michael Porter (R)
Kevin Key (R)
Jerry Stamson (I)
Circuit Court Clerk
Jimmy Moore (R) (incumbent)
Steven Webster (D)
Carmichael Johnson (D)
Ricky W. Dixon (D)
Juvenile Court Clerk
Joy Touliatos (R)
Charles Marshall (D)
Sylvester Bradley (D)
Shep Wilbun (D)
Julia Roberson Wiseman (I)
Probate Court Clerk
Paul Boyd (R)
Sondra Becton (D)
Danny Kail (D)
Annita Sawyer Hamilton (D)
Peggy Dobbins (D)
Clay Perry (D)
Karen Tyler (D)
Shelby County Register
Tom Leatherwood (R) (incumbent)
Coleman Thompson (D)
Lady J. Swift (D)
Carlton Orange (D)
Shelby County Trustee
Regina Newman (D) (incumbent)
M. LaTroy Williams (D)
John Willingham (R)
Jeff Jacobs (R)
David Lenoir (R)
A total of 109,339 Memphians voted in the Memphis mayor's race, a 25 percent turnout of the city's 423,049 voters.
Here is the unofficial final vote tally for the 25 candidate field for Memphis Mayor:
The Shelby County Election Commission has approved a field of 25 candidates for the Oct. 15 special election for Memphis mayor.
The vote came hours after the Thursday deadline for any candidates to withdraw.
A field of 28 candidates had filed petitions with enough valid signatures to run in the Oct. 15 special election for Memphis mayor by today's noon deadline.
Shelby County Election Commission administrator Richard Holden told The Daily News several contenders had their petitions rejected once election commission staff checked the signatures.
Each person signing must be a registered voter in the city of Memphis and list the address that is on their voter registration record.
A total of 33 petitions were filed by the noon deadline. But several candidates were disqualified for not having enough signatures. And then three were returned to the list of candidates after a second check of their petitions. Those who returned to candidate status included Memphis school board member Sharon Webb.
Those who made today's cut have until noon Sept. 10 to withdraw from the race. The field will then become final.
The candidates include:
Sullivan showed up at the Election Commission in a white Rolls Royce wearing a white suit.
"When you see this white suit, you know I'm coming at you," he told reporters as he outlined a plan to turn The Pyramid over to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital instead of the proposed lease to Bass Pro Shops.
"It's going to be a dogfight," Sullivan said of the mayor's race.
When someone asked if he would still be in the race after next week's withdrawal deadline, Sullivan said he was in "to the violent end."
"You know you can't win," political blogger and radio talk show host Thaddeus Matthews said to Sullivan.
"Why not?" Sullivan replied.
Anthony Willoughby, the last candidate to file before noon, told reporters he was a Realtor-broker who played a role in the development of Banneker Estates in southwest Memphis, the subdivision developed by former Mayor Willie Herenton.
"I'm not a politician," Willoughby said. "I'm going to run on that statement."
Willoughby didn't have enough qualified signatures, though. So he won't be running.
Daniko Flowers, a construction worker still wearing his safety vest, showed up at five minutes before noon and checked out a petition. He returned at three minutes past noon and was not allowed to file. Flowers only had 18 signatures on the petition anyway.
Another potential mayoral candidate is considering stepping into the fray.
With the release of a brief statement Wednesday afternoon, Wanda Halbert floated her interest in October's special election to choose someone to fill the rest of Willie Herenton's mayoral term, which ends in 2011.
With the release of a brief statement Wednesday afternoon, Wanda Halbert floated her interest in October's special election to choose someone to fill the rest of Willie Herenton's mayoral term, which ends in 2011.
Two days after the Nov. 4 elections, the final unofficial totals were finally posted by the Shelby County Election Commission. The long vote count involved absentee ballots whose count was delayed because of problems with an optical scanning machine.
The count shows over 400,000 Shelby County voters participated -- a record setting turnout for Shelby County in the most popular election cycle historically with local voters. However, it amounted to a 62 percent voter turnout for Shelby County.
These are the unofficial election results in selected races including the ten charter amendment referenda.
U.S. President
Shelby County results
All 274 precincts reporting
Barack Obama 255,541 64%
John McCain 145,137 36%
U.S. Senate
Lamar Alexander 189,471 51%
Bob Tuke 173,354 47%
Memphis City Council Super District 9 Position 1
All 114 precincts reporting
Kemp Conrad 47,739 42%
Paul Shaffer 37,594 33%
John Willingham 23,070 20%
Arnett Montague III 5,293 5%
Memphis School Board At Large Position 1
All 231 precincts reporting
Freda Williams 83,429 44%
Cynthia Gentry 81,766 43%
Menelik Fombi 22,108 12%
Germantown Board of Aldermen
All 13 precincts reporting
Position 3
Mike Palazzolo 15,022 72%
Donna Chandler Newman 5,842 28%
Position 4
Mark Billingsley 11,117 54%
Frank Uhlhorn 9,375 46%
Position 5
Ernest Chism 10,364 51%
Gary Pruitt 5,316 26%
James A. Danielik 2,550 13%
David J. Spann 2,002 10%
Collierville Mayor
All nine precincts
Stan Joyner 11,891 58%
Brannon Howse 5,130 25%
Tom Allen 3,609 17%
U.S. Cong. 9th District
All 208 precincts reporting
Steve Cohen 198,265 88%
Jake Ford 10,973 5%
Dewey Clark 10,013 4%
Shelby County Charter Amendment No. 364
Five countywide offices become charter offices with no salary petitions for four of five offices.
Yes 237,032 68%
No 112,438 32%
Shelby County Charter Amendment No. 365
Term limits of two consecutive four-year terms for those elected sheriff, county clerk, trustee, register and assessor.
Yes 276,531 79%
No 75,104 21%
Memphis City Charter Ordinance No. 5232
Provisions for the recall of a City Council member.
Yes 171,489 77%
No 50,210 23%
Memphis City Charter Ordinance No. 5265
City residency requirement for division directors and other city appointees.
Yes 161,205 72%
No 64,013 28%
Referendum No. 1
Term limits of two consecutive four-year terms for those elected to City Council and city mayor post.
Yes 179,844 78%
No 49,852 22%
Referendum No. 2
Staggering City Council terms and moving city elections to even-numbered years in November every two years.
Yes 145,606 72%
No 55,063 28%
Referendum No. 3
No sale of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division without approval by city voters.
Yes 156,570 80%
No 39,116 20%
Referendum No. 4
Any elected or appointed city official indicted or charged with corruption is suspended with pay.
Yes 167,369 75%
No 55,080 25%
Referendum No. 5
Instant runoff voting as an option in school board and City Council district races.
Yes 154,269 71%
No 64,016 29%
Referendum No. 6
Mayoral vacancy process in which council chairman becomes interim mayor.
Yes 188,608 85%
No 33,250 15%
Two days after the Nov. 4 elections, the final unofficial totals were finally posted by the Shelby County Election Commission this evening. The long vote count involved absentee ballots whose count was delayed because of problems with an optical scanning machine.
John McCain 145,137 36%
Paul Shaffer 37,594 33%
Freda Williams 83,429 44%
Cynthia Gentry 81,766 43%
Ernest Chism 10,364 51%
Gary Pruitt 5,316 26%
Stan Joyner 11,891 58%
Yes 238,771 68%
No 113,337 32%
Yes 278,659 79%
No 75,538 21%
Yes 172,834 77%
No 50,437 23%
Yes 162,344 72%
No 64,475 28%
Yes 181,235 78%
No 50,099 22%
Yes 146,872 73%
No 55,390 27%
Yes 158,022 80%
No 39,296 20%
Yes 168,635 75%
No 55,401 25%
Yes 155,388 71%
No 64,467 29%
Yes 190,113 85%
No 33,367 15%
These are the unofficial election results for Shelby County. The state-wide results in the Presidential election as well as the U.S. Senate races in Tennessee and Mississippi are also included.
The results become official after an audit and certification by the Shelby County Election Commission as well as state election officials.
The Engineers' Club of Memphis will hold its weekly meeting and lunch today at 11:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Page Cotton, Midwest regional manger for Stego Industries LLC, will speak on the topic "Below Slab Moisture Protection." Cost is $14 to attend.
Jack Sammons had been off the Memphis City Council for eight months when he returned to the elected body this week. And at the end of his first session back, Sammons joked that he might have made a mistake.
Memphis City Council members will pick an interim council member today to fill their ranks until the Nov. 4 election.
The November ballot includes a special election for the Super District 9 Position 1 council seat given up by Scott McCormick last month. McCormick stepped down to become executive director of the Plough Foundation.
When union leader Paul Shaffer and Midtown neighborhood activist Mary Wilder had lunch last week, the two had something in common to discuss.
They both are among the 11 candidates who had filed to run in the Nov. 4 special election for a seat on the Memphis City Council.
It looked like Memphis school board member Stephanie Gatewood was on her way to re-election without opposition on the Nov. 4 ballot.
That was until Wednesday (Aug. 27) – the day before the Shelby County Election Commission certified the local portion of the ballot.
A field of 11 candidates had filed by Thursday's noon deadline for an open seat on the Memphis City Council on the Nov. 4 ballot. Four of the contenders ran for the council just a year ago. Also at the deadline, three Memphis school board members were effectively re-elected when they failed to draw any opposition.
A field of 11 candidates had filed by today's noon deadline for an open seat on the Memphis City Council on the Nov. 4 ballot. Four of the contenders ran for the council just a year ago. Also at the deadline, three Memphis school board members were effectively re-elected when they failed to draw any opposition.
With the jury verdict last week acquitting former Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. on six counts of bribery and extortion, the book has been closed on that federal corruption case against him.
Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. takes the idea of a county payroll or privilege tax to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners today.
It's the first step on a political path to Nashville where the Tennessee General Assembly has the ultimate power to grant the county the ability to levy the tax. And it promises to be a rocky path judging by the rough reception commissioners gave the idea last week in committee sessions.
Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton has run for the same elected office five times.
He's won four and he'll know about the fifth try one week from today.
Herenton said he'll be glad when the week is over. He's been on a charm offensive for about the last month, which has included submitting to a series of one-on-one television interviews that have replaced the home-stretch candidates forums of past election seasons.
The American Society for Training and Development will host a one-day conference for learning and networking today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hilton Memphis hotel, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Cost to attend is $30. Visit www.astdmemphis.org for more information.
The Institute of Management Accountants - Memphis Chapter will hold its monthly Technical Session today at 11:45 a.m. in the Medallion Restaurant in the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. The event is $20. For reservations or more information, visit www.imamemphis.org.
If rain is the enemy of election day turnouts then a sunny late summer day might be the curse of early voting efforts.
Early voting in advance of the Oct. 4 Memphis city elections opened Friday at 15 sites with 4,290 voters showing up. The next day, which saw sunshine and tens of thousands of people jam the Cooper-Young Festival in Midtown, the turnout was less than half that - 2,040 early voters.
The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence will host its "Researching Grant Funding" workshop today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the alliance office, 606 S. Mendenhall Road, Suite 108. The event is $65 for members, $55 for participants in the Alliance's Program for Nonprofit Excellence and $99 for nonmembers. Call Nancy McGee at 684-6605 for more information.
The legal team representing former Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division head Joseph Lee in his federal bribery case has fired another salvo in defense of their client.
They want Lee and City Council member Edmund Ford to be tried separately.
With one week to the filing deadline for the Oct. 4 Memphis city elections, 124 citizens have thought seriously enough about running for the 15 offices on the ballot to check out qualifying petitions. Nearly 40 had filed by the end of the first week.
In the annals of Memphis mayoral elections, it seems no candidate has run a race quite like Herman Morris Jr.
Morris - Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division's former top executive - has built a campaign operation that boasts the technological edge and efficiency of a small corporation. His supporters can sign up for cell phone text alerts and Internet podcasts. Videos are posted to his Web site.
It's common to refer to the object of someone's affection as "the apple of my eye," so one thing a group of civic and business leaders wants to do for Cordova is brand the Memphis suburb with a similar phrase.
The condominium boom that's driven much of Downtown Memphis' residential growth in the past year is stretching beyond the city's redeveloped urban core.
One example is a new project being handled by John Elkington, CEO of Performa Entertainment Real Estate Inc. He's working with a Chicago-based development firm that wants to transform 67.2 acres of prime real estate on the eastern fringe of Memphis into an upscale retail and entertainment destination with condos.
March 27
Memphis Heritage presents "The Parkways: Framing our Midtown Neighborhoods" as part of its 2006 Preservation Series from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church, 447 N. Evergreen St. Registration is $60. Call 529-9828 or visit www.memphisheritage.org.
In the real estate business, nothing is as sacred as location, location, location, which is why a developer as prolific as Terry Dan is looking at almost every major corner of Shelby County except one.
For a while now, John Willingham has been one of the loudest critics of Shelby County's finances. He's blasted how the county's money is spent, the rate at which its residents are taxed and the dent new growth is putting in the county's budget.
When the Shelby County Commission talked this month about possibly boosting the county mayor's salary - which currently stands at $150,000 a year - it was probably inevitable that public attention would turn to the county's lingering financial problems.
Each weekday after sunrise, Memphis gets a taste of suburban flight in reverse.
More than 100,000 people commute to work in Memphis five days a week from outside the city, offering literally a moving portrait of the city's magnetic pull. That number, calculated for the first time this year by the U.S. Census Bureau, has implications for city planners, businesses - and even supporters of a tax proposal aimed at commuters that has been quietly simmering in the legislature.
Shelby County Commission member John Willingham didn't add his voice to the chorus last week proclaiming that a new day was dawning in Shelby County.
On Oct. 10, his colleagues on the commission approved a building moratorium in unincorporated parts of Shelby County - which goes into effect one week from today - to curb uncontrolled sprawl, even though similar plans failed in 2000 and 2004.
By the end of this year, property tax freezes for 40 businesses in Memphis and Shelby County are due to expire, according to figures from Bob Patterson, county trustee. The freezes are given out through the city and county's payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, or PILOT, program.
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County loses money on homestead exemptions
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Calendar of events Dec. 9-Dec. 15
Dec. 9
Wyndham Garden Hotel, 300 N. Second St., is the site of the 15th annual Current Developments in Tennessee Employment Law seminar from 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The seminar is pre...
Calendar of events Nov. 25-Dec. 1
Nov. 25
The University of Memphis communication department hosts U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. at the Dr. John Bakke Political Communication Lecture Series from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Ro...
Calendar of events Aug. 5-Aug. 11
Aug. 6
The Memphis Area Technology Council is planning committee alignment meetings for people interested in getting involved with MATC. Meetings are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 6 at the M...
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When it was first announced, Microsoft's decision to adopt Chromium code was met with skepticism. The launch of Edge, the company's Chromium-based browser, is the latest attempt to dethrone Google Chrome. Gone are the days of Microsoft running its own proprietary software.
A new Microsoft Edge is attempting to dethrone Google by attacking from the inside. Claiming better performance across the board, Microsoft is combining the best of two worlds. One of the biggest advantages of Edge is the ability to run Google Chrome extensions. In other words, Microsoft Edge users can get all of the advantages of Chrome without actually using Chrome. Sound good? Here's how to run those Chrome extensions.
Download Edge
First, you need to start by downloading the latest version of the Edge browser. You can do that at microsoft.com, and your existing browser will determine the appropriate download package. Edge is currently available for Windows 10, macOS and mobile software for both Android and iOS.
Building it on the same Chromium code base allows all desktop-based Edge users to tap into the incredibly large selection of Chrome extensions. Microsoft has its own selection of extensions as well, downloadable through the Microsoft Store. As of this writing, the native extension selection is rather limited. Honestly, that is okay, as there are so many Chrome extensions, Microsoft can take its sweet time to increase the native selection.
Finding the Extensions Menu
After Edge is installed on your computer, adding Chrome extensions is relatively easy. Once you have the hang of it, you'll be installing extensions at will in just a few seconds. Let's get started.
- Find the three horizontal dots, or ellipses, in the upper-right corner of the browser to open up the menu.
- Now, drag your mouse down and click "Extensions" in the menu.
- After hitting extensions, a new tab will open in the browser. Follow the next steps to keep going.
Enabling Third-Party Extensions
This is the most critical piece. Fortunately, it's only one click. Toward the bottom-left of the extensions page is an option labeled "Allow extensions from other stores." Toggle that option so it's active. You'll receive a pop-up warning that Microsoft hasn't verified the extensions in the Chrome web store. That is okay. Just click "Allow" to move on.
Adding Extensions
Head over to Google's repository of Chrome extensions by clicking over to the Web Store. If for any reason that does not work, a simple Google or Bing search of "Google Chrome Extensions" will help navigate you to the right page.
Now just find any extension you want and install. Extensions that can be added will have a blue label toward the top right of the page labeled "Add to Chrome." Just click on that and hit "Add extension" on the warning pop-up that follows. The confirmation dialog occurs with almost every install, so just continue to ignore its warnings. Hopefully, Microsoft will remove it after a while.
Consider this your first warning: Google Chrome extensions have not been tested in the Edge environment. What this means is that you might see memory leaks or a variety of other breakages. If you experience problems, try and uninstall extensions one at a time until you find the cause.
Uninstalling Chrome Extensions
As easy as it is to install, uninstalling Chrome extensions is equally simple. Head back to the "Extensions" tab. Installed extensions are broken down by Microsoft's native selection and Chrome. To remove any extension, click "Remove," and it will be gone.
As Edge is likely to arrive as the default browser on Microsoft laptops in the future, there is a good chance it will see lots of market share. Knowing how to personalize and increase its functionality is important. Adding Chrome extensions makes an already good browser even better. Did the world need another Chromium browser? That's a subject for another time, but in the interim, happy browsing!
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Plug & Plant: Smart Vertical Garden + App0
Meet Plug & Plant: a modular, smart garden that lets you grow your own plants at home. It is a wall-mounted system of pods with sensors to measure temperature, humidity, and light. It has a smart water tank to water your plants for up to 30 days. Plug & Plant offers you recommendations to better care for your plants.
The system lets you connect more panels to grow even more plants. Since you are using biodegradable SMART-BIOFOAM, there is no mess involved. The app is available for iOS and Android devices. Like what you see? You can find more information here.


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Palmetto Exterminators is proud to service Cornelius, North Carolina. We offer our full line of services to the Cornelius area, including pest control, termite control, and mosquito control.
Cornelius residents and business owners will be serviced by our Charlotte location, which is managed by Nick Frantz.
Pest Control Services:
We offer a quarterly residential pest control program, which provides routine treatment to keep your Cornelius home pest-free. If you are a business in Cornelius, North Carolina, we have a commercial pest control program to protect your location from intruders.
Bed Bug Control:
The bed bug has become more of a problem in recent years.The United States has seen a resurgence in the rates of bed bugs, mainly due to the increase in international travel, new chemical regulations, and these pests' resistance to insecticides. Because of the difficulty in getting rid of bed bugs, Palmetto Exterminators has a specific pest control routine for them; it does require the full cooperation of our customers as well.
Palmetto Green:
We also provide two green pest control programs that are optional. Our service has always been conducted with the environment in mind, but we now have several new green products and technologies to further reduce our environmental impact.
These new services are GreenPro and Green Hybrid. GreenPro uses natural, organic, and biodegradable compounds to control pests. This is a bi-monthly program. Green Hybrid also uses environmentally-conscious products, but it is for the customer with more immediate pest problems. Learn more about green pest control services here.
Special Services:
In addition to bed bugs, some other pests require specific control measures. These are listed on our Special Services page.
For more information, contact our main office or contact your local branch by phone.


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Super Bowl reaches 100.7 million viewers, down from 2018
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The New England Patriots' competitive but action-starved Super Bowl victory over the Los Angeles Rams was seen by 100.7 million people on television and streaming services, the smallest audience for football's annual spectacle in a decade.
A boycott by disgruntled New Orleans Saints fans, a campaign by fans of quarterback Colin Kaepernick and a game with only one touchdown combined to shrink the audience. On CBS alone, the game was seen by 98.2 million people, compared to 103.4 million who watched on NBC last year, according to the Nielsen company.
Since reaching a peak of 114.4 million viewers for the Patriots' 2015 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, the Super Bowl audience has slipped each year since. The Super Bowl is traditionally the most-watched television event of the year in the U.S., and its audience hadn't dipped below 100 million since the Pittsburgh Steelers-Arizona Cardinals game in 2009.
CBS dealt with a city that held a major grudge. Many fans in New Orleans, where the hometown Saints were victimized by a blown referee's call toward the end of its loss to the Rams in the NFC championship, skipped the game entirely. Preliminary ratings from New Orleans showed that Super Bowl viewership this year was half what it was in 2018.
New Orleans' Times Picayune newspaper printed a mostly blank front page on Monday with the words, "Super Bowl?" What Super Bowl?"
The newspaper asked, "you think the NFL is sad that the Saints weren't in it to spice up the night?"
There was also a campaign on Twitter by people who said they would not watch the game because of Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who hasn't been able to land a job in the NFL since leading demonstrations in protest of police treatment of minorities.
After a season of offensive fireworks and conference championships that both went into overtime, Sunday's game was a defensive struggle where the teams were tied 3-3 entering the fourth quarter. That's a tough slog for the casual fan, and the Super Bowl draws millions who don't watch football regularly.
At one point CBS commentator Tony Romo said, "this is hard to watch." Others were blunter still. The website The Ringer said that "the historically boring Super Bowl sent football back to the Stone Age."
Cindy Boren of The Washington Post wrote that it was "a snore of a Super Bowl." The New York Times headlined a story: "How boring was the Super Bowl? The punts got exciting."
The words "boring" and "Super Bowl" appeared in the same tweets more than 70,000 times in the past 24 hours. The words "worst" and "Super Bowl" were matched more than 50,000 times.
If anything, football fans have been spoiled by a string of competitive Super Bowls after many years in which big game blowouts became commonplace. This year the game's outcome was in doubt until the final seconds, but it had only one touchdown and few scoring threats.
The one growth area for CBS was streaming. The network said an average of 2.6 million people streamed the game, up 31 percent over last year.
CBS did achieve its goal of having a large audience sample its new talent show, "The World's Best." Nielsen said 22.2 million people watched the show's debut, the most-watched entertainment show since the Oscars last year and the biggest entertainment premiere on TV since "Undercover Boss" debuted after the Super Bowl nine years ago.
Associated Press reporter Eric Carvin in New York contributed to this report.
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Visits to casual dining restaurants were at a 6-year low in the year ending February 2014, finds The NPD Group, a leading global information company. Since 2009 casual dining traffic has been declining at a rate of two percent each year, totaling a loss of 7.1 million visits. Price sensitivity, the customer experience, increased competition from fast-casual outlets, and rampant industry promotion contribute to the casual dining segment's declines, according to NPD.
Major casual-dining chains have held up better than smaller chains long-term because of their ability to advertise and deal more than the smaller chains and independents. Visits to major casual dining chains have been flat for the last five years compared to visit declines of 3 percent for small chains and independents, according to NPD's foodservice market research. Major chain restaurant units increased by one percent in NPD's Fall 2013 restaurant census and small chains and independent decreased units by one percent.
The offering of incentives/deals has been an important visit driver for the major casual dining chains for several years. These promotions helped to stem traffic losses during and subsequent to the recession of 2008/2009. Over the past six years, major casual dining chains ramped up their promotional offers, reaching an all-time high of 29 percent of all visits in 2013. This is higher than that noted for the major quick service restaurant chains (27 percent), which historically have been the most aggressive in the deal arena. The deal rate at casual dining independents has held relatively steady at 17 percent since 2006. There have been short-term improvements in the traffic, but casual dining traffic has not improved overall.
"It appears casual-dining operators' promotional offers have been in place for too long. For example, the 'two for $20' craze is now available in some variation at nearly every casual dining chain," says Bonnie Riggs, NPD restaurant industry analyst. "Some liken it to an echo chamber because there's no competitive differentiation. Relying on existing promotional tactics may no longer be a viable option."
Riggs says casual-dining concepts have been pigeon-holed into a less frequent, more special meal occasion destination. Consumers are visiting less expensive restaurants and casual dining's competition is both lower- and higher-priced restaurant alternatives. Price concerns are also affecting ordering behavior at casual dining restaurants, or menu offerings aren't meeting the customers' needs.
"Casual dining operators must reinvent offerings that have lost their luster and introduce new promotions and menu items to attract customers and encourage repeat visits," Riggs says. "Consumers will wait you out once you have shown your willingness to provide regular discounts. Until you reach the price point that delivers the value they have come to expect, they will stay away or find other restaurants that meet their value expectations."


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The Cercle Bernard Lazare was formed in 1954 by a group of Socialist-Zionists. It is named after the well-known French intellectual, writer, journalist and anarchist Bernard Lazare (1865-1903) who was one of the first to come to the defence of Alfred Dreyfus. The CBL is linked to the Israeli party Meretz and supports Peace Now.
The CBL organises a variety of activities including a Yiddish conversation class. Since 1996 it also publishes a Yiddish monthly journal called Yidishe Heftn - Les Cahiers Yiddish.


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Published: 14 June 2017
Turnover in manufacturing increased by 12.2 per cent in January to March
According to Statistics Finland, turnover in manufacturing in the January to March period was 12.2 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of the year before. Domestic sales grew by 10.0 per cent and export turnover by 13.8 per cent from one year ago.
Three months' year-on-year change in turnover in manufacturing (C) sub-industries (TOL 2008)
Turnover went up from the corresponding period of the previous year in all manufacturing (C) sub-industries . Turnover increased most in the chemical industry, by 20.9 per cent, and in the metal industry, by 14.8 per cent. Growth was slowest in the food industry, 0.8 per cent and in the textile, clothing and leather industry, 2.5 per cent.
Three months' year-on-year change in turnover in main industrial categories (TOL 2008)
The turnover of nearly all main categories of manufacturing industries grew year-on-year. Turnover grew strongest in the industry of mining and quarrying, 24.4 per cent. Turnover contracted from the previous year by 1.3 per cent in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply.
The index of turnover in industry describes enterprises whose main industry is manufacturing. The calculation of the indices is based on the Tax Administration's self-assessed tax data which are supplemented with data obtained with Statistics Finland's sales inquiry. The monthly turnovers of manufacturing enterprises can vary considerably, especially in the metal industries. The variation is mainly due to invoicing practices. The final invoice for major machinery deliveries and projects may be recorded in the sales of one month, even if the delivery had required the work of several months or years.
Changes in the Tax Administration's self-assessed tax data have not so far had an effect on the data of turnover indices
The effects of the changes in the Tax Administration's self-assessed tax data have been analysed in Statistics Finland's turnover indices. Based on the analyses, the changes have thus far not been found to have significant effects on enterprises' VAT reporting in terms of statistics production. More information about this in Changes in the periodic tax return data used in turnover indices.
Source: Index of turnover in industry 2017, March, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Maija Sappinen 029 551 3348, Kirsi-Maaria Manninen 029 551 2681, firstname.lastname@example.com
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CKS Packaging has manufacturing locations across the continental United States. Whether evaluated individually or collectively, our manufacturing capacity is tremendous and can easily handle even the largest volume requirements in a timely manner.
Please feel free to contact our corporate headquarters, or the plant closest to you, for more information on how CKS Packaging can serve the needs of your company.


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Recently Khenzhur Rinpoche was named Drepung Tripa, the most senior abbot of the Drepung monastery with its two colleges, Gomang and Loseling.
The Four Great Seals will help to distinguish the path of a Buddhist and that taken by the Buddha.
He will be expounding about Karma and how the term liberally used in todays society could often be incorrectly feared.
He will also explain how the results of ones thoughts, words and deeds depended on the nature of the intention behind the action. If we do a good deed, we will reap a positive result.
This is how intentions condition our experiences and, as the Dalai Lama puts it, the very term karma or action is a term of active force, which indicates that future events are within your own hands.
Khenzhur Rinpoche will be teaching on The Four Great Seals of Buddhism on Jan 22,23 and 25 from 8pm - 10pm and on the Law of Karma and Its Effects on Jan 26 and 27 over two sessions from 9.30am to 12 noon, and from 3pm to 5pm.
Please contact Yap Min Kin at 019-289 2683 or Irene Ooi at 012-2206131 for more details.


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The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a particularly complex joint that connects the lower jaw with the side of the skull. It allows us to move our jaw from side to side as well as up and down, which is what enables us to speak and to chew. TMJ pain is a common ailment caused by several factors such as inflammation, excessive teeth grinding, trauma, overbite, or even stress. Sufferers may hear a clicking sound or a popping in the ears and can experience earaches, stiffness or soreness in the jaw, and pain in the temple area. Stress and anxiety can cause one to clench the jaw more tightly than usual, which also leads to TMJ as well as headaches and migraines.
Regardless of how TMJ pain is caused, the sensation is unpleasant enough to warrant immediate medical attention. Try the following TMJ treatment exercises out for yourself to see which work best for you.
1. Jaw Stretching
To do this exercise, you need to stretch the masticatory muscles in your jaw, which are the ones that help you chew.
- Massage the muscles of your jaw in a circular motion.
- Open your mouth as wide as possible and hold it there for 10 seconds before relaxing your jaw again.
- Repeat the exercise 10 times.
2. Visualization
Try this exercise if you feel you need to relax your jaw or facial muscles. Locate a comfortable place where you can sit.
- Focus on breathing in a rhythmic pattern.
- Inhale slowly and deeply through your nose before exhaling through your mouth.
- With your lips firmly shut, press your tongue onto the ceiling of your mouth before relaxing it again.
- Tightly clasp your jaw muscles together before relaxing them.
- Scrunch your face up before relaxing it.
- Raise your shoulders to your ears before relaxing them.
- Now focus entirely on your breathing for a few seconds.
3. Progression
This exercise is effective in preventing your jaw muscles from over contracting.
- Close your jaw as tight as possible before letting it fall open again.
- With your hand under your chin, press softly as you open your jaw before relaxing it again.
- Move your jaw to the right before relaxing it.
- Move your jaw to the left before relaxing it.
4. The Yawn
Do this exercise if you need to relax your throat, jaw, or face.
- Open your mouth as wide as possible then take a deep breath and yawn.
- While inhaling, stretch the muscles in your jaw and tense the muscles in your shoulders.
- Exhale slowly and relax all your tensed muscles.
- Repeat the exercise several times until the desired effect has been achieved.
5. The Goldfish
- Hold your tongue on the ceiling of your mouth then put one finger on your chin and the other on your TMJ.
- Lower your jaw as far as it goes and move it back again.
- Repeat the process at least five times, or more as necessary.
These are just some of the many exercises a sufferer can do to relieve TMJ pain. To find the optimal treatment regime for you, speak with your chiropractor about what options are available. Other avenues such as medication, mouth guards, and acupuncture are also worth considering.


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|Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura is a psychologist and the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology at Stanford University. For the last 60 years, Bandura has researched and written about the causes of human behavior. He was the first to propose that the origins of personality are varied and complex and that they include the interaction of behavior with both environmental and innate—or inborn—factors.
Bandura was particularly interested in the ways that people influence the behavior, thoughts, and learning of others. His early work focused on modeling—learning through the observation of others. His classic Bobo doll experiment in the early 1960s demonstrated that children could mimic novel actions just by seeing an adult engage in them. This challenged existing beliefs that most learning occurred through conditioning or a system of reinforcement or punishment. The finding that learning could occur through simple observation has had significant implications, particularly for the development of children.
As he explored the effects and potential of modeling, Bandura began to wonder about the role of individuals' beliefs about their ability to succeed at a task, or their sense of self-efficacy. This led to his development of social cognitive theory, which says that personality results from the interaction of an individual's thoughts with inner qualities, self-beliefs, and environmental cues. His research determined convincingly that individuals who believe they can succeed at a task are more likely than others to actually succeed.
According to Bandura, "We find that people's beliefs about their efficacy affect the sorts of choices they make in very significant ways. In particular, it affects their levels of motivation and perseverance in the face of obstacles. Most success requires persistent effort, so low self-efficacy becomes a self-limiting process… To succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, strung together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life."
For students, this self-efficacy coupled with the willingness to persist in the face of struggle are crucial for academic success. Students who have limited self-efficacy are less likely to continue to try because they don't believe they can succeed, where students who have strong self-beliefs are more likely to continue to apply themselves. Continuing research in self-efficacy by Bandura and others demonstrates that, regardless of previous achievement or ability, students with higher self-efficacy work harder, continue to try for longer, persevere when faced with struggle, are more optimistic and less anxious, and achieve greater results.
Selected Publications
Social systems that cultivate competencies, provide aidful resources, and allow ample room for self-directedness increase the chances that people will realize what they wish to become.
-Albert Bandura


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Hello everyone, today I'm sharing these stunning Easel Card Boxes!
I love giving little gifts and this card & box in one is perfect for giving a nice chocolate bar.
This all folds flat, so you can easily post it or pop it through the letterbox.
There is actually quite a lot of room in these, you can add a gift card, or fit a silk scarf inside, jewellery etc, you'll be surprised what can fit in there.
I decorated these using the First Edition Making Memories paper pad.
This is available from Amazon here.
The Happy Birthday die is from the Bright Rosa 'Birthday Words' set and Flower dies are from the Bright Rosa 'Flower Border' dies, both available here.
The leaf dies are from the John Next Door 'Ivy Panel' die here.
For the sentiments, I used the Card Making Magic 'Versus' set here and an old Dovecraft one which I've found still being sold on eBay here.
To make these you will need…
1 piece of 9.3/4 x 9.1/8 pattern card for the box.
Score along the 9.3/4 side at 4.1/8, 4.3/4, 8.7/8 & 9.1/2
Score along the 9.1/8 side at 1/2″, 1.1/8 & 8.1/2
1 piece of 8″ x 4″ card for the easel part.
Score along the 8″ side at 3.5/8 & 7.3/8
1 piece of 4 x 7.3/8 mirrored card for the topper.
1 piece of 3.3/4 x 7.1/8 pattern paper to layer on the topper.
Stamps, dies and embellishments to decorate.
Check out my full tutorial below.
There is plenty of room to stamp and write your message, making this box card a good one for a colleague in work and you need somewhere for lots of signatures.
Thank you for stopping by.
Happy crafting


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Building Confidence and Values in Children
Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Parents struggle often between knowing how to build confidence in their children and at the same time guide the...
Helping Children with Nightmares
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
To children, nightmares are very real and they do not have the knowledge or experience to understand it was just a...
Your Behavior is Not Acceptable but YOU I Love
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Separating the deed from the doer: It is tempting to label a child or adult by their behavior. Bad behavior is...
Just Love Them
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
Our children are not perfect, and neither are we. Sometimes their behavior may leave us scratching our heads or...
Linda Hillary M.S., NCC, LPC
A new school year... Returning to school may not be so "carefree."
What's Your Name Again?
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
At the supermarket a woman with four boys and a baby made her way through her list...her patience was wearing thin...
Perfectionism and the Parent-Child Relationship
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
In the parent-child relationship, perfectionism sets up unrealistic standards of behavior and performance for the...
Super Bowl Sunday - A Side You May Not Know
Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC
"Super Bowl Sunday is upon us; a holiday anticipated by nearly half of all households in the United States...
Is Forgiveness Therapy for You?
Carrissa Pannuzzo, M.A., LMFT, LPC
We all have ideas of what forgiveness is and what it isn't. The most common of these in American society is the...
Leaving the Results to God
Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW
We can get caught up in the present and try to please those around us first. But we are called to be faithful to the...


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Christopher Cheng
Christopher Cheng, Illustrated by Steven Woolman
One child is a picture book illustrated by the magical Steven Woolman. It is about kids, our planet and what one child can do. Global warming, habitat destruction, the accumulation of waste, pollution and many other environmental aspects are part of this title. A simple text with richly coloured illustrations drawing on the imagery of an old stained glass window that is gradually cleaned to reveal the beauty underlying the pollution. This is a hopeful book about the environment for young children. One child saw trees torn from the ground; saw oceans stained with waste, no longer blue and clean; saw skies choking, blocking the sun. What could just one child do about the devastation of our planet?
Winner of the Wilderness Society Picture Book of the Year, 1998.
Shortlisted - Koala awards, 1998
Notable Book - Children's Book Council of Australia, 1998.
Copyright © 2019-2023 Christopher Cheng
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Yes - your unit's Home Page is secure to the extent that you use the built-in security features. The Primary Unit Leader (or a delegated member) enforces the security features on your unit's Home Page.
By using the Unit Home Page features on this web site, you agree that your unit is responsible for managing its own security settings which control how people access your unit's information.
By default, certain areas of your Home Page are private and can be viewed only by Friends of the unit. The unit leader may choose, however, to override the default security settings and make these areas public.
It is up to your unit to enforce its own security - If your unit chooses to override the default security settings, be sure you do not post content in these areas that would violate Youth Protection standards or release private information to the publc.
The Unit Friends feature is the mechanism to allow people to access the private content areas on your unit's Home Page. When approving Friends be sure you know who the applicants are and that you trust them with the information you are posting.
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Four years ago, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) officially introduced a new Indigenous land acknowledgement to open public speaking engagements, events and meetings.
The greeting was formalized after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's final report was released, urging governments, institutions and organizations to engage in the process of redressing the legacy of residential schools by responding to the TRC's 94 Calls to Action. At USask, the land acknowledgement quickly became one small but meaningful way to begin that process.
"Acknowledging the land, and all the life within it, in various ways is something that First Nations, Inuit and Métis people have done for generations," said Dr. Jacqueline Ottmann (PhD), the vice-provost of Indigenous Engagement at USask. "Expressions of gratitude and respect for the land, was practiced long before European settlers arrived on Turtle Island (North America). Indigenous people have had an intimate relationship and knowledge of these places and spaces.
"Land acknowledgement pays respect to those from our past and also to those who will experience our territories in generations to come. Land acknowledgments should be respectful, be reverent to the Creator, recognize the need for the right relationship, be communicated with humility and gratitude."
USask's land acknowledgement statement was officially approved at University Council on June 18, 2015, presented by project leaders including Candace Wasacase-Lafferty, senior director, Office of the Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement.
"It was important to everyone that we emphasize that the land acknowledgements be delivered in a respectful and insightful manner," said Wasacase-Lafferty. "This statement was certainly a good way to begin."
University officials engaged in extensive consultation with Elders, Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty, students, staff, and community members, on the language and intention behind the statement. The intent was that the message be respectful and acknowledge the land itself, and the ancestral lands of the people who have resided in the territory for centuries.
"It is more than just about the land that we belong to, it is also about our relationship to the land and sky, to the plants and animals, to this place that has made us who we are today," said Dr. Stryker Calvez (PhD), manager of Indigenous Education Initiatives at the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning at USask. "It is our spiritual connection to a place that has nurtured and shaped our languages, stories, beliefs and ways of knowing. Land acknowledgements don't just recognize the past and the people who lived here before now, these statements recognize the spirit of the place and our relationship to it, like the relationships we have with our parents and families.
"It is also about the treaties we signed and scrip that we were offered. The oral stories describing the treaty and scrip processes provide our account of the agreement to share our and resources, but not to absolute surrender the land."
Today, a new emphasis is being placed on the importance of treaty, and land- and place-based education across Canada. Ottmann said this presents an opportunity for the sharing of knowledge and experience of treaties by Indigenous Elders, Traditional Knowledge Keepers and other experts.
"Land acknowledgement is a step in the right direction, and the next step is educating non-Indigenous and Indigenous people of its significance and some of the work that has already happened in this area," she said.


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Slow Cooker Standards: Mom's Seven Layer Dinner.
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound potatoes
2 cups frozen vegetables (1 cup corn & 1 cup of peas)
1 onion, coursely diced
1 cup Minute Rice, or 2 cups of cooked rice
1 can tomato soup + equal amount of water
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon Original Mrs Dash
What I Did:
- Steam potatoes whole, in the microwave steamer for 5 minutes (optional, sprinkle with a little salt).
- Then slice them as though I were going to make scalloped potatoes.
- Fry the ground beef until it just begins to turn brown.
- Mix the tomato soup, water, seasonings, and ketchup in a separate bowl-stir well.
- Spray your slow cooker, or 2.5 L casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Place the sliced potatoes in the bottom of your dish.
- Sprinkle the Minute Rice over the potatoes.
- Spread onions over the rice.
- Pour half of the Tomato Soup mixture over these layers.
- Put frozen vegetables on next.
- Top with ground beef.
- Pour remaining Tomato Soup mixture over the whole dish.
Oven Method: Cover and bake in a 350 F oven for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Mom has used cabbage, carrots, and/or turnip. These would be par-boiled for 10 minutes or steamed for 5 minutes before slicing and layering into the dish.
- You can change the middle layers up, but the potatoes and rice always go on the bottom because they need the direct heat. Also, the sauce will pool at the bottom and cook the rice. We always put the meat on top because it gets a nice crispy texture.
- Try lean ground turkey, chicken, or even veggie "meatless" crumble instead of ground beef.
- Use 4 cups of Salsa instead of canned tomato soup+water.


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Hoping to help your kindergartner with math skills? These basic tips from our kindergarten curriculum guide are what experts suggest.
Incorporate basic math concepts
Try to incorporate basic math concepts into everyday activities. Have your child count objects regularly and pose easy counting challenges, such as counting the number of steps on a flight of stairs or the number of red cars you see while driving. Take opportunities to count by twos or fives or tens, for example, if you've bought many of the same item at the grocery store or need to count a pile of coins.
Practice shape recognition
Practice recognition of different shapes. Have your child spot things that are triangular, like pieces of pizza or the roof of a house, or rectangular, like paper money. As you talk about different shapes, have her describe why a shape she spots is a triangle (three sides) or a square (four equal sides) or a rectangle (two opposite equal sides and two other opposite equal sides of longer length).
Solve jigsaw puzzles
Doing puzzles is a great way to develop important visual discrimination skills, or the ability to recognize differences and similarities in shape, form, pattern, size, position, and color.
Apply math in everyday life
It's especially memorable to children when they can use their new math concepts in their everyday life. Have your child arrange their favorite stuffed animals in a circle for a party and give two or three crackers to each toy. Have them add up the total number of crackers distributed. Ask them to predict how many more crackers they would need if one of their toy action figures joined the party. Then ask them to predict the total number of crackers needed with yet another guest. This gives them an opportunity to "add up" in their heads and then see if they are correct when they actually add the next figure and count up the new total. The game can be played in reverse when one of the figures leaves the party, taking their crackers with them.
Play more or less
Think of a number for your child to guess. After each guess, respond with the words "higher" or "lower." At different times use the words "more" or "less," so your child learns different arithmetic vocabulary. This game helps correlate number words and counting sequence with actual amounts or sizes.
Practice sequencing
Practice sequencing with your child to develop their ability to recognize and store math procedures and number sequences. Make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or build a snowman together, then ask them to describe in order the actions that took place. Your child can also describe the sequence of events that took place in the day, in a movie they saw, or in a story they read.
Develop an understanding of units of time
Use a timer for activities like watching TV or using the computer, so that your child becomes familiar with the concept of time and how long different units of time last. If your child doesn't want to leave the playground, say they can stay for five more minutes. They will start to develop an understanding of time and how long different units of time last if you do this regularly.
Learn to count money
Give your child a piggy bank and help fill it with spare change. Every month, empty it together and have your child sort the coins by denomination. Have him match the coins to the denominations indicated on coin wrappers, which can be obtained from some banks or purchased inexpensively. This will help your kindergartner with counting, value recognition, and sorting, as well as hand-eye coordination.
Play music
Music is a great way for your child to engage with concepts related to math. Practicing an instrument means learning about tempo, measure, and meter - all of which involve math.
Play family games with math
Plenty of family games incorporate math. Tic-tac-toe, Connect Four, and dominoes are just some of the many games that help build math skills.
To find out what your kindergartner will be learning in math class, check out our kindergarten math skills page.
TODAY's Parenting Guide resources were developed by NBC News Learn with the help of subject-matter experts, including Joyce Epstein, Director, Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships, Johns Hopkins University; Pamela Mason, Program Director/Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Denise Walston, Director of Mathematics, Council of the Great City Schools; Nell Duke, Professor, University of Michigan; Leanna Baker, Retired Math Teacher; Bon Crowder, Math Teacher and Blogger, MathFour.com; and Robin Schwartz, VP, Association of Teachers of Math of NYC, and align with the Common Core State Standards.


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He went on to state that it he would only have all the players on his list by Monday, 18 May after all competitions would have been completed.
His major concern is that the players will be tired and maybe carrying knocks from their competitions, which is not really ideal.
He expects it will be very difficult to be ready with only 15 days with everybody together.
All the same he will reduce his squad to 15 players after the first training camp in Lyon which concludes with a 3-match series against Greece.
He will only make his final selection of 12 players before they depart for Latvia.
Cathy Melain who was available for questions explained that at first when Vincent spoke to her about coming back to the team, her first reaction was to refuse.
On second thought however she decided to accept because of her attachment to the French national team. Her role outside the court is to help the players from the various generations to better mix and become one unit.
Caroline Aubert (right) is already training under the supervision of the fitness and training co-ordinator of the French national team.
Emilie Gomis who was injured at the end of last season while playing for USVO is back in the roster after a season playing abroad.
Elodie Godin who has had a good season in Italy is another welcome to the squad.
The main question people asked is why Géraldine Robert was not in the training roster.
Vincent responded that basically France had some very strong players in her position and despite her ability inside the paint, Robert was not as strong - as the inside players he had chosen - from the outside.
So this time around her profile was not what he required. However he made it clear that he has not ruled out calling her up in the future.
Furthermore it was the decision of Edwige Lawson-Wade not to be included in the training roster.
Her husband lives in America and they have been apart for most of the European season. She has agreed to stay on stand-by in case of emergency.
France EuroBasket Women 2009 training roster
January 2009 training roster
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During April 4-10, the "High-end Forum on Environmental Science and the Inaugural Meeting of the Environmental Research Institute of South China Normal University (SERI)" was held in the International Conference Hall of the SCNU University Town Campus. Professor Ying Guangguo, selected candidate of the "Program for High-Level Overseas Talents" introduced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars took office as dean of the SERI. About 40 experts and scholars, academicians, Changjiang scholars and national distinguished young scholars attended the meeting.
The inaugural ceremony of the Environmental Research Institute of South China Normal University
General secretary of the SCNU Party Committee Zhu Kongjun attended the inaugural meeting and ceremony. As was mentioned in his speech, the SERI is aimed to strengthen the development of environmental science and engineering disciplines in SCNU, and to meet the big demand of environmental pollution control in China due to the rapid economic development. It is also established as one important measure in promoting the SCNU interdisciplinary integration, as well as an essential part of the construction of a top-level comprehensive university and the spearpoint for the growth of important future disciplines.
Currently the SERI is composed of a high-level teaching team, with many distinguished scholars and experts from different fields. Meanwhile, the research team has achieved great results in the fields of chemical pollution and ecological health risks, antibiotic pollution and bacterial resistance, control for soil and water pollution and repair technology. "Environmental pollution not only affects the natural ecology, but also our health." Professor Ying Guangguo said that their team would conduct research on the existing environmental problems, especially new types of chemical pollution, under the current circumstance of worsening environment, so as to provide solutions for emerging environmental problems.
The newly-found SERI will conduct innovative research in environmental pollution and control technology, focusing on frontier and emerging sciences in the environmental fields, which involve environmental chemistry, environmental toxicology, environmental genomics, environmental informatics and modeling, environmental technology and engineering.
The two-day high-end forum on environmental science covered a wide range of topics such as chemical pollution and management, ecological and health effects, environmental theoretical calculations and environmental simulations, environmental pollution and control technologies, environmental remediation technologies, etc., and witnessed heated discussion on new developments, new issues, new technology and new ideas in the field of environmental research, which provided new ideas for the development of environmental science and engineering disciplines. Nearly 30 reports were delivered concerning environmental problems closely related to social production and people's livelihood. Several mainstream media such as China Science Daily, Nanfang Daily and Guangzhou Daily also covered the meeting on the scene.
The High-end Forum on Environmental Science was held in the International Conference Hall of the SCNU University Town Campus
Professor Ying Guangguo, dean of the Environmental Research Institute in an interview with the media
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The easiest way to type the heart character is to copy and paste it. Browse the symbols on our home page, find one you like, and just copy and paste! Our collection includes multiple heart characters that would make for the perfect Facebook message, tweet, or text message.
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iPad, meet digital photography:
Digital photography, meet iPad.
Here you will find: Actions that straighten geometry--or ruin it. Actions that expand dynamic range. Actions that add cross star effects to moving HD scenes. Actions that repair broken white balance. Actions that reduce chromatic aberration. Actions that do away with image-chip dust. Actions that strip ten years off your subject without harming a hair on her head. Actions that let you grade movie clips. Actions that convert today's shots into silk-screen prints on rice paper c. 1894.
Actions you interact with and tweak endlessly.
Actions that make panoramic images from movie pans.
Actions that scrub out JPEG compression artifacts. Actions that turn photos into oil paintings. Actions that replace glass filters. Actions that transform movies into airbrush art. Actions that put many of Photoshop's Filter effects on legal steroids.
Actions that upgrade marginal images into 'Holy cow!'
Actions that pick up where Photoshop functions leave off. Actions that rework images into scene treatment fx from movies. Actions that add cross star effects: four point, six point, asymmetrical and scratch! Actions that vignette and un-vignette. Actions that combine images on a page. Actions that make photo storyboards out of collections of your images.
Actions that shatter the glass covering the shot--no glass needed. Actions that you learn to make, modify and keep.
Actions that blur the distinction between reality and fantasy.
Actions that prep images for BW printing. Actions that reduce noise. Actions that push-process ISOoff a cliff. Actions that lift shadow detail. Actions that flatten barrel distortion, even complex moustache distortion. Actions that automatically airbrush your photos. Actions that add tuneable grad filters to your images. Actions that do things previously considered hard, very hard, enormously difficult and freakin' impossible.
Actions that turn your HDSLR into a slit-scan camera. Actions that perform corrections finer than similar utilities built into Photoshop CS5 (chromatic aberration reduction, for instance).
Actions that teach view-camera skills. Actions that facilitate panoramics. Actions that create graphic illustrations. Actions that bring Hollywood visual effects to your stills and movie scenes. Actions that embed your image in a 35mm film frame. Actions that paint with watercolors.
Actions that sell images.
Actions that produce exotic film frames. Actions that make portraits into treasures. Actions that turn images into neo-photo-impressionism. Actions that contain over 200 steps. Actions that turn a photo into a butterfly supergraphic?
Actions that reveal the vision that made you trip the shutter in the first place.
Actions that simulate Lens Baby effects with ANY lens. Actions that make halo filter effects. Actions that imitate early color film. Actions that make photos museum-ready. Actions that polarize your skies!
Actions that produce very good faux infrared B&W from color shots. Actions that shrink your scenes into table-top models. Actions that remove flicker from movies, time-lapse scenes, auto exposure failures and operator errors.
Actions that cross the line while dotting the eye.
Actions that clean up after Photoshop's rare muddles. Actions that paint your image with a brush. Actions that scrawl your image with a crayon. Actions that sketch your image with a grease pencil. Actions that increase your photographic vocabulary.
And, of course, many more.
The hot rod has gone all prickly. The clown is a painting. The flower is aglow. The Getty has been encrusted in blister pack. The leaves are being sucked into a rift in space/time. A gallery of viewers is seen in a time-lapse still (handheld, too).
Although iButterfly+Box (below) is most often used for portraits--especially for kids--it does lend itself to other illustrative purposes, here made with a detail from a motorcycle. Rollover the image for a different automotive interpretation.
Click for the variation that may get your tongue.
Here's a new look, in greater depth, of how a single image can become eight variations in just a few moments using the "Carnet" function found within several Actions sets.
A carnet is a book of tickets in the Paris Metro, sold for one flat fee.
In the iLiners -series, an extra Action, iLinerCarnet, runs all the variations at once, for a book of results from one flat click.
Two minutes later, all eight finals end up on the History Palette, ready for you to pick out the one you like best. Click on the image to go to the special iLiners page.
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For Gold and Platinum subscribers, SlopeCharts has the ability for you to publish and subscribe to watch lists and the charts therein. This means you can look directly at Tim's charts (or anyone else's, for that matter), the drawn objects they have applied, and even copy those chart enhancements to your own charts.
If you were looking at Tim's charts, for example, it's as if you were beamed into his office and got to look over his shoulder at his lists and charts in their exact up-to-the-second appearance. You can do this with any watchlist that a Sloper has elected to publish for viewing.
But this isn't just about other Slopers and their lists. It's about you, too. Because you can publish any of your watch lists, and anyone can subscribe to anyone else's published watch lists. It's a community of sharing.
If you want to share a watch list (and its charts) with the rest of the world, just right-click on it and Publish it.
When you do this, you can optionally say a few words about the list, since it would be nice for people to know what the purpose of the list is (especially if your watch list name isn't super clear):
That's all there is to it. At this point, any Gold or Platinum member can subscribe to your list, which means they can see its contents as well as the drawn objects.
Of course, if you later decide you don't want to share that list, you can just do this:
OK, so that's all you need to know about publishing. What about subscribing?
Well, just click on the Watch Lists hyperlink at the top, and you will see this:
You will then be presented with a list of all the lists available in order of popularity. You can search the lists based on any words, too.
And you can click on Subscribed or Unsubscribed for each one, dictating what you want to see. And for those to which you are subscribed, you'll see them in your normal watch list module, except with a special symbol next to the name:
As mentioned earlier, you can see the drawn objects, and you may be surprised to find you can delete them and change them, but have no fear – – you are not actually changing the original publisher's chart. His or her watch lists and the contents therein will go unharmed by your lunatic machinations.
If you see a chart those drawn objects you would like to duplicate for yourself, you can right-click on any particular drawn object and either (a) Copy that specific object, with all its properties, to your own instance of the same symbol or (b) Copy All of the drawn objects on that chart to your own library.
Besides looking at the symbols one-by-one in the published watchlist, you can also choose to copy all of them into a list of your own.
The big improvement, however, is that now you can choose to also import the drawn objects! This means that all the hard work that others have put into their drawings can be seen by you as well. This can be a tremendous time-saver and provide you insights you wouldn't have had before.
Just one word of warning, however: The drawn objects will also be plopped right on top of any drawings you've made too. In other words, drawn objects are tied to symbols, not watch lists. So you will be combining the drawn objects (if any) that you've made along with those you are importing.
Besides accessing this information from within SlopeCharts, you can also do so via this dedicated page on the site.


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Experts from the travel planning service OneTwoTrip analyzed the dynamics of price changes and demand for flights abroad last week compared to the previous week. It turned out that against the background of the stabilization of the ruble exchange rate, the average cost of an air ticket from Russia abroad in the week from March 28 to April 3 decreased by 20%, amounting to 22,800 rubles (the average price of a ticket purchased from March 21 to March 27 was 28,400 rubles). ).
Demand for international flights during the week increased by more than 20%. Most of all, the interest of the service's clients increased in the following directions: Egypt (+200%), Maldives (+80%), Turkey (+35%), Israel (+30%) and the Republic of Belarus (+20%). Most likely, the demand for international travel will continue to grow: this is facilitated by the lifting of a number of restrictions on charter flights, the easing of coronavirus measures in a number of countries, the approaching "high" season and the May holidays.
Speaking about the dynamics of the average ticket price for specific destinations, then the air ticket to France fell the most (by 64%) (the average price when booking last week was 52,000 rubles), the price of a flight to Egypt decreased by 60% (to 24,000 rubles), by 41%? to Mauritius (up to 42,000 rubles). A ticket to Bulgaria cost an average of 29,000 rubles (39% cheaper), but to Turkey? 27,000 rubles (the price is 33% lower). In addition, there is a noticeable decrease in the average cost of a ticket to Georgia (26,700 rubles, – 25%), Montenegro (54,000 rubles, – 24%), Tajikistan (9,900 rubles, – 22%), Thailand (56,000 rubles, – 17% ) and Armenia (16,000 rubles, – 16%). Media contacts


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A long time ago I listed the CFA in a list of "stuff investment bankers don't like," which resulted in a lot of controversy and dozens of angry comments.
Being a marketer, I actually liked all the attention.
But ever since then, there have been discussions on message boards and via email of my claim that the CFA is "useless for investment banking."
So I wanted to explain in more detail why I don't like it and why you can waste hundreds of hours studying for the CFA – but also why it can be useful in some situations.
Why All the Hate?
If you've been in school most of your life, you've been conditioned into thinking that grades / degrees / certifications = success.
So by extension, you might think that the CFA = success.
Just one small problem: the real world doesn't work like that.
Everything is based on money, rather than grades or paper designations.
If you want to make a serious amount of money, you need to generate a serious amount of money and take a percentage of it – via investments, sales, clients, and so on.
And the CFA doesn't prepare you to sell products or to win clients, or even to make investments (yes, it tests your analytical skills but not your make-a-tough-decision skills).
The Time Requirements
According to the CFA Institute, 300 hours of study are required for each level of the exam – 900 hours altogether.
To put that number in perspective:
And those last 3 items would help you break into investment banking far more than passing the CFA.
Remember that time is the scarcest resource of all – you can never generate more time no matter how much money you have.
Even if you're in school and you think you have infinite time, those 900 hours take away from socializing, studying, and activities.
The CFA in Investment Banking, Sales & Trading, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and More
Very few professionals in these fields have the CFA designation, even at the top levels.
The CFA does not cover the accounting, valuation, and financial modeling specific to investment banks, and there's nothing on conducting due diligence, creating pitch books, or communicating with senior bankers – all of which you'll be doing a lot as an analyst or associate.
Here's how it stacks up across different industries:
The CFA is best for portfolio management, which most of us are not interested in.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to do portfolio management rather than the industries above, but you need to be aware of where the CFA will help and where it won't.
Why You Might Want to Ignore All This and Get Certified Anyway
I like to present both sides of the story, so here's the case for the CFA:
You Have the Free Time
Maybe you've already networked like a ninja, or you have no interest in setting up 900 informational interviews (I admit it, that it is excessive).
Or maybe you already have an offer lined up and you have 6+ months of free time to prepare with no concrete plans.
Or maybe you're working full-time, networking on the side, and you can still devote 10-20 hours per week to the CFA.
If you're in one of these categories, then it may not be such a bad idea to do the CFA.
Remember, it's not that it's completely useless – having the bullet point will show that you know something about finance – it's that it doesn't deliver a solid return on time.
But if you have a surplus of free time, that's less of an issue.
In some cities, there are "CFA Societies" that you can join once you get the certification – and they can be very helpful for networking.
There won't be too many bankers in these societies because the CFA is more common in portfolio management – but you can get referrals from other CFA charter holders and use those to meet bankers.
These groups are more hit-and-miss than alumni networking, professors, student groups, and other tried-and-true methods, but you should consider them if you spend the 900 hours to get the certification in the first place.
You're in an Emerging Market
The CFA won't turn the heads of many bankers in the US and Europe, but it gets more respect in emerging markets like India, parts of Asia, and South Africa.
Especially if you're in a region that's more "traditional" when it comes to recruiting – AKA networking does not work as well – the CFA may give you a leg up.
Do not drop out of school or quit working to take the exam – consider it if you have extra time, you've networked extensively without much success, or you're coming from a non-traditional background where the CFA demonstrates your interest in finance.
You're Interested in Portfolio Management, (Some) Hedge Funds, or Equity Research
There's a high overlap between portfolio management and the exam material and most charter holders are portfolio managers, so it's almost a requirement there.
For hedge funds, it depends on the fund – if it does short-term trading, the CFA won't be terribly useful. But if it's closer to portfolio management and it focuses on long-term investments, the exam will help.
At the entry-level in equity research the CFA is not a good use of time, but many people in more advanced ER positions have the certification – just look at equity research reports issued by banks.
The Bottom-Line
So, to CFA or not to CFA?
If you want to do portfolio management, then definitely go for it.
In other fields of finance, think about it only if you've already networked a lot and have some spare time – or if you're in a region where it's more respected.
But please, if you're sophomore or junior without internships, don't spend 900 hours studying for the CFA and think it will have the same effect as landing a bulge bracket internship offer.
And if you're at the MBA level, please do not go for the certification in lieu of a solid pre-MBA or school-year internship.
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1812 Brewery is the first and only farm brewery in Allegany County, Maryland. The family owned and operated craft brewery and brew house is located in a repurposed barn built in 1812. In excess of 2,500 square feet, the two-story barn has been converted into a brewery with vats and tanks in place.
Nestled in the mountains of Western Maryland, 1812 Brewery evolved out of a passion for the region and a love for great beer. Our goal is to bring beer brewing back to Cumberland, Maryland and to provide a relaxed and friendly atmosphere to enjoy our beers.
Located on 190 acres, 1812 Brewery has its own hops growing trellis system towering 20 feet high. The barn, itself features original brick walls support a towering roof and massive beams. The outdoor patio is the perfect place to enjoy a sampler while taking in the stunning natural beauty that's Mountain Maryland.
The 1812 taproom offers a variety of beers on tap at a time. Cans and growler are also available for carryout There's plenty of outdoor space, as well, to it sit out and sample a flight or two.
1812 Brewery offers great space for parties, meetings and other events. In excess of 2500 square feet, 1812 is the perfect place to hold your next event.
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