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Sexual abuse, along with its traumatic effects, remains a "personal" issue in our society. According to this logic, trauma and the difficult work of recovery are individual burdens, ones that need not be made public to be overcome. We tell survivors to leave their experiences in the past, often because we are simply too uncomfortable with the reality of sexual abuse to confront it.
But in doing so, our society deprives victims of the tools necessary to confront trauma themselves. It's not surprising then that around 80% of sexual assaults are never reported: we've built a wall of silence around victims.
See how our summer camp sexual abuse lawyers at Abuse Guardians can support you.
In her outstanding book Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman points to this perspective, writing that "many survivors seek the resolution of their traumatic experience within the confines of their personal lives." Embodied in confidential police reports and the sanctity of a therapist's office, privacy is often necessary to protect the lives of survivors, who may still be threatened by their abusers. Before any consideration of society, survivors must first protect themselves, both physically and psychologically. This is of primary importance.
Also see: Murder Case Highlights Why Many Child Victims Are Afraid To Speak Up
For many other survivors, however, living in personal silence is the result of having internalized our societal silence about sex abuse. But the impulse to "engage in the wider world" is felt, Herman says, by "a significant minority" of survivors. These men and women speak openly not only about their experiences, but about society's stifling inability to confront the reality of abuse.
In a 2015 article for The Guardian, Sarah Kelly writes bravely of the numerous factors that keep survivors from raising their voices. Kelly, who was abused by her father as a child, says "children become accustomed to not speaking about what happened." Even after her father's trial, in which Kelly served as a witness via video link, her mother's thoughts turned to "moving on." She believed leaving her daughter's trauma in the past the best way to overcome it.
Kelly doesn't blame her mother for holding that opinion. Nor does she castigate the therapist who told her "to leave the past behind." But she did eventually disclose her trauma, first to her friends, who couldn't understand why she would cry watching sex scenes rather than "giggl[e] shyly," like normal girls do. It was only when one of those friends told her own mother about Kelly's abuse, that Kelly learned shame was an option.
Caught between the desire to "explain [her] misery" and the friends and family members who treated her experiences as a "sordid secret," Kelly battled intense feelings of frustration and shame – until she became angry. In Kelly's account, anger was not another undesirable outcome caused by abuse, a feeling to be overcome, or mitigated, reduced to a whimper of the psyche. Anger was, and continues to be, a tool, something to harness.
Kelly became, in her own words, a "defiant victim," one who spoke and wrote openly about her experiences. Doing so was a concerted choice, not an organic stage in her process of recovery. She chose to "refuse" shame, a feeling that had been imposed on her by the reactions of family members, the counsel of her therapists.
Becoming a "defiant victim" is not the same as reporting abuse to the police or other authorities, Kelly suggests. Speaking to "authority figures," for her, was a cold, fact-oriented matter – one very separate from working through her trauma. Disclosing abuse to the police is a vital step, but it is not, on its own, sufficient to create a space in which victims feel that their experiences are a legitimate topic of discussion. For that space to be created, we need survivors who, like Kelly, provide testimony of their emotions and challenges directly.
For the rest of us, both allies and people still unwilling to face sexual abuse, our only duty can be to listen. Our culture may not be ready to confront the horrors of sexual assault, violence against women, the abuse of children. But these are very real injustices, and abuse happens whether or not we have the bravery to look it in the face.


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I have an undiagnosed condition and I'm not sure if there's a cure. Any time I speak, am spoken to, meet anyone new, see an old friend, or even make eye contact, my face turns bright red. It wouldn't be such a problem if blushing weren't associated with love. But it is. So everyone I talk to most likely thinks I'm madly in love with them. Coworkers, friends, fellow church attenders, librarians, cashiers, hair dressers, salesmen, saleswomen, waiters, neighbors, dogs, etc. I've tried thinking about snow. I've tried underdressing so I'm only cold. But no. My body heat rises by what must be a hundred degress, and I become the tomato-faced conversationalist.
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whenever i face any kind of confrontation i tear up. like when i started french immersion classes in paris and the teacher called on me and i didn't know what to do, i teared up. i don't ever full-on CRY but man it's an embarrassing habit.ReplyDelete
You got this from your father.ReplyDelete
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I'm glad I'm not the only one. It makes me wish I was really really tan, so maybe it wouldn't be so horribly obvious.
This is very difficult when I have to constantly speak to people at work.
there's a surgery where they clip some nerves in your armpit that can cure that problemReplyDelete
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I am curious about what methods the coaches used to get clients prior to having their SSC Certification. I am trying to accumulate coaching experience, and have been able to get a hefty chunk of my friends and family interested in training. The problem I found is that though my friends accompanied me to the gym to train, they really did so as a friendly courtesy and didn't have any intentions of sticking to the program long term. I also train a handful of my friends online and spend a couple hours on the form check forums every day, but I am trying to get more in-person experience. I am now trying to find random people to train, but avenues like posting ads on Craigslist have not been very fruitful so far in gaining attention.
Does anyone have effective strategies that attracted clients prior to having the certification?
This is not a trivial question and I don't have a ready-made answer for you. I can say that initially, you will have to be your own billboard. Make improvements, get stronger, and people may start asking you for advice. You live in LA, so you are surrounded by lots of people and lots of gyms. I am not sure what the best way to do this is, but there have to be some peeps nearby that would be interested in learning to lift for free or for a reduced cost.
The best way to get new business is to present yourself as an actual business person and not just a guy who wants to coach some people to get experience. I don't suggest that you ever train people for free if you are trying to get people to stick with you for several months at a time. They need to have some skin in the game. You also need to learn to coach people that you don't already know and that don't know you. That's part of being a good coach. It's not just coaching form, it's also getting people to feel comfortable with you, earning their trust, and holding them accountable for their training. You need to be able to do this with people who aren't just family and friends.
Set up a Facebook page and a website for your business. "Your Name Strength Training" is fine as a business name. Make sure your FB page directs traffic to your website and your website gives some basic info about you/your philosophy and clearly directs them to contact you via email to set up an initial consult or training session. Start with daily FB posts that give away helpful information to your ideal client and boost those posts, targeted to the zip codes you want to target.
Don't waste time on Craigslist.
My best set of 5 on the squat is 295 and my best set of 5 on the deadlift is 395. These are definitely not high enough to be garnering attention and be my own walking billboard, as Tom mentioned. I work with Paul Horn in LA and we are working on it, but I didn't want the weight of my lifts to hold me back while I accumulated coaching experience.
@Andy – this is solid advice and I'm going to give it a whirl. I learned that charging people would be necessary, but I only realized that AFTER I trained most of my friends/family. I live in LA, which is a big market, but I was having trouble figuring out how to break into it and get myself out there. I'm going to play around with this advice and keep working on getting my lifts up with Paul in the meantime.
You're strong enough to start working with novice members of the general public. You aren't going to make any money training "elite lifters" anyways. You have to get comfortable "hard selling" yourself, but no need to use hyperbole or promise things you cannot deliver on. You are basically selling an improved quality of life via strength training, not a promise to rewrite the record books or land on the cover of Muscle & Fitness. Selling yourself is hard at first because in the back of the mind you are filled with all kinds of self-doubt and you are painfully aware of all your own shortcomings, etc. But if you want to start coaching people seriously it's hard to just kinda put your toe in the water. You sort of have to jump in with both feet and be all in. You'll make plenty of mistakes; you'll lose clients, etc. But just stay after it and you'll get better, your client base will get more stable, and eventually you'll make more money.
When I was coaching in prep for my SSC, I just offered to train anyone and everyone who stopped to talk to me about lifting. So if anyone made a comment about wanting to learn, or getting a better DL, or was slightly interested in the idea of lifting, I just said "Hey, I can teach you!" I did that because I wanted to get a wide variety of people to coach in a fairly short time. Some people stuck with it for a couple of months, many were just interested in being helped once or twice, but I learned a lot about the models, different people, and coaching in a pretty short time.
Rip, you're an old guy*, I have a question.
You're about my Dad's age and whereas you made lifting weights your hobby (and ultimately your career), Dad got really good at tennis and still plays 3 nights per week.
My question is, what effect do you think heavy weight training over decades has had on your body (besides simply making you stronger)? You and he have obviously pursued different fitness-related endeavors – yours the more taxing physically. My Dad has what he calls "old guy" aches and pains – creaky knees and shoulders, arthritis-style achy hands...stuff like that. It's not because of tennis but it affects his tennis.
Do you have these? If so, are they better or worse than they might have been had you not gotten strong?
*No disrespect intended; quite the opposite.
I'm the creakiest old guy on the board. But this is because of many injuries I've had outside the gym. Many accidents, the consequence of doing stupid shit for fun. As you age, you are going to accumulate injuries if you push very hard. The pushing is determined by your ideas about how things should be done while you're alive. The question is: do you want to be creaky and weak, or creaky and strong?
I am an old geezer with similar aches and pains but once I began to seriously train for strength, all those aches and pains have slowly melted away. In nature, and this applies to post-puberty humans as well...there is only growth or decay...there is no holding pattern, or homeostasis or in between. If you are not growing, you are decaying, so take your pick. Decay is constant and always lurking in the background, like the tide waiting to wash you up on the rocks for the gulls to pick your bones. It shows itself through inflammation i.e. arthritis, and a host of other maladies. The SS method is perfect because the process of tearing down your muscles through training forces them to grow and get stronger. Once you hit 50, training is no longer optional. I choose growth and to hell with decay.
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About 1,000 people flooded the streets of East New York on Tuesday, as Occupy Wall Street (OWS) arrived from the subway system from all five boroughs. Along with community organizations, the protesters took over a vacant foreclosed home in East New York for a homeless family of four.
Over 20 cities in the United States and numerous global cities as well participated in this collaborative effort. In the New York action, thousands marched from the subway on a real estate tour of five foreclosed buildings in the area, concluding in a block party. The protesters wanted to see vacant bank-owned homes utilized for those most in need.
The East New York neighborhood where demonstrators marched had changed over the years, having once been inhabited by working-class Italian, Jewish, and other European immigrants, now this part of Brooklyn is mostly Black and Latino and there is extremely high unemployment, and the foreclosure rate is very high.
When the march arrived on Vermont Street, a homeless family that would occupy the vacant home came forward. The family consisted of Alfredo Carrasquillo, Tasha Glasgow, and their 9-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son. City Council members Charles Barron and Ydanis Rodriquez addressed the crowd, rallying to the side of the family. A variety of community organizations such Take Back The Land, VOCAL-NY, Union Healthcare Workers East, Organizing for Occupation, Picture the Homeless also joined these city leaders.
This Occupy Your Homes initiative was also supported by former ACORN president Bertha Lewis. She said of the choice to occupy in East New York, "It is no mistake that we are here in East New York today…East New York has become Ground Zero for predatory lending." Occupy Wall Street's live stream Working Group broadcast all throughout the march and was in the house in the morning setting up to stream the event of the family being in the home. The family entered the home at 4 p.m., and resolved to stay. Watch the video of the march and the occupation of the vacant home:
The house is being continually livestreamed and OWS is there to help the family in numerous ways both to protect them against eviction and to help them in fixing up and cleaning the house. Seven additional families have already asked OWS for help regarding foreclosure issues.


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Four packages for more than a hundred products – the new packaging for CEP Compression Sport socks is a successful example for Late Stage Customization. With its added functional features, the packaging is a true delight at the point of sale.
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It's Time to Start Looking at Software-Defined Storage
Even if you haven't read our past posts here on the data explosion, the growth of enterprise data is probably no surprise to you. Whether it's Facebook's announcements of 900,000-square-foot data centers[1] or Ericsson's estimates of 29 billion connected objects by 2022, data growth seems to be behind half the articles and announcements in technology today. So regardless of your industry, you know you're going to need a massively scalable data storage solution to keep up. The only question is whether you need to act now or if you can watch as the market develops.
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they understand the urgency. After all, as individuals they're used to getting a seemingly infinite amount of storage for their personal cloud accounts. The enormous scale of the enterprise problem is hard for them to grasp.
And the cost of waiting is going to be significant for you. Find a solution now and that solution will be ready as storage demands grow. Put it off and the task of keeping your current storage up to speed will drain your budget and consume your time until you reach a crisis point, which isn't where anyone wants to be.
That's why we think software-defined storage (SDS) should be on your radar. It's the best solution out there for handling today's growing data volumes—unless your organization is going to give you a giant budget increase someday soon.
If you're confused or unsure about SDS, you don't need to be. We know that there are vendors and tech writers out there that use the term "software defined" to label just about everything—without much thought for how those things actually work. But true SDS in the form of the open source project Ceph has been around long enough to have proved its worth. Ceph 5 is a tried-and-tested SDS solution, which is why it's the foundation for SUSE® Enterprise Storage.
SDS offers a full suite of persistent storage services via an autonomous software stack that can run on an industry-standard, commodity hardware platform. In short: all the storage services you need, whether block, file or object, running as software on whatever hardware you prefer.
If you're still debating, it might help to see how your peers are tackling their storage challenges. A tour through the logos on Ceph.com is one way to see the big names—like Bloomberg, CERN and Cisco—that have already taken the leap.
Here are a few more examples. The IT team at University of Valencia went the SDS route and is saving 40 percent on storage costs with SUSE Enterprise Storage. For Experian, a provider of marketing, credit and fraud detection services, SDS provided the solution for keeping up with enormous data growth and getting storage back under control. In the words of Howard Samm, Experian's head of infrastructure for business intelligence, "Taking a software-defined approach to our storage environment not only enables us to manage our IT infrastructure more efficiently, it also maximizes the availability of our systems."
If your peers at organizations like these are experiencing this kind of success, imagine what would be possible for your organization. Do you really want to wait until business users read about SDS on their favorite tech blog and come to you with half-formed ideas? We think it's a better idea to drive the SDS conversation yourself. In some upcoming posts we'll help those in the tech architect and engineer roles explore possible solutions and learn more of the details behind SDS, so be sure to come back soon.
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The heavens opened up last night and we had torrential rain for about six hours. I wandered down to the main street a few hours after it finished, and this is how it still looked.
Thanon Dechanuchit is the street I live in. Fortunately, we are higher up the hill so no flooding. Many main street shops are flooded though.


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In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and anemia, using erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) to achieve higher hemoglobin targets increase the risk of cardiovascular events, but not the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or death, according to a recent meta-analysis by Portuguese investigators.
The meta-analysis included five randomized, controlled trials that allocated patients to different ESA doses. The five trials included a total of 7,902 subjects, with the number of patients in each trial ranging from 596 to 4,038. The mean or median duration of follow-up ranged from 14 to 36 months.
A higher hemoglobin target was associated with a significant 34% increased risk of vascular access thrombosis and a 73% increased risk of stroke, but had no effect on ESRD risk or overall mortality, Jose M. Vinhas, MD, and colleagues at Centro Hospitalar de Setubal in Setubal reported online in Nephron Clinical Practice.
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The researchers noted that interpretation of the results of earlier meta-analyses in CKD patients on the impact of anemia treatment with ESAs on clinical outcomes has been hindered by the inclusion of small trials and trials of short duration. The aim of their meta-analysis was to re-evaluate the benefits and harms of using ESAs to treat anemia in CKD patients by looking only at relevant clinical trials.


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Cyberpunk 2077's listing on Microsoft's digital games store now includes a label warning of potential performance issues on Xbox One. "Users may experience performance issues when playing this game on Xbox One consoles until this game is updated," the warning reads.
Players have observed numerous bugs and performance issues with Cyberpunk 2077 since its launch last week, especially on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The dissatisfaction led the company to quickly issue a statement suggesting that unhappy players try to get refunds for the game. Many players had trouble actually getting refunds, though, given Sony and Microsoft's typically strict policies for issuing refunds of digital games.
Since Thursday evening, though, that has changed. Sony began offering full refunds of Cyberpunk 2077 and yanked the game entirely from the PlayStation Store Thursday night. Microsoft's response, issued Friday morning, wasn't as drastic: the company also began offering full refunds of digital sales, but the game remains on the Microsoft Store. At some point Friday, though, a warning label appeared on the game's listing.
It's unclear if Microsoft or CD Projekt Red applied the label. Neither company immediately replied to a request for comment.
CD Projekt Red has so far released two post-launch hotfixes (with one of those hitting Friday evening) to help improve the game's performance. There are also two larger patches in the works for January and February that will fix "the most prominent problems" players are seeing on older consoles, according to the studio.


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Donating 10% of our time!
As of now every Four Digits employee should devote 10% of his or her time to improve Plone!
Looking back at the last couple of years we have been contributing a lot to the Open Source Community in general and Plone in specific. This includes Plone core-developement, add-on products development, dutch translations, visiting and giving talks at conferences and symposia. These contributions are made both during and after work hours. Up until now we encouraged coworkers to contribute but everybody could decide him/herself if he/she wanted to do so, nothing formal was agreed.
Following Google and Jarn who have similar agreements, every Four Digits employee should now devote 10% of his or her time to improve Plone! We believe by doing this we can make Plone even better and hope other companies will also consider similar agreements with their employees.


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Guests gathered at the CAA Screening Room in Los Angeles from 7.15pm for a special screening of Song One, where the film's writer and director Kate Barker-Froyland and lead actress Anne Hathaway welcomed the audience. The screening was followed by a private seated dinner from 9:00pm at the new Palm Restaurant Beverly Hills. Singer Lionel Richie, made a surprise appearance at the restaurant and was approached for selfies by Song One star Anne Hathaway, and the film's musicians Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice.
Attendees included host Jean Shafiroff along with actress Anne Hathaway, Adam Shulman, Kate Barker-Froyland, Thomas Froyland, Lionel Richie, Susan Blakely, Billy Zane, Gary Busey, Rebecca Dayan, Illeana Douglas, Nastassja Kinski, Heather Matarazzo, Penelope Ann Miller, Ben Platt, Tony Revolori, Peter Mark Richman, Dominique Swain, Jess Weixler, and Madeline Zima.
The event raised awareness and support of The New York Women's Foundation, a cross-cultural alliance of women serving as a voice for women and a force for change. For more information visit www.nywf.org
Jean Shafiroff is a philanthropist who is actively involved as a volunteer fundraiser and leader of several charitable causes. She possesses a remarkable ability to connect different charitable groups with interested people and resources and sits on the board of seven charities. Jean's particular interests include charities related to women, health care, animals and the people of the cities she calls home, including New York Women's Foundation, Southampton Hospital, NYC Mission Society, Southampton Animal Shelter, and French Heritage Society. In tandem with her philanthropic responsibilities, Jean has also hosted events in honor of the entertainment industry both in New York and Los Angeles.
About Song One:
Song One is a romantic drama set against the backdrop of Brooklyn's vibrant indie music scene. After Franny's (Anne Hathaway) musician brother Henry (Ben Rosenfield) is injured and hospitalized in a coma following the car accident, Franny returns home after a long estrangement and begins to use his notebook as a guide to how his life has evolved in her absence. Franny seeks out the musicians and artists Henry loved, in the course of journey meeting James Forester (Johnny Flynn), his musical idol, whose success and fame belie a shy and private man. As a romantic connection develops between Franny and James, the question becomes if love can bloom even under the most adverse circumstances. The film, produced by Joanthan Demme, also stars Oscar® winner Mary Steenburgen (The Help) and features original music composed by Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice.
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Antioch High sends off 300 graduates into the world
By Jesus Cano
Not even the strong winds infiltrating Antioch High School's Class of 2018 graduation could have ruined the milestone celebration for its students.
But that is just one of the adversities the class had to face during their tenure as Panthers.
Something expressed deeply by many of the speakers was how discontent they were about not having a cafeteria throughout high school. In addition to that, during their sophomore year these scholars did not have their home, outdoor multi-purpose athletic facility (Eels Stadium), as it was under renovation.
That foreshadowed what these students were able to receive over time. Principal Louie Rocha pointed out that these students were able to witness the opening of the new library and media center.
But at the end of their high school careers, many of the students felt that walking across the stage was well worth the struggle.
Valedictorian Diana Muñoz and Salutatorian Diego Gonzalez Ventura both touched on the subjects about being children of immigrant parents in their speeches, but Gonzalez Ventura additionally spoke about his denial into both Dozier-Libbey and granted admission into one of Deer Valley's academies.
"The best decision of my life was withdrawing my petition for appeal at Deer Valley," Gonzalez Ventura said. "I got to create a whole new family here at Antioch."
This was a smaller class for Antioch, with only 300 graduates, but Rocha saw unity. It was demonstrated by them organizing a rally on the National Walkout day to spread awareness about gun control following the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
"This class really highlights a strong sense of community," Rocha said. "I think they're going to make a difference in the years to come."
See more photos on the Antioch Herald Facebook page.
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Hi, Ian- Ian Hickson wrote: | | > 3.3.2 Non-SVG element restriction | > | > Within an SVG document fragment, sXBL binding definitions | can only be | > applied to elements which are not in the SVG namespace. Documents | > which contain binding definitions for elements in the SVG namespace | > are in error. | | It would seem more logical for SVG to not have a special status here. | SVG elements IMHO should be handled just like any other | namespace's elements, and support XBL in the same way. Why | are SVG elements more special than, say, XForms, XHTML, | XSL:FO, or MathML elements? Assuming that SVG is the host language, I think this restriction makes sense. I'd assume the same would apply for any XBL host language. Styling of native elements should be left up to CSS or other styling languages, not imposed by XBL. It occurs to me that were XBL binding allowed on native elements, we could run into severe performance issues. For example, if an element from the XForms NS were rendered in SVG (through an XBL binding) as a 'rect', and the SVG 'rect' were bound to another shape through XBL (for instance, 4 'line' elements), you would have a shadow tree off a shadow tree. That seems problematic, and would leave us in a double-bind (as it were). Can you describe a use case were you think this restriction would be insurmountable? If I were dead-set on transforming SVG elements into other content, I could simply create my own markup, in my own namespace, that duplicates the SVG elements, and bind that with XBL. Regards- -Doug
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Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio Congratulates Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel
Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio Congratulates Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel
The International President Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio wishes to congratulate you Mr Udom Gabriel Emmanuel on behalf of the International Executive Council, the Central Working Committee, the Advisory Committee, the Board of Trustees and the entire membership of our great organization as you are being inaugurated today as the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, our land of heritage.
This is wishing you God's profound wisdom to govern our State alright and the courage to do only what is just, equitable and beneficial to the greatest number of our citizens while assuring you of our partnership whenever you need same.
God bless Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio
God bless Ibibio Nation
God bless Akwa Ibom State
God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Akparawa Monday Etokakpan, JP
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One of the promises of Leopard was that—with the new version of iCal and its support for CalDAV servers—Mac users would finally be able to share editable versions of their calendars with coworkers and family members. It's a promise that hasn't really been fulfilled, at least not with Apple's built-in tools. But BusyMac's excellent $25 BusySync () makes it a reality, giving you the power to sync your private calendar with your spouse and to sync your work calendar with your personal assistant.
BusySync lets you sync calendars across your LAN or across the Internet, complete with password protection, and it also syncs with Google Calendar. Since it uses iCal, your calendars sync with your iPhone, too. And BusySync's interface is simple (though if you're planning to sync across the Internet through a firewall, you'll need to do some router configuration).
BusySync doesn't quite get us all the way to calendar heaven, but it brought us a darn sight closer than Leopard did this year.
Read our full review of BusySync 2.1.6 ($25 per computer; BusyMac).
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Having debt out of control is one of the ways to make your life more stressful than what it would normally be. You may be afraid to answer the phone in fear that you have a debt collector calling you, or you may be having trouble buying simple things in your life due to all the debt that you are in. However, for every one person that realizes that they are in debt and that this is out of control, there are double that amount who do not realize that they have an issue.
[Read: Nine Tips for a Debt Consolidating Loan]
Signs that your Debt is No Longer in your Control
There are several signs that point to having debt out of control resulting in your financial portfolio being less than stellar. However, many people are not facing the true situation. They refuse to see that their debt could be getting larger than what they should feel comfortable with. The following are five signs that showcase how a person can tell if debt out of control is an issue for them:
- You are in denial. You may not think that you have a debt issue, but look at the way in which you are dealing with your debt. Do you avoid talking about how much debt you really have? Do you dodge phone calls? Do you neglect bills because you do not have the money? In these cases, you are in denial about your debt.
- When do you want to be debt free? If you have no date in mind and just say at some point in your life your debt will be back in line, or if you simply state that the debt will follow you until you die, then you are suffering with debt out of control that is more of your life than it should be.
- You are the king or queen of the balance transfer. This is something that many people who have debt out of control are doing. They take out another credit card to transfer the balance to, and then repeat this for many years to come. The person does not realize that they are simply prolonging their debt.
- Are you paying on debt instead of saving? This s something that many people do, as they are trying to pay their debt off, but they are sacrificing their savings in order to do this. This is a huge sign that the debt is taking up more of your life than it should be, you are someone with debt out of control.
- Do you have anxiety about the debt that you do have? If this is the case, then this could signal that your debt is becoming too much, a sign that you are in too much debt.
How to Get a Handle on Debt that is Out of Control
There are several methods that you can utilize in order to ensure that debt out of control is no longer an issue that you have to worry about. The following are a few suggestions to get you started:
- Take the time to analyze just how much debt that you have. You will want to start listing the debt, the day in which they should be paid and how much you should pay. Be sure that you are paying the minimums.
- Prioritize your debts to pay off faster. You will want to pay on those that have the highest interest rate first, and devote whatever extra that you can in order to get this debt paid off faster. You then move onto the next, and the next until you have no debt at all.
- Have a sheet of just what you income you are bringing in and just how much of this you can devote to paying off your debt. Even if you can only afford a few dollars extra, any amount is going to help to control debt out of control.
- Set a date that you want to be debt free, though be sure that you are making this realistic. Then aim to hit this date as close as possible or even before the date.
- Do not utilize balance transfers, as you are simply spreading the debt from one to the next, and this is not going to help you get out of debt any faster.
- Consider debt consolidation if you feel that you are coming to the point in which you can no longer control the debt. This can help you to consolidate the debt into one lower payment per month.
- Bankruptcy is an option, however, this should be used as a last resort. Bankruptcy can affect your credit rating for several years to come, and be something that you cannot get away of for seven to ten years.
[Read: Debt You Can Handle]
For those who believe that they do not have a debt issue, though they show signs of having more debt that they can control, then it is best to start getting debt under control. The more that you take control of your debt now, the better your future will be. Without taking action though, your debt is going to take over and control your life.


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Leaving your garbage can in the wrong spot could cost you in Detroit.
Residents in some city neighborhoods are crying foul over $100 fines being levied in an apparent effort to step up code enforcement.
Homeowners in the city's Corktown and Brightmoor neighborhoods are among those who say they have been slapped with the tickets.
Vanessa Kilgore of Oak Park has owned a rental property on Piedmont off Schoolcraft between the Southfield Freeway and Evergreen since the 1980s. She has taken pride in the property and worked hard to keep it up.


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Okay, this is the year that I'll actually stick to my New Year's Resolutions.
Says EVERYONE for the "however many-th" time going into 2018.
But of course, this year won't be the year that we achieve every goal and dream that we've cooked up since we were kids.
And that's okay.
But we have to do something different so that we can ACTUALLY achieve at least the little goals- right?
Well, here are some ways I think will actually help you stick to your resolutions that most people will neglect to do.
Make your list manageable.
Too often, we overload ourselves by trying to achieve too many goals at one time.
We feel like this will be the year when we'll be able to mend our marriage, teach the kids French, and move into a brand new house.[the_ad_group id="49″]
Even though these are all achievable goals, when you stack too many goals on top of one another, you'll find yourself getting overwhelmed and achieve none. So in this case, less is more.[apsp-profile-widget profile="missannamaeblog" custom_size='custom' image_width="100″ board_height="540″ board_width="800″]
Don't try to change too many things at once.
How many times have you heard the phrase, "new year, new me"?
Too many, right?
Personally, I've even made this statement myself, and have found myself disappointed at the end of every year when I still bite my nails and still have NO patience.[the_ad_group id="50″]
I found that this can be one of the BIGGEST MISTAKES we make when trying to achieve our goals.
READ: 6 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Goals This Year
And I say that because sometimes we get so caught up in trying to change or "improve" EVERYTHING about ourselves, that we end up changing NOTHING.[the_ad_group id="47″]
Remember that progress qualifies as change and improvement.
So, don't get caught up chasing the end product and forget the progress it takes to get there.
Give yourself a generous amount of time to achieve your goals.
Each goal has its own shelf life of course.
One goal may only take two weeks to achieve, while another goal may be a 6 month-long lifestyle change.
Whatever the goal, don't try to rush your progress.[the_ad id="727″]
Be generous to yourself and give yourself 2 months to lose those 15 pounds instead of two weeks.
It'd be a great idea to do this visually, on a calendar or in a planner.
Try to designate certain months and weeks to certain goals.
That way, you can ease into it instead of killing yourself trying to rush to complete it.[the_ad id="576″]
Work smarter not harder.
Get a planner.
No seriously.[the_ad id="600″]
Get a planner and use it. I'm one of those people that will buy a pretty planner, use it the first 3 months, and then forget all about it. (An effective way to waste $15 every year, I've discovered.)
But what I've also learned is, if you physically write down your schedule and your intended steps to completing your resolutions, you'll be more apt to follow that schedule.[the_ad id="728″]
Make your goals visible.
I LIVE by this tip EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Seriously, if you walk through my house, you'll find sticky notes with goals and quotes scribbled on them, in my bathroom, bedroom and especially in my office.[the_ad_group id="47″]
I've been writing my goals down and sticking them on my mirrors since high school.
And what I can say is, it is a HUGE help in reminding you why you're working so hard and what you're working towards.[the_ad id="573″]
And just recently, I found this CUTE sticky note set that comes with motivational quotes already on them in the corner.
So along with your goals, you have encouraging scriptures and quotes to motivate you to complete them!
Get comfortable with your own journey instead of focusing on anyone else's.
In this social media-saturated world, our feeds have been loaded with people half our age, with half of what we have access to, doing things we could've never imagined was even possible.[the_ad id="727″]
When we see this, we can start to get discouraged and feel like we're falling behind the curve.
I go more in-depth on this in my post about the common ways people sabotage their own goals, and I mention there that when you compare your journey to someone else's, you end up stalling your own.[apsp-profile-widget profile="missannamaeblog" custom_size='custom' image_width="100″ board_height="540″ board_width="800″]
But I saw a quote this morning that I think will encourage you.[bctt tweet="Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle. We all start from somewhere, so don't let people rush your progress with their timelines." via="no"]
So be you!
Focus on the journey not the destination.
God has given us this AMAZING life to enjoy and USE to his glory; not to rush through.
I hope this post has inspired and empowered you!
(P.S.) Leave me a comment below, what are your new year's resolutions?
Be Blessed,


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To take good care of guinea pigs, it is not about only choose the best bedding for guinea pigs, it is absolutely essential to choose appropriate housing for your guinea pigs too. You might have some misconception about guinea pigs cage especially if you are a new owner and have never keep guinea pigs before.
Many guinea pig keepers house guinea pigs in a cage that unsuitable for them. In order to ensure your pets will grow into a healthy, happy cavy; we will give you some basic information about the aquarium and C&C cage. These cages are two of the most common cage for guinea pigs today.
#1 Air circulation
Air circulation is one of the most important aspects of rodents. If the air cannot circulate well, it may lead to the risk of respiratory infections, the temperature is harder to maintain, and it also gets hard to control odor.
Because of these reasons above, it is easy to see that Cubes grids and Coroplast cage are better in air circulation than an aquarium. The aquarium is a poorly ventilated cage. It is also can lead to mold and disease for your guinea pigs.
#2 Easy to clean
The advantage is that aquarium relatively easier to clean than Cubes grids and Coroplast cage. You just need to take out all the objects in the aquarium out and wash down the walls with a mixture of water and vinegar.
In contrast, due to the wire bottom and walls, Cubes grids and the Coroplast cage is making the cage harder to clean. Instead, you can disassemble it and clean every nook and cranny.
#3 Size
This is the factor that makes C&C cage become the best guinea pig cage. While the aquarium side is quite small for one guinea pig since the recommended to keep a singer guinea pig in about seven square feet of space.
C&C cage comes in varied sizes and provides enough space to walk around and play. Moreover, the outstanding point of this cage is that this is can be the ability to expand, reduce, and divide.
That means you can use cable ties and extra grids to wide open the cage when your guinea pigs are bigger or when you want to keep more guinea pigs in your cage.
Guinea pigs need exercise and they require room for their activities and relax. Besides, guinea pigs are social animals, they will do best when they have friend and you may want to keep two or more guinea pigs together.
Therefore, you should provide them a cage that large enough to avoid they fight each other if their quarters are too small.


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AUSTIN, Texas – Rain pouring and temperatures in the 40s, Nissan shined at the 26th annual Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) Texas Truck Rodeo. Battling historic rainfall in the Austin area, testing conditions this year were especially challenging. Following two days of trail and on-road evaluations in the hills of Austin, the all-new 2018 Kicks has been named "Compact CUV of Texas" and "Best Value", headlining five total Nissan awards.
"Making its debut appearance at the Texas Truck Rodeo, we are thrilled to have the all-new Nissan Kicks named 'Best Value' and 'Compact CUV of Texas' – a category loaded with competition," said Dan Mohnke, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing & Operations, Nissan Division U.S. "With its dramatic styling, personal technology, intelligent safety, efficient powertrain and strong value positioning, Kicks is a natural choice in the great state of Texas."
Also a fan favorite among Texans, the 2018 Murano reclaimed the title of "Mid-Size SUV of Texas," supporting the strong showing of crossovers and SUVs from the company. On the truck side, the 2019 TITAN XD Diesel Single Cab earned the "Commercial Vehicle of Texas" title for the third straight year. The Nissan Smokin' TITAN, the ultimate tailgating and barbecuing pickup truck1, was also named "Top Display Vehicle" of this year's Rodeo.
The 2019 TITAN earned runner-up honors in the Full-size Pickup Truck, Luxury Pickup Truck and Off-road Pickup Truck categories.
"The full line-up of Nissan TITANs performed extremely well under some very challenging conditions at this year's Texas Truck Rodeo," said Fred DePerez, vice president, North America LCV Business Unit, Nissan North America, Inc. "We're honored to take home the title of 'Commercial Vehicle of Texas' for the third year in a row."
The Texas Truck Rodeo includes strenuous on-road and off-road evaluations by members of the Texas Auto Writers Association, one of the most influential and recognized automotive journalist associations in the country. This year's inclement weather made testing that much tougher. But by the end of Day 2, it was the Kicks, Murano and TITAN XD Diesel Single Cab on top in their respective categories.
"The all-new Nissan Kicks came away with a much-deserved win after its first time competing in Texas," said Michael Marrs, president of TAWA. "Our journalists also gave the Murano high marks, and the TITAN made a strong showing as always."
For more information on each of Nissan's winners at the 2018 Truck Rodeo and the complete 2019 Nissan lineup, please visit NissanNews.com.


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Bill McKibben is one of civilization's most civilized critics. For decades this humane journalist-activist has been warning that our high-technology, high-consumption ways are harming nature and our psyches. He is especially worried about global warming, which he views as a profound, imminent threat. But McKibben's alarming predictions may exacerbate instead of ameliorating our problems.
Not content just to report on the dangers we face, McKibben recently founded 350.org, a "movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis." The 350 refers to 350 parts per million, the level at which atmospheric carbon dioxide started adversely affecting the environment, according to McKibben (and some climatologists, notably James Hansen of NASA). Because we are now at almost 400 parts per million and climbing, McKibben thinks we must slash our fossil-fuel consumption immediately or face dire consequences.
In a recent essay, "Japan's horror reveals how thin is the edge we live on," McKibben notes that even Japan, arguably the most technologically advanced nation in the world, turned out to be terribly vulnerable to a natural disaster. As global warming brings rising sea levels and more severe storms, droughts and floods, McKibben asserts, catastrophes like the one unfolding in Japan will surely become even more common and devastating. The answer, he proposes, is to for us to cease our relentless economic and technological growth and head in the opposite direction.
McKibben elaborates on this notion in his book Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (Times Books, 2010). His vision of the future is a throwback both to the small-is-beautiful ethos of the 1970s and, paradoxically, the right-wing, antigovernment survivalist movement. We need to reject globalization and big government, McKibben argues, and create small, self-sustaining communities that generate their own energy, grow their own organic food, even organize their own militias for self-defense.
If we don't do these things, McKibben warns, we might be ravaged not only by nature but also by each other, as we descend into Malthusian wars over water, food and other necessities. "On the new world we've built, conflict seems as likely as cooperation," he wrote. To support this viewpoint, he cites a 2004 Pentagon report, which claimed that wars over resources "were the norm until about three centuries ago…[and]…may again come to define human life" as a result of climate change.
Before he persists in this sort of fear-mongering, McKibben should consider cross-cultural studies of war carried out by the anthropologists Carol and (the late) Melvin Ember. For decades they oversaw the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University, which contains detailed information gathered over the past two centuries on hundreds of simple and complex societies. The Embers repeatedly tried and failed to find evidence of a straightforward linkage between scarcity of resources and violent conflict. In most societies war neither broke out as populations surged nor subsided as population fell. And no correlation was found between warfare and persistent, chronic scarcity of food and other resources.
What the Embers did find and report on in their 1992 paper "Resource Unpredictability, Mistrust and War"—which examined 186 "mostly pre-industrial societies"—was something more subtle. The strongest correlate of warfare was a history of unpredictable natural disasters—such as floods, droughts and insect infestations—that had disrupted food supplies. The Embers were careful to note that it was not the disasters themselves that precipitated war, but the memory of past disasters and hence the fear of future ones. Another correlate was a society's distrust of neighboring societies. "Fear appears to be a common thread in the two obtained predictors of wars—fear of nature and fear of others," the Embers concluded.
In other words, wars stemmed from factors that were not ecological so much as psychological. Of course, societies in a region with a history of war also fear war itself; hence they arm themselves and even launch preemptive attacks against other groups, making their fear self-fulfilling. The irony—or tragedy—is that war often inflicts on us deprivation far worse than that which we feared.
Given the Embers' finding of a link between war and fear, I worry about the extreme proposals and warnings of McKibben and other greens. Rather than inspiring people to grow organic beets, install solar panels on their roofs and ride bicycles to work, green alarmists might end up provoking voters to stockpile guns and ammo, and support even higher defense budgets.
Moreover, big government, despite its flaws, has its upside. In the U.S. laws such as the Clean Water and Air acts have helped reverse pollution. As recently as the 1980s the Hudson River was filthy, filled with sewage and industrial toxins—but I have been swimming in it with my kids since the late 1990s. Japan's problems would be exponentially worse if its government had not mandated that buildings, roads, nuclear plants and other structures be designed to withstand earthquakes. And the last time I checked, people were responding to the calamity there with cooperation, not conflict.
A lot of people look to McKibben for guidance, but his book Eaarth is a cry of despair, not a viable vision of the future. I hope he rediscovers his faith in humanity, because we need him.
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Is SunEdison Betting Too Much on Growth?
SunEdison is expanding beyond solar with a $2 billion wind acquisition. Source: SunEdison.
SunEdison has become a market darling since launching the yieldco TerraForm Power and going on a renewable energy buying spree around the world. The latest buy was a 930 MW wind portfolio of assets from Invenergy that TerraForm acquired for $2 billion, expanding the company's wind business even further.
The goal is to add assets and cash flow to the yieldco, which will eventually make its way bad to SunEdison through dividends and payouts from incentive distribution rights. But are SunEdison and TerraForm playing with fire in paying billions for these renewable assets?
Source: SunEdison.
What renewable energy returns really look like If you look at SunEdison's press release on Monday, the returns of the wind projects are framed to look very attractive. Unlevered cash available for distribution is $141 million over the first 10 years, and levered cash on cash yield is 8.4% (this is basically just the inverse of payback time). The average contract life for the projects is also 19 years, which is fairly long for this type of acquisition.
Adding $141 million in cash available for distribution may sound like a lot, but the $2 billion price tag is steep for that kind of return. Remember that the cash flow from projects has to cover the depreciating value of a wind turbine over time as well as pay for debt that will be used to acquire the assets, so the return for shareholders may not be as attractive as it seems. What investors need to ask is what the wind turbines being acquired will be worth after the 19-year contracts are over?
Depending on how you answer that, the total internal rate of return (IRR) for this investment isn't very impressive. Below, I've built a table calculating the IRR of these assets using the annual unlevered cash available for distribution (the best cash flow figure we have available) and varying asset value assumptions at year 19. If the assets hold value over time, the returns increase to as high as 7.05%. This could be goosed to the 8.4% quoted by SunEdison by adding debt.
Calculations by the author.
The problems start to show up if the wind turbines aren't very valuable in 19 years. Then the cash flow generated would barely pay for the $2 billion purchase price, providing a measly 3.1% return over that timeframe.
The IRR isn't even as high at TerraForm Power's 5.9% interest rate on debt in Q1 2015. And with rates rising, that rate will likely rise before the power purchase contracts expire. Unless TerraForm Power can re-up contracts for equal or greater electricity prices well beyond the current contracts, the company may not even earn its cost of capital back.
In the meantime, TerraForm Power will be paying out as much cash as it can in distributions to shareholders and SunEdison instead of paying down debt, where the risk in the business lies. This strategy could pay off in spades if interest rates stay at record lows for 20 years, but what happens to the business if rates rise 2%, 3%, or 4% by the time debt matures in the next decade? Stack on top of that the variable interest rates TerraForm Power uses, and the interest rate risk is extremely high.
Yieldcos are more than just advertised cash flow Even a yieldco has to earn enough money from projects to pay for construction or acquisition costs as well as the principal cost of debt. But SunEdison and TerraForm Power don't seem to be worried about those costs in acquisition calculations, which could come back to bite investors long term.
Yieldcos are the market's hottest financing vehicles, but aggressive assumptions could bring them down if companies aren't careful. This deal and many others by SunEdison just don't look like the kind of profitable projects I would want to invest in right now, especially when you look at TerraForm Power's $2 billion in debt last quarter, which will grow now that this acquisition is being added to the mix.
The article Is SunEdison Betting Too Much on Growth? originally appeared on Fool.com.
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PHYS 1700 Principles of Physics II
A continuation of PHYS 1600 Principles of Physics I with emphasis on waves, sound, electricity, magnetism, and elecronics.
Three two-hour workshop sessions per week.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1100 College Algebra and MATH 1470 Trigonometry. Math ACT of 27 or higher, or permission of the instructor.
(Normally offered each spring semester.)
The principles of classical mechanics, energy and motion designed for majors in the natural sciences. Algebra and trigonometry will be used in descriptions and problems.
Three two-hour workshop sessions per week.
Corequisite(s): MATH 1100 College Algebra, and MATH 1470 Trigonometry or Math ACT of 27 or higher, or permission of the instructor.
(Normally offered each fall semester.)
A study of linear and quadratic equations and inequalities and their graphs; systems of equations and inequalities, algebraic exponential and logarithmic functions and their graphs. Other topics may be selected from sets, complex numbers, sequences and series, and probability.
Prerequisite(s): Math ACT score of at least 21.
(Normally offered each semester.)
A study of trigonometric functions, identities, equations, and their applications.
Prerequisite(s): Math ACT score of at least 24 or a grade of "C" or better in MATH 1100 College Algebra.
MATH 1100 College Algebra and MATH 1470 Trigonometry may be taken concurrently with the permission of the Trigonometry instructor or department chair.
(Normally offered during the last 8 weeks of each semester in an online format.)


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Bordeaux's 2023 population is now estimated at 1,000,475. In 1950, the population of Bordeaux was 430,358. Bordeaux has grown by 9,825 in the last year, which represents a 0.99% annual change. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Bordeaux, which typically includes Bordeaux's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas.
Paris may be the first place in France that comes to mind and it is undoubtedly one of the most populated cities in the country, but it is not the only city in France that has made an impact on the country. Bordeaux is the sixth largest city in France and boasts the most famous wine industry in the world. This port city directly on the Garonne River has much to offer both residents and tourists alike.
The city of Bordeaux has 49 square kilometers of area in the city proper, expanding to 1,172 square kilometers in the urban area, and further expanding to 5,613 square kilometers in the entire metropolitan area. The population density is upwards of 5,000 individuals per square kilometer.
The population of Bordeaux is 241,287 and, of that overall population, demographics show that there are 112,890 males and 128,397 females. 72.5% of the overall population falls between the ages of 15 and 64. There is an estimated 14% of the population below the age of 15 and 10.5% of the population over the age of 65.
91.7% of Bordeaux residents identify as citizens of France, with only 8.3% of the population classified as immigrants.
You cannot speak of Bordeaux without talking about wine. It is what the area of France is known for, and it is one of the largest industries in the country. The wine production in Bordeaux comes commercially from 66 different appellations. On these lands, the number of acres for wine production is 296,596. There are also 7,375 wineries producing and housing over 10,000 vintages of Bordeaux wines. The overall value of wines produced in the Bordeaux region alone has grown to a staggering $2 billion annually – that is approximately 900 million bottles of wine produced each year. Quite a feat for any city and the world of wine would be much worse off without the fantastic flavor of Bordeaux wines.
One of the least talked about aspects of Bordeaux is the architecture. When so many old buildings have been torn down due to development, Bordeaux has worked to ensure that the unique architecture of every part of its history remains for all to see. Although some of the structures have been lost to time, the efforts put forth by private citizens as well as the government have maintained over 5,000 unique architectural buildings throughout the city. It is one of the most complete collections of architectural history anywhere in the world.
Getting around a large city like Bordeaux can be difficult, especially if you do not understand the culture. Bordeaux is quite a crowded city, and therefore it is unwise to drive to your destination. The best way to get to and from where you want to go is by public transportation, which is quite reliable. The buses are the most obvious means of transport, but it is advised to keep off the buses during the peak hours of 8 am to 10 am, and 4 pm to 7 pm, as the city center will be in gridlock at that time of the day. To get to the main parts of Bordeaux, the best way to travel is by walking, biking, or using the electric tram. This is how the locals often travel and tends to be the fastest way to get around.
In 1793 the population of Bordeaux was near 104,500 residents. This dropped to nearly 91,000 in 1800. The population grew slowly until 1921 when the population reached 267,000 - the peak of the population over its history. Since this time, the population has had little growths and losses but has remained relatively steady with a population over 208,000.


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Franchise FAQs
There are three levels of success to be achieved in our system. The You'll Say Wow franchise lets you choose which level you want to achieve.
Level 1: You clean carpets.
At this level you are a one man, one van operation. You take the bookings and you clean the carpets. Some people find this level rewarding and do not progress past it. You will see in future discussions the level of remuneration and the simplicity of operation are very attractive and is why some franchisees happily stay at level one. You'll Say Wow head office think this is like buying a big farm and only ploughing one paddock. We actively seek people who want more than level one from their business.
Level 2: You manage, others clean carpets.
At some stage in your business, if you follow the system, you will grow to a point where you need help getting the jobs done. If you intend to progress past level 1 you start your first contractor. You still handle the overflow, which keeps your cash flow at the necessary levels to fund your growth. This frees up some of your time to do more of the managing, working on your business not in it. We call it finding carpets to clean instead of cleaning carpet. When handling the overflow becomes more like a full time job again, it's time for your next contractor. You repeat this process as many times as the growth in your territory will allow.
Level 3: You Supervise your supervisor.
You will get to a point where your business is big enough to support you without your direct input. This is real lifestyle decision time. Your business is now an investment offering return on your capital independent of your effort. Get your desired level of income whether you are there or not. Your input is only required when your supervisor needs it.
Our system has already provided several franchisees with the vehicle to take them from carpet cleaner to supervisor. There are two Franchisees poised to progress to level 3 in the near future.
Our purpose at You'll Say Wow Franchise Support is to help you build your business. We have a plan to get your business to a 4 contractor business in 5 years. At this level you get to make some exciting decisions you could not have made while working for someone else. We can help you work out where you want to take it for the 5 years after that.
We know we have a great opportunity. Several existing Franchisees are proof of this. We are looking for the right people to join us and help us achieve our mutual goals.
Should you wish to progress our discussions further, a model of indicative incomes for each level can be provided. At this stage it will also be possible to talk to Franchisees enjoying life at the different levels.
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly do I get for my money?
You get an effective cleaning system and exclusive products which deliver great results. You receive training, technical support and on going research and development of the products and cleaning system. You get an exclusive territory. You have access to all of the You'll Say Wow marketing strategies. You will have the option to take part in any new service that is developed for the You'll Say Wow business network. There are many on the drawing board and several we still haven't thought of!!!
Why is a You'll Say Wow Franchise successful no matter how many carpet cleaners already exist in your Territory?
You'll Say Wow has several unique points of difference which makes us stand out from the crowd. We have proven marketing strategies which create jobs in your territory as soon as you implement them.
Residential, commercial and Real Estate Customers make a choice when they choose carpet cleaning. You will read below how our marketing describes our unique advantages, qualifies our target customer and gives them sufficient reason to choose us.
As our discussions progress we will show you why it makes no difference how many other people are in the market vying for a share of the carpet cleaning pie. We are successful at attracting and keeping as much of it as we need to grow a successful business. We are not saying that you can't fail. The fact is some have! What we are saying is; follow the system, do a great job every time to achieve a high ratio of repeat and referral customers, apply yourself professionally and enthusiastically and you will build a rewarding business.
The franchise system is only part of the formula. The "YOU" factor is also extremely significant. We don't under estimate this and urge you to have an honest look at yourself. Can you provide the effort, patience, perseverance and working capital that is required to make the system work?
If there are a lot of carpet cleaners in my area, won't that affect my margins?
No! That has not been our experience. There are two distinct ends to the carpet cleaning market, the top and bottom. 80% of the carpet cleaners operate at the bottom end. They don't know how to market their service or how to differentiate themselves, consequently they compete on price. At low prices they have to do a lot of jobs in a day, they rush, cut corners and lose customers. They have to keep attracting new customers and the only strategy they know is price. They are locked in a self defeating poverty cycle. You'll Say Wow charge the appropriate price for our quality service ensuring our clients get value thus generating high levels of repeat and referral business.
What would happen to my business if someone else developed products as good as the exclusive You'll Say Wow ones?
The reality is that not much would change. We will still tell our story of quality and value. We will continue to meet the expectations we set. We will still attract new business on this basis and we will still do a great job which will continue to generate repeat and referral business. The exclusive products help us achieve a great result and they will continue to do so even if someone else has something similar. Back in 1990 You'll Say Wow were the only company that could remove red cordial stains. When another company produced a rival product and made it available to the Carpet Cleaning industry we saw only a very few businesses across the country start to use it. Why? We don't know for sure but the point is we did not lose our market leading status in stain removal and now we use both methods to our advantage.
These are some of the most often asked questions and their answers. You will probably have some more when you have finished reading. Please contact us if you would like some more information or are ready to progress to the next stage of your enquiry.


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Researchers at the University of Exeter and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health have concluded that there is a "strong link" between exposure to LED lighting and increased risk of breast and prostate cancer. The "blue light" emitted by LED lights seems to affect circadian rhythms and sleeping patterns, which then impacts hormone levels. "Humans have evolved to need light during the day and darkness at night," researcher Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel told The Telegraph. "As towns and cities replace older lighting, we're all exposed to higher levels of 'blue' lights, which can disrupt our biological clocks."
Previous research has documented the carcinogenic risk of night-shift work and artificial light. "We know that depending on its intensity and wave length, artificial light, particularly in the blue spectrum, can decrease melatonin production and secretion," study co-author Martin Aubé explained to EurekAlert. In addition to regulating sleep cycles, melatonin functions as an anti-inflammatory antioxidant. Blue light, which is also emitted from tablet, phone, computer, and TV screens, is one of the shortest-wavelength, highest-energy forms of light.
Related: A glowing glass "lantern" turns this energy-efficient office into a beacon
This research comes as many cities are making the switch to LED streetlights, which are more energy-efficient and cheaper than traditional lighting. Published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, the study included more than 4,000 people in 11 distinct regions of Spain in its analysis. It also incorporated images taken aboard the International Space Station to gain a fuller sense of blue light's impact on a global scale. Public Health England has recommended further study of the impact of LED lighting before it is more widely adopted, while the American Medical Association has recommended that municipalities and businesses install the lowest-intensity LED lighting, with shading to provide additional protection.
+ Environmental Health Perspectives
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Isabel González Panizo
On-Site Manager
- MSD Sodexo Iberia
How I got started with James at Portal
At the time, I had been attending an English Academy for about three years. The Academy had helped me maintain my level of English but I hadn't been able to make any significant improvement, which was a little frustrating. I also wanted to develop my business skills for a new position at work and didn't know how to find the time or the money to do both. Up until that point, the training I had done had been Ok but I felt that something was missing. The teachers were very traditional and I was looking for something a little different and more suited to my personality and style of learning. I wanted results!
I heard about James through one of my colleagues at work and I decided to try a class. I was really happy with the experience but was only able to start classes the following year as I needed to finish the classes that my company had already paid for.
What my classes are like
Honestly, surprising! James is different to other professional trainers that I've had because he's been able to give me the guidance I've needed to achieve my professional and personal goals by helping me identify and develop the areas I'm weak in. In a relatively short period of time, I felt very confident communicating in English. It's a little strange because his classes are more than English classes. Yes, we use English but the focus of the class is on my personal and business goals. Every class is different, dynamic and practical! Each class is centred around me and on where I need to develop. I end up learning many different disciples at the same time, without feeling like I'm in a class, and the best part is that my English automatically improves.
How the training has helped me
I believe James's class are the perfect combination between developing business skills and English because not only are the classes effective but they're also fun. For example, since I've started training with James, I've passed an official Cambridge exam, received a promotion within my company and achieve great results on an important business project. I am really happy to have found James and I am really proud of the results we have achieved over the last year.


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If you like to play games on the move, then you are going to want to have a mobile phone that supports gaming functions. Further, if you are spending the majority of your gaming time on your mobile, then you will want the best phone for gaming.
Mobile phones have become portable computers in the palm of your hand, and the mobile phone market is flooded with options for gamers. Here we break down our top 3 mobile phones for gaming, based on price, ease of use, and performance, including processor size and screen resolution, vital for gaming.
The Apple Max is the bigger version of the iPhone XS, with the large 6.5 inch, 2,688 x 1,242-pixel resolution screen making it the perfect gaming mobile. Apple products are easy to obtain, and the Apple iStore has some of the widest selection of gaming applications.
Available with a variety of storage options and 4 GBS of RAM, but the real bonus is the A12 bionic CPU processor, which is the most powerful processor in a smartphone. This technology does come at a price, however, as the Apple XS iPhone Max is one of the most expensive mobile phones on the market.
The rivalry between Samsung and Apple continues, and Samsung's S10 Plus is a worthy contender to Apple. The screen is a mere 0.1 inches smaller than the Apple, but the battery is slightly bigger than the Apple. The S10 Plus has a 1440 x 3040 pixel Quad HD+ resolution and curved AMOLED display.
The Samsung is 33 grams lighter than the iPhone, despite the bigger RAM of 8GBS and storage of 128GB. In terms of pricing, the Galaxy S10 Plus price is on par with the iPhone, and accordingly, it is likely that brand personal preference will be the determining factor for most gamers.
For those without an alliance to Apple or Samsung, the Huawei P30 Pro is an honourable mention. With a screen size of 6.47 inches, 8 GM RAM, a weight of 192 grams and a slightly bigger battery than both the Apple and Samsung, Huawei is a definite contender as a top gaming mobile phone.
The Huawei runs Android, so previous iPhone owners may be hesitant to give Huawei a try. The P30 Pro has a four-lens camera, which can be an added feature compared to the other options on this list. In terms of pricing, the P30 Pro is similar to Apple and Samsung, yet the resolution is not as powerful.


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Getting the most of your Java applications can be an interesting challenge. Understanding some of the optimizations that the latest crop of JVMs are able to apply when running on the latest servers may help with that. Gil Tene, CTO and co-founder of Azul Systems, will discuss some of those features and optimizations.
Along with discussing some JIT compiler capabilities & issues around the black art of micro-benchmarking, we will take a look at the evolution of Intel-based server platforms, quickly traversing through features that were introduced across the past few years, from Nehalem [55xx], through Broadwell [E-26xx v4] and beyond. We'll highlight the some of the coolest capabilities, discuss new sets of instructions (like AVX2, AVX512, BMI2, TSX, HLE), pipeline improvements, and core counts and topologies. We will then demonstrate some examples of JVM JITs using these capabilities where available, as they adapt the code they generate to the specific processor types they run on.
If you like to geek out to the sound of mechanical sympathy discussions, this is the talk for you. Registration and more information on Meetup. Food and drinks will be offered after the session by OCTO Technology.
Gil Tene @giltene is CTO and co-founder of Azul Systems. He has been involved with virtual machine and runtime technologies for the past 25 years. His pet focus areas include system responsiveness and latency behavior. Gil is a frequent speaker at technology conferences worldwide, and an official JavaOne Rock Star. He pioneered the Continuously Concurrent Compacting Collector (C4) that powers Azul's continuously reactive Java platforms. In past lives, he also designed and built operating systems, network switches, firewalls, and laser based mosquito interception systems.
Le Performance User Group (ou PerfUG) est un meetup parisien qui a pour objectif d'offrir un lieu d'échanges informels où toutes les personnes intéressées par l'optimisation et la performance sont les bienvenues quel que soit leur niveau. Nous sommes convaincus que la performance est une feature implicite et non négociable d'une application et pourtant bien souvent oubliée. Le PerfUG souhaite faciliter la diffusion des derniers outils et des meilleures techniques pour maîtriser au plus tôt la performance d'un système informatique.
Pour en apprendre davantage sur la Performance, retrouvez notre formation OCTO Academy : Performance des applications et du SI à l'ère du digital


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Friday, January 7, 2011
In the Market: Home Decor
I've been on a bit of a home kick lately--during the holidays when I had way too much time on my hands, I cleaned out my closets about four times, gave away heaping bagfuls of clothes and shoes, bought every new cookbook under the sun, and invested in a few colorful Jonathan Adler throw pillows (like #2 above) to liven up my mostly-white apartment.
Ever since, I've taken to browsing around on the web for more knick-knacks to add to my growing collection of home decor objects. More than anything, I think it's the interesting little unnecessary touches you have hanging around your home that end up injecting the most personality into it; whether it's a golden piggy standing upright on your dresser, a lipstick red enamel frame, a candle that smells like bourbon, a daisy decoupage bell jar, or some other quirky thing entirely, there's no better way to get into a good frame of mind than surrounding yourself with objects of beauty that you love. xo
Some of my recent favorite discoveries:
1. John Derian white daisies mini-dome, $320, at johnderian.com
2. Jonathan Adler navy and green cross pillow, $68.60, at jonathanadler.com
3. NEST Wild Oats & Bourbon votive candle, $14, at bergdorfgoodman.com
4. George Nelson sunburst clock, $385, at momastore.org
5. Harry Allen bank, $285, at mossonline.com
6. Adrienne Landau leopard print ottoman, $1,295, at barneys.com
7. Syrie Maugham: Staging Glamorous Interiors, by Pauline C. Metcalf, $75, at barnesandnoble.com
8. Jonathan Adler enamel queen anne frame, $78, at jonathanadler.com
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