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Michelle Kennedy is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Mariashriver.com. She writes about travel, love, attachment, weight, age, and dealing with loss.
Kennedy develops courses in multimedia communications and lectures at two universities in San Francisco. She has a Master of Arts degree in Radio and Television and eleven years of experience reporting and anchoring in top Northern California markets. Kennedy consults, acts, models, and hosts as well.

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OXNARD, Calif. --A three-alarm fire erupted at an apartment building in Oxnard Monday night.
More than a dozen people were displaced from their homes on the 3000 block of Peninsula Road.
Fire crews got the call around 11 p.m. They arrived to find heavy smoke and fire on the second flood of the four story building.
It took 50 firefighters to get the blaze put out and three people were treated for minor injuries.
It's estimated the building sustained over $500,000 in damage. Crews are investigating the cause of the fire.


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John Stanton
Founder and CEO
Running Room Canada Inc., Edmonton
What was your original goal in opening the Running Room?
I'd gone from being a 238-pound smoker to becoming a runner. I thought I could show other people how to run, too, and also sell shoes and T-shirts. So, I opened a store. It was going to be a hobby business, since I was still working in the grocery business at the time. Originally, we were open only on Thursday nights, Friday nights and Saturdays. That lasted a couple of weeks; customers said, "That's not going to work."
So, I hired a couple of runners who were between jobs at the time, a husband and wife, and they ran the business. We had great success in Edmonton, and then in Calgary, and then in Vancouver—and the rest is history.
Early on, were you a hands-on manager?
I started as a hands-off manager, with the right people in place. I was still working in the grocery industry for a little while, until the Running Room started to take off. Setting it up that way taught me that part of growing anything is being a good manager. You have to find and engage the right people. I think that, early on, we did that.
What do you think makes you such a good pitchman for the Running Room?
I love what I'm doing. My job is to promote running—period. I enjoy talking about who I am and what I do. I think I can relate to the guy who's out there trying to get back into exercise, or the mom whose kids have grown up and finds herself with some time to get in shape. And I'm not the only pitchman; a lot of our pitchmen are successful graduates of our clinics. Most of our advertising is word of mouth.
How valuable has it been for you to be in a business built around your passion?
I think all entrepreneurs have to have a passion for what they're doing. True success is never knowing whether you're working or playing, and I've been able to attain that. Many of the people working with us have, too, which is why we have high retention rates in our senior management. They're engaged and passionate about what they're doing, which is why many of them work very long hours and very hard for us.
How do you keep retail staff engaged?
At the managerial level, we make sure we have good systems for our people, which allows them to focus on what they're really good at, and that's talking about running. We centralized all the accounting, payroll, logistics and operational things that, a lot of times, store managers don't particularly like doing. They like talking about what they're passionate about, which is running, so we put them to work where their skill sets and passion can be used to the greatest extent. They generate enthusiasm, and that trickles down to the front-line staff.
Which retailer do you admire the most, and what do you admire about them?
Starbucks. It has developed a culture around its business. That's part of its business model, and has made it successful. People go in and enjoy the ambiance. Starbucks created a meeting place for people, as well as a place to buy coffee. In many ways, that's what the Running Room is about, too. We create a meeting place, a sense of community. You can go in all sweaty from a run and pick up information on a local event, or you can go in dressed in business attire and feel equally comfortable. That creates sustainability in the brand. It's more than just selling running shoes and running clothing; it is, quite genuinely, a lifestyle we're encouraging people to live.
What advice do you have for startups?
In our first few years, as we were growing our business, we had some debt. Don't be afraid of that. Just make sure it's within your means and that, whomever your debtor is, you have clear communications with them. Learning that our banker and accountant are really partners in the success of the operation led to the realization that they can give us some really sound advice. You'd be amazed at the cooperation you'll get from a banker if you provide as much information about your operation as you can.
What do you think is an effective strategy for expanding into the U.S.?
Americans play hardball when it comes to retail. If one of their big players decides they're going to take you out, they have the wherewithal to do it. We have eight stores now in the U.S., and we're just getting ready to expand outside the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. We're trying to build a cluster of stores to legitimize our brand in that area. And we're doing so at a very guarded pace.
What are your thoughts on franchising?
We did try it. We had three locations that were franchised, but we made the decision to buy them back because it wasn't working. When a franchisee buys a franchise, they're looking for a return on their investment. I was saying to them, "You need to reinvest, to update your store, to expand, to have another location in this market." And they were saying, "No, this is big enough. I want to reap some of the rewards of my hard work."
It often takes us a while to develop a market, because we tend to be developing new followings of customers. And it takes some patience, sweat equity and financial commitment to do that. But once you've established that market, the customer-retention rate is very high. We were spending a lot of time trying to persuade the franchisees how they should do it instead of focusing on building our business. So, we bought the franchisees back. Our model just didn't support franchising.
What's the one thing you still hope to achieve in your business career?
What's really important to me is to make sure that we have truly built something that goes beyond the success of one individual to the success of a team. The team involves my two sons in leadership roles, but there's also a group of people who are part of the senior management team. We're making sure that they sustain the core values that have made us successful today, and continue to experience the kind of growth in both sales and profitability that we've managed to enjoy. That transition of power to the next generation is what's really important to me.
What would you like the epitaph of John Stanton to read?
He built something that's bigger than him, and empowered Canadians to take control of their own lives.
Born in Tofield, Alta., in 1948.
As a teenager, takes a job as a bag boy at a local IGA grocery store; works his way up the ranks and, by the age of 30, becomes an executive vice-president at grocery distributor Horne & Pitfield Foods (now part of the Sobeys organization).
In 1981, the self-described overweight couch potato signs up for a three-kilometre fun run with his sons. He vows to change his lifestyle, and running becomes his passion.
In 1984, opens a store and meeting place for runners in a tiny room in an Edmonton house shared with a hairdresser. The new venture, called the Running Room, is meant to be a part-time hobby business.
The Running Room takes off as its community atmosphere and store-based running clinics resonate with customers. Stanton quits his grocery job and starts opening new stores. In 2004, he introduces the Walking Room.
Today, his firm operates more than 100 stores, including eight in the U.S. An active spokesperson, he is a best-selling author of six books on fitness.
In 2009, is appointed a member of the Order of Canada for his work promoting fitness among Canadians.


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One last big vacation while we're in Europe. We traveled via Ryan Air to London Stansted, and took a train, then subway (the Underground) to our hotel in the Bayswater region. It was great to not need to struggle with a new language, but we did learn some funny differences like "que" for line, "trolley" for stroller, and "Way Out" signs instead of Exit. Here's the trip details!
Day 1
After close examination of the weather before we left, I knew a cold front with wind would hit in the morning around 10 am. I'm glad we knew what was coming…we would have been fooled by the clear blue sky, warm temps, and singing birds that we woke up to. Since the sun was out, we headed straight to the landmark I wanted pictures of the most: Big Ben. About an hour later, the front moved through, but thankfully didn't bring any rain – only occasional sprinkles – so we still got to see a lot. We walked about 6.5 miles that day!
Day 2
This day was rather rainy, but we packed umbrellas and headed out to hit the landmarks we missed. We did so much the first day, we really got to throttle the pace back and had a pretty fluid agenda. As we tend to on trips like this, we made some unexpected discoveries that end up being our best memories.
|We first visited the Tower of London. The tour entrance fee was outrageous, so we settled for a book and pictures of the outside. What attracted us was the boat cruise that left from the pier on the river right by the tower – it was a great price, and was even less with our metro travel passes.
|Since we had already seen the other end of the River with the London Eye, we opted to go east to Greenwich and back. This was the unexpected treasure of the day…the Cutty Sark, a tea clipper from the 1800's, was on display there. We were able to explore the decks, including the hold which still held a slight fragrance of tea!
|Riley in front of the wheel on the "old boat." I took so many cool shots of the rigging, it's hard to not show them here!
|The sun popped out for a brief time, making me wonder if we overdressed for the previously cold temperatures. After the Cutty Sark, Riley took a nap in the stroller while we walked through lovely green parks. In the middle was the Greenwich Royal Observatory, set as the originator of the Prime Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
|After Riley awoke from his nap, we caught the next cruise boat back to London Tower. We were living large, with a table to ourselves on a nearly vacant boat (the advantage of travelling off-season). Both to and from Greenwich, we went directly under Tower Bridge, giving us a neat view of the intricate details.
|Riley on the boat showing me a trinket we got on the Cutty Sark. Tower Bridge is in the background. We went from there to Picadilly Square and Carnaby Street, then finished out the night letting Riley feed ducks at Kensington Gardens, just a few blocks from our hotel.
Day 3
Even though we had an afternoon departure, we didn't have much time to spend in London with all the travel required to reach our plane. We tried to take it easy, and spent the morning in Hyde Park where Riley fed pigeons the rest of our bread loaf.
|Riley feeding pigeons near Lancaster Gate and the fountains. He played in an adjacent playground for a while before we headed back to our hotel to retrieve our suitcase for the journey home.
|Riley mailing a postcard in a signature postal box just a block away from our hotel in the Bayswater region. Nearly every building in the surrounding blocks looked like the one in the background – beautiful white townhouses, many of which were converted to hotels.
|One of the many forms of transportation we used – here is the famous Underground, or "the tube." This was actually one of the cleanest subways we've traveled on, and we came to laugh like many Londoners at the automated warning before you disembark to "mind the gap" between the train and the platform.
|Riley enjoying the train ride from London to Stansted Airport.
|Yet another form of transportation – a plane! Riley was pretty excited, saying "yeehoo!" as we walked on the apron to the plane. For the first time, he took the window seat and watched everything on the departure and landing. He especially liked the "little doors" (spoilers) that opened when the plane was slowing down. Here he is as we're taxiing – you can see the control tower on the left. The next morning after we arrived, he woke me up and said "I closed my eyes, and had dream about the hairpane!"
That's it for this trip. What I love is that our little Riley has become quite a traveler. Our satellite network for Americans overseas can't show commercials, so instead they show little informative segments and pictures of places like Maine, the Blue Ridge mountains, etc. A couple of days after our trip, they showed something about Belgium with the Brussels town square. Riley said "Look – pree cool! Maybe go there later!" Funny thing…if we have time before we leave, that's exactly where we wanted to go next!


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I had the hardest time picking just a few favorites!
Here's a few of my favorites of this gorgeous big sister! She is so, SO photogenic! She's a busy bee but she knows how to stop and smile!
Baby sister wasn't so sure about this whole picture thing! By the time our session ended she was TOTALLY comfortable and all smiles. She had us all cracking up! What a doll!
Let us not forget the two people that made these precious and beautiful girls possible - Mom & Dad!
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Last, but of course not least, are a few of my very favorite family photos from the afternoon. I couldn't pick just one!!
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A Prescription for PAMA Reimbursement Cuts-The Facts and Strategies for Reducing Impact
As 2018 begins with clinical lab rates being reduced by PAMA legislation, we expect Medicare Part B reimbursement for lab testing to decline by approximately 10% this year. However, further rate reductions beyond 2018 are speculative at this time, as efforts to change and/or delay the law continue to escalate. Download this resource for more…Read More
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Accumen Inc. and its subsidiary, Chi Solutions, Inc. conducted a national survey tracking and analyzing hospital and health system laboratory and outreach developments through key metrics. As part of the survey, participants were asked to identify the strengths and weaknesses of hospital and health system-based laboratories. The quality and speed of testing resulted by local…Read More
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Optimized for comfort in damp weather, Max-Wick technology actively pulls moisture off your feet and calves for rapid drying. The soft leather footbed features Ortholite dual-density cushioning for a soft, supportive feel underfoot, complete with DuraFresh technology for lasting freshness. And because it's meant for walking through mucky fields and wet streets, the non-slip gum rubber sole grips onto slippery surfaces.
- Sleek, protective boots for wet streets and mucky fields
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Religion and depression: a review of the literature
We reviewed data from approximately 80 published and unpublished studies that examined the association of religious affiliation or involvement with depressive symptoms or depressive disorder. In these studies, religion was measured as religious affiliation; general religious involvement; organizational religious involvement; prayer or private religious involvement; religious salience and motivation; or religious beliefs. People from some religious affiliations appear to have an elevated risk for depressive symptoms and depressive disorder, and people with no religious affiliation are at an elevated risk in comparison with people who are religiously affiliated. People with high levels of general religious involvement, organizational religious involvement, religious salience, and intrinsic religious motivation are at reduced risk for depressive symptoms and depressive disorders. Private religious activity and particular religious beliefs appear to bear no reliable relationship with depression. People with high levels of extrinsic religious motivation are at increased risk for depressive symptoms. Although these associations tend to be consistent, they are modest and are substantially reduced in multivariate research. Longitudinal research is sparse, but suggests that some forms of religious involvement might exert a protective effect against the incidence and persistence of depressive symptoms or disorders. The existing research is sufficient to encourage further investigation of the associations of religion with depressive symptoms and disorder. Religion should be measured with higher methodological standards than those that have been accepted in survey research to date.
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Keywords: affective distress; depression; depressive disorder; measurement; psychiatric epidemiology; psychometrics; religion; religious involvement
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: National Institute for Healthcare Research, Rockville, MD, USA
Publication date: 01 June 1999


text: Hey you! Today I went to IKEA, it is one of my favourite shops because you just get so inspired for your room/house decoration. Unfortunately (or not) you just CANNOT go out there whithout buying something! I don't know how they do that but always (ALWAYS) I leave my money there! I redecorated some spots of my room. Enjoy!


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Model A Flasher
A flasher that is used when adding turn signals to your Model A. Many auto parts stores no longer carry the 6-volt flashers. Our 6-volt flashers are bi-polar so they will work on positive or negative ground systems. 12-volt flashers will only work on negative ground systems. These are thermal flashers.


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Michelle Pantoja, CNASenior Care Manager
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Marianne provides valuable behind-the-scenes support to Home Helpers, ensuring that our professional staff and caregivers are compensated and our clients …More Info
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 132184
kpovmodeler inhibit the computer
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:48 EST
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2)
Description of problem:
when i open kpovmodeler the x enviorenment leaves to response the
keyboard and mouse too, i have tried to change the terminal with
ctrl+alt+f1 but the keyboard doesn't response.
i have to press the reset bottom always.
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How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1.open sesion a x sesion gnome/kde
2.click on graphics
3.select povray
Additional info:
sorry, i cannot reproduce this problem here. it works for me. are you
using nvidia driver?
no i have a sis 305 AGP vga card. all times that i open the program
the system leaves to work an response. i have tried to probe in gnome
and kde but is the same. i have installed all updates. i donn't know
where looking for more information about this problem because i saw in
/var/log/messages and there isn't anything.
Fedora Core 2 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for
security updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please
reopen and reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a
security issue and hasn't been resolved in the current FC3 updates or
in the FC4 test release, reopen and change the version to match.
it seems a sis driver bug in xorg-x11.
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major
updates to the X Window System, which may resolve this issue. Users
who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade to the
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If this issue turns out to still be reproduceable in the latest
version of Fedora Core, please file a bug report in the X.Org
bugzilla located at http://bugs.freedesktop.org in the "xorg"
Once you've filed your bug report to X.Org, if you paste the new
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centralized X.Org bug tracker, and will review any bug fixes that
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The 24-year-old Patidar leader Hardik Patel, while not siding with the Congress, has frequently voiced protest against the BJP that has been ruling Gujarat for 22 years. Addressing a rally in Surat, Patel drew a massive crowd with an estimated 50,000 people, and asked his supporters to use 5 minutes to call one person and ask them not to vote for BJP.
"I give you five minutes. Each one of you, take out your phones and call one relative, or friend, or anyone you know – and ask them to not vote for the BJP," said Hardik Patel to the crowd.
The crowd responded enthusiastically, and soon the entire rally was bathed in the bright light of mobile phones. A former IPS officer from Gujarat, Sanjiv Bhatt, shared a video of the rally.
Modi Tu To Gayo! ???? Bravo, @HardikPatel_! Keep the good work going. God bless! ❤ pic.twitter.com/XMWdmROKZD— Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) (@sanjivbhatt) December 4, 2017
Hardik Patel reiterated that the election 'battle' was against the BJP.
"The election is a people of Gujarat versus BJP battle and it should be victory of the people, not defeat of anyone," Patel told the gathering.
"We are all here to fight our battle against those who have killed 14 members of the Patidar community during the agitation in 2015. They [BJP and the government] made every effort to finish us but we are all united and fighting," Patel said amid chants of Jay Sardar Jay Patidar.
ALSO READ: Congress Has Agreed To Give Patidars Reservations, Confirms Hardik Patel
According to reports, Patel's 10-km roadshow which culminated in the rally was a bigger crowd-puller than the roadshow conducted by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani or Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The upcoming elections in Gujarat have witnessed aggressive campaigning from Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other heavy-weights of national political parties, as they woo the public and local leaders.
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One of the most powerful weapons a poker player possesses is the ability not to read their opponents hands like a Grand Master but something we all learn at quite an early age — the power of speech. By simply talking to an opponent at the felt, both real and virtual, can give you a plethora of information about your opponent's skill level, thought processes and their hand strength plus if you are good enough at speech play you can encourage or discourage action for yourself.
I was once the victim of some good speech play whilst playing in a live poker tournament at the Dusk Till Dawn poker club in Nottingham. I had been moved to a table at the far end of the room towards the latter part of Day 1 and had around 25-30 big blinds in my stack; so although I was not short as such I as not deep either. The table I was moved to had one player in particular who was entertaining because of his non-stop chatter and it wasn't until he lured me in and busted me that I realised he was hatching a cunning plan all along.
You see, by chatting and being overly friendly people naturally warmed to him and therefore were less inclined to play back at him when he opened pots — people are less likely to try and steal from their friends as a general rule! But because he was friendly his questions seemed natural, especially the one where he asked me where I was from. I told him Leeds and we got chatting about how long it took to drive to the venue and other such trivial table talk. But it was not trivial because he discovered that I did not have a hotel booked and was going to drive back home to Leeds then, if I made it through to Day 2, was going to head back to Nottingham. he now knew I was going to gamble in order to either build a large stack or bust out trying to get one and pushed me around like there was no tomorrow.
Not only can you help yourself to this free information but you can also make some good friends just by talking to those around you. So the next time you play poker or are winning at blackjack have a chat to those people in the near vicinity because you may just put up a tell or make a good friend!


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I've been concentrating on value investing for most of my past investing history, and I thought it was about time to try my hand elsewhere and see if I can understand the growth investing style. What I've figured out so far is that it's much much harder than value investing. Even emotionally, growth stocks tend to go up and down by huge amounts only, making it really hard to handle. Take MAKO Surgical, a stock which fool has been recommending a lot recently...down 40+% in the last 5 days on increased sales....and yet I have a feeling that Fool will make sure to emphasize NOT SELLING, and I have a feeling they will be right and end up with a tidy gain in the long term.....so anyways, growth investing is tough and a lot more qualitative than I'm used too. I find myself listening to more conference calls and watching interviews for example, something that I don't normally do, but I guess will help me as a value investor as well. [more]
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9674 A Silver Initial Wine Label for S
This small silver wine label is a type known as postage stamp because it is similar in size and shape to a stamp.
This variety of label was first made in the closing years of the 18th century and was popular for several decades. This example for 'S' was made by Charles Reily & George Storer in london in 1840.
Initial labels were often for spirits - presumably because spirits were not something to boast about. the most common initials are G, R, W & B for Gin, Rum, Whisky and Brandy. S may have been for Sherry or Shrub (a popular cordial).
Date: 1840
Dimensions: .9", 24 mm wide
Weight: 10 grams
Price: UK customers £60, US customers $80, Euro customers €70, Australian customers $105


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During our Scottish Borders fieldwork week at the end of June, we took one day out for our biannual team meeting. It was like a mini-conference, with 14 team members present to give a progress update on their work. Now we are nearly two years into the project we have many results already in. The team are now busy interpreting these results and looking at how they relate to the larger evolutionary picture. As always at these meetings, it was inspirational to see how everyone's expert knowledge contributes together to help us understand the Tetrapod World.
Here is a summary of the meeting:
- The University Museum of Comparative Zoology team (Jenny Clack, Tim Smithson, Ket Smithson) talked about their recent visit to Blue Beach, in Canada and how that compares to our sites in the Scottish Borders. The sedimentology and fossils reveal some intriguing differences. We also heard about research updates on tetrapods, lungfish, gyracanths, chondrichthyans and more! Including descriptions of new and unusual specimens that are improving our understanding of how life recovered after the End Devonian Mass Extinction.
- The University of Leicester team (Sarah Davies, Carys Bennett, Janet Sherwin) talked about how we have been looking at the data from the core (isotopes, sedimentology and micropalaeontology) to work out the ancient environments present. I have been examining the correlations between the results from the core and from our main field site, to look at changes in the environment over time and space. Plus my findings on ostracods! Janet Sherwin presented on her work from sites in Northumberland, which have a different sedimentology and fossil-content.
- The British Geological Survey team (Dave Millward, Tim Kearsey, Mike Browne) talked about their latest findings on palaeosols and what they can tell us about the plants and environment of the time. Some excellent new finds are giving us a wealth of new information on this topic. And using the BGS records from the Ballagan Formation they gave an excellent summary of data from 30+ sites and old borehole records. They are using this data to examine changes across the region (Scotland and the Scottish Borders), such as differences in evaporate deposits, and through time.
- The University of Southampton team (John Marshall, Emma Reves) discussed their palynology results, comparing the data from the core and our main field site. There was much discussion about the links between spores and their parent plants, and updates on biostratigraphy.
- The National Museums of Scotland team (Nick Fraser, Andrew Ross) discussed their latest work on the rare specimens of eurypterids from our field sites. We also talked about our upcoming museum exhibition plans.
- There were also several project partners and volunteers present at the meeting, who we always welcome. This time we were joined by four palaeontologists: Maggie Wood, Sarah Finney, Becky Bennion and Vicen Carrio.
|The TW:eed Team together at the cottage in Foulden for our biannual meeting
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400 years after the invasion of the conquistadors, the kongui sent down a messenger. their message to the modern world is "the world doesn't have to end; it could go on, but unless we stop violating the earth and nature, depleting The Great Mother of her material energy, her organs, her vitality; unless people stop working against the Great Mother, the world will not last"... i think this song is about that. like monks preserving the roman knowledge during the dark ages, the kogui have come down to restore sanity.
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Information giant Google is doing evil to their property, a growing number of Canadian writers claim in a petition urging a New York court to reject a controversial deal giving the company free rein to digitize the world's books.
Acting independently of the Writers' Union of Canada, more than 250 writers from across the country have so far signed the petition, which includes a call for the federal government to speak on behalf of Canadians potentially bound unwillingly by the terms of a legal settlement achieved in a U.S. court.
Authors Wayson Choy, Heather Robertson, Ann Ireland, Susan Crean, Keith Maillard, Silver Donald Cameron, Ron Smith, Graeme Gibson, Anne Cameron and Marilyn Bowering are among those who joined the call to reject what the petition describes as "an assault on international copyright law" staged for the benefit of a "predatory corporation."
The Canadians are the latest in a growing number of non-U.S. groups, individuals and national governments to demand exemption from the all-embracing deal, which would allow Google to distribute digital books according to terms negotiated with New York publishers and the U.S. Authors' Guild.
"The governments of France and Germany protested that illegal digitization of books amounted to theft of a cultural heritage," the petition states. "We agree, and believe that Canada's heritage of cultural nationalism should be applied to the Google settlement. All of continental Europe is now exempt, and so should Canada be."
The group is hoping the petition will become the basis of an official intervention in the upcoming hearing, which is scheduled to take place in New York on Feb. 18. Although Google satisfied some objectors this fall by offering improvements to the original proposed settlement, many others remain adamantly opposed and have filed briefs with the court.
They include the U.S. National Writers Union, which is leading opposition to the settlement, and such acclaimed authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, who resigned from the Authors Guild last week, claiming its consent to the deal "sold us down the river."
Petition organizer and playwright David Bolt, literary executor of late playwright Carol Bolt, said the Canadian writers decided to speak out in part because the Writers' Union of Canada declined to take an official position on the settlement.
"They tried to work it from the inside," he said, adding that the WUC achieved some success in achieving better terms for Canadian writers in the revised settlement. "But we thought we should go further and try to get the settlement rejected altogether."
WUC chair Erna Paris, author of The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America, said the group has maintained its objections to two aspects of the settlement without taking a position on whether or not it should be rejected by the court.
One issue concerns the fate of so-called "orphan works" with no known rights holders, according to Paris. Another is permission the deal gives for libraries to gain access to digital books for free, something they are currently required to pay for in Canada.
"That really sticks in our craw because we think it could have copyright implications in Canada," Paris said.
On the other hand, she added, writers who opt out of the settlement will forego revenue from digital sales and potentially lose control of their work. "If anybody who opts out wants to complain or sue, they're going to have to do it independently," she said, "and that will be almost impossible."
The court-imposed deadline for writers to decide whether or not to join the settlement is Jan. 28.


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Starting a business in an industry such as video production can be risky and complicated, but if you are truly devoted and passionate about what do you want for your future everything should go as planned. Making videos out of delight and winning money at the same time sounds like an ideal job. Managing such a business shouldn't be extremely difficult. The main idea is to obtain profit without finding yourself in an overwhelming situation. Nowadays, being surrounded by technology means everything related to it is searched for constantly. The television industry along with all that the vast Internet offers is used by the majority of the population in this world, so here is what you should know regarding starting a business in such a field:
The competition is tough
You need to expect facing many problems regarding competition, because it is a domain that sells, that is constantly searched for. You need to make sure you are offering something innovative to your clients because otherwise you will end up being compromised by the other businesses that are on the market at the moment. You should try something less addressed these days like animation design which offers the same opportunity to unleash imagination at a smaller risk or failure chance. No matter what, you still need to try and remain optimistic if things are not developing as smoothly as you'd like.
It requires talent and devotion
Besides the fact that you are convinced you want to start a business in such domain, there are some qualities you need to possess in order for your plans to work. Stress can't be totally omitted from the equation – you need to have a strong mental resistance to what are you going to be experiencing at the start of your business. Some organizational skills and knowing how to build a team and work with it are essential traits you need to possess for a successful career. Also, you might want to check if you can roll the dice from time to time, because videography requires "gambling". You have no guarantee something will end up the way it was supposed to, but that is what business is all about, right?
It is about quality
Producing qualitative outcomes means attracting clients and making profit. Staying professional will make the difference between a good video maker and a person who cannot candle their business. Check the market constantly and see what everyone else is offering. Compare your work to their work and decide if there is something you'd like to change about the way you are handling things.
Planning ahead
A business plan in definitely required if you are going to go on this path. There are bank loans, investments, partners and many other things involved in starting a business so consulting a specialist before might mean a great deal later. Learn how to get organized and make sure you are planning way ahead in order for everything to be set and sound. Also, remain forever optimistic and trust your luck.


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The 2017 Taichung Culture Bus will be launched starting from March 25th! This year it not only presents the first art map and cultural & creative itinerary, but also largely increases the routes, cars and seats from those of last year. At the same time, new buses within 5 years of usage and outstanding professional drivers are hired to ensure the traveling security of the citizens. Deputy Mayor Lin Yi-ying mentioned that more than 70% of the activities and contents for this year's culture bus event are new attraction sites and itineraries. In order to transform Taichung into "a city of festivals", she invited everyone to enjoy the beauty and cultural atmosphere of Taichung.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau held a press conference for the launching of the 2017 Taichung Culture Bus at the City Government Building on Taiwan Boulevard. The lion dancing of Tong-Ren-Tang Lion Dance was the opening performance and the characteristic vendors of the 12 itineraries also took part in the press conference, making it bustling with noise and excitement. Deputy Mayor Lin Yi-ying, Director Wang Chih-cheng of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Councilman Liu Shih-chou and others also participated in the press conference to promote this event. They invited the citizens to take the culture buses and enjoy the rich art and cultural landscapes of Taichung.
Deputy Mayor Lin stated that since the release of the culture buses in 2011, there have been many different featuring themes each year and they are getting more and more popular among the citizens. This year, more than 70% of the activities are new attraction sites and itineraries, which fully display the atmosphere of Taichung as "a city of festivals". Due to the numerous numbers of participants, the city government is considering to further add more buses and seats in the coming year.
Director Wang Chih-cheng of the Cultural Affairs Bureau pointed out that the culture buses are so popular that the seats available each year were sold out "within seconds". With "Touring Arts and Culture. Ride happily to explore" as this year's theme, it will take place from March 25th to May 20th and June 4th to October 29th. A total of 12 itineraries, 65 buses and 2260 seats were available this year, making it a greater event than those of the previous years. Besides continuing the itineraries of the century-old Mazu temples and Taichung literature, art map and cultural & creative pottery itineraries are introduced for the first time this year to allow more citizens to further experience the art and cultural features of Taichung.
The first echelon "Four Fortune" itinerary is based on the century-old Mazu temples. Led by folk culture expert Hsieh Wen-hsien, he will tour the "Fuan Sea Art Line", "Fukang Joyful Spring Line", "Fuyi Blessing Line" and "Fuwen Prosperous God Line". The second echelon "Eight Arts" itinerary is led by art docent Huang Chia-sheng and itineraries including the art and cultural itineraries of "Old City Literature Line", "Circling Art Literature Line", "Stone Art Line", "New Art Line", "Art Seeking Pottery Line", "Pottery LOHAS Tour Line", "Traditional Art LOHAS Line", and "Dye-work Exploration Line".
Interesting DIY experiences will also be arranged in the tours, such as lion head painting DIY, pottery DIY at Dadu Huashan Kiln and others. The tours will also take tourists to memorable landscapes that littérateurs from Taichung have been to, such as Laiyuan at Wufeng, Minsheng Story Hall and others, and sites and memorials halls that well-known artists like to do their creations at, such as the estuary of Huludun Canal, Chen Ting-shih Memorial Hall, Lin Chih-chu Memorial Hall and others. We expect to give the citizens a feast of art and culture with different themes.
In addition to that, to ensure the security of the citizens, this event arranged new buses within 5 years of usage and hired outstanding professional drivers. Among the 65 buses, 11 buses are senior buses so that more seniors have the opportunity to take part in this event.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau stated that the registration time for the first echelon of "Four Fortune" is from 9:00am March 13th to 24:00 March 15th and the registration time for the second echelon of "Eight Arts" is from 9:00am May 22nd to 24:00 May 24th.
Citizens can register through the internet, telephone or by fax. The list of participants and those on the waiting list will be decided by random number generator. We charge the participants with the vent fare of NT$200. For further information, please refer to the official website of Taichung Culture Bus (http://220.127.116.11/2017TccBus/news.aspx) or the website of Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taichung City Government (www.culture.taichung.gov.tw), or call 04-2382-0451, 04-2380-0592 and 04-2382-0259.


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Sambal Sting Ray is the signature dish, die die must try! Fish meat is tender, fresh and tasty, together with our homemade sambal chili, it will definitely satisfy your picky appetite. Spicy Sour Cray Fish will tempt your palates with the mixture of sour, sweet and spicy taste, you got to try it in order to feel it!
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April 4 - Autism Speaks Co-founder Bob Wright appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Street Smart" on April 3. Wright and host Alix Steel discussed the future needs of children living with autism, the importance of raising awareness, the role of the federal government and Autism Speaks's new partnership with Sesame Street, among other topics.
In addition, Wright and Steel discussed Vevo joining up with Amazon TV, David Letterman's retirement announcement, and the current TV landscape.
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Betty Lou Roehr (nee Froeming) – Beloved wife of the late Robert R. Roehr, Jr. Loving mother of Richard, Roger (Cindy) and David (Karen). Proud grandmother of 10. Great-grandmother of 10. Dear sister of Robert Froeming. The family would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to Seasons Hospice for the care and service they provided. Funeral Service will be held Friday, September 29, 2017, 10 AM at Geils Funeral Home, 180 S. York Road, Bensenville IL. Interment Private. Visitation Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 3-9 PM at the funeral home. For funeral information, please call 630-766-3232.


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Here is a little secret I want to share and this will come as a shock to many photographers. NO ONE GIVES A RATS ROYAL ASS ABOUT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY!
Profound isn't it. Well most truths are and sometimes it stings a little. Many of us go forth and capture great epic images and we proceed to share them in the hopes of being discovered. Well that isn't likely. I for one share images like most, and I enjoy the reaction especially when a photo hits home with residents of a community. For the most part I do a lot of sharing on facebook as well as Instagram. Yes these are ways to put your work forward, but if you look at the return as it relates to new business, I think it can be agreed with that the return on investment for posting a photo is not a worthy investment. Photographers including myself however will continue to do so. Now let's talk about boosting images and or paying for reach. It can be a solid marketing idea if you are looking for reach, but in the end reach has to evolve to new business. For the most part, a new client will stay with one photographer especially if the experience's are positive. It can be stated that clients are loyal, and will return to said photographer every time they have a need for photographic services. So the question here is why? Do you think it is because you produced outstanding images? Perhaps. I however think it has a lot more to do with the person behind the camera. After all these years, and all the training and learning of new innovative styles of image capture not to mention learning how to edit an image none of this matters. What matters is the experience and the personality of a photographer. I can tell you first hand that as a user of social media, (mainly facebook) I get to see just how many photographers exist in a demographic region, and it is amazing to me how many people are offering services. Now out of all these people who take images it can be stated with out any hesitation that maybe five percent of them know their way around a camera. However if they have a crappy personality it wouldn't matter if they are Ansel Fricking Adams, they are not going to get the job.
What's funny to me is I see imagery from said photographers and if it is a good photo it's because of editing. Not to many have the ability to capture a great image in the camera. It has become a lost art. With that being said, photographers still get work and it is due to personality. The sad part is personality may get you the gig, but if you can't capture a decent image in camera and your talent is in editing, you are screwing your clients big time. Having cut my teeth in film photography, I understand that you have to get it right. Film gave you one shot, and if you did not get it right, you blew it.
Digital however, changed that, and the evolution of the raw file and editing software was key in opening up the market, and allowing so many people to offer services. It could be debated if this is a good thing or not, but I know this, if you want to test a photographers skills ask them to take a photo and not edit it. You can then clearly see the skill set as they have to rely on their knowledge of just what all those settings and controls are. I often times like to show clients the image I captured in camera, and I am always jacked when I see the reaction. So I can say without any doubt that if there was ever a test of skills which involved a simple image capture and those images were judged, I would bury the me too crowd. In fact I have thought about trying to put something like this together just to prove a point. The reality is NONE OF THIS MATTERS!!!!
If you are a person with a crappy personality, and you take great images, sell your camera, cause you are not gonna thrive
If you have a great way with people and your images suck, sell your camera, you are not gonna make it.
If you have a great way with people and you can take a picture well you might be a photographer.
Last big point, If you have to beg for work, you may need to look at everything. I often times see photographers responding themselves to requests or recommendations for photographers, and if you really think about it, its kind of a bad look. It shows desperation or at least in my opinion it does.
My name is mentioned a lot in social media groups, when a person is looking for a photographer in these groups. I do get a notification when my name is mentioned however I do not post a link to my page. I sometimes will send a private message if I feel I can be of service to someone, but for the most part I prefer that people contact me and allow me to opportunity to earn their business. Another practice I avoid is commenting to a potential client about other photographers. Here is the reason and this all comes from past experiences. My name was mentioned right away, as a member of this social group had asked for photographer recommendations. The recommendation came from a past client that I have done several jobs for, and I thanked them for the recommendation. Just by doing that, I was notified by facebook every time a new post was placed in regards to this job. One camera owner had the nerve to state that I did not do this type of imagery. That is when I decided it was time for a clarification. This individual in fact I did know , not well, but I was asked for some help as they were new to photography. I did offer suggestions and it was admitted that they had no idea how to operate a camera and shot everything in full auto. My suggestion was they better learn to use the creative or controlled modes, as full auto is simply not an option for a person who is advertising themselves as a pro. So when I saw the remark regarding what I do as a photographer, I was a little angry. I did make a statement about that, and I asked publicly if this person had ever learn to shoot out of the full auto mode. I was told to mind my own business. My final response was, "that is exactly what I was doing" . The client seeking did end up contacting me, and I provided them with an experience that they were quite happy with. They also loved the images.
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we all know that sometimes no matter what people will have personality conflicts, it is how you act towards these conflicts that will define who you are as a photographer. A person may not like you and that is ok. It is all about fit and as time has taught me, I as a photographer have to be as selective about my clients as they are towards their choices for a photographer. In the end, one thing is for sure, if a client and you are a fit, always give them your best. This will lead to word of mouth advertising and it is by far the best. It is also how this mess became a lesson and a rule of operation for my conduct.
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Potpourri show today covering a wide range of issues.
John spends the first part of the program talking about liberty- related issues and doing a follow-up on the interview with former Attorney General John Ashcroft last week, featuring audio clips of the interview.
There really was a secret meeting in Banff, Alberta, Canada regarding the Security and Prosperity Partnership. Dr. Steven Yates, Ph.D, gives us the results of his investigation.
Then we'll hear clips of a speech given by White House correspondent Bill Koenig of www.watch.org about the relationship between "replacement theology" and whether or not churches support Israel.
No formal boralogue today. The entire show is one giant boralogue punctuated with interviews and clips.


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Mark Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain on March 30th, 1971. He comes from an Italian mother and a Mexican father. Mark moved to Lebanon, Illinois and Tampa in the United States. There he learned to speak English by watching American television since he was young. Mark Consuelos studied in the Universities Notre Dame and South Florida, where he graduated from Marketing.
His career has been mainly in television in series like Sea Quest DSV, Fortune Hunter, and All My Children. He also participated in cinema in movies like The Great Raid, and My Super Ex-Girlfriend to name a few. Mark is married to the actress Kelly Ripa.
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Although other Featured Flikr Photo Posts are drawn from great photos from Flikr photographers that I am impressed by, these photos are my personal photos. No big stories here, I'm just SO GLAD IT'S SPRING!!
I love spring, the flowers, the warmth and green and rain and freshness to the world. Isaac likes it less, because he has terrible allergies for a solid month. That's ending now, maybe because of the two solid weeks of rain we've had.
In any case, these photos were taken everywhere - some were here in my neighborhood last spring, one is from Chicago last spring, and a couple are from Colorado two years ago.
Friday, May 8, 2009
3 comments:
- Kaycee said...
That house with all the flowers is gorgeous. I would love to be able to grow things like that.
- May 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Jaimie said...
Love the one with the bee inside the flower.
- May 8, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Jill said...
Wow!! Those are just amazing pictures of fresh spring time flowers!! First one is so pretty!!
- May 11, 2009 at 5:21 AM
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Some days I need to slow down and remember this poignant poem. I constantly ache that this phase of life is over much too quickly. Just yesterday, I swear to you, the Bigger Little Miss was a teensy, helpless little thing and today she was putting on a solo performance on the Barnes & Noble stage in the children's area jumping and leaping and singing and dancing.
The days are so long and hard sometimes but then you blink and this little person before you seems so much bigger and less dependent all of a sudden and your heart aches for just one more lazy day spent nursing on the sofa with her tiny body pressed against yours.
Song for a Fifth Child
Ruth Hulburt Hamilton
Mother, oh mother, come shake out your cloth!
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing and butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking!
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby, loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo.)
Oh, cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
But children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust, go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby. Babies don't keep.


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Middle white kidney bean 2,5 kg
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Isotope enrichment in mangrove forests separates microphytobenthos and detritus as carbon sources for animals
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Oakes, JM, Connolly, RM & Revill, AT 2010, 'Isotope enrichment in mangrove forests separates microphytobenthos and detritus as carbon sources for animals', Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 393-402.
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Microphytobenthos (MPB) and mangrove detritus were labeled with a carbon isotope (13C) in separate experiments to quantify their contributions to the nutrition of major faunal components within a mangrove forest. Within 7 d of MPB labeling, crabs (Parasesarma erythrodactyla and Australoplax tridentata) and foraminifera (Ammonia beccarii and Trochammina inflata) were enriched. A. tridentata became more enriched (e.g., hepatopancreas, 522%) than P. erythrodactyla (110%), and A. beccarii (245%) became more enriched than T. inflata (12%). Addition of labeled mangrove detritus (211.5% final enrichment vs. 228.8% for controls) to sediment resulted in enrichment of P. erythrodactyla (hepatopancreas, 221.2% vs. 226.6% for controls), A. tridentata (hepatopancreas, 224.2% vs. 227.1%) and A. beccarii (221.0% vs. 225.1%) within 7 d. Compartment modeling showed that MPB contributed 93% of the nutrition for A. tridentata and 33% of the nutrition for P. erythrodactyla and that MPB provided more nutrition to A. beccarii (14%) than to T. inflata (minimal). There was a complementary estimated contribution of mangrove detritus to the diets of P. erythrodactyla (80%), A. beccarii (97%), and A. tridentata (minimal), although these estimates should be viewed with caution, due to low initial enrichment and the apparent short temporal persistence of 13C-labeled detritus added to sediments. T. inflata was barely enriched in either experiment and may rely on a carbon source not considered. The combination of isotope labeling and compartment modeling is relatively new to ecology and shows potential for revealing differences in the patterns of use of algae and macrophyte detritus by consumers.


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Statement of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on legislation to extend unemployment insurance, COBRA safety net programs
Editor's Note: The Senate recessed today, Feb. 26, without approving legislation that would have extended emergency unemployment insurance benefits for workers who have lost their jobs and health insurance subsidies under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The current program is scheduled to expire on Feb. 28.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement:
"It is essential that Congress extend the unemployment insurance and COBRA safety net programs that are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act past their current expiration date of Feb. 28. If Emergency Unemployment Compensation and full federal funding of the Extended Benefit program are not extended, 400,000 Americans will lose these vital benefits during the first couple of weeks in March. By May, nearly 3 million people would be left without these benefits. Furthermore, if the Recovery Act COBRA subsidy is not extended, thousands of families will lose access to affordable health care.
"I am disappointed that partisan politics have been interjected into this essential extension. The American people need and deserve better. We cannot stop supporting workers who desperately seek jobs but in many cases simply cannot find them. For many households with an unemployed worker, these benefits are the only thing that allows them to keep paying the bills and supporting their families as they look for new employment.
"In addition to providing relief to millions of unemployed, extending these benefits is vital to recovery. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, benefit programs like unemployment insurance are one of the most timely and cost-effective ways to spur economic activity and employment."


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Buckeye legends returning to the field?
- Written by MATT HAMMOND
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer is always on the cutting edge when it comes to finding an edge. So, it came to his surprise during Monday's weekly press conference when presented with a new practice idea he was not aware of.
Lori Schmidt of 97.1 The Fan in Columbus asked Meyer if he would consider using former players who are now out of the NFL as practice players. The topic is gaining steam after it was revealed last week that Alabama has used former running back Trent Richardson on its scout team.
Confused by the question, Meyer asked Schmidt to repeat it. He then answered that he did not realize the NCAA allows former players to return to their institution and participate in practice.
He then joked that he was going to think about it, and even pulled out his cell phone as if he already had a few names in mind that he would like to call upon.
While it is unlikely the Buckeyes will follow Alabama's lead, it is intriguing to think about the possibilities. Here are some of the most popular candidates assuming they would be interested in committing themselves to the punishment of a practice squad player.
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New York City, New York (PRWEB) February 09, 2016
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BRADENTON -- A proposed state bill requiring at least 60 percent approval on local referendums could have serious repercussions on Manatee County's plans to raise money to build new schools.
While not formalized, the district will likely ask voters to approve extending the half-cent sales tax, which helps pay for capital projects. As the Manatee County school district is poised to build new schools to meet increased growth, at least one new high school is on the horizon. It's likely the district will need at least one new middle school and one new elementary school as well.
Senate Bill 1100, if adopted, would raise the bar on getting approval for a sales tax increase. Instead of a "simple majority" -- 50 percent of the votes plus one -- the bill would change local referenda to a "super majority" -- where local governments would need at least 60 percent of voters to approve the measure. That super majority is what is already required at the state level to change the Florida state constitution.
The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-Pinellas, also requires local government to hold the referendum on the same day as the general election, which is what the school board is likely to do anyway to avoid the cost associated with a special election. A House version of the bill has been sponsored by State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill.
If passed, the bill, currently in committee, would go into effect in July, and would be in effect for the potential November referendum for the school district.
"It will make it harder, but it's not impossible," Manatee County School Board Chairwoman Karen Carpenter said. "It's up to the voters and whether we can make a case to the voters, I don't know."
The half-penny sales tax brings in about $30 million a year for the school district, according to officials. In 2002, Manatee County voters approved the referendum in a special elections with a 61 percent approval rating.
Board Vice Chairman Charlie Kennedy said he doesn't understand the logic behind the bill.
"My overall thought is why the intrusion into local politics? It doesn't make any sense to me," he said.
Kennedy said he thinks the district would get the simple majority.
"I think we can get over 50" percent, he said. "At 60, I would be sweating."
The district is hoping to raise money from several sources in order to pay for schools. County commissioners have already approved reinstating school-specific impact fees, which are collected on newly constructed homes in the county and can only be used by the district to help handle that specific growth. The impact fees for schools will be collected beginning in April. The fees have been suspended since 2009, during the Great Recession.
For the first year, impact fees will be collected at 50 percent of the maximum allowed rate as calculated by an independent company that completed an impact fee study. District officials expect to raise about $6.6 million the first year. In the second year, impact fees will be collected at 75 percent of the maximum allowed rate, and in the third year, impact fees will be collected at 100 percent.
The school board also attached a caveat that many county commissioners wish had not been included. If at any point, voters in Manatee County approve extending the half-penny sales tax, the collection rate for school impact fees will drop to 50 percent.
Tying the impact fees to the sales tax has already raised issues for some county commissioners and some residents, who view tying the two together as giving a break to developers or just bad business for a district that is in need of extra cash.
The new state bill, if it becomes law, would make it that much harder for the district to get approval on extending the sales tax, a much more flexible and a much bigger pot of money for the district.
In addition to the sales tax and impact fees, the board may look to voters to approve increasing the millage rate on that portion of property taxes that goes to the school district to help cover capital costs. The state sets a cap on the millage for school districts, but some districts -- including Sarasota -- have received voter approval to collect above that limit.
The board may also look at bonding the yet-to-be approved sales tax revenue. Bonding can be done without voter approval, but voters would need to approve increasing their school taxes.
Meghin Delaney, education reporter, can be reached at 941-745-7081. Follow her on Twitter @MeghinDelaney.


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My wife and I went to the temple last night. Another change to the endowment ceremony was announced. Due to explicit instructions by the First Presidency in the announcement, I won't discuss details (though I have registered my frustration with this non-essential secrecy in another post). Safe to say that it is nothing serious, and I am not sure anyone can argue with me on that.
However, it got me thinking about temple ceremony changes in the future. Looking across the ordinances, baptism takes about 30 seconds, confirmation about the same, initiatory takes about 5 minutes, and the sealing takes about 2 minutes (at least when doing vicarious ordinances). But the endowment takes a whopping hour and a half, maybe longer. I have always felt like as temple work accelerated in the Millennium, the ordinance itself would get much shorter. What do you think?
Since we can't talk about it, I won't ask what you think the "irreducible core" of the endowment ordinance is, but it is worth thinking about.


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Hi All,
As you probably know, CitiesCorp Concept has been submitted to Steam Greenlight some time ago.
In general the feedbacks were good, however the community did not like the unpolished artwork at all.
That's why I started to work on the appearence of the game and today I wanted to show you the actual progress and a bit of gameplay.
You can watch the videos:
on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526802271
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Don't forget to vote. Thanks.
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Get ready for more mayhem in JUST CAUSE 3! Officially announced by Game Informer (it will be on their December issue cover)
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It should also be noted that this entry will be a single-player only experience.Just Cause 3 is set in the Mediterranean, but its locale is just one deviation from its numbered predecessor. Although the new map is about the same size as Just Cause 2's in terms of area, Avalanche's "volumetric terrain" adds more verticality to the new world players can not only descend into subterranean caverns, but climb towering structures that change up the relatively flat experience of Just Cause 2, according to the most recent issue of Game Informer Magazine.
The game is on course for a 2015 release on the PS4!
I'm personally really excited about this one. Very much looking forward to this one. What about you?


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Thomas H. Laby Professor of Physics
- Recruiter
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
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- 12 Jul 2017
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- 30 Oct 2017
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- Physical Sciences, Physics & Astronomy
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- Academic Posts, Professors / Chairs
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- Permanent
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- Full Time
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Faculty of Science
Salary: $187,654 p.a. plus 17% superannuation
The School of Physics is seeking an appointment to The Thomas H. Laby Professor of Physics who will provide high level scientific leadership enabling development of a new experimental or observational research program in the fields of either Gravitational Wave Physics or Neutrino Physics. The Thomas H. Laby Professor of Physics will establish a new research group, and will be supported through generous resources for establishment of the research program.
Close date: 30 Oct 2017
Position Description and Selection Criteria; Leadership Roles document
Leadership Roles of Melbourne Professors April 2017.pdf
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Bruce Lee once said "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." This is so true when it comes to photography. You may have taken a lot of shots in one photography session but but he who takes the same taking the same shot a lot in various sessions is bound to hit the mark majority of the time.
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Friday, June 08, 2012
Road to NOVA: Too Aggressive
I played at Dream Wizards yesterday as a prep for Saturday's tournament. I played against Ben "Bugs" Cash. Missing was annihilation/pitched battle. I won first deployement and Ben failed to seize.
Deployment which is arguably the hardest and most critical part of the game and something that I have struggled with. I lined up spread from the center. Because cover was good and Nids aren't the fast army they should be I felt confident that I not only have the proper protection but that my missiles and Las guns would have the best lane of fire. Vindicators are left flank with one behind cover just in case Ben steals initiative. Razorbacks and a squad of terminators center. Second squad of terminators and speeder on the right flank.
Ben sets up center with Tervigons on each side.
From this point I won't give a blow by blow because I suck at after-action reports. Round one shooting was good for me. One Tervigon falls with a few Tyrmaguants. One Trygon takes three wounds. Round two a Trygon falls but I make a critical mistake. I am within range of his Hive Guard and their impailer cannons. Razorbacks begin to fall.
Then I get forced into CC with him. What should have been an even trade (EC for a Tervigon) turned out to be a disaster. To show how this game went from the bottom of three on I quote Ben, "Your dice rolls weren't a disaster. They just fell apart at the end."
I wasn't tabled but that was only due to the game ending in turn 5. 6th round would have been a speeder (not a fast speeder) trying to dodge fire and another one immobilized.
What did I do wrong? I didn't keep my range. I kept holding my position and allowed Ben to move forward and munch me. I play nids. I know better. It didn't help that his reserves outflanked from the spot he needed to take out the vindicators. Good game and was fun.
In hobby news, I worked a little more on my Razorbacks. I screwed up the parchment on one of them and will most likely need to repaint it. I figured out how to correct the issue with the other two in one of those waking up in the middle of the night flash of brillance. I plan on just powering through most of the primary color on the shoulder pads and get them attached to the initiates. I also plan to try to get the marines attached to the speeders.
Image was taken from DeviantArt - ursulav
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I had a good time too, you are always a fun opponent. One quick note - remember that the Swarmlord allows you to reroll choice of side for outflanking. And since 2/3 of the rolls will be the side I want, 8 out of 9 times they will come in on the correct side. They will also come in early due to the +1 he gives. So anything that isn't a vehicle moving over 6" or a cc unit in cover is playing with fire by hugging the board edges.ReplyDelete
Heh. Should have given me that luck, I could have used it! You placed like 10 spots higher than I did.ReplyDelete
My matchups were not terribly kind, it is true. Round one I drew Patton and his Necrons. I made an overly aggressive play for the objectives on round 1, built up a big control point lead, but slowly got whittled down and lost by one pt on the last turn. He is very good, no shame in that loss. Second game I drew one of the Deathwing players, so was trying to win a VP scenario against a 30 terminator brick (almost literally, he deployed in a box formation between the blast zones). Just too hard to kill off much of that army with mine, and I came up 1" short of scoring the secondary objective. Final round was against Cliff with the Cybo Skull on the line, and the dice were so atrociously unbalanced in my favor the win hardly counts..ReplyDelete
Honestly I didn't want to match up against you either. That list is solid, and I was pretty sure you wouldn't make that same push up the board against me again. I would not have been surprised at all to get shot off the table.


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Moore To See Photography Expeditions!
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There is so much more to see in Virginia Beach than just the beach! We will take you.
Very soon - by the end of June if all goes as planned - we will be offering photography expeditions by boat on the waters of Back Bay, VA, Knott's Island Bay, NC, and the North Landing River, VA - all part of what Col William Byrd called the Green Sea in 1728. Tours will be for 3-3.5 hours, twice daily.
We will also offer overnight stays at False Cape State Park. The lodge sleeps 26 people and is situated right on Back Bay with incredible views all around and magnificent sunsets over the water - perfect for photographers and nature lovers! Sunrise pictures? A short walk through the maritime forest and over the dunes to the Atlantic Ocean will put you on the beach as it should be - empty and natural - all to yourself.
More information on these trips will be forthcoming! It's almost too good to be true!
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Animals we may see: Bobcat, Bear, Turkey, Owl, Whitetail Deer, Wild Hog, Mink, Beaver, Coyote, River Otter.
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