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Client: N/A
Year: 2013-Current
Platform: Multi-platform (desktop, mobile, AR/VR)
For the past three years and counting, I've been guiding a traditional Fortune 50 company through a digital transformation. We're developing digital products that support their physical ones to meet the users' needs at critical touchpoints across the customer journey.
This project is under an extreme NDA, so I won't be able to go into the details, but what I can do, is share some of the processes we guided them through that brought us to where we are today with a large-scale software project.
My Role
My role was to lead the UX vision for the digital product developed; ensuring that we successfully translate and carry the business goals and research insights to guide our decisions through the design process.
Our Approach
The first year of the project was discovering what the needs of the business, users, and products were; we followed Lean UX principles to explore different directions for how the product could take shape and iterated quickly. We supported the discovery phase with stakeholder & user interviews, in-depth contextual inquiries, surveys, workshops, prototypes, and user testing.
What came out of the first year was a series of user archetypes, customer journey maps, prototypes, validated insights, and recommendations that guided our decisions to deliver on the product vision moving forward.
In the second year, we used our findings to create our roadmap and backlog of features for the product experience. We narrowed down the focus for the product and started by using our proof-of-concepts to bring the product to life. Over the years of development we've used our design–prototype–test–validate–develop cycle to build the product.
We're still developing different portions of the product experience, but we've transitioned to feature tweaks, evangelizing our processes across the clients' other project teams, and working on how emerging technologies will bring a richer and more meaningful customer experience in the future.


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B&B Domus Nova
Bed & Breakfast
Those looking for the real Verona could not ask for more - a fair haven to return to after a day strolling history-steeped streets
€150 p/n
How to book
If you have any questions or want to enquire about dates, use our form to contact Anna & Giovanni Roberti or see their website for more information.
From €150 per night
Stroll down the Via Mazzini, nod at Gucci and Bulgari. People-watch on the Piazza delle Erbe, where the crowds throng until 2am. Soak up grand opera beneath a starry summer sky at the Roman amphitheatre. And return to the warmth and classicism of the Domus Nova, in the car-free heart of Verona; it is wonderfully quiet. This is a grand family house that has been restored to its former splendour. Giovanni grew up here, three relatives are architects and his wife's sister is an interior designer – no wonder it's perfect. The look is luxy hotel, the feel is B&B and the views are fabulous: onto the large and lovely Piazza dei Signori and its historic tower. Bedrooms, on the third and top floors, are spacious yet cosy, immaculate yet friendly… natural pigments on walls, rich fabrics, painted beams, fine antiques, and one with a balcony so you can be Juliet for a day. The salon is equally inviting, with its comfortable leather armchairs and elegant breakfast tables, classical music and antique books. You'll imagine yourself in another century staying here.
- Hot tub
- WiFi
- Swimming pool
- Mobile reception
- Spa
- Breakfast included
- Open fire / woodburner
- Bar
- Parking on premises
- Licensed premises
- Free parking nearby
- Meals available
- Vegetarian meals
- Paid parking nearby
- Breakfast available
- Accessible by public transport
- Wheelchair access
- Limited mobility
- Air conditioning
- Relaxation areas
- Garden
- Tennis court
- Credit cards
- Pets welcome
Family friendly
- Baby monitor
- Children welcome
- Books and toys
- Babies welcome
- Stair gates
- High chair
- Pub/bar within 3 miles
- Restaurant within 3 miles
- Shop within 3 miles
- Bikes available
- Food courses
- Kayaking
- Other courses
- Sailing
- Surfing
- Wild swimming
& pricing
Booking information
- Check in
- 4.30pm -7.30pm
- Check out
- By 11am
- Booking restrictions
- Minimum stay two 2 nights in doubles; 3 nights in suite.
- Closed
- Never.
- No smoking
- Smoking not permitted anywhere in the property.
- Meals
- Restaurants nearby.
- Nightly price
- from €150
- Surcharges
- Extra bed €60.
- 1 Twin/double
- From €150
- 1 Suite for 2
- From €230
- 1 Double
- From €150
Have you visited B&B Domus Nova? Be the first to leave a review.
The neighbourhood
Local points of interest from Anna & Giovanni Roberti
- San Pietro castle belvedere, a place for Romeos and Juliets.
- The oldest gelateria in Town: try the semifreddo ice cream at Savoia.
- To see the city from above, climb the 364 steps of the Lambert tower.
- Hot day? Join the local teenagers at the low-water pool at the Arsenale.
- Want to experience the splendid Roman Arena all alone? Enter it at 08.30 am.
- Be captured by a serious Sthendal syndrome in front of the Mantegna Madonna, into St. Zeno basilica. To be delighted of the best Italian private garden, find the Parco Sigurtà.

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Palestinian Gay Film Festival Breaks Down Barriers
It was an LGBT-themed film festival held outside the borders of Palestine, featuring a number of works by directors who were neither gay nor Palestinian. But the first-ever Kooz Queer fest, which had a modest bow earlier this month in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, made little ripples of history in its own right.
December 4 / Variety
Issues and Countries: Discrimination and Equality, Palestine


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Ho hum.
I'm feeling a bit uninspired lately. Summer went by far to quickly and now it's getting cold again. Though I am readying myself for Halloween, I'm still not fully feeling the fun.
And I feel as if I should do something more with this space.
I have no idea.
I'm not a political person. So none of that.
I'm not a sports person. Go Bills and Sabres. That's as sporty as I get.
I cook once in a while but don't eat out often. So no foodie blog.
And really, how much dialysis talk can one person stand. Needles, slept, crashed, home. Oh the fun. Next.
Even though my cats are adorable, they don't do much to entertain anyone more than myself.
Writing? Photography? Art? I'm not creative enough to keep that up.
Fashion? Celerity gossip. Nah.
Memes? Are fun. But, I have to wonder about how often one can realistically tell people what one's favorite color is without getting punched in the head. I think 4. And I've already done that.
TV? I do like my TV. But what? Not reality. Or gory stuff. Or overdone drama. Or stupid. Also,I'm a spoiler.
Movies? Music? I don't leave the house enough to be up-to-date on any of them. Everything I get is from Netflix or the library.
I think I've given myself a bit of a headache at the mere thought of all this.
Later though I do have pics from August and September.
So there is that :)


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Question: How much do movers cost?
Answer: It depends.
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Speaking Independent Tasks口语独立题
➢ Task 1
The university newspaper is going to add one of the following sections. Which do you prefer?
- Film recommendations
- Tips and advice about student travel
- Restaurant reviews
I would prefer that the university add a section for film recommendations. First of all, there's never enough time to read about all the films out there, let alone see them, so having someone knowledgeable whose opinion I trust giving some recommendations would be really helpful. Even if I only see half of the films mentioned, it would be worth my time. Second, I think that a university student critic could be trusted more than mainstream ones. Critics in major newspapers have reputations to worry about and often recommend only the biggest films, saying boring things about them in the same platitudes over and over. A student writing for a school paper would have nothing to lose and would more likely be honest.
➢ Task 2
Should moral values be taught at schools?
I think moral values should not be taught at schools. For one thing, it's the job of families, not schools, to teach this sort of thing. Kids should learn values at home. Schools need to focus on teaching knowledge and skills, something they already often don't have enough time for. Besides, we all know that many kids dislike school—if they were taught morals, would they even listen? Another reason schools should not teach morals is that it would be impossible to decide which morals to teach. Different people have different beliefs, and it would be contentious to have schools teaching kids things their parents object to on religious grounds or whatever. It would just turn into another culture war we don't need, a nonstop controversy.
Writing Independent Task写作独立题
You are about to choose classes for the last semester in college before graduation. Do you prefer to choose the classes taught by professors whose classes you have taken before or professors you have not learned from?
In college, choosing courses can be a major factor in what kind of experience a student has. A student must choose courses to fulfill credit requirements, but they often have considerable choice in which specific classes to take and when. In addition to credit concerns and the titles or focuses of the classes, the professors teaching them might influence students' decisions. Personally, if it were my last semester in school, I would try to choose classes taught by professors whose classes I'd taken before.
First of all, one more semester is a limited number of classes. Depending on the school's schedule, that might only be four or five classes. This means it would be my last chance to squeeze what I could out of my college experience—and my tuition. Some might say I should try classes taught by professors I have not learned from in order to diversify my experience. I disagree: this is a huge risk. What if you simply do not like your professors in your last semester and you do not learn as much as you hoped? Now you have missed your last chance to take another course from that amazing professor you loved earlier in your college career. One last semester is just too big a chance to waste on what is uncertain.
Second, with a professor I had had before, I would know his or her approach and how to get the most from it. Different professors can have radically different styles. Some may be punchy and direct, while others may give rambling lectures full of tangents. Knowing a professor's style beforehand would minimize unpleasant surprises. It would also improve my chances of getting a good grade, since I would know how to glean what is important from lectures and reading, and I would know what to expect from tests and how the professor grades papers. Grades are not everything, but my last semester would be my last chance to secure a good GPA, and knowing the professor could make the difference.
Choosing professors, and not just the courses themselves, can be very important in college. The same course—that is, focus, syllabus, and so on—taught by two different professors could turn out to be two completely different experiences. If I were choosing courses for my last semester, I would try to choose those taught by professors I already liked and was comfortable with. Knowing I would be getting a positive experience and knowing what to expect in grading would be important to me, because after that semester, college would be over.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knights and their characters. Thank you very much for reading my fic. (^_^)
Chapter 1: Cross Academy
Miaka suddenly woke up from her sleep when the cab came into a adrupt halt infront of the "forever" stairs towards the gates of Cross Academy. The afternoon sunlight gave out a wonderful aroma around the area and felt relieved that she finally arrived just in time before the first day of class starts. She combed her hair a little bit before opening her bag pack to get her wallet.
"Ma'am, are you alright? You fell asleep on the way." The driver looked at her worriedly and Miaka only smiled at him. Glad that he cares for his costumers. "How much will I pay you, sir?"
"Well., that will be 1, 500 yen, ma'am." He replied.
"Would you mind helping me with my bags?" Miaka asked after giving the money. She rubbed her eyes a little feeling really sleepy. It was a long journey after all and it wasn't easy to convince his older brother that she will be fine by herself besides this is a boarding school. Her older brother is about to graduate from college and she doesn't want to be in his way. After all she has to learn to be responsible for herself.
The driver nodded and got out of the cab to get her bags from the back. Miaka slowly came out from the passengers seat and looked on ahead memorizing the scenery in front of her. The school was huge and gives you the idea that every student have the money to buy things girls like her wouldn't normally buy. Not to mention the rumors she heard just a moment ago from the bus station that this school have two different dormitories the other seperating from the rest.
'what was that again? Was it the night class...I head?' Miaka thought as she helped with the other luguage.
"Ma'am, I will help you bring it until the school gate if you like." The driver offered kindly and Miaka nodded. "Arigato gusaimasu!" She said cheerfully that made the driver blushed.
"Ma'am I hope you enjoy your stay here since I know this school is quite a good one." The driver said as they approached the gate.
"Well, you see there are many people in town said so and maybe its because of the students whom they think is incredibly great at almost everything..."
Miaka raised an eyebrow at the man as she looked on. "Have you see one of them, sir?"
Miaka smirked finally approaching the gate. "I do not quite know the boy's name but he's got this very mysterious blue eyes. He may looked nice and handsome but he also...looks dangerous too..." The driver said but right after saying the word dangerous he looked thoughtful as he placed the two luguage he was holding down. Miaka was about to say something when she noticed a tall young man standing near the gate and a petite girl behind him smiling.
"Well, I guess I will take my leave now miss." With that the driver gave her a slight bow and left. Miaka smiled back and looked back at the two.
The girl with the short chocolate, brown hair walked towards her and held out her hand. "Hello, I am Cross Yuuki and this is Kiryuu Zero." She added while pointing behind her at Zero. Zero didn't give out any expression and gust stared as if nothing.
Miaka smiled letting the strands of of her hair fall back. She change quite a bit and her hair grew quite long reaching her elbow. However, her eyes looked the same as always. "I'm Yuuki Miaka, nice to meet you."
"We will help you with your things. The Chairman is not around today but he knew that you will be coming so he arrange everything so all you have to do is follow us. Then will discussed your uniform maybe by tomorrow?" Yuuki explained , feeling quite comfortable but took a glanced at Zero who started grabbing for her two luguages with no efforts.
"I apologize if I arrived just now..." Miaka said feeling a little shy since everyone had already finished their enrollment papers.
"Oh that is o.k."
"If you have any quesitons just ask Yuuki." Zero suddenly said without looking and expressionless. Miaka nodded not really minding the lack of interest in his voice. She giggled a little when she saw Yuuki nudge him with her elbow. "You have to do some work too you know."
Miaka looked around as they headed towards the sun dorm when she saw a glimpse of the moon dorm. Everything seems to be fine and peaceful here she thought. The structure of the buildings is enough to make someone in awe. 'I'm sure that the classrooms are also incredible...'
"You must be tired Yuuki-san." Yuuki said while Miaka looked around. "Well,...not really I guess. I fell asleep on the way here so I think I was able to recharge my energy." Miaka replied. Zero glanced behind him then quickly looked straight. "And you can call me Miaka."
"Oh! O.k.,.." Yuuki smiled widely at her as they approached the sun dorm gate. "You can call me Yuuki, too." Miaka nodded.
Miaka took one glanced at the moon dorm from her right before following the two prefects. "Yuuki, why is there another dorm over there?" Miaka asked curiously.
"Oh! That? Its the moon dorm where the night class students stays." Yuuki said opening the door. Zero grumbled something but Miaka couldn't hear it and he sounded mad.
"The night class students?" Yuuki nodded as they went inside the sun dorm. Miaka's eyes widen a bit at the structure design. Everything looked so sophisticated that it seems like everyone is extremely rich. Miaka suddenly felt concious but immediately straighten up when a group of girls walked pass them.
A few of the boys stood by the terace talking and laughing. Miaka smiled to herself. 'This place looks peaceful...'
Zero went ahead with her luguages and Yuuki smiled when she saw Miaka's awe expression. "Do you like it?"
Miaka looked at her and nodded happily. "I'm glad to know that. I will give you your uniform and handbook later o.k.?"
"What are the rules here?" Miaka asked following Yuuki up the stairs. Some of the students looked their way curiously then went back to what they were doing.
"Well above all rules students of the sun dorm must always be back in the sun dorm at precisely five in the afternoon and should not go out at night. It is prohibited to go outside the dorm night for security purposes." Yuuki explained but when she mentioned about not leaving the dorm at night her voice sounded nervous but Miaka ignored that since she understood.
Once they reache\d her room Zero was already leaving. He looked bored with his hands in his pockets as they pass by. Miaka smiled at him kindly making him raise an eye brow at her. "Thank you, Zero-nii for carrying my bags." Zero was taken by surprised hearing the suffix after his name but didn't show it. He looked to his left avoiding her gaze. "Sure..."
Miaka followed Yuuki inside and found two beds. "I guess you don't have room mate yet, is that alright with you Miaka?"
Miaka nodded placing her hand bag on her chosen bed. "Its o.k. I 'm used to this." Miaka looked around, 'this room makes me miss Yui. I wonder how is she doing over there at Tokyo.'
"Zero and I will be coning back later. At the moment just feel at home o.k.?" Yuki said cheerfully leaving Miaka in the room. "See you later, Yuuki." said Miaka waving her leave.
Once they are gone Miaka jumped on her bed feeling its soft and comfy texture. She felt a little relieve at the fact that she have the room all to herself and she wont worry about anything about somebody during the stay. She walked over to the windows and opened the curtains inviting the warm sunset filling her room with a sweet aura of peace. On the other window to her right side she could see the moon dorm. It doesn't seem to be far away from the sun dorm but the trees and the huge walls surrounding it makes it impossible.
Miaka smiled to herself and went to get her stuffs from her bags. She hummed to herself as she fixed her stuffs in the room taking her time. After a few hours a new beginning will start.
Nakago opened his eyes slowly but didn't move from his bed. He noted that every curtain in his room is closed letting no light to shine in. Even though with it closed he knew that its time to get up from his slumber. However, school wont start today anyways so its not like there is anythig to do and its not the "time" that woke him.
He felt it... someone's chi. A special chi that only belong to one person. Its been awhile since he felt someone's chi this strong. He doubt it at first since he barely could sense it and it seems to be disappearing. He frown at this and sat up.
Suddenly, a knock sounded at his door. "Ayru-sama, I am sorry to disturb you but your presence is needed at the parlour."
"Alright." Nakago replied loud enough to be heard on the outside. He heard the messenger left and sigh to himself not bothering to open the windows. It will just cause him a slight pain. He wore black, silk, pants and a white polo that he didn't bother taking off last night/morning. He was too tired to do just anything. Damn, any girl would start to faint out of desire seeing him like that. Nakago smirked to himself glancing at the mirror in front of him.
He brushed his long, blonde hair with his hands before leaving the room. He bottoned up his polo to make himself a little more presentable. He felt a little relieve that his polo doesn't seem crumpled. Damn, he looked hot...he grabbed his coat from the cabinet and left silently.
He snift the air a little and caught the scent of the two prefects. He wore his coat quickly and placed his hands in his pockets.
Nakago arrived at the meeting place just in time to see Aidou being dragged down by Akatsuki away from Zero who is having a hard time controling himself. He smirked at the scene. Everyone noticed his presence and immediately bowed. Except for Zero and Yuuki of course. He walked near the terace over viewing ignoring the stare Zero was sending him. He have no intension to join whatever conversion that is about to be brought up at any moment. Everyone then went back to what they were doing after recognizing him. After a few minutes kaname showed up and everyone bowed again to greet him. He only nodded once towards his direction as a greeting then went back on watching everyone doing their thing. Kaname joined everyone not missing the smiled he puts on when Yuuki is around or talking to him.
"Alright, now that we are here. I would like you all to please listen to the announcement from the prefects." Kaname said standing beside Takuma. Zero looked at another direction not wanting to be the center of attention and Yuuki only smiled.
Nakago only watched not bothering to listen since he had talked with the chairman yesterday and gave him full information about the school rules and he only need to hear it once. Suddenly, his body jolted a little in slight surprise. He could sense it much more better now. However, he narrowed his eyes when he felt the chi from the two prefects. 'Its strange how someone's chi would stick to someone else...Its very faint...' He thought.
His eyes narrowed even more at the thought. He silently sigh to himself and straigthen himself up and place one hand across his eyes calming himself as he walked down the stairs slowly as to not catch any attention but that didn't help when the others near the corner started to noticed his presence too much. Kaname watched him silently before looking back at the prefects.
"Are there any questions?" Yuuki asked just after the announcement.
Nakago ignored the stares he's getting and walked towards the door. "Aryu-sempai? Is there something wrong?" Yuuki queried.
"Ayru-sama?" Nakago could feel the stares behind his back but did not stop.
"Please don't mind me. There is just something I have to do." he said and closed the door behind him leaving a confused group of vampires and two prefect.
Once Nakago was outside his eyes squinted a little adjusting his eyes at the brightness. Although its afternoon the brightness is a little too much for his eyes especially coming from a room that does not allow any light from the sun. He didn't expect anything special today but it seems that fate always wants to play games with him. He didn't want to catch anymore attention to himself and made sure to stay under the shadows.
Miaka walked down the stairs where she could see full view of the parlour area. Most of the students already went to their rooms to prepare themselves tomorrow. Miaka wore a simple, light pink , nightware and fixed her long hair into a pony tail. She smiled politely to some girls who passed by her and they smiled back. Miaka continued to walked towards the other hall where the kitchen is. When she opened the door the kitchen was empty. Everything seems to be in order and Miaka liked it. She smiled when she felt that she could have the kitchen for herself the whole night without disturbing anyone.
'I think I should make dinner so that I will feel more relaxed for tomorrow.' She giggled to herself and made her way around cooking.
Nakago walked calmly as he neared the sun dorm. He's eyes narrowed when he felt the chi stronger inside. Its still early for bed time for the sun students and he has to make sure no one notice him. Hmp, they could if they are one of them. He smirked to himself coming up with a plan. He took out his right hand out of his pocket and looked up.
Miaka hummed to herself placing the finished pasta on a plate and continued with the toppings. Miaka giggled to herself a little when she remembered two years ago when she was just the naïve fifteen year old girl who is so good at eating but not at cooking. Suddenly, as if something just came into her, eyes widen in surprise, she dropped the spoon she was holding. It made a loud thud on the floor and she gasped in shocked.
'What was that...' Miaka felt her eye sight blured for a second and she wondered to herself looking really confused and lost all of the sudden.
Nakago left his hiding place and now stood on top of the tower platform with ease. He smirked to himself when a bat appeared on his hand by his powers. The wind blew pass him but did not fail to lose his balance. Most people would not stand the strength of the wind at this height. His eyes narrowed slightly as he watched the sun set for a second feeling relieve that his eyes adjusted comfortably before slightly looking down at his creation. Nakago's eyes glowed blood red in command and the bat immediatey flew away towards the open windows of the sun dorm. He placed his right hand in his pocket, his eyes returning to normal, and closed his eyes concentrating.
The bat flew in in one of the windows making its way around just within the shadows of the walls. Its eyes glowed red for a second just in time to see two day students but they don't seem to noticed its' presence. The bat itself was created as a surveillance, whatever its seeses Nakago sees as well.
Miaka picked up the spoon that she dropped still looking troubled. 'what was that just now? As if I just felt my heart...beat so hard agaisn't my chest.' Miaka looked over the unfinished spaghetti on the table and continued but she couldn't feel at ease at all!
The dorm president, Denise Anthony Aldrey, looked behind him suddenly narrowing his eyes causing the vice president, Vincent Aldrey, and the class A president, Nathan Cross to look at him curiously.
"Is there something wrong, Anthony?" Vincent asked his sharp black eyes starring at him. " We still have to make sure everyone knows their respective class for tomorrow." Nathan said smiling cheerfully.
Anthony glared slightly then shook his head walking back with them. "Sorry, its nothing."
Nakago frowned letting his bad hide behind one of the pillars. He stopped for a moment and took notice of the dorm president. 'Anthony Aldrey... he almost got me there but... with that ability of his he will make a good vampire ...' With that the bat left its hiding place and went towards the corridor where the kitchen is. Nakago smirked to himself finally satisfied that he will find out who is the owner of the chi.
Miaka turned of the rice cooker and took out a plate to prepare the rice she needed. She didn't noticed the bat that flew in and hanged itself near the curtain.
Nakago opened his eyes in slight surprise and narrowed his eyes as it glowed dangerously.
'Priestess of Suzaku...'
Miaka then suddenly felt the jolt of energy in her body causing her to gasped in surprise. She turned around bringing her hand to her chest. "Nani..kore..." She took a deep breath trying to calm herself that everything is fine but failed to. She looked around the room a little then stared on the floor thinking.
'what is she doing at a place like this?Shouldn't she be...'
Miaka slowly took the plate with rice and placed it on the table. Then without warning she looked in front of her where the bat hung silently with its red eyes glowing.
Nakago narrowed his glowing red eyes as he watched the priestess stare at his bat. So much for hide and seek and here comes a former priestess. Miaka blinked as she stared back at the bat in front of her.
"What is a bat doing here?" She whispered to herself in disbelief but Nakago could hear her loud and clear. Nakago crossed his arms and calmly did nothing. Miaka looked at her food then to the bat. Then she smiled warmly feeling a little relieve forgetting the thing just awhile ago.
"Are you hungry? Is that's why you are here?" She said in high spirits, clapping her hands in front of her, and smiled. Nakago frowned at this. 'Baka...' he took noted at her clothing and felt a little amused. 'Aren't you a little daring, little Miko.'
Miaka walked towards the curtain near the sink keeping an eye contact with the bat. The bat did not make any move from its spot watching Miaka calmly.
Nakago opened his eyes with his quick reflexes he moved away from his place.
Miaka screamed when she heard a shot gun ,closing her ears, but opened her eyes soon enough to see the bat failing to fly away from its place. The wind blew in through the windows causing the curtains to wave in motion getting the bat tangled with it.
Nakago turned around to see Zero pointing a gun at him. He smirked at him and Zero glared.
Miaka quickly helped the bat get loose from the curtain and held on it carefully. She was glad that it did nothing to get away from her. The bat let itself layed on her hand quietly. Miaka looked at it a little closely. 'I was sure that its eyes were glowing red just awhile ago... and what was that?! A gun?!'
"What are you doing here, Aryu Nicholas?" Zero said more than a question. He narrowed his eyes when Nakago walked a little towards him.
"I do not think shooting me will help you get the answer, Kiryuu." Nakago said his voice cold as ever. Zero glared even more giving him the "just-answer-the-damn-question" glare. Nakago chuckled.
"Anthony-sama! What was that just now?!" One of the students asked worriedly. Anthony looked out from the window curiously but didn't say anything. Nathan looked a little troubled for a moment before saying anything.
"Its alright. Some people just passed by behind... hunting." 'Way to go, Nathan.' Nathan scolded himself, giving out a reason like who would believe?
The student who came outside their rooms heard his small explanation and looked thoughtful for a moment before looking at each other. Anthony watched the scene in front of him quietly. Nathan sweatdropped at this.
"Is that so, Cross-san?"
"well, I heard there were some people hunting animals in the forest behind our school."
"Isn't that not safe?"
Nathan looked a little troubled unable to speak and just smiled a little too calmly but Anthony noticed.
"Its alright, the chairman told me that he will do something about those people." Anthony finished turning around leaving them. Nathan nodded in agreement.
Most of the students went back to their rooms after hearing Anthony and the others left satisfied. "Well, what can you expect from the chairman..."
Nathan let out a heavy sigh when eveyone left and followed Anthony. He caught up with him and walked behind him silently.
"Hunting, huh. Nathan." Anthony said. Nathan chuckled to himself scratching the back of his head. "Are you hiding something?" Anthony asked pinning him with his blue eyes. Nathan swallowed a little stopping at his tracks and Anthony looked at him.
"Nothing, Aldrey-sama." He said his voice forced with determination but he avoided Anthony's stare after a second. Antony looked away walking up the stairs leaving him. "I only doubt that its hunting." He said that made Nathan looked back at him.
Nakago turned around his back facing Zero. Zero lowered his gun but didn't looked away. "I only felt a familiar presence within the sun dorm that is all." With that he disappeared before Zero could say anything. Zero hid his gun and left.
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Texas A&M Game Leaves Cowboy Stadium
Texas A&M Game Leaves Cowboy Stadium
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
The Arkansas Razorbacks and the Texas A&M Aggies will move their football series to campus sites for 2012 and 2013.
Texas A&M will host the game on Sept. 29, 2012, and Arkansas will host in Fayetteville on Sept., 28, 2013.
The two teams played in the Southwest Classic at Cowboys Stadium during each of the past three years. The teams are talking with the Dallas Cowboys about returning the game to Cowboys Stadium for 2014.
This will be the first time the two teams have played on campus since 1991.


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Two of the leading architects and builders of Regency Brighton. Born in 1762, Amon Wilds established his building firm at Lewes with his son Amon Henry (born c.1790), but in about 1815 they moved to Lewes Road , Brighton. Their first major work in the town was the Trinity Chapel in Ship Street in 1817 for Thomas Read Kemp , and two years later they were commissioned by Thomas Read Kemp again to build him a new residence, The Temple , off Montpelier Road. The Wilds partnership also developed Richmond Terrace.
It appears that the son did most of the architectural design work, and that Wilds senior was principally a builder. In 1822 however, Amon Wilds, who lived at 9 Richmond Terrace, entered into partnership with architect Charles Busby while his son established his own business. Wilds and Busby then proceeded to build both the Kemp Town and Brunswick estates, and many of the other finest houses in the town, particularly on the East Cliff . Again, Wilds was concerned with building and Busby with design. Other Wilds and Busby work probably includes the Gothic House (Debenhams) in Western Road ; 87 London Road; the former Elim Church in Union Street; and many houses in Marine Parade , Marine Square, Portland Place, Regency Square and St George's Place .
Amon Wilds died on 12 September 1833 aged 71 and is buried in the eastern part of St Nicholas's churchyard, his prominent tomb being decorated with shell motifs and probably designed by his son. Charles Busby, who was born in 1788, published several books of architectural designs and spent seven years in the U.S.A. He lived at 11 Waterloo Place before moving to Lansdowne Place, Hove, in 1830, but he died on 18 September 1834 and is buried at St Andrew's Church, Hove .
Amon Henry Wilds continued to design many of the finest buildings to be seen in the town today, including the Western Pavilion for his own residence in about 1828. He later moved to 8 Western Terrace, to the nearby Gothic House (Debenhams) to 5 Western Terrace, and in 1848 to the Western Pavilion again. He retired in the 1850s and died in 1857 at Shoreham. Among his many works may be numbered Cavendish Place; Park Crescent; Sillwood Place; Waterloo Place; the Royal Albion Hotel ; St Alban's House; Sillwood House; the Unitarian Church; the Royal Newburgh Assembly Rooms; and the Victoria Fountain.
Distinctive features of A.H.Wilds's work are shell motifs and the spiral 'ammonite' capitals which were probably a pun on the name 'Amon'. They were first used by the Wilds partnership at Castle Place, 166 High Street, Lewes. In Brighton they may be found at Hanover Crescent ; Montpelier Crescent; 53-56 Montpelier Road ; 26 Old Steine ; Oriental Place; 40-44 Preston Street; on the northern side of the Queen's Hotel; 7 Richmond Terrace; Western Terrace; and also as an exhibit in Brighton Museum.
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i had pain yesterday, kind of shooting up both sides of my belly and around my hips, and today I have cramps pains a bit like period pain.. they are sometimes quite strong but go away quickly.
I also feel really sick today.
Anyone else had this, or is it just normal? I think perhaps round ligament pain but I am not sure if that can cause the cramps feeling too?


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The Northwest Regionals Management Association is an AMA-chartered club that exists for the sole purpose of conducting the Northwest Control-Line Regionals model airplane contest.
The 46nd annual Northwest Regionals is scheduled for May 26-27-28, 2017, at Roseburg Regional Airport, Roseburg, Ore.
For more information on the 2017 contest, see Where the Action Is.
Any Northwest CL enthusiast is welcome to be a member of the NWRMA and participate in its efforts to plan and conduct the contest. There are no dues. If you are interested in becoming a part of this organization, e-mail the NWRMA secretary.
President: Mike Hazel
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Event: Tech Talk: AGCO's Bags2Bulk Project
Date: December 10, 2014
Often losing as much as one third of their crops to rot, rodent, and insect damage, smallholder farmers need better postharvest storage solutions. AGCO, with support from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation, is introducing small-scale bulk silos to provide safe storage for maize in Zambia, where smallholder farmers produce 80 percent of the country's maize for domestic consumption.
What are the challenges when a multinational agribusiness enters a new market targeting smallholders? How is AGCO addressing these challenges with the Bags2Bulk project? What lessons can others draw from AGCO's experience to increase their own ability to reach smallholders?
This webinar included a presentation by AGCO followed by an in-depth interview and Q&A session that explored AGCO's successes and lessons learned in entering the Zambian smallholder market.
Q: I am curious to know how you solve the challenge of equipment ownership and caring/servicing of technology from smallholder farmers/subsistence farmers especially in Zambia. Large farmers are not a problem, but small farmers are a challenge.
A: For storage, we are looking typically at the traders owning the equipment themselves. Maintaining this is the responsibility of the trader but we cover this at point of sale. Servicing of course is provided by our distributor. However, typically these units have very few moving parts and require minimal servicing. This tends to become more of a challenge for large clients who have very complete structures. The unit we are selling to the small farmer is relatively simple and easy to maintain.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two Vermont women are trying to open a class-action lawsuit that, if successful, could upend the practice of online lending companies using Native American tribes' sovereignty to skirt state laws against high-interest payday loans.
Jessica Gingras and Angela Given say in their lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Vermont that Plain Green LLC is exploiting and extorting its borrowers through predatory lending in violation of federal trade and consumer laws.
Plain Green charges annual interest rates of up to 379 percent for its loans, which are typically used by low-income borrowers in need of emergency cash. The company is owned by Montana's Chippewa Cree Tribe, which uses the tribal-sovereignty doctrine to ignore states' laws that cap interest rates on payday loans.
The doctrine grants tribes the power of self-government and exempts them from state laws that infringe on that sovereignty, and it gives them immunity in many judicial proceedings.
Non-Indian companies have formed partnerships with tribes to operate the lending operations while benefiting from tribal sovereignty, a setup the lawsuit calls a "rent-a-tribe" scheme. In this case, a company called ThinkCash provided Plain Green with the marketing, funding, underwriting and collection of the loans, according to the lawsuit.
"The rent-a-tribe concept bugs me. It takes advantage of people in tough circumstances," Matt Byrne, the attorney for Gingras and Given, said Friday. "We want to show that tribal immunity cannot be used to shield bad conduct."
The lawsuit names Plain Green CEO Joel Rosette and two of the company's board members as defendants. A call to Rosette was referred to a Helena public relations firm. The Associated Press refused The Montana Group's demand that questions be submitted in advance as a condition to interview Rosette.
The Great Falls Tribune first reported the Vermont lawsuit.
Gingras and Given separately took out multiple loans from Plain Green that ranged from $500 to $3,000. They allege that the interest rates they were charged and the company's requirement to access a borrowers' bank account as a condition of granting a loan violated federal trade and consumer protection laws.
They say the company also is breaking federal law by not investigating its borrowers' ability to repay their loans and by setting repayment schedules designed to maximize interest collections.
They are asking a judge to bar Plain Green from making any more loans and to prevent the company from lending on the condition that it has access to the borrowers' bank accounts. They are seeking the return of all interest that was charged above a reasonable rate and the return of other financial charges made on the loans.
They are seeking to turn the case as a class-action lawsuit. It is unclear how many people have borrowed money from Plain Green, though the women estimated there are thousands of borrowers.
The Montana attorney general's office has received 53 complaints against Plain Green since 2011, and the Better Business Bureau has fielded 272 complaints about the company over the last three years.
A separate civil lawsuit filed last year by the Chippewa Cree Tribe against a former partner estimates that Plain Green has made at least $25 million for Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation since 2011.


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Yup, it's a 30-40!
I've had a Miroku/Winchester 1895 SRC in .30-06 for a few years now and I've finally found it a companion but this time in .30-40 caliber. It still has the cardboard behind the saddle ring to protect the finish! I paid more than I should have but when I saw it up for auction I had to have it. I've only got two boxes of Remington 180 grain ammo so I need to get an order in with Grafs for some brass. This one will also be getting a Pattern 21 sight as soon as Buffalo Arms gets them in stock again.


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Reliable connection of sensors and actuators in harsh environments
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If you've ever felt uneasy in your own skin, Portland based Wild Ones know exactly where you're coming from.
"Paresthesia" is the opening track from Wild Ones' forthcoming album Mirror Touch (due 7 October) and it encapsulates the band's creativity in a climate where it can be hard to balance a sense of self with expectations.
Named after a condition that causes an uncomfortable physical sensation for no apparent reason, it serves as a metaphor for social anxiety, something that vocalist Danielle Sullivan knows only too well. Describing the process behind the track, she says:
"Paresthesia refers to a time in my life when anxiety was ruling my mind. I was withdrawing from friends, wasn't leaving my house, and had stopped engaging with the world outside. The song explores strained love in the context of manifested fear."
But the inspiration for the track is offset by the towering melodies and propulsive hooks of the music. "Parensthesia" is a yin-yang of crystalline sharp melodies coupled with a though provoking core. It's a mixture that makes Wild Ones' Mirror Touch one of the most exciting prospects of the year.
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Dec 9, 2014
Mobile Hurts Engagement, but You Can Make it Better
Well, we've reached the point where watches connect to the internet. Go ahead and throw away your desktop computers, because watches are the new phones, phones are the new tablets, and tablets are the new laptops.
All right, maybe we're exaggerating, but the world feels more mobile-oriented than ever. And there are even studies to back up that hunch. The Pew Research Center found that the use of phones to read email doubled between 2009 and 2013, and the November 2014 Ericsson Mobility Report estimates that smartphone subscriptions and traffic per phone will see respective annual growth rates of 15% and 25% until 2020.
As a data scientist, I have a lot of questions about this brave new world. But mainly: "What will mobile's impact be on email engagement, and can email campaign design counteract changing engagement rates?" So my team decided to do some research.
We analyzed a random subset of email addresses that MailChimp sends to, determined those addresses' corresponding devices, then aggregated sends and clicks to these addresses from MailChimp users in a 6 month period to see how preferred device impacts engagement. We looked to see if use of our Litmus-powered Inbox Inspector feature and responsive templates help engage mobile subscribers, and we looked at how different links within a campaign are impacted.
What did we find? Well, mobile does hurt engagement, but there's plenty you can do to make it better. To learn more, read our full report. And check out the great infographics Litmus created with our results.


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death of the 'King of Pop'
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June 25, 2009 10:43pm CST
aww... just this morning..(here in the Philippines).. I heard the news that Michael Jackson just died of cardiac arrest... He collapsed inside his house(if i am not mistaken) It was too late for the paramedics to get him to the hospital in time.. It was confirmed that he is dead already... aww.. too bad... i like his moves... and his songs... the 'moonwalk'... that's the one i always copy from him.. what do you feel? a little bit of sadness? for me..yes.. because i'm a fan of him.. well not an avid though..
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I couldn't not believe my eyes when i saw in yahoo news, This is really sad news of this morning.


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Tracking Your Welcome Email With Mandrill
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Update (3/16/16): Mandrill is now an add-on for paid monthly MailChimp accounts, and is no longer available as a standalone service. Existing Mandrill users have until April 27, 2016 to merge their Mandrill account with a MailChimp account. See this article for additional details, including pricing information and instructions for merging your accounts.
Regardless of whether or not you own a business that sends receipts or invoices, you're a purveyor of transactional emails by default with MailChimp. When a new subscriber signs up to receive your email, after confirming their subscription, they typically get a welcome email. Since that email is sent on a one-to-one basis (meaning you only send an email to one person based on an action), it's considered a transactional email.
However, one small drawback to the default welcome email sent through MailChimp is that we don't currently track opens or clicks for them. We've seen some MailChimp users get creative and use our new hourly autoresponders to send in the place of a traditional welcome email, but sometimes waiting until the top of the hour to send an email won't cut it. That's where our pals at Mandrill come in.
Using Mandrill to send and track your welcome email
Like MailChimp, Mandrill offers users 12,000 free credits every month for all of your transactional sending needs. And, if you're a monthly MailChimp user, you get additional Mandrill credits every month with that free plan. Mandrill has built-in email tracking for measuring opens, clicks, and overall engagement of your email. We also recently announced that Mandrill activity is automatically imported to your MailChimp account. This means that if you send your welcome email through Mandrill you'll still be able to measure the results and segment your list based on opens or clicks for that Mandrill-powered newsletter.
If you'd like to give Mandrill a shot, setting it up to send your welcome emails instead of MailChimp is a good way to get started. First, we'll have to make one small change to your MailChimp list. You can disable MailChimp's automatically generated welcome emails by going to your list and clicking Settings -> List name and defaults. From there, uncheck the Send a final welcome email option.
Now that we've paved the way for Mandrill to handle sending the welcome email, you've got a couple of options as far as how to execute.
Third-party solutions (the easier way)
If you're not an experienced coder, you may want to use a third-party service that'll handle any potential messiness for you. If so, Zapier and ItDuzzIt are excellent solutions. With these services, you can sign up for a free account, then link your MailChimp and Mandrill accounts. It's worth stating up front that if you use this method, Zapier will check every 15 minutes for new subscribers, which means there could be a minimal delay in the time a subscriber signs up and the time they get the welcome email.
Webhooks (the less easy way)
If you're more comfortable with code, you may want to look into using MailChimp's webhooks option and a wrapper of your choice for the Mandrill API. Without turning this into a tutorial on how to write your own Mandrill integration with MailChimp, you'll basically want to set up a webhook in your list so that when a new subscriber is added, MailChimp triggers your script to send the welcome email via Mandrill.
Sending targeted email, automatically
Now that you've got your email ready to go, let's have some fun. Let's say you're a musician who's offering an MP3 in your Mandrill-powered welcome email.
Using MailChimp's segmenting and autoresponders, you could send a follow-up email to just those new subscribers. They clicked to download your MP3, and now you're thanking them for listening or offering up a promo code to download the entire record. To do that, you'll create a new autoresponder and segment your list to just those subscribers who opened/clicked (your choice) the Mandrill welcome email.
Although there's no wrong answer to how soon you should send that follow-up autoresponder, you might want to give your subscribers a little bit of time before sending them another email. After all, a confirmation email, a welcome email, and then a "promo about your new album" email would be a tad overwhelming within an hour.
Other Mandrill usefulness
So maybe you're not interested in measuring the engagement for your welcome email. That's cool, and there's a lot you can do with a transactional solution like Mandrill. For instance, with Mandrill's webhooks and a developer, you could construct a couple of pretty cool integrations:
- After sending a transactional email through Mandrill, add that recipient to your MailChimp list via a webhook and the MailChimp API so they can get a series of follow-up autoresponders.
- When a subscriber clicks a link in a Mandrill email, move them to a specific group or static segment in your MailChimp list.
- If a subscriber marks a Mandrill email as spam (or the email bounces), have them automatically removed from your MailChimp list as well as your Mandrill list.
Or, if you're a real fancypants…
- Use Mandrill's Inbound Email Processing API to set up an alias so new subscribers could just send an email to join your MailChimp list. To do this, you (or your developer) would set up a script on your server that listens for the Mandrill webhook, parses out the email address, and then uses the MailChimp API to subscribe them to your desired list.
- If you're an agency and you want your client to send you their campaign's content, set up the Inbound Email Processing API to serve as your own custom email beamer address. Similar to the above option, the script listens for the webhook, parses out the HTML content of the message, and then uses the MailChimp API to create a campaign with said content.


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Our hearts are revealed by the way that we treat
our elders.
They can be an encumbrance and a weight, mirroring our own
mortality. They do not always say the things we like, agree with or want to hear. Maybe they behave in the ways we think elders aren't supposed to behave. It requires a person of substantial heart to see past these facts
and to the wisdom elders have to share, teach and offer and to serve them and
care for them out of gratitude for the life they have passed on.
In this culture, it isn't easy to have gratitude for
our elders. Our culture views elders
like a burden that offers no promise, any hope. They are often a sad, gray presence hidden behind phrases like
"retired person", "senior citizen" or 'the elderly".
Often, they are pushed aside into irrelevance, tolerated or feared. They are
not sought after, honored or even loved for the wisdom their years have
imparted to them.
One of the things that has been pressed firmly into my
memory banks and has grown deep roots over the years is the importance of elders. Reverence for elders and those who have traveled the road before me has become intrinsic to
my spirituality and philosophy. I have
been taught that there is no other life so near in time or as close to my own
as the elders who saw the world that I came into. It doesn't matter if theirs was the most
limited, ordinary or simple life, you will never be so near the world you
arrived in as you are when you are speaking to an elder. For this alone, elders are to be honored and revered and listened to.
Elders offer a glimpse into our futures. They were you and you will be them one
day. From them we can learn what it is
to age and learn how to deal with life on life's terms everyday for years at
time. From them we gain wisdom, knowledge and insight. And each time they are in your presence, they remember their earlier
lives. Every opportunity you have to
listen to an elder tell a story, give counsel or reflect makes you wiser in
ways you could not have possibly counted on or imagined.
Go to the elders with a pure heart, without notions of
obligation. Observe their ways and hear
what they have to say. As you are
listening and watching, learn the lessons they have to teach. Love them. Honor them. Revere them. It is
through the elders that you will gain knowledge of your past, gain insight into your future and the wisdom to
appreciate your present for all it is worth.
Copyright © 2007 Krishanna Spencer


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In November of last year, I've taken upon myself to get more comfortable and knowledgeable (dare I say, "dangerous") in the world of finance, especially in the realm of startups and entrepreneurship. Take those two things I'm passionate about (startups and entrepreneurship) and layer in a subject I know little about and am… uncomfortable with.
Every month since November, I've published a post touching on 3-5 financial concepts ranging from vesting options applicable if you get that offer letter to join a startup to issuing different types of stock like common, preferred, etc. if you're looking to raise money from a VC as an entrepreneur. I don't necessarily have a set "path" or "course" through concepts. Instead, I just rely on the things I don't know or what I read about, and I tackle the concepts from there.
It's been a fun, humbling, highly informative experience so far. I've been reading more news about startups, funding events, offer letters, etc., and I actually know what the authors are talking about! Haha, yes, it's been fun. Soooo, today, I've got my 5th installment of Finance of Startups!
Today's topics include:
- Board of… People (Advisors/ Directors)
- Leverage(d)
- Par Value
Board of... Advisors vs. Directors
Visit webpages of many startups' "About Us" pages, and you'll likely see a group of highly distinguished people grouped either as Board of Advisors or Board of Directors. Do you know the difference? No worries – I got you.
- Commonalities – Both Boards are made up of a collection of highly knowledgeable, connected, and diverse individuals whose goals are to really help the company succeed. Ensuring all parties' interests are aligned, Boards are typically compensated with equity on a vesting schedule; though, commonly in startups during funding rounds, Board of Directors may invest in the company (more on this later). Both Boards work at a higher/ strategic level rather than the day-to-day which is left to the management team (CEO, COO, etc.)
- Board of Directors (BoD) – Provides a collective, broad, strategic vision. Directors have legal requirements and fiduciary duties to the company's shareholders – meaning they are acting in the best interest of the shareholders – relevant as one of the primary abilities of shareholders is the vote and appointment of members of the BoD. The BoD typically grows with funding rounds as invested interests may want additional direction of the company via the appointment of representative. Also, corporations (C-Corp, S-Corp) are legally required – not so in limited liability companies, partnerships, etc. The BoD is also typically guided by a Chairman.
- Board of Advisors (BoA) – Made up of specific experts who help mitigate risk that may arise. As such, Advisors are called upon rather infrequently or when a particular needs arise. Well, unless the Advisor is a wicked brilliant entrepreneur which the startup itself may lean on to provide guidance for growth. Both, the startup and the Advisor, may go this route (vs. the BoD) because of the legal ramifications, investment obligations, if any, etc.
The term "leveraged" is used to describe a company's risk in debt vs. equity (debt-to-equity ratio works, too). Recall from the PART 2 Lessons touching on equity financing and debt financing.
A highly leverage company has a high percentage of debt financing in relation to equity. As debts must be repaid at some point as well as interest being a fixed cost, the costs of the company are much higher (simplistically). If the company was to go under, its assets would likely be sold to satisfy as much of the debts as possible first before any disbursements to shareholders.
So if debt drives up costs and if the company goes under, its assets are liquidated to satisfy the lenders first… you see why there's more risk for a highly leveraged company? Okay, good.
Par Value (for stocks)
So "par value" actually arose from recently looking at Etsy's Form S-1 as they're seeking an IPO.
Par value is more commonly referred to in relation to bonds, but I'm going to stick simple here since I'm talking about Etsy's S-1. That is, the issuance of stock.
|Snapshot from Etsy's Form S-1 filing
In gist, par value (also known as par, nominal value, and face value) refers to the original price a security is issued. In the case of stocks, companies typically issues stock at a very, very small par value (like Etsy's S-1 shows above) or no par value at all. This enables Etsy to limit or avoid altogether liability should its stock drop. For example, if Company Not Great issued stock with a par value of $10, and its stock started trading at $5, then it would technically be liable to the shareholder at $5 per stock!
Simple, right? Par value for stocks à very little, or none to limit liability. For bonds, par value works with a coupon rate to determine fixed annual payments. Well, I'll talk about bonds in Part 6 next month that will be more technical, but hopefully, easy to understand.
Keep on keepin' on, as they say. I'm six months into learning finance, and luckily, it's such a big, complicated subject that there's still so much to learn.
Next month's installment, I hope to touch on bonds, for sure, especially given how lightly I touched on "par value". Perhaps I'll also share some insights from the Etsy S-1 as I'm still poring over it. If there are other concepts or questions you have, feel free to send them my way!
Resources: http://www.vcdeallawyer.com/2009/11/28/board-of-directors-vs-board-of-advisors/, http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancaldbeck/2014/04/17/advisors-versus-directors-how-to-build-better-boards/, http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/business-finances/debt-vs-equity-advantages-and-disadvantages.html, http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/leverage.asp, http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/106.asp


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just two weeks ago, PXG made a commitment to match donations dollar-for-dollar, up to $1 million in support of Team Rubicon's disaster relief efforts in Texas. Thanks to an outpouring of support by hundreds of donors, Team Rubicon has successfully met the match.
With more money to raise in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, PXG's generosity has not stopped there. The game-changing golf equipment company announced a second million-dollar matching challenge in support of Team Rubicon's efforts in the Florida communities affected.
The new matching challenge will provide critical funds for the veteran-led humanitarian organization, which pairs the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders, medical professionals, and technology solutions to provide the greatest impact possible in the aftermath of natural disasters.
"The scale of Team Rubicon's efforts in Texas and now in Florida represents the largest-ever commitment by our veteran and first responder volunteers to help communities in need," said Team Rubicon co-founder and CEO Jake Wood. "It's our mission to provide relief when disasters strike, and we're grateful for PXG's continuing support."
"At PXG we understand the difference the right equipment can make to the success of an operation," said PXG founder and Marine Corps veteran Bob Parsons. "PXG's support will help ensure volunteers have the specialized tools needed to get the job done, which makes all the difference in rebuilding and restoring hope in the communities affected."
Together with its touring professionals and brand ambassadors, PXG will continue to leverage its global reach to drive awareness of and raise critical funds for Team Rubicon. Anyone wishing to double the impact of their support can visit http://www.teamrubiconusa.orgor text IRMA to 87872. Links to donate can also be found on http://www.pxg.com.
"This is a perfect opportunity for everyone to step-up and support people in dire need," Parsons added.
If you are a veteran and you would like to volunteer, please visit www.teamrubiconusa.org/join-the-team/down-n-dirty/volunteer/.
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Team Rubicon unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams. Team Rubicon is a nonprofit organization offering veterans a chance to continue their service by helping and empowering those afflicted by disasters, and also themselves. Programs and services are made possible by the support of individual donors, corporate partners, and the dedication of volunteers across the country. To join or support Team Rubicon's mission, visit www.TeamRubiconUSA.org.
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Parsons Xtreme Golf (PXG) is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company was founded by American entrepreneur, Marine Corps veteran and philanthropist Bob Parsons in 2014. Leveraging breakthrough technology and sophisticated manufacturing processes that integrate high-performance alloys, PXG produces the finest golf clubs in the world. The company has more than 120 global patents issued for its proprietary designs.
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Bunsen Is a Beast
Rabbids Invasion
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All Things Nickelodeon!
When did Nickelodeon and Nick Asia start?
Nickelodeon first began in America in 1979! Nick Asia started on July 1st, 2004.
Are there more Nickelodeon?
There are more than 158 countries around the world that Nickelodeon is in! The big orange TV channel you know and love is in countries as far away as Russia, Africa, Australia, Mongolia, Europe as well as countries closer to home like the Philippines, India, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea and Singapore!
What time does Nickelodeon in?
In India, you can watch Nick in Hindi 12 hours a day! If you are in Japan, you get to watch Nickelodeon in Japanese. In Korea, Korean subtitles appear on some of our shows. In other countries, you can watch Nickelodeon in Spanish, Mandarin, French, Dutch, Mexican, Brazilian and much more!
Why are there so many repeats?
It wouldn't be right for us to expect you to watch Nickelodeon 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! After all, what if we put a new show on, and you missed it? You'd never see it again! That wouldn't be fun for anyone. That's what repeats are for - so that you don't have to worry about missing something, because you know it'll be on again! Hence, there's no need to be glued to the TV. You can go out, have fun with your friends, do what you like! Nickelodeon will still be there when you get back. And remember that Nickelodeon is always bringing you new shows and new episodes, as well as your old favorites too. =)
When will there be new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants? Or The Fairly OddParents? Or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
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But lately, the 57-year-old host of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" is showing an interest in things that act quietly. Things such as solar panels and wind turbines and grease-eating microbes. He's systematically taking stock of his garage and greening it, with self-generated power, energy-efficient heating and nontoxic cleaners.
"My thing with the green situation is: Even if you don't believe in global warming, don't you want to screw the oil company or gas company or utility company?"
Leno said he believes in global warming. And judging from the 54-kilowatt solar-power system he installed atop his garage last month, he also believes in putting it to the utility company, but that isn't quite what's happening. On a recent weekday morning, his solar panels were generating 33 kilowatts -- enough electricity to run the air conditioning, overhead lights and power tools and to return some power to the city, in effect assisting Burbank Water and Power.
When he isn't hosting "The Tonight Show" or performing stand-up (160 dates a year), Leno spends his spare time here, at his garage adjacent to Bob Hope Airport in Burbank.
When I met him for our interview, he looked more like a mechanic than the wealthy host of the country's No. 1 late-night talk show. His button-down shirt was wrinkled. His gray hair was smushed into a lopsided, bed-head 'do. He had the appearance of a man who'd just awoken and rolled in to work. Only this isn't work for Leno. It's play.
"I like projects," said Leno, who was futzing with the plumbing on a newly acquired 1907 White Steamer. The steam car is one of about 150 vehicles in his collection, which run the gamut from 100-year-old motorcycles and European coupes to 1960s muscle cars and high-performance exotics, such as a McLaren F1.
"There are people who say, 'Well, you should sell all your cars and ride your bicycle,' " Leno said, adopting a whiny voice to mimic his critics. "No. I'm not going to do that, but what else can I do?"
Leno drives a different vehicle each day, but he tries to minimize the environmental impact. He lives only eight miles from work. He recycles. And, in addition to the solar panels and a wind turbine on his roof, he's implemented a number of other systems inside his garage that are designed to reduce toxic waste.
His parts cleaners are eco-friendly -- one uses microbes to eat away grease and grime, the other employs ultrasonic cleaning bubbles. Instead of a gas-operated plasma cutter to saw parts out of sheet metal, a water jet does the job using sand. And refillable canisters of brake and carburetor cleaners take the place of throwaway aerosol cans.
"It isn't just one thing," said James Meigs, editor in chief of Popular Mechanics magazine. "I think that's a really important issue a lot of people have to accept in terms of reducing environmental impact. A lot of times, it's a lot of little things that add up. Very rarely is there just one magic bullet that's going to substitute for the old ways of doing things."
In a bimonthly column he writes for Popular Mechanics, Leno has written about many of his garage's green systems. Like Leno's sprawling vehicle collection, the topics have roamed far and wide -- from the nuts and bolts of specific car restorations to musings on obscure technologies -- but it's only been in the last year that his columns have begun taking on a green hue.
Credit where it's due
LENO attributes at least part of his awakening to fellow comedian and TV star Ed Begley Jr., who's been at the vanguard of the celebrity eco movement for so many years that he long ago became the butt of jokes. Now, Begley is the one who's laughing, with a successful show on the Home & Garden Television cable channel and line of biodegradable cleaning products, some of which were on hand at Leno's garage.
"I give people like Ed a tremendous amount of credit. When he started it was like, 'That's interesting.' But then, as more and more proof comes along, you go, 'Hey, this guy was right,' " said Leno, who began investigating alternative power sources for his garage in mid-2006.
Eighteen months later, he's a frequent visitor to the Fat Spaniel computer system that monitors his homemade power. At various points during our interview, he wandered into his office -- yes, his garage has an office, as well as a gourmet kitchen -- to see how many kilowatts were being generated.
"We're up to 33," Leno said, running his finger along the monitor. "The energy to power 40 homes. And it's not even peak."
Walking over to the power meter to confirm what he'd just read on the computer, he tapped the screen.
"Right now, I'm using all the power I want, and I'm generating more power than I'm using. Why would anybody get mad at you for that? To me, you want to be a good citizen. It's important to try and be a good citizen. And you can."
It's just expensive.
"If you want to party, you've got to pay for it," said Leno, who has so far spent $450,000 to party -- and that's just for the solar power. It will be at least eight years before the panels have paid for themselves, he estimates, and even then they won't cover his entire electric bill. Currently, the panels cover 41% of the power consumed at his garage; 59% continues to come from Burbank Water and Power.
"Two-thirds of the day, there's not enough sunlight to generate electricity," said John Joyce, solar support program manager for the utility.
That's why Leno has partied away an additional $19,000 and installed a 10-kilowatt wind turbine, which spins into action at night, when the sun goes down and the breezes pick up.
"I'm just trying a lot of different systems to see which will gain me the most amount of power," said Leno, who anticipates adding additional turbines and solar panels in the coming years.
He acknowledges his green conversion has been expensive.
"I guess I'm a rich guy," said Leno, who makes an estimated $25 million annually as host of "The Tonight Show." "I can afford to do it, so why don't I be the one that experiments with it and tries it out? And if it works, if enough people like me try it, then it passes down and becomes more affordable."
So far, Leno has installed solar panels and a wind turbine only at his garage because he uses a lot more electricity there than at his house. But his Beverly Hills home is the "next step," said the comedian, who's been frustrated by frequent power outages.
"Our power was out for 18 hours about a month ago, for no reason," he said. "It was a beautiful day. Bink. What happened? It's like you're in a Third World country now in California."
That's part of why Leno believes "if you want to keep living the way you're living, then, hey, you better make your own electricity."
It's a personal thing
LENO is a populist who has often said that he puts his jokes before his politics in order to reach the broadest possible audience. While many politicians have chosen to announce their candidacies on his show, Leno has always steered clear of endorsing specific people. His embrace of green is similarly apolitical. It's a personal choice that's grown out of his own experiences and interests.
"What happens in America is everything becomes a religion," Leno said. "There are two ways. You can either preach being green or you can preach self-sufficiency. It's the same thing. I think what happens is you need some sort of revolution every now and then to wake people up. . . . With the situation in the Middle East and everything else, any other alternative fuel source you can come up with is good. Pick the reason you want. I want to be self-sufficient. OK. I want to be green and save the Earth. OK. The outcome is the same, so it doesn't make any difference."
Leno likes the challenge of being green. He enjoys the technology, and he looks back in history to see how it has evolved over time.
"We're in the exact same position in 2007 that we were in in 1907. In 1907, it was mostly gas cars. There were an awful lot of steam cars. There were an awful lot of electric cars, and they all fought it out like Beta and VHS and ultimately, the gas car won," said Leno, who counts several Stanley Steamers and a 1909 Baker electric in his collection. "Today, we have electricity, we have hydrogen and we have fuel cells. One of those will win out."