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One federal court decision could affect the way that health insurance benefits treat employee mental health claims in Washington, D.C., and across the country. In the case of Wit v. United Behavioral Health (UBH), a managed health care company was found responsible for denying tens of thousands of workers' insurance claims for mental health or substance abuse treatments. UBH oversees behavioral health services for a number of health insurance companies, including UnitedHealthcare.
Health management company found liable for ERISA violations
Fiduciaries lose class action suit
A federal court in California has sided with plaintiffs in a class action suit concerning payment for behavioral health costs. The court ruling and rationale for the decision should make ERISA plan trustees and administrators in Washington, D.C., a little more mindful of accepted methods for treatment.
Eighth Circuit rules against cross-plan offsetting
A recent ruling in the Eighth Circuit might be interesting to employees and employers in the Washington, D.C. area as well as the rest of the country. While the ruling is only binding on courts in the Eighth Circuit, it might indicate how other circuits might likewise rule.
Actual knowledge in ERISA claims
When ERISA claims are filed in Washington, D.C., the plan fiduciaries commonly claim that the statute of limitations bars the claims. ERISA claims have a three-year statute of limitations, which means that claims must be filed within that period of time, or they will be time-barred.
ERISA plan regulations protect disability claimants
In April 2018, new procedures for processing disability claims went into place for ERISA benefits plans. These changes, developed by the federal Department of Labor, are designed to provide additional protections for workers dealing with insurers or plan fiduciaries who deny disability benefits claims. The reforms mandate that employee benefit plans must provide a reason for a denied claim as quickly as possible. This reason must be provided in enough time before the appeal deadline to allow the plan member to respond adequately.
ERISA benefits case not subject to arbitration
Employees in Washington, D.C., may be interested in the outcome of an ongoing case in which a group of ERISA plan participants are pursuing claims for a breach of fiduciary duty. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a ruling that the participants were not required to go to arbitration despite the existence of employment agreements requiring arbitration of disputes. The court said that the claimants were not representing their own interests but those of the ERISA plan itself.
About the ERISA preemption
There are many laws that protect workers' rights with regard to pensions and healthcare benefit plans. However, workers in Washington, D.C., should be aware of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and how the ERISA preemption can affect certain protections provided by local and state laws.
ERISA: Protecting your benefits under federal law
If you work in Washington, D.C., you may be concerned about how to handle improper actions taken by your employer when they affect your benefits. There is a law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, that is designed to protect the interests of workers in their retirement accounts as well as other key benefits provided on the job. While ERISA is best known as protective legislation to prevent unethical behavior with employee pensions, it also applies to medical insurance, health reimbursement accounts, additional health plans, disability insurance and severance agreements.
New rules for ERISA benefits claim evaluations
New rules are scheduled to take effect for short- and long-term disability claims and how they are investigated by plan fiduciaries. These changes will affect workers who have short- or long-term disability benefits through their jobs in Washington, D.C. and in the rest of the U.S.
Benefit audits decline but recovery proceeds up in 2017
News from Washington, D.C. indicates that although the Department of Labor is conducting fewer audits of employee retirement plans, it is recovering greater sums of money from missing employee contributions. The Labor Department's Employee Benefit Security Administration is responsible for enforcing policies to protect employee retirement funds. While American employers do not have to offer retirement programs and benefits to their employees, once those programs exist, they must follow certain guidelines and procedures in government regulations.


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It actually looks like a slightly more powerful ALTO TS212 (550 watts cont/ 1100 watts peak @ $299).I'm wondering how sturdy these Headrush FRFR or powered speakers will be considering that the TS212 has been getting a lot of flak for having poor and easy-to-burn tweeters. Most reviews revolve about the speakers having a lower rating with respect to the TS212's power, thus the cause of breakage.
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Meron ako nyan alto ts212. I use it sa modelling pedal ko (amplifirebox). It gets really harsh when i crank the volume past 12noon. Tinakpan ko ng transparent tape yung area kung san yung tweeter to tame the harshness. Sana ito ok. Read sa frfr fb group na iba daw preamp nito. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Arts Academy Music Recital
Last night City Impact Church Arts Academy held their annual music recital in the Sanctuary.
Many of our school students attend the Arts Academy for music tuition in Guitar, Drums, Piano and Violin.
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Donnie Yen – Episode 63
On today's episode we talk about Donnie Yen, who seems to be providing a martial arts flair to nearly everything these days. Fresh off Ip Man 3, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny and with upcoming roles in XXX: The Return of Xander Cage and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we thought it was time to learn more about the man. Listen in and follow along below for his history, martial arts experience and so much more.
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Hey, there, everyone its episode 63 of whistlekick Martial Arts Radio, the only place to hear the best conversations about the martial arts, like today's episode all about famed martial arts actor, Donnie Yen
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If you're not familiar with our products, you can learn more about them at whistlekick.com. All of our past podcast episodes, show notes and a lot more are at whistlekickmartialartsradio.com. Today's episode also has a full transcript with lots of photos, videos and links on the website. If you're listening from a computer, you might want to follow along with everything we've posted.
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Donnie Yen, as we all know, is all over Hollywood these days. Of his 69 acting credits, 22 are from 2010 or after. But who is he? Where did he come from and how did he become the most sought-after martial arts actor in the US in such a short time. Well, I'll tell you.
Donnie Yen was born Yen Ji-dan in 1963 to a newspaper editor father and martial arts grandmaster mother. His mother, Bo-sim Mark, started his training when he was only four. His early teaching was in Chinese martial arts but by 9 he was learning karate. At 11 he and his family moved from Hong Kong to Boston, Mass. Where he not only excelled in martial arts, but also learned to play the piano and started dancing.
At 14 he dropped out of school and started practicing wushu very seriously, but also spent time learning other martial arts from his friends and visiting their martial arts schools. Of course, even a martial arts kid that drops out of school tends to end up in rough areas, and that was exactly what was happening to young Donnie. He was part of a Chinatown gang and had quite the reputation as a street fighter.
Wanting to head off any major issues, his parents decided he should go to China for a couple years and train Wushu under the Beijing Wushu Team and Master Wu Bin, the very same team and coach that trained Jet Li. At 18, after his two years were finished, he was scheduled to return to the United States but made a quick trip to Hong Kong.
It was there he accidentally met action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, who had a role in Jackie Chan's success, including the film Drunken Master. Yen was offered a screen test, which he passed, and then a 4-picture deal, which he accepted. His first role ever was as a stunt double in the movie The Miracle Fighters, while his first credited acting role was in Drunken Tai Chi in 1984, when he was only 19.
It wasn't until 1992 that Donnie Yen had his breakout role, when he starred opposite Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China II. We linked a great fight scene from that movie when we did our profile on Jet Li, you should check it out. The two appeared together again in the 2002 movie Hero, and we were all treated to some amazing onscreen combat.
In 1995, he starred in a TV series remake of the Bruce Lee movie Fist of Fury, playing the same character – Chen Zhen. He played the same role again in the 2010 movie Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen. He's a big fan of Bruce Lee, some even say he considers him an idol. The movie had a fair amount of mixed martial arts in it, which Donnie Yen feels is consistent with what Bruce Lee would be doing, were he alive today.
It was around this time that Donnie and his girlfriend were harassed in a club, and this incident was documented by Hong Kong news channels, so we know it's true… A local gang wouldn't leave them alone, so they tried to leave. The gang wouldn't have it. The result? 13 members of that group went to the hospital. Sounds like one of his fight scenes, no?
His first movie as a director was in 1997, when he started his own production company called Bullet Films. The movie was called Legend of the Wolf and Donnie Yen not only directed it but starred, handled the action direction, wrote and produced. It's not a highly reviewed film, but it does seem to have a following and the fight scenes are regarded as being top notch. You can find it online to buy, but I couldn't find anywhere to stream it.
Despite the quality of the early works from Bullet films, he nearly went broke. He was borrowing money from loan sharks and even from the production crew. Things looked dark, so Donnie Yen thought he'd try his hand at Hollywood.
He was as Jin Ke in the 2000 movie Highlander: Endgame which was not well received. Just a couple of years later, though, Yen would have the role that most feel set him on the track to stardom – Blade II. Not only did he act in the movie, but he was a fight choreographer and martial arts coordinator on the film. Interestingly, it was his skill as a choreographer that led to the acting – for both films he was simply intended as a choreographer, but when the directors saw how good he was, they found ways to work him into the movies.
When Jet Li was filming Hero in 2002, he went to the director and insisted that Donnie Yen be cast as the villain Sky. Jet Li personally invited him to become part of the movie, and if you've seen it, you know how good it was. We have some video from that fight scene over on our Jet Li show notes as well. Just a year later Donnie would have a similar honor with another famed martial arts actor when he played Jackie Chan's villain in Shanghai Knights.
Not limited to movie choreography, he did the choreography for the 2004 game Onimusha 3. Throughout the 2000s Donnie Yen acted in a bunch of Hong Kong movies and was nominated for quite a few awards, even winning several.
The movie that catapulted him into the limelight was, of course, 2008's Ip Man, the story of Yip Man, famous teacher to Bruce Lee. It was his highest grossing movie as a star to that point and made him a star in Hong Kong and China.
In 2011 he was invited to star in The Expendables 2, but rejected the offer. Later that year he starred in a couple comedies in Hong Kong that did very well, All's Well, Ends Well and the sequel.
In 2013 he was sought out to star in the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The producers made quite the effort to get him on board, even though he was nervous of tackling a sequel to such a legendary movie. He was quoted as saying: "…the first film is already such a classic. I am afraid of the pressure, that the original cannot be surpassed."
Of course, he did commit to the picture and had the chance to work with the man that discovered him so many years ago, Yuen Woo-ping. The female lead on the film, Michelle Yeoh, has said that Donnie Yen is the fastest guy she has worked with. Both Jackie Chan and Jet Li have gone on to say that he may be the best practical fighter to come out of Asian movies.
In 2015 he starred in Ip Man 3 where he worked with Mike Tyson. Donnie's gone on record to say that he's a fan, and has seen all of his fights. The fight scenes got a bit intense on set and Donnie broke Mike's finger… I honestly don't know who I'd have my money on were that a real fight, but Mike has gone on record to say that if it were real, the 5'8" Donnie would definitely win.
Of course, we have a couple more big films out of Donnie Yen, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, but he's said that his days of Kung Fu movies are over. Hopefully that's not true…
He's a big fan of mixed martial arts and has said that if he didn't have a recurring shoulder injury, he would have liked to give it a try.
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Our Mission is to enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals in Ireland: by conserving people healthy; providing the healthcare folks want; delivering prime quality providers and getting finest value from health system sources. This site endeavors to current the truth, and it does an excellent job of doing simply that. The actual fact indicate that Morgellons fibers mustn't related to any illness, that Morgellons shouldn't be a particular illness, and that the Morgies have a variety of real health issues. Throught this weblog, the proof has been offered by Michael to whoever cares to learn the weblog. The remainder of us have our opinions, and naturally, we think about they're true or wouldn't present them. These opinions are often not essentially these of the blogmeister. You got right here right here to discredit and disrupt. You did not come right here for help, and you might be too exhausting-headed to only accept the truth. If you need the information, learn what Michael has posted. In the event you need my opinions, learn them. If not, don't read them. I might care a lot much less.
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Film Review: SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Written and Directed by David O. Russell, based on the novel
By Matthew Quick
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jackie Weaver, Chris Tucker
This was a movie I was prepared to like. A good romantic comedy is a rare thing and the reviews pretty much assured me I would love it. I didn't.
PLOT: Pat (Cooper) has just been released from a mental hospital in Philadelphia and he charges back into his former life with the battle cry of Excelsior to guide him. His primary goal is to win back his wife, who issued a restraining order after he attacked her lover in their shower. His parents (De Niro and Weaver) are supportive if concerned. There is a kindly doctor who begins his treatment with an awful trick. There is also a friend, the friend's wife, a shrink, a bookie, a brother, a friend from the hospital (Tucker) and so on. None of this large cast gets much development except for the woman his friend introduces him to: Tiffany (Lawrence). After a brief interchange, Tiffany trades getting a note from Pat to his wife for Pat entering a dance contest with her. I am sure you will guess where this is going.
In the several hundred page novel by Matthew Quick, the Indian shrink, the Eagles fans, the friend from the hospital, the bookie probably come to life since there is more than seconds spent on developing them. You probably come to understand the OCD behavior of Pat's father and how his mother deals with it. You may even get a diagnosis of what ails Tiffany. Here it's as if a dozen balls are up in the air and landing one by one with a clunk. The humor was always queasy for me since much of it plays off of the behavior of disturbed people. De Niro seemed pleased to be in the film but his eyes looked much too intelligent for what comes out of his mouth. He is warm and fuzzy throughout the film, but I think we are expected to intuit he was not like this in the past. I missed the sort of meaty role Weaver had in ANIMAL KINGDOM. Here you can see making her face slack to appear softer, less smart. Lawrence is fine as Tiffany if awfully young to be a widow. Cooper is adequate if no more.
The final half-hour feels especially forced, even ghastly, with every character so much as mentioned in the film showing up at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. I won't even comment on the dance contest or why Tiffany ever expected to be competitive. I guess the Eagles can beat the Cowboys because they did it last night, but the rest of the ending needed more than a cry of Excelsior for success.
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Any conflict — a clash of interests. The number of participants conflicts can be classified into:
— intrapersonal (collision of conflicting beliefs, interests)
— interpersonal (between two people)
— group (between informal small groups)
— conflicts in organizations
— intergroup conflicts between large social groups: political, military, cultural.
The structure of conflict
Any conflict can not do without a few components.
The conflicting parties. At least two of them in any conflict. Also, there are conflicts and multilateral. In addition to the parties in the collision may be involved and the other participants: sympathetic, provocateurs, the conciliators, counselors,
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From Henry Flagler's Landmark Hotel to a Premier College
Flagler College, located in historic St. Augustine, Florida, is a small, private residential college offering more than 30 majors and minors. The Hotel Ponce de Leon, built in 1888 by Henry Flagler, is designated as a National Historic Landmark and is now the main building of Flagler College. Having been founded in 1968, the college is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
One of its innovative new programs is the Coastal Environmental Science minor, which familiarizes students with the natural world by "providing a sound foundation of knowledge concerning our planet, diverse Floridian and global ecosystems, natural processes, and ecological sustainability." Students must complete 16 credits for this minor.
Dr. Ed McGinley, Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences, teaches some of these courses, and is active in researching animals that live in the local estuary, specifically looking at fish, crabs, and squid, with the goal of determining what types of these organisms are in the area, and why they are located where we find them. His classes and research often require students to be out in the water collecting data.
Recently, The Gargoyle, Flagler College's online student newspaper, won six awards in the Society of Professional Journalists regional 2017 Mark of Excellence Awards, including Best Independent Online Student Publication.
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The Larapinta Trail stretches for 223km from Alice Springs Telegraph Station west to the summit of Mount Sonder. Traveling through the remote West Macdonnell Ranges of central Australia, the trail follows ridge lines and passes through gorges, with awesome views throughout.
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F ormer Sugababes pop band member and Fil-British Mutya Buena is embarking on a solo
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touching it lightly with her forehead and saying, "Mano Po!"
Mutya Buena
Unlike some people she grew up with, Mutya doesn't call her elders by their first names. In fact,
she addresses her relatives in Tagbilaran, Bohol as tito and tita.
Mention Itik-itik and she reacts, "Oh, the one where you move like a duck? Oh yes!"
Pandanggo sa Ilaw is where "you move with candlelights." And tinikling is something Mutya learned as a little girl.
Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena, born on May 21,1985 in Kingsbury, London), known professionally as Mutya Buena, is an English singer and
songwriter, who rose to fame as a member of the pop band Sugababes.
The Buena family currently lives in Kingsbury, North West London. She attended Kingsbury High School. Her name "Mutya" means
"muse" or "beautiful gem" in Tagalog, the Filipino national language.
She has five brothers (Bayani, Charlie, Chris, Danny and Roberto) and two younger sisters, Ligaya
and Dalisay. another sister, Maya, who died in 2002.
Buena began her music career as the leadsinger of the multi-platinum selling girl band the
Sugababes, during which time they released such hits as "Freak Like Me", "Hole in the Head", and
"Push the Button". Buena later left the band to begin a solo career and was replaced by Amelle
Buena officially left the band on December 21, 2005, with an announcement appearing on the
The Sugababes
Sugababes official website stating that "Mutya's decision is based purely on personal reasons and
she will continue to remain the best of friends with both Keisha and Heidi."
http://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/docs/we_are_pinoys/archived/mutya_buena.html 12/4/2007
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Now that she's on solo flight with a debut album titled Real Girl to show for it, Mutya has a bigger audience she can share her Pinay
heart with.
And she's succeeding, so far. The first single, the album's title track Real Girl, entered the UK Singles chart at No. 11 in downloads
alone climbing to No. 2 after its CD release. The song samples Lenny Kravitz's It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over.
The track closest to Mutya's heart, however, is Suffer For Love, because she herself wrote it.
Real Girl marks another first for Mutya. It's the first time she is using her family name — Buena, in an album.
Turning solo, says Mutya, has brought with it many wonderful changes.
On top of this list of plus points is the chance to spend more time with her daughter (Tahlia-Maya)
and be the best mother she can be to her.
Like fellow half-Pinoy artist Apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas, Mutya is proud of her roots. She tells
anyone who cares to listen when she's on stage that she's half-Pinoy.
Yes, England may have its gleaming skyscrapers, latest gizmos and other things new and high-tech. But Mutya Buena — with her
love for adobo, tinikling and fiestas — remains proudly Filipino, right down to the core.
http://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/docs/we_are_pinoys/archived/mutya_buena.html 12/4/2007


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Sermon: The Portable Gift Economy
Over the summer my family and I spent a week on a little island off the coast of Maine called Cranberry Island – the same one I talked about a couple years ago, for those of you who were here. We went back to this same island because we had loved it the first time we went. As a vacationer, there is blissfully nothing to do there but go on very short hikes to very small beaches. There's one road that goes down the length of the island. The locals call it I-95. Everything is so small and slow you feel kind of like the Little Prince on his planet.
But 45 people live on this little planet year round and we wondered how they make a living. There's one little general store and one lunch restaurant that's open a few hours a day during the summer. There's a small library and a one-room schoolhouse. Each of these offers part-time work to probably no more than a couple people. There's also a boatyard and lobstering that generate maybe a couple fulltime jobs. People rent their cabins to outsiders like us, but that's only if they don't live there. And the locals really don't look like the type to be all telecommuting to Silicon Valley. It didn't seem to add up to an economy that can fully support 45 people.
We posed the question to some of the residents we met – how do you make a living here? – and the answer was always sometime vague like, "well, you know, a little of this, a little of that." What does that mean? Coming from a culture where you really need to have an actual job or sometimes two or three actual jobs to make a living, I was curious. I do realize that in our culture there is an alternative these days – we call it the "gig economy." Basically everyone is an independent contractor. Driving an Uber, doing repairs for TaskRabbit, having your own production company that produces whatever, being a freelance designer or chef or dogwalker. There are a million things you can get paid to do. And so a lot of us piece it together like that these days as opposed to having a job job.
But when the locals on Cranberry Island said "a little of this, a little of that," I don't think that's exactly what they meant. Finally, we met a man named Gary Allen who was eager to talk with us about it. He was very reflective about the nature of the economy on the island. He identified it, not as a "gig economy," but as a "gift economy."
Gary was born on the island and grew up on the island. He attended the one-room schoolhouse with five other children of all different ages – six kids total in the whole school. Then a family moved to the island that had six kids of their own, bringing the school population up to twelve kids. (Incidentally that family with the six kids had lived in the house that we were renting that week. The house was bigger than our New York City apartment, but it was still a small house. Most middle class American families wouldn't be happy raising six kids in a house like that… or at least they wouldn't think they'd be happy.)
But Gary grew up on this island and loved it. He described the twelve kids as basically feral. They had the run of the whole island; they would invent games, build forts, jump off the dock into the ice cold ocean every day at high tide – these kids were tough. There was no such thing as paid childcare. The parents all looked out for all the kids and kept them safe and fed them if they happened to come by the house at mealtime. The kids were allowed to grow and learn about the world on their own terms. In fact, they were expected to. There was no other choice.
There were no kids' programs outside of school. And even if a parent had wanted to coach a sports team, there were too few kids to even make a team. And so Gary – and the other kids who wanted to do an athletic activity – became runners. Running was something anybody could do with no gear except a pair of running shoes. They did their workouts on I-95, up and down the two-mile length of the road, sprints, distance, and everything in between. They worked hard and got really fast.
Gary grew up and became a homesteader on the island. He built his own small house out of the trees he had cut down to make room for the house. He raised his own family there. He described how he and his neighbors leaned on each other, brought each other food from their gardens, fixed each other's things when they broke. At potlucks, everyone participated and everyone was fed. They all did a little lobstering, a little carpentry, a little farming, a little of this, a little of that, and shared what they had. There was no talk of payment or payoff, it was all gift. That's how they did it and that's how they still do it. They have little or nothing in the way of material wealth. Relationships are the only currency.
I'm sure it wasn't always as idyllic as he made it sound, but Gary and many others who he grew up with valued that life so much, they stayed. Gary has traveled and lived in other places briefly, including New York City where he spent a season working as a bike messenger (talk about culture shock). But he always came back to the island – the little planet with the gift economy.
Humans evolved to live in small self-sustaining communities – people who lived together and collectively did the work of supporting the group. Incidentally, anthropologists say that early peoples had lots of free time – way more than we do now, which is basically none. Hunter-gatherers would work four hours a day or less hunting and gathering, and spend the rest of their time hanging out. And most of the Cranberry Island locals, when we encountered them, weren't even doing "a little of this, a little of that." They were just hanging out… in the middle of a weekday.
So, okay, fine. Good for them. But we wouldn't want a life like that. Life for early humans was, in the words of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, "nasty, brutish, and short." And even if we did want it, it's not possible any more. When we go too far down this dreamy train of thought, the logic of capitalism pushes back and says to us: "What are you going to do? Reverse engineer the entirety of our society and go back to pre-industrial times? We've long ago blown by any chance to have that kind of culture. You can't go back. The best you can do is dip your toe in now and then where it still lives, suspended in amber, in little bubbles of time and space like Cranberry Island. And then you gotta return to the "real world." Where grownups live. Where you have to pay for everything you get and get paid for everything you do. Economic life is real life, kid."
That voice – that cynical voice – is wrong. The gift economy that Gary and others were born into on Cranberry Island is not some freak curiosity, so foreign as to be another planet. It's an expression of universal human yearnings for connection. It's a human-scale way of life, one that meets people where they are and gives outlets for our natural generosity and compassion. It's one that resists isolation and counters loneliness. It's one in which people care for one another and the ecosystem in which they live. It's as old as humanity. Nothing exotic, nothing radical. And also certainly nothing that is completely dead today. The embers of that longing live in all of our hearts. And when we encounter the possibility of it, it's like oxygen; those embers blaze to life.
As Gary became a young adult, he got serious about running. Still training on Cranberry Island, he started doing marathons and ultramarathons – the kind where you run for days. And through his running, he began to export the ethic of the gift economy. He started an annual 100-mile race on Cranberry Island – it's back and forth along I-95 fifty times. Registration for the race is free (usually these kinds of races cost a couple hundred dollars) and each runner is expected to bring food to be communally prepared and shared. Runners now come from all over the country for this race and get inducted into this local gift ethic, which is so different from that of most races.
Then Gary read about a small town in Maine – Millinocket – that was in a death spiral. A mill had closed, businesses were failing, people were leaving in droves. It was becoming a ghost town. Gary decided to hold an impromptu marathon there. He measured the distance and plotted a course. He promoted it through Facebook; it was basically going to be a marathon flash mob. He made the registration for the race free and asked the runners to spend the money that they would have spent on registration at the businesses in the town. There was to be no official support provided – no water bottles, no plastic cups, no shirts, no gear, no giant sound systems with rock bands and witty announcers. Gary would be there at the starting line handing out slips of paper with the race route and that was it. People were on their own to simply run – just like they do it on Cranberry Island.
The race was a huge hit. The whole town turned out to cheer the runners. The locals provided water and directed traffic. A high school junior showed up at the starting line to sing the national anthem. The ethic of generosity spread. One group of runners celebrating at a restaurant afterwards paid not only for their own meals but for those of other diners and then tipped the server 100% which she then said would allow her to buy Christmas gifts for her kids. Other runners have gotten together and donated thousands of dollars to the town's public library and non-profit groups. The next year, Gary was able to get the route officially measured so the Millinocket Marathon could be a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon. The idea of this race and the simple, generous ethic behind it went viral and people flocked from around the country to participate. Now Gary caps it at 1000 runners each year. Registration is still free (the only free marathon in the country) and people pour their money into the town. The boost to the economy is real and the boost to the spirit of the town is even more real. This marathon has turned the town around.
Gary also finds himself the recipient of the generosity he spreads. In 2013, he decided to run from the top of Cadillac Mountain in Maine to Washington, D.C. for Barack Obama's second inauguration and while he was at it, raise money for disabled veterans. This was January. In Maine. Starting at the top of a snow-covered mountain and running 50 miles a day. He didn't give a moment's forethought to where he would sleep when he finished his 50 miles each day. But as news of his attempt spread, people came out of the woodwork – local firefighters let him crash on their couches, frat houses offered basement floors. He was never without a roof over his head and a breakfast in his belly. And by the time he had gotten to D.C., he had raised $20,000.
Gary basically walks around (and runs around) this world assuming that everywhere is like Cranberry Island and that everyone is like the people he grew up with. And rather than life slapping him in the face for his naiveté, it rewards him and everyone around him over and over again. The world transforms to meet his expectations. Because people are hungry for such generosity of spirit in themselves. When they see it, they recognize it as exactly what they've always wanted but have been afraid to even pray for.
When we have an experience of the gift economy deep in our bones, it doesn't stay confined to one place and time. It's portable. And so if we want to build a world based in love and generosity, where we take care of each other in community, we can start right here at First U. We can cultivate it. We can support one another, cook for each other, share meals, take care of each other's children, live simply without a lot of fuss over small inconveniences and discomforts. We can make sacrifices for others and for the earth. We can take only according to our need and give abundantly according to our ability. We can invite more and more people into this gift economy. And we can carry its consciousness with us out into the world with us wherever we go.
Relationships are the only real currency. We can horde what we have, hoping this will keep us safe from the vicissitudes of life, or we can surrender to the truth that we need one another. The only real safety, and the only real joy, lies in tearing down walls, helping our neighbor with a little of this and a little of that, and putting an extra place-setting at the welcome table of our lives.
Abby C Grosslein permalinkOctober 1, 2018
I missed hearing this sermon in person, but am so glad that I read it. It's so good to hear that there are still places like this in the world. I hope that that sense of generosity and caring can spread everywhere.
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While the legislation has been described as among the toughest in the world, there is disagreement about the amount of attention paid to it by UK firms.
The Act, which was implemented on 1 July 2011, overhauled the law on offering or accepting bribes. In particular, the legislation increases the penalty to a maximum of 10 years in jail and creates a corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery. This includes the behaviour of agents acting on behalf of a British company, whether in the UK or abroad.
However, the Act's introduction was delayed to mid-2011 in response to concerns that the wording of the legislation would unintentionally catch otherwise normal commercial activities such as corporate hospitality and promotional expenditure. In an attempt to address business worries, the government drew up and published guidance in early 2011 to clarify the scope of the new law.
While supporting the principle underlying the Bribery Act, Jim Bligh, head of labour market policy at the Confederation of British Industry, told SM that in the past year companies have taken a "very conservative approach to assessing risk" due to fear of non-compliance.
"They have spent a significant amount of money and management time trying to make sure that everybody on the front line is informed and educated about what the Act means for them," he said. "So far we have seen an impact in terms of business's willingness to take up opportunities that they could legitimately take up."
In contrast, the chief executive of Transparency International UK, Chandu Krishan, stated that "concerns in some business circles that the Act would handicap companies, especially when operating in high risk countries, have been unfounded". Calling for greater enforcement, he added: "Awareness of the importance of adequate anti-bribery procedures among smaller companies appears to be poor."
Meanwhile, Jonathan Middup, UK head of the anti-bribery and corruption team at Ernst & Young, told SM: "There haven't been any corporate prosecutions under the Bribery Act as yet. Business organisations have continued to complain that it makes British businesses comparatively uncompetitive, although the evidence to support that needs to be looked at quite carefully."
The Act was passed in 2010 to bring the UK into line with the requirements of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, which entered into force in 1999.


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Usability of video-games HUDs
In Gamasutra, there has been a good article about Heads-Up Display last week. It adresses the topic of HUD usability. As they say, the developer's challenge is the following: how do you convey necessary information to the player without utilizing a traditional HUD?.
A HUD is simply a collection of persistent onscreen elements whose purpose is to indicate player status. HUD elements can be used to show, among many other things, how much health the player has, in which direction the player is heading, or where the player ranks in a race. (...) what would make console developers suddenly rethink the necessity of such a seemingly essential and time-honored technique as the HUD? Here are three compelling reasons. (...) millions of high-definition televisions have an Achilles heel that can hinder developers as well: burn-in. (...) it is caused by persistent onscreen elements that, over time, create a ghost image on the screen even after they are no longer shown. (...) yes traditional HUDs can pose a risk to many who play console games for extended periods of time on their HDTVs. (...) Just as a filmmaker doesn't want a viewer to stop and think, "This is only a movie," a game developer should strive to avoid moments that cause a gamer to think, "This is just a game." (...) nothing screams "this is just a game" louder than an old-fashioned HUD. It is not a part of the game world; it is an artificial overlay. (...) [casual] Gamers looking for a "pick up and play" experience are not inclined to spend time figuring out what all those bars and gauges are for.
The article then investigate "how to go HUD-less":
- remove useless information, decide "Is this information essential to the game experience?"
- use audio cues to either reinforce a visual cue or offer a unique message that is not easily shown visually.
- if a HUD is really need, only show an element when the player status changes.
- another solution is to allow the player to control the appearance of the HUD.
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11 surprising social media statistics
A look at changes in how Americans use and consume social media.
You think social media is reaching maturity, and the whipsaw behavioral shifts that change like a Dwight Howard trade request are things of the past? Uhhh, no.
Released Tuesday at Blogworld New York, findings from social media behavioral researcher Tom Webster and the team at Edison Research show some shocking changes in how Americans use and consume social media.
You can access the entire presentation at The Social Habit microsite, but 11 social media statistics in particular stood out for me.
Two quick notes: This is not data dredging. This is real, random-sample, tightly controlled research from the exclusive provider of presidential exit polling in the United States. Also, this is the last time the entire research from Edison will be released for free. It's too valuable to be given away wholesale—considering it costs tens of thousands of dollars to produce. But you can get exclusive access to the Social Habit research when it's refreshed and expanded in early fall. Sign up now for a sneak peek.
I'm partnering with Edison Research, Jason Falls, and Mark Schaefer on the next round of these findings, so you'll be hearing more throughout the summer. For now, here are some statistics.
1. Twitter users are 33 percent more likely to be Democrats.
An interesting finding, and representative of the type of custom queries we can answer in the next round of the Social Habit, this edition found that 40 percent of Twitter users are Democrats, compared with 30 percent of the U.S. population overall. The percentage of Republications and independents on Twitter mirrors the U.S. average almost precisely.
2. The "check-in" is the phenomenon that never happened.
Seventy-four percent of Americans are unfamiliar with the concept of checking in to a location via mobile device, and only 3 percent have ever checked in. Even more damning is that 4 percent had checked in when surveyed in 2011. This is a 25 percent decrease in check-in behaviors in a single year. It's not going to rebound, which is why Foursquare's play is to be the new Yelp.
3. Only 33 percent of Americans have ever followed a brand in social media.
From 2010 to 2012, the percentage of Americans following any brand on a social network has risen from 16 percent to 33 percent. This is a sharp increase, but looked at from the opposite perspective, it's shocking to me that two-thirds of Americans using social networks have never followed a brand. Companies still have substantial room for growth in connecting with customers and fans on social networks.
4. Fifty-six percent of Americans have a profile on a social networking site.
This is up from 52 percent just last year, and 48 percent in 2010. How high can this climb? Certainly, there are sizable chunks of the populace that will never join a social networking site, but it's amazing to consider that significantly more Americans (12 years old and up) have a social networking profile than do not.
5. Fifty-five percent of Americans ages 45-54 have a profile on a social networking site.
It's not just for kids any more. The biggest growth of any age cohort from 2011 to 2012 was 45- to 54-year-olds, who now exhibit participation matching the U.S. average. The only group that is below average are Americans age 55 and older, and even three out of 10 of them are in the social networking game.
6. Twenty-two percent of Americans use social networking sites several times per day.
It really is a "social habit." In the past year, 12 million more Americans are using social networking many times daily. How many other things do we do several times per day? It's not a long list.
7. Huge uptick in Facebook's influence on purchases.
Last year, 68 percent of Americans using social networks said that none of those networks had an influence on their buying decisions. This year, just 36 percent said that there was no influence. Now, 47 percent say Facebook has the greatest impact on purchasing behavior (compared with just 24 percent in 2011).
Incidentally, Twitter ranks below "other" at 5 percent. If you want to drive purchasing behaviors within social networks, Facebook is the one and only game to play, statistically speaking.
8. Facebook via mobile continues to be a major factor.
Fifty-four percent of Facebook members have used the social network through a phone, and 33 percent use a phone as their primary way to access Facebook, even though the Facebook mobile experience and mobile apps are mediocre, at best. Here's hoping the Instagram guys can jump-start it. If so, watch for these numbers to soar.
9. Facebook is the most addicting of the social networks.
Twenty-three percent of Facebook's users check their account five or more times every day. The mean number of daily look-ins by Facebook users is four. Are we really so interesting that we have to keep up with our friends' inanities every 90 minutes? Evidently, yes.
10. Twitter can modify its core service more easily than Facebook can.
Fifty-three percent of Twitter users have been a member for less than a year, compared with just 19 percent for Facebook. This means Twitter's user base doesn't have long-term, deep-seated expectations for what Twitter is or should be. It will be interesting to see whether Twitter doubles down on this advantage, and continues to hang ornaments on the functionality Christmas tree.
11. Seventy-six percent of Twitter users now post status updates.
This is one of the biggest behavioral changes of the past two years. In 2010, the Social Habit research found that just 47 percent of Twitter users actually sent tweets, with more than half the user base in listen-only mode. The overwhelming majority of new Twitter users are active tweeters, driving the overall average to 76 percent. In the next edition of The Social Habit, we'll be looking at YouTube, social video, Pinterest, Instagram, and more.
If you have questions you'd like to ask thousands of Americans via the best social media research methodology available, let's talk.Get on the list for The Social Habit now. Which of these is the most shocking social media statistic? I'll go with Nos. 7 and 11. You?
Jay Baer is a social media strategy consultant, speaker, and co-author of "The NOW Revolution." He is the founder of Convince & Convert, a social media strategy firm, and he blogs at the Convince & Convert social media strategy blog, where this article originally ran. (Image via)
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Irvine Estate Wedding - Evan and Erik - Virginia Photographer
The wait is finally over for these two. It was over 18 months ago that Evan first contacted me. We chatted on the phone a long time about her wedding details and her wedding dreams as her wedding seemed so far away and just like that Evan and Erik have been married a week tomorrow.
Their relationship was mostly long distance as Erik served in our military in the U. S. Marines. Thank you, Erik and Dan, for your time and sacrifice for our country! Side note- Dan was his groomsman. :)
For a summer wedding, we were blessed with cooler than normal temperatures and humidity. It was a lovely day to get married. Irvine Estate, located on a breathtaking mountain top just on the outskirts of Lexington, Va was the place where Evan and Erik said: " I DO". The mountain view that served as the backdrop to their beautiful ceremony was nothing short of amazing.
To say the least, the day could not have turned out better. They were surrounded by their closest of family and their best of friends to celebrate their marriage. Even though my time with Evan and Erik was short their love for one another told me a great deal. That they will weather any storm that comes their way on this journey they are on together. They adore each other and I adore them. They are so sweet and kind. I thank you, both for having been your wedding photographer to document your day. You both are such a beautiful couple I hope that maybe one day our paths cross again!
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Only five NFL players have hit milestone Tom Brady reached Sunday
Not only is Tom Brady having a phenomenal season, but he's also made his way into the record books on several occasions.
On Sunday against the New York Jets, Brady continued to climb the ranks of all-time greats to play quarterback in the NFL. With a second-quarter completion to Danny Amendola, Brady became just the fifth player in NFL history to reach 55,000 passing yards.
With that completion to Danny Amendola, Tom Brady becomes the fifth player in NFL history with 55,000 passing yards. #NYJvsNE
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— New England Patriots (@Patriots) October 25, 2015
In the first half of Sunday's game, Brady threw for 122 yards and added a rushing touchdown in leading the Patriots to a 13-10 lead over the New York Jets.


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The pinecone fish, or pineconefish, is an unusual armored fish of the Indo-Pacific whose body has a vaguely pinecone pattern made by the joining of hard scutes, which provide protection to the fish. The species featured on this page is Monocentris japonica. It is 8-15 cm long (3-6 in), and is yellow to orange in color. It has a large, blunt head, and interestingly, its dorsal fin is not situated on the center of its back like that of most fish, but is off-center, at a position of 1:00 or 11:00 when looking at the fish head on. The second dorsal and anal fins are at the rear of the animal, pointing backward.
All pinecone fish have phosphorescent organs at either side of the lower jaw that can turn off and on by movement of the jaw. These bioluminescent organs attract plankton on which the pinecone fish feeds at night. The bioluminescence is caused by phosphorescent bacteria, which live with the fish in a symbiotic relationship. The color of the bioluminescence varies from yellow to blue-green, depending on amount of light reaching it. This fish generally seeks shelter by day in caves, crevices and under overhangs. It lives in tropical and sub-tropical waters.
The pinecone fish is popular in tropical aquariums due to its unusual appearance, but it is considered a difficult fish to keep. Its preferred food is live brine shrimp, and it is active at night, preferring to hide by day.
There are four species of pinecone fish, Monocentris japonica, Monocentris meozelanicus, Monocentris reedi, and Cleidopus gloriamaris, also known as the Pineapplefish. They are all members of the Family Monocentridae, of the Order Beryciformes, Class Actinopterygii.
Picture of a pinecone fish, Monocentris japonicus. The orange organ on side of jaw is bioluminescent. It lives under ledges and in caves, Indo-West Pacific
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As sperms, we ran towards the ovum to be born, but somehow after being born we sat on our royal backsides and became slobs.
GOYA (Get Off Your Arse) Move-Mint isn't for any other cause but you. There is no registration fee. There is no cause. There is no business model.
It isn't an event, it's a lifestyle lifelong change for folks all over the third rock (from the sun).
It started of as a random thought from a running buddy in US for making 20 people from 20 cities run 20 km on 20th March 2016. We managed to get 150+ people from 20+ Indian cities and 20+ cities from around the world to run 20k on 20th March.
Next, on 10th April we had 400+ folks crawling-walking-running in 94 cities around the world. Best part is, I don't know most of them. Now we are at 97 cities. Only 38 are Indian.
Now we'll push the limits. All we runners pledge to get atleast one non-runner or beginner runner to crawl-walk-run and keep doing more.
Let's not just sell-fish, some would say selfish, let's think about co-inhabitants of this 3rd rock and give them the best gift ever. These co-inhabitants could be your kids, parents, not-so-significant-halves or maybe significant, girl friend, boy friend, crush, neighbour, stranger, stalker, in-laws for all I care. Get them off their back sides and get them moving.
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03 May 2016
Abu Dhabi's first Four Seasons hotel opens this month on Al Maryah Island. The 200 rooms and 38 suites all have water views, while six restaurants and lounges – including fine Italian dining at Café Milano and beautifully crafted cocktails at Zsa Zsa – feature waterfront terraces. There's also the Dahlia spa and a free-form pool on a third-floor sun terrace, with views overlooking the Arabian Gulf.
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I am Alaskan born and raised. Writing is my passion and I indulge in it daily. I write whatever strikes my fancy so I will be posting sample chapters, queries, and reviews.
It is my sole purpose in writing to create worlds that people can lose themselves in. That at the end of the book you look back and are going to miss the place I just constructed in words and imagination. That the characters felt real and you might miss most of them…maybe even the 'bad guy.' Come and explore the worlds I have created.
K.T. Munson is a independent author with a passion for building worlds with words. First published at 5 years old in the young writers conference, she has pursued writing ever since. She maintains a blog creatingworldswithwords.wordpress.com that is about writing and her novels. She was born and raised in the last frontier, the great state of Alaska.
I can be contacted though the Contact Form.
Published Books:
North & South (General Fantasy) Amazon and Goodreads
Zendar: A Tale of Blood and Sand (Romantic Fantasy) Amazon, Goodreads, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble
1001 Islands (Pirate Fantasy) Amazon, Goodreads, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble
Frost Burn (Fantasy-Coauthored with Nichelle Rae) Part 1 – Wattpad Full Novel – Amazon, Goodreads, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble
Unfathomable Chance (Urban Sci-Fi, Young Adult) – Amazon (Also on audiobook) and Goodreads
The Gate Guardian's Daughter (Dark Fantasy) – Amazon and Goodreads
The Sixth Gate (Dark Fantasy, Young Adult) – The Gate Trilogy Book 1 – Amazon and Goodreads
The Nowhere Gate (Dark Fantasy, Young Adult) – The Gate Trilogy Book 2 –
Pending Releases
Audible Release (Zendar: A Tale of Blood & Sand) – Spring 2019
The King's Gate (Dark Fantasy, Young Adult) – The Gate Trilogy Book 3 – Fall 2019
Unnamed Book (Unfathomable Chance 2 or 1001 Islands 2 or Zendar 2) – 2020
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Despite some bad experiences with authors I'm tentatively opening back up my review requests to limited genres. Your book must be able to standalone and you have to be able to provide a mobi copy. If you need help with formatting go Here.
Genres I'm presently accepting:
- Update 6/27/2018: I need a good mystery novel! These get preference!
- Romance (paranormal presently get preference but all welcome) F/M preferred.
- Steampunk (I need a good one)
- Supernatural (regular or crime)
- Some sci-fi/fantasy but I'm being picky about it so fair warning.
No zombies (I've done my one for the year), time travel, excessive gore/violence, religious themed, or love triangles. I don't like weak willed female/male leads unless they grow up quickly.
Really sell your book to me. Make sure I know why it is unique but still something I'll love based on other books I've read. I love TV shows/movies as much as books have watched way too many of them, you can gamble on comparing your book to one. If I love the show/movie/book I'll be more likely to consider it but be prepared to deliver!
If you don't see your genre check back later, I'm sure more will be added as time goes by. Also check out some great review groups on Goodreads that I highly recommend:
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My rating scale is similar to the 5 star system:
5 stars – this book is so good that I want there to be more of them! I probably lost sleep reading it because it was just so amazing that stopping was not an option. This is a flawless piece of work that joins the greats in my humble opinion. Loved it.
4 stars – this was a solid book that I enjoyed enough that I'll likely recommend it to other people. It had a strong enough aspect that the not as good parts didn't distract me. Liked it.
3 stars – didn't like it but didn't dislike it either. I enjoyed enough parts of it that I finished it but at least one major issue or problem kept me from actually liking it. Enjoyable read.
2 stars – something was fundamentally wrong with this book and had enough issues that I can't bring myself to even like it. Disliked it.
1 star – probably didn't even finish it and I hate it so much that I want to burn it. Hated it.
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I've received a few requests to host during a blog tour or promote a book prior to a release. Presently I do not recommend books that I haven't read nor promote them on my blog. I wanted to save everyone some time for any future requests that come through – not at this time. If I change my mind I'll include information on this later. For now, review requests only. DO NOT REQUEST BLOG TOUR ANYTHING.
Chapter Exchanges
Haven't finished your manuscript? That's okay. I am willing to do chapter exchanges with other indie authors. I always have 2 books ahead of publishing schedule that I'd love to get more opinions on. Please send me an email and we can exchange chapters. Usually it is just one chapter that is about 2,000 words give or take. A list of questions you want answered, such as is there a hook or is a specific scene clear. Email me and we can talk more!
Mentoring – NaNoWirMo
I also mentor young authors. I've been there, and survived it! I've been writing since I was 5 and only took a break during college for 3 years. If you are having trouble or want a mentor on NaNoWriMo, don't hestitate to email me or find me on NaNoWriMo and send me a message. My username is K.T. Munson on NaNoWriMo.


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