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LaMelo Ball is being withdrawn from Chino Hill High School. Lavar Ball made the decision to pull his son from the school after the school hired a new coach, Lavar said " It's a new coach and I don't like him one bit". LaMelo is a 5-star recruit per ESPN for the 2019 class, he is famously known for dropping 92 points in one game. He is the younger brother of Lonzo Ball who was the 2nd pick in the 2017 NBA draft. LaMelo is on track to follow his brother's footsteps and attend UCLA. Lavar says "I'm going to homeschool him and make him the best basketball player ever.' per Ramona Shelburne, this comes after LaMelo was set to be the first high school basketball player with his own signature shoe. The Ball antics have not stopped and nor seem to be slowing down.. Is the real reason because the new coach said " All those 50 shots a game, that's going to stop." this is not the first time we have seen Lavar Ball doing something questionable. Full quote on the decision below.
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The SAT or ACT | Which is Best for NYC Students?/
As you think about beginning your SAT or ACT test prep, you probably have many questions about the two tests. Which one matters more? Which one do more colleges accept? Which one "looks better," and which one is right for you?
These are all questions that students all over the NYC metro area are feeling right along with you. While, ultimately, the answers to each of these questions depends on each student's strengths, educational goals, and college choices, it may be helpful to consider the following issues as you begin looking at the ACT and SAT tests.
Traditionally, the SAT is thought of as the test for Eastern universities and more "elite" colleges elsewhere in the country – what a New York City student might be more likely to take. The ACT is commonly viewed as a Midwestern test, valid for entry at a big state school or perhaps a lower-tier small liberal arts college located in the middle of the country. While these stereotypes persist, they are not particularly accurate, and each student needs to consider several factors before making a choice to take one test or both.
Almost every college in the country now accepts both the SAT and the ACT. Colleges do not perceive applicants differently depending on which college admittance exam an applicant submits (you can even submit both at many colleges, if you so desire). There is no stigma attached to applying to Dartmouth with the ACT, or to the University of Minnesota with the SAT. While many NYC-based students will choose to apply to schools that are more "traditionally" SAT-oriented, if you find your skills are more suited to the ACT, there is no harm in applying to one of those schools with an ACT score. That being said, check the entrance requirements for your schools of choice before you begin your test prep journey.
ACT Test Prep or SAT Test Prep
Before you decide, take some time to research both the SAT and ACT test and assess your strengths on both of them, as there are key differences between them. The ACT is assessed on a scale of 0-36, with four multiple-choice sections worth 36 points each. The scores from the four sections are than averaged for an aggregate final score. This aggregate score is what concerns colleges most, rather than scores on individual sections. This can work in your favor – if you are not great at math but excellent at science, a high science score can counterbalance a low math score, for instance.
A perfect score on the SAT is a 2400, and the test is made up of one essay, 3 critical reading sections, 2 writing sections, and three math sections. These tests are also individually scored on a scale from 200-800, but unlike the ACT, colleges might take scores on math versus reading into consideration and may view large discrepancies between different sections unfavorably. This depends on the school, of course, but in general, colleges will look at aggregate scores of the ACT and both aggregate and by-section scores of the SAT.
There are a couple of other differences on the SAT and ACT tests to take into consideration. The essay question on the ACT is optional; the essay question on the SAT is mandatory. Wrong answers result in penalization on the SAT; they do not on the ACT. The ACT has English, math, reading, and science sections; the SAT consists only of writing, critical reading, and math. The ACT is more content-based, meaning that, more than the SAT, the ACT tends to assess what you know. The SAT is more logic and reason based and is meant to test not your hard knowledge, but your reasoning skills. While you may have a clear idea which of these tests would be better for you, it could still be wise to take practice tests "cold," without preparation, and see on which you score higher.
And remember, also, there is no limit to how often you can take each test. If you do not want to put all of your eggs in one basket, you also have the option of splitting your prep time between both tests and submitting your scores from both to each of your colleges. Students have been known to take each test upwards of ten times. While this may be a little extreme, the example should serve to illustrate the general principle that you should not be afraid to take a test again if you are dissatisfied with your initial score!
The main point to remember is that you have options. Just because you are applying to mostly East Coast schools does not mean you should feel locked into the SAT; if you are applying mostly to schools elsewhere in the country, don't feel pressured to take the ACT. You should think of the two tests as equal in prestige and either focus more on the test that is right for you or devote your prep time to each test equally.


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7. Sergey Bratkov, Moscow, Russia
Amerikaskaya Krasota (American Beauty), 1999
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Internationally known conceptual and installation artist Sergey Bratkov has exhibited in the Venice Biennale and Bienal de São Paulo. In 2010, during the 5th Annual All-Russian Awards, he was awarded first prize in the category of "Innovation in Contemporary Visual Art" for his video installation Balaklavsky Drive. He works with video, sculpture, and photography. He was born in 1960 in Kharkov, Ukraine, where he later graduated from Repin Art School in 1978 and the Polytechnical Institute in 1983, specializing in industrial electronics. In 1994, he organized the Fast Reaction Group, an urban interventionist collective, with Boris Michailov, Sergei Salonsky, and Victoria Michailova. Mr. Bratkov currently lives and works in Moscow.
Bastienne Schmidt is a mixed-media artist who works with photography, film stills, and large-scale drawings. Her work has been shown in over seventy exhibitions worldwide and is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; International Center of Photography, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris, among many others. Her first book project, Vivir la Muerte, was shown in a solo exhibition at the International Center of Photography, New York, in 1997 and later won the Kodak Prize for Best Photo Documentary Project in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1998, she received from the Open Society Institute a joint grant along with photographer Philippe Cheng to photograph the culture of death and dying in America. She has published four monographs: Vivir la Muerte (Zurich: Edition Stemmle, 1995), American Dreams (Zurich: Edition Stemmle, 1996), ShadowHome (Berlin: Jovis, 2005), and Home Stills (Berlin: Jovis, 2010). ShadowHome was awarded the Best Photo Book Prize in Germany in 2005 and was shown at the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. Her latest project, Home Stills, takes an ironic view of female gender roles. It was shown in a solo exhibition at the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, and will be shown at the Houston Center for Photography during the FotoFest 2012 Biennial. Ms. Schmidt was born in Germany, was raised in Greece and Italy, and has lived in New York for the past twenty years.
9. Miro Švolík, Prague, Czech Republic
Big Woman Little Man, 2010
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Miro Švolík is one of the most widely known contemporary artists in Europe. He is the recipient of the 1990 Young Photographer Award, part of the Sixth Annual Infinity Awards, from the International Center of Photography, New York. His work has been featured in over sixty solo exhibitions and two hundred group shows throughout Europe and the United States, and is included in the collections of the International Center of Photography, New York, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He has many book publications, including The Way to the Centre (Prague: Argo, 2005) and Miro Švolík: One Body One Soul by Vaclav Macek (Martin, Slovakia: Vydavatelstvo Osveta, 1992). Since 2009, he has been the head of the Department of Photography and New Media at Vysoká škola výtvarných umení (VŠVU) in Bratislava. Born in Zlaté Moravce, Czechoslovakia, in 1960, Mr. Švolík was awarded a degree in art photography from Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění (FAMU) in Prague in 1987.
10. Gregory Maiofis, St. Petersburg, Russia
Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows, 2005
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Widely known for his creation of archetypal stories in sophisticated performance scenes, Gregory Maiofis has exhibited his work throughout Russia, other parts of Europe, and the United States. His work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; and Moscow Museum of Modern Art, among many others. He was born in 1970 in Leningrad to a family of artists and architects. In 1989, he graduated from the Ilya Repin Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg with a degree in graphic art. Originally trained as a painter, he developed an interest in classical black and white photography that inspired him to explore alternative photographic techniques like the Van Dyke and bromoil processes. He currently lives and works in St. Petersburg.
An internationally acclaimed artist from Russia, Nikolay Kulebyakin has had over twenty
solo shows and numerous group shows in the United States, Russia, Switzerland, and Denmark over
the last twenty years. His books include Fragments (Moscow:
Arbor, 2000), Snap Shorts (Moscow: Strategy,
2000), Photographic series / Conditional and Unconditional (Moscow:
Linia-Grafic, 2003), and Beautiful books by eyes of Evgeny Korneev and Nikolay
(Moscow: Tipoligon-AB, 2007), which have
received several international awards, including The Best Photographic Book of
Central and Eastern Europe in 2003. His works
are part of the collections of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian
Federation, Moscow; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; New Mexico
Museum of Art, Santa Fe; Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin; and
Foto Forum 38 Gallery, Zurich, as well as private collections in Russia, the
United States, France, Germany, Denmark, and Switzerland.
One of the most famous and important artists from St. Petersburg, Russia,
Alexander Kitaev is also a curator and photography historian. As a
photographer, he distinguished himself during the Perestroika period. He has
had over seventy solo exhibitions in Russia and throughout Europe, and his works are included in the collections of the Harry Ransom
Center, Austin, Texas; Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of
Soviet Nonconformist Art, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Mendi Kaszier Foundation, Antwerp; and many other private and public
collections. He has published four books with a press in St. Petersburg: Blessing (2000), Still-light (2000), Subjective:
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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld warned a commission reviewing his proposal to close or downsize military bases that tinkering with even one facility could unravel plans for entire sections of the U.S. defense network.
"One must be careful about taking a selective look at individual components or pieces of these recommendations without considering how those components or pieces fit into the larger whole," Rumsfeld testified Monday.
The first round of base closings in a decade seeks to save $48.8 billion over 20 years by streamlining services across the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, shutting down bases deemed inefficient and promoting cooperation among the four branches.
Complex plan
With the exception of skepticism over recommended changes to the National Guard and Reserve units, the congressionally chartered commission sounded largely open to the overall plan to close or reduce forces at 62 major bases and 775 smaller installations. Dozens of other facilities would grow, absorbing troops from domestic and overseas bases slated for closure or downsizing.
Anthony Principi, the commission's chairman, told Rumsfeld that the nine-member panel "noted the complexity" of the proposal.
"It'll make our work harder, but certainly we understand that and we'll certainly take it into consideration as we look at the seamless whole and not just an individual military installation," Principi said.
'A great step'
Several commission members praised the Pentagon's efforts to eliminate redundancy — and expenses — by consolidating support offices and some operations across the four services, called "jointness" in Pentagon speak.
"You've made great progress," said panelist Samuel Knox Skinner, a secretary of transportation under President George H.W. Bush. "I think everybody here supports where it makes sense: joint training, joint logistical work, joint technical work, and all of those things where they are very expensive to duplicate and replicate across this country, and I think you've taken a great step."
Former Utah Rep. James V. Hansen, a Republican, lauded the Pentagon's report. "You did an excellent job, and I just admire those folks who worked on it. I don't know how many thousands of hours you put in this, but I'm sure there's been quite a bit," he said.
Uphill battle for base towns
Such receptiveness could be a bad sign for communities hoping to persuade the commission to spare facilities slated for closure or downsizing. Previous commissions — in 1988, 1991, 1993 and 1995 — changed only about 15 percent of what the Pentagon proposed.
The commission will spend the next few months deciding whether to change the report before sending it to President Bush and Congress this fall.
Rumsfeld testified that the sweeping reorganization was vital to success in the war on terrorism, adding that eliminating unneeded buildings to save money for combat capabilities was "more necessary, not less, during a time of war."
Blow to recruiting?
A Democratic member of the panel, former Rep. James H. Bilbray of Nevada, questioned the impact of closing scores of Guard and Reserve units on recruiting and retention during a war in Iraq that "drags on."
"You're going to have a real enlistment problem with the Guard and Reserve," Bilbray said.
Skinner also noted that 65 percent of closures are Guard and Reserve facilities and expressed concern about how far members of those facilities would have to travel to fulfill their duties. "It's got to work for them if you're going to recruit at the levels you need to," he said.
Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended the massive reorganization of the Guard and Reserve, saying it will "help the reserve component modernize, improve their mobilization processes and transform for the 21st century security environment."
Myers also said the centers would just be performing a different role and "none of these units go away."
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The MP government's refusal to be party to a curative petition filed by the Centre in Supreme Court seeking additional compensation for Bhopal gas disaster victims may weaken the case, NGOs have said.bhopal Updated: Nov 26, 2014 17:58 IST
The Madhya Pradesh government's refusal to be party to a curative petition filed by the Centre in Supreme Court seeking additional compensation for the Bhopal gas disaster victims may weaken the case, NGOs have said.
The Centre is seeking Rs 7,786 crore more from Union Carbide — or its successor company Dow Chemical – for victims of the December, 1984 industrial disaster.
In 1984, the then Congress government at the Centre had settled for a Rs 715-crore compensation from the Union Carbide for approximately 3,000 deaths.
NGOs representing gas victims contend that welfare courts have already compensated 15,345 persons for death in the disaster and another 5,74,000 persons for injuries in varying degrees.
However, the state government argues that the welfare commissioner, appointed by the Supreme Court, had categorised only 5,295 deaths due to exposure to the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas.
The NGOs' apprehension stems from the fact that a criminal curative petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) – seeking enhanced charges against the accused – was earlier rejected by the apex court, holding prosecuting agency in the case CBI responsible for the botch-up.
The CBI had filed charges against 9 officials of Union Carbide and three Carbide companies , including its then chairman Warren Anderson who passed away recently.
After seven accused were let off with light sentences by a Bhopal court in 2010, leading to outpouring of public anger, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had promised to seek more compensation for the victims and harsher punishment to the accused.
Abdul Jabbar, convener of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangsthan, said that the chief minister was being "misguided" on the issue by his advisors.
"Chief minister appears to have been advised that the accord was signed by the government of India and it won't be wise to intervene in an issue where Central government is involved," he said.
However, a senior officer in the gas relief and rehabilitation department, on the condition of anonymity, admitted that the state government was not willing to get into the issue because it was not in its jurisdiction.
"What the NGOs are saying is correct but our stand is clear. Compensation was decided through a judicial process. Though 15,345 people were compensated for death but only 5,295 deaths were categorised as death due to exposure to MIC," the official said.
The remaining deaths were categorised under different heads like permanently disabled, partially impaired and general gas victims.
However, Rachna Dhingra of Bhopal Group of Information and Action, who was one of the protestors who sat on a hunger strike in Delhi recently demanding "correction" in the figures of death and injuries, termed the argument as "absurd".
"The welfare commissioner can't stop the state government from going to court and submit that the figures given earlier were grossly incorrect and they wished to correct it on the basis of medical data. The figures were fudged earlier to benefit the corporation and the collusion continues", she said.
Rachna, however, said that Union minister for fertilisers and chemicals Ananth Kumar has agreed to re-examine the issue in the light of medical data available.
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This is us and our inflatable home. As of the 1st May we are hopping on the Eurotunnel with our tent and our little car for an adventure around Europe. We are giving up our jobs and rented flat in London and starting something new and we don't really know where we'll end up. Excited, nervous, anxious, ecstatic? - right now all of them!
Our Inflatable Home is a Vango Capri 500 that we bought in summer 2015 (there are no poles, it pumps up!) and we'll be driving a Fiat Punto 1.2 with the hope that it does us proud.
We'll be updating this blog with videos, pictures and writings about our travels as and when we can. We're starting in France with the loose idea that we'll stay there for about a month, see as much as we can and then move on, possibly to Italy...let's see!
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To prepare you for meeting with an advisor, we have set up a brief information session that will walk you through the information about our degrees and requirements. Familiarizing yourself with this information now will allow your advisor to spend more time addressing your specific needs when you meet. Please make note of any questions you have along the way - your advisor will be happy to go over them with you!
There are some differences, however. The requirements for the two degrees differ only in the following ways: 1. Second language requirement (details below). 2. Science/application course requirements (details below).
Science requirement: The B.A. degree is not science-intensive. Students need to complete only the two Tier One NATS (170) and one Tier Two Natural Science courses, as specified in the University General Education requirements.
Laboratory Science Courses Requirement: The B.S. degree is science-intensive and requires one of the following sequences of laboratory science courses. Note that the specific courses accepted for this requirement are at the same level that students majoring in these sciences would take.*Calculus-based physics (2 semesters)*Chemistry (2 semesters)*Biology (2 semesters)*Physiology (2 semesters)*Geosciences (2 semesters)
Application Courses Requirement: (This requirement does *not* apply to the Mathematics Education Option.) Students must complete at least six units of non-math coursework with a prerequisite or corequisite of at least Calculus I (MATH 122B or higher) or statistics (for the SDS major).
Students who complete two semesters of calculus-based physics with labs can fulfill both the lab science and the application course requirements for the B.S. with just these two courses.


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With a sense of "I" comes the desire to own things – and even people. This can be crazy confusing, given that we have our bodies, our lives, and our dreams, which qualify us for all rights human. We delineate "healthy boundaries" using what we think belongs to us as bargaining chips. This sacred "me" must stand apart, stand out, and stand strong. And it's all true – except for the word "own." It is more likely that we borrow.
My body is made of atoms, which have been recycled by forms since a supernova exploded and provided the primeval soup for our solar system. We literally don't know where our atoms have been – perhaps part of a cactus, a kangaroo, Benjamin Franklin, or all of the above. When I die, my atoms will be swept up into another form to participate in its strong sense of "I," and then into another.
You may agree that I borrow the atoms of my body, but what about my belongings? Maybe I have land, cars, herds of cows, or buildings – surely these belong to me? In truth, anything my eye falls upon had been claimed before by someone else. Even the land I walk upon has been fought over and over again. A footprint is not a stamp of ownership, and time's ocean swallows all footprints. So, I borrow all of my belongings.
What about my soul? Surely that belongs to "me" alone? It is what makes my life unique, is it not? Perhaps the configuration of the soul does strike a unique cord amidst the harmony of the universe, but even my soul is not immortal. The soul is eventually transcended and flows into the life that birthed all souls – including mine. So, I cannot even claim ownership of my soul without simultaneously surrendering all that I may believe I am.
If I do not and cannot own anything to revel in immortality, what is there to hold onto? Where is this legacy that humanity is so hardwired to want to leave behind?
We long for static things to matter and look to freeze something in time – some rock of ages. But eternity rests in flux, not form. Eternity is flow and not stagnant mirror pools. Eternity slips through fingers, bodies, planets, stars, and galaxies. Every claim must be surrendered, eventually.
Because we own nothing does not mean we that we mean nothing. We have not yet shifted to embrace that which changes as the primary and are tone-deaf to the keynotes of our existence.
But, because there is only change, we will eventually open to such music – body, mind, and soul. Because there is change, this too shall pass. How would our lives change if we knew that we borrow rather than own?


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Depart in the morning to enjoy a day away from the hustle and bustle of the city! Start with a boat ride across Lake Cocibolca in the private Nature Reserve La Calera, located at the base of Mombacho Volcano. On arrival on a private Hacienda, you will start a hike through banana, cacao and coffee plantations. We will learn about the different stages of cacao bean production and processing, which is being used to make the paste for chocolate. Make stops and walks along the way to capture the beauty of the place and surroundings. Continue to La Casa Hacienda for lunch and enjoy the beautiful views overlooking the islands. Before heading back to Granada you can take a dip in the natural water pools, located in the nearby tropical rainforest.
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We've already shared with you over 5,000 words and a dozen charts from our 2018 POS Channel KPI Study, but there's still more data for us to sort through. This article will focus on revenue per employee, payroll expenses, marketing expenses, research and development (R&D) expenses, and channel threats and opportunities. My hope is that individual POS resellers and ISVs use these charts to see where they currently fit and then begin to consider how they can do better.
If you missed our first three articles, let's get you up to speed: This is Part 4 of the 2018 POS Channel KPI Study published by Vantiv's, now Worldpay's, PaymentsEdge Advisory Services. In January and February 2018, an online survey was emailed to Vantiv partners and POS reseller partners of channel distributor BlueStar. Through this survey, POS VARs and software developers anonymously shared their results from 2017 and their projections for 2018. A total of 152 resellers and ISVs shared their financial KPIs (key performance indicators) with us, providing insights in several areas. We've already covered:
- Sales growth and profit margin (Part 1 of our analysis)
- The shift to the recurring revenue business model (Part 2)
- Employee compensation, benefits, turnover, and recruiting tactics (Part 3)
Let's look at revenue per employee and payroll expenses together to kick off Part 4. We asked, "Please estimate your revenue per employee (i.e. Total Annual Revenue/Gross Sales divided by Number of Full-Time Equivalents)." For 2017, respondents said:
- Less than $25k: 10.2%
- $25-49k: 11.7%
- $50-74k: 12.5%
- $75-99k: 9.4%
- $100-124k: 16.4%
- $125-149k: 10.9%
- $150-174k: 10.2%
- $175-199k: 5.5%
- $200-224k: 3.1%
- $225-249k: 2.3%
- $250-300k: 2.3%
- More than $300k: 5.5%
For their 2018 projections, respondents said:
- Less than $25k: 6.3%
- $25-49k: 8.6%
- $50-74k: 10.9%
- $75-99k: 13.3%
- $100-124k: 14.8%
- $125-149k: 11.7%
- $150-174k: 7.8%
- $175-199k: 8.6%
- $200-224k: 4.7%
- $225-249k: 4.7%
- $250-300k: 3.9%
- More than $300k: 4.7%
Then we asked, "What is your estimated Payroll Expense (including benefits) as a % of annual revenue/gross sales (i.e. annual revenue or gross sales divided by payroll costs)?" We requested that resellers and ISVs include their total staff – all employees, contractors, owners – when listing their payroll expense. Reporting on 2017, respondents said:
- Less than 10%: 14.7%
- 10-19%: 9.5%
- 20-29%: 19.8%
- 30-39%: 18.1%
- 40-49%: 12.1%
- 50-59%: 9.5%
- 60-69%: 6.9%
- 70-79%: 4.3%
- 80% or more: 5.2%
Projecting 2018 for that same question, respondents said:
- Less than 10%: 12.9%
- 10-19%: 10.3%
- 20-29%: 24.1%
- 30-39%: 18.1%
- 40-49%: 15.5%
- 50-59%: 6.9%
- 60-69%: 6.0%
- 70-79%: 1.7%
- 80% or more: 4.3%
After this data was computed, I looked first to see how many resellers/ISVs were achieving $200k in revenue per employee. When I've talked with leading POS resellers, that's the number most often mentioned for being a healthy, profitable, don't-worry-about-keeping-the-lights-on organization. It appears that 13.2% of study participants hit that target in 2017 (down from 17.9% in 2016) and 18.0% expect to be there in 2018. Those leading resellers have told me they've embraced high-margin services (managed services, cloud services, firewall management, data analytics, etc.) and automation, a combination that enables them to serve more merchant customers without having to hire more techs.
My eyes next jumped to the payroll expense stats, specifically the "30% line" and the 30-39% category. When I was president of an SMB company, our target was to keep employee-related expenses at or under 30% if we wanted a chance at a healthy profit margin for the year. If you push near 40%, your employees better figure out ways to significantly reduce non-employee expenses and overhead for you to be highly profitable. I know the "30% line" doesn't apply to every organization in our channel, but over time I've learned it's a good general SMB guidepost.
In 2017, 44.0% of respondents said their employee-related expenses were less than 30% of sales while 18.1% said they fit the 30-39% category. Those numbers are similar to 2016 (46.0% with employee-related expenses less than 30%; 22.2% in the 30-39% range). For 2018, resellers/ISVs who expect their employee-related expenses to be less than 30% of revenue is 47.3% while 18.1% expect to be in the 30-39% category. Looking at the net profit numbers we reported in Part 1 of our KPI study analysis, 43.9% of respondents experienced a net margin of 15% or better in 2017 and 56.3% expect a 15% or better margin in 2018 which align with these payroll expense numbers.
Resellers/ISVs Plan To Increase Marketing Spend, But Is It Enough?
POS resellers and ISVs need to invest in marketing, but the guidelines of how much to spend are loose. To help provide some direction in this area, we asked, "Approximately what is your marketing expense as a % of annual revenue/gross sales?" For 2017, respondents reported the following:
- 0%: 6.1%
- 1-4%: 47.8%
- 5-9%: 22.6%
- 10-14%: 10.4%
- 15-19%: 6.1%
- 20-24%: 2.6%
- 25% or more: 4.4%
The 2018 projections say we should expect a moderate increase in VAR/ISV marketing:
- 0%: 4.4%
- 1-4%: 33.0%
- 5-9%: 26.9%
- 10-14%: 17.4%
- 15-19%: 6.1%
- 20-24%: 7.8%
- 25% or more: 4.4%
Just like I stated in last year's report, the real story here is how much resellers and ISVs are investing in growing their business through marketing. As you can see in the 2017 chart, very few invested nothing (6.1%) but almost half (47.8%) spent only between 1-4% of their annual revenue on marketing. And when you combine those numbers with the next category (5-9%), 76.5% of respondents reinvested less than 10% of their annual revenue in marketing. Those numbers are very similar to the 2016 data we gathered in our previous report: (0%: 3.3%; 1-4%: 49.2%; less than 10%: 75.4%). Respondents say their plans for 2018 are up slightly – which was also what they told us last year – so time will tell if that comes to fruition.
At channel conferences the past two years I've shared a presentation titled "Surefire Growth Strategies for POS Resellers" that lists the four levers VARs can press to increase their sales. The talk is based on my interviews and experiences with leading POS resellers, and one of the principles they stress is "outspend your competition on marketing." If your reseller or ISV company invests even just 10% of your annual revenue in marketing, you will be outspending most of your competition.
Large Gap Remains Between Reseller, ISV R&D Spend
How much are solution providers reinvesting in research and development to move their business forward? We asked them, "Please estimate your R&D or development expense as a % of annual revenue/gross sales."
For 2017, respondents said:
- 0%: 11.6%
- 1-4%: 41.1%
- 5-9%: 10.7%
- 10-14%: 14.3%
- 15-19%: 6.3%
- 20-24%: 6.3%
- 25-29%: 3.6%
- 30-39%: 2.7%
- 40% or more: 3.6%
For 2018, respondents project an uptick in R&D investment:
- 0%: 9.8%
- 1-4%: 34.8%
- 5-9%: 17.0%
- 10-14%: 14.3%
- 15-19%: 8.9%
- 20-24%: 5.4%
- 25-29%: 3.6%
- 30-39%: 3.6%
- 40% or more: 2.7%
Let's break these numbers down even further by separating resellers and ISVs. First, the 2017 results:
- 0%: Resellers: 17.8% ISVs: 0%
- 1-4%: Resellers: 56.2% ISVs: 8.7%
- 5-9%: Resellers: 9.6% ISVs: 17.4%
- 10-14%: Resellers: 11.0% ISVs: 17.4%
- 15-19%: Resellers: 2.7% ISVs: 17.4%
- 20-24%: Resellers: 0% ISVs: 21.7%
- 25-29%: Resellers: 0% ISVs: 8.7%
- 30-39%: Resellers: 0% ISVs: 4.4%
- 40% or more: Resellers: 2.7% ISVs: 4.4%
Now, the 2018 projections for R&D:
- 0%: Resellers: 15.1% ISVs: 0%
- 1-4%: Resellers: 48.0% ISVs: 4.4%
- 5-9%: Resellers: 19.2% ISVs: 17.4%
- 10-14%: Resellers: 11.0% ISVs: 17.4%
- 15-19%: Resellers: 4.1% ISVs: 17.4%
- 20-24%: Resellers: 0% ISVs: 26.1%
- 25-29%: Resellers: 0% ISVs: 8.7%
- 30-39%: Resellers: 0% ISVs: 8.7%
- 40% or more: Resellers: 2.7% ISVs: 0%
Just as we noted in last year's report, the year-to-year numbers aren't very significant (no material changes 2017 vs. 2018), but you can see a major difference between how much resellers invest in R&D vs. ISVs. That shouldn't be a surprise to anyone familiar with the POS channel, but it's interesting to see that gap in black and white. In 2017, 74.0% of resellers reinvested less than 5% of their annual revenues in R&D compared with only 8.7% of ISVs. Over half of developers (56.6%) reinvested 15% of more of their revenue in R&D while just 5.4% of VARs did. The differences in projections for 2018 are similar.
Opportunities & Threats
The final question of the survey was open-ended and not statistically based: "Please describe any opportunities, threats, and/or challenges you see for your business." The most mentioned threats pertained to cloud/tablet POS and payment processors acquiring software developers. (Comments have been edited for grammar and length.)
- We're launching new cloud POS this year in a rapidly changing market. Need to get it to full-feature functionality fast to prevent loss of existing customers.
- We're kind of shooting ourselves in the foot by pushing more and more applications (and therefore users) into the PC and tablet-based products. You can't maintain the margins we're accustomed to on those platforms.
- Continued marketing/advertising assault from tablet-based products who have tons of investment money but face no need to be operationally profitable.
- Manufacturer-driven "cheap" SaaS products.
- Converting to more SaaS has been a challenge internally. Competing with the "free POS," despite our value proposition, remains a challenge.
- Clover, etc., big banks giving "free" POS away!
- The onslaught of ISOs pretending to be POS VARs. The purchasing of POS ISVs by ISOs. The intrusion of processing into POS which confuses both the merchant and impacts the resellers negatively.
- Continued channel consolidation.
- Credit card predators are top threat. Vendor buyouts (Oracle, Heartland).
- POS companies being purchased by ISOs and processors, slowing software development and limiting consumer choice.
- How long will the VC (venture capital) investment in our industry continue? We need to get back to reality pricing based on profitable companies, not companies that are propped up with investment money.
- With credit card processors merging and acquiring POS companies, independent VARs are being forced into a new business model.
- Processor acquisitions leading to VAR/ISV consolidation.
- Continuing encroachment from credit card companies.
- Our industry is under attack. Companies want to destroy the independence of the reseller through direct connection with the end user. Now that POS companies that use a reseller network are owned by ISOs and their VC partners, it won't be long until the resellers are cancelled and their customers are consumed.
While many respondents saw cloud POS as a threat, several viewed it as an opportunity:
- The opportunities lie in the transition from "fat" POS and back office systems (Windows, local database, etc.) to the new, lighter POS and back office systems that support Android and other OS and hardware options, along with cloud-based databases and systems.
- The cloud continues to be a great opportunity for our company as customers are very excited and interested in the solutions being provided.
- Hopefully we can adapt to this new model of business. If we do, this could create a more consistent monthly income stream and financially better exit strategy.
- I am finishing my second year in this business, and I see great future potential.
Before I wrap up this final blog post for our second annual POS Channel KPI Study, I want to say thank you to the many Vantiv/Worldpay partners who helped shape this survey. Your ideas for our original 2017 survey and your suggestions for this year have made the 2018 report event stronger and more popular. None of the questions for this study originated from a board room or came off the top of my head. The source was our reseller and ISV partners who told me, "You know what information would help my business …"
I also wanted to extend a thank you to Sharon Brant and Jessie Zhang from Worldpay's research department for their guidance and elbow grease with the survey, and to Mark Fraker and Dean Reverman at BlueStar for including their POS partners among our KPI survey recipients.
For additional insights from our 2018 POS Channel KPI Study, see Parts 1, 2, and 3 previously published on "On the Edge with Jim Roddy":
- Part 1: Resellers report robust sales and profits in 2017, expect stronger 2018
- Part 2: Resellers accelerate pace of recurring revenue transition
- Part 3: Resellers and developers share compensation, benefits data
Please call me or email me if you have thoughts or questions about this study or would like to discuss these numbers in-depth. My job as a Reseller & ISV Business Advisor for Vantiv's, now Worldpay's, PaymentsEdge Advisory Services is to help our partners improve their effectiveness and implement best practices, so please reach out to me anytime if I can be of assistance.


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I can't believe that my meeting with the Prince of Wales happened 30 years ago next month. It was held at Curzon Street Station in Birmingham, after BRMB had given £60,000 to Prince's Trust Projects.
And last year, after being a judge on the Queen's Jubilee Diamonds Awards for volunteering, I suggested another opportunity to HRH that might raise significant funds for the organisation to be invested locally.


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Hi all!
I have a video I want you to see!
Try to count how many strokes (including penalty strokes!) he uses in the video, i.e. how many strokes he uses to come out of the rough:
Occasionally you might find you have run out of fairway…in this case take a deep breath and get the ball back in play with least strokes possible 😂#rulesofgolf @ToroGolf pic.twitter.com/93FoE5VvSp
— TeeVideo (@TeeVideoGolf) January 28, 2018
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Clinical Interests
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Practice Philosophy
NW Spine & Sports Physicians specializes in the treatment of spine and joint pain using a team approach to meet your individualized needs. Our goal is to help minimize and eliminate your pain and optimize your functional abilities. Whether you have had a sudden episode of low back pain or have had nagging low back pain that has interfered with your ability to work or play, the doctors at Northwest Spine & Sports will develop a rehabilitation program to meet your individual goals. Your physician will take a thorough history and perform a complete physical examination and when indicated, order appropriate tests to help advance your care. From x-rays to MRI scans, CAT scans and bone scans, your physician will coordinate and direct a team of providers, including physical therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, and others. We believe in a coordinated, holistic approach to your care and will gladly coordinate your treatment and your other medical providers.
Honors, Achievements + Memberships
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Sales Check
November 2008
11 years
Cusp Arrives in Chicago
On the Cusp
Womens' apparel destination Cusp (835 N. Michigan Ave. Ste. 3020; 312-951-2299) opened its sixth national location at Water Tower Place on Nov. 20th. Even though the boutique was founded several years ago as an affordable offshoot of Neiman Marcus, it features well-known designers such as Tory Burch, 3.1 Phillip Lim, and Theory. But shoppers will also find promising
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Casual and Affordable in Lincoln Park
One Fish, Two Fish
Founded in 2007 by the husband-and-wife team Mandy and Tal Moise, the Chicago-born clothing brand vfish is known for comfortable styles that are reasonably priced. Recently, the couple opened their Lincoln Park flagship store (2937 N. Clark St.; 312-423-7839), also serves as their atelier and showroom. We love the preppy-chic Tara Jacket ($120) as well as the sleek Ava…
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Handbags for All
The Man's Bag
The Chicago handbag designer Christopher Augmon launched his eponymous handbag line this fall, and his sophisticated designs are now available online at augmon.com. Augmon's rich leathers lend themselves to his simple and sophisticated shapes; check out the red patent leather London clutch ($460) and his exotic Boa-embossed purse ($985). African, Asian, and Indian influences are subtly…
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Designers' Collective in Pilsen
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The new design collective No Coast (1500 W. 17th St.; 312-636-0971, no-coast.org) features both local and international artists in a retail space that brings together one-of-a-kind creations, most selling for less than $50. The store's inventory is curated on a rotating basis by six to eight members of the collective, who also work full-time from the in-house studios. The space also includes a small performance area frequented by visiting lecturers and musicians. Among the goods, you'll find…


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VN Excerpt: The Joy of Doing Things
The Joy of Doing Things
Inspiration, 1922
Of all of the joys that enter into our lives, it would be difficult to find one greater than that which brings us the exclamation, "See, I did this all myself." I know of a woman who, until about a year ago, could not bake a loaf of bread. And well do I know the happiness that came to her and her family, too "when she tried and persisted and found out that she could make bread as well as the next person. Her achievement meant not only good home-made bread, and then cakes and pies for her family, but a mother filled with an inward glow of happiness, and satisfaction in being able to do something she could not do before, a mother made more self-reliant with the assurance that she could do what she set out to do.
Every greater act we perform is but the result of a lesser beginning. And our reward is not alone the joy that comes with doing things, but also the assurance, the confidence, we gain on our very selves.
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When I first read the passage above, I thought of myself and how good it feels to accomplish a new task (for me especially cooking or baking a new recipe). But even more, I enjoy seeing others, especially my kids, excitement when they share an accomplishment of making something on their own…that "inward glow of happiness" is contagious. Just last week a friend mentioned to me how much satisfaction his teenage daughter had in making a skirt for herself. It was so thrilling to hear the enthusiasm in his voice. This project had given his daughter self-esteem. He mentioned the smile on her face being like none other he had seen. ~ Amy
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I know that each and every one of you has a story about something you've accomplished that you didn't think you could do before you started. Tell me about it.


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Oakworth FC 1 – 3 Gargrave Reserves
February 21, 2010
A welcome three points for Gargrave Reserves who have been thwarted with bad luck for most of the season. Man of the match Paul Wilkin took the lead with a long range strike. The visitors continued to play some decent football but a penalty in the first half of stoppage time allowed Oakworth to level.
The hosts came out strong in the second half but found the Gargrave defence hard to penetrate. A good run from Matt Brown was abruptly halted by an Oakworth defender and a penalty was awarded and duly despatched by Brown. Oakworth began to tire on the heavy pitch and Brown took advantage with a one on one with the keeper to score a third for Gargrave. Man of the match for Oakworth was Joe Slater.
The Reserves will visit Chatburn FC on Saturday for a league game whilst the First team will be at home in the Northern Plant Hire Trophy vs Rolls Royce. The Plant Hire Trophy game will kick off at 1.30.p.m.
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Digi image from primsydoodledesigns, Printed onto Kraft card
then paper pieced with blue gingham card.
Distressed edges & then used my tracing wheel.
I'd like to enter it for,
charismacardz - Anything goes (weds)
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December 2016
mAm 2017 – The Microproducts Annual Meeting, 8th edition February 5-7, 2017, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Following in the success of the first seven editions, The Micronarc Alpine Meeting 2017 will continue its focus on equipment and innovative processes and technologies for manufacturing micro products. Read more
12th International Conference and Exhibition on Laser Metrology, Coordinate Measuring Machine, and Machine Tool Performance (LAMDAMAP), 15–16 March 2017. Read more
Nikon Metrology Announces the Release of the Latest Iteration XT V X-ray Inspection Platform
Nikon Metrology has released the Mk 4 XT V platform iteration, which introduces key improvements to enhance user experience and system reliability changes to increase up time. Read more
PCD Tools — Optimum Balance between Efficiency and Quality
Vollmer is a manufacturer of sharpening and eroding machines for use in tool production and maintenance. Read more
Plating and Electroforming: 21st Century Innovation with Micro Manufacturing
In most cases, precision metal fabrication works by taking material away from a bigger piece of metal. Read more
The New Freedom of LaserCUSING
New software tool CL WRX parameter permits open processing of all parameter settings. Read more
Autonomous Vehicles: Do they signal the end of human driving?
Developments in micro technologies in this century have enabled the production of a wide range of smart sensor systems. Read more
The World Outside the Box
It's fair to say that the recent award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Bob Dylan came as a major surprise to most people. Read more
Manufacturing 2030
Through the good offices of Professor Francesco Jovane, the doyen of the EU Manufuture initiative, I have become involved in two independent and complementary exercises contributing to EU policy on the future of European manufacturing. Read more
Tornos Nano Makes Big Impact for Harwin's Gecko Connectors
Portsmouth-based Harwin has a reputation within in the global electronics industry for the production of high reliability connectors. Read more
Successful Business Activities During the MMA in Singapore: Components for Digitalisation are a Worldwide Trend
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Tax Season. Two words most rehab professionals don't like hearing. This time of year can mean piled up receipts and documents to see how one can wrangle back some of their hard earned money from Uncle Sam. Looking for deductions, many professionals use a similar formula - mortgage interest, donations, and those never ending student loans - to squeeze out a refund. Yet, many of us forget that a nice bit of money can be gained from something most of us already do – continuing education.
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Recently, I had a debate with colleagues about what qualifies as a write off with a continuing education opportunity. I followed up with my accountant and also went to the IRS website . I came away with some information that I thought other professionals may find useful. These are helpful hints, but always discuss them with a tax attorney, accountant, or the IRS prior to taking them on. Here are some thoughts :
First, and a surprise to hardly any of us, continuing education can be written off. The rules:
1. Qualifying work related education can be written off if the continuing education is required by your employer or the law to maintain your current job. In most States CEUs this is a requirement! In California for example, a PT is responsible for 30 hours of Cont Ed every 2 years. ( Click here for your state's requirements.)
2. Qualifying education can be written off if the course maintains or improves your skills needed in your present work. This could possibly apply for many experienced PTs whom are seeking their Transitional DPT degrees for example.
The above rules essentially enable many of us to take continuing education classes for a write off. However, if you were to take courses to switch careers or positions then this may not serve as a write off.
Second, what can be written off when I sign up for a course? I think rehab professionals, including myself, overlook many deductible expenses. Per the IRS website:
1. Deductions can be taken off for tuition, books, supplies, and certain transportation, travel, and lodging costs.
- In regards to transportation, any use of your car to your school or course can be deducted at an average rate of $0.545 cents/ mile (as of Dec 2018).
2. Deductions for meals can also be taken during the course at a rate of 50% of the price of the meal.
This blew me away. For example, if I took a course in New York, I could potentially pay for the course, flight, transport and meals and take deductions. Awesome!
However, there are specific limitations that the IRS discusses nicely on their site. First, you can't take a spouse or significant other with you and deduct their expenses. Second, you can't fly somewhere and spend time much longer than the course and write the whole trip off. For example, if I spent an entire month in New York and only took a 3-day course. Per the IRS, the focus of your trip should be the course.
With all the above information, I reflected back on my past courses where I opted to drive, but never deducted mileage, or stayed with friends to save on hotel or AirNB fees. I also never thought of supplies (IASTM tools anyone?) or books ( that signed copy of Explain Pain from Lorimer Moseley and David Butler).
Having this knowledge, I plan to further discuss continuing education with my accountant, but also pursue courses in areas where I can learn, network, and hopefully see some places I've not yet traveled to. I may even look into helping other professionals by starting a continuing education company that may provide some of these benefits….oh wait…I did!! Happy Tax season everyone…we hope to see you soon at a JetSet Rehab Education course and invite you to Stay after Class!
Jiten B. Bhatt DPT, OCS is Co-Founder of JetSet Rehab Education and a published author in JOSPT.


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Dr. Alexander received the Faculty Award at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology's (GSPP) annual Redefining Mental Health: Celebration of Impact event (formerly the Philanthropy Gala). Each year an honoree is nominated and selected by the Graduate Student Association of Professional Psychology (GSAPP) and given to a faculty member who raises understanding and awareness for student scholarship and philanthropy at GSPP, as well as community advocacy and outreach.
April 2018: Grants!
Such exciting news for the DU Prison Theatre Program!
Dr. Alexander and Dr. Ashley Hamilton were a Community-Engaged Learning Mini-Grant from the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) at DU to help support the program. Additionally, they were awarded a large Professional Research Opportunities for Faculty (PROF) grant which provided two years of support for the project entitled The DU Prison Theatre Project: Theatre as Rehabilitation; allowing for Dr. Hamilton to implement a theatre arts program at the Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center (DRDC) and Dr. Alexander will assist in program evaluation of the efficacy of the program.
August 2017: APA Convention Awards
Dr. Alexander attended the American Psychological Association's Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. During the Convention, she received the APA Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists from the APA Committee for Early Career Psychologists and National Register for Health Service Psychologists. This award is presented to individuals who have shown themselves to be rising stars, with great leadership under their belts and tremendous promise to change psychology for the better.
Dr. Alexander also received the Early Career Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research/Practice in the Field of Child Maltreatment from Division 37's (Child and Family Policy) Section on Child Maltreatment.
May 2016: Business Professionals of America
Dr. Alexander was inducted in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) Inaugural Alumni Walk of Fame. The Walk of Fame recognizes individuals who, through their performance and achievement, bring credit and honor to themselves and to BPA as a member and continued advocate. Dr. Alexander was active in BPA as a high school student, winning 1st Place in the Financial Analyst Team Delaware competition her junior year and sending her and her teammates to the national competition in Minneapolis. Her brother, Anthony A. Alexander (Assistant Vice President at Brown Brothers Harriman), continues to remain active in the alumni organization.
April 2016: GO HOKIES!!!
Dr. Alexander received the 2016 Virginia Tech Influential Black Alumni Outstanding Recent Alumna Award from her alma mater. She had a fun filled weekend watching the Spring Game from the President's suite, tailgating, attending a black tie gala, and most importantly--reuniting with the Hokie Bird.
While in the New River Valley area, Dr. Alexander was also invited by her mentor, Dr. Ann Elliott, to present a colloquium at her other alma mater, Radford University. Sponsored by the Department of Psychology and Center for Gender Studies, Dr. Alexander presented a talk entitled, Juvenile Injustice: How Psychology Can Inform Public Policy and the Law.


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From the very first event of the MIAA North boys' swimming & diving championships Sunday, St. John's Prep and defending champion Wayland were competing for the top spot at MIT's Zesiger Center pool in Cambridge.
In the 200-yard medley relay, Wayland's foursome of senior Daniel Nee, sophomore Jiming Xu, senior Andy Brogan, and senior Nick Smith edged Prep's quartet of senior Mitch Lockwood, junior Palmer Randall, sophomore Andrew Coady, and sophomore Kai Zola, by 0.51 seconds — 1:37.23 to 1.37.74.
Lockwood was a double solo winner, placing first in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle, as well as anchoring the Eagles' first-place relay team in the 400 freestyle.
But Wayland pulled away to repeat as North champion, piling up 356 points to outdistance Prep (263), and win the second sectional title in program history.
"We look forward to getting through the 50 free, because you know if just a couple things are off, the times are going to be pretty significant and you'll slide way down, so when we got through the 50 we felt good," said Wayland coach Mike Foley.
"Those guys in the 50 swam great for us, so we started breathing a little easier then, but probably not until after the two free relays did we feel comfortable."
Despite winning, Wayland finished first in just three events: the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay, and the 100-yard breaststroke.
"[Depth] is the whole key for us at this point and all season long it has been. We have some good swimmers, but we pride ourselves in being able to get fifth, eighth, 12th, and not outscoring the teams with one phenomenal guy," said Foley.
"It's an individual sport, but we're constantly preaching the team concept."
Sophomore Jiming Xu was the only individual winner for Wayland, placing first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.61 seconds. Smith was the anchor of both first-place relay teams, as well as placing second in the 50 free and third in the 100 freestyle.
"We were really pumped coming in because there were a lot of doubters, so we really wanted to prove everyone wrong. We did lose a couple pieces last year, but we came in ready to go and we got it done," said Xu.
Wayland will look to repeat as Division 2 state champion on Sunday at Boston University.
"We'll try to have one more great weekend. Enjoy this right now, but you know we're on to states, I mean it's onto the next weekend," said Foley. "We got to get to work tomorrow because there are still things we can clean up and do better at, for sure."
Nantucket wins South
Nantucket brought home the school's first South sectional title in any sport, winning with 228 points, topping Natick (213).
The Whalers dominated the entire meet, placing first in five events. Natucket junior Tyler Roethke was the meet's only double winner, placing first in the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle.
Despite not having a single individual finish first in the meet, Natick held onto second because of its depth as the Redhawks notched seven top-five finishes.
Natick sophomore Antonio Arena and Roethke were side by side for the final leg of the night's last contest, the 400-yard relay. Roethke took the lead and secured the win for Nantucket.
"The guys did phenomenal. We had a lot of best times from a lot of guys. They swam their hardest and I couldn't ask for better," said Natick coach Caitlyn Shaddock, as the Redhawks placed second at the sectionals for the second straight year in yet another nailbiter.
The Redhawks came up just short in the final race against Needham last season.
From the first race on, the Whalers sat atop the team results and never let up.
"It feels amazing. When the site sheets came out on Tuesday, we knew we had a big job ahead of us, and we just had to come out here and execute," said Whaler coach Jim Pignato.
Pignato saved his highest praise for Roethke.
"It's a huge team effort to be able to win this meet. Led by Tyler, not just today, but he leads us in his work ethic and his dedication in and out of the pool," Pignato said.
As well as being the only double winner and the anchor to Nantucket's winning 400-medley relay team, Roethke was also the anchor of the winning 200-yard medley relay, the first event of the night.
"I owe it to all my teammates and coaches, and everyone that's helped us. I mean I didn't do it, the whole team did it. Everyone scored and everyone stepped it up," said Roethke.
"This is just sectionals too, states is next weekend so, we still got a lot more left in the tank.
"Quite frankly, we're just getting started."
North results
200 medley relay — 1. Wayland, 1:37.23; 2. St. John's Prep, 1:37.74; 3. Mystic Valley, 1:41.03.
200 freestyle — 1. Scott Spear, Reading, 1:42.42; 2. Kevin Ochoa, Malden, 1:44.82; 3. Aaron Zhu, Chelmsford, 1:46.1.
200 individual medley — 1. Antonio Anastasiades, Lynnfield, 1:57.49; 2. Edmond Giang, Wayland, 1:58.9; 3. Benjamin Cote, Chelmsford, 1:59.09.
50 freestyle — 1. Mitchell Lockwood, St. John's Prep, 0:21.45; 2. Nick Smith, Wayland, 0:21.9; 3. Armen Abrahamian, Wayland, .
Diving — 1. Dale Nickerson, Weston, 602.250 points; 2. Charlie Reichle, Concord-Carlisle, 542.500; 3. Hunter Whitbeck, Acton-Boxborough, 507.850.
100 butterfly — 1. Jake Williams, Mystic Valley, 0:51.95; 2. Kevin Ochoa, Malden, 0:52; 3. Edmond Giang, Wayland, 0:52.58.
100 freestyle — 1. Mitchell Lockwood, St. John's Prep, 0:46.97; 2. Alex Zhang, Acton-Boxborough, 0:48.69; 3. Nick Smith, Wayland, 0:49.05.
500 freestyle — 1. Scott Spear, Reading, 4:43.04; 2. Daniel Vasquez, Central Catholic, 4:48.65; 3. Ben Guzovsky, Weston, 4:48.89.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Wayland, 1:28.91; 2. St. John's Prep, 1:29.95; 3. Chelmsford, 1:30.48.
100 backstroke — 1. Aaron Zhu, Chelmsford, 0:52.85; 2. Daniel Nee, Wayland, 0:53.57; 3. Anthony Xue, Wayland, 0:54.08.
100 breaststroke — 1. Jiming Xu, Wayland, 0:58.61; 2. Antonio Anastasiades, Lynnfield, 0:59.59; 3. Pablo Kohlmann-Garcia, Winchester, 0:59.88.
400 freestyle relay — 1. St. John's Prep, 3:17.8; 2. Chelmsford, 3:19.6; 3. Lincoln-Sudbury, 3:21.49.
Team results — 1. Wayland, 356; 2. St. John's Prep, 263; 3. Westford, 167.5; 4. Chelmsford, 165; 5. Acton-Boxborough, 143; 6. Weston, 140; 7. Lincoln-Sudbury, 121.5; 8. Newton South, 120; 9. Andover, 117; 10. Mystic Valley, 108.
South results
200 medley relay — 1. Nantucket, 1:38.66; 2. Natick, 1:42.73; 3. Bishop Feehan, 1:42.91.
200 freestyle — 1. Tyler Roethke, Nantucket, 1:42.55; 2. Ben Schmeimer, Natick, 1:45.77; 3. Alex Pecze, Ashland, 1:45.82.
200 individual medley — 1. Henry Keegan, Needham, 1:56.79; 2. Erik Watka, Bishop Feehan, 1:57.88; 3. Kyle Gray, Oliver Ames, 1:58.9.
50 freestyle — 1. Blake Anderson, Seekonk, 0:22.09; 2. Daniel Scherrer, Wellesley, 0:22.14; 3. Antonio Arena, Natick, 0:22.34.
Diving — 1. John R Byers, Newton North, 364.900 points; 2. Matt Herdegen, BC High, 356.900; 3. Zack Lawrence, Dover-Sherborn, 307.550.
100 butterfly — 1. Grant Beebe, Nantucket, 51:47; 2. Jacob Cuoco, Old Rochester, 52:26; 3. Henry Keegan, Needham, 53:44.
100 freestyle — 1. Kyle Gray, Oliver Ames, 48:11; 2. Charles Nascimben, Catholic Memorial, 48:35; 3. Ben Schmeimer, Natick, 48:58.
500 freestyle — 1. Tyler Roethke, Nantucket, 4:39; 2. Tyler Stringfellow, King Philip, 4:42; 3. Dean Spicer, Cohasset, 4:45.
200 freestyle relay — 1. Needham, 1:31; 2. Natick, 1:32.01; 3. Ashland, 1:32.27.
100 backstroke — 1. Alex Pecze, Ashland, 53:12; 2. James Taaffe, Nantucket, 54:12; 3. Chance Yan, Framingham, 54:25.
100 breaststroke — 1. Tyler Stringfellow, King Philip, 0:59.65; 2. Charles Nascimben, Catholic Memorial, 0:59.74; 3. Jonathan Qian, Newton North, 1:04.
400 freestyle relay — 1. Nantucket, 3:16; 2. Natick, 3:17; 3. Needham, 3:22.
Team results — 1. Nantucket, 228; 2. Natick, 213; 3. Needham, 195.5; 4. Ashland, 167; 5. Bishop Feehan, 151; 6. King Philip, 137; 7. Wellesley, 124; 8. BC High, 107; 9. Oliver Ames, 98.5; 10. Framingham, 94.Thomas Herron can be reached at email@example.com.


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Purple Shaded Glass Bottle
- Brand: Brother Sister Design Studio
Ready yourself for a bright and beautiful party with the right accessories! Purple Shaded Glass Bottle features a milk bottle inspired design with a shaded purple finish starting from the bottom and moving upward toward the bottle rim. Add a single floral stem to make a cutesy centerpiece, or serve delicious party beverages inside with striped paper straws!
- Bottle Width: 2 1/2"
- Opening Diameter: 1 1/2"
- Height: 7 1/2"
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Ride Machete GT + Union Contact Bindings
- Listing Type: Private Gear
- Snowboarding Gear Type: Snowboards
- Year: 2015
- Size: 158cm
- City/Suburb: Melbourne
- State: VIC
- Post Code: 3139
- Listed: November 12, 2018 6:51 pm
- Expires: 67 days, 14 hours
158cm 2015 Ride Machete GT in immaculate condition (2017 model selling $899.99 in Melbourne snowboard shops).
Watch the great video review of this exact board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwDN_86AhHQ (follow/click on the link)
Selling with Union Contact Bindings (bit older but in great used condition and new ones selling $350)
Will consider selling board on its own ($550 neg) and can send anywhere in Australia at buyers expense. Make an offer.
Can bring to any Melbourne suburb during weekdays or come out here anytime.


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We have prepared a video introduction of our company. Click to see how we do our business – everything from buying the cars, to cleaning and prepping them to ensure that they will be shipped safely to our customers!
カテゴリー別アーカイブ: Autocom Japan
First post in a while
Hi everyone. It's been a while since we had last updated this blog (almost half a year, in fact!). This is just a quick update to let you all know that everyone at Autocom Japan is doing great, and that we are continuing to expand our business and give our customers the best service available anywhere. We also have over 300 cars in stock at the moment, all of which can be found here: Autocom Japan's stock list
Today I thought I'd share with you a joke I received by email the other day.
**Disclaimer: I did not write the joke written below and it is not meant to insult Italians in any way. So with that in mind, enjoy!
Five Germans in an Audi Quattro arrive at the Italian border.
The Italian Customs Officer stops them and tells them "It'sa illegala to
putta 5 people in a Quattro."
"Vot do you mean it's illegal?" asks the German driver.
"Quattro meansa four!" replies the Italian official.
"Quattro is just ze name of ze automobile" the Germans says
unbelievingly, "Look at ze damn papers: ze car is designed to karry 5
"You canta pulla thata one on me-aa!" replies the Italian customs
officer. "Quattro meansa four. You have five-a people ina your car and
thereforea youarra breaking da law!"
The German driver replies angrily, "You idiot! Call your supervisor
over. I vant to speak to someone viz more intelligence!"
"Sorry" responds the Italian officer, "He can'ta come. He's a busy with
da 2 guys in da Uno."


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SCORE Jail Library Work Parties at SPC
Many of our neighbors in the SCORE Jail in Des Moines like to read. Lacking electronic devices, they depend on print materials. At these work parties in the classroom under the SPC Library, we'll prepare bookmarks and donated books and magazines for them to use. The inmates and SCORE staff appreciate this service; it lowers their stress and improves their morale. It also keeps open our opportunity (a) to show them somebody cares about them and (b) to provide materials that can help give them hope and draw them closer to Jesus. I welcome your participation! Roger Winiecki 206-427-9117
Sign Up in the Coffee Room:
1. · Sunday, 9/10/2017, ~12:30p-2:00p (after the BBQ)
2. · Sunday, 9/24/2017, tour of SCORE Jail -- see below
3. · Sunday, 10/8/2017, 11:30a-2:00p (starting with pizza & salad)
4. · Sunday, 10/22/2017, 11:30a-2:00p (starting with pizza & salad)
SCORE Jail Tour
Whether or not you have participated in SCORE Library work parties at SPC or donated books/magazines, you are welcome to tour the SCORE Jail Sunday 9/24/17 after church. We'll have some pizza in our Fellowship hall (SPC downstairs) 11:15a-11:45a, meet in the SCORE Jail lobby (see maps) at 12:00 noon, and (if we behave ourselves :-)) leave by about 1:30p. There will be no contact with inmates, so minors accompanied by parents are welcome. Tour the control, booking, living, medical, court, visitation, programs, and other areas -- and see where those donated books and magazines go! Sign up in the coffee room before Monday 9/11 to allow time for SCORE to clear all the adults. (This tour replaces our SCORE Jail Library Work Party that day at SPC.) Roger Winiecki 206-427-9117


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If you want to export an Exchange mailbox database list to Excel so that you can see how large users mailboxes are, you can do this using the Exchange Management Shell (EMS).
All you need to do is to logon to your Exchange server with your mailbox database on, open up the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) and then run the following command:
Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "First Storage GroupMailbox Database" | Select DisplayName, ItemCount, TotalItemSize | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending | Export-CSV C:MBSizes.csv
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When browsing the web, most people know the basics of protecting themselves – don't enter your Social Security number into random popups that ask for it, only enter your credit card information on secure sites and keep your passwords unique and unpredictable. But smart home technology is a different story.
The smart home industry is estimated to reach $53 billion by 2024, with millions of people implementing smart lights, personal assistants and other devices into their day-to-day lives. These devices rely on knowing your personal routines to provide countless benefits, from convenience and comfort to cost and energy savings. But how much information do they really need? And how much information should you share with your home devices? Here's a guide to ensuring your home's wireless security can't be outsmarted.
Take Stock of Your Connected Devices
On Nov. 15, 2017, security companies revealed nearly 20 million smart home devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home were vulnerable to attack due to an exploit called BlueBorne. The massive 2016 cyberattack that brought down Twitter and Netflix for a day was orchestrated with over 100,000 hijacked smart home devices. The attack was a nuisance, but what if hackers had stolen the payment information stored on those devices?
The first thing to do to protect yourself is to recognize the areas in which you're vulnerable. All gadgets, utilities, voice assistants and tablets that connect to the internet should be secured. One way to streamline this process is to integrate all devices through a smart home hub, so that you can manage everything in one place. Your internet service provider can help set this up.
Install Updates as Soon as They Become Available
One of the easiest ways for a malicious hacker to gain access to devices is through outdated software. When an update for the operating system or firmware of one of your smart home devices becomes available, install it right away. You should also keep the apps you use to run these devices up to date, along with the operating system of your smartphone.
Make this process easier by enabling automatic updates whenever possible. Just keep in mind that some devices may require you to press a physical button on the device to complete the update. Make it part of your routine to check for updates once each week. While up-to-date software doesn't guarantee protection, it does eliminate potential vulnerabilities.
Change Your Wi-Fi Network Name
While most hacks (like most break-ins) are crimes of opportunity, you can avoid making yourself a target by changing your Wi-Fi name. Most people use a network name like "Mark's Home." A name like this is not only kind of boring, but it also pinpoints exactly which house is providing the Wi-Fi connection.
Change your Wi-Fi name to something obscure or whimsical. Some potential names are "Black Pearl Wi-Fi," "Ici C'est Paris" and "HeWhoMustNotBeNamed." These names are fun and easy to give to guests and keep your home's connection anonymous.
Use a Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliance
A UTM appliance sounds more complicated than it actually is: this device monitors your home network for intrusions and then implements security measures to keep your data safe. Most UTMs also include antivirus protection for the network at large, even though viruses are not (yet) a problem for smart home devices.
More expensive UTM options provide fully staffed monitoring stations that investigate unusual activity on your network. These devices function much like monitored security cameras; if something out of the ordinary happens, you'll be contacted so that proper countermeasures can be taken.
Pay for Quality
A simple truth of the technological world is that you often get what you pay for. While buying from brand names may carry a slightly higher price tag, it often brings better quality. If you purchase a third-party alternative (for example, one of the Amazon Echo clones) with limited documentation, you have no way of knowing what types of network security the device has.
When you ping a voice assistant with a query, the information is transmitted back to the central servers to be processed, and then an answer is sent back to you. Make sure the data is going to a company you trust.
Turn On Strong Authentication
Strong authentication – often referred to as multi-factor authentication (MFA) – does more for your security than nearly any other step you take. If possible, enable strong authentication for your financial institutions and any devices that have access to monetary transactions or other personal information. Strong authentication tools include biometrics (a fingerprint or face scanner), security keys or a unique, one-time code through an app on your mobile device.
Even if someone gained your username and password, it's far less likely they would have access to one of these additional authentication measures.
Secure Your Information in the Age of the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things has just begun. Prices are dropping, and smart home technology is becoming more accessible. Like the growth of personal computers, more and more people will implement technology that streamlines their lives and provides new levels of convenience. Just make sure to take the time to secure these devices. While being able to order a Lyft as you walk out the door is a dream come true, someone hacking into your Google Home device and stealing the payment information stored there is a nightmare.
Thankfully, smart home security is simple to implement. Update your devices, enable MFA, use smart security practices and work with service providers you trust. You'll stay smarter than these gadgets, and they'll continue to make your life easier instead of more difficult.


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The Red Eddies of ELHS took the team title with a score of 773.0. Oxford Hills came insecond with 772.0, and Maranacook took third place with a team score of 768.0.
In the Girl's GS, Julia Pomeroy of the Spruce Mountain Phoenix had the two fastest runs of :31.84 and :32.77 for a two-run total of 1:04.61. Grabbing the second spot was Jordan Cummings of Edward Little with times of :32.25 and :33.02 for a 1:05.27 total. John Bapst's Abbie Tyler took 3rd with times of :32.16 and :33.21 and a total of 1:05.37.
Maranacook skiers Dana Reynolds (1:05.64, Anna Erb (1:05.87), and Caroline Welch (1:06.23) took the next three spots.
Then team title went to Maranacook with a team score of 781. Coming in second was Spruce Mountain with 756, while Edward Littl HS took third with 734 points.
Julia Pomerroy was victorious in the season's first women's alpine race under the lights at Black Mountain on January 4th. The Spruce Mountain senior had runs of 35.28 and 37.76 for a two-run total of 1:13.04 to win the highly contested Giant Slalom race, which had 84 skiers. Hampden Academy's Ana Baldwin finished in second with a two-run total of 1:13.95, with Edward Little's Jordan Cummings right behind her at 1:13.97.
Katie Ide of Maranacook took fourth with a score of 1:14.00, Abbie Tyler of John Bapst was fifth, and Mt. Abram sophomore Alice MacKay was sixth.
Maranacook took top team honors for the girls with 767 points, followed by Rangeley with 736 points, and Spruce Mountain with 713.
In the boys race, Mt. Blue senior Sam Smith bested a field of 100 skiers to capture the win in the GS with runs of 32.86 and 33.82 (1:06.70). Finishing in second place was Colby Vandecker of Oxford Hills. The Viking junior had a total of 1:07.60. He was followed by Winthrop's lone skier, Maguire Anuszewski, who finished with 1:08.15.
Fourth place went to Tommy Bancroft of Oxford Hills (1:09.31). Rounding out the top six were a couple of sophomores, Jacob Tyler of John Bapst (1:10.28) and Mt. Blue's Jack Kearing (1:10.55).
Oxford Hills topped the boys' team scores with 780 points. The Cougars of Mt. Blue were second with 765 points and Maranacook finished in third with 740 points.
For full results, click here.
Black Mountain of Maine opened up its 2019 Alpine Racing Season with a Middle School Giant Slalom on Jaunuary 3rd. Riley Jerome of Telstar came in first place with a two-run total of 1:15.49. Second place went to Mountain Valley's Jaden Boulanger with a combined time of 1:20.03. 3rd place went to Rosie St. Cyr of the Chisholm Alpine Race Team. Her time was 1:21.13. Other top 6 finishers were Breezy Quimby of Rangeley, Gigi Divivo of Telstar, and Amelai Stokes of Rangeley.
In the boys race, Rangeley's Charlie Pye captured gold with a combined time of 1:14.89. Coming in second place was Conner Brann of Lost Valley at 1:18.74, with Auburn Middle School's Ellis Slover taking third with a 1:18.86 score. Other top finishers were Thatcher Riley and Scottie Turney of Chisholm, and Rangeley's Tucker MacFawn.
In the first Nordic ski race of 2019 at Black Mountain Ski Resort, Falmouth made it a clean sweep with victories in the boys and girls 5k Freestyle on January 2nd. In the boys race, Ethan Livingwood took top honors for the Yachtmen with a time of 12:36.0. Finishing in second place was Roy Varney of Leavitt with a time of 12:41.6. Third place went to Nate Livingwood of Falmouth, who completed the course in 13:16.3. Rounding out the top 6 were Martin Horn (Freeport), Ben Rooks (Falmouth), and Vance Boyd (Flamouth).
Falmouth took top team honors with 789 points, with Freeport finishing second with 752 points.
In the girls race, the Yachtmen's Eva Clement took first place for Falmouth, crossing the finish line in 14:49.6. Right behind her was Emily Gerencer of St. Doms with a time of 15:27.2. Eliza Skillings of Maine Coast Waldorf finished in third place, completing the skate race in 16:01.0. Other top finishers were Karli Leighton (Mt. Ararat), Jaldyn Negley (Leavitt), and Allison Greuel (Freeport).
The girls from Maine Coast Waldorf had the top team score with 762 points, followed closely by Freeport with 760 points.
Maine High School Shootout
February 25, 2018
Race has been pushed back one day due to rescheduling of State HS Alpine meet
Welcome to Black Mountain of Maine. Helping us with a few simple expectations prior to your event, while at the area, and on the mountain will help us conduct a great competitive event and make your stay at Black Mountain of Maine more enjoyable for you and everyone at the mountain.
Race Date: February 24, 2018
Host: Black Mountain of Maine
Event: Giant Slalom & Slalom
Start Time: 0900hrs (9:00am)
Milan Kubala of Stowe, Vt. captured the inaugural Black Midwinter SkiMo Classic at Black Mountain on Saturday, February 10, 2018. The event, which was part of the Winterfest Weekend, involves strapping climbing skins on skis to climb up the mountain before removing them to ski back down. Kubala, who was competing in a group of 5 skiers in the USSMA Certification Division, completed the 4 laps in 1:29:10,8 to capture the gold. Alton, New Hampshire's Josh Flanagan edged out Abraham Meyehofer of Weare, NH. Flanagan's time of 1:35:16.9 was about 6 seconds ahead of Meyehofer, who finished in 1:35:22.7.
Rumford, ME - Monmouth Academy's Ehtan Thombs outskated a small field of 14 skiers to take first place in Black Mountain's 5K Freestyle race on January 5th. The race consisted of two laps of an excellently groomed 2.5K course. Trailing Thombs was Dirigo's Justin Cantin and Camden Hills' Marley O'Neil.
In the girls race, Edward Little's Tyne Finnerty edged teammate Kirsten Main by .3 seconds to earn the victory. Finishing third was Nicole Whitman of Dirigo.
Race photos are available at https://rivervalleygraphics.smugmug.com/Skiing/Jan-5-2017-5K-Freestyle.


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A beautiful and unique memorial to hold in the palm of your hand of those you hold in your heart.
Art Glass Memorials are a creative alternative to help celebrate and cherish the life of your loved one. A discrete way to keep your loved one close, beside your bed, on your desk, or with you in your travels. Only a very small amount of the cremation ash is required, 1 tbsp per memorial - allowing one or many family members to each share in the love of a personal memorial and still have the majority of the cremated remains to honour as they wish.
All Art glass Memorial are hand-blown by glass artist Sarah Mulligan. Molten glass requires temperatures over 2000°, when a small amount of the cremation ash is incorporated carefully into the glass, the ashes turn a brilliant bright white. Combine one or two of the 6 colour choices and choose the shape: heart or sphere. Memorials size will vary from piece to piece but in general measure 3"-4" at the widest point.
One Memorial $180
Two Memorials $165 each
Three Memorials $150 each
Four Memorials $135 each
*Pricing does not include shipping or applicable taxes, final total will be determined upon order completion. A 50% deposit is required prior to memorial creation.
*USA customers are responsible for all custom fees that may incur - both when sending the ashes to Canada and when the memorials are shipped to the USA.
* Turn around time is dependant on my blowing schedule. I live in Victoria,BC but blow glass in Vancouver, BC. I do not blow glass every month of the year, spring and fall are my usual blowing months.( ie: a memorial to be created in time for Christmas would be made in October) Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com for memorial order information and blowing schedule.