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Interview: Saffa Mir – Community Officer
One of Saffa's key pledges in her manifesto as Community Officer was safer streets. As part of this, Safe Zones have been relaunched: "Not many students were aware of them, but they're essentially businesses (normally along the Oxford Road corridor) that have these stickers in their windows that say Safe Zone. If you feel like you're not safe you can go into that business that has that sticker and you can use their phone if you need to call a taxi or emergency services, you can ask for a glass of water and you can just have a place to chill while you feel a bit better," she explained.
She also told us that the key part of relaunching them was "training them and making sure that not just the employer but the employees know that if a student, or anyone, was to come in then they know what their duty is."
Reclaim the Night is also going to be a huge part of this relaunch, as "it's just about mobilising students and making them more aware and Reclaim the Night couldn't be a better opportunity for this."
However, Saffa argues that the introduction of G4S patrols has not helped improve student safety, as "I don't think they were implemented to make the streets safer, I don't think that was the purpose behind them, and I think the university has made that very clear — I don't think they ever claimed that it was to make the streets safer. So I'm not going to say that it has, as I fundamentally disagree with the using of G4S."
Despite this objection to the G4S patrols, Saffa admits that "there were reports that they helped some vulnerable students that had got too drunk and took them home", but says that this is the limit of their help towards student safety, and that she has "been able to look at the recordings and most of the time it's was just parties and just saying 'can you turn the volume down?' so I don't think that's necessarily making students safer."
G4S were instead introduced to improve the relationship between students and the wider community, a relationship which is currently "a rocky one," according to Saffa, though she argues that "you're always going to have some students that are going to cause trouble, and you're always going to have some residents that, no matter what, will always complain."
Instead, Saffa believes that students need to "better the relationship with those who are willing", and that "it wasn't all about not having parties, it's nothing about that at all." Rather, students need to work on being "mindful of those around you, and the way most people are more mindful is when they know their neighbours."
Another key pledge was to prevent exploitation of students by landlords. Saffa is continuing Rate Your Landlord, which she says has "given a good knowledge of what students are feeling… what experiences students are facing and what difficulties they're facing as well", but admits they still need to do "a lot more," accepting that "a survey's good for collecting results but unless we act upon those results nothing's going to happen".
Saffa plans to tackle these issues with "Get to Know Your Rights, a big campaign that the advice centre are trying to do", explaining that "if students before they sign their leases know what their rights are, it's really important so that when they are facing issues with their landlord they have a leg to stand on."
She highlights such problems as "landlords not paying their deposits back, which is literally illegal, and a lot of students either don't know that or they can't be bothered with the hassle."
The bulk of the work on Get to Know Your Rights "is there and it's been done, and it's just about publicising it a bit better now," according to Saffa, and that this should hopefully improve things, as "knowing your rights will lead to better housing".
Finally, applications are now open for students who want to be on the executive team next year. Saffa believes people should stand for Community Officer because "it's an amazing role", unique in that it requires "dealing with external people… I have meetings with the police, the council, councillors, I've had meetings with MPs". So "if you're interested in widening your horizons beyond the university and the Students' Union" but still want to remain a key part of student life, community officer is the role to stand for.
To see all of our interview with Saffa, head to Fuse TV's YouTube channel.
Tags: community, fallowfield, G4S, interview, landlords, Reclaim the night, student safety
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Guest Blog – Balancing Act, Kate Sayer
This week's Guest Blog comes from CRA Member Sayer Vincent.
Balancing act
Charity shops can be a great source of unrestricted funds for charities, but they also create a number of operational risks. Retail managers face the problem of managing the risks in a cost effective way.
What sort of risks do managers face?
There are the obvious financial risks such as theft from the till or pilfering of goods, but additionally, charities need to be wary that the shops do not operate in their own little bubble. The shops still carry the charity's name and can damage the charity's reputation, so trustees and senior managers need assurance that the shop staff and volunteers are 'on message'. Well-intentioned shop managers operating solo can create havoc. We have seen shop managers recruiting large numbers of volunteers with special needs without realising that these are vulnerable adults, corners cut on health and safety and managers completing Gift Aid forms themselves. Retail managers will have others areas of operation they will be concerned about such as stock management, displays and customer care.
Controls to manage operational risk
We find it useful to think about the controls as a holistic framework so you don't miss important aspects:
|The charity's values are embedded and communicated to staff and volunteers in shops so they understand the purpose and ethos of shops.
|Policies and procedures:
|Policies are kept up to date and are available to all shop staff and volunteers. Think about a short guide kept by the till rather than a hefty manual. Sensible procedures that are actually implemented.
|Roles and responsibilities:
|Clear role descriptions for shop managers.
Volunteers understand role before they start. Adequate inductions.
|Appropriate training on policies and procedures, how to use shop tills, operate retail Gift Aid, health & safety and customer care.
|Managing people:
|Volunteers are managed appropriately, safeguarding in place and shop managers have good people management skills. Appropriate structure to manage the shop managers.
|Planning and monitoring:
|Clear plans and budgets with realistic targets and based on solid understanding of the business model. Risk assessments prepared.
Using a shops audit checklist
Once you have your training and procedures in place, you can then use a checklist to help structure and record visits in a systematic way. We have developed a checklist with 'traffic light' ranking of red-amber-green for the answers so that retail managers can quickly see how the shop is doing on a range of measures from the tidiness of the stock area to a balanced till. The checklist can be used by a supervisor responsible for several shops, or one shops chain introduced some independence by a form of peer review – the manager for one area visits the shops in their neighbouring area. The checklist is completed with the shop manager so it can be used to develop them and improve performance. A low score will trigger a repeat visit within a short timeframe to give the shop manager time and clear targets to improve.
Getting the balance right
You do need to keep things in perspective. This approach aims to help retail managers improve shop operations as well as manage risks. Having regular visits with a structured checklist will also provide assurance to senior managers and trustees that you have it all under control.
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Instructional and Informational Posts on SuiteCommerce
NOTE — this blog post is over old
Find out about a new resource for developers and implementers of SuiteCommerce Advanced: a feature compatibility matrix. It is a dual-axis table showing which NetSuite commerce features are compatible with each version of SuiteCommerce Advanced. Read More
In the second of the extension spotlight series, we turn our attention to the infinite scroll extension, which changes the behavior of product list pages. This extension replaces the manual pagination with automatic loading of additional items when a shopper scrolls near the end of the current list. Read More
What's the best way to implement new functionality when you're presented with different options? That's the question I asked myself when I responded to a customer who asked how to add the savings amount and percentage to the PDPs of items with quantity pricing. Read More
SuiteCommerce extensions are a key way for us to deliver new features. As developers, you can use them to save yourself time by letting us do the hard work – but you can also use them as a learning experience. The grid order extension adds a new user interface to the product detail page, as well as new learning opportunities for developers. Read More
Page type functionality enables two new key features for content managers: alternative layouts, and new landing page types. In order for them to take advantage of this, developers must create them using the commerce extension framework and this blog post shows you how. Read More


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A seasoned Republican operative told me that when you're working on a campaign and you get an email that says something like "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump," the response is obvious
- "I'd stop reading right there," the operative said. "I'd print it out and walk it over to the counsel's office."
- That's why so many Republicans downtown and on Capitol Hill have tried to avert their gaze from "the Russia stuff" by relying on the Keystone Cops Scenario — that this was all incompetence and inexperience: These guys just didn't know what they were doing, and were acting the way they do in business.
- But the Keystone Cops Scenario fell apart yesterday. Don Jr. had told Fox's Sean Hannity on Tuesday, regarding the Russia meeting at Trump Tower: "This is everything. This is everything."


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EPDs and Percentiles
The following forms will allow you to locate an EPD's or a selection index's value for an animal within its breed performances. EPD value by itself doesn't indicate where an animal is situated compared to its breed for a specific character. To know the real value of an EPD or a selection index, we use the percentile.
The percentile is the number that reflects the position, in terms of percentile rank, that this EPD is in for the animal's breed. For example, a 90% indicates that the animal is in the top 10% of all animals of the same breed for this trait.
These forms convert the EPD's or selection index's value in percentage. You can consult the "Basic Concepts" datasheet, in the Tools section, to get more information about percentiles.
EPDs distribution and percentile tables July 2018
The statistical analysis for the genetic evaluations uses breed groups. Breeds that have adequate numbers of animals in the database and new animals being added on a yearly basis are grouped alone. Certain breeds with low number of animals evaluated must be grouped to ensure there are enough animals for statistical analysis.


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While we continue to update the 100v100 iOS platform to be more functional a few updates went out that should help things smooth along. Some of these tidbits may be hidden and unknown, so this guide should explain a few new things for you.
While we continue to update the 100v100 iOS platform to be more functional a few updates went out that should help things smooth along. Some of these tidbits may be hidden and unknown, so this guide should explain a few new things for you.
this is more stuff to look at and do and as i search all these areas the fb players have killed me before i can hit
Sorry, you're not allowed to see inside the book. It's against the rules.
Thank you!
Others may have said this, but I believe Confucius stated it best (here I am paraphrasing): "If I hear it, I'll forget. If I see it, I'll remember. But if I do it, I will learn it."
The new 100v has a high hurdle to learn and to be able to "see" these sea-changes in the game is a huge help in playing, learning, experimenting, and then understand the new system. You need to help out the early adopters so the new system will work. Thanks again.
Yes, and this is an absolutely convoluted mess. The old display was significantly better and easier to use.
BTW increasing the swiping speed actually made it even worse because now a simple swipe skips past 3-4 people in rapid succession.
I haven't been thrilled with every change that you guys have made to the game, but I've adapted. This major iOS UI change combined with cutting # of battles from 4 to 2 for iOS guilds means a lot of people will have to either leave their friends they've battled with for years to find a guild who does the 2 battles that work, just not battle at all, or leave the game. Right now, the only thing that kept me and a large portion of guild around is because most of us have gotten to be friends over the years and this change will likely cause several of us to just quit and take our gaming dollars to a different game.
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CG animators are very proud of the movement of every strand of hair and every blade of grass. They pay close attention and pour much time into how and where the raindrops land and how each snowflake moves in an avalanche. They perfect clouds to the right colors and transparency.
People watching a movie mostly care about what the story is and how it's told. If the swirling snow and flowing hair and floating clouds get too much screen time, it slows the pacing of the movie and interferes with the plot. No matter how beautiful the movie is, no matter how rightfully proud the animators should be of their groundbreaking work, concentrating too much on those details would make a movie less enjoyable.
Those were my thoughts the first time I tried to use the iOS app to fight in a guild battle. I haven't tried it ever since. Coming from Facebook and web3, the iOS app's UI was overwhelming and confusing.
Seeing the screens laid out like this made me realize how insanely difficult it must be to try to fit all the data available in the web3 format onto such a small screen in such a way that fat fumbling fingers can still accurately click the necessary buttons without accidentally hitting the wrong thing on the screen. (I haven't been in any iOS Festival battles, so I don't know what the old interface looked like.) So anyway, I'm giving the iOS app another chance right now, with the fat fumbling fingers problem in mind.
1) The scrolling bar with all the gates and animated structures is overly wide and distracting. Fingers aren't that fat and fumbling, and it seems that we're expected to be able to hit the square that changes between ally and enemy gates. That square is much smaller. The animated structures don't seem to serve any useful purpose. The pictures of the structures all animate even if there aren't any actives in those gates. To me, this looks like an example of when we're staring at the breeze sweeping across the blades of grass in the meadows for too long without anything else happening in the movie. The text "North Wall" tells me what I need to know, and while the pictures are pretty and the animations are cute, it'd be easier to battle if the gate bar could fit on one screen and not require scrolling.
2) On the ally gate bar, the blue star player orientation marker shows up for empty gates. We're a small guild, so I only have players in west and east gates. I'm personally in west for this battle. The blue star shows up on north, west, and south. I believe this is a bug? That said, thank you very much for the player orientation marker! I noticed the marker is now on web3 as well, and it works properly there. The empty gates don't have the marker on web3; the problem shows up only on iOS. Still, thank you very much for the feature!
3) On the player select list (the two helmets on the right), would it be possible to get the general's picture in the list? Since the whole bar is clickable, the ">>" graphic seems unnecessary. Removing that would create room to put the picture of the person's active general. Also, it'd be really nice if the actual health numbers can fit, but I understand that there's a limited amount of space, and I'm not sure where those numbers would go. Also, I think it'd be a lot faster to look through the gates if I could change gates from within the player select list without having to close it, go back to the gate bar, potentially scroll it to the gate I need, click the gate, and then click back into the player select list. Being able to change gates from within the player select list would make it much faster to see what's going on in battle. Finally, while the scrolling motion is lovely, can we please just jump to the player when we click on them instead of having to wait for the rest of the gate to scroll by? It's very slow to scroll from player 1 to player 25, even when using the list. In a close battle, that scroll time could make the difference between getting a revive on the right person at the right time or losing the whole gate.
4) I love the iOS battle log at the bottom right! Here's a sample:
web3 says: "Gemini of Lyall Fellowship You performed a Special Action on your target! You have healed your ally for a total of 153 points!" We have no idea who the target was.
iOS says: "Gemini casts Heal Wounds on Joel!" There's less text, and we don't get the detail of how many points the target was healed for, but the information that the target was Joel is significantly more useful.
I like the "your battle log" list to the left too. Can we get logs like these on web3 as well?
5) I like the row of dots/squares under the gate bar telling us where in the gate we're at. I keep wanting to click on the small dots to jump to that spot in the gate. I tried swiping the back and forth along the row of dots, but the motion was backwards: when I swiped to the right, the highlighted dot went left. When I swiped to the left, the highlighted dot went to the right. I eventually realized that I'm actually swiping the generals to the bottom, but it was a funny effect when I first tried it. Maybe the touch area for scrolling the generals should stop under the player's name and level instead of extending up into the row of dots. It'd also be nice if touching the row of dots would jump to that spot in the gate.
6) I discovered that I can scroll the generals by swiping left and right on the player select list. If my swiping isn't strictly up and down but even the slightest bit on a diagonal with any left or right component at all, I'm scrolling both the player select list as well as the generals behind it. I don't have an opinion on if this is good or bad. I'm just reporting because it was unexpected.
7) The "?" icon still says, "[...] you receive Guild Points based on Victory and the amount of Battle Activity Points you earned." I believe we're not supposed to get points based on Battle Activity Points in 100v100?
Overall, if I could jump gates from within the player select list and if I could jump straight to the select player instead of watching the animating scroll, I think it'd make the iOS app more usable for guild battles.
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You broke the pvp aspect of the game. Who cares about these
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Hey I have an idea....how about get rid of all the crap give us our 4 battles a day back and fix the stuff in game first? Just saying!!!! Whoever came up eith bright idea of cutting battles down to 2 should be fired. Doing that has now made guildmates have to look for guilds that accomadate their battle time beacaue devs had to take away 2 battles. Way to go ruining game. Total boycott of any money towards CASTle age until U give the players what they want.
Thanks for the update Padaxan, but I stand by my position: the 100v100 UI in the iOS app is horrible. It's obviously a silly attempt to prioritize animations and pretty pictures over functionality. Every bit of work Kabam does in that UI is a waste of time. Every single player I've read on the forum and spoken to in multiple guilds HATE IT.
But, knock yourself out. Keep wasting time and money on features that are functionally inferior and hated by your customer base.
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DAS requires a PostgreSQL database for storing query event information. During the installation, you can choose to have DAS install and configure a default, embedded PostgreSQL database for use, or you can configure an external PostgreSQL database. You can do this by checking or unchecking the Create Data Analytics Studio database option.
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On a bit of a theme of short skirts, tights and Doc Marten boots. The weather is REALLY cold and windy...it is making getting dressed in the morning a bit of a challenge! Jeans and big jumpers seem really appealing. This skirt has the 'A' line that I like in retro skirts and a cute little fabric belt. I consider the 1970's and earlier as retro. The 1980's is way to recent in my memory and it was a fashion decade that does not grab me!
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I can count on one hand the amount of times I've been into a sportswear shop in the past year - it is not my usual sort of hangout and so I barely knew where to begin.
I looked at budget supermarket ranges, sports shop ranges, and regular clothes shop ranges (even M&S and Boden do them now). There is so much choice out there that I found it overwhelming in fact.
Having been a long-standing customer of Fat Face for some time, I noticed one day in the plethora of emails in my inbox that they had sent me an email advertising their new fitness range - Activ88.
This looked like just the sort of thing I was looking for - sporty but with a feminine twist, and because I had already been wearing Fat Face clothes to exercise in I knew that the quality would be excellent (my original trousers and top are seven years old and still look as good as new) and they would be comfortable and fit me too.
But what to choose?
Their range is not vast like some other manufacturers and so I found it easy to navigate the Activewear part of the Fat Face website and find something suitable for me.
As it is still chilly here in Cheshire (minus 2 yesterday!) I wanted an outfit that would take me through to the end of March when I hope to be completing C25K. I also wanted something that not only covered me up but was more breathable than the cotton fabric of my current outfit (which admittedly is probably more suited to yoga and lounging about on a Sunday morning than serious exercise).
Eventually after coveting almost everything on their website, I chose the Activ88 Overhead Hoody in black and a pair of Moonlight Garden Flare Trousers.
What I love about the Activ88 range is that the clothing is made from breathable fabric that is not only lightweight but thin enough not to impede your running ability.
My first outing wearing my new clothing was somewhat easier than my previous runs had been. Maybe it was because I am actually getting slightly better at this now but I like to think that the clothes actually helped!
Stylewise I'm very pleased with my choices. Initially I wasn't sure about the top as it had stitching in a bright yellow colour but it has actually really grown on me and I would consider buying other pieces with similar colours - there is a lovely vest top in the same colour which I have my eye on for the summer when it is warmer, maybe as another reward for myself if I manage to keep all this up. It even matches my sports bra too (not that anyone can see, but I feel more co-ordinated which is all that counts).
|Little details - bright yellow trim and a thumb hole on the sleeve
|Mesh side panels for breathability
|Matches my M&S sports bra - very co-ordinated!
The trousers are also really great, less flappy then my yoga trousers and have flat stitching which doesn't irritate me when moving. The waistband is also very pretty, you can't see it close up on the website but the pattern gives a nice feminine touch to what is otherwise a pair of black exercise trousers. I also like the small pocket in the back of the waistband which could be used for a door key.
After my run, which was noticeably less hot and sweaty than usual, I gave my new gear a quick wash ready for next time. They are machine washable and also tumble dryer friendly but I hung mine overnight on a clothes airer and they were ready again for the next day - also because of the type of fabric they are made from I didn't need to iron them which is always a bonus in my book!
Having a new outfit that is more suited to the type of exercise I'm now doing has not only made me feel better prepared but actually makes me want to get out there and run all the more. I'd definitely recommend it!
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Gorilla Monsoon — Welcome to this Broadcast Special presentation of Seoul Brothers Wrestling. We are here to see real professional wrestling and the crowning of the World Women's Champion, the World Tag Team Champions, and the World Wrestling Champion. I'm Gorilla Monsoon, and this is Bobby "the Brain" Heenan. We are coming to you live from the Windy City. And speaking of a lot of wind, here's Ric Flair.
Bobby the Brain Heenan — That's Mr. Flair, you big Ape. So, Mr. Flair, thank you for flying in on your private jet to take the time to talk to us and the humanoids out there in our audience. How do you feel about the travesty of you, the best professional wrestling has to offer, being left out of the title match?
Flair — AJ Styles knows he has no chance against the Nature Boy. I'm a stylin' and profilin' man of culture and beauty. Styles is nothing but a gymnast in too tight leather pants. Did I say leather? Knowing Styles, his pants are pleather. My robe costs more than that hic from the sticks' house.
Gorilla — Feel that hot air. The Windy City has nothing on Flair. The man is all talk. He and his daughter, Charlotte, were not sanctioned in today's title matches for a reason, Brain. They just aren't at their best right now. They have got to prove themselves in the squared circle before they—
Brain — You might know bananas, Gorilla, but you don't seem to know much about what goes on behind the curtains here at SBW. This is nothing but politics. Take it from me, the Brain. The powers that be are not the sharpest forks in the drawer.
Flair — Asuka. Banks. Styles. None of them are fit to wash the Nature Boy's limo or iron the queen's robe. Woooooooooo!
Brain —SBW must be fair to Flair.
Flair — I may not get that chance to win the ten pounds of gold today, but that doesn't mean I don't have a flair for the gold.
Brain — That's right. Mr. Flair has taken Jimmy Wang Yang under his wing.
Flair — It they won't let the man have the big gold belt, the man is going to be the man behind the new man. I will show all of you that Flair beats style any day. Wooooooo!
Gorilla — We've exhausted this conversation. Weasel, let's get down to ringside so we can call the first match.
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2010 Divorce Rates and Longer Term Trends
December 22, 2017
On 8th December, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released the most recent figures on divorces taking place in 2010. Having recently written about the trends over current years, and what this tells us about the health of marital relationship as an organization, it is worth thinking about how these latest stats affect the larger image.
The heading is that the number of divorces in 2010 increased; the first yearly rise in eight years (considering that 2003) and relatively out of step with the wider pattern. The overall variety of divorces that took place in 2010 concerned 119,589 representing a 4.9% boost on 2009's 113,949 divorces. Although, on the surface, this does seem to suggest an increase in the occurrence of divorce the figure could possibly be explained by other aspects such as a bigger married population – more tellingly the divorce rate, that is the portion of the married population that got separated, also rose from 10.5% in 2009 to 11.1% in 2010. So does this strengthen the perception that more marital relationships are stopping working?
Instead of an indicator of a wider shift in social mindsets it is most likely that the outcomes for 2010 mark a problem in a longer term decline in divorce rates. This type of problem or spike in divorce rates has been seen at other points in recent history when the nation has actually been on the tail end of a recession. In 1993 the rate increased following the recession between 1990 and 1992. There seems to have been a lag in between the worst of the financial troubles and a dive in divorces and it appears plausible that this could also hint at causality; financial problems are one of the significant causes of relationship breakdowns and the lag may be discussed by a) a preliminary reaction to pull together' to deal with cash concerns, b) the build up of subsequent pressures in the relationship and after that, c) when the relationship has actually broken down, the time it takes for divorce process itself to finish.
In terms of the broader image, the real variety of divorces has actually been noticeably falling for the last years although it is easy to associate this to the matching fall in marriages and previous divorce patterns eroding the size of the married population in the first location. The fact that the divorce rate has been progressively falling too recommends that those who are married are less likely to split.
More proof comes from the profile of those couples included. More divorces included individuals aged 40-44 than other age group in 2010 however remarkably it seems that the age at which people divorce is approaching (both males and females had 0.2 increases to 44.2 and 41.7 respectively), albeit in line with the rise in the age at which individuals are marrying, whilst the period of marital relationships has actually plateaued. Furthermore, the highest rate of divorces for males in 2010 was seen in the 30-34 year old age group instead of the 25-29 group in 2009 (ladies were the same). This might all recommend that marriages are beginning later on however are starting to last a bit longer.
In spite of the current figures informing us that 33% of marital relationships starting in 1995 had actually stopped working in the 15 year duration to 2010 (up from 22% of those in the same 15 year duration from 1970) the ONS is suggesting that the figures they have obtained up until now might suggest that the rate of divorce before the 15th year for more recent marriages might be likely to decrease. Again this includes a bit more weight to the argument that pairs now seem to be waiting longer (cohabiting), being more mindful but ultimately, as an outcome, being more effective in their marriages.
In summary, it would appear most likely that the rise in divorces in 2010 is a spike, as witnessed in previous periods of economic downturn, rather than a longer term trend. There is still evidence in the age and period of those getting separated to support the bigger picture that couples are being more effective in marital relationship, but just time will inform.


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Johnny Candle
Hand forged candle holder. Hand hammered candle cup from reclaimed plumbing pipe. Scroll detail at each foot and handle. Measures 7in from foot to foot and 41/2" from top of scroll to table. The legs are made from 3/4 in flat stock, the wax cup is made by sinking a flat circle into a recess in our 386 yr old cedar stump.
The time and energy that is poured into this piece will resonate through the years at it stands the test of time and can be left behind generation after generation. 100 years from now someone in your family will tell the story of their family heirloom.
All items listed are created for you by our family, Kent Knapp lead Blacksmith. We are happy to provide ideas for your space or create pieces from your vision. Our family goal is to provide you with a piece of art that functions in the way you are best served. Hand forged ironwork is a purchase that lasts for generations.
Recycled steel bar and found metals used in the creation of all work. Save the planet with beauty!
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This past 12 months I have moved thru
1) A Galaxy Avant
2) LG basic android phone
3) ASUS Zen 2
3) MOTO 4+ my current phone.
The Avant is an excellent no frills clean platform
The LG was great a small phone easy to use one-handed
The ASUS was extraordinary, two network cards; Terrific Graphics (fun to watch cable streaming, from home WiFi)
The MOTO has several issues, but don't we all?
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BlackRock, Inc. has announced that entities affiliated with its Long Term Private Capital (LTPC) strategy have made a strategic investment in Authentic Brands Group (ABG), owner of a portfolio of iconic and world-renowned brands. LTPC will become the largest investor in ABG and will work closely alongside its management, led by founder, Chairman and CEO James Salter and President and CMO Nick Woodhouse. LTPC joins existing ABG investors including founding investor Leonard Green & Partners, General Atlantic, Lion Capital, Simon Property Group, Brookfield Properties' retail group and Shaquille O'Neal.
ABG has experienced significant growth since it was founded in 2010 and is now a world-leading brand development, marketing and entertainment company. The Company's portfolio of over 50 brands generates close to USD $10 billion in annual worldwide revenue in more than 70 countries. ABG's portfolio spans the luxury, specialty and mid-tier retail channels in both e-commerce and brick and mortar, and is diversified across the lifestyle, sports, celebrity, entertainment and media sectors. The ABG portfolio includes brands such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali, Shaquille O'Neal, Greg Norman, Thalia Sodi, Neil Lane, Nautica, Aéropostale, Vince Camuto, Nine West, Juicy Couture, Frye, Spyder, Prince and Judith Lieber. ABG's recent acquisition of Sports Illustrated, one of the most respected names in sports media, highlights the Company's ability to expand a cultural centerpiece across digital, TV and social platforms and represents their increasing desire to converge content and commerce.
"The strategic investment by LTPC is a testament to the success we have had building a leading platform for the ownership and development of brand and media content," said Jamie Salter, Chairman and CEO at ABG. "We believe BlackRock's scale, global footprint and digital capabilities will enable us to build out our organization and continue our domestic and international growth trajectory. This investment marks an important and exciting next phase of expansion for ABG."
"ABG is an innovator in the licensing and branding industry. We have built a close relationship with Jamie and Nick over the past ten years as they've established this company as a leader in the licensing industry by successfully capitalizing on trends and continuing to innovate in the evolving consumer space. They have built a best-in-class business model and grown it with flawless execution," said Colm Lanigan, Managing Director in the Long Term Private Capital team. "We believe there is substantial growth still ahead for ABG and look forward to partnering with Jamie and Nick to build a global platform that brings together the worlds of fashion, health and wellness, sports, culture and entertainment."
"We are delighted to have ABG as LTPC's first investment," added André Bourbonnais, Global Head of Long Term Private Capital. "ABG represents exactly the type of high-quality business run by a proven management team that we target with our investment strategy. ABG will have the full support of the LTPC team, our operating partners and the BlackRock platform. We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship."
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April 30th 2010
A couple day ago I talked about editing photos from a DSLR to finish. I will attempt to go step by step on what I do to 90% of my photos before you guys see them on Saltyshores. I shoot raw as the most of the magazines want them that way so their staff can do their own editing. I've been told that if you edit photos a bunch Raw is the best format with the most information from the camera itself.
One of the problem with shooting raw is that "every" single photos needs to be edited because there is no saturation, contrast, zero camera manipulation before it becomes the final jpg(in camera compression). All cameras has software built in that turns the raw files by adding colors, contrast, sharpness and turning them into jpg. In raw you have to do this manually. So sometimes when you see a photo that is off, because I'm editing on my laptop(most, laptop screens are never as good as desktop screens) on the road this is why.
I know many photographers that takes hours, days, even weeks to edit a shoot. Sometimes they would spend almost an hour on a single image. Honestly, I do not have the time or the patience to do that. Besides, if I can't edit a photo in less than 2 minutes(on a proper screen as all screens are little different), then I did something wrong as a photographer. Unless it's awesome photo that needs to be saved it goes into the trash bin.Yes this is still happens all the time, thank god for digital. 🙂
I edit using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. You can use the new latest greatest photoshop that sells for $700 but 99% of what I do can be done with the cheaper under $100 photoshop elements.
This is the raw image straight from the camera: no edit at all, I tend to shoot a little under expose especially if the fish is silver and tend to over expose.
I then crop it a little and straighten the horizon.
tip: Try to shoot as full frame as possible, you will get more detail out of photos.
I then brighten the image.
finally I adjust the contrast and put my stamp on it.
tip: you can use the curves function or the contrast slider tool for this. I like the curves as it gives me a little more control.
There you have it, from start to finish. Yes I realize I could have done a little more. I could have selective edit by dodging and burner perhaps the fish to get more detail out of it. I could have used the sharpen tool as well to make the photo appear sharper. I could have used the highlights and shadow function , add some fake vignetting .. blah.. blah blah.. I could go on forever.
Most of my photos I shoot outdoors of fishing, I want to look as real as possible so I tend to stay away from the heavy editing. When I shoot models, glamor, weddings people want that heavy edited, dreamy, everyone looks perfect look. Everyone wants to see how great they look right? Time is spent taking out pimples, bags under eyes, wrinkles, and so on. There are plenty filters and skin smoothing affects you can use as well. They even have filter packages so it makes your editing life as a bit easier if you shoot lots of weddings and glamor.
I guess I could use wedding filters for fishing photos.. it would look pretty strange though, a smooth no blemish skin fisherman. lol
I'm not Photoshop expert and I'm sure there's a lot more I could have done. Sometimes if I do feel like messing around I do those things, but for the most part that's pretty much it. Besides, I have Saltyshores to update and if I take a week to edit photos SS will never get updated! 🙂


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Educational Director – Glenn Thomas
Glenn graduated from the University of Wyoming with his Bachelor's degree in Social Studies. He then taught high school in Arizona, while he finished his Master's degree in Special Education. Glenn and his family moved to St. George, Utah where he taught at a residential treatment center for drug addiction and finished his second Master's degree in Education Administration. He also taught several years in a behavior unit in Granite School District in Salt Lake City before deciding to go back to Wyoming and now returns to Utah with his amazing wife and four lovely daughters. He loves working in education because he has enjoyed making a difference in youths' lives.
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Math Teacher – Jeff Owens
Jeff Owens Graduated from Southern Utah University with degrees and certifications in Mathematics, Computer Science, Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, and Furniture & Cabinet Making. He began his professional career as a high school mathematics teacher and coach in Utah. Jeff served on curriculum development teams at both district and state levels, helped develop user interface for education software, and was part of a Fellowship at the University of Utah sponsored by the National Science Foundation to strengthen teaching competencies in rural schools. He then worked in the private sector as a software engineer and consultant for 25 years before returning to education as a mathematics teacher at Maple Lake Academy in 2011. In 2013, Jeff took an eighteen month leave from Maple Lake to serve an LDS mission with his wife in Texas where they digitally preserved old books and records. He returned to teaching at Maple Lake in January 2015 where he hopes to stay for a very long time.
Jeff enjoys the great southern Utah outdoors where he was born and raised. He likes most sports, really anything outdoors or involving a ball. He loves building fine furniture and custom cabinetry in his shop and being with his family, especially his 5 children and 10 grandchildren.
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Social Studies Teacher – Vicki Moesinger
Vicki was born in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico; 3rd in a family of 8 children. She came to the United States at 17. But returned to live in Mexico a couple of times for a total of 22 years of her life including a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has lived in Arizona, Utah, California and Colorado.
She has a double major Bachelor's degree in History and Spanish and a Master's degree in English as a Second Language plus 30 Master's hours in Psychology. She taught middle school social studies for 8 years before taking leave for 15 years to raise her 3 children.
She taught Social Studies at the Center for Change for 3 years on a part-time basis. And spent 5 years in Nebo School District subbing while she finished raising her children and teaching Interior Design for 2 of those 5 years. She, also, spend 1 ½ years developing an English Language program for a private school that catered to international students.
Before teaching, Vicki worked in the business world as an office manager, HR director and General manager for 5 businesses.
Vicki's hobbies are gardening, reading, just about anything creative such as painting, sewing and interior design. She loves spending time with her family, renovating old things and service in her Church. Her passions are teaching, learning, being healthy and people. The most interesting/unique thing she feels she did in her life was to interview with the CIA. But since she is afraid of the dark and knew she would faint if someone pulled a gun on her, the position did not work out. Whew!
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English Teacher – Julie Smith
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Along with English, Julie is also the Student Government/Leadership class instructor at Maple Lake Academy. Previously, she has run and overseen student councils and other youth organizations and is excited to be doing so at Maple Lake. As a youth, Julie was a state officer in multiple organizations. She founded the Youth City Council in her hometown and presented at a state conference for other youth wanting to start Youth City Councils in their areas. She also served as a National Youth Ambassador in the 4-H Program and organized a humanitarian aid trip to Mexico. She was honored for her service and leadership work as a Presidential Point of Light nominee, a National Presidential Award Citizenship Winner through 4-H, and the state winner for the JC Golden Rule Award.
Julie enjoys serving in the community and has served as a Boy Scout and Cub Scout leader, President of Friends of the Library, and in many teaching and youth leadership programs in the community and at her church. She writes poetry and has won a national poetry contest. In her free time, Julie enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her husband and their five children.
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Science Teacher – Byron Fellows
Byron Graduated from Utah Valley University with a bachelors degree in Earth Science Education, and a minor in Environmental studies. He has substituted in the Granite School District for 2-two and half years. He is very happy to be teaching here at Maple Lake and very much enjoys science and being able to teach students. He is very happy to make a difference in the lives of the students he teaches and inspire them to obtain their full potential. He has been a teacher and trainer through most of his life, through the different jobs he has had. He was raised in Salt Lake County, comes from a family of seven children with him being the oldest with five sisters and one brother. He is married with 3 Beautiful Girls. Enjoys hiking, mountain biking, and rock hounding.
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Donna Breckenridge earned her PhD in sociology from BYU, where she worked for 25 years before retiring. She also taught history, sociology, philosophy and political science at several other colleges in Utah, and has been a Concurrent Enrollment instructor for UVU. She has 3 married children and 3 grandchildren. Originally from Canada, she now lives in Springville and is active in community affairs.


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How far would you go to teach your school a lesson? If you're 11 year-old Alex Thomas, you would risk embarrassment, humiliation, and even your life.
When Alex learns how poorly the school's custodian, Mr. Ravi, is being treated, he comes up with a brilliant plan. With help from his friends, Alex decides to make Mr. Ravi the focus of an upcoming Multi-Cultural Project. Alex's goal is simple, to get the entire school to start respecting Mr. Ravi. However, as Alex begins his blundering, yet noble journey, he discovers an extraordinary secret, a secret that changes the lives of everyone in his school.
Age: 9 - 14
Pages: 183
Prequel -
Solving Damian Dermite
Sequel -
Remembering Kaylee Cooper
Alex was Here
Respecting Mr. Ravi
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Dear Mr. Francis,
We are a grade 5 class who thoroughly enjoyed your story "Respecting Mr. Ravi". Many of the students had heard/ read more of your work when they were in grade 4. You are very popular. There were cheers when I announced we were going to read this story.
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Dear Mr Chris Francis,
We are a Fundamental Skills Program Grade 7 and 8 at Senator Gibson P.S. in Beamsville. We have been reading your stories through the Hamilton Spectator Serial story Program. We loved your stories. We read Damian Dermite and Respecting Mr Ravi. We learned many descriptive words through your stories.
We looked forward to reading the chapters every week. And we also learned some good messages from your story, like about bullying and respect.
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"The story kept us on the edge of our seats after each chapter! We waited anxiously to see what was going to happen next! We loved all of the adventure and getting to know the characters so well!!"
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Retail Stocks That Are on the Rise
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According to the retailer Container Store, consumers are in a spending "funk" with the exception of a couple of retailing stocks which are performing very well this year.
Тhere are 11 stocks in the Standard and Poor's 500 index boar which have shown a 20% increase in value. Some of them are even expected to show higher earnings next period.
Some of the well performing stocks are Footlocker, Signet Jewells, William-Sonoma and TripAdvisor. FootLocker showed an incredible growth rate of 23% with the expectance of the stock to rise another 17% by the end of July.
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When Marx and I decided to visit Taiwan, I knew I wanted to see Taipei City, but I wanted more to see Jiufen. Thinking about it, it wasn't about the culture it was more of me enjoying old places, temples, then followed only by culture.
Jiufen means "Nine Portions". This village housed only 9 families in the past and every time shipments would arrive, they delivered 9 portions only . Once an isolated place until gold was discovered during the Japanese era in this village. So you could say Jiufen is part of Taiwan's history with a "golden" past.
Today, I guess this place houses 9 out of 10 portions of tourists in Taiwan. You can call it a bustling town. But what can I say, aside from it being famous, I too agree that this is one of the must see places.
Busy alleys filled with food stalls and souvenirs. I was so full during our walk here. My favorite one – the peanut Ice Cream! True enough its a MUST try. The walk may take a while again it houses hundreds of tourists. Yet, very picturesque.
In addition, the famous A Mei Tea House that they said to have become popular by the animated movie, Spirited Away is one great place to relax and see the view of Jiufen. But I was surprised, it may be one of the most expensive Oolong teas I've had in my life.
But I love Jiufen, and even today it is still my favorite part of our itinerary.
Our morning was spent in an old street as well called Shifen.
Started our day with a great view of Shifen Waterfalls. Said to be one of the most famous in Taiwan because it may not be that high, but wide and powerful.
But the best part of our Shifen trip my first ever sky lantern experience. Honestly, I love sky lanterns as much as I want to try this at home it is not advisable as it can cause fire.
Shifen Old Street is located in Pingxi District, in the old days the railway station found in the old street was used to transport coal.
In the past sky lanterns were used to send messages or warning signals to those maybe living in the mountains or to those living in different towns. Today, it has outgrown the warning signals and became a means of communicating or sending people's wishes and prayers to the heavens. All you have to do is write it on the lantern, then release it and your messages delivered.
The four of us decided to pick the lantern with colors Red, Yellow, Blue and Orange which represents Health, Money, Work and Love accordingly.
After painting our wishes, we noticed a group behind us and their lantern was really well painted with drawings and calligraphy, we cant help but say wow, ours was so artless and pretty much straight forward.
I love this experience, I definitely made revisions to my "Must Experience List" adding Sky Lantern Festival in it. It doesn't have to be in Taiwan of course but I shall experience this!


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Two years ago, Sara Botero watched in frustration as she heard the rhetoric of Donald Trump on immigration. Botero, a 19-year-old Colombian native, wanted America to adopt a more accepting stance on immigration. She wanted to help those who've been struggling to come through the country's complex immigration structure. Ultimately, she wanted to vote for Hillary Clinton.
But she wasn't yet an American citizen, so she had to stay on the sidelines. Last month, she finalized her citizenship and registered to vote as a Democrat.
Democrats in Florida and across the country say immigrants and mobilized young voters like Botero could lead to a Democratic wave that will significantly weaken the state's Republican Party.
But so far, data from voter registrations, polling and special elections should temper that enthusiasm. Seven months away from November elections that will decide who serves as the state's next governor, senator and in the state Legislature, Florida Democrats lag behind their counterparts in other states.
In the last two years, newly registered voters were more likely to become Republicans or independent voters. In 66 out of 67 counties, the share of Democrats fell, and only 27 percent of voters who registered in 2017 or 2018 chose the Democratic party.
Statewide, there were 6,400 more Republicans, 62,000 fewer Democrats and nearly 400,000 more independent voters.
Part of the rise of the independent voters has to do with two minor parties — called, fitting enough, the Independence Party of Florida and the Independent Party of Florida — that went defunct. But another part is due to the decline in party loyalty. In 1994, only eight percent of voters didn't have a party affiliation. In 2010, when Gov. Rick Scott was elected, independent voters made up 19 percent of voters. Today, 27 percent of voters reject party labels.
Young voters and Hispanic voters are especially likely to register NPA, or no-party affiliation, without a party, even though those demographics lean toward the Democratic party. Voters 28 and younger are more likely to choose NPA than any other option, and it's the number one choice for Asian voters. Meanwhile, 39 percent of Hispanic voters are Democrats while 36 percent are independent and just 25 percent register Republican. Eleven counties now have independent voters outnumber one of the major parties.
This presents a new challenge for pollsters and campaigns alike. As campaigns decide where to spend resources, they must spend more time looking for the audience that will respond most to a particular candidate's message, rather than relying on partisan identity.
"Political parties are losing the stranglehold that they used to enjoy with voters that were registered to them," said Susie Wiles, who ran President Trump's 2016 Florida campaign and Gov. Rick Scott's first gubernatorial campaign. "Increasingly, the super PACs and the organizations like Organizing for America and Americans for Prosperity have worked hard to develop the best voter profiles in the state. So the winning sauce has always been to identify your candidates' voters, talk to them and motivate them to vote for you. In cycles past, that's been more easily done because you tend to be so party identified. With the growth of the NPA in a state like Florida, where it's so multicultural and so diverse, even its geography is large, you can no longer rely on that. You've got to find a way as a candidate or as a political practitioner to identify your candidates' voters no matter where they come from. It's increasingly difficult to apply rules with the growth of the NPA registration in the state."
Some independent voters, like 22-year-old Steven Nishant Kanaparthi and 19-year-old Magdolin Ahmed, said they didn't realize they had registered without a party. Both Kanaparthi and Ahmed said they would like to vote for the Republican Party, despite the fact other voters of their age and racial backgrounds lean toward the Democratic party.
Other independents, like Ricardo Cruz-Gonzalez, who is 24 and liked Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, said they don't trust either party to care about them. "I don't really believe in either side of Democrats or Republicans. At this point I think politics is a scam for a hierarchy, and they're trying to keep people in the middle class and lower class controlled. I'm here working in a kitchen seven days a week and have to have two jobs just to keep up with my rent and this and that. I don't follow politics anymore."
"These numbers have to be alarming for Democrats," said Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida. "They have to spend a lot of time and money to get the vote out. You can bet that democrats consulting firms and candidates and party people are looking exactly at [registration numbers]. They're not talking about it which is notable. There has to be some concern."
When Donald Trump won Florida in 2016, most of the state saw votes shift toward the Republican Party, but Duval was a rare bright spot for Democrats. Hillary Clinton did better here than any Democratic candidate since Jimmy Carter, though she came short of winning the county.
In party registration, Northeast Florida continues to be the rare sign of success for Democrats. Clay County was the only county where Democrats increased their share of voters, though even there it was only by a tenth of a percent. Duval and Clay were two of only seven counties that saw the share of Republicans fall faster than the share of Democrats, a contrast to a 20-year history of Republicans gaining on Democrats.
In 1994, Democrats made up 60 percent of Duval County voters and Republicans made up one-third of voters. By 2016, Democrats made up 41 percent and Republicans made up about 38 percent of voters. Yet even with that decline in party registration, Democrats performed better in 2016.
In Duval, Democratic leaders point to newfound enthusiasm among activists. Lisa King, the local party chair, said last month 50 people showed up to canvass the Westside, half of those activists had never done anything like that before. "It's a very different political cycle and political time," she said. "The amount of enthusiasm from our voters, it's just amazing. … We knocked on a thousand doors in two hours. That's the kind of level of activity we'd have in October of an election year, not in February."
She said the party expects to run a Democratic candidate for every seat on the ballot this fall. All that remains, she said, is contesting state Rep. Jason Fischer's and state Sen. Aaron Bean's seats.
Still, even with her enthusiasm, she said she isn't setting any benchmarks of success on flipping Jacksonville's solidly Republican seats. King partly blamed low registration numbers on the previous leadership of the Florida Democratic Party not investing in voter registration efforts across the state.
"Success in 2018 looks like electing a Democratic governor for the first time in over 20 years, re-electing Senator Bill Nelson, and making significant gains in our state House and state Senate," said Juan Peñalosa, the Florida Democratic Party's new executive director, in a statement.
Florida's state government has been solidly Republican for the last two decades. In that time, outside of Nelson's own elections, Democrats have only won statewide with Alex Sink's 2006 chief financial officer election and the 1998 re-elections of then-Attorney General Bob Butterworth and then-Senator Bob Graham. Only one third of seats in the Florida House, and 40 percent in the Florida Senate are filled by Democrats.
Democratic leaders aren't talking about taking control over the Legislature, and instead, Democrats have focused efforts on winning the governor's race and re-electing Bill Nelson.
While anecdotal evidence looks favorable to Democrats, polling and voter registration numbers are less obvious.
Polls since last September are split on whether Nelson would beat Gov. Rick Scott in an election for Nelson's seat. Trump's net favorability, while still negative, appears to be better here than elsewhere.
In 2017, no state Democratic party performed worse in special elections than Florida's. In four elections, the Democratic candidates ran an average of 20 percentage points behind Hillary Clinton's performances in those districts, according to data maintained by the Daily Kos, a liberal elections website. Clinton won three of those districts, but the local candidates only managed to win one.
Some Democrats, like Steve Schale, who headed President Obama's Florida campaigns in 2008 and 2012, said the poor Democratic performance is largely due to specific concerns in those districts. Voters in Miami and parts of the Orlando area might be more willing to vote for a Democrat for president but Republicans for state office.
Clinton lost Florida in 2016, so if state Democrats can't perform better than she did in favorable special elections, it's hard to see how they will oust large numbers of Republicans this fall.
Across the country, Democrats have seen massive gains in special elections for legislative seats compared to Clinton's performances in those districts — 66 out of 94 special elections saw the Democratic candidates improve on Clinton's numbers.
But Florida Republicans still have some cause for concern. In the two Florida special elections held this year, Democrats ran an average of 19 percent ahead of Clinton.
Still, that doesn't compare to some of the victories Democrats have seen elsewhere. Oklahoma, for example, has had nine special elections, and the Democrats have beaten Clinton's margins by an average of 28 percentage points. In Iowa, the six special elections saw Democrats run 27 points ahead.
Schale said he wouldn't discount Florida Democrats' success given the amount of money they've gone up against. While he said Democrats can't expect to take back the Florida Legislature, he thinks they will have some surprising seats flip.
"I think Democrats are hoping this election will start that process," said Michael Binder, a political science professor and pollster at the University of North Florida. "All elections in Florida are going to be turnout and mobilization. If Republicans are not enthused about this election because of what's happening in Washington or they're not excited by their gubernatorial or senate candidates, and Democrats are excited that's going to be a problem."
Still, Binder said he doesn't think Trump's negative approval ratings will drag down Republicans in Florida the same way they might've in other states. Florida Republicans, he said, have used similar messaging and tactics to Trump since before 2016.
Even though the share of Democratic voters has fallen statewide, the share of white voters — the most reliable Republican base — has also fallen by about half a percentage point.
In March, there were about 22,000 fewer non-Hispanic white voters, and 73,000 more Hispanic voters than there were two years ago.
Wiles, the Republican consultant, agreed that as the share of independent voters become younger, more female and Hispanic, then independent voters will appear to favor Democrats. The quality of candidates will matter more than ever, she said.
The counties near Tampa Bay may be the most important to watch. When Trump won Florida in 2016, he drastically increased Republican votes in Pinellas, Pasco and Polk counties, netting a nearly 100,000 higher vote margin than Mitt Romney in those three counties alone. Since that election, the share of Republicans in all three counties surpassed Democrats.
Sometimes party registration means very little, such as in Calhoun and Liberty counties. Those counties have the second- and third-largest shares of Democrats in the state, yet both counties gave President Trump nearly four times as many votes as Clinton.
Not all young independent voters lean toward the Democrats either. Kyle Ruiz, who is Hispanic and considers himself conservative in part due to his faith, moved to Jacksonville recently in part because of the city's conservatism. Ruiz is 24, and he said he plans to become more politically active in part because he said he sees western civilization under attack.
Botero, the new citizen who registered as a Democrat, said though her peers are more liberal, they also don't like labels. This makes them less likely to accept the Democratic party.
MacManus said in her classrooms, students tell her they don't know what the Democrats stand for. "The democrats don't have a clear message that's generating interest among young people." She contrasted Democrats' messages with those of Trump and Gov. Rick Scott. Jobs, jobs, jobs, the motto of Scott for the last eight years is simple and resonates, she said.
Daniel Smith, a political scientist at the University of Florida who studies voter registration and turnout patterns, pointed to low voter turnout in local elections, like Gainesville's, as a warning for Democrats.
Even in polling on the Democratic primary for governor, voters don't seem that engaged in the election, he said. "If we do not see Democratic turnout in the August primary, then something is different down here in Florida."
Still, he said, if there is more Democratic enthusiasm, even just a little, it might be enough to tip the gubernatorial or senate race, since statewide elections already tend to be so close in Florida.
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Former Editor Doug Glad first posited the theory to me at least five years ago: "Trucks are the new muscle cars," he exclaimed as we were covering some car show somewhere long forgotten to me. I hadn't really considered the notion and was therefore a bit dubious, but he argued his case: V8 engine, rear-wheel drive (at least in our market), easily modified, and lots of performance parts available. It's hard to dispute that logic.
The market today bears that theory out. The 1967–1972 C10 builds have almost become cliché, and the next-generation square-body pickups are exploding in popularity right now. I suspect the GMT400 series pickups (1988–1998) are soon to follow. I also believe that the late-1960s and early-1970s F-150 pickups will gain popularity as the aftermarket develops simpler solutions to replace the I-beam front suspension.
So are pickups the new muscle cars? Yes, but with a caveat. They are the new affordable muscle car, and that's the key. It's expensive to by a 1960s-era right now, and I think many of the iconic muscle cars are out of reach to many Car Craft readers. I certainly couldn't afford to buy any Mustang, Camaro, or Chevelle right now. However, I could afford a 1967 longbed C10 and a 1993 single-cab, shortbed GMC Sierra, so that's what I've got to work with, and lots of our audience, especially our younger readers, are in the same situation.
Will Car Craft turn into "C10 Craft"? No, but you will notice more articles on pickups in the future—built with an eye toward real performance, not overly stylized pickups "laying frame." We will also be adding regular articles on third- and fourth-generation Camaros and Firebirds, continuing with our G-body edit, and introducing a SN95 Mustang build in a couple of months. Fans of the 1960s muscle cars, fear not. We will continue to bring you features and tech articles you've come to count on us for.
As we always have in our 65 years of existence, Car Craft evolves with its audience. Yes, there were some hiccups (vans and imports) along the way, but at the core, we've always been about do-it-yourself performance, and that's not going to change.


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Published at Wednesday, August 07th, 2019 - 13:46:16 PM. Wedding Dresses. By Amey Lehmann.
It is common to find more weddings happening in summer when compared to the other seasons. Summer beach weddings are very popular among the couple-to-be as it can make the wedding a memorable and relaxing event. Being wed on the beach is considered very romantic and the couple would want to look their best for this special day. Choosing a summer beach wedding dress is not an easy task, as you need to consider more factors than a wedding dress to be worn indoors. Shopping for a beach wedding dress is a little bit different to shopping for traditional wedding attire. Find below a few tips that will help you to choose the right wedding dress for that special occasion on the beach.
Look for the right fabric. A pure satin ball gown would not stand on its own without layers of tulle under it or hoops built into the dress. Your choice of fabric could directly affect your gown's overall look. If you tend to be uncomfortable or if you tend to feel itchy when you're wearing crisp and net-like fabrics, then go for the breezy and lightweight ones. There are so many different fabrics to choose from. A way to familiarize yourself with these fabrics is to ask your wedding planner or the bridal boutique owner to help you distinguish between the different fabric types available.
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Ismael "Smiley" Gallegos, 56, of Amarillo died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.
Viewing will begin at noon and rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today in LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Martin Road Chapel with Rufus Rocha officiating. Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Monday in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 1210 S.E. 11th Ave., with the Rev. Jose Gomez as celebrant. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery-East by LaGrone-Blackburn-Shaw Martin Road Chapel, 1505 Martin Road.
Mr. Gallegos was born June 15, 1955, in Amarillo to Jesus Gallegos and Hilda Guzman. He was raised in Amarillo and worked many years in the construction business, taking pride in his concrete work. He was given his nickname, "Smiley" at a young age and it carried through all of his life. He loved to play pool and listen to all kinds of music.
Smiley loved getting together with all of his family and the get-togethers will never be the same without him. He had such a special love for his nephews and nieces and was a very kind-hearted man. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church for many years. "Smiley" will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Alex Gallegos and a niece, Alicia Alcala.
Survivors include three brothers, Jesse Gallegos and wife Betty, Ricky Gallegos and Greg Guzman and wife Teri; three sisters, Maricela DeLosReyes, Avelia Alcala and Librada Tenorio; a nephew, Andy Medellin; and many other loving nieces and nephews.
The family will gather at 2209 S.E. 22nd in Amarillo.
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Most of the DMs I know write their games either in a text document or on paper. It usually consists of some worldbuilding notes, some shorthand monster stats, and some loot for the players. However, more and more people are using online services like r/BehindTheTables, donjon, or D&D Beyond to create reference materials and augment their games with a level of in-session randomness that adds excitement for the DM as well as the PCs.
Well, for those of us who play in our own worlds, use house rules, or even use our own RPGs, tools like that don't quite work. So, I started making my games in Microsoft Excel.
The benefits here are awesome: I can pull my shorthand statblocks, add any number of random tables, and even transition between scenes without tedious scrolling. In fact, my recent Campaign of Chaos game was completely within excel - no books, no paper, no text files!
Let's start with the basic excel functions we'll be using in this article. For the truly uninitiated, an excel function starts with an equals sign which is followed by a word (usually shortened for ease of use). So a good function to add up some values would be =SUM. But what values? Well, we need to add arguments, or parameters, for our function. So let's say we want to add up the values in column A, from A1 down to A50. The SUM formula can understand excel's table notation (A1:A50), so we just put that in parenthesis after the formula. If a formula has more than one argument, they can be separated by a comma. Entering =SUM(A1:A50) will give us the answer we want! And it's a lot easier than putting in =A1+A2+A3+....etc.
So here's the four most powerful formulas you can use to make random tables in Excel!
- This function generates a random number between any two limits you want
- The arguments for RANDBETWEEN are
- the lower limit of the random number set
- the upper limit of the random number set
- So, =RANDBETWEEN(1,20) will create a d20 roll
- Note that every time you change a cell, this value will recalculate, so it's best not to store vital information on a random generator
- The V stands for vertical
- This function looks at a table somewhere in excel, checks the first column (the vertical dimension of the table) for a specific value, and then outputs the value on that row which is in a specified column
- The arguments for VLOOKUP are
- what value you want to look up in the first column of the table
- the table itself
- which column's value you want to output from the row that contains the first value
- a TRUE/FALSE argument that specifies if the match in the first column needs to be exact. This usually isn't important unless you have a lot of similar items in your first column. FALSE means an exact match, so I usually put it there for good measure.
- So if you had the trinket table (PHB pg. 160) loaded into an excel spreadsheet in columns A and B, the formula =VLOOKUP(13,A1:B100,2,FALSE) would return "A tooth from an unknown beast"
- This function looks at a list of values and finds a particular value. Then it outputs how many rows down that item is.
- The arguments for MATCH are
- what item we want to look up
- the list itself
- an optional argument that specifies if you want an exact match (0), the closest match equal to or less than your item (1), or the closest match equal to or greater than your item (-1)
- So let's use the Trinket list again (PHB pg. 160), loaded into columns A and B in a spreadsheet. The formula =MATCH("A tooth from an unknown beast",B1:B100,0) would return "13"
- This function takes two or more cell values and outputs them in the same cell.
- The argument for CONCATENATE is
- the text or cell we want to combine. You can have as many of these as you want, separated by a comma, of course.
- So if Cell A1 has "Dungeons" in it, and cell A2 has "Dragons" in it, the formula =CONCATENATE(A1," & ",A2) would return "Dungeons & Dragons". Notice that I had to include spaces around the & symbol. Concatenate doesn't understand you are inputting different words!
So let's try a basic table. Your players just found a Potion of Resistance. Good for them! But, the Barbarian asks, what kind of Potion of Resistance? What sort of damage does it resist?
Well, first off, we need to make a table with the different kinds of resistances.
At the most basic level, we can add the formula =RANDBETWEEN(1,10). That will give us a random number between 1 and 10, then we can just look up the value. It's Cold damage, you say. Your players are appeased.
So, we can use VLOOKUP(. There are a couple ways we can go about this.
The easy way is that you can look up the value from your random number generator. Let's say you put the RANDBETWEEN formula in cell C1. Then, your lookup formula would be =VLOOKUP(C1,A1:B10,2,FALSE). Now, the VLOOKUP cell will say "Cold", because it's taking the 2 from RANDBETWEEN and using it to look up the proper word!
If you have your VLOOKUP formula in cell C1, you can create a formula that reads: =CONCATENATE("Potion of ",C1," Resistance"). Then, that cell will read "Potion of Cold Resistance", or whatever value your random number generator has produced. Of course, if you want, you could nestle the VLOOKUP into the CONCATENATE formula as well, but I'll leave that up to you.
Now, let's try something a little more complex. I'm going to use the MATCH formula to make a sheet that will tell a new player which damage die to roll based on which weapon they want their rogue to attack with.
We start with our input format. I like to highlight the boxes that require input. Note that right now this is nothing but text - no formulas at all.
This can go even deeper, of course. Once you learn the basic building blocks of the system, you can make pretty much anything.
Here's the sheet I used for that Campaign of Chaos game I mentioned above. The players were exploring a city, so I had the city map and a description of the area they were in that popped up when I put in a reference number (thanks, VLOOKUP!). I also had four randomly generated NPCs (based on the tables found in the DMG pg. 89) for them to interact with/kill.
But the coolest part was the Quests. I had three mini-quests laid out for each area, and the number in the "Quests Completed" column modified a VLOOKUP table so that I always got the next quest in the series. I even had the endgame written up once the total number of quests completed was 15 or more. This required another formula, the IF( formula, but if you're curious about that one I'd suggest you look it up yourself!
Here's a sheet that rolls on the random encounter table for Maze of the Blue Medusa, then gives me the 5th edition statblock for the monster I rolled! Again, this is all using RANDBETWEEN( and VLOOKUP(. I even used a MATCH( formula so I could type in the zone the PCs were exploring in cell B3. Easy as pie!
Finally, in case you don't have an up-to-date version of excel, everything I've shown here can be replicated in Google Sheets, which is free!
link to the spreadsheet itself. You won't be able to modify it in-browser, but feel free to download it and try it out! If you happen to find a bug, feel free to comment here or in the sheet and I can update it.
I hope this was exciting or at least enlightening for you. With advancements in technology, in-game randomness doesn't have to involve the DM sitting behind the screen rolling dice for 5 minutes. You can have your procedurally-generated cake and eat it, too!
Thanks for reading!


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Gifting Shawl
This shawl was designed with gift-ability in mind.
Use any yarn in your stash!
I have stitched this in 3 yarns to show its versatility. Depending on yarn and edging used, this shawl can be dainty, casual or a little bit avant-garde.
Blue: Approx 8-10 hrs to stitch, $30 in materials
Fire: Aprrox 5 hours to stitch, $7 in materials
Technicolor: Approx 3hrs to stitch, +1.5 to make & attach fringe, $20 in materials
Let time, budget or style be your guide.
Beginning at the center back, with a simple, 4 row repeat allows you to stitch until you reach size desired or run out of yarn, whichever comes first.
Make sure to check out the 'Project' tab for the specifics of the 3 samples I made, including: yarn, edging and sizes.
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Gauge is not crucial for this project and highly variable with yarn choice.
This pattern has been professionally tech-edited for accuracy and has complete written instructions along with a clear diagram and schematic.
Also included in this download is a Printer Friendly version of the pattern.
Please understand, because of the nature of PDF downloads, I can not offer refunds for purchased patterns. If you have any questions about a pattern, please contact me before you buy. I want you to be happy with your purchase.
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Weight loss is one of the most talked about fitness topics because so many people want to lose weight. In all honesty, losing weight is hard work. With these tips you can find yourself losing weight in no time.
Eat more nuts when you are trying to lose weight. Nuts are a great snack food and can be used in place of meat in salads and stir-fries. There are a wide variety of nuts, so that you won't get bored of eating them. You can even soak nuts in water before you eat them for a different texture.
A great way to help you lose weight is to try following a raw food diet. Eating nothing but raw foods such as fruits and vegetables, is a great way to insure you're getting fresh, quality nutrition. By eating raw foods you'll also be much healthier in general.
Losing weight not only means eating healthy, it also means working out. Buying a pedometer will help you keep track of how much exercise you're doing throughout the day. Not only will seeing a big set of numbers at the end of the day encourage you, being active will make you feel better and more accomplished.You might need financial assistance, if you visit a fitness centre. Visit www.pixelloan.co.uk for more details.
Invest in a food scale. It will become one of your best friends. Look at the amount of calories and fat grams per portion and stick to that size/amount. Do not rely on your estimating a portion. Keep some measuring cups on hand with your scale.
Interested in losing a couple of inches around your waist? Then try losing a couple of inches around your dinner plate! People who eat the same amount of food on a smaller plate – so the plate appears full, versus on a larger plate, so the plate has a lot of extra room – report feeling more full.
If you find that you are saddled with extra pounds or you are not pleased with your figure, this article can help. You can now use this information and put it to work for you. You can reach that goal weight in no time!


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UPDATE: The earthquake has been upgraded to a 7.8 strength, from 7.5 on the Richter Scale.
It was a sleepless night last night here in New Zealand, after a 7.8 Richter Scale strength earthquake near Hamner Springs on the South Island's east coast at 12.02am. This was felt throughout the country, followed later by a tsunami and many aftershocks.
We're thinking of all our red meat sector colleagues affected. But, in an early round-up, it seems that major meat processing plants and ports are relatively unaffected by the quakes to date.
ANZCO's processing sites are unaffected and operating normally, a spokesperson says, except for Marlborough, where the season's processing has yet to start.
"There's some broken glass and damage at Marlborough that needs to be tidied up but otherwise it appears to be fine. A structural check will occur there later today to confirm this."
Both Alliance Group's and Silver Fern Farms plants are said to all be open and there are no reports of damage.
While the Wellington port has had some damage, this is not a major meat exporting port. There have been no reports of damage to other meat exporting ports to date.
The quake's epicentre and subsequent severe aftershocks have hit rural areas in the mid-South Island up to the north-east of the Island and help is scrambling to assist farmers who may need it.
- Federated Farmers says farmers who need help from other farmers should call its 0800 FARMING number, or try emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. More information from Feds is here.
- Beef + Lamb NZ has pulled together some information for sheep and beef farmers. Click here.
- DairyNZ has advice for dairy farmers.
The building housing Beef + Lamb NZ, the Meat Industry Association, Deer Industry NZ, the Red Meat Profit Partnership and Federated Farmers on Featherston Street in Wellington has been closed, along with many other buildings in the city's CBD. At the time of writing, the organisations were awaiting engineers' inspection which may take a day or two. Staff are working from virtual offices.
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OHMYGOSSIP — Brian McFadden is looking "unlikely" to skate on this weekend's 'Dancing on Ice' due to a back injury.
The 38-year-old singer has seen the show's physio this week after damaging his rotator cuff, a group of muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint, following a fall last week.
A backstage source told The Sun newspaper: "Brian has been throwing himself into training but is finding it really tough as his back is giving him issues. He has been to see the show's physio, but it's looking increasingly unlikely that he will have to pull out of the show.
"Obviously he's determined to keep trying but he knows there's only so much he can do without inflicting a serious injury and causing long-term damage."
A spokesman for the ITV show said: "Brian has a bad back and is currently being monitored by our show physio."
It comes after fellow celebrity contestant Jane Danson fainted in rehearsals just hours before she was due to take to the ice on Sunday's (03.02.19) live episode.
Despite being carried off the ice on a stretcher on Sunday afternoon after she collapsed, the 'Coronation Street' actress managed to recover and went on to score her best points tally to date, 23.5, from the judges.
She later thanked her pro skater partner Sylvain Longchambon for "saving her".
Jane wrote on Twitter: "Thank you to the make up team for sprinkling their magic and making me feel me again. Massive thanks to @BhamPhysioLtd and @slongchambon for saving me today. And thank you for voting x. (sic)"
Sylvain praised the 'Corrie' star after she progressed to the next round.
He tweeted: "What a nerve wracking day that was!!! Congratulations to @realjanedanson for going through tonight's routine! Don't forget to vote if you want to support us and see us skate next week!! (sic)"
What's more, 'Dancing on Ice' contestant Saara Aalto smashed her head on the ice just minutes before she was due to perform on Sunday.
She also managed her best score, 33.5, following her fall.
Source: Female First
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P0047. JAN SMETERLIN: The Nocturnes (Chopin). (Germany) 2-Philips 438 967, recorded 1954, France. Very long out-of-print, Final Copy! - 028943896726
"The Polish pianist Jan Smeterlin (1892-1967) left a small discography, crowned by his Chopin Nocturne cycle recorded for Philips in 1954, reissued 40 years later on CD. Annotator James Methuen-Campbell accurately discusses Smeterlin's tendency to go his own way with Chopin's markings, often reversing the dynamics and alternating articulations. Tempos are fast to the point of rushing through passages that could use more breathing room, such as Op. 32 #2's shockingly brisk middle section, Op. 55 #2's transitional measures, and Op. 72 #1's climaxes.
However, the genius behind Smeterlin's Nocturnes lies in his mesmerizing handling of melodies. Phrases transpire in conversational fashion, oblivious to barlines, with nearly every accent and dynamic inflection falling in an unexpected yet logical place. Each selection bears this characteristic out. Memorable examples include Op. 15 #3's magically-voiced central chorale-like episode; the refreshing freedom from sentimentality Smeterlin brings to the often hackneyed Op. 9 #2 E-flat Nocturne; Op. 37 #2's delicately honed double notes; and the rarefied textural layering he achieves in Op. 48 #2's final pages. You might generalize Smeterlin's Nocturnes as an 'old school' counterpart to Nelson Freire's similar, intimately scaled traversals. While the sonics are boxy even by 1954 standards, Smeterlin's multi-hued tonal palette definitely comes across. No Chopin connoisseur should miss this release."
- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
"Mr. Smeterlin treats Chopin's music like the old friend it is to him, with a warmth and love that sometimes becomes sentimental, and with a rhythmic freedom that borders on the capricious. It is an old- school approach, full of of individuality which finds special effects in the music that no one else does,"
- Raymond Ericson, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 20 Jan., 1967
"The playing of Jan Smeterlin is new to me. I have been aware of his name for some time, he was a close friend of the great Polish composed Karol Szymanowski who dedicated to Smeterlin a number of his Mazurkas, but only very recently have I had the pleasure of hearing a number of his recordings. To my mind, he is unquestionably one of the great interpreters of Chopin having that quality that can almost only come from having drunk the water of Polish mountain streams and breathed the very air of Poland itself. Just listen to his play the hauntingly beautiful Nocturne in c sharp minor. If ever the poet spoke ...
And then I heard Jan Smeterlin play Brahms and was transported to a time when pianists did not eat this kind of music for breakfast, rather taking the time to greet it and engage it in conversation. I grew up with Julius Katchen's Brahms, but when I hear it played this way I can visualize the composer and the pianist in the salon taking turns at the piano, one saying, 'Play it this way', and the other saying, 'Yes, but how about this way?'.
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It's just a matter of time before I take the old gal's job. Then I'll be in charge of everything! Hate to say it, but I deserve it. I'm young, good-lookin', and talented. And did I mention, I'm smart, too?
This new job came with a relocation package. So, I must have been promoted. And it's almost an international job. I'm doing pretty good for myself, if you know what I mean. My first boss was a really great guy! He taught me everything I know. But there was more out there for me. And a cubicle just wasn't cutting it.
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