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爱尔兰国立大学高威(Nui Galway)博士后职位
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the College of Engineering and Informatics at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
This position is funded by EU H2020 and is available from 01 September 2019 to contract end date of 28 February 2022.
The project will focus on development of new computational and cognitive algorithms for Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) imaging using a new generation of low-cost microbolometer sensors. Research is closely aligned with emerging technology roadmaps for European and US Industry in both the automotive and consumer sectors. Successful candidates will work closely with Engineering teams from Xperi, a World-Leading supplier of Imaging solutions for automotive and consumer markets. These positions will suit highly-motivated candidates with prior research experience and publications who are keen to work on industry-focused research topics.
Job Description:
The successful candidate will be responsible for development of new computational and cognitive algorithms for Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) imaging using a new generation of low-cost microbolometer sensors. They will work closely with Engineering teams from Xperi, a World-Leading supplier of Imaging solutions for automotive and consumer markets.
· · data collection and dataset preparation
· · algorithm development including training and validation of CNNs
· · shared supervision of 2-3 PhD students
· · preparation of reports, research publications and documentation of research activities
Qualifications/Skills required:
Essential Requirements:
· PhD in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent research experience
· Proven publication record
Desirable Requirements:
· Advanced Deep Learning techniques; Hybrid Visible/NIR/LWIR Optics & Imaging; Multi-frame Imaging Algorithms; LWIR/Thermal Imaging Algorithms; Advanced NIR/LWIR Facial Models; Hybrid Visible/NIR/LWIR Imaging Pipelines.
Salary: €37,223 – €41,828 pro-rata per annum
Start date: 01 September 2019
Continuing Professional Development/Training:
Researchers at NUI Galway are encouraged to avail of a range of training and development opportunities designed to support their personal career development plans.
Further information on research and working at NUI Galway is available on Research at NUI Galway
For information on moving to Ireland please see www.euraxess.ie
Further information about College of Engineering and Informatics in NUIG is available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/. More information about Xperi can be found at https://www.xperi.com/. More information about Heliaus project can be found at https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/223287/factsheet/en.
Informal enquiries concerning the post may be made to Professor Peter Corcoran at firstname.lastname@example.com – please (i) make sure to put 'Industry Postdoctoral Postion' into the subject line of your e-mail.
In line with the university Child Protection Policy, this post requires Gárda vetting.
To Apply:
Applications to include a (i)covering letter include a short motivational statement, (ii) up-to-date CV,and (iii) the contact details of three referees should be sent, via e-mail (in word or PDF only) to Professor Peter Corcoran at email@example.com
Please put reference number NUIG-152 and 'Industry Postdoctoral Position' in subject line of e-mail application.
This position will be open until the vacancy is filled
Closing date: 5:00 p.m. Friday, 01 November 2019
All positions are recruited in line with Open, Transparent, Merit (OTM) and Competency based recruitment
National University of Ireland, Galway is an equal opportunities employer


text: By Bob Marovich After the release of his Billboard-charting School of Roses in 2014, Christon Gray had no idea what was coming. "I didn't know that I would be going through a separation and then a divorce," Gray told the Journal of Gospel Music. "I didn't know that I would be moving. I didn't know that I'd be in a new relationship. I didn't know that I'd be leaving a record label. All of that happened and more." On his latest release, Clear the Heir (Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA Inspiration), Gray uses lyric poetry and music to describe ...Read More »

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Obasanjo clarion call couldn't have come better than at this present time. It is a really perilous time and Nigeria as a nation needs to wake up, take action and arrest the slide before it is too late. Kindly read his call below and digest it.
Since we are still in the month of January, it is appropriate to wish all Nigerians Happy 2018. I am constrained to issue this special statement at this time considering the situation of the country. Some of you may be asking, "What has brought about this special occasion of Obasanjo issuing a Special Statement?" You will be right to ask such a question. But there is a Yoruba saying that 'when lice abound in your clothes, your fingernails will never be dried of blood'. When I was in the village, to make sure that lice die, you put them between two fingernails and press hard to ensure they die and they always leave blood stains on the fingernails. To ensure you do not have blood on your fingernails, you have to ensure that lice are not harboured anywhere within your vicinity.
The lice of poor performance in government – poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed – if not outright encouragement of it, lack of progress and hope for the future, lack of national cohesion and poor management of internal political dynamics and widening inequality – are very much with us today. With such lice of general and specific poor performance and crying poverty with us, our fingers will not be dry of 'blood'.
Four years ago when my PDP card was torn, I made it abundantly clear that I quit partisan politics for aye but my concern and interest in Nigeria, Africa and indeed in humanity would not wane. Ever since, I have adhered strictly to that position. Since that time, I have devoted quality time to the issue of zero hunger as contained in Goal No. 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. We have set the target that Nigeria with the participating States in the Zero Hunger Forum should reach Zero Hunger goal by 2025 – five years earlier than the UN target date. I am involved in the issue of education in some States and generally in the issue of youth empowerment and employment. I am involved in all these domestically and altruistically to give hope and future to the seemingly hopeless and those in despair. I believe strongly that God has endowed Nigeria so adequately that no Nigerian should be either in want or in despair.
I believe in team work and collaborative efforts. At the international level, we have worked with other world leaders to domicile the apparatus for monitoring and encouraging socio-economic progress in Africa in our Presidential Library. The purpose of Africa Progress Group, which is the new name assumed by Africa Progress Panel (APP), is to point out where, when and what works need to be done for the progress of Africa separately and collectively by African leaders and their development partners. I have also gladly accepted the invitation of the UN Secretary-General to be a member of his eighteen-member High-Level Board of Advisers on Mediation. There are other assignments I take up in other fora for Africa and for the international community. For Africa to move forward, Nigeria must be one of the anchor countries, if not the leading anchor country. It means that Nigeria must be good at home to be good outside. No doubt, our situation in the last decade or so had shown that we are not good enough at home; hence we are invariably absent at the table that we should be abroad.
All these led me to take the unusual step of going against my own political Party, PDP, in the last general election to support the opposite side. I saw that action as the best option for Nigeria. As it has been revealed in the last three years or so, that decision and the subsequent collective decision of Nigerians to vote for a change was the right decision for the nation. For me, there was nothing personal, it was all in the best interest of Nigeria and, indeed, in the best interest of Africa and humanity at large. Even the horse rider then, with whom I maintain very cordial, happy and social relationship today has come to realise his mistakes and regretted it publicly and I admire his courage and forthrightness in this regard. He has a role to play on the side line for the good of Nigeria, Africa and humanity and I will see him as a partner in playing such a role nationally and internationally, but not as a horse rider in Nigeria again.
The situation that made Nigerians to vote massively to get my brother Jonathan off the horse is playing itself out again. First, I thought I knew the point where President Buhari is weak and I spoke and wrote about it even before Nigerians voted for him and I also did vote for him because at that time it was a matter of "any option but Jonathan" (aobj). But my letter to President Jonathan titled: "Before It Is Too Late" was meant for him to act before it was too late. He ignored it and it was too late for him and those who goaded him into ignoring the voice of caution. I know that praise-singers and hired attackers may be raised up against me for verbal or even physical attack but if I can withstand undeserved imprisonment and was ready to shed my blood by standing for Nigeria, I will consider no sacrifice too great to make for the good of Nigeria at any time. No human leader is expected to be personally strong or self-sufficient in all aspects of governance.
I knew President Buhari before he became President and said that he is weak in the knowledge and understanding of the economy but I thought that he could make use of good Nigerians in that area that could help. Although, I know that you cannot give what you don't have and that economy does not obey military order. You have to give it what it takes in the short-, medium- and long-term. Then, it would move. I know his weakness in understanding and playing in the foreign affairs sector and again, there are many Nigerians that could be used in that area as well. They have knowledge and experience that could be deployed for the good of Nigeria. There were serious allegations of round-tripping against some inner caucus of the Presidency which would seem to have been condoned. I wonder if such actions do not amount to corruption and financial crime, then what is it? Culture of condonation and turning blind eye will cover up rather than clean up. And going to justice must be with clean hands.
But there are three other areas where President Buhari has come out more glaringly than most of us thought we knew about him. One is nepotic deployment bordering on clannishness and inability to bring discipline to bear on errant members of his nepotic court. This has grave consequences on performance of his government to the detriment of the nation. It would appear that national interest was being sacrificed on the altar of nepotic interest. What does one make of a case like that of Maina: collusion, condonation, ineptitude, incompetence, dereliction of responsibility or kinship and friendship on the part of those who should have taken visible and deterrent disciplinary action? How many similar cases are buried, ignored or covered up and not yet in the glare of the media and the public? The second is his poor understanding of the dynamics of internal politics. This has led to wittingly or unwittingly making the nation more divided and inequality has widened and become more pronounced. It also has effect on general national security. The third is passing the buck. For instance, blaming the Governor of the Central Bank for devaluation of the naira by 70% or so and blaming past governments for it, is to say the least, not accepting one's own responsibility. Let nobody deceive us, economy feeds on politics and because our politics is depressing, our economy is even more depressing today. If things were good, President Buhari would not need to come in. He was voted to fix things that were bad and not engage in the blame game. Our Constitution is very clear, one of the cardinal responsibilities of the President is the management of the economy of which the value of the naira forms an integral part. Kinship and friendship that place responsibility for governance in the hands of the unelected can only be deleterious to good government and to the nation


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Close on the heels of the kidnap of four foreigners working at a construction site onshore- believed to be South Koreans working for Hyundai construction- heavily armed pirates have ransacked a tanker in the Niger Delta and kidnapped five Indians from amongst its crew. Media reports say that Medallion Marine of Mumbai has confirmed that the 7,654 DWT product tanker SP Brussels was attacked on 17 December about 40 miles off the Niger Delta. The ship was ransacked before the crew were taken ashore. Medallion is a ship management company that sourced the crew aboard the ill-fated tanker.
The SP Brussels is reported to be safe in Lagos with the remaining crew. "Everything possible is being done to ensure the safe return of those crew members taken from the vessel," Medallion said in a statement. "Nigerian naval vessels are assisting with this process."
In the absence of pirate 'safe havens' where hijacked vessels can be taken, pirates in the region usually loot the ships they board and steal its cargo. There are also reports of rising violence against crew, an increasing number of whom are being taken as hostages to be released after a ransom is paid. A week earlier in the same area, a fire-fight between gunmen and armed private security guards on the offshore support vessel PM Salem ended with one security guard dead, killed by pirate machine gun fire, and another two wounded. Security experts say that the same pirate group could be behind this spate of recent attacks.
Nigerian officials have declined to comment on the incident so far, but it is an open secret that foreign companies operating in Nigeria's troubled oil rich Niger Delta- an area the size of Portugal- often pay ransom to free kidnapped employees. The taking of foreigners for ransom, a crime hitherto confined mainly to land, has expanded in recent times to include maritime kidnapping. About two months ago, seven seafarers- six Russians and an Estonian- were kidnapped from aboard a ship belonging to a French company; they were later released presumably after a ransom had been paid.
Maritime security experts AKE say that the risks of maritime kidnapping are now high off the Niger Delta. The West African country ranks in the top ten countries that export crude oil. It also imports more than three quarters of its fuel requirements, thanks to the fact that it has a woefully inadequate refining capacity at home. It also has, in the Niger Delta, appalling poverty that, combined with powerful and shadowy figures in Nigeria, fuels this kind of crime.


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The Diamondbacks had a great season in 2017 and we're hoping to make the playoffs next year!
We went to watch the cardinals play the diamond backs. This place is awesome. We want to go back and hang at the pool they have there.
Spring Training baseball fields are nearby our home. The Salt River Fields are very close by and the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies. We love Spring Training Baseball!
Spring Training: Cactus League has long been a cherished Arizona tradition for locals, tourists and, of course, baseball fans! Millions of folks of all ages have walked through the turnstiles over the years to find the most pastoral of baseball pastimes, spring training. Pleasant temperatures and bountiful sunshine complement the intimate experience that only spring training offers, from meeting your favorite players to enjoying unique time with your family and friends. The Cactus League invites you to experience spring training, a beloved Arizona treasure.
TGIF is a fun lunch or dinner outing even if the D-Backs are not playing, take seat overlooking the ball park!
As a guy from Boston this pales in comparison to the classic ballparks, however it is just 5 miles South of our front door.
Beautiful ball field with it's retractable ceiling. Great place to watch a Diamondbacks game.
Is swimming at a MLB ball park on your bucket list?? Check out the swimming pool behind the right field fence at Chase Field.
Major League Baseball...what's not to love?!? Baseball fans must experience when in Phoenix.
This ballpark is fantastic. Between the great and unique food options and the great prices it's a great option for those hot Summer days and nights. Also, students get discounts which is another plus.
Great stadium to watch baseball games. Has awesome seating with a wonderful selection of food and beverages.
Visit this state of the art baseball stadium and enjoy America's favorite sport. There is a wide range of ticket prices for all budgets.
Spring training events are a very popular activity. Travelers and locals flock to the many baseball training events scattered through the Scottsdale and Phoenix area.
Talking stick Casino has many training games and is about 4 or less miles from the condo.
Baseball is big here in Arizona! After all we have several teams that Spring Train here!
"We back the Dbacks!". Take in a game. Check out their schedule at www.arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com. Even if they're not playing, go check out the ballpark and eat lunch at Friday's Front Row (TGI Fridays Bar & Grill) overlooking the playing field.
The Arizona Diamondbacks may not be the best team in the league this year but their glorious Chase Field is a must visit this summer. Thankfully, the huge roof that covers the stadium can open--to expose the beautiful Arizona night sky featuring sparkling stars--and it can close, protecting our faces from melting in the extreme afternoon summer heat. Day or night, enjoy a baseball game, a beer and a hotdog this summer in Phoenix, Arizona.
I love the stadium. That's first and foremost. I'm not big on baseball, but my parents love to go to games here. The service is good and the seats aren't bad. One thing I can say for this team is that I've met one of the family members of the owner, and he was a really nice guy.
One of the most comfortable ballparks in which I have been. They close the roof when it gets too hot and the A/C keeps you cool while it is 120 degrees outside.
baseball stadium is in the center of the city,with no room for HRs,so if it goes over the line-also roof retracts when cooler and a pool in the foul line 2 rent
Go see a baseball game!
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Is there anything worse than an anxiety infused job interview? Not only does a person need to be crystal clear about their long term objectives but extreme caution must be exercised when highlighting specific skills and efficiencies especially if it relates to killing people who have the sole intent of exterminating you and your friends.
George F. Walker's hilarious dark comedy isn't about landing a new career opportunity as much as it illustrates the frustrating civilian life reintegration process when a sniper returns home from a double tour of duty in Afghanistan to discover that nothing will ever be the same again.
Yet all is not well even after Dean is hired to assist with an election campaign. With a baby on the way, his wife, Jenny, demands security. Hank, his aging father, is losing his mind yet still has a critical voice he wants heard. Frannie, the passive mother, is committed to staying by his side until the bitter end.
And when a morally driven family friend, Oliver, sets out to prevent 'a political apocalypse' by permanently silencing his two scoops of crazy wife, Helen, the solider of misfortune strongly considers relying on his military expertise to finance the future.
What a treat it is to see Michael Healey return to a superlatively edgy story. His finest moment comes when he learns a hit has been taken out on his own life and irritable confusion takes hold of the already unsettled character.
Noah Reid has 'the eye' for great roles which is why he's as smooth as a polished gun barrel weighing Dean's dilemma in this combat ready staging. He can't secure a more lovable sounding spouse than what Haley McGee breeds in their shared scenes. If there was such a thing as high ranking command on our city stage, the honour would have to go to these two performers.
But it's really Eric Peterson who proves to be louder than bombs. Hank has the crudest of words for systemic hypocrisy and those that are never held to accountability. When it comes time to retreat to more tranquil moments, you know exactly why the acting legend has never surrendered his talent for theatre.
It takes a unique laugh out loud funny narrative to assess the increasingly blurred lines of what's right and wrong. Dead Metaphor's tenacious sociopolitical context does more than target the mad, mad world we read about in the daily newspapers, it offers a brilliant satirical refuge in which to take cover.
Review by Steven Berketo
BONUS FEATURE: Watch the TorontoStage.com TV interview with Haley McGee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujXp484Wfwc


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Trump better president than Obama was — Mailbox for Feb. 4
Trump has been a better president than Obama
Before I rebut Jerry Lind's letter from Jan. 19 ("President Trump continues to embarrass the country") criticizing President Donald Trump, the reader should know I didn't vote for Mr. Trump. I voted for the fellows on the Constitutional Party ticket.
That said, Lind makes the mistake of parroting the controlled media's relentless ad hominem attack on Mr. Trump and his administration. Worse, most, if not all, of this attack is petty, non-substantiated and imaginary. Even worse, the controlled media studiously avoid any discussion of Mr. Trump's overall agenda and any of his administration's accomplishments.
Lind also lets the controlled media's ranting influence what he considers to be: 1) the least qualified person to ever hold the presidency; 2) the most divisive president in at least a century; 3) the most consistent liar to ever hold office; 4) he's offended nearly every segment of the population; 5) played more golf in a shorter time than any president.
Contrary to Lind and the controlled media, Former President Barack Obama by far exceeds any president as the least qualified, as the most divisive, as the most consistent liar, and holds the record for playing the most golf (of course, this makes me a racist, according to Mr. Obama and the controlled media).
RP Adamson Jr., Greeley
Bad headlines about VA don't tell whole story
I have been most distressed about the negative publicity regarding the Veteran's Administration.
My husband has cancer and has received treatment from the VA for the past several years. He has gotten excellent care, timely appointments, transportation and appropriate medication for his ongoing condition. We have found, compared to private medical treatment, it is far superior. I am very pleased with the Veterans Administration, particularly the Denver Hospital Group.
I want people to know not all of the VA are bad guys from publicity they receive.
Sue Mclver, Greeley
Greeley leaders should capitalize on value of river
I see the city of Greeley has been seeking input regarding community development. I have a worthwhile idea to offer.
The Poudre River runs through Greeley. Other communities have made a river the focal point in their development. San Antonio's River Walk is the most prominent example, but smaller communities such as Pueblo and Salida also have taken advantage of the attractions of flowing water.
My proposal is the city use tax money to:
» Purchase the gravel-pit lakes on the north side of the city.
» Develop the Poudre River corridor as it passes through the city.
The lakes would provide swimming beaches, walking and biking trails, bird watching and, in winter, cross-country skiing.
The river corridor could be developed similarly to Salida, where a kayak/canoe/tubing course runs through downtown and attracts folk to eat and drink at establishments along the river.
I believe the view of the Rocky Mountains is Greeley's biggest natural asset, but with some creative planning the Poudre River corridor could be a great addition.
Frank Purdie, Greeley
Greeley Tribune Opinion: City looks to smooth some bumps in new parking plan
Is it possible to design a city's downtown parking plan that makes everyone happy? No. Is it possible to put together a thoughtful, well-though out parking plan that solves most of the problems with parking and satisfies most of the stakeholders? Yes.


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Brenda took this picture but I love it so I'm using it. The kids are in heaven having their Papa and Nani Bean here.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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- Meli_Mama said...
That is so sweet.
- March 7, 2010 at 12:49 AM
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Retiring CEO of Costco takes a look back on his legacy
On New Year's Eve, Costco Wholesale co-founder Jim Sinegal will step down as CEO.
Seattle Times business reporter
On New Year's Eve, Costco Wholesale co-founder Jim Sinegal will step down as CEO.
He will hand off the job he loves and his open-walled office to Craig Jelinek, a veteran Costco executive whom Sinegal considers "almost a founder."
He will turn 76 on New Year's Day and stay for a yearlong transition before retiring to just the board of directors.
As Sinegal's days of wearing the silver ID badge reserved for 25-year employees wane, he talks about how it all started, companies staying true to themselves and why he was willing to spend $19 million to kick the state out of the liquor business.
Here is the edited interview:
Q: You were 47 years old when Costco opened. How did you come up with the money to start it?
A: [Chairman] Jeff Brotman and I raised about half the money from investors in San Diego and half from the Northwest. It was $7.5 million.
Q: Did you invest all your savings?
A: And everything I could put on my credit card. I'm only barely joking.
Q: Why did you leave Price Club in California?
A: I didn't fit in. Without trying to place any blame on why I left at that point in time, I think I probably own 100 percent of my 50 percent [of the blame].
Q: Why did you come to Seattle?
A: We looked at a lot of different cities. We considered Denver and Chicago and Dallas. We didn't know enough about the market-share aspects of the business to realize that you could have two of the same business in California. Today, obviously, that's the biggest market we have even though we merged with Price Club [in 1993].
Seattle was an attractive market from several standpoints. It was in the same time zone as California, and we knew that we'd be recruiting a lot of people from California, and it was easy to move up and down the coast as opposed to moving east and west.
Portland and Seattle were the least competitive markets relative to groceries and a shopping basket full of food in the 48 contiguous states. They had the highest price, so we thought that was a good sign. It wasn't just groceries, but also hard and soft lines that were the least competitive in this market.
Q: How did you choose the first store, on Fourth Avenue South?
A: We liked it because it was a mile south of the Kingdome — we thought that was an easy way to describe it — and there was a lot of traffic on that road. Then, right before we were going to open, they told us they were going to close that road for 18 months.
Q: Did they?
A: They eventually did, yes. I saw a notice in the paper that they were going to close it the weekend before we were going to open. I called and said, "You can't do this," and they said, "Of course we can. We're the city."
It just so happened I got somebody who was reasonable there, who said, "OK, I'll tell you what. We don't have to close it this weekend. We can go another 10 days."
As luck would have it, because it was right in the landing path for Boeing Field, they had ordered the wrong lights and the lights were going to interfere with the planes coming in, so the road stayed open for probably another four or five weeks beyond that.
You talk about dumb luck. We could have been shut down right there, because they literally barricaded the road. It was enough time for us to get started.
Q: Where is Costco's highest volume store?
A: It's in Korea. It's fantastic. I start to tear up just thinking about it.
That's a very dense area — Seoul, which has some 14 or 15 million people, and we have a great value proposition there. We have a great value proposition anywhere, but in Seoul it is fantastic. They love American goods, so about a third of the stuff we sell there is U.S. goods.
Q: You've always ignored analysts who suggest you pull back on things like employee benefits. Could that change under a new CEO?
A: Not a chance.
Q: Why not?
A: Because it's part of the DNA of our company. It's the culture.
Q: It's not a founder's luxury?
A: You certainly could argue that maybe I'll get away with it a little more than the next guy — Craig — but Craig's been here long enough; he's almost a founder. It's the third and fourth generation of management that probably will have more difficulty with that.
It's not altruistic. This is good business, hiring good people and paying them good wages and providing good jobs for them and opportunities for a career. If you accept the premise that we pay the highest wages in our industry [hourly workers average more than $20 an hour, including bonuses] and have the richest health care and benefit plan in our industry and the lowest price on merchandise and run the lowest-cost operation, then it must follow we're getting better productivity.
Q: As you look back, are there any things you'd do differently? Any big mistakes?
A: Listen, you haven't got enough space in your paper to print all the errors we've made. But what we like to say is that we're not going to make that same mistake five times.
We decided one time that we were going to get into the home-improvement business. We decided we were going to have a paint department. Most people who have paint have a thousand, two thousand colors. We had four, and three of them were white. The customers yawned and moved on. We learned from that.
We went into the Midwest [Minneapolis and Milwaukee] years and years ago, and we failed. Failure is a very painful process. We had to close those units and we exited the market in as good a position as we could. We offered every employee in our company a job to move with us someplace else. [His assistant, Karen Paulsell, was one of them.] We made sure every supplier was taken care of and paid in full. We refunded every dollar of membership. Even if somebody had been a member for 11 months and their membership was just about to expire anyway, we still gave them the full $25, which was the membership fee at that time.
Q: Do you have advice for retailers in general, especially in this economy?
A: What works for us maybe doesn't work for everybody else. We have such an enormous assortment of merchandise, but very few stock-keeping units. To put it in perspective, we have less than 4,000 stock-keeping units for all different categories. Somebody like Wal-Mart carrying the same categories probably has 140,000 stock-keeping units.
People don't come and tell us: "Gee, we're really happy you only carry 5 pounds of peanut butter." They're saying to us: "You guys are nuts."
Everything is contrary to what conventional wisdom is. A typical retailer might look at this [digital recorder] and say, "I'm charging $49 for this. I wonder if I could get $52 for it." We look at it and say, "I'm charging $40 for that and I'm nine bucks under the market, but I wonder if I can get it down to $38?" Part of the advantage is we've got fewer items. We can spend a lot of time and detail on every item and making sure we're right on it.
So giving advice to other retailers is suggesting that what we're doing is going to work for them.
I certainly think all American businesses have to think more in the long term. One of the follies of American business is that we are all so tied in to these quarterly results and having to perform that it's damaged a lot of businesses.
Q: What made you decide to retire now?
A: As you can imagine, I'm very attached to this company, meaning I love it. In a perfect world I might have said, "Hey, I'd really like to work until I'm 80." But there are no guarantees in life. There's no guarantee of my health; there's no guarantee that the team is going to be as set as I think they are [now]. Things could go wrong in one fashion or another. So I feel a lot better about doing it at a point in time when that's set perfectly in place.
Q: When the recession started, you didn't know if people would keep paying for memberships, but it went very well for you. What would you have been willing to change if it hadn't?
A: We had supreme confidence that people were going to continue to shop with us. We think the value concept trumps everything.
When I go into Costcos in Texas or Florida or Chicago, invariably I'll get a couple customers to come up — it's not unusual to see two or three or even five different customers say something like: "This is the best Costco you have." It's almost like it's scripted. "This is the best Costco you have, and the reason is you have the most fantastic people here. They're great employees."
Do you know how good that feels? You feel like a million bucks, because these people are performing. You're not there, and they're performing.
Q: You spent $19 million on a voter initiative this year to get the state out of the liquor business. Why?
A: When I tell you this, you're going to say, "This guy is so full of it." But the whole reason we did this is we thought what was happening in this state and some other states was wrong for the consumer.
There was no justification for that type of system — certainly no justification for the state being in the business of selling alcoholic beverages, and no justification for all the price fixing that was going on relative to the distribution — and the consumer was paying the price for that.
As a result, many times when people were traveling to California or Arizona and other places, they were coming back loaded with liquor.
We think our customers expect us to take up the battle on those types of things. I think they expect us to be the consumers' friend; we consider ourselves the consumers' friend. ...
Now, you're not going to get any of your readers to believe that. They're all going to say it's a bunch of crap, but that really was a motivation for doing this thing.
Q: Why was the legal requirement for retailers to use distributors [also called the "third tier"] bad for consumers?
A: Because the distributors of wine, as an example, could set the price on it. If I'm the distributor on this, and it's going to cost everybody $52 whether you buy one or a thousand, and it's the same price — across the state — how is that possibly good for the consumer? I can set whatever profit margins I want.
Every place where there's competition, it's healthier for the consumer. And it is unhealthy and a cancer when you have those types of things going on, and people can make money artificially.
Q: What about the 10,000-square-foot minimum for stores to sell liquor? That's going to keep a lot of wine shops from being able to sell liquor, places that offer the variety you don't. It also could hurt local distilleries that were doing pretty well with our current system.
A: We have some private-label products, so we carry some of those products. But there will be plenty of other people like Safeway and Trader Joe's and others that will carry those products. I think there will be greater selection and probably greater distribution of a lot of products.
Relative to size limitations, they can't carry liquor now, so it's not going to change much, but I bet you they're going to be able to buy wine better. Small retailers figure out ways of doing business and offering things Costco is never going to offer. Service and selection and convenience, we don't offer.
Q: When you look back here in 10 or 15 years, what do you hope to see?
A: I would hope that 10 years from now, Costco would have sales of probably close to twice what they are right now and that they're significantly more profitable and that we have an even bigger presence internationally than we have today, that we have twice as many members shopping with us, and that we have established ourselves as a leading consumer advocate in the countries where we do business.
We think our mere presence in a community lowers the price of goods for everybody, even if they don't shop with us, because competition is a very good thing. Sometimes we moan about competition, but if we didn't have good competitors out there, we would get very lazy and not be a very good company.
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Rite Aid, 1618 Charleston Highway: July 2018 3 comments
Well this one, across from Piggy Park and where Airport Boulevard intersects the Charleston Highway, was pretty much inevitable, but the closeout has now officially started.
(Hat tip to commenter Zach)
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Rite Aid in Lexington at 378 and Hwy 1 is closed . No signs and dumpsters out front.. FYI
19 Jul 18 at 2:42 pm
The Rite-Aid om St. Andrew's @ Old Bush River has already been rebranded as a Walgreen's
22 Jul 18 at 11:03 pm
YEah, I saw that it had been rebranded too. It looks weird. Walgreen's, Rite Aid, and CVS all have / had very distinct buildings. To see Walgreen's sign and logo on a Rite Aid buiding is just bizarre looking.
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An ordinary night bus has been kitted out with cameras for this series, witnessing the funny, surprising and sometimes moving interaction between passengers after dark. From late night revellers and tourists visiting the West End to shift-workers leaving home at first light, the series will provide an intimate portrait of London at night and the round-the-clock efforts made by drivers and support staff to keep the night bus working for London.
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This is an email exchange between Wayne Bryan and a few other leading tennis coaches. It illustrates a situation I believe is happening all around the country in cities and towns. These kids that excel are the ones that the others tend to follow or want to do as well as. They serve as motivators from my perspective. They are the "seeds" to the game that one day grow into the "trees" of the game. I could not agree more with these guys. I love reading the exchange.
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CarMax -- the biggest used car retailer in the country -- gives consumers the impression that it's done everything possible to make a used car safe -- claiming that their "certified" cars have undergone a rigorous, "125+ point inspection." But according to The New York Times, "CarMax's 'Certified Quality Inspection'...does not include fixing recalls." Meanwhile, they took in nearly $11 billion in
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Seriously, on what planet does Rick Perry live?! At a recent event in San Francisco, the controversial GOP leader compared homosexuality to the serious disease of alcoholism in defense of so-called "gay conversion therapy" -- a widely discredited and immeasurably harmful practice used to "cure" being gay. Sign the petition to tell Gov.
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Big Oil magnate John Scully and his wife Regina Scully donated $102,000 to a ballot measure committee set up by San Rafael Assemblymember Marc Levine. The money paid for a mailer that actually claims Marc Levine is AGAINST fracking, even though the guy paying for it is making a fortune PROFITING from fracking. This just stinks of foul play. If Asm.
May 20, 2014
Due to a loophole in California law, car dealers are allowed to sell used cars without repairing safety recalls first. An analysis by CarFax shows that 36 million cars on the road right now -- or roughly one in seven -- are subject to a safety-related recall but have never been repaired.
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The people of California are hurting. Badly. We have the highest poverty rate in the nation. More than $36 billion in funding for education, childcare, healthcare, nutrition, and housing were slashed during the Great Recession and have yet to be restored. Budget negotiations are going on RIGHT NOW, and instead of using new Prop.
May 20, 2014
In the past few decades, CEO compensation has skyrocketed to as much as 354 times more than their average worker, while workers' wages have stagnated to some of the lowest levels in our nation's history.
April 29, 2014
The audio recording that allegedly features LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling on a racist and sexist rant -- telling his girlfriend that she can't be seen with black people in public -- is appalling. And this is not the first time Sterling has been accused of such disgraceful prejudice and hostility. Send an email to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver saying, "enough is enough."
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Courage Campaign and our allies have launched an unprecedented step to take back our state government from corporate corruption. It's called the Big Oil Beacon, and it will shine a bright light on the toxic influence of the most powerful corporate lobbyists in Sacramento, while exposing the economic devastation facing Californians in specific legislators' districts.
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We've kept the heat on WGBH, demanding they remove prominent climate change denier David Koch from their Board. And now we have a huge opportunity to take our work to the next level. With the help of our friends The Illuminators, a contribution today will allow us to "shine a light" on WGBH's hypocrisy for all to see.


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The Brontë Parsonage Museum is maintained by the Brontë Society in honour of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. The museum is in the former Brontë family home, the parsonage in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England, where the sisters spent most of their lives and wrote their famous novels.
Emily Brontë is best known for authoring the novel Wuthering Heights (1847) which received wide critical and commercial acclaim. She was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, also famous authors. Read here.
Charlotte Brontë became identified in the public mind as the author of the popular novel Jane Eyre (1847), a strong narrative of a woman in conflict with her natural desires and social condition. The novel gave new truthfulness to Victorian fiction. She later wrote Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853). Read here.
Anne Brontë was the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. She wrote two novels: Agnes Grey, based upon her experiences as a governess, was published in 1847; her second and last novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels, appeared in 1848. Read here.
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Saturday, 17 March 2018
Here you can find a lesson plan about St Patrick's Day.
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Fang Qiu let some people carry Shangguan Xiao and Luo Fan to the dormitory of Yeats Academy students. Pu Lisi was standing at the back with a livid face. After a meaningful glance, several students brought out their own refining wares and concoction equipment on the table.
Pu Lisi wrote a list of medicinal herbs to Fang Qiu and asked him to send someone to get the herbs needed to make an antidote for the Slow-acting Potion.
The herbs were quickly delivered to Pu Lisi's hands. But Fang Qiu was actually somewhat hesitant as he opened his mouth:
"Master Pu Lisi, the Slow-acting Potion in their bodies seems to have much greater effects than the normal Slow-acting Potions."
Pu Lisi coldly humphed and said, "Just a slightly improved Slow-acting Potion, you think that this old man cannot solve it? If so, you can go to Shen Jue and ask for the antidote!"
As soon as Fang Qiu heard Pu Lisi, he immediately shut his mouth. Even if Shen Yanxiao's Slow-acting Potion had some modifications, there should not be major problem given Pu Lisi's capability as a Master Pharmacist.
No one dared to raise an objection. Pu Lisi then proceeded to concoct the antidote for Shangguan Xiao and Luo Fan.
Pu Lisi also made some changes based on the strengthened effect of the Slow-acting Potion, and it did not take long for him to concoct two bottles of the antidote.
"Take these antidotes and let both of them drink it." Pu Lisi's face stretched into a taut look. His mood was extremely bad because he had been dealt with by the hands of a younger generation repeatedly, seriously damaging his self-esteem.
Fang Qiu obediently took the antidote and let the two people drink them according to Pu Lisi's words.
In a few moments, the two people who were as slow as snails finally returned to normal.
Shangguan Xiao and Luo Fan confusedly looked around the place where they currently were. Their heads were full of question marks.
"How come we are here? Aren't we in the pharmacy room?" Luo Fan was perplexed as he looked at Pu Lisi and Fang Qiu. He clearly remembered that he and Shangguan Xiao had just drunk Shen Yanxiao's negative potion, so how did they, in the blink of an eye, mysteriously return to the dormitory?
"How about that kid Shen Jue? "Shangguan Xiao also felt like he was in a fog.
"Humph!" Pu Lisi harrumphed unhappily as he looked at the two foolish guys before he said, "Such a damnable match. You had been played by that kid. What he gave you to drink was a Slow-acting Potion. When the other person had already put the antidote out, you two idiots were still in a daze!"
As soon as Shangguan Xiao and Luo Fan heard it, an incredulous look appeared on their faces.
"How can... Puff!" Luo Fan just wanted to ask more, but then he suddenly felt a burst of pain spread from his chest to his whole body, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out directly from his throat.
Just then, Shangguan Xiao also vomited blood. In an instant, the two people were like they were having cramps. They fell on the bed trembling, and their mouth, nose, and ears were constantly pouring out bright red blood.
The large area of redness shocked everyone in the scene.
Fang Qiu helplessly stared down at the pool of blood from Luo Fan before he quickly rushed over to him.
"Master Pu Lisi, what's going on!?" Fang Qiu held the trembling Luo Fan, and his heart tensed up. Luo Fan's face became pale in an instant, and the continuous bleeding from the seven apertures on his head made people horrified. As if the next second, he was going to die.
Pu Lisi also froze. He witnessed how the two people who had originally become better suddenly vomited blood, and it really stunned him silly.
Shangguan Xiao and Luo Fan's situations was rapidly deteriorating. Their whole bodies were drenched in cold sweat as they trembled all over. Blood continued to gush out, making the Yeats students in the dormitory also panic. They quickly rushed to the two people's side and tried to stop them from vomiting blood.And chat with us in or in .


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In the aftermath of the devastating battle for 41st century Japan, Rai must pick up the pieces as he grapples with the startling truth about Father and his purpose. Will Rai remain a champion of the people or will he succumb to the same fate as the men who carried the mantle before him? And why is everyone looking at him so strangely? Go back to the future as Kindt and Crain crack open a brand new chapter for Valiant's smash-hit ongoing series!
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Boreraig and Suisnish were once communities in their own right, and my visit there was related to my interest in the history of Western Scotland. Both townships were cleared in the 19th century, and the villagers forced to abandoned home and hearth. Lock, stock and barrel, they had to load up and march east. The landowner did not give a damn what happened to the people. His land was now void of people, and he could do as he liked. The evictees meanwhile were trekking across rough country to Heast and on to Drumfearn. Their first night was spent on the bank of the Eishort River, in cold and wretched conditions.
My visit to Boreraig and Suisnish, in pretty awful weather conditions, was pitched in low mood on account of their history. The sad ruins stand as a memorial to those that were cast off in desultory fashion. Read David Craig's On the Crofters' Trail for the heart wrenching stories behind the Highland Clearances.


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Recently, I posted some fresh graphical content, including a video clip showing my digital media and multimedia skills combined into a wave style of transcendence. In that recent write up, I mentioned going on a trip to Israel and capturing some cool street art, which I planned to use in future graphic design content. Well, it only took me a day or so from my other blog post to start coming up with ideas.
Here is some of my recent work using these ideas and media as it fits into the sci-fi style of graphic design I enjoy doing immensly. I combined multimedia skills across a wide variety of formats from photography to multiple raster apps. I captured the main head, which you will see in the graphics below, as a photo I took of graffiti from the recent trip to Tel Aviv. I then masked it as a stand-alone object and combined it with other self-created assets in order to create something unique. I think the idea could work well for game, movie or book posters as well as front covers.
Here is the Tel Aviv street art I captured via my iPad's camera and which got me inspired in using it for future assets for graphic design work:
And here are the sci-fi ideas I came up with thus far:
Here is a PDF file with all work intact in a nice loseless format ready to print.
Keep in mind this is all raster work as I used my iPad exclusively to create everything you see above. I could add some of these assets to Illustrator and vectorize them via the trace command to get more print-friendly work. It could also open the work up to newer ideas using desktop apps, Illustrstor or Photoshop, which I also use interchangeably with the iPad apps (aprocreate and Artstudio Pro) as I swap files across iCloud. Look for more content in the future, particularly some vector work.


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Wednesday 23 August 2017
Today I'm making the most of the opportunity to catch up on some important projects and paperwork in my office.
On Thursday I will be meeting with other representatives of the Tees Valley Land Commission at Teesdale Business Park. The group is chaired by the Mayor of the Tees Valley and was established to identify brownfield land across the Tees Valley that is in need of regeneration.
On Friday I had a meeting with the other Tees Valley council Leaders at Cavendish House in Teesdale. After that I met with the Council's Chief Executive, Neil Schneider, and officers from Democratic Services to review the agendas of the first Cabinet and Council meetings following the summer recess.
At the weekend I will be keeping an eye on Middlesbrough as Preston North End take on Garry Monk's side at the Riverside. Boro have triumphed in three home games so far this season so I'm hopeful for more of the same against the North End on Saturday afternoon.
Next week I will be taking a few days' holiday to spend with my family.
Next week I will be taking a few days' holiday to spend with my family.
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Dennis and Melody Acey
Lewiston Idaho and Clarkston Washington
Two cities, yet one beautiful Community
The northwest is awesome
The Snake River and the Clearwater meet
We live in Clarkston. The very East of Washington State.
Even though we are two different cities and states, we are very much one valley and community.
Dennis loves the hunting and fishing that is right near us. Duck, Pheasant, Chuckars. Fish are Steelhead, Chinook Salmon, Bass, Trout, and Sturgeon… yep. We can definitely live off the land here. Nice video to boost your curiosity. Another reason to visit, guys. http://visitlcvalley.com/things-to-do/outdoors/fishing-hunting/


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Installing insulation in your current home, rental property or new build home? The requirements and needs are all different.


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ColorLimited : Monochromatic... or: the beauty of just one color.
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Monochromatic... or: the beauty of just one color.
How do the various colors influence our mood, what is the impact of Red, Green, Violet? And what happens when seemingly everyday objects try to camouflage themselves and begin to merge with their backgrounds? This time photographer Jürgen Novotny - known for his CameraSelfies - combines colors, backgrounds and sometimes absurd items …resulting in beautiful, shouting, contemplative, minimalistic and often grotesque still lives.


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Ahead of this evening's meeting of Dublin City Council, Cllr John Lyons, on behalf of the People Before Profit Alliance, has submitted an emergency motion in response to a proposal from city officials to sell on the private owner-occupier market 44 residential units in the New Priory development (formerly Priory Hall), Donaghmede, Dublin 13, units currently owned by Dublin City Council .
Cllr Lyons's motion calls on the council's elected representatives to reject the management's proposal to sell the 44 units in Phase 1 of the New Priory development and instead allocate those units to the families, couples and single people on the local area housing list, the longest in the city of Dublin.
Speaking ahead of this evening's meeting, Cllr Lyons, who represents the Donaghmede area, said: "It is quite clear to me that this proposal to sell on the private market residential units currently owned by Dublin City Council is yet another indicator that those at both local and national government level have no desire to end the crisis in housing and homelessness that the people of this city are experiencing."
"Our housing list is the longest it has ever been, with over 22,000 applicants, representing some 44,000 people, struggling with high rents in the private sector and overcrowded conditions in the homes of family and friends as they wait years for the national and local authorities to build new houses. The crisis of homelessness is reaching ever more dire proportions with each passing month, currently in Dublin over 2,000 children within 1,000 families are living in emergency accommodation."
"We in People Before Profit Alliance believe that the housing and homelessness crisis will only be resolved when the state intervenes," Cllr Lyons continued. "A national public housing construction programme is the only way to address the chronic shortage of housing across the county, as the private market isn't interested unless huge profits can be made.
"Alongside the public provision of thousands of new homes for those on housing lists across the city and country must come the raising of the income thresholds for social housing eligibility, to allow those currently earning more than the allowable amounts but unable to purchase a house on the private market have the opportunity to secure a home for themselves and their families.
"On Dublin City Council," Cllr Lyons concluded, "myself and my fellow People Before Profit councillors will continue to demand public housing for all who want and need it, and we will continue to oppose any proposal from council officials that seeks to sell-off public lands to private developers and residential units currently in public control on the private market."


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Nobody knows what grows up my nose;
The worms that squirm as they dangle and dose,
The lurgies that loathsomely lurk in their lairs
And burrow through bogies and harvest the hairs,
The fleas at ease as they squash and they squeeze
Making mucousy music from slobbery sleaze,
The trolls that roll in the slime and the snot,
The goblins that gobble the grime and the grot,
The cave dwelling critters that creepety-crawl.
No, nobody knows – no, no-one at all.
No-one that is, but me and but you,
So come over here, my dear…


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I survived my holidays but I am wiped out. Now it's time to get back into the program and get serious. I spent a whole week eating, drinking and getting by on very little sleep but I still managed to bounce back this weekend. Thank God. I have a little under two months to my first sprint race.
I realized I have a lot to blog about but between catching up on work and work outs, I didn't have much time to write in here. But that being said, I know it only takes a few minutes so I'm going to have to work this in my schedule – like brushing my teeth.
First off, I found out about a Canadian athlete who will be competing in the ski-cross competition in the 2010 winter olympics. Chris Del Bosco holds a dual citizenship and has overcome a lot of personal obstacles to get to where he is today. I could relate to him. I don't know if I have the same level of issues with alcohol as he did but the way I see it, if he can do it, so can I. End of story. If you want to read more about Chris, here's some of his story from Canada.com. You can also go to his website at www.chrisdelbosco.com. Personally, I'll be cheering this guy on!
Anyway, I managed to squeeze in the work outs I needed before I left for holidays and this weekend, despite being Easter weekend, I ran outside for the first time in months thanks to the lovely weather we're getting. I only did 7.25 k but I did it in 42 minutes. Not bad for someone who hasn't been running on pavement in months. I also swam 54 lengths yesterday (accomplished 750 m in 17 mins) and today – taa daa – I actually used that road bike outside. I fell twice but I know why I fell. (anyone starting out with bike clips, unclip one foot BEFORE you stop!) but I am unscathed.
I promise I'll write in here more often. I will try to do it at least 4 days a week. The battle of my demons is tough but I'll make it. Right now I don't see any hurdles in the distance. That could change but I know with each one I clear, I will get stronger.
Take care! And Chris, if you are reading this, you've got me backing you! All the best and hope you do well. Stay strong.


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My friend and fellow Boarding Area blogger Seth, aka The Wandering Aramean, is currently on a trip to Montevideo. I always enjoy seeing pictures on Facebook from Seth's trips, and today was no exception. A few hours ago he posted a giant bowl of barbecued meats, which made me hungry (not to mention envious of his awesome meal). Then just a little while later, he posted that immediately after lunch, he was pickpocketed.
Being Seth, he pretty quickly got a blog post up about chasing the guy who grabbed his wallet out of his pocket. He is the first to acknowledge it could have been way worse: the thieves only got about $60 in cash, not his wallet, credit cards, phone, or camera. I am very glad to hear that! However, it turns out that even if his credit cards had been stolen, he wouldn't have been completely out of luck. See, Seth is a veteran traveler, and has been to more countries than anyone else I know. As a precaution, in case this very thing happened, he had two backup credit cards in his suitcase.
Now, I know that if you read travel sites they all recommend this kind of thing. Make copies of your passport and credit cards, and keep some money and an extra credit card in your suitcase. I'm pretty sure I did those things for my first international business trip seven years ago (which I guess technically means that I still have pictures of my passport) but haven't really made the time for all it since. Which is so dumb! Stuff is stolen. Wallets are lost. Hotel rooms are broken into. I am so sorry this happened to Seth, but it is a great reminder to actually be prepared in case it happens to someone else.
Seth, I'm glad you weren't hurt! Hope the rest of your vacation goes much more smoothly.
(BTW if you don't read The Wandering Aramean, you should—it is highly entertaining.)
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Habibollah Torabi who won his first game in the weight category of -82 kilogram, lost his semi-final event against a Turkman opponent to jointly bag the bronze medal in the category of traditional wrestling at 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
The same destiny plagued the other Iranian wrestler Ghasem Dazi who overwhelmed his Uzbek rival 4-0 before conceding in the semi-final stage before another wrestler of the hosts, 4-0.
Esmaeil Amiri of the 68 kilogram class, the same way was defeated by a Turkmen rival at the semi-final stage to garner the third bronze medal of the field for Iran. A stage earlier he had defeated hi Uzbek rival 2-0.
The Iranian squad of traditional wrestlers is made up of Ghasem Norouzi (57kg), Hamid Bahrami (62kg), Esmaeil Amiri (68kg), Ghasem Dazi (75kg), Habib Torabi (82kg), Davoud Evazzadeh (90kg), Abdollah Iri (100kg) as well as Abdolvahed Mohammadi (+100kg).
Since September 16, the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is underway in Turkmenistan's capital city of Ashgabat. The tournament is scheduled to wrap up on September 27.


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Hi - question for those of you familiar with AE's recrafting service. I have a pair of McAllisters that make sort of a squishing/squeaking sound when I walk - it's kind of hard to pinpoint, but seems to be coming from the heel and/or the ball of my foot, rather than the uppers / lacing area, if that makes sense. It's nothing noticeable when walking on pavement or hard floors, but loud enough in a carpeted office to be annoying, and I've had the shoes for a few years, so it's not a question of needing to break them in.
Any thoughts as to whether sending them in for a recraft could address this? I have an inquiry in to AE CS as well, but figured someone here may have a similar experience.


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A growing number of European multinationals are hoping to capitalise on keeping more of their operations closer to home, and that is having a marked impact on potential sales of IT and consulting projects, according to the specialist IT and consulting telemarketing company, INCo.
With costs of labour a diminishing fraction of total costs, the temptation to site manufacturing overseas is reduced, and long, complex supply chains are turning out to have risks that many firms didn't appreciate. When oil prices increase, so do transport costs. When an epidemic such as SARS hits Asia or when an earthquake hits Japan, the disruption to supply chains hurts product supply.
Firms trying to reduce inventory costs can also benefit if the goods are made nearer home, and with the northern European business recovery now well underway, opportunities for IT and consulting companies are becoming more prevalent.
INCo, who are continuously contacting the market on behalf of clients via telemarketing to find and qualify sales leads and opportunities, warn that suppliers who are not geared to market growth may miss out.
"Companies are re-thinking their supply chains and manufacturing profiles. Executives no longer assume that they should always make things in the country with the lowest wages. Increasingly, it makes sense to make things in a variety of places, including the UK," said INCo managing director Neil Ritchie.