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Before you begin a project, it's important to draw up a construction contract outlining the work to be done.
You've landed a great client with an interesting project. Everyone is excited to get started, but before you do, it's important to draw up a contract outlining all the ins and outs of the work to be done.
If you've got an enthusiastic homeowner and a straightforward job, you might be tempted to skip this step, but a contract will protect you and your clients from costly misunderstandings. What to include in a standard contract may depend on your local laws, but here are seven things that should be included.
1. Title and Purpose of Project
The title should indicate the type of job you're being hired to do, i.e. "Electrical Wiring of Basement" or "Bathroom Renovation." The purpose should include names, expected start and end dates, all party addresses and work location. For example:
This Bathroom Renovation Contract (the "Contract") is effective as of July 1, 2017 by and between Karen Ottway ("Contractor") whose address is 1542 Peel Ave., Calgary, AB, A7B 5F3 and James Baldwin ("Owner") in order to set forth the terms and conditions agreed to by and between Contractor and Owner regarding the home improvement work at the Owner's property located at 463 Jefferson Drive, Calgary, AB, AL2 3T4, beginning August 23, 2017 and ending on or before September 30, 2017.
If you expect that a few variables might get in the way of completing the job on the date specified, you might include a disclaimer, such as:
If the work outlined below cannot be completed on the specified date, the Contractor will communicate expected changes to the date with a minimum of 24 hours' notice and will offer a new completion date.
Don't forget to update your contract with the new date expected and have your client sign off.
2. Description of Project to Be Completed
This is arguably the most important component of the contract. It's where you explicitly detail all of the work that you understand you are being hired to do. It's important to ask the homeowner to review this portion carefully to be sure you have the same process and goal in mind and amend it before signing to ensure everyone is on the same page. For example:
Contractor will perform bathroom renovation work including:
• Tear out existing bathroom, including bathtub, toilet, vanity and all fixtures
• Remove all floor and shower area tiles
• Re-tile flooring and shower
• And so on—until you've completed all components of the job
Again, if the scope of the project changes at any time during the work, it's a good idea to update the contract and have it signed by the homeowner.
3. Cost Estimate and Payment Schedule
Be sure to outline the cost of the project that the homeowner has agreed to pay you based on your original cost estimate (which you should have provided before entering into a contract and should include a breakdown of the project costs). You'll want to include a non-refundable deposit, payment schedule, final payment and interest terms should payment be late. For example:
Owner agrees to pay Contractor $7,000 plus the cost of materials for completing the Bathroom Renovation project. Upon signing of this Contract, Owner shall pay Contractor a non-refundable deposit of $2,000.
From here, you may choose to set out a payment schedule based on project milestones, i.e. Phase 2: When tiling is complete, Owner shall pay Contractor $2,000. Phase 3: When all fixtures have been installed, Owner shall pay Contractor $2,000.
Alternatively, if you're confident that the job will be completed on the schedule proposed, you could attach a payment schedule to dates.
You'll also want to include a line about late fees. For example:
Upon completion of the Bathroom Renovation project, payment is due for the entire unpaid balance of the Contract Price less the non-refundable deposit. If the Contract Price is not paid upon completion of the Work pursuant to the term and conditions of this Contract, interest shall accrue at a monthly rate of X percent. (Consider a reasonable interest rate for your profession and the economic climate.)
4. Materials
Here's where you outline the materials that need to be purchased to do the job and clarify who will purchase these items. You'll include a cost estimate for the items you will be responsible for providing—and will be part of your overall quote and contractor invoice. For example:
The bathroom renovation will require the purchase of:
• New floor and shower tiles (to be purchased by Owner)
• Vanity (to be purchased by Owner)
• Toilet (to be purchased by Owner)
• Pre-mixed tile adhesive and grout (to be purchased by Contractor, estimated 2 x $9.99)
• Etc.
Be sure to include a disclaimer, such as:
More items may be necessary. An estimate for the cost of supplies and equipment is attached, but actual costs may vary.
Another option is to employ a cost plus fixed fee under which you are paid for all project-related costs plus a predetermined fee, regardless of the length of time the project requires.
5. Your Credentials and Insurance Information
Homeowners will be reassured by your professionalism if they see your business number and any professional accreditations or licences that qualifies you to do the work.
You should have a business insurance policy that protects you and your clients should you or any employees become injured on the job. It's a nice idea to include a paragraph about your insurance coverage, indicating the type of policy and whether you and any workers have worker's compensation insurance.
6. Exclusions
If there are standard expenses or work that you don't typically include but some clients request, be sure to list them in the contract. And, if you're a contractor or tradesperson, you know that every project comes with at least one unforeseen complication. You'll also want to include a statement acknowledging the fact that new layers of the work may arise and you'll have to provide an additional quote for unexpected work. For example:
Should the Bathroom Renovation encounter unexpected work or expenses related to unforeseen circumstances that arise after demolition begins, the Contractor and Owner will revise the Contract to reflect additional work and expenses associated therein.
7. Warranty
What homeowner doesn't want a warranty that guarantees your work for a specified period of time. You're a professional—you should feel confident to stand behind your work, but be sure to protect yourself by clearly noting a limited time frame. A standard warranty for work is one year from substantial completion.


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Kazunaga Sakashita, the architect of the awarded project Award Winning shallows Vase points out, A crystal vase through the use of surface tension of water. It works as making the top of solid crystal mortar shape can have fluid. The flower can be independent by a cylindrical hole in the center. The vase can be filled with water by surface tension, and the border getting fuzzy. In that moment, you will get lulled into the illusion that you can see the water column and flower only as if the vase disappeared..
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Content already planned through to 2013.
In an interview with CVG, game director James Ohlen stated the studio has bigger plans scheduled for future patches, and has a larger team focusing on the next update.
"Game Update 2 is much bigger in scope [than Game Update 1]," he explained.
"It's further out from launch, so we can have much more of the team focussed on it. There's Part 2 of Rise of the Rakghouls, a brand new planet called Denova which has an 8-16 man Operation and a new Warzone. So that's three big pieces of content."
While BioWare is currently working on implementing the Legacy system for managing alt characters, as well as new PvP gameplay and features for guilds, Ohlen also brought up the topic of a new Space-based slant to the game.
"We might also be able to get some new space game missions into it. In addition to that we have single player content that you'll be able to go through as well."
The team already has content planned through to next year, he goes on to say:
"We have people working on content that won't be showing up in the game until 2013. We have writers already finishing off content for that, so I can already play through stuff from 2013 content – just not with voiceovers. We're planning really far ahead, and we have to do that because our content is more complex than your typical MMO content. It requires voiceovers, cinematics and all that."
The first content update for Star Wars: The Old Republic releases today, and features higher level group content, balancing and bug features, a new Flashpoint and Operation, level 50 bracketing for PvP WarZones, anti-aliasing, and changes to Open World PvP on Ilum.
Also on the cards is a possible future on the Mac platform, according to a recent statement by BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk, however no official word has been made as to when this might happen.


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I was troubled to read The Economist article on Hanin Zoabi, an Arab member of Israel's parliament, being attacked inside the Knesset by another female parliamentarian, Anastassia Michaeli. Not Israel's finest hour for parliamentary democracy:
After Michaeli was physically removed, Zoabi was allowed to continue. She was to speak for only one minute, but because of the constant heckling and subsequent interruptions by the Knesset speaker, Reuven Rivlin, the episode lasted nearly ten minutes:
My favourite remark by the speaker to the audience was, "All she is looking for is that you heckle her." Here, Zoabi succeeded in spades.
But I was more disturbed to learn of attacks on a charity, the New Israel Fund, whose mission includes:
"We believe that Israel can live up to its founders' vision of a state that ensures complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants, without regard to religion, race or gender."
Recently its chairman, Naomi Chazan, has been vilified in local cartoons:
Source with story: Dimi's Notes
I had the privilege of meeting Naomi Chazan, a former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, when she spoke at Tufts University in April 2009:
The motivation for the personal attack was an accusation that NIF supported NGOs that gave evidence to the UN inquiry into Israel's assault on Gaza in January 2009.
This accusation manifested itself in a smear campaign by right-wing movement Im Tirzu. One of its advertisements appeared in Israeli newspapers, such as Jerusalem Post:
Source with story: Promised Land
In response, NIF issued a press statement, calling on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to strengthen a democratic and pluralistic Israel:
"Recently a vicious attack was leveled against New Israel Fund and NIF President Naomi Chazan. Unfortunately, that attack was only the tip of the iceberg. Activists have been detained for advocating for women's rights at the Western Wall and against forced home evacuations in East Jerusalem, and weekly peaceful demonstrations in Bil'in outlawed. Right-wing members of the Knesset have pushed legislation that would limit the rights of many progressive NGOs in Israel, categorizing them as 'political' in the manner of Russia, China and Iran. Women are literally being forced to sit in the back of public buses by the transportation ministry's kowtowing to the ultra-Orthodox. And, proposed legislation would diminish religious freedom in Israel by backtracking on acceptance of Reform and Conservative conversions."
NIF has created an online petition, which includes the statement, "As a democracy, the rights of all its citizens must be upheld and safeguarded, and freedom of speech, conscience and belief respected by the government and private citizens alike."
This situation reminded me of a recent postgraduate seminar I attended at Queen's University, where a presentation by student Katie Taylor examined the liberal democratic credentials of Israel. I tried to persuade her to explore how theories of citizenship are applied (or not) in the Israeli state.
Back to the parliaments, I am glad our Northern Ireland Assembly members have hitherto adhered to the demands of successive speakers, whatever the outburst or breach of parliamentary procedures. I am stupefied on how Knesset members could not see how they were handing Ms Zoabi MK a propaganda victory.


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Bitterness: 2/5
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Despite the injury scare to Super Eagles striker and leading scorer in the on-going Africa Cup of Nations, Emmanuel Emenike, the Spartak Moscow of Russia bulky striker has told soccer loving Nigerians that he would be ready for the final battle against Burkina Faso in the final match against Mali slated for the National Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday.
"The injury is not a major one and I don't want Nigerians to panic or worry about it. It was just a minor brush and I will be ready for the Mali match. Nothing can stop me from playing with God's backing", he told SportingLife in Durban.
He also reiterates his ambition to help the Eagles to win the 2013 AFCON as well as emerge the Highest Goal Scorer of the tournament. Firstly I thank God for helping the team to this stage and I am happy for the four goals I scored already. But like I said I want help Nigeria win this (AFCON) Trophy and I want to win the Highest Goals scorer award at the end of the tournament. This is my ambition. I have been working hard with the team to this stage and I am ready to do more to achieve my ambition", Emenike declared.
He was also elated for playing in his first ever Nations Cup that he even went straight to the final. "I have played in the club competition against a top side like Barcelona and we excel. I am now going to play in my first ever Nations Cup final, there is nothing to compare with the joy in me now. I have prayed to God I want it to be memorable," he prayed.
He, however, warned his teammates not to treat Burkina Faso with kid-gloves. "We had a very good game in the semi-final match against Mali. I really enjoyed myself in the match. The match against Burkina Faso will be tougher than Mali and we need to work very hard to be able to beat Burkina Faso. We were lucky to convert most of the scoring chances that came our way in the match against Mali and I pray that this should happen in the final match. But I am confident that we will win the Cup by the grace of God," he prayed.


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The ANZAC Challenge 2015 was a tough Race
Congratulations everyone that took the Challenge yesterday – 19 of you in total. The verdict is, the race was tough. Very tough!
The amazing thing is, not one gave up. Despite the difficult nature of the race, you all finished in amazing style. That includes Arthur who crossed the finish line 3hrs after the winner, in a time of 3hrs 53mins. His wife Line, second to last finisher was ahead of Arthur in 2hrs 53mins. And son Gideon 11yrs was 40mins ahead of his mother. After Gideon finished his race, he then walked back up to RLS Grave to walk back down with his father.
Arthur and Line deserve a special mention because they were told to bypass the Gallipoli hill to the summit. When they got there, they each separately decided the hill was to be climbed as part of the race.
There are several races we organise up Mt Vaea – the ANZAC Challenge will be the only race that starts in Beach Rd and finishes at the RLS Museum. The other two races – King of Vaea (Sept) and Scotsman's Trail go the other way (Sept).
The climb up to the summit was a big challenge. Thank you for the feedback on how to improve this part of the event. If you have any other comment to offer to make it better please send me a note.
Congratulations to Steve Nimarota who pipped his brother Sam at the finish to win by 1 sec. Sam and Steve ran the entire race together until the final assault of the line.
It was close too in the Women's race for second place, where Lauren finished 12secs ahead of Ariane. Andrea however secured her third win in the BOC Run Series with a commanding performance in the Women's race. Ella Buckley finished fourth in her second run of the Series.
Series points – Shane and Andrea are the respective leaders at present. Shane has run all five races and leads Darren who did not race yesterday. The Series Points in the end will be the best of five results – there are three races of the BOC Handigas Run Series left – Lalomanu Half Marathon (July), King of Vaea (Sept) and the final event of the year for us, which is the Falefa Run Challenge. Thanks again for taking part, below are your results from yesterday.
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Results top 5
1. Steve Nimarota, 1:01:53
2. Sam Nimarota, 1:01:54
3. Shane Taivai Paulo, 1:06:13
4. Praise Leota, 1:16:48
5. Xavier Martel, 1:20:28
1. Andrea Wilson, 1:30:04
2. Lauren Treby, 1:43:16
3. Ariane Stevenson, 1:43:28
4. Ella Buckley, 2:02:20
5. Line Mulitalo, 2:58:11
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A longtime D.C. youth basketball coach is due in court Friday on drug charges.
Curtis Malone, founder of the powerful D.C. Assault Basketball Program, is facing drug possession charges following a year-long investigation by the Drug Enforcement Invesitgation.
Malone built a national profile developing young talent and helping them get onto college rosters.
Back in August, he was charged with possession with intent to sell heroin and cocaine
Officials also found a .40 caliber handgun at his Upper Marlboro, Md. home, the Washington Post reported.
Malone was previously convicted of distributing crack cocaine in 1991.


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March 16th, 2016 by Lyle Smith
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Hyper Converged 380 Announced
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced the Hyper Converged 380 (HC 380), the company's a new all-in-one compute, software-defined storage and intelligent virtualization appliance specifically designed to help mid-sized and remote office branch office enterprises deploy VMs within a matter of minutes.
The HC 380 uses an intuitive and simple User Experience management software package, making it seamless to use on both desktops and mobile devices. HPE indicates that its fast self-installation process allows users to:
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- Lowest cost to protect: With HPE StoreVirtual VSA technology, customers can reduce disaster recovery costs by 62 percent.
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Pricing and availability
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The talk was about this program where 20 people are selected for the Thiel Fellowship each year, and there were about 200 people in the room that day. They said that there are two billion people 20 years old or younger.
That two billion under 20 nugget stuck in my head for a couple of months, and for about three months after that, February of 2013, I was in the shower thinking about how that concept could apply to different industries. For some reason, I thought about a book, and thought, What if we brought together really smart, ambitious young people in order to share their stories, get more young people to act on their passions, and get more people to do cool stuff? Could this also work for older generations as old age has already called Eight Successful Entrepreneurs to action.
I pitched that idea to the Thiel Foundation's Facebook group, and within a half hour, there were 50 likes on the thread, 60 comments, three people wanting to be my co-authors, three people who sent me stories, and a couple haters on the thread. If they're always hating, then something is wrong, but a couple haters must mean it's a good idea. I ended up attracting Stacey to the project, and we went from there.
Q. How did you and your Co-Author Stacey Ferreira Meet?
In November of 2012, Stacey and I were in New York for the Thiel Foundation summit. I was supposed to miss the final talk of the event. I walked out of the summit, saw that my plane was delayed, and walked right back into the summit and saw the talk.
Q. Where did you find the people for the book?
The first 20-30 of the 75 people came from that community, and we poached from the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and the Inc. list. If you were 20 and under and on those lists, you probably got an email from me. There was a ton of editing and back-and-forth trying to get a publisher and some back-and-forth with our publishers, and now it's out.
Q.This book didn't just happen. What's the technique, How can someone do this themselves?
My zone of genius is bringing people together to do bigger things for society. Relationship building, and idea connecting are my things. Over the years that I've been an entrepreneur, I've been building a world-class network, not just of millennials, but also of people in the C-Suite, who are older executives, really everyone along all walks of life. Because I have that network, opportunities pop up. When you portray yourself in a positive way and you're always sharing what's going on, and you branding yourself properly, new opportunities arise. You just mentioned Ted at IBM, which I found out about two days ago (as we're recording) that I was selected as a speaker for Ted at IBM in October.
Having a world-class network and building strong long-term relationships with everyone allows these opportunities to come about. Opportunity breeds opportunity because people like to hang around with winners. If you portray yourself in the right manner, have the right mindsets, are positive and hustling, things will come your way.
There's also this concept of leverage. If we have a book coming out, we're going to leverage that. It's not just book comes out, a few hundred or thousand copies are sold, and you go on with your life. No. I can leverage this to launch different businesses under the 2 Billion Under 20 brand with Stacey. I can leverage it to pitch my next book, which I will be pitching to publishers very soon. I can leverage it for my personal brand and for other things.
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Q. What are a couple of interesting back stories that have come from the book?
There are two nuclear scientists in the book that started dating and building a company together because they met through the community. That just blows my mind.
My friend Rob, who is not in the book but is in the 2 Billion Under 20 community, found a post in our online group from Daniel, who is one of the contributors, about a pass-and-call for an ABC Family show. Rob followed up on it and kept flirting with the show; he actually will be on this new show called Job or No Job that comes out in August. Major ABC Family show, all because of the 2 Billion Under 20 community.
Q. One story that stood out was Micaela Chapa's story; it wasn't your normal entrepreneurial story, tell us about it?
What's cool about Micaela , is that she is not a young entrepreneur, she is not a scientist, and no one had ever heard of her story. I met her very spontaneously, and her story will resonate with everybody who has ever struggled with weight loss. Last year, at the beginning of 2014, I was 230 pounds. Now I'm 190-195. I've lost 35 pounds in the last year and a half. Her story really speaks to me in terms of how she was able to do that. There is an interesting bonus where she did work with Stanford and some experimental surgeries in order to help her with that progression. There is interesting technological ties into her story. Also the mental case with that was interesting. People would think that her surgeries were cheating, but it takes a lot of hard work to get to the point where you can have that surgery and maintain it afterward.
Q. What were the major gains you have taken from this writing experience?
I gained a lot of friends. That's the biggest knowledge I can make. I have this continual knowledge. I can go to a lot of these people and ask for their expertise in whatever fields they are in. We have experts in all these different walks of life from all over the world. There are 20 different countries represented in the book. It's really been fun.
Even if the book sold five copies, me, Stacey, my mom, her mom, and you bought a copy, I think it is still a success because at least for me and Stacey, we have developed these really strong ties to the community members and the contributors. You guys have all intermingled and created this mastermind of sorts where all the neural networks are connecting in this online mind. Cool things are happening.
Q. How do you stay as productive as possible?
I was thinking about this topic this morning because I knew you would ask me something about productivity. The biggest productivity hack that I have is that I am very productive at a macro level.
I don't watch TV or movies unless I am on an international flight.
I don't use Snapchat or Instagram.
I don't do a lot of things that suck away a lot of time.
Most American adults watch 27 hours of TV a week or something silly like that. More than a day of their week is watching TV. By not doing that, I gain 27 hours. Same with any social media platforms that I'm sure people spend 3-4 hours a week or a day on. I also worry quite a lot about the amount of data the government and other organizations are able to harvest from social media so I try to avoid using these platforms. One of my colleagues recently told me that one way to protect your data, however, is by using a VPN. Take a look at this guide from websafetyadvice.com to find out more.
By being productive at a macro level, I am able to get a lot more done. That also applies to relationships for sure.
- Having really good mentors in your life saves you a lot of time and money.
- I have a lot of mentors who not only advise me on what to do, but also on what not to do. Some of those what not to do scenarios will save me decades and millions of dollars.
- Working on the right projects, you can sink your head into a start-up for three years, and if it's not the right thing, you wasted three years.
Be productive at a macro level. Yes, you can be productive at a micro level, those are all really good things, but at a macro level, you are saving yourself a lot of time.
Passion Is the Motive:
Q. We always say, "Go out and follow your passion. Just do it." Is it that easy? How do you do it?
That's a good question. It depends on what you're passionate about and where your skill sets lie. One of my mentors taught me this idea; what he had me do was look at what I was passionate about. It is a very simplistic exercise.
Take a sheet of paper: on one side, put what you're passionate about, and on the other side, put what you're good at. You can start seeing where there might be similarities.
To give you a real world example, I am passionate about basketball, and really good at stats, but I am not good at dribbling and shooting; I am not athletic. How can you still act on your passion of basketball and implement your skill sets? You can be a statistician, you can work in the front office, you can be a GM, or you can be a lawyer. There are all these different ways you can still act on your passion and utilize your skill sets.
The third overlap, if you think about this in a Venn diagram, is market opportunities.
- What are you going to get paid for?
- How can you feed yourself?
For most people, money doesn't have to be the main metric of success. There are other metrics of success in my life. For some people, it is, and at the bare minimum, you need to support yourself. Think about, Okay, I'm passionate about this stuff, I'm really good at this, and there is a market opportunity here. Where is the intersection of all of that? That will be your zone of genius.
Dropping some Knowledge:
Q. How cam we figure out the opportunity cost for an idea?
Another thing I like to do in my life is I think about how I can cover my nut in the smallest amount of time. I can spend most of my time working on things that may not pay me today, but will pay big time in the future. 2 Billion Under 20 isn't paying me yet in a big way; I have leverage over speaking and for other things, but you don't make money off the book. You make money off of everything that comes after the book: the company that will build, future book deals, bigger fees for speaking.
I have been running a marketing and consulting firm, and I have been helping authors, Olympians, start-ups, Fortune 500s with various marketing needs pertaining to millennials and their own thought leadership platforms, so that's been covering my nut and how I've been able to support myself financially. I spend maybe 20% of my time working on that consulting brand. Yeah, I could focus more time on it and build it into a bigger business potentially, but I choose to spend 80% of my time working on 2 Billion Under 20 and other things that I think will pay off longer term. That's another thing that's really important: make sure your bases are covered. You can't just act on your passion and realize that you can't be a professional dancer because you don't have the funds for it.
Relationship Advice from Jared K:
Ladies listening to this, if a guy ever tells you that you are one in a million, there are 7,000 other people in the world. Don't take that from them. You need to be at least one in a billion, which means there are seven people in the world. But 50/50 guys and girls, so there are three other girls in the world?
Lost in Translation:
Q. Can you tell us a good story along your journey?
People have come up to Stacey and me and have asked us either separately or together, "Have you guys made two billion dollars?" Nobody has ever made billions before 20. We were both on a panel a year and a half together working with other Thiel fellows, and we were speaking to some Japanese high schoolers. We had no professional translators, just student translators. Actually it was one of the best panels I have ever been on. It was an authentic experience.
I started talking about 2 Billion Under 20, and everyone's jaws dropped. Ten seconds later, when I was done talking about the book and how there are two billion people in the world under 20, they got it, and they realized they weren't listening to a billionaire, just listening to someone who knows there are two billion people in the world under 20.
Looking into The Future:
Q. What's the future look like for you, and the Community?
I think part of our post-book-launch focuses are going to be how we can provide value to our community members and contributors, how we can connect them better and serve them better. I don't think we have done the world's best job. I think there are other communities that are doing it better whatever the case may be. The potential is there for so much.
Stacey and I are working on a few things. I don't know if I can mention them yet.
It quickly became apparent that it wasn't just about a book. People who think it is just about a book are misunderstanding the ambition that we each have and that the community has. We have a world-class talent pool that we have assembled, so what can you do with that? The possibilities are endless, and we both want to start larger companies out of the book. There might be future books, spin-offs, which would be pretty interesting. I think we're really into building larger companies that will better millennials to find and act on their passions and unite them in solving our world's largest problems. That's the future. In the very near future, we will be announcing stuff. Just know that a book is not the end goal. The book is only the beginning. It starts with 2 Billion Under 20. That is a hint to the future, if you know what I mean.


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Meridian Sports Club are proud to announce that a brand new "Managers Dream" grass training facility will be available for clubs to hire from January.
This area has been designed to provide Managers & Coaches with a fantastic, all-in-one training area that has something for the whole team to work on together or in small groups and eliminates the need to manually set out cones/poles.
This area includes the following:
2 Full Size, 9-A-Side or Mini Soccer goals complete with 6yd and 18yd boxes. Superb for goalkeeper training, defensive work, free kicks and shooting drills.
8 Accurately marked, high quality, grass training grids. Each grid is 10×10 yards and they are available to hire in pairs or more.
Keep Ball Circles. Ideal for work on passing, possession and closing down.
Running Lanes. Perfect for fitness work including bleep tests, shuttle runs, warm ups and sprints.
Goalkeeper Handling Areas. Great for improving reaction times and quick feet for keepers.
Free Play Area. This is an unmarked area that can be used for many imaginative scenarios including drills and mini-games.
All of these facilities are available to hire, as a package or individually, on weekdays from 10am until 3pm and on Saturdays from 9am until 1pm.
Please note that spaces are limited and, given the level of interest already, are expected to fill up fast so reserve your space now to avoid disappointment.
To book your sessions or to find out more please contact us on the below number.
Tel: 0208 856 1923
We look forward to welcoming you and your team to Meridian Sports Club very soon.


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Podcast, Vidcast, Voicecast? Podcast Jargon for Beginners
"Podcast" was 2005's word of the year, but in 2006 you likely heard a variety of podcast related words – vidcasts, vodcast, voicecasts, phonecasts, punchcasts, mobilecasts, learncasts…new types of podcasts are continually emerging.
If you are a podcasting late bloomer, here's a little heads up on podcasting lingo.
First of all, what is a podcast?
A podcast is simply a media file, distributed either by subscription, automatically or selectively downloaded from a website; it is not however streaming content. Podcasts download quickly and can be placed onto a mobile device like an iPod.
What kind of podcasts are there?
Some podcasts are simply audio files. These types of podcasts include music, radio-type shows, interview shows, news commentary and more. Generally, these are simply referred to as podcasts.
Podcasts can include video and audio together. As mentioned above, podcasts can be quickly downloaded and are not streaming, so you could download the video podcast to your portable or watch it from your desktop. Popular uses include instruction, music videos, adult videos, tv shows, newscasts and so on. These types of podcasts are often referred to as vidcasts or vodcasts, educational video casts are sometimes labeled learncasts.
Not quite as common, but available, are podcasts designed to be downloaded to a mobile phone. As cell phone abilities increase, more memory, more format compatibility and so on, this will likely become more popular. Sometimes, these types of podcasts are called mobilecasts. A podcast that is directly sent to a mobile device may be called a punchcast.
Podcasts can be directly launched from a cellphone, traditional phone or a VoIP connection. Some podcasters like to be able to post new podcasts from wherever they are through a phone, often referred to as phonecasting or sometimes voicecasting.
More podcasting lingo:
Posting podcasts to your blog is called blogcasting. Those that create podcasts are called podcasters. The program you use to subscribe to and organize podcasts is called an aggregator, or simply a podcatcher or podcast receiver. If you use Skype and record a session for a podcast, this is called Skypecasting. An automatically generated podcast created from a text source is an audiocast. Podcast fans comprise the podosphere. If you create podcasts for red-haired, left-handed macramé artists you are narrowcasting, because your potential audience is infinitesimal. Religious pontificators godcast. Unsigned musicians distribute their music free and without compromising copyright as podsafe music.


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A Big Thank You
I just want to take the time today to give a shout out to one of my best friends, Amy Shelton, who also happens to be my photographer for almost all my outfit posts (granted we trade it for rides home from school). She is super talented and you all should go check out her Tumblr and her Facebook . Here are some of the other images she's taken of me for various photo shoots and my senior pictures.
And now you can see even better the difference in quality between her camera and mine. Oh, if only...
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Conferences at H.G. Wells Conference & Events Centre
H.G. Wells Conference & Events Centre is an impressive and versatile setting in the heart of Woking; perfect for business events and ideally equipped for your conference. We offer contemporary spaces for every possible kind of event, from intimate meetings to state-of-the-art conferences. We can comfortably accommodate up to 600 delegates, with impressive theatre-style seating arrangements, networking spaces and breakout rooms.
Whatever your needs, we have the equipment and facilities to make your conference a huge success. We have comprehensive sound and conference display systems, on-stage and front-of-stage lighting and an in-house technician, should you need them.
Our talented chefs offer the very best in-house catering, with a delicious range of meat, fish, vegetarian and vegan options. Choose from extensive menus; including breakfasts, canapés, three course dinners and buffets.
H.G. Wells Conference & Events Centre is located in the centre of Woking, with covered parking and accommodation available for your delegates just a couple of minutes walk away.
Conference spaces
The Wells Room is ideal for large conferences, with space for up to 200 people cabaret style or 600 theatre style. For smaller conferences, breakout workshops or team building activities, we have several spaces that can accommodate anywhere between 8 and 96 people.
Kemp Room – up to 96 (usual layout, 12 tables of 8)
Ogilvy Room – breakout space for up to 60
Elphinstone Room – breakout space for up to 20
Henderson Room – breakout space for up to 20
Griffin Room – ideal for welcome drinks and refreshments including buffet lunches
Find out more about our spaces
A welcome desk can be provided in reception for delegate registration. Refreshments can be served on arrival, either in your main meeting room or in the Griffin Room.
Audio Visual Equipment
The Wells Room has a large and extensive in-house AV provision including a central main screen for presentations and smaller side screens. There are also four projection screens to enable a clear view of conference content anywhere in the room. Lectern, lapel and handheld microphones are available, depending on speaker preference.
Find out more about our Audio Visual facilities
Conference catering
Day delegate packages are available with a range of catering options including sandwiches, finger buffets, drinks and canapés. Should you wish, our in-house catering team would be delighted to design a bespoke menu for you and all dietary requirements can be catered for.
Food can be served in any of the rooms whilst bars are located in the Wells, Griffin and Kemp Rooms. These can be organised on a cash or account basis.
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Included in standard conference hire
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- Lighting schemes
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- Pads and pens on tables, sweets, projector and flipchart
- Easy access for equipment via goods lift
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
Extras to discuss with your Event Manager
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- 50mb cabled broadband for video conferencing
We always aim to deliver the very best for our clients, tailoring everything to their specific needs and ensuring superb value for money. With over 25 years' experience in producing outstanding meetings and events, you can be sure you've made the right choice with H.G. Wells Conference & Events Centre.
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Portal has a wealth of experience providing cost effective but quality voice and data solutions to the education sector. Budget pressures mean solutions must provide reliability and value, without limiting features and functionality both now and in the future.
With the emergence of clusters and academies, many schools benefit from networking options utilising telephony and leased line infra-structure to centralise resources. We understand that each school, academy or college is different.


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If you were to play the game "Word Association" with anyone and started with "Black Forest" here are some likely answers:
"Cuckoo clocks!"
"Cake. All of the cake."
And they would all be correct! And we would want to be friends with the person who mentioned cake.
The Black Forest stretches 100 miles along Germany's southwestern border with France. The region got its name because its forests are so dense the locals thought they looked black rather than green. The best way to see it all is truly by driving (yes, Rail Europe is advocating car travel. But we've got a solution for you. More on that in a bit.)
Coming for a visit doesn't mean getting lost in a tangled web of woods — although we can't guarantee you won't lose track of time in this beautiful land. Should this happen to you, don't fret: you're bound to come across a clock sooner or later. A cuckoo clock, probably. In Schonach, in fact, you can stop to admire the world's biggest cuckoo clock (measuring 12 feet x 10 feet!)
The region is also home to what is considered Europe's best clock museum (yep, there's more than one.) The German Clock Museum in Furtwangen is more than tick tocks and minute hands; it keeps a history of the development of time telling from the Dark Ages to the present.
You'll want to start in the capital of the Black Forest – Freiburg. Known as the sunniest and warmest spot in Germany, Freiburg provides sweeping vistas of viticulture thanks to its grape-growing prowess. Come sit at a café with a glass of robust Riesling and a meal featuring the eponymous ham and cake.
Known as schwarzwalder schinken in German, Black Forest ham is a variety of smoked ham produced only in this region. In fact, they own a Protected Designation of Origin for the specific preparation. The stuff you get in your local supermarket? Baloney.
A true Black Forest ham can take up to three months to prepare. Traditionally, the ham was coated with beef blood, which gave it its black outer surface. Today, the raw ham is salted and seasoned with garlic, coriander, pepper and other spices and then cured for about two weeks. The salt is then removed and cured for an additional two weeks. Finally, the ham is cold smoked by burning fir brush and sawdust. According to the Germans, this last step gives the ham its rich (and dare we say, woodsy) flavor. Enjoy in a sandwich, biscuit, quiche or on its own.
Top off any meal with Schwarzwälderkirschtorte, or Black Forest Cherry Torte. This cake has multiple layers of chocolate sponge cake, cherries, and Kirschwasser-flavored whipped cream (psst, it's schnapps.) The torte is then covered with chocolate shavings and a few cherries for decoration. Legend has it that the name was inspired by the traditional costume women wore in the Black Forest: Black dress, white blouse and a hat covered in red pom-poms. Sounds like the clothes make the cake.
From Freiburg, get in your car and drive to the chic resort town of Baden-Baden. Once a hot-spot for the rich, Baden-Baden now caters to a more middle-class crowd, wowing travelers with its aristocratic heritage, glamorous casino, elegant parks and gardens – and those muscle-pounding massages. Not to mention the famous thermal baths, known as "kur," because you'll need to relax after eating all of that cake.
Here's where the train comes in. From Baden Baden, you can hop on the rails for the hour-long journey to Stuttgart, the cradle of the automobile and capital of Baden-Württemberg.
Get behind the wheel in Germany this summer. We think coupled with the train, it's a great way to see the best of the Black Forest.
And that doesn't sound the least bit cuckoo to us.


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Thermochemical storage systems ensure load equalisation
The aim of the "Thermochemical energy storage unit for thermal power plants and industrial heat" research project, TcET for short, is to achieve continuous load delivery in fossil fuel-fired power plants. Scientists at TU Munich are investigating ways to operate the combustion chambers of power plants at a constant level of efficiency in the case of fluctuating electrical power output. This is because most fossil fuel-fired power plants are designed to be operated at a constant level of output and are susceptible to reduced service life as a consequence of dynamic load changes imposed by the increased use of wind and solar energy. The problem-solving approach pursued by the researchers involves the temporary storage of energy in a thermochemical storage system.
The approach of the TcET project participants involves powering down the power plant only partially in the case of reduced power requirements. "Temporary storage" of the energy produced is instead envisaged. The researchers hope to investigate various storage materials in order to facilitate this process of storage. Materials looked at have in common the fact that they exist in two different variants, as a charged and uncharged material. The terminology in this context relates to chemically bound energy, in that the materials can be "charged" with energy, i.e. store energy delivered from an external source, and release this when necessary.
Power plants are able to adapt their power output flexibly to power requirements. This, however, is possible only within a defined load band. If the minimum heating capacity is fallen short of, the combustion process becomes at risk of instability. The consequence is that the power plant has to be shut down. By using energy storage systems, the boiler can continue to operate without compromising stability, with the power, however, made available for storage rather than turbine operation. In an initial stage, the surplus thermal energy is transferred to the chemical storage medium in fluidised-bed reactors at temperatures of up to 600 °C. Possible storage materials include for instance calcium or magnesium oxide. One advantage with respect to chemical storage systems is the ability to store these materials under ambient conditions.
In the case of heightened energy requirements or if volatile energies produce insufficient power due to lack of wind or daylight, the original, lower energy level of the charged storage media can be released in an exothermic reaction. The thermal energy released can be used to bolster electricity generation in the turbine. The researchers hope to be able to design the storage system such that the power plant is capable of maintaining a consistent level of output over a period of up to three days including when the level of power required by the grid is low. Conceivable degrees of efficiency in power plants with district heating extraction top 80 %; otherwise around 50 % is realistic in the researchers' current estimation.
In addition to enhanced consistency, a further crucial advantage results: owing to the constant heat output of the power plant, the turbines remain warm. This on the one hand increases their service life, and on the other, the power plant is able to respond more quickly to shifting conditions in the power grid, as the individual components run continuously at operating temperature. The aim is to implement the shift between storage system operation and power generation with such speed that the necessary power is made available within the minutes reserve.
The work of TU Munich involves calculating and simulating the system integration of various storage systems and the assembly of laboratory scale storage systems.
Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE) is providing expertise in the area of storage systems <300 °C, if applicable to be used for a potential "cold lead".
Alstom is providing power plant data and support in the area of dynamic improvement in particular.
E.On and RWE are providing power plant data and expert scientific input.
Märker Kalk is providing expert knowledge in the area of solids handling and equipment and is providing substance samples.
Clariant is providing support in the area of catalysis and is supplying materials.


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Carbon black in tires, quantum dots in LEDs or titanium nitride in PET bottles ...
Our knowledge base provides information on products and applications of nanomaterials, illuminates health and environmental aspects.
What exactly are nanoparticles? What is meant by "exposure"? When do toxicologists speak of a risk? This and many more questions regarding research on safety aspects of nanomaterials are answered here: www.nanoobjects.info
Together with the Fraunhofer "Food Chain Management" Alliance and the Fraunhofer Alliance "Nanotechnology", the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) organises the 1st Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology on 5.–6. March 2015 at the BfR lecture hall in Berlin.
The integration of nanomaterials along the entire value chain creates new challenges and requires new approaches in terms of design, testability, reliability, and safety. At a two-day symposium, the status quo in application, research, and regulation will be presented. Besides the characterisation, the toxicology of nanomaterials will be in the focus. Furthermore, the societal acceptance of nanotechnology shall be discussed.
Further information on the event, venue and programme can be found in the programme flyer (PDF; 370 KB).
WHEN: 05.-06. March 2015
WHERE: Auditorium, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, 12277 Berlin, Germany.
This event is open to the public and free of charge, however, registration is necessary. Please register by 15th February 2015 using the online form at the following link https://www.bfr.bund.de/en/registration_form/1st_joint_symposium_on_nanotechnology__5_6_march_2015-192378.html
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Brain Tumour Charity cautious about Italy mobile phone ruling
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The Brain Tumour Charity has said there is insufficient scientific evidence linking mobile phone use with brain tumours, following a court ruling, BBC reports.
The Italian court, in Ivrea, agreed that a man's brain tumour was linked to his mobile phone use.
It awarded Robert Romero 500 euros (£418/$535) a month in compensation.
He had claimed that using his business mobile phone for three or four hours a day, over a period of 15 years, led to the growth of the benign tumour.
The money will be paid by a body established to compensate people for work-based injuries.
There could yet be an appeal against the ruling.


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Western Nebraska Regional Airport
The Western Nebraska Regional Airport (WNRA) provide passenger flights to and from Denver, Colorado through United Airlines operated by SkyWest Air. We also have a regional aerial spraying service through Western Aviation and charter service through Valley Airways. through. Western Nebraska Regional Airport strives toprovide the highest standards of customer service, convenience, and cleanliness in all of our facilities. To serve Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming with the safest possible air service; and to help spur economic growth in our business community for our neighbors.
The Airport Authority of Scotts Bluff County owns WNRA, which is named after William B. Heilig. Heiling, known as Scottsbluff's Mr. Aviation, was a World War II US Army Air Force primary flight instructor, civilian flight instructor, and manager of the city's airport. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport based in emplacements in 2008 (over 10,000). The airport covers 1,806 acres (731 ha) at an elevation of 3,967 feet (1,209 m). It has two asphalt runways: 12/30 is 8,279 by 150 feet (2,523 x 46 m) and 5/23 is 8,002 by 150 feet (2,439 x 46 m).
WNRA Services
The Western Nebraska Regional Airport has three conference rooms. Two rooms are set up with 4 teleconferencing capabilities, presentation screens, and Skype. The largest conference area can accommodate approximately 80 people, the mid-size room can accommodate approximately 30 people, and the smallest of the three can accommodate 25 people.
Food service for meetings is available at the Flight Deck Restaurant and Lounge, a full service restaurant and lounge. The restaurant serves Traditional and New American style food (barbecue, burgers, brunch, dinner, seafood, and a buffet). The Flight Deck Restaurant and Lounge welcomes reservations and walk-ins; large groups are always welcome. The Flight Deck Restaurant and Lounge has a family style atmosphere. The Flight Deck Restaurant and Lounge provides excellent customer service and offers indoor and outdoor patio seating and is open seven days a week. Catering service is available.


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On May 11, 2005, Chin-hui Tsao, pitching for the Colorado Rockies, entered a game in the top of the ninth with a two-run lead. He surrendered three earned runs on four hits and one walk, blew the save and ended up with the win when his teammates rallied in the ninth for two runs. It was his fourth career win.
His fifth victory would not come for more than 10 years.
The first Taiwanese pitcher to ever make it to the majors, Tsao appeared in 21 games with the Dodgers in 2007. His ERA was 4.38. He had no saves and no wins.
Injuries plagued him from there, and he did not return to the big leagues for the next season. By 2009, he was back in Taiwan, playing for a professional squad. But he only made it one year there, as accusations of game-fixing arose following the season. While he was never indicted, he was nevertheless banned from Taiwanese baseball.
Over the next several years, Tsao bounced around the world, pitching on the side while running a restaurant.
"I did not pitch every weekend, but I did train every day," he said. "Although I opened the restaurant, I did not forget how to train myself."
Even the restaurant business brought controversy, though. In 2014, his then-girlfriend accused him of embezzling $50,000 from their business. She sued him, he sued her back, but neither case was resolved.
Also in 2014, Tsao attempted to sign with an Australian professional club, but he was suspended after Taiwanese and Major League Baseball officials spoke to the league office.
At that point, Tsao might have called it quits on his baseball career. He said he almost did.
"I just felt uncomfortable, being suspended by the club," he said. "I tried to train myself, and I started to train myself. I was feeling better and better, and that's when I decided to try to make it back. But I didn't know if I would make it or not."
Finally, in 2015, the Dodgers re-signed him to a minor league contract, and MLB ruled Tsao would be allowed to play. After being promoted from double-A Tulsa to triple-A Oklahoma City, he was called up to the big leagues Wednesday, a full 12 years after his major league debut.
Then, on Friday night, Tsao entered the game in the seventh inning in relief of Mike Bolsinger with the Dodgers down, 2-0. He induced a grounder, then gave up a single. While he was working on the next batter, the baserunner took off for second, only to be gunned down by Yasmani Grandal. Tsao allowed another single before striking out the pitcher to end the inning.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Dodgers scrapped together four straight baserunners with two outs, scoring three runs to take the lead for good. And when Kenley Jansen retired the side in order in the ninth, Tsao had his fifth career victory.
"The teammates and the manager were very happy that I came back to baseball, and after the win, everyone congratulated me," Tsao said.
How long Tsao will remain with the Dodgers is unclear. Brandon Beachy is returning to start Saturday after a 23-month stint dealing with Tommy John surgery. After the All-Star break, starter Carlos Frias will probably be ready to come off the disabled list. And on Friday, the Dodgers claimed right-handed reliever Preston Guilmet from the Tampa Bay Rays and put him on their 40-man roster.
But in the meantime, Tsao still has that fifth win.
"It's a very big difference between this win and the last one," he said. "After coming back, after everything, this win is very meaningful to me.
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(Re)organising Social Policy - new working paper
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SEU Working Paper No. 6: (Re)organising Social Security. Social Policy in Europe between Territory, Legitimacy and Identity (Stefanie Börner, Monika Eigmüller, Monika Senghaas)
Recent debates often suggest that welfare states are nation states and that therefore comprehensive social policies at EU level are not conceivable given the lack of a European collective identity. In reconsidering former and current periods of social policy rescaling, this paper enquires into the preconditions of expanding the territorial frame of organising social policy and asks when, why and how actors are willing to change their frames of actions with respect to welfare policies. This diachronic perspective allows us to examine how a certain territorial principle creates new categories of action and reference points that are able to establish new types of belonging and solidarity. In order to do so we analyse actors' interests, interpretations, motives and discursive shifts.
The findings point to the close intertwining between general structural changes at the economic and political level on the one hand and the shifting frames of reference and scopes of action on the part of political, collective and individual actors on the other hand. Therefore, we argue that structural transformations alter political discourses and actors' interests, which, in the long run, may lead to the introduction of new actors, ideas and territorial principles as well. So instead of suggesting the rigid nature of national welfare states and linked to this the missing solidarity at the European level a historically informed approach sheds light on the creative and conflictive processes that led to the predominance of national social policies.


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Mary Elizabeth Calwell: I am bound to be true – the life and legacy of Arthur A. Calwell.
Mosaic Press, Preston, Victoria, 2012.
Looking ahead, Mary Elizabeth Calwell's memoir of her distinguished father Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896-1973) will be a useful guide to what might be called a family view of the many controversies of his political and public life. It cannot be called a biography. It is a history with love. One searches fruitlessly for any assertive examination of her subject's human flaws. The book is however a welcome guide to his achievements.
For this reader there was no new information nor any insight other than what might be expected from a literate and loving daughter. Calwell's life was rich with acts of generosity many of which are meticulously presented in this book, revealing an instinctive humanity and goodwill. However, as a researcher, Mary Elizabeth Calwell had only a clear eye for the gold, of which there was much. She has left the dross to others to uncover.
Curiously, given this bias, what was widely regarded as Calwell's greatest parliamentary speech in responding to the Coalition government's decision to send Australian troops to the Vietnam war in 1965 is not mentioned. It was a prophetic speech dramatically pointing out the futility of the war and its long-term likely outcome – defeat for the allied cause.
More than half a century after the passing of Arthur Calwell, it is well to be reminded of his greatest achievement: as Minister for Immigration in the Chifley government from 1945-47, he inaugurated and implemented Australia's greatest migration program ever, which brought a million people from war-ravaged Great Britain and Europe came to Australia in the decade following World War 2.
Some interesting points long forgotten about Calwell's life are recorded:
- He volunteered for military service in the Great War but was rejected because of his flawed eyesight.
- He was president of the North Melbourne Football Club and a trustee of the MCG in which role he initiated the building of the old Southern Stand (long since replaced).
- He was passionate about his Irish heritage. His maternal grandfather, Michael McLoughlin from County Laois, deserted ship in Melbourne in 1817 at the age of 17.
Mary's Elizabeth Calwell's book reminds us of her father's blend of a passionate sense of social justice with his understanding of his Catholicism in a pluralist democracy.
Today, Calwell seems an outdated figure, with his rigid moral code (he saw homosexual law reform as an abomination) and his unbending commitment to the White Australia Policy. These were both normal attitudes for his times.
Beyond all that, Mary Elizabeth Calwell reminds us that her father was an outstanding politician and an outstanding human being. And why not?
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Paul Ormonde is a Melbourne journalist who has specialised in the history of the relationship between the Labor Party and the Catholic Church. He is the author of The Movement (1972) a critical analysis of the organisation founded by BA Santamaria.


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Buddy Hield is included on its Late Season Top 20 list for the 2016 John R. Wooden Award® presented by Wendy's®. The Wooden Award Trophy is bestowed annually upon the nation's best male player and female player who has proven to their respective universities that they are making progress toward graduation while maintaining a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA.
Through 23 games this season, Hield is averaging 25.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals in 34.3 minutes per contest. He's shooting .518 (192-371) from the field, .500 (96-192) from long distance and .902 (111-123) from the foul line. Hield is currently the only player in the country averaging greater than 50.0 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from downtown and 90.0 percent from the foul line (min. 20 FT attempts).
Hield currently ranks second in the nation (first among major conferences) in scoring. He has registered at least 30 points in eight games this season (same total as the rest of the players in the Big 12 combined). It's the most 30-point games by a Sooner in a campaign since Jeff Webster in the 1993-94 season (10). Hield currently ranks sixth on OU's all-time scoring chart (1,957).
The Bahamas native has 17 games this season scoring at least 20 points. He currently ranks first in the country with his 4.17 3-pointers per game and has made at least five treys in a game nine times this year. Hield has shot at least 50 percent from 3-point range in 16 of 23 outings.
Players not on this most recent list are still eligible for the final ballot, which will consist of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and are maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA. Voting begins at the end of the season, and voters, consisting of nearly 1,000 members of the national college basketball media, will take into account the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
The 40th annual presentation of the John R. Wooden Award® will be the anchor presentation of the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show presented by Wendy's®. The men's and women's John R. Wooden All-American Teams will be honored during the ceremony, as well as the 2016 Legends of Coaching Award™, which will be presented to Tubby Smith, head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech. The event will take place the weekend of April 7-9, 2016.
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All right, Not-TV Week's over; back to the important stuff. Episode five of this season of Mad Men is the first one I didn't get a screener of in advance, so I'll have to catch up on it after vacation. But don't let that stop you. Five installments in, how do you think this season is shaping up?
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Longboard Vineyards was established in 1998 by Oded Shakked. A walking melting pot, Oded was born in Israel and has lived and worked (and surfed) on four continents. He fell in love with northern Sonoma County in the late 1980's and in his words: "I felt roots growing from the bottom of my feet."
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In just a couple of weeks, the Women & Girls' Fund of Main Street Community Foundation will be entering its 15th year and commemorating its successful investment in programs that improve the lives of local women and girls. To begin the celebration, the fund is initiating "A Toast to Women," a pay it forward campaign to honor 1,000 special women who have made a positive impact in the lives of others.
Members of the community are being invited to join this campaign. For just $15, you can honor or remember a woman who has made a difference in your life. The donation "toasts" a mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend or relative; acknowledges the positive impact they have made on you; and supports your neighbors.
"Being able to honor all the special women and girls in my life, from my Mom to my granddaughter, with a gift that will keep on giving has connected me to the true meaning of the holidays," stated Jeanine Audette, advisory board chair of the Women & Girls' Fund in a press release. "It is a wonderful opportunity to honor a loved one and create a lasting change in your community through your support of the Fund and the important programs it helps make possible."
The Women & Girls' Fund will send a certificate to you to share with your honorees who will also be acknowledged at the Fund's annual Wonder of Women (WOW) event on March 30, 2016.
You can make a contribution to the Women & Girls' Fund at any time by sending donations to: Main Street Community Foundation, P.O. Box 2702, Bristol, CT 06010 or by donating online at www.mainstreetfoundation.org.
The Women & Girls' Fund was created in 2001 as a community-based endowment of the Main Street Community Foundation. The Women & Girls' Fund supports opportunities to improve the conditions for women of all ages in the towns of Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, and Wolcott. Over the past 15 years, the Women & Girls' Fund has awarded nearly $350,000 in grants and immediate response funds to over 80 organizations benefiting women and girls in the communities of Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, and Wolcott.
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What's Your Watermark? is our passion project, a desire to eliminate single-use plastic bottles in Vermont and educate Vermonters on water issues both locally and globally.
When the H-Team approached us about making "What's Your Watermark" their next more love film, we were ecstatic. This film gave us a chance to help Vermonters decode the issues at stake, the consequences of our actions, understand the positive impact we're capable of, and celebrate those locally that are leading the way in making a difference.
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New Guttmacher Institute Report Finds Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics Are Crucial Sources of Contraceptive Care for Millions of Women
For Immediate Release: Jan. 30, 2014
Planned Parenthood More Likely Than All Other Providers to Offer a Broad Range of Birth Control Options
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
New York --- A new Guttmacher Institute study has found that publicly funded health centers that specialize in family planning services offer a wider range of contraceptive methods and are more likely to use protocols that help women quickly begin and stick with their birth control regimens. The survey also found that Planned Parenthood health centers are significantly more likely than all other types of health centers to provide almost all methods of birth control. In fact, 91 percent of Planned Parenthood health centers provide at least 10 of 13 highly effective, reversible contraceptive methods on-site, according to researchers.
Providing a range of options improves the likelihood that a woman will find a method that best suits her needs. Studies have shown that women are more likely to maintain their contraceptive regimen when they are satisfied with their method of birth control.
"This study shows that millions of women rely on family planning providers, especially Planned Parenthood health centers, to get the birth control they need," said Dr. Carolyn Westhoff, senior medical advisor for Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
"In these tough economic times, more women than ever need access to essential health care services," added Westhoff. "Politicians who want to end the nation's family program, which five million people a year rely on for birth control and other basic health care, should read this study. We need to expand access to family planning, not cut it."
Publicly funded family planning services are a crucial lifeline for low-income women, providing them access to highly effective contraceptive methods that would otherwise be unaffordable and helping them to prevent unintended pregnancies. Six in 10 women who access care from a family planning health center consider it to be their main source of health care, and Title X services help to prevent nearly one million unintended pregnancies each year, almost half of which would otherwise end in abortion.
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Sunday, 12 September 2010
Resident Evil: Afterlife - Almost
So, the only release we had this week was Resident Evil: Afterlife and I was actually looking forward to seeing it because the previews looked pretty fun and I'm a fan of Milla Jovovich. The theatre was really busy for a mid-afternoon screening, but it was a smaller theatre as the place was pretty much taken over with TIFFness.
So, watching away ... in 3D (which I can't see most of the time... but anyways), and I'm enjoying the film as it's pretty fun and mostly what you'd expect if you've seen other films of the series. But about 1h10 min into the film (which was 1h30 min into the screening), the sound cuts out. Then a few minutes later, the picture cuts out. They make an announcement that they are working on it, but eventually cancel the screening.
So now, I'm stuck.. because I enjoyed what I saw, but I don't really want to see the entire film again - I really just want to see the last 27 minutes of it's 97 minute runtime. And considering it's high on the special effects end, about 10 of those 27 minutes are likely credits.
So the question is, do I go out to see the film again for what's really going to be about 17 minutes I haven't seen? Or try and catch just the end of it? And if so, should I see it in 3D or 2D? Plus, how much will experience tailor my opinion of the film? It's a tough call.
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- Suzie Ridler said...
Oh no Shannon! Bummer! I can totally relate, I have had so many technical difficulties at movies lately too. That's a tough call Shannon, it sounds like you don't really need to see the ending so I would go to something else and save the money. That movie will eventually be on TMN.
- 13 September 2010 at 12:22
- Shannon the Movie Moxie said...
Oh, they gave passes so I can see it again for free - but it's more of the time involved & that I won't review it til I've seen all of it.
Usually I'm more than willing to make time for film, but 2x the time for a film I was looking forward to but not totally super excited for? Not so much.
Maybe I'll wait and see if I can tack seeing it onto seeing something else this weekend... sigh.
- 13 September 2010 at 12:28
- Suzie Ridler said...
Oh it's true, you can't review it unless you have seen all of it! Man, I could not have sat through all of EPL just for the last five minutes, heck, the last half hour after just seeing it. That's a tough spot Shannon.
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