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Anel, from The Wish Factor, (known to many as "The Guat") is one of my favorite bloggers, and honestly, I consider her a friend, as well. There's no secret that we have bonded over many a great television show or movie, and often call each other our "Television Kindred Spirit." So when I was thinking of people to reach out to and potentially feature during the Thanksgiving week, she immediately popped into mind.
And since so much of her blog is about finding her happiness, creating it where there isn't any to be found, and making sure her kids are happy and taken care of, themselves, I feel like she's a pretty good person to feature this Thanksgiving. Whenever you stop by The Wish Factor – whether it's been a good day in The Guat world, or a more difficult one – Anel addresses the issues at hand with humor and a thankfulness that allows us all to join in and celebrate, or commiserate.
Oh, and did I mention that her family sells fresh, free-range Diestel Turkeys that are raised on a family-run sustainable ranch?? (Which is the exact same kind of turkey my family gets on Thanksgiving – so of course we're friends! Too bad we can't buy them from Anel!) Anyways, I'd say that makes her kind of an authority on this time of year – and last year she wrote a wonderful post about her family's work in honor of her father's memory. It's both funny and poignant, and I'm pleased to be sharing it with you this year.
Check out the original post here, or scroll down to continue reading. Either way – you should definitely be sure to stop by The Wish Factor and follow along! You won't want to miss it.
"Boxes, Turkeys, Thanksgiving and My Dad"
by The Guat
Two 10-12 lbs, four 12-14 lbs, three 14-16 lbs …
This is how it started … however most people remember their dad carving the turkey, leading the blessing on Thanksgiving, or parked on the couch in a vegetative state watching football game, after football game. Those are the most vivid memories for some people during the turkey holiday season.
For me it was the boxes. The small ones and the big ones.
… Three 16-18, two 22-24, one 30-32 … every Thanksgiving week there were the boxes.
As a member of the Guat family I was required by blood to help out. Every year, every Thanksgiving season the masses gathered at my dad's poultry shop placing orders for their no antibiotics, no hormones, free range, turkeys.
One of the busiest seasons in the poultry business and I dreaded it every year. Those boxes. Those Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday boxes filled with orders. My sister and mom got lucky, they were at the forefront answering phones, handling the money and taking the orders. However all they did was take. Take. Take. Take. It had not dawned on them what happened afterward. Where did all those cards go?
Two 24-26, one 18-20, three 20-22 …
In my head. That's where. They got stuck in my brain. Every night. I'd have to double-check each and every order to make sure it matched up with what we had in inventory.
Inventory. Jeez. Freezing my ass off, in a refrigerator as large as my living room and surrounded by boxes, while my sister and mom were up in the front chatting it up with our regular customers and new incoming ones. I mean I don't know who decided that I should be in Rocky-Balboa-style refrigerator, but it sucked being in this caste system. There was no getting out of it. No promotions. No face time in front of the store. Just me, the ginormous refrigerator, with freezing temperatures that required gloves and constant usage of Chapstick, and boxes and boxes of free range turkeys. Big turkey boxes everywhere.
That was me … large and in charge of all the boxes. Order boxes and turkey boxes. The class system sucks.
So after a long day of wearing thermal underwear in order to withstand cold temperatures, I went home to deal with the small boxes. Every night during Thanksgiving week, there I was at the kitchen table with my dad — in serious turkey order mode. Him in his white butcher coat, me in sweats and a t-shirt, both of us exhausted.
He'd read the orders out loud and I'd jot it down on my chart. This was of course, pre-Microsoft Excel days. But even during post-Microsoft Excel my dad insisted on the paper and pencil method. He was old school and all about having something concrete that couldn't be erased. So it was the old paper and pencil. We'd develop our own rhythm and finish the boxes in about an hour and a half. 12-to-14 lbs and 14-to-16 lbs. I must have heard those numbers more than any other. By the end of the night, I so hated numbers.
But on Sunday, when I sat with those boxes alone, I so missed hearing those numbers. The thing I dreaded the most — those boxes, those 14-to-16 note cards– brought me such sadness. It was a different kind of quiet on Sunday night and tonight. It sounds lame to get all weird-ed out over some boxes, but there I was getting really sad because my dad was not there. His voice was not there. The rhythm was off.
It took me a little longer to complete my inventory chart as the memories of past years kept swirling around in my brain.
Oh, dad. Miss you much, my friend. Miss you much.
Shared with permission.
What are some of your family's favorite Thanksgiving traditions and memories?


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nanotehnoloogia, nanoteknologia, nanotechnologija, nanotehnologijas, nanoteknologija,
nanotechnologii, nanotecnologia, nanotehnologijo,
Nano Debate...Nano-Debatten...Nano-Debat
The importance of explaining nanotechnology
science of nanotechnology could founder on the same
negative publicity that dogged genetics unless more
is done to assess risks, a Swiss report warns. Researchers
from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich found a lack of guidelines
and effort to identify potential side effects, but the Swiss authorities are
working to redress the problem.
Only two of the 32 companies in
Switzerland and Germany surveyed by the institute
had investigated the effects of absorption of nanoparticles
by living organisms. Three-quarters admitted they
had not carried out risk assessments on research
or on their products.
One in five had examined whether products containing nanoparticles could be toxic
while a quarter did not know whether tests had been carried out.
Nanotechnology involves the manipulation of atoms and molecules, at dimensions
of roughly one millionth of a millimetre, to change a structure's properties.
This science has already been used to produce scratch-free paint, wrinkle- and
stain-resistant fabrics, sun lotions, skis and photographic paper.
It can also be applied to medicine and food products. For example, nanocapsules
could be used to release drugs into the bloodstream or different flavours onto
a pizza depending on the temperature of the oven.
But very little research has been carried out internationally to determine the
effects of nanotechnology on people or on the environment. No guidelines Part
of the problem, according to Michael Siegrist, a researcher at the institute,
is a lack of guidelines in Switzerland and many other countries to regulate the
"One reason for this lack of risk assessment is that companies and researchers
do not know what they should do. There are no industry standards or government
regulations yet," he told swissinfo.
"It is also difficult to find qualified people to carry out assessments even
if a company has the money and the will to do so."
Siegrist added that the nanotechnology industry in Switzerland realises that
it is in its own interests to carry out proper risk assessment but it favours
self-regulation as opposed to government interference. Public ignorance The Federal
Institute of Technology in Zurich carried out an accompanying study of public
attitudes to nanotechnology, asking nearly 900 people for their views. The findings
concluded that people are happy to use products such as skis, but were not so
keen to consume nanoparticles or put them on their skin in the form of sun lotion
or cosmetics.
Siegrist fears that the public will reject some forms of nanotechnology unless
more testing is carried out and the results made transparent.
"We found that lay people perceived more risks than the experts," he said: "The
problem with this is that we might end up in the same situation as we had with
gene technology."
Siegrist believes communication and targeted marketing are the keys to the industry's
"If the industry resists making claims they cannot fulfil and provides applications
that are useful to consumers, then we could avoid the problems we had with GM
[genetically modified] food," he said.
"People are more prepared to accept potential risks of mobile phones than they
are with GM tomatoes that have a longer shelf life." Action plan The Swiss Environment
Office and the Federal Health Office are working on an action plan to identify
and coordinate the currently unknown level of nanomaterials in Switzerland.
The working group aims to present proposals by the end of the year to set up
a national action plan including proposals to for risk assessment and risk management
of nanomaterials.
It is also looking into the feasibility of complying with European Union and
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines.
"The most immediate threat is to the researchers and workers dealing with these
nanoparticles," Georg Karlaganis of the environment agency told swissinfo.
"We need to develop a dialogue with scientists, the industry and the public."
swissinfo, Matthew Allen in Zurich
Source : http://www.swissinfo.org
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It's not the end
Not the kingdom come
It is the journey that matters
— Wanderlust by Nightwishes
I think I know why I've been happy recently — I found the meaning of life.
And the funny thing is that I found the meaning of life without actually realizing I found it. The trigger to my realization was a video called Music and Life (by Alan Watts) (it's short enough, I promise).
Zen … does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
Alan Watts — The Way of Zen, pt. 2, ch. 2 (1957)
I think I'm starting to like this Zen thingy.
As it's the journey that matters, and not the end, being an inquisitive type, I of course started thinking about the end of the journey. And I found out I'm not really scared. When I'm dead, there will simply be void. The same one there was before I was born (or, before I was conscious (btw, this post is not big enough to contain a discussion about abortion)). It's actually quite consoling… no matter how bad I fuck up, the worst there can be at the end is void.
The only people who have a reason to be afraid of death are followers of various religions that believe in afterlife. Also, life itself is not the ultimate fun for them, as the eternal afterlife is far more important. Oh well, I just couldn't do without a little trolling, could I?


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Executive Employment Agreement - Manhattan Associates LLC and Neil Thall
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ------------------------------ THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") by and between Manhattan Associates, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company ("Company"), and Neil Thall ("Executive") is hereby entered into and effective as of the 25th day of November, 1997 (the "Effective Date"). WHEREAS, Company is engaged in the development, marketing, selling, implementation and installation of computer software solutions specifically designed for the management of warehouse and distribution centers for consumer product manufacturers, retailers and retail and grocery suppliers and distributors (the "Company Business"); WHEREAS, Company desires to employ executive as Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy, and Executive desires to accept said employment by Company; and WHEREAS, Company and Executive have agreed upon the terms and conditions of Executive's employment with Company and the parties desire to express the terms and conditions in this Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, it is hereby agreed as follows: A G R E E M E N T S : ------------------- 1. Employment and Duties. --------------------- A. Company shall employ Executive as Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Executive hereby accepts employment on the terms set forth herein. Executive shall report to the President and Chief Executive Officer of Company or such other executive as may be designed by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Managers. B. Executive shall have such duties as are set forth on EXHIBIT A --------- ("Duties") and as may otherwise be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer of Company or such other executive as may be designated by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Managers of Company, from time to time. C. Executive agrees that he shall at all times faithfully and to the best of his ability and experience perform all of the duties that may be required of him pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Executive shall devote his full business time to the performance of his obligations hereunder, except for such other obligations or activities as may be approved by the Chief Executive Officer. D. Neither the foregoing nor any other provision of this Agreement is intended or shall be construed as preventing Executive from devoting his time and effort to charitable and community activities substantially to the same extent as he has devoted time and <PAGE> effort prior to the effective date of this Agreement, provided that such involvement with charitable and community activities does not materially interfere with the performance of his duties under this Agreement. 2. Compensation. ------------ A. Base Salary. During his employment hereunder, Company shall pay ----------- to Executive a base salary ("Base Salary") of $16,666.67 per month ($200,000 annualized), subject to all standard employment deductions. B. Performance-Related Bonus. Executive shall be eligible to receive ------------------------- a performance-related bonus of up to $40,000 per year, subject to all standard employment deductions, based on the criteria set forth on Exhibit A hereto. --------- C. Stock Option. Executive shall receive an option (the "Option") to ------------ purchase 75,000 shares of Company at an exercise price of $8.50 per share, pursuant to the Manhattan Associates, LLC Option Plan (the "Option Plan"). The Option shall vest according to the following schedule: . As to 20,000 shares, the Option shall vest on Executive's first day of employment. . The Option shall vest as to an additional 20,000 shares on each of the first and second anniversaries of Executive's first day of employment. . As to the remaining 15,000 shares, the Option shall vest on the third anniversary of Executive's first day of employment. D. Employee Benefits. Executive shall be entitled to participate in ----------------- all employee benefit plans which Company provides for its employees at the executive level. As of the effective date of this Agreement, such benefits include those described on EXHIBIT A. --------- E. Expenses. Executive shall be reimbursed for expenses reasonably -------- incurred in the performance of his duties hereunder in accordance with the policies of Company then in effect. F. Vacation. Executive shall accrue one (1) day of paid vacation for -------- each calendar month worked and five (5) additional days after three (3) years of employment. 3. Term. This Agreement is effective when signed by both parties. The ---- parties agree that Executive's employment may be terminated at any time, for any reason or for no reason, for cause or not for cause, with or without notice, by Company or Executive. Upon any such termination, Executive shall return immediately to Company all documents and other property of Company, together with all copies thereof, including all Work Product and Proprietary Information, within Executive's possession or control. -2- <PAGE> For purposes of this Agreement, Work Product shall mean the data, materials, documentation, computer programs, inventions (whether or not patentable), and all works of authorship, including all worldwide rights therein under patent, copyright, trade secret, confidential information, or other property right, created or developed in whole or in part by Executive while performing services related to the Company Business. For purposes of this Agreement, Proprietary Information means all Trade Secrets and Confidential Information of Company. For purposes of this Agreement, Trade Secrets shall mean information of Company constituting a trade secret within the meaning of Section 10-1-761(4) of the Georgia Trade Secrets Act of 1990, including all amendments hereafter adopted. For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall mean Company information in whatever form, other than Trade Secrets, that is of value to its owner and is treated as confidential. 4. Ownership. --------- (a) All Work Product will be considered work made for hire by Executive and owned by Company. To the extent that any Work Product may not by operation of law be considered work made for hire or if ownership of all rights therein will not vest exclusively in Company, Executive assigns to Company, now or upon its creation without further consideration, the ownership of all such Work Product. Company has the right to obtain and hold in its own name copyrights, patents, registrations, and any other protection available in the Work Product. Executive agrees to perform any acts as may be reasonably requested by Company to transfer, perfect, and defend Company's ownership of the Work Product. (b) To the extent any materials other than Work Product are contained in the materials Executive delivers to Company or its Customers, Executive grants to Company an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use and distribute (internally or externally) or authorize others to use and distribute copies of, and prepare derivative works based upon, such materials and derivative works thereof. Executive agrees that during his or her employment, any money or other remuneration received by Executive for services rendered to a Customer belong to Company. For purposes of this Agreement, Customers shall mean any current customer or prospective customer of Company. 5. Trade Secrets and Confidential Information. ------------------------------------------ (a) Company may disclose to Executive certain Proprietary Information. Executive agrees that the Proprietary Information is the exclusive property of Company (or a third party providing such information to Company) and Company (or such third party) owns all -3- <PAGE> worldwide copyrights, trade secret rights, confidential information rights, and all other property rights therein. (b) Company's disclosure of the Proprietary Information to Executive does not confer upon Executive any license, interest or rights in or to the Proprietary Information. Except in the performance of services for Company, Executive will hold in confidence and will not, without Company's prior written consent, use, reproduce, distribute, transmit, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or transfer, directly or indirectly, in any form, or for any purpose, any Proprietary Information communicated or made available by Company to or received by Executive. Executive agrees to notify Company immediately if he discovers any unauthorized use or disclosure of the Proprietary Information. (c) To further protect Proprietary Information, Executive agrees that if his or her employment with Company ends for any reason during the first three (3) years after the initial date of employment, then for a period of six (6) months after the end of Executive's employment he will not, without Company's prior written consent, perform any of the Duties that he performed on behalf of Company for the Executive's immediately prior employer if such prior employer competes with the Company Business. (d) Executive's obligations under this Agreement with regard to (i) Trade Secrets shall remain in effect for as long as such information remains a trade secret under applicable law, and (ii) Confidential Information shall remain in effect during Executive's employment with Company and for three years thereafter. These obligations will not apply to the extent that Executive establishes that the information communicated (1) was already known to Executive, without an obligation to keep it confidential at the time of its receipt from Company; (2) was received by Executive in good faith from a third party lawfully in possession thereof and having no obligation to keep such information confidential; or (3) was publicly known at the time of its receipt by Executive or has become publicly known other than by a breach of this Agreement or other action by Executive. 6. Non-Solicitation. ---------------- A. Customers. The relationships made or enhanced during Executive's --------- employment with Company belong to Company. During Executive's employment and the one year period beginning immediately upon the termination of Executive's employment with Company for any reason (the "One Year Limitation Period"), Executive will not, without Company's prior written consent, contact, solicit or attempt to solicit, on his own or another's behalf, any Customer with whom Executive had contact in the two years prior to the end of Executive's employment with Company for any reason (the "Two Year Restrictive Period") with a view of offering, selling or licensing any program, product or service that is materially competitive with the Company Business. B. Employees/Independent Contractors. During Executive's employment --------------------------------- and the One Year Limitation Period, Executive will not, without Company's prior written consent, call upon, solicit, recruit, or assist others in calling upon, soliciting or recruiting any person who is or was an employee of Company during the Two Year Restrictive Period for the purpose of -4- <PAGE> having such person work in any other corporation, entity, or business that is competitive with the Company Business. 7. Non-Competition. During the One Year Limitation Period, Executive --------------- agrees that he will not, without Company's prior written consent, perform his or her Duties for any person or entity in the territory described on EXHIBIT A --------- hereto (the "Territory") which competes directly with the Company Business if Company is still engaged in the Company Business during such One Year Limitation Period. The parties agree and acknowledge that (i) the definitions of Duties and Territory and period of restriction reasonably and fairly limit this noncompete restriction and are reasonably required for Company's protection because Executive must perform his or her Duties on behalf of Customers who are located throughout the Territory; and (ii) by having access to information concerning employees and Company's Customers, Executive shall obtain a competitive advantage as to such parties. 8. Acknowledgments. The parties hereto agree that: (i) the periods of --------------- restriction and Territory of restriction contained in this Agreement are fair and reasonable in that they are reasonably required for the protection of Company; (ii) by having access to information concerning employees and customers of Company, Executive shall obtain a competitive advantage as to such parties; (iii) the covenants and agreements of Executive contained in this Agreement are reasonably necessary to protect the interests of Company in whose favor said covenants and agreements are imposed in light of the nature of Company's business and the involvement of Executive in such business; (iv) the restrictions imposed by this Agreement are not greater than are necessary for the protection of Company in light the substantial harm the Company will suffer should Executive materially breach any of the provisions of said covenants or agreements and (v) the covenants and agreements of Executive contained in this Agreement form material consideration for this Agreement. 9. Remedy for Breach. Executive agrees that the remedies at law of ----------------- Company for any actual or threatened breach by Executive of the covenants contained in Sections 4. through 7. of this Agreement would be inadequate and that Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the covenants in such paragraphs or injunctive relief against activities in violation of such paragraphs, or both, by temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate judicial remedy, writ or order, in addition to any damages and legal expenses (including attorney's fees) which Company may be legally entitled to recover. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the covenants contained in Sections 4. through 7. of this Agreement shall be construed as agreements independent of any other provision of this or any other agreement between the parties hereto, and that the existence of any claim or cause of action by Executive against Company, whether predicated upon this or any other agreement, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Company of said covenants. 10. No Prior Agreements. Executive hereby represents and warrants to ------------------- Company that the execution of this Agreement by Executive and Executive's employment by Company and the performance of Executive's duties hereunder shall not violate or be a breach of any agreement with a former employer, client or any other person or entity. -5- <PAGE> 11. Assignment; Binding Effect. Executive understands that Executive has -------------------------- been selected for employment by Company on the basis of Executive's personal qualifications, experience and skills. Executive agrees, therefore, that Executive cannot assign all or any portion of Executive's performance under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding two (2) sentences and the express provisions of Section 12. below, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. The rights and obligations of Company hereunder shall be available to a successor in interest of Company, including a successor established for the purpose of converting Company to a corporation. 12. Complete Agreement. This Agreement is not a promise of future ------------------ employment. Executive has no oral representations, understandings or agreements with Company or any of its officers, directors or representatives covering the same subject matter as this Agreement. This Agreement hereby supersedes any other employment agreements or understandings, written or oral, between Company and Executive, including without limitation that certain Offer Letter from the Company executed by Executive on December 22, 1997. This written Agreement is the final, complete and exclusive statement and expression of the agreement between Company and Executive and of all the terms of this Agreement, and it cannot be varied, contradicted or supplemented by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements. This written Agreement may not be later modified except by a further writing signed by a duly authorized officer of Company and Executive, and no term of this Agreement may be waived except by writing signed by the party waiving the benefit of such term. 13. Notice. Whenever any notice is required hereunder, it shall be given ------ in writing addressed as follows: To Company: Manhattan Associates, LLC 3101 Towercreek Parkway Suite 300 Atlanta, Georgia 30339 Attention: President With a copy to: Morris, Manning & Martin, L.L.P. 1600 Atlanta Financial Center 3343 Peachtree Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30326 Attention: John C. Yates, Esq. -6- <PAGE> To Executive: Neil Thall Post Office Box 4872 Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459 With a copy to: Neil Thall Suite 4830 75 Fourteenth Street Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Notice shall be deemed given and effective three (3) days after the deposit in the U.S. mail of a writing addressed as above and sent first class mail, certified, return receipt requested, or when actually received. Either party may change the address for notice by notifying the other party of such change in accordance with this Section 13. 14. Severability; Headings. If any portion of this Agreement is held ---------------------- invalid or inoperative, the other portions of this Agreement shall be deemed valid and operative and, so far as is reasonable and possible, effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or inoperative. The Section headings herein are for reference purposes only and are not intended in any way to describe, interpret, define or limit the extent or intent of the Agreement or of any part hereof. 15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed ------------- according to the laws of the State of Georgia. 16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two ------------ (2) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute, but one and the same instrument. -7- <PAGE> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. COMPANY: Manhattan Associates, LLC By: /s/ Alan J. Dabbiere --------------------------------------- Name: Alan J. Dabbiere ------------------------------------- Title: President ------------------------------------ Date: -------------------- EXECUTIVE: /s/ Neil Thall ------------------------------------------ Neil Thall Date: ------------------------------------- -8- <PAGE> EXHIBIT A The "Duties" of the Executive shall be those of the Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy of the Company, who is responsible for coordinating sales and marketing matters relating to the Company, to include the following: . Promotion of Company's visibility to retailers as a resource based on our relationship with retail suppliers. Conception and promotion of ideas where Company can create barriers of entry to the market through our unique products, services, and relationships with retailers' supplier community. This includes new electronic commerce (EC) standards and integration with central merchandising systems. . Development of a compelling marketing campaign to market to retail channels. Increase of Company's visibility as a WMS provider servicing retailers, as the only company with our economy of scale and understanding of supplier, channel, transportation, ECR and QR integrated industry initiative. Creation of a revenue generating market in providing WMS services to the retail community. . Development of add-on products and services that add value to retail channels. . Positioning the retail markets strategy to evolve into a strategic business unit with specific independent business functions and independent P&L reporting. . Assistance in overall growth, acquisition, marketing, sales and recruiting for Company as a member of the executive committee. . Such other Duties as may be agreed upon by Executive and Company's Chief Executive Officer. Executive's performance-related bonus shall be structured as follows: One half is objective based on revenue and earnings growth (non-acquisition related). In the event of an acquisition, the most recent sales revenue and earnings of the acquired company will be added to the base-line revenue. 0 - 25% revenue growth Bonus is 0 25 - 75% revenue growth Bonus is 2% of $10,000 for each 1% of growth <PAGE> 0 - 25% earnings growth Bonus is 0 25 - 75% earnings growth Bonus is 2% of $10,000 for each 1% of growth The other half ($20,000) is subjective based on Executive's performance of the Duties set forth above. Current benefits offered to executive employees include the following: . comprehensive medical insurance via either a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) or Point of Service (POS) Plan through Blue Cross/Blue Shield with coverage effective on first day of employment and no premium costs for Executive or Executive's dependents; . comprehensive dental insurance effective on first day of employment with a small employee contribution required; . Company-paid life and accidental death and disability insurance effective on first day of employment; . Company-paid short and long term disability coverages effective on the first of the month following thirty (30) days of employment; . 401(k) Plan with employer match. Eligibility for employee contributions begin on the first of the month following thirty (30) days of employment. Employer match beginning with 2nd year of participation in the plan; . Profit Sharing and Money Purchase Plan; eligibility begins with the first of the month following one (1) year of employment; . vacation days (see Section 2F of the Agreement); . nine (9) paid holidays per year after a fourteen-day waiting period; . credit union and group banking with SunTrust Bank; and . discounted health club membership. -10- <PAGE> The "Territory" is the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, consisting of the following counties: Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton. -11-


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By Alex Schee
When I was thirteen years old, three days before the start of seventh grade, I carved his name on a branch of the tree in our front yard. After the funeral, I carved it with a pocket knife my father had given me a few weeks before. The green leaves around me shook with the breath of a summer wind, the air getting cooler. A stray branch dug into my side as I carved each letter of his name deeply into the flesh of the tree, poking me just enough to make me realize I wasn't completely alone up there.
There was something so satisfying seeing that name embedded like a scar into the arm of the tree.
The summer heat had been unbearable. My father pulled out the kiddie pool, which my siblings and I were all getting too old to use, into the center of the manicured lawn. He would leave me to turn off the hose when the pool was filled. When I started to see heat rising from the pavement, I would go sit in the cool water of the kiddie pool—sometimes with my clothes still on. My t-shirt would cling to my skin when I finally got out, and I would go inside my roasting house dripping water on the tile floor, reaching inside the refrigerator for some lemonade.
I played baseball with the boys on the block. They tolerated me fairly well, mostly because I had a mean fastball. We were at that age where I could still get away with playing ball together without too much grief, but I knew those days were limited. I was emerging on a time in my life where there would be school dances with ruffled dresses and terrible music echoing hauntingly throughout the gym. Where boys were judged not on how many cooties they had, but how many girls had a crush on them. And where girls like me were judged in general.
It terrified my mother that I refused to take my young adulthood seriously.
"Anne," she said, squeezing the juice out of the lemons until I could smell them on my person. "You're not a child, anymore. You start seventh grade in the fall. My mother would have never let me run around with the neighborhood boys when I was nearly a young lady."
But I loved the feeling of the baseball smacking my mitt, and the soreness in my arm after a game. I loved the protests of a wrong call. I loved the feeling of the bat on my shoulder as I walked home, the coolness of the water in the kiddie pool after a long game. It was hard to believe that I would ever have to attend the seventh grade, that I would ever have to hear the metallic sound of lockers closing and heavy footsteps as students shuffled off to class.
"There's a time when we all need to grow up," my mother said, wiping her hands on her apron. "And you need to learn to accept it."
Her face was always so resolved, her lips pressed tightly together.
We went to neighborhood barbeques, the hot, sticky smells of the grill mixing with the summer air. I was always forced to wear a dress chosen by my mother. The white lace scratched my arms and I could feel myself sweating, my hair sticking to my brow. Younger children called to each other in a game of tag, their voices sounding so distant.
I could feel Andrew Branson's eyes on me as I fidgeted in my red, plastic chair. We played baseball together sometimes. He hit the ball squarely and long if you gave him the chance. He played first base, usually. Even when we played against each other we sometimes chatted while I had one foot on the sand bag. We were in the same grade, and I could hear the whispers of the other girls resounding throughout homeroom about how cute he was, though I couldn't really see it.
He gave me a sideways grin.
My own eyes went to my plate, where uneaten slices of apples and shiny cherries remained.
He got up out of his chair and asked me to play catch with him in his family's yard—as perfectly preened and lush as our own. We gently lobbed a baseball back and forth, my fingertips grateful for the feeling of the red laces, my feet sunken deep into the soft grass.
We didn't speak much. We just tossed the ball back and forth without the encumbrance of a heavy leather mitt.
"You have a good arm," he finally said. The hot sun was starting to disappear over his white fence now, and I could feel where it had left me with a parting burn on my shoulders.
"Thanks," I said.
"Don't be offended, but I've never met a girl who could toss a ball like that." He, in turn, tossed the ball to me in a perfect arch.
I shrugged, my hands stinging just a little when I caught it.
"I'm not offended."
We sneaked out of the yard when the adults weren't looking and walked the neighborhood streets. I tied my shoelaces, the pavement was still hot to the touch, the pastel colors of a sunset now touching the tops of the trees, highlighting each leaf like a watercolor painting. He still held the baseball in his hand, and he bounced it in his palm as we walked.
"You know," he admitted. "I see you sitting in that kiddie pool from my window sometimes."
"It's cool."
"I bet."
"That's kind of weird that you watch me."
"I don't watch you." He ruffled his hair and then stuck his hand in his pocket. "I've just seen you is all."
We stopped at the local park. Night was starting to emerge, and one by one the surrounding houses started turning on their lights indoors. Voices from other barbeques or family gatherings started to die down until I could hear the crickets hiding in the grass start singing. We sat under an apple tree, the blossoms which always promised fruit still hadn't appeared.
"You know, I think I would be fine with every season being summer," he said.
"Should we get back?" I asked.
"Relax. They probably haven't even noticed we're gone. You know what the best part of summer is? You're frozen in this middle place. In-between the old and the new. You're just smack dab in-between."
"I don't know if I could always stay that way," I said. I realized my hair had escaped from the braid my mother had taken the time to give me. I tucked a stray strand behind my ear. "Nothing would ever happen."
He sighed, and I could tell he was thinking by the way he squinted. The grass was drier here—it wasn't constantly watered by suburban fathers. It tickled my skin.
He lay down on the ground. I tried to figure out what the other girls thought was so attractive about him. He had nice teeth, I guessed. And dark eyes, almost as dark as the night was now. I propped myself up with my arms behind me and tilted my head to the side.
It was a few moments before he answered me.
"Nothing would ever happen, but you could always be frozen in a wonderful moment. Does that sound so bad?"
Andrew Branson had played baseball on the school's sixth grade team. He played various other sports when they were in season, too, but his best sport was baseball by far. A solid batting average, a good arm. I spent more time with him, our faces turning a dark color after playing ball in the afternoon sun. We would visit the park often with a bag full of cherries, seeing how far we could spit the pits and staining our t-shirts lying in the grass. We talked of everything and nothing and something. And over time, I was almost convinced that maybe he was right. That to be frozen in some moments was all anyone ever wanted.
We would walk across the train tracks that ran across, balancing on either side with our arms outstretched. I would pretend as though I was flying, as though I was far above the ground and that I would never have to come down.
I knew Andrew wasn't happy at home. He never talked about it, even when I asked. He avoided my questions like they were a wild pitch. He side-stepped them and waited for me to throw a question at him that he liked. His voice was always soft when he answered the door. He never hollered into the house that he was leaving. He never let his mother know where he was going to.
"Adults don't get it," he said as we walked across town one day, following the train tracks. He kicked an empty can and it clattered against the metal track. "They say they do, but they don't. How could they know what we're feeling?"
"My parents try," I admitted before I kicked the can back to him. "I think my mother is afraid I will never grow up."
"But that's the thing. What is growing up? What does that even mean?"
He ran a hand through his hair, growing long and starting to curl around his ears. He sighed heavily, like he was much older than the thirteen years everyone gave him credit for. He felt older to me.
"I wouldn't know," I said.
Some evenings when I went to Andrew's door—painted a red color like a sunburn—I could hear his parents screaming on the other side. I could hear their cries and Andrew's hurried footsteps as he rushed to greet me. The sounds from the other side made me want to cry. It felt like someone had punched me in the stomach and I needed to lean over and breathe for a while.
Andrew would close the door quickly behind him with his baseball bat in hand, shutting out the terrible screaming. He would take my hand and drag me to the empty field, mumbling all the way.
"Pitch it to me hard, Reynolds," he would say.
I stood on the mound, running over the laces with my thumb. I didn't want to, but I didn't really want to talk about it with him, either. So I would throw the ball for hours right in his sweet spot—the sunlight fading on the grass and dirt pathways leading to the bases—just so he could hit it and so we didn't have to say anything to each other about the terrible things in the world.
My father got rid of the kiddie pool mid-August. Where it had been was a dry, brown spot that looked almost sacred in the middle of a green lawn. I stood in the middle of it, missing the coolness of the water, missing that I had place where Andrew could find me if he needed to. I walked the edges of the perimeter, thinking about how anyone could ever really measure when things ended and when they began. The wind played with my hair softly, and the thought that I would be back in school in two weeks terrified me. I kept walking inside the circle the pool had made, the dead grass crackling under my shoes.
My father gave me the pocket knife when going through some old things in the garage. We stood together, going through his old things covered with a heavy layer of dust. I blew some off an old Billy Joel album, The Stranger, the dust flying through the air like a drift of dirtied snow. I always liked vinyl records better than cassette tapes. Somehow, the circularity of the black vinyl made me feel like the album could go on and on forever if you just let it play.
"Are you getting rid of this?" I asked him.
My father shrugged. "I think so. Records are obsolete now."
I bit my lower lip and scratched a mosquito bite on my leg. I watched my father sort through his things, placing them in a box to keep or a box to give away.
"I've noticed you've been with Andrew more lately," he said, leafing through some old, faded photographs. In them, my mother was smiling broadly. She looked young, her hair black and wild around her face.
"Yeah, I guess," I said.
My father looked over at me through his glasses. "I think it's a good thing. You know his parents don't get along, right?"
I nodded. Like Andrew, I didn't really want to talk about it. I didn't want to admit that sometimes I wondered where the bruises on his arms came from. That sometimes I wanted to touch them. I ran my fingers along the top of the box of Christmas decorations, my mother's perfect handwriting declaring what was inside the dusty cardboard.
My father waited for me to give an answer, but eventually accepted my silence. His eyes studied me for a moment before he spoke. "Watch over him, okay? Make sure he's alright. I think he needs a friend. A real friend."
I nodded again, but this time I looked my father in the eyes. I could tell he knew the truth. That I was scared. Scared for the summer to end, scared for Andrew, scared for myself.
His hands lingered on a small knife. His fingers played with it before he handed it over to me.
"What's this?" I asked.
"My first pocket knife," he replied, returning to the things that needed to be sorted. "You should have it. You're old enough not to cut yourself."
I was buried deep in the tree one day when Andrew stopped by my house. He called up to me. The leaves of the tree rattled and it was hard to hear him. I lowered myself from branch to branch before meeting him on the ground. He looked terrible, the dark circles under his eyes made me realize he hadn't slept in weeks. His face looked fragile, like if I touched him it would break apart. I couldn't help thinking about those old, clay jars that sat on bookcases. The kind children make for their parents in elementary school and procure a layer of dust over years of staying in one place.
We sat down on my front porch steps.
"School starts soon," I said.
"I know," he replied.
"Are you ready for it?" I found myself searching his face.
He looked so breakable and I knew nothing I would say would change it. I wanted to. I wanted to make things better. But I was a child…and what could I do?
He closed his eyes and shook his head.
My mother came out with lemonade and apple slices and smiled at me knowingly before closing the screen door behind her. It closed so definitively. I shook my head and rolled my eyes before taking a bite of a red apple.
"What was that smile for?" he asked.
"She probably thinks we're dating."
"Are we?"
I shrugged as nonchalantly as I could, but I could feel my heart starting to race. It was like I was playing shortstop and the ball would not stop coming to me.
His dark eyes evaluated me, looking over my face. His lips were a bit sticky when he kissed me on the lips. He smelled like the combination of lemonade and apples, and maybe a bit of grass and dirt.
I felt myself freeze.
He gave me a sideways smile. "Feel anything?" he asked.
"No," I lied.
His smile moved to the other side. "I didn't think you would."
When I heard about the accident about a week later, I couldn't cry. I couldn't feel anything. I only heard my mother and father's voices whispering underneath my door.
Train tracks. Andrew. Suicide.
The words sounded so foreign. Like I was too young to hear them. Too young to have to deal with them. I sat on my bed, my legs curled up underneath me so I was a ball. I was self contained. My knees dug into my chest as I held myself together.
When my father knocked on the door, asking me to please come out, my mother silenced him. Her whispers were muffled by the barrier of the white door.
Let her be. Give her some space.
My mother didn't need to ask me to wear a dress to the funeral. I wore one because I needed to.
When it was over, and I had endured the silent car ride home, I climbed the tree in the front yard. I held my pocket knife in my hand as I climbed as high as I could. I felt like I did when I balanced on the train tracks. Like there was no weight that could really hold me to this earth I didn't want to be a part of anymore. I could see my house through the leaves. They were starting to turn new colors. Golds and deeper greens and oranges. A few fell from the branch where I started to carve his name deeply into the tree's flesh. I carved it so I knew it would always be there.
Ten years later, when I came back the summer after college graduation, I found my father had cut the tree down. It had grown sick after so many years of guarding our home and holding the weight of Andrew's name. Where it once had stood tall and stable there was now a stump, left to be uprooted at a later date. I remember sitting next to it, getting grass stains on my new summer dress, and running my forefinger along the perimeter—knowing that there was no beginning or end to anything.
Alex has always wanted to be a writer. She loves the smell of the bookstore, because nothing in the world smells exactly like it. She currently spends her days traveling the world and drinking too much coffee, and she'll always love dancing in the Montana rain. Her first novel was released April 2012. Connect with on her website at thewayfaringvoyager.com, as well as on Twitter and Instagram.


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text: Can you tell us something about 4-D AG? We- Jan Pieter and Elizabeth de Vries- established our company 4-D Ag World from the Netherlands together with our son Jack who lives in Amarillo, Texas. The company focusses on the sales of stable layouts, stable rubber and little jackets for calves in the United States. 4-D stands for 4x Devries (and the maiden name of Elizabeth, Dijkstra). Ag stands for Agricultural World. We moved to India in 2011 for four years to complete a project in the agricultural sector. Jan Pieter established big dairy farms for Indian multinationals. Back home in the Netherlands we were looking for our next challenge. The Indian company was adapting the stable layout Jan Pieter had designed and made for the project in India. Because of this a very fruitful collaboration was born in the development and sales of 'state of the art' stable layouts. The challenge was to get all the products sold in the United States. Jan Pieter has a big network in the United States in the agricultural market, since he had lived for ten years in Texas and Wisconsin. His three kids are still living in Texas. The eldest son Jack has the same entrepreneurial spirit as his dad and he has a big network in the agricultural world in Texas as well. He was very enthusiastic to set up the company with his dad. The second son Bram is an agricultural entrepreneur together with his wife in Wisconsin. With Texas and Wisconsin, we cover the largest agricultural states. The agricultural market is big in the United States, but at the same time it is really a small world when you know a lot of people in the business. Daughter Liz lives together with her husband in Ohio and is also good in promoting the agricultural business. Elizabeth works for 4-D in the Netherlands and is responsible for the marketing and pr. The newest addition to the products of 4-D is a collection of clothes you can wear when you go milking, but also clothes for kids en T-shirts for the US market. All these clothes are used on a farm and there is a huge sales market for these kinds of products. All the clothes are made in India. Why did 4D-AG choose to open an office in Texas? At this moment, we are building a distribution center and office space in Amarillo, Texas. We chose Texas because Jack resides in Amarillo. Other reasons are the big dairy farms in Panhandle and the fact that a lot of our clients in central Texas are reachable within a day. Amarillo will be the warehouse and distribution center for a big part of our stable layouts, the complete stock of the web shop 'AG Fashion' and 'Calf Fashion' and the other fashion. What kind of advice can you give to Dutch entrepreneurs who want to do business in Texas? In the agricultural business, it is very important to visit your potential clients and to be visible. That's why 4-D is present and visible at multiple exhibits throughout the US. Online marketing is also very important nowadays and the right delivery of the products is also a good promotion for you company. During the start-up phase of 4-D it was not always possible to deliver the products within a short period of time. This will improve drastically when we are able to distribute the products from Amarillo. There are moments we have to get used to the culture. Dutch people can be very direct, which is not common in the United States. It is very important to build a network you can rely on. It is way easier to do business for a second time with a satisfied customer. A big part of our customers has Dutch roots, which is easier to connect. We are looking forward to a bright future with our company in Texas. Make sure you check out our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/4dagworld/ or our website www.4dagworld.com abd very soon you'll be able to find us on www.4dagfashion.com. Jan Pieter, Elizabeth & Jack de Vries 4-D Ag World Amarillo Texas If you want to learn more about 4-D Ag World, visit their site www.4dagworld.com


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"Bringing People to Christ"
Mark 8:22-26
I have been blessed in many ways over the years, but none compare to the privilege of introducing someone to Christ. I love this passage we are going to look at today.
In verse 22, we read, "And He (Christ) cometh to Bethsaida and they bring a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him." Bethsaida means "house of the fish". This town was located on the east bank of the Jordan River. Jesus accomplished some of His greatest miracles at Bethsaida. The feeding of the 5,000 took place near there. Our LORD went to this region when He learned of the murder of John the Baptist, by Herod. Now He is back in this area and of course the people want to see another miracle.
In verse 23, we read, "And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the city; and when He had spit on his eyes, and put His hands upon him, he asked him, if he saw ought."
It is significant that Jesus took this blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. Bethsaida was plagued by chronic unbelief and Jesus had already warned them of coming judgment. In Matthew 11:20-24, "Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed because they did not repent. Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you. And you Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths. If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."
Wow – talk about straight and strong talk! Jesus was not about to perform another miracle in the midst of Bethsaida, so He took the man outside of the town.
Christ's method of dealing with the man's blindness is unusual as well. "And when He had spit on his eyes." A close look at the miracles our LORD performed shows us that He didn't always respond to people's needs the same way. In verse 23, Jesus asked the man, "Do you see anything?" The man answered, "I see people; they look like trees walking about." (vs. 24)
Things were better but the man obviously could not see clearly. So, Jesus touched the man's eyes again and made Him look up and now he could see "every man clearly." (vs. 25)
When he met Jesus, the man was totally blind. Now he could totally see. Before we come to Christ, we are blind spiritually but when we accept Him, we are able to clearly see. Praise God for that!
Let me wrap up this study as follows:
1. Some friends brought the blind man to Christ. They cared about him. Do you have anyone you care about who is spiritually blind? Are you willing to bring that person to Christ?
2. They obviously believed God was able to heal.
• Do you believe your friend needs Jesus?
• Do you believe that Jesus is able to save your friend or loved one?
• Do you want your friend or loved one to be able to fully see spiritually?
3. We must act on our convictions and look for ways to bring our loved ones to Christ.
I love the way Mark records what happened to the man the 2nd time Jesus touched him. In verse 25, we read, "he saw distinctly, he was cured and (he) could see everything clearly."
Can you picture an unsaved friend or family member touched by Christ spiritually, and being able to "see distinctly, be cured of his/her spiritual blindness, and able to see everything clearly"?
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STAFF METEOROLOGIST -- While it is said that it never rains on Harvard's graduation, the fans at this year's Harvard-Yale football game will not be so lucky. So, anyone planning a hack there should anticipate the weather and make sure the hack is waterproof. One storm system will pass offshore of Cape Cod today, while another will move in from the Ohio Valley tonight, moving close to Boston by early Saturday morning. This succession of storms will keep the weather cool and wet through much of Saturday. Seasonably cool air will move in for Sunday, with clear skies. On the plus side, it will not be as windy as last weekend, nor quite as chilly. This pattern of two unsettled weekends in a row indicates that there is an appreciable signal at about 7 days in the atmospheric power spectrum.
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Yesterday, I received a lullabelly sound system. Brent and Daniel bought an MP3 recorder. They recorded stories for Lucas. When I put the lullabelly on Lucas becomes very active. I am playing the MP3 player. In the morning, afternoon and evening. I have another OB appointment next week.
I have been walking more. Now that my OB let up on my restrictions.
I am enjoying the pregnancy now. 17 weeks to go. I hope Lucas decides to stay in me till the end.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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text: ePRNews atlasconsumerlawAtlas Consumer Law Perseveres Against All Odds & Wins Olivia v. Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moor Aug 02, 2017 Mark 0 0 Atlas Consumer Law beat all odds & was able to deliver successful results in the case of Olivia v. Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore LLC.Press Release (ePRNews.com) - CHICAGO - Aug 02, 2017 - Atlas Consumer Law delivered incredibly successful results in the case of Olivia v. Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore LLC. Despite losing once, appealing, and losing yet again, the firm was able to persevere against all odds, leading to success in a situation in which other Chicago consumer attorneys would undoubtedly fail. The chances of a case being losing twice and then being reversed on the third try are slim to none, and this amazing feat could not have occurred without the insatiable determination, strong diligence, and skillful tactics from the attorneys of Atlas Consumer Law.After appealing a second time, the firm's persistent Chicago consumer attorneys were able to get all 11 panelists of the 7th circuit court to hear the case again–an incredibly rare achievement. While other trial firms would have stopped after the trial appeal, Atlas Consumer Law persevered and had the decision successfully reversed on July 17th.This enormous success highlights the firm's sincere dedication to advocacy on behalf of their clients, as well as an unparalleled commitment to success. No matter the complications or obstacles faced, the legal team at Atlas Consumer Law refuses to back down from a challenge. As highly-esteemed Chicago consumer attorneys, they have one goal in mind with each and every case they take: delivering the best possible results for their clients, no matter how long it takes.Comprised of exceptional Chicago consumer attorneys, Atlas Consumer continues to uphold prestigious standards of legal care, counsel, & representation. To schedule an initial consultation and speak to a member of the firm, call (312) 313-1613. Source : Atlas Consumer LawBusiness Info : AtlasConsumerLawYou may also like this CATEGORIES : Legal Services Tags : consumer law Lawyer Legal DISCLAIMER : If you have any concerns regarding this press release, please contact the Author / Media Contact / Business of this press release. ePRNews is not resposible for the accuracy of the news posted and do not endorse, support any product/services/business mentioned and hereby disclaims any content contained in this press release. Report Fake News atlasconsumerlaw Related Posts Amaze Credit Provides Legal and Foreigner Loans in Singapore Trucker Huss to Participate in 2017 Western Benefits Conference Why Some Patients Are Consenting to Tracheostomies, a Surgical Procedure With Potentially Serious Complications Please login to leave comment


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Greater Nevada Credit Union has done it again.
Just two months after its Bankaholic debut, this credit union is back again with even better CD rates for its 45,000 members in northern Nevada – including an offer that touches 3%.
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- 1.50% APY for 18-month CDs.
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- 3.00% APY for 48-month CDs.
All easily beat the top nationally available CD rates for their corresponding terms on our CD Rates Leaderboard.
But we haven't seen rates anywhere near 3.00% APY since Pentagon Federal Credit Union paid 3.04% APY for 60-month CDs at the beginning of the year.
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So far, the problems that may be an issue are:
-Still don't know for sure if NY will have a problem with the frame, body and wheels. I suspect they will find the BugE acceptable, but I don't know for sure. The case I'll be making is that 23 other states approved vehicles based on kit parts and so far, there have been no accidents due to structural failure. If NY rejects the vehicle on the basis of this, one has to ask, how many successful vehicles would it take? If I were rejected on this basis, I think I have a strong basis to appeal the decision although I have no idea how I would do so.
As for the NEV limitation, New York doesn't restrict electric trikes to 25MPH. Instead, it insists all motorcycles (electric or not) must be able to EXCEED 40MPH! Yay! got that one!
As for the other areas I CAN address according to Code49...
- The kit provided tires I have are acceptable provided I can demonstrate that the weight does not exceed the capacity of the tires.
- thumb throttle is fine. (twist grip throttle shipped with newer BugE kit works too)
- "self canceling turn signal" mechanism providing 4-way flasher capability is nice, but not required.
- Blue Sky kit turn lamps need to be replaced with slightly larger DOT legal versions
- Blue Sky kit tail lamp needs to be replaced with DOT/SAE legal version (I'm using one from a salvaged bike I bought on Ebay)
- Replacing side headlights is tricky with two headlights, one for high beam, one for low beam. In NY the headlights can't be more than 8" across or there needs to be a center light. The center lamp should have DOT/SAE markings and also say "motorcycle" on them with hi/lo in the same body.
- Mirrors - the Eurosport mirrors look good but they were mounted a little too low. I'll be replacing them with Izuzu truck mirrors which will give a larger mirror area.
- Glad I wired in the turn signal indicator lights to the speedometer! At the time, I thought this would just be a nice, but not necessary feature for me. Turns out having turn signal pilot lights and an illuminated speedometer are both needed!
- right-left brake layout is acceptable as is and is also safer than stopping using rear wheel. If rear wheel locks, the vehicle could go into a spin!
That's it for now.


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I've never seen the show Naruto. I'm sure it's great, but my time is already limited. At any rate, a good friend from work, Rick Anderson, quoted the show on Facebook last Saturday night.
"It's not the face that makes someone a monster, it's the choices they make with their life."
This is one of the biggest themes in the Night Children series.
See, you have a vampire. A blood thirsty monster of the night who hunts and kills. Sure, she's a child and she kills animals and CHOOSES not to kill people, but technically she's considered a monster.
Then you have Hawke, the vampire hunter. He's a human who tries to rid the world of vampires and other creatures. But he's means and will stop at nothing to get his goal. He CHOOSES to hurt anyone and everyone who gets between him and his undead targets.
Who is the real monster?
Life gives us labels but we make the choices as to what we do with those labels.


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Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm
Born at Amsterdam, 8 July, 1820; d. there, 17 March, 1889. After finishing his studies in his native city, he took up a commercial career. But this prosaic occupation did not smother his talents. Art and literature had a great attraction for him. He made his entry into the literary world as an art critic in the "Spectator" in 1842, and immediately attracted great attention by his views and his style. The following year he published an essay on the spelling of hybrid words, in which he came out as a philologist. In his poems, which are numerous and take rank with what is best in the Dutch poetry of the nineteenth century, he shows that he is a disciple of Bilderdijk. This he himself declares in his celebrated poem "U min ik, Oude met uw stroefgeplooide trekken" (I love you, old one, with your rugged features). In his triple capacity of art critic, philologist, and poet, Thijm did so much from 1842 to 1889 that he not only led the way for Catholics and laid the foundation of Catholic literature, but became one of the foremost writers of the Netherlands of the nineteenth century. His whole activity, all his writings, bear the stamp of Catholicity. No one attacked Catholic art or Catholic history without having to reckon with Thijm. "Nil nisi per Christum" was his motto. By his writings and the earnest character of his Catholicism Thijm played one of the most influential roles in the Catholic revival. To him is due no less than to Dr. W. Cramer and Mgr. J. Smits, first editor-in-chief of "De Tyd," the restoration of the hierarchy in the Netherlands. In 1852 Thijm sent a memorial to Rome setting forth the historic reasons for considering Utrecht to be the traditional archiepiscopal see of Holland, and the anxiety of the Catholics at that time that the historic tradition be not broken. Besides the periodical "Dietsche Warande" which he edited from 1855 to 1886, the people's almanac for the Catholics of the Netherlands (1852-89), and numberless brochures in defence of the Church and church history, his most important works are: "Het Voorgeborchte", "Palet en Harp", "Portretten van Joost van den Vondel", "Verspreide Verhalen", "Kerstliederen", "De la Litérature Néerlandaise", "Karolingische Verhalen", "De Heilige Linie". His last efforts were devoted to the preparation of a complete edition of the works of van den Vondel.
Katholieke Illustratie (1889), 377 sq.; Dietsche Warande (1889), p. 239 sq.; VAN DER DUYS (Amsterdam, 1896); Busken Huet, Litterarische Fantasieen en Kritieken (Harlem, 1881); Levensgeschiedenissen van de leden der Maatschappij van Letterkunde van Leiden (Leyden, 1889).
P. Albers.


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Class Registration
Drop-in classes are still available for Absolute Beginner Aerial, Aerial Conditioning, Deep Stretch, Handstands, and advanced level aerial classes (pending approval and space availability).
SPRING SESSION 2: February 25-April 7 (6 weeks)
BREAK WEEK: April 8-April 14 (6 weeks)
SPRING SESSION 3: April 15-May 26 (6 weeks)
Spring Session 3: 6 Weeks
$132 - Aerial/Acro classes
Beginner Aerial, Silks, Lyra, Trapeze, Straps, Partner Aerial, Sling, Kids Aerial, Partner Acrobatics, Handstands
$103 - Fitness/Stretch
Aerial Conditioning, Deep Stretch
Drop-ins are only allowed for specific classes or sections that have available space (and ALL prerequisites are met) OR during Break Weeks. Please check Zen Planner to register and confirm availability before coming to the studio.
$26 - Aerial/Acro class
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR: Drop-in Beginner Aerial, Silks 2/3, Lyra 2/3, Trapeze 2/3, Rope 1, Handstands, Partner Acro
$21 - Fitness class
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR: Aerial Conditioning and Deep Stretch
$16 - Open Gym, Dance, & Juggling
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR: Open Gym, Dance for Aerialists, & Juggling
8-Class Flex Pass
Flex Passes can only be used for classes that allow drop-ins and that are not already full. Flex Passes are not tied to session schedules and can be used during break weeks. Please check Zen Planner to register and confirm availability before coming to the studio.
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$145 - Fitness classes
$108 - Open Gym Dance, & Juggling
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1 hr Class: If you show up more than 10 minutes late to class, you will not be allowed to join.
1.5hr Class: If you show up more than 15 minutes late to class, you will not be allowed to join.
It is essential for safe training to have a proper warm-up before going in the air. Arriving more than 15 minutes late to class is also very distracting to both the coach and the rest of the class. If you are asked to leave your session class due to tardiness, talk or send an email to the studio manager to arrange a time for a make-up class (see make-up policy below).
Class Make-Up Policy
If you miss a class during your session you will have an opportunity to make it up during the current session only (make-ups will not carry over into the following session), from the following options IF THERE IS SPACE IN THE CLASS SECTION:
The same class at the same level at a different time (if this option is feasible for your class AND there is an opening). For example: if you miss Silks 1 on Monday then you could go to the Silks 1 on Wednesday.
Beginning Aerial – Monday 6p, Wednesday 6p, Thursday 7:30p, Saturday 1p , Saturday 2p, Sunday 12p
Aerial Conditioning – Tuesday 7p, Wednesday 7p, Saturday 11a, Sunday 11a
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Handstands - Monday 7p
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Drop-In class purchases may be refunded up to 24 hours before the class occurs.
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Private Instruction
Private Lessons are available by appointment every day at all times, subject to space availability. Instruction is available in all disciplines offered at KCAA including: Trapeze, Lyra, Silks, Rope, Straps, Contortion, Flexibility, Handbalance, Partner Acrobatics, Conditioning, Act Development, and Partner Aerial. If there is a skill/discipline you are interested in that is not currently offered in a class setting, let us know and we will do our best to find a coach to help you (i.e. poi/spinning, juggling, stilt walking, cyr, etc).
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1 pile of trash +1 pile of sticks = ???
You may remember this (another ugly cabinet door reveal is on the way) corner cabinet door I
dug picked up from my neighbor's trash pile.
It sat under the deck for
days months awhile as I waited for inspiration. That came as I sorted through boxes of holiday decor, separating Halloween from Christmas. I came across a project from last Christmas; a canvas and twig Christmas tree. I thought the double sides of the corner cabinet door would frame twin trees terrifically. (Try saying that three times…fast.)
Here is an easy tutorial for the
thousands two of you hoarders who happen to have a corner cabinet door lying around. No, seriously, you can use a canvas, picture frame, or a single old door you are trying to repurpose. Same technique. You will need:
A pile of sticks and twigs gathered from your yard
A glue gun
A frame or old cabinet door, canvas…anything that will provide the background.
Raffia, silver or gold thread, old jewelry or trinkets.
Here's how I did it:
- Cleaned the door with TSP and painted a fresh coat of white latex paint
- Sanded off the distressed areas and darkened with wax
- Gathered sticks and twigs of various length and texture
- Measured the distance I wanted for the bottom twig, and then broke the remaining twigs shorter and shorter until I had achieved the shape I wanted. Placing them on the floor first is a good idea.
- Laying one side of the door flat, I hot glued the twigs in place and then repeated for the second side.
- After the twigs were all secure, I wove a strand of raffia through the "branches" and hot glued an old broken earring at the top.
Here, just for display, I added greenery to the top.
And, look at one of the old bed springs I found in our woods that I told you about in an earlier post. I love rust and burlap, don't you?
So, the answer to our equation is: