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I have been informed by the resident pilot in the house that I have an error in my slideshow (about three entries down). I called the water bomber a DC-5 (a direct quote snagged from an apparently misinformed neighbor)....it is in fact, a DC-10.
There was only one DC-5, apparently...... uno, one single plane of that type. For whatever reason, no more were made and successive models had later numbers.
The discussion brought back memories. When Karen was very young, her pilot daddy taught her how to tell the difference between many types of planes. It always amazed me to hear her say "Look Daddy, it's a 737!" or something along that line.
She's very spacial in how she views things, and for some reason, differences in body types of airplanes were very clear to her! Probably the same talent that she displays with the quilting. There have been many times during the making of my Saturday Sampler quilt that she would find me in the quilting studio with my eyes crossed and steam coming out of my ears. In a flash, she could eyeball the pattern, the pieces, and rearrange things correctly!
Anyway, just keeping things accurate here! It's a DC-10!! I don't care if it's an ABC-42. I'm just grateful it was around this weekend!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Editor Cover Letter
The job of an editor is to edit the articles or other documents, so that there would not be any grammar or spelling mistakes as such. An editor should have good knowledge of the language in which he/she edits the documents. The editor is responsible for presenting the well prepared document in front of the audience. An editor reviews and corrects the document so that it would be interesting and appealing to the reader. Creativity and presentation skills are also two mandatory skills that are required in the job of an editor. So, the cover letter of an editor should show that the person has the required qualities which are required for the job of an editor.
Editor Cover Letter Samples
Given below are two samples for the post of a fresh editor and one for the post of an experienced editor, which you can follow while writing a cover letter:
Fresher Editor Cover Letter Sample
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would be glad if you can accept my application for the post of an editor, advertised in the Times Newspaper of 23rd Aug, 2010. My knowledge and skills match with the advertised job requirements, and so I would like to apply for this post.
I have completed my Masters in Mass Communication with a specialization in print media. I have good writing skills and have completed six months of internship during my studies. I have got good exposure during my internship. I am aware of the literature of the English language very well. I can write and edit on different topics. I like working with different writers, and am also good at presenting the articles which is quite appealing to the audience.
I would be pleased if I get a chance to meet you in person, in order to discuss my knowledge and skills. You can send me a mail replying to this mail or call me on my given contact number.
Yours sincerely,
Experienced Editor Cover Letter Sample
Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to apply for the post of an editor with reference to the advertisement I came through on one of the job portal. I have also attached my resume for further reference.
I have completed my Bachelors in Mass Communication and have 4 years of experience in this field working as an editor. I have written and edited different articles for different magazines and newspapers. I have good experience in writing on different topics and working with different writers. I am very good at editing and presenting the article in a manner which would look appealing to the readers. I feel comfortable working in a team, and working with different writers. I possess all the qualities you might be looking for in a candidate.
I would appreciate an opportunity, if you can call me in person for discussing my knowledge and skills. You can send me an email informing this, or you can call me on the given contact number.
Yours sincerely,
These samples given above will help you design and write a cover letter for the post of an editor. Also, you can refer sample of editorial writer cover letter and cover letter of assistant editor for more sample letters.

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Two drawings of North gate, Sanchi
Artist: Maisey, Frederick Charles (1825-1892)
Medium: Wash
Date: 1850
Two wash drawings heightened with white by Frederick Charles Maisey from the North gateway of Sanchi inscribed: 'plate IX'.
The great Stupa of Sanchi is the finest example of monumental architecture of the Shunga era. It consists of a large hemispherical dome which was built over an already existing stupa ascribed to the 3rd century BC from the time of the Buddhist emperor Ashoka Maurya (reigned circa 269-232 BC). The stupa was later enlarged around the1st century BC under the Shungas and four elaborately carved
gateways were added at the cardinal points. The North gateway consists of two square posts crowned with a group of four elephants and two 'shalabhanjika', female figures who grasp the branch of a tree. These support a triple architrave with scrolled ends. The surfaces of the gateway are carved with scenes depicting various episodes from the life of Buddha Sakhyamuni. The top drawing depicts the scene carved on the middle inside panel of the right post of the gateway. The scene is known as the 'Miracle at Vaishali'. The monkey has taken Buddha's begging bowl and filled it with honey. On the left he presents the offering to the Buddha and on the right he raises his hands in adoration as his offering is accepted. The bottom drawing is from the middle front panel of the right post and depicts a royal procession and Ajatashatru visiting the Buddha.


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Gavin Kroeber is an artist whose projects and writings poach from visual art, urban theory, and performance. He produces performance events and curatorial projects that are concerned broadly with cultural dynamics of power and in particular with their expression in the poetics of place. His current work is focused on the extreme urbanism of America's Western Sun Belt and redirective approaches to landscape. Recent and upcoming projects include At the Edge of Everything Else, a temporary interdisciplinary social space for artists, architects, and urbanists; the performance-lecture Verdant Cities: A Warning; and the two-day event Dwell in Other Futures: Art / Urbanism / Midwest. He is Artistic Director of the arts initiative New Cities, Future Ruins and half of the event-based collaborative Experience Economies (with Rebecca Uchill) and holds a Master of Design Studies in Art, Design, and the Public Domain from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
"This is Not About a Building: Mary Ellen Carroll's prototype 180" is an extended consideration of the artist's ongoing project in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, written for Afterall in 2013. Beginning from a consideration of the project's policy context—Houston's famous "no zoning" planning regime—and Lefebvrian underpinnings, the essay branches out to consider the ways rhetoric and organizational form perform as the work's primary materials.


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... this week!
We did a lot of service.
I got injured (tripped off the curb and went down...) The elders and my companion
said I airdropped :)) It's good now I can walk -- but can't run yet.
We had some investigators show up to some Ward activities.
The ward members are now finding people for us to teach!!..
It is third week into this transfer and time has gone by sooo fast.
We are going to start caroling to our investigators next week and to our ward members.
The work is going by slow, but that's just because it's the holiday season.
We biked a lot before I got hurt.
Found a lot of referrals for the English and Spanish missionaries.
I finished the Book of Mormon!!
I love this Book!
I have learned so much about the history and personal things.
Many questions were answered and I felt such peace and clarity while reading it.
I admit that while reading in 2 Nephi in the Isaiah chapters I got lost, as well as in some chapters about the wars but I have learned sooo much by reading the Book of Mormon.
I know the Book of Mormon contains the word of God and
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Monday, May 9, 2016
When God Says NO!
To quote the infamous theologian Garth Brooks, "sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers." Seriously, Garth is not a theologian in the least, and he is wrong. There is no such thing as an unanswered prayer. God answers all prayers. When we say we have an unanswered prayer, what we are most of the time saying is that God said no to what we want. No is an answer that God gives on many occasions. Even though it may hurt at the time, I want us to understand that when God says, "NO," it is right and exactly what we need.
One of the most known biblical examples of this occurs in 2 Corinthians 12. This is the text when the Apostle Paul is begging God to remove his thorn in the flesh. The text says he had asked on several occasions for God to remove the thorn, but much to Paul's chagrin God said no. He said no to Paul just as He has to all of us. There are just a few applications I want to point out that hopefully will help all of us out during those times in our lives.
First, God always knows best. DUH!! Any true believer would emphatically confess that God knows everything thus He knows best, so if God knows best, then we can take great comfort in knowing that when He says no, then it's best for us. Paul's thorn in the flesh was vitally important to his spiritual growth. He states in verse 7, "So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from being conceited." So, Paul is confessing his ultimate need for the thorn even though he doesn't necessarily like it. It is imperative that we not mix our needs and greeds God knows what we need because He knows best. It is our simple duty to trust Him.
Secondly, God supplies us with what we need even in the times in which He says no. Paul quotes what God says to Him in his prayers in verse 9. " My Grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Wow!! God assures us that He will supply us with what we need to see us through these times. The grace of God will usher us through the times in which He does not give us what we supposedly 'need.' So, God doesn't give us what we need, but rather He gives us what He knows we need. It is a tremendous blessing to know that God doesn't only not give us what we don't need, but He also gives us what we do need.
Finally, it is better to have what God desires you to have than what you want. Paul concludes in the remainder of verse 9 and verse 10. "Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." Paul ultimately boasted more about God because of His grace being supplied to him. It is okay to boast, as long as it is in God. Paul knew God could use him more because of God supplying the power instead of him. Paul says the most oxymoronic statement when he writes, 'when I am weak, then I am strong." What would seem to be impossible is actually true, because when Paul is weak, then God is supplying the power, and he is therefore infinitely stronger.
So, take heart from this text. When God responds to you with what you deem to be what your don't want, remember that He is all-knowing and all-powerful. God working through you is far greater than you living life on your own. I know I am, and you would be too, if you are are truthful, that God has said no on many occasions to us. Trust Him and His supply for your life.
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Community Spirit
Basically, I've seen it all.
Or so I thought.
Recently, on the Inworldz Forum Boards, a new trend has started to emerge. Sides are being taken, the subject is discussed through numerous threads and posts. It's on-going, it's heartbreaking, and nobody ever wins. People become upset and those who could be civilized and polite with each other, no longer are. What is this new trend you ask and is it really new?
It's called "Telling other Creators what they should and should not do with their business."
Although probably not new to some, it is for me and I think that is because it's not consumers telling creators what they would like to see or how they wish to be treated. Instead, it's creators telling other creators how to run their business. The discussions generally start off innocent enough. Someone offers thoughts on how they run their business. Or maybe they ask for ideas that others have found to work for them. Possibly it's about prices and how does one go about deciding what might be a good way to figure out pricing. Occasionally, it's a rant about high prices or poor products. Worse...it involves freebies.
Sometimes, a smart person will say "this is only my opinion..." and share details on what works for them or as a consumer, what they prefer to see or how they prefer to be treated. Often, those words are twisted and turned around to accuse someone of telling another how to run their business.
However, the above isn't really the issue. What is starting to be seen more and more is creators losing their community spirit and attacking other creators. These aren't out right attacks, by far they are much worse. They are what I call the 'quiet attack' where your not really sure if the creator is addressing your products or another persons. Statements like "Too many business in a box or templates are being used", or more complaining about "big business' opening up their store amongst many other remarks that are being tossed back and forth.
These type of comments and jabs are extremely harmful to the community at large. It's true that a very small user base of the Inworldz community participates on the forums. What is also true is that a large portion read the forums, even if they only read them once. First impressions mean a lot and right now the creators of Inworldz are not making a very good or welcoming first impression.
What a person reads when they first glance at the forums are the issues surrounding our world, which is extremely open and transparent for a reason. That reason is to let others know that Inworldz is Beta and there are quirks, issues and down right hair pulling days. For many, that would be ok and acceptable. Be it to open a business, or to have a vacation home away from the Papa Grid, or even to take up permanent residence.
The other thing they are reading is creators fighting with creators. They are seeing people being called out on the forum for what another deems as poor behavior. They are seeing creators telling other creators that freebies are bad or higher pricing is bad. They are hearing comments about Inworldz sales paying for Papa Grid tier and how that shouldn't be acceptable (but apparently it's ok to use Papa Grid money to pay for Inworldz tier).
I'm not sure how any of this equates to the Community Spirit we all say we crave and want. It's not supporting other creators-even if we personally do not agree with their prices, their freebies or how they run their business, we shouldn't be calling them out in the forums. If we, as creators, want to get the Community Spirit back into the forums for Inworldz and make a good first impression that is welcoming to others, then it might be time to subscribe to the "If I can't say anything nice, I should not be saying anything at all" rule of thumb.
Does this mean you can no longer state your opinions? Of course not. What it means is to chose your words carefully and, keep in mind, you have an audience. What you type to another could possibly be their first impression of you. If you see something you don't like or feel it's not proper for the forums, by all means state so. Then end it there. Not everything needs to turn into a debate about what's better, or calling each other out on perceived attitude issues, or anything else that will end up with fights and locked threads.
We are all in this together, maybe it's time we all started acting like it.
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Misty, you have managed to capture in words that feeling I and others I suspect, have been wresting to understand as we read and absorb the current tensions in the forums. IW is suffering growing pains as we can plainly see. You bring light to one such growth issue here. By doing so, you help us see into the shadow so that we as a community can move to correct our path. Now it is our turn to self examine and to act in our community's best long term interest.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2010 at 5:23 AM
What's the matter? The ripper class is beating up the creators? Telling all the creators that went there they are charging too much?ReplyDelete
The only future open sim has is in a court room. Get a clue.
LOL Ann....it's not the ripper class by any means...it's creator against creator. Probably would be easier to understand if it WAS the ripper class :(.ReplyDelete
Thank you Tiger. I know I am not innocent either and have been making an effort to use IMO on many things or simply not post if I disagree with something. It's hard for me, I'm pretty vocal but so far so good.
- AnonymousSeptember 12, 2010 at 9:57 AM
I love the thought process it takes to write these blogs Tiger. It shows you put a lot of time into them before writing. I wish this were easy and it could be? I don't know however I do perhaps a little too much enjoy voicing my opinions. I have slacked some on it. As some of what I'd love to say wouldn't sit well on the forum. Though I've often contemplated writing a blog just to get my own tensions totally out of my system. Especially when it comes to the way IW seems to be changing and not just in regard to this particular issue.ReplyDelete
I agree gaiuscaesar, misty's post is well thought out and written. :)ReplyDelete
It took me two blog posts to sort this issue: here, and here.ReplyDelete
@Ann: pfft
Great posts Lalo and very well said!ReplyDelete


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Friday Fishing Club has recently been started up again by a wonderful kin-mate; Tomeoric – Hooray! With visions of crispy batter-fried fish and forays into the wilderness to find the perfect fishing hole, Lhinnthel put together this simple outfit for Friday evening fishing.
I know, I know – this is the same vest and bracers featured in the last fashion post. What can I say, it's a cute top and goes well with a variety of pants styles. The bracers are my favorite hand cosmetic, yet I shall promise to have Lhinn don something different next time!
The Fisher's Backpack is the perfect place to store an extra pole, your fillet knife and a handy net for extra slippery fishes. It even comes with three freshly caught fish – for when you get too carried away dancing to music or chatting with friends instead of watching your bobber.
You'll never go home empty-handed, with this well-equipped pack!
I'd like to say that this outfit is based on that very practical Fisher's Backpack – but in truth the lovely green and tan color of the leggings were the starting point.
The wrinkling of the leggings, just above the boot tops, is perfect for wading. I do love the subtle diamond pattern on the skirt portion and the little rusty-colored fasteners perfectly match the straps on the vest.
The leggings are also very comfortable – so important when you are trudging through rapids or testing your strength against that coveted 50-pounder!
Though Lhinn usually likes to go around hood-less, the sun can get quite wicked during midday outings. This lovely new hood has the same appearance as the Traveler's Hood (found in the store), but without the center trim. If you look closely, you can also see a pretty pattern reminiscent of tall waving grasses.
With such a fine fishing outfit, a matching steed is a must have!
My light war-steed, Calista, is prepared for anything, with the accessory of Michel Delving on her backside. We've fresh vegetables for munching, a pan to fry up those fish, a pipe and blanket to catch a few relaxing moments, a keg of sweet ale, bags of various herbs and sundries and a lantern to guide us home.
We might travel far afield to find the weekly fishing spots – this fur-lined light caparison of the Sutcrofts will ensure both Calista and I have an enjoyable ride.
All that's needed now is a group of merry friends to call back and forth to as the fish bite! Miss Rozalinde, Faerochil, Corulin and Tomeoric are a few of Lhinnthel's dear friends, in this photo.
Isn't this a beautiful location? Our trip guide brought us down a little path leading from the south end of The Trestlespan. There is a nice view of the tall waterfall and a short swim will bring you to a tiny island that's perfect for casting.
Next time, someone must remember to bring the marshmallows!
Lhinnthel's Cosmetic Outfit
- Head: Hood of The White Mountains Dye: Rivendell Green Location: Light Armour Quest Reward [97] Voice of the Dead
- Back: Fisher's Backpack Dye: Walnut Brown Location: Skirmish Camp Cosmetic Vendor [191 Marks, 10 Medallions]
- Shoulders: n/a
- Hands: Dunland Caretaker's Patched Bracers Dye: Olive Location: Light Armour Quest Reward [70] To Lhan Colvarn
- Upper Body: Quilted Vest of Determination Dye: Olive Found: This level 16 quest reward should be the same appearance
- Lower Body: Enduring Westernesse Quilted Leggings of Determination Dye: White Location: Level [47] Light Armour drop
- Feet: Resilient Brushed Combat Boots Dye: Rivendell Green Location: Level [69] Medium Armour drop or Westfold [Tier 7] crafted
- Accessories: Rohirric Fishing Rod Location: Eastemnet Miscellany Quartermaster [100 Silver Tokens of the Riddermark]
Warsteed's Cosmetic Outfit
- War-steed Appearance: Light Caparison and Leggings of the Sutcrofts Dye: Rivendell Green (caparison) Olive (leggings) Location: Quest Rewards [85]
- Hide: Shaggy Roan Dye: Blond Location: Store Purchase
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Barks for Beers & Baubles kicked off Divine Canine's Barks for Beers Month! Thurs May 4 from 4 - 7 pm
Divine Canine's!
Aren't these the most divine canine's you've ever seen?
These are all therapy dogs from Divine Canines, one of our all-time favorite charities here at Copeland Jewelers.
We helped them kick off the 4th annual Barks for Beers fundraiser that helps them provide hundreds of therapy dog visits to people in need across Central Texas.
Attendees supported Divine Canines with:
jewelry purchase (10% of purchase goes to the 501C3, and silver dog tags were engraved for free)
purchase of a $20 Barks for Beers pint glass — gets you a free pour throughout the month of May at any one of 30 participating breweries
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A large portion of the state of Wisconsin is grieving today. Yes, we'll all miss Evel Knievel. And we have to face the fact of The Mighty Pack's loss to the despised Dallas Cowboys. While the Packers represent everything there is to like about football, the Cowboys are the exact opposite. Owned by an ultra rich jerk, all glitz, stupid mascots and artificial turf - it's hard to swallow. Not only did the Packers lose, but Brett Favre was forced to leave the game with an injury. He didn't play very well before he got hurt, either. Interestingly, backup quarterback Aaron Rodgers (I like to call him Mister Rodgers) came in and, after a shaky start, almost managed to save the game. Alas and alack, it was not to be. Oh well, it's only football, after all. There's always next week. Or next year.
An interesting note about this particular game was that it was broadcast by the NFL Network. As a result, it wasn't possible to watch it unless you got your opiate via satellite - no cable or regular networks had it. People across the state were outraged. Come on, folks! It's only television. If people spent as much energy on important issues as they do on whether or not they can watch a stupid football game.... but I digress. So, if you wanted to watch this game and didn't have satellite, you had to go somewhere to do so. Every bar in the state with a satellite dish was packed (sorry about the pun) to capacity. I had a rehearsal that kept me from getting an early seat in one of my neighborhood watering holes, but thanks to our rock-star status and all (hard to get that written down without choking), our keyboardist and I were able to get in midway through the first quarter even though they were turning people away. Feeling rather important, I went up to the bar to procure a refreshing fermented malt beverage and found myself standing next to (drum roll ..........) Chad Vader (the body, not the voice - if you haven't seen these videos, check them out). Confused, not knowing if I should feel humbled or special to be in such lofty company, I couldn't think of anything to say (like, maybe "I believe in you Chad. I also believe in elves" or "Do you have any live goats?") and opted for silence rather than risking stupidity. It made the ignominious defeat just a little bit easier to bear, knowing that the body of Chad shared my pain.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Woe unto Wisconsin
Posted by Ed at Friday, November 30, 2007
Labels: Chad Vader, The Mighty Pack, Wisconsin
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- Crayons said...
I checked Emily Post on running into a local star gone national. You handled yourself perfectly.
- December 01, 2007
- Ed said...
Is Emily Post a Chad Vader fan? Or a Packer fan? Wow!
- December 01, 2007
- Suzy said...
And you DIDN'T get his autograph??? Your children might never forgive you.
Seriously folks, (I just wanted to say that: "Seriously folks") you should definitely watch the Chad Vader videos. They are pretty funny.
- December 01, 2007
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Fusion is the source of energy of the Sun and the stars. Theoretically, if reproduced here on Earth, it could provide us with a clean, cheap and potentially inexhaustible source of power. At the moment, there are a few research and development projects aiming to make it happen. For example, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor is a collaborative research project that strives to create a 500 MW fusion power facility in France. Find out what is fusion, how to reproduce it on a small scale, and who is working hard to do that as you read this, in the beautiful infographic here:
2. Technological Fixes for Climate Change
We know climate change is ongoing and dangerous. Perhaps not in our lifetime, but it will certainly make life on Earth less pleasant for our children. Renewable energy projects, including Solar DAO, are not just making profits, but also intend to slow down the climate change by suggesting sustainable energy solutions. There are some more radical ways to do so, however. One of them is geoengineering — the act of making compensatory changes to the Earth's climate to reverse the damage that has already been done. Find out what the climate change issues are, and how to reengineer the Earth's climate by geoengineering here: https://futurism.com/images/technological-fixes-for-climate-change/
3. The Rise of Vertical Farms
In the early 20th century, utopian writers and artists predicted that in the future humans will live in vertical towns. That means, the human habitat will no longer be spread thinly across territories but, instead, as the Earth's population will increase, we will live and work in huge skyscrapers far above the surface of the planet. Today, this vision is gradually becoming a reality. One of the signs of this process is the rise of the vertical farms, powered by solar panels located on the very top of them. Vertical farms are now working in Singapore, Japan, and the U.S. Vertical farms make agriculture renewable, allow for efficient use of the urban space, are weatherproof and increase water conservation, as well as increase yield and make it not dependent on seasons. Look how vertical farms look like: https://futurism.com/images/the-rise-of-vertical-farms-infographic/
4. The World's Largest Floating Solar Farm
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Solar plants don't need to be installed on ground only. Sometimes it is reasonable to use the huge open spaces of water — that is, to build floating solar plants. This is a rather expensive choice compared to traditional on-ground designs, but it pays off in many cases by greatly increasing useful area of solar panels exposed to the sun. In Netherlands, the Rotterdam port authority is working on such a project. However, the largest scale of floating solar plant construction projects is based in Japan, where, following the Fukushima disaster, Japan has turned attention to the most innovative options for renewable energy. The Yamakura Dam is the embodiment of Japan's green ambition, scheduled to completion in 2018. Once commissioned, it will be the world's largest floating solar farm. A joint venture of Kyocera TCL Solar Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation, the construction of the Dam started in late 2015. Find out how it will look like and how huge the scale is here: https://futurism.com/images/the-worlds-largest-floating-solar-farm-infographic/
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Sun, icecream, walk by the Seine and a lovely dress; what else could I've asked for that sweet afternoon with my little sister in Paris? We took our time to enjoy the little things that make life so sweet when you are with someone you love and found this beautiful place to shoot in the shadow of the trees. I was wearing a Gig Couture dress (yes again!) with square neckline, graphic print and skater shape looked, so adorable.
This outfit was definitely heat wave material and made me wanna run on the road near from the Musée du Louvre to take joyful pictures in front of amused bystanders and drivers (I had always dreamed of doing this!) Bisous.
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Albion HS Albion, MI Alumni List
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- Class of 1966 Thomas Abendroth
- Class of 2004 Meg Ad
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- Class of 1984 Larry Adams
- Class of 1975 Bethany Addams
- Class of 1967 Barry Albion (now Siler)
- Nagi Alexander
- Class of 1939 James Allen
- Class of 1982 Tim Allen
- Class of 1990 Patty Alvarez
- Class of 1984 Virginia Alvarez (now Gamble)
- Class of 2010 Yaris Alvarez
- Class of 1998 Michael Anderia
- Class of 1949 Charles Anderson
- Class of 1975 Chris Anderson
- Class of 1962 Jay Andrews
- Class of 2008 Mychael Andrews
- Class of 1966 David Anthony
- Class of 1978 Evon Armstrong
- Class of 2014 Justin Arnett
- Class of 1964 David Ashworth
- Class of 1970 Deborah Austin
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Saudi Arabia is planning tighter regulation of video content produced in the country for YouTube after an explosion of news, satire and comedy has made the kingdom one of the biggest per-capita global consumers of Google Inc.'s video platform. Viewers in Saudi Arabia watch three times as much YouTube as their peers in the U.S., according to Google, largely because the traditionally government-backed mass media hasn't produced enough content suited to the country's large population of young people.
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Alpine: Considerable
Treeline: Moderate
Below Treeline: Moderate
Travel Advisory: 28 cm of cold, low density snow has fallen since Saturday, 10 cm of which arrived during the past 24 hours. Moderate winds accompanied the most recent snowfall, initially from the southeast, switching to the southwest yesterday afternoon. The low density surface layers of snow have been readily transported by the wind, resulting in soft slab formation to the lee of ridge-tops and any terrain features in the high alpine. In some areas the wind pressed surfaces from last week's outflow winds are still very much in evidence. Keep in mind that large unpredictable avalanches are still very much a possibility, particularly if a cornice fall is involved.
Avalanche Activity: Ski testing carried out yesterday morning and some explosive testing this morning produced some size one soft slabs from 10 to 25cm in depth, with some isolated pockets up to 40 cm deep with moderate propagation. The most recent activity on the Dec 4 Crust and facet layer was on January 21st and was initiated by a large cornice fall.
Snowpack: The snow that fell overnight and on Saturday was overlying a variety of old hard surfaces that were created by last week's strong northeast winds and sun. Surface hoar up to 10 mm in size formed last week at treeline and below on top of a layer of faceted snow. These layers are now buried by up to 30 cm of loose and unconsolidated storm snow, and up to 50 cm deep in the Powder Mountain region. In some locations in the vicinity of any creek beds these crystals are much larger and could provide a failure plane for future avalanche activity with additional loading. The Dec. 4 raincrust and facet crystal weakness is well buried in most areas, and although it has gradually been gaining strength, it has continued to pop up sporadically. Its unpredictable and persistent nature has been problematic and backcountry travelers should continue to be cautious. The deep slab releases have generally appeared to initially fail in a shallow part of the slab in rocky start zones, propagating into the deeper areas.
Weather: Snow flurries Wednesday will become steady snowfall this afternoon as this next system arrives onshore, with strong mountaintop winds expected to develop overnight tonight. Steady snowfall tonight will taper off to flurries tomorrow afternoon with the passage of the front. A continued cool and unstable northwesterly flow will bring scattered flurries on Friday and Saturday, with the next organized system expected to arrive onshore on Sunday.
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Historic Markers
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Primus King and the Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Movement
The modern Civil Rights Movement in Georgia began on July 4, 1944, when Primus E. King, an African-American barber and minister, attempted to vote at the Muscogee County Courthouse in the Democratic Party's primary election, which barred blacks from participating. King, a registered voter, was roughly turned away by a law enforcement officer. With the encouragement and financial backing of local activist Dr. Thomas Brewer, King filed suit in Federal court in Macon, arguing that excluding black voters was unconstitutional. The court ruled in King's favor, as did the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ending Georgia's "whites only" primary. King's challenge eliminated the legal barriers to black voting in Georgia's state and local elections and set in motion a statewide black voter registration campaign that helped end disfranchisement and the system of Jim Crow discrimination.
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Slideshow: School Wide Christmas Tree Decorating (11-29-17)
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On Wednesday, Nov. 29 the Student Council sponsored the annual school wide Christmas tree decorating. Clubs and organizations contributed ornaments for the tree, and students enjoyed hot chocolate and milk and cookies.


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TEDxSMIT Fourth Edition with the theme, "Audacity to Mould" Concludes
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Rangpo, 08 Oct : Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology organized the biggest TEDx event in the state, TEDxSMIT Fourth Edition with the theme, "Audacity to Mould" on 7th of October 2018.
The event began with the host of the day, Arpan Chhetri welcoming one and all present. The Director, Prof. (Dr.) Ashis Sharma and the Associate Director of Academics & Lead Faculty Coordinator, Prof. (Dr.) BB Pradhan marked their presence and addressed the crowd introducing TEDxSMIT and the aim behind organizing the event. All the speakers were felicitated after the address with a certificate and khadas by the Director and Associate Director.
The talk session started by the first speaker of the day, Mr. Amitabh Ray, Managing Director, Ericsson Global Services. He deliberated his talk on the topic, "Doing Things Right v/s Doing the Right Thing" with intriguing real-life examples and several noteworthy points.
Mr Ashish Anand, Founder, Afterglow Tech spoke about, "The Power of an Idea" and he began it by putting light on the subject of changing ideas to reality. The speaker then cited that in every down point, an individual tends to question themselves and get demotivated in the process and shared the importance of knowing how low one can go, so that, when they are in their high points, they must prepare for the worst.
Mr Karma S. Paljor, veteran journalist hailing from Sikkim took the center stage to give his talk on the topic, "My Birthplace Does Not Define Me". In his talk, the speaker deliberated on how one must get away from their comfort zones, shatter the stereotypes that generalize a group of people and strive forward in the pathway to success.
Mr Alcatraz Dey, spoke next on the topic, "Change in Perception". The speaker kept the audience's attention intact by answering the biggest question of modern age, "What is the purpose of life?" while simultaneously sharing his life experiences, be it as an NDA alumnus or be it now as an Author & Digital Marketing Consultant.
Mr Rajendra Rathore, founder of FB Page, The Frustrated Engineer and FOSLA Media graced the stage and spoke on the topic, "Stop the Cringe" wherein he shared his experiences at school & college. Furthermore, he explained how the four years of his Engineering gave him the clarity on what he wanted to pursue further.
Mr Santosh Gandharva also presented a Sarangi Performance on the day exhibiting the local culture and tradition to the crowd present.
Next up was Ms. Sangeetha Parameswaran, author/poet but more a depression survivor, who spoke on, "Mirage of the Mind" in which she shared her account of the time when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder & borderline personality disorder. Furthermore, she laid emphasis on seeking therapies and sensitizing mental health by refraining from comparing pains of different individuals.
The seventh and the final speaker of the day was none other than Mr Shivankit Singh Parihar, actor/writer who talked on, "To be Different and Stand Out". In his talk, the speaker highlighted on his urge to stand out from others and have a distinctive voice, whilst sharing his journey of discovering his admiration for the field of acting, eventual venturing into writing and how he used his biggest weakness of baldness as his strength, thereby reflecting upon the theme of the event, "Audacity to Mould".
The event ended with Prof (Dr.) B B Pradhan presenting the Vote of Thanks. Speaking to the correspondent, Prof. (Dr.) Ashis Sharma, Director, SMIT said SMIT has always ventured to provide best exposure to the students and this event is aimed at that. He termed it a great opportunity for the students to get to listen the elite speaker line-up and said that SMIT would continue to take up ventures which would benefit the students and the local communities.


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I'm a developer working with Astra Pro in C++ and I need to record each frame the Astra captures. Have been able to save a file from openni - a .oni file.And have been able to save individual depth frames (.obj) by using other 3rd party software.
Does anyone know how to extract or open the .oni file?I am struggling to obtain each frame from the astra pro, or match up the depth map with the RGB camera.
Many thanks.Dr Will Seymour
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Kozanji is a temple of Shingon Buddhism.
It is in the mountain located about 15 km northwest of central Kyoto, and is located about 1.2 km northeast of Jingoji temple.
This temple is one of 17 constructions of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto" designated as a World Heritage Site.
It is said that this temple was founded in 774, but it is less certain.
It seems that the temple was a branch one of Jingoji during the 9-12th centuries.
In 1206, priest Myoue was given this temple by Emperor Go-Toba, then it
is regarded as the substantive foundation of this temple.
Since the Middle Ages, the temple had been sometimes destroyed by fire or civil war.
So the original building in this temple is only Sekisui-in temple built in 1274 which is designated as a national treasure.
Some other buildings such as Kondo hall, Kaizando temple were rebuilt in the early 17th century.
By the Sekisui-in, there is Japan's oldest tea garden.
In the late 12th century, priest Eisai (1141-1215), the founder of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, brought back the seeds of tea from Sung (current China).
Myoue was presented the seeds by him, and sowed them in Toganoo district around this temple.
In the Middle Ages, Toganoo had been a major production area of tea.
Additionally, Kozanji is known for housing many various paintings and
Most of them has been deposited in Tokyo National Museum and Kyoto National Museum.
The most popular article is "Choju-jinbutsu-giga", and it is the humorous pictures of personified animals such as frogs, rabbits, monkeys.
They were created in the 12-13th centuries, and it is considered the origin of Japanese manga and anime.
We can see the replica in this temple. (The real pictures are in the above museums.)
Toganoo district around this temple is famous for the beautiful colored
leaves along with nearby Takao district.
So the admission fee to this temple is 400 yen only during the beautiful season.
And the admission fee to Sekisui-in is always 600 yen.
By route bus to Shuzan, about 52 minutes from Kyoto station to Toganoo stop.
Yasaka Shrine
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Kyoto Imperial Palace
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1 T tomato paste (it works well to freeze the rest of the can)
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1/4 t salt
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1. In a large saucepan, sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, saute the carrot, onion and garlic over low heat until softened, about 5 minutes.
2. Add broth, cabbage, beans, tomato paste, basil, oregano and salt. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, covered, about 15 minutes or until beans are tender.
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NHRDA Spring Nationals
The NHRDA Diesel Nationals come to Texas twice a year...in the spring, and then again for World Finals in the Fall. The spring event had a giant attendance and was an awesome show! These are just a few of the highlights from the pits, vendor row, staging area and the quarter mile drag strip! For more information, check out http://www.nhrda.com/ NHRDA World Finals in Ennis, TX - 4/11/15 Be sure to check out NHRDA on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Hot-Rod-Diesel-Association/114154075311757?fref=ts


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Welcome to Salsa in the Heart! We specialize in turning absolute beginners into salseros!
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Our classes are drop-in based. Just show up and join the class
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Private lessons are personal classes specifically catered to a single student or couple. For example a couple might sign up for privates to prepare for their wedding. We also offer semi-private lessons where you can book one of our instructors to visit you at your facility or event to teach a class.
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Women in the Prohibition Era
Introduction: Description
This lesson plan uses both primary and secondary sources to teach the history of women in the Prohibition era.
It was created by Adrian Wieszczyk as part of a collaboration between Temple University and Bryn Mawr College Special Collections for National History Day.
Unit: US History
Grade: 9-10th
Duration: 70 minutes
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The Old Manor Cottage sleeps three comfortably, which can easily be extended to four with the double sofa bed in the sitting room.
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"Relocate Burundian Refugee Camps far from the borders before it's too late"
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We, the High Council of M'mbondo Community, hereby expresses concern of the majority of the population of the Fizi district about the increasing insecurity due to the establishment of Burundian refugees' camps along the Lake Tanganyika in Fizi district, South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Burundian refugees' camps have been settled in the Lusenda, Lulinda and Bamate villages of Fizi district, just at less than 5 kms from Lake Tanganyika considered as the natural border separating Burundi and the DRC. These camps hosts more than 20,000 Burundian refugees who fled the intensified unrest and political instability that followed the re-election of President Pierre NKURUNZIZA for a third term in March 2015. Let's underline that these camps are at less than 5 Km from Lake Tanganyika, our natural border with Burundi, and less than 50Km including the territorial water belonging to DRC, i.e 12 nautical miles equivalent to about 24Km. It should be recalled that the most recent history of the location of the refugee camps near the borders of the refugees' countries of origin and the non-compliance with the legal provisions relating to the management of refugees (which different stakeholders including the UN refugees Agency, have the obligation to ensure its best application), has recorded disastrous consequences which still weight on our country and its population's shoulders paying thus the heaviest price.
We are concerned that, given the already tangible evidence of growing insecurity due to armed gangs not otherwise identified that plague the main RN5 road, Fizi a yet to stabilise district, may again fall in the nightmare of atrocities while attempting to heal its trauma caused by the 1998 war breakout and trying to return back thousands of its population still stacking in refugees in camps in Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Honorable High Commissioner, note that from 1996 to date the DR Congo has been continuously victim of the incessant wars and aggression by the neighboring countries including Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, violating thus its territory sovereignty under pretext of tracking armed groups that infiltrated Rwandans and Burundians refugees camps in 1996. These intrusions have destabilized not only the DRC but also the whole Central Africa with enormous damage in DR Congo and on its population.
In 2004, the Rwandese-speaking Congolese refugee camp of Gatumba in Burundi was established at less than 2 km from the Burundian border with DR Congo and has been attacked by armed groups no otherwise identified and refugees were massacred with heavy tributes to hosting communities. The Gatumba massacres are another indicator that it is unwise to establish a refugee camp no far from the borders of the refugee's country of origin, especially if we consider the geopolitical context in the Great Lakes region. These incidents and several unfortunate events that are still very recent in relation to this region with its share of violence and insecurity destabilizing yet not only the eastern part of our country but the whole of the national territory, requires you and other stakeholders to take precautions.
Finally, we would like to recall the interview on TV5 Monde of Mr. Andreas Kirchhof, the UNHCR External Relations Officer in the Lusenda refugee camp, on 14 May 2017, who underlined that this district (FIZI) is not in anyway the first choice for someone fleeing his country because there are still several armed groups and gangs. In the same reportt, the journalist talks about the problem of refugees who live in fear because there are pro Burundian government militias who infiltrate the camp. And towards the end of this report, there are two refugees living in the camp who testify and deplore the infiltration of burundian pro-government militias, who enter the camp with guns such as Kalashnikov, Uzi, R4, and so on. These recurrent infiltrations of militias close to the Burundian government in the Lusenda camp prove that these refugees are not secure a few kilometers from their country of origin.
Considering all the facts above, we therefore urge you to consider the relocation of the Burundian refugee camps as an emergency for the security of these asylum seekers and for the stability of this part of the country; and we discourage any other initiative of establishing additional refugee camps in this yet to stabilise zone. We know that DRC is a signatory to the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and, as such, it has an obligation in the name of international solidarity to grant asylum to the applicants. But for the sake of security of refugees and Fizi population we therefore recommend the following:
- Immediately relocate the burundian Refugee Camps from Lusenda, Lulinda and Bamate to more than 150 km inside our borders to ensure the safety of the refugees against any persecution from gangs and militia from their country of origin and to stop any attempt by the latter to use these camps as their back bases since the closeness of the camps with the country of origin of refugees enable them to make recurring uncontrolled shuttles between the two countries. The stabilization of the DRC depends on it;
- Abandon any initiative to open additional camps in the same Territory of Fizi, not far from the borders of Burundi;
- Implement the above-mentioned measures which would be corollary to the implementation of the New Year's Eve Agreement in DRC which also requires the relocation of all refugee camps in the DRC to more than 150 km within our borders.
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We caught up with Marcelo Bratke to find out more about the man who is 'happy to either play Bach or to plunge into popular music'.
You began learning the piano when you were sixteen. What got you started?
My parents had just divorced and, visiting my father one weekend, I heard him playing Chopin. 'Play it again!' I kept insisting, and when I tried to imitate him I was able to get most of the notes right. After that I began music lessons, which I stuck with at first because I loved English horror movies and I wanted to play melodramatic, terrifying music, but as I played I found that through music I was finally able to express myself. I had felt very limited because of my sight and suddenly I had the ability to move people to these extreme emotions.
You often collaborate with different art-forms, such as film. What art-form do you feel comes closest to your playing?
I feel that film, images in movement, introduces a multimedia aspect to my music. It opens new audiences to understanding music in a different way. But, really, I would like to work with all art forms. I want to try and explore every sense of a human being, even smell. When I was blind smell used to be so important to me- when I was travelling to so many different places I used to recognize cities by their smell.
Your music and lifestyle have both been very cosmopolitan. Where have you been happiest in your life?
I spent most of my youth travelling and felt very cut off from my family and friends. I really didn't like feeling so separated at first but now I am used to it I love every new place I go to. I went to South Korea recently and as soon as I got off the plane I thought 'I'd love to live here!' I love London, it is my favourite city. I love the tension and diversity and the crazy levels of information.
You have performed audiences all over the world. Has there been a performance that was particularly special to you?
I'd have to say the reaction of the prisoners I performed to as part of the Cinemusica Project (Bratke performed the music of Villa-Lobos alongside Mariannita Luzzati's film of Brazil in prisons around Brazil). They were so into the music, they were more silent than any prestigious concert audience. My performance meant a lot to them and I felt very loved.
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Katherine is featured in the April 2018 Issue of Vogue Australia. The article features a brand new photoshoot taken by Robbie Fimmano. We added a few photos from the photoshoot and the digital scans to our Gallery. Enjoy ^^
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Founded at Stephens College, the second oldest women's college in the country, Citizen Jane is changing opportunities for women in film through an internationally known Film Festival, Film Series and a Filmmaking Camp for young women. Through education, connection and artistic/unique experiences, Citizen Jane celebrates independent film by independent women.
The Citizen Jane Film Festival, an intimate, four-day film festival celebrating and showcasing the work of female filmmakers from around the world, takes place November 3-6 , in downtown Columbia, Mo., and features some of the best in independent filmmaking, filmmaker panels, workshops, and parties.
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text: Annual report from mistra financial systems 2017-05-04 The annual report of Mistra Financial System is here! Mistra Financial Systems, MFS, is a research program exploring how financial systems better can work for social and environmental sustainability. It´s funded by Mistra and hosted by Misum at Stockholm School of Economics. The project involves more than 50 researchers at eight different institutions: The Swedish House of Finance, Gothenburg University, the ICMA Center at Henley Business School, Vienna University, Kingston University, Stockholm Environmental Institute, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) as well as Misum at Stockholm School of Economics.


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Many people who love supporting Denver Rescue Mission are encouraged to learn that they can leave a legacy of support for years to come by including Denver Rescue Mission in their estate plan or through a planned gift. Our partnership with The Orchard Foundation enables us to assist you with a wide variety of planned giving options including Charitable Gift Annuities, Donor Advised Funds, Trusts, Gifts of Securities and much more.
For more information on how to bless Denver Rescue Mission through an estate plan, will or with a planned gift, contact us at email@example.com or 303.313.2441 to get started. We, along with our planned giving partner The Orchard Foundation, will ensure that your charitable goals will be accomplished. Thank you for your heart for our ministry. Your generosity will enable us to keep changing lives in the name of Christ for many years to come.
You name Denver Rescue Mission as a beneficiary in your will or living trust, designating the gift of your choice (for example, cash, real estate, personal property, or securities).
There are several types of bequests to choose from. You maintain complete control of your assets during your lifetime and possibly save on estate taxes.
Contingent Bequest: assumes that you want to leave your entire estate to family and friends. However, if you outlive any beneficiary, you can instruct that Denver Rescue Mission receive that portion of the estate.
Specific Bequest: designates a specific dollar amount or specific asset to Denver Rescue Mission.
Residual Bequest: Denver Rescue Mission will receive the remainder of your estate, or a designated percentage, after all necessary costs and bequests to others have been satisfied. Contingent Bequest: assumes that you want to leave your entire estate to family and friends. However, if you outlive any beneficiary, you can instruct that Denver Rescue Mission receive that portion of the estate.
Charitable Gift Annuities
A charitable gift annuity is a contract between you and The Orchard Foundation. It is a wonderful instrument for giving to ministry, while receiving an income source. In exchange for your gift, we agree to pay you a fixed income for life, and a portion of your income may be tax-free. If you are like many individuals who are tired of living at the mercy of the fluctuating stock markets, a gift annuity is a solution that provides you with reliable income during your lifetime and then leaves a lasting gift to your favorite charities. You also receive a current charitable deduction for the value of your future gift to the ministry. In addition, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping advance the Kingdom of God.
Charitable Gift Annuities
A CGA is an agreement between you and our planned giving partner, The Denver Rescue Mission. When you transfer cash or appreciated securities to us, Denver Rescue will pay a fixed amount each year to you for life. Typically, a portion of these payments is tax-free. When the gift annuity ends, its remaining principal passes on to support the work of Denver Rescue Mission.
CGAs are one of the most popular giving tools because of their many benefits to you and to ministry. In addition to fixed income for life, you will receive a charitable income tax deduction in the year you make your gift. If you make a gift of appreciated stock or securities, you may also avoid paying some of the capital gains taxes. Payment rates are based on your age and are another reason why CGAs are so attractive. For example:
Gift Annuity Options
- Single-Life: Pays a fixed amount for the lifetime of one person.
- Two-Life: Pays a fixed amount for the lifetime of two people.
- Immediate (single- or two-life): For current income, you may begin receiving a fixed income as early as this year in exchange for your gift.
- Deferred (single- or two-life): If you desire to begin receiving income at a fixed date in the future, you may establish the gift annuity and take your charitable deduction now; then plan to receive payments beginning at a designated future date.
How to Establish a Gift Annuity
- Cash: A cash gift is an excellent way to fund a gift annuity. A portion of the annuity income will be tax-free.
- Appreciated Securities: Capital gain tax may be deferred on a gift of appreciated securities used to fund a gift annuity. A portion of your income will be treated as capital gain and spread out over a number of years, while another portion of the income may be tax-free.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
A CRT offers you great flexibility in your stewardship planning. This solution can provide investment of your assets and make payments to you (or those you designate) at regular intervals, providing a supplementary income. At the end of the trust term, the remaining balance goes to support Denver Rescue Missions' work. Through our partnership with The Orchard Foundation, they can serve as your trustee, managing your CRT with your input, freeing you from an administrative burden and ensuring that you receive the maximum benefits for which you qualify.
Charitable Lead Trust
You fund a trust that makes gifts to Denver Rescue Mission for a term of years, and then your family receives the trust remainder at substantial tax savings. You reduce gift and estate tax on assets transferred to heirs and retain the assets in your family.
Donor Advised Funds (DAFs)
DAFs have quickly become America's most popular tool for charitable giving. DAFs are like your own private foundation but without any of the administrative red tape. One of the simplest ways to give real estate, stocks, mutual funds or commodities, DAFs offer an immediate tax deduction for the market value of your donation, but also allow you time to decide when you want to give. Administered through The Orchard Foundation, you will have 24/7 access to your DAF through Orchard's state-of-the-art online DAF platform. This platform allows you to login whenever and wherever you choose and make distributions in just a few clicks. DAFs offer the opportunity to create an easy-to-establish, low cost, flexible vehicle for charitable giving as an alternative to direct giving or creating a private foundation.
In addition, the DAF Direct widget here allows you to make gifts from many popular donor advised funds.
Gift of Securities
By giving a gift of stock, bonds, mutual funds or electronically traded funds, you can avoid capital gains taxes while receiving an immediate charitable income tax deduction. The Orchard Foundation can receipt the gift, liquidate the assets, and forward the balance to Denver Rescue Mission.
Ministry Gift Fund:
A Ministry Gift Fund (MGF) is established by a ministry for a specified and documented ministry need/purpose. It can be restricted to purpose and even treated as a quasi-endowment, if desired. It can also be established for general purposes. As opposed to a donor advised fund that is established by a donor who can then "advise" which ministry and purpose they wish to benefit, a MGF's is funded by the ministry's donor(s) and funds can only be distributed to the establishing ministry for the specified purpose. A ministry may establish as many MGFs as it needs for its various purposes.
An endowment fund is designed to receive irrevocable gifts from donors, either during the donor's lifetime or through a will or trust at death. The purpose of creating an endowment fund is to provide ongoing funding in perpetuity for a designated ministry effort.
Gifts of Real Estate:
Giving Denver Rescue Mission a personal residence, farm, vacation home or commercial or rental property during your lifetime can provide you with an immediate tax deduction and the chance to avoid capital gains tax.
Retirement or Life Insurance Gift
You can name Denver Rescue Mission as the beneficiary of the remainder of your retirement plan assets, or as the owner and/or beneficiary of an insurance policy and receive an immediate income tax deduction and possibly future deductions.


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- Access anytime, anywhere, with a network connected computer
- Support for up to 32 doors and 5000 cardholders
- Includes 2 on-board reader interfaces for direct connect
- Facility lockdown via credential or external push button
- System back-up
- Holiday and event scheduling
- Remote access and administration
- Video integration
- Small and medium commercial offices
- Medical and dental offices K-12 schools
- Property management
- Houses of worship
- Retail
Vanderbilt Industries added access control to it's growing stock of security products by acquiring Siemens' security division in 2014. The access control system is known as 'Bright Blue' and integrates nicely with Vanderbilt proprietary readers, credentials, video management system, and security management systems. The system is centrally controlled by a door and reader controller that connects to the internet via Ethernet cable.
Kisi's Cloud Based Physical Access Control System operates purely in the cloud, making it easy to set up and highly scalable as you expand.
Admins are able to easily establish granular controls with group, user and time-based restrictions -- just to name a few. End users have a range of unlocking options, including mobile apps available on Android and iOS, key cards and fobs.
Vanderbilt provides two version of the access control system: bright blue and lite blue. Lite blue is an OP-based reader interface meaning that while the doors are connected locally, the readers communicate with the lite blue software through the cloud. Lite blue can connect 2-8 doors and controller credentials for up to 5000 cardholders. The bright blue system can control up to 32 doors, but aside from that has the same features as lite. With both systems, the management portal can be accessed remotely from the web-browser.
Vanderbilt offers a nice all-in-one security system complete with video, access control, and facility lockdown. The downfalls include poor product support, inability to send firmware upgrades OTA, and no mobile or biometric access credential.
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Omni takes advantage of smart contracts to mitigate the need for a third-party insurance company. This change ensures lower costs and automates the insurance process. In turn, these savings lead to lower premiums for customers.
Zack Peng, a co-founder of Omni Fund, claims that traditional insurance premiums are so high because insurance companies spend too much on operations. Those charges are passed onto premiums, forcing customers to pay more.
Last year, for example, the insurance company State Farm reported $42 billion in earned premium, but paid back only $31 billion. According to the press release, this means each customer is paying a $4 premium, but only $3 gets put towards their claims, with the extra money going towards operating funds, such as State Farm's $16 billion paid towards management and IT. The company "ended up with a $4.2 billion loss before investment gain."
Running on the Ethereum blockchain, Omni's smart contracts provide the ability to automate nearly any process with transaction fees of next to nothing. Thanks to Omni's utilization of smart contracts, not only are customers paying lower premiums, but the technology brings about new risk prevention solutions.
Peng details this process a little more:
"While Bitcoin is banking the unbanked with sound money, Omni Fund is insuring the uninsurable with smart contracts. In the past decade, globalization and technological advancements created a large number of long-tail asset classes and career options. These long-tail verticals have risk-hedging needs just like mainstream verticals, and when put together is a multibillion-dollar opportunity. However, each of these verticals is too small on its own to justify insurance companies' investment, and thus are left uncovered. Now, people can create their own risk-hedging products using Omni Fund's tool to protect themselves, even if the vertical only has 1000 people."
Each risk-hedging group is considered a "community fund" on Omni's platform, as they are both decentralized and run by members. However, Peng notes that Omni is not an insurance company. The group does not benefit from higher premiums. Instead, they make money off of a "small flat fee for transactions on the smart contract."
"Insurance companies profit from excess premiums, so they are incentivized to charge as much as possible and deny claims whenever they can," claims Peng. With the flat fee, "Omni Fund succeeds only if many people use it. That means we're more incentivized to help each community fund grow."
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Interestingly, Omni Fund is the first-ever decentralized application (dApp) that allows users to spend U.S. dollars, according to the press release. Generally, dApps require that customers convert their fiat currency into the native cryptocurrency for the blockchain on which the dApp is built. Instead, Omni Fund has partnered with U.S. regulated exchanges to offer support for the U.S. dollar. This also prevents the volatility associated with digital assets, ensuring that premiums are consistent across the platform.
Omni Fund provides other user-friendly features. For example, anyone can verify their identity with a simple image of their photo ID. Post-collision claims can be made via smartphone and on-location thanks to GPS, with encrypted footage of the situation stored on Omni Fund's claim page.
Omni's first community fund is called the Uber Driver's Income Replacement Fund. This group provides Uber and Lyft drivers with up to $2,000 in insurance should they suffer an accident and be unable to drive for a period.
source: https://unhashed.com/cryptocurrency-news/ethereum-based-omni-fund-releases-worlds-first-blockchain-powered-community-fund-platform/


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Each and every batch of BiOptimizers products undergoes rigorous Quality Assurance testing to ensure only the highest quality standards are met. These tests include microbiological testing, heavy metal testing (to comply with California's Proposition 65), and ingredient activity level testing (to ensure each capsule contains at least the minimum levels stated on the label).
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