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Pan-fried Scallops and Cured Ham with Shredded Leeks and Lemon Butter
- Serves: 6 as a starter
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Effort: medium
- 4 leeks, shredded
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 115 g butter
- 18 fresh king scallops
- a little flour, for dusting
- juice of 1 lemons
- pinch of sugar
- 6 slices cured ham, such as Carmarthen, Serrano or Parma, cut into ribbons
- 1 tbsp chopped chives
- black pepper
- lengths of chives, to garnish
1. Steam or simmer the leeks for 4-5 minutes until tender.
2. Meanwhile cook the scallops. Heat the olive oil and a little of the butter into a heavy-based frying pan. Dust the scallops with flour and season. Sear the scallops in the oil and butter, cooking them for 1 minute each side. Remove from the pan and keep warm.
3. Wipe out the pan with kitchen paper. Add the remaining butter, lemon juice and sugar. Allow to simmer for 1 minute. Then add the ham to the butter and cook for another minute.
4. Remove from the heat and add the scallops and chives.
5. Divide the leeks between each plate, piling them in the centre. Arrange the scallops around the edge, and spoon over the butter and cured ham. Garnish with lengths of chives.
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On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. … Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
John 20:19-20, 30-31
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Devotion based on John 20:19-20, 30-31
See series: Devotions
The following facts sound unlikely, but they are true.
• If you could fold a typical piece of paper in half 42 times, the folded paper would be thick enough to stretch to the moon.
• There is a species of jellyfish that does not die of age, it just reverts to a younger form.
• An average person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime.
These facts may sound unlikely, but they do fit in the realm of possibility. However, there are some things that seem not only unlikely, but outright impossible. There are some things that just seem too farfetched and too contrary to everything we know that it is easier to doubt than to believe them.
We can understand why the disciples doubted that Jesus was alive. Believing that a man is alive whom you know died is one of those things that is difficult to believe.
However, Jesus doesn't leave the disciples in their doubt.
Jesus appears to them as they are locked in a room. He speaks to them. He invites them to touch his hands and side. He even eats in front of them. All this Jesus does because he wants to take away their doubt and assure them that he is really alive.
Jesus appears to you also. He doesn't show up in a locked room and show you his hands and his side, but Jesus says you are blessed for believing even though you have not seen him. He has given you his Word that you may believe. As you read and study the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit will take away your doubt and replace it with faith. That is why the Word was written—to take away your doubt and assure you that Jesus has done the impossible for you. "These Words are written that you may believe and that by believing you may have life in his name."
Father, take away my doubt and replace it with faith. Use your Word to assure me that Jesus is alive. Amen.
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It is unbelievable the amount of tools, and many of them free or free-ish, to help bloggers and freelancers make money online. This blog is always featuring ideas about side hustles to earn a little more cash, and today we want to focus on some tools that can help with those endeavors.
Picking up on the idea of a side hustle, if you are a blogger, then these suggestions might help you supplement what you are already doing. We know of a mommy blogger who is doing a good job with her blog. Right now, her blog earns enough "to pay the rent." She would like to see her revenue increase. The good news is there are ways to increase revenue by marketing your skills to others in these three areas:
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- Video creation services; and
- Writing services.
Freelancers are always looking for new clients who are in need of their services. Sometimes bloggers can lose sight of the fact they have marketable skills that others would pay good money for. So, we want to suggest three avenues where you can earn some extra money, though our focus is on the seven free tools that will help you do so.
Social Media Management
A lot of business owners don't have the time to keep up with social media posts. They realize it is important to stay visible, even if the algorithm keeps changing and visibility diminishes. You might offer to do three posts a week for $150 a month per social media network. If you live in an area with a high cost of living, then perhaps you will charge more.
There are a number of online graphic design services you can use, and many have free options. Here are two popular and free tools:
- Canva: I know a lot of people who love this tool and have been able to be fairly productive just using the free version. While this is not my go-to tool, it is a favorite of some friends because there are a number of templates that will help you design social media posts quickly or give you an idea how to make your designs better. Also, you have the option to purchase some better photos for your designs, if you want. One thing I really appreciate about Canva is its font pairing recommendations. I have done graphic design, but not in-depth. By just dragging elements from the toolbar into your design, you have beautifully paired fonts. This is definitely worth a look, and you can always upgrade once you start making money.
- Stencil: Stencil is not as powerful as Canva, but this is my go-to design tool. Like Canva, it offers templates (though I don't think as many and as wide a variety as Canva). So, if it is not as powerful as Canva, then why is this my favorite? It is quick and easy. Stencil has a free option, which will allow you to design up to 10 images a month, but you can also purchase a subscription to get more features and unlimited images. I have the unlimited plan, which equates to $12 a month when paid annually. The income from just one client for one month will pay for the year. Not bad, but remember you can get 10 free images a month for free per account.
Bloggers, you know the importance of sharing content on social media. You have seen how it increases traffic to your websites. Use this as a selling point when you are speaking to business owners about managing their social media accounts, and you will discover that social media management is just another way to make money online.
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If you want to make money online with video creation services, then it will definitely help if you have a smartphone. The quality of video from cell phones today are much better than the first four or five video cameras I purchased years ago. I now own a Google Pixel, and the camera is incredible. Without a tripod and an external microphone, it is harder to produce high-quality videos. Not impossible, but it is more of a challenge.
There are free and inexpensive apps that allow you to edit and create videos on smartphones.
- VivaVideo: This video editing app has a free version, but the pro version is only $2.99 and well worth it. It is available for iOS and Android devices. The app is pretty powerful. It allows for the stitching together of several video clips, and you can trim each video clip. There are several preformatted themes that adds visual and transition effects. You can add a music track and record voiceovers. This will help you produce a better video because the audio will be better. VivaVideo will be able to do a decent job of putting together a video from several clips.
- Quik: This is a free video editor from GoPro, and it has desktop, iOS and Android versions. While it is a GoPro product, I don't own one of the company's cameras and use photos and videos shot from my Pixel. I mentioned how without a tripod it is difficult to shoot high-quality video, but one of the ways to improve the final product is to use sharp photos with motion (called pan-and-zoom or the Ken Burns effect for the technique the director employed in his Civil War documentary). Quik features several themes with different transitions, effects and music tracks. It is easy to add titles and text for a professional look.
- Legend – Animate Text in Video & GIF: I am including this free, awesome tool that lets you simulate kinetic typography, but I have to say I am not sure what is in store for this app. I downloaded the Android version in 2016, but it is no longer available in the Play Store. It shows up in the App Store for iOS devices, but it hasn't been updated in a while. A desktop version shut down at the end of August. While not available in the Play Store, I was able to do a search and discovered some sites are hosting the APK, which can be downloaded. While this app can help you make money online, be careful if you download the APK. You don't want to download malware, a virus or a trojan. But, if you can get ahold of this app, it can help you create some really neat animated text videos. The text overlays photos you provide. With Legend, you can create one video at a time, however, use VivaVideo to stitch them together to form a longer video.
Bloggers, before we move on to Writing Services, let me suggest to you — if you are not already doing so — to add videos on your website. You can use YouTube, another free service, to host the videos and then embed them on your site. The reason it is a good idea to add video is because it keeps people on your site longer. Visitors who stay on your pages longer are sending a signal to Google's search engine bots that this page has useful, relevant information because people are consuming the content. This will help you rank higher in the search engine results page rankings. This fact should also be a selling point when you are talking with business owners so you can make money online.
Writing Services
Writing, communicating, conveying ideas, and spreading the message is at the heart of blogging. Offering writing services to businesses can be a nice additional stream of revenue. Companies need a variety of communications services, like press releases and blog posts for their websites.
Microsoft Word is a big player in the world of word processing, but it can be expensive. Also, is it really necessary? Here are a couple of free alternatives:
- Google Docs: This is a cloud-based service that allows you to create and edit documents from a desktop computer, tablet or smartphone. It takes a little getting used to, because some of its functions are different than Word, but it is a powerful program. While you create your documents in the cloud, you can download them in a variety of formats: Word, Rich Text Format, Text, PDF and more. You can share your documents with others. When you share them, Google will let you give others permissions, whether it is to view or to edit. So, Google Docs is an incredibly useful collaboration tool. You can share the documents with your clients and let them edit the content or suggest changes. Google also offers online storage with its Google Drive project, along with spreadsheet, presentation and forms applications. I use Google Docs everyday.
- Apache OpenOffice: This is an open source project that just will not die. A lot of different entities have been the caretaker for this suite of applications, which include a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database programs. OpenOffice is for the desktop, and it has come in handy, especially because you can open Word documents and save in the Word format to share with others.
These two tools will help with your writing, and Google Drive can help you organize your documents in the cloud. Both of them will also let you save documents as PDFs, and both will allow you to create documents that can be submitted to Amazon to be printed as a Kindle book. If you are a blogger, then you should be aware that many bloggers will gather a number of their blog posts, update them where necessary, and publish them as a book. So, you see, these two, free writing tools can help you make money online.
If you have taken Claudia Pennington's online course about conducting search engine optimization audits, then you likely understand the importance of having new, fresh content on websites. As you talk to potential clients, let them know the importance of new and updated content on their sites.
Ready to Make Money Online?
The goal here was to share with you seven of free tools that will help you make money online. If you are a blogger, then you are well-positioned to add extra income by pursuing some of these side hustles.
p.s. We didn't get into photo editing tools (similar to Photoshop), but here are two desktop applications you can download for free: Paint(dot)Net and GIMP. If you are looking for an open source vector-based graphics program (similar to Illustrator), check out Inkscape.
Originally posted 2018-10-08 07:35:53.
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This post is my first weekly round-up of archives, genealogy, history and heritage-related articles, blog posts, and news items that I've read over the past week. Hope you find them interesting, useful and informative!
- North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Part 3: This is How We Do It by Lisa Gregory on Digital North Carolina Blog, August 13, 2015. Gregory outlines the standards-compliant print newspaper digitization workflow developed by the NC Digital Heritage Center.
- University of Waterloo Special Collections & Archives Blog: Although they've only posted a welcome post so far, be sure to check back for new and interesting content. In the meanwhile, take a look at their Archives 101 section for tips on finding and citing primary sources.
The (Unexpected) Emotional Impact of Archiving by Wanett Clyde on WITNESS Blog. Powerful post on "vicarious trauma" experienced by archivists and other individuals working with archives of trauma. I know how emotionally challenging the work can be from my own experience digitizing Holocaust records.
Navigating the Maze by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star, June 8, 2012. This post outlines 7 great rules for finding useful genealogical information online. If you get to "Rule 7: Know when to stop" and you haven't found what you are looking for, it may not be online. Check out my recent blog post for tips for finding analog genealogical records in archives.
- Historic school yearbooks resurrected online by Olivia Carville, Staff Reporter for the TheStar.com, August 12, 2015. Carville reports on the recent addition of over a century's worth of digitized Canadian high school and university yearbooks to Ancestry.com.
- Your Family's Genealogical Records May Have Been Digitized by a Prisoner by Shane Bauer on Mother Jones. Interesting article on the use of prisoner labour for FamilySearch digitization and indexing projects.
- "Text and Textiles": Finding Manuscripts in Unusual Places by Nora Wilkinson on The Conveyor: Research in Special Collections at the Bodlein Libraries, June 6, 2014. Did you know that parchment from manuscripts was repurposed as lining in medieval dresses? Wilkinson reports on a talk held by Dr. Henrike Lähnemann, chair of German Studies at Newcastle University, entitled "Text and Textiles: Manuscript Fragments in Medieval Dresses."
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Instant and complete access to every historical public Tweet by Adam Torres on the Twitter Blog, August 11, 2015. Gnip's new Full-Archive Search API will allow Gnip customers to search through and access 9 years of Twitter data.
SAA Calls on Facebook to Enable Content Downloading for Pages by the Society of American Archivists, August 5, 2015. The SAA recently called upon Facebook to allow page owners to download the content of their pages. Enabling this would allow businesses and organizations to include Facebook page content in the material donated to and preserved in archives.
Hijinks of BC Newspapers Uncovered by Alexandra Kuskowski on the UBC Digitization Center's Digitizers' Blog, August 7, 2015. "Local and Personal" sections of historical newspapers were the Facebook and Twitter of their time - this post highlights some of the juicy gossip to be found in historical BC newspapers.
- You Didn't Discover that in the Archives by Derangement & Description, June 16, 2015. An awesome adaptation of President Obama's "You Didn't Build That" speech.
Upcoming Events
August 22, Kelowna, BC: The Kelowna Branch of the Okanagan Historical Society will be hosting an "Old Fashioned Family Social" at the Father Pandosy Mission. The all-ages event will feature "old fashioned clothes washing, spinning and weaving, calligraphy and face painting." Admission is $2 for adults or $5 per family.
October 27, New Westminster, BC: A panel of four BC curators and collections managers will discuss deaccessioning policies and procedures in a talk entitled "The Duty, Documentation & Dilemmas of Deaccessioning," held by the BC Museums Association (BCMA). Although the talk is part of the BCMA Conference 2015, you do not need to be a conference delegate to attend. Click here to register.
- November 5-8, Pasadena, CA: The Daguerrian Society will be holding its 27th annual symposium and 19th-century photo fair at the Hilton. The event will feature exhibitions, speakers, walking tours, a gala reception, and a dinner banquet. Learn about 19th-century photography and engage with curators, collectors and dealers. Non-member registration is $275. Learn more here.
For more weekly round ups, check out Gail Dever's Crème de la Crème on Genealogy a la Carte, Linda Stufflebean's Recommended Reads on Empty Branches on the Family Tree, and David Rajotte's blog, Documentary Heritage News.
To cite this post (Chicago Style):
Parker, Marisa. "Monday's Must-Reads: August 17, 2015." The Family Archivist's Notebook (blog). August 17, 2015. http://www.parkerarchivalservices.com/blog/2015/8/mondays-must-reads-august-17-2015.


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What is Monte Carlo Simulation
Say you have an investment portfolio where the best case scenario, you may profit 100$ and in the worst case scenario, you may lose 50$.
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Now, what if the Investment 1 best case profit is not fixed 100$, rather it can vary from a range of values like 0$ to 150$ with a probability distribution (i.e. Normal Distribution with mean = 75$). In order to make things complicated, say, the best case loss of Investment is also not fixed. Rather it can vary from 0$ to 100$ with a uniform probability distribution.
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Risk Profile generation with Monte Carlo Simulation
The Decision Tree Software will execute Monte Carlo Simulation whenever there is a probability distribution used. The risk profile chart will be calculated based on the Monte Carlo simulation.
If you have already set up the Probability distribution for the "Best Case" node as shown in the above screenshot, then you can select the "Investment 1" node and expand the Node Analyzer tab. You will see the Risk Profile for the Investment shown like this (which is the result of the Monte Carlo Simulation):
You will see the same Risk profile chart in the Options Analyzer section for the overall Decision context.
Options for Monte Carlo Simulation
By default, the Monte Carlo Simulation option is turned on for any scenario when a Probability Distribution is used.
You can turn off that behavior completely by setting the drop down box selection to "Not Instantly" as you can see in the above screenshot. If you set to "Not Instantly", then, you will see a button to Execute the Monte Carlo Simulation so that you can manually execute the Monte Carlo Simulation whenever you wish.
If you set the option to "Always Instantly", then no matter if Probability Distribution is used or not, if there is at least a chance node in a decision tree, Monte Carlo simulation will be used to generate the Risk Profile.
Finally, you may want to set the number of sampling for the Monte Carlo Simulation. You can control that directly from the box as shown below.


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Notwithstanding the fact that Proposition 68 had not yet been ratified by the voters of this state in June, in anticipation of its approval, Governor Brown budgeted proceeds from this act in his 2018-19 budget. In fact, more than $1 billion in Proposition 68 proceeds were part of this year's budget. More specific to CPRS membership, $185 million in Per Capita funds, $254 million for the Statewide Park Program (SPP… AB 31 Park-Poor Communities Program), nearly $40 million from the Cultural, Community and Natural Resources Program (otherwise referred to as the "Kitchen Sink" Program), and $17 million for "Urban Green Infrastructure" projects, have been appropriated. Additionally, tens of millions of dollars in Proposition 68 proceeds have been allocated to the state's conservancies (pass through entities for locals). As for the projected roll-out of these funds, the Department of Parks and Recreation is currently asking for public comment on the new draft application of the SPP and CPRS encourages your review and feedback. Send to firstname.lastname@example.com. Comment deadline is November 9th. After the close of public review, three public hearings (northern, central and southern CA) will be scheduled for mid-November. Fifteen application workshops will be conducted through early 2019 and applications will be due sometime in the summer 2019. As for Per Capita, the Department of Parks and Recreation will begin to determine allocations this fall, schedule public hearings in spring of 2019, and announce allocations and final guidelines during late spring 2019. For the Cultural, Community and Natural Resources Program, as well as the Urban Greening Infrastructure pots, the California Natural Resources Agency anticipates soliciting guideline input during the winter of this year.
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Statewide Park Program - Round 3: $254,942,000 to be awarded
Fall/Winter 2018 - Public Hearings, Application Workshops
Spring 2019 - Applications Due
Per Capita Program: $185,000,000
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Spring/Summer 2019 - Announce allocations, release final guide
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The Law Women's Caucus addresses the interests and concerns of the women of the Law School and beyond. LWC provides a forum for debate and discussion of issues pertaining to women and gender broadly defined; devotes resources to student support and professional development; advocates in service of women's interests in society; and cultivates relationships amongst the women of the University. We also sponsor the Big Sibling Program at the Law School, which matches interested first year students with a second or third year who can offer advice and support.
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Women's Advocacy Project
During the 2017-2018 school year, LWC has been proud to support and partner with the Women's Advocacy Project, a organization formed to conduct a one-year study of women's experiences at the Law School. WAP's findings and recommendations can be found here. Please contact us for additional information.
- President: Megan Lindgren
- Vice Presidents: Nika Arzoumanian & Suzie Kim
- Director of Law Firm/In-House Programming: Amy Cheng
- Directors of Public Interest/Government Programming: Faith Laken & Emily Vernon
- Director of Academia: Claire Horrell
- Director of Women's Initiatives: Allie Van Dine
- Director of Professional Development: Elisabeth Mayer
- Directors of Outreach & Mentorship: Nicole Labell, Devansi Reshamwala & Julia Tabat
- Social & Wellness Chairs: Nicole Alvarez & Rachel McCauley
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Q. How do I sign up for the mentor program that matches 1L women with alumni?
A. The Women's Mentoring Program, not the Law Women's Caucus, facilitates the mentoring program with female alumni in the Chicago area. Separately, the Law Women's Caucus facilitates the Big Sibling Program, which connects 1L Little Sibs with 2L/3L Big Sibs.
Q. What's the difference between the Women's Mentoring Program and the Law Women's Caucus?
A. Both organizations are important parts of the Law School community, but they differ in their programming. The Law Women's Caucus hosts a variety of talks throughout the year related to women's issues and women in the law, and the LWC facilitates the Big Siblings Program. The Women's Mentoring Program works closely with the Law School's Development Office to facilitate the 1L/female alumni mentoring program and other events involving female alumni. Learn more about the Women's Mentoring Program.


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Short term projects and builds, sorted in (more or less) chronological order.
Short term projects and builds, sorted in (more or less) chronological order.
Pink Elephant
5'7ish x 21.75" x 2.6" fish. A product of my workshop (canvas-tarp-partitioned garage).
The resin pigment color of my boards is decided by the color of the fins. After procuring bright bubblegum fins, I knew that loud color-work would be over the top. A black, white and clear swirl was the call.
Being 5 inches shorter than I am, appropriate volume distribution of the board was crucial. A compromise between performance (thin) and float (thick) was found.
Logo is pen and ink and watercolor on rice paper. The rice paper becomes completely transparent when the resin impregnates it, leaving only the logo visible.
Album cover artwork and design for multi-instrumentalist Matt Kronish. Cut paper, stacked, lit and photographed.
The work was comprised of 9 cut sheets of colored card stock. Additionally, I made digital images for the pre-release EPs that were downloadable via soundcloud.
Wabi Sake
Sand-cast tin Saké cups with inset Poplar rings to diffuse heat from hot beverages. No fasteners or glue. Embracing the Japanese tradition of Wabi Sabi in design. Nothing lasts forever. Nothing is finished. Nothing is perfect. Edition of 8.
Pocket combs
Material study in the form of wooden pocket combs. As with all manufacturing order of operations, jigs and tooling are paramount. As it turns out, there's a reason more combs aren't made out of wood. Mahogany, walnut, steel, brass pins.
Swiss army Knife
Designed to be the do-anything, go-anywhere board. A specialized blade for any environment, it can be ridden with 1, 2, 3 fins, and will handle itself from ankle-slapping mini mounds up to survival-stance-inducing mega bombs. The one board quiver. Built for Matt, who only has one board. 7'3ish x 22.5" x 2.8" round pin tail. Hand foiled fin.


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Bay area issue
TOC TOC TOC is a bi-annual independent magazine, created in 2010 by Sophie Denux .
TOC TOC TOC was born from the desire to share a certain vision of creation, of contemporary craftsmanship and its various players. It takes the form of an invitation to discover their world, their living spaces, their workshops, their journeys...
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CREATIVE PEOPLE: Ma Poésie, Polder
CREATIVE PEOPLE IN SF bay area: Leaves and Flowers, Ursa Major, Jack Halloway, Jeanette Moncada & Mikul Eriksson, Earth tu Face, Emma Brooks, Over the ocean
INSPIRATION: Levelseven, 171, Laurence & Johanna Tagada, a tiny cabin in Portland
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Langues : français & anglais / french & english
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Papier : Papier couché / Coated paper
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The Use of Implementation Intentions to Promote Vitamin D Supplementation in Young Children
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Nutrients 2012, 4(10), 1454-1463; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu4101454
Received: 17 July 2012 / Revised: 13 August 2012 / Accepted: 20 September 2012 / Published: 12 October 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Infant Nutrition)
AbstractOnly 50% of Dutch children aged 0–4 years receive sufficient daily vitamin D supplementation. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of implementation intentions in promoting vitamin D supplementation among young children. An electronic survey was conducted among parents of children aged 0–4 (n = 171). These parents were randomly assigned to two groups: one that received implementation intention instructions and one that did not. At follow-up, there were no significant between group differences in any outcome measures. These results suggest that merely asking parents to formulate an implementation intention with respect to giving their child daily vitamin D supplementation is insufficient to improve vitamin D intake among young children. However, testing the intervention via the Internet may not have allowed us to exploit the full potential of the strategy. Investigation of the use of implementation intentions in the setting of toddler consultation clinics is therefore recommended. View Full-Text
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How to reach Naples
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Naples can be reached by train from Rome in about 1 hour and half. All the trains stop in the main station Napoli Centrale (or Napoli Piazza Garibaldi, in the same location, but underground).
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As the battle between the warring Number 1 and Number 2 of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reaches the Supreme Court, with its director Alok Verma — who was sent on 'leave' on Wednesday along with the special director Rakesh Asthana — challenging the government's decision, the feud has now taken up an important constitutional question that will be argued in the apex court.
Further, as the battle reaches the highest court in the land, it will also witness a clash of legal luminaries.
Given that Verma is represented by India's towering jurist and legal luminary Fali S Nariman, and in Asthana's corner is former attorney-general and senior Supreme Court lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, one can expect things to hot up in the courtroom.
On the other hand, the government will be defended by Attorney-General KK Venugopal — who will be representing the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) — and by Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta who will be the council for Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC).
The constitutional history of India bears testimony to the fact that when constitutional questions are being argued in the Supreme Court, it is the presence of the legal veterans and their passionate arguments that have led to landmark judgments. It is worth recalling how during Kesavananda Bharati versus State of Kerala, there were several heated exchanges between two constitutional luminaries.
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Man-1 said he believed in Jesus Christ. Attended church regularly, and took his family there, gave money to offerings, raised his family teaching them the Bible is God's Word and to be known and followed. Yet this man rarely read his Bible, nor engaged his family directly in biblical teaching nor really spent time praying much for them or with them other than simple meal prayers. Man-1 really didn't like other people too much, especially who would not be of some benefit to himself and only befriended those who were like him or could make his life fun.Man-1 encountered a needy looking man at Church who seemed to like him and want to hang around with Man-1. But Needy-man was a mess and needed lots of time consuming mentoring to get his life in some order and this was obvious to Man-1 and so Man-1 avoided Needy-man every time he was at Church, so he didn't have to feel obligated to help Needy-man. And whenever Needy-man found Man-1, Man-1 would politely shake his hand and give quick polite greetings and try to quickly find some reason to depart Needy-man's company, before he asked something of Man-1. Man-1 who said he loved Jesus and followed him never made any benefit in the life of Needy-man although he had time and means to do so even seeing no one else was helping Needy-man.
Few years later Man-2 shows up. He too claimed to believe in Jesus and follow him also. He too raises his family in the Church and does his best to lead them in Biblical truth of following God. But Man-2 is different. He doesn't avoid convicting Bible reading at home, but does so regularly and works on making life changes to really follow what he hears God saying through scripture. He tries to encourage his family to do likewise and he can be seen reading and studying his Bible and other books challenging his spiritual walk. He even goes out of his way to meet with other men to do Bible study and application to be held more accountable. Man-2 denies himself some worldly pleasures and lusts that Man-1 took much great pleasure in secretly and he fights against temptations and surrounds himself with wise protections to help guard his heart. Man-2 attends a new local church and meets Needy-man who moved from attending his old Church where little love was shown him. Man-2 talks with Needy-man and listens to his situation and difficulty he is having in life, including lack of transportation to make it to Church on any regular basis relying on occasional rides from inconsistent friends. Rather than walk away and saying God bless and hope all goes well, Man-2 considers deeply the cost of helping Needy-man, because he too can see he is going to be a major effort if he starts helping him out. Man-2 is truly grateful to God for all the abundant blessings He has been undeservedly given by God; knowing he too was rescued from his own mess and insufficiencies. Man-2 realizes he has means to help to some degree Needy-man, and so offers to pick him up and take him to Church each Sunday, realizing that was going to be potentially a life long needy man project that would require many more hours of his life and resources. Needy-man gladly accepted the offer. Starting the next week, Man-2 began driving Needy-man to Church which led to later helping in many ways, like caring for physical needs, meeting many financial needs, helping provide a car, helping job hunt, taking him into his home for many months and giving much social and spiritual guidance to Needy-man. Man-2 now has a life long friend in Needy-man, who loves him... even though, Needy-man could never begin to repay Man-2. Man-2 invested much in Needy-man over 8 years and stood by him encouraging Needy-man even though he frustrated Man-2 at times with his slowness to grow in maturity as he had hoped over the years; yet Man-2 won't ever give up on Needy-man because he knows God won't give up on him and he has come to treasure the deepening brotherhood in Needy-man.
Of these two men. Which one has faith? Both said they believed in Christ? Jesus said in Matthew 7:24 ,"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock" . Also in Luke 6:43-44 Jesus said, "For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush." And James 2:14-16 says, "What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?
Real Godly faith is marked by actions that live it. If there is no fruit, your words; your "faith" is meaningless. Faith has feet. May you have fearless faith also just like God supernaturally gave to Man-2 because he really trusted in his God and knew all would be well in him.
I know this story well about Man-1 and Man-2 because it is a true story. I was Man-1, and now I am Man-2. To God be the glory, great things he has done !
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Tips to Consider When Choosing a One-Stop Center for Home Renovation and Design Service Company
In Malaysia, there are many one-stop designs for homes renovation centers that you can hire for designing services. You are supposed to perfectly design your home perfectly according to how you wish it could be done through the help of the designers who can give the best information on that. YOU can have the following designing from the best-known designer that includes balcony design, living room design. You the supposed to hire the one stop for home renovation and designer company, it is challenging to know the best to hire since there are many companies in Malaysia. The following are factors to consider when hiring the best home renovation and designing service center company.
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MPF Research regularly provides quick-reference reports on the multifamily lending environment, including details on loan volumes and lender market share.
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Shakeup of metro permit leaders doesn't hurt national numbers in April
Despite a reshuffling of monthly metro-level permitting leaders, the latest numbers reveal national authorization volumes were essentially unchanged in April 2017.
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Meanwhile, New York, Los Angeles and Miami led the top 10 markets for permitting activity. The contenders, half of which were on the chopping block, also saw Dallas/Fort Worth drop six slots.
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This week: Macy's tries to be less like Macy's. Pear-shapes are hot. Gemstones rain down from the sky in Hawaii. All below.
Richline reorganizes following Ulrich departure.
Daughters taking over Kirk Kara brand.
Dries Van Noten purchased.
Retailers nervous about Trump China tariffs.
How the internet boosted the secondhand watch business.
Surprising findings about how people buy clothes and shoes online.
Macy's tries to be less like Macy's.
– Is Macy's about to reinvent the department store?
Target takes on Amazon with same-day shipping.
Case study on Pandora's marketing.
Tiffany & Co. tops U.S. luxury ranking.
The legal protections behind the Cartier Love bracelet.
The "psychological price of entrepreneurship."
Indian traders nervous about Lightbox.
– More Lightbox opinions from ABN Amro (full report), Paul Zimnisky, Ehud Laniado, Alexander Mootz.
Rapaport slaps De Beers—and De Beers slaps back.
– Video of Rapaport at JCK Las Vegas 2018 ethics forum.
Interview with Alrosa director of sales Evgeny Agureev.
– Tass interviews Alrosa CEO.
Nirav Modi looks for political asylum in United Kingdom.
– India wants Interpol's help.
Are Indian jewelers swindling U.S. customs?
Angolan mine says its diamonds were underpriced.
De Beers Diamond Jewellers opens new Hong Kong store.
Maison Birks renovates Montreal flagship.
Mikimoto renews Fifth Avenue lease.
Peter Meuss advising Central African Republic.
– Enough Project not pleased.
Phillips appoints James Marks as watch specialist.
Lucara announces new vice president of corporate development and strategy.
Jeweler says Drew Brees admitted he's "cash poor."
New J.C. Penney CEO won't get to use company plane.
Corrections officer sentenced in jewelry scheme run from prison.
Former Walmart being used to house immigrant children.
– Walmart responds by tweet.
Trolls mock couple's small engagement ring.
Sotheby's to auction off Marie Antoinette's lost jewels .
Rolex Submariner sells for $1 million at auction.
– Rockefeller jewelry auction breaks records.
Lots of talk about Ariana Grande's pear-shape engagement ring.
– People: Pears have become the "hot style."
Eagles' Super Bowl ring features 219 diamonds, 17 green sapphires.
Pearl farming makes farmer rich.
Gemstones rain down from the sky in Hawaii.
Retailer sells gem meant for decorating—well, you'll see.
Media Watch
CNN visits the Antwerp diamond district.
From the Blog
Martin Rapaport Slaps De Beers—And De Beers Slaps Back
Interview With Alrosa Director of Sales Evgeny Agureev
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There has been a familiar echo in the air before Aston Villa's return trip to Stamford Bridge in the Carling Cup tonight - Chelsea moaning about referees.
Unusually, for once it has not been Jose Mourinho leading those moans.
Instead, Chelsea's England left-back Ashley Cole has stirred things up a treat by claiming that simply having Graham Poll in charge of two of their Premiership matches this season has cost them five points - Sunday's 2-1 defeat at White Hart Lane and the 1-1 draw they shared with Villa when tonight's cup opponents also met in the league just over a month ago.
England skipper John Terry, sent off by Poll on Sunday supposedly just to teach him a lesson, has also offered his two penn'orth.
Given the dark, brooding presence of Mourinho patrolling the touchline like a latterday Professor Van Helsing in pursuit of errant vampires, it would be little wonder if tonight's man in black, Mark Halsey, was too scared to leave his dressing-room.
Despite another couple of days of hysteria by a national media obsessed with Chelsea and Arsenal, Villa manager Martin O'Neill is more concerned with a cup tie he'd rather like to win - especially with his great record in this competition and his desire to get one over on Mourinho, whose Porto side so cheated
O'Neill's Celtic to win the 2003 Uefa Cup final.
O'Neill's chief pre-match stance is a general defence of referees, but essentially what he wants most tonight is the sort of strong official unlikely to be swayed by what has been seen and heard this week.
"The ref shouldn't be put under that sort of pressure," O'Neill said. "But, with all the outbursts, he probably is.
"I'm not here to doubt the integrity of referrees. That hasn't entered my head but the last thing you'd want is pressure put on refs to redress the balance and I'd hope he'll be able to deal with decisions as honestly as he possibly could."
O'Neill has sympathy for referees at the top level in modern-day football, saying: "The emphasis has shifted and Chelsea have now become the Man United, but it's not just the games involving the big clubs.
"There's a lot at stake in lots of games and the referee's job is now more difficult than ever. We've got the advantage of 19 different camera angles, with the chance to view decisions at leisure a couple of hours later.
"That doesn't mean you won't moan about something quite blatant but the complaining afterwards is mostly getting it off your chest, because you cannot change the result. A bit of an outburst is kind of under-standable if you don't know why one of your players has been sent off but, while generally you have sympathy, they do also have a responsibility to come out and say why they made certain decisions.
"If it doesn't tally with television evidence and they've made an honest assessment at the time and they can say 'This is why I did this' and 'That is what I thought had happened', then they should explain some of the decisions. There's no reason why not but, while I'm here taking the ref's side, I'll be the first to complain when I think they've got something wrong."
O'Neill says he had more to moan about than Chelsea in the 1-1 Premiership draw in London only five-and-a-half weeks ago and adds: "Chelsea have said something about Graham Poll reffing two of their games and that they've dropped five points because of him. But let me make it quite clear he was not the reason why they dropped two points against us. Absolutely not. You could go the other way and say he was quite lenient to Claude Makelele when he fouled Juan Pablo Angel with about ten minutes to go and didn't send him off. With 11 against ten, that might have been a defining moment."
Now, roared on by 6,000 fans heading south down the M1 on the 'Villa flotilla' of 90 coaches paid for by chairman Randy Lerner, O'Neill's men have the chance to go one step better.
Chelsea old boy Chris Sutton may get only as far as the bench, after a strenuous full debut against Blackburn Rovers, another of his former clubs, last Sunday. O'Neill could pick an extra midfielder in Steven Davis or reinforce his defence by finding a crafty way round picking a fully-fit Martin Laursen or bug-free Liam Ridgewell.
"Asking 'Sutty' to maybe play three games in six days might be a lot," he said. "I'm not sure he's fully recovered but Laursen feels he's capable of doing that and wants to be considered for selection, Ridgewell's back too, he's OK, Gavin McCann's fine and we're going to go there convinced we can get a result."


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My birthday happens to be 5 days before Christmas. Fun! First thing was I got a very cool first present from my Aunt Laura who lives in Germany:
With all the best old candy that's so hard to find.
My new polka-dot purse and my old one!
A fun little collage of the evening Brandie made for me.........
......and Jeremy. He can't ever seem to keep his eyes open for pictures!
Thanks again Brandie for being my personal photographer for the night!


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In order to translate a poem or a story, that is, you need to have all of the material "visible"—in other words, to keep it all in mind—in order to ensure that there aren't inconsistencies in vocabulary, and that the tone remains consistent throughout. An original text is to translation as physical reality is to a photograph of that reality, in that the translation will never be equal to the original. It will invoke the original, in a sense.
But then again, that's sort of a tragic way to think of translation, and a simplification. It would drive a translator crazy to believe that a translation will never achieve independence, or autonomy from the original work. In translating, then, what you hope to do—aside from help spread a work into another language's reading culture—is make a text that will evoke an equivalent emotional resonance, an equivalent visual resonance, within the social spaces of the target language. It's sort of an art of equivalences, but the equivalent is never exact. It's the art of fudging equivalences, to make it seem right.
I cannot wait to read his translation of Monelle - this is similar to how I think about building a website. The frustrating part is in the whole picture coming together through the details, evoking something concrete in an abstract medium.


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What is a Light Bulb Moment?
We think it is;
a moment of distinct clarity
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They could be about:
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- a reference book
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- or notes of things that inspire you
- a personal diary
- a novel or autobiography
Our big MAD audacious goal at Go MAD Thinking is to help 100 million people have a Light Bulb Moment by 18th May 2023.
Maybe a few of these could be in your book...
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Allow me to start by saying you are awesome. You are an excellent developer!!
I actually wanted to try your Dynamic Image Based Lighting shader. I am developing a game in which the full scene is instantiated at run time and I am going for a realistic look because of which I am having a hard time with lighting. I can bake the light before hand but it doesn't work with the new instantiated objects. If you would be so kind to tell the process you took for dynamically lighting your scene with image, I will be gratefull to you for whole eternity. I am also willing to purchase your shader/script if you wish so. Kindly let me know soon as I am reaching towards deadline.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Looking for paid work!Hey guys! I am having a bit of trouble affording college. Some of you may remember me as the "shader god". I am letting you guys know I am looking for work officially and as I see many of you have some awesome games, I'd love to help you make them better by making them visually attractive as well as functionally outstanding! Here is my post on the official Unity forums. Please check it out and PM me or email me with the info provided there if you are interested. http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/graphics-programmer-for-hire-funds-help-me-go-to-college.380237/ Thanks -Will
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Greetings, I am Dennis.
willywill replied to DennisStrikes's topic in Introduce yourselfI was gonna say that Hello Dennis! Welcome to the armedunity forums! Make yourself comfortable and feel free to ask any questions in the appropriate places
WIP Deferred Shading in UnityYes it is exactly like that. With this I'm not limited to anything and I have access to anything I make. The only issue is I have to do all the rendering from scratch. But this is good because I can now do some of the things I couldn't do before. Like a fast-ish global illumination, advanced physically based rendering and more. I have to make my own AA, I think that's one of the last things on my to-do-list
WIP Deferred Shading in UnityHey guys, I'm back again with some exciting news. I've been working on a small project of mine, that takes a lot of work for one person. As you might already know, Jove branched out and decided to create not only a PBS pipeline but an entire new DX11 renderer in Unity. The method he is using to get such nice results is something called Deferred Shading. Deferred Shading is slightly different than Deferred Lighting, which Unity 4.x uses. I and many others find Deferred Shading to be superior because of its ability to create great materials with great performance. So I am presenting my very own renderer I made in Unity, in DX9 for now. Please leave suggestions on what to add!!!! This is very helpful to me! I will consider all responses! This is the reason why I am making the post essentially, is for your feedback Please note that this is very early progress. i'm talking like, less than a weeks worth of work. But enjoy!
Thank you ArmedUnity!Thank you! I just wanted to say thanks for this amazing community. It has truly been a pleasure being apart of the community and I cannot stress the gratitude I express for all of you here. Many of you may know me as the "shadergod". I am a student in high-school that had discovered these forums by accident a little bit over 2 years ago. I started off doing shaders in Unity with the hopes of creating an experience for all that is unique, creative, and visually incredible. I came to these forums to eventually enlighten, share, inspire many other users here. As a way to express my gratitude, I want to not only say thank you again, but to give you all something very special . Unfortunately, it wont make it by the holiday season as I have my birthday and several other life changing things in the way. But it will be something I hope you all look forward to. I try my best to do what I can in helping you guys, informing you all, and giving back to the community. As I have taken on a lot of roles in life and with other hobbies, it has become a challenge for me to do things like complete the advanced shader tutorial, fix some of the broken shaders I may have posted, create things I wanted to make for the community but haven't gotten around to. I'm hoping this will make up for it and I will still try and get to those things. For now, enjoy some of the work I have done while I haven't been "as active" as before. And I wish to have more free-time to hang around more. All of the following work is still WIP:
Shader question
willywill replied to geckoo's question in Need help?Its known as the sin city effect. You just sample the red parts of the image while everything else is grey.
No problemo mi homie Im excited to see what he can do, he was my initial inspiration for a while before I was pushed to actually begin it, I did want to focus on improving the lighting because that can always be easily transferred over to a new renderer
Raymarch and raytrace are similar, the term raymarch comes from usually dealing with volumetric things, this just sends rays in theory in the direction of the sky, from the sample points on the screen and figures out if the light has been occluded or not. Edit: Misread what I typed
Horizon Based Directional OcclusionI've been in and out these past few weeks doing lots of advanced things, most of it including research. I'm also working on a complete custom renderer inside of Unity using Deferred Shading. If you've seen Jove 2.0 [1] or Dolkar's forum post [2] on the Unity forums, then you'll know what I'm talking about. I made the commitment that I was going to do a huge overhaul to my shaders, it was time to take things to the next level. I also needed to consider speed and making sure the shaders were able to be used on more than just high end computers. During my research on ambient occlusion I read in ShaderX7 [3] that ambient occlusion is an approximation, that assumes conditions of overcast weather, meaning all light is uniform or constant. In a normal outdoor scene this is NOT the case. I decided to consider the skylight light as a source of incoming radiance of the occlusion to make things more accurate of a non-overcast day. I also found out that I wasn't the first to try this [4]. Also note that the code still has more things to be added and considered and that this is just a step in the right direction. In truth, its not bad to have an overcast lighting HBAO, its just not accurate to have this in daylight. One thing you can do is this. Assuming you have raymarch : float3 SkyRadiance = float3(0.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f); float3 HorizonTangent - this is computed in HBAO. float Directional = max( 0.0f, dot(SkyRadiance, HorizonTangent)); Raymarch here for(int rays; rays < maxRays; rays++) { if(Directional > 0.0f) { // Yes, go ahead and calculate the AO, otherwise don't } } You can also smoothly fade into the original overcast based HBAO depending on the cloudiness, where _Cloudiness is a global linked float that ranges from 0-1, linked to your cloud shader, assuming you have one. SkyRadiance = lerp(SkyRadiance, float3(0.0f), _Cloudiness); References: [1] "Jove 2.0 - Replacing the rendering pipeline" http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/jove-2-0-replacing-the-rendering-pipeline.230141/ [2] "The Wish for an Alternative Rendering Path" http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/the-wish-for-an-alternative-rendering-path.198539/ [3] "ShaderX7: Advanced Rendering Techniques" http://www.amazon.com/ShaderX7-Rendering-Techniques-Wolfgang-Engel/dp/1584505982 [4] "Sonic Ether Facebook, Directional HBAO" https://www.facebook.com/SonicEther
Understanding Loops (Noob to Pro)
willywill replied to OcularCash's topic in Unity TutorialsThank you so much for this, can someone point me to a tutorial that helps me with learning how to do advanced things with Dictionaries and Lists I struggle with those the most.
Improving the Visual Fidelity of Your Games [Advanced]
willywill replied to willywill's topic in Unity TutorialsUnder the CalculateLight function, making sure its not inside any #define of #if statements, then add (+) ImageBasedLighting to "res.xyz = " You must access these variables such as [_SkyLightColorFromShader] like this from script: Shader.SetGlobalColor("_SkyLightColorFromShader", SkyLightColorFromScript as Color)
Improving the Visual Fidelity of Your Games [Advanced]
willywill replied to willywill's topic in Unity TutorialsHere is my opinion, in a nutshell. Do not use "Physically motivated" bloom that's based from a camera, in a first person game based from a persons eyes. His bloom doesn't use an Airy disc method anyway, kinda lied. Airy disc is a PSF (Point spread function) that requires a lot of math and double precision. His shader has none of that. So its an approximation of an approximation to camera bloom. Not an approximation of eye bloom. Very different things to be used in very different situations. Now besides all that his bloom looks nice. Although with better bloom out of they way you should focus on proper materials, better textures and lighting.
Any good freelance sites?
willywill replied to TheDumbestDino's topic in Discussionselance https://www.elance.com/
Improving the Visual Fidelity of Your Games [Advanced]
willywill replied to willywill's topic in Unity TutorialsI'll be updating the post by tomorrow sorry for the delay


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12 Reasons to Oppose a New Manufactured Home Post Production Association
There are more reasons than this one dozen to oppose the start of a new national post-production manufactured housing trade association. But those noted are sufficient to get the ball rolling on the timely discussion ahead of the 2019 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show.
Some of these are subtle. So, be advised, and read them with care.
1) Manufactured housing shouldn't get any bigger than it already is, at least, not anytime soon. The fact that the industry once produced over 550,000 new homes built two years in a row, or hit 372,000 plus new HUD Code manufactured homes in 1998, are not a reason enough for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to want to exceed 100,000 shipments in 2018, while RVs continue to outsell MH by some 5 to 1.
2) The Arlington, VA based MHI wants you to know that the manufactured housing industry has too many trade associations already. The fact that other housing sectors – and other numerous industries – have far more trade groups and associations than manufactured housing has is irrelevant to the fine folks in Arlington, VA. Emotion – or if necessary, power – not logic, should rule.
3) Don't worry about the fact that manufactured homes are increasingly being zoned out of areas that once allowed or embraced them. Or that several states are witnessing declines in new manufactured home sales, even while an affordable housing crisis is growing. Far more important that 'we should all speak with one voice in manufactured housing,' says the MHI party line. That one voice should come from those closely-aligned with metro Omaha-Knoxville-Arlington connected operations.
4) If there is any difference in viewpoints that deviates from any official position held by MHI or Knoxville-metro based Clayton Homes, those opposing manufactured housing (MH) viewpoints should shut up, get out of the industry, be forced to sell out there financial interests at a discounted valuation, or otherwise ought to be driven out-of-business. See number 3 above; only 1 voice is needed in all of manufactured housing.
5) MH Pros and MH Investors only need one official source of news and information. Listening to anyone other than a pro-MHI or pro-Clayton voice is treasonous. For more, ask those who have publicly and privately called for boycotts of all non-conforming manufactured housing news, analysis, and information sources. See numbers 3 and 4 above.
6) Accuracy in information is overrated. MHI is correct often enough to please Omaha and Knoxville. That must be why MHI President Richard 'Dick' Jennison and his colleagues are getting annual bonuses. See points 3, 4, and 5 above.
7) Style should trump substance, with the pun intended.
8) The Illusion of Motion and having a good time at an MHI event that earns the Arlington based trade group hundreds of thousands of dollars a year is smart for the powers that be, and all other viewpoints don't matter.
9) Photos with leading political figures and MHI leaders ought to give confidence that all is well for MHVille. Any other viewpoint, should see 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 above.
10) Ignore the fact that online videos that mock or are critical of manufactured housing, or that blast Clayton Homes, often get far more views than those videos produced by MHI that praise Omaha-Knoxville-Arlington leadership. Don't let facts like that bother you. See 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 above.
11) Pay no attention to the fact that Clayton's Market Share of manufactured housing went from about 13 percent to some 50 percent in only some 15 years. Don't be concerned about what that trend-line might mean for your firm. See 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 above.
12) Pay no attention to the fact that Warren Buffett himself says that he only wants to buy things that are a value, meaning, at a discounted price. The fact that low sales volume in manufactured housing happens to play into that Warren Buffett moat strategy is merely a coincidence. There is no there, there. There is nothing to worry about. If you doubt that, see 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11 above.
Want a bonus reason?
Let fear, habit, going-along-to-get-along, drinking, drugs, sex, threats, blackmail, extortion, or any other reasons motivate you to not want to rock-the-boat or change the status quo for the better. See the related reports, below the byline and notices. Facts don't matter, if they contradict the views of your betters from the Omaha-Knoxville-Arlington axis. If you don't get it, look up the meaning of 'satire.'
Is that too subtle?
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It takes many things to be successful in business. Experience, capital, confidence, and some guts too. The meaning of various facts and trend lines can be twisted, or they can be taken at face value. That's your wake up call, in this edition of manufactured home industry "News, Tips, and Views Pros Can Use," © where "We Provide, You Decide." © ## (News, analysis, and commentary.)
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Facebook making the social media side of breaking up less awkward
Facebook is testing out a feature that could mean the post-breakup use of the social media site is less awkward for all parties involved.
Do you stay friends with an ex after a break-up? When it comes to Facebook, there's a good chance you do. Or you have mutual friends, at the very least, which means they may appear on your timeline.
Facebook is to give users more control over what they see and even their history in the near future. Once you change your status to say that a relationship is over, you'll get a prompt with options to untag yourself from photos or posts of you and your ex, limit what a former partner sees from you, and remove them from your news feed.
Essentially, you're unfriending them without having to actually click that button. Plus, it means that you won't see a status that a mutual friend likes, which is a possibility if you simply unfriend them. So if you want to be really thorough, go through the post break-up process on Facebook and then unfriend them.
Before you start changing your Facebook relationship status, be aware that the feature is currently being tested in the U.S. It will likely be rolled out elsewhere, but there's no timeframe for that just yet.
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