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Welcome to United Capital Ft. Lauderdale
Experience wealth management, reimagined.
Get clarity and control over your financial life — and focus on living the life you really want. See how we help you do it.
Awarded #2 on Barron's Top 40 independent advisory firm list for 2018*READ MORE >
About Our Office
Our team believes in financial guidance. What this means to clients is that before any actions are implemented, a carefully constructed plan is put into place that accounts for clients' current resources and future goals. Once this plan is crafted, the other components of our wealth counseling services are initiated. This may mean guidance on investment accounts, presenting various risk management solutions, and help implementing various wealth management strategies at the corporate level – whether it's counseling on buy/sell agreements, defined benefit plans, or providing retirement planning services to key executives.
Financial Planning
Within a complete financial plan, United Capital pulls together all aspects of wealth – investments, taxes, retirement, education, philanthropy and family. We explore how our clients feel about their wealth, and what they want out of life for themselves and the people they care about. We then develop a plan that helps them meet their needs, achieve their goals and hopefully live their dreams. This process begins by looking at 41 specific metrics of an individual's financial life and proceeds to conduct – to the metrics that apply – a goals-based gap analysis to determine the areas for improvement.
From portfolio re-balancing, to making an annual gift for college funding, to setting meetings to ensure that wills are updated – United Capital undertakes a systematic approach to address the areas that require attention. These actions steps are prioritized based on the need and frequency of the individual item, and is managed by the United Capital team, incorporating the other professionals of one's financial team, when necessary.
In order to enhance the ability to provide ongoing guidance and monitoring, clients are given access to a personalized and secure website that gives them access to their entire financial picture. Included on the site is a virtual vault that has the capability to store items of your choice, as well as a method to directly share items with us. Our system updates account balances nightly and alerts us when something needs attention. Bottom line -United Capital looks out for what is most important to our clients.
Investment Advisory
United Capital has a planning-focused approach to investment management. Our investment strategies are custom-designed to help our clients meet their long-term financial goals. We do not try to outperform various benchmarks; we strive to meet client goals with the least amount of risk. We act objectively and independently and our due diligence process is extensive and ongoing. We are committed to screening, monitoring and hiring the best of investment managers. If a manager does not meet our standards, we terminate the relationship. We help clients develop an Investment Policy Statement, which is the foundation for all future investment decisions. It serves as a guidepost, identifies goals and creates a systematic review process. The Investment Policy Statement keeps us focused on long-term objectives during short-term swings in the market. It provides a baseline from which to measure investment performance of the overall portfolio, as well as the performance of individual money managers.
Individual Insurance
A sound financial plan is only sound if the proper protections are put in place. Throughout the financial planning process, United Capital works with clients to identify risks that could get in the way of achieving their goals. We then develop creative insurance solutions to minimize those risks. We also work with our clients' legal and tax advisors to provide customized insurance solutions in complex estate planning matters to facilitate inter-generational planning, help minimize tax liabilities and maximize benefits going to heirs.
Corporate Retirement Planning
In Florida's tight labor market, the employee benefit package can make all of the difference in the race to attract and retain talent. United Capital's retirement planning professionals work with businesses of all sizes and industries to design and implement retirement and executive benefit plans that meet corporate objectives and help employees achieve financial goals. At the heart of our services is education. Participation in a retirement plan is one of the most important financial decisions a person can make and we make sure that employees understand that. Our CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals and dedicated enrollment staff conduct fun and informative meetings to help your employees.
Along with these core offerings, we offer guidance in many other wealth management areas.
Learn More about our Physician, Athlete and Business Services.
Why United Capital?
Financial Life Management
We're not the typical wealth management firm. We looked around the industry and thought that there was a better way. So we created it. We developed a process that's focused on helping you live your ideal life. One that continually adapts to the changing world and your changing circumstances. We call it Financial Life Management. And it's totally unlike anything you've experienced before.
A Unique Approach
We'll take the time to get to know you and understand the life you want to live. With collaborative, engaging digital tools, we'll work with you to create a clear framework for living your ideal life. The result is a plan that's dynamic and personalized — not one-and-done or one-size-fits-all.
Real Results
We help you align your decision-making with your ideal life, so you can achieve balance — and a healthy relationship with your money. That means we go beyond investments and investment results to help you live the life you want today. After all, isn't that what a wealth manager is for?
United Capital: Imagine
Robert B. WolfeManaging Director
Vanessa MarianoDirector of Operations
Adam VegaWealth Adviser
Konrad BrownWealth Adviser
Ben LasaterWealth Adviser
Greg AbellClient Service Manager
Diego MorcilloClient Service Manager
Alyssa RodolicoAdministrative Manager
Anthony DeCoroClient Service Manager
Luke MelmsSenior Relationship Manager
Robert B. Wolfe, CFP®
Managing Director
NFLPA Registered Player Financial Adviser
Rob specializes in the design and implementation of customized and sophisticated wealth management strategies for affluent families. The vast majority of his clients are entrepreneurs, business owners, senior corporate executives, and professional athletes and coaches.
Respected for his knowledge of current wealth management issues, Rob is frequently quoted by The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswire, contributes articles on wealth management topics to local, regional and national publications, and has been a frequent past guest on CNBC's "Make Your Money Work" segment of their "Power Lunch" program. He has been repeatedly named to Medical Economics' exclusive list of "The 150 Best Financial Advisors for Doctors" and in 2000 received the prestigious "Ticker Ace Advisor of the Year Award for Best Educator" presented annually by the industry renowned Ticker Magazine to one adviser throughout the entire country demonstrating superior proficiency and skill in client education.
Rob is the creator of The Wealth Empowerment Formula™ – a comprehensive wealth management client advice delivery system, and was formerly an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University, where he taught the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional Education curriculum.
Prior to joining United Capital Financial Advisors, Rob was a partner at Compu-Val Investments, Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor's of Science in Finance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and completed a course in Leadership Excellence at the University of California at Berkley. He also completed the CFP® Professional Education Program and the Accredited Asset Management Specialist Program at the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado. He is an active member of The Financial Planning Association.
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Vanessa Mariano
Director of Operations
Vanessa is Director of Operations of United Capital of South Florida and is responsible for leading all aspects of the office's management. She brings over 10 years of experience within the financial services industry with a track record of growing business and streamlining operations. She has extensive experience operating a wealth management and financial planning practice. With her strong entrepreneurial spirit and comprehensive operations knowledge she is an asset to both our office and our clients.
Vanessa has worked with United Capital since 2007, and has been an integral part in the company's growth. Vanessa formerly served as a relationship manager at Capital Planning Group where she assisted high-net-worth clients in the development and implementation of sophisticated and custom wealth management strategies.
Vanessa graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Financial Management. In her free time, Vanessa enjoys spending time with her two young children, reading, and traveling.
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Adam Vega, CFP®
Wealth Adviser
Adam empowers high-net-worth individuals by guiding them to making informed and measured financial decisions. He specializes in the financial needs of doctors, business owners, serial entrepreneurs and aviation professionals.
Adam is renowned for his financial comprehension, and ability to educate individuals to take charge of their financial security, legacy and lifestyle. A key element to his approach is that he continues refining solutions that reflect the evolving market conditions. Adam believes personalized service, in addition to respect and understanding, is essential when matching clients with the right financial strategies and services.
Adam holds the Florida Insurance License (FL-215) and securities registrations: Series 6, Series 7 and Series 65. He is actively involved with the National MS Society and is one of the founders of the MS Young Professionals group of South Florida.
Prior to joining United Capital Financial Advisers, Adam was an Investment Advisor at John Hancock. He graduated from Florida International University with Bachelor's degree in finance. He also completed the CFP® Professional Education Program at the University of Miami.
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Konrad Brown
Wealth Adviser
Konrad's professional mission is to help each client spend more time doing what makes their life worth living. As a Wealth Adviser, Konrad works closely with families, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals to pair them with financial strategies with the goal of effectively and efficiently preserving their financial security, legacy and lifestyle.
He believes that the key to providing elite service is fundamentally understanding a client's unique circumstances and tailoring a comprehensive financial plan that may help them maintain their wealth and achieve their financial goals. He relies not only on his own knowledge and experiences but the expertise of his team of specialists with 50 combined years of experience.
He holds the Florida Insurance License (FL-215) and securities registrations: Series 6, Series 63 and Series 65. He is a member of the National MS Society and enjoys lending his time to Habitat for Humanity, and Take Stock in Children.
Prior to joining United Capital, Konrad served as Financial Adviser for Northwestern Mutual.
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Ben Lasater
Wealth Adviser
Ben is passionate about helping his clients plan for and embrace their financial lives. In his role as Wealth Adviser, Ben works directly with clients in the design and implementation of holistic and comprehensive financial plans. Ben specializes working with professional athletes, entrepreneurial professionals, and small business owners, pairing them with financial strategies with the goal of effectively and efficiently preserving their financial security, legacy, and lifestyle.
Ben was drafted and spent more than six years as a professional baseball player within the Miami Marlins organization. Prior to that he earned a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from College of Charleston. Additionally, Ben earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
Outside of work, Ben lends his time to community and charitable causes including the Palm Beach County Estate Planning Council, Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce, and the Loggerhead Marine Center. He also likes to spend quality time with his family, golf, and fish in Florida's beautiful waters.
Greg Abell
Client Service Manager
Everyone's economic and life situations are unique, and Greg Abell believes that personalized service is essential to helping clients achieve their financial goals. As a Client Service Manager, Greg works directly with our advisers. Holding true to his service philosophy, Greg remains available to address any client questions and requests directly.
Before joining United Capital, Greg spent more than two years working as a Financial Services Representative with John Hancock and is a graduate of Norwich University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a minor in Finance. He currently holds the Florida Life, Health and Variable Annuity Insurance Licenses.
Diego Morcillo
Client Service Manager
Diego Morcillo started his career with United Capital in 2011, originally based out of our Dallas Hub as he was completing his Bachelor's Degree. He graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He is currently pursuing his CFP® certification, for which he has completed all education requirements. Diego has also holds his Insurance license.
Diego and his family moved to our South Florida office where he took on the role of Client Service Manager. He has a passion for helping people reach their financial goals and achieve financial security for their future.
Diego was born and raised in Argentina and moved to Texas for his post-secondary education. He remains dedicated to his wife and two small children and loves spending time with his family. Diego enjoys every sport there is, and has an enormous love for "fútbol" (soccer), for which he played semi-professionally in Argentina and Spain.
Alyssa Rodolico
Administrative Manager
Anthony DeCoro
Client Service Manager
Personal finance goes deeper than dollars and cents, it's about emotion, experience, and trade-offs. More of one thing means less of another, Anthony believes understanding clients feelings toward money is the most valuable step to helping clients realize their best financial life through highly customized, comprehensive financial planning.
As Client Service Manager, Anthony is responsible for ensuring the high quality, prompt, and friendly service that United Capital clients have grown accustomed to. In addition, he is responsible for leading the office's new business initiatives as well as organizing and maximizing local and regional business development projects.
Anthony is pursuing the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional designation as well as the Certified Exit Planner™ professional designation distinguishing individuals who have attained through study, testing and ongoing education, advanced expertise in Exit Planning. He has a passion for our clients and the industry as a whole and brings a fresh perspective to the often uninspired world of financial services.
Anthony holds the Florida Insurance License (FL-215), Investment Adviser Representative License, and earned a BA from the University of South Carolina. He remains actively engaged in his community donating much of his time to causes near to him including Habitat for Humanity, The Alzheimer's Association, and Emerge Broward.
While obtaining his undergraduate degree, Anthony held various writing and news editing positions with established publications including The State Newspaper and The Daily Gamecock, as well as holding several business development positions at start-ups including Sizzle, and Clean Slate™ Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
Luke Melms
Senior Relationship Manager
As Senior Relationship Manager, Luke focuses on getting to know our clients and building plans around their goals. Building relationships and setting goals within a team setting has always been always been a priority for Luke whether it has been in business or as an athlete.
Prior to joining United Capital, Luke spent two years at Global View Capital Advisors and three years at PFS Investments.
Luke graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelor's in Business Administration with a Finance emphasis and Accounting minor. He also played on the Carroll baseball team. Baseball remains a passion and enjoys taking in a game whenever he can.
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Ashworths are specialist property solicitors based in Wimbledon. From offices in the middle of Wimbledon's town centre Ashworths prides itself in offering a distinctly modern and professional service to clients with property or property related needs.
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This condition is a progressive collapse of the tendons and ligaments that hold up the foot?s arch. This condition most commonly affects women. It typically occurs in only one foot, but in some cases, both feet are afflicted.
Adult acquired flatfoot is caused by inflammation and progressive weakening of the major tendon that it is responsible for supporting the arch of the foot. This condition will commonly be accompanied by swelling and pain on the inner portion of the foot and ankle. Adult acquired flatfoot is more common in women and overweight individuals. It can also be seen after an injury to the foot and ankle. If left untreated the problem may result in a vicious cycle, as the foot becomes flatter the tendon supporting the arch structure becomes weaker and more and more stretched out. As the tendon becomes weaker, the foot structure becomes progressively flatter. Early detection and treatment is key, as this condition can lead to chronic swelling and pain.
The symptoms of PTTD may include pain, swelling, a flattening of the arch, and an inward rolling of the ankle. As the condition progresses, the symptoms will change. For example, when PTTD initially develops, there is pain on the inside of the foot and ankle (along the course of the tendon). In addition, the area may be red, warm, and swollen. Later, as the arch begins to flatten, there may still be pain on the inside of the foot and ankle. But at this point, the foot and toes begin to turn outward and the ankle rolls inward. As PTTD becomes more advanced, the arch flattens even more and the pain often shifts to the outside of the foot, below the ankle. The tendon has deteriorated considerably and arthritis often develops in the foot. In more severe cases, arthritis may also develop in the ankle.
The adult acquired flatfoot, secondary to posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, is diagnosed in a number of ways with no single test proven to be totally reliable. The most accurate diagnosis is made by a skilled clinician utilizing observation and hands on evaluation of the foot and ankle. Observation of the foot in a walking examination is most reliable. The affected foot appears more pronated and deformed compared to the unaffected foot. Muscle testing will show a strength deficit. An easy test to perform in the office is the single foot raise. A patient is asked to step with full body weight on the symptomatic foot, keeping the unaffected foot off the ground. The patient is then instructed to "raise up on the tip toes" of the affected foot. If the posterior tibial tendon has been attenuated or ruptured, the patient will be unable to lift the heel off the floor and rise onto the toes. In less severe cases, the patient will be able to rise on the toes, but the heel will not be noted to invert as it normally does when we rise onto the toes. X-rays can be helpful but are not diagnostic of the adult acquired flatfoot. Both feet – the symptomatic and asymptomatic – will demonstrate a flatfoot deformity on x-ray. Careful observation may show a greater severity of deformity on the affected side.
Non surgical Treatment
Because of the progressive nature of PTTD, early treatment is advised. If treated early enough, your symptoms may resolve without the need for surgery and progression of your condition can be arrested. In contrast, untreated PTTD could leave you with an extremely flat foot, painful arthritis in the foot and ankle, and increasing limitations on walking, running, or other activities. In many cases of PTTD, treatment can begin with non-surgical approaches that may include. Orthotic devices or bracing. To give your arch the support it needs, your foot and ankle surgeon may provide you with an ankle brace or a custom orthotic device that fits into the shoe. Immobilization. Sometimes a short-leg cast or boot is worn to immobilize the foot and allow the tendon to heal, or you may need to completely avoid all weight-bearing for a while. Physical therapy. Ultrasound therapy and exercises may help rehabilitate the tendon and muscle following immobilization. Medications. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, help reduce the pain and inflammation. Shoe modifications. Your foot and ankle surgeon may advise changes to make with your shoes and may provide special inserts designed to improve arch support.
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Many operations are available for the treatment of dysfunction of the posterior tibial tendon after a thorough program of non-operative treatment has failed. The type of operation that is selected is determined by the age, weight, and level of activity of the patient as well as the extent of the deformity. The clinical stages outlined previously are a useful guide to operative care (Table I). In general, the clinician should perform the least invasive procedure that will decrease pain and improve function. One should consider the effects of each procedure, particularly those of arthrodesis, on the function of the rest of the foot and ankle.


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Creative Australia Fellowship applications now open
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In May in this year the Minister for the Arts, the Hon Simon Crean, announced the Creative Australia Artists Grants program, a new initiative to support artists to create and present new Australian work across all artforms.7 December 2011
Creative Australia Fellowship applications now open
In May in this year the Minister for the Arts, the Hon Simon Crean, announced the Creative Australia Artists Grants program, a new initiative to support artists to create and present new Australian work across all artforms. This five-year, $10 million program provides funding for artists, including young and emerging artists, and will support more than 150 additional artistic works, presentations and fellowships for outstanding artists working across all artforms.
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• further the creative or professional development of outstanding artists by supporting a program of creative work or professional development • assist the development of innovative practices when creating new work, particularly interdisciplinary approaches
Creative Australia Fellowship applications now open
The Australia Council is now inviting professional artists from around Australia to apply for Creative Australia Fellowships.
In particular we are targeting young and emerging and established artists who:
• are living and working in regional and remote communities • are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders • are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds • are living with a disability.
The Creative Australia Fellowships funding rounds will be competitive, but they do present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for artists to gain funding to spend time undertaking professional development and creating new work.
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• One-year Creative Australia Fellowship for an established artist: $100,000 grant • Two-year Creative Australia Fellowship for a young and emerging artist: $60,000 grant • A total of 10 established fellowships and 13 early career fellowships will be offered over five years • Two fellowships for established artists and three for young and emerging artists will be offered in 2012 • Open to artists from all artforms: visual arts, music, dance, theatre, literature, interdisciplinary arts • First closing date 31 January 2012 • Fellowships announced in April 2012 • Fellowship activities can start in May 2012.
Application information is available on the Australia Council website: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/creativeaustralia
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A 49-year-old Santa Barbara man died early Friday at Santa Barbara County's Psychiatric Health Facility, where he had been admitted after an altercation at the Faulding Hotel, Santa Barbara police and Sheriff's Department officials confirmed Monday.
Joseph Novoa Lopez's death was reported more than 16 hours after he was Tased by Santa Barbara police officers who had responded to his residence at the Faulding Hotel, 15 E. Haley St., around 11 a.m. Thursday. A Faulding employee reported that Lopez was destroying his room and throwing items out of his window into the city parking lot below.
Emmet Hawkes, executive director of the Santa Barbara Community Housing Corp., the nonprofit organization that operates the Faulding's supportive housing, was at the property during the incident and spoke with Noozhawk on Monday about the ordeal. He said Lopez had been "extremely erratic inside the unit" and that staff had had problems with him being disruptive the night before.
Lopez had been living at the complex for more than five years, said Hawkes, who described him as a difficult tenant. He said Lopez's case worker came by often.
A police officer, familiar with Lopez from previous contacts, responded to the scene and knocked on Lopez's door, according to Santa Barbara police Sgt. Lorenzo Duarte, a department spokesman. Lopez was naked when he answered the door, Duarte said, and the officer could see that several items had been broken and were strewn around the room.
After instructing Lopez to remain in his room, the officer called for assistance from police, Crisis & Recovery Emergency Services (CARES) and medics. Additional officers arrived at the hotel, and Duarte said they made contact with CARES personnel, requesting that Lopez be taken into custody for a 72-hour hold for being a danger to himself and as gravely disabled.
According to police, Lopez opened the door and addressed one of the officers by name, then began yelling profanities at him. Lopez's hands were down at his side and clenched into fists, Duarte said, and the officer explained that he was there to help and that Lopez needed to go to the hospital. Lopez, who was described as 6 feet tall and 350 pounds, became agitated and began to walk toward the officer, who attempted to take hold of his arm. Lopez continued to resist, however, and another officer tried to subdue him unsuccessfully, Duarte said.
An officer then deployed his Taser, which struck Lopez in the abdomen, Duarte said.
According to Hawkes, Lopez became resistant when officers tried to get him to leave.
"When they Tasered him, it didn't affect him greatly," said Hawkes, adding that the weapon seemed to get Lopez's attention more than incapacitate him.
Two of the officers knew Lopez and told him to relax, which he did, Hawkes said.
"He just relaxed, and they didn't cuff him behind his back," he said. "He just walked out."
Lopez was taken to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, where he was cleared medically. He then was admitted to the Psychiatric Health Facility at 315 Camino del Remedio, where he "was fine and very cooperative," Hawkes said.
Hawkes said he was told Lopez was served dinner that night and later went to bed, but he never woke up. Around 3:45 a.m. Friday, Santa Barbara police were informed by the county Coroner's Office that Lopez had died while at the PHF unit.
When CARES called him Friday morning, Hawkes said he expected to get the news that Lopez was fine. When he was told Lopez had instead died, "I was shocked," he said.
The 16-bed Psychiatric Health Facility — operated by the county Department of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services — has been under scrutiny since last year, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services initiated an audit of the facility after a patient death occurred in April 2010.
As Noozhawk has reported previously, the audit found a number of deficiencies, such as in the facility's drug storage room, where staff said controlled substances routinely go missing and records are not kept to document the shortages. The report also said that facility oversight had failed to ensure patients' rights were protected and that officials had failed to involve patients in their own plans of care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services signed off on the facility's plan of corrections earlier this year, however, and ADMHS officials maintain they've fixed the problems outlined in the audit.
ADMHS Executive Director Ann Detrick and Medical Director Edwin Feliciano did not respond to requests for comment on Lopez's death.
"Confidentiality laws prohibit ADMHS from releasing any information about care that may be provided to a member of the community," Detrick wrote in an email to Noozhawk.
Santa Barbara police detectives are investigating Lopez's case, and an autopsy was performed by the Coroner's Office on Friday.
Drew Sugars, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Department, which operates the Coroner's Office, said Monday that a cause and manner of death may not be known for months.
After the autopsy, a person's toxicology report results and medical history are all considered in determining a cause of death, which is "not something you can just snap your fingers and say, 'Oh, that's what happened,'" Sugars said.
Santa Barbara police officials did not respond to Noozhawk's requests for Taser protocol, but SBPD began using the devices in 2006. The City Council approved the purchase of 145 devices and the staff report noted that Tasers were a nonlethal use of force method. The report also said the devices were expected to reduce the rate of officer injuries, which had resulted in $700,000 in losses for the previous five years.
Suzanne Riordan, executive director of Families ACT!, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families of people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, said mental illness is larger than a law enforcement issue.
"As family members with members struggling with mental health challenges, this story moves us deeply," Riordan said in a statement.
Instead of calling mental health professionals before the crisis happens, police are often called in the midst of the crisis, said Riordan, adding that law enforcement is designed to deal with crime, not mental illness.
"When the mental hospitals were closed, the promised community mental health facilities were not funded, and our own community hospitals abdicated responsibility for admitting the mentally ill and addicted," she said. "A vacuum was created that has come to be filled with Tasers and cops."
Those results are often tragic, she said.
"It is not fair to saddle law enforcement with the job of addressing untreated mental illness," said Riordan, adding that funding treatment facilities would save money and lives in the long run.
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The Sand Demon, only known to be found in the Krasian desert. The Defensive Ward for the Sand Demon is similar to that of their cousin The Rock Demon's defensive ward. The Sand Demons, cousin to Rock Demons are smaller and more nimble, but still among the strongest and most armoured of the coreling races.
Described as being of human height, the sand demons are lithe of body and possess long, strong arms ending in a hand of long, curved talons. They fight upright on hind limbs, but run on all fours,much like a large dog, or wolf. Their whole body is covered in plates of armour which in turn are covered in small, sharp scales that are a dirty yellow colour- almost indistinguishable from the sand that surround them. They have rows of segmented teeth that jut out on their jaws much like a snout, though their nostril slits reside just under their large, black lidless eyes. Thick bones from their brows curve upward and back, cutting through the scales as sharp horns. They possess a long flexible tail adorned with sharp scales and spikes which the demons use to attack their prey. In fact it is so destructive that the Krasians mimicked its design on a whip, used for corporal punishment, named the "alagai tail."
Attack MethodsEdit
Often hunting in packs it is unusual to see a Sand Demon by itself. One account shows that sand demons usually coordinate attacks- one will distract their prey head on while others ambush from the back or sides. It has similar teeth to its Rock Demon cousin, primarily using rows of razor sharp teeth to rip and tear its prey apart while attacking in an upright stance. It also has talons and a long barbed tail that can be used to cut its enemies to sunder.
Weak pointsEdit
The Sand Demon's thick armor is weaker around its eyes, a strong thrust of a spear can pierce through to the brain and kill the Demon . If the thrust isn't strong enough you risk angering the Demon instead of killing it.
The Sand Demons attack method of pouncing on their target leaves their mouth wide open ready to bite, a well place spear strike is known to pierce right through to the brain and kill the target. Inside the Demons mouth is as fragile as any normal creature and they possessed a long tongue that slavered over rows of razor sharp teeth.
Side NoteEdit
The Kaji Dama believe the Sand Demon reside on the third layer of Hell, The Majah believe they reside on the fourth.


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Here is a little entertainment for you. A video of a dancing doll that I made. The puppet doll is operated by means of a brass rod sliding inside a brass tube.
The United Federation of Doll Collectors invited me to submit a design for a souvenir doll for one of their upcoming conventions. The "Dancing Doll" was my submission. Apparently it was not what they were looking for.


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And in other news, here in Toronto we have a very weird store that has been around forreevvveerr. It's a bit of a famous place. It's called Honest Ed's and it's a HUGE bargain shop, and the joke is that once you go in, you can never find your way out again (and it's basically true...you could get lost in there for days!). The store is also known for all the strange signs covering the building which each feature another terrible pun after another. My boyfriend's work (a fancy little record shop called Sonic Boom) rents out space on the main floor, and so he helped me take some outfit photos in the very weird Honest Ed's Alley.
|The crazy place
|Dwarfed by bad jokes.
|Vintage blazer
|Vintage wedge sandals
|Silk embroidered blouse found at an estate sale.
|Thrifted deer necklace.
|Vintage carpet bag
|American Apparel pants
|I leave you with one more silly pun!


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A review of hospitality research in the Asia Pacific 1989-1996: a thematic perspective
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Hing, N 1997, 'A review of hospitality research in the Asia Pacific region 1989-1996: a thematic perspective', International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 241-253.
Published version available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09596119710190840
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Identifies themes in the hospitality and tourism literature arising from articles published in Asia Pacific-based journals from 1989 to 1996 inclusive. The journals are the Australian Journal of Hospitality Management, the Journal of Tourism Studies, Tourism Recreation Research and the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. The themes are: attracting Asian outbound travel markets; stakeholder roles in service quality; workplace relations; investment, planning and development in the accommodation sector; and education and training.


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Posted on 11/08/2013
Hospice Brazos Valley awards the Diane Duncum Award for Excellence in Hospice to Debbie Mackey. This annual award has been established to recognize and affirm a Hospice Brazos Valley employee. This award is the gracious gift of the Duncum family and is named after Diane Duncum who HBV was honored to serve. The Duncum family shares this gift with us to honor Diane's legacy and annually honor the HBV employee who vibrantly reflects what we value most in our mission. According to John Duncum, "our family was so comforted by the compassionate care given Diane".
The Diane Duncum Award for Excellence in Hospice honors Diane and perpetuates her memory in supporting the purpose of Hospice and to honor an outstanding member of the Hospice Brazos Valley interdisciplinary team. Debbie is a License Social Worker (LBSW) and received an advanced bereavement certification through the America Academy of Bereavement and has been with Hospice Brazos Valley – Brenham Branch since 1995. Along with the award, Debbie will receive $2,000.


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This past weekend's performance was a "Beethoven Extravaganza" as noted in the program.
The first composition the orchestra played "Overture to The Consecration of the House, Op. 124" was unfamiliar to me. But, it was nonetheless, a pleasant composition. The beginning strings sounded like tiny raindrops, then turning and developing into a summer downpour. I loved the smooth transitions as the orchestra "whispered" and traded off to each section. One aspect of the performance that I do not think I have ever taken considerate note of was the perfection of the orchestra emulating Maestro Honeck's every move. They, of course not only emulated his direction, but even his body language. It was really quite eye-catching to observe, as I am usually always transfixed on the violins. This would be the result of my bias opinion being a string player myself.
Now to the Eroica Trio! The all-female trio, Erika Nickrenz, Piano, Susie Park, Violin, and Sara Sant' Ambrogio, Cello marked their debut with the PSO with this past weekend's performances. As always, it is exciting to be part of a debut, or premier of anything you deeply love. For me, that would be the art of music. The trio's presence and dress certainly said, "star quality". One thing I noticed right away, aside from their [the trio] obvious vivacity and warm presence, was their care to observe the orchestra as they waited after the PSO's introduction before the cello danced in, followed by the violin and piano. I have never heard Beethoven's "Concerto in C major for Piano, Violin, Cello, and Orchestra, Op. 65, "Triple Concerto" either, but again, a dazzling composition. The cellist seizes the first main dance-like theme as the pianist, and violinist beautifully blend. Each member of the trio really enjoyed themselves. All playing to the heights of perfection and virtuosity never outshined one another. The trio's encore – "Oblivion" by Astor Piazzolla was absolutely, and positively exquisite. They played with incredible attention to detail; therefore, true love for their music shined to every corner of the hall. I daresay I enjoyed the encore better than the "Triple Concerto". It was amusing to watch the orchestra become the audience at the start of the encore. During the "Triple Concerto" when the orchestra was resting I saw some slightly craned necks to observe the spectacle – the all-female phenomenon, center stage.
Then, closing with another composition, by whom else, but Beethoven, was the Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major Op. 55, "Eroica". This piece, however, was very familiar to me, and a much-loved symphony of mine. The orchestra played with such crisp quality. By crisp, in no way do I mean harsh or lacking musicality. By "crisp" I mean the clean, classic characteristic. At the end of the movements, all bows in the air, creating a noble effect, let the sound gloriously ring as Heinz Hall unselfishly lends. You can just feel the unfathomable emotions Beethoven has composed in each and every note. A composition is a clear inside to the composer's circumstances at the conception and flight of the piece. I shall ever be indebted to the brilliant program notes that give such fascinating and enlightening backgrounds. My favorite part of the "Eroica" symphony is the third movement. I was struck by the pianissimo dynamic the PSO achieved with the many musicians. This movement starts out with spiccato bowing [a technique of bowing in which the bow is made to bounce slightly from the string] from the strings that made me think of a frantic whisper, and then develops into a juicy piece of gossip unable to contain Beethoven's news in his notes. Constantly resuming to the whispers, but then the horns took over and the gossip was most definitely born and off. The interpretation was regal, yet light, riveting, and thrilling. Perhaps this is the wrong term to use in the classical world, but I especially loved the remarkable Principal Cellist, Anne Martindale Williams "head banging" as the ecstatic finale came to execution. Beethoven's works certainly made an impressive opening and the PSO closed us in an impressive fashion!
The PSO's impeccable standards for the best musical quality possible are evident in every note of their music.


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This week, the salon's progress really feels out of my hands. I've been on site this week, but there's not much I can do -- it's all about the architect right now, and his construction plans.
The building is completely gutted. So now we're waiting to get our construction permits from the city. We need a "tenant improvement" permit for the first floor, which generally isn't that hard to get, BUT we also need a major construction permit since we're adding a second floor. Before we can start on any of this work -- reinforcing the roof, adding more steel, etc. -- the city has to approve our construction plans. Unfortunately, the permit for the second floor could take a while.
The architect is hoping to finish the plans by the end of this month. Then we're going to pay extra (groan) to expedite them through the permitting process.
On a more positive note, I have a meeting with the furniture guy on Wednesday. We're trying to nail down exactly what equipment Rob|b will be using.
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And so I did. The first part, anyway... Here is this lovely phone pouch to prove that.
But then... even though deadlines are pressing, I just couldn't help but surrender to the urge of making a pattern for a scissor case, drawing an embroidery pattern and quickly embroidering it... Now, do I really need a scissor case right now? Not really. And as I said before, I should really, really be doing something else. Nevertheless, I am having fun with it and I am so curious to see how it will turn out, that I WILL finish it up tomorrow, even if that means a sleepless night or two spent with finishing up the commissions.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." - Pablo Picasso.
Do you think he meant "working on something else"??? LOL
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Intern Workshop 11.21.12
By: Karissa Gall
The 2012-13 Vancouver Community Network (VCN) Youth Initiative (YI) program held its third all-intern workshop on November 21 in the Woodward's Building, bringing together the more than 30 Metro Vancouver youth who have been working at non-profit organizations based in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood all the way to Bowen Island since the beginning of fall.
Suzy O'Shea, computer and drop-in program assistant at Intern Host Organization (IHO) UBC Learning Exchange, kicked off the workshop with a presentation on the significance of the digital divide in the Downtown Eastside and the essential role that interns play in the success of the Learning Exchange's Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-related programming.
"We have people who come in to the Learning Exchange and they have never held a mouse, they have never turned a computer on before, and these people are now expected to job hunt or apply for their EI (Employment Insurance) online. They are expected to do all these things that are now becoming more and more online- and computer-based, and it just widens the digital divide even more," said O'Shea.
"People are being left behind."
While O'Shea said the Learning Exchange is "overprescribed for (their) computer workshops all the time," she added that through the VCN YI program, they have been able to further extend services and support.
"When people have an intern to sit down with them and explain (ICTs), that is fantastic," she said. "It's the benefit of one-to-one work."
Sylvia McFadden, longtime member of the youth-run IHO the Purple Thistle Centre for arts and activism, echoed O'Shea's praise for the positive impact of VCN YI interns.
"The interns are some of the really pivotal youth that have come through the space," said McFadden. "Marly Scannell did his internship here and just stayed. During his internship he set up the Purple Thistle server. He still maintains the server and comes to collective meetings. He's been just an amazing resource."
McFadden said another previous intern, Joi Arcand, is currently applying publishing skills she picked up through her involvement in the Purple Thistle RAIN (Radical Art in Nature) program to establish a Cree publication in Saskatchewan, and that current intern Julian Evans is "running InDesign workshops."
Following the guest speakers, current intern Beshele Caron took the floor to talk about her experiences working at Spartacus Books. Caron outlined the administrative work she has done sorting through backlogged volunteer applications and conducting interviews with volunteer candidates before describing the project she is most passionate about: the extension of "People's Phone Line" VoIP
telephone services.
Caron said the 24-hour free VoIP telephone that has been installed on the Spartacus storefront has been successful, and that "there are often three or four people standing waiting to use it."
She said she will be working to extend similar services to other sites in the Strathcona community and Downtown Eastside, where phones have been "systematically removed", thought to contribute to violence, the drug trade and prostitution. On the contrary, "Spartacus believes that people have the right to access phones for safety reasons," said Caron.
Chris Chu, who is interning as a database assistant and website administrator at Collingwood Neighbourhood House (CNH) while completing his bachelor's degree in information technology from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, continued the workshop with updates that he has rebuilt the CNH Resource Library database to be more user-friendly, and is populating the database using FileMaker software as well as assisting in the development of the CNH website.
Chu expressed appreciativeness for the internship opportunity, saying that it is "very hard to find a database development job for a university student."
"After I've taken this project, I'll have more confidence to take on another project at school," he said.
Following Chu's presentation, Tradeworks Training Society intern James Grainger spoke about his own work in website administration, saying that he has "rebuilt their Custom Products website to reflect the idea that it is a business that sells products but also gives back to the community."
Grainger added that he has also been supporting the production of Tradeworks' newsletters, "telling the stories of the women who've worked there to advertise the products".
Embers intern Camille Cooper said she has been doing office administration work as well as marketing for the Embers Ventures program's "Build a Business" course. She said she has been able to work with the many people who come through the office looking for employment, and that her internship is proving a "rewarding experience to follow up graduating with a degree in political science."
"I'm now considering social work," said Cooper. "I wouldn't have thought about that before."
Arielle de la Cruz Yip brought the workshop to an end presenting on her placement at the Neighbourhood Housing Society's Oasis building. Through the one-on-one workshops she has been holding with tenants on topics such as resume writing, email, YouTube and Skype, de la Cruz Yip said she has learned "important lessons" such as "knowing the conditions of our local social housing."


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First time curling my hair with a curling iron!!! Nice? :-) Do i look better in straight/curled hair? I'm thinking of perming and dying my hair at the end of the year! I'm thinking of like a sort of Ombre effect with the top of my hair black and then pastel pink-ish at the bottom, with permed hair. Saw it on a girl on Insta once and i loved it!! I want the top of my hair to be black so that i don't have to keep touching up the roots whenever my hair grows.. Hmm :-)
First time going clubbing toooooo. Sadly, the underage one. Hahaha sigh. It was fun, but there were too many Malays!!! I have NOTHING against Malays, don't get me wrong. But i just felt sorta out of place. It was fun though!! After awhile. Loosened up a little and danced. :-) It was totally opposite of what i expected though, it isn't like what you see on those American movies/shows. I guess it would be kinda obv that it wouldn't be the same as in this case, it's Asian clubbing. lollll kinda a let-down but it was still alright in the end.
Going to the event at Powerhouse tomorrow, see you guys there if any of you are going too! But i'll prolly be kinda awks since it'll only be my second time.. Gna take me awhile to loosen up hahaha esp. since i'm going with Sam(gna be her first time)!!!!! (Altho i'm also going with experienced people)
" When there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. " - Lisa Bonet


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Number 575, June 20, 2010
"The Internet is the collective
consciousness of the human race"
Balance Days
Special to The Libertarian Enterprise
The term "balance day" refers to a day of market action that results in prices exiting at the end of trading about where they entered. That is somewhat off the mark, since the USA markets have overnight trading in futures, in clearing activity, and in overseas trading. So the morning open may be very distinct from the previous evening's close. Given these effects, what the financial media report about the market indicates a rise or fall against the previous evening's closing price.
In the USA on 16 June 2010 the markets were up 4.69 points for the Dow to 10,409.46 or up 0.05%. Down 0.62 points for the S&P 500 to 1,114.61 or down 0.06%. Up 0.05 for the NASDAQ composite to 2,305.93 or up effectively 0.00%. Because of overnight trading creating a nearly continuous open (with periods for clearing) the term "balance day" is out of favour.
Two things were significant about this balance day, I believe. One was that the trend from the day before was fiercely higher. That trend was broken by a day of trading which was not meaningfully higher. This appears to be a "failed trend" day. This trend up appears to have started 7 June and looked to be ended on 16 June.
Another significant fact about balance days is that they often indicate a dramatic price change. Which way? We don't know.
The previous trend could re-assert itself and send stocks much higher. The previous trend could be demolished by a dramatic surge down. Or the existing trend could assert itself more mildly.
Of course, the way to bet in the current market is typically to guess that the market is going to go further down. More stupidity in government is likely to change the business environment in negative ways. More sovereign debt problems in Europe, Japan, and the USA are going to change things in negative ways. An ageing population reaching retirement in greater numbers is going to change the economy in many ways. Incompetent management coddled by enormous financial bail-outs and unprecedented privileges are going to continue to fuck up in monstrous ways, to make BP look typical.
Did you hear that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have become penny stocks for more than 30 days, so they have been removed from trading from the New York Stock Exchange? I think Citigroup missed this de-listing in Spring 2009 by some intervention in the market. But the largest mortgage concerns in the country are no longer listed on the NYSE they no longer qualify to be listed. Wow.
Yes, a balance day is a technical or charting "signal." And I don't place any faith in the shadow puppets formed by market charts. But I am aware that others do, and that the market is significantly psychological, in some ways like a poker game.
A little while ago I wrote about "Anticipating Market Behaviour." It occurs to me to mention that if you are looking for ways to test my expectation that the right shoulder of a fifteen year pattern was forming you could look for trades above 11,500 or below 7,500 on the Dow. Such trades would invalidate the formation if they occur before 2013. During 2013 or 2014 depending on the exact shape of the right shoulder, one would expect the formation to "complete" with a dramatic drop below 8,000. If this formation is completing as indicated, you may be able to make money with short term investments in exchange traded funds that mirror the market basket of the Dow. Such high volatility trading is risky, and should only be undertaken with funds you have available to lose entirely. Plus, remember, I don't believe any of this charting stuff, I am not offering advice (because I don't know your particular situation, at all), and my advice would be worth what you've paid for it (zero) or quite a bit less.
Also note that the NASDAQ composite chart shows no such head and shoulders formation. Rather, it shows a very strong single peak in 2000 followed by a damping function. Are you familiar with a damping function? Have you ever used the "sustain" pedal or damper pedal on a piano?
The function looks just like the price of gold from 1979 to 1999. A huge spike followed by a series of lower rises generally falling off until a more or less flat level is obtained. NASDAQ is showing this exact pattern. Charting technicians call it a "pennant" formation.
The S&P 500 shows a convincing double top at about 1,500. It may form a third top roughly the same level, or it may trade substantially below 1,500 for many years.
The Wilshire 5000 shows a head and shoulders formation similar in shape and duration to the formation on the Dow.
The NYSE composite shows the same head and shoulders type formation.
One of the truisms that my debate coach, Carl Mibeck, used to utter, was "If it has happened, it is possible." So, I would like you to take a look at a 25 year chart of the Nikkei 225. It shows a very similar head and shoulders formation between 1987 and 1992 with a peak near 39,000 at the very end of 1989. The formation shows a "neck line" at about 25,000. Since then the Nikkei has never reached that level.
Does the similarity between the Nikkei in 1989 and the Dow in 2007 mean anything? Probably not. But it is a fascinating look at charting and market psychology. Can the Nikkei ever break out above 39,000? Of course. But to do so there would have to be fundamental changes in the business environment in Japan.
A much smaller government, a much younger population, a much larger export market, a corporate philosophy that didn't tolerate the repeated failures exemplified by the recent series of recalls by Toyota, a much lower national debt, and free market money would individually be fundamental changes to the better. Combined, three or four of these changes would be monumental in their effectsand that would also be true of the USA economy. (Of course, the espionage-military-industrial-financial complex couldn't tolerate such changes, any more than they can tolerate the possibility of Okinawa no longer hosting American air bases.)
There are of course dozens of composite indices, including indexes in foreign countries. So, check the charts, look for the formations, don't misunderstand what to expect.
And don't be surprised if what happens is vastly different from what I've suggested might happen. Your mileage will vary.
By the way, it appears that the thing I least expected (but did mention) is what happened. The end of trend signal on the 16th on the Dow was not confirmed, and the trend extended itself a tiny bit on Thursday, and again a tiny bit on Friday. Whether the major market interventions by the Plunge Protection Team were involved, we won't know for a while.
However, on broader markets, there was a very tiny change, again, Thursday. NASDAQ was up 1.23 points for a 0.05% rise. S&P 500 was up 1.43 for a 0.13% rise. Similarly tiny rises are seen on even broader markets like the Russell 2000 (down slightly) and the Wilshire 5000 (up slightly).
It appears possible that Thursday's was another balance day. Even if we don't choose to discount the 3:30 p.m. rise on the Dow that brought all the upside for the day, the Dow's rise was only 0.24%. So not a staggering win.
Similarly tiny incremental changes were in place on Friday. You can find these on your favourite web site. I like finance.yahoo.com and google.com/finance for various charts and stories.
Of course, while the markets on Wall Street were expressing uncertainty, gold and silver surged higher. Gold set a new all-time high price per ounce at $1261.50 for intra-day trading on Friday. Depending on what you believe about inflation since 1980, the price of gold which reached $895 per ounce for the intra-day high in January 1980 on the April delivery contract represents a 2010 dollar price of around $3,000 per ounce, more or less. So, we aren't to the inflation-adjusted high, yet.
The markets appear to be waiting for some signal or direction. By making that statement I am not anthropomorphizing the markets. I am commenting on the psychology of market players who do not seem to be ready for a major move, up or down. I think the fundamental reasons to expect a major move down on further bad news from BP, from governments, from sovereign debt problems, from currency problems, from public unrest over tyranny and brutality, all remain the sources of signals to look at. And most of the time these signals are going to be negative.
Frustrated? Use this opportunity to shore up your own situation. And get ready for the ride to continue to be very bumpy.


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I've been balancing the two [sports] for the last eight years and I've been very fortunate to be able to have done both. Obviously captaining New Zealand in cricket is something that is not easy to turn down and it does mean that basketball's in the backseat but I still love both games and, at the moment, the cricket's at the forefront and I'm still committed to that. But it doesn't mean basketball won't still get a chance later down the track.
(See http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10773188)
As women's cricket becomes increasingly professionalised, and therefore more time-consuming, it becomes harder for women like Bates to develop their talent in multiple sports. This is a choice which men have been having to make themselves for many years - it's reasonably well-known, for example, that Phil Neville played cricket with Andrew Flintoff in his younger days, before making the choice to turn professional at football.
I've found it interesting to note that girls and women who have been talented at cricket have often also been interested in other sports. The Women's Cricket Association itself was founded in 1926 by a group of female hockey players who apparently wanted a team game to play in the summer (as an alternative to tennis). And Women's Cricket magazine is littered with references to alternative leisure interests, with players often listing sports such as table tennis, lacrosse, golf, tennis and of course hockey, under their "Interests". In 1935, for example, Colwall CC reported that: "We have six hockey goalkeepers in our club, can anyone else beat that?"
It's probably not only recently that players like Bates have had to make the difficult choice between sports. Pollard herself never played cricket for England, though she was a spectacular hockey player and represented her country at that level. Perhaps too much time devoted to one sport was a problem even back then.
It does seem that this cross-over of interest created a female sporting community in which players were interested in and celebrated not merely their own achievements, but those of their fellow sportswomen. A 1948 editorial of Women's Cricket suggested that
cricket players will want to congratulate the England Womens' Hockey XI on their great achievement of 1947-8 [in which the team had beaten Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the USA, Denmark and Holland].
As women's cricket, and other women's sports, become more professionalised, inevitably much of this sense of a unified cross-sporting community is lost. Just one of the trade-offs for the access to resources and finance that professionalisation provides.


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I may very well have been the most hated man in the He-Fan community. To many people, I was known as the "He-Man Pornographer," a writer of "He-Porn," which has been described as "sad" and "disgusting." Now you may be thinking, what kind of sick bastard writes erotic fiction about He-Man? I guess that sick bastard would be me. But I certainly make no apologies for it. Most of the people that hated me never actually read my work, only scanning the text of my most risqué fanfics to cut and paste proof of my depravity.
Being of Greek descent, I was raised on a diet of Greek mythology, not the G-Rated Rick Riordan variety, but the original stuff, so it was not uncommon for me to learn, at a young age, of the sexual exploits of Hercules or Odysseus. Zeus, King of the Gods, was the most lecherous of all, cheating on his wife a total of 114 times. This isn't to say that the Greeks condoned sex with reckless abandon. King Aegis of Athens was warned by the Oracle of Delphi against drunken fornication. But he did so anyway, giving birth to Theseus, which eventually led to his suicide. The Greek myths reflected the world as is, both perverse and innocent, celebrating life in all its diversity. But with Masters of the Universe, I was often confused. It wasn't as if sex was portrayed as an evil thing; it simply ceased to exist.
The Amazon was sent to a He-Man mailing list under the pseudonym Jennifer Thomas. I knew the tale would incite anger, and it did. People wondered why I did not start with something more in keeping with the accepted MOTU canon. Well, in all honesty, I was afraid. I had been writing fiction since I was six years old, and nobody had ever read anything I had written. My reasoning was: If I send a crappy, pornographic story over the Internet, I will a) get lots of attention and b) be protected against criticism, because any criticism for the story would be for its erotic content, not my writing ability. In retrospect, this reasoning seems stupid. But somehow I made fans. People begged me to send them copies of The Amazon and I decided not to bury the persona of Jennifer Thomas, but to continue writing under her name. This time, I invested more effort in the story, and Mari'na Lucien was born, a genuine romance. By the time I got around to my third "Jennifer Thomas" fanfic, erotica no longer interested me. I was more keen to explore other adult themes, so She-Ra and Fisto dealt with rape, but in a tragic way, regarding the characters' relationships and the emotional scars caused by such an act. In my fourth story, Rain, sex is only alluded to. This time, I chose to tackle love, marriage, suicide and the birth of a handicapped child. By the time I got to my fifth fanfic, The Krelm, I became bored with sex and romance altogether and in a very traditional style adventure, I explored the way in which Prince Adam (He-Man) deals with his father's death. Though it was my most ambitious project to date, The Krelm was a disaster. Nobody commented or gave me praise, and so I decided at that point to write The Return of Shokoti under my real name, Nick Alimonos, a story which could have been an episode of the original cartoon. My fan base continued to dwindle, however, since people tended to care only for erotica. Jitsu's Revenge remains my most popular tale to date for this reason. I then started to experiment with different kinds of fiction, sometimes with vulgarity (as in the Amazon) and at other times focusing on romance and poetry, as in The Loneliest Being in All the Universe. By now, I was receiving quite a bit of hate mail, mostly from people who did not read my work, and in answer to them, I tackled issues of morality in Decadence, where He-Man is forced to choose between love and lust.
By this time, the "Jennifer Thomas Canon" was starting to form. Quite by accident, I had developed a saga, starting with The Amazon and culminating with Decadence. But it needed a better ending, something to tie the loose threads together, and so Prince Regan was born, the tragic conclusion to the "Jennifer Thomas Canon." The story did not deal at all with sex, but the life of He-Man's son. The main theme was hate, a thing I was all too familiar with. But while The Amazon started it all, you won't be seeing it here (sorry). Try as I may, the story is unsalvageable, an embarrassing, pornographic, poorly written mess with zero redeeming qualities, so it really comes as a shock to me, that I could ever have been so brash and shameless to post it. I guess while other people in college experimented with drugs and sex, I was experimenting with erotica. So I begin my Masters of the Universe Fanfic Saga with Jitsu's Revenge, the earliest in the chronology.


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Fantasy Basketball Box Score Breakouts – 12/3/10
Here's a look at some fantasy basketball players that blew up the box score last night.
James Harden, Oklahoma City Thunder
Harden got another boost from Kevin Durant's absence scoring 20 points (5-14 FG, 7-8 FT, 3-7 3PM) with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. His added value ends when Durant returns.
Leandro Barbosa, Toronto Raptors
Barbosa scored 22 points (7-12 FG, 6-9 FG, 2-5 3PM) with a rebounds and 2 steals. He's averaging 14.2 points in his past five games, making him a decent bench option.
Jordan Farmar & Travis Outlaw, New Jersey Nets
Farmar shined again with Devin Harris out scoring 16 points (6-18 FG, 3-3 FT, 1-5 3PM) with 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. He's golden as long as Harris is out. Meanwhile Outlaw scored 21 points (7-17 FG, 6-6 FT, 1-6 3PM) with 6 rebounds, an assist, 3 steals, and a block. He's averaging 16.7 points in his past three games.
Marvin Williams, Atlanta Hawks
Williams scored 22 points (7-12 FG, 8-8 FT) with 2 rebounds and 4 steals. He's averaging 16.8 points and 6.5 rebounds in his past four games. He should see an increase in scoring while Joe Johnson is out the next month or two.
Quentin Richardson, Orlando Magic
Q scored 15 points (5-12 FG, 2-2 FT, 3-8 3PM) with 7 rebounds and an assist. He's averaging 12.4 points and 5.4 rebounds in his past five games.
Kyle Lowry, Brad Miller & Courtney Lee, Houston Rockets
Lowry exploded for 28 points (11-15 FG, 2-2 FT, 4-5 3PM) with 3 rebounds, 12 assists, and 2 steals. He's averaging 12.4 points and 8.2 assists in his past five games. Aaron Brooks' return isn't too far off. Meanwhile Miller scored 23 points (7-7 FG, 6-7 FT, 3-3 3PM) with 7 rebounds and 3 assists. He's averaging 13.3 points in his past four games. Finally Lee scored16 points (7-9 FG, 1-2 FT, 1-2 3PM) with 4 rebounds. He's not much of a fantasy option.
Josh McRoberts, Indiana Pacers
McRoberts scored 16 points (6-9 FG, 4-6 3PM) with 9 rebounds, 3 assists, and a block. He doesn't play enough minutes to be a viable fantasy option.
Jason Thompson, Sacramento Kings
Thompson scored 19 points (9-13 FG, 2-5 FT) with 10 rebounds. He's averaging 14.7 points and 8.7 rebounds in his past three games. He's a nice option as long as he remains a starter.


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Homelessness Hidden, Ignored and Punished
Homelessness is generally associated with people who are suffering from mental health issues or drug and alcohol abuse. Wellington's infamous Blanket Man was an example of a stereotypical homeless person who made a personal choice to live rough despite offers of accommodation. Homelessness is also regarded to be a feature of large urban centres and not likely to occur in places like Invercargill. While I am sure there are homeless people who still live on the streets because of a personal choice to do so, New Zealand is experiencing growing numbers of homeless people who hadn't planned to live this way, but have limited choices.
To me it seems inconceivable that a country with a relatively small population, and as resource rich as New Zealand, should struggle to house those desperate for shelter. But times have changed and housing is no longer considered a human right and homeless shelters and emergency accommodation are being closed in many centres despite the demand.
The two environments where one would expect a dregree of homelessness would be in our largest city where we are already aware of a housing shortage and Christchurch where the earthquake recovery is ongoing. Surprisingly most cities in New Zealand actually have growing levels of homelessness. Palmerston North and Invercargill both have a homeless problem due to a shortage of emergency housing and support services for the homeless are experiencing funding cuts. Invercargill City Councillor Alan Dennis expressed concern that money can be found to look after stray animals but not people.
The homeless problem can be an invisible one, with many sleeping rough outside hidden from view or couch surfing and in Christchurch's case many are using abandoned houses.
It is bad enough that we appear to be ignoring the problem and making little effort to find or build emergency accommodation around the country, but homelessness is also being associated with criminality. While I am sure there will be an element of criminal behaviour with some homeless, it is a dangerous to assume that the two are always related and it is leading to human rights abuses.
Police in Christchurch are issuing non-association orders to stop the homeless from congregating and this is clearly a breech of their rights especially if the criminality they are attempting to manage involves breaking into empty houses for shelter. The worst story I've heard about homelessness in Christchurch involves a pregnant woman being forced to sleep rough because there is no accommodation available. Despite the woman's background it is heartless in the extreme to cast a vulnerable person and her unborn baby aside like this.
Compassion is something that is quickly becoming a rare quality in this country for those who are struggling and it appears designing a new flag has a higher priority than providing all New Zealanders a roof over their heads. Key obviously wants his legacy to be a piece of cloth on a flag pole rather than building homes for the homeless and lifting 25% of our children out of poverty. Appalling!


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Excel and analysis services are pretty open technologies so it's very easier for anyone to grow their own stuff in for a richer experience, and even Microsoft provide things like the data mining add-ins which follow this principle.
These add-ins are not confined to Microsoft and they are not always free. What caught my eye recently is PTPower which free from SQL Server Power. This is actually a Microsoft guy,Tyler Chessman. What it does is to allow you to create calculated members and edit MDX from within Excel…
the Show MDX button above brings up this dialog box..
I would often want to cut and paste this MDX and use it as the basis of a reporting services report so that I could deliver a fixed view of a cube consistent with the analytical view in excel.
The Calculations option underneath it gives you this …
..to edit your calculated members and this all looks spookily familiar. Of course the ability to do this would normally mean you would need to have permission to alter the cube, but Tyler has done this in such a way that the calculated members get saved in the workbook not the back-end cube. This could cause chaos as your business logic is now in a local excel workbook which is what you were probably trying to avoid by using analysis services in the first place! However you can mitigate this by publishing this spreadsheet in excel services.
This kind of functionality will also come in useful when the in memory analytics come out in SQL Server 2008 r2/ Excel 2010 and no doubt Tyler will adapt all of this to work with the new release when it comes out next year (if indeed he needs to).


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