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when choosing a composite decking, it is important to pay attention to your location. The best thing is to talk to a professional, even if you are building your deck. However, experts with decorative statement, the list: geography and climate. In Arizona's deck, in Minnesota, a composite deck will see a different life conditions. Note: If you have any shade, and mildew can compound the shadow of some types of decoration. Also, take not, if you have a barbecue on the deck plan. Composite deck stains difficult to remove, and there is a color composite decking, which will help the stain may be important to HID's.
then, to talk about professional, they offer great views, even if you do not hire them. Try to find a local builder, or even just in a hardware store employees, will provide useful insight in choosing the right composite decking materials.
composite deck materials once you have some suggestions, pick up a few, from the hardware store. (They'are free) to get a good feel, how they under your feet. Put them in the sun, their bare feet burning composite decking? In addition, if you're building your deck yourself, you can even install the sample fastener installation and final appearance of the idea. Then, check the Internet blog and forums, and get real world feedback.


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Sam grew up in Winter Park, Florida but moved up to Tallahassee in 2011 to attend FSU. He began attending City Church as a Freshman at FSU and has been involved ever since. After graduating in 2015 with a degree in Humanities, he worked at Lucky Goat Coffee until joining the City Church staff in 2017. He loves music, soccer, and Chick Fil a. Sam has a passion for Youth and College ministry and connecting with students through music.
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Don't Leap Till Your Ready
Don't Invest in a Relationship until your Positive it's going to Work
Were all guilty of this misguided behavior. If the world built bridges every time they thought we needed one we would be knee deep in structures we didn't need or want. All to often we invest our emotions and hopes and then find ourselves shortchanged by someone who didn't feel the same way we did. Life will connect us with many encounters of the close kind. But that doesn't mean that they will all work out. Mixing with people and finding out how we feel is a lesson that's not taught in a classroom. Its best learned by being part of the human race. Just because someone shows you affection doesn't mean their preparing to sweep you off your feet.
Smelling Good Isn't Enough
Life is like living in a trash barrel. No matter what you do sometimes life just stinks. When your in one of these moods don't be eager to engage someone in the journey leading to a date at the alter. Just because someone comes along and they smell better then your life doesn't mean you should flap your wings and fly off into the sunset with them. On the contrary during one of these foul smelling moods one should retreat to the nearest liquor store and buy large quantities of liquid medicine and then barricade yourself in the closet. Oh and don't forget the medicine that will sedate you till the smell of mendacity clears your head and you see the folly of what your thinking of doing.
Wow I love having the opportunity to use the word mendacity. I learned this word from a movie many years ago called The Cat on the Hot Tin Roof. The main three actors were Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Burl Ives. Burl Ives was the person who was dying of cancer and wasn't being told the truth. That's when he said something like I think I sense the smell mendacity in the air. Even today that's still a cool movie to watch.
Keep Your Good Sense About You
Sometimes we all put our good sense to sleep and avoid reality and just go ahead and do what ever feels good at the moment. This type of behavior is ok for most things but getting married is not one of them. Most marriages whether we like the truth or not end in divorce and that's a burden best avoided if at all possible.
Drum First
If your considering excepting or giving a marriage proposal and haven't given it due consideration; here's what I suggest you do. First get a large empty metal drum and place it over your head and then hit it repeatedly with a hammer until common sense flows back into veins of your brain. If this doesn't work use the hammer directly to you skull and stop doing same when the idea vanishes from your brain. If this doesn't work build a bridge and hopefully a bird will fly by and crap on your parade and that smell will awake your comatose brain back to reality and you will decide to continue to claim only one dependent when you file your income tax information.
Remember Mendacity
Remember the cat and the smell of mendacity and stay single until the smell clears your nose. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Project WeHOPE Shelter
Project WeHOPE's 55-bed emergency shelter is located in East Palo Alto. It offers immediate and essential services to homeless and at-risk individuals in San Mateo Country and Santa Clara County. The shelter runs 7 days/week, 365 days/year, rain or shine. The program includes two hot meals daily, hot showers and other personal hygiene accommodations and laundry services.
Hours of Operation:
Doors are open from 4:30 P.M. until 8:00 am, 7-days a week 365 days/year. Priority is given to San Mateo County residents.
Clients can enter at 4:30 and take a shower, wash their laundry, use the computer bar, watch television, play games, read, etc. There are also classes available during this time (available primarily first for Transitional/Supportive Housing Clients and then emergency clients if room). Dinner is served from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM, and lights out is at 10:30 PM.
Transitional / Supportive Housing Program
Taking a holistic approach in helping the homeless, we designed programs that address the physical, emotional, and educational needs of those we serve. One such program is our Transitional/Supportive Housing Program.
The Transitional / Supportive Housing WeHOPE program is a 120-day program that is intended to deal with the systemic issues related to homelessness. This program was officially launched January 2014 for Project WeHOPE clients, and it was developed to assist individuals with an income receive a hand up. Clients entering this program take a series of classes, set weekly goals, meet weekly with his or her case manager, participate in our mandatory savings program, do daily housing searches, and are a positive role model for emergency clients.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis for the Transitional/Supportive Housing Program, which is for 120-days.
How the Transitional Program is different from the Emergency Program:
Transitional/Supportive Housing Clients are in a 120 day program, and must participate in assigned classes, meet regularly with a case manager, and stay at the WeHOPE Shelter for majority time. Whereas emergency clients are admitted on a nightly basis, and are often referred by other CORE Agencies.
What it means to be a Transitional Client:
Being a Transitional/Supportive Housing Client means that you are ready to take the necessary steps to improve your situation, which may mean making difficult decisions for lifestyle improvement.
How to become a Transitional Client:
Transitional/Supportive Clients must fill out an application, meet eligibility requirements, and go through the interview process. In order to be eligible, one must be literally homeless, have a last permanent address in Santa Clara or San Mateo County (priority is given to East Palo Alto Residents, have an income, be clean and sober (or actively in a treatment program), be willing to abide by all of the shelter rules
Duration of Stay
Emergency and Supportive Housing clients are allowed 120-says of consecutive stay. Extensions of up to 180-days may be provided if alternative housing is not available and said extensions is recommended by a physician or qualified representative. Supportive Housing clients are required to stay at the Shelter while participating in the program, unless they notify their WeHOPE case manager. Emergency clients are required to get daily referrals.


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I have been asked "what is the story, vision and mission of Busbridge&Hambledon Church, your Church of England church, in your area?" It could be summed up as 'aspiration for something different'
There is a general election coming up. It may be tempting to withdraw, be cynical, see only failed aspirations and seek isolation or darkness. This temptation is as old as time itself. The philosopher Plato wrote "we can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light". (Plato, c350BC). He could have been writing about our lives, today. Fear seems to be quite a strong currency; whether it is fear of uncertainty, losing control, absence of hope or vision, illness, 'found out' for who you really are, bewilderment as to who or what our nation is about, or just plain resignation that things can be different.
Lots of organisations have vision and mission statements. Here's one that I find inspirational: "A world where all children grow up feeling safe, loved and joyful". It's by a firm called 'Life is Good'. Their core product is T'Shirts. It's an impressive aspiration for a T'shirt manufacturer.
What if Busbridge&Hambledon Church of England Church had a core value, identity and purpose? What would it be? This question has led our church to form a vision and mission description shaped around the story of who we are as a church.
It may be obvious, but our story as a church is about Jesus Christ – the easy bit. It is more difficult to work out what this means: is it a true story? Even if true, what does this mean today? How do you share such a story in a world that is more than slightly sceptical of religion? Is a church that has this story only for those who believe it, or is it meant to be there for everyone at every stage of their life?
We see our place here as threefold. It's a mission of playing our part in transforming the local community, loving God and making disciples.
Transforming Community. Is about being and doing what the Bible calls 'good work'. Being a Christian is, in our view, a good thing. It means that we as a church must do good things in, for and with the community. It is about asking what a church can do and be to help improve the area. If we have nothing to add then we are not a truly Christian family but just sitting on the hill serving our own ends. It's a constant challenge for us: do we live what we believe? If the wider community thinks BusbridgeandHambledon church family is only interested in itself then we've failed in our mission to bring good transformation to the local area.
Loving God. Is about recognising God for who He is. Research in recent years has found that many people today have absolutely no awareness of mystery, awe or transcendence. People are not against this, it is just that their world is so full of things, activity and stress that space for deeper meaning has been eroded. Our mission is to help people seek and experience the presence of God. Do we get this right all the time? No. BusbridgeandHambledon church is about as perfect as a chocolate teapot. The important thing is that we know this, but also know a perfect, forgiving and incredible God.
Making Disciples. Is where the rubber hits the road. We want to be a church that is intentional about helping people learn about Jesus, change habits to reflect this, and have a different view of the world and people based on active Christian faith. People grow into all sorts of shapes, sizes, personalities and mess-ups. Being a disciples of Jesus means we treat people as important because they are created by God rather than for what they can give us, do for us or help us achieve. We treat money not as ours, but as given to us by God for good works. We treat ourselves as part of God's beautiful creation, and learn to value ourselves based on this rather than external trappings.
So our mission as a church is Transforming Communities, Loving God and Making Disciples. This leads us to ask what the mission is about. It should feed into our overall vision. This is about our core purpose – something that is summed up in a clarity about what we aspire to here.
We believe that this nation is in great need of a reawakening into Christian faith. We think the Godalming area is important in this and has a crucial part to play in improving Society. So, our vision is to bring the nation to Christ, starting right here, and unfolding in BusbridgeandHambledon. It means playing our part in and for the good of the community, rather than about just serving our own needs; we draw attention to the powerful existence of God; we offer ways to learn about Jesus which brings change for good into individual lives and families.
So, what can we all do? Whether you are a Christian or not, one thing we can all do is vote. Voting is an exercise in expressing belief and values. By crossing one box you are revealing to yourself, in the privacy of that moment, not only your beliefs but also that which you do not stand for. The system may not be perfect, the people voted for are known to be imperfect and we, the people, are certainly far from perfect but if we fail to vote we are withdrawing into darkness and that darkness is partly about ourselves.
For me, voting is partly about a vision for a nation that comprehends the incredible love of Christ. It starts here, in this area with each of us.


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ThrifyTrails run a travel on a budget blog. Find out more about them in my interview!
1. Where are you from?
We are both from the sunshine state, Florida.
2. Could you tell me briefly about yourself?
Our names are Tim and Pam. We met in college and have stayed at each other's side ever since. We got married in May 2016 and began our extended honeymoon in June 2016.
3. What inspired you to travel?
Both our families love to travel so I guess you can say it's in our blood. We had always talked about traveling and the honeymoon was the opportune moment. It was like the stars aligned and everything was set for us to take off onto our adventure. It all started with a very cheap ticket to Poland where I (Pam) have family.
4. How long have you been traveling?
We traveled the world full time for 6 months for our honeymoon. We just got back about a week ago so we are now acclimating ourselves back into the real world. We plan on continuing our travels within the US since I haven't really explored many of the states.
5. How would you describe the way that you travel? Do you stay in a city for a long period of time or visit many cities in a short period of time? Why?
I would say we are minimalist budget travelers.We carry one backpack each to avoid checked back fees and the headaches associated with lost or damaged baggage. Keeping things to a minimum just helps overall. We also look for every possible free thing there is to do where ever we are. Our destinations and length of time depend on a few factors such as flight prices in and out of the country, if we have family we can stay with, and how much there is to do. If we can stay with family then we will try to stay longer in the city but if not then we look at what dates the flight prices are the cheapest and that will dictate how long we end up staying there.
6. What are some of your favorite countries traveling? Why?
One of our favorite countries was New Zealand. We have never seen such beautiful landscapes in our lives. It was extra special because we got to experience it all while living in a campervan for 3 weeks. This enabled us to sleep next to gorgeous blue lakes with a view of snow capped mountains or in marina parking lots that had great views of the sunrise - and all for free.
7. What are some of your best experiences traveling?
One of our best experiences traveling was hiking up Babia Góra in Poland, which translates to Witches' Mountain. I am afraid of heights and am used to the flat terrain of Florida so this was quite a challenge for me. When I made it to the top I was so proud of myself! Another experience we really enjoyed was visiting an elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We are both animals lovers and we wanted to interact with them in a humane manner - meaning not riding them. We learned the background stories of the elephants and got to feed and bathe them. Another Japan in general really surprised me. I honestly didn't know much about Japan but agreed to add it to our list of countries because Tim had always wanted to visit. To my own surprise, I loved every minute of it! The people are so polite, there is a large variety of food, and there are very unique places that you don't see elsewhere - like a town where wild deer roam freely or a restaurant where you are served by a robot.
8. Are you able to support yourself traveling from an online business? If not, how did you fund your traveling?
No, we do not have an online business. We lived off our savings during our 6 month trip around the world. Saving is something that is innate in both of us and helped us prepare for the extended honeymoon. We keep track of our finances and cut whatever expenses possible. We also have a binder of coupons that we take with us every time we go grocery shopping - it all adds up. Not having kids or loans to pay back allows us to save every penny. We recently started getting into the credit card game and accumulating miles. Many people are afraid that getting a credit card will get them into debt but the trick is to spend it on your usual expenses and pay it off every month. You don't have to go on a shopping spree.
9. Do you have a blog ? If so, what topics do you discuss? What inspired you to start one?
Many of our friends and family kept asking us questions like "What are you packing? Where are you going? How are you paying for this? Are you crazy?". So we decided to write it all down so they could be informed on our travels. We learned that traveling was a lot cheaper than we anticipated and so we wanted to share that with our readers as well. We share all the free and cheap things there are to do in countries around the world along with other helpful information like transportation and food options.
After saving up as much money as possible, you don't want to spend it all on just a few days of travel and that's where the main mission of our blog comes into play. It's a fun challenge for me to create a list of free or cheap things to do in every town we visit. We want to share the knowledge we've gained over the last 6 months of full time travel with all our readers to help them learn how to travel on a budget. It's all about being thrifty.
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One of my favorite films of last year was Tony Scott's "Unstoppable," a tight action flick starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. In the movie, a runaway train speeds towards a populated area with only our two stars between it and certain destruction.
The film is now on Blu-ray and DVD, and to celebrate we got an exclusive clip from the release. Check it out above, and tell us what you think in the comments section below or on Twitter!


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Sunrise at Low Tide - Photowalk
So 5:00am came and I poked my head outside the door to see that the blanket of fog that had been sitting on top of Qualicum Beach was still there. How the heck were we going to shoot the sunrise when there wasn't one? The trooper that I am (not really) I decided that I needed to head down to the rendezvous location just in case others were going to show. So there I was with my neighbor Larry, two rabid photographers sitting waiting for the others to show...Then shortly after 6:00am John showed up. You still couldn't see your hand in front of your face, but we waited; 6:10am, 6:15am, and then 6:20am; no one else.
Now here's where we improvise. I knew we wouldn't be able to see anything on the beach let alone our feet, so I suggested we head down to the French Creek Marina when I knew there were always glorious old fishing boats. To make an already long story short we renamed it the "Marina at Low Tide - Photo walk"; and here's what it looked like to me as the sun desperately tried to make a show of it.


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We have been having wintry type weather for nearly two weeks now. I fully realize that there are folks in other parts of the country who have it WAY worse than us but I was getting a little tired of rescheduling things, having to work from home, hearing people complain...and yet, we didn't actually get any snow (or enough to really matter).
Well, things have changed!
It snowed!
Started snowing last night about 5:30pm and didn't slack off until around midnight. I am like a little kid so I was pretty much awake all that time checking out the window. I'm actually a little thankful that it stayed cold enough to stick around until this morning.
We got out in it - while it was very actively snowing around 8:30 last night - and played some...even taking Gwen on a 3 block walk. She loved it...lots of snuffling and digging.
We ended up with about 7 inches in the yard which is pretty much the most snow I've ever seen. We got about 6 inches two Christmases ago but this is pretty stellar.
My favorite back yard tree...lots of snow on the limbs.
Just now - about 3 hours after this picture was taken - this tree is mostly free of snow. Its been falling off and melting all morning which is both beautiful and sad.
This is i the back yard!
Our street this morning. I love that you can see all the way up to Lookout Mtn. in the background. Thankfully there wasn't too much traffic needing to head out. Chad was supposed to be off today but went in anyway - nice guy that he is - which was a good thing. Most of 3rd shift didn't come so he was relieving folks from yesterday's 2nd shift who have been at work for 16 hours.
Nice snow hat on the mailbox.
Won't be having a fire in the fire pit and lounging any time soon.
And now it is blue skies and warming up! It'll all be gone by tomorrow I'd guess.


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I don't know if there are many of you who read this blog anymore (especially since my updates have been so few and far between), but for those of you who do, I'm asking for your prayers for a special family. My cousin, Jon, and his wife, Tami, just found out Friday night that their 10-year-old son, TJ (the oldest of 4 boys), has an inoperable brain tumor. I can't begin to imagine what they must be going through, but Tami has poured out her heart so beautifully into words on his CaringBridge site: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tjgoemaat/journal. I don't know TJ as well as I wish I did, but I do know that he is truly the sweetest, most polite and well-mannered boy I have ever met. And he must carry that out into his every day life as well since the support for him and messages left in his "guestbook" are so numerous. So I'm asking you to please take some time to click on the link above and read his story. I know it will tug at your heart and I hope it will also bring you to your knees to pray for TJ and his family. They really need those prayers right now. Thank you.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
a toe-tappin' post
She learned lots of great toe and heel tappin' moves.
And had fun choosing different outfits to wear each time! :)
Tonight was her recital, so she wanted to dress extra fancy.
They performed their "Cruella Deville" dance for us.
It was adorable!
She did a fantastic job!
This girl loves to spin!
And a big thank you to her wonderful teacher!
Great job, Millie! You are our tap dancing star! :)
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
bonne saint valentin!
Bienvenue à la soirée!
We hope you enjoy your time at our little "café."
(sign translates "Welcome to the Brooks' place")
Every proper French café needs a striped awning, yes?
And a chalkboard sign.
The "Craigheads" are the other couple that helped us throw the party.
So, pull up a seat at "la table."
And choose from our three different soups and desserts.
(I completely forgot to get pictures of the food. Which is a bummer, because Dana made some totally beautiful and delicious desserts.... so you'll have to just see one of the description cards instead). :(
Oh, and don't forget your "moustache."
We had a little contest to see who could keep their mustache the longest. If you were caught saying "please" or "thank you" instead of "s'il vous plait" and "merci" then your mustache was taken away.
Here I am with my very pregnant friend, Dana, (she looks amazing, doesn't she?!) who made a knockout Chicken Tortilla Soup, Cream Puffs and Puff Pillows. They were all super delicous! We also had Creamy Ham & Potato Soup, French Tomato Soup and a Village Inn French Silk Pie. "Miam miam" as the french would say. :)
"A votre santé!"
Some of our friends found some interesting places to put their mustaches. Jenn doesn't always look quite so angry. :)
After dinner, we visited "Le Louvre," where couples had to draw a picture of something to do with their relationship. The trick was that they had to do it with their arms around each other, each using only one hand. If this is confusing you, just hold on until you see the pictures below. ;)
Addie and Millie thought it was cool that they even got to draw a few frames too! :)
We made Abby use her left had since she's a professional artist. Of course, she is also an amazing artist with her left hand! So not fair.
Aw... isn't that precious? :)
Andy made a really good crayon cup holder.
These two took away the prize with their masterpiece! (a $10 gift card to La Mie Bakery!)
Hey, it looks like she's doing all the work! So typical... ;)
Et voilà!
C'est magnifique!
And we finished strong with some good laughs around the fire.
"Bonne Saint Valentin!"
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
the not-so-extreme home makeover: kitchen edition
We've lived in this house now for four years.
For FOUR YEARS I've lived with a fruity kitchen.
(No offense to you if you have a fruity kitchen... it's just not really my style...)
I kept thinking I could live with it just a little bit longer... just long enough to get a new backsplash installed. But have I mentioned that we've also been working on finishing our basement for four years? Yeah... Chad's been pretty much tied up with that in most of his "free time." So I started to get the feeling that my kitchen tile wouldn't get touched until the basement was done. Which may be awhile....
This past weekend, I decided it was time to take matters into my own hands. One of our friends has a kitchen similar to ours and her tile is painted. So, I thought to myself, if her tile is painted, why can't I paint mine? Anything's gotta be better than that fruit, right? I guess I'll let you decide.
Here's the kitchen before:
And just incase you couldn't see the beautiful fruit well enough...
Chad did help out and sand down the fruity tiles for me and he also wiped down the rest while I was out buying the paint.
And, several hours, 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of grey later...
My slightly more modernized kitchen!
I also painted the top of the kitchen a lighter green.
Yes, I do realize we still have a ways to go, what with the nasty peel 'n stick floor and the outdated countertops, cupboards and appliances... but hey, at least we're on our way! :)
Stay tuned for my next "Not-So-Extreme" Home Makeover: Bedroom Edition!
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Starting new year 2013, welcoming the year of snake in chinese calendar in 10th February 2013. Before that date, It's still the year of dragon 2012 – the water dragon. What happen in this early 2013? It's raining season. I have a fantasy thoughts and I can describe maybe the water dragon is crying ? The water dragon is casting water magic ? Maybe the water dragon is angry? Because almost everyday is raining, following with the blowing wind and striking thunder. STORM and FLOOD.
17th January 2013, Thursday.. it's the longest rainfall in my life. I woke up at 3 am until 8 am, the rain has not stop yet. I can't go to work. It's flooding all the way to the office and some way reaches 1.5 m depth. I checked my phone and all I see is the pictures and news of heavy rain and flood. Even CNN said this time, the rain is above average. It's disaster. Some of my friends also can't go to work and do activities. Sigh~ Here some photos from my friends.


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Some of the largest, most complex, and symbolic icons of contemporary public architecture today are airports. Beyond attracting unprecedented passengers and business, airport mega projects can trigger inventive form-finding and integral programs that defy the notions of the impossible. Megahubs of the 21st century reflect long-term urban planning strategies, enormous investments in global transportation infrastructure, unique multidisciplinary creative collaborations, and contested localized political discussions.
This AERIAL FUTURES think tank brought together a group of international and local pioneers to discuss how airports can be catalysts for architectural innovation. Experts discussed the inherent environmental, economic political and social implications associated to these prototypical projects, along with the risks and promises that they carry.
In the context of the 2017 Mextrópoli Architecture Festival, AERIAL FUTURES: Sky's the limit contributed to an ongoing international debate surrounding the future of airport terminal design. The AERIAL FUTURES platform explores the current and future state of this rapidly evolving architectural typology.
Agatha Kessler
Agatha Kessler has worked as an executive in the worlds of finance and technology, building international businesses in emerging products with VISA and Hewlett-Packard. Energized by the intersection of technology, business and design, in 2007 Agatha joined Fentress Architects as CEO. She holds an MBA and has lived in many cities around the world. Currently, as Chairman of Fentress Architects, Agatha serves on a number of boards, including Opera Colorado and the Design Futures Council. With a keen interest in the future of air travel, Agatha is pursuing a PhD in Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Amaia De Durañona
Amaia De Durañona is an interior architect and industrial designer at FR-EE – Fernando Romero Enterprise. Before moving to Mexico City, Amaia collaborated on private luxury projects for the Middle East and Africa in Paris. She currently serves as Associate Interior Architect and head of the specifications department for the New International Airport for Mexico City project at FR-EE.
Andrew Vasey
Andrew Vasey is the president and founder of Vasey Aviation Group, providing advisory, operational, strategic and infrastructure advisory services to private equity funds, airlines and airport operators. Andrew has over thirty years of experience with the financing, planning, design, construction and operation of airport facilities across the US, Europe and Russia. He most recently was the senior advisor to Oaktree Infrastructure Fund and the Chief Development Officer on the $615 million acquisition of the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Curtis Fentress
Curtis Fentress is an American architect and Principal Airport Terminal Designer at Fentress Architects, an international design studio he founded in Denver, Colorado, in 1980. Curtis' airports have garnered recognition worldwide for design excellence and outstanding "airside-to-curbside" traveler experience. These include game-changing international airports such as Denver, Incheon and the LAX international terminal. Recipient of the AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture in 2010, Curtis has developed a reputation as a hybrid architect, developing iconic design and high-profile public architecture.
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Benson High School Administration and staff realize the importance of good attendance at school. Therefore, the following regulations will be adopted to encourage and enhance regular attendance by students. If you have questions on the attendance program, please call the attendance office at (520) 720-6840. We welcome all parents/ guardians to verify student attendance ahead of time before it becomes an issue. Each high school semester is approximately 18 weeks in duration. We are requesting your assistance to oversee that your child does not accumulate more than ten (10) absences in any given semester. The purpose of this letter is to build a partnership between the school and parent(s)/ guardian. At Benson High School, students are afforded the ability to obtain seven (7) credits per semester. Each course per period is worth .5 credits. Students at BHS are required to obtain 25 credits to graduate. Students become in DANGER of losing credits at the end of each semester due to attendance issues if more than ten (10) absences accumulate. When students are absent from a class period ten (10) or more days during a semester, credits for the course become a "No Credit" (NC) status on the official transcript. This total includes excused and unexcused absences. Students accumulating ten (10) absences per semester in a given class will be referred to the administration by the teacher for a review of their credit status.
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Welcome to Cadillacs & Dinosaurs ,it's a free game created in 1994, After playing our Mustafa dinosaur game I'm sure you will love it because is very waited by a lot of fighter audience, you just have to start the games to spend some good times because it's very simple to Controller and you will pass a great moment where you will remember your childhood.
When I got the sudden urge to play brawler games all of a sudden, it was one of the first games I played on this new conquest, and boy, did it impress. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is yet another brawler by Capcom, but this one has an interesting concept, taken from the comic series Xenozoic Tales: Earth has faced a great apocalyptic disaster of sorts, which ended up in dinosaurs walking the earth once more. Humanity was able to rebuild their cities and what not (Judging by the setting in the game) and so life goes on. I'll cover more specifics of this game's storyline later in the review.
Gameplay at first seems to be very similar to any good ol' brawler: you got your punch and kick buttons, and you simply mash the attack button until your foes fall before you. I don't know why, but for some reason beating the crap out of the bad guys never gets old in a good brawler. But of course, Capcom goes and builds off this basic formula, starting with the characters; there's four to choose from, each having their own status. I've only played as Jack T., who seems to be the main protagonist of the series, and is, of course, the all-around type. But from what I've heard, the status of the other 3 heroes are diverse enough to create their own experience. And it doesn't stop there; of course there is the good ol' power attack pressed by pushing attack and jump (you can also just hold down one button and push the other, that worked for me), which obviously costs you some life if you hit with it, but there's also the running attack: by motion in the same direction twice your character will dash off in that direction, and with a press of the attack button, they do a running attack (Jack T. does a slide tackle). These running attacks are really handy and are great for just sliding into a mass of enemies or even destroying multiple barrels that house pickups and power-ups.
Speaking of pickups, like other brawlers, there are items you can pick up that will either increase your health or your score. Health items are obviously food and come in all shapes including salads, meat, and even a pack of gum, and in addition to giving you a health boost, these items will also boost your score. The second type of pickups come in the shapes of money, wrist watches, jewelry, and the like, which only boost your score. And boost the score you must, for if you break certain scores you'll gain a one-up. Lastly, there are the weapons, and these come in all sort of flavors. Of course, you got your knives, wooden board (which will actually break if you use it too much), and the like, but you also have guns. You get magnums, bazookas (which you actually re-spawn with should you continue the game after losing your lives), Uzis, shotguns, and rifles. Each gun has a certain amount of ammo, and of course, there are rare ammo pickups you may find, and should you run out of ammo the gun can actually be used as a throwing weapon, save for the rifle, which is used as a wooden board. Using the guns, especially the SMG, is a good way to keep the bad guys back, and even comes complete with little ta ta ta flashing over the gun like in a comic book.
Despite all the various ways you have to keep the bad guys down, you will be brought down again and again. You'll lose lives and see the continue screen an awful lot. Does this mean that the game is too hard? To be honest, it's one of the more easier brawlers I've played. It's not too easy, but it's not so hard that you'll be pulling out your hair over the insane times you've been knocked down and had to continue. Fortunately, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs has its own way of helping the player level the playing field. First, every time you come back to life after losing a life a bunch of bombs bombards the screen moments before your character arrives. This not only knocks back the baddies but it also does a fair amount of damage to them. When you continue, you did not only get a scene of your character punching the enemy in the face, but you also get the back-to-life-bombardment and a bazooka. I really liked this, and it helps just knock out some bad guys and stop them from mercilessly pounding the crap out of you seconds after you lose a life.
Enemies in the game range from regular thugs to tough muscle men to even the dinos that walk the earth. Most enemies aren't too terribly difficult, except for the fat men, who have that annoying jumping attack that knocks you down. Argh. Some enemies also try to pop in and throw grenades at you, but with good use of jumping and dashing you can dodge their sorry attempts to asplode you and hopefully catch a few baddies in the bombs. The dinos, which turn a shade of red when hostile, will attack anything that happens to be in front of them, be it you or the bad guys, which can actually make them useful if you're good at dodging. There is this one bad guy named Walther (or something like that) who looks like the stage one boss and appears in every level. This guy's somewhat annoying but is pretty easy to beat down if you know how to use your abilities and weapons. There's really only a couple of bosses that are annoying, mainly the boss in the Garage level (or Episode as the game calls them) because he's pretty fast he throws a boomerang-like thing (which damages his own men as well).
One of the only few gripes I have about this game is its length. If you're expecting a quick 20-30 six stage brawl, you're out of luck because this game takes you across eight stages to stop the bad guys in their Dino-abusing scheme. It doesn't really take away much from the game, but first-time players will defiantly find themselves wondering when the heck will this game end.
Gameplay score: 9/10 – A good mix of challenge, characters, and items that will keep pretty much anyone happy. Though a couple of the bosses are annoying and that Walther fellow and that spike ball guy get annoying as well, they don't really deduct much from the gameplay. The fact that your character is aided by a bomb drop before coming back to life helps, as does the bazooka you get after continuing. It just makes the game crazier and more over the top.
The sounds in this game are great. Of course, there's the gun shooting, the punching noises, the sounds of barrels breaking and the like, the game also has a fair amount of voice work. Characters' grunts, moans, and death noises are pretty clear and have this neat echo-like effect. Your character also says something when using their desperation move (Jack T. exclaims "Final Uppercut!"), or while picking up food ("That's Good!", as Jack T. says). The voice overs didn't seem too annoying for me, even when I took Jack T. and made him spam his "Final Uppercut" move.
The music of the game adds to the mood excellently. Though the only tune to get stuck in my head was the "Continue" music, the soundtrack isn't all that forgettable and just has that awesome "Arcade Sound" to it. The music is not at all annoying, or too repetitive, and again sets the mood nicely.
Sound Score: 10/10 – Prepare to shout "FINAL UPPERCUT" or "THAT'S GOOD!" randomly; the sound effects are good, and the music nice. If you're a person who likes emulators, you defiantly won't find yourself shutting off the noise in annoyance.
The graphics for this game are pretty nice, and even though they're not done in a total comic book style, they do go nicely along with the comic book like effects such as the word bubbles and the 'SMACK!' and 'POW!' that pop up when you hit people sometimes, and the little ta ta ta and pow that appears over your guns when you shoot them. The characters are designed nicely and fit into the environment nicely. The graphics are, obviously, are two dimensional, and are drawn nicely. The game is both nice to look at and watch, and greatly help to draw the gamer into the world of the game. Though for some reason, the protagonists don't have faces.
As far as character design is concerned, they did a nice job here. Rather than just rehash the same sprites and make them different colors to signify different strengths of the same enemy, they stay the same all throughout. The only real problem I have is when you blow someone up, they blow up into somewhat generic meaty chunks, complete with flying eyeballs. While the way the execute this is not over the top or gory, it does seem a little out of place, and those darn eyeballs may make it a little gross for some players.
Graphics Score: 9/10 – The graphics are pretty nice for this game, which makes it both great to watch and play. The character sprites aren't rehashed like in other brawlers, and the comic book action words are a nice touch. Though the blood and meaty chunks do seem just a bit out of place sometimes. Especially the meaty chunks and eyeballs.
Lastly, there is the storyline. Just why are we beating up these bad guys? Well, first of all, let's get an explanation on the setting. It looks like mankind has messed up the earth with pollution and such, causing nature to spin wildly out of control and cause devastation upon the earth which also resulted in dinosaurs coming back to life to walk the earth. Whoa, that's pretty heavy. So the game, like the comic and cartoon, follows the adventure of Jack T. and his friends. Except, in this game, it looks like Jack and co have been mixing it up with a mad scientist and his gang of thugs, and after being surrounded on the rooftops of The City in the Sea (A city built up out of a sea pretty much) your heroes clear off the roof with their desperation move and the game goes from there. It's pretty basic, and I'll be lenient with this and other arcade games when it comes to stories.
Aside from the story, there's also the setting of the game. Your battles with the scientist's gang will take you from The City in the Sea to a secret underground base, and everything in between. A desert (which you get to drive the Cadillac through), jungle, Jack's garage, there's plenty of places visited in the game's eight stages. The game even tells you at the bottom of the screen where you are when you enter a new area. Nicely done
Story Score: 10/10 – While the story of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is like any ol' arcade game, the uniqueness of what it is based on makes it stand out a little. This isn't just some wannabe Double Dragon or Final Fight game...this has it's own storyline and setting in the world of arcade games, and boy is it pretty unique and awesome.
Final Score: 10/10
Now I know all through this review I said the game is pretty awesome and as honest as I can be as a fun-seeking gamer, it is pretty awesome. You got a game with a unique concept mixed in with an improved Final Fight style gameplay, and all held together with that Capcom charm. If you like Capcom, Final Fight, beat 'em up games, Old-School 2D games or any combination of the three, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is sure to entertain you and your friends. Defiantly recommend, so if you see it, give it a try, and get ready to rock a world dominated by Cadillacs and Dinosaurs!
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Bucktown 5K and Adventures in Nike
If you are signing up for the Bucktown 5K make sure you use my code RAMSWGAG3 for a little something extra in your goodie bag. Last week and continuing into this this week I have been trying to step outside of my box and have had some adventures with Nike. Nike is huge in Chicago. They offer free classes at their training center, free group runs with their running club and free events. Quite frankly if I didn't love my gym so much I would ask myself why I am paying when I can do all these great workouts for free.
Speaking of my gym, last week Nike rolled into Enrgi to let us try their new cross training and running sneakers: I am not quite sure if I loved them or not but they are nice and light which is delightful! They stopped by for a special warrior class at Enrgi where we got to try both sneaks.
Saturday I finally joined NRC for a long run. The efficient side of my brain has a hard time traveling south just to run back north and then south again but since I have more flex in my schedule I figured why not. We headed south from Nike for an 8 mile run and views I don't always get to enjoy. I definitely enjoyed this run (especially since a friend joined me) though we ran a bit faster than the anticipated 9:30 pace... So by the end I was trying to focus on other things so I wouldn't slow down.
Last night I attended a football Inspired class designed for draft week (sliders, med balls, farmer walks, superman push ups, deadlifts, sprints and all the fast feet you never knew you wanted). The class was part of an Instagram contest and while I didn't make it to the final round I did get a nice lil draft week tee (which I quickly sweated through) and got some nice sprints in! The downsides to this event was that we had to be at the new Michael Jordan store (apparently they use their workout area upstairs to train high school athletes in poorer neighborhoods...thumbs up!) by 6:30 but the class didn't start until closer to 7:30. I had to get a friend to cover my class that night and I could have actually taught it. They did win me over though with their locker room which was loaded with our tshirts and the frees to wear.
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This game is not being called even, and that's the nicest thing I can say right now. That FSU goal was a complete setup by the refs that had neutral AAU coaches next to me appalled.
This game is not being called even, and that's the nicest thing I can say right now. That FSU goal was a complete setup by the refs that had neutral AAU coaches next to me appalled.
"I love it when you guys try to write off a Frank Beamer team -- no one is going to win this conference without Virginia Tech having some sort of say in it." - David Cutcliffe
You would think they would have the best officials working these games but I don't see it so far.
There's a pretty good women's soccer message board called bigsoccer.com. I have found the folks that post there are extremely knowledgeable about the women's soccer world, and a number of them are international.
A couple of posts from last night:
"That was a weak call. Was the goalscorer offside? Oh and the VT kid was nearly pulverized around the box but she gets called for the foul?! It's going to be a long night for the VT folks."
"Oh man. VT got jobbed. Tremendous effort by the Hokies--they never gave up!"
"Did Chugger insult the ref's family before the match? "
RESPONSE: "..and then some, I suppose. The call that lead to the first FSU goal was "questionable" at best. Oh well, VT tried and almost pulled it off. Hats off to them. Really impressed with their continued fight, despite the shady officiating. "
"Va Tech 17 fouls, FSU 10. Right.... "
RESPONSE: "That was weird... I felt like the Center was constitutionally incapable of calling fouls on FSU. As neutral, it did not look neutral. ANyway, that was a very entertaining game. No head hanging called for."
"Virginia Tech outplayed FSU in that match, but FSU got all the breaks. "
"Yep. In the first 2 games between VT & FSU, I thought FSU was the better team and deserved the Ws. Tonight I really think VT was the better side."
Still a great seson for the Hokies. Just wish they were playing one more game.
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Mike Taulty Posts Six New LINQ to XML Video Segments
As promised in his original post for the LINQ to Objects and LINQ to SQL video segments, Mike Taulty has posted a trio of clips in both C# and VB. Mike is a member of Microsoft UK's Developer & Platform Group who frequently blogs on LINQ-topics.
C# Segments:
- Querying XML (17:24)
- Namespaces (11:26)
- Creating XML (13:22)
VB Segments:
- Querying XML (12:06)
- Namespaces (5:37)
- Creating XML (15:03)
Notice that the length of the Quering XML and Namespaces segments are five minutes shorter for VB than C#. Does this mean that querying XML and dealing with XML namespaces is that much simpler in VB than C#?
Note: Mike completed his 18-segment LINQ to SQL series on May 10, 2007.


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The China Post news staff–A total of four suspects were arrested in Taoyuan recently for alleged involvement in selling engineering sample CPUs online for profit, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) announced yesterday.
The four suspects are all engineers working for Intel's OEM manufacturers in Taiwan, the CIB said in a statement released yesterday.
The CIB received information last September that the four were selling these sample processors at online auction website ebay for huge profit.
During a recent raid to the suspects' residents last month in Taoyuan, police authorities confiscated a total of 178 sample CPUs, which is worth around NT$2.5 million according to estimation, the statement said.
These suspects admitted that they had sold over 500 of Intel engineering sample CPUs since 2009 during initiation investigations, the CIB said.
According to the bureau, engineering samples are the beta versions of integrated circuits that are meant only to be used for compatibility qualification tests.
They are usually loaned to OEM manufacturers prior to the chips commercial release to allow product development or display.
Engineering samples are usually handed out under a non-disclosure agreement or other types of confidentiality agreement and are not for sale, the CIB said.
However, since these samples are usually sold at relatively cheaper prices than those sold on the open market, therefore, they are quite popular online.
Also, some engineering samples rare and favored for having unlocked multipliers, the CIB said.
The CIB urged customers not to buy these engineering samples CPUs. The bureau also asked engineers not to sell these processors for illegal profit or he or she could face a maximum five-year jail term.
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March 29 – Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
My first Bruce show. Such a life-altering evening seeing the legendary E Street Band and one of the greatest song writers in rock n' roll history. Bruce rocked the house, and the E Street Band gave me an experience I will never forget.
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Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ
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"Activity of Latvian ports within the period since 2010 has become more stable, sustainable and diversified"
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"Among the Baltic States, Latvia continues to maintain its leading position in the field of transit: since 2010 about three times more cargo has been transhipped in Latvian ports than in Estonian and by 1/3 more than in Lithuania," said Aivars Jurcans (Aivars Jurcāns), finance and investment expert. According to his calculations, when comparing the performance of the Baltic ports in 2017, it can be observed that almost half of the total cargo volume in the Baltic States was handled by Latvian ports, i.e. almost the same volume as transhipped within the ports of Klaipeda and Tallinn.
"It is not correct to analyse long-term processes through a short-term prism, although capital and investment-intensive businesses face it all over the world," said Jurcans. In his opinion, in order to qualitatively evaluate the work of the transit sector, which is significantly influenced by various geopolitical developments and investment projects estimated in tens of millions, the situation must be analysed in the much broader context of both time and region.
"Overall, the activity in Latvian ports within the period since 2010 has become more stable, sustainable and diversified" says the expert. The market leader in Latvia during this period was the Port of Riga - it has served more than half of the total volume of major Latvian ports, and the volume of cargo in the Port of Riga has increased on average by 2.6% each year.
"In the last ten years, the volumes of containerized cargo handled at Latvian ports have almost doubled. It should be noted that 99% of those were transhipped in Riga", notes the expert, emphasizing that in general, container cargo turnover at the Port of Riga during the last decade has grown by an average of 10% per year. Similarly, within the cargo portfolio of the Port of Riga, the volume of grain and grain products has grown considerably during the ten-year period. In addition, about 75% of the grain is of local origin, therefore, of Latvian export cargo. "It can be said that grain has become a new and significant cargo for the Port of Riga," Jurcans states.
Looking at the past decade and in the context of complex geopolitical events, the finance and investment expert concludes the following: "There is a saying that it is necessary to play with the cards which are dealt, and figures show that the Latvian transit industry is a very respectable player."


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Confidence among German consumers has reached levels not seen since the early 2000s. The latest monthly barometer by the GfK market research group indicated that rising wages were the main driver behind spending.
Rising wages - or the prospect of further wage hikes - has fueled consumer confidence in Germany, GfK marker researchers said Thursday while presenting the findings in their forward-looking May index.
The monthly barometer climbed by 0.1 points to 10.1 points, hitting the highest level since October 2001.
GfK expert Rolf Bürkl noted that continuously low inflation rates had been playing a major role in people's perception of their purchasing power. "At the end of the day, there's more money left to spend in people's pockets," he said in a statement.
Greek knock-on effect?
Economists also pointed to the positive impact of low oil prices on global markets, saying that just because filling up your car and keeping your apartments warm had been so much less expensive, Germans would have a total of 8 billion euros ($8.56 billion) more in their pockets.
GfK experts said no significant change in Germans' consumer confidence was expected in the months ahead, with consumer prices stable and the labor market in good shape.
Respondents to the GfK poll made it clear, though, that they had their misgivings about the economic situation in Germany remaining so robust long-term. Although no specific reasons were given for that assessment, the Nuremberg-based market research group suggested fears were based on the potential impact of Greece's financial instability on fellow eurozone nations, including Germany.
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I want to test the Conversation service and I am using the WDC IOS SDK on Swift 2.3 What I am trying to do is fetch the conversation_start response in the viewDidLoad function then when the user inputs a question in a text field and clicks on the Send button which takes the context, user input and sends it to the service. The problem is that the response stays the same even though I made sure the correct context was sent.
class ViewController: UIViewController {
let version = "2016-10-14" // use today's date for the most recent version
let workspaceID = "XXXXXXXXXX"
let failure = { (error: NSError) in print(error) }
var context: Context! // save context to continue conversation
let conversation = Conversation(username: "XXXXX", password: "XXXX", version: "2016-10-14")
@IBOutlet weak var chat: UITextField!
@IBAction func sendButton(sender: AnyObject) {
let text = chat.text
print (text)
@IBOutlet weak var WatsonText: UILabel!
override func viewDidLoad() {
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
func startconv(){
conversation.message(workspaceID, failure: failure) { response in
self.context = response.context
var intro = response.output.text.joinWithSeparator(" ")
intro = intro.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("[", withString: "")
intro = intro.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("]", withString: "")
self.WatsonText.text = intro
func sendMessage(text:String){
conversation.message(workspaceID, text: text, context: self.context, failure: failure) { response in
var resp = response.output.text.joinWithSeparator(" ")
resp = resp.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("[", withString: "")
resp = resp.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("]", withString: "")
self.WatsonText.text = resp
self.context = response.context
Answer by Vince Herrin (71) | Oct 24, 2016 at 10:30 AM
The payload has changed in the service so please use version date of "2016-09-01" until the conversation service in the SDK is updated. Also please let us know of any other issues or concerns!
Thanks a lot for your answer, but can you tell me in case my app was in production where can I track such changes? to avoid any downtime of the service
Answer by sabbi_05 (1) | Nov 09, 2016 at 06:30 AM
I am doing Watson Conversation Api call at Android Studio. When I run my app using ADB or .apk it gets crash. The same I tried using Node-Red but I get error in Response part. Is it something to do with IBM side or both my code has issues. Please advice. Thanks.
Answer by MurilloPugliesi (18) | Nov 22, 2016 at 07:53 PM
I'm facing the same problem in the latest unity sdk. Any way around?
have you solved the problem now? I am facing the same issue
Answer by xjwangxj (16) | Apr 11, 2017 at 02:49 AM
I am having similar issue, every time when I use the following code,
I have the output here: { "context": { "conversation_id": "60404741-72bc-4f7c-973c-43d906911ab8", "system": { "dialog_stack": [ { "dialog_node": "root" } ], "dialog_turn_counter": 1.0, "dialog_request_counter": 1.0, "_node_output_map": { "node_3_1491563537944": [ 0.0 ] }, "branch_exited": true, "branch_exited_reason": "completed" } }, "entities": [], "intents": [ { "confidence": 0.99, "intent": "greetings" } ], "output": { "log_messages": [], "text": [ "Hi. The link is \u003ca href\u003d\\\"http://google.com\\\"\u003ethis\u003c/a\u003eamyamaykowin" ], "nodes_visited": [ "Start And Initialize Context" ] }, "input": { "text": "hi" } }
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All this pregnancy talk leaves Douglas in the dust, which in reality isn't the case ... I've been spending more time w/him than ever, knowing that the days are numbered where that's going to be nearly so easy. He certainly senses it.
I went this morning to his new school for next fall to meet with teachers/faculty and hear more about their PreK program. Only 2 other sets of parents + me showed up, and the regional preK coordinator spoke ... at length and slowly, but her info was good and helpful. Outlining the typical day, teaching philosophy, staff, typical age-related issues, and so on. What made the day for me was meeting both the teacher he'll have, and her assistant. I loved both on sight, and found their personalities absolutely delightful ... like they couldn't wait to have fun. It was brief, yes, but I almost always go on gut instinct when deciding on any kind of caregiver or situation for him, and so far haven't been disappointed. Despite adjusting to a new sibling and school changes, I'm betting he'll love both of them.
He's been going thru some fun behavioral stages lately, acting up badly for awhile, then settling down more lately and adjusting to the idea at least of being a big brother. Lots of talk about what he can do for/with the baby, and also what will be his territory/role that the baby can't touch. Seeing reality of course will be a different story, depending on how it goes. Very curious how he'll react to the birth itself, I can only imagine, and not very well at that.
His current obsessions are along the lines of building things like huge pillow chairs, trains, cages out of laundry baskets, etc. He also loves collecting things ... sticks, stones, leaves, acorns, whatever ... and bringing them into the house. He still *loves* painting with Dad, and doing anything with Dad really, doesn't matter what ... they are awfully similar in many ways. So are he and I, but in the more difficult ways like impatience, etc ... hence the continual struggle not to clash. We're both learning :).


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Last year around this time, we surveyed lawyers and published the Lawyer Business Generation Confidence Index. We asked them to rate (1-10 scale) their confidence regarding lead-generation, lead-conversion, referral-generation, market positioning, BD skills, time commitment, and overall confidence. The results were eye-opening. In most categories, between 65% and 80% of lawyers rated their confidence at "5" or lower; 70% rated their overall confidence between "4" and "7."
Why do lawyers experience such anxiety about business development? Could it be a simple as the fact that they have so little real experience with it that anxiety is a rational response? I say "so little real experience" because too high a percentage of lawyers' BD activity is pro forma, i.e., without a concrete, measurable purpose. They're doing stuff just to do stuff. They don't review their performance after each interaction, so they don't know if they're getting better or not.
Many lawyers' BD habits are vestiges of the era of huge demand that ended in 2008, during which it was sufficient simply to show up and demonstrate that your firm and you had the skill and experience to do the work well. Most lawyers I worked with then claimed, "If I can get in front of the right people, I usually win the business." Almost none actually measured their win/loss ratio, so they didn't really know for sure, but I'm sure it felt that way to them because everybody was buying, so there were lots of wins. At the time, a simple count of wins served as the barometer of one's BD skill.
However, in a high-demand market, when everyone is buying, there is no correlation between results and skill. Under such ideal conditions, you'll get results with or without skill. There's no real need for skill improvement because things are working well. However, in a buyer's market, where the supply of lawyers exceeds the demand for them, skill is required, and you have to have a way to discern whether or not you have the skills, and whether or not your skills are improving.
Statistics for laterals illustrate this. Most laterals bring only about half of the business they projected they would. Some of the reasons for this are beyond their control, so let's give them a pass on that part. However, two years later, about 50% of those laterals aren't still with the destination firm. (I haven't seen any breakdown of who initiated the separation.) It's reasonable to suggest that a percentage of those were unable to replace the business they couldn't bring, and either were "encouraged" to move on, or chose to get out before the encouragement. If in two or three years you can't replace lost business, you probably never had the skills to begin with.
The first step in skill assessment is to know what skills are required for full competence. The list is longer than you may have thought.
- Avoid "pitching" behaviors in favor of helping buyers make informed, considered, self-interested decisions about problems of significance.
- Maintain significant business acumen and awareness of current business reality.
- Avoid "product-centrism," i.e., an orientation to the merits of the firm's service products, and resulting inclination to seek demand for one's own technical specialty.
- Avoid "dry holes." Engage conversations based only on Door-Opening business issues, i.e., for which there is objective, third-party evidence suggesting strategic, operational or economic consequences of sufficient impact to require decision-making, action and investment.
- Recognize the likelihood of multiple stakeholders in this Door-Opening problem at different corporate levels. Is adept at evincing their full complement of self-interest relative to the problem.
- Conduct a disciplined investigation of the consequences of inaction (The Cost of Doing Nothing)
- Expose each stakeholder's perception of the imputed or perceived ROI obtainable from successful solution. Use aggregate ROI to maintain premium prices and margins.
- Master the process of Stakeholder Alignment leading to reliable group decisions.
- Develop relationships based on Professional Intimacy rather than Social Intimacy.
- Earn business in a way that does not induce the client to require you to do the work, beyond the degree that you deem strategically appropriate.
- Understand, anticipate, and develop a plan to obtain timely the future resource requirements of a larger practice.
- Anticipate product/price maturity and look beyond today's demand to prepare for a different future. Initiate discussions that cannibalize today's declining margin services in favor of future premium-price service demand.
- Establish a defensible position in an organized market sector containing growing companies with healthy profit margins.
- Identify and provide valuable support roles that facilitate subordinates' contribution and growth, and institutionalize the client, thus avoiding becoming the client-contact bottleneck.
- Share origination credit – and client responsibility – freely to enable you to diversify your portfolio and retain key talent.
If you aspire to generate a lot of business, reliably and consistently, this is what's required. It requires a sustained commitment of time, effort, and investment. It's definitely not for everyone.
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Eugen Maersk 2013 Fire: Summary Findings
The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) has issued a summary report in the English language concerning a fire outbreak aboard the container ship in the Gulf of Aden.
On the morning of 18 June 2013, the crew on the Danish flagged container ship EUGEN MÆRSK discovered a container fire on the aft cargo deck. At the time the ship was in the Gulf of Aden, underway from Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In the days leading up to the fire, the ship had encountered some rough weather resulting in substantial damage to cargo containers and their lashings.
The crew commenced the firefighting effort and managed to contain the fire. The vessel was allowed to enter the Port of Djibouti where they received assistance from local firefighters and Dutch salvage experts. The fire was extinguished on 23 June 2013.
No persons were injured in the fire. There was no pollution and only limited damage to the ship's structure. A total of 16 cargo containers were damaged or destroyed.
The DMAIB's main focus in this investigation has been the significance of learning from managing adverse situations, organizational flexibility and adaptability, and the challenges ship crews face when dealing with their everyday tasks.
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Housebuilder Redrow has reported a shortage of bricks and construction workers in another sign of the surging demand in the property market.
The warning comes after rival homebuilder Galliford Try said that good bricklayers could command salaries of £40,000 a year, as demand for new homes escalates.
Redrow, the largest housebuilder in Wales, with developments across the UK, said that pre-tax profits had soared 63% to £70m compared with last year. Revenues were up 26% as the firm benefited from a 12% increase in prices, taking the average sale price to £212,300.
Redrow's chairman, Steve Morgan, said many suppliers had been "caught on the hop" by a sudden upturn in demand for bricks, blocks and roof tiles.
"During the recession, brickworks closed down and were mothballed and ditto with blocks and roof tiles. And there has been a quite a sharp upturn in output so it caught a few suppliers a bit cold."
Redrow also faces a shortage of construction workers in the south-west and parts of the south-east of England, he said. Although the impact was "not huge … it has slowed down the pace of our ability to upturn".
But the £40,000 construction-worker salaries paid by Galliford Try did not ring true for him: "I'm not sure I would necessarily go along with that." He pointed out that workers' wages were rising after a big fall during the recession: "From 2007 right though to this last year workers have had a significant reduction in their wage levels so a lot of this is just catchup."
The strong results for the housebuilder come after statistics showed house prices had risen above pre-recession highs, in another sign that parts of the country have overcome a five-year slump.
The group reported that the government's mortgage-subsidy scheme Help to Buy had made "a significant contribution to forward sales".
Morgan, who is also the owner and chairman of Wolverhampton Wanderers, dismissed criticism that Help to Buy was stoking another housing bubble, and warned that the UK was not building enough homes.
"Help to Buy is helping to bring housing transactions and new homes transactions back to normal levels. We are still building way below historical levels," he said.
"The reality is we are not building another houses. What will stoke another bubble is lack of supply."
He also said that talk of a housing bubble was a London-centric view that did not reflect life outside the capital. "Most of the rest of the country prices is still 15-20% below where prices were six or seven years ago. Where is the bubble in that?"


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Publicaciones científicas
Cortical blood flow during rest and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in schizophrenia
Ortuño F, Moreno-Iñiguez M, Millán M, Soutullo CA, Bonelli RM.
University Clinic of Psychiatry, University of Navarra College of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain.
Revista: Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift
Fecha: 01-abr-2006Unidad de Psiquiatría infantil y adolescente Psiquiatría y Psicología Clínica
The aim of this study is to examine if patients with schizophrenia differ in prefrontal, orbitofrontal, temporal, parietal and occipital blood flow from healthy controls during performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST).
We conducted a 99mTc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime-SPECT study in patients with schizophrenia (n = 21) and in healthy controls (n = 18). The assessment of relative regional cerebral blood flow (relCBF) was achieved by comparing blood flow of well-defined cortical regions to whole brain blood flow. relCBF at rest and during WCST was compared between the groups and in the groups.
Significant bilateral prefrontal and right-sided parietal increases of relCBF were found in patients (p < 0.05) during resting conditions, while prefrontal and parietal interhemispheric asymetry were higher in patients (p < 0.005). However, patients failed to increase right prefrontal and frontobasal relCBF as well as orbitofrontal interhemispheric asymetry during WCST performance in contrast to the control group (p < 0.05). The right occipital relCBF increased significantly in patients only (p < 0.05).
In our study we could confirm the common hypothesis of schizophrenic hypofrontality at rest and during WCST performance. Moreover, due to our method, we identified significant frontal and parietal interhemispheric asymmetries in schizophrenia at rest as well as right occipital hyperperfusion during WCST.
CITA DEL ARTÍCULO Wien Med Wochenschr. 2006 Apr;156(7-8):179-84
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