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The Hive, a architectural realization of a plan conceived by Barnard and Columbia students in a workshop with alumni Charles Curran (CC '06) and Shanshan Qi (BC '06), opened today. The Hive features a set of huge reflective walls, nearly reaching the top of the room's two-story ceiling. The walls organize the room into three areas. The lounge area, facing the large windows, is populated with hexagonal ottomans that can be rearranged or stacked in numerous ways for the comforts of socializing or studying. The meeting area, between the new panels, one of which is lined at one side with a bulletin board, holds enclosed tables that can be reserved on a weekly sign-up sheet located on site.
While most of campus might feel ambivalent about a change to a room that no one really used, aside from lunching professors and graduate students, maybe The Hive will suit the social patterns (or the "waggle dance"—forgive the pun—of students looking for good study spots) around campus for the coming semester.
Olivia Goldman is a sophomore at Barnard College and Senior Editor for The Nine Ways of Knowing.


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"A bold, page-turning novel that follows how a childhood abduction sets two sisters on very different courses ... Every other weekend, Hope and Eden--backpacks, Walkmans, and homework in hand--wait for their father to pick them up, as he always does, at a strip-mall bus stop. It's the divorce shuffle; they're used to it. Only this weekend, he's screwed up, forgotten, and their world will irrevocably change when a stranger lures them into his truck with a false story and smile. More than twenty years later, Hope is that classic New York failure: a playwright with only one play produced long ago, newly evicted from an illegal sublet, working a humiliating temp job. Eden has long distanced herself from her family, and no one seems to know where she is. When the man who abducted them is up for parole, the girls might be able to offer testimony to keep him jailed. Hope sets out to find her sister--and to find herself--and it becomes the journey of a lifetime, taking her from hippie communes to cities across the country. Suspenseful and moving, Eden asks: how much do our pasts define us, and what price do we pay if we break free?"--Related Searches:
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Please read my email exchange with an exceptional student of mine...
I want you to learn something from it: my process, how to write intelligent emails (not mine, lol) and how to look at my articles in a constructive way.
Also, if you are someone like a doctor, a scientist, my method probably drives you crazy... I seem disorganized, have no answers to many questions... I have had people quit my programs complaining about that.
I this article I explain why things are the way they are, why I work the way I work... It's obvious that it's not for everybody... no clear cut anything.... 🙁
Lot to learn:
Dear Sophie
Could it be: -- If Courage gives you strength to stand up to the fear of unknown. Then Self-Trust must give you strength to handle whatever comes next. So maybe both of these capacities are a Base.
Seeing the evolution of your systems one cannot help realize that everything seems to fit perfectly and beautifully for a "growing human being". One only needs to follow 'the process'. From Energizer to HOE to activators and Avatar State Audios. Everything gradually can build up, one after the other, a whole human being.
And now DNA Capacities Activation - perfect next stage of your ever evolving system.
-- Capacities are randomly active for people who are just going through life without making an effort to grow. Capacities that are active only on the basis of need, to just get through.
-- When one wants to grow as a human being. May be we need an organization in the activation of these capacities - a process to gradually build up.
May be
-- Organising all 160 capacities in different levels from foundational to advanced.
-- Establishing a Base level and go up from there. Not skipping anything, even those that are already active.
Of course you already have a process in mind but I just couldn't help sharing my thoughts with you.
actually, as I have shared before... process is not my strong suit.
but in addition to that, I can't see even the next step, that's why it seems so disheveled, random, capricious.
I can't get access to the unknown without poking the box. but I cannot poke the box without working with people... their unwillingness, stuckedness, mistakes are what allow me to see the next step.
So, as much as I'd love to have a system, until it all reveals itself to me, I have only what I have.
But if I make it a system now, then it will mislead people, it will have to be changed with every new piece, and it may even stop the new stuff to reveal itself to me.
This is what happened to a lot of gurus... and they are stuck with the beginner level of insights they rushed to organize and systematize.
Also, scientists, doctors, are guilty of this... create a system before you see the whole picture.
For example, someone who is on my list but isn't a student... every time I checked he wasn't moving.
He called me a few minutes ago: we talked and I gave him a summary. But that was summary from this morning... because in between, somehow a new capacity got activated and he had a breakthrough.
Now, I have no idea how that happened. When it happened. What did he do/what did I do to make that happen?
As long as there are big holes like this in my picture, making it a system is evil...
And I sympathize with you: working with someone so "organic" and so not systematic is a pain in the a...
I appreciate your feedback. Thank you.
Thank you,
which he answered like this:
You're right. You just made me realize that how you're working is sooo Fluid.
Putting it into system will make it hard- solid- maybe immutable.
Thank you.
And I wrote the last email:
yes. it is both wonderful and horrible... but it is what it is. thank you for seeing it.
Thank you,


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Grew up with four brothers in a male dominated neighbourhood with the most chauvinistic person that I've ever met …my own mother. Gave up ballet to follow football just to join in. Was a real tomboy, would hang out with the boys, never afraid of critters or fireworks and rode motorbikes.
Worked three jobs in order to travel. Got a job at the library straight from school keen to become a librarian but that very year they decided to only apprentice men as women might get pregnant and leave. Then tried to get a house loan to buy a nice shack by the river and although I earned enough to pay the mortgage there was no loan without a male guarantor.
So with job and home dreams shattered I booked my passage to London on a freight ship, the start of my big adventure. But a week before departure they called to offer a full refund. They took only fifteen passengers, the other fourteen were male, and all the crew were too. A cousin talked me into taking his dream overland trip to London.
And so it goes on … worked mainly with men in my professional career as bosses, peers and clients. Worked for years in child protection, adoption and juvenile delinquency so exposed to the worst we can do. Had to be twice as good but always paid less and never entitled to housing in remote locations.
Society and my parents demanded I marry well, become a good housewife and raise young ones. Had some pretty special men in my life and they all saw me as the mother of their children but I knew this wouldn't work. I would never let my child be with others as abuse comes from family or close friends, seldom ever a stranger. Would have been a total helicopter parent so avoided that pitfall and failed to fulfil societal expectations.
So on International Women's Day we might pause to recall all the challenges and biases we've faced. It made us much stronger yet we allow men to make the laws and choose which ones they will enforce, still leaving the vulnerable unprotected. Their wages are higher, they get the promotions and all the fringe benefits. Entitled they get to do as they please … they dominate politics, religions, business, sports, movies and families. Sure some women achieve too but what toll does that take?
Women are not equal to men we are stronger and more capable! We conceive, give birth, raise families and run households; we endure rape, abuse, put downs and much more. And sadly too many others suffer with us … our children and minorities of every kind – those of different race, religion, physical or mental challenges, or gender complications.
So if you're a privileged white man think deeply about this – how do you treat the women in your life? With love, respect and tenderness? Encourage and support your partner, daughters and female colleagues? I'm not radical or different just your average person who loves men to bits but also know the drill.
This is the longest post I've written, not meant to offend and hoping it might lead to a bit more understanding?
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Fraser Park down Rams in NSW friendly
by Paul Green
NSW NPL 2 and 3 Pre-season friendly
7:00pm, Sunday 28 January 2018 – Fraser Park, Marrickville
Fraser Park FC 3 (P. Nigro 5, 90, Mitchell Di Pietro o.g. 69)
Macarthur Rams FC 2 (Mitchell McLintock 9,39)
In one of many NPL trial games being played at this time of the year NPL3 Champions from 2017, Fraser Park, who were pipped for promotion by Premiers Rydalmere City Lions last year, took on NPL2 side Macarthur Rams at the festive Fraser Park headquarters in Marrickville on a sunny summer's evening.
While Portuguese party-goers danced and sang in the background at the Portugal Community Club weekend festival, the players from both teams out on the pitch, bounded by the Sydenham rail marshalling yards and the Illawarra and Bankstown lines, were enjoying themselves out on the synthetic pitch and in front of the impressive new grandstand, open at last after a prolonged construction period.
With Fraser Park remaining in NPL3 after a valiant attempt at promotion under the guidance of Branko Culina, the club turned to a new man to steer them forward in 2018, Matthew Licata, with Culina and his son Jason headed south west to take on the coaching at NPL1 big-guns Sydney United.
Macarthur Rams, on the other hand, had the genial Eddie Briscoe back for a second term at the NPL2 level and the match held great promise.
Fraser Park made much of the early running and an excellent strike from P. Nigro after only five minutes soon had them in front, the wide man's strong shot from 12 yards convincingly despatched into the roof of the Macarthur net.
Macarthur had taken a little while to settle, but quickly enough found their rhythm and drew level four minutes later.
Mitchell McLintock seized on some indecision at the back by the home club to rifle his shot away and get things moving for Macarthur.
As Macarthur began to show their superiority and control the game Fraser Park struggled to stay in touch and when McLintock notched his second in the 39th minute to give his side the lead it looked as if the Rams might run away with it given their status as an NPL2 team.
But an unfortunate own goal by Mitchell Di Pietro midway through the second half gave Fraser Park a lifeline.
A cross from the right had looked relatively harmless until the intervention of the Macarthur defender who lunged at the ball a few yards out from goal and the keeper was unable to keep it out.
Over the concluding ten or fifteen minutes or so Fraser Park began to show signs of a revival and looked the fresher team as the game wound down, while the Rams looked a little jaded as if they'd already run their race.
In the 90th minute Nigro bobbed up again to nail the winner for Fraser much to the delight of home supporters and the scorer's NPL3 team mates.
Back of the Net will be attending a couple more of these pre-season trials and will try to bring some form of coverage if enough information is available at the venues on the participants to ensure that everybody gets a mention in our story.
Match details
Crowd: about 50
Fraser Park FC: 1 A. Ismail (gk); 6 A. Browne, 8 C. Sheerin, 4 D Muller, 23 M. Hudek, 13 J. Goldsmith, 20 W. Oliveira dos Santos, 10 A. De Brito, 17 A. Villelonga, 11. P. Nigro, 7 M. Guse
Subs: 9 R. Pascale, 5 A. Cimino, 32 D. Siu, 29 A. Marc , 21 M. Villascus,
Coach: Matthew Licata
Macarthur Rams FC: 1 Jaiv Fernandez (gk); 2 Craig Cooley, 3 Danny Lazarevski, 5 Regan Suters, 6 Mark Simmington, 7 Mitchell McLintock, 8 Matthew Trotter, 11 Damien Travis, 14 Daniel McCann, 16 Charbel Haddad, 19 Scott Goodwin
Subs: 20 Nikodin Mati (rgk), 4 Mitchell Di PIetro, 10 Simon Zahra, 12 Eli Squillacioti, 15 Ryhus Lloyd, 17 Philip Hasiuk, 18 Frank Martey
Coach: Eddie Briscoe
Points and ratings
Referee: Adam Vainaudskias 8/10
Assistants: Michael Bailey and Soheil Adarjon
Weather: Mild and dry
Match 7/10
Pitch Synthetic 10/10


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Based on Joe Troiano's bestselling Spookley book series, this animated television special follows the story of Spookley, the only square pumpkin living on Holiday Hill Farm, where round pumpkins dominate and frequently make fun of Spookley for his unique shape until they get saved by him during a terrible storm.
In a world where the only good pumpkins are round pumpkins, Spookley is teased because of his square shape. Shunned by the other pumpkins, Spookley is befriended by Edgar, Allan and Poe, three hilarious spiders, who convince him that, square or not, he has a right to be the Pick of the Patch. But Big Tom and Little Tom, the pumpkin bullies in the patch, continue to tease and taunt Spookley. Encouraged by kindly Jack Scarecrow and his bat sidekicks, Boris and Bella, Spookley tries his best, but he isn't sure he has what it takes until a mighty storm threatens Holiday Hill Farm. When the storm blows the round pumpkins across the patch towards the raging river, Spookley realizes it is up to him and his square shape to save the day.
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The movie is well paced and has the perfect length to hold the little viewers' attention from beginning to end. The educational messages are clear and easy to get through. It encourages children not to be afraid to be different and to learn to embrace their differences, as what makes you different also makes you special. It also teaches about kindness, courage, friendship, sportsmanship, gratitude and tolerance. It helps stop bullying before it begins. Apparently, Spookley the Square Pumpkin has been a long time Halloween tradition for many families for a good reason.
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In Biological Sciences .
General Goals of the Concentration in Marine Biology
About 70% of the planet's surface consists of estuarine, coastal, and pelagic ocean environments. Students who choose the Concentration in Marine Biology will learn about the biology, evolution and ecology of organisms that inhabit these environments and the ecological processes linking them. Marine biology draws from a range of disciplines including organismal biology, marine microbiology, ocean biogeochemistry, and biological oceanography. These disciplines consider adaptation of marine organisms to their environment, their interactions with other organisms, and ultimately the consequences and feedbacks of these interactions upon the environment. Marine habitats are sensitive barometers to anthropogenic perturbations today and global climatic perturbations over evolutionary history.
Students will take an introductory class related to the marine environment as a foundation for further courses in marine biology and ecology. Next, students will choose courses from Group A that provide foundations in marine biology, including an appreciation for the diversity of marine organisms, their anatomy and physiology, their ecological interactions, evolution, and adaptations to the marine environment. Secondly, students will choose courses from Group B that provide advanced knowledge of biological and ecological dynamics of marine ecosystems, biogeochemistry, and current threats and problems related to marine organisms (e.g., climate change). Students are required to take a total of 15 credits, consisting of one introductory course and 12 credits combined from Groups A and B, with at least one course from each group.
Fieldwork is a central part of marine biology education, and most marine biologists are actively engaged in field research. Hence, a significant field component is required for the marine biology concentration. This requirement may be fulfilled by courses at Shoals Marine Laboratory; field courses through the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Cornell-accredited courses with the Sea Education Association; or approved independent study (e.g., BIOG 4990 ), volunteer work, or internships involving a marine field work component with faculty at Cornell or elsewhere with approval (e.g., during winter or spring breaks, weekends during semester, etc.). The Marine Biology Director of Undergraduate Studies must approve the field component – please contact Dr. Ian Hewson: email@example.com.
Students graduating with the Marine Biology Concentration will find careers in areas including but not limited to: graduate studies in marine biology, fisheries and oceanography leading to positions in academic institutions, museums, aquariums and government agencies; aquaculture and marine resources management; natural products chemistry and pharmaceuticals; environmental or maritime law; and veterinary science.
Students will:
We will assess learning outcomes through student surveys, in-class discussions, and examinations in consultation with the Directors of Undergraduate Studies for other concentrations.
Students are required to take a total of 15 credits, consisting of one introductory course and 12 credits combined from Groups A and B, with at least one course from each group. BIOSM 1610 may also count as Group A course if BIOEE 1540 is taken as an introductory course. Courses that fulfill the field requirement have an asterisk (*). Note: All courses with SEA prefix are offered off-campus or on board a vessel at sea.
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‡ indicates courses offered every other year, next offering 2016-2017
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NOTE REGARDING BIOSM 1610 and BIOSM 1780
BIOSM 1610 and BIOSM 1780 are equivalent courses to BIOEE 1610 and BIOEE 1780 , and count for the Introductory Life Sciences and Evolution requirements of the Biology Major. If BIOSM 1610 and/or BIOSM 1780 are taken to fulfill Biology Major requirements, they are ineligible to count for the Concentration in Marine Biology requirements. Students who take BIOSM 1610 or BIOSM 1780 AND are taking the Concentration in Marine Biology must enroll in at least one other Introductory Biology and Group A class. Students taking both BIOSM 1610 and BIOSM 1780 must take at least two other Introductory Biology and Group A classes.


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One of the biggest challenges for the IRS is simply responding to the more than 116 million Americans who call the agency each year with questions.
Taxpayers calling the IRS last year waited an average of 17 minutes with only 53 percent of callers receiving services, despite how much taxpayers are shelling out for those calls, according to officials.
"Right now, for us to field a phone call, on average it costs $41 dollars per call," said Michael Lin, IRS' chief of user experience and design, speaking last week at an event hosted by Government Executive. "To take that a step further, for us to help someone in person at one of our tax assistance centers, it's about $67 dollars on average per visit. That's a huge cost for us as an agency."
During the last tax filing season—between the months of January and April—wait times and service improved over their year-round averages, but Lin said the IRS is hoping its new digital investments will further boost both the tax-paying experience for Americans and pay dividends for the agency in the long run.
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Simon Ainge scored a stunning hat-trick in the final 10 minutes as Harrogate Town twice recovered from being two goals down to draw 3-3 with promotion-chasing Salford City.
The visitors were awarded the first of the afternoon's four spot-kicks after 20 minutes, which Sam Walker converted, before a John Johnston screamer made it 2-0 after the hour-mark.
Salford looked on the way to a comfortable win, before a crazy final few minutes unfolded, beginning with Ainge converting a penalty with seven minutes of normal time remaining following a foul on Warren Burrell.
The gap was soon back to two though, as Nick Haughton dinked over Harrogate gloveman Chris Elliott on the counter-attack seconds after the visitors had seen their lead halved.
Referee Will Finnie then pointed to the spot for a third time when Lewis Turner was brought to ground, and though Ainge's initial effort was saved, Town's top-scorer converted the rebound.
Deep into stoppage time, the man in the middle pointed to the spot for a final time after JP Pittman's low cross was handled.
Ainge again stepped up and completed his hat-trick and rescue his side a point, registering his 23rd goal of the season in the process.
A point for Simon Weaver's men keeps them 11th in the National League North standings.


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The nice ScotRail man sold me a £10.50 Off-Peak return to Ayr; I'm sure Tom would have found a cheaper way. To get the most out of the investment, I had a plan to stop at five stations on the way back to Glasgow for my gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.
Simon visited the town last year (here) and I've been intensely jealous of his Five Ayr ticks ever since. I was to be less successful, and the place Si declared "absolutely first class" a year ago had, of course, dropped out of the Guide completely.
Back in what youngsters call the "noughties", we used to visit the Ayrshire coast a fair few times, in the days when Mr O'Leary cut the Prestwick-Stansted line.
In 2000 alone, we made three £20 returns to visit Arran, Troon and the glorious Cumbrae in quick succession, each time cutting finer the time we gave ourselves to get from the beach to the departure lounge, much to Mrs RM's delight.
Nearly all the GBG pubs we accumulated back then have since dropped out of the Guide; all but the Ormidale on Arran in fact.
I had plans to recoup most of those GBG losses on a piece of paper I lost as the train whizzed toward Troon.
Luckily I came with a backup;
Arriving in Ayr it started to pour, so I invested in a Wilko umbrella ("Five poooonds") and set about admiring the town in the rain. Easier than you'd imagine.
That BRAPA report praised Ayr as "an imagined version of Blackpool where the whole town is disinfected", possibly the greatest faint praise ever conferred.
I loved it, from the Macintosh bank,
to the Wallace Tower,
to the street art,
to the "Justin Bieber Haggis Special".
Justin was the clear winner of "One Love Manchester", clearly buoyed by the Ayr haggis.
It had been a decade since my last visit, and the town seemed to have acquired a lot of historic buildings in the interim, with the Tam O' Shanter and Bridges heading a long list of attractive bars.
Outside the Tam O'Shanter I attracted quite a crowd to see me take that top photo of that chap's face sticking out of the way, my concentration only interrupted by
"Get ooot the way of the hearse"
Embarrassed, I scuttled off towards the vennels on the way to the first pub, attractively placed in Wellington Square.
Guess. Just guess.
Don't wink at me, Mr Wellington.
A bit of a soaking, but a better result five minutes down the A719 at the Glen Park Hotel.
Just a proper pub small hotel bar, with proper lunchtime drinkers on their second pint of Ayr Pale at 11.45 ("Och, I was only gonna have the one"). I couldn't blame him, that Pale was exceptional (NBSS 4), a highlight of the trip. And they said "Bye" when I left. Or something that sounded like it.
A bit of a dash along Racecourse Road then, passing rhododendrons, care homes and small hotels (which are the same thing really). The Chestnuts is one of those lovely independent places that prop up the Ayrshire economy, along with Wetherspoons.
You might be surprised to hear I liked this charming place, despite being immediately accused of bringing the rain north by the lady drinking Tennents at the bar.
Chestnuts gets marks for not correcting my pronunciation of a decent "Schiehallion" as sealion, the fresh flowers, the well-behaved children with their elderly grandparents, and the Pittenweem Haddock and Chips.
Very unfussy service and equally unfussy diners. Well done both.
One more Ayr pub tomorrow. Five points if you can guess what it is.


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Virginia laboratory workers might be concerned about safety on the job after hearing about problems at one of the country's premier nuclear weapons facilities. The Los Alamos National Laboratory, which created the atomic bomb, is facing growing criticism for its safety record.
Many motorcycle crashes are the result of other drivers' mistakes
Engine vapors pose hazard to oil and gas workers
Mixing non-intrinsically safe motors and engines with flammable gases or vapors could have catastrophic consequences, and workers in the oil and gas industry in Virginia and other states across the nation may want to take note. Between 2005 and 2015, the ignition hazard posed by vehicles and motorized equipment used in proximity to flammable vapor sources such as wellbores, flowback tanks, production tanks and frac tanks resulted in 85 deaths, according to industry officials. This tally includes 27 fatalities that occurred in connection with the use of mobile engines and auxiliary motors.
Federal rule aims to curb danger of improper trucker training
Following a five-month delay, new federal regulations that will impact the training of new truckers in Virginia and nationwide are going into effect. The implementation of the training rule was delayed due to reviews of the regulation by the Trump administration.
Apple to unveil new anti-distracted driving software: Is it enough?
After spending years talking about its commitment to reducing distracted driving, smartphone manufacturer Apple earlier this month unveiled an enhanced "do not disturb" mode in its upcoming iPhone operating system.
How to reduce injury risk while lifting
It isn't uncommon for Virginia workers to be required to lift or carry objects as part of their job duties. However, it is imperative that employers and workers make safe lifting a shared priority. Employers should opt for mechanized lifting whenever possible, and workers should opt for mechanized lifting devices when objects are too heavy to lift or carry on their own.


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More than one year after L.A. Insurance's weekly car insurance policies were determined to violate Michigan law, Detroit drivers are still being duped
Why in the world is L.A. Insurance in Detroit still selling 7-day or weekly car insurance policies which Michigan's Insurance Commissioner said more than a year ago violated the Insurance Code?
I have yet to hear an even remotely credible answer.
In his March 28, 2018, story, "7-day auto insurance persists as L.A. Insurance pays fines," Chad Livengood of Crain's Detroit Business wrote:
"The seven-day auto insurance plans L.A. Insurance sells in Detroit and surrounding suburbs" "remain available for purchase … one year after state regulators moved to curtail the plans" by notifying Integon National Insurance Company that the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) "would terminate the North Carolina-based insurance carrier's ability to sell seven-day plans through L.A. Insurance."
Yes, I have a personal stake in this. I'm a car accident lawyer and our lawyers have helped hundreds of Detroiters hurt in car crashes. This news story shows that Detroit drivers are continuing to be preyed upon with these unlawful polices and the story highlights just how ineffectual Michigan's Insurance Commissioner has been to stop this.
Something's rotten at L.A. Insurance and it's time for the Insurance Commissioner to take action.
What's wrong with the weekly car insurance policies sold in Detroit by L.A. Insurance?
In its March 15, 2017, notice to Integon that its weekly car insurance policies – referred to as "Jump Start" policies – that L.A. Insurance was flooding the Detroit market with violated Michigan law, the Insurance Commissioner (also known as the Director of DIFS) stated:
The "seven-day policy term" and the "automatic expiration/nonrenewal provisions" – both of which are "fundamental to the entire Jump Start Policy" – are "not designed to ensure that Michigan drivers will maintain continuous no-fault coverage, as required by MCL 500.3101(1) … Rather, the Jump Start Policy as a whole is designed to ensure that coverage will automatically expire … in just seven days … and not be renewed, exposing drivers to periods of interrupted coverage without mandatory no-fault insurance."
Livengood's previous reporting for Crain's on this issue confirmed not only the existence of the "interrupted coverage" problem described by the Insurance Commissioner, but also its full extent.
In his April 9, 2017, Crain's Detroit Business story, "Solution to 7-day auto insurance could be difficult," Chad Livengood reported:
Eighty-four percent of the Michigan drivers who registered their vehicles using a 7-day car insurance policy "did not have insurance coverage" "90 days later."
Indeed, this all contributed to my conclusion – which I reiterated most recently in my January 10, 2018, blog post, "It's time to stop 7 day insurance policies" – that 7 day insurance policies are wrong and should be stopped:
The weekly car insurance policies sold in Detroit by L.A. Insurance is "where the greed of Michigan No Fault car insurance companies merges into the reckless indifference of Michigan lawmakers. It enables massive insurance fraud in many Michigan cities like Detroit. It jeopardizes the public's welfare. It allows up to a 1.5 million people to drive without insurance in this state. The seven-day car insurance policies pedaled to Michigan drivers, especially in Detroit, by outfits like L.A. Insurance, are ultra-short term No Fault insurance policies that are created to help people violate Michigan's mandatory requirement that owners of motor vehicles have auto No Fault insurance. As a car accident lawyer who tries to help people in cities like Detroit who are catastrophically injured by at-fault drivers with no insurance, I've been trying to sound the alarm about these 7 day insurance policies on the pages of this blog for years."
As if this all weren't bad enough, now we find out through Livengood's reporting in Crain's that L.A. Insurance's agents have been deceiving purchasers of weekly car insurance policies into paying for towing coverage they didn't want … or even know they were getting.
Secretly tacking roadside assistance coverage onto weekly car insurance policies
In his March 28th story for Crain's Detroit Business, Livengood reported:
The Insurance Commissioner "recently reached a settlement with eight L.A. Insurance employees who were accused [of] inflating the cost of week-long auto insurance policies by 'sliding' in road-side emergency assistance coverage without the knowledge of customers."
The fines encompassed by the settlement – combined with fines imposed by an Administrative Law Judge against two other employees – resulted in "total fines against the Royal Oak-based insurance company's agents and stores to $142,500 …"


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BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced after their talks on Monday the releasing of a China-France joint statement on responding to climate change and the establishment of a partnership between the two countries in this regard.
According to the joint statement, the first of its kind issued between China and another country, China and France both reiterated their commitments to the aims, principles and provisions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.
The two sides will establish a bilateral consultation mechanism and hold consultations once a year in turn in the two countries, to strengthen dialogue and cooperation on climate change, in the principles of Common and Differential Liability, respective capability and equity.
The two sides pledged in the joint statement to strengthen cooperation in the relevant fields, including bio-diversity, water resources, desertification, natural disasters, forests, garbage treatment, pollution prevention and environment-friendly economic measures, and promote the cooperation on the development, extension, application and transfer of technologies.
The two countries will cooperate on the major technologies of energy saving, renewable energy, hydrogen energy and fuel battery, clean coal and nuclear power for civil use.
The statement said the two countries will encourage the establishment of joint ventures to encourage technological innovation on responding to climate change, and will also encourage their enterprises and financial organizations to participate in more climate change and sustainable development cooperation projects of each other.
The two countries will promote world attention to the climate change issue and devote to a series of projects on the research on climate change, and increase the possibility of common cooperation with other countries, in a bid to benefit the least developed countries, especially African countries.
The two countries promised to attend a meeting of contracting parties to the UN Convention and Kyoto Protocol, scheduled for December in Bali, Indonesia.
Sarkozy hailed the releasing of the joint statement as a "significant and unprecedented thing".


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The only thing that differentiates scientists from the mass of "analysts" and other assorted wonks populating the landscape is the "science" part of our occupational classification. Science, as I have opined on more than one occasion, depends for its credibility entirely upon the proven efficacy of the scientific method in weeding out error. Science is self-correcting precisely because any argument may be challenged, and the validity of arguments is judged solely on the basis of which of two or more competing theses is better supported by observations. It is, in essence, a dialectic (in the Socratic rather than corrupt Marxist sense) consisting of hypothesis, antithesis and synthesis - of argument, counterargument, counter-counterargument, and so forth, until the hypothesis that best explains the data is identified. And that hypothesis survives in turn only so long as nothing better comes along. It's an intellectual "survival of the fittest", to borrow a well-worn phrase.
As might be expected of a former gunner, I tend to think of scientific arguments in terms of a classical, pre-GPS fire mission. A forward observer, using the best information available and processing it in accordance with his knowledge and expertise, orders an adjusting round. The first such round rarely strikes the target (artillery, after all, is an area weapon, with probable errors in bearing and range inherent in the system); and the observer correspondingly orders a correction, instructing the command post to adjust their aim-point by so many metres left or right and plus or minus of the observed fall of shot.
Figure 1 - Adjusting a Target
(Source: FM 6-30 Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Observed Fire, 16 July 1991)
Figure 2 - Bracketing a Target
(Source: FM 6-30 Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Observed Fire, 16 July 1991)
Naturally, when conducting a fire mission the gold standard is the (formerly comparatively rare) first-round hit. The closer you are to the intended target on the first adjusting round, the less time and ammunition it takes to bracket the target. We strive for something similar in the scientific field; the "first-round hit", to us, is analogous to a paper that posits an hypothesis, contains and correctly interprets supporting evidence, and offers conclusions that are justifiable and, hopefully, accurate. In the hard sciences results must be replicable, but those of us who work in the field of social sciences accept that this level of scientific fidelity is almost by definition unobtainable. There is of course no guarantee that subsequent studies will not provide refinements of our understanding of the data (as, for example, Newton's understanding of motion has subsequently been refined at small scales by quantum mechanics, and at large scales by relativity), but the goal of scientific inquiry should nonetheless always be to get a "first-round hit".
In science, we have an advantage that forward observers have never enjoyed: a second-glance mechanism designed to improve the likelihood that our "first round" will be a "hit". I refer, of course, to the peer review process. Peer review serves a fundamental function from the point of view of the writer; resorting to artillery terminology once again, it's a "gross error check" on our plan for hitting the target. In gunnery training, each gun has an assigned safety officer who stands (or more often sits) behind the gun with a map, a compass, a set of graphical firing tables (slide rules) or a copy of the tabular firing tables (a book). His job is to listen to the fire orders received by the gun crew commander - especially bearing, charge and elevation - and, using his firing tables, compass and map, to determine not whether the shell will hit any particular target, but simply whether it is going to fall within a safe impact area. Since an impact area - in Canada, anyway - may be several kilometres in width and depth, the data being fed to the gun might put the round within the safe zone but nowhere near the target; but that's not the safety officer's concern. He merely ensures that the round is not going to land out of bounds. It's still possible for the shell to be wildly off target - but it won't be so far off target that the safety officer couldn't let it go. Indeed, the gun crew commander is not permitted to fire until the safety officer has said "Let it go" (or to use the correct terminology, "Safe!").
And what, you ask, happens if the round falls wildly off target? The fire mission is suspended while the data are checked to determine the source of the error (i.e., were the data wrong, or were they misapplied to the gun? Was it a charge error? etc.). No opprobrium attaches to the safety officer; so long as the shell didn't fall outside of the impact area, he is considered to have done his job.
The primordial duty of the peer reviewer is analogous to that of an artillery safety officer: to determine whether a paper is methodologically sound before allowing it to proceed. The peer reviewer looks for gross errors, not minutiae; and apart from highlighting gross errors, it is not his responsibility to attempt to determine whether a paper is "right" or "wrong", as the means of doing so under the scientific method is, once the paper has been published, to challenge its data, method and/or conclusions in open literature. Where there are differences of opinion on non-methodological issues, the reviewer's opinion must cede to that of the writer, because it is the writer, not the reviewer, who bears ultimate responsibility for the content of the paper. The reviewer, in short, is not a referee or a gatekeeper; he is merely a "gross error check". As with an artillery safety officer, the default response, absent a grotesquely crippling flaw that disqualifies the paper from constituting sound science, should be to "let it go", and allow the author to bear - as he or she must - the responsibility for any errors the paper may contain.
When I say that reviewers should not waste their time on "minutiae", I mean that a peer reviewer should not be required to serve as a copy-editor. Most authors I know appreciate it when reviewers identify obvious misspellings or typographical errors, or indicate a place where a word seems to be superfluous or missing; in the to-and-fro of editing, re-editing and re-re-editing, I know that I find it difficult to proof-read my own work (I find that repeated re-readings cause me to see what I intended to write rather than what actually appears on the page). But it is not the task of the peer-reviewer to correct spelling, much less offer stylistic or grammatical suggestions; presumably anyone drawing a salary as a writer should be sufficiently familiar with the grammatical conventions of the language in which they are writing that corrections should be unnecessary, while style, as a matter of individual taste, is largely subjective. Tinkering with language consumes enormous amounts of time - time that might be better spent on more fruitful pursuits.
Why am I on about peer review this week? Well, because of how corrupt it has become. I refer, of course, to the climate "science" community - with deliberate sneer quotes, as the scholarly practices of that community have become so shady as to leach the few remaining vestiges of credibility from its veins. Allow me to explain. About six weeks ago, R.W. Spencer and W.D. Braswell published a paper in Remote Sensing entitled "On the misdiagnosis of surface temperature feedbacks from variations in Earth's radiant energy balance" (Remote Sensing, 2011, 3, 1603-1613). For once I won't bore you with a summary of the paper; basically, it uses observed data from satellite measurements to challenge the "consensus" position on distinguishing between radiative forcing and radiative feedback. It's pretty innocuous and uses very bland language - but if its arguments are sustained, then it substantially undermines the AGW thesis by demonstrating that all existing climate models drastically overestimate radiative forcing and, therefore, the likely temperature response to increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration.
While the content of the paper is interesting, what is more interesting is what has happened since it was first published. First, the timeline from receipt of the paper to publication is worth noting:
· Received: 24 May 2011;
· in revised form: 13 July 2011;
· Accepted: 15 July 2011
· Published: 25 July 2011 [http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/8/1603/]In other words, the paper went from submission through peer review and response to acceptance and publication in the space of two months. That's a pretty impressive turnaround time. Granted, the thing is only 11 pages long, but any reviewer worth his salt would have had to work his way through the data and the math in order to conduct an adequate "gross error check". Three reviewers did so.
Following publication, though, things really got interesting. First, the usual pro-AGW websites (like Realclimate.org) went berserk, indulging in ad hominem attacks against Spencer and Braswell, and criticizing Remote Sensing for publishing the paper at all. This resulted last week in an unprecedented event: the journal's editor-in-chief, Wolfgang Wagner, resigned his post, stating in an explanatory article that the paper should never have been published [http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/9/2002/pdf]. Wagner's mea culpa, which is a masterpiece of self-righteous obfuscation, argues that the Spencer-Braswell paper should not have been published because it contained "methodological errors and false claims", none of which apparently were picked up by the peer reviewers (who, unlike Wagner, were actually conversant with the field in which Spencer and Braswell are working). Wagner's explanation of his resignation, however, does not actually cite any of these alleged "methodological errors and false claims", nor does he cite any contrarian peer-reviewed publications that Spencer and Braswell did not already cite themselves, specifically for the purpose of challenging them.
Placing the blame on the managing editor, Wagner alleges that the editorial board "unintentionally selected three reviewers who probably share some climate sceptic notions of the authors". This, apparently, is enough to disqualify them from reviewing scientific papers (although possessing pro-AGW "notions" apparently does not disqualify warmists from reviewing each others' work; such "pal review", as I have elsewhere observed, has regrettably become the hallmark of the pro-AGW community). This implies that while alarmists can be trusted to review each other's work to produce unimpeachable science, "sceptics" are a herd of corrupt ne'er-do-wells. This is an amusing conceit from a point of view of numbers, too; if, as the warmists like to argue, those who challenge the "scientific consensus" are a tiny minority, then is it not statistically extremely unlikely that the three reviewers chosen at random for a given paper would ALL be sceptics?
Such questions are of course rhetorical. The proper response to a scientific paper is not an editor's resignation, but either a published comment pointing out substantive flaws, or another peer-reviewed scientific paper challenging the offending paper's data, methodology or conclusions. Ad hominem attacks are not science. Snide comments, back-room wheeling and dealing, collusion between interested parties to keep papers out of the literature, and hand-wringing, content-free denunciations of legitimate work are not science. And sending a paper back to peer review over and over again until the editor's preferred result is achieved is not science.
Wagner's grandstanding resignation short-circuited the scientific method and sensationalized what should have been a dispassionate debate about the validity of observed data and calculations. His actions are especially egregious given the manner in which certain individuals in the climate "science" field have played fast and loose with methodology and the peer review process; as the Climategate emails demonstrate, it was Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, one of the icons of the AGW pantheon, who, discussing papers submitted to the IPCC that challenged the "scientific consensus", said:
"Kevin and I will keep them out somehow -- even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!" (Note A)And it was Jones and Michael Mann, Mr. Hockey Stick himself, who, when discussing how to deal with journals that publish sceptics' papers, engaged in the following exchange:
"Perhaps we should encourage our colleagues in the climate research community to no longer submit to, or cite papers in, this journal," Mann writes.
"I will be emailing the journal to tell them I'm having nothing more to do with it until they rid themselves of this troublesome editor," Jones replies. (Note A)Blacklisting scientific journals and referring to their editors in the same terms that Henry II used vis-à-vis Thomas Beckett is about as far from legitimate science as you can get.
It goes further. Yesterday, a rebuttal to the Spencer-Braswell paper appeared, published in Geophysical Research Letters - a remarkable feat, given that the time from the first appearance of the Spencer-Braswell paper, through to submission, review and publication, was only six weeks (A.E. Dessler, "Cloud variations and the Earth's energy budget"). That's not a lot of time. I haven't read Dessler's paper yet, but the fact that it got written and pushed out so fast is remarkable - particularly when you consider how long some sceptics' papers have mouldered in the peer review process. Science, for example, spent "months" sitting on Spencer's critique of an earlier paper by Dessler, while it took Lindzen and Choi two years to get a paper examining climate sensitivity out due to resistance from hostile reviewers. The most egregious (recent) example was a paper by Ryan O'Donnell, et al., that challenged a paper on Antarctic warming by Eric Steig, et al.; Nature magazine actually selected Steig as a reviewer for the paper challenging his work. That's not just unscientific, it's a patent conflict of interest. How can it possibly be deemed legitimate to allow someone to review a paper that contradicts their own work? No credible scientific organization would countenance such a blatantly corrupt practice - and if they did, colleagues and clients alike would be justified in discounting anything that organization thereafter produced.
The peer review process can only serve its intended purpose if it is transparent, professionally applied, and timely. The process is depressingly easy to undermine, and may be fatally compromised by any of a number of methodological flaws. The above examples illustrate the three most dangerous potential pitfalls:
· Reviewer interest or engagement: it is unprofessional and unscientific for a paper to be reviewed by anyone with a personal or professional interest in its conclusions. We are all of us human. While presumably some folks are able to separate personal and professional sentiments sufficiently to give an honest reading to a paper that challenges (or for that matter, that supports) their own work, such treatment undermines peer review by allowing for the appearance of impropriety. Even the suggestion of a conflict of interest undermines the process. Anyone selected to review a paper, whether as a peer or a supervisor, has a professional obligation to disclose any potential conflict of interest before the fact, and an ethical responsibility to recuse himself from the review and publication processes for that paper.
· Reviewer incapacity: peer review only serves its intended purpose if the reviewer is conversant with the material discussed and the methodologies used in the paper under review. In highly specialized fields, this will not always be the case; thus, it is incumbent upon the reviewer to declare incapacity where appropriate, restricting his review to methodological considerations only; and it is incumbent upon the editor to ensure that at least ONE reviewer knows something about the subject of the paper under review. Simply put, the peer review process doesn't work if the reviewer isn't a "peer" in any meaningful sense.
· Timeliness: unduly delaying a paper obviates the purpose of the review and publication process; while doing so for any non-scientific reason is a blatant violation of scientific ethics. While it would normally be impossible to discern motivations behind inordinate delays in the review and publication process, the Climategate emails feature statements by certain individuals (e.g., Jones and Mann) of their intent to prevent the publication of papers challenging their work. Delaying papers that challenge a preferred position is grossly unethical; as scientists, we have an obligation to ensure that all viewpoints are published, both in order to reinforce the transparency upon which the scientific method depends, and to provide all comers the opportunity to challenge the data, methods and conclusions offered by our colleagues and ourselves. It is an especially pernicious violation of scientific ethics to deliberately delay publication of a paper in order to allow a contrarian paper or rebuttal to be published concurrently or shortly afterwards; and where the editorial authority is himself an interested author in the field, as was the case with Jones, any attempt to delay or deny publication is grossly unethical. Finally, as the above examples suggest, undue publication delays unfairly disadvantage authors by denying them the opportunity to weigh in on a developing topic of scientific debate. As the Lindzen-Choi example demonstrates, it is difficult to exercise any impact or influence through one's arguments if one cannot get one's work past self-appointed scientific cerberuses.Used properly, in a timely and transparent fashion, peer review is not merely helpful; it is the sine-qua-non of science. Like an artillery safety officer, it serves to keep us within the bounds of legitimacy. But peer review only serves its purpose under strictly-defined circumstances, and only if the above criteria are observed. It is depressingly easy to undermine and circumvent, and we need to be aware of its weaknesses and limitations. As the above examples demonstrate, we need to understand that the process can be subverted to delay, obfuscate and undermine the method that is the heart of our work, and that, when all is said and done, is the only thing that separates those of us who aspire to the title of "scientist" from the vast, heaving heterogeneous masses of undifferentiated "analysts".
Our methodology is all we have – and, as with "gross error checks" in the artillery, it is all that stands between the literary translation of the gunner motto, Ubique ("Anywhere"), and the translation preferred by the infantry: "All over the frigging place."


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NASHVILLE (AP) – There are nine Republican presidential candidates on Tennessee's primary ballot, but four of them have no committed delegates to the party's nominating convention.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads in delegates while one-time House Speaker Newt Gingrich, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have substantial numbers committed to their campaigns, according to The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/uBYhUb). Ex-Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has three delegates.
GOP candidates with no delegates committed to them include U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, one-time Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
Party rules allow delegates to be appointed after the March 6 election by the Republican Executive Committee, but officials say having committed delegates is an early sign of political organizing.
"I do think it shows a certain amount of organization on the part of the candidates who have gotten a good number of delegate candidates to run," said Chris Devany, chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, who stressed his neutrality in the primary race. "That certainly shows there's a level of organization and that they're thinking beyond the early primaries."
Tennessee will have 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention in August at Tampa, Fla. There will be three from each of the state's nine congressional districts and 14 at-large delegates elected on the basis of the statewide party primary vote. That makes a total of 41 candidate delegates. The rest are automatic party seats at the convention or are selected by the Executive Committee.
A candidate would have to win 66 percent of the vote in a given district to claim all three of that district's delegates. Likewise, the candidate would have to achieve a 66 percent statewide plurality to claim all at-large delegates.
Failing that, there is a complicated system for allocating delegates based on what percentage of the vote the candidates received.
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"Our system gives each nationally recognized candidate a chance to prove they should be the front runner in the end," Hargett replied.
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Bruce's Nut-N-Honey Farm, LLC was established in 1980 by my father who started with one hive of bees as a hobbyist beekeeper. My father's hobby soon became a business as his number of hives increased every year. I began working and tending the hives of bees alongside of my father as a young boy. I learned how to manage and maintain hives, extract honey, and package honey. As I learned more and more I became more interested in beekeeping and after completing school I acquired the beekeeping business. Since then Bruce's Nut-N-Honey Farm, LLC has continued growing with approximately 2000 + colonies in full production now.
Bruce's Nut-N-Honey Farm, LLC has enlarged its areas of production over the past years, we now migrate bees to tropical regions of Florida to produce Orange Blossom Honey, we also contract with farmers for crop pollination. However, our primary and most important job is the production of our rare gallberry, comb honey, and wildflower honey.
My family and I are truly grateful for what the Lord has done in our lives as well as in the success of our business. The Lord has blessed us with healthy happy bees and bountiful honey crops as well as his continual watch care and protection on each of our lives. To God be the glory for great things hath he done!
"My son, eat thou honey, because it is good and the honeycomb which is sweet to thy taste." ~ Proverbs 24:13
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torstai 22. toukokuuta 2014
1) Ymehpsalb Fo Drol (Htemohpab)
2) Priest Sodomy
3) Taog Eht Fo Mreps Kcalb
4) Unholy Sex Ritual
5) Nun Perversion
6) Tears of Jesus
7) Ave Satanas
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I thought today I'd post another of my old rips and I know there has been at least two different rips of this around the inter nets before this, but bear with me. Or don't, you can always come back later. Anyways, some time before the millennium Satanic Warmaster & co felt the need to play filthy black death metal in the vein of old Beherit, Impaled Nazarene and so on, resulting in this band. Blasphemous Evil released a demo, changed name to Vomitfago for a split 7" and back again, released an album, participated on the Primitive Finland compilation and disbanded. My copy of the demo was dubbed by a comrade from his (I think) original copy, unfortunately I didn't ask him for copies of the covers back then so the Metal Archives image will have to do for now.
All of the seven tracks are short, total playtime ticking just a little over ten minutes. The music is, as reading the tracklisting should reveal, totally inspired by old Beherit, demo/1st album ImpNaz and bestial metal of death in general. First track is a screamed intro, second one is the longest of the lot, almost 2½ minutes and sounds like slower Beherit demo track, next one is an interlude with synths and screams/noises, next track has some synths and again quite slow pace, brings certain Greek cults to my mind actually (old Varathron foremost)! The fifth one is again more primitive and crude, followed by synths and weeping on "Tears of Jesus" and the demo ends with Blasphemyesque, thirty second "Ave Satanas". So as you see it's not the freshest can of original ideas opened but sometimes recycled crap is just fine and this amount works alright for me. Give it a go if you're not already absolutely fed up with the bestial war brutal metal ov death sounds.
Tunnisteet: black metal, black/death, demo, finnish
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How to Make an Old Time Religion Tug of War between Sin and Jesus
"Those who were all MOUTH, those who were all EARS, those who were all HANDS AND FEET and those who were all EYES." His tricks were to appeal to all! The scientific characterization of the flock came from Chicago "where hundreds of children could be gathered from the streets in a few minutes." Creepy. His book Junior Surprise Sermons went into at least 6 editions. In this example, he provides the patter which goes along with the show. The trick? God prepared the scissors earlier by breaking off one of the blades! Remind me to one day share the patter he developed for another of his tricks, "The Unhappy Heathen" in which he says about those in other countries "Many of them faint on the wayside under the sun, and the birds come and pluck out their eyes even before they die."
From the wartime book Junior Surprise Sermons with Handmade Objects by Arnold Carl Westphal. Sixth edition.
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|WHAT ARE CEF's?
At issue is the $2,984,620 removed from the City of
Loveland Fire Department Capital Expansion Fund
(CEF). The funds were collected as fees on new
development during Loveland's building boom and are
required by state law (29-20-104.5) to be used only for
the purpose for which they were collected.
Loveland has relied on CEF's since the early 1980's to
fund the capital improvements needed to provide city
services to a growing population. Loveland's Fire CEF's
were accumulated from fees that were established as the
result of studies conducted each year (per state law) to
determine the value of capital assets, equipment, fixtures
and life saving equipment needed to expand the fire service
commensurate with Loveland's growing population.
However, not all developers have paid these fees. Local
developer McWhinney received an initial waiver for
Centerra construction and more recently was permitted to
construct a 300 unit multi-family housing development only
paying a percentage of the CEF's required in the past to
other residential developers. Future residents of
McWhinney's 300 unit apartment complex will expect full
city emergency services so existing infrastructure will need
to be stretched even further to accommodate more
Centerra residents who have not contributed their "fair
share" in funding local emergency services.
|Has Council Land Speculation Created A
Safety Hazard For Loveland Residents?
|City of Loveland Definition:
Capital Expansion Fees
"The City of Loveland has utilized Capital Expansion
Fees as a method to meet the capital needs of our
growing community since the mid-1980s. The fees
are set based on studies that indicate the impacts
that result from different types of construction, the
major categories being residential, commercial, and
industrial. Capital Expansion Fees for Fire, Police,
General Government, Library, Museum, Parks,
Recreation, Open Lands, and Trails are based on the
value of capital assets, equipment, fixtures, and
furniture and unspent prior years' CEF contributions"
|Loveland's Rural Fire Protection District Truck
|What the
"Incident Investigation Report"
"On Saturday April 17, 2010, at approx. 2327 hrs,
Loveland Fire and Rescue (LFR) Engine 5 (E5) was
dispatched to an outside smoke investigation in an
area of 41st and Boxelder. Initial dispatch reports
indicated a large amount of white smoke coming
from the residence at the corner of 41st Street and
Boxelder Drive. After numerous calls and reports
that a specific structure was involved, dispatch
upgraded to a structure fire response. LFR Engine 5
(E5) and Squad 2 (SQ2) were the first fire supression
crews. Battalion Chief Greg WARD (BAT1) was the
Incident Commander of the fire scene. LPD
Detective Scott HIGHLAND was the lead
investigator from the Loveland Police Department."
The response times listed show the first three units
arriving at "2333 hrs."
|Funding Scheme
Oct. 2007 letter to council explaining the way the
property purchase is going to be funded (final
numbers from the November '07 meeting differ
slightly due to staff adjustments between meeitngs)
"The City will internally finance the 402 property purchase.
The city council capital reserve will provide $1.6 million
upfront and the money will be advanced from the
accumulated capital expansion fees for fire ($3.2 million)
and recreation ($2 million). The city council capital reserve
will repay the capital expansion fees at the average interest
rate being earned on the City's investment portfolio for the
preceding twelve months, adjusted annually. The City is
using the same interest criteria prescribed by the City
Charter Section 13-3 (b) for inter-fund loans from the
utility funds. The loan is structured with a ten year term,
loading the principal repayment in the last five years of the
repayment schedule."


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Me: "Hi buddy. I'm sorry it's hot, but I'm doing everything I can to try and make it better."
Tucker: "..."
Me: "No really. That's why it's been dark in here in the mornings. I've been closing the blinds to keep the morning sun out. And I spent a lot of money so we could have an air conditioner... well, geez, you probably don't have a clue what money is."
Tucker: "...?"
Me: "Money is like cat food. It's something with value. An asset. No, wait - that's not it. How about this... Money is what I trade to get your cat food."
Tucker: "...???"
Me: "Don't look at me like that! Because I bought an air conditioner, it doesn't mean there will be less cat food. It means I wouldn't be able to buy something else for myself. Come on now you bastard, I take care of you!"
Tucker: "...!!!?"
Me: "Oh, right... then why is it so hot? Well, I can only do so much."
Tucker: "..."
Me: "Yeah, I think this air conditioner might be a piece of crap too... Maybe I should have just bought more cat food."
My loft doesn't have a traditional window to hang a typical air conditioner out of, and portable air conditioners suck. But you know what they always say: those who live in glass houses are doomed to suffer with portable air conditioners. Or something like that.
At least Tuck was smart enough to figure out that if he sprawls in front of the flow of cool air, it feels better.
As for me, well... I am dreaming of a white Christmas!
...or at least a cold one.
Me: "Hey, at least it isn't as hot today as it was yesterday!"
Tucker: "?!?!?!?!?!?"
Me: "Ingrate!"
Meanwhile, from across the room...
Simon: "...Did somebody say cat-food?"
Me: "NO!!!!!"
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Mari said:
I never thought I would see the day that 80 degrees would be a change for the better as far as temps go... We were out in Downtown last night and I belatedly thought we should have invited you... Chinese food from PF Changs and Gelato from Mio Gelato and then wandering around outside while we finished our treats... It culminated with a trip to Everyday Music... I think you would have had fun...
Bad Mari!::::: | June 28, 2006 7:49 AM
chantel said:
I have a window unit so my place isn't that hot. I just feel bad sitting in my house drunk with all the blinds closed and that cats begging to get out.
They quickly realized the error of their ways and came inside to torture me a little more.
I'm trading their catfood for liquor and cigarrettes if they keep it up.::::: | June 28, 2006 2:30 PM
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Every year, we get our kids a new ornament. I actually do two ornaments- one is just a photo of them that year-in a frame, and the other is something that reminds us of them during that year. Well... I can't tell you how many car ornaments we have. ☻ What can I say...my boys are happy with cars, cars, and more cars.
So I made their ornaments this year. I put the number of cars on their ornament that reflected their age this year. (Their name and the year are also on the back of the ornament.) Here is what you need if you would like to make something similar:
Car-n-Road Ornaments
Heat-n-Bond or Wonder Under, or fusible webbing material (that binds two fabrics together)
felt or flannel (I used flannel
some cute car fabric (or you could make your own cars)
a little Warm-n-Natural batting
some ribbon
hot glue
Cut some cars out of your car fabric, or make your own. Attach a piece of batting- such as Warm-n-Natural to the car piece. Using your Heat-n-Bond, attach your cars to the road. Hot glue ribbon on the back.
Hang and enjoy!
**Can you tell I like Heat-n-Bond? I actually use Wonder Under (same thing) and always have it on hand. I guess you could glue your ornament or sew it together, but using the Wonder Under product is so much cleaner and easier! I love the stuff. :)


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Calsep continuously develops its PVTsim software to offer the most versatile and reliable PVT simulation software available. Calsep rolls out major upgrades to PVTsim NOVA on a regular basis through the user group meetings which is also the forum where many technical topics will be discussed and presented. On behalf of Calsep we would like to invite you and your colleagues to PVTsim Nova User Group Meeting scheduled on March 15th, 2018. The latest technical advances implemented in PVTsim Nova 4 and future development path will be presented at this meeting.
- Automated EoS model development
- Peng Robinson-CPA – Extending Association to PR EoS
- Improved Heavy Oil Characterisation
- Improved PC-SAFT Characterisation and implementation of tuning capability
- Asphaltene Prediction : Screening methods and Equations of State
- Introduction of NOVA Apps – For Advanced Separator configuration
Technical Topics
- Pitfalls in interpretation of GOR/CGR data
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- Calsep-Data Analysis Tool (C-DAT)- Data analysis tool for reservoir engineering application: C-DAT is a data management program under development, which will serve as a pre-processor to PVTsim NOVA. CDAT combines the capability to import compositional and PVT data from laboratory report and perform 3D visualization of field data with existing Calsep software technology. It can be used to analyse whether reservoir fluid samples taken in different wells and different depths are in communication or not.
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The purpose of the quality initiative is to increase the persistence (retention), graduation, and career and post-baccalaureate placements of African-American male students by engaging them in the types of co-curricular and leadership activities that lead to academic success and timely graduation. Data show that the African-American male student is at high risk, in terms of low retention and graduation rates, as compared to other population groups (Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 2006). The purpose is closely tied to the overall mission of the University which has a rich history of providing educational opportunities to persons from disadvantaged, cultural and diverse academic backgrounds.
The goal is to get African-American male students actively involved in co-Curricular activities that promote leadership skills in order to increase persistence, graduation, and post-baccalaureate placements. Seven specific ROARING goals for each student are:
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is pleased to announce that its Quality Initiative (QI) Report was approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) on July 7, 2016. The UAPB QI Report to the HLC includes accomplishments and other pertinent data for academic years 2014-15 and 2015-16.
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Here is my latest creation, yesterday was needing to do some crafts and so came a pouch type motherhood, the girls take their dolls for a stroll.
Made by me in 100% cotton fabric, all materials of excellent quality. Lined inside with acrylic blanket and mesh to make it fluffy. Has a handle easy to carry, such as kangaroo or side. A special detail is that it possesses a bag of fabric embedded inside, so that everything is well tucked
Specially made for Gigi and Gaby :)
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Photo: ThinkstockWhen it comes to writing college papers, many new students find themselves at a loss.Writing college papers is much simpler if you are organized and understand the type of paper you are writing.Essays, research papers and thesis papers are very different from creative writing projects, and it is important to understand each kind of writing. How to Write College EssaysThe college essay may vary in length, but it has a typical three-step format comprising an introduction, a body and a conclusion.The introduction of your college essay lays the groundwork for the rest of the essay.
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By James Farrell
When the stresses of family, shopping and party planning make the holiday season rocky, the best escape can often be found on the rocks.
Check out these five holiday-themed cocktails that can help you cope with this busy time of year without losing your holiday cheer.
Pumpkin Pie Martini
This cocktail celebrates a classic holiday dessert: pumpkin pie. This martini, courtesy of HGTV.com, mixes that pumpkin spice flavor with Kahlua and butterscotch schnapps for a comforting holiday treat.
You'll need ½ oz. of Stoli Vanilla, 1 oz. of pumpkin spice liqueur, ½ oz. of Kahlua, ½ oz. of butterscotch Schnapps, ½ oz. of half-and-half and crushed graham crackers.
Just pour all the liquids in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain the concoction into a large martini glass rimmed with crushed graham crackers. For an extra flavor, garnish it with a cinnamon stick.
Hot Peppermint Rod
Enjoy that wintery peppermint flavor with this cocktail that's guaranteed to keep you warm during the holidays, courtesy of HGTV.com
Fill an Irish coffee mug with two parts vodka and two parts peppermint schnapps. Add two parts grenadine syrup to give the drink a holiday coloring, and add hot water to fill the mug. Top it off with whipped cream and garnish it with a peppermint rod or candy cane.
The Grinch
This tart cocktail will help you deal with those moments when your holiday spirit is drained and your inner Grinch is crying to be released.
According to a recipe on mixthatdrink.com, the Grinch can be made by mixing 2 oz. of Midori, ½ oz. of lemon juice and 1 tea spoon of simple syrup in a cocktail shaker along with ice. Shake well until chilled and then strain the drink into a chilled martini glass.
A couple sips of the Grinch, and your holiday cheer will start to return.
Red Rudolph
Another cocktail courtesy of mixthatdrink.com, the Red Rudolph mixes fruity flavors with a blast of cinnamon, offering a perfect, sweet and warm dessert drink to celebrate the season.
You'll need ½ oz. of orange curacao, ¾ oz. of cinnamon schnapps, ½ oz. of vodka and 6 oz. of cranberry juice.
Heat the cranberry juice and pour everything else into an Irish coffee mug. Slowly add the hot cranberry juice—the drink should be served warm. Top it off with whipped cream and enjoy.
Layered Christmas Shooter
This sour drink, courtesy of the Food Network, will help get your Christmas party started off right. And with a pretty, layered color effect, it's sure to get guests talking.
Pour 1 and ½ oz. of apple schnapps into a shot glass. Gently pour in ½ teaspoon of grenadine, allowing it to sink to the bottom and create a red-colored bottom layer. Shake a bottle of cinnamon schnapps, and then turn it upside down to allow the gold flakes to rise to the top. Measure out ¾ oz. of the cinnamon schnapps, and gently pour it over the back of a spoon to make the third color layer.
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