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"Rich Lyons, dean of UC-Berkeley's Haas School of Business, has publicly predicted that as many as half the business schools in the U.S. could shutter in as little as five years or as many as 10. How disruptive do you think this is going to be?"
— Fortune, "Colleges will survive the online education revolution"
In the past ten years, Venture Capital and Private Equity firms have gradually grow interest in internet educational companies and invested in thousands of educational startups in a global wide. As a major part of internet educational firms, online education companies make people have chance to receive education as long as they have access to Internet. Besides, online education startups not only focus on early childhood education, K12 education system, college education, also involve continuing education and vocational training.
Traditional education enterprises have been influenced by emergence of considerable online educational firms, especially for those educational institutions with the form of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), such as MIT Open Courseware, Khan Academy, Coursera and Udemy. The most obvious benefit of mass online courses is to expand access to quality education and help students have flexibility to acquire knowledge. With more and more students using online education platform, some people began to worried if online education will substitute traditional education. Since Coursera announced the first MOOC-based MBA degree with the University of Illinois College of Business and also offered four core MBA courses from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, the dean of Haas School of Business, UC-Berkeley even predicted half the business schools of United States would shut down in a decade.
However, Rick Levin, the former president of Yale, the current Chief Executive Officer of Coursera claimed that online education is a way to improve access to education, a way to utilize educational resources more effectively, but not a substitute of traditional education. He suggested that they are still at the stage rather than substituting for educational offerings. Three-quarters of Coursera's learners are over the age of 22 and beyond secondary and college years, which means most of them are working and using it primarily for career advancement or personal enrichment in equal proportions. Thus in conclusion, there is not a huge disruptive thing at this point. "We can transmit the content really effectively, and in some circumstances more effectively, but we can't offer the full educational package online."
Online education platforms indeed provide abundant curriculum, flexible time schedule, comfortable and convenient learning environment with low investment rate. Students at schools can find various courses and programs to enrich their knowledge, working staff can obtain professional skills for career development or even make preparation for switching jobs. Based on all these advantages, online education platforms have developed rapidly in the past ten years.
According to Education Week, although the amount of venture capital flowing into K-12 education technology companies reached $642 million in 2014, jumping 32 percent over the previous year. Market research firm Global Industry Analysts projects it will reach $107 Billion in 2015, several severe difficulties in online education at the present also putting a brake on its successful development.
During the Global Mobile Internet Conference Beijing 2015, an investor expressed his concern about the future of online education. Lack of strategies to gain profit, long-term payback return, loss of customers means that both investors and education entrepreneurs need to take very high risks. What's more, only a "small percentage of those who register to take a free online course actually complete it. The research shows it can be under 5%".
The absence of interaction with professors and peers as well as loss of networking resources are two major disadvantages of online education. In the traditional classroom, students and teachers can interact and communicate face to face, however, online education cannot provide first-hand human interaction. Furthermore, many students choose to go to university for "the university experience" more than anything else; the life skills it teaches can't be taught online. In addition, "the degree-granting authority of a university has long been a key asset of higher education's business model", which are essential for people looking for jobs in capital market. The level of acceptance of online education certificate degrees by potential employers remains unknown. Therefore, traditional education is the mainstream education method so far.
John A. Byrne, Fortune, 2015. Coursera CEO: Colleges will survive the online education revolution. From: http://fortune.com/2015/05/07/coursera-ceo-colleges-will-survive-the-online-education-revolution/
Oxford Royale Academy, 2014. Studying Online: A Threat to Traditional Learning? From: https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/online-courses.html
Education Week, 2014. Venture Capital Investment in K-12 Tech Firms Jumps, and Evolves, in 2014. From: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2014/12/venture_capital_investment_in_k-12_jumps_and_evolves_in_2014.html
Gina Merlino, College Startup, 2013. Coursera: Changing the Face of Education. From: http://www.collegestartup.org/2013/08/21/coursera-changing-the-face-of-education/


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Friday, August 3, 2012
Watching my 3 little grand-munchkins while mom and dad get settled. They just moved here from Florida. Welcome Mancusos!!
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Advisers at the New Anglia Growth Hub are like GPs for businesses, helping them to get better, become more efficient and grow, says Dr William Millar, one the organisation's founding team, which operates across Suffolk and Norfolk.
Speaking at the Chamber's October Breakfast at the Orwell Hotel, Dr Williams spelt out the variety of grants and services the Growth Hub provided for all businesses – big and small, new, or well- established – and stressed that, like GPS, all the advice was free at the point of delivery.
In an entertaining talk, he explained that the types of support ranged across innovation, energy, administration, exports, manufacturing, small grant scheme PE and general business advice.
"It doesn't matter who you are, or what you do, we will come and see you and help you see where you can improve your services, grow, or just become more efficient and create more profit and jobs," he said.
In addition, the Growth Hub organised a variety of different free events aimed at helping businesses prosper. These included ones on management and the use of social media, or bench marking, for example.
Dr Millar added that this service was provided through the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce and was funded by the EU, and that the money was guaranteed for the next three years.


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Registration Packets
Packets are generally available in early to mid February. In order to ensure all paperwork is complete, registration packets should be returned to the District's Central Registration Office (located inside Wilmington Middle School) to Janene Dunn. Packets can be picked up at Central Registration, any elementary school, and WCS Central Office at 341 S Nelson Ave.
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The Mathematics Education Student Association
invites you to the colloquium:
The Real Deal: A Conversation with A New Teacher in Mathematics Education
Salem High School, Rockdale County, Georgia
As an undergraduate, I can recall just wanting to question a fresh teacher in the field to find out the real deal. Informally, I would like to share with undergraduates the effectiveness and usefulness of pedagogical techniques given by the Mathematics Education faculty. Also, I will discuss how my teaching philosophy was influenced by what I learned at UGA. For example, I will share the freedoms and restraints of using investigation, student-centered instruction, and technology integration in the mathematics classroom when benchmark and end-of-course assessments and standards are becoming more restrictive and significant. Moreover, I will also discuss the importance of administrative and mentoring support for the success of a beginning teacher as well as other challenges such as special education accommodations and raising student motivation and morale.
Thursday, December 2, 2004
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I'm trying to ignore the damage caused by the mail system to the bottom corner, have they acquired a giant rubber recently, this is the second postcard I have received with a mark of this kind.
My sender, Sonja, is a baker-confectioner, two of my favourite things. I love going to countries and tasting the different cakes, pastries and bread. Perhaps in Finland I'll start with omena piirakka (apple pie) or this weekend, mämmi, a Finnish Easter speciality consisting of rye-malt, rye-meal, treacle, and orange peel; eaten with cream and sugar. I can't imagine what that tastes like.
The card came with one of the 2009 Aurora borealis stamps which
with this one I now have two of the three stamp set.
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Some of the most important election results in history have turned on something most of us take for granted: the method we use to determine the election result based on voters' preferences. In a recent election in Massachusetts, a candidate in a 10-person primary race won the election with only 21% of the votes. Is this a rational way to elect our leaders? Are there better ways? These are among the questions addressed in Social Choice Theory, an interdisciplinary field investigated by economists, philosophers, political scientists, logicians, and mathematicians. In this seminar, we will explore questions of social choice, in particular of voting theory, from a philosophical and logical perspective. No previous acquaintance with these topics will be assumed. The only prerequisite is openness to rigorous philosophical and mathematical reasoning about questions of social concern.
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Here's ten quick updates on nothing in particular, in no particular order:
1) Went to A&W with DaveS yesterday for lunch. I had two Papa Burgers with cheese and a Root Beer. Yum, yum and yum. Was served by an inept trainee who, I'm guessing, has, by now, quit.
2) Watched King Arthur with my son a couple of nights ago. I didn't like it, he did. Truthfully, I ended up not watching much of it, what with the occasional walking out of the room to do other stuff, and the falling to sleep while in the room, but what I did see I didn't like. Too much dramatic nothing in between action scenes of whatever-ness.
3) There were quite a few pretty women uptown today at lunch. Not all together in a group. Pretty in a Desperate Housewives kind of way. I don't watch that show. None of the pretty women seemed to acknowledge my existence. In their circles, that, I suppose, is a given.
4) I bought myself an iPod.
5) Currently my favourite quick and easy home-cooked-ish meal is Chicken Tikka Masala. Go to Superstore. Get a pound of boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Get a can of (I forget the brand-name, but it's not the PC bottle of, it's a can of [in the imported foods section]) Chicken Tikka Masala paste. Rice, too. Cut chicken into strips, briefly cook, add paste and a bit of water, let simmer. Cook rice. Add the one to the other. Eat. Yum. Have bread too.
6) I just walked down the hall at the office like I was on a fashion show runway. My posture was fantastic. Make a mental note to walk like a model more often.
7) Last Christmas, we ditched the "get a real tree' tradition and purchased a nice artificial tree with lights already attached. All the lights, the mini-lights, are white. This year I replaced one of the white lights with a red one. Now our tree glows all white, except that one special red light. I REALLY like that, and I'm not sure why.
8) The back right wheel on our car has a sloooow leak. Nuisance that it is causes me to refill it with air every 2-3 days. Does it get fixed, or does it get replaced? That's the question I'm putting off. Stay tuned.
9) Apart from the reality show idea "Pogey" that I posted below, I also have one that is much more un-pee-see. I'm calling it "Tremploited". An amalgam of "Tremploy" (the local company that does/did hire mentally handicapped people as workers) and "exploited". Not sure of the format, but I think it's time for a show where consenting mentally handicapped people compete against each other in non-athletic competitions, with one getting eliminated each week. It would all be done, you know, tastefully. I won't mention the other idea I had for a sex competition, which I call "Special O-Limp-Dicks".
10) My football picking on this site is atrocious, and as a way to maintain dignity I stopped posting my predictions a long time ago. I still predict, though. I go to The Weekly NFL Picks Page and pick each week. I am currently at 96-80, or 54.5% correct. And that's with picking games against the spread, not straight-up. I'm currently third in my pool and 1247th out of a total of 5065 players. So, you know, above average.
Friday, December 10
Time Now For - What's Been Goin' On?
Here's ten quick updates on nothing in particular, in no particular order:
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- Jason said...
Well well welllll. I think congratulations are in order. Now you have to gather 5000 songs for that puppy. Good stuff Rob.
A little advice from someone who didn't take the same advice (why oh why). Get a clear vinyl covering for you iPod. Those things scratch like crazy. You'll probably notice scratches occuring in a day or two of use.
- 5:54 am
My slow leak was fixed by replacing the valve. Cost me nothing, because the repair guy had installled my snow tires for me. Good Luck!
- 8:01 am
I love you, Rob. I love you like you love that single red light on a tree of white, but not in the way that I love domesticated animals. That's a special kinda love.
- 9:07 am
- Rob MacD said...
Jason - I got the songs already. Too many of 'em in fact. Have to decide which of my babies doesn't get to take the ride from the computer to the iPod.
Wayne - Slow leak was the result of a small nail. Checked and repaired for $15. Acceptable.
Graham - I love you, too, you domesticated animal, you.
- 9:20 am
rob -
i am shocked and thrilled that you got your ipod. good on you. while you're getting used to it maybe you could wear a tag that reads: "i'm in training, please 'bear' with me". i seem to remember a certain special a&w trainee who had one a those...
- 4:51 am
If I were a woman downtown, I would totally notice you. Because you are great. So I bet these Desperate Housewives were desperately trying not to let you notice them staring.
I am happy for your one red light in the tree. I hope that red light has the confidence to pull it off...
- 4:13 pm
- Rob MacD said...
That red light gets along great with all the other lights. The white lights realise, I think, that the red light makes them look better, too.
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Boy were there some ups and downs at our last event! Next Phase Eventing brought down seven horses and riders for the Inavale Farms Horse Trials and started the weekend on a fabulous note. Three of our riders ended dressage day in first place. Lauren Plog on Money Talks scored a 21, Hannah McNamara on Dublin scored a 26, and Emily Lantz on Ivy also scored a 26. Huge improvements for all of these riders. The rest of the crew made a very respectable showing and we were pumped for the XC phase.
Beginning Novice and Novice went on Friday and all of our riders had clear rounds! The horses were phenomenal and the riders looked beautiful, however we had a couple brain farts. 🙂 I think all the riders will be walking the Whidbey course a few more times to make sure they remember which jumps are theirs and where exactly the finish flags are! Silly girls. There were a couple big disappointments, but ultimately we were proud of their riding. Emily and Lauren had picture perfect rounds and were feeling wonderful about their mounts.
On Saturday morning, Maris and I were awaken in the trailer to the sound of horses running. We thought it was simply the common occurrence of some loose horses taking a tour of the show grounds, so went outside to help catch them. Pretty quickly, Maris noticed that one of the horses was a stallion and the other horse was Lauren Plog's Money Talks (Cash). The stallion was chasing, mounting, and biting poor Cash and it was extremely difficult to get him focused on anything else. After a good 20 minutes of efforts we were able to get Cash away from the stallion and back to his stall. The vet was called and Cash was treated that morning. He seems to be getting better each day but we are giving him some time off before we fully evaluate his soundness. This of course, was devastating for all of us, but we are hoping Cash will be back to work soon and ready to eat up that XC course again.
After that horrific occurrence we all were a bit shaken up but their were of course some positive points of the weekend. Helium Risin' (Jo) and I had a super weekend. We had a bold XC go and a clean show jump, landing us in 3rd place in the Open Preliminary. I was thrilled with his efforts and feel more and more lucky to have the ride on him. Emily Lantz pulled out the blue on Pink Ivy, which she was beyond thrilled about. Emily has worded incredibly hard with this hot and opinionated mare so she definitely deserves to be reaping the rewards. Joely Hannan ended 7th on O'Donnells Irish Charm and was very pleased with all three rounds of the event.
After getting the trailer stuck in the mud and needing the assistance of two tractors to get pulled out, I think we were all ready to go home. I'm sure we will make it back to Inavale next year, but will hope for a bit better luck!!! Stay tuned for the report after Whidbey.


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FTP is a protocol to transfer files from your local computer to the Internet (say BizHat) and PHP is a programming language to build dynamic websites.
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FTP is a protocol to transfer files from your local computer to the Internet (say BizHat) and PHP is a programming language to build dynamic websites.
First the period where the FTP didn't work, now the problem that PHP isn't enabled for sites that used to work for years...
Is BizHat taking the wrong turn here, and losing it?
Also my website is failing PHP/MySQL support (meniere.bizhat.com). Can you help?
That's not true. I'm upgraded but I'm having the same problem (used 10Mb out of 50Mb). The problem lies elsewhere!
I had the same problem, I switched from the phpBB hosting to free hosting and installed phpBB myself. Now I have the opportunity to import and export myself.
If you need more help, let me know.
If I'm counting correctly, this is my 20th post. Could you please enable PHP for meniere.bizha.com. It will become a phpBB forum for the Meniere disease. It's an upgrade of meniere.netfreehost.com to...
I think you can answer that question for yourself. I am also Dutch, but Dutch is a small language area (Netherlands, part of Belgium, Antilles and South Africa). That why we learn English, German and...
Thanks for the tip. I've read about this, but I always thought that it wouldn't be noticable.
Besides the hardware firewall in my router, I use freeware products like Sygate Personal Firewall and AVG for antivirus.
Firefox is the best for now. I think Microsoft is realizing that it needs to speed up the next version of IE. Due to there enormous market share, they will remain on top.
Is it possible to convert a phpBB site to a hoste site?
Two months ago I signed up for a free phpBB site (meniere.netfreehost.com). I'm now in the process of converting it to a hosted solution...
Is there someone who can confirm this?
And if so, what are the credentials (user id and password). Or is it supplied by email?
Is there someone who can confirm this?
Perhaps a simple question, but if you have PHP enabled, you can install phpNuke yourself!
Best to ask first is what you want to do with PHP. If you don't know anythink about PHP, why do you want to use it to create a website?
I also like the concept behind it. I'm hosting a phpBB forum, and am now working on a hosted site to install phpBB and mySQL myself.
So, perfect.
I signed up for a free phpBB bulletin board, but the administrator options for creating and restoring a database are disabled. Can anyone help me with this please.
the forum is...
Yes, I can read en program PHP, but that is beside the point. The point is that I created a new phpBB bulletin board, but I want to update some of the PHP files on the server with a 'hack' to include...
Sorry, doesn't work...
The domain is bb.netfreehost.com
the script path is /
Remember, I signed up for a free phpBB board, not a free website. In the confirmation e-mail there is no mentioning of a site URL or a file manager.
Sorry, no progress. Still Invalid domain/password
Ah, now we are getting somewhere. Where is the file manager, and what code do I need to login? After using the login on http://www.netfreehost.com. it complains that it cannot find my Site URL (which...
I know what you mean. How do I upload the PHP files to my forum meniere.netfreehost.com?


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MSTCP is the name of TCP/IP protocol on Windows 9x/ME, but in context of WinpkFilter it is used to specify Microsoft TCP/IP module on Windows systems.
Sending packets to MSTCP means that packet will be indicated to TCP/IP stack from the name of the specified network interface (just like this packet would arrive to this network interfcae from the real network). By other words packet is injected into the upstream between network card and TCP/IP stack.
Sending packets to adapter means that packet will be sent directly to network interface from the name of TCP/IP protocol. By other words packet is injected into the downstream between TCP/IP and network card.


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Dynamic systems identification with Gaussian processes
This paper describes the identification of nonlinear dynamic systems with a Gaussian process (GP) prior model. This model is an example of the use of a probabilistic non-parametric modelling approach. GPs are flexible models capable of modelling complex nonlinear systems. Also, an attractive feature of this model is that the variance associated with the model response is readily obtained, and it can be used to highlight areas of the input space where prediction quality is poor, owing to the lack of data or complexity (high variance). We illustrate the GP modelling technique on a simulated example of a nonlinear system.
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Affiliations: 1: Hamilton Institute, Natural University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland 2: Department of Computer Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 3: Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Dog owner landed with £5,700 vet bill after buying from puppy farm
PUBLISHED: 07:45 25 June 2019 | UPDATED: 10:57 25 June 2019
Copyright: Archant 2019
When Norma Rudd saw the advert in the back of the newspaper her heart leapt.
"Yorkie Bitch, 2.5 years, a nice, little house dog."
Mrs Rudd had lost her Yorkie, Daisy Mae, the year before and her partner Malcolm, 68, wanted another one.
Mrs Rudd, 72, from Blue Boar Lane, Sprowston, gave the number on the advert for a "Mr Wilson" a call.
After an exchange of texts she met him in the car park of The Gull Inn at Framingham Pigot on a dark December night in 2016.
"He said I couldn't come to his house because his dad was so upset about giving the dog away," she said.
In the car park she met two young men and her husband handed over around £250.
But it was clear that Mollie-Mae, as they called her, was not from a loving home.
"We were absolutely shocked when we got her, she didn't know how to walk and her coat was filthy."
They later discovered that the Yorkie came from a farm in Thurlton which was being used by Michael Rushmer and his accomplices as a puppy farm.
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The group made thousands of pounds selling sick dogs to unsuspecting owners, leaving them with huge vet bills.
Rushmer, 27, of Low Road, Thurlton, Zoe Rushmer, 25, of no fixed address, Jacob Murphy, 26, of no fixed address and Jean Boyes, 67, of The Street, Bramerton, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation between June 1, 2016 and June 18, 2018.
Advertising on Gumtree, the Rushmers used fake names and claimed the dogs were vaccinated and microchipped.
But when Mrs Rudd took Mollie-Mae to the vets four days after she bought her she discovered that was not true.
"He (the vet) looked in her mouth and her teeth were green and black," Mrs Rudd said.
Then two weeks later, on Christmas Eve, Mollie-Mae started crying.
"She lost the use of her back legs and was completely paralysed," Mrs Rudd said.
"We had to phone up the out of hours emergency vet then go to Dick White Referrals in Cambridge."
The hospital took an MRI scan and then operated on her diseased spine.
The Rudds used their savings to fund the almost £6,000 worth of treatment.
"She is OK now but they said it could come back at any time," Mrs Rudd added.
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I've heard a lot about cuddledry towels online from various bloggers, and have been really keen to try one out for myself for a while. When they agreed that we could test one out during our recent holiday to Spain it fitted in perfectly for us. We knew we were going to be spending a lot of time in the pool and on the beach, so the cuddledry poncho towel was going to be well used. With a glorious week of weather ahead of us, it was a guarantee that we were going to spend some time getting wet.
Perfect Weather For Playing In The Pool
Sure enough, the weather was perfect was splashing around in the pool. It was brilliant sunshine for the whole week, but as we were away in May, the pool wasn't quite as warm as it could of been. That doesn't stop kids getting in the pool though does it? Daddy was a little bit hesitant, but he couldn't let the girls down. I was in charge of the camera, so I had the perfect excuse to stay dry 😉
Little Pudding is still gaining her confidence in the water. She likes to play, but doesn't do a lot of moving around. It takes her a while to get going shall we say.
When the water is a little on the nippy side, the best thing to do is to keep moving to keep warm. Her big sister has got the hang of this concept and is much more confident in the water than our toddler.
Because she doesn't move quite as much we really have to keep an eye on her to make sure she isn't getting to cold when she is in the pool. As soon as there are signs of her getting too cold, we encourage her to get out and get dry. This isn't often met with the warmest of welcomes, but it is necessary to stop her shaking with cold and to stop her lips from turning completely blue.
Getting Dry With The Cuddledry Poncho Towel
The cuddledry poncho towel was perfect to get her wrapped up in when she got out of the water. It is super soft, and extra absorbent so quickly draws the cold water away from the skin. She looked happy as larry in her little hooded towel while we got ourselves organised and tried to get her sister dry as well. This is a great towel to have when you've got a couple of children to deal with. You can get the cuddledry towel to work on one while you get the other one sorted out after their swim.
Little Pudding was soon dry and dressed in her clothes after her splash in the pool. The towel really did get her warm very quickly and the colour was soon back in her lips.
The cuddledry poncho towel is the perfect swimming accessory for going to the pool or the beach with. It's lightweight and the perfect size for a toddler to use after their paddle. It's made from bamboo and cotton which gives it it's lovely soft feel and super efficient absorbency. The best bit though is that they add a super cuteness to a wet and soggy toddler, making them even more cuddly than normal.
We were provided with the cuddledry poncho towel in exchange for this review, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. The cuddledry towel is available online for £26.99


text: Arrest Warrant Issued for MVP Tree Sitting "Grandma Red" April 23, 2018 Anti-Drilling, Energy Services, Equitrans/EQT Midstream, Industrywide Issues, Pipelines, Statewide VA, VirginiaEnough is enough. It's time to end the silly charade of a 61 year-old kook sitting 30 feet up in the top of a tree that needs to come down to make way for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Mainstream media could no longer maintain the veneer of credibility and continue to intentionally conceal the identity of the woman who would only call herself "Red"–which they did for weeks. No more. Her name is Theresa Terry. She goes by the nickname "Red." We call her Grandma Red because she's older (no idea if she's actually a grandmother or not). Red's daughter, also named Theresa, is up the same tree with her. The two Theresas are illegally trespassing on property (the tree) that now belongs to MVP, via eminent domain. As we told you on Friday, a group of far-left, liberal Democrat Virginia lawmakers actually support Red's illegal action (see Virginia Democrat Lawmakers Side with Lawbreakers in MVP Protest). Sometime in the past week or so police began to deny Red's supporters from passing food and water up the tree. They also turn bright lights on the two Theresas during the night, in an effort to deny them sleep and force them down. As the police say: They are meeting the "non-violent protest action" with "non-violent police action." Which the radicals, hilariously, claim is "police abuse." You see, antis can do whatever the heck they want to do–even breaking the law–and it's righteous and pure as the wind-driven snow. But when you use their own tactics against them, that's brutal. That's persecution. That's police abuse. Here's an update on Grandma Red and the quest to remove her from her magic tree house 30 feet up in the air…Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)RelatedPost navigationSeneca Resources Wastewater Recycling Plant Largest in PAStolen Dynamite from Atlantic Sunrise Site Discovered in CreekYou do not have permission to view the comments. Click here to cancel reply.Please Login to post a comment Notify me of follow-up comments by email.


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(JNS) Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi announced this week the "closing channel of diplomacy forever" to negotiations with the United States.
"Trump's desperate administration is destroying the established international mechanisms for maintaining world peace and security," he tweeted.
This was in response to U.S. President Donald Trump signing an executive order to enact sanctions targeting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his office.
As such, he announced over the weekend that he would enact "major" sanctions.
"Iran cannot have Nuclear Weapons! Under the terrible Obama plan, they would have been on their way to Nuclear in a short number of years, and existing verification is not acceptable. We are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday," tweeted the President.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced that the United States will sanction Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif "later this week."
Zarif tweeted that "the U.S. military has no business in the Persian Gulf."
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) mockingly said that Zarif "can tweet from Tehran all he wants because when he faces sanctions later this week he is not going to be traveling to Europe, the United States to spend his people's money in five-star restaurants anymore."
The latest sanctions occurred as Iranian-allied Yemeni Houthi rebels killed one person and wounded seven in an attack on a Saudi Arabian airport.
Trump called off retaliatory strikes against Iran last week for shooting down an American spy drone near the Strait of Hormuz, which Trump confirmed, saying that such a response was "not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone."
However, the United States conducted a cyber attack against Iran, reported Yahoo News.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the Trump administration is "suffering from mental disability" and acting as "no sane person."
Trump responded to Rouhani on Tuesday, tweeting, "Iran leadership doesn't understand the words "nice" or "compassion," they never have. Sadly, the thing they do understand is Strength and Power, and the USA is by far the most powerful Military Force in the world, with 1.5 Trillion Dollars invested over the last two years alone."
"The wonderful Iranian people are suffering, and for no reason at all. Their leadership spends all of its money on Terror, and little on anything else. The U.S. has not forgotten Iran's use of IED's & EFP's (bombs), which killed 2000 Americans, and wounded many more," he continued. "Iran's very ignorant and insulting statement, put out today, only shows that they do not understand reality. Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force. In some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration. No more John Kerry & Obama!"


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By Gates Dearen
Whether you are looking to renovate your home, modernize a room, or add curb appeal to a house you are looking to flip, replacing old worn out windows is a great way to add value without breaking the bank. Once you decide to visit a window and door showroom, one of the first choices you will be asked to make is, whether you prefer single or double hung windows. Most homeowner's response is usually, "Single or double what?" To take the confusion and guesswork out of the equation, I thought I'd devote today's blog to preventing you from getting hung up on single or double hung windows.
Are You Seeing Single or Double?
Single hung windows are vertical windows that are designed to have a stationary top and a bottom half that can be opened up. This type of window is available in either aluminum or vinyl and feature a counterbalancing mechanism that enables you to open them fully or just part way. These are our most popular windows. They provide excellent energy savings and are easy to maintain since they have fewer moving parts than double-hung windows. We believe their energy savings, simplicity and price are their best-selling features. People tell us that they offer the most bang for the buck.
What's the difference?
For one thing, single-hung windows cost less (as much as 20% less), while double hung windows offer more ways to open the windows at a higher price.
- · Ventilation – Single Hung windows will vent heat when the bottom window is open. A double-
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- · Double hung windows will allow you to open the top windows a bit during rain showers, allowing you to still get some ventilation without letting in the rain. Again, you have to weight this advantage against the increase in cost.
Do you enjoy cleaning?
Nobody likes to clean, especially if they must climb a tall ladder to clean second story windows. This was true for all single hug windows until recently. Today, however cleaning any window can be performed by using your hose, and many of the new spray cleaning solutions that clean and don't leave any streaks. Spray the outside of your windows, and you're done. However, if you like to clean, double-hung windows allow you to tilt the sashes inward to make it, so you can clean them from inside the house. Again, you have to pay a little more for this extra feature.
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Safety & Security Built-In
If you love the pitter patter of tiny feet, but worry about safety, know that both types of windows offer locking mechanisms. Since most children love to climb, having the ability to close and lock the bottom sash is an important feature. However, if you like to keep your windows partially open at night and locked, you will have to spend the extra money to get double-hung window models because that is a feature that only double-hung windows have.
Impact Resistance
Everyone who lives in Florida dreads hurricanes and other windstorms that pass through the Sunshine State with startling regularity during the spring and summer. Our single-hung windows offer a DP 50 to DP 65 rating (depending on the size of the window). This provides significant windstorm protection. Their DP-50 rating means they are designed to protect your home at up to a Category 4 hurricane. The DP-50 rating means they are designed to deflect a 2x4 being propelled at 50 feet per second without shattering. This feature is a good example of why our single-hung windows are very cost effective.
If you're looking for impact resistance with more features, you will have to spend a little more and get our vinyl double-hung impact resistance windows that are also DP -50 rated. Visit this webpage for more details. HomeRite vinyl double-hung impact windows come equipped with fortified welded frames and foam insulation that will keep your home weather-tight during storms, and even most hurricanes. Plus, they also offer all the opening and locking options of our other double-hung windows.
Single Hung Windows
- Multi-chambered construction provides thermally efficient air pockets
- Top glass is dry glazed for easy glass removal
- Insulating glass helps reduce heating and cooling costs. Maintenance-free, vinyl extrusions will not stick or swell due to moisture
- Fully weather stripped to keep the wind and weather outside
- Enviro-seal Spacer System reduces energy costs
- Metal reinforcement in sash for added durability
- Forced entry resistant Cam Latch – meets new AAMA requirements, provides security in the home
- Full-length lift rail for easy up and down operation
- Sloping sill design prevents interior water leakage
Double Hung Windows
- · Stylish welded mainframe design with a full 3 1/4″ frame depth assures structural integrity and durable construction.
- · Foam insulation wrap on the frame provides weather tightness.
- · The Envirosealed glass system reduces heating and cooling costs, deadens sound and provides increased comfort. Standard Double Strength Glass Package for maximum energy efficiency.
- · Spring-loaded night latches add security while allowing both window sash to remain partially open for ventilation.
- · Patented detent clip prevents the top sash from drifting; easier to close and lock the window.
- · Interlock for unsurpassed weather tightness.
- · Heavy-duty, white weather-stripping creates a barrier to air and water infiltration; prevents drafts and assures a tight fit.
- · Steel reinforced meeting rails for increased strength and weather tightness.
- · Both sashes are exterior glazed and aesthetically beveled to the glass for an elegant design and appearance.
- · True sloping sill design allows water run off to the outside of your home.
- · Reinforced sashes to withstand DP Requirements
If you're looking for a low cost, energy efficient, impact resistant, simple to use and easy to maintain
window, single-hung windows are your best bet. If you want more features like partially open locking, the ability to tilt the windows inward for cleaning and impact resistance, you will probably choose a double-hung window. The good news is we offer these and other choices as well. Whether you choose to go with single or double-hung windows, you should know that our windows are designed not just for beauty but are built to last. State-of-the-art technology is used to create clean window lines that will improve your home's appearance. Using the highest quality materials and sophisticated manufacturing techniques, we produce well-built, easy-to-install windows that will provide years of comfort for your family.
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These cozies are amazingly cute and perfect for using with reusable coffee/tea cups from companies like Starbucks or Tim Hortons. They also work great as mason jar cozies during the summer! Handmade here in Calgary, they also make really lovely and inexpensive eco gifts!
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It's Day 5 and still no word from the self-proclaimed champion of women's rights, the candidate that lectured America about the victims' right "to be heard, to be believed."
The list of people flabbergasted by the silence from Hillary Clinton regarding the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment allegations seems to be growing longer by the minute.
In perhaps the most amazing turn of events yet in this unfolding drama, Clinton's own Vice Presidential nominee took the time to criticize her silence today during an appearance on CNN's "New Day" morning show.
It turns out he had quite a bit to say to his former running mate.
Sen. Tim Kaine began by falsely insinuating that the campaign can't return the money that was raised. He attempted to dismiss the notion by saying "well, the campaign is over."
Later, when asked about the silence from his former running mate, he had this to offer.
"You've got to call out bad behavior," he said. "Anyone who sexually harasses somebody, or anybody who uses their position of power, especially to coerce or intimidate somebody, that's…… that's low life behavior and is unacceptable."
Kaine was then further pressed on the issue by Alisyn Camerota, the co-host of CNN's morning show "New Day."
When asked why Clinton never mentioned the scandal during her 90 minute speech in California last night, he deflected the uncomfortable topic by claiming "I'm nobody's press secretary."
The senator ended the interview by reminding the audience that "any leader should condemn this."
There is no still no word as to whether Hillary Clinton will heed his advice.
Also disappointed by Hillary's silence on this important issue was Patti Solis Doyle, Hilary's campaign manager from her 2008 presidential run.
"Personally, yes, it is disappointing that she hasn't come out and condemned Harvey Weinstein," said Ms. Solis Doyle who also appeared on Alisyn Camerota's CNN morning show.


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LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Sunday, February 4, 2018) - The World Surf League (WSL) continues to work with the Honolulu city authorities to try and ensure the iconic North Shore Championship Tour events remain on the schedule throughout the 2019 calendar.
In support of broader positive changes the WSL is instituting to the sport, the organization is requesting an accommodation for our January and December events. The permit requests would require an equal amount of days and the same dates to those originally applied for, meeting permit deadlines, and that the WSL has operated in for decades, simply changing minor details on the filing form. However, the City of Honolulu has yet to confirm the request, prompting the WSL to reluctantly begin exploring alternative solutions. This was first raised almost a year ago, WSL have been in regular contact with all the relevant Hawaiian authorities since then, taking their advice at every turn, so are surprised and concerned at this uncertainty. WSL most recently asked to discuss a mutually beneficial solution with the decision makers a week ago, and are still hopeful of gaining an appointment to find an amicable solution.
"Hawaii is such important part of surf culture and the history of this sport, we love coming here," Sophie Goldschmidt, WSL CEO, said. "Having canvassed widely, we firmly believe the broader changes we're implementing are for the benefit of all including Hawaii. We're hopeful that Hawaii CT events remain on the schedule, the permit is granted, and it continues to host the world's best surfing. Top tier pro surfing brings an enormous benefit to Hawaii's surfers, as well as the State both economically, in terms of employment, exposure for tourism and much more. We really hope this can continue.''
"Hawaii and surfing are synonymous with one another so it's important to support and bolster both the culture and the sport of surfing in Hawaii," Kelly Slater, 11x WSL Champion, said. "A big part of that long tradition is pro surfing's premier events being held on the North Shore. I'm hoping we don't find ourselves in a situation where miscommunication or semantics around the permitting process drastically impacts the long history and tradition of Hawaii playing a crucial role in determining our champions. The changes happening are important for the tour and will have zero negative impact on the local community. It's really nothing more than a trade of days and names of events at Pipeline so I hope the process can be seen as that clear and easy."
"As a surfer from Hawaii, it would be really upsetting if the City doesn't support professional surfing, however I am confident this will be resolved soon," Billy Kemper, BWT and QS competitor, said. "It is an entirely logical request, it's the same amount of time in terms of permits and the same dates, so it shouldn't be an issue. In fact, being able to start and finish the season, first with the Pipe Masters and then with the Triple Crown, seems like it would be a great thing for Hawaii and gives more Hawaiian surfers a chance to compete.''
"Having these events, with the world's best surfers, is so important for surfers from Hawaii, culturally, for the community and economically," Sunny Garcia, 2000 WSL Champion and six-time Triple Crown of Surfing winner, said. "It keeps Hawaii on the map as the Surfing Mecca, and is much loved and respected by the athletes. The community loves these events, and all Hawaiian surfers want the advantage of performing in their own back yard, in front of their home crowd."
Former State Senator, World Champion and Founder of the Triple Crown events Fred Hemmings reiterated, "Surfing is Hawaii's gift to the world and is at the very essence of the marketing of Hawaii in the visitor industry. Hawaii's Triple Crown of Surfing are marquee events on the WSL Pro Tour. I am urging state of Hawaii and Honolulu county leaders to provide the assistance necessary to keep the now close to 50- year history of world-class Triple Crown events home in Hawaii."


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Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright has said she is on board to write a third series of the show when she has time to dedicate to the perfect plot.
The BBC One drama, starring Sarah Lancashire and James Norton, drew an impressive overnight average of 7.4 million viewers for Tuesday's tense series finale as Sergeant Catherine Cawood closed in on the killer constable and saved the life of an overdosing suspect while arresting her.
Sarah Lancashire received high praise for her role as Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Ben Blackall/Red Productions/BBC)
Sally told BBC Breakfast: "I'm so busy with other projects at the moment, I haven't got time to sit down and come up with stories.
"What I'd hate to do is do a third series and people say it wasn't as good, so I want time to go away and really come up with stories that I think are going to make a third series."
While the plot of the show has been praised, it has received criticism for poor sound quality and mumbling, which Wainwright said 'mystified' the production team.
The series finale cleared up loose ends from the series, including Catherine confronting Frances Drummond (Ben Blackall/Red Productions/BBC)
"When it leaves the (dubbing suite), the episode is perfect, technically, it's perfect – it has to be.
"There are certain standards that we have to meet, so as the series transmission went on we became more and more conscious of being in the dub and listening really carefully, trying to be objective about it.
"We watched it on all the hi-tech equipment, we all brought a very ordinary telly in to listen to it on that."
She added: "I do find it bemusing (that) for every person that said 'I can't hear it' there were as many people saying 'I can hear it'."
Daryl Garrs and his mother Alison (Matt Squire/Red Productions/BBC)
Discussing the popularity of the gritty show, Sally praised Sarah for her role as the determined officer.
"I thought Sarah was just amazing, absolutely amazing," she said.
The first series won best drama at the television Bafta awards and fans on Twitter were quickly demanding Sarah win a Bafta for her role as the gripping series came to the close.


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Choosing a backup quarterback could help
November 26, 2004
By Matt schuman
It's that time of the year where making the right decisions for your fantasy football team is critical.
With six weeks left in the season, there is little room for error if an owner wants to make a run at their league title.
Therefore, it's crucial to make sure injuries and lineup changes by NFL teams don't destroy your season. It's important to have a backup in place.
If you have free agency in your league, try picking up the backup to your stud player.
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For instance, owners who have Kansas City running back Priest Holmes probably should have tried to snag his backup, Derrick Blaylock, who already has five touchdowns this year and is getting the bulk of the carries in Holmes' absence.
How about Nick Goings in Carolina, who had three touchdowns in place of the injured running back trio of Stephen Davis, DeShaun Foster and Brad Hoover.
It's also important to keep an eye on those players that are struggling and may get benched. Those who were smart enough to pick up Dallas running back Julius Jones, who got the start in place of struggling Eddie George, saw the rookie post 150 yards and two touchdowns in his first start. He may be a good late season choice for someone.
Another smart backup choice: Choosing Denver backup Danny Kanell. The Broncos would pass a lot even if quarterback Jake Plummer was hurt.
Thoughts for Week 12
n RUNNING BACK TO WATCH: Curtis Martin of the New York Jets is quietly having one of his best seasons and is on pace to break his career mark of 14 rushing touchdowns. He should have another big day against an Arizona defense which has allowed seven rushing touchdown in the past five games, including three to Carolina's Nick Goings last week.
n WIDE RECEIVER TO WATCH: Miami's Chris Chambers has had 100 or more yards in three of his last four games and goes against a San Francisco secondary that may be without cornerbacks Jimmy Williams and Ahmed Plummer.
n QUARTERBACK TO WATCH: This is an easy one. Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick should have a field day against a New Orleans defense that is equally pathetic stopping the run and the pass and will need to do both well against Vick, who can tear a defense apart with both his arm and his legs. He will also be indoors on the extra-fast surface ofthe Superdome. Watch out.
n DEFENSE TO WATCH: The Pittsburgh Steelers defense has forced 23 turnovers and should have no trouble stopping a pathetic Washington offense that is averaging an NFL-low 13.1 points per game.
n COULD STRUGGLE: Along the same lines, Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis has struggled of late because of the Redskins' weak offense. He could be in for his worst game yet against a Steelers defense that is allowing only 80 rushing yards per game.
Any tips for fantasy football owners you'd like to share? Any questions or comments for Matt Schuman, fantasy football columnist? Contact him by e-mail at email@example.com. Selected emails may appear in weekly column.


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New Board Appointment for HVAC Ductwork Specialist
Heating and ventilation ductwork manufacturer and contractor, Senior Hargreaves, has appointed Darren Webster as the new operations director. In his new role Darren will be responsible for all commercial, industrial and fire ventilation contracts from order to completion.
Darren started as a draughtsman in 1986 with Hargreaves, quickly progressing to engineer, senior engineer and contracts office manager. "It was as contracts office manager that I realised that there is a real potential to expand the market share for our fire resistant ductwork product. This will be one of the key challenges in my new role," he explained.
"We enjoy a good reputation in the industry, but there is a need to build further on this and ensure that we align our focus our clients' requirements to meet and exceed their growing expectations for quality, safety and competitiveness wherever possible." Darren observed.
Welcoming Darren to the board, managing director, Kevin White, commented, "Hargeaves is a long established company that has succeeded by continuously adapting to meet customer needs. Darren's appointment will bring fresh ideas at a time when our industry is changing rapidly."
Fire resistant ductwork has a special role in life and asset protection. In compartmentalised buildings it enables safe transport of smoke and toxic gasses to a point of discharge.
Essential requirement for fire ducts within a fire zone are stability and integrity. Stability is the ability to remain intact and operable when conveying high temperature gas. Integrity is the ability to remain gas-tight without leaks of products of combustion from ductwork joints. Where fire ducts pass through adjoining areas, fire ducts must also have insulation such that outer surfaces remain cool and cannot propagate fire by radiation. Hargreaves answer to these exacting technical standards is the HFD product range. These are heavy duty engineered ducts in various configurations that are tested to provide from 30 minutes to 240 minutes security.
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Creating Work Environment Rich with Diversity is about More than Checking a Box
Executive search is a business where you learn something new from every search, every interview and every client interaction; after all, we work with the most complex of all variables, people. I recently completed one of my more interesting searches, which was for a top diversity executive for the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), and took away quite a few insights on the importance of diversity.
Top 10 Reasons to Consider External Candidates
In that we are an executive search firm, it may seem fairly self-serving to include, in our newsletter, an article advocating external hires. The obvious truth is that our entire industry goes away if organizations quit recruiting leadership from the outside. And yet, surprisingly, internal promotions are equally critical to the success of the executive search business. We have found that it is virtually impossible to consistently recruit top talent to an organization that fails to regularly promote from within. In fact, great organizations build sophisticated and valuable succession plans that preserve and perpetuate a desired culture and give employees a sense of security, direction and personal value.


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Dating violence
Kristen was in ninth grade when the guy she had been dating for a few months slapped her. She had arrived a few minutes late to meet him between classes.
What did I do to deserve that? Kristen asked. She had never experienced anything like that.
Her boyfriend apologized and promised he would never do it again. He told Kristen that his father had hit his mother. He didnt want to be like his dad. Kristen believed him.
That was the beginning of four years of physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse.
Kristens family had no idea what was happening. She hid her bruises and told everyone things were great.
Why did she stay?
I was afraid of what he would do when I left, Kristen says. He would threaten me. Kristen feared for herself and for her family.
One day Kristen hadnt come home and wasnt answering her telephone. Her father, Vito, went to her boyfriends house. I found her in the back hallway crumbled up in a fetal position crying, shaking, Vito says.
Vito took his daughter home. Finally Kristen opened up and admitted what was happening. Her parents and sister showed support by going to see a therapist with her.
It was the best thing I every did, Kristen says. I got to express everything and tell stories I hid for so long.
It took time, but Kristen regained her self-respect and confidence. Now shes in a healthy relationship.
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Hi Alley,
Greetings from London, UK. What a fantastic job you have done with this wonderfully informative site!
I wonder if it would be possible to tap into the benefit of your experience? My lovely wife and I will be staying in Page in mid October and would love to see some of this amazing area. The problems being, of course we won't be getting a permit, but also we will be in a rented Mustang.
Do you have any advice as to anywhere we could visit without permits and in a low clearance vehicle please? Given the time we would arrive, I'd say we could fit in a hike of around 5 miles but a hike isn't essential. We're more interested in good spots for scenery / landscape photography. I've done a fair bit of research already and almost everything I've found so far is either too long a hike and or requires permits and a high clearance vehicle. Our trip is wiping out our funds somewhat so that has ruled out paying for a tour also.
We will hit Horseshoe Bend for sunrise the next morning. And we don't really have any interest in playing sardines in Antelope Canyon!
So far, all I can come up with is doing the Cathedral Wash Trail, which looks to be a pretty good option but if you have any other advice of places I could look into that would be very much appreciated.
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After nearly four years leading the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Julius Genachowski said today he will leave his post in the coming weeks. That has further fueled recent speculation over wh
o will replace him.
Leading candidates listed in published reports include Karen Kornbluh, President Obama's ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Lawrence Strickling, an assistant secretary for Commerce and head of the White House's tech and advisory policy; and Tom Wheeler, a technology and telecom venture capitalist and Obama fundraiser.
Genachowski, who assumed the FCC post in June 2009 and fills one of the three Democratic seats on the current commission, praised the FCC's staff and highlighted the work of the commission, including efforts to increase access to broadband.
"Over the past four years, we've focused the FCC on broadband, wired and wireless, working to drive economic growth and improve the lives of all Americans," Genachowski said. The FCC has "taken big steps to build a future where broadband is ubiquitous and bandwidth is abundant, where innovation and investment are flourishing.
"To connect all Americans to broadband, we adopted a landmark overhaul of multi-billion dollar universal service programs, modernizing them from telephone to broadband and creating the Connect America Fund and the Mobility Fund, an unprecedented commitment to broadband infrastructure," he says.
Genachowski also mentioned policies to increase mobile devices. "To unleash the enormous opportunities of mobile, we pioneered incentive auctions and other cutting-edge spectrum policies," he said.
FCC commissioners have issued statements on Genachowski's planned departure. Commissioner Robert McDowell — who himself just announced his planned departure — said Genachowski "brokered the first comprehensive federal entitlement reform in a generation with our 2011 landmark modernization of the FCC's universal service subsidy program."
The reform was "badly needed," but eluded several previous FCC administrations, those led by both Republicans and Democrats, but Genachowski "succeeded," McDowell said. The overhaul's "end result included market-based incentives that are already saving American consumers hundreds of millions of dollars while bringing broadband to unserved areas," he added.
Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said Genachowski "relentlessly highlighted the need for additional spectrum to fuel the growing demand for wireless services. As a result, on his watch the agency just started a proceeding to put in place incentive auctions designed to facilitate the voluntary return of airwaves that will be repurposed for new mobile broadband use."
Commissioner Ajit Pai said, "Whether the issues we have faced are challenging or mundane, Chairman Genachowski consistently has made a genuine effort to find common ground." He "deserves great credit for highlighting the need to make additional spectrum available for mobile broadband."


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OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma agency says it will be able to continue to help the elderly and developmentally disabled after receiving supplemental funding from the state.
In January, the Department of Human Services said the agency could be forced to furlough employees and cut provider rates if it didn't receive an extra $42 million before the fiscal year ends in June.
DHS Director Ed Lake said the agency needed about $34 million to fund programs for the elderly and developmentally disabled. It also needs additional funding to cover a shortfall in adoption subsidy payments and a court-monitored plan for caring for children in DHS custody.
Last month, the agency released a letter about the ongoing budget crisis after lawmakers asked state agencies to prepare a plan if 15 percent of their budget was cut.
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services says the "reduction scenarios at almost every level depicted can be accurately described as ranging from the terrible to the unthinkable."
Officials say those kinds of cuts would cause "reductions to or elimination of entire programs providing critical health and safety services for vulnerable seniors, people with disabilities, and children."
"Our circumstances are, in fact, dire, and these fiscal issues must be addressed to prevent the dismantling of critical services," the letter read. "Please know that even developing a list of these options was unconscionable for us as leaders and we all hope the Legislature will find solutions to the budget shortfall and prevent at least some of these catastrophic cuts."
The Oklahoma Legislature ultimately approved a plan that would tap about $30 million from the state's Unclaimed Property Fund and another $4 million from the Rainy Day Fund to be used to fund the agency.
"We are extremely grateful to the Legislature and to Governor Fallin for ensuring we have the funds necessary to continue providing critical Medicaid home and community-based services to seniors and people with developmental disabilities for the rest of this current fiscal year," said Lake. "Unfortunately, these same programs and many other services provided by our agency will be in jeopardy given the financial picture the state is facing for the next fiscal year which begins July 1."
Officials say even if DHS receives a 'flat appropriation' for the upcoming fiscal year of $680 million, the agency would be forced to cut more than $50 million in services beginning on July 1.
"With the recent state revenue failure and the lead time necessary to enact many of our budget options, we may have to begin implementing some of these plans sooner rather than later," said Lake. "We sincerely hope the Legislature is able to come together to find solutions for the state's revenue shortfall to prevent some of these potentially devastating service reductions from becoming a reality."


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When I saw Gran Torino earlier this year there was a powerful scene that moved me deeply, although I wasn't exactly sure why. If you've seen the movie, you'll remember the scene. It's when Clint Eastwood's character, Walt Kowalski, takes the young boy, Thao, to the barber shop to show him…model for him how men interact. Walt strolls in and speaks to the barber in very rough language and is greeted in return with the same gruff banter — all done with a surprising warmth between the two men. He tells Thao to go out and do the same thing. When he does, the barber acts incensed and deeply offended and grabs a shotgun in feigned outrage. So what was the difference? Thao spoke in the same off-color language as Walt, but the response was the complete opposite.
I have found this same situation in my own life. At times associates, friends, or family members' "friendly" barbs and "funny" insults have been very hurtful and offensive to me. However, there are those people in my life who are closer than a brother that could say the very same thing, and I would return the banter feeling a sense of camaraderie — not of outrage. Why is my response so different for them. Why do I feel so different?
In processing this, I've come to believe the difference lies in knowing the heart of people through the battles of life. My closest brothers have walked beside me when the battles were raging the hardest. They were there when I was wounded and helped carry me when I was completely disoriented and couldn't make sense of anything. I knew they had my back, which allowed me to pursue healing rather than spend all my energies defending myself and striving for justice, or medicating and anesthetizing the pain. They reminded me of my true identity as a restored son of the Sovereign Lord. These few had seen me at my worst but also saw what was deeper. To me, these individuals have "earned" the right to speak to me anyway they want because I know their heart for me. I know they love me deeply and that provides freedom from misinterpretation. I know their jokes are simply jokes because they have showed up for me over and over again. For those whose hearts remain hidden from me, who haven't been in the valley with me, who don't know my heart and my greatest wounds, I can get riled up when they hurl insults in a "humorous" way. I don't know what's behind that…and it makes all the difference.
Now I'm not suggesting that we begin speaking to our closest friends in course and off-color language, as done in the movie, but how can we nurture this depth of relationship in our small groups? How can we begin to know others' hearts more intimately? I believe it begins with authenticity in our groups. By leaving your false-self behind and bringing your true-self and offering it to the group. Of course this is risky and we have all felt the sting of offering a piece of our hearts only to have it rejected, minimized, or in other ways mishandled. But this is also the only way to really begin to come alive.
In Rick Howerton's book on small-group community, he states there are seven principles groups must practice if they want to live authentically:
- There are mysteries found in the Bible – God is static but our understanding of Him should be dynamic as He continues to reveal Himself to us.
- The fact that life is messy – In sharing our messes, we become free to be ourselves and free to support one another as we continue the journey to be more like Jesus.
- Personal imperfections – We will judge ourselves, as well as those around us, until we accept our personal imperfections.
- That God is always present even when He feels distant – God sometimes uses what we perceive as distance to force us to reach out to other believers.
- Respecting others without having to agree with all they do or say – God created us as individuals, and no two of us are exactly alike physically, philosophically, or spiritually. Differences shouldn't divide a group. Instead, they should bring it together as group members benefit from one another's diverse perspectives and experiences.
- Confessing our failures at the right time with the right people – In most instances when our moral failures are confessed to others in the right setting at the right time (with those who have covenanted to keep confidences and care deeply about the confessor), the person confessing experiences healing.
- Satan is at work in the world – Christ-followers should be aware that Satan is more than a fictional character is an enemy on the attack, looking to destroy friendships, family members, and belief systems. Most importantly, he looks to kill hearts.
What kind of transformation would we experience if we knew those members of our small group so deeply that we never had to try to interpret what they really meant? What if we knew their heart for us and they knew our heart for them. Put these principles to action in your group and see how you experience change together.


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Here's some exciting news about a romantic comedy for you from me. MOONLIGHT ON SNOW: A LOVE STORY will be serialized and will run from January through December this year on Romantic4Ever.com, a site that celebrates romance.
Look for Chapter 1 of MOONLIGHT ON SNOW this month. It should be posted any day now.


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Anna Jamieson
Bedlam was a constant in art and literature throughout the 18th century. In it, madness was otherworldly, bestial, pitiable and female – a mirror for concerns about society.
The dissection theatres of 17th-century Europe were tourist hot spots, spectacles that mixed medicine with art.
Paris' golden age of advertising bred a bold, exciting new art form and changed the face of the city.


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Asian weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina. Weaver are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk.
Eusociality (Greek eu: "good/real" + "social") is a term used for the highest level of social organization in a heirarchical classification.The phenomenon of reproductive specialization is found in ants, bees, and wasps. It can manifest in the appearance of individuals within a group whose behavior (and sometimes anatomy) is modified for group defense, including self-sacrificing .It generally involves the production of sterile members of the species, which carry out specialized tasks, effectively caring for the reproductive members.
A typical ant colony contains 3 main castes, i.e.,Queen males and workers. The queens and males are morphologically distinct from worker castes, primarily in structural modifications, in size and explicitly by the possession of wings and well-developed reproductive organs.
On the whole, an ant colony is a feminine monarchy, where females of many generations live together with astounding degree of co-operation, sophisticated mechanisms of communication, with clear, well-organized division of labor. As a consequence, one can see efficient builders, competent foragers, skilled defenders, smart cleaners, dedicated nurses and spectacular reproductives, all integrated together in a colony, in a magnificent way and become eligible to be called as "superorganism".
Team of weaver ants taking a dead insect to its nest on the tree. Three of them are doing the task and probably the other two ants following them are keeping a watch and will pitch in help if required.
The Weaver ants have built a nest by including the guava .One can observe two ants in the center communicating with each other.
The exchange of information and modulation of worker behaviour that occur during worker-worker interactions are facilitated by the use of chemical and tactile communication signals.
These signals are used primarily in the contexts of foraging and colony defense.
Successful foragers lay down pheromone trails that help recruit other workers to new food sources.
Pheromone trails are also used by patrollers to recruit workers against territorial intruders.
Like many other ant species, Oecophylla workers exhibit social carrying behavior as part of the recruitment process, in which one worker will carry another worker in its mandibles and transport it to a location requiring attention.
As predators, weaver ants hunt practically every kind of invertebrate big enough for a meal—and so effectively that the ants' territories become patches where many creatures can exist only at low populations, if at all. Chinese farmers noticed this 1,700 years ago and placed nests in orchards to safeguard fruit, making Oecophylla the oldest known form of biocontrol. Lately ecologists have been promoting it in Africa as a safe, effective, and inexpensive alternative to pesticide sprays. The poorest farmer can run strings from a weaver ant nest to fruit trees, and legions of female warriors will tirelessly eliminate fruit flies, caterpillars, and other potential pests for free.
Whenever we see an ant crawling around we should remind ourselves that nature has invented many ways for animals to be powerful and multitudes of ways for them to be smart.
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Expo News
True World Group, a major supplier of seafood to Japanese-themed restaurants, will further tout sustainability as its calling card and will focus on Europe for growth, the company's president, Woo Soon Shin, told SeafoodSource in an interview at the 2017 Seafood Expo Global.
Shin said the company, which specializes in supplying products to sushi restaurants, has doubled in size in the past five years. Shin said moving forward, he would… Read More
The Seafood Exporters Association of Sri Lanka and the country's Ministry of Fisheries jointly announced the creation of a fisheries improvement project (FIP) for its tuna and billfish fisheries last week at the 2017 Seafood Expo Global.
Prabash Subasinghe, chairman of the Sri Lanka Seafood Exporters' Association, said the FIP will be led by his association and implemented as a tripartite initiative that will bring together Sri… Read More
German seafood processor Pickenpack, which was purchased by U.S. firm Trident Seafoods last April, has rebranded to clarify its ties to its American owner.
The company has changed its name to Pickenpack Seafoods, and at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium last week, its marketing materials labeled it as "a company of Trident Seafoods."
"It is for us a nice occasion here at SEG to present that Trident is the new owner… Read More
Russia's Federal Agency for Fisheries announced at the 2017 Seafood Expo Global that it would seek Marine Stewardship Council recertification for pollock from the Sea of Okhotsk, according to the agency.
The Alaska trawl fishery in the Sea of Okhotsk was first certified by MSC in 2013 and Russia is seeking a recertification that would extend MSC approval of the fishery by the standard five years.
Russian Deputy Minister of Agriculture of… Read More
The nonprofit Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced the launch of a fishery improvement project (FIP) for small pelagic fisheries in the West African nation of Mauritania.
International fishing sector stakeholders, fishmeal and fish oil buyers, exporters, and processors, together with the Mauritanian fishery authority, signed a memorandum of understanding at the 2017 Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium on Friday, 27 April,… Read More
The Seafood Futures Forum, hosted by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) at the 2017 Seafood Expo Global last week, proved to be a powerful forum for a discussion on how to safeguard seafood for future generations.
Hosted by MSC CEO Rupert Howes ASC CEO Chris Ninnes, the event included a panel forum featuring Mars Petcare, Sanford, Simplot and Aqua Spark. Panelists discussed how producing and… Read More
Six Icelandic fisheries and fishing technology companies have joined forces to create Knarr Maritime, they announced on Wednesday, 26 April at Seafood Expo Global.
Icelandic Minister of Fisheries Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdóttir was on hand at the expo for the official unveiling of the company, which will offer design, construction and technology services for fishing vessels.
"The initiative can even further strengthen an… Read More
Both the onshore and offshore Argentine red shrimp fishery improvement projects (FIPs), launched in 2015 and 2016 respectively, are making strong progress and moving closer to fulfilling the goal of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
The nonprofit Center for Development and Sustainable Fisheries (CeDePesca) and FIP partner group Shore (Shrimp Organisation Europe) provided an update on the two FIPs at a special meeting on Wednesday,… Read More
Puerto Montt, Chile-based Ventisqueros and its partners announced at Seafood Expo Global 2017 that the salmon farmer will soon produce premium Pacific coho salmon using BioMar Group's AlgaPrime DHA. The product will appear under the brand name Silverside Premium Pacific Salmon.
"We are very excited see this type of development in the Chilean industry aiming to cover the new trends in sustainable products in the market, all the more… Read More
The seafood sector in South America's largest country, Brazil, is clawing back to profitability after a political crisis in the country seriously damaged the sector there.
Brazilian industry representatives at this year's 2017 Seafood Expo Global said the sector was fully recovered from an economic shake-up in the country caused in large part by political turmoil due to the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.
Luzaldo Pscheidt,… Read More


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Make Sure Your Absentee Counts!
Our goal is for zero absentee ballots to be rejected at the polls.
Absentee ballots are rejected for the following reasons:
Voter has not signed absentee certificate envelope.
- Voter has not had a witness sign the absentee certificate envelope.
- Witness did not write address on absentee certificate envelope (street number, street name, municipality).
- Ballot has not been received by Election Day.
- Voter has not registered to vote at their current address.
- Voter has not sealed the absentee certificate envelope.
- Voter dies before Election Day.
The City Clerk's Office strongly encourages absentee voters to take the following precautions:
- Either vote absentee in the Clerk's Office, or carefully read the instruction letter that you receive with your absentee ballot.
- Mail your absentee ballot back to the Clerk's Office as early as possible. The ballot must be received by the Clerk's Office early enough to deliver to your polling place on Election Day.
- Make sure you sign the certificate envelope on the line marked "Signature of Voter."
- Have your witness sign the certificate envelope on the line marked "Signature of Witness."
- Have your witness write his or her address underneath the witness signature (street number, street name, municipality, state, zip code).
- Make sure the envelope is sealed.
- If you have moved, register to vote at your new address. Crossing out the address on your absentee label and writing in your new address does not update your voter registration


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On March 1, 2013, Judge Mary F. Walrath of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Court") entered an order and issued an opinion in support of granting in part and denying in part defendant Bellco Drug Corp.'s ("Bellco") motion to dismiss all counts of AP Services, LLC's (the "Trustee") Complaint for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).
The Trustee's complaint sought to recover sixty-four transfers in the aggregate amount of $9,807,000 (the "Transfers") as preferential transfers under § 547 ("Count I") and as constructively fraudulent conveyances under § 548 ("Count II") or as unauthorized post-petition transfers under § 549 ("Count III"). The Trustee also sought to recover the Transfers under § 550(a) ("Count IV") and to disallow Bellco's claims under § 502(d) ("Count V"). The Transfers were payments for pharmaceutical supplies provided to the Debtors by Bellco.
Bellco argued that Count I should be dismissed because the Complaint failed to plead facts that supported the existence of a debtor/creditor relationship from which an antecedent debt arose and it did not identify the specific Debtor that completed the Transfers. In response, the Trustee asserted that the Complaint, read together with Exhibit 1 to the Complaint, sufficiently established the debtor/creditor relationship and identified the specific debtor that issued the Transfers. The Court held Exhibit 1 listed the specific debtor and that no more detail was needed to allege the existence of a debtor/creditor relationship. The defendant's motion to dismiss Count I was denied.
The defendant argued Count II should be dismissed because the Trustee merely copied the statutory language of § 548(a)(1). Specifically, Bellco asserted that the Trustee failed to plead that the debtors were insolvent or that the Debtors received no reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the Transfers. The Court held the Trustee insufficiently pled a lack of reasonably equivalent value but merely recited the statutory elements of § 548 without any facts that addressed whether the Debtors were insolvent. Thus, Count II was dismissed.
Bellco argued Count III should be dismissed because the Trustee failed to allege the Transfer occurred post-petition as required under § 549. The Court granted the motion to dismiss Count III because the Trustee relied on the "clear dates" of the checks, all of which occurred prior to the Petition Date. Therefore, it was implausible that any of the Transfers occurred post-petition. Count III was dismissed. The Trustee was granted thirty days to amend the Complaint.
A copy of the Court's opinion is available here.


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Breathing Techniques : Benefits of Deep Breathing And How to Do It!
Life is busy for the core and are totally frustrated in their way. Blame it on the busy work schedules and lifestyle. Everyone is busy to make life better and in that search occupies the additional stress that taxes the body. This extra pressure will lead to stress, anxiety and cave in a way other health problems. No permanent medication to deal with the above. However, there are techniques that can help prevent stress and anxiety additional breathing.
Breathing techniques they practiced for a long time and has proven benefits to address the above. This is a completely natural method that uses the body system to heal itself. Breathing exercises or relaxation techniques are specialized exercises that calm your body and help keep stress and anxiety under control. It will also be useful in preventing it.
Do not wait until it's too late! Bring your stress under control with some techniques respiratory wonderful. exercises almost makes no difference to your routine, but the benefits are immense. Scroll down to find them.
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deep breathing techniques
the underlying reason that leads to depression, anxiety and stress is shortness of breath or shallow breathing. This shallow breathing will test a part of the nervous system that lead to the deep breathing techniques above problems. teaches the importance of breathing and its cooling effect on the nervous system.The sympathetic nervous system is that the answers to the hard work and extreme pressure. Due to the shallow breathing or breathing diaphragm inadequate the body receives less oxygen. This leaves devoid of the necessary amount of oxygen nervous system and thus leads to stress. Profundas breathing techniques counteract the above activity. deep breathing exercises will essentially activate the parasympathetic nervous system to cool the sympathetic nervous system. This action in turn courtesy response to stress calmed down and thus prevent depression and anxiety.
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Some of the famous deep breathing techniques are –
1. consistent breathing
This type of breathing exercise will activate the parasympathetic nervous system by increasing the heart rate variability (HRV). The technique requires a breath concentration 5 minutes. Conde 1-5 while inhaling and do the same as you exhale. Repeat the same for 5 minutes each day for best results. The brain receive the purest form of oxygen with this.
2. Breathing resistance
As the name implies, provide breathing technique relaxation nervous system by air flow resistance. It is not only a form of internal relaxation technique. Chanting or singing restrict the vocal cords and breathing will maintain or resist. This in turn will calm the agitated nervous system.
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3. Move breathing
breathing exercises for stress has much more to do with the brain to the heart and lungs. Move breathing technique is nothing more than a massage to your brain. Imagine the relief of a body massage, the same happens with the brain through breathing. That is how! As you breathe, imagine that you are traveling to your brain and let it flow over her. Keep repeating and allowed to calm the brain. After a lapse of 15 minutes, which is going to feel magical.
4. Stilling respiration
is more than breathe easily. This technique breathing is a technique of instant relaxation. Breathing exercises for anxiety and stress has been easy with this technique. In a moment of tension, close your eyes and mouth. Put an internal smile and relax the shoulder muscles. Then you imagine some holes in his feet. Once finished, inhale as much air as possible. Feel the calm air is flowing from beneath his body and lifts. As you exhale feel the hot air from your body he is being moved down and finally exhales through the pores. Repeat this exercise for 10-15 minutes a day.
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5. Children breathing technique
is not for children, because you never get stressed. This breathing technique is a cinch. All you need to do is borrow bear a child and place it on your lower belly while lying on his back. Keep one hand on your chest. Now start to inhale, it will rise the bear. Once it is inflated with air, hold your breath and count 1, 2, 3 and then exhale. Repeat a few times to feel relaxed.
6. Breathe as you think
This is a breathing technique combination to achieve calm. The method is quite simple, deeply inhale and exhale to a count of five. Never count on each exhale cross a 5. While doing this, think about the positive things about yourself. Think of the wonderful moments that are used and ahead of you. Make this a habit and it will be much more relaxed than before.
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7 . alternative routes
the use of alternate nostril breathing is one of the best of breathing techniques. This form will help you achieve the highest level of relaxation. Note that not to do so before going to bed. This technique is to be more awake, something like the shot of a cup of coffee. While relaxing in a comfortable position, preferably on a mat on the floor, inhale through the left nostril. Keep your right nostril closed with your thumb. Once at the peak, close the left nostril with the ring finger and exhale fully fund the right. Repeat the same from the right and continue to the left nostril. Repeat for about 15 minutes to reach maximum relaxation. The best time to practice is tomorrow.
Breathing exercises for anxiety and stress effects actually bodily systems to bring relief. The main changes that occur due to respiration are:
- Oxygen levels are equal in all parts of the brain.
- Blood pressure is under control, increasing heart rate.
- metabolism rates increase and adapted to power requirements.
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life is always stressful and you should find a way to overcome stress. Breathing exercise is the best way to do it. Do not waste your valuable time on dealing with stress, prevented with simple breathing exercises as before.