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Times are changing, so our financial plans need to change too.
The world is evolving from "real estate" to a more accessible world of Rent Estate, and we're giving you the opportunity to get ahead, get smart and find financial freedom. Rent Estate Revolution will open your eyes to the New American Dream of long-term wealth creation and retirement security. Diversify your investments by leveraging other people's knowledge, money and time - outsource it all for maximum ease, reliability, and returns. The time for single-family rentals is now, and it's anyone's game.
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FOREWORD | Dr. ARTHUR B. LAFFER, PhD
Economic Policy Advisor to President Ronald Reagan
Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, PhD, and Economic Policy Advisor to President Ronald Reagan has spent his life examining economic policies and their effects on our society. He is uniquely qualified to assess the staying-power of Rent Estate and its impact on wealth creation for millions of Americans in today's competitive marketplace.
"As someone who has studied tax policy for most of his life, I especially appreciate the tax benefits of investments in single-family rentals...Rent Estate Revolution covers a great deal of ground in an area that can often be complex, but readers will be grateful to find that the book reads nothing like an academic paper. The points are practical and accessible regardless of whether you have a real estate background or a PhD in Economics...Renting is indeed the new owning for millions of people. And for ordinary investors, Rent Estate represents a significant opportunity that should not be ignored."
Kevin Ortner joined the Renters Warehouse family in 2009 when he opened the company's first franchise in Phoenix, AZ. It went on to become Renters Warehouse's most successful franchise to date. A born entrepreneur, Kevin first realized the potential of Rent Estate in college when he bought his first rental property.Years later when he was suddenly laid off from his job as a corporate pilot, Kevin took his love of real estate investing and joined the Renters Warehouse team the next day. It was a decision that would change his life forever.
Climbing the ranks from franchise owner to CEO of the Minnesota brokerage and eventually taking the company reins from Founder Brenton Hayden to become the nationwide CEO in 2015, Kevin always saw the power of Rent Estate first hand. He knew that the world needed to know about this new lucrative asset that nearly anyone could benefit from, the New American Dream. He was set on the mission to help solve the retirement crisis, by introducing an investment tool that all Americans, young and old, should have in their retirement portfolios so that they too could experience the financial freedom of Rent Estate.
An award-winning leader, Kevin led Renters Warehouse through monumental growth nationwide and was honored with both an American and International Stevie® Business Award for his achievements as Executive of the Year. His steadfast leaderships has also contributed to Renters Warehouse being named a seven-time honoree of the prestigious Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest growing privately held companies in America. When Kevin is not championing Rent Estate across the nation, he is passionate about youth mentorship and community. He has been involved with the VANTAGE innovation program of the Minnetonka Public Schools since 2014, acting as a mentor and coach for young entrepreneurs.

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Lena W. Claybon – The Aftermath of Black Panther Documentary
Veteran filmmaker Lena W. Claybon is working on a new documentary titled, "The Aftermath of Black Panther." The film will explore the impact the movie Black Panther has had on the audience, especially children of color. So often, meaningful movies come and go and the short-lived impact fades away.
Black Panther has been so important to children of color, not only because it stars a Superhero who looks like them, but because it depicts black excellence in education, has strong, positive female images for young girls, and promotes strong community.
This documentary in an effort to keep these messages and themes in front of kids so that they have an opportunity to absorb them, and, hopefully, benefit from them. The Pollination Project grant will go towards Disney licensing fees for Black Panther clips.


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Choosing Your WordPress Plugins Wisely
When it comes to WordPress plugins, it can be easy to have that overwhelming "where do you start feeling" like walking into Amy's Ice Creams and deciding on your dessert. The good thing about Amy's, is it's hard to go wrong. It can be easy to give into the 55,141 plugins available, as of writing this…Read More
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Try this Madras Curry Powder (Indian Curry) recipe, or contribute your own.Suggest a better description
A fragrant, fairly hot curry powder, which is used to flavor lamb and pork dishes. Remove the seeds from the chilies. Dry roast the whole spices until they darken. Leave to cool, then grind to a powder. Dry roast the curry leaves in the pan for a few minutes, then grind and add them to the mixture with the ginger and turmeric, blending well. in an airtight jar, the powder will keep for 3-4 months. Source: Jill Norman "The Complete Book of Spices" Viking Studio Books, 1991 ISBN 0-670-83437-8 The book is lavishly illustrated with full color photographs of the herbs and spices- whole, mixed, ground. Recipe by: Jill Norman * Web File 4/97 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #615 by "Mary Spyridakis"
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Communication Studies and Theatre Secondary Education Certification
If you have a passion for communication studies and/or theatre and a desire to serve others through teaching, a Communication Studies and Theatre Secondary Education Certification from USF will prepare you for meaningful service in the classroom.
Once you complete this program, you will have a B.A. degree in Communication Studies and Theatre and be certified for teaching at the middle and high school level.
The requirements for the Communication Studies and Theatre Secondary Education Certification are twofold. First, you must take the required courses for the Communication Studies and Theatre major and choose a track: Theatre Performance, Technical Theatre or Communication. Second, you must complete the courses required for the secondary education major. Teaching majors are strongly recommended to consider a minor or second major in English.
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I once corrected someone who introduced me by saying that I was a part-time mom and a part-time attorney. No one need remind a mother that, above all else, she is a fulltime mom, no matter how she spends a portion of each day. I am five years out of law school, two years into my second job, one year into motherhood, and still searching for that thing that makes my life whole. My daughter certainly fits the bill. She fills the void in my heart like nothing ever has before, and she gives my life immense meaning. I long to step away from my career and to find satisfaction in just being "Mommy," and to be quite honest, being both a lawyer and a mother does not make me happy. However, being a mother has brought me to a happier place than I have been in years, as though I am suddenly reveling in the warmth of a 50-degree day after a long, hard winter. I long to bare my arms and bask in the sunshine, but it is not spring yet.
Perhaps I am a dreamer – and I see no shame in this – but I want my career, whatever it might be, to fill me with satisfied purpose. I want to believe wholeheartedly that the precious time I spend away from my family is spent doing something that engages my soul and in doing so, makes me a more compete being.
I've almost come to the place where I can jump off the barreling train that is the law. I've done it once before, but unfortunately, I quickly discovered that the place where I landed was not going to fill me with the satisfied purpose that I sought, and I clamored back on the first train that came my way. Now, I find myself on the edge again, not desperate to throw myself off like before, but with a good enough foothold in my career and perspective on motherhood to know that the place my heart desires exists. I can just barely glimpse it, but I know that it exists.
I fear that others will misperceive my certainty as fickleness and see my desire as a mirage. I am afraid that I might burden my husband with dreams that are only dreams and force him alone to carry the responsibility of creating all real stability in our lives. It is this fear that causes me to grip more tightly to the train.
I am both a mother and a lawyer, and I am comfortable embodying these roles. I am comfortable, but not fulfilled. Becoming a mother has given me an additional, but all-encompassing, identity beyond that of my profession. Let there be no doubt that I want to be a mother first and foremost. But I also want to be something else, and I want that something else to fill my tank in the same way that the law depletes it. Unfortunately, making good on this desire requires me to stretch, accept fear, and take risks before I can find proof that writing may lead me to this place.
It may be that this blog is all the writing that I ever do. But, it is my brainchild; my inspired idea. As I raise my daughter and take pleasure in her every moment, and as I spend time away from her helping others with problems that burden and haunt me, I intend to grow inspiration here and to allow it to fill me until I am confident enough to let go of the train and fall into that place of completeness.


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John Sorrenti advises clients across a broad range of complex government contracts law matters.
Mr. Sorrenti has experience representing contractors at all stages of litigation involving contract claims against the United States under the Contract Disputes Act. He also has litigated a number of bid protests at the Court of Federal Claims, the Government Accountability Office, and at the state and local level, and successfully represented contractors in size protests before the Small Business Administration Area Offices and the Office of Hearings and Appeals.


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My work is informed by the basis of accelerationist theory and the effects of an increased speed of culture. By reframing the influence of global corporate culture as something interlinked to the body I wish to explore the effects this has upon our emotional registers. Exploring temporality, the pliability of emotional states, fragility and desire, my work explores the constraints of the body as both a material matter and emotive being. Combining corporate aesthetics with poetic interjections, I seek to talk to the networked age of neoliberalism and to imagine a reconceptualised fluid body.
In the videos in the installation, I stumble through attempts to push the labour of flexibility and speed. Through repeated clips of wobbling or losing rhythm, I wish to use stumbling as a critical tool, in order to explore the fragility of the corporeal being. A glossy veneer is unable to be sustained through my inability to successfully articulate the movements. Looped in its actions, the body remains locked within the monitor, whilst the performative props of the carpet and metronome remain in the space. With a live performance never occurring, the absence of a 'true physicality' sits in the centre, questioning the presence of engagement in an increasingly fluid world.
If it is not material, the position is insecure
Installation – Office Chairs, Carpet, Two Screen video displayed on HD monitors, Metronome, Glass Shelf, Resin Swan sculptures, Text printed on Acetate , 4 A5 perfect bound books


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To the claims office of the operator/postal service provider.
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Here we would like to inform postal service users that in accordance with the latest case law of the Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia (cases I U 372/2010, I U 146/2011 and I U 1173/2012), the Agency is not always responsible for making decisions in damages claims over the loss, damage, theft, or robbery of registered and insured letters or parcels, nor over exceeded delivery times, or unperformed or only partly or incorrectly performed postal services for the aforementioned postal items. The Agency is only responsible in cases related to universal postal service, while in other cases only if the postal service provider fails to respond to a claim including a damages claim (para. 4 of Article 51 of ZPSto-2 and case I U 1173/2012). In other cases, civil action must be initiated before the local competent court of civil jurisdiction and the case must be pursued as a lawsuit.
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Friday, May 6, 2011
LANL's economic ripple effect grows in state
"When you start doing these estimates you see it (LANL) is a huge entity and it impacts us in so many ways," economist Doleswar Bhandari said. "The total economic impact of LANL to the state is 23,641 in employment, $1.6 billion in labor income — $2.9 billion in economic output." (Full Story)
Sixty-seven NM students receive Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund scholarships
Madjolene Khweis of Taos is this year's recipient of the platinum scholarship.
Sixty-seven New Mexico students are receiving scholarships thanks to the generosity of Los Alamos National Laboratory employees who donated to the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund. (Full Story)
How methane will reach the atmosphere
Global View of the Arctic Ocean. NASA image
The two-part study that recently concluded paints the most complete picture of how rising temperatures today are influencing the methane reserves stored under the waters. The work was carried out by experts from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. (Full Story)
NNSA begins verification experiments at Nevada National Security Site
The experiment was conducted by the NNSS management and operations contractor National Security Technologies in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. (Full Story)
Teen gets supercomputer challenge top prize
Cole Kendrick of Los Alamos Middle School.
Cole Kendrick would have had a long wait to track the rotation of an entire galaxy, so he used Python code to write a computer program that condensed 1 billion years into about 15 days. (Full Story)
Study helps explain behavior of latest high-temp superconductors
A Rice University-led team of physicists this week offered up one of the first theoretical explanations of how two dissimilar types of high-temperature superconductors behave in similar ways. Co-authors include Jian-Xin Zhu, staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. (Full Story)
Also in R&D:
Methane trapped under Arctic Ocean could bubble to surface
A two-part study by scientists from the U.S Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Los Alamos National Laboratory paints one of the most detailed pictures yet of how climate change could impact millions of tons of methane frozen in sediment beneath the Arctic Ocean. Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases. (Full Story
Hurricane damage to forests: Scientists study impacts on carbon cycle
Berkeley Lab scientist Jeffrey Chambers and researchers at other institutions, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Maryland and Tulane University, are developing models that evaluate the impact of tree mortality on the carbon cycle. (Full Story)
Cheaper Hydrogen Fuel Cells on the Horizon
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers Gang Wu, left, and Piotr Zelenay examine a new non-precious-metal catalyst. LANL photo.
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have found a way to avoid the use of expensive platinum in hydrogen fuel cells, the environmentally-friendly devices used to power automobiles. (Full Story)
Several baffling puzzles in protein molecular structure solved with new method
Image of a protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. RCSB photo.
An international collaboration has led to a new, high-performance method that rapidly determined the structure of protein molecules. One of the lead authors is Thomas C. Terwilliger of Los Alamos National Laboratory. (Full Story)
Beard selected to lead Business and Operations Directorate, Girrens named head of Engineering
Carl Beard is the new principal associate director for business and operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Beard succeeds Mike Mallory, who earlier this year announced his retirement.
Steve Girrens will become the Lab's new associate director for engineering. (Full Story)
Hecker to be featured in Domenici documentary
Former Los Alamos National Laboratory director Sig Hecker is interviewed by Albuquerque-based TV producer Chris Schueler about the career of former New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici.
Former Los Alamos National Laboratory director Sig Hecker will be featured in a documentary about Pete Domenici to air this fall.
A couple of weeks ago, an Albuquerque-based TV producer Chris Schueler interviewed Hecker and they discussed a number of topics.
"We talked about Domenici's support for LANL, how he was great at gathering information, how he championed several LANL initiatives and really helped the country understand the lab's importance to our nation," Schueler said Wednesday, a day before he was heading overseas to shoot another documentary. (Full Story -- subscription required to view entire story and both photos)
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With the launch of Stratfor Worldview Enterprise, business leaders from a variety of backgrounds share their opinions on geopolitical risks and business strategies.
In this blog post, the second in a series, Thomas Pecora stresses the need for being aware ahead of any business travel by knowing what emergency, safety and communications systems are in place. He is director of Pecora Consulting Services, which provides consulting services in security vulnerability and threat assessments in Asia and the United States, as well as personal safety and crime prevention and avoidance, and travel security skills training. Pecora is also author of the memoir, Guardian: Life in the Crosshairs of the CIA's War on Terror, and served 24 years as a CIA senior security manager. He managed large complex security programs and operations in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East and in war zones.
The first step to a safe journey, whether it is across town or across the world, begins with knowledge. Business travelers need information to make good decisions and to take specific actions that will increase their chances for a safe and productive trip, especially if their destination is overseas. Conducting some pre-trip research and preparation will dramatically improve your ability to deal with an emergency and will significantly increase your personal safety and give you peace of mind.
Travel Advisories:
As part of pre-trip planning, conduct a preliminary threat assessment of the destination using credible open source resources such as the U.S. Department of State, OSAC, or private sector companies that specialize in this, such as Stratfor. These sites provide current travel advisories covering important topics such as natural disasters, crime, terrorism, and health related threats. Your employer should have established clear thresholds on the level of acceptable risk based on objective data such as U.S. Department of State Travel Advisories or other government advisories.
Point of Contacts:
Prior to departure, create a Point of Contact (POC) list of the people you are meeting, places you are going, and transportation that you will use. This should include full names, positions, addresses, telephone numbers (work, home, cellular), and office addresses. Also carry the address and telephone contact information for any Embassy or Consulate in your vicinity. This is critical information to have in an emergency and a copy of this information, along with your detailed travel itinerary, should be provided to your employer. If your flight arrangements change or you have a problem along the way, contact your POC so they can assist you and don't forget to update your employer.
Regularly check in with your employer via telephone, text, or email and if you intend to make any variations on your trip itinerary, communicate this to them. Many employers insist on travelers sending in short daily activity reports which document the traveler's location, activities, and future plans. This will prove essential in an emergency especially if a traveler goes missing.
Prior to departure, research your communications plan — how you will communicate with people within the country you are traveling to as well as back to your employer. Many U.S. cellphone companies offer "International Plans" allowing you to make and receive telephone calls, texts, and use data to access the internet using your existing cellular telephone. They are not cheap. But this method does allow you to maintain almost seamless communications with your regular network using the data and apps that you rely on within your own cellphone.
A cheaper alternative — if you have an unlocked cellphone — is to buy a local SIM card instead of using your U.S.-based SIM card. Local SIM cards can provide you with inexpensive local calls and texts and often have excellent overseas call rates. They will also allow you to keep in touch with your employer as well as any local contacts.
Note: In a major emergency, any cellular telephone, landline system and internet may fail. Plan around technology and factor these situations into your emergency actions. Go "old school" and plan to meet at specific locations at specific times and have alternate/backup sites.
In Country Resources:
One of your best resources in any country is your home country embassy or consulate. Victims of a crime overseas should contact their nearest embassy, consulate, or consular agency. The U.S. Department of State can help replace a stolen passport, contact your employer or family, obtain appropriate medical care, explain the local criminal justice process, and connect victims of crime with available resources. However, they do not have the legal authority to conduct a criminal investigation or prosecution.
Travel Planning:
As the saying goes, "An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure!" Doing your homework and incorporating some common-sense actions into your trip planning can make a huge difference in how enjoyable and productive it is.
This essay is part of a series on risk management and travel security.
- Part 1: What Is a Business' Duty of Care for Traveling Employees?
- Part 2: Business Travel: Pre-Trip Planning and Preparations
- Part 3: Anticipating Pre-Airport Travel Security Issues
Stratfor Worldview Enterprise builds on Stratfor's more than two decades of success accurately forecasting geopolitical developments. Stratfor Worldview Enterprise provides businesses with a customizable intelligence platform to help them:
- Anticipate risks to business interests and potential opportunities worldwide
- Map, monitor and manage geopolitical risks that have the greatest likelihood of disrupting their ability to sustain or fortify operations in countries around the world.
- Develop contingency plans to alleviate key vulnerabilities specific to any corporate footprint.
Stratfor Worldview Enterprise enables organizations to understand global vulnerabilities, and to determine through our proprietary forecasting process if those vulnerabilities are projected to change — positively or negatively — over the next quarter or year.
To learn more visit: Stratfor Worldview Enterprise


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Humble Bundle continues to bring you games on the cheap. Although we think they've reneged a little bit on their famous "pay what you want for a bundle of games" offer, you can't deny that the goodies they include in their bundles are still darned cheap. And props to these guys, the bulk of the money made from Humble Bundles goes to charity, so keep buying these bundles, y'all.
This time, Humble Bundle is featuring games made in France with "Vive La Humble Mobile Bundle". Pay USD$1.00 or more and you get these: Mechanic Escape – an exciting platformer, Pang Adventures – a collection of arcade games, and Unworded – a unique narrative word puzzle.
Pay more than the average – which is at USD$4.73 at time of writing – and you get the games mentioned above, and these as well: Out There: Omega Edition, Sanitarium, and OK Golf. If you pay USD$5.00 or more, you get all the games mentioned above plus three more: Gobliiins Trilogy, A Normal Lost Phone, and Dungeon Rushers.
All in all, these games would normally cost you around USD$42.00, but you can get them all by spending as low as USD$5.00. Not only that, you can get to pick which charity your money goes to. Check out the source link to purchase the bundle.
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Buying a home is a big deal, and most people are pretty clear about the need to have it inspected. Many issues can lurk in the dark corners, and unless the home buyer is also a contractor with a well-developed list of sub-contractors, paying a trained professional to take an unbiased and dispassionate look at the home and then report on the findings in a manner that can be understood is a wise move.
So how to pick the right home inspector? This question is a prime focus for the portion of the class I teach most months for new home buyers, run by Skip Thompson of Guild Mortgage along with Dave Kamenz of Windermere Real Estate. I have the pleasure of spending a half hour with the attendees, talking about what a home inspection is (and isn't!), and how to choose an inspector.
The first approach I recommend is to talk with your real estate broker. Most brokers have a well developed list of their top 3 or 4 choices for inspectors and that can certainly be a starting point. One important caveat… while the vast majority of real estate brokers I have the good fortune to work with are ethical people with the needs of the client top of mind, you cannot forget that the broker gets paid only if and when the house sells, and the inspection is one of the last few potential impediments to that happening. Just as some home inspectors get the reputation of being 'deal killers', some real estate brokers get the reputation of wanting inspectors who don't take much time, don't look too in depth, and aren't likely to do or say anything that might 'scare' the client (that's you!). I have literally had a broker take me aside at the beginning of the inspection – before the client was there – and say "Let me tell you how this is gonna go." He then said that if I found anything I was to share it with him and that he would decide whether to share it with the clients. Let's just say he wasn't thrilled when my response was "Let me tell you how this is actually going to go"… and I then made clear that I would share everything I found with my client and that he was welcome to listen. I have also had a local real estate company tell me that unless I could do my inspections in an hour and a half they couldn't use me. They already have one inspector who does that for them and they are happy with that. I encouraged them to continue working with others… an inspection simply cannot be completed in that much time.
So… start with the list you get from your broker and then do some due diligence of your own. Every home inspector – if they are following the law – is licensed, so that won't make anyone stand out. If you want to check you can go to the Department of Licensing web site – https://fortress.wa.gov/dol/bpdlicensequery/ – and check the status of their license.
Don't forget to check with your friends. You may know someone who purchased a home recently… reach out and ask about their experience.
I always recommend you work with a home inspector who is also licensed as a Structural Pest Inspector. That is a separate license issued by the Department of Agriculture that allows licensees to find and report on the presence of wood rot fungus, subterranean termites, dampwood termites, carpenter ants, moisture ants, and Anobiid beetles… and the conditions that can lead to any of these. Many home inspectors carry both licenses, but there are also many that do not. If you have someone crawling underneath your potential new home doing an inspection, it makes no sense to me to hire someone who is not trained to identify the signs of problems that could be significant.
Inspectors are in the business of communication. We certainly spend a lot of time gathering data, but the important part of the inspection is helping the client understand what we have found, along with its relative significance. Inspectors work with some issues that are quite technical and you want to work with someone who will describe the issues in a manner that makes them understandable to a lay person without dumbing them down. So… I suggest you spend some time on inspector's web sites. Every inspector worth working with has a web site, and most of those web sites have sample reports. Spend time looking at those reports. There is no standardized reporting structure… inspectors use a wide variety of reporting software with wildly different approaches to the organization of information. Some reports use a lot of photos with captions in the applicable sections, and some present all photos at the end. Some reports take a more 'systems' approach and others take a more 'rooms' approach. And frankly, some inspectors are good writers and some are not. Everyone takes in information differently and a report that works for you might confuse others, and vice versa. Find a report that you find imparts information to you in a manner you find understandable, and that inspector might be a good pick for you.
If an inspector you are considering advertises the use of specialized tools – Infrared cameras for example – find out if they are licensed to use them. Infrared cameras can, in the right circumstances, provide important information. In the hands of someone untrained, infrared cameras can confuse and deceive. Level One certification in Infrared Thermography typically takes a week in class and costs a few thousand dollars, but I know of one inspector in town who uses an infrared camera with no training at all.
All home inspectors are required to get continuing education credits. There are two primary approaches for this… in person seminars and on-line training. In my experience, the quality of training received at in-person seminars is vastly superior to anything received on-line. The opportunity to argue a point with a national expert in a room full of inspectors is invaluable (I like to say that if you put 100 inspectors in a room you are guaranteed to get at least 110 opinions!). Just sitting with a table of other inspectors talking informally over lunch is beneficial. On-line training is certainly easier and probably less expensive, but those are not defining characteristics of someone who takes their trade seriously. So ask the inspectors you are talking with how they get their continuing education. They won't expect the answer and you might learn a lot.
Finally, I would encourage you to consider the associations the inspectors you are considering belong to. I would argue that belonging to a national organization is a sign of someone who is serious, and while there are at least two organizations out there, we have chosen to belong to ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors). They are the organization likely to be contacted if a member of Congress or The New York Times or National Public Radio has a question about home inspection. The highest level of membership in ASHI is to be an ASHI Certified Inspector, and the last time I checked there were 10 of us within a 25-mile radius of Olympia and still only 13 if you bump the radius out to 50 miles (Thurston County has about 75 licensed inspectors.) If you want to make your decision easy, go to https://www.homeinspector.org/ and use their Find An Inspector tool. Plug in a zip code anywhere in the country and pick an ASHI certified inspector.
I still recommend you make certain they have a Structural Pest Inspection license, are trained in any specialized tools they use, and that their reports speak to you… but the ASHI search function is a great way to start.


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Color: Dark Tan with black handle
Fluid Services: Oil and Gas
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President-elect Donald Trump's transition team and Indianapolis-based Carrier announced a deal Tuesday to keep more than 1,000 jobs in Indiana.
Trump unveiled the details of that deal at a press conference at Carrier's plant on the west side of Indianapolis Thursday afternoon.
Trump told workers he stepped in to save Carrier jobs after hearing on the nightly news a Carrier worker felt Trump promised to save those jobs. Trump addressed the worker's father, who was in the crowd at Carrier.
"Whoever the hell your son is, these people owe him a lot," Trump said.
Trump said Thursday he never made a campaign promise to save Carrier jobs, specifically. Instead, the president-elect said he was speaking euphemistically about manufacturing jobs in general.
Trump did pledge during the campaign to create to penalties for companies, like Carrier, take jobs elsewhere.
Carrier confirmed that Indiana offered the company $7 million in incentives over multiple years, contingent on "employment, retention and investment." Vice President-elect Mike Pence credited Trump for Carrier's decision to stay in Indiana.
"As governor I couldn't be more pleased and grateful that thanks to President-elect Donald Trump, Carrier has decided to stay and grow in Indiana," Pence said.
Gregory Hayes, CEO of United Technologies, also announced the company would invest $16 million in the Indianapolis plant over the next few years.
The company told workers earlier this year it planned to cut around 2,000 Indiana jobs and move operations to Mexico to save money.
A video of that announcement went viral, and the Carrier layoffs became a focal issue for Trump and other candidates on the campaign trail.
Brett Voorhies, president of the Indiana state AFL-CIO and a member of the United Steelworkers Local 1999, speculates Trump and Pence might have offered up more state or federal tax breaks. The Pence administration already made Carrier pay back $1.2 million in those because of the move.
Carrier stood to save $65 million a year by moving to Mexico, but state officials say tax incentives couldn't have come close to making up the difference.
Another United Technologies-owned plan that in northeastern Indiana facing closure doesn't seem part of the deal.
The closing of the 700-worker Huntington factory was announced the same day in February as the shuttering of the 1,400-worker Carrier plant in Indianapolis. Production from both plants was to be shifted to Mexico over the next few years.
Economic analysis the with Indiana Business Research Center Tim Slaper says he is doubtful other companies will pursue the same dealmaking with the president-elect. "Is it really all that valuable in terms of that making that decision?" Slaper says. "Because it is pretty small potatoes in the scheme of things."
Huntington factory union local president Bill Davis tells WANE-TV he could tell from the announcement of Trump's Carrier deal that it was only aimed at the Indianapolis jobs.
Huntington plant worker Mike Harmon says Trump only talked during his campaign about the Indianapolis factory and he feels the Huntington employees were forgotten.
The Associated Press and Indiana Public Broadcasting's Drew Daudelin and Annie Ropeik contributed reporting to this story.


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Approx. Running minutes 97
Release dates 26/06/2015
Ratings Info strong sustained and sadistic threat, sex, sex references, nudity
Genre(s) Thriller, Drama
Director(s) Eli Roth
Cast includes Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Ignacia Allamand, Aaron Burns, Colleen Camp
Summary KNOCK KNOCK is a thriller about a man who is terrorised in his house by two young women.
Cut All known versions of this work passed uncut.
- 18
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Ratings info publication date 16/06/2015
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KNOCK KNOCK is a thriller about a man who is terrorised in his house by two young women.
- Threat
There is a focus on strong, sustained and sadistic threat in scenes where the man is held captive, tied up, tortured and verbally and physically assaulted. In one scene, a woman stabs the man in the chest with a fork which is then twisted in the wound. The man is also forced to watch while the women vandalise his home.
- Sex
In one scene, the man has sex with both women in a scene that features strong nudity. In another scene, the man is tied to a bed and forced to have sex with one of the women while she is role-playing as a schoolgirl and wearing a school uniform, and as the other woman films the activity. The woman having sex refers to having committed incest with her father and, during the sex scene, repeatedly refers to the restrained man as 'daddy'. However, it is clear that the man is not her real father and there are no scenes of incestuous sex in the film.
- Nudity
There are scenes in which the women expose their breasts and buttocks and mime sexual activity.
There is one use of very strong language ('c**t'), frequent strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), discriminatory language ('retard') and some drug references.
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- 2015
- Formats
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- Distributor(s)
- Entertainment in Video Ltd,Entertainment Film Dists Ltd
- Classified date(s)
- 30/09/2015
- Main language
- English
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Sensors and Embedded Systems work together to provide one of the most important aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT): Detecting changes in an object (device or asset) and/or the environment, allowing for capture of relevant data for real-time and/or post-processing.
Sensors are used for detection of changes in the physical and/or logical relationship of one object to another(s) and/or the environment.
Physical changes may include temperature, light, pressure, sound, and motion. Logical changes include the presence/absence of an electronically traceable entity, location, and/or activity. Within an IoT context, physical and logical changes are equally important. Important sensor types in an Industrial IoT (IIoT) context include:
• Acoustic
• Ambient Light/Optical
• Electric/Magnetic
• Force/Pressure
• Chemicals/Gas/Radiation
• Humidity
• Leakage/Level/Flow
• Locked/Unlocked
• Motion/Acceleration
• Temperature
IoT demands a different set of microprocessors, drivers, peripherals, batteries and operating systems than conventional Embedded System used in general purpose computing systems. Conventional Embedded Systems are not competent to deliver what the IoT is expecting from an embedded device networked in IoT and it brings great challenges to develop or transform contemporary embedded system into an IoT enabled smart embedded system.
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) will evolve significantly as IoT itself evolves. As IoT becomes ubiquitous, and as electronics miniaturization marches onward, Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) will eventually become prevalent, ushering into existence an entirely new universe of connectivity, systems integration, and data ecosystem.
This research assesses the overall sensor marketplace for IoT, evaluates leading vendors, identifies key IoT functionality in support of sensors, and forecasts the market for sensor adoption and revenue. This report also provides analysis of the products that will be developed to support IoT, changes in traditional RTOS required to match performance with IoT, changes in hardware required to match needs of IoT, types of peripherals, and emerging tools to support processing of embedded systems in IoT.
The report includes forecasting for both Sensors and Embedded Systems in IoT for the period of 2016 – 2021. All purchases of our reports include time with an expert analyst who will help you link key findings in the report to the business issues you're addressing. This needs to be used within three months of purchasing the report.
• There will be significant increase in COTS as seamless and efficient go-to-market execution is a key need for IoT
• APAC represents a fast growing region that is anticipated to generate $26 billion with a CAGR of 14.9% in the year 2021
• The majority of embedded systems will be in building automation, healthcare, automobile, Oil and Gas and Utility industries
• Use of IoT and embedded system will be high in EMEA due to positive response to Industrial IoT and growth of embedded systems in electrical grids, automobile and healthcare. The markets in EMEA through 2021 will reach to $112 billion with a CAGR of 19%
• MEMS suppliers
• Sensor companies
• Internet of Things companies
• Wireless device manufacturers
• Computer and semiconductor companies
• Embedded hardware, software and OS providers
• Mobile/wireless network operators and service providers
Sensors and Intelligent End-point Devices in IoT: Market Analysis and Forecast 2016 – 2021
1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
1.2 Target Audience
1.3 Companies in Report
2 Executive Summary
3 Overview
3.1 Sensors are the Key Enablers for IoT
3.2 Role of Sensors in IoT
3.3 Smart Sensors and Intelligent Endpoints
3.3.1 Intelligence at the Edge of the Network
3.3.2 Key Differentiations of Smart Sensors
3.4 High Potential Smart Sensor Applications
3.4.1 Smart Home
3.4.2 Smart Buildings and Enterprise Automation
3.4.3 Smart Cities
3.4.4 Smart Manufacturing
3.4.5 Smart Industrial Processes
4 Sensor Technology and Developments
4.1 Architecture of Conventional Sensor
4.2 Smart Sensor Architecture
4.2.1 Transducer Electronic Data Sheets (TEDS)
4.2.2 Smart Transducer Interface Module and Network Capable Application Processor
4.3 Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)
4.3.1 Sensor Nodes
4.3.2 WSN Topologies
4.3.3 Applications and Challenges
4.4 Virtual / Soft Sensors, Multi-sensing, and Sensor Fusion
4.5 Role of WSN and Sensor Fusion in IoT
4.5.1 IoT Protocols used in WSN
126.96.36.199 ZigBee Alliance
220.127.116.11 Z-Wave Alliance
220.127.116.11 Insteon
188.8.131.52 Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
18.104.22.168 Thread
4.6 Sensor Analytics
4.6.1 Data Visualization
4.6.2 Data Infrastructure Issues
4.6.3 Sensor and Intelligent Endpoint Analytics
5 Sensors and Intelligent Endpoint Outlook and Forecasts
5.1 Smart Sensors Demand 2016 – 2021
5.2 Intelligent Automation a Key Market Driver for Smart Sensors
5.3 Demand for Sensors by Industry Category 2016 – 2021
5.4 EMEA to Lead the Regional Markets for IoT Sensors through 2021
6 Future of Sensors in IoT
6.1 Sensor Data Management and IoT Security/Privacy
6.1.1 Sensor Data Management
6.1.2 Sensors and IoT Services and Infrastructure Mediation
6.2 Roadmap to One Trillion Sensors
6.2.1 Opportunity for Sensor Manufacturers
6.2.2 Demand for Short Range Sensors to Realize Brisk Growth
6.2.3 Opportunity for Systems-on-Chip (SoC) Fabricators
6.2.4 Use of IPV6 brings New Opportunities from Massive Connectivity
7 Companies and Solutions
7.1 365 Agile Limited (365 Agile Group Plc)
7.2 Ambiq Micro
7.3 B+B SmartWorx
7.4 Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions GmbH (BCDS)
7.5 Digi International
7.6 Fairchild Semiconductors International
7.7 LeddarTech Inc.
7.8 Nanjing IoT Sensor Technology Co., Ltd.
7.9 NYCE Sensors Inc.
7.10 Open Sensors Ltd.
7.11 Sensata Technologies
7.12 Seraphim Sense Ltd.
7.13 Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
7.14 Texas Instruments Inc.
7.15 Worldsensing
7.16 Wovyn LLC.
FIGURE 1: Fog Computing in IoT
FIGURE 2: Fog Computing and Managing Intelligent Endpoint Data
FIGURE 3: Elements of Traditional Sensor
FIGURE 4: Elements of Smart Sensor
FIGURE 5: Smart Sensor Model
FIGURE 6: Smart Sensor Model with Functional Partitioning
FIGURE 7: Sensor Node Components
FIGURE 8: Wireless Sensor Network Topologies
FIGURE 9: Sensor and Intelligent Endpoint Analytics
FIGURE 10: Global IoT Markets 2016 – 2021
FIGURE 11: Global Opportunity Forecast for Development of Smart Sensors 2016 – 2021
FIGURE 12: Markets for Smart Sensors by IoT Type 2016 – 2021
FIGURE 13: Markets for Sensor by Industry Category 2015 and 2020 (%)
FIGURE 14: Demand for Sensor by Industry Category 2015 and 2020 (%)
FIGURE 15: Markets for IoT Smart Sensors by Region 2016 – 2021
FIGURE 16: IoT Infrastructure, Platform, and Software Mediation
FIGURE 17: Phase One: Limited IoT Data Sharing without Formalized Mediation
FIGURE 18: Phase Two: IoT Data Sharing between Limited Industries
FIGURE 19: Phase Two: Broadly shared IoT Data across Industries and between Competitors
TABLE 1: Overview of TEDs
TABLE 2: Global IoT Markets 2016 – 2021
TABLE 3: Global Opportunity Forecast for Development of Smart Sensors 2016 – 2021
TABLE 4: Markets for Smart Sensors by IoT Type 2016 – 2021
TABLE 5: Markets for Smart Sensors by Industry Sector 2016 – 2021
TABLE 6: Markets for IoT Smart Sensors by Region 2016 – 2021
Embedded Internet of Things (IoT) Ecosystem: Next Gen Embedded System Hardware, Software, Tools, and Operating Systems 2016 – 2021
1 Introduction
1.1 Scope of Report
1.2 Intended Audience
1.3 Companies in Report
2 Executive Summary
3 Overview
3.1 Introduction to IoT
3.1.1 Consumer IoT
3.1.2 Industrial IoT (IIoT)
3.2 Embedded Systems in IoT
3.3 Key Embedded Devices used in IoT
184.108.40.206 Short Range Low Power Radio Devices
3.3.2 Network Devices: Gateway / Hub / Router / Bridges
3.3.3 Sensors and Actuators
3.3.4 Edge Devices
3.3.5 Wearables
3.4 Role of the Embedded Systems in IoT
3.5 Real-time vs. Standard Embedded Systems
3.6 Working Principal of the Embedded Systems in IoT
3.7 Examples of Connected Embedded Devices in IoT
3.8 Global Markets for Embedded Systems
4 Embedded System Technology and Developments
4.1 Embedded Devices and IoT Infrastructure Architecture
4.2 Key Technology Developments in Embedded System for IoT
4.3 Core Embedded Systems Infrastructure
4.3.1 Microprocessor / Microcontroller
22.214.171.124 Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) Chips
22.214.171.124 System on Chip (SoC) (AISC / FPGA)
4.3.2 Embedded Software
4.3.3 Next Generation Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
220.127.116.11 Key Next Generation RTOS Features
220.127.116.11.1 Scalability
188.8.131.52.2 Modularity
220.127.116.11.3 Connectivity
126.96.36.199.4 Reliability
4.3.4 Embedded System Software Design Tools (Debuggers, Compilers and Assemblers)
4.3.5 Peripherals
5 Global Market for Embedded Systems in IoT 2016 – 2021
5.1 The $1.6 Trillion IoT Business
5.1.1 Markets for IoT 2016 – 2021
5.2 Markets for Embedded Systems 2016 – 2021
5.2.1 Markets for Hardware and Software Components in Embedded Systems 2016 – 2021
5.2.2 Market for Microcontrollers and Other Hardware Components 2016 – 2021
5.2.3 Markets for Software Components in Embedded Systems 2016 – 2021
5.2.4 Regional Markets for Embedded Systems 2016 – 2021
5.2.5 Markets for Embedded Systems in North America 2016 – 2021
5.2.6 Markets for Embedded Systems in EMEA 2016 – 2021
5.2.7 Markets for Embedded Systems in APAC 2016 – 2021
5.2.8 Markets for Embedded Systems in CALA 2016 – 2021
5.2.9 Markets for Embedded Systems by Industry 2016 – 2021
6 Embedded Systems in IoT Industry Analysis
6.1 Next Generation RTOS to Drive Embedded Expansion in IoT
6.2 Next Generation Chips in Development to support IoT Needs
6.3 Focus to be on Small Devices
6.4 Time Savings for Go to Market to Drive Demand for COTS
6.5 Embedded SIM (eSIM)
7 Embedded Systems in IoT Vendor Landscape
7.1 Hardware Vendors
7.1.1 ARM Holdings
7.1.2 Cisco System Inc.
188.8.131.52 Cisco Industrial Networks
126.96.36.199 Cisco Embedded Networks
7.1.3 Echelon Corporation
184.108.40.206 Echelon's IzoT platform
7.1.4 GreenPeak
7.1.5 Intel Corporation
7.1.6 Microchip Technology Inc.
7.1.7 Micron Technology Inc.
7.1.8 MediaTek Inc.
7.1.9 Qualcomm Atheros Inc.
7.1.10 Renesas Electronics Corporation
7.1.11 STMicroelectronics
7.1.12 Samsung Developers
7.1.13 Texas Instruments
7.2 Software Vendors
7.2.1 Contiki
7.2.2 Lynx Software Technologies, Inc.
7.2.3 Oregan Networks Ltd.
7.2.4 Wind River
188.8.131.52 VxWorks 7 for IoT
7.3 Other Platforms/ Alliances / Peripherals
7.3.1 Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
7.3.2 Insteon
7.3.3 GE Software
18.104.22.168 GE Predicitvity Solution
18.104.22.168 GE Predix Platform
7.3.4 Marvell
7.3.5 Nest Labs.
7.3.6 Netgear
7.3.7 Netgem
7.3.8 Object Management Group (OMG)
126.96.36.199 Unified Component Model for Distributed, Real-Time Embedded Systems (UCM)
7.3.9 Technicolor
7.3.10 ZigBee Alliance
7.3.11 Z-Wave Alliance
Figure 1: Mesh Networks
Figure 2: Embedded Devices and IoT Infrastructure Architecture
Figure 3: Core Embedded System Architecture
Figure 4: Global IoT Market 2016 – 2021
Figure 5: Markets for Embedded Systems in IoT 2016 – 2021
Figure 6: Markets for Embedded Systems in IoT by Products: 2016 – 2021
Figure 7: Regional Markets for Embedded Systems in IoT 2016 – 2021
Figure 8: Embedded Systems in IoT by Industry 2016 – 2021
Figure 9: Anatomy of the IzoT Platform
TABLE 1: Comparison between Standard and Real-time Embedded Systems
TABLE 2: Leading Microprocessors used in Embedded Systems
TABLE 3: Leading Proprietary RTOS used in Embedded Systems
TABLE 4: Global IoT Markets 2016 – 2021
TABLE 5: Markets for Embedded Systems in IoT 2016 – 2021
TABLE 6: Markets for Embedded Systems Components: 2016 – 2021
TABLE 7: Regional Markets for MCU/MPU in Embedded Systems for IoT 2016 – 2021
TABLE 8: Regional Markets for Memory in Embedded Systems for IoT 2016 – 2021
TABLE 9: Regional Markets for Peripherals in Embedded Systems for IoT 2016 – 2021
TABLE 10: Regional Markets for RTOS in Embedded Systems for IoT 2016 – 2021
TABLE 11: Regional Markets for Embedded Software in IoT 2016 – 2021
TABLE 12: Regional Markets for Tools in Embedded Systems for IoT 2016 – 2021
TABLE 13: Regional Markets for Embedded Systems in IoT 2016 – 2021
TABLE 14: NA Market for Embedded Systems in IoT by Category 2016 – 2021
TABLE 15: EMEA Market for Embedded Systems in IoT by Category 2016 – 2021
TABLE 16: APAC Market for Embedded Systems in IoT by Category 2016 – 2021
TABLE 17: CALA Market for Embedded systems in IoT by Category 2016 – 2021
TABLE 18: Embedded Systems in IoT by Industry 2016 – 2021
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Software as a service (SaaS)
SaaS is a relatively mature concept which allows the cloud to leverage for software architecture. SaaS reduces the burden of maintenance, support and operations. That can allow the applications to run on computers which belong to the vendors. There are many examples of SaaS that also run as a cloud-like Gmail. SaaS is typically based on subscription and can provide with easy maintenance like software upgrades and security patching. SaaS can easily be connected via internet services on your Personal computer or the phone.
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Some clouds are created to especially help the company with the scalability aspect of the deployment of any application which is trivial to help make the next move predictable. There are many examples of PaaS, like the Google App Engine. PaaS allows the developers to create applications which can collaborate on projects and test applications functionality without having to maintain infrastructure. PaaS can be accessed as long as there is an internet connection which allows the team member to stay connected and keep on working with the company. PaaS can mean that when you want to lean on the operation, you can lean on the platform as a service which can be useful that can keep your business moving.
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
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In Conclusion
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Letters: Trojans definitely made errors of admission
Comical, actually, the feigned indignation about corruption in USC's sports programs (and other schools as well). A coach or two gets fired, although they probably will be taken care of behind the scenes, people will wail and bemoan the lack of ethics, but it will soon blow over and before we can blink an eye it will be the same old song but with different singers.
College athletics is big business and money speaks. Cynical? No, just realistic.
Jay James
Pico Rivera
This is why you cannot spell scandal without SC.
Neil Snow
Manhattan Beach
Bill Plaschke obviously hasn't been around long enough to remember USC's reputation as a school for spoiled rich kids and thugs that were recruited for the football team. In the last 20 years the academics have been raised, but athletics is the money maker and blaming Lynn Swan is a misdirected joke! The school obviously hired Swann because of his status as a star athlete, not his experience running a college athletic program. Blame the higher-ups at USC for not doing their homework when recruiting an AD.
Cathy Wood
While the revelation of college admission bribery is disheartening, the responses of some close to USC are just laughable. For interim president Wanda Austin to try to spin this as USC being victimized and for Arash Markazi to pine on about the strengths of the school is just cowardly. USC as a "place of higher education" has a chance right now to look integrity and honesty in the face and put an end to this extended pattern of gross institutional negligence.
John M. Clark
If keeping track of such sordid matters at USC, it seems a bribe in the hand is worth two in the Bush. Oh, the shame and hypocrisy of it all — right, Reggie?
Steve Ross
Beverly Hills
Mr. Plaschke, USC fans have not given Lynn Swann a free pass. If you follow Trojan fans on social media, or sat anywhere in the Coliseum last season, conversations have been brutal in expressing the need to fire him, Your sports page has been more than thorough in reporting this payoff scandal to get the unqualified students admission into USC. I'm looking forward to your next article about the UCLA booster that entered the "side door" to pay off Swann to retain another unqualified admit — Clay Helton.
Judy Thomsen
Agreed, Swann needs to go. He has been a great Trojan over the years, but when major problems arise within the department, then the head guy has to fall. Probably all the fraud and deceit was kept secret from Swann, so it is a difficult to see Mr. Swann have to pay the price. On second thought, if Mr. Swann can prove that he was deceived by these underlings, then he deserves a chance to prove it. Sticking with coach Helton is not a reason to dismiss him.
Chet Chebegia
San Marcos
The headline was stunning, the story sending shock waves through the NCAA and jolting the senses of readers who had no idea about the situation. USC has a crew team?
Richard Turnage
Nothing to see here
Per Tom Rutledge, CEO of Charter Communications, "We want the Dodgers on every outlet and we are committed to making that happen." "
Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred stated "We are tracking this complicated matter closely and will continue to do everything we can in hopes of finding a solution that would serve the interest of all parties."
According to team spokesman Steve Brener, "The Dodgers continue to try to resolve the situation."
The late Yogi Berra best sums up all the double-speak and greed-driven duplicity: "You can observe a lot by just watching."
Bill Waxman
Simi Valley
Bill Shaikin's Dodgers report places the blame for the lack of TV coverage on the Dodgers. Maybe it was Time Warner Cable that overpaid for the TV rights, not the Dodgers asking for $8.35 billion.
I think that TWC thought they could recover part of the cost by selling rights to DirecTV and others, who were too smart to overpay the outrageous price TWC wanted to charge.
Jerry Davis
Woodland Hills
Not the first time flame-throwing Joe Kelly was involved in a Dodger-related injury while cooking. This time he was frying Cajun crawfish. Last time he smoked Hanley Ramirez's ribs.
Paul Feinsinger
Agoura Hills
Off the ball
Congratulations to Chino Hills boys basketball team who won another CIF Division 1 without the Ball brothers.
I wonder how Mr. Ball is thinking now. His youngest son should have been playing for his hometown high school but you know who, took him out of school.
Gee, how is his "plan" working out for his two other sons now? I feel bad for them.
Oh, by the way, how's Mr. Ball's shoe and clothing line doing? Thought so.
Imelda Carranza
Beautiful game
As I read the article, "Fantastic Boosts", by LZ Granderson, I marveled at the genius behind the LAFC executives' marketing strategy. Going door to door to sell soccer? Wow! Fascinated, I did a little further research and actually found the sales pitch questionnaire used by the executives:
1) Do you have a good enough arm to throw debris from the second row onto the field?
2) If someone wears a jersey from the opposing team, will you fight them, no questions asked?
3) Last, and most importantly, are you or were you ever a Raiders fan?
Check, check, check! Welcome aboard, please sign here!
Matt Harrell
Huntington Beach
Oh, yeah, the Lakers
Jeanie Buss needs to understand that running a billion-dollar company such as the Lakers is not the same as passing notes in junior high. You can't just impulsively hire people like Magic and make him president of basketball operations. He is unqualified, just as he was when he briefly tried coaching.
The proof is there as Johnson has already made the Lakers the laughing stock of the league. He is rapidly becoming the new Isiah Thomas.
Finally, Buss has committed the cardinal sin: She has let the Clippers take over L.A.
It's time for her to sell to someone who knows what they're doing.
Axel Hubert
Los Angeles
Lakers need outside shooting? Could have kept D. Russell and Lou Williams. Need rim protection and power down low? Could have kept J. Randle and I. Zubac. Add those four to LeBron James, and you would still have cap space left to shop around. That would have given us two All-Stars and the highest scoring sixth man in NBA history.
David Waldowski
Laguna Woods
Now that LeBron is a part-timer and Lakers management has decided to throw in the towels and run a purple and gold Washington Generals facsimile out there for the last 15 games, has that same management also decided to refund or discount for these last few exhibition scrimmages to their season-ticket holders?
Roger Sypek
Lakewood, Ca. 90712
Jerry > Rob + Earvin
Dean Yoshimura
Yorba Linda
Get serious
Sean McVay deflected a question whether Rams star running back Todd Gurley suffers from arthritis and Les Snead quips if it were arthritis,"'all you got to do is take Aleve." Kenley Jensen suffered from heart arrhythmia and the organization was open about his condition and treatment. Either knee problems are more dangerous and private than heart ones, or the NFL continues to prefer burying information regarding player health.
Konrad Moore
San Diego
Strike three
I'm through with MLB in general and the Dodgers specifically. The game this 63-year-old black man grew up loving as a kid in San Diego who fell asleep most spring and summer nights listening to Vin Scully on KFI is no longer something I have interest in.
I don't recognize the game today and yes, the lack of African American players has a lot to do with it. All of us want to see "us" represented in something we watch. That's just a simple fact of nature. But, just as I rooted for Maury Wills, Tommy and Willie Davis, Jim Gilliam, Roseboro, etc., I also rooted for Sandy, "Big D," Osteen, Sutton, Cey, Garvey, etc, etc. I rooted for a team that played great baseball and looked like America.
But even more today, the brand of baseball based on analytics and constant roster churning simply doesn't interest me. Add in the fact that in order to watch the Dodgers on TV, I'd have to change from a provider I love to one with one of the worst service records in cable history is borderline insane.
RIP Major League Baseball, it was fun while it lasted.
Charles L. Freeman Jr.
Baldwin Hills
What do the Dodgers and Lakers have in common? They both play exhibition games in March.
Bennett Beebe
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Annette Sykes, a prominent lawyer and figure in the new Mana Party, spoke at the Workers Party conference in Hamilton earlier this month.
Annette Sykes, a prominent lawyer and figure in the new Mana Party, spoke at the Workers Party conference in Hamilton earlier this month.
This month's issue of The Spark was delayed because of the involvement of the production team in organising the Workers Power 2011 conference (see report on pages 10-11). There are two additional conference reports from WP members who attended the Resistance conference in Sydney and the Socialist Party Australia conference in Melbourne. This month we have an article on the recent Canada elections from Socialist Voice (Canada) co-editor Roger Annis. A few of us met Roger in 2008 when he came to check out Unite Union in Auckland and we are pleased we have been able to establish some ongoing communication with him. In this issue we include an article that he produced for Green Left Weekly but also with The Spark in mind (we solicited shortly after GLW). So it's a good issue in terms of expressing living internationalism! In our own backyard we've got new copyright laws thrown down, secretive trade negotiations going on, an electoral system referendum coming up, and the emergence of a new party with a working class constituency. Please read on and please support The Spark.
Marika Pratley, Wellington branch of Workers Party
Workers Power 2011, the national conference of Workers Party was held over Queen's Birthday weekend (June 3-6) at Hamilton's Trade Union Centre. Over 45 people registered for what was the first socialist conference to be held in Hamilton for some decades. The conference featured a wide range of presentations delivered by speakers belonging to the Workers Party, by members of other left organizations, and by others who have participated in substantial struggles against the state and the injustices of capitalism.
The opening night featured a debate between Jared Phillips (WP) and Sue Moroney (Labour Party MP). Phillips' case defined Labour as no longer even claiming the centre-left, quoting EPMU and leading LP figure Andrew Little's reference to Labour and National "managing the centre". He listed examples of active attacks that Labour has carried out against the working class and progressive forces including Operation 8 and restricting the right to strike. He outlined reasons as to why 'lesser evilism' was not a justifiable reason to support Labour. Moroney embraced the term 'lesser evilism' and said she would rather have 'small pragmatic changes' than a 'glorious defeat' by National. In reality, the speakers were clearly talking at cross-purposes.
This was followed by a presentation and lengthy discussion led by Marxist academic David Neilson who has been published in Capital and Class and Journal of Radical Economics. In summary, he outlined the need for a deeper appreciation of the shift of emphasis from the reserve army of labour to the relative population that is surplus to the requirements of capitalism. He related this to the burgeoning slum-dwelling class in under-developed countries as well as to the second tier of peripheral workers which is ever-increasing in proportion to core workers in advanced capitalist countries. In summary, he argued that this led to the current 'workers of the world compete' scenario rather than a 'workers of the world unite' scenario, and that the left had to take this into account in attempts to redefine a strategy.