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A forward-looking company
FRAMAPACK, founded in 1991, was one of the first firms to offer thermoformed and thermowelded round-bottomed liners, reusable lids, dust caps, and reusable covers for the protection and reuse of industrial containers. This avant-garde idea grew out of an early environmental awareness and quality initiatives.
FRAMAPACK's proactive approach is based on 3 key ideas
FRAMAPACK liners provide optimum protection for your products. They minimise the risk of contamination, thus ensuring the quality of your products.
From the outset, FRAMAPACK adopted a strong ethical and responsible vision for industry, on the basis that recycling would reach its own limits in the long term. The aim was to design protective solutions to ensure the reuse of containers, like the ultra-tough FRAMAPACK protective covers and renovated packaging.
Industries are under the obligation to achieve drastic reductions in their waste. FRAMAPACK linings help them kill two birds with one stone: they considerably lengthen the useful lifetime of industrial packaging and reduce the volume of waste.
Nearly 30 years later, industrial firms recognise that FRAMAPACK had foreseen the profound changes they are facing today. We are proud to make practical contributions to our clients' continuous improvement programmes.
Always a step ahead
Thanks to our clients and the experience we have acquired in real situations, we have been able to remain a step ahead and continue to propose innovative products. FRAMAPACK is a family-run company on a human scale and has made a determined choice to manufacture its products to the highest standards in Europe. We offer a very wide range of standard and customised products, focusing on impeccable quality and full traceability.
FRAMAPACK, specialists in protection for drums, pails, tanks and industrial equipment, have developed customised "turnkey" products with high added value. We start by sending an experienced technician to your site to analyse your firm's processes and work with you to design the best product for your specific needs. This joint analysis provides a clear understanding of the issues and facilitates identification of the precise dimensions and most suitable material: PE, PP, PA, barrier materials, corrosion-resistant, etc.
A product test is then carried out. If this is successful, in terms of ease of use (bagging, packaging, mixing, draining, etc.), storage, and transport, the industrial order is confirmed. Expertise, R&D, consulting, services, standard and customised manufacturing, storage: we design comprehensive protective packaging solutions for our clients. Our teams work with you to define your customised packaging, from design right through to logistics.
We work in partnership with your firm, storing your liners, lids, reusable protective covers, and renovated drums in the FRAMAPACK warehouse, with guaranteed delivery in 72 hours in France and 1 week in Europe. Our proactive mindset makes us your most valuable ally.
Providing practical support to the factories of the future in their CSR programmes
FRAMAPACK has attracted the attention of many firms keen to save money. Our liners, tank covers, dust caps, and protective covers considerably lengthen the working life of containers, as they no longer need to be cleaned as frequently and vigorously. We are proud to contribute towards improving industrial productivity by reducing container handling time and eliminating cleaning.
Using FRAMAPACK liners drastically reduces waste volumes and costs related to effluent treatment. FRAMAPACK helps industries to reduce their carbon footprint by eliminating the washing of containers with water or solvents and reducing their movements (transport for recycling).
The priority in reducing waste is to reuse products: one of the key aims of FRAMAPACK from the very beginning. All our R&D efforts focus on this vision of a virtuous circular economy. Finally, from a CSR standpoint, but, above all, that of employers concerned about the well-being of their people, FRAMAPACK helps firms improve the working environment by eliminating the unrewarding, repetitive, and physically demanding task of cleaning containers.
You prove to your employees, partners, clients, and neighbours, as well as the authorities, that you are doing everything possible to reduce your environmental impact. At FRAMAPACK, the ecological transition started 30 years ago.
Research and development
the future of your protective packaging starts here
FRAMAPACK have been designing protective packaging products for industrial containers and engaged in continuous research and development in this area for nearly 30 years. The firm is committed to improving product performance and quality, in both the materials used and the production methods, always striving to enhance customer satisfaction. With FRAMAPACK, you benefit from comprehensive, environmentally-friendly, protective packaging solutions at a fair price, as well as demonstrating your corporate social responsibility. Attentive to industrial needs and aware of their regulatory constraints, FRAMAPACK is determined to support the factories of the future, working towards a sustainable economy!


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A bobber is a motorcycle that has had unnecessary parts removed in order to reduce the weight and give it a minimalist look.
Our Bobber Supply shirt has been stripped down to basics too.
*Prices quoted for individual sale only. Multiple purchase postage costs may vary.
Good quality t-shirt with cool original print. I ordered one, once recieved, I immediately ordered a second. Came nicely packaged and I even got a chopper sticker thrown in when made my 2nd purchase.

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The United States Navy reclassified many of its surface vessels in 1975, changing terminology and hull classification symbols for cruisers, frigates, and ocean escorts.
Classification prior to 1975
From the 1950s to 1975, the US Navy had three types of fast task force escorts and one type of convoy escort. The task force escorts were cruisers (hull classification symbols CAG/CLG/CG), frigates or destroyer-leaders (DL/DLG), and destroyers (DD/DDG); the convoy escorts were ocean escorts (DE/DEG), often called destroyer escorts as they retained the designation and number series of the World War II vessels. Added in the early 1970s was a new ocean escort called the patrol frigate (PF), another designation previously used in World War II, which was the initial designation of the Oliver Hazard Perry class.[1] In 1975, these classifications were simplified to cruiser (CG), destroyer (DD/DDG), and frigate (FF/FFG).
Under the pre-1975 classification, cruisers were large vessels, the size of World War II gun cruisers, intended as the primary surface combatants. All but one (USS Long Beach (CGN-9)) were converted World War II gun cruisers (CL/CLG or CA/CAG), carrying either Talos or Terrier surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and in some cases also Tartar missiles. The primary mission of these ships and the guided missile frigates was to intercept Soviet anti-ship cruise missiles. One cruiser was to be assigned to each carrier group. Most of the cruiser conversions were performed to rapidly deploy the new naval SAMs while the guided missile frigates were being designed and built. There were relatively few cruiser conversions, due to their cost and because the frigates could carry almost as many weapons as a cruiser.[2]
From 1950 to 1975, frigates were a new type, midway between cruiser and destroyer sizes, intended as major task force escorts. The first ship of the type was a redesignated ASW cruiser; the next four were very large AAW (gun) destroyers (DL), and the remainder were essentially oversize guided missile destroyers classified as DLGs. They carried the mid-range Terrier missile, but no offensive (strategic) weapons.
Destroyers were developed from the World War II designs as the smallest fast task force escorts. DDs were fast ASW ships; DDGs were AAW ships carrying the short-range Tartar missile.
Ocean escorts were an evolution of the World War II destroyer escort types. They were intended as convoy escorts and were designed for mobilization production in wartime or low-cost mass production in peacetime. DEs were ASW vessels; DEGs were AAW vessels with Tartar missiles.
The U.S. frigate classification was not used by any other navy; similar vessels were either cruisers or destroyers in foreign service.[3] The ocean escort type corresponded to foreign frigates (convoy escorts).
The "cruiser gap"
The Soviets defined "cruiser" differently, considering ships equivalent to U.S. frigates to be "cruisers". By 1974, there were only six ships in U.S. service classified as cruisers, but the Soviets had 19 ships classified as cruisers in service with seven more being built. (All totals exclude gun-only cruisers). All but two of the Soviet ships were relatively small vessels, roughly equivalent to U.S. frigates and far smaller than U.S. cruisers. However, most included a heavy anti-ship cruise missile battery that US surface combatants lacked until the introduction of the Harpoon missile circa 1980.
The differing U.S. and Soviet definitions of "cruiser" caused political problems when comparisons were made between U.S. and Soviet naval forces. A table comparing U.S. and Soviet cruiser forces showed six U.S. ships vs. 19 Soviet ships, despite the existence of 21 U.S. "frigates" equal or superior in size to the Soviet "cruisers". This led to the perception of a non-existent "cruiser gap".
Closing the gap
To close this "gap," the U.S. frigate (DL/DLG) classification was eliminated on 30 June 1975. All the gun frigates (DL) had already been stricken or converted to DDGs. Most of the DLGs became cruisers (CG), but the smaller Farraguts became destroyers (DDG). All of the nuclear-powered DLGNs, existing or in construction, were redesignated as CGNs. The change from DLG to CG redefined "cruiser" as smaller ships, more like large destroyers. Cruiser classifications were also simplified, with the guided missile light cruisers (CLG) simply becoming CGs. Gun cruisers were provided the designation "CA" at this time, but the last remaining gun cruiser, Newport News, was decommissioned three days earlier on 27 June 1975, so the designation was and remains theoretical.
The ocean escorts (DE/DEG) and patrol frigates (PF) became frigates (FF)/ guided missile frigates (FFG).[1]
These changes brought U.S. Navy classifications into line with foreign classifications, and eliminated the perceived "cruiser gap."
|Pre-30 June 1975
|Post-30 June 1975
|Cruiser (CA/CLG/CGN)
|Guided Missile Cruiser (CG/CGN)
|Frigate (DL/DLG/DLGN)
|Guided Missile Cruiser (CG/CGN), Destroyer (DD), or Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)
|Destroyer (DD/DDG)
|Destroyer (DD) or Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)
|Ocean Escort (DE/DEG)
|Frigate (FF) or Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)
|Patrol Frigate (PF)
|Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)
A final change came on 1 January 1980, when the Ticonderoga class guided missile destroyers (DDG) became guided missile cruisers (CG).
- sci.military.naval, "F.8", Part F Surface Combatants FAQ, Hazegray.
- Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-718-6.


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Emma Watson Showed Up In The Panama Papers
On Tuesday, a closer look into the Panama Papers exposed another celebrity: Emma Watson. According to The Spectator, which used an online database to search through the files, the Harry Potter actress and feminist activist set up an offshore company with the help of mammoth law firm Mossack Fonseca. (Watson's representatives said in a statement that she used the company only for privacy reasons, not financial ones.) The documents were leaked slightly over a month ago, and new facts continue to trickle out from the over 11.5 million files.
Though ownership of offshore companies isn't necessarily illegal, it tends to raise red flags in regard to the possibility of tax evasion and money laundering. However, there is at this time no evidence whatsoever that Watson has been ever been involved in either. Swiftly addressing the leak, Watson admitted that she does indeed own an offshore firm. A representative sent a written statement
to The Spectator insisting that Watson had no intention of hiding money offshore:
Emma (like many high profile individuals) set up an offshore company for the sole purpose of protecting her anonymity and safety. UK companies are required to publicly publish details of their shareholders and therefore do not give her the necessary anonymity required to protect her personal safety, which has been jeopardised in the past owing to such information being publicly available.
Offshore companies do not publish these shareholder details. Emma receives absolutely no tax or monetary advantages from this offshore company whatsoever – only privacy.
It's possible that Watson will face further questioning due to her status as the United Nations' Women Goodwill Ambassador, a position to which she was appointed in July 2014. Upon graduating Brown University, the actress went on to pioneer an initiative called HeForShe, which advocates gender equality. Since then, Watson has also become involved in making education more accessible for girls in third-world countries. When presented with the opportunity to become involved with the UN, Watson reiterated her commitment to advocacy:
The chance to make a real difference is not an opportunity that everyone is given and is one I have no intention of taking lightly. Women's rights are something so inextricably linked with who I am, so deeply personal and rooted in my life that I can't imagine an opportunity more exciting. I still have so much to learn, but as I progress I hope to bring more of my individual knowledge, experience and awareness to this role.
You can expect more updates on Watson's involvement in the offshore company in the days to come.


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NORINT0500 – Norwegian Life and Society
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Course content
The course offers an introduction to Norwegian history, life and society. The following topics are covered: Norwegian history, geography, the political system, foreign politics, economics, the welfare state, religion, the judicial system, the role of the family in Norwegian society, Norwegian literature and language, Norwegian visual arts, culture, and identity.
This is a knowledge based subject with a final exam.
This course will not be offered in the autumn 2020 semester.
Learning outcome
Students should get some insight into Norwegian way of life and Norwegian identity seen in the light of historical, political and cultural development. They should be able to present, describe and evaluate the topics covered in lectures and textbook. The mark received by the student at the completion of this course shows to what extent the student has reached the aspired learning outcome.
Information about deadlines and application procedures can be found on the webpages for Norwegian Courses for International Students.
This subject is open to international students at the University of Oslo. International students will get information about how to sign up for courses when they arrive at campus.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Students must be eligible for matriculation.
Recommended previous knowledge
No prior knowledge required.
Overlapping courses
10 credits overlap with ISSN0500 – Norwegian Life & Society
The course consists of a double lecture a week for 12 weeks, a total of 24 hours. The lectures are given in English. A mandatory assignment must be handed in and approved in order for the students to be allowed to sit for the exam. The mandatory assignment may be written in Norwegian or English.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Approved compulsory activities are valid for the next two terms that the course is offered.
The course has a 3-hour final school exam, consisting of one part requiring built answers and one essay part. The part requiring brief answers consists of six questions out of which four must be answered. This is primarily a knowledge based test aiming to document the students' acquistion of factual knowledge in various areas. The essay part consists of two essay topics out of which one must be answered. This part requires a formal structure, ability to limit the scope of the essay, a proper introduction, discussion, and conclusion. The discussion should show reflection and depth. Each of the two parts counts 50% of the final mark. Both parts must have a passing mark in order for the student to pass the course.
The guidance for examiners for the exam is published here (NORWEGIAN ONLY).
Digital examination
The written examination is conducted in the digital examination system Inspera. You will need to familiarize yourself with the digital examination arrangements in Inspera.
Read more about written examinations using Inspera.
Examination support material
Students may use a dictionary going to and from Norwegian or English and other languages during the exam. This has to be a paper dictionary, it cannot be electronic.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English and Norwegian.You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
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It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
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This course and the Norwegian courses up to a maximum of 40 credits, can be used as part of a degree at the University of Oslo for international students.


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Canon EOS 3,
One afternoon in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, at a scenic overlook, the wildflowers on the other side of the road beckoned to me from their location down in a gully a bit, so naturally I went ambling through the underbrush to get the framing. While the sky was a bit more busy than I liked, it works pretty well in monochrome, perhaps even better than the color version.
While you can always just convert to greyscale in an editing program, there are other options. A simple one is to examine each of the three color channels (assuming you're working in RGB mode) and see which one seems to produce the best results from contrast and detail, then delete the other two. Then you can convert to greyscale, and see what it produces. This one is strictly the red channel, which deepened the appearance of the foliage which was, surprisingly, lacking in red. Afterwards I tweaked the curves a bit to bring out the layers of peaks and the details of the sky more distinctly. It helps make up for not being able to find a blossom in the right position to get close to and dominate the foreground with.


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Kevin: Tim Bray has a nice comparison of tablets including the Samsung Galaxy (he works for Google, and it runs Android), the iPad and mobile phones. He talks about the different ways that you'd use both a 7-inch tablet like the Galaxy and a 9-inch tablet such as the iPad. He also talks about contexts where you wouldn't want to use a tablet, such as for snapping a picture or for checking directions in a slightly sketchy neighbourhood. It's well worth reading.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Many journalists see numbers as 'research rather than journalism'
That's a paraphrase from my former colleague and good friend, Simon Rogers, the editor The Guardian's Datablog. Simon is a true champion of best practise using data in journalism, and here is what he had to say to Chris Elliot, The Guardian's Readers' Editor:
First, I think there's a cultural challenge. Many journalists are arty types who traditionally have thought of anything to do with numbers as 'research', rather than journalism. That's combined with an unwillingness to ask difficult questions about data, or read the notes that get attached to spreadsheets [that journalists receive]. This doesn't apply to everyone – the specialists know all about this.
I applaud Simon for his frankness. As Suw and I talk about frequently, many of the issues that we deal with in our work are relate to culture. I wrote recently how journalists' identity is often a barrier to the adoption of technology, and in some ways, technology and statistics are lumped into the same bucket by a number of journalists (unless you're a stats-junkie sports journalist).
Chris also interviews Ben Goldacre, author of the Bad Science column in The Guardian, for his column about statistics. Ben hits on one of the issues that drives me nuts about my profession, statistics inflation. Sure, we can shout to the hills about a 200% CORRECTION 100% (thanks Vincent) increase in the number of children who have been killed by albino elephants in zoos, but if that dramatic increase is from one child to two children, it's not really a story. As a journalist, I can spot statistics abuse from a mile off, and I tend to think that many readers can too. Big percentages are always a tip off, especially if the reporter obscures or leaves out the actual figures entirely. Ben also raiss the issue of dealing with relative risk.
Another issue raised in the article is basic innumeracy in journalism. It's shocking to see how often journalists conflate mean with median or use mean when it's actually not representative or skewed by outliers. Mean is a simple average whereas median is a the middle value in a set of values. Depending on your set of numbers, mean and median can diverge by quite a lot. It's not a hard and fast rule that one is better than the other. It's worth checking the distribution of values first to decide which one is more representative of the data, and reasonable people can disagree about which one is more representative as Chris Elliot points out in the piece. The problem is that too few journalists know the difference.
There is a comment on the article from a biological scientist that is worth reading:
May I just ask why Journalists don't have to study a minimum level of statistics before they are employed?
Don't you people have to have some common level of understanding of the world you live in before you describe it.
And the:-
"who traditionally have thought of anything to do with numbers as 'research', rather than journalism."
I take (that) means (sic) your writers value writing more than they value understanding what they write about.
I can see why journalists score as well as they do on respect polls.
I'm a biological scientist, I have have had (sic) to study statistics and ethics as part of my training.
I have to take and pass courses on toxins/hazards, clinical ethics, animal ethics and quite a few other courses, every year.
If I were to treat choice of mean, medium or mode as a matter of personal choice I would be torn apart by my referees.
With the number of choices that people have for information, we journalists need to step up our game. We do need to do more to understand the world we live, ask tougher questions and be more serious about the flood of numbers that inundate us everyday. Again, as a journalist, I know when a reporter has written around a hole in their reporting, relating to numbers or not. It's pretty easy to spot. (I've had to do it myself.) It's foolish to think that our readers can be duped so easily.
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Kevin: Woah! An HTML5 timeline news reader by the Associated Press. This is the kind of radical design that I had hoped that HTML5 would create, and I didn't expect to see this so early from the news design community. I think that HTML5 and touch-screen navigation really start to push forward some of this interface experimentation.
HTML5, touch and new interfaces for news
I feel like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix. Woah. When Zee at Next Web posted this HTML5 news timeline from AP Labs, I was blown away. It's such an intuitive, rich interface for exploring news from multiple angles, and after a lot of years of stagnation in terms of interface design, I'm really excited to see HTML5 and touch interfaces motivating designers and coders to explore some new ideas.
You can explore stories by time, choosing different subjects as you go. The stories drop into the timeline with colours related to their topics.
Clicking on a story in the timeline opens up a small preview window.
You can then open the full story that brings up this three-pane window in which you can make adjustments to the text, see additional information about the image with the story and read the story itself.
Now, as Conrad Quilty-Harper says on Twitter, it "runs like a dog on the iPad". I was viewing it in Chrome on a four-year old, much-repaired MacBook. It was very fluid on the MacBook. I should probably try it in Safari and see if it has something to do with Safari's support for HTML5. That might explain why it's slow on the iPad. However, Conrad has a point. Creating a site in HTML5 should allow it to run on an iPad, but it looks like it might take some optimisation. However, designing the interface is half the battle. As a first effort, it's an excellent starting place, and it's very exciting to finally start seeing some experimentation with interface like this. HTML5 might not be production ready, according to the W3C, but it's very promising to see this level of sophistication at this stage.
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Kevin: My friend and former colleague Simon Rogers writes about his favourite UK government data sets. It's a great post for budding data journalists in the UK. Well worth keeping handy.
Innovation: Focusing on finding "The Next Big Thing" leads to performance pressure
This cross-posted from The Media Briefing, a new site in the UK for media professionals. ?I like the cut of their jib. They are not only creating content, but they are also adding value to their content using semantic technologies to make it easier for busy professionals content relevant to them.
You want innovation? You can't handle innovation.
Seriously though, once they're established, most companies are geared toward stability, not disrupting their own operations. Newspaper and magazine companies are no different.
And print media had no real impetus to change radically until recently. Newspapers and magazines took the challenge from television and radio in its stride – but it took the combined impact of multi-channel television, video games and the internet to challenge print media's dominance. But if you thought the last five years were disruptive, brace yourself for the next five.
The change in media economics has been a shift from scarcity – with few sources of information and entertainment – to more content choices than the human brain can possibly process. In this super-saturated media market, it's about to get even more crowded.
AOL and Yahoo have decided to focus their strategies on content, although Yahoo in particular has tried this before and failed. Even if AOL fails, its efforts will put additional pressure on print media. AOL launched a local news service, Patch, in the US: Warren Webster, Patch's president, recently told Ken Doctor in the that he can match the content production of a like-sized newspaper for 4.1 percent of the cost. As Ken wrote:
"Patch can produce the same volume of content… for 1/25 the cost of the old Big Iron newspaper company, given its centralized technology and finance and zero investment in presses and local office space. (Staffers work out of their homes.)"
Demand Media is already operating in the UK, bringing its model of consistent work for freelancers at ridiculously low rates. They march to the beat of Google's drum, commissioning content based on popular search terms. The content may be easy to parody, but Demand is preparing for what many are predicting will be a US$1.5bn floatation on the market.
So how will you turn staid institutions into nimble players in the new media environment?
One strategy that won't work is locking a bunch of smart people in a room to come up with The Next Big Thing. The Economist, as successful it is, tried to do that with Project Red Stripe. It didn't work, leading to a kind of performance anxiety and creative paralysis.
The industry has spent a lot of time hiring innovation officers and investing innovation in a few positions. In the not-so-distant past, the people in these positions have had no budget, no staff, an ill-defined role and, therefore, little impact. Clay Shirky in his seminal blog post, Newspapers: Thinking the Unthinkable, said that these people saw what was happening and simply described it to their colleagues. Clay says:
When reality is labelled unthinkable, it creates a kind of sickness in an industry. Leadership becomes faith-based, while employees who have the temerity to suggest that what seems to be happening is in fact happening are herded into Innovation Departments, where they can be ignored en bloc.
Innovation is about creating a culture of constant of improvement. If you could do one thing that would save every single journalist in your organisation ten minutes on every story – it might not be sexy – but these cost savings are necessary to compete with someone who does what you do for a fraction of the cost.
Steve Yelvington, a digital content pioneer in the US, worked on the NewspaperNext Project, and he's been working on digital projects long before most media execs even knew what a computer was.
The NewspaperNext project looked at disruptive innovationthrough the lens of Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator's Dilemma. The basic question was this: "How and why (did) simple, low-end, inadequate, 'junk' products and services so often topple the big guy?"
These insurgents do it by starting with a product that is "good enough" and then constantly improve it. Insurgents start out "beneath" the incumbents, but then move upmarket. Recent hires by the Huffington Post, Yahoo and The Daily Beast show how pure digital companies are now starting to lure top talent away from the once imperious names of US journalism.
Wracking your brains for the next Big Thing is not the answer. The rules of the media market have already changed and it's time to listen to the people you once thought were barking mad. Your survival might just depend on it.
Newsrooms vs. the Volcano
Over in Geneva, the EBU Radio News Conference 2010 is underway, and I'm watching from afar via the wonders of Twitter.
Late yesterday, Michael Good of RTE talked about how they covered the Eyjafjallajökull eruption and, finding that the "public wanted more than radio programmes could give", had to turn to the web and networked journalism to improve coverage. Charlie Beckett reports:
In the final session it was made clear by speakers such as Michael Good of RTE that mainstream media can't cope with big complex crisis stories such as the volcanic ash story: ' the public wanted more than radio programmes could give'
RTE responded by using social media connected to their coverage to fill the gaps and to tell the micro as well as the macro story. To provide context as well as drama, information as well as narrative. As Michael put it, it showed how social media has to be at the heart of the newsroom.
Brett Spencer also reported that "SWR say if it happened again right now they would approach the science and the experts with more caution" and "Richard Clark of the BBC Newsroom says an awful lot of experts got airtime who actually didn't know very much."
As someone who followed Eyjafjallajökull's progress from the beginning of the first 'tourist eruption' right the way through to the final gasps of the phreatomagmatic eruption (i.e. the big explosive bit), I can say with some certainty that the mainstream media did a pretty appalling job of choosing experts to talk about the eruption. Often, they chose to speak to industry representatives, such as union leaders or airline owners, who knew very little about the eruption itself but had very strong views on what they thought reality ought to be. They also had a vested interest in portraying the situation in a particular light.
I was particularly disgusted by people like Richard Branson, who threw a strop because he thought the flight ban was unnecessary. The BBC reported Branson being either disingenuous or dangerously ignorant:
Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson meanwhile told the BBC that he believed governments would be unlikely to impose a blanket ban again.
"I think if they'd sent up planes immediately to see whether the ash was actually too dangerous to fly through or to look for corridors where it wasn't very thick, I think that we would have been back flying a lot sooner," he said.
This fundamentally misrepresents the monitoring that was going on at the time (planes were being sent up to look at the ash cloud) and, more importantly, fundamentally misunderstands the nature of ash clouds. They are not a uniform blanket of ash floating through the air, but a constantly changing area of high and low ash densities: Any 'corridor' there today probably wouldn't be there tomorrow.
But in the scramble for experts, no one flubbed quite as badly as the Wall Street Journal and CNN, who both featured Robert "R.B." Trombley, a self-styled volcanologist who turned out to be not quite the expert they had assumed.
Going back to #RNews10, Charlie Beckett said, "Yes the volcano exposed limits of MSM & value of social media bt it also exposed lack of data transparency from airlines, govt etc" to which Mike Mullane replied, "Beckett: Don't beat yourselves up. There was failure on the part of governments and meteorologists to provide data for journalists". And, in a related point, Andy Carvin Tweeted, "Don't think anyone mentioned maps, though, whether newsroom generated, user-generated or both. Were there any?"
Mike and Charlie's assertions are only true for the UK and the air travel industry: The airlines were, unsurprisingly, entirely opaque. The UK Met Office had some data, particularly on ash measurement and predictions, but could have done a much better job of communicating what they were doing and providing data. That's a problem they seriously need to fix: They opened themselves up to undeserved criticism because no one had any idea what they were actually doing. The Civil Aviation Authority and the National Air Traffic Services should also be soundly criticised for appalling communications as well. Their online information and data was not well organised, to say the least.
But there was a huge amount of data coming out of other sources, particularly the Icelandic Met Office, which the mainstream media completely ignored. The IMO was providing near-live earthquake data for the Mýrdalsjökull area, which includes Eyjafjallajökull icecap, available as a map or a data table. And, as I discovered when I did this myself, if you sent them a nice email they would send you the raw data to play with. There is no reason why the media could not have contacted the IMO and used some of this data in visualisations for their coverage, like this one done by DataMarket.com:
There was quite a lot of ash forecast data coming out of various different institutes, primarily the UK Met Office. There were videos (search for Eyjafjallajökull) and photos taken by scientists, tourists, locals and the Icelandic news organisations (whose coverage was obviously much better). There were multiple live webcams and volcano enthusiasts captured and shared webcam timelapses showing the eruption and jökulhlaups (flash floods of ash and meltwater) on a daily basis. There was even a cut-out-and-keep model of the volcano, made by the British Geological Society.
And there was some flight data available, as exemplified by this fabulous timelapse of the European flights resuming after the ban:
The problem was that most news journalists, obviously, do not have the kind of specialist knowledge to be able to assess sources, experts, or data for an event that is so far outside of their usual field of experience. I understand that journalists can't be experts in everything, but I do expect them to know how to find information, find sources, and to find data, and to do so reliably.
But they seemed oblivious to the online communities that were following this eruption closely and where there were people who could have helped them. I spent a lot of time on Erik Klemetti's wonderful blog, Eruptions (new site, old site). Erik, a vulcanologist at Denison University in Ohio, played host to a community of scientists and amateurs who discussed developments in detail and answered questions that people had about how all this volcano stuff really works.
I was on that blog almost every day, I don't remember a single journalist ever asking in the comments for help in finding information or understanding its implications. I do remember, however, a lot of people popping in to get clarification on the misinformation promulgated by the media, particularly rumours that Eyjafjallajökull's neighbour, Katla, was about to erupt.
The truth is that Eyjafjallajökull was probably the best observed, monitored and recorded eruption in history. The sheer volume of data produced was enormous. And the mainstream media ignored everthing but the pretty pictures.
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Kevin: An interesting look at content through the eyes of the seed funders at Seedcamp. Jos White writes: "The Internet over the last few years has been about getting as much content to as many people as possible – bringing an incredible range of content to our screens like never before. The problem is that we are now surrounded by too much content that takes too much time to find, qualify and consume." Out of the 12 winners at Seedcamp, "seven are involved in optimising content in some way and making it more personalised to the user".
Kevin: Robert Andrews at paidcontent.co.uk looks at a report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau report on the first half 2010 ad revenues in the UK. Online ads are up by 10%, but TV has edged ahead of the internet. Cinema and outdoor increased, but print, classified, direct mail and directories were down. One interesting thing to note about the survey is that search accounts for just shy of 60% of digital ads. That sector was up 8.8%, however online classifieds were up 11%. Display was up by 6.4% by comparison.
Kevin: Tanja Aitamurto at PBS MediaShift looks at Aftonbladet in Sweden and their freemium strategy. The premium part of the freemium model is called Plus. "The Plus service includes lifestyle material, such as over 200 different travel guides, health articles, and reviews of cars, gadgets and other products and services." One interesting element of her analysis is looking at the introduction of micropayments in what had previously been a subscription-only paid content strategy. The subs went down after micropayments were introduced.
Kevin: Megan Garber does a review and a bit of a live test of Storify, a new tool for collecting social media elements into a story format. It's been created by former AP reporter Burt Herman. She concludes: "And, for breaking news, where journalists might just be interested in the quick curation of tweets and videos, Storify's drag-and-drop simplicity could be amazingly useful. It's a simple mechanism for curating and contextualizing the atomized tumult that is the web — a little lifesaver for selected bits of information that otherwise might be lost to the news river's rapids."
Kevin: More details on how to use the open-source Geodict tool to extract location from text. It lists some very useful details on how to get the most out of this tool and also comparing it to other tools such as Yahoo's Placemaker and also more general semantic APIs such as OpenCalais and Alchemy.
Kevin: A listing of some of the six and seven-figure salaries being paid in the US to star 'talent'. These hires are described as the top 1% of the talent pool in the article, but the reporter is clearly sceptical that such star power can help the ailing print media.
Kevin: Simon Dumenco at AdAge says that Rupert Murdoch is waging a war against reality in his attempt to put his general news sites behind paywalls. "I mean the reality of free vs. paid in the web's general-interest news ecosystem. Murdoch is currently engaged in a quixotic quest to get online newspaper readers to pay up, sealing News Corp. papers, tomb-like, behind paywalls — including, starting next month, News of the World (hilariously enough)." News Corp isn't letting media buyers know the numbers at The Times (of London) and The Sunday Times since they put up the paywall, and media buyers are striking back, with Publicis owned Starcom MediaVest cutting its ads on the sites by 50%. It's a simple issue of knowing what they are buying. If times were good at The Times, they would be crowing from the hills. They are being mum, and the market is punishing them.
Kevin: A report from Bloomberg quoting a media buyer from Starcom Mediavest Group, part of Publicis, saying that they have cut their buying from News Corp's Times and Sunday Times by 50% because News Corp's refuses to reveal online figures to media buyers. "I can go to the Guardian or CNN and get an audience," said Chris Bailes, digital trading manager at Starcom MediaVest. That's a corporate kick in the teeth to News Corp. The Guardian is seen on the other side of the paid versus ad-supported news argument in the UK, and CNN competes with News Corp's Fox News in the US. Them's fighting words.
Kevin: A harrowing tale reported by David Carr of the dysfunctional and misogynistic culture under Sam Zell at The Tribune Corp. It is a depressing story of a cowboy corporate culture that equated sexual harassment with innovation and creativity. It also paints an almost comic picture of Tribune management that seems straight out of some sitcom about the media. Apart from the misogyny, the other depressing fact is how executives brought in as FOS (Friends of Sam Zell) have enriched themselves while destroying the Tribune, its sister papers and its flagship radio station, WGN. Just depressing.
Kevin: A report from Jan Schaffer, the executive director of the J-Lab at American University in Washington, looking at 46 community projects funded from 2005 to 2009. A third have shut, and of those still operating, they endure because their founders are willing to work for little to no pay. She is very frank that there is still no sustainable business model for these community journalism projects.
Kevin: An absolutely must-read post by Alan Mutter looking at community news projects funded by Knight in the US. Of 46 projects under its New Voices programme between 2005 and 2009, a third have shut and the "remainder endure because the founders are working for little or no pay". Jan Schaffer of the J-Lab at American University said: "Community news sites are not a business yet."
Kevin: A great post on how to use Yahoo Placemaker and open-source technology Geodict to extract location from content. Geodict has about 2m locations in its database. This is a great tutorial showing just about anyone who is comfortable with the command line in Linux how to use these services.
Kevin: Patricio Robles at EConsultancy looks at the imminent release of Google TV. One of the interesting things here for news organisations is that Google TV is working with The New York Times and USA Today to optimise their content for the platform.
Kevin: An interview with John Ridding at the Financial Times about their paid content model. "When times get tough, there are two ways you can respond, including, as lot of publications have done, by trying to cut newsroom costs. The danger of that is you get into a death spiral by reducing the quality of what you're doing and exacerbating the sales and readership issue."
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The Loud, Cartoonish Blood Sport That's Engorged MSNBC, Exhausted CNN—and Is Making Our Body Politic Delirious — New York MagazineKevin: An interesting look at CNN and how it has struggled against Fox News on the right and MSNBC on the left.
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Kevin: An interesting mix of digital and print using an iPhone to enhance a print advert. Looking at the ad, it looks like the person has to first type in a web address. That might put some people off, but it still seems like an interesting way to merge media.
Kevin: Howard Owens has some great and basic tips about hyperlocal advertising. One key comment that he makes: "if your advertising strategy isn't as well conceived as your content strategy, your hyperlocal dreams will never become reality." Again, the idea of relevance keeps coming up. It's definitely one of the keys to a successful, sustainable journalism business.
Kevin: An incredibly useful collection of data visualisations and an explanation of where they are applicable.
Kevin: A book by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble that looks at innovation inside of companies. Too many businesses focus on coming up with a blindingly good idea without also putting attention into the follow through. They look at how innovation is executed in companies. "Regardless of the type of innovation, the crux of the challenge is always the same. Business organizations are not designed for innovation, they are designed for ongoing operations. And there are deep and fundamental conflicts between the two."


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Maui Bicycling League (MBL) commemorates the 60th annual National Bike Month with a West Maui Bike Ride this Sunday, May 17. Departing from Paradise Grill, the event will promote the benefits of one of the most environmentally friendly transportation devices ever. Refuel with a no-host breakfast after the ride. Free. 8-10am. Paradise Grill (2291 Ka'anapali Pkwy.), Mauibicyclingleague.org
-Marina Satoafaiga (@sandtothecity)
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Future Ready Institute: Social Studies Department
State Dual Credit World History
Coach Raborn serves as the world history teacher for the Trojan Institute of Multimedia and Entrepreneurship (T.I.M.E.) as well as an assistant football coach. He has been teaching for five years and coaching football for nine years. This is his third year at Soddy-Daisy High School.
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Our Focus Areas & Goals
Basic Needs:
- All people have access to an adequate supply of nutritious food.
- All people have access to shelter.
- All people who want to work have the skills and resources they need to seek, gain and maintain employment.
- All people have safe, sustainable housing over the lifetime.
- All people have the transportation they need to get to work and to meet their basic needs.
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Free, online self-service tax filing tool funded by H&R block for individuals and households earning under $66,000.
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Free, in-person tax filing assistance with an IRS-Certified tax preparer for individuals and households earning under $55,000.
- Kids in Coats
Provides families selected at random with vouchers which can be redeemed at local participating stores to purchase new or gently used winter clothing for their children.
- Continuum of Care of Southern Windham County
A coalition established to fight to end homelessness in our communities.
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Focuses on discussing and strategizing ideas to supply all individuals with an adequate amount of nutritious food.
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Date(s) - 18/12/2018
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Do winters make you feel lethargic to workout? Add fun to your workout with Zumba. It is a modern workout style which brings all elements of exercise together- Cardio, weight loss, body toning, muscle strengthening, stress reduction and mood upliftment. Zumba is an aerobics fitness program which includes low and high-intensity dance steps. The dance sets are choreographed by professional trainers which are performed on high energetic music. The steps are inspired by various dance styles such as Hip-hop, Salsa, Merengue, Mambo, Squats and Lunges. You just have to follow the instructor and have fun for ultimate results which you desire. Zumba is popularly known for improving cardiovascular health by strengthening heart muscles. It also boosts happiness as when you dance on upbeat music you tend to focus on the rhythm forgetting about the worries. The Zumba instructor, Ms Devi Reddy took a high energy Zumba workout at Zensar Technologies, Bangalore.S he started the session with warm-up exercises followed by a high-intensity workout. The team enjoyed the activity and had a fun filled session on the company premises.


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4.28pm: How resources are allocated will increasingly frame the debate about the health care system as funding constraints really bite. Today we have a podcast from David Buck at the Kings Fund on how we decide where the money should go for different parts of the NHS
3.30pm: We have published a full story on the HSE announcement in relation to the Gillian Astbury case, including full background on the case, and how it was explored at the Mid Staffs public inquiry.
2.45pm: The HSE's statement in relation to Gillian Astbury says: "Following legal advice, HSE deferred a decision to pursue the investigation into Gillian Astbury's death until the conclusion of the public inquiry, chaired by Robert Francis QC, into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
"We can now confirm that our inspectors have today formally started an investigation. Our focus will be on establishing whether there is evidence of the employer [the Trust] or individuals failing to comply with their responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act."
2.32pm: HSJ reporter Sarah Calkin is covering a Q&A with Jeremy Hunt on Twitter. Hunt asked what is the issue in the NHS that most concerns him. He says creating a compassionate culture and dealing with an ageing society
2.25pm: The Health and Safety Executive has confirmed to HSJ that an investigation has been launched into the death of Gillian Astbury at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust in 2007. It follows scrutiny of the HSE for failures to take action by the Francis inquiry.
2.08pm: HSJ reporter Sarah Calkin tweets from a HealthWatch England launch event. It follows the news this morning that the health secretary was undertaking front line experience at a hospital. "RT @sjcalkin: Jeremy Hunt @HealthwatchE event reflects on his time at Watford A&E this morning. Growth in activity is 'dramatic', pressure huge"
1.35pm: NHS England has published its latest newsletter update.
12.32pm: Former prime minister Tony Blair, in an article giving advice to the Labour party in the New Statesman, says it should consider "How do we take the health and education reforms of the last Labour government to a new level, given the huge improvement in results they brought about?"
The article does not state which of new Labour's reforms he is referring to. However, it also calls for Labour to address "How do we use technology to cut costs and drive change in our education, health, crime and immigration systems?"
12.27pm: The University of Manchester has published research which suggests one in three people with rheumatoid arthritis, regardless of their age, will fall once or more times a year. The research, funded by Arthritis Research UK, shows those who have fallen once are at much greater risk of falling again due to previous injuries and an increased fear of falling. Over half of the falls studied resulted in injuries such as pain and bruising and one in 10 falls caused a serious head injury or fracture.
12.24pm: We have published news stories on the revelation that 10 children had to travel for heart surgery due to the closure in Leeds, and a survey of GPs' views on giving the public access to their health records.
12.18pm: We have learned that the health secretary is today working at Watford General Hospital, as part of the DH initiative for all ministers and civil servants to have frontline experience.
11.05am: The Times this morning has a short story about a patient who died on the operating table following a "fatal bungle" by a surgeon.
Sixteen year old Ryan Senior died at Birmingham Children's Hospital after Dr Harish Chandran used the wrong instrument during a routine operation.
Dr Chandran told an inquest that the operation went ahead despite the correct instrument not being available. The operation went wrong after the replacement instrument turned out to be different to the one he had requested. "There is great pressure to reduce delays at Birmingham Children's Hospital and I felt under pressure not to delay the operation," he told the inquest.
10.28am: HSJ has an exclusive just published on Laing and Buisson's latest mental health hospitals report. The market analysts predict centralisation of secure and specialised mental health commissioning will put NHS England in a position to "ratchet up" pressure on prices and margins for independent mental health providers.
10.22am: The number of children who had to be operated on elsewhere due to the temporary suspension of services at Leeds hospital has emerged to be 10. Local politicians have repeated their concern about the move.
10.20am: The Guardian reports on proposals from NHS Blood and Transplant to prevent families overriding the wishes of the deceased relatives who have joined the organ donor register. The debate has been reignited by the news the NHS has met the target set by the Organ Donation Taskforce in 2008 to increase to number of transplants by 50 per cent. The paper reports NHSBT "believes a more firm but polite stance with bereaved families would ensure donors' wishes were more often respected" as at present they are overridden in 45 per cent of cases.
10.19am: We have published a feature on how building open and linked data systems that could help the NHS lead the world in delivering research
8.20am: The health reforms and the debate that ensued have been dominated by politics and an overwhelming focus on the merits or otherwise of competition and perceived privatisation of the NHS. In austere times, the importance of resource allocation in the NHS should be clear for everyone − not just policy nerds writes The King's Fund senior fellow David Buck.


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Kentucky Rural Housing Loans has made changes to the program guidelines for guaranteed loans, which will include the changes described below.
The 1980-D and all associated publications are replaced by the 7 CFR Part 3555. All effective Administrative Notices must reflect "3555". The new handbook is the HB-1-3555 and can be accessed by clicking the link here.
Existing properties located in a flood zone are now eligible as long as flood insurance is available through FEMA's NFIP program.
New or proposed homes in a flood zone must still meet additional flood zone requirements.
Flood coverage must cover the lesser of the total loan amount or maximum allowed by NFIP.Maximum deductible is $1000 or 1% of the face amount of the policy
Maximum deductible is $1000 or 1% of the face amount of the policy
The subject property cannot contain any land or buildings that will be used principally for income. Minimal income producing activity is allowed (a garden, but not a farm). The value of the buildings no longer needs to be deducted from the appraised value.
Any request to release GUS for data updates after the issuance of a Conditional Commitment will be treated as a new request, processed in date order of applications received.
Current homeowners are eligible for a guaranteed loan if ALL of the following are met:
Applicants are not financially responsible for another RD direct or guaranteed loan at closing.
Current home no longer meets applicants' needs.
Occupy the subject as primary residence.
Applicants are without resources or credit to obtain home.
Only one home may be retained.
Applicants must be financially qualified to own more than 1 home.
The commuting area restriction has been removed.
In order to meet the above requirement for the current home no longer meeting applicants' needs, the borrower must document a significant status change that requires immediate remedy. For example:
Severe overcrowding - Defined as more than 1.5 household members per room (not bedroom, just room)*, document overcrowding has existed for more than 90 days and will persist for 9 months into the future.
*Based on USDA's clarification of 1.5 per room, we do not anticipate many of these scenarios being acceptable and approved.
One borrower must have 3 trade lines that have existed for 12 months. If this requirement cannot be met, an accept decision must be downgraded to a refer and treated as a manual underwrite.
Scores 680 and above OR GUS accept = No VOR required.
Scores 679 and below = VOR required.
Determine if the total outstanding balance of all collections accounts and charge offs of all applicants is equal to or greater than $2,000. Unless excluded by state law, collection accounts and charge offs of a non-purchasing spouse in a community property state are included in the cumulative balance of all collections and charge offs.
Remove all medical collections and medical charge off accounts from the total balance. Medical collections and medical charge off accounts must be clearly identifiable on the credit report.
If the remaining outstanding balance of collection accounts and charge offs are equal to or greater than $2,000, any of the following actions will apply:
Payment in full of all collection accounts and charge offs at or prior to closing.
Payment arrangements are made with each creditor for each collection account and charge offs remaining outstanding. A letter from the creditor or evidence on the credit report is required to validate the payment arrangements. The agreed upon monthly payment for each outstanding collection account and charge off will be included in the borrower's debt-to-income ratio.
In the absence of a payment arrangement, the lender will utilize in the debt-to-income ratio a calculated monthly payment. For each collection and charge off utilize 5% of the outstanding balance to represent the monthly payment.
Include the greater of 1% of the outstanding loan balance or the verified fixed payment reflected on the credit report.
Exception: Monthly payment amounts listed on the credit report, which are less than one percent of the outstanding balance may be used when evidence from the loan servicer is obtained indicating; 1)the applicant is on a fixed repayment plan not subject to change under the terms of the current agreement and 2) and the monthly payment amount due. Fixed payments have a monthly amount that is not subject to change through the fixed repayment time frame. Income Based Repayment (IBR) plans, graduated plans, adjustable rates, interest only and deferred plans are examples of repayment plans that are subject to change and do not qualify for the exception.
Long-term obligations with more than 10 months repayment remaining, including all installment loans, revolving charge accounts, alimony, child support or separate maintenance payments, student loans and other continuing obligations. GUS will determine if the debt can be excluded. If GUS does not exclude the debt, we cannot override it and exclude.
Use the greater of 5% of the balance or $10.
Current payment from current monthly statement.
All household members must have 2 years IRS tax return transcripts pulled even if they are not a borrower on the loan. Transcripts for all household members are required prior to submission to USDA for conditional commitment. If the household member(s) is not a borrower on the loan, a separate 4506T form will be required.
If any adult member of the household is not presently employed but there is a recent history of such employment, that person's income will be considered in the calculation of annual household income. If the person involved is not presently employed and does not intend to resume employment in the foreseeable future, or if interest assistance is involved, during the term of the Interest Assistance Agreement, the applicant(s) and the person involved must sign a statement to such. The statement will be filed in the permanent loan file.
Household members now can provide gifts.
May be grossed up 25% for repayment income, cannot be grossed up for household income.
30% land value restriction has been removed.
Cannot include income producing land or buildings that use used principally for income purposes. No reduction of value is required for outbuildings.
No active farms are commercial enterprises.
Home based operations are allowed (home daycare).
Shared Driveways and private roads must have a recorded agreement/easement.
Swimming pool restrictions have been removed. Value reduction no longer required.
If any of these items exist on the credit report or other documentation provided, the loan is ineligible for USDA financing with Platinum Mortgage.
Foreclosure within 3 years of application date
Chapter 7 BK within 3 years of application date
Chapter 13 BK within 12 months of application date
Late mortgage payments if any mortgage trade line during the most recent 12 months of application date shows 1 or more late payments of greater than 30 days.
Late rent payments paid 30 or more days late within the last 12 months of application date.
A minimum of 2 scores required per borrower.
USDA has placed a limit of 6% for seller concessions.
All documents expire after 120 days for both existing and new construction.
If the applicant pays for application fee/closing cost/appraisal with a credit card and new charges are not reflected in the credit report balance these new charges must be included in the total balance and the payment must be recalculated. The new payment must be included in the DTI.
Joel Lobb
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Senior Loan Officer
phone: (502) 905-3708
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I have a few friends who have a deadly cancer. So, for these past few weeks, I've been reflecting a lot on the importance of the condition of one's spirit as it relates to one's eternal destiny. My hunch is that most people, given a choice, would desire that heaven be their … [Read more...]
Is God 'Your' God? Is the Gospel 'Your' Gospel?
This morning during my quiet time, I read 2 Timothy 2:8 "Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, this is my gospel..." The word 'my' jumped out at me. Paul was writing to Timothy about 'his' gospel - a very personal gospel. Paul embraced the gospel of … [Read more...]
The Cross and Your Life
Jesus made the greatest payment so you can have life - He gave his life. You and I can be whole if we receive all that Jesus died to give us. Strength, power, grace, forgiveness, love, patience, self control and so much more are available to us. The question is, will we open … [Read more...]
#FaithFriday on Twitter
It's Friday, May 8th, 2009 and I'm suggesting that on Fridays, Twitterers share the love of God and Jesus using the #FaithFriday hashtag. #FollowFriday If you use Twitter much at all, you'll know that four months ago Micah Baldwin came up with the idea that twitterers might … [Read more...]
A "Gospel of Fitness"
"We now have a critical mass available in which to generate a Gospel of Fitness with the best insights from all the helping professions." "The Gospel of Fitness is not a replacement for the traditional Gospel of the Newer Testament. Nor is it yet a formal theology. It has … [Read more...]


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Die gebruik van meditasie en visualisering in pastorale terapie met tipiese probleme van die vroeë volwassene (student) (University of the Free State, 2008-05)English: Recently meditation and visualization have acquired some prominence in the media. This has given rise to the question whether meditation and visualization can be used in pastoral therapy. Can right brain methods ...


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The new TV Guide Magazine is a huge improvement over the old. The large format is easy to follow and the print almost large enough for my 90 year old father to read. Having both Central and Eastern time zones on the same listing are a bit confusing at first, but you get used to it after a while. I'm not interested in the many articles about the feature TV shows and movies, but they appear to be well written.


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Pepto pink mannequins and metallic display cages housing Acne Studios leather jackets…this is not the Nordstrom you remember. This is Space: Nordstrom creative director of special projects Olivia Kim's latest in-store launch, which debuted in the downtown flagship store in August. Offering an exclusive selection of emerging designers—Vetements, Simone Rocha and Creatures of the Wind, to name a few—Space is Kim's world: a boutique-like setup within Nordstrom's designer department, where she shares her curated picks of innovative brands that are new to the industry.
Nordstrom creative director of special projects, Olivia Kim
The edgier, more intimate environment is the most recent initiative in Kim's two-year history with the iconic department store. As the previous vice president of current fashion cool kid Opening Ceremony, Kim left New York and is now pairing her talent for finding up-and-coming designers with the opportunity to stock the shelves and (er) racks of Nordstrom.
"I want this to be a place of inspiration and education," Kim says. "A lot of these pieces are new and directional, but I want it to always feel inclusive. Space is a part of the Nordstrom ethos of offering the best of what's out there."


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I was recently given 2 quart sized baggies of fresh blueberries from a farm in East Texas. They are the sweetest blueberries in all the land.
Knowing they would go bad before my family could eat them all, I shared a baggie and used 2 cups to make this:
I literally just googled fresh blueberry muffins looking for a simple recipe where I had the majority of the ingredients. One quick run to the local Walgreens for eggs and butter, and muffins were made. Yummy!
My recipe had cinnamon and nutmeg with a sugar topping. Very good!


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In this Witt's Wise Words, VP of Sales, CDK Global, Bill Wittenmyer discusses how sales is a numbers game. If you're selling the same product that others are selling, you can only expect to close a percentage of customers that come into your store. So, how do you get more appointments?
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Keto Lit BHB is an ultimate fat burning product. 100% natural ingredients which burn excessive fat from body and boost metabolic rate. How to use & where to buy?
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