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The lighter side of real estate
Posted by Jenean Hill on May 11th, 2010 | 0 comments
Buying or selling a home can get a little stressful. Sometimes, we need to lighten the mood a bit. So here are a few of my favorite real estate cartoons and jokes!
Ever been a landlord? Here are a few excerpts of real letters from tenants to their landlords:
- The toilet is blocked and we cannot bathe the children until it is cleared.
- This is to let you know that there is a smell coming from the man next door.
- The toilet seat is cracked: where do I stand?
- I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is running away from the wall.
- I request your permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.
- Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
- Will you please send someone to mend our cracked sidewalk? Yesterday my wife tripped on it and is now pregnant.
- Will you please send a man to look at my water? It is a funny color and not fit to drink.
- Could you please send someone to fix our bath tap? My wife got her toe stuck in it and it is very uncomfortable for us.


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Isabelle Flemming, BA, MA, MLS, is currently a part-time Reference Librarian at Ela Area Public Library in Lake Zurich, Illinois, after having worked there for several years as a full-time Reference Librarian/Computer Specialist. Prior to holding this position, she was the Business Reference Librarian at Mount Prospect Public Library in Mount Prospect, Illinois. She received her MLS from the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana, after also spending a year in the Library Science program at Indiana University, and an MA in history, majoring in History of Science, with a minor in Early Modern Europe, from the University of Florida. She obtained her BA in Psychology from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.
She has had the articles: "Universe, Closed or Open", and "Time, Cosmic", published in the Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture, (Los Angeles: Sage, 2009), and the chapters: "Ethnography and Ethnology" and "Magic and Science" published in 21st Century Anthropology: a Reference Handbook, (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2010), editor, H. James Birx. She co-authored the chapter "Reference Interview in Real Time and Virtual Time" with Lesley Farmer, and it appears in a reference book for librarians, Using Qualitative Methods in Action Research: How Librarians can Get to the Why of Data, edited by Drs. Douglas Cook and Lesley Farmer. (2011). Three articles, "Fight or Flight Model," "Memorials and Monuments," and "Hunter-Gatherer Societies," have been published in The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspective.
Her short stories have been published in a local newspaper, after receiving first place awards at a writers' workshop, and a short story excerpt from a novel in progress was published in the New England Writers' Network periodical. She is currently writing a fiction novel of the supernatural/mythological in ancient Celtic culture.
She is a retired member of the American Library Association, serving a term on the History Committee for RUSA (Reference and User Services), and the Public Library Association. Current member of PCA/ACA Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association and MAPACA (Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association).
She has presented the following papers: "Costume Jewelry: Reflection of Popular Culture" at the Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association, 2011. "Steampunk in American Popular Culture" at the MAPACA Conference in November 2013. "American Popular Culture through the Eyes of Collectors: Then and Now" at the February 2014 Southwest Popular Culture Association Conference. "Costume Jewelry: Product and Reflection of Popular Culture" National Conference of the Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association in April 2014. "Science and Magic in the All Souls Trilogy, by Deborah Harkness" at the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association in November 2014. "In Pursuit of Perfection: The Alchemical Tradition, Historical Times to the Present, "Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association in April 2015. "Copyright for Scholars" at the 25th Anniversary Conference of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars, June 2015. Most recently she presented a paper in April 2017 at the Popular Culture and American Culture Association national conference. In June of 2019 she chaired a Panel, "In Search of a Wider Audience: Publishing within Academia and Beyond" at the 2019 Conference of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars.
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Current research areas:
Cultural history of costume jewelry, effect of early women's magazines on their growing independence and spending habits
Medieval and renaissance Europe: cultural and intellectual history topics include: Significance and uses of collecting and collections among scholars and royal individuals. Study of specific collections to detect patterns and meanings.
Alchemy as an intellectual pursuit, alchemical symbolism.
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I am a full-time real estate agent, and I pride myself by providing the highest quality service, up-to-date information and sound real estate advice for every transaction. I am a native of Omaha and have an extensive sales, marketing, and media background – all of which help me deliver the best results for my clients.
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I am very fortunate to have the majority of my business come from personal referrals and repeat buyers and sellers. I look forward to welcoming you to my family of clients.
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We would like to express our gratitude to Arlene for making selling our beloved home and buying an exciting new home such a great experience. Every step of the way Arlene made sure we had all of the information we needed. She was cheerful every step of the way and a delight to work with. She was a tough negotiator we feel we got the best deals possible, it doesn't get any better than that. Any question we had during the entire process she would always get us the answer. We know she was busy but we felt like she was always available to us. She is a wonderful and professional woman that we respect very much. We now count her as a friend.
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- Colette
Arlene has been great to work with. I would describe the listing of my duplex as a journey filled with a lot of challenges and she was great through all of them. Challenges included my living out of state, duplex selling twice and each buyer backing out, and a family emergency that required me to take the property off the market. In the end, when all the fixes were made, I decided not to sell and move into it. Through all of this, she was helpful, supportive and understanding. I thank Arlene for everything. Regina Marohn
- Regina Marohn
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Bellary Fort
The Bellary Fort is located in the historic city of Bellary, Karnataka. It consists of two parts namely upper fort and lower fort. The fort and the town is located around two prominent and large rocky granite hills, the Ballari Gudda and Kumbara Gudda. The upper fort was built by Hanumappa Nayaka and the lower fort was built by hyder ali during the later half of 18th century. It is also known as the 'Bellary Gudda'. A French engineer was the architect of both the forts, but he was later ordered to be hanged by hyder ali because the king was not satisfied with the lower elevation at which the forts has been constructed. The French engineers grave, dated 1769, also can be found nearby.
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These shift units allow the user to select whether the Split-Shaft Transmission sends power to the wheels of an emergency response vehicle or powers an add-on unit, such as a water pump used for fighting fires. A component within the shift unit may be damaged and, as a result, the operator may not be able to switch the power output.
If the power output cannot be changed, once the fire truck arrives at the scene, it may not be able to pump water to aid in extinguishing the fire, increasing the risk of injury.
Waterous will notify the vehicle manufacturers that purchased the shift units and will work with them to remove, repair, and reinstall the shift units free of charge.
The recall is expected to begin in July 2016.
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A Recent Report cautions 'Awful Digital currency Control set up by the UK Regulator'
Industries and experts in the United Kingdom have responded to the authorities intentions to manage digital currencies and their related innovations, illustrating the intentions as a "insufficiently effective method," as revealed by a media house on 29th October.
Demands to improve the level of control by the nation's fiscal controller, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), over cryptographic money which purportedly center on purchaser insurance and anti-money laundering (AML) arrangement were detailed by the media in September.
Presently, a combined report from the British Business Alliance Specialist (BBFA), investment support Novum Experiences, and digital currency trade TodaQ has warned about the excessively broad control.
As per the record seen by the media house, "poor control is even more terrible than no control," with the ramifications of knock on impacts for the broader UK fintech industry.
"It is an exceptionally heavy handed method and I have not observed this in different nations," BBFA CEO Patrick Curry said to the media house, including:
"The utilization of this innovation is as yet a journey of discovering and these advances are being developed for various sorts of utilization. My worry is the legislation of unwanted outcomes."
The Broadcasting media state that the United Kingdom is already too sluggish to make an effort to understand and deal with the nation's digital currency system, in spite of London being a destination of a large portion of the cryptos notable names, for example, exchange platforms, eToro and Bitstamp.
Early this year, the FCA started a digital money "team," the basis of which was to survey "what to do about" the new innovation, FCA administrator John Griffith-Jones at that moment stated.
Digital forms of money, he included, had "the capability of harming the purchaser except if purchased in a controlled space."


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Published on August 30, 2013
Author: ProgressioUK
Source: slideshare.net
water is life
'DLO SE LAVI' There are 2.6 billion small-scale farmers in the world. Together they produce a third of the world's food. To do this, farming families, like those you will meet, need water. Water is the key ingredient that farmers need to grow crops to feed their families and to sell to make a living. Yet, limited and unreliable access to water is the biggest challenge facing all of the small- scale farmers that Progressio works with across the world. In April 2013, Lis Wallace, Progressio's Policy Officer on Environment, and Fran Afonso, photographer, visited farming families in Gens de Nantes and Lamine in the north east of Haiti. They learned how Progressio is working with local partner organisation Solidarite Fwontalye to make the most of the limited water resources available to farmers. The people they met repeatedly explained: 'dlo se lavi' which in Creole means 'water is life'. Water is important not just for drinking and washing, but also for growing crops so that there is enough food to eat and so farmers can sell their produce and make a living. water is life Previous slide: Jeannie and Luginas, 14 and 3, from Lamine, Haiti
In Gens de Nantes, farmers agreed: 'Water for agriculture is our priority because if we can grow crops then we can sell the surplus and buy bottled water to drink, but without water for agriculture, we have no food, water or income.'
Good water management is essential, especially when water is scarce. All water users should be empowered to plan for and manage the sustainable use of the water that they depend on for their lives and livelihoods. One farmer explained: 'People feel responsible for the water that they depend on. Training sessions about how to use water more efficiently have been very useful. These local solutions need to be matched by planning and support from the national level. We would like to have more irrigation projects but haven't been able to get funding despite offering our labour for free.' Previous slide: Hands up for water for agriculture The Farmers' Association meets in Gens de Nantes, Haiti
Angedala and Johnsy, 10 and 12, carry produce that wouldn't have been able to grow without water Gens de Nantes, Haiti
70% of farmers in developing countries are women. In Gens de Nantes, as elsewhere in the world, women are water managers, food producers and drivers of livelihoods. As such, their participation in decision-making about how water is used is vital. Climate variability affects the amount of water available and in north east Haiti this contributes to an existing scarcity of actual water sources. So girls and women have to walk further to collect water to meet household needs, putting them under ever-increasing pressure and physical strain. Women produce more than half of the food grown in the world
Gens de Nantes, Haiti
Oranus, 42, and Christemene, 38, Gens de Nantes, Haiti
In Gens de Nantes, wellbeing depends on the distance between home and the nearest water source Oranus, 42, and Christemene, 38, (previous slide) live with their four children. Their home is a ten minute walk away from the nearest river. It may not sound far, but that is the distance between thriving and surviving. 'The distance between the crops and the river has a big impact on whether the crops thrive or survive. The peanuts growing directly next to the river are thriving, whilst the same crops growing only a five minute walk away are struggling to survive in the dry soil,' explains Oranus. 'Water is life, because without it we can't do anything.'
'Water is life and without it we can't grow anything,' says Mimose, 45 Lamine, Haiti
Mimose, 45, and husband Elismar, 51 Lamine, Haiti
Mimose, 45, and husband Elismar, 51, (both pictured previous slide) grow pineapples, sweet potatoes, yukka, cabbages, beans and plantain on a plot of land next to their home. Agriculture is their main source of income, but unpredictable rainfall means crops are struggling and they currently have to buy in food to feed their family. 'Water is life and without it we can't grow anything,' says Mimose, 45. 'We believe we could grow more food for our family if we were able to collect and store the rain that does fall and if we could find a way of getting water from the river to irrigate our land. 'We are concerned that things will only get worse without leadership and intervention. With the help of Solidarite Fwontalye we have improved our farming techniques but the important thing for us now is to improve our access to water.' 'Generally we use rain water for agriculture, and the river for everything else, but there's no water downstream where we live so we have to walk to the source, which is an hour away,' Elismar explains.
Placide, 69, wants water storage solutions that will meet future water needs Lamine, Haiti
'Over the years the amount of water in the rivers has reduced due to deforestation, soil degradation and climate change,' says Placide (previous slide). 'Before, agriculture was more productive and we were able to sell surplus crops at market but we can't grow as much anymore as there is less rain. Both the quality and quantity of water has decreased so we are concerned that it will continue to get worse in the future. 'Water is fundamental to everything: agriculture and keeping livestock, cooking, cleaning, drinking and washing. We only have access to water from two rivers. There are no pumps or cisterns in this community. We would like a pump to access the ground water, and a tank to store it.'
Placide, 69, and Marie-Jocelyne, 57 Lamine, Haiti
Progressio's 'people powered development' works. For Placide, 69, Marie-Jocelyn, 57, (both previous slide) and son Kesnel, 20, the result is a rich variety of crops, including cocoa, plantains, red peppers, sweet potatoes, peas and potatoes. This is possible because of better water resource management. Kesnel and his family presented their concerns about the lack of irrigation and the contamination of local water resources to the local authorities and local radio stations. But until Solidarite Fwontalye started working with them, no one was doing anything about the problems. 'With the help of Solidarite Fwontalye, we are learning different farming techniques and how to be more productive and sustainable with the resources that we have. In order to cope with extremes of floods and droughts, we have built a water-retaining wall to limit the damage of tropical storms and we have planted trees and restored ravines in order to protect against soil erosion and landslides,' says Kesnel.
Progressio Development Worker Gabriel Petit-Homme Lamine, Haiti
'We need more money and political will to invest in rain water capture and storage systems, and more irrigation systems,' explains Gabriel Petit-Homme, one of Progressio's Development Workers in Haiti (previous slide). 80% of land used globally for agriculture is rain fed. By 2020, as a result of changing climate and rainfall variability, crop yields from rain-dependent agriculture could be down by 50%. Yet, by 2050 the world's water resources will have to support agricultural systems that can feed and create livelihoods for an additional 2.7 billion people. The link between water and agriculture often does not get the political attention and priority that it deserves. Consequently, there is not enough funding available for small-scale irrigation and rainwater capture and storage systems. National governments and international donors must prioritise investment in infrastructure to improve smallholder farmers' access to water. Governments should direct significant resources towards promoting sustainable water resource management, providing training for rainwater harvesting and supporting water conservation, so that even during periods of drought crops can grow and families can feed themselves. So what can be done?
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This is my Manager README, a document that helps you learn a little more about me, how I think, and how I work. The intended audience is anyone who reports into me, though anyone is free to read it - or even provide feedback on it.
My name is Sarah Jones and I'm GitLab's UX Research Manager.
I joined GitLab in November 2016 as GitLab's first and only UX Researcher. I built GitLab's research practice from the ground up.
I see my role as follows:
Generally, I prefer action over lengthy discussions and debate. I have faith in your ability and believe that testing your idea is the best way to start learning and making progress.
As we grow as a team, I strongly believe in changing existing processes to accommodate our needs. I don't want you do any process that is not beneficial to you and which prevents you from doing your best work. Nothing is set in stone and we don't do anything "because we've always done it that way".
I'm naturally a quiet person but I'm very observant and I listen intently (hence one of the reasons why I became a UX Researcher!). Please don't mistake my silence for disinterest. I'm likely thinking over the topic at hand before sharing my viewpoint. I don't believe you need to be the loudest voice in the room to have the most impact.
I believe candid and constructive feedback is critical to success. Lets be honest with each other. If there's a way in which I can improve, please let me know.
1:1s are a dedicated time for you to talk about anything and everything you want. It needn't be just a status update. We'll meet for 30 minutes each week. I encourage you to write down talking points throughout the week; it can be hard to think of things in the moment. 1:1s are flexible, they can shift and change to fit both of our schedules.
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Will a new audience fall for the septuagenarian Accent on Youth? Quite likely. First produced in 1934, this wry comedy by Samson Raphanelson, better known for The Jazz Singer, still retains more vigor and charm than many more modern shows-as well as a touch of wisdom.
As the play begins in the well-appointed New York apartment of playwright Steven Gaye (David Hyde Pierce), the hero realizes that his latest drama, about a May-December romance, isn't working and decides on the spur of the moment to leave that night for Finland with a much-younger old flame of his own (Rosie Benton). He's first stymied, then inspired when his efficient young secretary Linda (Mary Catherine Garrison) declares her love for him-which proves, in the next act, not to be unrequited. When the curtains rise again, it's months later, his play has been finished and produced with Linda in the lead, and the two are already discussing marriage. But then Linda's leading man (David Furr) - much younger and more eligible than Steven - reveals that he, too, is in love with Linda.
The elaborately plotted, fast-moving play has more than its share of clever lines and witty observations, and director Daniel Sullivan makes the action run smoothly and logically despite the odd central caesura. But what ultimately makes the comedy stick with you as well as sparkle is that, while it plays with cliches of young obsessions and old love (the name of Steven's play within the play), it never reduces its characters to the stereotypes inherited from Restoration comedy. Linda may be a besotted sweet young thing, but she's bright, discerning, and, as Garrison plays her, more sassily sophisticated than her age and baby-doll voice would suggest. As for Steven Gaye, he may be a quick-with-a-quip dandy of screwball comedy and a suggestible swain, but he's also a gentleman of a certain age really grappling with the ramifications of his romances. Hyde Pierce nails the artist's preoccupation with his craft-and how that obsession informs his real life. It's a captivating performance, bringing deeper undertones to the comedy's charm, and a highly capable cast helps. Most notably, Charles Kimbrough as a gentleman's gentleman and Benton as Steven's abandoned lover and leading lady both give stellar performances, proving that young and old alike can shine in this undersung but ageless charmer.


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There are plenty of fans of the long-running game show "The Price Is Right" here in Detroit, so it's fair to assume that a few of us are aware that lawsuits by "Barker's Beauties," the female models who promote the show's prizes, are not uncommon.
Over the years, quite a few women have sued the show's producers, alleging that they were fired because they had gotten too old or were sexually harassed while on the job. Typically, these lawsuits do not get far.
But recently, a former Barker's Beauty sued the producers of the show for gender discrimination -- and won.
The model, Brandi Cochran, worked on the show for eight years before she was fired in 2010. She claimed that she was dismissed because she had gotten pregnant. A jury agreed and awarded her $776,000 in compensatory damages (meaning money is that meant to compensate her for discrete, identifiable economic losses) and $7 million in punitive damages (money meant to punish the wrongdoer.)
We have to assume the punitive damages will be reduced if the producers appeal and win, but we are happy to see that some traction has been gained here. Cochran detailed a long list of unacceptable behavior, such as reducing her workload as her pregnancy became visually apparent and rude jokes and comments by the show's bosses, and it is not fair to anyone to allow conduct like that to go unchecked in the workplace.
Now, not all cases of gender discrimination are quite this obvious. Gender discrimination can be more subtle. If you feel you have been mistreated at work, it might not hurt to speak over what happened to you to a lawyer. He or she can help you determine whether you have a case.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, "'Price is Right' Model Wins Discrimination Lawsuit," Eriq Garnder, Nov. 21, 2012


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Defense witness: Man accused of shooting a Warren County deputy has several mental illnesses
Reed evaluated Laghaoui after the June 9, 2016, crime spree
Reed evaluated Laghaoui after the June 9, 2016, crime spree
Reed evaluated Laghaoui after the June 9, 2016, crime spree
In the year leading up to the shooting of Warren County Deputy Katie Barnes, Mohammad Laghaoui lived in a constant state of anxiety, unless altered by a drug, according to Dr. Douglas Reed, who testified on Monday.
Reed evaluated Laghaoui after the June 9, 2016, crime spree in which he is accused of shooting his own father, shooting Deputy Barnes and shooting at a neighbor.
"He not only has a severe mental illness, or had one at the time of the crime and offenses, he had more than one severe mental illness," Reed said.
Reed said in the year leading up to the shootings, Laghaoui had delusions of a snake living inside his throat, hallucinations that he had bugs crawling all over him and paranoia that people were out to harm him. Reed said Laghaoui admitted to having threeor four different personalities inside him.
The defense is trying to convince jurors that Laghaoui is not guilty by reason of insanity.
"He has a moderate intellectual disability formerly called mental retardation," Reed said.
Reed said Laghaoui's mental illness prevented him from knowing right from wrong on the night of the shootings.
Reed told jurors prior to that night, Laghaoui smoked synthetic marijuana known as K2 or Spice, and Laghaoui's "cannabis use disorder" also had an impact on his actions.
"Whatever rational response he might normally have made was diminished and made worse by the residual effects of the synthetic marijuana in his system," Reed said.
The jury could get the case by Tuesday afternoon.
Jurors will have to deliberate on 10 counts, including attempted aggravated murder.


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The Insanity Offense
In the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, many people have questioned the state's decision to make the university a "gun-free" zone, especially when it did nothing to prevent the attacker from bringing the weapons on campus. Noting the impossibility of securing a 2600-acre campus, the forced disarming of the student body and faculty has created a debate about the Second Amendment and the ability of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves. The debate has highlighted the differences between assuming roles as activists and victims.
Locally, the well-regarded Hamline University took the latter approach. After the shooting, the university offered counseling and coping assistance, even though the shooting had taken place 1500 miles away. Grad student Tony Scheffler took exception to that, and replied to the e-mail that perhaps a better solution would be to allow Hamline students the ability to defend themselves. As Mitch Berg notes, that's when Hamline decided that Scheffler required psychiatric treatment:
In the aftermath, officials at Hamline University sought to comfort their 4,000 students. David Stern, the vice president for academic and student affairs, sent a campus-wide email offering extra counseling sessions for those who needed help coping.
Scheffler had a different opinion of how the university should react. Using the email handle "Tough Guy Scheffler," Troy fired off his response: Counseling wouldn't make students feel safer, he argued. They needed protection. And the best way to provide it would be for the university to lift its recently implemented prohibition against concealed weapons.
"Ironically, according to a few VA Tech forums, there are plenty of students complaining that this wouldn't have happened if the school wouldn't have banned their permits a few months ago," Scheffler wrote. "I just don't understand why leftists don't understand that criminals don't care about laws; that is why they're criminals. Maybe this school will reconsider its repression of law-abiding citizens' rights."
After stewing over the issue for two days, Scheffler sent a second email to University President Linda Hanson, reiterating his condemnation of the concealed carry ban and launching into a flood of complaints about campus diversity initiatives, which he considered reverse discrimination.
So what happened at Hamline? A debate over the nature of personal security? A healthy exchange of views on gun control? A forum on diversity initiatives?
Not exactly, no. David Stern, reaching back to the grand tradition of the Soviet Union, decided that dissent had to involve some sort of psychological disturbance and bounced Scheffler out of Hamline. Rather than wait to the end of the semester and then invite Scheffler to continue his education elsewhere, though, Hamline treated him like a psychotic and barred him immediately from campus until he got psychological help:
So Hamline officials took swift action. On April 23, Scheffler received a letter informing him he'd been placed on interim suspension. To be considered for readmittance, he'd have to pay for a psychological evaluation and undergo any treatment deemed necessary, then meet with the dean of students, who would ultimately decide whether Scheffler was fit to return to the university.
The consequences were severe. Scheffler wasn't allowed to participate in a final group project in his course on Human Resources Management, which will have a big impact on his final grade. Even if he's reinstated, the suspension will go on his permanent record, which could hurt the aspiring law student.
"'Oh, he's the crazy guy that they called the cops on.' How am I supposed to explain that to the Bar Association?" Scheffler asks.
He has also suffered embarrassment. Scheffler obeyed the campus ban and didn't go to class, but his classmate, Kenny Bucholz, told him a police officer was stationed outside the classroom. "He had a gun and everything," Bucholz says. Dean Julian Schuster appeared at the beginning of class to explain the presence of the cop, citing discipline problems with a student. Although Schuster never mentioned Scheffler by name, it didn't take a scholar to see whose desk was empty.
What happened to all of that caring and coping? Hamline stood ready to treat its entire student body as victims, offering all sorts of free and presumably anonymous counseling and "coping" assistance. When one of them challenged that status, they use the same mechanism to humiliate and punish him. Either Stern has never read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, or he has only done so as a do-it-yourself guide to political correctness and punishment for its violators.
And let's also point out that they only hired an armed guard after Scheffler pointed out that they had left students with no defense whatsoever against attackers -- and only to ensure that the man who pointed it out could not return to campus.
Hamline is a private university and can set its own standards for admission and retention. However, it should be made clear to its students and its potential students that Hamline has no room for intellectual dissent from its attendees. Students have to accept the victimology dogma of the administration in silence, and in return Hamline will help them cope with their powerlessness. If by chance one of the students challenges the university directly on its philosophy, they will treat him or her like a psychotic and hire the guards they should have hired when they decided to keep their students disarmed.
Mitch and I will absolutely be discussing this on tomorrow's edition of the Northern Alliance Radio Network.
UPDATE: The lovely and talented Dr. Helen takes note of this, and adds:
I have an idea of how to get potential psychotic school shooters off campus: Just goad them into saying something conservative. Next thing you know, they'll be whisked off the campus in handcuffs and psychological treatment will be a must--at their expense! Problem solved.
All too true, especially since Hamline apparently sees conservatism as a mental disorder.


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A Kildare councillor says he thinks people are becoming "a bit numb" to the homeless crisis.
10 families became homeless in Kildare in a single period of 31 days, between September 30th and October 31st.
105 adults (+24%) and 145 children (+12%) are now in emergency accommodation supplied by Kildare County Council.
Not all of these families are being accommodated in Kildare.
20% of children are in homelessness in Kildare for between 12-30 months.
The data was obtained from Kildare County Council by Social Democrats Cllr., Aidan Farrelly.
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Growing up in the Central Valley, we both believed that if we wanted to be successful, we needed to get out of Stockton and Escalon. Like many young people confronted with the lack of opportunity in the region, we eventually did just that — earning scholarships to attend Harvard University and California State University, Monterey Bay. We had to leave to pursue higher education and achieve our dreams, and in doing so we were part of the brain drain that results in only 17.4 percent of adults in Stockton with a college degree.
But we both still longed to help our community in San Joaquin County. In that vein, Lange, 28, returned to Stockton in 2014 to follow his parents into the classroom as a teacher. He now serves as president of the Stockton Unified School Board. This year, Griselda, 26, left her career as a family engagement coordinator in Washington, D.C., to come home and model for her nieces and nephews what is possible when you continue education after high school. Both of us are incredibly grateful to be paying it forward to the next generation of students as the director and outreach officer of the Stockton Scholars program.
Every day, we have the honor to invest in students through Stockton Scholars, an initiative that aims to dramatically increase the number of Stockton students who enter and complete higher education. Last year Mayor Michael Tubbs was able to secure a $20 million donation to launch the program, which will begin in full this spring. This year, we are offering two grants of up to $1,000 per year for four years — the Stockton Scholars, which is open to any graduate of a Stockton Unified school, and Shriram Scholars, which is open to students from any public school in Stockton and attend a University of California campus. For most students in Stockton, this makes UC or CSU tuition free — filling the gap between tuition costs and state/federal financial aid. The deadline for both grants is 11:59 p.m. Saturday.
To ensure the highest number of Stockton students possible benefit from these resources, we've hosted financial aid workshops for students and their families and registration events at all qualifying schools. But we can't do this alone. We are writing to encourage all eligible students to register for these grants by Saturday.
In order for students to qualify, they must graduate from a public school in Stockton with a 2.0 unweighted overall high school GPA, complete the FAFSA or Dream Act application, and apply for two additional grants or scholarships. We repeatedly tell our students that it is almost as difficult not to get our grants as it is to get them, and we aim to give out as many scholarships as there are eligible students.
In the last year, we have met dozens of bright, resilient young people — many of whom will be the first in their families to attend college and who want to gain skills and expertise to build up our city. We've built relationships with students like Gurleen, a Franklin High School graduate and current student at the University of California, Berkeley. In her application last year for our 2018-19 Roses from Concrete Pilot Scholarship, Gurleen wrote, "(People in my life) constantly bring me down about my city by saying Stockton is hopeless. Yet, I've seen all types of students who are ambitious and who, like me, seek to change Stockton's story. Stockton does have successful people and I hope to become an example of it."
This year, thousands of students like Gurleen will graduate from high school in Stockton, and each deserves support in pursuing their dreams. The first step is ensuring that they access the resources that are available to them. We're looking to the community of Stockton to help.
At Stockton Scholars, we believe that if we provide our youth with opportunities, they will be unstoppable. We ask you to share the message with young people, students, and families that in Stockton we invest in our young people. Please visit www.stocktonscholars.org for more information on the scholarship, opportunities to get involved, and upcoming events. Together, we will be able to dramatically increase the number of Stockton kids who complete higher education in the next 10 years.
Lange Luntao is director of the Stockton Scholars program. Griselda Rojas serves as its outreach officer.


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"Haunted" is a teaser trailer for the TV special of the same name. It was first shown to an audience at the panel of San Diego Comic-Con International 2014 and was later included in the DVD release of "Freaky Fusion". Spectra Vondergeist is the narrator.
Spectra has gathered several of her friends inside the attic of Monster High to tell them a ghost story. Her story posits that alongside Monster High there exists another school in the Ghost World and that the reason few know of this is that ghosts have kept to themselves ever since the Red Lady was punished for her hauntings. The group is frightened by the sudden entrance of Ghoulia, who had yet to join. Spectra invites her to take a seat and prepares to continue her story, but she is interrupted by the arrival of three pale ghosts and a red one, who chase everyone away.
- "Haunted" was uploaded on the YouTube channel on October 02, 2014.


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by Jake Moeller.
In this #FundManagerChat podcast, Mike Scott, lead fund manager of the Man GLG High Yield Opportunities Strategy explains his investment case for global high yield bonds.
Mike outlines how he is finding opportunities in global high yield bond markets in the face of quantitative distortion by central banks, geopolitics and inflationary expectations. He discusses his current geographical preference for European and U.K. credit, how high yield credit can still diversify against equities.
He also explains why he believes he can continue to meet his performance target of a total return of 6-9% (net of fees) over a business cycle.
Finally, Mike reveals some of the key issues that investors may be overlooking when deciding whether to allocate to global high yield credit.
|Run Time
|Explain the objective of the Man GLG High Yield Opportunities Strategy
|What is the importance of the thematic element to your strategy?
|On volatility. How confident are you HY credit can maintain lower correlations to equities?
|You've an unconstrained portfolio. What's attracting you to the U.K. and Europe?
|Should investors be worried about inflation?
|Where are we in the cycle? How confident are you that you can meet your performance objective?
|What potential tailwinds might investors be overlooking in HY credit?
Mike is chatting with Jake Moeller, Head of Lipper UK and Ireland Research at Refinitiv, in London on February 26, 2019.
Man GLG are currently in the process of pre-authorisation with the FCA for a fund based on this strategy which is expected to be launched later in 2019.
Michael Scott is a Portfolio Manager at Man GLG and lead manager of the Man GLG High Yield Opportunities Strategy.
He has over 13 years of investment experience. He began his career at Cazenove Capital Management in 2005 before moving to Schroders in 2006.
Michael initially spent four years as a European industrials credit analyst covering investment grade and high yield and went on to become the lead high yield portfolio manager.
Michael graduated from Oxford University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Lipper delivers data on more than 265,000 collective investments in 61 countries. Find out more.
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Amazing Bible Timeline – Review
The Amazing Bible Timeline arrived in the mail packaged in a US Postal Service tube. But, unbeknownst to me, it was also wrapped with no small amount of controversy. I didn't know this for the first month it sat tucked away in my coat closet. It was just a quiet "little" map with colorful features and an impressively large format (37" by 46").
The words and graphics provide a visual timeline that documents 6,000+ years of concurrent biblical and secular history. Instead of displaying this history on a traditional linear (straight) timeline, the poster provides an innovative and compact circular format. It allows you to see an overview of both world and Bible history in one place.
When I write a review, I typically don't read what my fellow Homeschool Crew members have written. I earnestly try to develop original content with my own unique thoughts. As a rule, I do not even gather the opinions of the brilliant Hottie Hubby, as he can sometimes sway me with his persuasiveness. In this case however, I broke both of these rules because of a peculiar, and seemingly defensive, email that I received from the vendor of the Amazing Bible Timeline.
I figure that you read my blog because you have come to either trust my free thoughts and feelings or are entertained by my attempts to resemble a successful blog. So I will state for a fact before I go any further: I know that when I am exposed to another person's thoughts, it INFLUENCES my thinking. It may not define my thinking, but it will influence it. To some extent, this is true for everyone. And so I admit that I have been influenced in writing this blog post, just as the publishers of the Amazing Bible Timeline may have been influenced in creating their timeline.
I applaud all of the people who worked on creating the original version of this timeline in 1931. Oddly enough, I could not find any information about who these original creators were as they are never sited on the map or on the vendor's website.
The current vendors of the Amazing Bible Timeline, Bill and Margaret Agard, claimed to have begun working with the original version of the informative timeline in 1975. The vendor's website states that "1975 was a time when Christians were committed to building greater unity or cooperation among Christian faiths, very different from today's time of Bible bashing and rejection of any Christian whose faith does not exactly match our own."
To some extent, I have no problem promoting a document that many people of various cultures and beliefs can use. I do support offering grace instead of legalism. I prefer not to argue over semantics, or issues that don't effect eternal salvation.
But I do believe that doctrine matters because I believe there is absolute truth. If a person's doctrine on salvation is contrary to my understanding of Scripture, I don't reject that person. But my love for them compels me to tell them, in love, why I believe their doctrine is flawed. In many cases, flawed salvation doctrine is related in some way to a belief that man has to earn their salvation through their own works. I believe that "it is by grace that you are saved through faith." So when I confront someone over this difference in salvation doctrine, I do so because I want to free them from the bondage of having to earn their salvation and God's love.
I don't necessarily believe there is a salvation issue at stake by using this map, but I do believe that there are suspicious sources that were used to populate the timeline. I also noticed how their is a disproportionate amount of "real estate" on the timeline to describe both events and cultural beliefs that appear to have a common agenda. The agenda that is seemingly promoted by these items is closely linked to a system of doctrine that I do not support. My concern, should I consider using this timeline, is that I would have to scrutinize every detail printed on the Amazing Bible Timeline. For brevity sake, I am going to avoid listing each of these details. If you would like specific examples of what I am referring to with "suspicious sources" or "a common agenda" please email me and we can dialogue about that. There are also plenty of other blogs out there that list the details.
For me personally, I'm not sure that I would really use the timeline even if there weren't questions about the influences involved in creating it. First of all, my kids are too young to benefit from it (we are only on the Letter E in Tot School). Additionally, the Hottie Hubby has some great Bible software that pretty much supplies a lot of the historical details and extra research sources that he needs when teaching a Bible lesson. Thus we would opt for the search button rather than getting down on our hands and knees to look at the map spread out on the floor, as we don't have any wall space for this work.
Because of the issues mentioned above I cannot, in good conscience, endorse using the Amazing Bible Timeline in your schoolroom. However, you can purchase the Amazing Bible Timeline for $29.97. In addition, you will receive a downloadable bonus Digital Amazing Bible Timeline and Interactive Maps of the Holy Land, both of which are a $14.97 value. The Amazing Bible Timeline comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
I would encourage you to check into the Amazing Bible Timeline for yourself and develop your own opinion about it. Though this review has presented some challenges, it has been refreshing for my brain to research, dialogue, and draw my own conclusions. I have enjoyed the process of thinking this through.
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Sam Bradford must be a bridge to the Cardinals' future
There are two camps forming in Phoenix.
One terms the Sam Bradford signing as a gross overpayment to an injury-prone underachiever whose left knee won't hold up for more than eight games before he lands on the shelf and forces Chicago Bears 2017 free-agent bust Mike Glennon into action.
The other is ready to declare this one-year, $20 million contract ($15 million is guaranteed with a second-year option) the latest prescient plucking of untapped potential from the quarterback scrap heap — the next Kurt Warner or Carson Palmer.
The truth resides somewhere in between those two extreme opinions, as dull as it makes this column's clickability.
Bradford, 30, has had two ACL repairs on his left knee (2013 and 2014) and an arthroscopic procedure on the same knee that forced him to miss 14 games last season. That is troubling, no matter what the current bill of health or the Cardinals' rose-colored projections say.
He played on some awful or just poor St. Louis Rams teams his first four seasons and seemed a mismatch with then-Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly in 2015, but great players are supposed to lift poor teams, so Bradford deserves his share of blame for failing to do so.
On the flip side, Bradford completed an NFL-best 71.6 percent of his passes in 2016 with Minnesota.
Only four players (Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees) own higher passer ratings than Bradford among quarterbacks with at least 15 starts the past two seasons. When healthy, Bradford has played pretty well since he reached NFL maturity.
Free-agent signings are prone to overanalysis, little of which will help predict the future. Bradford is a wait-and-see proposition.
The greater question Cardinals fans must ask themselves is this: What else could Arizona have done?
The Cardinals didn't get Alex Smith because Mr. Smith is going to Washington. They didn't get Case Keenum, who is, to date, a one-year wonder as he heads to Denver.
They were never going to get Kirk Cousins (even if his sister — eye-roll — lives in the Valley) because the more attractive Vikings threw an absurd amount of money at a guy who has yet to rise above good-not-great status. The Eagles intend to keep Super Bowl-winning QB Nick Foles as insurance against starter Carson Wentz's ACL surgery recovery.
Bradford was the best option available to the Cardinals and $15 million for a quarterback of his experience is the going market rate.
What his and Glennon's impending signings — the Bears released Glennon on Wednesday — highlight more than anything is the Cardinals' plan for the future at this position.
By giving Bradford a one-year deal with an option, the Cardinals are essentially taking a look-see at the potential that made him the first overall pick in 2010. If he lights it up, they have a chance to bring him back, although the nature of that team option is unclear.
If he doesn't succeed, they can cut bait.
The same goes for Glennon, who some reports tabbed as a potential starter here last season, although the Cardinals never had serious interest in him. Glennon, 28, is fine on a reasonable deal as a backup. No sane analysis of the Cardinals' quarterback situation can conclude that it isn't better with Bradford and Glennon than it would have been with Drew Stanton and Blaine Gabbert.
When the 2017 season ended, the Cardinals had no quarterbacks under contract. They have two now, but the biggest piece of the puzzle is yet to come in the NFL Draft in Arlington, Texas, April 26-28.
The Cardinals need to find their quarterback of the future in that draft, whether it's Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield, Josh Rosen, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen or Mason Rudolph. To get that guy, general manager Steve Keim may have to do something he has not been prone to do: move up in the draft.
The Cardinals are currently slated to pick at No. 15. Their guy might be gone by then if you believe the latest in the mind-numbing series of mock drafts that have as many as five quarterbacks going in the first 12 picks.
Would Denver be willing to part with the No. 5 pick now that they have Keenum? Would Cleveland be willing to part with one of its two top-five picks? Is there another club in the mix?
Whatever the cost (within reason) and despite the long odds of that pick panning out as a franchise or very good starter, the Cardinals have to find a way. They have put this off too long.
Arizona hasn't drafted a quarterback in the first three rounds since 2006 when they selected (deep breaths) Matt Leinart. Palmer's retirement and the short-term deals of their new QBs have backed them into a corner.
Don't waste a first-round pick on an offensive lineman that won't play right away as he adapts to the dramatically different NFL game. Go the free agent route and sign capable veterans that can help Bradford and that QB of the future, who could be pressed into action sooner than expected.
While you're at it, go find a receiver to team with Larry Fitzgerald — a guy that can help the QBs and provide some hope at that position for the future because he won't play forever.
The Cardinals' free agent moves at QB were logical moves, given the limits that their cap situation and current personnel placed on their ability to attract players. Now they have to execute the second, more important part of the plan.
They have to find a QB of the future. They have to put the pieces around that QB and Bradford to set them up for success.
It's time for Keim to justify that contract extension he just signed.


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Sally Berenzweig is always looking to what more she can be doing to help keep children safe.
As the co-founder and Chief Development Officer of Boca-based KidSafe Foundation, her goal is to build a safer community by educating children, parents and educators on the topic of child abuse.
Her work for the past 11 years is being displayed on an international platform thanks to L'Oréal Paris. The company is recognizing Berenzweig as one of 10 Women of Worth Honorees.
The finalists will find out if they are the overall "Woman of Worth" during a gala held in New York City on Dec. 4.
Inspired by the iconic L'Oréal Paris tagline, "Because You're Worth It," the philanthropic Women of Worth program honors the intrinsic worth of everyday women igniting positive change in their communities and championing self-worth in others. With diverse stories born from personal experiences, the 2019 Women of Worth represent a range of causes including empowering at-risk teenage girls, supporting survivors of conversion therapy and helping parents of children with learning disabilities to navigate the special education system.
"I am so honored that I am even an honoree," Berenzweig said. "It's huge for KidSafe Foundation. It's life changing for our organization. I have been on cloud 9."
The nomination landed the nonprofit a $10,000 donation from L'Oréal. If she wins the overall honor, KidSafe will receive an additional $25,000 to help fund its community work.
Berenzweig, a former teacher and psychotherapist, started the nonprofit after she had a frightening experience. It wasn't an experience with a child she was working with, but one she had with her own son that left her feeling ill-equipped on ways to keep her son safe. She had left her son, who was 3 at the time, with a trusted babysitter.
Somehow, her son managed to walk out of her home and wander away five blocks without the sitter noticing. A stranger found her son crying on the street and took him into his car. Luckily, she said the man was helpful and brought him back home safely. But the experience rattled her as a mother.
She met Cherie Benjoseph, a social worker, who then became a co-founder of KidSafe.
"We had no intention of starting a nonprofit," Berenzweig said.
But when they found out that one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually exploited by the age of 18 and that 90 percent of sexually abused children knew their abuser, KidSafe Foundation was born.
One of the signature programs KidSafe offers is an eight-lesson curriculum that certified instructors teach in schools to kids ages 4 through 5th grade. The program is modeled off of how fire safety prevention is taught, a serious scenario taught in a way that kids aren't afraid. The lessons go over teaching kids that they have the right to be safe and how to tell an adult if someone if inappropriately touching them or abusing them.
The lessons, which are approved to be taught in schools in Palm Beach and Broward counties, are taught in a way that is not fear driven and uses role playing, art, songs and discussion.
In addition, KidSafe has online programming to teach adults on how to look for signs of abuse and talk to their children about it as well as for educators.
The nonprofit recently rolled out a new program for camp staff.
Since 2009, KidSafe has reached 60,000 kids and 35,000 adults.
Berenzweig said she has seen the impact of KidSafe work firsthand. A student going through the lessons told a teacher that a relative was abusing them. And because the student's teacher had gone through KidSafe training, the teacher responded appropriately and the parents took the child to therapy where it came out that the relative conducting the abuse on the child was abused.
Because of KidSafe's work, Berenzweig said the cycle of silence was broken.
"Every child has the right to be safe and to live a life free of childhood trauma," she said.
Thanks to L'Oréal Paris, Berenzweig said the $10,000 donation will be earmarked toward the foundation's signature program "Empower Me KidSafe."
In addition to the monetary donation, the company is providing national paid media, educational and training opportunities, and a large-scale platform to share honorees' stories.
A parent who had gone through the KidSafe program nominated Berenzweig for the honor.
"They are giving me an international platform to shine a light on child sexual abuse," she said of L'Oréal Paris."There aren't a lot of companies that are so socially responsible. We need everyone working together. Every child is worth it."
For more information, visit kidsafefoundation.org.


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Representatives from each of Drum Corps International's World Class participating organizations and the DCI board of directors convened last week in Phoenix. A series of regularly-scheduled fall meetings wrapped up the recently completed 2018 DCI Summer Tour while looking ahead to the upcoming season and new business cycle.
Discussions centered on a continued focus on best practices in participant safety as well as health and wellness initiatives. In addition, meeting participants discussed ongoing sustainability and fiscal responsibility for all ensembles taking part in the DCI Tour.
"The strategic pursuit of an atmosphere and culture of wellness and excellence is certainly not a new concept within our association. It is ingrained in everything we do," said DCI CEO Dan Acheson. "The enthusiastic acceptance of the vision outlined in the 2017 strategic plan is providing us with an exceptional foundation for our top-to-bottom commitment to building a stronger, safer, and healthier climate in which our participating organizations and their members will grow and thrive."
He continued, "The member organizations of DCI's World Class are continuing to evolve and reprioritize their individual and collective resources, operational standards, and best practices to serve their respective program participants at higher levels than ever before."
The group engaged in an agenda brimming with a variety of general business matters and discussion topics during several days of committee and plenary sessions.
Member safety and health issues remain primary focal point
• Corps worked to adjust the total number of summer tour stops they will make in 2019 to provide increased rest for performers, staff, drivers and volunteers throughout the summer. The average number of performances per corps will be slightly lower than what it has been in the past.
• In January of this year, the directors voted to hold an interim Rules Congress in 2019, anticipating a more immediate need to make adjustments to the adjudication process than that which has become customary. With no rules change proposals submitted for the coming season, however, the decision was made to instead recast the coming winter's business meetings to bring together key instructional and administrative staff members and drum majors from all participating corps for a comprehensive health, wellness and safety summit. This first-ever event will also involve board members from each of the organizations and will include a variety of workshops and sessions encompassing a broad scope of related topics.
• Following a compelling presentation regarding the need for corps to develop enhanced health, wellness and safety programs by Steven M. Rock, MD (Orthopedic Sports Medicine Specialist, Medical Associates/Dubuque) and Dee Higgins, Ph.D. (Program Director & Professor of Athletic Training, Clarke University/Dubuque), corps pledged to increase resources for the Marching Music Health and Wellness Project (MMHWP). The aim is to offer expanded professional networking and facilitate the efficient sharing of best practices, provide ongoing development for guidelines, standards and expectations, and broaden the pool of medical practitioners and additional educational resources available to the corps.
• Corps emphasized the importance of streamlined processes for background checks and other policies and procedures designed to lawfully gather information for better participant protection. They also raised awareness of the need for vigilance to ensure participant safety via new and updated policies, increased communication across all organizations, continuing education for corps staff, members, and volunteers, and clear compliance and reporting mechanisms and awareness.
• Further concentration on participant safety policies and practices covered a range of topics including dangerous weather, communicable diseases, injury protocols, and food safety. Discussions also placed focus on mental and emotional health issues including the need for additional awareness, education, training and policies in an effort to provide more resources for performers during the pre-season and while on the road as guided by continuing education and best practices from the MMHWP. A pre-season activity-wide safety and wellness policies and procedures training event has been scheduled for June.
IN STEP: Women of DCI gains momentum
Committee members of Drum Corps International's IN STEP: Women of DCI initiative welcomed new leadership with the Bluecoats' Genevieve Geisler taking over for DCI board of directors chair and IN STEP founder Kathy Black. The committee will center its efforts on two key focuses for 2019:
Participation: Work to assist women to succeed in all aspects of activity throughout the DCI community
Leadership: Encourage and assist women in rising to roles of influence at every level from participation through administration
Get IN STEP: Stay up to date with the latest Women of DCI news, information and events
Board of directors furthers proactive agenda
Following the conclusion of the voting membership meeting, members of the DCI board of directors gathered. Focuses of the meeting included discussion on the adoption of evolving governance practices at the organizational level, the continued implementation and refinement of the DCI Strategic Plan, and an ongoing review of action plans for each operational area included within the master plan.