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Multi-sport athletes help the area's large-school volleyball teams
Several local volleyball players are bucking the trend of playing one sport in high school.
In this era of specialization for the area's bigger schools in which athletes can toward playing only volleyball while trying to land a college scholarship, there are some notable exceptions this season that are excelling in more than just volleyball.
Carroll's talented volleyball pipeline this season actually comes from the school's highly-successful softball team. Tigers' senior middle blocker Olga Zamarripa was a second-team, all-district infielder in softball in 2016, and Carroll senior setter Jeannette Hernandez was a first-team outfielder in softball in 2016.
Zamarripa has given a verbal commitment to play Division I college softball for Texas Tech after she graduates from Carroll in 2017.
'Playing both sports is kind of hard to do,' said Zamarripa, who was also a second-team all-district selection in volleyball in 2015. 'You have one sport to keep you active and one sport that you really love. Playing volleyball does keep us in shape for softball.'
Hernandez plans to play softball for San Jacinto College after high school.
'I've been on varsity since my freshman year and it has been hard. It has been a challenge,' said Hernandez, an honorable mention selection in volleyball in 2015.. 'It has been tough balancing school and sports, but I've met some of my best friends in both sports and I really love it. I wouldn't have it any other way.'
Carroll senior middle blocker Hannah Mayo — who's verbally committed to play at Texas A&M and was a second-team all-district pitcher last softball season — is in her first season of playing volleyball for the Tigers. Although Mayo doesn't get as much playing time on the volleyball court as the Zamarripa and Hernandez, Carroll volleyball coach Cheryl Flynn really appreciates the effort and leadership that Mayo and the other two standout softball players have brought to the Tigers, who have already won seven district matches this volleyball season compared to none in 2014.
'They are so committed to the team,' Flynn said of Mayo, Zamarripa and Hernandez. 'When they're here, they really commit to volleyball and when they're at softball they really commit to softball. It's not, 'I like this sport or that sport more,' it's 'I'm here right now and this is what I like doing.''
Flour Bluff sophomore middle blocker/hitter Hayle Campbell hasn't been a one-sport wonder, either.
Campbell — who is among Flour Bluff's leaders in blocks — was the Caller-Times All-South Texas Girls Basketball Newcomer of the Year as a guard last season.
Campbell is also the younger sister of former Hornets' football standout Jalen Campbell, who's now playing for Sam Houston State.
'I get tired a lot,' Hayle Campbell said with a smile. 'It's very tough going back and forth every day. I do track too, so it helps me not to get out of shape.'
Defending District 30-5A champion Tuloso-Midway's senior setter, Jamie Horman, also would've been included with this stellar group of big school, multi-sport volleyball players had she recently decided not to play basketball this season. Horman was not only a 2015 first-team all-district volleyball player, but also a first-team all-district girls basketball player as a guard last season.
Horman, however, has opted not to follow in her older sister Cami Horman's footsteps by playing basketball in her senior year at T-M.
'My sister Cami was always a basketball star coming in and basketball was her thing,' said Jamie Horman, who won't play sports in college but instead plans to attend Texas A&M after graduation. 'So I really fell in love with volleyball and I was happy that volleyball could be my thing and basketball was hers.'
Not only did Gregory-Portland save its season by sweeping host Flour Bluff 26-24, 25-20, 25-16 on Tuesday, but the Lady Cats (21-16 overall, 10-6 in District 30-5A) also pulled even in the loss column with the Hornets (21-16 overall, 11-6 in District 30-5A) for the fourth and final playoff spot from District 30-5A with four district matches remaining.
Chloe Rodriguez's 13 kills, Breanna Walp's 2.5 blocks and Taylor Bluemel's 25 assists led G-P, which also avenged a previous four-set district loss to Flour Bluff in Portland earlier this season.
Lindsey Tolan's 14 digs and six kills led the Hornets, who only have three more district matches remaining this season because they've already played one more match than G-P.
Host Sinton ruined Orange Grove's perfect district record with its thrilling 22-25, 21-25, 25-17, 25-23, 15-8 comeback victory on Tuesday, but the Bulldogs still control their own destiny as far as the District 31-4A title is concerned.
District 31-4A frontrunner Orange Grove (25-9 overall, 10-1 in District 31-4A) has already played both second place Rockport-Fulton (27-8 overall, 9-2 in District 31-4A) and Sinton (18-14 overall, 9-2 in District 31-4A) twice during district play with three more district matches remaining for those teams this season.
Sydney Horger pounded a match-high 23 kills for the Pirates, and Hannah Allison led the Bulldogs with 22 kills.
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ASTONISHING footage shows a man learning he has been "Catfished" after revealing he sent his "fiancée" $200,000 - despite having never met her.
The victim, named only as Dennis, appeared on the Dr Phil Show where he revealed his love for his partner "Kimberly."
He said he had been told by the woman that her passport had expired after being involved in a car crash in South Africa where she was supposedly on a business trip.
Dennis insisted his girlfriend, who he exchanged romantic text messages with, had encountered problems with authorities due to her expired travel documents.
After his long-distance love apparently ended up in Amsterdam, Dennis revealed he spent more than $200,000 trying to get his dream woman home – despite having never met her.
The shocking clip shows Dr Phil picking apart the poor man's story showing that the woman's passport is actually bogus and signed by a man named "Frank."
Dennis is then shown shouting at a man on the phone who "scammed him" saying he would "kill" him if the pair met.
Dr Phil then introduces "Kimberly" – and while the clip ends there, the woman most likely had her picture stolen by the Catfish crooks.
'Catfishing' is when someone creates fake profiles on social media sites to trick people into thinking they are somebody else.
It is most common on social media and dating apps like Tinder.
They make up life stories and use photographs of unsuspecting victims to create fake identities. Catfishers add life experiences, jobs, friends and photographs to the fake accounts.
This can be seen in cases such as young mum Chloe Davis, 20, who began receiving suggestive text messages from men who believed they had chatted with her on Plenty of Fish after someone set up a fake profile in her name.
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NYC's Liberal Mayor Bill De Blasio has found himself in a mess as three separate scandals hit his office, including bribery, prostitution and an illegal weapons arrest! In addition, a local businessman claims he raised $80,000 for the De Blasio campaign in exchange for various deals. As well, a prostitute is testifying a major de Blasio donor "watched and directed" her sex games with members of the NYPD.
Reagan Stevens, the deputy director for Mayor De Blasio's Office of Criminal Justice, was arrested Saturday for illegal weapons possession while sitting in a car that 'reeked of weed' near the scene of a Saturday night shooting. Stevens was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. A 9mm gun with the serial number scratched off and a shell casing were found in the glove compartment. Cops noticed there was a "strong odor of marijuana" wafting from the SUV.
She was arrested with two men, Montel Hughes, 24, and driver Caesar Forbes, 25. They are also accused of gun charges as well as of carrying knives at the time of their arrest. Cops also found five Ziploc bags of pot in Hughes' coat pocket. A gravity knife was also recovered from the pocket of his pants. Cops found the loaded handgun in the car. When no one claimed ownership, police took the three of them into custody.
The trio's arrest followed a burst of five gunshots that activated an NYPD "ShotSpotter" device in Jamaica at 9:42 p.m. Saturday. The five shots fired from the car were caught on surveillance cameras. Moreover, the gun found in the car has an eight-round magazine and had three rounds left in it. A spent round was found on the driver's side floor.
Stevens managed youth and strategic initiatives.
Her main job is implementing a 2017 state law that will raise the age at which kids can be prosecuted as adults for non-violent crimes from 16 to 18. Prior to her current position, Stevens served as the Deputy Director of the Mayor's Action Plan's Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System Task Force. She also spent 15 years implementing crime prevention, adolescent diversion programs and alternatives to incarceration at the Kings County District Attorney's office.
De Blasio is notoriously pro strict gun control:
Just last month he joined a student walkout in Brooklyn. He told students: 'You are making so clear to this whole country that you are sick of the violence, you're sick of the madness, you're sick of the slaughter and you won't stand for it.'
The city's Office of Criminal Justice suspended Stevens without pay from her job.
'We take these allegations very seriously,' said the statement.
But this is the third high profile scandal for Democrat De Blasio this year.
Harendra Singh, a Long Island restaurateur, raised as much as $80,000 for De Blasio in exchange for various deals. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to trying to bribe the mayor in hopes of getting a better lease.
Singh testified under oath on Thursday that he steered tens of thousands of dollars to Mayor Bill de Blasio's political campaigns in return for favorable treatment by the city. Singh also claims that De Blasio not only knew of the illegal arrangement, but encouraged it and actively helped the restaurateur.
"He made many phone calls," Mr. Singh said of the mayor. "His office was working very hard, from his deputy mayor to his assistant to his intergovernmental affairs person. Everyone was working."
A one-time high-end hooker at the center of an NYPD corruption scandal is expected to testify that a major de Blasio donor "watched and directed" her alleged sexcapades with cops.
Former prostitute Gabi Grecko traveled to Las Vegas in early 2013 with Jeremy Reichberg and Jona Rechnitz. They were both major contributors to Bill de Blasio's mayoral campaign. She claims Reichberg supervised the trysts.
During the private flight to Sin City, Grecko also performed "services" for the duo's guests. They included retired NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office has charged.
Grecko will discuss the mile-high hookups on the stand during the trial.
Reichberg's lawyers have pushed to block prosecutors from bringing up "any evidence" Grecko and Reichberg had a sordid tryst mid-air. They claim that would have "the potential for unfair prejudice."


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The original plan for today was to do 18 miles on the hills around Superstition Mountain but that did not seem like such a good idea even as I was heading off to bed last night. Not that I wasn't capable of it but rather its just the having to drive 20 minutes to go running was something I really wasn't in the mood for. Besides that's lost sleeping time.
Still I left my alarm set for 5 am and when the time came I decided to take the extra sleep. In actuality, I still could have done it since it was forecasted to be a cool day in the desert but I had my mind made up to do my usual long run route. After a smoothie, power coffee, some surfing the interwebz and a good warmup, I was out the door and before 7:30.
It was a perfect morning for a run with temps just cracking 60 and a light breeze but a tad bit of guilt was there that the 18 flat miles I was going to do were not a good substitute for the 18 hilly ones I was passing up. Then it occurred to me that 20 miles would be an acceptable substitute.
Mile 1 was a nice warmup to get everything moving and from there the goal was to stay in the sub-10 minute range. Also now that we're into May I need to focus on faster pace over HR on my long runs if I have any hopes of nailing a 7:35 pace over 26.2 in the next 4 months. Fortunately I've built a nice aerobic base so I was pretty comfortably around 137 bpm for the majority of the run, especially for the first 13 miles or so. This is a good sign, as was the bunny that crossed my path around mile 3.
It wasn't until I was 9 miles in that the faster pace started to make my legs feel a bit on the heavy side. BBW tried to convince me to cut the run short but I was having none of it. You never get that second wind if you don't run past you're first wind. Even so I was still able to maintain a good pace in the 9:40s and it wasn't until mile 13 that I turned my first 10 minute mile (10:00 on the button) and would remain in the low 10s for the remainder of the run.
The next few miles were getting harder and I had to remind myself that pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. By mile 17 I was starting to bonk with a 10:33 but passed up the chance to end the run at 18. I was committed to 20 and told myself that the hard miles now will make for easier miles down the road. I also told myself that I needed to pick up the pace for 18 and 19 and used what I had left in the tank. As I completed 19 I was pretty well gassed and happily cut my pace way down for the final cool down mile.
In the end I am glad that I opted for 20 today as it advances my training by a week and can jump to 22 miles next Saturday. It's all about them miles now so I'll take them while I can. Now it's time to have a nice breakfast of bacon and eggs that Christine is preparing after her 5 mile walk/run today. After that we're just going to relax. As much as I'd like to do the Night Run with the rest of the AZ crew, it's just not in the plan especially with another 10 in the morning.
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Off to a good start
10 comments:
- TropiClay Studio said...
I really like that display shelf!
- August 6, 2012 at 7:34 AM
- Quietly Otaku said...
I agree that little shelf is a great find, also I reaaalllly dont like spiders - that'd be too scary for me!
- August 6, 2012 at 8:21 AM
- cookingwithgas said...
Yea! Looking forward to some Tracey work coming out of you soon.
- August 6, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- imagine said...
Why is it my words always come back to haunt me.
I too love the display shelf and I can't imagine picking it up as cheap over here.
Oh! That mug is a beauty [not at all twee].
- August 6, 2012 at 11:04 AM
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- Dennis Allen said...
Those old plant shelves are great but awkward to move around.Any of Mark's pots would get my eyes open in the morning( or any other time).
- August 6, 2012 at 4:23 PM
- Amy said...
Wow- what a find- for $5! Inspiring me to go thrift store shopping... glad you're back in the studio.
- August 6, 2012 at 7:33 PM
- Amy said...
oh, and a great mug. no wonder you like it! hoping to get close to that glaze color in my electric kiln.
- August 6, 2012 at 7:52 PM
- Shannon said...
what a good find! a perfect fit, I think. Welcome back from your quiet summer spell.
- August 7, 2012 at 5:25 AM
- Susan Wells said...
May I come over and lick that mug? And climb inside your barn and look out at your happy customers when they clamber over it? Nice shelf!
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What's Covered Under The Workers' Compensation Law On Long Island?
Over the past decade, the State of New York has come up with comprehensive legislature to protect the rights of workers who get injured on the job. Previously, employers would suffer loss from their employee's effort to secure compensation for such injuries. The animosity they felt towards such employees has been averted since employers can avoid such expenses by getting Workers' Compensation insurance.
Under the Workers' Compensation law, any injury that results on industry premises, or while executing industry duties, may be compensated. In a situation where a worker does not file a Workers' Compensation claim, they are likely to lose their rights to benefits and medical care.
Workers' Compensation law judges may assist employees who do not have an attorney. If the circumstances result in complicated cases, which the employer on different grounds contests most cases, and then you have to appeal, you can contact our attorney from our Long Island Workers' Compensation law firm.
A worker's payment of weekly benefits for short-term disability is calculated by getting the average of their weekly wages for a year after the accident. The benefits should not exceed the legal maximum requirement. In case of an accidental injury, a worker can receive medical care even though there was no loss of time on their duties and never paid their cash benefits.
Conditions That Require a Physician to Need Prior Approval for Medical Care
• Surgical procedures
• Specialist consultations
• Physiotherapeutic procedures
• X-rays
The insurance always covers all drugs a worker may use when injured. The claimant has to send the bill to the insurer. The insurer is then obligated to settle the bill within 45 days. In case the insurer fails to authorize for medical care for more than 30 days, the doctor is legalized to offer services that are needed for the claimant's wellbeing. All diagnostics tests must be obtained from a network that the insurance carrier and the claimant agreed upon to be authorized.
Workers' Compensation is a weighty issue in so many organizations and companies. In some places, personnel department handles compensation claims, whereas in other places, a risk manager or insurance purchasing manager does it. As a worker, you should be in a position to know who is responsible for such claims in your organization.
The specialist does take care of employees' injury claims because they are not like any other medical case. They involve certain investigations, which are at the same time the case is reported. Here are some of the investigations that are necessary.
– Establishing whether the accident occurred in the course of duty
– Consulting the relevant insurance cover
If the injury is severe, then OSHA investigation is necessary. The company takes immediate action to prevent injuries of the same nature in future.
So many bodies that give insurance services, it is, therefore, good to have sound knowledge of the organization that is offering you services.
Self Insurance
To be a self-insured employer, then the value of assets must be high that it can meet the compensation expense of the workers. The state in most cases follows up to confirm that the workers are compensated. The third party who is responsible for all paperwork and dispatching the funds to the employer also gets involved in the compensation process.
State Managed Programs
The state departments of commerce, labor or industrial relations run this program. It is open to all employers. If your company is a member of this body then when the company gives you your compensation it acts as an insurance agency.
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In some states, workers are allowed to get insurance services from private companies. The big insurance companies provide their services to companies of all sizes. However, some states do not permit this. There are some states that do not privatize Workers' Compensation insurance.
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Building an Empathetic Workplace Focused on WorkPosted: June 4, 2018 Filed under: Learning Organizations, Museum, museum staff, Organizational Values, Work Habits, Workplace Values | Tags: empathy, museums, nonprofit Leave a comment
The museum workplace is full of feelings: Success–you got the grant; terror–the second floor bath really leaked and your insurance deductible is that high; delight–a child told you this was the best school trip ever; accomplishment–you might actually finish cataloging that collection; anticipation–the fall benefit is tomorrow. All these feelings and emotions connect to work, but you're not a product of artificial intelligence. You arrive every day with your own jumble of emotions, and it's the moment where these two paths cross that we need to think about.
You've heard that oft-mentioned workplace trope, "We're like a family." Maybe. Strong families are committed. They communicate well and regularly. They are resilient. They share values and belief systems. They like spending time together, and they are affectionate. Those are all good things, although not all are workplace appropriate. In addition, not everyone working in your museum or heritage organization comes from a healthy family. Some arrive with a host of baggage. Advertising the workplace as a family sets it up as a place that fills a host of unmet needs. Work quickly becomes a spot where individuals feel comfortable discussing their failed relationships, their children's problems or less dramatically, a venue where they let go of the frustrations of modern life. And while some colleagues share too much, others don't share at all, yet their silence says everything. They can't focus, are absent or on the phone frequently. When the over-arching culture says "We're family," it's hard for museum colleagues (and leaders) to separate the hum of personal drama from the day-to-day at work or to know what level of help or participation is appropriate.
Once, a boss I didn't much care for, an individual who met alcoholism head-on so he knew a bit about controlling feelings, told me that the hardest thing about work is exercising restraint. At the time, I brushed it off, but it's stayed forever embedded on my personal hard drive, a home truth about saying less. That's true both as a leader and a follower. It's a reminder to all of us to create a museum culture for the public AND for staff that is warm, embracing and empathetic, but at the same time clear that our first priority is the communities we serve and the objects, living things and buildings we care for. In other words, work is about work.
Not being like a family doesn't mean museum leaders can't or shouldn't address staff's problems when they interfere with work. But here's a caveat: Do your homework first. If you have an HR department, consult them. Know what you can and cannot say, and what you can and cannot offer, and whether HR needs to be in the room when you speak to your employee. Too often people suffer through massive personal drama because they're ashamed of what's happening to them. If you don't have an HR department, use resources in your community — perhaps through your Chamber of Commerce — to get the advice and counsel you need. Make sure you've documented the employee's behavior so you're not offering vague descriptions that only add to the misery. If inattention costs your organization something, be prepared to explain. Work toward:
- Creating a climate where staff aren't afraid to say they need to press pause.
- In the event of a personal tragedy, make sure staff know who to talk to.
- Remember that accident, illness or broken relationships can happen to anyone. Don't blame an employee for circumstances beyond her control.
- Separate legitimate tragedy from a staff member who uses the museum to shed emotional load.
- Work with HR and your board personnel committee to understand what alternatives you might offer–sick leave, FMLA, short-term disability–and know what those mean.
- Build a museum workplace that is warm and empathetic, yet focused on work.
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Exactly. Totally enjoyed reading this to start my day. Thanks!
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Same here. Brought back days/times when I was a scout.
We need a LOT more men like Mike today, more than ever before.
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Great article. I remember that during my time as an active Scout, the controversy was the focus on "urbanizing" the program.
I also have my Grandfather\s BSA handbook from the early 1900's. It's amazing the contrast to even the one from my time.
I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm.
Mr. Rowe's writing resonates with me as well. My son is a Scout (First Class nearing Star) and our troop is well established and has many excellent qualities. As an assistant scoutmaster and merit badge counselor I see my share of the inner working of our troop and Mike is correct.
In our own troop we "fight" to create the environment where the young men are allowed to compete so they may recognize their shortcomings and work to strengthen them, the boys are allowed a measure of latitude to fail, to suffer (within reason), and to succeed when they've earned success.
The safe space mentality is pervasive and it is one of the main reasons we "lose" new scouts. Parents are unwilling to allow competition for fear of failure. It is as though failing at anything; even down to a simple game, will create some horrible scar that will haunt a child forever. Some parents find it unconscionable that we would allow a child who has forgotten a jacket to be uncomfortable on a campout, or a patrol to be hungry if they've neglected to prepare their patrol box. Rather than seeing some discomfort or small hunger pangs as great teachers and strong reminders they only see suffering. The "safe spacers" cannot see the value in overcoming an obstacle. They don't hear the adult leadership telling the scouts, "You can figure this out, you can overcome this roadblock." they only see some desperate situation from which their "baby" must be rescued.
I enjoy seeing the pride in a scout when he has overcome adversity. I have had the pleasure of attending many Eagle Court of Honor ceremonies. Listening to the Eagle Scout recall funny situations, lessons learned, and those to whom he owes gratitude inspires the other scouts and fills the "scouters" (Adult scouting participants like me) with pride.
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It's kind of interesting. He is simply stating that inclusion is not the problem but relevance. Why did they need to include girls? That is a solution for the wrong problem. And it wont fix the problem. I like how he points out that they are perceived to have gone soft.
And that perception, true or not, becomes reality.
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I think this is a good article. BSA is applying a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
In our own LDS troop, I noticed over the past 20 years the watering down of activities to match the interest and skills of the weakest boy. As an LDS troop, many of our leaders were voluntold to be there and many didn't have a strong Scouting background or interest. Consequently our activities and campouts can often be lame.
However, we are going to Yosemite at the end of June for a week of back country hiking and a trip to Half Dome.
I also think we have a generation of "momma bear" parents who call, text or email at the slightest offense that poor little Billy is forced to endure.
Good write-up, I like Rowe, however, I think it dances around an issue.
I was speaking with a number of parents and friends who have kids that are apart of the Scouting program...a lot of the fathers there (there weren't many) lament the fact that the other father's are either: Not apart of the kids lives (just about every kid comes from a divided home), have no interest in participating (selfish, f-the mother, are cynical about Scouting), have no outdoor background or, all of the above. I went to one troop meeting (My sister's bf son) just to observe, there was more mother's and little sisters 'hanging around' than father's.
I get what BSA is doing, they're trying to survive, I don't like it, but the bigger issue I think is the lack of involved fathers. There's a lot of dancing around the issue that BSA relies on the core family dynamic and engaged parents. There's a bunch of exceptions out there but, mother's can only do so much when raising boys.
As the parents in the troop I grew up in would say, Scouting may be boy led, but it's parent driven.
Rowe is right. The Boy Scouts aren't any more relevant to kids these days than playing cowboys and Indians. Kids used to find it fun to learn to tie knots and repeat faux Native American tribal stories. Sixty years ago.
Now, kids interact with "friends" on the Internet from all over the world, play video games, and sometimes even write code.
The lack of interest in Scouts doesn't have anything to do with wanting to be "safe".... it has to do with not giving a shit about sleeping in a tent.
The special snowflake, safe space, crying closet is a real problem. A big problem. A sickening problem.
But tying this to the decline of the BSA is missing the point. Scouts are declining for the same reason hoopla hoops declined. Out of style.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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I can't agree. It may be that there is less interest in Indian camps, teepees, wood craft, but the lessons of Boy Scouts were never limited to that. It was about the Boy Scout Law, Be Prepared, being thrifty, brave, clean and reverent, learning your limits, useful experiences, working with others in a variety of contexts, some skills, attitudes to transition from boyhood to adult manhood, doing so while engaged in activities designed to reinforce those traits.
Remember your military training, boot camp, OCS? There were all these tasks with had to be done perfectly while some wild man was hollering, or otherwise making things unpleasant, stressful, tucking your shirt, making your rack or bunk, cleaning your rifle, barracks inspections, organizing your locker, keeping it locked due to "security."
Nobody gave a crap really about doing those things. There were no security implications in that code book or ancient rifle. All that was done to get you used to attention to detail under pressure, and similar objectives.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
Agree, JALLEN.
I'm a current Scoutmaster and also an Eagle Scout. Been doing this for almost 10 years between being a Cub Scout Den leader and BS ASM and them SM.
Boy Scouts builds men. Failure IS an option, and as others have said - overcoming failures is a *learned* behavior, and boys can learn it in a supportive environment in Boy Scouts.
In the 7 years our Troop has been in existence we've generated 12 Eagle Scouts. Many more in the pipeline. IMO these boys are superior to their peers in being ready for the world. Young men who have 'helicopter' parents, mostly moms, find out quickly that once the boy reaches First Class we will no longer deal with his parents as it regards his Scouting journey - the young man has to stand on his own two feet. OR, the boy (parent) finds a Troop that will allow them to hover, protect, save them from their failures or lack of preparation.
In town we are known as the 'militant' Troop simply because we have rules, won't abide chaos, and the Troop is 'boy lead' - we're trying to do right by these young men and help them achieve their goals and grow up to live by the Oath and Law, and become self-sufficient.
Yes, the current generation has video games and other distractions - but there is still plenty of interest in Scouting, that's my experience. Still plenty of young men who are interested in what Scouting has to offer.
Now, girls in the Boy Scouts? Blasphemy. If the girls don't like what the GSA is offering let them fix their own problems. FYI, interest in girl scouting is WAY down, their membership numbers are way down and they're selling off GS camps because they don't want to (can't?) afford to keep the doors open, from what I'm being told.
This was the *one* thing that boys still had to themselves, up to and including Eagle Scout - and the Progs/Libs couldn't *stand* it. The BSA line, if you believe it (I don't) is that they were spending millions of dollars defending themselves in court against groups that were trying to force them to accept gay boys and leaders, and ultimately girls. Again, the company line is that they capitulated to stop the bleeding from the lawsuits as well as to 'welcome the families', i.e. the girls who were attending Den and Pack meetings with parents because their brothers were involved in the program and they 'had to be there anyway'. The BSA line is that there was a pent-up demand from girls who wanted to join the program - I don't believe it.
The important point here, from my perspective - is that BSA membership numbers are down....the BSA is, at the end of the day, a BUSINESS....and they saw an opportunity to add more members to the rolls and bring in more $$. Period. They are still realizing the fallout from their decisions to include gay boys and leaders, and are now suffering fallout from allowing girls in the program. They just can't seem to get out of their own way.
Finally, a correction - *as of right now*, subject to change - because this is the 'camel's nose under the tent', like anything else - the official BSA policy is that there will be no co-ed Troops; a Troop of girls can be chartered by an organization and they will be all girls, with female leaders. As far as Cubs goes there can be girl-only Dens within a Cub Pack, but no co-ed Dens. Also, charter orgs, *as of today*, can choose whether or not to charter a Girl Troop or allow girls into their existing Cub Pack (in their own Den), or not...
The question I ask myself now, is - if/when I'm ever a grandfather, with me and my oldest boy being Eagle Scouts, and my youngest on the doorstep having just completed his Project - would I counsel my grandson(s) to join Boy Scouts? Time will tell, and right now it's not looking too good.
Other than that last correction WRT girls being allowed in boy Troops, and they're not - Mike Rowe is spot-on - as usual.
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I think it's like what we've seen wth so many other organizations and businesses; in order to attract more they abandon their core. Scouting was full of challenges, learning, proving competence, and most importantly building confidence. Merit badges and skills awards were pretty much black and white, in order to achieve the goal one had to prove competency. It didn't matter that you tried, what mattered was the end result.
For some reason that seems unpopular now. Parents have a fear of seeing their kids fail. They have a fear that they might lose their self esteem or get their feelings hurt. Some in this thread have made the point that scouting skills such as knot tying, orienteering, etc are out of fashion in our video game age. I don't think that it is the skills so much that have gone out of fashion, it's the ideals of being measured by achievements rather than feelings that has gone out of fashion. The reality is not everyone grows up to be an astronaut and not every Boy Scout becomes an Eagle Scout.
So now we have the Boy Scouts struggling with how to stay relevant, searching for ways to grow membership and they start to abandon their core policies and beliefs to do so. While trying to be more inclusive, they've managed to alienate their core supporters. Still hoping for some sanity to survive and a return to their core values.
My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball.
This brings up a point of why I can not stand my wife or her mother sometimes. Anytime my kid falls down they rush and crowd him, and then give me the evil eye when I say leave him alone. I would be one of those people he speaks about, and I hope he would consider me hard working. But it does come from our parents. My parents didn't believe I should get a trophy for average work, I got a trophy for making A's. I was a scout, and I loved it. And so I try to teach my son the same things, that when you fall YOU pick yourself up. Daddy may be concerned, but he will not help you unless he knows you cant manage it yet.
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Winston Churchill said that "success is moving from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
Sure, JALLEN, I get that. But what "brought 'em in the door" so to speak, was the outdoors/wilderness/Indian thing. Which is passé.
I don't doubt for a minute that the Scouts build good men, and good citizens. But... There are many activities that could be used to teach character and valuable life skills. Sadly, it seems fewer and fewer such organized activities exist these days for kids that are relevant to the 21st Century.
I'm not sure WHY that's the case... Maybe joining up and membership in stuff in "the real world" is also out of style. I dunno.
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The young today are far less likely to be joiners than we or our fathers and grandfathers were.
My theory is that until WWII, folks worked together, groups, clubs, fraternal and civic organizations building the cultural and social infrastructure we knew. Elks, Eagles, Sons of Herman, Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, Jaycees, among many others. Us babyboomers were less likely to join up, our children a lot less so. Our grandchildren?
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
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by John Lowe
(Woodruff, S.C.)
May 20, 2014
Tom Lowe
The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians
Lesson II.B.5.a: Hope of the Resurrection. (4:13-15)
2nd Corinthians 4:13-15 (NKJV)
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak,
14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Note: Psalm 116 is shown complete under SCRIPTURE REFERENCE AND SPECIAL NOTES due to the many references to it within the commentary.
Paul had just finished mentioning the hardships and sufferings that he had faced in the service of God (2 Co. 4:8-12{20]). It takes great faith to stay steady under such continual sufferings and still boldly preach the Christian gospel. He has such a steady faith, and in verses 13-15 he mentions four factors that sustain him in his hard and perilous work. First, he is reassured when he recalls the psalmist's courageous declaration in a time of trouble: "I believed and therefore I spoke." The second support which Paul had was the conviction that no matter what men do to him that "God (He) will raise him" and give him full salvation. The third support for his work was his concern for the salvation of others and seeing them mature in their faith. The final and greatest support which the apostle had was the knowledge that it all works out to the glory of God.
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak,
In this passage, Paul identified himself with the writer of Psalm 116{1]. Paul, like the psalmist, had experienced the "terrors of the grave," and God's deliverance. "Death had its hands around Paul's throat" (Ps. 116:3), and He knew that he could die through one of these experiences (2 Co. 1:9{19]). In the midst of troubles, and in the face of death, Paul, like the psalmist, had cried out to God (Ps. 116:4). The psalmist believed that God would answer his prayers (compare 1:11 to Psalm 116:1).
You also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many. (2 Co. 1:11)
I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. (Ps. 116:1).
In fact, his prayers were his only defense. For this reason, the psalmist had vowed to pray as long as he has breath (Ps. 116:2). His prayers were not the only expression of his faith in God; he also promised to thank and praise God, telling others of what God had done for him (Ps. 116:14, 17-18).
The phrase "Spirit of faith" means "attitude or outlook of faith," not the Holy Spirit. Paul was not referring to a special gift of faith (1 Co. 12:9{14]), but rather to that attitude of faith that ought to belong to every believer. He saw himself identified with the believer who wrote Psalm 116:10, "I believed, and therefore have I spoken." True witness for God is based on faith in God, and this faith comes from God's Word (Rom. 10:17{15]). Nothing closes a believer's mouth like unbelief (Luke 1:20{16]).
Of what was Paul so confident? That he had nothing to fear from life or death! He had just listed some of the trials that were part of his life and ministry (2 Co. 4:8-12), and now he was affirming that his faith gave him victory over all of them. Note the assurances he had because of his faith:
• He was sure of ultimate victory (v. 14).
• He was sure God would be glorified (v. 15).
The afflictions and persecutions of Paul's life did not seal his lips. Wherever there is true faith, there must be the expression of it. It cannot be silent.
If on Jesus Christ you trust,
Speak for Him you surely must;
Though you humble to the dust,
If you love Him, say so.
If on Jesus you believe
And the Savior you receive
Lest you should the Spirit grieve,
Don't delay, say so.
14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.
Although Paul was experiencing the sufferings and death of Christ on this earth (2 Co. 4:10-12{1]), he placed his hope in the God who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead. The fact that God had "raised . . . Jesus" is taken as solid ground for confidence that He will likewise raise those who believe in the Lord Jesus. "With you" does not mean "at the same time,"
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African retail sales rose 2.4% year-on-year in June following a revised 2.3% increase in May, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis, sales were up 0.3%. For the quarter, they rose 2.4% in the three months to the end of June compared with the same period last year, the statistics body said.
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Turismo de Tenerife will be launching a "Stop dreaming, Tenerife exists" campaign this summer to attract Canarians themselves to take "stay at home" holidays in Tenerife. The campaign will be run through disfrutadetodo.com, which is empty of offers at the moment, but which is designed to bring to Canarian residents "the best offers and packages from travel agents Viajes El Corte Inglés, Halcón Viajes, Viajes Vibo and Canariasviaja.com, who are collaborating in the campaign with special prices and prize draws for those who register.
The campaign aims to compensate for the lower than expected numbers of Spanish nationals who have come here on holiday and to improve the island's image as a preferred destination for short leisure and relaxation breaks for Canarians, reminding them that they can find everything they need for a complete holiday on their own doorstep.


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The 30-Day Letter
In all but a few Georgia DUI arrests, there are two different legal matters that must be dealt with — the administrative license suspension (ALS) and the criminal driving under the influence (DUI) case. In essence, this dual-tiered approach means that to win a DUI case, you need to fight both issues in two separate court cases, each with its own judge and prosecutor. Besides the usual criminal DUI prosecution (which most of the time comes last), the ALS appeal concentrates on the single issue of your pretrial loss of driver's license.
Filing The 30-Day ALS Letter Inside Of "30 Calender Days"
After you are arrested for DUI in Georgia, the ALS appeal is initiated only upon your written request asking for a hearing regarding your driver's license suspension. This process must be initiated by you within 30 days of your DUI arrest. When determining the due date, you need not count weekends or state holidays (but not federal holidays), and the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) must receive your letter by the 30th day.
Remember, Georgia state and local governments are represented by skilled and experienced attorneys and law enforcement agents — and you deserve a defense lawyer just as good. To protect your rights you should act quickly. Contact our office today to preserve your freedom.
The 30-Day Letter Must Be Submitted As Quickly As Possible
As of July 1, 2017, the law gives you two options when it comes to challenging the pretrial suspension of your driver's license. Note that both options, however, require you to make quick decisions.
- Option One —
- If your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was 0.08 or greater, or if the police officer considered your conduct refusal to submit to BAC testing, the officer can suspend your driver's license and start the 30-day administrative clock running by issuing you a 1205 form, which also serves as a temporary 45-day driver's license.
- You now have 30 days to appeal the revocation of your license. Appeals cost $150, must be made in writing and should be sent by certified mail. The ALS appeal hearing date will likely be anywhere between 55 and 65 days following the date that the 30-day letter was read by the DDS.
- The 45-day temporary driver's license can be extended by the DDS, thereby allowing you to drive until the hearing date or the date a decision is made.
- On appeal, your case will be heard by an administrative judge who determines whether the stop of your vehicle was lawful, whether the implied-consent warnings were read properly and whether any civil rights were violated.
- Option Two —
- Instead of appealing the administrative revocation of your driver's license, you can apply for an ignition interlock limited permit. To get the permit, you must:
- Pay a $25 permit fee
- Apply within 30 days of the arrest
- Surrender your driver's license, and
- Sign a waiver of the administrative hearing
- The permit is good for one year and the interlock device must be installed on your vehicle for the duration of the permit.
- Conditions may also be placed on your limited permit such as only driving to and from work, for medical care, school, treatment, court or other approved activity.
- If you refused the BAC test, are under 21, hold a commercial license, have an out-of-state license, or have been convicted of one or more DUIs within the past five years, you cannot selection option two — you're stuck with option one.
Failing To Submit To A Chemical Test And ALS Consequences
When you fail the chemical testing performed by the arresting officer (urine, blood or breath) it could lead to a 12-month driver's license suspension for first-time offenders. This time frame increases to three years for a second offense within five years and six years for a third offense. You are also facing revocation of your driver's license at this point.
- Refusing the administrative suspension could lead to a limited work permit. A driver's license suspension founded on refusing to undergo chemical testing may only hurt your right to drive if you do not fight to keep it. You can get a work permit by doing so. By winning or negotiating a "withdrawal" of the driver's license suspension, you would be able to drive.
- Repeat ALS offenders receive greater penalties. If you get two administrative license suspensions within five years, you are at severe risk of having your license suspended for three years. Also, a work permit will not be granted.
Remember — The Administrative And Criminal Cases Are Different
You must understand that the administrative license suspension is a civil matter as opposed to the DUI itself, which is criminal. There are many more penalties following a driving under the influence conviction than there are for losing your driver's license. For instance, you could face prison time, heavy fees and other consequences.
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information or an artifact based only on an instance of that information or artifact, and not using the process that originally generated it.
Definition Edit
Copy (copy) n.(kp") Cop"y; pl. Copies (-***ibreve]z). [F. copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See Opulent, and cf. Copious.]
- An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.] "She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus." B. Jonson.
- An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. "I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original." Denham.
- An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
- That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. "Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters. Holder.
- Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
- A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
- Copyhold; tenure; lease. [Obs.] Shak.
- Copy book, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate. --
- Examined copies (Law), those which have been compared with the originals. --
- Exemplified copies, those which are attested under seal of a court. --
- Certified or Office copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. Abbot.
- Syn. -- Imitation ; transcript ; duplicate ; counterfeit.
Copy (copy) v.t. Cop"y [imp. *** p. p. Copied (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Copying.] [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See Copy, n.]
- To make a copy or copies of.
- to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off. "I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied." Shak. "Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance." Shak.
- To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life. "We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation." Stewart.
Copy (copy) v.i. Cop"y
- To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
- To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well. "Some ... never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things." Dryden.[1]
Electronic copyingEdit
With analog forms of information, copying is only possible to a limited degree of accuracy, which depends on the quality of the equipment used and the skill of the operator. There is some inevitable deterioration and accumulation of "noise" (random small changes, not sound) from original to copy; when successive generations of copy are made, this deterioration accumulates with each generation. With digital forms of information, copying is perfect. Copy and paste is frequently used for information a computer user selects and copies to an area he or she wishes.
Most high-accuracy copying techniques use the principle that there will be only one type of possible interpretation for each reading of data, and only one possible way to write an interpretation of dataTemplate:Clarify.
In office workEdit
Offices need more than one copy of a document in a number of situations. They usually need a copy of outgoing correspondence for their records. Sometimes they want to circulate copies of documents they create to several interested parties.
Until the late 18th century, if an office wanted to keep a copy of an outgoing letter, a clerk had to write out the copy by hand. This technology continued to be prevalent through most of the nineteenth century. For this purpose offices employed copy clerks, also known as copyists, scribes, and scriveners.
A few alternatives to hand copying were invented between the mid-17th century and the late 18th century, but none had a significant impact in offices. In 1780 James Watt obtained a patent for letter copying presses, which James Watt & Co. produced beginning in that year. Letter copying presses were used by the early 1780s by the likes of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. In 1785, Jefferson was using both stationary and portable presses made by James Watt & Co.
During XIX century a host of competing technologies were introduced to meet office copying needs. The technologies that were most commonly used in 1895 are identified in an 1895 description of the New York Business College's course program: "All important letters or documents are copied in a letter-book or carbon copies [are] made, and instruction is also given in the use of the mimeograph and other labor-saving office devices." [2]
In art and literatureEdit
In literatureEdit
Prior to the invention of the printing press, the only way to obtain a copy of a book was to copy it out by hand. Throughout the Middle Ages, monks copied entire texts as a way of disseminating and preserving religious texts.
In artEdit
In visual art, copying the works of the masters is a standard way that students learn to paint.
Biological copyingEdit
- Main article: DNA replication
Organically, copying of genetic information can take place using DNA replication, which is able to copy and replicate the data with a high degree of accuracy, but mistakes are common, and occur in the form of mutations. However, in the process of DNA repair, many of the mistakes are resolved by checking the copied data against the original data.
Digital copyingEdit
This principle is applied digitally, such as in hard disks, but in a different form. The magnetised data on the disk consists of 1's and 0's. Unlike DNA, it only has two types of information, rather than four types, however, it still has a polar concept of transfer. In this case, the read-write head acts as an intermediary. A data section reading "1", can only trigger one type of response, and "0" for the other. These responses from reading are converted into an electrical form that gets carried through the circuits. Although this can be later converted and processed for other ways of using the data, which can be modified, if a file were being copied from one hard disk to another, the principle ensures that the data is transferred with high fidelity, because only each type of signal can only trigger one type of data write, in this case a 1 or a 0. This excludes exceptions where the data was written incorrectly or the existing data has been corrupted while on the disk such that no distinction can be made, but usually the hard disk returns the area as unreadable. The other concept that using digital copying is website copy[1], digital copying has more interpretation than just the basic concept of disk read and write itself. Digital Copy is a sample of interpretation of digital copying.
Copying rightsEdit
- Main article: Copyright
The concept of copying has a particular significance in certain areas of law. In each of the primary areas of intellectual property law, a number of cases have refined the question of what exactly constitutes the kind of copying prohibited by law, especially in areas such as copyright law.
A related concept is plagiarism, copying others' work and passing it off as one's own.
- ↑ Copy," Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1913, MShaffer.com, Web, July 15, 2011.
- ↑ Antique Copying Machines
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Want To Start Investing But Are Confused On Where To Start? Read This!
As someone who deals in real estate, you should make moves like chess instead of checkers. One big mistake could make everything fail, but that shouldn't be something that scares you off. You can find your success if you become knowledgeable about real estate investing, and this article can help you do that.
Know that reputation is important will help you in the real estate investing world. Abide by what you say, and do not lie to possible clients. This will give you the credibility around town that will make people more loyal to you.
Look around for others who share your interest and learn from one another. More and more people are entering or re-entering the real estate market. A lot of groups make this their main goal. There are many online groups, as well. You need to become networked so that you can learn from those people.
Location is of prime importance when it comes to real estate investments. Most other factors can be modified or enhanced. Properties that are in areas that are depreciating fast will generally make a bad investment choice. Investigate local communities for their property values to get a feel for good purchases.
Select places that you know well, and in area that will interest lots of possible clients. You will get a higher resale if the property is in a nice area. It's also a good idea to look for properties that will not need a lot maintenance.
Liston more than talking when negotiating. By dominating the negotiations with your own talking, you might miss out on a great opportunity. The goal is to evaluate what they say to you and negotiate the deal that increases your odds for a higher return on your investment.
Location can make a huge difference in the earnings potential of a property. Even a run down home in a great location is better than a nice home in a bad one. Think about the potential of the place and the location, and make the most out of the investment.
If you become a seasoned real estate investor, there are certain to be ups and downs. Don't allow the low points make you want to give up on real estate. You have to stick with it to achieve success. Push forward, learn more, and always keep trying so that you can accomplish your goals.
Investing in real estate gets less complicated by knowing the basic strategies in order to make solid investment moves. However, if you don't have the proper knowledge, investing can be difficult. Therefore, take advantage of any knowledge you can pick up, never stop learning, and always plan in advance.
Tired Of Searching For Answers Regarding Real Estate Investing? Find Them Here
Real estate is a great investment option. There are many things to consider when investing in the real estate market. Read the advice below for what you need to know.
Join up with other investors in online groups, or follow blogs of real estate investors who have already seen success. This will give you invaluable information that you can use and implement into your strategy too. You never know, you might be able to make contact with successful individuals as well.
Become educated on real estate investing basics before spending money on properties. If you make a mistake when it comes to real estate, you could lose out on a lot of money when you're not being careful. Being professionally trained is the best way you can protect yourself.
Your time is important to you. You might love rehabbing a property yourself, but is all the manual labor really the most productive use of your time? Or would you be better off searching for the next opportunity? If you can outsource a task, you should. Make time for other parts of your business.
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Well the cat is doing his best to comfort me the past few days. I appreciate him for it actually. I didn't realize I could lug him around like a stuffed animal and tuck him under my arm while I sleep but I can. And he'll tolerate me. I hadn't bothered before. Interesting fact.
So about grief today. "Pain is the most individualizing thing on earth. It is true that it is the great common bond as well, but that realization comes only when it is over. To suffer is to be alone. To watch another suffer is to know the barrier that shuts each of us away by himself. Only individuals can suffer." – Edith Hamilton
I appreciate this quote. More so now that he is gone and in Florida because it opens up a window on what he has lost with the rest of his family over all this. And at least accepting the full extent of what he is suffering puts his decision to move and to marry her in a light I can begrudgingly tolerate if not agree with. He has tolerated my inability to let him go, my texts, postcards and sudden bursts of phone calls out of the blue when my delayed emotions surfaced after his latest admission. We do suffer alone and can at best only bear witness.


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A Michigan boy and his pup have gone viral for being the perfect match for each other, WLIX reports.
On September 3, Brandon Boyers, the father of 2-year-old Bentley, went to the Jackson County Animal Shelter to adopt two chickens when he came across a 2-month-old pup with a cleft lip. Boyers, whose son is also living with the same condition, then shared his chance encounter with Bentley's mother Ashley, who couldn't contain her excitement.
"He Facetimed me," Ashley recalled. "He goes, 'I think this one has a cleft lip,' and I said, 'Get her! We need her!'"
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The parents' eventual adoption of the dog, which was shared by the shelter on its Facebook page, has since gone viral, receiving over 35,000 likes.
"It's so hard to put into words how meaningful this adoption is to all of us so we are going to let the pictures speak for themselves," the shelter posted, including several photos of Bentley hugging and interacting with his pup.
In an interview with WLIX, Ashley revealed that her son struggled to eat when he was a newborn.
"We had to sit him up and feed him and hold his lip together in order for him to eat, so it was a process," she said.
Now, having completed two surgeries, Bentley, who will undergo a bone-grafting surgery when he's older, appears to be getting day by day. Undoubtedly, his partner-in-crime — his dog — will now also be there for him every step of the way, his mother said.
"To see him have something in common with a puppy means a lot 'cause he can grow up and understand that he and his puppy both have something that they can share in common," Ashley told the station.
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The Southern Front: allies without a strategy
July 28, 2015
Daraa rebels ordered to stop fighting Syria regime: report
South Syria rebels ordered to not attack regime-held town: report
Ahrar al-Sham official warns FSA rebels in south Syria
"Military coup" in rebel-held Syria town
BEIRUT – The Free Syrian Army-affiliated Southern Front coalition has announced it will start a "series of battles" in the Daraa province after coming under criticism for perceived lack of action against regime forces in the region.
"We in the Southern Front are continuing our revolutionary and military actions at all levels," the alliance—which receives support from the Amman-based Military Operations Center (MOC)—announced Wednesday.
The coalition fired back at growing allegations that it was no longer pressuring regime forces in southern Syria, declaring, "We have not, and we will not [stop], until the liberation of the last inch of the land of our beloved Syria."
"We announce in the meantime the [start] of the series of 'Houran Volcano' battles," the statement said, in reference to the geographic region stretching through the Daraa province.
However, the Southern Front did not specify where it would launch its attacks, or even who it would fight. Factions in the coalition have been engaged in fighting with the ISIS-linked Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Waleed in the Yarmouk basin near the Golan demarcation line between Syria and Israel.
The Southern Front's statement blasted both the Syrian regime, calling it an "evildoer," while also slamming ISIS and "the one who supported them," an implicit reference to Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Waleed, which was formed in May 2016 and includes the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, a group with ties to ISIS that was recently blacklisted by the US.
Five groups signed onto the statement: The Division of Decisiveness and Gathering of Righteousness—both groups formed in April 2016 out of mergers of smaller FSA factions—as well as the First Corps, First Artillery Regiment and the lesser-known Assad Allah al-Ghalib Gathering.
Southern Front criticized for "not fighting regime"
The Southern Front's announcement comes amid mounting criticism of the group by opposition figures, especially Islamists, over the coalition's alleged reluctance to battle regime forces in southern Syria.
An official in the powerful Islamist Ahrar al-Sham organization issued a fiery warning to Free Syrian Army-affiliated rebels in southern Syria, saying they were culpable for the regime's recent advances into the besieged western Damascus suburb of Darayya. "Every drop of blood spilled in Darayya is the responsibility of the leaders of Southern Front factions," Abu Azzam al-Ansari wrote Tuesday on Twitter. "Either repent and fight today, or the mujahideen of Houran [region of southern Syria] will erupt against [the Southern Front coalition] in order not to share in their sin," he added. Ansari's comments come a day after pro-Assad forces breached rebel defensive lines in Darayya, sparking fears that the town would fall to the regime. An official in Liwa Shuhada al-Islam—the largest opposition faction in the besieged Damascus town which has borne the brunt of heavy regime bombardment—told Turkey's Anadolu news that "the incursion, which is backed by [pro-regime] militias, is massive." Situated near the Mezzeh Airbase, which lies less than three kilometers to the north, Darayya occupies a a strategically important location. It is also close to the Republican Palace, the Republican Guard's headquarters and the Syrian Army's crack Fourth Armored Division base. Ahrar al-Sham's Ansari continued his diatribe against the Southern Front in a series of subsequent tweets, indirectly accusing the coalition's factions of being "traitors." "Those who receive support and stop fighting are traitors and collaborators," he said in an implicit reference to the FSA coalition's ties to the Western-backed MOC. Reports emerged in January 2016 that the MOC ordered the Southern Front to halt its operations against the Syrian regime in the Daraa province in order to focus its fight on ISIS-affiliated groups in the region. The Southern Front has failed to notch any significant military successes since the early summer of 2015, after which its major offensive on the provincial capital Daraa ground to a halt. Ahrar al-Sham voiced pessimism over the fate of Darayya, saying that "maybe the day when we can save [the town] has passed," but added that rebels in southern Syria still have a chance to serve the rebel cause. "The Houran [region of southern Syria] that previously sparked the revolution will be the one that saves it today," he wrote.
NOW's English news desk editor Albin Szakola (@AlbinSzakola) wrote this report. Amin Nasr translated Arabic-language material.
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Bouncing everywhere from Bad Meets Evil with Eminem, to Slaughterhouse with Joe Budden, to PRhyme with DJ Premier, Royce da 5'9" is everything but new to the game. Nonetheless, his work as a solo artist has never hit the same success as he's gotten as a "sidekick". Honestly speaking, he's had five records before Layers, and I haven't heard any of them, but I have heard Slaughterhouse, Hell: The Sequel, PRhyme, and almost all of his collaborative projects. A good addition to Layers though comes with a solid production team of S1, Jake One, and DJ Pain 1 on "Dope!", as if the number "1" is the new "Jay" or "Kool." There's also a lot of DJ Khalil, who produced Eminem's Recovery and The Marshall Mathers LP 2 and Mr. Porter, of both Aftermath and Shady Records.
Layers opens up with "Tabernacle," a "Last Call" by Kanye West or more a kin to a "December 4th" by Jay-Z moment, except Royce is a couple days later on December 29th. Having learnt the balance of life from a story about how his son was born on the same day and hospital that his grandmother passed away, Layers begins with more of a storytelling feel, but one that doesn't last throughout the entire 17-track project. Sure, he talks about religion and his alcoholism, but most of Layers is still "plenty of rapping about how good at rapping he is", as described by Sheldon Pierce of Pitchfork, who I agree with that it's "almost always boring".
While his lyricism and flow are unquestionable, his rap prowess doesn't excuse him from narrative, which is all over the place over very heavy production. He also mentions and/or challenges almost every rapper alive, name dropping: Jay-Z, Nas, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Kanye West, Questlove, T.I., Scarface, DJ Khalid, all of A Tribe Called Quest, Drake, Black Thought of the Roots, Elzhi, and probably even more that I missed, which is immensely bold. Dumb skit's aside however, with tracks like "Dope!," boasting an MF Doom or even old Lupe Fiasco genre blend type beat by DJ Pain 1, and the amazing ending verse on "America," it's entirely possible that Royce could take on most of those names on one of his best days.


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The tunnels were lit with electric lighting stolen from the goons, shored up with boards from their own beds, traversed on an underground railway and ventilated with home-made bellows crafted from wood, canvas bags and bully-beef tins. But escape was only the beginning: 400 forged passes would be needed, some 200 suits of clothes tailored, maps memorised and languages learnt. If all went well, a staggering 200 prisoners would be freed in the largest British-led breakout of the Second World War.
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So New England felt the need to respond to the famous Super Bowl Shuffle done by the Chicago Bears. Now I have to say that the comeback to Chicago was pretty lame. But if you watch this video you will find it very hilarious and cheesy. Especially around the 4:05 mark. Ha-ha!! Sorry Dad had to do it to you!!
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