text: by Bob Conradi 11/18/2016 - 23:48 in Government 0 Comment At the Saline City Council meeting on Monday, council members wrestled with three big issues and several smaller ones. The ones that generated the most discussion were: a proposed study to identify the cause of odors at the city's Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), proposed rezoning of land at 911 N. Ann Arbor Road and health insurance renewal for city employees and retirees. Few issues have inflamed passions (and sinuses) like the odor problem for neighbors of the WWTP. Recognizing this, the city earlier issued an RFP (Request for Proposals) to study the source of the smell and recommend fixes. The only company that provided a comprehensive proposal was Webster Environmental Associates of Louisville, Ky. Jim Ross, a representative from Webster, presented this plan at a work meeting on November 3. In public comments, Jim Roth, a near neighbor of the WWTP, came forward to both thank Council for addressing this issue and to complain about both the expense and the proposed time period. Webster's study would cost about $98,000 and would not be complete until August of 2017. "That means that we're going to have to wait until sometime in 2018 before these odor corrections can actually be made, Roth said. "That's a long long time." Roth said he thought the study could be done more quickly and cheaply by city staff using "odor meters." Odor meters are handheld devices that can measure the concentration of certain specific gases in the air. Mary Hess also criticized the cost of the proposal, adding that this expenditure "has nothing to do with fixing the odor." She and Roth both suggested that septage accepted by the WWTP from private waste haulers has been a significant contributor to the odor problem. At the previous work meeting a similar objection came up. City manager Todd Campbell had said that they had tried short cuts before and it resulted in failure. The issue of septage has also been discussed before. Mayor Marl pointed out that although there have been voluminous complaints about odors over the past year, the septage operation has been shut down during that time (with the exception of one test delivery). Marl addressed the odor issue, by supporting the need for a thorough study and making a promise. "I regret that this analysis is going to take as long as it will," Marl said. "I regret the cost of this analysis. More importantly I regret that in the past, as it relates to mitigating odors, the city overpromised and under delivered." "I will make this promise to my constituents and those that are in the audience this evening as well as my council colleagues. Once the recommendations come back, I will work with any and all stake holders to move expeditiously to resolve the problems and deficiencies that they identify." Council voted unanimously to approve and authorize the study by Webster. Council Rezones Ann Arbor-Saline Road Property Another controversial issue addressed by Council was the petition by builder Danny Veri to rezone 2.5 acres at the northwest corner of Ann Arbor Saline Road and Saline Waterworks Road from PB (Professional Business) to R-3 (Multifamily Residential). This had been narrowly approved five days earlier by the Saline Planning Commission. As at the planners meeting, the issue was reviewed positively by City Engineer Gary Roubal. This time Roubal gave a broader explanation of the rezoning implications. Under the current PB zoning, residential construction would still be permissible, allowing up to 14 individual housing units to be constructed on the site. However, clustering housing units as the builder proposed would require the R-3 designation. Council member Janet Dillon asked what assurances Council has that the plans won't "morph into something else." Roubal replied that any specific plan would still have to be approved by the planning commission and Council. Council member Heidi McClelland asked about the possible development of the 7.35 acres on the southwest corner. Roubal pointed out that that land is actually in Lodi Township and is currently zoned agricultural. If it was annexed to the city it would come in as R1-A. Several neighbors of the proposal, including Jack Simms and Ed Andrews, spoke against the rezoning. They suggested that it would hurt the appearance of the corner and create traffic problems. Some neighbors feared that the project would be for "Section 8" housing, i.e., government subsidized housing for low-income residents. Veri addressed some of the concerns. He said that the development would be for young professional, empty nesters, aging baby boomers and others. "Section eight is not even remotely in our wheelhouse," Veri said. In response to a question about wetlands on the parcel, Veri said that no more than 1,800 square feet of wetland would be affected, which he said is well within legal allowances. When asked if he would be willing to work with the types of housing allowed in the present zoning, he said he would not be interested. Mayor Pro Tem David Rhoads moved to approve the rezoning to R-3, seconded by council member Jack Ceo. Rhoads said he like the project because it would expand the city's housing stock, would allow 16 more families to join the community, and was consistent with land use in the surrounding neighborhood. He also noted that "nothing can be done that does not adversely affect somebody." Dillon remained skeptical about the ability to control what sort of development might go in after rezoning is approved. Council member Dean Girbach did not like the idea of piecemeal rezoning of parcels without first addressing and perhaps revising the City Master Plan. When the issue came to a vote, Girbach and Dillon voted "Nay," while the rest of Council voted "Aye." The rezoning was approved. Health Insurance Prices Increase Health insurance renewal had already been discussed at length in a Council work meeting in October. So deliberations on this issue were mostly for the sake of informing the public. At the work meeting, David Huntzicker of Kapnick Insurance Group had explained the options available to the city and he was again present at this meeting. He noted that the price of the current contract with Blue Cross had gone up 15.3 percent with no change in policy benefits. The increase was because of a change in the way the company calculates premiums. The city used to benefit from a favorable claims experience with the company, but in the new model this credit is no longer applied. In addition, other companies that were asked to bid on insuring the city's people refused because they said the ratio of retirees to active employees was too high. Council members expressed their concern that insurance costs for retirees would continue to escalate, but they were intent on upholding promises made. They discussed a few other options, but found no clear solution. They voted unanimously to retain the current plan with the newly inflated price. Girbach Suggests Non-Discrimination Ordinance One other issue worth noting was brought up by Girbach. He said that the Council should expedite the suggestion that Marl had made in his mid-year State of the City address to develop a nondiscrimination ordinance. Girbach expressed dismay at things that are happening in our culture at a national and state level that are making people feel excluded. He said that some of his friends are scared. "Hopefully, I'm going to show that our community is continuing to be a growing, accepting community," Girbach said. "It's time to show that in words and in writing and in an ordinance that we are a community that supports all our citizens, whether they are gay, whether they are straight whether they are of different religions . . ." The next City Council meeting will be held next week on November 21 at 7:30 p.m. Saline City CouncilWastewater Treatment PlantodorStudyRezoneNew HousingNorth Ann Arbor StreetDanny VeriHealth InsuranceDiscrimination OrdinanceView the discussion thread. Bob Conradi Is a retired pharmaceutical scientist who has redefined himself as a photographer and journalist. He has lived in Michigan for 36 years and in the Saline area for 10. He enjoys researching and learning about new ideas. Reach him at [email protected] Follow him on Twitter at @RobertConradi.


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Disturbing headlines on the domestic front:
CEO pay more than federal taxes at Boeing, eBay, GE, Verizon, and others
Poverty Reaches a 52-Year Peak: 1 in 6 Americans below the poverty line ($22, 314 for a family of 4)
And signs of shifting global power in the world:
Brazil Calls Meeting of BRICs to Help Bolster Eurozone Finances (and Geithner's pleas are largely dismissed by Euro finance ministers--perhaps we are no longer the go-to country in financial crises)
Brazil and China have both become net donors in foreign aid: indeed in absolute dollars China is second only to the U.S. in terms of foreign aid--this is not only effective soft diplomacy, but often has plenty of explicit strings attached. The balance of world power is shifting. The U.S. is not going to stop being a superpower anytime soon, but our standing in the world is diminishing and it is ever more difficult for the U.S. to act unilaterally.
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The Tyranny of the "Should"
It occurred to me this sunny Friday afternoon that much of my life is governed by what I feel like I should be doing.
When I first moved back to Dallas—determined to build an intentional foundation for my new life—I was very proactive about trying to establish a social network so I wouldn't have to sit at home alone on Friday nights.
And, as we know, a central tenet of living with intention is making the first move. Deciding what you want and going for it. Being willing to put yourself out there and try to arrange plans with people who may not ordinarily think to include you. Because, you know, you moved here five minutes ago.
How else does one make new friends and build a network in a new place? And worse, what happens if one can't?
Whether it's my impatience or constant compulsion to make things happen, I set a goal for myself: Do something with someone every single day. Make plans after work, go out on weekends, get brunch on Sunday—the whole nine. Leave no mimosa unturned.
Of course, this plan didn't always come to fruition. There were Mondays where errands took precedence over trying to rope some poor soul into Happy Hour with me and Fridays where I couldn't wrangle a crew. Most of the time, however, it was successful.
There were other times (the Fourth of July stands out in my mind) in which I would realize the day before a holiday or weekend that I didn't have any plans in place yet (gasp) and go into a brief panic—not because I was hell-bent on doing something fun, but because of what the lack of plans symbolized to me.
It never occurred to me (until today) that there's nothing inherently wrong with sitting at home on a Friday night.
I think sometimes we get so wrapped up in what we want to happen (a full-time job, a solid core group of friends, a relationship, etc.) that we exhaust all our energy trying to set the wheels in motion and chase after it. I was always taught that you get what you work for, and I've applied that mantra to both my professional and personal life.
But recently I've begun to think that sometimes you have to let the good things come to you—you don't always have to be out chasing them. (To be sure, I still think you should chase after things you want. Just don't feel like you always have to be.)
For example, I woke up on the morning of the Fourth of July feeling defeated that I hadn't secured any solid plans, and before long, I had three different options (all of which more or less fell into my lap as the day progressed).
What's meant to be yours will come to you, if you're open to it.
And sometimes, in the rush to make something happen, we end up settling for anything. For the first thing that comes along. When I really think about it, I'd rather wait for the right thing—the right group of friends, the right job—rather than taking the first thing that crosses my path out of desperation for something because I feel like that's what I should be doing.
While it may feel ironic in light of my blog recently where I chastise the boys my age for wanting to "keep their options open," in a lot of ways, I think some of us should take a page out of their skeevy playbook. In the words of my girl Megyn Kelly, I think sometimes we have to settle for more.
Go on a lot of job interviews. Get drinks with whomever asks. Be open to the possibility of it being better than you expected, and don't rule things out immediately.
But don't accept an offer you aren't thrilled about. Don't invest a lot of time in people who don't understand you or make you a better person. Keep your options open.
The tyranny of the should is the subtle, yet omnipresent, timeline we give ourselves for figuring things out. It places an arbitrary countdown timer on our decision-making process and can make us feel rushed to do things we may not be entirely sure about.
My friend Meredith is such a lovely example of someone who felt frustrated by her inability to land a job immediately post-grad. An incredible writer and stand-out student with plenty of experience, she couldn't understand why she kept having metaphoric doors slammed in her face.
She recently accepted a job with the massive publishing company, Condé Nast, and said she "realized why the universe was making her wait." Making her wait for the right thing. The universe, or "higher power," as she called it, was working on its own timeline—it just didn't happen to line up with the one she thought she needed to be on.
Someday, someone is going to look at you and say, "You are everything I have ever wanted and I cannot imagine a life without you." Can you imagine jumping on an earlier offer of, "I think you're all right and I can't think of anything wrong with you so I guess this is fine," because you felt pressured to pick someone?
Hold out for it. It's coming, and it's going to be great. Settle for more.
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7/22/2017 06:18:43 am
Great perspective Bug! Love You!
Luke T
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This is so good!! The part about holiday FOMO sneaking up on you is beyond accurate. I didn't know anyone else stressed about that! Glad you're still writing and killing it in Dallas (:
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The O'Haras protected the crash-landed aliens' identity by pretending that they were Katy's Uncle Martin and his nephew Andy. The sudden influx of "distant" relatives living with Tim and Katy sparked suspicion with neighboring Detective Bill Brennan and his son Brad, who routinely tried to uncover the truth about their mysterious neighbors. Another holdover from the sitcom was Lorelei Brown, Tim's dizzy landlady, who had a crush on Uncle Martin.
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Some numbers from fresh speech of russian minister of defence.Wow. Not hard to follow their thinking when its laid out like this is it. It's all about air defense and modernizing their nuclear force.
In the last six years
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- 11+ brigades of Iskander
Basically is the answer where the money flows.
More sub launched ballistic missiles...
More Iskanders...
Are you guys getting the force of connection here. They will have a modern conventional force, modern (some would say world leading) anti-air defenses and repairing/modernizing their nuclear strike force.
This isn't offensive in nature.
Tell me where I'm wrong but it looks like they're building a force to defend themselves, not conquer.


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Sun Rideshare News | Winter 2019
Riding the bus can be an easy way to get around, but what if the bus schedules conflict with your personal schedule, or no bus routes come close to your home? Remember there are other transit options that could help meet your needs. Check them out:
Sun Shuttle | This neighborhood transit service, funded by the Regional Transportation Authority, includes 10 fixed routes connecting neighborhoods in Marana, Oro Valley, Catalina, Sahuarita, Green Valley, San Xavier, Tucson Estates, Civano, Rita Ranch and Ajo to urban areas in Tucson. Many routes include "flag stop" service for passengers who want to board by waving down an approaching Sun Shuttle driver. All routes connect directly to a transit center or are coordinated with Sun Tran routes. Just hop on and hop off at designated stops using your SunGo pass or a single fare.
Kids younger than five ride free, and adults pay a modest fare ranging from 60 cents to $3.00, based on the route.
Dial-a-Ride | Sun Shuttle also provides Dial-a-Ride service for the general public in many areas of the region. Just this month, Dial-a-Ride services were expanded in the Sahuarita/Green Valley area. Green Valley residents can enjoy curb-to-curb service and 22 designated stops throughout their community, including popular destinations in Canoa Ranch. People traveling in Oro Valley also can use Dial-a-Ride.
Trips from designated stops cost from 75 cents to $1.75 each way. Curbside service is $1.60 to $3.20 each way. All trips require advance reservations.
AMORE | When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, better make sure you made your reservation on this innovative app serving Rita Ranch, Civano, Pima Community College East and select parts of Vail. That's because 8 p.m. is the nightly deadline for the next-day trip reservations that power this service. Through the reservation system, an AMORE car/van driver is assigned to take you to your destination or to help close "last-mile" gaps you have in getting to a bus stop along the transit route that reaches your destination. If another AMORE passenger will be going your way at the same time, you could be paired up for ridesharing.
The first two weeks of service are free. Standard fares range from $2.50 to $4.00 per trip depending on frequency of use. The more you ride with AMORE, the lower your fares.
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Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once said, "Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." These are great words to live by when trying to shift commuter culture away from driving alone toward sharing the ride, walking, biking or using transit services. Instead of focusing on what you can't offer as an employer, think about what you can offer—then go for it.
Can you offer a monthly pizza party for bus riders? Nice! Designated parking spots for carpoolers? Sweet! A couple of movie passes for the carpool of the month? That helps!
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TRP Employee Survey update
The TRP Employee Survey recently received a behind-the-scenes overhaul to improve the way the survey data is processed and tabulated. Sound like a snore? It's not. The revamp indirectly affects just about everyone's lives in our region. That's because area transportation planners and modelers rely on data from the survey to properly plan. The quality of the data factors into the quality of their work, which can eventually affect things such as air quality and how easily you can get to where you need to go.
How the data is used
With a sample size of 60,000 commuters, transportation planners use the TRP Employee Survey data to estimate travel time and demand on area roadways. Transit planners look at it when evaluating present and proposed transit routes and schedules. Environmental planners depend on it to estimate the emission reductions from various alternative transportation modes.
The case for responding electronically
It is important that area employers strive to reach a 50 percent response rate at their workplace to assure the data is representative of the entire workforce. PAG encourages all employers to submit the survey electronically, because it is so much easier and faster, and there are validation checks built into the online system. PAG will loan laptops upon request to help employers administer the survey.
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Answer: "If you build it, they will come" was a great line in the movie Field of Dreams, but it's not so simple when it comes to transit planning. In our region, supply (of transit) traditionally has been built in response to existing demand (for transit) rather than forecasts for future growth or development. If you build 15 multifamily housing units, for example, then build more houses across the road, then build even more across the road, and then heightened traffic and demand for transit follows, then that's a kind of pain point that tells transit planners, "This might be a good place to invest in transit expansion should funding become available for expansion."
So, if you're home-hunting in a rural or suburban area that currently does not have transit service, your best bet may be to look at what park-and-ride lots are in the area. The other thing to know is that PAG, in partnership with the City of Tucson, is currently working with public input and an international transit-planning firm on drafting a long-range regional transit plan, a comprehensive effort not undertaken in our region for many years. You can follow our progress, including public involvement opportunities, here.
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Alpina intends to conquer the Chinese auto market
Alpina Company is known for upgrades made for the BMW models. The company's specialists have provide the machines with own touches and turbochargers since the 1960s. During the past 50 years, the brand has achieved a good success in Europe and the US, and now it is going to conquer China. Head of Alpina, Andreas Bovensiepen made an official statement to the Chinese media representatives.


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Sometimes it's a challenge for large companies to move quickly, but not APC. As we've grown, we've kept the focus on the customer, and building long-lasting relationships. Both AP Emissions and Centric Parts built their reputation on quality and service, and that legacy continues with APC.
Most importantly, as our proximity to distribution centers has expanded, we've been able to provide even better coverage with a wider range of parts to more customers every day.


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The Real Reason You Procrastinate
This article would have been much better if I hadn't waited until the last minute to write it.
But then I wouldn't have been able to claim that I did what so many procrastinators do regularly: I delayed work on a task to give myself an excuse if I happened to make a complete mess of it. It's not that I'm lousy at my job, I could plausibly say. It's just that I had so many other things to do at work and at home that I couldn't give it my best effort.
These sorts of self-serving excuses are so common that psychologists have coined a name for the practice. They call it self-handicapping. Think of self-handicapping as a strategy of intentionally sabotaging your own efforts. Why would anyone be so self-defeating? Because erecting your own barriers to success offers protection from the ego-crushing consequences of failure. When I postpone work on a project that I fear is beyond my capabilities, I am creating an obstacle that I can point to as the reason for flopping. It's not that I'm too incompetent to succeed. It's just that I waited until the last minute; I didn't give it my best shot. "The chronic procrastinator would rather have other people think he lacks effort than that he lacks ability," the procrastination researcher Joe Ferrari of DePaul University told me.
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Since its foundation, the Company has been dedicated to the development, production, sale and service of dietary supplements. Since it explored the new business model in 2010, it has gradually built up the advantages in provision of personalized dietary nutrition programs for consumers and in the field of health management service, with its products and services distributed to 34 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.
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Anybody and everybody who uses the web regularly on the normal basis have most likely felt the affects laptop or computer infections and spywares. You will find preventive steps to safeguard your pc from undesirable infections and spy ware. A few words and ideas to what spy ware and infections are, its signs and symptoms, and the way to take them off.
What exactly are spy ware and computer infections?
Spywares are software that performs undesirable behaviors with advertising (malware), collecting private information and altering the configurations on your pc usually with no user's consent. Much like spywares are computer infections, small software packages that hinder your pc operations.
Signs and symptoms of Spy ware and Infections
Be familiar with any unusual behavior out of your computer. Some detectable signs that the computer may be suffering from either spy ware or infections are:
Constant pop-up advertisements
Undesirable additional components
System runs slower than usual
Computer crashes frequently
Applications aren't effective correctly
Disks/hard drives are inaccessible
Unresponsive and locks up frequently
Corrupted or deleted data
Erasing from the hard disk
Undesirable personal settings
Removing Spy ware and Infections
Up-to-date anti-virus or antispyware software up-to-date with the most recent definition files can help identify and take away the most recent threats for your computer. If people who use computers curently have the herpes virus or spy ware within their hard disk, than Malware Removal Tool software can help to take away the existing ones inside your computer, although, it doesn't stop your computer from the viral or spy ware infection.
Some infections and spy ware are not as easy to get rid of with only anti-virus or antispyware software. Other undesirable software is made to reinstall themselves after they've been detected and taken off your pc. If this sounds like the situation, go to some professional programmer that will help you take away the bugs inside your hard disk.
There are many antiviral and spy ware programs on the web which are free, so look for a program that suits your pc. Bear in mind though that there are many fake protection software o the web too. Referred to as "rogue security software" or "scareware," seems to become advantageous but they are generally misleading, supplying limited or no security, generating misleading alerts, and tries to lure users into fraudulent transactions.


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Inspired by earthly influences, the tangible beauty of the desert, spiritual dance, music and contemporary art, I carefully carve, chisels and assembles together each stone and wooden piece and creates the perfect harmony between distinct materials.
Adopting classic methods of craftsmanship and hand-made art, practiced in ancient times, I often go back to using primary and complex tools and techniques and tailors them to my own modern visions.
All elements are light-weighted and airy, making each piece feel extremely pleasant to the body. Using drifted wood, metallic chips, shells, corals, pine cones and gold, I except all that nature has to offer. Every piece shells out a feeling of purity, encountering between water and earth, lucidity of materials and charm.


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Chair Professor under the Distinguished Chair Professor Scheme
Distributed Algorithms, Distributed Computing Systems, Distributed Computability, Dependability
Michel Raynal is a Professor of Informatics, IRISA, University of Rennes, France. His main research interests are the basic principles of distributed computing systems. Recognized as a world leading researcher in distributed computing, he is the author of numerous papers on this topic (more than 150 in int'l scientific journals, and more than 330 papers in int'l conferences). He is also well-known for his books on distributed computing. From a « purely numeric » point of view, his h-index is 54 and his i-10 index is 254. Michel Raynal is a senior member of the prestigious « Institut Universitaire de France », and a member of Academia Europaea He was the recipient of the 2015 « Int'l Award « Innovation in Distributed Computing » (also known as SIROCCO Prize). Michel raynal is also « Chair Professor on Distributed Algorithms » at the Polytechnic University (PolyU) of Hong Kong. Michel Raynal chaired the program committee of the major conferences on the topic (e.g., ICDCS, DISC,SIROCCO, OPODIS, ICDCN, etc.) and served on the program committees of more than 180 int'l conferences including all the most prestigious ones. He is the recipient of several « Best Paper » awards of major conferences (including ICDCS 1999, 2000 and 2001, SSS 2009 and 2011, Europar 2010, DISC 2010, PODC 2014). He supervised more than 45 PhD students. He gave lectures on distributed computing in many universities all over the world. In the recent past, Michel Raynal has written four books: « Communication and Agreement Abstractions for Fault-Tolerant Asynchronous Distributed Systems », Morgan & Claypool 251 pages, 2010 (ISBN 978-1-60845-293-4); « Fault-Tolerant Agreement in Synchronous Distributed Systems », 165 pages, Morgan & Claypool, September 2010), (ISBN 978-1-60845-525-6); « Concurrent Programming: Algorithms, Principles and Foundations », Springer, 515 pages, 2012 (ISBN 978-3-642-32026-2), and « Distributed Algorithms for Message-passing Systems », Springer, 510 pages, 2013 (ISBN: 978-3-642-32026-2).


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Corporate Finance
The maximization of shareholders' wealth is the main objective of profit seeking organizations. Utilizing this concept, students will examine basic concepts of financial management and the analytical tools which aid in financial decision making. This course explores the finance function of an operating business and examines the valuation of bonds and shares as well as capital budgeting decisions and risk assessment. Students will use financial models in a variety of situations and make informed decisions.
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Playwrights Horizons debut. Broadway: August: Osage County (Tony, Drama Desk Awards). Chicago: August: Osage County (Steppenwolf, Joseph Jefferson Award), Other Desert Cities (Goodman), Death Tax (Lookingglass), Marvin's Room (Shattered Globe), A Little Night Music (Writers), A Delicate Balance (Remy Bumppo, After Dark Award), James Joyce's The Dead (Court Theatre, Joseph Jefferson Award), A Lie of the Mind (ATC). Regional: The Revisionist (Annenberg Center), Bounce (Kennedy Center). Film: The Visit, The Pages (upcoming). TV: "The Exorcist," "The Strain," "House of Cards," "Unforgettable," "Prison Break." Deanna is an Artistic Associate at Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago.
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by Charlotte Tate
My paternal grandparents lived and worked in two Black Country villages. Both sets of grandparents are similar in many ways, living in the same eras, of course, both had very large families, producing much of their own food, i.e. growing much of their own fruit and vegetables, keeping pigs and chickens and working hard to provide well for their children.
My paternal grandparents were both born in 1879, in Roseville, an area of Coseley. They were both religious and spoke in Biblical language using words such as, "Thee," and "Thou," all the time.
My grandmother's maiden name was Florence Lloyd. She lived with her family in Roseville, where her mother kept a small general store. I do not know what my great grandfather, her father, did for a living.
Florence grew to be a tall, slender, elegant, handsome girl. She had long, thick, dark hair, piled high on her head, as was the fashion in Victorian times. Her skin was very fair, her eyes were a bright blue and her voice was deep and musical.
When she left school, she worked for a company of dressmakers and thus was able to make lovely clothes for herself at home. Her dresses and petticoats reached to her ankles, and she wore black stockings and shoes.
My grandfather, Frederick Albert Jones, was the youngest of thirteen children. He was a little shorter than granny; he was slender, muscular and very strong. At some time his parents left Roseville to keep a public house, "The Cat" at Enville.
Grandpa Jones was as dark as a Gypsy, with thick, black, curly hair and a moustache. By the time that I was born his hair was grey, but still very thick and curly. He smoked a pipe and hand-rolled cigarettes. He dressed quite distinctively, different from other children's grandfathers that I knew. He wore collarless, fluffy, flannel shirts in broad blue and white stripes. His sleeves were almost always rolled up, showing the long sleeves of his under vest in winter. Around his neck he wore a red and white spotted neckerchief, tied with two knots. His waistcoats and trousers were made of a thick, black, heavy woollen material. Across his waistcoat he wore a thick silver watch chain, leading to the pocket where his heavy silver watch ticked away. His trousers were held up by broad blue braces and a thick leather belt, fastened by a heavy brass buckle. On his feet were thick, hand knitted, grey socks and heavy pit boots. When he went out he wore a black jacket, a bowler hat and a fringed, white silk scarf.
When my grandparents married in 1899, they were both aged only twenty. Grandpa always called granny, "Missus," she called him, "the Master." One year after they were married, my father, Albert Frederick was born. He was to become the eldest of twelve children. Such big families were normal then. One of my granny's friends had twenty two children. That is the biggest family I have ever heard of, from one woman.
At this time grandpa worked as a railway engine driver. Sometime later he worked as a colliery engineer, dealing with the mechanism of the mine cages that took men, horses, coal and whatever else up and down the pit shaft.
The Jones family lived in Roseville near to their parents. Florence would help her mother with the housework and the shop whenever she could.
My father had fond memories of his young mother and grandmother. His mother, he said, would play games and run races with him. His granny would give him sweets and cakes from the shop. Both women were tall, elegant, cheerful and kind.
When Albert was a boy he would help his granny in the shop. She would pay him well for the work that he did and he would give the money to his mother to help with the ever growing family.
A baby was born to my grandparents every two years, on average. Though granny did tell me that at one time she had three little ones not walking, a new baby and two still crawling.
My great granny Lloyd provided young Albert with a type of trolley called a "dobby," which he would push or pull to her suppliers to fetch stock for the shop that she had ordered. A dobby was a small hand cart, a large box type structure on four wheels with a tee shaped handle with which to pull or push it along.
If Albert was late, delayed on the way back from the suppliers, chatting or playing with friends, his granny Lloyd would stand on the front door step, cup her hands to her mouth and call, " AAAAALLLLLBEEERRRRRT. " He swore to me that he could hear her call, across the fields, a mile away and off he would run, pushing the laden dobby back to Roseville, where granny's cakes, a cool drink of milk and money for his mother awaited him.
Children in many Black Country families were given the job of "coal picking." When times were hard, this coal would eke out the " boughten " coal. The children were given a small shovel and a sack and off they would walk to the local pit to dig among the slag heaps, searching out pieces of coal. The coal pieces found would be picked up and put into the sacks. It was hard, dirty work, but such an asset to the home when money was scarce. When filled, the sacks would be loaded on to a trolley, a dobby or an old pram and taken home. Many of the coal pieces were quite small, but they burned beautifully.
Coal picking became popular once more during World War Two when fuel, as well as food and clothing were rationed. My mother was very pleased when one of my young uncles would bring her a sack of picked coal sent to us by granny Jones. It was a welcome boost to our rationed fuel when harsh winter weather arrived and our uninsulated non- centrally heated house was freezing cold. During those wartime winters in Quinton the frost would whiten the lawn and trees in the garden and be gathered on the inside of our windows each morning. My brother, John, and I would draw in the frost on the window panes, using pin heads to scrape lines in the frost to create patterns and pictures.
The last time that I saw coal picking being carried out was in the 1950's, in the North of England. There were coal mines stretching for three miles under the North Sea being worked at that time. Some of the coal seams were exposed on the sea bed and tidal erosion washed coal pieces from these seams on to the beaches.
At low tide, boys pulling trolleys and dobbys could be seen shovelling up the sea coal. Most of it looked fine, like slack. I was told that the boys would take their sea coal to local factories, where they would sell it for burning in the furnaces.
My father, Albert, attended Christ Church School, Coseley. He was a good scholar and loved going to school. He and his young siblings were well fed and warmly clad. Many children were not so lucky. My father told me that poor children were given a free breakfast at his school, possibly paid for by a local benefactor, I suppose.
As class monitor, Albert's teacher would send him on an errand around the school each morning. He would go from class to class, asking each teacher if there was anybody there who had had no breakfast that day. Hungry children would raise their hands and be excused from class to follow Albert to where breakfast was being served.
Like many children in that era in towns, villages and countryside alike, Albert had to take days away from school to help with the work at home. He told me that he used to cry when he had to take a day away from school. Each Monday morning he was kept at home to help his mother with the weekly washing. His usual task was to maid the white clothes. Using a heavy wooden maid or dolly, he repeatedly banged it down on the linens and cottons as they lay in hot soapy water at the bottom of the maiding or dolly tub.
Once a week, his granny Lloyd needed his help. She would close her shop for half a day and go to town to order fresh stock. Albert had to accompany her on that occasion. His job was to walk behind her, like a pageboy, holding up her long skirts and petticoats so that they did not drag on the paths or roads and become soiled.
One day, Albert's teacher sent for his mother. The two women had been school friends and therefore had a very good relationship. Florence was worried that Albert had been naughty and disgraced the family. She gave Albert one of her hard looks as she approached him and his teacher. Her friend, the teacher, informed her that Albert had passed the Grammar School entrance examination.
Although she was proud of him, Florence burst into tears, because she could not afford to pay for school fees or for the uniform that he would have to have. By now he was the eldest of five or six siblings and there was no spare money for such an expense.
The teacher offered to pay half of the fees from her own salary, but it was still beyond their means. Albert finished his education at Christ Church School.
There were many large, poor families at that time, one hundred years ago in Roseville. The people there however were very proud, trying to conceal their poverty and manage without help.
When a woman entered my great granny Lloyd's shop, whom she knew was having a hard time financially, she would, when the transaction was completed, add an extra sixpence or so to the woman's change. Then she would smile and turn her back to the counter. She was well known for doing this for desperate women. The woman would therefore know that she was expected to take the extra sixpence and not be seen doing it. Thus she kept her pride. One sixpence, in those days, would have bought several loaves of bread. Both women knew that the money would be repaid somehow, by a good turn, a kind deed, or perhaps in cash when the woman's husband was back "in work" again. My great granny was not a rich woman.
People helped one another as much as they were able, not wishing anybody's children to go hungry. Most parents worked very hard to keep their children well fed, clothed and shod. My granny Florence made pretty dresses and pinafores for her girls, and shirts and trousers for her boys. She knitted warm clothes. She baked bread and brewed beer. She tended and fed pigs and hens. All this work went on alongside the usual housework, the shopping, cooking and the endless heaps of washing and ironing.
Grandpa Frederick worked hard, long hours at his place of work. He grew most of the vegetables that the family ate and he mended their shoes. As a sideline, he would mend service or restore grandfather clocks and wall pendulum clocks.
Hard times came to the Jones family when Frederick, like many men, could find no work. My Grandpa heard from somewhere that there were jobs to be had at a coal mine in Wales. I do not know which pit town it was.
Granny Florence packed Grandpa a large bag of food and he proceeded to walk to Wales in search of work. There was no money to spare for train or 'bus fares. I do not know how long this walk took him. On the way he slept rough, under hedges or inside a barn if he was lucky. When he arrived at the mine he was told that there were no jobs. Disappointedly, he turned back and began the long walk back to the Black Country, empty handed. By the time he got home, his boots were worn out.
Coal and coal gas were the only sources of heat and power in most homes when my grandparents were young one hundred or so years ago. Each large town seemed to have its own gasworks where coal was distilled to extract gas, tar and coke from coal. A gasometer holding the gas was a regular seen landmark from where gas would be pumped under pressure through pipes to each home. Coal gas lamps lit the streets, gas lights lit the homes and gas cookers were used in many houses.
Every room had a fireplace but the living room fire would cook the food and boil the kettles to heat the water. The old fashioned range-type fireplaces were very cleverly designed to make the most of the heat from the living room fire.
These cast-iron, gleaming, black leaded and tiled fireplaces were pleasing to the eye as well as useful. They were normally surrounded by a tall fireguard made from narrow iron bars, fronted with a lattice of very thick corrugated wire and topped with a shining brass rail. Many households had a "Sheila maid" hanging from a ceiling beam above the fire, where clothes were dried and ironing aired.
To one side of these fires was a roasting oven, where joints of meat, casseroles and roasted vegetables were cooked, one could also bake bread, Yorkshire puddings , cakes , pastry and jacket potatoes there. On top of the fire was a hinged hob where one could boil a kettle to make tea or boil vegetables. Sometimes the hob would be pushed to one side when the glowing coals were needed to fry bacon and eggs for breakfast or cook a large pot of stew. When this occurred the fire would first be raked level to receive the big iron pans and pots of food.
Some grates had a small water tank on the opposite side of the fire to the oven. This small tank could be pulled out like a deep drawer and be filled with a bowl or two of water. The water there soon warmed and could be drawn off at will with the aid of a small brass tap at the front. This drawn warm water would be taken through to the kitchen with which to wash the china after a meal or taken through to the washhouse and be used to wash one's hands and face. The men would draw this water to shave with. There was no hot water on tap then, each sink had one cold water tap and no other.
I used to love to watch my grandpa shave when he came home from work each evening. He seldom shaved in the morning.
First he would go into the washhouse and assemble his shaving kit, which comprised of a white bone china shaving mug which had a round cake of shaving soap in the holder on top of the mug, a badger-hair shaving brush and an open razor. He would go into the living room and take a kettle of hot water from the hob and a warm face towel from the fireguard and bring them both back to the washhouse.
The shaving mug would be filled a little of the warm water from the kettle, the badger-hair brush was dipped into it and rubbed on to the soap making huge amounts of lather. He would then apply the lather with the brush in a circular motion over his cheeks, chin and neck. While the hairs of his beard softened beneath the lather, he would sharpen his pearl handled, open razor on the strop which hung from a hook beside the washhouse sink. He would then proceed to scrape the sharp blade carefully across his face and neck, removing the lather and beard growth. When this was completed he would wash and dry his face, ears and neck. Next he would carefully wash and dry his shaving kit and put it away. Sometimes, he would finish the process by trimming his moustache with scissors. I wonder to this day how he managed never to cut himself shaving.
Ed's comment - Thank you Charlotte for this delightful article, with your attention to detail and descriptive prowess one could almost be there with you. Just to explain to the members this is the email I had from Charlotte prior to the article
Dear Bernard,
I hope that you and Iris are well. After you had read the stories that I wrote for you about my maternal family history i.e. the Masters family in Birmingham city and Quinton village one century ago, you expressed an interest in reading some history from the paternal side of my family. My paternal grandparents lived and worked in two Black Country villages. I hope that these stories too are what you are looking for. Best wishes to you both, Charlotte Tate.
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While the rudder is removed I thought it would be good give it some love. It would have been preferable to do a complete buildup with proper profiles, but I didn't have time and knowledge to do that so I focused on fixing the largest bumps and also making a sharp and proper edge on the back of the rudder. I also extended it upwards about 2cm to get a better fit against the hull.
It was a lot more work than anticipated. The result is OK but far from perfect.
We've had a grinding noise from time to time emanating from the rudder, this was most likely from the brass fitting eating into the rudder! I've now rebuilt both the rudder and mounting with epoxy filler so hopefully it'll last a few years. The brass mount was corroded so it got some filler as well.
A big issue doing boatstuff here in Sweden is the climate – it's too cold. A lot of time is spent arranging a proper environment for the epoxy to harden. To get a chance for the primer to harden before launching we built a small isolated cubicle in our shed so we can paint the whole rudder at the same time.
Painting will be done this week and then we'll remount the rudder next saturday before launching on sunday.


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Encouraging small churches to network together to share the Gospel in creative ways with people of all ages, but especially with the next generation.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
What Every Church Needs
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- John DanielsMay 3, 2016 at 10:41 AM
Thank you Terry for sharing this heart breaking observation. Sadly, I am hearing more and more testimonies to this effect.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes John I am hearing that a lot too. And what I don't understand is why a preacher wants to do all that work and it not have any spiritual power behind it.Delete
- John DanielsMay 3, 2016 at 12:31 PM
I don't understand that either. It takes enough time to do right without doing it wrong and then having to start over, assuming that the preacher in question even truly wants to do it right, and it is my prayer that he does.Delete
- Tim CountsMay 3, 2016 at 10:41 AM
Thank you Terry! Well said.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Tim, it is kind of one of my "soap box" issues. Sermons that are just "chats" about the pastor's opinions drive me nuts.Delete
- Russell LambertMay 4, 2016 at 7:37 AM
So true Terry. More time in prayer and the Bible, seeking the truth He would have us to deliver to His people, should be the basis for everything we say from the pulpit.ReplyDelete


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Robin has been appointed the Chair of the Board at Barnfield College. This involves providing leadership to a previously failing high profile 'Beacon' Further Education College in 'special measures' of nearly 10,000 students following receipt of Notices to Improve and deficit budgets. Role included appointing entire Senior Management Team, implementing new governance ….Read more
Robin has been appointed a non-exec Board Member and Chair of Audit Committee for the Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). In this role, Robin provides strategic and audit advice and input to an NHS body for London's largest borough. The CCG commissions over £400 million of primary and secondary healthcare provision and ….Read more
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Lynn Simmers is the assistant superintendent for the Southwest Allen County Schools in Indiana.
Although the most recent Nation's Report Card from the National Assessment of Educational Progress indicates that less than half of students are at or above proficiency in all subjects, we have the opportunity to shift the culture of constant test preparation to one that empowers educators to focus their time and efforts on the delivery of challenging and equitable learning opportunities to all students.
As high accountability, public scrutiny and pressure for performance continue to pervade educational systems across the nation, we have the opportunity to: nurture a growth mindset that fosters the individual skills, talents and interests of each student; develop confident, self-advocating students; and encourage creativity, innovation, critical thinking and problem solving. By doing so, we can truly begin to address student achievement gains and learning gaps for all students.
While there is no panacea for raising student achievement and closing the learning gaps for all students, here are three initiatives that have allowed us to improve student achievement and professional practice across our district.
Give everyone the gift of coaching
The number one investment we can make in our teachers is professional development.
Continuous professional development is critical and should be part of the district culture. Teachers at Southwest Allen County Schools receive coaching on a regular basis, and we employ 11 full-time coaches in the areas of literacy, math, content and technology to support and empower staff. This is in addition to the workshops, conferences and in-service days we leverage for professional development throughout the year.
We believe it's important to give everyone the gift of coaching. Components of coaching across the district include modeling, observing, exploring, and reflecting, as well as supporting teachers through critical junctures with specific groups of students and working with instructors to strengthen assessment and grading practices. All teachers, regardless of where they are in their own learning, deserve the opportunity to grow as an educator through professional development provided by an instructional coach. By doing so, coaching becomes professional learning with teachers rather than training done to teachers, and empowers and respects the voices of educators.
Having coaches available to all teachers is a way to build capacity across the entire school community and bring a district's vision and mission to life. There is an amazing reciprocity of learning that takes place when coaches, working from a partnership perspective, expect to learn new ways to teach every time they observe and work with a teacher. Moreover, a coach's skill and expertise are strengthened as a result of collaborating with teachers, working alongside them to implement improved instructional practices and reflecting on the deep questions they ask as part of the process. All of these experiences push a coach's thinking and allow them to become even more effective in their role of helping to educate students.
Be intentional with blended learning
Creating an effective blended learning environment requires being intentional with technology, tools and resources. At Southwest Allen County Schools, we have a 1:1 device-to-student ratio, not to define the student experience, but to enhance it with intention. We also use software programs like DreamBox Learning Math to personalize and differentiate assignments and meet each student where they are in their learning journey, which has improved NWEA MAP growth by more than 70%. Our learning management system, Canvas, allows us to connect the many digital tools we utilize in one place, as well as strengthen engagement and communication with students and parents. The key is that each one of these tools supports a vision that existed before their implementation.
As we continue to focus on our vision of preparing today's learners for tomorrow's opportunities, current research and literature in educational reform maintains that future learning opportunities for students must: include personalized learning; address the digital divide of access to technology; incorporate the 4 C's of a 21st century learning environment (connect, communicate, collaborate and create on a local, national and global scale), and empower students to be facilitators of their own learning.
Through the strategic implementation of a blended learning environment, we are able to provide instruction that addresses these educational goals, as well as build curriculum around challenges of real-world relevance and foster the individual skills, talents and interests of all students.
Prepare students for the future, not just the test
While scoring well on an assessment is important, it pales in comparison to the importance of the real-world tests students will face long after they have left our classrooms. Because of this, we believe we should be focused on preparing students for their futures rather than simply teaching to the next test.
It's crucial we see all learners as unique individuals and collaboratively work with each student to develop the skillsets that will transform them into successful adults and good citizens. Our district's Portrait of a Graduate includes the skills of problem solving, collaboration and creative thinking. We aim to have all students, from kindergarten through high school, confidently say, "I can be a collaborator, and here is what that looks like. I am a problem solver because I persist when things are difficult."
We have operationalized our Portrait of a Graduate through intentionally defining each of these attributes with "I can" statements, which allows teachers the opportunity to take these statements and integrate them into their daily teaching.
We believe it's also important to give students the confidence to fail forward. They need to understand that failures are a crucial part of learning and that they aren't expected to have the answer to everything in life. This growth mindset coupled with the "I can" attitude helps us to ensure that student growth and learning are a priority across the district. By empowering students to be facilitators of their own learning who make mistakes, fail forward and use their own assessment data to become better learners, we can challenge our students to achieve more than they ever thought was possible.
As we continue to focus on preparing our students for work, college, life and the careers of tomorrow, I encourage each of us to remember the transformation of education that is necessary to ensure our students succeed. There is no one-size-fits-all solution, but I believe the pillars outlined here can be an inspiration for any district. I believe each one of us has an impact on student learning. Status quo should not be an option as we think about the learning opportunities our students need, want and deserve as a community. We can talk and dream about the schools of the future or we can go out and create them.
Just as we personalize lessons for students, we must tailor our approaches to improving education based on what we know about our own communities. We may not agree on the methods, but we can all agree that our shared mission to transform students into successful, thoughtful, lifelong learners is essential.


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Early retirement in Italy in a life course perspective: Do preferences matter?
|Early retirement in Italy in a life course perspective: Do preferences matter?
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|LIVES Working Paper
|Year of Publication
|Struffolino, E, Zaccaria, D
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|LIVES Working Papers
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|early retirement, education, gender, Italy, retirement preferences, SHARE data
In a life course perspective, the transition towards retirement can be seen as a process that unfolds over a particular period of time rather than being an instantaneous exit from active professional life. Previous research demonstrates that retirement timing and trajectories result from a complex interplay between individual and institutional factors. Within the debate on the progressive de-standardization of the life course, early-retirement behavior has to be studied as the outcome a voluntary choice driven by preferences given the range pension schemes available. In Italy several reforms have been implemented since the early 1990s to moderate the massive (compared to other European countries) use of early-retirement. Despite the widespread of the "early-exit" culture, no research exists for Italy on the role of individual preferences on retirement decisions. In this paper, we focus on Italy by using SHARE data to describe the relationship between early-retirement preferences and actual behaviors. We explore this association for men and women and according to educational level. Moreover, we use sequence discrepancy analysis to study the strength of the relationship between longitudinal retirement trajectories and preference for early-retirement. Our results show that the probability of early-retirement is positively associated i) with being a man instead of a woman and ii) low and medium education, as well as iii) with positive preferences for early-exit. Finally, while we did not find differences among men, we found more variability in retirement trajectories of those women who expressed negative preference for early-retirement, probably due to the prevalence of self-employees among them.


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Twilight Zone: The Movie
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/10 1.1 k votesYou're travelling through another dimension. A dimension, not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!
Four directors collaborated to remake four episodes of the popular television series 'The Twilight Zone' for this movie. The episodes are updated slightly and in color (the television show was in black-and-white), but very true to the originals, where eerie and disturbing situations gradually spin out of control. "A Quality of Mercy", "Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life", and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
Budget: $10,000,000.00Revenue: $29,450,919.00
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Goldman Sachs analyst William Tanona thinks investors need to calm down about Morgan Stanley (MS). And now that the government has saved Wall Street's ass, they have!
In any event, Tanona thinks the concerns of the past week (pre-bailout) were nonense:
Although some of the price declines may have been understandable given the issues at Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and AIG, we believe most of the stock's downward spiral was exaggerated by short sellers. With the SEC and FSA implementing new short sale rules, enhanced liquidity facilities by the Fed and a consortium of global banks, and indications the government may establish funds – $800 bn to purchase failed assets and $400 bn to insure investors in money market funds, Morgan Stanley should be well positioned to capitalize on future opportunities. We believe Morgan Stanley is sound as an ongoing entity.
Additionally, Tanona insists that, for MS, liquidity concerns are overblown. While spreads on MS credit default swaps have almost quadrupled, which would make raising debt expensive, Tanona thinks that MS has enough liquidity to avoid public debt markets for a year, by which time, things will have presumably calmed down:
Accessing the debt markets would be very expensive at this point; however, we estimate MS has ample liquidity to avoid having to do so for about a year. On the conference call, CFO Colm Kelleher stated that the firm could delay issuance well into 2009. Overall, CDS spreads have been volatile in recent weeks and may not be indicative of the firm's actual cost of debt. We believe the firm's ability to price a new offering at a lower rate would significantly calm the market's fears.
In addition to raising a significant amount of long-term debt during 2007, ensuring that the entire repayment schedule for 2008 was covered by issuance during 1H 2008, and tapping private debt markets during 3Q 2008 when the public markets all but closed, MS has also moved to reduce its reliance on commercial paper as a funding source. CP outstanding fell from $28 bn at the end of 1Q 2007 to $8 bn at the end of 3Q 2008.
Fears about a liquidity crisis and a poor capital position are also overblown, according to Tanona. The Fed's Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF) eliminates much of the risk. Also, and more importantly, Morgan's ratio of risky assets to shareholder equity is tiny compared to Lehman and Merrill. What's more, they have marked their risky assets lower:
In almost every asset class, based on Morgan Stanley management commentary, it would
seem that Morgan Stanley has marked their books to levels below their peers, and in some
cases, even lower than the current market indices would have implied.
Tanona reiterates his Buy rating and $44 price target.


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Anyone who deals with food knows the importance of keeping their food at just the right temperature. Otherwise, you end up with spoiled food and wasted money.
Bathroom sinks usually become a concern when they get dirty. After regular use, the deposits of dust and water stains keep building up a layer of rust.
Unfortunately utility bills always keep increasing. The Question is what should be done to minimize these bills. Small addition to your savings means a lot. To reduce your household utility bills, and to save cash in your hands, try the following ways:
Cleaning of bathroom faucets is an important part of your regular home cleaning agenda. However, unlike other components of your bathroom, cleaning the faucets might be really critical.


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Guest Contributor: Rich Floersch, EVP Global HR, McDonald's Corporation.
At McDonald's our brand and story are both intricately connected around the value of service.
At the same time, it's become clear that in the quest to recruit, develop and retain the best talent, we need to expand our service and support of our employees. Our broad commitment to serve employees through education and training is showcased in programs such as Hamburger University, which was founded in 1961 to provide a unique management curriculum now taught in 28 languages; a range of scholarships; college partnerships; and most recently a series of education and training programs under the flagship Archways to Opportunity.
Specifically, the McDonald's Archways to Opportunity team has collaborated with Cengage Learning on the important work they are doing around high school completion. Our first graduate, Juan Garcia, recently graduated from Career Online High School (COHS), and matriculated into a post-secondary program, College for America. One year later, Juan has now obtained his Associates of Arts degree (AA). This is a great example of how McDonald's is taking the lead in helping workers advance and secure better paying jobs.
As part of our broader education strategy for front-line workers and entry-level managers, we decided to expand COHS beyond our pilot at corporate-owned restaurants. Now, every eligible U.S. McDonalds employee in corporate and franchise restaurants will have access to Career Online High School at no cost. We believe this is a smart investment in our workforce, enabling thousands of employees to expand their education and skills for advancement in the workforce.
Representing a part of our broader education strategy, we've learned to tap into the extraordinary potential of employees with innovative programs such as Career Online High School.
We actively encourage other organizations to join us in our upskilling efforts in offering Career Online High School to their employees. As we've witnessed firsthand, we believe this exercise in servant leadership will pay huge dividends for employees now and excitingly, well into the future.
To learn more, read Talent for Tomorrow: How McDonald's is Redefining Employee Education and Training at the Clinton Foundation blog.


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The New York Islanders started the process of moving forward P-A Parenteau off their active roster, as they placed the veteran forward on waivers on Monday.
The 33-year old signed a 1-year, $1.25 million free agent deal with the club over the summer, supposedly adding a veteran presence to the team, something that may have been lacking a little, once the Islanders made it to the playoffs. Obviously, training camp did not work in Parenteau's favour, as his name has now been moved off the active roster and made available to the rest of the league for the next 24 hours.
One would think that a 41-point player from a year ago would have some pull in the rest of the league, enough to get a job elsewhere, but it is now a waiting game for him. His salary isn't very much, so he would be a very cost efficient player, especially if he can post those kind of numbers again.
This isn't good news for Tony, who probably thought he was already out of the woods for bad luck in the World Cup of Hockey pool, where injuries made him swap out a couple of players. Sadly, with minor-league demotion, his player is not eligible for a replacement. Right now, he can only hope that another team claims the veteran or that his stay in the minors is only temporary. Either or are a possibility.
Tony's team now sits at the bottom of the standings for projected games in the coming week, as his team has been stripped of a couple active bodies this week and he is still waiting for one RFA to sign.


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Ruler 2: mm Measuring Tape
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Do you think that using only your device, you can precisely know the lengths of objects all around you such as pens, tables, pictures, windows,..? Ruler 2 is just a tool for that question. We built it to become even more than just a normal ruler: longest distance measuring capability, multiple units support, length units conversion, precise measurement with keyboard, professional interface and effects, and many more to discover. With Ruler 2, we define all the functionality for a ruler you ever need.
- Support drag and scroll to comfortably measure large objects
- Measure length in multiple types of units: centimeter, inch, pixel and pica. Even more units to come in the next versions
- Functioning as a converter by measuring pairs of units at the same time
- Customize pair of units to display
- Instantly input length numbers through an interactive keyboard
- Snapping ability with different sensitivities for each unit (for precise measuring)
- Instantly swapping units (for measuring objects in different directions)
- Ruler rotation (for measuring objects using different iPhone edges)
- Lock and unlock modes
1. Align your iPhone with the object
2. Mark the end point of the iPhone screen
3. Move the iPhone to the right (the left edge of the iPhone is aligned with your marked point/finger)
4. Swipe the ruler to the left (it will move exactly one screen, no matter how fast you swipe)
5. Mark the end point of the iPhone screen again
6. Repeat the steps 3, 4, 5 if the object is still longer than the iPhone screen. Then, move the slide to be aligned with the object's edge and read the result
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