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Climate Change: Are We Doing Enough?
Children Crying Out for a Planet in Peril
Children in Wisconsin and elsewhere are getting wise to what's happening to the planet. They're beginning to speak out, and they will not accept the willful ignorance of the subject that so many Republicans are espousing.
This month, Home Box Office (HBO) in collaboration with New York City's American Museum of Natural History, will air a new documentary called "Saving My Tomorrow". The voices of children are heard crying out for universal action to prevent them from inheriting what they believe is a dying planet in desperate need of healing.
While Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, who has not yet announced he is running for the president of the United States, gallivants to Europe and elsewhere with a number of others interested in promoting trade oversees, not realizing that flying is said to be the paramount sin against global warming and the environment, children are crying out that adults everywhere clearly are not doing enough to stop climate catastrophe from occurring in their lifetime to our planet, Earth.
State of Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands Bans Staff from Discussing Global Warming and Climate Change
Former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator Gaylord Nelson at Gaylord Nelson State Park in Madison in 2001. Photo: Tom Lynn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
According to a report published in the Wisconsin State Journal April 9, 2015, Wisconsin's 3-member Board of Commissioners of Public Lands passed a measure Tuesday, April 7th, by a 2-1 margin, that bans the staff of from "on-the-job discussion or work related to climate change".
Reference to climate change had already been removed from agency's website in response to previous complaints from one board member, state Treasurer Matt Adamczyk, according to the report. Adamczyk is a Wisconsin Republican who recently sought to dismiss the commission's executive secretary, Tia Nelson, who is the daughter of former Wisconsin United States Senator and Earth Day founder, Gaylord Nelson, after he learned she served as a co-chairwomen on former Democratic Governor Jim Doyle's Global Warming Task Force in 2007 and 2008.
The other board member who voted yes to the ban — Attorney General Brad D. Schimel – said he voted with Adamczyk to ban the staff from further work on climate change because he views it as "political activity", and not connected to the board's duties. The report said Adamczyk stated that he is bothered by Nelson's service on the task force because it had "nothing to do with the board's business", which is to manage forest land and help maintain certain state-owned forest land and help finance local government. Tia Nelson, who directs the commission's eight member staff, declined to comment saying she didn't want to say anything that would inflame the situation, according to the report.
The third member of the board, Wisconsin's Secretary of State Douglas La Follette, said Adamczyk "is a "climate denier" who is out to get Nelson", the Journal report stated.
Gaylord Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) was born in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, and served several terms as a United States senator and two terms as governor. He is best known as the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism in the U.S. and abroad. He would not have been pleased with this action, which has occurred by a state committee under Governor Scott Walker's watch.
Scientists: Long-Awaited "Jump" in Global Temperatures Now Appears "Imminent"
The National Center for Atmospheric Research's leading climatologist Kevin Trenberth said this week that he believes "a jump [in global temperatures] is imminent", according to article posted April 2 on Climate Progress.
New research from a major national lab projects that the rate of climate change, which has risen sharply in recent decades, will soar by the 2020s, with the Arctic warming by 1 degree Fahrenheit per decade.
The speed with which temperatures change will continue to increase over the next several decades, intensifying the impacts of climate change, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
New research documents evidence that global warming causes more global warming and that, as Earth warms, the warmer temperatures correspond with an increase in greenhouse gases, which means the earth warms the earth even more. "We discovered that not only does thickening the blanket of heat-trapping gases around our planet cause it to get warmer, but also, crucially, when it gets warmer this increases thickens the blanket of heat-trapping gases," scientist Tim Lenton said.
While previous studies have suggested a correlation between warming temperatures and an increase in greenhouse gas, Lenton's team is the first to prove the relationship using direct evidence, taken from ice cores nearly one million years old. The team — comprised of scientists from the University of Exeter, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Wageningen University in the Netherlands — analyzed Antarctic ice core data from the end of ice age cycles 400,000 and 800,000 years ago. That ancient ice is important, because it offers an extremely large amount of historical global temperature and greenhouse gas concentration data, which the scientists were able to analyze to figure out how the two interact.
The findings provide even more support to the overwhelming evidence that humans are causing global warming by pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The surprise, Lenton explained, is that the findings also show that increasing temperature eventually increases greenhouse gases.
"It implies that we should expect the 'Earth system' to respond to anthropogenic global warming by amplifying it with the release of additional greenhouse gases," Lenton said.
The Washington Post: "The Arctic climate threat that nobody's even talking about yet."
When we think about the Arctic in a warming world, we tend to think about sharp declines in sea ice and — that powerful symbol — the polar bear. But that's far from the only problem that a melting Arctic brings.
In the past decade, scientists have been training more attention on another deeply troubling consequence. Rapid Arctic warming is expected to lead to the thawing of a great deal of frozen soil or permafrost, which, as it thaws, will begin to emit carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. And if this occurs in the amounts that some scientists are predicting, it could significantly undermine efforts to reduce the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Indeed, scientists have discovered a simple statistic that underscores the scale of the potential problem: There may be more than twice as much carbon contained in northern permafrost as there is in the atmosphere itself. That's a staggering thought.
Permafrost is simply defined as ground that stays frozen all year round. There's a lot of it – it covers 24 percent of the surface of the northern hemisphere land masses, according to the International Permafrost Association. But more and more of it is thawing as the Arctic warms, and these frozen soils contain a vast amount of organic material — largely dead plant life — in a kind of suspended animation.
"It's built up over thousand and thousands of years," says Robert Max Holmes, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center. "It's all stored away in a freezer, and as we're warming the Earth, and warming the Arctic, it's starting to thaw."
As permafrost thaws, microbes start to chow down on the organic material that it contains, and as that material decomposes, it emits either carbon dioxide or methane. Experts think most of the release will take the form of carbon dioxide — the chief greenhouse gas driving global warming — but even a small fraction released as methane can have major consequences. Although it doesn't last nearly as long as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, methane has a short-term warming effect that is many times more powerful.
Among the potential mega-problems brought on by climate change, including melting ice caps to the slowdown of the ocean conveyor system, permafrost emissions are unique. For it's not merely about sea level rise or weather changes — it's about amplifying the root problem behind it all, atmospheric carbon levels.
The emission of carbon from thawing permafrost is what scientists call a "positive feedback." More global warming could cause more thawing of Arctic permafrost, leading to more emissions of carbon into the atmosphere, leading to more warming and more thawing of Arctic permafrost — this does not end in a good place.
Moreover, in a year in which the world will train its attention on Paris and the hope for a new global climate agreement, permafrost emissions could potentially undermine global climate policies. Even as the world starts to cut back on emissions, the planet itself might start replacing our emissions cuts with brand new carbon outputs.
All of this, and the Arctic permafrost problem hasn't received much attention — yet. "The concept is actually relatively new," says Kevin Schaefer of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder. "It was first proposed in 2005. And the first estimates came out in 2011." Indeed, the problem is so new that it has not yet made its way into major climate projections, Schaefer says.
"None of the climate projections in the last IPCC report account for permafrost," says Schaefer. "So all of them underestimate, or are biased low."
To understand why northern soils contain so much carbon it helps to understand why southern or tropical soils don't. It all comes down to temperature, and how that affects how quickly microorganisms break down dead organic material (plant and animal life), causing it to release its carbon back into the atmosphere.
In temperate latitudes, it's simple: Plants grow and pull carbon dioxide from the air — then they die, decompose and emit it back again. "In warmer temperatures, microbial activity will go on over all of the year," says Vladimir Romanovsky, a permafrost researcher at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. "So even if productivity in warmer climates [is] larger, there's not much sequestration of carbon in the soil."
But in permafrost regions, it's very different. Plants grow much more slowly, and there are fewer of them — but their decomposition is also much slower, explains Romanovsky. So a large amount of organic material gets stored in the frozen ground. And this has been happening, in some cases, over tens of thousands of years since the last ice age, leading to a truly vast carbon store that is stuck in place — or, at least, it used to be.
"As long as the carbon stays frozen in permafrost, it's stable," says Schaefer. "It's kind of like broccoli in your freezer. But if you take that out, it eventually thaws out and goes bad."
The problem, in this case, is the size of the freezer. Just consider some basic numbers. According to a 2013 report from the National Academy of Sciences, northern permafrost contains 1,700 to 1,850 gigatons of carbon — a gigaton is a billion metric tons — which is more than double the amount of carbon currently in the atmosphere (730 gigatons, says the NAS). And over 1,000 of those gigatons are thought to be stored in the top three meters of permafrost soil.
Nobody's saying all of that is going to come out — certainly not immediately, and maybe not ever. However, as the Arctic continues to warm over the course of the century, emissions from permafrost could ramp up, and they could eventually reach a scale that could begin to offset climate gains. "It's certainly not much of a stretch of the imagination to think that over the coming decades, we could lose a couple of gigatons per year from thawing permafrost," says Holmes.
So far, permafrost emissions, if any, are pretty small. But by 2100, the "mean" estimate for total emissions from permafrost right now is 120 gigatons, says Schaefer. That's no small matter, considering that according to the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the National Academy of Sciences (see above), the world can only emit about 1000 total gigatons of carbon if we want to have a good chance of limiting the temperature rise to less 2 degrees Celsius of warming since 1860-1880.
According to the IPCC, the world had already emitted 515 gigatons by 2011, leaving a pretty tight remaining carbon "budget." Permafrost emissions, if they're big enough, could lead to busting the budget a lot quicker.
"The further south you go, the warmer it is, so the more vulnerable the permafrost is to thawing," says Schaefer. "So all the emissions will be dominated by the southern margins, southern Alaska, Hudson Bay."
Later this month — on April 24 — the United States takes over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, a group of eight nations with Arctic territories that helps to coordinate policy for the region. The State Department has specifically indicated that one of the focuses of the two-year chairmanship will be the issue of climate change. So, will permafrost emissions enter into policy considerations?
"This is a dangerous feedback loop as Arctic warming drives permafrost thaw, and the permafrost releases more GHGs into the atmosphere, accelerating change," said a State Department official. "However, many questions remain about the processes by and time scales over which such emissions could be released into the atmosphere."
The official said that through the Arctic Council, the United States will emphasize better monitoring and observation systems to detect emissions from permafrost. But the officials also underscored the importance of "an ambitious international climate agreement in Paris – this is where we need action to slow climate change."
The concern is whether such an agreement will arrive soon enough to stop or at least blunt the permafrost problem. It's "a true climatic tipping point, because it's completely irreversible," says Schaefer. "Once you thaw the permafrost, there's no way to refreeze it."
By Chris Mooney, The Washington Post: "The Arctic climate threat that nobody's even talking about yet", April 1, 2015.
Preserve Our Climate Petition to Protect U.S. Citizenry from Runaway Greenhouse Effect
Petition requesting the U.S. Congress members and President Barack Obama to adopt the proposal called "Conserve, NOW" which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the United States and create jobs in the areas of adding to and reconstructing infrastructure in cities and counties of the U.S. to accommodate and encourage less fossil fuel burning in transportation and fossil fuel derived energy presently used in homes.
U.S. Officially Submits Its Target 2025 Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions to the United Nations, as Called for by the Framework Convention on Climate Change
WASHINGTON – The United States officially submitted its emissions-cutting target to the United Nations on Tuesday morning, formalizing its commitment to reducing emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
The Obama administration had previously announced the goal in its work with China on a bilateral climate agreement. The Tuesday submission makes the pledge official.
"With today's submission of the U.S. target, countries accounting for more than half of total carbon pollution from the energy sector have submitted or announced what they will do in the post-2020 period to combat climate change," wrote Brian Deese, senior adviser to the president, in a blog post Tuesday morning.
Under a system established through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, individual countries are putting forward their own emissions commitments, referred to as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, or INDCs. Countries are supposed to submit their INDCs to the U.N. by March 31. The submissions will be the basis for an international climate agreement, which leaders expect to reach at the upcoming negotiation session in Paris at the end of 2015.
The U.S. described its target as "fair and ambitious" in the U.N. document, and said that the country has already undertaken "substantial policy action to reduce its emissions." The submission says that the U.S. is already on a path to reach its previously submitted goal of cutting emissions 17 percent by 2020, and the new commitment will require the country to speed up its rate of emissions reduction.
The European Union, Norway and Mexico submitted their commitments last week.
The Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, which includes 34 Democratic senators and 83 Democratic House members, sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Tuesday praising the commitment. "One of the three pillars of the Climate Action Plan is to lead international efforts to address global climate change. As a nation that has contributed more than a quarter of all global carbon pollution, it is our responsibility to lead," they wrote. "As a nation already feeling the effects and costs of climate change, it is also in our national interest to do so."
Jennifer Morgan, global director of the climate program at the World Resources Institute, called the U.S. target "a serious and achievable commitment" in a statement. Based on WRI's research, the U.S. can meet the goal by using existing federal authority, and make even further reductions as technology advances, Morgan said.
Other environmental groups were more critical of the submission, arguing that the U.S. could make a more ambitious commitment. Greenpeace legislative representative Kyle Ash said in a statement that the pledge "begins to treat the wound, but does not stop the bleeding." "As the world's second largest emitter, the US must strengthen its commitment to climate solutions before Paris to ensure an agreement that immediately spurs the necessary transition away from fossil fuels and towards 100 percent renewable energy," said Ash.
The Obama administration is expected to face staunch opposition from the Republican-led Congress to any sort of international climate agreement. It remains unclear at this point whether the international agreement will be finalized as a treaty, which would require Senate approval, or take some other legal form that does not require approval. The Obama administration has long sought an alternative format to try to avoid a battle with the Senate.
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Travolution@NBTA in Chicago - Part 1
Tricia Holly Davis, one of Travolution's regular writers, is in Chicago attending the National Business Travel Association's annual bash and will be blogging for us over the coming days.
Her first missive arrived this morning. She writes:
Those of you who read the cover story featured in the April issue of Travolution may recall the mouthy statements made by Emirates, which said it was fed up with being gouged by the GDSs and was consequently exploring direct connect options with its top travel agency partners and alternative distribution channels.
Well, it seems Emirates wasn't bluffing. The carrier revealed it will establish a direct connection to Farelogix, the "GNE" set-up by David Cerino, one of the brains behind Orbitz.
The agreement, announced here in Chicago, marks the first of its kind between an international carrier outside of North America and an alternative distribution system. Farelogix already holds agreements with five US carriers.
The companies estimate the first phase of the implementation will be completed by the end of the third quarter of this year.
There's no word yet on other whether other international carriers will follow suit, but bets are on BA.
Tricia Holly Davis, freelance journalist in Chicago


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Astrological comments on America, on Washington DC, and on the politicians who infest them...with a gentle sprinkling of world events
Feb 2, 2010
Robert Welch: the internal destruction of America (video)
Robert Welch is an interesting character who in his day accused certain US presidents of being Communist agents or in league with them. Welch died in 1985. Wonder what he'd say about our more recent crop? Undermining and destroying America does seem to be on someone's to-do list, doesn't it?
And I have to say it's disturbing to read the above-linked Wiki article and find that Welch, founder of the John Birch Society, was saying similar things about the US government and the conspiratorial take-over that coup'd it by internal operatives of the Illuminati persuasion, as I and many others read and write about today.
Makes the US natal Sibly chart more...interesting...when you see our nation's 10th house Saturn in Libra and 9th house Neptune in Virgo in a loose snuggle around the Sibly Midheaven degree 00Lib53, knowing that secret (Neptune) government (Saturn) is but one of the meanings of the Saturn/Neptune combo, with 'Communism' being one of the others.
The last Great Conjunction/s of Saturn and Neptune was 3 times in 1989 in the range of 10 - 12 Capricorn. When transiting Pluto comes in range of those degrees we will have:
1989 Saturn/Neptune = tr Pluto: difficult growth; strong depression; feeling downtrodden; punishment for those who allowed decay and decadence to persist; new ideas on evolution which upset long-held but weaker historical theories; rejection of responsibility and denial of guilt from responsible people.
(Tyl; Ebertin; Munkasey.)
Hmm. Pluto must be in range of 1989's Saturn/Neptune already (a 5-degree orb is the usual, I think. The god of Hades draws near.)
However, during America's Communist-denying Truman-to-Eisenhower days there occurred a Great Conjunction of the Communism pair, also 3 times:
1. Nov 21, 1952 @ 22Lib47;
2. May 1, 1953 @ 22Lib39;
3. July 22, 1953 @ 21Lib12
Once transit Saturn moves on to late degrees of Libra, a trine will form between Saturn and Neptune just before Neptune enters Pisces in early Feb 2012. This will be a trine from within the 1989 Saturn/Neptune cycle (10 - 13 Cap which opposes US natal Sun), yet actually, tr Saturn will return to its 1952/53 degrees (as listed above) beginning in Oct 2011.
We may expect more such 1950s themes to resurface as the "red menace' (according to Welch its handmaidens have worked under the surface and behind the scenes for decades), continued Iranian-American issues - the US government propped up the Shah in Tehran under Saturn/Neptune's rays. Also in 1952, Eisenhower became president (by a reputed 'landslide'), the US bombed North Korea and exploded the first hydrogen bomb in the Pacific.
Some events of 1953: Egypt became a dictatorship, Stalin died, and in the US the Rosenbergs were executed for spying; huge floods hit England and the Netherlands, Hillary and Norgay scaled the heights of Mt. Everest a mere 3 days before the *coronation of Elizabeth II; in the US the first open heart surgery was performed, and a woman was impregnated with frozen sperm.
Born in 1953: Tony Blair, Benazir Bhutto, and Jean-Bertrand Aristide (former Haitian president.) My candidate for the 'frozen sperm' affair would be Mr. Blair.
In 1954: what was reputedly the first meeting of the Bilderberg Group was held May 29 - 31, 1954; racial segregation in US schools was ruled unconstitutional; the French government surrenders in Vietnam and falls as a result; the US Senate censures Joseph McCarthy (congressional mummery); the US drops a hydrogen bomb on Hiroshima (with Truman's finger on The Button); the first nuclear submarine is launched to do its dirty work.
Born in 1954: Oprah Winfrey, Reba McIntyre, Elvis Costello, and John Travolta.
Well, thanks for taking a nostalgic stroll down Saturn/Neptune Lane with me. They say 'you can't go home again' but that's moot because somehow, I think America never left the neighborhood and has been living there for many years under an assumed alias: "Democracy."
Many thanks to dProgram.net for supplying the video of Robert Welch.
*the current Solar Eclipse Series (Jan 15, 2010 @ 25Cap01) indicates a ceremony of some kind, perhaps a royal wedding or coronation - and Queen Elizabeth is getting rather long in the tooth. Of course, Nobel Prize ceremonies for US Presidents fulfill the eclipse imperative, too. jc
"There is almost no kind of outrage -- torture, imprisonment without trial, assassination, the bombing of civilians -- which does not change its moral color when it is committed by 'our' side. The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." George Orwell
5 comments:
- Anon said...
Last quote of George Orwell is absolutely true as it is the idea of that American sovreignty - as that of **many** other countires in the world! - has gradually been sold to supra-national powers...
All this is true but seems false for it is usually attached to some wrong sentimental impressions as it is the idea, by Alex Jones in particular way, that these forces want blood. Well, if necessary for their aim yes, if not, no.
The focus is on their agenda, their goal, not on being blood-thirsty. In other words, instead of opposing on the pln of ideas and model of society the opposition resolves in cndemnation: So opposition weakens itself.
We must oppose in the plan of ideas, on the level of models of society and patterns...
That is the Main Path, I think...
- 2:57 PM, February 02, 2010
Undermining and destroying America does seem to be on someone's to-do list, doesn't it?
Considering how many high-level officials are dual-citizen Israelis, I do wonder. As Mike Rivero of What Really Happened notes, "No man can serve two masters." Imagine if it were Chinese or some other nationality being so deeply embedded in American government! Yet no one clutches their pearls over this particular nationality controlling us, and that's a huge mistake. They are NOT our friends, as the Lavon Affair, the USS Liberty attack, and the Jonathan Pollard affair demonstrate.
- 9:31 PM, February 02, 2010
- Jude Cowell said...
Agreed! the pen is mightier! jude
- 1:00 AM, February 03, 2010
Well, I have loved you and only occasionally have I disagreed usually over antisemitism and Israel but Robert Welch?I am a socialist and proud to be along with Bernie Sanders and the racist,sexist world that I grew up in.
He was right in one way-his age was dissolving under his racist,hating feet.Perhaps the ravening wolves more like Welch than he would want to understand.
Have you ever known any of the "Birchers"? When young I spent some time in Southern California and had the opportunity to know some. Their philosophy and outlook was enough to drive this "nigger lovin""bleeding heart"to the left where I remain although I have never "joined" any group because I fear groups of any leaning.
- 8:51 AM, February 03, 2010
- Jude Cowell said...
Hi Clymela, thanks for weighing in.
Not sure but i think you just mentioned 'antisemitism' in relation to me - if so, that's far from the truth here. i don't tend to clump any group together but go more on how people act and how they treat others. The Israeli gov has been coup'd by warmongers like the US has - they are the ones i grouse about, not the people of Israel.
As you know, we are exhorted to Pray for the Peace of Israel and i have and do - yet their elusive Peace is made impossible with the current crop of zionists in charge.
As Reagan said, government is the problem. would add, the wrong government is the problem - if left up to the people, Peace would ensue. Same here.
So! posting a video of Robert Welch was an odd thing to do and it felt weird for the reasons you cite. Yet it was uncanny how many things he says there are on the minds of many in 2010 - and for good reason.
If i've ever met or known a Bircher i was blissfully unaware of it! Jude
- 11:23 AM, February 04, 2010


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The main characters are creatures or monsters from children's imagery of fear (the witch, the werewolf, the ghost, the vampire, etc.). The aim of this collection, apart from entertaining, is to de-emphasize, by means of humor and fantasy, the terrifying role that these characters have traditionally played in children's lives. In the end of each tale, the reader will find, like in a classical visual encyclopedia, a description that defines the monster in a funny way.
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Thanks Rick. Looks like a ton of tests in midwest!
Question - when I look at the various tests, say, your's in LA on 8/12, it says the test was on 8/12 and 8/13 - are all three levels tested both days? I thought it would take two days to run all the levels. Where does it say that one can get two tests in per weekend?
Also, it looks like you can only enter one level per test. According to the rules, "No dog may participate in two different categories (Started, Seasoned, and Finished) per licensed hunt (one entry per dog). A dog participating in a Regular Hunt (Started, Seasoned or Finished) may participate in a separate Upland Hunt(s) on the same day."
I was hoping to run both finished and seasoned the same test but it doesn't look possible. But, I could do two seasoned or two finished per weekend, if they have a double test? Sorry for being so redundant here.


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|Division of Banks
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Consent Order Jonathan A. Adwar
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Jonathan A. Adwar - Consent Order
Suffolk, SS.
Docket No. 2011-056
In the Matter of
WHEREAS, Jonathan A. Adwar ("Jonathan Adwar") has been advised of his right to Notice and Hearing pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 30A, section 10 and chapter 255F, section 11, and having waived those rights, entered into a STIPULATION AND CONSENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CONSENT ORDER ("Consent Agreement") with representatives of the Division of Banks ("Division") dated December 2, 2011, whereby, solely for the purpose of settling this matter and without admission of any violation of law, Jonathan Adwar agrees to the issuance of this CONSENT ORDER ("Consent Order") by the Commissioner of Banks ("Commissioner");
WHEREAS, the Division, through the Commissioner, has jurisdiction over the licensing and regulation of persons and entities engaged in the business of a mortgage loan originator in Massachusetts pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 255F, section 2;
WHEREAS, Jonathan Adwar applied for a Massachusetts mortgage loan originator license on or about July 15, 2011; such application is currently in a "pending- incomplete" status;
WHEREAS, Jonathan Adwar has never obtained a Massachusetts mortgage loan originator license and he was never authorized to originate loans for Massachusetts property;
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2011, pursuant to the authority granted under Massachusetts General Laws chapter 255E, section 8, the Division commenced an examination/inspection ("examination/inspection") of the books, accounts, papers, records, and files maintained by Intercontinental Capital Group, Inc., New York, New York, mortgage lender license no. ML60134;
WHEREAS, the Division's review of books and records during the examination/inspection revealed that Jonathan Adwar originated four (4) Massachusetts residential mortgage loan applications on behalf of Intercontinental Capital Group, Inc., at times during which, according to his attested record in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System ("NMLS"), he did not have an approved Massachusetts mortgage loan originator license in accordance with Massachusetts law;
WHEREAS, by contemporaneous agreement set forth in the Consent Order, Docket No. 2011-055, entered between Intercontinental Capital Group, Inc. and the Division (the "Consent Order, Docket No. 2011-055"), Intercontinental Capital Group, Inc., without admitting any violation of law occurred, agreed to satisfy any administrative penalty assessed against Jonathan Adwar in consideration of the alleged mortgage loan originator licensing violations described above; and
WHEREAS, the parties now seek to resolve by mutual agreement, the aforementioned matters.
NOW COME the parties in the above-captioned matter, the Division and Jonathan Adwar, and stipulate and agree as follows:
- Pursuant to the provisions of the Consent Order, Docket No 2011-055, Intercontinental Capital Group, Inc., without any requirement or obligation to do so, agreed to satisfy an administrative penalty in the amount of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) which was assessed against Jonathan Adwar in consideration of his act(s) of originating residential mortgage loan(s) when he was not licensed as a mortgage loan originator in Massachusetts.
- Jonathan Adwar, during all relevant times in the future in which a Massachusetts mortgage loan originator license may be held, must comply with all laws and regulations applicable to him conducting the business of a mortgage loan originator, including, but not limited to, Massachusetts General Laws chapter 255F, and the Division's regulation 209 CMR 41.00. Such obligations shall include a duty to ensure strict compliance with Massachusetts General Laws chapter 255F, section 2, which states, in part: "No individual shall act as a mortgage loan originator with respect to any dwelling unless such person has first obtained a mortgage loan originator license from the commissioner…"
- This Consent Order shall become effective immediately upon the date of its issuance.
- The provisions of this Consent Order shall remain effective and enforceable except to the extent that, and until such time as, any provisions of this Consent Order shall have been modified, terminated, suspended, or set aside by the Commissioner or upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
- This Consent Order and the Consent Agreement are the complete documents that represent the resolution of this matter. There are no other agreements, promises, representations, or warranties other than those set forth in this Consent Order and the Consent Agreement.
Dated at Boston, Massachusetts, this 2nd day of December, 2011
David J. Cotney
Commissioner of Banks


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The UPA Government had to Surrender!
Maintenance of Law and order is under the Home Minister. The intelligence agencies forewarn the Government about impending troubles. The situation is analyzed and appreciated in the light of relevant facts. Plans to tackle the problem are prepared well in advance, discussed, updated, evaluated, cross checked and if possible rehearsed also. Likely contingencies are also anticipated and catered for. This is the routine and standing instructions exist in the department.
What happened in Ramlila Ground and afterwards shows that professionalism is totally missing in over politicalized Home Ministry.
The Government wanted to pre-empt the move of Swami Ram Dev and his supporters to Parliament House and therefore Police force in large strength had been deployed at Ramlila Ground. About eighty buses had been kept at hand to transport the agitators to makeshift prison at Bawana Stadium. Naturally if eighty busloads of prisoners have to be housed some arrangements of essential nature like food, water, toilets and first aid have also to be catered for at the jail complex.
The agitators were taken as per the plan to Bawana as per the 'plan', but then for reasons unexplained by the authorities, the agitators were dumped in Ambedkar Stadium where food and water were not available. The rest that followed is a shameful display of the Government.
Authorities were in panic and had no other alternative but to beg and plead before the agitators who were left to starve.
This reflects the unprofessionalism that has been cultivated by UPA Government. Is this the way the law and order agencies in uniform plan and act? If similar situation arose in the face of external threats will we start pleading? Naturally this is the reason that after every terrorist attack we proclaim that security had been tightened, terrorist succeed and afterwards we keep beating the marks. Who could be accountable for inapt handling of the situation?
It was Swami Ram Dev who bailed out the Government from suffering further humiliation on account of inefficiency. The requirement is to professionalize law enforcement agencies instead of politicalizing them. They must not emerge as 'Yes Masters' of political bosses but should work as per their written down charters.
Chand K Sharma


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This is the fabric I chose. A simple gray and white screen print that matches the color of the house and faux painted rug on the deck. A couple of years ago, when I last re-did the cushions, I chose a bright, happy print of fish. This time I went much more subtle.
I am very happy with the way they turned out and just love this new tool. And I now have #7 checked off the list! xoxo Looking forward to having you visit and I love comments. Don't forget the Share Your Style blog party on Thursday.


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text: Ayer is a small town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts with a population of 7,500. It is home to Fort Devens that trained soldiers in New England for World War I. The town was named in honor of Dr. James Cook Ayer who provided funding for the construction of the Town Hall. Ayer's growth was influenced by railroad transportation. The station's name was known as Groton Junction and later Ayer Junction.


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"Digital Dawdlers
Around 7.5 million (15.6 per cent of the population) people are being left behind in the digital revolution, either because of old age and a lack of know-how or interest in new technology, or by the limited or slow provision of broadband in the places where they live. Locations in the far reaches of Scotland feature highly in this group, alongside rural locations and seaside towns such Scarborough, Boston and Lowestoft.
Digital Devotees
About a third of people in the UK (32.4 per cent) fall into the leading edge users of digital technology. They have the most devices, spend more time on-line and use digital services for the widest range of activities. They are most at home in the digital world and would find it extremely hard to do without digital technology. There is a clear urban bias in evidence here. Locations in this group are dominated by London boroughs, as well as other metropolitan areas across the UK, including Manchester and Birmingham.
Day-to-Day Doers
About half of the population (52 per cent) are defined as practical day-to-day users of the internet and digital services. Their use is characterised less by enthusiasm for the latest technology and the must have gadget, and more by a set of practical uses that benefit them on a daily basis. This includes search, paying bills, entertainment and being active on social media and other forums. Locations that feature highly in this group include suburban areas and commuter towns, such as Epsom, Orpington and Altrincham."
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Archive for June 2013
Corporate Dictatorship or Democracy?
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I recently posted an action item which I don't usually do. However, censorship is something I experience personally and it continues to spread regarding natural solutions for health as well as our right to share that information and give testimonials. I believe I have a right to choose how I treat or prevent an illness in my body as well as tell others about it so they have the right to choose for themselves. Every "body" is different. Everyone knows the required disclaimers regarding "checking with your doctor first…." We all have the right to know and share alternative health-care options and then choose for ourselves – especially since every drug comes with known side-effects. Is America a corporate dictatorship or a democracy?
The link I posted previously is no longer accessible so I am removing it. Was it a true or temporary action item or a hoax which is so common on the internet these days? I unfortunately run into things like that on my journey to heal the myth of ADHD.
Even state legislatures now experience issues regarding their right to pass laws to label GMO's. Connecticut started the ball rolling as is their right, but they know there is safety in numbers and require other neighboring states to follow before they act on their own new law. I assume they don't want to be sued by biotech companies as so many farmers do who lose their farms. I ask again, is this a corporate dictatorship or a democracy?
The American people are waking up. Parents have the right to know what they are feeding their families and pets.
I have posted the link below to the World-wide GMO labeling laws before, but it is worth repeating. It shows how far behind the United States and North America in general are regarding the people's right to know what you eat and feed your families.
Please share this post if it calls to you.
To your health!


text: The great thing about Wedding Photography is the differences that each wedding brings, and Mr and Mrs Elwin's can say their's had a certain uniqueness to it. Its not every wedding you manage to capture the bride getting cautiously into the passenger seat of a Lamborghini, the level of fun and how laid back this wedding was is credit to just how in love the couple were, we had great fun capturing every moment. Ceremony took place at the Norwich Castle and reception was at The Waters Edge Bramerton, Norfolk.


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Man Friday is a well-established Commercial and Domestic cleaning company based in Leeds. We provide bespoke cleaning services across the Yorkshire region.
Branding was already in place, so a full design and responsive development was required. It was built in PHP using Slim, Twig, HTML5 and CSS3 (BEM), with the designs for every page being created in Sketch.


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When I was younger, my family had pet squirrels. They fell out of a tree as babies, so we brought them into our home, bottle-fed them and raised them as one might an orphaned puppy or kitten. They'd sit on our shoulders while we walked around the house, and eventually we released them into our backyard, but for years afterward they would come take nuts out of our hands when we called.
So when I first looked at Cottonwood's Web site and noticed the squirrel motif, I figured I'd probably like the place. I like booze, I like food, I like squirrels. I don't expect much from the food at most bars. It would be decent, but nothing to write home about.
After numerous meals at Cottonwood, the subject of this week's cafe review, I realize the joint has much more than squirrels going for it. It also has some of the best burgers in Houston.
If you need more convincing, just go look at the photos in the slideshow that accompanies the review. Them's some mean burgers.
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But even Cottonwood's other offerings, like the Sloppy JoJo or made-to-order Doughnut Holes, are far better than average pub food. The ingredients are of the highest quality, and it's clear that chef Daniel Ajtai put thought into crafting the menu items.
Cottonwood is an odd mix of hipster bar, sports bar, great restaurant and entertainment venue. These disparate qualities in one location shouldn't work. Why host parties and invite multiple food trucks when you have a fantastic kitchen? Does it work to serve food on a patio that at times can become a veritable dog park? How is anyone supposed to enjoy an $11 craft beer with some bro yelling about college football every five minutes?
These are all valid concerns, of course, but to anyone who might still wonder about Cottonwood, I say, GO. Just go and see for yourself. I happen to love that I can pet a dog while eating a burger while watching the Texans while playing bocce. I kind of even like how disinterested the servers are and the fact that sometimes Cottonwood might hurt its own business by inviting food trucks to serve a greater array of food.
There's a little something for everyone at Cottonwood, including the squirrels, who can sometimes be found on the patio, picking scraps from the previous night's crowd and admiring their likenesses scattered about the shelves of the bar. Sometimes so much packed into one place can be overwhelming. But I think it's good food, good drink and good fun -- in a nutshell.


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I am sipping coffee under the usual influence of the dim yellow lights in my
room, trying to write about my travel adventures but there is this constant
disturbance of the traffic refraining me from writing. I restrain myself from getting angry about the constant traffic of this city. For around a week now the usual background in my room has been this; the rains have made matters worse for us.
Ahmedabad has received around 16-17 inches of rain in a span of 5 days which is, actually, not that a scary number but the conditions have made us believe that the rains are a horror for everyone.
Travelling in the rickshaw and going to my radio station which is in the other
side of the now overflowing river, I was treated with interesting sights. The rickshaw vallas were using this opportunity to earn more by charging extra in the name of water logging and, ironically, an Amdavadi would hardly deny it. The children didn't care about what the conditions were or what their parents said. They were
drenched in water and were enjoying to their fullest.
Stopping at one signal and waiting for the red to turn green, I observed 3-
4 kids entering the traffic half naked. Their so called 'helplessness' was surely
an advantage in earning more. They were wearing good quality jeans, I could
see. Ignoring those beggars and turning my eyes the other side, I saw a girl
doing a little celebratory dance after bagging 50 rupees from someone. I turned
around and found a disheartened face of a boy who felt bad for not
earning enough. I was disturbed knowing that some parents can actually risk
the health of a child in such situations when what that child needs is the
warmth of that parent. But I guess that is what a 'helpless' situation looks like.
Clearing my mind after this incident, I shifted and sat at the edge of the
rickshaw to get my head out and enjoy the rains more. The concerned
rickshaw-valla with a humble voice asked me to sit safely inside and added that
the chances of getting sick are more; I smiled at the gesture and did as he said.
I shifted to the middle of the rickshaw again and initiated a conversation with
As we were chatting about this city and those rains, I was noticing how the
people were adapting to this weather condition. I could see people wearing
polythene bags on their head, carrying varied colored umbrellas and switching to walking to avoid the traffic. The poor people had made a cover for themselves by using big sheets of plastic over their head. I could also see someone riding his 2 wheeler with an umbrella and someone folding their pants to walk in flooded
Life did not stop for the people here. It never does. They were enjoying somehow by
treating themselves with a chai and complaining to strangers about the rain, by
laughing at their situation when a scooter would stop amidst the clogged
areas. I could see more unity among people.
20 minutes had passed and I had just reached halfway. I was listening to the
rickshaw valla's story about his daughter's marriage when he suddenly stopped
the rickshaw. There was news that the road ahead was close as a tree had
fallen. I rolled my eyes as we had to take a U-turn, I was now sure that he will
charge me more. I just had 90 bucks.
Taking a different route the big pot hole on some road caught my eye; the
rickshaw-valla informed it was because of the rains. Angry at the city's conditions
we crossed the Ellis bridge, one of the well known bridges of Ahmedabad, and saw a number of people clicking photos of the flooded riverfront under the bridge. So this was how my Whatsapp was always full of such pictures, I realized.
We finally reached the old part of the city and surprisingly, there was no water
logging. There were muddy roads for sure but not as bad as the one's in the
'much developed' side of the city, as they call it. We easily reached my destination and that kind rickshaw-valla dropped me till the lift of the building. He just took 80 bucks from me and I could do nothing but thank him for such a wonderful ride
around the city.
Maybe our city has the tolerance to adjust to such circumstances but does that
mean that we can be taken for granted and left to suffer and merely 'adjust'?
Keep thinking.
-Manasvi Shah.


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By Teachers, For Teachers
The escape room – a social activity that locks a team into a room until they complete puzzles to unlock themselves – is starting to take on its own form in classrooms. No, students aren't trying to break out of classrooms and escape school. Rather, students are being encouraged by their teachers to use their wits, collaboration, and grit to break into a locked box. This is called Breakout EDU, and it's part of the gamified learning teaching strategies emerging in classrooms everywhere. Students are divided into teams and presented with a box with one or more locks on it. After solving a variety of clues and challenges, they will discover keys and codes they can use to unlock the box. On the surface, a breakout game or other teaching strategies may seem like a trendy diversion useful for entertaining students on a rainy day. But it is much, much more than that. There are a wide range of uses and benefits breakout games and teaching strategies can yield, making it a must-try for your classroom.
A Breakout EDU experience with your class is the perfect collaborative, kinesthetic activity that reinforces learning. Yes, it is a game; but like many games, it provides an immersive experience all students can benefit from.
First, consider the "Four C's" of learning: Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity. While various activities might encourage one of these at a time, the breakout experience heavily encompasses all four. Students must work together, thinking critically and creatively, to complete each challenge.
Beyond these four C's, Breakout EDUs add a fifth: They reinforce "Content." The breakout experience does not have to involve random clues or themes (although "Just for fun" options do exist). Each challenge can be specifically designed to focus on the skills and content you want reinforced. Want to focus on multiplication skills, nonfiction reading, lab equipment review, or the solar system? The beauty of the breakout experience is that it can be custom made to fit your desired focus. You can make your own, or BreakoutEDU.com offers dozens of pre-made options to choose from.
Another huge perk of the Breakout experience is that, like many games, students "Fail forward" and develop their perseverance. Teams that don't figure out each puzzle on their first try are rewarded when they learn from their missteps, reconsider their approach, and try again. Learning isn't an all-or-nothing event, but rather an ongoing process that students refine as they work toward their goal.
Finally, the Breakout isn't just another ordinary lesson; it's an experience. This is the kind of activity students will enjoy while it's taking place and remember later on. Best of all, it's these sort so of multisensory collaborative activities that effectively create memories, encoding the learning experience in a way students are more likely to recall later on.
Let me walk you through how a typical Breakout EDU session might work.
Beforehand, the facilitator has organized materials – including hidden keys, secret codes and combinations, and appropriate puzzles or mystery items – to help each team unlock their box. As teams progress through the challenge, they will use the initial challenge clues to lead them through the progression of puzzles to unlock the box.
When it's time to play, students are divided into teams and each team is presented a box with one or more locks on it. They are also presented with a Breakout challenge – the story and initial set of starter clues to get each team going.
When the rules have been explained and each team is ready to go, the facilitator starts a timer so each team can race against the clock. Teams work together to progress through the pre-arranged challenges until they successfully unlock the box or time runs out.
So what might a given challenge look like? The answer is entirely dependent on you and what you want your students to focus on. One puzzle might be to offer a crossword puzzle in which several of the letters in the crossword are circled. Once the team solves the crossword puzzle, they must unscramble the circled letters to reveal the location of one of the keys. Another challenge might be to read a poem and decipher the object/person the poem is talking about, find the object/people on specific pages in the yearbook, and discover further clues on those specific yearbook pages. Still another challenge might involve students using a UV flashlight to discover the "Secret writing" that instructs students what to do with different math solutions they've found to obtain the combination to one of the locks.
Once students complete the puzzles and unlock the box, a prize of one form or another is awarded. The prizes may vary depending on your class, the game's story, and your overall goal. Some prizes might be candy, a new book, a school supply, or even just a "Success" sign teams can hold up and cherish.
The challenges, design, and complexity of your breakout activity are limited only by your creativity. To help you get started, Breakout EDU offers a handy Google Doc brainstorm sheet, or you can check out the pre-made game options for an idea of what each unique game consists of.
Since the Breakout EDU activity offers such a unique and beneficial experience, why not give it a try? On the one hand, it does take time and money to procure the boxes, organize a game, and give students time to complete one. On the other hand, that might just be time and money well spent when it leads to unique, memorable, and effective outcomes for our students.
So here's my challenge to you: Try the Breakout EDU challenge once with your class. If it doesn't lead to the desired results, you're under no obligation to do it any more. If it does work, then you might have just cracked into the type of activity you can utilize again and again to help students reach that level of mastery and collaboration you've been searching for.
Jordan Catapano is a high school English teacher in a Chicago suburb. In addition to being National Board Certificated and head of his school's Instructional Development Committee, he also has worked with the Illinois Association of Teachers of English and has experience as a school board member for a private school. You can follow him on Twitter at @BuffEnglish, or visit his website www.jordancatapano.us.


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In more ways than one, it's incredibly inspiring what J. Cole has managed to accomplish in such a short amount of time with his record label Dreamville. Since the KOD rapper and his manager Ibrahim Hamad embarked on the journey in 2007, the label has signed several notable acts including J.I.D., Bas, Ari Lennox, secured the most collaborative No. 1 Billboard 200 appearance in history with the compilation album Revenge Of The Dreamers III, and now Dreamville is staging a major coming-out party in the film industry with the one-of-a-kind documentary Out of Omaha.
Executively produced by Cole himself, the harrowing film follows the lives of twin brothers Darcell and Darell Trotter of Omaha, Nebraska over an eight-year period that harkens bold themes of race relations, income inequality, and most importantly, brotherhood. The film won the Audience Award at Doc NYC in 2018 and made its worldwide debut on Starz and Prime streaming platforms last month.
In an exclusive interview, RealStreetRadio spoke with film star Darcell Trotter and featured artist Skylar "Scky Rei," Reed about their experience working on the film in collaboration with Dreamville.
RealStreetRadio: How old are you and when did you meet?
Celly: My name is Darcell Edward Trotter. I go by "Celly." I'm 27-years-old and I've known Skylar since I was 14, Freshman year at NorthWest High School.
Scky Rei: My name is Skylar "Scky Rei" Reed and I'm 27-years-young. Been knowing each other longer than I even knew.
RealStreetRadio: How did you two meet?
Scky Rei: We both were in a thing called Fort Knox in a studio in the hood when were in high school. Been really close since.
RealStreetRadio: What inspired the filming of the documentary? I hope it inspires everyone in the city — that no matter what obstacles you're facing, you'll get through it, and keeping a focused mindset even through the bullshit. And most off all, I hope this bridges the gap between all the different demographics and regions in Omaha that don't have an understanding of each other.
RealStreetRadio: How did you maintain the footage for nearly a decade?
Celly: The origin of the Doc started from a high school foundation I was apart of, Avenue Scholars. My director, Clay Tweel, and producer, Ryan Johnston, were doing promo work for the foundation and they liked my personality. And it later turns into a relationship of them following me around with a camera documenting my everyday way of life. Due to the chemistry we had, our relationship would still be intact throughout my teenage days, all the way up to making my transitions where I am now. That allowed us to keep filming through the eight years.
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"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping its dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared." — Tupac Shakur
RealStreetRadio: How did the Dreamville get attached to the film?
Celly: Knowing that J. Cole was my idol, one of our producers, Tim, had a relationship with Cole's Creative Director Scott Lazer, which led to the collaboration.
RealStreetRadio: What was it like meeting J. Cole and working with him on the film?
Celly: It was definitely a surreal experience. Cole's just like how he comes off in his music. An authentic, down earth guy, that actually really cares about everyday issues that affect his people.
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Last time we got together we were in NYC. Now, we're coming home. We are thrilled to announce that OUT OF OMAHA, dir. @claytweel and Exec. Prod. by the great @realcoleworld will make its Omaha premiere at the 2019 Omaha Film Festival on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at 8PM. Check back for announcements about additional screenings and events! #omahafilmfestival #imperativeentertainment #omaha #northomaha #nebraska
Scky Rei: I didn't meet him, I was still dealing with anxiety and New York is huge. I've done shows and all, but my mind wasn't right and it didn't feel like the right time. But I know he likes my music, and that meant a lot to hear. But for me just being associated with the likes of J.Cole or having your name next to him and Clay Tweel was just surreal honestly. Going Starz and seeing my brother Celly and my name on TV and us being alive and well to see it at a young age is a blessing.
RealStreetRadio: How did it feel to contribute your music to the production?
Scky Rei: Mostly for me, it was great because it gave me an opportunity to be heard, of course, but when I was asked to create the Christmas track specifically for the movie, that was everything! Shout to INFNTLP on making the beat and Make Believe Studios for recording it.
RealStreetRadio: What was the hardest part of the making and release of the film?
Celly: The hardest part for me was having to watch the documentary and relive some of the obstacles I had faced throughout my journey. That was the hardest. But it's dope for the world to finally know what we go through to survive every day in North Omaha.
Scky Rei: For me, it was feeling embarrassed about financial issues and not being there for my bro for such a long period of time. A lot of things I didn't know happened because I was dealing with my own stress and struggle while trying to stay composed as a professional artist in public versus a cashier at Target.
RealStreetRadio: Can you describe some of the things you are working on now?
Scky Rei: I have some things in the works. From music to clothing. I've won awards for music and we have awards together with this film. I have a clothing brand called staycltrd then I also do multi Media design specializing in illustration, design, and web.
Celly: As of now I run a concrete business with my brother Darrell. And we also have a building with appliances and household items. Also, Skylar and I have an apparel line getting ready to launch and drop soon. And There's dope music on the way, also.
Catch the trailer for Out Of Omaha below and stream the full film here.


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Nail Your Sales Presentation
Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox
Q: I am a one-person-show with a great product. I've got a new prospect coming to our office for an early-morning presentation. What's the best way to ensure I make my best first impression and get the sale?
A: The fact that you are the only person involved in your presentation works in your favor. You'll have total control of what gets said and, therefore, the outcome of your presentation. Here's a helpful checklist that I've used time and again to make sure everything happens on schedule:
Room Setup
The look and feel of a room has an extraordinary effect on human behavior and attitudes, and that means it has an extraordinary effect on the way your prospect will perceive your presentation. Before you even begin to think about where to put the table and chairs, you should work your way through the following meeting-prep checklist:
- Make sure the room you'll be using is well-lighted. A poorly lighted room will affect the internal clock of your prospect, and perhaps even cause him or her to tune out you and your message. Do not use an overhead projector or any other presentation tool that requires that you dim the lights. If the room has windows, tilt the blinds to obstruct the view. You don't want anyone daydreaming during your presentation.
- Keep all noise during your presentation to an absolute minimum. Unplug all phones in the room and turn off any overhead speakers, cell phones and pagers. If the room you'll be using has adjacent neighbors, make sure a sales rally won't be taking place during your presentation.
- Remove all clutter. Get rid of boxes, piles of papers and anything else that's not directly related to your presentation.
- Arrange for refreshments. No need to go overboard here, but make sure you have on hand a nice assortment of beverages to choose from. If possible, give a coffee mug (featuring your company logo) to each attendee as well as a pen or pencil for note-taking.
The Presentation
Once you're rolling, bear these important guidelines in mind:
- Set clear starting and ending times.
- Use topic index cards or some other written cue cards summarizing your key points to keep you on track and ensure that you don't miss anything.
- Consider using more than one presentation tool, such as flip charts and an overhead projector. It's more interesting and engages the audience.
- Gain and maintain visual contact with every single member of your audience. Learn to scan the room with a sequence so you don't miss anyone.
- Keep a pitcher of water handy for yourself.
- Count to 10 after you ask any questions. And try this: "What questions do you have?" instead of "Are there any questions?"
- Read statements from your notes verbatim.
- Talk while you are facing away from your audience.
- Interrupt people when they are talking.
- Continue to hold a pointer or marker after you've used it. The risk that you'll engage in a distracting nervous tic is just too high!
- Carry change in your pockets.
- Exceed 60 minutes without a break.
When you're done with your presentation, you have two choices to wrap it up:
- "So, ladies and gentlemen, you've seen what I have to offer. What do you think? Shall we get your service started on the 29th of this month?"
- "So, ladies and gentlemen, you've seen what I have to offer. You've been very generous with your time and attention, and I appreciate that. You'll need some time to think over everything you've seen and learned today. Shall we set a time on next Thursday to discuss what you want to do next?"
I prefer the second approach. It has a better chance of getting a more direct response from your prospect. Lots of luck with your presentation!
Tony Parinello is the author of the bestselling book Selling to VITO, the Very Important Top Officer. For additional information on his speeches and his newest book, Secrets of VITO, call (800) 777-VITO or visit www.sellingtovito.com.
The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author, not of Entrepreneur.com. All answers are intended to be general in nature, without regard to specific geographical areas or circumstances, and should only be relied upon after consulting an appropriate expert, such as an attorney or accountant.


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Junior Faculty Position Search 2018-2019
Open date: July 27th, 2018
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Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: April 30th, 2019
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
The UCLA Department of Political Science invites applications from outstanding candidates for a junior faculty position, to begin July 1, 2019. We are particularly interested in applicants who specialize in American Politics, Comparative Politics, or Comparative Political Theory/Political Theory & Race and Ethnicity, although we will also consider especially strong applications from candidates working in other fields and (pending administrative approval) at senior ranks. Given its commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, UCLA asks that candidates include with their application a statement that addresses past efforts, as well as future plans to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.
The online application should include: a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, the aforementioned diversity statement, evidence of teaching excellence in related courses, at least one writing sample, graduate transcript, and three letters of recommendation. The letters of recommendation should be uploaded directly by the referees. Appointments will be effective July 1, 2019. PhD in Political Science or related field in hand prior to the appointment. To ensure full consideration, the online application should be completed by September 15, 2018. Applications will be accepted, however, until the position is filled.
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Yamla Pagla Deewana Synopsis
Yamla Pagla Deewana is a family drama of a man in search of his estranged family. Paramveer Singh Dhillon (Sunny), an upright and honest man working as a loan recovery agent in a bank stays with his mother, his Canadian wife (Mary) and two sons in Vancouver, Canada. Paramveer's mother is a typical Punjabi housewife, had decided to leave her husband Dharam Singh (Dharmender) because she was fed up with his deceptive ways. But one night Dharam Singh quietly took away the younger son and vanished. Paramveer decides to go to India to look for his Father and brother. The Father-Son duo Dharam and Gajodhar (Bobby) are the biggest conmen in Banaras. Dharam is a stylish man and a charmer.Women of all ages adore him. He does not believe in love. Gajodhar is just like his father except for the fact that he is more rustic in appearance and gets nervous in the company of women! How this family comes together through a comedy of errors is what the film is about.


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Kauaʻi mother Malia Chun is no stranger to fighting against biotech corporations that spray chemicals in her neighborhood. She flew all the way to Switzerland to attend Syngenta's board meeting to draw attention to the fact that corporations like theirs are poisoning her children. Recent tests revealed that one of her daughters was riddled with 36 different pesticides – the shocking discovery was found from taking a simple hair sample to a lab.
It would seem unfathomable that Hawaii, where the weather is picture perfect, would have to import over 90 percent of its food supply. But with companies like Dow, DuPont/Pioneer, Syngenta, BASF, and Monsanto testing their GMO products on over 1,000 plots of large acreage, it's the sad truth. This is why Hawaii is often called GMO Ground Zero.
The test plots are sometimes sprayed with carcinogenic and health-harming chemicals up to 16 times a day for most of the year. These test sites are located near neighborhoods, schools, and even hospitals. More than 24 schools are within a mere mile of a major GM test site, and some of the pesticides found in children are supposed to be banned or severely restricted in use.
Chun recently voiced her concern at a press conference to urge Governor David Ige to enforce more stringent pesticide-use regulations. So far, the work of activists like Chun and others has gone largely unheeded. This is why she has reached out to a more global community – including Native American Indians, the indigenous peoples of Australia and Maori, and tribes in Africa that have faced similar battles.
Chun lives on the island of Kauai, but the copious spraying is also done on Oʻahu, Maui and Molokaʻi – in fact, all the islands of Hawaii are affected.
A mere 3,000 signatures have been collected to help stop the spraying of so many chemical pesticides in Hawaii. The islands need our help to make it VERY CLEAR to Hawaii's government leaders that this will be tolerated no longer. Please sign the petition, and help Chun and other families defend themselves against biotech's careless spraying.
This article originally appeared Natural Society.
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Don't worry…. It wasn't actually rubbish, but we did use a lot of rubbish to make some great Art!!!
We had a great turnout to our first ART CLUB of 2018. Lots of making, creating, sticking, drawing, chalking, chatting, running, playing and of course drinking a yummy hot chocolate to keep us warm!!
People brought their old jam jars and the children transformed them into 'jars of joy' by drawing on them with glass pens. The idea of them being a jar which you can fill with happy memories written down on paper scraps throughout the year that can then be shared and remembered at the end of 2018. The children didn't just create ' jars of joy' though. We had 'excellent ideas', 'money pots', 'reasons why you're my best friend', and pen jars….
We also created a giant 'rubbish mosaic' made from lots and lots of cardboard squares cut from old cardboard packaging left over from the holidays. So we literally made art from rubbish!!! It was great fun and the adults got stuck right in too!!! The finished piece will be displayed at THE BACK gALLErY shortly so look out for it!
It was great to see the community coming together today and we are excited for many more ART CLUBs and THE BACK gALLErY events during 2018!!
Stay tuned!!
February's ART CLUB will be on Saturday 10th from 2-3pm and we'll be making a large green handprint heart painting to display outdoors amongst other things!!!


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