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Who Buys the Spies? The Hidden Corporate Cash Behind America's Out-of-Control National Surveillance State (Next New Deal)
Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Tom Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen, and Jie Chen write about the connection between the surveillance state and campaign finance that they found in their recent study of campaign contributions in 2012.
- Roosevelt Take: Read the working paper from their study, "Party Competition and Industrial Structure in the 2012 Elections," here.
Low-Wage Workers are Fighting for More Than Just Money (AJAM)
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal argues that wage theft, scheduling, and a lack of time and resources to challenge mistreatment are just as important as money to low-wage workers who are organizing. Those things all add up to serious limits on economic mobility.
Defying Koch Cash and D.C. Gridlock, Airport Town Will Vote on a $15 Minimum Wage (Salon)
Josh Eidelson reports that in SeaTac, Washington, residents will soon vote on whether or not to raise their minimum wage far above any other in the country. He thinks that they've got a pretty good shot at success.
One-Third of Americans See a Lifetime of Work (MSNBC)
Emma Margolin reports on a study conducted by Wells Fargo, which found that 37 percent of Americans anticipate working until they physically cannot. When the bills are too high to save for retirement too, working until death seems like the only option.
The Millennials' Failure to Launch: Searching the Jobs Report for Answers (The Guardian)
Jana Kasperkevic uses the September jobs report to figure out why Millennials are falling so far behind in this economy. The unstable economy is putting young people behind schedule, and it could effect the stability of their careers far down the road.
The Biggest Economy Killer: Our Government (NYT)
Steven Rattner argues that the continuing dysfunction in Washington is causing the most harm to our economy. The shutdown only lasted sixteen days, but seemingly permanent gridlock is something else entirely.
New on Next New Deal
Larry Klein's Lesson for the Single-Minded Economists Who Rejected Keynes
Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative Jeff Madrick considers the work of the late Nobel laureate Larry Klein, and echoes his frustration with government policy that ignores fiscal stimulus.
What Kind of Problem is the ACA Rollout for Liberalism?
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal argues that Healthcare.gov's problems are based in neoliberal ideas, heavily focused on private provisioning and means testing. These are pretty conservative ideas, and these difficulties could make New Deal-style liberalism more appealing.


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A girl, Mia Carolina Sanchez, was born on Nov. 14, 2006, to Diana Cruz and Gil Sanchez of Stephenville at Harris Methodist Erath County Hospital.
She weighed 7.5 pounds.
Grandparents are Juany and Fernando Cruz and Gilberto and Maria Luisa Sanchez.
Great-grandparents are Isaura Abrego and Antonio Cruz.
Other special family members are aunt Susy Cruz, uncles Fer and Micky; and cousins Nano, Charlie, Diego and Karly Fer Cruz.
A boy, Jacob Duane Scarborough, was born on April 20, 2007, to Justin Scarborough of Huckabay and Myka Scarborough of Stephenville at Harris Methodist Erath County Hospital.
He weighed 6 pounds and 14 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.
Welcoming him home is a sister, Ansley Scarborough, 3.
Grandparents are Steve and Sheila Rudolf, John Scarborough, Charlette Scarborough, and Anita Scarborough.
Great-grandparents are Lavern Blanks and Mr. and Mrs. GH Turner.
Other special family members include aunt Krista, uncle Grant, and cousin Abbie, aunt Shanna, and uncle Brandon.
Bret Cogburn would like to announce the birth of his new baby brother, Reid Ashton Tommy Cogburn.
He was born on April 13, 2007, at Scott & White Hospital in Temple.
He weighed 6 lbs. 5 ounces and was 18 3/4 inches long.
Welcoming him home are his mom and dad, Brandon and Sandra Cogburn. His grandparents are Deanna Johnson, Lynn and Dollie Kinsey, Johnny and Benna Johnson, Earlene Sikes and Areta Johnson.
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Roy and Donna Kubiak of De Leon are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Kay Kubiak, to William Patrick Darden. He is the son of Wesley and Patricia Darden of Stephenville.
The bride-elect is a 1993 graduate of De Leon High School and a 1999 graduate of Tarleton State University. Jennifer is currently employed at the Erath County Attorney�s office.
The prospective bridegroom is a 1996 graduate of Stephenville High School. Patrick is currently employed at Dairy Cow Compost.
A wedding is planned for June 2, 2007.

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A legislator is proposing that Indiana's utility consumer counselor be elected rather than appointed by the governor.
House Bill 1082, filed by Rep. Win Moses, D-Fort Wayne, would place the post on the ballot starting this year, with the term of the elected official beginning next Jan. 1.
The job of utility consumer counselor is currently filled by David Stippler, a former AT&T executive and attorney with Indianapolis-based Bingham McHale LLP. He was appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels in 2008.
The Office of Utility Consumer Counselor intervenes in cases before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and can take legal action in court. It has about 50 employees, including analysts, engineers, economists and attorneys.
Moses proposed a similar bill in the 2010 session, but it died in a house committee.
The bill could get more attention this time around in light of an ethics scandal that erupted in late 2010 at the IURC.
Daniels fired former IURC Chairman David Lott Hardy after it became known Hardy failed to pull administrative law judge Scott Storms from cases involving Duke Energy Corp. while Storms was discussing employment with Duke.
Hardy also appeared to be coaching Storms to get the OK of the state's ethics review board, all the while mocking the process, e-mails released by the state showed.
Storms was later hired by Duke—then fired—after the scandal embarrassed Duke and the Daniels administration.
E-mails also revealed that Hardy had a chummy relationship with officials at Duke, which has been embroiled in cost overruns at its $3 billion Edwardsport coal-gasification generating plant. Those overruns have been fought at the commission by industrial electric customers and by Indianapolis-based Citizens Action Coalition.
CAC supports the concept of an elected consumer utility counselor, arguing that appointees ultimately are beholden to the agenda of the governor.
Daniels has been a proponent of Duke's Edwardsport plant, citing its benefits to the state's coal-mining industry and the potential to reduce air pollution compared with traditional coal-fired plants.
The IURC has for years been a revolving door for employment to and from utility companies.
Last month, a Marion County grand jury indicted Hardy on three counts of official misconduct.
Under Moses' bill, the elected OUCC chief would receive an annual salary of $100,000, the same as Stippler's salary.


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Since Dennis Smith Jr. has joined the Knicks, Frank Ntilikina has become even more of an afterthought. Head coach David Fizdale has tasked Smith with being a vocal leader for the squad despite this only being his sophomore season, and Emmanuel Mudiay has been relieving him off the bench.
Ntilikina has been trying to work back from a groin injury, but he still isn't expected to make an impact at point guard once he returns. Fizdale wants to use him more as a wing player, and has even flirted with the idea of him playing power forward as well. And when Jason Kidd was brought in down in Phoenix by Fizdale, only Smith and Mudiay were close to his teachings with Ntilikina looking on, fortifying the notion that he won't be the floor general anytime soon.
But, with 17 games left on the Knicks' schedule, Ntilikina's health is reeling at the wrong time. And that isn't good if their reported plan involving the former first-rounder is true.
According to The Post's Marc Berman, the Knicks will be exploring their trade options at the NBA Draft, and Ntilikina is expected to be involved. But to boost his trade stock, Ntilikina needs to get back on the floor. He also needs to get healthy to see if he really isn't an asset the Knicks wants in their rebuilding system anymore.
"Don't they have to see what they have first?" an NBA source told Berman. "If he turns into a bust as a lottery pick, fine. But they do not know that yet."
Ntilikina's numbers haven't been kind to his value to the Knicks. In the 41 games he's played this season, he is averaging only 5.9 points, two rebounds, 2.8 assists and 34.2 percent from the field in 21.2 minutes. His 5.9 points is the exact average he had in his rookie season in 78 games, which isn't a good sign considering his focus on getting more creative with his offensive game and developing his jumper this past offseason.
But he isn't going to give up that easy, as he continues to fight hard to get back. Ntilikina recognizes there isn't much time left this season, and he wants to prove he can play next to Smith on the wing if that is the Knicks' plan. He just wants to make sure he's fully healthy when that happens.
"My goal is to come back 100 percent," he said. "I want that as soon as possible. I want to be helping the team. Of course, though, I have to be 100 percent."
If and when Ntilikina returns, Smith has high hopes they can mesh on the court.
"I think [Ntilikina] plays with a really high IQ," Smith, who was taken one pick after Ntilikina in the 2017 Draft, said. "I like his game. I never had an issue with his game. Defensively he's elite. Offensively, he has a higher IQ than people think. He really understands the game. I think we can play well together."
Ntilikina has yet to practice with the Knicks, but he mentioned being able to run at "a very good pace" on Wednesday. He won't be suiting up for the Knicks' contest against the Kings, but with the team starting a three-game road trip on Sunday starting with the Timberwolves, he may not make that trip either. That leaves only 12 games left for the youngster to impress.
No matter when he gets back, though, Ntilikina will feel good being able to contribute again.
"I'm excited," he said. "I'm out sitting but watching a lot of stuff. I'm excited about everything about playing with the new players Dennis, DJ [DeAndre Jordan] and play with my teammates. I miss basketball. It's never easy to stay on the side."


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Organised crime is a catchall concept. Everybody uses it in the media, politics and private discussions. It does not mean anything at all, which is exactly the reason why it is so used and popular! Talking about organised crime is like talking about "organised tourism" or " organised trade". Tourism today is the biggest industry, generating the biggest turnover globally. But nobody would ever be foolish enough to think that tourism is a concept that can be reduced to a bunch of actors and a bunch of practices: it is a complex web or non-permanent activities without lin between them. Most of the money made is local (related to a region, a country, a city), by small to medium entrepreneurs (travel agents, hotels etc.), in specific segments (winter skiing, summer camp, etc.). Obviously it is global because the clientele is travelling, but there is no central actor steering all this from behind the scene. Yet, we tend to think that is the case with organised crime, some families or groups being in the manoeuvre of structured international crimes. Following the analogy with tourism, of course crime is organised, but in a geographic scope and different market segments. Crime, like any other human activities, is marked by incoherence, amateurism, selfishness, lack of information exchange, rivalry, unrational decisions, etc. Criminals try to reduce these dysfunctions by increasing the quality of management of their undertakings. And by doing so, they have to concentrate their forces on specific fields. Mafia in Sicily for example is fragmented in different villages' and towns' groups that do not have regular contacts - or are even in competition. Criminal groups in the USA are organised according to neighbourhood limits of big cities. They might have links with groups abroad, but not in the long term and formal way we could think. Therefore, policing should not be too much internationally oriented when fighting "organised crime", but always assume that most of the evidences are there, somewhere under their eyes. Therefore, they must understand that each police offcier is a link in the control of criminal activities, even those that have international links. In these cases, it might help to follow them to the end, but starting from the international side of organised crime makes us forget to look at small criminal deeds that might be good hints of bigger schemes. In addition, disorganised crime is flexible, precisely because it is disorganised. If a market does not pay, then is is deserted, and the staff changes. If organised crime was so organised, it would be easier to dismantle it: find the head, identify the deputies and destroy the firm piece by piece, like you would dismantle a big bank. The fact that it is more disorganised that organised, or, in other words, organised but in small clusters, makes it more difficult to grasp, and fight.
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Interview: General Manager, Network Operations Center, Ollo Wireless Internet : "The challenge [in Bangladesh] is more on socio-economic part rather than technical."
Faisal Mobarak, Asst. General Manager, Network Operations Center, Ollo Wireless Internet is speaking on Day Two of the 9th annual LTE Asia conference, taking place on the 23rd-25th September 2014 at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
What are the broad challenges that you expect to face over the next five years?
For developing country like Bangladesh, the key challenge is to make LTE a profitable business case for the operators. In Bangladesh, we still have very low Internet usage and the use of data is just not up to the mark, mostly due to lack of local content and overpriced Internet bandwidth at consumer level. Therefore, the challenge is more on socio-economic part rather than technical.
What is your strategy for increasing consumer uptake of LTE services?
LTE World Summit – Preview video
Check out our preview video for the LTE World Summit 2014 from the halls of this year's Mobile World Congress.
In this video we hear from:
- Syniverse
- Sub10 Systems
- Etelm
- Movius
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Genesis Technical Systems
- Emotum
- Ercom
Operator Mindshare coming to LTE North America
The Operator Mindshare was a big hit at previous LTE World Series conferences and will be once again featuring at LTE North America, taking place on the 21st-22nd November 2013, in Dallas, Texas, USA. Click here NOW to download a brochure for the event.
LTE North America – What will LTE Advanced bring? (Panel session video)
One of the best things about LTE events is not just the presentations, but the panel sessions. These give the audience an opportunity to hear the views of key figures in the industry on a particular topic and it's always interesting to get to hear the different views and opinions.
Here are three short clips from the panel discussion on Day One regarding LTE Advanced. With LTE rollouts progressing well from Verizon, AT&T, MetroPCS, U.S. Cellular and Clearwire, thoughts are already turning to what's next.
In part one we have we have Krish Prabhu, CTO of AT&T labs, Jesse Hurwitz, global strategy mobile platforms at Google, Daniel Lönnblad, director of technology, Sony Mobile and Ahmad Armand, Staff VP LTE, MetroPCS, with the session moderated by Alan Quayle of Alan Quayle Business & Service Development.
Ahmad Armand of Metro PCS notes that to one of the features of LTE Advanced is its support for 8×8 MIMO, but this will require devices with more antennas. He notes that admittedly only larger devices such as tablets are likely to actually be able to feature this.
In part two the simple question is once we get LTE Advanced – "Is DSL dead".
In part three we had something a bit different – one word answers to specific questions. As you can see, our panellists are somewhat reluctant to stick to the one word answer scheme but listen as Krish Prabhu gets a good laugh for his response to the question, "Will customers still be paying for voice and SMS!"
For more videos from key speakers at LTE North America 2012 be sure to check out our LTE World Series YouTube channel.


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I like to win, and I think everyone else does too. I'm not a competitive person per say, but winning sure does feel good- especially, when you win a prize.
Today was our first Tuesday Ticket Giveaway, and we were so excited to see many beer lovers enter. But when it came down to pick our winner by random drawing, our Hop Scotch and SIFF Cinema tickets winner was "Buddacow". "Buddacow" won 2 tickets to Hop Scotch and 2 tickets to "Rear Window" playing at the SIFF Cinema. Congrats! Now choose wisely who you are going to take!
Even though we only requested for people to profess their true feelings for beer in the subject line, I was thrilled to see that people wrote us short e-mails. Some begging, bragging and just plain funny things followed the "I love beer" subject lines I just had to include.
Nikki wrote, "Two tickets to paradise, er um I mean Hop Scotch, would be awesome!" Yes, Fremont Studios, Scotch and Tequila can give paradise some competition.
Vince laid down the facts as he sent us a nice e-mail saying, "Gimme dem tix."
Sarah brought tears to my eyes with her entry- "It's Tuesday and I want some tickets to Hop Scotch!!! Why you may ask…because I am thirsty…yes it may only be 9:06 in the morning on this fine day but time does not quench my thirst like a nice cold beer." We love beer too, and many of you showed us your love for beer through "I do"s, exclamation points, and a couple of whoo-hoos. It sounds like a marriage in its honeymoon phase doesn't it?
We want to make Hop Scotch the best beer, Scotch and Tequila festival around, and Jessica's compliment was so nice to hear. "Hopscotch is the best beerfest in Seattle," Jessica wrote. So if you don't believe us, believe Jessica and hop by our event May 8th and 9th.
For those of you who think you are down on your luck…don't worry one bit. This was just our first of seven Ticket Giveaways. So this means you have six more chances. Here's a little peek at next week's prizes fellow hoppers: 2 tickets to Hop Scotch and 2 tickets to the April 16th showing of "Vertigo" at SIFF Cinema. And don't forget we'll soon be adding hotel packages compliments of Courtyard by Marriott.
Here's what you have to do now- keep following us on Facebook and Twitter (this is where we tell you the secret code) and when it comes time for our next Tuesday Ticket Giveaway, send us an e-mail with the secret code to email@example.com. And I know it's tempting to send more than once, but remember, just one click will do.
So cross your fingers, and hold on to your mugs! Tuesday Ticket Giveaway will be here again!


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One of the trends I see as well is that the Gen X recruiters are the ones providing the deals to the Gen X decision makers. (and I'm Gen X – been on both sides of this) Bad service and distrust on both sides. Recruiters wanting minimal effort with maximal fees, and Decision Makers wanting maximum effort for as little as they can manage to pay. (and free would be better)
So the recruiters have to move back to consultancy, and the decision makers have to be convinced its worth the fee. Its happening here in the US, but like many business trends, it takes time to be adopted. We are becoming a consultant economy, because the days of white collar permanent jobs are all but over.


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Its Apple, Intel & Qualcomm vs. Samsung
There is no bad time for Apple. Samsung and Apple have been fighting with each other over patents, just like two kids do over a drawing or a toy. But this is pretty serious. Intel and Qualcomm have provided source code (info) to US lawyers that will help prove Apple's point that it isn't infringing … Continue reading
Jolicloud Me Beta arrives
Written by iDigiD Contributor: Jeremy A. Jolicloud Me is a new product of Jolicloud, what it does is actually simple, it takes all your stuff from your social networks in to one page. Also, if you have shared any music, videos, photos shared by you, it will put it in one place. (like a library of … Continue reading
Bollywood Actor John Abraham could be jailed for 15 days
Bollywood Model turned Actor John Abraham could be jailed for 15 days after being taken into custody by the police this afternoon. The reason is rash and negligent driving that he did in 2006 (a motorcycle), he was convicted in 2010. The actor who has a few films lined up to release in the coming … Continue reading
Here's what you should know about The New iPad, its Features, Specs and Pricing
Apple has finally unveiled one of the most awaited gadgets of 2012, the iPad 3, wait, its The New iPad not iPad 3. There were a lot of rumors about this superb tablet, some of them were true but some weren't, cuz they were rumors, right? I live blogged the whole event and kept updating in … Continue reading
Ice Age 4 Continental Drift – Official Trailer hits the web
The fourth installment of the popular animated series Ice Age was unveiled a few months ago with a Teaser and yesterday it got a Trailer. As soon as the video hit the web, it was one of the most trending trailers all over. Plot: Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their … Continue reading
Mercedes has an invisible car [Video]
Now this is what you call 'Clever/Smart and Green Technology', Drive Technology. The future cars will be better thanthis but for now this is superb. I loved it. I tweeted about this a while ago but thought that i must share it with all of you. Here's the Tweet https://twitter.com/#!/karankashyap/status/175990043444387840 Unfortunately i … Continue reading
Google+ is dying with users spending 3 to 4 minutes a month
According to a new comScore report, users spent 3.3 minutes on Google+ in January compared to 7.5 hours on Facebook. In December, users spent 4.8 minutes on Google+ and 5.1 minutes in November. The usage statistics is going downwards. No reps from Google could be reached for comments on this but in a call with … Continue reading
EA reveals Medal of Honor 'Warfighter' and its launch date
Medal of Honor is back. I remember playing the 2010 version last year. It was a light game but it was fun, some missions were very good. Its was not something you can compare to Battlefield or Call of Duty but it is now! Danger Close, the EA studio is currently developing the new installment … Continue reading
Saif Ali Khan arrested
Bollywood star and the upcoming Agent Vinod has been arrested for allegedly beating up an NRI Iqbal M Sharma (Trader in South Africa) and his father-in-law. Saif Ali Khan was having dinner with Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora and other friends when an NRI told him to 'keep it down' and Saif replied 'If you want … Continue reading
The Pirate Bay and EZTV are probably dead or halfway there
Two of the biggest torrent sites The Pirate Bay and EZTV are down, not responding to user requests. Many on Twitter are reporting the problem and when you ping the sites (trace route) its breaking at the very beginning. This could be a problem from the host of the websites and who can bring the … Continue reading
Samsung Omnia W is now for 15,200, cheaper than Nokia Lumia 710
Samsung Omnia W Smartphone running Windows Phone 7 OS is now cheaper. Apparently, the company has decided to reduce its price to stay in competition with Nokia Lumia 710 which is of the same range but costly by Rs. 300 only. Nokia had also cut prices of Lumia 800 from 30,000 to 28,500 a month … Continue reading
Nokia Lumia 710 appears in Flo Rida's 'Wild ones' video
American Rapper Flo Rida released a new video on 9th Feb and it has been noted that the video has featured Nokia Lumia 710 in it. Nokia Lumia 800 is a very good phone in terms of everything especially the Windows Phone 7 OS and now Nokia 710 is appearing in music videos. At exactly … Continue reading
Kidnapping Video of MTV VJ Jose Covaco
Earlier today i posted MTV INDIA'S VJ JOSE COVACO KIDNAPPED and now i found out this video from the official sources of MTV. Remember this is from official sources. Update: MTV India VJ Jose Covaco's kidnappers sent in another video (17 Feb 2012)


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Lake Hefner - Oklahoma City Real Estate & Homes for Sale in Oklahoma
The communities that surround Lake Hefner in the northwestern section of the state's capital city are popular among people of all ages. This unique and fast-growing area is perfect for anyone who seeks peaceful living and easy access to the pulse and pace of an up-and-coming Midwestern city. While approximately half a million citizens call the state's capital home, only 60,000 of those reside within the open spaces found in the city's northwestern corner. Wheat fields and cow pastures give way to well-established, modern residential areas. This bucolic yet dynamic area offers diverse housing options and a spectacular natural setting.
From boating and fishing to hunting and hiking, the recreational opportunities afforded by the local parklands and waterways are arguably some of the country's best. Furthermore, some of the state's finest shopping facilities, restaurants, performing arts centers and museums are located within driving distance of most Lake Hefner area residents' homes. The annual Oklahoma State Fair is held in the area and is the highlight of a social calendar filled year-round with fairs, carnivals, parades, food and music festivals and holiday celebrations.
The University of Oklahoma is situated a short drive south of the Lake Hefner area. In addition to outstanding post-secondary education, the university provides entertainment for Lake Hefner and Oklahoma City locals in the form of sporting events, musicals, plays and other theatrical performances to name a few. Northwest Oklahoma City is also home to the CHL's Blazers hockey and RedHawks minor league baseball teams.
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There are many attractive real estate options to choose from in the Lake Hefner area. From standard two- and three-bedroom homes to magnificent estate properties, Northwest Oklahoma City simply has it all. Townhouses and condominiums are readily available and many are located within walking distance of shopping, schools and parks.
Some neighborhoods surrounding Lake Hefner are Edgewater, Whitehall, The Greens, Lake Aire and Bluff Creek. Homes in these Lake Hefner area subdivisions are priced from approximately $100,000 to $400,000 and more. Other areas to consider include Gaillardia, Warwick, Briar Creek, Silver Lake and Ski Island. Larger, more expensive homes can be found throughout these areas and range in price from $500,000 to $1.5 million and higher depending on location, size and structure. Some of these properties boast water frontage or spectacular views of the city and countryside. Other new developments include Rose Creek (a golf course community), Braden Parke and Lone Oak Ridge (gated communities served by Deer Creek Schools), Montico Tom Hoshall, Tuttle Creek Estates and Brasswood. Some lots and land are available for custom building in the Lake Hefner and Oklahoma City area.
Lake Hefner - Oklahoma City Real Estate Stats and Trends for the week of April 18th, 2020: homes priced around $126,179 compared to $643,833 the previous week, showing a decrease of less than -410%. For Saturday, April 18th, the current national mortgage rate for a 30 year fixed mortgage is 4.51%; the 15 year fixed rate is at 3.90%. For a loan larger than conventional conforming loans, or 'jumbo' loan, the 30 year rate is 4.41%, while the 15 year jumbo rate currently is at 4.12%.


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We use a variety of surveillance techniques in domestic, divorce and infidelity investigations. We catch cheating spouses and partners with our teams of investigators, including male and female agents. We offer:
Vehicle/GPS tracking (where legal)
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We work with clients who suspect their partners of infidelity. We know it takes courage and guts just to reach out for help. You have already taken an important first step by trusting your instincts. With a bit of patience and planning, we catch cheating spouses in the San Francisco Bay Area, California and wherever a case takes us. San Francisco family law attorneys select us for domestic investigations and family law cases.
We have investigative techniques that increase the chances of getting results. Surveillance is done on foot, by vehicle or mass transit. Video surveillance, photography and other technology help catch and document behavior and circumstances. We are committed to delivering results for your own peace of mind, whether the case is in court or you are contemplating a divorce.
One client, a woman in Alameda, shared her experience working with Walnut Creek private investigator Mike Spencer to catch her cheating husband:
"The question of hiring a Private Investigator was a tough one. There seemed to be a Yin for every Yang, nothing certain, and I just didn't think I was the kind of woman to do that kind of thing. The only crystal clear part was that horrible, angry, steak-knife-in-the-gut feeling that my husband of 33 years was having an affair.
We'd met at age 15 and he'd been my yardstick for every man on Earth for 42 years. Then, one day there seemed to be about $72K unaccounted for from our second mortgage. What? How do you lose track of that kind of money?
I called Spencer Elrod Services feeling guilty, thinking the phone call in itself was being unfaithful to the father of my three children. I left a message with clear call-back instructions. I had a return email later that day and the first line was '"I'm sorry this is happening to you.'"
The cynic in me silently responded, '"Sure, right, I'm another wife you're going to make some money on.'" When the one person you rely on to be the closest and the most honest welcomes another into the marriage arena, you end up trusting no one and you're angry at everyone. That was me.
Mike and I set a time to meet. He brought a contract and I brought a list of questions, photographs and info, plus the retainer.
Our conversation started with the "'I'm sorry this is happening to you"' statement but this time, eye-to-eye, I knew it was true. He's seen enough gritty situations to identify my hurt. At that moment, I started to trust him and knew we could work together.
We chatted about details, schedules, mannerisms, possibilities and, most importantly, that even with all this prep and all his expertise,; we may still come up with nothing.
I returned home and did my homework, watching for signs or unusual behaviors, noting phone usage and planning the first day of surveillance. I took note of clothing, hat, bags, vehicle, direction, etc.
My husband's first venture to '"her'" hotel room netted photos of his car…in the parking lot…for hours….through lunch, then dinner and beyond. Mike advised that they were tucked in for the night (another steak knife) and suggested we resume the next day. He left but I had to stay hoping that I was wrong.
My husband's lies were compounding and he was tripping on his own words. My retainer had been spent but there was no evidence of the two of them actually together.
We landed the money video on the fourth day, thanks to Mike's associate investigator. Emerging from their lover's nest, they visited two local parks strolling, kissing, fondling and hugging. The missing mortgage money, coupled with the behavior patterns already set and some top-notch last-minute coordination yielded concrete and heart-breaking proof.
Ultimately, the videos and photographs are useless in a no fault divorce state like California, but their presence is proof that I was married to a cheating, lying schmuck who would take every opportunity to distort our financial situation in regards to our community property just as he took every opportunity to run to his girlfriend's bed.
A little more sleuthing on my part has revealed several financial secrets including community property funds used to purchase Viagra and an out-of-state visit to a Bed & Breakfast…grrrrr.
Two months later, he's moved in to his own apartment. I have a great attorney and am trying to find my groove once again. Once the affair was discovered and revealed, yes I told all, and our kids are still upset and angry. It wasn't my dirty lie to keep any longer; it was his to live with.
I had to put my money where my mouth was; it was what I'd tell my own daughter to do if she confessed to me her own marital suspicions. The funny thing? My son said he could tell all along."


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How To Give your 3D renders a Retro Feel with Vintage Film for Looks
In this quick video, I show you how to give your 3D Renders a Perfect Timeless look with Nick Campbell's Vintage Film for Look and After Effects.
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Ok, you convinced me, lol. I'm gonna buy it. Blog rocks, as always!
Awesome preset buddy! I love the Cross Proccess Basic. Btw, what happened the 5SP?
Oh, how can I miss that :O. Probably that because I travel around the country for a documentery. 😀 I try to do best thing in next 5sp. I hope I will be in the mood. Any thanks for the purpose to do something. I really need that for thinking exircise. Even if I didn't won, I'm really happy because I crate something and I realize I can be crative if I have a purpose:).
Yo Nick, this is my second project so far…I've been following your training and playing around also just to see what I can come up with.
Hey Nick, I'm really tempted to buy the pack, but why is it $100 for what is essentially a pack of presets? Even with the AE comps thrown it, that seems pretty steep these days, doesn't it? Are there special additional files that Looks uses to create any of the styles in the pack (apart from the AE comps)?
I think crate things from scratch and making a plugin or preset from that, it's priceless. If you look at the preview you should see pure ideas and a work that really spend a lot of time and hours on it. And I think before criticism we should thanks for his hard working.
Yes, I'm thankful Nick took the time to create these, no doubt. The presets look beautiful. I don't know how long it took to create them, so maybe that factors in on the price.
I guess part of me feels like over the course of a handful of weekends, anyone could come up with their own presets that would come close to the same effects, though. Maybe I'm just a throwback to the days when designers would tinker and share presets online for free, but maybe things are more cutthroat/desperate these days. Sorry, not trying to piss anyone off, it just brought up these conflicting notions in my head.
interesting topic here.
Since after effect cs5 only cost 999$, the plugin with 100+ of preset built in and infinite numbers of others combinations cost 399$, plus the nick's guru pack, it raises 50% of the main software, wich is very expensive compare to the fact that you can do the same things or better with a combo of built in plugs in AE in minutes, so considering money only, i agree with rick about the price of nick's guru set, it is very expensive.
nicks guru pack + the plugin cost = half of the AE price !!!!! no comment!
but nick is also right about saving time (and money) by using these.
you gain productivity by using presets, you also keep your good looking pictures to the same level as before and for everyone but you dont create new stuff, u just use old ones.
first : productivity is the producer concern more than the creator concern, by using presets you are not very creative but quite productive. unless if you are both creator and producer (freelance), you will need to deal with yourself and find a balance between creativity and rentability. …
at some point i believe being faster, and more productive helps to get more original and deep into your client thoughts and projects, it gives more time to refine the clients ideas and get the very essence of it. i believe searching, moving things, do it again, changing your mind, proposing the best of it, and try other ways is needed to think about the project. being productive, saving time and money is a great deal to be more creative, but using presets is for me a poor productivity gain compare to the loss of originality and the price of it. Using a preset only once will cost you 99$, use it more often, it will cost you less and less but at any tries you'll lose more and more originality, giving to all your clients the same exact tweaked preset looking that some other guys used too.
second : preset doesnt work well all the time, specially in color grading because they depends on what's under and how it has been lighted or graded. so you have to tweak anyway, sometimes a lot. tweaking for tweaking, i dont see the point of using presets in color grading. my POV
@RyT: nick is a very generous guy and i thank him for that, but when i buy his product, i believe He has to thank me ;))
I think prices like these are really well justifiable when you're doing payed work. Depending on your rate, if you save a few hours of work on a project by using a plugin/preset/script or whatever, it quickly pays for itself.
I keep all websites of plugins/presets/scripts as a favorite in a folder in in my browser with a clear description. So if a project requires some effects and the deadline is tight, I can find, buy and download them quickly.
I think its unfair to compare plugin prices to the host package price. You won't compare the price of after effects with that of osx/windows either.
Also, I had a few projects which required some complex effects within a bizarre deadline. I told the client that I could do the project within time, but needed extra software. Just ask for some extra money on top of your day price. That way I ended up with clients paying for plugins of half of it.
Don't forget that if you do color correction yourself, you don't have the ability to check totally different effects in real time like the Magic Bullet Look Browser. In my opinion this let's you discover styles you didn't think of before. It's just another kind of workflow.
But I'm guessing things will change. Like the iPhone/iPad, I guess that within a few years, we can do in-app purchases of plugins and in-plugin purchases of presets.
I think color presets usually never end up with same results. Because if you use preset with a different color based scenes, each of all look different. Except the preset have a steady color like solid in a composite mode (multiply, add etc.). But if you look at the cross proccess its end up with a different results. The logic and proccess are same but results are different. if you don't like, for example vintage look, that because its not right preset for your video. but on the other hand that may look very beautiful for some other video. I know my grammar messed up and i really feel sorry for it, but i hope i can express myself.
@ mister lovelyday : i agree that the color preset within looks helps a lot for trying quickly different basis in color grading, so its good for the workflow. but these Looks settings are mostly hard gradings, they are not subtle, they are here to put an overall grading that flatten everything, they are mostly here to hide the misery of poor color graded pics. trying many of them means the photographer/3Dlighter didnt do his job with lighting or also means that you havent got a clue of what type of grading you are going to do before starting, wich is a bit dangerous in production i think, even if you change your mind slightly you have to know what you are doing before starting, i believe you need to prepair… in brief, using preset often make us do and redo before thinking.
i also agree that you can ask the client to pay for the short term delay and the use of extra software in order to get in time.
But comparing prices from the soft to the plugin doesnt seem unfair to me.
by definition a plug in is only an extension of the main software, it is not required for AE to work, in the other hand the OS (osx/window/wathever) is fully required.
I believe it depends on the plugs we are talking about. take keylight for example, the keying things couldnt have been done without this plugin before because AE builtin plugs were so unuseful. take now looks vs color finesse2 as another exemple, they do basically the same : color grading but color finesse is an AE builtin plugin, so why should i buy looks when i already have a flame/smoke/discreet-like color grading tool in my hands.
some of the plugs are so useful and can be expensive but others Just make you save a bit of time, do they Really worth their prices is my only question.
do you want to upgrade your knowledge and experience in color grading or your software???
@The Gorilla : just to mention that i bought your hdri light kit pro because i find it very useful and easy to use, well thinked and because i am a noob on C4D :)).
i tried it and have a result of my test here : http://vimeo.com/14476485 hope you like.
peace to you guys.
Saw this on vimeo (i think) a few days ago. Looks like a great addition to any making-cool-shit-guy's toolbox.
More presets to make everyone's shit look the EXACT. FUCKING. SAME.
lol oh shit hmmm thats a tuff one cuz i remember some talk about using scripts and how its makes shit look the same BUT i gota admit it would save lots of time and money Nicks got a point and its looks dope so why should he not share it some ppl will choose to use it and some will not oh FUCKING its not the end of the world, I would use these presets and then tweaked them to my liking nothing wrong with that
nice promo
how do u get it?
nvm found it
Amazing presents Nick !
Not a big fan of the combination vintage with 3D but I would definitely use this for photoshop. Great job once again !
Great stuff, as usual. I think as soon as I finish my holydays I'll get it.
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"3d movie-with-the-glasses-off-look" would be called Anaglyphic. Great post btw.
Interesting debate here.
I do agree with Julien about the fact that using presets won't help being more and more creative.
Though, there's many situations in a freelancer career that make presets useful, you don't always have time to try and experiment effects.
But if you chose to work as a digital artist, and this choice came up with the love of making pictures, you might find time to practice, do research, and make your own style, own presets, own assets…
About the price, I don't really know what to think.
First Nick did a great job. Those presets are fine tuned, and I guess he had to digg old movies, old clips to get references, and spend many time trying to understand why they look like this. And work deserves money.
I also think that a hundred bucks isn't that much for a little studio.
What bothers me is that I fear young designers will get these because cheap and vintage looks are trendy. And young guns use them in every creation, which is the opposite of being creative. Just have a look at fffound or cargo collective portfolios…
Will keep reading this thread with much interest.
hey nick, do you have up coming tutorials on this? like on how to tweek the presets a bit?
Is There any idea on How to create this with a camera moving forward in C4D or after effects?
Hey Nick,
Purchased your Vintage Film Presets, great stuff. Couldn't find the AE templates though, the zipfile contained only a mpkg. Perhaps I downloaded the wrong file?
Great blog
Keep rockin
This is amazing (I also have Shake It and am glad to see it was made by a real person).
Do you have something similar for Photoshop?
Cool presets but not really utilizing your true skillset.
Are you interested in making any plugins for C4D especially with R12?
It seems to me the best plugins for C4D so far are the free ones. Anyways…you probably do more for the C4D community than anyone out there so I don't mind you trying to make some pocket change with some color presets.
Do we need to have Looks already installed for this to work?
where i must paste "Vintage Film By Nick Campbell" folder in order to install plugin?
Do u have the Spin text tutorial ?
Got a problem: I made a little sphere scene like Nick did in this tutorial.
The spheres a randomly placed in the volume of a cube.
As they touch and they need to be ridged bodies they kinda explode away from each other.
Can anybody tell me how I make them not intersect and therefore not explode?
Thanks a lot
AMAZING! everything on this website is AMAZING!! thank you for all the advice, tutorials, and answers!


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Ages ago we took our regularly scheduled week off of school. We've been doing six weeks on, one week off and it has been working well this year. So we took our week off, and towards the end of the week Skeeterbug got sick. It extended into the next week. Then the other kids got sick, and I got sick and that all extended into the next week. And the next week. We recovered, and then we got slammed again. And we are still in the midst of it. So our schooling has been all about doing the basics. Math, writing, spelling, reading. We managed to row We're Going on a Bear Hunt (which I'll post about at some point). And we've been doing some Olympics things here and there, and watching quite a bit. Science and history have been reduced to some sporadic read-alouds and much watching of Magic School Bus. Blogging has taken a backseat.
But winter can't last forever, and though the weather hasn't changed much the trees must know something we don't…the wattles are blooming and other trees are also, so spring must be on the way. It's just over three years now since we moved to Australia. The wattles in bloom are one of my earliest memories of being here. Aren't they pretty?
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It's time for our next break but we aren't taking it because we've missed so many days the last couple of months. Hopefully we will get back to some normalcy soon.


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Next week, the 2010-11 NBA season will officially begin. Drafts are hot off the presses or hours away from taking place and the soft, wispy tufts of hair belonging to the league's 64th season smell downy fresh. But Razzball thought it would be important to look back at classic top 10 picks of yesteryear written by former Razzball writers. All week we've thumbed through our old fantasy rosters and revisit our top 10 picks from each of the seasons that introduced us to a new decade. We already reflected on the top 10 picks from your 1959, 1969, 1979, and 1989 NBA fantasy drafts. Today, we look at the season that introduced us to the new millennium. Karl Malone was the reigning MVP at the age of 35, still the oldest anyone has ever won the award. Tim Duncan was all David Robinson needed to finally capture his first championship title. Only 50 games were played in the lockout-shortened '98 season. And it appeared as if the heir to Air Jordan could be found in a Toronto rookie named Vince And the year ahead would see future Hall of Famers Dominique Wilkins, Joe Dumars and Charles Barkley play their final seasons. And now, we review your 1999-00 fantasy basketball top 10:
Waasssuuuup, fantasy ballers. Razzbizzle back again to hook you up with this year's basketball studs. If you followed our advice last year your team probably won. If you follow us this year, you'll no doubt be as dangerous in your league as Y2K viruses are to our world. So come, follow us as we review the 10 best the game has to offer.
10. Grant Hill, ORL – Hill, perhaps the most fully rounded player on this list will have his first shot at a full season in Motor City with Jerry Stackhouse, a power duo almost two seasons in the making. Assuming both these guys stay healthy (and there's no reason to think they wouldn't) they'll help each other become one of the premiere powerhouses in the East once again.
09. Jason Kidd, PHO – It wouldn't be insane to think Kidd might average a triple-double one of these years. He averages nearly 17 points and eight boards while leading the league in assists-per-game last season with 10.8, more than a full assist better than his previous high. He's the best true point man in game full of great ones.
08. Stephon Marbury, NJ – Marbury didn't exactly enjoy sharing the Minnesota spotlight with Kevin Garnett. But now that he's with New Jersey and the shoot-first point guard can call the team his own, there won't be anything to stop this guy from going gonzo all over the league. A happy Marbury is a quiet and productive Marbury. If he continues growing, he'll be on his way to the Hall of Fame 15 years from now. He's that good.
07. Chris Webber, SAC – Oh, the free throw percentage! Webber! Webber, practice your charity tosses, my man. He shoots .486 while standing three feet to the left with a defender in his face, but only .454 when everything stops. If he could just shoot .650, he'd be the best power forward in the game. Statistically, that free throw percentage wrecks your team.
06. Tim Duncan, SAS – We know the big goober in the middle can play. We also know he can win. What we don't know is how high his ceiling is. Is he just as good without the Admiral taking heat off of him? David Robinson isn't long for this league and, as good as Duncan is now, I can see him tapering off when Robinson's team becomes Duncan's. Because I'm teetering, he gets the middle of the list.
05. Kevin Garnett, MIN – Statistically, Garnett and Duncan are similarly ferocious stat-stuffers. Actually, Garnett's just ferocious in general. With Marbury out of town, it's totally his show and stat-wise he's going to eviscerate most power forwards in this league. Heck, he'll probably take a few SF with him.
04. Gary Payton, SEA – Payton's 8.7 assists-per-game average was third behind only Marbury and Kidd. But what makes the Glove special is that he consists of the best of both those other two PGs. He scores nearly as many points and threes as Starbury (21.7, 1.7) and, like Kidd, rebounds, blocks and steals in higher numbers than someone as small as Payton is expected to (4.9, 0.2 and 2.3). When you choose Payton, it's as if you're choosing Marbury and Kidd.
03. Karl Malone, UTA
You know why Garnett and Duncan aren't ranked higher? Because the Mailman hasn't retired yet. I'm willing to concede that either one of those younger guys might be considered better than the quickly aging Charles Barkley. But Malone? Duncan and Garnett would have to have pretty remarkable careers. He's 35 years old and he's missed two games in the last seven seasons. Think about that. No clue how many seasons he's got left in him, but I hope it's enough to win a ring.
02. Allen Iverson, PHI
Iverson is a PG the way Superman is Clark Kent. Call it whatever you'd like, the Answer is a shooter. Three years in the league, this mighty mite has never averaged fewer than 22 points. Shoot, steal, repeat. His declining assists are a bit alarming. He'd be in the No. 1 spot if he dished the ball more than 4.6 times a game …
01. Shaquille O'Neal, LAL
… Well, and if the big fella wasn't also in the league. Honestly, who can stop this guy? Not 'Zo. Not Mutombo. Not Ewing. Not Robinson. He's a scary, scary force. A force that scored nearly 30 points, grabbed 11 boards and blocked 1.5 shots per game last season … and he's not really trying. God forbid Kobe Bryant continues to improve, not only will the Lakers be really good, but Shaq might feel the need to step up his game. I can't imagine what that would be like.


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Well, that was quite a year, wasn't it? I don't know what all the "words of the year" are going to be, though Dictionary.com has gone for "complicit." I'd nominate "disorienting" myself, mainly because "covfeve" feels too much like shooting fish in a lexicographical barrel.
It's been quite a year for us in Libraryland as well, raising issues we wouldn't have thought we would have to deal with in 2017, questions we thought were long settled, and generally shaking up a lot of assumptions underlying what we do, why, and who we are as a profession. Exhibit A: for the 2018 ALA Midwinter conference, ALA president Jim Neal has organized his president's program as a debate around the questions "Are libraries neutral? Have they ever been? Should they be?"
I applaud Jim for doing this—it's great to see ALA raising a little hell now and then, particularly at a time when the stakes feel pretty high. And this is a topic of some currency in the library world, although, for many of us who have been around for awhile, it's a little stunning to entertain the notion that libraries as institutions might view themselves as something other than neutral.
In fact, the library profession actually has a somewhat checkered history when it comes to responding to issues in the broader society. Historically, collective action always seems to come more easily for librarians around matters of intellectual freedom. For example, the Freedom to Read Statement, issued in 1954 with the American Book Publishing Council (a precursor to the Association of American Publishers) came as a rejoinder to Joseph McCarthy. And then there are the profession's strong responses to the rather clownish Library Awareness Program of the 1980s, and the considerably less clownish PATRIOT Act (which famously led to then–Attorney General John Ashcroft's immortal 2003 characterization of librarians as exhibiting "baseless hysteria.") Ah, those were the days.
Librarians were less nimble and notably less courageous when it came to the civil rights movement. It took years for ALA leaders to finally grow a spine and insist that not only should libraries be open to all, but our professional associations should be as well—a shameful period we don't always talk enough about.
I can imagine much of how Jim Neal's discussion will go in Denver, particularly since it's arranged as a debate with a responder panel, and there are some very fine people involved. There will be those who argue for a familiar vision of libraries as unbiased, and those who say that is folly in a world that seems turned upside down. And there are valid points to be raised on both sides.
But the answer to the fundamental question "Are libraries neutral?" seems pretty predictable. As is so often the case: "maybe." Or better still, "it depends."
Really? Maybe?
Yeah, I know, "maybe" feels like a cop-out. But in this case I don't think it is, because the question of library neutrality actually conflates two questions—one about the political lives of librarians and libraries as institutions, and another about their professional work. Trying to think about these questions together often muddies the waters and causes confusion and consternation. Pulling them apart, however, reveals a more complicated and therefore fraught environment.
The political part of this discussion today covers a lot of ground, much of which is well trodden. The fight to preserve net neutrality, for example, fits with a long pattern of policy advocacy efforts regarding a range of issues that affect how librarians do our business and serve our communities, which librarians and our organizations have taken on for decades. And, while there might not always be perfect agreement on specific policy stances, that the library profession would undertake this kind of policy advocacy is neither shocking nor controversial.
The second sense in which people raise the question of neutrality is in the day-to-day work of libraries and librarians: offering services, acting as community meeting places, and especially building and maintaining collections of materials. Here we have a long tradition as well, of representing and encouraging multiple points of view, seeking balance, and enabling a reflection of the tastes and interests of the communities we serve. It's an imperfect process, to be sure, and nobody's ever 100% happy. But this is what we do, we've done it for a long time, and we still do it all the time.
Today, however, it sure does seem like the questions are getting thornier. Do the neo-Nazis get to reserve the community room? Should we have materials in the collection describing and advocating conversion therapy? Or placing creationism on an equal footing with, like, science? Some among us seem to be suggesting that we must draw lines, or even choose sides, and articulate the kinds of people or ideas that are simply beyond the pale, unacceptable, and not welcome in libraries. And, I'll admit, it is oh-so-tempting to say something like "let's just stick to the facts." But in today's environment, in which facts seems to be up for grabs on a regular basis (and not in a cool virtual-reality or Blade Runner kind of way either), what hope would we ever have of resting our work on "objective" "facts"?
The good news is that the library world is accustomed to change—in technology, demography, policy, the economic environment, and society. We've had little choice. But still, the kind of shift in the political environment we're experiencing today feels different, which is why so many librarians are feeling so uncomfortable. When the ground feels like it's shifting under your feet, it's hard to stand upright.
With that in mind, it strikes me that the debate in Denver won't really be around the question of "neutrality" so much as a broader reconsideration of the role of libraries and librarians. Let's face it: the 19th-century vision of American libraries as providing worthy reading for moral improvement and fostering an informed electorate might not entirely cut the mustard any more. Rather, we are witnessing a new phase in a decades-long recalibration of libraries from a passive, repository model to a more active—activist, even—community-engagement model.
Thus, the more relevant question may not be whether libraries are neutral, but rather what role or roles they should play in fostering or creating change. There is no easy answer to that question, and there is no single answer to that question, and there never will be.
Our Common Mission
Which brings me back to Libraryland. That name has been around forever, certainly as long as I've been around, an affable, cozy, slightly-too-cutesy, tote-bag-flavored characterization.
But to extend the metaphor, if we want to think of the library community as a "land," we should recognize that Libraryland is not a continent, but an archipelago—dozens, hundreds of islands big and small representing a dizzying gamut of types, perspectives, purposes, and clienteles, from tiny volunteer-run reading rooms open a few hours a week to offer a few hundred donated books in isolated communities, to the grandest and most richly appointed palaces in the largest cities and the greatest universities holding the treasures of thousands of years of human exploration.At first glance, it would seem that little could unify a profession this diverse and fractious, and there are days when we all probably think that's true. And yet, here we are, in all our rambunctious glory.
As we gather in Denver for the 2018 Midwinter Meeting, and as we debate our roles in an American society that sometimes feels like it is being torn apart, we can at least start our discussions from this point of agreement: What drives us all—vast and tiny, academic and public, school and special, urban and rural, left and right—is a deep-seated desire, a calling even, to serve our communities. And it's that commonality of purpose that must guide us now.
Joseph Janes is associate professor in the University of Washington Information School and author of Documents That Changed the Way We Live (Rowman & Littlefield).


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Rating: 3
Hilarious at parts, but they throw enough trash in to make you not want to recommend it without it being filtered. Too many sex jokes, though the language wasn't as bad as it can sometimes be in a PG-13 comedy. Right and wrong were protrayed in their true roles, the bad people lost and the good people won. There was nothing particularly motivating in the film, just pure entertainment. It was nice to see Maxwell Smart as not a total idiot as Steve Carrell often gets casted as, though it's not noticeable until about halfway through the movie.
Steve Carrell is such a talented actor, he just tends to get a little carried away at getting cheap laughs. I think I would watch it again with it filtered, and I think I would enjoy it a whole lot more.


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tr.v. es·teemed, es·teem·ing, es·teems
1. To regard with respect; prize. See Synonyms at appreciate.
2. To regard as; consider: esteemed it an honor to help them.
1. Favorable regard; respect. See Synonyms at regard.
2. Archaic Judgment; opinion.
[Middle English estemen, to appraise, from Old French estimer, from Latin aestimāre.]
vb (tr)
1. to have great respect or high regard for: to esteem a colleague.
2. formal to judge or consider; deem: to esteem an idea improper.
3. high regard or respect; good opinion
4. archaic judgment; opinion
[C15: from Old French estimer, from Latin aestimāre estimate]
esˈteemed adj
1. to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
2. to consider as of a certain value or a certain type; regard: I would esteem it a great favor.
3. Obs. to appraise.n.
4. favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard: to hold a person in esteem.
5. Archaic. opinion or judgment; estimation; valuation.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French estimer < Latin aestimāre; see estimate]
syn: See appreciate.
Past participle: esteemed
Gerund: esteeming
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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|esteem - the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard"
stature - high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement; "a man of great stature"
disesteem - the state in which esteem has been lost
|esteem - a feeling of delighted approval and liking
liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
Anglophilia - admiration for Britain and British customs
hero worship - admiration for great men (or their memory)
philhellenism - admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs
philogyny - admiration for women
|esteem - an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"
attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"
estimation, estimate - the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability"
|esteem - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
think the world of - esteem very highly; "She thinks the world of her adviser"
reverence, venerate, revere, fear - regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
admire, look up to - feel admiration for
disesteem, disrespect - have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
|esteem - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
1. respect, regard, honour, consideration, admiration, reverence, estimation, veneration He is held in high esteem by his colleagues.
1. respect, admire, think highly of, like, love, value, prize, honour, treasure, cherish, revere, reverence, be fond of, venerate, regard highly, take off your hat to a scholar whom he highly esteemed
1. To have a high opinion of:
Idioms: look up to, think highly of.
2. To recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of:
Idiom: set store by.
A feeling of deference, approval, and liking:
إحْتِرام، تَقْديريَحْتَرِم، يُقَدِّر
A. VT (frm)
2. (= consider) → considerar, estimar
I would esteem it an honour → lo consideraría un honor
I would esteem it an honour → lo consideraría un honor
(= consider) → ansehen, betrachten
n → Wertschätzung f; to hold somebody/something in (high) esteem → jdn/etw (hoch) schätzen, von jdm/etw eine hohe Meinung haben; to be held in low/great esteem → wenig/sehr geschätzt werden; he went down in my esteem → er ist in meiner Achtung gesunken
esteem(iˈstiːm) verb
to value or respect. hoogag يَحْتَرِم، يُقَدِّر уважавам estimar vážit si achten værdsætte; respektere; estimere εκτιμώapreciar, estimar lugu pidama احترام گذاشتن؛ ارزشمند دانستن arvostaa estimer לְהַעֲרִיך सम्मान करना cijeniti, štovati tisztel menghargai virða stimare 尊重する 평가(존중)하다 gerbti cienīt rasa hormat hoogachtenverdsette, ha stor respekt/aktelse for cenić, szanować په درنه سترګه كتل، قدر كول، ښاغلى ګڼل، دمګرتيا په نظر¬ كتل، نازول a stima ценить; уважать vážiť si spoštovati poštovati uppskatta, värdera, [hög]akta เคารพ saymak, hürmet etmek 尊重 поважати, шанувати کسی کا احترام یا قدر کرنا quý trọng 尊重noun
favourable opinion; respect. His foolish behaviour lowered him in my esteem; He was held in great esteem by his colleagues. agting, respek إحْتِرام، تَقْدير уважение estima vážnost, úcta die Achtung agtelse; respekt εκτίμηση, σεβασμόςaprecio, estima lugupidamine احترام؛ اعتبار kunnioitus estimeהערכה आदर, सम्मान ugled, štovanje tisztelet penghargaan virðing stima 尊敬 존중, 평판 pagarba cieņa hormat achtingaktelse, respektszacunek درنه afecto/admiração, apreço stimă уважение vážnosť ugled poštovanje [hög]aktning ความเคารพ saygınlık, itibar 尊敬 повага, шанування عزت و تکریم sự quý trọng 尊敬


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Modern buisness is more globally connected than ever before, even when a firm's customer base is primarily or entirely domestic. To gain practical experience in international business, students participate in the Global Consulting Capstone to apply their MBA training in a practical setting.
During their final term, all students will work with a globally-focused company based either locally or abroad on a project developed in partnership with the host business, ideally focused on an area of growth for their own career. From this work, students develop a consulting report and present this analysis in a formal setting as a capstone presentation.
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Is there a report that can break out goods vs services?
I'm filling out our tax return and need to input the values of sales for goods and services separately.
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- Run an export report for the date range and state of your return
- Place a filter at the header level
- Filter out all sales that are services by using a filter at either the tax code column or item column
- Autosum that result.
- Do the same for services and goods separately.


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Because we pay such attention to detail in our food, it is only natural that we use that same focus to meet our customers' needs. That's why we offer exquisite fare tailored to many special dietary requirements. For example, we provide sugar-free cookies and other sugar-free gifts for those who are vigilantly monitoring their carbohydrate or sugar intake, and we have carefully planned the contents of our diabetic gift baskets to create scrumptious assortments of treatsthat retain the extraordinary taste for which Wolferman's is known. Among our other special diet offerings are flavorful gluten-free muffins and cookies, created using gourmet recipes that forgo wheat flour and other sources of gluten, and a wide selection of kosher delights certified by the Orthodox Union to conform to Jewish dietary law.
We know the value of a good diet and deeply respect the decisions people make about their food, and that's why we can present such a diverse array of always-tasty bakery treasures. At Wolferman's, there's something for everyone and for every occasion.


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Knitting is taking over my life.
I tend to go on reading jags. For several weeks, or even months, I find myself focusing almost exclusively on a single genre: fantasy/SF, mystery, children's/YA, historical romance. Then suddenly (and unpredictably) I feel surfeited, and I switch to another genre.*
Recently, I've been on a knitting jag. I'm devouring knitting books. I've borrowed 10 or 12 knitting books from the library in the last two weeks. Pattern books, books on technique, books about knitting… Wait a minute, I hear you thinking, books about knitting?
Yep. Turns out, there is a whole subgenre of books about knitting. They aren't pattern books, though they might feature a few basic (or even several complex) patterns. They aren't technique books or stitch dictionaries. They aren't fiction featuring a knitting theme (though these exist and can be fun; see Maggie Sefton's knitting mysteries or Debbie Macomber's "Blossom Street" novels for popular examples.**) No, I'm talking about books that explore the why of knitting — the history, process, and attraction of knitting. And there are a lot of them out there.
There are the hilarious (and sometimes poignant) books by the well-known knitting blogger, The Yarn Harlot (otherwise known as Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.) Her Knitting Rules is more of a technique book, but in her blog and books like The Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter and The Free-range Knitter, she offers a wry and witty look at the ups and downs of being a knitter.
There are books like Zen and the Art of Knitting: Exploring the Links Between Knitting, Spirituality, and Creativity, by Bernadette Murphy, which does exactly what the subtitle states (and does it very well.) Books like The Joy of Knitting, by Lisa R. Myers, which features essays on knitting in community and knitting in the digital age alongside chapters on fiber, color, and texture. Books like Knitting in America, which looks individual knitters, designers, and fiber producers from across America, with lavish photographs (and a number of beautiful patterns.)
I'm having a wonderful time reading all these knitting books, but there's one major drawback: if I'm reading, I'm not knitting.
Like I said: Knitting is taking over my life.
*Usually, I intersperse the current genre with some nonfiction and an occasional foray into other fiction genres, but for the duration of the jag, 75 to 85% of my reading will be in the dominant genre.
** Check out the Cozy Mystery List Blog list's post for more fiction featuring knitting and other needle/fiber arts.