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Everyone's favorite Iceland expert, Fred "Napoelon Dynamite" Mishkin was on Bloomberg TV today. He said a bunch of stuff. None of it mattered, for the simple reason that as has been now confirmed beyond a reasonable doubt, Mishkin will say anything that he is paid $___ to say. In other words, only those who enjoy experiencing subdural hematomas from absorbing macrosievert emissions of hypocrisy, should subject themselves to the following clip. Incidentally, speaking of emissions levels, after observing the warm glow emanating from the former New York Fed governator's epithelial covering, we open it up to debate: just what is the halflife of the "healthy and perfectly digestible" macrosievert emission from the "Dynamite's" skin?
For those who are confused why Mishkin is the butt of jokes in professional and academic circles, the following clip (referenced previously on Zero Hedge) should make it all too clear.
So anyway, for those who enjoy cackling uncontrollably, below is Mishkin's latest public humiliation. In it among other things is the following discussion of soon to be paywalled Krugman- "Paul is a great economist, by the way, and completely deserves his Nobel Prize." No further comment needed.
On Paul Krugman:
"There is an issue, and this has been a real problem in terms of some of Paul's discussion during the last couple of years, which is that expectations really are key. One of the important lessons that we've learned over the last 30 years in macroeconomics is that expectations and how people assess the future is key to what they do today. For example, if you have expansionary fiscal policy now, people are actually worried that you are going to end up taxing like crazy them in the future because you are not dealing with long run fiscal sustainability, the expansionary fiscal policy will not work as well. That's been a big problem. What we actually need right now would be long run fiscal sustainability, actually contraction there dealing with entitlements, which would give us more room to do fiscal expansion. Unfortunately, Paul has not discussed that issue, which is very disappointing. I have to tell you that in this context--Paul, who a great economist, by the way and completely deserves his Nobel Prize--on this policy issue, he really has pushed us back where our level of understanding in macroeconomics doesn't say that there's no effect from fiscal policy, but under certain circumstances actually expansionary fiscal policy may not work or could actually be contractionary. There are cases where actually contracting by actually getting your long run fiscal situation in balance can actually be expansionary."
On the stock market's role in recovery:
"I feel that people focus much too much on the stock market. Particularly during the crisis, the issue was not getting the stock market up, it was preventing the financial system from imploding and it was really the bond markets which were much more important. There's this wonderful quip by Paul Samuelsson who said that the stock market has forecast nine of the last five recessions, so it is a piece of information that is important, but the health of the financial system is really the key element in terms of getting things working again. We still have some serious problems, not so much in the financial markets for corporates, but we still have problems for small businesses in terms of credit and the consumer still has issues that they have to deal with."
On headline inflation vs. core inflation:
"In terms of what you should care about, it should be headline because a big component of our spending, and actually what we spend on every day, tends to be food and energy, which is actually cut out of headline and is what the core is basically---headline excluding those two items. On the other hand, what we really care about in terms of policy, is underlying inflation, the trend in inflation. You don't want to react to blips in temporary movements in prices in food and energy if in fact they're not telling you about what's going on in the long run. For example, in 2007 and 2008, we had headline which was moving up tremendously. A lot of people said inflation is a big problem. The Federal Reserve said basically said no, underlying inflation is not moving up like that and our big problem is the financial crisis. In fact, during that period with headline moving up, the Federal Reserve was cutting interest rates very dramatically, and that actually was the right thing to do. It still wasn't enough to keep us out of this mess, but it certainly was the right thing to do, so you really want to focus on something that is a deeper concept."
"There's one important difference between the Europe and the U.S. In the case of the U.S., it turns out that core seems to be doing better in terms of telling us where inflation is going to be in the longer run context. Not is true in Europe. In the U.S., headline inflation heads towards core. In Europe, that's actually not true. So the problems of having higher headline inflation is in fact a more serious problem for them than for us."
On if the Fed can get in front of the debate:
"I think the Fed actually always has to try to be ahead of the curve and look forward and make predications--and move before something has actually happened. When I was in the Federal Reserve in August 2007, the economy was actually very strong at the time. That third quarter was a very strong quarter, inflation was actually going up. The financial crisis hit on August 7 and the Federal Reserve then started to ease policy in the face of data that was actually very strong. The people who understood financial crises said that this is a big problem, it's going to be a big drag on the economy and we actually have to act preemptively. That's what you're always trying to do. The problem is that forecasting is a tough business and that you always don't get it right."


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My mind has been wandering recently. It's been on adventures far and wide to crystal blue waters, dramatic mountain views and lush green forests. To those places where both literally and metaphorically you could get lost for days. For some, when their mind wanders to such places (and lets admit it, we're all daydreamers to a certain degree!) it would be an imagined place in the mind's eye full of tranquillity and calm…but for me my daydreams take me to an amalgamation of all those beautiful places I've been lucky enough to experience already in my lifetime. Those breathtaking views I'll always have emblazoned in my memory like some sort of mental collage or picture book.
Travel and escapism is the theme for this post as I've come to realise recently how important having those moments of pure awe and inspiration are to truly enjoying life and finally realising the beauty of the world that surrounds us. That last bit sounds pretty naff, I know it does, but I just can't think of a better way to describe it. For me, the feeling that comes with standing over a beautiful mountain view or a wild, untameable waterfall just can't be beaten and it truly makes me feel like a different person. Like all those everyday niggles and worries might just fall away with the cascade of the water or evaporate into the fresh mountain air, leaving behind only admiration and enjoyment of the amazing sight around me. That feeling of 'just being' I suppose is what makes travelling so addictive – it's so rare to experience it in everyday life we often need to physically be taken away to do it.
As I'm writing, I realise this post has gotten quite deep very quickly… I hear 50 Shades does the same actually (ooops sorry couldn't resist popping in a cheeky innuendo somewhere! ;))
I can't (and don't really want to) apologise for the slightly different tone to this, such is the way that 'escaping' makes me feel. But to give it some context, I'm personally at a point in life where I'm working out which things truly matter to me and when are the times when I'm at my happiest and most inspired. One of the top three 'happy times' for me has to be the experience of travelling to the national parks around America over the past 5 years… The other two? Well I'll let you muse those over 😉
Travelling and experiencing the new has always been a passion of mine, I suppose because adventures and beautiful places capture the imagination and I've always been very well endowed on that front! Even when I was younger my favourite Disney films were Alice in Wonderland and Pocahontas and my favourite TV series, Dreamstone…all of which are an exploration of dreams and adventures with a slight bit of 'wackiness' thrown in for good measure 🙂 But I always remember thinking that one day I'd get out there and seek my own adventures…
And so, a little less than four years ago I decided to embark on a tour of America from the East to the West as far as my limited funds would take me. To say I fell in love with the country would be an understatement…the diversity of opportunities, landscapes and people just felt great to me. But my most amazing memories, the ones that form my mind's collage, are from all the beauty of the national parks along the way…my words simply won't do them justice. Something just 'clicked' for me as I went from one beautiful place to the next, it was amazing to me that one country could hold so many stunning places…so much so I also decided to return two years later. And I still only feel I've scratched the surface…
My mind constantly flicks back to those memories of beautiful American landscapes – from dramatic Wild West Navajo country to Grand Teton mountainsides and the lush shores of Yosemite. The indescribable feeling of watching an earth shattering geyser bubble up and shoot from Yellowstone's lands out into the sky to being just feet away from bears, buffalo and wolves. Watching the sun set over the orange sands at Arches to looking out at snow capped mountains over Grand Teton. Floating out on a boat through the vast, clear blue, peaceful expanse of Lake Tahoe… I just can't find the words to describe in full how these experiences make me feel and how they have shaped me as a person…and trust me, words are not something I would usually struggle with 😉
Looking out from the top of a mountain, from the forest floor and desert covered lands to such incredible landscapes you just feel like a different version of 'you'. Like all of a sudden you think 'okay…so this is what life is all about'. If I could just spend my life looking out at this view forever more I would be a happy lady (probably pretty bored and hungry once a year passes by mind you!:) ). It's no wonder people nowadays are so desperate to travel…the cynics among us muse that it's because people are never satisfied with what they've got, no matter how much they have – well TRUE! I'm certainly not satisfied when I know what a brilliant world there is out there for us to explore and experience.
The thing that people also tend to forget about travel is that not only do you see some pretty darn amazing sights but you really do learn a lot along the way. What I've learnt through travelling is that I know what inspires me and makes me tick – it's looking out across a vast, lush landscape and realising how much inspiration and 'just being' can make me feel re-energised to really, wholeheartedly live my life. When going about everyday tasks, it's just so easy to forget about the rest of the world still yet to see and to get bogged down with frustrations and disappointment. I just wish I could bottle the feeling and sell it on ebay – I'd make my fortune and go set up house in Yosemite 😉 But in my usual style there are also other things I would share as learnings / musings:
1. Inspiration is as unique to us as a fingerprint. What makes us tick and what moves us within will undoubtedly differ from person to person. I know that dramatic mountainsides, lush green forests, wild waterfalls and crystal clear waters are some examples of scenery that inspire me; another person may be just as inspired by a sparse desert ridden expanse. The point is you have to know what 'it' is and try to experience as much as you possibly can in life.
2. Don't let those brilliant memories fade – use them in times of frustration to re-energise and reinvigorate. Whether it's through photos, painting a picture, writing it down or whatever, try to keep your memories alive and use them to remind yourself of how you felt at those points in time.
3. Stay hungry for more – the world is ridiculously huge. I just happened to stumble upon America as my dream destination in terms of having all the parks I could possibly want, but I also loved Croatia and Spain before that and I'm also well aware there is a much bigger world out there to pay attention to. When I look back in 50 years time, I want to be able to say I saw all I wanted to see. To have some brilliant memories that comfort me when my physical body is unable to fulfil my adventurer spirit's demands.
And so ends a short reminisce of the wonderful places I've had the privilege of experiencing to date – I could have gone on for pages (my first novel perhaps!!:) ).
Little more than a few years have passed since I was out there exploring my beloved American landscape yet it feels like a lifetime ago, better yet that perhaps it hadn't even happened at all and I'd dreamt it all. Exactly like that moment in Alice in Wonderland when she wakes up and realises she was asleep the whole time. But that's also how I know it's now time to get back out there, get re-inspired and start seeing the brilliant world we live in – it's those moments, those adventures, those memories that help to make us 'us'.
I already know where my next adventures will take me (Chimney Rock NP North Carolina and Banff NP Canada if you must know!) – do you know where yours will be? 🙂


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Venus (retro) on the Virgo/Leo cusp – Saturn in Scorpio
In your memoirs, don't forget to write how every time you had a chance to make it different – to make it right, you chose instead to take the same path, repeat the same fate, become prey to the karmic engrams written deep in the sub-cockles of your poor, unsatisfied heart.
Those agreements made, the ones that cripple your own happiness, your chances of ever finding true peace… love, are not written in stone at all – they are not written with anyone's consent but yours.
They can be easily unwritten.
You were not put onto this earth to write the memoirs of a self-defeated soul.
Times have changed.
You can change too.
Begin to write the memoirs of a person who conquered their tendency to always repeat the same old cyclical patterns of defeat, one who broke away from the ancestral karmic chains of her atavistic heart, one who managed, through enormous consciousness, to fight a brave battle never to invite abuse into her world again.
Never again allow your expectations, jealousies and past attachments interfere into your beautiful, pure romance with this world.
Write it differently. Write it with the purity of self-love back into your heart.
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Vaginal bleaching is the process of lightening the outer parts of your vagina or labia so that it turns into a lighter color. Gone are the days of vaginal bleaching being only for strippers and porn stars. That misconception was only valid years ago. Nowadays, there is no taboo of doing one to yourself. Anyone is allowed to do some genital lightening to their vagina.
When it comes to vaginal bleaching, there is a wide array of benefits and advantages that you can get and benefit from it. In this article, we will be discussing the several different and various advantages and benefits that you can get from bleaching your vagina. Here are the benefits that you will get when you lighten or bleach your vagina:
Enhances its beauty
When you bleach your vagina, it will make it look prettier. Hence, it enhances the beauty of your vagina. When you bleach it, the color of your vagina will lighten. The purpose of lightening your private parts is to change its color. When your vagina has darkened into a brown color, vaginal bleaching is able to lighten it from what was brown and turn it into a nice fleshy pink color. This color is very attractive to look at when compared to the darkened brown vagina color. Therefore, we can conclude that if you lighten the color of your private parts, it will enhance the beauty of it.
Boosts confidence and self-esteem
Another benefit that you may receive once you have bleached your vagina is the improvement of your self-esteem and confidence. That is because when you bleach your vagina, it will turn into a better color. Hence you will not be embarrassed by it. It will give you a lot of confidence when you're around your sexual interest, and it will also boost your overall confidence. You will walk with pride and high self-esteem knowing that your vagina has never looked better.
Last but certainly not least, one of the advantages and benefits that you will get from bleaching your private parts is the improvement of your sex life. Because of the enhancement of its beauty, you will be more confident than ever in the bedroom. Confidence is an aphrodisiac. Any man or woman who is your sexual partner will be very much turned on by your confidence. Because of this newfound confidence, you will be able to dominate the activity of sexual intercourse.…


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Regal Cinemas Opens at L.A. Live With 14 Screens, Premiere-Appropriate Amenities
Amid the fanfare of the premiere for Michael Jackson's This Is It, which showed on all 14 of its screens on October 27, Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live officially opened for business. The 140,000-square-foot theater complex is the new West Coast flagship of Regal Cinemas, and its opening marks the near completion of the L.A. Live development.
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The venue expects to court and host big Hollywood movie premieres and events in the 818-seat "premier house" with a private entrance, box office, concession area, and lobby. It has a grand spiral staircase leading to the theater's balcony level. The theater has a 70-foot screen and more than 60 speakers, plus 32 surround-sound speakers.
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For just $70, less than $6 a pattern, you'll get a brand spankin' new pattern every month of 2013!!! Now that's the gift that keeps on giving!!! Be sure to let your family know that we have gift certificates available that can be used to redeem anything off of our website!
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It's the perfect solution for shirts that are just a little on the short side, or have a stain somewhere other than the upper bodice. And, it's just a great, quick, easy sew! We can make one in 30 mins! Perfect for boutique owners.
The pattern comes with 2 versions, one with and one without a trim border on the bottom. We also include measurements for both dress and top length.
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It is going to be hard to do. For me, it was an accident. I left my phone beside the chair, where it had fallen when I went out to grab lunch a bit ago. I first noticed about a block from the house when my car refused to connect to Spotify and play back any of my righteous playlists. "Shit," I thought. "I left my phone at the house."
That was the beginning of the drama. Or should I say, the relief from drama. See, without my phone, not one single person could reach me. Not my mom telling me I was talking too loud when carrying on a conversation with a new client who doesn't speak English as their native language. Nor was my sister going to be able to remind me she needs me to clear out of her driveway so her date can get his car out of her driveway. See, I'm parked there now. I wonder, does he drive a Hummer or a limo? And not one of my new clients, new worker bees, nor interested dating partners… No one could reach me without my phone. Only smoke signals would've caught my eye, except the windows in my car are tinted, so…
So… then…
It is just me.
I took a pen and a journal, expecting to take the lunch self-date to catch up on all the issues that are juggling around in my brain. And then there was the traffic jam getting to where I wanted to eat for lunch, outside, on this amazingly beautiful day. And the radio was playing crappy music. And my phone, again… My phone was resting quietly beside the chair in my sister's house where I'd been working for the morning.
There are no distractions between you and the day if you don't have your phone. You aren't trying to take a picture of the sweet clouds. There is no "message" that needs to be texted, emailed, snapped, or "grammed." Nothing. For me, it was enjoying my lunch, not reading the Austin Chronicle, and breathing. Just breathing and eating. No updates. Nothing to catch up on. No Trump. No voting day results. No specials. No offers.
And when I finished eating I remembered used paperback I really wanted to buy for a friend, Alice Miller's The Drama of the Gifted Child. So I walked to the old HPB. But it wasn't there. It was now a fancy yoga studio with dark tinted windows and very pretty cushions just inside. I walked back to my car. Noticing the day. Noticing the friends I hadn't called or seen in quite a while. Noticing the coolness of the bright March day. And noticing everything, because I was noticing nothing about my phone, my photos, my texts, my gadget.
It's time to be gone more often. It's a great management strategy. In The Art of Project Management, Scott Berkun (Now retitled Making Things Happen) writes that just being unavailable from time to time can solve a lot of problems. It causes people to figure out the solution without your input. And it gives you, the unavailable manager, time to relax, have a cup of coffee, and … well, and not check up on your phone.
Drop it. Leave your phone behind. See how much more you can get out of walking through your life.
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Commando: His armor weighs 6.5 tons with standard armor. With Ferro you save a -huge- 12% of that weight, so you save 0.78 tons by having Ferro armor. It eats almost half your structure points. Hmm.
Atlas: Let's throw this big monster's armor even above what he has, let's say 640. This means his armor weighs 20 tons as standard armor, meaning that you save 2.4 tons with Ferro Armor, and again it eats almost half of your structure points. Endo-steel eats the same amount of structure points, however due to the weight difference in his potential structure (100 tons) and his armor, you gain far more tonnage for the same cost in structure points.
Endo-Steel's reduction is based off of the mechs potential structure, meaning potential max weight of the mech in question, which means that, across the board, the mathematics result in the same... Endo-steel will almost invariably result in near double the tons gained, for the same critical spaces.
Now, let us clear up the one, simple, myth that seems to surround Ferro armor. It... does...not...give...you...more...armor. Nor does it negate any more damage than standard armor. However you -do- have to pay for it's repair even if it gets scratched, unlike Endo-steel wherein you only pay if you lose a limb or take an unfortunate crit. Yes, it is worded funny, however if you actually read the specifics on how it is written, and test it out a bit, it will make a tad more sense.
The ultimate conclusion is that Ferro Armor is there for flash, and Endosteel is invariably worth more bang for your buck.
Sucks, I know.
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In a piece at ColorLines, Jorge Rivas delves into a newly released report that shows a stunning lack of diversity on evening cable news shows. He quotes a Latino leader who says this phenomenon gives the impression that minorities are not making positive contributions to the country.
A new analysis released yesterday by the media monitoring group Media Matters found that evening cable news guests are overwhelmingly white and male. According to the report, titled "Diversity on Evening Cable News in 13 Charts," women and other people of color are underrepresented as guests on evening cable news programs at MSNBC, CNN and Fox News.
Media Matters examined the guests of thirteen evening cable news shows on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News during the month of April 2013. During that time period, only 33% of MSNBC guests, 29% Fox News guests and 24% CNN guests were female. Latinos fared much worse. Only 3% of Fox News guests and 2% of CNN and MSNBC guests were Latino.
An excerpt of some of the findings are below:
White Guests Were Hosted Most Often On Cable News. Fox News had the largest proportion of white guests — 83 percent. African-Americans were the largest non-white group on all networks, representing 19 percent, 10 percent, and 5 percent of guests on MSNBC, Fox, and CNN, respectively.
Read Jorge Rivas' entire blog entry at ColorLines.
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Kai Bond: Junior lifeguard grows up to be Captain of Marine Safety
Story by DIANNE RUSSELL
Photos by Mary Hurlbut
Captain Kai Bond says, "I started my career at eight."
And that's not as much of an exaggeration as you might imagine. Even at such a young age, Bond had already developed a special attachment to the sea. That's when he enrolled in Laguna's Junior Lifeguard Program. Fast forward to 2018, and he's now Captain of Marine Safety and has been employed by the City for 23 years.
Although Bond wasn't born in Laguna, he grew up here, and the ocean has always played a major role in his life, so the journey from Junior Lifeguard to Captain of Marine Safety isn't unexpected, but it took a while.
Love for the ocean started as a child
From the time he was a small child, Bond and his family spent a lot of time at the beach. He and his dad surfed at San Onofre and, of that time, he says, "I loved the ocean environment. Everything about it was exciting and fun. And the ocean is in a constant state of change."
Bond participated in the Junior Lifeguard Program every year (from 8) until he was 15. I ask if there's anyone from those days still around?
"Mike Guest," he says. "He's worked here for 40 years. He's still out in the field making things happen."
Logical step from Junior Lifeguard to Lifeguard
Not surprisingly, after the Junior Lifeguard Program, Bond tried out for lifeguard. "I was very excited about it. It was the natural next step. I found I had a passion for public service, I like to interact with the public, and I understand the beach is a place you're supposed to have fun, but be safe."
He was hired as a full-time lifeguard in 1995, and in June of 2006, he became an officer with Marine Safety. In November of 2017, he was appointed Captain of Marine Safety.
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Bond became Captain of Marine Safety in November of 2017
However, while growing up, he couldn't spend all of his time in the water.
Bond attended Top of the World Elementary, Thurston Middle School, and Laguna Beach High School. Then he continued on at Orange Coast College and Long Beach State, where he earned a degree in Film and Electronic Medium Management, which turned into being a production assistant on films.
This work translated into long days in Los Angeles, but he was still deeply entrenched in Laguna.
"I was commuting from Orange County to work. I always had a connection to both jobs. I would work a few days up in LA, then come back and lifeguard. There was never really a clear-cut separation. But I realized happiness was in location."
Happiness is in location
Currently, he lives in Laguna Hills with his wife Tonya, and daughters, six-year-old Ruby and five-year-old Penny. He met his wife through mutual friends, and although he excels in interacting with the public, he says, "It took four to five years to get up the courage to ask her out."
With his new position as Captain of Marine Safety, comes a tremendous amount of responsibility – public service and education, overseeing lifeguards, interaction with City staff, contact with community members and visitors – there are many plates to keep in the air, and his training as a production manager serves him well. Because isn't that exactly what production managers do, make sure everything is running correctly, and I mean everything? And the challenges are increasing.
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View from the lifeguard tower
"The number of beachgoers is up, there has been a significant increase. We had 6,000,000 visitors last year," Bond says.
That's a substantial number of people to keep an eye on.
He continues, "There are a lot of factors that contribute to beach attendance. Laguna is a beautiful place to be, it's a year-round resort. With the continuous building in Irvine, residents want to drive down the 133 and put their feet in the sand. It's easy and fairly inexpensive. And social media is another big factor, people posting pictures and commenting, 'come down to the beach, it's beautiful.'"
Emphasis on safety
Of course, an increase in visitor attendance means an increased emphasis on safety, and that's uppermost on his mind. As Watch Commander, Bond handles all the daily operations, critical rescues, and major medical situations. He oversees a minimum staff of 60 people, although he says, "We can bring on a few more depending on the conditions."
Training is critical
"There is a huge emphasis on training. We are putting lifeguards out there without immediate direct supervision, and they have to perform at a very high level. They could be anywhere from Main Beach to an isolated area with rocks and reefs."
Bond explains that they are on a continuous vigil without letup, constantly executing the "z scan."
He expands, "Lifeguards scan the coastline by looking from the horizon to the beach in a "z" formation. This occurs in their area between their neighboring towers. I believe it gives beachgoers a sense of comfort to see that type of vigilance from a lifeguard."
Additionally, they have rigorous criteria that must be met. Current lifeguards must requalify every year in order to return. They must be able to swim 1,000 meters in under 20 minutes and have recertification in CPR and first aid.
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Lifeguards scan coastline from the horizon to the beach in a "z" formation
Bond says, "My first day as a lifeguard was the longest day. I was nervous and hypervigilant. I'll never forget it. Scanning for eight hours a day for a 16-year-old is difficult, but it gets better with more experience. We train to a very high standard."
In addition to his operational duties, Bond also must attend a fair amount of administrative and City Council meetings, and he works closely with the Fire Department and the Police Department.
"I'm lucky to be able to interact with the Police and Firefighters and the City personnel. The people I work with make this job great. We have a lot of outstanding people here in the community," he says. "I'm very fortunate to be a part of this community and to work with our city. Growing up during the time I did was definitely a privilege. My goal was to be in the Marine Safety Department. I'm honored and proud to be at this point in my life."
Facing daily challenges
It's clear Bond loves his job.
"I get to work with great like-minded people in public service and safety. I'm fortunate to wake up every morning and want to go to work. I see every day as a new and exciting challenge."
What is his biggest challenge?
Bond says, "We have more and more people every day, and the number is going to increase. This year has been different than in years past. People are coming at 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. at night, which is the time they would usually be going home, and the crowds are staying a lot longer."
The summer is now not the only busy time of year. "Spring breaks are at different times now, so the spring break is longer. It feels like summertime all year round."
However, dealing with the public must be frustrating at times to lifeguards.
Bond says, "They learn to be very patient and direct if needed. Everything we do, and all of our actions, are based on public safety. And it's difficult for a beachgoer to argue against the safety of the public. Hopefully, they understand that safety and the interest of the public are the lifeguard's focus, and that they go hand-in-hand. Usually 99 percent of the time, beachgoers are compliant."
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Summer all year long now in Laguna
Bond spends a considerable amount of time educating the public, and as result, he's been to all the schools in town. He lectures on beach safety, and the kids are able to come to the lifeguard station as well for more interaction.
His sister, Brett Dick, is a first grade teacher at Top of the World. Bond says, "One of the wonderful things I get to do in the education portion of my job is giving back. I got to read Dr. Seuss to her class. I sat in the same classroom that I had been in when I went there. It was a full circle moment."
Other things have come full circle as well. Does Bond still surf? The answer is yes, and now he's sharing his love for the ocean with his girls.
Viewing safety from a parent's perspective
"Now, with my daughters, the big thing is family beach day. At their ages, they're getting acclimated and in a comfort zone. They're certainly enjoying the warm days and water. They're starting to body board. It's fun to see their first experiences in the water."
Even though safety has always been prominent in his mind, he says, "It's different now that I have little girls, it heightens the importance of preventing accidents. Being a parent gives me a different perspective."
When asked what's the best part of his job, Bond says, "I'm always drawn back here, knowing that this was a community and organization where I wanted to work. I really love this career. It's challenging mentally, and I love the physical aspects, especially making a critical rescue with a good outcome. And I get an opportunity to train staff and see them execute critical rescues as well. That's why we're here."
Given the number of people flocking to our beaches, ensuring their safety appears to be a Herculean task, but if anyone can do it, it's Captain Bond and his staff of lifeguards.
Without a doubt, the journey from Junior Lifeguard to Captain of Marine Safety took some time, but it appears as if Bond was destined for this position from his very first swim in Laguna waters.


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The Apple iPad Mini comes with a 16.3 Watt Hour of battery and there's a capacity that can provide around 9 to 10 hours of continuous usage before being completely drained out. The recent iOS 6.0.2 Update for iPad Mini caused a lot of Battery Draining problems, but we've got a fix for that but still there are several possible ways using which you can save more battery in the iPad Mini, and keep the battery to its best conditions rather than seeing it deteriorating internally progressively.
Here are a few ways how you can increase the battery life of the Apple iPad Mini
Set Do Not Disturb when Asleep
Do Not Disturb is a mode that would make your device sleep, and keep all the notifications turned off during a particular time period, and you can set that through the Notifications section where there is the scheduling of the Quiet Hours when you wish not to receive a single notification from any application, though you can manually select the apps from where the notifications can still be received.
Airplane Mode, Connectivity Turned Off
Whenever you are not using any connectivity, or feel that there is no need of it at that point of time, its the best to turn it off. In the Wi-Fi only iPad Mini, it is the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections that could possibly eat the battery even when you are not using it but have it turned on, because the drivers do keep searching for the networks available around. And when it is the Wi-Fi + 3G tablet then its better to go with the Airplane mode to turn all the connectivity off, even the Mobile Data connections. This would save a lot of battery when you are not actually browsing the web and wanted a longer usage time on-the-go.
Brightness Set to Low
Try to keep the brightness to low when you don't have a very bright surrounding condition and when indoors, as the bright screens do always consume more battery, and it's better to manually set the brightness to low rather than keep it to automatic as the Automatic brightness would keep the sensors active which would indirectly use the battery to keep a check of the surrounding brightness.
Fetch New Data Setting
The Emails are fetched periodically or all the time from the servers and sent to us through the Push notifications. It would be a lot better if you set the fetching to either manually or to a longer time frame so that the Internet is used lesser than before and thus the battery consumption is kept low.
There are several other tips which can actually keep the entire condition of the battery good, and these include using the Original chargers for charging the iPad Mini all the time without relying on the duplicate ones if at all your original one got damaged or lost, and try to use the iPad after the charging is done and not when it is charging. Check the video below to see a lot more stuff on the same:


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Just found some entertaining TV reviews I did for VH1 in ye olden days (before Gossip Girl jumped the shark):
Gossip Girl
What can I say about Gossip Girl that hasn't already been written? Is it the greatest teen TV drama of all time? Possibly. Though I think it lacks the heart of the O.C. Remember how we all rooted for Seth Cohen? There is no Seth Cohen on Gossip Girl – only Dan Humphrey, who is way too good looking to be believable as an outsider. (Though he does have a little head. I know because I met him. His head is smaller than my head and I have a very small head.) Instead of rooting for the characters on Gossip Girl, we all want them to be as bad as possible and to get away with it! Despite this, I am hopelessly addicted to Gossip Girl to the degree that I grappled with severe depression this summer, which was clearly linked to Gossip Girl withdrawal.
Thankfully it's now back on and after only a few weeks, things are crazy as ever on the UES. This week featured a Dangerous Liasons type plotline. Blair Waldorf, who has grown sick of "that little troll, Vanessa" has made a wager with Chuck to seduce and destroy the socially conscious, hardworking, homeschooled amateur filmmaking girl. The prize: sex with Bair!
An opportunity presents itself to Chuck: Vanessa is trying to save a landmark bar in Brooklyn that sure could use a cash infusion from a millionaire. When Chuck shows up to bailout the bar he befriends the bar's owner who regales him with tales of macho Kennedys drinking there in the past. He decides maybe he really does want to save the place and boning Blair becomes secondary to his new mission. He also develops a liking for Vanessa. When Blair realizes this, she tells Vanessa everything so that Chuck is then scorned by both the bar owner and Vanessa. Plus Chuck's cyborg father doesn't want him wasting the money on a bar in Brooklyn because the Gossip Girl audience is supposed to believe that Brooklyn is for poor people. Blair calls the whole deal off and invites Chuck to come collect his prize anyway, which he refuses to take because Blair won't say those three little words to him.
There are several other secondary plotlines: Cyborg dad has greatly chapped Serena's ass by trying to establish "family rules." Also, Serena thinks he is responsible for gay brother not bringing a date to their family housewarming party. (Everyone makes up in the end when they realize all of their problems are the fault of their shitty mother.)
Meanwhile hipster dad, Jenny and Dan have taken Nate under their wing since Dan and Jenny discovered that Nate is now poor and actually squatting at the home he shared with his family before his father embezzled millions and had to leave the country.
Poor, Nate: First prostitution. Now squatting. I just want to breastfeed him! Not sure what will happen with him living in the Humphrey household. A hookup with Jenny, perhaps? Speaking of hookups when is hipster dad gonna bone Vanessa or at least do something bad like the rest of the characters?!!
One Tree Hill
Watching One Tree Hill after Gossip Girl is like chasing fine champagne with Wild Irish Rose. Instead of featuring hot, young, rich urbanites in fabulous outfits; it features normal-looking, regularly dressed people with children who play sports and live in the suburbs – ew! I don't know where One Tree Hill is, but I can tell you I never want to go there because it's boring as hell. To be fair, my friend, Tanya, tells me that this show was good when the characters were "all in high school."
That's exactly the problem with people like the ones featured on this show – they reach their peak in high school.
But anywho, it comes on right after Gossip Girl and out of a sheer, lazy inability to remove my eyes from the TV screen (or possibly because I hate myself) I have been watching it on a weekly basis. This means I'm just getting to know these douchebags.
The incredibly annoying child actor who plays "Jamie" was the star of this "heart-warming" (sound of me vomiting into a nearby trashcan) episode. When a bully opens up a can of playground whoop-ass on precocious little Jamie (because he's wearing a cape) his shithead unrealistic parents are forced to deal. Meanwhile the mother gets so pissed at the bully's mother that she opens up a can of whoop-ass on her. Then the dad brings capes to everyone at the playground and he, himself, wears a cape so that the children suddenly think capes are cool, which they are as long as they're mini capes. Long capes are about as flattering as pleated pants.
Other plotlines include "Brooke" (Sophia Bush) taking care of a fifteen year-old runaway (the only interesting character in the whole show.)
While Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Peyton (Hilarie Burton) adjust to life as a live-in couple. When the two lovers try to "do it" in Lucas's mother's bed (I mean, his mother's not there or anything like that…) he experiences E.D. and this somehow leads to them separating the room with a line of tape ala Ralph Malph and Potsy – a plot device I always love, but which was executed, like all things over at One Tree Hill, in an annoying fashion.


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Fostering Community-Nov 4
November 4, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Fostering Community is the second in a two-part series, but you are not required to have come to Preparing to Foster.
Fostering is hard, and it can be hard for family members and friends to understand. This causes foster parents to often experience isolation and face the unique challenges of fostering alone. This training is designed to equip a foster parent's community to walk with and support foster parents in this journey.
The training will:
1. Increase the community's knowledge and understanding of fostering and the foster care process
2. Provide tangible and specific ways to support foster parents
3. Give time for the team as a whole to discuss needs and create a support plan.
This training is for current or prospective foster parents and a minimum of three of their friends and family members. Each foster parent/couple is required to bring at least three members of their community. If you can't meet this requirement, please contact DC127 staff at firstname.lastname@example.com.
DC127 is a faith-based Christian organization, and this training reflects that involves ways to spiritually support a foster family. However, anyone is welcome to attend the training, and the training is still accessible to family and friends who may not share a foster family's faith.


text: Light weight structures with high structural performance are one of the most important goals for automotive and transportation applications. One manufacturing technology, aiming to enable low weight design, is the combined forming and quenching of tubular thin-walled profiles of high strength steel. For optimal utilisation of this technology it is necessary to simulate and analyse the processes involved in a fast and efficient way. In this work, experiments of high temperature bending of thin walled profiles are performed and the forming response force is compared with results from finite element simulations. The analysed forming is modelled as a constant temperature forming and the material data for the specified temperature is evaluated from experiments and literature. The simulations and experiments are conducted to study the ability of the finite element model to predict high temperature forming characteristics and simulate the influence of profile and tool geometry. The need for further improvements and developments in the simulation technology is however identified. This work is part of a research project LOWHIPS (Low Weight High Performance Steel structures) aiming to obtain new knowledge concerning the involved forming and quenching processes and how they will affect the performance of the product.


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Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement - Guide to the Agreement
14. Competition - Related Matters
1. Purpose and structure
The Competition - Related Matters Chapter commits the Parties to take measures
- proscribe anti-competitive business conduct;
- cooperate in the area of competition policy and law enforcement;
- ensure that monopolies and government enterprises do not abuse their
position in the marketplace; and
- enhance cooperation between government agencies in both countries in
the area of consumer protection.
These objectives recognise that business conduct that is anticompetitive
or that defrauds, deceives or misleads consumers has the potential to restrict
bilateral trade and investment, in addition to impairing the welfare of the
citizens of either country.
The Chapter consists of 12 articles and an associated side letter between
the two governments on strengthening cooperation, competition policy and
law enforcement.
2. Competition Law and Anticompetitive Business Conduct (Article
Under Article 14.2 of the Chapter, each Party is obliged
- to maintain or adopt measures to proscribe anticompetitive business
conduct and take appropriate action with respect thereto; and
- maintain an authority or authorities responsible for the enforcement
of its national competition laws
These obligations are framed in general terms, reflecting the fact that,
while both the United States and Australia have highly developed and extensive
competition and antitrust legislation, there are differences in the legal
and institutional frameworks in which they operate.
Article 14.2 also addresses the treatment of companies or individuals of
either country in relation to the enforcement of each other's competition
laws. It states that the enforcement policy of each Party's national
competition authorities includes treating non-nationals no less favourably
than nationals in like circumstances, and that both Parties intend to maintain
their policy in that regard.
There is also an obligation to ensure that a company or individual subject
to the imposition of a sanction or remedy (e.g. a financial penalty) for
anticompetitive business conduct is afforded due process in terms of having
an opportunity to be heard, and to present evidence, and to seek review in
a court or independent tribunal.
This Article is not subject to dispute settlement, and does not require
any legislative or regulatory change.
3. Cooperation on Competition/Antitrust (Article 14.2 and Side
Article 14.2 of the Agreement also commits the Parties to strengthening
their existing cooperation on competition law enforcement and policy. Competition
matters often have a cross-border dimension, when companies subject to investigation
for anticompetitive conduct may have engaged in business activity in another
country's jurisdiction. Australia and the United States have well-established
channels of practical cooperation on such matters with a cross-border dimension,
between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and its
United States counterparts, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division
and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The current framework for
cooperation is set out in two bilateral treaties relating to Cooperation
on Antitrust Matters (1982) and Mutual Antitrust Enforcement Assistance (1999)
(antitrust is the preferred United States term).
Existing forms of cooperation include mutual assistance, notification, consultation,
and exchange of information. Article 2 of the Chapter also obliges
the respective competition authorities to consider, where feasible and appropriate,
requests from their counterparts in the other country to initiate or expand
activities to enforce competition. This will strengthen the basis
of bilateral competition on competition law enforcement. Existing
agreements do not include such provisions - sometimes known as "positive
comity" - which would allow either government to encourage the other
to address particular business conduct that might affect the interests of
the first country. Implementation of this provision is likely to be
taken up in discussions on strengthening bilateral cooperation that the United
States Department of Justice and the United States Federal Trade Commission
have offered, on behalf of the United States, in an associated side letter.
Article 14.2 also establishes a joint working group that will examine the
scope for strengthening support for, and minimising legal impediments to,
the effective enforcement of each country's competition laws and policies.
4. Monopolies and Government Enterprises
(Articles 14.3, 14.4 and 14.5)
These articles contain obligations to ensure that the activities of monopolies
(private or public), and state (i.e. government) enterprises do not create
obstacles to trade and investment. The provisions on monopolies only
apply to private monopolies created after the Agreement comes into force,
and to government monopolies at the central government level. Both
governments are obliged to ensure that any monopoly or government enterprise
exercises any regulatory, administrative or other governmental authority
delegated to it in a manner consistent with the Party's obligations under
the Agreement.
Both monopolies and government enterprises must accord non-discriminatory
treatment in the sale of their goods or services. Monopolies must
also accord non-discriminatory treatment in the purchase of their goods or
In addition, a monopoly must act solely in accordance with commercial considerations
in purchasing or selling a monopoly good or service in the relevant market
- except where this is to comply with any terms of its designation (i.e.
the legislative or other authority that confers exclusive rights on a particular
However, the latter exception overrides neither of the above-mentioned requirements
to treat enterprises of the other country in a non-discriminatory fashion. Nor
does it exempt monopolies from a further requirement not to use their monopoly
position to engage in anticompetitive activities in markets where they are
not a monopoly. As an example, Australia Post is a public monopoly
as defined in the Agreement with respect to collection and delivery in Australia
of standard letters (as defined in the Australian Postal Corporation Act
1989). It would be exempted from acting solely in accordance with
commercial considerations in the price it charges for letter delivery around
Australia, insofar as this is necessary to comply with the universal service
obligations, which are the basis for the monopoly. However, that would
not allow it to charge one price for stamps for delivering standard letters
for Australian companies and a higher price to equivalent United States companies. Nor
would it be entitled to use any advantages derived from its standard letter
monopoly to undertake anticompetitive practices in areas of the postal services
market that are open to competition.
The obligations above do not affect Australia's existing agricultural single
desk export arrangements (such as the AWB International).
With respect to government enterprises, Australia commits itself, as it
did in the Singapore-Australia FTA, to take reasonable measures to ensure
that governments at all levels do not provide any competitive advantage to
any government businesses simply because they are government owned. This
reflects the policy of competitive neutrality to which all Australian governments
are committed. For its part, the United States is obliged to ensure
that anticompetitive activities by state and local government enterprises
are not excluded from the reach of its national antitrust laws solely because
they are state or local, as opposed to federal government, enterprises. This
commitment is conditioned by the fact that state and local government enterprises
are often immune from United States antitrust law. This particular obligation
is not subject to dispute settlement.
Article 14.5 makes an important clarification - that charging of different
prices in different markets, or within the same market, where such differences
are based on normal commercial considerations, such as taking account of
supply and demand conditions, is not in itself inconsistent with the obligations
on monopolies and state enterprises. For example, an Australian monopoly
supplier may charge a US company operating in Australia a higher price than
an Australian company in the Australian market where commercial conditions
would warrant it, but it would be considered discriminatory if a United States-owned
company were charged higher rates simply because it was US-owned.
5. Cross Border Consumer Protection (Article 14.6)
The Parties agree to strengthen their cooperation in areas covered by their
consumer protection laws, in particular fraudulent and deceptive commercial
practices against consumers. This builds upon existing cooperation
between the ACCC and the United States FTC. Strengthening cooperation
will include the development of appropriate procedures for detecting and
notifying breaches of laws, and assisting in investigating cases and enforcing
consumer protection laws; and in the development of coordinated strategies
to combat fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices both bilaterally
and internationally.
Australia and the United States also agree to identify obstacles to effective
cross-border cooperation in the enforcement of consumer protection laws,
and to consider changing their domestic frameworks to enhance their ability
to cooperate, share information and assist in the enforcement of their respective
consumer protection laws, including, if appropriate, adopting or amending
national legislation.
6. Recognition and Enforcement of Monetary Judgments
(Article 14.7)
Article 14.7 seeks to facilitate the efforts of government agencies to undertake
civil (non-criminal) legal proceedings for the purpose of obtaining monetary
restitution to consumers, investors or customers who have suffered economic
harm as a result of being deceived, defrauded or misled. The agencies
concerned are the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC),
the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the U.S. Federal
Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
This provision applies in particular to civil proceedings where the offending
company or individual has assets in the second country and the relevant agency,
or interested parties, seek to have a judgment by a court in the first country
to repay money defrauded from customers recognised and enforced by a court
in the other country. The article states that when one of the agencies
listed above obtains a civil monetary judgment from a judicial authority
for the purpose of providing monetary restitution to consumers, investors
or customers who have suffered economic harm as a result of being deceived,
defrauded or misled, a judicial authority of the other Party generally should
not disqualify such a monetary judgment from recognition or enforcement as
penal or revenue in nature or based on other foreign public law.
While this provision is not binding on courts in either Australia or the
United States, it seeks to provide courts with interpretative guidance on
the purpose of such legal actions. Common law judicial interpretations
in this area have tended to interpret broadly actions by governments as being
either penal in nature or undertaken in pursuit of governmental interests
and thus inappropriate for recognition. The purpose here is for consideration
to be given to each case on its merits in a manner that favours restoring
money to consumers, investors or customers who have been defrauded, deceived
or misled.
More broadly, the Parties also agree to examine the scope for establishing
greater bilateral recognition of foreign judgments of their respective judicial
authorities obtained for the benefit of deceived or defrauded consumers,
investors or customers. This could include consideration of current
regulatory provisions for recognition of judgments of each other's courts
and how they apply in this area. This is only in relation to monetary
restitution, and not to penalty orders.
7. Transparency, Cooperation and Consultations
(Articles 14.8, 14.9 and 14.10)
Both sides undertake to make available to each other, on request, public
information concerning the enforcement of their measures proscribing anticompetitive
business conduct, exemptions and immunities to their measures proscribing
anticompetitive business conduct; and public information concerning monopolies
and government enterprises.
The Parties agree to enter into consultations on request of the other Party
to address specific matters that arise under this Chapter.
There is also a broad commitment to cooperate to promote policies related
to matters covered by this Chapter that foster free trade and investment
and competitive markets.
8. Dispute Settlement (Article 14.11)
Most of the articles in this Chapter will not be subject to dispute settlement. The
only obligations that will be subject to dispute settlement are those relating
to monopolies; the provisions on government enterprises relating to exercise
of delegated authority and non-discriminatory treatment; transparency; and
the obligation to consult at the request of the other Party to address specific


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Italian automatico. A great site (with mainly free) as well as paid resources for intermediate Italian language learners. Also with a large number of (entertaining) videos on youtube. Many of these have subtitles.


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DJs and Acoustic acts have been announced for the Day Lodge and The Ptarmigan restaurant for the day time entertainment at Groove Cairngorm 2017.
Appearing at the Day Lodge is a wide array of of DJ's and electronic artists including Ciaran Donaghy, Ally Ridgers, John Brownlie. Hector's House, OC (old Bridge), Mark Leslie, Butterscotch, Lewis Lowe, Jazzfink, Voyage, Alan Macpherson, Evan Duthie, Kaos Theory and Ryan B2B Ethan.
A bit higher up, at the The Ptarmigan restaurant with a line up of acoustic acts featuring Ruth Gilles, Mia Mackintosh, Jake Cameron, Stagg, Lauren Mackenzie, Dylan Tierney, Chloe Rodgers, Dougie Scott, and Ernest Rambles.
The main stage, which takes place at Badaguish Outdoor Centre, have already seen Basement Jaxx, Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, The LaFontaines and many more announced. Local rising star Tamzene to will open proceedings on the Saturday evening.


text: Internet, Networking, & Security Web Development How to Develop a Blog Marketing Plan Create Your Plan to Get More Blog Traffic and Make Money by Susan Gunelius Writer Former Lifewire writer Susan Gunelius is a marketing communications specialist who writes about branding through blogs. our editorial process Susan Gunelius Updated on December 16, 2019 Justin Lewis/Stone/Getty Images Web Development CSS & HTML Web Design SQL Tweet Share Email If you want to increase blog traffic and make money from your blog, then you need to think of your blog as a business. Successful businesses develop marketing plans that describe the current state of the market where they do business, information about products offered, competitors, and audiences. Marketing plans also identify goals and provide a written road map for how those goals will be achieved. You can create the same type of marketing plan for your blog to make sure you stay on track to reach your goals. Following is an overview of the key parts of a marketing plan, which you should try to include in your blog marketing plan. 01 of 10 Product Definition Justin Lewis/Stone/Getty Images Your product is your blog content and the experience people have when they visit. It includes the comments and conversation, videos, links, images, and every other part and piece that adds value to the time they spend on your blog. What type of content will you publish? How can your content help people or make their lives easier or better? 02 of 10 Market Definition Describe the marketplace where you'll do business. What is the current blogging environment? What are people looking for that you can deliver better than any other blog or website? What is your blog niche and how is your content positioned against competitors? 03 of 10 Competitor Analysis Identify your competitors for eyeballs and advertising revenue. Keep in mind, competitors could be direct such as other blogs and websites, or indirect such as Twitter profiles. Competition can also come from offline sources. What are your competitors' strengths and weaknesses? What are they doing to get visitors? What kind of content are they publishing? Are there any gaps or opportunities that competitors aren't already fulfilling? 04 of 10 Audience Definition Who is your target audience? What kind of content do they like or engage with? Where do they already spend time online? What are they passionate about? What don't they like? Spend time listening to learn what their needs are and then create content and experiences to meet those needs. Also, look for opportunities to create perceived needs and then fill those perceived needs through your content. 05 of 10 Brand Definition What does your blog promise to people? What is its unique value proposition? How is it positioned relative to competitive blogs and websites? Use the answers to these questions to identify your brand image, message, voice, and personality. Together, these elements make up your brand promise, and everything you do related to your blog (from content to promotion and everything in between) should consistently communicate that promise. Consistency helps build expectations, reduce confusion, and increase loyalty. 06 of 10 Pricing Strategy Will your content and blog features be offered for free or will you offer premium content available through memberships, ebooks, and so on as well? 07 of 10 Distribution Strategy Where will your blog content be available? You can syndicate your blog through online and offline services. You can also display your feed on other blogs and websites or feed it to your Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn profiles. 08 of 10 Sales Strategy How will you find new readers and how will you convert those readers? How will you sell advertising space on your blog? 09 of 10 Marketing Strategy How will you promote your blog in order to drive traffic to it? You can increase your distribution channels, write guest posts on other blogs, diversify your content and online presence, share your content through social bookmarking and social networking, and more. Search engine optimization could also fit into the marketing strategy section of your blog marketing plan. 10 of 10 Budget Do you have any money available to invest in your blog in order to help it grow? For example, you can pay writers to create additional content for you or you could hire a search engine optimization company to help you write better content and build incoming links. You can also hire social media experts to help you with blogger outreach and other publicity campaigns.


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"The one thing you can control is how you treat yourself. And that one thing can change everything"
—Leeana Tankersley
Ridhi embraces her work with clients believing the following: "Life holds a spectrum of experiences, some easily understandable and others require more inquiry." Throughout her life, Ridhi has noticed that often some of those experiences, the negative ones, such as sadness, anger, hurt, fear are quickly shunned away. The lack of attention to these experiences, and a person's responses to them, snowballs and develops into symptoms of pain. This pain is an indicator of an unmet need and suffering surfaces, when there is great resistance to that pain. She believes the pain affects all aspects of being—the body, the mind, the heart, the relationship and the soul.
Ridhi brings her compassion, deep listening, consistency and creativity to explore with the client their concerns. Her skills allow the client to locate and/or gain inner strength and resources. Sometimes it will involve facing some deep, painful and confusing experiences. Ridhi's warmth and presence provides understanding and emotional tracking, thus allowing the client to feel safe and supported on their healing journey.
Ridhi's main approach to therapy is Client Centered. She works collaboratively with the client to develop goals that fit uniquely to their personality, identity and specific issues. In addition, she utilizes concepts from, and her trainings in, the Enneagram Personality System. This often helps her better understand the client's perspectives and to help them more deeply understand themselves and those around them.
Some areas of interests and experience:
Children/Adolescents of Immigrant Parents
Bi-cultural Identities
Growing up in two cultures
Academic Challenges
Stress/Stress Management
Ridhi Joshi holds a Masters in Clinical Counseling, from JFK University in Holistic Studies, Transpersonal Specialization. She is currently a Marriage Family Therapist Trainee & Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Trainee.
(Supervised by Patricia E. Craven, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Somatic Experience Practitioner, License#24859)
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Unlike in the past times when one had to contact piles of books from different languages to get a translation of a single word, today technology has made life easy with the translator apps and software.
The most common of these are Google translate, Microsoft translator app, iTranslate from apple, android translator app to mention but a few. Online translating apps have played an important role in providing free and fast translation services to their clients. These translating apps and software have a number of plus points which will leave every one with no choice but to opt for them.
- "Free" is the word that would entice any one to try using the apps. I mean, who would not love to utilize free services and indeed the apps provide free translation services to their users which gives them an upper hand over other translation agencies. But remember, cheap things are always expensive as I will further elaborate in this article.
- The other outstanding feature of these translator apps is speed. Online translating apps are very quick in providing translation services to their users. This is very important because every user or client requires fast services. So, more users are attracted by the fast translation services.
- Translations are provided in multiple languages with these translator software and apps. This is very essential since the whole translation business is about languages, so, the more language translations you provide, the more successful you become in translating.
- The other aspect that makes online software translating tools favorable is confidentiality. All your information will never be known to anyone but the computer where you put it for translating compared to when you give your information to a translations agency.
Problems with translation apps
However, as everything has pros and cons, so does online translator apps and software. These apps and software have a number of limitations that make it grueling for one to fully trust them with his translation needs. Let me go over these limitations to make my point clear.
How to know what exactly is needed for translation services?
Contradictions is a major weakness of these translator apps and software as they bomb to provide uniform results most of the times. Hence, it makes it difficult for one to cherry-pick between what is right and what is not.
Online translator software and apps vastly lack accuracy in their translations. These apps provide translations of word per word not concerned about the order of the document and yet some parts need to be translated wholly not just by word which makes some translated information lose meaning.
Since these translator apps follow a set of commands and instructions, they repeat the same mistakes over time until the commands are modified. Therefore, you cannot rely on them that they are experienced in translating documents in a particular field let say business translations.
Some fields of translations require high levels of professionalism and knowledge for example legal aid translations and medical translations of which these translator apps and software lack and this can lead to a number of troublesome consequences in the translation process.
After weighing the above limitations of online translator apps and software, one can choose either to rely on the translation apps or an experienced professional translation agency for accurate and superlative quality services.
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Every VSGi integrated room project is assigned a team of AV professionals to ensure our comprehensive solution meets or exceeds your expectations.
Project Manager
The Project Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing the project and ensuring that deliverables and functionality are achieved as defined in the Statement of Work (SOW). The Project Manager plans, guides, and oversees the day-to-day internal activities that support the project and assists in the development of the master project schedule and all other project work plans. The Project Manager is accountable for the development, maintenance, and adherence to the project guidelines and timetables. They are also responsible for the management of all resources assigned to the project, serves as the primary liaison between the project and the customer, and escalates decisions and issues as needed. The Project Manager coordinates project related issues with other efforts including change orders and scope changes, reviews and resolves project issues not resolved at lower levels, and directs the project management functions.
On-Site Installation / Implementation Team Lead
The On-site Installation / Implementation Team Lead will be responsible for the implementation portion of the project. He/she will provide implementation management leadership through planning, organizing, coordinating, and monitoring all installation employees and implementation activities. In addition, they will be responsible for effectively managing all information technology resources assigned by the Project Manager, including implementation strategy, organizational change management, production support, project knowledge transfer, defect/problem tracking, and Maintenance & Operation. The On-site Installation/ Implementation Team Lead will coordinate SOWs and interface directly with contractors to ensure technical obligations satisfy all objectives and expectations.
Order Management
Once an order has been reviewed by the Project Manager and Engineering it is released to OM for procurement. OM will follow up regularly with vendors and ensure timely delivery for all product and materials required for installation. OM will report delivery progress and any off schedule conditions to PM and expedite as required. An Order Manager will be assigned to the project for entry, purchasing and expediting for the duration. Time dedicated to the project will vary from full time near the start to minimal effort once equipment is on-site.


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I can tell you the exact day I became a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
My pee wee baseball team was the Cubs. My coaches were Kenneth Lancaster and Robert Allen. Our team wasn't that good but we were fun to watch. I guess that's called foreshadowing.
It was April 19, 1980. Cable TV had come to Cadiz in the year prior and WGN was beaming Cubs games over the airwaves. I watched a guy named Dave Kingman launched two home runs onto Waveland Avenue and this Cubs team beat the New York Mets 12-9.
The Cubs played mostly day games, which gave me something to watch on TV during the summer. The golden voice of Jack Brickhouse brought the action alive. Vince Lloyd and Lou Boudreau helped him out. Milo Hamilton came over the middle innings while Jack went over to the radio booth.
The more I watched, the more I liked.
That isn't the case anymore. I hereby submit my resignation as a Cubs fan. They have sucked the baseball life out of me. It's to the point where I don't even watch baseball anymore. After 31 years as a Cubs fan, baseball is no longer fun to watch. I haven't watched more than four innings of a Cubs game this year. That's probably four innings too many for this team.
I've endured the many embarrassments of this franchise during those 31 years. From Sosa's cork to Bartman to letting future Hall of Famers get away to playing in a stadium that should have been imploded years ago to the drunk ramblings of Harry Caray. I will endure no more. I refuse to support a sports franchise who doesn't understand the concept of winning -- from the players to the GM.
The bad trades are many. The horrific free agent signings are too many to count. But not near as many as the excuses for not winning. The goat. The black cat. Steve Garvey. Leon Durham. Will Clark. Bartman again. Playing day games at home. Blah blah blah blah.
I've had enough. I'd rather stick toothpicks under my toenails and kick the wall rather than watch this team play.
I can only support a losing team for so long. I'm done. I'm doing exactly what this franchise is doing now. Quitting.
And no, I'm not jumping ship to become a fan of the Cardinals. Or Reds. Or Braves. My Major League Baseball pulse is fading to the point of a Code Blue. Don't get me wrong. I still enjoy watching or coaching a youth league baseball game where the parents don't complain (almost as rare as a Cubs World Series appearance). I'll play wiffle ball in the backyard. I'll still watch college baseball. And I still envision a few trips to the minor league ballparks in the region.
I'm just done as a major league baseball fan because of my prison sentence as a Cubs fan. And that's why I'm no longer a Cubs fan.
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The month of June is a bad month of the year as this is the month of horse 午 and horse (fire 火) is against 冲 rat 子 (water 水). There are many undesired things happening around us. This year 戊子年 is 戊 earth 土 on top and it is blocking the flow of water (rat 子) .... bad. Share market is considered as trading and trading is water element. Hence, not a good year in term of ecomony.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
All Goodies Go To The East
As what I predicted during my earlier feng shui talks in Starbucks Cafe and Intel, this year is the year whereby the auspicious flying star 8 is flying to the East. It became a reality as Pak Lah has announced to give all the goodies to Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak. Please click the below links to read the news about the goodies.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Intel Believes in Feng Shui
I was surprised to read the news about Intel consulted a feng shui consultant for their new fab in China.
Actually, that happened to me too. As a matter of fact, when I presented my feng shui seminar in one of their factories early this year and advised them to alter an area in their factory, they seem to be hesitate to do it. However, later they came back to me for my consultation and they did it later. THUS, CAN YOU SEE THE POWER OF FENG SHUI NOWADAYS!? Hope that the factory will do well after the alteration.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Obama Wins As Predicted
Today news http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_el_pr/primary_rdp Barack Obama wins the Democratic Party US Presidential nomination race and creating history on the first Black American to run for Oval Office as per my prediction on 13 Feb 2008 in my earlier article "Obama stands a better chance"
http://penangfengshui.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-stands-better-chance.html Also, if you look around the world, a lot of the older leaders will have to give way to the younger leaders as this is period 2008 to 2023 and this is period for the young men to shine according to the ba qua. I guess it will include our country too, ya??!!
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Custom Sign-Making Workshop – Kawartha Design Co
February 26, 2020 – 6:30pm-9:30pm
Join us February 26th in creating your own custom wood sign!
Choose from a 13″x13″ or 9″x21″ framed wood sign and work with owner/designer Nikki (of Kawartha Design Co.) to create your custom design.
Arrive the night of and bring your vision to life in making a wood sign for yourself or that tough-to-buy-for special-someone for the holidays.
Price: $65+tax
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Several months ago, EPL Talk published an article featuring the MySpace pages for celebrity footballers and commentators. While MySpace's popularity is starting to fade and more people are embracing Facebook, we thought it'd be good timing to point out which famous footballers are on the cutting edge of social networking and who have their own Facebook pages.
- Peter Crouch, Liverpool and England
- Aaron Lennon, Tottenham and England
- Wes Brown, Manchester United and England
- Gareth Bale, Tottenham and Wales
- Jay DeMerit, Watford and United States
- Charlie Sheringham, Crystal Palace
- Lewwis Spence, Crystal Palace
- Sam Ricketts, Hull City and Wales
- Lewin Nyatanga, Barnsley and Wales
Some of you reading this post may be second guessing whether these are in actual fact the real Facebook pages for the footballers. But based on our research and reviewing the profiles, we believe all of them are the real players.
If you know of any famous footballers that aren't on the list, add them to the comments with a link to their page or email me at thegaffer[at]epltalk[dot]com
Be sure to add the EPL Talk group to your Facebook account today to stay on top of the latest news and videos from EPL Talk.


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Nutritional Makeover Plan
Have you ever wondered what it would take to look and feel great? Would you like to improve your digestion, solve your sleep issues, manage your weight and increase your energy but do not know where to start?
To meet your needs, we are introducing the Nutritional Makeover Plan for $299 + HST offered by registered nutritionists Marianna Duba and Sandra Cross. Our integrative package includes:
- Appointment #1: Intolerance testing/ Biofeedback analysis – this visit will give you a variety of answers about your health and what is impacting it. It is a detailed look at all internal and external stressors or triggers that may be causing issues affecting your body functions and how you feel.
- Appointment #2: Live Blood Cell Analysis – an in-office-testing for vitamin, mineral and antioxidant status, hormonal imbalances, immune system function, digestion and inflammation. This session will end with discussing a detailed 7-day detox plan.
- Appointment #3: Nutritional Follow Up – the final meeting's goal is to help set up a diet and lifestyle plan leading to vibrant health and soaring energy.
Are you up to the challenge? Are you ready to address your symptoms and take control of your life? Contact us, we are here to help!