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Trail Maintenance is clearing, cleaning, and blazing. Trail maintainers use small hand tools to clip and cut brush out of the trail, remove debris from drainage structures, and paint or hang the markers used for route finding also known as blazes.
Join Don Cohen and Trail Stewards at Minnewaska State Park Preserve to give back to some of its most beloved trails. Enjoy great views and breath-taking scenery while there.
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3 Steps to Quit Your Job & Take Your Business Full-Time with Amanda Boleyn (CLARITY)
Episode 2 · January 8th, 2017 · 23 mins 2 secs
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Get ready for the second half of my conversation with Amanda Boleyn!
So remember, this show is all about helping you find the courage & the clarity to go after what you love.
So, this is the CLARITY portion of my interview with Amanda.
I'm breaking each conversation up into two episodes — one called COURAGE, the part where we get into the dark moments that create amazing vision — and one called CLARITY — the part where my guests let us in on their expertise and give us a real process to apply in our own lives.
The episode before this one was Amanda's "courage" story, so if you happened to miss that one I highly recommend you listen to that first. This fantastic lady shared her real, raw & vulnerable moments along her path to entrepreneurship, and it really sets the stage for this juicy episode.
Speaking of which, today Amanda is telling us about her 3 step-framework for making the transition from your day job to working on your business full time.
She calls her three steps the Lead Up, the Leap, and the Land. Amanda coaches women through this process over in the She Did it Her Way community.
Some key questions Amanda answers in this episode include:
- What should we be doing to "lead up" to this transition? How do we set ourselves up for success?
- How do you know when it's time to LEAP?
- So we quit our jobs... now what?
I have to tell you she is truly gifted in this area. In fact, she often warns people to not get too close to her or else you might quit your job :) And that's exactly what happened to me when I met Amanda!
She's got energy and enthusiasm, and she's sharing the practical steps to help you seize the window of opportunity when it opens for you.
I'm pumped to share this conversation with you guys, and don't miss the end of the episode where I share my favorite takeaways.
I'm also giving you a little sneak preview of what to expect from my upcoming Courage & Clarity episodes...
Enjoy this conversation -- I'm wishing you the courage & the clarity to go after what you love!
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FRIDAY- SATURDAY: Very little change with over night lows warmest along A1A from the Cape and South toward the Keys. A front is in the making to pass through on Saturday afternoon, and rain chances look best in association with that boundary across Central and South Central Florida, mainly south of I-4 and north of Lake Okeechobee. Warmer on Tuesday prior to frontal passage, but that will be it for many days to come before another front again approaches repeating the same cycle we are currently endowed with.
Ocean temperatures are cooling more and more, thanks possibly due to repeated low pressure systems forming well to the east of the state and drawing NNE flow on their west sides with counterclockwise circulations around them along the U.S. East coast southward...evoking the cooler waters to work as far south as Volusia County especially. This could put a crimp in our style for folks in North Brevard northward near the coast especially later into the winter and early spring in regard to afternoon high temperatures when north to northeast winds are present as waters take longer to warm in responding to ambient outside air temperatures.
COCOA BEACH ART FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND: Cool with a northerly type breeze, mostly sunny and highs in the upper 60Fs to near 72F.


text: Codymo7 33 Report post Posted December 8, 2018 Reasons behind creating a Twitch channel for WW: Have you ever wanted to know what is going on in a battlefield when people are just blowing up the chats? For example, the WeFew and Fluffy field. Yeah you can get screenshots and recordings after the fights. But if you want to see the fights LIVE and see things play out, you can tune in and watch the stream. Have you ever been bored of your battlefield because everyone is dead and you still have a couple of days left? You could tune in and see the live stream of a DIFFERENT battlefield and then watch some of the fights going on in that field live as well. What if you're taking a break from the game because your team jumped without you and you get that itch for WW? If you tune in, you can watch maybe even your team live on Twitch and see what's going on in real time. Now, some common issues with this: What if the streamer goes over our territory and the enemy sees everything? What if the streamer shows specific unit stats to the audience? If I stream this, I won't do any of that because I don't care and it's not any of the enemy's business to know it unless they go find out for themselves. Most people will also be too busy with the battles to monitor the stream anyways. So, if I stream these battles, I'll keep from clicking on player's units and revealing their stats. I'll also ally everyone on the map, so as I scroll around, it will all be green and hard to determine who controls what outside of the battle and what level things are. I'll zoom in to show animations of battles as well as how troops might be setup. But I will also be zoomed out a lot showing the two sides. This could also be a good way to expand the community. Some people may just happen to see the game and then catch some interest. There are MANY different things that can be done with this idea. We can have the Devs promote the channel in numerous ways. I can use donations given to the channel for awards to teams that wins big battles, don't ally entire fields and just all kinds of different events we could host. The possibilities are endless with what we could do with this channel, we could do Q&As with players about different things, create live how to tutorials and more. I would love some feedback from the community as a whole and also suggestions via PM in Line app. Line ID is codymo1997. I made the thread twice because I wasn't sure where to post this at. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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CHRISTINA BLAABJERG is an artist based in Denmark. Her colorful, geometric landscape paintings attempt to navigate the relationship between nature and urban architecture. Blaabjerg's work has been shown at the Consulate General of Denmark in New York and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.


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ANDERSON, SC–After a three day trial, an Anderson County jury has convicted Damorius Gaines of Armed Robbery, Attempted Armed Robbery, 2 counts of Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime, and Unlawful Possession of a Pistol. The Honorable Cordell Maddox, Jr., sentenced Gaines to 20 years provided upon the service of 15 years, with the balanced suspended to 5 years of probation. Gaines will have to serve at least 85% of this sentence before he is eligible for parole.
On February 16, 2017, at around 7:40 pm, Damorius Gaines attempted to gain entry into the Little General located at 1001 S. Murray Avenue. He was masked and armed with a handgun. Fortunately, store employees had just locked the doors and he was unable to complete the robbery. About 20 minutes later on the same night, Gaines, again masked and armed with a handgun, entered the Dollar Tree located at 910 S. Main Street, where he held a cashier at gunpoint and forced her to give him money from her register. Both of these incidents were captured on surveillance videos. If not for the fact that Gaines lifted his mask to reveal a brief glimpse of his face after failing to gain entry into the Little General, coupled with an informant tip, Gaines may never have been apprehended.
"We will not allow people like Mr. Gaines to terrorize or even attempt to prey upon Anderson County businesses and their hard working employees. Our community is safer tonight with Mr. Gaines behind bars. I want to thank the Anderson Police Department for their hard work investigating these crimes and for working with my office to secure these convictions," said Solicitor David Wagner following the verdict.


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Navratri is amongst the most auspicious festival of Hindus that is celebrated in the honor of nine different forms of the Goddess Durga. know the Puja Vidhi and rules for fasting.
Navratri is amongst the most important Hindu festivals. This auspicious festival is celebrated with great zeal and devotion throughout the country. The literal meaning of 'Navratri' is 'nine auspicious nights'. Navratri is a pious festival celebrated in the honor of nine different forms of the Goddess Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati for nine continuous days. The Goddess of Power is worshipped during these days in order to seek her blessings and protection from any unknown fear and possible threat. The devotees ask for peace and prosperity from the Goddess. The Goddess of power has the supremacy over the creation, preservation and destruction of the universe.
Navratri is being celebrated in our country adhering to all the customs and rituals. It is of utmost importance to know the exact method of performing the Navratri Pooja. Here, is the full Navratri Pooja Vidhi.
Items to be required for the Navratri Pooja:
You will need incense sticks, a 'deep' and a matchstick. You will also require some fresh flowers like rose, jasmine or red hibiscus. You may offer fresh fruits and sweets such as 'laddoo', or 'peda' for prasad. Take a mat, to sit. If possible, every member of the house should sit together.
Navratri Pooja Vidhi:
Certain items are required to perform the Navratri pooja. These may include the idol or picture of Goddess Durga, Durga Sapthashati book, water in Kalash (pitcher), fresh washed mango leaves, one coconut, roli (red color for tilak), moli (red sacred thread), chawal (rice), paan (betel leaves), supari (beetle nuts), cloves, cardamom, kumkum (vermilion) and gulal. You will also need few incense sticks, a deep and matchstick. The flowers used for Navratri puja may include rose, lotus and red hibiscus. Stalks of Bilwa (bael) leaves are also used for the puja. You may offer fresh pomegranate and sweets such as laddoo and peda, as prasad. You will require a Panchpatra containing spoon and water, bael leaves. Take a mat as well, to sit.
In order to perform the puja, take bath in the morning and wear laundered clothes. Then, fill the kalash with water and place mango leaves on its mouth. Place a coconut inside the kalash. Now, tie moli on the neck of the pitcher. Place the idol or picture of Ma Durga at your puja room and then worship the deity with roli, rice, flowers, balepatra, kumkum and gulal. Thereafter, you may add burning coal to a clay pot and pour ghee (clarified butter) over it. Offer a small piece of the sweetmeat to the fire. Keep adding ghee to the fire at regular intervals. Make sure that you maintain the light throughout your puja. Once the puja is over, fold your hands and encircle the flame for three times. Light the incense sticks and deep and perform the aarti. You may sing arti song while doing the aarti. You may chant Durga Saptashati or Devi Kavach or ask a pundit to do it, to conclude the puja.
For 'Kalash Sthapna':
Place the kalash near the idol or picture of the deity and fill it with pure water. Place mango leaves on the mouth of the kalash. Place a coconut inside the kalash. Tie moli around the neck of the kalash.
Sprinkle 'Gangajal' all over the Puja room. Now, offer sandalwood powder and some fresh grass to the Goddess. Then, offer the sari or dupatta to the Goddess. Place some fresh flowers in front of the Goddess. Next, offer 'paan' with a clove placed on it. If you are married, then offer two such paans. Light 'agarbatti' or incense sticks. Perform 'havan' using this mantra- "Om aing hreeng kleeng chamundaya vichche namah". Give aahuti for 11 times. Fold your hands and pray. At last, offer prasad and do aarti of Goddess Durga. Sing the "Kshama Prarthana" of the 13th chapter of sacred Durga Saptshati and conclude the Puja. Pray with whole heart.
The Durga Saptashati book should be kept carefully and respectfully.
Celebration of 'Mahanavami' in India:
The ninth day of Navratri, popularly known as 'Mahanavami' is the final day of Navratri celebrations. The celebration of 'Mahanavami' varies from state to state in India.
People of different states celebrate Mahanavami in their own way. People from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Punjab do 'Kanya Puja' on the last day. On the concluding day, nine young girls are invited in the house and feasted with delicious food. These nine young girls are treated as the nine forms of the Goddess. They are welcomed by washing their feet and putting tilak on their forehead.
The people of Kerala celebrate Saraswati Pooja on 'Ashtami', the eighth day or the day before Mahanavami. The concluding day is treated as the resting day. People do not begin with any new work and even children do not study this day.
Navratri celebrations end on 'Ashtami' instead of Mahanavami in some parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Kashmir and Maharashtra.
The people of West Bengal celebrate Durga Pooja with great enthusiasm and devotion. Huge 'Pandal' (tent) is set up and a huge idol of Goddess Durga is installed in the 'Pandal' and worshipped. On Mahanavami, the idol of Goddess Durga is bid adieu and immersed in the sea or river or any flowing source of water.
The festival of Navratri is divided into the sets of three days. These sets are formulated to worship the different forms of the Goddess. On the first three days, Goddess Durga is revered and worshipped. She is known to be the master of power and eliminates all the evil and fear from the mind and life of the devotees. The next three days are devoted to the Goddess of wealth- Lakshmi. She showers the blessings of never-ending wealth upon her devotees. The final set of three days is devoted for worshipping the Goddess of wisdom- Saraswati. She is responsible for spiritual enlightenment and success in life.
Navratri is a festival of sentiments, positive thoughts, peace and prosperity. Every year it is welcomed with great respect and love. People refrain from wrong deeds and indulge in pure devotion. Wish you a Happy Navratri!
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1. Unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts: "they got lost in the fog".
2. Unable to be found: "he turned up with my lost golf clubs".
Lost, this funny adjective evokes many different fragments, flash backs in my mind.
Wondering off in our favourite second hand store away from my parents and then trying to trail my way back to them, becoming more and more frantic and panicked as I pass the slender isles, one by one hopefully looking down each one for familiar faces.
Empty, sorrow, depression; something is missing.
Fear, a black hole, darkness.
Walking home from a new friend's house and forgetting the way; having to call my parents for directions or retrace my steps back to where I started for help.
The word lost can mean many different things for many different people; a lost puppy, a missing child, your car keys, an old sock. The more and more I mature and start to collect some more of the missing pieces in my life (the things that I have not experienced, the places that I have not gone, the people that I have not met..) the more I feel confused, and regretfully lost. I'm not sure that it has something to do with my physical location. Sometimes I feel as if I am right where I am supposed to be, but other times I feel like I'm lost, like I'm that child again running down the store looking all around me for a glimmer of hope that everything will be ok. To be completely honest, I can tell you that I have experienced things in my life first hand that will never be ok. Some things can never be fixed. Once the damage is done, there is no going back. I feel out of place in my own mind sometimes, like I am a guest, observing from the side lines, the peanut gallery. I'll imagine things and I will have no idea where they came from. I'll shock myself so much that I will actually begin to be afraid of my own shadow; my own reflection. Some days are better than others. It is almost like trying to walk home on a once familiar street. Some days the street lights are on and you recognize every single little detail and all of your passed doubts seem to melt away. Other times that same dark, harsh, cold road is intimidating. The street lamps have almost burned out, leaving a menacing glow that casts deceiving shadows all over the place. You are left constantly looking around, searching because of the sharp chill on the back of your neck that tells you that someone is watching. I think being lost isn't all physical, but it is also a mental state. When someone is lost, it means that they are away from their normal surroundings and cannot find their way back. What is people learned to just except not knowing where you are, or who you are for that matter, and just went with it. Would that eliminate all of those lost feelings? I have tried to except the way I am, who I am, where I am in life, where my life could take me, but it is more difficult than it sounds. As humans, we are not naturally able to let go of our pasts. We can't stop dwelling on the familiarity of things, or even people. We learn to deal, and we learn to cope, but there is always a part of us that remains there, in that place in our mind that is set aside for that special time that only means something to us, good or bad. We become frustrated with our selves, or other people, when they or we begin to forget things that used to be such a big deal. If we didn't dwell so much on the passed, then something; a place for example, would not seem so familiar, therefore when we did eventually move on, we would not be lost, but found by new experiences, new people, a new chapter in our lives. As I'm sure that we all know, life unfortunately does not work that way. We are mentally impulsed creatures, ones who are controlled by emotions and make emotional connections with physical objects or other people.
On this blog, I would like to share my journey with you; throughout my personal experiences, thoughts, emotions, mental dialogue and trying to piece myself together. I will let you know if I ever find my way through this thick, unpredictable and scary jungle of life.


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The Connected Learning Community (Clc) at Gowrie PS
The connected Learning Community is a Virtual Learning Environment which is a digital resource database with a myriad of learning environments for teaching and learning.
The Clc link on the website can provide all learners with an avenue to their learning programs as all classes have a homepage that children can access on the web.
Teachers have a page which they use to enrich the learning experiences of their children and can post things like weblinks and homework tasks on the page.
Parents can get an insight into parts of the digital curriculum at Gowrie.Digital Backpack ( to connect to The connected Learning Community-cLc)


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The Humboldt Assocaiation of Realtors is very active in the community. They conduct an annual golf tournament in September, a Toys for Kids drive from September through December, give out scholarships & grants to students going on to college and, in the past, has had Relay for Life teams.
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Used by over 14,000 organisations and over a million users worldwide, Wrike offers work management software to help businesses of any size
Company: Wrike
Clients: Start-ups
Website: www.wrike.com
Who are you?
We believe Wrike is the perfect work management software solution for start-ups. Whether you're working hard to get a start-up off the ground, or trying to grow and develop an established business, having the right web-based project management software is essential.
Wrike is a powerful online project management software solution that works to simplify managing a project online. It works well for planning too, enabling easy collaboration and streamlining the workflow of teams of any size.
What does Wrike do?
As one of several simple project management tools, Wrike provides project scheduling, apps for project management, and easy-to-use task management functionality. This means teams and businesses can function at their most productive and efficient levels.
What does that mean in practice?
It can be used to plan, track, and report on projects, allows teams to collaborate with ease – no matter where they are based – and brings all the elements required for effective project management together in one place.
Benefit from time tracking tools, enhanced project planning and organisation, an interactive timeline and instant communication, enabling easy collaboration for teams of all sizes.
What size company suits you?
All kinds of businesses can benefit from Wrike, from start-ups that are keen to put a good foundation for successful project management in place, to growing businesses looking for a tool to help keep project management practices streamlined as they grow, and huge companies and corporations who need to facilitate transparency and easy collaboration of teams that may not work in the same office, city or even country.
Why should I care?
Marketing teams, creative teams, project management teams and product development teams are just some examples of collaborators that will benefit from the features and functions of Wrike.
Those working on business operations and professional services, and any other teams that need a simple but effective, all in one place, project management toolkit should also consider Wrike.
Wrike can be integrated into many of the most popular online software systems, programmes and tools including Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Google Drive, Adobe CC, QuickBooks and more. Wrike's APIs (application programming interfaces) make it really easy to connect Wrike to the tools that you already use, for seamless integration and accessibility.
What can you do for me that I can't do for myself?
In this modern world, being able to work and collaborate wherever you are is essential – and that applies whether you're an entrepreneur growing your start-up from a home office, or a FTSE 100 company that needs to connect team members from across the globe.
Wrike is available as a mobile app in both Android and iOS, so you can access the full functionality of Wrike, even if you're not at your desk.
Wrike is available in 10 languages – currently English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese and Turkish. This also means that companies with offices around the world can still collaborate using a central project management system, for ultimate transparency, connectivity and efficiency.
Can you give me an example of the work you've done?
If you're a start-up, entrepreneur or small business owner, Wrike can give you the advantage of a project management system used by global multi-national companies, at an unexpectedly low cost. Examples of companies currently using Wrike include global travel innovator airbnb, revolutionary fashion retailer Stitch Fix, social media management platform Hootsuite and huge international dining chain TGI Fridays, so you're guaranteed to be in good company when you choose Wrike.
What will it cost me?
Whatever size your business, Wrike has a membership plan available to suit your specific requirements. The smallest start-ups get a helping hand with a free limited service for up to five users.
Billed plans then move through Professional, Business, Marketers and Enterprise, each tailored to the nature of the specific type of business. With the professional plan subscription starting at under $10 per user per month, Wrike is affordable to every team, and is an indispensable tool to help increase productivity, get great project results and ultimately take your business to the next level.
Why should I trust you?
Coming from humble beginnings as an ambitious start-up with an exciting new idea, Wrike has grown to a multi-award-winning software solutions provider used by over 14,000 organisations and over a million users worldwide.
As such its bank of e-books, reports, case studies and blog content can be trusted to help grow and develop your business. As a Wrike user, you'll enjoy access to a constantly updated library of informative and engaging resources for free.


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Why Santana will be worth $200 million
Johan Santana's a free agent after next year, and there isn't a Twins fans who doesn't want to see his contract extended into the next decade. The popular refrain is that the Twins 'just need to get it done'.
But what is "it" exactly? And just how much will "it" cost?
In April of 2003, the Red Sox picked up an option year in the contract of Pedro Martinez. Doing so allowed them to keep him through the 2004 season, the same season that the Red Sox won the World Series. It also meant that they opted, of their own free will, to pay Martinez $17.5 million, which was the most ever to a pitcher in major league baseball.
But in the last year, three major league pitchers have signed for more than Pedro's high water mark. They reflect a reality where major league clubs' revenues are exploding and where risks can be accepted that previously were unthinkable. For Twins fans who are hoping for an announced extension between the Twins and Johan Santana, each reflects a changing reality that will make retaining Santana more and more expensive.
Barry Zito – Seven years/$126 million
Zito is a poor man's Johan. He's left-handed, young, and a Cy Young award winner. But he won that award in 2002, and he hasn't received a single vote for one since. He also hasn't posted an ERA south of 3.70 over the last three years. That didn't stop the Giants from committing to him, on average, $18 million per year over the next seven years.
For Twins fans, those last two words should hurt the most. Zito's contract shocked baseball because pitchers are notoriously prone to injury, and thus usually sign shorter contracts than their offensive colleagues. Zito has stayed healthy and was only 28 years old when he became a free agent. In fact, Cot's Baseball Contracts reports that the contract includes an eighth year that automatically vests if Zito pitches 200 innings in the seventh year.
Johan has stayed just as healthy, will be just 29 years old when he's a free agent, and has been infinitely more effective than Zito over the last three years (and counting). He's likely to receive at least eight guaranteed years if he tests the free agent waters. If the Twins want to talk about an extension, any offer less than five years would seem naive.
Daisuke Matsuzaka – 6 years/$52 million (or $103 million)
If you look up Matsuzaka's salary in GameDay (salaries are on the statistical insert) when the Red Sox come to town, you'll likely think the Red Sox received a bargain when they added him to their rotation for just $6 million. But the actual price that Red Sox paid for the 26-year-old was far higher, and the risk they took may have been greater than the Giants took for Zito.
When a player comes over from Japan, before any team can negotiate with him, the Japanese ballclub must be paid. So major league ballclubs each bid for the right to negotiate with the player, and only the team with the high bid is allowed to negotiate. That obviously means the winning ballclub has a fair amount of leverage with the Japanese player, but it also means they're on the hook for much more than the salary they'll pay.
When "Dice K" came across the pond, the Red Sox paid over $51 million to the Seibu Lions for the right to negotiate with Matsuzaka for 30 days. Or rather to negotiate with Scott Boras, Matsuzaka's agent, who was also responsible for Alex Rodriguez's monster deal and Zito's contract. He not only negotiated another $52 million guaranteed for his client, there are at least $8 million in incentives attached to it.
Add all that together, and Dice K's services could be worth $112 million, meaning the Red Sox would be paying more per year than the Giants. And they had to pay half of it before they even had a deal in place. All for a guy who not only hadn't won any Cy Young awards – he hadn't pitched a single inning in the major leagues.
Roger Clemens - 1 year/$22 million
So far we've been talking about players who are young and perceived as great pitchers, but aren't in Santana's class. Clemens is the opposite – seemingly old as Methusalah, but has recently been as dominant as Santana. Clemens, like Santana, won a Cy Young Award in 2004 and finished third in 2005.
Unlike the others, the length of contract isn't important, but it's telling just how much clubs are willing to pay on an annual basis. Clemens signed a 1-year, $22 million contract with the Astros last year, but only made a little over $12 million because he didn't start pitching until June 22nd. By the time you read this, it's likely he will have announced whether he's pitching in 2007 and the bidding could be fast and furious for him once again. If so, his 2007 salary could provide some real clues to what Santana could receive in an annual salary, since it's expected that the New York Yankees would be included in the bidding, which really wasn't the case for either of the two pitchers above.
Johan Santana - ? years/$?? Million
So now you know what the agents and general managers know about the pitching market. Before Santana becomes a free agent at the end of next year, there will likely be some new names that can be included (such as Mark Buehrle, the left-handed White Sox starter who threw a no-hitter earlier this year), but you already have enough data to make a reasonable guess.
For instance, would anyone be surprised if Santana received an eight-year guaranteed contract starting at $18 million per year, with a $1 million raise per year? Add in a ninth year that can be automatically vested and a couple of incentive bonuses, and suddenly a $200 million contract is within reason. That's not only twice as long as the Twins like to guarantee contracts, it's also equal to about three times their current payroll. In fact, it's darn close to the amount that Forbes recently estimated the entire Twins franchise is worth ($216 million).
Which isn't to say that the Twins can't sign Santana to an extension. Or that it won't be worth the commitment, as Pedro's contract in 2004 might attest. But it's one thing to say "they need to get it done". It's another matter entirely to say it when you find out exactly what "it" is going to cost.
The preceding article will be available in the May issue of GameDay, the independent baseball program sold across the street from the Metrodome. Look for the guys in the red vests.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
You have GOT to be kidding!
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- brianinfla said...
So what is a guess for the contract. I agree that anything over 4 years is risky. With the current state of the Yankees rotation, you may see that 200 million dollar figure and a rotation of Santana, Hughes and Wang. Also, by that time Clemens may only be pitching the post season for 15 million a month.
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Hello and Happy Valentine's Day eve.
I'm really not a big Valentine's kinda girl. But it does give me an excuse to
make cute stuff.
This time I made this cute little frog. I got him from the Silhouette store. I then made the little "Be Mine" Banner also using the Silhouette software.
On the inside of the card I used Vinyl and another Silhouette store cut.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Judge Saves Americans from President Obama's NDAA: Another Bad Week For Big Government
If you know anything about the US Constitution, Indefinite Detention on its face, sounds Unconstitutional. I don't care who the President of The United Sates is, Democrat or Republican, the US Constitution and our Constitutional Rights as Americans trumpets all of that. Thats what America is built on, the US Constitution and The Rule of Law, Indefinite Detention that is, the Federal Government. Being able to detain Americans indefinitely, without being charged for a crime , or having access to a lawyer or any other Constitutional Rights that all potential suspects. Have just for being American Citizens, just because Uncle Sammy believes John or Susan or whoever, generally its someone named Ahmad or some other Middle Eastern name. That gets held under Indefinite Detention believes the person or people are Terrorist Suspects, they don't even need a warrant or a Court Order. They just need what's called Reasonable Suspicion, which is a broad term , under Indefinite Detention to hold Americans under Indefinite Detention.
Its not the fact that President Obama is a Socialist, which he is clearly not, where his critics score points against him for being in favor of Big Government. Its these key Social Issues and Civil Liberties where his critics have valid points in accusing him of being in favor of Big Government. Like Indefinite Detention, the Patriot Act, the War on Drugs, he just recently came out in favor, well officially anyway, of Same Sex Marriage. And President Obama's justification for these strange positions, especially for a Democrat. Is wait to I'm reelected and then I'l start behaving like a real Democrat, protect Civil Liberties and all of that, which is the very least we expect from Democrats. Well if this is the case and we knew this going in, Barack Obama doesn't get elected President in 2008, Democrats wouldn't of backed him. Because they would've said, what's the difference between Barack Obama and John McCain.
In other Big Government News, Rhode Island has approved Medical Marijuana and New York State, not the Nanny City of New York but the State itself. Thanks to Governor Andrew Cuomo an early favorite at least as far as I'm concern for the 2016 Democratic Presidential Nomination. Is moving to decriminalizing marijuana, that is New Yorkers wouldn't get arrested for possessing at least small amounts of marijuana. So a good week for believers in Individual Freedom, which all Liberals are and a bad week for Big Government.
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Lettuce wraps are one my favorite things.
Just as yummy as tacos, but no guilt with any of those empty carbs!
I love these at P.F.Changs, but every time I ate them, I thought "how hard can this be?". Answer IS... not hard at all!
You do need some Asian condiments that I hope that you already have on hand because they are awesome and I think that are a necessary kitchen staple.
They are...
- Garlic Chili Sauce- called sambal. You can find this at almost any grocery store in the Northwest area, and I hope elsewhere too.
- Hoisin Sauce is nothing more than Asian BBQ sauce and is super yummy on grilled meats, so you can find lots of other things to do with it too.
- Sesame oil... you have that, right? If not, get some!!!!
I've never tried making these at home with tofu instead of turkey or chicken as a vegetarian option, but I think it would work out. I like the tofu wraps at P.F.Changs almost as much as the meaty ones. I'd use extra firm tofu chopped small.
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Serves 4-6
20 oz pkg ground chicken, or turkey
1 6oz. can water chestnuts, chopped
2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
3 garlic cloves, smashed
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced (optional)
1 rib celery, minced
1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced
1/2 white onion, minced
1/2 cup hoisin sauce
1-3 Tbsp garlic red pepper chili sauce (sambal)
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar, or white vinegar
3 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp sesame oil
Serve with:
Iceberg lettuce "cups"
green onions
chopped peanuts
fresh cilantro springs
Brown your chicken or turkey over medium high heat in a tablespoon or two of sesame oil. Use a flat edge utensil to keep the meat into small bits, as you want an even texture, not big chunks, as it cooks. I don't bother draining off the liquid from the cooking, it's mostly water and broth and not much fat. I add the chopped veggies; celery, jalapeno, water chestnuts, green onions, garlic and ginger. Cook for 1-2 minutes, but don't overcook, you want some crunch in those veggies.
Add the sauce ingredients and cook for a couple more minutes as the sauce reduces and thickens a little bit. Turn off heat and let cool a little bit.
Serve on lettuce leaves, heaped with meat and then topped with more greens onions, cilantro and chopped peanuts.
This is a somewhat messy dish to eat... but very satisfying!!!
Here's some other yummy Asian dishes that you might enjoy!
Larb Gai is almost the Thai equivalent to Lettuce wraps, but different flavors and usually served on cabbage instead!
Larb Gai
Spicy Thai Prawn Skewers
Thai Chicken Nachos
Vietnamese Spring Rolls


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Yesterday millions of Mexicans went to the polls in all 32 states to choose the composition of the new House of Representatives. At the same time, elections took place in six states to choose a new state governor. With over 95% of the vote counted, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) headed by Party Leader Beatriz Paredes Rangel swept the polls winning the majority of seats in the House of Representatives and also winning five of six state governor seats that were up for grabs in Sunday's election. The results took President Felipe Calderon's Partido Acción National (PAN) by surprise after political pundits in Mexico had projected a clear win for the PAN prior to Sunday's election. The PRI won governorship in the states of Campeche, Colima, Querétaro, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí. The PAN narrowly won Sonora.
The Instituto Federal de Elección (IFE) stated that there was a national voters turnout of 44.70% translating to 33, 951, 277 voters. In an exclusive interview with our colleagues at La Universal Newspaper the PRI Leader Rangel is quoted as saying that, "the PRI is stronger than before and we are well ahead, ready for the big win in the next presidential election in 2012."
Monday, July 6, 2009
Tropic Air utilizes new terminal
Tropic Air began utilizing its newest home located on Coconut Drive. Their new dispatch lounge was designed with customers' comfort in mind. Included in the lounge is a huge beautiful aquarium that is simply outstanding. Management of Tropic Air could not be more pleased with the outcome of the building and state that this is the first step in upgrading their services and infrastructure countrywide. Groundbreaking for the new building began on July 4th, 2008.
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Many stories litter the annuals of pike fishing history that assist in dispelling the myth that lightening does not strike twice in the same place! This is another such story, which exhibits such elements of luck and coincidence as to make it almost unbelievable for some!
You may recall, back in February 2014, I was the fortunate captor of the current Chew Valley record pike. An incredible fish, weighing 44lb 6oz. The sort of fish that even seems frankly unrealistic when one allows their mind to explore their piking dreams; that 99.99% of pike anglers never have the privilege to see in their angling lifetime.
But, how about two of these beasts of myth and legend? According to Neville Fickling's notable pike anglers list, only Eddie Turner and Nige Williams have actually caught two 40lb+ pike themselves, but how many angling duos have shared each other's captures of 40lb+ pike?
My uncle, Mike Heyes and I have been fishing together since I was eight years old (I'm now twenty six). Mike had only previously dabbled with angling, tagging along on the odd trip with his elder brother, Phil Heyes, who was quite a successful match angler throughout the 80s, even by national standards, but Mike had never really taken to the sport. It is fair to say that even now, Mike doesn't take his fishing too seriously. He isn't motivated by catching big fish and is at his happiest fishing a simple waggler setup on a local commercial carp pool. Unfortunately for Mike, I do the driving and the car generally finds its way to waters where there is a chance of something special or where the surroundings and the environment make it a pleasure just to be there! Mike has always been happy to just go with the flow and in his advancing years (he will be sixty in February) he has realised there is more to fishing than simply catching fish and his desire to experience more waters throughout our small island has increased tenfold.
I started fishing at Chew Valley in 2013 with a friend of mine, Kristian Schofield. Kristian is a very motivated and dedicated piker and it was him who suggested we give Chew a try and endured the constant engaged tone for hours that first year. He managed to get some tickets and very kindly invited me along. I spent 8 days pike fishing on Chew Valley with Kristian that year and was rewarded with my first twenty and a few jacks. It's fair to say, Chew hasn't been kind to Kristian, but the less said about that the better, eh pal! This was enough for Mike to show an interest in fishing Chew and it was decided that we would both try for tickets in 2014 with Mike and I fishing together and Kristian fishing with another of his friends.
On the first of our days for the 2014 trials, I caught my 40lb+ pike and Mike was there to do the netting and assist with the weighing and photography. This was an incredible experience and it was clear from the conversations that followed, that it had inspired Mike and stirred the suppressed piker within! No longer the laid back take it or leave it attitude. The laissez fare "I'm just here for the experience" comments had disappeared and it was clearly evident that he wanted one for himself! I reassured Mike that what had happened that day, would never happen again. We had had our full quota of Chew Valley fortune and to even contemplate a re-occurrence was so wholly unrealistic as to be almost laughable to even suggest! Did he not know anything about piking history, had he not read the books, the list, listened to the stories and appreciated the rarity and significance of such fish! We needn't bother upgrading our 40lb Avon Scales, so confident was I that a fish in excess of those proportions would never find its way into our landing net again.
Recounting this I am reminded of how dismissive I was of Mike's new found enthusiasm and ambition, given my "greater experience" and knowledge. I usually don't like being proven wrong, but I could not think of a better way to be put in my place!
Our next session on Chew was 22nd and 23d October 2014. It had been a long wait, given the level of excitement we were experiencing about returning to the scene of our greatest angling achievement. Not much had changed, our fishing plans were the same as before, but there was a distinct air of confidence and a very relaxed feeling in the car that night as we travelled down the M6. We hadn't bothered to attempt to find out about any recent captures of big fish or any "going areas", we didn't care what others were doing. Doing our own thing and using our initiative had served us well previously and we were going to stick with it. There were no conversations required, except to express our anticipation for the days ahead and to prevent me from re-arranging the central reservation, so it was a quick and quiet journey. The weather was unseasonably warm and we wanted to head to an area that gave access to both shallow and deeper water so that we could cover our bases and one that was unlikely to result in a battle for a swim or competing for the fish in that area with others. I had a couple of areas in mind, so when we arrived in the car park for Wick Green Point at 04:30 to find (inevitably some might say) 3 vehicles already parked up, it was off to our other chosen spot at Nunnery Point.
We turned off the road at 04:45 and drove down to the first lay by to have a look around the area in Herons Green Bay. The water level was way down, which although not a complete surprise did change things slightly as this meant that the spit on the end of Nunnery point might be exposed providing a nice beach like swim with access to the deeper water out towards Wick and also the shallower water to the left of the swim over towards Denny Island. Back in the car to the car park at the end of the road and a quick walk to the end of Nunnery Point revealed this to be the case and with no other anglers around, it was an easy decision to make this our home for the day.
A short but very warm and sweaty walk (the thermometer in the car was showing a temperature of 14 Celsius at 05:00!) with only the necessary equipment and we were setting up. The usual double act ensued, with Mike setting up the shelter and chairs and I went about putting the rests in and the rods together. I offered Mike the choice of rods and he selected the right hand side of the swim. Such a simple question and one which doesn't ever quite register as being particularly significant, but significant it proved to be. All four rods were rigged up with a simple running ledger rig, 4oz lead and a pair of size 2 trebles, standard fair when fishing for big pike with relatively large dead baits on big waters. The first rod was baited with a mackerel tail and was lobbed out about 40yrds towards Wick Green Point in what we believed to be around 10' of water. The other three rods followed suit spread from right to left into open water and we sat back to take in the very pleasant morning. Just on first light a trout angler waded around onto the end of the point to our left but out of view. The kettle went on and an early breakfast of porridge was washed down with a nice cup of tea. What a morning, an absolute pleasure to be outside, warm and still, with the sun rising like the anticipation within us. A cacophony of bird life interspersed by the metronomic whoosh of fly line providing the backing track to another wonderful day by the water and with a tangible sense of something to come, there was nowhere else to be at that moment.
A single boat hurriedly passed through into Herons Green Bay at just on 08:30 and no sooner had they been obscured from our view by the stones jutting out into the water the right hand alarm burst into life!
Calmness remained. We've been here before. Just as I set off towards the rod the realisation that this was not my moment, struck me and I stopped dead. Calling Mike forward with line still peeling from the spool and the alarm seemingly responding to the bird life, he arose from his chair and approached the rod with confidence. I have an irritating inability to stifle the control freak in me and irrespective of my relative youth, I began to coach Mike through the process. Mike has only caught a handful of pike and fishing with open bail arms and rear drop offs is relatively alien to him, so it was well received.
He picked the rod from the rests and under instruction, flicked over the bail arm, wound down tight and lifted steadily into the fish. Line was taken under little tension and the word was given to tighten that drag down and bend into the fish to avoid the hooks slipping. Very quickly a better indication of what was attached was given as the 2.75lb TC rod took on a much more alarming battle curve and line was still taken from the reel. The fish kitted left towards the other lines and Mike responded by lowering the rod to the right and applying equal side strain. I reacted quickly and dropped the middle rods onto the ground with slack lines and urged Mike to keep the line under tension and the rod up high. The fish then broke the surface around 20yrds out and a stalemate was reached.
I took the net and waded out as far as my wellies would allow and asked Mike to walk slowly backwards with the spool clamped. "It looks a good double", "Take it easy, nearly there", "Bloody Hell it's definitely a thirty!" as she slides into the waiting net without concern. It was a one way conversation, speech wasn't possible at this stage for Mike as he focused all of his attention on ensuring that fish made it safely into the net, no doubt with memories of the issues he had netting my fish earlier in the year very prominent in his mind!
I stood with the fish in the net in the margin while Mike removed the rod and returned the other rods to their rests. I knelt down and unclipped the lead and trace, revealing the true frame of the fish for the first time. It was another mammoth clearly and I was fully aware at this stage of what had happened, but I wanted to retain the composure that surrounded us and simply asked Mike to prepare the mat, scales and camera up near the trees at the back of the swim and kneel down behind it. I removed the arms of the net from the spreader block and rolled them up in the mesh. I hoisted the fish from the water and carried it quickly over to the mat, at which time I noticed that the hooks had transferred themselves into the mesh of the net and were no longer in the fish. The scales had already been adjusted for the wet net, so she was weighed immediately with no need for unhooking.
A large slice of humble pie was served up to me at this stage as the needle on the Avon scales went round once, twice, three times, four…. Oops!
The needle swung past the 40lb mark and absent mindedly I stated that the fish had bottomed the scales when it reached 40lb 04oz, as had happened with my fish in February. The disappointment and frustration on Mike's face was as clear as the joy had been seconds earlier. This was obviously a very big fish, but we were faced with the possibility of never knowing just how big. The fish was returned to the water in the net and a quick discussion was had regarding our options. There were none. There were no other anglers about and the best option for the fish was to take a few quick snaps and slip her back. Mike was adamant that any thought of retaining the fish while waiting for adequate scales was dismissed and he was right of course, the fish's welfare was the priority and we would have to live with the "what might have been".
Mike slipped on his Musky Armour gloves in preparation for holding the fish for the camera. Mike doesn't wear gloves for handling pike due to a lack of confidence or a fear of the fish, but in order to protect an injury incurred as a result of a lawn mower accident, that actually caused the loss of the tip of his middle finger on his right hand.
A few very quick snaps were taken and Mike insisted that the fish were returned to the water irrespective of the quality of the photos taken. He had difficulty, due to the sheer size of the fish, holding and presenting it well for the camera, but that didn't matter. He had caught it, shared a few precious moments in its presence, admiring its mighty spotted flank and feeling her bulk in his arms. The experience was enough.
The fish was returned to the water in the mat and Mike fired off a few release shots. As I cradled her in the margin I held onto that thickset tail wrist and with an effortless flick she filled my right boot with water and cruised away like a U-boat leaving port.
I turned to Mike and let out a "yeehah" and offered him my sincere congratulations, trying to cement that moment in both of our memories for eternity. Not much was said in reply, Mike was in awe of his achievement and I left him to breathe it all in sat in his chair, while I tidied the swim and readied the rod to be re-cast.
As I sat back down, I couldn't shake the guilt that had enveloped me due to the unknown true weight. I put myself in that position, thinking about how I would have felt in February had Dave and Warren not stepped in to assist. We didn't even have measurements of the fish to estimate the weight. It was a huge fish with an enormous girth and I started to mentally compare it to the images of my fish in my mind. Was it the same fish? No, it was definitely shorter but with a much bigger girth! I recounted the Avon scales when my fish was placed on them and recalled vividly the needle swinging much further past the 40lb mark and an audible indication when the spring had hit the bottom of the case, which was conspicuous by its absence on this occasion. I picked up the Avon's and started to pull and sure enough I pulled the needle past 44lbs before it wouldn't go any further. Had the needle actually settled on 40lb 4oz? Mike was satisfied with my little demonstration and with the doubt visibly lifted, accepted the reading as the true weight of the fish.
I had decided that I would not make the same mistake again and only the most trusted of my angling friends would be informed of the day's events, until after we had returned home, to ensure that we could fish for the remainder of the two day session unmolested.
The rest of the session passed by without event, save for a jack at last knockings and a rainbow trout to me on the second day.


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Luxurious Living Room Decor With Wooden Floor Design Ideas – The luxurious living room can be with a wooden floor concept in a classic yet elegant style for this modern-day home. The wooden floor is one of the ideas to create a luxurious feel in the living room. Wooden floors, such as parquet or hardwood, provide a strong character when applied to the interior of the house, especially the living room. After using the type of wooden floor, the living room was lively and artistically decorated, without too many knick knacks adorned throughout the living room.
The wood-floored living room feels luxuriously integrated through a wood flooring app fit to be surrounded by neutral paint colors, such as white, on walls and ceilings. The dark color of the wooden floor is offset by a bright neutral color and can create serenity. Avoid the furniture for the living room with dark colors, because it will give the room feel stuffy and narrow in the living room and the atmosphere will become darker.
The presence and selection of furniture is always important for the interior, especially in the living room. To align and match the dark colors of the wooden flooring, use the couch and white-coated chairs, adjusted to the dominant color of the room. To improve the idea of ??a luxuriously carved wooden living room, add beautifully colored cushions.
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The classic novel of Jewish immigrants, with period photographs.This masterwork of American immigrant literature is set in the 1920s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, the youngest daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Sarah's struggle towards independence and self-fulfillment resonates with a passion all can share. Beautifully redesigned page for page with the previous editions, Bread Givers is an essential historical work with enduring relevance. 16 black-and-white photographs


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The Key to Saas Pricing: Choosing the Right Pricing for Your Customers
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Clearbit's new book Data Driven Sales: How the Best B2B Companies are Using Data to Grow Sales Faster. You can read the full chapter here.
In September 2009, Andy Wilson learned that Inc. Magazine had named his company, Logik, #181 on their list of the fastest growing businesses in the U.S. He had grown the e-discovery services company 1,067% over the prior three years, to $4.4 million in revenue. It was profitable, too. Logik had only 8 employees and brought in $3 million in profit in 2008.
We saw the future and it was not humans managing hard drives and creating databases. That's going to be done by software.
That same year, the recession hit and Andy made an unconventional decision. He decided to shut down Logik's core business and transform the company from a services business model to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Even though his business had been highly successful, Andy realized it was ripe for disruption. "We saw the future and it was not humans managing hard drives and creating databases. That's going to be done by software. Software can do a better job, and it's going to do a better job," he said.
Andy and his co-founder Sheng Yang set out to rebuild Logik from the bottom up, leveraging automation and software to streamline the process of managing digital information so companies could do it themselves without needing an expensive third-party vendor. Andy counted 2,500 steps that were required to fulfill a client request as a services business. His goal was to cut that down to three steps or less with their SaaS offering. This would make it fast and easy for corporate legal teams, law firms and investigators to organize, search through and review a lot of unstructured data, a process they refer to as e-discovery.
After several years of development, Andy was ready to release the SaaS offering to the market, now branded as Logikcull. There was only one hitch: pricing.
He knew he didn't want to price like the services businesses of yesteryear, but beyond that he had no idea how to structure his pricing. The e-discovery market had been dominated by old school, legacy services companies that charged exorbitant fees. "There's a data fee for everything. It's really unpredictable and can explode on you in a number of ways, like if you had 100 GB of data you needed to sift through, if you went with a legacy e-discovery provider that would probably cost well over $100,000 just to get it indexed and posted for review. And it's probably going to take a week or more of time," he told me.
Compared to this old school process, Andy's new technology saved time, kept data more secure and opened up new use cases beyond e-discovery. Customers would be able to speed up the e-discovery process so it takes minutes or hours rather than weeks, cutting manual labor and associated costs. In other words, the product did a lot more than legacy systems, and he wanted to capture the additional value.
Andy's first step was to list the problems that he wanted his new pricing model to solve for his business; two were top of mind: lumpy revenue and the commoditization of data. "One of the biggest [problems] was the lumpy revenue problem that you see in episodic types of business models… You're really in a weird state of unpredictable business growth. So, we wanted to solve that by creating a subscription [model]. We also wanted to move away from commodity types of pricing models and the biggest commodity being quantity of data."
Andy had one other rule of thumb. He thought that in order to get lawyers to be willing to change their habits, the company would need to provide orders of magnitude more value than existing solutions.
We needed to be ten times better, roughly speaking, and add ten times more value.
To overcome the inertia of the market and lawyers' reluctance to buy new products, in other words, Andy couldn't just rest on having a far superior product. He also thought he needed to launch with a cut-rate initial price point.
He decided to start simple: he launched a straightforward subscription model similar to that of MailChimp. The Atlanta-based email marketing provider ties its subscription pricing to the number of marketing contacts a customer uploads and sends emails to, rather than the amount of storage taken up by those contacts. Andy decided to try a similar model and charge customers based on the number of documents they wanted to host inside Logikcull. He set an extremely low price of $0.13 per document per month, which worked out to a much more affordable rate compared to the hefty gigabyte (GB) storage fees customers were paying legacy providers. He liked that this pricing model created a steady subscription revenue stream and shifted away from the amorphous gigabytes of data stored towards a metric that he thought would be easier for lawyers to wrap their head around.
Unfortunately, customers hated it. Unlike MailChimp customers, Andy's customers had no idea how many documents they were going to have, so document-based pricing wasn't any easier for customers to predict than gigabytes of storage. Even worse, Andy couldn't tell a customer how many documents they would need "because the job of Logikcull is to unpack all this information," counting up and de-duplicating all of the files that a customer puts into the system. Only after a customer used Andy's product would they truly know their document count and hence the price they would have to pay. Customers' document counts fluctuated over time, too, which made it difficult for them to commit to a given subscription tier. Andy knew this would hurt his business ultimately since many finance teams won't sign off on a deal unless they know the exact price they'll have to pay at the end of the year.
Looking for more? You can read about the solution Andy and his team came up with here.
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PM Trudeau rebuffs calls for Sajjan's resignation amid charges of 'stolen valour'
Published Monday, May 1, 2017 1:24PM EDT Last Updated Monday, May 1, 2017 6:09PM EDT
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his embattled defence minister endured a withering question-period offensive Monday as opposition MPs accused Harjit Sajjan of "stolen valour" for overstating his role in planning a 2006 battle in Afghanistan.
Opposition parties trained their sights squarely on Sajjan, who apologized again in the House of Commons for having described himself as the architect of Operation Medusa, one of the bloodiest and most pivotal battles of the Afghan war.
Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose went so far as to accuse Sajjan of stealing credit for the actions of others -- a cardinal sin in military circles.
"How much more does the prime minister need to hear before he understands why our men and women in uniform have lost confidence in the minister," Ambrose said.
"People in the military have a name for what he did: it's called 'stolen valour,' when someone takes credit for the brave actions of another."
Trudeau, however, would not be moved from his talking points.
"The minister made a mistake," the prime minister said repeatedly. "He acknowledged his responsibility and apologized for it; that's what Canadians expect when one makes a mistake."
Trudeau went on to insist that Sajjan had served his country with distinction in a number of capacities, including as a police officer and as a soldier. As a minister, he added, "he has my full confidence."
Sajjan, for his part, later rose and repeated his apology.
"I would like to apologize for my mistake in describing my role, and retract that statement, and I'm truly sorry for it," Sajjan said.
"I in no way intended to diminish the great work that our men and women in the Canadian Armed Forces have done .... and I'm truly sorry for it."
What Sajjan didn't do is explain his "mistake," which Ambrose noted he'd made twice -- once in 2015 and again two weeks ago. As such, his apology did little to assuage the opposition, with both the Conservatives and NDP calling on Trudeau to sack him.
"There's no question that Minister Sajjan is going to have to resign," NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said after question period.
"It's not an error when you keep repeating the same lie. He's lost all credibility with the military. And frankly, the behaviour today in the House -- refusing to answer -- is what convinces us that there's no possible way for him to stay."
In speech in Delhi on April 18, Sajjan told the Indian think tank Observer Research Foundation that he had been the "architect" of Operation Medusa, which the minister has since acknowledged was wrong.
"On my first deployment to Kandahar in 2006, I was kind of thrown in an unforeseen situation and became the architect of an operation called Operation Medusa, where we removed about 1,500 fighters, Taliban fighters, off the battlefield," Sajjan said in his speech.
Sajjan was a major with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan during Operation Medusa, and received a special commendation for "his understanding of counter-insurgency tactics," which helped the operation.
But the minister himself has acknowledged that then-major-general David Fraser and his command team were responsible for the operation's success, which saw hundreds of Taliban fighters killed or captured over a two-week period.
Twelve Canadians were also killed in the fighting.
It was the second time Sajjan claimed to have been the "architect" of Operation Medusa, the first being during an appearance on a podcast when he was running as a Liberal candidate in July 2015.
"In 2006, Gen. (Jonathan) Vance, who is going to be the chief of defence staff, if I could quote him, he said that I was the architect of Operation Medusa," Sajjan told host Stuart McNish.
In a statement Monday, Vance said: "Minister Sajjan has issued an unequivocal apology for statements related to the nature of his involvement in Operation Medusa and as far as I'm concerned, the matter is closed."
Conservatives say Sajjan is guilty of a pattern of misleading statements, including his assertions about the urgent need for Super Hornet fighter jets and that allies didn't object when Canada withdrew its CF-18s from Iraq.
They have also asked Speaker Geoff Regan to rule on whether Sajjan misled members of Parliament when he blamed the previous government for cutting the tax benefits available for Canadian soldiers in Kuwait.
They say documents tabled in the House of Commons show it was actually the Liberals who cut the tax benefits, which have since been extended.
Regan has said he will wait for the government to respond before making a decision.


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Quinn Gorbutt was born in Arlington, TX and grew up in Washington, D.C. He excelled in art in school, but did not consider it a career option. Upon graduating high school, Gorbutt worked at a Michaels Craft Store and began experimenting with emulsions and screenprinting in his spare time. He received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston in 2012 and an MFA from Yale University, New Haven, CT in 2015.


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Alert the media: Diann Burns is 'thrilled' to be backBy Robert Feder
Alert the media: Diann Burns is 'thrilled' to be backBy Robert Feder
Diann Burns, the former Chicago news anchor once thought to be the highest paid personality on local television, is making a comeback after two years in exile: Starting April 11, she'll become host of a Sunday morning talk show produced by the Chicago Urban League.
On her website Tuesday, Burns announced that she's fronting "Next TV," a half-hour talk show focusing on up-and-coming entrepreneurs and economic empowerment. It airs at 8 a.m. Sundays on Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32 (and reruns at 12:30 p.m. Sundays on Fox-owned WPWR-Channel 50). Cheryle Jackson, former CEO of the Chicago Urban League who stepped down to make an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate, hosted the show in its first season.
Burns, 53, has been out of the media spotlight since she was dropped by WBBM-Channel 2 two years ago this week -- on March 31, 2008 -- after failing to boost the CBS-owned station's ratings or justify her record-breaking $2 million-a-year salary. Burns had spent 18 years at top-rated ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 before her five-year debacle at Channel 2.
In preparation for her comeback, Burns launched a website celebrating her fantastically inflated ego. It has to be seen to be believed. (Here is the link.)
Here's how Burns broke the news on her blog:
"I've got NEXT. I love television, and I love to work. I have balance in my life' and I am working hard, trying to make it simple. I am thrilled to partner with the Chicago Urban League and with the amazing, star-studded team at 'NEXT TV: Change You Can See.' . . . I am so grateful to be in a position to continue giving back to the' people of the city of Chicago, who have always been there, offering' encouragement and support. Today, I personify the advice I've given to the thousands of young people I've talked to over the years. And that is, you never know the 'greater you,' if you' avoid taking a risk out of fear of failure. You can succeed if your heart is in the right place, and you love what you do. My headline is consistent: Life is short, you've gotta work it."