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Black Codes of Bail
The Black Codes of Bail
The systems used to dispossess, oppress and control Black communities did not end with slavery.
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The Black Codes of Bail are policies and practices associated with pretrial detention that trap people in the criminal legal system, exploit them economically, condemn them to debt, attempt to control their movement and interaction with family and loved ones, or make them vulnerable to further criminalization.
Much like the Black Codes passed in the aftermath of the Civil War, which were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of Black people and to ensure their continued economic exploitation and social degradation, Black Codes of Bail limit the freedom of Black communities and make them vulnerable to state control and exploitation.
Following the Civil-War political leaders throughout the country enacted laws intended to maintain white power and to continue the economic exploitation and social control of Black communities. The Black Codes, as these laws came to be known, rendered the promise of freedom and liberation obsolete and resulted in the incarceration of millions of Black people, changing the hue of prison populations from white to Black almost overnight and shifting the use of the carceral system to one aimed at racially based social control. Black Codes instilled fear and constrained the ability of Black people to create prosperous and safe futures for themselves and their families. Politicians and white businesses created these laws to continue the exploitation and control of Black people. Although many Black Codes were legally repealed, they have been reincarnated in the contemporary criminal legal system including in pretrial practices and policies.
Over the last three years the National Bail Out Collective has bailed out over 300 people. We have navigated the bowels of the criminal legal system. We have seen firsthand how the current system recycles the tactics, traditions and aims of chattel slavery, convict leasing and Jim Crow. Just like the original Black Codes, current policies and practices control, exploit, and destabilize Black people trapped in the pretrial system. We are calling these policies and practices the "Black Codes of Bail" because we want to make visible the similarities between our current system and racial exploitation and oppression of the past.
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The Black Codes of the Post-Civil-War Era attacked Black people's civil liberties, curtailed their economic prospects, and controlled their movement and social lives.
Black Codes also constructed almost insurmountable laws that kept Black people indebted to white landowners, such as a Mississippi law that required Black people to provide evidence of employment for the coming year every January. If laborers left their jobs before the end of their contracts, they would be forced to forfeit their earlier wages, and would be subject to arrest. In many states Black Codes rendered Black people subject to arrest if they gathered in public spaces. In Louisiana, Black Codes made it illegal for any Black person to be drunk. In Maryland, Black Codes allowed courts to take children of "destitute or unfit" Black people and place them in unpaid "apprenticeships" (also known as endentured servitude or slavery). Black Codes enforced curfew and vagrancy laws that restricted Black people's freedom of movement and freedom of association.
Even as states across the country enact reforms to the pretrial system there are practices and policies that continue the work of the Black Codes.
Today jurisdictions continue to enforce policies that tear apart Black families, justify the removal of children from Black homes, and criminalize Black communities. Exorbitant fines, fees, and bail amounts force a disproprtionate number of Black defendants to make an often impossible choice between debt or incarceration, placing a high economic toll on individuals and their families, in a replication of the same systems of confinement that Black people have endured since slavery.
Today's Black Codes of Bail enforce curfews on Black people, and threaten incarceration for people who associate with family members or friends who have been targeted by the criminal legal system.
Black Codes of Bail dictate what clothing people can wear when posting bail, creating additional barriers to post bail and free our loved ones. Black Codes of Bail monitor and restrict people's movement through electronic monitoring systems, such as GPS ankle shackles, which create mountains of debt for defendants who must pay for the use of the technology itself.
The struggle to end pretrial detention and money bail is a continuation of the abolitionist fight to end slavery and the exploitation and control of Black bodies and communities. The National Bail Out Collective started the bail out actions, inspired by Mary Hooks of Southerners on New Ground, because we saw it as a mandate from our ancestors to get our people free by any means necessary, until we succeed in radically changing the systems, policies, and practices that continue to cage and exploit us. We believe that part of that fight must be to end these restrictive and often cruel practices.
A Closer Look at Black Codes of Bail
These are just a few examples of the hundreds of policies and practices that continue to criminalize, exploit, and control our people. We hope you will keep fighting with us until our people are truly and completely free- not just from cages but also from state control, monitoring and exploitation.
#1: Unreasonable Curfew Requirements
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Across the country some defendants who are able to post bail are given a curfew as a part of the requirements of their release; compliance with the curfew is determined by police officers who will randomly, without notice, show up to their place of residence within the curfew period to see if they are home or by surveillance such as electronic monitoring. Many defendants are either given a 6pm-6am curfew or a 24-hour curfew. For defendants who do not comply, they risk the revocation of their bonds or heightened curfew requirements which often include supervision by a GPS electronic monitor– equipment that is both invasive and financially burdensome, as defendants are required to pay for its use. In many states, including in Illinois, time spent on home detention by way of a curfew does not count towards time served.
Like other onerous pretrial release conditions, curfews have an extremely detrimental impact on defendants and their loved ones. For many individuals who held jobs prior to their arrest that required night shifts or included shifts with hours that overlap with their curfews, this condition of bond can cause them to lose their jobs or be forced to work fewer hours, which in turn means less money to support them and their loved ones.
Curfews can also strain social ties and keep defendants away from family, friends, or partners that live outside of their immediate neighborhoods. A case study from the Chicago Community Bond Fund described a defendant who missed out on her sister's bridal shower. The inability to engage and attend milestone events or socially beneficial engagements is particularly common given that some conditions of bond include 24 hour curfews on weekends.
Illinois' pretrial curfew requirements almost directly mirror the Black Codes of the late 19th and early 20th century that required Black people in a number of counties across the country to be off of the streets or disband from any public outside groups before sunset.
#2: Loss of Public Defender
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In Harris County, Texas you can lose your public defender if someone posts bail on your behalf. The Supreme Court has guaranteed that defendants in criminal proceedings who are unable to afford an attorney will be appointed a lawyer because they recognize how fundamental representation is to the outcome of criminal cases. Without a lawyer defendants have very little or no chance of having their side heard and likely will be found guilty or forced to plead guilty.
In Harris County some judges automatically assume that those accused of crimes can afford an attorney if bail is posted, even if the person can prove that bail was posted by a third party or that they are unable to afford an attorney in addition to paying bail. The result of this policy is that people have to choose between sitting in a cage waiting sometimes years for a trial or posting bail and having no lawyer represent them at trial. Like many of the original Black Codes, this policy makes criminal trials a farce- where defendants do not have any representation and the court is complicit in holding people hostage.
#3: Two Year Waiting Periods
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In Georgia prosecutors can wait up to two years to decide if they want to pursue misdemeanor charges against someone, meaning that people are trapped in a state created purgatory waiting to see if prosecutors will go forward with their cases. Throughout Georgia, and specifically in Fulton County, people are forced to put their lives on hold, abide by stringent (and sometimes costly) pre-trial requirements and endure the emotional stress of being under the control and whims of the court system. If people are not bailed out they can spend this time locked in a cage.
Considering that in our experience a majority of misdemeanor cases are dismissed once a court date is set, these two year waiting periods are an abuse of power that result in unnecessary warrants, economic hardship and mental anguish. Many times people face warrants for their arrest because they move and do not receive court notices so are unaware of their court dates.
The long waiting period also allows the court to place people under stringent pre-trial requirements, such as electronic monitoring, drug tests, curfew requirements or limitations on their ability to socialize with their family and friends. These pre-trial requirements also result in people being criminalized and if they are picked up for any other offense often bond is denied or more expensive because of their pending case.
Much like the original Black Codes these types of waiting periods expose people to extreme emotional stress and leave them vulnerable to criminalization.
#4: Forced Payment for Electronic Monitoring
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In Colorado and Georgia, people released on bail have to pay for their own electronic monitoring, even if the charges are dismissed.
Home detention, with or without electronic monitoring, is presented as an option for some people facing misdemeanor or certain felony charges. Under the terms of home detention, a person is functionally incarcerated within their residence, though they may obtain prior approval for narrowly delineated obligations, such as work or school. Leaving their residence without express prior approval, or they will be subject to resentencing, and possibly incarceration.
In Colorado, use of a pretrial risk assessment to determine pretrial detention may result in a person being placed on electronic monitoring before trial. In Colorado, as in many states, fees may be determined by private companies that the county contracts with. The criminal code section that defines the fee structure for monitoring does not offer guidance or limits on how much counties may charge defendants for the cost of monitoring; in Denver, the cost of an ankle monitor was up to $11 per day, for an average wait of 90 days before trial. A 2018 lawsuit brought by the ACLU prohibits Denver county from charging people for pretrial electronic monitoring.
In Georgia, a person may be placed on "home arrest" either pretrial or post conviction. In either circumstance, if the person under home arrest strays from the demarcated limits of the arrest (usually confined to their place of residence, work, school, and transit to and from work or school), they may be found guilty of escape.
Electronic monitoring should be seen as another form of confinement, rather than an alternative. Devices need to be regularly charged, can be faulty, and are expensive. Counties that employ private companies to supply electronic monitoring devices may also default to allowing companies to determine the price and logistics of monitors; in other words, without proactive legislation to protect the rights, interests, and autonomy of people wearing monitors, families and communities will pay a high price for limited connectivity. As with the original Black Codes, laws that mandate defendants to pay in order to be electronically surveilled enact increased control of Black bodies and white profiteering under the guise of increased autonomy.
#5: Bail Forces People to Plea Guilty
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Across the country, most people accused of crimes never have their day in court. Before any hearing of facts or presentation of evidence an overwhelming majority of people plead guilty. In state courts nearly 94% of people plead guilty to felony charges and the numbers are even higher for misdemeanor charges. This is not because all these people are guilty. People plead guilty to crimes they may not have committed to avoid long pre-trial jailing and the threat of harsh sentences.The use of money bail is one of the primary tools used to coerce people to plead guilty. People held pretrial are 14% more likely to be found guilty and nearly 11% more likely to plea guilty.
The consequences for pleading guilty are daunting. People who plead guilty are forever marked with a criminal record, which makes it difficult to sustain employment, makes them inelligable for some professional licenses, may rob them of the right to vote and exposes them to discrimination. Guilty pleas can also result in people losing their homes and their children and nearly always result in fees and fines. Furthermore, once someone has a criminal record they are exposed to tougher charges and harsher punishment if they are ever arrested again. For the criminal legal system, which arrests and charges over 10 million people a year, guilty pleas make it possible for the system to promiscuously charge and cage people with little evidence. Like all things criminal justice related, the plea system disproportionately impacts Black people. A number of studies show that Black defendants are offered more harsh pleas than similarly situated white defendants.
As Supreme Court Justice Kenedy noted in a 2012 decision plea bargaining is a form of "horse trading [between prosecutors and defense counsel] that determines who goes to jail and for how long." This system is aided by the holding of people pre-trial. For those who cannot afford bail they are forced with the choice of pleading guilty to a crime they may not have committed or sitting in a cage, sometimes for years, waiting for the court to hear their case. Like the Black Codes of the Post-Civil War Era the use of plea bargaining forces huge swaths of the Black community into the criminal legal system without evidence or due process. Plea baraganing shepereds millions of Black people into the loophole to slavery provided by the 13th amendment by branding them with criminal convictions.


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Facebook Live Marketing Tips
Facebook Live (and live video in general) is becoming a major marketing channel for real estate agents. In this episode Doug and I provide Facebook Live Marketing Tips on everything from content to technique. Listen below:
Facebook Live for Real Estate Take Aways
- Avoid Reversed text – Many live streams include people wearing shirts with text, and this text is often reversed because of the mirror effect of the selfie camera. There is actually a setting that will flip the video and correct this. Use it!
- Lighting still matters – Make sure that the lighting is good enough to highlight what you want.
- it's more than just listing walk throughs – this is a huge opportunity to allow prospective buyers and sellers to get to know you through video. Show them!
Facebook Live Marketing Tips Podcast Transcript
Adam Small: Hello and welcome to the Real Estate Marketing podcast this is Adam Small and with me is Doug Karr.
Douglas Karr: Hello sir.
Adam Small: How you doing today Doug?
Douglas Karr: I am unbelievable good.
Adam Small: I believe the unbelievably but then you kind of trailed off on the good like you weren't really sure, like you could have gone with angry or …
Douglas Karr: No, no angry.
Adam Small: Okay.
Douglas Karr: I'm a gentle giant.
Adam Small: I see. Another Real Estate Marketing podcast today and lately one of the things I've seen a lot of agents working on using, trying to use is Facebook live.
Douglas Karr: Yes.
Adam Small: Great tool, great opportunity I think. A lot of different things you can do with Facebook live. Wanted to talk about that, see what your thoughts on Facebook live marketing tips are to begin with I suppose.
Douglas Karr: I love it. I struggle with it personally because I really like high quality and so if you really want to do Facebook live and be a professional and for everybody listening I have an agency so the expectation for everybody is that if I do something it's going to be done perfect.
Adam Small: Right, right, right.
Douglas Karr: And so setting up like lighting and sound and having it in the right place, and making sure that I have a good strategy and everything else, it's a lot of work. And so, I tend to shy away from it.
Adam Small: Just because of the amount of work that you put into it.
Douglas Karr: Yeah, just because of the amount of work that I, but I watch people every single day. I watch Facebook lives every day where people are doing a great job.
Adam Small: Right and they're not putting all that working effort into it.
Douglas Karr: They're not, no.
Adam Small: Some of them are just using the camera on the back of their phone.
Douglas Karr: Yep.
Adam Small: In order to do it and it looks great, sounds great, right?
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: Because really the intent of it is immediacy and the here and now of getting a certain message out, right?
Douglas Karr: Yeah. I mean you can use it for that type of thing, like if you had some kind of event that was happening and you wanted to give people … it's like that private, what do they call it? The backstage pass.
Adam Small: Right.
Douglas Karr: And so you have this marketing that you're doing out on your site and everything else and email and stuff and it's all curated and written well and everything else. But Facebook live gives you an opportunity for someone to get a glimpse into your personal life or the events that you're going to or whatever.
Adam Small: Right, right.
Douglas Karr: The other half is people do, do a great job of almost using it like a podcast where they schedule a Facebook live on a weekly basis or whatever and they're building momentum, and building followers and everything else, and that's pretty cool too.
Adam Small: Right. One of the ways that I've seen it used fairly effectively from a real estate perspective is with open houses, right? Instead of it being an actual open house the agent will walk through with the camera in their hand and talk about each room like they would if they were escorting somebody through an open house. You know?
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: And that can be done very effectively as long as the agent makes sure to just follow some of the basic tenants that you would do like when you're taking virtual tour pictures or something. Put the toilet seat down, make sure the mirrors are clean, make sure the room's are clean.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: You know, that sort of thing. I've seen some really great walkthroughs and I've seen some pretty poor ones too, so they do require a little bit of forethought when you're going through them just to make sure that you're laid out right.
Douglas Karr: Oh yeah. You know you probably see this, I think the biggest mistake that I see a lot of people do is they go, "Oh, I'm going to do a Facebook live," and they pop up Facebook live and they go live and they go, "Hey guys, uh, uh, uh."
Adam Small: And they have no idea what they're going to say or do, right?
Douglas Karr: Or they spend 15 minutes doing something that could take 30 seconds.
Adam Small: Right, right.
Douglas Karr: I'm sure that great virtual tours are the agent she's already or he has already thought about how they're going to map out the house, what direction they're going to do, what views are the best.
Adam Small: Right, well and they only provide enough to get somebody interested.
Douglas Karr: Right.
Adam Small: So that somebody will come out and have a look. They don't point out the hole in the roof over here or the fact that there's a little bit of mold in the corner of the basement. You know stuff like that.
Douglas Karr: Right.
Adam Small: They want to get somebody out there to look at the house because somebody may look at the house and then go, "Yeah, you know I don't mind that hole in the roof that's an easy fix." Or, "Through a little bleach on that mold in the basement and we're good to go."
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: So they do require some thought and planning.
Douglas Karr: I agree.
Adam Small: Making sure that you're addressing the things that you want to address and that you're getting the points across without bumbling through it and taking 15 minutes to say something that could only take 30 seconds.
Douglas Karr: Cause what happens with me is the people that I know, and they're people that I like online, but when I watch two or three of their videos and five minutes into each of them I still don't know why they're doing it …
Adam Small: Where they're going, what they're saying, yeah.
Douglas Karr: I just stop watching them altogether.
Adam Small: Right.
Douglas Karr: And they might have had a great one but I didn't subscribe …
Adam Small: Well that's the shorter attention span that we've run into these days.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: Yeah, you want to make sure that you are succinct and you're getting to the point.
Douglas Karr: We don't have shorter attention spans.
Adam Small: I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention.
Douglas Karr: We just have more choices.
Adam Small: Oh, okay, okay, okay.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: We're more decisive about where we're going to spend the time, right?
Douglas Karr: Yeah, I can spend time looking at something else instead of listening to you babble.
Adam Small: Right, exactly.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: One of the things that I see with Facebook live in particular is people are often using their phone, the front camera on their phone so any sort of writing or something on their shirts will actually come across reversed.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: Right. And there's a setting that you can hit that will fix that so that you come across properly. So I would recommend that anybody that …
Douglas Karr: Is that a Facebook?
Adam Small: It's a Facebook thing, yeah.
Douglas Karr: I didn't know that.
Adam Small: Yeah. And there's a setting in the Facebook app where it'll basically mirror the image and make it come out right if you have writing on your shirt or something, like a lot of people wear shirts with logos on them or something like that. And a lot of times the text is backwards because it's like looking in the mirror because of the way you're holding that phone with that camera on it.
Douglas Karr: Yeah. That's great.
Adam Small: Yeah, there's a setting in there and I'll see if I can't hunt that down and maybe put it in the description of how to use it. And you can do that it will flip the text around so that it shows up properly. That's one thing that really bothers me when doing Facebook live is seeing that backwards because it's just like, "Look guys …
Douglas Karr: Cause you know it's possible to fix it.
Adam Small: Right. Don't want to feel like I'm looking in a mirror all the time and seeing the wrong person. You know?
Douglas Karr: Yeah. You spend enough time in the mirror.
Adam Small: I don't know how to take that Doug.
Adam Small: What are some other things that you might add about Facebook live Doug?
Douglas Karr: Well I think you and I have done a really good job every podcast on really telling the real estate agents to tell people what to do next.
Adam Small: Right.
Douglas Karr: And so that's the thing is if you're doing an open house make sure you tell everybody the street address, and the date and time, and everything else, and where to go.
Adam Small: Right.
Douglas Karr: Whether it's a link, or whether to follow you on Facebook and find it, whatever you can direct people to, to do next always make sure that you're telling them to do that. And then …
Adam Small: So it's a lot like other marketing.
Douglas Karr: It is.
Adam Small: You still have all the same marketing elements to it, right? You still need to put that call to action in there, you still need to have a clear and concise message.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: You want to make sure that you're not doing any more than necessary to get that message across or distract from other things, right?
Douglas Karr: Yep. And then the last thing I'll just throw out is kind of maybe a warning cause we've gotten burned a couple times by Facebook and that's that as businesses we've built up pages and built crowds and everything else and then all of a sudden Facebook pulled the rug out from under us and started to make us pay to get our content seen.
Adam Small: Right, right.
Douglas Karr: My warning is just that, hey while this is free it's great but remember it may not always be here. At one point or another there might be so much video content that Facebook is going to start charging.
Adam Small: Right.
Douglas Karr: I saw a recent change that they're going to do is they are going to let you do video across multiple pages and personal.
Adam Small: I saw that as well. Yep.
Douglas Karr: And so I just feel like what they're doing, that's piling up the videos as well.
Adam Small: Yep.
Douglas Karr: And so once there's a ton of video content think about Facebook is basically going to become a channel like YouTube where you're going to have things to subscribe to. I can see over time that the good shows they're going to start separating the audience from the person unless they start paying.
Adam Small: And I think that goes back to a basic tenant that you've talked about all along, which is make sure you own the audience instead of somebody else.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: When you're using Facebook unless you're driving people back to your website and their subscribing to your blog or your whatever you're doing, your podcast, that sort of thing then Facebook ends up owning the channel.
Douglas Karr: Yeah, and I think now is the time to hit it, right?
Adam Small: Right.
Douglas Karr: Go use Facebook live, test it out, try it but keep trying to push those people back to subscribe to your email list or your text club or whatever.
Adam Small: Right.
Douglas Karr: Get them in.
Adam Small: Right, exactly. So okay cool. So three things to take away when doing Facebook live and I guess they could actually apply to YouTube live, which they don't call it live, they call it something else. I can't remember off the top of my head here. But one would be, make sure that you're prepared to do the live session.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: And then my little one was make sure you flip that text around on your shirt. And then make sure you own the audience.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: Great.
Douglas Karr: Good tips.
Adam Small: Yeah, any final thoughts?
Douglas Karr: No, you know again, make sure you're not in a closet where there's a lot of echos and everything else. You always want good audio even with video.
Adam Small: Right.
Douglas Karr: I think we've had a couple of podcasts on audio but you can get a good cheap Lavalier mic for your phone even.
Adam Small: Exactly.
Douglas Karr: For $10 I think on Amazon.
Adam Small: It depends on what you want, I got one it was $50 or something like that.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: Which, it works great.
Douglas Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: So I'm not complaining about it. So I think at the high end you could spend $50, $60 and come away with a really great microphone.
Douglas Karr: Yep.
Adam Small: All right cool. Well, thanks for listening. If you like what you hear make sure to subscribe, like us, that sort of thing. If you have any questions want to learn more you can check us out at agentsauce.com or contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks and have a great day.


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The Tidewater is a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome starting at 1,817 square feet. This floor plan has an open kitchen, dining area, and great room as well as an owner~s suite on the first floor. The second floor includes two bedrooms and a loft. Additional options are available to personalize this home, such as adding a sunroom, screened porch, extended living areas, an extra bedroom, and a luxury owner~s suite. At Governors, location truly is everything! This community is located EAST of route 1, just 2.5 miles from downtown Lewes, and on the Breakwater & Junction Trail. Governors will have a resort inspired clubhouse and pool, and more than half of the community acreage is dedicated open space.
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These people should surely recognise that there is no substitute for reducing emissions at source. Its hardly taking all practical steps to reduce carbon emissions if they are flying off to Scotland is it! But that is what the best advice says should be done before considering carbon offsetting, which is what these 'four staff' would probably say they have done with their emissions from the flight.
Even at the offsetting stage one has to be very careful indeed about the scheme chosen because there are some very dodgy ones out there - you just can't 'magic away' our climate problems by handing over some dosh to a consultancy. If the solution was that easy the problem would have been solved years ago!!


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Electronic Arts (EA) is giving away free copies of its much-loved life simulation game, The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.
But before you could get this earlier version of The Sims, you must have Origin—EA's software distribution platform—installed on your device and, of course, an account on the aforementioned platform. If you already have Origin, the next step is to key-in "I-LOVE-THE-SIMS" on the redemption page and voila, you get the product code.
Launched in 2004, EA is giving away the game for free following its announcement of ending support for the game. The Windows download on Origin will expire on July 31st at 1:00AM ET. You can follow the step by step instructions here.
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Any company who has product inventory, computers, printers, desks, appliances, phones and other expensive items realizes that items have a tendency of getting misplaced, or in some cases stolen, from the office. For insurance purposes, and even just item verification, asset tags will save a company the time and expense so they can keep track of their items.
Asset tags have been around for a while now. They are a simple little label that is either barcoded, numbered, or both, with your company information, so you can keep track of an item within the office. Not only do they come in a variety of sizes, they also come in materials to best suit your business. For instance, if you are labeling high dollar items, such as computers, you may want to invest in a destructible material as you cannot pull off the label without destroying it. This keeps someone from removing the label and applying it to a different computer. There is a material for every item you could possibly want to tag. From an asset label material that is applied on semi-oily metals, to a material that leaves the word "VOID" when you peel off the label, there isn't a product you can't use these on.
The main reason a company wants to invest in asset tags is to track products and inventory. If you have many products, adding a barcode, and/or human readable number so you can scan the item may make things go much faster. If you have a limited quantity of items to track, then a simple label with a number works fine. Most companies have the option of customizing your number scheme as well. You can upload an excel spreadsheet with the numbers you want to barcode, or print, and print those numbers. This is particularly helpful if you already have a specific numbering system in place and want to stay with that instead of starting over. Adding the information to an excel sheet with all pertinent information is a great way to track your assets. And in the event that you happen to need to file an insurance claim, or worse a police report, then you have a record that shows this inventoried item to help provide a paper trail.
Keeping track of your assets is essential to any business. It is worth the investment, and time, to invest in these little asset labels and inventory everything. This way you always know everything you have, and know what you need to insure and protect.


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As more tech companies are fighting to enter the drone market, Chinese drone titan DJI just dropped some news that'll give its products an edge, in everything from agriculture to fighting fires: thermal imaging.
DJI is teaming with thermal imaging and infrared tech company FLIR Systems to produce a thermal imaging camera for its line of Matrice and Inspire One UAVs. The Verge points out that this will help DJI thrive in specialised drone markets: in a demo clip, we see drones using thermal imaging to help firefighters and dogs sniff out flames and rescue victims — before first responders even have to go inside the building — and even helping farmers survey the state of their vegetables, looking for diseases.
Drones are infiltrating the mainstream market in a big way. This holiday season, it's expected that over a million drone units may be sold to consumers. DJI knows that to differentiate itself from the crowd, it needs to make innovations like this one. [DJI via The Verge]
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How Quickly Harry Forgets — His Own Vote
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For high comedy, look no further than the esteemed Majority Leader in the United States Senate, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada.
Here was his recorded vote on S.3 — "A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial birth abortion."
You can find Senator Reid's vote of "Yea" listed three different ways.
Skip ahead to the Supreme Court's decision today affirming S.3 against a facial challange to its constitutionality. As reported by CNN:
This was the first time the high court had heard a major abortion case in six years, and since then, its makeup has changed, with Roberts and Alito now on board.
Their presence on the bench provided the solid conservative majority needed to allow the federal ban to go into effect, with Kennedy providing the key fifth vote for a majority.
Alito replaced Sandra Day O'Connor, a key abortion rights supporter over her quarter century on the bench.
"A lot of us wish that Alito weren't there and O'Connor were there," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, who opposed Alito's nomination, said.
Apparently Harry forgot that he voted in favor of the ban which the Court upheld.
Which raises the question of whether he makes a habit of voting for bills he deems to be unconstitutional.
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Wow…. This week is just flying by! It's day 6 already.. which means it's almost time to head home to London.
Luckily that's not until Saturday night, so I still have a bit of time to play in the sun. 😉
Despite my best intentions, I ended up staying in last night as I'd fallen asleep after a lovely dinner at the restaurant around the corner. My mate's ended up still going out around midnight but I was still half asleep so stayed in.
This morning was a bit off for me as all I wanted was a bit of quiet away from the resort. As fun as a group trip can be, it can be tiring at times.
I ended up going to the same restaurant for a late breakfast before rejoining my mates. . And it helped a bit I think.
After lounging around until midday, one of the guys and I decided to drive up to Puerto de Mogan, on the west coast of the island just past Puerto Rico.
We made a few wrong turns along the way, driving along the coast instead of the highway for part of it, and even ended up driving a bit inland to the village of Mogan instead of the port.
Let's just say there weren't clear sign posts.. and we weren't using out mobile's GPS. But it's all good as it was still very scenic.
Once arrived in the right 'Mogan', we wandered around and enjoyed the sights. It's easily a little tourist coastal village, with lots of high-end shops, but still quite idyllic.
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Coach Donovan uses on-court demonstration to provide a unique insight into his effective transition attack. Donovan's renowned "Gator-Up Tempo Game" has been instrumental in developing nationally ranked teams at both Marshall and Florida. Donovan describes each player's responsibilities for creating fastbreak scoring opportunities off both made and missed baskets. He supports his instruction with breakdown drills to reinforce proper timing and spacing to help you run the fastbreak successfully. Donovan presents shooting options in transition against any defense and three man shooting drills. Donovan also teaches areas for effective shooting and plays to get good shots for your best shooter. Donovan teaches and demonstrates how your team can consistently gain an advantage in transition by quickly moving to the right positions, by recognizing opportunities, and by scoring without turnovers.
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February 29 is a rare scheduling opportunity – honest-to-goodness free time! In fact, "Leap Day" inspires many to take advantage of this uncommon extra day on the calendar by giving up long-held excuses and taking big, bold professional risks, like finally leaving an unfulfilling job or gunning for a major promotion.
But where did this extra day come from?
Earth's particular orbit forces us to account for the extra six hours beyond our standard clock that it takes to make a full orbit each year. Therefore, every four years, this extra banked time adds up to an entire day added to our calendars.
With that in mind, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks about "Leap Days" a little differently, "We're not leaping into anything," he said. "It's a catch-up day. The calendar owes us a day."
In other words, February 29th is not free; we earned this time over the course of the last four years! It's time for us to take responsibility for the opportunity in front of us. So, in the spirit of taking a more meaningful leap, here are the top five, easy to use excuses to remove from your job search immediately:
"I don't have enough time."
Leap Day is the perfect example of why this excuse shouldn't fly; you never know where extra time might be hiding! If your main concern is finding more hours in the day, make sure to map out your schedule in full to see where you could be better using your time. Detailing your schedule by month, week, day and even by the hour can truly be an eye opening experience. For example, you might notice that too much time is being devoted to entertainment on the weekend. Instead of binge-watching an entire season of a new television show, an hour of this time can be reserved for new education.
"It's not the right time."
There will always be a reason not to take action right this moment:
"It was a late night last night."
"__insert holiday here__ is just around the corner!"
"I'm just resting my eyes. I'll do it in a minute"
The truth is: there's never a perfect time for anything. Unfortunately, decisions are not made in a vacuum and life choices are impacted by the multifaceted world around us. If you've made a choice deep within to move forward, drop the search for the perfect moment and embrace action!
"I don't know how."
If you feel unqualified to make a move, it's understandable to feel apprehensive; after all, preparation is key when trying to make meaningful change. However, this excuse shouldn't stop you dead in your tracks. Whether it's gaining technical skills for a new position, or just following a long held passion, there are countless opportunities for self-education, both through traditional academic institutions as well as recent online innovations. Even if you might not become an expert overnight, employers and peers alike respect a commitment to continued education.
"It's all about who you know, and I don't know the right people."
Sure, connections can help you to be more in tune with opportunities in your industry, but just like Leap Days, they aren't exactly "free" passes. People with thriving professional networks put in work, and demonstrate a commitment to nurturing and expanding their groups. Rather than bemoaning the connections being formed around you, why not try building some of your own? Taking chances to meet with professionals for coffee, lunch or other independent meetings can help you expand your perspective. Membership within professional groups in your industry is also a great way to meet new people!
"There's a chance that I'll fail."
There's always a chance of failure, but that all actually depends on your perspective! The fear of not being one hundred percent successful in the end is no reason to give up before trying. Even if you only make it part of the way towards your end goals, the experience gained and lessons learned along the way could be invaluable.
Today might feel like a free day, but it is important to remember that it took you four whole years to earn this extra time! Rather than making excuses for putting off change, it is time to drop the excuses and embrace a true leap. Do you have any additional examples to share? Post your comments below!


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Conservatives in West Berkshire plan to reduce the amount that we pay in subsidies to public transport operators. They currently provide around £1.4m each year in supporting local bus services and are seeking to reduce this by £320,000 next year.
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The following services are likely to be withdrawn entirely over the next 12 months:
75 – Beech Hill to Newbury
90 – Hungerford to Lambourn
105 – Newbury/Aldermaston/Tilehurst
154 – Beech Hill to Reading
The following services are also likely to be severely affected:
3 – Newbury to Hungerford
4 – Newbury to Lambourn
6/6A – Newbury to Compton circular service
101 – Newbury/Bradfield/Tilehurst
104 – Newbury/Brimpton/Tilehurst
107 – Downlands villages
The following services also depend on Council funding, many with additional funding from neighbouring authorities, town or parish councils. These services may also be reviewed:
2 – Newbury to Wash Common
8 – Newbury to Greenham
20/22/46 – Hungerford to Marlborough / Swindon
28 – Purley to Reading
82 – Great Shefford to Wantage
90 – Lambourn to Swindon
102 – Newbury to Thatcham
143 – Upper Basildon to Reading
H1 – Hungerford circular
The Council is also considering other changes to transport provision following a "Total Transport" review which is due to report to central government in 2016/17. This may have an impact on other areas including:
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What is Greenwashing?
Greenwashing is when a brand uses marketing techniques to sell you the idea that they are a "green" business. Naturally we all want to live a little greener and brands like to play on that "compassionate" part of our brain to sell us their products.
Not many people know about greenwashing as we are shown whilst growing up that the adverts are true and the products we buy really are what they say. Unfortunately this is not the case.
How do I know if it's greenwashing?
There are some signs you can look out for when it comes to greenwashing, the big one being the use of the colour green.
Here we see two major culprits in greenwashing, Simple Skincare and Garnier. Both of these brands rely heavily on the colour green to sell their "natural" products, they both also use lots of fruits and vegetables to add to the effect.
Another way that brands show greenwashing is by only advertising their "green ideals" when it comes to their products. Brands who use greenwashing to sell their items often don't partake in any green activism, they don't actually care about being green at all! They're products are often full of chemicals you don't understand and their packaging is probably recyclable.
How do I know if these products are safe?
There are a few ingredients you can look out for if you want to make sure your skincare really is "safe" for you.
2-BROMO-2-NITROPROPANE-1,3-DIOL (FORMALDEHYDE RELEASER) – Found in Simple Soothing Face Toner.
PROPYLPARABEN – Found in Simple Exfoliating Skin Wipes.
DMDM HYDANTOIN (FORMALDEHYDE RELEASER) – Found in Simple Kind to Skin Micellar Cleansing Water.
RESORCINOL & TOLUENE-2,5-DIAMINE – Found in 41 Garnier products, mostly their hair dye.
PROPYLPARABEN – Found in Garnier anti-ageing cream.
These are just a handful of harmful chemicals found in these "natural" and "safe" brands.
If you want to know if a brand contains dangerous chemicals then I highly recommend this cosmetic database, you can search a brand and it will show you their overall safety rating and allow you to look deeper at the kind of chemicals they use in their products.
If something is "green" is it also cruelty free?
"Green" and "Natural" beauty don't always go hand in hand with being cruelty free. Simple and Garnier both market themselves as "Green" brands but both test their harmful products on animals. Likewise, some brands will be cruelty free but might also use harmful chemicals. If you want more information on how you can tell if a brand is cruelty free then you can check out my post on it here.
I hope this has helped you understand greenwashing in the beauty industry. I've attached a small infographic for you to save and share to help expose the act of greenwashing.
Stay Green x


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Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro – December 8, 1994 in New York), also known as Tom Jobim, was a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. A primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, Jobim is acknowledged as one of the most influential popular composers of the 20th century. His songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally.
Jobim's musical roots were planted firmly in the work of Pixinguinha, the legendary musician and composer who began modern Brazilian music in the 1930s. Jobim was also influenced by the French composers Claude Debussy and Ravel, and by jazz. Among many themes, his lyrics talked about love, political repression, betrayal, and especially about the natural beauties of Brazil, like the "Mata Atlântica" forest, birds like the Matita Perê, and his home city of Rio de Janeiro.
Jobim became prominent in Brazil when he teamed up with poet and diplomat Vinicius de Moraes to write the music for the play Orfeu de Conceição (1956). The most popular song from the show was "Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você" ("Someone to Light Up My Life"). Later, when the play was turned into a film, producer Sacha Gordine did not want to use any of the existing music from the play. Gordine asked de Moraes and Jobim for a new score for the film Black Orpheus (1959). Vinicius was at the time away in Montevideo, Uruguay, working for the Itamaraty (the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and so he and Jobim were only able to write three songs, primarily over the telephone ("A Felicidade", "Frevo",and "O Nosso Amor"). This collaboration proved successful, and Vinicius went on to pen the lyrics to some of Jobim's most popular songs.


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Joanne Weir's Recipe for Cherry and Onion Stuffed Pork Tenderloin 2010-06-22 12:59:33
Cherry and Onion Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Cherry and Onion Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
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- 3 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
1-1/2 medium yellow onions, thinly sliced
6 Tbs. freshly squeezed orange juice
3 Tbs. balsamic vinegar
2 tsp. granulated sugar
1-1/2 tsp. freshly grated orange zest
1-1/2 cups fresh sweet cherries (about 8 oz.), pitted and chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 pork tenderloins (about 1 lb. each), trimmed
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 cup dry white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc
1 cup lower-salt chicken broth
1 tsp. minced fresh rosemary
2 Tbs. cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- Heat 1 Tbs. of the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and light golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the orange juice, vinegar, sugar, and orange zest, reduce the heat to low, cover, and continue to cook until the onions are very soft, 15 to 20 minutes more. Uncover and continue to cook until all the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes more. Add the cherries and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cool to room temperature.
- Heat the oven to 425°F. Meanwhile, butterfly the pork by slitting each tenderloin lengthwise just far enough that it opens like a book to make a flat piece. Place the pork between two pieces of plastic wrap or waxed paper and pound gently with a meat mallet to flatten it to a 3/8-inch thickness. In a small bowl, mix 1 Tbs. of the olive oil, the ground cloves, and 1/4 tsp. black pepper. Rub the mixture on both sides of the pork and season generously with salt.
- Divide and spread the cherry mixture evenly over the tenderloins and roll them back to their original shape. Tie them with butcher twine at 1-inch intervals.
- Heat the remaining 1 Tbs. olive oil in an ovenproof 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the pork on all sides until golden, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer the skillet to the oven and roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of a tenderloin reads 145°F, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the pork to a cutting board and tent with foil.
- Set the skillet over medium-high heat, add the wine, and deglaze the pan by scraping up the cooked bits with a wooden spoon. Boil to reduce the wine by about half, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth and rosemary, bring to a boil, and reduce by about half, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and whisk in the butter one piece at a time, letting each melt before adding the next. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Remove the strings from the pork and slice it into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Serve drizzled with the sauce.
Serves 4-6.
Nutrition information (per serving): Calories (kcal): 370; Fat (g): 18; Fat Calories (kcal): 160; Saturated Fat (g): 6; Protein (g): 34; Monounsaturated Fat (g): 9; Carbohydrates (g): 14; Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 1.5; Sodium (mg): 370; Cholesterol (mg): 110; Fiber (g): 1
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Buntport Versus, the younger cousin of the alternating-third-Tuesday Buntport Theater pastimes Pecha Kucha Night and Teacher's Pet, might just be the most compelling offering in the series. First of all, it shows off the old Buntport improvisational versatility to perfection. And secondly, it introduces audiences to Denver's underground cool factor, by showcasing a different creative opponent every three months.
The set-up? The Buntport troupe goes mano a mano against a talented someone, competing in a field other than theater, and the audience votes for a winner. Tonight, said company will meet Tran Wills of the Fabric Lab, with her crack team of local fashionistas, including Incroyables by Melissa May, Baily Rose and Studio Yoshida, to see who can strut the runway most smartly in a variety of, well, hilarious contests. Help determine who cuts the cloth: The local Style Wars battle commences at 8 p.m. at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street; admission is $10. Get details at Buntport's website or 720-946-1388.
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The world is changing at an accelerating pace, creating unanticipated challenges one after another. In such an environment, higher accuracy in safety technology, electrification of eco-friendly automobiles and innovation beyond the framework of the automobile are expected.
To continue to thrive and grow, DENSO needs the diverse talents and perspectives of its associates around the world. That diversity gives us the opportunity to increase our knowledge and strengthen our teamwork. New concepts born from diverse people while respecting and understanding the differences that make our cultures unique, lead to greater job satisfaction and greater trust from our local communities and our customers. This is why it's important for DENSO to promote diversity and inclusion, and we believe it is essential for the sustainable growth of the company.
The key to promote Diversity and Inclusion at DENSO is to establish a culture where diverse talents are utilized, and further deepen and strengthen the DENSO Spirit pillars of "Foresight" "Credibility" and "Collaboration" aligned with the current environment.
We will continue creating a culture where every associate's strong passion will enable us to contribute to a better world.
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Mothers' day is important to me. And my husband has always tried hard to make it special.
When I was pregnant with our daughter, he was incredibly sweet and bought me a mother's day gift. I still have the note he attached written on lined journal paper telling me how happy he was that I'm the mother of his children. Every year he reminds me that he still feels that way.
This year for Mothers' Day, the hubby bought me fancy bubble bath (and we all know I love a good bubble bath!), but the real present of the day was that he taught our daughter to say three adorable words together:
"Happy – Mommy – Day"
My heart absolutely melted. Lulu was so proud of herself for saying so many words together, and I was so happy hearing them.
She doesn't always get the order right, but it's still pretty darn cute to hear her say "Happy Day… Mommy Day." I think she likes seeing her daddy and me laugh because she kept saying it over and over today even though it's not Mothers' Day anymore.
If happiness has a sound, I think it would be my daughter saying "happy" and my son giggling. And yesterday, I was treated to a full day of both. So to all of the other mommies out there, I hope your Mothers' Day was as happy as ours.


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The temperature has gotten notably cooler lately. Thankfully, the events happening this weekend are a perfect blend of winter preparation and cold-weather management. If you're ready to embrace winter and all its snow (or you maybe need a little encouragement), check out Warren Miller's "Ticket to Ride" and get excited about playing in the white stuff. If you need tools to fend off the cold, look to the Chili and Chowder Challenge or learn to make mead (mead is also good at giving you that wonderful warm feeling inside). Wear your pajamas in public in Brunswick on Saturday and watch the annual bed races, or cozy up with a fine late-fall dinner at the beautiful Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Read on


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Four Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) activists were arrested near the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) today for failing to disperse on police orders.
Dang Wangi OCPD ACP Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman told reporters that the four, including a woman, were arrested at the roadside while "picketing."
According to the detainees' lawyer N Surendran (photo:far left), the group were among 30 activists who were leafleting at the 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference at KLCC at 3.30pm.
The leaflets were meant to raise awareness among international lawmakers of the two-year Internal Security Act (ISA) detention order against five Hindraf leaders.
However 15-minutes later, the police tried to disperse the group resulting in the four - S Jayathas, S Poobalan, K Balakrishnan and B Susila - being arrested.
"They were given 20 seconds to disperse before they were ambushed while leafleting in the rain," said Surendran when met at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters later.
'Woman locked up with men'
Surendran also complained that Susila, 41, was being held in a police lockup with seven other unknown men.
"This is unacceptable. Was she treated this way because she is affiliated with Hindraf?" he asked.
At the Dang Wangi police station, Surendran, accompanied by Kapar MP S Manickavasagam and Teluk Intan MP M Manogaran, held a short discussion with Zulkarnain.
Manogaran told reporters later that Zulkarnain had confirmed that Susila was held in a cell with men but a woman police officer was stationed outside the cell.
Manogaran also said they were assured of Susila's safety by Zulkarnain. The police chief however refused to comment on Susila's detention when approached by reporters.
Zulkarnain refused to divulge details of the investigation but said that investigations were being conducted according to Section 27 (5) of the Police Act.
"There are foreign guests there and we must ensure their security," he said when asked if the four were arrested because of tightened security at the KLCC area.
Latest news, all released under police bail
All four of them later were released under police bail at 7.30pm and all were required to present at Dang Wangi Police Station on 7th Sept 2008. All four were cheered by the big grooup of supporter whom been at Dang Wangi station since the arrest news spread. There were about 30 supporters waited for the release and welcome the 'heroes' with Vaalge Hindraf Makkal Sakthi slogan in the police compound itself.
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The Arizona Cardinals have their star running back but are without their general manager as they open their first training camp under new coach Steve Wilks.
Running back David Johnson returned to the fold this week after sitting out mandatory minicamp in a contract dispute.
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The team added three players the past two days, despite the absence of general manager Steve Keim, who was suspended for five weeks and fined $200,000 by the team following his July 4 DUI arrest.
Cardinals President Michael Bidwill doesn't often speak to the media but he took the opportunity to do so after the players reported and went through their conditioning test.
Bidwill said that, as far as he knew, it was the largest penalty ever for a driving under the influence incident by someone connected to the NFL.
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Bidwill has stepped in to take a more active role and said that Keim and his team have been together so long that it's easy to determine what the general manager's position would be if he were there, although no contact with the GM is allowed.
The team signed safety Tre Boston to a one-year deal Friday and added defensive ends Arthur Moats and Jacquies Smith on one-year contracts on Thursday.
"We have taken the philosophy that in his absence we are going to try to make the kind of decisions Steve Keim would make," Bidwill said.
Quarterback Sam Bradford was excused from Friday's run test but is expected to be a full participant, as the No. 1 quarterback, when workouts begin Saturday. Bradford was brought along slowly in offseason workouts as he works his way back from a knee injury that wiped out nearly all of his season a year ago.
Rookie Josh Rosen has been praised for his offseason work and will be competing with Mike Glennon for the backup job.
Johnson led the NFL in yards from scrimmage two seasons ago but fractured his left wrist in last year's opener and missed the rest of the season. As his representatives and the Cardinals talk about a contract, Johnson decided to come to camp rather than continue the holdout that began in minicamp.
"I wanted to be with the team at the start of camp," Johnson said. "I wanted to bounce back from last year Denzel Perryman Jersey , the injury."
Johnson said he doesn't know how close the parties are to a contract agreement and is leaving it to his agents to deal with. Bidwill said it is possible for the Cardinals and Johnson to reach an agreement despite Keim's absence.
Los Angeles Rams star running back Todd Gurley just signed a four-year extension that guarantees him $45 million.
"My biggest thing is I was proud for him," Johnson said. "I trained with Gurley coming out of college and it was cool to see him get what he deserves. Not only him, but to see Saquon (Barkley) get his deal. It's just good to see running backs get deals."
Boston came back to the Cardinals after criticizing the team's initial offer following a visit earlier in the free agent period. He agreed to a $1.5 million contract that can reach $3 million with incentives, far less than he expected to get when he entered free agency after a strong season last year with the LA Chargers.
Boston set career highs last year with 79 tackles, five interceptions and seven passes defensed. He figures another year like that will get him the money he already believes he deserves.
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Boston played four years for Carolina with Wilks as the defensive backs coach and joked that the players called the coach Denzel Washington because of the way he resembles the actor.
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Platinum: Softening Gold's Drop?
As usual just lately, it's a rough turn into the week for gold prices. Gold prices fell the most in six weeks as the dollar's climb and slumping energy costs reduced demand for the precious metal as a hedge against inflation. Silver also declined.
So I thought we'd take a look at platinum prices. South African investment bank and asset manager Investec is now cuttingt its 2009 and 2010 price forecasts for platinum, palladium and rhodium, citing a downturn in demand from industrial users such as carmakers.
"The platinum price has rallied in the last few weeks, but a weak rhodium price and strengthening rand mean the platinum group metal basket price remains low and a number of mines are still losing money," said Investec analyst Rebecca O'Dwyer in a research note.
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Interesting post. As a jeweler who sells platinum jewelry, I've been watching the price of platinum almost religiously to see how it will effect our platinum pricing and sales. It's good to have a forecast into the near term. Platinum prices at $1,350 for 2010 is still quite a bargain, as I remember only recently in Q1 2008 we were pricing our platinum at $2,500 per ounce to cover fluctuations in the market. We've priced our jewelry much lower now of course to meet the shifting platinum market.


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I read many stories about people suffering around the globe.
When I bought newspapers or watched news on television I was always moved by shocking revelations that many people around the globe did not have even a single meal a day. Most of news articles stated that millions of individuals were suffering around the globe, especially citizens of third world countries (Gitlin and Leibovitz, 67). Apart from hunger, news reports indicated that diseases were common and mortality rates were extremely high. I have never liked seeing or hearing that other people are in danger or suffering. I have always believed that all people need to be given appropriate help so that they could also lead normal lives and perform other activities effectively. It dawned on me that most of these problems in the affected parts of the world could be effectively solved if individuals collaborated in an organized manner.
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I remembered that I always had many ideas when it came to helping other individuals. I thank my parents for giving me proper guidance as a young man. I had also learnt the spirit of sharing the little I had with other individuals thanks to my parents. I had an idea that I could help solve these problems by coming up with a project in my institution to help raise funds, which could be transferred to most of the developing countries that were facing humanitarian and even environmental problems all over the globe. I was determined and wanted to start this project in my homeland, Philadelphia.
I was focused and believed that my project was going to be a success. I shared the idea with most of my friends in our institution. This was a way to seek consensus and helped ensure that my project succeeded in what I really desired. I was excessively motivated by approval of most of my colleagues. The only step that was remaining to implement my plan into reality was to convince administration of our institution to give me the opportunity to articulate the issue to everyone in my institution (Cuffaro 76).
I was a bit shaken as I thought that the administration will not give me the green light to articulate my plan to other people. It was the desire of my heart to help raise funds that could be channeled to other countries through the American help agency. Luckily for me, I received an approval from the administration, which accepted my idea. They viewed it as a noble idea and motivated me to pursue it because it is important to help other people. They kept on encouraging me and I continued with my idea with high motivation.
I articulated the issue to the rest of the institution through public forums and posters that I put at strategic points in our institution. I was glad that the idea was being embraced without any resistance. I was motivated to pursue it to the end and to ensure that people suffering in different parts of the globe got necessary help they needed. I was impressed at the manner in which most people around the institution made their contributions to assist in reducing suffering of individuals around the globe. I named the project Americans for the World and I believed that it was going to be successful as it was already underway and doing extremely well.
The administration had also introduced me to other agencies around the country raising funds for people who face different problems around the globe. Many organizations raising funds to assist people suffering from hunger and other problems approached me. I had an opportunity to work with them in raising finances for the project. We moved around the country informing individuals about the significance of assisting other people in economies that were not stable. All I wanted was to see the project moving forward and delivering the required results. Many people appreciated aims of the project and pledged to raise more funds for it.
I remember in one of my speeches in front of American citizens I asserted that our time had come to assist other individuals around the globe. This was our time to give to other individuals around the globe because America is a blessed nation. It has a well performing economy and all other positive aspects related to politics and social life (Bates 89). I was encouraged by the appreciation of the issue all over the country. Through organizations we managed to raise sufficient funds that were geared towards assisting individuals in developing economies who were facing numerous problems. All money that were raised were channeled to the American Government so that it could be safely taken to respective countries that were experiencing hunger and other problems.
The Government was appreciative of the steps we had taken in order to help other nations around the world. The Government thanked us for promoting American spirit of helping other countries. These funds were effectively taken to other countries. Some time later we got the feedback that funds were used in alleviating some of the problems that people were facing. I experienced a feeling of relief and extremely high satisfaction. My dream of assisting other people had been achieved with the assistance of my fellow citizens, Americans.