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I would say the hardest thing is to open up the minds of VC's that success doesn't always look like…a comp sci degree from Stanford and an MBA from Harvard
It's a tough industry to enter into especially if you…don't come from the top 10 schools in the US. People (discredit) all your hard work…
Even with referrals it's hard to be successful unless you have the perfectly curated experience
…you're either too junior in VC experience or, senior in work experience.
John Gannon, Co-Founder GoingVC:
Yes, it does make it easier to get into VC if you went to HBS, studied CompSci at Stanford, or worked at a unicorn startup.
I sort of fit that profile. When I was looking for a VC gig, I was working on an MBA at Columbia. And I came into the program with an Ivy CS degree. I had worked for one of the fastest growing software companies in history, too.
18 months after I started my search, things finally broke my way. I got 2 VC job offers. And I ended up joining a $167 million fund as an associate.
Looking back, my background on paper definitely helped. But after helping thousands of VC job seekers over the last 10 years and seeing what's worked for them — I know that my resume wasn't the reason that I got those offers.
Here's what actually made the difference:
1) I worked my a** off.
- Constantly asking entrepreneurs and investors for intros to VC firms
- Schlepping out to San Francisco to meet VCs on my own dime
- Reading every VC blog and email list I could get my hands on
- Sourcing companies that VCs could invest in
For any VC who met me: There was 0% doubt that I was serious about breaking in.
2) I didn't quit, even though it felt like I was stuck in a black box.
I'm not gonna lie. I felt like quitting — more than once. Because especially early on, a lot of my search went like this:
- I'd get excited about a coffee meeting with a VC
- It'd go great. They'd listen to my investment thesis, ask questions about it, and they'd tell me that they might want to hire someone soon
- I'd leave those meetings SUPER excited
- I'd follow up with a nice email the week after telling them how interested I was in their firm
And then… after all that… 90% of the time I wouldn't hear anything back. So then I'd wait another week. I'd send another email. I'd wait some more. And spoiler alert — more radio silence…
After that I'd begin to wonder:
"Am I annoying them? Is it my resume? My background?"
I could never be sure.
And what made it all 10X worse was that I only knew 2 other people who were trying to break into VC. Not having support and a community around me was gut-wrenching, especially on those days when ding letters came in or when a VC blew me off for a meeting.
3) I stopped feeling like an imposter — and started feeling like an insider.
I knew I had to change my strategy. So after:
- Reading…everything I could get my hands on about VC and startups
- Taking startup and VC classes at b-school
- Meeting as many founders and VCs as I could
- Doing a lot of free work for VCs
All the VC lingo – liquidation preference, dilution, waterfalls, IRR, Series A/B/C/You-Name-It… got to be second nature.
I finally had my rap down.
And I started to feel confident that I could actually do the job… if only they would just give me the job.
The downside?
It took me about a year of stumbling around and learning on the fly before I got to that point…
We don't want you to have to wait that long…
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Applications for the 6th cohort of the GoingVC program are now open. The Spring 2020 GoingVC Cohort will run from April 2020 through July 2020.
GoingVC was purposefully built to help you blow through the first round and get past the final round of your VC job search.
40% of people who completed GoingVC had a job in venture within a year of going through the program.
Applications for this cohort are now closed. Be in the loop to know when we open up applications for the next cohort.
Why Join GoingVC
Decades of collective experience in the VC and startup world drove how we've built the GVC Program – around four central pillars that we know are collectively the most important for you to focus on as you grow your venture capital career:
- Network
- Community
- Experience
- Opportunity
Here's how we break those pillars down:
Pillar 1: Network
You'll learn to talk confidently with any VC — whether you're in a coffee meeting or you're negotiating an offer. You'll build up that confidence through our weekly live video chats with VCs.
In these interactive group sessions, you'll be able to ask the VCs direct questions — about their investments, about job searching, about… well, almost anything. And they'll educate you on the finer points of investment theses, sourcing, due diligence, and term sheets in the process.
These video chats will also give you the opening you need to build a relationship with VCs over time — the first step to getting viewed as a viable candidate.
You'll build a network of investors — nationwide.
So what if you didn't go to Stanford or Harvard?
GoingVC guests, alums, and members are all over the US — giving you access to an investor network that's differentiated from other VC job seekers. (Even from the ones with "perfect" resumes.)
To help you with all this networking, you'll also get access to:
- Live GoingVC networking events in a city near you
Take a look at a subset of firms we've worked with in the past:
Pillar 2: Community
Historically, 40% of GoingVC members have a position in VC within a year of completing the program – so just by joining the program, you'll gain access to a network of professionals who GoingVC helped break into the business – and they'll want to help you, too.
What's more is, you'll go through your own GoingVC Cohort who want the same things as you or who have already experienced the VC job search process.
This is important because let's face it, VC recruiting can be a lonely and painful path. Having a group of motivated peers, all with the same goal, pulling for you to succeed makes it much easier.
These are people who you can reach out to for:
- Career Advice
- Feedback on your resume or an investment pitch
- Interview practice and feedback
…both now and for the rest of your career.
As a member of the GoingVC community, you'll also benefit from:
- Access to a private Slack group and email list
- Support from our alumni network
- Lifetime Membership to GoingVC's growing alumni network
Pillar 3: Experience
As a member of a GoingVC cohort, you will have a number of opportunities to gain real-world investment experience while contributing to the investment team at GoingVC's dedicated VC funding vehicle, Principium Ventures.
Additionally, you will be encouraged to take part in a variety of coursework and exercises designed to help you build your understanding of the venture capital business – and will come away with physical proof of this coursework which you can share with prospective employers.
Specifically, the GoingVC Program will give you a chance to:
- Build a VC track record through real-world experience which you'll gain while carrying out the key job functions of a venture capitalist, such as sourcing, due diligence, and the opportunity to pitch new deals to the investment committee at Principium Ventures
- Create and develop your own investment thesis by collaborating with fellow GVC participants, carrying out market analysis, and presenting these theses to your GVC peers
- Tailored VC and industry expert-led courses on a variety of topics including, but not limited to:
- How to source deals
- How to conduct due diligence
- The differences between corporate and traditional VC
- The parallels between Chinese and US venture capital
- Trends in real estate and prop-tech
- Enterprise SaaS metrics
- How to build a great sales team
Pillar 4: Opportunity
If you're getting a lot of chances and still coming up short, sometimes you just need better fitting chances.
As a member of GoingVC, you'll receive under-the-radar job opportunities taken directly from the GVC staff's extensive network. We're able to bring you these exclusive opportunities because, having been in the business for over 10 years, we regularly get emails like this:
Seeing these opportunities before thousands of other candidates even catch wind of them will give you a big leg-up in the application process.
In addition to these exclusive opportunities, as a member of GoingVC, you will have access to our in-house talent managers who will help you – one on one – to discover and be hired for the VC role you're pursuing.
We've developed our talent manager position to help you find the most ideal VC jobs for your experience and skillset. We've done this not only so you can apply to roles you'll be a more competitive candidate for, but because we know how time-consuming searching for these roles can be, and we want to lessen that load for you.
To elaborate, our talent managers will work on your behalf to:
- Proactively match you with roles across our network of hundreds of VC firms – connecting with target firms and suggesting connections with firms that you may have overlooked
- Work with you to prep your resume in order to help you win interviews with VC funds
- Work with you to prep for interviews to help you ace those interviews, from the first round to the final round
Applications for this cohort are now closed. Be in the loop to know when we open up applications for the next cohort.
How to Apply
It's totally free to apply to GoingVC. You can do so by clicking the "Apply Here" button below.
Once you have applied you will either be accepted directly or be asked to have a secondary screening interview to assess your fit as an applicant. If you are accepted into GoingVC, you will then have an opportunity to speak with the co-founders to further assess whether the program is a good fit for your career and your future goals.
Should you ultimately decide to enroll, the total tuition cost of the GoingVC Program itself is $
We Offer Financial Aid Packages
To cover some of the program cost, we also offer financial aid options to our members on the basis of need. Doing so allows us to maintain a level of affordability in the GoingVC Program and allows us to ensure our cohort members come from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, you may do so on the application itself.
Applications for this cohort are now closed. Be in the loop to know when we open up applications for the next cohort.
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If you're for any reason not happy or satisfied with GoingVC after leveraging our network of VC firms, original content, and community, just let us know within the first 60 days after program kickoff – (that's half of the program) – and we'll give you a full refund, no questions asked.
We make this guarantee because we firmly believe GoingVC will be one of the most important professional development experiences that our members have ever had, and we're confident it will be the same for you.
Applications for this cohort are now closed. Be in the loop to know when we open up applications for the next cohort.
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Garyn Angel: Cannabis Entrepreneur, CBD vs THC & Pharmaceuticals – #241
By: Dave Asprey
Why you should listen –
Garyn Angel comes on Bulletproof Radio today to discuss the benefits of medical marijuana, how to avoid marijuana overdose, his journey from banking to cannabis, and how butter can transform cooking. Enjoy the show!
Garyn Angel is the Founder and CEO of MagicalButter.com, a Seattle-based technology company that has revolutionized botanical extractions with their award-winning appliance. He is the President of ThinkMB, a Global Think Tank that combines Traditional Chinese Medicine, cannabis, and modern day science. In 2014, Garyn was selected to the CNBC NEXT List for his work with Legal Marijuana. Prior to MagicalButter, he was the President of G. Angel & Associates, Inc., a leading Advanced Estate Planning and Tax Specialty firm. In 2008 he was named one of America's Top Financial Planners by Reuters Advice Point.
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- 0:14 – Cool fact of the day
- 3:33 – Welcome Garyn Angel
- 9:28 – Therapeutic edibles
- 15:55 – Coffee and cannabis
- 21:03 – How to avoid a bad experience
- 26:50 – From banking to cannabis entrepreneur
- 30:09 – Kids on pharmaceuticals
- 37:48 – Cannabis and children
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Can You Overdose On Marijuana?
Bulletproof Radio Q&A – Nicotine Benefits, Bulletproof Labs & Top Hacks – #236
Jamie Wheal & Steven Kotler: High Consequences, & Hacking The Flow State – #216
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Wade through the St. Patrick's Day parade in a sparkling costume with this green fedora hat. Embellished with sequins, this piece adds glitz to your customary green outfit.
The soft brim of the St. Patrick's Day fedora hat provides a comfortable shield from the sun as you revel in outdoor festivities and keep up with the celebration of Irish culture. Hat measures 9 x 4.25 x 10.75 inches.


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From Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England
by Venerable John Henry Newman, C.O.
by Venerable John Henry Newman, C.O.
I allow there are true charges which can be brought against us; certainly, not only do I not deny it, but I hardly could deny it without heresy. I say distinctly, did I take upon me to deny everything which could be said against us, I should be proving too much, I should startle the Catholic theologian as well as Protestants; for what would it be but implying that the Church contains none within her pale but the just and holy? This was the heresy of the Novatians and Donatists of old time; it was the heresy of our Lollards, and others, such as Luther, who maintained that bad men are not members of the Church, that none but the predestinate are her members. But this no Catholic asserts, every Catholic denies. Every Catholic has ever denied it, back to the very time of the Apostles and their Divine Master; and He and they deny it. Christ denies it, St. Paul denies it, the Catholic Church denies it; our Lord expressly said that the Church was to be like a net, which gathered of every kind, not only of the good, but of the bad too. Such was His Church; it does not prove then that we are not His Church, because we are like His Church; rather our being like the Primitive Christian body, is a reason for concluding that we are one with it. We cannot make His Church better than He made her; we must be content with her as He made her, or not pretend to follow Him. He said, "Many are called, few are chosen;" men come into the Church, and then they fall. They are not indeed sinning at the very time when they are brought into His family, at the time they are new born; but as children grow up, and converts live on, the time too frequently comes, when they fall under the power of one kind of temptation or other, and fall from grace, either for a while or for good. Thus, not indeed by the divine wish and intention, but by the divine permission, and man's perverseness, there is a vast load of moral evil existing in the Church; an enemy has sown weeds there, and those weeds remain among the wheat till the harvest. And this evil in the Church is not found only in the laity, but among the clergy too; there have been bad priests, bad bishops, bad monks, bad nuns, and bad Popes. If this, then, is the charge made against us, that we do not all live up to our calling, but that there are Catholics, lay and clerical, who may be proved to be worldly, revengeful, licentious, slothful, cruel, nay, may be unbelievers, we grant it at once. We not only grant it but we zealously maintain it. "In a great house," says St. Paul, "there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some indeed unto honour, but some unto dishonour." There are, alas, plenty of children of the Church, who by their bad lives insult and disgrace their Mother.


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Our organic carrots will provide a natural blast of high energy. Carrot juice in the morning gives you a competitive edge over coffee drinkers. Carrot juice is considered the golden juice of healing, as it cleanses the liver. Because it is easy to digest, carrot juice causes the liver to release bile and extra stored up cholesterol. Carrots are full of calcium that is invaluable to bones and teeth. They are also an excellent source of vitamin C, iron, potassium, phosphorus, and sodium. Additionally, the beta-carotene in carrot skin is a natural protector against melanoma. But that's not all. Carrots also alkalize the blood, soothing the nervous system and toning intestinal walls. They have a very low glycemic index level, so carrots do not cause blood sugar levels to raise very quickly. This alone creates all sorts of health benefits.
Oranges are a well-known source for vitamin C. They contribute to many factors of good health. Nutrients in oranges increase metabolism and energy. This makes them a great food for weight loss. This delicious citrus is full of immunity boosting nutrients! Oranges also help lower cholesterol.
Ginger gives this juice an extra kick! As an ancient remedy, ginger was popular as a boost for the immune system. Now, studies show ginger is a strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. As a result, it allows your body to protect itself from a number of health problems. For example, heart disease, cancer, arthritis, and Alzheimer's. It is known to help relieve nausea and reduce muscle pain. Ginger is also great for those with IBS or diabetes because it kick starts metabolism and can balance out sugar levels. In addition to reducing cholesterol, ginger lowers the risk of blood clots.
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Not only is black pepper a good source of manganese and vitamin K, it possesses an assortment of health benefits. It is a natural antibacterial, supports skin health, helps fight respiratory congestion and helps maintain proper digestion. Black pepper stimulates the flow of stomach acid and increases the availability of nutrients in many foods. It helps you get the most out of what you eat. In the Mantra, black pepper especially helps activate the curcumin in Turmeric. With black pepper, the rate of curcumin absorption increases by a whopping 2000%!


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Life Time Value Of A Member
Most communities have a terrible newcomer to regular conversion ratio.
Of 100,000 unique new ips that visit the platform per month, some 1,000 might click to sign up, 700 might complete the registration process, 250 might make an active contribution to the community, 50 will be active after the first month, and just 5 will be active 6 months later.
Yet the end result, regular active members, is exactly what communities need to survive. If more than 5 regulars depart over that time, the community is in trouble.
Long-term regulars are valuable. They bring not only a name most members recognise, but references to the in-jokes, connections to other members, upholders of the community culture, and their own high levels of activity. The time spent on these members is worthwhile. Their potential life-time value to the community is huge.
This is why it's worth building strong relationships with members (you should always know your best members better than you know your worst), soliciting personal investments form members into the community, and sharing influence/control with these members. They're all tactics that hook these members into the community for the long-term.
Yes, it's dealing with one member at a time. But if your ratio is anything close to 1 long-term regular per month, simply doubling that would be an incredible achievement.
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After each major release, Apple is known to share the macOS kernel code. Apple releases a small bit of Darwin code every year, probably, because it's based on tons of open source technologies. iOS mobile operating system is also built on the macOS foundation, and they share the common Unix-based Darwin core code.
Even though you could grab the code in the past, it wasn't optimized for ARM chips. In a welcome change, Apple has now posted the XNU (it's an abbreviation for "XNU is Not Unix") kernel code for iOS and macOS on GitHub, including the code for ARM chips. The source code comes with Apple Public Source License 2.0.
However, even after this change, you can't achieve much with this code or create your own homegrown iPhone. The shared code is just the kernel. You don't get the apps, frameworks, user interface, etc. With this code, devs can get an understanding of how different software and devices interact with the lower-level kernel.
This release has also sparked some confusion among the open source enthusiasts. Contrary to what some people are believing, xnu/Darwin, libDispatch, Objective-C runtime, etc., have already been on opensource.apple.com for years. This release brings a lot of code to GitHub, along with some newer iOS and ARM-specific changes.
Usually, Apple is perceived as a pretty closed off company. It looks like the company is taking steps to change its image in the open source world.
Did you find this story on ARM-based kernel source code interesting? Don't forget to share your views with us.


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"'What's the matter with Gloria?' James asked me one day as we came back to the floor from the sleeping quarters.
'Nothing. What do you mean?' I asked. But I knew what he meant. Gloria had been singing the blues again."
The Europeans don't have an exclusive grip on the dark, moody and existentialist with this Serpent's Tail Classic showing that American authors were quite adept at putting the dark into a black tale of despair and nihilism.
The story evolves around one of the dance competitions that ran across America in the 1930s giving those with stamina the chance to dance marathon competitions for money. Not only was it a case of last man standing but the tension of numerous couples being cooped up in an end of the pier type show for days on end also led to the chance that the tension would boil over and end the dancing through fights or tantrums.
You know how this story is going to end because it starts with Robert Syverten standing in the dock admitting that he killed her and that he doesn't really have a defence.
The story then moves to what led Robert, a young man dreaming of making it in the movies, from shooting Gloria a bit of a flakey girl also dreaming of making it as an actress. They meet as extras and she tells Robert of a dance contest that is not just attractive because of the monety but because it might put them under the spotlight for agents and directors.
more than a hundred couples start and the evenings are interrupted by one man being run-off as its revealed he is a murder suspect. As the hours drag on the couples drop out and the short breaks prove to be insufficient to patch up sore feet and tired heads.
An old woman comes and watches Robert and she seems to sense the impending doom as the young man spends more time with Gloria who is bitter and has a darkness about her. Her mixed approach to using sex as a way of furthering her own career and of her hatred for those using morality as a weapon drive a rift between Robert and his partner as he fails to keep up with her anger.
The contest enters the third week and both of them are at the point of exhaustion and a stray bullet fired in a scuffle kills the old woman who had been such a loyal supporter. The contest ends and its in the open air by the sea that a fatalistic Gloria asks Robert to shoot her which provokes the young man to do what she asks. When quizzed by a policeman why he replies with the killer line "They shoot horses, don't they?".
The book has a pace like a slow whirlpool pulling the dances and Robert and Gloria ever closer to breaking point. As the weeks go by and the point of being in the dance slips away and the potential rewards more elusive the need to compete seems to take over. Once that is removed what does life have to offer? The depression is in full swing and McCoy pulls no punches about the bleakness of life. What really is there worth living for if you can't make your dreams come true? Great stuff.


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Every year in advance of the Super Bowl, there are big sales on TVs, and this year is no exception. It also could be a milestone, as TVs could be bottoming out. TV prices are near a record low, yet sales continue to slip. In the long run, that won't be good for the industry or consumers. There was an "abrupt weakening of global demand for TV sets," IHS Markit concluded last year. That finding is consistent with the fact that most consumers in America, Europe and parts of Asia today have two or more TV sets in their homes.
The original article can be found here: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84266.html?rss=1
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Dr. Richardson has been a patient of Summit Dental Group since he was in grade school. Skip Pierce was a big influence in Zach's life and his decision to choose dentistry as a career. Zach was born and raised in Boise and graduated from Capital High School in 2004. He went onto earn a Bachelor of Science at Carroll College in Helena, MT while competing on the collegiate football team. Zach then went onto graduate at the top of his class with a Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. Currently, he is an active member in the American Dental Association and Idaho State Dental Association, and enjoys staying up-to-date in all the latest trends and dentistry techniques by attending various continuing dental education courses each year.
Zack has been married for six years to his high school sweetheart, Hannah, and together they have an 18-month old son named Maddox. Zach enjoys everything the Idaho outdoors has to offer, spending most of his free time golfing, camping, mountain biking, boating, and skiing. A fun fact about Zach is that, outside of dentistry, he has taken a couple local improv comedy courses since he enjoys bringing a smile and lots of laughs to the people around him.
"I look forward to getting to know each and every one of my patients. I truly believe the best part of dentistry is getting to walk through each stage of life with all the families and patients I see."


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Book Cheap International Flights to Manchester Airport – MAN
If you are flying from South Africa to the UK, book cheap flights to Manchester Airport. The airport services national and international flights and is just 13.9km from the centre of Manchester City. It is considered to be the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom and has 3 passenger terminals and 1 goods terminal. MAN offers flights to 199 destinations.
The airport was opened in June in 1938 and served as a base for the Royal Air Force in the second world war. Manchester Airport was initially known as Ringway Airport as it was named after the village in which it is found. The airport is being expanded and revamped in a major government project that will be completed in 2030.
Airport Terminals at MAN and the Airlines That Service Them
The airport has the following terminals:
Terminal 1: this terminal is the biggest of the 3 terminals and is used by airlines with scheduled and charter flights to Europe and other international destinations. Airlines that service Terminal 1 include EasyJet, Jet2, Thomas Cook, Aer Lingus, Air Transat, Brussels Airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss Airways and Turkish Airlines.
Terminal 2: terminal two is also used by a variety of airlines with scheduled and charter flights to Europe and other global destinations. Airlines that service Terminal 2 include Air Canada, Air Malta, Belavia Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Cobalt, Delta Airways, Enter Air, Germania, Hainan Airlines, Pakistan International, Qatar Airways, Saudi Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Small Planet Airlines, Tailwind Airlines, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic.
Terminal 3: this terminal was opened by Princess Diana in 1989 and is serviced by a variety of airlines including Adria Airways, Air France, American Airlines, British Airways, Flybe, Iberia Express, KLM, RyanAir and Vueling Airlines.
Main Services and Facilities at Manchester Airport
The airport building offers two luxury lounges for passengers to enjoy. The Escape Lounge provides a family experience and welcomes children and adults. The 1903 Lounge is for adults only and welcomes couples and single travellers. Both lounges offer food and refreshments.
In addition to this luxury facility, the airport also offers various clothing and gift stores, restaurants, bars, currency exchange counters, duty free stores and car hire branches.
Overview of Airport Statistics and Facts
Manchester Airport is set on 1400 acres of land. The airport handles on average 61 flights per hour and transports around 26 million passengers each year. MAN has the capacity to transport up to 50 million passengers each year, but is limited due to various aircraft movement restrictions imposed on the facility. The passenger movement statistics increase by approximately 10% each year.
Getting To and From Manchester Airport
Getting to and from Manchester Airport is fairly simple. Transport options include the following:
Private car – you can access the airport via the M56 at Junction 5. The parking areas are well marked. For guaranteed close parking, book online in advance. You can transfer between the car park and terminal building via bus.
Train service – regional and local trains run from Manchester Airport to various destinations seven days a week. Train services that you can use include Virgin Trains, TransPennine Express and Northern Rail. You can save up to 40% on train tickets if you book them online in advance.
Taxi – private taxis and black cab taxis can be booked at the airport, online, via mobile app and telephonically.
Bus – there is a network of local and regional buses that service the Manchester Airport daily. The bus service to the airport operates 24 hours a day.
Coach – there are a number of coach services that run from the airport's transport hub daily. The National Express is one particular service that is reliable and affordable.
Car hire – cars can be hired from the airport terminal building, at the Airport Car Rental Village.
Accommodation at Manchester Airport
To avoid traffic and potential delays or even to buy a little time to make travel and exploration plans, many South African travellers opt to book a room at one of the airport hotels.
Airport hotels include Radisson Blu, Clayton Hotel, Airport Inn, Mercure Hotel Bowden, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Altrincham Lodge, Cresta Court Hotel, Premier Inn South, Premier Inn North, Britannia Manchester Airport South and Hallmark Hotel.
If you are looking for accommodation near the airport, you will find a variety of bed and breakfasts, guest houses, lodges, holiday apartments and even Air BnB options to choose from.
Book Cheap Flights to Manchester Airport (MAN)
If you are looking for affordable flights to and from Manchester Airport, find them right here at Cheap International Flights. Use our flight search feature to find the latest specials, discounts and low air fares from reputable carriers flying between the UK and South Africa.


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For the past few weeks my posts have been few and far between and I want to apologize for that. With the busyness of ministry and life in general I have just fallen behind. Now with the camp season over with and being able to fall into more of a routine here at the Lee County Recreational Center, I hope to do a much better job of having regular postings.
So, in my first attempt to get back to blogging regularly, I wanted to start out with some prayer requests. Today is the first day of the new school year here in Lee County. As our students head back to school please keep them in your prayers. We have been busy working with FCA students this summer helping encourage and prepare them to be "All In" leaders for Christ at their schools. An "All In" Leader is someone who puts their relationship with Christ as the number one priority and relationship in their life and every aspect of their life flows from that. This is a challenge for our students as they will face all kinds of school and peer pressures this year. Pray that rather than their schools impacting their relationship with Christ that their relationship with Christ will impact their schools!
This year many of our faithful FCA Leaders will be seniors. Pray that they will finish their school careers strong and leave behind a legacy of faithfulness to Christ. Pray with us that this year we will see underclassmen grow in their faith to take strong leadership roles in our FCA Huddles.
Our FCA Huddles won't officially start back for regular weekly meetings until September. However we are going to be working with our Leadership team to lay out a plan for this year's huddle meetings and set goals for the school year. Please pray that we would follow God's leading in the direction He would have for our Huddles to best honor Him. Also, pray that our Leadership team will honor their commitments to being Leaders for Christ and being active members of our Leadership team.
I know that as we face a big new school year that there will be many challenges. That being said, I know that I have an even bigger God who is going to do great things! Please just keep praying for our students throughout the 2014/2015 school year!!!


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Maps and compasses appear on nearly every list of essentials for the experienced and inexperienced backcountry traveler alike. While there are many situations where a map is absolutely essential for safe travel, under what circumstances might an experienced backcountry traveler consider going mapless?
There are at least four contexts that are candidates for going into the backcountry mapless. Before describing these contexts, one needs to be clear about the real issue being analyzed in this article. To get clear on the real issue, there are several side issues that are not the focus of this article:
The issue addressed in this article:
Whether to go out of one's way to both obtain and carry maps into the field that are adequate for the trip as planned (i.e., treat the carried map as an essential for either normal or emergency use)?
Assuming an understanding about the real issue being analyzed in this article, what contexts might one consider going mapless?
Familiarity and Predictability
The first situation or context to seriously consider going mapless is commonplace and revolves around familiarity and predictability. To make this argument as strong as possible involves making several assumptions:
These preconditions are common for many hikers and scramblers much of the time. These preconditions are a matter of degree (e.g., How much field experience?), but taken as a whole they provide a sound argument for going mapless.
Dead Reckoning Skills
A second much more controversial line of argument for going mapless revolves around what is usually referred to as "dead reckoning". In these situations, the person has a good sense of direction and is a skillful "dead reckoning" navigator. They have developed a good memory for recognizing crucial landmarks on the return route (even in bad weather). They keep close track of time, speed, direction, landmarks, etc. (similar to sailors who use dead reckoning on the sea). In line with this last characteristic, assume the navigator has both a watch and compass. Dead reckoning is an important skill to develop. The more time a person spends in the wilds without navigational aids, the more likely one will develop these dead reckoning skills. A logical extension of this line of reasoning is that use of traditional navigational devices (map, compass, altimeter, GPS) decreases the likelihood of developing these navigation skills.
Quality Wilderness Experience
A quote from an unknown source captures this rationale for going mapless: "Navigation devices are not essentials. The need to engage yourself in the wilderness is." Following are two longer quotes that follow a similar line of reasoning. They go beyond the issue of essentials to the interesting issue of high quality wilderness experiences.
I think mapless hiking would free you up to think more about macro-level navigation. Instead of point-to-point, you start to consider broad, general trends in terrain and ecology and use your knowledge to predict the specific type of terrain you will encounter ahead of time. Seems like higher-order, integrated thinking, which will be much more rewarding.
—Mark Larsen, BackpackingLight.com forum, 10/19/2005
Sometimes, walking is more pleasant when it's inspired by the microcosm of real-time information that is impossible to extract from the best available maps and technologies. Technology had slammed squarely into my desire to feel the terrain below my feet and bring some art back into the act of navigating. I camped where I felt like it, walked where I pleased, and enjoyed the beauty of navigating artfully, focusing on choosing a route based on efficient walking along ecological and geological edges: a treasure that could have never been granted to me by any navigation technology, trail network, or topo map.
—Ryan Jordan, BackpackingLight.com forum
Getting Intentionally Lost
A fourth and final potential rationale for going mapless (there might be others) is that of intentionally getting lost for the shear adventure of it. Yes, hikers sometimes do this and report that the experience can be quite rewarding. Usually this situation involves a planned itinerary where the person has the time and is equipped to spend a few extra days getting oneself found (if successful in getting lost). Granted, this context for going mapless stretches this debate about essentials somewhat, but it is nevertheless relevant to the issue being analyzed.
Reader Participation: Evaluating Reasons for Going Mapless
Above are four lines of reasoning designed to question the almost universally held position that maps are one of the ten (12 or 14 or more) essentials for all backcountry trips. They are four arguments for intentionally going mapless that deserve serious consideration. If you are aware of others, add a brief heading above that captures the essence of the argument. Then consider evaluating each line of reasoning from 0-6 (with six being highly persuasive for going mapless at least some of the time).
Author's Conclusions About Maps
What conclusions can be drawn from the above analysis of issues and contexts for going mapless (whether or not you agree with the arguments given)? Consider the following:
— Maps might not be essential in some situations, but are absolutely essential in others.
— Backcountry skills and experience are necessary to know when one can safely go mapless (i.e., novices on their own must have maps).
— Developing navigational skills in absence of navigation aids is an invaluable asset.
— Regular use of common navigational devices can easily interfere with the development of navigational skills.
Additional Issues for Reflection
1. Under what circumstances are maps an absolute essential?
2. What besides a compass might be considered an essential for most trips into the backcountry?
3. Should everyone in the party have adequate maps of the area to be traveled?
4. Are electronic maps sufficient (e.g., in a GPS or smart phone) if the decision is made to always carry a map as one of the essentials? Or should one always carry a paper map or two?
5. Should one carry at least one map that is scaled so as to be able to view the large picture of the surrounding terrain?
6. What about printing one's own custom maps from various sources? What are the best sources for this?
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Check out my article Renegade vs Outlander
It was still in the back of my mind even though I couldn't ride. I missed the freedom, the nature, the excitement riding gives you. Little did I realize that I didn't have to give up riding, it was how I rode that needed to change.
One day, as I was on YouTube and I came across a video by a guy named Ostacruiser and decided to watch it. Osta was and still is big into Can Ams, which was a new brand that I had heard about but knew nothing of. I sat there and watched him and a couple other guys ride into a swamp with only their handlebars out of the water and this intrigued me. But what really got me was the noise these things were making, I had never heard anything as beautiful as the low rumble of these V-Twin engines.
So I started researching Can Am, reading every review and watching every video I could get my hands on. I was concerned about their build quality, we had just had a bad experience with a Chinese brand ATV I bought for my son and I was skeptical that this was possibly just another Chinese re brand. Besides, I was a dyed in the wool Honda guy, the brand that is all about quality, craftsmanship and reliability. But I couldn't leave those Can Am's alone. They excited me like I had not been excited in a long while. I wanted that engine rumble, I wanted that power. So I discussed it with my wife, convinced her that I needed this bad and the hunt was on.
I decided that the Renegade was the machine for me, I loved the aggressive style which still had the sportiness of the sport quads but with all the capabilities of a 4x4. I also decided that I wanted an 800, a 500 just wasn't powerful enough even though a 500 still would have been more powerful than all the machines I have owned. Problem was a Renegade 800 isn't cheap. I already knew that buying new wasn't an option but even the used were quite a bit out of my price range. $5000 was the limit my wife and I set but most were selling for $7500 and up. I obsessively scanned Kijiji and every other ad source I could find for weeks finding nothing. I schemed how I could come up with another $2500 but I couldn't.
Then a month later, while scanning Alberta's Kijiji ads, I came across a 2007 Renegade 800R, only slightly over my price range. It was at an Alberta Can Am dealer which gave me confidence in making a long distance, sight unseen purchase. It had 6000kms but I had seen many Honda's and Yamaha's with much higher and so I didn't think it would be a problem. Besides, it already had a winch, skid plates and a pipe which were things I wanted and would have to buy later. So this was a good value.
|Ugliest homemade bumper ever!
I made arrangements to get the dealer to crate it and get it shipped to Saskatoon (approximately 500kms) and I wired them the money.
I was on pins and needles and the day it arrived I was like a kid at Christmas. It was everything I had hoped it would be, it was cleaned and detailed and looked awesome. I started it up to hear that amazing exhaust note and was not at all disappointed. I even took a video.
It was the middle of winter but that didn't stop me, I had a large parking lot at the place where I was storing it and would frequently go for short late night rips. They had to be short because there was an apartment building very just to the other side and I knew they would be calling the police about the noise that HMF pipe was making.
With the snow on the ground I couldn't get enough traction to really see what kind of power it had but I could tell it was far beyond anything I had rode. Switching on the fourwheel drive gave me amazing acceleration on the snow and make sideways drifts possible.
I stripped the factory decals and bought a wrap off of eBay
And that bumper....well it just had to go.
Eventually the snow melted and on the May long weekend we headed up north so I could give the Renegade its maiden voyage. It didn't disappoint. The other guys I was riding with were amazed at the power, but not more than me. We have a trail that goes along the East side of the lake at camp, this trail follows the telephone poles and is reasonably straight. I opened up the throttle along this straight away and literally scared myself. Every machine that I have rode in the 20+ years I have been riding I could out-ride it, meaning that even when it was giving me all it had I wanted more. The Renegade on the other hand could out-ride me. No matter how I pushed its limits, it always had more. More power, more speed, more acceleration. It was amazing.
Later on in the summer we went to a camp and I was able to try mudding for the first time.
As the video title suggests, I was indeed a mud virgin, I had no idea what this machine was capable of. With my sport quads I avoided swamps and water, it was a huge eye opener to see what a 4x4 ATV was capable of going through.
As you can see in the video it did ok, I was running the factory wheels with factory Holeshot tires. They really are quite horrible in the mud, but they weren't designed for that either. The video also brings up one huge drawback of the Renegade, and that is fender coverage. The Renegade is a sporty looking machine but fender coverage is minimal. I had to get used to getting both muddy and wet pretty much every time we went riding.
After getting completely covered with mud and seeing my friends who ride other ATVs completely dry, I decided I would buy some fender extenders. I was very torn, I liked the functionality of them, they kept some of the mud and water off of me but I felt it took away from the aggressive look.
The next mod was some Maverick wheels\tires, these were a 12" beadlock rim with 26" Bighorn tires and they substantially increased my traction.
The last modification I did was a Rubberdown Customs rack adapter which allowed me to put an Outlander composite rack onto the Renegade. I never did use the rack to hold anything, just liked changing the look.
I sold this machine in the fall of 2012, after owning it for nearly a year. I had it in a shop and discovered that the bearings on both the input and output drive shafts from the transmission were worn and needed to be replaced. This required removing the engine and splitting the engine engine/transmission. A job that would have cost $1500 at a minimum and potentially more than that if other worn parts were found in the engine.
Even though I sold this Renegade, I did purchase another shortly afterwards. That in itself should tell you a lot. The Renegade raised the bar, and made me as a consumer want more.
I still love Honda and always will, but I feel that they and the other Japanese brands have fallen behind their North American counter parts when it comes to raw fun factor. That being said, if I was a farmer, rancher, surveyor or oilfield worker and required a workhorse ATV that would work all day, 365 days a year I wouldn't look at anything other than Yamaha and Honda.
It was a great machine and a great introduction into the Can Am brand. In the future I would stay away from higher mileage machines.
If you are looking for a sporty, fast ATV that will give you years of enjoyment I highly recommend the Can Am Renegade 800.


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A Wired Fight Pad is a special Classic Controller designed by Performance Designed Products (PDP) and officially licensed by Nintendo. Created for use with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the controller, as with a normal Classic Controller plugs into a Wii Remote to simulate usage of a Nintendo GameCube controller. Of the seven announced thus far for release on May 1, 2015, there is a Wired Fight Pad based on Samus Aran's colors. The controller is orange and yellow and has buttons in red, green and black, which are the color scheme of her iconic Varia Suit. Above the home buttons is the Screw Attack symbol.
A light and dark blue controller based on Zero Suit Samus will be released on September 15, 2015.
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"This version is based around the intergalactic bounty hunter with a suit of armor, Samus. A bright orange faceplate, green d-pad, as well as black thumbsticks and triggers all draw upon the classic look of Samus' power suit."
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Adding red wine makes everything brilliant. Just one such example is drunken pasta (pasta cooked in red wine, I miss living in Italy ….).
Why not red wine walnut bread? Found a recipe for red wine and cranberry bread. In the uk finding cranberry is rare and expensive so instead I used walnuts (I also really like walnuts).
autolysis :
288 g all-purpose flour
80 g water
123 g red wine
For bread dough:
102 g sourdough starter (at 100% hydration)
6.7 g Salt (1.5 tablespoon)
100 g toasted walnuts
Step 1 for the autolysis (it's self-digestion, it refers to the destruction of a cell through the action of its own enzymes). Mix the flour, water and wine.
This is what wine, water and flour looks like, if you ever wondered. Delicious.
You should get this nice pasty pink goo. Leave it in the fridge for 12hours.
After 12 hours, let it warm up to room temperature (if not its just weird to mix), add the sourdough, salt and walnuts and mix. 4 sets of folds every 20 minutes and then let is proof and rest. A mix of onset winter kitchen coldness and I feel like this recipe takes longer proof. Might be the alcohol, slows everything down. I left it around 18 hours.
pink proofed bread!
In the oven at 230 Celcius –
The outside crust has this light bright colour but the real beauty is the inside. Wonderful mauve colour.
The bread tastes really lovely, it has the earthy warmth to it. The red wine in the bread does not make it taste like red wine. Instead it adds a subtlety and richness to the bread. Now where is my bleu cheese….


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Among the pages of the Housing Resources Directory you will find:
- Countywide lists of affordable housing complexes and homeless shelters.
- Information on the housing programs offered by the County of San Diego Department of Housing and Community Development
- Summaries of the housing services provided by the 18 cities within the county.
- Contact information for organizations that provide support services related to
housing, such as credit counseling or mediation services
- Local reference numbers and housing: Click here (PDF).
- 2-1-1 San Diego is a connection to community services and volunteer opportunities, also contains a database of affordable housing
- The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is responsible for enforcing state fair housing laws that make it illegal to discriminate because of the categories listed in the box "Who is Protected?" The law applies to landlords, real estate agents, home sellers, builders, mortgage lenders, and others. The law prohibits discrimination in all aspects of the housing business, including: Renting or leasing, Sales, Mortgage lending and insurance, Advertising, Practices such as restrictive covenants, new construction.
- Home Repairs for Veterans - San DIego Habitat for Humanity provides repairs to qualifying homeowners to help make exisiting homes owned by veterans safer, more accessible, and energy -efficient.
- Foreclosure Assistance: Need Foreclosure Prevention Counseling? If you are a homeowner needing immediate assistance, contact the Housing Opportunities Collaborative (HOC) at 1-888-995-HOPE or e-mail email@example.com. The HOC can also help first time renters and people looking to enter into the world of home-ownership. The HOC has resources to help you through all of life's transitions and housing related questions.
- San Diego Housing Commission
- San Diego Housing Federation - To ensure that all San Diegans, regardless of income, have a chance at a safe, stable and affordable place to call home.
- Housing Authority of the County of San Diego
- Tenant Legal Center - Information and assistance resource for tenants (and occupants in foreclosures)
- San Diego Regional Alliance for Fair Housing (SDRAFF) - The San Diego Regional Alliance for Fair Housing is a
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- To report housing discrimination contact CSA San Diego. Click here to learn more about Fair Housing.
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development
- On the HUD Lender List Search page select HECM or 203(k) to find lenders: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/housing/sfh/lender/lenderlist
- HERO Program: Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (energy efficient roof )
The Regional Task Force on the Homeless (RTFH) https://www.rtfhsd.org/ is an integrated array of stakeholders committed to preventing and alleviating homelessness in San Diego. We provide essential data and insights on the issue of homelessness, informing policy and driving system design and performance.
In January 2017, RTFH formally merged with the regional Continuum of Care (CoC), a consortium of representatives tasked with strategic planning and coordination of resources to strengthen our collective impact. Leveraging the comprehensive resources of the CoC, the new RTFH has become a singular organization with a singular goal: to end homelessness in the San Diego region.


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Tempted to visit the Kenyan images again tonight and pulled this one out of two students. We arrived a bit late to this school and were forced to make images under the harsh sunlight. The children performed with incredible patience, even took on their own positions rather than following everyone else. It was wonderful to see the play between best friends, how one reacted to the other's serious expression, then how both exploded in laughter after the image was made.
For three weeks we visited elementary schools, institutions for the mentally and physically challenged, a group for widows living with HIV/AIDS… and such experiences changed me for the better. This was where my work took on a more social tone, and one that makes me happy to revisit eight years later.


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A hurricane did little when it passed through New England a couple months ago, but a fairly standard snowstorm on Oct. 29 knocked down trees and power lines all over the state. My family and friends were all safe, but it was still a rough time for me without a way to charge all my electronics. They're sort of like family.
I should've been more prepared with alternative chargers. Who needs the grid with other sources of energy?
One thing to watch out for is that your chosen solution provides the right voltage and amperage for your device. A dumb "universal" charger might, in the best case, not provide enough juice to actually charge your battery. Worst case, your precious electronics get fried. The original charger should list the specs right on it.
Even chargers with USB ports can't necessarily be trusted; while the USB standard specifies 5 volts at 500 milliamps, phone chargers often increase those numbers. My Droid Bionic, for example, sucks down 5.1 volts at 850 milliamps. If it knows it's connected to a computer's USB port, it can compensate and just charge more slowly, but a straight electrical USB connection doesn't work.
So with those caveats out of the way…
• Solar: The best solar chargers incorporate a small battery of their own so they can store power for later use and provide a steady trickle of power rather than spurts only when they're in direct sunlight. Make sure to look for voltage and amperage information on the output port. Pickings in this category used to be slim, but they've really expanded the last few years. Check for offerings from Sunpak, Sunforce, Lenmar, Solio and dozens of other brands. Outdoorsy companies like L.L. Bean and EMS sometimes rebrand those same chargers for their stores. They also might incorporate flashlights and radios. If you're tremendously lucky, they might even list specific phones that can be charged, but you're (slightly) more likely to see voltage and amperage specs.
• Crank: What's even more variable than the strength of sunlight? Your hand. Even at what you consider a steady rate, the speed of your hand turning a crank changes so much, even during a single rotation, that your device needs to be tolerant of fluctuations in order for this to be a practical solution. The cheap ones in the pre-wrapped gift section of the department store still have older, simpler phones in mind; if there's no voltage and amperage output information, steer clear.
• Bigger batteries: When you really want a replacement power source but can't set up a generator, a large battery pack can provide the juice you need — as long as it's kept charged beforehand. Smaller ones often take the form of car jump-starters, complete with clamps to attach to a vehicle's battery. They'll usually include a single 12-volt DC outlet. But they get bigger, with more outlets and more amp-hour capacity to power more devices for longer.
Xantrex really comes into its own in this category. Their XPower 400+ has a 20-amp-hour battery, one 12-volt DC outlet and a two-outlet, 400-watt AC inverter. The XPower 1500 has a whopping 51-amp-hour battery and a 1500-watt inverter with the same outlets. Storing grid AC power in a DC battery, converting it to AC with the inverter and back to DC again with an electronic device charger is a little silly (and wastes energy every time there's a conversion), but if that's what you got, that's what you got.
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Careers in Aviation
How many of us as youngsters have looked in to the sky and marvelled at the aircraft flying overhead? They may be commercial aircraft, little more than a spec on a schedule to distant parts; an executive jet taking someone from the world of business or entertainment to some important meeting or event. It could be an air ambulance heading off to an emergency or military aircraft on an exercise or mission.
Whatever their purpose, they all have one thing in common. The pilots behind the controls have all gone through extensive training to pursue careers in aviation.
There are many routes in to a career in aviation. Many start flying with a friend and go on to complete a private pilot's licence before going on to career based training. Some start at university as part of an RAF Air Squadron. Others start formal training on the back of academic study and direct entry in to a formal training programme. If you are passionate about pursuing a career as a pilot there is probably going to be a route that suits your skills, academic results and ability.
If it has captured your imagination and you are thinking of a career as a pilot, then Flying Start is here to help guide you through the choices, what is involved, where you can go for further information and help.
"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward; for there you have been, and there you long to return".
Leonardo da Vinci
If you are thinking of a career in aviation as a commercial or service pilot, before going any further, it is strongly recommended that you consider taking a Pilot Aptitude Assessment.
For more info or further details follow this link: https://www.airpilots.org/career-matters/careers-information/aptitude-tests/ or go to the Career Matters section of the Air Pilots website.
Aspiring pilot trainees can receive high-quality, effective and proven testing with the Honourable Company of Air Pilots' Aptitude Assessment Scheme, conducted at RAF Cranwell by experienced (current and retired) commercial and military aircrew.
- Pilots require rare and complex skills
- Training them is one of the most costly regimes in the world and the need for efficient pre-selection is self-evident
- The aim is to reveal candidates' trainability based on natural ability
- Natural ability is synonymous with aptitude
- Aircrew aptitude is the innate potential to develop high performance skills
- Aptitude testing is the scientific measurement of human ability
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The minor gain in unit growth was largely due to a shrinking consumer base. According to Ipsos, the number of U.S. households that bought one book for someone under the age of 14 fell to 33% in 2003 from 35% in 2002. Children's book purchases did pick up in the second half of the year, led by the June release of Potter and a strong fourth quarter.


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World Energy Unveils "Demand Response" Auctions, Disrupting a Market Dominated by Boston's EnerNOC
It's so costly and complicated to build new generating plants these days that utilities would rather prepare for periods of peak demand, such as hot summer days, by buying "negawatts"—that is, by agreeing to pay big customers like factories, stores, and municipalities to dial back their electricity use when called upon. EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC), a sweetheart of the Boston technology community since its 2007 IPO, has built a big business around pooling customers who want to participate in these so-called "demand response" programs and remotely managing their electricity use when the call comes in from grid operators. EnerNOC profits by keeping a percentage of the operators' per-megawatt payments.
But while EnerNOC is the largest and most successful of the so-called "curtailment service providers" (CSPs), there is growing competition in its industry—and now the company is getting some very unwelcome news. World Energy (NASDAQ: XWES), a Worcester, MA-based company known for operating online reverse auctions in which energy suppliers compete to win contracts with big customers, announced today that it's getting into the demand response market. This means that for the first time, customers in deregulated electricity markets who want to be paid for their curtailable load will be able to solicit bids online from competing curtailment service providers, then choose the provider offering the highest price (meaning the most attractive percentage split).
EnerNOC, in other words, is gradually losing its first-mover advantage. It may soon have to cope with a market in which it's no longer the first and only curtailment service provider to approach new customers, but instead must compete with dozens of other providers in electronic auctions specifically designed to drive bidders' profit margins down.
The irony is that EnerNOC, which built its business on smoothing out inefficiencies in electrical supply and demand, is now seeing that business disrupted by another young, technology-based company that sees the demand response market itself as inefficient.
From World Energy's point of view, customers thinking about joining demand response pools have had no way, up to now, to determine the fair market value of their curtailable load. Indeed, it sees its auction service as providing both competition and transparency. It's portraying the service, which it has already tested in the "PJM" grid region covering 13 Midwest and Middle Atlantic states, as a boon for both electricity users and curtailment service providers, since it provides a ready-made meeting ground.
"We see this as a win-win," says Phil Adams, president and chief operating officer at World Energy. "The customer gets a good price for what they're looking for, meaning the highest share of the fees, and on the other side the CSP gets access to a customer that is ready to contract for zero sales cost." (In return for running its auctions, World Energy keeps a small percentage of any payouts from the curtailment agreements its users negotiate.)
The reaction to World Energy's move from executives at EnerNOC might best be described as dismissive.
On the one hand, the company says it welcomes anything that makes the demand response market more competitive. "Competition spurs innovation," says Gregg Dixon, EnerNOC's senior vice president of marketing. "If we were the only ones who were successful in demand response—and I think it's safe to say we are the only ones who have been truly successful so far, having just had our first profitable quarter—it wouldn't be healthy for the industry."
But at the same time, EnerNOC argues that demand response capacity isn't a simple commodity like the other forms of energy traded on World Energy's platform, and that auctions are therefore a poor way for customers to discover the true value of a relationship with a curtailment service provider.
"I've seen their auctions platform, and it's not a stretch to say that it's world-class," says Dixon. "We just don't think it has a tremendous amount of applicability for demand response, if customers are trying to get the most out of program participation." While an online reverse auction might be a good way for customers to get the best percentage split for their curtailment commitments, Dixon says, it won't help them discover which service providers are best at tasks like identifying curtailable load or managing load during an actual demand-response event.
For World Energy, demand response auctions are a natural extension of the company's existing business running auctions for power and gas contracts, carbon emissions allowances, and renewable-energy credits. (For more on those sides of World Energy's operations, see our May 2008 and July 2009 features.) "We're sticking to our knitting, but taking our technology and migrating it across similar commodity markets," says Adams. "With the rise of demand response, we felt like we needed an option, because our customers were looking for one-stop shopping" in energy management services.
The company briefly considered acquiring a curtailment service provider—there are 50 to 70 such providers in the PJM market alone, according to Adams. But sometime in 2009, he says, "the light bulb went off, and we said, 'Wait, aren't there enough CSPs out there that we could actually build a market and do the same thing as we do with our retail energy providers?' We explored it, and we have tested the concept, and now we're moving into full launch mode."
World Energy tried its demand response auctions first in the PJM market, where it has many existing customers. (The name comes from Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland, but the interconnected grid region actually covers all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia as well.) One World Energy customer, Gerber's Poultry of Kidron, OH, says that it will earn over $100,000 in demand response payments as a result of the agreement it reached through a reverse auction. "We found watching the auction unfold very exciting," Gerber's chief financial officer John Metger said in a press statement prepared by World Energy. "There wasn't much bidding activity at first, but as the end point of the auction drew near, the bids were flying, driving up our overall share of revenue."
Adams emphasizes that World Energy brings value to the demand response market by handling a lot of the spade work that curtailment service providers might otherwise have to do themselves. "It is very expensive to acquire customers in the demand response space," he says. "There's a lot of market education and preparing customers and helping them figure out how much they can curtail. Oftentimes that makes the transaction more cost-effective on both sides. We're not trying to pit one side against the other—we're here in the middle trying to make the process easy for the buyer and the seller."
Back at EnerNOC, however, Gregg Dixon argues an auction provider like World Energy isn't really qualified to help customers increase the return on their participation in a demand response program. "Demand response is a very nuanced service in terms of how you maximize the dollars you get," he says. In fact, EnerNOC lists 19 "points of value" that it delivers to its customers, including site visits that help to identify all of the ways they can curtail electrical demands, and installing equipment that delivers the full amount of curtailment promised in demand response agreements.
In the absence of such measures, customers wind up leaving money on the table during demand-response events, he argues, even if they did win a higher percentage split. "We have a saying internally, '80 percent of nothing is nothing,'" Dixon says. "If you get a provider to say they'll give you 80 percent of the revenue stream but then they don't communicate it to you when there is a demand response event and you miss it, you get nothing. If you have 1,000 kilowatts of load that you can reduce but you don't have the technology supporting your program participation, on average that capacity is going to perform far below that."
But the way Adams sees it, EnerNOC makes far too much of the "nuances" behind demand response. He says utility customers are quickly getting savvy about smart-grid technology.
"I don't think it would have been possible for us to do what we're doing three or four years ago, because the markets weren't as mature," Adams says. "The initial set-up cost was way too high. But now those costs are coming down, and there are simpler Internet-based solutions that require fewer site visits and less equipment. We didn't have any CSP say to us, when we announced these auctions with two to three days' notice, 'Hey, hold on guys, we've got to fly out to Gerber's Poultry and look at their buildings to see if we can bid.' They are taking it as an article of faith that they can get the customer ready for the summer season without any big complications."
To Dan Mees, vice president of corporate communications at World Energy, it's not surprising that EnerNOC is unenthused about the arrival of auction-based markets in the demand response industry—but he predicts that the Boston company will change its tune eventually. "The analogy is to our experience with the retail energy market, where we have run so many auctions," says Mees. "When we first started doing it, were all of the suppliers delighted to be put into hypercompetitive auction format and have their margins squeezed? No, they weren't. But we now work with 400 suppliers around the country and they value us as a channel to market."
At the moment, the idea that World Energy and EnerNOC will eventually see eye to eye seems optimistic, as a little story from one of World Energy's early demand response auctions reveals. EnerNOC was one of the bidders in a January auction for a demand response contract with a wastewater treatment facility in the PJM region. "We still don't know the outcome" of that auction, Gregg Dixon told me. "In fact one of the misperceptions about auctions is that they always end in a finalized agreement. I can almost guarantee that what happened in this case was that somebody was dumb enough to say, 'We will give you 90 percent of the revenue stream,' and then when the customer went to contract with them and saw all the fine print around the other 18 points of value, they said, 'Wait a minute.'"
But according to Andrew Thomas, senior vice president of operations at World Energy, the auction in question led to a finalized agreement—and all participants in the auction, including EnerNOC, got e-mails announcing the outcome weeks ago. "They were definitely notified," Thomas says. "And in general, we overlay standard terms and conditions to make sure that all of the auction participants are very comfortable. There aren't any surprises at the end for the seller or for the CSP."
While EnerNOC and World Energy circle one other warily, major electric consumers interested in profiting from demand response contracts have some new options to think about. With the cost and regulatory difficulties of building new power plants increasing—meaning that utilities are willing to pay more and more for "negawatts"—there's too much money at stake for major electricity users to ignore the opportunity. Indeed, the demand response market is going to grow to $20 billion a year by 2020, according to Barclays Capital. Yet the percentage of the potential market that has been penetrated by curtailment service providers so far is still in the single digits. So while World Energy may end up forcing EnerNOC and its brethren into accepting a smaller slice of the demand response pie, the pie itself is still huge—and largely uneaten.
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When the former State Department spokesperson, Marie Harf, said "we need to go after ISIS's root causes, like the lack of job opportunities", she may have gotten the principle right, but the population wrong. It may arguably be true that if the ISIS recruits were gainfully employed, many would not join in the Islamic revolution. However, ISIS soldiers are not from just the unemployed ranks, but from all strata of society. A better description of the ISIS recruits is that most are either religious zealots or social 'misfits'. Finding no place in their normal society, they look for acceptance where they can find it. Unfortunately, their choice will cost many lives and probably their own lives at well.
The population Ms. Harf should have been referencing are black males, who are predominantly from single-parent homes. Black families, with children under 18 headed by a single mother, have the highest rate of poverty at 47.5% compared to only 8.4% of black married couple families. Children raised in these single parent homes are 3X more likely to end up in prison and 50% more likely to be poor as adults, according to the Heritage Foundation. "Young black males commit homicides at a rate 10x greater than white or Hispanics combined," stated Bill O'Riley.
With limited job opportunities available in the ghetto communities, crime offers more than the limited wage. But to be eligible for opportunities that will raise them out of the ghetto, dramatic changes need to be made in our education system--- more targeted to preparing them for the work force that matches their talents and teaching how to succeed through honest means. Basic elementary education to prepare them to enter society at the level they are best suited for, but with opportunity to go onto levels of higher education.
The rise in single parent families is not just seen in the black community, but is more prevalent. The reasons fall into three categories--- social, religious and economic. Past religious traditions of marriage and the commitments that come with it are becoming more aberrations than the norm.
In 1963, only 6% of all American babies were born out of wedlock. That number has now risen to 41% of all populations and 72% of the black population. The stigma of being born out of wedlock is gone, just as the institution of marriage as a prerequisite before moving in together. Without the formal commitment of marriage, many, if not most, of these relationships fail. Far too often one parent is left with all the responsibilities and the financial burdens that come with raising children.
The social entitlement programs of Medicaid, CHIP, food stamps, and Chapter 8 housing, are all intended to help those in poverty. But they lack the needed incentives to lift those who come to rely on them out of their impoverished existence. In 2005, the poverty rate in this country was 12.6% and it has increased to 14.5% today, even though over $4.5 trillion has been spent on these anti-poverty programs during that time.
It's not just where individuals come from but their opportunities when they are employable. William A. Darity Jr. of Duke University claims, "that blacks are the last to be hired in a good economy, and when there's a downturn, they're the first to be released." A 2010 Currant Population Survey agreed that blacks in the work force were the first fired in a weakened business cycle. But early in the business cycle, if they unemployed versus nonparticipants in the labor force, the irony is they are frequently hired first.
There are answers to these growing problems that are turning many of our major cities into poverty riddled ghettos, where federal entitlement programs are the only hope and crime is the best means survival. It must come in three areas--- education, morality and opportunity. At the early ages, students must be set on realistic pathways--- trade schools and on-the-job mentoring versus gearing everyone toward a traditional college education. Instilling the moral concept of doing good for others, even is there is no direct benefit--- that it's not always just about me. Finally, realistic opportunities to move out of their impoverished communities.
In early 1973, it was announced by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird that no further draft orders would be issued. It could possibly be time to bring it back. On first look, conscription (another form of the draft that pertains also to peacetime programs) is an idea that could deal with the multiple problems that State Department spokesman, Marie Harf, was referencing when she used the term opportunities. According to the latest numbers in 2011, 64 countries still had some form of conscription, which predominately targets young males. Conscription increases opportunities because it teaches certain skill sets that are not all military oriented. It also teaches respect for authority, discipline and personal responsibility--- disciplines that are missing in many single parent homes today. Israel and Switzerland are two countries that exemplify that there should be a price to pay to grow up in the United States and not just wait for the next welfare check and food stamps.
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A decade ago, Noelene Kotschan started an initiative that would go on to make great strides in the fight against breast cancer. By Nwabisa Ngumbela
'I knew change needed to happen to combat breast cancer. And that change had to start with me,' explains Noelene Kotschan, founder of PinkDrive.
An initiative like no other, the PinkDrive is a non-profit company (NPC) that provides education and awareness through their mobile mammography and gynaecology services. It was an extraordinarily ambitious undertaking, but a necessary one in order to bring their message to fruition: early detection saves lives.
Touch and go
'The start-up stages were a challenge, mostly because the PinkDrive was (and still is) the only cancer organisation in the NPC space that provides specialised mammography services in the form of a truck. There was no blueprint we could follow,' recalls Noelene.
There was also major professional jealousy within the non-governmental organisation (NGO) and NPC space. 'The other cancer organisations would not get involved with us or try to help on a collaborative platform. And we had little support from the majority of medical clinicians.'
Baby steps
Then, of course, there were the logistics of building the actual truck. 'It all came together without much knowledge from my side. I just crossed my fingers and hoped for the best.'
Luckily, says Noelene, there were those who believed in her. With a few dedicated clinicians and businesses by her side, her dream slowly started to come together. 'Over a period of four years, we started to prove to all the naysayers that we were here to stay. We overcame a number of hurdles andeventually individuals and corporates began to realise the benefit of their involvement in the initiative. We were able to demonstrate the value of the brand and its sustainability.'
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When the time came to build another vehicle, a different approach was taken. This truck, Mammo2, is a world first. On one side, the unit offers a room where gynaecology services can be offered, and on the other side, the professional mammography service.
'Our aim is to build more mobile units to take our services to the people of this beautiful country, even if it is just one truck in one province at a time. The more women and men we can educate on the importance of early detection (of any disease), the fewer orphans we will have.'
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The PinkDrive units travel to semi-urban and urban areas all around South Africa with the end goal ofenabling largely disadvantaged groups access to women's health services. These services include freehealth education, pap smears, mammograms and breast exams, as well as instruction on how to conduct breast self-examinations.
'Our main aim is to expand our health services, which will inevitably include services such as HIV, TB, diabetes and hypertension tests, and inoculation of babies.'
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Noelene says they are always looking for any help they can get. They have a host of needs, most important of which is sourcing funds and equipment as well as services from suppliers that will help with some of their running costs. And they are very grateful for every single donation that comes their way. Here's how you can get involved:
• Shop at Shop4Cancer and show your support by giving a gift that really makes a difference.
• SMS the word 'PinkDrive' to 40158 to donate R20. Your small change can help make a big change!
• PinkDrive features at all major SA sporting events. You can run, cycle or swim for the cause, or encourage those who are doing it by cheering them on. There are plenty of ways to show your support.
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The organisation decided to get an ambassador for their brand, and they thought no one could fit the slot better than actor Anthony Oseyemi. He threw his weight behind the great Relate Bracelets PinkDrive campaign to promote awareness of breast health. Ads featuring Anthony were placed in media publications as well as in DonnaClaire and Foschini stores countrywide. And they managed to raise close to R650 000! Well done, guys.
This article was first published by The Foschini Group Club magazine on 29 October 2015. Click here to view original.


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Bimini top, full enclosure, kitchen (fridge, sink, microwave, stove, storage), Removable table, 2 outlets, CD AM/FM stereo, two twin size beds, propane bbq, toilet with shower, GPS, Fish finder, 4 fishing rod holders, swimming platform, Coast Guard radio and more.
The pick up can be arranged to be either from a public dock in Sausalito or San Francisco.
Approximate itinerary (flexible): We will cruise past Sausalito harbor, under Golden Gate bridge to Light house, then back along SF fisherman's wharf till Bay Bridge, then to Alcatraz and Angel Island and finally back to Sausalito harbor.
There is also an option to dock at Angel Island ($15 docking fee) and enjoy live music from the cafe, hike on the island or just have a drink and enjoy the sun. Other docking spots include Tiburon @ Sam's, San Francisco near La Mar restaurant and Sausalito @Trident restaurant. Please note that docking on first come first served basis and might not be available on the busy day. Also for docking @ Trident reservations are required.
Exceeded all expectations and will do it again and agin. Thank you so much, it was an absolute dream to do the bay on our terms for once, So glad we finally found a convenient and affordable way to do it.
Ruslan and his boat were great. Boat was in great condition and the day was perfect. We went out under the Golden Gate and watched some whales, went back and watched a bit of the game at AT&T, then made a pit stop at Angel Island per Ruslan's recommendation. Good guy. Spent about five hours on the water and that was more than enough.
Rusian is great. On time, organized, clear and helpful. But his boat, as he says, is not a speedboat. I wanted a speedboat. But it's clean and packed; if you want to tour or fish. it's recommended.
Excellent boat, very attentive owner, he gave many useful tips and described important nuances. I was absolutely happy with the rent and I can definitely recommend Ruslan!
This rental is a tremndous way to cruise the Bay. The boat is clean and well maintained and Ruslan was as accomodating as could be. The slip is safe and marina is easy to navigate. Alcatraz is 15 minutes under mid power and the GG bridge is also very close. Marine life is all around for a pleasurable afternoon. I did do a slight bit of fishimg as well but wasnt teying too hard so the results were tough to guage. I would highly recommend renting from Ruslan.
The boat was in excellent shape and Ruslan was prompt and very helpful in all steps of the way. We all had a great time!


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Last year somehow without knowing it, I picked up "white pickle" seed. (I'm sure it has a name but I have no clue what it is.) It just so happened I hadn't perfected my pickle recipe yet, and all those white pickles got canned with a very "vinegary" (new word) recipe. It'll make you pucker.
Later in the summer, someone gave me a bunch of green pickles and I canned those with the "best pickle recipe ever". My grandkids loved them. They loved them so much that I am now done canning pickles in pints -- it's all quarts from now on.
They loved them so much that all the green pickles are gone.
I tried to pass off the white pickles as the green one's two Sunday's ago.
My kids didn't raise no dummies.
There's probably about 20 pints of white pickles in the pantry. I'm not eating them!
(I made sure to buy green pickle seed for this year's garden.)
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Zaira Wasim who has won hearts of millions with her power-packed performance in Aamir Khan-starrer 'Dangal', became the victim of sexual harassment on a flight.
The 'Secret Superstar' actress took to photo-blogging site Instagram and shared her dreadful experience through a live-video to the world.
Talking about the incident, a teary-eyed Zaira alleged that a middle-aged man sitting in the row behind her on Delhi-Mumbai flight attempted to molest her.
The man allegedly put his feet on the armrest of her chair and was touching her neck and her back with his feet.
"I just landed, the whole irony of this that I yelled… and this is not done… this is not how you should be treated or made to feel… this is terrible," she is heard saying in the video while wiping away her tears.
"Is this how you're going to take care of girls?" she added.
The 17-year-old actress tried to record the incident but due to dim lights failed to do the same. Zaira managed to get a screenshot of the man's misdeed in which he is seen sticking his leg trying to touch her inappropriately.
The Dangal girl got no help from the flight crew even on complaining and ends her video saying, "Who is going to help us Girls? If we don't help ourselves, nobody will come ahead".
Meanwhile, Air Vistara has promised to take necessary steps regarding the incident and said, "we have seen the reports regarding Zaira Wasim's experience with another customer on board last night."
"We are carrying out a detailed investigation and will support Zaira in every way required. We have zero tolerance for such behaviour," they added.
We do not know why all this is happening in India only. People are so educated but disparate at the same time.
Always doing same thing when these things will be stopped. Are girls will be safe in future?