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Saturday, January 30, 2010
I Love Regus Businessworld's Spirit of Freedom!
For the past 10 years working at law firms, where I worked hundreds of hours of overtime, being required to be at my desk space was even more intense. Such is why when I discovered a new lifestyle, of having my own businesses using the Regus Businessworld lounges, I discovered for the first time in my life a sense of freedom in the business world.
Thanks to Regus, I'm no longer required to go to the same office each day, with the same people and petty politics. Now people call me from all over the city (and even from other states!) and tell me which Regus office they'd like to meet at. These aren't your typical kind of offices either, these are top notch stylish offices with nice views of San Francisco and the bay.
Just like a typical corporation, Regus has coffee and tea condiments available for its members. Suddenly, I find there's no boss, no petty politics, no real time demands, while the nice office, coffee, and many professional nice people are still there! At some of the Regus offices there's even a MAC to use.
Take for instance one of my favorite business locations at One Market, Spear Tower, on the 36th floor. This particular office allows its Business World Gold Card Members a large conference meeting room with a huge window overlooking San Francisco Bay. I recently had a meeting with an affiliate business representative in one of the offices. It's a great backdrop for any meeting. Regus also offers its Gold Card Members coffee and tea for their customers. There's a two customer at a time limit however.
For those looking for a way to break free from the traditional business world, Regus Businessworld is a good way to start-up your business on the cheap. When business grows, Regus offers other packages as well. For now I only pay $90 a month for two business addresses at a prestigious location. When you have a virtual office package, Regus even offers a FREE Gold Member Card that includes access to a free wireless connection. I had actually started with Regus first paying for the Gold Card because I didn't know it was free with the virtual office package.
Regus Businessworld is a great way to network and meet independent business owners. They have offices all over the world Gold Card Members can use.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Cyber Stalking Slumlord
When one stands up to criminals and people of lowly sleazy character, one often pays a price. Such individuals will commonly lash out, lie, call you unethical and overall give you a hard time. In the case of such nasty individuals one just has to keep moving forward with the facts.
One can certainly hope this management company doesn't use their cyber stalker, public nuisance employee to torment their tenants. God only knows what should happen if one of the tenants ever rises up against a sleazy slumlord manager. What kind of bullying, intimidation and humiliation might they possibly face?
"Sunrise Management" is "Slumrise Management"
by yankeeholiday at Citysearch
I cannot describe this management company without using all of the words forbidden by this service. I will only say that once you are under a lease with this company you are on your own. The law of the jungle rules in your apartment complex. They basically do not care what goes on in the apartment as long as they get the rent. Then you try to talk to the owners to tell the owners what is going on and they will not tell you who the owners are. This has got to the worst management company in the world. Do not get involved with them or you will be sorry. It is a living hell.
- Pros: good if you are a terrible tenant
- Cons: everything about them
by jacis1039 at Citysearch
- Pros: NOT A GOOD COMPANY AT ALL!
- Cons: NOT A GOOD COMPANY AT ALL!
Property Managers who break the laws to make the buck
by MadRenter at Citysearch
This company is all about the bottom dollar. The regional managers (especially Tracy Walker) treat the tenants like second class citizens. If you have a complaint, when the phone is finally answered, they turn it back on you. I had a dispute regarding a payment, one I had proof had been made, and Tracy put a 3 day notice on the door dated 2 days before she actually had it posted. By 9 am the next day I was told there was nothing I could do, the eviction had already been filed. When I requested the name of the owner of the building I was told that Sunrise was advised to no longer speak to me. All this because I reported their company for code violations.
- Pros: I no longer live there
- Cons: I, like 1/4 of their previous tenants now how an eviction on my record
Its all about the money to them, and when they are ready you are gone in a flash.
by jbarnes92104 at Citysearch
When you move into their properties dont do so with the expectation that they will follow the laws as far as renting go. Properties are not fixed, they do not give notice before entering, and they will try to get money from you any way they can. Dont try and complain about anything or you will get a 30 days notice.
- Pros: There are one or two good people in the company
- Cons: they dont answer their phones, and the regional managers lie and yell all the time.
Senior Dilemna
by Laine09 at Citysearch
Most seniors need affordable housing, especially when they must live alone. Now that there is no COLA, there should NOT be yearly increases on rent at The Orchard Apartments on Hancock Street. This is the main reason I changed my mind about renting from a greedy management company, such as yours!
- Pros: Grow Your Own Garden
- Cons: Rent Increases (Yearly)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
A Cyber Stalker Needed His Meds Today
My Alleged Fraud Businesses, Imaginary Business Offices, Etc.
Among Cyber #1's many crazy allegations, he claims my businesses are all frauds. He also alleges I have a mail drop for an office, yet I work at the alleged mail drop and all over the city at Regus Offices. I'm a Gold Card Member at Regus having access to meet with clients all over the city at their business lounges.
Being a mobile notary, I also have virtual offices for two business, meaning I pick up mail there and can lawfully use the address as my business office. Besides, I do actually work there at times. They have small offices in their business lounge their members can use, a perfect place for me to notarize documents. Attorneys also use Regus offices, it's not a crime. You can rent offices by the hour as well. There's nothing unlawful or underhanded in using Regus offices to conduct one's business! People use Regus facilities all over the world. It's a cool way of conducting business.
The address she gives on her websites is just a maildrop. It is also an address for Regus Meeting Facilities, HLM Venture Partners, Incyte Capital LLC, and the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANIES.
This guy is also inspiring the public to complain about me to the various associations I'm a member of and to "get me off the streets". This is an example of mentally ill Nazi fascism if there ever was. It's an example of someone who thinks I shouldn't be able to conduct business and live a life in America for whatever reasons he deems are justified. This is an example of an anarchist who has his own court of law for me.
"COMPLAIN to the City of San Francisco about this woman."
"Is that the way an ethical Notary acts? [you mean, by filing valid lawsuits against anonymous defaming posters such as yourself? [Note: Wollmann's Motion to Strike Entire Complaint was Denied on May 5, 2010] Yes! I'm a public servant professional who detects fraud and identity theft] Is that the way a SANE person acts? SFPD please take this maniac off the streets! SHEESH!" [A psychopath can't comprehend people change, life changes over time. You can't hold a notary public hostage in your perverted court of nonsense].
7. Does the County and City of San Francisco know of Merrill's virulent anti-gay and anti-lesbian diatribes? [Talk about delusional!! OMG, this guy is so off his rocker writing this stuff - he's clearly in need of meds}If CALDA, NNA, the Women's Network of Entrepeneurs, and Lawyers & Legal Professionals using JD Supra, etc. didn't know about her history, criminal records, and overall paranoid, obsessive, unethical and sickening behavior, they will now. Merrill seeks "dirt' on attorneys who respond to her frivolous complaints. [this is really revealing since it shows the individual is clearly involved in the dispute to write such a thing.] She would be a hypocrite if she didn't welcome all these organizations being made aware of all the "dirt" on her.
The guy who keeps writing this stuff should consider it ends up here on this blog for visitors to evaluate for themselves along with factual evidence provided about my two lawsuits. To see how a cyber operates to defame his victims, check out the testimony of the Court Hearing Transcript. It shows how these guys write anonymously about their victims with extreme contempt of their being alleged criminals.
The recent posts were created with an anonymous proxy program and the cowardly cyber uses Windows NT 5.1 - this is evidence I can use regardless:
Injection-Info: feeder.eternal-september.org;Each cyber punk's post also gets rated and responded to with factual information of the true state of reality, as well as reported to Google for posting my home address information. Cyber #1 has a restraining order hearing scheduled March 12. Cyber #2 already has a restraining order he received on September 23, 2009. Both cyber punks are defendants in two separate lawsuits. Those are the facts!
logging-data="24692"; mail-complaints-to=
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; I; Windows NT 5.1; en-
EU; rv:220.127.116.11)
The National Notary Association always acts for the public good during times of disaster asking its notaries to donate to such tragedies such as the Haitian earthquake.
It's so sad people are struggling for their lives in Haiti while such a parasite as this cyber has a dark hedonistic primal urge to spend his time maligning complete strangers on-line rather than doing something good on behalf of others. Mr. Cyber loves to feel that burning sensation within his hedonistic anti-soul that he's got power and control over his victim.
The Court will be doing a Google search to view the fruits of this cyber's labors and assessing damages accordingly thereof.
Americans Sign Petition to Repeal First Amendment
Since I've been summoned within the past few months to two courts outside my domicile that have no personal jurisdiction over me (Walnut Creek and San Diego, CA), over my First Amendment Rights to post on my blog about cyber stalkers, I thought this video was appropriate. Judges are clearly abusing their discretion to harass bloggers over their First Amendment Rights.
Considering I never contacted Cyber #2, that there were no police reports whatsoever, and Cyber #1 had much similar circumstances, it does appear the First Amendment is under attack and judges appear to be using restraining orders, in which they are given much discretion, to attack people's First Amendment Rights. What this means is anyone can walk into their local court and lie about someone and the court will oblige to summon such person 500 miles away. The good news is you can sue them for damages later if you can prove their misrepresented and lied to the judge.
George Orwell's 1984 Alive and Well in the U.S.
Basically, when I stood up to these cyber punks, they went to the local authorities with various lies and false allegations after they butchered my name on-line accusing me of being a criminal among other things. Both cybers also admit going to the FBI! The two courts granted these cyber punks full rights to bring me into court based on their perjury in spite of my protesting its having no personal jurisdiction outside my domicile. Judges are ignoring the "forum non-inconeviens" jurisdiction protest making excuses based on another's fraud to deny it.
Americans often confuse the First Amendment with things such as defamation. Defamation isn't a First Amendment Right and is unlawful. What they cyber punks do is first set up their victim using anonymous defamatory posts, then they walk into the local authorities hoping they will conspire with them against their victim. It's a guys thing, like they have this secret male code of honor of "hey bro, read up on this witch! Help me make my dream come true to make her a criminal!"
So, basically what these unlawful "big brother" Orwelian cyberstalkers have thus far successfully demonstrated is how they can give their victim a hard time by summoning them into a court of law far away, based on perjury and fraud. What they didn't count on for me is that I have the time, resources and legal knowledge to ultimately defeat them. The average person wouldn't stand a chance dealing with these cybers. Few can afford the attorney fees let alone have the necessary time and patience.
Thus far two California judges have demonstrated they have no regard for the U.S. Constitution, including summoning someone in protest under forum non-conveniens 500 miles outside one's domicile over baseless accusations over one's blog posts. It's fortunate judge #2, appointed by the infamous widely held incompetent Governor Schwarzenegger, was taken completely out of the situation being transferred to a new court. I was able to get my case heard first in another court nearby where I can appear telephonically rather than being forced on a plane to testify in person.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Edmond Wollmann's Subpoena to SkepticTank.org
In spite of Wollmann's recent crazy subpoena to it, SkepticTank.org isn't intimidated by phony copyright infringement threats as some of the other sites have been. I've noted a few of my blog's former links are now broken due to people being intimidated to remove information. Edmond Wollmann can be considered a public figure for having a book on Amazon while having also been on television programs in the 1980's. Wollmann's posts, emails and letters can easily be referenced under "fair use" copyright laws.
I don't necessarily agree that astrology causes insanity but the article is worth noting. If one scrolls down the article, one can see how Edmond Wollmann contacted the FBI complaining about his website being dislodged at the top of the search engines and all kinds of bizarre delusional paranoid type of stuff.
Here's a small blurb from the article.
It would be interesting to see if belief in astrology for long periods of time can cause paranoid delusions or expressions of other cognitive difficulties. Such an academic study might be able to explain astrologers who express unusual notions such as Mr. Edmond H. Wollmann's unfortunate public comments. Take a glance at this particular quote provided under the terms of "Fair Use" directly from one of Mr. Wollmann's many Internet web pages.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Court Transcripts of Restraining Order Hearing Revealing
Back in July, 2009 while I was enjoying a rare vacation in Las Vegas, Cyber #2 walked into a small town judge claiming I had allegedly sent some non-threatening document to him from Vancouver, Washington. He also claimed I had stalked his girlfriend (50+ years old) 18 times, and that I posted about him on the Internet. The later was the only thing that was partially true.
It's true I had posted articles about Cyber #2 in some minimal capacity, but only under First Amendment Rights due to his activities against myself and his other victims who contacted me. I had done nothing unlawful whatsoever. If Cyber #2 believed what I wrote was defamatory, he should have filed a lawsuit complaint as such instead of claiming I had harassed him. I never contacted Cyber #2 except once in 2006 by email, and didn't know anything about his girlfriend.
The Walnut Creek Superior Court was in complete error to violate my First Amendment Rights and summon me to another city over this matter. Especially when I had initially contested its jurisdiction and under forum non-inconveniens! It should have been dismissed on the spot when I showed up protesting jurisdiction. Instead they wanted to reschedule. No way! The court continually overstepped the U.S. Constitution in requiring no evidence of contact related harassment, including not requesting any real police reports from Cyber #2 he claimed to have filed.
Cyber #2's Reemergence After Name Change in 2007
When the cyber sent me an anonymous threatening message through my new music site in May, 2009, I traced it to the Apple Computer Store in Walnut Creek. Apple conducted an investigation and told me there was a name change. I then contacted an attorney through my Pre-Paid Legal Plan, Ricardo Mercado of Parker Stanbury LLP for a cease and desist letter. It took the law firm several weeks to produce the final draft letter, then we learned of the name change, so the entire process was stalled about a month. Prior to my sending the letter, Cyber #2 applied for a RO claiming I had harassed him. This even after he sent me an anonymous postcard among other things.
It takes a lot to stand up to cyberstalking criminals who hide behind anonymous ID's who viciously sabotage their victims. This court transcript reveals how two other parties experienced the same mean spirited vicious activities I did.
Cyber Stalker's Vulnerabilities
In evaluating the greatest vulnerabilities of these cyber stalkers who pose anonymously to do their dirty deeds, I'd have to say their claim of complete innocence and victimization by their victims has got to be a huge gapping problem for them in a court of law. Their denials and lack of self reflection demonstrate they have a mental disorder of some sort. Their delusions also tend to present themselves in a court of law by means of various discovery.
My Duty as an American Citizen to Protest
Lastly, it's my duty as an American citizen to protest whenever the government oversteps the U.S. Constitution to violate one's First Amendment Rights. Basically, Cyber #2 was able to have the court summon me to another jurisdiction to address what really comes down to my blog article disclosures of his unlawful victimization of myself and two other victims. These few articles were well within my rights. I was also falsely accused of posting materials another party posted long ago.
I recently had a legal document assistant tell me her application on behalf of a client for a temporary restraining order against a registered sex offender recently released from prison, a former husband, was not granted. Go figure what's wrong with our court system. They require an enormous amount of evidence to protect victims of real criminals, while they allow psychos like Cyber #2 the scantiest farce of information to get a temporary restraining order against their victim.
Court Hearing Transcript
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Scary Times; Defendant Astrologer Requests My Time of Birth
It starts out:
On Oct 13, 4:52*am, Lou Seffer <7thcir...@downbelow.net> wrote:
> Edmond Wollmann lied:
> > I live in a gated community,
> Nice delusions of grandeur, kook. You live in a shitty apartment complex
> with a fence around it.
> > if someone comes to my gates they must
> > state who they are and their purpose, if they lie and don't identify
> > themselves, I don't have to let them in.
> Right. I'll bet you have a moat around your "castle" too.
> All those incredible defenses, such unbeatable security, and yet you
> still got SERVED, you lying dumbfuck.
Evidently the server breached the gates illegally by tresspassing, or unlawfully entered by following a tenant in while the gate was open. Either way all he did was stuff it in my door, he never identitified himself.
There are dozens of pages of posts on this site's thread, one in which EW dwells on the alleged imposter who sent me emails trying to frame him for writing me. Someone took the posts and transferred them onto www.NNTPnews.net, which is the Global Usenet Archiver. More info for my discovery.
Then there's this one:
Will this guy ever knock this stuff off? I once even offered him money to get over it! Then when he didn't respond to my cease and desist letters I filed a lawsuit. I then offered him a settlement agreement after he took down his blog and all he had to do was agree to stop posting stuff under my name. He prefers to obsess over me and try to find out my astrological information details.
Here are some other examples of recent defamatory posts of an extremely jealous, vicious man who can't stop posting malicious materials. I was fully background checked by the government three times already, yet this man wants to hold me hostage in his own court of law because he's an anarchist.
Example of Recent Defamation #1
Example of Defamation #2
What kind of reasonable individual would post in the midst of having a lawsuit filed against him for the Plaintiff's time of birth data? Who in their right mind?
- Link to Site with EW Posts about Cheryl Merrill
- Second Link to Site with EW Posts about Cheryl Merrill
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Swarm of Earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park Intensifies
This "swarm" as they call it, has come after an 11 months of quiet seismic activity. The most devastating earthquake in recent history in Yellowstone was in 1959 and a magnitude of 7.3.
According to scientists, this swarm isn't anything abnormal and doesn't indicate any impending volcanic eruption activity.
At this time the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory does not consider the swarm to be unusual and the earthquakes are likely related to tectonic fault sources. Also there is no indication of premonitory volcanic or hydrothermal activity, but ongoing analyses will evaluate these different sources. Information on the earthquake can be viewed at the University of Utah Seismograph Stations: http://www.seis.utah.edu/.
Seismograph recordings from stations of the Yellowstone seismograph station can be viewed online at: http://quake.utah.edu/helicorder/yell_webi.htm.
Anyone who has felt earthquakes in the swarm are encouraged to fill out a form on the USGS Community Felt reports web site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi/.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Oh No, Yellowstone's Shaking!
From recent Discovery Channel publicity, Yellowstone is widely recognized as the epicenter of a super volcano. They claim we're due for a super volcanic eruption that happens every few hundred thousands of years. Should that volcano ever blow, it's the end of the United States and much of civilization as we know it. I sincerely doubt the super volcano will blow but the very fact it could is frightening to say the least. It would change the entire future of the world and civilization in a split few seconds.
If my browser weren't continually shaking I wouldn't know about any earthquakes. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, but it pays to be aware of certain things. I've battened down the hatches with special earthquake proofing in my home too.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
I Can't Believe I Once Performed Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings
This is an interesting NPR radio broadcast about the famous conductor Arturo Toscanini and how he came to perform an unlikely piece, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. I knew when I performed this piece at the Wildwood Music Camp in Idyllwild California in 1973, that it was a very special piece of music. I raved about it as my favorite piece years afterward. I'm so amazed when I listen to this music I once played it with a few of today's top musicians.
We musicians rehearsed and ultimately performed this piece during an ominous fire burning the forest a few miles away. It was eerie playing this music in the midst of a major forest fire nearby to say the least.
Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is an emotionally powerful piece of music that's also been recently entered into the historical archives for the infamous conductor's Arturo Toscanini radio broadcast in 1938. This broadcast was heard by millions of Americans and is considered to be the height of classical music performances in the United States.
This piece of music has been played at Einstein's funeral, JFK's and many others. It tends to put people in touch with their emotions of sadness.
- The Impact of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings
- Violinist Darius Campo - One of the Most Recorded Musicians in the World
Friday, January 15, 2010
My Favorite Adagio of All Time - Albinoni's in G Minor
I've been listening to a lot of classical music lately. This particular performance of Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor isn't necessarily, nor anywhere near, the best recording I've heard, but the visuals make up the difference compared to other videos. I used to love Samuel Barbers' Adagio for Strings, but now prefer this one. I regret never performing Albinoni's piece, but at least I got to perform the Adagio for Strings along with a few of today's top musicians.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
California's in Dire Straits
Imagine a court system that had to trim a day a month off its calendar due to the pending budget crisis, and you have California! Or imagine an incompetent, unqualified Governor who violated the law to furlough state worker's pay to deal with the crisis? That's California. The state is in dire straights.
Living in a deteriorating state such as California, one begins noticing cracks in hull of the ship, like how judges are beginning to show signs of disregarding the U.S. Constitution while overstepping their boundaries. Consider how a judge, having been appointed by what many believe to be an incompetent Governor Schwarzenegger, used California tax payer's money yesterday to act on behalf of Edmond Wollmann as his personal defense attorney and mouthpiece. I'll have a transcript shortly of the hearing and will quote verbatim what the Judge said.
First let me say from a legal perspective what happened at yesterday's hearing was in my favor but that was only due to my proper procedural motions. Mr. Wollmann has failed since October 15, 2009 to obtain a permanent restraining order hearing against me because he filed it in what I'm contesting is the wrong court. Instead, Mr. Wollmann was denied a hearing for the umpteenth time. What this means is that my Petition for Injunction; Order to Show Cause; Restraining Order will be heard instead in the Central division of the San Diego Superior Court. I'm therefore assured of having a restraining order against Edmond Wollmann on March 12, 2010. As for Mr. Wollmann's restraining order application, it's in limbo awaiting my transfer motion on March 12, 2010 on where the case should be heard.
Aside from this successful outcome at the hearing yesterday, there was a rather unfortunate dark side. There's always a dark side when dealing with a practitioner of the black arts! The dark side was the mind contortions the judge took part in on behalf of Mr. Wollmann in attempt to torment me over my case. It was as if the judge felt bad he had to do his job to grant another continuance in my favor, that he had to make up for it somehow by dissing my entire case he had no authority or jurisdiction over.
"First you summon me to your court 500 miles away inappropriately and without cause over my First Amendment Rights to post blog articles in my defense, while ignoring forum non-convienes I raised? Then you overstep your boundaries as a judge in defense of and on behalf of someone in pro per who has the audacity under such circumstances to complain he has to drive 16 miles to get to court where the lawsuit was filed he initially evaded?"Okay, let's figure it out by doing the math. The defendant takes the freeway from La Mesa, CA to downtown San Diego court. It's about 16 miles. The vehicle travels 55-60 mph on the freeway. How many minutes is this drive in typical traffic? So, in reality he's really complaining about having to drive 20 minutes to get to court? A reasonable judge wouldn't even address the petty issue. If I were a judge I'd be telling him "So, hey you filed something against this person who is being summoned 500 miles away, and you have a problem having to drive 20 minutes to get to court?" Get over it! It's laughable. It's pathetic. California taxpayers' money at work.
Imagine when a state begins to go bankrupt, what happens in the minds of judges? Do they go through an identity crisis that their state is becoming insolvent and their court potentially irrelevant? When black art occultists begin manipulating the subconscious minds and, perhaps even identities, of judges and they give in easily to such manipulation, could this not be just another sign of a court system on the verge of collapse? Where's the line drawn? Where are the boundaries? What's happening to "forum non-conveniens" the courts are beginning to overlook? What about First Amendment Rights issues, and why isn't sound evidence required anymore when someone walks in ex parte to a judge to make false accusations of another 500 miles away? How about REAL police reports being required instead of petty police incident tickets anyone can walk into a police department to write up themselves without any evidence?
Those are just my thoughts about yesterday's hearing. After a continuance was appropriately granted in my favor, the court hearing should have been adjourned. Instead of dismissing me, the court lingered on to address the psychological needs of a man who continues to remain in denial, who insists on playing the role of an innocent victim, who is in such a power struggle that he has a problem driving a few miles away from his home to the central court in San Diego, so he must continually use the court as his mouthpiece to complain of the inconvenience. This, while I've been summoned to appear 500 miles away from my home inappropriately and unjustifiably.
The nerve!
- My Transfer Motion - March 12, 2010 hearing
- My RO Petition for Injunction - March 12, 2010 hearing
- California Will Go Bankrupt
- California Bankrupt
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Getting Body Sculpted AGain
In just a matter of a few months of weight retention and cardio vascular workouts I'm feeling so much better. I'm back on track with overall physical strength. I'd even go so far as to say I'm feeling as I did in my 30's. My muscles are getting toned and shaped again, something I've missed for a while. There's nothing like having a well toned muscularly sculpted body. Just as long as it's not overdoing it.
It's amazing how quickly the human body reacts to proper diet and exercise. I make homemade wheat tortillas now and make sure to eat plenty of vegetables, primarily leafy green spinach salads.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Nob Hill Notary Provides Much Needed Service in San Francisco
Customers can call within reasonable hours and be rest assured of having their documents notarized if they meet legal requirements. I'm repeatedly told how difficult a task it is for people to locate available notaries in San Francisco. Hence, there's a real need for what I do. For instance, a young lawyer contacted me last Friday night and was able to get a notarization within 15 minutes of his urgent inquiry.
There are a few local businesses that claim to provide notary services, such as UPS. In most cases UPS notaries are also on call and not available on-site. People go to places such as UPS expecting to find a notary only to learn they have to wait as long as 4 hours or more. In contrast, Nob Hill Notary Services offers many locations in San Francisco, including Nob Hill where I notarize at the local hotel establishments including the Fairmont Hotel. I'm mobile and, in most cases, can come to the customer within one hour.
My main office is located at 50 California Street, Suite 1500. I currently spend 20% of my time in the office, but will most likely increase my office time significantly over the next few months to serve the financial district where I seem to get the bulk notarization requests.
Notarizations are mostly by appointment but I can generally provide services within one hour of a phone inquiry. However, there is a two signature minimum unless I happen to be immediately available in my office.
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50 California Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Puppet Master Attorneys
So you have this lawyer who has studied law and all kinds of case scenarios. They studied preconceived stories they learn in law school to address legal issues. However in the real world, they actually learn to become masters to manipulate situations to make legal issues that thereby generates money for themselves. They create legal issues out of thin air and thereby become God! I've seen it happen for a while now. I'm convinced these people in the legal field think they're so smart that they're playing people for fools. Deliberately. Calculatedly.
A man slips on a banana peel at a corporation. He sues the company for negligence as he had no way of avoiding the situation." Did it really happen that way? Or did the attorney mold it to fit the case law he studied?This is what is happening in a bad economy; attorneys can shape reality to suit their case law. Regardless the room was well lit and the banana peel was dropped by the plaintiff, he blamed the corporation for his fall that broke his back. An attorney is called, observes the company is wealthy, and could care less the man really tossed the banana on the ground.
That's what's wrong with our legal system. Too many sleazy attorneys who exploit and deliberately over blow circumstances for financial gain.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Cyber #1 Served with BIG KAHUNA Restraining Order
What Edmond Wollmann Posted Sunday Night on RIP-OFF REPORT
Edmond Wollmann wasted no time responding after learning through the court's ledger I had an injunction filed against him. He began his posting rage on January 2, 2010 on various sites, including Yelp, to damage my new businesses. They are real businesses! He's obviously a very jealous man.
I've worked very hard towards rebuilding my life after Mr. Wollmann and another cyber stalker ruined my plans to be a singer. I got an education in law with a paralegal certificate and have since been fully background checked by the State of California, FBI and Department of Justice.
So, this is an example of someone who thinks he's above the law, an anarchist Mr. Wollmann's anonymous posting activities.
Mr. Important thinks he overrules the FBI, DOJ, State of California Debra Bowen, that I'm not good enough a person and my business licenses are a fraud because he says so!?
This post will undoubtedly be used to win my lawsuit as the final nail to seal it all up. The Court will award me whatever reasonable amount I'm seeking now. I'm amending the Complaint to include Mr. Wollmann's latest attempt to ruin my new business, one that is worth and projected to be six figures over the next few years. An expert will be able to project my business earnings which were damaged by Mr. Wollmann's latest defamation.
Mr. Suave may think he's irresistible and charming to the opposite sex, but not in this case by a long shot. In my eyes he's an obnoxious public nuisance (2003), trespassing (1998) convicted criminal, and not anywhere near the caliber of men I've dated throughout my life. Men like Michael Lynberg, Harvard graduate, the late Michael Egan, professional lute player, Jeff Linsky, latin guitarist, and numerous other high quality men (many of whom names I can't remember LOL) of character. Sure, these weren't long term relationships, the longest being 1.5 years, but it shows the type of men I used to date in my 20's; well educated, classy talented and successful kind of men.
Mr. Creep needs to leave me alone and knock off holding me hostage to his power trip that started in 2007. I am by no means a hated person, but he is! This man has been writing as if he knows me as a complete stranger because he's got what I and other victims believe to be MALIGNANT NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER. You do one slight thing to reject these kind of people and they will make you out to appear to be a hated person to everyone.
This deranged Cyber #1 did a lot of damage to my former emerging singing career. YouTube also blocked visit counts of my videos that were barred from a larger viewership. My videos have been frozen for view counts nearly a year now. I was discriminated against and severely stigmatized for this man's defamatory blog postings. Of course, my singing career didn't have a chance with my name utterly ruined with this guy's posting activities.
It's really sad what these mentally ill men will do to keep women in bondage. If I were a black women, I could scream racism for sure and run to the media. Because I'm white, I'm supposed to take this all as if it's normal.
This mentally deranged man's visits to my SongChannels.com site averaged 24 a month from particular revolving addresses in San Diego and La Mesa.
Needless to say, these IP's have all been blocked from visiting my music site.


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What and Why?
I am not now a programmer and haven't been one, real or surreal, for at least fifteen years. So WHY have I just spent two days solid trying to get a single perl module compiled for my server? Rhetorical question – any smartarse answers should be placed in the usual wormhole on a piece of EBCDIC punch-tape.
The Challenge: install the perl module Crypt::DSA on a shiny new Movable Type 3.11 installation, to allow us to make full use of the features and get best performance from the comment registration mechanism. So I go to CPAN and try installing Crypt::DSA. It tells me I need the Math::Pari module first and then falls over in grand style on trying to install it. That was four days ago. I have just got it all working (or installed, at least) and this is for anyone going through a similar process – hopefully you'll find this before you acquire significant bruising on your forehead, much like the one I'm currently nursing.
Firstly, useful resources:
The starting point for all this is Benjamin Boksa's description of installing Math::Pari, taken together with some hints and pointers found on a Mac thread on the Pari site. That tutorial was then corrected by David Jacob's blog on installing Math::Pari on Mac OS X.
Whilst pointing me in the right general direction, none of these actually worked. So here's what did, with my system configuration of:
- Mac OS X Server 10.3.5 installed and up-to-date (according to Software Update)
- Xcode Tools installed and up-to-date
- Perl 5.8.1 (default Mac OS X installation)
- Movable Type 3.11
- Pari 2.1.5 – as of today, this is the latest stable release of Pari. If you're using an earlier or later one, you'll need to change the process to suit the names. D'uh…
So, for those who are trying to install Crypt::DSA, or anything else that needs the Math::Pari module and libraries, here's what worked for me, presented in step-by-step fashion, with minimal geekspeak, although it does require some familiarity with the Unix command line. using the tcsh shell. Some of this may be overkill, but I'm being deliberately pedantic here and describing every step that led me to a working installation.
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DULUTH, Minn. - A video game has drawn the fury of the oil industry for its depiction of a user-controlled mythical bird destroying oil infrastructure on its path from the tar sands of Alberta to the Great Lakes.
The game's creator, Michigan State University professor Elizabeth LaPensée, says it is meant to raise awareness of the reasons indigenous groups oppose pipelines such as Enbridge's Lines 3 and 5.
It was paid for in part by Minnesota taxpayers through a $3,290 grant provided by the state Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, which is derived from a state sales tax. The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council kicked in additional money to bring the total grant to $7,000.
Thunderbird Strike, a PC-based game, lets users control a thunderbird and send lightning bolts to trucks, refineries and pipelines, which disappear when struck.
LaPensée told the energy news website oilprice.com she hopes the game "will bring awareness to pipeline issues and contribute to the discontinuation of Line 5," which runs from Superior to Ontario and under the Straits of Mackinac. Resources on the Thunderbird Strike website encourage visitors to learn about pipeline projects and speak out against them.
She told The Associated Press the game was created independent of Michigan State University, and its equipment and funding.
LaPensée, who is Anishinaabe, Metis and Irish, was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy's Research for Indigenous Community Health Center in Duluth last year when she released the game Honour Water, an "Anishinaabe singing game for healing the water."
"We're just at such a critical state of crisis about water and about pipeline expansion and ongoing issues of toxicity in the water," she said last year. "We're just at a point where everyone wants to do what we can, and this is one of those situations where the payoff is getting the songs out there."
Oil industry advocacy groups such as Energy Builders have spoken out against the game, warning Thunderbird Strike will incite violence against oil infrastructure.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Executive Director Drew Digby said the Duluth-based group "would not fund a project we believe would encourage violence," and added that "it is not our job to judge the political content."
He said it is the artist who has been receiving threats in the wake of the game's publicity.
Some of the best-selling video games of the past decade have been based around the graphic wholesale slaughter of (virtual) human beings; Thunderbird Strike does not depict explosions and allows users to revive animals as well as dispatch pipelines and trucks.
"On a scale of 1 to 10, if you look at games with violence in them, this would be on the 1 side," Digby said. "Art itself often has a point of view, and our job is to provide a level playing field for that."
Erin Roth, executive director of the American Petroleum Institute of Minnesota and Wisconsin, said that while the industry supports peaceful protests and demonstrations, the game went too far.
"We have enough violence in this country, and there's enough violent video games that incite people to do violent acts," Roth said. "Our industry is appalled that Minnesota taxpayer money partly funded this."
Roth urged the Legislature to check its accountability for how Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund money is spent.
State Rep. Bob Gunther, R-Fairmont, reacted quickly by stating Thursday, Oct. 26, he would sponsor legislation that "provides needed clarifications to Minnesota's arts funding laws."
"It's disappointing to learn that our tax dollars were used by someone who not only moved out of our state but on a project that has zero benefit to Minnesota," said Gunther, chairman of the Minnesota House Legacy Funding Finance Committee.
Digby responded: "I really hope people don't want us to censor artists for their point of view - that would be really wrong."
The oil industry itself often is the recipient of tax incentives and public support.
Thunderbird Strike was unveiled at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in Toronto and won Best Digital Media Work over the weekend. Meanwhile, tensions continue to rise over pipeline projects in the region.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission canceled public hearings about Enbridge's proposed Line 3 project in St. Cloud on Thursday after "logistical and safety issues related to numerous events being held at the convention center," according to a news release.
Protesters put an early end to Line 3 hearings in Duluth last week after chants of "shut it down" overtook normal proceedings.
Wells Fargo in downtown Duluth took extra security measures earlier this week to keep out protesters who seek the bank's divestment from pipeline projects, after a group of protesters entered the bank's lobby on Monday.


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Ghost Apps: Just How Useful Are They?
The field of paranormal investigation has seen some amazing advances in equipment over the last few years. Not so long ago, an investigator's tool kit might contain nothing more than an analog tape recorder, a camera, a notebook and some pens.
Now, however, watch any paranormal investigation show and you'll see people using thermal cameras, laser light grids, and gadgets with names like Ovilus, Boo Buddy, and REM Pod. These products do amazing things but they aren't always practical. For one thing, they can be a bit costly. The average K2 meter, a very common device in most tool kits, can run you anywhere from $50.00 – $90.00, depending on where you get it. Also, some equipment can be cumbersome. When you're heading out to investigate a remote location, you may not always want to be schlepping weighty and delicate electronic equipment with you.
However, in the last few years there have been some great advances in phone applications that just might serve some of your ghost-hunting needs.
Recently, I was lucky enough to exchange a few emails with Tim Weisberg. Tim has been involved in paranormal research for over ten years. He's authored several books on the subject and currently hosts a popular radio-show called Spooky Southcoast. He has served as associate producer for some of Destination America's most popular paranormal programs and is a co-founder of Legend Trips, where he organizes events that have raised over $30,000 for the preservation of the haunted and historic locations they visit.
We discussed some of his favorite and not-so-favorite applications.
What do you think of the idea of using phone apps?
"I love the idea of utilizing apps on an investigation–we all have smartphones with us, they're right in our pocket and we can utilize them at any time. But we also have to use them responsibly. We have to know enough to research the app, the developer and why it was created. And we MUST ONLY use them when our phones or devices are in 'airplane mode' to avoid any stray signals creating false positives. "
As an amateur investigator I've been fooling around with a couple of free apps. Right now I'm using Steve Hultay's Live Ghost Box, and Ghost Radar Classic by Spud Pickles. I've had some success with the Live Ghost Box, but have found the Ghost Radar to be a bit unreliable. Any thoughts on them?
"I have, I've used both of them. Steve Hultay has been doing a lot of great work in the ghost box/app field for years and he and his wife are always available to answer questions about them, too. I also like when an app developer is completely open and up-front about what goes into the app itself.
Ghost Radar, on the other hand, makes me leery. First off, I've never had activity coincide with when it was 'detecting' a ghost nearby. A very knowledgeable source told me that many of these apps work off GPS…so when they see you're using it at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast, it knows to start pinging more supposed ghosts and spitting out words like 'ax' and 'murder.'"
"There's nothing in the realm of free apps that has impressed me yet. Big Beard Studios has a few good free apps, but I've stopped using them in favor of EchoVox, which is a pay app."
What about pay apps? Which do you find most useful?
"The one I'd most definitely recommend is EchoVox. Danny "Big Beard" Roberge has created something really special that I have had amazing results with. It's basically banks of random phonetic sounds that spirits reach out and turn into full words and sentences. And now he's shaken up the ghost box game overall with the creation of the EchoVox-X app, which does the same thing only with banks of streaming internet radio serving as the inputs, so it's like having four ghost boxes running at the same time, with on-board recording built in and customized selection of which stations to include. "
Final thoughts?
"Well, as you can tell, I love EchoVox. I've also been impressed with Steve's apps as well. I've tried a lot of the others here and there, but the ones that are "for entertainment purposes only," I try to avoid. A lot of people love the Ghost Hunting Tools app, but I'm not a particular fan. I have suspicions it works a lot like the ones that just use GPS to give you what you want to hear."
Looking to try any of the apps Tim mentioned?
Steve Hultay's original Ghost Box is now available for free download on GooglePlay. His more recent apps will cost you between .99 cents and $7.00.
You can find Danny Roberge's apps by searching Big Beard Studios on Google Play. There are one or two free apps, and the rest will run you anywhere from $6.99 to around $30.00.
While I don't think it's a good idea to rely solely on phone apps if more traditional equipment is available, I do think they make a great addition to any investigation. Particularly in tight places where more delicate equipment could be damaged or difficult to place. And for investigators with limited resources, the apps Tim recommends won't break your budget.


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Americans United is celebrating another victory – this time at the U.S. Supreme
morning, the high court upheld a policy at University of California, Hastings
College of the Law that prohibits school-subsidized clubs from engaging in
religious discrimination.
Christian Legal Society insisted that its student chapter should be exempt from
this policy and be able to discriminate against those who do not sign an
evangelical statement of faith or prevent students who engage in "unrepentant homosexual
conduct" from joining.
Supreme Court did not agree.
for the 5-4 majority, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, found that Hastings' policy
was constitutional and must be followed by all student groups.
"In requiring CLS–in common with all other student
organizations–to choose between welcoming all students and forgoing the
benefits of official recognition, we hold, Hastings did not transgress
constitutional limitations," wrote Ginsburg. "CLS, it bears emphasis, seeks not
parity with other organizations, but a preferential exemption from Hastings'
court said Hastings open access policy was reasonable and ensured that
leadership, educational and social opportunities were available to all
students. The court also noted that since recognized student organizations
receive funds through the student-activity fees, the school's policy ensures
"that no Hastings student is forced to fund a group that would reject her as a
United filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case, and is pleased with the
court's decision. Simply stated, the Christian Legal Society sought to ignore
rules that every other group complied with. The organization sought
preferential treatment simply because it is religious. Thankfully, the court
said no to that.
is a huge step forward for fundamental fairness and equal treatment. Religious
discrimination is wrong, and a public school should be able to take steps to
eradicate it. Today's court ruling makes it easier for colleges and
universities to do that.
The case is Christian Legal Society v. Martinez.
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August 23rd, 2017. A week before, I got invitation to a new cake shop in Kota Kasablanka. Momoiro Pillow Cake Factory is a venture of PT Mimosa Tarte Indonesia, the company that brought Cheesess all the way from Hong Kong to Jakarta. I was very excited to try their new product.
Inspired by the pillow cakes that have been gaining popularity in Taiwan, Korea and Japan, Momoiro ventured across Asia to create its own take on this unique dessert with high quality ingredients and a perfected baking techniques. In light of that, we would like to invite you to attend one of our bloggers and influencers gathering sessions to enjoy six flavors of Momoiro's pillow cakes. A one-of-kind desserts experience with Momoiro awaits!
Well, I knew about this pillow cake from youtube and very excited to try it in a jiffy. I was so very very happy when they created Momoiro. Yippy! Occupied an island bar in some corner, Momoiro will definitely become a hype.
Under magic hands of Momoiro's expert bakers, the pillow cake has ben further perfected into the Momoiro Pillow Cake using a secret recipe, special baking techniques, and quality imported ingredients. Every bite of Momoiro pillow cake demonstrates its unique qualities; freshness, a consistent fluffiness, just the right comination of sweetness, generous filling, and a low-saturation flavour. as a result, Momoiro pillow cake sits well in your stomach. Momoiro uses neither chemical substances nor preservatives, and deploys strict quality control to ensure that it delivers the best pillow cake quality.
Momoiro pillow cake takes the form of a pillow with a dimension of 14×20 cm per cake. The cake is best enjoyed immediately and can last up to 3 days in cold temperature. All the pillow cakes produced are fresh from the oven and baked daily. Momoiro pillow cake is sold starting at 55k per cake and is available in 6 delectable flavours:
Momoiro Original
Original flavour with cream custard filling.
Dedicated for cheese lovers. The pillow cake uses red cheddar cheese and cheese sauce that are perfectly layered within the cake and parmesan cheese on top of the cake.
Choko B
Banana and chocolate are a match made in heaven. This pillow cake will spoil chocolate lovers with rich flavours and a choco-banana filling.
One may be familiar by now with the pumpkin pie and pumpkin soup, but the pumpkin pillow cake offers something completely new. This cake complimets its fluffiness with pumpkin cubes and pumpkin cheese sauce as its filling, and is sprinkled with a topping of biscuit crumbs and almond slices.
Presenting an Indonesian flavour with the pandan flavoured pillow cake with generous srikaya filling.
Got a savoury tooth? Momoiro presents a chicken floss and seaweed-flavoured pillow cake for those looking for a different dessert experience.
I only got a chance to try those 3 flavours. I love them all. They're all not overly sweet, super fluffy, and really amazing. Congratulations Momoiro. Welcome to my life. Hohoho. So in love with you!
Kota Kasablanka
Lower Ground Level
Jl. Casablanca Raya
Tebet, Jakarta
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Hostemplo is a new hostel accommodation mixing modern and contemporary style lcated near the Sagrada Familia, just one block from the Temple, The most famost monument of Spain, created by the architect Gaudi. The rooms ara fully equipped with hot-cold air conditionig, reading lamps, flat scream TV with DVD-USB, bathroom... Continue reading
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The Hotel Principal is a recently renovated hotel, located in the centre of the city of Barcelona, 150 meters from the famous Ramblas, is surrounded by museums, art, and culture. There are also dozens of shops and restaurants, bars and discos for all tastes and for all times of day... Continue reading
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The Hostal NITZS BCN is situated in the heart of Barcelona. It was entirely renovated and modernised in 2009, with a stylish, modern make-over. Here, on the second floor of a house that is actually connected to a part of the medieval city walls, you will find 12 comfortably finished... Continue reading
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In Sharepoint it is possible to create alerts with different frequency:
- immediate – sent immediately when next time immediate alerts job will run
- daily – sent daily also by immediate alerts job
- weekly – sent weekly
If you create new daily alert and want to see whether it will work or not it is not very convenient to wait 24 day until Sharepoint will sent them next time. In this post I will show several ways to trigger summary alerts and send them when you need.
Method 1. When you add a new daily alert, new row is added to the SchedSubscriptions table into Sharepoint content database. This is the key element of this method. We are interesting in the following 2 columns in this table:
- NotifyTime
- NotifyTimeUNC (NotifyTime minus 3 hours)
In these columns Sharepoint stores time when next time daily alert for particular list will be sent. So first of all determine row which corresponds to your list:
1: SELECT * FROM SchedSubscriptions
Table contains SiteUrl, WebUrl, ListUrl columns. Using them you will be able to find needed row. Copy Id (uniqueidentifier) and execute the following SQL query:
1: declare @s datetime
2: declare @u datetime
3: set @s = CAST('2012-06-24 12:00:00.000' as datetime)
4: set @u = CAST('2012-06-24 09:00:00.000' as datetime)
6: update dbo.SchedSubscriptions
7: set NotifyTime = @s, NotifyTimeUTC = @u
8: where Id = '...'
In this example in Id you should specify value which you copied from previous query's result, @s corresponds to NotifyTime, @u to NotifyTimeUNC (NotifyTime minus 3 hours). Time should be in past (comparing with current datetime) – only in this case Sharepoint will send daily alerts.
After that wait some time. Exact time of waiting depends on the job-immediate-alerts property which can be determined by the following command:
1: stsadm -o getproperty -pn job-immediate-alerts -url http://example.com
for testing you can set it to 1 minute:
1: stsadm -o setproperty -pn job-immediate-alerts -url http://example.com -pv "every 1 minutes between 0 and 59"
but after testing it is better to revert it e.g. to 5 minutes:
1: stsadm -o setproperty -pn job-immediate-alerts -url http://example.com -pv "every 5 minutes"
So after this time if you will check SchedSubscriptions table you will see that time which you updated is increased by 1 day: in out example it will be "2012-06-25 12:00:00.000" for NotifyTime and "2012-06-25 09:00:00.000" for NotifyTimeUNC. It means that Sharepoint processed daily alert and it was sent. If everything is Ok, you or alert's recipient should get email alert with daily summary.
Method 2. I found it in the following forum thread: SPAlertHandlerParams - not behaving correctly for daily alerts, but didn't test it by myself. May be it will be useful for you as well:
1: SPSite site = new SPSite("http://example.com");
2: SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
3: SPAlert alert = web.Alerts[new Guid("...")];
4: alert.AlertFrequency = SPAlertFrequency.Daily;
5: alert.AlertTime = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(1);
6: alert.Update();
For general alerts troubleshooting I recommend the following articles: The Truth About How Daily SharePoint Alerts Actually Work, Troubleshooting Alerts. They will economy some time for you. Possibility to trigger daily alerts is very important for troubleshooting. It helped me in my work, hope it will be helpful for you as well.


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Trainee Motivation to Transfer … What can you do?
Trainee motivation is a well-known and generally accepted predictor of training transfer. But what exactly is meant by "trainee motivation" and how can we as instructors, designers, and HR professionals influence trainees to become more motivated to apply more of what they learn in training?
Recent research studies on training transfer point out there are two basic types of trainee motivation to transfer learning: autonomous and controlled. Autonomous motivation refers self-motivation. Controlled motivation refers to requirements, conditions, and imperatives in trainees' work environments. Here are some illustrations:
Examples of autonomous motivation to transfer training:
A trainee sees how a class and the skills learned will fit into their career plan and help them further their career
A learner is stimulated by new ideas and by trying out new approaches and skills
A trainee is currently experiencing a problem or challenge and they believe the training will help them solve it
A participant believes that they will not be punished for trying something new and possibly making a mistake, and in fact they will receive support for trying out new skills and behaviors
Examples of controlled motivation to transfer training:
A learner's performance review development plan has a particular class or skill listed and/or they want to receive a higher performance rating on a specific skill or skill set
A trainee knows that their peers and their manager will expect them to begin using new skills learned in training
A participant has an after-training action plan and will be held accountable by the trainer and/or their manager for specific activities and deliverables
We usually can't change work environments or performance review processes, but there are some actions that we as designers, instructors, and HR professionals can do to increase trainee motivation to transfer. Here are some suggestions:
Ask, tell, or remind trainees how the knowledge or skills will help them in their careers.
Inform them how NOT learning the skills or knowledge could hurt their careers.
Let them know how NOT paying attention and learning the training could hurt the organization. This is especially important for compliance training. "Checking the box" should not be the goal of compliance training.
At the beginning of the training – or before – invite trainees to reflect on problems they may have had or are experiencing that are related to the training. Point out how the training can or might help.
Communicate with trainees' managers and ask them to have a post-training discussion in which they discuss what was learned and how it can be applied to their job.
Send an email to previous participants. Provide the current trainee's name and ask them to connect, offering support and suggestions.
Toward the end of training suggest that the participant remind their manager that they will be trying out "some new things" and to ask for feedback.
Provide an action plan form in the training – this includes e-learning. Send the completed action plan (which can be captured in most e-learning systems) to their manager. Send the completed action plan to the participant 1-3 weeks after training.
What are ideas do you have? What do you do in your organization to encourage trainee motivation? I'd love to hear from you!
Until next time….
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- Very accurate for ice water
- Very easy to use and read
- Very inaccurate for roast beef
- Doesn't shut off automatically
- Coin required to install batteries
What distinguishes the AcuRite Digital Instant Read Thermometer is its adjustable head that makes it easy to read from many angles. It simply has on/off and hold the temperature buttons. Though there are recommended settings for meat and poultry on the stainless steel sheath, they're hard to read.
How We Tested: We evaluated 35 instant and digital thermometers in this test. We assessed performance on accuracy of measuring freezing and boiling temperatures and the temperature in a roast beef. We also looked at ease of use evaluations to assess the helpfulness of the accompanying manual, the ease of using the thermometers, the responsiveness of the thermometer, and the visibility of the temperature readout. On battery-operated models, we looked at the ease of use assessments of the ease of changing the batteries and the presence or absence of automatic shutoff.
Reviewed: November 2014
Price When Reviewed: $20.00


text: Northern Rice-Root or Fritillaria camschatcensis is a small lily that grows in the coastal estuaries of northwest BC. The plant is nutritionally similar to the potato, which displaced traditional root vegetables in Aboriginal diets after being introduced by European settlers. Grizzly bears find them tasty and will dig them where possible. The small rice kernels that make up the bulb will scatter when dug up by the bears then spread to another site where another plant will grow. We will see the Rice Root on our Coastal Estuary Day of the Jet Boat Photography Tour and see the evidence of dug up roots by the local grizzly bears.


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Using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), your users can use their Google Cloud credentials to sign in to enterprise-cloud applications.
Set up SSO via SAML for Duo®Step 1: Get configuration information from Duo
- Sign in to Duo with your Admin account.
- In the left navigation panel, click Administrators, then Admin Login Settings.
- In the Metadata for Configuring with Custom Identity Provider section, copy and save these two values:
- Entity ID or Issuer ID
- Assertion consumer service URL or single sign-on URL
Leave Duo open in the browser, you'll return here in Step 3 to finish SAML configuration after getting information from the Google Admin console in the next step.
Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).
From the Admin console Home page, go to AppsSAML apps.
- Click Add at the bottom right.
- Locate and click Duo in the application list.
- On the Google IDP Information page:
- Copy and save the SSO URL and Entity ID.
- Download the Certificate.
- Click Next.
The Basic information window shows the Application name and Description seen by users.
- Click Next.
- On the Service Provider Details page, replace the default Entity ID and ACS URL with the corresponding values you copied from copied from Duo in Step 1.
- Click Finish.
- Return to the browser window showing Duo Admin Login Settings.
- In the Authentication with SAML section, choose the desired authentication option for your organization.
- In SAML Identity Provider Settings, choose or enter the following information:
- Identity provider: Custom Identity Provider
- Configuration method: Manual Entry
- Entity ID or issuer ID: the Entity ID you copied from Google in Step 2 above.
- Assertion consumer service URL or single sign-on URL: the SSO URL you copied in Step 2.
- Certificate: the certificate you downloaded in Step 2.
- In Advanced SAML options, choose the following settings:
- SHA-1 signatures: leave unchecked.
- Signed elements: select Only responses must be signed.
- Click Save.
Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
From the Admin console Home page, go to AppsSAML apps.
- Select Duo.
At the top right of the gray box, click Edit Service .
To turn on or off a service for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.
To turn on or off a service only for users in an organizational unit:
- At the left, select the organizational unit.
- Select On or Off.
- To keep the service turned on or off even when the service is turned on or off for the parent organizational unit, click Override.
- If the organization's status is already Overridden, choose an option:
- Inherit—Reverts to the same setting as its parent.
- Save—Saves your new setting (even if the parent setting changes).
Learn more about organizational structure.
(Optional) Turn on the service for a group of users.
Use access groups to turn on a service for specific users within or across your organizational units. Learn more
- Ensure that your Duo user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.
Note: Before you can verify SSO for Duo, you need to request your organization's SSO login URL from the Duo Support team.
- In a new browser window, go to your organization's Duo login URL.
- Click Single Sign On.
- Enter your sign in email address and click Continue to Identity Provider. You should be automatically redirected to the Google sign-in page.
- Enter your Google sign in credentials.
After your sign-in credentials are authenticated you're automatically redirected back to Duo.


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