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House/ Ballroom Scene 101
OMG! the best workshop!total plug in from the attendees.
Interactive doesn't begin to describe the scene in that space. It was overfilled with attendees, and it was good that the session next door got cancelled because this workshop took over the empty space filling it too! Vogue Evolution. THANK YOU. I love that you remind folks where Voguing and "glammor" come from. The Black,Asian and Latino; marginalized,excommunicated,displaced,kicked out homeless, MORE than Queens created it! Straight(not) out of urban areas dating back to the roaring 20's and the historical era we now refer to as the Harlem Renaissance came a movement forged from displacement and marginalization. From homophobia and love turned conditional came fierceness. HONEY. "Snap snap"– Vogue Evolution provided a facinating historical perspective, and a view of current trends into this world that replaces or stands in for biological family. A given family that the displaced are welcomed, fed, housed and the conditioning love is about how fabulous you are and not who you do it with.
The next time you see a runway model work it, see the coolest fashion piece, hear the def-ist music, learn the latest dance ask yourself what House that came from.
Remember that it was probably a fierce, fierce queen of color. Remember, remind and CLAIM IT…if you don't someone else will and we don't want that do we?
Vogue brought it for sure and they better be a CC next year!
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GAH!!! I wish I could have gone to this!
Vogue Evolution's workshop has been a big buzz of the conference. I keep hearing about it from soo many people.
They definitely better be at Creating Change next year! I know I won't miss it for anything if they are.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin once again showed why he is the best statesman of this century, calling out the global virus that is George Soros on Austrian TV.
Putin told the Austrian state ORF channel in an interview: The US State Department would never admit to backing George Soros's alleged attempts to "rock the euro," yet Kremlin is being told to come clean on private internet companies meddling in politics.
Donald Trump may be bold by calling out the DC swamp, but when it comes to draining the global cesspool of elitist corruption and global terrorism, Putin going after kingpin criminal George Soros is as good as it gets.
Here is Russian President Vladimir Putin calling out criminal Soros. Remember to Subscribe to The Duran's YouTube Channel and buy a shirt to support the channel.
Via RT…
In an interview published Monday, Armin Wolf of the Austrian state ORF channel went full steam ahead into the issue of the so-called "troll farms," which Moscow is often accused by the western media of operating. These nefarious "farms" are being given credit for many feats, from trying to divide voters on social media to altogether securing the victory of US President Donald Trump.
When asked about his personal relations with businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, who is blamed by the West for sponsoring the alleged St. Petersburg-based "trolls," Putin replied by saying: "So what? I know a lot of people in Moscow and Saint Petersburg."
The President said he was unaware of Prigozhin's internet activities and that, whatever they were, "the Russian state has nothing to do with it." Putin then raised a question of double standards, drawing an analogy of a figure particularly controversial in European current affairs.
"There is such a personality in the US – Mr. [George] Soros, who interferes in all affairs around the world. I often hear from my American friends that 'America as a state has nothing to do with [his activities]," Putin, who is traveling to Austria on an official visit on Tuesday, said.
"There are rumors circulating now that Mr. Soros is planning to make the euro highly volatile. Experts are already discussing this. Ask the [US] State Department why he is doing this. The State Department will say that it has nothing to do with them – rather it is Mr. Soros' private affair. With us, it is Mr. Prigozhin's private affair. This is my answer. Are you satisfied with it?" he said.
George Soros, 87, is a Hungarian-American billionaire investor and philanthropist who, among other pursuits, supports numerous NGOs in the former Soviet states, Eastern Europe, Africa and elsewhere, promoting a pro-American agenda. Back in 2015, Soros-backed organizations were blacklisted in Russia as "a threat to the foundations of the constitutional system… and the security of the state."
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Duran.

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7 Start-ups Shaking up the Fashion Industry
Open any business magazine and it seems like the technology and health industries are moving at the speed of light. In 2016, so is fashion. Between fabric recycling technologies, closed-loop strategies and new business models, fashion is at the forefront of its biggest shakeup ever. Here are 7 start-ups that have the potential to bring big change, and we bet you've never heard of any of them:
- Queen of Raw – A new digital platform for designers to connect with suppliers to source raw materials. Bypassing traditionally long lead times, large minimum orders, and shipping costs that often exceed the value of the raw materials, Queen of Raw features materials with short lead times, local inventory, and low minimums.
Why it's important: Reduces the need for further manufacturing and reduces waste. Suppliers to the industry are able to offer unsold inventory and dead stock (rolls of fabric that are no longer in production) to a previously unreached audience of designers big and small.
- FABSCRAP - Launching this summer in NYC, FABSCRAP offers convenient recycling and reuse of fabric scraps, cuttings, samples, headers, mutilated items, and unused bolts from fashion businesses.
Why it's important: Reduces waste. Either as a one-time pickup or regular service, FABSCRAP ensures pre-consumer material is handled responsibly and provides waste diversion metrics for sustainability reports.
- The Renewal Workshop - Partnering with the world's best-loved apparel brands and retailers to renew their "unsellable" returns and excess inventory, The Renewal Workshop, in their facility outside of Portland, Oregon, gives each garment new life as Renewed Apparel through our proprietary processes. The Renewed Apparel is then either sold back to the brand, to be sold through their sales channels, or sold through their own retailer network.
Why it's important: Reduces of waste. Especially for goods that have been produced and are ready for sale except they need a little mend. Plus any product that can't be renewed, The Renewal Workshop responsibly manages the upcycling, downcycling, or recycling of it in order to optimize the resources already invested in it.
- Electroloom – The worlds first 3D fabric printer. Electroloom creates 3D seamless fabrics, opening the door for on-site manufacturing of finished clothes. The future vision of Electroloom is for it to serve as a distributed manufacturing technology for a variety of textile verticals–including clothing and beyond.
Why it's important: Reduces the supply-chain required for creating a fabric good. Perfect for customization and small batch production.
- TIPA Sustainable Packaging - TIPA has developed a new generation of flexible films and packaging that can go through a natural recycling process following their original use, exactly like an orange or a banana peel.
Why it's important: Reduces plastic waste. Every department store across the country requires apparel to be individually wrapped in polybags. If the industry switched to TIPA bags, the fashion industry will drastically reduce their plastic footprint.
- dMASS - Has developed an innovation matchmaking platform that connects companies and innovators to deliver sustainable benefits. Its technology brings opportunities to grow from unexpected insights: fabrics that help cells regenerate, organisms that make lace, and sharing economy models of fashion.
Why it's important: Speeds up innovation. By connecting innovators with mainstream brands, the industry can move forward at a faster rate.
- Made Safe – Is America's first human-health focused certification program to cross consumer product categories (including textiles and apparel). Full disclosure our EIC sits on their board of advisers. Made Safe certifies products against a comprehensive list of known toxicants to ensure that they do not contain known harmful chemicals. They take a look at how items are made, where they are sourced, and scour the manufacturing process for possible contamination points in order to determine if the ingredients or materials in a product are safe.
Why it's important: Consumers can now look for the MADE SAFE™ label to ensure products are Made With Safe Ingredients™
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Review: Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
Killer Mike
R.A.P. Music
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When news broke that Killer Mike and El-P were making an album together the rap community was elated, albeit slightly confused. Killer Mike (aka Michael Render) has been lurking around some of the best southern rap projects of the last decade. He made his debut on an OutKast song ("Snappin and Trappin") and has since guested on a litany of tracks (most famously Bone Crusher's anthem "Never Scared") and dropped 5 well respected LP's. On the other hand, we have El-P, the enigmatic east-coast villain, who is one of the most forward thinking producers/MCs in hip-hop history. The two men represent different strands of a genre wherein artists are all too often hesitant to abandon what they consider the "real" approach to the music. Thankfully, Mike and Jaime are not this kind of artist. For them it is about questioning the genre's boundaries, pouring this unlabeled chemical into that one, and watching shit explode.
The result of these experiments, R.A.P. Music, is a living, breathing monster. Mike's rapping has never been better. His southern growl is raw, but not unheard of. What makes him stand out is his complex rhyme structures, well-employed references, and socially conscientious thought processes. With El-P handling the production Mike seems to have let himself be as creative as he wants to be. In turn, El-Producto held up his end of the bargain and delivered his cosmic, bomb-squad beats with a hint of southern soul. It is a near perfectly produced album (not unlike his work with Cannibal Ox). Every track is a banger and while it is easy to hear El-P's hand in the work it is also clear that he built the project from the ground up with Mike's lyrical style in mind. As Mike attacks the beat El-P's creations push right back.
The album opens with Mike's menacing manifesto: "hardcore G-Shit/ homie I don't play around/ ain't shit sweet bout the peach/ this Atlanta clown." "Big Beast", which features southern legends Bun B and T.I., is a punch to the chest. El-P unloads some rapid fire drums that sound straight out of AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (T.I drops the reference just to make sure we notice). Bun B of course delivers a rock solid verse (the "being trill is an onomatopoeia" line would have been enough for me) and Mike reminds us that all three MC's hail from the city "where everybody got a sack of dope and a gun." This is the most classically southern song on the album. It contains big guest spots, extols the virtues of the street, and establishes the artists' ego.
As enjoyable as "Big Beast" is, I was hoping to see R.A.P. Music explore something a little more offbeat. Right on cue, the next track, "Untitled", is a twisted, head-snapping masterpiece. Mike notes that "you are witnessing elegance/ in the form of a black elephant/ smoking white rhino on terraces." Over a grinding synth and bongos (genius) he then goes on to discuss God's hand in the world's ills. "It takes a women's womb to make a christ or dali lama/ the world might take that child and turn the child into a monster/ the lord will take a monster and fashion him a saint/ I present you Malcom X for those who sayin that he caint/ sayin that he won't/ when I know he will/ you usually don't know it's you until your getting killed." All that said with a cadence worthy of the great Andre 3000. And just for good measure, right at the end of the track Mike drops the throwaway line: "I believe God has sustained me with rap/ so I take a burning bush and throw it in a swisher wrap."
From there on the album is a mixture of grimy, synth-laden anthems and playful southern gems. "Southern Fried" blends the two artist's backgrounds seamlessly, as the verse is a vintage El-P beat while the chorus leans more toward the Goodie Mob side of the spectrum. The albums most laid back number, "JoJo's Chillin", is evidence that Mike is an excellent story rapper and probably a hilarious guy to hang out with. Essentially, JoJo has to flee to New York so he embarks on a journey that finds him inadvertently sneaking weed onto the flight, banging the stewardess in the bathroom while she racks lines (which later gets her bum-rushed by the cops), and eventually making it to NY, safe and sound. This humorous tone is short-lived, however, as the next track, "Reagan", rips into American politics as well as the state of rap music. In between sound clips from the Iran-Contra affair Mike argues that "it seems our people starve from lack of understanding/ cause all we seem to give them is some ballin and some dancin/ talkin about our car and imaginary mansions/ we should be indicted for bullshitin we incitin." You shouldn't listen to this album expecting self-critical lyricism (stick to K.R.I.T for that) but its brief appearance is nonetheless refreshing.
After the stellar run of songs from "Ghetto Gospel" through "Willie Burke Sherwood" R.A.P. Music comes to its eponymous track. A gripping, stuttering drum beat gives way to an epic wall of synths and Mike's voice, saying that "the closest [he has] ever come to seeing or feeling god is listening to rap music." It sounds cheesy but it is undoubtedly sincere. Mike has put his life into his music and this record is the most powerful result of that effort. With the help of El-P's steady hand Killer Mike has created an important album for rap. It is an album that understands where it comes from but it is simultaneously standing on the edge of a cliff, screaming into the wind.


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Sandeep Vaheesan –
Competition is one of the talismanic words in law and economics and American life. It is often hailed as an unqualified good and touted as a solution to what ails society. The value of competition is endorsed across the ideological spectrum: Conservatives decry the lack of competition in schools and taxi cab services, while progressives highlight the dearth of competition among multinational corporations and call for a revival of antitrust law. Notwithstanding this trans-ideological commitment, we should not privilege competition at the expense of alternative means of structuring a democratic and egalitarian political economy. Three examples illustrate how competition is deficient as a general social organizing principle and should be promoted selectively, not categorically.


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Wisdom and Innocence
Tonight, Friday, November 13, 2105, there is terror in Paris. At home we are at heightened alert lest the same terror seize us unawares. At our colleges and universities mobs have been gathering demanding conformity to their will and their ways. We have watched as we burned our own cities. These are just a few of the more eye catching woes that beset us. What is a Christian to do in the midst of this kind of chaos?
Matthew 10:16
16 "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
Wisdom, shrewdness or prudence, and innocence, an openness to what happens in life, both require constant vigilance to cultivate and protect in the right balance. Both are required to see clearly to the heart of the challenges that we face. Lean too much on one or the other and you leave yourself open to being easily deceived.
Philippians 4:4-8
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
There's a lot of foolishness being served up as truth coming from all quarters. We need to be careful about what we take in and what we leave on the table. Giving thanks, dwelling on those things truly worthy of praise, clears the mind of the garbage that can cloud our vision, befuddle us, and rob us of wisdom and innocence
Luke 10:2
2 And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
There are so many lost and hurting souls practically in our laps! Some of those hurting souls are our own brothers and sisters in Christ. Reach out to them and pour out the love of God into their lives. This isn't easy work and it won't always be appreciated or wanted but it needs doing.
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
With unrelenting focus live lives rich with the fruit of the Holy Spirit. The law of the land will be whatever it may be. Politicians will come and go. Laws will change for better or for worse. But this, this is about how to be not merely what to do or not to do.


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America is blessed with a wealth of compassionate individuals who aspire to help suffering people throughout the world. Developing nations need the philanthropic assistance of the Western world. If the programs are conducted properly, the U.S. government and the Internal Revenue Service allow U. S. taxpayers to support foreign causes through tax-deductible contributions. Our government never wants to see foreign entities improperly use U.S. humanitarian support for personal inurement or, even worse, the funding of terrorism.
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• Avoid situations of unrelated business income tax
• Use fundraising techniques to fund programs
• Understand the annual reporting requirements for organizations that have foreign programs
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• Establish a joint-venture program that will lead the organization from charity to empowerment
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You simply won't find mozzarella any fresher. It tastes like a glass of our freshest morning milk. Made in the Italian style of fior di latte, our Mozzarella is hand crafted into 8oz balls and packed in water so it's always fresh, light and pillowy soft. Note: We only make and sell Mozzarella seasonally from May - October.
- Made from pasteurized, rBST-free cows' milk
- Made with microbial (vegetarian) rennet
- Gluten Free
Sorry! Our Fresh Mozzarella is too fragile to ship. You can find it May - October at The Fork, select retailers and at our booth at the following Bay Area Farmers' Markets.
SF Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Saturdays 8am - 2pm
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- Milky white color, shiny exterior
- Fluffy and luscious texture
- Sweet, fresh milk flavor with a bright and slightly citrus finish
Ideal for Caprese salad and antipastos, Point Reyes Mozzarella is also amazing on all types of baked pastas and pizza and in paninis and egg dishes. Serve with sweet foods such as watermelon and strawberries, stone fruit or drizzled with honey or maple syrup. Our Mozzarella also works alongside savory foods like sautéed mushrooms and grilled vegetables. It pairs beautifully with lighter-bodied white wines.
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After you upgrade to Windows 10, and you face an error while launching Microsoft Word 2013 that looks similar as below:
We're sorry, but Word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a results. Would you like us to repair now?
And then further, upon opening other applications of Microsoft Office like Excel, you'll find above similar error, only the name "Word" would be replaced by "Excel". And upon running the repair task doesn't help. Neither the quick repair, nor online repair would help. Also uninstalling and reinstalling Microsoft Office won't help and the issue would still repeat.
Fix Word Has Run Into an Error That is Preventing It From Working Correctly in Windows 10
This issue happens because Microsoft Office applications after upgrade, are running in your computer on Compatibility mode. During the upgrade, because of internal settings in Microsoft Office, all applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc configure themselves to work in compatibility mode. It's because, if the program is not yet compatible to Windows 10, it'll still keep working automatically in compatibility mode of Previous operating system. But for few users, this creates an issue and produce above said error. Hence, to resolve this issue, you have to disable compatibility mode for your Office 2013. Here's what you need to do:
When on Desktop, right click on Start Menu (press and hold the icon if using from a touchscreen device) and select "Run".
Type in following command in the Run dialog box and press Enter:
%systemdrive%\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15
Above command would open Office15 folder from Program Files and then you need to locate following files:
- For Microsoft Word, find winword.exe or just WINWORD
- For Microsoft Excel, find excel.exe or just EXCEL
- For PowerPoint, find powerpoint.exe or just POWERPOINT
- For Outlook. find outlook.exe or just OUTLOOK
- For Access, find msaccess.exe or just MSACCESS
Likewise above, every application which you have installed in your computer of Microsoft Office, find those and do following procedure for each file:
- Right click on respective files above and select Properties.
- When WORD or EXCEL or POWERPOINT or OUTLOOK or MSACCESS Properties dialog box opens, locate Compatibility Tab.
- Now, Uncheck the check box "Run this program in compatibility mode for:".
- Click OK.
You're done fixing the issue. If by chance, Compatibility tab doesn't appears for you, then you need to do following tasks on each file located in above solution like Word, Excel etc.:
- Right click on the file (winword.exe or excel.exe or others stated above), and select Troubleshoot Compatibility.
- When Program Compatibility Troubleshooter opens, select "Try recommended settings".
- This would apply the recommended settings to the application. Now click, "Test the Program" and if you're being asked for allowing this process or not, click Yes.
- Above step would remove the setting of running the application in compatibility mode and shall open that application whose settings you just fixed by using troubleshooter. Application now should open without any issue.
- Come back to troubleshooter and click Next.
- Now, select "Yes, save these settings for this program".
- Close the Troubleshooter.
Now, you're done fixing startup issue of Microsoft Office Applications on Windows 10. Here's a related video we found on youtube for this.


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Monday, November 28, 2016
Birthday Celebrating & Thanksgiving | WITL Nov 19-25
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loved the blog, every bit of it !! although I must admit, watching the different faces of Levi with the vacuum, and while holding it upside down to look for the lego it sucked up, i envisioned the vacuum turning on while he had his face so close looking for the Lego. He has so many different expressions, that would have been one for the books (of course, i didnt want him to get hurt, I was just envisioning it scaring him while planting his face so close to the bottom), and i know now you have to be laughing too !!!
love the blogs, keep them up, they make my day when I read them. xoxoxo much love momma of 4 and soon to be 5 ;)
- November 28, 2016 at 8:29 PM
- Is It Naptime Yet said...
The many faces of Levi always have me rolling!! hahaha He is quite the character without even trying. I know what you mean on how hilarious that would have been!! AHAHAHA!!! Although...he and Austin frequently suck their faces up with the Shop Vac, so maybe it wouldn't have phased him!! These kids, I'm tellin' ya!! :D
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MEMBERS of the Senate from the southern part of Nigeria on Friday began a conference on the governance and political structure of the country.
The two-day retreat by the Southern Senators Forum, which is holding in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, was tagged, 'National Unity and Restructuring.'
In his keynote address at the opening session of the event, Depute President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, called for patience, more enlightenment and dialogue to actualise the restructuring of Nigeria.
He blamed opposition to restructuring to misconception and ethno-sectional suspicions.
Ekweremadu likened Nigeria to a vast building expected to accommodate a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-religious and politically diverse people, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Uche Anichukwu.
He said, "To ensure equity, justice and prosperity of the various families and sections; and to allay fears of possible domination, our founding fathers settled for a federal constitution or structure after various conferences on the type of building, the architectural design, number of rooms and rules of cohabitation.
"Sadly, the rain started beating us from that fateful January coup, especially following the violation of the covenant of our fathers by the promulgation of Unitary Decree 1966. Although the July 1966 counter-coup was, among other things, predicated on the need to correct the General Aguyi Ironsi's misadventure, subsequent regimes after him have steadily and deliberately corrupted the architectural design and undone all the foundations laid by the founding fathers." – Punch
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Ennals, Richard (2004) Job insecurity and union membership. UK WON Journal, pp. 10-12. ISSN (print) 1740-0139Full text not available from this archive.
This project was funded by the Swedish SALTSA Programme. The chapter explores the impact of job insecurity in Belgium, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden on individuals, organisations and their trade unions, and examines whether union membership helps employees to cope.
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About us
Senzime develops unique patient-oriented monitoring systems that make it possible to assess patients' biochemical and physiological processes before, during and after surgery. The portfolio of technologies includes bedside systems that enable automated and continuous monitoring of life-critical substances such as glucose and lactate in both blood and tissues, as well as systems to monitor patients' neuromuscular function perioperatively and in the intensive care medicine setting.
The solutions are designed to ensure maximum patient benefit, reduce complications associated with surgery and anesthesia, and decrease health care costs. Senzime operates in growing markets that in Europe and the United States are valued in excess of SEK 10 billion. The Senzime AB (publ) share are listed on NASDAQ Stockholm First North Growth Market. Short name: SEZI.


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What is naturalForms
naturalForms is a mobile app that replaces paper forms and collects information electronically that exactly match your current paperwork.
What Can You Do
- Use industry-leading forms or create your current forms.
- Pre-Populate form data from JobNimbus.
- Collect form information and auto update contacts or jobs.
- Capture and annotate project photos or locations.
- Share data between platforms.
How Does It Work
Pre-populate your customer information from JobNimbus, fill out your forms, and automatically sync the form as an Attachment in your Contacts or Jobs folder.
Getting Started
Before enabling this feature, you will first need a naturalForms account. You can find out more about naturalForms and their pricing on their website. If you already have an existing naturalForms account, you will also need to ensure your form's fields are appropriately named and set up as detailed, here.
To connect the naturalForms integration to your JobNimbus account:
- From the Features of your JobNimbus settings, scroll down to the section titled "3rd Party Features" and locate "naturalForms". To the right, select the corresponding Enable button.
- A new tab titled naturalForms will appear in the left-hand side of your JobNimbus Settings. If the tab doesn't appear immediately, refresh the page. Select the naturalForms tab.
- In the naturalForms tab, click on Connection in the top right corner and select "Connect your JobNimbus Account".
- At the login screen within the naturalForms tab, input your naturalForms username and password. Select "OK".
- Once enabled, the list of templates you have setup in naturalForms is displayed. To enable a template to be used with JobNimbus, just change the Status of a template from "Off" to "On"
Default and Custom Fields
By default, when you enable the integration, the following fields will map from your JobNimbus Contact to naturalForms, if the fields are appropriately labeled within your template:
- JobNimbusId
- First Name
- Last Name
- Home Phone
- Fax Number
- Mobile Phone
- Company
- Address Line 1
- Address Line 2
- City
- State
- State Code
- Country
- Postal Code
For custom fields, you will manually need to add these to your template, as described here.
Try it out!
At this point, you should be ready to try it out.
- Make sure you've downloaded and logged into your naturalForms mobile app
- Make sure you've logged out and logged back in on your JobNimbus mobile app
- Create a test contact from your JobNimbus mobile app. Be sure to fill in some of the optional fields so that you can verify that the forms are pre-filled in the naturalForms mobile app.
- While looking at the contact, click the "•••" button at the bottom middle of the screen
- You should see a naturalForms option by scrolling down through the options for you to select
- You should see a list of the templates you defined in step 3. Select one or more templates and click "Apply"
- You should now be taken to the naturalForms mobile app and you should see the form(s) that you just initiated
- Click into the form and you should see that it's been pre-filled with the common fields that you set up in step 2.
- Finish filling out the form and click the green Submit checkbox at the top of the screen.
- After a few minutes, you should see the final PDF show up back in JobNimbus under the "Attachments" tab.
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- Can I use naturalForms for job records?
While you can create a document through naturalForms for a Job record, it is unable to create a form with any of the parent contact's related fields or information. It is suggested to use naturalForms at the contact-level.
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There was a commercial
back in the '80s for
Dunkin' Donuts where a man would get up every day
and trudge off to his job muttering, "Time to make the
doughnuts," on his way out
the door. He'd return at the
end of the day stating, "I made
the doughnuts."
Sometimes as the CEO, it's
easy to start feeling like that
guy. Day in and day out, you
work hard, put out fires, outline plans for growth, and then
execute to the best of your
ability. When you look at your
numbers, you see modest
increases in revenue and profits. So you work harder, refine
your plans, hire better people
and execute even better than
before. You look at the new
numbers and what do you
see? Modest increases in revenue and profits. So you
change things up, revamp
your plan, bring in some new
people, switch some things
around and look at the newest
set of numbers. Guess what?
Another modest increase in
revenue and profits.
The cycle then continues.
You work harder and harder
and get better, but your
growth isn't anything special.
The economy gets worse,
which makes things even
more challenging. You're
working harder just to not
lose ground.
Meanwhile, people around
you are getting that big breakthrough. They hit on the big
innovation or finally sign the
big customer they needed to
push them over the top. Their
success stories are every
where, including right here in
the pages of Smart Business.
It's easy to get distracted from
your day-to-day duties wondering why it couldn't be your company that hits it big. But like the
old saying goes, slow and
steady wins the race. A modest
increase every year strung
together over many years adds
up to a lot of growth. It might
not be flashy or exciting, but it
gets the job done. But don't
take my word for it; take it
from Warren Buffett, the
world's richest man.
Buffett is the chairman and
CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a
world-renowned holding company. Take a look at the types
of companies Buffett has
invested in. There's underwear, bricks, furniture, paint
and insurance companies,
among others. These aren't
exactly items that generate a
lot of interest or ones that you
would expect to have some
giant innovative breakthrough
that will double its growth.
Underwear may not be exciting, but people need it and
buy it, so Buffett makes
money on it.
If you are running an underwear company, there's probably not going to be some
great innovation that's going
to make you the darling of
Wall Street. You just have to
plug away, day after day, and
add up your incremental
gains. Buffett has built his
fortune investing in these
types of consistent, if not
flashy, companies.
If he sees the value in consistent performers, then so
should you. You have to just
keep persevering and never
lose faith that it will all work
out in the end. When things
get tough, you have to get
Never give up. The big
breakthrough may never
come, but it all adds up in the
end. Remember the guy who
had to make the doughnuts
day after day? Slow and
steady growth has led Dunkin'
Donuts to be one of the
hottest brands in the quick-service restaurant segment.
Coffee and doughnuts may not
be exciting, but by being the
best at both year after year,
the company posted $5 billion
in revenue last year.
So the next time you buy a
doughnut on the way to work,
remember that Dunkin' was
built one doughnut at a time,
and you can use that same
formula to build your business, as well.
FRED KOURY is president and CEO of Smart Business Network Inc. Reach him with your
comments at (800) 988-4726 or [email protected].


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Our vision is for:
- A public service which is valued for its role in an active participatory democracy, that is, serving the democratically elected government of the day with free and frank advice, and protecting NZ citizens from the excessive use of Executive power.
- A public service which consists of equally paid women and men with skill and experience to advise Ministers on the implications of their decisions and deliver constant improvement in services to the public.
- A public service with institutional memory, capacity and capability to serve Ministers and the public efficiently with high quality policy advice and effective administration.
- A public service which is always open to change and modernisation for the sake of better public service delivery, is responsive to diversity, and recognises that the users of public services are entitled to the best customer services and respect.
- A public service which is characterised by integrity, courage, a sense of self-worth and a clear understanding of the importance of their role in protecting and delivering on services which underpin our care of citizens.
Community and Voluntary Sector
The community and voluntary sector is an important part of our democracy. It is a place where ordinary citizens can develop the organisations that create our rich and diverse civil society. For over 100 years voluntary sector organisations have worked beside government to respond to social need in New Zealand by developing their own organisations and their own, often highly innovative, social services. Our history and small size has meant that the organisations have often been dependent on government funding. This dependency worked because government saw that it had a role to play in supporting the development of civil society.
Labour will:
- Work with the sector to establish long-term funding cycles and transparent processes so that sector organisations have some certainty in their planning and delivery of services
- Ensure that community and voluntary organisations can engage in advocacy without fear of losing government contracts or their charitable status
- Recognise and honour the vital role of volunteers in building a resilient community and nation.
Accident Compensation
Labour will:
- Maintain ACC as a publicly administered and delivered social insurance scheme which provides comprehensive and universal personal injury coverage for all New Zealanders
- Make the ACC system fairer and more transparent for claimants, by implementing the findings of the Dean report
- Relieve legislative restrictions to allow for fairer compensation and better rehabilitation.
Internal Affairs
Labour will:
- Protect the independence of Archives New Zealand and the National Library
- Conduct a thorough review of gambling law, regulation, policy and provision to reduce harm
- Maintain the role of licensing trusts.
Civil Defence
Labour will:
- Lead, and implement the findings of, a Cross-Party Review of Civil Defence
- Ensure recovery planning is embedded in our preparedness planning and training and develop a more sustainable volunteer base.
- Establish a 24/7/365 Day warning system for tsunamis and other emergencies and ensure consistent informed communications about emergencies.


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How to give a website a Dedicated application pool from plesk.
Login to the plesk control panel , click on domains click on the domain name , click on Web Hosting Settings and at the bottom down check the checkbox Use dedicated pool and click OK . In the earlier versions of plesk click setup after clicking the domain .
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One of the most important things in anything you do is the issue of motivation. When times were tough, one of the greatest conquerors of all time, Napoleon, used to ride in front of his men in order to boost their morale. Still, as a basketball coach, you are not allowed to enter the court and play instead of your center. Luckily, there are many other things that you are allowed to do in order to motivate your players, and here is a short list.
Make Them Understand
It is a known fact, that there is nothing more effective than intrinsic motivation. If your players are able to see the bigger picture and understand on their own why something is good for them, your work in motivating them is already done. Unfortunately, things are often not that easy. Every player requires a different approach, which is why knowing them personally will allow you motivate them in the best possible way.
End the Training on a Positive Note
If there is anything that your players absolutely loathe doing (such as running exercises), make sure that it is done somewhere during the middle of the training. You need to start with a warm up but you do not want to end training by making them do something that bores them. Even unconsciously, this might make them less enthusiastic about your training and this can generally have a negative impact on their morale. When it comes to training everything counts, even the timetable, so always leave on a positive note.
Be an Authority
Just think of it this way, your long term plan goes ever in their benefit and everything you do is for their own good. Now you have to make them see it that way. Establish an aura of authority around you so that your players know: "if you stand behind a statement, it must be solid."
Of course, it is not in your best interest to lead them by fear but it is usually not a great idea to familiarize with them too much. You are their teacher, not their teammate or classmate so act as one. Having someone you trust to lean on, works as a safety net and is great for motivation in general.
Make the Results Visible
This is one of the most essential things in motivating your players. You must make their efforts visible and the best way to do so is to set some clear goals for them. These goals should not be too modest since this way they won't be taken seriously. On the other hand, you do not want your goals to be impossible to achieve since this can cause a serious blow to your players' self-esteem. Set some realistic milestones along the way so that players can actually see the result of all their hard work.
Occasionally Test Players
You do not want players to be under too much pressure, however a bit pressure can be an excellent motivator. Test them from time to time and even announce that tests will take place at random occasions. This way, players will feel the need to always be prepared which is regardless of how you look at it a great idea in the long term. There is nothing wrong about always studying like tomorrow is going to be a test and in this case what goes for students also goes for athletes.
Promote Teamwork
The most important thing about basketball is that it is a team sport and without their team even the greatest player will be lost. Nothing can measure up to the spirit of comradeship so make sure that all of your players know that any failure or success is not only their own but that of their team. They win together, they lose together and if there is something that none of them will want that is to fail their brothers in arms. There are a lot of exercises that help team building like blindfold maze or obstacle course.
Public Acknowledgement to Follow up
As a trainer, your opinion should mean something to your players, still as professional athletes they live and die for public acknowledgement. It's just the way things are. This is why you should always address the fans to get their basketball tickets and come root for their team. A support of this kind is bound to do a miracle for the morale of your team.
Keeping your team motivated is one of the hardest tasks that a coach can face, still managing to do so is extremely rewarding. There are many other tips and tricks for motivating your players, but just remember one thing: nothing comes overnight. Arm yourself with patience above all and in the long term and success will come in time.
- 7 Tips for Motivating Basketball Players - September 23, 2015
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What can a stock broker do for you? Are there stock brokers who charge you low commission rates?
When you trade stocks, ie invest in some stock at the stock exchange, you invest some money in a business carried out by the company. In other words, you are giving the company some money to invest in a business. When you do so and the company uses the money, it also gives the same percentage of its profit or loss to you, as is the percentage of your investment in the total capital, thus causing a rise or fall, respectively, in the value of the stock. This is the basis on which the stock operates. Now, when you sell this stock to any other person, he owns the credit of the investment and is the one to be the owner of any profit or loss in the stock in future. This is the basis of stock trade. Now, it is easy to understand what a stock broker does?
He is actually an agent who mediates all the transactions between people whenever stocks are traded. They help you fulfill all the legal formalities and also maintain your financial portfolio. Also, many of them suggest you which stock to go for. This suggestion is almost indicative for beginners in the stock trade. However, the major problem is that the more experienced a broker is, the more commission he charges.
Although the commission rates can often be easily compensated by the profits earned from the stock trade by a big investor, it is often a big problem for the small investors and beginners. As they are not confident enough to invest big sums into the stock trade, they do not earn big profits. Paying high commission rates to the broker of the stock exchange is therefore a bit hectic to them.
There can be another option, however, that you can always use more favorably. It is Online Stock Trade. Here, a website mediates all your transactions with suitable software. Such websites, aptly called online stock brokers, provide you information about the current costs of a large number of stocks. They may even suggest you, with the help of artificial intelligence, which stock to invest in. Some of them have search engines to help you search specific stocks in their database.
However the most important thing that would entice you to use these is their commission rates. These online stock brokers charge very low commission rates, as compared to any other human stock brokers. The only thing you need to do is to find a good one by using some search engines in the internet. Compare their commission rates and also consider the other aspects. Finally select the one that suits all your needs well.
Keep in mind that the online stock broker's mode of payment should be suitable for you. If you want to pay through credit card, see if they accept payment by credit card. Compare the various facilities that provide to their customers, such as the search engines, the vastness of their database, the user-friendliness of their website, etc.


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War on Blacks at Wabash Valley: Shaka Shakur charged with attacking...
It is urgent that the security of Shaka Shakur and Jimmy Jones be ensured, but the only way is through mass pressure from the outside. IDOC Watch asks that people call Wabash Valley warden Richard Brown at 812-398-5050 and IDOC Commissioner Robert E. Carter Jr. at 317-232-5711. Say that you are aware that Shaka Shakur, 135647, is being charged for defending himself against mistreatment by guards and that Jimmy Jones, 891782, is facing repression for exposing the situation. Demand that charges against Shaka be dropped and all disciplinary action against Jones be ceased.


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I have been blessed to cover some of the most impactful events of the last decade such as Hurricane Katrina and The Jena Six. I have interviewed many great activists, politicians, global scholars, entertainers and more.
My news articles and blogs have been featured in numerous print and online publications such as Hurt 2 Healing Magazine, African-American News & Issues, Mathaba News Agency, New America Media, San Francisco Bay View, Style Magazine, The Defender, Louisiana Weekly, Frost Illustrated and more.
Read of few of my stories published in The Final Call Newspaper:
- Supreme Kutz: A triumph in Katrina's aftermath
- A victory for Katrina survivors?
- Homeless remain America's 'invisible population'
- BP czar under fire for slow payouts
- Can millions undo years of unjust life behind bars?
- Judge freezes Louisiana Road Home due to alleged discrimination
- March remembers unarmed Blacks shot by New Orleans police
- Katrina's legacy still painful five years after disaster
- America's Wrongfully Convicted: DNA evidence freeing dozens after years behind bars
- Silent Killer: Abortions in the Black community
- Poverty, AIDS and Blacks
- Despite generating billions, many of LeBron's fellow ballers end up broke. Why?
- More NOPD officers charged in post-Katrina shooting death, cover-up
- Brutal racial attacks on Blacks are on the increase in America's post-racial era
- Protestors barred, ejected, arrested at Chevron meeting
- Read More @ www.finalcall.com
- Hip Hop Mogul Russell Simmons
- Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
- Music artist, speaker and author Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of the group TLC
- Actress and director Kim Fields
- Black Enterprise Magazine CEO Earl "Butch" Graves, Jr.
- NBUF National Chairman Kofi Taharka
- Entrepreneur Melinda Emerson aka "Small Biz Lady"
- NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown
- Music artist and author Speech of Arrested Development
- International HIV/AIDS advocate and speaker Hydeia Broadbent
- Hip Hop artist, actor and filmmaker Ice Cube
- Life & Relationship Coach Tony Gaskins
- Social Media Guru, Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker Crystal Washington Martin
- Award-winning actress Jasmine Guy
- Entrepreneur and author George S. Fraser
- Writer and fillmaker Dream Hampton
- Author, speaker and attorney Ava Muhammad
- Former World Boxing Champion George Foreman
- Hip Hop artist Bun B
- Music artist Montsho Eshe of Arrested Development
- Creative director and author Thembisa Mshaka
- Award-winning filmmaker Stacey Muhammad
- Hip Hop artist, speaker and columnist Queen Yonasda
- BBC New contributing reporter Sharon Carpenter
- Author, filmmaker and youth advocate Yasmin Shiraz
- Entrepreneur, speaker and author Keith J. Davis, Jr.
- Nation of Islam Student Minister, urban planner, radio host Robert Muhammad
- National Best-selling author Reshonda Tate-Billingsley
- Actor Allen Payne of "House of Payne"
- Actress Jill Marie Jones of "Girlfriends"
- Activist Mtangulizi Sanyika
- The late N'COBRA founder Dr. Imari Obadele
- Singer and songwriter Avery Sunshine
- Grammy award-winning Hip Hop artist T.I.
- Journalist, author and speaker Ashahed M. Muhammad
- Hip Hop artist, speaker and activist Jasiri X
- Texas Congressman Al Green
- Grammy-nominated music artist Wayna
- Award-winning AIDS advocate and speaker Marvelyn S. Brown
- NBPP Chairman and attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz
- Music Manager and PR expert Fiona Bloom
- Olympic Tae Kwon Do Silver Medalist Nia Abdallah
Published Writings (Short List):
D-Mars Business Journal
"Mediocrity is Not in Your D.N.A." pg 18 July/August 2007
"University of Phoenix Takes Education to Another Level" pg 21 April/May 2008
"Getting A Deal & Keeping A Deal" pg 4-5 June 2008
"Expand Your Sphere of Education for Success" pg 4-5 August 2008
"A Grandmother's Wisdom: Doing For Self Doesn't Mean By Yourself" May/June 2008
"100 Black Men in Houston: Making An Impact One Male At A Time" pg 5 July 2008
Common vs. Drake? Hip-Hop beef needs a funeral and proper burial
R.I.P. To Dr. King's Dream (1963-2012)?
The Lost Principles of Kwanzaa
Common vs. Drake? Hip-Hop beef needs a funeral and proper burial
R.I.P. To Dr. King's Dream (1963-2012)?
Hurt 2 Healing Magazine
Two -Year Anniversary Edition Cover Interview March 2011
Common vs. Drake? Hip-Hop beef needs a funeral and proper burial
R.I.P. To Dr. King's Dream (1963-2012)?
The Lost Principles of Kwanzaa
Common vs. Drake? Hip-Hop beef needs a funeral and proper burial
R.I.P. To Dr. King's Dream (1963-2012)?
Hurt 2 Healing Magazine
Two -Year Anniversary Edition Cover Interview March 2011
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Overview map of the roadways that connect Weakley County to major interstates, ports, and airports. This map is not meant to be a detailed map of the entire road system but an overview of the main connections to and from Weakley County, Tennessee.
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I'm primarily an event photographer to capture the candid moments on your special day. I've covered various birthday parties from 3 to 60 and several engagements and weddings.
I provide services for corporate headshots on location around the Sydney and Hunter regions. I also cover location shoots for interior fit-outs in shopping centres and stand-alone shops.
I grew up in Sydney but am now based in Newcastle working as an Engineer as my primary role. Despite my location, I have an excellent employer and can be flexible with my photography arrangements.
Please contact me via the contact form in the menus above.


text: The New York City Council passed a home rule measure 30-20 (yes, there are 50 legislators on New York City's council). Now it moves on to Albany. Under the plan, pioneered in Singapore and popularized in London, motorists will be charged $8.00 to drive south of 60th Street in Manhattan. Trucks will pay $21, and this will be in effect Monday through Friday, 6am – 6pm. It is expected that congestion pricing will not only help lower traffic congestion, but also raise close to a half billion dollars per year.


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This week's cartoon is my last print cartoon for the LA Weekly. I've been on staff since January of 2009 and it's been an amazing experience. All the best to the Weekly and all the talented folks who put it together. We might continue to work together in another capacity....creating online creating animated shorts...but more about that later. So, here's a roundup of my last batch of cartoons. Enjoy!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Big 'Ol LA Weekly Post
Well, it's been way to damn long. Time is really flying. So, let's catch up with several months of LA Weekly cartoons. If you don't get the joke it's probably because that local LA issue long gone by now...but hey--look at those funny characters and pretty colors!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Mother Dough review
Here's a great review of Bez in the Los Angeles Times:
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
The Art of Mother Dough
Looking for an awesome restaurant to go to this weekend? Mother Dough is authentic Neapolitan pizza and they're now open!!!! The food and atmosphere are excellent. And guess who did their design work?
A friend of mine from my old job contacted me last fall and said her husband was opening this pizza shop and asked if I would design their logo. After a lot of trial and error, and their input, this is what we settled on:
In addition, they asked if I would design some characters for the t-shirts the cooks and servers would wear. Of course I would! They wanted the characters which are in the food wearing a pulcinella mask, a classic character of Italian puppetry and a symbol of naples.
I also designed the menu and wine list. I hand-lettered each item and assembled it in Photoshop:
They also asked for a primer; some basic information about the food and its origins. Originally it was intended to be on the back of the menu but there just wasn't any space. So I came up with the idea of putting on the placemats:
The owner, Bez, has done a wonderful job designing the restaurant. He did almost everything himself including these wall fixtures, which are old railroad spikes in different pleasing arrangments:
The center piece of mother dough is the wood burning oven, imported from Italy:
And if all this weren't enough....can you see the wall in the hallway in the upper right corner of this photo? Bez wanted that wall to look old and tattered. He also wanted a design of Diego Maradona, one of the most famous soccer players of all time, stenciled in the hall. There are images like this on the streets all over Latin America. The Italian connection is Maradona used to play his club soccer for the Naples club team. The entire wall needed a scenic treatment so I called in my brother, an amazing scenic artist, and we made the wall look 100 years old. I did a stencil of Maradona and placed strategically at eye level.
So, make the trip to Hollywood and try some of this awesome, authentic, Neapolitan-style pizza! And enjoy all the cool art and design.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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It is home to some of the famous museums and great attractions. Whether you visit with your family or with your partner, this is a great destination for a fun-filled weekend. Here are some of the things that you shouldn't miss out on when you are in Montreal.
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
I made it a point not to miss out on the primary museums of Canada. No doubt, this is one of the best things that you can do here. This facility is the largest one that you will come across Quebec. It is located in Sherbrooke Street. It houses more than 40,000 pieces varying in medium and style. There are temporary, as well as permanent displays. I came across a concert venue in this museum.
- Montreal Botanical Garden
This is the most substantial contribution to the horticulture of Montreal. The diverse and expansive collections combined with the comprehensive facility contribute to the reputation it has. You will find an insectarium and planetarium. I found them to be quite educational and interesting.
- Notre-Dame Basilica
Notre-Dame Basilica is a dramatic architectural feature that you will come across. It is a significant component of the skyline of Montreal. The Basilica has breathtaking interior while the ceiling is rich blue in color. The glass windows of the Basilica depict the religious history of Montreal. You can go to the church as a visitor when mass isn't going on.
- Jean-Talon Market
The Jean-Talon Market is a farmer's market situated in the Little Italy district. When it comes to food, the market is all year round staple. Here, you will find the vendors selling a wide range of produce, ingredients that are local farm fresh and handmade goods. There are spices to freshly cut flowers.


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The most effective way to destroy people
is to deny and obliterate their own
understanding of their history.
George Orwell
When we are able to anchor ourselves in history, we are able to grow and expand. With an anchored history we are able to honour new beginnings, sans repeating past errors. In the old country, back in Europe, there is a reverence for old ways, old streets, old stones. There is a persistent knowing that others have walked the same path and even some carvings in the tree trunks to mark another person's presence.
Reverence for trees, history, and culture drip from every stone laid in Europe. It is a reverence we do not know, here, in North America. Our lack of history has us, in 2017, on the cusp of repeating some very destructive periods. It is too easy to say those periods were across an ocean and different from today. Apathy and ignorance are the tools needed to repeat dark days of the past and we all have places of apathy. Apathy and ignorance are what allow our understanding of history to be obliterated.
January 2017 I consciously chose to leave apathy and silence behind, hence I allowed this website to go live. It is apathy and silence that has allowed so many people to live with the injury of PTSD; 911 workers, soldiers, and civilians alike. We have a crisis in Syria, resulting in people being dislocated, some of whom find new homes, here, in North America. Our new immigrants come to us with the hope of a better future, they also come with injuries of the mind, from their past. Our first nations live every day knowing their culture and geography were raped, and methodically culled from the history books.
PTSD is the personal version of these global crises. If PTSD is understood, then the world will find a softer heart and a smarter way of being. If what I write here helps two people understand a little bit better I have paid my debt forward. If this continues then maybe the "pay it forward math" will work in our favour. Maybe we will make a difference, together.
Make no mistake, it was my apathy and my ignorance that cultivated rich fodder for the injury titled PTSD. If I write some of the lived experience, then maybe there is less room for apathy, and elbow room for empathy. If PTSD is better understood then what George Orwell wrote will only be a concept, not a reality. I write and humbly ask you read with soft ears and maybe together we could learn something new. Working together we may have compassion when viewing our own history, our own personal choices.
History does repeat, just as the rings of the boardwalk repeat the stones of the walls. What are you going to choose to do, to say, are you repeating your history? Just answer yes and risk looking a bit further. What you find, will liberate.
Namaste my friend,
Julianna Murphy


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In plant breeding, two types of intellectual property rights (IPRs) play a major role; plant breeders' rights (PBRs), developed between 1900 and 1950; and patent rights, which emerged with the rise of modern biotechnology. This paper examines the impact of both systems on breeders, farmers and agricultural innovation.
The link between food security and intellectual property and innovation may not at first seem obvious says Sue Farran, Professor of Laws. In this article, Farran observes 'that food security cannot or should not be seen as an isolated concern but as integral to various other contemporary issues concerning Pacific island countries (PICs), especially trade and development, climate change and the movement of people'. According to Farran, the intellectual property regimes which impact directly on food security are shaped by the developed world and primarily serve to protect the interests of corporations. Farran argues that although UPOV, for example, is favoured by commercial plant breeders, it is particularly unsuitable for the Pacific region because food crops are not grown from seed but from plant-stock propagation. She sees the use of non-traditional intellectual property regulations as having two potentially negative consequences for food security in PICs: firstly they exclude PICs from access to essential resources and secondly the food products of traditional knowledge can be traded without appropriate acknowledgment; or the value of such knowledge for contributing to food security could be undermined. She further notes that the funding mechanisms for research into climate change resistant food crops (e.g. drought tolerant cops) seem to ignore the argument that the food resources of the world should belong to the global commons. She concludes that until the inter-connectedness of factors which affect food security is recognised and the various stakeholders including farmers, researchers, trade and legal experts, community leaders and policymakers consult each other in a meaningful way for making informed policy decisions, there is a danger that the risks will not be adequately addressed.
Oduor Ong'wen, the Kenya country director for the Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI), explains how Africa has lagged in the advancement and implementation of IP rights, with dire consequence for many communities that could have benefitted immensely from indigenous crops and plants and derived products from natural resources and traditional recipes, if well protected by law. He concludes in his detailed review on the IP regime in Africa: "Genetic technologies move knowledge from the public to the private domain. Therefore, increasing amounts of know-how, which would have been available freely for further innovation and product development, is either unavailable, if exclusive licenses were granted, or must be purchased. While research and development in all countries is affected by these changes, African countries suffer most, for four reasons. First, located in the periphery of research and development networks, their chance to obtain exclusive licenses first is very low. Second, transnational corporation have long entered the so-called 'knowledge economy' by creating huge patent portfolios for the sale and exchange of licenses and by creating knowledge monopolies and cross-licensing networks in which emerging industries in Africa can hardly participate. Third, while identifying and purchasing the necessary licenses is difficult and costly for any industry, African countries are particularly handicapped because they frequently have not the same informational and financial resources. Lastly, the increasing costs of patent filings and litigations required for new product developments pose a growing barrier to any research and development efforts in poor countries." (Source: Pambazuka News, November 2010)
This article examines the legal arrangements with respect to the products resulting from public-private research partnerships, and the implications for small farmers in East Africa.
The IP dossier of the CTA's Knowledge for Development website has been compiled to assist ACP countries develop the required technical capacities to implement the various international agreements relating to intellectual property in agriculture for their own benefit.


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Saturday, December 18, 2010
I found a used dvd of this film so I finally got to see it. It's interesting how Snyder gets the details right, but completely misses the spirit of the comic. The film is far too stylish, looking like one long rock video, and there is never a minute where you actually believe in the characters or see them as real people. It takes place in an alternative 80s, but should have had more of a 70s feel, like a Taxi Driver with super heroes, and with as little CGI as possible. I'm not a big fan of Greengrass's shakycam, but I think he would have been a much better director for this. Snyder treats the comic as if it was The Bible, being too faithful in the adaptation. The flamethrower at the end of the sexscene was already silly in the comic. The title sequence is the one place he shows some imagination, it's probably the best part of the film. Too bad it's the opening and that it only goes downhill from there. I don't mean to say that the comic was a masterpiece. At the time it was released I think I was mostly impressed with it's structure, the way it went back and forth in time. If anything, the film only accentuates how kind of ridiculous it was.
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10 Reasons You Shouldn't Buy a Samsung Galaxy Book or OLED Display
The Samsung Galaxy Book looks amazing, but it hides a secret that no-one talks about: Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays suffer from serious problems.
While OLED devices are slightly slimmer than those with LCD screens, they come with reliability, cost, and longevity issues. Here are 10 reasons you might not want to buy a laptop with OLED technology, like the Samsung Galaxy Book — in 2017, at least.
Samsung Galaxy Book Release Date and Specifications
Before explaining why you shouldn't buy a Samsung Galaxy Book, look at its hardware. The Galaxy Book comes in two models: the first is a 9.7-inch 2048 x 1536 Android tablet with similar specs as the other tablets on the market, the larger model comes with a 2160 x 1440 12-inch display, Windows 10, and an Intel processor. The 9.7-incher may launch on March 31st. Its 12-inch brother may release some time after that.
1. OLEDs Displays Burn-In Over Time
The biggest weakness of OLED technology: the organic components found in OLEDs decay over time. While manufacturers estimate lifespans to hover between 80,000 and 150,000 hours, that doesn't tell the whole story. Burn-in can occur within weeks of purchase — and it only gets worse over time as it is completely irreversible. So what's burn-in?
Burn-in occurs when the sub-pixels that make up an OLED display decay. Of the three or four colors which compose an OLED sub-pixel, blue wears out the fastest. As a blue pixel breaks down, it emits less light. And that shows up on the screen in the form of a slightly darker blotch or retained image.
In comparison, an LCD screen offers an MTBF of roughly 100,000 hours — equal to the life expectancy of its LED backlight. The liquid crystals that make up the display last significantly longer. Up until it fails, it retains the same picture quality at the time of purchase. When burn-in does occur, it quickly returns to normal (the image above is of burn-in on an LCD panel).
2. Operating Systems Kill OLED Displays
As mentioned above, bright and blue OLEDs burn out over time. The more they're used, the faster they die. For example, status bars, icon trays, and browser tabs sit on the screen for hours at a time. These elements rapidly burn themselves into your screen.
It's possible to dramatically reduce the rate of decay through darker and less blue colors. But while the Windows 10 Anniversary Update Windows 10 Anniversary Update Due in July & These Are Its Best Features You will love the Windows 10 Anniversary Update! The second big upgrade to Windows 10 since its launch in July 2015 is expected this summer. Here we highlight the most exciting features. Read More includes an optional dark theme The Best Windows 10 Dark Themes for Your Eyes Windows 10 has its own dark theme now. But try these other Windows dark theme customizations too and prevent eye strain. Read More , many Windows 10 apps lack this. And even the dark theme isn't fully OLED friendly.
3. Early OLED Laptops Cost a Fortune
The first OLED laptops cost a fortune. Here are a few examples:
Lenovo X1 Yoga — At over $2,000, the X1 Yoga 2-in-1 comes with fairly anemic hardware for the money. Its dual-core Core i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and a 256 GB SSD can be found on $700 2-in-1 laptops (like the Acer Switch Alpha 12). Compared to the competition, its 2K OLED screen runs the price up by around $1,100.
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The Acer Switch Alpha matches the Lenovo X1 Yoga in all aspects. It includes a similar resolution screen (LCD instead of OLED), the same RAM, SSD, and tablet functionality — for hundreds less.
Alienware 13 R3 — The Alienware 13 R3 is the first gaming laptop to feature an OLED display. It comes with a quad-core Intel processor, a midrange Nvidia 1060 GPU, and a 2560 x 1440 OLED panel. On paper, it looks like a good deal.
Dell (which owns Alienware) only charges $250 to upgrade the 1080p LCD display to a 2K OLED panel. Unfortunately, the price is obscured by the specs — a common practice among marketing departments. Other manufacturers, however, lack the whacky pricing scheme. The Asus STRIX offers the same specs but costs $1,400 — $700 less.
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We Don't Know How Much the Samsung Galaxy Book Costs
It seems that almost all OLED laptops, regardless of specs, run for around $2,000. As a Surface Pro competitor, the Samsung Galaxy Book will probably cost more than that. Perhaps around $1,800. While that might seem reasonable, it's not.
Prepare to have your mind blown: According to IHS Technology, OLED panels cost less to manufacture than LCD screens. However, the early production of large, laptop-quality OLED panels will cost a fortune due to limited supply.
As manufacturers increase production, though, prices will rapidly drop. If you do purchase an OLED-equipped laptop, buy one later rather than sooner.
4. OLED Displays Aren't Battery Friendly
While in theory OLED displays consume less power than LCDs, the truth is more complicated. LCD displays use less power when displaying white colors. OLED uses less power when displaying blacks. Reviewers, however, continually note that the OLED displays used in laptops tend to consume more power than LCDs.
For example, Anandtech found that the OLED version of the Yoga X1 consumed dramatically more power than the LCD version. In short, you get roughly 41 percent more battery life by using an LCD laptop, if all other factors remain the same.
6. Better Technology Is Coming Soon
LCD technology is far more mature than OLED. Most OLED manufacturers, however, compare older models of LCD to the newer models of OLED. For example, technologies such as Panel Self-Refresh technology and IGZO backplanes can extend battery life by a tremendous amount.
Panasonic's LCD Technology Has the Same Contrast
The newest LCD technology from Panasonic can represent blacks (contrast ratio) about as good as OLEDs. That takes pretty much all the juice out of OLEDs, except that OLEDs will eventually cost less than LCD panels.
Quantum Dot Technology Has Better Accuracy and Drain
Another panel that beats down OLEDs: Samsung's Quantum Dot (QLED). QLED technology blows OLED away in color accuracy, longevity, and power consumption. For example, the Asus ZenBook UX550 scores extremely high in color accuracy and battery life tests. Unfortunately, it costs a fortune at about $3,000. But over time QLED displays will fall in price.
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But QLED isn't the only competition to OLED. A lot of other technologies compete on a superior footing.
7. There's Lots of Competition
There are just a few kinds of OLED panel types out there. But many kinds of Liquid Crystal Displays Understanding The Differences Between LCD Display Panels [Technology Explained] Read More exist.
The problem is that advertisers typically lump all LCD screens into a single category. Often, you don't know whether you're getting a twisted-nematic (TN) or in-pane switching (IPS) screen. For example, the Dell XPS 13 throws several kinds of battery-saving technologies into the same package, such as Panel Self-Refresh, and an IGZO backplane. With such technologies, the XPS 13 gets the best battery life in its size and form factor.
LCDs also don't suffer from burn-in — which can prove costly.
8. Warranty Policies Sometimes Don't Cover Burn-in
Warranty policies rarely cover physical damage outside of 30–60 day return period (depending on the retailer). Consumers aren't warned to take precautions, either. Overall, if you start to notice that your screen is degrading, chances are you will need to pay to have it replaced. And that can cost a fortune.
9. OLED Panels Cost More to Replace
If you ever break the screen, OLED panels come with much higher replacement costs. On top of that, OLED panels are very delicate and thin, compared to other displays. That makes replacing them more time consuming and costly.
On the positive side, OLED panels will drop in price rapidly over time, which will make replacements cheaper — but that won't happen anytime soon.
10. Higher Rate of Defect in Early Production
OLED panels won't just burn-in. They'll have a higher failure rate, due to a lack of maturation. Just as early LCD panels also suffered from a large number of broken or stuck pixels, early OLEDs will also suffer from teething problems.
Combine that with the high cost of replacement, and you have a losing formula.
Should You Buy a Samsung Galaxy Book or OLED Laptop?
Don't buy a large OLED display until later. OLED panels may be an inevitability, rather than a possibility. More or less, the cost of producing an OLED panel will be less than that of an LCD. On top of that, they are less durable and require more frequent replacement compared to LCD. Finally, they look better so that average consumers (who aren't aware of the disadvantages) will likely prefer them over LCD screens.
Altogether, the road seems paved toward a future in which OLEDs are the dominant technology on the market. But until that future becomes an inevitability, consumers should prefer LCD screens over OLED.
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We'll be celebrating the mid-autumn festival (aka moon festival) with family this weekend. The holiday is called Chuseok in Korean, Tet in Vietnamese, and Tsukimi in Japanese. It's also known as the moon festival or Chinese Thanksgiving. It's a holiday where families gather, pray to our ancestors, as well as offer them food. And just like the North American Thanksgiving holiday, we too, load the dinner table with delicious food coma-inducing foods.
See what I mean? Let's take a closer look at some of the dishes, shall we?
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Mid-Autumn Festival 2012
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Homemade Che Dau
Mom made a Vietnamese sticky rice pudding with black-eyed beans aka che dau the other day.
She boiled one cup of sticky rice, sugar, black-eyed beans (rinsed from two cans), and water together. After the pot came to a boil, the heat was turned down to a gentle simmer. Mom was very happy with how it turned out. The pudding was crystal clear for once. It's usually murky when she makes it, but my aunt (who is Vietnamese) told her the secret solution to the problem.
"You could sell this batch!" Mom proudly gloated from the kitchen. It's quite rare when she's actually excited about something, so I knew it must be good.
"You could sell this batch!" Mom proudly gloated from the kitchen. It's quite rare when she's actually excited about something, so I knew it must be good.
Apparently they call this dessert che dau in Cambodia too. The only difference is that the Cambodians mix the salted coconut milk in with the pudding; whereas, the Vietnamese serve the coconut milk on the side. Since Mom wanted to show off the clear pudding, she warmed up some coconut milk and seasoned it with a bit of salt in a separate pot.
To serve, you scoop out some of the sticky rice pudding and then drizzle a bit of coconut milk. It's all self-serve in our house (unless you're the guest, of course). We ate the thick pudding while it was still warm. Mmm…!
Monday, September 17, 2012
Italian-Inspired Meatballs and Pasta
The basil in our garden began to wilt in the wet weather. Instead of letting them go to waste, I made some Italian-inspired meatballs with them. Using the same concept as when I first created the Vietnamese-inspired meatballs (aka nem nuong), I just used Italian flavours and packed them into the meatballs.
Ground pork, basil, Italian breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, sugar, and black pepper were all I used. The meatballs were briefly browned in a pan and then transferred to a pot. The pan was deglazed with some broth and then added to the pot, where tomatoes, garlic, and onions were simmering.
We cooked the rotini, combined the tomato sauce with the cooked pasta and browned meatballs in a casserole dish. Before the pasta was baked for twenty minutes, I sprinkled a bit of parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs on top of the pasta.
I wished I made more meatballs. They were moist, tender, and the seasoning was spot on. We didn't have any leftovers that night.
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FRIDAY, March 16, 2007 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants don't help people with the compulsive stealing disorder kleptomania, a new study found.
The findings, by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, came as no surprise to experts in the mental health field, where kleptomania is known as a particularly stubborn problem.
"Kleptomania doesn't respond very well to anything at all," said Dr. Norman Sussman, a professor of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. "Even therapy is often useless. People will steal things even after getting caught. It's truly a compulsion."
The study authors, however, did not rule out the possibility that certain medications, even the one used in the trial, might still prove to be an effective treatment for some people.
Some 1.2 million Americans are believed to suffer from kleptomania, which propels them to impulsively steal inexpensive and unneeded items. Unlike shoplifting, stealing related to kleptomania is not planned and is not motivated by need or financial gain.
According to background information in the study, kleptomania has been estimated to account for 4 percent to 10 percent of shoplifting in the United States. With shoplifting causing estimated annual losses of $10 billion to $50 billion, kleptomania's toll is substantial.
"People with kleptomania rarely seek treatment, because they're afraid of the legal consequences or don't know that treatment may help," said study author Dr. Lorrin Koran, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford. "Some people do benefit from treatment."
An earlier "open-label" trial showed a 78 percent success rate with antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). But open-label trials, in which information about who is taking medication and who is taking a placebo is public, are notoriously unreliable.
"In open-label trials, it only looks like they might work," Sussman said. "It's wishful thinking."
For the new study, published in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, the researchers looked at 24 people aged 20 or older who had been diagnosed with kleptomania at least one year earlier.
The participants were randomly chosen to take either the SSRI escitalopram (Lexapro) or a placebo. The study was funded by Lexapro's maker, Forest Laboratories. Response rates turned out to be the same in both groups, suggesting that the earlier effects in the open-label trial were due to a placebo effect.
In the second phase of the study, conducted as a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 15 participants, no benefit was seen. About the same proportion of participants relapsed in each group.
The small size of the study means the potential of this treatment can't be dismissed, the authors stated.
"Some of these people told me that they had been through many other treatments, had been in jail, divorced, nothing stopped them from thinking about stealing," Koran said. "But when they took the drug, they weren't thinking about it. They didn't have the urge. It's hard to believe that that's a placebo effect."
Koran suspects the disorder is more complicated than experts realize.
"I think this is a behavior that has different biological roots in different people," he said. "For some, the drug was active on serotonin and probably was effective, and for others, it was a placebo effect. It's also possible the drug worked for some and lost its effect. If we had increased the dose, they may have continued to see a benefit. We're on the outside looking in, and we don't know what's going on in the brain.
But others didn't necessarily agree.
"This doesn't contradict the weight of evidence," Sussman said. "This simply confirms what we already suspected."
A second study by the same researchers looking at the same drug found that Lexapro also did not help people with compulsive buying disorder.
Again, this finding contradicts prior results from an open-label trial showing a benefit. The latest trial, a randomized one, involved only 17 participants.
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Literature Review
Dr. Monica Flippen-Wynn
Aden Brown, Brittney Brown, Liz Carroll, Eric Davis, Symone Davis and Maurice Richardson
The literature chosen to support our thesis "Is smartboard technology increasing the way students learn in the classroom?" was largely derived from articles and scholarly journals which focused on pedagogical methods used in secondary education. Initially, our research was to be conducted in classrooms with students who are minors. Because of privacy concerns and a lack of time to acquire the necessary permission, our research instead centered on the use of smartboards and adaptive technology on the college and university level.
Interestingly, that is where a lack of scholarly research material exists, which suggest it is an area ripe for investigation. Similarly, the volume of information concerning usage in primary schools is further analyzed in sub-sets such as; whether the technology is more beneficial in teaching music, (Baker, 2007), or with particular learning or developmental disabilities, (Xin, Sutman, 2001).
Our group conducted research from volunteer participants in three different areas of academia; mathematics, physics and computer engineering/sciences. The premise being that these are concentrations where the students themselves and the instructors are comfortable with technology. Moreover, today's technology savvy students, particularly in those studies these sciences expect to be taught with techniques and technology they will actually use and encounter in the real world.
Nine instructors participated in a round of individual, semi-structured, interviews. Each professor were asked a list of six, simple, open-ended questions. Prior to each interview, our subjects were walked through an informed consent process and answered a set of questions regarding their training, their background and demographic information. After the regular questions were asked, subjects could further elaborate on their answers and the student researchers could engage in follow-up questions or ask the professors to expound further.
Since this is a pilot research project, data was collected by we did not extrapolate qualitative findings. Time, knowledge and experience were factors in this decision. However, an abstract on our research topic has been accepted at a national conference. Prior to our presentation in February we will derive inferences from what we have collected and present those findings and conclusions at the conference.
Anecdotally, we learned that the university professors had a plethora of very expensive smartboards and other technology at their fingertips yet seldom use them. Some lamented the practical applications, such as, math professors need a larger space to write algorithms, others claim the technology interrupted the flow of the lecture and so on. The majority simply did not use them because of a lack of training. Professors noted that the technology was only as good as the person using them and the amount of accessible hands on training provided by any given university given the time and constraints of a university level instructor's demanding schedule. This common complaint is supported by a number of articles which differentiate the culture and the complexities of a university classroom from a secondary level setting and the conditions under which technology is more easily integrated into the class (Zhao, Pugh Sheldon & Byers, 2002).
While the research does not specifically point to the amount of time spent with students as a variable necessary for successful outcomes, it is inferred (Guzman, Nussbaum, 2009). Naturally, a teacher who spends every day with the same set of students will pick up a more fascile understanding of the technology and will learn with their students as they both become accustomed to it, college level professors don't regularly see the same set of students and use the same set of information, the lesson plan and curriculum demand a faster pace and less opportunity to pick up shortcuts you might encounter during routine use.
It appears that this technology used merely as a tool (Guzman, 2009), is in and of itself not a radical pedagogical shift but used to integrate information via the internet, social media and to capture class dialogue has great potential.
Additionally, instructors both in the literature and in our research interviews indicated a desire to see adaptive technology integrated into the curriculum where there can be a two-way flow of information. I-pads, if fiscally feasible, would provide an opportunity for students to pull in outside references during the course of discussion during, say, a political science class or to better facilitate group assignment communication, (Wieder, 2011). Tablet style and hand held technology can have drawbacks such as expense, but over time it is believed the initial cost is absorbed and justified whether it be reducing the cost of paper textbooks or our footprint on the environment. Education experts hold a common belief that students who are put in the driver's seat will ultimately be far more ready for advanced study and for the workforce, (Melago, 2007).
It is critical for professors to meet students where they are, (Moran, Seaman & Hester, 2011). Today's millenials are best engaged through technology and may in fact, be the best method of 'training the trainers'.
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Blogger and antifa resister Jason Kessler's weekend was bookended by dates in the Charlottesville General District Court, one in which he claims he's the victim, another in which he was sentenced for assault.
On Friday, May 5, a special prosecutor was named and a court date set to hear Kessler's charge against Sara Tansey for grabbing his phone at a Corey Stewart rally February 11 in Lee Park. At that same event, Tansey alleges Joe Draego, the man who sued Charlottesville after he was dragged out of City Council for calling Muslims "monstrous maniacs," assaulted her when he retrieved Kessler's phone.
At an April 17 hearing, Kessler complained to the judge that Tansey should have been charged with felony larceny rather than destruction of property, a Class 3 misdemeanor, according to her attorney, Jeff Fogel. He also demanded a special prosecutor, but voiced dissatisfaction with Mike Doucette, the Lynchburg commonwealth's attorney brought in as a special prosecutor for Kessler's petition to remove Vice-Mayor Wes Bellamy from office. Doucette determined in March Kessler did not have enough signatures and he declined to proceed with the petition.
Fluvanna Commonwealth's Attorney Jeff Haislip will hear the Tansey and Draego cases June 8.
Kessler's sentencing for slugging a man was originally scheduled for April 27, but was continued because he was out of town. According to his Twitter account, Kessler was in Berkeley "resisting terrorist Antifa threats" to Ann Coulter, whose visit to the university there was canceled.
He previously pleaded guilty April 6 to punching Jay Taylor while collecting petition signatures January 22. Kessler also filed assault charges against Taylor, but the prosecutor threw those out March 3 with prejudice because video surveillance footage did not support Kessler's story.
In court Monday, Kessler was sentenced to a 30-day suspended jail sentence, 50 hours of community service and told to have no "violent contact" with Taylor.
After the hearing, Taylor said, "I don't think jail is appropriate. I hold no ill will toward Mr. Kessler. We worked together. I considered him a friend. I wish he'd spend as much energy building our community up rather than tearing it down."


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The biggest challenge for forest protection is poverty among the local people especially in the most remote areas. That is why in recent years the Vietnam Government issued many policies related to forest protection and development. One of them is the overall plan for 2011-2022, which includes the guidelines for payment for forest environmental services.
Script writing and Editor: Een Irawan Putra
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