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Maynooth:Little Town in the outskirts of Dublin, Co. Kildare
The land of the leprechauns, or as others prefer to call it, the Emerald Isle, is a must have in your 'To visit' list. Do not get too anxious about the Irish weather, is not always cloudy in Ireland! Anyway, who will be bothered by a tiny raindrop or two? If you are planning a trip to this beautiful country, you have probably found out what to do in Dublin, Galway ,Cork or even in Limerick. Well, that's not all folks! If you have a flexible schedule, I wouldn't leave without visiting Maynooth. Maynooth is a 'little' (is what it might seems at the beginning) town located in the outskirts of Dublin, in County Kildare. Once you've put your feet in there, you'll immediately transport yourself to one of those amazing scenarios you've seen so many times in movies. A gorgeous town with a lovely main street full of shops and places where you can eat, but still quiet enough to just walk around lost in your senses. It is certainly a different place to visit and its magical environment will captivate you in a second. But hold on, there's more! You wouldn't expect this location to hold a university, but indeed, it does. Maynooth University, which became independent of St. Patrick's College in 1997, has its two campuses located in the middle of this town. Its huge community of students fills the area every September and light up the life of this neighbourhood during the academic year. Who wouldn't like to have the chance to study in the Hogwarts -like institution? Even though you're not a student, you will surely enjoy a stroll around its charming buildings. To know more about it, visit: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/
Things to do in Maynooth:
- Walk around: take a stroll near the river or the main street and discover what it has to offer by yourself.
- Seat by the river: take a few photos and listen to the flowing water where ducks and sometimes a couple of swans swim by. If you are travelling with kids, right next to the river there is a nice park where they can play while you enjoy a 5 minute break.
- Have a coffee or tea at Café Bon Bon. Depending on where you come from, you will find it cheap or expensive. But it's really worth it! Treat yourself with a piece of cake and the rest will be done by the vintage atmosphere.
- Take a deal at Pizza Dog, where you'll find huge pizzas and soda for little.
- In Centra, you can get a chicken fillet roll and a can of soda for less than five euros.
- If you're into junk cheap food, you can also try Papa Johns, and if you are more into the classics, just a few minute walk from the main street, you can have your meal at McDonalds.
- For sweets lovers, I'll advice you to take a look at An Siopa Milséan (you'll recognize it immediately by the strawberry ice cream cone on the outside) . From Hershey chocolate to Kool Aid, you will even find Wonka chocolate!
- If all you want to do is to go on shopping, Manor Mills Shopping Centre has a good range of opportunities. If I were you, I would not stay just in the Dunness Store.Visit the other little shops inside it, you can find real bargains! If you want to contrast prices or keep looking for that something (maybe a little souvenir) you haven't found yet, Supervalu might be the place. If all you need is a more shopping centre like place, just next to McDonalds, Tesco will be waiting for you.
- Although it may add a bit of weight to your luggage, if you're an avid reader, you can buy cheap books in Euro Saver, The Maynooth Book Shop or even in the second-hand store in the main street.
- Yes, you've read it right! Maynooth has really nice places to go on a night out. You can enjoy live music a few days a week in The Roost ( Saturday entry is almost always free, but if you prefer to get lost in the crowd and dance, I will tell you to step in on a Thursday night, when you can get in for less than five euros). If you still haven't had a taste of Irish food, this club has its own restaurant and menus are normally affordable.
- The Brady's Clockhouse opens its doors to receive the eager students on Wednesday nights. For what I've seen, people seem to really enjoy it, although during my stay in Maynooth, I didn't have the chance to get in. You'll have to judge it by yourself!
- The Cathedral( former Mantra) has been recently renovated ( it was re-opened last June). When it was known as Mantra, it was quite expensive in comparison to the other places in town and its main clients were students, but for what I've been told ( I couldn't make it to the re-opening night, as it was just a few days before I came home for good) now it is a good place to take a few pints and enjoy some live music.
- Maynooth is really well connected to the 'outer world'. It is served by Dublin Bus. The lines 66 (through Leixlip) and 67 (through Celbridge) connect it with Dublin City Centre. They are relatively frequent during the day. There is a nitelink service that runs a few buses during the night. The ticket for this service is around 6,50€ (double the price of a day ticket) . REALLY IMPORTANT: Dublin Bus only takes coins, particularly, the exact fare of your journey, as the driver is not allowed to give you change. Be sure you have enough money before boarding! For more info, take a look at: https://www.dublinbus.ie/
- Maynooth Irish Rail: if you get too dizzy in buses and prefer a shorter journey, you can also get to Dublin by using the train. Take a look at fares in http://www.irishrail.ie/travel-information/maynooth and see if it's worth it!
- I would advise you to plan carefully your return to Dublin (where you'll be probably staying) if you decide to visit Maynooth, as a taxi ride can cost you around 50 euros.
- I can tell you based on my own experience that is quite hard to find accommodation in this town. But if you're only a passer-by, probably your best option is to stay at one of the many hostels in Dublin and take the bus whenever you plan to visit Maynooth.
- If for any reason you would like to stay in town, GlenRoyal Hotel is located in the centre of the town. See http://www.glenroyal.ie//index.html for more info and bookings.
- Ballygoran Lodge, a bit more far away ( in Old Celbridge Road), could be another option.


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Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life.
In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying her and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize is over capacity. For any to live, some must die.
As the castaways battle the elements, and each other, Grace recollects the unorthodox way she and Henry met, and the new life of privilege she thought she'd found. Will she pay any price to keep it?
Put aside some time and make sure you won't be disturbed when you pick this debut novel up. Yes, it's that good, but not quite good enough to receive 5 thumbs from this reviewer, and I'll explain why later in the review.
This book makes you think, and re-evaluate everything you think you would personally do when faced with a survival situation; will you become someone you don't recognise or will you be able to stand firm in your moral and ethical beliefs? This novel was a page turner from the very first, it made me really think and wonder how I would react in this kind of dilemma, and do I know myself as well as I think I do.
Character development is so subtle in this book that it almost appears there is none at all. Given the changing nature of each of those featured within its pages, the Author does an outstanding job of making all them credible and believable. The reader learns a little of their background, and the events that brought them to the place the book is set in and, sometimes, this makes the course of action they choose to take just a little bit harder to understand. As I said it makes you question your own motives in certain circumstances, and certainly makes you gasp as you read the decisions these lifelike and 3 dimensional characters make. The only downside to the characters was actually the main protagonist; she is the narrator for the story, and an unreliable one at that. Whether this is a deliberate action on the part of the Author I'm not sure, but if it was I'm not convinced that this was the right way to bring the story across.
The story itself is very well written and carefully told. Not only does it have all the elements required of a captivating survival story, it is peppered with all the ingredients of a mystery novel; intrigue, lies, misdirection, motives and manipulation. This brings me to the reason I couldn't give this novel a five thumbs rating – the ending. After all the ups and downs the Author takes the reader through in earlier pages, the ending came across as being rather flat and lacklustre in my opinion. I was expecting yet another twist, which led to a conclusion to the book that was just as unexpected as other incidents, but this was not the case and I felt cheated in some way about this.
I would highly recommend this book to lovers of all genres, as there is something in it for every reader.


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When it comes to satellite radio, apparently, the second time is a charm. The first receiver that we reviewed for XM Satellite Radio, the Sony DRN-XM01C, showed us the potential of satellite radio for the home and the car but came with such a limited and clunky feature set that we said no thanks. The Delphi XM SkyFi, however, has beautifully laid-out controls, great functionality, and a reasonable price; plus, it works equally well in the car, at home, or as a portable boombox (depending on which adapter you choose).
Editor's note: We have changed the rating in this review to reflect recent changes in our rating scale. Click here to find out more.Delphi wisely decided to make this satellite receiver a small module that can be augmented with different adapters; car and home adapters run $70 each, while the boombox adapter costs $100. New for 2004 is the $200 CD Audio System, an upgraded boombox that also includes an AM/FM radio and plays audio and MP3 CDs. This means that you can remove the SkyFi from your car to prevent it from being stolen, and that you can also add functionality with other kits. If you really love XM's programming, buying all three peripherals and swapping the pocket-size receiver module among them makes a lot of sense (and one $12.95-per-month subscription covers all three applications).
The 4.5-by-3.0-inch SkyFi receiver features a large, orange screen that displays song and channel information. A scrollwheel to the left of the screen scans through the channels, while a button in the middle of the scrollwheel locks onto a new station. Our only complaint about the controls is that the power button is placed in the lower-middle portion of the receiver instead of on top, where it would be easier to access. Also, the SkyFi heats up; after an hour of use, it feels rather warm.
Four buttons just below the screen let you switch the display mode, access the menu controls, and change from presets to direct-entry mode. Finally, 10 numbered buttons line the SkyFi's bottom, letting you enter either a channel or a preset directly, without scrolling. All functions are also accessible through a small, wireless remote. The SkyFi's features go far beyond those of the Sony model. You can not only scroll through the channels, but you may also see what artists or songs are on each station. A preset-scroll function skips straight to your favorite stations one by one--very convenient.
The standard display shows the channel name, the artist, and the song title, while an alternate display mode gives you only artist and song-title info in large, scrolling letters that can be read from across the room. The Memory button stores up to 10 artist names and track titles, so you can explore new favorite tunes with ease. We had no difficulties with the SkyFi's performance, even after many hours of testing. Although the device, like the Sony, outputs a fairly low volume, the issue was more of an annoyance than a problem, and we easily remedied it by turning up our stereo's volume.
Sound quality is comparable to that of FM radio, and superior to that of XM's competitor, Sirius. Both satellite services are noise- and static-free.
You can see a full programming list on the &siteid=7&edid=&lop=txt&destcat=ex&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Exmradio%2Ecom%2Fprogramming%2Fprogramming%5Fmain%2Ehtml">XM Web site, so we'll stick to the highlights here. We perused XM's 101 channels starting with the decade selections: the '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s pop/rock outlets. You also get MTV, VH1, and channels for top 20 music, love songs, movie soundtracks, show tunes, and Euro/global hits. College-radio channel XMU was our favorite, because it turned us on to a lot of new music.
The blues and folk channels consistently surprised us with their excellent programming; the four fantastic jazz options cover a wide range of groovy music. XM Live has original offerings unique to XM and also runs a steady stream of rarely heard vintage concert recordings. The Unsigned channel plays only independent and emerging artists.
XM also provides news, talk, and sports with ABC Radio, BBC World Service, CNBC, CNET radio, CNN, two ESPN channels, and the Weather Channel, but not NPR or PRI. You also get three comedy choices, and for an extra monthly charge, you can enjoy Playboy Radio.
Most music channels are commercial-free, although they run occasional promos for other XM offerings, and even the ones with ads didn't rattle our nerves. Breaks are short, and we sometimes went for 30 minutes without a commercial.
XM programmers deliver long music sets with minimal DJ chatter. Some listeners may prefer that, but at times we yearned for more personality-oriented radio.


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It has been a wild week, but maybe that is my normal. Ha!
I had another rodeo day shift on Tuesday and I took my Primitive Gatherings, My Crazy Life to work on. Slowly but surely, progress is in the air. After I worked my rodeo shift on Tuesday I hurried home to meet Brok and family, this past week was their spring break and we had dinner at the house thanks to take out food from Antonio's. It was great in a pinch – chicken alfredo, salad and rolls. We were all happy and hungry!
Wednesday we ran a couple of errands and then off to the rodeo we go. Candice even talked Hailey into riding in the "mutton bustin" contest. We were all surprised and excited that she agreed to do it, but I have to admit after watching several of the little riders take off out of the chute and then fall off, I was a little afraid for her. Hailey held up and did great, even when she did fall off she appeared to be un-phased and she was glad she did it. The kids road rides, got their faces painted and we ate and then went in the center to cool off and then to see some of the rodeo events inside the stadium. There sure is a lot of walking and things to take in during rodeo. Since Candice had knee surgery I rented a wheelchair to make the adventure a little easier to maneuver around and enjoyable for her. That was a good thing, like I said there is a ton of walking around out there!
We had a great time; luckily all good things come to an end. We left and home we went. I love my parking pass and I was certainly glad to see my car. Ha!
I got to spend most of Thursday with them and then they were off to see her Mom and Dad. I really appreciate all the effort they make to come over and spend time with us. Thank you Brok and Candice, I love to watch them interact with the kids and how respectful the kiddos are.
Friday was time to get David off to run his Texas Independence Relay that started in Gonzales and finishes in Deer Park at the San Jacinto monument and some serious sewing time for me. Wahoo!
I worked on my Sew Kind of Wonderful, Mod Owl pattern. I got through all of the cutting and planning for my class on Sunday and Monday.
Saturday was my last shift to work and I should say that I was very glad to say Goodbye! I have other things to concentrate on! ha!
Our class was successful and I'm ready to roll for my class tomorrow!
I am truly blessed; I hope you are blessed by your daily threads. Love and hugs,


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Did you all not notice the change in John Howard's rhetoric lately?
From purely xenophobic "we will decide who will come to this country" into Nazi rhetoric of "Australian vs unAustralian" and the need for migrants to embrace "Australian values".
So what is wrong with Indian values? Why is Howard upset from Germans? Are the Nigerian values inferior to Australians?
Does John Howard mean that Australia is the only country that has "codes of ethics"?
Do I hear here Hitler's arguments of German superiority?
To the best of my knowledge, every culture on the earth is advocating for good behaviors against the evil of lying, stealing, deceiving, killing...etc. No difference between the Indian, Chinese, German, Arabic, Nigerian etc unless there are hobbit politicians who use lies and deceptions to achieve some political scoring.
Let me ask now what is the "Australian values"?
If playing cricket is Australian, should the government ban soccer?
If eating sausages is "Australian", why is "Tabbouleh" still in our markets?
If having sex once mature is "Australian", why are the "virgins" not rounded up and sent to the "cultural correction camps"?
If English is the test for good citizenship and good manner, why are the "English illiterate" still wandering in the streets and not in Silverwater jail ?
If drinking beer is "Australian", why did the government included it in the GST, instead of giving it away with each immunization injection?
If "Australian" includes to be racist, why is Paul Keating not in jail?
Well, John Howard, go to hell you and your values especially if they include detaining kids, women and innocent people without any charges.
Go to hell with your values if they include abandoning drowning people in the middle of the ocean, to succeeding electorally on their bodies.
Go to hell with your values if they justify sending troops to wipe out nations, destroy countries and kill innocents.
Go to hell with them if they include depriving the working class of their rights to a fair share of wealth.
Go to hell if they include spreading racial and religious hate, leading to face-spitting on followers of certain religion/culture.
Go to hell with them if they include the requirement to strip me from my cultural, linguistic and religious/irreligious beliefs.
Go to hell with your "values" if they include spreading lies and deception of "illegal immigrants", "queue jumpers", "kids overboard", and "Iraq's weapons of mass destruction".
John Howard, if to be Australian, I should do all these evil things, take my citizenship and deport me to Mars.
If we come as a nation to define what is "Australian values", which should include to be truthful, tolerant, compassionate and hard-working, I am sure who will be deported.
So John Howard, go to hell with your values.
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Manchester United target Koke has no intention of leaving Atletico Madrid according to his agent - despite rumours of a move to Old Trafford intensifying after David Moyes was spotted at the Vicente Calderon during their Champions League game against Porto.
It is well known that Manchester United are trying to sign a playmaker in January and Koke has been recently become one of the club's main targets.
However, it may be a near impossible deal for United to pull off as Koke's agent, Iñaki Espizua, has told Spanish radio station Cadena Cope that although his client is flattered about the interest from other big clubs, Koke wants to stay at Atletico Madrid.
"Koke is sure about what he wants for his future and is to be at Aletico Madrid. Right know he just thinks of staying at his club.
"He is very happy here. It is nice when other clubs are interested in him because it means that he is playing well and he should be glad for that but he has no intention of quitting Atletico," Espizua said.
Reports suggest that Koke's release clause is just £20m, a bargain price for a player that is quickly becoming a sensation in La Liga this season. However, Espizua did not want to confirm if indeed that is his real price.
"There is no price for us, neither the release clause. You should ask Atletico. Last summer we extended his contract two more years and he wants to stay."
Aparently, the only way for United to secure the deal is convincing Atletico Madrid with a vast amount of money. Diego Simeone's side have economic issues and during recent years they already have sold stars as Sergio Aguero and Radamel Falcao because of that.
"You know how the football works. If Atletico, because economic reasons, consider to sell him it would be different but Koke has not any interest in leaving the club." Espizua add.
At the same time when he was asking about Moyes' visit he said: "I do not know if Moyes come to see Koke. I do not think so. You should ask Manchester United which ones are their targets but Koke is not thinking of leaving Atletico".
After the game Koke also claimed that he is not thinking of leaving his current club despite Moyes' trip to Madrid.
"I didn't know he was here. I'm not worried, I renewed my contract this summer" he told reporters.


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Controversy over proposal to grant Masin brothers' group state honours
The Senate has proposed that state honours be granted to the resistance group of the Masin brothers, who fought their way out of Communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s. But the issue is not without controversy, and not everyone believes they deserve such recognition.
Josef and Ctirad Masin struggled against the Communist regime in the 1950s, shooting their way - with four others - across the border into East Germany in November 1953, leaving six dead in their wake. They later emigrated to the United States, where they live to this day. The Senate recently passed a vote, proposing that the members of the Masin brothers' group receive state honours recognising their courage and heroism. Though there is some opposition to the awards, Senator Edvard Outrata says their radical action was understandable, given the brutality of the regime.
"When the Communists took over they did so in a quasi constitutional way but immediately they introduced a rain of terror. People reacted to it as personally they would. Some people left the country, some succumbed to it, others just weren't directly affected...These particular men felt they had to fight and put together a group that started military actions against the regime."
What is your personal view? Have you personally supported the proposal, and if you did, why do you think they deserve the honours?
"I did in the end. It is a questionable thing. It depends on how you look at their actions. I think it was very important at that time to show resistance, it was a pity that too few people did so, these did, they stand out in that way, while they didn't achieve much because there were so few of them, nevertheless we should recognize that. We should recognize it particularly because we want to make a point that shows the awful character of the Communist regime, particularly in the days when they fought, which were the 1950's. That was a time when people were being sentenced to death on false pretences. The communist regime has later developed into a milder form of repression during which one would not suggest this type of fight but in the very early fifties I think it was quite adequate."
However, there are also many opponents of the proposal, like the Communist Member of Parliament Jiri Dolejs. He is one of those who consider the Masins and their friends little more than killers.
"The Masin brothers left this country under conditions which are not possible to call a struggle for freedom, because they committed manslaughter even though it was unnecessary. Every man has the right to fight for his opinion, for his concept of freedom; however, his fight must not exceed certain limits."
Senator Outrata is not surprised that Communist Party senators voted against the proposed state awards:
"From the point of view of the Communists it logically follows. They were introducing the dictatorship of the proletariat and everybody who fought them was of course villain and a murderer. So it's a question of what type of fight it was. The Communists started a rain of terror, rain of killing people actually, so they saw the situation as a civil war launched by the Communists. But of course there are critics who would say that it was not adequate response to the terror, and there is a second group of people who would say that they didn't achieve too much, so what heroes are they. I don't think heroism or bravery is measured by the results necessarily, more by the approach."
The Senate has passed its proposal. Now it is up to the President to decide. Whether the acts of Masin brothers will be recognised as heroism will be seen on the Czech National Day, on 28 October.


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KANSAS CITY — The face of U.S. women's figure skating is beginning to change ever so slightly.
The Ashleys and Gracies and Mirais are still around, saying the most interesting things. But at least for one night, a new kid is on top.
Karen Chen, a 17-year-old Californian who introduced herself to the American skating world with an improbable national bronze medal two years ago, then slipped back into the pack troubled by injuries and skate boot problems, skated exquisitely to win the women's short program Thursday night at the U.S. national figure skating championships.
She received a score of 72.82 from the judges, the highest ever recorded for a women's short program at U.S. nationals. That frankly might have been a bit much. Then again, it was the performance of the evening, so you really can't blame the judges for getting a little exuberant….[read more]


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So wait we're allowed to say that there is body movement just not that it's good or anything?Your statement was the same as his except rather than saying an opinion about the body movement it's now a nonsensical statementI understand about giving constructive criticism but a lot of people just say great video etc, at least he said what he thought about a certain element and your revision had even less feedbackLol trying to find of a different word but oh well. I think the body movement is good, as you said could use some work but only certain things, a lot of vertax stuff looks really cool, the spins etc are spot on. Some of the leg movements with 1d norm are a bit dubious though
Let's try to give some constructive feedback:- The 3d high pirouette is pretty messy. I believe if you grouped the arms while turning it would be better. Although I feel you did it like that because of lack of space- About the body positions. I believe that the positions when you flex your legs and both the knees point in a kind of 90 degree angle look not very nice. Examples at 0:48, or 1:12 (although the body tilt backwards at 1:13 looks very nice)
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The ravishing Tamanna who made her first on screen debut in Bollywood and then shifted her career base to South, is being re-launched with director Sajid Khan's 1983 remake 'Himmatwala', that had Jeetendra and Sridevi in lead. While her first Hindi movie 'Chand Sa Roshan Chehra' was super flop, Tamanna bagged instant acclaim the time she stepped into Tamil films and later in Telugu – thus becoming one of the favourite stars down south.
Thanking her 'Himmatwala' director Tamanna said that she feels gratitude for re-launching her in Bollywood. "Sajid hadn't seen any films of mine and also he refused to see any work of mine… He briefly met me only for fifteen minutes and made up his mind… ," revealed Tamanna who considers director Sajid Khan as a person who has lots of conviction in whatever he does and she truly respects him for having belief in her without seeing any of her work.
Interestingly Tamanna watched the original 'Himmatwala' only once after the remake was offered and that to especially because of the director. "My reason for watching the film was to see what really inspired Sajid so much and why was he so obsessive and so much in love with that film," remarked the bubbly beauty who was in awe with the fact that the filmmaker watched 'Himmatwala' nearly 36 times in theatre during his college days. She observed that Sajid makes movies like an audience. He understands what the audience expects when they come to movie theatre. He enjoys every movie making process.
On her co-star and lead hero Ajay Devgn, Tamanna is pretty impressed with his simplicity and considers him as a very versatile actor. "Ajay Devgn being superstar he is, is extremely grounded, extremely simple human being. I think what people really, really like about him on screen, is the honesty the way in which he plays every character…," shared Tamanna.
"He is one of the best actors we have in our country. He has done everything – an entire spectrum that an actor can have in Indian films – he has touched it all, successfully…" quote the actress who added to say that the film was a learning experience to work with Devgn.
Bannered under UTV Motion Pictures, 'Himmatwala' hits the screens on 29 March 2013.


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One of the things I like to do with this Lifestyle Blogsite is to constantly keep you in the know about things to do and see around the city. When I learned the lineup about the upcoming Ozy Fest I opted to share that along with a little bit about the event. Since this information was new to me, I took it right from their website.
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The pilot episode of my favorite television show, The Wonder Years, began with a reflective first person narrator extolling the many virtues of the year 1969. Though speaking as an adult, he is describing the year as he experienced it as a freshman in high school. Essentially, he says, the music was exciting, television was entertaining, and, I believe, Denny McLain won 31 games, the last pitcher to reach 30 wins in a season. As he speaks, and in clear juxtaposition to his light monologue, the screen shows news footage from the more serious events of that year: the inauguration of Richard Nixon, Apollo 11, the Vietnam War.
I began my freshman year of high school in 1991. I honestly do not remember much of consequence happening that year. I suspect it was a good year for Nirvana. A film by Steven Spielberg probably dominated the summer box office. I think that was the year Michael Jordan won his first basketball championship.
Of course, I recall that 1991 was also the year of the war in the Persian Gulf. I believe it was "the mother of all wars." Frankly, embarrassingly, if it were not for Dana Carvey and Saturday Night Live, I probably would not remember even that much about it.
I have learned since that in at least one part of the world, the Horn of Africa, 1991 was a very eventful year. In Sudan, Hassan al Turabi, head of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Osama bin Laden, recently chased from Saudi Arabia, began experimenting with a repressive version of political Islam that later reappeared as the Taliban in Afghanistan. In Somalia, a tribal militia that called itself the United Somali Congress expelled the dictator Mohammed Siad Barre in a nationwide orgy of cruelty and bloodshed. And in Ethiopia, Africa's oldest war was concluded, violently, when Eritrean and Tigrayan rebels finally defeated the military government of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam.
The Fund for Peace, a research body based in Washington whose mission is "promoting sustainable security," recently released its third annual ranking of the world's "failed states." Surprisingly, Somalia, which has not had a national government since 1991, is not number one but number three. Sudan is number one. Ethiopia is also on the list, at number 18 of the 177 countries that were ranked.
Kenya is the only country to border all three of these failed states: Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia. It is the only country that is even remotely free and stable in the Horn of Africa. Consequently, it literally bears the brunt of any spillover when its neighbors implode and collapse. Kenya consistently ranks among those countries in the world that host the greatest number of refugees. While it does not rank as highly countries like Iran and Pakistan, both of whom host approximately a million refugees from the war in Afghanistan alone, Kenya currently has, and has had for years, over 250,000 refugees living within its borders. They come to Kenya from all over Africa, though the vast majority are from near neighbors Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Many of these – the Lost Boys of Sudan, the Darod of Somalia, the Oromo of Ethiopia – fled their homes because of the regionally explosive events of 1991.
At the time, I was doing what teenage boys, and girls, all over America were doing, and, arguably, should have been doing. I was singing along: "Oh well, whatever, nevermind."


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For over 25 years, Steve Hed spent his energy developing the best cycling equipment available. When it came to wheels, the end goal was simply to make them as fast as possible. It may sound easy, but the journey to building the world's fastest wheels is complicated, and ever-changing. In the pursuit of speed, Steve continually pushed the envelope to its fullest; no stone left unturned. Hed is known for building the world's most aerodynamic wheels, a title that all wheel companies wish they could claim. Most people do not realize that Hed goes a lot further than just aerodynamics to bring you the fastest wheels on earth. Other important issues such as tire performance, stability in crosswinds, lateral stiffness, drivetrain efficiency, durability, comfort, quality control, carbon fiber manipulation, and weight are also carefully considered. Each wheel addresses these aspects in different ways, and this is truly where science meets art – and True Speed was born.
Back in 1984, Steve Hed started his company building aerodynamic disc wheels. At that time, Hed was the only company able to make them affordable to the average person. With his wind tunnel experience and deep manufacturing knowledge, it became obvious to Steve that his disc wheel provided a huge aerodynamic advantage. Using them as a front wheel, however, created steering problems that could be dangerous in windy conditions. In order to solve this problem, Steve invented the deep section carbon wheel that we all see today. In hindsight, this seems like a simple solution, but back in the 80's it was revolutionary.
Steve's understanding of how airflow interacts with wheels led to further improvement and innovation. While other companies talk about aerodynamics, Steve Hed mastered it. Through the years, he accumulated more than 200 days in the wind tunnel and this knowledge goes into every wheel. Year after year, bike magazines, pro tour teams, and amateur athletes do their own testing in the wind tunnel and on the track to verify what we already know: that Hed wheels are still the world's most aerodynamic.
In 2006, Steve became dissatisfied with the interaction between the rim and the tire. By this time, the 23mm tire had become the standard choice for nearly every cyclist. However, Steve noticed that combining a wider tire with a narrow rim simply did not make any sense. Aerodynamically, the narrow 19mm rim of that era combined with a 23mm tire created a tire profile that was light bulb-shaped - this is not very efficient and leads to increased wind drag. Steve invented a solution and Hed's C2 technology was born – widening the rim to 23mm to match the tire. By making the rim edge wider, C2 allows the tire to flow almost perfectly into the rim shape, ushering in a revolutionary step forward in aerodynamic performance.
Some other manufacturers took note and began to use 23mm-wide rims in their wheels over time. Knowing that there was still more speed on the table, Steve and the engineers at Hed were already hard at work on the next innovation. It debuted in 2013, and is called Plus rim technology. Using an all-new 25mm-wide rim, this completely shattered the mold for what's expected out of road, time trial, and gravel wheels. Plus rims take everything that C2 did, and does it better – better aerodynamics, better lateral stiffness, better ride quality, better tire shaping, and better handling. Plus rims also allow for lower tire pressure, allowing for even more comfort and rolling speed than the benchmark C2.
Steve Hed's follow-up to C2 technology was Stability Control Technology (SCT). Anyone can design a wheel that is fast while riding straight into the wind. Making one that is excellent in all wind conditions, which is what riders deal with most of the time, is quite different. With the newly-found aerodynamics that the C2 platform provides, Steve engineered how to tame the stability of a wheel in crosswind situations. After all, what good does superior aerodynamic performance do for a cyclist if they are not able to control their wheel? The resulting SCT design is yet another Hed-invented technology that has revolutionized overall wheel performance. The knowledge and design technique involved in the SCT design is Hed's most heavily guarded secret. Recreational cyclists confirm SCT's effectiveness after just one windy day in the saddle. Professional cyclists confirm it daily by their numerous victories throughout the season.
Rim construction (carbon manipulation), hub design, spoke count, spoke lacing, and spoke selection all play a significant role in the stiffness of a wheel build. If you spend just one day with one of the professional teams we work with, you will often hear the riders discussing the lateral stiffness of wheels. The reason is simple: lateral stiffness contributes greatly to the efficiency of the wheel. The fewer watts lost in sideways movement means more of the rider's energy is transmitted to forward motion. If you do not believe this we invite you to test ride and compare a traditional 32 spoke, low profile wheel against any one of our wheels. What you will find is that a laterally stiff wheel build is considerably faster than a flexible wheel every time.
Development of the best possible hubs has been a long-running passion of ours, and Hed hubs deliver. The hub is the heart of the wheel, and when designed correctly, they work seamlessly with the overall package. While the Hed hubs may go nearly unnoticed in our designs, their durable and sleek engineering allows them to excel in their role as the mechanical core of the wheel. Other manufacturers try to save a minimal amount of weight by using small-sized bearings, which only leads to premature failure (and the need to completely replace the bearings as many as several times per year). We use adult-size bearings that will last you many, many miles in all weather conditions.
With this rock-solid hub platform in place, we then lace our hubs with only the finest spokes available, using patterns that best transmit energy to the drivetrain, limit lateral movement, and give ample comfort to the rider. Our in-house testing, as well as feedback from professional teams, confirms that the radially laced 18 spoke front and the 2 cross/2 cross laced 24 spoke rear are ideal for nearly every rider. The only exception to this are athletes who produce an abnormal amount of watts. For these riders (as well as heavier riders) we recommend increasing the spoke count slightly to a 20 spoke front wheel and a 28 spoke rear wheel. For our disc brake wheels, we primarily use a 24 front, 24 rear pattern, to meet the unique needs of disc brakes.
The properties of carbon fiber can be tailored and modified to your advantage if you have the expertise. Hed has known this for decades, and constantly improves their designs by tweaking and revising this process. By fine-tuning the resins, layup schedules, and fiber orientation we can manipulate a wheel's comfort, strength, and weight while maintaining its lateral stiffness. Although this creates extra steps in the production process, the advantages these processes create are astounding. After one good ride on our wheels you will find that this extra effort is worth it.
Steve Hed loved to talk about quality control and was been in business long enough to know its importance. Steve was often heard saying, "Don't confuse technology with execution." In other words, no matter how good your design is, the execution of the design is just as important. This is why every Hed wheel goes through a rigorous quality control program. This QC begins at the individual component level. Every rim, hub, spoke, bearing, and nipple goes through a painstakingly meticulous inspection before they are built into our wheels. We also require each wheel to be built to our strict standards. Spoke tension as well as trueness in both axial and radial directions are measured and recorded with every wheel. This level of precision is crucial to deliver the finest wheels that have ever been built.
While weight is a factor in True Speed, it is one of the smallest influences. Each of our wheels is a particular weight because of the performance that is engineered into it. We do not set out to hit a target weight with any particular wheel; we build wheels to perform properly and reliably. In some (but certainly not all) cases this means that our wheels weigh just a bit more than our competitors' wheels. Nonetheless, the small amount of extra weight in our wheels is there to ensure that we hit our parameters for lateral stiffness, drive train efficiency, durability, and fatigue resistance. When weight adds stiffness, for example, you expend fewer watts pedaling. When you compare this watt efficiency to the savings you achieve from reducing the weight of a flexible wheel, you find that a little weight and stiffness wins out by a wide margin. Know that when you ride a Hed wheel, every gram is there for a reason.


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My 58th and final wedding of 2017 was literally around the corner from my house. The Sterling Ballroom at The Double Tree in Tinton Falls is a mile and a half from my home, in fact I jog by it regularly that's how close it is. Kelsey and Kevin were a great couple to work with. They had a few specific requests but mostly left the music up to me and I did my best to keep everyone dancing all night!
Besides proximity to my home I love working at The Double Tree because the staff is so awesome and accommodating. Nemo is a great maitre d' and everyone else there is easy to work with as well.
I also had the pleasure of working with Lynn and Angelina from Elite Digital Images. They got some beautiful pictures, a few of which I've shared here in this blog. To see even more head to their photo album on Facebook.


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Macbrained Recording
The recording for my talk at Macbrained last week can be seen below
Onboarding talk at Macbrained
Last night I spoke via video conference at the March Macbrained event hosted at New Relic's San Francisco office. I'm uploading my slides here and embedded the videos that were present in my presentation. Some of the things that I covered in the talk
Upgrading macOS via Self Service
Taking many pointers from this great post by Rich Trouton a year ago, I wanted to write a followup to how I'm deploying macOS Sierra in my environment. I've followed a lot of the steps that Rich has outlined but it's probably easier to describe the full set of steps I'm taking rather than describing the differences.
DEP & AD Lockouts
An interesting little gotcha that I've found in my environment when using Active Directory (AD) to authenticate during the Device Enrolment Program (DEP) setup of a new Mac.


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Forty-two bills were introduced in the Senate yesterday (the House is working in their districts this week). Of those two may be of specific interest to readers of this blog:
S 1208 A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of high-risk pipelines used in commerce, and for other.. Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
S 1209 A bill to establish State revolving loan funds to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines. Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Markey is a junior Democratic member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, but it is unlikely that he has enough pull to get these two bills considered by that committee.
In addition to those two bills there were eleven separate bills introduced by Rep. Murkowski (R,AL), the Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that dealt with energy issues. None of those are directly related to topics on this blog, but they may end up touching on issues covered here.


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The 'What's on in Manchester' blog will give you a heads up for selected highlights of where to be and what to see in Manchester for the coming month – published every month on behalf of Visit Manchester.
David Chadwick: We Were All Here, Once // Until 5 November 2013 @ Cornerhouse, Oxford Street
Manchester-based photographer David Chadwick will present a selection of rarely-seen images of the city's night scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This will be the first time these unique photographs, summarised by Chadwick simply as "young people looking for love", have been displayed together in public.
Stereophonics // 14 November 2013 @ Phones4U Arena
In addition to songs from their latest studio album Graffiti on the Train, the four-piece will be performing tracks from their 20 plus year back catalogue including the classics The Bartender And The Thief, Have A Nice Day, Mr Writer, A Thousand Trees and the number one hit Dakota.
Jake Bugg // 6 and 7 November 2013 @ O2 Apollo
A big star at Radio 1 and 6 Music, Jake has also made appearances on Radio 2 and on Radio 4's flagship culture show Front Row. High profile features have included the Guardian, NME front cover, Sunday Times Culture, Q, MOJO and more.
Yellowcard // 14 November @ Royal Northern College of Music (Chamber Hall)
To mark an entire decade since its original release, this is the group's 'Ocean Avenue: Acoustic' tour – where they will perform their best-loved hits from the platinum selling album. With over two and a half million albums sold and counting, Yellowcard continue to dominate the music world, garnering fan support and critical acclaim alike.
Bombino: Live // 1 November 2013 @ Band on the Wall
The incredible new star of desert blues brings his band's sun-baked sound to Band on the Wall for what promises to be an utterly thrilling night. Every year or so world music throws up a new global star in the making and 2013 looks like being Tuareg guitar genius Omara "Bombino" Moctar's year.
A Walk in the Park // 20 – 22 November 2013 @The Black Lion, Chapel Street
When Jack (Levi Payne) and Kate (Sarah O'Byrne) first meet, the pair hit it off to a great start. Jack's enthusiastic mother (played by BBC Radio Lancashire Presenter Sally Naden) is eager to meet her son's new girlfriend, but Jack has reservations. As time goes on, cracks in their relationship start to show and a tragic incident brings about revelations nobody ever expected.
Mickey Flanagan // 21 November 2013 @ Phones4U Arena
The 'Back In The Game' tour follows on from the huge critical and commercial success of last year's 'Out Out' tour where over 200,000 tickets were sold and all 150 dates a sell out.
Wicked // Present until 16 November 2013 @ The Palace Theatre
Based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire that re-imagined the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum, Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as students. Their extraordinary adventures will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Big Imaginations Children's Theatre Festival // 18 October – 3 November 2013 @ Z-Arts
The Big Imaginations Children's Theatre Festival will celebrate brilliant children's theatre and fire the imaginations of a wide range of children, from toddling two-year olds to sophisticated pre-teens.
Doki Doki The Manchester Japanese Festival // 9 November 2013 @ Sugden Sports Centre
Throughout the day, there will be talks, demonstrations, parades and other events showcasing art, fashion, martial arts, film, music, games and other aspects of Japanese culture, past and present, as well as retail stalls and artist stands. Hot and cold Japanese food and drink will also be available to festival-goers.
AJ Bell World Squash Championships // 26 October 2013 – 3 November 2013 @ National Squash Centre
The nine day tournament, to be staged at the National Squash Centre with finals at Manchester Central, is one of the cornerstones of what will be another memorable sporting year for the city of Manchester.
UCI Track Cycling World Cup // 1 – 3 November 2013 @ The National Cycling Centre
Across the three days of competition, the leading male and female cyclists in the world will compete across all the Olympic Track Cycling disciplines in this next step on the road to Rio.
Scotland v USA: Rugby League World Cup 2013 // 7 November 2013 @ Salford City Stadium
Salford holds a prime position in the heart of the North West, just one minute from Manchester city centre on the banks of the River Irwell. This is a city of contrasts offering acres of beautiful countryside, miles of waterways and lots of culture and history. Heritage is a strong theme in the city with over 250 listed buildings, including the Grade 1 listed Ordsall Hall where Guy Fawkes is rumoured to have cooked up the Gunpowder Plot. While Salford has one foot in the past in celebration of its fascinating history, the city is embracing a digital future with MediaCityUK, the new home of the BBC in the North.
Out of Town
The Saddleworth Creative Network Gift & Craft Winter Festival // 10 November 2013 @ Uppermill Civic Hall, Lee Street
The first is the 'Winter Craft & Gift Festival' and will be held on Sunday 10th November to tempt those early bird Christmas shoppers. This is being held on Remembrance Sunday and will observe the 2 minutes silence at 11am. All proceeds from the regular tombola will be donated to the Poppy Appeal, along with many of the traders making and selling many poppy related items to raise money for the charity.
Long Day's Journey into Night // Until 2 November 2013 @ Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Eugene O'Neill shares, with uncompromising truth and honesty, the pain, anguish and guilt faced by his own family, in what is his most moving and compelling drama.
The Oldham Open // Present until 16 November 2013 @ Gallery Oldham
The exhibition is also a great opportunity for visitors to view and buy a range of artworks by local artists and see the range of skills and talents in Oldham. Don't forget to vote for your favourite piece in the People's Prize competition during the course of the show. The winner will receive vouchers for art materials.
Spindleopolis When Cotton was King // Present until 30 November 2013 @ Gallery Oldham
Cotton helped to create a prosperous working class whose cash fuelled a market for seaside holidays, football, music hall and fish and chips. The display uses the cartoons and words of local man Sam Fitton to recreate this lost world. This dialect writer and entertainer chronicled the lives of the working men and women of the town in the pages of the Cotton Factory Times, the operatives' own weekly newspaper.


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Let's say somebody had a gun pressed against your temple and they were going to pull the trigger unless you, for example, prayed, or wrote a story, or stood on your head. Let's assume that you didn't want to die, weren't anywhere near ready, had important things left undone.
Of course you can easily imagine such a scenario. I'm sure you play that game with yourself sometimes. It's fun. The "what would I do if" game, the "If I only had a week to live" game. These games make sense because they are a cheaper alternative to years of psychotherapy or career counseling: Finding out what your life is worth to you and why.
The gun fantasy is a stretch for us lucky folk. Guns are for T.V. and movies, guns kill people in foreign countries and lousy neighborhoods. Guns and bullets and open wounds are as far away from our daily lives as having a dream come true, really and truly all the way true without residual guilt or Karmic payback. Just a sheer, unmitigated miracle, a windfall, a lucky break so astounding, so improbable as to provoke an unfathomable envy and awe in others and a stunned disbelief on your part.
"What would I do if-?" So goes the head game.
This question addresses the concerns of free choice, destiny, genetic propensities, emotional maturity, lack of initiative, addiction to risk, denial and/or string theory, alternative universes, fifth dimensions, God, Goddess, or Gods, Goddesses, infinity, time and space, black magic, so it is no surprise that you cannot honestly answer the questions unless a gun is really and truly being pointed at the side of your head, and is loaded, and is being held by a person who could care less whether you lived or died. A person who would as soon pull the trigger as not?
Well, imagine that that person is you yourself and you are aiming the gun at your own head and isn't that what you're doing when you don't wear a seatbelt, or smoke, or meet strange men in dark alleys or eat unwashed vegetables? Isn't that what you're doing when you beat up on yourself for making a mistake, in other words, being human, because you think you should be better than human, because you insist that you are more than human, because it makes you feel superior to know that you can change the facts, change the future, control your destiny, and be the exception to every rule or at least one or two rules, because you are right and FEEL right on some level, and better yet, believe that someone else is wrong and/or has wronged you and will pay the price.
Some people would rather be dead than wrong, and that is why the gun game is dangerous. Shooting ourselves in the foot is the least of it. It is rather a slow body, soul and mind death from a multitude of mini bullets, bee-bee gun punctures in a grand scheme.
"What would I do if there was a gun at my head?" – The chances of that happening are miniscule. The question is mute and can teach us nothing.


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Professor Droussiotis's Web Platform
The course
is designed to introduce theoretical and practical applications of financial futures, options and other derivatives such Swaps,
Swaptions and FRAs. Over the last 30 plus years, with the expansion of hedge funds,
the markets for these asset classes have grown enormously and has generated innovative techniques for hedging, speculating
or arbitraging investments. Derivatives have become one of the most important tools of modern finance. We will examine the
institutional aspects of futures, options and swap markets and provide an analytical foundation for the pricing these instruments.
The subject matter requires relatively greater use of quantitative methods including the binomial option pricing model as
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Fall 2019 Course Outline - Lectures
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Fall 2019 Course Outline - Lectures
, Assignments and Exams
Wed 6.30 - 8.45 pm STAFFORD HALL 206Office Hours: Wednesdays
Wed 6.30 - 8.45 pm
Office Hours: Wednesdays
Aug 28
Sep 4
Sep 11
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Sep 25
Oct 2
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Link to Text Book
Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management 10th EditionISBN-13: 9781305104969Authors: Don
M. Chance; Roberts BrooksPublisher: Cengage Learning
Authors: Don
M. Chance; Roberts Brooks
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Chapter 1, 2
Introduction & Structure of Derivatives Markets
Chapter 6
Basic Option Strategies
Chapter 7
Advanced Option Strategies
Chapter 3
Principal of Option Pricing Intro to Binomial Pricing Model - Method #1
Chapter 4
Option Pricing Models: The Binomial Model - Single and Multi-stage Approach
Option Pricing Models:
The Binomial Model - Single and Multi-stage Approach
Chapter 5
Option Pricing Models:The Black-Scholes-Merton Model
Option Pricing Models:
The Black-Scholes-Merton Model
Instructor's Notes: Equity Valuations using Options approach
Chapter 8
Forwards & Futures
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Interest Rate Forwards and Optionsand CDS
Assigned Lectures
Lecture #1
Lecture #2
Lecture #3
Lecture #4
Lecture #4a (Intro to BOPM)
Lecture #5
Lecture #6
Lecture #7
Lecture #8
Lecture #9
Lecture #10
Lecture on YouTube
Introductions to Options and Basic Strategies
Introduction to Option Valuation
One-Period BOPM (Leverage & Probability Method) Call Option 1/3
Two-Period BOPM - Call Option 2/3
Two-Stage BOPM - Put Option 3/3
Interest Rate Swaps - The Basics 1/3
Interest Rate Swaps and benefits 2/3
Simple Interest Rate Swaps 3/3
Currency Swaps & CDS
Assigned Spreadsheets
Basic Option Strategies
Advance Option Strategies
Bionomial Option Pricing Model Method 1 (6-step Method)
BOPM (single and 2-period) Method 2
Black Scholes Option Model
Equity Val using Black Scholes
Futures & Forwards
Options Formula
Final Exam
Options Practice Sheet with Answers
Question 9 Exam
Homework Assignments
Homework #1Chapter 6 #10,
12, 13 (no graph for 13)
Homework #1
Chapter 6 #10,
12, 13 (no graph for 13)
Homework #2:Chapter 7 #6,9,13
Homework #2:
Chapter 7 #6,9,13
Homework #3:
Homework #3:
Homework Link #3
Homework #4:
4: #8, 9, 10
Homework #5:
Homework #5:
Homework Link #5
Homework #6:
Homework #6:
Homework Link #6
Homework #7:
Homework #7:
Homework Link #7
Reading Assignments
Greeks in Finance
SIFMA Insights: US Listed Options Primer
FB Option Sheet Sep 2019
Options Page on FB
You Tube Clip on Nike Calender Spread Strategy ahead of Earnings in September 2019
Nike Stock Price
Nike Stock Option
Horse Racing & Options
Article on Black Scholes
Bitcoin Assume Option Valuation
WSJ Futures Prices
Yahoo Finance Futures Prices
LIBOR MARKETS Interest Rates
The Big Short Clip on CDS
Managing Negative Interest Rates
Practice Sheets
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Feds find problems at mental health center
Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex faces sanctions
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex is facing federal sanctions after being cited for failing to protect patients from each other.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued four citations against the Mental Health Complex on Feb. 27. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obtained a report on the violations Wednesday.
The report states problems at the county facility include inadequate follow-up after reports of patients beating other patients, two reports of rape, and a patient ramming others with his wheelchair. It also says staff used physical restraints and drugs on patients in a long-term care unit but didn't report that to regulators. The unit is slated for closure.
The citations carry the threat of a loss of federal funding. However, regulators have accepted the county's improvement plan.


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Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
Yeah-hah-ha! The party's just startin'!
— Zazz, Sonic Boom #9
Zazz is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is a Zeti and a member of the Deadly Six.
Zazz is a very tall and very lanky Zeti, with very thin limbs and body structure. The upper half of his body appears to be vibrant pink, while his body from the waist down is pure black, ending in two-clawed feet with purple toes. A third much smaller claw appears to jut out from his heels. Zazz has a long tail that appears to be bent into a vague "Z" shape, similar to that of Knuckles the Echidna. Zazz has a row of small black spikes running down his back, from the base of his neck to the middle of his spine. Zazz's thin arms end in proportionately large five-fingered hands, each finger tipped with purple nails.
Zazz has an oblong head with a large gaping mouth, which is never closed. He has long, thin, sharp teeth and a long cyan tongue, which is almost always seen hanging out the side of his mouth. He has green irises with yellow sclera and black markings under each eye. On the top of his head, Zazz has a pair of horns that point outwards, colored in alternating rings of black and light purple. Between them is a mohawk of purple hair. For attire, he wears a pair of black wrist cuffs with grey spikes on them, and a matching spiked collar.
While aiding Sigma, Zazz began wearing black chest and shoulder armor with the "Σ" symbol on front.
Worlds Unite
Zazz and his teammates became slaves to Dr. Eggman after he took over the Lost Hex and subdued them using the Cacophonic Conch. However, Eggman's robotic minion Orbot was then possessed by Sigma, an evil intelligence from Earth in the year 21XX, who shattered the conch and freed the Zeti. They proceeded to force Eggman to build Sigma a new body, and then bullied him and Dr. Wily into converting Eggman's Badnik assembly line into one for Sigma's Mechaniloids. After the doctors created Sigma's Unity Engines and power-enhancing armor for the Deadly Six, however, Zavok led his teammates in rebellion, the group seeking to take the helm of Sigma's scheme to conquer the Multiverse. However, Sigma had anticipated such treachery, and the armor the Deadly Six had been given became the tool of their enslavement. Zazz was soon sent through a Genesis Portal to Earth 20XX with Master Zik and Zomom to capture Mega Man, while their teammates went to Sonic's World to capture Sonic the Hedgehog.[1][2]
Zazz was later deployed alongside Zomom and Zeena to hunt down Wily and Eggman after they betrayed Sigma. When this search proved fruitless thanks to Xander Payne's intervention, the trio rejoined Zavok, Zik, and Zor to take charge of Sigma's Mechaniloids.[3] They thus led an assault on the Sky Patrol, and were quickly recognized to be under Sigma's control. Zazz notably fought Knuckles the Echidna, who had been equipped with Wood Man's Leaf Shield ability. Unfortunately, Zazz and his teammates soon turned their abilities to manipulating the heroic Robot Masters and Maverick Hunters aboard ship.[4]
While they were forcing the heroes to battle each other, Zazz suggested turning their powers on the Sky Patrol and crashing it. This plan was vetoed by Zavok, both because it would divide their already stretched energies and because it would result in their deaths as well as those of the heroes. However, their defeat was later insured by the Egg-Wily Uppity Robot Scrambler Cannon, which destroyed their armor and broke their hold on the heroic robots. Drained of power, the Zeti fell unconscious and were confined to the Sky Patrol's brig while the heroes faced their next challenge: Sigma's army of Maverick Time-Clones.[5] However, the events of this conflict were later erased due to Xander Payne's actions, returning Zazz and his teammates to the Lost Hex with no memory of their enslavement by either Eggman or Sigma.[6]
Sonic Lost World
At some point in the not-to-distant future, where Dr. Eggman had enslaved the Deadly Six with his Cacophonic Conch again, Zazz and the other members of the Deadly Six were rounded up by Zavok to capture Mobinis for Eggman.[7]
Zazz is quite possibly the most berserk member of the Deadly Six, given to violent and psychotic attacks on his enemies.
Powers and abilities
Zazz shares the abilities of all Zeti which include super strength and backs it up with a sharp set of claws. As a Zeti, Zazz also has the natural ability to manipulate magnetic fields which he can use to control machines and manipulate metals, though the latter application is limited by how advanced the machine he is trying to control is.[1] This armor was later destroyed by the Egg-Wily Uppity Robot Scrambler Cannon.
While in Sigma's service, Zazz wore armor constructed by Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily. This armor enhanced all his abilities to such levels that he could control even technology from the year 21XX, but it was also equipped with a device that let Sigma control his mind.[1] This armor was later destroyed by the Egg-Wily Uppity Robot Scrambler Cannon.
Concept artwork
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Head writer Ian Flynn has revealed on Twitter that Zazz's measurements are the same as those of his game counterpart.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sonic Universe #76, "Worlds Unite! Part One: Across Time and Space"
- ↑ Mega Man: Worlds Unite Battles #1, "Mega Man vs the Deadly 3"
- ↑ Sonic Universe #77, "Worlds Unite! Part Five: Everybody in the Same Boat"
- ↑ Sonic Boom #9, "Worlds Unite! Part Six: Fire in the Sky"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #274, "Worlds Unite! Part Seven: Gears and Wills"
- ↑ Mega Man #52, "Worlds Unite Part Twelve: Last Rights"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween Comic Fest 2013, "Lost World"
External links
- Zazz at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.


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You probably know that giving away something of value is a great way to build your list quickly. Coming up with the ideas of list building freebies can be tricky though. Here is a list of proven list build freebies that you can use to help you brainstorm.
1. Make a simple PDF that would be of interest to your target market. Word, OpenOffice and most other popular word processors have a "save as PDF" option. By saving your text into PDF format it protects your work.
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Well hello to you loyal reader(s), today my musings are going back, into history past, (yes that's from? I remember, but do you? Answers on a sealed envelope stapled to a pig) delving into the dark we go.
By now you will know of my fondness for all old games, (its an age thing Im told) and you will also know that I shall be introducing my current Battle Brothers to the beauty of Warhammer Quest, and I must say that I am slightly moist with anticipation! Ah the joy of watching the heroes battling their foes in the darkness of some deep and grotty dungeon! But what I am looking forward to is getting the group to play them characters, and for some I think this is a better introduction to role-playing.
Most of the games we run are gritty and dark, and can be intense, and if you are relativity new to this it can be intimidating. An off-handed silly comment at a wrong time can spell disaster for a group in a serious game, simply because the player was not paying attention/grabbing pizza/raiding the fridge for beer etc. In that type of game the GM will make sure there are pauses between the action for you to do this, so concentrate!
And this brings me back to Quest, a simple dungeon bash, but with the scope for the players to chat about real world stuff, and time for them to play in character, "By the Gods, here come more Orcs! Ready yourselves brothers! Oi Parker, get me another beer!" See? In this time of game it works, it would not work if you tried that in Middle Earth, of Earthdawn.
The only trouble is will the Old World still be the same one we all know and love? With the changes to Warhammer Fantasy happening as we speak, (and no, I have none of the end of times books so I would not know!) Will there still be a need for heroes to boldly go and do hero things, or more to the point, where will they do these feats of greatness? I guess only time will tell, but if I dont like the new, old world? then my heroes will be questing in the old, old world!
You may get more insights into our quests, you may not, only the winds of fate can decide.
So brothers and sisters, don your armour and ready your weapons,prepare your potions and spells, fate calls for heroes, but will you answer?
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David Jones
David Jones
About David Jones
David Robert Jones BA Hons With my current paintings I am very much revisiting the feelings and impressions of living in Arabia during the mid 70's when I was a child. The strangeness of arriving in a place that was still being built, the surreal expanses of concrete foundations for houses, shops, hospitals etc. that would one day form a town, empty of site workers on days off. The call to prayer and the Arabic writing especially struck me; huge billboards on roads next to empty wasteland advertising airline companies with images of avian aggression incorporated into the logo, and trippy, neon flashing adverts for soft drinks on the TV with their analog synth jingles that crudely anticipated the electronic dance music that would come years later. My work draws as much from historical imagery as it does from the visual devices of current media such as advertising, computer games and logo design. Oriental decoration, Baroque tromp l'oeil, Medieval heraldry and Eastern calligraphy influence a preoccupation with Geometric Abstraction. I am interested in how as a culture we categorize phenomena and by what criteria we evaluate and label hierarchies of objects and experiences and to what extent our experience of living is covertly prescribed by the incessant "noise" of modern living.
1990 -1993: Cheltenham Art College.2:1 BA Hons in Fine Art.
2016 Bloc Assembly Studio Exhibition, Sheffield
2015 Neo Art Prize Exhibition, Gallery 27, Bolton, UK.
2014 Regular Line artist exchange, Nastupiste Gallery, Topolcany, Slovakia.
2014 The Big Draw. Tokarsky Gallery, London.
2013 Cities All Dimensions. Tokarska Gallery, London.


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Associations in some newly built condominium buildings have begun to send out 558 notices regarding their fire sprinkler installations.
Chapter 558, Florida's Construction Defect Statute, has been in place since 2003 and many contractors are used to receiving these notices issued as the first step in advising that some problem may exist with finished work. While bothersome, the approach has provided contractors and design professionals a mechanism to try to resolve any claims of alleged defects prior to suit being filed.
Recent changes in this law now require claimants sending out 558 notices to be more detailed in setting out the alleged defects and to also include the insurance companies of the contractors and designers in each notice. Other revisions involve the broadening of the term "completion" to now include issuance of a temporary certificate of occupancy, the need to note the location of any alleged defect, and the submission of documentary evidence in support of the claimed defect (along with the right of a party to assert any privilege that would prevent such disclosure).
All in all, these changes do a good job of reinforcing the intent behind the statute – resolution versus litigation of any defect claim.
Given the current litigation surrounding fire sprinkler systems, installers can expect more 558 notices regarding the use of CPVC pipe in their installations.


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Probate & Fiduciary bonds are instruments that guarantee faithful performance of duty in regard to handling another person's estate or assets. The Fiduciary can be named by the court or prescribed in a will.
Here are some of the most commonly used fiduciary / probate bonds that King Street Agency issues:
- Administrator Bond. An administrator is a person appointed by the court when someone dies intestate. The duties of the administrator are to oversee the deceased's assets. The bond guarantees the faithful & honest handling of the estate.
- Conservator Bond. A conservator is a person appointed by the court as fiduciary to financially manage someone else's monetary interests, i.e. bank accounts, securities & brokerage accounts, investment funds, real estate, etc. The bond guarantees the faithful & honest performance.
- Executor Bond. Also known as estate bonds, an executor is named in a will or appointed by the court to carry out duties associated with the deceased's assets. The bond guarantees the performance as prescribed by law. Many states require the executor to post a bond if he lives in a different state.
- Guardian Bond. A guardian is appointed by the court when someone can no longer care for themselves or is under the age of 18. The typical responsibilities of the guardian are care giving and providing routine medical treatment.
- Personal Representative Bond. Another term for probate, the personal rep bond guarantees the person in charge of the estate will financially manage an estate on behalf of the heirs.
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The Santa Ana City Council Tuesday night decided on a spending plan for the $11.2 million in extra revenue leftover from the fiscal year that ended June 30, allocating much of the revenue toward badly needed maintenance.
Millions will be spent on park renovations and security lights, IT equipment upgrades, vehicle replacements, HVAC overhauls at city facilities and police body cameras. Other major expenditures include $400,000 for services for homeless people, $1 million for an update of the city's general plan, and $500,000 for a city employee pension stability fund.
Click here to see the full list of 44 projects scheduled to be funded over the next two fiscal years.
City staff described the revenue as a "budget surplus," but council members Vincent Sarmiento and Michele Martinez took issue with that characterization, saying it's actually revenue that wasn't allocated when the budget was first put together.
Councilman Roman Reyna said the total citywide deferred maintenance has racked up to $60 million, so what was allocated Tuesday night is actually just a fraction of what needs to be spent.
"When your house is falling apart you don't buy a Jacuzzi. You fix it," Reyna said.
Council members were also presented with another spending plan for $2 million in additional revenue expected to come from the sale of city-owned properties on Bristol Street. But they tabled approving this plan until they receive revenue from the property sales.
Under this second spending list, city staff is recommending funding for two skate parks and two new clay tennis courts at the Cabrillo Tennis Center, among other expenses.
Mayor Miguel Pulido, who has in the past unsuccessfully lobbied his council members to fund these tennis court improvements, pointed out that the new courts were originally in the first round of funding but were pushed into the second round.
City Manager David Cavazos replied that when officials looked at the courts, they decided they needed to fix the existing courts before adding new ones. He added that the new courts were on the list for the future.
Finally, council members separately allocated $3.8 million from their economic uncertainty fund – essentially an additional reserve fund the city established during its historic budget crisis in 2011 – for maintenance and improvements at the city's train station.
Members of the public who spoke at the meeting generally supported the spending plan. Representatives of Latino Health Access (LHA) and El Centro Cultural de Mexico – groups that offer health services and cultural activities for working-class Latinos – also requested funds.
LHA Executive Director America Bracho requested $1 million for the organization's headquarters that would go towards paying the mortgage, upgrades and repairs. El Centro meanwhile in a letter asked for money to move into a new building.
El Centro representative Luis Sarmiento asked the city to reallocate a modest amount from the train station allocation to help with its aspirations for a new building.
Martinez and Councilman Vincent Sarmiento – no relation to Luis Sarmiento – asked that city staff look at El Centro's request for funding under the spending plan funded by the properties sale, as well as funding for civic engagement like voter registration drives and citizenship fairs.
In addition to the money already set aside for homeless services, Sarmiento asked that city officials also look at funding more homeless services by dipping into a separate $419,000 budget line item for civic center renovations.
"What better legacy than to address the homeless problem? At least take a chunk out of it. At least leave our mark," Sarmiento said.
Martinez said she was pleased the council decided to allocate seed funding for a pension stability fund. And despite what's being presented as bright financial picture, she warned that the city's unfunded pension liability of over $423 million remains a daunting financial challenge.
"When we have an unfunded liability this big, it should be troubling to the community," Martinez said. "It is a commitment we can't go back on."
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Klein, David J.
(512) 322-5818
David represents municipalities, water districts, water authorities, utilities and landowners with their water supply, water quality, and water and sewer utility service interests, including certificates of convenience and necessity (CCN). He also assists these entities with their impact fees, wholesale and retail utility rates, and enforcement matters.
David has over a decade of experience in representing clients before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Public Utility Commission, as well as in contested case hearings at the State Office of Administrative Hearings. He also serves as general counsel for some of these clients.
In addition to these water-related matters, David also assists clients with issues pertaining to the regulation of oil and gas production and transportation (upstream and midstream).
David is currently the Vice Chair of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and a Casenotes Editor for the Texas Environmental Law Journal, and he is a frequent speaker at water-related conferences.
David received his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in 1997, and he participated in the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business Student-at-Large Program in Accounting.
- Admitted to State Bar of Texas (2003)
- Admitted to U.S. District Court for Northern and Western Districts of Texas (2004)
- J.D., The John Marshall Law School (1997)
- University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Graduate-Student-at-Large Program (1997)
- B.A., The University of Texas at Austin (1994)
- Representing clients in contested case hearings at the State Office of Administrative Hearings
- Preparing and prosecuting applications at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for water rights, water quality permits (TPDES, and TLAP), and water district matters
- Assisting clients with drafting and negotiating development agreements, water supply contracts, wastewater capacity agreements, water transportation contracts, utility operations agreements, utility conveyance agreements, reclaimed water supply contracts, and utility construction contracts
- Defending clients in enforcement matters at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Drafting and negotiating real property transactions
- Acquiring and selling water and wastewater utility systems
- Representing clients in formal complaints at the Public Utility Commission
- Representing municipalities, districts, investor owned utilities, and developers in obtaining, amending, transferring, and decertifying water and sewer certificates of convenience and necessity (CCN), and dealing with 7 U.S.C.A. § 1926(b) related issues at the Public Utility Commission
- Assisting clients in wholesale and retail water and sewer rate change applications at the Public Utility Commission
- Serving as general counsel for water districts and water supply corporations
- Assisting clients concerning the regulation of oil and gas activities
- Participating in TCEQ and Railroad Commission of Texas rulemaking initiatives
- Assisting clients with applications at Texas Water Development Board for funding under the State Revolving Fund (SRF) and American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- Speaker, "Public Utility Commission: What's Happening Now?," Presented at the Texas Bar Association's Changing Face of Water Rights Conference, San Antonio, Texas—February 23, 2018
- Speaker, "Water Rate Making," Presented at the Texas Bar Association's Changing Face of Water Rights Conference, San Antonio, Texas—February 23, 2017
- Speaker, "Complying with the Texas Public Information Act and Open Meetings Act," Capital Area Suburban Exchange, Summer Conference, South Padre Island, Texas—June 17, 2016
- Speaker, "Order in the Court! Keeping Board Meetings Under Control," Presented at Capital Area Suburban Exchange, Summer Conference, South Padre Island, Texas—June 13, 2014
- Speaker, "Lean or Green? Emerging Water Developments in Central Texas," Presented at Capital Area Chapter of the AWWA, Austin, Texas—October 18, 2013
- Author, "Home Sweet Home: Clarifying and Reinforcing a Municipality's Authority to Regulate Natural Gas Activities in Its Corporate Limits," 14 Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal 339 (2013)
- Speaker, "Drought Preparedness: Conservation Plans/Initiatives," Presented at the Capital Area Suburban Exchange Annual Conference, So. Padre Island, Texas—June 15 , 2012
- Author and Speaker, "New Challenges in Obtaining & Decertifying Water/Wastewater Certificates of Convenience and Necessity," Presented at the Texas Public Works Association Annual Conference, McAllen, Texas—June 17, 2011
- Author and Speaker, "Maximizing Water Resources - Water Reuse in Texas," Presented at the Texas Association of Water Board Directors Summer Conference, Ft. Worth—Texas, June 11, 2011
- Author and Speaker, "Securing Water Utility Service: Recent Developments Regarding Certificates of Convenience and Necessity," Presented at the Texas Bar Association's Changing Face of Water Rights Conference, San Antonio, Texas—February 24, 2011
- Author and Speaker, "Adopting Orders v. Resolutions: General District Governance," Presented at the Texas Rural Water Association District Conference, Horseshoe Bay, Texas—September 2, 2010
- Author and Speaker, "Drafting Wholesale Water Supply Contracts," Presented at the Texas Rural Water Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas—March 24, 2010
- Author and Speaker, "Taking Control Over Natural Gas Gathering and Transmission Pipelines and Compressor Station Companies," Presented at the Texas City Attorneys Association 2009 Summer Conference—June 11, 2009
- Author and Speaker, "Providing Retail Water and Wastewater Service to New Developments - New Challenges in Obtaining and Decertifying CCNs," Presented at Texas Water 2009—April 16, 2009
- Author and Speaker, "Biosolids Regulation and Enforcement Update," Presented at the Biosolids Management & Odor and Corrosion Control Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas—September 6, 2007
- Author, "Exploring the Scope of Landowner Water Rights for Domestic and Livestock Purposes," By David Klein and Robin Smith, Vol VII, No. 1 Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal (2007)
- Author and Speaker, "Examining the HB 2876 Expedited CCN Decertification Process," Presented at Texas Water 2007, Austin, Texas, April 11, 2007
- Author, "Innovative Strategies in Water Marketing on the Rio Grande," State Bar of Texas Environmental Law Journal, Spring 2007, Vol. 37, No. 3
- Author, "Keeping Business Out of the Bedroom: Protecting Personal Privacy Interests from the Retail World," 15 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 391 (1997)
- State Bar of Texas - Environmental and Natural Resource Section, Vice Chair - Administrative and Public Law Section
- Austin Bar Association - Environmental Law Section - Administrative Law Section
- American Water Works Association - Water Conservation and Reuse Division
- Capital Area Suburban Exchange
- Co-Course Director of Texas Bar Association's Changing Face of Water Rights Conference, 2013 and 2014