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Hiring is one of two things: either a huge time suck if you look for and interview talent yourself, or painfully expensive if you use a recruiting company that can charge upwards of 30 percent of a new hire's first year salary.
One startup thinks it offers a better option.
Shunning the term "recruitment company," NextHire calls itself a "digital hiring solution" and launched in January with an interesting business model. Instead of garnering percentage-based fees from clients it charges a flat fee of $4,000 for its service, which uses a mash-up of webcam interviewing, online skill and behavioral assessments, big data analysis, algorithms and social networking to vet candidates sourced from all the usual places, such as traditional job boards, Craigslist, and LinkedIn.
Do you get what you pay for?
You might wonder how much effort the company is going to expend for so little money but CEO Bob Myhal says the bulk of NextHire's actual work is done upfront--helping a client develop a competency list and a thorough and accurate job description. Once that's done, the company uses data to streamline the applicant filtering process and quickly identify top candidates. Applicants click on a link within a job posting, upload a resume, and answer questions relevant to the job. Those that filter through NextHire's algorithms proceed to take online behavioral and skills assessments, eventually doing a recorded video interview that's included in a sort of digital dossier that gets handed off to clients.
Myhal says the way the company relies on data removes personal bias, which can lead to hiring the wrong people who may interview well or candidates who have great experience on paper but can't perform in the job.
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But does it work?
Myhal points to social polling app 2Cents which hired NextHire to help it find a CEO, a process he says typically takes five or six months and costs in the ballpark of $50,000 with a traditional recruiting firm.
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Assuming it will, Myhal plans to expand the Boston-based company's territory outside of New England.


text: Eero Saarinen was born in Finland in 1910 to an already established architect father, Eliel Saarinen. The family moved to the U.S. in 1929. Saarinen studied at Yale, and in 1936, he began working at his father's architecture practice and also taught at Cranbrook, where his father had been president since it was founded in 1932. At Cranbrook, he met Charles Eames and the two collaborated on new furniture forms (specifically molded plywood). In the 1940s, Saarinen and Eames took part in the "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" at MoMA. Unlike Eames, Saarinen decided to focus mainly on architecture more so than furniture, designing the iconic Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the TWA terminal at JFK Airport, and Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. He was posthumously awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 1962.


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Eliminating Personal Guarantees
Physicians Shed Personal Guarantees
When seeking real estate financing from traditional bank lenders, it is common practice that partners are required to personally guarantee the debt. Such was the case with OrthoTennessee, a group of over 40 physicians and the single largest orthopedic provider in the state of Tennessee.
Glenn Sumner, CEO of OrthoTennessee, enlisted the help of CMAC to analyze the group's existing debt structure for two of its real estate properties. The intent was to determine if it would be possible to secure new financing that could release them from the guarantees while maintaining or improving the current cash flows. CMAC leveraged the strength of OrthoTennessee with its own market potency and restructured the debt without personal guarantees, while simultaneously reducing the loan spread at a fixed rate over an extended loan term.
Something like a domino effect among lenders has occurred in the finance marketplace. As one agrees to loan without personal recourse, another will follow in order to compete- and on it goes. "The secret to success is being able to point out the competition and produce credible documentation", says Liz Allport, a Principal with CMAC Partners. "It's akin to showing a competitor's coupon when shopping." Ms. Allport went on to explain that she always requests pricing on both recourse and non-recourse financing options so that any premium in pricing can be quantified. It's important to realize that, even if a medical practice isn't the heavy hitter like OrthoTennessee, there's still a middle ground and great improvements to be made. Personal liability mitigation has become a real hot button among borrowers, and the degree of success can be substantial when working with the right competitive data.
Personal Guarantees
While most of us are aware of the most obvious reasons for loan default (not paying back the money), a more common risk of default comes with the breach of covenants. Many borrowers are routinely in default without even being aware and are putting themselves in harm's way. Personal Guarantees are the primary cause of such defaults.
Personal Guarantees generally include a requirement that updated personal financial statements be provided by each guarantor on an annual basis. Beyond the hassle factor for whoever is charged with the collection of these documents is the reality that at least one of the partners will invariably fail to submit financials on time. That is a technical default. While your local banker who has always serviced your account may turn a blind eye, that can change in an instant when the bank gets acquired or a regulator comes in to inspect documentation. Many loan documents don't have a "cure period", so turning in late financials doesn't automatically end the default.
While the idea that a bank would call the loan based on this type of technical default sounds farfetched, CMAC has witnessed a spate of such actions by banks who may be looking for an excuse to remove or improve a loan that was added through acquisition or that does not meet its current portfolio standards.
Personal Guarantees are just one of the many technical defaults to be aware of. Others such as loan-to-value (LTV) or Debt Service Coverage (DSC) ratio also trigger defaults. Consider the case of a doctor-owner in Fort Myers, Florida who was cited for a breach when his property's value declined below the specified LTV in the documents. The bank used this technical default to terminate the loan. Of course, the borrower could not come up with funds to immediately pay, so the bank offered a new loan at a much higher rate. In this way, the bank was able to legally increase the yield on a long-term client.
Another common technical default is not meeting the specified DSC ratio. Even with the most lenient DSC of 1.0x (every penny made that year can be distributed) may be inadvertently broken if a practice estimates net income when making year end distributions.
It is important not to leave yourself unnecessarily exposed to technical defaults. It's like having your head on the chopping block: even if you trust the person wielding the axe above you, it's an uncomfortable situation.
Springhill Hospital Secures $20.8 MM + Non-Recourse Refinance in Preemptory Move
MOBILE, AL: A few months ago, the executives at Springhill Hospital met to decide whether to sit tight with what was generally considered a favorable interest rate for the remainder of their financing or move immediately to explore the market with the objective of extending the term without increasing the loan spread. One of the primary considerations was the long-standing relationship that Springhill had with its current bank and the concern over upsetting that relationship by shopping the financing.
Eventually, the decision was made to move forward with CMAC and the result exceeded expectations on more than one front. The short remaining term was replaced with a 10 year rate that was nearly a full percentage point less than the existing loan. Additionally, the financing was secured without recourse to the principals.
This transaction came on the heels of the refinancing of a very similar privately owned Arkansas hospital where CMAC reduced a rate (renegotiated only 6 months earlier) to produce a $2MM interest expense savings.
CMAC's Director of Finance, Elizabeth Allport, stated that both of these hospitals were exceptionally well run and that she was able obtain the exceptionally favorable pricing in both cases by leveraging the negotiated rates from other recent CMAC deals in other areas of the country.
Non-Recourse Roulette"
Origin of the saying "Better Off Debt"?
Consider the case of a 20 person orthopedic practice in Texas that constructed a $15 million 60,0000 sf center and leased that center back to the practice and its related entities. The partners had thought that they would have to guarantee the debt until a broker presented them a "Non-Recourse" deal. Talk about pleased partners! But had they actually reduced their personal liability?
The lender promised no recourse on the debt but there was no mention of recourse on the leases. The leases? Not a big deal. Everyone guarantees the leases. After all, that's the obligation of your business and you are a partner in that business. In the Texas case, the partners gladly signed as guarantors on the leases and were relieved that they did not have to guarantee the debt. But did this group really have anything to celebrate and did they help themselves? Let's look a little closer.
In this case, the group had borrowed $12 million (80% of the cost). The leases were 10 years at a rate of $27.50 psf. Guarantees totaling $12 million on the debt would have been divided proportionately among the partners. Instead, the partners ended up guaranteeing the value of the leases, in this case $16.5 million. To make matters worse, the guarantees on the leases were joint and several unlimited rather than pro rata. Therefore, each partner ended up with a $16.5 million guarantee rather than an average limit of $600,000 under the loan guarantees… and for what benefit?
In a situation where a building is occupied by tenants that are related to one another and to the building ownership, the risk of payment default on the leases and payment default on the loan is one in the same. The only way that the debt is not paid is if the lease is not paid and, if that happens, the partners are personally liable… and in this case, for far more than the debt.
The "Eyes" Have It
Ophthalmology Sets New Mark
Richmond, Virginia and Bettendorf, Iowa may have more in common than one might initially think. Both cities serve as home for two highly regarded Ophthalmology practices, and both made some notable improvements in their financing this last year.
Bettendorf, Iowa is one of the Quad Cities that also include Moline, Illinois, which is the home of ORA Orthopaedics. Based on ORA's experience with CMAC, ORA's CEO suggested that Eye Surgeons Associates in Bettendorf might also benefit as a CMAC client. Through CMAC, Eye Surgeons didn't merely improve its financing; it set a new mark for competitive pricing across the country. By partnering with a bank eager to increase its medical market share, some of the skinniest pricing CMAC has ever arranged was secured for the ophthalmology practice. The bank was willing to forego its normal level of profitability in order to build a relationship with this well-established Eye Group.


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Backed-up rain gutters overflowed into the building, allowing a steady stream of water to run through the decaying structure. Collapsed ceiling tiles dangled with pink insulation, filling the air with the scent of mildew. Residents of Whitesburg, Ky., saw a slowly decaying building in the shadow of the courthouse. Once a bowling alley, then a grocery store, now a chair factory, the structure had clearly seen better days.
But Keith Joseph saw more. He envisioned a church start that would reach out into the Appalachian towns and hollows of Letcher County and bring individuals to faith in Christ. That would come, in time — after the handful of members spent three months renovating the building so it could be used.
Now, after nearly four years, North Fork Baptist Church has grown from twelve to 100 members and has a new sanctuary that seats 300. Last year it ranked second in baptisms in the association and has baptized sixty people since its founding — twenty-sev...
Some say it happened with the election of John F. Kennedy. Others, at his death. Still others argue that it started way before that, perhaps at the Civil War and certainly before World War II. While there is disagreement on whether it has been a long-term, gradual shift or an abrupt one of recent vintage, most agree with the results: America is no longer a Christian culture.
It wasn't always like this. Christians in America used to work and minister from a position of strength and in the context of a Christian world-view where laws and morals and the people themselves reflected familiarity with, and often a commitment to, the precepts of Christianity. That advantage is lost, and now, when we bear witness to Christ in the world, it is often in a setting of antagonism and hostility.
The prophet Daniel, as a young man, faced a dramatic shift in cultural context. He was an exile in one of the first deportations to Babylon from Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel and h...
One silent, holy night in Algeria, God descended on a Muslim village. On that night in 1983, villagers later testified, the Holy Spirit moved from house to house, revealing Himself through dreams, visions, and angelic visitation. Some 450 Muslims in the village converted to Christ.
Christians had nothing to do with the incident — or so they thought. When mission workers began asking how such a miracle could have occurred, they discovered this: More than six centuries before, Spanish missionary Raymond Lull had been stoned to death by Muslims for preaching where the village now stood.
Lull, often called the first missionary to the Muslims, wrote before death that Islamic strongholds could be conquered not by force, but only "by love and prayers, and the pouring out of tears and blood."
Despite the deadly conflict raging in Algeria today between Muslim militants and government forces — and ongoing persecution of converts to Christianity &mdas...
A great struggle is underway in our nation. It is a struggle of ideas, values, and morals, — the most basic questions of right and wrong. It is not a matter of slight difference in opinion. Indeed, many describe our national cultural debate in stark terms usually reserved for warfare. The most fundamental issues are at stake, and two competing and mutually exclusive views of the world are represented in the contest — for one of them to win, the other must lose. Because the conflict is about ideas, about truth, honesty is crucial. But, some in this struggle are not honest; they have set up the equivalent of their own Department of Disinformation and Propaganda.
Sound, even benevolent ideas are made to take on the appearance of a threatening, alien, specter. Time-proven standards of moral behavior or biblical belief are made to seem poisonous. Christians are appalled when they hear reports of unreasonable, uncivil, incoherent demands made by other Christians; those of th...
While broad audience movies propelled the year-end box office in 1995, R-rated movies dragged down the total gross.
In Ted Baehr's "Report to the Entertainment Industry," he said throughout 1995 Hollywood seemed shocked some of its prized, big-budget movies flopped at the box office.
"For example, 'Jade,' 'Strange Days' and 'The Scarlet Letter' were dead on arrival and resulted in as much as $150 million in losses that left many people in the industry shaken," said Baehr, chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission, with offices in Norcross, Ga., and North Hollywood, Calif.
Baehr, one of the first recipients of a "Covenant" award from the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission for promoting values in media, said a top studio executive expressed his concern by saying, "I don't know what the lessons are here, except we're making a lot of movies that people don't want...
"There is no new thing under the sun," King Solomon wearily wrote almost a millennium before Christ. But in a keen observation on the capacity of human beings to forget, he added, "There is no remembrance of former things." (Eccles. 1:9-11)
Nearly 30 centuries later, Harry Truman offered a similar perspective: "The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know."
If the historical knowledge of America's schoolchildren is any indication, little has changed. How many kids today can identify Solomon, or Harry Truman? Adults display just as much historical ignorance; many are products of a public school system in decline and a society that lives for the moment.
"The fabric of our way of life is in jeopardy because we are losing our national memory," warns David McCullough, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of a book about Truman. "We are raising a generation of historically i...
America's teenagers have a lot to worry about — drugs, drinking, eating disorders, sex, AIDS, street crimes, violence at school — and statistics prove they're on a dangerous path in many areas.
Young people are growing up scared, concluded researcher George Gallup, using data from three scientifically controlled samplings of teens for what he called "a reality check" to separate facts from impressions and to determine how teens really experience the world. Those "realities" are published in the book, Growing Up Scared in America and What the Experts Say Parents Can Do About It.
Gallup organized his findings around four "at-risk" behaviors which make for a frightening world: violence, sex, health issues and drug and alcohol addiction. Then, fifteen experts responded to the Gallup study, offering parents advice for helping their troubled teens. Following are excerpts from the research ...
Public education is often characterized by evangelicals as a wasteland, destitute of sound values and dominated by forces hostile to Christianity. Without question, our nation's schools are in the grip of powerful negative forces — the breakdown of families and neighborhoods, escalating violence, lowered academic standards, and the pervasive lack of sound ethical and moral values.
Fault-finding and doomsaying come easily. But before the church turns its back on public schools, we need to take a look at the human face of public education. In my work with Christian Educators Association International, I am privileged to meet some of the world's most dedicated servants of Christ. Let me introduce you to three who exemplify the call to public education:
Mark Nakamura is an elementary sc...
Psychologist William Coulson helped found the movement to emphasize "self-esteem" as a path to school success. Today, he travels the country confessing, "I take responsibility. I was part of this approach which has taken over our education system. We were wrong." Coulson now encourages teachers to "stand up for a return to academics. That is really what is needed."
What explains this turnabout? Partly, new research debunking the notion that boosting a child's image of himself brings greater competence. For instance, a recent, exhaustive review of different classroom techniques known as "Project Follow-Through" tracked 7,000 children at 139 sites across the country and discovered that the educational models focusing on self-esteem "resulted in lower academic scores than any other model evaluated." On the other hand, the instructional methods that produced the best student performance stressed effective teaching of academics and made ...
Here we are at another year, getting ever closer to another millennium. How is the history of humanity told, as centuries roll over each other? Well, oddly, children's rhymes are one way that it is done. For instance, we remember the sixteenth century and the persecution of Latimer, Ridley, and Cranmer in the nursery rhyme, Three Blind Mice. We remember the black death of the fifteenth century in the nursery rhyme that deals with plague symptoms and epidemic in Ring a Ring of Roses.
But what of 1996? Who knows what the children of 2297 may be singing in their stainless steel nurseries, of the happenings of this year? Take this spring for instance. Thinking of the endless tension between congress and the presidential veto stamp, the children may dance in circles singing:
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Major changes in attitude and behavior have occurred in our culture in regard to sexual purity. Those changes have been felt in the Christian community, and even among church leaders.
For every widely publicized instance of clergy sexual misconduct, numerous lesser-known pastors and other Christian workers are felled by sexual immorality. High on the list of "moral land mines" inherent to ministry are ego-feeding flattery, debilitating criticism, and the stress and fatigue of endless tasks. Further, the naive notion that "it could never happen to me" sets one up for temptation and failure. Paul's warning is well taken: "If you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall" (1 Cor. 10:12).
Helpful advice is offered by Randy Alcorn in a direct and practical article titled "Strategies to keep from falling" in the Summer 1996 issue of Leadership magazine, highlighted below.
Most of us put on a little weight over the holidays. Last year my New Year's resolution was to lose some weight. For me, the second week of a diet is the easiest because by then, I'm already off the diet. But last year I was serious. My body is a temple, but my building program was getting out of control. At first, it was the little signs, like the elevator stopping a floor short. Then it started getting obvious. When I stepped on the scale, the message said, "One at a time, please." Then, Evel Knievel called to see if he could jump over me. Later, someone from the government called and said I was being picked up on the satellite photos. I guess the final straw was when I went to McDonald's and got stuck in the golden arches, and the next morning I put my pants on backwards and they fit better. I knew it was time to do something.
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Playing God — and Mocking Him
Jack Kevorkian's twenty-sixth "suicide" victim, Patricia Cashman, was a cancer patient who died in November. An autopsy revealed she had no lingering trace of the disease. "There was no cancer," said Kanu Virani, deputy chief medical examiner for Oakland County, Michigan, after the autopsy.
Culture Wars magazine comments, "We haven't seen any press reports in which Kevorkian acknowledges his mistake, or indeed, that he views Patricia's death as a mistake. May we suggest a motto for Dr. Death? Try this: The only good person is a dead person."
Kevorkian, afflicted with an intense spiritual blindness, and wholly without conscience or...


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How to Make Hip Hop Hits
How to Make Hip Hop Hits in Propellerhead Reason
How to Make Hip Hop Hits in Propellerhead Reason
by TaurusBeats (Taurus James)
Question from a subscriber:
So...you think that I produced a bangin' hip-hop beat, huh? You love it. You buy it. You take it into the studio to record vocals to it. Now you're ready to mix. But...is the hip-hop beat truly as hot as it could be? Is it a hip-hop hit? I say no! Here's why...
Many times as a Hip-hop producer, I make bangin' beats only to have artists record vocals over them that simply don't agree with the arrangement of the original beat. I'm not saying that the vocals are "wack", the problem is just that the artist's lyrical ideas and my production ideas don't match the first time around. So...when I sell a beat that isn't then re-arranged to better fit the lyrical performance that is recorded over it, the overall song loses power due to the vocals and beat clashing. No matter how great my beats sound, the beats must be customized to fit the vocalist.
Beat Customization is vital in order for a good hip-hop song to become a Hip-hop Hit! Beat Customization includes tweaking the arrangement, EQ and compression to optimize the hip-hop beat with the vocals. To reach Hit status, the beat must be tweaked to best match the vocal performance.
Post-production is a term that simply means "after something has been produced" - in this case, after the beat has been produced.
Here's the deal... Production should not end when the beat is sold. I take pride in all of my musical creations and I am more than happy to re-arrange my productions to fit around vocal performances by opening up spaces for certain lyrical lines while adding in new fills and riffs in between other vocal lines. In other words, I sculpt my hip-hop beats around vocal performances!
Making hits takes the perfect combination of catchy hook vocals answered by catchy hook fills and riffs. Nothing makes a better formula for a hit than catchy "question and answer" phrasing. The problem with alot of amateur hip hop productions is that the artist's vocals (the questions) simply run over the producer's riffs (the answers). Real producers re-pave the road and come out with hits!
I want to make hits! I believe that working together with artists, sculpting my beats to their vocals, we can do just that - make hits!


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Under Siege: Smoke
Under Siege: Smoke
We return to the Under Siege series with the next operator to go under the microscope. Smoke will be our second operator as well as our first defensive operator that we will take a look at. Joining us to give their in depth answers on the operator is one of our Rainbow Six Pro players Jouni 'Bounssi' Salo who is most notable for playing Smoke for the team.
What role does Smoke play within the team?
Smoke is one of the best anchor operators in the game still with his current kit. Barbed wires to slow enemies down, 3 smoke grenades that deny enemies access to the bomb site for approx~40seconds if you time the smokes right, 1 smoke lasts 10 seconds. A shotgun for close range fights and the secondary SMG-11 for medium and long range fights. If your eyesight is good enough;)
What is the best way to play Smoke to fully use their strengths?
One of the best ways is to hold the site with him and not make too many aggressive plays so the team doesn't lose him in the start because Smokes grenades are game savers in some situations. Just fall back and throw your smokes to the entrance where you know the enemy is gonna come from is the best way to use his utility. Using shotgun on smoke is the best option for making rotation holes for your teams roamers and making peekholes for you to peek and throw smokes from. Smoke also has impact grenades but in my opinion barbed wire is a better option. You can play smoke also with an aggressive playstyle where you do risky peeks with your shotgun which is super strong and of course the SMG-11, but you need to know when you can do the aggressive plays and when you just need to hold your ground and smoke the enemy off.
How do you deal with Smoke on the enemy team?
You just want to try to bait the enemy teams smoke to waste his smoke grenades early in the round or try to get a pick with an entry fragger. You can also try to go plant on a non suspected spot where the enemy smoke wouldn't probably throw his smokes and you can surprise them(strongly depends on the map and the entrance points)
Who (if any) would be a solid counter to Smoke?
In my opinion there is not any specific counters to Smoke unlike for example thatcher for bandit etc.
Are there any maps that strongly favour Smoke?
Oregon is a strong map for Smoke where you can hide in the small room next to A bomb behind a Mira window and just wait until the enemy is most certainly going to push from the front stairs to go try plant the defuser on top of the washing machine, you can freely deny their plant from the small room.
Kafe dostoyevsky's top floor defence is also strong for smoke where you can just throw your smokes to the cigar lounges door where people usually stack late of the round so they just get stuck in there and cant do anything.
Any tips for beginners on how to learn Smoke?
Save your smokes for the end of the round so you can deny the plant and try to stay alive and learn when to play passive and when to do the aggressive peeks when you know you wont die, that knowledge comes along game hours with smoke.


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Prepare an emergency kit before disaster strikes in Brunswick, OH
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7 Emergency Supplies Your Brunswick, OH Home Should Have on Hand
Is your Brunswick home prepared for an emergency situation such as a water damage or whole house flood? Inclement weather situations and power outages can give little to no warning, which is why it is important for your business to have basic emergency supplies on hand in the event they are needed. These 7 necessities are important to ensure your employees safety in case of emergency.
Having a 3-4 day supply of non-perishable food items for each employee is important. Stocking up on items such as salt-free crackers, canned foods with high liquid content, protein bars, peanut butter and dried fruits is a great way to ensure that your employees will be taken care of.
In addition to non-perishable food items, it is important to have a minimum 3 day supply of emergency water per person. You can go about purchasing the water in different ways depending on the amount of usable space you have for storage. The most common methods are cases, gallon jugs or 55-gallon storage barrels. All of these can be used for drinking and sanitation purposes when necessary.
Radios are useful to keep you updated on current weather patterns, evacuation notices and much more. Keeping a few AM/FM radios on hand will keep you abreast to any important information during an emergency. We recommend solar powered radios or battery powered radios for this purpose. If you choose to stock your supplies with battery powered radios, try and save battery power whenever possible.
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During inclement weather if your building sustains damage that deems it unsafe to occupy, all employees may need to evacuate the premises. Having weather appropriate gear such as, ponchos, gloves, thermal blankets and a canopy shelter is key in making sure that all employees are safe.
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Electricity can go out for any amount of time during inclement weather or emergency situation. Emergency lighting is essential for your employees to navigate the facility in a safe manner. Battery powered flashlights are great short term lighting, but it is best to also have solar powered or hand cranked flashlights for long term use. We also recommend keeping candles and waterproof matches.
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Central Missouri Humane Society holds adoption event
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COLUMBIA - Sunday rounded off the end of an adoption weekend at the Central Missouri Humane Society.
According to the organization's Facebook page, 27 animals found homes over the weekend.
Shelter managers said you should ask yourself a few questions before adopting a pet:
- Do I live in a place that will allow me to have the animal I want?
- Do i have enough time to devote to that animal?
- Do i have the financial resources to provide for the animal?
One organization coordinator said the coming months will be the busiest at the shelter. Even if you can't adopt, there are other ways to help.
"We get a lot more kittens," said Brooke Dickerson, Foster Care Coordinator. "So if you're interested in fostering an animal, wanting to bottle feed a baby kitten or help a mom until they're big enough to be adopted, filling out a foster application for us would be wonderful."
Dickerson said the best way to learn more about the program is to stop by the location in Columbia or visit the organization's Facebook page.


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Maceió Pt.1: The departure
I spent about two weeks in Rio de Janeiro before heading to Maceió for Carnival, which is ironic, because as an American in Rio during Carnival, the expectation is certainly not for me to leave right when the festivities start. I feel like I got fast-tracked to being jaded about all the crowds, which is about right since most crowds give me panic attacks that lead to me randomly pushing people and then feeling like a monster afterwards.
Back during my last trip, we had made plans to spend the week with friends in Maceió and visit some of the surrounding beaches. I didn't really know much about where we would be visiting, but the scenery looked gorgeous, I knew the company would be good, and it would be warm.
For the trip, we made Maceió our home base and scheduled visits to other beaches like Maragogi, Frances, Dunas de Marapé, and a few others. The mornings were early. For Maragogi, we left around 6am since it was roughly a two-hour drive to arrive. (I took Dramamine like vitamins.)
On the first day, we started with Barra de São Miguel and booked a trip out to the natural pools in the area. The water was clear and warm, both unheard of for my more familiar Jersey beaches and the beaches in Rio.(Rio is hot, the beaches are cold.)
Out past the natural pools, there was a little sand bar with a restaurant on a boat that brought drinks, seafood, and açai for some morning snacks before we scooted over to Praia do Gunga where we did a buggy ride through a ton of coconut trees, stopped at a little mountain formation that reminded me of Arizona, and took a quick dip in a fresh water lake (which freaked me out because I hate swimming in fresh water after some mildly traumatic Girl Scouts camping trips).
In Maceió, we picked a few restaurants beforehand so we knew where we wanted to eat in the evenings, since each of the beaches had restaurants on site. My absolute favorite restaurant, hands down, was Basilico, an Italian restaurant with a delicious cheese and jam board, wonderful wine list, and a whole separate vegetarian menu.
Maceió, for a vegetarian, is a lot like eating out in the US about fifteen years ago, when I first stopped eating meat. There were options, but most of the time, the vegetarian option was french fries or side salad. I think I've met my quota of queijo coalho for the next decade at least. So a restaurant with a separate veggie menu? HALLELUJAH. Plus, the owner was adorable and sweet and knowledgable and I love this place.
I have a ton of pictures, so more to come 🙂
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Anne McCarthy
"and took a quick dip in a fresh water lake (which freaked me out because I hate swimming in fresh water after some mildly traumatic Girl Scouts camping trips)."
Not that this is surprising at this point but… ME TOO (minus girl scouts)
Erica Varlese
🙌🏻 If the water doesn't have a current, I don't trust it.
Swimming in lakes is gross. and creepy. + a million.


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It won't come as a surprise that I follow what's happening with Australia's NBN Co with interest. After all, even if I've been highly critical of the plan's implementation and it's political weaknesses, it still is a national broadband network
Exetel's Magical Cost Accounting
Towards the tail-end of last week, tech journalist Juha Saarinen reported how Australian ISP Exetel was going to terminate the contracts of 400 heavy using customers. This surprised me, because I don't think that's legal in most western markets, but
Diffraction Analysis in Crosstalk
Crosstalk is an Australian podcast on Telecom matters, and as one might expect, the Australian NBN is a frequent topic. Diffraction Analysis' Benoît Felten is interviewed in the latest podcast, Doesn't a 3030 Vision Need Fibre? Phil and Benoît discuss
TPG Telecom's FTTB play a headache for Turnbull
See on Scoop.it – Connected World
Although obviously very unhappy with the broadband monopoly created by the previous government, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull – as its shareholder minister – also has to protect the interests of NBN Co.
Is Turnbull planning to turn the NBN over to Telstra ?
A few months ago, when the coalition's plans for the Australian NBN were announced, I wrote the following in an article on Telecom TV:
The core of Labor's NBN plan though, which is the structural separation of networks and
Can the Australian Fiber NBN be radically redesigned?
To say that everything surrounding the Australian NBN is a political can of worms would be an understatement. The general elections in a few weeks, with Labor trailing in the polls, may spell if not the doom at least a
Hilarious NBN commentary…
I already published a humorous video on the Australian Coalition's NBN plan last week, but this one is even better. Why don't we get this kind of humour in France ?
Interview on Australian Telecom Podcast Crosstalk
Last week I was interviewed by Phil Dobbie on the Australian Telecom Podcast Crosstalk about the viability of on-demand FTTP. The whole show addresses issues of copper pull-through with an AAAC representative and on-demand FTTP as seen from the UK
Gives FTTB a whole new meaning…
It's not every day I see comedy that not only mentions but actually addresses fiber related topics, so I'm not going to let this one pass!
This is the fabled Australian comic duo Clarke and Dawe on the Opposition's NBN
Don't put your trust in on-demand FTTP…
One of the most interesting features of this week's alternative NBN plan published by the Australian opposition (see my article Australia's NBN becomes a political football on Telecom TV) is this notion of "on-demand FTTP".
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Bill Torrey figured he was out of hockey for at least a little while.
After being forced out by a New York Islanders franchise he helped create and built into greatness, Torrey took up residence in Palm Beach County, ready to live the life of leisure.
Then came H. Wayne Huizenga and his plan to bring hockey to South Florida. Just like that, Torrey was back in the game.
"I decided it was time to take a break and have some fun,'' said Torrey, who has helped build three NHL franchises. "I was here eight or nine days when I got a call from Wayne inviting me down to a football game. We sat in the box and he told me he was thinking of bringing hockey down here. My first reaction was 'are you kidding?' .-.-. He said get a little golf in and then we're getting to work.''
The Panthers will honor their founding father Saturday night before the team plays the Islanders at BankAtlantic Center. Now the team's alternate governor, Torrey will have a commemorative banner raised in the rafters, becoming the only individual so honored by the Panthers. Florida's other banners commemorate the 1996 Eastern Championship, the 1993-94 inaugural season, the 2001 Draft and the 2003 All-Star Game.
"Wayne wanted to surround himself with good people and he went to the top of the chain in hockey by bringing in Bill Torrey,'' said goalie John Vanbiesbrouck, the first pick of the 1993 expansion draft.
"Hockey and Florida didn't match up. He did an unbelievable job building a hockey environment for hockey people where there wasn't a lot of hockey roots. Bill and the rest of the people there accomplished a lot in a short period of time. He's good for the game.''
Torrey had his work cut out for him when he took Huizenga's offer and started building the team from scratch. Huizenga was awarded an NHL franchise on Dec. 10, 1992; the Panthers and Disney's Anaheim entry began play less than a year later.
Torrey hired Philadelphia Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke to be the team's first general manager, and the two brought in experienced players through a stocked expansion draft. Florida selected players who became cornerstones of the franchise – one that set the league record for most points (83) and wins (33) by a first-year team. Three seasons in, Florida beat the Penguins to claim the Eastern Conference championship.
"The rules of the expansion draft were the best we had seen,'' said Torrey. "There were bona-fide players available and we were able to get a bunch of them. That made a big difference.''
Players selected by Torrey and Clarke (who went back to Philadelphia after one year) included Vanbiesbrouck, Paul Laus, Gord Murphy, Tom Fitzgerald, Scott Mellanby, Brian Skrudland, Mike Hough, Dave Lowry and Bill Lindsay. Murphy (assistant coach), Skrudland (player development) and Lindsay (television) continue to work for the team.
The expansion draft came in June, just six months after the Panthers came into existence.
"Thank goodness Wayne Huizenga had a lot of people working for him,'' Torrey said. "He just had an expansion baseball team and I was able to borrow, beg and steal people from the baseball staff to help us get going.''
The Panthers are the second team to honor Torrey with a banner. At the Nassau Colisieum, the Islanders have a banner with his name and the words "The Architect" next to that of coach Al Arbour. Torrey's Islanders banner has a bow tie on it.
Torrey, known as 'Bow Tie Bill,' took over the Islanders in 1972 after leaving the troubled California Golden Seals the year before. In 1980, the Islanders won the first of what would be four consecutive Stanley Cup championships. Torrey worked for the Islanders for 20 years. He's been tied to the Panthers for 18. Huizenga sold the Panthers to a group led by Alan Cohen in 2000 and Torrey 'retired' in 2001.
Torrey was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 1995. Torrey's hockey career started in the 1960s when he worked for the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL before he moved on to work for the doomed Seals in Oakland.
In Florida, Torrey fought off suggestions the Panthers should share the teal-and-black color scheme of the freshly minted Florida Marlins – which Huizenga also started.
"The only real difference I had with Mr. and Mrs. [Marti] Huizenga was regarding the uniform,'' Torrey said. "She loved the Marlins uniform and it had been well received. I tried to convince her a baseball uniform isn't quite what a hockey player pulls over his shoulder. We had some long discussions, but when we opened in Chicago wearing that red jersey, she came to me that night and said 'I love that uniform'.''
The fact the Panthers have jettisoned the original road jersey has not been lost on Torrey. "We'll get 'em back,'' he said.
Where, When: BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise; 7 p.m.
TV: No local television
Radio: TBA (640-AM or 850-AM depending on Yankees)
The series: Panthers lead 34-28-8
The game: The surprising Islanders came into Friday with 10 points – tied for most in the Eastern Conference. Since losing to Pittsburgh last Friday, the Islanders have won three straight. .-.-. Michael Grabner, waived by the Panthers at the end of training camp, has two goals and an assist for the Isles. Grabner came to Florida in the Keith Ballard trade last June. .-.-. Tomas Vokoun will make his sixth straight start for the Panthers (2-3-0) after being benched for the third period of Thursday's 4-1 loss to Dallas. Fans are asked to arrive early for the Bill Torrey banner ceremony.


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Pope Francis: "Three persons.."
Merkel: "One God!?! … Got it!"
First, some background:
22 And the Scribes, who were come down from Jerusalem, said: *He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils.
23 And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan be risen up against himself, he is divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end.
27 No man can enter into the house of a strong man, and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house. 28 *Amen, I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin.
30 Because they said: He hath an unclean spirit.
31 And his mother and his brethren came: and standing without, sent to him, calling him.
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Dear Meatwad,
From your comments below it's obvious that you've not acted to blaspheme the Holy Spirit… I have not received the gift of reading the state of souls, nor do I make any judgement on yours. But, one thing is clear, you know neither the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit. And so, because of spiritual ignorance you remain unaware of the One responsible for the origin of your soul prior to conception, the interior workings of the soul presently, nor its eternal destination at the twilight of life… All this means is that my reply below will be charitable toward you because as former blasphemer (and worse) of Jesus Christ myself, I know that a day is coming that you will look upon the Son of Man and the Son of God in glory yourself, and like me, realize (with great remorse and tears, I might add) that you hated Him without reason. As Jesus Crucified is Divine Mercy incarnate for all proud souls such as our own; especially in the great moment of need–remember that…
My Emphasis/My Comments:
"I attest to the fact that Mary is the quickest, surest, and safest way to the True God made flesh, Her Son, Jesus" [I do… And I offer this encyclical that you might better grasp the role of Mary in the economy of man's eternal salvation and the life of the Church. And after this, if you find an inkling of inspiration within your heart, follow it by reading and putting into practice True Devotion To Mary–To Jesus through Mary. You will not be turned away at the All-Beautiful Door…]
Spoken like a true believing catholic. You catholics have every angel and good spirit ever to live in your flock, but you fail to speak of the Father in heaven. [God is spirit Meatwad. And all things corporeal and non-corporeal, good or evil, are ultimately subject to the will of the Father, the Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth… ] It is Mary, Jesus, and all others but the Father. [How So? Explain… Here is the unending creed we believe and recite daily during Holy Mass–in union with God–from the rising of the sun through its setting continually in the world. Notice it begins with "We believe in God, the Father, the Almighty…" So, there is actually unceasing universal prayer in direct reference to the Father, even in this very moment.] I know this is going over your head [It is the Spirit-inflamed heart of man which reaches up by way of the soul and enriches the intellect of the same man with divine wisdom…], with that trinity deception ingrained in your faith […and Divine Wisdom confirms Himself by the Very Holiness of His Name–One God, Three Persons, the Father, Son, Holy Spirit.] you think talking about Jesus is talking of his father [He who has seen the Son, sees the Father, only because the Son has revealed Him to them. No one goes to the Father in spirit on their own except through the Son, Jesus the Christ. And so, Jesus (God Saves) is the absolute prerequisite for attaining eternal salvation in this world. You will not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven without Him. This is a spiritual fact confirmed in hypostatic union with the one true God. And the only reason you do not believe is because you do not know the Spirit.] How many passages have your Jesus speaking about his Father. Hmmm, somebody seems schitzo, speaking about his fahter but he is himself's father??? [The Son is in the Father, and the Father in the Son doing His work of reconciling the world to Himself. A world He loves in sending the Son, Jesus Christ.] Rubbuh room time for you believers in deceptions! [Here is the first "Rubbah Room" Meatwad, along with its cure… Beware of bad spirits.]
I have this for you, who is Lucifer? RIGHT! L-boy is duh BaahdMann, something about "a bright morning star" is Lucifer, some say its other names are Satan etc,,, right James Mary E? Yeah. Well I have some good gospel news for you found in revelation 22:16, it is actually red lettered in my copy, of the second to last words attributed to your Jesus christ the son father and holy crap, "I am the root and offspring of David, and the bright and morning star",,, THAT is your Jesus speaking there James Mary. Seems you have fallen for the grand deception you are warned about, I just figured it all out fer yuh, yuh betchuh. Your Jesus confesses he is your Lucifer, now go wArship your great demon Jesus like a good tiny minded christian soldier. [I addressed this earlier in the background reading. As for Lucifer, maybe this will help clear up your confusion…]
(Hebrew helel; Septuagint heosphoros, Vulgate lucifer)
The name Lucifer originally denotes the planet Venus, emphasizing its brilliance. The Vulgate employs the word also for "the light of the morning" (Job 11:17), "the signs of the zodiac" (Job 38:32), and "the aurora" (Psalm 109:3). Metaphorically, the word is applied to the King of Babylon (Isaiah 14:12) as preeminent among the princes of his time; to the high priest Simon son of Onias (Ecclesiasticus 50:6), for his surpassing virtue, to the glory of heaven (Apocalypse 2:28), by reason of its excellency; finally to Jesus Christ himself (2 Peter 1:19; Apocalypse 22:16; the "Exultet" of Holy Saturday) the true light of our spiritual life.
The Syriac version and the version of Aquila derive the Hebrew noun helel from the verb yalal, "to lament"; St. Jerome agrees with them (In Isaiah 1.14), and makes Lucifer the name of the principal fallen angel who must lament the loss of his original glory bright as the morning star. In Christian tradition this meaning of Lucifer has prevailed; the Fathers maintain that Lucifer is not the proper name of the devil, but denotes only the state from which he has fallen (Petavius, De Angelis, III, iii, 4).


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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
A Cold Western Meadowlark at the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
I have a delightful backlog of bird pictures. With my time and attention on a great many other things of late, it's fun to finally work back through the last couple of weeks and see what I've missed in the picture files. In the middle of January I dropped someone off at Sacramento Airport, and on the trip back home I stopped by the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge only to find it flooded and closed. All was not lost however. As I sat at the closed entrance gate, a Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) alit on the post. I slowly lowered the window and listened to its delightful song (and shot a short video as well). Be sure to turn up the volume a little bit!
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How to explain to my GP
Hi Theresa, I have been pulling my hair for 15 years. I developed at a very young age, at the age of 6 I'm now 20 years old. There is no right or wrong way to tell your doctor, obviously when I was younger my parents would accompany me and they would do all the talking. I wasn't really sure why I did it my self so I used to sit in the room not paying attention. How ever the last few times I've been to the doctors, I think it's only been 3 times in the last 5 years. There's no easy way of doing it, I'd be absolutely fine until I got in the consultation room and they said 'what seems to be the problem' if just break down crying every time. There is no cure for Trichotillomania how ever the doctors are more clued on to it now then they have ever been, since it has been classed as a mental health disorder. The first time I went alone at 13 they offered me counselling, the second time I went at 16 they offered me anti depressants, the last time I went last year when I was 19 I just broke down crying. I said to them - I know there is absolutely nothing you can do apart from ply me with medication so I have no idea why I'm here. I'm so sorry for wasting your time I just wish there was something someone could do, even though I know there isn't. It emotionally draining and there's that fear of specialists not believing you, when I was younger they thought it was for attention. But honestly, it's dealt with a lot more seriously then it used to be so don't be scared of seeing your GP. There's not much they can do other then offer you anti depressant and anxiety pills and mental health counselling to find the route problem but you'll soon find that there never really is a specific route problem you pull your hair for all different sorts of reasons! I would say accept what they give you see how you feel. The counselling for me I did twice, obviously nothing has worked but it's nice to feel like you're trying and other people understand you. You feel a bit of importance and comfort that a professional is listening to you. Also it's interesting for the counsellor as well as they can learn from you and everyone's individual experiences with Trichotillomania as it's not very common. As for the pills, it's a hit and miss. They effect everyone differently, I've been on and off with them for years. I hope this helps and don't ever feel ashamed of talking to your GP! Like I said I've been so many times and sometimes I don't even know why because I know there's nothing they can do but sometimes it's just comfort you need. Best of luck xxx
Thank you so much for responding Courtblades. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to be dealing with Trich all that time and still no answers as to why. I'm already on 200mg sertraline for severe anxiety and depression and I hate "bothering" the doctor and worry she'll think I'm a hypochondriac but I really want to try and stop this before it gets any worse. Sometimes it feels like a comforting thing, although most of the time I'm not aware I'm doing it, and other times i feel my scalp is stinging from pulling so much, like its more self harm. It has me really confused as to why I'm doing it. I've tried hairband, plasters on fingers, tying hair really tight, a stress ball, taping fingers together but I just end up finding a way to do it... Most of the time not even realising. I hope she is aware of it and helps somehow. Thanks again x
Hi Theresa, Courtblades is spot on. There's only so much a GP can do for someone with trich, but those things can work really well for some people so it's definitely worth going along and asking. CBT can be effective for some.
A combination approach of CBT and habit reversal therapy has been shown to have the best outcome but is generally still only available if you go private. There's a way to go yet with knowledge and treatment availability on the NHS, but it is getting there, slowly.
There's some info on treatment options here below. Work your way through the menu at the top of the text (CBT, medication, diet, etc):
Thanks Michelle, I've seen my doctor and she was great. She knew about Trich and said she had other female patients with it. She's referred me to a psychiatrist/psychologist (can't remember which one) and she's reviewing my medication too. I've to see her in 3 weeks to discuss further. I'm so glad I forced myself to go. Thanks again xx
Hi Theresa, oh that's great. I'm so glad your doctor has been so supportive. Let us know how you get on
Hi Theresa
You've really inspired me. and given me the push to go to my GP.
I've been too afraid and pushing it off for the last two years.
But now after seeing your posts, have decided to get on with it!
Waiting for them to get back to me about an appointment...
But I give myself a for actually trying the surgery!
thanks for helping me see how easy it can be!
Hope that actually going isn't too painful.
Best wishes!
Enjoy your weekend!
Hey Everyone
Well done Joy for making contact with the surgery, that's amazing, well done you!!
When I went to my GP, she too had heard of trich. For me, the treatment program given was CBT, & that didn't work. I Don't think it helped that the counsellor had never heard of Trichotillomania.
I hope it helps you both, & like Michelle said, keep us posted.
Take care,
Lisa x
Great work Joy. How are you both getting on?


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Use-rainwater recently installed 12000 liter underground rainwater system in an Zimbali Estate in Ballito
The system consists of two interconnected 6000l underground tanks which recover water off a 250sqm roof. Runoffs from the roof is combined into an underground header system before entering a Wisy vortex filter where all particles bigger that 28 micron is discarded before the clean water enters the tank. A slow inflow prevents water disturbance.
The tanks are also used a a backup water supply. A solenoid valve with a float switch top up the water in the tanks if the level is low thus ensuring the tanks and the household always has water.
With the severe water restrictions in the Ballito area and continuous water interruptions this is an ideal system for a household that requires some form of independence from municipal water.
The rainwater is purified via a three stage filtration system and UV light disinfection before supplying the houses' water network.
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NEW DELHI--Industrialized nations tend to focus their medical research on diseases generally associated with a high standard of living, such as heart disease. But a study in the latest issue of Current Science, an Indian journal, suggests that India also devotes a significant portion of its research to diseases of the affluent.
Indian medical research has its priorities "lopsided," contends Subbiah Arunachalam, an information scientist at the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Madras (now called Chennai). His study of almost 20,000 scientific articles indicates that diseases ranking high in India's mortality and morbidity statistics, such as malaria and tuberculosis, were not major areas of publication between 1987 and 1994. For example, tropical medicine ranked 16th with 432 papers, and parasitology ranked 22nd with 292 papers. And despite the fact that there are more than 12 million blind people in India, "hardly any" research was done in ophthalmology, reports Arunachalam.
Instead, the big killers of the industrialized world, such as cancer, heart disease, and neurological disorders, topped the list. Oncology ranked sixth with 821 papers, and cardiovascular diseases rank eighth with 663 papers. The number-one field (2394 papers) was the grab-bag category "general medicine," followed by pediatrics. Although these latter two groups may include diseases that afflict the poor, Arunachalam suggests that research priorities still reflect an attention to prestige and the needs of the rich rather than the needs of the country as a whole.
The finding has met some receptive ears. Martanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan, a cardiac surgeon and vice chancellor of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in Manipal agrees that Indian medical research has "remained aloof from the people." Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, a pathologist and former director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research, agrees, but he offers one big caution: "Mere numbers of publications is a dangerous index to take, as even a single paper can be a seminal work."


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Using the webhdfs:// Protocol
This section describes how to copy data from an HDFS cluster to a MapR cluster using the webhdfs:// protocol.
Before you can copy data from an HDFS cluster to a MapR cluster using the
webhdfs:// protocol, you must configure the MapR cluster to
access the HDFS cluster. To do this, complete the steps listed in Configuring a MapR Cluster to Access an HDFS Cluster for the security
scenario that best describes your HDFS and MapR clusters and then complete the steps
listed under Verifying Access to an HDFS Cluster.
To copy data from HDFS to MapR Filesystem using the
webhdfs:// protocol,
complete the following steps:
The HDFS cluster must have WebHDFS enabled. Verify that the following parameter
exists in the
hdfs-site.xmlfile and that the value is set to
<property> <name>dfs.webhdfs.enabled</name> <value>true</value> </property>
You also need the following information:
<NameNode>: the IP address or hostname of the NameNode in the HDFS cluster
<NameNode HTTP Port>: the HTTP port on the NameNode in the HDFS cluster
<HDFS path>: the path to the HDFS directory from which you plan to copy data
<MapR-FS path>: the path in the MapR cluster to which you plan to copy HDFS data
Run the following command from a node in the MapR cluster to copy data from
HDFS to MapR Filesystem using
hadoop distcp webhdfs://<NameNode>:<NameNode HTTP Port>/<HDFS path> maprfs:///<MapR-FS path>For example:
hadoop distcp webhdfs://nn2:50070/user/sara maprfs:///user/sara
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Jeanne Marie Lambert
August 8, 1927 - July 27, 2013
Jeanne Marie Lambert, 85. of Norwalk, wife of the late James B. Lambert, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, at home.
Born August 8, 1927, in Bayside, New York, she was the daughter of the late Al. Emile and Flossie Quick Cote. Mrs. Lambert was a member of Shorehaven Country Club and the Humane Society of the United States.
The family includes a son; Glenn B. Lambert and wife Irene, of Bridgeport, two daughters: Beverly Ann Lambert and husband Dennis Quinn, of Fairfield, Linda Jeanne Lambert, of Norwalk, three grandchildren; James and Jeannine Lambert, Kimberly Sadler and husband Chris, siblings Leigh Cote, of Denver, CO, Francis Cote [deceased] and Margaret Weston [deceased].
Services are Tuesday at 1:00 P.M. in the Collins Funeral Home, 92 East Avenue. Rev. John Cardamone will officiate. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home prior to the services starting at 11:00 A. M. Tuesday.
Contributions may be made to the Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L Street NW, Washington, D. C. 20037.
We are so sorry for your loss. Beth should be there for visiting hours.
July 30, 2013
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Château Haut-Bailly has its sights set on being the first Bordeaux to be enjoyed in space. Poured from a circular wine bottle designed for use in zero gravity, it carries a specially made Haut-Bailly label. The bottle connects to a drinking utensil that resembles a conductor's baton with a circular grip attached. It's currently on display at Bordeaux's Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.
Meanwhile, back on Earth…
Research released last week from the Wine Market Council claims that rosé is the fastest growing premium wine category in the U.S, The group says that sales of rosé over $11 is up 60% year over year, with millennials contributing significantly to the spike. Rosé sales now match all U.S. sales for South African wines. Not surprisingly, Pinot Noir remains the most expensive varietal wine. But look what's in second place—Sauvignon Blanc. It's propelled New Zealand wines ahead of France as the fourth-largest wine exporter to the U.S. by total dollar sales.
For Peat's Sake! Laphroaig Goes Ballistic
The Virginia Wine Summit (April 5) is an all-day conference for wine and restaurant industry workers. It features panels and Q&As with wine experts from around the world. Topics include The Art of Whites, Meet Virginia Reds and an exploration of Virginia terroir.
The second-annual Sonoma County Barrel Auction is scheduled for April 29. Seventy-five unique wine lots will be sold to the highest bidder at the one-day auction. The lots represent 16 Sonoma County appellations, and were cultivated in Sonoma County's most respected vineyards.


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Key Terms
Hypothetical Imperatives
Categorical Imperatives
Autonomous Lawmaker
- Define and appropriately use important terms such as state of nature, the prisoner's dilemma, implicit and explicit agreements, social contract, categorical imperative, hypothetical imperative, maxim, and autonomous lawmaker
- Demonstrate knowledge of major arguments for and problems with social contract theory and deontology
- Apply ethical concepts and principles to address moral concerns.
I. What is Absolutism?
- Two approaches: relativism and absolutism
- Divine Command Theory - absolutism
- Social Contract Theory - relativism
- Shared moral values
- Protect children
- Do not lie
- Do not harm others without appropriate cause
II. Kantian Duty
Kant's Categorical Imperative
Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law
- An ethical theory should be rooted in consistency and fairness, making it universal
- Deon - Gr. duty/obligations
- Immanuel Kant, 18th century
- Moral rules should always be followed because of reason
III. Categorical Imperative
- Imperative
- Something you ought to do
- Hypothetical "oughts"
- You ought to do this, to get that.
- Hypothetical because you may not want that, in which case you don't have to do this.
- Goal oriented conduct
- Categorical "oughts"
- You ought to do this. Period.
- Morality - an absolute rule, regardless of desire
- Justifying Categorical "oughts"
- Categorical oughts are justified by reason, not desire
- Every rational person must accept the Categorical Imperative
- Consider the maxim (universal rule) that should be followed
- The person who follows the Categorical Imperative is the Autonomous Lawmaker, the ideal citizen
IV. Advantages of Deontology
- Most lay people enact a form of deontology naturally
- Following maxims is both moral and rational
- Personal equality - one person isn't special from a moral point of view
- Reliance on reason
V. Criticisms of Deontology
- Determining moral laws in a way that will not generate exception
- Conflicting moral laws
- The Case of the Inquiring Murderer
- From "On a Supposed Right to Lie from Altruistic Motives" - Kant
- You have 3 options.
- You tell the truth. ("My friend has gone home.")
- You say nothing, in which case, the murder will still go to the friend's house.
- You lie. ("My friend went in the opposite direction.")
- Strategy
- I lie
- My friend escapes +
- But I committed a moral wrong –
- My friend is killed –
- And I committed a moral wrong –
- My friend escapes +
- I tell the truth
- My friend escapes +
- And I committed no wrong +
- My friend is killed –
- And I committed no wrong because the wrongdoing was committed by the murderer, not me +
- My friend escapes +
- Consequences are uncertain
- Better to stick with a known good (that may have a negative effect) than take a chance on a possible good (requiring a negative cause)
- I lie
- The Case of the Inquiring Murderer
- Pessimistic view of foreseeing consequences
- Presumes doing duty absolves us of consequences that result from our action or inaction
- Maxims can be taken to extremes
- Common sense lies (little white lies)