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Over $100 Million Recovered | Not a Class Action Firm | Invested in Our Communities | Over 25 Wildfire Cases Nationwide | Over 100 Years of Combined Experience | Individualized Service
If No Recovery, Then No Fees and No Costs to You
If you or your family has suffered injury or death, damage to your property or to a commercial business as a result of the recent California wildfires, you may have a claim for damages against the utility company responsible for maintaining powerlines that contributed to these fires.
California's Public Utilities Commission and our team have launched investigations into the role that utility companies Pacific Gas and Electric ("PG&E") and Southern California Edison ("SCE") have played with regard to these completely devastating fires. The Camp Fire near Chico destroyed the town of Paradise and quickly became California's most destructive fire, just one year after the Tubbs Fire ripped through Santa Rosa. The Woolsey Fire in Los Angeles, and particularly in Malibu, devastated the region. The recent Kincade Fire, believed to be started by PG&E's equipment has destroyed over 350 structures. Fortunately, these utility companies have substantial insurance that can be paid to homeowners and businesses facing uninsured or underinsured losses.
Utility companies have a long history of causing wildfires due to inadequate management of power lines and the surrounding vegetation. Our preliminary investigation shows that PG&E and SCE have again neglected their duties to the public, resulting in this most recent round of California wildfires. PG&E has admitted to state regulators that it had problems with a high voltage powerline near the area of origin for the Camp fire immediately before that fire ignited. Similarly, SCE submitted an electrical safety report to state regulators stating that there was an "outage" at one if its substations in the San Fernando Valley about two minutes before the Woolsey fire ignited.
Members of our team hold utility companies accountable when they cause wildfires. We have been appointed to leadership committees in several mass tort litigations representing fire victims against California Utility Companies. We were on the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee for the litigation against PG&E related to the 2015 Butte Fire in Calaveras County. We presently serve on the the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee in the on-going cases against SCE stemming from the disastrous 2017 Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslide litigation and the 2018 Woolsey/Malibu Fire Litigation. And we represent our clients as part of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for the 2017 North Bay Fires against PG&E, which include claims arising from the Tubbs, Nuns, Atlas, Redwood Valley and Cascade Fires.
Even if you have insurance, you will almost certainly find that you will not be reimbursed for the total cost to rebuild, the total cost for your damaged trees, crops, farms and vegetation, the hours you have spent to restore and tend to fire related issues, cherished family possessions, any personal injuries, and the annoyance and discomfort you have gone through. These damages can be pursued through legal action. We file separate claims on behalf of each individual, business, ranch, winery, homeowner, and renter. We do not file class actions and we do not believe in the class action model for fire cases.
We are two separate law firms that together have represented thousands of Californians affected by wildfires. To help those affected by the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires, our firms have partnered to form Pacific Fire Attorneys. We have clients from up and down California, from San Diego to Ventura to Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Napa, to Redwood Valley, Potter Valley and Willits. We are lawyers that aggressively and successfully pursue compensation for our clients and have fought for the past decade to hold utility companies accountable.
You can learn more about what fire damages may be recoverable here.
You can read more about our results here.
Recovering for Fire Damages
Your Home: Construction and Restoration. People work their entire lives to build or buy a home. When a preventable fire destroys or damages a home, it leaves a family without a place to live and wondering what to do next. You may be entitled to compensation for the damage or destruction of your home caused by a fire, including the amount of money it would take to restore your property to the condition it was in the day before it was affected by a fire. We hire the best experts to put your claim together, including construction experts, arborists, erosion experts, appraisers, and others depending on the nature of your claim.
Emotional Distress and Loss of Cherished Possessions in California Fires. Fires cause injury, death, and loss of property, leaving families homeless and without their most cherished possessions. These irreplaceable items include photos, antiques, family heirlooms, toys and books, wedding albums, instruments and much more. Those suffering a total loss from a fire may suffer extreme emotional trauma resulting from the realization that what they have spent a lifetime building is now gone. This can result in feelings of uncertainty and fear for years to come. Some deeply affected individuals may even experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We understand this sensitivity, and work closely with our clients to get them the compensation they deserve after a fire.
Insurance. Making it worse, families and businesses will come to find—almost universally—that their insurance coverage is not enough to re-build and restore their home or replace their lost contents. We help our clients through the insurance process at no cost, making sure they are able to maximize their coverage.
Recovery. Having an attorney who is experienced in recovering fire damages can make a great difference in the amount of compensation you may be able to recover. The attorneys at Pacific Fire Attorneys are among the most successful fire damage attorneys in California. Combined, we have obtained over $150 million in compensation for our clients who have been damaged by fires. We have helped thousands of fire-affected individuals rebuild.
Our California fire damage attorneys know how to go head-to-head with powerful corporations and utility companies. We have the knowledge, litigation skills and experts to help us identify the cause of a fire early and value your claims. We will fight to get you compensated for your fire damages, including your property loss and related expenses, your injuries or health issues, and your emotional distress that comes from losing your home and being displaced for an extended period of time.
When utility companies and their contractors wrongfully cause a fire and harm to others they often use their tremendous resources to fight hard in minimizing payouts to anyone who suffers a loss. Seasoned wild fire attorneys fight for you to prove the corporation is responsible and to establish the true value of your losses, including your annoyance and discomfort from this devastating event. We hire experts in fire investigation, hydrology, metallurgy, erosion, rebuilding costs, tree valuation, and personal property valuation. Working together with these experts we have the ability to reimburse you for your losses beyond what any insurance or government assistance may cover.
You do not pay us a dime out of pocket. We are paid by an agreed upon percentage from any recovery we obtain on your behalf. We advance all costs of the case on your behalf, and you do not pay anything unless we recover money for you.
You may be underinsured for this incident or your insurance company may deny the full value you believe you are entitled to recover. Insurance companies also often do not provide reimbursement for the annoyance and discomfort you have experienced. As a result, we fight to ensure those responsible for causing the fire pay the difference and ensure you are fully compensated for the loss that you suffered.
We help uninsured homeowners and renters. California law permits recovery for both uninsured and insured victims. If the fire was caused by a company's negligent or careless action and you were harmed, then you are entitled to be reimbursed and we will work tirelessly for that reimbursement.
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Markets had been bracing for a correction after weeks of record highs . "Refrigerated products are on the rise and we saw an opportunity to drive excitement in this section of the store with convenient soups and sides made with real ingredients and easy preparation", Nina Barton, SVP of Marketing, Innovation and Research & Development for the U.S. Lire la suite »
Eldorado Gold Corporation (EGO) Downgraded by Credit Suisse Group to "Underperform"
ValuEngine lowered shares of Eldorado Gold Corporation from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Friday, June 2nd. Finally, Scotiabank reiterated an outperform rating and set a C$4.25 target price on shares of Eldorado Gold Corp in a research report on Wednesday, March 29th. Lire la suite »
Global stocks shudder on Trump warnings to North Korea
The news was also greeted with dismay by traders in Asia, with Tokyo down 1.3 percent, Hong Kong losing 0.4 percent and Seoul registering a 1.1-percent decline. But the yen added to an already-strong weekly rally of close to 1.5 percent, hitting its highest in nearly four months versus the dollar at 108.73 yen. Lire la suite »
Tech companies lead broad slide in United States stocks; oil rises
The greenback first came under pressure after the Washington Post reported North Korea has. The U.S. bank argued that Switzerland's asset management industry, which has held huge inflows in francs since the euro zone's debt crisis took hold in 2010, would finally begin to reduce its franc position in the months ahead. Lire la suite »
IShares S&P NA Tech. Sec. Idx. Fd
Meridian Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in iShares S&P US Pref Stock Idx Fnd by 1.8% in the second quarter. Separately, WealthTrust Axiom LLC bought a new stake in iShares S&P NA Tech. Shares of iShares S&P US Pref Stock Idx Fnd (NYSE:PFF) opened at 38.62 on Friday. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $39.12 and its 200 day moving average price is $38.75. Lire la suite »
As North Korea-US tensions brew, safe-haven currencies rise
On the currency front, the U.S. dollar is trading at 108.82 yen compared to the 109.20 yen it fetched at the close of NY trading on Thursday. However, bank stocks, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley, were down about 1 percent on the dimming prospects of another rate hike this year. Lire la suite »
Stocks fall for third day as United States, N. Korea tensions rattle markets
Treasury yields US10YT=RR fell to as low as 2.197 percent, their lowest level since June 28, overnight. Asian and European stocks continued the sharp decline Friday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks gave up 4.02 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,410.15. It also came amid heightened tensions between North Korea and the United States . Lire la suite »
Trump to China: Trade probe is coming Monday
At the same time, it could alienate China's leadership, which is urging the Trump administration to limit its confrontational language as it faces off against the regime in Pyongyang. Trump has kept up pressure on Beijing to do more. "If Americans continue to have their best technologies and intellectual property stolen or forcibly transferred off-shore, the United States will find it hard to maintain its current technology leadership position", they added. Lire la suite »
USA stocks dip as Disney earnings disappoint
Technology companies led US stocks slightly higher in afternoon trading Friday, recouping some of the losses from the day before. The market was waiting for United States consumer inflation data on Friday that would offer more clues about future Fed decisions. Lire la suite »
Gold Hits Two-Month High on North Korea Tensions
The Dow Jones industrial average slid 204.69 points, or 0.9 percent, to 21,844.01, just shy of its low point for the day. The stock exchanges in NY saw tiny losses at the end of trading on Tuesday, while Dow-Jones Index and S & P 500 earlier notched new records. Lire la suite »
SoundCloud Gains Funding, Loses CEO
It was only a month ago when music streaming service SoundCloud announced that it would be laying off a little over 40 percent of its staff . The Germany-based service had fallen on financial difficulties in recent times. In a statement, SoundCloud said that this new investment will "ensure a strong, independent future" for the company, while also "funding deeper development and marketing of its core tools used by millions of audio creators". Lire la suite »
Unilever NV (UN) Shares Sold by Outfitter Advisors LTD.
This represents a $1.41 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.43%. BidaskClub upgraded Unilever NV from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,694 shares of the company's stock valued at $133,000 after buying an additional 264 shares during the period. The stock of Unilever plc (LON: ULVR ) has "Outperform" rating given on Friday, October 30 by RBC Capital Markets. Lire la suite »
Découverte d'œufs contaminés au Fipronil — Pays basque espagnol
Il s'agit essentiellement de pays de l'Union: Belgique , Pays-Bas, Allemagne, France , Suède, Royaume-Uni, Autriche, Irlande, Italie, Luxembourg, Pologne, Roumanie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Danemark. La crise des oeufs contaminés dépasse désormais les frontières de l'Europe, avec des produits identifiés à Hong Kong selon la Commission européenne qui a convoqué les pays de l'UE concernés et leur demande d'arrêter de se rejeter mutuellement la faute. Lire la suite »
Bruno Mars Donates $1 Million to Victims of the Flint Water Crisis
After an eruption of cheers and applause, Mars said, "This is why we love what we do". In a statement from Mars, he went on to thank the MI audience for supporting him in this cause . Flint's water problems began in 2014 when the city transitioned from Detroit's water system to the Flint River . As people, especially as Americans, we need to stand together to make sure something like this never happens in any community ever again, ' the singer told his audience. Lire la suite »
Oeufs contaminés : 15 pays européens touchés par le scandale
Parti des Pays-Bas et de la Belgique, aujourd'hui le scandale affecte 16 pays européens et se propage au-delà du continent. "Le risque pour la santé humaine est très faible au vu du taux de fipronil présent dans les œufs contaminés mais aussi au vu des habitudes alimentaires françaises". Lire la suite »
[INFOGRAPHIE] Le Fipronil au cœur de l'enquête sur les œufs contaminés
Verdict rendu ce 11 août 2017: l'Agence qualifie ce risque de " très faible ". Concernant le suivi de ces ufs, pour l'instant, cinq établissements de fabrication d'ovoproduits et deux centres d'emballage d'ufs (Nord et Somme) ont reçu des ufs de consommation contaminés, deux établissements (Moselle et Vendée) des ovoproduits contaminés. Lire la suite »
U.S. stocks fall again on North Korea tensions
Almost $1 trillion has been wiped out from global equity markets since Trump's promise on Tuesday to unleash " fire and fury " on North Korea if it threatens the United States. "The equity markets are in risk reduction mode as investors move to secure liquidity with speculators exacerbating moves through tactical shorts", Stephen Innes, head of trading at for Asia-Pacific at Oanda Corp.in Singapore, said in a note Friday. Lire la suite »
Hong Kong s'ajoute à la liste des pays touchés — Oeufs contaminés
Dans cette affaire , la Belgique prétend que les Pays-Bas avaient été mis au courant de la présence de fipronil dans ses élevages en novembre 2016. Dans les jours suivants, d'autres pays européens ont été concernés: la Suède , la France , l'Autriche , la Suisse , la Pologne , l'Irlande , la Slovénie et l'Italie . Lire la suite »
SoftBank puts $2.5 bn into Flipkart's wallet
With the latest funding, Flipkart is estimated to have raised well over $5 billion to date. Flipkart said the cash infusion, added to $1.4 billion raised earlier this year from Microsoft ( MSFT , Tech30 ), eBay ( EBAY ) and Chinese tech behemoth Tencent ( TCEHY ), leaves it with a $4 billion war chest to wield in its battle against Amazon ( AMZN , Tech30). Lire la suite »
Asian Stocks Fall Amid Escalating US, North Korea Tension
South Korea's Kospi lost 1.7 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng slid 2 percent. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 3 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,471 as of 12:16 p.m. The dollar index .DXY fell 0.32 percent, with the euro up 0.42 percent to $1.1819. Its weekly gain of 2.6 per cent is the largest since June 2016. "Most investors will be completely out of their depth in making any assessment on the (North Korea) situation", said Koon Chow, emerging market FX strategist ... Lire la suite »
Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW) Position Maintained by RMR Advisors LLC
Accern also gave headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 48.6002942574129 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. Highwoods Properties had a return on equity of 5.96% and a net margin of 18.79%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter previous year. Lire la suite »
Global markets jarred by North Korea fears
The Dow Jones industrial average slid 36.64 points, or 0.2 percent, to 22,048.70. Only utilities sector stocks eked out a gain on a day of mostly listless trading as investors kept an eye on the latest company earnings and geopolitical news . Lire la suite »
Ultrapar Participacoes SA (UGP) Declares $0.27 Dividend
Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Ultrapar Participacoes from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 27th. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 135,554 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $3,081,000 after buying an additional 3,496 shares during the period. Lire la suite »
Luxoft Holding (LXFT) Given Daily Media Impact Rating of 0.12
The value of the investment in ( LXFT ) increased from $2,052,000 to $2,200,000 a change of $148,000 for the reporting period. Cowen and Company set a $68.00 price target on Luxoft Holding and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, June 16th. Lire la suite »
Gold surges as United States and North Korea ratchet up nuclear tensions
Dow e-minis were down 24 points, or 0.11 percent, with 22,166 contracts changing hands. The S&P fell as much as 0.52 per cent at its session low. In Europe, the pan-continental STOXX 600 index lost 0.8 per cent, with falls deepening after reports a vehicle had rammed a group of soldiers in Paris, injuring six. Lire la suite »

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I am delighted to share with you the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands for 2016.
To bring you this report, the BrandZ™ team has, over the last 11 years, surveyed more than three million consumers in over 50 markets, creating 4.5 billion data points in the process (our full methodology is explained on page 250). With over 100,000 brands researched and valuated, it is statistically more difficult to become a BrandZ™ Top 100 brand than to win an Oscar – so congratulations to every brand in our ranking, especially to Google, this year's most valuable brand, valued at $229 billion!
The exclusivity of BrandZ™ shines a light on the strength of the Top 100 brands, which collectively have a brand value worth $3.4 trillion, or approximately the 2015 GDP of Germany. To quote WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, "Marketing is an investment, not a cost," and this is clear as we see valuable brands lead to successful businesses. In the last 11 years, the BrandZ™ Strong Brands Portfolio has increased in value by 105.9 percent. In contrast the MSCI World Index, a weighted index of global stocks, has appreciated by only 20.1 percent. Put simply, $100 invested in the BrandZ™ portfolio 11 years ago would be worth $205 today compared to $120 if invested in the MSCI. A full analysis of BrandZ™ from 2006 through 2016 is examined in detail beginning on page 42.
The brands in the BrandZ™ Global Top 100 have achieved outstanding levels of success because they invest in their brands and continually innovate to meet consumers' evolving needs. At number seven, Amazon is this year's top riser with 59 percent growth and an example of a brand that not only embodies the qualities of a top brand, but one that also goes beyond meeting consumer needs; it creates them. This year Amazon built its logistics business to offer same-day delivery, and in some locations one hour delivery, making Amazon the easiest place for consumers to get what they need in a hurry. Other brands that have innovated and risen quickly through the rankings as a result, include Starbucks (number 21), Facebook (number 5) and JD.Com (number 99). You'll find the Top 20 fastest risers on page 34.
Our global, connected world has also allowed brands to disrupt like never before, and the Top 100 provides clear examples of this. In "Outlook Asia" on page 134, Doreen Wang, Millward Brown's Global Head of BrandZ™, explores how brands in China, India and Indonesia are tapping into both traditions and technology to build strong local brands with significant global potential.
New to the report this year is the B2B Top 20 section in partnership with LinkedIn, on page 70. While B2B brands have always been included in the report, this is the first year we've analysed them independently and in comparison with B2C brands. The analysis is fascinating, highlighting how the B2B branding world has changed over the last 11 years, and, importantly, what these brands need to do to attract and retain top talent that drives growth.
Millward Brown is extremely proud to be part of WPP, the world's largest communications services group. BrandZ™ is an annual study conducted by Millward Brown and WPP that combines extensive and ongoing consumer research with rigorous financial analysis. This report is a great representation of the range of skills and experience from across the group and I hope that you find it an interesting read.
Feel free to contact me directly if you would like to discuss any of the issues raised in this report, or see the contacts section on page 258 for details of experts from across our group.
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The Power of the Personal Touch
Early on in your life, you begin to appreciate the Power of Personal Touch. From a hug from your parents when you do well (or fail) to a handshake from a new friend as your realize the relationship was meant to be, a personal touch can not only mean a lot, but make a lasting impression.
Fast forward: you're now a small businessperson trying to make a difference – attract customers, retain them, form new business partnerships. Yet, you feel like you're drowning in a sea of tweets, Facebook likes and LinkedIn invitations.
One of my favorite sayings is "treat your connections like they're standing right in front of you." It's a reminder that despite all the cool technology and newest apps – there is a real person behind that computer screen. Keeping that in mind helps me connect more personally with those I meet online.
Here's how you can differentiate yourself as a small business person and really make a difference:
1. When you first connect with someone online, listen to them instead of talking. Hear what THEY have to say and what they're interest in – what are their needs, concerns, cool things that make them who they are.
2. Take a minute on occasion to suggest an introductory call or meeting in person. Skype is wonderful for this, as you can set up a video call if you're so inclined, or a phone call to hear directly from them. Again, LISTEN more than TALK. Find out what they're all about.
3. Start any contact you make with a question: "How can I help you?" You'd be amazed how many people respond positively to this question. We are so used to being "pitched" all the time that when a business actually asks how they can help we are at a loss for words.
4. Introduce your connections to other connections. I recentlly met with a young entrepreneur who has a new retail online application. I liked the guy – a lot – and wanted to help him in his business. I introduced him to a retail reporter at our local newspaper. She was working on a story on loyalty programs (his business) and he was interviewed for her story that ran in the business section today! What did I get out of it? The satisfaction that I was helping a business grow and a reporter find a source.
Finally, remember that unless you reach out with a Personal Touch then you're just another piece of data in a constant stream of information that your connections are bombarded with on a daily basis.
The cool thing about the Personal Touch? It's fun to do, makes you stand out to your business partners and customers, and often makes you feel more human in an overwhelmingly impersonal and digital world.
Take a second today to reach out to a new connection, or one you haven't talked to in a long time. Tell them it's personal.
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Meet Millwall's League One opponents
Founded: 1950
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Nickname: Brewers
Position: Champions, League Two
Manager: The appointment of former Chelsea favourite Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink as Burton manager in November 2014 may have raised a few eyebrows, but the move proved to be a masterstroke as the Dutchman led the Brewers to their first-ever promotion to League One as champions of League Two.
As a player, he began his career with Telstar and AZ before leaving the Netherlands for Campomaiorense in August 1995. He landed at Chelsea in 2000 via successful spells with Boavista, Leeds United and Atletico Madrid, and it was at Stamford Bridge that the Dutch international excelled, scoring 23 League goals in his first season to earn the Golden Boot.
In all he averaged a goal in less than two games for Chelsea, scoring 70 in just 136 appearances for the Blues during his four year stay in south west London.
Further spells followed at Middlesbrough, Charlton and Cardiff City before he hung up his boots, taking up a coaching position at Nottingham Forest before cutting his managerial teeth at Royal Antwerp in 2013.
Floyd-Hasselbaink steered the Belgian side to seventh in the League in his first season, commuting to work from his Surrey home. However he turned down a new contract last summer and when the managerial vacancy arose at Burton, he grabbed the opportunity with both hands.
Key Player: Striker Stuart Beavon showed his worth during a magnificent 2014/15 season in which the Brewers romped to the League Two title, finishing five points clear of second-placed Shrewsbury and just four short of the magical 100 point mark.
Recruited on a permanent basis from Reading last August, experienced frontman Beavon weighed in with seven goals for his team.
Of equal significance, however, he headed the list of assists in League Two by creating 10 goals for his team-mates.
Beavon's fruitful partnership with Lucas Akins was one of the key factors in Burton's successful season and manager Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink will be, pardon the pun, banking on an equally productive time this coming campaign.
Top scorer: Lucas Akins (9 goals)
Head-to-head: History will be made during the 2015/16 season. Neither Burton nor Millwall have ever won, lost or drawn against each other as the sides have never met in a competitive game until now!
Last time we met: N/ATweets by @MillwallFC


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The transition from high school to college can bring about a complexity of emotions, from excitement to uncertainty. There will be students from a variety of different backgrounds who are all taking a big step toward independence, growth, and exploration with you. Colleges will help you with this transition by giving you information during freshman orientation, but there are steps you can take during the summer to help you make the most out of your first year. Here are some tips I wish I would have known the summer before going off to college.
Spend the summer getting involved
Take the summer to volunteer, intern, or get a job. Exposing yourself to new roles and responsibilities can benefit you in a variety of ways.
1. Getting to know your likes (and dislikes!)
You can get a better sense of what your interests are and what career paths you might want to pursue. Knowing these things early on will be very beneficial when it comes time for you to decide a major. Although it seems like a long way off, dedicating your time to work experience will help clarify what type of career suits you best!
2. Developing your skills
A summer experience can also be a way to learn new skills, and to help you realize what you are strengths and weaknesses. One example of a soft skill that you should master before entering college is time management. College workloads will be heavy, but you will still want to hang out with friends and participate in extracurricular activities! Learning how to manage your time will take away unnecessary stress.
3. Networking
Networking is a big plus when it comes to summer work. The time you commit to work, internship, or volunteer expereince will allow you to make professional and personal connections that may help you later in your career. Not only can your collegues help with letters of recommendation, they can also connect you with internships and jobs down the road.
Review what you know
It's not a bad idea to look at your course schedule and review the basics and prerequisities for each class. Most college professors aren't going to spend a lot of time reviewing what you should already know. Taking the summer to do this will lead to less stress and more time to explore your new surroundings at the beginning of the semester. It will also help you feel more confident in class! Some classes may also require you to have preexisting knowledge on a specific computer program or novel, so make sure to read the syllabus and come prepared.
Familiarize yourself with the institution
Doing the research about your campus will prepare you for a successful academic and social life!
1. Sign up (and go!) to the orientation
The best way to introduce yourself to your institution is to go to freshman orientation. Because orientations tend to be dense with information, it's a good idea to look into what campus life will be like and what extracurricular activities interest you before attending. Being active on campus is a great way to make friends freshman year!
2. Know your resources and build your network
Take time to lookup your professors, course syllabi, and relevant extracurriculars. Knowing your professors' topics of interest, what types of texts are included in the course syllabus, and what events are programmed through your prospective deparment(s) will help you build a professional network and a rich community come Fall.
3. Think about study abroad
If you're interested in studying abroad opportunities, look up the requirements early. Many majors have certain academic requirements that need to be met that will not fit into study abroad if you wait until your junior or senior year.
Create a resume and LinkedIn
Create a resume during the summer that will serve as the template for the rest of your college career. It will come in handy when applying for internships, scholarships, and study abroad applications. A LinkedIn will also help you build a professional network that could be advantageous when looking for opportunities.
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Don't wait until the last minute to prepare emotionally and academically for college! The summer is a great time to make a steady transition into becoming more independent and looking up all the ways to have a successful freshman year. Reading ahead and reviewing coursework over the span of the summer will prove useful when heavy course loads and deadlines are thrown your way. Stay productive this summer and be prepared to make the most out of your first year in college.
Sandra was born in Seoul, South Korea into a military family. Although they moved around a lot her family settled stateside in Georgia where she attend Spelman College. Here she graduated summa cum laude with a major in biochemistry and minor in physics. As a junior she was awarded membership into the Phi Beta Kappa National Honors Society along with being an American Chemical Society Scholar and having an undergraduate research fellowship. As an undergrad she conducted research in an organic chemistry lab and spent her summers conducting research at Northwestern University and MIT.
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In medical school, as one of only 10 female students, I ignored Florence Nightingale assiduously. I didn't want to play any of the roles I thought she modeled for women — obedient wife, caring sister, modest daughter.
It wasn't until I was practicing medicine in an old-fashioned hospital in San Francisco and learned that its comfortable open wards were "Nightingale wards" that I started to take an interest. Why were they called that?
What I learned is that after the Crimean War from 1853 to 1856, in which thousands of British soldiers died from infections, Nightingale visited almost every hospital in Europe, analyzed them and then wrote up her findings in "Notes on Hospitals," which became the guide to hospital architecture for the next century.
Its first sentences changed my idea of Florence Nightingale forever: "It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm. It is quite necessary, nevertheless, to lay down such a principle."
As true today as it was 150 years ago — acerbic, witty and clear.
Then I got to the end of the book, where Nightingale lays out one of the first sets of hospital mortality statistics collected. Statistics had recently been applied to social phenomena by Adolphe Quetelet, and Nightingale was taken by them. "To understand God's thought, we must study statistics," she wrote. And to display her evidence, she came up with the polar pie chart, a visual way of understanding data we still use. It was that appendix which gave me the first inkling that this was a brilliant woman. How did I get her so wrong?
So I began to read. There are more than 300 Nightingale biographies and 16 volumes of her writings. Her life (1820-1910) spanned the 19th century, that bridge between the premodern and modern worlds, and she stood with a foot in each, with premodern feelings and modern ideas.
When she was born there was no anesthesia and no antisepsis, hardly a thermometer, and no oxygen, IVs or antibiotics. The best surgeon was whoever could amputate a leg in less than 90 seconds; appendicitis often meant death.
By the time she died there was germ theory, the laboratory and vaccines against cholera, typhoid and plague. So she lived through a revolution in health care.
Her family was wealthy in a "Downton Abbey" sort of way, with cooks, butlers and maids. Her father educated her at home; she learned Greek, Latin, French, German and Italian, history and music.
Then she turned 17, and it was time to get a husband. She rebelled. She didn't want to marry; she wanted to work in hospitals as a nurse, taking care of the sick poor. In 1837 this was unheard-of. Nursing was done by servants, and her family looked upon her idea, she wrote, as if she'd "gone to be a maid of all work."
They fought it out for 15 years. She turned down every suitor; she took every opportunity for training as a nurse, and eventually she won. Her father granted her an annuity, and she took over a hospital on Harley Street where she put her ideas into practice.
Then came the Crimean War. It was the first war with correspondents at the front, and they reported on the thousands of soldiers dying at hospitals from typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery. Nightingale, whose work was well known by then, was asked to go to the Crimean Peninsula.
What she saw there — the filth, the lack of food, bandages, even latrines — stunned her, scarred her and energized her for the rest of her life. In that uncaring chaos, she had a vision of its opposite, of how things could be — shining hospitals with professional nurses and medical care for everyone, especially the poor, "who, when they are sick, become our brothers."
She spent the rest of her life making that vision a reality.
She wrote "Notes on Nursing," which became a best seller and made her financially independent. She reorganized Britain's army hospitals and reformed the nursing in workhouses. She founded the first real school for nurses, and its graduates — "Nightingales"— carried her reformation throughout the world. She wrote on public health, sanitation, India and prostitution, and for 50 years she was behind most of the health-related legislation in England. All this even though she was bedridden from chronic brucellosis, an infection she'd contracted in Crimea.
In her lifetime, she was esteemed. Queen Victoria wished aloud that she had Nightingale in her cabinet; babies, buildings and streets were named after her. When she died, burial in Westminster Abbey was offered, though her family, respecting her wishes, turned it down.
So much of what she fought for we take for granted today — our beautiful hospitals, the honored nursing profession, data-driven research.
What would she have thought of the Affordable Care Act? She would have liked its emphasis on public health, on data and on adequate care for everyone. There's just one thing she would have missed — her belief that caring for the sick is not a business but a calling.
She didn't mean "calling" in a religious sense. She meant having a kind of feeling for one's work — an inner sense of what is right, which she termed "enthusiasm," from the Greek entheos, having a god within. The opposite of a "calling" was "telling" — that is, rewards, punishments and threats — and she observed that without a calling, no amount of telling would satisfy. Which is what would have worried her about the Affordable Care Act. It relies on telling, on thousands of new regulations, rules and laws. There's no calling in it.
Now, Nightingale understood the different goals of doctor, nurse, lawyer and economist. From her study of hospitals she'd concluded that patients get the best care when no single power is ascendant, rather when there is the "perpetual rub" between doctor, nurse and administrator.
What would have worried her about the health care act is that its balance is off: It gives too much power to the telling of economists and lawyers and too little to the calling of doctors and nurses.
Nightingale, however, was an optimist. God wants us to make mistakes, she believed; mistakes are the basis of evolution. She was also a fighter, so I imagine she would have seen the health care law as a work in progress, and what we have still to learn from her, even so long after her death, is her willingness to fight and her determination to get it right. She didn't accept being told in her own life, and she wouldn't have wanted us to accept it in ours.


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Child obesity is one of the major public health issues of the 21st century, and its physical and psychosocial consequences can stretch well into adulthood.
A recent article by Boston University School of Social Work Assistant Professor Daniel Miller published in Social Science & Medicine, "Associations between the home and school environments and child body mass index," investigates the role school and home environments play in the childhood obesity epidemic.
Using growth curve modeling, Miller's examined the role of the home and school environments on child body mass index (BMI). Using a sample of approximately 11,400 children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten cohort, the study assessed whether characteristics of homes and schools were related to children's BMI in kindergarten and the rate of growth of BMI until fifth grade.
"Environmental factors are the root of the obesity epidemic," Miller wrote. "The identification of the full set of environmental factors related to increases in BMI is an important task for current research."
Miller's research concluded that after controlling for a large number of socio-demographic variables, children's overall activity levels, characteristics of schools, and the influence of early health, a number of different home and school factors were found to be significantly associated with child BMI in kindergarten and the rate of change in BMI over time.
Children who watched more television, who had mothers who worked more often outside of the home, who ate more breakfasts and lunches at school, and who attended schools with gymnasiums rated as adequate by administrators had BMIs that grew at a significantly faster rate, suggesting increased risk for obesity. Children who got more hours of sleep per night, who ate more lunches at school, and who attended schools with cafeterias and gymnasiums rated as "adequate" by school administrators had significantly lower levels of BMI in kindergarten. Children who ate breakfasts more often with their families and spent more minutes in recess had BMIs that grew more slowly over time.
Miller's study also adds to the existing childhood BMI literature on environmental influences by illustrating the utility and necessity of examining multiple influences within a single analytic framework.
"Further research and policy efforts should continue to acknowledge the multi-etiological manner by which the environment can affect rates of child obesity," Miller said. "It is important [that we] pay attention to the multiple ways that children's environments can promote or protect against obesity. It may not worthwhile just to focus only on one risk or protective factor."
Founded in 1839, Boston University is an internationally recognized private research university with more than 30,000 students participating in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. BU consists of 17 colleges and schools along with a number of multi-disciplinary centers and institutes which are central to the school's research and teaching mission.
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We love to enjoy the good view and feel the sun on our skin during the summer and most of the people would spend their time going hiking in mountains. Others would spend their time in the forest to go camping or to see different kinds of plants and animals there to study and be able to see unique things. We could enjoy doing those things as long as we knew to ourselves that we are protected by something like the repellent from mosquito bites and other insects like bugs. You can't hire a pest control services Weston Florida to remove and kill those insects and mosquitoes in the forest for you to enjoy your vacation and experience up there.
It could be a bit alarming if we have mosquitoes inside our house or home and you would hear their sounds buzzing everywhere especially in the dark of the evening. It would be very hard for you to get a sleep because of the worry that you would be bitten by them it may cause a redness color on skin. This is pretty normal reaction after you have bitten by them but you have to remember that they might be the carrier of the deadly diseases and that depends always. You can read here some of the ways and steps to get rid of the mosquitoes in a natural way and the best tip you can do to get away.
Many people would go on a natural way like making a trap for the mosquitoes, it would sound not so good but this is one of the safest ways now. You could the simplest way by mixing together the different ingredients that can be found in your kitchen like the yeast and the table sugar and water in a container. This will work completely to those areas where you want them to get rid of like the dark areas in your house including kitchen, storage room, bed rooms and basement. You don't have to change the mixture every day as it will be an effective solution and it will usually last up to three weeks without changing the content there.
Others would recommend their kids to apply insect repellent lotion to protect themselves especially when they go to school and the parents could not supervise them and protecting every time. You need to instruct your kids well when it comes to using them and tell them to avoid swallowing the cream as it may contain poison when it's being swallowed. It is a nice practice as well to keep the area clean in your property area to make sure that they don't reproduce there like the stagnant water and tires. Trim those long and tall grasses in your garden as they could be the one of the many sources or living places of the mosquitoes in your house or home.
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1. Newton Faulkner- Write It On Your Skin The man with the amazing hair, Newton Faulkner's signiture style of 'percussive guitar playing' makes him a dream to listen to.
2. De La Soul- Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) This band is perhaps the definition of 90s hip-hop, however you may best know them from their collaboration with Gorillaz in Feel Good Inc.
3. Lewis Watson- Sink or Swim Another guy with a love of a guitar, Lewis Watson has a beautiful, somewhat vulnerable voice that makes each one of his songs honest and raw.
4. Catfish and the Bottlemen- Kathleen A bit more upbeat and with a lot more accompliment than that of Lewis Watson, Cathfish and the Bottlemen (which is such a cool name for a band) these guys have a rocky vibe that make them the perfect band to add into the mix
5. Gypsies of Bohemia- Toxic (Britney Spears) Kendall always has a great varietyof music and Gypsies of Bohemia are one of those unusual bands, covering songs by Prodigy, to Elbow, to Britney spears using just two guitars and a double bass, these guys are definitely different!!


text: I got this tablet from my girlfriends mom, I have no idea where she got it. It has no name, no writing on it at all. After a bit of research I surmised it was a Chinese generic "MID" tab, so I did a quick ebay search for "red android tablet MID" and clicked the picture that looked like it: New MID Google Android 2.2 OS 8 Thats as best as I can do as far as identification goes. Now, for the real issue: The bugger won't turn on! When I got it it would power up, but it would "freeze" at the Android boot screen, where the android 'robot' stands there and in the lower right-hand corner "android 2.2 kernel 2.6.32 build number v1.5.3" is displayed. It would sit like that forever until you hit the power button and it would turn off. I tried every button combo I could think, Vol down + power, menu + power, etc... to try to get it into an uploader screen or something with no luck. Did some research on frozen tabs and found I could force an update by putting an SD card in with the ROM I want. So I found something in another forum, now I don't remember what it was but it claimed to "fix" bricked or frozen tabs by loading an older ROM. When I put the SD card into the tab it did in fact start the loading process, which was reassuring to say the least. It completed the process and said "REMOVE INSTALL MEDIA", and when I did the tablet turned off by itself, and from there I've got nothing. Tried every button combo I could think again, nothing. Screen is completely black. So my question I suppose is there any saving this tablet? There didn't' seem to be any real access points on the tab, no visible screws or panels. I'm fairly tech savvy but I'm new to the android scene, any help is much appreciated. EDIT to add: Further investigation reveals it is a "WM8650". Also wanted to note, when I push the power button I get the green LED, and when its plugged in I get the red LED, but no activity on the screen whatsoever. No noise or vibration at all either.


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Well not really,but off late this does seem to divide most bikers in the Indian Royal enfield community and get them all riled up!
I have just replaced my Cast iron block with a aluminium one.
There are a couple of reasons for doing this.
First of all it happens to be much lighter than the stock block ,about 3.5 kg lighter in fact!
Since the supercharger weighs in at 7.7kg it will negate some of the weight added to the bike.
Secondly the heat dissipation will be better than stock.
This is beneficial especially when supercharging, as for every Psi of boost used there is a increase in heat generated within the engine proportional to the efficiency of the supercharging system.
So in my case I haven't killed the old CI block, I have merely retired it for a bit.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Death of the cast iron engine!
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Nice to see a true Bullet gearhead in Pune. Do you know if the aluminum jug is available for 350cc?
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Your fairytale dreams – your dream wedding will come true when you are holding your romantic wedding in the spectacular buildings and landscape of a castle. Castles are very unusual and special, historic and romantic and who doesn't want to imagine they are King and Queen on their special wedding day? But there are a few points to bear in mind when considering a magnificent castle wedding venue for your location of choice.
Beautiful wedding castles
On the upsides, there are a great many castles available for rent for wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions so finding one for a small or a lavish wedding should not be very difficult. To find the right castle with an ambiance and a stunning view is another question?
There are those that can host religious services as well as civil, those that are actually hotels so can provide luxurious wedding accommodation and others with sumptuous wedding catering facilities.
In order to celebrate your wedding night the most you have to make sure that the wedding castle has a beautiful and romantic bridal suite with en-suite bathroom. It will not be a night to remember if you have to spend your wedding night in a normal bedroom!
Hire a private castle for your wedding
Private castles offer complete privacy for your wedding, which is probably why the likes of Celebrities as Guy and Madonna, Katie Holmes, Kevin Jonas and Joey Fatone, Tom Cruise, Kings and Queens and other royalty and other famous couples in general chose a private chateau such as Château Hattonchâtel for their luxury wedding venues. Make sure that you hire the private wedding castle exclusively and so you and your wedding guests can enjoy and relax in the castle and its grounds for several days.
Idyllic wedding locations
The stunning castle landscape including the idyllic surrounding countryside, the usual long private driveways, the stunning architecture and the huge grounds all provide excellent backdrops for the romantic wedding photographs.
Should the weather not be on your side, even internally the grand halls and imposing staircases could be used. Decorating the entrance and formal rooms of the castle can be kept simple with white fabric and linen and beautiful flower arrangements as the features of the castle itself provide the best decoration.
You could even have a medieval themed wedding at a castle and dress in a period wedding dress and hire period entertainment such as jesters and sword fighters to complete the occasion.
Beautiful destination weddings in Europe
There are of course potential downsides to your wedding day at the castle – location generally being the largest. Most beautiful wedding castles are in France so for those bridal parties from the UK, Scotland or Wales, there will be the added expense of travelling.
You then need to find a castle that is quite accessible from major airports or train lines. It is best to visit your short list of locations before committing to one, so this will entail more travelling costs. A few castles offer you a free weekend trip to the castle in order to see the location and to find out if a castle wedding suits you – the bride and groom. This is a very nice gesture and it shows that the company is serious.
If you chose to get married out side the peak season or may be during week days you will probably get a discount which helps to keep the wedding costs down.
Luxury castle weddings are also becoming more and more popular so you will need to book early to secure your favourite location. Make sure you check that the castle is licensed for weddings so that you can hold both the ceremony and reception in the same location.
Castle accommodation and other requirements
You will also want to find out if the castle helps with booking our hotel accommodation if there is not sufficient castle accommodation. Watch out for any requirements you may need to meet to have exclusive use of the castle during your stay, such as to fill out the castle accommodation or for your wedding guests to stay a minimum number of nights. Does the château offer special wedding packages or a free wedding planner like Château Hattonchâtel so that you can avoid having to organise church, caterers, florists, musicians etc. from a distance?
Getting married in a castle
Castle wedding venues will provide a magical and historic location for you to start your new life as husband and wife. The bride will achieve her life long wedding dream of being a princess for her big wedding day and the unique wedding memories the castle will create will be treasured forever. Just make sure you do your research and find the French castle that is right for you and your wedding budget.
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If you're looking for some online entertainment, Legends of Equestria has just kicked off their open server weekend where anyone can beta test the pony based MMO. Details on how to login and such are found on their forum board, with copypasta of that post after the page break. Good luck.
The open server weekend is finally upon us, everyone! You may now log in to the game and play!
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|Atlas and Directory of Madison County, Indiana, American Atlas Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1901,
Here is a section of the plat map of Madison County, Indiana showing Section 25 where Joseph Wright had his land. You can see by this representation that his land was located on both sides of the railroad tracks.
You can see that he had 79 acres on one side and a 39 acre piece on the other. This atlas was from 1901 and the land that he bought from his dad in 1867 was only 80 acres, so the section to the west had been added on to by later purchases.
Notice that there was also a 40 acre parcel next to this owned by Jas. & Joseph Wright - this was Joseph's son, James. Next door you will also find land owned by William Hicks, who was James' father-in-law.
The homestead that stood there was torn down in the late 1980s.
The farmhouse that I grew up in was located on this map in Section 36 on the parcel that was owned by Margaret Starr. The land in Section 36 didn't come into Wright hands until approx. 1915 or so. Will have more on that later.


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Study: Childhood constipation just as serious as asthma
Car and airplane trips, holiday goodies, new toys, and unfamiliar surroundings. The holidays are a crazy time for kids, often causing their bathroom habits to get out of whack. What might sound like a minor inconvenience is actually a common, sometimes serious problem for children, and not just around the holidays. Now a new study finds childhood constipation is costing us all.
Trips to the bathroom are pretty routine for Kevin Wallace, but it wasn't always that way. A small case of constipation turned into a big problem that took money, time and effort to fix.
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"Almost all religions provide opportunities for human beings to convince themselves of their own righteousness, to speak in the name of God, and even to go to war on God's behalf. This 'blasphemy of certainty' is also rife among secularists who in their case have not God but science or the proletariat on their side."I liked the whole idea here, but I especially liked the phrase "blasphemy of certainty". When I started looking to see where it came from I ended up in one of those intellectual pinball games I sometimes find myself in on the internet. Turns out it's a quote from an essay called The God of the Desert, by Richard Rodriguez. Which I intend to read, but so far I haven't. Anyway, the passage it comes from is this:
"The blasphemy that attaches to monotheism is the blasphemy of certainty. If God is on our side, we must be right. We are right because we believe in god. We must defend God against the godless."Seems true to me. But I also found a similar passage while Googling, from an excellent article by Andrew Sullivan:
The 16th century writer Michel de Montaigne lived in a world of religious war, just as we do. And he understood, as we must, that complete religious certainty is, in fact, the real blasphemy.These passages linking certainty, war, and blasphemy resonate with me, even though I'm not sure blasphemy isn't, as they say, a victimless crime. If God does exist, and She is in fact omniscient and beyond any human understanding, then surely being certain that we know Her thoughts is hubristic and disrespectful. I don't know if I would call it blasphemy. That word makes me nervous, because it's been the charge brought against far too many people who ended up being executed for it.
But what if that such killings, based on the lesser crime of certainty, is the real blasphemy? I don't believe humans were created in God's image, but for people who do, you would think killing Her special creations would be blasphemy if ANYTHING is blasphemy. Misplaced and prideful certainty is one thing, but killing in the name of that certainty--and doing so in the name of God-- is surely quite another. Both Montaigne and the current Pope have similar points. Montaigne noted that:
"It is putting a very high price on one's conjectures to have someone roasted alive on their account."
While Pope Francis, in a radio address last year, said:
"this 'closing off' that imagines that those outside, everyone, cannot do good is a wall that leads to war and also to what some people throughout history have conceived of: killing in the name of God. That we can kill in the name of God. And that, simply, is blasphemy. To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy."Hear, hear, gentleman.
As for certainty, even if we could have absolute certainty about everything, would it really be such a gift? Elsewhere in Andrew Sullivan's essay (I'm really bouncing around here, huh? There's a reason this blog's called Ramblebrain) I find a quote from the German playwright Lessing, who said:
"If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left hand only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand, and say, Father, I will take this--the pure Truth is for You alone."That one bowled me over. It started me thinking in a different direction (ramble, ramble), not about blasphemy, but about truth and certainty. I realized I would make the same choice Lessing did. Sure, I might be tempted by the offer of the full truth, but what would I do with it once I had it? Where would I go from there? If you know all truth, there would be no surprises; nothing to look forward to. Sometimes I lament the fact that my lifespan won't be 1/10th long enough to get any real foothold on Truth with a capital T. Maybe not 1/1000th. But is that really such a tragedy? Maybe it would be a bigger tragedy to actually have the full truth.
I wouldn't know, but I would think it would be mortally boring to be omniscient. To ever find anything interesting, you would have to make yourself forget things. Some people think of God as existing in some kind of state of ultimate sublime wholeness, but would that in fact be a sublime existence? I can't imagine what this hypothetical state even means, or if it exists, but it certainly doesn't sound very interesting to me. You would want to have new things to learn, wouldn't you...new things to create, or see created? You would crave some excitement, and you wouldn't want the spoilers omniscience would give you. It would be like knowing the outcome of every story that will ever be told. It would be the universal spoiler.
What if (and now I'm getting into the wildest kind of speculation) there is or was an omniscient God in possession of omniscience and the full truth, and She found Her existence boring and lonely? And so She decided to forget what She knew, and to allow Her wholeness to fragment--in order to really feel alive? What if that's how this fragmented universe of broken symmetries and diversity came about? What if it's even why it came about? Maybe it was more interesting to create--or even become--a contingent universe that eventually came to include billions of sentient beings with billions of points of view? None of them would have the full truth, but that's the point: they wouldn't know the outcome of the play before the curtain lifted.
Is there a theology similar to this? I imagine there is, but if so I don't know what it's called. It reminds me of the Hindu idea of lila, which I've heard expressed as something like, "The universe is what happens when God wants to play." It's probably not how it happened at all of course, and I don't have a clue if there's a God at all, much less whether She would find her omniscience boring. These are wild conjectures, and I don't put much stock in them--certainly not enough to roast anybody alive. I don't have that much certainty in anything. I don't know the full truth, and I probably never will. And I'm realizing that's a very good thing.


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He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector…" – Luke 18: 9-11
Last week, CNN anchor T.J. Holmes caught the attention of the blogosphere when, in honor of Earth Day, he publicly confessed that he drives a gas-guzzling Chevy Tahoe just because he can, drinks bottled water without recycling the bottles, and uses old-fashioned incandescent lightbulbs. "Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!" he cried, beating his penitent chest. Okay, no — that last part didn't actually happen. But the quasi-religious nature of Holmes' statements prompted Ed Morrissey to snark:
Er … say five Rachel Carsons and sing three Bob Dylan songs, my fellow planetary traveler, and go thee out and sin no more.
Meanwhile, Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, is once again begging for higher taxes. He and his (also wealthy) allies, who call themselves the "Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength," have even written up a petition asking the government to repeal the Bush tax cuts. How special.
What do these two gestures have in common? They are both textbook examples of the political theater put on by our modern-day Pharisees.
As noted in the verses from Luke that I quoted above (and as noted elsewhere in the New Testament), the Pharisees in Jesus' day were the ultimate attention-whores. They ostentatiously displayed their righteousness by praying where everyone could see them, "sounding their trumpets" whenever they gave alms, and "disfiguring their faces" whenever they were fasting. On the other hand, Jesus counseled his followers to pray, give alms, and fast in secret so as to draw the attention of the Heavenly Father only:
"But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." – Matthew 6: 3-4
These days, I have noticed a consistent pattern among leftists: They love to talk the talk, but they frequently behave as if mere talking gives them carte blanche to be assholes. One example: A few years ago, Amy Alkon, an advice columnist who describes herself as fiscally conservative and socially libertarian, made the mistake of noting the blindingly obvious fact that single-parenthood is destroying the black community. For her Thoughtcrime, representatives of the "tolerant" and progessive left filled her blog with trollish comments claiming that Alkon was secretly a transexual.
A second example: While I was away this past week, a leftist at Wonkette decided it would be HIGH-larious to make fun of little Trig Palin on his birthday. Fortunately, enough people found this attack on a disabled toddler so disgusting that Wonkette eventually lost the backing of several of its advertisers. Score!
A third example (this time from my personal experience): Back in 2009, a meme in which the participants admitted their unconscious racism and their "privilege" spread like wildfire throughout Live Journal. Over and over again, I saw leftist individuals publicly flagellate themselves for the sin of being white. Why did this suddenly become all the rage? Simple: These Live Journalers needed a license to bully. You may think that's harsh, but consider what happened when science fiction author and avowed Democrat Elizabeth Moon put down her customary carafe of liberal Kool-Aid and challenged the hard-left orthodoxy on immigration and Islam. Instantly, Moon – who frequently irritates me with her uncritical regurgitation of the usual leftwing talking points on a host of other issues – was mauled by the anti-ist hounds. She was disinvited from a feminist science fiction convention, and many threatened to boycott her books.
It's not for nothing that Thomas Sowell once declared leftist politics the "politics of self-congratulation." As many other bloggers have pointed out, Warren Buffett is certainly free to write out a check to the U.S. Treasury. Nobody's stopping him. But Buffett is a modern-day Pharisee. He knows that making a quiet donation to the government is not going to bring him half as much attention as a dewy-eyed declaration – in front of the news cameras, of course – that he wishes to be taxed more. Leftism, you see, is all about kicking up a lot of sound and fury to demonstrate to the watching world how oh-so-compassionate you are — sound and fury that ultimately signifies nothing.


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Household rubbish dumped in bags looks like drink cans etc.
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Design note from Texas Instruments on technique in resetting and negative voltage generation from current transformers. Link here (PDF)
Transformers are used extensively for current sensing because they can monitor currents with very low power loss and they have wide bandwidth for good waveform fidelity. Current transformers perform well in applications with symmetrical AC currents such as push-pull or full bridge converter topologies. In single-ended applications, especially boost converters, problems can arise because of the need to accurately reproduce high duty factor, unipolar, waveforms. Unipolar pulses may saturate the current transformer and, if this happens, overcurrent protection will be lost and, for current mode control, regulation will be lost and an over voltage condition will result.


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* Richard Kilmer <rich / infoether.com> [2005-03-04 14:11:16 +0900]:
> gem install net-mdns --deploy
I know this is a rather new idea, but would a deploy feature
have the option of installing with or without a version?
Seems like a nice thing, but maybe too complicated.
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Code Red. Code Ruby


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Kraft: Strategy Implementation Components
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The Module 5 Background materials discussed the importance and process of strategy implementation. Four different organizational components were shown to be crucial to successful implementation. With this information, we are now ready to begin completion of the final step of strategic planning—that of strategy implementation and strategy control.
Note: Throughout this course, you should complete the SLP before you undertake the Case analysis. Before you begin the SLP, read the Background materials thoroughly.
Required Reading
Refer to the required and optional reading on strategy implementation, the theme for Module 5.
Session Long Project
In this module, we will be completing our strategic toolkit by researching sources of information about these components as they relate specifically to the Kraft Foods Group.
Your assignment is to find information about the following organizational components discussed in this module as they relate specifically to the Kraft Foods Group. Do your best not to speculate but to find factual information concerning the topical areas below. The following list of questions may help you focus your search (source: Obtaining information about organizational components critical to implementation [adapted from Aaker, D.A. (2001) Developing Business Strategies. Wiley]):
What is the organization's structure? How decentralized or centralized is it?
What are the lines of authority and communication?
What are the roles of teams, committees, and task forces?
How are budgets set?
How is planning done?
What measures are used to evaluate performance?
What are the skills, experience, and knowledge of the firm's employees?
What is their depth and quality?
What are their attitudes about the company and their jobs?
What are the company's values and are they widely shared and accepted by employees?
What are the key norms of behavior?
What are some significant symbols?
What is the dominant management style?
How is conflict resolved?
Keys to the Assignment
Step One: Review the questions above and do some research to see where you could find answers to them. You may not be able to answer all of the questions, but try to find at least one source per component that addresses most of its characteristics.
Step Two: Create a 3- to 4-page list of sources and indicate what information each one provides for each component. Evaluate each source in terms of its objectivity, reliability, and truthfulness.
Be sure to add introduction and conclusion
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Kraft has a lean, horizontal organization. In 2013 additional business units namely Meals & Desserts, and Enhancers and Snacks Nuts were created. The purpose of this restructuring was to make the structure more flat and to give more accountability/authority to its commercial units. Kraft tries to have relatively small headquarters with shared services.
Authority is delegated to business units. Kraft has a decentralized structure with each business unit having full profit and loss responsibility. The business unit has to communicate its performance to the higher management.
The role of teams at Kraft is critical. The company sets the strategy but it is the responsibility of each business unit to decide how to achieve its goals.
One source for this component is "Global collaboration enables Kraft Foods' culture change". (1) This source describes how Kraft is a decentralized company. This is a reliable source
Kraft uses cost centers that relate to a particular factory or unit. A manager has the full responsibility for managing the costs which are allocated to her center. The budgeting process involves collating the costs of the business in relevant cost centers. This process allows the manager to make full plans for the cost center. The budgeting process starts with forecasting the likely sales based on past information with Kraft and third party understanding of business. With this information budget is allocated to different functions of marketing, administration, production, and capital expenditure. Kraft develops separate production and profit budget.
Planning is done on the unit ...
Solution Summary
The answer to this problem explains the components of strategy implementation in the context of Kraft Foods Group. The references related to the answer are also included.


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Within minutes I knew I was going to enjoy this book. The writing had the perfect rhythm for me, and I loved the format of having a little present day section at the end of each chapter.
Tea was amazing to read about – and I particularly enjoyed all the training she goes through (you might get bored if you're not a fan of a training montage). She's sassy but not in an irritating way like early Celaena in Throne of Glass.
I loved the magic system – and the daeva. I'm really excited to see this develop in the second book. And hopefully be told more about the Faceless, who didn't get alot of time.
The fashion descriptions were actually amazing. So much colour and detail.
The twist at the end of the book was awesome.
Basically, this has been my favourite fantasy of this year (except maybe the Tethered Mage or Ice Massacre).


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PS - Please understand I don't usually talk to students the way I did in this coaching. I did so only to shock the kids a bit and to get them listening to what I had to say.


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..... Click the link for more information. mollusk with a simple, flattened, conical shell, found in cooler waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Certain species creep over rocks, feeding on algae during high tides, but when the tide recedes they return instinctively to the same spot occupied previously, to await the return of high water. The muscular foot clings so powerfully that limpets are found in wave-swept areas where few other forms of life can survive. The keyhole limpet is named for its central opening, through which respiratory currents pass. Limpets range up to 4 in. (10 cm) in length, but most are smaller; there are several freshwater species. Limpets are classified in the phylum MolluscaMollusca
, taxonomic name for the one of the largest phyla of invertebrate animals (Arthropoda is the largest) comprising more than 50,000 living mollusk species and about 35,000 fossil species dating back to the Cambrian period.
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Any of several species of marine gastropod mollusks composing the families Patellidae and Acmaeidae which have a conical and tentlike shell with ridges extending from the apex to the border.
1. any of numerous marine gastropods, such as Patella vulgata (common limpet) and Fissurella (or Diodora) apertura (keyhole limpet), that have a conical shell and are found clinging to rocks
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Out of 35 million teeth, Muehlenkamp wasn't able to prove the existence of one.
Again, he cites that polish article where people who were photographed were said to have been bandits who stole teeth, gold, etc.
But as I said earlier, if they can photograph the perps, why not the fruit of their crimes? There was ample opportunity to photograph key evidence yet for some reason, the extermination theorists have dropped the ball and forgotten to prove their case. It seems odd. That is why I have to concede that Geres has a point. Because it's similar to mine. We have photographs of perps, but not the actual stuff they stole? How the hell can you forget to photograph that stuff when you arrest the perps and photograph them? It makes no sense to forget to document a crime that you are trying to document.
As for the people quoted in that article, I haven't read the polish translation yet and I will get to it. That being said, I am familiar with the Jewish religions injunctions to lie. I have already stated that I am familiar with it. Hell, I did a whole thread on this board about the kabbala and the 6 million number. Perhaps you haven't seen it?


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16 Literary Characters That Make Great Baby Names
I like to think Prince William and Kate Middleton named their daughter Charlotte after everyone's favorite children's book spider from Charlotte's Web, because literary character baby names are the best. You probably know all the old book nerd baby name standards, usually pulled from the titular character of a classic book: Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Jane from Jane Eyre, and Oliver from Oliver Twist, among others. Then you have the classic book-loving, more unique names like Holden for The Catcher in the Rye fans, Scarlett from Gone With the Wind, Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird, or Hester from The Scarlett Letter.
The literary baby names on this list tend to align further with the latter of these bookworm baby name favorites. But instead of just classic books, find inspiration for your future little one's literary name from some newer books, young adult lit, science fiction and fantasy, comic books, and some modern classics you were obsessed with when you were a kid yourself. Maybe these are not the exact names you would choose for your future children (or recommend to your friends and siblings for your future nieces and nephews) but they can spark a light in your mind to remember all the characters you loved growing up. And wouldn't it be incredible to offer your kiddo or niece the namesake of one of these life-changing characters?
1. Rue, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Katniss rose up to be a popular baby name in 2014, but where is all the love for Rue? Played by a young Amandla Stenberg in the film, the name is as badass and adorable as the character.
2. Matilda, Matilda by Roald Dahl
A bookworm's name for a bookworm's baby. And a prime choice for '90s book lovers who grew up watching the film, a little Matilda of your own would be the perfect gift.
3. Dean, On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Don't be surprised if your baby boy Dean ends up being "tremendously excited by life" like his namesake Dean Moriarty, also known as Neal Cassady. Just make sure everyone knows the name isn't an homage to Dean from Gilmore Girls if you are firmly #TeamJess.
4. Arya, A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin
Arya is one of Game of Thrones' tried and true heroes. Hopefully your daughter will also inherit even an ounce of Arya Stark's brave badassery.
5. Sula, Sula by Toni Morrison
OK, so Sula does a pretty horrible thing to her best friend Nel, but she defied gender norms and lived life on her own terms way ahead of her time, and that makes her name both a beautiful and interesting one.
6. Charlie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Charlie is one of the most lovable characters of the childhood favorite book. Cross your fingers that one day your child will also own a candy factory that you can live in.
7. Luna, The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Hermione, of course, is also a great character to name your child after, but give some love to Luna Lovegood who knows that you should never be afraid to be your full, true self.
8. Ramona, Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Sorry, Beezus. Your little sister Ramona Quimby's name stands for being inquisitive, curious, imaginative, crafty, and OK, mischievous, too.
9. Augustus "Gus," The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
You can't read The Fault in Our Stars and not fall completely in love with the charming Augustus Waters. Just don't start sobbing every time you call your kid's name.
10. Waverly, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Lindo's daughter Waverly was wiping the floor with grown men in chess since she was a little kid, and she is both independent-minded and family-oriented in her own way. Another awesome name for a little one in this book is Suyuan.
11. Aureliano, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colonel Aureliano can be a brutal character, but he is a totally compelling one. And he named all 17 of his sons Aureliano, so surely the name is good enough for just one of yours.
12. Kamala, Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson
Kamala is a standout name for your future baby girl. Bonus points if your child grows up to be a barrier-breaking superhero.
13. Janie, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Janie is a seminal, incredibly influential character in the whole of American literature, thanks to Zora Neale Hurston, who based part of Janie on herself. And if you'd prefer, the name Crawford, Janie's last name, also works.
14. Finnick, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Yes, Peeta and Gale are the beloved breakout characters, but Finnick is where it's at. And "Finn" is a pretty adorable nickname, too.
15. Lyra, His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
Lyra is "destined to bring about the end of destiny" in the award-winning series. And Kate Bush even wrote a song about her by name, so you can't go wrong here.
16. Miles, Ultimate Marvel Comics by Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli
Miles Morales was groundbreaking in the Ultimate Marvel universe, and it's an inspiring name for your kiddo.


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Battle of the Sexes: Men, why do you think she's not sleeping with you? You are playing the waiting game while in her head she is saying you are never going to get it. Could this be a sign she's just not that into you?
In the movie, "He's Just Not That Into You" Anna had a friends with benefit situation with Conor for a while and then suddenly without any warning or notice the benefits stopped. Conor does not get that Anna is just that into him anymore. He puts everything on the line since he has been pining for her all along only to be rejected in his face.
I met a guy who on paper seemed like the perfect catch for me. Yet I was not attracted to him. I went out on a few dates to see what he was about. I was thinking maybe I was too judgmental initially. One night he had a nice room setup a nice scenery with the rose petals and candles and dinner for two. He was an excellent cook by the way. After dinner we sipped and chatted. He moved in for the kiss but it lacked passion. Nothing clicked believe me I tried to conjure up something. I felt so bad that I lacked any passion for him. He really tried hard. Eventually, I had to tell him straight out we are just friends and I do not want anything from you other than your friendship. I told him that I am just not that into you. He was hurt but I felt good knowing I was honest with him and more importantly honest with myself.
Similar to the movie you can only fake it for so long. You have to admit to yourself and that person that you are just not into them. Even if the sex did occur it would be empty and meaningless. If it did not happen chances are it won't happen. Now I know someone will say there are people who are genuinely abstaining from sex for their own personal reasons. Kudos! Now for those ladies that are abstaining from sex with that one particular guy while the other guy has you climbing the walls you know that I am talking to you.
Men simply put she is not feeling you. When a woman is feeling you, she will give into your innuendo in fact if she is really into she will find you simply irresistible and will not be able to wait. She will give you that come hither look. The long gaze and extended out that index finger and she will be particularly daring you and your drooling gaze back to the lair for consumption.