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Greeley man, 19, killed in gang drive-by shooting
September 10, 2004
A 19-year-old Greeley man was killed during a drive-by shooting Friday afternoon.
He was shot in the upper torso in a gang-related dispute about 2 p.m. in the 1800 block of 7th Street, said Sgt. Keith Olsen of the Greeley Police Department.
A semi-automatic weapon was used in the shooting, but police have not yet determined how many shots were fired. The weapon has not been recovered.
The Weld County Coroner's Office said it will release the victim's name today pending a fingerprint identification. An autopsy also will be done.
A girl, who police said was a minor, took the man by private vehicle to North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley where he later died. Police said the girl claimed she had no information about what happened or how the man had been shot.
Friday's shooting marks the third gang-related death in Greeley this year.
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Greeley's Israel Guevara, 23, was fatally shot in March, and 40-year-old Albert Rios of Evans was killed in January after being hit in the head with an aluminum baseball bat. Police believe both were related to gang activity. Arrests were made in both of those cases.
Greeley police are working on several leads in Friday's shooting, Olsen said. Two vehicles from the same gang are suspected of being involved, and police hope to release descriptions of those vehicles soon. Police have no witnesses yet.


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We love to see some fresh and bright colours this month so we picked a bold colour scheme. We hope you like it!? Have fun creating an entry (or three) for our March Colour Challenge:
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goes to some fave entries where our stamps have been used.
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The winner and honourable mentions will be announced
on the 5th of April.
This wonderful mixed media tag is created by Tracey Fairgrieve
who won our January Colour Challenge.
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Here are the beauties of our own Creative Team
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using the Textured Flowers and Art Defined
using the Elephant and Think Again
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Dare To Be Different
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Dare to be Different
The Bereans (Acts 17:11)
Acts 17:11-12
Acts 17:1-9
When Paul and Silas arrived in Thessalonica they proclaimed Jesus as Messiah in the synagogue for three weeks causing some Jews, many devout Greeks, and leading woman to believe, but raising jealousy in the Jews to the point that the new disciples were severely persecuted before the authorities
But the hard-line Jews became furious over the conversions. Mad with jealousy, they rounded up a bunch of brawlers off the streets and soon had an ugly mob terrorizing the city as they hunted down Paul and Silas. 5–7 They broke into Jason's house, thinking that Paul and Silas were there. 6 When they couldn't find them, they collared Jason and his friends instead and dragged them before the city fathers, yelling hysterically, "These people are out to destroy the world, and now they've shown up on our doorstep, attacking everything we hold dear! 7 And Jason is hiding them, these traitors and turncoats who say Jesus is king and Caesar is nothing!"
Acts 17:12
1. Being different, you will stand out
Acts 17:11-12
a) Received
b) Eagerness
Revelation 3:16 (NIV)
The older I am as a Christian, I realise the word OK seems to sum up my evaluation of my spiritual condition of my life. Loosing my attitude of a Berean disciple.
1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV)
Church are we standing out like that of the Bereans.
Or have we fallen out
2. Their heart compelled them to be different
Acts 17:11
- Same message
Luke 9:57 (NIV)
Jewish burials take place as quickly as possible, following a principle of honoring the dead (k'vod hamet). Only if immediate relatives cannot arrive in time from abroad, or there is not enough time for burial before Shabbat or a holiday are burials postponed for a day. Anything less is considered a "humiliation of the dead,"
Two potential disciples
- As if Jesus Stop this poor fellow from burying his father
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SOUPER BOWL: The sixth annual Souper Bowl, presented by ArtsQuest will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 25 in the Musikfest Cafe in the ArtsQuest Center. It pits 20 restaurants against each other to determine the People's Choice Award winner and winners in six more award categories: Best Vegetarian, Ethnic, Chowder, Cream-Based, Meat-Based and Most Original. Proceeds benefit ArtsQuest's arts education programs for youth. Tickets: $55. Info: 610-332-3378, http://www.artsquest.org.
GIRL SCOUT COOKIE BENEFIT: Tickets are on sale for the new "Girl Scout Cookie Crunch" 1-3 p.m. Feb. 8 at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. The event will feature local chefs who create appetizers to decadent desserts each featuring one of the eight Girl Scout Cookie brands, including Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties, Caramel Delights or Shortbreads. Proceeds benefit the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania and the ArtsQuest Arts Education Fund. Tickets are $35; $30, ArtsQuest members; $21, active Girl Scouts ages 17 and under. Info: http://www.artsquest.org, 610-332-3378.
PHILLIES WINTER BANQUET: Air Products and Chemicals sponsors the 8th Annual Phillies Winter Banquet beginning at 6 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center with a cocktail hour, auctions and raffles. The event is a key fundraiser for IronPigs Charities. Each January, IronPigs Charities hosts a benefit dinner featuring players, coaches and front office members from the Philadelphia Phillies. Fans can hear from Phillies players and staff about the coming season. The highlight of the night is the distribution of grants to local nonprofits. Tickets: $85 per person or $775 for a table of 10. Call 610-841-PIGS (7447) or email Dana DeFilippo at firstname.lastname@example.com.
ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY BALL: The Allentown Symphony Association will hold is 65th annual Symphony Ball, "Cirque du Soiree," Feb. 7 at Lehigh Country Club. The black-tie evening begins with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner and music at 7:30 p.m. Back2Life will play dance music starting at 9. Tickets are $225; $300, benefactors (includes ball program book recognition); $2,250 for a table of 10. Reservations are requested by Jan. 23. Sponsorships available. Proceeds benefit music, outreach and education programs. Call 610-432-7961, ext. 104.


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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Pope Francis begged for forgiveness Tuesday (Jan. 16) for the "irreparable damage" done to children who were raped and molested by priests, opening his visit to Chile by diving head-first into a scandal that has greatly hurt the Catholic Church's credibility here and cast a cloud over his visit.
Speaking to Chile's president, lawmakers, judges and other authorities, Francis said he felt "bound to express my pain and shame" that some of Chile's pastors had sexually abused children in their care. He was interrupted by applause from the dignitaries at La Moneda palace when he pronounced the words.
"I am one with my brother bishops, for it is right to ask forgiveness and make every effort to support the victims, even as we commit ourselves to ensuring that such things do not happen again," he said.
History's first Latin American pope didn't refer by name to Chile's most notorious pedophile priest, the Rev. Fernando Karadima, who was sanctioned in 2011 by the Vatican to a lifetime of "penance and prayer" for sexually molesting minors. Nor did Francis refer to the fact that the emeritus archbishop of Santiago, a top papal adviser, has acknowledged he knew of complaints against Karadima but didn't remove him from ministry.
Karadima had been a politically connected, charismatic and powerful priest who ministered to a wealthy Santiago community and produced dozens of priestly vocations and five bishops. Victims went public with their accusations in 2010, after complaining for years to church authorities that Karadima would kiss and fondle them when they were teenagers.
While the scandal rocked the church, many Chileans are still furious over Francis' subsequent decision, in 2015, to appoint a Karadima protege as bishop of the southern city of Osorno. Bishop Juan Barros has denied knowing about Karadima's abuse but many Chileans don't believe him, and his appointment has badly split the diocese.
"Sex abuse is Pope Francis' weakest spot in terms of his credibility," said Massimo Faggioli, a Vatican expert and theology professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia. "It is surprising that the pope and his entourage don't understand that they need to be more forthcoming on this issue."
The Karadima scandal and a long cover-up has caused a crisis for the church in Chile, with a recent Latinbarometro survey saying the case was responsible for a significant drop in the number of Chileans who call themselves Catholic, as well as a fall in confidence in the church as an institution.
That distrust extends to Francis, who is making his first visit as pope to this country of 17 million people. The Argentine pope is nearly a native son, having studied in Chile during his Jesuit novitiate, and he knows the country well, but Chileans give him the lowest approval rating among the 18 Latin American nations in the survey.
"People are leaving the church because they don't find a protective space there," said Juan Carlos Claret, spokesman for a group of church members in Osorno that has opposed Barros' appointment as bishop. "The pastors are eating the flock."
People angry over Barros planned a protest for Tuesday, when Francis is scheduled to celebrate Mass in Santiago's O'Higgins Park.
Other groups also called demonstrations against the pontiff.
Victor Hugo Robles, an activist in Chile's lesbian and gay community, said the Vatican tries to paint an image of the pope as being close to the people, particularly those with the most needs.
"We are the ones who need help," said Robles. "Gay people, people living with AIDS. When it comes to those things, the church has an attitude of intolerance, of disgust."
Felipe Morales, from a group called the Workers' Socialist Front, said many were unhappy with the pope and the church's historical influence in Chile. They planned to protest outside while Francis celebrated Mass.
"The role of the church has been nefarious," said Morales. "Sex abuse cases have been covered up and people are unhappy with many other issues."
To be sure, many are excited to see the pope. Thousands lined the streets of Santiago to get a glimpse of Francis after he arrived Monday night, though the crowds were notably thin compared to previous visits to other Latin American capitals. O'Higgins Park, though, was teeming with faithful waiting for the pope's Mass, with some pilgrims camping out overnight.
"It was amazing to see him," said Luis Salazar, a young boy who came out with his family to see Francis pass by in his popemobile Monday.
The pope will try to inject new energy into the church during his visit, which includes sessions with migrants, members of Chile's Mapuche indigenous group and victims of the 1973-1990 military dictatorship. It remains to be seen if he will meet with sex abuse survivors. A meeting wasn't on the agenda, but such encounters never are.
(Associated Press writers Eva Vergara and Patricia Luna and AP video journalist Paul Byrne contributed to this report.)


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Monday, August 10, 2009
Rachel Zoe's New Website
Rachel Zoe kinda reminds us of an overgrown, slightly sun damaged Olson twin, but we still get a kick out of following her. Rachel's latest venture, is her new website, RachelZoe.com. It will feature one must have a day, be it an accessory, piece of clothing, beauty product, piece of jewelry of lifestyle item. She'll even off a "Parallel Universe," a similar but less expensive version of some of her picks. You can also opt to have the info e-mailed to you daily, a la Daily Candy.
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Here's How You Can Travel Back to the British Virgin Islands After the Hurricanes
The dreamy archipelago beloved by sailors of every stripe summons its trademark brand of optimism, welcome, and Painkillers.
There are two ways to understand the impact of Hurricane Irma on the British Virgin Islands. One is analytical: The category 5 storm was so violent it triggered seismometers calibrated for earthquakes.
The other is this: "It was like there were demons out in that storm," says Clayvorne Pope while manning the desk at Dive BVI on Scrub Island. She stills her otherwise beaming countenance as she recalls the terror. "If that hurricane had stayed a half hour more, we would not be here," she says. "And it felt like a nightmare afterward, for eight weeks straight."
Pope is not the only resident to put it that way.
For Fran and Andy Morrell, owners of the lifestyle apparel brand HIHO as well as a home and design shop on the island who live on the northern shore of Tortola, the storm practically reached into their beseiged home, and yanked their beloved dogs into its grip.
"We were making our way up to the safest room in our house—the pantry in the center of the kitchen," Andy recalls, "And we looked around and the dogs were gone. They'd been sucked out into the storm."
The Morrells endured the storm without their pets and began, in sorrow, to assess the damage to their home after it had passed. "One dog just showed back up," Fran says, "and then the next morning, the other." It's a story that contains both the threat and then the miracle of survival.
Although no longer a true monarchy (but still a British Overseas Territory), the British Virgin Islands have the feel of a kingdom set apart. Forming an oblong ring that blocks the oceanic swells of the Atlantic Ocean from the north but lets the tradewinds of the east blow across the Caribbean Sea in the center, the islands create a sailor's paradise, the ultimate spot for cruising. And those cruisers—well-heeled in boat shoes and stowing rum below decks—have always loved a party on shore, which has led to the BVIs being home to secluded resorts and epic beach bars (including the Willy T, a bar occupying a boat now moored off Peter Island).
Irma picked up shipping containers, boats, cars, and trucks and tossed them like plastic Monopoly pieces. The storm (and Hurricane Maria, just 10 days later) tore roofs from buildings, ripped up coral below the ocean's surface, and reduced acres of lush green foliage to dull gray.
But the achingly deep blue of that sheltered sea remains, as do beaches often made larger by torn-away trees and sand pushed back on shore. It's a paradise revised, and into it have stepped thousands of hearty islanders who say that the one thing they want the rest of the world to know is that they are there and they can't wait to see everyone come back.
That joie de survivre is poured into every Painkiller shaken into rummy sweetness by Leon Miller at the Soggy Dollar, a lime-green outpost of drinking, snacking, and hanging out on Jost Van Dyke. Miller, a videographer and photographer, has not only been welcoming day-trippers back to Soggy Dollar, but also working on a mangrove and palm replanting project on the island, a crucial part of habitat recovery and erosion protection.
In the next cove over, the redoubtable Foxy Callwood, of the renowned beach bar that bears his name, has rebuilt his collection of lean-tos and shady spots that epitomizes the BVI's rascally brand of tropical life. Even Foxy's famous Jenga game—an oversize stack of two-by-fours, scrawled with names and exhortations from the archipelago's travelers—has been carefully reassembled. It's a reminder of the resilience—and the fragility—of all things man-made, in a world so beautifully blue.
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Get Here
The Terrance B. Lettsome airport on Tortola is served from San Juan, Puerto Rico, by Cape Air, Liat, Seaborne, and InterCaribbean Airways.
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Getting to Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina is about the easiest connection in the BVIs: It's a five-minute walk from the airport to Trellis Bay, where a private ferry picks you up and whisks you 1.5 miles to the palm-lined marina and resort. Another benefit of basing a BVI vacation at Scrub Island is that it's a home base for Dive BVI, a terrific charter service for day trips both above and beneath the water.
Ten beachfront guest rooms sustained by solar power are just one of many things to love at Cooper Island Beach Club, a low-key, fashionable boutique hotel on this island northeast of Tortola. An onsite (and solar-powered) brewery, excellent coffee bar and restaurant, beautifully curated boutique, and rum bar with more than 100 selections complete the castaway magic. Rates start at $235.
Because of its location at the northern rim of the BVIs, low-lying, beachy Anegada Island missed the central fury of Irma. This means the recently redone, luxury glamping resort Anegada Beach Club survived with its substantial barefoot charms—including beachfront palapas—intact. Rates start at $225.
On the island's eastern peninsula, the eco-minded and luxurious Oil Nut Bay community was one of the first properties in the BVIs to reopen, with 11 suites and villas available for rent (17 are expected by December). Rates start at $750. Beloved Biras Creek Resort, closed since 2015 because of legal issues, plans to reopen with 12 rooms in November.
On Apple Bay facing Jost Van Dyke, the Sugar Mill Hotel—a low-key, Old Caribbean–style hotel built amid the remains of a 400-year-old estate— returns in November. (The spa is already open.) Rates start at $295.
Off the northeast end of Tortola, the serene Guana Island resort has reopened its 15 rooms in posh stone cottages, adding three new greenhouses to its orchard and restoring the offshore coral reef. Rates start at $720 (all-inclusive).
Nearby, the small, very private, and solar-powered Eustatia Island reopens its full-island offering for up to 16 guests in November. Rates start at $35,000 per night (all-inclusive).
The luxurious Peter Island Resort & Spa is continuing to rebuild after devastating damage.
On Richard Branson's Necker Island, the Great House has been restored and reopened in October, with more accommodations to come in 2019. November Celebration Week rates start at $13,575 per couple for a three-night stay.
Chartering a live-aboard sail or motor yacht has always been a classic way to explore the BVIs. The Moorings offers a variety of boats and itineraries to suit any kind of group out of its base on Tortola, as well as packages custom designed for your needs and dreams. Rates start at $2,531 for two passengers for seven nights.
Help Right Now
Donations to Seeds of Love fund the purchase of seedlings and saplings, which are planted by BVI residents and guests, to restore vital vegetation destroyed by the storm.


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When we first started helping companies by making predictions, the process for determining what to predict involved quite a bit of effort. We'd start by becoming users of their apps and websites. Next we'd take a deep look into their data, often times mapping our own explicit usage to events recorded in the data, in order to get a more thorough understanding of what events correlated with various in app actions. Finally, we'd call the companies and talk to them about their customer pain points, their business models and their goals.
Then we'd get to the actual work of making the predictions.
The process was tedious, it took a long time, and each new customer consumed a huge amount of effort from the entire team. We knew there was a better, more efficient, way to go about making predictions. The fact is that working through each new customer this way helped us learn. As we onboarded each new customer we learned a little bit faster; which feature sets made sense across verticals, which algorithms returned better results in which cases, which customer behaviors were important across business models and across industries.
In the end, goedle is a startup. The point of any startup is to learn as quickly as possible, by doing things that don't scale.
One recurring theme that we couldn't ignore any longer was our customers asking us to make it possible for them to set up their own predictions, to set their own goals.
With an even mix of curiosity and trepidation we quietly rolled the capability out to our customers a couple of weeks ago. Fairly quickly, one of our customers discovered the new feature and made the first self-service prediction on our platform. We were ecstatic! High fives all around! And then everything broke.
We had made the assumption that, systemically, a person would never be able to qualify for more than one prediction on any given day for the same goal. There were lots of logical and computational reasons for this, implications for marketing engagement campaigns, and so on. Regardless, we realized pretty quickly that we were wrong about this.
That issue aside, we were surprised by what our customers actually started creating. In the earliest predictions that we set up for our customers, we were predicting things that equated to core KPIs within a business, things like purchase conversions, magic number conversions, subscription cancellations, churn in freemium products, and so on.
Once our customers were able to begin creating their own predictions however, we observed that some customers were starting to create them not only for their core KPIs, but also for various aspects of their entire funnel. In effect, our customers were instrumenting their entire customer journey with goedle's predictive analytics. This has major potential for improving marketing automation campaigns and is something we'll touch upon in a future post.
Our customers are the experts at their businesses; they understand their KPIs, their funnels and their customer journeys. What will be really interesting to observe over time is whether what they believe is important to their business actually is. Or, will our algorithms help them discover that the customer behaviors that they believe to be important, aren't necessarily so? We don't have enough data for that yet, but we'll certainly continue to look at it.
And so we keep learning.
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Greeley moms: Moms, this one's for you
October 1, 2012
Greeley men, we're afraid this one's not for you.
No, Greeley Moms is most certainly not for dads, single guys, college fraternity brothers or anyone else with a Y chromosome.
Greeley Moms, as the name might imply, is strictly for moms (and their sisters, daughters, cousins, friends, classmates, co-workers, etc.).
The web content aimed at women can be found at http://www.greeleytribune.com/greeleymoms. The Greeley Tribune launched the new initiative last week.
Veronica Daehn Harvey, a Tribune website editor with previous experience leading a website for moms, is editing and managing the content.
Readers will find a new blog every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, to start. New content will be added as the section grows.
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Currently, six Greeley-area women are blogging for the Greeley Moms page. Other content includes recipes and children's craft ideas.
Fans can also follow Greeley Moms on Facebook.
The local bloggers are:
– Allyson Zadeh, a pastor's wife in Windsor. In a past life, Zadeh was a speech teacher at Colorado State University and Front Range Community College, but now she stays home with her kids and enjoys every minute of it. Zadeh has a Master's Degree in Speech Communication and tries her hardest not to get dressed up more than absolutely necessary. She loves chocolate, abhors mayonnaise and recently discovered that baby #3 is on his or her way so her emotions are all over the map – especially when it comes to Really Important Things like dog food commercials.
— Caiti Mondragon, a stay at home mom in LaSalle. Mondragon has been a stay at home mom for the past six years and wouldn't trade it for the world. She was born in Greeley, raised in LaSalle and is now growing and raising her own in LaSalle. She loves her town almost as much as her family for whom she would do anything.
— Jaymi Anderson, a stay-at-home mom who writes. She has been married to Bryan for 16 years and they have two girls, ages 10 and 7. A native Montanan, Anderson has called Greeley home for 10 years.
— Kayenta Williams, a Greeley resident who teaches writing for the University of Phoenix online. Williams has an MFA in Creative Writing and writes fiction and creative nonfiction when she's not changing the world by raising two smart, kind, funny little boys, ages 18 months and 4 years old.
— Kayla Jaramillo, a Greeley stay at home mom and birth doula. Jaramillo married her high school sweetheart, David, and together they have two daughters, ages 3 and 8 months. Jaramillo puts everything she has into her girls and is constantly striving to make herself a better mom. Her passion is her doula work. There is nothing better, she says, than helping a family through one of the biggest adventures of their lives. Jaramillo likes to remind people that every mom is different and every mom is right.
— Linda Winter, a business owner for 42 Years in the Greeley area. She owns Accessories with a Flair! … and Hair. Winter and her husband farm 800 acres northeast of Greeley with their son and his family. The Winters have two children and five grandchildren. Volunteering in the community has always been important to Winter, who has served on many boards over the years.
Women who like to write, use social media and interact in the online world can still apply for a blogging position on the Greeley Moms team. E-mail a bio and two writing samples to firstname.lastname@example.com if interested.


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For the penultimate Island Odyssey Unfiltered travelled to the beautiful Isle of Mull.
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Nestling between the Inner Hebrides, Mull is a short hop by ferry from Oban. As one of the most accessible of the Western Isle, it's a popular destination for tourists, many of whom come to experience the island's single small distillery, Tobermory. Unfiltered made the crossing to discover an unsung whisky island with a welcoming heart.
There's just one island left to visit in our series, which will be revealed in the next issue of Unfiltered, due for release in October. Can you guess what it is? Tell us in the comments below. To read the rest of the Island Odyssey series, click here.


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You have a calling and a purpose; I have insights and answers.
Get to Know Astrology Expert, Debra Silverman
About Debra
When Debra Silverman was just 20 years old, she met an astrologer who blew her mind and changed her world forever. She had officially been introduced to the world of Astrology. It was then that she realized the stars in her own world had aligned just right, and she had found her life's purpose.
Debra went on to deeply study the mind and body, earning a Bachelor's degree in Psychology & Dance from York University and a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University.
Over the past 40 years of professional experience and private practice, she has specialized in helping thousands of individuals achieve emotional health and wisdom based on their unique personality and the four elements: water, air earth, and fire. Her work with families, individuals, and couples has her standing out in a sea of therapists and coaches.
Debra's Astrology Approach
While there is no "one size fits all" approach, Debra has developed a unique psychological-spiritual model, combining her expertise in Esoteric (soul-centered) Astrology with her extensive education in Psychology to help those going through major life changes, especially in crisis. She custom designs her therapeutic approach to each individual, using astrology and psychology as a magical healing combination.
What makes Debra different is not only her honest and direct style, but her fun and non-traditional way that she breathes new life into an ancient practice. Her goal is to connect with you on a deeper level and help you heal, while making you laugh and accepting you just as you are.
Astrology on the Radio
She shares her knowledge through her own radio show, called Tell Me A Story, which airs each Tuesday online, and by writing columns for various magazines. She has also taught at the internationally renowned Esalen Institute. Her work has taken her around the globe, practicing and lecturing in places like New York, Los Angeles, London, Vancouver, Seattle and Boulder, Colorado, where she now lives. Tune in to her Radio Show here!
Emotional Health
When she's not helping you with your emotional health, she's working on her own well-being. A self-proclaimed "yoga maniac," Debra loves being with her 25-year old son, meeting new people, and bringing everyone together. Her life's work is to bring hope to the children.


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Botanicals are the hot Interior Design Trend for 2017 that is so easy to embrace. Looking to instantly refresh your interior this Spring? Botanical Art Elements specialise in beautiful prints, featuring botanical watercolours that will take pride of place in your home. A unique collection of signed, mounted and limited edition floral prints, greetings cards and postcards, which allow you to quite literally bring the outside in.
Each unique watercolour is hand painted by artist Lea Gregory at her Hay-on-Wye home, Lea draws inspiration from her own garden and it's colourful changes through the seasons. Featuring a soft, natural, earthy palette, Lea's fine art botanical prints have a calming, relaxing and timeless appeal to them, that will compliment any interior, whether your space is modern, cool and contemporary or traditional, cosy and homely.
Botanical Art Elements offer high quality compositions with a strong emphasis placed on light and shape, so realistic and three dimensional, it's as though the items could be picked from the paper. Choose from pretty flowers and flowerheads, ferns and shrubs, herbs and leaves or hedgerow foliage. Our favourites are the Hydrangea Head Floral Prints which look stunning placed alongside each other in a set of three, as shown above.
There are no rules when choosing artwork for your living space, often we are just drawn to a specific piece, based on how it looks and makes us feel. A single print mounted in the centre of a room, over a fireplace, creates a central focal point, or group together artwork from specific collections to create symmetry and an attractive feature wall in your home.
Botanical Art Elements offer artwork for every room, herbs for the kitchen, wildflowers for your living spaces and soft petals for the bedroom. As well as for the home, Lea Gregory's artwork is currently being exhibited at the renowned The Globe at Hay until April 2017, and can be found adorning the walls of the 19 newly refurbished guest rooms at The Swan at Hay, a beautiful listed Georgian hotel in Wales.
Looking for something specific? Lea is happy to discuss special orders, such as three canvas triptychs, which can be accommodated on request. Beautiful Botanical Prints for the home from Botanical Art Elements. To view the full range and purchase online Visit: botanicalartelements.com


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A Guide to the Indianola (Tex.) Letter, 1852
Biographical Note
Charles [unknown surname] was a passenger on the 1852 maiden voyage of the steamship Independence from Galveston to Indianola, Texas. On March 26, the boat crashed off the coast of Matagorda Bay. Charles and his fellow passengers were not rescued for two days, during which time six lives were lost. Before departing from Galveston, he spent time in New Orleans.
Arnold, J. Barton, III. "Independence." Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed January 25, 2011.
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The Indianola (Tex.) Letter, 1852, contains a firsthand account by a man named Charles of the March 26, 1852, shipwreck of the Independence and the rescue of its passengers.
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Indianola (Tex.) Letter, 1852, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center's "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
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Seven-Card Stud
More recently, Seven-Card Stud was the most popular poker game, but recently it has eclipsed the popularity of Texas Hold'em. This poker is very different from Texas Hold'em and Omaha, and need more patience. However, this is a very interesting game that deserves your attention. In seven card stud, you get seven cards, successively. Three of them are dealt face down, only you will know what they are. Four are dealt face up, so that all players can see them. When all cards are out, you can combine any five of your seven cards to the best poker hand.
Seven card stud is played with antes. Before the cards are dealt, each player posts a mandatory bet to create a starting pot. The ante is normally 10% of the small bet.
The deal
When the antes have been posted, each player is dealt three cards: two face down and one face up. Then the first betting round takes place, starting with the player with the lowest displayed card by suit. The first player to act must bet («bring in») but has the choice of betting either a small bet or half a small bet. If half a bet is made, the following players can either call that bet or raise to a full small bet. (Or fold – you can always fold.)
Fourth street
When the first betting round is finished, each player receives their fourth card face up. The second betting round takes place. Now and on the remaining betting rounds, it is the player with the best cards showing who starts the betting.
Fifth street
Each player receives their fifth card face up. The third betting round takes place, starting with the player who shows the best three card hand.
Sixth street
Each player receives their sixth card face up. The fourth betting round takes place, starting with the player who shows the best four card hand.
Seventh street (river)
Each player receives a seventh and final card. It is dealt face down, concealed to the other players. The fifth and last betting round takes place, again starting with the player who shows the best four card hand. If more than one player remains in the hand after the betting, there is a showdown. The best high hand wins. If there are not enough cards left to deal a seventh card to all remaining players, the river is dealt face up on the board. It works as a community card, which all players can use to form their poker hand.
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Primary storage is often defined as storage hosting mission-critical applications with tight SLAs, requiring high performance. Secondary storage is where everything else typically ends up and, unfortunately, data stored there tends to accumulate without much oversight. Most of the improvements within the overall storage space, most recently driven by the move to hyperconverged infrastructure, have flowed into primary storage. By shifting the focus from individual hardware components to commoditized, clustered and virtualized storage, hyperconvergence has provided a highly-available virtual platform to run applications on, which has allowed IT to shift their focus from managing individual hardware components and onto running business applications, increasing productivity and reducing costs.
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Average Down Payment on a House in Washington State
Summary: What's the average down payment on a house in Washington State? That partly depends on the type of home loan you're using. This article will outline current lending trends, including down payments, in Washington.
What is the average down payment for a home purchase in Washington State? According to a recent report from a mortgage software company, the average down payment on a house ranges from 5% (for FHA loans) to 19% (for conventional). Borrowers using the VA mortgage program put even less money down, on average.
Average Down Payment on a House in Washington State
Ellie Mae is a leading provider of mortgage origination software for the lending industry. Their software is used to process many thousands of home loans every month. Each month, the company publishes an "Origination Insight Report" (OIR) based on a "robust sampling of closed loan applications." The OIR gives us some good insight into various lending trends, including down payments.
Among other things, the OIR lists average loan-to-value (LTV) ratios for closed loans. The LTV is essentially the inverse of the down payment. For instance, if a borrower obtains a loan for 80% of the home purchase price, they'll have to make a down payment of 20%. The LTV is 80% — the down payment is 20%.
A recent Origination Insight Report gives us some insight into the average down payment on a house within Washington State, and elsewhere across the country.
Here are the average loan-to-value ratios by mortgage type:
- Average LTV for all closed loans: 79%
- Average LTV for FHA purchase loans: 95%
- Average LTV for conventional purchase loans: 81%
- Average LTV for VA-guaranteed loans: 98%
Conventional Loan Down Payments
It appears that the average down payment on a house is 19% when a conventional home loan is being used. "Conventional" means the loan is not backed by the government, which distinguishes it from FHA and VA.
It's important to note, however, that a 19% down payment is not required for conventional loans. Home buyers in Washington State can qualify for conventional financing with a down payment as low as 3% of the purchase price. The LTV numbers above are just averages — not minimums.
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FHA Loan Down Payments
According to the latest OIR, the average down payment among home buyers using the FHA loan program was 5%. That's not surprising, since borrowers are required to put down at least 3.5% when using FHA loans to buy a house.
VA Loan Down Payments
The Veterans Administration (VA) home loan program offers 100% financing for eligible borrowers in Washington State. This allows borrowers to buy a home with no down payment whatsoever, and often without mortgage insurance.
Despite the 100% financing that's available through this program, some borrowers choose to make down payments to reduce their mortgage amounts. The average amount put down on a VA home loan is around 2%, based on the Ellie Mae LTV data.
Loan-to-Value and Mortgage Insurance
When a mortgage loan accounts for more than 80% of the home value, the borrower is usually required to pay mortgage insurance.
Almost all borrowers who use the FHA loan program end up paying mortgage insurance premiums, which can increase the monthly payment. Additionally, most conventional home loans with an LTV above 80% require private mortgage insurance (PMI).
The VA program is unique in this regard. Home buyers who use a VA loan to buy a house could qualify for 100% financing without having to pay mortgage insurance.
The point is, if you make a down payment of less than 20% on a home in Washington State, there's a good chance you'll have to pay mortgage insurance. The upside is that this insurance allows you to qualify for a loan with a smaller down payment, which might not be possible otherwise.
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Locations of the St. Francis Vegetable Garden
St. Francis Vegetable Garden currently has four locations. We are eager to continue to spread throughout the Bayou Region. We continue to grow and harvest local produce, provide integrated classrooms and support local growers of our community. All harvested produce is donated to local food banks. We hope to "plant roots" in a community near you. Below are our four locations:
Main Garden
Our main garden, our flagship site, is located on Rienzi Drive in Thibodaux, behind the Warren J. Harang Jr. Municipal Auditorium. This 1/2-acre garden is home to countless school field trips, corporate field days and family fun. We encourage individuals, families, school groups, corporations and any willing volunteer to join us for planting, maintaining and harvesting. This site hosts our weekly Rienzi Market.
Thibodaux Elementary School
We partnered with Thibodaux Elementary, Kiwanis Club of Thibodaux and E.D. White Catholic High School Key Club to create a St. Francis Vegetable Garden on the grounds of Thibodaux Elementary. This garden is located in the heart of the school's campus and is enjoyed by students, faculty and staff. Teachers and students are able to take their classrooms outdoors and educate their students on healthy living, science and math. This garden provides the students with insight on growing, maintaining and harvesting a garden. They are very proud of what they have created and want to see the fruit trees and plants thrive season after season.
H.L. Bourgeois High School
We partnered with Ta Wa Si, a women's civic club, and Mr. Richard Weimer, of Weimer Gros Flores, to create a special place for the students of H.L. Bourgeois. This garden is a handicap accessible garden that serves a sensory and therapeutic wonderland for handicap students of Terrebonne Parish. Not only can the students of H.L. Bourgeois enjoy this facility, other special-needs students throughout the parish are encouraged to schedule a visit. The students are able to maintain the garden while learning the importance of healthy living. These students receive therapy through relaxing activities such as watering, planting, and maintaining the garden's beauty.
Southdown Plantation
We partnered with Byron E. Talbot and Arlen B. Cenac, of the A.B. Cenac Jr. Foundation, to create a community garden in Houma. Families, schools and corporate groups of Terrebonne parish enjoy this garden. It is designed to replicate our Main Garden in Thibodaux. We are eager for new volunteers to come and help us out in Houma. Harvests from this location will benefit the food banks in Terrebonne.


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I LOVE GRID LINES! I don't know why as I hate maths, but they do seem to be an obsession of mine. I think it comes from when I had a a grid note pad at uni and used to spend lectures doodling in the squares. Anyway, since then, I never went back! Here's prime… Read more »
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Chantal "Shorty" Savage has been a radio personality in the Midwest for the last 18 years. Discovering her passion for the business came easy with her love of music and the gift of gab. Born to Italian-American parents, finding her voice was something necessary for survival. At age nine, Chantal or "Shorty" as she would become known throughout the airwaves of morning radio, began a love for the business after recording her first radio commercial.
Shorty would come to know and marry fellow radio personality and member of Shorty and the Boyz, Mike Savage.
Shorty continues her career in radio, writes and voices advertising campaigns and is host of Shorty and the Boyz.
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I absolutely love blog events quite often I'm surrounded by food, cocktails and some bloody good company. I mean can you really get better than that.
Normally I would never go to events alone and would drag my best friend round with me. Going alone to blog events is always a scary concept. You'll always find there's 'blogger groups' already formed and you may feel a little out of place. But trust me 90% of people there are so lovely and it's so easy to make friends! Don't forget that so many other people also came on their own, so you are really not alone. I attended the KISS event alone and not going to lie I was absolutely crapping it. However I saw some familiar faces and and made some new friends that I will hopefully see at some events in the future. So if you're ever worried about going to an event alone just do it, you'll regret not going otherwise.
At the latest KISS event I met the lovely Georgina and Becky
We all low-key kinda know each other. I mean I definitely know your face from twitter yet I can only remember your blog name and probably have absolutely no clue what your actual name is. I am the absolute worse for this and I seriously apologise if I've ever accidentally stared at you while trying to work out if I actually know you. Quite often you always end up looking at each other to then come back home and start tweeting each other to realise if it was actually them. And oh wait of course it was.
Events make feel so grateful for the position I am. Quiet often you go home with the whole range of products which is absolutely incredible. However when there are products lying out on the table I would recommend getting a couple of things first as you'll look back in 30 minutes and everything will be gone. A little side note as much as all the products are amazing, just please don't be that person that just picks up about 20 products and stuffs them in their bag.As well as products quite often you can get things, such as a manicure or makeover. I love this as it leaves me feeling so glam and it's always done so well.
For me a common misconception was that everyone was going to be huge full time blogger and then there was just going to be little old me that does a little bit now and then. (or just whenever I actually have some time) However as much as you do get a lot of full time bloggers at events there are also a lot of people that do just casually blog for fun alongside studying or a full time job.
90% of events will contain some sort of food. I am a massive foodie and honestly normally can't keep my hands off it. However during events I tend to resit a bit more, because honestly no one really eats much? God knows why because trust me to food is normally delicious. But unfortunately it isn't quite acceptable to put myself into a chocolate fountain comma. Also cocktails,cocktails and more cocktails. Can you ever really have enough? And drinking at 1pm is completely acceptable right? I am a sucker for cocktails and a free bar at events is always such a treat for me.
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Greenland isn't melting as fast as we feared.
It was big news when the rate of melting suddenly doubled in 2004 as ice sheets began moving more quickly into the sea. That inspired predictions of the imminent demise of Greenland's ice — and a catastrophic rise in sea level. But a paper published online this afternoon by Science reports that two of the largest glaciers have suddenly slowed, bringing the rate of melting last year down to near the previous rate. At one glacier, Kangerdlugssuaq, "average thinning over the glacier during the summer of 2006 declined to near zero, with some apparent thickening in areas on the main trunk."
I asked the lead author of the paper, Ian Howat of the University of Washington, for some perspective. Here's his take:
Over the past few years there has been a major revolution in the way scientists think about ice sheet response to climate change. Previously, it was assumed that the big ice sheets react very slowly to climate, on the order of centuries to millenia. This is because surface melting and precipitation was thought to be the dominant way in which ice sheets gain and lose mass under changes in climate. However, over the past five years we have observed that the flow speed of the ice sheets, and therefore the rate at which the ice flows to ocean can change dramatically over very short time scales.
By short, he means months or less.
I also asked Dr. Howat about the argument that, since Greenland went through decades of relatively warm weather in the first half of the 20th century without catastrophic consequences, it's unlikely that the glaciers are suddenly going to plunge into the ocean because of the current warming. His response:
Greenland was about as warm or warmer in the 1930's and 40's, and many of the glaciers were smaller than they are now. This was a period of rapid glacier shrinkage world-wide, followed by at least partial re-expansion during a colder period from the 1950's to the 1980's. Of course, we don't know very much about how the glacier dynamics changed then because we didn't have satellites to observe it. However, it does suggest that large variations in ice sheet dynamics can occur from natural climate variability. The problem arises in the
possibility that, due to anthropogenic warming, warm phases will become longer and more severe, so that each time the glaciers go through a period of retreat like this, they won't fully grow back and they will retreat farther the next time.
That sounds like a reasonable concern. But for now, with the glaciers moving in fits and starts, it's wise not to make any sweeping predictions based on a few measurements. Although the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was criticized for not incorporating the recent scary data from Greenland into its long-range projections, these new results seem to vindicate its caution. As Dr. Howat and his co-authors warn: "Special care must be taken in how these and other mass-loss estimates are evaluated, particularly when extrapolating into the future because short-term spikes could yield erroneous long-term trends."


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yeah, I messed up with the swords, my fault on that. And the crow is there because of Drogo's impending death, yes. a flying horse would have been too weird, lol. But THANK YOU SO MUCH for the comments and the love of the piece, really appreciate it! Thank you!
This is absolutely amazing and I can't believe you haven't had any comments on it yet. The only critique I could give would be things that don't fit into the lore. Like Drogo's swords. They should be curved Arakhs. And I love the dragon symbol above Daenery's head but why the crow/bird? for Drogo? A horse would have been better. Again I am nitpicking and anyone who saw this that wasn't a huge fan of the books would just be taken aback by the wonderful art.


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The Coen Brothers On #OscarsSoWhite: "The Oscars Are Not That Important"
Because every Hollywood type and their dog are being asked their thoughts on this year's Oscar boycott (I'm pretty sure there's a reporter holding a mic up to the dog from The Danish Girl as I type this), Joel and Ethan Coen were recently asked how they felt about the #OscarsSoWhite situation. The Coen Brothers have won four Oscars and have been nominated for a billion more (the film they wrote Bridge of Spies is nominated for six this year), so you'd think they would have lots of thoughts on the subject. As it turns out, the Coen Brothers don't exactly give a Fargo-dipped fuck about any of this.
The Daily Beast says that when Joel and Ethan were asked about Hollywood's current favorite debate while promoting Hail, Caesar!, they both let out "bemused groans." According to Joel, getting mad at the Oscars over the lack of diversity in this year's nominations is pretty much the same as pouting because you didn't win the Sassiest Smile Award during your last trip to the dentist. It doesn't matter!
"[That's] assigning way too much importance to the awards. By making such a big deal, you're assuming that these things really matter…Diversity's important. The Oscars are not that important."
Joel was then reminded that the cast of Hail, Caesar! looks like a Sherwin-Williams Shades of White paint sample book, and when asked why there weren't more people of color in it, he replied with this nugget:
"Why would there be? I don't understand the question. No – I understand that you're asking the question, I don't understand where the question comes from. Not why people want more diversity – why they would single out a particular movie and say, 'Why aren't there black or Chinese or Martians in this movie? What's going on?' That's the question I don't understand. The person who asks that question has to come in the room and explain it to me."
At which point, Joel's brother Ethan yanked the steering wheel and tried to pull the interview out of the ditch by saying: "It's important to tell the story you're telling in the right way, which might involve black people or people of whatever heritage or ethnicity – or it might not." That's all well and good, Ethan, but answer me this: is "Martian" is a heritage or ethnicity?
It really wouldn't kill the Coen Brothers to get a little more diverse with their casting. For example, Hail, Caesar! is the Coen's fourth time hiring George Clooney. Come on, you two – branch out a little. There are other handsome human smirks out there.
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If there could be such a thing, I reckon I must be a prime candidate for that less than savoury role. Diabetes type 2 is a condition that develops when your insulin producing cells kind of say enough is enough'. Thereafter, the problems start to begin, and life becomes even harder than it is for ordinary folk – as if it wasn't difficult enough! So the insulin is a hormone that gets to work on your glucose that is created in your blood after eating. This turns the glucose into energy and everybody lives happily ever after. Except for us diabetics, you see, the insulin is either not there, or it just doesn't do its job properly.
And Then…
So we end up with a ton of glucose in our bodies and believe me, that ain't a very good thing! A build up of glucose in our blood will result in dizziness, fatigue, blurred vision, and a whole host of nasty side effects. And those who have lived with diabetes without taking care of themselves have ended up losing limbs, eyesight, and eventually, seizure. So it is imperative that anybody with this condition takes care of their diet, medication, and gets regular exercise – or else!
So…Poster Boy?
Anyway, back to me, if you don't mind! Although it has only been a short time since I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I am now ready to meet this imposter head on. And I intend to kick its butt all over town, whether it likes it or not! But my 'poster boy' reference alludes to the 'typical' type 2 diabetes victim (hate that word…but quite apt here). You see, I pretty much tick all of the boxes that are laid out by medical experts:
• People over 40 – check!
• Overweight – check!
• Inactive – check!
I'm not proud of this status, because I pretty much ate and drank what I liked over the last 10-15 years. Prior to this, I boxed, was active, and took some care in my appearance. I guess I could blame the diabetes on getting married and having a family, but that would be too easy, believe me, I tried that already!
My New Goal
So, once the shock of having this condition passed, took about 2 weeks, I decided to change my ways. I'm now getting regular exercise, taking the medication and eating far more sensibly. I was shocked to learn about certain foods that should be avoided, and those that actually help control blood glucose levels. Essentially, avoid high carb foods if possible, sugary stuff is out, and something as seemingly unrelated as almonds could make a heck of a difference to producing glucose in our blood.
So I also have a blood glucose test monitor that I use a few times every day. You are supposed to check your blood fasting level in the morning, and about 2 hours after a meal. The cool thing is that you can experiment with different food combinations to find the one that raises your blood glucose the least. I've given up on any cereal based breakfast and have found that rye bread, without wheat, does it for me!
My Mission
I've also started up a blog called ManVsDiabetes that I'm using as an accountability tool to kick my ass when I start backsliding, as I am sure I will at some point. I'll be tracking my progress and also hope to inspire other people in a similar quandary to myself. If you are interested, please look out for the blog, it should be some fun as well as a little educational.
Stay Healthy Out There!
So on a parting note, there are millions of people out there who do not even know they have type 2 Diabetes! If you fit the profile, or even if you don't, you really owe it to yourself to check out your blood glucose levels. Failing to spot this condition can be lethal, so why take the chance? It would be great if diabetes testing was mandatory, because I have an awful feeling that it's going to be one of the biggest epidemics of all time in a few decades, or even less. Bye for now, and remember to get checked out, sooner rather than later!


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The Tory chief is alone among the party leaders in Scotland to score positively with the over-60s.
She even outstrips her Nationalist rival Miss Sturgeon who since becoming First Minister and SNP leader in 2014 has had her popularity registering off the scale in most surveys.
Indeed, the most recent poll of all voters by Survation earlier this month revealed she had a positive rating of 21.
However, our poll of older voters – which asked to what extent people think favourably or unfavourably towards the country's key political figures – showed her with a net favourability score of minus one.
It suggests Miss Sturgeon is very much a "Marmite politician" – you either love her or hate her – among older voters as almost as many people favour her as don't.
By contrast, Ruth Davidson has a positive rating of six among older voters, but minus six among all voters.
Professor John Curtice said: "It is an indication of the strength of Ruth Davidson's cross-party appeal that she has the highest net favourability rating of all the leaders."
The Sunday Post's poll also shows older voters are generally a lot more sceptical of Scottish political leaders than the wider electorate.
Kezia Dugdale's favourability rating among all voters is minus nine but older voters put her at minus 11.
She also has the added headache that 15% of pensioners are unsure if they are favourable to her or have just not heard of her.
Just 21% of voters do think favourably of Miss Dugdale, which is only just ahead of Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie on 18%.
Where Miss Sturgeon fared much better was when the poll asked who pensioners would prefer as First Minister – her or predecessor Alex Salmond.
Half of the respondents opted for Miss Sturgeon, with only 14% choosing Mr Salmond. The remainder said they were unsure.
Interestingly, 74% of the SNP voters who responded to this question backed the current First Minister compared to 20% who said they preferred Mr Salmond.
This will perhaps fuel speculation among SNP supporters that they may have fared better in the Scottish independence referendum with Miss Sturgeon, seen by some as a less divisive figure, at the helm.
Critics may, however, point out that Miss Sturgeon was officially in charge of the Yes campaign.
SNP Record: Thumbs up on key issues
THE SNP'S record of running the country for nearly a decade will be a huge focus in the coming weeks.
But the party has little to fear from older voters. Our poll shows positive ratings for all of the big ticket areas such as health and education, despite often well documented issues such as the problem of bed blocking and the worsening schools' attainment gap.
Voters were asked how satisfied they were with the Scottish Government's handling of law and order and 43% were satisfied and 30% dissatisfied.
On education the split was 42% to 33%, while on the the issue of the NHS 43% were satisfied compared to 39% who were unhappy.
There was also positive ratings for transport issues but the Scottish Government's record on the economy scored minus two, with more people unsatisfied than satisfied.
The scores for the SNP's record in charge of Scotland are worse than the ratings in the regular polls but, crucially for the party, they remain mostly positive.
The NHS ratings in the last all ages Survation poll was 51% satisfied and 26% dissatisfied.
A huge gap compared to what older voters said in our poll but OAPs are more likely to have more contact with NHS services so arguably have a better idea of how it is performing.
It is unusual for a party looking for its third term in office to see its ratings for crunch areas like health remain so positive after so long in power.
Exclusive: Pensioner power to sink Labour in Scottish elections


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Abbott has been named to Clarivate 2016 Top 100 Global Innovators list for the fourth consecutive year.
Jan 10 2017
Innovation at Abbott isn't a catchphrase – it's a way of life. We foster an environment for our scientists that not only promotes innovation, but protects it. Fiercely. Those who dedicate themselves to solving some of healthcare's biggest problems have the freedom and incentives to continue inventing and creating throughout their careers.
Great ideas come from all over the world. We established new research and development facilities in Brazil and China this year, adding to our more than 40 existing sites across 20 countries. In China, we spent $50 million to launch the facility in Shanghai that will be central for development of breakthrough diagnostics and nutrition products.
Our investment in innovation landed us on the Clarivate (formerly part of Thomson Reuters) 2016 Top 100 Global Innovators list.
"Abbott fosters innovation with a dedicated science track that allows scientists to rigorously explore ideas and insights," said Rachael Buck, PhD, Associate Research Fellow at Abbott. "It's an ideal innovation track to translate ideas and ultimately deliver the best products to the market place."
Last year, Abbott brought to market inventions that are changing people's lives all over the world. We took on issues of diabetes and malnutrition, introducing a glucose monitoring device that eliminates the need for routine fingersticks and an infant formula that is closer to breast milk than ever before. These innovations propelled us to additional recognition in Popular Science and Science Magazine.
They also impacted real people's lives – people like Phyllis Camp, who can work in her flower garden again, go to work again, and Jen Grieves who now can cycle up the mountainous terrain of Northern England with the security of continuous monitoring of her glucose levels.
The prestigious Top 100 Global Innovators list, in its sixth year, determined the top 100 companies based on their commitment to innovation, the protection of ideas and the commercialization of inventions.
So, here's to the scientists – the managers, the marketers, the salespeople, the manufacturers and so many others who make Abbott's innovation successes possible. With the recent addition of St. Jude Medical, we've got a whole lot more coming in 2017, too.
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