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Wrongful death lawsuits are difficult to prove. What needs to happen for you to win your claim on behalf of your loved one? Find out from Mullen & Mullen.
The wrongful death of your loved one may be the most difficult time in your life.
However, if you live in Missouri, there is good news for you: Missouri state law has changed much over the past 25 years to increase the rights of wrongful death victims and their families.
Here's how to understand if Missouri law gives you the right to file a wrongful death lawsuit:
- First, You Must Be One of the Parties Entitled to Bring a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Forward
States have different rules on this. In Missouri, the surviving spouse, children, or grandchildren have the first rights to bring a wrongful death claim forward. Parents of a deceased child can also file a wrongful death claim.
If none of these parties have survived in the deceased person's life, a sibling can file a wrongful death claim. If there are no surviving siblings, then a personal representative may file the claim. And if that person doesn't exist, the rights move to a "plaintiff ad litem" appointed by courts. However, this person must also legally be requested by someone entitled to share in the proceeds of a successful wrongful death claim.
- What Must Be True to File a Wrongful Death Claim?
Your loved one must pass away because of the neglectful (failure to act) or negligent actions (inappropriate or unreasonable) of another party, and you must be able to get compensation for the economic and emotional impact of your loved one's passing. You can also allege the other party's actions were reckless, such as when a drunk driver causes a wreck that results in the loss of life.
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In Missouri, you can get money for your loved one's:
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Hajj - when millions of Muslims flock to Makkah, to find the temple of God within, to wash away their sins and realize their true purpose. Hajj, is not just a religious ritual, it is a journey towards self realization. This year the Muslims all across the globe are holding their hearts in pain after the series of unfortunate events which have occurred before and during the hajj.
#BadaberAttack| Attack on Badaber PAF camp.
On 18th September 2015 at the time of dawn prayers, the Badaber PAF camp in the suburbs of Peshawar was attacked by almost 14 armed terrorists dressed in FC uniforms. According to preliminary reports, the terrorists entered the base from 2 locations and were immediately thwarted by the manned outposts. From that point the terrorists split up into 3 teams. As 2 teams engaged the military personnel on duty, one team of terrorists managed to rush towards a mosque where the dawn prayers were being offered.
Pakistan clamping down upon terror financing.
Times are changing, new alliances are being forged between the East and the West, old enemies are becoming friends and international boundaries are being altered. Amidst all the chaos and panic which seems to have gripped Asia, Pakistan a country which was for a long time seen as the hub of terror is now turning a new page.

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Miracles of Migration Series VIII :
The Black and White Warbler by Shyamala Rao
The Black and White Warbler, with striking geometrical patterns is a little song bird with slender stripes of alternating black and white. This 5 inch long bird is usually seen close to a tree trunk creeping up or down the trunk, earnestly looking into each crevice seeking insects. The Black and white warbler is definitely easier for bird watchers to observe. This is in sharp contrast to most of the other warblers which zip around like hyperactive kids, staying really high up in the canopy giving every birder a sore "warbler neck!"
The Black and white warbler is the only bird in its genus and is considered a New World Warbler. The adult bird is 5 inches in length and has black and white stripes in the head and back. There are 2 white wing bars. The belly is white with black streaks. The adult bird weighs about ½ to ¾ ounce. The birds creep up and down tree trunks and limbs looking for insects. They consume spiders, beetles and larval insects.
The Black and White Warblers are found all across the North and North Eastern part of the continent. Their habitat extends all the way south to eastern half of Texas and to the northern part of Florida. They arrive in these regions in April and May and choose woodland areas preferably somewhat wet areas to build their nests. Black and white Warblers build their nests on the ground in cup like nests made of leaves, grass and pine needles. The birds line the nest with soft fine grass and bits of fur. The female lays 3 to 5 eggs and incubates for 2 weeks. When the chicks are hatched both parents feed the chicks for 2 to 4 weeks until the chicks fledge.
The birds grow fast, eat insects in huge quantities. The juveniles grow strong and by September the Black and White Warblers are ready to begin the process of Migration. These birds are usually night fliers and during the day they stop, rest and eat build up strength. They start on the next leg of the long journey of Migration. Black and White Warblers spend the winter months in the lower coastal strip of the Gulf Coast but more often they go much further south. Their winter residing grounds extend from Mexico all the way down Central America into North Eastern part of South America.
The Black and White Warblers spend the winter in the wet woodlands of Central and South America. They build up good reserves of fat in their wintering grounds. This comes in handy in the spring when the long journey back to the breeding areas has to be undertaken. In the Hill Country area we are lucky to see the Black and White Warblers during migration and sometimes we see some of them settle down and use this area as a breeding area.


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In The News
New viral video urges American Jews to heed the call of social justice
September 12, 2013 | Haaretz
The Jewish Social Justice Roundtable launched a call to action under the title Hineni via a short video on an issue close to the hearts of American Jews: immigration reform.
Collaborating on immigration reform
July 1, 2013 | Jewish Journal
The idea for collaboration among local Jewish organizations came from a 2009 meeting of leaders from 18 national Jewish social justice organizations who gathered in Boston to share ideas, resources and have a visioning conversation, Solitt noted. "...
Building on History: An Interview on Social Justice and Religious Liberty with Nancy Kaufman
June 28, 2013 | Center for American Progress
Interview with Nancy Kaufman. Nancy is the CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, or NCJW, a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideas into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice...
Group Weaves Jewish Themes into Training for Social Justice Leaders
May 20, 2013 | Chronicle of Philanthropy
This article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy discusses the impact of Bend the Arc's Selah Leadership Program has had on the Roundtable.
Jewish groups join rally for immigrants
April 11, 2013 | JTA
"Carrying signs reading "Don't Deport My Bubbe" and "What Would Moses Do?," Jewish demonstrators representing several organizations participated in the Rally for Citizenship in Washington."
The Jewish Push for Immigration Reform: A Q & A with Abby Levine
April 10, 2013 | Zeek Magazine
"Behind the scenes, the 33-year-old Abby Levine of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable is forging new ground bringing different Jewish groups together."
The issues really motivating US Jews to vote
April 9, 2013 | Jerusalem Post
Director of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable, Abby Levine writes about Jewish priorties at the voting booth. "Israel faces serious threats to its security, and I want answers. But I also want to know how candidates are going to create more jobs...
Four Questions On Immigration Reform: A Passover Reflection
March 26, 2013 | Huffington Post
Earlier this week, Jewish families throughout the world sat down at their dinner tables to celebrate Passover. As we do each year at this time, we recounted the exodus story that defines our past, shapes our present and inspires our future. It is...
We Were All Immigrants
March 22, 2013 | Huffington Post
Director of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable, Abby Levine, writes on immigration, Jewish identity and current fights for immigration reform.
NC scraps proposed pink-striped license for some
March 21, 2013 | ABC News
Video about the role rabbis playied in North Carolina's decision to abandoning its plan to issue pink-striped driver's licenses to certain illegal immigrants, beset by mounting criticism of the specially designed IDs.


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Also made a display rack out of an old corn crate. I'll have to take some better images if/when it gets hung.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Pocket Squares / Handkerchiefs
Also made a display rack out of an old corn crate. I'll have to take some better images if/when it gets hung.
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I don't check your blog as often, as I should. But when I do check in, I tend to stick around for hours just admiring your work.ReplyDelete
Your skills are improving fast and it's a joy to behold. Keep up the good work, and I'll order some of your goods, once I start making some more money on my own goods.
Do you take orders for custom jeans by the way? I have this idea of a pair of mid 60s jeans with a high rise, roomy thighs and a narrow hem, that nobody seems to make.
Hello Simon, great to hear from you. Your blog is great, by the way. I've been checking in with it every now and again for a while now.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the compliment. Everything's a "work in progress" as far as I'm concerned, I'm always learning something new and there's always room to improve.
I do sometimes take custom orders for jeans. I have a few standing orders at the moment, but send me an email and let's discuss your idea a little more, it sound very interesting.


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TS2 Ultimate Fan Forums
I've decided to create a fan forum for TS2U, it is not much to look at right now, but I hope to get it fully running in a few days in between my article for Just Sims Magazine.
Take a gander, join, post, make a suggestion. I will be looking for mods at some point to help me run it if it gets big. I'm hoping for as big as SimsSanctuary (or bigger) just without the drama lol.
Here's a link: http://ts2ultimate.freeforums.net/
Well I had most of the EPs and SPs of TS2, so I decided to get the Ultimate Collection. I installed it and created my first sim, Cayla Wilkins.
She has no custom content at the moment and she is all alone in the world, besides her Norse Elk Shepherd, Jetta. I am currently looking to download some CC and I had and scouting out for others, so she will be getting a bit of a makeover. With no TS3, it'll be interesting to go back to TS2.
*EDIT* - So, I found my old TS2 CC and have used the Clean Installer to get them into my game. I forgot how easy it was to add CC. There are some features that TS3 does do better, but for a simple game play, TS2 really isn't that bad. There is a bunch of stuff that I have to relearn, but at least it makes it new again.
Here is Cayla now:
I don't have a lot of CC, so I'll be scouring for some as I really didn't get too into CC until TS3. For now, Cayla is only getting whatever she rolls a want for. She just got a toilet, shower and fridge, HA!
OHHHHHH! And I totally forgot PETS can have JOBS! Love it!
End of the Line (Sorta)
End of the line in playing the Sims. The game is no longer fully functional on my laptop and in all honesty, it's time for a new one, but I don't have the money for it. So sims is taking a step back for a good long while. After I finish my competition up that I am hosting, you won't be seeing me much on the forums, not that anyone was now anyways.
The only thing I will be continuing is being a Writer for Just Sims Magazine. I had to step back as a Sim Creator, because, well crappy laptop can't play crappy game. Surprised? Nope!
And really, I've lost the drive to even play the game or to even open the game. I had one competition that I was in left. It was in the Semi-Finals and I would have loved to have seen it through to the end. Vi is an amazing host and I would have pushed myself to complete it. However, uninstall and reinstall later and the loading screen is still freezing the laptop to the point I have to power it off just to use it again.
When I am able to get my new computer, months from now, I don't know if I will be picking the sims back up. I've lost interest in the Sims 4 with every new announcement/trailer, and I don't know if I would want to reinstall all of the games on my new computer. I will probably do some giveaways down the road with what remains of my points. Please do not gift me anything, as it will be a waste of money.
Finally, I have met some really nice people here who I would love to remain friends with. If you have Facebook and would like to remain in touch, please let me know. I will also be spending some time on a story I created in Grade 8 and revamping it, so if you are interested in being a reader, please let me know and I will email you the link and password to view it.
So Long Simmers! (Not really going anywhere right now, hosting Simiverse and a writer for Just Sims, but ya know this blog is about to get Personal)
My Name is LE or LE Style. I have a tendency to go off on tangents from time to time. Such is the MADNESS of my Mind.
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My ideal D&D Campaign is a melange of Boorman's Excalibur, Bob Asprin's Thieves World Anthology, with a bit of Tolkien & Tad Williams thrown in, all Illustrated by Walter Velez & Ken Kelly.
I was fortunate enough to play in a game that was close enough to that ideal for several years, but as everyone knows, people get old, married, relocate for work, die, etc.
I've done at least 3 of those things myself.
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Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Flower workshop
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Oh how lovely! I so wish I lived nearer, as I would love to join your class.ReplyDelete
I've been making flowers lately myself, I love the repetition in creating the petals as you go around.ReplyDelete
Obviously you are a good teacher!!!!! ;oDReplyDelete
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Looks like the perfect kind of day!!ReplyDelete
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I'm sure your students are so happy to have you as their teacher, Sue, keep having fun - the good results are obviously coming through!ReplyDelete
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My beginner group ( on their second run of 5 weeks) made an African flower coaster like the one you sent me. I searched online and found one similar and messed around with it a bit until it was easy to do. They looked really good - thanks for the inspiration. Great flowers. Jo xReplyDelete
Obviously they must have a very good teacher! I could do with some of your help for my crochet! JuliexReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 April 2014 at 15:11
Lovely times for you all Sue.ReplyDelete
What a lovely way to spend a few hours...well done Sue, you are obviously inspiring your students! S xoReplyDelete
Congratulations on another successful class! The colours and flowers and yarn all look so inviting, you have really created a wonderful, creative atmosphere. Hurrah! CxReplyDelete
Well the table scattered with colourful yarns and colourful teapot certainly makes it look inviting! I'm glad you had another fun day ... you must be a great teacher to have these ladies working through these patterns already! Wendy xReplyDelete
Looks like lots of fun! Love that bright bright pink,not to mention your delightful crockery :)ReplyDelete
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What a lovely day Sue, yarn, tea, cake and a great atmosphere. Your students have done brilliantly and are a real credit to you. Have a good weekend.ReplyDelete
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Well done to you and your group on such a great achievement!! xxReplyDelete
The flowers in your photos look lovely :)ReplyDelete
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We already fell for the Essie Resort Collection and they've turned out another beautiful collection of nail polish. The Summer Collection is anchored by "Demure Vixen," an iridescent cocoa mauve. There are six colors altogether. The best way to sample them is with the four piece mini set which costs $17 and includes Pretty Edgy (a bright green), Knockout Pout (a hot pink), Haute as Hello (a punchy coral) and Demure Vixen. We're looking forward to a few months of bright, sexy nails.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Essie Summer Collection
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I love summer and I love summer nails even more! Not that I need an excuse to break out the bright nail polish!
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December fever has caught up with Nairobians as thousands prepare to leave the city next week for their rural homes, Naivasha or Mombasa for Christmas. Domestic flights, SGR, buses, and hotels in popular holiday spots fully booked. Ordinarily, I would also be part of this migration, however, I have barricaded myself in the house on a Saturday night absolutely terrified of what awaits me. How did a night of fun turn into a never-ending nightmare? This is how it all began.
Tuesday 11th December 2018, as Kenyans ushered Jamhuri Day celebrations in various ways a good number of my friends and I were looking forward to a soiree set to go down that night at a rooftop of a housing complex in Kilimani organized by one of the members.
Being a Bring Your Own Drink kind of party, I arrive at exactly 9:00 pm with a bottle of rum. I find the rest of the invitees sitting around tables next to a swimming pool. I'm exhilarated to see some pals I haven't met in a long time. After exchanging pleasantries, we catch up while imbibing and eating assorted snacks on the table.
At 10:30pm the host and I decide to take a dip. We are the only ones who dare to dive into the pool on such a cold night. Half an hour later, we get out of the pool change clothes and join the rest of the crew on the poolside shooting breeze.
Minutes to midnight, the crew disperses to various joints spread across the city. Closer home. Four of my coworkers – two gents, two ladies – and I end up at Space Lounge, Ngong Road.
The guards would let in one of my pal's Edu, who also happens to be my neighbor, because he didn't carry a national I.D. We haggle for a while, finally grease some palms before we are all allowed in.
DJ Joe Mfalme is on the decks and the lounge is packed. It takes the intervention of a number of bouncers before we could get an empty table, on the first aisle to the left of the main entrance. Having settled we order two bottles of whiskey and mixers.
The two gents and I move to a larger aisle in a bid to get some dancing space. We do this a few times, always coming back to the table down a few shots before going to dance it off.
At 1:30 am, one of the chap and lass in the crew bids us farewell and gets a cab home leaving the three of us. I head out to the washrooms. While walking back to our table I notice none of the pals I left are around. Probably on the dancefloor.
Just before I reach my seat, a man of medium height steps in front of me. He grabs me by the collar.
"Why are you looking at my lady inappropriately?" He barks.
"Mbona unaangalia dame yangu ivo?"
"Mgani huyo?"
He points at the table two feet from ours occupied by two ladies. One is in a short white dress with hair tied into a ponytail and looks like she is in her mid-thirties. The other one was sitting in a dark spot so I couldn't make out her face. I hadn't noticed the trio sitting very close to us. It hits me, this is probably an overly insecure man or the violent kind always spoiling for a fight.
"I don't fight over women!" I shout back.
Before he responds, I shove him off my face. He knocks over a seat, regains balance then charges at me. Luckily, a bouncer standing close by intervenes in time. He picks the bloodthirsty idiot and throws him out of the club. The bouncer then comes back and leads me back to my table.
"Najua wewe ni msee mpoa." He says to me.
I take a seat, quickly gobble down the contents in my glass.
"Man, si unisort shot moja tu ya whiskey." He begs.
Seeing how courteous and leveled-headed he was I pour him a generous portion then stretch the glass to him.
"Zii, hapa kuna CCTV niletee hii side."
He goes a few paces then turns right to the staircase. I carry the glass full of whiskey, walk up to him midway up the stairs. He knocks it down then hands over the glass to me. I turn to go back down to my table.
Going down the stairs my body starts feeling weird. Everything is moving in slow motion. Suddenly, I forget the basics of walking. I put my right foot forward but couldn't recall whether I should swing my left or right hand forward. Hands and feet lose coordination. I struggle to hold on to the stair railing with my left hand. The whiskey glass in my right-hand slips off smashing on to the floor.
'Dammit dude, stop being clumsy!' I curse under my breath. Close my eyes.
When I open my eyes I find myself sprawled on my bed, fully dressed with my watch still strapped on the wrist. On checking the time it reads 1:23 pm Wednesday. The room is spinning around. I'm totally disoriented.
I quickly check my pants pockets only to find all cash and ATM cards but not my phone. After looking for the phone on my bed without success I grab a laptop in my closet and try to trace it via Google Find My Device. Can't reach the device. I give up.
The confusion is only getting worse. I mean just a second ago I was going down the stairs at Space Lounge and the next one I'm in bed on the other side of the city. I move to the kitchen to grab a glass of water. On moving to the living room I find out my main door is wide open and my phone lying on the doormat. A quick scan reveals nothing is missing.
Feeling super dizzy I go back to bed only for hunger pains to wake me up at 5:30 pm. I head out to a nearby restaurant get a meal then go back home and doze off once more.
My buzzing phone wakes me up at 9:30pm. Too disoriented to have a coherent conversation I ask the person on the other end to call me back the next day.
On checking the call log I'm shocked to find out I called four different people including my folks between 2:30am and 3:20am. They had called back six times but I never heard or picked.
I call Edu to find out how I got home. He tells me he called an Uber brought me home before going to his place. I ask him to send me a copy of the Uber Receipt, which shows we left the club at 3:53 am.
I have no idea what I was doing in the club between 1:30am and 3:53am. Did I collapse to the ground? Did I make it back to the table? For the hours was I sitting or dancing? Did I sleep on the table or did I go back to drinking? Lots of questions without any suitable answer. I sleep well then go to work the next morning.
Thursday 13th December, throughout out the day I'm feeling strangely anxious. Edu tells me it is all good. I got home safe so I shouldn't worry unknown to me that was the beginning of my ordeal.
In the evening, I get home early, make dinner, catch two episodes of some espionage show I'm currently watching then go to sleep. On closing my eyes I'm thrust into the most horrifying nightmare ever. It is like I got a front row seat to a 3D horror movie where I am the subject tortured.
Unlike typical nightmares, these ones feel too real. Every moment I close my eyes I find myself in a dingy part of town fighting thugs. Some ruffians are strangling me as I fight for breath. I am forced to stay awake for the rest of the night.
Come Friday 14th December I'm still unusually anxious. Fast forward to the night my nightmares are back even worse than before. This time I can actually see, smell, touch and even talk to my assailants. At times I feel like I'm falling off a building. Since the nightmares are so intense I wake up each time switch on the lights go around the house confirm the windows and doors are locked in an effort to reassure myself.
"Dude it's just a nightmare, see you are safe at home. All the doors and windows are locked. None of it is real."
The moment I fall asleep again all the drama ensues. The most terrifying hallucinations haunt me.I'm getting to experience my greatest fears. One time I was convinced there was a tall man in an overcoat and hat standing on the bedside staring down at me. I quickly wake up, flick on the lights only to find out I was staring at the bedroom curtains.
Unable to endure this anymore I went to the hospital this morning. My body temperature and heart rate are off the charts. 94 beats per minute, maybe it is the anxiety.
The doctor I saw suspects that I was drugged with a benzodiazepine a.k.a mchele, most likely when I left my drink unattended. I am mildly relieved to find out the vivid nightmares I am having are simply hallucinations, a side effect of that class of drugs. However, it is difficult to treat these effects as there is no way of telling what drug they used and the dosage given unless I do a toxicology test. What makes it even more complicated is that there over twenty types of benzodiazepines hence will have to test for each plus I have already surpassed 72 hours, which means the drug is probably already excreted.
She prescribed to me Lexotanil 1.5mg, which is a derivative of benzodiazepine to counter the side effects. Essentially, I need to take a mild dosage of a drug almost similar to what my drink was spiked with and it is freaking scary. I am having a massive headache due to sleep deprivation yet I'm afraid of sleeping lest I begin hallucinating.
In retrospect, I am freaked at the thought of what would have happened had the unscrupulous partygoers succeeded in drugging both my friend and I? What intentions did they have with me? The futility of not knowing what transpired between 1:30am and 1:30 pm is traumatizing. Having heard of tales of the same thing happening to a number of people I am so grateful that my pal made sure I got home safe. Nonetheless, I am worried about how cheap Lexotanil is. Ksh 24 per tablet for a drug that could cause so much damage?
Pharmacists, are these kind of drugs controlled to ensure they don't fall into the wrong hands? If not then hanging around bars is akin to playing Russian roulette!
Have you ever had your drink spiked? Any lessons or remedies you could share with a brother?
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Delta Air Lines Inc. is proposing a new tie-up with Korean Air, continuing its ongoing strategy of launching joint ventures with foreign partners as it has done with Aeromexico, Virgin Atlantic and Air France-KLM.
Already codeshare partners in the SkyTeam alliance, the airlines announced the move just before Delta restarts its flight to Seoul from Atlanta in June. Korean Air also has a nonstop flight to Atlanta which will continue, even as it begins third and second roundtrips to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively.
Codesharing means Delta can sell Korean Air flights as its own, and vice versa. That means a Delta traveler can book a single ticket on Delta's website but transfer in Seoul on Korean Air to destinations throughout Asia. Meanwhile, Korean Air travelers arriving in Atlanta are able to connect to Delta's extensive domestic and international network. They share revenues from the flights, but each one is operated independently.
The joint venture would deepen this partnership, with both airlines sharing both costs and the revenues while also coordinating schedules to improve connection times and allowing travelers to earn frequent flyer benefits on both airlines.
The combined network would have 290 destinations in the Americas and more than 80 in Asia, according to a Delta news release.
Korean Air's Chairman and CEO, Cho Yang-ho, signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue the joint venture with Delta CEO Ed Bastian this week. Mr. Cho framed it as a victory for the country and its busiest airport.
"With this agreement, we will reinforce Incheon airport's position as a major international hub in Northeast Asia and support the growth of Korea's aviation industry," Mr. Cho said in the release.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval. The airlines asserted in the news release that the move would improve competition.
It's unclear what effect the move will have on Delta's plans to partner up with Shanghai-based China Eastern, in which Delta invested $450 million to buy a 3.55 percent stake in 2015. Delta CEO Ed Bastian has called Shanghai the "capital of Asia" and Delta's Asia "hub of the future" but has lamented the restricted number of available routes there in absence of an Open Skies pact.
One of Korean Air's strengths is its connectivity to China.
Learn more about Delta's JV strategy at an upcoming French-American Chamber of Commerce event.


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Big Data: The Internet of Things
Science fiction? Well, no. All this and much more is feasible today. Internet-enabled white goods and wine coolers, remotely controlled lighting systems, alarms controlled from the internet, health reading devices and so on are all available today. Bringing them all together in a connected world is not the stuff of the future. It is in the here-and-now.
The Internet of Things is THE most exciting trend in the world can affect our daily lives. The trend is termed The Internet of Things (IoT) and it will affect every single human on the planet in time. It will allow connected cities, connected countries, more efficient allocation of resources and fundamentally change the way we live. It may even help us save the planet. It is that fundamental. And, according to one thought leader, 2014 will be the tipping point.
The market impact from the IoT is mind-boggling. Gartner believes that in just 6 short years the economic value-add from internet-enabling devices and delivering a connected world will amount to nearly $2 Trillion.
As it gains momentum the IoT is going to drive a tsunami of data. The growth in data that we have been experiencing in the last decade has largely been fueled by social media and unstructured content, with the proportion of enterprise data growth being relatively limited.
If businesses and governments are already struggling to keep up with data growth, and balancing the opportunities afforded with various cloud architectures, imagine what it is going to be like in 5 years' time when they'll be 500 billion connected devices all generating data! Some of this data will be ephemeral of course, but most will need storing, managing and mining.
In the last few years' data storage as a topic has moved from an IT budget line item into a potential strategic enabler of growth. The CIO is keenly aware of this. However, as the tsunami of data hits, every C-suiter is going to need to understand this. NetApp has long been at the forefront of data storage efficiency technologies (such as snapshotting, de-duplication, compression and thin provisioning) and these will remain the foundation in this new world of IoT. There is no other way to address the need to store the quantity at an affordable cost. But it will also need highly sophisticated data analytics engines and mining applications. SAP Hana, Hadoop, MapR are just the tip of the iceberg. Making these apps effective requires a robust, highly scalable and performant underlying data management platform which can span private, public and hybrid clouds flexibly and transparently. The #1 storage operating system, Data ONTAP has been designed with these goals in mind from day 1. As every Sunday School attendee knows – the wise man built his house upon a rock, and as a every grown up CEO will get to know – the wise CIO builds his data center on a rock-solid data management platform.
50 years ago this week Isaac Asimov presented his vision of what the world might be like in 2014. Back in 1964 he outlined his predictions in an article for the New York Times. Asimov was a science fiction author and chemist, and although I don't suppose anyone would have understood the term back then, he could well labelled a "futurologist" in today's parlance. He was surprisingly accurate in those predictions. In some of them he was half-right and obviously he missed some completely, but in the main, he called a lot right. He may not have got the terminology completely correct but he essentially predicted the ubiquity of smart phones, the fledgling nature of robotics, the role of nuclear power and the advances in 3-D technology amongst many others. He predicted a world of wireless devices. By that he meant they would not use a conventional electrical cord and get power from a grid, but actually be powered by nuclear-charged long-lived batteries. Well he got those details a little wrong, but a world of internet-enabled wireless connected devices is precisely what we are talking about with the IoT. Read his predictions here. Given the rate of change in technology in the last decade, it would be pretty challenging to try and predict what the world might be like in 2064, so hats off to Asimov for his perspicuity.


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1. Your sales are accumulated based on each individual transaction. (For example: customer buys 1 product in transaction, this will equal 1 sale. If customer buys 3 products in a transaction, this also equals 1 sale.) Commission is paid on total order amount. Do not encourage customers to make multiple single unit sales to try and accumulate more transactions for you, we will flag this and consider it a breach of integrity. If this practice is used, you will be banned and forfeit all achievements, so don't do it, it's not worth it! Just stay on track, skip the "shortcuts."
2. Your personal discount code is for your use alone. If we find out that you have provided it to others, you will be banned from the program and forfeit all achievements.
3. You must maintain consistency in sales volume each year to maintain Titan level. This is to avoid individuals reaching specific level just so they can get free supplements/clothing monthly. If we see a drop in volume, we will reach out to you to assess any issues and provide assistance if requested. Sales will of course fluctuate, so this will not be automatic grounds for dismissal until it becomes a persistent and intentional issue. (For example: you reach Level 3, averaging 10 referred orders per month, but as soon as Level 3 is reached we notice sales volume drops substantially.) At this point we will assess on case by case basis.


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Passive income. Sounds like the absolute dream, doesn't it?
But, once you master the affiliate marketing basics, you'll still need to work relentlessly if you hope to earn heaps of money.
There's more than meets the eye with affiliate marketing.
There are various components that can make or break your success. Factors related to your website itself. And outside factors that can affect how much you'll earn.
It won't happen overnight. But soak up all the knowledge you can and apply it to your business. Affiliate marketing can be a lucrative stream of income for your business when done right.
Keep reading to learn the 7 affiliate marketing basics you need to know so you can increase your sales!
1. What Is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is when you promote other people's products or services. You earn a commission from every sale you make.
They provide you with a unique link which tracks each sale you make. You can place the affiliate links in blog posts, on social media, or various other places on the web. Most affiliate programs provide visuals to help you make sales, such as banners or images.
The first step in affiliate marketing basics is discovering that there are different types of affiliate marketing.
Various Types of Affiliate Marketing:
- Affiliate programs
- Affiliate networks
- Creating your own affiliate programs
Affiliate Programs
An affiliate program is a private program. This means you don't have to go through a third party. Affiliate programs tend to pay better commissions and offer better support.
Affiliate Networks
With affiliate networks, you go through a third party merchant. Generally, they have hundreds of merchants under one affiliate network.
An example is Share a Sale. With Share a Sale you can apply to individual merchants under the network. Then that particular merchant approves you.
You can also join as a merchant. This is if you have your own products/services to sell.
2. Affiliate Marketing Basics If You're a Merchant
When you have your own products, you can partake in affiliate marketing as a merchant. It's the opposite of promoting products for a merchant. The same rules will still apply.
You'd pay your affiliates a commission for every sale they make. The same as you'd be paid if you were the affiliate of a program.
It's a gold-mine for making passive income.
You'll hardly have to lift a finger as a merchant, other than the initial set up of your affiliate program.
3. Honing in on a Niche and Target Audience is Essential
Identifying a crystal-clear target audience is key to making affiliate sales. As is honing in on a particular niche.
Without a Target Audience:
- You won't know what affiliate programs to join
- It'll be challenging to create content
- You won't stand a chance of making sales
You want to attract a clear-cut group of people who share similar interests, struggles, and desires.
When you've focused in on the right people, you can conduct market research to get inside their heads.
The core of affiliate marketing basics should be knowing your target audience – inside and out. If you can accomplish that, everything else will fall into place.
4. Focus on Content and Boosting Traffic
Once you have an evident target audience, you can craft content tailored to them.
This can catapult your website traffic if done correctly. And more traffic means more affiliate sales.
What Type of Content Will Bring Traffic?
- Quality content that provides value
- Content that's geared to your target audience
- Informational content
- Infographics
- Case studies (a powerful type of content marketing)
- Video content
It's imperative to provide value to your target audience to keep them coming back.
This will mainly consist of actionable blog posts. But be sure to sprinkle in a variety of the content mentioned.
If they don't find your content helpful or enjoyable, you can bet they won't ever return.
5. Find the Right Programs
Selecting the right programs for your niche and target audience is adamant to your success as an affiliate marketer.
When you're learning affiliate marketing basics, you'll want to explore your options. It may take time to find affiliate programs best suited for your business.
When Applying to Affiliate Programs:
- Explore your options to find the right ones for your business
- Select them based on your niche
- Tailor them to what your target audience desires
- Look at commission rates
- Check out reviews
- Concentrate on a few programs
It may sound like the opposite of what you should do to earn money. But applying to too many programs can actually backfire.
Find a handful of programs that fit your business like a glove. And then concentrate on promoting only those few.
If you promote every affiliate program under the sun, it'll come off as insincere and salesy. A major turn-off for your target audience.
How Do You Find Affiliate Programs or Networks?
- Brainstorm companies you like and reach out
- Search "the product name + affiliate program" into Google
- Consider Amazon Affiliates Program (They work for almost any niche)
Amazon is a first-rate choice, not only because they have thousands of items that are relevant to most niches. It's become one of the most profitable affiliate programs. There are many books written about making money with The Amazon Affiliates Program.
80 million people have Amazon Prime. In fact, a staggering 64% of households have Amazon Prime. This proves how profitable their affiliate program can be.
Whichever affiliate programs you decide on, weigh your options. The integrity of your business hangs in the balance.
6. You Must Build Trust to Make Sales
Studies show that consumers are more likely to buy from you when you show that you care. Like any form of sales, people won't swipe their credit cards unless they feel that they can trust you.
Clique as it may sound — trust is everything. This rings especially true for affiliate marketing.
Get comfortable with the affiliate marketing basics. And you'll begin to pull in your target market.
Concentrate on compelling and informational content, and you'll start to earn the trust of your target market.
But to ensure you're disclosing properly, you must promote affiliate products. The same goes if you're a merchant. There isn't any wiggle room when it comes to the FTC disclosure laws for affiliate marketing.
Not only will you be legally liable, but you'll look dishonest to your target audience.
7. Your Website Design and Functionality Matter
Affiliate marketing is more than just the act of promoting products. You won't make a single sale if visitors land on your website to find an unappealing mess.
Think about it. You search Google for a particular item and click on the link ranking first on Google. You assume it must be an exceptional website to have the #1 position in Google.
But when you land on the website, you can't find the menu. The design is all over the place. And you're utterly confused.
What are you going to do?
You're going to go to a competitor, of course.
Learning the affiliate marketing basics should always include website design and functionality. If you don't know a thing about web design, no fear. You can purchase a fully equipped website that's turnkey ready.
Final Thoughts on the Affiliate Marketing Basics
Affiliate marketing can maximize your income and alter your business forever.
It may seem complex at first. But once you peel back the layers of affiliate marketing, you'll have a handle on it in no time.
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text: "The Spanish-born Leonardo Balada (b. 1933) studied at Juilliard with Persichetti and Copland, and has taught composition at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh since 1970. These two "tragi-comic chamber operas" represent a fusion of Balada's self-described "avant-garde" style and a more traditional melody-based approach, a blend which, the composer says in the notes, he felt would be well-suited for opera. The evidence provided by these charming, quirky pieces certainly supports this claim. Balada's modernist background definitely shows, but the vocal writing, though short on conventional arias, has distinct melodic appeal. Additionally, there's a strong rhythmic verve to much of the music, and, best of all, a sharp sense of humor, often expressed in the gleefully irreverent orchestrations. Both pieces are scored for a Stravinskian chamber ensemble of eight players-it is, in fact, the L'Histoire du Soldat instrumentation, plus piano. Balada has obviously learned lessons of clarity and economy from the Russian master, but the mocking high spirits also call to mind Poulenc and, among living composers, Thomas Adès. Hangman, Hangman!, set to Balada's own libretto, tells the story of Johnny (the appealingly earnest James Longmire), who, accused as a horse thief, is about to be hanged before an angry crowd. Johnny begs to delay his execution for the arrival of his mother and father, both of whom, instead of bringing ransom money, turn out to be eager to witness the hanging themselves. Next to arrive is his Sweetheart, who, though broke, sings genuinely of her love for Johnny. (This strangely beautiful aria is rendered with elegant, understated artistry by Natalya Kraevsky.) This is enough to stir the emotions of a rich Irishman who, coincidentally enough, has just bought the entire town. He pays for Johnny's release, and appoints him his own personal deputy. In the disjointed, self-ridiculing finale, everyone vies to be Johnny's friend now that he's rich. The Town of Greed is a sequel, taking place twenty years later, with the same characters as besotted as ever with avarice. Johnny is now a successful businessman, but boom turns to bust, the townspeople turn on him once again, and he is executed after all, shot by a Wall Street Man. There is moralizing aplenty in the air (people are hypocritical, power corrupts, consumerism is evil), but thanks to Balada's skillful comic touch, the result is enormously entertaining rather than preachy. Vocal and instrumental performances are on a very high level; the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble, under Colman Pearce, plays the difficult score with lots of character and great authority. All in all, an impressive calling card for Carnegie Mellon Opera Theater, as well as for the University's resident composer."


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Waiting For the Next Shoe to Drop
The IMC blog initiated a short position in the March T-bond/T-note spread at 26-18 (premium bonds) on January 20th. For the last month, we've had little to show for our efforts as the spread has remained range-bound.
However, the spread did flash a major bearish signal back in early October when it closed below the widely-watch 200-day Moving Average for the first time since the first week of 2016. We felt that the right move was to get short once the rally off the December low started to fade. We still think that.
A breakout above the current trading range would be our signal to take a loss on this initial trade and get to the sidelines. If that occurs, it would increase the possibility of a rally to resistance at the declining 200-day MA where we would watch for a setup to take another crack at it. Until then, we simply stay short.
First Notice Day for the March treasury contracts is on Monday. Therefore, we have to roll to the June contracts today in order to maintain our position.
Trade Strategy:
Liquidate the short March T-bond/T-note spread and simultaneously enter a short June T-bond/T-note spread at the market-on-close on Friday, February 24th. Risk the June spread to a two-day close above 27-24.


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There are now as many Internet users in China as there are people in the US, Indonesia and Brazil combined. And two in five Chinese are still offline.
China surpassed the 800 million mark for the number of Internet users for the first time, further cementing its position as home to the world's biggest online community, as the country kept up its investment in infrastructure and pushed to lower fees.
The number of Internet users in China rose by 30 million in the first half to 802 million, representing a penetration rate of 57.7%, according to a report by state agency China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) released on Monday. All but 1.7% of the users access the Internet through mobile devices, according to the report.
As of June 2018, seven in 10 Chinese Internet users have shopped and paid for purchases online. About 566 million people use mobile payment, an increase of 7.4% compared with six months earlier.
The sheer scale of China's Internet population means that the number of mobile Internet users in China is three times bigger than that of the US, and the number of mobile payment users is up to 12 times larger, according to data compiled in the China Internet Report, co-authored by the South China Morning Post, its online tech news site Abacus and San Francisco-based venture capital firm 500 start-ups.
China's expansion in Internet services is underpinned by continuous investment in infrastructure. The government's recent policy to increase Internet speeds and make access more affordable has also helped promote growth, according to the report.
While the Chinese government has been a main driving force behind the development of the domestic internet, it is also trying to manage the internet. The state is "the visible hand" where success or failure – especially for media and entertainment companies – depends on its approval, according to the China Internet Report.
In April, China's media regulator ordered news aggregator Jinri Toutiao and Tencent-backed live-streaming video service Kuaishou to clean up content on their platforms, singling out both operators for disrupting order in the online media industry. More popular news and video apps – most recently the anime, comic and games-focused Bilibili – have been taken offline for content deemed "inappropriate" or "vulgar" in the past few months.
Short video app Douyin was criticised by an internet watchdog in July after one of its own adverts was found to be considered disrespectful to one of the country's most-respected wartime martyrs.
The CNNIC report also noted the popularity of short-video apps and other online entertainment. About three in four internet users use short-video apps to entertain themselves, according to the report. At the same time, online entertainment content has seen further regulation, with a clampdown on illegal content in online games in the first half of 2018, the report said.
On Tuesday a commentary by the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily called for stricter regulations, enforcement and punishment to clean up online advertising, describing fraudulent ads as a "malignant tumour". – South China Morning Post
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Advance praise for The Chrysalis
"Quick, sure images, tight storytelling, solid suspense. A tense and vivid tale."
–Steve Berry, author of The Alexandria Link
"Fascinating history and assured storytelling make The Chrysalis one of those rare thrillers that both entertain and intrigue. This is a terrific debut!"
–Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Mephisto Club
"Flemish art, Nazi skullduggery, and American money–in The Chrysalis, Heather Terrell follows the path of a famous painting through an important period of history that must not be forgotten, and interweaves the stories of three centuries into a dark cocoon of intrigue and suspense."
–Katherine Neville, New York Times bestselling author of The Eight
"Only someone who feels a real love for art and the power of justice could have written a book like this."
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The little-known Anderson's gerbil is a relatively slender-built, medium-sized gerbil. It has fairly long, dense fur, which is dark tan with some orange and red tints on the upperparts, and white on the underside. It has large, prominent ears which are dark in colour (3), and is distinguishable from other species of the Gerbillus genus due to a less distinct white patch behind the ear (2). As is typical of Gerbillus species, Anderson's gerbil possesses large eyes, which are encircled by a thin, black ring. A relatively indistinct white patch sits above each eye, and a fairly thick, dark band stretches from the eyes to the ears (2). As is characteristic of Gerbillus species, this gerbil has long hind legs and short front legs (4).
Anderson's gerbil is similar to the lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus) in both size and the fact that it is a 'hairy-footed' gerbil, meaning the soles of its feet are completely haired; it is for these similarities that early taxonomists classified Anderson's gerbil as a subspecies of the lesser Egyptian gerbil (3). However, the two are distinguishable by many traits, including the fact that Anderson's gerbilhas darker fur and smaller ears than G. gerbillus (5).
Gerbillus species are burrowing rodents, but build less sophisticated warrens than other gerbil genera, which could suggest a more nomadic existence or may be due to physical limitations of the areas that Gerbillus species inhabit (4). These gerbils are sometimes gregarious, living in groups in favourable areas of habitat (4). It has been found that Anderson's gerbiloccupies a small home range, typically covering 32 to 34 square metres, which contains both burrows and feeding areas (9).
Anderson's gerbil is a nocturnal, seed-eating species (8) (9), which feeds primarily on the seeds of the common evergreen shrub species Thymelea hirsuta (10), and aggressively defends suitable foraging patches (11).
The breeding season for Anderson's gerbilbegins in late winter or early spring, coinciding with the annual seed shedding of its favoured food Thymelea hirsuta (10). Both males and females of the species are reproductively active once a year (10), with the female giving birth to a litter of three to seven offspring (5) after a gestation period of 20 to 22 days (12). Anderson's gerbil is able to reproduce in the breeding season the year after it is born, and it has been suggested that most adults die after the end of their first breeding season (10).
Anderson's gerbil is distributed from North Africa to the Middle East, from Tunisia, through Libya, Egypt and Israel to Jordan (1).
In coastal areas, Anderson's gerbiltends to occupy sandy coastal dunes (6), and has been found to be associated with solidified coastal dunes (1). When found in inland areas it tends to inhabit sandy areas in wadis (valleys or dry streambeds) and mountainsides (7) (8).
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).
At present, no major threats to Anderson's gerbil are known, although it has been suggested that overgrazing may be a concern in some parts of its range (1), as its burrows could be damaged by trampling agricultural animals. Habitat loss is undoubtedly the most significant threat to small mammals, particularly to those which have very specific habitat requirements, such as Anderson's gerbil.
As Anderson's gerbilis not currently considered to be at risk of extinction, there are no known conservation measures currently in place for this species (1).
Checked (24/08/10) by Dr Francis Gilbert, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham.
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Does Indian hockey's redemption lie in grassroots approach?
The Sports Authority of India deserves kudos for rolling out four players of the current 2012 Olympic team. Bharat Chetri, VR Raghunath, SV Sunil and SK Uthappa's contribution to the hockey team that made it to the 2012 Olympics cannot be undermined. These Karnataka players are all products of the SAI (Sports Authority of India) schemes. They have been trained rigorously under the guidance of SAI and worked their way up from there. Their performance at the qualifiers emphasizes the quality of craft that they picked up from SAI. Definitely ample evidence of the good work SAI is making at the grassroots level in the state.
Equipped with a solid training regimen, SAI is making rapid strides in churning some top hockey talent. With a single point agenda as hockey, SAI is producing gifted hockey players. Their program picks out 54 boys between 14-21 years of age from NSTC (National Sports Talent Contest) and ABSC (army based). Their skills are then constantly honed through major leagues and tournaments. Chetri, Raghunath, Sunil and Uthappa are examples of SAI's schemes. Going by the looks and talent of it, promoting hockey at the grassroots level seems to be the way up for Indian hockey.
With SAI'S training on the right track, the equipment remains a sore subject. When you compare it to the equipment at the national camps, we are far behind in quality.With just a paltry budget of Rs 4, 000 per player, India could provide so much better for its national sport. The current national team sports four players from SAI while the current Olympic camp has five others from SAI – Nitin Thimmaiah, Pradhan Somanna, MB Aiyappa, MG Poonacha and VS Vinaya.
Looks like SAI could produce more quality players? So why is India falling short at the highest level? Maybe it time for the Indian Sports Ministry to sit up and take notice?
SAI has the potential to breathe some life into the sport, but it is an obstacle race for them as far as equipment and better budgets are concerned. Considering hockey is India's national sport, the negligence and apathy to it is a crying shame. Need of the hour? Shift our focus from cricket to its more needy cousin – hockey.
India certainly has the talent and has made their mark in the international scene before. If they are expected to do what they do best, which is play hockey, the country should at least spare them the trauma of having to scrabble in paucity.


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Please and Thank You
Thank you to all the people who contributed to the METROYOUTH SHAKESPEARE Kickstarter campaign and who helped the cause by spreading the word. We did it! The $10,000 goal has been met and then some. You have made 150 kids very, very happy. You have also given them an amazing opportunity to have a fantastic arts education program unlike any other in St. Louis. Thank you.
For the last 3 years, MYS has been a very important part of my kids' lives. They are ecstatic that they will be able to participate in MYS again this spring. So am I.
These two hams thank you, too.
I go now to do a happy dance. :D


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Tradition Rocks: Third Student Senate President and Co-Creator of the Rock Visits Campus
During the week celebrating the 50th Anniversary, York College was visited by alumnus Vince Rice '72. Vince, who served as the third Student Senate president and was a part of one of the first graduating classes from York College of Pennsylvania, has seen York College from its beginning. While visiting, he had the opportunity to tour campus, meet with the Student Senate executive board, attend a Student Senate meeting, enjoy dinner with Student Alumni Ambassadors, and share his York College story.
Originally from the small nearby town of Birdsboro, Vince graduated high school with roughly 200 fellow students. In deciding where to attend college, he explored multiple options but felt that the small community of York College provided a sense of comfort. He also felt that York College offered opportunities for students like him who had previously struggled academically.
Coming to York College, Vince wasted no time in getting involved. In an effort to inspire spirit for the College and bolster support for athletics, Vince and a group of fellow students founded Tau Sigma Sigma fraternity in 1969. When the fraternity was notified by Student Senate that they were not a sanctioned student organization, he decided to "infiltrate" by serving as a freshman senator. Little did he know he would serve as president his junior year. Through this experience, he said, "I learned as much being involved in Student Senate as I did in the classroom."
While Vince served as Senator and Ways and Means Committee Chair, he and Terry Lieb '72, President of Student Senate at that time, came together in hopes of establishing a campus tradition. Since York College was such a young institution, there were lots of opportunities to start something new. They received approval from Dr. Miller, then President of York College, to place a large rock on campus that each graduating class would sign. With a simple idea and a large rock from a local quarry, these two students began a tradition that still exists at York College nearly 50 years later. When asked what the continued tradition of signing the rock means to him now as an alumnus, Vince became emotional when he said, "I left my mark."
Looking back at his time as a student, and how it shaped who he is today, Vince shared, "You can do anything you wanted to here. You could go as far as you wanted to. It was limitless." It was that environment that encouraged him to quit his job at an engineering consulting company and become an entrepreneur. Vince now owns two construction companies and employs between 80-100 people. In an effort to share the lessons he learned at York College, he encourages current students to listen and be open to differing points of view; get involved to make change and accomplish something; and set goals for yourself so that you can achieve them.


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Thank you. It's such an honor to be here today.
I had the pleasure of being on campus a little over a year ago, to talk to students and others about organic gardening, as part of my book tour. It was exciting to learn how Wells is working with students and the local community to collaborate on growing healthy food. This innovation reminded me of what I loved most about Wells College, how I fit in.
My mother kept a large garden and would have loved it if I had shown an interest, but I was more interested in helping my father with haying the fields, milking our shorthorn cows and driving tractors. Outdoors was where I was happiest.
School was tough for me. I couldn't read. It wasn't until I was a senior in high school that I read my first book. I even remember what that first book was, Wuthering Heights! It turns out I was dyslexic. After an embarrassing third grade year where my teacher knew I couldn't read, I found ways to hide my inability to read. I became a really attentive listener in class and fortunately I could write well albeit slowly.
I considered going to Cornell to get a degree in agriculture but Wells turned out to be the perfect place for me. I thought I wanted to enroll as a premed major. However after a year of science and math classes, I opted for the two departments which had the most interesting and inspiring professors then, philosophy and English literature.
I remember lording it over my brother who was going to Harvard and being taught by "teaching fellows" who were neither experienced professors nor very interesting!
I got married at the end of my junior year and became pregnant my senior year with a due date on graduation weekend. I was living in Syracuse with my husband and commuting. It was an hour each way and winter made the drive tough. So I decided to take the second half of the year off.
The president of Wells at the time was very concerned that I would never finish. We hatched a plan where I would come back with the baby the next year. I ended up staying with Suzanne Worrell, a Wells College student who had married a grounds keeper at the college, and was living with her family in Aurora. She babysat while I finished up my senior year. I think I was the first student to do that.
When my marriage broke up in the Mid 60's, I took my two boys and moved to New York City. It was an interesting time to be there in the late 60's and early 70's. The public schools were being decentralized. It was during the first big teacher's strike, which went on for months. I was a strikebreaker and took on a third grade class in a school in Harlem on 123rd street on the West side. After the strike was over, I was offered a difficult fifth grade class. Every child with behavior problems was taken out of other classrooms and put in this one classroom. That class had gone through 13 teachers--one a week, when I got them.
I was able to keep them from killing each other and I was able to raise their reading and math scores some and survive the rest of the year. The parents were so grateful, and the principal then offered me any class I wanted. I ended up teaching 3rd grade for another 4 years.
My boys and I moved back to New Hampshire in 1973 where I married a wonderful man, Perkins Bass. Perkins owned a beautiful farm that had been in his family for generations. I was married to him for 38 years until his death in 2011.
I was really excited to be getting married to someone who would support me so I didn't have to work outside of the house. I could concentrate on writing. But his beautiful land lured me back outside. Even before I married him, I started a garden there.
Rosaly's Garden is the oldest and largest certified organic farm in New Hampshire.
I didn't plan to create it. I just sort of backed into it. Right from the beginning I was growing more than my husband's rather large family could eat. I started selling excess produce to a local restaurant. Over the years I sold to more restaurants, plus health food stores, grocery stores, private schools, cooking schools and finally in 1990 we opened our own farm stand at the farm. Now, we sell 90% of what we grow at the farm stand.
To begin with, it was pretty haphazard. It didn't have a name and I was scribbling my on random slips of paper. Perkins said to me one day, "you know you can't run a business that way!" "It's working fine." I told him. A week later he came home with 3,000 invoice slips with "Rosaly's Garden" printed on top in bold letters. It's not what I would have named it, but it was done.
Another characteristic Perkins had, was he was a real Yankee. He didn't believe in spending money on nonessential items. So he never gave me any jewelry. But he did give me tractors. I think I made out better than if I'd gotten jewelry!
Over the years we did many experiments with the University of New Hampshire Ag School and the Extension Service. To begin with they didn't know much about organic farming and neither did we. Together our knowledge and theirs grew exponentially. We gave many farm tours for farmers to show off what we had learned and were learning.
I've had many workers over the years who have gone off to start new farms or manage other people's farms. What started off as a little garden became an incubator for young farmers. As I said earlier, it wasn't my plan but it's one of the things that made my life so wonderful.
It was my early years growing up on a farm that turned me into a farmer. But it was Wells College where I learned discipline, honed my writing and reading skills, developed an intellectual curiosity and widened my horizons which contributed in a big way to making me the person I am today. And for that I will always be most grateful!
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None of the three dimensions of the Great Turning is more important or special than the others. Each has its own special importance and place. The creation of new structures that will both shape and support the Great Turning is key as the old structures, systems and institutions are falling apart.
The people who tend to work more in this dimension are action-driven and doers: with exceptions, most don't like to engage in too much philosophy and may see the holding actions as "being against" and negative. They are right in some ways, but their attitude may make others to shy away from joining. Their energy and positivism may make others to feel unheard and their emotions and thoughts as not important.
I invite the doers to slow down and consider the possibility that those more engaged in holding action are saving resources, lives and the spaces for these new structures to be build, and that those engaged in shifting of consciousness are building the invisible structures needed by the Great Turning to take place: new ways to relate to each other and new ways to be in this world.
There are many ways to engage in building new structures, here are some:


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I've done my travel round-up and my book round-ups – fiction, non-fiction, and biographies – but here's a recap of the highlights and lowlights of 2016 overall.
New Year
I saw in the new year with a bunch of friends. We followed some weird and wonderful traditions from around the world, and as the clock struck midnight we burned our wishes for the year and drank the ashes with our champagne.
The notebook transcription project
This year I began transcribing all my notebooks into one humongous document on a computer. Originally I wanted to start the project in about October and get them all done before the end of the year. Neglecting to work out, of course, that there's sixteen years of writing there, and that's probably going to take more than a couple of months to write up. So, the project is ongoing.
The divorce
It came through, finally.
The flat was finished
Structurally, anyway (hopefully, at least). The floor was replaced, the boiler was replaced, another floor was crowbared up and replaced, the front door was replaced, I got a new kitchen…
It was a year and a half of building works, but now I feel like my house isn't going to fall down around me. Probably.
I wrote a novel
It's called The Pause, and no it hasn't been published. Yet.
I cleared all my debts
So, yay. Go me.
I became a Childline volunteer
After an interview and a long, pretty intense period of training. It is without a doubt one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. I love it. I recommend it. Childline are awesome.
Rediscovering the joys of walking around London
For some reason I'd managed to get out of the habit of this in recent years. 2016 saw the resurgence of the London walks – when I went into town to meet my friends, I'd generally walk there, and sometimes back as well.
I wandered around in the evenings, discovered little streets and restaurants and bookshops.
It's something I'd like to keep doing next year.
A load of people died and it fucking sucked
Bowie. Alan Rickman. Umberto Eco. Esma Redzepova. Leonard Cohen. My friend George. My grandad. All of whom I loved, to different degrees and for different reasons.
I joined a choir and sang in a couple of concerts. Somehow I'd forgotten how much I love singing. I hadn't forgotten that I love it, of course – but when I started again, I remembered how much it takes over my life, how it gives me a feeling unlike any other. How it is one of the best forms of therapy and freedom and release.
I also started having singing lessons, which I'd never done before, and I was nervous, but they are fantastic and I'm thoroughly enjoying them.
The Star Trek project
A while ago, I decided I wanted to watch all the Star Trek episodes. I want to join the club of Very Special People who have seen every single one.
So, I started with TOS, and then worked my way through TNG, and then through DS9 (which I hadn't seen at all before), and now I'm in season 5 of VOY (which I've seen about a hundred times before, but I don't care). All I have left is the rest of VOY, then ENT (which I haven't seen), and then if I'm feeling adventurous I might look at TAS and the reboots. We'll see. It's been fun.
My mother came to stay
…and she stayed for quite a while, which was less challenging than I thought it'd be, until she moved everything around while I was away and I returned home to a flat where I didn't know where anything was. But apart from that, it was actually quite nice.
Internet privacy
I went to Brussels to be part of the rewrite of the European Commission's ePrivacy Directive. I had an excellent time and was thrilled to be a part of something so important – and also happy that I'd gone along, because there were only a handful of us there who were truly championing the privacy side of things from an individual user's perspective.
Being a judge for a day
I went to UCD for a few days to talk to the research team there about digital forensics. While I was there, I was asked to stand in as a fake judge in the law school's student examinations.
It was fucking brilliant. I got called "Your Honour" all day (something I could definitely get used to), and I got to say things like "Order in the court!" and be generally cranky.
Might have missed a calling there…
Steaks with Umit
The BFF and I went for a few symmetrical steak dinners at the wonderful Flatiron this year. We also went for a couple of other meals. We don't exclusively eat steak. Although that is an idea…
It's a tradition I think we'll have to continue in 2017, perhaps with a bit more regularity!
I started therapy (again)
…sort of accidentally.
No, not the wine kind. Well, not exclusively 😉
I went along to see a therapist because I'd noticed a weird thing my brain was doing that I wanted to nip in the bud before it ended in some kind of meltdown.
At the consultation session, she asked me (naturally) about my childhood and I sketched a brief, vague outline. She asked if I'd ever actually been through a whole set of therapy about that, from start to finish, and I admitted I hadn't. She pointed out that this would probably be a good idea at some point. I agreed, and so we started having regular sessions. She is excellent and it has already hugely changed my life for the better.
If you're thinking about going to therapy but you're nervous, I recommend it. Also, I recommend my therapist specifically. She's awesome, and she does telephone / Skype counselling too, so if you're looking for a good one, drop me a line and I'll send you her details.
A puppy moved in
…along with his human, for a couple of months, and then moved out again. He was very cute but very crazy, and the cat was Not Impressed. She moved into the wardrobe for a few weeks.
I invited a load of strangers from the internet over
…and none of them turned out to be an axe murderer. In fact, they were all incredibly cool and now we're friends. It was set up by Wait But Why, which is a brilliant website.
The world voted to obliterate itself twice
OK, OK, Brexit probably won't obliterate us, it'll just be a major pain in the ass.
Trump, though…
The wine collection
At one point this year, I was walking down the street when I found a big wine rack discarded outside someone's house. This is the kind of thing that happens when you live in West London.
I took it home, of course, and was pondering how to fill it when a card dropped through my door from Your Sommelier. Célian, the guy who runs it, was offering private sales of affordable yet excellent French wines. I emailed him, said I'd like to start a collection and had a big wine rack to fill… and it was the start of a beautiful and blossoming friendship. Or not so much a friendship as a "he brings me boxes of wine and then leaves" thing – the best kind of relationship.
I wrote a few songs this year, having bought a piano and given her the above label (the only correct label for a piano of mine).
I've only recorded a couple – sketchily, on my phone (they sound better if you listen through headphones, but then so do most things).
Oh my brother, a new ukulele number:
And Ave Maria, which isn't actually about Jesus' mum:
There are several more, but I haven't got adequate recordings of them yet. I might take them out for a spin at a few open mic nights in 2017. And maybe even a gig or two, who knows?
An impromptu Barcelona trip
A bunch of us headed over to Barcelona to see Caitlin, and we had a wonderful time celebrating midsummer, wandering around the city, eating too much and hanging out.
The cat nearly died
Which was stressful and expensive, but ultimately she survived, so all was OK.
One of my businesses broke through the VAT barrier
Pretty exciting, except that apparently registering for VAT is actually quite difficult and now I'm confused and stuck in a seemingly unending labyrinth of admin.
But, yay! Business going well!
Wine with friends
I've had several excellent chats with friends over wine this year.
- With Hippy Poppins the day after New Year, with Bananagrams and Cards Against Humanity
- With a friend I hadn't seen in years, catching up on all the crazy things that had happened in our lives since then
- With people from choir, many many times
- With Miles and Laura, several times, sometimes graduating to whisky as we set the world to rights and had long, in-depth discussions about life and religion and spirituality
- With my local French club, in a posh hotel, on evenings when we're not allowed to speak English and I feel out of place and yet still somehow enjoy it
- In Barcelona, with Caitlin, Lia and Eirini
- With Kerry, for their birthday and before they moved to Scotland, in my flat and theirs, sometimes accompanied by films and cooking and political rants
- With Emma and Becca, over dinner in King's Cross, when I hopefully didn't embarrass myself too much and maybe we'll do it again?
- With Ali again, over takeout Japanese food at my place, while she brushed the cat and we talked about everything in the way only BFFs can
- With Anna & Simon in Glastonbury, where I don't go often enough and where I always end up feeling like I've reset my brain. More Glastonbury trips coming up in 2017, I hope. Those conversations where everything picks up exactly where you left off and it feels like people just get it.
And that, in a nutshell, has been 2016.
Here's to 2017 – in the words of WolfSkullJack, may your demons slumber and your wine glass be full.


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I have discovered something better than twitter. It is called Audioboo! It allows me (and you) to create quick 5 minute podcasts straight from my iPhone. Plenty of time to get in a quick thought.
Like Twitter, you have to learn brevity, but that is probably a good thing too. So if you are interested in signing up and getting more Applied Buddhism audio…we will be putting all the audio podcasts on AudioBoo now.
And you can get them directly on your iTunes like any other podcast!


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The University of the Virgin Islands has been awarded two grants, representing $2.3 million, to support teaching and learning in the science, technology, education and math (STEM) fields. The grants, provided through the National Science Foundation's HBCU Undergraduate Program (HBCU-Up), will make it possible for incoming and existing UVI STEM students to prepare for graduate school, to build a strong foundation for STEM careers, and to become high school science teachers.
A $2 million grant entitled, "UVI's Comprehensive Approach to Retention and Persistence in STEM," will be awarded over a period of five years. This project intends to build a strong foundation for incoming UVI STEM students through activities designed to increase the pass rate in developmental courses and to increase student preparedness for calculus through UVI's Math Behind the Science Summer Bridge Program.
Additionally, the University has been awarded $300,000, over a period of two years, for the "Noyce Capacity Building Project: STEM Teach VI." This grant is intended to create a new teacher preparation program at UVI. Faculty in the UVI School of Education, the College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences have identified existing courses and established new ones to supplement the major studies of future teachers with the needed theoretical and practical STEM education training.
UVI College of Science and Mathematics faculty members Drs. Robert Stolz, Steven Greenstein, Angela Adams, Marc Boumedine, Michelle Peterson, Steven Greenstein, Angela Dikou, Linda Thomas and Camille McKayle will participate in the grants. Dr. McKayle, who is dean of the UVI College of Science and Mathematics, is excited about the effect the grants will have on STEM programs at UVI.
"Overall, we want to increase the number of students who are successful in STEM programs," she said. "We also understand that much of the base for that success starts well before those students enter the University, and so we want to develop a program that recruits some of those STEM students into teaching, and provide them with an innovative approach that incorporates both the science and mathematics content, and the teaching aspect. We are hoping to be the first HBCU to adopt and adapt this highly successful model that began at the University of Texas at Austin."
In 2000, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program to assist HBCUs in their effort to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and research capacity as a means to broaden participation in the Nation's STEM workforce.
HBCU-UP provides awards to develop, implement and study innovative models and approaches for making dramatic improvements in the preparation and success of underrepresented minority students so that they may participate in STEM graduate programs and the workforce.
For further information about STEM education at UVI and the STEM Teach VI program, please contact Dr. Camille McKayle, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at 340-693-1238.


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